The Sun. — London, England, 1832-03-26 00:00:00

BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, MARCH 21.—The company of artillery of the first ban of the Civic Guard of Mon', which was to set out on the 19th f,r Antwerp, was disbanded on the 16th by the Minister of War. The Emancipation, containing the news of the rupture of the Conference in case of the non-ratification of the treaty on the 31st of this month, says, that it is the inten tion of France and England to form a new union of their Plenipotentiaries and the Plenipotentiary of Belgium. GHENT, MARCH 20.—The French General Marulas arrived here yesterday. It :1 said that several Officers of tl e 12th Regiment are on the pint of giving up their commissions on ac count of the insubordination of the sold:ers. BRUSSELS, MARCH 22.—1 f we are well inforty el, it was not till the 20th that the re&gr.ation of M. de Brouckere was accepted by the King, after a Court of \linisters. Count Vilain XIV. acting as President of the Senate, in the absence of Baron de Stassart, conv..ked a meeting of the Senators both yesterday and the day before, but these gentlemen did not appear in sufficient numbers to do any business. The Chamber of Representatives, in its sittings of tl.e 20th and 21st, continued the discussion of the Budget. In the latter Slain:, M. de Monk nary, Ministtr of Foreign Affairs, speaking of the Budget for his dep rtmen-, concluded with a view of the situation of Bel,:ium with respect to other Powers. We are on the point, said he, of enjoying the benefits of peace ; every modification previous tr , the ratification of the Treaty of the Conference is im possible; our Ambassador has been instructed not to con sent to any modification ; the Treaty forms an engagement between France, Engl ind, and Belgium ; there must be a change of dynasty before the independen,:e of Belgium could be called in question; even an unfortunate war with Holland would make no change in the Treaty, the ac ceptance of which by Holland, France and England have guaranteed. Belgium was able to consent to prorogations, because it did not desire to see a general war renexed. We are now, Gentlemen, at the last. It would be a viola tion of the law of nations, and of the faith solemnly pledged, if France and England did not cause the Treaty to be executed." This speech was ordered to be printed. _ _ M. Osy asked why the treaty about the fortresses was not ratified on the 15th ? When it will be ratified? and if it is true that it is to be on the3lst? M. Meulenare—l have said all I ana allowed to say, under present circumstances ; however, I will answer, that what has been said about the fortresses is true. I hope that on the 31st I shall have mere important com munications to make. Ablee de Haerne—The Minister has spoken of previous modifications. I should suppose from this there would be new negotiations after the ratification, which would be only conditional. Meulenare—l cannot immediately answer such im portant questions. I meant to say there could be no mo dification before the ratification of the treaty, but I cannot affirm that there will be none afterwards fur the interest of Belgium and Holland ; and if any should be proposed, they will be laid before you, when you may either a , lopt or reject them, as you shall judge best. WARSAW, MARCEL 6.—lt is just known here that the greater part of the Russian troops will leave the kingdom. The first division will set out on the Ist of April, and by the Ist of May will have left Poland, except a small corps. As these troops will not remain upon the frontier, but are to be distributed in the interior of Russia, this measure is equivalent to a reduction of the Russian army. Tire alarming reports of the vast projects of Russia to assume a dictatorial authority in Europe and Asia, appear now to be mere fables. Russia, on the contrary, desires peace, et the benefits of which she has so much need, after •nch expensive wars. —Frankfort Papers,March 18. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France of Saturday.) The disorders which broke out at Naples appear to have been totslly uncmnected with politics, and we find that they are altogether referable to a quarrel which took place between some Sicilian and Neapolitan soldiers. Letters from Naples give the following statement : " The days of Sunday and Monday passed in tranquillity, and his Majesty rode on the torso. But on Flesh Tues day some soldiers of the garrison having indulged in wine, engaged in a violent dispute with those of the Sicilian re giment.. The result was terrific. Ten were killed, and many were wounded on both sides. Yesterday the regi ments of the Guard were ordered to distant places, and the Sicilian regiments now in Naples will likewise be sent away. Perfect tranquillity is now re-established in the capital. His Majesty is greatly mortified at these events. The Semaphore of Marseilles contains the following pa ragraph : " We learn by the arrival of the steam boat Henry IV from Naples. which left that place on the 10th, that on the 6th a quarrel broke out between a regiment of the Royal Guard and the soldiers of a Sicilian regiment. Eighteen persons were slain on both sides. This quarrel was totally unconnected with politics. Several journals have erroneously stated that the Grand Duke of Tuscany was very ill. According to the latest in telligence, the Grand Duke, notwithstanding hie great soli citude for the Grand Duchess, whose indisposition has ex cited the liveliest concern, has enjoyed the best health. His Royal Highness shows himself in public daily, and he fre quently goes from Pisa to Florence, and in fact allows no su.pension of hi+ usual application to state affairs. The Due de Treviso set out yesterday for Russia. The Countess of Las-Cases died last night at Passy. Intelligence Nom Grenoble, which has reached us to day, assures us that tranquillity is still maintained iu that city. (From t}:e National of Frid ,y.) The Government daily expects an answer from the Con ference of London to the ultimatum of the King of Hol land. It is already known that the arrangement of the affairs of Belgium en these bases is next to impossible. With the exception of the Perier Ministry, and the unfor tunate Behzians, who have been so shamefully kept in sus pense during eighteen months by the Conference, all the worl I appears to have become perfectly indifferent to what mly he the final arrangement of the affairs of B e lgium. In the mid,t of the great movement which agitates Eu rope, it is likely that the protocols of London are destined fall into oblivion. (From L4l France Nouvelle of Friday) The Chamber of Peers has agreed to the project of law relative to Charles X. and his family. No discussion took place. After the report of the Due de Broglie, the delibe rations and scrutiny took place, and a large majority agreed to the amendments proposed by the other Chamber. Thus has ended a debate, which was looked upon by fac tious persons as containing the elements of further colli sions between the great powers of the State. The trial of those implicated in the affair of the towers of Notre Dame concluded on Wednesday. They were all acquitted except three—Considere and Deganne, who were sentenced to five years' imprisonment each, and Brand to two years. The prisoners left the Court, crying " Vive la Liberte !"