Commonwealth or Protectorate who distinguished themselves in the service of CHARLES, were, from MONK downwards, all execrably Tangier Committee; where my Lord TEVIOTT, which grieves me to see "1663, Oct. 30.-In the afternoon, by water to Whitehall, to the selfish and mean characters. This was particularly the case with Sir that his accounts being to be examined by us, there are more of the great GEORGE DOWNING, who, like the aforesaid MONK, in the affair men at the board, that, in compliment, will except against anything in of the Earl of ARGYLE, thus gratuitously entrapped his former col-them, and so none of the little persons dare do it: so the King is abused." leagues :friend. The comparison between the Royal and Parliamentary solThe blessed result of an unqualified Restoration is well depictured in the following sketch of a conversation between PEPYS and an old diery is curious: 1662, March 12.-This morning we had news from Mr COVENTRY, that Sir GEORGE DOWNING (like a perfidious rogue, although the action is good for the King, yet he cannot with good conscience do it) hath taken Okey, Corbet, and Berkestead (Judges of Charles I.) at Delfe, in Holland, and sent them home in the Blackmore. Sir W. PEN, talking to me this afternoon of what a strange thing it is for DowNING to do this, told me of a speech he made to the Lords States of Holland, telling them to their faces, that he observed that he was not received with the respect and observance now, that he was when he came from the traitor and rebel CROMWELL; by whom I am sure he hath got all he hath in the 'world-and they know it too.' The operation of the iniquitous Act of Uniformity, by re-instating the Church in the same condition in which it stood before the commencement of the Civil Wars, necessarily revived the old persecuting laws of ELIZABETH. This of itself was sufficient to fracture all the King's promises in his declaration from Breda of a toleration and indulgence to tender consciences; but this was not enough, and the episcopal faction could on its restoration to power do nothing better than imitate the injustice by which they themselves had suffered, by new clauses of additional rigour. PEPYS affords some striking pic tures of the ejection of the Non-conformists, or Presbyterian Ministers, and of the dissatisfaction of the Citizens of London in particular. The disgust produced by this flagrant breach of faith, backed as it subsequently was by the Conventicle Act,† was much increased by the extraordinary hauteur of the Ministers of the High Church, under the protection of CLARENDON, and this tyrannical line of policy. A laughable instance is thus incidentally afforded :— "To church, and heard Mr MILLS preach upon the authority of the Ministers upon these words: We are therefore ambassadors of Christ. Wherein, among other high expressions, he said, that such a learned man used to say, that if a Minister of the Word and an Angell should meet him together, he would salute the Minister first; which, methought, was a little too high"! Nothing can more resemble the high tone of the Bishops and High Churchmen of this wretched era than the existing exertions of the present restored brood of French Clergy; nor, if things hold in their course, may the result be ultimately very different. have to notice. The following account of the stately licentiousness of LOUIS XIV, as compared with the undisguised and revolting coarseness of CHARLES II, is amusing enough, both in itself and as a specimen of the conversation of the day, in relation to the royal dissoluteness, so unceremoniously obtruded on general observation in both countries. There is some thing very ludicrously characteristic of the pomposity of Louis in this anecdote : wherein he was very open to me: first, in that of religion, he makes it "1663. Nov. 9. Mr BLACKBURN and I fell to talk of many things, conscience; and imputes the loss of Hungary to the Turk, from the Éma great matter of prudence for the King and Council to suffer liberty of peror's denying them this liberty of their religion. He says, that many pious Ministers-some thousands of them-do now beg their bread: + and told me how lightly the present Clergy carry themselves everywhere, sion almost that can be. And I am convinced in my judgment, not only so as that they are hated and laughed at by everybody; among other from his discourse but my thoughts in general, that the present Clergy things, for their excommunication, which they laid upon the least occawill never heartily go down with the generality of the Commons of England; they have been so used to liberty and freedom, and they are so acquainted with the pride and debauchery of the present clergy. He do tell me of what the City thinks of General MONK, as of a most perfidious man, that hath betrayed everybody and the King also; who, as he thinks, and his party, King to have had his hands a little bound for the present, than to be forced to bring such a crew of poor people, and be liable to satisfy the and so I have heard other good people say, it might have been better for the demands of every one of them..... He tells me that the King, by name, with all his dignities, is prayed for by them that they call fanatiques, as heartily and powerfully as in any of the other churches that are thought better; and that let the King think what he will, it is them that must help him in the day of warr. For so generally they are the most substantial sort of people, and the soberest; and did desire me to notice it turned shoemaker; this Lieutenant, a baker; this, a brewer; that, a to my Lord SANDWICH, that of all the old army now, you cannot see a haberdasher; this common soldier, a porter ; and every man in his apron man begging about the streets; but what? you shall have this Captain and frock, and as if they had never done anything else: whereas the others go with their swords and belts, swearing, and cursing, and stealother..... And then to the public management of business: it is done, ing; running