The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-20 00:00:00

OF 1842 AND 1843.

THE HAGUE, OCT. 17.—This solemnity took place
to-day in the usual manner. At one o'clock, the King
left his Palace, accompanied by the Princes, and a
brilliant staff. A salute of artillery announced his de-
parture from the Palace.
The inhabitants, who crowded the streets through
which he passed, received him with the loudest accla-
mations. His Majesty being introduced into the As-
sembly by the deputation appointed for the purpose.
placed himself before the throne, and delivered the
following speech :
" NOBLE AND MIGHTY LORDS,—On opening the
present Session of the States-General, the first desire
of my heart is to speak to you of the union of my
beloved daughter with the Hereditary Grand Duke
of Saxe Wiemar Eisenach.
" I have reason to believe that this union, with the
blessing of Heaven, will :contribute to the happiness
of my beloved daughter.
" My prayers and the interest which you take will
accompany my daughter and her husband. She, on
her part, will never forget her country, to which all
my family are so intimately attached.
"In lately visiting several provinces of the king-
dom, it was with the most lively satisfaction that I re-
ceived from my subjects the most marked proof of at-
tachment arid affection, and it is soothing to my heart
to be assured in this manner, that my beloved sub-
jects are not ignorant to what high degree they are
sure of my reciprocal attachment.
" The relations of the Netherlands with Foreign
Powers have been marked by mutual friendship and
good will. _

" The negociations with Belgium for the complete
execution of the Treaty of London have been prosecuted
.with all the attention which this important question
requires.
"I have the satisfaction to be able to announce to you
that the respective Plenipotentiaries have latelyagreed
on the basis of an arrangement which includes all the
points which have hitherto remained in dispute, and I
therefore trust that the treaty will be signed in a few
days.
The Navy of the kingdom is in as satisfactory a
condition as the sums granted in the budget permit ;
only our arsenals require improvements which are at
this moment a subject of attention.
" According to what circumstances require the most
suitable means are constantly employed to put the de-
fences of the country on a respectable footing.
"The good will and zeal of the officers and soldiers
have allowed the time of the exercise of the militia to
be again shortened.
"The special commission appointed to revise the
laws relative to the militia and commercial guards
has met with so many difficulties in its proceedings,
that it cannot be certainly affirmed whether the new
projects of law on this subject can be discussed during
the present session.
" Order and regularity continue to be remarked in
the internal administration.

" The organization of the police requires ameliora-
tion in several partS of the kingdom. Measures are
preparing to provide an effectual remedy.
" Primary instruction, under the influence of the
late ordinances, affords satisfactory, results.
44 continue to turn all my attention to the other
branches of public instruction, and there is reason to
rejoice at the state of the sciences and the increase
and prosperity of the arts.
" With respect to the Benevolent Society it is in-
tended to submit to the States- GPneral some legis-
lative measures on this subject.

"The situation of the indigent classes is particularly
the subject of earnest solicitude. Measures are in
preparation which may better fulfil the proposed ob-
jects than those which are founded on the existing law.
" Our Colonial posseSsions enjoy a satikactory state
of tranquillity ; agriculture aLd manufactures con-
tinue to make progress in our East India possessions,
though the shock which credit has received has dimi-
nished their resources.

" The internal situation of our West India colonies,

_ , ••
the prosperity of which is paralysed. by • divers causes;
is the subject of serious deliberation.
" The completion of the penal code, and the succes-
sive amelioration of the different branches of the Le-
gislation, are prosecuted with all diligence.
" The second book of the penal code will be Pre"
rented to you during these sessions, as well as some :,,;
of the projects of law; the object of one of them is to '
regulate the execution of the enactments of the finida*
mental law respecting the leave to retire granted, 43,
certain cases, to members'of the judicial order.
" The less flourishing condition, in some branches •
of commerce and manufactures, has not been without
influence on some taxes, which have fallen short of the
original estimate.

