The Sun. — London, England, 1839-10-12 00:00:00

EVENING EDITION. DOWG ATE WARD, AT a COURT of WARDMOTE holden at Tallow Chandler's Hall, Dowgate Hill, on Saturday, the 1 0 th day of October, 1839, before the Right Honourable SAMUEL WILSON, Lord Mayor, for the Election of a fit and able person to be Alderman of this Ward in the room and stead of the late GEORGE SCHOLEY, Esq., deceased. JOHN JOHNSON, Esquire, Citizen and Spectacle Maker, past Sheriff of the City of London and County of Middlesex, was proposed as a Candidate for the Office of Alderman of this Ward, by John Brown, Esq., the late Alderman's Deputy, and soconded by Hugh Hamilton Mortimer, Esq., one of the Com mon Council ; and no other Candidate having been proposed and a show of hands taken, the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor declared John Johnson, Esq., to be unanimously and duly elected Alderman of the said Ward, in the room and stead of George Scholey, Esq. deceased. Resolved unanimously, That this Wardmote, convened for the purpose of electing an Alderman for the Ward, as Successor to the Right Worshipful George Scholey, E: q., deceased, beg to express to his Family the most sincere condolence on the loss they have sustained, accompanied by the strongest testimony of respect and venera tion for the memory of their late Alderman, who was ever a highly esteemed Inhabitant of the Ward, and who, having passed througn the distinguished offices of Sheriff and Chief Magistrate of this great City, continued to fulfil his Aldermanic duties for the extended period of Thirty-four years. Resolved unanimously, _ That the warmest thanks - Of this Wardmote are due and are hereby respectfully presented to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, for his upright and impartial conduct in presiding o;er the proceedings of this Wardmote, the members of which e nbrace the opporti city of offering to him, in co.nmon with the general body of their fellow citizens, the humble testimony of their approbation, fur his dignified, able, and highly benefi cial services as Chief Magistrate of this great City. Resolved unanimously, That the cordial thanks of this Wardmote be presented to the Master, Wardens, and Court of Assistants, of the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers, for the very hand some manner in which they granted the use of their Com pany's Hall for the purpose of holding this Wardmote. - - Resolved, - - That the aforegoing Proceedings be published in each of the Daily Papers. THOMAS SAUNDERS, Acting Ward Clerk. Now published, in one volume, small Bvo., price 75., cloth, THE LIFE-BOOK of a LABOURER. By a WORKING CLERGYMAN. " It is the pious offering of one who may be deemed a pro per follower in the footsteps of that good man, Legh Rich mond."—Argus. This Volume reminds us forcibly of that most delightful of all biographies The Doctor,' to which indeed it is little if at all inferior. "—Britannia. 6 , The Author has wisely based the Tales contained in this Volume on authenticated Biography or Historical fact, and the work challenges, by its intrinsic merits, no small share of public approbation."—Hull Packet. Smith, Elder, and Co., 66, Cornhill, HIS MAJESTY the EMPEROR of AUSTRIA having AUTHORISED and GUA RANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY PREMIUMS, which (though they are NO LOTTERIES) offer many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES, HEINE BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH, are NOW SELLING SHARES for the said DISTRIBU TIONS. Persons desirous to purchase may receive. PRE VIOUS to giving any order, the PROSPECTUS and PAR TICULARS, upon addressing, WITHOUT DELAY, a line to HEINE, BROTHERS, at HAMBURGH. P.S. THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION contains Portions from TWENTY POUNDS and upwards to THREE THOUSAND, SIX THOUSAND, and TWELVE THOUSAND POUNDS. THEATRE ROYAL COVENT GARDEN. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME VESTRIS. MIS EVENING, SATURDAY, Ccr. 1.2 ' 1839, THE SECOND OLYMPIC NIGHT, Will be acted, SONS AND SYSTEMS. Mr. Lemon Sowerby, Mr. W. Farren ; Mrs. Sweetman, Mrs. Orger ; Laura Harcourt, Mrs. Nisbett. After which, FAINT HEART NEVER WON FAIR LADY. Charles IL, Miss Lee ; Ruy Gomez, Mr. Charles Mathews ; The Duchess of Torrenueva, Madame Vestris. To which will he added, PATTER VERSUS CLATTER. Captain Patter, Mr. Charles Mathews. To conclude with, THE LOAN OF A LOVER. Capt. Amersfort, Mr. J. Vining; Peter Spyk, Mr. Keeley; Ernestine,Aliss Lee; Gertrude, Madame Vestris. On Monday, Beaumont and Fletcher's Comedy of Rule a Wife and Have a Wife, Leon, Mr. G. Vandenheff (his first appearance on the stage), with Naval Engagements. Dress Boxes, 7s; Second Price, 3s. 6d. ; First and Second Circles, bs. ; Second Price, 2s. lid. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price, ; Gallery, Is. Deers to Ise opened at half-past Six—the performances to evarnence at Seven o'Clock. Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Notter, at the liox-oifice, from Ten till Four, where Season Tickets nay be had upon application. Private Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller, 167, New Bond-street. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Immense Combination of Talent. The Proprielor has engaged Messrs. Butler, Elton, and Dow ton, for a limited number of Nights. THIS EVENING, OCT. 12, Will be presented Shakspeare's Historical Play of HENRY THE FOURTH. Hotspur, Mr. Butler ; Prince of Wales, Mr. Elton ; Falstaff, Mr. Dowten; Lady Percy, Mrs. Henry Vining. After which, the laughable Farce of MONSIEUR TONSON. Monsieur Morblieu, Mr. T. P. Cooke. To conclude with the new and original Nautical Drama, called ARMSTRONG, THE SHIPWRIGHT. Reuben Armstrong, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Abel Armstrong, Mr. E. F. Saville; Annis Mildred, Mrs. H. Vining; Bona, Miss Martin. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TOMORROW. Movning...... 9 minutes atter 5 1 Evening 51 minutes atter S. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We know nothing of the imputations cast on the wife of a Correspondent, who writes from Bridge.road, Lambeth, and therefore cannot insert a letter on the sub ject addressed to another paper. The kind communication from Birmingham, respecting the price of spirits, shall be immediately attended to. A Constant Reader" had better apply at the Admiralty, or at the receiving ship for vo l unteers f or t h e Navy. ,4, r ~..,•,.., i .7,-- .:0, -; . , ~,..3.,, ---- ;;4L . . , ; e). . t ' 0 - ,„•WiallK ik .7. i- , , fr .' 1 5,44....\, RP ~. .....:2 4 .:-; ' __,___ `.4 , .. . . - ..- 3. ......,,... 4e.... . - rt --,, ' •- ' , "" , 2. • •..., ~,..V. ~,e,....... r er iii sr) LONDON : SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1839. The Moniteur of yesterday, just received by ex traordinary express from Paris, brings the follow- Lig telegraphic despatch from Madrid, announcing the confirmation of the fueros of the Basque Pro vinces by the Spanish Cortes. The intelligence is at this moment equally gratifying and important : MADRID, OCT. 7.— BAYONNE, OCT. 10. THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " The question of the Fueros has just been una nimously decided by the Cortes, as follows " Art. 1. The Fueros of the Basque provinces and Navarre are confirmed. " 2. The Government as soon as possible will present to the Cortes, after having heard the Basque provinces and Navarre, a project of law relative to the modification of the Fueros and conciliating the interest of the provinces with that of the nation, and w;th the Constitution and the Monarchy. The Government is authorized to decide provisionally the difficulties which might arise with the charge of remict.'ng an account to the Cortes." The " Edinbur g h Review," just published, N o . CXLI., ust published, cot stains amongst other excellent articles, on e on Lord L.YNDitußsT's Review of the last cession, and a defence o f the Whi g s ' in which the Reviewer has don the party he writes for good strvice. Of Lord LYN. DIIURST'S speech he says at th e be g i nn i ng To us there se e — ma • little farcical in the sossinnal ceremony which Lord . T 4Y mrnet hm4 a deems it ne ry to perform. What ndhurst ossaery to the institutions of the count to ie lit have had point and coact ' in . t e .... , annual exhibi poverty of invention when carried