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sinicilling indeed to contemplate.; had pictured him to myself
as an individual possessed of almost a transparent form, with a i--
shining and intellectual countenance, of a burning intenseness 1 Tuesday was appointed for the celebration of the King's
of phraseology, and whose very words, like those of the en- ! Birthday. It was observed with the usual demonstrations of
chanted princess in the Fairy Tales, were as the pearls and diae rejoicing; the King's guard mounted with the bands of the
monds that escaped from. her lips spontaneously in her utter- I three regunents in the Standard COurt yard of the Palace.
ance. But it would only tire the courteous readier to describe The bands played " God save the King," the Overture to
even a moiety of the Walt of those oscillating reveries which " William Tell, ' a Chorus from " Proserpine," and Buona-
kept my imagination in constant motion as the idea of one or parte's Grand March. The performances were under the
other of the expected guests attracted attention. But, alas! how mrection of Mr. Hardy of the First Regiment. At one o'clock
! Sunday the Park „nuns fired a double royal salute. The Queen held a
short-coming in reality are all the phantoms of hope
arrived. 1 spoke to Mrs. Thorough to be particular in her in- Drawing Room at the Palace at St. James's, which was most
structious to the cook. I proposed to the major that we should numerously attended. The ladies' dresses were very splendid,
be more than usually solicitous about our wines. I was in a many of them being new in honour of the day, and of British
constant flutter, and I have no means of conveying to the rea- manufacture: the head dresses, &c. exhibiting a profusion of
der a conception of the activity and anxiety that beset me from diamonds and jewellery of the most costly description. The
the moment I got up in the morning; which, by the bye, was an dress of the Princess Lieveu was remarkable for its richness.
hour earlier than usual, and long before the housemaid had set The Knights of the different orders of knighthood appeared in
the parlour in order. I could observe, notwithstanding the ful- their collars. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop
ness with which my mind was occupied, that the major was of York, the Bishop of London, the Bishops of Bath and Wells,
amused at my restless ecstasy • and once, for it was seldom he Llaudaff, Chester, Carlisle, Bangor, Exeter, Rochester, Win-
indulged in any such levity, 'he jocularly remarked, that I chester, St. David's, Chichester, Worcester, &c. were con-
seemed resolved on having a holiday. At last the time when ducted into the presence of the King in the Royal Closet about
the guests were expected arrived; but a full half-hour before half-past one o'clock, when the Archbishop of Canterbury
the time-appointed I was seated in the drawing-room, with my delivered an address of congratulation to his Majesty on the
eves steadfastly fixed on the door with the drum of my ear dis- happy return of the day. The address had been previously
tended to its utmost pitch in expectation of hearing the herald- agreed upon at a convocation of the clergy. The
•Bishops
ing of the knocker; it makes me smile still when I think of i afterwards waited upon the Queen, and delivered a correspond-
that important occasion. After I had sat on the thorns of ex- ' rug address.
pectation for a considerable time, the knocker still remainings BIRTHDAY OF PRINCE GEORGE OF CUMBERLAND.—MOD:
silent, inv impatience became really painful. I rose and walke day was the birthday of Prince George of Cumberland, when
across the room, which, I have already mentioned, looked into his royal highness entered his fifteenth year. His royal hign-
the park; I gazed thitherward, but 1 saw no object on which ness received visits of congratulation at the residence of the
my eve could rest: human figures, horses, and carriages, I did Duke and Duchess of Cumberland at Kew from the King and
behold moving to and fro, but I' could discriminate no indi- Queen, the Duchess of Kent (accompanied by the Prince of
victual. At last the major came into the room; and whether Leinengen), the Princess Augusta (attended by Lady Mary
he did observe my anxiety, or amused himself with suposing Taylor and Sir B. Stephenson), the Duke of Sussex,
it, he remarked, drily, "That he should not be surprised)if the
the Duke of Gloucester, the young Prince George of Cans-
painter, the player, and the poet, were to be late in coming; bridge, and the Duke of Brunswick, all of whom arrived in the
these kind of cattle," said he, "make themselves always exces- middle of the day. A sumptuous dejtAtner was served to the
sively fashionable and important in coming to invitations." royal party soon after the arrival of iheireMajesties. The an-
" Good God! cattle! horns and hoofs! associated with the most cers of the household of the Duke and Duchess were also pre-
splendid intellects!" But I said nothing; I thought only to I sent. Their Majesties left about half-past four o'clock in a
myself, that though genteel in his manners, and sensible in his chariot drawn by four white horses, with outriders, on their
observations, the major was not the kind of man to appreciate return to the palace at St. James's. The members of the royal
justly the qualities of such
genii as were that day to honour us family also took their departure, and returned to their resi-
with their compane,'• At last the peal rattled, the knocker gave denies in town, and at the palace at Kensington. The day was
note to all the House. I sat down; my heart beat at my ribs; celebrated at Kew with the usual domonstrations of rejoicing.