"The slight difference produced by these two
causes is, however, made up for by the surplus in
other branches.
r-
"The hope that the contribution from the colohlol
resources, which were below the estimate in 1841, ,
would be made up for by the produce of the current
year has not been realised. The continuance in ,the ,
decline in the price of colonial produce has urn
caused a very considerable deficit.
" Taking these results as a basis, the colonial con'
tributions during the next two years must neces-
sarily be assumed at a lower sum in estimating the i
revenues of the State. -1
" Though the budget of the receipt and expendi-
ture
for 1844 and 1845 will present in its chapters
indubitable proofs of a serious desire to effect silnPli"
fication and economy, and especially a remarlish`,e-4
diminution in the total amount, it will, nevertheless,'
be necessary to increase a little the ordinary means
in order to balance the expenses.
" And an increase of the duties on inheritance
sad stamps has appeared the most suitable and least
• onerous means of obtaining this object. vit•°
" However, my desire to make some reduction in
,1
other taxes will, I hope, be fulfilled, though circum-
stances do not permit it to be done to the extent tbathilt
I could have wished.
" The draft of the new tariff of import, expOT'
and transit duties, is sufficiently advanced for the'ePi.
niol of the Chamber of Commerce and Manufantu,,,res'
and of the Commissions of Agriculture, to be tPeen4
consulted.
" The account of the receipt and expenditure of t
State for 1842 and the preceding years will 'be laid `
before you. The inspection the accounts will deinwif
strate that some overplus has been applied to clear °as 1
the preceding arrears. Since the credit of the fn%
for the iron railroads from Amsterdam to Arnbe.l.
has been separated from the extraordinary receipt; „-•
-
dicated in the balance of the budget, by an insegr
tion in the second book of the Public Debt, the ,‘="s
vernment still has the faculty of creating a capitals
6,000,000, to which recourse will be had in pro
as the treasury may be in need of it, though it ill "-
possible at present to specify at what time. A.
" The revisal of the pensions is proceeding nee"-
ing to the basis pointed out by a special c ominissita,
" HIGH AND MIGHTY LORDS—I shall have netßird
more at heart than to contribute to perfect conlhe
during this session. On this point I reckon on
co-operation of all, each in the circle which is assign',
him by the fundamentalfor ray part, I °Pee
faithfully to fulfil the high duties which Providene
has imposed upon me.
" When the Prince, in harmony with his people,
seriously aims at promotin the general gond' it,
benediction of the Almighty may be confident
hoped for."
After delivering the speech, his Majesty andrythhee
Princes left the Hall, and returned to the Palace.4eit
crowd again took the opportunity of cheering
Sovereign as he passed.

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„looney. ''',,IIIP. -01
1 Actual Deb , 2,34 per Cents 24 ,'.ll/ " if 9
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Jitto, ditto 5 per cent. - A f',
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DAto, ditto, N percent 7714 1 '
•,,a'ic
Commercial Company, 4', per cc nt '3554 MN i .
Ditto (1835 and 1537) 5 per cent.
Loan 1E37, 5 per cent. ... ..... ... ( elx, 1004
Exchange on London, One month...-.
Two month&
Hamburgh, One month 35 tals
Two months 35 taN ,
Dutch Papers, Oct. 18. •

