The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-13 00:00:00

" TO THE 'EDITOR OF THE SOUTHERN REPORTER.

" SlR—Will you tell for me, as I cannot, my gratitude to
the Association for the greatest and most unexpected of bless-
ings, my liberty, after two years and six months spent in a
dreary prison,, in my seventy-fifth year. How happy would I
be if I received it one week sooner, for I then could console in
her last moments the wife of my heart for the last forty fotir
j-ears, and The mother ottny children. My life is spared, but
my imprisonment broke her heart.
." May God forgive the Rector of \Vallstown, who was the
cause, and may his future conduct to his flock be like that of
the good Shepherd, who would not imprison, but who would lay
down l►i3 life for those entrusted to his care.

I remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
" THOMAS NORRIS.

" County Cork Gaol, Feb. 3, 1837.
P. have received ten pounds through my worthy advo-
cate, Counsellor Bulien, who will hare the prayers of an old
man during my life."

We have the satisfaction of learning that Admiral
Elliot declares his readiness, in case of a dissolution, to con-
test Roxburglishire on Reform principles. Admiral Elliott
observes—" I cannot close this address without expressing mg
deep regret that the county should be unnecessarily disturbed
when no immediate dissolution appears at hand."—Morning
Paper.

THE K I NG'S TII EA TRE.—This theatre is decidedly
to be opened next Saturday. The delay in the publication of
the usual prospectus, when the arrangements for the season
are set forth, was owing, as we understand, to the negociations
with the Opera in Feria for the grant of a leave of absence of
that exquisite dancer Duvernay. The result having been fa-
vourable, every impediment is now removed, and she is to take
the principal part in a new ballet by Deshayes in the popular
subject of Fra Diavolo, with Auber's music. The opera is
likely to be Rossini's Matilda de Shabran, in which Miss Fanny
Wyndham and Siguor Cartoni will appear, and in which a new
Basso Contanti, -Signor Trechendi, who is said to possess great
power and flexibility, will make his debut before a London
audience.

This evening, at the St. James's Theatre, the rale
Mr. O'Donnell will ,address the electors in The Mayor of
Garrott, on several public grievances. A full muster of
M. P.'s may be expected.
;MONEY-MARKET.—Complaints had been made
in some quarters on Saturday of illiberal dealing on the part
of the Bank in throwing out large amounts of bills offered for
discount, without giving the least reason to suppose previously
that such a step would be taken. One house it seems, not
one of great eminence, was placed in consequence under con-
siderable difficulties, but they were overcome by the timely
interference of private friends. Such statements are to be
adopted, of course, with great caution; because nothing is more
easy nor more common in many cases than to lay all the blame
on the Bank ; but it is at the same time a very onerous duty of
the Directors, but particularly in the present crisis, to prevent
any of the parties whose credit it is intended to limit from being
taken by surprise. In the instance alluded to a discount credit
was understood to exist at the Bank, on proper security, to the
amount of 250,0001., which limit had not been approached at
the time when the stop was put to further accommodation.
[lad not assistance been promptly obtained through respect-
able private connexions, much inconvenience would have been
caused to other persons besides those directly implicated.. On
the whole, the discounts yesterday and on Thursday do not
appear to have been so liberal as was antiaipated.--'imcs.

M. Uhlmann, of Zevolle, in Holland, has invented
a new species of sundial, by means of which the hour may
be ascertained to-a quarter of a minute at every instant during
the sun's course above the horizon, provided the slightest ray
can be brought upon the dial. The needle, or indicator, is
moveable.

The inhabitants of Marseilles are much occupied
aitb a young Neapolitan shepherd-boy, name Vito Mangianie,
who, though only ten years of age, answers IA ith astonishing
precision the most intricate and difficult questions in arith-
metic and algebta, and solves the most abstruse problems.
He is said to have a sister who is a prodigy of the same nature,

A letter frotn Berlin says, 1, Tile authorities have
commenced a silict investigation into the right of certain per-
sons in this capital to .assume noble names. Authors will in
future be interdicted from assuming a noble pseudo name, as
hitherto. Professor Hoffmann, of the Ile do Fallersleben,
has, it is thought, given occasion for this measure, by assuming
the name of his birth-place."

A physician, who was present at the exatnination of
Meunier when ar►ested, stated that the conformation► of his
head showed that his organs of fanaticism and obstinacy were
extremely prominent, and those of imitation and strength of
resolution still more so.

