The Sun.
London, England, 1832-10-03 00:00:00

NON-OFFICIAL PART.

LISBON, SEPT.-14.—We received by the mail of to-
day, letters worthy of credit from Oliveira d'Azeneis, of
the 11th inst., which give the following intelligence:—
" At this moment (six o'clock in the afternoon) an
express has arrived here, which states, that at ten o'clock
i❑ the morning the corps of rebels that was in the Con-
vent of La Serra fell into the hands of our troops, with
six pieces of artillery, with which they defended it."—
Lisbon Gazette, Sept. 15.
SEPT. 18.—The official part of the Gazette contains a
letter from the Viscount de Monte Alegre, dated Head-
quarters, at Biaga, Sept. 6, in which he incloses a report
from Juiz de Fora, of Vianna, commanding the gue-
rillas of that place. The report states, that on the 3,1,
200 of the rebels had attacked his picquets, which main-
tained their ground, and he, coming to their a•,sistance
with his whole force, the rebels, after an hour's firing,
fled to the trenches, leaving three killed, and carrying off
two badly wounded. This was witnessed by the Colonel
commanding the moveable column to the north of
Oporto, who, hearing the firing at his encampment
at Milheiros, immediately came with all his cavalry
to our support; as did also Senor Jose da Cunha
Hallo, Governor of Villa do Conde, who with his
whole force covered the right flank, and Lieut.-Colonel
Antonio Luiz Pereira du Guerra, with two companies,
covered the right; the first came from his encampment
at Thi.vgo de Cortoias, and the second from St. Mamede
de Infests. The guerillas of Viana, the militia of Morcao,
Melgaro, and Geumaraes, and tile guerillas of Braga and
Ponte de Lima, were engaged. The rebels, finding them-
selves pursued and nearly overtaken, took shelter in the
trenches, and part of them having fled to Matozinhos, be-
gan to fire from a piece of cannon, but at the second dis-
charge we had the pleasure of seeing the gun fall to the
ground, destroying the works, which threw the rebels into
confusion.

The official part of the Gazette to September 2181

inclusive, contains numerous articles signifying his Ma-
jesty's acceptance of patriotic gifts of money, corn, &c. for
the army, and testirying Ids satisfaction at the loyalty and
good will of the donors. There are no farther accounts
from the army in the official part, nor any private letters
from the northern frontiers. The ship news notices a
few arrivals and departures. —Lisbon Gazette, from 15th
to 21st Sept.

The Brussels papers received this morning

contain no news.

We find the subjoined extract in the last num-
ber of the Scotsman :—" We have had a number
of letters, suggesting that the Scottish people
generally should go into mourning on Sunday
next, as a mark of national honour to the me-
mory of Sir WALTER SCOTT. Although suf-
ficient time has not yet elapsed since the demise
of the illustrious author to allow of a genera
understanding and resolve upon the subject, we
know that many individuals have spontaneously
come to the resolution of adopting this method
of testifying their admiration of the deceased's
transcendent talents, and sorrow at the event of
his death. We have no doubt that all who
from their circumstances in life, can conveniently
do so, will hasten to comply with the national
wish, and also gratify their own feelings, by
showing this outward mark of respect for the
author of Waverley." And is this, then, the
sole mark of respect that Scotland intends to
pay to the memory of the greatest man she ever
produced ? Does she really mean to restrict her
pathos to a crape hat-band—her paroxysms of
gratitude to a black coat—to keep her pockets
close-buttoned, while she pours forth her whole
soul in anguish ? We hope (and indeed we are
convinced) that Scotland will allow no such
foul, such indelible stain, to attach itself
to her high name. Already, we perceive,
she is broaching the subject of a national
This is creditable, so far as

monument.

