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London, England, 1831-02-01

EDWARDS'S BOTANICAL REGISTER;

OR, ORNAMINTAI. FLOWER-GARDEN AND SUMMERY.
CONTINUED BY PROFESSOR LINDLEY.
No. 12 of Vol. 111. New Series.

The noielties introduced to the gardens of
this country, through the medium of this work,
are unbounded : the present number teems with
rich subjects, as the following slight sketch will
exemplify, and we are sorry our limits will not
suffer us to give the contents more in detail, for
the benefit of our fair friends who take pleasure
in their gardens and greenhouses. The first
subject is a beautiful and interesting little plant,
Browallia grandylora" (large-flowered Brow-
allia). When its habits are more perfectly
known, it will prove a great acquisition to our
gardens—but, owing to the incessant rains of
the late seasw, specimens in the
vaoaptriyeenep yellow
eel, varying
ggrofruonmd
scarcely opened their flowers ; whereas those in
the greenhouse were covered with a constant
succession of blossoms, producing a very pleasing
pe
ye.
ffaleec tpbuyr,e, tAbhleunieer changeablentzooiideeepwhite,
yeitivb (vine-leavedt
anemone). One of the commonest, as well as
most ornamental, flower-plants of Nipal, where it
grows in all the forests of the great valley, and
the surrounding mountains, delighting in the
most shady, retired, and moist situations, in the
vicinity of rills and torrents. It blossoms in
the months of August and September, and
ripens its fruit soon after. Contributed by the
Countess Amherst, from Montreal, in Kent,
whither specimens hall been brought by her
Ladyship from India, and whose indefatigable
and successful exertions in her favourite pursuit
of Horticulture and Botany; is as far beyond
our feeble praise, as it exceeds any other instance
we have ever witnessed. " Rosa raga" (the
Ituga rose) is a beautiful garden variety said to
hare been raised between R-arvensis and the
sweat-scented china rose, As a garden plant it

" Anemone, literally from the Greek " wind flower."
Its origin was from the tears of Venus.—(From Ler blood
sprung the rose ; from her tears the anemone.) Thr
plant of the ancients was the modern anemone coronaria.
London, England, 1831-02-01

TLIE PONDS.

Consols, which left off on 'Change On Saturday and yesterday
at 80-y", to 81 for the account, opened at 110.50,i, at which price
they remain at present.
In the Foreign Market nothing doing al yet.
BRITISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock, 203 4 Ditto, Reduced,
India ditto, Ditto, New, BtN %
3 per Cent, Cons. 80% % Four per Cent. (1826) 91)%
Ditto, for the Acct. 80 7;, India Bonds, 11 16
3 per Cent. Red. 81% Exchequer Bills, 32 3
per Cent. 1:0% %
London, England, 1831-02-01

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

HAY MA ItKET.--( -.t pe, Load ^r3. Trii.es.)
CUMBEERLAND (LATE ,T JAMES'S.)
Come heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to £2 li
New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0
t'setulold Ditto
_. • 3 10

Fine Upland Meadow arid Itye-grass iiay S 15 _ ..,
4 0
Clover Hay '' 15 5 b
Oat Straw £1 12 to A.:l 14 1 Wlt.at rt a..... I Ili I 'ES
Supply short, and trade very dull. at S t.irday's prices.
SMITHFIELD.

Coarse heavy Lowland Aleaccreg Hay
New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0
Useful Old Ditto 3 0 4 0
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 4 5
Clover Hay (extra tine)...Xs s... Generally ..., 3 (2 4 1.
)at straw .t I Bto .£1 10 I Wheat Straw 1 10 1 14
A moderate supply, and a dull trade ; prices as last quoted.

DRURY-LANETHEATRE.—Mr. KEA N made
his re-appearance last night, and attracted a full audience.
Some disturbance was anticipated, us it was rumoured that
Mr. KEAN would be called on to explain why hr again
presented himself before the London public, after having,
in July last, bade them firewell, to use his own emphatic
phrase, " for ever." Nothing of the kind oecuri ed. At
the conclusion of the tragedy, Mr. KEAN came forward.
When s4i.ice.wa.9 obtained, he said that fatigue and illnesi
prevented him from expressing those overpowering feelings
which the eeuerous conduct of the audience that night
had excited in his breast. Ile should vov beg leave to
make his bow, sincerely wishing that those whom be
•ir.ased might through life tnjoy as high a degtee of it!ftital
pleasure and gratification as dol. had this evening ri confe. d
upon him. He then retired:
London, England, 1831-02-01

I'AI2T 11.

The " Winter Rhapsody," which is de-
servedly placed at the head of this second part,
is in Professor Wilson's very best style. It is
full of eloquence, of imagination, of humour
(not wit), of feeling, and of snatches of ex-
quisite criticism on Cowper and Thompson,
which none but a poet who has a fine and acute
apprehension of his art could have put
forth. Above all, the article is as fresh
in its descriptions as if Mr. Wilson had
now for the first time written upon nature.
" Passages from the Diary of a late physician"
is a sad story powerfully told, but with ra-
ther too anxious an eye to effect. If the writer
of thin striking paper was less ambitious, he
would be more effective, and certainly be more
admired by discerning rcAders. Hpwever. Ole
:i. nuob of gentlemen who read witty 43V" love
,excitement, and lucre they will find plenty of it,
The political diatribe.; are written with Chris-
topher's usual vigour, awi tinctured with his
usual prejudice. His gout 'has clearly not itt-
proved the old gentleman's temper.
London, England, 1831-02-01

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TA TTERS.ALL' S.
A few changes will be found in some of the Derby favourites,
although the betting yesterday wasfar from being brisk. Cid-
wick sprung a point, and has plenty of backers; the Vareinics
colt and Caleb were in force, and appear likely to become still
more prominent taxourites. The ly and l 6 to I horses arc as
quoted last weak. Cobweb. Pastille, and Antiope, have agaiu
gone ITC it to 30 to 1, and are only backed against others of the
sat'.le tank. The general odds 111 at under :