The influenza, for the last eight or ten bsys, has
been rather rapidly jlisappottring, with the exception of the
last two days, when some new cases occurred, in consequence
of the great change in the weather. The low parts of West-
minster, Lambeth, Southwark, and the banks of the river,
have principally suffered, and in those diStriets are still the
greatest number' of cases. Marylebone- has escaped in a
great measure, compared with these places. Asa singular
proof of the great mortality attending this infliction, it may
be stated on the best authority, that upwards of forty widows
have applied for relief in one yday at the charitable institution
in Sackville-street, whose children have become fatherless by
this scourge.
Commercial accounts from Liverpool, dat
Saturday night, state that the only failure _e Wbic_ahmhraed e
takeofn
place in that town during the week was th f
-Messrs. Reddish. The markets for foreign produce continued
greatly depressed.
It may not be generally understood that when Sir
Wm. Ingilby, alluding to Lord Dc Roos's cough, and the re-
he was punning upon the north-
: re-
suit
e,
terayl calls
nameit
a fokrii ligio-ocia,iarYlgii-Peough, which is king-cough.
A Reform candidate has started for Buckingham-
shire, so that the expectation of the Tories that their pan&
date would be suffered to walk over the coqrse will be frus,
trated. The battle will be fought to the last. ,
Colonel NaVier !As ilept requested by the Radicals
of OltlIt?1.11 4ePttle a Candidate at the net election. The
Oolimel has declined the honour offered him.—Lancaster
CT Ow

SPIRI OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

Lord John Russell's manly declaration, that the
Government consider their existence bound up with
the Irish Municipal Bill, is ringing throtielt the
country and putting all the electors on the qui 4e;Pii
The Tories are on the alert, and it betmees tol Roe
formers actively to hcstir Let tltbm en eeti
organize, conciliate, and concert, Thera: riathV,
like being ready Iy:forehand,- and being united., AY
this monent \--v;: can render no better eerviee • •t„
the
Liberal cause than by repeating our recomr:tendation4
of " What-Next ?" We are glad tci See that they
have already been attended to, fer- Mes:as. Ridgway
have published a firth edition. reis is a it should he,
for this pamphlet ought to be, circulated amongst all
the constituencies. It will. enlighten the public mind
as to the present state.or affkirs, and prepare it for
the approaching struggle. In fact, it should he the
electors' manual, for with " What Next ?" in their
hands they may laugh to scorn the canting and hypo-
critical pretensions of the Tories, and hid them
read there the blighting effects of their old corrupt
dare and then comfort them with the proofs ,of
the universally-increasing prosperity of the country,
its decreasing taxation, diminishing crime, mitigated
punishments, augmented freedom, and spreading
wealth and education wider the Liberals. They may
ask the mode) crew of saints and sinners, Conserva-
tives and Conformers, rats and renegades, that have
embarked in Sir James Graham's and Lord Lynd-
hurst's anti-Irish and anti-Dissenters' adventure,
whether, when they come to canvass them, they are
to sacrifice this prosperous state of affairs, in order
that these pious pretenders to peace and good-will
towards men may wage war on the Catholics in Ire-
land, and spit their scorn on the Dissenters in Eng-
land ?—whether these candidates for a seat in the
Commons are to be sent there in order that they may
recognise and bow down to the superiority of the
Lords ? We think the Reformers of England will be
more inclined to say, " Conic in and read this little
pamphlet, Sir Candidate, and you will there find
that the Liberals have maintained this country in tran-
quillity at home ( which you Tories did not), and
in peace abroad (which you said they could not) ;
that they have remitted eight millions of taxes, have
abolished' nearly four thousand places, and raised the
exports of the country from thirty-six to forty-six
millions ! This is what we like, •and what we intend
to preserve. Go your ways, therefore ;- preach your
religious discard and your sham conformity elsewhere.
" Throw your physic to the dogs—we'll none on't."
These are the rebukes which Sir James Graham and
his crew will meet with ; and we are, therefore, not
surprised at hearing that Sir Robert Peel, • the Lord
Rector of Glasgow, will-have nothing to do with the
concern. • He is too canny to push his ambling " faith-
ful steed" over- such rough roads. We are sorry for
it, for we would gladly see the whole Tory clique
embark in this Constitutional attempt to rule the
country •in defiance of the Commons, or to bully
it into compliance by repeated dissolutions. It
would be the grave' of their party and the
manhood of Reform. At all events, Sir Ro-
bert Peel is ph ced in an awkward dilemma by
this boldness of Ministers and by the rashness of
his friends ; for now he must either defy his own
House of Commons, and eat (he has some appetite
that way) the plausible words with which he resigned
two years ago, or he must make way for Mr. Ser-
geant Jackson, Sir James Graham, and the Orange
Dilly. The author of " What next? has foreseen
the present aspect of affairs, and forcibly puts the case
thus. He says :

" But should the present Ministers be denied all means
of asserting the requisite dignity of a Ministry, and of pass-
ing Bills demanded as well by the voice as for the peace of
the country, then it will be their bounden duty to tender
their resignation, and who will undertake the Government ?
" Let, them resign, and leave the Tories, if they dare, to
take the responsibility upon themselves of driving Irelanib
on to insurrection—to a repeal of the Union and the de-
struction of its Protestant Church. Let them shake, if
they will, in their recklessness, the House of Lords to its.
foundations, and make the arbitrary experiment of ruling
this free country by the novel means of a constant minority
in the Commons.

