The Sun.
London, England, 1824-01-09 00:00:00

FAUX'S TOUR IN AMERICA.

The followhig extracts are from Mr FAUX'S
Journal of a Tour through the United States :
Picture of the condition of the American people, agricul-
tural and otlicrwise.—Low ease ; a little avoidable want, but
no dread of any want; little or no industry ; little or no real
capital, nor any effort to create any ; no struggling, no luxury,
and, perhaps, nothing like satisfaction or happiness; no real
relish of life ; living like store pigs in a wood, or fattening pigs
in a stye. All their knowledge is confined to a newspaper,
Which they all bye, and consists in knowing their natural, and
some political rights, which rights in +heinselves they respect
individually, but often violate towards others, being cold, selfish.
gloomy, inert, and with but little or no feeling.
The proceedings of an American court ofjustick-
are thus described :

At noon, I roamed into the supreme court, where I saw my
new friend, the supreme Judge, Wilson, on the bench, in the
midst of three rustic, dirty-looking associate judges, all robeless
and dressed in coarse drab, domestic, homespun coats, dark silk
handkerchiefs round their necks, and otherwise not superior in
outward appearance to our low fen-farmers in England. Thus
they sat, presiding with ease and ability over a bar of plain
talkative lawyers, all robeless, very funny and conversational in
their speeches, manners, and conduct ; dressed in plain box-
coats, and sitting with their feet and knees higher than their
noses, and pointing obliquely to the Bench of Judges ; thus
taaking their speeches, and examining and cross-examining
evidence at a plain long table, with a brown earthen jug of cold
water before them, for occasionally wetting their whistles, and
Washing their quid-stained lips; all, judges, jury, counsel,
su
Wittiestet, and prisoners, seemed free, easy,'and happy. The
prernejudgeis only distinguished from the rest by a shabby
blue
threadbare coat, dirty trowsers, and unblocked shoes.—
Thus sat all t
tobacco heir Lordships, freely and frequently chewing
,
, and aPPearing as uninterested as could be.
<1 rleetion or ttro on litigation ! The judges here have not
legal knowledge enough for their station ; and of course not
weight of character or dignity sufficient to fill it well. Coun-
sellor Jones and ley, of star-spangled banner' fame, influence
and carry carry their honours almost as they please. The bar is
greater than the bench !
Litigation frequently arises here from the- imaginary inde-
pendence which one man has, or fancies he has of others, to
show which, on the least slip, a suit is the certain result. It is
bad for the people that law is cheap, as it keeps them constant-
lit strife- with their neighbours, and annihilates that sociabi.
F
of feeling which so strongly characterizes the English.
ront the constant litigation amongst the people of this coun-
try arise that antisocial apathy, and want of those kindly feel-
ings of the heart, which show
themselves on all occasions, in
the conduct and character of the people of the old country.
There were more suits for debt in Washington County Court,
Irma late term, (seventeen hundred,) than, perhaps, in all
gland !
The following extract from a letter to his
friends • m England, dated at Philadelphia, con-
tins a surnmry of Mr. FAux'S sentiments on
etnigration :
The inducements to emigrate, and the facilities of living
here, are neither so great nor so many as I wished and expect-
ca
pit:ll4 them. The majority of those who come are without
sad above useful labour. Of this kind seem our friends
and
and others known to you, whose prospects
are, 1 asture you, very shadowy. I speak impartially. Even
"Pita' can any where be better employed than here. And as
to labourers, there are more than can be paid. By the late re-
Part of this, it appeared that 11,000 within these walls were in
a state of unemployed pauperism; whilst in one prison only,
are 600 thieves and incendiaries, the natural fruits of increasing
Poverty.

THE COMET.--Tbe motion of the Comet is very
?apid. Within these few days it has changed its place at least
Pall' a degree. The curve its path describes wvald aear to
be very considerable. pp

PARIS PAPERS.

[From the Itioniteur of Tuesday.]
NOTHING OFFICIAL.

