The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-07 00:00:00

TILE cJI,DS'.--',THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The only arrivrls this morning are a Hamburg mail and
the express from Paris.

The letters from Hamburg state that there is an
advance in price, both at Hamburg and in H ,Hand, on
sugar and euffee.
At Paris and Madrid various reports were in circulation
of Don Carlos and Don Miguel having entered Spain with
from 10 to 12,000 men, going to make a dash on the capita'.
This is doubted, as the recent arrivals from Portugal
would have mentione I so important an event; for so
large a force could not be assembled on the frontiers of
Portugal without its being known at Lisbon ; besides, the
telegraph from 13 iyonne would have given the information
to the French Government.

We hear that the account of Dan Miguel purchasing
three American shipi is not correct, and that Elliot, his
Admiral, is at Paris trying to raise money.

THE FUNDS.

Consols, which left off yesterday at 904 a for the Ac-
count, opened this morning at the same price. Since
which some large sales have been made, and Consols have
receded to 90* 4.
In the Foreign Market little doing as yet ; prices much
the sa:re as yesterday.

HALF PAST ONE.

We have accounts from Berlin of is recent date, and on
which great reliance may he placed, stating that the King
of Pi ussia has come to a determination not to join Russia
in a continental war, hut strictly adhere to the mainte-
nance of the pace in Europe; accordingly he has sent an
express to the Emperor of Russia with his determination.
Consols continue at 904 sellers for the Account, with
little or nothing doinz at present.
The Foreign Market is also void of interest.—Dutch
Stock 50, sellers ; Portuguese 561 1; Spanish 238 i•
.771 REE 0' CL OCK .
Consols for the Account, 90'A .

An illuminated clock has been put up in the
Town-hall, Borough ; the Bridge House Estates Com-
mittee giving the clock, and the Phceoix Ws Company
lighting it fur the public free.

MATRIMONIAL STATISTICS.—In Glasgow,
in 1821, 1 out of each 100 inhabitants took a wife; in
1831, 1 out of each 105 did likewi•e ; and in 1833, I
out of each 80 tasted the realities of wedded bliss. In
the New Town, Edinburgh, 1 out of each 131, and in the
Old Town, 1 out of each 190, inhabitants were married ;
little more than half the number in Glasgow. We would
humbly recommend that the fair Elinhurgensians do not
permit this state of things to continue, but should forth-
with institute a committee of inquiry, before which all
obstinate bachelors should be hauled over the coals.--
Scotsman.

FINE ARTS.

FINDEN'S GALLERY OF THE GRACES.

PART X.
The present number of this graceful work
consists of three lovely female portraits, of
which the most beautiful, and the most highly-
finished as a work of art, is the one entitled the
Passion Flower. The illustrative verses affixed
are from the pens of the Rev. Lisle Bowles,
Barry Cornwall, and Professor Wilson.

LITERATURE.

SHAKSPEARE'S PLAYS, 6-c. Voz. XV.

LONDON, 1834.

Mr. Valpy has here brought his edition of
Shakspeare to a close—and cheap and complete
it is, profusely illustrated with outline engravings,
and having the rare recommendation of a copious
index. The present volume contains Shakspeare's
Minor Poems, which are well known by name ;
but, we suspeCt, have been little read by the
community. Of these the longest, the most im-
passioned, and the most poetic, is " Venus and
Adonis," which contains, here and there, pas-
sages of such transcendent beauty as our great
dramatist scarcely surpassed even in his happiest
plays. We may mention, as among the most
brilliant of these, the description of the horse—
inferior only to that sublime sketch of the charger
in Job—the coming on of evening, with the fare-
well kiss of Venus to Adonis ; the highly-wrought
comparison between love and lust ; and the la-
mentation of the goddess over her dead favourite.
The subjoined lines are exquisitely tender and
felicitous in expression :

" She looks upon his lips, and they are pale ;
She takes him by the band, and that is cold ;
She whispers in his ears a heavy tale,
As if he heard the woeful words she told ;
She lifts the coffer lids that close each eye,
Where, lo ! two lamps, burnt out, in darkness lie."

