The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-09 00:00:00

IttGISTER OF F.ASIIION.

„ .
AnnrvAts.„—His Excellency General' Sir Thomas.:llislop
Bart. G.C.B. arrived in town this morning, on his return from
India ; the ,Right Honourable Nicholas Vansittart arrived
in Downing-street yesterdgy front his s:iat. in Kent;
.Lord and
Lady Belgrave, .at their house in Grosvenor-square, from Che-
shire; Lord Maynard, at his house in Grosvenor-square, from
his seat in Essex ; Lady, Kensington, it the Brunswick Hotel,
from a tour; Sir Edward and ,
Lady .Smith, at Batt's Hotel
Dover-street; 'Mom P. lier*,-..at ditto. • '
- DEPART int ES. —Tile NI aiellion enolion don deny, for North
Cray ; the Princess Esttrhozy, for Itamsgatc, on,a,visit to Si:
Win. Curtis ; Hon. Alr.•PonsonbY; from Eatts'S Hotel ; H.
Abdy, Esq. from ditto.

. • • The Earl of Donoughmore • had. a grand .-dinner party at
Knocklofty on Sunday se'unight,, at
.tvuich were ,present Lord
Hutchinson, the Judges of Elle Lehister Cirrnit,.-tlic Hon.. Ge-
rieral Sir W. It. O'Callaghan, Captain
.Ilutehinson, and many
•of the:moat eminent Gentlemen of tll'e county Tipperary. ; •
Lady Cochrane on Friday night gave a bail and supper to 'a
large party on board the Impregnable, at Plymouth.
Yeiterday the Earl and Countessni Harcourt left their seat,
St. Leonairl's near Windsor, for Nunhani Park, their
seat, in Oxfordshire.
Lord and Lady Ste Wart and suite on their sway to Wynyard
Castle, slept at the Angel Inn, in Grantham, two nights, hav-
ing remained there the Whole of Friday.

WORCESTER GRAN') Nitli;ICAL FfiStIVAL.-TIIC three
collections at this Meeting amounted to 051. is. (RI., and ano-
ther 1001. is expected.

- -
Enizrnuricu, OCT. 4.—Arriyed at the Waterloo Hotel
(Oman's) :—The Right Hon. the Earl of Haddington, Wm.
Fairlie, Esq. of London, and blrs. Fairlie, James Fairlie, Esq.
of Holnish, Mrs. Fairlie, Doctor and Mrs. Shoulbraid, James
Inns, Esq., M.P. • .
Set off from the same place :—The Right Iron. the Lord
Register, the-Earl Gower Sir Thomas and Lady Livingstone,
Capt. H. Parket' R.N.: and. Mrs. li. Park4r, Peter Johnstone,
Esq., A. Bogle, Esq.. and the Mis:o3 E.dt,
le. the Rev. Doctor
Bryce, Mr. Chu-sail.
ArriVed at Gibb's (late Durnbreck's) Hotel :—The Honour-
able Mr. Justice Bayky, the Honourable Lady Bayley, Miss
Bayley, Miss M. Bayley, Mr. K. Bayley, and Mr. F. Ray
ley ; J. L. ill‘Gilvray-, Esq. of Dunmaglass, and Mrs. •i‘Gil-
vray Capt. Sthith, R. N. ; It. Graham, Esq. of Balmure ;
R. Addison. Esq. and Miss Addison ; Major Ilumphry, 73d
Regiment; Aldborough Richardson, Esq. and Mrs. Richard-
son ; Robert Hamilton, Esq., Mr. Rundle, 27th Regiment ;
the Honourable G. Smith, M. P., Mrs. Smith, Miss Smith,
and bliss Georgina Smith ; Major Taylor, and the Honourable
Lady Jane Taylor. •
Set itff from the same Hotel :—Sir Theophilus Metcalfe.
Miss Metcalfe; and Manson, Esq. ; Gen. Sir William
Houston, the Hon. Lady Jane Houston, and Miss Houston ;
Sir 0, ()Pubes,. and bliss Gibbes ; Cohn • Campbell, Esq. of
Demerary, and Mrs. Campbell ; the Honourable Lady (irescly
and bliss Editionstor2 ; Charles Grant, Esq. of. Watternish ;
William Grant, Esq. and Miss Grant; James Foster, Esq. of
Springhill, and Mrs. Faster; the Rev. Mr. Dawson, and J.
Humphries, Esq.

