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Vottrg• PITY THE LADS THAT ARE FREE. (FBOM BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.) Tune—"l hae a wife o' my ain,"—Sting on Tweedside by Christopher North to Mary Riddle, April 23, 1833. Pity the lads that are free, Pity the chields that are single ; For gude sake ! tak pity on me, I'm teased night an' day wi' Jean Pringle. For lasses I carena a preen, My heart's my ain an' I'm cheery, An', were't na for that cutty Jean, I'd sleep as soun' as a peene ! What's beauty !—it a' lies in taste ! For nane o't wad 1 gie a bodle ! But hers, hauntin' me like a ghaist, Is whiles like to turn my noddle ! She's wooers—but what's that to me ? They're waleome to dance a' about her; Yet I like na her smilin' sae slee To lang Sandy Lingles the souter! Yestreen I cam in frae the plew, The lasses were a' busy spinnin' ; I stoitered as if I'd been fou, For Jeanie a sang was beginnin'.. I hae heard fifty maids sing, Whiles ane, an' whiles a' thegither ; But nane did the starting tears bring Till she sung the " Braes of Balquhither." Last Sunday, when gaun to the kirk, 1 met wi' my auld - aunty Beenie ; I looked as stupid's a stirk When simply she said—" How is Jeanie ?" An' at e'en, when 1 wi' the rest, Was carritched baith Larger an' Single, When speered—Wham we suld like best ? I stammered out—" Young Jeanie Pringle !" Last ouk I gaed in to the fair, ' To wair out my llallowmas guinea ; • When wha suld I fa' in wi' there, A' dinkit out finely—but Jeanie ; 1 couldna gang by her for shame, I couldna but speak; else be saucy, Sae I had to inter her hame, An' buy a silk snood to the lassie. It's no but she's baith gude an' fair, It's no but she's winsome an' bonnie ; Her een, glancing 'neath gowden hair, Are brighter, I daursay, than ony. But pawkie een's naetlung to me, Of gowd locks I want nae the straikin' ; Folk speak about love—but they'll see, For ance, by my faith ! they're mistaken. I promised the lasses a spree, I promised the lads a paradin', I canna wed hae't—let me see— • Unless I get up a bit vraddin'. I think l'se send ower for the clark, He might cry us out the neist Sunday ; It's winter—we're nae thrang at wark, Sae I think I'll just marry 'gin Monday ! Mary Riddle—you shall have sent to you from Edinburgh—bound in red—with a green silk ribbon in it,-to mark the chapter where you left off—a Bible. We know you have one of your own—but 'tis much worn—the brown binding is tatter'd and worm-eaten—the pages very yellow—and some words at many places so indistinct that even your eyes cannot easily make them out in the gloaming, or by the flicker ing peat-light. We need not bid you read the Bible often now—but continue to do so when you grow up—and should days pass by without your looking into it, remember the old man whose name you will see written along with your own di one of the blank pages, and who will then be in his grave. Think you hear his voice saying, " Mary Riddle, have you forgotten our advice below the trees on Tweeclsidel' Nay—Mary—we wished not to set you sweeping; and, along with the Bible, will come some yards of ability for a gown for the braes, and some of a better sort, plain, but pretty, for your dress on the Sabbath. And perhaps a trifle or two beside—such as some pink ribbons, and a silk handkerchief or two—which, with care, may last till you are a maiden with a sweetheart. But part we must not, till you even give another song. So wipe your eyes—aye, the sleeve of your gown will do—and as there is nothing like being happy—hear the birds—let's have again something gay of Gilfillan's—say "Young Willie, the Ploughman." VAItIETIES. THE SCHOOLMASTER'S PROGRESS.—A boy was lately asked who killed Abel ? He promptly . replied, General Jackson.— This equals the catechetical exhibition of a lad once living in the wildest region of the Green Mountains :—" Into what state did the fall bring mankind ?" asked the teacher. With a most rueful expression of countenance, the urchin brawled out— " Varmount !"—Americae Paper. COALS, &c.—lt is deserving of notice, that the importation of coals, cinders, and culm, into the metropolis rather de creased than increased between the years 1826 and 1831; for, in the former year, it was 1.600,22 - 9 chaldrons, in the. three subsequent years it fell much below that quantity, and in 1831, daring the latter nine months of which the repeal of duties took place, it scarcely more than recovered its former maximum. Even last year, when the effect of the repeal was in full vigour and the prices of the articles were uncommonly low, the in creased consumption was not more than four and a half per cent.; viz., from 1,604,151 to 1,677,708 chaldrons. A renus sion of duty, averaging nearly ss. 3d. per chaldron, and an increased population of not less than 150,000 souls seem to have had but a trivial effect indeed on the consumption of fuel in the metropolis. if all this be a specimen of fructfication, it points, alas! at but one species in the genus—that of fructi fication of distress. HUMAN FELlclTY.—Abderame or Abdairaham the Third, the great Caliph of Cordova, left in his own hand this esti mate of the value of earthly grandeur and felicity :—Fifty years have I reigned. Macs, honours, pleasures, I have enjoyed them all—exhausted them all. The kings, my rivals, fear me, yet esteem me. All that men desire has been lavished on me by heaven. In this long space of apparent felicity I have calculated the number of days in which I have been really happy—they amount to fourteen. Mortals, learn how to appreciate greatness, the world, and life.—Miserrimus ( Notes). INFLUENZA AMONG THE PLEAS.