9•HY JAMEY.
11 to 1 agst Beardsworth's Colwiek
15 to I agst Lord Sligo's Bras de Fer
15 to I, apt Lord Jersey's Filagree wit
16 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Blunder
in to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Bohemian
16 to 1 agst Mr, W, Chifnev's Caleb
17 to 1 agst Loar./ Exeter's lbernus„
IS to 1 apt Lord Verulam's V..rennei eolt (takei4
IS to 1 ago Mr. Pette's Rat,:ier (taken)
30 to I agst Colonel Udn,'li Ant•iope wit
90 to 1 agst Duke of G capon's Pastille colt
33 to I agst Sir J. SltOley's Creesida colt
33 to I agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt (taken)
40 to 1 agst M. Cook's Incubus (taken)
40 to 1 rg►t Lord Orford'sMedora colt
London, England, 1831-02-01

FOREIGN FUNDb

Brazilian, 57!q 8
Buenos Ayres,
Chilian 1$ 19
Colombian, 17 19
Danish, CO%
French S per Cent. 93 4
Ditto 3 per Cent. 61

6lreek, 26 8
Mexican, 3414 6
Peruvian, 14 lb
Portuguese, 43 4
Prussian,
Russian, 92% 3}i
Spanish, 10,4 %

- -
HALF-PAST ONE.
Owing to the information of the Dictator of Poland haying
resigned, and other private letters stating that the atfliirs of
Poland are beingarranged, Consols have improved from 80% to
80% 81 for the account, as the information is credited by the
speculators.
In the Foreign Market the Russian Stock has improved.
THREE 0' CLOCK.

Consols, 81.
FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols BO4 Danish
Ditto for Account 80- 1 Greek, 1825.... 27}
Brazilian Bonds.. 57} Mexican, 1825.
Buena' Ayres.... Peruvian ..

Chilian Ditto ....
Columbian, 1824 17

Russian 93A-
Spanish ...... 121

MARINE SOCIETY.

The election o' a Treasurer to that excellent charitable
Institution, the Marine Society, takes place at the office of
the Corporatio❑ in Bishopegate-street, on Thursday, the Sd
inst. at one o'clock, in the room of Samuel Thornton,
Esq. who has resigned.
The candidates nominated are—
w. THORNTON ASTELL, Esq. M.P. and
Sir FRANCIS M. OMMANNEY, Bart.

The coast blockade, a most obnoxious service
in the Navy, is ordered to be abolished ; and the Talavera,
74, in the Downs, and Ityperi, 42, at Newliaen, to be
paid off, with 105 officers and about 3,000 seamen. The
coast-guard of preventive•men, a civil force similarly
organized, and employed upon the same duty as the block-
ade, is' to i c increased. The latter is wholly unconnected
with i 4 naval hpartment, being linder the direct super-
intendence of the Custom-house, and will hereafter per-
form the whole duty of guarding the coast. No naval
officer will in future be employed by the Admiralty as
Revenue officers; but it is understood that they may, if
they choose, enter into the coast-guard service under the
Custom-louse, though the emoluments in the latter service
will offer little or no temptation to
such officers. The
saving to the country by this alteration is calculated to ex-
ceed 200,0001. a year, as the stations vacated by the block-
ade will admit of such reduction as to be tilled up by the
coast•guard at one-fourth of the expense. T.wo thou
sand five hundred additidnal seamen are ordered to be en-
tered in the Navy, in consequence, it is supposed, of the
abolition of the coast blockade service.—Devonport
Telegraph,
London, England, 1831-02-01

ROYAL LADIES' MAGAZINE.

The embellishments of Belvoir Castle, the
hereditary seat of the Rutland family ; and of
Warwick Castle—the finest castellated mansion
in England—the seat of the Earl of Warwick,
adorn the present number. The literary con-
tributions are good enough in their way, but
nothing wonderful.

LADIES' MAGAZINE-LADIES' MONTHLY
MUSEUM.

'We have little more to say of these two works
than that they are well fitted for their purpose,
and will afford, no doubt, amusement, and per-
adventure edification, to the fair sex. At any
rate their contents are light enough. The poetry
in both Magazines is of the usual periodical
average of excellence.
London, England, 1831-02-01

LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE.

It is seldom that we have seen an engraving
more beautiful than the present of Lady Dur-
ham. Much of this striking effect is due to the
painter, much to the engraver, and much more
to the fair lady hersul, whose face, a softened
copy of her father's, is of a high aristocratic
order, with just enough of pride to extort re-
spect, and just enough of sweetness and elegance
to conciliate admiration. The countenance is
all peace and purity. Sir Thomas Lawrence is
the painter, and Thompson the engraver of this
gem. The literary portion of the work is plea-
sant and miscellaneous.

THE WORLD OF FASHION-GENTLEMAN'S

MAGAZINE OF FASHION.

These are smart, flippant productions, ad-
mirably characteristic of their titles. The wit is
precisely fashionable wit ; the knowledge is fa-
shionable knowledge ; the elegance is fashionable
elegance; and, above all, the sentiment is fa-
shionable sentiment. The interpretation of this
sentence is, that the wit is spurious, the know-
ledge superficial, the elegance equivocal, and
the sentiment false and affected. We confidently
anticipate that Magazines thus distinguished
will obtain a considerable circulation in the world
of fashion—for to no other world are they in-
telligible. We must, however, in justice, ex-
cept the theatrical notices, which are lively
enough. The embellishments also are spirited
and numerous.
London, England, 1831-02-01

NEW EDITION.

This day was published, in 3 vols. post Bvo.
CLOUDESLEY.
A NOVEL.

By W. GODWIN, Esq.
Author of " Caleb Williams," " St. Leon," kc.

