The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-09 00:00:00

EPILOGUE.

Lovejoi.e.—" Hail, wedded Love !" thus runs the Poet's strain ;
" Hail, wedded Love!" replies each doating swain
" 1 want a wife," Old Dobbs, at sixty, cries—
A wife—a trifle—why not advertize ?
The Times are o'er for cooing and for billing,
The Herald charges only—
Three-outs.

Ten shilling

Ecod its cheap; but is there nought to fear—
Laura.—That wives so cheap may prove a little dear;
And husbands, too ?—What says my dearest aunt?
Come—
Miss Broomblossom.—Be still.

Laura. Now, speak.
Miss Broomblossom. I won't-1 shan't—
To be deceived is still I find my doom—
Laura.—Deceived, indeed !—a Captain with a broom !
The naughty men—believe not what they utter.
Mary.—La! I'm so hungry—
Jane. Het e's some bread and butter.
Lorejoke.—l like a Newspaper, to learn whate'er
Is stirring in this world's huge thoroughfare;
To learn the price of heroes and of stocks ;
If Russia now or Turkey's giving knocks ;
To seek for wisdom, frolic, wit, and life;
To seek for every thing—except a wife.
And oh, ye youths, the dame for ever scorn
That's advertized with ponies, pigs, and corn !
Laura.—And, oh, ye maktis, from husbands turn away
'1 hat's advertized with razors, dogs, and hay !
Be warned, sweet friends—be warned, I pray, by me,
Nor ever answer letters from
Miss Bluebells. J. C.
Where shall I hide—l cannot think upon it—
Locejoke.—Would you be hidden ?—jump into your bonnet,
Thus Fashion gives het idiotic law—
.' Ye maidens wear ten yards of silk and straw!"
Laura.—But Fashion, willing to keep up the joke,
Cried—" Men, be chimnies, do nought else but smoke!"
Lovejoke.—A bonnet twice the size of butt or tun.

." J. C."-

Laigra.—Bond-street cigars to putf—puff Lot the Sun—
Lovejoke..7.Enough of this—'tis time to bid adieu—

Lau;a.—That cave be mine—because I speak to you (To women),
Wed when you can—but when you wed be wise,
Nor take a ring from such as advertize !

DAVIDGE performed the part of Laura with
much animation, and Mr. WI NNE, who made his
first appearance at this Theatre last night, performed
the part of Lovejoke with great spirit and propriety.
This gentleman will certainly be a great acquisition
to the theatre, notwithstanding the unfortunate ac-
cident which has deprived him of the use of his left
hand. Mr. LEWIS, who is in fact the LISTON at the
Coburg, was very happy in the representation of the
Honourable Jenkins Cigar, but were we to go
through all the actors who acquitted themselves re-
spectfully, our task would be endlesS; still we cannot
conclude without mentioning Mr. LARKINS, whom
we believe we have hitherto neglected. He sang
the " Bay of Biscay" last night with such effect
as to produce a rapturous encore--and the gods
themselves entered so far into the spirit of this naval
ditty, that they invariably joined in the chorus.—
The house, as usual, was extremely crowded.

MSS SMITHSON, the favourite and most po-
pular actress at the English theatre in Paris, is said to be
engaged for a limited number of nights by the lessee of
Covent-garden Tkeatre, where she will appear early im the
season in the character of Juliet; Mr. CKARLES KEISIBLE
will perform Romeo.

FROM A CORRESPONDENT.---Sir, you will
be serving the cause of humanity by giving immediate
publicity to the following facts :—At Walham-green there
is now lying in a dangerous state a young man who took
oxalic acid, by mistake for Epsom salts. The acid salt
was purchased at a small shop in the above place, which
had been recently supplied by a druggist in Knightsbridge,
and it has since been ascertained that out of twelve ousee-
parcels sent ten were oxalic acid. Another discovery has
been since made by another shopman in Fulham, who fin
Epsom salts was furnished with a pound of oxalic acid in
ounce-parcels. Now surely, Sir, such very frequent in-
stances of culpable mistake with this dangerous salt, de-
mand the interference of the Legislature. Perhaps a large
penalty in every case of mistake would render druggists
more careful,—l remain, Sir, your's, &c, A,l, P.

