The Sun. — London, England, 1840-11-02 00:00:00

.EVI_INING EDITION'. MAGA ZINE DAY. B LACAWOOD'S MAGAZINE. " Ten years of 'Whig Government" is a triste recapitulation of the Collies and iniquities of the t r nes si nce their accession to office under Earl eYm and is dished up in a style admirably calcu lated to suit the diseased palate of a Tory. The t i Zst hei nous charge which the writer brings against e W hig party, and on which he insists with sin gular earnestness, is their system of economy—a syste m which must naturally be abhorrent to a set of men wh o d ur i ng the late war embarassed the isheulders of John Bull with a load of debt amount :g to some seven or eight hundred millions. Any endeavour to re d uce t hi s oppress i ve b ur d e n our Y u'lscientious Tor scribe looks on as "an enormous Peril t , 1,4 4 , 0 the safety of the State." Excessive taxa -4 ca uses him n o t t h e s l ig h tes t m i sg i v ings ; when t i t e a Gt ; 4 ntry is taxed up to the chin, then he conceives 19 is happy and contented ; but when the load \ \ ; l o niewh at remitted by the economical notions of a ttthisa t t G ary Government, then he begins to be filled with appr e h ens i on o f consequences . V er ily, e i l • 8 Sound lo g i c , an d sat i s fi es us t h at exper i ence , b e I ch make s even fools wise, has yet to produce a -. ll ,heial eff ect on the understan di ng o f t h e Tor i es. Deltau e Q . uinuey's Reveng e " is a stirring ballad by but. It is vigorous and unaffected in its tone, ri o eile tunbered with some awfully prosing antiqua tenit'incltesm which are constantly calling off our at iof ' ll from the text. Who cares two straws to be that °l lted in a long note, stuffed with hard names, teed the " the monks of Newbottle were of the Cis tinkt,ett„ order _,, Mr. Moir should leave such dry, lon.illibteresting details to the Brittons, and such , like w e ll - l in g bookmakers. " Louis Philippe is a Xi o - „led biographical memoir of the present oe e si Prance—the most sagacious that ever sate th e .. e ,throne o f t h e B our b ons . W e agree with tin; ilt er that on this monarch now hang the des feariB,o°f Europe. His position is one beset . with " i ffieultres ; but we have confidence in his to the and shrewdness, and believe him to be equal pants e etrier gene _,. It is an easy thing to take ad. : let si.ge of a nation's ferment, as Napoleon did, and t hos e lP A th e does of war ; but to restrain and muzzle Prey " ; ° gs, when they are mad to bound upon their POvi,,, ' 8 a task to which men only of first-rate ,r e . It ' en of mind, backed by indomitable resolution, ,ce o l o il : it . Our readers will be pleased to read anhis d f u o „.. — T f the domestic habits of Louis Philippe and T he :-- talo on ! daily assemble after dinner in one of the palaceLadi where the Queen and Princesses with . their urge s sit round a table, generally eagaged rn fe n r ee eha. ti tabl i e wh is i ch they send to be sold at some fair !itledb°`) . l,ects. The diplomatic persons, and others e e n ; •I i t their rank and circumstances to the " entree," re soet li t eallod ----that is, who are expected to pay ally sto the Royal Family in the evening, occasion their rese nt themselves, and the ladies are invited to take et sae seats round the table, where the Queen and Pri - to et , receive them with great affability. The gentle irel'eafte Payin g their respects to the Queen and her of a 'e generally addressed by the King and the Duke . Per le , e4 ns oo such topics as have an interest, from their are th m e al inforination, on t h e pass i ng occur rences. Those tev en "f amily recepti ons ;"and they are graceful, and l '''Portant t hi ngs , and well worthy of i m i tation. Dit a ii u4 °ther form of Royal intercourse and Royal hos of t h e 'l is still to he spoken of, and with similar praise 4 11 4 ,, i gond sense and good feeling of the King. In the r ,",' he leaves the capital and resides at Neuilly, hle,u'ladi and Fontainblcau. The day at Fontain- Nt' h; t , /I "gb, from the circumstances of that magnifi the ti re and the adjoining forest, it is perhaps among tes showy specimens of the Royal country life, yet at: o u'es teem all, Each guest is attended with coffee i thr as he rises in the morning. He then walks 40 th l " enlace grounds, or follows his inclination at f e t ill eleve n , when he is summoned to a deleuner 11 ,,,11: 4 , 7 4 ette. H e now goes to the " scale de reception," 4 l1:, 1 — le meets the Royal Family and their other guests. ht er ,'' l t movement is to the breakfast-room, where an 44 10 4 ‘ 41 . 11 tuent is laid out on a grand scale, sometimes f4 et „" l ug to a hundred covers. This breakfast,.T 41 14' 11 early dinner, begins with soup, and finishe o s f w t i l t le l 4 ,tc tl : and coffee. An intimation is then . g Lar e , e4 'cri;s of the day, whether hunting in ive tl n te noble at the ti ding throu g h the surrounding or at t'h the military mancouyres ; there is something for i iteti - ' i te or es,..ry one. Horses and carriages are . at the a), and every one is free to follow his own co,mis the general meeting at six, when ` ll O - , 18 Providei in a superb style ; and the evening of t cloy 4 e ',ec . abla and kviimated day is spent in music and tf t i l ''stion. Such is the result of power in the hands h E : l 'e who know how to wield it ; who, having learned kti - ;: / ,e i tiene e the true uses of life, know how to mingle 1111 :gl e ‘7 i "ioyen en t with rational pomp ; and who, having the valu e 4 ` l ' c aag mankind, with sense enough to know r ei gn the lesson, know that an European Sove ''Rard:,: reAels at once national respect and popular thr one t'Y adopting the sulky seclusion of an eastern are the Lo me Philippe is fortunate in his family. They er,tail,eh`l,aast that Europe lins seen since the memorable l` z es ; a T u el of th e sons and daughters of the excellent te ' 4 kti r ,„ e tier time terrace at Windsor ; perhaps h I one assemblage of youth and beauty from is now thi rtv Aatep 'age, ever known. The Duke of I w ell He is tall, and. though of a rather r slight figure, His c'oun: ' e tla - `"le and graceful in his movements. Ls t h tle p ' L S handsome.' He is also an acc . omplished per" English and other tongues with fluency,. am Iv ( " aform e d on the general topics of the time. es mu c h Third Chapter of Turkish story posess lat er 'lf the romantic interest of one of Gibbon's It v olumes of the Decline and Fall of Rome. f4re"'ett:hes vividly the vicissitudes that befel the f t °llB city o f Bagdad in the seventeenth century. tl ev '''i'sw of an Unpublished Tragedy," gives some te nt e 'i h extracts from a play which, it seems, was 11 , n ; to Christopher in manuscript, and which he the on the point of committing to the flames, when ft w el d critic's heart relented, and he preserved a Pr e , °f the scenes which he deemed most worthy of eagianta ation to " th e p ens i ve pu bli c ." Th e 4‘ Cau irc,rl War" is a notice of Mr. Bell's book on geo:sia. We cannot too cordially approve the of spirit i n w hi c h i t i s p enne d, w h ic h i s o ne t iltialified admiration of the brave mountaineers }ikv Caucasus, who for upwards of ten years 7 . b arba t ' ;‘ , e . a teti back, horde after horde of Russian " The Circassians," observes the Re. lr ont e i 4 ' have still kept their colossal enemy on the ' ll ro 4 ,: rs of thei r l o vely country ; have made every fEbi d eadly to th e invader ; and now, at the end °ff E :., ten th year of th e war, which has co s t th e lives d ete r " s of thousands of their enemies, are still as m ine d te es as ever to die rather than wear the fet teen r. the Czar," " Ten Thousand a Year" has is e s and passages of superior merit, but the story N ' , l/;11 ° out to a most intolerable extent. For tifi k ' s .: , together we have nothing but prolix twaddle, 4 4,, e ` 1 up with quotations from Homer, Horace, knplalm and Bishop Hall. The author's serious o n Sober vein is his best, when he is just hovering e t) t! borders of the p a th et i c . Hi s h umour i s eh se and strained, and his sketches of aristocratic e a ~';acter fall wide of the mark, f rom t h e i r s h eer kt t tit re avagance. Lord Dredlington is a very Grub ter, 't conception, and the French Marquis no bet at The most evenly sustained personage in the is Gammon, for such a creature as Titmouse t..' l existed, even in Cockaigne. " The Devil's ridge \ Valk" is a lively poem, in imitation of Cole - 't w ell-known jeu d'esprit. Ii ~ BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. . 