the door opened, and Robert announced Mr. Gabby. It was In town the nobility and gentry thronged the residence of the
the orator, who, in about the space of ten seconds after—they Duke and Duchess of Cumberland throughout the day, and left
were hours in my computation—made his appearance: at the their names for his royal highness.
siesht of which I'sank over head and ears, as it were, to an
.beA
.vefry general rumourh matters,
among those who profess to
unfathomable depth in the coldest spring water. lie was a that a
upofinarraunfgze
little, dapper, mean, finical-formed man, with a large eyeball, made la
during(nlie Eastersuc recess
on which very conspicuously stood a speck as big as a Gaffer Peel to office, and that its accomplishment only awaits the
Ilanity'e blue sleeve-button. The other eye had also some- final disposal of the Irish Church Bill, and a few other mea-
thing the matter with it, but the fault was not so obvious, as he suures, on which it is felt that it would not be quite Consistent
applied his glass to it as he came forward, and glanced inqui- for Sir Robert to be committed to after the opposition which he
sitively round the room. The major, who was as intimate with has . h m • Herald.given to t ern.— °rimy ...
him as it is possible to be with any little gentleman who stands
high in his own opinion, and distinguished by the plaudits of the Duke Charles, son of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
world, went up to him, and received and I
courteouslv. In Schwerin, died em the 23d instant, of an apoplectic. fit. Ile
doingthis he was obliged to pass me, and I fancied that I could I was the third son of the grand Duke, and in the 51st year of
perceive a malicious smirk lurking in the corner of the major's his age.
eye; for I had been enlarging, in the course of the morning, A pamphlet, said to issue from. the Law. Society, has been
on how much personal appearance contributed to the effect of printed and circulated among the profession, arraigning Lord
oratory, and he had assented to all I said, evidently, as I now Brougham's Local Courts Bill in no very measured terms.
thought, to lead ine into an erroneous conception of the grace At a meeting of the General Assembly of the Church of
and dignity of our guest. The plunge into disappointment Scotland, last week, it was Unaniincnisly resolved, On the um-
which I had made was salutary; it cooled my expectations of tion of the Lord Justice Clerk, that air address should be drawu
the personal appearance of the other guests, who, to speak up, " congratulating his Majesty on his providential deliverance
without disparagement, were, upon the whole, genteelish sort from the atrocious and treasonable attempt on his life, in June,
of personages. _ The player was, perhaps, a gentleman a little era year!" The delay in preparing and forwarding this ad-
overdone, but h_ e was well dressed. He, however, made his dress originated, as the Lord' Justice Clerk explained, not in
countenance, after a little time, too expressive ,• for he was an disloyalty, but forgetfulness. It-had not been thought of before!
eminent comedian, and the grimaces, vvhich looked well on the
AIR. AND ...RS. WELLESLEY.—A MATCH SPOILER.—The
stage, were too strong when only the breadth of the table was cause of the difference between. Mr. and Mrs. Long Wellesley
between us. The painter was a thin and pale man : like all
re-
sedentary pepple, ,full of theoretical ideas, some of them. very is said tube this :—The lady had a handsome youug niece ,
ineenrous; but considering how much 1 • both•
siding, with her, and it was represented to Mr. Wellesley that a
matrimonial union between the young lady and Mr. Wellesley's
and reading, artists possess in the ev •
ening, he was surprisingly
lean in information, and I thoui Icredulous to
it even weakness. •
eldest son was in contemplation. He disapproved of it, set
himself against the affair, and took steps accordingly. The
My knowledge of the world at that time was not, however, such result is known.
