The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-21 00:00:00

EVENING EDITIONr.

tion of the Magistrates was also read from the Journal,
and was received by the crowd with hisses. I requested
they would behave themselves peaceably, and also that
they would not obstruct the footpaths, and said that the
proclamation would be sheer nonsense, if they took my
advice ; but, if not, they would render themselves
tin of
to, a
obnoxiouse to the local act, which prohibited any obstruc-
tilehignhlh
a3;s.e
sameT hi
advice s haadbeeeengifvreerenstlayeh before
alluded was
the determination of the people to obey the law, that
if a vehicle presented itself they would open, for the
purpose of allowing it to pass without obstruction.
untilmoeled ti intnghgest
hienmt opinionle
couldeß of
The
ul
theib-rei nCtgaoknwevneer,ne
at isoaindt ,joeuarnthede
rothisrineitghy eti,.
was expectedpl to ar-
rive in Birmingham on the following Monday. I was
deputed to ascertain the opinion of the Convention. The
opinion of the Convention, as a bode, was not obtained,
but individual members of it advised that the meetings
should not again be held in the Bull-ring, hut at Hol-
loway-head. Accordingly, meetings were held on Tues-
day, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings at Tiollowav-
head. On the latter evening the meeting adjourned
from Holloway-head to the horse-market in Smithfield,
on account of the former place being inconvenient], (14_
tent from the populous parts of the town. Tile people,
very generally, left Holloway-head and went to Smithfield.
There were about 2,000 present, being about four times
the number which were at Holloway-head. I addressed
them in Smithfield, by was' of commentary, on several
articles which I read from Tdc Sun, and from
the Cheltenham and Birmingham newspapers. No
chairman was appointed, and no resolutions were
passed. There were no banners, and the people
were quiet. In my address I particularly cautioned
the people to be circumspect in their conduct, as I had
no doubt there were London policemen in disguise
among them. At the meeting at Holloway-head en
the previous Monday, a friend of mine, resident in
London, and who had been in the police force there,
pointed out to me a man in the waggon from whence
the speakers addressed the meeting, who, he said, was
one of the London police. He was in plain clothes.
I saw this same man again in Smithfield on the night
in question, which induced me to give the advice I
have stated. The people seemed surprised, and cried
cut, " Where are they ?—where are they Y' I re- I
fused to point them out, but again exhorted them
to be peaceful, as by that means they would render
them of no avail. This meeting separated about
half-past nine, perfectly peaceable. On the following
(Friday) morning, about three o'clock, I was arrested.
I was in bed. The officers who came for this pur-
pose were the two town constables ; the two London
policemen whom I had seen at the meeting the pre-
vious evening ; Hall and Spittle. of the Birmingham
police, and two watchmen. I demanded the warrant
under which they arrested me. No warrant was pro-
duced from first to last, and they end not say they had
one. They said it was sufficient for me to know that I
was arrested. I expressed no unwillingness to go with
them, but protested against their proceedings. Though
they had no search warrant, 1 gave them libetay to
search the house for any purpose they might think fit.
They did so ; and some letters, papers, and books
were taken. I was conveyed to the Police-office, and
the following day committed by the Magistrates upon
the evidence of the two London policemen, on a
charge of sedition. I was admitted to bail—myself
in 200/., and two sureties in 100/. each, which I pro-
cured on the spot, and was released. The charge against
me by the police was, in general terms, that I. in-
cited the people to repel force by force, and that I had
recommended them to take forcible possession of the
Town Hall, provided their meetings were interfered
with. The evidence of the policemen was false, as
respects the Town Hall, and was inaccurate as re-
gards the other part of the charge, inasmuch as
it did not state the conditions with which I quali-
fied such language ; those conditions being that the
people should always act peaceably and in confor-
mity with the lew ; and that if the law was broken
towards them, they would he justified in repelling
force by force. There were two other persons,
Messrs. Hardy and Brown, who were also charged
nith using seditious language at these meetings.