it goes, but it is not the right sort of respect
that is just now most needed. It is the re-pur-
chase of Abbotsford that is the one great re-
quisite—of that Abbotsford, which for years past
has been a place of pilgrimage for all tourists
from the continent, and which they would be
not less astonished than disgusted to hear, had
passed away from the family of its illustrious
founder. To prove herself truly grateful, Scot-
land must assist England in the re-purchase of
this classic spot. It is a sacred, an imperious
duty that both nations owe to the memory
of the mighty dead. On Scot land this
task is especially binding, for it is Sir
WALTER who has given her the rank and name
which she now holds among the nations of Eu-
rope ; who has drawn forth her streams, and
moors, and mountains from the obscurity to
which ages had consigned them ; has bid Tweed
rival the Ilyssus, and Ben Lomond the Ida of
antiquity ; and shed a splendor on her romantic
and historical annals, which no time shall dim-
Scotland is now, in every sense of the term,
classic ground. Let her show, then, some more
efficient sense of gratitude for this distinc'
tion than a crape hat-band or a public
monument. Sir WALTER'S best monument
is his own genius. This will endure
when the marble shall have fallen to earth,
and the very city wherein it stood is 3
ruin. As respects the national mourning, we
have not the slightest objection to it, provided
the national sensibility does not stop here. Sir
WALTER was, confessedly, the Monarch of
European Literature, and we see no reason wig
the same respect should not be paid to him SS
to any other European Monarch. Even Nicno•
LAS would be externally mourned for in Russia;
shall Scotland then do no more for Sir WALTER?
We can imagine (were such unfortunately to be
the case) the horror with which a foreigner of
taste and feeling, his mind filled with admiration
of the genius of SCOTT, would learn, in reply t°
his queries respecting Abbotsford, that that hob'
shrine, that Mecca of literary pilgrims, had
passed away from the family of its immortal
founder, into the hands of some fat retired Alder
man, who had accumulated a fortune in tallogi
speculations ! We await with considerable
curiosity, yet with perfect confidence as to the
result, the next Edinburgh movement in favour
of the re-purchase of Abbotsford.

We honour, we revere a man, who, havilig
with others, committed a great fault, does 'lc)/
wait to be kept in countenance by a multitude'
but as soon as he is made conscious of his error'
boldly steps forward to acknowledge it. Such
",
a man is Lord MILTON. He supported t",i
Corn Law of 1815, and he is not now asharnile
to confess, that he regrets having done so. P:
has for some years pressed his present lievrt
most earnestly upon the House of Commons,bllo,
hiterto, we fear, without much success. lie has 00
put forth, through RIDGWAY, of PiccadillP
pamphlet advocating those views, in the shape
an address to the landowners of England. Ito,
distinguished by great temper and moderatioe
and, coming from the quarter h does, we 110 P t
will induce those to whom it is addressed, 3(
least to examine whether they have not, undi,e4
the name of a protection, been cherishing t'',l4
%%ilia is their own bane, as it acknowledged
is that of the rest of the community.
1);
see his Lordship's exposition of the motives
which the landowners have been, and are
fluenced, even the most conscientious of the
,4 Your device has been to create an artificial scarcitro;
but I fear I have used an expression which may 0 to
somewhat of harshness. I assure you I have no tvigti',
do so; but the misfortune of the question is, that in W.O
ever way you deal with it, the system resolves itself,, to
one for creating an artificial scarcity. Your object
maintain agriculture. Your mode of maintaining agr'-111,
ture is to raise the price of corn ; your mode of raisiogrift
price is to restrict the supply of corn; you ecTit.tbe
or endeavour to contrive that there shall be Ibe
market somewhat less corn than there would :
if the trade was free. You have no Wis"voof
a famine—nobody can imagine it ; your character,' 'op
d spositions, forbid it; but you do wish (or if you d° the
you act as if you did,) that the supply of corn ilisvo;
country should be just so much (not more) below nric,
miy be termed the natural supply, as may cause the %jog
to rise above the natural prior., The object of thus re!,`,,
the price of cern, is to raise the rent and price of 110%44
We will pause here for an instant. What ilt>
have the landlords to say to the manufacturers4s
" Our capital, our produce, shall not fall bel0”00
certain price ; yours may be depreciated till 5' roe
are ruined ; but when the operation of the OAg
causes would depreciate ours, we will put our PP?!
into your pockets to compensate ourselvefo
None ; and they now begin to feel that 6,4
do not derive quite so much benefit from I'