" These are the only terms upon which the Tories could
take the Government in the face of the present united.
Liberal party. The strong nerves of the Duke of Wel-
lingto:i would shrink from the experiment ; once or twice
indeed he has attempted to overrule the House of Com-
mons, and failed miserably ; we do not think he will try it
a third time. At all events, Sir Robert Peel is not filo:
man to second, much less to lead on, such an assault : ne
net go to Rome this spring, and, while here, neither
the bunger nor the passionate prejudices of his party-co-
loured followers will thrust him into a Ministry which could
exist only by a series of coups de etat. For by what con-
stitutional means could he carry on the tithe war in J.
land, or the church-rate blockade in England ? Would
the House of Commons grant him t.dditional supplies and
twenty thousand men, under Lord Kenyon aril the Duke
of Newcastle, to re-conquer Ireland ? Would he raise a
loan, or would the Carlton Club find him in men and
money? How would he ward off votes of censure and
addresses to the Throne? Would he dissolve his own
Padiament, and call another which might call him to
account ? Sir Robert Peel is not the man for these vi-
gorous freaks. He knoNs too well his own advantageous
position, and we give him credit for respecting too highly
thu constitutional authority of the country to embark in
such an adventure. But would Lord Stanley ? Alas; for
the empty Dilly ! But Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Ashburton,
and Lord Abinger, might trot they form a Government ?
No one tray fiwetel fl -,e spiral course of the ambidexterous
politicians ; all that is known is that they are shrewd per-
sons, and th,A, the first, after getting the Duke of Welling-
ton into his Anti-House of Commons' serape in May, 1832,
left him in the lurch."—Morning Chi onicle.
In the brief intermission of political excitement, or
rather in the absence of any novel feature in the great
subjects which have for some time occupied pubic at-
tention, the extraordinary eaposj which took place in
the Court of King's Bench on last Friday and Satur-
day—the conclusion of which will be found in this day's
Advertiser—will necessarily attract the first interest of
the day. Far be it from us to attempt any aggravation
of the feelings of the. Noble Lord, whose character is
so d(nply compromised by the result of the trial-
-I:iese feelings must already be abundantly poignant—
hut it is the system, out of which spring such scanda-
lous transactions as those which were the subject of
exposure, that we would visit with the strongest terms
of reprobation. If the present were an isolated case,
• it might be suffered to pass without any commentary
beyond the expression of surprise which such escro-
queries amongst men of high station would naturally
excite ; but instead of being a solitary case, it is, in
fact, a specimen of what daily takes place amongst a
large portion of those rejoicing in the epithet of exchr-
, .
mes—amobgst whom the transaction in question is
not-so much calculated to create surprise as.regret at
the publicity of its exposure. In fact, one would
ima-
gine, from the countenance shown to men notoriously
skilled in t'he science of fixing fortune independently of
chance, and securing her favours by a dexterous coup
de main, that

" Certes the pleasure is as great

In being cheated as to cheat." -
If these noble gamesters were to confine their depre-
dations to their own class, their misdeeds would be the
less to be regretted ; but how -often is the industrious
tenant Made to suffer for the losses of the dissipated
landlord, or the fortunes of the ruined black-leg re-
stored by a place on the pension-list—or some other
list, where he may have the opportunity of continuing
his old game under a new 21.115 C I For, he it remem-
ll'actstenen,oabilledttlilliomulg)lle:rciegrgtacirns LarocrdMs em-
hers of
loyfoeflirtse House of Commons who Were in
ilr)
eel rreseudiof b,
Court -during the trial, stretched their necks and
strained their eyes to • see Sir W. Ingilby exhibit the
mode of performing the trick called sorter lu coupe—.
there were many of them could have given the Hon.
Baronet a-lesson in the art ; aye, or taught him, in the
language of schools, "a trick worth two of that." We
wish they were as skilled in the mode of turning up an
honour,, as in marking a card or cogging a
die—
we mean an honour to their station or country.
What a piCture has this trial revealed of the state of
aristocratic' society in England ! The miseral)le
sharper who carries a table and thimble from place to
place, and plies his .pea by the wayside, may, while
kicked and cuffed by officers of tire laws - • 1
p f c.a. po-
verty in palliation of his offences ; but the, titled wune-
r,
ster who practices a similar species Q`i plunder, with-
out a similar apology, may step flom the gambling-
house to the senate-house, ai;id rote on questions af-

