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COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK.
' Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Beans.
Per Quarter. . s. to s. 5. s. Is. to a. 5. to s.
Blandfonl 63 34 28 45
Brigg---* 52 65 30 36 20 24 34 37
Cambridge 66 31 24 38
Chard 64 70 34 38 2i) 22 36 40
Huntingdon 58 7.) 33 40 22 29 36 42
Long Sutton— 62 70 22 28 36 39
Louth 57 63 30 35 20 24 33 38
tiO 69 23 40 24 30 36 40
'Newark 60 70 40 44 19 29 40 43
Nottingham 76 81 33 48 24 31 42 4-4
Pet erbormigh,....... 59 72 34 24 30 39 10
Plymouth (32 74 29 36 22 31 38 50
Pontefract 68 43 47
Sleaforil fis 70 36 38 22 28 41 43
Uppingham (4 70 34 42 24 32 35 42
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LEEDS CORN MARKET.—May 31.
Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 60Ib.
---- York. and Lincoln. 601 b.
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
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: 14), 86: .
ttt to 403.
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Grinding
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BeanS36s. to 445. it
Oats, Potatoe
:11ealing, For. lid.. to 14 iiil Eng. 14;4d. to 15 4d. per st.
Shelling 34s. to 366. per load.
Rapeseed, English, UV. to 241....... Foreign, —l. to --1. per last.

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-------- Red
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---- Irish, White BlO 9 6
-------- Red
—_---- 8 6 8 9
Foreign
10 0
OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 4 0 140 6
4
Irish 3 9 310
Foreign
BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 4O 0 46 0
-- Scotch and Irish, per 601bs.
Feeding
BEANS, English, per linperial quarter 42 0 46 i i
-- Irish, &c.
Foreign
PEAse, English, per Imperial quarter
Foreign ..•..... 50
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FLOUR, English, per 2501 b..
--- 47 0 49 0
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OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401b 5.
INDIAN CORN, per 44010. ........................ 34 0 36 0
RYE, per Imperial quarter ........................ .... 36 0 38 0
MALT, per Imperial quarter ......................... 70 0 73 0
I steoßT ON GRAIN for the Week ending May 30.
Wheal Oats. Barley Flour. Oatmeal
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Foreign, Brls.llrish, Ere. Scks.l Loads.
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RUMFORD MA R.KET.--June 1.
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Mutton ............... 3 4 4 4 Pork .... ..............
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Suckling Calves from 14s. to 2,35. ; Quarter old Pigsl2s.to 16s. each.
A limited supply, and a sluggish trade.

(From the Scotsman.)
It is a characteristic feature of our corrupt
system, that it ruins the reputation of all our
listinguished Statesmen. Perhaps with the
single exception of the Marquis of Rocking.
ham, whose Ministry lasted only one year, no
man of eminent talent has touched office for a
century past, without contracting a moral stain.
Walpole, North, Chatham, Burke, William
Pitt, Canning, uskisson, are melancholy
examples.
What do impartial men say, or what will
impartial posterity say, of Edmund Burke ?
That his real sentiments are to be discovered
in the speeches and acts of his early life—in
those davc, when he and Fox wept over the de-
feats of Washington as the champion of human
l.berty ; and that when broken down in his
circumstances, and in despair of obtaining
power, he took advantage of the excesses of the
French revolution, to afford him a pretext for
renouncing opinions, which stood in the way of
his interest and ambition. He abandoned his
principles, obtained a pension, and became the
oracle of the Ministers, and the idol of the
Aristocracy. We venerate the genius and the
patriotic labours of Burke, but this we believe
to be the undisguised truth. _