14 4 i " l e present Miscellany there is . a brief me, V . °I . Louis Philippe, drawn evidently from 4 1, /11-11 e sourc e ac that in Blackwood—namely, iie tititsl'lme lately published in America, under 1 )1 e , 1 ° , l " France, its King, Court, and Go • t at Govern the I: This memoir will be read with int , res ver thitilP,resent crisis, when the attention of .e isy l ive — , 1 ,4 1 _g man in the wide European communityve N I e " on the monarch of the barricades. \ p il V h modern history in vain to find out a man tl,ii, whose single decision, whether for good v 0 7 1 qll is 8° much depended, as depends just 110‘ nc lil t i i Pi ! lil iPPe. Let him give but the word, a s l wil l ..urricane tioti!,4 during of war, prompt at his summons still t ',weep over the civilized world, never to - the life-time of the present genera \4lltc, i T here can no longer be any such thin..! as_ tst merely between France and England ibit„.°l-Itegt---.if there be one, which God forbid l N:,ria , trernblit a A li ,' be Canning' s " war of principles," in which for her Hungarian and Italian 41)(i'e,,s,sinns, Prussi a for her Rhenish provinces, kr, - "ussia for Poland, must all equally take a Th e ,: °lin Cl in k" ma i nta i ns its usual level tone. It hi - '.- 18 int erest in the narrative, but it is not of notl.l.Y wrought character. We are pleased, but It icir`ited, f or Mr. Hooton's calm jud gment i s q .- to t tspi euous than the play of his sensibility. Ple t i u Y Pa:kkes" p rogresses as rapidly towards coni i%.°ll all a new tow n in the back-woods of Arne- Nr l d L T , he cc aspirators are now preparing for their m onth,"'iv-tip of the Parliament-houses, and a few 11 ,:ltr ib "ence w , I may, expect to arrive at the de uy et-ent...._that i 's to say, the discovery of the plot I.4:Ltatitiie Kit v Janne." The illustration by 4 xi i " s ila nk Con t sins one good figure, that of an °4- an `l 4 k ; but Guy Fawkes is a alarm . mon r. r .. • y.. F w .~... solemn failure, resembling nothing so much as Shaksneare's starved, gaunt apothecary. " Morrie England in the Olden Time" enumerates the various local changes that have taken place in London, during the last half-century and upwards, when Islington was yet a pretty, sylvan village, and the grasshopper chirped in the meadows where DOW stands Euston-square. The article is plea singly written, and exhibits much curious research. It is interspersed, too, with snatches of verse, which serve to vary and enliven the theme. The " Sea sons" is a quaint, thoughtful little poem, penned by a German who died in 1676. As it suits our limits, we quote it entire _ . " In fair Spring's fresh-budding hours What adorns our garden-bowers? Little flowers. When departing Spring we mourn, What is shed from Summer's horn ? Hay and corn. What is autumn's bounteous sign, Mark of Providence divine ? Fruit and wine. When old Winter, hobbling slow, Comes, what do we gain, d'ye know ? Ice and snow. Hay and corn, and little flowers, Ice, snew, fruit, and wine are ours, Given to us ev'ry year, By Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, As they each in turn appear. Spring gives treasure, Summer pleasure, Autumn gladdens, Winter saddens ; Spring revives, Summer thrives, Autumn pleases, Winter freezes. Therefore, friends, we all have reason To extol each coming season, Spring and Summer, Autumn, Winter Honour, counsel, deeds sublime, Are the precious gifts of Time." In " Dumalton, the Chelsea Veteran," an old mi litary pensioner records his recollections of the Duke of York's unsuccessful campaign in Holland against the French revolutionary armies. The narrative, which is by Mr. Gleig, is deficient in exciting inci dent. " Dialogue between Two China Jars" is a col lection of the most excruciating puns possible. These small shot are fired off, not by single discharges, but by whole vollies, peppering us as effectually as the Lilliputians peppered Gulliver with their arrows. The author should really have some mercy, for it is not every one who has the good fortune to be pun-proof. " Facing a Woman"—a terrible matter t o shy, studious youths, not a few of whom would sooner face a battery—displays much of that dry, hard, caustic humour which vte admired in Sam Slick. If a tough old oak could crack a joke, he would set about it pretty much in the same manner as is here done. In the present chapters of " Stanley Thorn" an electioneering scene is hit off to the life. There are one or two more articles, but they are not such as to call for any particular notice. FRASER'S MAGAZINE. It is rather late in the day to discuss the question of Phrenology, as is done at considerable length in the first article of this Number, for the public, we believe, have pretty well made up their minds on the subject, and pay no more attention to it than it is worth. The science of bumps is, indeed—so far as we arc entitled to give an opinion—one of the greatest humbugs that ever was palmed on a think ing or unthinking community ; for if we are to place any faith in it, we must infer, as an inevitable con sequence, that Shakspeare's genius originated solely in the fact that lie had a couple of huge humps on either side his forehead, indicative of his intellectual idiosyncrasy ; and that Howard's philanthropy was, in like manner, the result of his having the organ of benevolence swelling out, like a hillock, on the top of his cranium I We should like to see an Irishman's skull sub mitted to the inspection of a phrenologist, after a " skrimmage" at Donnybrook Fair. The astute professor would, no doubt be in exstacies with the amazing variety of bumps Pat would exhibit, all presumed to betoken rare intellectual and physical qualities, yet all conjured up by that magic wand, a shillelagh. " Scenes in the Desert" are introduced by a lively letter to Oliver Yorke. They contain several spirited incidents, some of which are of a highly melodramatic character. " The Three Great Epochs" is a capital story illustrative of the great political changes that have taken place in this country since the year 1829. It is to be continued, we see ; and we shall look forward to its continuation with interest. The sketch of the old Tory Lord's baronial residence in the north, and the descriptions of his infinite hor ror and consternation at the bare rumour that Peel and the Duke were about to rat on the question of Catholic Emancipation, are full of truth and vigor of colouring. " The Condemned Cells" convey us into the interior of Newgate, and introduce us to some convicted felons who are made to relate their own histories. These autobiographical sketches are, we doubt not, founded on fact, and have this special recommendation--that they are not dis figured byany disgusting flash language. his unusual to see tales of this sort untainted by ribald vulgarity. The essay on the character of Macbeth, like a thrice told tale, is somewhat flat, but this rather from the subject, than the mode in which it is discussed. The author displays considerable ingenuity, but it is thrown away ; for we already know all we care to know about Macbeth. Surely a theme that has employed the pens of such writers as Johnson, Hazlitt, Coleridge, Schlegel, Wilson, Maginn, and a host of stellfe minores, may now be considered exhausted ! " Conversations at Weimar upon Lord Byron," are dreary twaddle. It is quite a mercy that they are so short. " The Greater and Lesser Stars in Old Pall Mall are a collec tion of anecdotes relative to the different tenants of the Duke of Schomberg's house in Pall Mall. The anecdotes are passable enough—nothing more. The following is among the best we can find. It regards the well-known painter, Jervas : Jervas translated " Don Quixote," which was pub lished by Bernard Linton, in a quarto volume, and il lustrated by a series of line engravings from the de signs of Coypel. So extensive was his connexion, that this edition had a rapid sale, and the author obtained great reputation for his translation. Jervas is said to have possessed elegant manners, and an engaging ad dress. He was a great favourite with the ladies, many of whom were persons who figured in high life ; and he was honoured with the esteem of Lady Mary Wortley Montague ; though she privately admitted to her friend Pope that he was a good-tempered coxcomb, and the greatest egotist of the age. It was to this enlightened but very satirical lady that he played off that memora ble instance of his vanity, the exhibiting his own ear, by way of illustration of the beauty of that member of the head. He had maintained that few persons possessed a well-formed car; and in a conversation upon this subject, in which he was, as usual, rather dogmatic, her Ladyship, humouring his vanity, demanded, Theo, as you are known to be a high authority on the proportions of the human figure, you will perhaps teach me how to discover the perfection of its form ' He was then seated at his easel, when, turning aside his velvet skull-cap, he presented his own ; and, smiling with self-complacency, he continued, That, madam, is an ear pronounced to bo singularly perfect !' Mr. Pope held him in great re gard ; and congeniality of pursuit confirmed the attach ment that subsisted between them. Jervas encouraged him in his love for painting, and rendered him his best services ; and Pope copied some few of the choicest pictures in his collection, particularly a Madonna by Raffael, which was considered to be a successful effort of his art, particularly as the work of an amateur. One of the three pictures of Dean Swift, by the pencil of Pope, was •touched by the superior hand of Jervas, and was, it appears, presented to Stella. One of the best portraits that he painted—and that rather below medi ocrity—was given to the first Earl of Mansfield, and still exists as a curiosity at his Lordship's mansion at Caen Wood, near Hampstead. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The Editor's tale of " Fathers and Sons" runs its course with spirit ; and the worldly, intriguing character of Mrs. Srnylar, Colonel Bruff's house keeper, which is skilfully developed in the present chapter, bids fair to become one of Mr. Hooke's most successful efforts. W 2 would advise him, however, to have as little to do with sentiment— especially where young ladies are concerned—as possible, for he has no more turn that way, than Liston had for tragedy. " Suppositions about Shakspeare" amount to just little or nothing. The Young Pretender" is a document never before published, which supplies many particulars in the life of Prince Charles Edward—who, it may be re membered, is one of the heroes of" Waverley" and " Redgauntlet"—from the termination of the decisive battle of Culloden, to his escape from Scotland into France, This document abounds in details of the hair-breadth escapes of the Prince from the Royal forces sent out every where throughout the north in pursu it of him, and gives al insight int o hi s p r ivate habits which will be TILE SUN, LONDON,!§IVIONDAY , NOVEMBER 2. 1840. new to many of our readers. Charles Edward, as every one knows, degenerated in his later days into a mere sot, and died the victim of gross dissipation. A love of drinking, however, seems to have been habitual to h:m from his early youth, for we here find him indulging in his love of the brandy bottle, at every opportunity, and even risking his safety, in order to gratify his penchant. "He took care," says the writer of this journal, who accompanied him in all his wanderings through Scotland, "to warm his stomash every morning with a hearty bumper of brandy, of which he always took a vast deal ; for he was seen to drink a whole bottle of a day without being in the least con cerned." Again, we are told, " the Prince met his attendant at his landing, and asked him if he had got any meat. Neil told him that he brought some fresh but ter and cheese, and a few bottles of brandy. Come, come, said he, give me one of the bottles and a piece of the bread, for I was never so hungry since I was born ; which being given him, he took two or three hearty pulls of it, before he came near the rest, which gave him so good an appetite that he ate that night more than ever he was seen to eat at three ordinary meals, and all the rest did pro portionably. Aher supper he again called for the brandy bottles." All heroes have their weak sides, and this constant habit of dram-drinking seems to have been the Pre:ender's. No wonder that after his final escape to the Continent, his best friends one by one fell away from his side, and that he died a wretched, solitary man, the object of pity or contempt to all who once wished him well, worn out by a com plication of disorders arising from excessive tippling! The " Life and Adventures of Charles Chesterfield" are humorous—perhaps we should rather say sar castic—hut we cannot say that the work is any favourite with us. There is a coarseness, and at times an ill-nature about it, that at length becomes repulsive. The illustrator seems to have caught something of the infection, for his portrait of an amorous young lady, Miss Clara Meddows, looks as sour as if she fed daily on crab-apples and vinegar. " A Week at Venice" is a sketch of this famous city of the waters. Surely, however, we have had enough of Venice " Damonlin, or the Revolutionist," is a spirited memoir, quite dramatically drawn up, of one of the bold est mob-leaders in the year 1830, and who was one of the most successful in beating, back the troops of Marshal Marmont. Du moulin, it appears, is still alive, and is distinguished at Paris by his fierce hatred of England. We are grateful to him for this compliment, which we have certainly earned by our achievements in the Penin sula and at Waterloo. " Ascent of Mount Blanc" describes the adventures of a French lady in her efforts to reach the summit of this stupendous Alp. When at the top, she allowed herself to be kissed by the guide who accompanied her—a salute at tended with no possible danger, either to the lady or the gentleman, for who could possibly melt into amorous sensibility, at such a freezing height, where one's lips were like lumps of ice ? From Hood's " Rhymes for the Times," we quote 'this extract : "Iwas morn—a most auspicious one ! From the Golden East the Golden Sun Came forth his glorious race to run, Through clouds of most splendid tinges ; Clouds that lately slept in shade, But now seem'd made, Of gold brocade, With magnificent golden fringes. Gold above and gold below, The ea:•th reflected the golden glow, From river, and hill, and valley ; Gilt by the golden light of morn, The Thames—it look'd like the Goldern Horn, And the Barge, that carried coal or corn, Like Cleopatra's Galley ! Bright as clusters of Golden-rod, Suburban poplars began to nod, With extempore splendour turnish'd ; While London was bright with glittering clocks, Golden dragons, and Golden cocks, And above them all, The dome of St. Paul, With its Golden Cross and its Golden Ball, ' Shone out as if newly burnish'd ! And lo! for Golden Hours and Joys, Troops of glittering Golden Boys, Danced along with a jocund ❑oise, And their gilded emblems carried! In short, 'twos the year's most Golden Day, By mortals called the First of May, When Miss Kilmansegg, Of the Golden Leg, With a Golden Ring was married ! And thousands of children, women and men, Counted the clock from eight till ten, From St. James's sonorous steeple ; For next to that interesting job, The hanging of Jack, or Bill, or Bob, There's nothing so draws a London mob, As the noosing of very rich people. And a treat it was for a mob to behold The Bridal Carriage that blazed with gold! And the Footmen tall, and the Coachman bold, In liveries so resplendent— Coats you wonder'd to see in place, They seem'd so rich with golden lace, That they might have been independent. Coats that made these menials proud, Gaze with scorn on the dingy crowd, From their gilded elevations ; Not to forget that saucy lad (Ostentation's favourite cad), The Page, who look'd, so splendidly clad, Like a page of the " Wealth of Nations." sent, on whom he is apt to play off the most emus iicondescension,i)arbarians. looking irntn a poem on the e << Fragment of a Hi g hl an d S tory, " we quo te a pass age, suggested evidently by some o f the descriptions ‘airs thanof in the " Lady of the Lak e :" urn as entitledntitled better little How playfully the morning breeze Lifts the light foliage from time trees ; Startling from off their glossy bed, The pearly dew-drops night had shed ; And stealing, from each freshened spray, Odours to scatter far away, O'er heathery heaths and bills that smile Ecn in that rugged northern isle. .To-day Macbuie, with gallant train. To the inspiring chace goes forth ; Not the dull sport of southern plain, But the stout deer-hunt of the north ; Where steedless clansman seeks his prey, O'er broomy height and treacherous hollow, And flying fear scarce wins a way His ardour hesitates to follow. Now does the newly-wakened glen Ring with time hum of mustering men ; While whispering echoes reach the ear Of the far distant mountaineer. What sees he from his dizzy height Gay tartans glimm er i ng i i , t h e li g h t, it.o plumed caps, full seldom seen, Winding along the deep ravine. And foremost now the cast-off hound Rushes with wild extatie bound, Whilst through the valley joyously Reverberates his mellow cry. Now from the thicket bursts the stag : Now, now he gains the nearest crag : Now proudly snuffs the balmy air, With upraised head and chest that swells, And eyes that in defiance glare, Dark, brilliant, as the young gazelle's. A moment now lie checks his flight : A moment turns to face his foe : A moment forward bends his sight, Then plunges in the brake below. GERMANY. VIENNA, OCT. 3.