The Sun.
London, England, 1827-09-07 00:00:00

NAYMARKET THEATRE.

• A new comedy, entitled " Spring and Autumn,
or the Bride at Fifty," from the pen, we understand,
of KENNY, was last ni6ht produced at this Theatre.
It is a lively, entertaining piece, and turns chiefly on
the peevish jealousies of an old woman, (Mrs. W.
CLIFFORD), who has married a dashing dissipated
young man, named Rattle. When we have men-
tioned that this last character was performed by Mr.
COOPER, we think we have said quite enough to
thin the benches during the run of the piece ; for so
far from haVing any pretensions to vivacity, this
gentleman is the most prosing, solemn bore ima-
ginable.
" Ah, think not, mistress, more true dulness lies
In folly's dress than wisdom's grave disguise."
In Joseph Surface he is quite at home; but in
such parts as the present, he is intolerable.—
His intoxication was by no means good; he
seemed to forget that a gentleman may be a
gentleman, even " inter scvphos," and that it
by no means follows that he should box his friend's
ears, or kick his shins, because he has indulged
in a somewhat liberal allowance of champaigne.—
Such conduct savours of St. Giles's. The best
character in the piece, was that of Sir Simon Slack,
a good-natured old gentleman, fond of his ease, yet
with a somewhat paradoxical propensity to a young
wife. This amusing peculiarity, was well hit off by
FARREN, whose vivacity, and con more bye-play
and inuendos, kept the house in continued merri-
ment.—The piece. was completely successful, and
bids fair, we think, with a few slight alterations to
have a run.

CHELTENHAM, SEPT. s.—The Marquis of
Donegal, Lady Gresley, the Hon. W. Bathurst, &c. are
among our latest accession of visiters. Our promenades
in the walks of the Montpellier, Royal, and Sherborne Spas,
continue thronged every morning by crowds of nobility and
gentry. A grand ball will shortly take place for the benefit
of the Master of the Ceremonies, at his private residence
" The Priory." A very liberal collection was made on
Friday last at the annual meeting of the Auxiliary Bible
Society of this town, which was held at the Rotunda, and
was very numerously attended. The drama of Faustus
will be performed at our theatre ou Friday next, in which
Harley will take the part of Wagner. The Hypocrite
was performed on Monday night, when Terry acted Doctor
Cantwell in his usual style of excellence: The part of
Maw-worm was sustained by Russell.

A gentleman applied to his friend to lend him
some amusing book : he recommended Harris's Hermes.
The gentleman, from the title, conceived it to be a novel,
but turning it over could make nothing out of it, and at
last coldly returned it with thanks. His friend asked him
how lie bad been entertained. " Not much," he replied ;
" he thought that all these imitations of Tristram Shandy
fell far short of the original !"

A schoolmaster, at Sheerness, a few years
since, had the following notification in his window :—" I
lames young gemmen to rede, rite, and miler, and the use of
the gloabs allsoe."

THE HARVEST.—The weather ha 3 been
favourable for harvest work, during the past week, and
much grain has, of course, been saved in the interim. It is,
however, a fact, that much still remains uncut, as well as
ungathered, in this part of Yorkshire. The weather of late,
though dry, has not been sufficiently warm to ripen the
crops speedily. We hope, however, that all will he got in
eventually, and in good condition.—Leeds Intelligencer.
THE GLOVE TR ADE.—WC are concerned to
learn that the Glove Trade is again much depressed, in
consequence of the vast quantities of French Gloves which
are introduced. Not only are these Gloves imported to a
great extent in the legal way, bat it is a well-established
fact that the smugglers introduce them at half the duty.
The manufacturers in London are about to present a Me-
morial t• Ministers, stating the injury which is being sus-
tained by the trade, and praying that a stop may be put to
the importation after July, 1828. No doubt the manu-
facturers in this city and other parts of the kingdom will
follow this example. We sincerely trust that their repre-
sentations may produce some relief ; thousands of the poor
in this neighbourhood are dependent upon the Glove
Trade for support. It is most distressing to the feelings
of these poor people to be deprived of their means of sub-
Sisleuce by the introduction of articles of foreign manufac-
ture.--Worcester Journal.

LEICESTER MUSIC FESTIVAL.—The Fes-
tival commenced here on Tuesday last, and the company
attending it were more numerous and respectable than the
moat sanguine could have expected, which hats produced
this very pleasing result, that the receipts at the first con-
cert, on Tuesday evening, and in the church on the fol-
lowing day, have already covered the expences incurred.
—The first concert, on Tuesday evening, commenced
with Cherubini's beautiful Overture to Anacreon, which
was performed in a most masterly manner by a magni-
ficent orchestra ; and followed by Rossini's Buffo Aria,
"Largo al factotum," sung by Signor De Begnis in his
best style. Madame Pasta sung ‘‘ Tu the ascendi" in
brilliant style, and was greatly applauded ; she also gave
the aria of Nicolini, " Cadde I'iniquo," in a superior man-
ner. In the concertante department, a trio, by Messrs.
Cramer, Lindley, and Dragonetti, was highly applauded;
as was also a concerto on the violin, by Kiesewetter. We
are very sorry to state that Kiesewetter is in such a deplo-
rable state of health, that little hopes are entertained of his
recovery.