tion. This forinto al. formal parad e of verbal h host, instance argues ty, this speech tk ichout a result, this elaborate censur e whicl: risk a vote, this unqualified reprob a tion D t which of the .. as ' does not dare shrinks from all application to the future this impeachments, endin g in a nibbl e at papers pp srs to us to roar about he a very frivolous amusement in the leaders of e a ',ally that professes to have on its side all the respectabili ty of the country, when they wind up their yearly campaign a Taiint a Ministry, who, in the w or d s o f the Noble and Lear ns d Ses sional Reviewer, " are regarded by the people with L'ultred and contempt." That is well said. It is despicable is the Thries to talk of impeachments, and not bring them ; to boast of their power, and not dare to use it ; to ba t ,- ger for office, and yet not have the courag e to tak e it. Whatever they may say of the Whigs, anj hh e worse they say of them the more despicable do Hu Tories appear, at least those who threaten and da re not strike, those who bark and yet are afraid to. , bite, plainly acknowledge the superiority of their opponents. After castigating the Noble and Learned Reviewer very handsomely, the writer no tices the benefits conferred by the Session, of which it was not, h e says, barren. He mentions the '°Pelthir'Postagn—a measure, the results of which,. social and oonunecial, will be felt more widely and ,qmore rapidly than' all the benefits conferred by the Tories on the country from the year 1800 to the year 1830. The Slave Trade Suppression Bill Lisa much praise, and we shall probably return to het eafter. defeated the opposition of the Duke of WELLING TON. The Education grant, a trifle in pecuniary amount, but of immense importance when consi dered as the first solemn recognition by the State of the great principle of national education without violence to religious opinion, constitute s an era in the progress of enlightened and philoso phical legislation." Considering the difficulties by which the Government was su rrounded, consider ing, too, what former Sessions accomplished, and that our preient demands are more founded on our hopes than on past experience, we must admit that something was done, and that it is " rather matter of surprise that three such measures should have been enacted, than that so many others have been frustrated." After a number of spirited observations on the consequences of the accession of the Tories to office, which we cordially recommend to those who, whether real Conservatives or Chartists, have been promoting this object, the Reviewer notices the ob stacles to legislative business, and properly includes amongst them the great number of persons of whom the House of Commons consists. " A hundred men of common sense," he remarks, " will get through their work quicker than six hundred sages." Certainly, that is true ; and as long as legislation consists of such a multiplicity of details as at present —extending to such an immense variety of minute objects, the sphere of the Legislator's ope rations extending every day—it will be hopeless to expect during any Session that more business will be done than was done last Session. Nevertheless, the Reviewer does not advocate a reduction of the number of Members, and proposes to keep them to the full, as constituting a sympathy with the con stituencies, and " giving popular life to the House of Commons and vigour to its debates." In short, the Reviewer defends the present number, because it renders the House unfit for calm legislation ; which can only be carried on after the bulk of the Members have retired, in which the Whig Reviewer does not differ from the despots who contend that popular assemblies are wholly useless to make laws. Between the two prevalent opinions of very minute laws being necessary, and that a popular legislative assembly is the only safeguard of liberty, and this also now prevalent opinion that such an assembly cannot possibly carry on the business of legislation, we do not see our way. Neither, we believe, does the Reviewer ; but, like other men, he takes things as he finds them, and he trusts to the future to find a solution for its own difficulties. Of the deeds of the Whigs, he says— " They have now, under two Cabinets, been in power nine years. You say they have been vacillating and in efficient, and we do not ask you to match what they have done in nine years with the acts of any one previous Ad ministration, the strongest and most vigorous, command ing all the powers of the Commons, the Lords, the Throne, and the Press ; but we ask whether all the Cabinets from 1688 to 1830, have effected so much ? In the first three or four years, under Lord Grey, they carried the Reform Bill, under what obstacles we need not say, the Act for the Abolition of Slavery, the East India Charter, the open ing of the China trade, the Bank Charter Bill, including a partial repeal of the Usury-laws, and regulations for the im provement of Joint Stock Companies;—in foreign policy, the settlement of the great European questions, which esta blished the thrones of Greece, Portugal, and Belgium ; the English Corporation, the Scotch Burgh Reform, the English Poor-law, the consolidation into one volume of the com mercial laws of the empire ; the law that applies the prin ciples of bonding to the manufacture of sugar: the removal of the prohibition on raw silk from France, various im. provements in the laws (not indeed so extensive as could be wished, and leaving much to be done, but comprising at least in the Limitations for Actions Bill, a reform that has justly been called the most sweeping cbange made in the laws for half a certury) ;—all these, a single one of which wowd have immortalized a Tory Government, were among the earliest achievements of this inefficient Whig Adminis tration. During this time was no relief afforded to the people ?" We shall look at this latter question on a future day. The catalogue of the changes already effected is enough to terrify the. Conservatives, and almost to make Lord ELDON turn in his grave; yet no man can say that more has been done than was ne cessary (and the Reviewer has omitted the very important Acts concerning Registration and Mar riage), or that more does not remain to be done than has already been performed. It is a striking fact, not alone in the history of Englishmen, but in ' Ole history of mankind—a fact in the teeth of that part of Mr. MALTHUS'S doctrine which represents society as growing more and more clogged as it ad vances—it is, we say, a striking fact that society has made a more rapid progress during the last fifty years than at any previous fifty years in the history of man. It is also true that every year the progress of society becomes more and more accelerated. Ig _ _ norant of this very important fact the stupid Tories persisted, as long as they possibly could, in with holding from the nation every reform in institutions which were adapted to an ignorant and barbarous age and people. The consequence is that the great number of reforms, or something like them, men tioned by the Reviewer, became indispensible, and great as is their number, they are only a few of those which the advancing society will require, let who will be Ministers. As a judicious and eloquent defence of the Whigs the article we have noticed deserves The settlement of the Eastern question continues to occupy the attention of French statesmen and politicians, almost to the exclusion of everything else. A thousand conflicting rumours are afloat ; and as they all rest on the confidential whispers of this or that diplomatist, Cabinet Minister, or court favourite, they are all received as gospel truths by the adherents and organs of the party who has communicated such precious crumbs of hidden knowledge, and form the basis of a thousand chimerical speculations. According to one Pari sian correspondent, the French Government has received despatches from London, stating that since the arrival of M. DE BRUNOW in this capital, he has succeeded in removing every point of dispute between the British and Russian Governments. The smooth-tongued Russian diplomatist is even said to have convinced Lord PALMERSTON of the necessity for Russian interference on behalf of the Porte, should IVIEHEMET ALI proceed to extremi ties, and also obtained his Lordship's consent for ex pediting a Russian army