The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria drove
and walked in Hyde-park yesterday afternoon... In the
evening their Royal Highnesses were present at the perror-
mances at Drury-lane Theatre.
His MajesisPil:ill hold a Council this day at Brighton.
The •Conneil is aPpointed at four o'clock.
Viscount Melbourne has been confined by slight indispo-
sition to his residence in Sonth-street during the last two
days.
Mr. John 'Montt, Sir'Charles Price,. and Mr. Joshua
Walker, SouthWark-bridge,Directors, had an interview yes-
terday with the Chancellor of the Exchequ,r, in Downing-
street.

Viscount Palmerston left town yesterday morning for his
seat at Broadlands, Hants.

Despatches weresentiaffiust evening from the Colonial-
office, for the Governors of the West India colonies.
The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived in town, last even,.
ing, from his seat at BoWend, Wilts. -
Sir Edward C. 'DiSbroNVe, his Majesty's Envoy
Extraordinary and. Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of
the Netherlands, transacted business at the Foreign-office.
The Master of the Mint had an interview yesterday with
the Chancellor of the Exchecier.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

The Rev. E. S. Thurlow, Mrs. Thurlow, and the Misses
Thurlow, at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square ;
Miss Chauncy, at ditto ; J. Dawkins, Esq., and Miss Daw-
kins, at ditto ; John H. Touchett, Esq., at ditto; J. Langford,
Esq., at ditto; Rev. Mr. Whinfield, and family, at Fladong's
Hotel, from Newport Pagnel ; Castle Sherard, Esq., and
Haughton Sherard Esq., at ditto, from Bruges; Mr. and
Mrs. Kerslake, at ditto, from Norfolk ; Major Gore Browne,
at ditto, from Buckingham • J. D. Bridges, Esq., at ditto,
from Brighton ; 'F, 13arnebY, Esq., at ditto, from Hereford-
shire ; Viscount Sydney, from his scat, Fro,gnal, Kent ; Sir
Henry Fitzberbert, Bart., and Master Fitzherbert, at the St.
George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat, Tiffing-ton,
Derbyshire ; Mr. and Mrs. Birch, at ditto, from Surrey ; Col.
and Mrs. Davis, at ditto, from Worcestershire ; Mr. and Mrs.
Farquharson, at ditto, from Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. Moore,
Molineux, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their
seat, near Guilford; Capt. and M. s. Vernon, in Gros-
venor-street, from Cheltenham ; Mr. .and, Mrs. Martin, at
Raggett's Hotel,. Dover,stroet, from. the Continent; the, Earl
of Portarlington, at Bryant's Hotel, -Conduit-street, Bond.
street, from .Brandon, the, seat of Lord Scarborough.
DEPARTURES.

Lord ForeSter, on a visit to the Dtike of Rntland,athisseat,•
Belvoir Castle, -Leicestershire; Colonel Gore Langton, for
Dover ; Hon. George Byng, for Wrothani Park, near Barnet ;
Hon. R. Forester, for the Continent; Mrs. and Mrs. Daven-
port, and family, from Batt's Hotel; Dover street, for their
seat in Cheshire ; Captain and Mrs. Sheddon, from ditto, for
Southampton ; Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, and family, from ditto,
for the Continent; Mr..and Mrs. Scott, from Crawley's Hotel,
Albemarle-street, for their seat in I3erks-; Dr. and Miss
Hawtrev, from the. St. -George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for
Eton; -Sir Arthur BrOoke, Bart., and Mr. Shaserley, from
Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Cheshire ; Capt. Weeks,.
from ditto, for Leamington ; Cecil Fane, Esq.,• for Lincoln-
shire; the Rev. Mr. Conningham, from'ditto, for Herts; W.
Conningham, Esq.-, from -ditto, for Dublin; .1., H.- Conyers,
Esq., from ditto, for Essex; It. Pulsford, Esq., from Mar-
shall Thornson's Hotel, Cavendish-squire ; C. Gordon, Esq.,
from ditto; J. A. •Sla;21:, Esq., from ditto; Captain. Brooke,•
from Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, for Dublin; Rev. Mr.
Billington, from ditto ; Rev. Mr.'-Roundall,' from ditto; Rev.
Dr. Salmon, from ditto,

