The Sun.
London, England, 1826-08-01 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Etoile, (rated Sunday, July 30.)
PARIS, JULY 20.—There are Journals which are abso-
lutely in want of war. The ilridarque would have Spain
make war on Portugal. The •Quotidienne requires Aus-
tria to declare war against England, and the Holy Alli-
ance against America. The (.hnstilutionnel and the Cour-
rier Francais' would have citizens war against citizens;
and the Journal des Debats asks England to declare war
against all Governments which have not a written Char-
ter. Each of those Journals makes its news conformably
to its wishes and its passions.
The Arislarque made 130,000 royalists volunteers
march to thug frontiers of Portugal; the Quo&lime dreamt
of a protest of Austria against what is passing at Lisbon;
the Journal des Debats reinfOrces the English squadron in
the Tagus; the Constitutionnel and the Courrier mark as
a Jesuit whoever doss not subscribe to the Courrier and
Constitutionnel; and yet we must listen to these gentle-
men to be acquainted with public opinion and the truth.
Happily, it is they who say so, and they alone.
The news pubbilhett by the Journal des Debats, of
'Thursday, after the Drapersu Blanc, it, OS we lat4e Rabl,
completely false, and the source from which the Journal
des Debats has lrawn them, does not give them any de-
gree of authenticity.

(From the Constitutionnel.)
(XXTRACT FROM A PAIVATZ LYME.)

CONSTANTII4OOI.B, June 30.—Joussouff, the Pacha of
Sevres, accompanied by four or five hundred Albanian;
arrived in this city, where the ferocious Aboulouboud
Paella, notorious for his cruelties, has joined, him, with
four hundred more: Such are the auxiliaries which the
Sultan receives, told there is no doubt that more will
arrive in a short time. ,
Though we are divided from the city only by the inter-
val of te port, Constantinople forms a world by itself,
and we 'know nothing of what passes there till long after its
occurrence. We did not know, for instance, that the rebel-
Janissaries had penetrated into the Harem of the
Prince of the Believers, and that his Odalisques (the ladies'
chambers) were exposed to their violence; such a thing
never happened before, and in order to purify his High-
ness's corps of loved ones, they sewed up in sucks, and
threw into the sea, those unfortunate creatures, who hap-
pened to be victims to the violence, inseparable from the
rebellious tumult. Thii is the manner in which justice is
administered in this 'good country of Turkey; and a num-
ber of the eunuchs, accused of conniving ut the conduct
of the rebels, have gone with the rest into the sea, with
stories appended to their necks.

The garment of the prophet, Which they called the Sa-
cred Standard, which is always shut up in a box, has
been, exposed. to the public, and is' anxiously regarded,
as they never before had an opportunity of beholding the
antique relic.
They still continue to demolish the coffee-houses of the
Jannissaries, and to"treat their kettles (sacred enaigns), as
the Russians treated them in thutime of Suwaroff.--theY
also all Mahmoud, the second Sultan Kavour, or the up.
believer; and the true believers are in as great consternivr
Lion as if the Russians were encamped on the Hippo-
drome.# They would have it, that because the late occur.
rences are inconsistent with thefr manners, they are also
infractious of their religious belief; for instance, though
they hate the Jannissaries of the Diplomatic Bodies--tlie
poor people shed tears for them ; and if they had no dread
of any power but the divine one, they would volunteer
baptism for the purpose of remaining in the service of the
Christian Powers. They are, notwithstanding this,
obliged to appear in the Temple of. Galata, in order to
praise and perpetuate the memory of Hadgi Bekladg, the
founder of the order of Jannisaries. For the purpose of
detaching them froM this species of apostasy, many livei
have been destroyed, and the object of it has been accom-
plished. This is the Turkish mode of convincing and con-
verting people.
A letter has been addressed to the Duke de Choiseul, a
Member of the Greek Committee-in Paris, by the Master.
of the King of Saxony's Chapel, stating that the members
of the Chapel, having long wished to. contribute their
assistance to the unfortunate Christians
,of the East, had
given a concert on the 28th of Jima, in aid of the Greeks,
the receipt of which, amounted to Two Thousand Nine
'Hundred amid Fifteen Crowns, Prussian money, (about
7004 of our currency), and that the contributors expressed
a wish that it would be laid out in the purchase of provi-
sions for such of those Greek cities as may be menaced by
the enemy.
The'llarehioness of. Dalmatia has presented to the
(4"eiga *Pariefruilk,_ made of most rare wood, and ea-
Visit* manufactured. The oil-cloth which covers it,
has attracted the most marked attention of the connois-
seurs. It
is still open to the public inspection at the
Grand 314 'Rue Saint Honor&
'
Yesterday after mass, the Pope's Nuncio, and the
Prince of laorghese,
i:let:sdsto the
King, in a private audience, a *mosaie table sent to his
Majesty, by his Holi
thethe honourpepe of presenting .
(From the Quotidienne.)
Intelligence hus readied us, by way of Odessa, . own
Constiuitinople, up to July 3.
The Jannissaries have dis-
appeared from the capital. All those who have not been,
enrolled in the new bands, or transported to Asia, have
been put to death. It would appear that the populace has