" A ork of genius, which will be read by all who
posses, genius, ur respect it in others."—Scotsman.
" Cloudesley is better written than Caleb Williams.
The expression is everywhere terse, vigorous, and ele-
gant—a polished mirror without a wrinkle."—Edinburgh
Review.

Henry Co'burn and Richard Bentley, New B rlington•
street.
London, England, 1831-02-01

may he. The Commit ec, in 'mull a way, may en.th!e us
to see, even before this session of Parliament is over, a
most important step taken to remely the evils complained
of. For one, I shall be must anxious to support
any measure that can be introduced into Parliament
for that purpose. There is nothing nearer to my heart
than this subject, fur I have always found, that where in-
formation is, there is troth, and thlt truth prevails.—
(Loud cheers.)
Mr. WA nervous moved the thanks of the og
mect•t t
the Chairman, and proposed that the gentleman who hall
moved and seconded resolutions should be formed into a
Committee, with power to add to their numbers, for the
purpose of forwarding the objects of the meeting.
Mr. TAYLOR seconded the motion, drawing the aven-
tion of the meeting, particularly to the difficulty publishers
of books were under by the present sy,tem of taxation.
The CHAIRMAN acknowledged appropriately the thanks
of the meeting, and the busine,s was concludo 1 at eleven
o'clock. •
London, England, 1831-02-01

ASIATIC JOURNAL.

The new series—at least the present null-
ber—of this periodical is incomparably superior
to the former : first, in the extent of its Oriental
researches ; secondly, in its condensation ; and,
thirdly, in the general interest of its articles.—
"The Essay on the Mountains and Volcanos of
Central Asia," contains much that is novel and
remarkable in geology. At some future day we
may probably be tempted to make an extract
from it.
London, England, 1831-02-01

MR. O'CONNELL.
ERSONS desirous to procure good iin-
;
pressions of the PORTRAIT of Mr. O'CON-
NELL, engraved on Steel, quarto size, to be presented to
*he purchasers of CARPENTER'S POLITICAL LET-
TER, price 4d., to be published on the 4th of February,
,liould give their orders to the Booksellers er Newsmen
immediately. A few proofs on Lillis paper, imperial
quarto size, 2s. 6(1. Prints, in neat black frames, 4e. 6d

Office, 21, Paternoster-row.
London, England, 1831-02-01

This day was pwblished, in 1 vol. Svc with Plates,
rkiARRATIVE of a JOURNEY through
GREECE in 1830.
With Remarks upon the Actual State of the Naval and
Military Plower of the Ottoman Empire.
By Captain ABERCROMBY TRANT.

" Not only the latest, but the most intelligible and best
authenticated work we hare seen relative to the existing
situltion of Greece."—Literary Gazette.

Henry Co'burn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington-
street.
London, England, 1831-02-01

IMPERIAL MAGAZINE.

We really cannot say much for the present
number of this pompous high-sounding miscel-
lany, which professes to be a record of " religi-
ous, philosophical, historical, biographical, to-
pographical, and general knowledge"—and all
within the compass of two or three dozen pages !
It contains abundant cant, but little learning;
leaves, but not fruit ; rhymes, but not poetry ;
reviews, but not criticisms. The Rev. J.
Fletcher is the hero of the number, and stares
in the frontispiece with all the dapper spruce-
ness of an attorney's clerk. As an engraving,
however, the portrait is respectable, though we
cannot speak of it as a likeness, having never yet
had the honour of hearing this evangelical gentle-
man hold forth.
London, England, 1831-02-01

THE MERCANTILE JOURNAL is
double the size of the Times, considerably larger
than the Atlas, and the most comprehensive Mercantile
and general Newspaper ever printed.—Price One Shilling.
13ibli.,hed every Tuesday Evening, in time for Post,
and a Second Edition (containing the Gazette of Tuesday)
for early delivery in London on Wednesday Morning.
Office, 24, Canid!, entrance from 'Change-alley.

CHURCH. STATE, LAW, and REPRESENTATION,
Re-written, newly arranged, and corrected throughout
from the latest Official Returns, by the Original Editor,
and complete in One Volume, tivo. 14s. in black cloth,
with a characteristic Frontispiece,
rIHE EXTRAORDINARY BLACK
11001 c; comprising the United Church of England
and Ireland, the Civil List, and Hereditary Revenues of
the Crown ;. Incomes, Influence, and Privileges of the
Aristocracy ; Diplomatic and Consular Establishtnsnts;
Law and Courts of Law; Revenue and Colonial Abuses;
the Debt and Funding System ; Bank and East India
Company, with Thoughts on Renewal of their Respective
Charters; the Representation, with the Prospects of
Reform under the New :Ministry also, correct Lists of
Pluralists, Pensioners, Placenten, Sinveurists : presenting
a complete View of the Cost, Influence, Patronage, and
Abuses of Government in Church, State, Law, and Re-
presentation.
The BLACK BOOK, usually called the " Reformer's
Bible," has often been reprinted, but never corrected since
its first publication in 1820; it is now offered to the
public as an entirely New Work, and at two-thirds of the
price of the former edition!. _ .

I'ubl shed by Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange.
London, England, 1831-02-01

MONTHLY REVIEW.