The Duke of Devonshire recently gave 94-7. for the
edition of Shakspeare's dramas. The same copy of the
same plays had been sold for twenty guineas-a short time
previously.
During 1835. the importation of wool into the port
of London was fUll 10,000 bales less than' that or 1834.
The deficieney-isitiOstry in Spanish. We have had wore
from our colonies in 1835 than-in 1834. Wool now is very
dear.

It seems likely, after all, that there will be no new
election fin :\tarylelione, as it .is reported that Mr. Bulwer
will. return to England at the meeting of Parliament, and
that Sir• George. Seymour will, in that event, go to Brussels.
Mr. Sergeant Adams, of. the Midland Circuit, will,
it is said, succeed Mr. Rotch in the Chair of the Middle-
sex Sessions, with a salary of 1,0001. per annum.
_ Mr. Bickersteth, the new Master of the Rolls, was
originally destined for the medical profession ; and actually
took the grand tour as medical attendant upon. the
Countess of Oxford. He afterwards became the, pupil of
Mr. Bell, the celebrated Chancery Barrister.
MASTERS IN CHANCERY. -- Sir Christopher
Pepys, the new Lord Chancellor, is the son of Sir William.
Pepys, many years a Master in Chancery, and married the
daughter of William Wingfield, Esq.; who enjoys the same
lucrative post. In addition to which, one of his first acts
will be to appoint a Master in Chancery, a vacancy being
daily expected.

We- regret to learn that M. Lafitte continues very
much indisposed
Fuller, the divine, and the author of the " History
of the Worthies of England,". had a very extraordinary me-
mory. He could repeat five hundred unconnected words
after hearing them only twice, or could mention all the
tradesmen's signs in the leading thoronghfares of the city of
London after passing through it.'
ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.—The season at this
theatre closed last night. At the end of the performances'
Mr. Rayner delivered an address . to the audience, which
was received with great applause. Our limits prevent us ,
from inserting the address, by which we regret to find that
the speculation has not been a profitable one for the ma-
nager, though it has benefited the performers. •
DISSENTERS' GRIEVANCE&—A meeting of the
Unitarian Dissenters of Plymouth and Devonport was held
at the former place on the 7th of this month, when'a peti
tion to the House of Commons was adopted. The petition
possesses one entirely new feature, praying fin. " a similar
:aremption.from duties on materials employed in the erection
of Their places (If public worship to that now enjoyed by the
members rf the Established Church." This is the first time
we recollect seeing any allusion to this subject in a petition
to Parliament. As the law at present stands, a drawback
of the duties paid in respect of all timber used in the erec-
tion of Churches belonging to the Thididish»tent is granted
under the 58 Geo. 111., cap. 45, and 59 Geo. IR,. cap. 134.
The remission of the duties on timber is also granted in the
case of mines, but not in the case of timber used in the
-erection of Dissenting Chapels. The yearly loss to Govern-
,ment, by remitting the duties in cases of Dissenting Chapels •
would be small, while the advantages to the Dissenters
would be great. It is estimated that.-a -saving of from
four to five hundred pounds would accrue in the building
of a large chapel. When the subject is brought before Par-
liament in the ensuing Session,- we shall give it that atten-
tion which its importance demands.
With reference to a paragraph which appeared in
our paper of yesterday, we give the following statement in
justice to Mr. Duncombe. At, the last election'for Fins-
bury, Mr, Sergeant Spankie, Mr. Duncombe, Mr. Wakley,
and Mr. Hobhouse were the candidates, and Mr. Raphael
was the returning officer. Prior to the day of nomination,
Mr. Duncombe and the other candidates advanced 401.
each towards the expenses which Mr. Raphael would have
to incur in the erection of hustings, &c. After the election
a further sum of 381. 2s, l ld. was demanded by him from
each candidate. This demand was resisted by all, and
writs against three of the candidates were issued at his
suit. It is sufficient to state that not one of the candi-
dates has paid the sum demanded by Mr. Raphael., Mr.
Duncombe's committee -insisted that he (Mr. D.) should
leave the matter to them, and to prevent further litigation,
tendered upWards of 201. This -was refused—the action
proceeded-81. 12s. Bd. was paid into Court ;. the sum de-,
mantled by the Writ being 381. 2s. 11d., by the particulars.ei
accompanying declaration, 37/. Mr. Duncombe Is in the
hands of his committee: The question with thcm,is,
not
one of money, but of principle. It is, in filet, whether a
candidate is to pay the exenses defined by Act 0. Parlia-
rn-tnt, or those which Mr. Raphael thinks. proper to de-
mand.— .1 lorning
TILEIvER.--Ycsterday
FATAL ACCID'
morning, •between.six and seven o'clock,, 4. fatal ac-
cident occurred on iihe Til/4:er 1.1)a1A(4, kntlyettl 13-Miley and
Pridiesi name a the sufferer was James

