THE TEILlECimAlPai PUBLISHED DAILY ( SUNDAY EXCEPTED), AT THE ENGLISH LIBRARY, RUE ROYALE. /{ A CEWQOK Luce sedet custos, aut summi culrnine tecti, Turribus aut altis , VIRGIL, 34. BRUSSELS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1829. PRICE 25 cents. ( SrjeaWSriteitu MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5th. No accounts of Rowland Stephenson. It was supposed on Saturdayjby the chief ofthe police, and by the banker's solici- tor that he had not left the country. We are also of that opi- nion. It is ascertained that he did not go by the Cambrian. He could not proceed in a packet which sailed after it. It was reported up to a l; rte hour this morning, that he had been traced to Bristol, which he left on Tuesday in a small craft with the supposed intent of going on board some ves- sel at sea. A fast sailing vessel was sent after him. This rumour we are not disposed to credit. It is said that the inhabitants of Romford, are very severe sufferers by Mr. Stephenson's conduct. The father of one of the clerks in the banking honse, loses 25,000 L, the most ofwhich, he sup- posed had been invested in consols by Mr. Stephenson.— Courier. The intelligence from Ireland this morning su- persedes in importance the intelligence from every other quarter. A change in the personage admi- nistering the government of Ireland is about to take place. The Marquis of Anglesea is about to return to England. If, as it appears, the Marquis's senti- ments on the subject of the Catholic Question dif- fered with those of the Duke of Wellington, his Lordship's retirement became a matter of course. Upon the subject of theMarquis's sentiments we are not left in any doubt. They have been placed upon record by his Lordship himself, in the follow- ing letter to Dr. Curtis, who, after the receipt of the Duke of Wellington's letter of the 19th, wrote to the Marquis, inclosing him that letter in his answer to it:— IMPORTANT LETTER FROM THE MARQUIS OF ANGLESEA. " Phoenix Park, Dec. 29 1828. " Most Reverend Sir— I hasten to acknowledge the re- ceipt of your letter ofthe 22d, covering that which you re- ceived from the Duke of Wellington, of the 11th instant, together with a copy of your answer to it. " I thank you for the confidence you have reposed in me. " Your letter gives me information upon a subject of the highest interest. I did not know the precise sentiments of the Duke of Wellington upon the present state of the Ca- tholic Question. " Knowing it, I shall venture to offer my opinion upon the course that it behoves the Catholics to pursue. " Perfectly convinced that the final and cordial settle- ment of this great question can alone give peace, harmony, and prosperity to all classes of his Majesty's subjects in the kingdom, I must acknowledge my disappointment on learning that there is no prospect of its being effected dur- ing the ensuing Session of Parliament. I, however, derive some consolation from observing that his Grace is not wholly adverse to the measure; for if lie can be induced to promote it, he, of all men, will have the greatest facility in parrying it into effect. , Jjf I am correct in this opinion, it is obviously most important that the Duke of Wellington should be propi- tiated ; that no obstacle that can by possibility be avoided should be thrown ip his that all personal and of- fensive insinuations should be suppressed; and that ample allowance should be made for the difficulties of his situ- ation. " Difficult it certainly is, for he has toovercome the very strong prejudices, and the interested motives of many per- sons of the highest influence, as well as to allay the real alarms of many of the more ignorant Protestants. " I differ from the opinion ofthe Duke, that an attempt should be made to ' bury in oblivion ' the question for a shorttime. First, because the thing is utterly impossible and next, because, if the thing were possible, I fear that advantage might be taken of the pause, by representing it as a panic achieved by the late violent re- action, and by proclaiming that if the Government at once and peremp- torily decided against concession, the Catholics would cease to agitate, and then all the miseries of the last years of Ire- land will be to be rc- acted. " What I do recommend is, that the measure should not be for a moment lost sight of— that anxiety should con- tinue to be manifested— that all constitutional ( in contra- distinction to merely legal) means should be resorted to, forward the cause; but that at the same time, the most patient forbearance, the most submissive obedience to the laws should be inculated ; that no personal and offensive language should be held towards those who oppose the claims. " Personality offers no advantage, it effects no good; on the contrary, it offends, and confirms pre- disposed aver- sion. Let the Catholic trust to the justice of his cause— to the growing liberality of mankind. Unfortunately, he has lost some friends, and fortified his enemies, within the last six months, by