VIENNA, DEC. 25.—A1l those who desire the
speedy restoration of order jn the east of Europe,
and the consolidation of general peace, will learn
with pleasure that the alarms which had been felt
here, on account of the decision of the Divan,
and the note of the Reis Effendi relating to the
delay of the Po'rte in the evacuation of Mol-
davia and Walachia have subsided.

News from Constantinople, which may be con-
sidered as authentic, since they are founded on..
communications made by persons of great im-
portance, give us the certainty that our Inter-
nuncio has had a new conference with the Reis
Effendi, and that he has succeeded in making
the Divan, as well as the members, perfectly
easy respecting the Russian army stationed in
Podolia, Volhynia, and the neighbouring pro-
vinces. What has, perhaps, chiefly contributed
to satisfy the Divan is, that a part of the Rus-
sian troops which had hitherto occupied Bessara-
bia, the province adjoining Turkish Moldavia,
have been withdrawn to cantonments more re-
mote from the Turkish frontiers. It is likewise
affirmed, that Baron Ottenfels had been charged
to make to the Porte some very agreeable over-
tures on the ulterior destination of the Russian
army. However, there is reason to expect (ac-
cording to the authentic accounts which we have
just mentioned) the speedy delivery of an official
note from the Ottoman Cabinet, which will an-
nounce the order sent to the Pacha of Silistria,
to withdraw all the Turkish troops from the two
principalities. In this manner the chief obstacle
to the restoration of harmony between Russia,
and the Porte will be removed ; the more so, as
not the smallest difficulty is made at Constanti-
nople to restoring to liberty the Boyars who have
been arrested. We can also state, that M.
Minzcacky was preparing to leave Herruanstadt,
and that he must at this moment be on the way
to Bucharest. These favourable accounts have
caused a rise in the Austrian funds, which im-
prove daily.
The Marquis of Caraman, having paid his
respects to the Emperor and the Imperial family,
and taken leave of Prince Metternich and the
other Ministers, set out yesterday for Paris- M.
Ma rcellus, jun. had been previously- presented to
the Emperor, as Charge d'Affaires from the King
of France.'

( From the Journal des Dibats.)

PARIS, ti.—We have seen .since a month
such absurd reports relative to the political si-
tuation of Europe on the projects
.and negncia-
tions of various Cabinets, that we did not think
it necessary even to hold up their constructions
to ridicule. Such a report has been, that of
Russia taking possession of the Balearic Islands,
and of preparations for war on the part of Eng-
land. The speculators on 'Change, and the sped
culators about the elections, will be both de-
ceived. Never was Europe more pacific, or the
interior or external repose of its-different States
better assured.

NUREMBERG, DEC. `28.--Before yesterday the
Correspondent was not distributed till some hours
later than ordinary, in consequence of some.ar-
ticie taken from the Gazette Universelle. In
consequence of an order sent from Munich by
express, this article was suppressed, and another
published in its place.--[We have sought in vain
in the Gazette Universelle for any article which
could have called for this measure ; it must have
been an article publishe'd. on Dec. 22 or '25,
which is probably only interesting to Bavaria,
for the Gazette d'Augsbourris subject to the cen-
sorship.]—( Note of the Editor of the Journal des
pacts.)

BRUSSELS, J.tN. 1823, 788 vessels en-
tered the, port of Antwerp—of them 435 be-
longed to the country ; 127 were English.;. 84
American; 36 Hanoverian, 24 Prussian; 22
French ; and the rest•of different countries.
[From the Courier Fratiquis.]
PARIS, JAN. G.— A treat number of Electors
of different parts of France, who are at Paris,
have felt the necessity of seeing each. other, and
of communicating- together. Several meetings of
landed proprietors; magistrates, manufacturers;
merchants, and citizens belonging to all classes
of society, have taken place, and they have com-
municated to each other the most precise inform's-
tion as to the wishes of the immense majority of
their different Departments. From this it re-
sults that opinion is every where strongly consti-
tutional ; that is, the people only wish that
those institutions shall be preserved entire
which the Kink has given us, and are satisfied
that a free, frank, and faithfnl expression of
the suffrages of the electors would furnish, un-
doubtedly, a majority of the Chamber, friends to
the Throne, the Charter, and the public liberty.
We announce this result with great pleasure hav-
ing ourselves never doubted it ; these excel-
lent citizens have agreed to meet often, and to
communicate to their friends in the Departments
every thing which can tend' to promote their
zeal and confirm their union, under circumstances
which make it so necessary. Already in all the
Arrondissements of Paris- and in the departments
near the capital, preparatory meetings have been
held under the auspices of the laws, and under
the eyes of public liberty. Very soon this em-
ample will be imitated in all the departments of
France—an example which is here set for their
prudence and their love of the public welfare to
imitate.