,X 4141 law—a young man 24 years V_ age, whow‘as engaged,
onboard a West-country barge that was proceain?., with
a cargo of mat to 1-.a.dwel!. The unfbrttmate young rnan
was crossing. the barge in order to place some -tarpaulin:4-
over the sacks,: when, by a tremendous gust of wind, the
poor fellow was blown overboard. Owinz.to the darkness
of the morning, and the boisterous state of the weather, he
was not missed for some minutes. The body has not yet
been diScovered.

ARTILLERY HEAD - QUARTERS, BOMBAY,
SEPT. 3, 133.5.—Regimental Orders, by Colonel Russell
It is with the must sincere regret that the Commandant has
to communicate to the corps the decease of Captain 8. J.
C. Falconer, which took Ice at Ahmedabad, on. the 20th
ult. In making this communication the Commandant feels
assured that he is cordially joined by all ranks in deploring
the loss of this valuable officer, whose professional ability
and private worth rendered him at once the object of
esteem, respect, and affection, whether known as an officer
engaffed in the .public duties of his profession, or as a
gentleman in private life.
There are, it is said, not less than 700 or 800 books
extant on tbe botanical description and medicinal vises
the•Cirichina bark,

No change in the constitution and discipline of the
metropolitan police is intended, or in contemplation.
The heavy snow of Sunday last has now nearly
disappeared:
Fires are daily kept in all the apartments of the new
Palace, St. James's Park, which is now in complete order,
and ready for the reception of their Majesties. As the
King and Queen intend in the spring to give a succession
of entertainments, an opportunity will be afforded of
viewing the magnificence and splendour of the intiJrior.of
the Palace,

As an example of the interczt which the King takes
in the important operations now 10 progress for arratying
and classing the public records, we may mention that, ailer
the perusal of a recent correspondence. between Sir George
Harrison and Mr. PUlton Cooper, respoetiog the records
of the Duchies of Lancaster rind Cornwall, his Majesty
was pleased to dictate to Bir Herbert Taylor a letter, now
under the consideration of the Record Board, containing
the very wise suggestion that a transfer should be made of
the records from the repositories, where they may now acci-
dentally be, to those offices to which they naturally belong.
How 'strangely does the following passage in an
American tour soimil in an English ear ;—" We started at
seven for B/andArch passing through part of Blenheim
and 0...10rd, we .got to Martin's tavern, upon the great
London Road, about two, a distance of thirty miles from
Paris."

SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN PFCCADILT,Y.-:—YeSter-
day, between one-and two .o'clock, as Captain Gilbert Hen-
derson, a :gentleman residing at Phillimore Lodge, St.
John's-wood, Regent's-park, accompanied by his lady (who
unfortunately is far advanced in pregnancy,) was • proceed-
ing along Piccadilly in his cabriolet, drawn by a. remarkably
high-spirited horse, the guard of a stage coach sounded his
bugle for the purpose of causing the drivers of some carts
to draw off on one side. Captain Henderion's horse was
alarmed at the sound, and set off at a furious rate, when the
wheel of the cabriolet came in contact with that of a sca-
venger's cart. The collision was so violent that the cabrio-
let was instantly Overset, and both Captain H. and his lady
were precipitated. with tremendous violence to the ground.
Several pa!-sons immediately rendered every possible assist-
ance. The lady was in a state of insensibility, her head,
face, and arms being shockingly lacerated. The Captain
was also considerably hurt about the head ;• they were both
immediately conveyed in a coach to their residence.

Last week, as Mr. Bailey, of the Red Lion public-
house, King's Cliffe, was engaged in catching rats, be had
occasion to remove a slab in his_ browbouse, when he 'acci-
dentally discovered an earthenware vessel,' containing gold
coins to the amount, it is said, of several hundred pounds.—
Lincoln Mercury.
HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURAL MEETING.—A
very numerous meeting took place at Wincheater on Wed-
nesday, to consider the present distressed state of the
landed interest. Sir Thomas Baring was in the chair, and
in an able speech expressed his opinion that relief was alone
to be looked for in the adoption of a mixed silver and gold
Standard ; in the 'permission to "country' banks to enlarge
their issue of notes on lodging stock as security ; and i❑ the
enactment of a poor law for Ireland. Several resolutions
were passed, and the meeting adjourned.
EAST KENT AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.—
A meeting was held on Saturday last, at which it was re-
solved that this association shoufd co-op3rate with the Cen-
tral Agricultural Board in London, and deputies were
accordingly named, who should proceed to town for that
purpose. •

DOING'S 6P TI a SWELL • MOD.-The members
of this honourable corps reaped. on Thursday "night last
an excellent harvest during their presence at, and after the
termination of a grand 'fancy dress ball at the Colosseum,
-;Regent's Park. The attendance of the .Nobility and Gen-
try was numerous, and the fraternity alluded to congre-
gated in great numbers also ; fortunately for their specula-
tion, very few police officers were in attendance, and in con-
sequence thereof several ladies, on quitting the Terpsi-
corean arena, were unable to find their shawls, cloaks, &c.,
which bad been carried off by the gentlemanly-dressed
conveyancers in question, one of whom, on being detected
in the work of plunder, knocked down a constable by a
tremendous blow on the eye, and with a cashmere shawl,
worth at least fifty guineas, got clear off. The rest of the
gang made a good night's work ; and it is supposed that
the depredations altogether exceeded three hundred pounds
in amount.