—" Vive la Republique 1"—" Vive Napoleon tcond !" The JJessager des Chambres says " We have been as sured, that after a long deliberation yesterday (Wednesday) in the Council. it was decided that an order should be im mediately despatched for the 35th regiment to re-inter Crenoble. This is serious intelligence, but it comes to us from such a source that we do not believe that it can be contradicted." The Co ash' utionnel says, " We have received the most authentic information that the Emperor of Russia , who, it whom seem, arrogates to himself the right of protecting ,I 1 absolute Governments, displayed the most violent dis satisfaction on receiving the account of the landing of the French at Ancona. It is even said that in the first mo ments of irritation, he declared not only that he would op pose the ratification of the Protocols, but would enter into no treaty whatever to which the French Gsvcrnmen: was a party." Bright scarlet hats of the ordinary form app. ir to be destined to replace —on the heads of those young gentlemen who find notoriety snore easily attained by the exterior than the interior furniture of their craniums—the oil-skin hats, which have been placed under a sentence of reprobation. Three young men, covered with this dashing coiffure, were seen promenading on Wednesday in the gardens of the Luxembourg. Letters from Germany contradict the report of the death of the Countess Plater. Ever since the fib of Warsaw, she has been residing at Dresden, occupi,i in endeavouring to collect some of the remnants of her property, and will it is said, ultimately retire to France. CHAMBER OF PEERS.—SITTING or MAncit 22. The Bill relative to the exclusion of the famili es of Charles X. and Napoleon, as re-amended by the Chamber of Deputies, was adopted, without discussion, by a ma jority of 80 against 30. (From the Moniteur of March 23.) " WAR-OFFICE. "THE MINISTER OF WAR TO THE ARMY. " Public order was disturbed at Grenoble on the 11 th, 12th, and 13th instant. The 35rh regiment of the line, which was ordered to restore it, perfectly fulfilled its duty. Its cunduct was ouch as might he expected front the g.od putt and the excellent discipline which distinguishes all the regiments of the army. The King has ordered that testimonies of his satisfaction should be addressed to the 11615th. His Majesty has not approved the withdrawing of Lthat reeiment from Grenoble. Lieutenant- General Hiroo belort, Commander-in-Chief of the 7th Military Division. has received orders to make it return to the city, along with the other troops that are sent thither. No kind of agreement relative to the 35th regiment had been, or could have been, made between pretended Deputies from Gre noble and the superior Military Authorities; it formally disavows it. The favourers of anarchy, who excited the riots of the 11th, 12th, and 13th of March, pursued by justice, will answer before it for their conduct and their criminal projects. The Royal tribunal of Grenoble has taken up the investigation of this affair ; it will avenge the law and society for the outrages which have been committed against them. Worthy of the confidence of the King, the army has proved that it will never cease to deserve it by its discipline, and its strict performance of ail the duties which are imposed upon it. It will always be ready to contest the enemies which may menace the inde pendence of the country. and the factions, who may at tempt to overturn the laws, or to disturb public tranquillity. " Soldiers !—Ever since the day on which the national standard was restored to you, you have not ceased to honour it by your devotedness, your courage and your dis cipline. You have surrounded the Throne and the insti tutions of July with a rampart, at the foot of which parties have expired. " Soldiers !—The King and France thank you. " The Minister of War. " Marshal Duke of DALMATIA. " Paris, March 22, 1832." (From the Messager des Chambres of Saturday.) PARIS, MARCH 22.—We learn by letters from Avignon that the Minister of War, on the urgent application made to him, has finally revoked the order for the departure of the Poles. The Noble refugees will not leave Avignon. This news has been received with as touch gratitude by the citizens as by the Poles. We are assured that Lieu tenant-general Hulot, who commanded the Seventh Mili tary D•vision (of which Lyons is the chief city, and the department of the Isere one of the subdivisions), had just been deprived of his functions. Letters from the Hague say that Count Orloff has re•• ceived dispatches from his Government 'evoking his powers. This resolution is said to have been taken by the Em peror Nicholas on the news of the landing of the French at Ancona. It is said that in the first moment of irritation his Ma jesty declared that he would not give any approbation to the Protocol, and that he would not even enter into any diplomatic stipulation in which the French Government should be concerned. We must wait for the confirmation of these reports, which would account for the recent and more serious difficulties raised by King William against the ratification of the twenty-four Articles. (From Galignani's Messenger of Saturday.) The AugsburgA Gazette of the 20th inst. - contains the following extract from a commercid letter from Bo logna, dated March 13 :—" The Austrians have not more than 6,000 men in the legations. The public opinion of the provinces already evacuated by the Papal troops, boldly declares itself against the Government of Rome. It is in vain for the Papal authorities to have recourse to violence, none of the Pope's edicts have as yet been executed. Whilst the gaining of the public opinion should have been the only aim of a weak Government, the Roman Camarillo preferred the directly opposite course, without considering the insufficiency of its re sources ; and in order to raise the discontent of the people to the highest pitch, has prohibited the circulation of all foreign papers, and broken all communication with Italy." It also contains the following, dated Frontiers of Italy, March 14 :—" We learn by letters from Trieste of the 11 th inst., that intelligence was received on that day of the arrival of a small English squadron, consisting of a :frigate, two cutters, and a brig in the port of Ancona. It is asserted that the French expedi tion has been undertaken in conjunction with England, and the united forces are to continue in possession of An cona, until the Pope shall have consented to the conces sions proposed fer the legations. Preparations are ma king in Tyrol for the reception of strong corps of troops. Several regiments now stationed in Gallicia, Moravi t, and Bohemia, have received orders to march for the Tyrol. As immediately alter the landing of the French at Ancona, several divisions of the Austrian troops in the Tyrol, Vo ralberg, and Stiria, made a movement towards Italy. and, as since that time, there is great activity and move ment among the artillery train, many reports of war are naturally current here. It is certain that the political re lations have become much more complicated by the occu pation of Ancona, and their solution will be a difficult task. Fur the last eight days no letters have been received ftom Rome or the southern parts of Italy." The same paper brings intelligence from Vuenns to March 15. Me talliques Five per Cents. were 86 3-16 ; ditto Four per Cent.. 75 5 6. The Duke of 'Treviso, Ambassador from Fran:e to Russia, set out on Thursday, for St. Petersburgh. Lieut.