FRANKFORT, DEc. 31.--It is said that the Diet
is immediately to attend to the declarations of
,he Mediatised Princes, who never cease to de-
nand the attention of this assembly. They say
:hat the privileges glutted to them by the Fe.

decal Act aro violated in several countries; and
it is not doubted that the Diet will now be in
their favour, particularly as far as Wirtemburg is
concerned. A German author, M. Pfeilschiffer,
who has devoted his pen for some time past to
the defence of the Inquisition, and of Absolute
Government, the enemy of every ,Constitutional
Government, has just been excluded from the
reading-room at Frankfort. The General Meet-
ing of the establishment adopted this Resolution,
which has caused some stir in the diplomatic
circle. M. Pfoilschiffer is known at Frankfort as
the correspondent of the *Drapeau Blanc.
[From the Catutitutlannel.]
PARIS, JAN. 6.—The Ministers now know at
what price privilege promises them support. The first condi-
tion is the re-establishment of entails; and, till the other con-
ditions are made known, the Uultra Journals have seized on
this to talk about at pleasure. The .elections are passed by as
quite secure, to speak of the septetriiality, which is thought of
only with-regret for having- opp4id it. The intrepid cham-
pions of unequal division ofyropertye the Quoriamne
cuts, amuse themselves every day in tearing out a page of our
Civil Code. The directing Journal, promising the re-esta-
blishment of entails, saw that our Law of Inheritance would
bring on an Agrarian Law, and the Journals which- follow it
hastened to elucidate this absurd assertion. It has been re-
marked, that in defending this principle these Journals contra-
dict each other. Thus the Quotidienne says' that we are pro-
ceeding to the equal division of property, while another Jour-
nal of the same stamp declares, that entails are favourable to
democracy, though he agrees that the proposed measure is con-
demned by moral sentiment. But this is of no consequence,
since, according to him, it is ordered by reason. He seems to
be ignorant that this sentiment is the foundation- of equity,
and that without it there is neither reason nor justiee. He
has no pity for younger brothers and sisters. The former,
he says, will engage in commerce, and for the latter the pa-
rents will provide by economising. This is very good; but
' the timid author has r ly expressed half his thoughts ' • he did
,
not dare to add, like some of his brethren that entails would
necessarily lead to the re-establishment of the Monastic Or-
ders. Such is the picture preparing for the happiness of
Prance ; such is the fate which a pretended political necessity,
is . preparing for the half of the next generation. In a coun-
try where the constitutional laws have established all the social
relations on the right of property, it is intended to deprive of
all right of property an immense number: of citizens. He-
lotiain might as well be established. What • will, in fact, be-
come of the unhappy wretches who thus lose every means of
remaining free Disinherited, when born, of their father's
fortune, they will live between need and vice, without political
rights, or civil existence; and the families which are to be
illustrated by entails will he more often dishonoured by mem-
bers whom they have been obliged to reject, than ennobled by
the virtues of the eldest born, whom it is thus proposed to en-
rich at the expence of nature and justice.
The Gazette des Deux Siciles, which never mentions a trial
of any conspirators till the day the sentence is executed, now
tells us of a political association of Reformers which has been
formed in the class of labourers. The military commission
before which they were tried sentenced P. Ant. -,21e Laurentis,
the head of the sect, formed in imitation of the Carbonari, and
J. Carabba, to death. Four others were sentenced to chains
for 20 years as members of the sect, and two others were re-
manded for a fuller investigation. The Gazette says, that they
had taken the word Manuel as a countersign ; and it adds,
that, before their execution, which took place on the leth, they
confessed that they considered their punishment as an expia-
tory offering to God for having conspired against their legiti-
mate
King... Do the confessors at Naples reveal the confes-
sions of the condemned, when there is no means of making the
public acquainted with the progress of the trial ?

