The Sun.
London, England, 1827-04-02 00:00:00

LIES OF THE DAY.

174 f lel iirt4ll.9,,Debots,--Atutataxiinatiap-pf M.
to the post ortharge.d'Affaires of his Ca-
tholic Majesty, is an infraction of the Diplomatic
usages.
The Journal ,Du Connneree.—Mr. Lamb requires
from Spain- the dissolution of the army assembled
on the frontiers, 75 millions, for the expenses of the
war, and the Island of Cuba as a security.

PARIS, MARCH 30.—The 'King is much better.
His Majesty hepeito attend Mass, in the Chapel,
next Sunday.
The Count de Beaurepaire has presented to the
King of Spain the Reeredenticals of the Marquis
de Mototier.

The Contlitutionnel mays—" The proprietors and
principal editors of several Journals had the honour
to be admitted this morning before the Committee
of the Chamber of Peers, which was pleased to hear
their observations on the special interests in the esta-
blishments which they represented."

(From the Journal des Debuts.)

PARIS, MARCH 28.—The nomination of M. Uzos
to the post of Charge d'Affaires, of his Catholic
Maisssty at Paris, is a departure from the diplomatic
usages observed in Spain; but it casts Fome light
on the causes of the repeal of M. de Villa Her-

mosa.

The Ambassador was to have been replaced

by M. de Cordova, First Secretary to the Embassy,
to whom the functions of Chargé d'Affaires be-
longed of right, during the absence of M. de Villa
Hermosa, or. who, at the least, should have been
called again to the office of Secretary of State, in
the case of a successor being appointed to hits at
Paris. Our Spanish correspondent states to us, on
the contrary, that M. de Cordova has just obtained
leave to travel, a permiiiion which he had not soli-
cited, and that the Chevalier Uzos, who is nomi-
nated instead of him, is well known at Madrid for
the moderation of his political opinions. We learn
also, that the Count de Beaurepaire presented, on
the 16th of this month, to his Majesty the letters
of recal of ,74. de Moustier. It has been noticed
that he is the first French AmbassadOr that has
quitted Spsin without receiving the Golden Fleece.
In spite of the sacrifices whif !.1 he is said to have
made some months ago, in the hope of obtaining it,
M. de Moustier has received only the decoration
reserved for' diploniatists of an inferior rank. The
organs of our Ministry are no where in great favour,
not even among those whose ready instruments they
have been.

A translation of Morton's comedy of " Town
and Country" has lately been brought out at Berlin, and
met with great success.— Cingus Ports Herald.
On Tuesday, a two-horse coach that runs be-
tween Manchester and this town, came from the former
place with passengers, and immediately returned, without
giving the horses either food or rest. The wretched
animals had not proceeded far before one of them fell down
dead.—Stockpert Advertiser.
DAGGERS ! ! I—The first attempt at Assas-
elnatito occurred in Barrack-street, on Wednesday. A
well-dees,:ed and apparently respectable individual sought
shelter duriog one of the violent showers of hail and rain,
in a public limo, nearly opposite the barrack-gate. There
Were SOM* penon I in what appeared to be a public room
Lefore him, Shortly fifer he entered, a " religious" dis-
sertation
.2".• He ronutio-s4 for a considerable time per-
fectly
At length he was in.taed to state his opinions
as to whether " St. Pete' was ever in Rome." He an-
swered in a tone that discoveead him to be a katholic, and
not niany minutes
Passed before he was in conflict with *
villain, who aimed a blow at bins with a dagger ! The
weapon was wrested from. tlai assassin's hand—not, how-
ever, without inflicting
some injury upon the party ass...li-
ed ; but the circumstance meet of all to be deplored, is, that
the monster contrived, ,i
-11 Confusion tliat ensued, to
make
his
escape, We understand that the facts of the one
lave been communicated to one of the Police Offices, and
and diabolical as this has
to hush up the
we have heard thatthtilnie;e,,i: sobaisnee
" bftioes e. if any
"lel_oc..,ntemplated, it 'shall not be our fault if it be not
via—""attbh exposed to the contempt and execration
of
9)'" ( the Evening Post) live in a ei,rial"
.says wea,,on ?—We nevajl
:heard of th-,,l4‘._.*Wd an Irishman's r , et
into ''''''re--never until the country nas been turn-
down (iest4l;rle4eloizau-wes4halana.by that execrable !ysterni,s which,nutni_
festly driving the ,CSecond Reformation,"
mor_zaretP,l to the extremity 9f a Civil War.
"'"9 *ter,

MAGAZINE DAY.

BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE.

We are concerned to find that common sense is
creeping ilike a cloud over this Magazine, to the ex-
clusion of wit, humour, and fancy. Not that we
have a contempt for common sense, far from it; it
is a good well-wearing household stuff that will
outlast many a yard of sound broad cloth; but still
we do not see why it should be enthroned on the
ruins of imagination. " The Surplus Population of
the United Kingdom" is as usual a diatribe against
McCulloch on his doctrines ; it is, however, ener-
getically conceived and executed. "A Subaltern in
America" details in a very graphic manner the ope-
rations of the English army against Washington ;
the description of a pitched battle with the Yan-
kees—of the treachery of one of their provincial
farmers—of their cowardly mode of bush-fighting—
of the death of the Subaltern's young friend—of the
arrival at and retreat from Washington ; these are
all pictures traced by the hand of a master. We
shall hope to see them continued. Mr. Hogg's
" Shepherd's Calendar" is spirited and descriptive,
with a good sketch of character in the person of
" Old Will o' Pileup." The Letters, entitled .4el-
wvn in Search of a Daughter," are, we are to
find, brought to a conclusion ; they were really a
lamentable infliction; and the mode of discovering
the daughter in the present series, is a manifest
plagiarism from the Vicar of Wakefield's discovery
of his son. " Noctes Ambrosiente"—or Blackwood's
Night Thoughts, resemble Young's much more
closely than they were wont; the wit is gone—the
heaviness remains; some printer, we suppose, has
written " stet" against it. On the whole, however,
the present number is a good one. We extract the
following :

THE BLACK WATCH
AIR-" THE FORTY-SECOND'S MARCH."
This is our own, our native shore—
It ne'er shall be the Stranger's !
May Heaven preserve it evermore,
In Discord's hour and Danger's !
These hills have seen our banner spread,
And o'er the dead and dying—
O'er gallant hearts and broadswords red,
Our Unicorn still flying !
We on the thistle pour our love,
In our free soil-we strike it;
On plains below, or rocks above.
There blooms no emblem like it.
To every sterling Scottish heart
It tells a kindling story ;
It bids us spurn at modish art,
And think of ancient glory.
Old Scotland's spear shall never turn,
When Faith and Honour lead 'em;
At Roslin and at Bannockburn,
Our Fathers drew for freedom ;
And that their sons are valiant too,
Let History on her pages
Write Egypt, Spain, and Waterloo,
In blood, to coming ages.
Land of our love—our native land !
Dear is each stream that dashes
In whiteness from thy rocky strand,
Dear ocean's wave that washes;

Dear are thy forests, dear thy plains,
Dear are thy hill- of heather;
Dear are thy daughters, and their swains,
Dear art thou altogether !
And beats from Thule to the Tweed
One heart that dares to slight thee—
One craven heart that would not bleed
Rejoicingly to right thee ? .
No ; thou art Freedom's choicest seat,
Religion's chosen centre;
And life in us must cease to beat
Ere foreign foot shall enter !