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unnatural of rebellions. It is bard, at once to be deprived
of office and overwhelmed with disgrace; but never did
man loom justly sink into contempt and odium. We
speak of M. de Chateaubriand and the other Ministers of
France comparatively. We are not disposed to eulogise
those who remain; but there can be no question that he
was the worzt member of the French Cabinet. Ile
fllr.y not he guilty of having instigated Don Miguel
•to revolt against his father and Sovereign, though the
fart has been pesitiv;ly stated without contradiction ; but
the guilt of the Spanish war was clearly his own. We are
with all changes for the better ; and, therefore,
• without staring our suspicions to be lulled asleep, while
one n•. mber of the present French Cabinet retains his seat,
' we hesitate not to say, that we arc gratified to witness the
reduetion of this clever but mischievous pamphleteer to his
proper tank in society. His place cannot be supplied with
a more bitter enemy to English interests, or tltigneral
liberties of mankind.

On Sunday afternoon the Duke and Duchess of Glou-
' cister, and the Princess Augusta, honoured Mr. Green-
; wood with their company at dinner, at his villa at Brornp-
ion, where a select party of nobility, &c. were assembled
to meet their Bova! Highnesses. In the evening the royal
and distinguished guests were joined by Prince Leopold
and a number of distinguished characters. The party were
entertained in the evening by a Concert, under the direc-
tion of Sir George Smart, the principal vocal performers in
which were Miss Goodall, Mr. Vaughan, &c. Master Liszt
astonished the company on the piano-forte, as did Mr. Ni-
cholson on the flute.
Yesterday evening Prince Leopold left Marlborough
Mos:. for Claremont.
Prince Leopold honoured the Earl of Shaftesbury with
his company at dinner on Sunday, at his house in Grosve-
nor-square.
Sir William Curtis has had an audience of the King
since his ariival in London.
Silt W. (:1. NO sooner was the arrival of Sir W.
Curtis, in his schooner, known to the people of Ramsgate
than every preparation was made to receive him with the
highest marks of public respect ; and the moment he re-
ceived permission to land from quarantine, everything put
on an air of gaiety and hilarity. Boughs of trees and flags
were festooned across the streets, and the inhabitants,
dressed in their best array, linked three and three, formed
a procession to meet the worthy Baronet, who landed
amidst the firing of cannon and the cheerings of the popu-
lace. This was the spontaneous effusion of public feeling
—this was the reward of that undeviating -)arse of con-
stituticeal conduct which Sir W. Curtis, at all tines, and
ut:der all circumstances, has manifested ; and it is now
that the people arc pm:tinily satisfied of the excellence of
that system of which Sir William has been the unvarying
supporter, that they are free and ready to afford those gra-
tifying testimonials of approbation of the public conduct of
public individuals ; hut to this must he added, as a claim
on part of Sir W. Curtis, his private worth, his kindness
and liberality, and all those other good qualities which have
secured him a host of friends.
1'111: Loa D lei 1' N T.—The statement in several of
the newspapers, that his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant
would set out on his excursion to the south and west on
Tuesday next, the 13th instant, is incorrect. His Excel-
lency will net commence his journey before the middle or
perhaps the latter end of August.—Dablis Freeman's
Journal. _ _ _ _ _ _

Lord Gorge Seymour, Chairmam of the Board of Es-
cis:, London, arrived here from Ireland on Monday. His
Lordship is busy examining the mode of conducting the
Excis2 business, and visiting the principal distilleries and
breweries, to see if there can be any improvements made in
the mode of surveying, and to report aceerdingly.—Glal-
g-uir Ovulele.
We have sincere pleasure in announcing that it is the in-
tention of Lord Nlilton to visit his estates in Ireland imme-
diately with the view of ascertaining the state of his tenan-
try. His Lordship is expected by his agent in the county
Wicklow next week. We have no doubt he will set a noble
eriample while lie remains here to our great landed proprie-
tors.—Bel firs! Chronicle.
On Friday evening was married, by special licence, in
Portland-place, the Right Hon. Lord Garvagh, to Rosa-
& lla Charlotte, eldest daughter of Henry Bonham, Esq.
M.P. for Sandwich. Immediately after the ceremony,
the new-married couple left town for 'Fitness Park, in
Berkshire.

