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London, England, 1838-06-23 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

as we shall incontrovertibly do, historical truth and the honour of our
country. The inopportunity of the discussion (if it be inopportune) is
not chargeable on us ; we only answer a call loudly, and repeatedly,
and authoritatively made—and made as it seems advisedly for this
special occasion."

By the last arrivals from the West Indies we learn that in
• addition to Nevis, Tortola, and Montserrat, the Legislatures
of 13arbadoes, St. Vincent's, and St. Christopher's have agreed
to the measures recommended to them by the Government for
' abolishing the apprenticeship systeF, and giving complete
freedom to the negroes on the Ist of August next. There
are strong reasons to believe that the same course will be ge-
nerally followed in the other West Indian Colonies, including
Jamaica, where it was understood that the subject havinr, been
brought under the consideration of the Council by the Go-
vernor, that body were unanimous in favour of such a
measure. Sir L. Smith had summoned the Legislature
for the sth of June, for the express purpose of considering
this question. In no instance had any disturbance taken place,
nor were any apprehensions entertained of the interrup-
tion of public order and tranquillity. Such is the auspi-
cious and encouraging aapect of affairs in the West Indies at
the present moment, with reference to a question which has
occupied so much of the public attention in this country. All
that the friends of the negroes could desire for them appears
to be in the course of accomplishment amicably, without
disorder, and in that manner and by that agency which
yields the best promise of good feeling between employ-
ers and labourers, and of the consequent establishment of
a system of free labour justly remunerated, and willingly
rendered. We confess we looked forward with considerable
apprehension to the consequences of the defeat of the mo-
tion for terminating apprenticeships on the Ist of August
next, and we made no secret of our opinion at the time ;
and we therefore most sincerely rejoice at this result
of that course which the Government deemed themselves
bound to pursue, in opposing the immediate abolition of the
apprenticeship by parliamentary enactment, while they ear-
nestly recommended to the colonial legislatures the adoption
of a measure which cannot fail to promote the interests of all
classes of colonial society. We are aware that that course
has exposed them to a temporary sacrifice of popularity, and
to much misrepresentation ; but, on the other hand, they will
derive great advantage in their future communications with the
West Indian colonies, in being clear from the slightest impu-
tation of bad faith, or of a departure from the spirit and the
principle of the Act of 1833. Their conduct has entitled
them to the e wdial cooperation of all persons connected with
West India property, in whatever measures may be necessary
for securing to the emancipated population the full enjoyment
of freedom—a co-operation which we are convinced will be
willingly rendered by the great body of proprietors in this
country. —Morning Chronicle.
One provision in Mr. Sergeant Talfourd's " Custody of In-
fants Bill," which gives to mothers access to their children
when separated from their husbands, unless proved guilty of
infidelity, has excited the wrathful opposition of the writer of
a pamphlet just forwarded to us, entitled " A brief exposure
of the most immoral and dangerous tendency of a Bill affecting
the rights of Parents, now under the consideration of Par-
__

Nothing can be more complete and irrefragable than the
demonstration which the Reviewer gives from French autho-
rities that the present pretension of the French to a victory at
Toulouse in April, 1814, is a mere imposture, which nothing
but the most frantic rational vanity could swallow. This
proof is, however, enlivened by many keen cuts of sarcasm
and diverting allusions, which we have not space to particu-
larise. We must not, however, omit to mention the first and
last occasions of the Duke of Wellington's encountering
Marshal Soult in battle. The recital of the two occurrences
affords a good display of the lively vigour of the Reviewer's
style:--

" The first encounter between them was at Oporto, on the 12th of
May, 1809, when Sir Arthur Wellesley crossed the Douro in face of
the Marshal Duke of Dalmatia, attacked, routed, and forced him to re-
treat so precipitately that Wellesley absolutely ate the dinner that had
been dressed for the Duke of Dalmatia, and the latter escaped into
Spain in utter confusion by mountain roads and by-ways, leaving be.
bind him a fourth of his army, and all his artillery, equipments, and
baggage."