fecting the interests of the whole community. Such
is one of the privileges of our glorious Constitution
with which our nobles are so desperately enamoured!
The qualifications which Aristophanes humourously
represents Demosthenes to have stated necessary for
a statesman, seem to be the standard which our Con-
stitution has in some instances adopted for itself. A
sausage-seller was excusing h.inself on account of his
ignorance for not taking part in the affairs of the go-
vernment, " Tush ! man," said Demosthenes, " bet-
ter still you knew less than you do—a dolt, a knave,
are the stuff we make our statesmen of."—Morning
Advertiser.
The Ministerial measure of a Poor-law for Ireland
is to he introduced to-night to the Legislature. We
hope that it will be a good and efficient measure, with
reference to its ostensible object of ameliorating the
condition, and thereby elevating the character, of the
lowers classes of the Irish population, now the vic-
tims of poverty and destitution, doomed apparently to
an existence at once the most wretched, the most pre-
carious, and the most hopeless, that is known among
civilized men, and hence the prompt, reckless, blind,
and obedient slaves of Jacobinical demagogues, and
ambitious, domineering Priests. It is most important
not to Ireland only, but also to Great Biitain, that an
honest, sincere, and vigorous attempt should at length
be made to elevate the Irish people in physical condi-
tion to a level with their English and Scottish fel-
low subjects. In comparison with this, Corpora-
tion Bills and appropriation clauses sink into in-
significance. If it were possible to impart to the
mass of the population of Ireland the same means
and habitudes of decency and comfort, which exist
among
.the inhabitants of Great Britain, Mr.
O'Connell's Norman Schools of agitation might
be instituted, without danger that their prose-
lytes would be very numerous, and the appropriation
principle, as it is called, however vicious or dishonest
in the abstract, would cease to be alarming, for the
minds of the great mass of the people would no longer
be actuated by the rancour of intolerance or the thirst
of plunder. In a condition of respectability and com-
fort, the people would become anxious to preserve the
advantages they enjoyed, the snares of the Agitator
would be detected and derided, and the degrading
fetters of priestly despotism would be disdainfully and
indignantly cast away. What we have just said suffi-
ciently explains the hostility which Mr. O'Connell has
constantly shown, and (however he may be compelled
to disguise it) still in all probability retains, against
any measure calculated to assimilate the physical
condition of the Irish people to that of the more
favoured inhabitants of this country. The words
which in an unguarded moment he spoke to another,
but a less dishonest and less inhuman demagogue,
upon the subject of a Poor Law, cannot easily be
forgotten :—" Feargus, do you want to spoil both
our trades ?" These significant words explain but
too plainly the past resistance of Mr. O'Connell
to a measure for which all the friends of Ireland have
long expressed the most anxious desire ; and they give
but too much reason to fear that his present acquie-
scence is anything but sincere. We will not, however,
whatever suspicion we may justly entertain of Mr.
O'Connell's sincerity in the support he now professes
to give to the measure of a Poor Law for Ireland,
despair of its success ; nor, however convinced of the
habitual and stipulated subserviency of the Melbourne
Governmentto the will of that unprincipled demagogue,
will we hazard the anticipation that the Ministerial
project of law will turn out to be framed upon such
principles or encumbered with such machinery as to
render its success impossible. If the measure to be
introduced by Lord John Russell to-night be unob-
jectionable and effective, if it be entitled to the appro-
bation of Parliament and the country, and if in these
circumstances Mr. O'Connell himself even be com-
pelled, for sake of appearances, to give it an ostensible
support, then all we venture to say is that the Go-
vernment of Lord Melbourne must no longer reckon
Mr. O'Connell among the number of its cordial
friends.—Morning Post.

DESTITUTION.—The relieving officer of the Strand
Union, subsequent to the holdinc, of the inquest on the poor
woman, Margaret Sutherland, who was found dead in her
lodging, in Little Shire-lane, where her remains had lain
a fortnight, searched the room, and found the following
prticles :—A gold watch, chain, and seal, with several pieces
oe silver coin, six silver tea-spoons, several articles of plated
ware, forty-five duplicates, aml numerous articles of clothing.
It is satisfactory, therefore, to find that the deceased was
not reduced to utter destitution, as was supposed at the
time the inquest was held. The sister of the deceased is
at present an inmate of the Strand Union workhouse,
where every care and attention are bestowed upon her ;
but it is the opinion of the Guardians and their officers,
that it was her intention to have abstained from all nutri-
ment, and to have died in the same miserable apartment
with her sister. They appear to be natives of Fifeshire,
and on Wednesday the Duchess of Sutherland, and other
ladies of distinction, sent to the offices of the Strand
Union, in Carey-street, to inquire into her case. In
consequence of this painful occurrence, the Board of Guar-
dians, on Tuesday last, directed the affixion of notices
outside the workhouse and offices, requesting any inhabitant
to whose knowledge any case of destitution or distress may
come, within the limits of the Strand Union, to give imme-
diate notice thereof to the relieving officer, in order that in-
quiry may be forthwith made, and proper relief adminis-
tered. The watch found in the apartment in Little Shire-
lane, was evidently the property of Lieutenant H. E.Suther-
land, R.N., who was brother to the deceased and her sister.
It is, as we have stated above, gold, and bears his initials on
the back. A gold chain and seal are attached, the latter
bearing the arms of Lieutenant Sutherland, handsomely en-
graved ; crest—the cat rampant, and the motto, "Sans
Pear." The arms, a coloured shield, with three stars. An
engraved card of Lieutenant Sutherland was likewise found,
and in all probability the publicity of these facts may lead to
a discovery of their relatives. The surviving sister states
what is believed to be the fact, that her uncle, John Suther-
land, Esq., was a page to the late Queen Charlotte, and it
appears that Lord Erskine was a godfather to her brother,
Captain Sutherland, who was named after him, Henry Ers-
kine Sutherland.

