The Sun.
London, England, 1832-06-16 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

Their MAJESTIES gave a grand Dinner on Thursday
evening, at the Palace of St. James's, to the Duke and
Duchess of CUMBERLAND, the Duchess of KENT, the
Princess AUGUSTA, Prince ADALBERT of Prussia, the
Russian Ambassador, and Princess LIEvEN, the Nether-
lands and French Ambassadors, the Prussian Minister and
Baroness Bur.ow, the Hanoverian Minister, the Duke and
Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND, Viscount PAL3rEasToN,
Lord St. HELENS, Sir BROOK TAYLOR, the Treasurer of
the Household, the Comptroller of the Household, the
Master of the Household, the Vice-Chamberlain to the
QUEEN, Colonel de SCAMHOORT and Count GROEBEN,
of the suite of Prince ADALBERT, Earl and Countess of
Eititot, Viscount and Viscountess FALKLAND, Lord and
Lady FREDERICK FITZCLARENCE, Lady Sophia LENNOX,

The dinner was s-rved in the Banquetting-room ; the
bend of the Life Guards attended in an ante-room, and
played various pieces during the evening.

The QUEEN left town soon after ten o'clock yesterday
morning, to visit her niece, the Princess LOUISE, at the
Palace at Windsor.

His MAJEsn-, attended by Viscount DUNCANNON,
Lord FRIDERICK FITZCLAILENCE, and Sir B. STEPHEN-
SON, too:: an airing in a carriage yesterday afternoon to
Richmond.

A deputation of the South Australian Land Company,
headed by Coli.nel TORRENS, M. and including Messrs.
SAVILLE LUMLEY, M.P., STEWART MACKENZIE, M.P.,
T. E. STRICKLAND, G. F. ANGAS, W. HUTT, R. HEATH-
FIELD, J. MELvir.LE, W. COWAN, and A. BACON, had a
conference with Visceunt GODERICH yesterday afternoon,
at the Colonial-office.

Prince TALLEYRAND, the French Ambasiador, visited
Viscount PALMERSTON yesterday afternoon at the Foreign
office.

Elrl and Countess POULETT, Lady MARIA CONYNG-
HAM, Mr. and Mrs. NORTON, of Elton, Mr. FARREK,
Mrs. EUSTACE, Mrs. WADHAM WYNDHAM, Mrs. DAw-
soN, Mrs. CAMPBELL, and Mrs. THOMAS ESTCOURT, were
present at the Queen's Drawing-room on Thursday. Earl
POULETT was presented to her MAJESTY. Lady MARIA
CONYNGHAM was presented by Marchioness CONYNGHAM.
Mrs. CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON was presented by Mrs.
EVELYN C. SUTTON ; Mrs. TROTTER, of Ballindean, by
Lady M'GRicoß ; Miss TuorrEn, by Mrs. TROTTER;
Mrs. HAYEs SADLER, by Lady DUNALLY ; Miss JANE
SWIFT, by her mother, the Countess LE PELLETIER DE
MOLANDE. Lady HAWKINS WHITSHED, Lady ISABELLA
DOUGLAS, Lady BURDETT, Hon. Mrs. HAWKINS WHITS-
imp, and Mr. PICK ERSGILL, R.A. were also present.
Arrivals.—Colonel Sir JOHN and Hon. Lady HARVEY,
at 36, Jerinyn-street, St. James's.

IRELAND.

EXTRAORDINARY CHARM .AGAINST

CHOLERA.

