Star.
London, England, 1830-10-23 00:00:00

&fond 1411er.

Sta,—ln your paper of to-day you notice a work on English gram.
mar, by Mr. Booth. I have not The Tinws at present by me, and I
write from memory. You quote from his book a passage, where be
finds fault with the use of the participle present " being :" and a COT
respondent, who dates from the Atheneum, is also offended by the same
cause. Now, from a man who writes on grammar cow amore, or from
a member of a literary club, who quarrels with our vernacular, we are
justified in expecting accuracy. If we are wrong, set us right by all,
or any means; but if the blind lead the blind, der
I have never seen Mr. Booth's book, and I only take the liberty of
obsening on the extract which graced your paper to-day. It is there
said that the phrases, " The road is being made," " The church is being
pulled down, are ungrammatical, and that presently we shall hear
such phrases as " The man is being dead," &c.
I have not an English Grammar by me • but in a little book by C.
Bradley, A.M. Master of Wallingford School, verbs transitive are de.
fined as those which denote an action that passes from the agent to
some object, and verbs passive, as those which express passion or suf-
fering.
This last definition I think a wrong one • and it is ignorance of
English verbs, as they are used and understood, which prduced the
letter from the Atheneum.

Is it correct to call any English verb a verb passive 11 It is with
submission I ask. Auto, amor (Or. phil.o, philinesai,) I love, lam
loved : here are verbs, active and passive, in the Latin and Greek lan-
guages, and which impress their meanings on the mind through the eye
or ear by their terminations only, without the use of the substantive
verb to be ; but what verb in our nguage can be proved passive per se ?
We have no passive form. We do with our auxiliary verbs what the
ancients did with their passive and middle terminations.
To die, is a neuter verb, the verb substantive is called to assist: I
am dying, he is dying, he is being dead ; this conjunction of the parti- '
ciple and the noun adjective is incorrect; but how will it be proved
that the junction of the auxiliary verb to be with the participle past is
wrong g. The man is dying, The man is deadening. The man is
being deadened, seem to be equivalent phrases. Grammar, particular
and philosophical, is a lengthy subject; but, to be short, Mr. Booth
And your correspondent from the Athenaeum, would quarrel with the
expression, " The man is being killed," u they do with the expreuion,
" The road is being made," " The church is being pulled down."
Make similar changes in all—" The road is making," we can under.
stand—but "The man is killing," quite alters the sense. The use of
the junction of the indicative mood of the substantive verb to a verb
active, makes the church and road agents instead of bodies acted upon.
We cannot predicate (except metaphorically) active agency to sticks
and stones. We all know about "thirsty spears," &c. but in figu-
rative expressions the sailor (I am a piece orate) has the advantage ;
he can say " his ship sails," as I can say " this letter goer by the two.
penny post ;" but, " the road is making," " the church is pulling
down," eahnot pass muster. The road is sinking, and the church is
falling, will do: the cause here is not expressed, because unknown or
unseen. But enough : the classification of verbs, and the proper ways
of expressing time and agency, requires more astute intellects than I
can boast.
Oct. 19. S. GILES.

A Thir

Sir—We verbal critics are a loquacious and irritable tribe, and I fear
I should bt trespassing too much on your disposition to oblige your cor-
respondents, were I to solicit &little room for the following remarks in
your columns, which, I mans are usually filled with matter more in-
teresting to the public.
Your correspondent " Anglus" is perfectly right when he exposes to
just ridicule the namby-pamby and 0 fugitive cant" of fashionable gos-
sips. He is wrong, however, uto the epithet trivial: he would con-
fine it to its primitive signification of " worthless," " vulgar," atc. If
be will look again Into Johnson, he will find that our hest authors
frequently employ the word trivial to denote what is light, trfilkeg, un-
impolmst —a sense srhkh he condemns. And your other vontepoodent,
"C." in to-day's Times, is also manifestly wrong, whets be to
the preenst participle as improperly used in a positive
The soma i, the great law of language is the prudes of
ibt majority of the bat and most approved writers sal spoken tot the
time being.
The passive voice is formed by uniting participles with the auxiliary
verb So be, and in all tenses imitates the Latin verb, in marking the