LITERATURE.

JOURNAL of TRAVELS to ST. PETERSBURGH.
By A. B. GRANVILLE, M.D. 2 Vols. Bvo.
Travellers, says Sterne, may be divided into
two leading classes—the Snte/Yrtngi and the
Mundungi. The one are all good-humour, ani-
mation, and vivacity, willing to make the best
of every thing, and to look even at disasters on the
sunny side of the question. The others are of the
hypochondriacal school, creatures of gloom and
spleen, to whom the slightest impediment in
the way of their daily comfort is a serious annoy-
ance ; who can see nothing in the varying forms
of external nature, or the strange wonders of
art, as they roam from clime to clime under the
propelling influence of a restless temperament,
but reflections of their own jaundiced turn of
mind ; and, in short, who " can travel from
I)an to Beersheba, and cry, it is all barren."--
Dr: Granville, fortunately for himself and his
readers, is not of this last school ; he belongs
exclusively to the former—is cheerful and san-
guine in his temperament, alive to the blended
phznomena of nature and art, patient under pri-
vations, and sufficiently elastic in mind to be
able easily to fall in with the different customs
and habits of the numerous nations among whom
he takes up his abode. Moreover, lie is of a very
charitable caste, speaks ill of no one, and carries
this amiable peculiarity to so great a height, that
where the subject of his comment is royalty or
nobility—a Nicholas, a Constantine, or even a
Capo d'lstria,—his eulogium knows no bounds.
Certainly the notice of royalty is flatter-
ing : it is undoubtedly gratifying to be se-
lected as the object of a lofty Monarch's at-
tention, amid the pomp of parade and military
levee; but still even this, we think, should not
blind a man to the truth, nor throw dust in the
eyes of a would-be impartial commentator.
With the solitary exception of this blemish, Dr.
Granville is one of the most judicious and en-
tertaining travellers we have ever met. He is
impartial, charitable, and discriminating ; simple
and lucid in his style ; striking, sometimes even
picturesque in description ; and, above all things,
looks at mankind with a view not to see their
weak, but their redeeming points of character.
His present volumes are the result of observa-
tions made during a journey over great part of
the Continent, and terminating at St. Peters-
burgh, towards the close of 1827. The author,
it seems, in the autumn of that year, was per-
suaded to accompany Count Michael Woronzow
on his return to Russia, after a summer's resi-
dence in England, in the capacity of family
physician. This circumstance enabled him
to see different parts of the Continent under
peculiarly flattering auspices ; and at St.
Petersburgh especially to controvert, in a great
degree, the statements of Clarke and Lyall,
which he represents as highly calumnious and
unjust towards the Russian character. Dr.
Granville and his party left London at the close
of July, 1827, and proceeded at once Ihr Brus-
sels (having previously in their passage across
the Channel taken forty-five drops of lau-
danum as a preservative against sea-sick-
ness), of which the Doctor gives an ani-
mated and faithful account. From Brussels
they pass by easy stages—noticing whatever was
worthy of observation in their progress—to Ber-
lin, the splendour and extent of which city call
forth the admiration of the whole party. On
their road hither, they chance to meet the cele-
brated timber-rafts of the Rhine, of which we
have the following account :
" The most curious objects of human industry, that are
to be met in the course of the navigation on the Rhine,
are the celebrated timber-rafts, of one of which I have
given a representation in this place. These singular float.
ing machines are composed of many thousand trees, dis-
posed in layers, and properly lashed together. They are
frequently from 900 to 1000 feet in length, and from 60
to SO feet in breadth, and draw perhaps as much as six or
eight feet of water. They are rowed by SOO men, who
are disposed at the end of the float, as seen in the plate.
This crew is lodged in atonal' village of wooden huts, neatly
erected on the float, presenting a very curious appearance.
Every arrangement, as to discipline, provisions, and such
other regulations, as are generally prevalent on board of
large vessels at-sea, obtains in this case. To these ma-
chines may with propriety be applied the motto vires ac-
quit it eundo. For at first starting, they consist of a few
trees fastened loosely together, and their more regular con-
struction by gradual additions, takes place at certain fixed
stations, in proportion as the navigation becomes less en-
tangled, until, at last, the whole assumes the appearance I
have described."
At Berlin they meet the celebrated Made-
moiselle Sontag, and are eye-witnesses of the
enthusiasm, amounting almost to infatuation,
which her singing calls forth in that city. Of
this fortunate young lady, Dr. Granville has
given a very just and temperate account ; but as
his analysis of her style of performance has al-
ready appeared in several periodical publications,
we shall not here venture to resume the subject.
On quitting Berlin, the party sets out for St.
Petersburgh, through Eastern Prussia, having
previously, we should observe, paid a visit to
Goethe, at Saxe Weimar, which our author
details as follows :-
4. At half-past ten precisely, Goethe made his appear-
ance in one of his classically decorated withdrawing rooms,
into which I had been but the moment before introduced.
He advanced towards me wick the countenance of one who
seems not to go through the ceremony of a first greeting
course cceur ; and I felt thankful to him for that first
impression on my mind. His person was erect, and de-
noted not the advance of age. His open and well-arched
eye-brows, which give effect to the undimmed lustre of
the most brilliant eye I ever beheld'; his fresh look and
mild expression of countenance, at once captivated my
whole attention; and when he extended his friendly hand
to welcome me to his dwelling, I stood absorbed in the
contemplation of the first literary character of the age.
The sound of his voice, which bespeaks peculiar affability,
and the first questions be addressed to me respecting my
journey, however, recalled nee from my reverie, antll en-
tered at once into the spirit which presided at the inter-
view, alike free from frivolity and haughty reserve. I
found bins in his conversation ready, rather than fluent ;
following, rather than leading ; unaffected, yet gentle-
manly; earnest, yet entertaining; and manifesting no de-
sire to display how much he deserved the high reputation
which not only Germany, but Europe in general, had
simultaneously acknowledged to be his due. He conversed
in French, and occasionally in English, particularly when
desirous to make me understand the force of his observa-
tions on some recent translations of one or two of his
works into that language. Faustus was one for these.
The translation, by the present Noble Secretary for Ire-
and ingenuity of contrivance, leaves the
Lind, of that singular dramatic composition,- which for
same name by_ Marlowe far behind, seemed
onbelodatupttolYayho afovfesttyghleieven satisfaction to the veteran author. lie
observed to rne, that most assuredly it was not a transla-
tion, but an imitation, of what he had written. Whole
sentences of the original,' added he, have been omitted,
and chasms left in the translation, where the most affecting
passages should have been inserted to complete the pie-