The articles in this number are various and
for the most part well-written. The most ob-
jectionable one, as regards argument, is de-
cidedly the attack on Moore, for his late pub-
lished second volume of " Byron's Memoirs."
The Reviewer, who it seems is " moral over-
much," deprecates in no very measured terms
the remiss, negligent manner in which Mr.
Moore has used the pruning knife. He ob-
jects i►n particular to the glowing details (by him-
self) of Lord Byron's debaucheries at Venice.
The objection sounds well, but there is little in
it. The story of Lord Byron's private life—at
least where his follies are concerned—is passed
over by Mr. Moore with studied brevity. With
regard to the anecdote of Margarita, the Vene-
tian Amazon—so the illustrious poet called her
—it is the same sort of thing, only a thousand
times better told, that young ladies linger over
with delight, in every two out of three of our
modern sentimental novels. " Voyages and
Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus"
is a brief pertinent notice of Mr. Washington
Irving's late publication on that subject. The
remaining articles we must dismiss with the re-
mark that they will bear an attentive perusal.
London, England, 1831-02-01

eludes all persons who do not know the precise
number of which their., arty is to consist, or who do
not make up their mind to go to the play before
three or four o'clock.
So far, then, as the clairhs .of the theatres rest
upon the sort either of amusement or of accommo-
dation which is furnished to the public., those claims
must entirely fail. The true intere4fs'q the public
and of the drama, which are the same,*\VOuld be
served by the erection of theatres the dimensUts-of
which would enable all the spectators to see and
hear the actors and their play conveniently. They
should be so arranged that it would be impossible
for decent women of any class in society to be
offended by the contact of common prostitutes,
or of the Jews whose property those unhappy
beings are. The right of keeping places in any
part of the theatre should not be extended be-
yond the first hour of the performance ; the
boxes, or a large portion of them, should be
capable of holding six persons only; and the
price of admission, which is ridiculously high,
should be estimated so as to pay generously, and to
the utmos!, all the persons forming Me company,
and all the fair charges of the theatre, and more;
but not one shilling in respect of old or new renters,
or lawyer's fees, or receivers from the Court of
Chancery, or annuitants, or any such dead weights
as have crippled the theatres and defrauded the
pubic. If the restrictions were taken off, as they
are virtually every where but in Westminster, or
witlfn the imaginary limits of the Lord Chamber-
lain's jurisdiction, there can be no question that 1
people would be found ready enough to enter into a
speculation so profitable as all theatres have of late
proved,—that actors and authors would appear, when
small theatres fit for the several purposes should be
built,—that the English drama would revive, and
the " great theatres" would be left to the only pur-
pose for which they are adapted,—the representa-
tion of performances, in which sound is more thought
of than sense, and where the eye-sight may be cap-
tivated without any attempt to interest the under-
standing.—nmes.
London, England, 1831-02-01

MISS MITFORD'S NEW WORK.

This day was published, in 3 vols. post sve.
'IOItIES of ANIERICAN LIFE.
Edited by MARY RUSSELL MITFORD.
" We have derived considerable pleasure from the perusal
of these volumes. They contain some of the most clever
sketches of American manners that have yet been com-
municated to the English public. The novelty of the col-
lection is it■ chief merit, and the ingenious collector is en-
titled to general thanks and applause, not less for the able
manner in which she has performed her task, than for the
motive which prompted her to undertake it—a desire to
promote kindly feelings between two nations, who ought
in a social as well as political sense to be brethren and
friends."—Tines.

Hoary Colbura and Richard Bentley, New Burlirigton-
•treet.

ARMY AND NAVY.

This day was published, the 2d No. enlarged for 1831, of
THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL
and NAVAL and MILITARY MAGAZINE,
Contents :—On Duelling—Thoughts on the Qualifications
of Naval Officers and the State of the British Navy—A
Morning's Ride in an Indian Camp—Algiers in 1816,
from the Journal of an Officer present in Lord Exmouth's
Fleet—Reminisceas.ces of a Subaltern, Nu. 3—Description
of an Ancient Galley—Prussian Army at Cohlentx—A
Strange Sail—Sketch of the History of Poland, and
Precis of the Constitution of Poland of 1791—A Popu-
lar View of Fortification and Gunnery, No. 7—Gibraltar
Epidemic of 1828—Captain ---._'s Farewell to Demerara
--Reviews of Major Hay's Narrative of the Peninsular
War—Life of Lord Rodney—Captain Sherer's Life of the
Duke of Wellington—Lloyd's Field Sports—General Cnr-
respondence—AdMinistration of the Medical Department
of the Army, Past and Present—Mis.statements respect-
ing some recent Military Promotions—Naval Brevets—
Neglect of Old Subalterns—The Gulf of Florida Stream
—EI Budon—The Emperor of Russia and the Russian
Army—The Yeomanry Cavalry—EditorFoifCavalry—Editor'sPortfolio—
Aetna trst Lord (o)t.
the
~oil.naltrinsit,tott_HolnuiteeilaignedneeAolifrocatalp—t.Sß„ly
op.pst
Admiralty's intentions towards the Navy—Petition to the
King fur Distinction for Set vice—Militia Corps ordered
for mining, ace.—Meetings of the Astronomical and
Geographical Societies—Arrivals —Sailings, and Incidents
in the Fleet—Movements in the Army—General Orders,
Circulars, &e.—Promotions and Appointments—Distri-
bution of the Royal Navy in Commission--Tabular View
of Rates of Pay Allowances, Pensions of the Royal Navy,
and Royal Marines—Births, Marriages, and Deaths—Me-
moirs al Lieut.-Gen. Shank—Lieut.-Gen. Lithbridge—
Dr. James Magennis, &c. &c.
Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington-
Srreet ; and supplied by every Bookseller and News
Vender in' the Kingdom.
London, England, 1831-02-01

SECOND EDITION.

