The Sun.
London, England, 1830-01-13 00:00:00

MEDICO-BOTANICAL SOCIETY.

The dismissal of Mr. Frost from the situation to
which he was so very recently appointed by his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, was al-
luded to at the meeting of the Medico-Botanical
Society. The circumstances attending it tire curious
and worthy of being recorded. Some short time
since Mr. Frost, as Secretary to the Royal Humane
Society, a situation he then filled, was directed by
the Treasurer of that noble Institution to wait upon
his Royal Highness, upon business connected with
the establishment. He was received with condes-
cending affability and kindness, and upon an applica-
tion made by Mr. Frost, was appointed one of the
Surgeons in ordinary. Mr. Frost then solicited the
Royal Deke to become President of the Medico-
Botanical Society, and stated that, at a general
meeting held, it was the unanimous wish of the
members that they should enjoy the high and dis-
tinguished honour of having that Illustrious Per-
sonage to preside over them. It was understood
by the Royal Duke, that since the death of his la-
mented brother, the Duke of York, the Chair
had not been filled ; under such circumstances the
signature of the Royal Prince was obtained to a
paper, purporting to accept the office, to another,
by which John Frost, Esq., and other gentlemen,
were appointed Vice Presidents. Mr. Frost then
proceeded to obtain his Majesty's sanction. It how-
ever happened in time to prevent a collision which
would have been indeed painful to the Royal Duke,
and to the present Noble and much-loved President,
that a circular, signed by the Earl as President, fell
into the hands of his Royal Highness; thus, cir-
cumstances, which ought not to have been kept
back, became known to the Royal Duke; the docu-
ments were instantaneously recalled, and the name
of Mr. Frost struck from the roll of his Royal High-
ness's Household.

It has been attempted to awaken some sympathy
for Mr. Frost, in consequence of the wish which
exists in the Medico-Botanical Society to eject that
gentleman, but when it is remembered wich what
vehemence he urged the expulsion of the first Bo-
tanist of the xge for writing an angry letter, and
when Lord Stanhope positively asserts that he was
on that occasion deceived by Mr. Frost, our feeling
in his favour is very much diminished.—llforning
Paper.

A melancholy instance of the effect of violent
passion occurred at Kingstanley, Gloucestershire, on
Monday night last. TleouAs WILKINS, a weaver, had
been requested by his mother, who is bedridden, to come
to her house to protect her from the violence she appre-
hended from her grandson, named JoieN Daliazura
who, with his wife, lodged in her house. It appears that
the old woman; ha-sing received no rent from her grand-
son, had desired them to get lodgings elsewhere, but he
refused and determined to keep possession of his room by
force. About half-past nine, DANGINFIZI,D, accompa-
nied by a sister, entered the house. Wurxxs, a sister,
and DANGERTIELD'S wife were in the kitchen, where a
quarrel immediately ensued between the women.
rose to part the combatants, when DANcitnrlcrm in-
stantly seized his uncle by the threat, and stabbed hint
deeply in the abdomen. Wiumrs fell to the ground,
while the nephew, wiping the bloody weapon, rushed out
of the house and effected his escape. Surgical assistance
was procured immediately, but the bowels were rut and
protruding through the wound, and the poor fellow lin-
gered till the night, when he died. The deceased was
a a'out healthy man, about 40 years of age, but timer-
lied. DANGERFIELD, who is yet at large, is about 26
years of age, and recently married. An inquest was held
upon the body yesterday, when a verdict of " Wiliul mur-
der" was returned against Jos or D
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;,; lONANTELLIGIENCE.
i~y.
• RENCH PAPERS
e 711c4ager des Chcanbres of Sunday.)
VIENNA, DEC.' hear of military measures
concerted between our Court an 1 that of St. Peters-
burgh, to maintain the monarchical principle in all
its purity in case of events in the western countries
of Europe. Others think that these frequent com-
munications relate to the affairs of Greece, which
are on the point of being definitively regulated.
This opinion is supported by the fact, that com-
munications no less frequent take place between
the department of Foreign Affair: and the Cabinet
of the Tuileries. However, it must be presumed
that something of the greatest importance is in
agitation, since our Government takes care to pro-
vide itself with great pecuniary resources, by means
of various loans. Scarcely had the last Metalliques
been negociated with the bankers of Germany and
Holland, when a new loan of thirty-six millions of
livres had just been opened at Milan. The Bonds,
at four per cent. interest, are in the German and
Italian languages, and the Coupons are payable at
Vienna and Milan.

