The situation of the unfo...
The Times, 1824-10-25T00:00:00

The situation of the unfortunate Spanish emigrants, since Govcrnmnernt has determined on withdrawing their allow- ances, excites uniiversal sympathy. A corresponilent has suagested, that it would be at once an alleviation of their sufTcrings, If the Spanish language were ado te(l as a part of the course of education at our principal schools, by wlich immediate employment would be created for the re- fugees, to an extent alnost equal to their numbers, which do not in the wvhole exceet s500. There is no doubt that a mucli less sum thati is usually assigned as a remuneration to the professors of languages, would he gladly accepted by the Spanislh emigrants. With the nation at large temperance is an habitual vir- tun, and the distrcsses of theseill-fated inldividualshave taught them, of necessity, to sustaili nature, and to sup- port a decenit exterior, on the smallest possible mcans. The study of the Spanish Innguage is recommnended by a litera. ture of the highest and most interesting class, and it would be worth cultivation were there no other motive than that of readling the inimitable work of Cervantes in the original. It ia also the lauguage of the largest anid most valtable portion of America, in the new countries of which, just separated from Spain, it must spread to an im- mense extent, and through it wvill be obtained the most complete knowledge of the laws, literature, and institu- tions of the rising States. Let only a few of our aristo- cratic families set the example; the study of the Spanish Ianguage will SOOTi become fashionable, tbe poor Spaniard's wilT be rescued from the wverst of all fates-that ofR perish- ing by famine in a foreign country,-and the wrong done bv the Minister wilX be reinedied by the people of England1. An evening paper states, that the allowance to the Spanish refugees Is not withdrawn, but that notice has been given them that it is not to i permanent. *The pro- bable duration of ibis uncertainjounty is not mentioned, nor what contingency is to Pt^op to it. The report of tbe arrival j,%ie8ybtille from the reledi terranean, arid that Ca2ptai%Z'wlfe 1, the Commander, haid arrived at the Admniralty wuWdespatehes relative to the Greeks, is wholly without fo'flation, no such events having taken place. The ship iastill on her station. The tisbon apers, from the, of October to the 12th inclusive, are filled with extractmom the Spanish, French, and lEnglish journals, and have Vo news whatever of Porti- gal or its colonies. It was stated iR a paper of Satitrday. that the house of Rothschild, of Paris, had beeif defrauded to a considelrable extest by one of the clerks. The occurrence took place more tban three months ago; but the- facts respecting it have only just transpired. It appears that the indivi ual in question, whose name is Hull, disappeared about the time above-mentioned, ; hut was supposed to have destrov- ed hiinselt, or to have perished by some accident. Search was made by the police of Paris for the body, the Seine was dragged, and rewards offere(d for any intelligonce ot him. Only a few daystgo it was found out that he had appropriated to himself some moilcy received on account of Mlessrs. Rothschiltd, and that I Tiad fled for America. The sum of whiclh he has defraiXe?'his einployers is not, we understand, a very large one, I far as can be at present ascertainetl ; but he has availed mself of the credit de- rived from his belonging to the trcantile establishment of Messrs. Rothschild, to incur d ts with inany of the Paris tradesmen, all of whom he has cfX unpaid. The Duchess of Coburg is now ?egsUy divorced froni her husband, and will reside In future in ,tfte neighbouriood of Alten- burg, as a Princess of (Jotha-Ha. J4lrga paper. I HE l4v. At.EXASDEn Fti,s iaa.2-At the conClIUsioII ot service at Albioni Chapel yesterdaw orning, Air. Fleteher ad- dressed kis congrcgation to the tolfwing cftect:-lfe thought it was tiime that hc shoald lay betbre them and the religions public of London, and likewisc his deluded triend(s in Scotland, a correct and faithful exposition of facts in addition to what he inight call his " defence." It should be in the press in the course of the week, and would be published as soon as possible. There were va- rious ;kin(ts ot judges who were bad judges. Somne men would hear nothing but what was favourable to a particilIar party: they could not be called justijudges. Others would hear only what was unif. vourable: they were as un,tust a's the tbrmer. Others judged and condemned w,ithout inquiry; and others proceeded upon false premises, and vw'ottd . not consent to be set rIght. lie regret- ted that in thisgreat and enlightened capital tthere were indivT. duals to be Iund whoewerez anxiousUto condeini a man with. out hearing any. tiing in his tavour. HEnded tgslraw up the papers for publiciuion with great care and aeintioh, am} he theretore ooped they would undergo a strict scrutiny: it wvould be i;eeti that he had been a faithful historian, even wheni he considered himself blatneable. But lie thougiht that lie should be able to convince lhin readers that he was not blameable with respect to most of the things laid to his charge, and even if he were, (looking at his condtict in the worst point of view), was there to be nio forgivencss I lie trusted, however, that lie should succeed in convincing his congregation that lie had done right in assunsing and mail- taining the bold line of conduet which lie had adopted. His enemnies had employed thrce engines to separate him fromi his con. gregation. The first was a legal action-that had not succeeded; the secondi was ecclesiattical censure, determined on witilout evidence in his favour having been heard-that had not succeeded ; thie tbird was the freedom of the press of England-that would not succeed, for wliat liad been free to them was also free to hini. Wheii Louis XVIII. resided at Hartwell, the seat of the Duke of Buekingliam, His Alajesty freqtuenitly visited Berkhatn. stead, andi dinedt-at ail iui tihere. The landlord's tlaugliter, Aliis 'age, was particularlyttotic,l by the King for her amiable con. duet, andl on the itn 'a return to France he iuvited Mlisa Page to visit' Pairsh A tpw mionths aince she accepted the invitation, and was most graciously retiven by thc Monarch. A Suit of apart. ments were set apart for her In theC 'TuiIeries, and the Chamber. lain was diiccted to show her what was viorthyof attention in m Paris. Sie frequently dined at the King's table, and was ieceived and ca. ressed by niost ef the Royal Family of France On quitting the capital, the King preseiitedl her with 2001., which his AKuJesty beg- ged she would accept, as a token of his friendship, to pay her ex. penses.-Sunday paper. We are gratified to learn, that the subscriptions for the widowv anti famLily of the late 5lr. Sadler contillueto be very general il the dlifferent towns from which he made llis ascents; an(t we uan- lerstand that a gentleman from the committee in Liverpool is now in Leeds, ter the purpose of promoting this ttuly laudable object. We have no doubt our townsmen, who have witnessed the ascent of this intrepid but unfortunate aeronaut, will not he the last to show their,liberality towards his now destitute family. Tue subscription tor Alirs. Sadler at Inverpool amnounts to about 500i. ; at Boltoa the amitount is nearly 3001.; and the siuns alfeady collected in other places will swell the wholeamounit to about ,OliOI.-LecMs i ercviry. We hear that a cotton-factory, oni a most extensive plan, is shortly to be established at Kiltrush.-Lijnrick Clironicle. Erratum.-At the latter end of our observations in Saturd.ay'b paper, un the withdrawal of the pensions granted to tile Spanish ti0es, for " has, Our system again, &c.," read has 6c a foreign systerp .gun, &e."