William Pitt commenced his career as an
ardent Reformer. Ambition was the master

feeling of his soul ; and he soon found that with
such opinions he either could not be a Mi-
nister, or that his power could never be secure.
The French Revolution, with its wild anarchy,
came opportunely to cover the desertion of
early principle, which was already in effect com-
mitted. He was perfectly sincere, and would
have been delighted to have power and Reform
together ; but he found them incompatible ;
and preferred power resting on, corruption to an
unavailing struggle, like l'urke s, in the people's

cause.
Read " Moore's Life of Sheridan ;" look at
Mr. Canning's early bias towards republican
doctrines, pointed out there and elsewhere ; com-
pare this with his breach with the Holy Allies,
and the sudden change in our foreign policy
after the death of Castlereagh, and with the re-
markable threat of preaching revolutionary prin-
ciples, which he suspended over the heads of the
continental Princes : these, and a thousand
other traits in his political life, are clear proofs
to us, that George Canning in his heart was
thoroughly liberal ; that the stirrings of ambition
and the necessities of his early life, had made
him compromise with a corrupt system which
his unprejudiced feelings condemned ; that, in
fine, he had lent his talents to gild its baseness,
and was too deeply committed to appear as a
Reformer without an entire forfeiture of charac-
er. This we believe to be the true key to the
tinconsistencies of Mr. Canning's political life.
Mr. Huskisson's was, in the first part of his
career, a Whig or Republican ; in the second,
a salaried defender of the " wisdom of our an-
cestors ;" and when near the close of his days,
he was thrust out of power, a sagacious reader
of his speeches might discover the skirts and
lappets of his old Republican tunic peeping out
from under the more modish garb which he had
worn in middle life. But his career was so si-
milar to Mr. Canning's, that details are unne-

cessary.
We might dwell on the particulars of the
Earl of Chatham's life, who, when in power,
profited all he could by the corruption which he
had declaimed against in opposition. Even the
Whigs of 1806, though they retired from office
with the dignity of martyrs, did not entirely
escape contamination ; they were accused of per-
mitting some jobs, and of doing little, and in-
tending little, in favour of the people's cause.
The fact is, that in order to effect some good,
they found it necessary to compromise with
many gross abuses, and to work with the im-
pure tools which their predecessors had pre-
pared to their hands.
What then, will be the judgment of impar•
tial posterity as to Burke, Pitt, Canning, and
Huskisson ? That they were all men of power-
ful minds, who loved liberty, and would have
been happy to be Ministers under such a sys-
tem as the new Bill will confer upon us ; but
finding corruption too strong for them, they
stifled their convictions, deserted their principles,
and became the advocates of a system which
they detested in their hearts. Their feelings
and their understanding were in the right, but
their virtue was not firm enough to make the
sacrifices which freedom then entailed on her
supporters. This is our sincere opinion ; and
if it be correct are we not warranted to say, that
our corrupt system has proved a snare to the
conscience, and ruined the reputation of our
public men ?
Will it be said that the memory of these men
suffers, and will suffer, merely because they were
party leaders? We deny it ; and we appeal to
the fate of Washington, Jefferson, Maddison,
and Monroe. These Statesmen were even more
furiously and rancorously libelled duringtheir offi-
cial existence than any of the British Ministers we
have named ; but how different is their ultimate
reputation ! We need not refer to future times ;
for public opinion has already pronounced on
the merits of the American Statesmen. Those
still living who were their bitterest enemies, now
confess that though they sometimes erred in
judgment, their hearts were sound ; that they
never suppressed their genuine opinions, or
sought wealth and office at the expence of
principle, that their virtue as moral agents is un-
sullied, and their fame as patriots without a
cloud ! Perhaps they were not much better
men, (Washington always excepted) ; but human
virtue is a thing of degrees, and it was their
happiness to live under a system which spread
no temptations in their path—which permitted
te.eo
a 'Minister to be an honest man.
Sir Robert Peel adds another to the reputa-
tions which have been Wrecked, or all but
wrecked,e lbad
finstitutions.hevery
first H He
ahssa s; a
butpr prac-
tical understandingf"
portal t
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power
and ascendancy,il e
influence".
unfortunately entered public life through the
aNu
the shapeless leg and splay foot of a negro sub-
stituted for one of the limbs of the Apollo, anti
you have a picture of incongruity presented by
Sir Robert's n"cew
then thee.
senile bigotry on the one subject,
placed in juxta-position with ideas so eminently
sound and rational upon all others. Luckily for

