The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-08 00:00:00

I,"T PIiBLIC JOURNALS.

T' is Bishop of Exeter did pot receive much encouragement
-t nia'..t to continue his p) nlippics against the Poor Law
nicrenf:nt Bill. The No) ole Lords of the Right Rev. Pre-
]; te. s own pmy either l zft House soon after his rising, to
le,p it their disapprobatiort or his invective, or flatly contra-
il' cted him. The Duke of Wellington, in his usual manly
a)3 open manner, declared, I must say, that I approve of
1:::e measure so far as it has gone hitherto, and as I have wit-
• ssed its operation. Ido not talk of what I have seen gene-
▪ ; I talk of the detail aof the management of the Bill-
-Irom having witnessed th it management in different work-
} ,uses in different parts o f the country in which I have re-
, ded." Having specified a number of the beneficial results
• the Bill, his Grace 4concluded with the following ern-
✓atic declaration :—" I say, my Lords, that this Bill
ins produced these benefits, and, being convinced that
it will effect still greater benefits, I should be ashamed
• f myself if I did not step forward and avow at once
any sentircemts, respecting it. I avow at once that
supported the Bill at the time that his Majesty's Ministers
)-: oposed it—(Hear)—that I do not repent of what I did on
tat ocea..on in so supporting it—(Cheers)—but, on the con-
Imry, that I rejoice in the part I then took, and that I now
on grAtulate his Majesty's Ministers on its success."—( Loud
he er 1 Lord Brougham intimated in very plain terms to
the 'Right Rev. Prelate that he had both mistaken himself and
wnistaken his audience. He had mistaken himself, for he
adfeeted to entertain no hostility to the Bill, whereas he was
:hostile to every part of it. He was against the power of the
.jommisiioners, and the mode in which it was exercised ;
he was against the bastardy clauses ; he was against the work-
/souse system ; he declared the law to be " unjust," " cruel,"
4" contrary to all principle," " oppressive," " uncharitable," and
unchristian." The Noble and LearnediLord said, "He