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LLOYD'S SHIPPING. AT. to
LONDON, OCT. 19.—Wind this day at noon,.
N. W., fresh breeze, fine weather.
DEAL, OCT. 18.—Wind S.W., moderste•--,, 'of
Ethelred, Jamaica; Ocean, for Gefle, vvitili!`"ipth
figure-head, &c., having been in Contact, on the
ult., off the Start ; 'Charles Ferdinand Wittnier,
vannah, for Bremen.
. tar. •
MARGATE, OCT. 18.—One cask of sprits -
pentine, and two crates of bottles, have been br° ..
in to-day, from the wreck of the gusan.
PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 18.—Wind W.S.W.r lapdt
The Poland, in leaving the harbour for Sunder
•
took the ground, but is expected off at h
,igh,,w,,amterilaP
COWES, OCT. 18.—Arrd. Pilgrim, Lind
vannah.
DARTMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Sld. Drulius
FALMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Wind variable' and lig„4-tt..."4,
Arrd. Penguin packet, Rio Janeiro, sailed Aug;
old
lia
Bahia 27, Pernambuco 2d nit., with 30,0C001/c.ilititlilag.°,",.
on freight. Arrd. off, Apollo, Sturge, Baltimore °,"
Bremen. Sid. Dee steamer, West Indies ; her -I°l-
- steamer Alban, on a cruize.
GUERNSEY, OCT. 14.—Sld. Crescent, Barbadoes•
SWANSEA, OCT. 17.—Arrd. Ayo, Valparaiso. La,. ‘,P
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 18.—Wind variable and
—Arrd. Valparaiso, Lima • Rival, Brown, Ness
t
Cairo, New Orleans; Torolinta,' Smith, New lrf,a
Rienza, Coulter, Miramichi ; Lord Seaton, Jo"
Walker, and Highlander, Quebec ; 'Warren, Cr°,
rrnrPci:
ton, Africa, sailed from Fernando Po, Aug. 3.
off, Glasgow, St. John's, New Brunswick.
CLYDE, OCT. 17.—Arrd. Tay, St. John's, N.B. gt.
DUBLIN, OCT. 16.—Arrd. Phoenix, Sangster, "
John's, New Brunswick.
CORK, OCT. 16.--Arrd. Reliance, Hall, Bombay;
Mulgrave, Wells, and Hope, Nestor, Honduras. ao,
OFF CROOKHAVEN, OCT. 14.---Enfield, TOO,
164 days ; Canning, St. John's, New Brunswle,"
Swatara, Davis, New Orleans, out 6.5 days. ;40;
SHIELDS, OCT. 17.—Sld. Renown, Valparaiso;
17th May, Pernambuco.
A Mtthevi
SUNDERLAND, OCT. 18.—Arrd. Fero, ana
and Ann, Miramichi.
WHITBY, OCT. 18.—The Nedro, Gray, of and ft:11 -
Sunderland, got on Whitby Rock last night, but
assisted off, and reached the pier in a sulking thi3
The Economy, of and from Blyth, was run down
morning by a large light brig, crew saved. . ;i.
DEAL, PREVIOUS TO OCT. 17.—Arrived Leslnoon, „le
Geaken Trinidad for Bremen; Katherine, Jac'
ji
Rotterdam, for Baltimore.
OFF PORTLAND, .
OCT. 16.—Arrd. Carrs, -
OFF TORBAY, OCT.l4.—Phoenix, Newcastle:
O
FALMOUTH, OCT. 17.—The Middlesex, -sab
from Sydney, New South Wales, to London,
,h or
cotton and oil, went on shore forty miles sen..l'ved,
Pernambuco, Aug. 30—crew and passengers s"'