—The exhibitor of fleas is said to be greatly embarrassed by the prevailing epidemic : so many of his fleas have been put to bed of influenza,lhat he has with great difficulty been able to keep together a sufficient number of performers to represent the Siege of Antwerp with proper effect. The Siege of is, moreover, a dangerous service : in running up the scaling-ladders many are killed by the discharge of the guns. The proprietor complains grievously of his loss of killed and wounded. His actors cost him three pence each. VINEYARDS.L - Von Meyerflky, a landowner at Pesth, in Hungary, is completing a vineyard in that vicinity, which will probably be the largest ever known in Europe. Its superficial area is nearly four hundred acres, and its produce, even in mo derately favourable seasons, will not be short of five and twenty thousand aulms, or 375,000 English gallons ! As a receptacle fur this produce, the grower is erecting a cellar sufficiently spa cious to receive double the quantity, which is equal to nine months' consumption of Irish spirit by English throats. Mey erffky's brother, too, is by no means a small dealer in this branch of the liquor trade; for he is on the eve of starting a rival to the famous sire of Heidelberg; scilicet, a tun made en tirely of marble, and capable of containing 63,000 gallons. ANECDOTE OF THOMAS PAINE, OR THE HISTORY OF A POCKET BIBLE.—Mr. Paine was very fond of company; but his habits being rather intemperate, his chief associates at this time were mostly among the second orders in society. He boarded in the house of William Carver, a blacksmith, at the corner of Cedar and Temple-streets. As Carver and the writer were journeymen in the same shop, I often used to spend the evening conversing with Mr. Paine; he had seen much of men and their manners; had a clear, strong head, (but as thought,) a very unsound heart. Politics and religion were the chiet topics of our discourse. We agreed on the former; on the latter we differed, but always in a friendly way. One evening he was describing, in his unusul strong manner, the mischiefs, (as he termed it,) produced in Society by the Bible and its followers.—Says I, Mr. P., the first night I slept in America, was on a hard mattress laid on the floor of a close garret in a a hot night in the warm month of June—the place swarmed with mosquitoes and other domestic animals, and when ever sweet sleep approached, they drove her from my pillow— sore, feverish, and sunk in spirit, I rose by break of day to while away the time till the family got up. I commenced un packing my box of books—l opened the first book that came to hand, merely to see if it had received any injury by con finement in the hold of the vessel for so many weeks—mv eye lit on the words—My Son—(this book was in two small vol umes ; often when I went to see Mr. Paine, I put it in my pocket to set him . right when he misquoted a passage)—having the book by me, I asked, and he assented to hear it. read : it was the third. chapter of proverbs—we sat with the table be tween us—his eyes fixed on my face till I had done. Now, says I, Mr. Paine, put yourself in my situation—a poor, sick stranger, just entering on the untried scenes of life without a pilot, and conceive, if you can, a set of instructions more suitable—why, sir, it drove away my fever and my fears—l went forth to commence my new career with a leart as light as a feather trusting-in Him who hangs creation on his aria and feeds her at his board. He heard without interruption, when patting me on the head, with a good natured smile,-," All !" says he, " but thou art a young enthusiast." So we parted for the night. THE LIVEItPOOL STANDAht). MANNERS IN THE " REFORMED" HOUSE.—On Wednesday night last, whilst Mr. Attwood was addressing the House of Commons, a discordant yell was raised by an honourable mem ber in the side gallery. The cry was of that description which is freguently heard in a crowded theatre when the gods are impatient for the production of the pantomime. Loud cries of Order, order! and the somewhat novel cry (in "the first assem bly of gentlemen in the country") of " Turn him out"' marked the feelings of the house with regard to the unseemly in terruption. Or DIT.—An amateur of celebrity is engaged in setting the accompaniments of certain speeches in an honourable House to music, as a coughing chorus. Painting, sculpture, and engraving, are three different lan guages of art, and though the last-mentioned mode of conveying the original text of nature, is generally considered in the light of a translation from the other two, we hold an engraver to pos sess a mind capable of perceiving the finest touches of truth, and of rendering in his own way the textures of flesh, hair, dra peries, &c., the poetry of the sky, woods, and water; for if he have no eyes for anything beyond the picture he copies, he is a mere mechanic and - no artist. The productions of the . greatest engravers prove that engraving is an original art, requiring the same eye for nature in its professors with which a painter ought to be endowed. The works of the inferior class of engravers prove the same thing, by shewing that their failure is not owing to a deficiency of manual power, but to a perversion or ignorance of nature.