DUBLIN, OCT. G.—Prince Lardarin and suite arrived, on
Monday last, at 11.1%rotty's Hotel, Colerain.—Arrived at the
Donegal Arms, Belfast, on Wednesday evening, the Prince de
Lardaria and suite; and an Thursday, Lord Viscount Weraw-
ley and suite.

THE CAMBR IA N EISTEDDVOD IN GWYNEDD,
or the Congress of Bards of North Wales, waslately held at
Caernarvon' under the patronage of the Marquis of Anglesey,
the Earl of Uxbridge Viscount Bulkeiey, Lord Newborougn,
Sir W. W. Wynn, Sir Charles Morgan, the Bishop of Ban-
gor, and a large assemblage of distinguished characters. The
purpose of this meeting was, for the preservation of the Re-
mains of Ancient British Literature, Poetical, Historical, An-
tiquarian, M oral, and Sacred, and- also for the encourage-
ment of the National Music of Wales. The several prizes
were warmly contested in pure ancient British vers.4 and
a badge in the form of a silver chair was awarded to the author
of the best ode. To the best historian :was assigned a silver
medal. To the best musician or performer on the harp, was
allotted a silver badge in the form of that instrument. Also,
three guineas to the best vocal singer of the peanithaa. It ap-
pears that part of the entertainment was not managed so well as
might be expected, as the Committee might have brought for-1
ward the best vocal performers of North Wales, where there are
- two of the best choirs in the principality,, viz; Bangor and St.
Asaph. Had those singers been seiected,an admirable vocal band
would have been formed, who sre well t died to sing the na-
tive Welsh songs, glecs, &c. &c. in the true characteristic style.'
But singers were brought from Bath for the occasion, who were
wholly ignorant of the Welsh language, and the old national
style of the Welsh melodies ; yet, strange to say, these singers,
though not Welshnien, are, according to report, in future to be
styled the BARDS OF DYFED, or Smith Wales—an absurd de-
signation, that could not have been expected to be applied to
them, considering•the brill!ant and numerous company that at-
tended the meeting.
*,,,* The foregoing article is sent to us as a more correct ac-
count than has hitherto appeared of a Meeting of no alight im-
portance in the principality.

The annual dinner of the Windsor and Eton Junior C.:lel:et
Club, at the close of the season, took place at the Swan Inn
on Thursday last, and was attended. by upwards of seventy
inhabitants of Windsor and the neighbourhood. The room
was handsomely decorated with a variety of flags, lautel, and
flowers, and illuminated with variegated lamps. After the
cloth was removed, " Nora Nobis Domino" was sung by some
professionFd gentlemen with great effect; many loyal-a'nd appro-
priatt. toasts were given and drunk with enthusiasm, ac-
companied by a variety of excellent singing. The utmost har-
mony-and conviviality prevailed to a late hour. Mueh credit is
due to Mr. Lillewhite for the excellence of the entertainment,
which gave universal satisfaction, •

AN AWKWARD fSTAKE.—A reverend popular
preacher, well, known to the literary. circles of the Metropolis,
was constantly received with warm hospitality at the table of
the late Mr. and Lady EL IZAHE.TII WHITEHEAD. His con-
versational talents had recommended him likewise to the favour
and protection of Lady AUGUSTA MVILUAY, better known,
perhaps, to yn es 'Fe
by the title of " Duchess of Sus-
SE X, at the bottom of whose table he was usually requested
tO take his, chsir. This priest of nice discrimination had en-
gaged himself to dinner with his early patroness, Lady
ELIZABETH " WIIITVICEAT), and in the forenoon of the ap-
pointed day was honoured with a SUMMOTIS for immediate at-
tendance in his customary place at the " chequered" board of
the Royal Duchess. it did not take him much time to decide
between the fauteuil of aristocracy- and less flattering station
with an unpretending 6oarze-euis,--4, Obliviscent" (to use One
of his own oratorios' terms) of his duties in Dover-street, he
sat down at is eserirtoife die table and indited grou
gulop) the tvio fallo*ing notes; and osh iglit of hand was
sufficiently fortunate to transniit•the billets (cross-purposed)
exactly to the parties for whom they were NOT destined : Ist,
Dear,Ductiess-:.-a thousand thanks .for your most delightful in-
vitation : I must, I will accept it, 'though to 'do so, I ant com-
pelled to put oft' .the l:%wer kina hit wife :"..--addrcs_sed, par
a, vide/a, to Lady E. WIIITIIitEAD.; Dover-street. 2d, " The
Reverend Mr. 1i presents his 'respectful compliments to
Lady ELIzABETir WirrnirttAn, and, regrets that the
sudden indisposition of his aunt, tram whom lie has great ex-
pectations,. will prevent him from indulging himself in the
high honour- of Waiting upun the family to dinner this evening
in Dorset-street :" addressed (par meprise) to the Duchess of
SUSSEX.- Honored, staggered, chagrined, and confounded
upon discovering, too late, the slip of hand which had thus 7..1,
bare the aristocrat lurking amid the folds of his priestly gar-'
ment, he wrote Leto his neglected patroness a cypress-wise let-
ter, doling out miserable-deprecations of wrath, and urging more
miserable entreaties still for forgiveness ; concluding with the
unfeigned assurance, " that his soul would be exposed to sutler
all the torments of purgatory, while for this one error banished,
as he felt that he merited, from the paradise of her patronage."
Mass for the repose Ot• his disturbed soul was executed, CU are-
, haat( reponse, in the following terms :—" Ladyy ELIzAn ETU
WRITEnt Aro presents her compliments to the Ilev. Mr. H—,
and doubts not but that, when fatigued with the society of
Dukes and. Duchesses, he would kindly condescend to put up with
the humble fare of a brewer and his wife. At the same time,
the reverend applicant for pardon must clearly understand, that
Lady ELIZAut.Tir WILITBEFAD can never admit. blasphem-
ous language as an apolotry fbr ungentlemanly oonduct."-
-(oxFonD-HieltAt.n.)

