The Sun.
London, England, 1835-10-09 00:00:00

LITERA TURE.

THE BRITISH AIC:I)F6REIGN RE VIE Ir.

To.::.

Ridgway. London, 1835.
One of tild mast impartial and elaborate exposition
s
of the designs of Russia, e,-,;::es,arcls Tui key and "Persia'
we have ever read, is contained in this Number, in a
notice of a volume published, in 1828, by Colonel
Evans, and entitled " The Designs of ITZ:.issia." The
Reviewer, though no alarmist, yet insists that the pre-
sent conduct of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh is such
as to inspire all Europe with rational grounds of suspi-
cion, if not apprehension, especially Great Britain/
whose Indian possessions, should she succeed is
ping the wings of Persia, she has it in her power to .
place in a stag of imminent peril. He adds—what;
by the bye, is well Lnown to every one who is at al'•
acquainted with Russian politics, since the transfer of
the seat of Government, under Peter the Great, from
Moscow to St. Petersburgh—that the one paramount
(tied which the Czars and Czarinas have always kePt
in view ; from which they have never for an instant
been diverted, anti which, if it is by any possibility to
' be accomplished, they will one day succeed in, is the
possession of Constantinop;;—an acquisition which
will give Russia, if she does not already possess it,
a
preponderating influence in Europe, and place her i"
the very foremost rank among comi,:iercial nations.:
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The Reviewer, however, goes on to argne that,
France and England work well together, lieonsiderable check may, for a generation at least, P t
ut t°
the ambitious designs of the St. Petersburgh Cabine'
which has betrayed quite enough of the cloven foot °
justify the utmost degree of distrust among the leading
Powers of Europe. The article throughout is shrewdlYln,
reasoned, and the minute sketch of the political and
geographical peculiarities of the Persian frontier, could
only have been furnished by one who has himself been
a traveller among those regions. " Education of tbe
Aristocracy" points out many of the absurdities of else
present scholastic system, and advocates, not a radiea!'
but such a wholesome, moderate change in it, as may
be in accordance with the altered c,',:aracter of the times'
The Reviewer says— nes
" We are entirely disposed to continue the dead langu:(l
in possession of a large portion of early education, Pr°,vl,ljco
they do not persist in engrossing_the whole, to the p:eiti—es
of what is still more essential. The epithets and
terms, we are aware, of the western languages of mode'
Europe, are mainly derived from them. The nomenclatoa6
too, of the arts and sciences, is almost entirely Greek.
materials, also, for disciplining the youthful mind, especlo.
in grammatical' accuracy, they are unrivalled. If langu4,Bg
is to become anything but a jumble of terms and plit":,/
amassed in the memory, and ready to scramble out on rig
emergency, without order, connexion, or method, it is ainti
necessary that some one foreign language, at least, in additi,
to our own should be learned systematically. And what .is
guage preferable to the Latin or Greek."
This is taking a common sense view of the questioet
and is, therefore, far more likely to make an impressical
on the public mind, than if the writer, like the West:
minster Reviewers some years since, in their first outbrere
of pedantic absurdity, had argued in favour oft
unqualified • abandonment of the study of the des;
languages by our English youth. It is certainly trt_la
that far too much time is wasted, at our public an
private schools, in Greek and Latin ; but far beOetb
even this, than that those unrivalled languages, to whtGe
the modern world is so deeply indebted, should
wholly laid aside and forgotten. So long as they
at
not allowed, as under the old regime, to monopolize
°
attention of youth, they cannot but be productive to
the greatest benefit; for they refine the taste, invigeraii
the judgment, and indeed draw forth and enrich ,7„
the mental faculties. In " The Fudges in Engla%
we have an attempt at a sprightly Review, but it Is
very serious affair, and not a little prosing-
writer, however, has the good taste to admire goateto
Squibs in the Times—the happiest and most uniq
in their way that this or any country has P:g
duced. " France " is a sketch of the prese:il
political condition *of that country, in whict
the Reviewer sees rather materials for encouragelnent
than despondency. He inclines to the opinion thse
Louis Phillippe is secure in his position, beeansto
a vast majority of the middle classes are favourable"
juste milieu principles. This is no doubt the cab
but still it is no argument in favour of the Fre°,cer
King's security ; indeed it rather tells against him,
what is his present policy but a virtual abandoulne;
of the juste milieu system ? He reigns, not on ,
principle of moderation, but of absolutism ; flat Do
cause he keeps within the Charter, but because
violates it at every step of his progress. u,ite
conduct cannot fail to produce a seiisible•effect on
French Moderates, who, in proportion to their e'.ol
relish for republicanism, must become alienated If%,
Louis Phillippe, whose fines, imprisonments, end!og
cessant assaults on the freedom of the Press, is 03,1 of
the Republicans with tenfold power. We kiln's' so
no European Sovereign whose present situation i 5,0
much at the mercy of circumstances, as that' of
French King. He has neither hereditary nor eonshe
tional claims to support him on an emergency; f's.oo
ascended the throne in defiance of the one, and he 110
it in defiance of the other. What, then, still enahles'i:lol,
to retain the sceptre in his hands? The shuddering recor,
sections that France yet entertains of the reign of Tea.
ism. Were this but once to pass away, and the Pe°P„
to take up the notion that a monarchy might be es'
changed for a republic, without an immense sacriaee,eg
life or property, Louis Phillippe would cease from
tt
hour to • sway the destinies of France. " Traveins
,Bokhara," and " Quin's Steam Voyage down the ;1,
nube," are both interesting articles, as far as mere n'tbe
nor is concerned, but contain little or no novelty sat to
way of comment. On the whole the Number is
excellent one.

THE MARKETS-THIS DA

CORN EXCHANGE.
This week has furnished abundaat supplies of most descisloPti
tions of Grain. The Wheat trade is extremely beavPots-
rather lower than on Monday. Barley supports best to
locle'
tions. Beans and Peans are unaltered. Oats meet a
rate demand at last prices. Flour dull but not lower.
ARRIVALS. ' floor 1,1
Wheat Barley. I Oats. 600 sIIC
8,130 qrs' 5,920 qrs. 3059 qrs. r,
1.550

English
Irish ..,

Foreign

SMIT HFILD MAKET.
This (lay's supply was moderEately good, R
and the trade was reel
what dull, at the following % 1•5 0.4.
• PRICES PER STONE OF BLE. TO SINK TNE OFF,- s d.tol 6
s. d. to s. d. o 4 1 g
ii
Inferior Beasts ....e 9 0 2 2 Inferior Sheep ..... . ...... i 6 5
Second quality ditto 2 6 2 8 Second quality ditto ...• •t 4 i 0
Prime large Oxen '3 (1 3 8 Coarso..wolled ditto ••••• 10 ,7 to
Prime Scots, &c.
Large coarae Calves 3 0 4'l Large Hogs .... ..... • .... 40/4 0
Prime small ditto
S'ackling Calves each l2 t. 32 01 Quarter old Pigs `each :
Lamb Os .Itl. to 48. 2d.
SUPPLY, As PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. rigg.
1 Sheep
- n. 510 1 Calves. :.....32>"/
.205

Beasts.

NEWGATE AND LEA]
At per stone, C.

to" 40
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