DEATH or PUBLIC MEN.—It is a sad reflection to think

how many of our public men have, within a comparatively short period, perished. miserably. Percival was murdered, the Marquis of Londonderry fell by his own hand, so did Whitbread, so did Sir Samuel Romilly ; Lord. Liverpool died an idiot ; Canning sunk under his anxieties ; and now Huskissou has fallen a victim to a dreadful accident. It is enough no arrest the attention of the most unreflecting to the instability of our tas istence, and the utter insigAificance of all those- thinj. in whichwe are accustomed to pride ourselves.--,-Fraser's Magazine.. . • MR. &sm.—This gentleman has lately received an accession to his

fortune of 4000/. per annum.—Dublin Paper. ,

Ma. HAZLITT.—A writer in the.Neio Monthly Magazine (who, by the way, appears; to have some curious notions of the relations of things) says that Hazlitt was at one time a reporter for Mr. Perry.in the Morn- : ing Chronicle. " Mr. Hamlin," he says, " was little .fitted for the business

i of anewspaper. His original articles required to be carefully looked over, to weed them of strong expressions. This more especially applied to

4 those articles which had any reference to political subjects. He was, notwithstanding, a pleasant companion. Though he afterwards wrote for another morning paper, and was employed by booksellers, besides contributing to periodicals, lie was not able to escape pecuniary difficul. ties. He stated to the writer of this, some time after be had quitted the Morning Chronicle that he was obliged to write, to get himself out of debt. This strugg'le with pecuniary embarrassment continued to the end of his life, though, his health was at times a good deal impaired. He was by some charged with being deliberately malignant. It is not true. Those who sometimes writhed under the lash of his pen might, perhaps, - think him malignant ; but in his private intercourse, kindly feeling and goodness of heart might be recognized. At times, he gave vent to a strong expression of feeling, which many of his friends regretted. There is a phrase in a modern comedy, of a good-natured Man turned inside out,' and this might have been frequently applied to Mn Hazlitt. He was undoubtedly good-natured, pleasant in conversation, and well-dis- posed, frequently enlivening a company by telling comical stories or • amusing anecdotes, but sometimes (to use another well-known phrase) he flew off in a tangent." • -REPO ItT I N R.----Efuring the preparation for the last election for York- . shire, one of the candidates, -determined on making one bold effort at speechmaking, and fearful lest the newspapers would not do his talents justice, resolved on hiring a special reporter for himself. • The fee for the occasion five guineas. The offer was made to a reporter at York, who declined, and he recommended a brother chip at Leeds, who also excused himself. After the five guineas had been bandied about for several days, a London reporter at last engaged the mighty task. The day arrived ; the speech was delivered at an obscure village ; published with all due expedition ; and liberally distributed throughout the county. The honour- able candidate was so delighted with himself in print, especially as the reporter had done him ample justice, that a few days afterwards, the latter was more highly delighted than the former, on receiving a note with " Mr. —'s compliments, and begs Mr. --'s acceptance of

• the enclosed check." It was only for 1001.—Sheffield Iris.

EDUCATION IN EDINBURGH AND LoNnotr.—The charge is SO small that there are few apprentices, and no journeymen or clerks, who may not find means, by curtailing what they spend upon indulgences either useless or hurtful, to avail themselves of its benefits. At present there are three classes—For Chemistry, for Mathematics and Natural Philo- sophy, -and for Ethics and Political Economy. A young lad Who attends -these and devotes himself with ordinary zeal to the subjects dis- , .5 11/41.01.1. -v... . d in the - eye of reason, a more respectable man than the nobleman's son, who, shaving wasted ten years upon the classics, leaves the seined and comes into the world without one useful idea in his head. It is grati- :fying, indeed, to our national pride' to reflect on the different suc- cess of this Seminary and of the London University. No sooner was the School of Arts established than the working classes of this city showed the utmost eagerness to embrace the advantages . it presented, and the amount of valuable instruction which it has dispensed, is seen already in the improved habits and increased intelligence of our maizans. What has been the fate of the Lon- don University, which should have done for the middle classes of the metropolis what the School of Arts has done for the mechanics of Edin- burgh? It has literally met with no support at all ; for the attendance . given at the medical classes for professional purposes, is only what the . Professors would have obtained as private lecturers. The chattering -Cockneys, when they have money in their purses, and wine on their tables, find all their wants satisfied, and are content to be as ignorant _as Hottentots. Their excessive self-conceit prevents them from seeing :their deficiencies ; they either consider learning as superfluous, since they find they can make money without it, or they look upon it RS a thing of mere show, a sort of fashionable adjunct of gentlemanship; and hence the absolute uselessness of Greek and Latin is in their eyes avast recommendation. Thirty pounds per annum is thought a very dear price to pay for a knowledge of the wonders of modern science, while three hundred pounds are cheerfully given for the antiquated classical lumber of Oxford ! Such is John Bull in the nineteenth century !— Scotsman.