The circumstances under which I was arrested
were stated at public meetings held in different
parts of the town on the same day. I did not
attend any meetings after this until the 4th of July,
when I attended the meeting in the Bull-ring. The
meeting assembled a few minutes before eight in the
evening. There were from SOO to 300 present ; and
there was not at any time more than this number pre-
sent. There were several flags; and a banner. Some
of them were inscribed, but what the inscriptions ware
I never noticed. No chairman was appointed. A
person was addressing the meeting when I got there,
commenting upon an article which he had been reading
front the Birmingham Advertiser, which had been bor-
rowed from me for this purpose. His address was of a
peaceable kind ; he exhorted the people to be peaceable,
more particularly in their processions through the town,
which they had been in the habit of forming after
the meetings broke up in the evening, during the
past fortnight. There was no obstruction whatever
offered that evening to the traffic, passing up and
down. About twenty-five minutes to nine one of
Piekford's railway vans passed from the end of Moor-
street across the Bull-ring, and along Bell-street, at
the rate of about seven miles an hour, and within ten
yards of the person who was then addressing the meet-
ing. without the slightest 'obstruction or impediment.
My object in attending this meeting wits as follehws
—I knew that parties were in the habit of attending
who were averse to the holding of these meetings, and
were in connection with the Magistrates, and I attended
for the purpose of observing if any obstruction was of-
fhred, in order to lay information against these parties,
who usually placed themselves upon the footpath and
carriage-nay on the Market Hall side of the Monument,
where most inconvenience was likely to be felt, and
would be more easily offered, from the comparative nar-
rowness of the road. Two men, named Nesbitt and
Smallwood had been, a short time previously, committed
by the Magistrates to Warwick, for reading in the
bull-ring, by which crowds were assembled, and it was
said the traffic was obstructed. When they wet e com-
mitted, I applied to Mr. Muntz, who was sitting on the
bench, to give his opinion as to the legality of the meet-
ings, expressing a willingness to abide by his decision,
and to remove the meetings if it were shown to us how
they were illegal. He said it was not his province to
give an opinion, but it was his duly to punish us if we
broke the law, or words to that effect.
The Committee here adjouined, and it was arranged
that the remainder of Mr. Fussell's evidence should he
taken on Thursday.

A DISCOVERY.—One of the London reporters
at the tournament says very learnedly of the county cf A) r
The county round about is well cultivated, and appeals
full of inhabitants." We suppose cur Cockney bioiher
expected to find the fertile districts of the Lowlands pre-
senting nothing but barren rocks, with a few miserable in-
habitants running like goats among the crags, and arrayed
in kilt and philabeg ! We remember bearing of an old
gentleman who visited Inverness a few years ago, and who,
when looking around on our beautiful and flourishing fields,
lifted up his hands in amazement, exclaiming.....“ Bless
me, you have cJrn growing here the same as in East
Lothian ! "—lnverness Courier.

BATTLE OF To uLous E.—The politica! journal
of Toulouse contains an account of the circumstances at-
temitng the visit of the Duke of Orleans to that town. The
Price of csurse, visited the field of battle, and was at-
tended by Marshal Clause), who explained the positions
and details of the action. At the clone of their conversa-
tion, and in the: presence of all, the Prince asked—" Was
the Marshal aware of the events of Paris ?" " Most cer-
tainly," replied Marshal Clausel, "and Le did cell to pre-
tend net to credit them. Wellington tent an officer to ac-
quaint him with peace being concluded, hut without any
official document from the great army. The Marshal sent
him back, saying he might shoot him according to the laws
of war." " Tha'," rejoined the Mince, "is the most cha-
racteristic trait of the battle. Marshal Scult gave a noble
example in not withdrawing. It was an act of petriotistu
and devotion." Such is the judgment passed on theuecless
slaughter of. 20,000 men after peace was signed, by the.
French Marshal's pretending not to believe the tact of
which he was duly informed. Heaven defend us from
princely and military morality. !