It is a curious thing that all the editions we
have ever seen (the present among the number)
give the closing couplet in the above passage,
as follows :

" She lifts the coffer-lids that close his eyes,
Where, lo I two lamps, burnt out, in darkness lies—
thus making Shakspeare mar the beauty of the
stanza by a glaring violation of the very first
principle of grammar. We have taken the
liberty of making the poet write at least correctly,
and we hope we have not much injured his
description by our amendment. " The Rape
of Lucrece," as a whole, reads heavily, and has
one strange defect, namely, that it is too didactic
and moralizing. Tarquin discusses matters
with Lucrece, previously to his effecting " his
diabolical purpose" (to borrow a newspaper
phrase) with as much collectedness and parade
of logic as if he were discussing the doctrine of
original sin ; and she replies with all the point
and force of a Madame de Stael. This is the
only work of Shakspeare which wears the
aspect of pedantry, and, as such, is an
undoubted curiosity. The " Sonnets" are
many of them exquisite productions ; but some
few are remarkable for nothing but quaint,
fantastic trifling. Still the young poet who
desires to accomplish himself in his art, will do
well to read them with a ucntiun, for they abound
in happy turns of expression, and bhow
what forcible, picturesque power a well-chosen
epithet possesses in the hands of a master-mind.
Shakspeare's epithets are nowhere more charac-
teristic or felicitous than in his Sonnets. They
light up a whole stanza like a burst of sunshine.
You never find them misplaced. We will
instance a few :—" All-eating shame"—"Win-
ter's ragged hand"--" gracious light of day"—
" pupil pen of youth" " easy-cushioned
age,"—most expressive of Shakspeare's social
turn of thought—" now stand you on the top
of happy hours"—" maiden gardens"—our great
poet is fond of associating his ideas with images
of love and beauty—" gold complexion of the
sun"—" antique pen of time"—" love's fine
it"—" tanned antiquity"—" coward conquest
of a murderer's knife," &c. We might multiply
instances of' apt, pictural epithets like these, till
our " line stretched to the crack o' doom," but
we content ourselves with giving merely a whet
to the reader's appetite, in the hope that he will
procure the book, and finish the dainty repast
that Valpy has here set before him, at leisure.

A COLLECTION of DECISIONS in the
COURTS for REVISING the LISTS of
ELECTORS.

By W. F. A. DELANE, Esq., of Gray's Inn, Barrister-at-Law.

This is an admirable collection of decisions
on the elective franchise, by M. Delane, the
barrister. He has thought proper in his preface
to apologise for the reports being confined to
cases decided in the counties of Berks, Middle-
sex, Kent, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, the cities
of London and Westminster, and the boroughs
of Abingdon, Bedford, Finsbury, HarWich,
Lambeth, Leicester, Marlow, Marylebone, and
Petersfield ; but when it is considered that fran-
chises of all descriptions, agricultural and manu-
facturing, rural and urban, must necessarily have
been decided in the places and counties enume-
rated, the apology was quite needless. The
collection cannot fail to prove highly useful to
every professional man concerned in registering
voters, or interested in establishing claims to the
elective franchise, and as such we strong recom-
mend it.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent
and the Princess Victoria, have notified to the Managers
of the Victoria their intention of honouring the Theatre
with their presence tomorrow evening.

DUTCH TRADE.—The number of ships that
arrived in Amsterdam in 1833 was 2,374, being 128 more
than in 1832.

The price of silk, it appears by recent ac-
counts, Las risen considerably in Italy, in consequence, it
was stated, of an English company having made purchases
to a considerable amount. Commerce in general was
in
an active state, and fast recovering the check, it
.tperi-
enced from the late disturba, ces in the Papal dominions.

Intelligence has been received of the death of
Abbas Mitza, the son and design ited heir of the King of
Persia, who was marching at the head of an army to put
down an insurrection of one of his brothers. This event
will occasion many speculations, and possibly some distur-
bances, in the East.

EDUCATION IN AMERICA.—In the year
1830 there were in the state of Nt-tv York 440,000
children between the ages of five and fifteen ; and tf,e
Superintendent of Common Schools reported to the Legis-
lature 400,000 as being at school ; whilst, for thesame
year, in Kentucky, only 33,000 were found at schoo,, Out
of 100,000 and upwards of the same ages.

