The Sun.
London, England, 1829-08-18 00:00:00

THE CHEROKEE CADMUS.

The result was their perfect conviction of the
truth and utility of the discovery:
A great feast was held in honour of See-quah-
yah, who filled a cohspicuous station at it. How
much do men resemble each other in every age !
So it was in Greece three thousand years before,
when Pythagoras tliscbvered an important prin-
ciple of geometry. See-quah-yah became at
once schoolmaster, professor, philosopher, and a
chief. His countrymen were proud of his talents,
and held him in reverence as one favoured by the
Great Spirit.
The inventions of early times were shrouded
in repulsive mystery. See-quah-yah disdained
it, and carried on his discoveries to numbers.
He of course knew nothing of the Arabic digits,
nor of the power of Roman letters in the science.
The Cherokees had mental numerals to one hun-
dred, and had words for all numbers up to that,
but they had no signs or characters to assist them
in enumerating, adding, subtracting, multiplying,
or dividing. He reflected upon this until he
had created their elementary principle in his
mind; but he was at first obliged to make words
to express his meaning, and then signs to ex-
plain it. By this process he soon had a clear
conception of numbers up to a million. His
great difficulty was at the threshold, to fix the
powers of his signs according to their places.
When this was overcome, his next step was, in
adding up his different numbers, to put down
the fraction of the decimal and give the whole
number to its next place ; but when I knew him
he had overcome all these difficulties, and was
quite a ready arithmetician in the fundamental
rules.

The following interesting account of a Chero-
kee Indian of great original and almost universal
genius, is extracted from a series of Lectures on
American Literature, delivered last winter at the
city of Washington, by Samuel L. Knapp, Esq.,
and is the result of that gentleman's own obscr•
vation

In the winter of 1828, a deleg-ation of the
Cherokees visited the city of Washington, in
order to make a treaty with the United States,
and among them was See-quah-yah, the inventor
of a Cherokee alphabet. His English name was
George Guess ; he was a half-blood, but had
never, from his own account) spoken a single
word of English up to the time of his invention,
bor since. Prompted b:y my own curiosity, and
urged by several literary friends, I applied to See-
quAlt--yab, throtogli the medium of two interpre-
ters—one a half-blood, Caph Roger, and the
others tiall-blood chief, whose assumed English
was John Maw—to relate to me as mi-
mutely as possible the mental operations and all
the facts in this great discovery. He cheerfully
complied with my request, and crave very delibe-
raten and satisfactory answers to every question,
and was at the same time careful to know from
the interpreter if I distinctly understood his an-
swers. No stoic could have been more grave in
his demeanour than was See-quah-yah ; he pon-
dered, according to the Indian custom, for a con-
siderable time after each question was put, before
he made his reply, and often took a whiff of his
calumet while reflecting on an answer.
The result of my inquiries was, that See-
.
See-
quah-yah, who is now almost 65 years old, was
in early life gay and talkative; and althOugh he
never attempted to speak in council but once,
yet he was often, from the strength of his me-
mory, his easy colloquial powers, and ready com-
T.:And of his vernacular tongue, a story-teller of
the convivial party. His reputation for talents
of every kind, gave him some distinction when
he was quite young, so long ago as St. Clair's
defeat. In this campaign, or some one that
soon followed it, aletter was found on the per-
son of a prisoner, who read it wrongly to the
Indians. In some of their deliberations on this
subject, the question arose whether this myste-
rious power of " the talking leaf" was the, gift
of the Great Spirit to the wite man, or a dis-
covery of the white man himself ? Most of
them were of the former opinion ; but See-
quah.yah strenuously maintained the contrary.
After this controversy had passed by, his mind
was frequently occupied with the consideration
of this subject, and of many other things which
he knew, or had heard, that the white man could
do ; but he never sat down seriously to reflect,
11.161 a swelling on his knee confined him to his
cabin, and which, at length, made him a cripple
for life, by shortening the diseased leg. De-
prived of the excitements of war and the plea-
sures of t'ie chase, in the long nights and days
of his confinement his mind became deeply ab-
sorbed in his endeavour to solve the mystery of
this power of speaking by letters, the very name
of which was not to be found in his language.
He reflected on the cries of wild beasts, and the
rich notes of singing birds, especially the endless
variety of the amusing imitations of that singu-
lar animal peculiar to America, the mocking
bird. He compared these with the human voice,
in the hope of finding some standard for the
different sounds by which wishes and feelings
are conveyed from one intelligent being to an-
other. At last the thought struck him to try to
ascertain all the sounds in the Cherokee language.
His own ear was not remarkably discriminating,
and he called to his aid the more acute ears of
his wife and children.