—Monthly Magazine. - - - A Reverend Gentleman, who resides near the mouth of the Highlands, was, three or four years ago retracing his way home, after being on a visit to the fair city, and falling in with two or three of his pot companions a little below Dunkeld, who hap pened to be south like himself, they put their wise heads toge ther, and agreed to have a drop of mountain dew. And though the journey they had to accomplish was very considerable, and the sun was already far advanced in his course, still, when they had tasted the strong and mellifluous and fuming toddy, they forgot the distance they had to travel, and even the minister himself declared " that they could walk in darkness as well as in light!" But he had soon reason to retract his inconsiderate. affirmation ! Before they set off he was so overpowered with the spirit that he could neither mount nor sit upon his horse; and his faithful companions, who still possessed, in some degree, the power of their limbs and faculties, being unwilling to leave him behind, were under the necessity of tying him with ropes to the saddle ? In that woful plight the trio proceeded on their journey. His reverence, owing to the darkness of the night, however, and the oblivious mood which his fellow-riders soon fell into, was, cre long, left behind; and the horse, who was now his own master, instead of following them, went up a wrong Strath. As he came near to a churchyard by the wayside, he observed a light which some individuals had who were there watching; and as he was now, poor brute, a little fatigued, and naturally anxious to find some resting-place for the night, he very sagaciously made the best of his way into it, thinking, pro bably, that some human beings would be near who would com miserate his case and relieve him of his burden. He was by no means mistaken. The watchmen, hearing him approaching, thought it was no doubt resurrectionists, and having primed and loaded their pieces, they fired in all directions. The horse fortunately escaped unhurt, and unable to communicate his hopes and fears in words, he neighed most pitifully behind the wall. Upon this the men leaped over in a body in the direc tion of the sound, and finding a horse, and something iu the shape of a man " on the outside of him," they concluded that he was of the inhuman tribe they first conjectured, and since he remained behind, that some one of them must have wounded, perhaps killed him. They were astonished if he was hit that he adhered so well to the saddle. They came nearer, and imagined, from his loud snoring, that he was in the agonies of death. Tak ing his horse by the bridle, therefore, they led him to the near est house, and when they tried to dismount the speechless rider, they found, to their great amazement, that it surpassed their power. They examined, however, and discovered the ropes — untied them, brought him in, and what was their astonishment! Could they believe their own eyes, when they saw in clear can dle light the Rev. Mr. Nameless! ! !—Perth Fourier. ENIGMA. BY THE RIGHT HON. GEORGE CANNING. There is a word of plural number Foe to peace and tranquil slumber. Now, any word you choose to take, By adding s, you plural make ; But if you add an s to this Strange is the metamorphosis— Plural is plural then no more, And sweet what bitter was before ? SOLUTION. Though bitter cares soft slumber seldom meet, Still by some loved caress, they're rendered sweet. THE MAGAZINES. A new monthly has just made its appearance in London, along with Jack-in-the-Green, the almond and pear tree blossoms, and all the other blossoms of May. It is en titled Arnold's Magazine of the Fine Arts ; and this the first number is embellished with a portrait of Canova and an engraving of Canova's celebrated statue of Washing ton. We have not time to do justice to the work, which appears to be got up in a superior manner. We have only room for tl.e following short extract, from "Sketches by a Practising Architect : To be sure,'tis not pleasant for a man who has traversed Italy, ascended the Acropolis, and marched in state among the wonders of Nubia, to sit waiting for half an hour in the cold, ou the polished oak bottom of an old citizen's hall-chair. The powdered footman might have asked him to walk into some un occupied parlour, with a fire and newspaper to prevent shivers and tedium. However, he'll catch it, when his master knows whom he has abandoned to the exclusive contemplation of hat pegs and oilcloth. Yet he sent in his name—a name well known to the proud cit. By the marbles of Pentilieus, but this is won drous strange. He is, at length, summoned into the library, when old Full money throws balm on his hurt mind, by hoping he has " not waited long;" by fearing he must have "found it cold;" and by , telling him, finally, he is " happy to see him." Well, sir, your parents speak wonders of you. You have recently returned from your travels ?—and which do you like best, England or France?" " Why, really, sir, I know little of France : the mere en trance lodge to the vast domain of continental art. Besides, sir, it was not my part to cultivate any partiality for soil or cli mate, people, or their laws and customs. My sole motive, sir, was the attainment of professional erudition; and, in Italy"— " 0, you've been to (stirring the fire) Italy, have ye ?" " Yes, sir; and thence through Italy and Greece.' " Greece, too, have ye ?"—(ringing the bell.) " Yes, sir; and thence to Egypt"— " John :' more coals.— To where, sir ?" " Egypt, sir." " Indeed I Did ye see any crocodiles ?" " Why, sir, they are frequently to he seen : but, I was so taken up with inspectinc , the numerous temples,"— Aye,—in search' of mummies, I suppose. Curious mum mies, those, at Bullock's Museum, eh ? What have you there ?" "A few of my drawings, sir, made upon the spot, and laid down to actual measurement. This, sir, exhibits a restored elevation of the portico of the Parthenon:"— " Aye—Just like the front of the India House. Very pretty. What's this?" • " The Pantheon, sir :" It looks to me like the Colosseum (as they call it) in the Regent's Park,—very pretty. What's this? " The Lantern of Demosthenes." . " A Lantern, eh ? It's like a spice-box. Where did they put the candles ? Very pretty. What's this ? a turnpike lodge ?" "No, sir: the temple of the winds." "Indeed! well, it does somewhat resemble a chimney-pot.