• An opm race ground near Constantinople.

seen with pleasure the destruction Of this ancient corps.—
Estimating with sagacity the spirit of the Turkish nation,
the Sultan goes on with his reforms without relaxation.
He keeps up the enthusiasm of the public, in the mean
titre, by frequently showing himself. He is often present
at the exercises of the new troops, clothed in the newly-
introduced costume, which is half European, half Asiatic.
In all the public squares. of Constantinople you may see
Franco-Egyptians training to, the use of the firelock those
Turks, who formerly entertained so much contempt for
Egyptians and Franks. Pera rejoices at the prospect of
the reviving powers of the Ottoman empire. The Turks
says that Mahmoud has been chosen by the prophet to,
bring about that revolution which was necessary to give
the Eastern power sufficient to withstand the eneroaeh.
ments of the \Vest.
A German Journal pretends that the Emperor Nicholas,
after his coronation, will have an interview with the Em-
peror of Austria at Warsaw.
From Marseilles we learn that M. Maximas Raybaud
has set out from that city for Napoli di Romania. The
Greek Committee at Paris have confided to that officer a
considerable supply Of provisions and warlike stores, des-
tined for the Greeks. Fifty officers and subalterns ac=
company M. Raybaud.
The brig Jeune Emilie, of 300 tons, will speedily leave
Marseilles for the smile destination, with 500 muskets and
other military stores.
The Chamber of Peers continued to-day the discussion
of Ouvrard's case. The opinion of the Chamber on the
' first' point has not yet been fully pronounced, but every
thing inclines us to believe that it will be given to-mor-
row. It is expected that the majority of the Peers will
adopt the conclusions of the Proeureur-General. The
whole of the speeches pronounced in the sitting of to-day
lean that way, whatever shades of distinction may be ob-
servable in the motives of the speakers.
(From the .Journal de Path.)
A Journal this day re-assures the Quotidienne and Aril-
/argue, which were already sending the Spanish troops
towards the frontiers of Portugal, and despatching rein-
forcements to the French troops in Spain, by infOrming
them that a courier from Vienna has charitably allowed
the contents of a dispatch, from the infant Don Miguel, to
transpire, in which he protests against every thing that
has taken place at Lisbon." The pretended intelligence,
and the pretended refutation, are alike authentic. The
whole of these fables may be relegated to the same place
as the protest of the Emperor of Austria, made at Paris,
by M. the Count ,D'Appony.
(From the Journal des Debra')
A Ministerial journal has published two paragraphs
which merit some attention—the first under the date of
Madrid; the second under that of Lisbon. The singular
facts, the strange reflections which these articles contain,
acquire a certain authenticity; and consequently a certain
importance, by, appearing in a journal edited under the im-
'mediate influence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
MADRID, July 17.—1 t appears that our Ministers and
our Chancellors of State have taken courage, and are less
'afflicted than they. were a few days ago, on account of the
affairs of Portugal. The reason is, that there has passed
through this city a cornier extraordinary, sent from Vienna
to Lisbon by the Infante Don Miguel, charged with des-
patches to the Regency, in which the Prince states his
resistance and decided opposition to the measures adopted
at the instigation of the English by the Emperor of Brazil,
his brother, and to the plan of chambers and a democratic
constitution.