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• •
: istinctiokbolween the pkrfket ...ld lir pule:, mare of as sett ..• •litips`fi:_. ~:
.I:.' •
ouse is building" (domtiA clificatua). •• the house is built, ' fistarril• . • or.; i
(Meals eat) fit..c. See Picktou iri fat Mt Eapii.,b Verb. ''' : -r.
-rn'''...`.' '' - •
" The Indian was buret:fp," •• Plu:str:,'s Likes are ar-pi ' --,1 :!.5141404f,r.
ift.c —Murray. 04...1„. _.•
'• The fields are pbughing," &c.—Grant. VIM Sir. lii 1 i
" The prisoner was burniog," &c.--Ctonibie.
Groin:tie remarks —" ll'lletha lb: pr..., nt parti•ipic expresses e,:. ins
or passion, esti be ascertained only by inquiring whether the subject be
acting or suffering." And riekbotun add.—•• When we say ' the
house is building," the patents are preparing,' the participles budding
and preparing must nemssarily he understood in a passiv.r arise, like...suss
neither the house nor the p.itcats are capable of action."
I 3111, Sir, yout's respcifully,

Fourth Deter.

T. IL

Ste— I have been much (Med by the profound observations of yoar
correspondent Anglin." Certainir none hut th, must suhtle spirits,
or our trans-As!4lstic friends, could guess :nuts witencc the departures
occurred. I ant then:lox the more .oliprised that Ins has nut also "e-
-venly animadverted on the indefinite heath:loo oil, ki,:,l of new-s,
beg to suggest that its future it should he arrivals at this place and
<lepacturea from this place, and others here specified, of the nottilsty,
gentry, &c. undcnnanioned." Von ACC there could theit be tiry Itt.le,
if any, miscontxptitm about the n•ltrer.
I mast also return my thatik, for t'oo information green testier .ag
churches, &c. I always undeostotid, that tormerly edifices wen: built ; but
it appears that now (probably owing to the march of intellect) they dis-
dain the passive state, and arc actually building, although I must c..ntt -.3
I am unable to form any idea lihlt a can be, unlcsa your cotrespot
alludes to the contractor's founts:li. As he appears to have such ho! ror
at leaving any thing to the imagination, I make no dent,: be will it iv.eu
to relieve conjecture on the subject.
I am, dear Sir, your great admirer avaliumblt servant,
Oct. 19. dEMI MI es CAUSTIC.

A Fifth Letter.
Sig,—Fermit me to ask " Angina" if there i. u s difference betve.ti
ass being shaved (by my barber), and 1 ant *haring (myself ?)-..
The first Is exactly the same tense pa..sive, as the seent,d is active—l,
express an unfinished action. If we can understand any thing n,
' is pullin_g down," " is making," " Anglus" must mean '• The church
it pulling-ZOwn," cr fo Tfie atl is making." In this case, 'there is :Le
arrusatirell Is the church pulling itself down? Is the road mak;,i.•
itself ? " The church," " the road," can be the only accusatives. ted
subjects must be given to the verbs, therefore se sty passively, " The
church is being pulled down" (by men)—" The road is being niro!e"
(by men.)
In another article it is said, '• We shall nem he brouAlit to say. ' ti
stone is beingfalkn.' " Of this there is no (I:taws, ti,r t 11l l thly will
attempt to make a neuter verb a passive. There is no mote dziiin.r
our saying " the man is being dead, " than, "the man beimy o;iee,"
not only on account of the verb being neuter, but because dca no
the participle of the verb to die, but an adjective. " The house is
building," forms a present tense active, and is no better Engli,ll titan
the house builds, either of which I should think would be in iat.ll
" downs edifteat," which has just as much sense as the In
the mode of speech, " the house is being built, " the a:eut, with Th.
preposition, is understood ; ass ith " donnas eclifiratur;" in French.
" On habit la waison."