unmeasured and unnecessary violence. He will soonest recover from the present stagnation of his fortunes by showing more temper, and by trusting to the legislature for redress. " Brute force, he should be assured, can effect nothing. It is the Legislature that must decide this great question; and my greatest anxiety is, that it should be met by the Parliament under the most favourable circujnstances, and that the opposers of Catholic emancipation shall be dis- armed by the patient forbearance, as well as by the un- wearied perseverance of its advocates. " My warm anxiety to promote the general interest of this country, is the motive that has induced me to give an opinion and to offer advice. ' I have the honour, etc. etc. ( Signed) " ANGLESEA." " To the most Rev. Dr. Cnrtis, etc. etc. — Courier. According to letters just received from Lisbon, a general insurrection against government was ex- pected. The day and even the hour were fixed, but nothing was attempted at the date of the last intelligence.— Courier. It will be recollected, that some time ago, Mr. Matthews, our consul at Lisbon, was instructed to demand from the Portuguese authorities the " re- lease of Mr. Ascoli, British subject" a censure of the intendant- general of police ;" and " the rigorous observance of the privileges and rights granted ot the English residents by treaties." Thirty days were allowed for an answer : that period having expired, and Mr. Matthews having received no sa- tisfactory answer, called a meeting of the English residents of Lisbon, in order to lay these circum- stances before them, that they might make their preparations according to the present state of things. This communication of our consul at Lisbon has caused a deep impression in the City, and a depu- tation to Government is spoken of.— Ibid. was a very large receipt under the head of Corn Duties, as well as a transfer from the Customs to the Excise of the Duties on Tea.— These two heads of receipts should, therefore, be added to the Cus- toms, which will make up for the deficiency in the Quarter. THE YEAR. The Accounts for the year will be found equally pros, perous. The Customs will only shew a diminuation of 350,0007, while the duties on Corn received last year above the receipts of the present year, amount to no less a sum than 620, 0007, and the duties on T* a transferred, to above 270, 0007, which sum ought to be deducted from the Excise and added to Customs, whilst the Excise will show an in- crease of 1, 700, 0007. The total increase in the year can- not be taken at less than 1, 700, 0007. If we look to Ireland we shall find proofs of a no less exulting description, the Excise exhibiting an increase of nearly 700, 0007, and the other heads, with the exception of Customs, of 100, 0007. The Customs deficiency has arisen from the transfer of the Tea Duties to the Excise. The total increase of the revenue of Ireland for the year may be estimated at 350,0007, making on the year a total increase of nearly 200,007, The surplus of the consolidated Fund we have reason to hope will exceed 3,000,0007., while the Deficiencies Bill will not exceed 5,500,0007. Upon so satisfactory a statement we must heartily con- gratulate the public.— Hid. Accounts havebeen received in town of the death, suddenly and very unexpectedly, of the Bishop of Norwich. His Lordship was upwards of 80 years of age.— Sun. A letter from Odessa puts beyond all doubt the reported loss of the Russian vessel Maria, with 200 sick and wound- ed on board, as well as 12 cannon intended for Warsaw, and other military trophies taken at Varna. This ship, one of the largest and best of her class in the Russian Navy, appears to have, in a manner, sunk immediately under ano- ther vessel anchored in the Bay of Burgas : during a dense fog, all the officers of the Maria made the usual signals of distress to the other ship as soon as they perceived them- selves so near , but she had sunk before the necessary assist- ance could be afforded. THE QUARTERS REVENUE. This is the day on which the Quarters Revenue, is made up, but the result cannotbe known officially till the evening ; for payments continue to be made into the Exchequer to a late hour this afternoon. We do not pretend to give the amount of each item of receipt, but we believe that the following will be found to be as correct a view as could be given at the time our paper went to press, of the state of the finances for the Quarter and the year. THE QUARTER. Customs. The Customs will shew an apparent deficiency in the Quarter of about 300,000 £. Excise. The Excise will exhibit an Increase of no less than about £ 770,000 Stamps and Taxes. An Increase of about £ 200,000 970,000 300,000 Increase .... Deduct apparent Deficiency in Customs the Total Increase 670,000 Then the Quarter's deficiency in the Customs is stated at 300,000/., we must not forget that there LORD CASTLEMAINE. The Statesman says—' Lord Castlemaine has threatened a most unusual course— one, indeed, entirely without