bly
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tothoeveorcriogrninea;l
wtorehichtThehenroeblwe etrreansplarotobirt
few foreigners, indeed, can boast of such mastery of our
prodigal idiom, as to be able to Convey its meaning with
equal richness of expression, and strength of conception,
in their own native language; but, in the case of the
translation to which I alltuk that excuse for imperfection
does not exist in outlay of the party which Lord Francis
Gower has thought proper to omit. No doubt, -the choice
of expressions in the English translation, the versifica-
tion, and talent displayed in what is original composition
of his Lordship's own well-gifted mind, may be deserving
of his countrymen's applause; but it is as the author of
Faustus travestie, and not as the translator of Goethe,s
Faustus, that the popular applause has been obtained.' "
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city of palaces." The chief thing that strikes
Dr. Granville in this magnificent place is the
absence of all humble buildings, such as the
commonalty, or the class of society immediately
below them, might be supposed to tenant.
There is no residence for the people, says the
Doctor, a fact with which he is not the sole per-
son who has been struck, inasmuch as the same
remark, in nearly the same language, is made to
him by an intelligent traveller while resident
there. Having furnished us with a minute and
entertaining account of this splendid capital,
which we regret that our very contracted limits
prevent us from enlarging on, the Doctor pro-
ceeds to Warsaw, where the Grand Duke Con-
stantine, to whom he is duly presented, and of
whom, consequently, we have a highly flattering
account, holds his Court. On his road to this
place he chances to fall in with a bridal party,
the ceremonies of whose marriage, according to
the Russian ritual, are thus described:—

