The Sun.
London, England, 1839-10-12 00:00:00

4".,'IiENTiNT(_ EDITION.

aw, rotted away the sinews cf industry—it is healed ;
o the bar to improvement in English tithes—it is re-
tmoved ; to the Rathcormac butcheries of the Irish
t ithes—they are at an end ; to the wholesale famine of

he Irish peasantry—the Irish Poor-law opens an asy-
una to starvation ; to the intolerable grievance of a
pension list for titled paupers—it is rooted from the
land ; to Colonial Slavery—it is no more. On what
abuses, yet existing, are the opinions of men attached
to popular rights the most warmly expressed ? The
coercion of Electors—the monopoly of the landown-
ers ; the Government has advanced as far in remedial
measures as numerical force will allow. The Vote by
Ballot, and the Repeal of the Corn-laws are open ques-
tions. Let the people look back when they please to
the struggles of this Ministry—it is the people's ban-
ner that floats above the contest—it is the peaPle96
cause that has triumphed, and which yet animates to
farther exertions."

Of the few remaining articles, we have neither
space nor time to do more than just enumerate
them. There is a well argued one on " Church
Rates," which we may notice on some more leisure
occasion, in which the pride and tenacity of Mother
Church on all questions where she fancies her tem-
pmal interests are concerned, are lamented in a
dignified and manly spirit ; another on the" Duke
of Raousa's Travels ;;' and a third, on the " Struc-
ture of the English Language," which displays
much curious, out-of-the-way knowledge.

WALKS AND WANDERINGS. 2 Voss.
Saunders and Otley, London, 1839.
We have here another work from the pen of the
author of the « Random Recollections" of the
Houses of Lords and Commons, &c., consisting of
various tales, essays, and descriptive sketches, lightly
and pleasantly written, in a spirit of unvarying good
humour. Several of the articles, it appears, were
originally written for " a periodical in the north of
Scotland ; and among them, we suppose, are the
" Recollections of Sir Walter Scott," which, how-
ever, add nothing to our stock of information re-
specting the tastes and habits of the illustrious
Baronet. The best, or at least, the most amusing
tale in the present volume, is the " Magic Bridle,
which is founded on a legend still believed in many
parts of the north of Scotland.

ORIENTAL OUTLINES.
S. Low, London, 1839.
An amusing volume of travels, containing recol-
lections, interspersed here and there with anecdotes
of the Greek islands, and the scenery in the neigh."
bourhood of Constantinople. The work bears evi-
dent marks of haste, but the descriptions are lively
and no doubt faithful ; and the account of the,
Janissaries " tallies with all that 'we have read
respecting the last days of this devoted corps.
The author of the work is a gentleman, by name
Knight.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW N°' 18.
Taylor, London, 1839.
From a notice that appears in this Number, of
Mr. Buxton's last published work on the subject
of the " African Slave Trade," it should seem
not only that this infernal traffic is not diminished,
but that it is actually increasing, and at a rate, too,
that sets all calculation at defiance ! The cause
of such frightful increase the Reviewer attributes,
first, " to the state of Africa, and the abundance
of the supply ; secondly, to the state of America,
and the magnitude of the demand." He goes on
to observe—
"To these permanent and inherent elements of the pre-
sent condition of two great Continents, we are only
able to oppose an intermediate and ineffectual cheek!
The whole activity of the abolitionists has been directed
to the prevention of the trade by cutting off the middle
passage, or the means of transport from the Guinea
coast to the American slave-markets ; by a species of
blockade of the African shores, or by cruizers destined
to intercept the slave vessels at the entrance of the
West Indian and American ports. But if it be noto-
rious that all the revenue cutters in the service cannot
put down smuggling on the coast of the populous and
civilised islands of Great Britain, when the rate of duty
is such as to offer an adequate premium to the smug-
gler, it is obvious, a fortiori, that the British cruizers
must be quite incompetent to s uppress a trade encou-
raged by the natives of the coast, sheltered by the in'
terested perfidy of European settlements on that ceas'"
and repaid by the most enormous profits—more esPe.
cially when the vessels employed on that service have to
struggle with all the difficulties and dangers of
on
to
un-
healthy climate, a vast range of sea and shore, and ,
chase the fastest and most reckless sailors in the world.
f-
the Reviewer is of opinion that a declaration of war
would at once put a stop to it, and that if England
were ever to be reduced to such extremities, she
would be fully justified in resorting to the occupa-
tion of all those Portuguese settlements which are al-
luded to in the Report of the Sierra Leone Commis-
sioners. But he is no advocate for war, even though
waged in so holy and just a cause, but thinks that
much may be done to mitigate the crying evil, by
Government—to use a homely phrase—,, keeping
a sharp look-out a-head." The " Life of Joseph
Brant Thayendenegea," gives some curious partt-
culars respecting the famous chief of the Mohawks
who, in the wars between this country and the
United States, always sided with us. By all accounts
Brant must have been a most extraordinary man.
As chief of the most powerful savage tribe in North
America, he had, of course, in early life, no oppor-
tunities of obtaining 'any thing like education ; but
feeling, as he grew up, and came in contact with
civilized beings, his own deficiencies, he laboured
hard to repair them, took lessons at an American col-
lege, courted the society of the whites, especially of
Englishmen, and finally came over to this country,
where he was treated with hospitality, received into ,
the highest circles, and favoured with the particular
notice of Royalty. " His acquaintance," we are
told,