--------r--
CC GONE OUT !"-A person calling one day at
a Gentleman's house, where his visits were more
frequent than welcome, was told by the servant
that her master had gone out. "Oh ! well, ne-
ver mind, I'll speak to your mistress."—'' She is
also gone out, Sir." The Gentleman, nut willing
to be denied admission, said, " as it was a cold
day he would step in, and sit down by the fire a
few minuttcm."-:—« Ah ! Sir, but that is gone OW
too," replied the girl.

P OETR Y.

Tn
tit: "Isle d'Amour," at .Chantilly, was a Statue of Curti),
represented as a little naked Boy, without darts or wings,
and holding a Heart in his hands, with this Inscription :._.
N'Offrant qu'im emur a la Bcautc,.;
Nud conime la VeritF ; •
Sans arines,comme l'lnnocence ;
Sans tiles Comme la Constance ;
• • Tel fut l'Amour au le siecle • ;,
On ne Ie trouve plus quoiqu'onje cherehe encore,
•
• •TIIANSLATION".
Presenting but a heart at Beautk's shrine,
Naked as 'Truth's unblemisli'd form is thine; •
Unarrn'd as Innocence thy limbs we see,
And wingless as unchanging Constancy :
Such: cupid was in golden days of yore,.
But such, alas ! is Cupid now no more.

J. D.

,„ QUIN'S SOLILOQUY,
ON SEEING DUKE-HUMPHREY AT ST. ALBANS.
A plague on Egypt's-art, I say, •
Embalm the dead !—On senseless clay
' Rich wines and spices waste:;.
Like sturgeon or like brawn; shall I ,
Bound in a precious pickle lie,
Which I can never taste ?

•
Let ale embalm this flesh of mine-
•
With turtle-fat and Bourdeaux mine
. And spoil the Egyptian trade. ,
-,
• Than If If hiPlinEY'S Duke more Fir* f
Einbalni'd alive, Old Qu IN shall ic,
A mummy ready-made.

tiatamirvaiLitii PITT. Ctun.7—Aigeneral meeting
of the. Members of thii Club took place on Mon-
day last, when it was resolved that the dinner.
which was to have taken place_ this year, should
' 4be postponed till October, 1823, and that hi .fu-
ture it be held triennially.—There appears a
great lukewarmuess in supporting the principles.
of the great man whose memory it was intended-
to commemorate ; and from ail we hare heard on
the subject, we make no doubt but thatit is in-
tended that the Club shall gradually expire.—
Alas ! poor Pitt ! how have pretended friends
deserted thee I—(liirmingham Commercial He-
rald, Oct. 6.)

