The Sun.
London, England, 1836-05-12 00:00:00

HIS MAJESTY'S LEVEE.

Their Majeat/a arrived in town at half-past one o'clock
yesterday afternoon, from Windsor Castle,
His Majesty held a Levee at two o'clock.
The Iltli4 of genge, accompanied by the Hereditary
Prince, and Pririeti ti vi of the Netherlands, and attended
by M. Dedel, the Nethe'flitticia Minister, and Count Frederic
de Limburg Stirum, ChamberiaL! of bi Majesty the King of
the Netherlands, was present at the Levee.
At the Entree Levee Monsieur Frederic de Raumee, Pro-
fessor of History at the University of Berlin, was presented td
his Majesty by Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister.
The Count Erdody (Chamberlain to the Emperor of
Austria), and the Count Testeliez, two Hungarian Noblemen,
were presented to the King by M. de Hummelauer, Charge
d'Affaires of his Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty the
Emperor of Austria.
Baron de Rutzen was presented to his Majesty by the Rus-
sian Ambassador.
Monsieur de Silva, Consul-General for the Brazils, was
presented to the King by M. Galvao, the Brazilian Minister.
The Levee was attended by the Duke of Cumberland,
Prince Ernest of Hesse, the Russian and French Ambas-
sadors, the Neapolitan, Prussian, Sardinian, Wurtcmberg,
Hanoverian, Danish, Pcrtuguese, Grecian, Bavarian, Bra-
zilian, Netherlands, and Saxon Ministera ; Nocry Effendi,
Ottoman Minister, and Mr. Salame, his Majesty's Oriental
Interpreter; M. de Hummelauer, Austrian Charge
d'Affaires ; Mr. Vail, Charge d'Affaires of the United
States of America ; Count Seckendorff, Secretary to
the Prussian Legation ; Baron Rehausen, Secretary to the
Swedish Legation ; Count de Plessen, Secretary to the
Danish Legation ; M. Vogotidis, Interpreter to the Ottoman
Legation ; Count Gustavus Bleccher de Wahstall, Mr. Philip
Friel!, Ambassador from the King of Oude, the Lord Steward,
the Lord Chamberlain, the Groom of the Stole, the Master
of the Horse ; Lord Hill, the Gold Stick in Waiting ; the
Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at- Arms, the
Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Master-Genera! of the
Ordnance, the Solicitor-General, the Treasurer of the
Household, the Comptroller of the Household, Lord Rad-
' stock, Naval Aid-de-Camp in Waiting ; the Earl of Aboyne,
Colonel Lord Dufferin, Colonel Sir Alexander Dickson, and
Colonel Gibbs, Aides-de-Camp to his Majesty; the Master of
the Ceremonies, the Master of the Robes, Sir Samuel Spry,
Lieutenant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms; Sir
Edward Pearson, Lieutenant of the Yeoman Guards ; Sir P.
Walker, Usher of the White Rod
,and of the King's Body
Guard of Scotland ; the Clerk Mirshal, Sir Horace Seymour
and Colonel Bowater, Equerries to the King; Captain Pe-
chell, M. P., Equerry to her Majesty ; the Dean of Hereford,
Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting; Major Hyde, As-
sistant Master and Marshal of the Ceremonies ; Mr. Albert
Beetbam, Clerk of the Cheque to the Hon. Corps of Gentle-
men-at-Arms; Captain Courtenay Boyle, R.N.,Groom of
the Privy Chamber ; Mr. Stephenson, Page f Honour ;
Mr. Strachan, Gentleman Usher to the King, and the fol-
lowing :
DUKES—Richmond, Cleveland.
MARQUISES—Camden, Bath, Exeter.
EARLS—Sefton, Rosebery, Talbot, Mansfield, Stradbroke,
Cawdor, Aboyne, Aberdeen, Haddington, Kinnoul.
VISCOUNTS—CoIe, Newry, Hood.
Loans—Tenterden, Denman, Maitland, Hatherton.
Archbishop of Armagh.
BISHOPS—Ossory and Ferns, Bangor.
• HoNs.—The Champion Dymoke, R. Needham.
Stu s—E. Scott, Bart., M. P., Patrick Walker, H. John-
son, J. Walsh, E. K. Lacon, Bart.
The Dean of Salisbury, Rev. Dr. Scott.
Ray. MESSRS.—J. Downall, W. G. Mayne, J. E. Philipps.
MESSRS.—T. Shiffner' '
Horsman, J. Montefiore Spicer, W.
Barron, M. P., Balfour, G. Palmer, Creighton, Whitgreave,
E. Hamilton Sterling, Roberts, Champagne, G. J. K. Gor-
don, E. Walpole, M. Dyer, A. Smith, Mayne, C. Dundas,
E. Drummond, Basset, Onslow, O'Connor Don, Planta, H.
Lacon, Weyland, M.P., R. G. Alston, Alston, Hamilton,
Holdsworth. •
ADMIRALS—Sir W. Hargood, Sir Tremayne Rodd, Sir C.
Hamilton, Lambert.
CAPTAINS, R.N.—Hindmarsh, Sir Henry Lecke, Sir David
Dunn, Blackwood, Ayscough, Falcon, Skipsey, Dandas.
COMMANDERS—C. H. M. Buckle, Appleby, Hamilton, Pole.
LIEUTENANTS, R. N.—J. D. Robinson, C. W. Pitt, Cheere.
GENERALS—ShrapneI, Sir G. Cockburn, Sir John Lambert,
Forbes, Anderson, Sir J. Champagne, Hall, Read, Sir H.
Lowe.
COLONELS—Duffy, Digby, Armytage, York, Dorville,
Thornton, Grant, Cornwall, Lawrence, B. Drummond, Sal-
wey, Sir C. O'Donnell, R. Y. Butler, Delap.
MaJoas—Coles, Borlace, Cadogan, Cole, Hervey, Dyneley.
CAPTAINS—Stephens, William Hotham, R. H. Miles, E.
Freke, G. Hookey, J. F. Musgrave, Hamilton, Hope, Mairis,
Slade, Harcourt, J. W. Holdsworth, Hon. F. G. Hood.
LIEUTENANTS—Udney, E. Watts, Lamotte, F. W. Hamil-
ton, Douglas, Willan.
Cornet Spicer.
Lord Denman presented a petition from the inhabitants of
Dublin, praying for a further mitigation of the criminal code.
The following were presented to the King on being made
Knights of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphie Order :
Captain Hindmarsh, R.N., Governor of South Australia, by
the Right Lord Glonelg.
Captain Sir H. Lecke, R.N., by the Right Hon. the Earl of