into people's houses by force, often to carry away someas he observes, so loosely and so carelessly, that the kingdom can never thing;-and this is the difference of the temper between the one and the be happy with it, every man looking after his own lust and luxury; and that half of what money the Parliament gives the King is not so much as gathered," &c. Nothing could more perplex the few men of real talent employed under the reckless sway of CHARLES II, than the utter want of experience and capacity of the Royalists or Cavaliers who unavoid-profligate reign was distinguished. Possibly the close attention to acA curious anecdote is given, which shows that CLARENDON himself ably surrounded him. was not altogether adverse to the saving game of self, by which this and makes Mr COVENTRY, one of the ablest statesmen of the day, Church Chancellors. PEPYS, it seems, under an order of the Treasury, PEPYS is eternally harping on this string, cumulation, may be part and parcel of the patriotism of all Highobserve, that while this faction contended for a law, making all men had caused a part of the trees in Clarendon Park to be marked for the incapable of employment who had served against the late King, the sea service could scarcely muster three Captains of that description liable as any one else's, exclaims to Lord SANDWICH in the most pas to whom a squadron could be intrusted. How fatally this truth was navy; and the enraged Chancellor, whose timber was as decidedly exemplified in the consequent daring of the Dutch, we shall shortly sionate manner against Pepys. The latter, being informed of the carefully exculpates himself. The sequel is instructive :anger which he had excited, "full of horror," obtains an interview and desire and pains to satisfy him; and upon my desiring to be directed who among his servants I should advise with about this business, he told me "I think I did thoroughly appease him, till he thanked me for my nobody, but would be glad to hear from me himself. He told me he would not direct me in anything, that it might not be said that the Lord Chancellor did labour to abuse the King; or (as I offered) direct the suswill make it my work to do him service in it...... pending of the report of the purveyors; but I see what he means, and say, that he would not direct me in any thing; for he would not put it into the power of any man to say that he did so and so; but plainly told me, ... He did plainly he would be glad I did something. Lord! to see how we poor wretches dare not do the King good service for fear of the greatness of these men.” Adverting to a conversation with WHITE, formerly Chaplain to marriage to the daughter of Richard CROMWELL, but that the latter OLIVER, he makes the latter observe, that CHARLES had offered scorned to bring in the King, like MONK," to save himself and deliver everybody else." WHITE also contradicted the report that OLIVER had The follow-changed the bodies of the Kings of England from one grave to “1663, June 19.—Met Captain FERRERS, who says, that the King of France is well again, and that he saw him train his guards, all brave men, at Paris; and that when he goes to his mistress, Madame la Valiere, a pretty little woman now with child by him, he goes publicly, and his trumpets and kettle drums with him; and yet, he says, for all this the Queen do not know of it, for that nobody dares tell her; but this I dare not believe." The rapacity of the persons employed in the beginning of the reign of CHARLES II, was shameless and most extraordinary. Rank and influence seemed only to afford the greater title to public robbery; the taint even reached the most honourable men of the day. ing is a light specimen of the prevalent rule: * Tradition records the naïve and ingenuous exclamation of one of the Members of the States on this occasion:-" Cromwell, Cromwell! ah! Cromwell was quite another sort of a man!" + Which enacted, that wherever five persons, above those of the same household, should assemble in a religious congregation, every one was iable, for the first offence, to an imprisonment of three months or a fine -f 5l.; for the second, to six months imprisonment or a fine of 101.; and for third, to a fine of 1004 or transportation for seven years! Dr SOUTHEY wells not on this High-Church legislation in his "Book of the Church." of the leaders of which were offered bishopricks, while many more re- : is, another, in order to conceal his own place of burial." "He never had so poor and low a thought in him." This may be readily believed. The lion, it is said, meddles not with carcases; while the meanest of animals act with contumely towards the dead lion. The following official fact is vivaciously alluded to:"At my office all the morning, to prepare an account of the charge we have been put to extraordinary by the Dutch already; and I have brought it to appear 852,700l. ; but God knows this is only to scare the Parliament, to make them give more money." What with the jealousy of Parliament and abandoned recklessness of the Court, the naval department is utterly destitute of money, and wait upon the Treasurer: "Says my Lord Treasurer, Why what means all this, Mr PEPYS? This is true you say, but what would you have me do? I have given all I can for my life. Why will not people lend their money? Why will they not trust the KING as well as OLIVER ?"" A pithy query, and pointedly illustrative of the comparative degrees of confidence placed in the two Governments. The following short passage is curiously negative of that part of the eulogium of PEPYS, which talks of his neither fearing nor courting any man. He goes to Court, where he meets his patron Lord SANDWICH, who at this time is in some disfavour : "I took him a little aside, to know when I should wait on him, and where; he told me that it would be best at his lodgings, without being seen to walk together; which I liked very well; and Lord! to see in what difficulty I stand, that I dare not walk with Sir W. COVENTRY for fear my