The Sun.
London, England, 1827-10-09 00:00:00

THE HIGHLAND ROAD.

Agreeably to the notice given by Mr. GRANT, younger,
of Rothiemurchus, at the meeting of 80th April last, Mr. G.
broUght before the meeting a series of resolutions proposed
by him and circulated among the heritors, on the subject
of conveying the mails by the Highland road ; and these
resolutions having been read, Mr. Grant moved that they
should be adopted by the meeting, which motion was se-
conded by Macleod of Macleod ; whereupon Mr. Mackin-
tosh of Raigmore, moved that this important matter,
and the resolutions now read, be remitted back to the
Committee appointed to consider the same. That Com-
mittee being understood to have the matter under consi-
deration for a.great length of time without doing much,
the meeting appointed a new one, consisting of Mr. Grant
of Druinmere, M.P.; Macleod Of Macleod, Mr. Tytler,
Provost Grant, Mr. Gilzeari, Dr. Robertson, Mr. Mac-
queen, W.S., Captain Fraser of Balnain, Mr. Grant of
Lakefield ; Mr. Grant, younger, of Rothieunirchus, Con-
vener; with power to prepare a Meniorial to the Lords of
the Treasury upon the subject. -
The other business before tile meeting was of a routine
nature, and of little public i mportance. —lnver ness Courier.

WINE TRADE.—A better proof of the re-
vival of the wine trade in this place cannot be afforded
than the fact, that within these last ten days, more duties
have been paid upon this article than for a month previous.
Scotsman.

SADLER S WELLS.—Amongst the Minors
there is no Theatre more generally, and we will add, de-
servedly successful, than this house under its present
Manager. The humour of Vale and Williams in the
Giraffe, and the excellent singing of Jones—also the ad-
mirable scenery in Paul Jones, in which piece Campbell's
acting, amongst others of the performeq that our limits
do not permit us at present to notice, highly creditable.
The last piece, Uncle Jonathan, produced by Mr. Dibditt,
fully sustains his reputation as an excellent caterer for pub-
lic entertainment. A word at parting to the Managers,
who appear by no means parsimonious in their expendi-
ture ; why not have their Lilliputian cavalry dressed and
accoutred as they ought to be? We should think, in these
times of peace, a few second-hand sabres, &c. could be
easily procured.

Of about Great Britain, 600
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on two hundred there is no gain ; on one hundred the
gain is trifling, and only on one hundred any considerable
profit. Six hundred and fifty are forgot within the year ;
another hundred in two years ; another hundred and fifty
in three years; not more than fifty survive seven years, and
scarcely ten are thought of after twenty years. Of the
50,000 books published in the seventeenth century, not
more than 50 are now in estimation, and of the 80,000
books published in the eighteenth century, not more than
300 are considered worth reprinting, and not more than
500 are sought after at the present time. Since the first
commencement of writing,—that is in thirty-two cen-
turies, only about 500 works of writers of all nations have
sustained themselves against the devouring influence °I
time.— Goodhughe's Literary Manual:

Malltthisusuapnodn
mthysiselipaorinetorlilgye,d
obveli ia
eervie't htel ut jelsll,_ ert.
of population differently. He thinks, that'if popu-
lation be allowed to increase, according to its natu-
ral tendency, vice and misery must, of necessity,
continually follow in its train ; while, on the con-
trary, the conviction on my mind is, that, under an
enlightened organization of society, founded on the
known laws of ,our nature, population may be-per-
mitted to increase, according to its natural tendency;
and every addition to its increase will bring with it
the • means to acquire more leisure for all, more
wealth; more knowledge, and to multiply happiness
in proportion to the numbers brought into existence,
until the whole earth shall have been so well clad.'
tivated, that 'no greater product can be obtained
from it, and then, and then only, a stop must boput
to any further increase of mankind.