This day was published, in I vol. Svo.
TILE UNDYING ONE,
and other POEMS.
By the Hon. Mrs. NORTON.
" If one or two more poetns of equal grace and origi-
nality with thie were produced, we think that it would
go far to recover the public from the apathy into which it
has fallen with regard to poetry. The metrical romance
before us is an honour to the modern literature of the
country."—New Monthly Magazine.
Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington-
street.
London, England, 1831-08-30

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

The Lord Chancellor, last night, must have embar-
rassed exceedingly the Bishop of London. He bepraised
the Right Rev. Father in God as never Bishop was before
lauded ; but took care to attack every one of his proposi.:
tions. To shut up beer-shops on Sundays, Christmas
Days, Good Fridays, and other the like days, while the
other houses were open, would only send people to the
houses able to gratify their customers with any beverage
they chose, beer or ale, or wine, or ardent spirits. Skittles
could be played at the gin shop if prohibited at the beer
shop. The Legislature (said his Lordship) ought to be
most cautious before they prescribed by legislative enact..
cent, the poor man from playing a game of skittles either
at the old alehouse, or new beer shop. The irony in his
Lordship's speech, directed against the Bishop, is so suc-
cessfully concealed, that if the object of the speech were
not to cut down all the fond fancies of the Right Rev.
Father in God, it might really be supposed that he viewed'
him as a second St. Bernard. It is a happy instance ot'
what is called looking grave on one side of the face, with
the tongue thrust into the cheek on the other.—Morning
Chronicle.

The Marquis of Londonderry availed himself of a mo.
tion respecting the Belgian fortresses to be demolished, ts,
put questions respecting the statement which has bees'
made, that a portion of the French troops have been re-
quested by King Leopold to remain in the country. Ear I
Grey said he relied on the honour of the French Govern..
ment, and more than that he could not say. Intelligenci
had reached his Majesty's Ministers, that orders for the
withdrawal of the French troops had been issued.
" Whether the French were justified by their engage..
ments in keeping any portion of their troops in the country
after the Dutch had retired, or whether the Ministry
of this country had done their duty by requiring proper
engagements from the French on this head, or in insist-
ing on the performance of those engagements when en-
tered into, would be subjects hereafter to be considered."
The Duke of Wellington, in a very sensible speech,
reprimanded the Marquis of Londonderry for his manner
of speaking of Leopold. "He was King of Belgium,
and ought to be called so in the House, because lie had
been recognised as such by this country." He disapproved
of any portion of the French troops remaining in Belgium.
King Leopold, he said was secure against the Dutch, and
could only want foreign troops to protect him against re-
action on the part of his own subjects, or against a revolt
of his own troops. But the employment of foreign troops
in such cases was interference which was altogether wrong.
His Grace condemned the occupation of Naples by the
Austrians, and of Spain by the French troops. In this
respect he is more liberal in his politics than Sir Robert
Peel, who declared in the House of Commons that the
Austrians were justified in invading Naples. But he has
Probably changed his mind on this subject since.—. Mor-
ning Chronicle.
London, England, 1831-08-30

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE 0' CLOCA4'
Montreal Papers to the sth of August, Quebec to the'
August, and New South Wales to the 7th of April, have
received at the North and South American Coffee-house;
former Papers do not contain any information worth givin•
(From the Sydney Papers.) the
The REVENUE:—In this day's Gazette is published
oy
stract of the Revenue of the colony. The total amount
ordinary Revenue of 1830 exhibits an increase on that 0

amounting f
item und to 5
der ,0951. 18s.
the he 7Ntd. SO
ad of Revenue is Duties 011
It is satisfactory to perceive that there has been a large in,"
nearly threefold, on duties paid on spirits distilled in the
The Tobacco imported is peculiarly cheering. 4 9
In 1829 the duties on Foreign Tobacco were... £7,555 „, 1
In 1630 0 sns
___:...?

£5,6146 150 A
Another gladdening fact—the importation of goods of:
produce was last year three hundred per cent. less than 1" fee..
With regard to the expenditure of the year, there will be,ty
a saving, in comparison with the preceding year, of nearly
teen thousand pounds : ,4
In 1829, the total amount of expenditure £105,558
iy
In 1830 92,x9 14
The French Papers state, that tItZ twenty thousanej
which are to return to Belgium, are to foam an entrench
before Arras, on the side ofCambray.
A Lisbon mail has also arrived—sailed the IX4tll:2'o7:9Atigo24:

THE FUNDS. Ari
The news from Poland to-day is really heart-rending. .rev
so long and glorious a struggle, it is much feared tbaiti hotel
the patriotic city of Warsaw will have experienced t"efeleve
of Ismael. Upon this sad news the Funds are rather 0
Consols, which left off yesterday at 82y4, opened at ,
.4,
82, at which price they are at present,
By the Brazil mail of July 10, we have favourable ace°liP-
Exchanges having got up to :25, and declined again to 2-1. e
HALF-PAST OS°
Report says we are going to garrison Antwerp, 114'
nioro
Consols have remained very steady the whole of the dool
with little doing. They have been fluctuating from 6.2 4
boo 81%, and are at present 82. t
In the Foreign market Brazil Bonds have improved 3
per cent. n X'
THREE O' CL -
Consols, 81a 1
4 8 . ,ll

At twelve o'clock this day a Cabinet C 0
was held at the Foreign-office in Downing-street,,,
was attended by the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, Etri
the Earl of CARLISLE, Viscounts MELBOURNE 0-51:0
THORP, the Duke of RICHMOND, Lord Joint BO"
the Right Hon. C. GRANT, and Mr. STANLEY.
eel'

TINE
HE CORONATION.-At one o'clock 3 1;00
ing of the Lords of his ;Majesty's most honourableo'
Council sat in Committee at the Council-Chamber, cop
hall, upon matters connected with the approachicg r
nation of their MAJESTIES, and for making fortbej,
rangements for the distribution of the tickets for tioY
sion into the Abbey. There were present his RoYal
ness the Duke of SUSSEX, the Duke of GLoociss,
Earl GREY, the Earl of ALBEMARLE, Lord P 1111,,
Lord ALTIIORP, Lord AUCKLAND, Lord Nirrs'Ogtor
Archbishop Of CANTERBURY, and other Noble ""
The proceedings were private.
PRINTED AND PUBLI3IIED BY MURDO YOUNG, AT
SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON.
London, England, 1831-08-30

NEXT SUNDAY.