Lord or Sir Geo. CARTERET should see me, nor with either of them, for fear Sir W. COVENTRY should," &c. The following passage presents another illustration of this excellent Government. The Lord ASHLEY spoken of here was afterwards the unprincipled Earl of SHAFTESBURY. "1666. May 20. I discoursed awhile with Mr YEABSLEY, who hath this day presented Lord ASHLEY with 1001. to bespeak his friendship to him in his accounts now before us; and my Lord has received it, and so I believe is as bad as to bribes as the world says of him." "May 21. I away in some haste to Lord ASHLEY, where it is stupendous to see how favourably and yet closely he carries himself to Mr YEABSLY, in his business, so as I think we shall do his business for him in a very good manner. But it is a most extraordinary thing to observe, and that which I would not but have had the observation of, for a great deal of money." Why so, good Mr Samuel Pepys? Another admirable trait of the " merry Monarch :"_ "1666. Dec. 19. Talked of the King's family with Mr HINGSTON, the organist. He says many of the musicians are ready to starve, they being five years behindhand for their wages. Nay, EVANS, the famous man upon the harp, not having his equal in the world, did the other day die for mere want, and was fain to be buried at the alms of the parish." The year 1666 is thus summed up : "Public matters in a most sad condition; seamen discharged for want of pay, and are become not fit to be governed; nor as matters now are, can any fleet go out next year. Our enemies, French and Dutch, great and grow more by our poverty. The Parliament backward in raising, because jealous of the spending of the money; the City less and less likely to be built again, every body settling elsewhere, and nobody encouraged to trade. A sad, vicious, negligent court, and all sober men there fearful of the ruin of the whole kingdom this next year, from which God deliver us." So much for the consummation of half a dozen years of the blessed Restoration! It being settled by that great arbiter in matters of taste and morality, Mr THEODORE HOOK, that our Nobility are the most moral grade among us, we can only bless ourselves at their improvement since the golden reign of Charles II. Notices of the following nature abound in PEPYS. A Governor is wanted for Tangier, and— "Sir HENRY CHOMLEY showed me a young silly lord (one Lord ALLINGTON) who hath offered a great sum of money to go (Governor to Tangier) and will put hard for it, he having a fine lady, and a great man would be glad to have him out of the way." The dignified position in which the politics of "His Most Sacred MAJESTY" placed his good subjects in regard to the Dutch, is briefly conveyed in the following notice : "1667. March 23. At the office, where Sir W. PEN came; being returned from Chatham, from considering the means of fortifying the river Medway by a chain at the stakes, and ships laid there with guns to keep the enemy from coming up to burn our ships; all our care being now to fortify ourselves against their invading us"!!! The accounts given of the vicious extravagance of CHARLES, while his menial servants were starving, show him to have been one of the most heartless wretches that every existed. While the Council Table actually waited for paper, for want of money to buy it, he gives Lady BYRON, who had been his "seventeenth mistress while abroad," a grant of 4,000, for plate, And again: "He (Lord SANDWICH) do mightily cry out against the management of the monies, the KING having had so much given him; and yet when the Parliament do find that the KING should have 900,000l. in his purse, by the best account of issues they have yet seen, yet we should report in the Navy a debt of 900,000l." So much for the niggardliness of Parliament, to which HUME SO frequently adverts. Moreover, at the time of the above base diversion of funds, the nation was in the highest state of alarm from the Dutch; and even when money was procured on that occasion, so entirely out of credit was this blessed Government, that people could not be got to work, from distrust of payment. The account of the sailing of the Dutch up the Medway, the wretched manner in which they were opposed, and the consternation created by it in London, is very characteristically narrated by PEPYS. During this national disgrace, the following is a picture of CHARLES and his Courtiers :— "Sir H. CHOMLEY came to me to-day, and tells me the Court is as mad as ever; and that the night the Dutch burned our ships, the KING did sup with my Lady CASTELMAINE, at the Duchess of MONMOUTH'S, and that they were all mad in hunting a poor moth"!!! With this sort of anecdote, indeed, the two volumes abound, nor does it appear that the Duke of YORK, although so grave a man, was much better than his brother. For instance: "June 23. This evening comes in Mr Povy about business. He tells me that it is his opinion it is impossible to escape being undone: a lazy Prince; no Council; no money; no reputation at home or abroad. He says that to this day the KING do follow the women as much as ever; that the Duke of YORK hath now got Mrs MIDDLETON, as I was told the other day; but says that he wants not her but hath others, and that he always hath, and that he hath known them brought through the matted gallery at Whitehall into his closet; nay, he hath got out of his wife's bed, and gone to others laid in bed for him; that (the Hon.) Mr BROUNCKER is not the only pimp, but that all the family are in the same train," &c. A more flagrant national degradation was never effected in a short time by profligacy and mismanagement, than that which, in half a dozen years, CHARLES II inflicted upon England, and that by conduct which may be deemed flagitious in the highest degree. Listen to PEPYS in respect to the Dutch war: "It was computed that the Parliament had given to the King for this war only, besides all prizes, besides the 200,000l. he was to spend of his own revenue, to guard the sea, above 5,000,000l. and