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DAMS LAWS.

Mr. 8. WORTLEY moved, that the House resolve itself into
a Committee on the tiame Laws. In the passing of the clauses he
proposed that coveys, or young rnbbits, be included in the species of
game icaumt rated in the Rill.—Agreed to.
111 r. 1I UNDYbeggei to propose a aerse relative to a poacher
on a third conviction. As the law was to operate so irately in this
regard, as to subject him to transportation. and r Magistrates
were principally the owners of manors against whom the virowe
was tuostiv committed, the effect of the clause he would prep.ee
was, to relieve them from the unpleuramner of being obliged U.
award the panishotmt of transprration on the commission of
the third offence. The Honourable Member concluded by moving
a clause, that " A prisontr, on a third conviction under this Ac
may have the opportunity of being tried before the Magistrates at
the quarter sessions, or at the next assizes of the panicubar riding.
district, or county, in which the offence with which he stood
ch..rged was alleged to have been conarr.itted."
Mr. S. IiVORTLEY assented to the provision being embodied
in the Bill. ,

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Sir F. DARING thought the better mode would be, to take the
offence entirely out of the hands of the Magistrates on the third
violation of the law, and to have it entertained and tried onl► be-
fore the Judges of Assize.
Mr. MUNDT said that it was his original intention to have
•hoped the provision in the form suggested by the Hon. Baronet,
but the Aline/ might not take place in some instances for six
months after the csnimittal of the prisoner; this would be often
very oppressive and unjust. He therefore thought it was a fairer
mode to leave it optional with the prisoner to expedite or delay
his trial, as his own view of his case might suggest—Agreed to.
Col. WOOD objected to the clause which gave every occupier.
or holder of (IOU acres of land a right to have a game-keeper. Hi-
therto this privilege hid been confined to lords of manor. In
Wales an exception had been made in consideration of the burp
tracts of country on which no manor was enclosed. It would be
most injurious to extend this privilege to this country, where the
same reason or neea►alty for it did not exist. A tarmaer would
only have to pay for a macaw and appoint his son as Isis game-
keeper. This would be, in =any instants, to spoil a good farmer

THE.4TRE IWY.4L, ENGLISH OPEI4-111,175E.
At the aolleltatlins of various. Families., and for the %MOW etiodat
of several sehtiolo.
Tao LIXTHRIE on ASTRuNiiNtl' ts HI he delivered by Mr. BARTLEY
TIINVEIi.IiTSItE:
THIS C% ENING. TisttintllioW. and TIItIRSDAS.
IN PASSION WEFIL
To begin at Sevenamillea: and emend* at Ten.
T'eltats tdntii (.0r le to De had on isniderata terms at
to Bozo ..

The n 111731111 rllllll.. Commenced Publishing yestnday morning
at Fire o'clock.

LONIX)N, TUESDAY, Aram 13, 18511.
ssturday and Sunday's French Papers reached our office
last night. Five thousand French troops, who garrisoned
Madrid, have quitted that capital, it appears, for the
Banks of the Tagus, where they will be cantonal, so as to
surround Aranjuez, extending their lines towards Toledo,
and protecting the " beloved" Ferdinand from his faithful
subjects. This sudden removal, the Mora:ease aaserts,
takes place in compliance with an article of the Treaty of
Occupation between the two countries, by which it is sti-
pulated that Madrid is not to have • French garrison ex-
rcpt when Ferdinand and his fancily reside there; and
liounciont, with WOO troopa, is then to form the body
mien, of the tyrant. Horrible excesses, it will he seen from
even the .Doniterr, still continue throughout Spain. Con-
slant murders were repeated, and that country is torn and
1 scramsl in every part by the most outrageous fanaticism.l
quebhard, the Paris banker, it appears was expected at
43drid, to treat again for tho Royalist Loan ; and the
Mot•ircsr labours hard to prove that the security is,
admirable." Every thing (this disinterested journal