himself, he cast off this moral excrescence at the
very nick of time to save his character from ruin.
But now comes Reform, and Sir Robert must
make another sacrifice, or have his political re-
putation consigned to the tomb of the Capulets.
It' the question were to be hung up for twenty
years, it would be easy to string together common
places about the " wisdom of our ancestors," and
the peril of " untried theories," which might
pass for profound wisdom with such assemblies
as Sir Robert has been accustomed to address ;
hut when Reform is actually carried, and seen in
operation, dispensing the blessings of peace, con-
tentment, secur►ty, and fostering habits of good
order, increased industry, and improved mora-
lity, this miserable sophistry will be entirely out
of date.

" Its name, its nature, withered from the world !"
A belief in the virtue of rotten burghs and
sham elections, will then sit as ridiculously on a
statesman, as a belief in witchcraft at this day.
Weak men will wonder at their past delusions ;
and cunning men will lay aside, " the wisdom of
our ancestors," and take to some other topic
better fitted to supply materials for deception.
Sir Robert's position as regards Reform, was in
some measure fortunate. lie had never
broadly declared himself till the Bill was
brought in. But literte scriptie manent,
and it stands on record, that Sir Robert, in
an unguarded hour, called the Bill a revolu-
tion, a new constitution, and many other
hart names ! If he abide by this way of think-
ing, in one year he must be laid on the shelf as
a statesman. He might with equal safety become
the champion of witchcraft and judicial astro-
►ogy, or choose to walk abroad daily in the
monstrous wig and slashed breeches of Queen
Elizabeth's days. Our sagacious friend of the
Morning Chronicle, thinks that Sir Robert al-
ready sees the wisdom of preparing for the
coming change. He has been entertaining the
three hundred scot and lot men in his burgh
of Tamworth, and his speeches on the occasion
rather smack of a disposition to compromise with
what he no doubt discovers to be the irresist-
able progress of events. When the health of
his brother Mr. William Peel, the new repre-
sentative for Cambridge, was given, Sir Robert
had a fair opportunity of blazoning his hostility
to the Reform Bill ; but not one violent word
passed his lips. On the contrary, he was all
moderation. He said, he (Sir It.) had never
been the decided supporter of any band of par-
tisans, but had always thought it much better
to look steadily at the political circumstances of
the times in which they lived ; and if necessities
were so pressing as to demand it, there was no
dishonour or discredit in relinquishing opinions
or measures, and adopting others more suited to
the altered circumstances of the country. For

this course of proceeding he had been censured
by opposite parties ; by those who, upon all oc-
casions, thought no changes were required, as
well as those who, in his opinion, were the ad-
vocz.tes of too violent and sudden innovations."
" He held it to he impossible for any Statesman
to adopt one fixed line of policy under all cir-
cumstances ; and the only question with him,
when he departed from that line, should be, am
I actuated by any interested or sinister motive ;
or do I consider the measures I contemplate
called for by the circumstances and necessities of
the country ?"