S HIPP'S G INTELLIGENCE-(TIIIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S,
DEAL, JAN. 6.—Wind S.W., fresh.—At noon passed
through to the westward, the City of Londonderry
steamer. The Wilhelmina, for Surinam, and leveret
small ve.sels, remain wind-bound.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 6.—Wind S.S.W., hard gale.—
Arrived from the River the Dawson. Dawson, for Singa-
pore ; and Claudine, Walker, for the Cape and Madras.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. s.—Wind W.S.W., moderate.
Fat:swum, JAN. 5.---Wind S.W. to W.S.W., mo-
derate.

DUNDEE, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Nimble, Andereon,
from St Peter sburgh.

SUNDERLAND, JA x. s.—Arrived the John Frederick,
Guest, from St. Petersburgh.

A LDBOROUGH, JAN. s.—Arrived the Royalist, Elliot,
from Sr. Petersburgh.
BRISTOL, JAN. 6.—Arrived the Duke of Wellingtop,
Thompson, from Michael's.
LIVERPOOL, JAN. s.—Arrived the Esk, Dain, from
Buenos Ayres ; Emulous, Scott, from Laguna; Hamil-
ton, Bill, from New Orleans; Ranger, Patrick, and
Selina, Luckie, from St. Petersburgh.
WATERFORD, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Martha Pope,
Jones, Royal Eagle, Allen, Menapea, Moyse, and Libera-
tor, Angel, from London.

LIMERICK, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Hebe, Hannington,
from London.

COWES, JAN. 6.—The Charles Eaton, Moore, for
New South Wales, in being towed into the harbour,
grounded, and remains. The Mediterranean packet, Playe,
has come into the harbour to repair.
&too, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Betty, Mars, from St.
John'q, New Brunswick. Several bales of cotton were seen
floating the 10th ult., in lat. 41. long. 43., by the Maria,
arrived here. The Bolivar, of Aberdeen, has been got off,
her rudder shipped, and has not received damage in her
hul'. The Di Ina, Campbell, is expected to float off after
discharging part of her cargo.

The Helen, Smith, from Westport to Hull, was driven
would be totally wrecked—part of the cargo saved.
on shore the 29th ult. near Arisay, and it was feared

POOR LAWS.

The following circular has been extensively dietri
buted :

TO THE CHURCHWARDENS, OVERSEERS, &C.
Gentlemen,—The circumstance of Commissioners hav-
ing been appointed by Government, a few months ago, to
obtain information relative to the administration and ope-
ration of the present pcor laws, affords a hope that the
period is not far distant when some decisive measures will
be adopted by the Legislature, in reference to those laws.
At the same time, past experience has sufficiently shown
the folly of exoecting Government will voluntarily remove
long established evils, particularly when of a complicated
character, if those upon whom they press are silent under
the burden.

Influenced by this conviction, a number of the rate-payers
of Shepton Mallet have formed themselves into a committee
for the purpose of awakening public attention to the im-
portance of pressing upon Parliament, when next assem-
bled, the necessity of giving to the subject alluded to its
earliest and most serious consideration.

