The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-10 00:00:00

[TUE PUBLIC LEDGER.]

Last night we received the Ali emeine Zeitung,
as well as Frankfort Papers, both to the 2d ult.
The former contains no political intelligence, and
indeed nothing else worthy of notice, except the
coronation of the Empress of Austria, as Queen
of Hungary, which took place on the 25th ult. at
I'resburg, amidst extraordinary pomp. The Hun-
garians, of all classes, who were assembled on the
occasion, manifested, it is said, " unbounded
enthusiasm ;" and we have no difficulty in be-
lieving this account, as the loyalty of that people
to the House of Austria has been for some years
as unequivocal, as it was formerly doubtful. Be-
sides, the nation has retained the original
ardour of its feelings, amidst the vicissitudes
that have wrought so great a change in the
character of so many other nations. But this de-
voted attachment, of which they have just given
so signal a proof, and which ought to make a
corresponding impression on the mind of their
Sovereign, will only serve to confirm, we fear,
the wrong bias it has taken in politics. We may
see in it a new proof of the wisdom of his system ;
and a scene which should have made the strongest
appeal to him to undertake something for the
improvement of such devoted subjects, may ap-
pear to him as an irresistible reason for not dis-
turbing them in their present contented state
of sloth and ignorance. If the Emperor were
left to himself, we really believe, he would take
a more just view of the wants of his people and
his own duties. Unfortunately, however, he
sees and judges in these things only as it suits
the views of his Ministers, who find it more con-
venient to themselves to leave things as they
'fund them, than to introduce improvements that
would require much trouble, and perhaps some
sacrifices on their part.

[MORNING HERALD.]

It is said the Government are, apparently,
anxious that the Duke of Buckingham should gu
out to India, to undertake the Governor-Gene-
ralship. Not that the Government have any very
high opinion of his Grace's fitness for such busi-
ness, for at present his Grace is very bulky, and
is continually laid up with fits of the gout. The
reason given why the Government wish that the
Duke should go out in that capacity is, that it
might secure to itself a certain Parliamentary in-
fluence possessed by the Duke's relations. Though
we hear that the Duke, so far as the appointment
goes, has the apparent sanction of Government,
yet the matter has been referred by the Govern-
ment to the East-India Directors, who,e wish is
that Wm. Bentiuck should take upon him the higi►
office in question. Ile is a man who has had some
military experience, and who as a Diplomatist
conducted himself so skilfully in Naples,

Mr. Moore's Life of Sheridan, from which we
have published copious extracts, presents one of
the most extraordinary pictures of the human
mind that has ever appeared. Though there is
little in the work itself with which the public
were not, through one channel or another, pre.
viously acquainted, yet the facts are such as well
deserved to be brought together from the various
ephemeral receptacles in which many of them
were scattered; and Mr. Moore, though not so
good a prose writer as he is a poet, is entitled,
we think, on this occasion, to the merit of having
arranged and condensed his materials with much
skill and success. The most striking features
in the life of Sheridan, is the brilliancy of his career,
when contrasted with the scantiness of his early
promise. Many an idle and apparently dull boy
has ripened into a manhood of much celebrity ;
but no one, in our recellection, has attained to any
thing like the varied renown of Sheridan, from
materials so scanty and so barren as his earlier
years appear to have presented. That Mr. Moore
is a partial biographer, and that he has passed
over the failings of his subject with a tender hand,
cannot be denied. On this head, it must be con.
fessed that he had rather a difficult task, and
perhaps in adopting the rule of Horace, in not
dwelling upon faults where so many beauties
presented themselves, and where the latter so far
outshone the former, he will have satisfied, in all
probability, all but the too fastidious, and those
who think that " the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth," is a rule never to be departed