prece- dent— that of appealing to the House of Lords against the election of Lord Dunally. From the first moment to the last, the election ofLord Castlemaine was altogether hopeless. On the day which closed the election, Thursday, the poll was kept open up to twelve o'clock at night, although the only vote tendered upon that day was Lord Castlemaine's own vote for himself. His Lordship now seeks to invalidate the choice of his brother Peers, under the frivolous pretext that certain Moble Lords were not entitled to vote, inasmuch as they had not paid their fees, upon their patents of nobility we believe, to Sir William Beetham! We do not know how far we are justified by the fact, in stating, that Lord Castlemaine had, in his late contest, to encounter the influence of the Duke of Wellington, who, it is very generally affirmed, sup- ported Lord Dunally, and to whose wishes, of course, Lord Castlemaine stood so pertinaciously opposed.' The family of M. Auger, Perpetual Secretary of the Aca- demie Francaise, have been thrown into the utmost distress, in consequence of a belief of that gentleman's having com- mitted suicide. He had been for about a month in a state of mental depression, which prevented him from attending to his usual literary labours. On Saturday he left his home in slippers and a cap, without taking his watch or money ; and a note was found on his table, announcing his intention to commit suicide. It was rumoured yesterday that he had been found drowned. TATTERSALL'S JAN. I, 1829.— There has not been a single bet made to- day worth notice, and the atten- dance in the room was extremely scanty, conse- quently no state of odds can be given different to what has been before reported, either as to the Derby,| Oaks, orLeger. JLM. We have received the following letter fron Con- stantinople, dated Nov. 25 :— Some portions of it do not agree with other accounts which have reach- led this country; but the whole will be read with interest', as showing the actual state of opinion in that^- eity:—•' We arrived here on the 18th inst-, and were fortunate to get in before the blockade of the Dardanelles by the Russians.— We have ac- counts that they liave commenced the blockade with three ships of the line and two frigates. The Turkish fleet is all lying here dismantled. They have ships enough to cope with the Russians, but I understand they are badly oil' for sailors. They have, I believe, five ships of the line, besides fri- gates and ships of war of smaller sizes, with bomb vessels.— In Smyrna there has been lately a plot discovered to destroy the city, and, it is said, to put all the Franks to death; but it was happily pre- vented. Seven or eight persons have already been beheaded, on suspicion of being concerned in the plot. The Russians have prohibited the export of all grain from the Black Sea indeed, the Turks will not permit any more English ships to go up, lest they should enter into the Russian service as trans- ports. It is said that there is not more than four months supply of gra^. in Constantinople, ancl that they can get no supplies from Asia, they . being short there also, while, the Dardanelles being blockaded, they of course can get none from Egypt, nor from any oilier place in the Mediterranean. The islands in the Archipelago will soon, no doubt, be in want. Mitylene is already much distressed. We were boarded on our passage by a boat from that island, the crew of which informed us they were much in want < of corn; if we had been loaded with it, we could have obtained almost any price. It is said the Russians are within 20 days' march of this place, and probably nearer. The Sultan's Minis- ters are endeavouring to persuade him, by all pos- sible means, to come to terms of reconciliation; but it is said that he remains determined not to hear or accept of any terms whatever. The Russians are reported to have lost by disease and the sword already 100,000 men. If the Turks can keep them in check until the hot weather sets in, it is probable there will be great disease again amongst the Rus- sians, and that the Turks will force them to retreat, and defeat their operations altogether. The Rus- sians have taken many places in Asia. It is not improbable they will suffer there also by disease and the want offood: forthe season of the year will now soon prevent them from getting supplies. We are barren of news at present here. The Russians are, it is said, still at Varna, busily employed in repairing the fortifications. Every thing is per- fectly quiet at present; nor is any disturbance, I believe, meditated.— Brighton Gazette. Extract'of a private letter of the 30t, h ult. from Frank- fort : — " The house of Messrs. Rothschild has within a few months sent off considerable quantities of gold coin from Amsterdam to Vienna. These sums are instalments of a large loan, which the saidhousehas undertaken to negotiate for the Austrian Government, which government has alrea- dy received 30 millions of florins. It is agreed on both sides, however, that the contract shall be kept secret, till next yean, when anewissue of metallics will unquestionably inundate all the Exchanges of Europe." [ fc. The dispatches received from Rome on Saturday are said to be of an urgent nature. A messenger was immediately dispatched to the minister of the interior at the Hague to require his attendance at Court. MADEIRA' Dec. 1.