" Ivan Ivanovitch and Prascovia Constantinovna Iva-
miff humbly request the favour of your attendance
to the marriage ceremony of their daughter Anna
Ivanowna with Nicholai Demetrivich Dorissow, and to the
dinner table, this November the 13th day, in the year
1827, at two o'clock in the afternoon.'

"On the embossed border of the card delicately edged
with rose colour, the emblematic figure of Hymen was re-
presented on the one side standing under a palm tree, be-
tween the sleeping dogs of fidelity, and inviting from the
other side the figures of the bride and bridegroom. I
learned that the parties were wealthy Russian 'hemp-coin-
mission-agents, and most excellent people ; and as such an
invitation promised to afford me an opportunity of witness-
ing the church marriage ceremony, of which I had read so
many dissimilar accounts, I gladly accepted it.
" At two the friends of the parties assembled from all
quarters in the winter church of the Annunciation, in the
Vassileiostrow, where a great concourse of people had
already collected round the choristers or chanters, who, in
the most delightful manner imaginable, and in the fuga
style, were singing hymns, mixing with skilful combina-
tion the sopranos and bass voices.
" The officiating priest, decked in his rich church vest-
ments, accompanied by the deacon, advanced from the
sanctuary towards thedoor of enhance into the church, and
there received the pair about to be made happy, to whom
he delivered a lighted taper, snaking, at the same time,
the sign of the cross thrice on their foreheads, and con-
ducted them to the upper part of the nave. Incense was
scattered before them, while maids, splendidly attired,
walked between the paranymphy, or bridegrooM and
bride. The Greek church requires not the presence of
either of the parents of the bible on such
_an occasion.
Is it to spare them the pain of voluntarily surrendering
every authority over their child to one who is a stranger
to her blood? I stood by the side of the table on which
were deposited the rings, and before which the priest
halted at the conclusion of a litany, wherein the choris-
ters assisted, and from which he plonounced, in a loud
and impressive voice, the following prayer, his face being
turned towards the sanctuary, and the bride and bride-
groom placed immediately behind him, holding their lighted
tapers :

" ' 0 Eternal God,—thou who didst collect together
the scattered atoms by wondrous union, and didst join
them by an indissoluble tie, who didst bless Isaac and Re-
becca, and made them heirs of thy promise ; give thy
blessing unto these thy servants, and guide them in every
good work : For thou art the merciful God, the lover of
mankind, and to thee we offer up our praise now and for
ever, even unto ages of ages.'

" The priest, next turning round to the couple, blessed
them, and taking the rings from the table, gave one to each,
beginning with the man, and proclaiming aloud that they
stood betrothed, now and for ever, even unto ages of
ages,' which declaration he repeated thrice to them, while
they mutually exchanged the rings an equal number of
times. The rings were now again surrendered to the
priest, who crossed the forehead of the couple with them,
and put them on the fore-finger of the right hand of each;
and turning to the sanctuary, read another impressive part
of the service, in which an allusion is made to all the cir-
cumstances in the Holy Testament, where a ring is men-
tioned as the pledge of union, honbur, and power ; and
prayed the Lord to bless the espousals of thy servants,
Anna Ivanowna and Nicholai Demetrivich, and confirm
them in thy holy union ; for thou in the beginning didst
create them male and female, and appoint the woman for
an help to the man, and for the succession of mankind.
Do thou, 0 Lord our God, who hast sent forth thy truth
upon thine inheritance, and thy promise upon thy servants
our fathers, whom thou 'last chosen from generation to
generation, look upon this servant, and this thine hand-
maid, and establish the espousals made between them in
fidelity and unity, in truth and love, and let thine angel
go before them to guide them all the days of their life.'
" The priest now taking hold of the hands of both par-
ties, led them forward and caused them to stand on a silken
carpet, which lay spread before them. The congregation
usually watch this moment with intense curiosity, for it is
augured that the party which steps first on the rich bro-
cade will have the mastery over the other through life.
In the present case, our fair bride secured possession of
this prospective privilege with modest forwardness. Two
silver Imperial crowns were next produced by a layman,
which the priest took, and first blessing the bridegroom,
placed one of them on his head, while the other destined
for the bride, was merely held over her head by a friend,
lest its admirable structure, raised by Charles, the most
fashionable perruquier of the capital employed on this oc-
.cceasssfiouni,lysiliiloeunl,died bete
dhistsipuo•bteleds.s
flTo,hvaetr,faemmebdiemaratitsict lotfadsuc-
inno-
cence, with the rich tresses of the bride, which were
farther embellished by a splendid tiara of large .diamonds.
Her white satin robe, from the hands of Mademoiselle
Louise, gracefully pencilling the contours of her bust, was
gathered around her waist by a zone, studded with pre-
cious stones, which fastened to her side a bouquet of white
flowers.