SUICIDE OF A FELON.---LIVF.RPOOL,
SEPT. .5.—A man named James Thompson was on Monday
found guilty at Lancaster, and sentence of death recorded
against him, for horse-stealing, at Ormskirk, after which
he was given in charge to a Police-officer in attendance, to
be conveyed to Chester, to be again put on his trial, he
being charged by the verdict of a Coroner's Jury with the
wilful murder of a woman at Compstall-bridge, near
Marple. The prisoner arrived in this town on the 3d
instant, and, as is usual in such cases, his legs were secured
with a strong chain. In the afternoon he was put on
board a steam-packet for Birkenhead, from which place he
was to be forwarded by coach to Chester. When the
packet had gained the middle of the river, Thompson
asked permission of the officer to go to the head of the
vessel, when, strange to say, the miserable man threw him_
self overboard, ironed as he was, and after a struggle of a
few moments, he sunk to rise no snore. Upwards of 100
passengers were on board at the time.
COACH ACCIDENT.—We lament to say,
that some distressing accidents occurred yesterday after-
noon, by the upsetting of the Kington Mail Coach, on its
way to this city, The accident happened as the coach was
going round a turn in the road near Knightsford Bridge,
There were one inside and four outside passengers ; be_
bind the coachman sat two gentlemen and a female ; the
latter, we are grieved to state, was so much injured (hav-
ing received a concussion of the brain) that doubts are en-
tertained of her recovery ; she is the wife of a post-boy.--
Mr. Irish, of the Hop Pole Inn; Bromsgrove, who sat
with
.the coachman, had his arra and thigh fractured, but
is doing well. The coachman was much bruised, but
not dangerously hurt. The only inside passenger, a lady,
was much cut about the head, but not materially injured.
The guard and the other passengers sustained no material
hurt.
The persons injured have received every attention
from Mr. Pierpoint, surgeon, of this city. The coach-
manblflaite a'‘t.ittnoches to him. In turning
was quite sober at the time of, the accident, and Mr.
sup-
posed that the the corner, it is
coach swayed so
is so severe a sufferemr,u,h.hasondecolnaereds,i.dtel:atthnaot
the balance was lost. The pole was broke.— Worcester
Journal.

LEEDS PRANCH BANK..—ThiS establish-
ment has " liberally" announced that " for cash it will
....,
accommodate the public with bills on London at twenty-
one days." We have spoken to some gentlemen who
ccon-
sider such terms rather extortionate if not illegal. Sove-
reignsßank of England notes all issue, the one as
well a
other, from the old lady in Threadneedle-
street; acid
;s at'in(l as the branches are part of that overshadowing
parent, the above proposal is considered unfair. In several
descriptions of trade, a bill at twenty-one days, even on
; and for this
sthime
planl:eaosf:ln_ngtlahlauit,
if
fs receivedpnreetsenteato that
as cash
sh
body any time
previous
to its being due, discount at four per cent. is de-
ducted out of its amount, and the balance only given to
the holder. We know a case exactly in point, where a
gentleman having to remit money to London, took some
hundred sovereigns to the Leeds Branch, and could obtain
for them no bill on the Old Lady at a shorter date than
twenty-one days. But as every 100/, so exchanged would
have cost about :is. in discount, or leave a loss of 21. 10s.
on a 1,0001. the terms were declined. The proposal is
besides something like an absurdity, when we bear in mind
that notes of this house are payable on demand,
in London
as well as Leeds,—while gold issued here labours under a
relative disadvantage. What the real motive or the final
operation of the measure may I:e, we do not enquire,
though both may be worthy of meditation,....-Leeds Intel_
liyencer.

POLICE INTELLMENCF.-(TTITS DAY.)

QUEEN-SQUARE

EMBEZZLEMENT.— William West, a Chelsea pensioner,
was brought up from the watch-house, before G. W.
MARRIOTT, Esq. the sitting Magistrate, charged on two
separate offences with embezzling the sum of 101. 16s. 4d.,
the property of Mrs. Mary Clarke, with whom he acted as
a servant ; and also 31. 15s. 10d., the monies of Mrs.
Elizabeth Waugh, living in Tothill-street, Westminster,
the said money having been intrusted to his care.
It appeared that the prisoner had been requested to con-
vey a quantity of goods to the house of Mr. W. Mackley, a
stationer, residing at No. 69, Tottenham-court-road, on
the 2d July last, the prisoner accordingly delivered the ar-
ticles as desired, for which he received 141. 12s. 2d., he
then left the house; but, instead of returning with the mo-
ney, the prisoner decamped, and no tidings was obtained
of him, until last night, when he had the audacity to en-
gage a lodging at the next house of his mistress, Mrs.
Clarke, who, on being informed, that the prisoner
was on the spot, an officer was sent for, and given into

custody.
Several witnesses deposed to the facts of the case, which
were clearly made out.
The prisoner made no defence, and was fully committed
to Newgate on both charges.
Mr. MARRIOTT said, by a recent Act of Parliament the
offence was made a felony of, and on that he would stand
his Vial.

SPORTING.-RECEIVED THIS DAY.

WARWICK RACES.—TflustsDAy, SEPT. 6.