MEXICO.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY FOR WAR AND MA.

ItIN E-CI RCULAR.
The Supreme Executive Power has thought fit
to address to me the subjoined Decree:—
"" The Supreme Executive Power provisionally appointed
by. the Sovereign Mexican Congress, taking into considera-
tion—
,, That the war with
-
Spain never could be. considered con-
eluded, until that nation
formally and solemnly recognize the
iadependence of North America,
which has been the object of
13 years of constant and sanguinary sacrifices :
That, nevertheless, the Mexican nation and its Govern-
ment, practising the principles of lenity and prudence which
characterize Americans, permitted the existence•of friendly re-
lations with spardsh subjects, fiee trade in their produce and
manufactures, the removal of their effects and national pro-
perty, and the free entry
" That, notwithstandinogf tthhtirervnleterrcohaasntmcoenndliinctto,
aomudr proorrgtset:.
ful of her true interests, the Spanish nation has not taken a
step which shows a real disposition for peace; but, on the con-
trary,. keeping in view her ancient ideas of dominion4she Main-
tains a-force on a small point of the :Mexican territory with the
daring design of thence issuing to reimpose upon the natives of
this land that ignominious yoke of servitude from which they
have so gloriously emancipated themselves :
" That the Governor of a small fortress, after making, on
points of this copti nt, pretensions which are unjust and in-
consistent with the laws of nations observed by all free states,
ue
forgetting the presence of the Commissioners of his Cabinet,
charged with negeiations for treaties of commerce, and failing
in his promise to the Alagistrates of Vera Cruz, not to open
his fire without previous notice, in order that the peaceful citi-
zens might remove their persons and property
from the ravages
of war, which he however did, without the requisite intitna-
tion, on the evening of the 25th of September last, cannot be
believed not to act in pursuance of orders and instructions from
his. Government

" Finally, as it is the duty of this Government to defend the
integrity of the territory which has been confided to its care, to
maintain the glory and dignity of the nation, to'caUse the flag
which has conducted her warriors to victory to be respected, and,
in conformity with the-laws of war, to diminish the enemy's
means of continuing hostilities, it has decreed and does decree—
" 1. That the roadstead and theisaid fortress being under
the fire of our batteries and gun.boats, the castle. of San Juan
Ulloa is hereby declared ire a state of blockade. Vessels of
war belonging to the nation and her allies will therefore attack
the Castle with all the rneanaof war in their power.
" 2. Merchantmen belonging to Spanish subjects shall be
compelled to sail from the 'ports of Mexico within 24 hours
after notification of this decree, and shall not, on any pretext,
again enter therein, under pain of being declared good prize.
" 3. The importation of Spanish produce and nianufactures
is prohibited at all the Custom-houies and maritime ports.
Neutral ships which may bring such merchandise, shall be
allowed 40 days if they come-from an American port, and four
months if from an European port ; but after these periods they
shall also be considered good prize.
" 4. The punishment imposed by the existing laws shall be
inflicted on all persons; whatever may be their rank or situa-
tion, who shall be found to keep up any intercourse with the
garrison and inhabitants of San Juan de Ulloa, as every kind
of communication must be completely cut off:
" 4. All Spanish merchantmen to which this decree may be
notified, and which do not thereupon immediately sail for a
foreign port, shall be declared good prize; as they shall also
be, it', after this intimation, they be taken steering towards any
of our ports or of Colombia.
" 6. The present decree shall be communicated to the Ge-
nerals commanding departments, to the commanders of the
national fleet, to the commanders of the ships of allied and
friendly nations, to the post-captains, and to all_ the persons
in authority to whom it belongs to watch over its execution,
under their most strict- responsibility.
Given in Mexico, October 8.
" -MARIANO 31ICIIELEANA, President.
" JOSE MJUUEL DOMINGUEZ.
" VINCENTE (;UERRERO.
" JOSE :JOAQUIN DE HERRERA.
" For the purpose of seeming this most scrupulous fulfilment
of the present decree, I. communicate it to your Excellency, in
order that in all respects, in so far as you are concerned, care
maybe taken of its execution, and that you may render an
account of the infractions which come to your knowledge.—
God and liber;y.
" MexicO, Oct. 8.