DUBLIN, JUNE s.—These three days past the
country has been in an extraordinary state of excite-
ment. Messengers are running and riding through
the counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Wicklow, West-
meath, Dublin, King and Queen's county, Meath,
Wexford, and Longford, leaving a small piece of turf
(peat fuel) at every cabin, with the following ex-
hortation:—" The plague has broken out, take this,
and, while it burns, offer up seven paters, three ayes,
and a credo, in the name of God and the holy St.
John, that the plague may be stopped !" The
messenger lays each householder under an "obliga-
tion," as it is called, to kindle his piece of turf, set
fire to seven other pieces, quench them, and run
through the country to seven other houses wherein
no turf has yet been left, and to repeat the same ex-
hortation, and under a penalty of falling a victim to
the cholera himself! Men, women, and children are
seen scouring the country with this charmed turf
in every direction, each endeavouring to be
foremost in finding of unserved houses. One
matt yesterday, in the Bog of Allen, had to run
thirty miles ere he could fulfil his task. The stories
of its origin are various, but all agree that one piece of
turf was blessed by a priest, and sent through the
peasantry thus, where it multiplied itself and its
powers of agitation sevenfold in every new hand.
Nothing like it has been heard of since the time of
the clan-gatherings. The police are on the alert,
and messengers have been arrested from Kilkenny►
where the blessed turf arrived at noon on Monday,
to this city, where it came pouring in last night.
The authorities are suspicious of Whitefeet con-
spiracy and secret intelligence, but nothing has
transpired yet to warrant this view of the affair.
The higher classes receive the blessed turf, and
laugh at the thing as a hoax on the peasantry,
without troubling themselves in transmitting it
further, but the poorer householders are one and all
in motion to avert the cholera, and the curse of dis-
obedience attaching to neglect. No one knows
where the holy tire was first kindled. There are
various accounts; it is said that it was first sent
from Kilmayne, from Blessington, from New Roses
and from Roscrea ; that lightning consumed houses
in New Ross, and that the holy turf was first
kindled at its fire, Sze., but it is certain that the
whole of the central counties of Ireland are thrown
into a singular state of agitation. Yesterday, along
the whole line of the grand canal from Dublin to
Shannon-harbour, people might be seen runnings
The Captain of one of the packet-boats that ar-
rived in this city last night, saw a turf-cutter run-
ning along the bank in the Bog of Allen, to whom
he owed some money for fuel. He called to
" Paddy, get in, and I'll pay you now." " I can t,
replied Paddy, still running ; " I've to serve seven
losest
with
earn the cholera."f, and
I' ththe holy
into whose parishes this wild-fire has spread, confess
themselves as ignorant of its origin as the peasantry'
houses
us
money yet
tytur
are. The difficulty of transmitting convicts through
the country is increasing; those condemned at Marl'
dTr rather c
priests
i e,
borough arrived this morning at our county gaol,
Kilmainham, amidst alarming difficulties, escorted by
a guard of sixty infantry, and surrounded, during °,
great part of their march, by many thousands 0'
people, who did not, however, directly attempt 0;
stop their progress, but who completely overawed
the owners of coaches, caravans, and even the con'
ductors of the Grand Canal packet-beat, to who'll
the commanding officer applied, and prevented any'
aid being givento the escort. It was feared that the
•ixty soldiers would have been as nothing in th e hands.
of the immense concourse that assembled around
them at night, but common cars were procured, t°:,
gether with an escort of horse from Newbridge, an°
the party arrived at the gaol in safety.—Tiines.

Mr. MACAULAY was on Wednesday re-
elected Member for Caine ; after which the inhabitantft
to evince their sense of the valuable services he has rep'
,lered his country in supporting the Reform Bill, invited
him to a public dinner at the Lansdowne Arms, which Oil.
attended by Lord KERRY and nearly all the principal gel'
demen of the town. Several of the Devizes Reforrneil
were also present, and were treated with marked respect./
Devizes Gazette.

The inhabitants of Cripplegate-without
rend giving a dinner to 100 of the poor parishionerea
Wednesday, the 27th instant, to celebrate the passing 0
die Reform Bill. Mr. DIXON, of the City Repositair:
Barbican, has volunteered the use of his extensive ca
;Lige galleries for the occasion. Boast beef and 11t2
pudding is to be the order of the day.

ONDON,
L
SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 16, 1832.

Having exhausted allhis rage and rhetoric on
the Press, the Marquess of LONDONDERRY has
now taken to the Political Unions. He is
struck with horror at their unconstitutional pro-
ceedings, in the same way, and to precisely the
same extent that he has been so often convulsed
by the calumnies of the "base Press." No
good Government, this most sagacious of Peers
thinks, can possibly exist, so long as one Union
is at work to enlighten the people. He can re-
concile himself to the existence of those noisy
nuisances, Orange Clubs, because their virtue
and wisdom are sufficiently vouched for by the
patronage of the Duke of CUMBERLAND ; but
he cannot endure to think calmly of any thing
in the shape of a liberal association. It
is astonishing what a horror the Peers hate
of seeing the people enlightened. The very
phrase " education," is as offensive to their
auricular organs as " MoRTImErt" to those of
HENRY IV. They conceive it to be—and not
unnaturally—a tacit reflection on their own igno-
rance ; and, like all ignorant men, would fain
keep the country in the same state of Cimmerian
gloom as themselves. They have a bat-like
propensity to darkness, well aware that their
own principles will not stand the light. Had
the Political Unions been started for the pur-
pose of putting down the national spirit ; had they
sent the swordsman instead of the schoolmaster,
abroad ; argued with cannon instead of with

