The Sun.
London, England, 1833-10-24 00:00:00

LITERATURE.

NE
vnSIONS in NEW SOUTH WALES'
4 STERN A USTRALIA, and VAN DIE-
S LAND.
The chief value of this work arises from the
oh4lcY of the view the author has taken of the
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lies which were the scenes of his excursions.

Ntenant Breton, _ of the Royal Navy, is the
b ~~; and as his notes were made in the years
'1), 1831, 1832 and 1833, they are really as
as possible. Hisfirst chapter relates to Swan
;I°ert and as his personal observations upon
11 colony were made some years back ; they
~4°t) of course, compete in interest or value
ilthe recently published journals of Captain
;lStirling. He appears to think that the
ate a many of the first settlers who went
!,rt° that colony is sufficiently to be accounted
111:11the false notions they had started with,
0 their course of life, as settlers, one person,
ItWilolll he alludes, having actually proposed
, tke
cut a pack of fox hounds I Respecting
°lder colony on the eastern coast, his account
q°re satisfactory. The only fault we have
C red
With it is that it is occasionally to much
'tll,,ted' This defect, with the want of a map,
41,1' "II the whole of his second chapter vague,
' except to those much interested in having a
(1
wkledge of the colony, uninteresting. There
kt:t'°wever, some hints in it with respect to
4j ,which the settler may profit by. The re-
chapters will be found highly useful.
,Ite,„lltenant Breton's account of the flourishing
L- of Sydney, the Australian capital, quite con-
►s all that previous travellers have said respect-
Houses are built as fast as possible, but
io~nOt fast enough for the increasing popula-
l'h) as they are taken even before finished.
tliine:°°sequence is, that house rent is the only
Pike at Sydney that can be called dear. The
liters provisions in January of this year he
itirues as very low. Beef', by the quarter,?
itZ4 three half-pence to two pence per pound .
einint it is a penny more. A couple of
11. 8 cost is. 9d., and wheat was only at from
kriblad. t° 4s. per bushel. Potatoes are de-
e- as dear, and not very good at any price,
rowh'tmported from New Zealand or Hobart
It is curious that while provisions are
Iti:7"able at Sydney they should be compa-
4oten. high at Hobart Town. Lieutenant
Oter-ri. says,l in December, 1832, beef at the
P lac ghee 'e was from Bd. to 10d. per lb. and
things in proportion, except, we should
0414°e, potatoes. The average of the year
1,68 to give even a higher price for every de-
Iltion of meat than that quoted for December.
lieut author says, that notwithstanding the low-
-043.,(1f prices at Sydney, the farmers make a
I°4 Profit, and when we take into considera-
the facts that they pay neither tithes nor
tlatki hardly any taxes, the circumstance need
01140.rn:aulicyh wondered at. To embark at once
respectable farm," Lieutenant Bre-
ths area in the statement of former writers
414110,4'C" 2,000/. are requisite ; that with even
less a settler may get on, but that it will
ito,lls°lllke Years before he derives much profit
tilta "18 farm. To labouring men and media-
ea) Australia appears as much of an el Dorado
15r er it Was. Good mechanics will not work
le was.
than eight shillings per day, and inferior
trot less than three and sixpence to five
-ngs; but by piece work they can earn twice
three times those sums. A carpenter then,
it:avetage qualifications, by industry, can earn
t.ont)(3t 61. per week, double what many in
tl.ll c°o are forced to keep up the appearance of
14 men with. One would suppose that with