the ship and cargo lost.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING. very
Arrival—Reliance, Hall, from Bombay, off
Ll
pool, sailed 17th June, St. Helena 24th Aug' fromArrivals at St. Helena—Prevoyante, Aug. 1 , 'puny
Bourbon and Cape, and sailed 18th to Cayenne°. Sarah,
to
Howard, 18th, from Launceston, and sailed `carah,
London ; Vixen, Palmer, 19th, from London
; sailed
Parker, Codman, 20th, from Singapore., an, cal.
21st to New York ; Imo en Bissett, 23d, tr° ~4th,
cutta, and sailed 24th to London; Bourgaluville,
frou Bourbon to Bourdeaux. Stacey'
Departures from St. Helena—George Wail'
A. Arrivals to Cowes; Resolution, to London. sage,
at Rio Janeiro—St. Ceorge,
Aug. 7, from London, and sailed 11th to New
land ; William Wise, 12th, from Port Witt Aug.
Departures from Rio—General Kyd, Ous
7, to Madras ; Union, Allen, 10th, to the Cape''
D Arrivals 12th to Sydney. ,4, fres".
at Bahia--Cairo, Wardell, Aug' :04
Sydney, and sailed 19th to London. Aug. 13
Departures from Bahia—Eden, Boyce' 4',
to Sydney: •0
Arrival atValparaiso--Mathesis, Gordon, June
from Sydney. Lond°"'
VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Eden brig, from coos,
Aug. 21, lat. 23 S., lon. 37; Atkinson, Rl° to,
et, or.
7th inst., lat. 49, ion. 14, by the Penguin pal!'
tol,
rived at Falmouth. Brig Woodpecker,
Nv3r 7f 1 for
'
inst„ lat. 46, lon. 11 ; Cottager, of °Thou°
Cork, by the Wm. Gales, arrived at Cork. . 25;
Naylor, Havannah for Cowes, 28th ult.,lat. 1
47' 49,
, I°ll.
Irlam, Barbadoes to Liverpool 30th ult., lot. 49+ sth
it., by the2n2s:;
Grampian,sim efornomHaArdmye, o
rica, (short f hreltyon,
tCoric: !Till 33 ;6;
bound to the Brazils, Sept.6ived a
, lat. 12 N,
Hadalheid, Bahia to Cronstadt, 27th, lat. 42,,,,t inst.,
Emu, Van Diemen's Land to London, 10,"5 miles
lat. 48, lon. 20 ; Theodasia, Quebec do., 11t112;
.17001.
W. of Cape Clear, by the Warren, arrived at 1 vtehtown
Larne, Callao to Liverpool, with part of carz°
-to reel
July and having been into Chiloe ,verpoo
July- 24, lat. 56 S., lon. 75 W,; Gazelle, uocan,
to Mauritius, Aug. 22, lat. 24 S., lon. Valparaiso':"-
London to Calcutta, Aug. 22, by th don, fr°lll
arrived at Liverpool. Andrew, of fey
Antigua, by the Beccles, arrived at Cork. tO
•t • Johan, Africa t
nambuco to Liverpool, 10th m:; • , to Po-1;
Liverpool, 11th inst.; Ladosia, St. Lawrevial
ce
uses, 13th
don, 12th init.; Commodore, Cuba to lat. 35,
; El:zabeth, from Troon, 4th plg•-
tlQ)eu..:,lboeret,onitt,
tarsrli:
arrived at Crookhaven. An eAldnna;terlei2c:bis''hilt.alee(lll,Cs::';PPuisne.gci
ST. JOHN'S, NEWTOUNDLAND, SEPT. 13115 rt
the) Francis lirhitington. lat. 34 S., lat:),.°.__` The bog
• 1-' Buy, C'BeeP
Earl Grey, Cubes, of Spaniards' VI
was totally lost in Placentia Bay 14th in -t