THE AGE" SPLENDID CORONA-
TION PRINT, combining the Two Grext
Events of the present Reign ; representing the ENTHROt.
NIZ ATION in WESTMINSTER ABBEY of thelr
Most Gracious Majesties KING WILLIAM the FOURT H
and QUEEN ADELADE ; and the OPENING of
LONDON BRIDGE.
London, England, 1831-11-23

BURKE'S HERALDIC DICTIONARY.

Mr. Burke has here given us full genealogical de-
tails of all the Peerages of England, extinct, dor-
mant, and in abeyance. The catalogue is an immense
one, and fills a goodly, close printed octavo. To
those among our readers, who are fond of heraldic
researches, the book will be fraught with interest.
It has evidently been the work of time and labour,
and will, we trust, reward the diligence of the edi-
tor. A spirited portrait of the late Duke of York
is placed opposite the title-page.

Active measures are in progress to have the
details of the new Reform Bill in readiness. Commie
siuners have been appointed for Ireland as in England :
amongst them we notice THOMAS C. Dum, of Kil-
kenny, Esq.—Lublin _Evening Post.

NEW NOVELS.—The following popular
Novels have been lately published by ComaußN and
13zwrm, New Burlington-street :-1. " The Romances
of Real Life." By the Author of " The School for Co-
quettes," "Pin Money," " The Manners of the Day," &c.
3 vols.-2. " Tales of Passion." By the late BARRY
LEDGER, Author of " Gilbert Earle." 3 vols.-3. " A
Second Portraiture of Exclusive Society ; or Foreign Ex-
clusives in London." 3 vols.-4. " Tales of My Time."
By the Author of " Blue Stocking Hall." 3 vols.-5.
" Waldegrave ; or, The Casa Viviana." A Tale of the
South. 3 vols.-6. " Tales of London." By an Anti-
quary. 3 vols.-7. " Tales of Woman, illustrative of the
Female Character." 2 vols. " These Tales of Woman'
do credit to the sex, and deserve well of the gallant and the
polite."—.Literary Gazette.
RENFREWSIIIIM POLITICAL UNION.—A
meeting of the Council took place in Paisley on Monday,
Sir J. MAXWELL in the chair. Mr. WALLACE, of Kelly,
proposed the following resolutions, which were unanimously
agreed to:—.lst. To petition the House of Commons
not to pass any money Bill till the Reform Rill be through
the House of Lords. 2d. To petition the KING not to
prorogue Parliament on any account till the Reform Bill
be passed into a Glosyou, Chronicle.
London, England, 1831-11-23

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

His Honour the MAsTEx of the ROLLS. disposed of all
the causes standing in his paper for hearing to-day (none
of which possessed the least public interest) and rose
shortly before one o'clock.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.)

EVANS V. FOX.

This was an action to recover from tite British and
Commercial Life Assurance Company the amount of a po-
licy of 2,5001., effected on the life of tint plaintiff,s
servant, a woman named Ellsworth. A verdict was
found for the plaintiff. A rule nisi for a new trial hav-
ing on a former day been obtained by Sir J. Scailett,
Mr. CAMPBELL now showed cause against the rule.

It appeared upon the trial, that the plaintiff having at differ-
ent times advanced Anne Ellsworth money, she insured her
life to the amount of 2,5001. and the plaintiff held Ells-
worth's bond and promissory note for the same sum. The
plaintiff was a lady of considerable property, and it waa
stated had advanced the money to set Ellsworth up in
business, in which she was unsuccessful ; al.o that
Ellsworth stated, when:the insurance was effected, that it
was:for money to be lent. It was contended for the defendant
that Ellsworth was in very mean circumstances, and that,
from appearances, and her small way of dealing, she could
never have acquired so large a sum as 2,5001., and that
she was also much addicted to drinking. It was also en-
deavoured to be shown that the plaintiff had effected in-
surances on the lives of her father, mother, and sister, as
well as the woman Ellsworth, and that they had all died,
in a short space of time, of the same disease, viz., cho-
lera morbus, but the Lord Chief Justice rejected such evi-
dence as inadmissible.

Mr. CAMPBELL and Mr. KELLY showed cause to-day
against the rule for a new trial, contending that the ques-
tion was solely for the consideration of the Jury, who had
fund in favour of the plaintiff.
The COURT considered that the case ought to be sub-
mitted to the consideration of another Jury, and the rule
for a new trial was therefore made absolute.
London, England, 1831-11-23

scale has ever produced. Houses are no longer burnt, but'
they become untenanted ; manufactories arc no longer
pulled down, but the sound of labour is beard no more
within their walls; barns are no longer plundered to dis-
tribute their stores, but the fields are not sown which
were wont to produce those stores ; roads are no longer
rendered impassable by hostile bands, but the traffic which
once supported them has ceased ; canals and rivers are not
dry, but their waters are mantled over with weeds, for
the work of communication is ended ; harbours and docks
are not washed away by the sea, but the ships that once
spread their sails for every corner of the earth lie idly
within their bosoms, rotting sheer• bulks,' abandoned to
the destruction of the wind and the wave. In the mean
time, while all this silent decay goes forward, and many
a mouldering pile proclaims that the reign of justice is at
an end, the people are continuing to perish from the face
of the land. Famine and pestilence ■weep away their
prey by thousands ; and the robber who walks abroad at
noon-day selects his victims from the few who still struggle
to hide a miserable remnant of former abundance. At
length tranquillity is established—but it is the tranquillity
of death. The destroyers have done their work—
. They make a solitude, ani call it peace.'
" But we will hope: better things. We will hope that
the just, because natural, bonds of society, will be pre-
served ; and that all and each may cling together for the
advancement of the happiness of all and each. Or ever
the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or
the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel
broken at the cistern'—before all our social rela-
tions are deranged by the violence of lawless men—cul-
tivate tranquillity. Unquestionably, if ton exert your-
selves to rnaintain the power of order in the State, so that
to use the words of our Liturgy, peace and happiness,
truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established
amongst us,' we may yet be saved from the degradation
and misery of retracing our steps to the put ages of poverty
and oppression."
London, England, 1831-11-23

THE GARRICK PAPERS.