T. G. Sxtrwan and J. DRINKWATER., Esqrs. Stewards.

Mr. T. H. ATKINS, Clerk of the Course.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for three-yr-olds. One mile.
Mr. Lawlev's b. e. Loraine (Norman) 1
Mr. Skipwith's b. f. Maria
gix drawn.—A beautiful race, won only by a head.-6 to

4on Loraine. - -
The King's Plate of 100 gs. Heats, four miles.
Mr. Radcliffe's br. h. Mortgage, 5 yrs (Robinson) 1 1
Mr. Heywood's br. g. Edward, 5 yrs
Four drawn.—High odds on Mortgage.
The Town Plate of 501. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Giffard's ch. c. Pantaloon ... (Lear) 1 1
Mr. Beardsworth's Chesterfield, 4 yrs ... 2 2
Mr. Barrow's b. in. Alecto, aged
6 to 4 on Pantaloon, who won easy.

The race for the Gold Cup yesterday was a fine treat to
the lovers of animated racing. Granby and Euxton alter-
nately made play at a great rate for three miles, when
Granby gave in. Euxton continued the lead till the last
turn, when Leviathan reached him, and a severe struggle
to the Grand Stand then ensued, when Euxton yielded the
contest, being then beat about a length. It is admitted to
he the most tremendous race ever run on this course, and
was performed in exactly four minutes. Dervise lost a
great deal of ground in the second and third mile, which
it was impossible for him to recover, though he made an
astonishing effort in the last half mile. Much disappoint-
ment was manifested by the populace at his Majesty's horse
being beaten, as a great degree of feeling was excited in
his favour. The Leamington Stakes were also well con-
tested by Garcia and Escape, the latter never being headed
till near the end.
The death of Mrs. Tomes, the lady of our much-beloved
Member, who is the great patron and supporter of these
Meetings, cast a gloom over the sports of the day, which
even the animated racing that ensued could not entirely
dispel. Many of our most distinmtished families in the
town and neighbourhood were consequently absent from
the Grand Stand ; it was, notwithstanding, well filled ;
and, hut for the melancholy event to which we have re-
ferred, the present Meeting would have far exceeded all
preceding ones, both in point of numbers and the respecta-
bility of those who attended it. The ringing of the church
bells, and many other demonstrations of joy which usually
mark this annual scene of festivity, were, out of respect to
the memory of departed worth, entirely dispensed with.

PONTEFRACT RACES.—WanwitsDAY, SETT. 5.
Lord 'LawKit and the Hon. W. 'Rat, Stewards.
Mr. Jots)? Pupa, Clerk of the Course.
The Foal Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Houldsworth's Coalition
The Gold Cup, value 100 gs. and 20 added. Three miles.
Mr. Wilson's br. h. Starch
Lord Scarborough's h. f. Pasta 2
Mr. Houldsworth's Fanny Davis
The Ledstou Stakes of '25 SON'S. each, for tliree-yr-olds.
Lord Sligo's Pelican (Edwards) 1
Mr. Vor. Fox's b. c. Soldan
The following is the betting on the St. Leger here this
evening
3 to 1 agst Mameluke-5 to 1 agst Granby-11 to 1
agst Sanelao-14 to 1 agst Nonplus-20 to 1 agst Ma-
tilda-20 to I agst Medoro-20 to 1 agst Lunaria-25
to 1 agst Reviewer-30 to 1 agst any other.

WEYMOUTH RACES.—WEnwEsnav, Sari. b.
His Majesty's Plate of 100ga. Heats, two miles.
Lord Pahnerston's Luzborough walked over.
The Johnstone Plate of 50 aovs. One mile and a distance.
Mr. Humphrey's Sober Fanny, aged.... 1 1
Mr. Hanham's Shamrock, aged 3 2
Mr. Harding's Merryman, 6 yrs 4 3
Mr. Whittle's Zirana, 5 yrs.
The Members' Plate of 50 sovs. Heats, two miles.
Mr. Farqubarson's Presentiment, 6 yra 1 1
Mr. Chawner's GianteSs, 5 yrs 3 2
Mr. Radclyffe's Lawrence. 4 years 2 dr
Mr. Farquharson's Wanderer f. 3 yrs dr

BEDFORD RACES..--WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 5.

The Woburn Stakes of 10 sous. each (1i Subscribers. )

Heats, two miles.

Marquis of Tavistock named ch. h. Upas, 4 yrs I l
Duke of Bedford names b. 11. Hesperus, aged 4 2
Mr. Gooddison's b. c. Demon - 3 8
Lord G. W. Russell named g. in. Berengaria, 5 yrs 2 dr
The grey led off in the first heat, all keeping near to-
gether—when past the turn coming up to the road Upas
came forward, and Hesperus kept close till within the
ropes, when the latter was pulled up, and Upas had it all
his own way. The second heat Hesperus led off, and the
race was contested the whole way, Upas beating by less
than half a head.

The Bedfordshire Stakes of 25 says. each (7 Subs.) Three

declared ft. of 5 soya. each. Two miles.

Marquis ofTavistock's ch.m. Leeway, 4 yrs ... I

Mr. Sowerby's b. 11. Lionel Lincoln, 5 yri
Leeway kept the lead all the way and beat by a length.
The Duke of Bedford's Purse of 50/. for three-yr-olds.

About one mile and a half.
Mr. Shailer's ch. c. Moorbuzzard 1
Marquis of Tavistock's b. c. Pilot 2
_ _

Pilot took the lead for about a quarter of a mile, when
Moorbuzzard advanced, and kept first, winning a fine
race by half a neck.
The Ladies' Plate of 50/. with 20/. added from the Rafting

Fund.

Heats, three miles.