wing

SIR ‘,V!LLIA'AI GEARY.—Ave happy ,1" -GAL—
able .o ,tate., from inquiries nrdo in Car:tci day
dens, that the :,,count received in tow' Y.esfehrope;
Were very favourablO and the most sangu'n,e on's
are now entertained 'by this esteemed gentle the
medicalattendntoser;us that
chcideweni I:. recover
effects of his late foul

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MEETING ofFEMALE CHARTISTS.
A meeting of Female Chartists was held on Monday
evening, in the National Charter Association Hall,
Old Bailey, for the purpose of forming a " Female
Chartist Association,' to co-operate with the. Male
Association : and fur other objects connected with the
interests of " The People's Charter."
‘,.Ott the motion of Miss SUSANNA INGE, seconded by
Irk 'WYATT, Mr. Carey was called to the chair.
,s After a suitable address from Mr. RIDLEY, in which
uecommented on the present state of woman, and
Pointed to the position which, according to his judg-
raent, she ought to occupy in society, elevating her
lights to political aspirations.
O. Air t. COHEN expressed the high degree of satisfac-
n which he had received from Mr. Ridley's address,
° cut, nos not help saying that woman, in his (Mr.
lien's) opinion, would be more in her proper cha-
racter and station at home, where she was the pride
and Ornament of " the domestic hearth," than in the
Political arena.—(Sensation among the ladies.) He
telcno
sis gliv.edged the high and useful talents of Miss
int-Lmeau ; but he did not consider that nature
She woman to partake of political rights.
e was not, physically considered, intended for
it. LI
&Le had the highest respect for the cha-
-e .0
her, ta:,
of worn* and sense of what was due to
every point of consideration ; but he
noT4II Put it to the. mothers present, whether they did
tno fuld themselves more happy in the peacefulness
fot•:,:asefulness of the domestic hearth, than in coming
(Kean public and aspiring after political rights.—
r, inur
murs, interruptions, and cries of" Order.")
to thrro*b3ALltos jun.,said that Mr. Cohen's object was
,
It‘ri the ladies,
fro w`` cold water" on the meeting.—(Hear, hear
and cries of No, no, from Mr. Cohen.)
8110`,0118s SUSANNAH INGE, Secretary to. the Association,
d like to ask Mr. Cohen why he considered
fled te,,ll„nnt qualified to vote, if they were quail-
regoi; "11 public offices ?—(Hear, hear.) It did not
"physical force" to vote.—(Applause.)
'-$1( t.C°ll-14N would, with all humility and respect,
aspire ‘l,_ Young lady what sort of office she would
one 11:u fill ?—(Order, order.) If she would fill
the' ."-a Would fill all ? He was not going to treat
wouird6 with ridicule—(Hear, hear)—but he
Cool 8a her to suppose herself in the House of
(LaanTns, Member for a Parliamentary borough--
thg:ittrer)and that a young gentleman, " a lover,"
throuan:t. °use, were to try to influence her vote
aet, e°",nis sway over her affections, how would she
trtightWnether, in other words, she could resist, and
artier.)not ll
lose sight of the public interests?—(Order,
roainta.l wished to be in order. He was for
rights ~rnag the "social rights" of women. "Political
to, t.,
could such as he understood that meeting to aspire
111snever, in his opinion, attain.
(inests I\IARy ANNE WALKER was astonished at the
by th,'°,.a Put by Mr. Cohen, and at the remarks made
With gentleman.—(Hear, hear.) She repudiatedio pa indignation the insinuation, that if women were
wololiament, any man, be he husband or be he lover,
the _ .clare be so base as to attempt to sway her from
froilistrict line of duty.—(Hear, hear, cries of "Bravo"
With th
w e men, and much applause.) She would treat
man „kninatily scorn, as a contemptible scoundrel, the