I was highly gratified with my interview with
this astonishing Indian ; and 1 can safely say
that I have seldom met a man of more shrewd-
ness than See••quah-yah. He adhered to all the
customs of his country, and when his associate
chiefs on the mission assumed our costume, he
still dressed in all respects like an Indian. See-
quah-yah is a man of diversified talents ; he
passes from metaphysical and philosophical in-
vestigations to mechanical operations with the
greatest ease. The only practical mechanists he
had been acquainted with were a few bungling
blacksmiths, who could make a rough tomahawk,
or mend the lock of a rifle, yet he became a white
and a silversmith without any instruction, and
made spears and silver spoons with neatness and
skill, to the great admiration of the Cherokee
nation.

See-quah-yah has also a great taste for paint-
ing. He mixes his colours with skill, taking all
the art and science of his tribe upon the subject,
he added to it many chemical experiments of his
own, and some of them were very successful, and
would be worth knowing to some of our own
painters. For his drawings he had no model
but wl'at nature furnished, and he often copied
them with astonishing faithfulness. His resem-
blances of the human form, it is true, are coarse,
but often spirited and correct, and he gave action
and sometimes grace to his representations of
animals. He had never seen a camel's-hair pen-
cil, but made use of the hair of wild animals for
his brushes. Some of his productions display a
considerable practical knowledge of perspective.
The painters of the early ages were many years
coming to a knowledge of this part of their art ;
and even now they are more successful in the art
than perfect in the rules of it.
The manners of the American Cadmus arc
most easy, and his habits those of the most as-
siduous scholar, and his disposition is more
lively than that of any Indian I ever saw. He
understood and felt the :idvantages the white
man had long enjoyed, of leaving the accumula-
tions of every branch of knowledge, from gene-
ration to generation, by means of a written lan-
guage, while the red man could only commit
his thoughts to uncertain tradition. He rea-
soned correctly when he urged this to his friends
as the cause why the red man had made so few
advances in knowledge in comparison with us,
and to remedy this was one of his great aims,
and one which he has accomplished beyond that
of any other man living, or perhaps any other
who ever existed in a rude state of nature.