The Marchioness of CoNy:spitAst has been sit-
ng to Sir TiIO3EAS LAWRENCE, the APELLES of
le day, for a portrait, which, of course, Will form
one of the chief ornaments of the next Exhibition.
The Duke of WELLINGTON is the only sur-
vivor of all the Officers who were Commanders
in Chief at the battle of Waterloo, though only
six years have elapsed since that event.
A Young Lady, who made a very distinguished
figure at the Ladies' Concerts in Bath, is, it seems,
shortly to make her debut at Covent Garden
Theatre. The "compass of her voice is said to be
very extensive, the tone good, and her musical
attainments of no ordinary kind.
The Opera of the Exile will shortly be re-
vived at -Covent Garden, with alterations, addi-
tional music, and scenery, and decorations of
the most costly description. Not only the Coro-
nation but the Grand Public Entry of the Em-
press into the City of Moscow, will be intro-
duced. YOUNG plays his original part of Da-
.ran, LISTON, Altradodf, F.tRREN, the Governor,
Miss FOOTE, -.ll4;zina, and Mrs. TENNANT makes
her first appearance in Catharine.
,1-ootit has returned to London after
professional tour in the country, in which she has
reaped not an ungrateful harvest.
J. CoATEs, Esq. (a native of Newcastle,) has
presented the Literary and Philosophical Society
in that town, with an Egyptian mummy, in the
very highest state of preservation. Mr. C. pro-
cured; the rarity as he returned through Egypt
recently, on his way to England from India.
DIFFICULT BET.—Some time ago, ri wager was
laid, that Baron de STnooosorF would be
strangled at Constantihople. The Baron, on
being informed of the circumstance, said, %Tory
coolly, " take double the amount on the
same wager, but where shall I direct the money
to be brought to time in case I win ?"
Major RUDP, of Marton Lodge near Stockton-
on-Tees, has lately sold to :MARTIN STAPYLTON,
Esq. of Myton Hall, Yorkshire, two cows, the
grand-daughters of Countess, for the sum of four
hundred pounds, and one cow, the grand-daugh:
ter of Peeress, for one hundred pounds. These
cows are of the genuine Ketton breed.
COFFEE SUOPS.—Yesterday the proprietor of
one of these nightly receptacles for questionable
characters, in James's-street, in the parish of St.
George's, Hanover-square, was fined in the full
penalty of 101. by Mr. ItAwuNsox, at the• Mary-
lebone Office, for keeping a night -coffee-shop.
Being quite unprepared to produce the amount of
this legal fine,. the otfende?' was ordered to three
months' hard labour in the House of Correction.
ItEmovAn OF CoxvicTs.—Yesterday morning,
at six o'clock, about twenty=five male convicts
were removed in a caravan from Newgate, for
transportation, pursuant to their sentences. They
were met at Brackfriar's-road by a detachment
of Dragoons, who are to escort them to their des-
tination. As usual, a great number 9f persons
were collected to witness theirdeparture ; among
them were several of their old companions,
equally deserving of a seat in the caraVan. There
were two or three MilwoodS also present, who
whimpered a parting farewell : but the caravan
was scarcely out of sight, when excessive grief
drove then, into a dram-shop, where a quantity of
gin afforded them immediate comfort ; and they
separated, exclaiming against the severity of the
laws and the cruelty of the big-wigs.
Suictn E.--About two o'clock on Saturday af-
ternoon, Mr. J. WATKINS, a single young.man,
who kept a baker's shop in South Mimms, after
eating his dinner, went into the cellar and • cut
his throat with a carving knife. He was disco-
vered shortly after covered with blood, and at
the point of death. He had been before in a de-
ranged state of mind.

EXTT.NI vE BunGLARY.--During Sunday night
some thieves entered the house of Mr. SMYTH, of
the ltegent-circus, xford-street, by forcing open
the area gates, and stole the whole stock in trade,
consisting of several hundred pairs of boots and
shoes. Tire family did not sleep in the house, in
consequence of its unfinished state, and on their
opening the door yesterday morning, were not a
little surprised to find the shop completely clear-
ed of the valuable goods it contained on Satur-
day. Information was _ yesterday given of the
robbery at Marlborough-street office, and the
officers are making active search.

•1:0-Rt 117'1.11,: SUN.