SON PITTOtt ANCIPIO.

A Sr rota Lcucr.

Anglus" docs not yet seem to have h.id his lull measure of
=section.

He refers to Johnson's Dictionary for the trealting of the um,t
" Trivial ;" there, it is found to import, -4 worthle.a. inconsitierahle "
I fancy that he is also incorrect in his derivation of the word, hue.
" Trivia." Johnson's meaning doss not however, bear him out in t"
assertion.
Oct. 20.

Yours obediently,

t:.1%

• .
• • We have received a number of other letters on the same web,tc.
•
hut here we must put an ei.cl to the discussion, which, perhaps. 11
occupied to much space already.

LONDON.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23.

ERRATUM.

In the leading article in the STAR yesterday, on the condition of
Ireland, for " ProkstanJ Association," read "proposed Association." I

Their MAJESTIES will come to town on Monday next;
and in about three weeks thereafter, return to Brighton.
His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE came to
town this afternoon.

Another Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock this
afternoon at the Foreign-office, which was attended, as yes-
terday, by the Duke of WELLINGTON, the Earls of ROSALYN
and ABERDEEN, Viscount MELVILLE, Lord ELLEN BO-
ROUGH, Sir ROBERT PEEL, Sir GEORGE MURRAY, the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, and Mr. HERRIES.

This day, despatches were received at the Colonial Office
from Lieutenant• General the Honourable Sir G. L. COLE,
Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, dated the 30th of June.

• It will be observed by the details given under our usual
head of " Foreign Intelligence," that there existed a ru-
mour that Antwerp was iu the hands of the Belgians on the
19th instant; but 14e have an Antwerp paper before us, of
the 20th, which takes no notice of such an event. A latter
from Ghent, with which we are favoured, dated the 18th
inst. says :—" The two past days have been tranquil; and
some degree of order seems to reign within our walls. The
arrival of General Du v tying., and the publication of the
two proclamations, have tended much to re-establish order
and peace."
A letter from Antwerp, of the 19th inst, assures us, that
his Royal Highness the Prince of ORANGE has given or-
ders, that the correspondence with France and England,
which had been partially interrupted, shall be again put
on a right footing, and continue forthwith, by the route
of Brussels and Ostend.

A subscription for the poor of Brussels had been opened,
to which the Prince of OftAxox contributed one thousand
florins. After the departure of Prince FREDERICK, all
the prisoners in Antwerp, without exception, had been
set at liberty by the Prince of ORANGE ; and the con-
duct of the latter has been so liberal and popular, that
the most entire confidence had been restored.

In addition to the previous notice, we have been favoured
with the following important letter from Antwerp, dated on
the evening of the 19th inst. We can vouch for its authen-
ticity :—" Yesterday all business was at a stand, on account
of the great agitation which prevailed in the City, caused
by the two proclamations of the 17th and 18th instant, de-
daring the independence of the southern provinces ; at the
same time authorising deputies to be elected for the general
Congress, which is to be opened on the Bth proximo.
In the meanwhile, the towns and villages around us, have
fallen into the hands of the Brussels and Louvain people

mid the Brabant flag is this day hoisted on the toner of the
Boucheric, and will appear to-morrow on our beautiful city

steeple."

We perused last night an interesting pamphlet, entitled
" Parties and Factions in England, at the Accession of
WILLIAn IV." and as it embraces a range of subjects of
the very highest importance, and treats 'of them with per-
spicuity and great originality, we conceive it our duty to
call our readers' attention to something like an analysis of
its contents.