This day was published, printed uniformly with Evelyn
and Pepys, in 1 vol.
DAVID GARRICK'S MEMOIRS and
CORRESPONDENCE.

Now first published from the Originals.
This highly interesting and important work comprises
upwards of two thousand letters, from persons of the greatest
eminence in the political, literary, and dramatic world.
Among other names, besides those of the leading Nobility may
be mentioned—Warba rton —Burke—Johns.on—Hume—
Gibbon—Sir Joshua Reynolds—Goldsmith—Robertson—
Junins—Bea.ttie—Churchill—Mason--Cumberland—Bos-
well—Colman—T. and J. Warton—Dr. Burney—Sheri -
clan Murphy Dr. Hoadly Mrs. Montagu Mrs.
Cowley, &c. &c.
Henry Colburn and Richard 13eutley, New Burling-
ton-street.
London, England, 1831-11-23

NORWICH, Nov. 19.

We had another large supply of Wheat and Barley to-day,
with a fair quantity of other Grain. Wheat Is about Is. per
quarter lower, but the market appeared firm at the close. Bar-
ley is also Is. per quarter cheaper for malting quality, and infe-
rior samples Is. to 25., with a good demand for all. Oats, Beans,
and Pease, are steady in price and demand. Flour is reduced
Is. per sack.
Wheat (per qr.) 565. 665. 70s. I Beans (per qr.) 38s. 445.
Barley 30s. 365. 40$. Pease, 40s. 43s
Oats 255. 30s. 325. Flour, fine (per sack) 50s. 525.
London, England, 1831-11-23

LITERATURE.

HISTORY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF
THE UNITED STATES.

We have just seen the five last published parts of
this elaborate, and we may add, comprehensive un-
dertaking, which, as respects the pains taken with
its embellishments, and its topographical researches,
is fully equal to the best of its predecessors. The
engravings of many of the public buildings in the
United States prove that architectural improvements
are making as rapid a progress in the principal cities
of America, especially in the capital of New York,
as in this, our boasted metropolis. The present
work is in every respects deserving of public pa-
tronage, for though decidedly, it is not offensively na-
tional, but is penned in a calm, reasonable, and dis-
passionate spirit.

ROSCOE'S NOVELISTS' LIBRARY.
LONDON, 1831.

The present number of this very popular and me-
ritorious publication, which presents us with all our
old favourites in a most attractive form, their raciest
scenes illustrated by the laughter-stirring genius of
Cruickshank, contains the first part of Fielding's
master-piece, Tom Jones—that fortunate work, to
which Gibbon so repeatedly alludes, both in his
History and his Posthumous Memoirs, and which he
pronounced to be the most perfect work of its kind in
any language. The volume is introduced with a neatly
penned biographical sketch of Fielding, by the edi-
tor, Mr. Roscoe, and is enriched with five spirited
illustrations of some of the most comic scenes in the
Novel. Of these illustrations, incomparably the
best is that where Philosopher Square is discovered
by Tom Jones hidden (what a situation for a grave
philosopher!) behind the curtains of Molly Seagrin's
bed-chamber. The chop-fallen countenance of the
learned gentleman, of which Fielding made such
admirable use, has been turned by Cruickshank to
equal account. The philosopher is attired in one of
Molly's night-caps ; he is nearly bent double; seems
to have borrowed his huge saucers from Satan, and
stares out at Tom Jones from his narrow hiding
place, like an owl from an ivy-bush. Altogether in
face, manners, dress, and figure, he resembles a scare-
crow just eloped from a corn-field. Next to this, i❑
point of merit, we may place the immortal" Battle
royal in the Church-yard," which every reader of
Tom Jones has almost by heart. Nothing can be
happier than the artist's sketch of the fat Vicar,
who, panic stricken by the unusual hub-bub, is just
waddling out of the church-door, in the vain hope
to put an end to the contest. Molly, the heroine
of the fray, is the truest sample of a virago we ever
witnessed. Vixen is written on her brow ; glares
out from her eyes ; foams over at her mouth ; is
plainly legible in each and every segment of her figure.
None but a vixen or a wind-mill could turn their arms
to such an account. The genius of Fielding has evi-
dently inspired Cruickshank ; the wit of the one has
transmigrated into the mind of the other. If the
work be finished in the same commendable spirit
with which it has commenced, we shall hail it as
a valuable addition to our stories of sterling literature.
London, England, 1831-11-23

Now ready,
The THIRD and CONCLUDING VOLUME, with a fine
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth,
MEMOIRS OF THE GREAT LORD
BURGHLEY.

By the Rev. Dr. NARES,
Regius Professor of Modern History in the University of
Oxford.

" A work- of the highest national interest."—Literary
Gazette.
'Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington-
street.
London, England, 1831-11-23

THE CONTEVE.NTAL ANNUAL.

Mr. Kennedy is the editor of this agreeable an-
nual, and has executed his task most successfully.
The tales, eleven in number, are, we presume, all the
productions of his own pen ; if so, they do him
great credit, being well told, with much simplicity
yet much energy of expression. The " Wax Fi-
gure" is the most to our liking; as its incidents,
though they are, it must be confessed, somewhat
outre, yet are novel in conception and well wrought
up. The pictorial illustrations we have already al-
luded to; their only defect is their monotonous
character. They are all from designs by Prout, and
all architectural. A sylvan landscape or two would
have greatly relieved the effect of this dull uniformity.
London, England, 1831-11-23

THE FUNDS.