—An Express from Paris ar rived to-day with the news of the fresh attempt on the life of the King, which has caused an extraordinary sensation. People universally express horror and in dignation at this crime, which has been so frequently repeated within a few years, and at the same time the greatest joy that Providence has again protected the life of the King. The news caused a sensible decline in the prices of the funds. It was the Count de Montesquiou who brought the news of the attempt to assassinate the King. It is said that he has a mission tending to the preservation of peace to our Court, and he is to have an audience of the Emperor to-day to deliver a letter from his Majesty King Louis Philippe. Count Lascases, who arrived here some days ago, with the memorandum of the President of the French Ministry, is still here, and has had the honour of dining once with Prince Metternich. Prince Paul Esterhazy has not yet left to return to his post at London, but he has already paid his fare well visits ; but as a courier has arrived to-day from London, it is possible that the Ambassador's departure may again be delayed for a short time. It is confi dently said that a Chapter of the Military Order of Maria Theresa will be shortly held, on account of the conferring of the insignia of that order on the Archduke Frederic, who so honourably distinguished himself at the storming of Saida. A letter from Berlin says, that on the 14th of Oc tober the third corps of the Prussian army received orders to march to the Rhine. A short time before, the Minister, Von Humboldt, was charged with a secret mission (of a pacific nature, it was said) to Paris, but it was suddenly withdrawn. MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The phenomena and laws of Mesmerism form the subject of the first article in the present Num ber. The writer is clearly a believer in this quack• ery, whose professors undertake to set men fast asleep, by making e ji rta;ll ?notions with their hands, and holding conversation the while with the sub jects of their experiments. To a certain extent we ourselves have faith in this new physiological dis covery. We agree, for instance, that nothing is more likely than that people should be set asleep by prosy conversation, and have often witnessed these drowsy effects produced by a long story. In deed we have more than once seen the whole House of Lords thrown into a state of the profoundest slumber by our favourite Philpotts, whom we con ( eive to be the most successful professor of Mesme rism in existence ; and we will guarantee that by one episcopal Charge only he shall transport an en tire congregation to the land of Ncd, in less time than Doctor Elliotson requires to close the eyes of a single patient. We repeat, therefore, that so far as the Mesmeric Professor's conversation is con cerned, we ere firm believers in his narcotic influ ence ; but are decided sceptics as regards the effects produced by the motion of his hands, the sleep-pro yoking power consisting, we are persuaded, not in his fingers, but in his tongue. " Continental Au thors" furnishes us with some extracts from the poems of a German writer, Von Zedlitz, whose ideas strike us as being strangely vague and dreamy. The " Store of the Tatar Cambuscan" is a moder nized versior'r of one of Chaucer's cleverest tales. " Our Monthly Crypt" gives copious extracts from John Keates's " Endymion,” which, notwithstand ing the praises of its admirers, never was, and never will be, popular. Keates had such a restive ima gination that it was constantly running away with him, and leading him into all sorts of absurdities. Had he lived, he might have sobered down into a sterling poet ; but time fates were unpropitious, and he died while his genius was yet but in the bud. Of the remaining articles, the best is a prose tale with the sounding title of " Montgomery." MONTHLY CHRONICLE. The only articles of " mark and likelihood" in this Number, are the " Letters from the Conti nent," and the " Sketches of Spanish Generals." The former, though it treats of that hackneyed theme, Ancient and Modern Rome, will repay a careful perusal, if not for the novelty or value ol the materials, at least for the eloquent and earnest manner in which they are wrought up. The author writes from his own vivid impression of things, not from the hearsay of others ; and this imparts an air of truth and animation to his descriptions, which will carry the reader lightly and pleasantly through them. The account of the approach to Rome from the sterile tract of the Carnpagna, reads like a p age out of Beckford's Italian Travels. We shouhi have been better pleased, however, had the author been a degree or two less extatic in his sketches of the Palatine and the Colosseum. " A Dirge" is a de lightful little poem by Mr. Powell. In the "Sketches of Spanish Generals," we meet with an authentic ac count of Espartero, who is just now the most impor tant public character in Spain. This General, who was born in 17t)3, was the son of a carpenter in mid dling circumstances, who lived in Don Quixotte's celebrated province of La Mancha. At an early age he went out to South America, where he soon became distinguished by his bravery, and his de termined efforts to reduce the revolted colonies to obedience.in this, he returned to Spain, acid year laiil l ing 1825, married th e on ly daughter o f (i ll the a wealthy landed proprietor by name Santa Cruz. It was not until the death of Ferdinand, that Es partero resumed active military life, when he un hesitatingly gave in his adhesion to the Queen Ite „nt, From that period hi s career i s well known. r' lie has now all Spain at his feet, and we hope and believe that he will exercise his military and political influence with moderation. We subjoin an interesting account of this emi nen t Spa n i ar d : „ r.spartero is now not only the most popular man in Spain, but is actually the ruler of the destinies of the coun t r y. He has still a fine career before him, and a nobler reputation to win than any which the vulgar ho nours of a successful warrior could procure him. In his t s 7t i o n personal appearance Espartero may be considered as a fine specimen of a gallant soldier. He is about the middle height, and his frame is cast in a robust mould. Hi s complexion is dark, and his features, which. do not ex hibit much firmness, are buried in dark moustache and beard. His age is not more than forty-seven years ; but the anguish of the malady under which he so often y which fiery bloc suffers, has imparted rather a worn expression to l i f, countenance. Though uncertain in his temper, and often subject to outbreaks of anger, which is, however, short lived, the manners of the Duke of Victory ate p O. im maculate nev er been s a au n ig c l l iae d nd i i g b l l l be i y fi r dignified. can enjoy staineHn i i o s y; a : honour,snndottha olaorutsu,egarelyaii.tes rstmovh,flaiei netnir: ere l e i i is uo shout is heard, such maculate purity, yet those persons who have lost im. mense sums to the superiority of his skill at the card table, have been ever the most earnest in praise, not only of his most perfect integrity, but of his unexampled generosity. We are writing the present sketch in the town of il —er gara, at the very table on which the treat our pre sentpeace q u s u t t a o e r t n S e t P r e s a r ic a nd r e as that which greeted the two Generals, Carlist and Christino, when they gave each other the kiss of frater nal love in the valley which w e at this moment behold, on the 20th August, 16:39• the‘vas taken A s . e i g r u y n p e . n d narrow oAw Aloudsc t Bands of m us i c are parad ing the streets. The bea utiful and spirit-stirring hymn of Riego is rousing the inhabitants to a frenzy of enthu siasm. The balconies of the houses are hung with drapery, and the bells are pealing. Our train of thought is broken by those expressions of tumultuous joy. W e can write no more at such a time. But a few minutes and this little town WAS reposing . in the tranquillity of its retirement : what are the tidings which have so sud denly