These are days when people should make up their minds
on the questions which come under discussion in this
pamphlet ; for their duty to their country will, if we
mistake not, ere long, require of them to direct con-
scientiously, according to " the truth that is in them,"
any influence they may possess in society.
The author commences by stating that political parties in
England, at present, may be classed under three distinctive
appellations ;—Ultra-Tory. Ultra-Whig, and Liberal.
The Ultra-Tory he defines to ho that party, whose
bond of union consists in resistance to change, and the
upholding of all institutions and forms of polity, sanctioned
by time. Whoever will observe, says he, the
progress of opinions, and course of events, will be con-
vinced that it has become improbable, in the very
highest degree, that the Ultra• Tory party, should ever
regain an ascendancy in the national councils. The
cause why this party, once all-powerful, has declined,
is the indisputable fact, that time, the greatest of all inno-
vators, is continually effecting a silent change in tho intertrl
frame and functions of society, to which institutions must
conform, in order to be preserved. The author observes, that
the aggregate wealth and aggregate knowledge, which to-
gether are the elements of power, of the middle classes, now
exceed, in a constantly increasing proportion, the aggregate
wealth and knowledge of the privileged orders ; and ho ar-
gues, that the growing power of tho community, is now so
clearly perceived, that the class of Ultra-Tories, who
exclude, or will not acknowledge the fact, daily diminish and
must entirely disappear.
The Ultra-Whig party, the author next states to be dis-
tinguished in principle by the advocacy of political changes,
' so extensive and fundamental, that their practical effect
would be to subvert, or at least to endanger, our mixed consti-
tution of king, Lords, and Commons. The author seems to
think, that Ultra-Whigism is not likely to become preva-
lent among the educated and influential classes ; because he
argues that these classes have a strong predilection in favour
of ancient institutions, and a salutary dread of premature
and extensive innovations.

The increase of this party is always, he argues, easily
checked, by chewing that its favourite measures have a ten-
dency to be subversive of the constitutional hereditary mo-
narchy. Ho accuses the ultra-Whigs, not only of false con-
clusions, but of a false mode of reasoning for an experimen-
tal science, and very ingeniously exposes the danger of
taking what wo think DRYDEN calls " ihe high priori road"
in politics; or deducing from principles in human nature,
the consequences which would result from social changes.

The author illustrates what ho considers this false
philosophizing of the Ultra-Whigs, by referring to
the article in the WtsTutxsTen REVIEW, on the
ballot, the doctrine of which he considers the Shib-
boleth of Ultra-Whigism. He rather, we think, amusingly
than correctly, attributes the adoption of a new style to the
Ultra-Whigs, which he terms the ferocious: and he con-
siders the article on ballot a specimen. We remember to
have given our readers an analysis of that able article, and
shall now endeavour to convey to our readers the present
writer's views on the correctness of its doctrine. The Wes-
tminster Reviewer proposes the adoption of the ballot as ade-
quate of itself, without any other alteration in the laws of
election, to produce about all the good required; to which
our author replies in the following cogent strain of reasoning z
Let us meet the reviewer on his own ground, and consider
what the effects of the ballot would be, if engrafted, as he
proposes, on our existing system ; leaving everything else as
it is, and keeping to the same voters, distributed after the
same manner. The reviewer conceives that this single and
simple change would be a very moderate reform. It will
be found, upon examination, that it would effect a complete
and, probably, a most destructive revolution.
Under our existing system, property is not directly repre-
sented, and possesses little or no legal influence in elections.
In the English Counties, a 40s. freeholder confers legally
as much power in the returning a Member to Parliament, as
a freeholder with 40,0001. a-year ; while copyhold, lease-
hold, and funded property, and capital of whatever
amount, let out at interest, or employed in ma-
nufacture, trade, and commerce, confer, in the eye
of the law no political influence or credit 'whatever ; and
in close boroughs, the franchise is held by a small number
of persons, who derive the right, not from their property,
but from self-election. In the cities and open boroughs,
the voters consist of freemen, of householders paying scot
and lot, or of mere resident inhabitants ; the great majority
of all such voters, freemen, householders, and residents, be-
longing to the poorer classes. Thus, by the strict letter of
the election law in England, the right of returning mem-
bers to the Commons, is vested in the poor, to the exclusion
of the rich—the franchise being, in the vast majority of in-
stances, given to poverty, and not to property. Were the
existing law of election strictly acted upon, the government
of this country would be, not a monarchy, not an aristo-
cracy, not even a democracy, but a pauperarchy.
It is a fact, however, too notorious to be denied, that the
existing law of election in this country is violated almost
universally. There is an inherent influence in property, of
which it cannot be deprived ; and which, when not permitted
to operate in conformity with law, will be exerted in opposi-
tion to law. The elective franchise, nominally in the pos-
session of the poor, is in reality transferred to the rich.
The result of the whole system is, that while the law
gives the representation to poverty, to the exclusion of pro-
perty, the practice of elections confers it on property to the
exclusion of poverty.— Is is conceded that a system ofse-
cret voting may be so framed, a. effectually to protect electors
from an undue influence. The question for considention