— What's that, standino• all alone there in the fields ?" " The Temple of Theseus." "'Twould make a pretty cowshed :—Well, sir; I must look at the remainder another day ; and now to business." [The feelings of the young architect during the foreging col loquy can he fully understood by those few alone who profes sionally, or as amateurs, have studied ornamental architecture in its details. They, who entertain any feeling for the art in a geveral sense, would, of course, be sufficiently disgusted: but, to the young professor, who reveres the smallest moulding in the least important example of antiquity, such a laceration of forms adored must . prove no less than ghastly !—However, the. prospect of a job skis the endurance of the offence; and there is further comfort in considering, that the new country mansion will address itself, not merely to the eyes of the ignorant huli money, but to the informed" beholding of his visitors and the passing stranger. What a portico will we have ! What a ves tibule and staircase ! How choice and appropriate shall be the decorations! How massive and firm the com,truction !1 The patron thus developes his purpose to the expectant pro fessor Now, sir, you have, possibly, heard of my having lately purchased an estate near —. The park is most beautiful; rich in noble timber, and commanding in situation. Every thing, in short, is admirable except the house, which is, indeed, a mere remnant of the old mansion, and has been for some years back occupied by a farmer. Here is a plan of it, taken by my carpenter. You see, sir, how extremely inconvenient it is in almost every respect. The dining-room too small, the other a passage room. Then, sir, it's very much out of repair. There's no closet of one particular sort, (you understand me, sir,) and too many of the other sort. In short, sir, after considering the matter over and over again, and taking the advice of a friend, I have come to the determination of -- what d'ye want, John ? Excuse me, sir, for a moment, while I exchange a few words with my solicitor." During the patron's absence, our young professor fills up in his imagination that, blank in the conclusion of Fullmoney's ad dress occasioned by the footman's message. " Yes, sir," thinks he to himself, " you have come to the determination of pulling it all down, and of building a new mansion, suited to the beau tiful park you have so justly extolled. You have come to the determination of mistrusting your own judgment on matters of taste, and of trusting to me for the provision of a good and hand some residence, with all the appendages and superior conve niences, the character and beauty, that should distinguish the man of fortune, and preside among a park of oaks. You have come to the determination or At this moment re-enters the patron:— " Well, sir—as I was saying—l have come to the determina tion of putting the whole in habitable repair, and of making one or two little alterations, which will, in effect, prove to be very great improvements. Now, sir, these are my ideas on the sub ject. First, knock down the end of that useless closet, so as to make away from the dining-room to the kitchen without going through the drawing room ! Secondly, knock a hole through the stone wall at the end of the dining-room, and put a thin partition flush with the outer face, by which we may get a recess for my sideboard, and thus virtually enlarge clic apartment. Thirdly, poke a little window into the outer wall of this closet up stairs, and fit it up as the required convenience, to which I have before alluded. Fourthly, put the entire house into repair, and give the old work two coats, and the new work four coats of common oil paint." Spirits of Memnon, Ictinus and PhEeax, shades of Vitruvius, Bnonarotti, and Wycham ! hover around me in merciful pro tection; or, rather, give me the benefit of your wings, and bear me up and away, where even " the Birds dare not build : Nor insect's wing flit o'er the herbless granite !" Are we, then, after a course of mighty preparation for emulat ing the gigantic splendours of ancient art ;—are we, then, (fraught with a swelling ambition, which o'er floods our con tinent of modesty,)—are we, most placid Lady Patience, to be subject to the climax of being smothered in the destruction of a lath and plaster partition? or employed, partly to amend, but chiefly to perpetuate the clumsy blunders of an ignorant coun try carpenter ?—" Base," indeed. The Dublin University Magazine for May did not come to hand so soon as it ought to have come; but bet ter late than never. We have only had time to glance at one article, which is full of interest, entitled " Emigra tion of Protestants," from which we give the following extract, purposing to pay more attention to the number in our next We now approach the emigration of the present times, an emigration on such an extended scale as to give promise for exceeding any thing of the kind ever yet known in any . nation ; it commenced shortly after the rebellion, when a spirit of a peculiarly hostile character began to reveal itself among the Romanists, so as to induce many Protestants to withdraw from. the country for a long . period; however the numbers were comparatively small, until freehold leases which the landlords had granted to the Protestant tenantry previous to 1793, began to expire, and then the numbers swelled to an enormous amount, by reason of the removal of the old Protestant free holders at the expiration of their leases. During the- last ten years the number of Protestant emigrants has regularly in creased each succeedin g year, shewing a greater number than that which preceded it. Nor is this extensive drain of the Pro testant population, so far as it has yet prevailed, the only or the greatest evil, for the whole body is in motion—the great body of the Protestant farmers, and mechanics, and manu facturers are in motion. They are all thinking on the subject, and preparing to emigrate. There is scarcely a family of the lower order of