-Gen. Hulot, Commander of the 7th military di vision, which comprises Grenoble, has written a letter to the Colonel of the 35th regiment, expressing his satisfac tion at the exemplary steadiness, forbearance, and good conduct displa)ed by the soldiers of that regiment, under the trying circumstances in which they were placed during the Lite disturbance,. The Messuyer des Chambres says :—" It is reported that Gi n. Hu'ot, the Commander of the 7th military divi sion, of which Lyons is the head-quarters, and the de p irtment of here one of else sub-divisions, has been dis missed from his command, and placed in disponibilite. This news, however, requires confirmation." We learn from Grenoble that the Messrs. Masseur and M. Bastide arrived there on the 21st, by a party of gen darmerie, and were committed to prison. On the 22d the 35th regt. re-entered the town, without the slightest dis turbance being attempted, or the least sign of disap probation being mani:ested. General Delort reviewed that regiment together with the troops composing the bri. t ade of General d'Uzer, all of whom ma nifested the best dispositions. Orders have been given to disband the National Guard of Grenoble. The ac counts received from the surrounding departments state that general tranquillity prevailed. Extract of a letter from Vienna, dated March 14 : " A grand diplomatic dinner was given by the French Ambassador on the occasion of the arrival and presentation of the British Ambassador. This eagerness shown by Marshal Maison to be the first to receive Sir Frederick Lamb has given rise to observations. It appears to the politicians, who always endeavour to attribute important causes to simple occurrences, that this is a con,•equence of the close intimacy which subsists between the Cabinets of London and Paris. The whole of the Diplomatic Corps, with Prince Metternich and several other Austrian Minis ters, were present at the dinner." We have reason to believe that the intelligence of an insurrection in Rhenish Bavaria is entirely false. On Thursday the President of the Chamber of Peers had an audience of the King. Yesterday his Majesty transacted business successively with the Minister of War, the Minister for Foreign affairs, and the Pres:dent of the Council, who were afterwards received by the Duke of Orleans. The Prince de Castelcicald, Ambassador of Naples, the Countess de Boyne, and the Lady of Marshal Gerard had the honour of being received by the Queen. (From the French Papers of Saturday.) On the 15th inst., twogens d'armes that were escorting about fifteen guns to Ancenis, were stabbed and robbed of their arms, by a party of from twenty to twenty-five Car lists that were fling in ambush for them on the road. The chouans were pursued and overtaken; three of them were killed and the guns were recovered. In the con flict, two of the gens d'armes were wounded. The pur suit was assisted by a party of the 32d regiment and the National Guard, with the inhabitants in general evinced their anxiery to destroy the chouans. The Countess de Bolderu, a lady separated from her husband, an ex-peer of France, was arrested at the chateau, near Auray, on the 17th inst., upon a charge of aiding the hands of chouans. It is alledged that she has been guilty of circulating meda's and money stamped with the effigy of Henry V. Transports with 250 troops for Guadeloupe, and 350 for Martinique, were on the eve of sailing from the pert of Brest. Sir Hudson Lowe arrived from Ceylon on Bth Sept. at Port-Lewis, in the Mauritius. The populace evinced a feeling against him that obliged him to accept the protec tion of the gens-d'armes. The Ist batallion of 17th Light Infantry arrived at Bourbon-Vendee on 13th Mach, awl Gov, , rntnent are adopting more vigorous measures to sup press the faction of the carlists, and to destroy the bands of chouans. The Sentinelle de Bayonne of 20th March cont 'ins an account from Cadiz of the execution of Pablo Palacios, cmdemned by the mi:itary commission of Cadiz for the assassination in Octob er last of the governor of that city. The culprit was executed on 9th inst., and his right hand is now exhibited in an iron cage outside of one of the gates of Cadiz. SWISS CONFEDERATION.-DIE r. -NEUF CHATEL. In con•equenee of the famous decision taken by the Csnron of Neufchatel to separate itself from the Swigs Confrclerat;on, the Deputies of that Canton were about , leave teat assembly, when, on the exiirtss and urgent solicitation of the President, they were prevailed on to suspend their departure, and consented that one of their deputation should immediately let out for Neufchatel, in older to refer to the Government the contents of the pro. tocol of that day'. meeting. The deputation remained at Lucerne, and on Wednesday, the 14th, M. de Chambrier, first deputy, arrived at Neufchatel to communicate that determination to the Government. M. Junad remains at Lucerne to represent the deputation. —Gazette Vaudain of March 19. GRENOBLE.-General Hulot, with the consent of the Pretect, had withdrawn the 35th re .iment from Gr,noble. The troops marched Out with military honours. M. Casimir Perrier has censured this acquiescence of the Prefect, and the Minister of War has ordered the regiment to return to Grenoble. The Temps censures this prooceeding, and aibserves that " there is every where, in public opinion, a vague want of change higher than that of a Ministry." BERLIN, MARCH 13.—Prussia is now on all sides re duced to the peabe establishment, and all measures of pre vention, as well against cholera as against revolution, have ceased. We have here, peace having been happily maintained, directed our aim principally to giving all that degree of ac tivity to the state of peace which it is capable of admit ting. We are intent on the plans and preparations of a Poly technical School on a large scale, the establishment of which was commanded some time since by the King. The Minister Von Altenstein, under whose administration public instruction in Prussia had never attained so high a degree of perfection, will by this great work, crown the celebrity of his high merit. The schools fur trades are also to be increased in number by new foundations and by enlargement. In Silesia it is intended to make the first essay in Prussia of an iron-rail way, and when the ex ample is once set, the line of more general introduction will not be very far distant, as our General-Post master, Von Nagler, endowed with a very enterpris ing mind, will doubtless send the mail on them. CHAMBER OF PEERS.