‘lci,z).llte of wages, and the cheapness of pro-
tti
lila above mentioned, instances would often
PtiEtt a mechanics rising to be wealthy pro-
titie°rta but such, we understand, is not the
Ito,:kt"ir enormous wages being all spent in
tO4l, eooess. We must reserve to another day
1101; qservations we had intended to make
hIIIA. 'hi° Government regulations for selling the
14tIole laq% Lieut. Breton has pointed out r
he - the hardships to which they expose
tiler, but not all. Of the passages
11(1 4'a
marked for extract, we can only
'°°m for the following almost incredible
ptt~Oi ltir,"e time theplan was tried of giving a prisoner
lilt 4C4 to go out pand join the bush-rangers, that he
'taitietritir.aY.them into the hands of the police. The man
Ttth th lions left town secretly, and, on falling in
44 it' marauders, t ded lie had escaped from gaol.
'srusc'eeperdeeteln once or twice, but the bush-
ii7l,ooon b-csme aware of the scheme, and acted aca
*h. Take. Ae ec,:nvict bad been guilty of some crime
,he was sent to prison to await his trial. Not
i7nttitilis curtailment of his
dwonutdeddeeuxedrecviseei,uponr.erh.ti,s
tit!et
011; es having. expeiie
h of the prison and made. off. It was not long
met with Brady's gang. which he wished forth-
kh tO •
i'°tl,„. Irvin; but as they naturally supposed him to he
.I'kty''' y in spite of his protestations to the con-
tl.4' ti),4;eW"3- er'ad'udged to suffer heath. The sentence
ittts isntiMiated to him, and, at the same time, he
.4" e4°‘"ed five minutes to make any arrangeinents for
Brady seems to have thought tie of n small
nt't tn.ay film an opalion from his want o o f !the-
Niel& 'en granting it to those so ho rt quire(' it more than
j'losett time being expired, the gang forced himtil
01'1444 whole bottle of laudanum, of which they had
I,l'thei Y. bY them in case of being appreheruied; for. it
t,,fero,ovretatentisn, in the event of thi.s happenintg, tobuTdes
the s a quietus rather than rece]ve one atf d
ti,liew:leeutioner;l,e they lelt bitn, as they
rt'aesa'ved
Nat The quantity, perhaps the.
iternt I!, just after the gang had quittegduhahilmyu,m'which
kthOder tetseie 'ately, his stomach rejec,ed the law an
ta,kethae
meets of which merely caused him to
It° arid P,than lie bad been accustomed to. On awak-
-4:441te himself still in the land of the living, he
fell in ell on ; but, after wandering about for
.msrome
li tehn 4 second time, with Brady and his my
' might naturally be expected, were not a
4`41?), -41ahed at seein him. " Iloilo! what, ar'n't you
:iW„! attllaeith Was the, greeting. ; " we'll do for you
4:40
bs_ events! It is to be presumed be had_ fiveain
%;eertoitn°r! granted him for preparation, but
doubtful.
1,0 pi„tn, °I this, the point must still remainou
took
L,det
,were discharged at him, one of which
to e„id bark, and passed round the surface of his
4:ht,oittide. the..other inflicted a flesh wound of no great
Mitt
that
of
fell, and was left lor dead, which would
p,t)let (pn-s`ttoe aforesaid myrmidons had not taken a vhery:
polvtill hoe
sraortem) examination of the body, or they
edys
'l,e %era end iaevaed
l,oth themselvesscare,
scarce
ttbtitc•riestrLu
the as, wßush
t'1:11 01°1; obstinately bent ovi not quitting the woild in
lortY. again rallied, dressed his wounds as well as
ttittichialseirnd °nee more set off with the intention of gist.
WitbP at
the. first place he canoe to. Here he
!,t. orh,
o°at his host, Istir once more be met his evil
oft h En4t have believed he possessed more lives than
tdly e,..4 feline race. In this last rencontre he could
"Peet flag usual law of five minutes, and, accord-