Minto.
Captain W. Hotham, by the Duke of Cleveland.
The following were also presented to his Majesty:—
Admiral Sir W. Hargood, on returning from his command at

Plymouth.
Cornet Spicer, on his appointment to the 9th or Queen's Royal
Lancers, by the Earl of Rosslyn.
Mr. Horsman, by the Earl of Rosebery.
Mr. T. Shiffner, on his appointment of Paymaster to the
Household, by the Duke of Argyll.
Captain the Hon. F. G. Hood, Grenadier Guards, on being
granted the rank and precedence as son of Viscount, by his
brother, Viscount Hood.
Mr. Creighton, by Lord Cole.
Mr. J. Montefiore, on his appointment as one of his Majesty's
Commissioners for the Colonization of South Australia, by
Lord Glenelg.
Mr. G. Palmer, on his appointment as one of his Majesty's
Commissioners for the Colonization of South Australia, by
Lord Glenelg.
Mr. H. H. Lacon, on his return from India, by Sir E. K.

Lacon, Bart.
Rev. G. E. Philipps, Vicar of Osmington, by the Dean of
Hereford.
Hon. R. Needham, 12th Royal Lancers, by Sir H. Vivian.
Rev. J. Downall, on his appointment as Chaplain to the Earl
of Burlington, by General Reed.
Mr. Onslow, by his father, the Hon. Colonel Onslow.
Rev. W. G. Mayne, by the Kight Hon. F. Shawc, M. P.
Lieut. Elday, on his appointment to the Grenadier Guards, by
Lieut.-General Sir J. Lambert.
Lieut. E. Watt, Bengal Cavalry, by Sir R. Campbell.
Ensign J. W. Holdsworth, by Governor Holdsw•orth.
Captain Macris, by Lieut.-General Sir Herbert Taylor,
G. C. 8., and G. C. H.
Captain .I:„.F...Musgrove, 36th Regiment Madras Army, by