to Constantinople, should We were not aware yesterday when we stated hat Admiral FLEMING, having served long and well without having obtained any honours, was mole to be pitied than blamed, how strictly true was our statement. The writer of the letter, signed " BENBow," which we copied yesterday from the Times, sneeringly said Admiral FLEMING once saw a partial action, having commanded the Egyp tienne, 50-gun frigate, in Sir ROBERT CALDER'S affair off Ferrol. His services with Sir ROBERT CALDER were arduous, and it was not his fault that the Admiral was not a perfect fire-eater. A court martial did not wholly acquit Sir ROBERT CAL DER, but it breathed no suspicion against the then Captain FLEMING. On that occasion, however, he was serving in a disabled ship. The Egyptienn e had lost her mizen-mast some days before, and hat a jury-mast rigged. He was extremely unfortu nate, too, a few months afterwards. He was de tained on shore to give evidence on Sir ROBERT CALDER'S trial; his ship was sent to sea under an Acting-Captain, and, in company with the Loire, captured the Libre, a French frigate. That was done by his ship, the crew of which was disciplined under his command, but he was denied the pleasure, by no fault of his own, of being present at the cap ture. We cannot at present say any thing of the services of the Gallant Admiral subsequent to 1805, for the same reason, probably, as so many other gallant and brave men were heard of no more, that the fleets of the enemy were in that year annihi lated. Our Navy had destroyed the means of ga thering future glory. Looking back at the list we yesterday copied from the Times, let us ask how many of those Ad mirals it prefers to Admiral FLEMING, are either fit for or would accept his office ? Admiral WHIT.. SHED has not been employed, we believe, for nearly thirty years, and must be, we presume, too old a man to fulfil the duties of the office. If the same be not strictly true of Admiral MARTIN, he too must be a very old man, and would scarcely resign the office of Vice-Admiral of Great Britain for the appointment. He has seen, we believe, more ciril service than service afloat for the last thirty years. Of the once gallant Sir H. TROLLOPE nothing has been heard in the Navy, we believe, for forty years. Sir GRAHAM MOORE has equal claims with Admiral FLEMING, but his services have not ;one without their reward. Sir SYDNEY SMITH, a name so highly honoured in former days, has not b t en heard of in active service subsequent, we be lie.% re, to 1810, and every person the least ac tin:, inted with that Gallant Officer's character and la tt e. r history must be convinced, however descry ,,g he may be of honour and rew ar d s , t h at there - would be some danger in placing Gr eenw i c h Hos- IB RA HIM make a step in advance. The above is, in substance, the statement of the correspondent of the Times, but the correspondent of the Chronicle asserts directly the reverse. " The general rumour in diplomatic circles here," writes the caterer of poli tical secrets for the Chronicle "is that the mission of M. DE BRUNOW to London has failed, and that his proposals to the British Government have been rejected." The truth of this rumour the Chronicle " doubts exceedingly ;" adding as a reason--" We believe that upon the question to which it is under stood M. DE BRUN OW'S mission applied, the best understanding exists between the British and Rus sian Governments—indeed, amongst all the Euro pean powers except France. As to this rejection of M. DE BRIJ NOW'S proposals,' it is doubtful whether he had any specific proposals' to make. The utmost success of his mission, we shonad sup pose, would consist in his convincing the British Cabinet of the good faith and sincerity of his Go vernment ; and there is not, we apprehend, any dis position to doubt either." From this it is to be inferred that M. DE BRU- Now's mission has, in the belief of the Chronicle been successful ; but the Chronicle does n of state the precise object of that mission, nor do we believe that it could do so if it were inclined. Tftiere is, however, something very remarkable in the Chro nicle's assumption of the fact, that there is in this country no disposition to doubt either the good faith or sincerity of Russia. How long is it s,ince the Chronicle itself ceased to doubt the good faith of Russia ? Is it a year, a quarter, a monen, or even a week ? No, it is only since Thursday Past, or rather since yesterday. But the Chront'cle, as a matter of course, cannot praise Russia. with out going out of its way to have a fling at France. At all events," observes our Con temporary, with equal bad policy and bad taste ; , it pital under his orders. Of many of the names mentioned in the Times, no trace remains on our memory, though tolerably familiar with the naval history of our country. We may, however, say that Sir SYDNEY SMITH, Admiral STOPEORD— who was promoted as early and as quickly, we be lieve, as Admiral FLEMING—and Sir GEORGE COCKBURN have other appointments besides their commission as Admiral, so that they are already rewarded. In truth, without being so fortunate as to have splendid services to boast of, Admiral FLEMING is really as deserving of the appoint ment as almost any other person mentioned in the Times. is difficult to suppose that at this moment the pro posals of any Government would be rejected by England merely as a concession to France,' for as such, we are informed, it is regarded in Paris." France has given us some reason of late to ques tion the sincerity of her friendly professions ; but certainly none as yet that would justify us in the eyes of Liberal Europe in exchanging her alliance for that of the Imperial Autocrat of all the Russias. Throughout the whole extent of the British empire we do not believe that there is one enlightened individual who has the slightest confidence either in the good faith or . the sincerity of Russian negociations for the settlement of the Eastern question. All the world knows that her ultimate aim is to get possession of Constantinople, and that to secure this darling ob ject of her ambition, there is no faith which she would not violate. We profess to know very little about the ultimate determination of Lord PAL MERSTON'S policy; but we are confident that the scheme of constituting Russia sole guardian of Con stantinople forms no part of it. There is very little domestic news of interest in the Paris Journals of Thursday. What little there is will be found scattered over the following To show the lying party spirit with which Admi ral FLEMING, is maligned we will notice what the Standard says. It quoted the day before yester day the Times article, in which the services of Ad miral FLEMING in the Egyptienne were men tioned : it said last night that he had served in the Berwick, and, in the same paragraph, it added that he had confessedly seen no service. Our Contemporary is so accustomed to say the thing that is not, that it cannot preserve the semblance of truth for two sen tences. In the same spirit, too, while the malignant diligence of the Times and its Correspondents could hunt up just seventeen persons more deserving of the appointment than Admiral FLEMING, the Standard declares that "he is preferred to hundreds of active, intelligent, and gallant veterans." Why, there is not half the number who could by any pos sibility urge the smallest pretensions to the appoint ment. We will not refer to the rhodomontade of the Times yesterday on the subject, further than to say that the most charitable construction we can put on it is, that the writer was for the moment out of his senses. extracts : " Extract of a letter from St. Petersburg, quoted by the Commerce : Various changes will, it is said, shortly be made among our Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers. General Count de Witt, who has been permitted to resign his command of the military colonies of the Ukraine, has, we believe, been appointed Ambassador at London, unless Count Pahlen, the Ambassador in France, should persist in his desire to return to active service in the army, in which case Count de Witt will go to Paris, and the Em bassy of London will be given either to Count Woronzow, now Governor-General of Lesser Russia. or to Count Strogonoff. It is expected that Count Pahlen, on re turning to the service, will fix his eye on the Governor- Generalship of