from by a historian. But books must be kept
within compass, and were all the actions of a
man's life to be detailed, few books of biography
would be written, and still fewer would be
bought, or read. If, therefore, a historian seizes
the main points in the character of his subject, he
has done all that can be reasonably expected of
him ; .and we have no more right to blame
him for not . stringing together all the faults
nod blemishes of his hero, than for omitting, as
he must necessarily do, many of his redeeming
qualities and actions. In Sheridan's case the re-
deeming qualities were by far the most numerous
and striking. Of such an orator—of such a states-
man—of such a poet and dramatist as Sheridan—
the errors, great as they were, sink into nothing,
when compared with the wonderful workings of a
mind, the combined, if not each separate quality
of which . have seldom, if ever, been equalled.
There is one circumstance connected both with
his speeches and literary productions that Mr.
Moore let us into the secret of, which we should
not have suspected—viz. that Sheridan, though
apparently the most indolent roan in the world,
produced nothing without preparation, and a
degree of previous effect scarcely to be conceiv.
ed. He has also the rare merit of political con-
sistency to a degree which, under all circum-
stances, reflects the highest credit upon his me-
mory. There can be no question but that She-
ridan's power's, or even his neutrality, were worth
any price. Mr. Pitt himself, and many of the
Members of his Administration, felt too forcibly
the weight and keenness of Sheridan's eloquence
not to know its value. It is not so clear
that all of those ,with whom he acted were
quite so sensible of his importance. However,
that he was above all price is quite clear ; and
that he should have been so, with pecuniary
embarrassment hourly staring him in the face, is
no small honour, and will shed
_lustre on his
name, when the weaknesses which tarnished it
shall have died away and are forgotten. He has
left behind him but one man in any way resem-
bling him in the varied and peculiar powers of
his mind. Mr. Canning is inferior to him in some
points, but sufficiently superior to him in others
to form an eqoipoise of merit. We will not at-
tempt to draw the comparison, lest it should fail
to a certain degree on both sides, in a way that
would be mortifying' to ourselves and our
readers; but, recurring to the character of She-
ridan, we will only add, that it is one which
cannot be too sedulously studied by the rising
generation of men of genius, as furnishing ob-
jects .which they are equally called upon to imi-
tate and to shun.--(lbid.)

[NEW TIMES.]
W yesterday received American Papers to the
15th ult. They .are principally taken up with
the accounts of the departure of M. de la Fayette,
which seems to- have been got up in a very mov-
ino style indeed. The President harangued him,
and he. harangued .the President.. %Ire are sorry
that we. have not room for the whole of the ge-
nuine Yankee eloquence of Mr. Adams ; hut,
perhaps, a sample will suffice :-44 You have
beard," says the American to the Frenchman,
" You have heard the mingled voices of the past,
the present, and the future ages, joining in one
universal chorus of delight at
.your approach, and
the shouts of unbidden thousands, which greeted
your landing on the soil of freedom, have followed
every step of your way, and still resound, like the
rushing of many waters, from every corner of our
-and." If this be not fine talking,we don't know what
is; but the concluding part of the performance is
as greatin the pathetic, as.the fOritier.iiart 'was in
sublime. The old Marquis• thus concluded a
long and verbose "speech -44 God bless you, Sir,
and you all who
,surround us. GOd bless the
American people, each of their States, and the
.Federal Government. -.ACcept`thiS patriotic fare.
wel of an overflowing heart ; such will be its last
throb when it ceases to beat." "As the • -last,
sentence was pronounced"- says the American
Journalist, " the General ladvanced,- and while
the tears poured over his venerable cheek,- again
took the President in his arms; he retired a few
paces, but, overcome by his feelings, again .re.
turned, and, uttering, in broken accents, ' God
blesi you fell once more On the neck of Mr.
Adams. It was a scene at Once solemn and
moving; as the sighs and stealing tears of many
whO witnessed it bore testimony."- It will be
Jong before the Old World produces-so happy a
melange of fustian and flummery, priggishness
and pathos!