When he thought that he had distinguished
all the different sounds in their language, he at-
tempted to use pictorial signs, images of birds
and beasts, to convey these sounds to others or
to mark them in his own mind. He soon drop-
ped this method, as difficult or impossible, and
tried arbitrary signs, without any regard to ap-
pearances, except such as might assist him in
recollecting them, and distinguishing them from
each other. At first these signs were very nu-
merous; and when he got so far as to think his
invention was nearly accomplished he had about
two hundred Cherokee characters in his alpha-
bet. By the aid of his daughter, who seemed to
enter into the genius of his labours, he reduced
them at last to eighty-six, the number he now
uses. He then set to work to make these cha-
racters more comely to the eye, and succeeded—
as yet he had not the knowledge of the pen as
an instrument of writing ; but made his cha-
racters on a piece of bark with a knife or nail.
At this time he sent to the Indian agent, or some
trader, for paper and pens. His ink was easily
made from some of the bark of the forest trees,
whose colouring properties he had previously
known—and after seeing the construction of the
pen, he soon learned to make one, but at first
lie made it without a slit, until his ingenuity
suggested the means of making it.
His next difficulty was how to acquaint his
countrymen with his invention. He had, for the FRENCH PAPERS.
sake of following his studies, withdrawn himself (From the Journal des Debuts of Thursday.)
so much from their society and usual pursuits, The composition of the new Ministry has struck
that they viewed him with an eye of suspicion. France with terror, and the fears which are expe-
His former companions passed his wigwam with- rier,ced therefore are unfortunately too well founded.
It offers a cruel assemblage of the fury of the emi-
out entering it, and mentioned his name as one
gration and of the vengeance of 1815. Truly we
who was practising improper spells, for noto- should have great cause to despair, did not the very
riety or mischievous purposes, and he seems to excess of our evils create a consoling idea,—namely,
think that he should have been hardly dealt with that the Ministry is such as cannot last a year.—
if his docile and unambitious disposition had Providence, who, if Charles V. is to be believed,
not been so generally acknowledged by his tribe. has always governed our good country, will not for-
At length he summoned some of the most dis- get us at the present moment.
tinguished of his nation in order to make his See under what sad auspices these men, who hate
(and we thank them for their hatred,) have
c
communication to them ; and after giving them In their hurry to reign, they
the best explanation of his discovery that he us
‘ into power.
have not taken time enough to unite together, and
could, stripping it of all supernatural influence, plot the evil which they have got to perpetrate.—
he proceeded to demonstrate to them in good Their telegraphs travel from Toulon to Fribourg,
earnest, that he had made a discovery. His from Fribourg to Toulouse, to seek after colleagues,
daughter, who was then his only pupil, was and to bring back perhaps nothing but refusals.—
ordered to go out of hearing, while lie requested The Ministers declare that 20,000 faithful subjects
his friends to name a word or sentiment which he of the King are ready to give them the aid of their
wrote down, and then she was called in and read devotion and ability, and yet they cannot get even a
it to them ; then the father retired and the
Prefect of Police. Their monarchical pride is hum-
bleddaughter wrote ; the Indians were wonder-struck, before the popularity of M. de Belleyme. They
ask for a month, a week, a day, to enrol among them-
but not entirely satisfied. See-quah-yah then selves a name beloved by France. The principles
proposed that the tribes should select several which shall direct theM, they say, are those of all
youths from amongst their brightest young men, Frenchmen who desire the security of the throne
that he might communicate the mystery to them. and the happiness of the country. Yet they dare
This was at length agreed to, although there was not declare what their principles are. The Moni-
but who does not
in the whole business. it
still some lurking suspicion of necromancy in tent continues its
silence to-day;
understand that is the silence of embarrassment
Among the youths selected was John Maw, and fear? Every thing is an obstacle to them.—
one of my interpreters with See-quah-vale. 'I hey know that in any place where a thousand.
For people shall be assembled, there a thousand voices
several months, while they were under his tuition, shall be raised against them. They know this, and
great anxiety prevailed among the Cherokees, they hesitate between force which would be turned
and when the day of examination arrived, their ! back against themselves, and weakness which would
curiosity was wrought up to the highest pitch. I disgrace them in the eyes of their own party.
Every precaution was taken to prevent them- I However, thanks to the fatigue of a long Session,
selves from being "deceived. The youths were and to the absence of serious matters, they will be
separated from their master, and from each able to drag on their existence for some months ;
other,. and watched with great care. The tmin- and will so long have power. to harass and destroy,
and togratify themselves with acts of petty injustice
itiated directed what master and pupil should and
write to each other, and these tests were minutely .
when personal vengeance.
be ,
examined with the utuigst severity a criticism.; then, will be done?
the Chambers must assembled. What,
Dissolve the Chamber elected