This was the first occasion ; here is the last :--
`' He (Soult) was destined again as the Major-General of Bonaparte's
Staff to meet the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo, where was obtained,
as all the world knows, such another victory as that of Toulouse; and
it is curious enough (these little anecdotes lead to important inferences)
that as Sir Arthur Wellesley had on the first day they ever met deprived
the Marshal of his dinner, se it happened that on this last occasion the
Buke of Wellington deprived him of his supper, for we have heard that
a supper was attually prepared for Napoleon and his Staff—and of course
for tke chief of his Stall—at the old Count de Merode's in Brussels on
the evening of the 18th of Julie, 1815, but the Duke of Wellington
again interposed his veto, and Marshal Soult and his Emperor, and what
was left of his army, `went supperless to bed.'"
Commenting with becoming gravity upon these two inci-
dents, the Reviewer proceeds to intimate that, as the Duke of
Wellington is equally known for his magnanimity and hospi-
tality, he does not doubt that when Marshal Soult shall ar-
rive in this country, in his new, and as the Reviewer hopes,
more fortunate character, of a man of peace, his Grace will
rememember that he owes the Duke of Dalmatia, besides a
few sprigs of laurel, a dinner and a supper !--11:forning Post.

MISS BRUCE, MR. J. PARRY,
AND MADAME BONNIAS'S CONCERTS.

The benefit concerts come on so thick upon us at this season of the
year that it is scarcely possible to attend to the calls they make upon our
time and space. In addition many of them are got up in so careless
and clumsy a manner, and so many disappointments and consequent
changes take place that, if critical acumen were exercised in its fullest
I and strictest sense, our remarks would appear to be harsh and in-
vidious. A mere general notice on some occasions will, therefore, be most
consonant to our feelings, as well as most merciful to the parties concerned
with many of these ill-concocted concerts. We do not, however, in.
tend these observations to apply in their most unlimited sense to the
concert of Miss Bruce and Mr. J. Parry yesterday afternoon, which was
an admirable one. The principal singers were Madame Cinti Damoreau,
Miss Alfred Shaw, Miss Rainfortb, Miss Woodham, Miss M. B.
Hawes, Miss Masson, Miss Bruce herself, with Signors Ivanoff and
Guibelei, Mr. James Bennett, Mr. Stratton, Mr. Parry, &c. &c. A most
excellent band was led by Mr. Blagrovc, and conducted by Sir George
Smart. Madame Dulcken played a fantasia on the piano-forte,
and Mr. J. B. Chatterton (harp), Richardson (flute), Mr. Lindley,
Mr. Willman, and Signor Puzzi, played solo parts. In the
evening, Madame Bonnias's concert, at the same place, (the Hanover-
square Rooms,) attracted a fair amount of fashionable company, a large
proportion of whom were foreigners. At this concert Ivanoff, Guibelei,
De Begnia, Catone, Sanquirico, &c. sang, with, of the fairer sex,
Madlle. Caremoli, Miss Woodham, &c. Signorina Milanolo, the extra-
ordinary performer on the ♦iolin, played a solo of Mayseder, with incon-
ceivable taste and beauty of tone in one so young and fragile in appear-
ance ; and the Russian family sang several pieces. Of the latter we re-
gret we cannot speak in very high terms. It was, in our opinion, a
very common-place affair, and wholly out of character in a respectable
concert room. The performances did not conclude till near midnight.

liament." Ilad the writer not suffered his zeal so egregiously
to outrun his discretion, some portions of his ramphlet would
be deserving of attention ; but starting with the assertion
that the Bill is "immoral," " anti-Christian," " unconstitu-
tional," "unjust," " impracticable," " ineffectual," " incon-
sistent," and " absurd," he endeavours, through a series of
arguments based on the most debased and profligate opinion
of the female sex, to prove that if women separated from
their husbands be once admitted access to their children there
will be no longer scarcely any guarantee for their fidelity to
the marriage bed. The tenour of these arguments may be
understood from the following brief extract, which shows, in
pretty plain terms, the author's estimate of the female Cha-
racter