For some time the Duke of Reichstadt has hardly
ever been seen in public, though the Imperial fa-
mily are now all together at Vienna. It is said that
this young man is more strictly watched than ever.
At the commencement of December, in a town of
Lombardy, a little pocket almanack was offered for
sale, in which there was a little poem, or rather
some stanzas, addressed to the Dulce of Reiclrstadt,
on the anniversary of his birth-day, he being 19
years old. This Almanack has been seized, so that
copies which have escaped are become a kind of
bibliographical curiosity.
MADRID, DEC. 31.—For some days past there
have been frequent meetings of the Ministers re-
specting the affairs of America. It seems that his
111,jesty, dissatisfied with the result of the expedi-
tion of Barradas, will have energetic measures taken
to repair this check. The Ministers are said to be
divided on this question ; some are of opinion that
Spain should make the greatest efforts and all ne-
cessary sacrifices to reconquer at least a part of its
ancient colonies; and it must be allowed that the
moment is favourable, since great troubles prevail
in Mexico, Peru, an.l Colombia. Other politicians
oppose this project; and it is evident, from the man-
ner in which the expedition to Mexico has been
conducted, that tue opponents have exercised an un-
happy influence on this operation.
(From the Journal des Debats of Saturday.)

PARIS, JAN. 9.—The Ordinance for t'se Convo-
cation of the Parliament is issued. Our first thought
is to bless the Royal wisdom—it has closed the
abyss of fear—it has placed a barrier against which
the follies of the Ministry will.be destroyed. Hence-
forward the future is our's, and the Ministers be-
long to it no more. They may cast their regards
behind if they will—they may remember the time
Avben they might every morning alarm the public.
Vain regrets! this time is past, never to return.
Between their intrigues and France, there is now
the Ordinance of Convocation. It is a Styx whiet
they cannot repass, and which encloses them face to
face with their judges.
(From the Constitutionnel of Friday.)

PARIS, JAN. B.—At length, after five months'
tergiversation, the Chambers are defiiitely convoked
for March 2. The Ordinance was published in
yesterday's Moniteur. 'I he Chamber of 1827 will
find it•eif opposed to a Ministry appointed to re-
venge the injuries of the deplorable Ministry which
it stigmatized. M. de Villele gill be revived in M.
de Monthel ; M. de Corbiere in M. Syrieys de May-
rinhac ;M. Clermont de Tonne-e, and even worse
in M. de Bourmont ; M. de Feyronnet in M. de
Guernon-Ranville; and the wl.ole congregation in
M. de Polignac. From this tine the insults against
the majority, so unworthily calumniated since
August 8, will cease as if by em-.hantment. It was
then proposed to dissolve the Chamber, and the
Ministry could not make the Chamber be regarded
in too unfavourable colours, which, according to it,
endangered the Monarchy and lied shaken the throne
to its foundations, threatenina„a all the Crowns of
Europe, which nobody but M. de Polignac could
secure on their heads.

Now every thing is changed. The sword of the
constituting power, which the or ans of the Ministry
suspended daily over the head ir France, is returned
to its scabbard. The right di v:7le is again banished
to the controversi( sat the time c he En!ish Resto-
ratioa —the Dictatorship is st,,.ed to the annals of
Republics—the Electoral Ct-,,?ges—regulated by
guns—sleep in the portfolios oj the Camarillo, and
the sublime discovery of the majo ty of POIVCrS, which
M. de Polignac favoured as a d'wuvre of politi-
cal transcendentalism, is till fresh orders, in
the catacombs of the Gazette.

TRIAL OF FILS DE i:HOMME.

COUR ROYALE OF PARIS, PRESIDLD BY M. SEGUIER,

JANUARY 7.—A great number of persons assem-
bled to-day to hear this trial; and among them a
Member of the English Parr :anent, and Count
Pahlen, with some other Russian Noblemen. It
was an appeal by M. Barthelemy, the author of the
Poem, and M. David, the printer, against the judg-
ment of the Correctional Tribunal, which sentenced
the former to he imprisoned three months, and to pay
a fine of 1,000 francs, and the latter to pay a fine of
25 francs. The Court, after hearing the eloquent
pleading of M. Merilhou, and it reply by the Ad-
vocate-general, confirmed • he sew ence of the Correc-
tional Tribunal as to ht. Bart lelemv, and pro-
nounced for the free discharge oi M. David, on the
ground that he did not act, in printing the poem,
with any bad intention.
(From the Courrier Francais of Friday.)