ingiy, it does not appear to have been conceded. A pistol
was fired at his head, but instead of entering the skull
(most likely one of considerable density), the bullet glanced
and went nearly round it, causing a severe wound, and
striking him senseless to the ground. The supposed corpse
was cast into a creek that was nearly dry, and a few
branches were thrown over it. This man is now in the
colony, alive and well, and tells the story himself, having
recovered from his wounds, neither of which was of a
d ingerous nature. The fact was also corroborated by
Brady, when examined by the gentlem an from whom I got
the account, and, strange as the relation may appear, it is
perfectly correct. Brady was finally disabled, like Achilles,
in the he-I, and his career was terminated upon a scaf-
fold."

THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND PRESENT

STATE OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

This is a compilation by a Barrister of Gray's
Inn. It will be useless to those who possess
the works which have been already published
relating to this colony ; but those who have not
already gone to the expense of purchasing
Wentworth, Cunningham, Evans, &c., will find
in this volume a fair digest of their contents, as
far as relates to Van Diemen's Land. The com-
piler's professional talents appear to have greatly
assisted him in sifting the corn from the chaff.

GREAT BRITAIN in 1833. By BARON

D' HA USSEZ.

We must take some shame to ourselves for
having left this book so long upon our table
unno:iced, for of a truth, Charles the Tenth's
ex• Minister of Marine has produced a work
which, on this side of the channel at least,
cannot fail to be interesting. Next to talk
about oneself, or one's relations individually, there
is, perhaps, none more interesting than talk
about one's country, and one's countrymen
generally. In fact, our personal vanity is un-
dermined when a foreigner praises national
customs, attacked when he blames them ; but
in either case our feelings are interested. If,
upon the whole, the judgment has been favour-
able, we like the book, and praise it ; if un-
favourable, we dislike it, and blame it, both
without much examination of the soundness or
unsoundness of' the opinions pronounced, for,
as before observed, we are parties in the cause.
Although critics, we do not pretend that we
can be altogether free from the national, or
rather personal biases, which we have described
as actuating all who read the opinions of a
foreigner upon England ; but after endea-
vouring to abstract ourselves as much as
possible, we have fancied the following to be
a fair account of the Baron's opinions. The
writer is evidently a man of information and
good feeling, and every where we see an anxiety
to be impartial, but no where is he profound,
and in many places he shows that he has only
examined the surface of our society. His
mistakes, however, with respect to our manners
and customs, are rarely so gross as most
foreigners fall into. Indeed, those he has made
are chiefly in descriptions which are not con-
nected with matters touching the higher classes,
and there they must have been unavoidable, for
he cannot speak English. Among the classes
where his native language was familiarly spoken
he was more at home, and, setting aside some
occasional exaggerations, his account of them
is tolerably accurate. As might be expected,
a strong conservative tinge is visible through-
out, but the situation of the writer ren-
ders it excusable and even harmless, whilst the
tedium described as characterising an English-
man's life, whether in town or country, may
excite pity as a fair reflex of the feelings of the
writer, arising out of that situation. An exile
can hardly be expected to feel himself gay either
in a town rout or a country ramble. In reading
the two volumes before us, we marked some
passages with which we were pleased, and others
which we could controvert, but both have be-
come too numerous to be all dealt with within
our limits. The first, however, predominate,
and we must pick out one for the benefit of
such of our readers as may chance to have been
captivated with the idea either of a foreign wife
or a foreign husband. Under the head " Mar-
riage," the Baron says—