Protestants which has not some member or near relative already in America, and all are longing to flee away from this ill-fated island, looking forward with anxiety to the time when they can so arrange their little affairs, as to be ena bled to emigrate with some prospect of success. In the Pro vince of Connaught, the various counties of Leitrim, and Sligo, and Mayo, have poured forth a great portion of their population; and the last-named county (Mayo) although it contains a smaller number of Protestants than almost any other county in Ireland, has actually lost by emigration during the last two years no less than 1150 Protestants. — In the Province of Munster, the counties of Limerick and Tipperary are already nearly exhausted, and promise ere long to be completely so ; while Waterfoikl and some parts of Cork have lost prodigious numbers. In the Pro vince of Leinster, the several counties of Wexford, and. Longford, and Queen's County, have literally sent and are pre paring to send, thousands to America. In the Province of Ul ster, the great settlement of the Protestants, the number that haie already emigrated is almost incredible, while the desire to imitate their example is almost universal among those who re main. During the last few years, the number of Protestants from the North has equalled, and sometimes exceeded those from all the rest of Ireland together. The four ports of Newry, Belfast, Derry, and Sligo are those nearest our Protestant po pulation ; and. although vast numbers have gone from Dublin, and very many have sailed' from the ports of New Ross, and Waterford, and Cork, and even from Limerick, and though some few have sailed from Galway, Westport, and Ballina, yet the great body of Protestants have gone from the northern ports; that once happy and prosperous province, whose popu lation was as wealthy and peaceful as it was religious and happy, is rapidly losing those beautiful features, for which we once loved and admired it, and the scowling and ferocious aspect of Popery is fast unveiling itself where the smiling and gentle spi rit of Protestantism was once almost universal. That a change of a fearful and striking nature should be observable in other districts is only what might be expected. In some parishes, where there was a few years ago a respectable Protestant popu lation, there is not a solitary individual now; so that where hundreds once were, there is not a trace of them to be found at present. In other places the number has been so reduced that we have but a meagre skeleton of what there once was, and even these are compelled, in their weakness now, to submit to every insulting indignity which their triumphing competiturs are pleased to enjoin. In sonic parishes, the present Protestants are so resolved on emigrating that the building of churches, has been stopped, as being likely to be utterly useless in another year, from the intended emigration of the entire Protestant po pulation, instances of which are known to ourselves. It is a melancholy fact, that the whole Protestant population of the lower orders are in preparation to abandon this country, and to seek a more happy settlement in other climes; they seem lift ing their wings and preparing to " flee into the wilderness" of the new world, in order to escape the troubles of the old. It is utterly impossible to ascertain with an y precision the total num ber of' Protestants who have left us, as the subject of emigration occupied, for a long time, very little of public attention, but of late the departure of so many Protestants has drawn the atten tion of many to the subject, and means, reasonably effective, have been resorted to to ascertain the numbers that sail each year from all the several sea-ports. There are many accurate details as to the last four years, collected with great pains, and they give the following result :—ln 1829 the number was 12,000 —in 1830 it was 11,000--in 1831 it increased to '29,6oo—and in 1832, the amount of which has never before been published, it was 31,500, being a total of 91,500 Protestant souls within the short space ()flour years! The number of last year would have been considerably greater, only that the prevalence of the cho;. lera disarranged the affairs of a large portion of intended emi grants, especially when they learned that the emigrants were necessitated to undergo a quarantine beyond the Atlantic ; these persons will probably depart this present year, and thus swell to an enormous extent the tide that has already been flowing from our coast. During the last two years large bodies of Ro man Catholics, sick of the bondage which they suffer from their priests, and from the factious, and allured by the success which has attended others, have been induced to emigrate. These Roman Catholics, however, who - liwere very numerous at the ports in the south and west of Ireland, are not included in the statement above given, which embraces the Protestant emi grants alone. So extensive an emigration of that Protestant population, on whiCh the safety of thepropertv and the allegiance of this island so much depend, is entitled to the deepest attention; and it well becomes every man, who is anxious for the public weal, to en deavour to ascertain the real causes of so disastrous an evil. In setting forth those causes which appear to us to be the most ef fective ones, we would observe, that we have already seen how ..±-----------....--- m PO the st reat stream of Protestant emigrations. .