odd 100,000l. which is a most prodigious sum. It is strange how everybody do now-adays reflect upon OLIVER, and commend him, what brave things he did, and made all the neighbour Princes fear him; while here a Prince who have given greater signs of loyalty and willingness to serve him comes in with all the love, and prayers, and good liking of his people, with their estates, than ever was done by any people, hath lost all so soon, that it is a miracle what way a man could devise, to lose so much in a little time." The end of this famous war was a peace at which every Englishman blushed, and which became the joke even of the common people : ་ "It was pleasantly said by a man in the city, a stranger, to one that told him the peace was concluded- Well,' says he, and have you a Why then,' says he, hold your peace!' peace? Yes,' says the other. Partly reproaching us with the disgracefulness of it, that it is not fit to be mentioned; and next, that we are not able to make the Dutch keep it when they have a mind to break it." Thus have we afforded a mere specimen of the tenor of innumerable passages illustrative of the blessed Restoration, and of the merits and conduct of a family which we are to be romanced into a legitimate respect for. We are aware that the general character of this reign is tolerably well known; but while our Tory brethren are lauding this book to the skies, it is as well to shew what it contains of a nature which they will never be found to quote. Besides, the plausible manner in which HUME colours over the wretchedness of the RIO DE LA PLATA. The following are extracts of letters from Mr Livingstone and Mr Taylor, settlers on the lands of the Rio de la Plata Agricultural Association, to Mr Young, a merchant at Glasgow. (From Mr Livingstone's, dated June 9, 1825.) "To describe this country would be impossible. The richness of the soil is beyond description. Although this is the winter month, the trees are under fruit. They are preparing their gardens and their fields to receive all kinds of crops, and will continue to do so till August, when all shall be under blossom, and summer commences. At this time, it will be fine summer weather in our own country.-Our passengers are here viewed with much curiosity by the natives, who are daily making presents to them.-Tell Ronald to get a Spanish grammar, and use it during the passage as much as possible. This is a fine country for all kinds of tradespeople. There are only a few days since their independence has been acknowledged. This town (Buenos Ayres) is going under a great deal of repairs, which was neglected very much in times past It would astonish you to see the ladies here going bareheaded, nothing but a light gauze over their heads, like a Highland Tounag, but they are very genteel in their manners. There are no less than upwards of five thousand English and Scottish people in this city, exclusive of those in the country. (From Mr G. Taylor's, dated June 8, 1825.) "Too much credit cannot be given to Captain Coubro for his conduct on every occasion. His humanity and attention to the sick, in particular, will ever be remembered with gratitude by the passengers. We are all very comfortably lodged in a convent, about a mile from the city, and are supplied with abundance of fresh provisions, vegetables, &c. and every thing that was required for our comfort has been liberally furnished by the agents. We seem to be objects of great curiosity to the natives, and have been visited by them in crowds. We understand our settlement is about thirty leagues up the River. We expect to go up in a few days. I conclude with saying, that the passengers have been all satisfied with the treatment they received while on board." KING'S BENCH PRISON. As some lone miser, visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er; Yet still he sighs, for hoards are wanting still.-GOLDSMITH. him out vi et armis. The gentleman voluntarily complied with the Camberwell. In the first place, your Correspondent assumes that the members of this Institution are so uninformed as not to "comprehend" the experiments performed in the Lecture room, nor even to be "aware of the existence of any gas whatsoever, except perhaps the air which they breathe, or the gas-lights which they see." Now, Sir, this Institution is composed of "persons engaged in commercial and professional pursuits;" the station which they occupy in society requires some degree of education; and although they associate together for the purpose of increasing their knowledge, yet your Correspondent is not warranted, I apprehend, in supposing that they were previously in so deplorable a state of ignorance as that which he describes. This circumstance should be remembered, as it is evident that a Lecturer in communicating knowledge to such persons might make an arrangement of subjects different from that which he would adopt were he to address an audience previously unacquainted with the first rudiments of science. SIR,-Had you delayed the publication of your letter respecting the Marshal of the King's Bench, one week, you would, I think, have been convinced that Mr Jones is positively, in very many cases, an object of great personal blame; which my paper, published in the Examiner of Sunday last, plainly proves. As to reference made to an advertisement inserted by Mr Jones in the John Bull, setting forth the application of money subscribed for the relief of two unfortunate young women, I am sorry that on that point I must differ with you entirely: that the public are entitled to great praise for their prompt and humane assistance, there Your Correspondent assumes too, that these lectures of Mr Partington can be no doubt; but before we award the same palm to Mr Jones, let are the only lectures delivered at the Institution. So far from this being us investigate his motives: He commences this extraordinary adver- the case, two other courses of lectures, one on Physiology, by Dr Speir, tisement by stating that they were committed