says), must induce moniel men to take part in a Loan
which ofErs them such great advantages." Notwith-
standing all this, there is still considerable doubt u to'
Cluebhard's being able to realise any contract he may
make, unit as the French Government guarantee it. This
mentions (;eneral Nava's being still at Gibraltar [we
doubt the fact], and takes great pains to vindicate him
front the charge of revolutionary principles. " Impartial
history (the Atoni:essr adds) will one day say that he
contrit:uted more than any pereun to restore the King to
!liberty?' U'hat new des:g:ts ob., this forced eulogium
ben? ak? General Maya can gain nothing by the inte-
rested and insincere praise of the Momileur : his high
character is his hest defence against th? calumnies of the
eircteltt• now in power in Spain. There is nothing beside
of any leading interest in these Papers.
Front the .Ifumiterr of Saturday.]
3IADMID, MAaeN 31.
The French garrison, which occupied Madrid, is to repair, to
the number of 4,1101). to the banks ,of the Tagus, where it will be
canto:aid so as to surround Aranjitex, extending its lines towards
Thi,, formation via kii.d of camp has been the subject of
many utsisrvatisaiss ; but persons who are well intimated know that
ley the Tre..ty of Occupation Lately concluded between France and
Spcin, the city of Madrid is not to have a French garrison except
when the King and the 6vy:ll Family reside in it, and that the
guardisg of them is entrusted to atfun French, under the jinni!.
date command of flenend ltoursmitst, consequently they cannot
sae in the cantonments which the French troops are going to occupy
ii.t the hanks of the 'farts, anything more titan a natural result
of the Treaty of Occuration.
• M. de Arjoona, the Superintentlent•General of the Pollee of
the Kingdom, has just reamed foam the munificence of the King,
' the I hider of Ciiatf.si 11l and a pension. The firm, and at the
saute time platten, and moderatecooduct of this Magistrate, duly
raised him in else esteem of honest Men of all parties.
The public spirit its mane pravnbee.llCCllls to have become more
calm, but there arc others where very lamentable scents still occur.
rhos within a few its) s the population of Guadultextra assaasis
mated, in the twiddle of the day, in the most cruel manner, an in.
tividual, who was sate to be a negro ; and at Cuenca the people ex.
temkd their rage even to the dead body of a Carson, who was ac.
rustd of liberal principles. On the 2thli of this month, when the
funeral of the lie. It:shone was to he per:twined in the Cathedral of
which he had been Canoes. the people came in crowds, and would
d have carried of the body had not the Bishop received notice of the
tunault, and caused the hotly to be buried before the populace en-
i tcre.l the Church, and before the strvice was finished.

We have harm by the last courier but one from Paris, that 31.
Guebhard, the bank•?, is tooling to Madrid to treat in person
abmt the Lwn which the King desires to contract. The great
plenty of money hall the markets of Europe, the progroisive rise
of the English and Ferule!' funds, and especially the security
which the lenders must feel in a legitimate government, which
seeks by eemonly at d good management to resume its rank
among the mimarchies of Europe, every thing must induce monied
men to take part in a loon which offers them such great advantages.
General .llava remains at Gibraltar, protected by the Governor,
on the recommendation of Wellingtn. Alava, whom we consider
as one of the great victim'', never was, nor could be, a revo-
lutionist. Reamed among the Jacobins, I know not by what
chance he avoided all the evil that he could. Inspnrnal history will
one day say, that he contributed more than any person to restore
the King to lihe7ty.

PAIII4 MAIICII 9.

It is thought that it is on the 15th of May,. if the season
becomes more favourable, that the I 4ntrt will go to St. Cloud, sod
that it will remain there three months ; duricg which the neces-
sary repairs will he made in the Milner.
irrout the Eduik, dated Sunday.l
PARIS, APRIL In. _ _ _

Twenty-four Pitalmontese deserters. sent front Catalonia, where
they served sgaitist France in the Constitutional Army, have
received passports from the 3layor of Ptrpignan to traverse the
ki'gdom to repair to other countries, as they are torbilltlen to enter
the States of the King of Sardinia as well as Switzerland. They
travel with we passports given to natives, and receive the allow-
ance of Innen es per league, in the sante country which they
lately had the rash project to desolate.
France has just lost two of its ancient Bishops—M. Pierre Paul
de Final:tit, Bolcom Bishop of Meaux, who died at Paris on the
ith instant. The other Prelate is 31. Jean Francois Perier, for.
nicely Constitutional Bishop of l'ay du Dome, and afterwards
' Bishop of Avignon, where he died on the :10th of %larch.
M. de Quengo, Marquis de Cienolle, Lteseenant-General of the
King's armies, died yesterday, at the age or 90 ; and his obsequies
will take place tri-day in the church of the Magdakr.
Fence it Ft, ti cs.—live per Cents, opened at MC 90e. ; closed
at 1014 f. 03c. ; Loan 0(183, 164; Kink Stock, ItlHlf. ; Ntspolitan
Fivz per Cents. 1151; nettles d' i apagne, 16 ; Royal Spanish
Loan of MM. 6.ti ; Exchange on London, one month, 231. 26c. ;
three months, 261. M.—Cowes Anthenligsst, .Iptil 10.