-Tusol was ca use d by the terrible and insupportabl e they were compelled to endure from the popish 1 4 0 , 11 : 0 1 o w the 0 • the rebellion of 1641; we have also seen h stream was caused by the avidity of the landlordso3l.o irl in that system which they adopted during the last etat2e/ii we shall now find that the very same causes, n arelY fo l ; a li l tion by the Papists and the avidity of the landlords .. f a il travagant rental, are the grand and most effectighveartei motives which have led to that melancholy ancl2artisi tide of emigration which gives promise of soon ' whole Protestant population of - Ireland. persto FOREIGN INTELLIGONIF BELGIUM. „, sse -01'0 ls,l DISSOLUTION OF THE CHAMBER OF ILEV-- ru B S A.P. " Leopold, King of the Belgians, r eeting; " To all to whom these presents shall come, R•-i st ersi report and by the advice of our Counc il of 11 " Seeing the difficulties which, since the ope sent legislative session, have arisen in the Chamber of Representatives with the Adminis' "Considering that, in consequence of these our Ministers have, on different occasions, resignation, without having succeeded in fora ministration which might present a c onfidence " Considering that these difficulties seem to the diversity of opinions in respect to exterior " Considering that since the last ge nera.' tant events have taken place, which have co! strengthening of the independence of Belgi therefore, deserve to be submitted to the LIV country ; "Considering that, if it be one of the first pr ) ‘ sentative government that the Minister sho uld ! with the Parliamentary majority, it is al so n render the administration of affairs possible, th, should not be uncertain, that a doubtful adhef ceedings of Government paralyses the Administration, without offering to the Crowr .a new one ; "Considering that, according to the electo] of the Chamber of Representatives is to be second Tuesday of next June ; that, accord") and 54 of the same law, the members who sh' in this partial election, seeing the impossibili session immediately, would continue to sit November; that thus, representatives . whose he already named would influence, to the ex , the resolutions of the House, and would be ab' decide the most important questions; " Considering that the dissolution of the Cl sentatives would obviate this inconvenience , electors, in the place of a partial controul, a over the acts of that branch of legislative pow' actiOT proceedings of the Government; " According to the Art. 71 of the constit utio: "The King has the right to dissolve the 4 simultaneously or separately. The act of the convocation of the elect - oral colleges withi' of the Chambers within two months;' "According to the paragraph of the Art. 5 1 tion, thus worded—' In case of a Dissolution , entirely renewed,' " We have proclaimed and do proclaim: is "" "Article 1. The Chamber of Representative%nekiti "Art. 2. The electoral colleges of the unde.r;nt 91 ,r. are y convoked for the 23d of next May, to the 11 1 110 , ma elect the number determined by the electorl signated beneath." d distritti [Here follow the names of the provinces an. to the English reader, are entirely uninteresting'' UNITED STATES. nat al THE LAUNCH.—Another splendid ship was ° l ot sir t ' ed to the line of packets which sail betwee n this 1r lased p_ool. Agreeably to the notice published in V . 11.1 i United States, to be commanded by Captair!, we o was launched from the ship-yard of Smith, ve,.. t he 3 .0 stock. An unusual number attended to witne-v'tthbe; She went off the stocks in fine style—carrying `,,ties'.ll decks, upwards of five hundred ladies and g e ," United States belongs to the line of packets a nd Wood, Trimble and Co. and Samuel Hicks at e t It said to be the largest ship ever built for the Pac'; iy of about .660 tons burthen. Her length on fee t 4°# length of keel 130 feet, breadth of beam 32 , tbs e depth 21 feet. To Mr. Smith principally beleNistiliel constructing her, and we may eniphaticily a merchant ship been launched, more Justu, ff lll6 proud name which she bears. She has on her `,, 0 0 0 the United States beautifully . carved, resting e r her rl e l the most critical Observers unite in pronouncing naval architecture. She will take her plac e 9t/1• 41. p. Liverpool on the 24th June.—New York l'aPe r ' f CAPTAIN BACK'S EXPEDITION.—The arrival ° f bis.` t d in our city, from England, and the purTos e a n terl' r ''o l been already mentioned in this paper. The i % l icee'? he is engaged contemplates not only the auTi el ps ence, but is prompted by humanity. At a " e i , Csh chette, given on Friday by the British Cons,',olo,l„ explained the plan of his expedition to Sir ter, the British Minister, the Hon. Daniel Webstesri pie Mayor of the city, and a number of other d i viduals present. He proposes to leave this c„,„ two or three days, for I‘olontreal, which nig ° l ;p3o lc 'v, the point of departure. Captain Back is aec ° 401 1, ,,0, A King, of the Royal College of Surgeons, in 1- ' ° ",,eili ti. " s lij. the capacity of surgebn and naturalist to the elt o 's of his former companions, on Sir John Fran c i o eil tli e,' are with him. They are-Inured to fatigue, a r , ° , ti acla; o 7, to the duties they have to perform ; and ‘-'brl"' . o"' of the party is to be increased to t w enty., given the following as a sketch of his intenae, ( ., t he e e ' t l leaving Montreal :—The route to be pursucdltireri)cii,i! for the fur traders, by the Ottawas, Freneh i p , A f,' Lakes, Lake Winepeg, &c., to Great Slave b ieli ntr i tance from Montreal of about 2500 miles, w„,edraf` pected, be accomplished early in July. Ilie on the lakes is in a large birch-rind canoe, ° te a fe," Liam will be changed for smaller canoes, a der iii gation. At Cumberland House the party v':" 0 1 ',1e teaux, Which are better calculated for conveY'efor•V Thi which will form their most certain food,rica fl sh y of the buffalo, moose, or rein-deer ; d „, l $9 - with a proportionate quantity of fat; and vc .. ,1 1) 0 ;0 it will keep good for many years • scraped j" -- A"` e oll water, it forms a palatable and nutritious s ot to e t:c c Indian guides and hunters will be obtains° h t ;it, party to the Great Fish River. The most winter residence having been selected, a certec3l e os"r ‘ people will be appointed for erecting the li ter ° trio 9 and the hunters and fishermen employed io n .itho° b tu while Captain Back will proceed himself f eg o down the river in a light canoe, with a crew °„ armed. As the river flows through the baq.,,,tcrf c o equal elevation with those North. of Fort [ ,l)!