—SITTING OF MARSH 23. Count Davilhers brought up a Report recommending the adoption of the B:11 for authorising the City of Paris to contract a Loan of 40,000,000 fr. Ordered to he taken into consideration after the Bill for re-establishing the Law of Divorce. The Chamber then resumed the discussion of the Bill for regulating the position of Officers in the Army. Articles 23 to 33 inclusive were successively adop ed without giving rise to any discussion of the slightest ge neral interest, and the ensemble of the Bill was pissed by a majority of iu against 23. Twenty-three Bills of private and local interest were then adopted. The remaining Articles of the Bill for reforming the Penal Code were adopted, and the ensemble of the Bill was carried by a majority of 76 again -t 11. —Adjourned. FRENCH FUNDS, MARCH 23.—Five per Cents. 6f 40c Cc 50c 45c 54)c 45c 35c 40e ; Three per Cents, (9f 55c 60c 50c 41c 50e ; Bank Actions, 1660 f; Rents de Naples, SOf 10c 30c 25c 20c 30c ; Rente de l'Etat Roman, 79 1 4 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 791 ; Rente Perßetuelle d'Espagne, 35 5 4% 4 % • Certif Provisoires de l'Emp. Beige. 78,77% ; Exchange on London, One month, Paper, 5155 c ; Money, 251 50c—Two months, Paper, 25140 c; Money, 23f 40c. FRENCH FUNDS, MARCH 9.4.—Five per Cents. 96f. 45c. 50c. 60c. 50c. 55c. 60c. 65c. 66c. 65c. 961. 60c. 50c. ; Three per Cents. 69f. b.ic. 60c 6.5 c. 70c. 65c. 70c. 65c. 60c. 65c. 69f. 60c. ; !lento de Naples, 80f. 80f. 10c. 80f. 801. 10c. 80f. ; Rente de Roman, 79!4 ; Royal Spanish Loan 80%, 80 80 1 ,8 ; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 55% % %; Belgian Certificate 77% % —Cours Authentique LITERATURE. FRANCIS THE FIRST, A TRAGEDY. LoNDo.v, 1832. This drama, like most works of young authors who possess the golden ore, but have not yet learned how to dig for it, is modelled on the imitative. Plot, character, every thing, in short, except the language, and, here and there, the thought, is the offspring rather of recollection than invention. Still, not-withstanding these obvious drawbacks, it is as full of pron►i,e as the spring. It is better than any thing Lord Byron ever sketched at seventeen, and equal, with one or two exceptions, to the best of our modern dramas. When Miss Kemble has learned to think for herself, and rely on her own invention— that rarest of intellectual faculties—she will, no doubt, produce something worthy of the high name she bears. Meantime, we accept her Francis the First rather as an earnest of what she intends to do, than of what she has yet done. She has shown that she possesses both feeling and fancy, a cultivated mind, and a quick, thouizh very—very immature, conception of cha racter ; she has yet to show that she can do without the assistance of others, and set up claims to celebrity on her own account. The lead ing blemish in her present tragedy is its utter want of originality. True originality does not, as Miss Kemble would seem to conjecture, lie in inventing and heaping up together extravagant incidents—else who more original than a high flown, startling melo-dramatist ?—but in creating new matter for thought and feeling ; in sounding, boldly and searchingly, the depths of one's own heart ; in multiplying the sources of sympathy. \Vhoever excites a new emotion, whoever strikes a chord in the world's great soul, he is the true original. It is in this sense that we style Shakspeare—for all his plots and the ground work of the majority of his characters are bor rowed—a creator ;in this sense also we give Wordsworth, and Scott, and Hazlitt, among the moderns, credit for the same high attribute. To invent is, after all, nothing more than to look into one's self; to draw from one's own heart materials for the world's sympathy. We would have allowed Miss Kemble to borrow the foundation of her characters, but then we would have desired to have seen the superstructure raised by herself. This is in no one instance the case with Francis the First. The Monk Gonzales, the Queen Mother, and the chi valrous Bourbon, are the mere offsprings of ac tive memory. Zanga has furnished the first, Lady Macbeth the second, Faulconbridge the third. Miss Kemble has supplied few, if any, (ex cept in the solitary instance oldie Queen Mother) additional touches of her own ; but this less from sterility of invention, than from that nervous ap prehension of trusting to her own resources, which is the besetting sin of all young writers. The Queen Mother is decidedly the best of her imitations, and Margaret, who appears but sel dom on the scene, the most like nature. The plot of the drama is bustling, compli cated, and as much hurried in some parts as it is lagging in others. In one scene it bowls on like a chariot : in another it makes a dead halt. In a word, it is deficient in continuity and sim plicity. In the play, as published, these defects stand broadly out in the foreground. The plot is, to all intents and purposes, at an end in the fourth act, yet a fresh interest is attempted to be excited in the fifth—an attempt which we need not say, mars the harmony, and perspicuity, and unity of the whole. Were there any fresh de velopment of character in this appendix act, we might pardon the excrescence ; but there is none : Bourbon puts forth no new traits of thought or feeling ; Francis remains in state quo; a n d as sufficiently e catastrophe, it has been a l rea d y qu i te fulfilled without it. The l oss o f t h e battle of Pavia, by King Francis, i s sure l y no aggravation of punishment to a man who de clares that in the death of his mistress he has lost more than wealth—station—or even honour itself could supply ! We are the minuter in our strictures, because we feel convinced that Miss Kemble's talent cam afford them. Her faults, as we observed before, are only those of an imperfectly developed mind, which experience will be sure to correct. If she has imitated, it has been the choicest models, and this alone is a redeeming quality. She has evidently an ambition to pourtray and anatomize character of the most impassioned and intellectual order, and we have rarely known an instance of such ambition, properly directed, that has not found its level. We proceed to make a few extracts from the play, which strike us as possessing superior merit. The address of the Duke of Alencon to Margaret is penned in a very graceful complimentary spirit, and reminds us of Beaumont and Fletcher's similar felicities : " Madam, your words are sharp ; and came they not From lips, where soft sweet smiles have made their home, They would indeed be terrible, but now We even bless reproachful oracles That breathe from such a shrine." The following is neatly expressed, and deve lopes a faculty of reflection highly creditable to young seventeen, or even maturer three and twenty : " In sober truth then, in philosophy, Since thus your Grace commands, I do believe That at our feet the tide of time flows on In strong and rapid course; nor is one current Of rippling eddy liker to the rest, Than is one age unto itf predecessor ; Men still are men, the stream is still a stream, Through every change of changeful tide and time; And 'tis, I fear, only our partial