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CORNISH MINES.

Amongst the various mines of Cornwall, one of
the most interesting, as well as the most wildly
situated, is the Levant Copper and Tin Mine, in
the parish of St. Just, near the Land's End. Its
principal operations are carried on upon the sum-
mit
of the cliffs, and on and under the rocks, which
brave the fury of the Western ocean. At the base
of the precipice, at the termination of a narrow and
deep chasm in the rocks, and almost on a level with
high-water-mark, is seen the entrance of the adit.
or the outlet by which the water is discharged from
the mine into the sea ; a little higher up appears
the mouth of the shaft, by which the workmen de-
scend by ladders into the mine ; and on the summit
of the cliff is the principal shaft, and a small steam-
engine, by which the mine is drained and the ore
drawn up to the surface. From this shaft, which is
nearly 350 yards in depth, are carried several hori-
zontal galleries, called levels, at different depths,
both eastward and westward. The highest level is
28, and the deepest 300 yards below the adit ; and
as the shaft is very near the shore, most of the
western levels are immediately under the sea ; some
of them have been excavated nearly 200 yards ho-
rizontally in that direction. As deep as the 66
yards level, not only the roaring of the sea in
stormy weather, but the ordinary breaking of the
waves on the rocks, and the rolling of the pebbles
on the beach are distinctly heard by the miners,
but without the slightest apprehension of danger.
At the 108 yards level, the miners hear the
sea dashing against the rocks during storms, but
not at other times ; in the deeper levels it is not
heard at all. The water drawn from the mine is
quite brackish ; but so very close is the texture of
the rock, that, although the mine is so deep, and
the rock is penetrated in so many parts directly
under the ocean, the quantity of water is surprisingly
small. In the month of October last it did not ex-
ceed sixteen gallons per minute ; which is as
nothing, when compared to the quantity drawn from
some of the large mines in the central mining dis-
trict of Cornwall, from one of which was discharged
in the same month upwards of 1,800 gallons per
minute. The whole scene is uncommonly pictu-
resque. The sides of the chasm are covered with dark
grey and yellow lichens. The gleams of the early
sun falling around produce a beautiful effect—the
wild arena of industry, and the piles of rich ore on
the summit, all vivid with light, while the shadow is
on the stern precipice, and on the sea beneath. The
narrow path from the summit to the opening into the
mine winds down the face of the cliff, and at every
turn there are sheds erected, where the workmen
are accustomed to change their dresses before they
descend, and when they again emerge from the mine.
A stranger, who from the summit of the cliff, during
the storm, should view the miners winding down a
path so narrow that the smallest deviation would be
fatal, and then descending a shaft on whose very
verge the sea broke furiously, would naturally be
filled with alarm and apprehension for their safety ;
but • the most interesting, as well as pictu-
resque sight, perhaps, is that of the miners
issuing from the shaft, in their mining dresses
(coloured by a solution of the red oxide of iron, of
which some of the veins contain a large quantity),
with the dim lights in their hands, their faces
streaked with mud, and almost as red as their
clothes. The principal produce of Levant is copper
ore, of that kind called the grey sulphuret of cop-
per, a large portion of which contains from twenty
to thirty per cent. of pure copper. Although a
very small mine, it has been a very profitable one.
The largest profit gained at any period was in
August and September last, and amounted in those
two months to 3,0001. The number of persons
employed is about three hundred, viz., two hundred
men in the interior of the mine, and one hundred
persons on the surface. The last visit paid to this
wild scene was on a dreary evening at the close of
autumn ; the rain fell heavily, a storm was gathering
on the waters, and the dark clouds swept hurriedly
along. The murmur of the waves on the solitary
beach is beautiful, but not here—for it is mingled
with the confused sound of voices, the clang of
hammers far below, and the hissing sound of the
steam issuing from the engine on the edge of the
precipice—to look down which, was an animating
yet fearful sight. It was the stern conflict of man
with nature, even in her rudest holds—the victory was
his ! On the right is a little building called the
counting-house, where the affairs of the mine are
transacted, and the adventurers meet to dine and
share their profits. It is seldom that man can blend
in the same hour the full enjoyment of the pictu-
resque, a sumptuous repast, and a rich cheque on
the banker at the close.