Sir .1. C. Hobho-use.
Mr, E. Walpole, on return from a Special Mission, by Lord

Glenelg.
Lieut. J. D. Robinson, R. M., on his return from service, by
Lord Minto.
Captain Falcon, R.N., on return from service and paying off
the Royal Adelaide, by Adm. Sir. W. Hargood.
Commander C. H. M. Buckle, on his promotion, by Adm.
Sir W. Hargood, G. C. B.
Lieut. Lnmottc, 21st Fusiliers, by Lord Tenterden.
Captain G. Hookey, on his appointment as Paymaster of the
Chatham division, by the Earl of Minto.
Captain R. H. Miles, Ist Regiment Bengal army, on his re-
turn from India, by Sir J. C. nobhouie.
Captain Stephens, on his arrival from Hanover, by Baron
Ompteda.
Major Borlase, Duke of Cornwall's Yeomanry, by Sir H.

Major Coles, Commandant of Taunton Corps of Yeomanry
Cavalry, by the Marquis of Bath.
Lieut. D. \Villan. by the Master-General of the Ordnance.
Lieut. Caere, R.N., on promotion, by the Earl of Sandwich.
Mr. Whitegreave, by Lord Ilathertori.
Mr, G. J. R. Gordon, first Attache to his Majesty's Mission
at Rio do Janeiro, by Viscount Palmerston.
Mr. Roberts, on being appointed one of his Majesty's Co-
lonintion Commissioners for South Australia, by Lord

Gienelg.
Mr. E. H. Sterling, Bengal Civil Service, by Sir J. B.

llobhouse.
General Sir G. Cockburn, G,C.I-1., by Lord Dufferia.

Mr. Champagne, by General Sir J. Champagne.
After the Levee the King held a Privy Council, which was
attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, the Lord
Privy Seal, the Secretaries of State for the Home Depart-
ments, the Viceroy of Ireland, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, the First Lord of the Adliralty, the Chdneellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster, the President of the Board of Con-
trout, the President of the Board of Trade, the Secretary at
War, and Lord Denman, Chief Justice or the Court of King's
Bench.
At the Council various memorials, praying that separate
quarter sessions may be held in different towns, were ordered to
be referred to the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
Some matters relating to Guernsey were also submitted to
the King in Council.
The (lon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council in
Waiting.
The Recorder of London was afterwards introduced, and
made a report to the King in Council.
His Majesty gave audiences to Lord Foley, Earl of Al-
bemarle, Marquis Conyngham, Marquis of Winchester, Vis-
count Palmerston, Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl of Minto, the
Lord Chancellor, Lord Glcnelg, Mr. Spring Rice, Sir H.
Vivian. Lord 11111, Lord J. Russell, Earl of Muigrave, and
Lord llolland.
Lord A. Fitzclarenee and General Finch were the Lord
and Groom in Waiting.

Three curious marriages are announced hi the last
Leicester paper. The first is that of a master Elijah Brown
to a Miss Eliza Stevenson, whose ages together make only
31 years ; the second is that of Samuel Bateman, Esq., a
man of considerable property, of Dudley, surveyor and 141-
agent to the Earl of Dudley, to a young wommi of humble
birth, named Matchett, of Leicester ; the bride and brides-
maid were profusely laden with satins,
veils, and plumes ;
two carriages and four were put in requisition; and every
attendant—whether post.boy, ostler, or what not—had his
palm crossed with gold after the matrimonial knot. was tied.
The third is a young fellow, aged 17, to a buxom widow of
33, with a family of seven children, after a whole month's
widowhood.

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

YORK SPRING MEETING, MAI- 9.