THE MURDER NEAR ROCHESTER.—
last week gave a detail of the examination respecting this
horrid deed up to Monday evening. On Tuesday the
examination was resumed. JAMES BELL, the brother of
the accused, aged ten years, was examined, and stated,
that knowing what the deceased was going to Aylesford
for, they determined to murder him. This intention they
were about to carry into effect several times, hut were
frustrated. At last it was completed by JOHN BELL alone,
and the younger lad returned home, and afterwards re-
ceived Is. 6d. of the money. The examination being con-
cluded, the elder boy, JOHN ANT Bran BELL, aged four-
teen, was fully committed for trial for the murder, and his
brother JAmEs was committed as a material witness, con-
ditionally admitted on the part of the Crown. They
were taken to Maidstone gaol on Wednesday. On the
journey, the prisoner JOHN pointed out to the officer the
pool where he had washed his hands after committing. the
crime, and also pointed out the opening leading to the spot,
saying ,‘ That's the spot where I killed the poor boy.
He's better off than me ; don't you think he is, Sir ?"
He said, that when he and deceased went into the wood,
he told him that he load lost himself; on which deceased
said he tiid not know his way out, and laid himself down,
and began to cry. BELL immediately sprang at him, and
cut his throat, and with some difficulty took the bag con-
taining the money from his hand. The bag contained
three half-crowns, one shilling, and sixpence. BELL said
he knew he should be hanged, and wished his brother
might see him executed, as a warning to him. He also
said the knife and glove would be found in the deceased's
pocket, if the body was taken up ; where they were found,
as stated in our last. His confession was spontaneous
'
and, as he said, from a desiec to Leon the truth, knowing
that he must suffer ; that he had no occasion for ireas
as he had no wish to escape justice. —Maidstone Jcarnar
pleasure in directing the
NEW COACH FROM CHELTENHAM TO
attention of our readers to an advertisement, an-
nouncing the intention of Mr. NEYLER and several ex-
tensive coach proprietors, to start a new coach (not in-
aftiaihprnepttrernol
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LIVERPOOL.—We
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delays will be avoided, and continuative pace maintained
elitist to the best mail coach travelling in the kingdom.
Ibis spirited and enteirnprising speculation deserves the
Alin, and all parts emineonft
tdheeg support of the public
greatly facilitate the communication between renltat: ofit Eng-
land Chel-
tenham, D
land ; and by leaving Plough Hotel early in the
morning, passengers will have
ling 130 miles by day through ve an opportuuity of travel-
one of the most de-
lightful districts of England,y comprehending the import-
ant towns of Worcester,. Shrewsbury, Wrexham, and
Chester, and arriving '
in Liverpool at half-past eight in the
evening. We observe also k
with the Bath and Cheltenham mail, and that passengers
may in future book certain at the York House, Bath, for
Liverpool, Manchester, $4 c., and after sleeping in Chelten-
ham, proceed on their way by L' Hirondelle, and effect the
saving of one day and thirty miles of uninteresting road.
So extensive an undertaking
-ing may be regarded as tending
materially to promote the interests of If
our highly-favoured
town, and we confidently trust that it will be rewarded
with that encouragement andpatronage to .
which such an
accommodation is
entitled.._
Cheltenham Chronicle.
There is now w in the possession of' Mr.
BREWER, at the Sr. James's-street library, an oil map,
printed at Amsterdam, which the Niger is distinctly
laid clown, throughout'itam whole course to Biafra, where,
agreeably to the recent discovery, it falls into tea.e•-•
Brighton Herald.
deouita'ena vdaet much

At Liverpool the merchants have established
telegraph for mercantile purposes ; and it is
very probable that the experience of its benefits
.vill occasion the extensive application of this
mode of communicating intelligence from the
metropolis to some of the larger sea-ports.
If the English or the French Governments
were capable of taking clear moral and econo-
mical views of the advantage of rromoting rapi-
dity and certainty in the communication of in-
telligence, they would facilitate the establishment
of telegraphs, open as the post, to the free use
of the public. The jealousy which exists
against the use of such instruments by the
public, and the obstructions to the inter-commu-
nication of intelligence, between one State and
another, strongly mark the ignorance and the
narrow views of most existing Governments.
We might adduce many examples which oc-
curred in the course of the last twelve months,

during the insurrections and troubles on the
Continent, of the gratuitous mischief occasioned
by the want of certain and rapid information of
the events as they occurred. Governments are
unable to prevent the communication of intel-
ligence respecting any events of considerable
magnitude, for such intelligence will escape in
spite of their utmost exertions : but it breaks
forth in rumours, in misstatements, and exag-
gerations of every kind : and it is only after a
considerable lapse of time that certainty or au-
thenticity is obtained. During this time, distant
markets are paralyzed, manufacturers dare not
proceed, in the prevalent uncertainty, and the
operations of commerce are suspended. Some-
times a number of houses obtain information
which each believes to be in its exclusive pos-