The cause .of this difference of opinion between
individuals, conscientiously. desirous of discovering
the truth, I have, endeavoured to ascertain. It
seems to me that Mr. Malthus views man in his for-
mer state, unaided by science and a knowledge
,of
himself; while I draw my conclusions from man as
he now is overwhelmed with artificial means of pro-
duction, derived from scientific improvements, still
capable of unlimited increase, and also in possession
of a knowledge of his nature, derived from an accu-
rate attention to facts-, by which, he has become com-
petent to I rain his progeny to attain a very superior
character, so as indeed to become beings of a higher
order. But upon this, and other subjects of great
national and general interest, I will, in due time, de-
velop my sentiments fully to the public ; for, with the
means now at the control of all governments, the
mass of the population of the world ought not much
longer to remain in its present wretched and de-
graded condition.

ROBERT OWEN.
Bedford-square, September 26,1827:

IRISH 46 UNKNOWN."—The great curiosity
which has been excited in the dramatic circles of London
about the Great Unknown at Drury-lane, is, eve hear,
likely to be surpassed by an incognito engagement of im_
portance which Mr. Bunn, onr new lessee, has just con-
cluded. Qn dit that we are likely to remain in the dark
for at least two months more.—Dublin Freeman's Jowled,

"0, good my Lord, no Latin SHAKE.•
SYEA RE."-„In his descant upon the duties of a Lord Mayor,
on the inauguration day, Judge Burton addressed to
Alderman Nugent the words Ilumani nihil a se alienum
plied. • The Alderman seemed confounded at the sounds.
lie thought they were Greek or Hebrew, but his nerves
were not at all composed when he was informed they were
Latin, for that, he said, was the language of the Pope!—
It is imagined that he would not have quitted the presence
chamber without shewing his resentment to the Learned
Judge, if he was not appeased at length by having been in-
formed, that " Ilumani nihil," 6:c. though of illustrious
origin, serves latterly as a motto for his highly
Orange friend, Lord Talbot.—Freeman's Journal.
The mother of Burns' Highland Mary, who
has resided, in Greenock for a long period, died here on
Thursday, the 27th ultimo, at the advanced age of 85
remembered to
years. This venerable looking- womanvenerated
almost the last moment of her existence, with an affection-
ate regard, the' one who inspired Burns' finest effusions, and
was the object of his purest attachment; and it was im-
possible to hear her enter minutely into the particulars of
her daughter's life, and the amiable qualities of her heart,
without feeling convinced that Mary Campbell had some-
thing more than ordinary attractions to fascinate the mind
of the poet. Were we to judge from the appearance of the
inotlier, whose fine black eye and regular features, at her
advanced age, gave indications of early beauty, we would
say that " Highland 11Iary" probably had also personal
charms, which would have influenced a less sensitive mind
than that of Robert Burns. Amongst the little stores of
the deceased, there was nothing to be found as- mementos
of our gifted Bard, but the Bibles which he gave his be-
lovedmet by the Banks of
love." They are,
the
Ayr,lki toon
live
todnaey
day
h eon f
Parting
indeed, curious, and have written in the first leaf; in
Burns's hand-writing, the following passage of Scripture,
which is strikingly illustrative of the poet's feelings and
Lord
du t
hs
ihoael tonaot
oaths."
l t forswearis
wellthyself,
k n known
—the"
iiierrcia
perform
t atnuct et
os :
that after this they never met again, and that time could
not efface the Solemnity of this parting from his mind; and
it is to be regretted that two letters which he wrote after
her death to the afflicted mother, have been destroyed...:-
the old woman saying " she could never read them with-
out shedding tears." The mother and daughter are non'
sleeping in the West Church-yard—and is " Mary" to re-
main without a stone to tell the stranger of her place of
rest?— Greenock Advertiser.

Ainong the heroes of the monastic life, the
name and genius of Simeon Stylites have been immortali-
zed by the singular invention of an serial penance. At the
age of 13, the young Syrian deserted the profession of a
shepherd, and threw himself into an austere monastery._
After a long and painful noviciate, in which Simeon was
repeatedly saved from pious suicide, he established his re-
sidence on a mountain, SO or 40 miles to the east of.
Antioch. Within the space of a usandra, or circle of
stones, to which he had attached himself by a ponderous
chain, he ascended a column, which was successively
raised from the height of 9 to that of 60 feet from the
ground. In this last and lofty station, the Syrian An-
choret resisted the heat of SO summers, and the cold of as
many winters. Habit and exercise instructed him to main-
tan his dangerous situation without fear or giddiness, and
successively to assume the different postures of devotion.—
He sometimes prayed' in an erect attitude, with his out-
stretched arms in the figure of a cross; but his moat fa-
miliar practice was that of bending his meagre skeleton
from the forehead to the feet; and a curious spectator, after
numbering 1,244 repetitions, at length . desisted from the
endless account. The progress of an ulcer in his thigh
might shorten, but it could not disturb, this celestial life;
and the patient hermit expired, without descending from
his column.