" The common cup being now brought to the priest,
he blessed it, and gave it to the bridegroom, who took a
sip from its contents thrice, and transferred it to het who
was to be his mate, for a repetition of the same ceremony.
After a short pause, and some prayers from the responser,
in which the choristers joined with musical notes, the
priest took the bride and bridegroom by the hand, the
friends holding their crowns, and walked with them round
the desk thrice, having both their right hands fast in his,
from West to East, saying.—
" Exult, 0 Isaiah ! for a Virgin has conceived and
brought forth a Sen, Emanuel, God and man ; the East
is his name. Him do we magnify, and call the Virgin
blessed !'

" Then taking of( the bridegroom's crown, he said—
," Be thou magnified, 0 bridegroom, as Abraham!
Be thou blessed as Isaac, and multiplied as Jacob, walking
in peace, and performing the commandment of God in
righteousness.'
" In removing the bride's crown, he exclaimed--
" ' And be thou magnified, 0 bride, as Sarah ! Be thou
joyful as Rebecca, and multiplied as 113C1111e1 j delighting
in thine own husband and observing the bounds of the law,
according to the good pleasure of God.'
" The ceremony now drew to its conclusion, the tapers
were extinguished, and taken from the bride and bride-
groom, wko, walking towards the holy screen, were dis-
missed by the priest, received th!• congratulations of the
company, and salute...l each other."
Press of matter, as we observed just now, un-
fortunately compels us to pass by many impor-
tant as well as interesting particulars—statistic
geographical—political—military, and otherwise,
in which these two instructive volumes abound.
We cannot, however, dismiss the subject without
recommending to the reader's notice the chapter
in the second volume entitled
Picture of Saint
Petersburgh." It abounds in • f
ormAtion„ part

of which possesses the merit—notwithstanding
the triteness of the subject—of a fresh and graceful
novelty. A light rambling account is also given
of the customs of the Russians in general, from
which it should appear that, like the Americ,ans,
they are, by Englishmen at least, a very ill-used
and calumniated nation.. Dr. Granville was
greatly puzzled to discover •the savage barbarism
so liberally attributed to them by Lyall.
We must not, in closing this slight review,
omit to notice the very splendid engravings with
which these volumes are illustrated. They are
both numerous and ably executed ; and must of
themselves, we should conceive, be worth the
sum paid for the entire work.

LIFE AND REMAINS OF WILMOT WARWICK,

LONDON. 1828.
This is of the school of the Sketch-book, and
deserves praise for the simplicity of its style and
incidents. The stories are numerous, and very
readable, though the author's inventive faculty is
limited. Our favourite is the " Odd Gentle-
man," the very name of which, as also its con-
structitin, will at once recall the recollection of
Geo Wry Crayon's well4old extravaganza, " The
Stout Gentleman." The tide of the present
little volume is manifestly a nom de guerre, but
is the means of introducing one or two pleasant
domestic sketches and traits of school life, which
we regret that we have neither space nor time to
extract.