session. Each consequently enters into specu-
lations mutually injurious. Ten houses will
glut the market with nine times more goods than
are required ; or one large house, which happens
to be best circumstanced for receiving informa-

tion, makes an immense profit, to the ruin o
others. In short, it is the uncertainty and de.
ficiency of information which sustains the
greater portion of the gambling prevalent in the
commercial markets. This immorality is therefore
the result of misgovernment. The French Go-
vermnent of doctrinaires prohibits the establish.
ment of commercial telegraphs, in order that it
may enjoy the monopoly of rapid intelligence.
But a Government might allow the telegraph to
be made use of by private individuals, and re-
sume the monopoly as it found occasion. It is
only on very extraordinary occasions that the
monopoly can he of any use to Government. In
England there is nothing to prevent the establish.
m ent of telegraphs by private individuals, and
they would often be of great service for other
than commercial purp(Yes. As for example :
the communication of information to the out-
ports of the flight of an offender ; the occurrence
of a calamity which required prompt action in
persons at a distance ; and many events of daily
occurrence in the metropolis.
Some time ago efforts were made in London
to establish a commercial telegraph along the
line from London to Liverpool, but they failed,
—we do not know from what cause. Within
these few days, a gentleman (M. Ferrier de
Courettes) has arrived in the metropolis from
Paris, with the view of obtaining the adoption
of a system of nocturnal telegraphs. It is
stated to us, by persons of high respectabi-
lity in Paris, who have had opportunities of
examining his invention, that he has produced
very important improvements in the mode of
working telegraphs. The chief improvement 1,
a new and much more simple alphabet, or set of
signs, by which greater rapidity is obtained. His
nocturnal telegraph consists of one lamp fixed on
the top of a post, to be erected at the proper
elevation. Round this fixed lamp another lamp
is made to revolve at the end of a moveable
beam. A sufficient number of distinct positions
may be thus obtained with rapidity. It is stated
to us that a nocturnal telegraph of this descrip-
tion will (during average weather) work much
better than a diurnal telegraph, and that the
nocturnal stations might (were it not expedient
to use them by day as well as by night) be fixed
at double the distance. The distance between
one station and another of a diurnal tele-
graph, is usually eight or ten miles, according to
circumstances, but a nocturnal telegraph may be
at intervals of eighteen miles. The first outlay
of capital, for the establishment of such a tele-
graph, to serve both for night and day, in France,
is calculated at about 80L for each station. The
annual cost for working it would be about the
same amount. It is probable that in England
the annual expense would be somewhat higher.
We trust that this invention will obtain serious
attention, and receive the encouragement which it
may deserve, at the hands of our merchants.—
Indeed, the whole subject of the communication
of intelligence by post and otherwise, the stupid
overtaxation, and monstrous extortions in our
foreign post-office, and the refusal to adopt a
system of reciprocity with foreign Governments,
ought immediately to be submitted to Parliatnen-
ary inquiry.—Examiner.

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THEBUR-
atisE BASSA DOR. —A grand ball and supper were given
at the Town-hall,Calcutta, on the sth of January, in com-
memoration of the late glorious French Revolution. The
party exceeded eight hundred in number, among whom
were Sir CHARLES METCALF, Mr. BLUNT, and all the
fashionables of Calcutta. The Burmese Ambassador, at-
tended by Lieutenant BURNEY, was also present. After
supper Sir JOHN HAYES, the President, gave " The
health of his MAJESZY King WILLIAM the Fourth," and
this was followed by other toasts of " The French nation"
—" Louis PufurrE the First, King of the French"—