PARIS, JAN. B.—We inserted yesterday the con-
tradiction given by the English Papers to the state-
ments made by the Gazette, concerning a pretended
affiliation of some London personages on the Di-
recting Committee of Paris. The following is an
explanation of that miseralile pol,ce tale :—The four
English gentlemen, among whom were (tree Mem-
bers of Parliament, of whom was Lord Palmerston, in-
dulged themselves in very tree rerrnrks on the pre-
sent Ministry. One day Lord Rlmerston remarked
that the present Ministry was inimical to the feel-
ings of France, and prejudicial to England, since
the alliance resulting from it was of no usc, and that
national animosities, which had begun to relax, had
been revived. He also said, thot he would make
these facts an object of animadversion in his speech
on the Duke of Wellington. This remark, reported
by the spies who had been sent into the field, was re-
garded as a proof of a vast conspiracy, end that the
four English gentlemen were revolutionists sent by
the Directing Committee cf London, to form a con-
nection with the Directing Committet. of Paris.
The article in the Gazette was published to an-
nounce this important discovery to the worbi.
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, JAN. 9.—Five per Cents.,
10Sf. 90c. 80c. ; Three per Cents. 541. 80c. 7.3 c. 90c.
85c. ; Bank Stock, 1,595 ; Rentes de Naples, 92f.
60c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 83 ; Rentes d'Enrigne,62i;
llaytian Loan, 4401. Exchange on London,—(r.e month,
2511 60c. ; two months, '2sf. 45e.—Lours Authentique.

The FOREIGN LITERABI: GAZETTE, NO.
11. published this day, contains several remarkable papers;
among others, BUONAPARTE'S Measures and Orders by
which he deceived his Guards, and escaped from Elba (from
an unpublished MS. and hitherto unknown to his many
biographers and historians) ; further striking Extracts
from RENE CAILLIE'S Travels to Timbuctoo ; an inedited
Arabian Night's Tale, from a new version of these univer-
sal favourites ; the conclusion of the Adventures of the
famous Italian Bandit, GASPARONI ; Entertaining Anec-
dotes of TALLEYRAND; Baron de GRIMM'S Memoirs of
Himself, with curious and characteristic Extracts ; the pre-
sent state of Savoy and its itinerant Children; Original
CorrespondeLce ; Bibliographical Notices of important
Publications; Proceedings of Learned Societies abroad;
Works in the Continental Press ; and a variety of other
N i ovelties nteresting to every class of readers. Published,
every Wedresday, by W. A. SCRIPPS, 7, Wellington-
street, Strand, and to be had of all Booksellers, Newsmen,
&c, price 10d. or Is. stamped.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1830.

The French Papers of Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday have only been received last night,
owing to the inclemency of the weather. They
contain no particular news. Extracts will be
found in another column.

According to Frankfort Papers of the 6th
January, before Prince LEOPOLD is appointed
King of Greece, a Congress of Plenipotentiaries
must first assemble at Vienna to adjust that and
other matters connected with the new kingdom.
The elevation of the Prince is considered pro-
bable at Vienna, and yet we arc told by a Morning
Paper that the Prince has actually declined the
proffered honour :

(From the Neckar Journal )

VIENNA DEC. 2°.

Though it becomes more and more probable that Prince
Leopold of Saxe Coburg may he the Sovereign of Greece,
it is certain that, before such a nomination takes place,
Plenipotentiaries from the principal Courts of Europe will
assemble in this Capital, to arrange this and other impor-
tant matters. At the same time with a Greek Monarch
the legations of the several Cabinets will go to Greece, in
order to give the new State that importance, and to place
it in the situation usual among friendly powers.

7.1-AY-EISCE, JAN. 1.

Yesterday the Very Rev. M. M. Burg, newly appointed
Bishop for the diocese of Mayence, arrived in this city,
and proceeded to the Episcopal Palace, which was pre-
pared for his reception. The most ardent wishes of the
Catholics of this country, who saw with regret the oldest
church in Germany deprived of a superior for 11 years,
are now fulfilled. It is most fortunate that the choice has
fallen on a man who is endowed with extensive knowledge
and has the will and the power to promote the good of the
Qock entrusted to his care. In a country where, on an
extent of 20,400 square miles, 160 Christians of two
different confessions reside who are mixed with each other,
not only in town• and villages, but often in churches and
schools, in houses, and families, much prudence, forbear-
ance, knowledge of mankind, and philanthropy, are
required to prevent collisions that often arise from the
most trifling causes.

MUNICH, JAN. 1.

Some Journals, in addition to the news that the Nea-
politan Court will come het e, with a numerous suite, on
their return to Naples, mention a report of an intended
marriage of the Crown Prince of Naples. This Prince,
however, is not in company with their Majesties, as these
Journals intimate, but has remained at Naples, as his fa-
ther's representative.

FRANKFORT, JAN. 4.

According to an official notice, issued by the Govern-
ment of Venice, the opening of the free port is to take
place on the Ist of February.
FRANKFORT, J. s.—Exchange on London, two
months, 1511.