Poland, in case Marshal Paskevitch should be removed to the command of the army of the South. The Emperor has named General Nikitine Commander in- Chief of the military colonies, in the room of General de Witt, and also entrusted to him the command of all the troops cantoned in that country, and which form the re serve of the army of the South. General Nikitine is esteemed to be one of the best tacticians in the Russian army.' " The Commerce states, that " the Legitimatist party in France is labouring to obtain, on any conditions, permis sion for Don Carlos to quit France, with a view to convey him to Catalonia, and continue the war under the auspices of Cabrera." The French Ministry had hitherto declined attending to their solicitations, but " the King, beset as he has been of late by Count D'Appony and other northern diplomatists, may ultimately acquiesce in their demands, and permit the Prince to leave the kingdom." A new Council for Don Carlos was in progress of organization under the Presidency of M. Ramirez de la Piscine, his former Minister for Foreign Affairs. The journey of the Infante Don Sebastian to Naples was believed to have no other object than " to stimulate the zeal and charity of the Italian Princes." We have received a file of Bombay Papers to the 30th of July inclusive. A conspiracy had been discovered at Poonah to murder all the Europeans resident there, and to restore the Mahratta Go vernment. Fortunately, it was made known to the authorities in time to prevent it from being carried into effect, otherwise the massacre would have been dreadful. A report had reached Calcutta from Canton that LIN, the Chinese Imperial Commissioner, had de clared that as soon as the whole of the opium should be given up, the Chinese Government would pay for it at the rate of five hundred dollars per chest. " Whether, this declaration," says the Bombay Times, " refers to the stock on hand in India, as well as the growing crop, we have not heard, but we should think the whole ought to be included, as the cultivation here and the accumulation of stock, has been entirely owing to the tacit consent given to the trade for so many years by the Chinese authorities." Such reasoning as this will be sure to pass current with the poppy cultivators, but we rather doubt that it will not appear quite so conclu sive to the Chinese Govormnent. The latest ac counts from Canton are of the 9th of May. The Singapore Press states, that the account re ceived by the Nymph, from Canton, do not cor roborate the intelligence previously received, of the intention of Captain ELLIOTT, to prevent the ac cess of British shipping to Wampoa, but that the Superintendent has promised to address such a letter Letters received in the course of the day announce an increase in the illness of Mehemet Ali, which appeared to be more serious than was at first believed. It was added that a quarrel was on the point of breaking out between Ibrahim Pacha and Soliman Selves. It is said that an attempt had been made to poison the latter. This news has caused a great sensation on account of the influence it may have on the solution of the Eastern ques tion. The Courrier du Bas Rhin, a Strasburg Journal has the following article :—A letter from Carlsruhe informs us that the project of erecting a federal fortress at Rastadt on the banks of the Rhine is again seriously contemplated. It may be remembered that this project was spoken of two years ago; it was supposed to have been given up; but it seems that this is not the case, and that the intervening time has been employed in preparing and discussing the plans. Prince Met. ternich, who is now at his seat at Johannisburgh, near Mayence, will doubtless find time and a pre text to ascend the Rhine as far as Rastadt, and to examine in person the site of the new fortress. This project of the Princes of the Confederation, or rather of Austria and Prussia, has always appeared to us, from the time it was first spoken of, as nothing more than a new threat against the French Revolution. If Rastadt, said we, becomes a federal fortress it is an arsenal, an advanced post against France, which Austria and Prussia prepare against our very gates, a pretext which these two Powers continue, in order to place a garrison in the Grand Duchy of Baden, to assemble at their ease an army in sight of France, which is separated from Rastadt by the Rhine, within a few leagues of Strasburg, which is the key of France on that part of our frontiers, Prnssia is not content with having involved the Grand Duchy of Baden in its commercial league, and thus chained it to its own destiny, as connected with its own manufac tures and commerce ; it aims likewise at the military occu pation of it, in order to deprive it of all liberty of action-- to stifle every desire that might nate it inclin A to Fsance. We now see the rrussian uustom- ouse officers at ts.eph ; we shall soon see Austrian grenadiers at Rastadt. If Austria and Prussia think fit, Rastadt will be con verted into a federal fortress, and the French Government, which has not dared, since the year 1830, to rebuild the walls of Huningen on the French territory, will still less object to the Diet's causing a federal fortress to be built on the German territory. As for the Government of Baden, it will submit to the demands of the Diet ; for it knows, by fatal experience, that its resistance would not meet with any support from the French Government; and it remembers that when, in 1832, it (the Baden Government) was inclined to join with the Chamber of Baden, to resist the Diet and maintain the liberty of the press, if it might depend on France, the French Ministry informed it that it had nothing to expect from them.—Le Temps. BOURSE.'—PARIS, THURSDAY, OCT. 10. to the Canton authorities before leaving the country, as will make the factories too hot to hold any British subject, or indeed any other foreigner. The Siamese are following the example of the Chinese and are seizing and confiscating opium, and fulminating edicts to purify the land of the baneful drug. They also threatened to invade the state of Calan tan. The French ship, Denise, Captain THIBOUT, was treacherously attacked by a body of Malays, at the port of Soosoo, on the West Coast of Su matra, by whom the Captain was slain, and the vessel plundered. (From the Canton Register, May 7.) PROCEEDINGS OF THE IMPERIAL COM- MLS - S lONE R. We have been told the Chinese servants of the Portu guese at Macao have - been ordered by the Kenuminfoo to leave their employers. It appears that the espionage on the passage boats is to be strictly observed, for a shelter from the weather leas been erected upon that favourite evening resort of foreignen yclep'd Jackass Point. A pointed rudeness was observable in the demeanor of the officers and linguists .to the party of fo reigners which first embarked. We have been told the reading the muster roll of the names of the first departing batch occasioned much merriment ; the Kwang-heep him self appearing to enjoy the fun of the scene. DEATH OF MOWQUA, THE HONG MER CHANT. We record, with deep regret, the death of that very re spectable hong merchant, Mowqua , he died last night at seven. 1 first Highest Lowest Last Price Price. Price. Price. French 5 per Cents 1:0 5) ... 110 55 ... 110 45 ... 110 50 4 per Cents lOl 40 ... 101 40 ... 101 40 ... 101 40 3 per Cents Bl 55 ... 81 60 ... 81 55 .. 81 55 Bank of trance 2820 ...28.0 ...2820 ....VW Laffitte Bank I,ooof. Sh 1057 50 ...105'7 50 ...1055 ...1055 5,000 f. Sh 5215 ...5210 —.5210 ...5210 Oelglan 5 per Cents lOl% ~. 101% ... 101% ... 101% Bank 770 ... 770 ... 767 50 ... 767 50 Caupons Spanish Active 31% ... 31;,, ... 31% ... 31% Passive 8 ... 81,4 ... 8 ... 8 , New Of ferret ... 144 . Old Deferred ti% ... 8 .. 8% . 8% Portuguese 3 per Cents —' ••• 25 ... 25 ... 251 f, 5 per Cents 35 ... 35 ... 33 ... 35 Neapolitan ..._. For some time past he bad been suffering from a tu mour ; which had been formed in his abdomen, and was most probably induced by his long night watcbings before the gate of the British Consulate. Unhappily for himself and his friends, both native and foreign, he declined with the usual regretted prejudices of a Chinese, the attendance of Dr. Cox or Dr. Parker. We believe Mowqua stood higher in the general estima tion of foreigners than any other of the Cohong. His age was about 54. Itornan ltn% ~. 103% ... 