SPIRIT of the PROVINCIAL JOURNAL';

(FROM THE EDINBURGH EVENING POST OF SATURDAY.)
In Ireland, at this moment, everything co-operates
to forward the great crisis which will decide the fate
of the Catholic Anti-Parliament. 'Flint same 'air,
which attempted in vain to put down the Popish
Association, but which did effectually put down tho
Orange clubs, expires by accident at the very time
when it was most important that all bars should be
withdrawn from the full and powerful expression of
Protestant feeling; and, at the very same moment
when the two great Brunswick clubs had been
formed in this country and in Ireland, the old Orange
clubs are all preparing to re-assemble. This is a great
triumph gained : organs are now provided for
the public manifestation of feelings, hitherto
stilled. A still greater triumph for us is this,—that
at the very same time \vim.' old enemies to the Ca-
tholic cause are restored to activity and strengthened,
old friends to that cause are every where alienated,
and by the very same act, viz. the Clare Election.
The leading Irish Journal of the Popish faction,
when commenting on the Munster Provincial Meet-
ing, says," There is one circumstance attending thi,,
great meeticg which we witnessed with pain. Not
a single nobleman, not a single Member of the Hou!
of C»11,11021S, and but very few Protestants, of ail!:
rank, attended the meeting." This is derisive; II",
strength of the Catholic Association has departed
from them in one hour, and their Sampson lot-lb
are shorn once and for ever.

(FROM THE CORK CONSTITUTION OF SATURDAY.
The two great masses of the Irish penple are now
" alienated," as Mr. Shell says. They are rent
asunder, and all their friendly bonds of union broken
by the infernal intrigues of the Jesuits, and by the
wicked influence of their instrument, the Catholir.
Association. It would be nonsense to dispute a fact
which is as palpable as the sky or the ocean. It
would be fruitless to waste time in regretting
regret can never remove the mischief—and ail that
Protestants have now left to determine, is, how they
may employ their moral power with the greatest ad-
vantage to themselves, their cause, and their posterity,
and to hold every effort necessary to- those para-
mount ends, as so many vows registered in heaven
for fulfilment. This jP the main thing to be done—
and done it must be—not by fits and starts—but
upon a fixed plan, actively, ardently, firmly, and
faithfully; with vigour, and with calmness that will
render the vigour effective.

(FROM THE DUBLIN EVBNING POST OF SATURDAY.)
CHANGE IN TILE CABINET.—Iire have good rea-
sons for stating that the Duke of Wellington is about
new-modelling the Cabinet of his Majesty, with a
view of carrying the Catholic Question triumphantly
through Parliament. The following letter will he
read with some interest :

London, Thursday evening, half-past seven.
It was generally understood in the Ministerial
circles, that the sucessor to the Duke of Clarence at
the Admiralty, would be declared to-day ; but up to
this hour Ho not find that the final arrangements
have been made. Lord Melbourne is still spoken
of, and I haVe reason to believe that the pest has
been offered to him; but he objects to take office
unless Mr. Huskisson returns, and Mr. Huskisson
cannot do so without Mr. Grant arid Lord Palmei-
ston. It would be difficult for the Duke of Wel-
lington, however disposed, to make room for all of
o that
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.within
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them ; but as a sort of Round Robin has been signed
by the Anti-Catholics against further concessions, the
Duke must expect the entire batch to turn out if he car-
riesphroo withoutcheueisig ihpntrgaho:mcuoui
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last few days he has expressed the inipossibili., of
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talkers." The great talkers already talked
have already stated (and I repeat it upon the most
pt the 1
tiNi Ivaer t
al
expressed his determination to be guided in the busi-
ness by the Duke of Wellington, and no longer to
oppose Emancipation, if the Duke recommends it.
It is, however said, that his Grace does not intend
to go so far as tol satisfy the views of the Associa-
tion. The tirunswickers or English Orangemen,
are on the qui vice. They have already sent out
Agents with petitions against the Catholics, for
which they are to get signatures by all possible
means. The petitions are then to be presented alto-
gether to his Majesty.
The Munswickers, no doubt, will be very ainsry,
~
but how can they help themselves ? Needs must,"
you know, when "the hero of the age., holds the
reins. It was, to be sure, very provoking, that the
Duke did not, in his capacity of Prime -Minister, be-
come also the head of a faction. But times are
altered, and though they should crack their mid • •
riff;
with the Straining, down goes the pill.