" You cannot take away the least of the safeguards of domestic virtue
without an injury to public morality. What madness, then, and afro.
cious wickedness it would be to take away not merely the least, not
merely one out of a number, but the greatest, the last, the only remain.
ing bar against the outbreak of ever-tempting lusts, and then hope that
they will afterwards restrain themselves on account of your impotent
good wishes, and unheeded sermons, and vain regrets. As well might
you expect, when you have unbarred the cages of so many wild beasts,
that they will remain quietly in them at the wish of their keepers."
This language would be apposite to the lord of a harem, but
it evinces a lamentable misconception of the sentiment which
in enlightened and Christian communities should form the
men
eve
for
firmest bond of union between man and wife. If the argu-
ments of the pamphlet be worth anything, they would ope-
rate directly r t enteringh
pr
preservation
a tt
ihoen
of i
married
state, for no man with the least refinement or delicacy of
feeling would against
be indebted
wife's honour to the indirect and coercive influences which
are here recommended as essential to its preservation.
It is incumbent upon husbands to watch over, cherish,
and protect their wives ; but who, except
the most gross-
minded sensualist, or mean-spirited man, incapable of appre-
ciating the higher and holier sentiment which cements the
marriage contract, would so far forfeit his own dignity as to
live as a spy upon the conduct of a woman over whose affec-
tions or moral feelings he had no controul, and whose licen-
tiousness was restrained only—like the liberty of a wild beast
in its prison—by the physical barriers opposed to its action ?
In equally bad taste is the introduction of the name of a lady
es a party to the preparation of the Bill, casting upon her
the imputation of a crime of which a Jury of her cauntry had
acquitted her. Some sensible observations, however, arc
made on the evils which may result from having children the
witnesses of the quarrels of parents who live unhappily toge-
ther; but otherwise the pamphlet appears rather to be written
by a party writhing under the infliction he so injudiciously
endeavours to guard against, than by one coolly reflecting
upon the relative bearings of the subject as a statesman or
philosopher.—Morning Advertiser.
In the new number of the Quarterly Review, published
this morning, there is an article advertised under the title of
" Marshal Soult and the Battle of Toulouse," which, from
the peculiar circumstances of the present period, will pro-
bably give rise to no inconsiderable sensation. Marshal Soult,
Duke of Dalmatia, is coming here—if he he not already come
—as Ambassador Extraordinary from the Court of the Tuile
ries on the occasion of her Majesty's Coronation. It has been
said, and upon tolerably good unofficial authority, that another
person was originally intended for this extraordinary mission,
and that in consequence of come suggestions from London
that 'Mention was altered, and the appointment conferred upon
Marshal Soult. This rumour has, however, met something
like official contradiction, and it is 'Ministerially asserted
here
that the appointment of the Ambassador Extra-
ordinary is altogether the spontaneous act of King Louis
Philippe. Be that as it may, the selection does not
seem to have been a happy one. Not but that Marshal
Soult is a person of very great eminence, and in the art of
war inferior to none of the remarkable Men who distinguished
themselves in Napoleon's campaigns. Had Soult been en or-
dinary man it would not have tasked the energies of the Duke
of Wellington as it did to drive him and the army which he
commanded out of Spain. But there arc certain points in
Marshal Soult's career, and especially one, which certainly
renders him not the very fittest person to represent the French
nation upon a congratulatory occasion in England. We shall
mention the one to which we especially advert. When the
Marshal was sorely vexed, as he had no doubt good reason to
be, by repeated beatings, during the months of Fehrusry and
March, 1814, while retreating upon the French frontier, he
sent forth a proclamation, which is thus noticed by Captain
Hamilton in his " Annals of the Peninsular Campaigns" :
It was at this period that another proclamation, couched in
that vituperative style to which the French Marshals were
overwceningly partial, was put forth by Soult. In this do-
cument he not only overloaded the British nation with
abuse, but descended to the adoption of the coarsest invectives
against his great and successful competitor. This was un-
worthy of Marslial Soult, and, in affording such evidence of a
.rounded spirit, he only gave additional splendour to that repu-
tation
which he felt with bitterness to have overshadowed his
own," In this description of the Marshal's outpouring of
abusive hatred, we believe Captain Hamilton has used the
very mildest terms which the document he describes would
admit of, and it will, we think, be allowed that the utterer of
such a document ought scarcely to be sent to compliment the
British nation at a moment of general rejoicing. But it may
be said,
• " Why advert to this matter now ? Why return to
the affairs over which four. and-twenty years have rolled, for