— Extract of a private Letter : The authorities imposed upon us by Don Mi- guel follow precisely the same oppressive course as those of the mother country. The vexations and violences to which we are subjected know no bounds. We are witnesses to numerous arrests, and the particular objects of persecution are those in affluent circumstances, whose treasures hold out to the Usurper an irresistible temptation. Tlu: un- fortunate victims of a devoted loyally behold them- selves transported to the prisons of Portugal, there to await their sentence. Every vessel which leaves this island for that country isloaded with proscribed individuals. It would appear that the object of our oppressors is to depopulate this island, once so flourishing, but now deprived of all commerce, and reduced to the most frightful misery. The govern- ment of Don Miguel is, however, generally regarded as very precarious."— Gourrier Francais PASJ. IS Jan. 6.— It appears bv the Lisbon Ga- zette of the 24th tilt.., that a Court was given on the 22d, on account of Don Miguel's health.— Gazette It was prematurely announced that the Count Ofalia, ambassador of his Catholic Majesty at the French Court, had arrived in Paris. His Excel- lency arrived only yesterday from London.— Ibid. On the 27th December the Metalliques were 95 3/ 4, and the Actions de la Banque 10991/ 2. Thus in spite of the rumours of war the Austrian funds are advancing.— Ibid. The unfortunate individuals at Villiers de Bois, whose habitations., to the number of 26, were de- stroyed by fire, have received from M. the Dau- phin 300 fr., from the Duchess < Jf Berry 200 fr., the Duke of Bourbon, Prince of Conde, 200 fr., and from the Duke of Bordeaux 100 fr.— Ibid. The retirement of the Count de la Ferronays from the administration of foreign affairs seems to be more than ever probable. MM. Chateaubriand and Pasquier are the two candidates named of late, whenever there has been rumour of change in the ministry. One of them will, in all probability, be- come the Count's successor.— Courrier Francois. An extraordinary courier arrived here yesterday with dispatches from Gen. Maison at the Morea. 3 per Cent. 74. 50.— 5 per Cent. 109. 15. SILK DECORATIONS OF WINDSOR CASTLE. IT was the determination of the King that all the decorations, etc. ofWindsor palace should be of Bristish workmanship, and orders were given ac- cordingly; but with reference to the silk there was some difficulty and doubt as to placing the order for it in the hands of a Spitalfields'master, because the work was a very difficult one, and the certainty of bringing it to the perfection required not very san- guinely entertained in the trade. At this time there was a French silk manufacturing house under the firm of" Depaully, Noutier, and Co. " established in the city, and as this kind of manufacture was more of foreign make and use than in this country, those foreigners were consulted about the matter, and ul- timately they got the order for the silk, which was for 1,000 yards. There was, however, a positive stipulation with this house that the silk should be entirely made by English hands, and that no persons whatever should manufacture an inch of it, except a Spitalfields' weaver, th e foreign house having the direction and superintendence of the work, accord- ing to the manner of the French looms, if that mode should be found superior to the English machinery. So far, however, from this being the case, that although the Frenchmen were at the commencement seemingly unalterably attached to the perfection of their own looms and mode of weaving, during the progress of the work, the very clever, and ingenious Spitalfields' weavers, whomtliey employed, pointed out to them the errors of the French mode so clearly and convincingly, that the foreigners were compel- led reluctantly not only to admit the superiority of the English loom, but to adopt it in the remainder of the manufacture; and not only this, but they bad all their own looms altered to theEnglisli mode, and have taken the improvement over with them to France.; for the house not having been at all suc- cessful here, the establishment in the city was broke up soon after the completion of the King's order, and they returned to France. So careful an anxiety was there to guard against any fraud or im- position as to the silk being made by Bristish hands, that a silk- merchant of great experience and res- pectability at the west end of the town was employed by the Government to watch the progress of the different weavers in Spitafields, to whom the silk was given out for manufacture, from the commencement of a piece in the loom