therefore is, whether secret voting would not inflict evils
more serious than those which it removed.

The first objection to engrafting the ballot on our
existing system is, that it would effect in the distribution of
political power, a sudden and sweeping change, the benefits
of which, have not been made apparent by any legitimate
induction from experience.
In vain may the advocates of the ballot contend, that
secret voting has worked well in France, and that therefore
they have the sanction of experience for the arrangement
they propose. In France, the elective franchise is ex-
clusively in the hands of the wealthiest classes ;—in Eng-
land, it is almost exclusively in the hands of the poorest
classes. The ballot in France secured electors against the
influence of the crown, and gave the real power of returning
deputies to the rich ; the ballot in England would secure
electors from the influence of property, and give the real
power of returning members to the poor.
The author next inquires what would be the result of thus
exchanging the real power of enacting laws, and imposing
taxes, from the rich to a comparatively small portion of
the poorest classes ? and answers the inquiry by saying,
that the result would be, that the poor would plunder the
rich, and the right of property be invaded, which he proves,
as he says, inductively from tbo facts furnished by experience
of the actual conduct of the class alluded to, asehewnin corn-
bining among themselves to raise wages, and coercing their
fellow-labourers not to work but on certain terms, and in their
opposition to machinery. On the whole, therefore, the au-
thor concludes this illustration of ultra whigism, by saying our,
actual system, however coma pt it may be, is still com-
patible with the highest degree of national wealth and im-
provement which has hitherto existed in the world. Were we
to engraft upon it secret voting, England would be brought
back to the savage state.

We now come to the author's third division of national
parties, viz. the Liberals :—The principles upon which
the Liberal party is agreed, and which form its bond of
union, are, says our author, the abolition of civil disa-
bilities upon account of religious belief ; and the gradual revi-
sion and reform of our laws, and constitution, in a manner
conformable with the progress of knowledge and the sphit
of the age; and not incompatible with tho continuance of
our mixed constitution of King, Lords, and Commons.
The Liberal party embraces moderate Tories and mode-
rate Whigs, between whom there has long ceased to be any
marked discordance of opinion, and respecting whom their
former distinctive appellations may be regarded as obsolete.
It numbers in its ranks un influential and most distinguished
section of tho aristocracy : it comprises almost all the mid-
dle orders possessed of small independent fortunes ; and it
includes, it is to be hoped, some portion of the classes whose
only wealth consists of the wages which they earn.
Our author thinks that the progress of wealth and knowledge,
which constitutes the improvement of a country, has a direct
tendency to increase this party. He then, in our opinion,
most felicitously explains the process by which the im-
provement of a country, as just defined, tends to rear and
give ascendancy to such a party. The changes of Government,
as originating in the changes of power and knowledge in the
community,are traced through the different states of social his-
tory through the period when property on land, vested in one
unmitigated monarchy of the Asiatic type—property in land
more divided, originating anAristocrecy and mixed Monarchy
—until the community emerges from this state of social servi-
tude ; and manufactures, agriculture, and commerce produce
property, knowledge, and power even beyond that origi-
nating in land.

