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THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1835.

without the incongruity which was temporarily submited
to, be presented to the King, in the face of the country
and the world, as the first commoner of Great Britain.
To endure, now, :the elevation of a member of the
party, the one party which alone disturbs and con-
fronts the nation, to so conspicuous and honourable
an office, would show an indifference and insensibility
as culpable as they would be extraordinary."
These are precisely the arguments which we, in
common with all the Liberal Journals in the country,
have addressed to the new House of Commons since
the termination of the -election. To commence the
battle under favourable auspices, the first blow must
be struck on the very threshold—the Liberals must
gain possession of the Speaker's Chair. This will
save a world of manoeuvring afterwards, and will give
the people out of doors an earnest of the sincerity of
their representatives.

close observer of nature. The purple heath-bell springs up
beneath his feet—the variegated lichen encrusts the shivered
rock—the creeping moss sheds a loveliness over the moist hill-
side—the fern waves gracefully in the passing wind—the spiral
foxglove displays its speckled bosom—the tall reed, and the
glossy plumes of the cotton rush, and in the same breeze that
wafts along the delicate thistle-down—the torrent fills the
glen with romantic music—the mountain-bee hums his sooth-
ing lullaby, and the song of many a melodious bird echoes
sweetly amid the foaming crags. He, however, who wishes to
behold the moorland in its utmost magnificence, should visit it
when the wintry gale is fiercely howling around—when the
tors are clothed in the majesty of the tempest—when the mur-
mur of every little brook is swollen into a voice of power—
when the lightnings have unbound their blue and arrowy
pinions;' and he who dares, at that fearfal hour, to confront
the angry spirits of the storm in this their hereditary and un-
disputed strong-hold, will be amply repaid for his perils by the
feelings of grandeur and sublimity which will then steal into
his mind."

TAIT' S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE.
Siinpkin and Marshall.

We have received a double number of Tait for this
month; one number of which is supplementary to the
volume just concluded, and contains a full exposure of
the Spy System, in a report of the recent well-known
trial brought by Richmond, the notorious Spy, against
the London publishers of this Magazine. The plain-
tiff was nonsuited—a termination of an infamous pro-
ceeding on his part, which gave general satisfaction
throughout the country. Mr. Tait addresses a long

" The Sanctus"—" American Sketches"—" Plato's
Dialogues"—and the "Charade Drama"—are all papers
which will well repay the trouble of a careful perusal.
The sole design of the most amusing articles in the
Monthly Repository is never merely to amuse ; but
rather, by means of legendary lore, to convey principles
and impart opinions having a direct tendency to en-
large the mind, and strengthen the more generous
sympathies of our common nature. This imparts to
them an interest and a weight which renders them
peculiarly valuable. The " Notes of the Month" are
well and agreeably written.

letter to his readers, in which he enumerates the prin-
cipal vexations endured by himself and his friends in
defending himself against Richmond, which we recom-
mend to the perusal of those members of the House of
Commons, who have yet to be convinced of the mon-
strous injustice of our present law of libel.
The most remarkable paper in these numbers is a
short article purporting to be the private history of the
London press, in which the internal management of
the principal newspapers, and the names of the chief
writers upon them, are given to the world by way of
corrective of literary influence, should it too for-
cibly affect the public mind. We are not in the
habit of allowing our peace to be disturbed by
trifles of this kind, and as it happens, our name is
merely mentioned ; but we think Mr. Tait would have
done well to pause ere he hazarded an unprovoked
attack on a body of men, who, to say the least, de-
served very different treatment at his hands. We be-
lieve that, as a body, the Gentlemen who support the
London Press, feel quite indifferent about their being
known or not known to the world ; but it does not
hence follow that they will regard with similar feelings
the insolent attempt of any individual to drag them
nolens volens before the public. Neither would it
diminish the influence of the Press one jot, were the
names of all the newspaper writers in London to be
made public once every week in the year, from this
henceforth and for ever. The only influence accorded
to these writers is the legitimate influence which
strong minds ever did, and ever will, possess over weaker
ones—their sole sway, the just domination which know-
ledge holds over ignorance; and so long as they possess
superior means of information to the public at large,
so long will they, despite of all exposure and all
opposition, direct, in a great measure, its destinies.
As we before observed, we care nothing for the
article in Tait's Magazine, in so far as it regards
ourselves; but it may be of some use to the writer to be
informed, that he is more likely to injure himself and
parties connected with him, than those gentlemen with
whose personal history he boasts having made himself
familiar. Our contemporaries, of course, will take
their own view of this subject ; and to them we now
leave it, well assured that they arc all able to answer
for themselves, if a call so uncourteous be thought by
them worthy their attention. As to the foolish threat
of O'Connell, which is here in part executed, we can
only say it was worthy the man and the occasion.
Restrain the power of the press, indeed, by publishing
the personal history of public writers I Why the at-
tempt would display about as much wisdom as a pro-
posal for regulating the movements of the whirlwind, by
giving names to the blasts which compose it, and pro-
claiming them by sound of a penny whistle. We be-
lieve, with a celebrated writer, that no person is wise
at all hours ; and in the paper before us, we have
proofs of the infectiousness of the occasional foolish
fits to which mankind are universally subject.

NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
Henry Colburn for Richard Bentley.

We have not for some months seen a more readable
number than the present. It is light but not frivolous,
and fertile in seasonable topics. In its political cha-
racter, it is, we perceive, altogether different to what
it was under the superintendence of Mr. Bulwer, being
now strictly conservative in its tone. Whether this
violent change be for the better or worse, we shall not
pause to inquire. Enough to say that political change
is all the fashion just now, and the "New Monthly" is a
fashionable periodical. " Love in the Library " is a
graceful, highly finished essay, penned in a refined
vei❑ of sentiment. There is much truth and subtlety
in these remarks :

" The pleasure as well as the profit of reading depends as
much upon time and manner, as upon the book. The mind is
an opal—changing its colour with every shifting shade. Ease
of position is especially necessary. A muscle strained, a nerve
unpoised, an admitted sun beam caught upon a mirror, are
slight circumstances; but a feather may tickle the dreamer
from paradise to earth. Many a froward axiom, says a re-
fined writer, many an inhumane thought, bath arisen from
sitting uncomfortably, or from a want of symmetry in your
chamber.' Who has not felt, at times, an unaccountable dis-
relish for a favourite author? Who has not, by a sudden noise
in the street, been startled from a reading dream, and found,
afterwards, that the broken spell was not to be re-wound?
An ill-tied cravat may unlink the rich harmonies of Taylor.
You would not think Barry Cornwall the delicious heart he is,
reading him on a tottering chair.
" There is much in the mood with which you come to a
book. If you have been vexed out of doors, the good-humour
of an author seems unnatural. I think I should scarce relish
the ' gentle spiriting' of Ariel with a pulse of ninety in the
minute. Or if I had been touched by the unkindness of a
friend, Jack Falstaff would not move me to laughter as easily
as he is wont. There are tones of the mind, however, to
which a book will vibrate with a harmony than which there is
nothing more exquisite in Nature. To go abroad at sunrise in
June, and admit all the holy influences of the hour—stillness;
and purity and balm—to a mind subdued and dignified, as the
mind will be by the sacred tranquillity of sleep,—and then to
come in with bathed and refreshed senses, and a temper of as
clear joyfulness as the soaring lark's, and sitting down to Mil-
ton. or Spenser, or, almost loftier still, the divine ' Prometheus'
of Shelley, has seemed to me a harmony of delight almost too
heavenly to be human. The great secret of such pleasure is
sympathy. You must climb to the eagle poet's eyrie. You
must have senses, like his, for the music that is only audible to
the fine ear of thought, and the beauty that is only visible to
the spirit-eye of a clear and, for the time, unpolluted fancy.
The stamp and pressure of the magician's own time and season
must be upon you. . You would not read Ossian, for example,
in a bath, or sitting under a tree in a sultry noon ; but after
rushing into the eye of the wind with a fleet horse, with all his
gallant pride and glorious strength and fire obedient to your
rein, and so mingling, as it will, with his rider's consciousness,
that you feel as if you were gifted in your own body with the
swiftness and energy of an angel ;---after this, to sit down to
Ossian, is to read him with a magnificence of delusion, to my
mind scarce less than reality. I never envied Napoleon till I
heard it was his habit, after a battle, to read Ossian."