The Alien Bill last night, on the motion of Mr. Peel,
who moved the Order of the Day for the third reading,
was eatrieel, on a division, by a large majority. It was
opposed by Mr. Lennart!, Mr. Leyerster, and Colonel
Palmer. Mr. Heilman, on the question being put from
the Chair, ruse and spoke at considerable length against it.
His speech possessed little novelty or erect ; it was, in
fact, only a repetition of a few of the many arguments that
had previously been much more powerfully put against
this Bill on former occasions. The lion. Gentleman at
the close of h's address moved an amendment, limiting the
duration of the Act to one year in place of two, which a
large majority also negatived on a division. Mr. Ilutchin-
son did not speak, though on a previous night he an-
nounced his intention to deliver his sentiments, in opposi-
tion to Mr. Canning's eloquent speech, at length against
the Bill. We believe he was unfortunately ill, and in
consequence absent from the debate. We trust the re-
newal of this measure will not again be necessary, and
that our own situation and that of the Continent will be
such as to render an enactment of this sort wholly uncalled
for, when it once more expires. Shoals of foreigners'
should nut be crowded on our shores without smile re-
straints beyond those that affect the natural born subjects of
the empire: the country should be protected from the ma-
chinations of those that may be dangerous amongst them ;
but the prevent Bill is arbitrary and de.potic in its ensc-
taunts ; and, though leniently exercised at present, it may
be made an instrument of rwere oppression in other hands.
Ministers are now pursuing a most liberal and enlightened
career; their adininiatration is one alike honourable to
themselves and to the country ; but it is possible that the
power they exercised so tolerantly may part their keeping,
and though we see no likelihood of any such change, arbi-
nary laws should not be put upon the statute book, merely
on the faith of high character in those to whom the exer-
cise is committed!. One important alteration, however,
much to the honour of Ministers, has been made in this
Act, and it has disarmed it of its worst severity. Several
thousand industrious and peaceable foreigners, long resi-
dent in the country, are in consequence wholly exempted
from its provisions, and its other clauses are comparatively
unobjectionable. Its future composition will probably be
of even a much milder character, making it a law of only
just and salutary restraint to foreigners, and of fair protec-
tion to the people of this great and rising country.

The vote of 500,000/. towards the building of new
Churches was last night carried by a sweeping majority,
on the motion of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. There
was nothing remarkable in the discussion except the speech
of Sir Isaac Coffin : it was a delectable specimen of bread
farce. The Gallant Admiral appears to be as deadly a foe
to the hapless Methodists and Bitumen, u he formerly
was to a French fleet. Ile poured out his fire last night
without mercy; every gun was double-clotted; and grape,
canister, and round, flew about him in every direction:
we wonder how Mr. Butterworth survived the fury of his
eloquence. The Gallant Minim! commenced his attack
by declaring his orthodoxy in form ; that his Church com-
mission was a regular one, and not that of an unlicensed
rover : he then proceedel at once to " sink, burn, and
destroy." The number of " devil-killers," Sir Isaac de-
clared, was dreadfully on the increase. It behoved the
(louse, in consequence (he added), to be on the alert, and
to guard the interests of the Church against the Method-
ists and Dissenters. who sought to undermine it. They
were such routing fellows (Sir Isaac asserted), that they
found their way into our kitchens, and even our cellars:l
he spoke (he added) from experience, and the fatal
conserptences were prostitution and d!shouesty through