The exaltation of Lord Cawdor to the Earl-
dom of Emlyn will recall to many of our readers
one of the most curious occurrences in the whole
of the late war, and at the same time an event
equally creditable to the humanity, and honour-
able to the courage of the inhabitants of Wales.
We allude-to the landing of several hundred of
the French army under the command of General
Tate, at Fishguard, in Pembrokeshire, in 1797.
The father of the present Earl, then Mr. Price
Campbell, having put himself at the head of a
small party of the Pembrokeshire Yeomanry Ca.:
valry, and the other gentlemen of the county hav-
ing gathered what local forces were at hand, of-
fered battle to the invaders on the Goodwich
Sands, near Fishguard. The French, not re-
lishing the appearance of the Ancient Britons,
sent offers of surrender, and the whole, to thc:.
amount of 1,400 men, were made prisoners of
war. Mr.,Camphell was created Lord Cawdor,
for his conduct on this occasion ; and the militia
and yeomanry of Wales received great praise for
their courage and moderation. The affair is
thus related in -Scott's Life of Napoleon
Bonaparte

" We have found some curious, particulars respecting
Tate's descent in the Memoirs of Theobald Wolfe Tone.
one of the unfortunate and misguided gentlemen who were
engaged in the rebellion of 1796, and who, being taken en
his return to Ireland with a French expedition, was con-
demned and executed there. The author, for whom w,
entertain much compassion, seems to have been a gallant
light-headed Irishman, his head full of scraps of plays, and
his heart in a high fever on account of the supposed wrong.
which his country had sustained at the hands of Great Bri-
tain. His, hatred, indeed, had arisen to a pitch whirl,
seems to have surprised himself. Nothing less than the
total destruction of Bristol was expected from Tate and his
merry men, who had been industriously picked out as the
greatest reprobates of the French army. We have that son
of opinion of citizen Wolfe Tone, which leads us to think lit
would have wept heartily had he been forced to witness the
havoc of which he seems ambitious to be an instrument. The
violence of his expressions only shows how civil war ano
political fiery can deform and warp the moral feelin.s.
But we should have liked to have seen Pat's countenance
when he learned that the Black Baud had laid down their
arms to a handful of Welsh backed by the appear•
ance of a body of market women, with red cloaks (such wilt •
the fact), whom they took for the head of a supporting
column. Even their attempts at pillage, in which the)
were supposed so dexterous, were foiled by the exertions o
the sons of Owen Glendower. The only blood spilt Iva,
that of a French straggler, surprised 'by a Welsh farmer ii.
the act of storming his hen-roost. The bold Briton knock•
cd the assailant on the head With his flail, and, nut know.
ing whom he had slain, buried him in the. duns-hill, unti
he learned by the report of the country that he bad slain
French invader, when he was much astonished and delight.
ed with his own valour. Such was the event of the inea..
siou."—Vol. 9.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.