on the 4th of May; that he and another on the Structure of Language, by Mr Black, are now is made a point of seeing them immediately, and affording them every actual delivery. And if your Correspondent has read the Report of the accommodation; yet nothing is effected in their behalf till the letter Committee, published in the Iris of last Saturday, he is aware that sevefrom Mr Rowe is forwarded by the Lord Chief Justice, thus allowing a ral other courses of lectures, on some of the most interesting branches of period of nearly seven weeks to elapse, during which time they were suf-knowledge, are in contemplation. Could it be proved, therefore, that fering under every privation. This then certainly destroys the idea, Mr Partington's lectures, from their defective arrangement, would be entertained by you, of the affair doing Mr Jones much credit. What wholly unproductive of advantage to his hearers, it would not follow that then were the motives which induced him to assert that he would in- the purpose of the Institution would be frustrated," or that " the pubstantly have given them the rules, if it had not been for the cruel clause lic will be deprived of the benefits which it may justly anticipate from in the Insolvent Act?-Simply to attract the notice of the Legislature, this excellent Institution." and obtain, if possible, the repeal of that cruel clause. "Aye, there's the rub:" 'twas the loss of between 7 and 8 per cent. (paid by every prisoner taking the rules, to this very Mr Jones) which gifted him with such a sudden sense of humanity; for since that time the cruel clause has been modified, and those labouring under an ill state of health are permitted the privilege of taking the benefit of the rules; and several individuals, under these circumstances, applied to Mr Jones, yet he refused them until his fees were paid. Where, then, was the utility of framing such an act? How was it to be supposed insolvents had it in their power to discharge such fees? But since it would not be advisable to leave it to Mr Jones's boasted humanity, this point will be subjected to the opinion of higher, more competent, and less interested authorities. T. B. D. EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT OF A CHURCH BEADLE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER. MB EDITOR,-Last Sunday week I happened to find myself in the new Church at Camberwell, when my attention was soon diverted from the eloquence and piety of the Reverend Clergyman by a disturbance in the adjoining aisle. The noise arose from a contention between the beadle, who seemed to feel all the dignity and power of his exalted office, and a gentleman, who had taken up his station in the aisle, and had drawn upon himself the wrath of this important limb of the establishment. The gentleman, either from admiration of the argumentation and eloquence of the learned Divine, or other motives, had taken out his note-book and begun to take down the sermon. The beadle, from previous instructions as he affirmed, ordered the gentleman, in no very courtly language, to put up his hote-book, with a threat, in case of non-compliance, of turning Again. Your Correspondent assumes, that the sciences which are the subject of Mr Partington's lectures have such a peculiar connection with each other, that the knowledge of them can be acquired only by one particular method. These sciences are arranged under the general head of "Natural and Experimental Philosophy;" but I cannot discover so jati. mate a connection between them, that one cannot be acquired without the others. It is true, that the acquisition of one science, by the energy it imparts to the mind, facilitates the acquisition of another; but the sciences themselves are perfectly distinct. In delivering a course of lectures upon any one subject, it would certainly be necessary that the lecturer should follow a certain method; he should commence with the elementary principles, and afterwards proceed to the more abstruse parts; but when each lecture is devoted to a separate science, it is evident the arrangement may, to a certain degree, be at the option of the lecturer. Your Correspondent has given Mr Partington's arrangement inaccurately, by placing Hydrostatics before Pneumatics. This, EO doubt, is a trifling error, but it ought to have been avoided by a writer who is at the time engaged in inflicting chastisement for a faulty arrang. ment. Mr Partington is censured for commencing with Electricity, because of its "perplexities." But has not every science its abstruse parts, which cannot easily be explained? What, for instance, is more difficult for a youthful mind to comprehend than the results produced by a com bination of the different powers of Mechanics? Were Mr Partington not to lecture till he had formed some branch of science free from difficulties, when would he commence? If, as it is alleged, the experiments of Electricity are dazzling and amusing, they must be the better adapted to engage the attention, to awaken curiosity, and to lead the mind by a gradual ascent to those branches of knowledge which are more intellectual. Your Correspondent states, that in the second lecture "still greater | Majesty's Palace Court of Westminster, in the room of Burton Morice, difficulties occur;" and the third is on a "subject of all others the least Esq. deceased. known." It is obvious, then, that these three lectures are well arranged in reference to each other, as the lecturer begins with the least diffi-R. Orme, Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, draper. cult, and gradually advances to the most difficult. From the fourth, fifth, and sixth lectures, the hearers, it is stated, cannot derive "much benefit," because they are unacquainted with Mechanics, which is the subject of the seventh lecture. But to show how a knowledge of the mechanical powers, the lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the inclined plane, the wedge, and the screw,-are essentially necessary to the