Letters from Malta to the 6th instant mention
the arrival of the Levant steamer. Wireu the steamer
passed Tenedos the following ships of war were at anchor
there :—English—Ten ships of the line, namely,
the
Princess Charlotte, the Rodney, the
ißellerophon,eNioniebeiiot,hlee
Asia, the Minden, the Pembreke, the vanguarc,
I the
Ganges, the
anteast,ion,
Pewcrful, and the Implacable. French—
Eight ships of the line, namely, le Jena,
Triton, l'Hercule, le Jupiter, is Trident, le Ge
fib belonging tlh4e twoi.rin. br there eaveerreeuaxi and le biademe. Besides the foregoing,
sloops, and
sloop and two steamers at Constanti"n6orei
brigs,
in alli a
force of 32 vessels. There were, r-,
(I
Constantinople, r:
anothera
ni 1
satzeicalmwerr (~
glish sloop at Smyrna ; and the French }bad a brie in the.
Dardanelles, a steamer at Constantinople, a sloop at Bey-
youth, and a brig at. Alexandria. The Austrian
Commo-
dore Bandiera was at Smyrna, with a frigate arid two
smaller vessels, having deteched a sloop tnAlexandria.
INCIVILITY OF TIIE PARISIANS IN THE
STREETs.—Some evenings ago, as an English gentleman
was walking with a friend througb the Rue St. Honore,
they were jostled be three men of the lower orders at the
corner of the Rue de l'Echelle, and, on their complaining
cf such conduct, one of the assailants took a cane out of
the hand of the English gentleman, and struck him over
the face several times, whilst another hit his empanion so
violently in the mouth as to break one of his teeth. For-
tunately a patrol of ,the police was passing at the time:, and
arrested the offeradds, who, it it to be hoped, will be well
' punished forieriiir conduct. We cannot help observing
i that in no guropean capital is there so little eecomeneda-
-1 tion and civility shown to each ether by passengers in the
sticets as in Paris.—Galignani. [Thq,naine of the Eng-
' lists gentleman is Mr. Horley. Our Contemporary is
quite right. The Parisian pedestrians ere irredeemable
ruffians, and they do not even spare ladies. It is quite a
. ; vulgar error to speak of, the Parisian politesse, whicii is of
the most selfs'e nature.] '
i The Odessa Journal mentions that the NV ife of
' : an inhabitant of Kertch, named Zaitcheuka, has been de-
-1 livered of three well constituted male children, who. as
wet! as their mother, are doing eeil. This tame woman.
. who is aged 40 years, bad already had twelve children, five
• of whom have died.

"GRAND DEVONSHIRE CONSER

SERVATIVE FESTIVAL.

1 The Conservatives have been feasting their followers
at Collumpton, and yesterday there was to be
another feast, to which it is said more than a thousand
electors were invited. Tire record of these well-under-
stood Tory tactics has been sent to the newspapers in
the Conservative interest, where it is introduced in the
Mowing terms :
~ The Imeg-expected Conservative demonstration in
the county of Devon took place last Wednesday even-
ing at Collumpton. All the Members for, and the elite
of, the county were present. The proceedings excited
the most extraordinary interest. Their object was two-
fold ; first, to celebrate the recent triumph of Conserva-
tism, by which the whole county representation has
keen rescued from the grasp of the Whigs; and, se-
condly, to adopt those measures of united and energetic
action at the ensuing registration, and in preparation for
the pected general election, which, it is confidently
anticipated, will enable almost every borough in Devon 1
to sweep away the last remnants of Whiggery from the
representation of this large and important county.
For this purpose it was thought desirable to concentrate
at one great meeting all the leading electors and Conser-
vatives in the eastern portion of the county, and a great
number accordingly repaired to Collumpton, from Exe-
ter, Tiverton, Honiton, Plymouth, independently of a
large body of the electors of the eastern districts, both
of North and South Devon. From the results of the
inquiries which took place, it may be almost confidently
predicted that Lord Palmerston will in future have to
yield his seat for Tiverton to that excellent Conserva-
tive Mr. Beers ; that Honiton will no longer be neutra-
lised, but in future will return two Conservatives instead
of one ; that Exeter and Barnstaple are equally prepared
to vindicate the Constitution ; and that even Plymouth,
Devonport, and Totnes, will use their utmost exertions
to shake off their Whig fetters in the next struggle. In
order to complete all the ramifications of this spirited
' , arrangement, a festival, to which upwards of a thousand
electors of the western districts of the northern and I
southern divisions of the county have been invited, will
Itake place on Friday, at Lifton Park, the seat of Harris
Arundel, Esq., who has issued invitations for this mag-
nificent entertainment at his own expense, and thus set
'the Conservatives of the kingdom a splendid example of
i spirit and munificence.'