" The Ladies of France and England," with appropriate
speeches; and the party did not finally separate until after
the morning-gun had fired.—East India Magazine.
SWANAGE, DORSET, JUNE I.—On Friday
last a party of more than 90 persona sat down to an ex-
cellent dinner, at the Ship inn, in this place, to celebrate
the conquest gained over Toryism in the recent election
of our two county members ; it cannot be passed over in
silence, or remain unnoticed, that the zeal and strenuous
efforts of the people of this place, in conjunction with out
neighbouring village of Worth, have been unceasing in the
popular and good cause of our KING and country, and it
is not within the limits of our recollection to have witnessen
a party more congenial in sentiment, or more determined
in the cause they have so warmly advocated. Several
gentlemen addressed the meeting at considerable length,
with much eloquence ; many appropriate toasts and senti-
ments were drank, and several songs introduced by diff,-
rent gentlemen. The party did not separate till a late
hour, highly pleased with the great attention paid to their
comforts.

(From the Englishman's Magazine for June.)
It has recently been shown, and deeply lamented,.
by Mr. Babbage, Mr. Herschel, and others of nu r
most eminent writers, that England now ranks con-
siderably below the nations of the Continent in the
difficult and abstract sciences, and in several of the
highest departments of knowle4e. Many more
reasons than we can at prennt notice, have been as.
signed for the fact, but among the principal are the
flagrant mismanagement of sundry public institutions,
Ind the remarkable apathy of the Government to
the great cause of literature, and to the encourage-
ment of its most successful and assiduous cultiva-
tors. Of the culpable remissness to which we refer,
we have a singular instance to relate, which, if it do
not move the indignation, will, at least, we are con-
fident, excite the astonishment of our readers.
The " Royal Society of Literature" VMS insti. •
tuted in 1824., under the patronage of the late King,
assisted by the zealous exertions of the learned
Bishop of Salisbury. It consists, at present, of 245
members, each of whom, with the exception of ten
Royal Associates, contributes to the general fund,
sums, varying from two to ten guineas per annum,
in addition to not unfrequent and liberal benefactions.
The Royal Associates, on the other hand, have
hitherto received one hundred guineas each from the
King's annual bounty, and another hundred guineas,
derived from the same source, have been applied to
the purchase of medals, which have been presented,
it the rate of two a-year, to the most distinguished
British and Foreign Literati. Th's, be it observed
in passing, with two medals placed at the disposal of
he Councils of the Royal Society, and of the So-
ciety of Antiquaries, is all that the Crown has ever
lone for the advancement of science or literature in
Britain.* That in the present instance these small
rewards of merit have never been indiscreetly dis-
posed of, the list of celebrated personages, upon
whom they have heretofore been conferred, will
abundantly testify. It contains the names of Mit-
ford, the historian of Greece, Angelo Mai, librarian
of the Vatican, Major Rennell, the geographer,
Wilkins, the eminent Orientalist, Professor Schwei-
ghmuser, Dugald Stewart, Scott, Southey, trabbe,
Archdeacon Cox, W. Roscoe, and Baron Silvestre
de Sacy. And justly renowned and deserving of
distinction as this illustrious groupe of anthems is, it
is scarcely richer in characters who have toiled their
laborious way to the highest summits of fame, than
the selection of individuals who now form the body
of " Royal Associates." They are Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, the Rev. Edward Davies, Dr. Jamieson,
the indefatigable compiler of the Scottish Dic-
tionary, the Rev. T. R. Malthus, Mathias, author of
the Pursuits of Literature, James Millingen, Esq., •
Sir William Ouseley, William Roscoe, the Rev.
Henry J. Todd, and Sharon Turner. It is our I
piiinful duty to add, that four of the gentlemen 4
whose names we have given, and perhaps the most ;,
conspicuous of the number, are actually, or in a
great measure, dependent for their subsistence, on
the paltry pittance which they receive from the funds

of the Society.
Think, benevolent and enlightened reader; and
oh ! think of it with more than pity ! that some of
those, under the influence of whose pages many of
your most blessed and instructive hours have been
spent, and whose career of worldly prosperity has
been thwarted, not by evil propensities or luxurious
indolence, but that, by the unwearied toil of their