These despatches, the contents of which the courier al-
lowed to transpire, are considered by our politicians not
only as authorised by the Court of Austria, but even to
have been solicited by it from Don Miguel. Consequently
the new measures and inaovations being supported neither
by Austria, nor France, nor Russia, nor Spain, are no-
thing also titan the result of English irsattence with the
Emperor Don Pedrti, and therefore will not be recognised
by any of the said Powers, and must fall of themselves.--
Spain
will not then have ()cession to make efforts which
would aggravate the difficulties of her situation, to form an
army of observation, and raise the taxes necessary to its
maintenance, and France will not be wider the necessity
of reinforcing her army of occupation in the Peninsula.—
. Whatever opportunity for glory certain statesmen may
lose, we think that aii amicable arrangement is always
better than a successful process. ..
Lisp" Jinx 1.1.—" As soon as Sir Charles Stuart
landed in our port, bringing: the decree of the Portuguese
constitutional charter, he .wrote to the Count de Porto
Santo, our Minister for Foreign Affairs, who had been
called from Spain, where, he was Ambassador, by the late
King John VI, to assume the emiiient post of first Minis-
ter, and requesting of him to come to his hotel. Count
Porto Santo was no Sooner informed of the landing of Sir
C. Stuart, and the object of his arrival in Lisbon, than he
had a conference with the Regency, in consequence of
which he gave in his resignation, declaring that he would
have sacriticedhiioifeto have served his King, and would

even after his death still sacrifice it to execute his last in-
tentions, the accomplishment of which would in his opi-
nion alone give happiness to the country ; but that since
the Regency was disposed to deviate from those inten-
tions, he could no longer act as Minister, and would
therefore retire to his estates, having besides need
of repose, on account of his long service., and the state of
his health; that in no case would he allow his name to be

mixed up with charters, constitutions, and English pro-
tection; that he therefore bade them arewell, and would
send.in his portfolio. In return to Sir.C. Stuart's letter,
Count Porto Santo replied, that if he wished to see or'
visit him, it was no further from Sir C.. Stuart's house to
his than from his to Sir Chides's; that he might then
mkt, the trouble of coining, but that he (the Count) was
indisposed ; that if the object of the invitation was a di.
pioniatic conference, he must address himself to another
persOn, for that he had given in his resignation as soon
as he was informed of the arrival of Sir Charles. This

conduct may displease some of the partisans of constitu-
tional ideas, but is not the less distinguished by nobleness,
grandeur, and courage. It is thus that the good cause is
maintained.'

(From tke Moniteur.
MADRID, July 17.—Yesterday it was reported hers
that the King and the Ministers will return immediately
to Madrid, and that this return is occasioned by the neces-
sity for the Sovereign's presence in order to adopt, at any
moment, and in common accord with all the Ministers,
Councils, and Ambassadors, the measures which the situa-
tion of Spain, relative to the affairs of Portugal, may

require; .
Though the events in Portugal have produced a certain
sensation in Men's minds, the greatest moderation prevails
in the Acts of the Government. Far from , interfering
with any one, the Police allows all persons to talk freely on
those . events ; and ;he Intendant-General Recacho, has
even sent instructimie to the Provincial Intendant not to
trouble any person whatever on account of conversations,
or other speeches,
public or private; and to confine him-
selffrom their tot watching
opinions,atchiowithmanty be suspected of being ill-disposed
the actions. f persona, who,
towards the King's Government.

STATE OF MAcciissintLD.--When the silk trade
was in a flourishing condition, greatnumbers of people
were in the habit of visiting Buxton, on the Sundays,
in carriages of all kinds, and on horseback, all evidently
unconscious that a day of reckoning was approach-
ing. Nov, how changed the scene. We were in-
formed a short time since, that the toll-keeper between
Macclesfield and Buxton had only taken one penny
on the Sunday previous 8-I°c
UNTENANTED COTTAGEs.---Owingto the unpre-
cedented state of affair! in this town, 150 cottages are
-rort Advertiser.
i—
now unoccupied. Tenements of this description have
multiplied very fast within the last few years, and were
consiaered profitable property : for the present we fear
the hopes of the propnetors will not be realized.—
Stockport Advertiser.

LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1826.

We received last night the Paris Papers of Satur-
day and the Etoile dated Sunday morning. Their
contents are given in another column. The Etoile
ridicules the alarms sounded by other papers at the
establishment of the Portuguese Constitution. For
ourselves, we are not surprised that the ultra journals
should feel considerable alarm at the events in Portugal,
because the mode in which the charter has been con-
ferred upon, and received in, that country must render
the propagation of sound and rational principles of
liberty more certain, and fatal to arbitrary governments,
than if a Constitution had been gained by rebellion
and established on the wild and insecure principles of
modern revolutionists. The French Funds gradually
advatice and are within a fraction of par.