Had Sir Wm. Best confined his censure to
the raking up of private weaknesses and vices in
order to ridicule them, we should have heartily
concurred with him. The press is mischievously
and culpably employed when it invades the
privacy of individuals, and holds up their weak
points to the ridicule of the thoughtless and un-
feeling. Were this permitted by the law, so-
ciety would be torn to pieces; but this is a very
different thing from making merry at the expense
of a game-preserving justice caught in his own
trap, a sharking lawyer over-reaching himself, or
a hungry bailiff getting into a scrape by.an im-
pudent intrusion. Matters narrated in pOlice
reports, or disclosed in trials, are very fair sub-
jects for ridicule ; and it would be no more ab-
surd to pass a. law to restrain people froin mak-
ing themselves. ridiculotti, than to, punish them
for laughingat the ridiculous in others. As for
this particular case of Lori—(who broke into a
lady s bed-room, while in search of a gentleman,
and had to pay damages for the .trespass)—Sir
W. Best was assuredly suffering from a twinge
of the gout, or a fit of indigestion, when he was
luckless-,ehough to make a stand upon it against
the laughers. It is in fact aii extreme case to
prove the folly• of his own doctrine- !, Here was'
a man who 'had' been ConiictecLof a breach of
propriety, bringing an action against 'it-Pi:inter
for publishing • a humorous narrative in verse of
the peCeadillo, and. seeking damages under pre-
tence that his character was defamed, and his
business likely to be injured, by, the ridicule;
though all the world knows that if such a Joke
could have any serious effect, it would tend to
benefit a bailiff by exhibiting him as a bold and
adventurous practitioner. To see poor Chief-
Justice Best- floundering about in the absurdity
of a doctrine grounded upon this supremely ri-
diculous and pettifogging case, is almost beyond
the .laughable---it becomes really pitiable.

It is,. perhaps, not generally known, though
we believe we have before hinted it, that Mr.
Phillips, who holds
.the situation of one of the
Under Secretaries of State for the Home. Depart-
ment, is the,same,-parsou,to -whom the • country
is so much ,indebted fora rt admirable and well-
known treatise on the law of evidence, of which
the late Chancellor, Lord Eldon, said that it
was the best work•of the kind that he had ever
seen. Mr. Phillips elder brother is one of the
largest landed proprietors in Leicestershire,
which county he represented in one Parliament.
—Times.

Before p stranger ventures to_ pass sentence on
the anti-social manners of the .English, he should see them
at home in the country : London is not their home ; it is
an encampment for buiineas and pleasure, where every body
thinks of himself. You might as well look for hun3aiity
in a field of battle, as for urbanity and attention in a busy
crowd.— Simmond's Tour through Great .iir/taire. -

It is supposed that thfrieseriseau.iaednrettioyt.bigopttut•lanterdderrosoisOtitfaiioos
ancient
manybridges
of os
them
structure
tart:a:et:en:n of
thedescriptionsconsiderable
ing dom i.n.
importance. ETnhgielanbdr i
dagned:hsoe Wales;tl
perfecti
angular bridgethaitentdyete.aarrroyosalog6neodi; in Lincolnshire, which was
that none but foot passengers can go over it ;
b ex-
tensivelyi
i t erected
htn about
ti
e :ut
ee
steep,
,
not sometimes above two feet .deep wish water in that
part ; and although this bridge has been erected 967 years!,
it exhibits no, appearance of decay., iron bridges us the
exclusive invention. of British Artists . the 'first :was that
erected over the river Severn, at Colebrook Dale, in. Shro-
pshire. The total weight of iron in this bridge is 378 tons.
10 cwt. and three-quarters. It consists of one arch, which
has a span of 100 feet cis inches.
The following instances
Gentleman's Library Menus!." At first
by priblisbers are given in Mr. Gofoodil
" The English
for his "Winter ."
Miller would notgive Thomson a farthing
turrnsso..lT.tatiDcer'.'
He afterwards gave him three guineas for it. Cave offered.
ugh,. erroneous
popularestimates
n,
o r
k
half the booksellers in London the property of the " Gen-
and, as they. all. refused. to
.engage in
tleman's Magazine ;"
his "Domestic Medicine " to every Buchan ,offered.
book-
seller of Edinburgh and London for 1001.; without id...
loblisehveiryt 4ipniumbllia.her‘;
editions, it sold, in 32 shares, at bOl each. Beresford
wit,asheorw:sretoibliingedviutoz
ob-
taining a purchaser; and after it had passed through 25
offered the copyright of the " Miseries of Human Life,"
for 20/. ; it afterwards realized 5,000/.