unduwould dare to influence her vote by any
for and unworthy means—(Cheers from the men)
wa3, he were base enongh to mislead. her in one
ellee'r"e, would in another.—(Hear, hear, and renewed
places in) The events which were at that moment taking
the N thth • sisters and brothers
were or , where their
Nun cruelly and unjustly transported, or else
aa (Pa into dismal and pestiferous dungeons, for
Loer cause than standing up for their rights, and
Inandin
thetn g bread to appease their hunger, and save.
lato,selves from dying of starvation in their native
fro ere vere unfortunately of a nature to drag woman
voiel her retirement, and call upon her to lift up her
ken against such deeds.—(Great cheering from the
hear' ,and cries of " Bravo, Miss Walker," and Hear,
from the ladies). As for Lord Abinr —(Hisses)
re unworthy unworthy the name of " man,' and unfit to
-"ent the interests of either man or woman. His
errishi
the had said, that " the Chartis •ts wanted to get
selyr:vver into their hands to make all the laws them-
140ah: She (Miss Mary Anne) flung back the ma-
falsehood She
with all the scorn it merited.-
1-ers prom the and Hear, hear, accompanied by
avio men,
d g°l handkerchiefs, by the ladies.) The young
y
action t spokwithgreat warmth, and suited the
e
sosore-. „%stne, 'word, after passing some additional cen-
r 1),-;" Lordship, and touching on a variety of
deal eonnected with the objects of the meeting,
: „ a Chartist in name and feeling ;
t come '‘"Pealed to her fellow countrywomen
ever e IRA •
1.. "grata,. In favour of the Charter, and, how-
.red b "latical h • to be dis-
a • y an, 8, t eir language, not . d
the,b." 'mils of ridicule that might be pointed
hear by them the encou-
he hope, that • giving .
ar alf it were only from the curiosity to
nut and "moan
speak, the young men would come
time d speak to them.—(Laughter, aPpla eln.—(Laughter, and long con-
Walker re amidst which Miss Mary Anne
All.. e„ !limed her seat.)
to th hero"atta Apr,
testimony
e e %-/ARTILY bore historical
ii,er 'co -eh
jnd patriotic deeds performed by women,
cos,_"e thanks of the meeting were proposed
Wee Ridley Lt.
„ and seconded by Mrs. Windeler, to
eal '°r his very excellent address. Thanks
to so unonim y
the 4sa Ater, A "SIY and enthusiastically accorded
ths• enrnplime•V'nne Walker, who, in acknowledging
eir names t, called on the ladies present to enrol
ing theni favour of the National Charter, as-
trierous the and the gentlemen that the more
ofe,exPression enrolment the more marked would be
ner esti
.of than to her, and the more worthy
rneetin mation—t
g terini ‘Loud cheers.) After which the
nate&

STATE OF TRADE.
There (I'l'm n' '.ie ltranchester Guardian.)
the marketwlts material change in the aPP
yesterda •
reduction
°I Prlees (I. Y , though
perhaps the
rance of
lovve,t
I, last
Week S point) ea • inquiry than
• ‘wnich have now very nearl reached the
, both f used a little moreT
or yarn and
goods.
ever, cont.
he market,
are
still
droopin 'tines generally flat, and pricets
how-
several
(*Oar g. • we regret to learn, that bea .es have
Deco
during the last few days,
one Dore or less upon the trade of this towat
St:4:f these is that of a spinner and manufacturer -
h4qga ,12,t; and another of a house in Glasgow en
In the Canadian trade, and owing some money
has bee though we believe the extent of the engagements
lt,sn a good deal exaggerated.
\iciinAt
OCT. 17.
~,Th ~E FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY,
_day
at f ere
nas
been a brisk demand for flannels to -day,
T, ormer prices, and many pieces have been soirds
ar:le wool market still remains heavy, and the dealers
r eager to sell at the old prices.