" Elsewhere, marriage is a tie which joins if it does
not completely unite, two beings who have agreed to piss
their lives together. In England it is a chain which hinds
one's movements, one's wishes, even one's thoughts.
There is no country in the world where more attention is
bestowed on the subject of marriage, with more satisfac-
tory results.
" Youth is already passed before people in England think
of entering into this state. Few men think of marrying
before thirty, and few women before twenty-two or
twenty-four. This is the most suitable age, because the
heyday of the passions is over, and the character is formed
without the habits having become fixed. Marriage is not,
as in France, an affair of convenience, of condition and
fortune, of love and etourderie. The parties study e,ch
other's character, and scrutinize each other's tastes. Should
this first scrutiny prove favourable, an intimacy com-
mences, and it is after this only that formal overtures ate
made. These overtures once accepted by the fam.ly, the
intended is already considered as united to the person
whom he is to marry. He sees her on all occasions, and
.11tine ; he goes out with her, while sh, pre sides over the
at raneement of their projected household, and occupies
herself with a future w.tich is not yet guaranteed by any
ii revocable engagement.
" This state of things, which permits no shade of eba_
ratter, no quality, no detect, to escip. the observation of
either party, lasts several months, and the engagement is
only rendered binding when the certainty of a reciprocal
good understanding is no longer a matter of doubt.
" The happiest experience of its effects attest the advan-
tages of a proceedine chalked out by the plainest reason
and good sense. Enelish marriage:, notwithstanding the
restrictions they carry alone with them, the privation.
they impose, the rigorous duties which they exact as a law,
are in general productive of happiness. Husbands may
dispense with the necessity of exhibiting themselves as
jealous, tyrannical, or exacting, in all that relates to their
honour and dignity. Custom has in this case provided
against every contingency; and custom exhib is a greater
severity than husbands themselves could decently do. As
the men command without tyranny, the women obey
without reluctance. On the part of the one and the other,
it is an affair of custom and manners. The rule is uniform;
that which happens in one house happens in all others. In
none is therefire found any lively pleasure; but as the
parties did not count on this, it is not a matter of chagrin.
They live without emotions, it is true, but this very calm
is in itself a happiness.
" When the question has been well examined, it may
be asserted, thanks to the influence of customs and man-
ners in England, that the marriage is a happier one in th it
country than it is in any other.'
The author is a gallant man, and in his chap-
ter on ,‘ English women," which contains some
trivial mistakes as to manners, which a stranger
might be expected to fall into, he sums up with
the following compliment to our fair country-
women, which, we trust, contains no mistake :

" In conclusion, it must be admitted that the English
are among the moat remarkable women in Europe. They
combine in their persons not only beauty, but all that
renders beauty valuable, devotion to their duties, varied
accomplishments, cultivated minds; the union, ins word,

of ail that col,&:titutes the happiness of their domestic circle
and the charm of society."

Before taking leave of the Baron, there is
one mistake into which he has fallen that has
surprised us. He speaks continually of
the cowardice of the lower classes, and
" the common people." He must have for-
gotten that our armies, whose prowess he ac-
knowledges, are composed entirely of " the
common people." If a mob flies from a posse
of constables, it is not from the want of physical
courage, but habitual respect for the power of
the law. Pick out any dozen men from any
flying crowd, make them constables, and they,
being armed by the law, will, in their turn, be
able to keep a mob of a thousand at bay.

VALP Y'S SHAKSPEARE.—Vor.. XIL
LONDON, 1533.

We have often had occasion to speak in terms
of praise of this edition, as one of the completest
we know of; well printed, well arranged, well
embellished, and just sufficiently illustrated with
explanatory notes ; suffice it, therefore, to say,
that the present volume, which consists of
" Anthony and Cleopatra," and that noble play
" Cymbeline," in which Dr. Johnson, strange to
tell, could find nothing to commend, is embel-
lished with a variety of pertinent illustrations
from the pen of that veteran in his art, Westall.

FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY.
No. XLIV. LONDON, 1833.

The popularity of these volumes is not greater
than they deserre. They comprise the best
translations, by the best scholars, of the best
classics, with every objectionable phrase, and
equivocal allusion carefully omitted, so that the
work may be safely admitted into the libraries
of private families. The volume before us con-
tains " Cicero," as translated by Duncan,
Cockman, and Melrrtoth. The last, in parti-
cular, is well known, and highly esteemed for the
general elegance and accuracy of his translation
of " Cicero on Old Age."

THE ANNUALS.

THE COMIC OFFERING. LONDON, 1834.

Seymour's grotesque embellishments are the
redeeming features of this volume. The letter-
press portion, though here and there it betrays a
gleam of humour, is so disfigured by bad puns,
thread-bare conceits, and regular Joe Millers,
that it is impossible, with any respect for truth,
to speak a word in its praise. But Seymour,
as usual, is capital. His " Going Out, a
Singing Face," is as comic and original a con-
ception as is to be met with, even among the
earliest and best of Cruickshank's.