103% 103% RAILWAY SHARES. ' , St. Germain Versailles, R. B 517 30 ... 517 50 ... 517 50 ,„. 517 50 LB. 295 ... 297 50 ... 295 ... 20 5 1191 25 ... 991 25 991 25 .- 991 25 __„......, Havre Zlulhausen to Thann 382 80 ... 3i2 382 50 ... 382 50 AUSTRIAN_ FUNDS.—Vintivs, OCT 1. Five per Cents. Metalliques _ • Fostr per Cents. Three per Cents. 13eink Shares 1533 —Allzemeine Zettung, Oct. 6. WEST INDIA AND COLONIAL PAPERS. (From Jamaica Papers, received to Bth September.) " We understand that Government will not come to :any determination with regard to the Stipendiary Ma gistrates, until Sir Charles Metcalf shall have reported what change he deems it advisable should be made in - that eepartment. " His Excellency the Governor has issued a procla- Trt.ation, dated the 4th instant, proroguing the House of Assembly to the 24th." The Bermuda Gazette, of the 13th August, states that the fifth anniversary of the emancipation from slavery of the coloured people, throughout the West India portion of the British dominions, was celebrated in these. islands on Thursday, the Ist of August. This memorable event has passed in Bermuda with the ut most harmony and good feeling. We have received Trinidad papers to 31st Aug. : TRINIDA.D.—The Standard of the 2d ult. furnishes the following information :—" With the past month of June has terminated the sugar crop for the season, the dry weather continued up to the 12th, when the first lbeavy rains began. Th ere h as not yet b een time to ascertain with what sort of steadiness the labourers will turn to the azri cultural operations of a sugar estate, and there is some slight anxiety upon the subject." CONDUCT OF THE LABOURERS.—The Mercury in forms us that—" In perusing the returns of cases heard and determined before the Stipendiary Justices for the last quarter, ending the 20th of June, it is satisfactory to notice how comparatively few and trifling they are for Eastern districts. from this island to certain periods in the past and pre sent year, show a great falling off. The quantity for 1839 is stated to be no more than half of that for 1838. We regret to perceive that the prospects of the is land of Barbadoes are not so cheering as we could have desired. Complaints are made relative to the neglect in cultivating articles of food, and the peasantry have shown much less indisposition to labour than formerly. BRITISH GUIANA.—From this colony we have re ceived files of the Royal Gazette to the 6th inst. The labouring population are working in a very desultory manner. There is a deficiency of sugar to the amount of 10,500 hogsheads. We have received New Brunswick papers to the 15th of September. From the Fredericton paper of the 10th of September we extract the following : " This afternoon the Legislature assembled, pursuant to proclamation, and at two o'clock the Lieutenant-Go verner proceeded in state to the Province Building, and opened the Session with a Speech. The following is the most important paragraph it contains—' It only remains for me to renew to you the assurance of my sincere desire to co-operate with you upon this and upon every other occasion in devising and maturing such measures as may tend to promote the general satisfac tion and prosperity of the inhabitants of this Royal Pro v ince." By the Halifax mail we have received papers to the 24th of September : WOODSTOCK, AUG. 21.—The Boundary Commis sioners arrived here from head-quarters on Monday last, and on the same day departed for the disputed terri tory. We understand that they will commence their explorations on the west bank of St. John's, somewhere in the vicinity of the Grand Fall. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are a French mail ; also a mail from Jamaica, by the Tyrion—sailed from St. Thomas 6th September, Cape Henri 11th September ; a mail from Halifax, by the Reindeer—sailed, 24th September ; and ship letters from New York, by the Gladiator, old date, 20th September. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FRlDAY.—Although prices of American descriptions have been tolerably steady, attributed to the unusually large demand for export, and some improvement in the aspect of money matters, the demand is being met freely, and the unsatis factory accounts which we still receive from the manufac turing districts, subject the market to continued flat ness. No change in the prices of India or Sea Islands. Brazil, owing to the limited supply, and Egyptians go off at very full prices. Exporters have taken 7,700 bales of American, 70 Surat, and 50 Pernams ; and speculators 1,000 bales of American. The sales to day are about 4,000 bags of all kinds. An official return of the exports of bullion states as follows :—From the 3d to the 9th inst. inclusive, Gold in bars has been exported to the amount of 4,227 ounces ; in coin to the amount of 4,050 ounces ; and silver in coin to the amount of 241,768 ounces. We are glad to be enabled to quote a material im provement in the condition of the Foreign Exchanges yes terday afternoon. The advance in the rate on Paris was to 25f. 65c. to 25f. 70c. ; on Hamburg to 13 10.1 to 13 11 ; on Amsterdam to 12 4i- ; on Frankfort to 1501 151 ; and on Antwerp to 12 3i to 12 34. The rise in the Exchanges brightened the appearance of commer cial matters in the City. It was positively asserted yesterday that Mr. Jaudon had completed his arrangements with the principal holders of the United States Bank Post Notes. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at 90i for Money ; for the November Account, 91i I-. Exchequer Bills, 2 discount ; in India Bonds nothing done ; Bank Stock, 181 182 ; India ditto, 246 248. _ . In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active 31i i ; Por tuguese, 371 i ; Colombian, 331 34 ; Mexican, 323- 33 ; Brazilian, 721 73} ; Dutch Two-and-Half per Cents, 533 j-; Five per Cents., 1004 1011. PRICES Ok' STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock S per Cent. Red. 89% 3 4: Ditto Bonds - 3 per Cent. Cons. 90% South Sea Stock — Si , , per Cent. — Old Annuities B7l Ditto Red. ............ ......, ... New Ditto New 3% per Cent ( 1 7% 4 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751 New 5 per Cent. 98% % Exch. Bills, £1,000... 2 dis. Bank Long Annuities to expi re Ditto 500... 1 dis. Jan. 5, 1860. — Ditto Small 4 6 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 14% Ditto Advertised ...... -- Pin. Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank Stock for Account ... 1954 April 5, 1880. lndia Stock for Account ... 247 Jan. 5.1870 — Consos for Account 90% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds ' Peruvian Bonds — Belgian i Bonds — Ditto Account. Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account — Di tto Acc . un ' .37%% Buenos Ayres Bond s Ditto Account —; Ditto Account 25%4 Chilian Bonds - r.... 1 21.444Miiid5 --- -—; -- Vitra - NBB6linin) .......-. = Ditto Account i Ditto Metallic — Columbian Bonds, 1824. ... — i Spanish Bonds 31%4 Ditto Account 334 3' 3) Ditto Account. 5114 Danish Bonds Ditto Account ' Deferred 1414 % Greek Bonds — French, 5 per cent. —f. —c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 . --- 4 per cent. Ditto Account i --- 3 per cent. —l. —c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — --- Exchange. —l. —c. Ditto Account ' Dutch , 214 per cent. 53% Ditto, 6 per Cent — . (l Ditto Account 5344 Ditto Account Neapolitan I Ditto Account"... COURSE OF EXCHANGE, YESTERDAY. Amsterdam ....... ...... C.F. 12 7 !Gibraltar 4B thtlo, at sight Rotterdam 2U. 12 'i% ; Genoa .. 25 80 Antwerp... Hamburg.... M.B l3 13%, Venice Altona Paris, 3 days' sight 25 50 Palermo per oz. 1203¢ Ditto... .. . ........... 3 Ms. 25 75 Lisbon 58% Marseilles Bourdeaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex.M. 1514 Bahia 27 Petersbuigh, ruble... 3 Us. 38 Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, effective 8...3 M 10 7 Philadelphia 46 Trieste...ditto lO 8 PRICE OF BULLION, per OZ. Madrid 363{ Portugal Gold, c0m.....i0 0 0 Cadiz.... 36% Foreign Gold, in bare... 317 103{ Gilboa 36 New Doubloons ..... ..... 0 0 0 Barcelona 26 New Dollars 0 4 10% Eeville 36 Silver in Bars 0 5 0% PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, OCTOBER 10. 3 per Cent. Consols 3 per Cent. Stock Ditto Reduced - Ditto New, 1830 ...... ... 97% City of Dublin Steam Comp. - 3y, per Cent. Debentures... 