PRISON. PISCIPLINE. . •
Mr. Entron.7-I °l:sena in ynur,Paper of this evening, a
communication from., a " Correspondent,". expressing his ap-
prehensions thatethe la.teimprOvertients in gaols have rendered
them places of comfortable residence;. and stating, in illusttva
tiqn of this opinion, the declaration of two men recently is
charged from the geol. at, Carrickfergus, that thay.weree wore
happy in, prison than oat of it.. • _ -
Nos-,,Sir. I hardly know which. the more to admire; the!
! accuracy ofyour gorreepondent's information as to the state of
this gaol, or his profound knowledge ,on, the subject of prison
discipline; caohot refrain from apprising the respectable
readers of your journal that in Carrickfergus Gaol there is no
hard labour or enephiyaient for the prisoners. The statement
of the two prisoners may therefore be very readily believed; their
love of idleness was indulged in prison, and their guilty habits
were confirmed,; and they returned into society, hardened in their
vicious propensities, a fact too which at once accounts for their
speedy. ,re-committal. ! But all this,.so far from reflecting 011
the system recommended by .the advocates forprison
only strengthens their opinions,; and corroborates their state-
ments!: hard (a 4our for the (•otivicted being a sine gad non
in
..all r their plans off' prison'-government. Had theae Olen
been Placed on the Wheel of a tread-mill, similar to that in use
at Hertford gaol, and various other prisons in this country, I.
am inclined to think- that they would net have expressed then.
selves so fascinated with imprisonment, nor have so soon re-.
putr4 to it:, On the contrail, it is far more probable that they
_ .
wol,„efd (Oa Many svell-kilown of ea:ders have done in this country).
havehad recourse to habits of honest industry on quitting prison,
rather than again encounter the severe labour of the stepping_
mill. Should pair c.lorrespondent (whose amiable motives in
making the communication one cannot sufficiently admire,) be -
yet sceptical, let me intreat of him to honour this county gaol
with a visit, and 'confer with some of our visiting maeintrates
and I will venture to say, that his doubts will be soon removed,
were they as numerous as the tombstones in Carrickfergus
church-yard.
In order that I may gain some credit with your " Correspon-
dent," it may perhaps be necessary that I should assure hint
that I tun not a victim to morbid sensibility, or "mistaken ha-
rnanity"—in short, that I am not such a deluded mortal as to
he either " a Methodist" or a " Philanthropist ;" but a plain
man, who desires to see the criminal punished as well as re-
formed, but who deprecates the attempts which are occasionally
made to discourage the spirit that is abroad, to diminish the
number of offences amending gaols.
As I shall return to Carrickfergus in the course of a day or
two, I should be highly gratified by the opportunity of taking
back with me the aniende honurable of your " Corresponden t."
An apology, 1 thick, he is called upon to make. In sending
the communication, he must either have been ignorant of the
real state of Carrickfergus gaol, or of the fact, that hard labour
is an essential feature of a good prison ; or his statement
must have been founded on a wilful intention to deceive. The
latter supposition I cannot for one moment admit ;—if he 'did
not know the actual condition of the prison, he ought not to have
written on the subject.

Allow me to add my hope, that when your Correspondent
ventures upon another attack on prison discipline, he will leave -
poor Ireland alone, and illustrate his opinions by statements con.
cerning gaols nearer home, Information as to,lrelp.nd may not
always be at hand; let him adduce his instances from the
sons in England, and I doubt no; that he wllltave a host et-
p..,son-disciplinarians able and ready to supply the deficiency -
of his statements, and expose his misrepresentations.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient, humble Servant,
Hertford, Oct.& • MICHL. CARROLL, Jun.
*.° We beg leave to remind our Correspondent, that the
article to which he refers was taken from he ,Belfast Nt

PETERiFIELD, °CI'. S.—The Cattle Fair, which,
was established last year, was held cn the Elea,h
near this place on Saturday, and was numeroui'y
I attended. A great deal of business was done,
and the cattle went off briskly at good prices.
There were between 14 an„.:, 1500 head of Devon
and Welsh cattle on the ground ; 400 head of
the fo:mee were sold, and between thre4 and
400 of the latter. Thera was also a good
shew of •Somerset, Dorset, and South ➢own.
sheep. About 6000 were penned, and 4000 sold.
This fair may now be considered as permanently
established, and we have no doubt that next year
it will be still more numerously attended.
was the second year of the Cattle fair, and tile-.
first of the Sheep fair. The centrical situation of .
this town, and its contiguity to Portsruouth,,Chi. •
Chester, and Winchester, certainly render it most
eligible for a fair of this description.

•
Ilimpultatt, SEPT. 25.—(Private
" The accounts relative to. the corn market of
London on the 17th instant, which arrived here,
F this.day, were highly distressing to out specula-
tors in that branch of commerce, as they wholly
frustrated the hopes that had been entertained of
a speedy opening of the British ports. So much
confidence had. they felt on that subject, 'that
very extensive transactions, had taken place ia
the corn trade, and expresses had been despatch-
ed in every direction to the ports on the Baltic,•
to enable their correspondents there to take' ad- .
vantage of the rise in the English market. Lait
post day a fall in the exchange of 10d was no4d;
but to-day it has risen Bd."