" J..J. DE HERRERA."

FOR. TUE

PROGRESS OF FRENCH POETRY, AND TILE
REIGN OF LOUIS XIV.

It is in the songs of the Troubadours of the
South of France that we must seek for the ori-
gin of French poetry ; by them was introduced
the practice of using elmes at the end of verses.
The productions of these early poets were chief-
ly of an amatory description. They sang the
beauty of the ladies, and the loves and exploits
of the Knights. The most celebrated of these
early productions is the Roman de la Rose,
written by Jean de Lorris, and Riau de Meuu,
in the course of the twelfth"century.

Villon itouris6d in the fourteenth century,
and - Marot acquired well merited praise, for the
graceful simplicity of his diction, imitated by
more modern poets, and from him denominated
stile Marotipe. . St. Gelais, the contemporary of
Marot, possessed almost equal simplicity, though
still greatly inferior; whilst Ronsard, who ilou-
rished at the same period, gave a more noble ex-
pression to French poetry than any of his pre-
decessors. But equally deficient in judgment and
in taste, by two close an imitation of the Latin
and Greek construction of sentences, many of
his productions appeared no less pedantic than
ridiculous.

To Malherbe, who lived under the reign of
Louis XIII. belongs the honour, not only of in-
ventingbut still more of giving
poetrya InJoytr)liecnalespsueatlrtyd,
a correctness of expres-
sion to which it had been hitherto a stranger.—
Though he wrote at a period when the language
was scarcely fixed, and many of his expressions
are of necessity become obsolete, his odes and
productions the ode to Louis XIII.
stanzas are still read with considerable pleasure.
AupnZtghe capturehis of La Rochelle, and the ad-
dress to Du Perrier upon the death of his daugh-
ter, possess many passages of considerable beauty.
About the same period Racan gained great repu-
tation by hip pastorals; and Regnier by his
satires ; but the
style of the latter is now some-
what antiquated.
_ _

Vulture, correct, but full of affectation ;
Benserade less affected in his diction, but equal-
ly deficient in taste;` Di4barreaux, famed only
produced the finest sonnet in the
flourished in the early part of
gilliarlibgeorecLa'olled the Augustan age of French
Louis XIV. that period, which
tfkhotial
rr:e
nih:rae:
literature.

Through the liberal patronage. of this Monarch
the exertions of literary men were called forth,
tllanguage attained its highest pitch of perfec-
tion, chiefly through the labours of the Academie
Franful", established about this time; and a
multitude of productions, in every department of
literature, was brought forth, which have remain-
et] unrivalled, and must be admired .as long as the
French language endures. Pierre Corneille ap-
pears in all his native grandeur, as the fattier of.
French tragedy ; whilst the more correct, ele-
gant,
and sometimes equally sublime Racing, has
carried this branch of Litel-attire to the highest
pitch of perfection, The Phedre, the Athalie,
of Racine, do not indeed shrink from a compa-
rison with the Cid, and the Cinna of Corneille.
At a subsequent period Crebillon obtained no
small share of applause, and chiefly excelled in
the terrific.