The Proclamation issued by Government for putting
down all armed associations is at present the general topic
of conversation in the city, and this bold measure on their
part in the present critical state of affairs is looked upon
that they are gaining strength, and determined to act with
vigour for the maintenance of order and tranquillity
thoughout the kingdom.
We have arrivals this morning of eight foreign mails,
hut they are not of a recent date, consequently we still re-
main in the same uncertainty with regard to the intentions
of the King of Holland as before. The arrival of the
Dutch steamer in all probability will bring some important
informatio❑ on the subject.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 83i to I, opened at
the same price ; at present they may be quoted 831, with
little doing.

TWO O'CLOCK.
Report says that something is going forward for the
arrangement of the Old Spanish Bonds.
By the express from Paris we find that the Three per
Cent. Rentes have again improved to 69f. 50c.
Our Funds have continued steady during the morning a
631, alternately buyers and sellers, with little doing.
The Foreign Market is void of interest.
Custom-house Receipts at Vera Cruz in the month
August :--
Balance remaining over in July
Receipts in August

Dollars.
12,1,5'34
675,131

799,715
Paid in the General Treasury
912'2724
628
Home Debt
96,411
Foreign Debt
109,551
General Expenditure

4'24,324
Balance in hand to the lit September 373,416
THREE 0' CL 0 CK.

Consols, 831,

FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols ........... 83a Danish
Ditto for Account 88i Greek, 1825 —
Brazilian Bonds.. 44k- Mexican, 1825
Buenos Ayres.... Peruvian
Chilian Ditto .... Russian 100
Columbian, 1824 13i Spanish l5

Lord L. GOWER'S new tragedy,
been advertised for last night, has been postpongd• We
regret to state that the Mee of the delay is the dangerous
illness of Mr, gL, which had

VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

The VICE-CHANCELLOR was occupied the whole morn-
ing with the arguments on the part—heard case of Hall v.
Bean, which had not concluded when our reporter left.
the case possessed no feature or public importance, the
bill having Leen filed for the specific performance of a con-
tract, whereby the defendant, as al'eged by the plaintiff,
agreed to let Lim certain brick-grounds, guaranteeing
sufficient supply of water for the purposes of carrying on
that business. The water having latterly been totally in-
sufficient, the present suit:had been:in,tituted. On the:part
of the defendant, it was contended that the insufficiency
of the supply of water had arisen in consequence of the
acts of the plaintiff's cm n workmen.
London, England, 1831-11-23

THE LITERARY GUARDIAN.

A very clever and wondrously cheap publication,
containing early intelligence on literary matters of
moment, impartial and discriminating notices of
new publications, brief sprightly tales and essays,
anecdotes, puns, and witty sayings and doings by
the bushel. Those who are on the look-out for an
entertaining weekly register of literature, drama, the
fine arts, &c. cannot do better than subscribe to this
miscellany. In the language of trade, they will be
served with the very best commodities, at the most
reasonable prices.
London, England, 1831-11-23

CHOLERA.

THE LANCET oTSaturday, Nov. 19,
No. 429, contains :—The RISE, PROGRESS,
RAVAGES, CHARACTER, and PROPER TREAT-
MENT of the INDIAN CHOLERA, with a MAP of its
route from India to England. This voluminous article
forms the most complete account of the pestilence yet
published. Price Is. Orders fur No. 429 should be given
immediately.—Lancet Offiee, 210, Strand.

Now ready, beautifully printed in double columns, uni-
formly with Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, price
2f3. bound,
BURKE'S EXTINCT, DORMANT, and
SUSPENDED PEERAGES;

A Necessary Companion to all other Peerages.
Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington-
itreet.
London, England, 1831-02-08

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—l send you the following extract of a letter from a run
midshipman belonging to his Majesty's ship Madagascar, dated
" Malta, Jan. 0, 1831," and addressed to his father, which, in
the belief it will be perused by a large portion of your readers
with a sympathetic interest, correspondent with the general esti-
mation towards that distinguished officer, you are welcome, if
you please, to give insertion in your paper. I am, Sir, your
humble servant, AN OLD SUBSCRIBER.
February 5, 1831.
" I wrote a long letter to you by the last packet, acquainting
you with the melancholy death of our much lamented Captain.
He was buried on Sunday, the. 12th of last month, at half-past
ten, a.m. The following is a short description of the funeral
procession :
" The ship's company were landed first, at nine, opposite the
ship ; in quarter of an hour afterwards,"the body was brought on
shore in the barge, attended by the other boats of the ship, and
alsoby the boats of the Ferret, where it was received by the Ge-
neral, Sir F. Ponsonby, and his staff. The rifle band walked
first, playing the Dead March in Saul;' then followed the 2d
battalion of Rifle-corps, with their arms reversed ; next the sur-
geon and assistant-surgeon of the ship ; then the chaplains of the
ship and garrison • then came the General, as chief mourner,
followed by Mr. Geary (Ist Lieutenant) and Mr. James, with two
of the midshipmen; then, in succession, the seamen, midship-
men, and officers of the ship, followed by the marines; and,
lastly, all the other naval and military officers and civilians, who
closed the procession. The body *as interred at the head of
Strada Meggodi, in a small stone vault, which had been prepared
for the occasion on a small patch of grass-plot. The funeral ser-
vice was read by our own chaplain, Mr. Morton ; after which
three volleys were fired by the Rifle-corps, and we returned on
board. The General wrote a note addressed to the officers, &c.,_
thanking us for having assisted him in performing the last mark
of respect to his beloved cousin, and praising the regularity with
Which every thing had been conducted."
Agaha
" We were ordered out the other day on a sudden, to go and
save some soldiers who had been wrecked in the Countess qf Har-
court transport, near Cape Passan. We were in rather an un-
prepared state for going to sea—however, the occasion was press-
ing, and we soon proceeded—were 47 hours absent, during which
we ran 120 miles, embarked 320 people and their baggage, and
returned to our moorings in Valetta. I had six trips to the shore
in one of thecutters, assisting tobring offthe unfortunate people."