" Giants, Ogres and Cyclops" are in Leigh Hunt's
best and most cordial style, where the critic, the man
of fancy, and the scholar, are blended together in de-
lightful harmony. " Gilbert Gurney" is by Theodore
Hook, who cannot write anything that will not repay
perusal, but at the same time might condense with ad-
vantage. " Charles Lamb " is an eloquent and affec-
tionate tribute to the memory of a deep thinker, a
quaint wit, and a writer of as original powers of mind as
these later days have seen. " Elia " alone will suffice
to hand down his name with credit to posterity. In
her chapter on " Irish Ruins," Mrs. Hall, who is
always at home in her delineations of Irish character,
tells an affecting anecdote of one of the last kings of
Connemara. O'Toole's death at the monument, strikes
deep chord of pathos. " A Passage in the Life of
Tom Bermingham" is of the usual average of periodi-
cal contributions.

Moreove, we know of ourselves that most of the
statements contained in this article are untrue. But
enough of this for the present. •

Most of the other articles in these Numbers are of
a very redeeming character. Sketches of Life and
Manners, from the autobiography of an English Opium
Eater—Travelling in England thirty years ago, by the
same writer—a 'orest Reverie, by William Howitt—
and Scenes in Edinburgh—are all clever papers. Tait
is rather improving for the last two months.

THE HORTICULTURAL JOURNAL.
Chapman and Hall.

The embellishments of this Magazine for the present
month, are a portrait of her 'Majesty the Queen, and a
full-blown Donzelli, the latter beautifully coloured.
The. present number, besides the usual Horticultural
information, contains a well-written monthly chronicle
of events, with a number of verses so pretty, that we
are sorry we cannot make room for them. The price
is but a shilling, which, considering the mass of Hor-
ticultural information contained in it, is decidedly mo-
derate, and places it within the reach of the poorest
labouring Gardener.

THE PARTERRE.—Effinghant Wilson.

This is a very improving, and at present a very
delightful little publication ; which appears in weekly
numbers, and at the end of every month is stitched in
a neat red wrapper, and sold for a shilling. It consists
of a series of tales either original or translated—short
poems or copies of verses historical and imaginative—
curious anecdotes—and literary gleanings from rare
authors. We have looked carefully over it, and its
four engravings, and pronounce it decidedly cheap, and
worthy of an extended patronage.

ASIATIC JO URNAL.—Parbury and Allan.

We have been pleased with the " Poetical Remains
of a late Student at Bishop's College," which we shall
be glad to find continued in some future number. It
is far superior, both in thought and expression, to the
general run of magazine versification. " Wilson's
Hindoo Theatre" is a capital essay, instituting many
curious researches into a curious and interesting sub-
ject. Whoever be the author of this disquisition, he
has shown a hearty relish and thorough understanding
of his task. In every respect the number is a clever one.

LADY'S MAGAZINE. —Dobbs and Page.
The literary notices are here unusually numerous,
and, so far as we have had an opportunity of observ-
ing, remarkable for their justice and moderation. With
respect to the original articles, the most meritorious is
the ‘, Savage," by Mrs. George Crookshank, which
is a simply and feelingly-written tale.

COURT MAGAZINE.
Churton, Holies-street, Cavendish-square.
There is a very graceful portrait of Lady Radstock,
in this number of the " Court Magazine"—from the
editorship of which Mrs. Norton has, we perceive,
formally seceded—with a picturesque marine perspec-
tive. Whether the likeness be good or not, we can-
not say ; at any rate, the fair, original need not blush
for it. It is a pretty, intelligent and interesting coun-
tenance. " Sketches from Real Life" contain some
amusing literary portraits of our major and minor
dramatists. In general, the writer is impartial in his

descriptions ; but we think he is too severe on Jerrold
and Serle, both of whom are writers of far greater
powers of mind than he seems willing to admit.
" Remarkable Escapes of a Predestinated Rogue,"
is not so good as usual.