study of Electricity, Galvanism, Magnetism, Optics, Pneumatics, and Hydrostatics, would have puzzled the intellect of" the immortal Newton." When we arrive at this subject, we shall, it seems, be in a most hapless state. Not only shall we have derived no advantage from the preceding lectures in reference to the subjects discussed, but, in consequence of their " incomprehensible," ""magidazzling," cal," and "stupendous" effects, we shall be utterly incapacitated for the study of Mechanics! Should we be seriously inclined to attend to this important branch of science, we shall find that we cannot do so, in consequence of having been "astonished" and "confused" by a lecture on Electricity delivered six weeks before. Good lack-a-day! “the mischief is done." Really, Mr Partington must be an astonishing lecturer, if his lectures produce such overwhelming results. I question if the effects produced by other lecturers are equally powerful. The ninth lecture, it is said, " can derive no possible advantage from the laws of Mechanics." Perhaps not; any more than Electricity or Galvanism; but what of that? Who could suppose that every subject discussed in these lectures must have an immediate connection with Mechanics? This lecture is also said to treat of "the least known, and perhaps least practically useful part of the important science of Chemistry." And yet, Mr Editor, among the subjects discussed in this lecture are "Davy's Safety Lamp," and "the application of inflammable gases to street illumination"-topics which we are not accustomed to consider of but little practical utility. Your Correspondent, at the close of his letter, pays a feeble, though as far as it goes, a very just compliment to the ability of Mr Partington; though I do not think he has improved the compliment by supposing that a lecturer of Mr Partington's celebrity would submit to have his lectures arranged by another person. Nor can the talents of a lecturer be estimated merely from the arrangement of his lectures, but rather from the manner in which the subjects are treated. And as Mr Partington's lectures are regularly published at considerable length in the pages of the Iris, your Correspondent has ample means of satisfying himself on this subject. With respect to Dr Birkbeck, though I am sure our members entertain the highest esteem for his character, and I believe we may rely on his friendship, yet he has never, at any stage of its existence, had any connection with our Institution. A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF LONDON Sept. 20, 1825. LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC Institution. DRESS-MAKERS, MILLINERS, &c. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EXAMINER. SIR, While advocates are coming forward in the cause of Linendrapers' Assistants, and others, whose deprivations have not been represented in vain to a British public, no one has signalized himself, or herself, in favour of the numerous class of Dress-makers, Milliners, and Straw-bonnet-makers, whose sufferings are endured with no less pain; nay, I will venture to affirm, the confinement that these females undergo is much more injurious than that which was borne by the linen-drapers, inasmuch as they are not only kept within doors during quite as many hours, but are debarred from any healthful exercise, by being obliged to sit at their work nearly the whole of the time. Indeed, after so much fatigue with the eyes and hands, that often, when drawing near the conclusion of fourteen or fifteen hours incessant application, they can hardly see or feel. I myself am a dress-maker, and keep a number of workwomen, and often do I feel for them indeed, to see them imprisoned, as it were, in my work-room, from seven in the morning till nine or ten, and frequently eleven or twelve at night. But what can I do? I cannot permit them to leave off earlier, while my neighbours in the same line continue to work till a late hour; for in so doing, I should lose my business and my bread. I am sure I would with the greatest pleasure accede to any reasonable propositions that would ameliorate their present condition; for I don't see why a tender, well-disposed, and necessary class of the community should be prevented from mental and bodily improvement. If I were permitted to offer my humble opinion, I should say, that seven o'clock in the winter, and eight in the summer evenings, is not too early to leave off work: but in case of an emergency or press of business, there would be no harm in continuing till ten or eleven on Saturday night. Amongst the principals in our different callings, I am positive that a measure of this description would meet with few dissenting voices. A DRESS-MAKER. -I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, Leicester-square. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTES. INSOLVENT. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. G. Donia, J. Pook, and T. Sardy, Colonnade, Haymarket, tavern-keepers, from Sept. 24 to Oct. 29. Shoreditch. BANKRUPTS. W. Low, Wood street, Cheapside, haberdasher. Solicitors, Messrs Van W. Wheelhouse, Norwich, linen-draper. Solicitors, Messrs Taylor, Saturday, September 24. INSOLVENTS. M. Bromley and J. Gillings, Commercial road, cheesemongers. G. Mackenzie, Bull-and-Mouth street, merchant. W. Harvey, Cloudesley terrace, Islington, surgeon. Solicitor, Mr John- Tomlinson and Co. King's Arms yard, Coleman street. R. Robinson, Friday street, tavern keeper. Solicitor, Mr Fisher, Robinson, Wolbrook. W. J. Robson, Oxford street, grocer. Solicitors, Messrs Amory and J. citor, Mr Eicke, Old Broad street. T. Tucker, High street, Southwark, oil and colourman. Solicitors, J. O. Johnson and J. O'Callaghan, Liverpool, merchants. Solicitors, N. Byers, Bath street, Clerkenwell, oilman. Solicitor, M. Harrison, J. Stevens, Lime street, wine merchant. Solicitors, Messrs Sweet and J. Booty, Newport, Isle of Wight, grocer. Solicitors, Messrs Ellis and J. G. Mollen and R. Alger, Change alley, timber merchants. Solicitor, THE FUNDS.