" Was sought by many of the distinguished statesmen
and scholars of the time ; among whom were the Bishop
of London, Charles Fox, Boswell, and many others.
He sate for his picture for Lord Percy, as he had done
for the Earl of Warwick and Boswell, when in Eng-
land ; and Fox presented him with a silver snuff-box,
bearing his initials. With the King and Royal Farnily,.
he was a great favourite—not the less so on the part of
his Majesty, for having proudly refused to kiss his band
on his presentation. The dusky Chief, however, on de-
clining that ceremony, with equal gallantry and address
remarked that he would gladly kiss the hand of the
Queen. George the Third was a man of too much
sterling sense not to appreciate the feelings of his bro-
ther Chief ; and he loved his Quean too well not to be
gratified with the turning of a compliment in her Ma-
jesty's favour, in a manner that would have done no dis-
credit to the most accomplished cavalier of the Court of
Elizabeth—Sir Walter Raleigh."
Brant was a perfect gentleman in his manners,.
mild, tolerant, and, as we have just seen, capable of
recommending himself to the notice of the fair sex ;
still he never forgot his Indian origin, or laid aside,
when among his countrymen, his Indian customs
but could return to the habits of savage life, and
practise them as readily, as if he never had been
accustomed to the most illustrious and polished so-
ciety of Europe. He died at a good old age in the_
year 1807, leaving a name among the Mohawks_
that will not be forgotten for centuries. It is
Brant to whom Campbell unjustly alludes as hay-
ing taken a share in the massacre at the Angh'i
American village of Wyoming. The " State and
the Church" is an article argued with singular Ine-
deration ; but arrives at no definite conclusion--
the result of want of earnestness of purpose.
Speaking of national education, the Reviewer ob-
serves, " We do not think that Boards or Commit-
tees are sufficient to educate the people, but neither
dowethink that the Church can alone, or as its
chief .
end, effect their instruction." We can"'
agree with the dogmatic opinion_“ there is one
portion of the machinery of the Church, which we
consider it most important for the State to main"
taro, the principle of a hierarchy, in which the a",.
ferences of wealth arid rank, and the elevation '3.1
the highest members of the order may, to a con.st:
derable extent, mix the clergy up with secular:. e
terests, and prevent them sinking the man in
priest." We do not see what business the Churcph
and has, as a body, with " secular interests ;"even as
it is, she is far too much mixed up with them ; n
never interferes with the laity, but to do mischief,
as we see in every election that has taken place,lt
the last six years and upwards. " Neapolitan 7-12:,_
terns of Farming" is an article which contains.m
gth'eu
practical information, likely tobsebrevaitniotnersesotinn
agriculturists. The cursory o
Corn-laws, however, are those portions of it which
will be most generally read. " Confessions or a
Thug" is a favourable notice of a lately published
oriental romance, which we reviewed a few week:
ago at some length in The Sun. From the articl„
headed " Territorial Dismemberment of Belgiutn,
which is penned throughout in a liberal spirit, we
quote the following passage
The present limits of Belgium are evidently to°,
contracted for her to form so effective a seutral ground
as we have described. She ought to b ave not only t . ,
the whole of Luxemburg and Limburgh and the
bank of the Scheldt, but--we have no, hesitatiou.4°

saYin4'—a large portion of the Rhenish provinces. A
We fancy we can already see enough into the future of
Rhenish Prussia, to inspire us with a belief that the
Rhine may, at no distant day, become the Belgic
frontier. The stability of Belgium, as an independent
Power, is, we repeat, of the utmost moment to the
Progress of liberty in Europe. She is the natural ally
of England and France, not merely by the ties of con-
sanguinity between their Sovereigns, but by their com-
tnon adoption of the great principles of constitutional
freedom. As regards her connexion with Germany,
her bias will of course be towards the Catholic or
Austrian party, which, in existing circumstances, we
hold to be the liberal side of the war of opinion. Of
her well-being internally there is no fear, whilst her
Citizens are guided by the national motto " L'union fait
la Arce" May she, above all things, beware of being
divided against herself ; for it is upon the united and
Persevering energies of her own people that she must
Tam"), rely, to heal the wounds inflicted on her by the
diplomatic dissecting-knife,—biding the time in quiet-
ness and confidence, when her own, with increase, will
assuredly be restored into her bosom."