the purpose of marring the harmony of the present time ?"
The Quarterly Review answers this. It it not we in Eng-
land who commence this revival of bygone affairs, but the
French Press and the French Government. Within th'ese
two months two works have appeared in Paris, claiming
for the French and Marshal Soult the victory of Tou-
louse I Three years ago when some frantic persons broached
this idea, and proposed a monument at Toulouse to com-
memorate the French victory there, it was spoken of by some
French Journals as a ridiculous project ; but now it seems that
" the Minister of Finance has directed that the sum of one
thousand francs be placed at the disposal of the Mayor and
authorities of the city of Toulouse, in aid of the monument to
be erected in honour of the battle of the 10th of April, 1814."
At the same time that this official announcement was made it
was also announced that Marshal Soult, who commanded the
French in that battle, was to represent the King of the French
at the Coronation of the Queen of England. " This an-
nouncement," says the QUarterly Review, " was made in a
Paper—(La Presse, edited by M. de Girardin, a respectable
Ministerial Member of the Chamber of Deputies)—which is
supposed to speak with some authority the sentiments of
King Louis Philippe, in the following manner. After
stating that notwithstanding some ambiguous paragraphs
in the Monitcur—Marshal Soult had been selected for this
honour, it is added There is great tact in having
chosen this name—the most considerable which the Empire
and the restoration have bequeathed to France. There
is in Marshal Soult as much of Pure as of past service—let A curious incident occurred at Union Hall on
us show him, therefore, with pride to our friends, as tee may Tuesday last, while arrangements were making for the purpose of
.get-
one day show them with confidence to our enemies.'" ling Hubbard out at the rear of the office. The Duke of Brunswick,
Tho recently published works which we have mentioned as
who was present, probably with a view of facilitating Hubbard's exit
laying claim to the victory of Toulouse for the French arc the
from the office without molestation from the crowd, said, " If I were
works reviewed in the article of the Quarterly now before us.
you, Hubbard, I would cut off those whiskers, and that would disguise
you sufficiently to enable you to get away without risk." Hubbard had
Of his claim the reviewer writes as follows :
no conception at the time m to the rank of the individual by whom ho
" The claim itself is so extravagant, and the pretences on which it
was addressed, and his reply was, seeing that the Duke wore large mus-
h; advanced are so utterly futile, that we should have no snore thought
tachios, " If I were you I would cut off those black patches you wear
of taking notice of them than if these writers had undertaken to prove
upon your upper lip, and I think it would improve your beauty." The
that Marshal Soult had won the battle of Agincourt ; but this attempt—
Duke said, "But it is my fashion." Hubbard—" Well, if it is your
so ridiculous in itself—assumes a certain degree of extraneous import_ fashion to wear so much hair over your mouth, it is my fashion to wear
ance when taken in connection with other publications, and other cir.
the pair of whiskers you new see, and I shall not cut them off, for I
cumstances, which have been just at this moment directed from several
have done nothing of a criminal nature that should make me attempt to
different quarters to this special object. disguise myself."
" We know not whether our good friends the French may have
speculated upon this as a favourable moment for advancing their claims During the past week a vast number of persons
to a victory over one whom have visited the Lower Lode, near Tewkesbury, they never had defeated, and who had beaten to witness a colt about
in succession their great Emperor and • all his Marshals, from an expect_ a fortnight old, which when foaled is stated to have been cream-coloured,
ation that British hospitality would rather submit in silence to such an but by some miraculous feat has since become formed and striped similar
insulting claim than cloud the visit of Marshal Soult to the British Court to a zebra! Its sire was an ass—the dam a Galloway, the property of
by asserting the disagreeable truths with which the subject is pregnant. Mr. John Westbury,
Tewkesbury.—Wilts Independent.
If such was their expectation they have been mistaken. We certainly A lady having discovered after her marriage that
should not have chosen such a moment for such a discussion. The her husband had once been a convict at the hulks, subject to a peine
French have male that choice themselves ; and the question has been in./an/ante, instituted a suit in nullity of marriage en the ground that
just at this time brought forward not only' by the private partisans of she was ignorant of this fact at the time of the contract but the Tri-
Marshal Soult, but by the public authorities of France, and even by the bunal, after several deliberations, delivered a few days ago a decree
Government itself. We, therefor e, have no option between sanctioning, confirming the marriage, and declaring that not a moral, but a physical
by our acquiescence, what we deem to be an imposture, and ! indicating, deception, alone formed ground for a divorce.—Frcnch Paper.