TILE YORK DERRY.—( FURTHER PARTICUL ARS.)
Even betting on Black Diamond, 2 to 1 agst Aleppo, and i to.
2 agst the Duke of Leeds's two.
At starting Jericho took the lead, and made strong runn.;ng,
leaving his horses full six or seven lengths behind, Aleppo following
second, Rover third, and Black Diamond in the rear. Jerici:o
continued iu the front round the Middlethorpe turn, when the•three•
began to draw upon him, and at the half-mile post Aleppo and
Rover headed him, Aleppo taking the lead, and defeating Rover..
cebv had a leg. At the distance slack Diamond went up to Alep-
po's sfrie, and staid quietly with him till about twenty yards from
home, left him, and won with the most perfect ease by three lengths.
On returning to scale he looked no more disturbed than if he had
taken common exercise.
TUESDAY.
The Spring St. Leger Stakes of 25 Sore. each, for three years-old ;
colts, Bst. 51b ; fillies, Bst. 21b. Last mile and three quarters.
5 Subs.
Mr. Bell's br. f. Zibetta, by Langan
Heseltine 1
Mr. Attwood's b. f. Theano .............................. 2
Lord Eglinton's gr. c. Wizard • 3
Mr. H. Claridge's b. f. Aveline ............ .....while and
4
Even on Zebetta, 3 to 1 agst Theano, 4 to 1 agst A,
sto 1 agst Wizard. At starting Zebetta took the lean, and
dmade
running for about a quarter of a mile, when she was .Iwaed by
Wizard, who carried it on at a strong pace, Zebetta second, Ave-
line third, xid Theano last. This order was kept till near the end
of the rails, wen Zebette came out, and won in a canter by twenty
yards.
Sweepstakes of 30 sore, eacii. 10 ft., for two yrs old ; colts, Bst.
51b. , fillies, Sst. 2.11:•• T. Y. C, 17 Subs.
Duke of Cleveland's br. c, by Voltaire
Mr. Bell's ch. f. Golden Drop, by Actaeon
Mr. T. Powlett's f. by Priam-311:s Fanny's dam 3
Mr. Wilkin's ch. f. Abraham Nevrla,:d
Duke of Leeds's br. c. Wrestler
Betting-6 to 4on the Voltaire colt, 6to agst Wrestler, and
sto 1 agst Golden Drop. The whole came well together till
within the distance, where the Voltaire colt came out, hard held,
and won easy by three parts of a length.
The Oaks Stakes of 50 sore. each, h. ft. for three yr:, old fillies,
Sst. 41b. Mile and a half. 7 Subs.
Sir J. Beresford's br. f. Miss Fortuna, Voltaire... Lye I
Duke of Leeds's b. c. Rubino, 2
Mr. Wormald's ch. f. Zelinda, by Velocipede
Mr. T. 0. Powlett's gr. The Lady Berners
Won by a length and a half.
Betting—. 3 to 4on the field. Zelinda led to near the rail-end,
when Miss Fortuna came up, and won easily.
The Shorts.—Sweepstakes of 50 sous. each, h, ft., for three years-
old; colts, Bst. blb; fillies, Bst. 21b. Last mi2e. 4 Subs.
Duke of Cleveland's ch. c. by Langcr—Natilda...Lye
Mr. Gully's b. f. Princess Victoria
Betting,-2 to lon the winner, who took the lead, Was never.
headed, and won very easily.

