The Sun. — London, England, 1839-03-04 00:00:00

EVEN ING EDITION MESMERIsM Another demonstration of Mesmeric phenomena took Pisee at Dr. Elliotson's house, in Conduit-street, a few day's since. Nearly a hundred persons were present — I "blemen, clergymen, barristers, artists, distinguished scientific and literary characters, and members Of the medical profession, as well as many ladies, among W hom were Mrs. Trollope and Mrs. S. C. Hall. The little boy who, on a former occasion, was wheeled into the r oom on a reclining chair, walked up stairs, perfectly Cured of his paralysis. Dr. E. stated that in less than a week the disease had been entirely cured by Mesme rism, and that one epileptic fit only had taken place since t he commencement of the Mesmeric treatment, no medi cine havin g been taken, and that it had lasted only a quar ter of the time of former fits and been unattended by insensibility. This patient was sent into a state of ap parently the soundest sleep in about a minute, and the sa me phenomena were produced as on a former occasion Elizabeth Okey next came into the room in her nature' state. After many of the company had con tersed with her, Dr. E. placed in each of her hands a half-crown, which he had previously held in his own. She sat in a chair for some minutes without our being able to observe any change ; but at length suddenly fell back senseless. She thus remained for an equal length of time, when her eyes opened (every other part be ing motionless), and continued wide open and fixed, without her once winking. She then looked slightly around, heaved a sigh, and raised herself in her chair. Her expression was one of intense seriousness, or, in deed, melancholy. On Dr. E. approaching her, she held out her hand to him, and, sighing, asked, in a low and plaintive tone, and with an expression of great anxiety, " Where's Mr. Wood ?" Dr. E. stated that sh e was now in a state of somnambulism ; he then led her round the room that she might look for Mr. Wood a m on g the company, and when at length she found she took his hand and smiled, and was led by both gentlemen to her chair. Dr. E. stated that in the wood s t ate s h e was never happy unless both Mr. and himself were with her. While she was seated, E. Passedone of his hands downwards, before and at a little distance from her face, and she instantly fell back Se'ele ss. After a few minutes she suddenly awoke, great anim a ti on , an d b egan c h atter i ng an d mak fing all kind s o f f acet i ous remarks. Dr. E. in oosrrned th e company that this was her state (ia mental unsoundness, in which she was re i,d to the state of a very young child, both in in seuect and inclination,' knew scarcely anything but what she had learnt in this state, and was perfectly uncon !einus of her own existence and of all that takes place I d 9 her natural condition—just as in her natural con mition sh e is perfectly ignorant of all that occurs in her lesmerie state. Doctor Elliotson said the condition was v ery much that of the Court fools described by Shakspeare—that she was very silly and ignorant, and that h er wit and power of imitation were grea tl y heightened. She mispronounced most word s , intro due • of la g x, g , n, incessantly, cutting off the first syll a bl es hi s ord s ' and introducing the words " way," a n d e w h a t' s ble,,not only b etween wor d s b ut b etween sylla- Her manners were most kind and amiable, but tiher archn ess and volatile waggery were extraordinary. r • E. remarked that a person who could suppose this state to be feigned, only proved himself totally ignorant f q 'ME the ph enomena of disordered minds. He had never t d he difficult to detect feigned delirium for an in stant, ; but h e would r i sk his professional character , " 11 the assertion, that the delirium, or rather unsound mental state, of Elizabeth and Jane Okey, was altoge bher real ; a n d more t h an th i s, he would defy any human w eime to fei gn i t . N one would think otherwise who e re not gross l y i gnorant of the phenomena of mental of aber ration an d i m b ec i l i ty, and destitute of all power to Could not comprehend. n ti While she was standing near th em i n f ront, keeping e Party in great merriment, D r . E . , p l ac i ng h i mself at distance behind her, waved his hands downwards ca me times, when her eyelids fell somewhat, she be oe sil ent , unconscious, and motionless ; and on taking ald o f h er the company found h er p er f ect l y r i g id . ° supp os e thi s f e i gned would be ridiculous. After Minut e she suddenly raised her head, opened her Yes perfectly, started with surprise, and began talk lag just where she left off. This experiment was re- Peated frequently with the same results. Dr. E. r emarked, that silver and gold, as well, indeed, as some other metals, could be charged with the agency d irectly, by being held in the hand, and both produced i ntense rigidity in the parts to which they were applied ; a nd th a t if t h ey were charged s t ro ngly, and ap plied for some time, complete stupor ensued, from Which th e little girl revived into a state of somnambu etql in the c ase o f s il ver , an d i nto one o f d e li r i um i n t h e one 4 of gold. Ch arge d or M esmer i se d go ld was put i nto ,In°fher h ands, and th i s was soon clenched violently ; th e " e n beat up on th e f orearm , an d th e f orearm upon tePPer arm, when the charge was strong. Dr. 1 aTI stated that iron not only never could of "to affect h er , b u t possesse d t h e power This destr oying the effect of gold, silver, &c. her W as repeatedly shown very beautifully by I 'and i mmediately relaxing, when the key of an 'rnott stove wasput in contact with it. When gold s P i r : titi "d a strong constitutional effect, short of perfect eed e l ) ,' the whole body stiffened, the eyes opened wide her e ue natne fixed, and drawn downwards and inwards, and ieterY complexion assumed a livid and ghastly hue. If, ms state of things the iron was made to touch thegold lid in s t, i n her hand, the , features relaxed, the eyes and eye tienveenxne natural, and she recovered her sense and yolie I , 4 - 3 soon as the key was withdrawn from the r: tt ; t re ign, the stupor, stiffness, and state of the eyes ey e . l . l ' d. If the c h arge was not qu i te so s t rong , the k ey Id s Merely d ropped ; but rose again as soon as the , : 7 1 1 P brought i n contact w i th the go ld . D ecept i on she -1 this wa s i mposs ibl e . D r . Elli otson t h en ( eilt l v ed the cur i ous fact that when Mesmerised gold had l ' h e s aid the same was true o f s il ver an d n i c k e l) eff ee " eerl applied, an d th e e ff ec t was over , the rehh t ee ' lr ught b e re - pro d uce d b y mere f r i ct i on. H e Pli e d 'the hands to which gold had been ap a pi ' 41,(1 which was in a natural state, with said e 4 ce or wood, and the rigidity all returned. He bavi'-hat this was the explanation of lead and copper WheaPPeares; in ce r t a in ex p er i men t s to a ff ec t he r ; het r ; aB th eY had no p o we r over he r at all. Th e y had per -" ely insrumeerts of friction. To show that cop- Pal e . l e no power over her, he put a farthing on the his ° lle hand, and a sovereign into the other, from % eel c • ' la nds, care being taken to prevent her seeing ‘jeli 0 1 , 10 1, 1.. They were then removed, and each palm been r- t v 2 e d. Nothing occurred in the hand which had qich : ju n/led with the copper, whereas that Coot, ?ad been touched with the gold was violently The Th e l wst er. last expe r i ments were ma d e w i t h Nlesmeris . ed . p asse s ~She was thro wn i n t o a pr o f oun d s l e ep ) le hind 0' the ha n d s , in a high-backed easy chair. Be klasBeeer, on the chimney-piece, were placed two wine rt'ere I % :` Water with a pencil in each. Two of his fingers 's ee Pt in one. Sometimes a finger or a part of her Wa : : ;Quelled with the pencil from one water ; some -Itti the pencil from the other. Whenever the th e wate r w ater was used no effect followed ; whenever outse 'estti • d contractions took place. If the erlZe water, lae e°F a finaer was touched, it extended strongly— the ,b 'side, it contracted. If the . back of the hat?d, I and opened widely ;if the inside, the fist was vio likttiet'enched : if b oth i ns id e an d outside, there was fain m e Xtemsion an d c l osure, t ill one act i on or t h e ot h er 0 11 1* -4 the v;e , tory, acco r di ng ly as more wa t er h a d been l oil l ed to the One part than to the other. When applied ey,, a t the forehead, this became raised and wrinkled and the (el)4o7ened ; w h en to the side of the nose, the nostrils Rei s . ed and contracted alternately. While all this was , le uto ° On, th e s l eep seemed' to become more and more e ed re nsast._ ' and the snor i ng b ecame very l ou d . D r . E. riaisedsecl t hat this was a set o f exper i ments t h at re ways so little care and so little susceptibility, as ` s t t hi s 1° succeed. At a late meeting of Barristers . rnah: 4 , B e, he requested Sir Frederick Pollock t/1- 41 In em : and that gentleman did so with the 'een. th e and most invariable success. He had `'neld n e nt made by the Editor of the " Lancet," who rek te ot refute them, and whom Dr. Elliotson defied to cell nath,ern or any other experiment when scienti ed ~n e • On that occasion, indeed, when Dr. E. ap 'ay ; these experiments, the Editor had nothing to ward s nig reporter exclaimed that Dr. E. looked for ieferra whenever the Editor used mesmerised water, and . thus t e Nl t he girl ; t o w hi c h D r . B. gave a flat denial ; a ppeal tni lection was not repeated. He would boldly liar to these experiments alone as a proof of a pecu- Q re l o l v " e Y unnoticed hy most philosophers, but whic . h, e "rY philosopher, he was certain, would admit. • ..,„,,,...