About six weeks ago, the colliers in the
neighbourhood of Glasgow struck work for
higher wages, and the consequences hare
been, coals have risen in value,. from Ws. to
'lss. per waggon, and a farther rise may 'be
anticipated, as the supply is nearly exhausted
to a great distance around the city. In con-
sequence of a proprietor of coal-works in the
immediate neighbourhood having employed some
new hands, an attack was meditated-against them
on Wednesday by the former operatives. The '
civil power was however aware of their intention,
and took the necessary measures to prevent it. •
On Thursday a party. of dragoOns brought in
some prisoners from the work in question. This
energetic measure will probably break up the
confederacy, and oblige the deluded men to re-
turn to their work.,---(Edinburgh Courant,Oct.o

Last week a melancholy accident occurred to
a party shooting, near Spilsby, in Lincolnshire.
As Lord BUCkINGHAMSLIIRE, General EDEN, and
Mr. EDEN, were pheasant shooting,' C'eneral.
EDEN'S gun burst, and so.shattered his hand, that
immediate amputation was considered necessary.
We are happy to hear that he is doing I,vpli

THE LONDON JOURNALS.

DAILY EXTRACTS PROM VIZ MORNING PAPERS,

'October 9.

DPORXING POST.]
The determination of -Russia still remains un-
. :known, bUt symptoms of a less pacific nathre
than- those which had lately prevailed begin to
display themselves. Much stress had been laid
by the friends to Turkish Despotism and cruelty
ofi the"Firman issued by the Grand Seignor for
the release of the Russian corn-vessels in the
'pert of Constantinople. The report of their
having been allowed to carry their cargoes to the
-Mediterranean had been represented as a deci-
s4e proof of the conciliatory disposition enter-
tained by the Divan towards Russia, and, as a
sure pledge of the continuance of-peace between
the two
.empires. Now it appears that the Hos-
!lnn vessels were pertnitted to depart, but only
cti coudition. of selling all their cargoes, to
the Turks, who no doubt set a price of their
ownnpon the Corn thus placed at' their mercy.
. ---Thrs. presents the Whole transaction in a very
different point of view, and gives it a character
more nearly. approachhig to sequestration than to
fair, dealing or. favour. It: is -perhaps to --prevent
the.possibile recurrence,of such en act of libera-
. 4t.y on the part of the:. Porte, that the' Rtis-
siaa Government has prohibited the exporta-
of Corn• froimOdessa,-;the staple commo-
dity of that Ttlace. inis..prohibition has
al-
ready produced an . evident alteration in • the
views and wishes of.the pacific traders and letter
Writers of Odessa. . Finding limits set. to. their
speculations, they begin to .think that. the
Turks have really .behaved with something like
unkindness' towards the Greeks, and that it might
not •be .very wrong to teach them more respect.
for the Christian, faith - and_ for humanity. If,
"like the Dutch of old, they trod upon the Cross
-When they thoUght it their - interest to do so,
They de not• heSitate to spew it ample yenera-
-. tient when indifference or sacrilege have ceased.
be profitable. Hence they now express no
--lOrror at *the prospect of war betWein Russia
it'ird Turkey, and if• the prohibition "continues,
1411-1-perhaps:•shortly become warm advocates for
• •
-•
.[TnE TIMES.] ..
The Gazette of ,Lyetis,- brought by the' French,
mail of Thurs.day, brings melancholy accounts
:from the north of ..Spain. The contagious fever
...,spreads its ravages on all sides, and' ekhibits as.
Yet no. symptoms of mitigation-or decline. The
:intelligence respecting. Russia and Turkey would
. _not be deficient ininterest, if we could imagine it
not deVoid of truth; but.we have seen so much of
_foreign invention . upon every. topic 'having the
least relevancy, to the Greek and_Turkish con-
test, and to the dispute...between Russia and- the
:Porte, that no. account •pf. the. nperor Mex-
•ander's movements,
~ands
,no speculation :on the
4biec.t of• them, proceeding from. the. -French
• press, seems entitled.to any serious notice. The
Austrian .Observer labours hard to •acquit. his
Grace the Duke of Wellington. of twosernewhat
—heinous crimps-1.. Of having disturbed the re-
pose of the;people:of Flanders by his late tour of
inspection .2'.. Of not• having disturbed them at
all, but-been—viewed by them with absolute in-
difference.- .
• :Whether foritgn importation will take place
or not, the best Ituthosities pronolince it at this
Moment altogether impossible tot . determine.
There itre.; itideed,two.opposite interegtsiov.olved
irrthe.queStiOn, each .of which is .rcaciy.eapagli
to predict the aCcomplishment of its own desires
we mean the agricultural, which would monono-1
tfie• market;. and the •mercantile, which,
aSrxtii at" another, sort.. of monopoly). in. favour
.efforeigti cord. . The merchant insists that, the
ports must be opened, thougtk not •perhaps
.itri7
thediately---because tire crop of this year, even
if equal Us bulk tolliat„Of 1820? cc W4eighs lass iii
the 'priiPortion..of 53. to 581 b. per buaiel.'? There-. i
fore '(it is asserted',) unless we can prove that last
. •
year's crop yielded_ more thin an average produce,•
;orthat, being' but. an average, -it. left a-surplus
,beyond the home con same Lion.
.ef the country
- •
in the proportjon of 51b. out ef•every bushel of
•
wheat, the present' crop must leave a deficiency•
cii-nonly be supplied by importation.. • fsut
taking the annual censumption of wheat in the
11644 -.kingclorn• (goes, -on -the argument) at:up:.
wards.,of 1%009,000 quarters,: the, deficiency-to
be:- supplied,- on _the. 'above. calculation, will
amount to censiderably_ more than. a million-of
quarters,--(Mid.): • -