as to enable me to analyse his character; but of the four, I . . . „
MINING INTEREST.—We are informed that it is the anxious
must say he had the least of a professional air about him; it
was rather in the matter of his thoughts than any thing in his wish of the lords and adventurers in!Oar principal mines that a
appearance, that he interested me. After dinner, he amused meeting of the mining interest should; forthwith, be convened
me by an incidental professional touch that betrayed his trade. by the noble chairman of the committee appointed to lay their
The lights fell brilliantly on the wine in one of the decanters, case before government, in order to consider of what steps it
and the radiance of the reflection mingled with time beams of a may be expedient to adopt for averting, whilst it is yet possible,
bright sparkling in the crystal in such a manner as to attract the ruinous consequences to our mines of the refusal of Mi-
his attention. At this phenothenon his admiration was un- nisters to grant a fair protecting duty on foreign ores imported
bounded; he had never seen a ray half so bright from the ruby,
into this country, and smelted here under bond.—Ccneiwall
and he descanted at great length on the riches of colouring, Gazette.
and forms of art, which lay yet unappropriated in the great COMPENSATION CLAlMS.—Government have consented to
storehouse of Nature. I would fain speak of the poet in be- grant a loan of £66,000 to the city of Bristol, at £3 10c1 per
coming language, but instead of being that brilliant diaphanous cent. for the first year, and £2 ss. 7d. for succeeding years,
entity, that creature of the clement which my fancy had formed, for the payment of the sufferers by the riots of 1831. Of this
I beheld only a little man. who looked as if his upper lip had sum £41,000 has been already advanced, and the remainder will
been besmeared with snuff; I believe, however, it was rather be paid to the Corporation of the Poor, when required for the
an appearance than reality. His eyes were gray and piercing, purposes of the Act. The deputation, by whom the necessary
but their speculation glanced none of that intelligence which arrangements•were made presented a memorial to Govern-
emanates from refined intellect. His whole appearance, with- anent to abandon their claims for the Custom-house and
Ex-
out being mean, was of an odd cast; and I certainly should cise-office. At length, as we learn by a letter from Mr. Baillie,
have been less surprised to have discovered him with a pair of addressed to Mr. J. Wood, that point has been conceded, on cer-
new breeches under his arm than a manuscript quarto of odes, taro conditions as to the leases, which we understand the Chain-
elegies, or epics' ber will comply with for the benefit of the citizens. The sum
granted by Government on loan will cover the whale expense
accruing from the riots, and in abouteight years the city will be
altogether free from the burden.—Bristol Journal.
MR. KEAN'S FUNERAL.—The mortal remains of this great
actor were consigned to their resting•-place, in Richmond
church-yard, on Saturday last. At halfpast ten o'clock in the
morning Mr. Kean's house was opened to those who were
anxious to signify their respect towards its departed master.
The coffin was laid out in a room upon the ground floor, and
until two o'clock the inhabitants of Richmond—the best and
the most respectable—continued to pass through, accompanied
by the many individuals who had arrived from London. The
doors were then with considerable difficulty closed, for the
purpose of preparing for the ceremony. During the period in-
tervening between this hour and three o'clock, (the time ap-
pointed for the procession,) a number of carriages arrived,
containing friends and admirers of the deceased. The strong-
est disposition was displayed upon the part of the townspeople
to evince respect for the memory of the man of genius who had
honoured -Richmond with his residence. More than twenty of
the most respectable tradesmen volunteered to be sworn in as
special constables, and the utmost order was preserved. The
shops in the streets through which the procession passed were
all closed. Within a few minutes of three o'clock the proces-
sion moved forward to the church. The pall-bearers were Mr.
Macready, Mr. Brahani, Mr. W. Farrell, Mr. Cooper, Mr.