90% National Insurance Company - Bank Stock - City Debentures, 4 per cent. - Grand Canal Stock - Ballast Office Debentures, 4 - Royal Canal Stock - .11ALEPAS7' ONE. It is now ascertained beyond a doubt that the terms on which the stock of the United States Bank, gua ranteed by other States stock, is to be at 94, and the dates of payment are fixed for April 1841 and April 1842, in equal proportions, the interest payable half yearly, which pay the subscribers at the rate of 81- to 9 per cent. per annum. Caraccas Papers to the ith August have been re. ceived at Jamaica. They notice the appointment o Dr. Fortescue as Minister Plenipotentiary at the Bri. tish Court, We copy the following from the Halifax Papers o .he 233 September : " FREDERICTON, SEPT. 14. " There are some accounts in town of Ithe disturb ances near Aroostook. A party of lumbermen having possessed themselves of arms with which they intended to attack Fort Fairfield, but having been discovered by the sent:nel, who fired, they retired without com mitting any depredations. Mr. Saunders, one of the Crown officers, has proceeded up the river to investigate the affair. It may not be generally known, that the Americans have retained possession of the Fort, which they established there last winter, notwithstanding the arrangement entered into with General Scott, and the inhabitants of the provinces, who may attempt to land there, are repelled at the point of the bayonet. The fire spot has already different erections, several parties have contracted for the building of brick stores." Saturdays in general are slack, both for speculating in th e funds and commercial transactions, thus it appears thi s morning, for very little is doing either in'the British or Foreign markets. The private letters received by the Jamaica mail are rath er o f a more favourable description than by the last accounts. They state that the labourers ar c more dis posed to work and pay their rents. Next Monday is anxiously looked for, both for the arrival of the British Queen steamer from New York with specie, as well as the payment of the dividends to the public. Consols have been Om during the morning at 90i for the Account, Money 901 ; Exchequer Bills, 2 dis. ; Bank Stock, for the opening, 1854 ; India Stock, 246 247. 1 " The statement of the quantities of sugar shipped from Trinidad up to the end of June, 1838 and 1839, shows a deficiency upon last year of 1,798 hogsheads, and looking at the quantity shipped in 1838, after the 30th of June, viz., 5,888, and taking, as we believe we fairly may, the quantity now made but not shipped at 4,000 hogsheads, the difference (minus) between the crop of this and last year will scarcely exceed 2,000 hogsheads ; it will, therefore, fall short of an average crop (taken from an average of the last sixteen years) of 8,000 hogsheads. " The North side papers by the Post contain nothing ..._...,,,...._ - of interest." DEAL, OCT. D.—Wind S.—Sailed the outward-bound. FIRST OF AUGUST IN BARBADoEs,—It appears from LIVERPOOL, OCT. 11.—Wind S. E.—Arrived the Pirie, solve cause or other, that the Governor of Barbado es from Deni er . Sailed the City of Poonah, Wilson, fer omitted to publish a proclamation, declaring the first Bombay ; A ret hu sa , Ch r i st i an, A rica ; Sis, Kendall, De o f August a holiday ; this gave mighty offence to the rnerara; Apollo, Jackson, Cayenne; Robert, Lawson, liberal editor, who, it is said " blew up Sir Evan sky- Birbadoes ; Vleoner Henriette, Denkin, Porto Rico high." Eleanor, M , Poerson, New Orleans ; Jaminend, Berland, . ditto; Grace Reed, Charleston ; Richard Anderson, Lu. ST. CHRISTOPHER.—The intelligence from this is- cas, New Y o rk; and Zephyr, Senegal. Off port the land is of a pleasing kind. The Advertiser of the Trafalgar, from Quebec. 30th of July, says, "We congratulate the colony upon FORTsmouiß, OCT. Il.—Wind E. S. E.—Arrived the the moral, social, and political advances that have been Gladiator, Brittain, from New York. made during the first year of freedom ;as well as upon PLYMOUTth OCT. 11 —Wind S.—Arrived the Nautilus, the extraordinary abundant crop that has been reaped. Peckford, from Quebec; Perseverance, Adams, Faro; THE FIRST OF AUGUST.—The Gazette of the 2d sod Lord Aason, Malaga. of August, gives a favourable report of the Island. FALMOUTa, OCT. 10.—Wind S.W., strong breezes and M c ) any of the lab ourers o b serve d t h e Fi r st of August a s 'q ually.—A In a holiday, whilst oth ers b etoo k t h em selves to their usual i lies, sailed r ( ived th e T yr i an packet, from the West m Cap e H a i t i en the 11th S eptem b er . BRIDGEVATER, OCT. 6.—Arrived the Heinrick and avocations on the estates- , Robert, Bergman, from Memel DEMERARA.— Royal Gazette, 31st August : Drumm OCT. . 10, —Arriyed . the Lady Young, Taylor, " About three o'clock yesterday morning a shock of an ' from Demerara; Juno, Fisher, St. John's, New Brunswick. earthquake was felt by -many in this town." PENZ/O . Cg. OCT. 9.—Off port the Telemaque, Gild- ST. LI/CU.—We see it mentioned in one of thr dons, from New Orleans. papers, that a statement of sugar and coffee shipper DARTgOUTII, OCT. 1 0.--Off port Eleanor, Barbadoes. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active reached 31i at present rather lower, 318 ; Portuguese, 371; Three per Cents., 251- ; Colombian, 33 ; Mexican, nothing done ; Dutch Two-and•a-half per Cents, 534 ; Spanish Passive, 8 ; Deferred, 141. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. -(THIS DAY.) THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1839. LITERATURE. EDINBURGH REVIEW. No, CELL Longman, London, 1839. Lord Brougham's Sketches of " Public Charac ters" who flourished during . the reign of George the Third, are resume d in this Number. The two principal ones, each of whom is drawn at full length, are the Earl of Shelbourne and John Wilkes, the last of whom is, not undeservedly, given up to general contempt and abhorrence. We have also a sort of etching of Lord Bute, which would be a better likeness, if it were somewhat lest; flattering. His Lordship was not, as the Reviewer seems to imply, driven from the helm "by the cla mour raised against him mainly on account of his native country;" doubtless this had something to do with his retirement from office ; but the chief cause was his own incapacity to conduct public affairs in the bold, decided spirit that the exigencies of the times required. He was a timid—he called himself " cautious"--and, in no slight degree, a distrustful statesman ; and wanted manly faith in the resources of England. Compared with Chatham, who, despite his occasional unworthy adulation of Royalty, which is one of the greatest blots on his political scutcheon, was incomparably the loftiest-minded statesman that this country has ever known, the Earl of Bute sinks into measureless insignificance. Of Wilkes we have the following , graphic portrait, which is correct in its every linea ment : " Though of good manners and even a winning ad dress, his personal appearance was so revolting as to be hardly human. High birth he could not boast ; for his father was a respectable distiller in CI erkenwell. Of fortune he had but a moderate share, and it was all spent before he became a candidate for popular favour ; and his circumstances were so notoriously desperate, that he lived for years on patriotic subscriptions. Those more sterling qualities of strict moral conduct, regular religious habits, temperate and prudent behaviour, regu lar industrious life—qualities which are generally re quired of public men, even if more superficial accom plishments should be dispensed with—he had absolutely nothing ; and the most flagrant violations of decency on moral as well as religious matters were committed, were known, were believed, and were overlooked by the multitude, in the person of their favourite cham pion, who yet had the address to turn against one of his antagonists, a clerical gentleman, some of those feel ings of the English people in behalf of decorum, all of which his life was passed in openly violating. Of the light but very important accomplishments which fill so prominent a place in the patriotic character, great eloquence, and a strong and masculine style in writing, he had but little. His compositions are more pointed than powerful ; his wit shines far more than his passions glow ; and as a speaker, when he did speak, which was but rarely, he showed indeed some address and much presence of mind, but no force, and produced hardly any effect. Of his readiness, an anecdote is preserved which may be worth relating. Mr. Luttrel and he were standing on the Brentford hustings, when he asked his adversary privately, whether he thought there were more fools or rogues among the multitude of Wilkites spread out before them. -‘ I'll them what you say, and put an end to you,' said the Colonel—but perceiving the threat gave 'Wilkes no alarm, he added, Surely you don't mean to say you could stand here one hour after I did so ?" Why (the answer was) you would not be alive one instant after.' How so ?'