THE TONNAGE DUTY IN THE PORT OF
LONDON.—On the Ist of June a very important reduc-
tion is, we understand, to take place in the tonnage
duty. A short time ago a deputation from the Thames
Navigation Committee, consisting of Mr. Hunter, the
chairman of the committee ; Mr. Fisher, and Mr.
Bridges, accompanied by Tyrrell, the remembrancer ;
Mr. Scott, the chief clerk in the Chamberlain's-office ;
the four members for the city of London, Mr. Young,
M. P. for Shields ; and Mr. Wigram, from the ship-
owners, waited on Lord Althorp, Lord Auckland, and
the hon. C. P. Thomson, to confer with the Govern-
ment on the tonnage duty in the port of London ; and
it is calculated, from what transpired at that interview,
that on the day above-mentioned that duty will be re-
duced from about 48,0001. to 8,0001. per annum, the
original debt being nearly all paid off, and the harbour
and port of London service, under the management of
the corporation, requiring no more than 8,000/. a year
to defray the expenditure under that head or taxation.

Aldermen might be subjected to periodical re-elec-
ion, instead of for life.
Mr. CHARLES PEARSON said it was o-,e of the
most important questions which at present occupied
the public mind, whether Municipal Magistrates
hould be elected periodically or for lire. It was
ruportant, net as affected the city of London alone,
'wt because the present liberal Administration were
:bout to bestow Charters of Incorporation on all
the great toWns in the kingdom, and it was more
important for the inhabitants of this city to place
Ripon record the result of their experience as to the
working of the existing systent
The gi;esrealntcon
dissa-
tisfaction expressed by the public the manner in
which the Court of Aldermen was at
itituted was unfortunately too well known to re-
quire any observation. The secret of the unpopti.
larity of the Court consisted in the fact that they
were behind the age in which they lived. From a
,treat portion of them having been elected during the
la
-k days of Tory illiberality, they had no sympathy
with the existing state of society, and were
blind to the improvements which the altered
state of circumstances rendered absolutely esseti
tial to the well-being of the city. Of many cif
the members of that Court they must sneak With
the highest respect. Their mode of elediOn was-
calculated to supply an independent and enlightened.
Magistracy, provided the periodical renovation
the body would afford the electors an opportunity of
keeping it•up to a proper standard of usefulness and
excellency.—(Hear.) There was no assembly in
the kingdom could boast of members of greats t t lent,
respectability, moral worth, a political and peuroal
independence than was possessed by- inclivichials of
that Court. He challenged any sectional part,
of the House of Commons indiscriminately taken
the same number of persons—he challenged the
East India or Bank direction to a competition With
the Court of Aldermen as to the possession of these
qualities by individual members ; but it was equaii;'
true that there was no body in the empire that pos-
sessed also members more lamentably deficient iii
some or other of these properties than the expe,
riente of years had given to individuals in the Court
of Aldermen, who had contrived to retain their
gown long after having forfeited all those claims_ to;