LITERATURE.
EDINBURGH REVIEW. No. CLIII.
London, Longman. 1842.
Mr. Alison's " History of Europe," each suc-
cessive volume of which has attracted on its ap-
pearance the attention of the literary world in no
ordinary degree, and which indeed has been more
praised and blamed than any contemporary his-
torical work with which we are acquainted, forms
the subject of the first article in the current Num-
ber of this Review. The criticism, on the whole,
may be considered a favourable one—that ia to
say, it does justice in a frank and cordial spirit to
Mr. Alison 's undoubted excellencies—his un-
wearied research, his uniform minuteness, and
general tone of impartiality; while it protests
against his frequently vicious, slovenly, and tur-
gid style, and the erroneous conclusions at which
he is but too apt to arrive from premises hastily
laid down, and which, hasty as they are, call
tur other deductions. The Reviewer justly re-
:harks that the most interesting " saubject of his
history, next to the great Revolution which
forms the ground-work of the whole, is un-
doubtedly the character of the extraordinary
man who made that Revolution the instrument of
his power;" and adds, "we have been much
grat:fied by the calm and impartial spirit in which
the historian discusses his general char acter.'
The Reviewer then , goes on to speak of the
intense interest which Napoleon's every move-
ment excited throughout the civilised world.
"Wherever," he observes, "the great conqueror
was engaged, the breathless attention of all
Europe was fixed. Every citizen of every State
felt his hopes or his fortunes raised or depressed
by the event. The death of an English Minister
was hastened by the battle ofMarengo ; the treaty
of Tilsit was felt as an object of interest in the
deserts of .Central Asia; the battle of Leipsic
rousedor paralyzed every European from Cadiz to
the North Cape." We have quoted this passage
for the purpose of pointing out a singular error
it contains. The " English Minister " alluded to
was Pitt; but his death was not " hastened by
the battle of Marengo," but by that of Auster-
litz, which was fought a few months previous to
his demise, and destroyed the coalition against
France, of which he was the chief originator,
and which was the moving principle of his foreign
policy. The Reviewer, after giving a very fair
outline of Napoleon's character, says, "there is
one scene in his career which no sophistry can
palliate, which no imagination can elevate, which
his most deVoted partisans can but endeavour to
forget. We allude to the treacherous detention
of the English families travelling in France in
1801." This was certainly an act of no ordinary
injustice; but far worse, in our opinion,
was Napoleon's heartless treatment of poor
Toussaint, the negro Liberator of St. Do-
mingo, whom he first deceived by a show of
kindness, and then caused to be secretly
put to death by one of the most cruel and lin-
gering of all tortures, starvation. This wanton
murder—the result of a paltry jealousy of a more
magnanimous spirit than hinuelf—is, we con-
ceive, the great blot on Napoleon's escutcheon.
In other deeds of aggression he may have shown
himself vindictive—tyrannical--inexorable; but
here be showed himself mean; and in speaking
of celebrated public characters, we more easily
forgive crimes prompted by passion or ambition,
than those which have their origin in an innate
littleness of nature. " The Life of Augustus
Keppel," is a passable notice of the Memoirs
of the Admiral of that name, who having been
one of the staunchest Whigs of his day, is, of
course warmly eulogized by his Whig Reviewer.
In the notice of " Berryer's Auto-Biographical
Recollections"occur several curious characteristic
anecdotes of the manners of the old -regime in
France, and of the tremendous popular outbreak
which shattered the fabric of Absolutism to atoms.
M. Berryer was then a young man, just rising
into eminence as a lawyer, and his recollections
of that terrible epoch are necessarily very vivid.
" He attributes his professional success," says
the Reviewer, " to his domestic happiness, and
to a natural gaiety of disposition, fostered by the
amenity and joyousness of the manners and
habits which for the first thirty-four years of his
life adorned his country. But now, he says, no
one smiles in France; he finds himself between
eighty and ninety too young for his associates,
and is forced to repress a thousand sallies
which the gravity of the times would riot
tolerate." The altered character of the French
—which has been often remarked on by Eng-
lish travellers—is easy to be accounted for, when
one considers their present political condition,
and the little chance they have of bettering it.
Notwithstanding their struggles for years to
obtain a strictly democratic form of government,
they find themselves, at the end of half' a cen-
tury, little better off than they were at the com-
mencement of their struggle. True, they have
got rid of that incubus, the feudal system; are
no longer subject to the military despotism
of Napoleon; and have shaken off the elder
branch of the imbecile Bourbons; but for all
this, Tyranny still keeps them in a state of re-
luctant vassalage; and in their vaunted King of
the Barricades—for whom but twelve years since
they poured out their blood like waterthey
have found to their cost the bitterest enemy of
that form of government which they so much
covet, and which they have made so many un-
availing sacrifices to obtain. Reflections like
these may well make a Frenchman serious, for
they are a constant thorn in the side of his na-
tional vanity ! We quote from M. Berryer's
Recollections a remarkable anecdote, which de-
rives additional interest from the insight it_ gives
i
us into the disorganised state of society n France
towards the close of the Reign of Terror :
" One of the most remarkable, and one of those
Which throw most light upon the internal state of
France, during the interval between the Reign of
Terror and the Consulate, is a trial before the tribunal
of Chartres, in which M. Berryer was only a spec
tator. For some years previous to the trial, which
appears to have taken place in theeyear 1795, a large
tract of country, of which the forest of Orgeres, ex-
tending to within thirty miles of Chartres, is the cen-
tre, had been infested by bands of' ruffians, who, from
their use of fire as an instrument of torture, acquired
the name of Chauffeurs. They were accustomed to
surround lonely farm-houses in numbers too large for
resistance, bind the males, and force the females, by
fire applied to the feet, to discover the property of the
family. From the number of their outrages, the uni-
formity of their proceedings, and the skill with which
they were conducted, it is inferred that they formed
a large confederacy, acting on system, and obeying
some central authority. But this was mere suspicion :
common as the crime was, not one of the criminals
was identified. One day, however, two gendarmes,
as they crossed a portion of the forest, found a child
about ten years old, the singularity of whose dress
excited their curiosity. He asked for food, and was
persuaded to accompany them to a neighbouring
town. A good breakfast and a glass of wine obtained
his confidence. He told them that he lived with his
father and mother, and many other families, in a vast
cavern in the forest. That a. great. many.__ men came
there from time to time, bringing with them some-
times. plate and other v
taken away, and sometimes
the inhahitaats. It seemedP
esh I erspo,
tv.wci)sitoi which were
athnad t
theclothes
head-
quarters of the Chanifeurs was now detected; but,
iestead of attacking the cavern the
thoseresult
who
(f whichh
would have been only the seizure ofhave been in it at the time, and the alarm
and
andweLmiapegoft
the other members of the confederacy, it was resolved
to use the child as a means of arresting the out-door