WHALE. PIEHERY..--The whale fishing ves-
sels are new returning to their respective poits. Those
belonging to Kirkaldy and Bo'ness.came to the Roads on
Sunday last, and. Monday broi!ght up the first of the Leith
ships, the North Pole. This vessel . bait performed her
voyage in six 'months : last year the ships in general were
about eight months at sea. This has bran a most success-
ful season. The North Pole has twenty eish,' of a large
size, which completely fill the vessel. They were taken
upowLancaster Sound shortly after each other, and without
great difficulty. The produce of. these ,will be. from <MO
to 930 tons of oil. She was towed into the harbour by a
steam-boat on Thursday afternoon. There wa‘not a single
Dutch whaler at Davie Strait this beaeon..acotaniae.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Gazette de France, dated Sundiy, Ott. 7.)
VIENNA, 'SEPT. 27.—His Majesty arrived here
to-day at one o'clock in perfect health, and was im-
mediately visited by the Imperial Family and the
Infant Don Miguel.
A report has been spread, the authenticity of
which we cannot w.arrant, that his Imperial High-
ness. the Crown Prince has resolved to contract a
marriage with, ti Getman Princess.
PAAIS, 'OCT. Us make a division of truth
and error between the papers this morning.
is false, that the King of Spain has returned
to IVLadrid, as the constiititionne/ says.
It is false, that Spain meditates an expedition
against Mexieo, and that it has chosen out a King
/or that state, as the Journal des Debuts says.
It is false, that the Isle of Imbros has been en-
sanguined by the massacre of 1,500 Greeks, on the
news of the treaty of the three Powers, as the Caurrier
Francais says.
It i 3 false, that a new delay to the 15th of Sep-
tembet has been granted to
,the Ottoman Porte, as'
the Quotidictmo says.
It is false, that, as this last paper says, the French
squadron in the Mediterranean is to be reinforced by
some ships of war.
It is true, that his Majesty returns to Paris, on
Sunday, the 7th.
It is true, that French soldiers and travellers are
perfectly respected by the insurgents on the frontiers,
and in all parts of Catalonia.
It is true, that the Gazette and the'Quoticlienize
last week agreed with reason in pointing out the
threatening combinations of a party which represents
as a legal movement and a calm attitude, the mani-.
festations in the Champ de Mars, and the speeches
at the funeralof M. Man,z,l.

It is true, that the general interest of thipeace of
the world, and the respective interest of the•pros-
perity of the great Powers, has united them in a
system of alliance, the leading principle of which,
setting aside all individual ambition, is the most ge-
nerous ideas, and the most conformable to real civili-
zation, which rests above all things on respe(:, for
legitimate rights and interests.

(IFRIVATZ COlttlElsl'ol4oP,ftE.)

BARCELONA, SEPT. 26.7-Our Captain-General
ha 3 directed the insetti;fn ofthe following article in
our journal :

It has mined my knowledge that my conduct
has been censured on account of a want of confor-
mity observable in the Royal decree of hie 'Majesty,
published in the journal of this city, dated the 10th,
and in which the King gives his authority for arming
the inhabitants who voluntarily offer their services,
with the same decree which is inserted in the Ga-
zette of the 4th. I have compared them, and, in
Fact,- I observe that in the former the important
qualifications of loyal' and ' sure' are wanting,
which ought to appear in those who receive arms.
" As a faithful subject, good servant; and friend to
the King, I am incapable of introducing the smallest
alteration in the meaning and words of his sovereign
orders ; and on this account I direct the publication
in this journal of the said Royal order, as I have re-
'ceived it from the Minister of War, &c.
(Signed) " Marquis de CAMPO SAGRADO."
A few days ago, a courier extraordinary brought
some despatches for -our Captain-General, as well as
for General Monet, announcing that the King had
authorized General Romagosa to negotiate with the
rebels. Romagosa is now in the midst of the
factious, and there is no doubt that he will be able
to effect an arrangement between the parties. He
possesses - considerable influence amongst the in-
.aurgents, -