After this puff preliminary there follows a magni-
-1 loquent description dl' the " Procession," and of the
.' Banquet.'' We are duly informed that Sir John Ken-
naway, Bart., took the chair, and Sir A. S. Prideaux
Ne Vice Chair—that " on the right of the Chairman
sat Sir T. D. Acland, Bart., M.P., L. W. Buck, Esq.,
M.P., Sir Trevor Wheeler, Bart., Sir John Duntze,
Barr., George S. Thurston, T. H. Munro, Montague
)V. Beere, J. Beere, A. E. Gabriel, Esqrs. ; Revds.
Wm. Sykes, R. St. Leger, W. Barnard, C. Randolph,
I W. Flood, G T. Hall, M. Mules ; Colonel Lutterell,
Lieutenant Cull, R.N. While on the left of the Chair-
I man eat M. E. N. Parke', Esq., M.P., Sir J. Y, Buller,
IM.P., Sir T. Duckworth, Bart., Lieut.-Gen. Sir G.
1 V. Aiiams, Baldwin, Fultord, R. Mules, J. Quicke, J.
Garnett, IV. Porter, Harris, Arundel, W. Gardiner,
Esqrs;. ; Revds. C. Sweet, B. M. Gardiner, G. Sweet,
&c. The cloth was rerno%ed, and speechmaking suc-
ceeded. We spare our readers the/ infliction of an
amount of senseless twaddle, unparalleled, we believe,
lis the, annals of Tory talk, prolific as they are in wilful
absurdities. The Conservatives of Collumpton have
etwevainly eisablished their claire to carry of from a
cr,mpeers the cap and bells.

The Scotsman claims an. actual gain to the Libe,
,Tali at Leith on the whole district of 42.
ts EJECTION OF TENANTS._\Ve have received
s !from our Duregarvan Correspondent an account of an
! ejection of tenants on part of the estate of Sir Nugent
.jumble, at Garrynagera, its the immediate vicinity of
Duegarvaie It appears tint Mr. Lewis Fitznassurice, a
itespectabin Protestant trades, of Denearvan, becanro a few
) : lean. ego the lessee of these !ands, under the Cour z,, dur-
-1 I i leg the rainqrity of Sir Nugent Humble. The, most
..theering aaticipations were entertained of the young Baro-
nets, of whose disposition report spoke most favourably ;
and when he had attained hi 3 majority, a surrender was
ceiered of these lands, by the tenant, on receiving re mune-
; ration for the crops in the ground. The answer of the
! :eouig Baronet was, that be should be advised in an_ . pro-
; ea:ceding he would take by b is uncle, Mr. Robert Po firer, of
f •Clasionure. Some time after an order was issued keen the
l. i'doils' Court, which ailowe d the tenant to retain possession
i snail rest November, upon giving security for the
l rent, tend tbtst the rent parable by the cottiers ors the
I :laud fur the dairy gee and, should be paid to the
Heronet. Mt. Fitzmauri ee accordingly waited upon his
! leadloid to express his re. .diness to comply with the odder,
though in himself he was a sufficient guarantee for inech
1 more than the liability iissiurred, and left him with the
im-
il pression that the matter etas satisfactorily arranged.
ffeev-
ever the very contrary a pioears to be the ca. se—for the Sl-he-
riff, acesompsnied by t bs. Baronet's agent, Mr.. Walter
Carew, made hie appear ante on the lands a fesv days ego,
and %knout any previous notice, to use our Correspondent's
! s; ords, " pitchforked outs on the high road,. bag and biggage,
Mr. H. Fitznraurice wed family, with some cottiers sand
their families, amounting to about forty in number." Mr.
