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London, England, 1836-05-30 00:00:00

FAMILY LIBRARY, VOL: LVII.

It Duodecimo, embellishe:d with a Frontispiece from a Drawing
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A COMPENDIUM OF NATURAL PHI-
LOSOPHY, being a survey of the Wisdom of God in the
Creation. . _ _

By JOHN WESLEY, A.M.
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IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL.—The Town COUnell of
Irvine, at their meeting on Thursday last, resolved to petition
the House of Lords to give the same measure of Municipal.
Reform to Ireland as is enjoyed by England and Scotland, and
for this purpose to pass the Bill as it left the Commons, with-
out being impaired in its principle and spirit. A similar peti-
tion is under signature ley the inhabitants of Irvine, vilio are
manifesting the deep interest they feel for their brethren of the
sister kingdom, by the crowds that are pressing forward to ex-
hibit their subscriptions—that justice may be done to a people
who are their best and only customers in the coal trade, and
with whom they reciproCate in the corn and provision trade,
from Dublin along the cast, north, and west coast to Limerick.
—Glasgow Chronicle. '

LISBON, MAY 7.—A great deal of angry contro-
versy has arisen out of the Prince Don Ferdinand to the office
of Marshal General of the Army, an office tantamount to that
of Commander in Chief. The Representative Chamber of the
Cortes had declared their intention of dispensing with this ap-
pointment altogether, and the Opposition decry it as at once
unconstitutional, expensive, and unnecessaay. The Govern-
ment organs, on the other hand, defend it on the ground of its
forming one of the essential stipulations of the marriage con-
tract, stating besides, that it is necessary to the security of the
constitutional throne, and highly advantageous in every sense,
putting an end to the jealousies of rival families, who might
aspire to the distinction, and strengthening the legitimate
claim of the young Prince to the respect and attachment of the
army. The appointment is certainly popular with the latter,
by nhom rho Prince is much liked. He has been appointed
Honorary Colonel of Don Pedro's favourite regiment, the sth
Cacadores. On the 29th he reviewed the National Guards of
this city, in presence of the Queen and a numerous Court.
The National Guards mustered in considerable number, and
their appearance was highly respectable and imposing. The
occasion of the review was the anniversary of the constitutional
charter, and the city was illuminated in the evening in conse-
quence. The Queen and Prince drive out every day without
atiy military escort, and they are almost always to be seen in
the royal box at the San Carlos in the evening. They are
said to be very happy, and much attached to each other. Let
. .
us hope that in this case common report may be true.

The "great lesson we have to learn, is the impor-
tance of the bulk of the nation—of what arc called the inferior
classes. In proof of this, we may take for examples, Russia
and England. It is not too much to say, that if the labour-
ing classes of the Russian empire could be put upon a level
with the average body of English labourers ; if their con-
sumption could be made similar, and as great ; then the
financial resources, the annual public revenue of Russia, and
her political strength and influence, would be increased much
more than they would be by the conquest of another empire
as large and as populous as her own," and in the same condi-
tion as her own, though such empire would form a considera-
ble portion of the world.—professor Jones.

A letter of the 18th inst., from Barcelona, says—
' " General Mina ht; been confined ever since his return to this
town, and it is said that he has sent to :Montpelier for Dr.
I Lallemand. He ii, therefore, either seriously ill, and will
give• up the command of Catalonia, as he did that of the
Army of the Mirth, cr else seek a pretence fcr withdrawing
•with honour,"