Martini, of 75a;Wtoek;s---cli. Leeway, 4 yrs ... 1
No d:raHno,
walkedleaving
oo2ynelyr
a gSo
half-bred_. Eya
pdtew: u
aarrud:lsn'
others
.setrLybebeei aag,y
the last heat.

The Hunters' Stakes of 9 toys. each. Ten Subscribers or.

no race.—Not filled.

BARNET PONEY RACES.--THURSDAY, STPT. 6.
A Silver Cup, value 50 gs., for ponies not exceeding 1S
hands high. Heats, twice round.
Miss Helen (Joey) 1 1
Calia, sister to Queen of Denmark 2 dr
Licht b. poney 8 dr
A remarkably fine race, and won by about a neck.

A Silver Cnp, value 50gs., for ponies not exceeding 14

hands high. Heats.
Miss Pippin (Davey) 3 1 1
Queen of Diamonds
Maid of All \Vork 2 2 dr
_

The third heat was most admirably contested all round
the Course, Miss Pippin beating the Queen of Diamonds
by scarcely a neck.

TATTERSALL'S.—SEPT. 6.
Some rather important alterations took place to-day ;
Nonplus has gone back to 20 to I, and Sancho to 15 to
1, and Mameluke is half a point worse than ou Monday.
Granby, however, still keeps his place, takers being found
at 5 to 1, and betters offering 9 to 2 ; Matilda made a
ipring, and found no opposera higher than 15 to 1,
leaving off at 14 to 1. In consequence of the time draw-
ing the betting was unusually brisk. The follow-
ing so near,wstrete closing price,:_,_

ST. LEGER.
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22 to 1 agst
22 to 1 agst Liinaria
25 to 1 agst Pedlar
6 to 4 on Mameluke agst Granby (taken)
• 6to 4on Reviewer agst Pedlar (taken)
1000 to 490 on Lunaria agst Moonshine (taken)
1209 to 1000 on tlattpury nit LUPilley (takeni

SPIRIT OF THE PUSLEI JOURNALS.

. .
The bias of, our minds has been, we collie ej
rather hostile than otherwise to the several pio-
jects of emigration, whether from this country
or from Ireland, which have been occasionally
brought before the public, as cures for a redun-
dancy of unemployed people. Tt is but fair to
state, however,—and we can do it in a single
line,—the sort of dilemma to which the practi-
col part of our objection may be reduced, and to
acknowledge that we are not at present prepared
to raise any obstacle in the shape of argument as
to the efficacy of the cure of pauperism by emi-
gration, beyond what is to be found affixed upon
one horn or the other of the dilemma aforesaid.
The datum of the subject then is,—that the
mass of poor for whom there exists no employ-
ment, nor any subsistence except from poor's
rate or alms, being so enormous throughout the
whole of the United Kingdom, as to press with
extreme severity on the nation, to exhibit a rapid
and irresistible increase, and to threaten at no
remote period the most terrible convulsions, if its
growth be unchecked, there must be an ample
efflux established for this foul, and turbid, and
swelling stream of misery, or it will one day
overwhelm the whole community, and make
England a wide scene of desolation. Then we
say, that if the evil be of such magnitude, and
the danger so urgent and so near, your scheme
of emigration must be commensurate both in
point of extent and expedition. The unem-
ployed poor in both countries—and those of
Ireland who find their way with great facility to
every part of Britain—are not estimated at less,
we believe, than from a million and a half to two
millions. Now an attempt to export and settle
beyond sea two millions, or one million, or half
a million of men, by a single enterprise, or evenby two or three (at intervals of a year) in suc-
cession, would be, both in respect of cost and
arrangement, impracticable ; and a more gradual
and manageable undertaking would nomtualn:tieteetseottomtahnbevve
evil, if that evil be truly described. We say no-
thing of the difficulty attending any system of le-
gislation which would secure the country from an
incease of people, arising out of the very vacuum
produced by the departure of a given number of
poor : that, we are well aware, is a danger which mutt
be met by collateral provisions, affecting every part.
of our complicated system of poor laws. But
the main and immediate difficulty is, the carrying
off, and settling in their new abodes, at a fright-
ful minimum of expense, not short of 10/. for
each person, such a number of destitute emi-
grants as would work at once a sensible relief.—
Every one must give up the point, that if them
be at home neither employment to yield the la-
, bourers wherewith to subsist upon, nor land
Iwhereon to fix them as cultivator; by which they
I may raise their own subsistence, there can be no
objection to remove them to a soil on which they
may employ and feed themselves, except, Ist, the.
cruelty, if they feel it such, of banishing them
front the land of their birth ; anptcloor2ttdbo,ertuthhseeescoefvotern:e.
tax on the community at home, which will be.
necessary to pay their passage toofmAatihnieliteenrnicaoanu,eseea._nodf
Com-
missioners nh
naregrse of
printed their
by order
orydeearr's
bel-I maintenance.--
However, et vreird, ito f; appearsmerely fbryomtutrnheinrge
i pauperaCf after
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first
,
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be
secured, enough, here,
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travelling in Ireland, as could be antici-
pated- from a costly and precarious voyage
across the Atlantic, and from a variety of arrange-
ments equally precarious, to be made for the emi-
grant multitude after their arrival. The only
wonder is, that these 3,000,000 of acres should