When we commenced this article, we had hopes of doing
more justice to it, but we find it impossible. We have been
honestly anxious to give a fair view of a pamphlet, which we
think must have weight at the present moment ; and we hope
the author will not have to complain of any injustice, except
what may be accounted for, from the necessities to which we
are subjected. We shall venture to offer our opinion on the
pamphlet on a future day. In the above analysis, wo have
avoided quotation marks, from fear of committing ourselves
and the author unnecessarily; but it is due to him to say,
that we have very generally employed his own words.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

There has been some fluctuation in the Consol Market
this morning, and the price has been na low as 841. It is
now 8411, with great appearance of firmness. We have it
current here that Ministers have determined to bring before
Parliament considerable reductions in the State expenditure,
which will amount to near 5,000,0001. annually. A reduc-
tion in the Civil List, to the amount of from 450,0001. to
500,0001. will be among the measures of economy proposed.
All our Foreign Stocks wear an appearance of considera-
ble buoyancy : Russian bonds are 96 to 97, Danish 61 to
62, Portuguese 54 to .56, Brazilian 62*, and Mexican 36
to 37.
CITY, TWO O'CLOCZ
Consols reached in the early part of the day 841 for the
Account, but afterwards receded to 841, since which they
have been alternately buyers and sellers at 841, and for
money 841. The market would have been good had it not
been for the great fall in the Austrian Metalics of about
7 per Cent. which no doubt is owing to the immense com-
mercial failures on the Continent.

In the foreign market little doing, except in Spanish
Bonds, which keep steady at 20i, as the defeat of the Spa-
niards who entered Spain is still'doubted, as the private let-
ters of the 19th in the evening, from Antwerp, state that
the Brabant flag was hoisted there. It is supposed that by
this time the Dutch troops have left that city.
iimemmes
We have accounts from St. Croix, which state that that
island had been visited by a deluge of rain, which had swept
away the bridges, destroyed the roads in many parts, and
greatly injured the crops.
We have a 61e of Antigua papers to the 2d of September.
A letter had been received there from Dominica, in which it
is stated, that the yellow fever and small pox had made their
appearance there, and that the former was raging at Prince
Rupert's. The planters in many of the southern islands were
again complaining of the destruction caused to the remainder
of the old crop, from the recommencement of the heavy
rains.

A dissolution of the House of Assembly of Antigua had
taken place, and new writs had been issued, returnable on
the 30th September.
Quebec and Montreal Papers to the 15th September, have
been received this morning. Wheat and broad staffs were
declining in price; end the great alarm caused, as regards
the Ware of the harvest from the bed weather of July last,
bad in a great mom subsided.

THE KING'S COURT.

BRIGHTON, OCT. 22.

The KisWs Dinner Party at the Pavilion on Wedues.ll:
included—Colonel TRENCH. Mr. BLOOMFIELD, Ptiti,
ESTERIIAZT, Lady LANGFORD, Miss BOWLZY, Sit Gv.;l
and Lady OUSRLET, Sir W. and Lady Fusem ‘Ni 1,,
Miss Mut vsY, Lieutenant-Colonel Mug, Lady E, a,
Admiral and Mrs. CAPEL.

Yesterday, General STEv EN SO N and Sir A. B '
left the Pavilion, and Captain FrrzcLsttExcE.
there from Portsmouth.