to its finish, and occasionally in this stage of the work to mark it with his seal; and in every instance this was done, so that there could be no possible doubt as to who and bywhom the work was completed. Itmay notbe an uninterest- ing fact, in proofofthe industry and skill to be found in this branch of trade at home, to state that of the thousand yards which composed the order, 200 yards of this beautiful and difficult manufacture were wove in every part by a young female more than 20 years of age, and the elegant finish she gave to her work was considered, by Messrs. De- pauMy, Noutier, and Co., to fully equal, if not sur- pass, any of the rest executed by male hands. This portion of the work, it seems, was given out to the father of this young girl, who was known to be one of the most ingenious and skilful weavers in Spital- fielils; but at that time the poor man's health was in a very impaired state, and after accepting the order, he found that he could not possibly execute it, ancl was on the point of returning it, when his daughter, anxious that her father should not lose so favourable an opportunity of earning something handsome for his family, and the honour besides of manufacturing for the King's use, said she would undertake to weave the silk herself. The father, although he knew the girl had been very clever and ingenious from her childhood, and had paid great attention all her life to the most difficult intricacies of the loom, never imagined that she would be able to accomplish so new and difficult a work as this must be to her, particularly as she had never tried such a manufacture before; and lie for some time refused to let her make the attempt or to listen to her at all upon the subject; her earnest entreaties, however, and the burden of a rather distressed fa- mily, induced the father to mention the girl's pro- posal to Messrs. Depaully and Nontier, assuring them at the- same time that she really was very ingenious and clever ill the loom at other silks, although she certainly had never made any such as this, and the masters at once, very much to their credit, decided upongiving so industrious a girl a fair trial. Some of the thread silk was accordingly given out to her , and she set about her work without delay; but be- fore she had finished the weaving of many inches of it in the loom, the masters saw at a glance that she was perfect mistress of her work, and that no person in the trade could be more competent. Thenceforward, for 16 months, did this ^ oung girl unceasingly labour at her task until she bad com- pleted with her own hands nearly 200 yards of this splendid and in this country unique specimen of Bristish - manufacture. Mary Davis is her name; and she resides with her father in South Conduit- street, Bethnal- green- road. The labour and difficulty of making this silk may be judged of by the fact, that the quickest of the weavers who worked at it— and this young female was one of them— could not com- plete more than 15 inches of it in the day; and the wages for this arduous work was only 9s. per yard. We mentioned in a former article, that the weavers of this silk, finding that they cotild not maintain themselves upon the rate of wages then paid to them, such was the slowness ancl labour of thework, complained of the circumstance, and induced a representation to be made to his Majesty to that effect; and that the moment the complaint had reach- ed the Royal ear, his Majesty was graciously pleased to direct, that thenceforward the actual weavers should receive double wages from bis Ma- jesty's bounty until the completion ofthew hole of the work.— Sun. BRUSSELS. The accounts from Lisbon in the English and French papers received this morning, stamp as counterfeit the ru- mours of Don Miguel's death. He is alivc- and although bodily exercise be denied him, there is a wide carecr open to the energies of his mind. Troubles thicken around him — a deep and inevitable convulsion is working on his for- tunes; and it now becomes a matter of speculation whether he will mount from his sick bed to a throne or a scaffold. It is generally reported that Messrs. Van Maanen and Van Gobbelschroy are about to relinquish office, and that MM. Van Doorn and Reyphins are to succeed them. All the rumours which have lately been afloat on the subject of ministerial al- terations, relate to a change of men, not of mea- y sures. The celebrated Dutch actor, Andries Snock, died at Amsterdam on the 3d instant, aged 63 years, after having dedicated his. talents to the theatre of that city during 34 years. On the 1st of January, at about seven o'clock in the evening, was discovered drowned in the waters of the interior fortifications of Ostend, near the Quay " Des Pecheurs," the body of M. Solomon Van Rheemortel, harbour- master of that town, who bad been missing 24 hours. On inspecting the bodyno marks of violence were discovered. DIED, on New Year's Day, profoundly re- gretted by her family and friends, Elisabeth Webb, wife of P. Jeffrys, Esq. The