disturbed its repose; Esparterothe has been named President of the Council y incorruptible, Queen ! Ferrer, the Guipuzcoan—the honest,the of the bold, the sincere lover of liberty and his country, is named Vice-President. Espartero made his triumphant entry into Madrid ; a new Government is formed, in with the compliance will of the people ; he has re turned to join the am; ___. Throughout the wide extent o of Europe there is n o ma" wh enjoys so perf ec t a po pularity, or who is so completely master o f t h e d estinies of his native country, as the Duke of Victory and Count of Luchana ! ------- evening, as Mr. John Pratt, clerk c cester Mercury. ' O N GURNEY AND His On Thursday as this venerable Judge was to Pare's Banking Company, i na a n s idu ret g u ig rn , in h g e from s L fir o e u d gh a - t borcugh to Leicester, near .thevfourth mile -stone from narrowly escaped, the Leicester, about five o ball Al some lAnyc. _cl passingyr , m eE i s s tN c er ACCIDENT anyit through. I I,l):lloiunknown,'srciii morning, o i Anatg. , stepping out of his carriage, at the gate of St. Giles's church, to attend dirinc service, be and his lady by some means s lipped down, and the Judge appeared to have burr his head, and his lady was so alarmed that she went into strong hysterics • they were immediately a ss i ste d i nto their carriage, and returned home. BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, OCT. 30.—W 0 have very few transactions to notice since our last. Prices remain stationary, without the smallest disposition on the part of the holders to give way a 61. for the sake of forcing sales.—Mercury. TAIT'S MAGAZINE. Tait is quite indignant this month with the Ministry, for having, as he roundly asserts, invited war. " War," he says, " the folly to which all other follies are wisdom. War, the crime to which all other crimes are vir tues. We are to have war, and we owe it to the Whigs !" This is pithy and energetic enough ; but it has one little drawback—it is not true. We ate not to have war. Clamorous as a large body of the French are at this moment, and eager to revenge themselves for their defeat at Waterloo, and for, what they take even still more to heart, the occupation of their vaunted metropolis by the Allies, there is still an orderly, rational middle class in France on whom war will entail a world of injury, and who will therefore exercise all the vast influence they possess to avert it. We have great confidence in the good sense of this class, and have little doubt that the war party, despite their present frantic clamour, will be compelled to suc cumb to them. The Marseillaise Hymn is cer- . . tainly a great power just now in France, but com mon sense is a greater. " Condition of the La bouring Poor in Scotland, and the Management of Paupers," is a homely, practical, intelligent article, in which, however—to our shame be it confessed —we take but little interest. In the " Memoirs o Jeremy Bentham, there are some amusing letters o this celebrated law reformer, written when he was a very young man, and dated from the late Marquis of Lansdowne's residence at Bowood. Here is his account of the second Pitt, whom he met with at his noble friend's :",—" Will. Pitt you know for certain ; in his conversation there is nothing of the orator ; nothing of that hauteur and suffisance one would expect ; on the contrary, he seems very good-natured, and a little raw. I was monstrously frightened at him, but when I came to talk with him, he seemed frightened at me ; so that if any thing should happen to jumble us together, we may perhaps he good pax ; which, however, is not very likely, for I don't know very well what ideas we are likely to have in common." A few months a nt t en e ss r co t a h f d a(i: a ree t r e of t Great yt Britain,s pn li k i letter,h of,a vni the ng ba : r i h r ki a tee , : rl o Nill. Pitt," up Vf a sl n a d ve Nrth , h o y Co the bye—completely and y l e it_ cn , mplet g e o ly t t i he K nhis in g—a willing power h the Honeymoon of To-day" is agreeably and unaffect edly written. " The Wen" is a tame and superfi cial description of London. Considering the sub jiedcets,s.thela,rhtem‘lveritsehroiuslurd,ishtaavkeenbweehnenmhoreesplifiaryos I c a t ofa Cockney's most marked peculiarity is his love of comfort. Pride is his distinguishing characteristic, not pride of person, but of locality. He is proud that he is born within the sound of Bow bells ; that he has a Lord Mayor and a Court of Alder men of his own, who can order the gates of Temple Bar to be closed even against Majesty ; that his city is the largest and richest city in the world ; that the Thames is never without a forest of masts stretchinr , for miles along its bosom, and contains a half-finished Tunnel underneath it ; and that his darling St. Paul's covers en acre and a half of ground I It is the pride of these things that forms the main feature in the true Cockney's character, ennobling him in his own esteem, and causing him on occasions to swell and strut like a turkey-co c k, especially when country cousins or friends are pre- FLANDERS AND DUTCH MAIL. BRUSSELS, OCT. 29.—Baron Bulow, the Prussian Ambassador at London, arrived here to-day from Berlin. The people of Luxembourg rejoice doubly at the ac cession of William 11. It has freed them from an odious Proconsul, who has only done much harm, with little or no good. It is generally believed that he will be succeeded by M. Willman. This morning at one o'clock a fire broke out in the old Palace of the Prince of Orange, where the Supreme Military Tribunal now holds its sittings. It was first perceived by a sentinel, who immediately informed his offi cer at the guard-house. Unfortunately water was scarce, and fears were entertained for the adjacent buildings, especially for the Hotel Britanniq'ie. Owing, how ever, to the exertions of the Commandant of the place, and the gendarmes and troops of the line, to the number of 1,000 men, the fire was checked at three o'clock, and finally extinguished. The roof was entirely destroyed. The zeal of the troops is more entitled to praise, as the neighbours manifested the utmost indifference and ill will. Certain hotels refused to open their doors to furnish a supply of water. COURTRAI, OCT. 27.—Detachments of horses from Hollar.d, on their way to France, continue to pass through this town. CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 7.—The affairs of Syria have at length assumed a change which places beyond a',l doubt the resolution of the Powers to restore the legal order of things in the East. A new measure has been agreed to unanimously ; the question had been proposed, " How the fleet of the Allies should act in case French men-of-war should attempt to enter, any port of Syria or Egypt ?" The reso lution is as follows In this case their entrance is to be opposed." This is an important decision, which might soon lead to a collision with France. There has been a difference between Lord Ponsonby and M. Jotoff caused by the objection of the latter to the deposition of Mehemet Ali ;, their difference has been terminated by the assurances of M. Jotoff, that his hesitation was caused by the importance of the step, and the convic tion that it would not be possible to recede at a future timo without inconsistency.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Oct. 06. THE HAGUE, OCT. 28.—SECOND CHAMEER OF THE STATES-GENERAL —ln the sittings of to-day, the Mi nister of Finance presented a great number of financial taws, the budget of the expenditure and of the ways and means for 1841, with the following documents:— A. A statement of the principal and interest of the public debt. B. A statement of the financial situation of the king dom, to the Ist of January 1841. C. A law to provide the requisite financial resources. D. A law for the suppress= of the Syndicate state of the debts which concern Articles 2 and 9 of the law. E. Projects of Law regulating the Budget of the ex penditure for 1841. 1. The King's Household 2 The Secretary of State's Office, &c 538,350f. 3. The Department of Foreign Affairs 807,275f. 4. Department of Justice 5. The Interior 6. The Reformed Religion, &c. ..., 1,392,517f. 7. The Catholic Religion 400,000f. 8. Marine and Colonies 9. Finances. A. National Debt 26,324,250f. B. Expenvcs of the Department of the several Lands, Pensions, &c. C. The Syndicate D. The Duchy of Limburg 10. Departments of War 11,963,325f. Unforseen Expenses Total expenditure for 1841 63,649,6331. . F. The expenses of the State Printing-office. G. The receipt and--expenditure tor - LHe eyedicate. -- H. Estithate and expenditure for the Duchy of Lint lurg. I. The ways and means to meet the expenditure of 841, with the estimates. K. Statement of the surplus revenue of the Colo nies, according to the last part of Art. 59 of the Fun damental Law. L. An account of the employment of the sum allot ted in 1840 for the repayment of the debt. M. Account of the Budgets till 1839. N. Account of the projects of ways and:means dur ing the last four months of 1839, and the first eight months of 1840. 