the country. Roars of laughter involuntarily burst
from the House at the conclusion of this Dare harangue.
Mr. Butterworth, wbo lay perJne to avokl the tretnen-
dons fire of the gallant Admiral, until the smoke cleared
away, at length rose up, and warmly vindicated the dissenters
from S.r Isaac's charge of being too fond of the kitchen and
the viler, or bestowing too much care on the outward man.
The fact was, Sir Isaac went tooter: he was reviving among
the followers of the venerable Wesley and Whitfield, She-
ridan's inimitable scene of the Friars and Father Paul, in
the Doenna, measuring their devotions by the bottle, and
toasting " the blue-eyed nun of St. Catherine's." Yet Sir
Isaac ought to know that the sons of the true church do not
dislike an ortloadox bottle too either, and sometimes contrive
to mellow their devotions with the grap;•. The Methodist■
are not the unly followers of grace who relish old wine :
nerilast as Lingo says. The gravity of the Mose on
such a subject was sadly broken in upon by Sir Isaac last
night. But the Gallant Admiral and Mr. Martin seem to
be privileged on almost any occasion : even Mr. Barka was
seen to smile grimly last night.

We were pleased to find Sir. BENNET adverting in
Parliament to the fluctuating value of the colonial currency
in N►:w SOUTH WALES it was a subject which well
deserved to be brought under its consideration. It was
I gratifying, at the same time, to remark the manliness and
candour with able!, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
admitted the inconvenience, which, it appears, had not
escaped the attcnticn of Govmiment, as nn asures are in
progress to remedy the evil. New South Wales is daily
developing the rank it is one•dtyr destined to attain in the
scale of British elliptic. Nailing could tend more to retard
its prosperity, by convulsing all its operations of barter and
trade, than a floating and precarious value in its circulating
medium : it leaves the exchangeable price of all commo-
dities at the mercy of power, and destroys all commercial
confidence throughout the colony. It was not likely that,
under the present active and vigilant superintendence of
Weirs, a grievance so embarrassing would pass unnoticed,
or that the most effective steps would not be taken to
remove it.

We have unquestionable authority for assetting, that the
letter from the Horse Guards, in reply to Mr. Battier'■
statement, has been anything but satisfactory in the very
highest quarter; and that an Illustrious Personage, long
connected with the cavalry regiment from which Mr. Bat-
tier was driven, by a merits of the most unjustifiable aggres-
sions, has expressed kis unqualified disapprobation of the
conduct of the officers of that corps, and has been anything
but satisfied by the defence subsequently made for them by
Sir Herbert Taylor's letter. The exalted individual in
question possesses too much discernment and generous feel-
ing to suffer his perception to be blinded by a sophistical
statement such as that recently put forward front the
I iorse I;uards. The character of the army has been deeply
involved, and the character of the regiment in question
stands as deeply committed, by the conduct of those at
present connected with it. It must have been plain at I
once to the mind of any unprejudiced individual, and it
seas instantly perceived by the Illustrious Personage, I
whose feelings revolt at everything like unworthy treat-
ment, that the object of the officers of the 10th Hussars
was to recruit for themselves, and to exclude from their
ranks any individual, however qualified, against whom 'I
tl:ey thought proper to ackqu any unwarranted prejudices.
We know nothing of Mr. Battier personally : upon every'
admission, however, it appears that he is a gentleman, both
in birth and conduct ; the shadow of a reflection has not
been thrown upon him in either way. Ile entered the loth
with the highest testimonials from distinguished officers
under sellout he had previously served, and who ranked
full as high in the army as either Sir George Quentin or
the Marquis of Londonderry. But the new Cornet was
frowned on at his first appearance ; the " Pandours" of
the loth appeared to take umbrage at his very looks;
they thought proper to assume that he was the :ion of a
merchant—that his father dealt in bales of goods or usance
of money; and Mr. Battier, for this &into's crime, was
excluded from all association, and thrust into Coventry I
forthwith. Sir Francis Burdett has a son in this curls.
How must he feel on such an occasion? Must it not be a
subject of unqualified regret to his high and honourable
mind? It may have been that Mr. Battier was not quali-
Red for effective duty with the regiment ; his explanations
on this head, we think, are not satisfactory : but the league
was formed against him before be appeared in the ranks at
all ; the moment he entered the mess-room he was shunned
as if he came from a lazar-house. Ile states that he was
prevented from attending drills or duty for weeks. What
was Sir George Quentin's object by such an order? Did
the cavalry " Bayard" mean to prevent Mr. Battier front
attaining anything like a capability of duty, and then to
represent him as inefficient, from the effect of his own
orders? We know that neither the Illustrious Individual
to whom we have alluded, nor the army in general, arc
satisfied with the conduct that has him' pursued to Mr.
Battier ; and we are also justified in asserting, that the
question will be investigated further, and will not be suf-
, lived to remain in its present state.