kind and unassuming manners of that amiable lady, and her patient en- durance of accumulated sufferings during the course of a protracted illness, will not easily be effaced from the memory of those who knew her. We feci obliged by a Correspondent's hint on the subject of CORN EXCHANGE REPORTS: it shall be strictly at- tended to. THE LORD LIEUTENANTCY. The report of Lord ANGLESEY'S retirement, which we perceive by the London Papers, gains ground on the other side, tends, naturally enough, to revive the question, as to whether a total abolition ofthe Lord Lieutenantcy may not, under the alleged circum- stances of his Lordship's resignation, be expedient. Naturally, because, if the office of Viceroy is to be rendered a bed of thorns, upon which no conscien- tious statesman can repose, people must, as a matter of course, discuss the probable consequcnces of hav- ing the office continued for the benefit of individuals whose consciences may be thorn- proof. Since the Union, the efforts of Parliament have been directed, at every opportunity, to assimilate the institutions and circumstances of this Islandto those of the stepmother country. The separate Exche- quers became coalited, as did also the Revenue estab- lishments, perhaps, with no disadvantage to Ireland. The ten per cent, duties were repealed; fatally for Irish manufacture. In truth, if we except the Vice- royalty and Courts of Justice, the Legislature have left, so far as separate civil institutions are concern- ed, scarcely avestige of separation. It would be mad- ness, however, in the event of uon- concession to the Catholics, and the consequent intoxication ofthe Irish asccndancy folk, for the Government, to abandon the parties of this country to that species of controul, which, in comparison of the tight rein held by Lord ANGLESEY, would be, from its remoteness and inap- plicability to sudden emergencies, equivalent to giving both parties their full fling. This remark refers to the existing state of the country, and the contingent endurance of its misrule. In case Emancipation shall continue to be with- held, not so much from motives of present or tem- porary tergiversation, as from the fixed, and if we may so say, doctrinalpolicy ofGovernment, we should hail the substitution of anycoercivepower, provided it coerce all parties, in place ofthe Vice- regal bau- ble, which must, if Emancipation be so withheld, belong to some of Ireland's worst enemies. At all events, his shoulders should be as flinty as his heart, who could aspire to the Vice- royalty, in defiance of the state of society, which, so headstrong and ob- stinate an hostility to the peace of Ireland, must generate.— Weekly Freeman's Journal. MODERN COACHING. The great improvement which has taken place in coach- travelling during the last few years, in all its various branch- es and departments, makes any fault now found with the system appear very like ill nature, and farther melioration almost unnecessary: yet while coachmasters and coachmen, coach- guards, and coach- proprietors are entitled to their due meed of praise for what has been done, it must be al- lowed that there is still, as in all systems of mortal manage- ment there must be, ample room for farther reform.' There are, I am rejoiced to say, numerous existing causes upon which safe reliance may be placed for producing these desirable effects; and I will be bold to assert, that not the least efficient cause will be, ( as heretofore I think it has been,) the great interest taken in the condition of all sorts of horses by Gentlemen of fortune or of judgement, and by many well- known and most highly- respected individuals, in that of coach- horses in particular. The Four- in- hand Club, now I believe dissolved, among all the satire, and in spite of all the quizzing so unmercifully bestowed upon it by the dandies, old and young, of its day, did infinite good. Harness, if ill- constructed, is at once \ junsafe to travellers, and more tormentingly punishing to horses than all the whips and all the spurs which Swaine, Griffith, Crowther, and Vincent ever sold. The Four- in- hand Club improved it in a thousand particulars, of which they, without practical experiment, could never have been judges; and of which coach masters and their servants were too careless or too ill informed to be aware. Men of mathema- tical and classical education, of refined manners, and of humane hearts, made the well- working of a carriage- and- four their study and their amusement; and though grave old men have despised them, bookworms have pitied them, and fine ladies have been shocked to death, the country has reason to thank them, travellers to pray for them, and the noblest creatures in the brute creation, had they the tongues and reasoning powers whichEsop, thefather ofmoral fable, has so beautifully given them, would bless and praise them, let ignorance, and cold- hearted pride sneer and laugh as they may. To the amateur and gentlemen whips of England, English- men are really