confidence and esteem which first rccommei'le&
them to the choice of the electors.—(Hear.) Pe-
riodical election would put this right. One of the
Aldermen, of great respectability, had told him
(Mr. P.) that upon one occasion, when going into
a club-house, at the west end of the town, of which
he was a member, he heard a young blade of fashion
say, " Wind the Alderman," as if smell of the
Court was on his raimant—(A laugh)—and he ex-
perienced so many petty annoyances that he left the
room. It was, undoubtedly, very bad manners for
the young spark thus to conduct himself, but to be
made the butt of an idle jester was the penalty
which even a respectable man had to pay for be-
coming a member of a close, immoveable, irresponaw
sible body, which was universally in bad odour.—
(Hear.) It had been objected that to make the
Aldermen subject to re-election would be to dero-
gate from the independent exercise of their func-
tions as magistrates, for fear of offending their con=
stituents.—(Hear.) This was but a sorry compli-
ment to the freemen of London, to suppose that,
they had such a sympathy in the fate of thieves and
pickpockets, that the zealous discharge of his magis-
terial duty would peril his future election. The sup-
position was monstrous. More than two-thirds of all
such cases were heard before the Lord Mayor, who
was an annually-elected magistrate, while the share
of the duty which devolved upon each alderman was
only one fifty-second part—a portion which, sup-
posing them to be ever such cowards, and their con-
stituents to be ever such knaves and fools, would be
far too small to produce the slightest influence
either upon the mind of the magistrate or the votes
of the electors.—(Cheers.) But how did the case
really stand in practice ? Were not by far the
greater part of the members of Parliament magis-
trates also in their several cities and counties
Were not the members of the City, always some,
and frequently all of them aldermen, and had it ever
been insinuated that they were less faithful, honest,
and zealous magistrates because, in their capacity
of members of Parliament, they were subject to re-
election ?—(Cheers.) Were not the justices of the
peace in counties and the stipendiary magistrates
in the metropolis dependant for their places and
their salaries upon the caprice of the ministers of
the Crown ? and what reason was there for sup-
posing the people would abuse their power, or that
aldermen would disgrace themselves by a more un-
becoming submission to popular feeling than by a
slavish truckling to Ministerial authority ?—(Hear.)
The Chamberlain of London was an annual officer
who exercised judicial functions of the most im-
portant character in cases wherein his own consti-
tuents were immediately interested—(Hear)—and
yet no person could, as he had done, have wit-
nessed the inflexible integrity, the unbending inde-
pendence with which he discharged his delicate, dif-
ficult, and important duties, and not at once declare
that the danger of periodical election influencing
the mind of an honourable man in the discharge of
his judicial functions, was an idle chimera disgrace-
ful to the suspicious mind that harboured it, and
equally unjust to the magistrate#nd to the respect-
able constituency who elected him.—(Cheers.) Mr.
P. proposed a resolution in conformity with the notice.
Mr. R. TAYLOR with great pleasure seconded
the proposition. The Court of Aldermen was now
like a pool of muddy water that was never swept
out—(A laugh)—the sediment remained a nuisance
itself, and spreading its pernicious influence to all
around. Let it be cleaned out by periodical elec-
tion, and respectable men would seek the office of
Alderman without fearing contamination from the
members they might happen to find there.—( Hear.)
Mr. BRIDGE thought it would be a better plan
if the inhabitants of the Ward were dissatisfied
with their Alderman, that they should compel his
resignation at any time, than that he should be sub-
jected to re-election, whether they desired it or not;
he should therefore oppose the motion.
Mr. FISHER supported the proposition.
Alderman Sir CHAPMANMARSHALL said, although
he had, in the Court of Common Council, opposed
the appointment of the committee, he thought it his
duty to be present at their deliberations, and he was
highly gratified at the good humour and candid feel-
ing with which every subject had been discussed,
though he must oppose the motion.
Mr. Williams, Mr. Pilcher, Mr. Galloway, Mr.
Filby, and other members, supported Mr. Pearson's
motion, and it was carried without a division.
Several other proposed alterations in the munici-
pal
andin the
institutions of the city
adjourned.city werediscussed and agreed
to,

SUICIDE.—On Monday evening a girl, named
Barnes, aged about 14 or 15 years, hanged herself. at
Ballyseskin, at a house where she resided in the cape;
city of a servant. None of those with whom she lived
can assign any reason for the rash act.— Wexford
Freeman.

MURDER.--An atrocious murder has been
perpetrated on the person of Hannah Jones, of Ve-
lindre, in the parish of Penboyr, Carmarthenshire, by
the administration of arsenic, particulars of which
have not yet transpired. Suspicion rests upon a man,
named Thomas Evans, mason, of Dolchaidd-isa, in
the neighbourhood, who has since absconded. A re-
ward has been offered for any information which may
lead to his apprehension, to be had on application to
the Magistrates' clerk, at Newcastle-Em
inches lyn. The
following is a description of his person he is a middle-
sized man, five feet seven inheight, about 38
years of age, stout, dark hair, with rather reddi h
whiskers ; he had on when he es :aped a blue coat a d
trousers. A person answering the -above descriptLa
left Carmarthen on Monday list for Liverpool.—.
Cambrian.

BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. I

BRUSSELS, *APRIL G.— G eneral Daine's head quai.-
ters were transferred to Alost yesterday.
Gen. Goethals, commanding the second division,
will arrive to-morrow at Antwerp, where he will fix his
head quarters. It is said that Col. Prusse and Gen.
Vandenbroek, will be under his command.
Gen. Niellon is to be employed in active service.
The militiamen of the classes of 1827, 1828, and
1829, are repairing with the greatest readiness to their
colours. Every day detachments of them pass through
Brussels on their way to join their respective corps.
NAMUR, APRIL 4.—The 3d battalion of the 11th
Regiment, coming from the Grand Duchy of Luxem-
burg, has arrived here.
A detachment of the Ist Regiment of the Line has
also arrived here, and will set out to-morrow for Arlon.
BRUSSELS, APRIL s.—The Lynx continues to print
lists of subscriptions for purchasing the horses belong-
ing to the Prince of Orange's stud at Terveuren,
as a present to his Royal Highness. The
Lynx promises further lists. Since it is a
party business it could not be otherwise, and it
will be the same ev;,,rywhere as at Brussels ; that is to
say, all the and well known Orangists will not
let slip thj,s bpportunity to manifest their opinions. The
Will be the same as in the case of the subscrip-
tbn for the Dutch garrison of the citadel of Antwerp ;
the money will be given, the lists published, spread,
and boasted of by all the journals of the party, and
then the whole will be forgotten. We regret to have
to speak of a menacing appeal to the people against
the persons who have signed the lists published by the
Lynx. This appeal, which is printed, has been scat-
tered about the streets of Brussels this morning, and
we have found two copies of it in our editor's box. In
the name of order and of the interests of the country,
we must severely blame those who employ such means
to inflame the people.
The Orange party would be the first to triumph at
the excesses which seem to be the object of this ap-
peal. Foreign powers, on which alone that party
can depend, would find in them an argument which,
under existing circumstances, the Belgian nation should
take great care not to give them. IS not the weak-
ness of the Orange party obvious to every body for
these four years past, and do men conscious of their
strength revenge the insults offered to them by pigmies,
who usually are exasperated by the sense of their weak-
ness ? We hope that the government is on the watch.
Let the country be able at least to rely on it for the
maintenance of domestic order.

Some days ago we announced that General Goblet,
Who had left Brussels to proceed to Berlin as minister
plenipotentiary, was detained at Gother by circum-
stances over which he had no control. The ministerial
Ifsitirnals have taken care not to contradict this news.
Ve are now able to give our readers various particu-
lars respecting the affairs of Luxemburg, for the ac-
turacy of which we do not hesitate to answer, for we
receive them from a source quite as authentic and
worthy of credit as that from which we obtained the
particulars of the forced delay of General Goblet.
The cabinets of Berlin and Vienna have instructed
their diplomatic agents at Brussels to present to our
government two notes, in which they declare-
1. That the legal radiiis of the fortress of Luxem-
burg is fixed at four leagues, by a treaty concluded
between King William and the German Confederation.
g. That the occupation of that part of Luxemburg
in which the Belgian troops are now stationed would,
if not soon put an end to, produce the worst effect on
the minds of the powers represented in the Diet at
Frankfort.
3. That the Confederation is not bound towards
Belgium, either by the treaty of the 21st May, or by
the treaty of the 15th November ; but that, however,
Belgium has no need to proceed to the military occu-
pation of that part of the province of Luxemburg
which is assigned to it by the latter treaty, seeing that
the Confederation, though it has not recognised our
rights to that part of the Grand Duchy, has no hostile
intentions against Belgium, and does not mean at pre-
sent to disturb it in the state of territorial possession
arising out of the events of 1830.
4. That if the military occupation of that territory
were to be the only prelude to the entrance of the Bel-
gian troops into the German part of the Grand Duchy,
or into the graet radius of the fortress, the confedera-
tion was fully resolved to use force to make its rights
respected, and, if necessary, to cause the whole of the
German portion to be occupied by its troops.
5. That with respect to a formal disavowal of the
conduct of General Dumoulin, or of his removal from
his post, which measures the plenipotentiaries of
France and England have solicited of the Diet, the
latter would never consent to punish one of its officers
for having executed its orders, and asserted the rights
of the German Confederation.
6. That the Diet would not refuse to authorize
General Dumoulin to conclude with General Talor a
military convention, for the purpose of explaining and
interpreting, in their true meaning, the declarations
exchanged, on the 20th May, 1831, between the
Prince of Hesse homburg and General Goethals,
which convention, however, should not prejudge any
point relative to the recognition of the rights of Bel-
gium to any part of the Grand Duchy, and which must
also be founded, on the fixing of the radius of the fort-
ress at four leagues, and on the renunciation of the
Belgian authorities of all military operations, all levies
of men or ballotting for the militia within the radius.
These communications seem to have produced in our
government the effect that was expected by the cabinets
of Berlin and Vienna, since we see from the journals
of Arlon that the_ ministry not only does not think of
occupying the great radius, but that it has also caused
the whole fort of Luxemburg to be evacuated, which
is left to us by the 24 articles. We shall see how the
Lebeaux ministry will answer the questions which will
doubtless be shortly put to them in the Chamber of
Representatives respecting this evacuation of Luxem-
burg, and the reparation demanded for the arrest of M.
Hanno ; and, lastly, respecting the very prompt mea-
sures promised by General Evain to put a stop to what
our minister of war calls the military promenades
of General Dibbets. If, however, we still wish to
learn the issue of this affair, it is merely from curiosity,
for so long as the Chamber does not resolve to do
justice to the present ministry, we must expect from
the Government nothing but weakness and despotism.
—Courrier Belge,sApril 6.