0. Account of the ships that cleared outwards and inwards in 1839. THE HAGUE, OCT. 29.—A Deputation of the De puties of the Two Chambers of the States-General waited to-day upon the King with the Address in au swer to his Majesty's Speech on orN:ning the Session. The following are the principal passages of the Ad. dress : " It would have been agreeable to us to learn that the negotiations with Belgium were terminated respect ing the transfer of that portion of the debt which is assigned to that kingdom. " We consider the communications which our Ma jesty has made respecting the finances of the country to be of the highest importance. We are sensible with your Majesty, that various circumstances of late years have had pernicious influence on our finances. The necessity of measures to make up for the deficit, fills !Is with regret, but we flatter ourselves that your Ma jesty's Government will be distinguished by real econo my,' by order, and by a complete exposition of the state of the finances of the kingdom. It is then only that with one consent in the true spirit of the fundamental law, considerable improvements may be made ; we shall, therefore, receive, with the most lively interest, and ex amine with the greatest care, the complete statements promised us respecting the state of the finances, the pro posals for regulating the Budget, for suppressing the Syndicate, and to improve the laws respecting the ways and means ; we respectfully add a wish that a suitable law on the subject, on the general Chamber of accounts may speedily enable this assembly to fulfil its constitu tional destination." 6ELO lAN I. UNDS-..BRUSSELS, OCT. 30. Actual Delit, 2!i per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cf.nt !ki Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent Bl -----. 3 per Cent. ---- Thirty •scven---- ' 60?.;, Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent o9 Society of Commerce, 4 t; ver Cent llO Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent Bl National Society. Exchange on London (short) —Brussels Papers, Oct. 30. DUTCH FUNDS.—Asisixenasl, OCT. 30. Money. Bills. 'Lana] Debt, 24 per Cent ,litto, ditto 5 per cent. Ainott Syndic, 4 per cent Bs3i b 7 Ditto, ditto, 34 per cent 7•2% 72X Commercial Company, 4! per cent 15'.4 160 q Ditto (1935 and 1837) 5 per cent. Loan 1837, 5 per cent. Exchange on London, One month I 1 95 Two months Dutch Papers, Oct. 31. AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, OCT. 2 - 2 Five per Cents. Metalliques • 10 4 ,4 Four per Cents. Three per Cents. ... .................. ..., .......... Bank Shares —Allgerneine &Rung, Oct. 2G. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERLIN, OCT. 27. Bills. Money. St. Schuld. Sch., 4( per cent. 1027 102 1 , Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 95 tai 11;xehange on London, three months 6 154,1 —Prussian State Gazette, Oct. 28. QUEEN CHRISTINA AND ESPARTERO. A Valencia correspondent informs us that the young Queen, on leaving Valencia for the capital, met with warm demonstrations of loyalty from the inhabitants of the former city, and of all the principal places along her route ; everybody taking great interest in her situation. It was said that Sir A. Aston, on learning the Queen- Regent's intention to abdicate, had endeavoured to change her Majesty's resolution, but that the Queen told his Excellency that she was actuated by nothing but a desire to promote the good of her daughter's subjects, and that she had no doubt Spain would come to regret the absence of one who was so much disposed to pro mote the welfare and happiness of the country. We find it stated in the same letter that the Queen -Regent had expressed herself in very bitter terms to Espartero a f e w minutes before leaving Valencia. I-ler Majsty re minded him that he had no cause to complain of her con duct towards him, to treat her in the way he had done that, from being a subaltern efEcer, he had been raised t o high command, had been made by her Count of ! Luchana, Duke of Morello, and had been created a grandee of Spain. " The only thing I could not do," added the Queen, " was to make you a gentleman !" We may add to the above the following- extract of a letter from the same city, which gives an affecting ac count of the separation of the Queen Christina from her two daughters, Queen Isabella and the Infanta Donna Luisa :-- " Just as the young Queen and her sister were going to bed, their mother called them, and told them that she was going to leave them the following day, and that she should be absent for some time. All three immediately began to sob aloud. After having recovered a little, Maria Christina told the two Princesses the state of her health required d change of air, and asked them if they would w►sh their mother to die ? The two children did not reply, but their lips were sealed to those of their mo ther. The latter, then taking the young Isabella in her arms, gave her some advice adapted to her age, and desired her never to forget the numerous sacrifices which her subjects had made for her. She then em braced them again, and held them convulsively in her arms, bathing them with her tears. An old soldier, who was present at this interview, was so affected that he several times out his hands before his eyes to con ceal his tears. Queen Christina, wishing to terminate this painful scene, desired that her children might be removed, but the young Infanta exclaimed—' Mother, we will go with you ; we cannot remain alone.' The Queen fainted with emotion. When she recovered, she told them she would soon return, in order to calm them ; and added, that the persons to whom she confided them merited all their confidence. She recommended to them to obey these persons as they would do herself. Christina then gave them the last kiss, holding them both in her arms ; but wanting the power of separating herself from them, it was found necessary to tear them away. Queen Christina then fainted, and was for some time in such a state of unconsciousness, that serious fears were enter tained. This distressing scene, however, at length ter minated. Before she set out, the Queen-Mother again desired to see her children ; but as they were asleep she was afraid of renewing their grief, and therefore contented herself with looking at them, and bidding them a final adieu. May God and Spaniards,' said she, ' render you happy ; love your mother always as she loves you.' She then said with firmness, Let us go,' and withdrew. She did not cease weeping unt;l she embarked. The crowd received her as she passed with the respect due to her rank and virtues."—Garig nan Messenger. THE NEW FRENCH CABINET. SPIRIT OF THE FRENCH JOURNALS OF SATURDAY. The Debuts, in alluding to the difficulties of the new Cabinet, says it is fully sensible of them, but resolved upon facing them with energy. It says— " Society has been deeply disturbed ; all its ideas, all its habits, have been violated at seeing the laws brought into discredit by those who had sworn to maintain them, and appearing, as it were, to implore permission for their existence from faction. Society has created a Govern ment for its defence, and if it does not defend it, it cannot defend itself. If the danger be still great, we may hope at least that the force of the Government may be employed against it. The remedy is not to be feared more than the disease. There may be attacks, perhaps, but there will be no resistance—a resistance sincerely persuaded of its right against faction. Th's ought to give confidence to the Constitutional party. It is organised—it has power—everything depends upon its will. Notwithstanding all the danger abroad and at home, we have great hopes of safety. There arc without the precincts of the Ministerial party,men of con siderable influence in the Constitutional party who will support the Ministry, and assist in the salvation of the country. At the head of these is M. Mole. No person is better qualified than be is to strengthen and aid the Ministry, and he will do so ; to his name we may add those of M. de Montalivet, M. de Salvandy, M. de