—' 1 should merely say it was a fabrication, and they would destroy you in the twinkling of an eye I" The Reviewer allows that Wilkes possessed great powers of wit and repartee ; but this is hardly doing him justice, for he was by far the wittiest man of his age, perhaps more so than any Englishman of whom we have a record. Foote was a cleverer buffoon, and Sheridan showed more tact in firing off his elaborated jokes ; but Wilkes was ever ready, and needed not to concoct a good thing beforehand. We have many instances of his matchless facility in Boswell, who records how he conciliated the high Tory Johnson by his sparkling conversational powers; Gibbon, too, in the posthumous autobiography pre fixed to Lord Sheffield's edition of his works, has borne equally striking testimony to his wit and sar casm ; and his diverting squabble with parson Horne about the " old clothes," shows that, when he pleased, he could be just as ready with his pen. The Reviewer says " Wilkes was a fair classical scho lar ;" he was more than this, he was a first-rate Latinist—that is to say, he had a perfect critical acquaintance with the niceties of the Roman au thors—especially the poets, whom he dearly loved ; and late in life he published an edition of his fa c.fiatu. VT ; o „ <.) 111,c,.- ture, though not profound, was far from contempti ble ; and some great classical scholar—we forget his name, but we think it was Gilbert Wakefield, the friend of Fox—who spent a day with him at the Isle of Wight not long before his death, ex pressed surprise at the extent of his acquaintance with the orators and dramatists of Greece. But here our panegyric must stop. He was a heartless reprobate, who made a trade of politics, and a deliberate, systematic study of libertinism. Though one of the ugliest dogs in Christendom, with a big chuckle head, white, glittering buck teeth, or ra ther tusks, and an infernal squint that might have scared a ghost—Wilkes, strange to say, was a pro digious favourite with women ; and used often to boast that, give him half an hour's use of his tongue, and he would supplant the handsomest man in England in the affections of a lady ! " Church and Tory Misrepresentations " is well timed, and penned in a fearless spirit. The Re viewer justly denounces the encroaching temper of the clergy,where education is concerned, and warns the people how they submit to its decrees on this point. " Let the people of England," he says, " consider that on this question, their moral, their civil, and their religious freedom depends. No ca jolery to the Wesleyans—no hypocritical com pliments to the Dissenters—should close their eyes to the consequences of introducing into our schools an ecclesiastical tyranny of the worst de scription." Sound advice this, and never more needed than at the present crisis. Mother Church, it is clear, is anx i ous t o ge t th e t ra i n i ng o f t h e rising generation into her own hands ; tolimbue their ductile natures with a becoming sense of her own infallibility ; to prevent them from learning much that they ought to learn ; and to teach them much that, in a practical sense, it will not benefit them to know. In a word, she is nervously soli citous to keep the rising intellect of England in a state of bondage ; and against this attempted domi nation it behoves all free men to raise their voices. " Life and Times of Richard Baxter" is a delight ful essay, abounding in anecdote and judicious cri ticism. The spirit that dictated " Lord Lynd hurst's Review of the last Session" is commented on in a pointed, sarcastic manner, well suited to the theme. We hope his Lordship will accept this vigorous drummer-like flagellation in a meek and thankful spirit, for he may rely on it that the " cat" has been laid on for his own especial good. Speak ing incidentally of the "feeble Whig Government," against which the Tories are constantly hurling Their ribald abuse, the Reviewer thus enumerates some of the benefits which it has been the means o: conferring on the community. Turning from these financial measures, we see ef fected by this feeble Government' others, which no Tory Administration ever felt itself endowed with the vigour and the courage to propose—the English Muni cipal Bill—the Englis Tithe Bill—the adjustment of Irish Tithes—the Irish Poor-law (a still more difficult question than the English)—the Abolition of the Im prisonment for Debt by Mesne Process. Those Mi nisters whose hands are said to be so weak, have short ened by nearly two years the noviciate of African liberty ; they have struck a deadly blow at the Slave Trade in other countries ; they have prepared new paths for commercial enterprise in Turkey and in Russia ; they have commenced for Literature negotiations for the greatest boon it can receive—an International Law of Copyright ; they have established the great principle of Popular Education, without exclusion of religious dif ferences ; and they have closed the last arduous Ses sion (for we will not narrow this boon by classing it amongst the mere financial arrangements), with obtain ing, for every class of the people, the commocial, lite rary, and social benefits arising from the cheapest possible intercourse by correspondence—preceding ' in this, the most vigorous and most popular states i n the world. These have, in four or five years, been eof the acts of the Ministry charged with utterine s c?e m ncy l of Whether it be much or little, the charity the Oppo sition is to give nothing. They remind us of the story told of Antigonus. A Cynic asked him fora drachm of silver. Pooh!' said Antigonus, `that av me then a ta t is not a p resent that should come from a King. ' lent." Pooh ! said Antigonus, ` that's With those that should go to a Cynic.'not a pre sen t who censure the n iggard generosity of others, there is always the double excuse for their own thrift —the too much or the too little. We repeat it—for we will nail down these facts upon the memories of those whom we address—there has not been an abuse upon which public opinion has been ex pressed with energy and decision, of which the reform has not been either effected, or advanced, in the nine years' administration f these Do-nothing Whigs.' Look back to the mock Parliament of Rotten Bo roughs—it is reformed ;to the jobbing Corporate Oh pirchies—they are opened to popu l ar contro l ; to t h e disease that, in the banded mendicancy of the old Poor- 4 ". , 'IiENTiNT(_ EDITION. aw, rotted away the sinews cf industry—it is healed ; o the bar to improvement in English tithes—it is re tmoved ; to the Rathcormac butcheries of the Irish t ithes—they are at an end ; to the wholesale famine of he Irish peasantry—the Irish Poor-law opens an asy una to starvation ; to the intolerable grievance of a pension list for titled paupers—it is rooted from the land ; to Colonial Slavery—it is no more. On what abuses, yet existing, are the opinions of men attached to popular rights the most warmly expressed ? The coercion of Electors—the monopoly of the landown ers ; the Government has advanced as far in remedial measures as numerical force will allow. The Vote by Ballot, and the Repeal of the Corn-laws are open ques tions. Let the people look back when they please to the struggles of this Ministry—it is the people's ban ner that floats above the contest—it is the peaPle 96 cause that has triumphed, and which yet animates to farther exertions." Of the few remaining articles, we have neit her space nor time t o d o more than just enumerate them. There is a well argued one on " Church Rates," which we may notice on some more leisure occasion, in which the pride and tenacity of Mother Church on all questions where she fancies her tem pmal interests are concerned, are lamented in a dignified and manly spirit ; another on the" Duke of Raousa's Travels ;;' and a third, on the " Struc ture of the English Language," which displays much curious, out-of-the-way knowledge. WALKS AND WANDERINGS. 