- i Fitamaurice haying eat ered into the required securities
1 y et& lie had previousi y offered, was allowed repossession ;
but our Correspondent a sserts that "the unfortunate allay_
five cottiers, amongst e,:noin were two widows, were turned
i adrift on the world's wi h I waste, houseless, homeless, and
I shelterless. For two 1 ii, ghts the greater part of them bud-
died together in a bye. road—the hare ground their conch,
I and the heavens their• canopy—until Mr. Fitzmauriee,
I seeing that no shelter let is to be had for them, very kindly
gave them up his own IN :rn, where they are for the presezrt
located."- Tlpperary 1 ''ree Press.
) BALI.OO}I ASC.72NT—NARROW ESCAPE.--
( Tuesday night being. appointed for lighting the town of
Barking, Essex, for est. first time with gas, the day was
l spent with much fes to iity by its inhabitants. For some
days previously large s handbills were posted about the
place, announcing th it Mr. Gibson would make his ascent
on that evening in hi a " grand balloon," and all doubts on
this bead were remo seed by several witnessing the process
of initiation at the wanks lately hailt by the Barking Gig
and Coke Company- Notwithstanding the unfavourable
state of the weather,. vast crowds of persons assembled in
tike course of the afternoon to witness a scene to that
part of the country perfectly novel. The work of infla-
tion being completeal, at four o'clock Mr. Gibson, a friend,
and a Mr. Plows, ;a respectable tradesman in the place,
got into the car. .As the ponderous machine was gently
swinging about, on:c of its sides struck against one of dm
, poles fixed alonges..ide and slightly damaged it. M..
Plows perceiving this very prudently made the best of hLe
way out, while Mr. Gibson and his companion called out
to let the balloon go ; and, their wishes being complied
with, the machine ascended, but not to any great altitude.
It proceeded for about half a mile, when it appeared
evidient to the spectators that the gas was fast escaping.
On approaching the earth it became considerably col-
lapsed, and ultimately fell with great velocity. The bal
• loon fortunately descended in a turnip field belonging to
Mr. Hunsdon, at Uphall, and the aeronauts managed to
escape *hurt.
ea UTION.—A distressing and singular accident
has occurred from the effect of effervescing liquor. Mr.
Frewen, landlosd of the Stag and Hounds, Goring-heath,
Oxon, was lately opening a bottle of ginger-beer, by
gradudlly relaxing the cork, when, as is usually the case,
it was driven out to a considerable distance, but the con-
tents of the bottle flying violently up struck the centre ,f
one of Mr. Frewen's eyes, and we are sorry to say, corn--
pletely destroyed the sight. —Reading Mercury.
DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Tuesday even-
ing an inquest was held at the London Hospital, on Mary
Williams, aged 20, who died from arsenic, a large quantity
of which she swallowed at a street pump. John Dormer
stated that be knew deceased from seeing her come back-
wards and forwards to her brother's. Wednesday evening
he met her about seven o'clock, near the Salmon and Ball
public-house, Bethnal-green-road, and she told him she
had taken poison. He did not believe her, and after laugh-
ing at her went away ; about nine the same night he again
saw her in a different part of Bethnal-green-road, and she
repeated that she bad taken poison. Finding heOery ill he
assisted her to the next doctor's shop, when it was re-
commended that she should be taken to the hospital imme-
diately, which was done. During the whole of the time
that witness had seen her she did not exhibit the slightest
symptoms of a disturbed mind, or the least trace of insa-
nity. In reply to a question from a Juror as to the mode
of livelihood of the deceased, the witness said she was of
loose habits, but saanetimes got her living by silk winding.