BERLIN, MARCH 29.—The summer reviews this
year will be the most splendid that we have had for a
long time. The 2d, 3d, and 4th corps of the army
will form the corps of the Guards, and form all toge-
ther a body of 60,000 men. A great number of dis-
tinguished visiters is expected; some think the Duke
of Orleans will be one. It is certain he has expressed
a wish to that effect.—Frankfort Paper, April 1.
VIENNA, MARCH 27.—The second full meeting of
the Conference was held yesterday. The subject of
discussion was said to have been the press. It is
thought that there will be for the future three General
Assemblies of Conference every week. It is now quite
certain that the Trannsylvania Diet will be convoked for
the 26th of May, and that it will be opened at Clau-
senburg by his Imperial Highness the Archduke Fer-
dinand, as Royal Commissioner. This puts an end
to all the idle reports of the removal of the Diet to
Hermanstodt, which some foreign journals have repre-
sented as a most important event—Allgemeine Zeitung,
April 2.

We are happy to announce that Sir John
Herschel arrived safe at the Cape of Good Hope on
the 16th of January last, and that he has succeeded in
landing all his instruments in good order. His first
object was to seek out for a convenient place where he
might erect an observatory, and he has happily suc-
ceeded in finding one, which combines all the advan-
tages required for such an establishment, with all the
beauties of the most picturesque country ; and he is in
hopes that, before their summer months are over, he
shall have commenced his astronomical observations.
His voyage out was extremely favourable ; not one day
of adverse wind, nor anything like boisterous weather.
We trust that his exertions in the cause of science will
be crowned with success. Sir J. Herschel left England
on the 13th of November last, in the Catherine Stew-
art Forbes, along with Sir B. D' Urban, the new Go-
vernor-General of the Cape of Good Hope, and left
Portsmouth only about ten days before the commence-
ment of that series of destructive gales whose effects
were so much felt in every part of Europe. We have,
therefore, peculiar pleasure in communicating to the
public this earliest announcement of his safe arrival,
and cannot too warmly congratulate the friends of
science that instruments, whose magnitude and space-
penetrating power have been so long duly appreciated
in our own country, should be about to be directed to
the splendid celestial canopy of a southern hemisphere
by the illustrious philosopher himself, who has been
so long accustomed to their use, and whose devotion
to astronomical science, and self-expatriation in its
cause, cannot, we think, receive from his countrymen
too much of their admiration and applause.—Athe-

IM*, 4

LONDON,
TUESDAY -EVENING, APRIL 8, 1834.

Our readers will be glad to learn that the
KING is in the enjoyment of perfect health ;
that his confidence in his Ministers is un-
bounded, and that no one can be more ready
than his MAJESTY is to approve those proper
measures of retrenchment which it is the bounden
duty of Parliament to assist the Government in
carrying into effect. It might be well, perhaps, for
France if its Citizen KING, were as willing as
our peaceable and reforming MONARCH is, to
govern the country through responsible Minis-
ters, and to confide in their integrity and judg-
ment so long as they preserve the peace and
honour, maintain the institutions, and secure
the property, lives, and liberties, of their coun-
trymen.