2 Vo ss. Saunders and Otley, London, 1839. We have here another work from the pen of the author of th e « Random Recollections" of the Houses of Lords and Commons, &c., consisting of various tales, essays, and descriptive sketches, lightly and pleasantly written, in a spirit of unvarying good humour. Several of the articles, it appears, were originally written f or " a per i o di ca l i n the north of Scotland ; and among them, we suppose, are the " Recollections of Sir Walter Scott," which, how ever, add nothing to our stock of information re specting the tastes and habits of the illustrious Baronet. The best, or at least, the most a musing tale in the present volume, is the " Magic Bridle, which is founded on a legend still believed in many parts of the north of Scotland. ORIENTAL OUTLINES. S. Low, London, 1839. An amusing volume of travels, containing recol lections, interspersed here and there with anecdotes of the Greek islands, and the scenery in the neigh." bourhood of Constantinople. The work bears evi dent marks of haste, but the descriptions are lively and no doubt faithful ; and the account of the, Janissaries " tallies with a ll t h at ' we have read respecting the last days of this devoted corps. The author of the work is a gentleman, by name Knight. BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW N°' 18. Taylor, London, 1839. From a notice that appears in this Number, of Mr. Buxton's last published work on the subj ect of the " African Slave Trade," it should seem not only that this infernal traffic is not diminished, but that it is act ua lly i ncreas i ng, an d at a ra te, too , that sets all cal cu l a ti on at d e fi ance ! Th e cause of such frightful i ncrease t h e R ev i ewer a ttributes , first, " to the state of Africa, and the abundance of the supply ; secondly, to the state of America, and the magnitude of the demand." He goes on to observe— "To these permanent and inherent elements of the pre sent condition of two great Continents, we are only able to oppose an intermediate and ineffectual cheek! The whole activity of the abolitionists has been directed to the prevention of the trade by cutting off the middle passage, or the means of transport from the Guinea coast to the American slave-markets ; by a species of blockade of the African shores, or by cruizers destined to intercept the slave vessels at the entrance of the West Indian and American ports. But if it be noto rious that all the revenue cutters in the service cannot put down smuggling on the coast of the populous and civilised islands of Great Britain, when the rate of duty is such as to offer an adequate premium to the smug gler, it is obvious, a fortiori, that the British cruizers must be quite incompetent to s uppress a trade encou raged by the natives of the coast, sheltered by the in' terested perfidy of European settlements on that ceas'" and repaid by the most enormous profits—more es P e. cially when the vessels employed on that service have to struggle with all the difficulties and dangers of on to un healthy climate, a vast range of sea and shore, a nd , chase the fastest and most reckless sailors in the world. f the Reviewer is of opinion that a declaration of war would at once put a stop to it, and that if E ng land were ever to be reduced to such extremities, she would be fully justified in resorting to the occupa tion of all those Portuguese settlements which are al luded to in the Report of the Sierra Leone Commis sioners. But he is no advocate for war, even though waged in so holy and just a cause, but thinks that much may be done to mitigate the crying evil, by Government—to use a homely phrase— ,, keeping a sharp look-out a-head." The " Life of Joseph Brant Thayendenegea," gives some curious partt culars respecting the famous chief of the Mohawks who, in the wars between this country and the United States, always sided with us. By all accounts Brant must have been a most extraordinary man. As chief of the most powerful savage tribe in North America, he had, of course, in early life, no oppor tunities of obtaining 'any thing like education ; but feeling, as he grew up, and came in contact with civilized beings, his own deficiencies, he laboured hard to repair them, took lessons at an American col lege, courted the society of the whites, especially of Englishmen, and finally came over to this country, where he was treated with hospitality, received into , the highest circles, and favoured with the particular notice of Royalty. " His acquaintance," we are told, " Was sought by many of the distinguished statesmen and scholars of the time ; among whom were the Bishop of London, Charles Fox, Boswell, and many others. He sate for his picture for Lord Percy, as he had done for the Earl of Warwick and Boswell, when in Eng land ; and Fox presented him with a silver snuff-box , bearing his initials. With the King and Royal Farnily,. he was a great favourite—not th e l ess so on the part of his Majesty, for having proudly refused to kiss his band on his presentation. The dusky Chief, however, on de clining that ceremony, with equal gallantry and address remarked that he would gladly kiss the hand of the Queen. George the Third was a man of too much sterling sense not to appreciate the feelings of his bro ther Chief ; and he loved his Quean too well not to be gratified with the turning of a compliment in her Ma jesty's favour, in a manner that would have done no dis credit to the most accomplished cavalier of the Court of Elizabeth—Sir Walter Raleigh." Brant was a perfect gentleman in his manners,. mild, toler an t, an d, as we have just seen, capable of recommending hims e lf to the notice of the fair sex ; still he never forgot his Indian origin, or laid aside, when among his countrymen, his Indian customs but could return to the habits of savage life, and practise them a s rea dil y , as if h e never h a d be en accustomed to the most illustrious and polished so ciety of Europe. He died at a good old age in the _ year 1807, l e a v i ng a name among the Mohawks_ that will not be forgotten for centuries. It is Brant to whom Campbell unjustly alludes as hay ing taken a share in the massacre at the Angh'i American villag e o f W yom i ng. The " State a nd the Church" is an article argued with singular Ine deration ; but arrives at no definite conclusion-- the result of want of earnestness of purpose. Speaking of national education, the Reviewer ob serves, " We do not think that Boards or Commit tees are sufficient to educate the people, but n either dowethink th a t t h e Church can alone, or a s its chief . end, effect th e i r i nstruct i on. " W e can"' agree with the dogmatic opinion_“ there is one portion o f the machinery of the Church, which we consider it most important for the State to main" taro, th e pr i nc i ple of a hierarchy, in which the a",. ferences o f wealth arid rank, and the elevation '3.1 the highest members of the order may, to a con . st: derabl e extent, mix the clergy up with secular:. e terests, and p reven t t h em s i n ki ng th e man in priest." W e d o not see w h at b us i ness t h e Churc p h and has, a s a b o d y, w i t h " secu l ar i nteres t s ;" even as it is, sh e i s f ar too muc h m ix e d up with them ; n never interferes with the laity, but to do mischief, as we see in every election that has taken place,lt the last six years and upwards. " Neapolitan 7-12:,_ terns of Farming" is an article which contains . m g th ' e u practical information, likely to bse b r e va i t n io t n er s es o ti n n agriculturists. The cursory o Corn-laws, however, are those portions of it w hich will be most generally read. " Confessions or a Thug" is a favourable notice of a lately publi shed oriental romance, which we reviewed a few wee k : ago at some length in The Sun. From the ar ticl „ headed " Territorial Dismemberment of Belgiutn , which is penned throughout in a liberal spirit, we quote the following passage The present limits of Belgium are evidently to°, con t ra cted for her to form so effective a s eu tral grou nd as we have described. She ought to b ave not on l y t . , the whole of Luxemburg and Limburgh and the bank of the Scheldt, but --we have no, hesitatiou.4°