-There is very little new to record this week, the Home Market having been very inactive, and subject to little or no fluctuation. Some bustle has been created in the Foreign Market by rumours of a new Spanish loan, without reference to any admission of the loans of the Cortes. It seems to have been a mere fabrication, but answered the Transatlantic purpose of lowering the unfortunate Spanish Bonds. Securities have also been slightly affected by the probability of a war between Brazil and Buenos Ayres. In the Share Market, little or nothing is done. Many of them are sold for anything that will be given; The impudence and open swindling of most of these transactions are in fact nationally disgraceful, and should be subject to punishment.-Lates quotations: Consols for Account, 88 STOCKS YESTERDAY. Ditto Account, 67 Several Communications in our next. THE EXAMINER. LONDON, September 25, 1825. THE only foreign news which has much pretension to Igeneral interest is the arrival of the Manifesto of the Greek nation, offering to place its liberty and national independence under the protection and 66 defence of Great Britain. It is melancholy to dwell on the alleged causes of this striking resolution, namely, the insidious hostility and base partiality of all the other Christian Powers in the pending struggle, by which the noblest exertions are paralyzed. We feel comparatively gratified as Englishmen, at reading the following clauses, which in fact fairly epitomise the whole of the document: Considering with lively grief, that the Christians themselves arm against the disciples of the Gospel, to succour the followers of the Koran, and that a multitude of European officers, contrary to all the principles of policy, and all sound morality, hasten from distant countries to instruct the latter, and lead in person the armies of the barbarians, who come to lay waste, with fire and sword, the land which covers the mingled bones of a Conon and a Samada, of Leonidas and Bozzari, of Philopomen and "Considering that the Government of Great Britain, happy in guiding a free people, is the only one which observes a strict neutrality, without deigning to follow the manifest violation of those distinctions, so contrary to reason, which others have practised in Greece, at Constantinople, and in Egypt; Nicetas; "Considering lastly, that since & special favour of Providence has placed the forces of Great Britain so near us, Greece ought to take advantage of it in time, and founding its hopes on the justice and humanity which animate that great power; and approves as follows: PARLIAMENT, it seems, is not to be dissolved this year. The Courier of last night says, "the question as to the expediency of dissolving Parliament this year did certainly again occupy the attention of his Majesty's Ministers, a portion of whom were strongly in favour of the measure; but there were considerations, closely connected with two great political measures, to the discussion of which the present Parliament stands in a manner pledged, during the ensuing Session, which made the other portion as strongly disinclined to the proposed measure. And thus the matter stood, we believe, at the commencement of the present week. Mr CANNING, we understand, was decidedly of opinion that no dissolution ought to take place in the preexisting circumstances, it was likely to produce an excitement of There was no necessity for the measure; and, under party feeling throughout the country, which it was desirable to avoid. Ultimately, though not, as we are informed, without considerable discussion, the views of Mr CANNING and his friends prevailed, and it was resolved that the Parliament should NOT be dissolved this year. We believe we may add, that this resolution was taken before the meeting of the Cabinet on Thursday." sent year. "For these reasons, and in the intention of placing in safety the sacred rights of the liberty of the state and of our political existence, which is sufficiently consolidated, the Greek nation prescribes, resolves, decrees, "Art. 1. By virtue of the present Act, it voluntarily places the sacred deposit of its liberty, its national independence, and its political exist"Art. 2. This fundamental Act of the Greek nation shall be accom-blishment" is in a very tottering condition, and in danger of being panied by an explanatory Memorial, addressed in duplicate to the Government of his Britannic Majesty." ence, under the absolute defence of Great Britain. HYPOCRISY AND HUMBUG.-Mr THEODORE HOOK was quite himand solemnly remonstrated with Lord LIVERPOOL, through four long self last Sunday. He got upon a delectable subject, the Bible Society, and dreary columns, on his Lordship's adoption of a body" which bids fair (he says) to undermine the whole fabric of our Established Church." This shocking catastrophe, it seems, is to be brought about by "the circulation of bibles with a comment." So it would appear, if this extra. ordinary Church Advocate is to be credited, that our "venerable Estaquite overthrown by missiles of a description which their Catholic brethren have long successfully withstood! But what adds greatly To this Manifesto, Messrs ROCHE and WASHINGTON, on the part of to Mr Hook's terror and anguish, and, we should imagine, to his the Philhellenic Committees of France and the United States, have reader's surprize, is, that the people obstinately prefer these schismapresented a formal protest to the Provisional Government, censuring tical Bibles" with a comment," to those which the orthodox "Society this act as irrelevant and unauthorized, and complaining of misrepre- for Promoting Christian Knowledge" have long been issuing "without sentation, so far as relates to the Governments of France and America. note or comment;" although the latter Society "always did, and still Now it cannot be doubted, that, to a certain extent, Greek inde- does, sell her bibles infinitely cheaper than the Bible Society, whose .pendence is the interest of both these Powers, and in sentimental ample funds (observes the pathetic Remonstrant) go to all and to any accordance with the predominant principle of one of them. We there- other purposes rather than affording cheap means of procuring bibles fore doubt if there is much actual cause of complaint in respect to for the poor." How very odd and unaccountable, that the poor should either of them; but it is equally true, on the other side, that to neither prefer the dear ware of the Evangelicals, to the infinitely cheaper comcould a proposal be ventured similar to that made to Great Britain.modities of the Orthodox!