On Tuesday se'nnight the following singular cir-
cumstance occurred in Chichester :—Application was
made by Mr. Ballard, the landlord of the Dolphin Inn, to
the Rev. J. Fullagar, the President of the Court of Guar-
dians, to permit a child, about ten months old, to be re-
ceived into the poor house, the child having been left that
morning at the inn by a person stating himself to be a son
of the late Sir William De Crespigny, who some days be-
fore had arrived with it by the London coach. The
stranger had abruptly left the inn in consequence of having
been requested to discharge the bill, which he at once ac-
knowledged he was unable to do. The child was accord-
ingly taken into the workhouse, and Messrs. Green and
Paseo, of the police establishment, were requested to look
out for the individual who had left it. In the evening,
however, he returned, and having learned what was be-
come of the child, he applied to Mr. Fullagar to have it
restored to him, intimating that he wished first to visit
Eastbourne, where he hoped to find some friends to assist
him, as he had not a shilling about him. Mr. Fullagar
told him he was liable to be taken up, the child having be-
come chargeable to the parish, and advised him not to leave
the town again without seeing the police officers. He ac-
accordingly went to Mr. Pasco, and, accompanied by him,
fetched the child away about nine o'clock in the evening.
He slept at a public-house, and the next morning, putting
the infant into a sort of belt, which he slung over his
shoulder, he set off in the direction of Arundel. Nothing
has since been heard of him, but, if he really has a family,
and is related to the Bishop of Norwich, and is a clergy-
man having a living in Norfolk, all of which he stated, it is
extraordinary that there has been no notice of his depar-
ture from his residence in any of the public papers, and that
no inquiries have been made concerning him. The whole
of his conduct is involved in mystery.
On Thursday uiyht an outrageous attack and rob-
bery was committed on the person of a man na:z.cd Lowe,
a miller in the employ of Mr. John Webb, of Thaxted.
About seven o'clock in the evening, after locking up the
mill, Lowe, as usual, was leaving, but had proceeded only
is few yards with a lantern, when he was seized by three
ruffians, one of whom, taking him by the collar, threw him
upon the ground and held him down ; a second threw a
great coat over his head to prevent his cries being heard,
and knelt upon him, whilst the third ransacked his pockets,
and took from him silver to the amount of between two
and three pounds, the property of his master, and with
which they got clear off, having first stamped his lantern to
pieces. Lowe several times called out " Murder," on
which they stopped his mouth wi:h their hands, but no
further violence was committed upon him. Ile was not
more than 200 yards from the town, and only about the
same distance from his master's house ; still his cries for
assistance unfortunately were not heard. He is 61 years
of age, and has been many years a faithful and trustworthy
servant to his employer. A liberal reward has been offered
by Mr. Webb for the apprehension of the cowardly
ruffians.—Es.tex Hefald.

ADDRESS OF GENERAL EVANS

TO HIS CONSTITUENTS.

TO THE ELECTORS OF WESTMINSTER.

GLNTLEMEN—For several months I have anxiou,ly looked forward

to the opening of this Sesion of Parliament, as the period when I
,It 'old have the pleasure of meeting you, of offering you my deep-felt
a,Lnowledgments for your kindness, and of resuming with renewed
zal my duties in your service. The course of events have, however,
d nied me this pleasure, and I find I hava no other a'ternative than
f throwing myself on your indulgence for a further leave—hop-
i.tg that the came motives which originally obtained for me your sane.
tion for embarking in this cans: may now also inelin2 you not to re-
quite my withdrawal at a moment when its final triumph is within view.
A postponement of active operations had been an.ticipate.l during

the wcrst F-at of the winter season. But the troops which had been
detached from the Army of the North are now m,re rapidly returning
than was expected. The marauding expeditions of Gomez anti others,
undertaken with the view of extending the insurrection, have hat a
contrary etT.ct, demonstrating, at the same time, that beyond the fast-
nesses the rebels still occupy, they can hope for no refuge or support in
any other part of the kingdom. The signal overthrow they have re-
cently sustained before Bilboa—the intended reinforcement t.f the
corps under my command, with an improvement in its means of ac-
tion—are amongst the eir.:tamstances which determine the following up
of operations with as little delay as the concentration of the troops al
their respective points will admit; and which also oblige me thus once
snore to trespass on your consideration.

In doing so, however, it will be but just to remark that it is not for ease
or pleasure that I seek this favour. It is true there may not be direct
precedents to extenuate my absence, but I can at least rite parallel in-
stances. Generals Espartero and San Miguel are members of the pre-
cent Cortes, as was General Mina of the present and preceding. They,
however, had the same permission granted them by their constituents
which you have so generously yielded to me. But the task which mem-
bers of the Spanish Legislature have to assist in yields to none, and
cannot be surpassed in importance, being no less than that of laying the
actual foundations of the liberties of their country. It may also be per-
mitted to observe, that our occupation here is far from being foreign to
my duties as your representative. It is but the assertion in the field
of the great maxims and principles applicable to the well-being of all
nations—the same in their most comprehensive sense, of which you,
the paramount British constituency, have ever been, and are bound to
be, the chief supporters, to which you have so often required me to de-
clare my adherence and devotion, and for which you have a right to ex.
pect my undeviating advocacy and undaunted assistance everywhere.
Nor is the force of these considerations limited to generalities, as, at a
more fitting time, I shall prove to your satisfaction.