It is said that Prince Leopold is to be married to the
beautiful daughter of the Duke of Rutland.—Cork South-
ern Reporter.
A private letter from Nuremberg, dated April 6, com-
municates some information relative to the akin of
Tut key. The united remonstrations of Lord Stringford
and Baron Ottenfels have failed to produce any diminution
of the vexations exercised by She Turkish agents towards
European vessels clearing out from the Bosphorus for the
Black Sea, and particularly Odessa ; and although they
have succeeded in procuring the conclusion of the Treaty
between the Porte and the King of Sardinia, if the Captain
of any Sardinian vessel were to announce an intention of
sailing to a Russian port, his vessel would be detained and
himself arrested.

Tll E Gill:CM-By accounts received in town yesterday,
we learn that the Greeks have made an unsuccessful at-
tack upon Scio, with the intent of carrying off the Paella.—
Letters from Constantinople, by the French mail, state
that the Sultan, although said to be dimosed to treat with
the Ilreeks, makes great exertion in preparing an army of
90.000 men for the Morro. The enthusiasm of the Turks
remains unabated ; but the treasury being n.strly ex-
hanskil, the recruiting guei on slowly. The equipment of
the fleet is in more forwardness, but there is great difficulty
in obtaining seamen sufficiently sl ilful to cope with the
Greeks.—The mission of the Russian agent, M. Minziaky,
was considered a failure at Constantinople; and it had
been announced there that the Emperor of Russia would
not send M. de Tatischef to the Porte unless a more saris-,
factory reply was made to his remonstrances. _

irllit4;101.: or THE CALCUTTA JOURNA I.—lhis
paper has been suppressed by order of the Supreme Go-
vernment, in consequence of its inserting a pamphlet, by
Colonel Stanhope, entitled Sketch if the Mixture, and
InJls-
careog• the Press in British India. After the Government
order had been given for suppressing the journal, the pro-
prietors signified to the public that the Calcutta Journal
would still be published u a dally advertiser. The Bomb iy
Courier of the V9th November adds—" We learn that
arrangements are in contemplation for establishing a new
publication from the Columbian l'rms, which, it is stated,
will prove in every respect as worthy of patronage as that
which haslwen suppressed." _ .

In the list of minority on the grant for building clrurches,
given in our yesterday's paper, we etruneously inserted the
name of NIT. Pon lett.

PASIIIONARLS IIiTSLLIGENCIL

Sir Chitties and Lady Hulse entertained a distinguished party it
(Unser yesterday, at their house in Burlington-street.
Lard Melville had a grand dinner party on Sunday, at the Ad-