FRIEND SHIP'S OFFERING. Los D0N,1834

" Another and another still succeeds." This
is the fourth Annual that has come under our
notice. It is elegant and showy, like all its
brethren, but by no means of first-rate excel-
lence. Richter contributes two fancy por-
traits of two very lovely women, in both
which there is a striking family likeness. Both
make too lavish a display of teeth, which, how-
ever, we can forgive, in consideration of their
dark, expressive eyes ; long, silky, clustering
ringlets ; and the ripe, rich fulness of their
rounded, alabaster bosoms. " Innocence" is
gracefully designed, but is rather of an insipid
character, A pretty girl is sitting on the
floor, watching a petted dove, with as rapt,
spiritualized an air as a devotee looks up to the
cross that hangs before him in his cell. The
fault we find with the fair creature is, that she
looks too much like an angel, and too little like
a woman. If she represent the purity, she
represents also the coldness of sculpture. A
touch or two of humanity would have improved,
and brought, her within the pale of our sympa-
thies. 44 Venus and .2Eneas on the Shores of
Carthage" is an engraving by Wallis—in his
most efficient style—from one of Martin's com-
prehensive designs. The painter, however, has
fallen into an error. He has made Carthage,
like Nineveh, a city illimitable in its range of
magnificent temples, palaces, colonades, and
columns ; whereas, when iEueas visited it, it was
but in its infancy, thriving under the reign of
its first lovely young Queen. We refer Mr.
Martin to the earlier books of the "Eneid for
the truth of our statement. In the literary
department we have an animated prose tale,
entitled " First Love," by Leitch Ritchie, and
some pathetic stanzas on the " Forgotten Tryst,"
from the pen of Mrs. Norton.

ILLUSTRATIONS OF LITERARY SOU-

VENIR

We have just been favoured with a sight of
the illustrations of the forthcoming Literary
Souvenir. They are ten in number ; some are
very carefully finished ; others bear marks of
haste and slovenliness ; but as a whole, they
may vie with any of their predeeelsors. One of
the trust spirited is an engraving by Thomas, of
St. Michael's Mount, Cornwall, from an original
design by Bentley. The vessels tossing on a
stormy sea in front, and those behind hacked
by a L4locmy, lurid sky, are so disposed
as to produce a very striking effect. The
swell of the foatn-created waves—a difficult
thing to manage in engraving—is easy and
natural : they are too often stiffly handled by
even our best artists. " The Contrast is but a
so so illustration. The clouds are dead, flat
masses of blackness without spirit or character ;
and the draperies of the two females, the blonde
and the brunette, who form the Contrast, labour
tinder the same defect. A " Portrait "is full
of feminine sweetness and delicacy. The name
of the lovely original, however, should have been
affixed. Beauty should never be anonymous.

FRANKFORT, OCT. 15.—De Frassinous,
Bishop of Hermopolis, has passed two days in our city,
on his way to Prague, where he is going to direct the
education of the Duke of Bordeaux. He was accompa-
nied by Baron Chalet, formerly Secretary to the Duchess
of Angooleme. There was no difficulty in their departure
from Prague, but among the pretty considerable number
of French who have not been able to proceed to that place
is the Marquis d'Hautpoult, who has been appointed sub-
tutor to the Duke of Bordeaux, and whom obstac:es, ori-
ginating in a diplomatic quarter, hinder from proceeding
on his journey. The Duke de Guiche, the Prince and
Princess de Beaufremont, have just arrived at Frankfort.
Charles X. has left Prague ; his little Court has resolved
to return to France, and does not seem to intend to go
back to Prague.