But I have recently received favourable communications from in-
fluential members of your body. The following is an extract of a
letter from one of the ablest and most patriotic men of the present
times, and whose name would, therefore, add powerful authority to
his opinion were I authorised to mention it :—" I conclude," he says,
" that in this state of affairs you will postpone your intended re-
turn to England. Your constituents, my worthy brother el,ctors,

will surely see that you are doing more service to the general cause of
liberty, and to the real interests of England, by remaining at the head
of your troops, than any man could have the means of effecting in the

House of Commons." The other letters to which I allude are of the
same purport, and inspire me with a sanguine anticipation of your good
opinion.

We are told that this is a mere civil war, with which we have no right
to interfere, no i•iterest or good feeling to promote by doing so, &c., &c.
But if this were really the fact, how comes it that the infatuated
"ultra" Tories of all Europe, the men whom you know to be in-
capable (probably by nature) of appreciating any liberal institution,
should evince such rabid hostility to the British Government for perse.
vering to carry out faithfully and manfully the objects of the Quadruple
Treaty ? If it were only a civil war, how is it that this noxious party
should honour me and the force under my command with so bountiful
and disproportionate a share of virulent aspersion? How is it that the
members of the Holy Alliance, the Pope, the Duke of Modena, the
Princes of Piedmont and Naples, and other petty and bigot ted despots of
Italy, no less than the Carlists of France and Spain, take so deep an in.
terest in this contest, and even contribute their respective pecuniary
quotas to feed a "mere civil war"—to support this revolting anti-social
effort—to supply the deficiencies in the exchequer of their type and re-
presentative, Don Carlos ?

No, Gentlemen, this is not a civil war. It is a war of principles ;it is

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part, and perhaps the most important part, of that great contest which
Mr. Canning so truly predicted would divide Europe. It is here, in

fact, obviously that the last struggle for absolutism and priestcraft in
Western Europe is actually carrying on ; and if the Ministers of Eng-
land had not interfered as they have done, and are triumphantly doing,
they would have betrayed the best interests of their country, those of
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their allies, the honour of their Sovereign, and the cause of liberty!
And for myself on this point I shall only say, that I shall ever feel
proud that you have permitted me to share, however humbly, in the at.
tainment of such useful and noble ends.
As to the state of affairs generally, I shall only observe with respect to
the head of the Government, the Queen Regent, that her excellent sense
and goodness continue to preserve to her, in all vicissitudes, the attach-
ment of her people; thus forming an element of strength. And with
regard to her Ministers, I should say that their manifest moderation,
steadiness, and judgment in surmounting extraordinary difficulties have
thus far, at least, won for them a meed of praise from all considerate
and candid minds, full of encouragement to their friends and of bitter
disapriointment to the enemies of their cause.
As to any detailed disquisition on this head, you will not, situated as
I am, expect it from me ; for I feel that beyond- the assistance we are
warranted by our own Sovereign, and by the confidence of the Spanish
nation, in giving to the constitutional throne of the Qucen, it is my

bounden duty not to interfere in the remotest degree with the internal
transactions in progress. It will be sufficient, generally, to add that the
parties on the one side are all the middle, the commercial, and the irate!.
ligent classes, both of town and country, without exception; the whole
of the proprietors, even of the insurrectionary districts, and, to their
honour we must add, even the nobles ; for there are only two among the
whole nobility of Spain who have joined the revolt. On the other side
there area few personal followers of the bigotted Prince, the monkish
orders for obvious reasons, a part of the regular clergy, and the very
poorest and most easily misled portion of the peasantry.
To this we must add the secret and now fast diminishing aid before
touched upon from abroad; the opinion carefully propagated amongst
the ignorant that the Government of France is favourable to Don Car-
los; and, above all, the adventitious support of the Basques, who are be-
coming weary of the war, but whose support is now enforced by the
most rigorous punishments. But a few days since the father and
mother of a deserter from their ranks were shot near Villafranca. This
is their frightful system to intimidate the doubtful or wavering.
From the above, however, you will perceive that the preponderance in
favour of reform must be irresistible.

There is now a painful topic to which I must advert. The Durango
decree remains in lull force, as may, indeed, be well supposed, since
the Bishop of Leon and Moreno, the assassin of Boyd and Torrljos,
are the Pretender's very appropriate chief civil 'and military advisers.
Under the operation of that decree five of our men have been recently
put to death I--two near Bilboa, three near Vittoria. Though opposed
to a singularly crafty enemy in the midst of their own defiles, we have

never lost by capture or surprise the smallest detachment. But indivi-
dual soldiers of the Legion have at various intervals missed their way, or"
straggled from our cantonments or lines of march. In every instance
they have been shot on the following day by the peremptory order of
Don Carlos. The numbers who have thus met their fate now amount
altogether to above fifty. We have, or we have not, entered the Queen's
army by a lawful authority : if the King's Order in Council were such,
and there cannot be a doubt that it was, then have we forfeited none of
the claims of British subjects to the care and protection of our Govern-
ment and Legislature. But it is under no such narrow, technical,
or legal grounds that I would chiefly consider this subject; it is the out.
rage on the humane usages of war among civilised nations, and the fla-
grant insult to the British national power, even yet morn than the per-
sonal cruelty inflicted on the victims, which appears to me most remark.
able in these repetitions of atrocity. We have abstained from all repri-
sals: I have also abstained from pressing the matter on the attention of
the Spauish Government, left it might be the means of provoking, in
their indignant sympathy, our good-hearted brother soldiers of the Spa..
nish army to retaliate in our behalf.