[NEW TEK

It will T have been obserVied that the -French
Rentes last, week suffered :a depreCietion from
-8940 to 88:60.. An express waS.
_Yesterday re-
ceived from Paris, bringing information that they
•ha`ti nearly regained their foriner elevation. Ac-
cording to this-statement the price on Saturday
last was 89.40, The elections were proceeding
quietly. /ntleed • the eleetorS 'general, 'fay
from taking 'a-deep' interest in the exercise of the
elective franchise, can with difficulty be made 'to
take, any part• in the business. Mftny pf- the
eleaorial INts are imperfect, and some
_have not
mire alai) half their proper number of
The Pusquier in . the cabinet (for our
readers are aware that the. French Cabinet is at
present disunited) have taken great pains to pro-
cure the re-election of several Members-of the
Golf Gauche, ornppnsitionists., who have- gone
out by rotation. Curious! That any Ministers of-
finis should think it essential to their
own .pOlitiCal influence, to uphold the revolu-
tionary fa,CtiOn. Still more curious, that the-on-
rebolntionised .Europeatt Sovereigns should look
on: complacently upon the.progress of sttch.dan-
. gcrous intrigues !

. :The most. experienced observers of our domes-
tic manufactures and trade declare, that they
. never knew them in .a more flourishing condition
than at present. •A. most intelligent Corcespon-
-- dent,. who has visited- several-of the, manufactur-
ing iistricts,-'especiallpin Yorkshire, assures us
thatlie every-where foucd all the hands full of
work, •saw .the, chirnnies ;of the engines
-smoking,- and oliservid every indication of a

prosperous state of trade. In cOnsequence of
the full demand, wages are good, and the labour-
ing classes appear contented and confortable.
These circumstances must, and will, improve the
Revenue ; and we have every reason to hope
that, with the blessing of Providence, private in-
dustry will give a fresh impetus to national pro-
sperity.—The iron trade in Staffordshire is said
to be equally brisk. The fUrnaces are in opera-
tion, and the hands fully employed.---(lbid.)

• [BRITISH puEss.:l
The country is now left in a very awkward
situation. Our gracious Sovereign, previous to
his departure, deputed 19 persons to fill his place,
or, technically speaking, to discharge the func-
tions of the Executive .Power. We wish to know
what is• become of these Kinglings. We have
' read in the newspapers that one
.of them is gone
to Scotland, where he will pass the remainder of
the season with his relatives and friends ; two or
,three more of them went to the Continent with
his Majesty; of the remainder we know nothing.
The King may be• considered the sun of our
political system, diffusing his..genial heat amtkog
the bodies that move obedient to his controul,
in proportion to• their distance: The metro-
polis, as more immediately within his attraction,
may be said, like Mercury, to bask in his
-fervid rays. 'The wilds
.of. Scotland and Ire-
land occupy the places of JuPiter and Sa-
turn, and scarcely feel the influence of his
beams. To those remote ,parts of
.the kingdom,
therefore, it may be a Matter of indifference
whether the King resides at Brighton or Hano-
, ver ; but not so with the metropolis. The King's
-presence is sure to attract the Court circle of
nobility and gentry, and keep these planets
' moving around hiM in their orbits in autumn as
Lin *inter, . Were his Majesty now in England,
:we might *expect to feel the benefit of his pre-
senCe at the theatre, at the Lord Mayor's dinner;•
or in some other situations, inciting activity and
animation through the town. Fifty black rab-
bits, weadmit,,, will-not make one black horse,
and these nineteen stars may not be equal to
one sun, but Still,•tlieir light, if consolidated,
would be more brilliant and efficient than that
which-they emit in their present erratic and scat-
tered:state. if then, those -Lords Comniissioners
would do all in their power to
,compensate for
the absence of the Sovereign, let them unite in
the metropolis, where -they may shine as a little
galaxy of -stars,, though they may not shine as a
real-sun, nor challenge our wonder as-a brilliant.
constellation. •