TRIBUNAL OF CORRECTIONAL POLICE.—A
Tidai§tt .ArFAlß.—Michael Ledrue and Pierre Lorrain
were charged with stealing a coat, a handkerchief, and a
watch, the property of one Jean Latouche, under the fol-
lowing, very singular circumstances :—The prosecutor, a
very sober demure-looking_ personage, deposed that he was
about to turn into the Rue Taitbout, when he was sud- ,
denly seized and thrown upon the shoulders of the pri7
soner Pierre Lorrain, who held him fast while Ledru, the
other prisoner, took away his property. The moment he
began to cry out, the prisoners commenced tickling- him
under the arms, which, in spite of his distress, made him
laugh. The prisoner. Ledru, on being called upon for his
defence, said that the prosecutor was quite under a mistake.
It is possible, added he, that the joke was a sorry one ; but
the fact is that we saw him comity, along,' and we thought
he looked too serious for a true Frenchman, and we there-
fore determined to see if we could not make him laugh by
tickling him. How do
you explain the robbery of the
handkerchief, the coat, and the watch*? said the' `President.
Very easily, replied Ledru. We merely took off the coat
because it was impossible to tickle him properly through the
cloth. And the handkerchief? Why, the fact was, , that
when the gentleman laughed, the effect was so ludicrous I
am sure if you had been there, you would have laughed
also.. All the bystanders laughed, and my eyes became so
moistened with laughter that I took out the handkerchief
to Wipe them. But the watch ? asked the President.
Prisoner--L-Oh the watch; that is another affair. We did
not wish to carry the joke too far ; people may be killed
with tickling ; there are instances of it ; I therefore said,
we must not let him laugh more than ten minutes, or he
will be suffocated, and, in order to count the exact time, I
took out his watch. This defence did not succeed, how-
ever, and Messrs. Ledru and Lorrain were sentenced to six
months imprisonment.—Gazette des Tiibunatt.r.
MYSTERIOUS: ANNOYANCE.—Doring therlast ten
days the family of Air. Janard, of No. 46, Upper Corn-
wall street; St. George's East, have been greatly annoyed,
and the whole neighbourhood disturbed, by the conduct of
some malicious persons, who, on the evening of the 4th
•instant, commenced throwing stones, pieces of brick, and
other missiles, through the back windows of the lower part
of the houses by which several persons have been severely
injured, and property to a considerable amount destroyed.
This diabolical syStem of persecution towards an unoffend-
ing family commenced on - the above-named day; when a
great quantity of. stones and large cinders were thrown
from some unknown hands at the parlour-window at the
back of the house. Every pane of glass was broken,
the frames of the window smashed, and some of the articles
in the room damaged. Mr. Janard, who keeps a chandler's
shop, and his wifi, on proceeding into the apartment to dis-
cover from what quarter the missiles proceeded, were
unable to- do so, but all the time they were in the
room they were pelted. Stones were thrown at in-
tervals during the whole night, and two persons who
were on the look-out to discover the infamous authors
of the mischief had their heads broken. Next day
Mr. Young, the inspector of the K division of police, ac-
companied by Perkins and Wood, two policemen, examined
the premises, and while they were in the house and yard in
the rear, the stones, coals, ece., fell about them like hail,
but all their efforts to discover from whence they proceeded
proved fruitless. Tho inspector was struck by a brick,
and Perkins received a stone on his hat, which, but for the
protection afforded by the leather on the top of it, would
no doubt have cut his head open. The annoyance has
since been continued daily, although Wood, a policeman,
and other officers, have been continually in and about the
premises ; and Mr. Janard,.his wife, and family, no sooner
enter the back room, or' walk ' across the yard, than some-
thing is thrown at them. The policenian, Wood, one day
was severely wounded by a stone,. thrown at him while
standing upon the wall which separates the yard from the
gardens in the rear of the houses in the Back-road, One
evening the landlord of the house' was s'kttirig in his front
room, where he supposed he was b,eyond the reach of harm,
when a stone which waF,., hurled through the back tvindor'
passed over the PPOITI into the apartment in which he was
sitting, aild Strklek him on the breast. What renders. the
circurestanee more extraordinary is, that a great part.ws of
the missiles thrown into the house are sc.i,t,c. VArkkis