.felt, as one of the promoters of this measure, whose san-
guine expectations had been more than realised ; but he also
Yelt great pleasure, under the grievous denunciations pro-
nounced by the Right Reverend Prelate, from the reflection
-that persons holding the same rank and station with him no
longer appeared there to sustain his sentiments." The Bishop
Exeter is naturally a demagogue, possesses considerable
rower over the ;,fissions, and would be a dangerous incendiary
times when Swing is in the ascendant. ,He could not feel
ranch at his case under the dignified reproof of Lord Mel-
'bourne, and the bitter sarcasms of Lord Brougham, to say
rothing of his abandonment by his party. Lord Mel-
bourne's speech was every way _worthy of a statesman.
His Lordship spoke with merited contempt of the dis-
graceful advantage which has been taken of the Bill
toe electioneering purposes by the Tories. " I can-
not, my Lords," observed his Lordship, " express the
,arrow and regret that I have felt, when I con-
eider the complete absence of political feeling and party
epirit that prevailed when this subject was debated in your
Lordships' House (the same spirit that ought to prevail in the
eidrainistration of such a law), wheti nothing occurred in that
c:clate which could extend a bad feeling from this House to
~ther parts of the country ; considering this, I have, my Lords,
been very sorry to see that popular feelings should be at-
terei,ted to he roused against this Bill—that the operation
.if such a Bill should he; used for political purposes.—
`.wear, hear.) That they should have been so used at the
:ustings I exceedingly regret, because I think that the Bill
lles been attended with the greatest advantage to the country."
—( fLar, hear.) And yet we find the Chairman of the
Aiirtellesex Magistrates, Sergeant Adams, who ought to have
see a very different example, endeavouring to inflame the peo-
-nle against a law which, according to the leaders of the Tories,
leis been one Ur the, most beneficial measures ever passed by a
Leg islaturc.—lllooting Chronicle.
Our commercial advices from Liverpool, dated on Wed-
needay, are more than usually important. On that day a
Ovate meeting of merchants was held in the Town-hall. The
.vas not formally called, but the parties assembled from
lns which ha I been porsenally gisen in the course of
There were upwards of thirty gentlemen
see • ..g repre3entaVves of all the mercantile in-
s: rests in the port. Mr. Jehn Cropper, jun., Was called to
the c.i;!t-, and Ale. Joseph Sanders addressed the meeting.
le briefly statfl that at a p....tiod like the present, when di,;tress
,‘ its so goff:ral, it was, if; his opinion, the duty of every man,
• -ta w.,t require assimatice himself. to come forward
;our to procure as,istateo for his friends and neigh-
Fle hen descaoted on the present depressed state of
and commerce. and described the kind of assistance
classes might require, to enable them
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rnINCE CANIBACEItEs, Till': SECOND CON-
le;-theorring "Evenings with Prince Carnba-
t e.('s" comprise the revelations nizie by certain distinguished
e,set:ages ( iends of the Prince), who regulatly meet at
los house, ,_,id relate the particulars of the runark.dale events
have come under their experience. The work, a:,cord-
-I,:gly, abounds with stories, adventures, and anecdotes of an
a•• usually various kind. The fol-bwing have been named to
a., as a few of the suhjecta presented :—The Early Life of
co..nection with the liegicides—Disclosure of
the circumstances that led to the Death of the Kin,* and
(.4twen......._The Parisian Vampire--Parisian Thieves and
Pretended Prince and the Jcweller_ltotes_
rierre and a Royal Princes=—Extraordinary Police Anecdotes
),,lated by the Duke of Otranto (Fouclie)—The Gariwgia
Family, a Romance of Toulouse—The Female Assassin—
The Secluded Chateau—The Man of Fate, &c. In short,
lie lover of entertainment will find abundant gratification for
Lis taste in those pii,uant voltimcs.
-BURKE'S HISTORY OF TIIE LANDED GENTRY.
—This work, which, in its larger and more expensive. form,
Las given proof of its value, is, by the cheaper republication,
bought within the means of a numerous class, who will
tinubtless be glad to avail themselves of the rich fund of in-
lormatiort it contains. The Landed Gentry of England are
s(7, Wcsely wrought up with the stirring records of its eventful
I.tc,tory, that some acquaintance with them is a matter of ne-
tessay shit the historical student, the speculator in politics,
znd the curious in topographical and antiquarian lore ; and
evert the very spirit of ordinary curiosity will prompt to a de-
t.:re. to trace the origin and progress of those families, whose
i.,flaence p,-rvailes the villages and townships of our land.
This wolk abounds in interesting anecdote, displays deep
I,!storical research, and must rank among the first class of
hoc publications which elucidate, or connect themselves with
the auirls of our country; and, as such, is indispensable to
the Ithrary of every gentleman.
HUMAN LIFE. BY TIIE AUTBOR OF " TRE-
blAixE.."—" The author of these remarkable narratives, al-
though he must be ranked by this composition among the
Iternest and most scrutinizing (and certainly among the most
r
owerful and accomplished) painters of human nature, is also
a devoted and intellectual lover of it, and evidently worships
fondly, where he severely criticises. The evil he indeed lays
bare with a master's hand, and dissects society with the ease
and precision of one in whom great natural powers are con-
trantly aided in their application by a thorough knowledge
and deep and varied experience of the windings of his sub-
lect ; but that the 'good is as hundreds' is quite as clearly
implied by the glimpses of it which we everywhere obtain, by
the cheerful light which is continually breaking upon his page,
1y the purity of his literary taste, by the healthful character of
}is moral reflections, and by the several portraitures of undis-
ruised and unmisgiving virtue with which his delightful narra-
tives are adorned."—Court Journal.

THE GEnNIAN PRINCE IN AFRICA.—It were a
work of slicer supererogation (obcervcs the Atherireum) to act
the part of gentleman usher, or groom of the chamber, to this
'universally known, most locomotive and journalizing of Ger-
)nan Princes. Enaugh to say, that Prince Puckler Moskva,
or—as he is pleased to affect a disguise—Semilasso, has trans-
term(' himself—ears, eyes, and pen inclusive—to Africa, and
an his new work, " Semilasso in Africa, presents us with a
).icture sketched in his usual lively style, of Algiers, under its
actual aspect of commingled and splendid Oriental barbarism,
and French unpoetic civilization and polish. Semilasso made
some excursions from Algiers : one with a French detach-
rient ; another into what may be called the out-works of
i.rount Atlas, under the protection of an Arab chief, a ci-devant
cbb,:,r, now the Caid of his tribe. His descriptions are very
rood, and so are his sketches of Arab hospitality. Those
ss ho read the German Prince's work upon England—sod
vie know not a- more popular and entertaining book—will
be still more delighted with his adventures in Africa, re-
counted in these entertaining volumes.