[THE TIMES.I
Some of the forebodings of our friend and cor-
respondent Daniel Ilardcastle seem to be in the
process of fulfilment. Several stoppages of bank-
ing and other mercantile concerns have taken
place, and more have been threatened within the
last three months. The crash in some of the
Lancashire houses has been terrible ; and now,
according to accounts from Plymouth, the mis-
chief has to a certain degree broken out in De-
vonshire, where it appears that a Kingshridge
bank has stopped, and during a portion of the!last
week a considerable panic prevailed throughout
the'cOunty, as for instance Plymouth and Devon-
iirt, at which latter place another bank had stop,
ped payment on the preceding Saturday. CO-11.
fidettco began to he restored with.the arrival
of money from London. But if this be • the
fruit's
,of the" Batik of England accommodation
system, it is' pretty certain , that the thing will
never. do.- Issuing paper is not issuing.tooney—
it is net creating riches, but multiplying debts :
moreover, if the country banks begin to:break-•.-•
and if a. panic spreads, break they will by dozens,
we do not see what the Directors of the Bank of
England themselves can get, by sending forth
paper to be thrown back upon their hands the
moment it is launched into circultition. The fact
Ave believe to be undoubted, that. prices .are at
present too high in England ; but to conceive that
the Bank or the Treasury, without a new Re-
striction Act, and a new forced paper-currency,
can maintain prices above their natural
Standard, is of all imaginations the wildest.—
The Corn Laws may help the 'high prices fora
while---but in the long run it•must require a
-Bank Restriction .Act, together witlf the Corn
Laws, to.make the necessaries of life dispropor-

tionately high in England, as compared with the'
bulk of the neighbouring States. Combinations
too, will before long re-act upon wages—so as
greatly to reduce them. The mutinous workmen
impoverised by their own obstinacy, must be sa-
tisfied to live on less bread and beef than while
they were earning the wages of honest industry ;
and the effect of their diminished purchases will
be felt in every market. In the mean time, away
go British manufactures, and we shall see by and
by what Gast, Tester, and Co. will do to relieve
the wants of thousands whom, for their base pur-
poses, they have reamed, with their wives and
children, to famine.

EmonNiNG CHRONICLE.]
We see, from The Leeds Mercury, that the
masters and workmen are still at variance. We
cannot, however, suppose that the men will be
able to hold out much longer. The more eaten-
sive the combination, the sooner it must- termi.
nate. -A hundred or two men may easily be
maintained by the contributions of the diffe-
rent trades, but when the number of men,
who have turned out, amount in number to
many thousands, their support falls very heavy,
and soon exhausts the contributions. The loss of
all parties through this struggle must have already
been very great. This is to be regretted, but
' there is no help for it. To deliver over the
workmen bound neck-and ►eel to the masters
would be but a sorry remedy for the evil. This
would be laying the foundation for perpetual
heart-burnings and animosities. •In a country
like this, in which education is general, and -all
manner of questions form-thee subject of discus-
:lion in the ordinary vehicles of jfiformation, an
attempt to place the labouring ciasies'out of the
pale of equality before the law, will always be
keenly resented by them as a badge of degrada-
tion. We must. abandon Coercion, and content
ourselves with persuasion. • . .