-For this extravagant propensity, however, We take it for granted that there is no chance of this request being Mr Hook does not even attempt to give a reason, and indeed his whole acceded to on our part; but at all events it will enable Ministers, if article is a mere jumble of assertions and contradictions. He says, for really desirous that the struggle should terminate in a manner most example, that Lord LIVERPOOL is "one of the best and most upright agreeable to humanity and the general interests of Europe, to insist Ministers this or any other country ever produced," as well as "the upon an immediate arrangement, which would deliver the Greeks most honest man in the king's dominions." And yet, in the same from the horrible alternative of a renewed implicit submission to the paragraph, this best of Ministers is charged with having adopted "a Turkish yoke. The French Journal the Constitutionnel has spoken line of policy contrary to the spirit of the Constitution;" and this most very fairly in condemnation of the protest of the French agent ROCHE, honest man, who has been sworn to defend that Constitution, and who who has so consequentially assumed the tone and language of a formal moreover declares himself to be a Member of the Church of England French authority. Upon the whole, we apprehend that this resolu- from the conviction of his judgment,-is plainly told, that "no true tion of the Greek Government, however nugatory in itself and disre- Churchman can be a Member of the Bible Society," which, Mr Hook garded by us, will rouse the leading Powers from their seeming asserts, is so constituted, that" it is one undeviating system of Hypocrisy apathy, and that, as the French Journalist pithily observes, what can- and Humbug, of Jesuitism and pantomime, such as has had no parallel not be effected by professed religion and outraged humanity, may be since the disgusting period of Oliverian ascendancy!" The readers of produced by political interest and mutual alarm and jealousy. the John Bull may enjoy this sort of logic; but how a Statesman can Letters from Canada have arrived to the 17th of August, which state that be eminently honest and wise, who deliberately adopts a course which the Tea sales had attracted great interest, being the first direct importa- not only violates his sworn engagement, but is contrary to the spirit of tions from China; the merchants anticipated great benefits from this the Constitution, and destructive of the Church Establishment of which traffic; and they say they will supply the United States with all articles he is a Member from conviction,-we cannot possibly understand. from the East, particularly as the duties imposed in the United States But reasoning is not Mr Hook's forte: he seems as unable to manage are heavy. Much less so however than in England, not to mention an argument as to unravel a Mauritius account; and he must stick to the chartered monopoly, which, in respect to this trade, we trust no bald assertion and bold slander if he hopes to support his character English Minister will be so flagitious as ever again to renew. and gratify his patrons, Accounts have been received from Peru, that the Peruvian Govern- In one respect, we must admit the justice of Mr Hook's complaintment had appointed a Minister Plenipotentiary to England, as also that is, if the charge of "HYPOCRISY and HUMBUG," brought against that part of the forces of OLANETA, together with the town of Chu- the Bible Society, be a merited one. After all we have seen and heard quisca, had come over to the Independents. BOLIVAR has set out of Mr Hook's practices, we must say, that if any one be fairly entitled for Upper Peru, and Callao still held out, although said to be on the to a monopoly of all the benefits which can possibly accrue from point of surrender. From the accounts in the American papers, it" Hypocrisy and Humbug," he is unquestionably the man. The Bible appears that the disputes between the Governments of Buenos Ayres and Brazil have reached to a crisis which threatens to involve them in immediate war. The shuffling policy of the Brazilian EMPEROR is very inexplicable, and has been so from the commencement. Not content with claiming the Banda Oriental from Buenos Ayres, he has occupied, under a pretended capitulation, Choqiutos, a province of Upper Peru, and consequently risks an encounter with the practised hostility of BOLIVAR. Scarcely countenanced by Legitimate Europe, and by no means a favourite with his own subjects, the conduct of this new-fledged EMPEROR seems as rash as it is equivocal, and possibly may terminate in a fall from his Imperial Throne. Society should really consider his peculiar claims, and not compete with him on his chosen ground. There may be, and we indeed suspect there are, some of their body who are not altogether deficient in the arts of simulation and dissimulation; but for a full possession of the chief requisites that go to form a finished Hypocrite and successful Humbug, we are pretty sure that not a single individual in all the Bible Societies in England can possibly vie with THEODORE HOOK. No, gentlemen-though Dr C―, for instance, has shown considerable power in the Humbug line, yet even he must consent to play second fiddle to this man from the Mauritius. Recollect, that Dr C has not put his hand in the public purse; has not been a notorious ribald |