pnAcriCAL SHORT-SIGHTEDNESS.—Whert
„ wan rubs out with his nose what he is writing with
his pea.
On Friday night, the Russian ship Enterprise,
BACKMAN, master, bound for Plymouth, with 332
Portuguese refugees from Corunna, put into St. Ives. The
greater part of these unfortunate individuals are officers of
the Constitutional forces, chiefly belonging to the 4th regi-
ment of Artillery, the lOth and 11th regiments of Cavalry.
and the 3d, 6th, 7th, and 9th of Chasseurs, which entered
Spain On the troops of the Usurper Altcust. taking pn,s''''
sion of Oporto. There are also amongst them magistrates,
doctors of law, physician;, and merchants. Some of them
are accompanied by their wives andcbildren. A few non-
commissioned oflicers and privates accompanied the officers
in the disguise of servants, as the Spanish authorities woult
tohfflecperreazoilriapnries
Avantzttu
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not permit either non-commissioned
Having directions
sador at London to assemble at Plymouth, they proceede,l
as speedily as possible, by land, from St. Ives to Falmouth,
of their
.destination. Though
sttlai enlereso,wlnl 0 ct obu,niitirgy,abn
ji,anny
of them are in ,
secure any
on their way to the place.
holding respeFtabdleestsi
of their property ; and of those who had mad,
ittuutae tie': nrcsuimn
for their flight, several were plundered by
some provision
tile Spaniards. A very liberal collection was made at
Pei zance and St. Ives for the relief of those who were in
need. Two gent'emen remain ill at St. Ives ; nearly all
the others proceeded to Fahnontli, where they embarked
on Wednesday fur Plymouth, in the Bristol steam.
packet, West Briton.

SPIRIT OF THE LONDON JOURNALS.