great genius and understandings, they might esta-
blish themselves in the memories and direct the
virtues of future ages ; only think of such men, in
the evening of their days, and the sterile winter of
their minds, being reduced to the necessity of priz-
ing a wretched pension which many of your ilße-
rate and soulless menials would scorn ? But—shall
we be believed when we state it?—intimation has
actually been given, on the part of the Crown, to
Mr. Coleridge and his brother Associates, that they
must expect their allowance" very shortly" to cease.
Such is the melancholy, and, our feelings compel us
to say, most disgraceful fact. And this, too, at a
time when that vile engine of corruption, the
Pension List, has beelt sacredly preserved in all its
entireness of political infamy, and while Lord
Brougham is attempting to persuade the House of
Lords to settle a retiring pension of two hundred
per annum on seventy Commissioners of Bankrupt,
who, according to his own account, were ei.ormonsly
overpaid for services which they were generally
quite incapable of performing, but whom he amiably
considers entitled to a liberal remuneration, because
—and pray do mark the cogency of the reason—
their expectations, poor dear sensitive darlings, had
been excited by their appointments, and in the joy
of their hearts they had forgotten the warning voice
of Malthus. We sincerely wish that his Lordship,
particularly as he is the official keeper of the Royal
conscience, would transfer a little of his superabun-
dant sympathy to the interests of literature, and
prevent his patriotic Master from being uncon-
sciously guilty of committing an action so unworthy
of the dignity of the beloved Sovereign of Britain.
We use the word unconsciously with reference to
his Majesty, because we are perfectly sure that he
at least can personally know nothing whatever of
the matter ; and we are persuaded that, if the real
state of the case were but properly represented to
him, his generous heart would be the first to revolt
at the parsimonious proceeding of which he is about
to be made the instrument. But there can be no
excuse for the Chancellor if he do not immediately
interfere, and hinder a miserable attempt at economy
out-Humeing Hume, from being carried into effect,
which he must be satisfied not one individual in the
whole kingdom would either approve or seek to
justify. His Lordship has now an opportunity of
redeeming the pledge he gave at the last Literary
Fund dinner, where he stated that he would, " at
once eagerly, and joyfully, and proudly stand forward
to aid the efforts of that Society in extending, in the
tno-t delicate and considerate manner, assistance to
those whose genius deserved admiration, and whose
misfortunes demanded succour."
Lord Brougham, however, seems to consider that
the patronage of booksellers, and the public, affords
a sufficient reward for the exertions of genius; and
in the lighter departments of literature, and to some
x unlucky individuals, they may, and perhaps ac-
tually, to a limited extent, do; but that the reverse
is the fact, in the more solid and important depart-
ments of intellectual exertion, has long been es.ta-
blished beyond a doubt or dispute.
4; • •
Even of the great poets of our own day, not to go
father back in the history of our literature, who, we
should like to know, with the single exceptions of
Sir Walter Scott, Lord Byron, arid Tom Moore,
has ever received any adequate pecuniary recom-
pense for the exercise of his talents? Seventy
pounds for writing in an Annual, is the sum total,
we believe, that Mr. Wordsworth has hitherto
earned by his works. We question whether Cole-
ridge has been fortunate enough to obtain so much ;
and it is no secret among booksellers, that some of
6'oz:they's finest poems have never defrayed the
mere expences of publication. We have been told,
moreover, that Mr. Murray has had a long poem of
Crabbe's many years in his hands, the cost of print-
ing which he has, up to the present moment, been
deterred from hazarding. Facts such as these are
worth a folio of speculative arguments, and, we ap-
prehend, entirely relieve us from the necessity of any
farther discussion.
Earl Grey once declaimed most indignantly, in
his place in the House of Peers, against the unge-
aerousness of the Scotch towards their immortal
countryman, Burns. We trust he still retains the
same feelings by which he was influenced on the oc-
e,ision alluded to, and that he will now prevent
reproach
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