[BRITISH PRESSI
It .would seem by the Paris Papers which ar
rived last night, as if at last the Spanish Goyern
ment was disposed to enter upon the right politi
cal path. A circular letter has been issued, re
quiring the clergy henceforth to confine' them
selves to the discharge of their sacred duties, in
stead of preaching hatred and revenge from their
pulpits. All the pending prosecutions for„politi-
cal offences are alSo ordered to be stopped, and
the accused persons set at liberty. The Cotsnl-
tative Junta has been installed, in spite-of the
position of the Council of Castile, and theamnesty
is:confidently expected to be published on the 13th
of this month. The dismissal of Ugarte from the
embassy of Turin is Confirmed, lift is forbidden
to return to Spain for two years, during whiCh
he will receive a salary of 40,000 reals (about
4501.) Among the consequences of the ascend-
ancy of M.-Zea Bermudez and thimoderate party,
may perhaps be reckoned the intended departure
of the Portuguese Infanta of Beira from the Court
of Madrid, where she was one of the strongest sup-
porters of the Apostolic Junta. The Ferrol ex-
pedition was positively to- leave that port on .the
Ist instant. If Ferdinand has sufficient firmness
and integrity to persevere in the course he is now
taking, he may yet live and reign in tranquillity ;
but if he relapses once more, he will infallibly be
lost beyond redemption. Advices from, Zante state,
that the Seraskier has been repulsed in another
attack on Missolonghi, To Counte-bilance this
success the Greeks haveto mourn the lois of-the
" military talents" of Mr. Townse4.tYaihington
and his confederate, General' ltdche. CorninO.
Lido-re Hamilton, since his return fioin Hydra, has
been making manifest the principles `of neutrality
on which the English Goverripentis'aCtinkwith
regard to the Greek war. He haS refused 'to'
second the applications of the Austrian' Corn-'
mander in the Levant, for the° restoration
of some vessels captured in the Egyptain
service. " This even-handed 'course has had
the effect of inducing the Austrians to give notice,
that-vessels in this•situation will not in future be
protected as formerly. ;If in.this manner the ex-
ample of England should induoe:theother Powers.
to observe. a real and ',bona fide- neutrality, more
will be gained to the Greeks,tban by any assist-
ance they could receive from this country, short
of direct military support.

COMMERCE
,OF SNtrztztaLAND.— Fite Foderai
.
. ,
Directory has informed, the Governments of, Communes,
.which
are particularly interested in the' commercial,relitionswith the
Grand Duchy of Baden, that, the steps ordered by the Diet to
obtain a suspension of the new tarif of the. Grand Duchy has
proved unsuccessful, and that consequently .the cantons which
have already ordered various reprisals, aught -take such mea:,
sures as they judge best. Accordingly the Government of .ZU.
rich has decreed that the wines of the Grand Duchrshall pay
the same duties as those of France. It is said that Thurgovia
and Schaffhausen have adopted the same resolution. The
measures are equivalent on both sides to a prohibition—theyin-
tage is at hand, --nd each country will keep its own wine.

STEAM BOATS.—A New . York paper of the
15th ult. says--" We perceive in the Pr' ovidence
Journal an account of the success which has_ at-
tended- the eiperiment ,which has lately been
made of. a newly- invented. engine on board the
steam-boat Babcock, the name of the inventor,
by which,,at the' expence.of one foot of wood, she
accomplished a distance. of 30 miles in three
hours and a half: The machinery, it is sald,,oc-
Capies a _very -little, rooin ; and not more than a
single- barrel of water was expended in the
passage." •
. . .

---
We have authority to correct the statement
which appeared in most -of the Papers of Satur-
day, that "al) vessels from Alexandria' are novv
ordered to Milford, to perform quarantine. This
regulation applies only to vessels bound to Liver-
pool. Orders to this effect have been trans-
mitted to the outports.--,-(Morning Paper.)

MARRIED.
) Tasti-at St. George's, Hanover-square, Edward
Rt(sien
rty Satitriunr9diayEsq;
of
Upper
Brook-street, to Caroline, second
daughter of J. M. itailces, Esq. : of Portland-place.
On the Bth inst., at St. James's Church, Sir William George
Hylton,Jolllffe, Bart., to Miss Eleanor Pagett, second daughter
of the. Pan. Berkeley Pagetf. •
•

DIED
•At her son-in-law's house, 66, Nicolson-street, Etlinl?!1!8ht
on the 2d inst.;: Grizel Brown, ages: 80. . B2d
At tier house,•Belleny Scotland, on the 29th ult., then
year of her age,
Mrs. HClen Steel., relict of the late Mr. James
Steel, fanner.

COUNTRY MARKETS AND FAIRS

DURING THE LAST WEEK.