FRINCH JUIX 29.—Five per Cents., 99f.
90c. ; Three per Cents., 66f. 10c. ; Bank Stock, 2015 f. ; Rentes
de Naples, '72f. 75c.
.; Rentes d'Espagne, 81 ; Spanish Loan,
453E—Exchange on London—One month, 251. 60s. ; three
months, 25f. 45c.

Among our extracts from the French Papers will he
found some articles containing intelligence from Lisbon
to the 14th, and Madrid to die 17th tilt. By the
former we learn that . the Duke DE CARDHAVAL, of
the first family in Portugal, has been appointed Presi-
dent of the Chamber of Peers, and zealously embraces
the new system of Representative Government. From
the Madrid. article we learn the immediate return of
the King of SPAIN to the capital, to adopt the mea-
sures which may 'he necessary in consequence' of the
state of affairs in Portugal. The utmost moderation
in the conduct of the GoVernMent is said to exist. ,

The latest intelligence from Constantinople is to the
3d of last month ; but the French papers contain some
interesting particulars of the extraordinary events in
that city, in letters of a prior date. We subjoin two
articles, which describe the unabated energy of the
Sultan, and the success which appears to attend all his
measures. It would seem that his actions are founded,
on a thorough knowledge of the people with whom he:
has to deal. While stranglings, drownings, and every
other species of execution are going on, he proceeds
steadily with his works . of. reform, and succeeds in
kindling a degree of enthusiasm among his troops and
people, which had long ceased to exist among the
Turks. If no fatal accident should hefal the Sultan,
we may already consider that the power of the Ottoman
Empire will revive, and that it will under her present
Sovereign assume a formidable and important station
amongst nations.

Hamburgh Papers reached .town‘ by the Sir Ed-
ward Banks steam vessel, yesterday afternoon, to the
30th ult.: their contents are not important. A
letter from Berlin, describes the advantages likely to
result to Prussia by the recent commercial arrange-
ments with this country. It observes, that as the
Prussians build cheaper, pay less wages, and less taxes
than the English, their freight must consequently be
cheaper; and that, therefore, it may be expected that in
English ports, Prussian ship& will be almost exclu-
sively freighted for the Baltic. The letter in quistion
describes also other advantages which _Prussia will gain
by free intercourse with us and our Colonies ; but
admits that reciprocal benefits will be derived by this
country, by the importation of articles, on payment of
a moderate duty.

rICNANGICII ON LONDON.
Haaintraon, Jut:1,29.-3'7. 2; two months, 36. 11,
PraltsMlll.olf, JULY 14.-9 1-16.
13saus, JULY 2b.—Three months, '7 21.
STOCICHOLM, JULY 18.-40 to 95 days-12 rix dollars, Sts.
per IL sterling.
VIZNNA, JULY 19.--Three months, 10. 16.

The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 25th ult. has
reached us this morning, from which we make the fol-
lowing extracts. The provinces of East and West
Prussia appear to, be suffering severely from the stag-
nation of their trade with this country, and the never-
failing remedies which we have been looking to for
the cure of the distresses at home, namely, time and
increased circulation of money, appear to be the de-
sired specifics in those Provinces also:—

BZgLiki,JULY 13.

The situation of the provinces of East and West Prus-
sia, whose former prosperity founded on the English trade
has entirely vanished, has long since engaged the atten-
tion► of the Government.

Landed property in these provinces has hardly any

•
value At all, and unless speedyand powerful aid is ahrded
a general bankruptcy of the land-ovrners is inevitabk-
Under these circumstances, our active Minister of Finance,
M. Van Motz, has been induced to take a journey to those
provinces, that he may be able, from personal knowledge
of the case, to propose to the King the best means of
saving them from utter ruin, when his Majesty will
visit them in his return from Toplitz, for the purpse
of reviewing the troops. If a great part of the numer-
ous Prussian cavalry were to be quartered according to
the wishes of the inhabitants in these provinces, where
forage ia,much cheaper than in the other parts of the king-
dom, this might partly serve to avert the danger which
threatens them. But a thorough improvement can be ex-
Elected only from time, and from an increased circulation
of.money, to be introduced with prudence into all the -
provinces. Hitherto it was only in those provinces that
public sales of large estates were frequent, but they
seem now to extend to the other provinces. In the
province of. Frankfort, the noble estate of Frauendorf,
which belonged to the great French army contractor►
Count tie la Rivaliere,is offered for sale to the highest
bidder, on account of debts ; and, according to the in-
stances which have already occurred, the -highest offer
will hardly amount to the half of the value at which it is
officially taxed. In the seven Prussian Universities there
are at present 3,000 students, 220 professors, secretaries,
&c. The students are organised almost in a military man"
ner, wear a uniform, and are under a very strict superin.
tendance.