In the afternoon, the KING, accompanied by tliePr;!le.
AUGUSTA, Lady BROW N LOW, and Mademoiselle DT,.;,
rode out in a carriage.
The QUEEN, accompanied by Princess CA o !
Lady Hows, Prince ESTE RH AZY, the Duke of CASIR It I ut•:
Earl BitowNLow, Lord HowE, &C. rode on horseback.
The Earl of EGREMONT and Count MUNSTER bad ~
diences previously of the KING.
In the meantime, Sir GEORGE and Lady Nay
Lieutenant-Colonel MA IR, Earl of EoRESIONT, Lord :v.
Lady FITZROY SOMERSET, Earl DUDLEY, Sir HUt.!
PALLESER, Sir GORE and Lady OUSELEY, Rear Admi..
MANDY, Dr. CLARK, Baron MUNCHAUSSEN,
Lady LANGFORD and Miss ROWLEY, Mr. FULLER,
Admiral CAPEL, Colonel V. GRAHAM, Captain HALL
Lady DUFF GORDON, Lady G. STEWART, MISS STEW A RI
the Prince and Princess CAROLUTII, and Baron OVA.
()RICHE'S!, made their visits of enquiry at the Pavilion.
In the afternoon, the Princess and Prince PAUL LEI v
Lord and Lady ASHLEY, Skim* and Lady SILELLY, Mi,
SHELLY, Prince and Princess CAROLUTII, Prince ESTER
HAZY, Count and Countess Mussrau, Lord DUDLEY.
Baron WANOENHEIM, the Earl and Countess of BELEAsr
and the Earl of EGREMONT, bad the honour of dining
their MAJESTIES.

The evening party consimed of Sir \V. Hort: and LI:.
ATHLONE, Sir M. and Lady TIERNEY, Miss and Mr. E.
TIERNEY, Colonel and Lady C. BUCKLEY, Colonel Jon
DRELL, Admiral Sir R. and Lady OTTWAY, Sir Wm. mil
Lady FREEMANTLE and Miss HARVEY, Sir R. and Lziv
KEATE, Lady G. P.tcitT, Colonel LYGow, Lord and Lady
FONSONEY, Mrs. VILLARE, Duke and Duchess of An-
' GYLE, Count MONSTER'S Family, Miss KNIGHT, PriTICC:i
CAROLUTII'S Family, Sir W. BEECHEY, Misses KEATE,
Lord FALKLAND, Sir JAMES M`GILIGOR, &C.
This day, the KING, the QUEEN, their Royal Hizt•
nesses the Duke of Canal Duz, and the Princess AU-
GUSTA, in ono carriage, and the Royal Suite in two (41:07
carriages, went to Lewes, where they took luncheon at t!.:.
Priory, afterwards inspected the Castle and Torn-Hat
and returned about half-past four o'clock in the afterryx,r..
highly gratified with their excursion.

This afternoon the following persons of distinction !f f.
their cards at the Pavilion—Prince ',EWEN, Prince as::
Princess CA kOLUTII, Sir M. and Lady TIERN CY, NI;
E. and Miss TIERNET, Count DIETRICH STEIN,
ELIZABETH FACIE, Sir Joint and Lady BILYDGES,
W. Kant GRANT, Earl and Countess BELFAST, Rev. R
and Mrs. TREDCROFT, Captain DI NON, Lieut.-General Si:
J. and Lady FULLER, Mr. 1-luma, M.P. Mrs. MLLvtar.l
WILSON, and Miss &rant ENSON, Admiral Sir R. and Lid:.
KEATES, Earl and Countess of NEW BURY, Lord Jou:,
TOWNSHEN D, and Lady CLIFFORD.
The band of the Lifo Guards aro delighting a crowd o!
fashionables on the Western Esplanade. An immense con-
course of fashionables are gone to Lewes, in consequence
their MAJESTIES' visit.

LANDING OF THE ES-KING OF FRANCE AT LEITH.