„,..„,,:,........—.....—„,,,,............ , T , t. ..... as t week th eI‘IPTED SUICIDE BY A CHILD.—.L nea 'e famil • named Butler, residing r 4,,_ Yof a resvectable widow, . .. n aiseovery ?f o be "'n nersh turnpike , was much alarmed hy t e In the Wall her sons, a boy fir:years old, hanging by a rope to a nail 41a ck j ot ,, Of the workshop at the rear of the premises. He w . a Letit de, , i he face, and nearly choked, but recovered shortly after being ai d th w at . ,, b asked how he came into that situation, e - ' 4l li ,t,, " had Meant to hang himself—that he had knocked the P est r l et " the wall, standing on a stool at the time, but finding it at vet/I4ee,,Ur fixed, he knocked it in tighter, and then having l'he ~ , ss , le mite round his neck, he threw himself off' the stool. stil l 1,,, thinvutngsuirnc has often threatened . he would hang himself, and et{ • e same determination. essi„ IL '4-' R OBBERY.—At the Brentford Petty 4 h;: ls last week, a woman named AverlQll, was ei , zroined . on ' e ven I : h Oving robbed another, woman named Brooks, of tnirty- De ar. , , suns,-nver under vary aggravated circumstanceg. It ala 4vitiln that husliand of the prosecutrix had gone to Arner"i'elk -I,cteog„ hu t Wife 401. to pay her passage thithar when she had eol *4 th,ertain debts due to them. The prosecutrix wentto reside l ove k . e . e Primner at the prisoner's request, and lacked up thirty-seven With toe in her box, which the prisoner broke open, and decamped 4 ' l as o c: iTt encY to Liverpool, where she was apprehended as she t atoi o - ; l) . , at ing to sail for America. About 20/. of the money was y aft * the'. Prisoner's husband was charged with being an accessar. 1 i t 3 \T _} e I lea ; and ultimately both of them were fully committed ' e7gate for trial. • \ MA GAZINES [Owing to the pressure of Parliamentary De bates, and other matters of temporary interest, we have been compelled to postpone the Magazines and several other articles—some of which have only appeared in a part of our impression.] BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. In consequence of a heavy press of matter, we must be brief in our magazine notices this month. Bgack wood is, on the whole, a good average number, with but one drawback—namely, its politics, which in " Ire land under the triple alliance" are full of rabid Toryism. " Peru as it is" gives some interesting particulars re specting this country, which contains, says the writer, mineral treasures almost inexhaustible. In this article we are gravely assured that it is the will of God, that the the negro shall ever continue to be a slave—" a servant of servants unto his brethren"—which is an assertion litttle short of blasphemy. The following re mark is curious :—"There is no doubt that treasures to an incalculable amount are concealed under ground, the secret of which passes down from father to son, among these enduring, self-denying, Peruvian Indians. Many of them are living in great apparent poverty and discomfort, who are masters of ►wealth. It is said that a father's and a nation's curse pursues the wretch who reveals the secret inheritance to the white man." In the essay on the " Earlier English Moral Songs and Poems," we meet with some light and judicious criticism. Many of the extracts given from our old poets are truly beautiful. The " Picture Gallery," which is continued this month, de scribes the daily disappointments to which a young man was subjected, who had quitted London in order to en joy a week's pleasure at a watering-place. Contrary to all his sanguine anticipations, the week proved to be the most miserable and the most disastrous one he had ever known. " Some Account of Himself, by the Irish Oyster-eater" is a desultory, fictitious, biographical sketch, containing passages of mingled humour and sen timent. " Bannister the Comedian" is an amusing Re view of the recently published memoirs of this admirable actor. " Engraving and Burnett's Cartoons," evince no slight acquaintance with the Fine Arts. " Kate" is a clever poem by Alfred Domett, from which we extract one or two choice stanzas : " Faintly sing the thrushes, hark ! Far in yonder air-hung grove ; Pouring bolder notes, the lark Dots the azure up above Lavishly his lays he flings All around, and as he sings Spreads, and folds his trembling wings With uneasy motion, quite Thrilled, convulsed with his delight I You would sing with joy as great. Were you here, my sweet-voiced Kate 1 " By the ashy rocks below, Mark, a hermit-fisher grey, How the heron to and fro Slowly flaps his stealthy way 1 Tho' alit, his long wings, see, Still are flapping, as tho' lie Poised himself unsteadily ; Then unmoving as the rocks Which in hue so well he mocks, Where he is, you scarce could state, Were you here, my bright-eyed Kate I" BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. " Boz" has, it seems, relinquished the Editorship of this Magazine, but in favour of one every way qualified to become his successor. " Amurath an Amurath suc ceeds." Ainsworth follows Dickens. Hence WQ may reasonably anticipate that the Miscellany will be just as entertaining as ever. Indeed the present Number is, without a question, the best that has yet appeared ; for in addition to " Jack Sheppard"—whose present chap ters are full of stirring dialogue and incident—" Oliver Twist ;" and a famous legend from the unrivalled pen of Tom Ingoldsby—the first and broadest humorist in verse we have had since Peter Pindar's times—in addi- tion, we say, to these attractions, we have a capital poem, penned in his wittiest style, by Thomas Moore, who, in his own arch, lively manner, is unrivalled. This clever squib is entitled " Thoughts on Patrons, Puffs, and other Matters," and is in the form of a letter to that literary veteran, Samuel Rogers. " Vincent Eden" promises well, but to judge of a tale by a chapter, is like judging of a building by a brick. 'We shall be able to express a more decided opinion next month. " Handy Andy" is lively. but the dialogues in some places are too much spun out. " The Lay of St. Gengulphus" is admirably worked up ; not a point but tells, and the effect of the whole is irri. sistible. " The Lover's Leap" is very passable senti mental poesy. But we have outgrown Rosa Matilda ism. " A Turn-out, but no Strike" is a collection pf jokes too elaborately hammered .out. It wants freslinds and vivacity. The illustrations„ by Cruickshank are as clever as usual. FRASER'S MAGAZINE. There is a cu r i ous art i c l e i n t h e present num b er o f this Magazine, entitled " Hazlitt in Switzerland, a Conversation," in whi c h th e au th or , C apta i n M e d w i n, putsinto Hazlitt's mouth opinions most derogatory, not only to the public, but also to the private, character of Lord Byron. Now, supposing that Hazlitt really gave utterance to these opinions, and that Captain Medwin's recollection has not, at this distance of time, led him into error—it is to be lamented that the author of " Table-talk" has allowed himself to be guilty of such flagrant, such pitiable inconsistency, for in his published works he everywhere speaks of Byron with the respect due to his transcendent genius. He is here, however, made tosay, "Do you remember his Lordship's panegyric on the diamond in Werter ? He there writes eon amore. What he did for the Greeks was for ostentation, not dis interestedness, or love of liberty. He took good care to have good security before he embarked, and was repaid to the last dollar. He married from mercenary motives. His subscription to the Maid of Athens was mean. He would never have been the poet he was, but for Wordsworth and Southey. He knew that, and therefore abused them." What malignant drivel is all this! Southey instruct Byron in the art of poetry ! Wordsworth teach him how to write a Childe Harold or a Don Juan ! It is with difficulty we can conceive that a man like Hazlitt could ever talk such nonsense. It is the fashion of the day, however, to abuse Lord Byron—to discover that he was a mere scrawler of common-place—a point which our small critics are constantly insisting on. Just so was it in Sam Johnson's days. No sooner had that fine old lion died, than every ass ventured to have a kick at him. But in spite of all this petty opposition, Byron will live, as Pope outlives the dunces who attacked him. He may not reach posterity in the shape of seventeen vo lumes, but assuredly his fourth canto of Childe Harold, and the five first of Don Juan, are immortal. " Talleyrand" is a spirited, piquant sketch of the public career of this eminent politician. In the justice of much of it we acquiesce ; but as a whole it is too prejudiced. " Blue-Friar Pleasantries" contains some smart, sarcastic hitting at the prevalent absurd mania for converting our theatres into so many menage ries. " Selections from the Diary of a Traveller in the Alps" is well-written in point of style, but the subject is hacknied beyond redemption. TAIT'S MAGAZINE. The first article in this Number is entitled a " A New Remedy for the Distresses of Ireland," and is written in a temperate and sagacious