Among the minor tragic poets of. this time must
be mentioned Thomas Corneille, greatly inferior
to his brother, whose best tragedies are Ariaue,
and Le Comte d'Essex ; Rotrou, author of Win-
cesluus, and of Manlius ; Compistron, an indif-
ferent author, &c.,--Quinault, too illiberally ri-
diculed by Boileau in his. satires; celebrated for
his operas, Thesee, Atys, Artnide, &c.
At the same time that tragedy assumed so bold
a flight, l‘lollere at once introduced comedy in
France, and brought it to its highest pitch Qf
perfection. This extraordinary man has scarcely
been equalled in real comic humour, in accurate
delineation of character, and in profound know-
ledge of the passions that sway the human mind.
Attiong the best comedies with which. this emi-
nent author has enriched the French stage, Le
Misanthrope, Les Femmes Scavantes, vare,
Le Tartuffe, deserve particular attention ; but
the Tartuffe, is generally considered, as his chef.
d'a:uvre.

To tread in the career. of Moliere, seemed
an enterprize no less rash than hopeless, yet it
has been done with success by Hegnard, whose
comedies of Le Joueur, Le Legataire Uni-
verse!, Les Menechures, &c. possess considerable
humour and merit, and are still represented ot►
the French stage. But the plays of Dufresny,
Dancourt, Hauteroche, &c. are of a very inferior
cast, and are surpassed by those of their prede-
cessors, Brueys and Palaprat, authors of L'Avo-
cat Patelin, &c., -Boursault, whose pieces called,
Le Mercure Gallant, Esope a la Ville and Esope
a la Cour, are considered as standard pieces.
The last ►mentioned authors- were cotemporaries
of Muliute.

In the other branches of polite literature, the
age of Louis XI V. justly boasts of. a Boileau, a
La Fontaine, a Jean Baptiste Rouss.eau, &c.
Boileau, no less correct as a writer, than severe
.as.a critic, is famed for his Epistles, his Satires,
and his .Lutt in, l one of the best mock heroic
poems extent. The fame of the inimitable -La
Fontaine rests upon his admirable fables: that
of Jean Baptiste Rousseau, upon his Odes, of

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which the finest is. the Ode A la Forttw,;:
imitations ,of,sotpe of the,rsalms, ttytacsi a
description. of Poem of ,:which he isrlixe,•in.venlor,
and some of which are singularly suplime.,
in the meamtime, and at this
.period,
pastoral poetry :was. cultisated with succeo.by
Segrais, Eontenelle, Mde. DeshoulleretLit
Farce, Chaulieu, &c. &c. Amongst
Nide. Deshoulieres, that intitied, Les MoAciPsi
is particularly beautiful.
Since this, the moat brilliant period pf,ll§Ax-
istence, French Literature has coutio4P.44waOf
stationary, Voltaire in Tragedy, Viron, gt,c; in
Comedy, may have equalied, but they.ha.xe:,as-
suredly not surpassed, Corneille, Rilcinp, Moliere.
&c. The dissetnination of plz.z./nsqpizica, o,r
religious principles, were the main object °lM:at
of the poets who flourished under the rejglts,of
Louis XV. and Louis XVI. Their dicti4n. Ic
correct, but their principles are .often reprehen-
sible; whilst these works are generally ,deficient
in novelty ; they may imitate, but tbey •capaot
surpass their predecessors.

A. P,

PERSONAL. SUCCESSION,
AND THE CONSISTOAIAL COURTS QEscOTAM).