Will am Fremantle, Esq. M.P. entertained a large party at
ginner yesterday, at his house in Stanhope-street, May-fair.
M. A. Taylor, Esq. M.P. entertained a party of friends at dinner
yesterday, at his house,
Prince de Pulignac has issued weds of imitation for a grand en-
tertainment on the 3d of May ' at his house in Portland place.
The Marquis of liertfmti has issued cards of invitation for a
large party on the 20th instant, at his house in Seymour-place
Emily Marchioness of Londonderry left town yesterday, for Lied
Charles Fitxmy's seat, near Stoney Stratford, foe the holidays.
The Marquis and Alarehionest of Salisbury will leave town this
day. for thew seat, Hatfield, for the holidays.
The Duchess of Richmond and the Ladies Lennox are expected
in town on Thursday, from Brighton.
k:r. and Mrs. ilyrg. and 3lrs. Fowler, arrived yesterday at
their house in St. Jantes's-square. from Brighton.
I/inviting front the Waterloo flute!. Jtrdlymstreet, the Ho.
'mumble Captain Russell. It. N. fo: the Duke of Bedford's, IVo.
burn Abltry ; Crellale Price, for Oxford.
Arrive!' at linkliam's lintel, Lower Brook.street :--Sir Vincent
Cotton, Bari. from Cambridgeshire; Sir War Tell Peacock, Bart.
from Cheshire; liarrey, Esq., front a tour; Burdett,
Esq. front Dublin. I.3eparturee :—Mrs. llanbury and Mr. %Val.
lace, Hat tiegs. Sussex; Sir Chides and Lady Iloste, for Kent;
Mr. and Mrs. Smith, on a tour, and Captain Cartwright on a tour.
Arrivals at the Bath Hotel, Arlington-tun:et :•- Mr. and Mrs.
Mills and family, from their scat in Vi ilia; Mr. and Mrs. Eaton,
from Bath ; Lieutenant-General the ltaron and Baroness de Hot.
chepied, from their seat, Old Shoreham, Sussex. 1/zpait trot:—
' Mr. Stevens. few his seat, Bower Hall, Essex ; Colonel and Mrs.
Spicer and family fire Bath; Captain Heaviside for Bath.
:Ur. and Mrs. Msrsham and family, arrived yesterday at Blake's
Hotel. Jermyn-street, from their seat in Sufflak. _
I . .

Arrivals at 3livartit Hotel, Lower Hvook-str;et:—Vice-Admiral
Sir Graham Moore, Hart. from Cobham, Surrey ; Mr. and Mrs.
Hul:on and family, from their seat, Holton Park, Baton, Lan-
cashire; and the Hon. H. Knox, from Hertfordshire.

D.:panitres from Fladong's hotel, Oxford-street:—Mrs. and
Alias I/uyne, on a tour; the lion. Mr. Stapleton, ditto; the Rer.
Mr. ()nes, for Etun; Miaa Okea, fur Huntingdon; the Rev. T.
Nash, for Brilchton ; W. P. Neale, Esq. for 31sIds.one; John
Itainsbottom, Esq. for ditto; Capt. Disney, for Ireland; the Rev.
C. !Radially, fur Brighton ; and the Rev. W.Oordon, far Wood-
stock.

PARIS.

traou Ova CORRESPONDENT]

PARIS, Aram 9.
The French Papers, with due allowance for suppression,
will inform you of what is going on here. When a fa-
vourite measure is carried you will have an account of the
triumph, but you hear nothing of the shuffling and cutting
which secured the victory. The stream of politics glides
on smoothly enough, if we look only at the surface; but
those whose sight can dive below may perceive an under-
current that will one day or other carry all before it. My
sentiments on what is going forward are embodied, nearly
to the letter, in the following sentence:—
" Tout cc que je vois, jette les semences d'une revolu-
tion qui arrivera immanquablement, et dont je n'aurai pas
le plaisir d'etre le tcmoin."
This was the prediction ,f Vidtaire in April, 1764—,
With what tremendous exactness was his prophecy ful-1
filled ! had it been interwoven in the theology of a sect,
it would have passed for inspiration. It was not difficult
for a subtle and philosophic mind like his to foretell the
certain result of the evils of his (lay ; and men who observe
with equal penetration, may pronounce, with equal cer-
tainty, on the evils of the present time: and yet a timely
reformation is the last thing thought of. Louis XVII I.
has no turn for oppression—the fault is elsewhere. He
could not be a patrint Aing, were he ever so much inclined
to appear in that character. The Baron de Berenval tells
(is in his Memoirs, that on Comeau'. proposing to
Louis XV. to check the waste in his domestic affairs,
the King replied, " My dear friend, there robberies in my
house arc enormous, but it is impossible to put a stop to
them : too many preple—tno many powerful ?yak are in-
terested in them, for us to flatter ourselves with the hope
of being able to abolish thmn. All the Ministers I have
had have form( d the project of remedying these abuses,
but they have abandoned it in despair.
This applies with equal force to abuses in the state,
which are just as arduous to remedy as those of the house-
hold. Such an immense mass of interests are cemented to-
gether; the machinery of corruption is so locked, wheel
within wheel, that to suppose a King or his Minisms can
introduce reform when and where he pleases, in to suppose
that eider may kick down Mount Etna with his foot.
A t eII:JADES cut off the tail of his dog to ridicule the folly
of the Athenians, but he could not cure the folly itself.
The veilli n often cling to abuses, long after the Jew would
consent to extirpate theni ; and I have often thought, that
could we make an exact estimate, we should find as much
political evil exists by choke as by chance. The progress
of knowledge, however, will put an end to this, and the
result is fast approaching. As to patriotism and public
spirit in men of rank and station, it is not to be looked for ;
we hare, indeed, some extraordinary instances of the kind
on record, but they belong for the most part to the regions
of mythology.