eye That lends a brighter sunbeam to the wave On which we launched our own adventurous bark." This is a fine trait of character GONZALES. " You tremble, Madam. " QUEEN. " Do I so Indeed ? I thank thee for that word, it bath revived me I'm very well ; I do not tremble now ; By Heaven, I never heard that word before, It hath a wondrous virtue." Every one who has seen abroad, more espe cially in a Spanish convent, the dull, stealthy, peculiar step of a monk to morning or evening vespers, will at once recognize the striking accu racy of this description : " The noiseless sandal of slow-gaited priesthood." The following is very gracefully and poetically expressed, more especially the two last lines:— MARGARET. " He is returned : he will be there' and yet Though meeting, after long eventful absence, — We shall not in our meeting be half blest : A dizzy, whirling throng will be around us, 'Mid whose loud jar the still small voice of love, Whose accents breathe their soft enchantment best In whisper'd sighs, or but half-whisper'd words, Will die unheard Oh that we thus should meet But, then, there is love's eye to flash his thought Into a language, whose rich eloquence Beggars all voice ; our eyes at least may meet, And change, like messengers, the loving freight That either heart sends forth." Alargaret's description of her mother is full o' character : She is a fearful spirit, And stands so proudly over all her sex, She surely ne'er bath known what 'tis to love." There is also much character in the Duke of Alencon's vivid sketch of King Francis. It is as true to history as to nature. " AL ENCON. " He will be here anon. For as I rode, I pass'd him with his train, • The gath'ring crowd thronging and clamouring Around him, stunning him with benedictions, And stifling him with love and fumes of garlick He, with the air he knows so well to don, With cap in hand, and his thick chestnut hair Fann'd from his forehead, bowing to his saddle, Smiling and nodding, cursing at them too For hindering his progress—while his eye, His eagle eye, well vers'd in such discernment, Rov'd through the crowd ; and ever lighted, where Some pretty arcle, clad in woollen hose, Peep'd from beneath a short round petticoat, Or where some wealthy burgher's buxom dame, Deck'd out in all her birth-day splendour, stood Showing her gossips the gold chain, which lay Cradled upon a bosom, whiter far Than the pure lawn that kerchieft it." But, decidedly, the most poetic passage in the whole play, is the following. It comes with exact propriety from the lips of a chivahous war rior, who is himself just going forth to battle. " BOURBON. Aye, see the sun, that gorgeous conqueror, Upon the western gate of heav'n cloth halt." " PESC " A conqu'ror call you him, Bourbon ?" " BOURBON. " Ay, marry. Hath he not ridden forth, as though to battle, Armed with ten thousand darts of living flame ? Hath he not, in his journey 'thwart the sky Encounter'd and o'ercome each gloomy cloud, Each fog, or noisome vapour, that i' th' air Hover'd, like foul rebellion, to put out His glorious light; and having conquer'd them, Hath he not forced them don his livery,— The amber glow,—that all he looks on wears ? And now, behold, he stands on the last verge Of his career, and looks back o'er his path, Mark'd with a ruddy hue, how like a conqueror ! Now sinks he in that glowing mass of light, Which he hath fired ; and look, Pescara, yonder Comes on the night, who draws her sable veil Over the whole ; and this bright pageantry, This gorgeous sunset, and this glorious sun, Shall he forgotten in to-morrow's dawning So comes in death, and so oblivion falls Over the mighty of the earth !" We might have multiplied our extracts, but enough have been already given to spew that Miss Kemble is gifted in no ordinary degree with thought, fancy and feeling. We may add that she possesses the rare merit of having stu died in a good school. There are no affectations of style or sentiment--though here and there we detect something like bombast—nothing, in short, that should forbid us hazarding the pre diction that so far as women can make good dra matists, she will one day produce a sterling tra gedy. Mr. Galt, the celebrated author of " The An nals of the Parish," and of " Laurie Todd," has, we under stand, a new novel to appear in a few days, under the title of " Stanley Buxton, or the Schoolfellows." The plan of the novel is understood to be very favourable to the peculiar genius of the writer. Two individuals, who had been playmates at school, meet in after age, and relate to each other their sepa rate adventures, and the means by which they advanced them selves in life. Nothing could have been better adapted to dis play the vein of shrewd, familiar humour, and actual details of which Galt is, of all novelists, the greatest master. ASSAULT EXTRAORDINARIL—A warrant has been issued against a popular actress of a new and fashion able theatre, at the instance of the female servant of a house in the Quadrant, in which she at present resides. The charge is, that the lady drenched the maid tvith the water of her own pail, because she refused to give up the scrubbing of the stairs at the time when a distinguished visitor was momentarily ex pected. The parties are to be heard to-day, and we apprehend that the case, if gone into, will produce some amusement for those who relish a tale of domestic squabble. A contempt of poverty and of economy is one of the most sublime of Christian virtues. The Archbi shop of Canterbury says, " No wise man would place himself in the situation of a Bishop if it were necessary that he should pay daily attention to minute economy." This sovereign con_ ing's exquisite sa tire in his nove l of " Amelia." The prospe o us fi tempt of economy and its dyo p f a i r , e a n s t hi l o ,o n v , e " rt: , , hiriemisincommittedr i e f l ot murdering apaay ~ in, ramour, enters Newgate with a superc i lious contemptg of the poor inmates, and proudly o b serves, " Thank God, 1 don't come here from poverty." LAMENTABLE DEATIL-The family of Mr. Williams, residing at Camberwell, who for many years held the situation of chief cashier in the house of Duckett, Morlands, and Co., the late bankers, were on Friday thrown into much alarm by the unexpected death of Mrs. Williams, who, affected by the embarrassments of the house, became suddenly ill, but rallied rather from the first shock which her feelings received, and was gradually improving up to Friday morning (the day on which the first meeting of Messrs. Duckett's creditors was held), when she suddenly relapsed, and in the course of the day expired under a severe spasmodic attack, REFORM BILL. LIST OF THE MINORITY OF 27 ON THE 231:0 OF MARCH, ON THE DIVISION ON COLONEL SIB THORP'S AMENDMENT TO THE REFORM BILL " That all freeholders, whose freeholds in the county of the city of Lincoln are situated on the northern side of the river Witham, shall vote in future for the Representatives in Parlia ment for the division of Lindsey, in the county of Lincoln ; and all freeholders, whose freeholds are situated on the southern side of the aforesaid river, in the same city, including the four parishes annexed by charter to the said county of the city, shall vote for Representatives in Parliament for the divisions of Kes teven and Holland." Ashley, lion. H. Fitzgerald, Sir A. Miller, W. H. Attwood, M. Earle, Colonel J. Neild, J. Boldero, F. G. Goulburn, Rt. Hn. H. Pollington, Lord Clerk, Sir G. Gordon, Captain J. Praed, W. M. Courtenay, Rt.Hn.T. Hayes, Sir E. Shaw, F. Cockburn, Sir G. Handcock, R. Vyvyan, Sir R. Curzon, Hon. R. Ingestrie, Lord West, F. R. Cole, Lord Kearsley, J. H. 