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS

We congrainlate the friends 'oft:Poland upon the
solemn recognition of her rights, whiCh has aE.,,ain•been
pronounced hy a great. ma,jority in the French C.,hatn.
'tier of Dqpilties.. We had hardly expected such ti re-
stilt: We feared that the Chamber would have Mt.
fu allusion itself with the vague allusiotteo
Athdedsrttl,b4,ctvhcoi,...nri
:
tamed in the' fifth paragraph • of th
runs as follows The first 'want of eivilizado,
-hire, is peace ; and we have received with great
surf:: from your Majesty's lips the assurance which yohr
have given of the satisfactory state of bur relatiotk-3
with Foreign Powers. Our intimate with Gietit
Britain is an additional guarantee fer the eluratiou
peace; it secures the assertion and:the -maintenance of
-rights consecrated by treaties, the execut;.tm of which
is essential to the equilibrium of
P.Urope." M. D'H •
mut proposed tp after the Word " Treaties,'
" 414 whi'l2. wive been so often and so recently coif.
teinned.” M. Biguon wished to have the paragraph
remain as it was, hut to have followed it up by another
in these terms :—" 'The Chamber of Deputies
is de..ply convinced, and the Government your
Majesty, we doubt not, shares in that -,;onviction, that
the re-establishment of Polish v.-itiom,lity ought to be
placed in the first rank of
that equilibriinP " the conditions essential to
:Then finally. came M. de Mornay,
a Ali":sterial 11-eputy,,.who submitted that all the
words after
." our • relations with foreign. Powers,"
should be struck, out, •and that for the remainder of
the paragraph the :following sentence should be substi-
tiated :—" This auspicious harmony gives
.us the
hope-,- that in unison with Great Britain and the
Powers whose interests are connected With our own,
Yoamay be able, Sire, to restore the equilibrium of
Europe, so necessary to the maintenance of peace,
and that the first pledge of it will he the preservation
of the ancient nationality of Poland, consecrated by.
treaties." Each of these amendments was strenu-
ously resisted by the Due de Broglie, who recapi-
tulated what France had already endeavoured to
effect in behalf of Poland. After the late insur-
rection it had attempted to interfere in behalf of
the Poles, contending that the revolt of Warsaw
had not exonerated Russia from the oblicrations
imposed upon her by the Congress of V;_enna, and that
France would recognise no other ernmection between
Russia and Poland, save that xvhi...di had been prescribed
by the treaties and the policy- of Alexander. To this
argument Russia answered, that the rebellion of the
Poles had annulled the treaties ; upon which France
replied, that the treaties were not infringed by • that
revolt, and that they still continued in all their vigour.
It seems strange, after this exordium, that the Minister
for Foreign Affairs should proceed to dissuade the
Chamber from adopting any of the amendments, which
he described as useless protests against the conduct of
the Russian Emperor, unless the country was prepared
to follow them up by a declaration of war, which .he
presumed nobody would suggest. 'Why did the
French Government declare, in the first instance,
against the subversion of the nationality of Poland ?
'Were the Ministers who then advocated the cause
of Poland determined on backing their- dispatches by
a proclamation of war ? Certainly not. 'All that
they then meant to do was, to protest solemnly, in
the face of Europe, against the violation of the
treaties of Vienna, and to preserve, , in the opinion
of the World, the moral nationality of Polandto
preserve it, and to carry it on in the sama way
until that nationality should be placed, by favour-
able events, upon an indestructible foundat!On.
The conclusions of the Foreign Minister, so- in-
consistent with his premises, were scattered to the
winds by the manly reasonings and powerful eloquence
of Odillon Barret, whose speech had an electric
effect on the Chamber. " The Emperor of Russia,"
said he, " has declared, in the face of Europe, that
Polish nationality was a criminal chimera which it
was necessary to stifle in the heart of every Pole ; he
has declared this—he, who has no tribune, and who
'is the sole representative of the Russian nation—this
is the answer which_ he has given to your ,protestS in
favour of PelandeaUd this is the time, when he has
hurled defiance against you, that you are enjoined to
be silent Such an appeal to the pride and gallan-
try of France was irresistible. After a • miserable
speech from M. Lamartinc, in which lie defended the
course proposed by the Minister, the amendments
were nut to the vote, and that of M. de Mornay, as
being the strongest, was carried by a large majority.
The Ministers did not vote upon'the queAion. Thus
the covert allusion to Poland in. the original draft of
the Address, has now been converted into an explicit
and even a strong declaration. When the Chamber
calls upon the King to restore the equilibrium of Eu-
rope, it declares that equilibrium to he now disturbed.
When it proclaims that peace is essential to France,
and that that peace is 'put in danger by the conduct of
Russia to Poland,' it can hardly stop. there very long,
without attempting, to secure the public tranquillity
against the ambition of Russia. When it solicits
Se King, through the solemn language of an Ad-
tires;, to " pieserve the ancient nationalityt of Poland
Consecrated by treaties," it is dealing with no rhetorical
figures. It speaks of things, of realities of the first
importance. It replies to the threats vociferated at
Warsaw, by an energetic declaration that these threats
shall, never be 'carried into execution ; that should the
inhabitants again revolt, they shall not be destroyed,
nor shall their capital he levelled to the earth by the
guns of the citadel. This is cheering language to the
friends of liberty ; it cannot fail to produce a most
salutary effect. Over-.san,quine then 'Will exclaim that
all this is very fine phraseology,- but that it is of no
benefit to Poland, unless it be seconded by measures
of direct hostility. The time for war is not yet come ;
it may possibly not come at ail. These reiterated pro-
tests against usurpation prevent it from attaining any
settled form, and so cripple it, that even if it should
continue to exist; it will exist with so much pain, that
death would be greatly preferable to such a life of
constant. struggle. Justice in the end is sure to find
a way to victory. Our House of Commons must not
permit itself to be outdone upon this question by the
Chamber of Deputies.' Should no allusion be made
to it in the King's Speech, sonic Member, we trust,
will introduce into the-Address phrases equivalent to
those of M. de Mornay's amendment. Silence upon
our side will be impossible, after what has passed, un-
1-ss we be resolved to repudiate the confidence placed
in our alliance with France, for the realisation of the
wishes of the French Chamber,—of the hopes of
Poland—and the aspirations of civilized Europe.—
orn in, (712-0210 c.