THE ANALYST.
Simphin and Marshall, Stationers'-hall Court.

A pleasant and cheap Magazine, carefully got up,
and containing some discriminating noticss of the
Fine Arts.

SPORTING MAGAZINE.—Pitman, Warwick-square,

The engraving of a tawny owl attacked by a buzzard
is one of the best, if not the very best, that we have
yet seen in this periodical. It is full of spirit and cha-
racter. With respect to the contents, they are amusing
chiefly to those who, unlike us, are addicted to the
manly sports of " flood and field."

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EXCHEQUER COURT-(THIS DAY.)

(Sittings at Nisi Prins, before Mr. Baron GURNEY and .a
Common Jury.)

LORD PERRERS V. ROBINS.

Mr. MArLE (with whom was Mr. RICIIA nns) stated that
this case was brought for the recovery of a slam of 7504, lost
by negligence on the part of the defendant. In the month of
April, 1832, Earl Ferrers had the intention of breaking up his
town establishment in Harley-street; and wiehing to sell his
furniture, he applied to the defendant, who was the well-known
auctioneer. A valuation was made by Mr. Robins, which
amounted to 1,0001. His Lordship held a lease of his house
for 21 years, which he entered into an agreemena to sell to a
person named Mott, who was to pay 601. for it and a few fix-
tures. Soon after Mott made an offer of 750/. to the defend-
ant for the whole of the furniture. Robins recomiuended that
the offer should be taken ; but his Lordship in the mean-
time had been informed that Mott was not of a good
character, and he told Robins that, and if the goods
were sold to him, it must be for cash. Mr. Robins con-
sidered that as very improper interference with him,
and said that as he had been employed to sell, he would con-
clude the bargain himself. Perhaps Mott might be a swindler,
but he (Mr. R.) was able to deal with him. On the next day,
Lord Ferrers was surprised at the receipt of a bill for 750/.
from Robins, which he sent back, but upon his representations
it was kept till dishonoured. He would prove these facts,
and hoped for a verdict.
J. L. Matthew, agent to Earl Ferrers,_ said his Lordship,
in 1832, had a house in Harley-street, and a large quantity of
furniture, which Mr. Robins was employed to sell. A Mr.
Mott had the lease of the house assigned to him, and he also
wanted to have a preference in the purchasing of the furni.
ture, but Lord Ferrers said he would not do any thing in the
matter, and referred him to Mr. Robins. One day Robins
called, and said Mott had offered 7501. fur the goods which
he advised should be taken. Lord Ferrers told him that be
was informed that Mott was a swindler, and he said he would
not part with the furniture, unless he got the money down-
Mr. Robins got very warm upon the business, and said that it
was an improper interference on the part of his Lordship, after
he had given him the goods for sale. On the next day, Mr.
Robins enclosed a bill for 750/., with which Lord Ferrers sent
the witness back, for he was really in want of the money, and after
what he had heard of Mott, he refused to take the bill. Robins
pressed them to take the bill, because Mott was a broker, and
,he was going to put in more furniture, and sell off ; that he
( Robins) was to have the sale, and would stop the money.
When the bill became due it was dishonoured, and he enclosed,
it to Mr. Robins. Some letters that passed between the par-
ties were then read. The defendant said it was a provoking
affair, but he certainly thought his Lordship knew Mott before
he assigned over to him the lease of his house.