'TELLERS. Capel, John Maxwell, H. Rest, Hon. W. Freshfield, J.W. Nl' Kinnon, W. A. Sibthorp, Colonel Division for the Amendment '2'i against it 169 MINORITY ON THE THIRD READING OF THE REFORM BILL. .... ~9 Irish Members 19 Scotch ditto •••••••••• ....... English Members Of this 188, 121 are the nominees of boroughmongers, in whose election the people have no choice whatever, and who are to be disfranchised by the Reform Bill. ROYAL ASSENTS. (From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.) Sabbati, 24Q die Martii, 1832. Mr. Speaker reported the Royal Assent—to Mutiny Act Con. tinuance Bill—Marine Mutiny Act Continuance Bill—Tobacco (Ireland) Bill—Postage (Ireland) Bill—Permits Bill—Subletting Act Amendment (Ireland) Bill—Dublin Coal Trade Bill—Saltash Floating Bridge Bill—Liverpool Cattle Market Bill—Liverpool Revenue Buildings Bill—Sutton Pool Harbour Company Bill— Leicester (St. Margaret's) Poor Bill—Paisley Gas Light Bill—St. Helen': (Lancaster) Gas Light Bill—St. Luke's (Middlesex) Im provement Bill—Newport (Monmouth) Roads Bill—Brough Ferry Roads Bill—Burford Road Bill—Windsor Road Bill— Bromham and Olney Road Bill—Mytholm Royd Bridge Road 13:11—Doncaster and Bawtry Road Bill—Downham Market Road Bill—Boroughbridge and Durham Road Bill—Panizzi's Natura lization Bill—Codwise's Naturalization Bill. A Noble Duke, of no small dimensions, is said to have hastened a recent catastrophe, by which considerable inconvenience has arisen in the financial department of several Club establishments. The great wealth of the Noble Duke re ferred to is unquestionable, but his love for some branches of the Fine Arts, and his Bibliomania, have occasioned his Grace to extend his purchases to a degree incompatible even with a princely income. Earl Spencer is going to have all his estates re-valued, and the rent adapted to the present times—a noble example, which will, it is to be hoped, be generally followed. The Earl of Stradbroke has granted new eight_year leases of his farms at a reduction rent suited to the times.—Worcester Journal. We can state, on unexceptionable authority, that Lord Rolle will vote in the Upper House for the Reform Bill. This was hardly to be expected, for his Lordship has hitherto ranked amongst the uncompromising opponents of that measure. As he, however, has good reason for abandon ing a fruitless opposition, are we not justified in anticipating that the example will be followed by less distinguished aristo_ crats ?—Atlas. GOOD NEWS FOR INSOLVENT M.P.'s.—lt is understood in the House of Commons that Mr. Baring's Bill to do away with the Senatorial privilege of Arrest for Debt will be got rid of by a side wind, just as Lord Wyndford's Bill was in the Lords by the Noble Fifer.—Age. Sir James Campbell, of Ardkinglas (formerly Sr Janus Callander), whose Memoirs are about to be laid before the public, is the father of Mrs. Sheridan, wife of the late Tom Sheridan, of eccentric and witty celebrity. An am ple experience of the world, derived from constant military or diplomatic service in various countries, may reasonably lead to the anticipation of much amusement in the work of Sir James, who served during the greater part of the seven years' war in Germany, as Aide-de-Camp to General Mostyn, visited most of the German Courts, had familiar intercourse with Voltaire, was a Member of the most celebrated London Clubs, the " Sca voir Vire," the " Pandemonium," &c., held the post of Secre tary to the British Embassy at Paris, on the eve of the Revo lution, journeyed extensively in the East, and was again mix ing in Parisian society during the allied occupation of France. • Yesterday the despatches for Alatirasand China, by the ship London, Captain Timothy Smith, were closed at the East India-house, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. Mr. Sheridan Knowles' Hunchback is a se rious drama, in which Miss F. Kemble will support the prin cipal female part; so that it will not be produced, as was sup posed, to run on alternate nights with Francis the First, but after the public curiosity regarding Miss Kemble's tragedy shall have somewhat subsided. During the whole of last week the Hunchback has been in active rehearsal at Covent-garden, and a notice was posted on Thursday, in the greenroom, re quiring the actors to make themselves perfect with as little de lay as possible. We remember to have seen something of the piece when it was formerly at Drury lane, and we are glad to hear that Mr. Knowles has since endeavoured to heighten, as well as to condense, the: interest of the last act. It is a serious experiment for Covent garden, but a much snore arduous one for Mr. Knowles, in his capacity both of author and actor, to tally unpractised as he is upon the London boards. The audience, or at least many of them, will have been prepared by Mr. Knowles' Lectures for a slight brogue. If we are not misinformed, he is a native of Belfast. A " FINISH."—We have received the fal lowing statement from a source on which we can rely with truth and correctness. On Tuesday last, a young gentleman was induced to accompany a lady to a celebrated " Finish," in the immediate neighbourhood of Covent garden market, where he remained some hours. On his being about to leave, the following small account was presented to him : Mr. --- £ s. d. Champaign 8 8 0 Negus 0 14 0 Cigars 0 3 6 Tea.. 0 2 0 Broken glass 0 5 0 Total 9 12 6 It was no use to cavil at the items, nor, in truth, was the gen. tleman in a situation so to do. A thirty pound bank note was therefore given—in producing which the gentleman made a most imprudent display of his being in possession of a much larger sum of money. Luckily, however, Mr. Superintendent Thomas got notice of his danger ; and having traced him to a gin.shop in the neighbourhood, where he was in the midst of all the swells of the place, prevailed on him to give up his money, which he did to Mr. Thomas, to the amount of thirteen hundred and forty pounds, in bank notes—every farthing of which he would have been robbed of, a coach being at the door to convey him to a place suitable for that occasion, had the police Superintendent been ten minutes later. We should have said that no changewas given him at the finish out of his thirty. pound note—but he has since, by the exertions of the police, received it.—News. RAILWAY FROM LONDON TO BRISTOL.-- (FROM A CoßkEsecoNnExr.)