It may not be generally known that the Go-
vernment of the United States had a font of
types cut for his alphabet, and that a newspaper
printed partly in the Cherokee language, and
partly in the English, has been established at
New Echota, and is characterised by (lucency
and good sense ; and thus many of the Chero-
kees are able to read both languages.
After putting these remarks to paper, I had
the pleasure of seeing the head Chief of the
Cherokees, who confirmed the statements of
See-quah-yah, and added that he was an Indian
of the strictest veracity and sobriety. The
western wilderness is not only to blossom like
the rose, but there man has again started up and
proved that he has not degenerated since the pri-
mitive days of Cecrops, and the romantic ages
of wonderful effort and god-like renown.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In 15:27 P Convoke the electoral colleges, and appeal_
to the opinion of the country ? At the present day,
fraud is not easy; the intervention of third parties
is very troublesome, the surveillance of the Courts
Royal are very formidable, and though they mielt be
able, as in good old times, to suppress good votes
and add false, yet it would be seen that they would
not have 60 voices. They are not ignorant of this
themselves : they will then be obliged to face the
present Chamber. By what abuse of words, by
what silly deception, do the organs of this Ministry
fancy that they can create a belief that it will have a
majority? What, those deputies who, actuated by a
spirit of liberty not properly understood, have this
year rejected the municipal law,—would they change
the law of election, and establish the censorship ?
Would the Chamber which has driven out M. de
Villele support M. de Polignac?
Who are the great orators among the new Mi-
nistry whose speeches are to work this wonderful
metamorphosis ? Is M. de Polignac one ? He is
very polished; but M. de Martignac, with as much
politeness, possesses, perhaps, as much ability, and
as much aptitude for business. M. Courvoisier ?
There is advocate for advocate, and I prefer M.
Dupin. M. de Month& ? He reads fluently enough
a speech of M. de Villele; but perhaps M. de Se-
bastiani will improvisutize with greater facility. M.
de Chabrol ? I confess that he is an active fighter ;
what fire, what energy he possesses! With the ex-
ception of M M. Casimir Perier, Lafitte, and 100
others, 1 do not know where to find one to answer
him. Lastly, is M. de la Bourdonnaye the eloquent
orator ? He alone would prevent the Ministry
having a majority, if it were possible for them tiuder
other circumstances to have a majority. His petti-
Lince and disgusting exaggeration are insupportable
to the most moderate part of the Chamber. The
right centre fears him, and will seize some cause to
vote against him. M. de la Bourdonnaye has, be-
sides, never been successful but in an unsettled and
capricious opposition. Three epigrams by M. Ben-
jamin Constant wonld upset and confound him.
Really, I cannot see but one sort of discussion in
which the new Ministry can engage with honour—
namely, the penal military code, under the chapter
of Desertion to the Enemy. There are some in
the new Ministry who understand this
_question
marvellously well; but a look from General Gerard
will be as effective as his eloquence.
As it would be a dangerous folly for the Ministry
to convoke a new Chamber, an absurdity to face the
present one, some fear that these gentlemen wish to
act without the aid of the Chambers at all ; that, tor-
turing the article 14, they will establish the censor-
ship by ordinance, make a new law of election by or-
dinance, and a budget by ordinance. In one's own
room, in the midst of people of the same opinion with
one's self, it is easy to say, " with thirty thousand
men I will do all this." This language pleases cer-
tain persons : it is even encouraging. But though
a Minister of War, and as warlike as you please, yet
you will not be able to make one person march when
it is known that to-morrow you will no longer be
Minister. It was the balls cf the Rue St. Denis
which destroyed Villele; they will rebound again on
the Minister who shall employ them.
No, we have no ground to dread this reign of
blood and terror. The Royal wisdom has perhaps
been deceived by lies cf the Court and interested
declamations; but his goodness will not feel pain
from our respectful resistance, and in our grief lie
will only see a prayer. He wiil not destroy that
charter which is his support and our happiness. By
that the kingdom has become tranquil and glorious
in his hands ; by that he will hand it, peaceful and
flourishing, to his son.
As for these gentlemen whose minds are filled
with the chimera of Coblentz, who see revolution hi
every thing, and who arm themselves against this
phantom, we must, as I have said before, submit to
them for a few months. They will profitably employ
the time in doing evil to others, and much good to
themselves. They will make their own fortune, put
themselves in some secure situation, and find places
for their bi others, and nephews, and cousins, to the
twentieth degree. Then at the day of judgment,—
at the day when they must appear before the Cham-
ber, they will quietly retire, weeping for the Mo-
narchy, which they .desire to save. We shall see,
at last, that all will end with emigration : we shall
applaud and forget every thing; for, after all, we are
a good sort of people, though revolutionists at heart.

the Directing Committee, and which will preserve
France from factions.

The future will prove, that far from wishing to
give the constitutional opposition real ground for
complaints, the Ministry only thinks of maintain-
ing constitutional order against the efforts of the
conspiracy of the men of the empire and the con-
vention.

We are neither Russians nor English—we are
French.

As every effort is making to give a false direction
to public opinion, and spread erroneous ideas, men
cry out on the house-tops, " Take care, you are
going to be taken in tow by Wellington and Metter-
nich." Our revolutiordsts care very little about
being taken in tox, and if to-morrow the cable were
attached to the fortune of some revolutionary power,
or of some chief of insurgents, they would see with
indifference France humbled and ruined. Did they
not rival one another in their efforts to attach them-
selves to Mr. Canning, when they believed that
that statesman was about to let loose the tempests,
and lend his support to the evil-disposed of the two
worlds ? As for the honour and interest of France,
they would sell them cheap to any one who would
second their projects for the overthrow of the old
monarchies of Europe.