`. pected its course, like that of the Copper • il l el•„; 0 4 rupted by rapids or cascades. This cruise to ,e Back to survey these, so that on his return ievg blishment, they may construct boats conihiew ' s oe the river and the sea navigation. As far, ,a to will permit, Captain Back expects his Visi t , the y'tl., him an opportunity of communicating wit' l iess• of obtaining, if not intelligence of Captain, 011' f t . information of the direction of his course lue Having passed the first winter, they would 5!03,, moment the ice breaks up; and if the oPi l3l ce tio ll e ip:; Back has been led to entertain, from an elverin' I ; i ie traced by the Indians, of the mouth of the s vee'dc' 68 and 69 parallels of latitude be correct, thoola than 300 miles from the wreck of the Fury' e pter t ' ble circumstances, little or no doubt can he.,. hol'etVi; : being able to reach it. If, contrary to the. l ,o J i tiO„ .Captain Ross should be discovered on arrveee'atte;i the Fury, and the season should be far adv° r iv , c iote cessary they should retrace their way to I l i t ' , 0 0 ,4 SO doing they would embrace every opport °l to marks and signal-posts on peaks and cape% l bel t (' tion of the wanderers to the notes depos its the position of their fort, and the means a, °l !x 4i f t :: B )) On the'disruption of the ice in the followl°Tolaoo ditiou would again be on the shores of th e t ; o o ll. «Pri researches be resumed in a different dir,e,, c ;oo, t . c9 t d ; i l ously taken; every Esquimaux hut won't' " in the hope of finding some token of the fate sees " The gratification," observes Captain Belottici moters of the expedion will experience, cholo,ol British seaman be rescued from a nielatittiel,o,l means, will amply repay them for their,, e : t tea t te ill e ,,e l while, even if no such happy fortune shoul" be ob, iie r'd es, the geographical knowledge that rous t e t he y scientific information resulting from a o ur i s , slie:;l3 one of - the magnetic poles, Wi ll , it is I.loPC ( de rtai . prise has not, even in this case, been 110 American Paper. Emporto. .........________ illi, EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, s'g,ftru, bobie, fm Manilla and Singapore, with (fm' t'.r, 100 boxes casiia 9 bskts loose abt 10 cwt m( s ' c i b li l s , ea horse 'teeth, 3 csks cOcc, nut oil, 5 csk w,y,,, ides, loose 444 dry c and o and buffalo hides , aht 10 t c and o horns, loose abt 10 t sapan w 6z,;,lco•—(fra Singapore) 200 bxs antimony ore, ciao ctL,vilicgs black pepper, 6 bxs contents unki Ili WEST I_VDIES AND MADEIRA. leZ,l, NtordaunL fm B arbados, with 367 hds 27 tea' tD Ws d o , 8 L Testman—libay ginger, ,1 Gowl UNITED STATES. ''ll'ttor, 11141ett, fin New Orleans, with 54 bales cott( ~.....41,11,4F0--1107 bales do, order-337 bales do,_ . 1 ( 14c1e0..„4"4), Lodge and Prichard-293 bales do, 1 ),',l4eeland, White, fm Mobile, with 1014 bales ' 4 4 7 4%, 11 (. 1 eo—K Dk red _soar,' f in Mobile, with 580 bales cotton, U I,edar, said Master —K Dk 'e, with 500 bales cotton, llagarty m-4 bndls reeds, said Master—Cl Jew Orleans, with 1171 bal es c o t salted hides, J M'Kean—G P Irk, with 858 bales cotton, Coll .1 Hobso n and Sons-102 bales Eccles and Evans -784 brls tur itoun, Mackie and co—abt 10 t Orleans, with 1503 bales col logwood T Corbitt and co-11 New Orleans, with 140 bales c 'atry and co AMERICA. 4. John's, Newfoundland, with , ks cod blubber, 90 dms cured recd, 13 adenach and Jenkinson -18 csks seal oil, J Robertson caks cod and 40 esks seal blubber tolasses, order-64 csks cod oil T Neale--76 csks cod oil, 17 n h ides, W Tarbet-1 bundle d Dk FRANCE. Ostend, w Dk ith abt 46 t oak bark, POR TUGAL. With 2 chsts 18 hf chats lemoi il'Andrew-45 chsts 110 hf do, J Collin and co-2 hf ch Lisbon, with 13 chsts 1 hf cl 37 hf chsts do. E Rae-29 chsts chsts do. 20 t salt, said Mast 'ranges, J Rimmer—S Dk Lisbon, with 293 chsts 128 hf cl hf chits do, .7 Adam-10 hf Lbibon, with I chst 12 hf chsts Collier and co--10 chsts 67 1 chsts do, Mary Leicester—al and Woods-3 chsts 44 hf cl AFRICA. rica, Irith G 5 csks palm oil, obin—P D Marauliam, with 1110 bags co b a44 - , len Dort - p ee f4, itnens Bahian with 1096 bags cotton, 501 atural history, order—.soo * Cl ' u n r i L e Ykrl i to--186 bags cOtton, Ileyw ifillariteto. CoLorziAL pßoDucErles.ls,i.o,rt;::htdil ri le d Friday, May 3 r L e b eeP, lll4 for s t . nod, and 1,1501 40 1 r °ld at GAR continues g (ii) J e ~,4 4iul low - 4 inrther improvement of exl . .... , , s e at t /niddling descriptions; 270 e , a& fin liite 1 41 r, ~ quotations, with 350 bags -- - ' Fore l i.,°ris, m "; only t ransactions reported in lae' r .,, elrt 70xes Pa.raibas and 300 bags Siam, b it :Tl, ha.v.-sp puns. MoL ASSES, ch . refi t y t _ B e e c ] Rr ti ,e 8 s to e been taken from the quay a h :I[lF:l:A:rft ai;a, g r eater ui it e l z . extent a t e w e e o p u t ld p r h e a s lee n_t been i e d s o ... i tav'easks ;,///utation consist of 190 casks of Jai o „ iei )4/ 3.actikkinerara and 220 brls. and bags , I„ ! ha ys l ß iro Q' t ' 4. 11 .1 '4 l 4i t l 11; i; f i t -a .3.5 5 411t i i , et() , „ ( I , i iii 1- it i u gll;4l I ' : t a ii i3l i GlB es°t a ele tl a(idb ( j 'eYl ta o E raSg c l : k • asorslialaci African d.' le t h isi: 3 0 s a o- throughouter. ordinary obtainedeal 3 i n rs ' sold ß 6d i ßrazil 3haez . a sfi .: t i 1 . vk rcl Fbe b i t t era l ci 'I , IN,'''',,t."