—We understand that two civil engineers of eminence, Henry H. Price and Wm. Brunton. Esqrs. are busily occupied (under the auspices of some leading interests) in making the necessary surveys for the above impor tant work. We hail with satisfaction the prospect of seeing the metropolis, erelong, thus closely approximated to the Bris tol Channel and Western Seas, when four or five hours will enable us to pay a morning visit to Bristol. Nothing can tend more to increase and consolidate the power of the empire than to give the greatest possible facility of intercourse between its distant points. When the London and Bristol railway shall be completed, it will be very possible, in connexion with the Irish steat9-boats from the latter port, for cattle and other Irish pro duce to be conveyed to the London market within 3:: hours from the time of shipment at Cork, Waterford, &c. ; and thus, at a cheap rate, will the Londo❑ market be thrown immediately open to the Irish agriculturist, at the same time that the Lon don consumers will be benefited in proportion to the greater extent of country thrown open whence they may derive their supplies. Liverpool, we understand, imports above 7,000 head of live stock per week ; much of which is conveyed to Manches. ter by the railway, and we may surely hope for a similar result to the metropolis, when the direct communication is opened with Ireland by similar means. In a political point of view, the importance of the great work in question is too obvious to re quire a moment's comment. We need only state, that in case of emergency, four to five hours will be sufficient to convey any quantity of men or stores from our depots or arsenals near London to Bristol, whence they will be ready to embark for any point where they may be required, and we at once prove that railways, judiciously constructed across the country, may be made, ❑ot only the means of economy to the Government (smaller establishments being necessary), but that they tend more than anything else to concentrate and consolidate the strength of an empire, and are an additional guarantee against war and foreign aggression. A TEARFUL DISAPPOINTMENT.—About half-past one o'clock in the afternoon of Friday last, a chaise, drawn by a pair of horses, and containing two ladies and a gentleman, an officer in the army, arrived at the Old Angel Inn, in this town, on a matrimonial trip from London to Gretna. Before leaving the chaise, a carriage and four, the occupants of which were the father of the fair runaway and a Police-officer from London, drove into the yard. The father immediately caught hts daughter in his arms, exclaiming " this is my child:" The gallant soldier, taking off his hat, imme diately observed that he knew him not ; and stated further, in proof of his honourable intentions, that he had brought another lady from town as a companion to his daughter. Alter some altercation, the young lady, who is about eighteen years of age, was conducted by her father into a private room. The Captain demanded admittance, which was refused by the police-officer. A sti uggle ensued, and the gallant soldier proved the victor. The lady was afterwards conducted to her father's carriage, " like Niobe, all tears ; " and after contrivi n g to g ive, p robabl y, a ring to her lover, they drove off on t heir return to tow n; and the disappointed soldier, seeing that " the course of true love never did run smooth," expressed his determination to follow, which he immediately carried into effect. We under. stand that another couple on the same errand, but under more auspicious circumstances, passed through the town to Gretna on the following morning.—Doaca,tti• Gazette, THEIR MAJESTIES. (From the Irindsor E.rpress of Saturday.) Their Majesties continue in the enjoyment of excellent health. The Queen still confines herself to the sick chamber of her suffering niece, and neither leaves the Castle nor ap- - pears in any way in public. We regret to state that the Prin. cess Louise lingers on without the least hope. It was ex. pected that the Duchess of Saxe.Weimar, who has been sent for by the Queen, at the desire of the young Princess, would have arrived from the continent on Wednesday, and in conse. quence Mr. Ashley (the Queen's Vice-Chamberlain) went to the Tower, by her Majesty's command, to meet her Serene Highness, who however did not arrive, It has since been learnt the non-arrival of the Duchess of Saxe-Weimar has been occasioned by the alarming illness of her Highness's mother, whom she has been summoned to attend. Her arrival in this country is now, however, expected on Tuesday next. This afternoon, at three o'clock, the King's carriage was or dered, but in consequence of the unfavourable state of the weather, his Majesty did not go out. Lord Howe, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Van Buren, the American Minister, Mr. Vaughan, our Minister to America, Sir Philip and Lady Sydney, arrived this afternoon. All the above_named personages will dine with the King, and it is ex. pected will remain at the Castle for the night. The Terrace will be again closed to-morrow, in consequence of the continued illness of the young Princess. _ _ Cards have been given out for the Grand East India Dinner, which was postponed on Thursday week, from the above cause, for the 4th of May, the anniversary of the celebrated battle of Seringapatam. Nearly one hundred distinguished personages are expected to be present. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Cumberland came to town on Saturday, from his residence at Kew. His Royal Highness returned to Kew in the afternoon. Divine service was performed yesterday before the Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Victoria, and their Royal Highnesses' Household, by the Dean of Chester. The Princess Augusta attended divine service yesterday, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria rode on SA. turday, at Mr. Fozard's Riding School. The Princess Augusta visited the Duchess of Gloucester yes terday, at Gloucester house. A Cabinet Council was held at two o'clock yesterday after noon, at the Foreign-office, which was attended by the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Grey, Viscounts Melbourne, Palmerston, and Althorp, the Right Hon. Charles Grant, Lord Holland, Sir James Graham, the Duke of Richmond, and Mr. Stanley. The Ministers were occupied in deliberation till past six o'clock. Despatches for the Governors of the West India Islands were sent off from the Colonial Office on Saturday evening. Prince Talleyrand, the French Ambassador, and Monsieur Bermudez, the Spanish Minister, transacted business on Sa turday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Lord Chancellor visited Viscount Althorp on Saturday, at the Treasury. The Duke of Bedford, the Marquis of Sligo, and Mr. Col quffoun, the agent for the Virgin Islands, had interviews with Viscount Goderich on Saturday at the Colonial-office. Count Orloff, the Russian Minister, was expected to arrive in town last night, from the Continent. Viscount Althorp entertained a party of members of the House of Commons at dinner, on Saturday evening, at his residence, in Downing-street. Among the party were Viscount Newark, Lord W. Lennox, Colonel Evans, Messieurs Currie, John Brown, Macnamara, W. Williams, Carey, and Wellesley, SIR JAMES GRA HA M.