Latnartine, and M. Dupin." " The composition of the new Cabinet," says the Conslitutionnel, "is not of a nature to secure for it that Parliamentary force which it does not find in its origin. We do not speak of persons, but of the opinions which it represents. The Ministry, it is true, has the merit of being homogeneous ; but what i s th e p o li t i ca l cree d upon w hich it is founded ? Is it one which has pro gressively gained ground in the country ? On the con ' trary, has it not been thrice vanquished in the Cham ber, and seen its force decline in two dissolutions? Arc not the pretensions of the present Government founded upon its defeats, and is it not opposed to the sense of the country ?" Tee Presse says that an important embassy was of fered to M. de Lamartine, durinc , the recent Ministerial negotiations, but that he declined b it. The Univers havinc , expressed its opinion that a war between France and the Allied Powers, and especially against England, would be " a war of Catholicism against heresy, and a crusade as holy as those of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries," the Count de Mont alcmbert, one of the main supporters of that journal, and who has been recently travelling in the East, writes to this paper to declare that he cannot subscribe to such an opinion. The Noble Peer alleges the tolerant conduct of England towards the Catholics, both at home and in the Colonies, the large sums expended by the nation for the abolition of slavery, and the great proportion which Catholics bear to Protestants in the total population of the British dominions, as proofs. that the opinion of the Univers is totally unfounded. The Count de Montalembcrt takes the trouble of contra dicting a report circulated by the Univers, but which could not have originated with any but a very , crazed i.nagivacr.mi - thcati •Is. Enerriah oifinorw now on service in Syria and the Levant were anxious to make the war an occasion to spread a sort of Protestant propagandism ; an intention, he observes, as far from the minds as a Catholic propagandism is from those of French officers or French diplomatists. " It is confidently stated," says the German Courier, " that the conferences on the Eastern question are about to be resumed at London. Baron Bulow, it is said, carries with him from Berlin very pacific instruc tions. Baron von Arnim is the bearer to King Louis Philippe of a letter of congratulation on his Majesty's recent escape. We understand that satisfactory intelli gence has been received from the East, and from the Courts interested in the Eastern question. Reports of war are daily diminishing." A letter from Frankfort, in the Presse, says— " The conspiracy already noticed is much more serious than was at first believed. It is fully confirmed that the ramifications extend very widely. Within the last three days only, no fewer than forty-eight persons have been arrested here. Among them arc eight Prus sians, who came to act as leaders. We are assured that at Haoau, Mentz, and Cologne, the Magistrates, having received timely information, have discovered and seized documents connected with the plot at Frankfort, and laid bands on the principal associates. It appears that the first intimations of the conspiracy came to Frankfort from Paris, in consequence of some papers found at the lodgings of Darmes, and which made known the names of the principal conspirators. The in tended mission of M. de Humboldt, which has been countermanded, appears to be in some way connected with the discoveries which have been made." PORTUGAL. By the Wilberforce steamer, which arrived at mouth on Saturday, we have received the following let ter from our Lisbon correspondent OCT 2G.—The Chambers are apparently getting tired of their long session. The Senate fre quently breaks up for want of members to form a house ; and the Deputies broke up on Saturday from the same reason. The " declaration" against some of the British claims lately settled, which had lain dormant for nearly three weeks, was brought on unexpectedly on Monday last, and the remaining clauses passed with very little discussion. The cases against which the " Declaration" is di rected arc those of Messrs. Boyle and Ashworth, the owners of the Echo schooner, the interest paid on the claims of the Duke of Wellington and Lord Beresford, and the payments made to Sir John Milley Doyle and General Bacon, to Mr. Andrew, and to the seamen of the Clarence, as indemnities either for illegal imprison ment or outrages offered to person or property. The Ministry took no part either for or against it. We have had a debate on the " Pantos" or Tariff this week. The " Permanent Comtnittee on the Tariff" has long been sitting in judgment upon the same, and its report was read on Monday, which is declared to rest on the two following bases " First, that the export duties with few exceptions, in favour of national industry, of internal commerce, and of the operations derived from the duties at free ports, ought to be totally extinct ; but to oblige the exporters t 3 make the necessary manifests in order to the requisite exactitude in the returns, there cannot fail to be esta blished an export duty of sonic kind, however small. " Secondly, That to animate and encourage our agriculture, industry, and arts, protective duties ought to be imposed on all the goods and merchandise which we produce or manufacture, in such a manner that we may be able to dispense at once, or conic to dispense, with those of foreign produce or manufacture ; and, on the contrary, that they ought to be as moderate as possible on all those goods or merchandise which, ' ' whether as primary or ne a rl y p rimar y materials, we re quire either for consu m p tion o r the use of agriculture, " bases," alterations Ti in , the expected. traidne, eannndfnmtmanitu)f,awctiutnretsh."e m itt wholeee dividet r tariff tmightlies a b n ja of :,:ceut‘rvreaiininles discussedan d s ytobeclaeslses the . th i r e ce Ci fi m rsrt , ) piin.ritths,e Defipshn,ti&escn.,n" i p m t e a r l s s a( N vn i id o z at il' y ieve l c a al s 'n t a . Upon a comparison with the existing tariff, I find that the amount of alterations effected is as follows : In the chapter on Wines and Spirits everything re mains in statu quo, except that there is an increase on the import duty on Eau de Cologne, which before paid 12 880 rcis per arroba of 321bs. weight,t,bottles included, and is henceforth to pay a duty of s 6 for the . same weight ; an d t h at t h e export duty of 400 rein per pipe on wine sent f rom O porto (except the first c l as s, which 10 v, . rtdut ex ported to p orts i n E urope, pays 8 per pipe 12 and which h as b een re f erre d to t h e Committee i to i, is x .„, _. sy•u• / 4 4 . EVENING Eiji 4,, - ,A.„, 1 __ reduced to 100 reis, or about 6d. per . Pl , :* :g' -Ci t'!'' 4 <,"4 h ,l' P observe here upon the flagrant injusti - 1 s l Pir:*: .. j ';;;; 1 1>' ‘ 4 O, an export duty of 1-2 milries per pipe o f .. , .i n i4, 3 AA or z .„ -: to England, and which will no doubt be .. ,1 3 , tat ia t - as our Government put up with it ; since,-. 6 jobbittiv th A •-__---/ Committee could recommend the insignificant duty o r : 4 11 '4' 2s. per pipe, paid on other wine, to be reduced to 6d., they take no notice of the monstrous duty of 31. per pipe levied on the wine exported almost exclusively to England, and the payment of which on our part amounts to a veritable tribute of about 90,0001. a year. _ - In the 2d Chapter (Fish, &c.), no alteration what ever is made in the existing tariff. In the 3d Class (Live Animals), the only alteration of importance is in the import duties on horses, of which the Government is greatly in want, and, in fact, cannot at this time send a force against the different Guerilla bands in the Alentejo, Algarve, and Beira, for want of horses to mount their cavalry. The import duty up to this time was 60 dollars, or near 15/. each, if im ported by sea, and 30 dollars if by land. This for horses of full size, and half those sums for horses of under size. The Committee proposed reductions, still, however, keeping up the ridiculous distinction between sea and land importation. On the motion of Senhor Jervis, Deputy for Madeir I, and acting Administrator- General of Lisbon, the duty was equalized in both cases, and fixed at 24 dollars, or six pounds full sized, and 14 dollars 400 reis undersized. Mares arc to pay only an import duty of 4 dollars 800 reis, say 245. each, in place of 40 milries before, it' imported by:, sea, and 10 milries if by land. Considerable reductions were proposed on the im portation of cattle, but Senhor Derramado took alarm on behalf of the agricultural interest, and so the duties on the import of cows, oxen, &c., remain just the same as before. The Marquis de Saldanha and his son, the Conde de Almaster, with Colonel Ximenes and suite, left by the Iberia steamer, on the '24th, for Cadiz, en route to Ma drid. Marshal Saldanha goes on a special mission to the Spanish Government, and, it is hoped here, will be able to bring about a better understanding between the two Governments than now exists. The law suspending the press has been abrogated by the Chambers, but this has not yet been carried into effect. The new law regulating the press has been published, and is certainly stringent enough.