We are glad to find that the appointment of
Admiral de RIGNY to be Minister of Foreign
Affairs in France is an indication, as we pre-
sumed, that the foreign policy of the Duc de
BROGLIE is to be maintained. The defeat of
that Minister, and the question of the conven-
tion of the United States, arose in part from
the intrigues of some of his colleagues, and in
part from insinuations industriously circulated,
that some of the members of the Government
had a pecuniary interest in the adjustment that
had been made. That such insinuations had
any truth, as far as regards the Duc de
BROGLIE, has not been pretended, even by his
That they might be true with re-
spect to those who intrigued against him, is
not improbable. But whatever motives de-
cided the Chambers, nothing remained for
the Duc de BROGLIE but resignation, after the
rejection of the treaty he had ratified. The
intriguers then began their operations. M.
de TIIIERS recommended M. MOLE as his
successor. A suspicion, well or ill founded,
that MOLE ls under the influence of Pozzo DI
BORG°, occasioned his rejection. A plan was
then arranged to make M. DUPIN Garde des
Sceaux, which he refused, unless it was accom-.
panied with the place of President of the
Council. This offer had no other effect than
that of offending M. de BARTHE, and causing
his resignation. The intriguers being thus
foiled, M. de RIGNY was appointed Minister
of Foreign Affairs, and M. DUCHATEL Mi-
nister of Commerce, at the recommendation of
the Duc de BROGLIE and M. GUIZOT. The
other changes arose out of the resignation of
M. de BARTHE.

enemies.

The German Papers mention that the second
full meeting of the Conference was held on the
26th ult. The subject of discussion was said
to have been the press. Why do not these
worthies follow the example of the blessed
FERDINAND, who made a petticoat for the
Virgin Mary, and set themselves to the task of
weaving a curtain to hide the light of the sun ?
People will think, talk, and write, in spite of
them. By attempting to hinder the progress of
knowledge they may for a time, it is true, hinder
the prosperity of their own states, but can do
nothing more.

An evening paper, which has some how or
other got the credit of sometimes speaking the
sense of Government on public measures, has
last night published some unintelligible stuff
about a connection between the resignation of
the Due de BROGLIE and the arrival of Lord
DURHAM and Mr. EDWARD ELLICE at
Paris. Now without pretending to penetrate
into Cabinet mysteries, or to know the secret of
the negotiations for which some of our contem-
poraries will have it these gentlemen are gone
to Paris, we will venture to assert, that neither ,
Lord _DURHAM nor Mr. ELLICE have had
aught to do—in the vote of the Chamber of
Deputies--in the resignation of the Due de
BROGLIE—in the disappointments of M. DU-
PIN and M. THIERS, nor in the nomination
of Admiral de RIGNY. Strange as it may

seem, and incredible to our well-informed con-
temporary, we say so without fear of contra-
diction. _

The Paris papers of Sunday, and some
dated yesterday, are principally filled with dis-
cussions respecting the late changes.
The Moniteur contains a Royal Ordonnance,
appointing General SEBASTIANI Ambassador
to the Court of Naples. The " Hono-
rary" Governorship of the Bank of France is be-
stowed by another Ordonnance on the Duc de
GAETE, whose summary dismissal, to make
way for the late Minister of the Interior, is
severely censured in the journals.
The Due de FRIAS, the new Spanish Am-
bassador, was to present his credentials on
Sunday last to the King of the FRENCH. Ge-
neral QUIROGA had received permission and
passports to return to Spain. The inhabitants
of Lyons have protested against the erection of
military works, now proceeding in the neigh-
bourhood of their city. The report of the
Committees of Peers on the Associations Law
was presented to the Chamber of Peers on Sa-
turday. It approved and recommended the
adoption of the law without alteration.