Harley, and Mr. Dunn. Mr. Charles Kean, as chief mourner,
was supported by Mr. Sheridan Knowles and Mr. Lee; fol-
lowed by a long train of other mourners, including the medical
attendants of the deceased, members of the histrionic profes-
sion from every theatre in the metropolis, and many inhabi-
tants of Richmond. The church was crowded, and the body
haying been placed on tressels in the chancel, the Rev. Mie
Campbell proceeded to read, in a most impressive and empha-
tic manner, the lesson of the day. A requiem, ably conducted
by Mr. Hawes, was then sung. The requiem consisted of two
psalms; to Purcell's chant in G minor. After the second lesson,
Handel's anthem, " When the ear heard him," and the chorus,
" He delivered the poor that cried," were beautifully executed.
The body was then borne in melancholy procession to its last
resting-place. The pathetic funeral service having been con-
cluded, .the mourners returned to the still crowded church-
where, immediately before the benediction, Ilandel's heart,
moving composition, " His body is buried in peace," &c., was
beautifully sung.
On Tuesday, the 21st instant, after a short but very severe
illness, died 'Eugene Meurice, the proprietor of the Hotel
Meurice, rue Rivoli. The strict integrity which so invariably
marked his conduct, the utbauity of his manners, his constant
readiness to make himself generally useful to strangers, and
the many acts of liberality which he exercised towards those
who required his assistance, will make his death in every
point of view a public loss.
The Marquess of Cholmondeley has purchased the noble
mansion in Park-lane, known as the residence of the late Earl
Dudley. It will be shortly thrown open to the fashionable
world by a series of splendid evening parties.
IMPORTANT TO SHIPBUILDERS.—Battie timber and plank are
now imported into the Isle of Man upon payment of a duty of
ss. per load upon the former and Bs. per load upon the latter,
whereas, in every other port of the United Kingdom, the duty
per load upon Baltic timber is £2 15s. and that upon Baltic
plank is £l. As all vessels built in the Isle of Man are, under
the existing laws, entitled to British registiy, it is not to be
wondered that this inequality of duty has attracted the atten-
tion of speculators. Such is the case. A number of Liverpool
merchants have formed themselves into a company for the pur-
pose of building ships at the Isle of Alan for the English market.
—Newcastle Journal.
'l'nx CROPS.—In Wiltshire and Berkshire nothing can be
finer than the appearance of the country. The wheat never
was looking better, and there is every prospect of an immense
crop of fruit; however, a Effie rain in the course of a few days
would be of considerable service to the barley. -
In Gloucestershire there is every appearance of there being a
very great hit of both apples and pears. If this should be the
case, it will be of immense advantage to the farmers, ass they
will sell cider and perry, instead of having to buy beer, and as
the chance of an apple crop is not much considered in the let-
ting of farms in that county, a great hit is nearly all profit to
the tenant.
DEATH BY LIGHTNING ON THE DUNDEE AND NEWCASTLE
RAILWAY.--During the thunder storm of Friday, a mason
named Hugh Stewart, working on the railway near the in-
clined &me at Balbeuchlie, was killed by lightning. Two tra
yellers passing near him were also struck to the ground, but,
soon recovering themselves, pursued their journey. The
body of the man who perished was dreadfully lacerated. The
lightning had passed between the forehead and the sole of
the right foot, at both which places there was a large opening
in the flesh. llis cheek and chin were also lacerated. A hole
in the ground, corresponding with the position of the right fie t,
was also pierced. Some of the workmen say that during the
storm they saw the lightning running along the rails like squibs !
His bonnet (a common Highland- one) was torn in shreds,
The clothes on his breast were all riven, with the exception of
a flannel shirt, next his skin. His right stocking was torn
from the leg, and his shoe on time same side of the body was
perforated and otherwise much shattered; and all the nails in
his shoe were out, although before the accident it was thickly
studded with them. The stone to which the rail was attached
was rent in twain. The buttons of his coat were all off, and
scattered round.—Caledonian Mercury.
THE REDUCTION ON THE, SOAP DUTY.—We are happy to
find that Government, on the strong representation of the manu-
facturers of the borough of Leeds, and other parts of the West
Riding, made through their members in parliament, have con-
sented to continue the drawback on soap used in the manufac-
ture of woollen cloth, according to the reduced duty on that
article. An equivalent for this duty it was one time thought
might ha•ve been found in the repeal of the duty ou foreign oils
used in the manufacture, but this it was found would have been
insufficient, and its operation would prove unequal. The fol-
lowing letter, received from Mr. Strickland by a manufacturer
of this neighbourhood, explains what are the present views of
Ministers :

TALLEYRAND'S ADVICE TO BUONAPARTE.