In matters of literature, we proceed pretty well. At
pres..nt the principal works in the press at Paris, are
the third volume of Le Dielionnuire des Oueragcs Atter
onnies rt Pseudonymes, corn DOS?: irnduits ou publics cn
Francois et en Latin. The first volume of this interesting
work appeared in 1522; the second, in 1t423; and the
third will be delivered in about a month. The plan is a
collection from every literary work connected with the
arts. science:, politics, theology, &c., that has appeared
in France since the art of printing, arranged in alphabetical
order, according to their subjects. In this Dictionary the
name of the real authors of anonymous works are given ; as
also when the writers have published under a feigned name.
The whole has been compiled under the immediate super-
intendence of Mons. Ilarbicr, Administrator of the King's
private libraries, and Librarian to the State Council, and
forms a catalogue of several hundred thousand volumes.
It is intended to be completed in 4 vols. Svo.
•

This laborious compilation savours more of the phleg-
matic assiduity of a th..rtnan than the mercurial scholarship
of It Parisian ; but such rare specimens do now and then
occur, and this is one of them.

A small novel, in octavo, has, within a few days, made
much noise in Paris, entitled Ourika, or the Memoirs
of a young Negress. It is ammymulis; but it is written,
Cate seal, by NIADAME rA I)l,4:mks:ix DC Doris.
180 great a name you may suppose is sufficient to supply
every defect, and procure this li:tie work a high reputa-
tion; there is scarcely a bookseller's in Paris that has not
the name Ourika, in letters four inches long, fixed in their
window. It is printed in large type. and displays, what
SHERIDAN wittily describes as " a rivulet of text running
through a meadow of margin ;" it is written with much
pathos, and is particularly interesting, being punded wi
furl. As it has no doubt ere this reached London, it is
needless to enter into a di. tail of the story, but it may be
of importance to furnish )ou with a key to the two leading
personages that figure in this sentimental tale : Le Chevalier
de lim•• is the Chevalier de Bouillers Madame de Bern
is Madame de Beau reams, who is related to the reigning
family of France. Its character at Paris, among the critics,
is that of sun gentil el pu soul earie pour use ifareclude
Jr France.

As the approaching week is Passion week, our politics
will give way to paler nesters, that we may conclude in a
becoMing manner the s•:anon of devotion and good works.
When that is over—and, likes hill of short date, it has but
a few days to run—corruption will resume her activity, and
affairs will go on as usual.

Et.orevt Exv.—Extract of a letter from Brussels, dated
April 6 :—"A most extraordinary circumrtancc has occurred
here this morning, which will afford conversation for a
month to come. Miss B—gh—n, the daughter and sole
heiress of a deceased Baronet, eloped yesterday morning
front the house of her mother, Lady B—gh—n, in the Rue
Royale. Nut a trace of the fair fugitive has yet been dis-
covered, nor has she left the slightest clue which might
lead to a knowledge of where she has gone to. It is sup-
;toted, however, that Mr. T. R—n, who is also missing,
has been the companion of her flight. She is only eighteen
years of age. Her fortune is considerable, amounting, it is
said, to 80,000/. We do not know whether she is a Ward
of Chancery; if she be, her elopement will no doubt give
employment to the gentlemen of the long robe."

uy the arrivals in town yesterday fro"m the north, we
find there was a treat fall of snow on Saturday. particularly
at Howden and Ferrybridge, Yorkshire ; and on Sunday in
Lela stetshirc, and in many parts of Northamptonshire,
above four inches is dint). The passengers by the claw.-
ent coaches in general state that the frost on Sunday night
was more severe than any night this winter.