UNIVERSITY IN TELLIGENCE.

CAMBEIDeE, JUNE 23.—SirWilliam Browne's Medals.__
On Wednesday last these medals were adjudged as follows :
Latin Ode—Edward Balston, King's College.
Subject—Academia Cantobrigiensis Reginw Vittorio soliuna
avitum conscendenti gratulatur.

Greek and Latin Epigrams—Philip'Freeman, Trin. College.
Subjects :
For the Greek Epigram-4c,0n10-TY,c
For the Latin Epigram—Sui amans sine rivali.
Greek Gde—Not adjudged.

The Rev. PhiliP—Kellat;d, M.A., Fellow and Tutor of
Queen's College, in this University, was on the 12th instant
elected Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edin-
burgh.
On the 9th inst., the Rev. Humphrey Genhouse Pinder,
M.A., Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, in this Univer-
sity, was presented by the Master and Fellows of that Society
to the Rectory of Bratton Fleming,'North Devon, vacant by
the .death of the Rev. W. Gimingham.
The Rev. C. J. Cartwright, B. A., of St. John's College,
in this University, has been presented to the Perpetual Curacy
of Heckmondwike, Yorkshire.
The Rev. John M'Maron Wilder, B. A., of Emmanuel
College, in this University, has been presented to the Rectory
of Thornham, with Allingham Vicarage, Kent. Patrons—
Sir John Marshall, Rev. W. J. G. Phillips, and Mrs. Phillips

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

HAMPTON RACE S.—YEsTERDA r.

These races terminated yesterday with two wretched made-up
stakes, and a company moderate in fashion and number. The
weather was unfavourable in the morning, but became fine abent
one o'clock, and continued so during the running, of which the fol-
lowing brief aceount will suffice :

The Opening Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added. Heats, once
round and a distance. 4 Subs.

Mr. Palmer's Bravo, 5 yrs, 9st. 31b... ...... Coleman, jun 2 1 1
Mr Garrard's Rienzi, 4 yrs, Bst. 101 b 1 2 dr
Mr. Anther's Mat Bryce, 4 yrs, Bst. 101 b
Mr. Powell's Harold (half-bred), 6 yrs, Bst. 131 h 4 dr
Two good heats. Some dissatisfaction was expressed at Rienzi
being drawn after winning the first heat, and being within half-a-
length of the next.
A Sweepstakes of 3 soya. each, with 40 added, for all ages. Heats,
once round and a distance.

Mr. Garrard's Slang (h. b. ), aged Hornsby 1 2 1
Mr. Powell's Harold, 6 yrs
Mr. Palmer's Bravo, 5 yrs
Won cleverly. Harold fell lame after the second heat.
..... _ ..

The following is the race left undecided when we quitted the
course on Thursday :
The Hampton Court Stakes of 5 sous. each, with 34 sots. added.
Heats, once round and a distance.

Mr. Adams's Anna, 3 yrs Sly 1 1
Mr. Shepherd's Jim Crow, 4 yrs
Mr. Garrard's Rienzi, 4 yrs 3 dr
Won easy.
In conclusion, we should state the conduct of the new police,
under Inspector Steed, of the A division, which was entitled to the
highest praise ; their force was small but effective.,