never before have occurred to our statesmen as
affording the very relief which they wanted—ark
adequate refuge and comfortable settlement for
an unemployed and destitute population. There
is reason to believe that if the Irish poor be pro-
vided for, and their frequent and growing migTa--
tions to this country by the same expedient pre-
vented, the native poor of England herself will
give ',comparatively but a moderate share of
trouble.--Times.
Mr. Robert Owen has returned from America,
where he has been for some time experimenting,
-and it is understood that he intends shortly to
communicate a detailed account of the result of
his operations. That men are very much af-
fected- by the circumstances in which they sr-
placed, will hardly be disputed by any one who
considers the variety of national and individual
character in the world. The same love of ap-
probation which makes a smuggler or a thief
remain faithful to his associates, amidst danger
and temptations, might, under other circumetan.
ces, make him a hero. The villager, -whose
ambition extends only to the beating and baffling
the keepers, had he been born a Frenchman,
might, in the revolutionary period, when talent
and energy alone obtained the ascendancy, have
s—eesceate. thate aimed
Po-
mare, the South Sea Islander, under whose aus-
become one of Bonaparte's Marshals. HiewsandoorPhtao:-e
picas the Missionaries succeeded in establishing
went
fhateeit:
ttSourfor
teulantellll Seans nind ttdoo Islands--who
ishl
gat: nss
pigs,
fCorhrtilisetianGi Christianity
isn,
y
Isallrffigeciesnhtareatorefn
priests, and sufficient courage t(1 eat a turtle
which had never been through the hands of a
Priest—been born an Engiilman, he probably
would have blushed for the people, who, having
had for upwards of 200 years, access to the
writings of a Bacon, are yet labouring under
such " a prostration of the will and the un-
derstanding (to use the language of the
Bishop of London), as to believe with that
Prelate that ignorance is favourable to religion,
or, as he phrased it, that Religion is a counter-
vailing power to knowledge. We may, safely
concede, that the character of man is greatly mo-
dified by circumstances. But with all deference
to Mr. Owen, we suspect, that under no circum.
stancea will man ever become so benevolent and
philanthropic as he expects to make
will feel
there will not always be men who feel the
passions of envy,
jealousy, and hatred—who will
,
take fancies for their neighbours wives and dis-
likes to their own, and act on these passions
(the wives having their fancies in turn)--that,
in short, the sons of Adam, however enlightened,
will ever be able to divest themselves
entirely
of frailties—. will ever be able to divest
themselves of their imaginations, the hallucina,.
tions of which are at present the incentive to 80
many of their actions. In Mr. Owen's porer
over inanimate matter we have the greatest con-
fidence; and we have no doubt that hia villagers
will be as admirable for ingenious contrivances
to promote convenience, as his spinning machi-
nery was, from the first, excellently adapted for
its object ; but the affections of the inmates o.
his villages will, re fear, ever prove rebellious t. 4

