The Sun.
London, England, 1833-08-08 00:00:00


6141 SO 1N AYDNEY TAYLOR.
C' ,'Y of our readers Knew 4r. Sydney Taylor In
ti'R and none who had that pleasure could failklfrapressed with admiration of his talents, res.
tlikOr his manly and generous spirit, and sincere
d for the kind and estimable qualities of his
The bold, able, and temperate manner in
while yet a
scholars boy—he defended the rights
of
tPati (of whom he was one) against the
kis °lls of the Board called forth the valuable,
cehitil„e,.luvoluntary praise of the visiters—the
Justice Downes, and Archbishop Bro-
ti f‘and justly endeared him to his fellow-stu-
t 4t"orn.e of our most cherished reminiscences of
4sit 11 ,„), Society is thllection of that
en Taylor delivered thatreco spleridid oral on
the
lanin, chair, which was afterwards printed at the
•,it,ii
ortnthent
°us request of all who heard it. Such
,‘l'as unusual. It had not been offered
lreat eclat° had opened a preceding session with
'itlont.u, nor to Charles Phillips, then almost
glory.' But scarcely had Taylor
40Us1v huiB seat when he was assailed simulta-
ke,: three hundred voices, all demanding an
whenju Print. The enthusiasm of that moment,
i)%rwe think of it, brings back the young bloodli
flve,te,i's. It was like that which Kean so well
Ote,,rs'l describing the reception of his Sir
sGiles
iety toyege*--" The it rose at me." So the
do -
4t Taylor; and in two years aftem'arhs,
glorious light was extinguished
named
1104
firipf Monkish Vandalism, he was
hre
°f the "; the Committee appointed to take.
all! abj°llrnala and other properties, until charge
b;c:,uld shine upon the literature of Ireland.
i'cetcla,re of such days—we grieve to say—has not
s'ailioned; and Mr. Taylor is still the executor of
\\ gourable trust
letintslidr:lstiwpeellrs persons
upon w
ho theseh a v
ncircumstances with the
i touched the middle
throw°. existence would much rather pause
the
,titearya„lingering look behind, than penetrate
"tc'sPect -iadvance. But we are tempted
soti.te,er, to them n w, with peculiar satisfactionseen ,
is2'sed with ano
share of pride, hay.ing.,
411diti" the London journals, that Mr. Taylor
aNtki;tite, with every hope of success, for the .
th!li fie office of a City Pleader in that great capld-
:74ll,,e has long ben known as a distinguished
potl; 131 the English Bar, and an enthusiastic
(),',iuti: far an improved and more merciful system
'4l4trudence. The attainment of the office hel
e4llte ifitild render his exertions in that truly noble
iltilt:st'i<u_bslY effectual; and, therefore, on public
1117 P and well as from feelings of ancient friend-
°lert. regard, we say-111(0e tua