The two sisters-in-law of deceased stated that she was of
:h1(4414 dieposieion—she used to start from home without
the °lightest cause, and remain away twelve months toge-
hsrerii:l nev.er used to tell her friends where she had spent
tellaptltykry"ir 14 what way. The Jury returned a verdict of
insanitv
Mosert iv.- •
received privat6a.DEo.—By the Maadeau, we have
July 124 Theltdvices from MonterLe%prednevtveehaeo, of the date of
Aso semaintjaZtint us that the blockade of Buenos
possible) Phan at at),
sent interruption of
. All intercourse laetween
lis strictly igsbidlde.li and
packets which may be allowed tolt
terms* between these
nor hettesaa It occurs in consequeneeeY
palled to cement ourselves with such
/
enforced more rigorously (if it be
ormriod since this illegal and imperti-
raAruceial intercourse was attempted.
affairse P:
ioerenat
t:::se
convey
Ayresulil
evn o s and.
gttanttut
ceeeMwrddeoaip;nns
aattdaasresnenweediVncengoigdtirneehnerse.o.
Tat the resi.
ii rumours of the state of
deals at Monte Video may have been enjorieeet o snatch or • •
1 glean. The President Rosas has condemned severalbofht.he THE NEW NOVEL. —" The stirring story—
! native inhabitants to be shot, suspected as they were Morton, •f Morton's Hope, opens in New England, at the
vof an unpatriotic intention to Lirther the designs of they E'en' Period just preceding the breaking out of the American
ropean invaders of the province. One person, of whom i;
is said that his station was exalted and his influence con. .it,' Warmoferlincdae.paetntdheen
surrender cear ror
fi e dGeneral
e rßmuarngyo,yantei d.
closes
h
siderable, has been assassinated, at the instance, as scones;illustrative of Unca-'s early character, and portray-
presumed, of Rosas himself. An expedition again at insd
ins the qualities and oddities of his uncle Joshua, and
Buenos Ayres is preparing, and the troops and shins ley his aunt Fortitude, are written with great humour and
the agency of which it is to be conducted, are assent- quaintness, quite worthy of the style of Washington Ir-
Wing at the ialand of Martin Garcia. That the ,armament '',.,ne.as th..-3 from America in disgust, and retires to Ger-
1"g. After being crossed in love, and other misfortunes,
u
' will be diserieched to the alleged place of i',3 des tinasiert
appears doubtful, since the Monte Videans, dishes rteilete
,many. His• accounts of the German students, their clubs.
tneeerl-vjourneyee nine duels, drinking Scbmollis, duels of
teethe recent vietories which Roses has achieved, and elk-
mayed at the unexpected and vigorous opposition with! w e
ivand.tyeehty-four gangs, Landesvater, and all the
which he has resisted the egregious demands of arrogant: otherarc
d -ersilohns ,'n the economy of German a:cadent life,
II
great spirit and fidelity.—New Monthly
foreigners amid the subtle duplicity of native traitors, enter
given Magazine. Y•— t
Omit re•lootently into the business of a campaign, the re- THE--
MONTJMENT.--In consequence of the
suit or which they have good reason to fear must issue ant
late fatal occurrence at the London Monument, such
their defert. The price o. provi,ione at Monte Video Ls. smorbeantly deer. Exchanee on London is quoted at -a6- alterations will speedily be made at the top of the column
i i as it will preventin. future the repetition of so appalling a
TROUBLES IN '
SWITZERLAND.—The BetessC i I .
circnmstaece. It is a curious fact, that when any sin-
, Gazette Of the 13th instant announces that disturber tees s
freler and rcninrkable event takes Place that absorbs the
lied taken place in the V,-.
. ' nee. One of the districts had '' - • it produces similar effects; •
fi it'll el masse against the r • and, therefore, it
constitution, and the i
,may be deemed advisable that, until the contemplated
g .nciermes having been sent t :ew
iliroclaim it, had been at.. •
ta•k by Cie people, One ,f t
elterations are made, no person should be suffered-to as-
public mind,
e gendarmes was killed
,1 tend tho
nuked everal pereons were weunded. Monument except the workmen.

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION.