ST. ALBANS RACES, TUSDA T.
The Ladies' Plate of 50 sovs. for maiden hones, never having wor.
before the day of entering; three yrs old, est. 71b.: four, Bst.
51b. ; five, Bst. 21b ; six, 9st. 21b ; aged, 9st. 51b. Heats, once
round and a distance. One sov. entrance,_ to go to the owner of
the second horse. The winner to be sold for 150 sovs., if de-
manded, &c.
Mr. Coleman's b. c. Tom Beazely, 3 yrs ...Paris 1 1
Mr: Pryce's b. c. Brother to Caldieot, 3 yrs ,3 2
Mr. Grant's f. The May Bird, 4 yrs 2 6
Mr. Westley's b. f. by Belzoni, 3 yrs
The following were not placed :—Mr. Evans's Watty, 3 yrs ;
Mr. Osborne's Miss Allspice, aged ; Mr. Roberts names Marmoset,
4 yrs; Mr. White's Ambition, 3 yrs ; and Mr. Spriggs's Cots-more,
4 yrs.
The Manor Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 25 sovs. added, free far
any horse ; three yrs old, 6st. 71b. ; four, Bst. 41b. ; five, Bst.
121 b. ; six, 9st. 21b. ; and aged, 9st. 41b. Heats, two miles.
The winner to be sold for 200 sovs., if demanded, &c.
Mr. W. Smith's Ruinous, 4 yrs ... 1 1
Mr. T. T. Hodges's Zelina, 4 yrs 4 2
Mr. Bacon's Engle, 6 yrs
Mr. Arnold's Ladv Albert, 4 yrs
Mr. Clarke's Guiceord, aged
Mr. Sowerby's Shamrock, 3 yrs dis. bolt.
The Sandridge Stakes of 5 sovs., with 20 added, free for any
horse ; four yrs old, 10st. 81b.; ve, list. 51b. ; six, 1 Ist. 111 b ;
and aged, 12st. Heats, once round and a distance. The win-
ner to be sold for 150 sovs., if demanded, &c.
Mr. Maley's Haroid, 4 yrs (h. b) Parr 1 1
Captain Witham's Cooservative (h. b)
Mr. Daniels's Berkhamiteap, aged
The following were not platsld :—Mr. Baker's Nimrod, aged;
Mr. Fowler's Coquette, aged ; MI-. C. Flesher's Zacharina, ag
and Mr. Minter's Parachute, 6 yrs,

ASCOT HEATH MEE TING, MAY 31.
His Majesty's Plate of 100 gs. ; to start at the New Mile Post., go
once round and in.
The Ascot Derby Stakes of 50 sous. each, b. ft., to start at the
Swinley Post, and in ; the winner of the Derby or Oaks to carry
511). extra. 16 Subs.
Lord Lichfield's c. Ethiopian, by Memnon, out of Agalia
Lord" Lichfield's f. Moll Flaggon
Lord Jersey's brother to Mosquito
Lord Chesterfield's c. by Zinganee—Babel
Lord Verulam's c. by Bedlamite, out of Manille
Mr. Mills da. b. c. by Lamplighter—Sister to Spermaceti'
Colonel Peel's bl. c. by Jerry, out of Mary Ann
Mr. Greville's b. c. Lieutenant
Mr. Grosley's Frances
Mr. Kent's ch. c. Gemappe
Lord Exeter's Muezzin, by Sultan
Mr. Wreford's br. c. Freeholder
Lord Albemarle's c. Royal Oak
Led Albemarle's br. c. Mulberry
Sweepstakes of )00 sous. each, h. ft., for three vrs old fillies that
never won. Bst. 51b. Old Mile.'
Mr. Greville'sMarirahule' sister to Preserve
• Mr. W. Edwards's Gr.slioble,
Lord Egremont's f. Helga
The Eclipse Foot not having been challenged for, it will re-
main with Mr. Batson.

SECOND DAY.
The Swinley Stakes of 25 sous each. The last mile and a half.

4 Subs.

Lord Exeter's Aurelius, 4 yrs
Sir G. Heathcote's eh. c. Valentissimo, 4 yrs
Captain Williamson's ch. c. Aindcrby, 4 yrs
D. of Rutland's b . c. by Catten, 4 yrs
Sweepstakes of 100 noes. each, h. ft., for three yrs old that never
won. Old Mile. 4 Subs.
Lord Lichfield's c. Tho Captain, by Zinganec
Mr. Greville's b. c. Martello
Lord Egremont's br. f. Helga
Lord Tavistock's f. sister to Oak Apple
Sweepstakes of 100 sow. each, h. ft., for fillies. Old Mile. i Subs.
Lord Tavistock's f. by Royal Oak
Lord Exeter's b. f. Toga
Mr. Thornhill's b. f. by Drilling, out of Mangelwurzzl
Mr. Ridsdale's b. f. Olinda
Mr. S. Stanley's f. by Partiza.q—Clansman's dam

Colonel Peel's Arsenic
Lord Chesterfield's f. by Zinganee, out of Octavia
A Plate of NI. for all ages. Mile and a half. To start at the
Swinley Post.
THIRD DAY.
The Fern Hill Dinner Stakes of 200 sous. each, h. ft., from the

Slrinley Post. In.