A meeting of gentlemen was held on Wednesday even-
ing, at Morrison 's Hotel, for the purpose of entering into
arrangements for aiding Mr. Sadler in his ascent from this
city. He will be accompanied by IL. IL. Peel, Esq. of the
3d Dragoon Guards (who ascended with him on a former
occasion). The ascent will take place, we believe, early
in the ensuing week, and the t üblic may rely on the
adoption of every measure requisite for the accommoda-
tion.—lrish Times.

The Earl of l)onoughmore, while proceeding to Knock-
lofty from Clonmel, on Monday evening, accompanied by
his servant, was thrown from his gig, in consequence of
his horse having stumbled, but we rejoice to add, that his
Lordship sustained no injury whatever. The servant was
less fortunate, having received some partial bruises, which
rendered it necessary that he should be confined to his bed
next day.—Comb &When, Reporter.
CARI.ILL'S Slant's's:N.—We have received the following
paragraph from an anonymous correspondent; of course we
cannot answer for its truth.--" It has occasioned some de-
gree of surprise, that a clergyman, holding a high dignity
in the Established Church, has voluntarily presented him-
self as the advocate of Thomas Perry, whose trial comes on
at the ( Bailey in the course of the present session. The
Rev. Gentleman's avowed motive is his conviction of con-
science that the late prosecutions for blasphemy are utterly
incompatible with the spirit and precepts of the Christian
religion. The Learned Div:ne has, we understand, emai-
-1 posed an elaborate defence, which, should his client deliver
in a manner equal to the matter, can hardly fail of ensur-
ing his acquittal."
SINKING Fe x n.—One great objection to the present
mode of reduciag the national debt is, that the funds
appropriated for that purpose have been, and still are,
liable to be diverted from their object. A much surer
mode of effecting the purpose would be to grant annuities
for a hundred years. Ilad that principle been acted upon
from the commencement of the borrowing system, the mo-
ney raised in the reign of George the First would now
have been redeemed. The difference of the value of a per-
petual annuity, and an annuity for a hundred years, is only
about 30s. at S per cent.
GENUINE CIIHISTIANITY.—The Right Rev. Dr. Doyle
and his three Curates, in the parish of Carlow, and the
adjoining parish of Graigne, have voluntarily relinquished
the whole of their Sunday collection for two months, that
the money may be distributed amongst the indigent poor
of these two parishes. This we call real and practical
religion, because we know that the whole income of these
parishes did not give any redundancy to the Bishop or his
Curates, and they must consequently curtail even their
neees•ary expenses.—Curloir Post.
The tnaterials of an ancient moism de Campagne o
Francois I. at Funtainbleu, has been brought to l'aris, for
the purpose of serving in the construction of a building in
the new commenced in the Champs Elysee, to be
called Quartier .le Francois 1. It is reported, that this spe-
culation has been undertaken by a society of English,
whose into ntion wits to have called it " Petite [Andres,"
but that the Prefece disapproved of having London in Paris ;
the name was consequently changed.
The tribunal de Police correctionelle de Savcrne (Rant
Rhin) icily condemned a Jew, named Isaac Meyer, es
merchant of liwirllen, to a flue of Smut) francs, for usury.
At tkrrnerit (Pay de flume) a person named Musea was
sentenced to a tii:e of 7,000 francs for a similar offence.

Two et lebrated secoucheurs in Paris attended a female
on Sunday last, residing in the Rue de H irre, named Pc-
rigot, whom they delivered of t female child, 18 inches in
length, weighing '2olbs. ; having two heads. four arms and
four legs. This wonderful phenomenon End only a few
minutes, but the mother is perfectly well.
sf: eiteqsiet Sit; s.—A hairdresser on the Boulevards,
near Port St. lh nis, has chos.ti for his sign Absalom hang-
in:; by his hair on a free, and Joab piercing his body with
a spun% limitr the pointing are these lines :
Pss-ami eontempler le malheur
D'Absalom perdu par le triple;
11 Sunlit evite ee mallieur
eut prom un p;arniuc.