The changes which have taken place are then,
according to the Liberals, a re-action in favour of
England against Russia. What does that mean ?
Does it mean that under the old Ministry we were
emfeoffed to Russia, and secretely the enemies of
England. We were then taken in tow by St.
Petersburgh, for the purpose of leading us into a
policy hostile to Great Britain. Our Ministers
ought, then, to have come to us from the north, in-
stead of being given to us by the wisdom of the
Sovereign.
France is not destined to play so subaltern a part,
and those who wish to oblige it to follow in the
steps of Russia. have no right to accuse the Royalists
of re-action. This question must be considered in
its real light. France is strong enough, powerful
enough, to act independently of all exterior influ-
ence, and to exercise herself a great preponderance
in European politics. She has interests which have
been seriously compromised by a weak Ministry :
those interests ought to become the object and the
end of our foreign relations. They who will sup-
port them shall be our allies; they who thwart them
shall be our enemies, whether they be English,
Russian, Austrian, or Prussian.
Our diplomacy shall not be conducted with the
haughtiness and annoyance thatcharacterised it during
the revolution, nor with that boasting and menacing
tone employed sometimes at the tribune of the
Chambers by the men on the left side. No, our
diplomacy shall be worthy of the monarch it repre-
sents, and shall display the firmness which belongs
to a nation determined to make itself respected.
Our diplomacy, in fine, shall be neither Russian, nor
English, or Austrian—it shall be French. It shall
not be, and that, perhaps, is its principal fault, either
revolutionary or liberal ; but it will respect in other
states the customs, the laws, and the institutions.
It will not be the author of troubles, but it will
maintain the dignity of the Crown.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(From the Journal des Debuts of Sunday.)

PARIS, AUG. 15.—We had stated that M. de
Rigny would refuse the post of Minister of Marine.
This was a presumption only founded upon the no-
ble character of the conqueror of Navarin, who,
having concurred by his valour and talents in the
most memorable act of the liberation of Greece,
could not possibly sit in the Cabinet with the same
men, who, under the dictation of the Duke of Wel-
lington, signed the odious Protocol destructive of
the independence for which the blood of our warriors
has flowed, and the gold of France been lavished.
To-day our presumption has been realised, and
what we had conjectured is now happily certain.
The following are the particulars of the generous re-
fusal of M. de Rigny, which are guaranteed as accu-
rate :—Admiral Rigny had stopped on family busi-
ness at the seat belonging to one of his brothers,
four leagues from Moulines; there he learned his
appointment from the ilfonileur, which was sent to
him by the Prefect. He immediately set out for
Paris, where he arrived yesterday evening, and this
morning, at nine o'clock, had an hour's conference
with M. de Chabrol.—He then set out for St. Cloud
with M. de Polignac, where he respectfully expressed
to the King his invariable resolution. After stopping
a few days with his family, he set out to Toulon to
resume his command.
The Constitutionnel says, " Will M. de Rigny ac-
cept the Department of the Marine ? At first it
seemed to be an insult to doubt, but his refusal is
delayed, and people say that M. de Rigny has am-
bition. Very well; but that is not a reason for his
acceptance."
The Courrier Francais (quoted by the Gazette de
France), after stating the arrival of the Emperor at
Paris, and his departure for St. Cloud, with Prince
Polignac, says, " We believe we can announce for
certain, that M. de Rigny has refused the Porfeuille
of the Marine, and will soon return to Toulon."
(From the Messager des Chambres of Sunday. )

(From the Journal des Debuts of Friday.)