spirit. The chief position which the author endeavours to establish is, that the system of landed tenure which obtains in Ire land, is the cause of all the evils, social, political, com mercial, and otherwise, which afflict the Sister country ; and that the remedy is to be found in the introduction of the old Norman tenure as it exists up to the present day in one or two of the Channel Islands. The writer who signs himself " A Guernsey Correspondent" is evi dently well informed on his subject. " Tooke's His tory of Prices" is a notice of one of those sprightly, fascinating publications of which Utilitarians and poli tical economists are so fond. We endeavoured to go through it, but its awful arithmetical calculations startled us on the threshold. " Widow Barnaby" is a capital criticism, containing many well-selected extracts, on Airs, Trollope's lately published novel of that name— by far the best she has yet written. " Australian Emigra tion" is a useful and seasonabledigest of some of the more recent works in this popular theme." Blanche Delamere" improves as it proceeds. Tho heroine is drawn with much spirit, and has a spice of originality about her. Not less piquant is the sketch of her old aristocratic grand mother. In the " Postscript Political," our sturdy Ra dical friend Tait gives some sound advice to the Char tists, which, however, we despair of their following. METROPOLITAN MAGAZINE. - - " A Journey Southward from Damascus" is from the pen of Mr. Addison, to whom the public is already in debted for some intelligent volumes of travels in the East, to which the present article—or rather series of articles, for we see it is to be continued--may be con sidered as a sort of supplement or appendix. Mr. Ad dison describes vividly, but is apt to be too exuberant in his descriptions. The subjoined sketch of an Eastern city is excellent of its sort : " What a contrast do the stillness, silence, and repose hanging about an Oriental city, present to the noise, bustle, and uneasy excitement of our towns in England ? Here we era no longer disturbed by the din of carriage wheels, and the clanging of the iron shod hoof over the stony pavement ; the long string of dromedaries, and the moving cavalcades, pass with noiseless tread over the sandy, dusty roads. The bright dazzling sun, the calm atmosphere, the motionless trees, and the slow, stately march of the Orientals, as they pass lonely and silently onwards—all impress the mind with the idea of quiet and repose, which is here greatly heightened by the constant murmuring sound of the different rivulets watering the gardens. The groups of men and cattle lazily sleeping tinder the shade of the trees, the humming of insects, and the solitary Arab lying on the ground, smoking his pipe, ":!I Present a tbeirlaq, sleepy state of existence." Pirate' is a4oalpr 9f those sea romances which have of ;;;.t! , years been so poiditr : One or two of the incidents are vigorously pourtrayed; but Cos :7- whole, it is too much wire-drawn. It is " to be conti nued," we perceiv e . This 6 4 1 NaYs an objec tion to a Maga z i ne tale, and . deters' many frm perusing it. " Habits and Opinions_ of the Poets? glY.es Gt higW7 characteristic account of the last moments of poor Burns. He died, it appears, while in the act of damn ing an attorney—for which anathema no one who has ever had anything to do with solicitors, can possibly blame him. " The Courtier of the Reign of Charles the Second," is spiritless and common-place this month. " The Widower's Bride" is gracefully versified by Mrs. Abdy. " Delaval O'Dorney" promises well ; but we must see more of it before we venture on prononncing a decided opinion. The present chapter is merely in troductory. THE NEW MONTHLY. We are glad to see the " Phantom Ship," continued in this number. If we except Peter Simple, it is un doubtedly the author's cleverest work—and the only one likely to survive the day. Captain Marryat handles the supernatural in a truly imaginative style ; and has made his phantom pilot Schrifter, as mysterious and awe-inspiring a being, as Schiller made his Armenian ghost-seer. The vision of the Flying Dutchman, in the present chapters is • depicted with considerable graphic skill. " Civil 'War," is a tale of the rebellion of 1745 ; but, we regret to see the " butcher Cumberland," spoken of in such laudatory terms. This is the principal draw back, as if the author had undertaken to make Judge Jeffries the hero of a sentimental romance. " Personal Narrative of Tristam Dumps" is lively, but rather too much in the narrative form. A little poignant dialogue would have relieved it, especially as the subject is one that easily admits of dramatic effect. A " Summer in Bavaria," contains some brief, but clever scenic sketches. " A tale of Mystery," is by Poole. It is in his archest and most felicitous style. We have no space for extracts. freshness to the common-place staple of Magazine Literature. 'We rose from their perusal neither wiser nor merrier than when we sat down. The " Chapter of Accidents" is a lively narrative of hair-breath 'stapes in that land of perilous adventure, Eastern India. Of course there is " a lady in the case," the marvel here being that in a land rejoicing in the multiplied delights of polygamy our hero found his hands encumbered, and his heart interested with but one sable beauty. " Con fucius and the Child," translated from the Chinese, serves to convey a sorry impression of the wisdom of that celebrated philosopher and statesman. It is, however, interesting as the fragment of a literature too little known to Western Europe. The Review of Mr. Montgomery Martin's History of Eastern India is highly favourable, but not more so than the work de serves. Mr. Martin's industry is as astonishing as the fruits of it ar e genera ll y useful. The mass of Asiatic intelligence, with which the Number concludes, is well ' and carefully selected and arranged. THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE. Blackwood. There is more variety in the subjects of the articles of the Farmer's " Quarterly" for March than it usually exhibits. This is a good fea ture. Nothing is more apt to tire than a dull uniformity in periodicals, which to be useful, must circu late widely. Besides, farmers are rarely book-worms, and therefore instruction intended for them should be clothed in a garb as inviting as possible. Many who may care very little about the agricultural state of the county of Kilk enny , w ill b e likely to read with pleasure an essay on the Chillingham and Hamilton breeds of wild oxen ; and others, again, who may take no interest in the mysteries of agricultural chemistry, may pore with deep attention over an article designed to examine into the causes of the increase of pauperism in Scotland THE N ATV STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF SCOTLAND. Part XXI. Blackwood. The part of this Work now published contains the statistical history of the county of Wigton, with that of a few parishes in the counties of Ross and Cromarty. It reflects the highest credit upon its truly enlightened authors—th e parochial clergy of the Church of Scotland. THE CHRISTIAN REFORMER. Sherwood and Co. The first article in the present Number furnishes some interestin g particulars respecting the Dissenters in 1775. From it we also learn incidentally that there arc some MS. collections relating to noncomforniity in Dr. Williams's Library, Redcross-street, which seem not to have been hitherto turned to any account, though from their titles we should think them well worth a careful examination. The excellent " Notes on Passages of Scripture" are continued. " Letters from Italy" are very entertaining. " Liverpool Uni tarian Controversy" contains the very curious preli minary correspondence which has taken place between three ministers of the Church of England and thr,•e of the Unitarian faith, on the subject of a public contro versy to be held by these parties, with a view to deter mine the merits o f th e ir resp ec ti ve systems of belief After much shuffling on the part of the Churchmen, who declined the offer made by the Unitarian ministers, to make the newspaper press the vehicle of the contro versy, and who tried hard to have an oral discussion before a public assembly, prejudiced of course in their favour, it was finally determined that the discussion should be carried on by means of lectures delivered at one of the churches and chapels respectively, and simul taneously through the press. The subjects of the dif ferent lectures are given in the Magazine before us, to which we must refer • our readers. We cannot, however, dismiss the subject without no ticing the acrimonious and unchristian spirit dis played in this correspondence by the champions of orthodoxy towards their brother ministers of the Gospel. Is it not disgraceful to these Rev. Gentleraen that they could not even settle the terms of their controversy without letting the world sea of their uncharitable ness ? It is due, however, to one of them—the Rev. Thomas Byrth—to state that he disapproved of the conduct of his coadjutors, and while he gave the Uni:- tarian ministers credit for their " calmness and cour tesy," he entered a " public disclaimer of any desire to substitute irritating language for sound argu men t." Happy had it been for the promotion of truth, as well as for the peace of society, had all controversialists been actuated by the sentiments here expressed. The only other papers which we have space to notice are " Eccle siastical Forgeries," and " Dr. Bowring's Sketches of the Mahometan and other Oriental Religions." In the one we find a complete exposure of the falsehoods told by Josephus about the reception given to Jaddus, the Higb Priest of the Jews, by Alexander the Great, and the conversation between Darius Hystaspes and Zerub babel, touching the rebuilding of the Temple ; and in the other a great deal of new and useful information. THE CHURCH MAGAZINE. This Magazine opens with an article on the " holy season of Lent," quite as Popish in its spirit as if it was from the pen of Dr. Wiseman h maelf. To counter balance this the " Errors of Romanism" are, in the second article, most violently denounced. An article in support of Ecclesiastical Traditions follows ; and here again we discover the Jesuit in every sentence. There is hardly a syllable in it which a Censor of the Propaganda would put into the index. The number is illustrated with a tolerably well-engraved portrait of the Right Rev. Father-in-God, the Lord Archbishop of York. Verily, a Church, whose Chief Priests delight in such meek and lowly denominations, must need the aid of traditions far removed in spirit from the precepts taught in the New Testament. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1539 part of the accounts of the Church-rate Abolition Society, and when submitted in the ledger was found to be confused through interlineations, arising from the transfer of advertisement charges from another book. The auditors very properly refused to pass the account till they had a fair copy of it. There was, subsequently, no question in dispute about the items. Fifthly—That the meetings of the Committee were entirely governed by the pleasure of the Secretary. The facts are these :—Up to the ap pointment of the Select Committee of the House of Commons, the Committee of the Church-rate Abolition Society met once and sometimes twice a week. After that appointment it was deemed not improper to suspend' for a season active proceedings, involving of necessity considerable expenditure, and the meetings of the Committee were only occasional. Mr. Besley was acquainted with these arrange ments, for he attended nearly all the meetings of the Committee, and had it in his power to cause the Committee to be summoned, if he thought there was occasion for it. He continued a member of the Committee up to November last, without having hinted at any of the charges or grounds of dissatis faction which he has now made public. As one of the auditors of the accounts he now impugns, and the more active of the two, he individually examined every page of the Treasurer's book, and affixed his initials opposite the aggregate sum, upon each page, not fewer than 39 times. Upon the last page he wrote the following words : " Examined and audited this day, Oct. 29, '3B. ROBERT BESLEY." He subsequently assisted in preparing an abstract of the accounts so audited, to which also he affixed :his signature, which was presented to the Committee with his sanction as an accurate and just account. If the audit was a delusion, it was a delusion passed upon the Committee to which Mr. Besley was a party. Mr. Besley is in possession of no information that he did not then possess ; and if he believed the ac counts to be o*ctionable, not only did h e f a il i n the dischar ge of his duty to the Committee and to the public as an auditor, but it is wholly inexpli cable that in his published letter on resignin g his office as a member of the Committee, he should never have hinted at any such reason for his seces sion. If he then thought, as he now affects to do, that " there ought to be no longer any mistake about this Society," and that "it must be taken out of the present hands, and put into the hands of a real, ostensible, active Committee," or that " there had been gross mismanagement and mis application of the funds of the Society," it is exceedingly strange that he should have concluded his letter of resignation to the Treasurer with these words, " I remain, Dear Sir, with great personal respect to yourself, as well as to every member of the Committee, your's, obediently, R. Besley." It is sufficiently plain that Mr. Besley has permitted his feelings to be warped by some undisclosed pre judices, which have led him to forget alike the obligations of truth arid of common courtesy. After taking an active part in the proceedings of a Committee, whose confidence he implicitly shared and for every member of which he professes to en tertain great personal respect, he has come forward to impeach their management of an important So ciety, not by private remonstrance, but by ungene rous an d un j ust aspers i ons, of which they obtain the first intimation from the columns of a public journal. Upon the elegant figures employed by Mr. Besley, and the flippancy of his language, we shall not deign to bestow any remark ; but we cannot suppress our conviction, that his dislike to be made a " mere utensil," has not prevented his being used as such in his attempt to injure the Society, by representing it as unworthy of public confidence. In this un worthy design, prompted by whatever motive, the Committee are well assured that lie has disgrace fully failed ; and his conduct is, in the judgment of the Committee, of a nature to justify their resolu tion to take no notice of any further publication he may be advised to make.—l am, Sir, On the behalf the Committee of the Church Rate Abolition Society, Your faithful servant, JOHN H. TREDGOLD, Chairman. Office of the Church-Rate Abolition Society. Feb. 26, 1839. HEADS OF THE PEOPLE, The Number before us contains some clever sketches of character from the pens of Laman Blanchard, Leigh Hunt, and Charles Whitehead. The ablest article is the " Omnibus Conductor," by Mr. Hunt. CHURCH-RATE ABOLITION SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In justice to the cause entrusted iO them --certainly not on their own account—the Committee of the Church-rate Abolition Society deem them selves called upon to address you, on the subject of a communication inserted in your paper of the 16th instant, signed "R. Besley." The writer, after acknowledging that the three gentlemen whose statements he attempts to nullify are " men of cha racter, and men of religious reputation," reiterates his assertion that " there has been gross mis management and misapplication in the administra tion of the funds of the Society," of which they were the auditors. In support of this unjust alle gation, Mr. Besley makes several statements which we shall notice in their order. First—lt is asserted that "from the formation of the Committee up to October, 1838, no audit of the accounts had ever taken place. This is untrue : the accounts were audited on and up to the 11th of April, 1837. Secondly—That up to that time " the sum of 1,2781. had been received and expended entirely on the responsibility of the Secretary." This, also, is untrue. Nearly the whole of the receipts comprised in that sum were paid by the Collectcr directly to the Treasurer of the Society. The payments were, with a few trivial exceptions, made by the Trea surer on orders signed by the Members of the Com mittee ; and no expenditure of any moment was made, or liability incurred, without the sanction of the Committee. Thus, that " there was no check whatever on the part of the Committee," i s i n fla grant contrariety to the fact. Thirdly—That " among the accounts paid were many very objectionable ones." Two in s t ances are specified ; one, " a considerable sum paid for re porting public meetings on C hurch- rate subjects ;" the other, " hire of a carr ia g e for Se cretary's jour ney," &c. With rega rd to the fir st of these items, the fact is , that t he Com mittee deemed it advantageous to the ob j ects o f the So ciety, that full, an d not partial rep or t s o f various public meeting s u p on the s ubject of the abolition of Church - rates should be in serted in the newspapers ; for which pu r p ose a g e ntleman was speciall y theusual engage terms engaged by httns t ; ytle which Co reports, Committee ittee to take re ports were in serted in the Patriot, and copied into other jour- As to the second item, the " carriage" hired 'as a horse and chaise, by means of which the secretary was enabled to perform a journey of about 700 miles, occupying 39 days, with much more ex pedition, and at a s maller expense than had he i proceeded from place to place, and acros s the coun try by coach. The i e nt re expense of hire, &c., was 121. 145., being about 6s. a day. Fourthly—That 44 the audit was a mere delu sion." One of the last auditors, Mr. Besley states, is comp ara ti ve ly a new member of the Committee. He is so; and, therefore, it may be presumed, not the less competent to exercise an unbiassed judg ment upon the accounts submitted to him. Another auditor is stated to have been an infrequent attendant at the Committee meetings. 