.any spring that lie can_invent and apply to their
direction. The result which Mr. Owen pro-
poses to himself; seems to be that sort of perfection
of Mlich the amiable Archbishop of Cambrai
deemed our nature capable, and which he called
a disinterested love. By that love, according to
him, " we desire, without self-love, the same
gifts of God which the most interested souls
desire. We suppose that mercenary and inte-
rested are the same thing ; and as the most
of the ancient fathers assure us that the
perfect just are no longer mercenary, we conclude
that they were not interested, and that without
losing the exercise of distinct virtues, they united
all these principal acts in the charity which pre-
cedes them, which animates them, which com-
mands them, and which perfects them ; so that
the natural and deliberate love, or mercenary
affection which constitutes self-interest, is no
longer to be found in their perfect souls." With
all deference, however, to the Fathers of the
Church, to Fenelon, and to Mr. Owen, the
world never saw, and never will see, one single
instance of this disinterestedness. All the im-
provement to which we look forward, reduces itself
to the communication to men of a more correct
view of their interests, which may prevent them
from doing mischief without an object, or from
promoting their interest by means either not cal-
culated to produce such a result, or which may
expose them to the risk of greater evils, from the
collision with antagonist interests, than would be,
compensated by the good sought to be attained.
Knowledge is power ; and in proportion as know-
ledge is diffused, we diminish necessarily the
amount of evil, by raising up the means of re-
sistance to oppression. The Irish landlord, for •
instance, is, generally speaking, a brute, because
the people around him are entirely at his mercy.
lie is, therefore, insolent and assuming, as a
matter of course. The English Landlord is
obliged to respect a number of persons, from
their power of retaliating ; and even in oppress-
ing peasants he is obliged to take certain pre-
cautions. The rich inhabitants of towns,
again, feel themselves under the necessity of
keeping their persons under some degree of
check, from a conviction of the danger of at-
tempting to injure men possessed of the
power of protecting themselves. Woe to those
who have no other protection to look to than
the benevolence of their fellow-creatures ! Re-
ligious liberty has, in like manner, sprung out of
a conviction of the danger of persecution. The
multiplication of sects in our nation, so far from
being an evil, forms the only security against re.
ligious persecution and intolerance. Men may
preach Christian charity long enough, . but we
would much rather trust to Christian fear.—
When the Athenians were routed, the pursuers
passed Socrates, because hi had the air of one who
would not be taken without trouble. In the cen-
tury before, a number of very amiable men were
greatly distressed on -account of the numerous
,schisms in England. All their aspirations were
after peace in the Church, as if, as long as men.
exist, society could be without factions, and
schisms, and controversies ; and as if the greatest
benefit were not the result of mental collisions
and differences. There are still well-meaning
people in England, who think that if the Estab-
lished Church were to relax in a few of her arti-
cles, and the Dissenters were to yield something
on their part, a most delightful harmony would
follow. How little these people know of human
nature ! On this subject a foreign writer tells a
story which throws some light on the chance of
uniting Sectarians. The Calvinist Churches.
of Bremen chose their preachers in the republi-
can manner. One of them, distinguished for
liberality, that of St. Ansgarius, on a vacancy,
came to the determination in 1804, on account
of the number of Lutherans residing in the pa-
rish, to elect a preacher of the Lutheran confes-
sion. The Lutheran inhabitants were invited to
the election, and many of them appeared.—
The newly elected Clergyman was, like his
Calvinist colleagues, paid out of the Church
fund, had an equal share of the casualties,
had a seat and voice in the Calvinist Mi-
nistry, and was a participant in the widows' fund
belonging to them. The congregation gave him
uninterrupted proofs of their esteem and love,
and several of the new Lutheran members un-
dertook, in common with their Calvinist asso-
ciates, the management of their eommon con-
certs. In solemnizing the Sacrament, all was
so ordered as to offend no one, and there was
not a shadow of animosity in the united congre-
elat• ion Yet a reflecting reader will perceive in
s,
this single statement, reasons why the greater
number of Lutherans were highly dissatisfied
with these proceedings ; and not only remained
by their old Church, but expressed great bitter-
ness against their brethren who went over ; so
that since that period, a sort of mutual distrust,
formerly unknown, has arisen in the two confes-
sions. Supposing such a measure should be
adopted in the other Calvinist congregations, and
it were to be approved of, what would be the
result, as far as the number and splendour of the
Lutheran Church was concerned ? What would
happen to their Orphan-house and the contribu-
tions to it ? How would it be with respect to
the income of the Preacher in the Lutheran
Church, which rested chiefly on c4sual fees ?
How as to the influence of the Lutheran Clergy,
and heads of the congregation ? There was no
dogma, no difference of creed, no Church prac-
tice in question—for on this subject the liberal
thinking Pastors of the Lutheran Church
thought like the Calvinist Clergy and the whole
public—the jealousy was caused by matters of a
very different kind. This is the ereount given
by a distinguished Clergyman. Such is human
nature ; and those who think of changing it will
find themselves mistaken.--Moe ring Chronicle.
It is now, we believe, generally understood,
that the intention of effecting a great retrench-
ment in the National Expenditure, which was so
loudly boasted by the Administration and its
adherents a few weeks ago, is likely to be limited
to a few petty and frivolous reductions. From
this vacillation in the policy of Ministers, the
people of England will not fail to draw a great
variety of inferences. Some persons will na-
turally imagine that either theinternal condition
or the foreign relations of the country have un-
dergone a sudden and wonderful change ; that
new symptoms of danger, or of convulsion at
home or abroad, have become visible all at once ;
and that thus the Ministry has been compelled
to forego a project of economy originally con-
feta, as honestly as it was loudly and vaunt-
Ifteelaimed. It is, however, only a very
swan and, insienificant class that will reason in
this way.-,i.e
lase consisting entirely of persons
shut their who wilfully •
eir eyes to the progress of
events, and rely in ignorant and indolent
esolu
security,- or in -te party spirit, upon the in-
fallibility and integrity of the present Athninis-
tration. The great hody of the nation—all, in
;short, who can lay any claim to intelligence or
impartiality, will enquire wit', anxiety and sue-
ricipn what correspondent ampln pimix

fairs has occurred to explain or justify so sudden
and violent a change in the determination of
Government. This enquiry already resounds
throughout the country, without receiving (as
indeed how should it receive ?) any answer.
The change in the policy of Government with
respect to retrenchment, although it cannot be ex-
plained upon national grounds, is nevertheless no
mystery, since upon party grounds it may be ex-
plained clearly enough. The meditated reductions
were not warranted by the political circumstances
of the times. To have effected them to any consi-
derable extent would have been to take a step in
one Session of Parliament with the certainty, as
every man possessing a competent knowledge of
the subject is fully aware, of being compelled to
retrace it in the very next Session. The conse-
quences to the nation of these precipitate re-
trenchments would have been only confusion,
embarrassment and loss. The whole project was,
in fact, no other than a Whig intrigue, to secure
by means of a popular clamour to be excited in
their favour, their continuance in office for one
year longer. To this intrigue the late Premier
lent himself, as he must have lent himself to any
other project of the Whigs, into whose power he
had, from circumstances to which it is now un-
necessary and would be painful further to al-
lude, absolutely and irretrievably fallen. The
intrigue would, therefore, no doubt have been
prosecuted, and in all probability, would success-
fully have accomplished it immediate object—
which objects were in the first place to excite for
a time a strong popular clamour in support of
the present and to the prejudice of the late Ad-
ministration ; and in the second place, to hold
up to the view of the nation that portion of the
Ministry which was formerly in opposition, as
being more important and influential men in the
State, and better entitled to the confidence, gra-
titude, and affection of the people, than either
the Premier himself or those of his late Col-
leagues, who had followed him into the present
Cabinet. This sinister contrivance of the
Whigs, we rejoice to say, appears now
to be utterly demolished. It received its
first blow on the appointment as Prime
Minister of Lord Goderich ; who, although
he might have had the good natured weakness to
submit to the project, could never certainly have
entered into it very cordially, and who is distin-
guished from his immediate predecessor by the
circumstance, that he still retains the respect and
affection of men of all parties in the State, and
cannot therefore be so securely held in thraldom
by any party. A second and still more decisive
blow was levelled at this base and selfish contri-
vance of the Whigs, by the nomination of the
Duke of Wellington to the command of the
Army. The Navy had an efficient protector
already ; the Army required, and (thanks and
honour to the truly British spirit of the King)
it has obtained one. The Whigs are thus shut
out from the most extensive field of their in-
tended operations. His Grace the Duke of
Wellington is as little likely to be the assistant mar
the dupe to the trickery of others as he is capable
of trickery himself. So long as he is Commander-
in-Chief we may be assured that the Whigs will
not be permitted to cut up and new model the
British Army, or to harass and distress the brave
Officers and men of whom it consists, for any dirty
little temporary purpose of their own. The last
and final blow to the scheme by which the Whig
part of the Administration hoped to attain a tem-
porary and surreptitious popularity, to the dispa-
ragement alike of their predecessors and of their
Colleagues in office, is the noble stand made by
1. the Sovereign in resistance to their insolent at-
tempt to force upon him a Chancellor of the Ea-
chequer devoted to the purposes of their selfish
awl proud ambition. they will henceforth, we
are persuaded, he more humble in their aspi-
rations, and more timid in their career.---Morn-
ing ina Post.