indebted. To them we owe the improved manners, if not morals, of public coachmen; among whom they have excited a wholesome spirit of emulation, a credi- table style of dress and address, and an honest pride in the condition, neatness, order, and cleanly comfort of their | cattle. Coach- travelling has changed ( from what it used to be in the olden time, a disgusting and tedious labour\ first into comparative comfort, and at last to something very like luxury. A modern stage- coach is now an ornamental and beautiful object on the road, It used to be an unwieldy machine, loaded ( or rather over- loaded) with luggage, and way- worn passengers groaning in concert with the surcharg- ed and crazy vehicle that conveyed them. Dry wheels, they say, make wet horses. Those rotatory circles, whose even and radiated movement I love to watch, are now on a greatly amended principle; and the springs are at once more easy and more secure. There is an increase of speed, with a very great decrease of suffering to the horses. The guards are really the guardians ofthe passengers, anil trus- tees of their moveables; and, instead of calculating only upon the present moment and immediate fee, tliey conduct themselves with a view to the character of the coach they are employed upon, study the comfort of their customers, and look forward, as good agents ought to do, beyond the limits of their pocket to- day, to the establishment of a good name and reputation for " the concern" in future. I have not lately seen many private teams, and indeed, they are not in vogue'amongst the exquisite fashionists ofthe day, who still give a vacant stare of shallow disapproval as they pass their low carriage windows, and throw their dull heads back against the sympathetic stuffing, with Law ! what a thing ! it's just like a vulgar stage- coach 1" To these " things, " and their not vulgar drivers, the British public are indebted for models, by which stage- coaches are at once rendered symmetrically beautiful, substantially strong, and comfortably safe. The Honorable Mr. Kenyon, the venerable Mr. Annesley of Bletchington, Mr. Trafford, andSir Henry Peyton, are the only four- liorse sets- out that have lately fallen under my very limited observation; but there are many more of course : and should this meet the eye of those Gentlemen, I trust, and sincerely hope, that what I have said, and what I would say, will induce them ( if any inducement be want- ing ) to give such practical hints as they must be able to give from time to time to our spirited coach- proprictors ; and I am sure it will not diminish the pleasure any one of them has in driving a beautiful team in private, to feel conscious, that, by affording thus the benefit of his skill and experience to his humbler and hard- working fellow- crea- tures he has performed an act of humanity, and done a pa- triotic and a public good *. There is a common opinion abroad, ( which like many common opinions on particular subjects is 1 think a com- mon error,) that a man cannot frequent a coach- box without being morbidly infected in manners and good taste, and catching a surfeit of slang or a low fever of bad style from the fellows whom necessity and their rank in life have placed them professionaly. Now I think the head of that gentleman ( for I must have him a gentleman with a sound healthy head, or I can't get on, and won't have him at all) may be very justly suspected of pre- in- disposition, and '' too much room inside," which can allow its wearer to catch any such complaint whatever. Contact is not con- tagion, nor is intimacy necessarily productive of infection; but if it be, does it necessarily follow that when a gentleman and an artificer meet and converse for six or eight hours, the former must depart with an itch ( I beg pardon) to be- come as vulgar as the latter ? Or, does it not frequently happen that the artificer is thereby made more civilized and enlightened, whilst the gentleman is at least as sound a man, and as good a gentleman too, as he was before P Do gentleman who can drive a coach, or turn a beautiful ivory ball upon a lathe, or judge of a fine Leicestershire sheep, or steer and sail a yacht— do such men swear, blaspheme, and debauch more than they did before ?— and do not coachmen, artificers, shepherds, and boatmen, swear and drink much less? Those coachmen, and with many I have travelled and talked for miles, who speak most of the patronage of ama- teur nobility and gentry, seem to me uniformly improved by it. They are better coachmen, and better men. You hear from them no ill language or gross and offensive ex- pressions.