gs Skt TCIIES OF CHARACTER.
ok
t lit,,(! WALPOLE--- PINKERTON ELLIS GIFFORD
Ot4uLT,
"-- STURGES BOURNE— VI DAES GILBERT.
N, '
Itly 11 Ce W
N,. Walpole--though I do not think he had
ttle,-,1"--was very amusing; but vivacity was
When he
NIO'Y humour, rather than wit.
,tleill "4 find a piquant anecdote among his histo-
'N ist'ties, he could invent one. I oftenake wondered
rton a
11',Ottge could endure the company of Pi
ktd 'itilgar and repulsive man—withoutvs character,
done by
trokill„lwaYs abusively bitter; but it
lktt gattery, not unmingled with fear, on Walpole's
‘ fi,
4141,tirge Ellis, the poet, the favourite of Lady
hib,'''tbury, the son of a West Indian, had pushed
lirriltif into: the petty. world. of fashion at the palmy
Pltt'l the West Indian influence, and was a corn.-,
tot
,Pefi-maitre. He wrote
.in prose
.elegantly, it
t° .Ir°4l I knew but little of him . hiscox.:
aitie 1 Y.
11 b a manners were not of my cast. I was apt
little, rflore rude to him than I ought. Bust the__
4rer-a"glY, waspish strap,
Ihe N,,1 " • Not all his futurßeilsiyuctGcetihsirs:risdno' c
il was
society
y—atminoYdt
ttre, 4th which he gained—no
iihr!" of the great—not even the familiarity, the
Pssiol4"' the table, the guests, the beautiful corn-
Illat R:"vith all the alluring and opden charms of
Grosvenor,
'stild'sr, of the gay, the first Lo
tirth shake
qf
a'fford's ugly
e shoe-maker's shop I form, dress, and mein,
ii
II':
Midnight orgies, and the syrene dames,es
There Age presided over youthful games,
okh,eere the stern moralist, whose cynic
I, evil a repelling demon hung.
Anicl'd the luxuries his satire curs[,
"41 Was himself an imp
Ai Ili',
Heroic Epistle to
..
• itid,l- ePiStle among the
Nwv0r50t.."179.7.
kite-t : / believe it
iattetraimbuetefrdomatanthe time to Peter
One
acquaintance
I.?,toi:venhrodied soon after. In thosedayso Lordt
especially a
~,I3hou, r 8 orgies were well known,
nts 'e,,ar 'Newmarket, and W. G. wasoneeorhfahpiss
si:tlY 'O, "I Lady Grosvenor his wife, who p
1/‘:llelltititYttb.e dead, and. who re-married General
144'011, is no occasion to speak. She was
Nti Oft,6taffordslure. There. is a book too well
re-
P°lted (Inee congenial to the historyogeesneoraalmlye
is
44tiet tltf her life. Lord Grosven
.11.4111„ red but
_merely provincial, till his granddfath et
VI lad 0,..11 i London
naen%dv
London
ve been"uch so many of . • :daonine housesthef
i 74411 built—not an historic source_s_o
4,Pkop end
nobility ! His Lordship's motto
~ i„; tso.b.,.
i 1-,,rtuti.,, ',L1.1 Prwinium ! —.l ege " I.)eclini`e pro
e.t 14'' I was acquainted with the pre-
nltOlicr, arc:Ms of Westminster and Viscount
meelo Irt fivago. He then spouted
'l4 as'aY,' e yearsout flame. His spouting
s
w tt.„„, fire-eaters spout
kliy a%w'uu deal too hot for me:.l. got out of .
iiit, sou deal
as I could. The families of Cheshire
11r:,b1yi..4-48
carierseit ve, nte ruasb I y old : but they are also__ voenwen-
kale
.Provineial, stupid, and boorish. My _ ~.,,
.tace Fitznigel, was Baron ot ii i
11 i tli iti. e, immediately 'lll 'oeshir • mediately after the Conquest.
1411 eh"ar uis of Westminster, and Viscount
ti t'rtli:hcl• -tnsellf venture to deny it ? Will tittitli ID deny, that the Baron of Haltton‘%;
tVea great as all the Grosvenor'eskp
gttiet,4:l.°llgh they may spout andu firea s
together,t
feon
11
V01e143 to come? The MarquisGre. setd Billyou t in.
.pliitfte.
`1 Ifew-r° Tory, an adherent tol
once, it is
hid f Years changed sidesi is farlileri
at
I h°l' 'cnoe agodisahpepointed object of
mambtoitiobne.
lilte ItVe s p
[mod men, who see rather
I°4 ktbin:kue-spiri-t-s. Romilly was one, and his son
‘tat. '44.
t4ilti lje' Bourne was of a different mould, mind,lf
: had Is's-minute, dry, self-sufficient, captious.
'n°olll- name the most self-sufficient man I ever
1114°'11trtd* I should say Sturgese Bsoomureneinwdaussttrhye,
,bhuitroa littiel
ri'll:peaired to moe
visitto haav
friend in Hamp-
h„3,l4ll°4nngoe..,:i.nce used to
t where little S. B. used tod
to the Dean an
i',4;apter
0p'7.1 Courts as stewartnoffice
generally executed
'_' 101,4! inchester—a
gtto,
1 ney 'ardeY ; and I then supposed him to be an
kt'alted La treated him accordingly. He always
„,i'lol oit's,"%v at me afterwards
.when he got into
to 0 °s; tie was made Chairman of the Com-
'4
keen n t" Door Laws, 1817, as an adroit man
Nat.'" °t't doctrines not agreeable to the Govern-
,,i,ll°B
on 0) t ittenecto ft a
nhappenevi d e
oto e e
io knowth thate r e
ohret take‘evoobutltdary_ too.
''',.,eraiol4„ll bigoted notions, and the notions that_Gom
'olitt4,4lt had instructed him to disseminate. T_II
1.11:!
teethe was called on to assist him in drawing
"ivebroet-eotilepstioirtte;d,thoenireessst of the Committee
perhaps Davies
betiwas full of crotchets. I speak this deliberately,
Gilbert,‘v
not(ll3:a_, hod an intimate friend in that Committee,
I ne ".
and lever met with a man, who mingled aristocracyve
Ilhertr"eracy so oddly in his cranium as D I
tay pi. He has deep indented op:nions—l ma`
the e eJudces—as to almost every thing, but has
he lef°tarage outwardly to support nothing; so that
then)) Pe°Ple with the belief that he agreed with
th
In . at the moment whets he absolutely despised.
lialelie In his heart for their opinions : and then his
txacta and his frowns were measured out by the
ken "Fide of the degree of favour in which be saw
41/ei with others.— Clavering's Autobiography in the
r°Politan.

FRENCH PAPERS.

( From Galignani's Messenger.)