In a former Paper we expressed our doubts as
to the exportation of the precious metals, whe-
ther in the shape of bullion or of coin, being
disadvantageous to the exporting country ; and,
in particular, as to that operation having any,
tendency to derange the state of its currency.
We will now go a step further, and venture to
question the possibility of such derangement, in
the sense in which it has of late, and never till of
late, been used, namely, as implying excess or
deficiency of circulating medium. A deranged
state of the currency was, prior to the publica-
tions elicited, and we cannot help thinking, con-
siderably influenced by the panic of 1825-6,
cor:sidered to be : firstly, one in which the coin
of a country had been debased—whether by legis-
lative enactments* or from tear and wear ; se-
condly, one in which the paper-currency had be-
come depreciated : the former, that which ob-
tained in this country prior to the great re-
coinage of the gold currency, we believe in
1772 ; the latter, that which occurred some
time after the Bank Restriction Act, and eon-
tinned until the effect of that Act was antici-

pated by the Act commonly called Mr. Peel's.
It is, by the bye, somewhat remarkable, that this
gentleman, then a mere Tyro in politics, and one
of the most strenuous opponents of the doctrines
of the Bullion Committee, should have, in ma-
turer age, originated and given his name to an
Act acknowledging their truth. The currency
of civilized countries is either wholly metallic, or
mixed ; that is, composed partly of coin, and
partly of paper (for no civiliZed country can alto-
ther dispense with coin), the latter being of two
descriptions : one in which the paper is con-
vertible into, • and, consequently, on a par with
coin ; and another, in which the paper is not
convertible ; generally, if not always depre-
ciated ; and in which, consequently, the coin
bears a premium. Now it does appear to us, that
every one of these circulating media must, though
in different ways, adapt itself to the de-
! me.,nd of the market, for the double purpose
(understood) of effecting payments and form-
.. Our eandid and certainly well-meaning correspondent
" Verax," in stating the evils which he conceives to result
from the debasement of our silver coinage, does net advert
to the 6mm:stance of its not being legal tender for more
than forty shillings, any more than our copper is so for
sums amounting to lesa than a shilling. That debasement
can never affect either prices of commodities, or foreign ex-
changes, of which the measure is gold, or (that, too, op-
tional we the part of the payer) paper convertible into gold.
Neither zap we perceive the practical advantage of our coins
being saleable at an
As regards gold such a regula-
tion would be nugatory;
it sever could obtain as long as the
Bar! of England continued solvent; aid as regards silver,
that won't,: be sold, if at all, at a discount, not of an agio
or premium; and such discount would be loss to the seller
of the silver, which,
unless he coined it himself, would
nanektong°ol2d or to silver, as a standard, or
equal to gold. The question
ocrttlibeimgoldpreferenceo
r due
to a joint standard of both, at their Proportionate intrinsic
values, is one upon which our limits do not admit of our
entering. We shell only observe, that with a view to im-
mutability (as far as it can be obtained) gold or silver ap-
pears to us the best calculuted to insure that desideratum,
because it exempts you from the relative fluctuations of the
two. We particularly except to our correspondent's infer-
ence; that the debasement of the silver coin has a tendency
to impoverish the market of it. Independently of the
general principle which we are about to maintain, that in
coin,' as in every other commodity, supply will meet de-
mand, the profit of the Mint is a security for there always
being a sufficient issue of that description of coin.
•