8 Subs.

Duke of Beaufort's f. -Esmeralda—h. untried
Mr. Payne's —, by Camel, out of Lady Bird—m. untried
Lord Tavistock's 1. by Royal Oak, out of Aurora—both unt,
Coliw.l Peel's f. by ErniEns, out of Garcia
Cul. Peel's f. Zenana, by Sultan—„mare untried
Lord Chesterfield's filiy by I?,milius, out of Ambiguity
Duke of Richmond's c. HaviWar, by Ilelenus—h7 untried
The Royal Stakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft., for, free 3is old that
never won. Old Mile. 3 Subs. -
Lord Verulam's c. by Emilius, out of Varennes
Greville's Martello
mt. W. Edwards's Royal George,by Royal Oak
The Witut.o,• Forest Stakes of 50 sous. each, h. ft., for three yrs
old Mhos. Old Mile. 4 Subs.
Sir G. licatluinte's b. f. Zingarella
Mr. TheoVld's f. Ticket
Lady Am:a
Mr. Grerille's 11;.'wintdade
S•xecpstakes of 30 sots. each 20 ft., for two yrs old. T.Y.C.
,) Subs.
Captain Williamson's b.
Mr. Sadler's eb. c. The I-1,7111:f.
eland, out of Edith
by Defence
Sir G. Hcatbcote's b. f. by ,Sltialt.-pearc, cut of Coma

Lord Exeter's f. Candid
nut
Mr. Garduor's b. c. by Peter Le •of Phantisima
The Gold Cur, by subsetiption w:
of 20 so. with 200 added
Bst. 121 b. ; six
three yr olds, fist. 101 b. ; four, Bst. 'lb.
fmcd 31b. AbL,Ait two miles and
aud aged, Oct. 31b.. Mares all
a half. 12 subs.
Colonel Peel's Mr. Wags, by Langar, 3 yrs
Thornhill's Mendizabal, 3 yrs
Mr. Batson na. Ainderby, by liel'lnipce,e, 4 yrs
Lord Jersey na. Touchstone, by Camel, 5 yrs
Mr. W. r. ward's Sherry, by Reveller, 3 yrs
Mr. Cooke's sheet Anchor, brother to Hope, 4 yrs
Lord Exeter's AtJelius, by Sultan, 4 yrs
Sir G. Heatheotc's Yaltntissima, 4 yrs
Mr. Mostyn's Comus, 5 yrs
Mr. Forth na. Lucifer. by bettery, 4 yrs
Theobald's Rockingham, G ve.
youETII DAY.
the Workingham Stakes of 5 soy:. each. Thrce quarters a mile.
19 Subs.
His Majesty's Plate of 100 go. for bunters. Two wiles and a dis.
A Plate of 501. for all ages. The Old Alio,
The Bueldmrst Stakes of 100 ,ova. each. The Old I,Qile. The
winner of the Derby to carry 71h. extra.
I.crd Lichfield's c. by Emilius, out of Ina
Lord Jersey's Bay Middleton, by Sultan, out of Cobweb
Colonel Peel's c. by Bediamite, out of Caccia. Pia.tti's dam
Mr. Hunter's Hotspur, Brother to Itoncival
Mr. Thorahill's b. e. E;le
Mr I .hornhill's c. Ermine, by Emilius, oat of •I.llc:.=Y
Lord Exeter's b, c. Mucain
Mr. Ilidsdale's Meliora
Lord Chesterfield's Oberon
Mr, T, Caldecott's b. e. Zingarn

The bans of marriage between Prince Capuo. and
Miss Penelope Smyth were published in St. George's ChtuPb,
Hanover-square, on Sunday last. This was the first time or
asking.
AGE OF THE Won r,D.—A (Esser:mit:l) on the
been read before the Queen of Sweden,
:177 :a'fito.l—i"lribleilli'elV:git is with the world as with women, it
hides its age." . v -
Sunday, notwithstanding'
The fineness of the day on
the dust and the cold north-easterly wind, drew toge.her 1.
"us ', greater assemblage in Hyde-park than any preceding'
day of the present season. Very few ladies,'
however, appeared
as yct to have laid aside their winter costume.