VIENNA, JULY IS.
The statement that the Duke Ferdinand of Saxe Co-
burg Saalfeld will take the title of Coburg, in conse-
quence of the death of Prince Cobary, is founded on a
mistake.
VIINNA, Jinx 19.---Metalliques, 89i ; Bank Shawl/106 3.
JULY 20.—Metalliquea, 99j; Bank Shares, 1054.

The accounts from all parts of the Country with
respect to the 'Wheat Harvest are of the most gratify-
ing nature. The crop is not only abundant, but of
an unusually fine quality, and there seems every reason
to expect that the price of Bread Corn, at all events,
will considerably fall. Barley and Oats we fe.sr wilt
prove below an average crop, and it is supposed that
the. Ports will open with regard to those articles. 'The
Moniteur of' Saturday contains the following state-
ment of the average price of the Hectolitre of Wheat
in various markets, from -the'most recent returns re-
ceived in the office of the Minister of the Interior.
By this statement, it will be seen that the average price
of Wheat in France is about two-thirds of the price
in this Country.
Places. Dates.
London - June 24
Odessa - - May
Stetten - - June 30
liamburgh - July
Trieste - - June 30
Antwerp' - - May $I
Palermo - June 1
Genoa - - June 23
Nice - - Jupe 30
Milan - - June 2
Average price in France to June 30

Price 3.
25 38
6 47
8 70
8 In
8 75
13 61
12 21
1-1. 2$
12 73
1 28
16 4

A few days ago we stated that Mr. TURNER WOUIs
.
not come forward to prosecute Mr. WAKEFIELD, and
We had undoubted authority for making that state-
ment. Whether Mr.TuRNEit has since changed his
citrisw)f
fdtororagttlieloed tryewill
know, nor can he himself, perhaps'
inform us just yet how the cat may jump ; but the
maylov
ill
capitaltbe il
chargeuttrin prefer'g throbs of
suspense,
The Manchester Guardian of Saturday last b°
the following paragraph upon this subject :
PIiOSECUTION Of MESSRS. WMEXCIELD.—It is stated iii g
paragraph which appeared iu the Sun newspaper of Wednesday
last, that Mr. Turner had given up his intention of proem:ming
Messrs. Wakefield for the abduction of his daughter. It`'e hjizal
made some enquiries on this subject, and are perfectly satisa
that there is not-the slightest foundation for the assertion.
Attorney-General has been recently retained for the prosecution;
and it is not at all likely that such an expense would have
incurred if there had been any intention of relinquishing the yr
secution. The statement in the Sun was, in all probability,
tended for the purpose of preventing some of the conductors cof
other newspapers from taking measure, for securing a report
the trial, in order that the Sun might have a priority.
The insinuation conveyed that we. had an object
putting the condUctors of other. papers off their givtr(,.
for the purpose of obtaining a priority, 12 vorthy tl
the Guardian, which, " in all probability," has pr
fited by such manceuvres, but we disclaim the innOl'
tion with the contempt it deserves. We have no 04511
to steal public favour—we run the race of competiti°':
manfully, and we have the satisfaction to know thj,
our exertions are appreciated accordingly by the 1,1
probatioh and
,support of those whose good 01)"1,1`°.
is " fame."