Cross-examined—He took the bill at the express request of
Mr. Robins, because Lord Ferrers was much in want of money,
and he took it to the banker's, where he got some money upon it.
Mr. KELLY, for the defendant, said, the case was one of
very great suspicion considering- the slight testimony that was
laid before them, and also what might have been given. Lord
Ferrers, however, by making the bill his own, deprived him-
self of all remedy—if the transaction did not meet with his ap-
probation, he would have absolutely refused to have anything
to do with the bill. Besides Mott was actually known to Lord
Ferrers, for he had actually assigned to him the lease of his:
house, and had sold him some fixtures. It was evident that he.
trusted him, for Lord Ferrers was still liable to the proprietor.
of the house for every covenant in the lease. It was evident
that there was a mis-recollection on the part of Mr. Mat-
thews, because the bill was not even indorsed by Mr.
Robins, which they would have insisted upon had they thought
that he was responsible for it. However, even though their
case were true, he contended that in point of law the defen-
dant was not liable, because the bill became due on the 15th
of June, and no notice of its dishonour was given to Mr.
Robins till the 26th. They would hear from his Lordship
that under these circumstances the defendant was entitled to
their verdict.

His LORDSHIP summed up, and left it to the Jury to say
whether the Bill had ever been accepted by Lord Ferrers, or
not ; all the evidence was, that he had notz.
The Jury consulted for a few minutes, and returned a ver-
dict for the plaintiff—Damages moi.

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY).

CORN EXCHANGE.

During last week the arrivals of Wheat and Barley were mode-
rate, but large of Oats, chiefly from Ireland. The trade through-
out the week experienced no variation in prices, and the business
transacted was to a limited extent. This morning the fresh arrivals
of all sorts of grain were moderate, and the weather continuing
mild, the buyers certainly did not appear very willing to,
increase their stocks at present. The condition of the
Wheat was chiefly tender, and in consequence most descriptions are
reported Is. per quarter lower. Barley is heavy in sale, and like-
wise reduced Is. per quarter. Beans and Pease meet a moderate
demand, and remain at last week's prices. The plentiful supply of
Irish Oats has caused this trade to be very dull at a decline of 6d.
to Is. per quarter. The Flour trade remains without variation,
and ship parcels are selling rather lower.

PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP.
Beans, Small

Nheat, Red (old),

-s.---3
—White (01d)... —8 •
—Red 16114,
.12s. 41s
Superli e... 44s. 453
—\\'h to (1831) 4:1....;5x.
line Atis M

----- Superfine ..51s. 52. i.
------ Foreign free
Rye .:iii• 4,),
Barley
---- Grinding •Pia. 3 •s,
Malting ,.... 33. 31,
Malt 44, sos,
- Fine New 5 ~ 11,.
Pease, Grey, New 313.. t),.
--- Maple New 40.. 43i.
- White 14, -0,
---- Boilers 40.. 44-.

mew)
• (old)
- 'Fick (hew;
- (old) :M. N's.
- Harrow (new 1.54.''85.
- (illt1). •. .. , ... :3•is..4lis.
Prank

-
Oats, Feed .—s
--- New
Poland s
New •:.'2s. 265.
Potatoe . • --s.
New 2•;x.28.1.
Scotch • cia. 2FOr.
Irish !Ss 195.•.24s
I Hour Town ,per sack'
1-- Second5...
North Country 32s 345.
I Bran

ARRIVALS (.1, GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK.
From Whence. ; I.•I di I
" • ;A
....••••••••••••••••••••••11...
Qrs. (Irv. Qrs. I Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. I Qrs. Sacks.
Aldhormigh
Boston - I 370
Bridgwater
Bridungton 7O 200
Dartmouth 2O
ou Colchester.- 50 246 141 700
liarwich 271 339 45 1
) Leigh 4O/ 110 33 90 3
1
" Muldon 10:6 t 6( 910
r:xeter
Kull — 313 —• 13.1
:240 40 22, 26 10 —.." 440
Kent - 730
Lowestoft — 53.1 250 293
Lynn l`7 238 433 90(t
Newport —6.)
S.)utnwold ..... - 1:60
Stockton — 50
Teignmouth — 35 —f
Welts lO3 5.30
Weymouth
IV,,uttacii
Wo.,:an age
1 annoutii
Aberoveri — -
Arbroath — 181 4 —6/
Rant? —lso I ——3 B
rwicis .......... 318 I 87 2602 -
Dunbar — 113 4
' undee
Leith... _ In 63 9 G 3
Montrose
i'erth
Wick l6 99 260 12 18
5929 7.25 612_ 101118 4 1217 296 7274
1 R ISII
780
63 —•—• --
Cork — 382
2394
Galway 7071
Kilrush — 70.1
1143 5103
Londonderry 1867
Newry — 2190
Sligo
Writeriord
‘Vestport — = 1249 I
1 out/1)411 (1
——2 l
--
Total 5 ..614 4- 6,24141411 —7l 1217 295 7274