That committee, however, instead of taking so promi-
nent a part, would have been much more happy in being
called upon to follow the judicious suggestions of some
more able and influential body ; but as, in the opinion of
its members, too much time has already been spent in de-
claiming against the evils which the poor laws have pro-
duced, without any general, or well directed effort thus to
step forwards in a cause, which they believe to be identified
with the future prosperity of the country. Without pre-
suming, then, to force up in others the adoption of their
own peculiar sentiments relative to those evils, or to their
remedies, they would respectfully but earnestly entreat
Those parishes in particular, which are sustaining more
than tbeir fair proportion of the burden of the national
pauperism, not to allow another session of Parliament to
pass over, without petitioning the Legislature to devise
some more equitable mode of relieving the poor than at
present, and, if possible, also to devise such measures as
shall put a check to the progress of pauperism itself.
The statements contained in the Report of the Poor
Law Commissioners are not only of a serious, but of an
appalling kind. They fully demonstrate that pauperism
is rapidly on the increase; that it is demoralising the
lower orders of the people, and, consequently, producing
crime; that it has already depreciated property to a vast
extent, and that, if the present system is allowed to con-
tinue, it will soon render, in some parishes, the name of
proprietor merely nominal. Such being the case, every
individual who is capable of sympathising with the op-
pressions and distresses of his fellow members of the
community, and every individual whose views are not
c mtsacted within the narrow circle of his own present
interests, must be desirous of seeing an immediate and
comprehen,ive change in the system, now in operation,
for meeting the necessities of the poor. There is reason
fur believing that Government itself is desirous that such
a change should be effected ;—bur, as no great alteration
can be made in established systems, without interfering
either with individual interests or prejudices, it is desirable
that the question should be pressed forwards by the voice
of the public, and that Government should not be left
entirely to its own inclinations.
The individuals, Gentlemen, who have thus presumed
to address you, would, in conclusion, earnestly beg to
recommend for your perusal, a work entitled, "Extracts
lajleiastvye'scoPmooeruLmai from the information received by hisN
Commissioners," should it not already Law
your notice ; and also a letter, by " 2Equitas," just pub-
lished by Longman and Co., London, and addressed to
Rigkt Hon. Lord Althorp, on the injustice and ether
evils of the present poor laws, and recommending a na-
tional consolidated rate in place of the present parochial
system.

Signed on behalf of the Committee.
G. F. BURROUGHS, Chairman.
Committee-room, Shepton Mallet, Dec. 17, 1833.
P. S. Any communications addressed (post paid) to
the Secretary of the Shepton Mallet Poor Law Com-
mittee, will receive the most prompt attention, and any
information relative to parishes in your neighbourhood
which may be highly rated, will be particularly accep-
table.

The mail between Vienna and Constantinople
is now interchanged four times a month instead of twice as
former'y.
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TRICKERY IN EDUCATION.—About seven
years since the Rev. Mr. came from Ireland, hired a
eat consequence s n
offeringchaisestointloe:
new principle of mnemonics, of which he was the in-
ventor; stating', that unless they availed themselves of his
services on that morLing they would inevitably lose the
benefit of his important aiscoyery, which, from the extra-
ordinary facility it gave pupils
ghmo
eer
nas
in the acquirement of all
kinds of knovvledge, would render their school celebrated
and conspicuously noticed above all others. In one week
he realised upwards of 1001., purchased a horse and chaise
for himself and son (who accompanied him), and took the
whole round of schools in the vicinity of London, making
for many months not less than 301. per day, as be himself
informed me ; after which he travelled through Engler('
with great success on the same scheme. His lecture was
given at per head for each pupil, in one class, which oc-
cupied about one hour in delivering; after which he sold
each a book, containing the principles of his discovery,
for 2s. 6d. The extraordinary gullibility of the wistet
English heads is strikingly exemplified in this
career ; he carried with him testimonials obtained within
the short space of one month of the efficacy and the utility
of his system from all the first-rate classical schools
within twenty miles of the metropolis, including the
genuine signatures of the most celebrated men now known
in the art of classical tuition. A short time before be
quitted England be called on a gentleman who kept a
large scholastic establishment, and proposed to advance a
sum of money for his brother, if the gentleman would
admit him a partner. As the proprietor of the school
had, on a former occasion, spoken very disparagingly of
this Irish charlatan, he expressed his surprise that he
should h ive selected him for such an intended favour.
" That," said the Irish adventurer, "is answered I y
telling you that I have a very high opinion of your got d
sense in seeing through my humbug ; and also a favour-
able impression of your integrity, because when I offered
you a liberal allowance cut of the money to be charged to
the pupils you refused to allow me to waste their tithe.''
said, when in England, that nothing surprised
him
so
much
es
to 1, au, that any of the natives were
afflxt,d with di,ease ; being asked why, " Because," be
replied, " I ob,rrved you have a certain cure for all
in dailies." This was a pointed sarcasm on English credu-
lity. In this dty his astonishment would be excited to
find any lacking wisdom, seeing academies and seminaries
;,, large letters on every tenth house; besides the host of
aupere9liglitened men who are going about to perfect
pupils in ad languages in twelve lessons, &c. &c. I re-
peat that there is not in any trade, calling, or art, so
triehery and sa indling as in the school business o
I,iis country,—Fraser's Magazine.