The following advice of Talley rand to Buonaparte
,when Chief Consul) on the 4th of December, 1802, ex-
tracted from the Revolutionary _Plutarch, p. 377, Vol. I.
s curious, and, as it appears to us, not uninterest-
Log :

me rely
" Talleyrand begins by telling the Chief Consul that the pre-
sent memorial is
a copy of one presented to the minis-
ters of Louis XV. , after the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, to dis-
suade them from that fatal and dishonourable war to France,
which ended in 1762. He says, By the ignorance of the mi-
nisters, the bribes of Austria, the intrigues of Bernice, the in-
fluence of Pompadour, and the weakness of Louis XV., those
strong reasons for peace were not listened to. The consequence
is known, that this impolitic war alone prevented the total ruin
of England during the following or American war, and pre-
served that country from being what, if we are prudent, it sooner
or later must be, an invaluable naval and military station of France,
and which shall secure us the empire of the world.'
" Talleyrand then enters into the particulars of the many and
irresi4ibie means France, during the peace, possesses to foment
troubles, to spread discontent, to tarnish the honour, to under-
mine the resources, to weaken the strength, to lull asleep the
public. spirit, and to cool the patriotism of the inhabitants of the
British empire; and, by a gradual train of intrigues, insults,
demands, insurrections vexations, murmurs, alarms, and bank-
ruptcy, prepare even the warmest English patriot to see with
indigerence, not with approbation, an UNION WITH FnANCE,
which will put an end to all difficulties, and procure English-
men the tranquillitA
, honour, and happiness I renchmen enjoy
under the mild but rnt
government of the Chief Consul. But,'
says he, powerful as France is upon the continent, by its con-
quests, by its influence, by the Vigour of its government, by the
victories of its armies; in regard to England, it is not in a:bet-
ter position of strength than in 1755, because, with the know-
ledge of our means, and with the great abilities of our Ruler,
we are unable directly to injure England, our navy being more
reduced, and our naval officers more ignorant than in 1755, but
isfoltiEcTLY, and in time of peace, to lay the INFALLIBLE foun-
dation for the future subjection of England, France at no for-
met certain and undoubted underhand
present may lessen, if not destroy them,
dAhad war so
at many
but every year's continuance of peace will preserve, augment,
and fix them.
mmethods.o
.
" Ought we not to wait at least ten years before we renew the
war with England; till we are in a condition effectually to sup-
port our claims, our views, and our plans; the English will do
our business if we permit them. Their religion is pleasure, and
their pleasure debauchery. They have plunge themselves
into an excess of luxury and intemperance. 'h,y .. --arebegun
to neglect their navy and to disband their artificers, who go to
France, Spain, and Holland for maintenance.
" Whilst then individuals squander their riches, the State
grows parsimonious, and begins to save in those articles in which
it cannot be too priyitse.
_They are even near reducing their tri-
vial army, and their patriots speak of entrusting, what they call
their liberty and property, to the valour of a militia. What a
field is this for our policy ? Is it our business to awaken or
arouse them from their lethargy? If we do, the consequence
is obvious; we teach them to believe a real truth. They cannot
strengthen themselves too mucle by sea cr land.
'there an
army ceases to be the object of public complaint, of public dis-
like, and the people begin to think that, as they must have one,
it is better to have an army of English than. of Frenchmen.