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This day's supply was pretty

dull, at the following

PRICES rEit STONE 01, 81.

1411
OTHER
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good, and the trade was rather

,B. TO SINK THE OFI'A

s. d. to s. d s d ton d.
Interior Beasts - 2 4
Second quality ditto 2 4 2 8 Second quality ditto
Prime large Oxen '1 6 3 8 Coarsv-wcolled ditto.-- 3 6 3 8
Prime Scots, &c 3lu 4 0 Southdown Wethers ... 3 0 4 0
Large coarse Calves ..... 3 0 4 4 Large Hois
Prime small ditto ......... 4 8 3 0 Small Porkers
Suckling Calves each ...12 3,1 i I Quarter old Pigs each, Bvl2 U
SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT.
Beasts. Sheep Calves. 1
Pigs
2,368 1 19,80 t 90 510
About 400 of the 11e:4,t• come up the St. Alban's road; about 930 up
the other northern roads; 41.0 ii, 2M (including Irish) faim the western
arid tnidland districts , about 95'1 trot') Nor Cilk, Stittlilk, I,:ssex, and Cam
tiridgeshtre ; ab.,ut Si) trill N, .tit and Sussex; and most of ther emainder
front the marshes, &e. is the neighbourhood of London.

NEWG ATE AND LEA
At per stone, I
s d. to s d.

DENHALL MARKETS.
)3, the Carcass.

Beef, inftrier 2 0 2 Mutton, inferior
- middling 2 4 2 6 - middling..
-- prime large 2lO 3 0 prime
- prime small 'S 2 3 4 Pork, large
Veal ... 0 4 8 -small.

s tl. Los d
22 2 4
28 3 0
34 3 8
0 210
34 3 8

NEVtiCASTLE CORN MARKET —Jan. 31.
We had a fair supply of Wheat from the farmers to-day, the
condition generally improved; and the whole went off readily at an
advance of Is. per quarter. Oats were in more moderate supply,
and sold freely at late prices. Barley goes off slowly as it arrives,
but 365. per quarter for South country, and 325. per quarter for
the best Scotch, are still our highest prices. Malt steady. Rye
nominal. Beans and Pease a trifle higher. Flour has been dull of
sale this week.

..... ....___.
New. Old.
Whnt, Northumberland 36s. 445. —s. —s.l
Norfolk and 5ud01k..... ......
Berwick and Scotch 36,. 5....... —3 38s.
Foreign
Rye, Norfolk and Suflolk
Foreign ...
Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 32s. 311 s ...... --s. —s.
Grinding and Feeding 2Bs. 326...... —s. —s.
Malt, Norfolk and Sulli.!'• s6s. 60s —s. 375.
Beans, Small... 34s. 35s —s. —s.
Tick 136. 35s —s. —s
Pease, White , 3ss 365..... ,--s. ..1.,.
Gray 325. 'ss —s. —l.
Oats, Northumberland, Potatoe _"2s 218 .—a. —a.
Feed 173 236
---- Foreign
Flour, Fine use sack) —s. —6 29s. 31s.

FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE NEW NATIONAL
GALLERY.—Saturday a mason, named Burchell, died in West-
minster Hospital from the effects of a fall from the scaffolding
erected for carrying up the western wing of the New National
Picture Gallery, Pall-mall East. The unfortunate man ia•his
fall fractured his skull.
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