_, The news of the artiVal of the King in Catalonia
.11s, not intimidated the rebels ; on the contrary,
they have given orders to raise a general somatin,
which demonstrates satisfactorily that they have no
great respect for the name of the King, and that
they are preparing themselves for a sanguinary con-
flict with the Royal troops ; at least should the
mediator, Romagosa, not succeed in reconciling the
interests of all parties.
The whole of the country occupied by the rebels
is a scene of robbery, oppression, arrests, and assas-
sinations, which succeed each other daily.
NEWS FROM CATALONIA

PERPIGNAN, SEPT. 29.—As soon as the Marquis
de Campo. Sagrado received intelligence that the
King of Spain was to arrive at Tarragona on the
27th, his Excellency moved towards that city with a
strong body of cavalry and infantry. The rebels
attacked him on the road ; they were repulsed, with
the loss of 100 men killed. Hu arrived at Tarra-
gona on the 26th, as well as General Manse with
his brigade.. From another quarter, intelligence by
sea states as a positive fact, that the different divi-
sions of rebels occupying the camp of Tarragona
have united, and placed themselves in advance of
the King.

" It is stated in a letter from St. Sebastian, dated
September 28, as follows :
" Yesterday' at noon, there arrived here for the
Captain General, a cabinet courier, who likewise
brought orders for the Viceroy of Navarre. All
that I have been able to learn respecting this arrival
is, that his Majesty King k'erditiand has returned to
Madrid. I know neither, when rior wherefore. The
letter which we heve received to-day from Madrid
says nothing abo;dt it ; but the cabinet-courier left
Madrid later than the post.' "

FRENCLI hams.--Fire per Cents., 101 f. 25c. ; Three
per Cents., 71f. 30c. ; Bank Stock, 2,000 f. Exchange on
Lonelon, one nioeth, 25f. 20c. ; three months, 251. 10s.

It is a curious fact, that the two Intendant
Generals of Police, who have lately wielded their dreadful
power in Spain and Portugal, are now in London. M.
Recacho, late from Madrid and Lisbon, arrived a few days
ago in the steam-packet, and M. Randuffe came in the last
regular packet from Lisbon.
A Collection of Memoirs relative to the
History of Great Britain, with notes and illustrations, is,
we understand, now in the course of publication. The
work will commence with the Diary of Sir Symond
d'Ewes, and be followed by the Memoirs of Sir James
Melville, Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Mary Queen of
Semi, printed from the original MSS. found amongst the
paper; of the Earl of Marchmont, and presented to the pub-
lisher by Sir George Rose.
The venality of Courts of Justice in Turkey
forms a continual object of satire in the tales and panto-
mimes of the people themselves. "It is difficult to do
justice," said one Cadi to another, " when one of the parties
is rich and the other poor."—" No," replied his colleague,
for then I decide, of course, for the rich; the only difficulty
is when both are rich, for then 1 do not knew on which
side to incline."
The celebrated David is well known to have
had a violent antipathy to modern costume, a taste that
snore than once caused him to sacrifice historical truth to
pictorial effect. In his Coronation of Napoleon, he in-
troduced Cardinal Caprara bald-beaded. His Eminence,
displeased at this license of the painter, remonstrated with
him, but to no purpose, for the artist vowed he would
never condescend to paint so unclassieal an object as a wig.
The unwigged Cardinal then made application to Talley-
rand, to interpose his authority, but this also had no el-
. feet; David was still inexorable ; and poor Caprara was
obliged to compelled to endure the mortification of being
handed down to posterity as a wigless member of the sa-
cred college.
Yesterday evening an inquest was held at the
Bell and Horns, Brompton, touching the death of Captain
. Henry Allen Lyster, who died suddenly at' his house, No.
Michaers-place, Brompton, on Sunday. The deceased
had been under the care of Mr. Charles Bell, the celebrated
surgeon, for the last two years, for a complaint in his head ;
and Mr. Woolf, conceived that his appearance was that of
an red ado fin' The jury, after viewing the body,
returned yerditt Died by the visitation of God."•
In the forthcoming " Chronicles of the Canon-
gate," Sir Walter, Scott is
in his own proper person to ex-
plain why he preserved hisfiern.tanolgoito so long; and upon
what materials of het or
and of
a or nynaous contribution, eonse of•laist. avowed
•tiano.
hare been foundecl.—...sundou "War productions
per.