PARIS, AUG. 13.—The organs of the new
Ministry tell us that a re-action is goon to take place
in the foreign policy of France. They might have
spared themselves the trouble of this relation ; for
they acquaint us with nothing more than what we
knew five days ago,and which the Duke of Wellington
knew two months before. We, good simple people,
thought that in London the Turks, Greeks, and
Russians divided the public attention. We lamented
the fate of unhappy Greece, abandoned in such a
cowardly manner to Mahmoud, and to the City,"
in the conferences of the Protocol. Indeed, we
would have laid a wager that the instructions of the
old Ministry would in London have been fulfilled in
an opposite sense to their spirit and tenour; but
who would have thought they would have treated
France like Greece? France for a portefuille !
What a bargain ! For England, which is on the
eve of being drawn into events which are preparing
in spite of herself, it must be very convenient to see
a Cabinet which might hare some weight in the
balance of the destinies of Europe delivered up to
her, bound hand and foot. With the emancipation
of Ireland and the obedience of France, she may go
a great way. Decidedly the Duke of 'Wellington
is a great Minister ! and it is true that the Prince
Polignac is a strange Ambassador.
Half-past 10 p.m.—A citation from the Procu-
rear du Roi has just been served upon us, to appear
before the Tribunal Premier Instance on Wednes-
day, the 19th inst. We are engaged in the citation
as guilty, in the publication of the number of our
journal of the 10th of August, 1829, and especially
in the article commencing with the words "ilinsi
le Voila," and ending with " MaMeureuse France!"
" Malheureux Roi!" first, "of an offence against
the person of the King ;" secondly, "of an attack
on the Royal dignity and on the constitutional au.
thGrity of the King—offences provided against by
the law." Firm friends to the Monarch, we trembled
on the 9th of August for the future: we said so, and
we repeat it.

It is reported, that on the refusal of M. de Rigny,
M. de Conny will be Minister of the Marine.
The Allgenteine Zeitung (also received by the
express) states, under the head of Semlin, July 28,
that the most alarming reports are in circulation at
Belgrade ;respecting the s►tuation of the Turkish
army, which is said to be near its dissolution; that
the troops of Husseim Pacha have mutinied ; that
there were also signs of mutiny among the garrison
of Widdin, that the general levy proceeds slowly,
the people refusing to take arms unless there are
soldiers to compel them ; that fire arms begin to be
scarce, and it has been necessary to give pikes to the
militia at Sophia. Accounts front Odessa of the
27th July say, that the Russian army had entirely
crossed the Balkan on the 24th; that the advanced
posts of Gen. Diesbitsch were at Cape Ernin, near
Burgos, and the head-quarters of Gen. Roth at
Aidos. The Turks had lost thirty cannon in the
different engagements. It was reported at Vienna
on the Gth that Ghiurgevo had capitulated.'
VIENNA, AUG, 7.—Metalliques, 99i; Bank
'Shares, 1135.

VALUABLE INVENTION.—We understand
that a method of propelling boats by steam, has been in-
vented by two of our townsmen, where all agitation of
the water by paddles is avoided, so that inland navigation
may be carried to any extent on canals, without in the
least injuring the banks. This, we believe, is new in
steam navigation, and the want of such an improvement
has been the cause why this all-powerful agent has never
been applied to the carrying of trade on the canals of this
or any other country.— Glasgow Journal.

(From the Gazette de France of Saturday%)
TRIAL OF THE JOURNAL DES DEI3ATS.

The prosecution of the Journal des Debals results
from the position of the Ministry, and may serve to
explain its policy.
The Ministry is determined to follow, without
deviation, a legal and Parliamentary course, and to
have recourse against the licentiousness of the press
to the tribunals and to the Chambers; yet it will
not abandon, to the seductions of the papers of the
Jaeobinical and Imperial conspiracy, weak and cre-
dulous men, whom these journals seek to deceive and
to drive to sedition.

What we have said elsewhere in regard to the
harvest generally, may with equal propriety be applied to
this county, where a great portion of the wheat crop has
already been secured.—Harvest has also commenced on the
Scilly Islands, where there is a general expectation of an
abundant crop of all kinds of grain. The storms that have
occasioned so much damage in England, we are happy to
learn, have not extended their ravages to the Scilly Islands.
Cornwall Gazette.

On one side the Alinistry trust to the Tribunals
and to the Chambers for the repression of the at-
tempts which may be made against legal and con-
stitutional order ; and it submits the licentiousness
of the press to the judgment of the judicial autho-
rity ; and in the same spirit it will denounce the
directing committee to the Deputies and to the Peers.
On the other hand, it confides to the law-oilicers
of the Crown the task of struggling against the Ja-
cohinical and imperialist faction. it is against this
faction that it calls for the exertion of every effort.
This conduct, both prudent and firm, will excite
reflection amongst those whom it is sought to blind
with regard to the intentions of the Ministers. It
will be seen that the Ministers are determined to
support the :dynasty!, the charter, and to preserve
France from revolution.
France will now know that her repose will no
longer be troubled by the indecision of the Govern-
ment—that the existing order of things will no
longer be disturbed, and that a Government will
be established Paris, which will not be that of