We feel pleasure in being able to communi-
cate to our readers, many. of whom may not be
aware of the fact, that a very important and he-
neficial change hasjust been introduced into the
law of Scotland, on the subject of personal suc-
cession. By the former rule, confirmation. fie-
fure the Commissaries was necessary in intestate
succession, not merely to enable the executor to
administer and take possession of the funds, but
even the right in him at all, so as to transm;t:it
again to his own representatives, and •it had been
justly observed, that neglect, arising from in
over confidence in life, was daily producing
the most unhappy consequences in this particn-
lar ; while, in many cases, the just right of stic-
tcheessioerxievcvoastodr,efedaut
dependenceriferrtaotiecarvr;n)ig: death
aoref
reitil)gbythtehe
dis-
putedh
propinquity. The evil is now corrected
by a provision in a late Act, 4th George 1.V.1V
cap. 98, assimilating the law of-Scotland, on this
aplosii,rany,sthoatphpayt otof
deriveE lanadm,y7
and declaring that, in all cases of intestate succes-
sion, the right of the executor who may die up-
confirmed, shall be transmitted to his .reprenta-
fives. We understand also, that many highly
advantageous arrangements have been adopt-
ed,, with regard to the. Commissary Court of Edip-
burgh. The office of Principal Clerk .as .
cure, which it has hitherto been, is now at. an
end ; while the fees of the whole officers. of
Court, as well as of the 'practitioners, have-been
regulated. Various heavy exactions, in name
of QUOTS, compositions, sentence money, Sr.c., some
of which originated so far back as the days of
our episcopacy, have been abolished, and at ad-
ditional relief afforded by the introduction Of
abridged extracts of decrees. Other measures,
it is believed, have been adopted, under authority
of the Commissaries themselves, for shorteningjil-
dicial procedure, perhaps, after. all that has been
said, the most effectual and the least-ei-c'efitfoiMYle
mode of diminishing the professional` charges
'of litigation, so that. those who: trray haVe
suc-
cessions to realise, will be enabled- to do so in
future, at a comparatively trifling expence.• With
regard also to those very delicate and interesting
questions, to which the jurisdiction of. the -Qbril-
missaries extends,--scandal, marriage, divorce,---
justice will be placed much more withiwthe
reach of every rank. of society. We may mei] -
tion as an example of the, difference, an action
of divorce, within our own knowledge, in which,
under the old system, the extract Q. the
decree would have cost upwards^, of •IPgl.,
whereas it may now be obtained for about 14'195.
The Act of Parliament'and ofSederunt,
body the provisions now alluded' too, took effect
from and after the Ist Jan: I'o4. Similar regnle-
Lions, it is understood, Will he inunediitely
passed, applicable to the inferior CothriiiisarTits.
These establishments which, on their- aiiher
footing, were long complained of as-utterty-useless,
and highly inconvenient, are al‘tady. niergOtl:in
the jurisdiction Of the Sheriffs of the resiiective
counties,--a step %vhich every: one who:hai-loifk-
ed into the-Parliamentary reports, on;thissub-
ject, must be convinced. will be attende4 with
the greatest benefit, to the. vv.tro/e .country. 2khe
public cannot but. regard, these• meatures, a im-
provements of the most-imp/mat:A,
description, awl as reflecsing, thellighest.
on the spirit, activity,,andrliberality. or.tbe
sons by v9ipse exertinns..and. authority they lka,ve
been accornplished.--(Edinkurg4. 04%eritcr, ,Ja-
nuary 5.) '

TIIIALS AT HEXTFOAT.— The Observer ofStrn-
day, , Jan. n, will of necessity -be -tvn.sbeete,---
No A‘thrertisements ire. either. The. 'price ortitie
two sheets will. be. Fovrtgen,:pence. They 'will
contain a very copious .R.e.port7 of. the Tritas::of
Thurtell. and Hunt., Mosta-aped: with;.Seve.n„ lijo-
gravings, viz. : _ • _

1. The Representation tie Conn Jaoutse ft, kienkrd,
drawn during the time of die Trinli.
2. The Scene of the Murder, ,With the Gig inqbe Lane:
3. The Pond in..the tiardpn, ikto wait l irk Weak.waF-first
thrown.

4. The Pond at Elstree, in whidi the body was fonna: '
5. The Stable, with the Deaeakod.pliwe,diacrDse•be horse.
6. View from the (ottage-wi4ow,*(l9..which #le.l.)4K,i9ed
is seen being drawn alpng the 'path of the gaiden.
7. A Ground Plan, take by beet' Of the Magistrates.
These two Sheets. of .314.- Obserusr will be.-kept
on sale until tbe last day - of. Januafy, • a.,t...;he
Office, No. 1.69, Straild)- Loa ctuu where franks
•
can be had to semxl :.t tot) Any
.part- of..s
United Kingdom> free of charge.