— and, what is more to the purpose, you are dis- gusted with no insolence to the inferior people whom they carry, and shocked with no cruelty to the dumb but delight- ful animals they drive. * A practical illustration of the benefits derivable from a friendly intercourse with men of rank, talent, and education is strikingly exemplified in the instance of the late enter- prising and persevering Mr. John Roberts, of the White Horse, Fetter- lane, who prided himself, and justly too, on the neatness, and general superiority of his equipments, as regarded coaches, harness, and horse. He constantly di- rected the energies of his active mind, not only to the improvement of wheel carnages, but to tbc general system of road- work, readily availing himself of the suggestions of- fered by one ofthe parties above mentioned. The establish- ment of the Yarmouth, Cambridge, and Manchester Tele- graphs, aroused the leading coachmasters from the slumber in which they had long indulged. At that time the Fetter- lane coaches were looked upon with admiration, and consi- dered as models, so superior were they to the heavy drags running from other yards. The ingenuity of the coach- builder was callcd into immediate action, and improvement proceeded with rapid strides. Fair and honorable competi- tion has now brought English travelling to a point which requires but little more to make it perfect. To a remark I once made upon a coach- mare who trottei along, but did nothing towards draught, I received from Scott ( formerly coachman in Lord Harrowby's family) this humane reply : " She cannot Sir— she cannot work— there's nothing left in her but a good heart, and I declare I don't like to whip that out of her." I said nothing, but * j silently hoped, as I do still, that his heart and head migh never ache on the near side of eternity!— Sport. Mag. SfiBiBi " VARIETIES. Heedless of winter's icy chain, The crocus lifts its saffron head ; And smiling o'er the dreary plain, Peeps from its little snowy bed. And tiius however dark the scene Of life in which we're doom'd to dwell, Some cheering prospect breaks between. And gives to loneliness a spell A. M. TURKISH STANDARD.— The Turks preserve a green standard, borne by Mahomet, with a great deal of veneration, as believing it to have been brought down by the Angel Ga- briel. Every time it is displayed, all who profess the Ma- hometan faith arc obliged to take arms ; those who refuse are to be deemed as infidels. The Turks attribute such ex- ceedingly great power to the Angel Gabriel as to be able to descend, in llie space of an hour, from heaven to earth, to overturn a mountain with a single feather of his wing, etc. POLISH ARMY.— The equipment of these troops is very per- fect; not only the appointments of tlie men are extremely good and uniform, but the quarter- master's, medical, and every department of each regiment, is equally well provid- ed for. Carriages constructed 011 purpose, and in a conve- nient form to transport the stores of these departments, are attached to every regiment, and always kept in a fit state to move at a moment's noticc. This complete state of equip- ment has existed several years, and is in strict conformity with the regulations of the Russian military service. The cavalry is extremely well mounted, and the horses of the artillery are particularly good; most of them, indeed, may be considered very fine, and fit for any private carriage. The troops arc every where in a very high state of disci- pline. The men are very steady under arms, and the dif- ferent formations are remarkably well executed. GENERAL JACKSON.— Tbc Richmond ( American) Enquirer gives the following portrait of this officer :— " A straw hat covers those white locks, bleached by the midnight dew in the field; a coat of plain homespun, made on his farm, is substituted for the uniform, gorget, and gold epaulettes. He carries in his hand a small pruning- knife, with which he trims his young trees and bushes; lie watches bis rea- pers in tie field— he sees bis cattle fed and foddered, his lambs sheared and penned, his cows milked, the milk churn- i ed, and his hay raked into mows; his oats and wheat thrashed, his fruit gathered; and when the ' curfew tolls the knell of parting day,' he repairs to his fire- side, and is sur- rounded by his friends and neighbours, and the evening closes in rational and improving converse. 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The war against Bonaparte began in 1803, and ended in 1815. During those twelve years, we spent 1,159 millions; 771 of which we raised by taxes, 388 by loans. In the Revolutionary War we borrowed 201 mil- lions; in the American, 104 millions; in the Seven Years' War, 60 millions; in the Spanish War of 1739, 29 millions; in the War of the Spanish succession, 32| millions; in the war of 1683, 20 millions : total borrowed in the seven wars, during 65 years, about 834 millions. In the same time we raised by taxes 1,189 millions; thus forming a total expen- diture of 2,023 millions.— Naval and Military Gazette. Dutch Policy.— In former times, there was no branch of European industry which the spirit of persecution did not drive into Holland, or which Dutch liberty did not attract thither, when Holland was regarded as a secure asylum against political tyranny and oppression.— La Richesse de la Hollande. 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