industry, of
sa
compared with that of France, contsin-
loi ft
little
.
noticing,lwimight
ska
being of a nature easily retained in the of
r of
the many who will not take the trouble to consider
Ile
on which ingenuity can fasten an objection!
ctig.
be as well to anticipate some foreign critic his tfejoill,
tries, it is observed we tit"'k
ng bstde
other
avil spy
cation of the oversight. In comparing the Pe-cpoo
siTrvashoememdaetleihrtadatithtclevinetoteisoiiagttnsiielo:in."tot.obihtleiecrci
jos'pvtifolsoteirtioilistil
as well as the rates of advancement, in the "1° r
ceded that of Louts XIV. by about &se I,lloor
and fifty years. Now, without attaching a 0
lox
tance to the difference, as affecting the positil
tamed in the article, but merely for the sakei;eo
deal correctness, we must remark that we ""d ;
period to be too great by more than one-thir,te iji
althoughn
cess
. the term age has something indefilliiiiK4l
getaelhycrnetceh
chronological
,cbrx ete:uhyaoa attract u.l7:olltge r
ideireney4toienrs, interesting
ec.l
erroneous
Review,
eae
kipmoo article,
poil
point
hgo
ifso
meaning, there is no sense.in which the agee
can be so taken, as to adMit of the long, root
i';
stated. Queen ELIZABETH ascended the tii
1558 ; Louts in 1643; awd,..though be 10,1,, coei,
during the first years of his'reign, Ins minor:l74olo
somewhere about 1652 - and his own Persi)egso,i,o
nistration, without a and
Minister,
1661, after the death of Cardinal A ZAH iP 1011‘,,
00'
splendour of Loots's reign took P, gell to
earlier with regard to the reign it 166°,0
that of ELIZABETH'. The period from
1680, was marked by the brilliant atchievem,Vpitoc_o
in
n
Generals; the territorial .aggrandiaeinsnt the no:egern jeltisillastsec
the treaties of peace dictated . by hint tc'tio cretti
of Europe confederated against him ;
tion of a navy', which made head ,0
'1
united forces of England and Holland, untlioccio,'
battle of the Hague, in 1692; the enc°,loc`O'c
,given by him to literature, and to arts all“

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bid that spliendid but ruinous magnificence of his
Court, 'which stands, fortunately, unrivalled in the
anis of modern Europe. It is not before 1580,that
• the -üb'''''Lona of ELIZABETH'S reign, acquired an
i 'ad, Which can entitle her age to be compared with,
tu..."''' less to be preferred to, that of Louts : nor can
Re. quite. accompany the Reviewer in his boasts of
ELIZABETH'S' superiority in conquests, and in the art
of war; but at all events their ages were in these
re , . .
however, 'Pee% divided by much less than a century. It is,
to a body
,
of writers of popular, well-known,
Writers, that the telin age is commonly understood
to refer. We ..,
Lear of the age of AUGUSTUS,
but not. of ihat
VI of his far greater predecessor :
that PAnd HORAOE have done more in
'''''t rega:al, than all the exploits of CIESAR. How
Bfien WO find the comparison stand, in point of time,
1 if ste tike,
as ,we think we ought, not the names
ctlebrated only at home, but those whiCh have attained,
*hot the French aptly call, an European reputation ?
,Contismr.E began his poetical career under Louts
AUL but he belongs to the early years of Louts XIV.
13o1LEA tr, RA o in4E, and Mot. 1 ERE,fiOrtriShedbetWeen
1660 and 1670; a&ainstthose,whom shall we be entitled
to put forward of LLIZABETH'S age, famed beyond the
limits of his own land ? We concede too much, per-
haps, to our neighbours in giving but one name, but
then, it is such a name ! and, be the interval between
them what it may in point of time, it is such in all
other respects ! Quoad, the 150 years, however, 1590
precedes 1660, by only 70 years ; and it was in
1590 that the career began of that SHAKSPEARE,
,0.11 whom his countrymen, most justly, as we be-
lieve, bestowed the epithet of Immortal, and whose
more
than European reputation has at length
beatendown the efforts made in one country by
tignJultot, self willed prejudice, to withhold the acknow-
icogment of his pre-eminence, and to obstruct the ex-
tenion of his fame. It is clear that we differ from the
Reviewer only as to the correctness of his dates, and
Perhaps as to a little vaunting of the military glories
a England, during a reign which we had rather con-
sidered to be more conspicuous for all other kinds of
glory. The divines of Louis XIV. will bear no
comparison with those of ELIZABETH ; his Ministers,
able as were COLBERT and Louvois, were not such
statesmen AS BURLEIGH and WALSINGHAM ; all his
Pally celebrated writers fall far short of one of her's ;
arid whilsther reign fostered and cherished those growing
principles of stren.,:th and prosperity which have led
gradually on to the results which have succeeded each
other in steady progression from her time to ours, his
reign, with all its early brilliancy, prepared the way
for the feeble, impoverished, inglorious career
of Louts XV., and for the catastrophe of that
of Louts XVI. We might with just pride have
Placed her age in comparison with his, had they been
contemporanes, or even if his had been the more an-
cient : it is doubly honorable to her's, that it should
have preceded the other by nearly a century; but, as
a matter of fact, it did not take the precedency by a
century and a half.
Subsequent allusions to the period just mentioned
show that .the inaccuracy is not exactly an error of
the press ; as is probably the case with an observation
that the death of-CHARLES the FIRST preceded that
of Louis XVI. by 141 years. There were 144
Years between 1649 and 1793.