The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-05 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN,

Si R,-The French Language being usually studied with
a view to conversation, this Grammar, will be found emi-
nently useful to promote this desirable object. The rapid
sale of two large impreiesions of the work, and the increasing
patronage by which the Third Edition is daily distiuguished,
are sufficient proofs 0r its superiority. Extensive expel ience
in teaching having confirmed me in the conviction that the
English are peculiarly diffident in speaking French, 1 have
principally applied myself to remedy this mauvaise horde,
by continually drilling the pupil nn the verbs, and the
other parts of speech. By this means, anal the explanatory
system adopksl throughout the hook, the student is kept
in constant practice; without which very little hope may
be entertained of ever speaking French. The essays on
the rules are all colloquial, and may he considered as a
repertory for conversation; while the verbs are exempli-
fied in quite a new and clear manner. The work is con-
cluded by a Grammatical Analysis, and a Treatise on
French Prosody and Yersificatieo ; besides a classified'
vocabulary ; a Collection of Familiar Phrases, arranged
under distinct heads ; and numerous Models of -Notes and
Letters, with some farms of Bills of Exchange, Promissory
Notes, and Receipts. In the execution of the whole, in short,
I have spared no pains in my endeavours to give the work
the greatest possible degree of perfection ; and I flatter
myself the present edition will be esteemed folly to justify
my pretensions.—l have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
London, Feb. 2, 1829. J. V. DOUVILLE.
N.B. The Key to the Essays is just published.

OXFORD PETITION AGAINST THE

CATHOLICS.

The fonowing notice has been published in the
shape of a placard :
" A Convocation will be holden on Thursday
next, the sth instant, at two o'clock, in which it will
be proposed that humble petitions be presented to
the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and to the Honourable the Commons of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
praying that no further concession of political power
may be made to persons professing the religion of
the Church of Rome, and especially that the laws,
whereby they are excluded, from Parliament, and the
Privy Council, may not be repealed.
" Copies of the petitions will lie on the table in
the delegates room for the inspection of members of
convocation, from ten o'clock in the morning until
five in the afternoon, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
the 3d and lth inst.; and from ten in the mornigg
until one in the afternoon, on Thursday the sth.
"J. C. JONES, Vice-Chancellor.
" Delegates' Room, Feb. 2, 1829."

His Grace the Duke of Norfolk last week en-
tertained a large shooting party at Fornham, and the num-
ber of phelsants killed was 250 brace. On Tuesday one
of the warreners, finding a fox in a snare, knocked him on
the head, for which unsportsmanlike act, and want of con-
sideration towards the neighbouring hunt, he was inune-
diately discharged.—Blay Post.

A ineeting of the Nation-al Society took place
yesterday at St. Martin's Vestry ; present, the Lord Bishop
of London, Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop of Llindaff,
Bishop of Peterborough, Bishop of Chester, Archdeacon
Cambridge, Joshua Watson, Esq., Rev. Dr. Walmslry.
The Schools of the following phices were received into
union :—Linthwaite, Yorkshire ; Ramsey, Isle of Mau ;
St. Chad's, Shrewsbury; Ashley, Stafford ; Lee, Kent;
and Usk, Monmouth. Pecuniary grants were a'so made
as follows :—Horndean, Hants, 5/. ; Charterhouse, • Hin-
ton, 101. ; Ashley, Stratford, 25/. ; Wilsden, York, 201.

HASTINGS.—Wc regret to state that five new
houses erecting at the New Town, fell down with a most
terrific crash on Friday evening last. Fortunately all the
workmen had left the buildings, or the consequences must
have been dreadful. As it is, no one has been injured,
though great alarm was at first entertained. Their fall is at-
tributed to frost,and to their being improperly constructed.
Several adjoining houses also are said to be in a very in-
secure state, so much so that it is expected they must be
take❑ down.—Brighton Gazette.
CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.—A mis-
understanding, we have been informed, leas lgtely come
into existence among the fellows of this College ; and,
from peculiar circumstances, of a nature not usual among
that learned body. It seems that three senior fellowships
have been some time vacant, the filling up of which, when
duly exercised, is vested in the master and senior fellows ;
but that right, from some cause or another, was not
exerted ; and, by a lapse of time, the nomination became,
to use the university term, by devolution, to be the right
of the master of the college solely; he, however, declined
to use it, without the concurrence of the senior fellows.—
After some further delay, for reasons which we have heard,
hut do not feel disposed to enter into, the vacancies were
filled up in the manner before stated ; but not, as have
been usual, from the junior fellows of their own college;
selecting two only from that body, and the third from ano-
ther college. The two former are Messrs. Francis and
Turnbu!l, the latter Mr. Motion, of Clare Hall, to the
exclusion, it is reported, of an neknOwledged elegant
scholar, the next in rotation of the junior fellows of Caius
College. This proceeding has excited muck interest in the
University, and will undoubtedly give employ to the ten-
tlemen of the long robe.—Suplk Herald.

It appears by some other letters we have seen
from Terceira, but of the same date as those quoted yes-
terday, that the efforts of the Ertgliih•Squadron off that
island have beep directed as well to prevent Aliguers ships
flout capturing the emigrants as to hinder their landing on
the island, and that one of the frigates from th,: Tagus was
actually chased for some hours by the Pollee with that
view. This, if true, is a sort of. redeeming clause in the
transaction, and it will be some satisfaction at least to the
friends of these unhappy men, that they will be saved from
the vengeance in preparation for•them by the Portuguese
tyrant, though enough of obloquy will still attach to the
proceeding to render it a dark spot in British annals.—
There is no apprehension, we learn, however, that Ter-
ceira, either by force or treachery, will fall Under the oho-
minion of Miguel. The best disposition. is stated to exist
among the people, while the plaea is impregnable, and
provisioned for two years ; not to mention that the na-
tural resources of the island, which is exceedingly fertile,
ensure to the people subsistence for a much longer pet iod.
The population is about 40,000.

Before We again address our readers, all doubt
with respect to the intention of Ministers regarding the
Catholics will hVP2 been removed. We observe that a
Meeting of the University of Oxford has been called for
this day, to petition against any further concessions to the
Catholics. We do not entertain the slightest doubt, that
in a very short space of time there will be but one opinion
in the Church as to the wisdom of the measure Ministers
are about to recommend. If the Church be interested in
having the property of the country on the nod of the
Establishment, what means so likely as the pacing Ca-
tholics on the same footing as Dissenters ? 'Why have ever
the Presbyterian Nobility and Gentry of Scotland gone ;
over to the Church of England, while the middle and
lower ranks continue in their religion ? In order to share
the rich t”mporalities of the English and Irish Chinches.
Had Presbyterians been like the Catholics tinder the barn
of penal laws, the Presbyterian Aristocracy would have
been ashamed to desert their countrymen. Religion, in
all countries, is only a matter of earnestness with the
body of the people ; in ordinary circumstances, the higher
ranks will be of the religion which is roost profitable to
theuL—Morning Chronicle.

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