1 hisl assertion is untrue ; he has been present at most of the meet ings from the very formation of the Society, and has been quite as constant an attendant as Ivir. Bcsley himself. The third was co-auditor with Mr, Bex ley al ; October last, an d certain words are attributed to him, which convey the idea that he o bj ected to the charges submitted to the auditors. This is a misrepresentation. The account in question not laving been made out and delivered, formed no nals BEET-ROOT SUGAR. ADVICE TO LANDLORDS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Perhaps the mischievous effects of Government in terference i n any tra d e were never more glaringly pour trayed than they are in the article of sugar. While the snpply from the West Indies exceeded the demlnds of our home consumption the nation was grievously taxed, through the invidious operation of bounties granted to stimulate the exportation o: such a weight of the sugar in a relined state as would diminish the quantity imported below what our domestic purposes actually required. By this stratagem all the baneful evils of monopoly were brought into activity, and the people of this coun try clandestinely robbed of millions, through the exor-. bitantly high prices which sugar commanded, for the exclusive benefit of the Colonists. The complaints and remonstrances of sugar-refiners and others have, for time out of mind, been unceasingly urged against this monstrous abuse. At length, when it is ascertained, with some degree of accuracy, by the parties interested, that the powers of domestic consumption have increased to an extent which ensures that this demand will take off the whole supply, and it would take off more than our own Colonial supply if the law permitted access to other sugars, then the Minister of the daysteps forth armed with statements which had been deposited in his office years before, and talks loudly against the abuse, as though it had been a discovery recently made by him, and the bounty is forthwith reduced, not because it was costly to the nation, but because it is no longer necessary as a means to ensure to the West Indians all the advantages in price of sugar which they had uninterruptedly enjoyed for ages past. The present state of markets in Mincing-lane abundantly testifies the accuracy with which the con• elusion was attained, that the demand for sugar would henceforward exceed the supply of it. British Planta tion Muscovado sugar is worth, exclusive of duty 365. per cwt., while foreign, of similar quality, which is sold side by side with it in the same market, commands but 245. per cwt.—being a difference of 12s. per cwt., which 125., by the time the sugar reaches the con sumer's hands, are augmented by c h arges and profit to 18s., or twopence per lb. Therefore, to secure to the Colonist (the home consumption for 1838 being about, in round numbers, 200,000 tons at 1 9 s. per cwt., or 121. per ton), the sum of '2,400,000/. over and above the foreign value of the sugar—the consumers pay the enormous sum of 3,600,0001., being the amount of 181. per ton, or 18s. per cwt., on the said 200,000 tons of sugar; and be it observed that this amount of money is exclusive of other costly monopolies on produce im ported from the West Indies, such as coffee, rum, Sze. &c. We have consequent l y no hesitation in de• daring that, next to the Bread-tax inflicted by the Devil's-laws, this atrocious fraud upon the British com munity stands pre-eminent, the law which promotes it, ought, like its companion in sin, to be erased from the statute-book forthwith. It is evident that the love of money links these plunderers together—the l an dl or d s o f England and th e p ro p r i e t ors of the West Indies make common cause ; the West Indian speaks of his landed property in Jamaica to the English landlord as though his plantation were a part and parcel of this country— as though Jamaica were as much a county of England as Yorkshire is, and therefore merited the same protec tion. We arc both landed proprietors, says the West Indian, and we are both mutually interested in obtain ing a high price for the produce of our land. This mutual determination to stand by each other was palpably shown in the Session of 1837, when the high price of sugar promoted an attempt to make beet root sugsr in this country. On that occasion, however, the West Indian contrived to hoodwink his brother landlord of England, as to the advantages to be obtained by the cultivation of beet for the production of sugar, and both harmoniously set to work to crush a rising establishment, fitted up ter the purpose of manufac turing sugar from beetroot, by enacting not only a duty of 245. per cwt. on sugar so produced, but by conferring such vexatious powers of interference on the excise as would certainly render abortive all attempts at manu facturing sugar in that manner. Now, let the landlords of England turn their eyes to what has been achieved in France and other countries, and, when they have examined the matter closely, let them decide whether they acted wisely in siding with their brother monopolist in destroying, in the bud, an effort which, carried out, would have enabled them to snap their fingers at tho protection given by the Corn-laws, the value of which to them, as a body, is extremely equivocal. We say, let them meditate on the perfection to which the production of sugar from this vegetable has arrived, and let them look hard at the profit which this per fection has ensured to the owners of foreign soil, and we augur they will be just as eager to rescind the law o f July, 1837, as they then were to pass it ; but as ti.e parties may not have at hand documents which will give them this necessary information, we quote from an able pamphlet, entitled, " Remarks on the State of the Sugar Trade," by Trueman and Cook, the well known and eminent brokers of Mincing-lane. At page 9, after showing the production in tons of sugar of the different foreign colonies, they state, " The actual con sumption, however, of Prance alone is about 120,0c0 tons per annum ; but such has been the progress of the manufacture from beet-roqt in that country, that it is said to havo yielded in 1838 the quantity of 80,000 tons against 55,000 in 1837, and only 10,000 in 1832, which operate seriously to affect the colonies of that country, whose produce, esti mated at 85.000 tons, is subject to a duty equivalent to 20s. per English cwt., while beet-root sugar, which had been exempted altogether till very lately, pays only now 10s. Looking at the immense production of the latter (in Europe), now estimated at 120,000 tons, approaching nearly to half the annual continental consumption of foreign, it is a remarkable fact, and deserves to be ro corded, with reference to the hitherto supposed depend ence on tropical climates for supplies of sugar, that in the year 1806, the period of the Berlin and Milan decrees, the most powerful efforts were made by the then ruler of France, but in vain, to give effect to those decrees by promoting this manufacture. It may be reasona bl y con j ecture d that the scien tific experime n t s t h en ma d e or i g i nated the process e.hich has since been brought to such maturity ; but fr,m whatever source, it seems not now improbable that Europe, and even this country, might be indepen dent of its colonies for this necessary article. Such, indeed, have been the well-founded apprehensions upon this head of the Colonial interest at home, that an Act was passed in July, 1837, imposing a duty of 245. per cwt. 03 all sugar of beet-rout manufacture. In Bel gium, great part of Germany, and even in Russia, the culture of beet -root is rapidly increasing." We hate given the forgoing extract for the purpose of exciting the attention of the landed interest to the question. They possess the means of investigating the accuracy of the figures by reference to authentic docu ments ; for ourselves we firmly place our faith on the statement given, —and we believe that had the project of sugar from beet-root not been crushed in 1836, Great Britain and Ireland would have been now extensively cultivated with beet. We say, therefore, to the landlords look to your own interest, and do not foolishly array yourselves against the avowed opinions of your countrymen by pertinaciou s ly a dh er i ng to your corn monopoly, which, do what you will , you must lose soon or late, but turn your attention to the cultivation of a vegetable which will pay abundantly better than wheat. To parties throughout the nation who have small gardens we say, wait not for the tardy movements of the Legislature, but cultivate beet-root—if the present law could by possibility be strained to interfere with your afterwards boiling down the root so as to obtain a isyrup for your own domestic purposes—still be not afraid but perse vere—for although the law may be stringent, yet if all the cottagers and yeomen simultaneously proceed to make their own sugar, it would require an army of excisemen to carry is conditions in:o effect, and the law would consequently be totally inoperative. We shall at our leisure peruse some of the best French treatises on the cultivation of beet-root and its conversion into syrup. We therefore hope in akw clays to have space to lay before the public a simple mode of following our advice—which will assuredly be a death-blow to the costly effects of the sugar monopoly. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, FEB. 28. —The Municipal Council of the city of Brussels has addressed a very earnest petition to the Chamber of Representatives, showing the absolute ne cessity of peace, and the entire impossibility of resisting the decree of the Conference. Various other petitions in favour of peace have been presented. M. Barthel is arrested on an accusation of a crime provided against in the penal code. The Beige mentioned yesterday an examination is which M. Barthel declared to the examining Judge, M. Graef, that he was the au thor of a proclamation to the army, which has been dis tributed in Brussels and other cities. Several persons have been arrested this morning. M. Birthcl is imprisoned in the Petits Carmel. He is accused of having, by means of printed papers, which were distributed directly, excited the citizens cr taus to commit the crimes provided against by penal codes in the year 18:38 and 1839. BRUSSELS, Mallen I.—lt is said that M. Kato, Presi dent of the Meetings has been arrested at the same time as M. Barthel, and that several more arrests are to be made. Dolez has presented the Report of the Central sec tion on the pr,j.i.ct of law for the acceptance of the treaty of peace. It is as follows Gentlemen —The Central Section appointed to examine the project of law authorising the conclusion of the treaties which are intended to regulate the separation between Bel gium and Holland has dune me the honour to confide to me the ofliee of preseatiug to you its Report. In accepting this commission, I have been fully sensible of its importance, and it is not with more than one painful feeling that I have engaged in it. You, Gentlemen, who are called upon by your Commission to defend the interest of the country have had occasion to convitwe yourselves that it is in ono of those great crises which dn‘.:ide on the existence of a nation. In sibliitting to you the result of my labours I hop. only that it will be approved in one respect, which I yen' ture to claim from your justice, viz., that you will acknow ledge it to be a with of a citizen who is the friend of his country. The; notes of the proceedings of the sections have proved to the Central Section the great care with which they examined the project of law; and the presence of almost all the Members of the Chambers at the examina tion proves how deeply the importance of it was felt. The reporter then presented an analysis of the proceed ings of each of the six sections, from which it appears that forty-two Members voted for the project of law, thitty•ni+Je against it, and seventeen refrained from vot ing. The presence of almost the whole of the Mem bers of the Chambers proves that many who • declined voting were actuated only by the desire th,t to decide. in a matter of such paramount interest till the general debate shall have ant ded to each the powerful light which it will throw on the sulljeet. We have thought, gentlemen, that we might be allowed to make this observation to reply to the remarks which had been made, and the circumstance of Members declining to vote. All the observations brought forward in the several petitions have been carefully weighed and discussed at great length in the Central Section. The Ministers being invited to our meetings, their at tention was directed to all the observations, and they gave to the Central Section the explanation it required. We do not think it proper to give those explanations in a document which is to be made public. The debacs in the Chamber being still uncertain, the Central Section has judged that it ought to observe in its report a reserve on this point, which you will appreciate. The first question that was offered to our examination was the reproach made to the project of the law that it was a violation of the Constitution. The Central Section decided unanimously that it was not a violation of the Constitution. The report then enters into a discussion of the conse sequence of accepting or rejecting the treaty. It shows that by rejecting the treaty,:Belgium would be exposed to a fruitless struggle against a combination of the great powers, since its best allies, France and England, would join the three other powers in enforcing the decision of the Confer ence ; that the situation of our manufacturing establish ments, the embarrassments which already oppress them, and those with which they are still threatened, renders it an imperative duty to avert the general ruin which would be the inevitable consequence of an impotent resistance. The reply of the Minister of War, on being questioned re specting the expenses of his Department, convinced the Section that very extraordinary financial measures would be the inevitable and speedy result of a prolongation of the present state of things. " If at least," says the Report," so many sacrifices could promise us some advantageous result. But we are ccin vineed that they would only hasten the consumption which undermines us, and would render the acceptance of the Treaty, to which we should ultimately be compelled, not less painful but far more disastrous." The Report observes " That some persons had dwelt on the dishonour which Belgium would bring on itself by accepting the Treaty, and argue at length that there can be no dishonour in yielding to an irresistible force." In fine the Report declares that " The proposal of the Guvernment has been adopted by six Members—one only voted against it for the present, declaring that it has yielded only to the pressure of necessity, the Central Sec tion has the honour to propose to you to adopt the Project of Law, with th e mo difi ca ti ons w hich y o u w ill find in the draft which it submits to you. " RA ITH E IRA, President. DEL EZ, Reporter." MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The Editor's (John Heraud) poem on the " Plea sures of Genius" is continued in this month's number, and contains one or two passages replete with fine poetry. The author, however, who seems to labour under a constant wish to be original, refi:tes far too much on his theme. Among other things, he tells us, that the idea of the child being the " father of the man," is Words worth's ; he is mistaken, it is Milton's, and may be found in Paradise Regained. " Remembrances cf Monthly Nurse," is a well told tale, though we could have wished it had been shorter. Of the remaining articles, we have merely time to say, that they are each of fair enough average merit. MONTHLY CHRONICLE. The two most readable articles in the number before us are Mr. Horne's " Studies of Undeveloped Charac ters in Shakspeare," and the " Press of the Revolutiin." The former of these shows infinite critical perspicacity ; though occasionally the author's ideas are pnshed to the verge of extravagance. The " Press of the Revolu tion," gives us some deeply interesting extracts from the inflammatory French Journals, from the year 1789 to 1795. The autobiographical sketch of Marat, throws quite a new light on the character of this phenomenon —for phenomenon he was, to all intents and purposes. We had no idea that this crack-brained scamp had so many redeeming qualities in his nature. " The Present State of French Literature," speaks in terms of just inGignation of the licentious school of writers in France. Of the remaining articles, the best is that on " German Manufactures and English Corn-laws." 7'HE RAILWAY MAGAZINE. With the tenor of the Editor's second article on Irish Railways, we are by no means well satisfied: — He wishes to prevent the Government from interfering in such undertakings, either by loans or otherwise ; and he denounces the conduct of the Irish landlords, in seeking such assistance, as the result of an attempt to " elude the operations of the Poor-laws, and to shift from their own shoulders, to the English public's, the employment and maintenance of their poor." We want no better evidence, to satisfy us that the Editor knows no more about the internal state of Ireland, than he does of the geography of the moon. His very quotation of what he would have us to believe to be an Irish adage, i 3 an absurdity, hardly worth being imported from the United States, where it originated, to serve as false matter for a groundless charge against Irishmen. Loans are required to make roads in Ireland ; because there is no capital in the country ; and such loans must be raised under a Legislative sanction, as in a country where capital does not exist, and where landed pro perties are liable to heavy mortgages, they could not be raised by Private Companies, save at a ruinous sacrifice in the shape of exorbitant interest. The very reverse of this is true of England, and, therefore, here Private Companies are adequate to all such undertakings without Legislative aid. In England capital is plentier than labour ; in Ireland labour abounds, but is worth less and unproductive, from the want of a necessary sup ply of capital. The attack upon Mr. O'Connell is in this instance undeserved. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman is far from being perfect ; but if none were permitted to assail him but such as had equalled him in the magnitude of their services to their country, he might walk the earth for an hundred years to come without there being one found to cast a stone or a re buke at him. Most of the articles in this Number are of a scientific character, and consequently, though interesting to en gineers, are unsuited to an extended notice in the co lumns of a Daily Newspaper. The Railway Reports are exceedingly numerous, and carefully condensed. The attention paid to the proceedings of Parliament upon Railway Bills is an excellent feature in the Editorial . management of this very useful Periodical. THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE The " Confessions of Harry Lorrcquer," though as amusing as any confessions can be, begin, from their ex treme length, to be rather tedious, notwithstanding the additional charm imparted to them this month by the account of Mr. O'Leary's first and second love. The " Sixty-drop Dose of Laudanum" abounds in common places, propounded with all the gravity of newly-dis covered truths ; but several, thrown into the form of axioms, are certainly ingenious, and indicate great meta physical subtlety. The following is one of those which we do not remember to have read anywhere :—" The most opaque of all the masks that people assume to con ceal their real character is enthusiasm. In the eyes of women enthusiasm appears so amiable, that they believe that no impostor could counterfeit it : to men it seems so ridiculous, that they are satisfied that nobody would." The first of the " Female Portraits" is concluded. As a whole we can speak well of it. It is a touching tale, very pleasingly and naturally told. The best paper in the Number is a review of the great Lord Chatham's Correspondence, though occasionally disfigured with per sonal attacks upon the abilities and motives of living statesmen—for the race of statesmen is not vet extinct in England. The " Corn-laws," " Lord Durham's Re port," and " Railways in Ireland," are the subjects of thres long articles, of the merits of which our limits will not now permit us to speak. The great defect in this Number is want of freshness and variety in the articles. ALEXANDER'S EAST INDIA MAGAZINE. The " Married Subaltern's Dinner in India" is a ca pital sketch, though bordering rather too much on the extravagant. The agony of Captain Brown, when forced to justify his refusal to help the ladies to Mulligatawny, by confessing that " Blackee" had boiled it in a pair of well-worn inexpressibles, and the confusion that ensued among the male guests, is a scene worthy of Satollett. The " Tale of the Heart" is not much to our taste. We have no appetite for the horrible in fiction. There is a very careful review of a pamphlet, recently published by the Bombay Geographical Society, " On the Defensive State of the North-west Frontier of India," which we recommend to the notice of those to whom it may not be convenient to see the pamphlet itself. There is also a brief, but business-like, article on Banking in India, which will repay the trouble of a perusal, by the know ledge which men not versed in Oriental finance may gain from it. The summaries of proceedings at the India House, and gleanings from Asiatic Journals, are condensed with tact and judgment. THE SPORTSMAN. An excellent Number, vory beautifully embellished with two engravings, superior i❑ point of execution to any which have hitherto appeared in this periodical. The artists' names are not given. THE SPORTING MAGAZINE. The embellishments of this Number arc " Dick and Black Dick"—a wild steed and as wild looking an Afri can groom—by Scott, and the " Variegated Woodcock," by Beckwith. Both are creditable to the skill of the respective engravers. " The Cockney in Leicester shire" flags this mouth ; but this is the less important, as the Number overflows with intelligence, with which every true Sportsman will be deFghted—reports of hunts in all parts of the country. MEMOIRS OF DAVY DREAMY. An amusing work of fiction, by no means devoid of satire, and embellished with two clever plates. THE RHINE. A monthly periodical, illustrative of the river Rhine, its scenery, and the various strange, wild traditions as sociated .with it, which are told, for the most part, in a very spirit-stirring manner. DICTIONARY OF ARTS, 4-c. This work, which we have more than once had occa sion to speak of in terms of deserved praise, contains some excellent wood engravings, and several articles on scientific, and mechanical, and commercial subjects, written in a condensed and vigorous style. The editor is Dr. Ure. THE ASIATIC JOURNAL An Impartial review of the several pamphlets which have recently appeared on the subject of the aggressive policy of Russia in the East ; an Analysis of Eastern Works ; and a Critical Abridgement of the Rev. William Taylor's Second Report on the Mackenzie Manuscripts, are the principal articles in the March Number of the " Asiatic Journal." In none of them tia've we b?en able t o discover traces of a remarkably vigorousintellect. Thei exhibit a praiseworthy share of fact -seeking indu s t ry , b u t t he y a re defieient in those gra ces of illustration and style .so requisite to impart PROJECT OF LAW. Leopold, King of the Belgians, &c. Considering that by their act, dated the 23d January, I 839, the Plenipotentiaries of the five Powers in the Con ference at London have proposed to the acceptance of Belgium and Holland the basis of the separation between the two countries. Considering Art. 68 of the Constitution and the law of the 7th November, 1831, we have, in concert with the Chambers, decreed, &c. the order as follows : Only Article.—Thc King is authorised to conclude and sign the treaties which i egulate the separation between Hol land and Belgium, conformably to*the said Act, dated 23d January, 1839, with such clauses, conditions, and reserva tions as his Majesty shall judge to be necessary or advan tageous to the country. Ban6saLs, Aliacii 1,—In the sitting of the Chamber of Representatives yesterday, the 28,h of February, the Re. port having been read, Mr. Gendebien required that all the diplomatic Acts, all documents exchanged or drawn up since the commencement of the negociation (excepting the Confederation notes) shall be laid before the Chamber. This proposal was opposed by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and after a very warm debate was rejected by a great majority.—Adjourned till Monday at noon. The public loft the galleries in the most perfect order. AUGSBURG, FEB. 25.—A letter from Posen, dated the 20th, which we have just received, contradicts the report of a concentration of Russian troops about Kalitch. AMSTERDAM, FEB 27.—We learn that a treaty of com merce between the Netherlands and the 'United States of North America has been concluded on terms advantageous to both parties. The duration of the treaty is fired for ten years. The treaty of commerce concluded between cu r G o . vernment and that of Russia at Berlin, on the 21st of January, contains no stipulations except those which we have mentioned in e.ur Number of Stn and 11th ruary, to which we refer our readers, without rop,...atiog the whole treaty. TE G t F a a . Second Ch am b er w ill resume T l i' Ve learn that a p ro j ec t o r ii its A sitting u E law will shortly be presented relative to seine puhlie works. THE 11AcuE, FEB. 27.—The Second Qharnber of the Stars-General met to-day. Severalhs petitions were pro. sented, one by M. Dane V an o ie . ltt . on behalf of nit agri cultural labourer, enmplainin Harassed and surs charged by the tai-collector,g ' be „ M. Dane Van Isselt ob served, that he had ( TYyille occasion drawn the atten tion of th. L 1 .t.s4Kri of Finance to the arbitrary proceed- n Tt EVENING EDITT6V. ings of these collectors, and the extortions of which theY were guilty in order to increase the recipts.os much 'as pos sible. THE HAGUE, FEB. 28.—Their Royal Highnesses tl4' i Prince of Orange, and Prince Alexander, ?turned yegter. ; day from North Brabant. It is said tbat the Grand Duke Alexander will be here in the month of March. BERLIN, FEB, 22.—Letters from St. Petersburgh say, that the marriage of the Grand Duchess Maria and the Duke of Lcuchtcnburg, is to be celebrated on the Ist of July this year. A palace is fitting up for the young cou ple near the Alva bridge, and it is said that a splendid palace has been purchased for them. We learn that the Imperial Prince Alexander intends to extend his journey to England. It is thought that his Imperial Highness will return by way of Hamburg and Lubeck. ST. PETERSBURG, FEB. 14 —Commercial Gazette pub lishes a statement of the navigation of Cronstadt in 1838 : " The navigation opened on the 19th of May and ended the 27th of November. During the 193 days then? ar. rived at Cronstadt 902 ships, with cargoes measuring 88,838 tens. and 460 in ballast, measuring 46,5141 tons. Sum total 1.362, being 122 more than in 1837. There sailed from Cronstadt 1,285 ships, with cargoes, and 32 in ballast--in all 1,317 ; 43 ships remain for the winter at Cronstadt, and 8 at St. Petersburg. The first ship ar rived on the 19th of May, and the last sailed on the 16th of November." EXCHANGE ON LONDON, FEB. 15 —Three Months, t 1 td. —Journal de St. Petersburg, Feb. 16. DUTCH FUNDS.—AnsTERnAm, MARcn 1. Money. ES Ila. Actual Debt, 234 per Cent Ditto, ditto a per cent. A:or)! t sviolic, 414 per cent 94% 11514 Ditto, ditto, 314 per cent. 79 50 Commercial Company, 4s, per c,nt 175% 1764 Ditto (1532 aid 1833) 5 per cent. Ditto 5 per cont. Loan 15:.17, 5r er cent. Licellange on London, One month !I 9714 Two months BELGIAN kUNDS—BausaLs, Mutat I. eictuut Debt, 2 311 per Cent. ,„53 Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cont. 9 34 Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. ----- 3 per Cent. 6B Loan of City, 1832, 4 par Cent. Society of Commerce, 14 4 per Cent ll9 Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 57 National Society . —l:russels Papers, March 1. HAMBURG BORSEN HALLE, MARCH 1. hil:s. Monet, Austrian Metpriques, 5 per cent. Dil'o ditto 3 per cmt. Ditto ditto 2 . ! per cent Ditto Bank !shares lBl 1481 Anglo-Russian Loan 1 1 ,714 Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Paper Inscription, C per cent 1 4 101 Russian Inscription. Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series ... 94 98 Ditto, Certificates Portuguese Regency Bends, 5 per cent ....... Ditto, 3 per cent. — Dutch 4, per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents it) .9814 Pahsh 11,nds, 3 per cents New Tickets Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents 72 Norweeiati lean of Itt34, 4 per cents Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cents.... ..... Cortes Loan, 5 perCen' %.;', 102 - - Greek 4 per cents. 1g33, guaranteed !iy France EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, MARCH 1.-1 S 5% i two months, 13 4% VIRNNA, FEB 20.—Two months, 9 11!• 2 . —Hamburg Papers, Mareh 1. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, nt. 20 five per Cents. Metalliques Sow- per Cents. Three per Cents. Bank Shares —AlfgemeirieZeitung, Feb. 26. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, Fee. 23. Bills St. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent ltrils Prussian Engiish Loan, 1830, 4 per cent. 10214 hachange on London, three montlts 6 26% —Prussian Stale Gazette, Feb. 20. HAMBURG MARKETS, GRAIN. Wheat. Marks 522 to 540 )oz.ts, Upland„, ....... Mecklenburg_ 45.) to 540 Meetlenburg ...... 102 to 17. Magdeburg 519 to 531 -- Elder ...............141, t o -;., Eider 465 to 453 • Holsteia .....,,,,,,,150 to 174 ••---- Auhllt, white 522 to 534 PetersMk Riga._ _ to red ... 522 to s'o I Malt, Pomeranian 195 t • 204; Holstein --to ._ Rye, Mecklenburg.... 240 to 312, Pease, Upland, y e ll ow 253 t,4 lm.i -- Holstein Archangel — to Tares •'7l! to 3,5 Bailey, Mcckienburgh 231 to 240 Rapeseed 420 t,, 4' , 5 -- Magdelifirgh . 255 to 270 Ditto Cakes "i4 t,, Lower Elbe ... to Linseed ditto COTTON. Carolina and Tennessee 7.d to 93. Maranham 9 to 9 1 ; Georgia, Ist sort 9t 0 Madras t % 11 2d s% 9 Surats lO4 6a 3d and 4th .... 71,4 $4 Domingo COFFEE. Mocha 10 to 11 Domingo Hatay :a Sumatra 4 4 Xi, Porto Rico b;s; 7 , , RIO 4% 6 Havannah 4% 7 Bahia SUGAR.—(Wit I 894 Discount.) Havarinah, White ..- Brown 3X 6 1 4 Brown 5, 6 Rio, White - 64 ;34 Pernambuco, White ...6% 7 Brown 5 ! 5 54 Brown ...5 h!,i Mon', 102 5 .!., ICI% LATEST FROM PORTUGAL. THE SLAVE TRADE. LISBON, FEB. 25.—Viscount Sada Bandeira's speech, of which I gave an abstract in my last letter, will have prepared you to expect what I have now to announce. The long-peeding negociations for a treaty to effect the total suppression of the slave trade, as far as Portugal is con cerned in it, have been broken off. The Visecutit en trenches himself behind his own interpretation of the exist ing engagements on that subject with England, and refuses to grant an extension of the right of search, or to make any other concession which can at all tend to the at. tainmeet of the object in view. If his vcrson were cor rect, Portugal, if she had not the spirit, would at least have the letter r I the law on her side; but it is false, utterly and outrageously false, as may be seen by re felling, to the text of the treaties. The case stands thus : —On the 28th of July, 1817, a convention was signed in London by Lord Castlereagh and Count de Pal mella., the object or which, as therein expressed, was " on the part of the two Governments, mutually to prevent their reßpective subj,cts lrom carrying on an illicit slave trade," By that Convet.tion, which was intended as a sequel to, and ampl.fieation of, the treaty of January 22, 1815, Portu gal reserved to herself the right of carrying on the soave trade between the Bth and 18th degrees of Southern la titude on the Western coast, and between Cape Delg a d o and the Bay of Lawrence M arques on t h e Eastern coas t of Africa—" but only fur the supply o f h er T ransatlanticpo sessions," and the very first article in en umerat i ng the c 's cutnstances under which the traffic in slav es s h all be con_ 11.- sidered illicit, declares that it shall b e cons id ered so when carried. on by " Portuguese vessels bound for any port, not in the dominions o f his M os t F a ithf u l M a j esty. " By the eth Article, the Portuguese Government granted to British cruizers the power of searching Portuguese vessels, except within the reserved latitudes. On the I Ith of September following, a separate article was drawn up, and appended to the Convention in question, whereby it was agreed that in default of any ulterior arrangement on the subject, that convention should remain in force until the expiration of fifteen years from the day on which the ge neral abolition of the slave trade should take place on tile part of the Portuguese Government. That general aboli tion took place on the of December, 1836, by virtue of a decree issued by the Queen of Portugal for that pur pose, and the Portuguese Government having now re. fused to enter into any ulterior arrangement, the obvious conclusion from the premises is, that the convention of July, 1817, has been thereby continued for a period of fifteen years, to expire in December, 1851, and that Por tugal is at liberty to ship slaves from certain parts of the coast of Africa to her transatlantic possessions, but no. where else. Now, as Portugal does not possess one square inch of territory across the Atlantic, it clearly fol_ lows that every Portuguese ship with slaves on board must be bound to ports not within the dominions of her Most r l: cr ano ffims Faithful Majesty, and be, therefor e , engaged in " art illicit slave' trade ;" and as the reservation claimed by Portugal, in the conventi on o f 1817, ws erounded upon the distincti on between l icit aand illicit, which the subsequent viehh:tenhgtehey could refuse s stances has totally destroy e d, t h e whole being now in every case illicit, th e P ortuguese without o British t i t s h h e grose t s Govern ment have lost the only plea upon andto granteannaont continue unlimited to right w search th o h f oldi, t cruisers, violation of both the letter and the spirit of those engage ments, g e ments, by which th e y are a l rea d y bound, \Vhe theit.he Briti s h Government will allow itself to be fooled by Sada Bandeira's quibble, " that Portugal is not bound to enter into any new treaty till 1851," remains to be seen. I have good reasons for believing that the conduct of the Portu guese Government, in this instance, is more the result of pique and mortified pride, than of any consideration of policy, Lord Palmerston having, in reply to their claim for 180,000 dollars, as compensation for the Diogenes, a vessel captured about three 'years ago, near Mozambique, by her - Nlajesty's ship Leveret, stated that her Majesty's Government, far from admitting the illegality of the cap ture, bad testified their approbation of the course pursued by the Lieutenant commanding the Leveret, by promoting him a step in rank. I think that we shall not be long without a serious breach of the peace of some sort. The Ultras it is now s een, through outnumbering either of the two other parties in support p t o b r e t m t c o om th b e in A e l d in ; is a t t r i y d a th s e ti C ie er c te h s a , rt s e in r g i2t y s , h a a re ve no le t m n a t their at ch uin the debates upon the Address , the resu l t has b een the discomfiture of the Ultras, in the question of a vote to in.. demnity to Ministers for having renewed the taxes for 1 839, without the previous sanction of the Legislature. The Address, it is supposed, will be finally decided upon to-day ; but the early hour at which the mail closes prevents r ee from (-riving you the report of this day's proceedings at the Cartes. The Ministerial, or Ordeiro party is so small, that the triumph of the Government on this occasion has been owing to the capricious favour of the Charterists, whose precarious alliance may afford a momentary stumu- Ins, but can give no permanent strength. The presence of the Duke de Palmella may probably have much influence in bringing about some arrangement. He arrived by last paoket from England, and was received in the most flatter_ ins manner by the Queen, aho even sent one of her car riages to receive him on landing. A court martial was held on board her Majesty's s hi p Ganges, on Friday last, to try Lieutenant Fisher, of h er Majesty's ship Tribune, on a charge of intoxication while on duty. He was found guilty, and sentenced to be severely reprimanded, and put at the bottom of the list for 1837. As his offence was but a slip of human frailty, it is to b e hoped that this officer will yet be afforded opportunities of effacing by honourable service the blemish which his indis. eretion has left upon his professional character. Some de s ys ago, in manning the yards of her Majesty's ship Donegal, to salute the Queen as she passed by, an u „ s cortunate seaman lost Lis hold, fell down upon the deck, and was killed on tile spc't. This mode of doing honour to illustrious p er sonages looks very pretty certainly ; but it it to discontinue it. Is not the enday s geis human life without the least nec ess i ty, it woet4 be well "cannon' ,; ro ti es sufficiently loud declaration of the respect felt? a G L Asoow.—Trade contirraes dull here, th oun i, not Tuesday there was a s%iit impr o v ement i n the derneiii, tin the pri'cs, in the Manchester ma r k et . A speedy improvement i% looked for in our market; we wish that we could a;iliounce something better than topes and expecta- N' :z..-1 1 ':;,. \ pus ate üb an ors ,nd :be 7o er- or ,dy of ses Rh yE, for nd