' • [MORNING HERALD.]
The only circumstance worth .notice from Paris
is the preparation-of the Louvre foe-the opening
of the two: 'chambers. This' Constitutional for.
-mality•Will be performed .by the King in person,
-and will -in:-the first fOrtnight of -IN'o-
vember. -The.FrenChßatrers contain. a' notifi-
Cation :of rather•-i•cbrious disposition: of - the
military force Of Hanover. -.Upon -his Majesty's
arrival)•• it .is:said the States of Han&yer will
be-Convoked, and a:proposition made -for -re-
lieving that kingdom frOm the•-burtiren:ofadis-
proportionate military force 6y- sending 15,000
llanoverians to garrison 'the' lonian Islands; If
our insular possessions in ihal.,quareer indispen-
' sably require-a garrisoiCestabliShment•to the- pre-
s-eta; or an increased-arnonnt, and that-the expen-
diture of this •COuntry .he not 'ditniniThe'd'i;Y the
substitution of .IfanOveriairs,- 'if is .stirelY'-rnore
feaSonal.ll6 tha-f Midst) tificeri -and men should
subsist upon British resonrces. Rich a substitu-
' don would be a direct sacrifice:of our oven army
'to thatorflanoVeG:--The.hardshii) of reduction,
•particularly'upon the-ntitnerOirs-; and meritorious.
'class -of subalterd Officers; I)as-been:lnds-I severe
'hut it is one against-which thety.mast.not murmur,:
-beeause-the'situation of -the country and the.cir-..
cumstances of". the_ times retidered.itAMPerative.
'But- surely-whilst.the cost-to-the-BritiSh people is
the.saite,- dui-. -owti native military have a prior
right to British pay and promotion.. • •

NoRNINC-
The recent Tory exposures, which identified
the Government with one of .the most infamous
journals that ever disgraced this country, led
immediately to-a dissolution of the connection be-
-tw-een the Lord Advocate and his fourteen honeur-
able.brethren..and their hirelings. The partizans
4Nllinisters in this metropolis were for a time as
Silentlind confused as the. Edinburgh Bondsmen ;
but a'despetate effort 'to stem the.torrent of pub-
lic indignation, which was setting in so strong! y'.
against them, seems to have been at- last judged.
necessary. The organ of the-Bridge-street Gang,
the apologist and-.(judging fiom various signs of
endeaTment) probably 'partner of John Bull,
came forward Witha lahceired apology-for the esta-
Wisher& of The :Beacon. "We -Were gravely told-
that merfmightset up; and have a peculiar interest
in the -success of, a newspaper which was the
vehicle of. private slander of the most infamous
description,provided its general politics were those
of their party, and that it was quite enough that
. their hireling was amenable to the laws of the
country for the injury done to individuals. The
success of the hirelings of the Lord Advocate and
Sir Walter Scott, in ministering to the depraved
taste of a- certain portionof the public, determined
the amount of their -contributions under the
Bond,.an4 as a-cessation of the system of slander
might have had the effect of increasing these
coritriblitions,- no steps were taken to pro-
duce such a cessation. All this is intelli-
gible enough ; though the assurance of the. man
who could openly defend it is certainly of no or-
dinary description. Any man,• or set of Men,
Who can raise the requisite sum, may at pleasure,
according to this infamouS doctrine, set' up a
famatory newspaper, tor the sins of which some
needy wretch; who fOr hire 'consents to lend his
name, shall alone be-responsible. This is, to be
sure, a desperate defence ; but it is a -desperate
cause for which it was required.

USEFUL DISCOyEItY:-1t is not.generally known
that soap. and water rubbed .upon a hone; as a
substitute for oil, is petuliarly'elfective, and gives.
a much smoother anti finer edge to a razor than
:•an be .produced by oil. It is' saggested that this
a;better material for setting surgical in
struments than oil.'