NUISANCE.—It was hoped, from the pro-
mised improvements in the police, that many nuisances
would have been removed which are a disgrace to the
Metropolis. The Strand still swarms every night with
blasphemous and most depraved prostitutes, and their
male companions, by whom the peaceable passengers arc
constantly beset and in danger of being robbed, as these
profligates issue from the neighbouring stews and brothels,
which are open at all hours of the night for the reception
of such infamous characters. The same nuisance exists in
Cranbourne-street, Leicester-square, and Coventry-street,
and is increasing nightly. The inhabitants of those places
so infested, should apply to the Secretary of State for the
Home Department, to have this increasing evil removed,
or at least abated ; for so long as it remains, it will be a
reproach to his " improved police ;" as being a great public
nuisance, and most injurious to those shopkeepers who live
in the neighbourhood where such notorious and dangerous
characters congregate.--Morning Paper.

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS
Sank Stock
3 per Cent. Red. ... ..... 88V4y,3
t per Cent. Cons. 87N 81,4
1 per Cent. 9S%
Dittn Red. :98% 8
t per Cent. '02%.),4
Ditto. 3P2ti
Ditto &rip
flank L Ann.
India Stock
Ditto Bonds —55 pm.

PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds — Neapolitan —
Brazilian Bonds 57 Peruvian Bonds
Buenos Ayres Bonds : Portuguese Bonds
Chilian Bonds — Prussian, Old
t oloinbian Bonds — Ditto, New —
Ditto, 1821
Danish GS% Spanish, 1821 Sh !i
Greek Bonds — 1823 —
Ditto, 1825 — French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —e.
Guatimala — -- Exchange —t. —c.
Mexican Bonds . — I— S per cent. —t. —c.
Ditto, 1825 —l— Exchange —f. —c.

PRICES OP SHAKES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOVE.

Paid.
Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (igs. at 51. pm.) £2O
Ditto National 7l'

General Steam Navigation C 0..... l3
Provincial Bank of Ireland 25

Arrived.

MAILS.
Due. I Arrived.

Due.

0 America 0 0 Hamburgh 0
1 Brazil
0

0. Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica
1 Dublin 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0
0 Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0
1 France 0 0 Malta 0
1 Gottenburgh 0 0 Mexico
0 Guernsey&Jersey.. 0 i 1 Waterford

HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Miming... ti minutes after 5. I Evening ...27 minutes after 6,

THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE,

STRAND.

THIS EVENING (first time) a New ➢lusical Entertainment
called
THE SPRING LOCK.

Lorenzo de Medici, Mr. Wood; Giulio, Mr. James Vining;
Doctor Manente, Mr. Keeley; Doctor Flamingo, Mr. 0. Smith.
Amarantha, Miss Cawse; Vergellina, Mrs. Keeley.

After which
HE LIES LIKE TRUTH,

Sir Charles Manly, Mr. Baker; Mr. Trupenny, Mr. W. Bennett;
Battler, Mr. Wrench ; Clincher, Mr. Benson HilL
Harriet, Miss Gray; Priscilla, Mrs. Keeley.
To conclude with
THE BOTTLE IMP.
__ . .... .

Albert, Mr. Wood; Willibald, Mr. Keeley ; Nicola, Mr. J. Vining;

the Bottle ling, Mr. 0. Smith.
Marcella, Miss Cause; Philippa, Miss H. Cawse.

To-morrow, The Sister of Charity, with The Robber's Bride,
and The Quartette; Thursday, Der Freischnetz, with The Mia-
dle Temple, and other Entertainments; Friday, The Witness,
with Master's Rival, and other Entertainments; Saturday, The
Witness, with Lying made Easy, Gretna Green, and The Wa-
terman.

THE COLOSSEUM—REGENT'S PARK.
The Proprietors of this Magnificent Exhibition invite the atten-
tion of the Public to the
NEW ARRANGEMENT OF THE ADMISSIONS.
s. rt.

To view the Panorama alone 1 0
To:view the Panorama, with the original Ball, removed
from St. Paul's Cahedral—the Prospect from the sum-
mit of the Building—and the Saloon for the Reception of
Works of Art 3 0
To view the Conversatorics, Fountain, and Swiss Cottage 2 0
Open from Ten till Dusk.