—Morning Chronicle. THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE SUN. Six,—Don't you think it possible, and even very probable, that the " Right Honourable" the Earl of Cardigan's dislike to Indian officers" arises from the neglect shown to his Lordship by the inhabitants (civil and military) of Calcutta during his few months'resi dence there? His Lordship must have discovered that even a hereditary title, and all the influence of his sup potters at home, were insuffi::ient to make him an ac ceptable addition to the society of India ; and he is known to have declared, while there, that " with many thousands a year he was the most miserable man alive." The Ear!, no doubt, has a very horrid remembrance of his " services abroad," and now reialiates on the " Indians ;" but it must be a great consolation to Cap tain Reynolds, aad the other victims to Cardigan's tyranny, to know that the wretched man who is the cause of their misfortunes is a more fit subject for their pity than their indignation. How long is our noble army to he humbled by such men ?—Your obedient servant, ONE WHO HAS BEEN IN INDIA. October 30, 1840. THE EARL OF CARDIGAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE• SUN. Sic—l observe in your Number of yesterday, a let ter from a Correspondent,asking whether you thought it right that an " accused felon" should retain the command of a Regiment ? Without exactly calling the individual in question by that name, it appears to me quite against the spirit of any military code, and against the discipline of the British army, that a per son, against whom a Jury has found a true bill fur felony, should be allowed to retain the command of a Regiment in the British service. Moreover, 1 dare venture to, say, that there is not above one Colonel out of a hundred, who would be allowed by the Commander-in-Chief so to do. Without at all wishing to hold up any Foreign code of military discipline as perfect models to our Service, (as Lord Hill has done), I will merely venture to as sert, that had Lord Cardigan been in command of a Prussian Regiment of Hussars, and had set his -offi cers the example of fighting a duel, his sword would have been instantly demanded of him, and he wou Id have found himself under close arrest in a Prussian fortress, instead of being allowed to command his Re giment ! I shall be very sorry if it is true that Lord Alfred Paget is to have the troop in the 11th Hussars, vacant by the dismissal of Captain Reynolds ; as, from the position of the part}, it will, perhaps, savour too much of Court and Horse Guards' intrigue, to be palatable to the British public--especially at this moment. A s the " Horse Guards" cannot, and shall not, re press all feelings pf honour in the English army, I be lieve it wiil he found that there are hundreds—aye, thousands—who are ready to add their mite in aid of the subscription for Captain Reynolds ; and to prove their disgust at the treatment he has received. I can oily Ea), that I shall be most happy to do so, when ever any recognised board of management bas been been organised for the above purpose. I remain, yours, scc. H. P. Oct. 30, 1840. THE LUDLOW CASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR—As printed placards are very generally placed in commercial rooms, appealing to the charitable and humane to assist Mr. Mackreth, I shall feel much obliged by your stating (for the information of my fel low-travellers), the following facts, in order that the pub lic misconception on this question may be disabused. Mr. Alackreth is perfectly restored to health ; is continued in his excellent clerkship ; has been most liberally indemnified by his benevolent employers for all his expenses, whether incurred or contingent ; added to which, his " nurse's" father (who raised him to his pre sent position i❑ life), left him tome months since a be quest of 160/. The collection for a " distressed object " under such circumstances, would be a prostitution of charity, and certainly neither complimentary nor grateful, to his very excellent employers. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient, AN OLD TRAVELLER. Nelson Hotel, Birmingham, Oct. 27. [We arc sure our commercial reader: have now had quite enough of the Ludlow case.] BRILLIANT FOX CHASE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—On Thursday the :29th the Gogerddan hcunds met at Nanteos, at ten o'clock. The field was very large. Among others we noticed the Eat lof Lisburne and hig bro her, Lloyd Philipps, Esq., of Mabus, Boultbee, Esq., John Wall, Eq., and J. P. Pryse, Esq. The hounds 'being thrown into the new covert found a brace of foxes. The pack divided, but were soon to gether sgain, and, settling steadily to their fox, went away a'; a rattling pace to Rhewarthen wood, where he was viewed by the huntsman. Kcynard was evidently bent on work and went away like wildfire up Cwmoc heidd to the One Smelting-hou , e, where he crossed the river, hopieg to shake off the fleet pack. They, how ever, wire not to be so easily daunted, and following quickly at his brush ran him to ground near Glaw heidd. lie was soon unearthed and killed. HARK FORWARD. We arc sorry to say Mr. P. Pr3se still continues too unwell to appear at the head of the pack. His brother was out and in his usual place. WooLwICII, FltlDAY.—On Tuesday last tl.e Sir James Kempt, Ordnauce lighter, [strived here from Portstmauth, and brought as part of her cargo twelve pieces of en dre Ince, which had been raised from the Mary Rose, a vessel which was engaged and commanded by Sir Gecrge Carew against the French fleet in 1544, off Portsmouth. Amongs t them is one of brass, in a complete state of pre servatiot I, cast it, 1542. rce others are of iron, and so much o irrodeil and incrusted that some of them on being brought to the surface, after an immersion of 296 years, broke cff at different lengths, and the balls with which they we rc loaded arc distinctly to be seen. Some of the gun earriagt z are so far decomposed that the guns are completely embedo;cd in them ; and it is quite evident, from th e bo r e t.. at the muzzle, and the size of the balls, that !flo ra s s,i_r riot all the guns of that period, had clia_n_l97 mar i; them, z ill of which had been strongly hooped. Th nonce of Rose w as, at the time she was sunk, in con ! largest. ships the English fleet could boast st wharf to the iron or cylinders have been removed from e samet being ( OC . crl& d e n with warlike stares and me o t f a 7oheineeseof gunsthe yard are several yard in the Royal Arsenal. manufa atured by Seisalch, in four of them having been in a hi ;11 state of preservatidon, her Majesty's ship Howe, at used fi a some time on boar and have the appearance of new brass g tins recovered from the Iwnir_e4tc3k and dthie74llso.yalTGheeoyr agree, Sheer ness, arc quite clean, he We have been i • d from the bed of th pieces, which cost 50 - 017. when raise 1 of these brass fornnol that several red, will form part of the castings for t_ the sea. upon them as L e i immortal Nelson. o,n Thursday a w u h l e ) n il e rn a o r t i h uf e fa r tc s it, have guns raised from the - Royal Geo rge publnl sale of h guns,ti im per ,i t , ( : I n c . Earl of Clarendon was to be sworn in this took place, when only two of them ware sold at 2/. 15s. onumeritcoo iron day a.s Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, pro tem., but / rithout receiving the fees or salary of the office. We uncle xstand that the entire office is to undergo a complete r' -vi!,ion. The last occasion on which the offi ce was va cate d during the existence of an administration, was on the a ssassination of Mr. Percival, by wh om t h e office was hell in c annection with those of Chancellor of the Exchequer a nd Prime Minister. —Evening Paper of Saturday. r the ine g ' $1 0 " - 0,101 I r e' Irat," dleh oto a bi , Ai. Set' tb ° ilil f ; inae'