ing deposits, to which circulating medium is
applied. In'the first case—that of a currency
wholly metallic—we cannot see how the propo-
sition can be disputed : for the precious metals
being of universal value, and, of all commodities,
those the price of which the most readily finds its
level in different countries, it is obvious, that the
slightest excess, necessarily followed by propor-
tionate depression of their value in one country,
must immediately occasion their transmission to
other countries, in which the level of their value
has been maintained ; and that, vice versa, the
slightest deficiency, necessarily followed by pro-
portionate enhancement of these metals, in one
country, must lead to their importation into that
country from others in which such enhancement
has not taken place. Precisely the same thing
will occur in the case of a mixed currency, in
which the paper is on a par with the coin. Ex-
cess or deficiency will lead immediately to expor-
tation or to importation ; in the former case that
exportation will take place ; first, in the shape of
bullion, which that excess will have brought below
its Mint price ; next, in the shape of coin ; that
coin being either abstracted from the actual circu-
lation, or obtained by the conversion of paper
into it, according as the excess has been in the
paper or the coin. In the last case, that of an
inconvertible paper, it is clear that the real
amount of the whole can adapt itself to the de-
mand only by mutations of value—by deprecia-
tion, in case of excess—by recovery, if that ex-
cess is withdrawn, or absorbed by additional aati-
vity of internal circulation. We reserve to a
future occasion the application of the general
principle we have enunciated to our own cur-
rency.— Netu Times.
We have some reason to believe, that it is, or
rather was, in contemplation to apply to England
for a new loan on behalf of the Emperor of
Russia. The protracted warfare on the borders
of Persia, we understand, has caused a great ex-
penditure of money, while the expedition to the
Mediterranean has been attended with no little
expence. Besides, the ulterior views which
Russia may have with regard to Turkey, may
render an addition to her financial resources very
desirable. One would imagine, however, that
England was hardly the country to which Nicho-
las would think of applying for the means to
conquer our ancient allies the Persians, but it is
hard to say how far the recent facility with which
we have parted with our money to any Power
that has thought it worth while to apply for it,
may have operated upon the members of the
Russian Cabinet. Indeed, we have good reason
to believe, whatever course may be finally adopted
that the Emperor had it in contemplation to at-
tempt the raising of a loan in this country. To
us it appears most extraordinary, that the present
attempt of the Russians on Persia, has not crea-
ted a greater sensation among us than it appears
to have done ; or, indeed, that it has not been
met by the most energetic remonstrances on the
part of our Government. Persia is at present
the great barrier between Russia and our East
India possessions. The territories of the Shah
once under the dominion of the Autocrat, and
we may soon say farewell to our empire in the
East. - Those who are acquainted with the very
judicious means which Russia has adopted to
conciliate the affections of the Georgians, and
the nations in the neighbourhood of the Cauca-
sus, may well entertain fears for the safety
of Persia. .A.ceordiTig:eo,ApyW.
lately published the result h a pers a ser
cations on the Russian policy in the territories
alluded to, the power of the Autocrat is making
rapid strides on the borders of Persia. We can
hardly imagine, however, taking all things into
consideration, that any attempts will be made to
negociate a loan in England. If there should
he, we think it would be high time for the Go-
vernment to interfere, and prevent money from
being carried out of the country to enable a
foreign power like Russia to carry on war against
one of our most ancient, and what is of infi-
nitely more consequence, most necessary ally.
Chief Justice Best, indeed, has intimated that it
is at present illegal to raise foreign loans without
the consent of the Government. If, however, it

is not so, we apprehend that in the event of a
loan being about to be raised for Russia, it will
be highly desirable to make it so.--Ylorning
Herald.

WATERY HEAD.—Dr. E. Morton, physi-
cian to the Western Dispensary, and to the
Royal Metropolitan Infirmary for Sick Chil-
dren, has observed, in the course of his exten-
sive practice among children, that those who
have been suckled for an undue time (beyond
10 months) are very liable to an inflammation of
the brain, or its membranes, of which the effu-
sion of serum, constituting the disease termed
" watery head," is a consequence. The Doctor
has also observed the same effect to take place
in infants when suckled by women who have
been delivered an undue length of time,
although the infants themselves had not been at
the breast for too long a period ; and that, if
they should not become affected with this disease
during or soon after the time they are thus im-
properly suckled, they will, nevertheless, acquire a
predisposition to it at some future periods of their
lives ; and, likewise, that children who are
suckled for an undue length of time, when la-
bouring under other diseases, are much more
liable to have their heads secondarily affected
than other children. These affections, the
Doctor thinks, arise from the milk being so far
deteriorated in quality, as to be unfit for the
prevalent,
purpose of nutrition.—Gazette of Health.
CROUP.-Croup (ey-
wind,
from that quarter. The
nanßchEemtEraDcYheayliOsa) haTsiloEflate been very
at-
tended with an unusually the
a -
owing t o along continuance
hlnotdeassttaetrelyof
mosphere when blowing
worst cases of this ailment, when treated in the
earliest stage with vomiting and nauseating doses
of tartarized antimony, have been speedily sub-
dued. A dozen leeches may be also advantage-
ously applied to the skin opposite to the trachea,
and in addition to the blood which they will im-
mediately abstract, a farther effusion may be pro-
moted by laying over the bitten parts a thick
warm bread and water poultice, which in the
course of a few hours will be gorged with blood.
Vomiting doses of tartarized antimony, from one
to three grains, may be given to children labour..
ing under croup, from the ages of six weeks to
twelve years and upwards every eight hours ; and
from an eighth to a fourth of a grain every two
hours during the intermediate period. The in-
flammatory action of the mucous membrance of
the trachea will be soon overcome by this treat-
ment, and the redundant secretion of mucus will
be seasonably removed by the periodical vomit-
ing, so as to obviate all risk of suffocation. In
adult subjects, blood may be beneficially drawn
from the jugular vein to the extent of sixteen or
twenty ounces, according to the urgency of the
concomitant symptoms.—Gazette of Health.