rOO MUCH LATIN AND GREEK.—The bias
given to men's minds is so strong, that it is no un-
common thing to meet with Englishmen, whom,
but for their grey hairs and wrinkles, we might
easily mistake for schoolboys. Their talk is of La-
tin verses ; and it is quite clear, if men's ages are
to be dated from the state of their mental progress,
that such men are eighteen years of age, and not a
day older. Their minds have been so completely
possessed by exaggerated notions of classical learn-
ing, that they have not been able, in the great
school of the world, to form any other notion of
real greatness. Attend, too, to the public feelings
—look to all the terms of applause. A learned
man I—a scholar I—a man of erudition I Upon
whom are these epithets of approbation bestowed P
Are they given to men acquainted with the science
of government ? thoroughly masters of the geogra-
phical and commercial relations of Europe ? to
men who know the properties of bodies, and
their action upon each other? No: this is
not learning ; it is chemistry, or political eco-
nomy—not learning. The distinguishing ab-
stract term, the epithet of Scholar, is reserved for
him who writes on the fElic reduplication, and is
familiar with the Sylburgius method of arranging
defectives in w and ithi. The picture which a young
Englishman, addicted to the pursuit of knowledge,
draws--his beau ideal of human nature—his top
and consummation of man's power—is a knowledge
of the Greek language. His object is not to rea-
son, to imagine, or to invent ; but to conjugate, de-
cline, and derive. The situations of imaginary
glory which he draws for himself, are the detection
of an anapest in the wrong place, or the restora-
tion of a dative case which Cranzius had passed
over, and the never-dying Ernesti failed to observe.
[F a young classic of this kind were to meet the
greatest chemist, or the greatest mechanician, or the
most profound political economist of his time, in
company with the greatest Greek scholar, would
the slightest comparison between them ever come
across his mind ?—would he ever dream that such
men as Adam Smith and Lavoisier were equal in
dignity of understanding to, or the same utility as,
Bentley and Heyne ? We are inclined to think,
that the feeling excited would he a good deal like
that which was expressed by Dr. George about the
praises of the great King of Prussia, who enter-
tained considerable doubts whether the King, with
all his victories, knew how to conjugate a Greek
verb in
A very curious argument is sometimes employed
in justification of the learned minutite to which all
young men are doomed, whatever be their propensi-
ties in future life. What are you to do with a young
man up to the age of seventeen ? Just as if there
was such a want of difficulties to overcome, and of
important tastes to inspire, that, from the mere ne-
cessity of doing something, and the impossibility of
doing any thing else, you were driven to the expe-
dient of metre and poetry ; as if a . young man
within that period might not acquire the modern
languages, modern history, experimental philosophy,
geography, chronology, and a considerable share o
mathematics ;—as if the memory of things was not
more agreeable, and more profitable, than the me-
mory of words.
The English clergy, in whose hands education
entirely rests, bring up the first young men of the
country as if they were all to keep grammar schools
in little country towns ; and a nobleman, upon
whose knowledge and liberality the honour and
welfare of his country may depend, is diligently wor•
ried for half his life with the small pedantry o
longs and shorts. There is a timid and absuri
apprehension, on the part of ecclesiastical tutors.
of letting out the minds of youth upon dif-
ficult and important subjects. They fancy that
mental exertion must end in religious scepticism ;
and, to preserve the principles of their pupils, they
confine them to the safe and elegant imbecility of
classical learning. A genuine Oxford tutor would
shudder to hear his Young men disputing upon mo-
ral and political truth, forming and pulling down
theories, and indulging in all the boldness of
youthful discussion. He would augur nothing from
it but impiety to God and treason to Kings. And
yet, who vilifies both more than the holy poltroon
who carefully averts from them the searching eye of
reason, and who knows no better method of teach-
ing the highest duties, than by extirpating the
finest qualities and habits of the mind ? If our
religion is a fable, the sooner it is exploded the
better. If our Government is bad, it should
he mended. But we have no doubt of
the truth of the one, or of the excellence
of the other, and are convinced that both
will be placed on a firmer basis, in proportion as
the minds of men are more trained to the investga-
tion of truth. At present we act with the minds of
our young men as the Dutch did with their exu-
berant spices. An infinite quantity of talent is an-
nually destroyed in the Universities of England by
the miserable jealousy and littleness of ecclesiastical
instructors. It is in vain to say that we have pro-
duced great men under this system. We have pro-
duced great men under all systems. Every Eng-
lishman must pass half his life in learning Latin
and Greek ; and classical learning is supposed to
have produced the talents which it has not been
able to extinguish. It is scarcely possible to pre-
vent great men from rising up under any system of
education, however bad. Teach men demonology
or astrology, and you will still have a certain portion
of original genius, in spite of these or any other
branches of ignorance or folly.