ft is related of Diderot that he did not scruple to
sit to the Empress of Russia an immense library, which he
did not possess, for an enormous having got her pro,
raise that it should remain in his possession in Paris during his
When her Ambassador wanted to see it after a year or
two's payment, and the visitation could no longer be stavcd
oil', Diderot was obliged to set off in a burry, and run through
aii the booksellers' shops in Germany to till his empty shelves.
He bad the good fortune to save appearances ; but the trick
took air because he had been niggardly in his attention to the
Ambassador's Secretary.

SPIRIT.• OF T

HE I'UBLIC JOURNALS

Notwithstanding the violent rage affected out of
doors at the presumption of the House of Lords in
venturing to alter the Irish Municipal Corporation
Bill from the form in which was sent up by the
infallible House of Commons, we find that the Minis-
ters in the Upper House would themselves have been
willing to admit a very great alteration. They would
"nave been but too happy to have saved their credit by
a compromise. It was no doubt considered a magni-
ficent stroke of conning to get the Duke of Richmond
-to propose this compromise. The House resounded
-with Ministerial el-.eers while the Noble and Gallant
but not v.7)-7/ sagacious, Doke proposed to leave corpo-
rations, upon the Ministerial plan, in the la7qc towns of
Ireland, but to n...)olish them, according to the plan of
the Opposition, in towns where there was only a =ail
population. Nor was the cheering at all abated while
the Noble Duke declared lie was confident the House
of Como-inns would receive the measure so altered
with avi,lity, and would say, " We than!: the House
of Lords for destroying the one, and arc much
obliged to them for leaving the other." If his
Grace were right in his confident anticipations—and
we do not doubt he had good Ministerial authority for
them—the House of Commons must he very accom-
modatingly pliable under certain influence ; for, before
the Bill went to the Lords, not even the smallest abate-
ment from the ridiculous catalogue of new Corpora-
tions would be allowed, neither was there even the
most shadowy symptom of a disposition to he thank-
ful to their Lordships for anything. Their Lordships
have, then, at least this gratifying evidence of the
good effect of their firmness, that a more cordial and
respectful feeling on the part of the Commons' majo-
rity is conditionally proposed to them. We really
look upon the proposition which the Duke of Rich-
mond was induced to make, and which his Majesty's
Ministers supported with all the small force of elo-
quence and numbers which they possess in the Upper
House, as a mere trap. But the good sense and ex-
perience of the Conservative body in the Lords are
not to be so easily caught napping, as some adroit
Ministers may, perhaps, imagine. Had the propo-
sal been acceded to, it would have become a two-
edged weapon in the hands of the O'Connell party.
It would have been made the source of fresh exaspe-
ration in all the small towns. The priests would have
harangued upon aristocratic partiality from the altars
of the chapels, and all their Maynooth logic would
have been put in requisition to demonstrate the in-
consistency of legislators who first go upon a general
principle of distrust, and then admit in the principal
places of the kingdom a system to be established ill
contravention of these principles. This would, doubt-
less, have been the course in the smaller towns, while
in the larger, advantage would have been taken to
create Municipal Agitation Societies in the places
where their action would be most formidable. In
Dublin, as Lord Haddington pointed out in his ex-
cellent and convincing speech of Monday evening—.
in Dublin the effect of the Bill brought in by Mini-
sters, would be to create "a Parliament for agi-
tation—in fact, a permanent Catholic Associa-
tion." There is no one in the least acquainted
with Dublin and the influences which prevail
there,- who can doubt of the perfect truth of that
statement ; and yet that is the very first place
which, according to the Duke of Richmond's amend-
ment, would be left open to the operation of the Mi-
nisterial Bill. We can easily believe that were the
Lords so simple as to leave Dublin, Cork, Limerick,
Waterford, Belfast, and a few other towns in the hands
of Mr. O'Connell, that mild and moderate gentleman
might be prevailed upon to allow his Majesty's Minis-
ters to consent to the rest of the Bill being altered 'ac-
cording to Conservative views. For a session or two,
at all events, he might be prevailed upon to content
himself with that spoil. He would, doubtless, take
the round of the whole of them, as chief magistrate,
beginning with Dublin, in order to fulfil a prophecy
of his own, or something like it, to the effect that he