common sense, and shot where they could not
convince ; had they, in short, acting on the good
old Tory system, preached up the divine right
of tithes, the blessedness of exorbitant taxation,
the immaculate purity of the Bishops, the pa-
triotism of the placemen, the morality of the
rotten boroughs, and the severe wisdom and un-
spotted virtues of the boroughmongers ;—had
the Political Unions started on these principles,
not a word should we have heard, except
in their praise, from the Marquess of LON-
DONDERRY or any of his discreet fraternity.
But because the associations in question have
espoused the cause of the people instead
of a faction, and repressed, instead of goading
on the latter to insubordination, therefore
they are denounced as rebellious, deistical, uncon-
stitutional, and God knows what besides ! 'We
would seriously exhort the Marquess of LON-
DONDERRY, and all Peers of his mental calibre,
to leave the Political Unions alone. Children
should never
it play with edged tools. He may
rely on they will be too much for him, even
though he was once an Ambassador, and is
now—God bless the mark--a ! The intellect of a Lord, like his title, isstatesman not now what
it once was. The people have found out the whole-
Some truth that ass's ears may be hid beneath
the coronet full as often as beneath the
cap of the mechanic. Rank teas paper-
, mind s, p.
Let the Marquess talk sense, and
hei will ower
still
find listeners and admirers even among those
most opposed to his politics, but let him
not lay
the flattering unction " to his soul, that be-
cause he is a great Lord, therefore he is to be
justified in braying like a great—the recollection
of a certain animal that chews the thistle
will enable our readers to complete the sentence.
Lord GREY'S reply was satisfactory, and per-
tinent, He allowethat Political Unions were

not altogether consistent with good Government
in ordinary times, but, he must say that they
were the inevitable results of great excitement,
and he relied on the good sense of the people
themselves, who, he was persuaded, would
soon see the propriety of discontinuing them.
His Lordship was right to rely on the good
sense of the people, who have a natural
pride in contrasting it with the good
sense of the Tories. But he might have
gone further, and added, that the Political
Unions have been, still are, and always, we hope,
will be, the safety-valves of the country. Had
they not so seasonably started into active opera-
tion, Great Britain, from one extremity to the
other, would long ere this have been the theatre
of a bloody revolution. But the organization of
the people under discreet leaders, chosen by
themselves, has proved the salvation of all par-
ties. The very Ultras themselves should be
grateful to the moral energy which has rescued
their palaces from the flames and their persons
from violence.

Without at present entering more particularly
into the merits of Mr. BULWER'S motion, re-
specting the taxes on knowledge, we may ask
Lord ALTHORP how he can reconcile it to his
conscience to propose certain reductions in the
Customs' duties, and not redeem his repeated
promise with respect to the stamp and advertise-
ment duties ? The Revenue would not suffer
by a modified reduction of the stamp duties—
and if the advertisement duty were wholly re-
pealed, trade and commerce would gain consi-
derably more than the revenue would lose.--
Besides, it is questionable whether the increased
consumption of excisable and other commodities
advertised, would not prove snore than an equi-
valent for the reduction of the advertisement
duty. Even a duty of sixpence on all adver-
tisements would very materially benefit trade,
and increase the present revenue one-half, if not
double it.

We this day insert a schedule of duties pro-
posed by Mr. POULETT THOMSON last night, to
be inserted in the Customs Bill, about to be intro-
duced. It appears that a very great reduction
is to take place in the duties now imposed upon
a variety of articles. The principal reduction,
however, by which the public will benefit is the
hemp duty, which is wholly to be taken off; with
the exception of a nominal charge of one penny
the cwt. The present duty is four shillings
and eightpence; and the reduction will be a great
boon to the shipping interest, as well as to the
hemp manufacturers, particularly those in Scot-
land.

Upon many other articles the duty is pro-
posed to be wholly abolished. We trust that
as Russia must greatly benefit by the reduction
on hemp, some corresponding advantages are
stipulated for it by Mr. POULETT THOMON
in favour of native produce or manufactures ex-
ported to Russia. The principle of free trade
does not surely prevent us from exacting a cer-
tain reciprocity from other nations, as some con-
sideration for the sacrifices made by this country
to the interests of others. The practice of the
principles of free trade to be durably beneficial,
should be mutual.

Lisbon Gazettes of the 9th instant have been
received, but we can hardly expect to learn any
news from them : much is made of the blockade
of Madeira being raised.

Rio Janeiro papers to the 26th April, inclu-
sive, confirm the account previously received of
a silly attempt by some desperadoes to depose
the Government, and re-establish the authority
of the Ex-Emperor :
(From the Diariodo Governo, from 17th to 26th April,
. . . . . .

both inclusive.)
RIO DE JANEIRO, APRIL 17.—A letter from the Mi-
nister of Justice to the Intendant-General of Police, in con-
secuence of the great number of foreigners that crowd the
prisons in which they have been confined, for drunken-
ness, robbery, and murder, orders the Intendant to appoint
a place, where any foreigner residing in this city shall be
hound to appear and declare his place of abode, office, or
occupation, age and country, and the time of arrival in
our ports ; and on his statement being found correct, he
is to receive aguia (or safe conduct), which he is to show
to the Justice of the Peace in hii district, who is to watch
into his conduct.