The Aloniteur contains a royal ordinance on the subject
of the slaves in the French colonies, of which the following
are the principal clauses :—" From and after the let of
January next, all the returns annually made to the muni-
cipalities in the colonies, as to the numb-r and condition
of the slaves, shall contain the names, age, sex, and caste
of each individual, with all such marks and descriptions as
shall be sufficient to identify them, with the nature of the
work to which they are employed. Detailed accounts are
to be added of every circumstance, with dates, showing
the cause of any augmentation or diminution of numbers
that may have taken place since the preceding return. In
cases of acquisition or loss by sale or purchase, inheritance,
or gift, the returns are to contain the names of the per-
sons from whom such acquisitions have been made, and of
those by whom they have been acquired, with their re-
spective dates. Every infraction of the above regulations
is to be punished by a fine of from 20 to 200 fr. Every
slave-master who shill fail to make his return within
the period fixed by the local authorities is to be punished
by a fine of from 300 to 3,000 fr. Every slave-mas-
ter or his agent is to make a declaration of the births,
marriages, and deaths of his slaves, with their respective
dates. The declaration of births and marriages are to be
made within five days after the events under a penalty of
from 20 to I,ooofr. The declarations of deaths are to be
made within 24. hour., and no burial is to take place
until after the expiration of the same period, and with the
authority of the officer before whom the declaration is
made. Such periods may be prolonged by order of the
local authorities, according to the difficulties of communi-
cation. The penalties for any infraction of these regula-
tions are to be the same as those fixed by article 858 of
the penal code. All these returns are to be inscribed in
the registers. This ordinance is preceded by a report of
the Minister of the Marine and Colonies, as a means of
regulating the assessment of the fiscal impositions, but as
tending to prevent more effectually the continuance of the
slave trade.

The Cabinet of Vienna, on receiving the news of Capt.
Napier's victory, sent a note to the Government at Ma-
drid, urging it to interfere in the affairs of Portugal.—
National.

As soon as the news of the capture of Lisbon reached
the Government, instructions were sent to the prefects to
give immediate notice to all the Portuguese refugees that
the payment of their allowance would cease from the Ist
of September.— Courier Francais.
The /Vitro/burg Correspondent of the Ist inst. has
the following of the 2Sth ult. from Berlin :—" We learn
that the King, after staying some time at Toplitz, will
proceed to Magdeburg, to be present at the military ma-
noeuvres which are to take place there. It is asserted
that a division of the second army will march towards the
Rhine, to relieve several regiments which have been
thinned by desertion. The police regulations respecting
travellers are now enforced with increased vigour. The
mail-coaches and diligences, particularly those going to
Poland, take no passengers, except such as are provided
with regular passports. With regard to the attempt to
assassinate the Emperor of Russia nothing positive is as
yet known. It appears, however, that in consequence
of some suspected letters which were opened, several
Polish officers have been arrested at St. Peters-

urgh. They were provided with passports from
Geneva, and described as travelling watchmakers.
The examination of their papers, it is said, has
led to important discoveries relative to a widely-
extended conspiracy. several Russians of note, it is
added, are compromised. The affairs of Portugal and
England are at presrnt the two principal subjects of poli-
tical discu•sion. The victory of the brave Napier has
produced such a sensation as has not been felt here since
the fall of 'Warsaw. The late victories of the English
House of Commons, and the visible decline of the oli•
garchy in Great Britain, have had the same effect, in an
inferior degree, and called forth the anger of a party
which will never comprehend what even Napoleon was
not ashamed to contests, that—' He is undone who will
not conform to the spirit of the age.'"
The Augsburg Gazette of the 2d instant contains the
following of the 10th ult. from Constantinople :—" On
the day previous to the departure of the Russian fleet,
the generals and commanding officers admitted to an
audience of the Sultan, who conferred many presents
on them. He also delivered to Count Orloff a letter, in
which he expresses his gratitude for the assistance that

has been afforded him. Count Orloff will embark in a
few days for Odessa. It is asserted that the Count
will be charged with a new mission by his Sovereign.
He has for some time past been engaged in various
diplomatic negotiations; and from the manner in which
he proceeded in those relative to Turkey and Egypt,
he appears to be possessed of much tact in diplomatic
affairs. Ibrahim Pacha has provided every possible com-
fort for his army in his new quarters. Desertion has of late

greatly increased in the Egypti in army, the chief cause
of which is probably the harsh treatment of the soldiers.
The bastinado is still in common use among the Arabs.
We receive the moat satisfactory news from Greece, where
the inhabitants now apply themselves ardently to trade
and agriculture. The friendly intercourse between the
Porte and Greece is daily increasing. A few years will
be sufficient to develop the forces of Greece, and the Sultan
may perhaps apply to the Greeks for assistance against
the very Egyptians who six years ago fought for him
against them."
FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, At'a. 6.
Five per Cents., 104 f. 85c 65c. 70c.
Four per Cents., 94f. 25c. 35c.
Three per Cents., 76f. 65c. 50c. 55c.
Bank Actions, 1,730 f.
Rente de Naples, 91f. 65c. 80c.
Roman Five per Cents., 9,14_ %.
Rente d'Espagne, Five per cents., 16% 17 16%.
Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 42 41% %.
Royal Spanish Loan, 85.
Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 69 68 67%.
Belgic Loan, 1831, 96% %
Haytian Loan, 280 E 282 f. 50c.
Greek Omnium, 106%
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, 256 55c. ; money, —f. —c.
Three months, paper, 25f. 45c. ; money, 25f. 45c.
—Coors Authentique.