This, I believe, is the first instance of any such conduct being re.
sorted to against the subjects of a great power engaged in military ser.
vice under the full sanction of their Government.

Humanity seems to me to demand that a total impunity should not
warrant a recurrence to such conduct in future. It was my intention
to bring it before Parliament, and to have moved either a Resolution
of the House, or an humble Address to his Majesty, declaring in such
terms and form as may las applicable to the Infante Don Carlos (the
person responsible for these acts) as beyond the pale of civilization.
Such was the proceeding adopted in 1S l 5 towards one infinitely
greater, it is true, as a political offender, but far less odious personally.
Being now unable to take this step by reason of my absence, I appeal
through this statement to you, to the British public, and not merely to
the liberal Members of the House of Commons, but to the respectable
and well_thinking of all parties, for such redress in the matter as may
be deemed proper. Gentlemen, I write under *circumstances not very
favourable to composition, and have to apologise for prolixity. There
are still one or two points I would advert to, but as briefly as possible.
I can easily conceive that some of my friends may sometimes feel dis-
tressed at the continued torrent of aspersions which are poured forth
against the Legion, and the humble individual in command of it, and
some of which may have a semblance of truth. I beg of these friends
to feel perfectly at ease on this point, as I assure them they shall find
me prepared to meet to their satisfaction all commentators, whether
with goral or evil intent.

I have read with much pleasure the speeches delivered at the splendid
entertainment just given to the Members for Middlesex. The noble and
disinterested consistency of the one. and the indefatigable, unparalleled
utility of the effortsof the other, render them worthy of every possible
mark of the public esteem. I was much gratified also by the ardent
wishes expressed by the influential speakers on that occasion, that all
Reformers, of every shade, waving all minor difillences, should cordially
assist during the ensuing session in supporting generally the present Re-
form Ministry.

But I must hasten to a conclusion. I have frequently both in and
out of Parliament, expressed to you my opinion in favour of the policy of
the Quadruple Treaty. I have considered it not merely as calculated to
promote good government in the Peninsula, as well as of creating a last-
ing bond of friendship and union between these countr:es and England,
but also as being the basis of a league capable of affbrding a most desirable
counterpoise to the despotic alliance of the No.tb.
In a word, I am unaware of the era in the affairs of our country in
which the foreign policy of England had be. n of so decidedly a liberal
stamp But the great practical grievances which at the present mo-
ment appear most urgently to demand attention are those of Ireland ;
and if the Ministry continue to give satisfaction to the guardians of the
popular interests of that great portion of the State in regard to their
measures and intentions of amelioration in her institutions, then the
prospect of promoting the attainment of even this great practical good
would induce me to hope that the ranks of Retbrmers may still remain
tirrn and united.

With the expression of this wish, I have the honour to remain,

Gentlemen,
Your truly grateful and faithful servant,
St. Sebastian, Jan. 30, 1837. D. L. EN' AN4

Lady Frances Erskine, of Mar, died al her resi-
dence in the island of Arran last week, after an illness of
only a ftm hours. Lady Charlotte Frances Erskine was
the eldest daughter of the late venerable John, Earl of
Mar, and aunt to the present Earl of Mar and Nellie.

Monday morning an inquest was held on the body
of Mr. George Hall, of No. 19, Bennett-street, Blackfriars,
who destroyed himself by discharging three of the barrels
of a four-barrelled pistol through his head. Verdict—
" Temporary Insanity."

LUSUS NATUR.—A remarkable example of the
freaks of nature, or of what Blumenbach, for want of a better
name, canc.l the nisus forniativus', has occurred in the neigh-
bourhood of Truro within the last few days. A woman was
delivered of a full-grown male child, having two thumbs on its
left hand, but wanting all that part called in anatomical lan-
guage the head. The face was regularly formed, and the
eyes " perfect as optical instruments"' were but " sightless
eye. balls," as dna cerebral mass was entirely wanting. A flat
fleshy structure in which might be detected the rudiments of
the lobes of the brain occupied the usual place of the base.
The child cried lustily several times, and lived twelve hours
after birth. In every other respect the child was well formed.
IVe,st Bt icon.

PRICE.N OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS,

A 6 URA NCE COMPAiiIES, SLC. &c. &C.

LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 10.
NumLer 'Diridend Price
of t er CANALS. per
Share:. Antrum. Paid. -Share
1,760 S per cent. Ashton and Oldham...Average 97/. 19s. sh. 142
1,482 4/. Ashby-de_lc..Zuncli Average 11:V. sh. 65
1.0r.0 Basingstoke lOOl. sh. 54
1,48.5 1.1. Brecknor k and Abergavenny 150. sh. 1(10
£4,009 1-16 sh. 9!. Ss. Birmingham, 1.16t1, share 9l/. & 711. 217
4,000 Ditto :rid Liverpool Juuct...l 51. sh. 104; pd 3-'1
6,!4) Bridgewater all.l. Taunton ....1001. sit. all pd 64
400 4/. Chelnicr and I:!ackwater Itk`l. sh. 14Y2.
501) 481. Coventry 'OOl. sh. 74'0
1,5 t 5
1,061- 41. os, Dudley ~.. 10111. sh. 78
..
0441 71. Derby 4041? sh. 120
20.0,0 Dintrhe and Mayne II/. I3s. Id. 2411. Pa 1524
3,57.11 04. Ellesmere and Chest, r...... Average 133/. sh. 484
031 441/. Erewash 'OW. sh. 54 0
1,297 0-4. Forth and Clyde Aseruge -14.01.14;5. sh. 604
11,!:00 10/. Grand .litne.'--- 10e/. sh. 208
2.!4440,1 1/. Grand Union 1001. sh. 2';
i 3,4 (;;3111.1 Surrey
100,,To(Y. U. per cent. Ditto (el:trona!) Loan !NU, 70
3,4E4; Grand Western
6. 0 13/. 10s. Bd. Glamorgarishire, Average cost 170/. 13s. 4d. 230
749 10t. Grantham 1544. sh. 202
6,234 I/. 15s Huddersfield Average 57/. ris. 6.1 sh. 35
100 Kensingf -dr lo.lsh. all pd. 10
25,:;28 I/. 2s. Kennet z. 141 Avon, Average 39/. 1/36.10d. sh. '22
2,497; 20/. Leeds and Liverpool 100/. sh. 530
5151 12/. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 195
1,897 41. 10s. Leicester and Northampton... Aver '23/. !rm. 77
2,400 10/. Monmouthshire 100/.sh. 200
54) 14)1. Melton Mowbray 1001. sh. 20)
50.) '251. Mersey and lrwell 100/ sh. 565
3,000 I/. 10s. Macclesfield 100/, eh. all pd. 54
247 17/. Neat h lOO4 sh. 325
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1,786 301. Oxford . to'!, sh. 58 4
2,400 5/. Peak Forest ‘verage about 79/. sh. 104
21,113 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16s. si!d. sh. lii
5,649 6/. per rent. eitichdale average Sid. sh. 1 9
500 81. - Shropshire f. 51. sh. 140
SOO Di. Ills. Somerset Coal !VV. sh. 151
3,0441/. 44 p,r cent. Ditto 1 ock Fund Stink • lO/. 10s. sh. 114
700 40/. Staltlird and Worcester l4O/. sh. 730
500 01. Shrewsbin y lO5l. sh. 243
300 8/. Stourbridge
3,647 21. Is. Stratford-on- Avult ...Average 791. 9s. tsd. sh. 54)
533 121. Swansea lOW sh. (2•20
3,7412 1/. Is. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av 351. sh. 194
2,6045 n. 321. Ws. Trent ant ;Mersey, 4 share 1001. sh. 555
8,149 .-,,,,... ..... Thames tad Medway...Aver. 191;55. 20. sh. 2
1,0005h.1 , Warwick aad tiirmingham ' 1001. sh- 250
I.ooolsh. -"'
910 126. Warwick and Napton lOOl. sh. 138
6,000 41.0 i. Worcester and Birmingham...Av.7Bl. Si. sh li2
5,000 225. Wilts an.. Berka .. Average 671. 10s. 43.1. sh. 21
800 31. Wyrley and Essington , 125/. sh 75
126 Wisbeach 1051. sh. 45
905 1/. Wey and Arun llOl. sh. 221
DOCKS.

2,000& }an c. Commercial OOOl. sh. 56
1,06.;i5h. ..
49:3,667,1/. 6 per ct. East India Stock 114
11.2:39,3101/. st.s. rt. ct. London Stock 56/
Ditto Bonds
10'30,0004 Si. per ct. West India
2;201 2/. Ith. Bristol
64,3241. i/. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts IIS
1,152,752 4p .r cent. St. Kathatilio Stock 92
500,000 4{ per cent. Ditto Bonds ..... ......„..
200,000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years ................«...., IOO
Shoreham 11:it hour
2.500 ~,..... Deptford Pict .01. sh. ii. pd
B Itli)G ES.

1,600 lfs. flammersm,tl. 5Ol. sh. 20
7,t31 Southwark, Old Av. 03/. 'ls. 3d. sh. 2
1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 7; per cent....—.... 5111.511. 14.
5,000 Waterloo lOOl. sh. 5
5,000 !Ss. ed. Ditto, Old Annuities of W. 6Ol. pd Ism
5,000 16s. 4d, Ditto, Nev Ditto of 71..... 4Ol. pd 15i'
60,000/. W. per cent. Ditto Bonds ....... ..... llB
0,000 17s Vauxhall Avlrage 701. 10s. 3d. oh. 161
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