It cannot but occur to every one diiring the present
law changes (besides the expense Which is unhappily
to be inflicted on the country) to observe how Peerages,
with their attendant coronets, are showered wantonly
down. Nate, while Ministers ate thus honouring one
profession which thrives by the dissensions of mankind,
is it not also. painful to reflect, that they are in an equal
degree striving to sink and depreciate another which
exits by diffusing peace and comfort ? The men who
are to be peered and pensioned arc undoubtedly dis-
tinguished in the profession to which they belong : so
are there men in the Church of the same original state
in society, %Om passed through the same education,
contended for the same prizes in the same Universities,
were even more frequently the victors, but having
in these days of infidelity fixed upon the less fa-
voured profession—these are to be degraded and villi-
. fied, and those exalted. This, we say, is an unnatural
state of society—talents do not find their just level .
—it inflicts injustice, and must lead to greater evils.
'With regard to the distribution of the honours on
legal persons, we have already given our opinion. We
greatly respect Sir John Campbell; we hope we may
say without Offence, we wish he had respected himself
more. it is the mostiii
glilar
Attorney-Generalproceeding ever heard
of, that the wife of a: should as
Peeress, and her husband, in whom
such he made a
acknowlede-ment that
alone the claim resided, should be left where he is--a
John's acquiescence in
'
we know, wonld not wish his wife to take
seD:nesuneoat
tacit Sir
this
plainprloiTeteici(:iliiitig..
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an inferior cl
he is a poison of :ass to his wife ? Manw
a title iu which ltitnseil was not to participate, even
though the pretension wi
a husband,
ght, in some degree, re,; do in
the female. II • • •
...owever, it is incredible how tl.aiving a
profession OW bar is new. Here are coroT:lets almost
rot 61 ON tht
.strzets for the heads of Gie profession
to cat,ol w, •. tad, for the humbler cl- 1 •
.
Al
xcus, commissionerships in abinulanee ; while a de-
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