THE CASE OF THOMAS COX SAVORY.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

RESPECTED FRIEND,-The verdict of a Jury having
refuted the accusation brought against me, without the
necessity of hearing all the evidence in my defence, I owe
it to myself to make a few observations on the difficulties
which were studiously thrown in the way of my excul-
pation, and which nothing but the consciousness of
innocence could have led me to hope that, by meeting them
boldly, I should be able to surmount.
It was this consciousness of innocence which prevented
me from taking any notice of the injurious statements
made by interested individuals during the prejudiced
hearing which my case received at the Mansion House,
and which were reported in most or all of the newspapers.
With the evidence published on that cecasion, the
calumnious insinuations of parties who were not witnesses
were mixed up : even the Caief Magistrate allowed his
mind to be influenced by the clamour which some of my
fellow tradesmen had raised against me, and made ob-
servations which were highly calculated to prejudice me
on my trial. The bitterness of feeling which assailed me
at the Mansion House was soon circulated through the
kingdom. I was represented as one who had snld at
prices which could not give me a profit without the
evasion of the duty. Advertisements were published,
and handbills posted in the streets, which, though said to
be for the purpose of procuring evidence, li id the effect
of keeping up the excitement against me till the day of
trial ; and by these means, before my case was heard by
a regular tribunal, I was spoken of as one condemned.
Under these circumstances a committee, consisting of
members of the Society of Friends, was appointed to
investigate my case, as the moral delinquency of the act
with which I was charged, independently of any le.eal
consequences, would, if not disproved, have insured
my expulsion from that Society, to which my family
have belonged for 110 years, 80 of which they have car-
ried on the business of silversmiths in London, with) un
sullied reputations. The decision of the committ e was,
that 1 was clear of all knowledge of the articles being
forged, the sale of which was the ostensible ground of toe
proceediigs against me. Yet, though the publieation of
that decisioaa might. have had some aiffetit in mitigating the
preju ice lithich some of my fellow tradesmen had excited,
it was not published, with all the disadvantages under
which I laboured, with a powerful body as my prosecu-
tors, and many of the shopkeepers in my own trade anxious
for my ruin. I trusted that the investiga'ion of my case
in the ordinary course of justice would be my vindication,
and 1 have not been disappointed. _

• •
It appears that out of the 690 ounces of silver plate
taken from my shop, by the officers of the Goldsoiiths'
Company, only 43 ounces were retained having forged
marks. It is now admitted that the Offic,r4 seized spoons
as forged, which had rtgul irly paid the duty, and been
marked by themselves at the Hall ; for out of the twenty
articles seized, it was drawr from the witnotses for the
prosecution, on cross-examination, that 10 articles, though
they have never yet been returned to me, had genuine
stamps.

If the marks in question were so well executed that
even the officers of the Goldsmiths' Company confounded
the forged marks with the genuine ones, it easily accounted
for my being imposed upon by the maker of those articles,
whose conduct, while he manufactured and sold to me, I
had no reason to suspect. For reasons unconnected with
any suspicion of forgery, I declined to have any snore
dealings with him some time before this charge was made
against me, which it is not likely I should have done, if,
by being in collusion with him to forge the stamps, I must
put my character, my liberty, all that was dear to me in
the world, in his power.
At my wholesale house, conducted by Richard Ilillarr,
akout 1,500 ounces of plate were examined, and not an
ounce of it was charged to have forged marks. All my
je,vellery was found to be correct. Not an ounce of
silver, made at my own manufactory, nor by any (save
the one in question) of the small masters of whom I pur-
chased, was alleged to have false marks. As to Treen,
I proved my payment to him of the duty invariably, both
by his own receipted invoices, and by the evidence of my
shopmen, who examined his bills, and saw the amounts
discharged. Yet an attempt was made by a leg 1
quibble to exclude the evidence altogether. The question
whether I could sell at the prices which I did while
paying the duty, and yet receive a profit, shall be de-
cided by my continuing to sell exactly at the same prices
as before.

I have only to add that though my gratitude is first
due to the Power that protects innocence, I cannot but
the this opportunity of warmly acknowb,dging the obli-
gation I am under to tile members of the Society of Friends
for their unchanging good opinion, and for the endeavour
to afford me an opportunity of vindicating my prin-
ciples and my character while assailed by prejudice and
detraction.

To Sir James Scarlet, Sergeant Andrews, Sydney
Taylor, and J. Adolphus, for their talent and zeal as my
Counsel on the trial, my acknoadedginents are also due.