We had intended to make some remarks upon
what took place at the Surrey Sessions respect-
ing the Game Laws, but must defer them for
want of room till to-morrow. The Game Laws
are a disgrace to the country, and are productive
of more crime and misery than all the other laws
put together.

Mr. WILMOT NORTON, in consequence of
the continued indifference of the public to de-
tails on the subject of pauperism, has printed a
correspondence which lately took place in Paris
between himself and Mr. POULETT THOMSON,
from which it appears that, far from having given
up his point, he intends to move early in the session
For a Committee of the whole House, to
" inquire into the State of the Poor of the
" United Kingdom."
On the 4th of June last five resolutions, embo-
dying the reports of the Emigration Committee,
were put, pro forma, on the Journals of the
House ; the first four expressing the unemployed
condition of a large portion of the able-bodied
population, and the possibility of ameliorating
it only either by an increase of funds or a dimi-
nution of the supply of labour ; and the fifth,
declaring the expediency of adopting measures
to remedy the evil. Emigration has, therefore,
not yet been determined by Parliament to be
desirable ; and, although the four first resolu-
tions are generally admitted to be true, it still
remains for Mr. WILMOT HORTON to show
that a removal of the poor to the colonies is the

best method of checking the growth of pau.

perism.

The great difficulty in this question always
has been, and still seems to be,—that there is no
certainty that the voids made by emigration will
not speedily fill themselves up ; on the contrary,
judging from the rate at which population is al-
ready advancing, and from experience of the ra-
pidity with which unusual mortalities by plague,
famine, &c., have constantly been followed by
an increase of births, that have made up for the
vacancies, the affirmative of the question seems
the more probable conclusion. We wait, how-
ever, the explanation promised by Mr. WILrIoT
HORTON on this head.

If a scheme for the promotion of the growth
of pauperism had been intentionally devised, it
could hardly have been done more effectually
than by our present Poor Laws, which go on
from year to year increasing the national burthens,
and aggravating the very evils they ought to cure.
They unfortunately derive support from an inte-
rested class, who, by paying their labourers out
of the rates, contrive to throw on others the
charge of paying their servants. The peasantry
are thus doomed to a state of perpetual helotage
as it were, the population continues to increase,
and the disproportion between the supply of
funds and of labour becomes every day greater.
It is notorious that pauperism is draining and
exhausting our national strength ; and how long
it will continue to do so, is a speculation of the
most fearful kind.

The establishment of poor Colonies at home
is far from being unworthy of attention. The
success of the institutions of this kind in the
Netherlands is very striking, though they have
been planted in the most barren and sandy
heaths. There are in the United Kingdom (in-
cluding Ireland) thirty-one millions of acres of
waste land, one-half of which have been reported
to Parliament as capable of improvement. If
therefore the colonization of these lands could
be effected at a less expense than the loca-
tion of the poor in Canada, it appears prima'
facie more desirable. But as the whole
question is one of saving expense, a deft•
nitive opinion could not be given without
much inquiry, which, at all events, the Home
Colony plan deserves at the hands of a Com-
mittee on the state of the Poor.

The zeal and ability displayed by Mr. WIL-
moT HowroN on this subject are really worthy
of admiration, and the apathy evinced, both in
and out of Parliament, to the consideration of it,
is, to say the least, disgraceful to the country.
This apathy may have been owing partly to the
inapposite name of the Committee, and in a
great measure, as he says, " to the unparalleled
" manner in which the public have been de-
" ceived and juggled by appeals to religion,
" and to authorities which cannot for one
" moment be sustained." The jugglers have
undoubtedly been active, and especially one
named SADLER, who fills the office of juggler
in ordinary to the Duke of NEWCASTLE ; but
the fault is in the habit we have of legislating
only on the spur of the moment, and for the
present moment, instead of acting with a view
to the permanent benefit of the country,
upon principles, the truth of which has been
scientifically demonstrated. Mr. PouLETT
ThomsoN well remarks, " In England, amongst
" all classes, there is a disinclination for the con-
" sideration of general principles, which is as
" disgraceful to the tone of education there, as
" injurious to the interests of the community."
This will furnish an explanation to foreigners
observing with wonder the continuance of our
pauper system, why the British Parliament
should, in this respect, persist in neglecting
both its duty and its interest.

MI R MARKETS.-(THIS DAY).

CORN EXCHANGE.

The arrivals of all descriptions of Grain this week are
moderate, and of Flour inconsiderable. The Wheat trade
remains the same as on Monday, with little doing. Bar-
ley is unaltered. Malt extremely du'l in sale. Beans and
Pease are heavy in disposal at last quotations. Although
the frost is again severe, yet the demand for Oats con-
tinues slack at Monday's prices. Flour unaltered.

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