About two o'clock yesterday afternoon (Wednesday), an Admire:v,
steam yacht attired off Newhaven, and came immediately to anchor,
having on board the ex-King Charles X.. the Duc de Bordeaux, ant!
suite. It being then only about half-tide, sonic boats came off from th,
steam vessel, and landed part of the baggage. A gentleman (our ir•
forwent) hailedfa sailor in one of the boats, and:asked him if the ex.Kir,,
was on board the yacht ? He replied with great naivete, " les not tr.%
business to know secrets ; but there is an old man on board who cal t
himself a King. 110 not know whether he is a King or not, but h.
calls himself a King !" At four o'clock, a six-oared boat left the yacht,
and shortly landed the ex• King, the Due de Duras, and the Duc
Bordeaux, on the pier. The ex-King looked extremely well ; he 8J•
dressed in a light brown surtour, and small English hat. The Due 4.1.
Bordeaux is a slender, fair-looking boy, about nine or ten years of ag..
He wore a blue frock and trowsers. There were a few persons on the
pier when the party landed, who immediately uncovered when the ex-
King appeared, a compliment which he acknowledged by two ver:.
graceful bows. As theparty proceeded along:ths pier, the spectators begat.
to increase, and some pointed to the Due de Duras, as the chief object n:
attraction. Our friend corrected this mistake,and pointing to Charles, alai.:
"That is the King;" upon which he immediately turned round and said,
"Yes,and I anmell pleased with my reception." It had been supposed
the Royal party could not reach this before Thundagthis) evening, but
the vessel bad an extraordinary fine passage, having left Poole on Su' -
day evening. Some gentlemen on the pier, to show their repect for faller
greatness, wore white cockades on their left breast; and en Charle.
stepping into his carriage, one gentleman urged the spectators to gi,
him a cheer, which was faintly assented to by a few. Previous to this.:r
incident occurred, which is worth recording, as characteristic of the
inhabitants of Newhaven. A jolly fishwife, as the party were *ailing I.:
to the carriage, !pressed forward, pushing every one aside, until sh:
reached the ex-King, whom she grasped by the hand and shook r
heartily, saying "Oh, Sir, I'm happy to see ye again among dent t
folk." Charles smiled, and asked her name, when she replied—,-
name's Kirsty Ramsay, Sir, and mony a Raid fish I bac gicn re ; art:
mony a guid I got for% thirty years sin sync." The party ir •
mediately drove off to Holyrood House. The household will land te•
day ; when it is expectedthe Due and Duchess D'Angouleme, who are
coming incognito by land, will also arrive.—Caredoni..n Alava) cf
Thursday.

Prince Talleyrand, the French Ambassador, tratisactLd
business yesterday at the Foreign-office.
Count Ludolf, the Neapolitan Minister, visited the Duke
of Wellington yesterday, at the Treasury.
The Right Hon. C. Manners Sutton arrived at his res:-
done in New Palace-yard, on Thursday, from his country seat.
On Tuesday, Mrs. O'Connell, accompanied by her eldest
son, Captain Morgan O'Connell, of the Austrian service, and the blisse
O'Connell, arrived at bloriany's hotel, Limerick, from Derrinane Ab-
bey, and left immediately on their route to Dublin.
The Caledonian Hunt meeting, which was held this year
at Ayr, commenced on Tuesday, the 19th inst. A considerable our-
bet of the members were present, and the attendance was numerous ad
fashionable. The St. Leger Stake, was won by Lord Kelburne'ech. c.
Woeful, and the Ayr Gold Cup by Mr. Stair H. Stewart'sl:4.
Brunswkii.

Tils ARMY IN SCOTLAND.—The following movemecta
of the troops in North Britain are now taking place :
A detaduntat at the Royal Artillery from Leith Fort to Carlisle.
Depot of la foot (royals) from Fort George to Glasgow.
Depot of 26th dm from Glasgow to Paisley.
Depot of 4111 dim Ran Perth to Stirling.
Depot ot 71st Am taisho at Edinburgh.
Depot of nil Hiablanders from Paisley to Fort George.
Depot of 78th Is ammins at Aberdeen.
Depot at Nth de. from to Glasgow.
Depot of Nat hat, from I.dt to Hawiek and Langlsolm.
4th Royal hill thpsms main at Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Perth.
MICH IRY.-111111 St. Andrew's prise, given by Sir George
lisekonale, Basest of Gal, o the Royal Company of Arebas, the
King's Body Guard for Bostl red, was shot far, at WO yards, in Hope
Perk on
OoloPooy. Saturday, and pbsul by fl. G. Watson, Rink Mower to o°
no*