would yet appear among his metropolitan friends as
Lord Mayor. Again, it is in these large towns where
the tyrannical power of taxation, so forcibly alluded
to by the Duke of Wellington, would most power-
fully operate. They who would elect the tax leviers
' would not be the payers of the taxes, or, if they
were, would be so in a very small degree, while
persons of property, who would be forced to pay
whatever the whim or the animosity of a hostile and
democratic municipal assembly might levy upon them
as local taxes, would have no redress, nor means of in-
ttrference to check the evil. In the large towns, where
the property is chiefly held by the Protestant gentry,
this tyranny would be almost intolerable, and would
probably drive many of the most respectable inhabitants
away from those towns. There are, perhaps, some
who have turned their attention to the points of dif-
ference between the Ministers and their opponents
upon this Bill, and who consider that the latter attri-
bute too much to the probable working of political and
sectarian feelings in such affairs as municipal bodies
would be called upon to manage. But it should be
borne in mind how exceedingly different Ireland is in
this respect from England. We know that even
here party feeling is very apt to intrude itself into
concerns with which it seems to have no natural
connection ; but our intemperate zeal in this way
is perfect calmness and impartiality compared with
the storm of religious and political bigotry which
arises in every popular discussion in Ireland, and
carries everything before it. Nothing but the ignorance
of idiocy, or the perverseness of faction, or the selfish
misrepresentation of individuals grasping at power,
which truth and justice must deny them, would venture
upon the statement that equal privileges may with
equal safety be confided to similar classes in Ireland as
in England. There is no affair, private or public,
which the Roman Catholic Priests of Ireland do not by
their peculiar means of intelligence become prgfes-
sionaily acquainted with, and very few in which they
do not think it politically expedient to interpose their
influence. If that influence he at all thwarted, then
arises the slow fire of enmity which they well know
how to kindle, and which they can blow tip into a
flame of vengeance and fury when they are so minded.
This was known long ago ; and England was told to
give Catholic Emancipation as the cure for evils so
monstrous. " You will thus take away from them,"
it was said, " the source of their hatred, and the ma-
terials of their power." Well, it was given them, and
we find the change is not for the better, but for the
worse. We are now told to give more ;to give the
government of towns to those who may he elected by
a class of society over which the Priests exercise un-
limited controul. Shall we again consent, and be
again deceived?,,." No ; we have bought our expe-
rience dearly enOgli, and it were the extreme of heed-
lessness or imbility to neglect the lesson it has taught
us.-3/orning• Post.
In alluding once more to the plan of the Chancel•
for of the Exchequer, for I.estrieting the "diffusion of
knowledge " through the Press, by means of a fiscal
limitay.on of the size of newspapers, we need not re-
peat in terms cur objections to that plan, because they
base been already stated in the fullest and most ex-
plicit manner. It may, indeed, be necessary for us to
go
into the question again, and to argue it de nevo,
when it cornes on for discussion in Parliament ; at
present, we confine ourselves to expressing a hone that
the Chancellor of the Exchequer will re-consider the
subject, and that, if be will not abandon the objec-
tionable principle, he will, at least, so far modify the
details as to limit the practical operation of that prin-
ciple, to ktture extensions of size, so as not to inter-
fere with any existing interests. An effective copy-
Tight protection for our foreign correspondence, and
other original articles and intelligence, we also
claim, and if the proposed reduction of the
stamp duties receive the sanction of Parliament, have
a right to expect. If to established newspapers the
means of preventing or punishing piracy, without much
delay or expense, be not given by the Legislature, the
literary property of such establishments will be com-
pletely at the mercy of unprincipled and pennyless ad-
venturers, whose predatory genius will supply the
place of every other talent—whose dishonesty will fear
no law, and whose larcenies will incur no punishment.
But more of this another time. We also demand and
expect that the Government will enforce the law against
the u . ef_l t
Press, and not by remissness or con-
k ' ' u. e the system of fraud which conspi-
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law now
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