The intelligence from Constantinople, which
(by way offlamburgli) comes-down to the 15th
ult., is more important for the general indica-7
tions which it exhibits of a bold and resolute
spirit in the Turks, than for any precise detail of
measures or movements, by which the evidence
of that spirit might be more thoroughly sifted.
It is alleged that every thing breathes defiance in
the councils of the Government, and in the
temper of the people—that the public indigna-
tion is roused by the attack of an odious enemy
on the empire. and religion of Islamism, and the
eagerness to defend both, raised to enthusiasm by
the well-contrived accounts of successive vic-
tories over the invader. The Grand Vizier, at
the date of the letters, had marched for Adrian-
ople, at the head of 19,000 men, in addition to
which 10,000 more were already on the road to
the same city, the intention being that these
young soldiers should relieve the troops in garri-
son there, which had orders to proceed to the
Balkan. It is difficult for Europeans to admit
the probability of the Sultan, with his new and
half-taught levies, beirg able to offer any lasting
resistance to a force so well organized, so nu-
merous, and devoted, as that which now, in a
paroxysm of national and religious fervour, has
assailed him. It is cer:ain that the opposition of the
Turks has been in its degree unlooked for by the
Emperor Nicholas, and that the army with
which he opened the campaign has proved itself
unequal to the double duties of siege
and' field-service at the same time. That,
however, is-but an error of calculation, easily
and speedily to be repaired by bringing up a se-
cond or a third army ; and then, as almost every
military object can, in modern warfare, be insured
by a definite sacrifice at the expense of the
troops which attempt it,—that is, by foll Owing
the advice of old Renault, and "shedding
blood enough,"—the military authorities make
little question that Shumla and Varna may both
be carried, though possibly with tremendous
loss. If the plan be to blockade Shumla, and.
make no direct attack but upon Varna, the
plains between Adrianople and the capital must,
instead of the Mountain fortress, become the
great scene of their final struggle for the Turks.
In that case, new elements of conjecture ought
to be resorted to as to the result, and of mere
conjecture ; for the enthusiasm of a numerous
people, if once excited, is a power the effects of
which it would be in vain to calculate on any
principles of military science ; and when the
sacred standard shall he unfurled on the de-
parture of the Sultan for his army, all the
accounts from Constantinople agree that the
Mussulmans are likely to tender their ser-
vices in swarms. With respect to the lead=
ing Powers of Europe, and their views of
policy in relation to this contest, we have
witnessed, not without concern, a series of
articles in some of the French newspapers, the
purpose of which seemed to be to alienate the
spirit of the people of England from France, and
so far to throw difficulties in the way of an
alliance, which, for the general interests of Chris-
tendom and of mankind, it _is obvious must be
most desirable. There is, indeed, no proposition
in politics to which we conceive that less objec-
tion could be made by reasonable men, than the
present expediency of a cordial and entire 'co-
operation between the two freest and most en-
lightened States in Europe, for their common
security against evils which, being prospective,
may now be guarded against ; but once realized,
it will be most difficult to repair. .We are not
sensible of a single question which ought to pro-
&ice jealousy between France and England, or
disturb the full harmony of their politics, in what-
ever regards the balance ofsEurope in the East.
At the same time it is, clear, that to
the-agents of Russia there could be nothing more
distasteful than such an union between two
countries, which .that immense and arbitrary"
power has cause to dread, if combiped; from their
strength ; and, whether separate or united, to
hate for their free institutions. It ie not for us
to pronounce on the correctness of the charge
contained in our Paris Correspondent's letter of
yesterday—viz. that the articles in the French
papers disparaging to England, which have pro-
duced regret as well as astonishment here, were
the manufacture of M. Pon° di Borgo's Cabinet.
The reputation of his Excellency for crooked
courses may have helped to fasten the above
suspicion upon him ; but at all events the ex-
posure given of the views with which the trick
appears to have been undertaken will disarm it of
its power to injure.—Tinres.
The details of commerce, though ofientiines
curious; are dull and uninviting, but still they
are interesgng to this country beyond measure,
in that state or affairs which the American Tariff
has recently produced. It should never be lost
sight of that the raw cotton of America is not
indigenous to those soils in which it is grown :1
and that it is only within the last 30 years that it
has been cultivated in the Southern States of
America to such a Prodigious extent. Our own
vast possessions- in India furnish a natural and
proper soil for the cultivation of cotton, and en-
couragement is alone required to enable India to
supply this country with raw cotton, to ten times
the amount which she now consumes, should
that ever become necessary. But it may be
asked; how can the cottons of R ,
--engku ant,
British India contend. for a moment with the
cultivated produce of Carolina, Georgia, and the
Southern provinces of the United States ? Have
they not been often tried and as often failed ?
Look at time price in the markets between cotton
the growth of India and the growth of America!
Well, to ail this we answer—give to India the
same advantages of European capital, skill, and
superintendence, and then see what will be the
improvement of the raw article both in quantity
and quality. The deterioration of Indian cotton
has kept pace with the restrictions on the Indian
market ; and the cotton wool of- America 4nti
the West Indies have rivalled and thrust out tho
cotton of India from this cause alone—that the
rude produce of unassisted native industry is
wholly incapable of competingwith an article
which receives the aid and protecting care of
European skill and art. We have pot the
slightest doubt that the moment time proper inetz-
sures are taken to give India fair play and a
clear stage, that then her produce need ask
yield to
for no favour, and will Yiritish cani-
tal and industry more than enough to readerus independent of the United States. The
best India cotton, which
is that brought tc,
this country, is inferior in value to the worst
which is imported from any other part of iss
world. It is in short nearly in the condition in
which Indian indigo was, before it was manu-
factured by Europeans. Every man acquainted
with trade knows that indigo is one of our prin•
eipal exports to the Continent of Europe, and
has become a main article in our general com-
merce. And how has-this happened ? Simply
because it has not been burthened with protect-
,olig duties or imports, and because it has IT-