—We ilaVe just heard, on what we conceive to be good authority, that Sir J. Graham is to go out as Governor-General to India. We do not under. take to vouch for the correctness of this statement; but the information comes to us from a quarter not likely to be de. ceived.—Ca rlisle Journal. Lord Saltoun was in the chair at the meeting of the Beefsteak Club on Saturday, when the Ettrick Shep herd was specially invited. The Duke of Leinster did not arrive from Ireland in time to be present, and Lord Brougham was kept away by the indisposition of his only daughter. The conviviality of the evening was sustained until a late hour.— Court Journal. Sir James Mackintosh, who has voted on every other stage of the Bill, was in the House on Tuesday, ex pecting a division, and was prevented from voting on Friday by severe indisposition. Mr. GiEborne has withdrawn his motion for a Bill to repeal the Small Note Act, and ivstead thereof he has given notice that on Tuesday, May 15, he will move for a Select Committee " to consider the state of the currency." We can state with confidence, that the un- happy differences between a wealthy Commoner and his lady, the daughter of a Noble Earl, which, for a length of time, have engaged the gossip of the fashionable world, are now in a fair train of mutual arrangement. The jewels, which are valued at 10,000/., have been returned to the husband.—Court Journal. A disunion is said to exist at present in a Ducal family, in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly, between the fair hostess, and the near relative of her noble husband. The Duchess had invited certain female branches of the family to ac company her to the theatre on the night of a new drama. Ac cident occasioned the ladies to be a little behind their time, so that when they arrived her Grace expressed herself very in. dignantly.—Court Journal. A general reduction of public salaries, and in the salaries of persons connected with the Court, is spoken of, but the period for commencing it will depend on the fate of the Reform Bill. The economising mania has attacked all the European Governments.—Court Journal. KING'S THEATRE.-On Saturday night Sporitinis's Opera, La Vestule, was produced at this theatre and received with much favour. The part of the heroine, Julia, was played by Madame de Merle, and the Chief Vestal by Madame Battiste, who made her debut on the occasion, and sung with much sweetness. The House was well attended. Laporte will commence the performance of French Plays at the Haymarket Theatre this evening. The subscription is for twenty nights, and his partners in this hitherto successful speculation are the same gentlemen with whom this enterprising manager associated last year. Laporte, during his recent visit to Paris, strengthened his dramatic forces by engaging a more efficient company than ever. The fascinating Leontine Fay is already here. Scribe's Vaudeville, La Haine dune Femme, on Le Jeune Homme a Marier—Les Cuisinieres, and Les Trois Quartiers, will be represented in the leading characters by artistes quite new to this country. James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, left Lon don for his native hills by the Edinburgh steam-vessel on Satur day. This kind hearted and most ingenuous Caledonian was accompanied as far Woolwich by two coaches filled with friends whom he has long cherished, and others whom he has created by his simplicity and unaffected manner since his arrival in the metropolis, where, in the society of the fashionable world, and with the patrons of literature, he has been the great Lion of the day ever since he came amongst us. The Ettrick Shepherd, has prepared for immediate publication a new edition of his Tales, to be published periodically, in a cheap but exceedingly neat form, and illustrated by humourous prints, from the admi rable print of Cruikshanks. We understand the first volume, containing much original matter, is now ready. James Hogg•s departure was rather sudden, occasioned, we lament to say, by the indisposition of one of his favourite sons. He has pro mised to repeat his visit to London in the course of the present year. We learn from a correspondent that Mr. Porteus (after an absence of six years) has been delighting the audience of the Queen's Theatre, Liverpool, in some of his principal characters, where he has been so justly celebrated for many years in that town and in Manchester. At St. Mark's, Clerkenwell, on the Fast-day, 1201. were collected, after a sermon by the Rev. Thomas Morti. mer, being 20/. more than the sum subscribed on the same day at the Aristocrat Church of St. Margaret's, Westminster, after a sermon preached before the Honourable the Commons of Great Britain and Ireland. The letters from Trinidad are of the 7th of February. The island had been in a state of dreadful excite. anent ; the slaves had generally refused to work ; at San Fer. nando there had been great insubordination, and the troops were sent for ; there had also been several troops sent round to diffe. rent estates on the coast. Open insurrection was in consequence prevented, but most of the white people, particularly women and children, were on hoard ship, in the idea that an explosion would take place. We understand that the reserve companies of the 79th Regiment, at present quartered in the Barracks here, have got the route for Perth, and that they will be replaced by the depot of the 712 d Regiment. The first division of the 79th is to leave this place on Monday first, and the first division of the 72d is expected here to-morrow se'nnight. The excellent conduct of the 79th, while they have been quartered in Aber deen, has been beyond all praise, and we are certain that their departure will be very generally regretted by the inhabitants. A detachment of the 79th, under the command of Lieutenant. Colonel Macdougal, is to leave Scotland soon, to join the Regi. ment in Upper Canada.—Aberdeen Observer. The " German Prince" relates the following anecdotes :—The Earl of Warwick was remarkable for fits of absence of mind. lie once travelled up to London in great haste upon busin ess o f importance, which he settled to his satisfaction the follo w i ng day, aad returned to Warwick Castle that night. He h a d h ardly reached home when hefainhtiesd.LoArdl-1 the family were a l armed, and asked his valet whether his Lord had been ill in L on d on. " No, (said the valet) he was never better, but I re a ll y believe lie forgot to eat anything sin ce we left the Castle," Thi s was actually the case ; and ship was soon restored by a plate of soup. The Duke of Leeds was remarkably affable with his tenants: one of them came up to him one day as he was riding, and said he had a great favour to beg of him. The Duke asked what it was. The man said his little boy plagued him day and night to let him see the Duke; and as his Grace was now so near his cottage, he would perhaps let his son look at him. " Certainly," said the Duko, good humouredly. The little fellow was brought out, and gazed with amazement. Encouraged by the Duke to speak, he asked, "Can you swim, and can you fly ?" " No, my boy, I can neither swim nor fly." " Then I like father's drake better, for he can do both,"