The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-13 00:00:00

DUTCH MAIL.

ROTTERDAM, AUGUST 9.—The Infants of Spain, Fran-
cis d'Assise Maria, Duke of Cadiz, and Henry Maria Fer-
dinand, Duke of Seville, arrived here yesterday. Among
other arrivals are the Marquis of Lansdowne, with his
family and suite ; Admiral Mackau and his Highness
the Duke of Croy. This morning the Marquis of Laos-
downo set out for Amsterdam, and the Duke of Croy for
Antwerp.
COPENHAGEN, JULY 31.—The Journal of Elsinore
says—" M. Rozenblad, the Swedish Commissioner, has
arrived here to confer with the Commissioners appointed
by the King of Denmark and the Queen of England on
the regulation of some points connected with the Sound
dues."—Dutch Papers, 11th August.

Lord Portman gave a dinner at Bryanston, on
the 3d of August, to his tenantry, and on that occasion
entered into a statement of his views upon the Corn-
laws. He stated, that having often told them that he
consideredo,
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fixedes
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(yrk.cu Amt. -116 Wat ro~liged, aft
M•P• for D'_.,;rsei, to form an opinion) confirmed his
0.-net in the correctness of that opinion. Adverting,
however, ;to the recent elections, he thought it was
hopeless to attempt at present to enact an absolute fixed
duty; and, therefore, he would consent to some such
palliative as he had tor several years contemplated, as
an Improvement of the existing law, and as a mode of
testing the -probable consequence of an absolute fixed
duty. His plan of palliation is to enact, that when
wheat is under 40s. the duty should be 20s. per quarter ;
when above 725. should be 2s. 6d., and when between
40s. and 725, should be lOs. But as a necessary part of
any new law, he would amend the law relating to taking
the averages, on the plan proposed by him in the House
of Commons in 1828, He would omit London,
in Liver-
P"% Wakefield, acid all towns not returning 5,000 guar-
tl.?n, the year, from the average towns, and extend the
period of six weeks to three mouthS, He thought the
present a peculiarly favourable time for adjusting the
Corn-law squabbles, becauso there is no glut of corn
anywhere in the world to overwhelm the market in an
unusual manner.

anything, however monstrous or ridiculous, with an air
of mystery, is to invest it with a secret. charm andpower
THE MIGHT OF MYSTERY.—TO surround
xsf atv % actio which to the crowd is urea.
Ritt Iropnets, false doctors, false patriots, false
prodigies of every kind veiling their proceedings. in mys-
tery, have always addressed themselves at an immense
advantage to the popular credulity, and have been, per-
haps, more indebted to that resource in gaining and keep-
ing for a time the upper hand of truth and common sense,
than to any half dozen items in the whole catalogue of
imposture, Curiosity is, and has been from the creation
of the world, a master passion, To awaken it, to gratify
it by slight degrees, and yet leave something always in
suspense, is to establish the surest hold that can be had,
in wrong,
!lichens, on the unthinking portion of mankind.—

Last week a young girl, from the West High-
lands, came to visit a sister she had in Glasgow. At the
ut of the town she stopped at a toll-bar, and began
too,s:pos smartly
with her Igopwokles on the gate. The
keeper, amused_ at the girl's action, and curious to know
what she wanted, came out, when she very demurely in-
terrogated him as follows ;—" Is this Clasco ?" Yes."
—" Is Peggy in ?"