The foregoing remarks being called for by the mk-state-
ments, which have appeared in the newspapers, I trust
thou wilt do me the justice to give them insertion.
Remaining, thine respectfully,
THOMAS COX SAVORY.
54, Cornhill, 2311 of 10th Month, 1833.

EXTRAORDINARY SOICIDE.—An inquest
was on Monday last held before Mr. W. Adye, on the
body of Thomas Godwin, a boy, only 10 years of age,
who was found hanging by the neck to the branch of an
oak tree, in the parish of Kingswood, a day or two pre-
viously. It appeared by the evidence of a little boy, five
years old, that he accompanied the deceased into the fields
to collect firewood and mushrooms, and that the deceased
took a amall cord with bins. After they had been out
some time, the deceased said that if he could not find
another mushroom he wouhl hang himself; and being
unsuccessful, he got upon the child's shoulders, fastened
the cord round his neck, and, tying it to the branch of a
tree, swung himself off. The child ran for assistance ;
but before any arrived, Godwin was a corpse. Verdict—
" That he hung himself, not expecting it wouhl kill
Ilitn."—liampsh ire Advertiser.

VERA CRuz, AUG. 30. The cho!era
morbus has unfortunately spread itself over the country ;
;t has existed in the capital since the Ist of this month.
It is reported that more than 16,000 persons have dii.d
in that city of this epidemic ; on some days the deaths
were from 1,200 to 1,400 persons. The disease has
attacked principally the lower class of people. By the
last mail the accounts were more favourable—the disease
was on the decline, and it was hoped that it would soon
disappear. In o;:.eretaro and Guanaxuala, that is, in
the belligerent armies, the cholera has in ule great havoc
among both parties, and put a stop to offensive operations.
Within eight or ten days we have also the cholera in Vera
Cruz, but till now the mortality is nor considerable.
Another letter from Vera Cruz, of the same date, says—
cholera has been with us 12 days, but the deaths
out of the hospital have not exceeded SO or 40. No
merchant has yet died."

METROPOLITAN POLICE.—Last night a
very numerous and respectable meeting of the rate payers
of the parish of S,. James, Westminster, was held in
Willis's Assembly-room, Brewer-street, for the purpose
of takimz into consideration the present constitution of
the metropolitan p dice force, and to adopt such mea-
sures as mieht be deemed necessary. Mr. ATeeket,
having been called to the chair, stated that the meeting
hail been convened in compliance with a resolution unani•
mously a opted at a public vestry. Letters were read
from the churchwardens, declining to interfere in the
tneetmg,---not that they were opposed to its object, but
they thought their engagement in political meetings
would be incatnpatiOle with the office they filled. Se •
veral resolutions were adopted, condemnatory of the power
exercised by the Government in the appointment anti
control of the polict.,
and of the amount of the exp,as-
which the institution occasioned. A resolution was car-
ried for the formation of a committee to cu-operate with
the other metropolitan parishes, for the attainment of
the object of the meeting. On a resolution being passed,
calling on the representatives of Westminster to support
the
proposed alterations in the police system, Col. Evans
came forward and addressed the meeting :it considerable
length. The Hon. Gentleman concurred in the objections
to the police entertained by the meeting, and concluded by
declaring that he would be at all times ready to support
the views of his constituents on this subject.

THE KIIAN OF TUE CALMUCK TARTARS
AND MS ENGLISH CARRIAGE.-In the early part of the
last century, P, ince Alewz:koff, the favourite of Peter
the Great, sent from St. Peters,urgh a handsome Eng-
lish coach, as a present to the Khan of the Ca'mucks.
Some time afterwards an Ainbnisador from the Khan
rived at the Court of the Czar, to make a representation
that one of the whe&s of the carriage had been broken,
and to desire the Prince to let him have another wheel.
The courtiers were curious to know what use had been
made of the carriage. The Ambassador told them that
bis master gave audience to the Envoys of the neighbour-
ing Khans in the said carriage ; and that on solemn days
he dined in it. Toe pole he had looked upon as super-
fluous; and had caused it to be cut off.