-In'iluality at 4d., and 100 bags I?lac sm i tl lit, ,4 /ilia,,. (l cu the only transaction_p 'lh a choi igtcaadn'Y quality, at 'l3B.—lt c"'—: e the • 4 s: ,!,/uidtni eolerara meet with ready sale at q vkil t i:v4 ta i Itt4,ik k ia_ot " : l o . ; ; o( iti ,os a sl.nrs i_bil (I,ll4,ll,oetli,:raii.3ot:sd:tei7a.n pnu f s e dl. r ,2t i ego o xe. n r hp; s 6io o edrna r t. sorts at 2s. .commonextremelyid. janl 2s.ad i lki,4"uvv. -„ "e Sales consist chiefly of 150 tom t„ es af9.1(.,-7, AltwOoD, A a iy or cll) C saf ik el7,s v rq' t Sev er ,, I In'ENTINE this week, u9r . ~,6ip l 1 l itili tl ,4o : rii, :0; ; . , eo " ithrl 4 1 e0, : :::io s beeli1.1481::e l ie : hro_ i ca,,osti.. .. l4.l4l ! : .ga a sara; : thilcieeatrddvhi l iciisaaben. tutTs a ..e.d: r_ i_c e lie,a3::: a iete r onit r 2on i : s v taur e cic.ct d osic6am ,. : ndipl m .epeti . ffine l fdo i d r .et c :2swA b lihvisshu N r. ; :tid:c i Eh l tspfhi tri b . eieas ( 5.: 414:4tixLiit:iteilit.:1.1:4:::1:1::::iii11::::::ttetdhirloo:er:IsrseiL.ea...c84::it,teis2tteor6earav:s;-nix.?)ptehdeesreo.asavugareteli isvdme2:obnburuskucw.thtavatlt,ueh;ecAi.qe:livsru:sespi.a.!ErrlyiEvco,i,Diernal,hnntabe_odonrer.eii, of at 77s 14',:1, ii i i ° , l a.x4, 4,l B. have 'beep di sposed li 4 , 408.....,„ Q 4 C LOvEasEED but . 2)1,, 4 t .cti i :5) , t 4 t: i t 1 : ::: 3 ,4 „ s 1 it .B_ ‘ i t,,:i:::i pa:\ \T : : ii ic.ina ra t id;c a e. h_ L it : 0, : s co a ,i illaidßee realized,hc have b e e n ma d e foi have ¶een di sposed of at 77s •- - 'fl but lit t le h as beer RCIO, BAtI i a t ciseL. i s_ot b :rii e 6atia e listln.i n semd3 da n hco i aja a ritseor , d i vur a e brseBe t te b ghsir. i ii, " i i o4 : ll ,l 4 . lo s r t ttue l ia, l a se,okuy, r 7 e is p, (Thaia , 7 l d. C , 4 1,.v ,2 50 u ld di.t a tz t b 6 6 1 .] 1 . 4 4 third ' ,S Wormed and ru bbed , dry }.,, 1 4 N. •, am, ditto 3,,,i'd. 5,0" d 11ht41.://tN 'POO salted New York at 4i • la C h kt 0:4 ,-,hinehilli SKIIss, or of House . ri t ',,4ve'i'll'eoli4-ek 13ARK sold at Z 5 ' £5 snsdaToutc ti p i t , i zs 4 t(Z;has again beel.l,littiedds,. of vironi t4411,,eXte4.. Tpp.TRE but in South Amer,lcs. , ') ' lv o, e• ' • !: 4 z11..4' , 43 ti ttiii !: 1111 : 4:11 : 11c1114t : , 1) : 44:11 1 . 1 41 Y : i l ifere : 11 , 1 1 1.14 . ° : 1 ° , sl e :t t 0 ; 1111 1 t E f t: i 6 1 gi Kentucky ' as : e is i i e tt n n t r i h il be n t d o d ucta: India 51 bond. —Very 1 : s s f e v e r ro h c et .w l l oi x-V r:T P : n e i e r i t i gr i e t a t : r an n ff , a ti i a t! 1 1 1 ) :: ,,,tt , 41 1. : 80(ti lt Iml i tt O t t i l i1,5 4 .3,1 g '' ,- : h d faes o w l bteehheeen4st. chests oserousonfdone it.,,, An C. offered slDA.tFtyl ?Ee L o ho( n ar l st i , 1) 4 hot,h xceeding 1,800 bags, at _ 3d. was l ite • P . 114 l '' fo r one lot as low as 225. 3d. t„ au th A INT t A , :t 6, : :,,:ittil t o :re:l : : i ttrdi g iii 4 ctel rt o.sli: ; :ill epet,r : t.iio4o : frf:l3:l3roß P ll:t; l! lA O a, Air D_ Rt)Dbi L ruDeEe C nilEg; E ß.iaets . ishintteuhe 'l uL_se_alA h r_tiec e he r ,sl9ls4uoi atfx i t s lapfhabiD n tei:Er o i: . a, 11111-I:et4tlicitebtilittthe price i f has ton ti — ot been allowed to tr 1 1 ! ,ei sa t i f, : - 4,. 'l`ll B_l :: :i l ni e t is a h n d hav 6 e ls. b i e s .e w n i . th inad di e ffic a u t ' lt a i n o a b d ts tii\{iL:ii::,:ife &::thalostsbeoefnG it ! I I , 5 1 i tt.4l l l , ei,tt smalll N, B. : e vi k a r i! a ..s e r l e n 00 1 If 0: fine morea hn u l ee l n l P dp s a , picked c id fi i k h n e n ne ma c d v l alueysnldm drat r° vt f o r a r tn. g i t; ha ° e t l L a l . Sc ll 6 _:: \: : l:lll l iscit ti otaa: u t s i. t;4 ) ;;eefe: ,rc vie) , ~,, - t du : to i n33rtte h eet ; r ae Lii the ses e .id,; las..tH 2 general Oso.l4lLLd d s. e h—t m ahi a sna ti gw d iae - mi c .en o lke n t t i tea i e n eAc i th A. t ' - ady a , .-- IN SEED k L teq tt p ri „-_'ku toils Pitr.ru OIL has been sold f ' 1 44 4 ,,,1era t ,71 at our quiaoretaecdtairodsniasal.glestif)rnogniuFar.ntAht,tiet quantity.- cop - ' 4 1i1 1 1 1 ; 11 to notice. —•1 remains stew etlybt The VetY limited. ,41114,1,i;-;.llle,price of bar iron at Cardiff is 15 '..1Z.Q1:7441,-(1.43114:t0 1 . 4 1 ;; 6 emendnutnominally u iioebstoainbreli 1 7. • ollnlster,:,,e6;,, rope,, said 1 rcuing. °I 1- ',1,,1tl C lrn said last relations t ', , 1g0, W,:i John2,e, Strilt1011; 40 4C:1!..a4d Ch, ini 'u.. l l e eireuril- anduka L 9-400 liNo, offered tt.i , ler,Ps-1,5!V,4 New feet 4 . 0 , a Der. akit€411...„500,-,ale, d or attar t • i ip ti w . hi d 1)rls ,_°' i Of stn ear ',i, I. 14-...q5, b e tar, E talre their irilZ tzi.iiiit 1, sannistoo Yea ; , , Il 'l 3 am °P , fi thew l election ito r4t hers °- -0 1 li, ontributedd ~ "bales -irk, , Nk3 reas on ret iiinm 3 ,, y a 01 0 , go, do, 1., P, Tpreenu . ' l3 4 111, St. BRIT rincipleS ° o ',4 1.4, , esk3 e rep, 'J i m SI be in accet,i,.. 5 2 r.,15,_e,k, aSt . or eil es r lt! inise!";v I ; , s fi :lest eoT, de it 1 that W l5 W 1; ' ,,.' 64 bur?k' 10' 13 eslu cs i o n to „ , and ~,,3 herri.PllB mu the f, " ., rri.- 4 1i10 , . 11 ,' ,4 1 ) lep' v., Buchanan..... so , . 11 the e I 0 a r ial ' Broad, )ral la l( 'd 4 tc,wni .._ sceener3 j' , ' C ;C a i rn ' Os co t ato ing t° - ('Te -°wskiti lotila bf lo so Ineo vo 4,l, lit)? of '6O s't l 'l:i 4 'rai l f rn Li I , I t o the -4, -er--iNoges, . 1 , on, cess°slot:Pwill blt hi' -) Si sue of .i), mess oi, °l 'll , (1 lusi° a t beeire l4 4; lll e: rne f ale bY 47ktil--so'ls'ehin Li O{ v,,, t , , , 1 ivelists B sts 3 7 1 10 b et , re • •1 i re, Bt r.eh, t 0 la and °Pitt "W €l ler 1 1. en f ra nge ~e era' ( t, ur k V'rd ii' Cl u ni 1 4.1 ' oa ° , ,a9li'fla, vaster ,88 ,ver, ki..(,, ebs„ilson .t.r b : , bOA 'Pri,; 4 " , lo' ("rati,,lni Li on, Wllle , 4.114 b 211.„, k eh st , 4,es, , j - C e liiilsioffstrilittiY:obd:ac';;t;.ll'.ll::(:!',:it:l4,ll.kt'll,4::'':l-Irn?llAnr, the C ' tl:'7'l'"gt,rs'nd Tilol,,i 1, a 41„, 1 x, , N K Oh, f in ~., IP , I"ll::lea, ' ; .. chy, f,,s , :4