Letters from Madrid of the 27th ult. hint at
some difference between the Ministry and the
Council of Regency, leading to a further post-
ponement of the Cortes. It would be unlucky.
In Spain, as elsewhere, " a stitch in time saves
nine," and if Sancho Panza has a proverb to
that purpose, the Dons would do well to attend
to it, for a rent left unmended, soon exposes
the person to all the inclemency of the season.
The aspect of military and financial affairs is not
satisfactory in the interior, and the priests, availing
themselves of Easter, are inculcating scruples of
conscience for the purpose of fomentiugrebellion
in all directions. On the frontiers of Portugal,
however, there is some little vigour and activity.
The report that 7,000 men, under RoDIL and
MORILLO, are ready to pass the frontier, gains
credit. Don CARLOS seems to think there is
something in the rumour. He has decamped
suddenly from Villa Real, and is making the
best of his way to Coimbra. He is no adven-
turous pretender like our CHARLES EDWARD,
but more logically concludes that whatever Di-
vine right confers can require no human courage
or spirit to attain. At Lamego, however, he
thought the earthly muck called gold might fur-
nish means for bringing his schemes to maturity.
He made a dead set at the public chest, but
was resisted and repelled by the Portuguese
authorities, who kept the treasure for a Royal
marauder of their own.

The subject to which we briefly adverted yester-
day, viz., the Stamp Duties on Newspapers, is we
which deeply interests the proprietors of all the
papers in the country, even more than it does
those in town. Lord ALTHORP is an upright
man, and having given a pledge to reduce the
duties, he will doubtless redeem it as soon as he is
apprised that such is the wish of the proprietors
of newspapers in general. The course we re-
commend then is, that the proprietor, editor,
and printer of every newspaper should imme-
dietely prepare a memorial, and forward •it to
the Treasury, reminding their Lordships of the
promise made by the CHANCE;,LOR of the'
EXCHEQUER, and pointing out the benefits
which would be likely to arise from the reduc-
tion of the duty to two-pence on each paper.
The London press will, we should think, adopt
the same course, and the whole body of com-
positors, pressmen, and newsvenders, who would
be greatly benefitted by the increased demand
which the reduction of the price of newspapers
would, occasion, should not delay a moment to
present their memorial. It is just that kind of
measure which requires only a little promptitude
and energy, to get effected almost immediately,
but which can only be achieved as the result of
combined effort. Surely the press has a right to
expect assistance from a liberal Government,
which it has cordially and effectively supported ;
and Lord ALTHORP cannot refuse to act up to

his own voluntary engagement. His Lordship
would, without doubt, have long ago redeemed
his pledge, had he been aware that it was the
general wish of the persons interested; that is, in
point of fact, not only the press, but every pro-
prietor of a coffee-house, tavern, and public
library, and, indeed, every man in the country
who desires that information which newspapers
supply. The stationers and paper-makers
throughout the country should be asked to join
in the memorial, since nothing could tend more
to increase the demand for paper. We feel
confident that the revenue would ultimately be
increased by the reduction proposed.

What are the Commissioners on education
and charity about? The Poor Law Commis-
sioners have had a great deal more to do--Yet
they have completed their labours and published
their first report. The education of the poor
should have preceded an alteration of the poor
laws. Poverty is, in a great measure, the effect
of ignorance, and the want of a proper training
of the young. The Commissioners might have
rendered any violent and dangerous change in
the poor laws unnecessary, had they been as
prompt and industr,ious as they might have been.
The country does not understand the cause of
the delay. They imagine that there are great
abuses of charities, and that large funds are
worse than thrown away, which might go very
far towards the expense of general education,
if they were honestly and wisely applied. If
the Commissioners were as active and as fear-
less as the LORD CHANCELLOR iS (to whom
they owe their appointment), they would long
ago have given him the means of proposing a
measure to parliament, which would have re-
dounded more to his honour than all his other
propositions. A great reform in the law is
indeed very much wanted. The Lon]) CHAN-
CELLOR'S labours in this field have been inde-
fatigable, and they will, we doubt not, prove
most beneficial to the country ; but to make
England the schoolmaster of the world would
be a far greater benefit, and the accomplish-
ment of which would render his memory more

dear to mankind than any other which it is in
his power to undertake. The mistake he com-
mitted some years ago, with regard to parochial
education, was one which may now be rectified.
The Commissioners should bring their labours
to a close, and thus furnish him with the means
of making a new attempt. Perhaps they would
do so more promptly if, like the Poor Law Com-
missioners, they worked gratuitously.

The Courrier Belge furnishes the substance
of two notes which the Cabinets of Berlin and
Vienna are said to have instructed their diplo-
matic agents at Brussels to present to the Go-
vernment. 'We give it elsewhere.

Admiral Sir THOMAS HARDY is to suc
ceed Sir RICHARD KEATES as Governor o
Greenwich Hospital.