Another letter from the same Minister directs that or-
ders shall be transmitted to the Brazilian Consuls abroad,
not to allow persons to come to Brazil who are without
business or occupation, or who, by their bad character,
may increase the great number of those who disturb public
tranquillity, and the Charges d'Affaires of Foreign
Courts are to be informed that after the Ist Jan., 1833, no
foreigner shall land in our ports unless he presents a cer-
tificate from our Consuls that he is of good character,
stating the kind of business and occupation for which he
is qualified, and what he intends to follow ; and the Con-
suls are to be recommended to exert the greatest vigilance
in this respect, under the strictest responsibility.
APRIL 18.—An official address to the citizens says,
On the 3d you showed your lore of order and respect for
the law in your readiness to combat the conspirators who
attempted to depose the Regency, to overtnrn the Govern-
ment, and to proclaim a Constitutional Assembly. To-
day your patriotism has completely crushed those wretches
who insolently dared to proclaim Don Pedro I. You
have entirely undeceived those traitors, and taught them
that you will never deviate from the path of duty and
honour. At the head of citisens like you, a noble pride
will animate thosewbo are commissioned to execute the na-
tional will. Viva the Brazilian nation, worthy of the
liberty it enjoys, the Constitution of the empire, the Ge-
neral Assembly, Don Pedro 11., only Emperor of Brazil,
the armed citizens, and the soldiers who assisted them in
the defence of the country.
(Signed) FRANCISCO DE LIMA E SILVA.
JOSE DA COSTA CARVALHO.
JODA BRANLIO MONIZ.
DIEGO ANTONIO FEIJO.
(This address is not dated.)
Various Orders of the Day of the 18th and 19th thank
the National Guards for their conduct during the late
events.

Arair. 25.--Official accounts from the Minister of
Justice to the President of the provinces
In my despatch of the 3d inst., I communicated to you
the events of the 3d. The party of the restoration inte-
rest on the proclamation of Don Pedro 1., assemble at the
Quinta of Bona Vista on the morning of the 17th ; the
principal force consisting of servants of his Imperial Ma-
jesty, and some National Guards of the district of En-
genho Vilho, with too small cannon which were in that
Quinta, and some foreigners and Brazilian officers so des-
titute of sentiments of honour, that they submitted to the
command of that infamous adventurer called Baron de
Bouloru, a beggar, an outlaw, and a ciminal. They
marched to the square of the new city whence they retreated
at the sight of our force advancing against them. The
National Guard, always intrusted in the defence of the
country, and incapable of committing any thing un.
worthily, assisted by the battalion of the Municipal
Guards, which did not disgrace the good character it
enjoys, supported by deserving military, routed them
completely, after a resistance of a few minutes. Several
were killed and taken, the remainder escaped into the
woods and neighbouring quintas. One of the Municipal
Guards was mortally wounded, and a Captain of cavalry,
of Minas, was wounded in the arm and leg.
These traitors, scattered over different parts of the ca-
pital, seducing some and decoying others, thought to at-
tack indifferent quaitero at once; but those who in-

ten ded to land being discovered, were driven back, and
f air officers were taken : among them is the celebrated
Conrado. Some of the old servants of Don Pedro
were recognised, who with so much reason call
themselves Compromettedos ; since they were the true
rause of the ruin of that Prince, who lavished on
them honour and employments, and who excited the in-
dignation of the Brazilians by their baseness and atrocities,
but who were pardoned by the generosity of the Brazilians
whom they had offended. Some are taken, others are
pursued ; it is not possible that ingratitude, united to per-
fidy, can ever escape the rigour of justice. The Go-
vernment, therefore, in the name of the Emperor, enjoins
your Excellency (entirely distrusting those political hy-
pocrites, well known for having formerly sacrificed the
prosperity of Brazil to their caprice and interest, and who
are now undoubtedly leagued with these ingrates), to re-
ffiuble your vigilance, which ought to be the greater, as
they are the most inveterate enemies of the public liberties ;
and if they cannot be prosecuted, but are only suspected
for their conduct, contrary to the national interest, you are
to give a particular account, that those measures may be
taken respecting them that the public safety requires.
God preserve your Excellency.
(Signed) .DIEGO ANTONIO FEIJO.
Palace at Rio de Janeiro, April 19, 1832.
—Diario do Governo to April 26.

We see it asserted by the Times of this morn-
ing, on the authority of the telegraphic despatch
received at Paris, that Don PEDRO has actually
made good his landing in Portugal. We sin-
cerely trust it may prove true—for a landing
once effected must decide the struggle. We may
expect by Monday to have more certain news on
this interesting question.