Sitlnlv?ilgst the--
se---"ngers by the Greatb. Western was
illiarn I)
is
r‘upriet , rumrnond Stewart,
404 er of Murphy Castle, Perthshire, gentleman Scotland, and
Of tLe Of the most eccentric and remarkable_
terminated
11, tpi,,N.e. It is only a few years since he personages
51%41'1 of seven years on both sides of the Rocky
nuffai(74e, where he employed himself in hunting. the
ferest. ',.'llcl boar, and other denizens. of the American
Teri t• le frequently encamped with the Indians. On
'l. Will'
' '''R M. this city, after his sojourn in the wilderness,k_
ably ;_ laea exhibited a number of curious and remar
t. liztterestirig
paintings, byexecuted.s
11114:: 4:1 he was accompanied.. Hei able talent, manners, remarkable taste,,. William
a mananarOfistvebryy
consindenrw-
Nendse„not• We understand that Sr
(as for Proceeding to his old haunts, and resuming
bp est life..--Areuy York Paper. .
4tt '4lll or New
J LYON.—Lieut.-General Sir,
ilfttllhe4l-1011,Ii.C.13.AardsG.C.H., who had. the colonek.l
0 e 24th Re • •
Sept. 1829, died at Brighton
,O prici. Sir
since
service,
as Ensign
41 the 2'sl;_.
~,,6ir James entered the
blent, a t cot, in 1793 ;he embarked with the regi-
ksetrtng duty as Marines, the same ar, and was
actions °II board the Marlborough in Lord_ Howe's
,Tane ,ef the 27th and 28th of May and. the
.Isent of
la the 1,79-1. Next year he served with his
tregiment
•I'l.ynleo2,l_'et Indies, and on Lord G. Lennox 's staff a
Ivlth c:",lal 177 and 1798. He went as A.D
the
iattt
rgir Charles Stuart to Minorca, in October ofp h..
year He also served in Egypt, Spain, and. . or
al4, ile commanded the 97th Foot at Vimiara,
Ile saeia, Busaco, and at the first siege of Badajoz.
I,°l the r.illenlly served in the army under the ordein
Scam.-"la_ tinee Royal of Sweden, and on the staffb
..
in, vvhere he cemmanded the Hanoverian_ ri.
teandi' the sth division. In 1817 he served as Corn
biedai't_g-General of the inland district. He wore a
Atkvend clasp for Vimiera and Talavera.
-.At 141eK3ATIL-•-CIJR.IOIIB EXPLOIT OP ARAT.
I°Cl(...ll°anoes, of the subterranean exhibitions at . Mat-
enterenstll .;(:) kill
lea as the High Tor Grotto, it is the
vetlrtig, wit:,e alrieghiteefdt candles on the sides at
burning till the visitors
,Seledlev °l' \l'ednesdav week the guide, Mr. Wm.
icavinkrt;,,.werit into the grotto with a gentleman,
arne,_
turn ,V:::_e_e,ll(.lles but-niag as usual, aril on .
rat, waik
1;4,-04
i '.'d to meet a sedate-loo.king gie;
.old
candles K leisurely off with one of the burning
b,,.,in; 48
Oh
ill thes:fct of lighting. himself about his
i
under r‘ .1
"h being observed he quickly disappeared
Derby, 7 . edge rock takin, h's light with hm.— 1
uktir cif",,,, ._ + zo - ,•,. are(
somext,vn.! Hale.
-,ed
ocean riao4 ~ ti.En.EcTiox.---- hen the storm• 0, .
abroad ; to lash file sky ; when th“ wild tornado is
by int whf'n the ba‘onf of the ~,,lid eaeth is siviien
• ernal thr
~" , . ~• , ' • 1
nlght, when
t, , .04,:T.:1-1. the gloi.y am,. beauty..
fror,„o.._ he eyes ;.f' love are drihking the light
.up
rainere'444l:scs,eu,l,--at such lave
moment, 0 let a sensitive
Ulm ii, „....'w ‘, Row, in thunder, am I going to pay
--9'y
tc"nwr"v"-anterican Paper. i
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DA.T.II OF THE OWNER OF t HAYMARKET THEATRE.
BEES WING. i Let the lovers of flip, whim, and drollery, be glad
TO THE .E_DITOR OF THE SU.N. I —let all those who rejoice in a hearty laugh get their
°IR' 1- am sorry to inform you of the death I risible muscles into working order—Buckstone the
of Mrrd
e, the owner of Beeswing; he died at Mor- quaint— Buckstone the inimitable, has returned
SundaysFuedlelyonn ta...afternoon, at half-past three, beingF from " the States," safe, sound, and as whim-
truly. Ken on his road home.—ln haste,your s sical as ever, and last night made his rentree
J. IV. at this theatre, in the character of Mr. Henry
Sheffield, Tuesday Night. Dove. in his own laughable comedy of Married Life.
His reception was most enthusiastic, cheer followed
cheer for several minutes, and when something like
silence had been restored, a call for one cheer more
was heartily responded to—it was indeed a good one.
- At the conclusion of the comedy Buckstone was again
called for, and the enthusiastic cheering was again re-
newed. He seemed quite overcome with the hearti-
ness of his welcome home, and at length advanced to
the front of the stage and addressed the audience as
follows :—" Ladies and Gentlemen, I beg to return
you my most heartfelt thanks for the kind and grati-
fying manner in which you have received me this
evening. It shows that although I have been some
time absent, all recollection of me has not quite
vanished from your memories.—(Cheers.) In the
United' States I was every where received most
warmly, and invariably treated in the kiiidest man-
ner—(Cheers)--and if anything can lessen the regret
which we must all of us feel at parting from those
who have used us kindly—(Cheers)—it is such a
welcome as that with which you have honoured me this
evening.—(Applause.) I have heard it said that there
are many things which it is worth while to cross the
Atlantic to see—l feel that there is one thing which it
is worth while to have crossed it to hear, and that is ,
what I have heard this evening—a hearty English
laugh.—(Loud applause.) Ladies and Gentlemen, I
have again to express my gratitude to you for the
kindness with which you have received me, and I hope
there are many pleasant evenings in store for us at the
little theatre in the Haymarket." At the conclusion
of his address Mr. Buckstone withdrew amidst the
most vociferous cheering. The comedy was admirably
performed, and elicited many a hearty English laugh
during its progress. Mark Leman's exquisite drama
of Grand father Whitehead followed, and Alma Mater
concluded the evening's amusement.