When an University has been doing useless
things for a long time, it appears at first degrading
to them to be useful. A set of lectures upon poli-
tical economy would be discouraged in Oxford,
probably dispised, probably not permitted. To
o'i.scuss the enclosure of commons, and to dwell
upon imports and exports—to come so near to
cinvmon life, would seem to be undignified and
cointomptible. In ti.ie same manner the Parr, or
the Bentley of his day, would be scandalized in an
University to be put on a level with the discoverer
of a neutral salt ; and yet, what other measure is
there of dignity in intellectual labour, but useful-
ness and difficulty ? And what ought the term
University to mean, but a place where every sci-
ence is taught which is liberal, and at the same time
useful to mankind ? Nothing would so much tend
to bring classical literature within proper bounds
as a steady and invariable appeal to these tests in
our appreciation of all human knowledge. The
puffed up pedant would collapse into his proper
:size, and the maker of verses, and the rememberer
of words, would soon assume that station which is
the lot of those who go up unbidden to the upper
places of the feast..
We should be sorry, if what we have said should
,
appear too contemptuous towards ctassicai learning,
which we most sincerely hope will always be held
in great honour in this country, though we certainly
do not wish to it that exclusive honour which it at
present enjoys. A great classical scholar is an orna-
ment, and an important acquisition to his country ;
hut, in a place of education, we would give to all
knowledge an equal chance for distinction ; and
would trust to the varieties of human disposition,
;that every science worth cultivation would be culti-
vated. Looking always to real utility as our guide,
e should see, with equal pleasure, a studious and ,
in quisitive mind arranging the productions of nature,
itr vestigating the qualities of bodies, or mastering
the difficulties of the learned languages. We should
not care whether he were chemist, naturalist, or
scholar ; because we know it to be as necessary that
matters should be studied and subdued to the use
of man as that taste should be gratified and ima-
gination inflamed.—Sydney Smith.

The Loan MAYOR —Take care that you are mentioning
facts to me, for I shall represent your case elsewhere.
Kelly—l am telling the truth, my Lord, and shall be
particular in dates and all other matters.
The LORD MAYOR—Then you say you were sent away
from Bermuda against your wilt? Kelly—l complained to
the captain of the vessel that came to take us, that sending
me to England was worse than I was suffering in Ber-
muda, for I knew nothing of that country. I begged of
him to see and get me back to my native place, where
would have a chance of doing something once more ; but
he said that Mr. Capper's order was, that every man should
be conveyed to England. It would be a great deal better
for me if they kept me for life, for you see what I am obliged
to do here to get a meal of victuals. The Judge that sen-
tenced me said, " You are transported to Bermuda for your
natural life," and I wish he had kept his word.
The Loan MAYOR—If what you have mentioned be cor-
rectly stated, your case is a very hard one indeed. I shall
have your account taken down aid transmitted to Mr.
Capper.
Kelly—The name in which I was transported was James
Gordon. Your Lordship will find that all I have stated is
true. Mr. Capper, upon being applied to, said that he
could do nothing in the business, and that I must try to get
home to Montreal as well as I could. I have respectable
friends there in the grocery business, and could get into
society again ; and if your Lordship will help to restore me
to my relations, you will have the grateful remembrance of
an unfortunate stranger.
The Loan MAYOR-I shall certainly make the necessary
inquiry, and if I find you have not been attempting to de-
ceive me, you shall receive my assistance at any rate. In
the mean time you shall receive food and lodging at the
Compter.
The man then detailed all the particulars of his case to
one of the clerks, who prepared it officially, and transmit-
ted it by the direction of the Lord Mayor to the Secretary
of State's Office.