, REA:

HIRE'.
)1ING:

IVbeat
.a ,43
Barky 403 a 48s cease
Oats 2ss a S3s --- White —s a—s

WANTAGE.
Wheat 6os a 76s I Oats,.. .25s a 33s
Barley

NEWBURY.
Wheat sos a $43 I Oats 26s a 32s
Barley

H UNGERFORD.

Wheat s6s a 7Gs I Oats
Barley

Peas
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
AYLESBURY.

Wheat.... 60s Od a 74s 49s Od a 51s Od
Dariey .... 44s Od a 46c Od Peas od a—s od
Oats . SOs Od a 32s Od Rye

BUCKINOHAM.
Wheat (bush.) 8s Od a 8s 9d Barley per qr. 40$ Od a .18s Od
—UJd .. 8s 6d 3 903 d. Oats
Peas 6s 6d 'a 6s Od Beans ...... 43s Od a 50s Od
Vetches —s Od a —s Od.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE. •

CAMURIDGE.—Average.
Wheat 64s 3d per qr Oats . ...... 96s 9d per (II
Rye —s Od Beans 42s Od
Barley...—. 42s lod Peas . 46s 6d
Wisstox.—Average.
Wheat 63s 2d per qr I Oats ....... 45s Id per qr
Barley 2Bs 6d I Bean's... ... 44s 3d
Rye —s od I Peas, ....... —s tad

CHESHIRE.
CHESTER.

Wheat, 731 h lls 3d a 1156 d- Barley, 38tits Os Od a Os Od
New Ws tid aIIs Od New Os yd a Os Od
Oats

NANTWICH. -
Wheat, 751 b ..,-% Od a—s ad • Oats, 451b5.. Os Od a Os 03
--New tos 9d -a tI s 3d- -- ,New .. 45:.0.4.41 4s 63
Barley,,3Bqts• Os ad aOso3 - Bye- - 05,0.1 a.Os Od
MAXCLESFIELR.—FIour, .per 2401 b. 47s a 50s—Oatnieal
36s a 388—Butter, 153 a 17d per lb.
STOCKPORT.—,Oatrileal, per 2401 b. 3Os a 373—Flour 43s a
5-11—Butter, per lb. 153 a 173. .• .
CORNWALT..
Tlttlau.—Wlieat (average) 25s 43—Barley, 14s 93—Oats
12s 3d.
' PENZANCE.—Wheat, 245 Od a 26i Od--Thirley, 131 a 14s 03
—Oats, 9s Od a lOs 03—Beef and. Muttont 53 a 7d—Pork„
53 a 50.
BuostlN:—Wheat 24s 03—Barley, I 4S od—Oats los Od.
, CUMBERLAND.
CARLISLE (Average).--Wheat, 53s t 13—Barley, 40s 03.-.
Oats, —64 03—Rye, —s ad per quarter.
PENRITK.—Wheat, 7s 63—Syr, 5s I td--Barley, 4s ad—
Oats, 35.34 per .busbel. .. .: ... . . .. • - • ,

DERBYSHIRE.

DERBY.

Wheat - • • - 729 a 71s I Oats • a ..-.' ,29s a 31s
Rye - •—•9 a"--s I Beans
Barley sos a 53s Peas.. • --s a —a
CItEsTERFIELO.
Wheat . - 629 a '74s I Oats • 259 a 30s
Rye -s a—s Beans
Barley 42s a 48s' I Peas -s at —4

ASH'SWINE.'
Wheat bas a 76s 'Oats .. . 279, a 319
Rye '
8ar1ey....,..... 489 a 51s Peas —s ft ----s

. .
...REVONSFERE:
. .
Ex crea; ,Scpt. 30.--7 Price of Wheat Ss sa a 9s 3d ; Barley,
55 9d a es bd ;' Beani, OS.od a Os Od ; Oats, 3-s Od a 3s tid per
has het. . .

PLYMOUTH..
Wheat
Batley