Then their young nobility will continue to apply themselves to
the military profession, and think themselves honoured by that
profession, in which alone consists the defence and security of
their country.- This may be fatal to us, for the sooner we go
to war, the sobner their effeminacy will wear off and their an-
cient spirit and courage revive. They will not then become
wealthy, but they will get more wisdom, which is better. The
military virtues and the manly exercises may become fashion-
able, and the nation, which now seems immersed in debauchery
and corruption, may yet think seriously, and be once more,
what it has often been, the terror of gurope. This is not an
unnatural supposition, they easily glide from one extreme to
another ; it -is their natural temper, and their whole history is
• one continued proof of it.'—'The ashes of La Venclif.e still
smoke, it requires only a spark to kindle a civil war in the bo-
loin of our country. The returned emigrants are as yet quiet,
hut they have not forgot their former principles, and the wrongs
they have-suffered from the revolution. Let not a new war
give the Bourbons an opportunity to remind them of it. The
most dangerous of the Bourbons reside in England; let not the
renewal of war permit England to use them, their name and
influence, and invade France.'—' We command at present all
the Continental Powers; but we know they wear with disgust
and complaint the fetters we have imposed. Let not a war
with Eaaland give them occasionto shake them off, and to
command us In their turn.'— Ihe general weakness and su-
pineness that fa i
r ever attend mmoderate. wealth and luxury,
hide from the English the knowledge of their own strength,
real power, and true interest • suffer them not to relapse into vir
toe and unclerstandin,v. Plunge them not too deep into diffi-
culties. and they will never emerge from folly into true wisdom.'
We have already insulated them from Continental polities—
Leave them in peace, and the insulation of their trade will soon
follow. We have already made them feared, envied, and hated
everywhere on the Continent—Leave them in peace, and they
will 'soon be despised, neglect, ed and trnpitied. Leave them in
return to their amusements
peace, and they 1671 soon rem of elections,
e _
ace, and they must be
races, p Tat y, and faction—Leave them in peace,
directed by popular clamour, which we can always excite and en-
courage—Leave them in peace, and their navy will once more be
laid up to rut, and their seamen and artifi •rers once more he turned_
over to us, to Spain, and to Holland—Leave, them in peace, and
the greatest part of their army will, soon be reduced, and the
small remains will soon become a mere militia in pay—Leave
Them in peace, and we shall not fear the defection of Russia or
Prussia, or any of our present allies, which otherwise would
much hurt, and, perhaps. ruin our present system. Leave them
in peace, and most of their nobility and gentry will continue
to squander away amongst us their great riches, and augment
our resources to enslave their country. Leave them in peace,
and before the year 25, France,* sha...: n
command the departments
of the Thames and of the Tweed, as it already does the depart-
ments of the Rhine and of the Po:—' Pursue, Citizen Consul,
this plan steadily for ten or fifteen years, constantly directing
the riches of the country to the raising a navy, equal, or supe-
rior, to England; and then, and not till then, shall we be able
to strike the blow we have for above 150 years been meditating,
the conquest of the British Islands.
(Signed) C. M. TALLEYRAND.'
"This memorial the author (of the Revolutionary Plutarch)
received from a friend in Paris, within three weeks of its pre-
sentation to Buonaparte ; and although the Moniteur has men-
tioned it after its insertion in some of the English papers, its
authenticity was never contradicted; on the contrary, one of
'l'alleyrand's Chef des Bureaux in the Cabinet of Secret State
Papers .was dismissed, on the totally unfounded suspicion of
having transmitted it to somebody in this country."
• A French fleet, with a French Admiral in command, in the
Downs, 1832. England not daring to blockade the Dutch lions with-
out the assistance of the French navy. What a true prophet Talley-
sand has been—what an idol for Britain to worship, and Lord Palmer-
ton to obey.

" London, May 21.
" Sir,—Before receiving your letter I had directed my atten-
tion to the proposed ministerial plan of withdrawing the -draw-
back upon the duty on soap used in manufactures.
" This would, undoubtedly, have ben a great hardship to
many persons, because, instead of getting a drawback of the
duty of 21-d., they would hereafter have to pay half the duty
of 3d.
" Many applications have already been made to the Govern-
ment upon the subject; and I have obtained the following in-
formation, that it is now the intention to allow a drawback or
remission of the whole duty on soap employed in manufactures
for two years, the Government stating an intention, before the
expiration of that period, to make such a reduction of duty on
other articles—l believe on the raw material of some kind—as
will amount to an equivalent.
" I fear that this information will not be perfectly satisfactory,
to you, but I can assure von that I shall continue to pay atten-
tion to the subject, and endeavour to forward your views and
interests.—l remain your faithful servant,.
—Leeds Mercury. "GEORGE STRICKLAND."