A HEALTHY Srox.—At Holmpton, in Holderness, a village con- taming between forty and fifty houses, there has notleen a death since .1825. A woman of the name of Briggs, died in July of that year. Holmpton lies very near the sea-shore.

THE HERO OF Bnessrt s.—Van Halen's history ié a very curious one. lie is of Belgian origin, but a Spaniard by birth. He is Quiroga's brother-in-law ; and after the overthrow of the constitution of Spain, he entered the Russian service, and served in the Georgian campaign. He

is in the prime of life,—a life, perhaps, of more change than has befallen any other man of his rank now living. It is a curious 'fact, that the Ramona steam-packet, which brought the news of his appointment as Military Governor of Brussels, was named after the virtuous and intrepid female by whose assistance Colonel Van Helen escaped from the prison of the Inquisition at Madrid.

THE ARMY or THE NETHERLANDS.—The whole effective force of the army of the Netherlands does not exceed 35,000, though it is com- monly reckoned at 40,000. Of this number there are at least 25,000 Belgians on which the Government cannot reckon for subduing the pro- - winces of the South ; but even admitting there is no defection in the army, if the whole of the troops that will be necessary for garrisoning

the strong places are taken off, few will remain to besiege Liege, Louvain, - and Brussels. In addition to that, there are many fortresses in Holland - which cannot be left without troops. There are only 6,000 men for al1. these fortresses. The fortress of Antwerp would require p many*. Ghent; 3.000; Ath, Mons, Namur, Venice), would requirf at least 9,000 ; Maestricht alone, 4,000 ; Charleroi, .111alines, Tourney, and the citadel of Liege, 8,000. Supposing there are no troops wanted in the other small towns which we have kept out of the calculation, here will be 36,000 required to garrison the strong places. Then, admitting that force of 40,000 men are-neither diminished by disease nor defection, and that one can count on the Belgian troops firing on the Belgic people, there remains to the Government only 4,000 to subdue Brussels, Liege, and Louvain, and represi risings in the country.—Gasette de France. • THE MINISTERS Or CHARLES THE TENTE.—The Ex-Ministers have not, as yet, been removed to the Petit Luxembourg, as has been stated in some of the public prints. The apartments intended for their

reception are not entirely completed. There are five large rooms fitted with stoves, each room has two windows, protected on the outside with

iron bars and blinds underneath to shut out any view upon the Court- yard. bars, of those apartments looks out upon the garden ; the win- dows have bars but no blinds, so that One of. the conditions in M. de Polignaes letter to the Chamber of Peers has been complied with. A sixth apartment, of the same size as the above, is intended for a parlour, and will be divided into different recesses Svith windows. A lesser room will be fitted up for the gaoler ; another for the turnkeys, • besides a small kitchen. The Ex-Ministers, in going to the Chamber of Peers, will leave the Palace by the gate which fronts the large garden of the Luxembourg, and proceeding along a walk enclosed on each side by high pailings, to the entrance of the grand staircase of the Chamber; whence they will be led through the western door into the Court in which the proceedings are to take place. There are two other lines of pallisades outside the first, at the distance of about thirty feet, so as to prevent any possibility of escape or confusion. These preparations will probably require a fortnight, or more to complete them ; so that it is hardly possible that the trial of the km-Ministers can take place until the 5th or 6th of October.

GENERAL SUCRE.—This gallant officer, who was assassinated on the 4th of June in the mountains of Berruecas, near Past°, wee born in 1795. He entered the Revolutionary army when he was little more than fifteen years of age, and by his bravery and intelligence speedily rose to a high command. The spot where he fell was a narrow pass in the mountains. The baggage of the murdered general was permitted to pass undisturbed, nor was his person plundered ; the only object of the as- sassins being his death.

REDUCTION or SaiastrEs.—The Government of Hesse Darmstadt has ordered a reduction of the salaries of all persons belonging to or in the service of the Court. The reduction is to be 20 per cent, on all the salaries of 2,000 florins and above ; 10 per cent. on those of 1,000 florins and above, and 5 percent. on all below 1,000. [We thought Mr. Hume had been in Scotland.]

GREEK Botssrnaarm—The Commissioners for the new boundary of Greece, appointed by the Allied Sovereigns, are—for France, Baron Lostendes. Aia-aa-eame of General Guilleminot ; for England,- Mr. rarish, first Secretary to the Embassy at Constantinople ; for Russia, M. Georges de Chireko, also Secretary for that Government at the Porte. These Commissioners were to quit Constantinople on the 29th of July, on board the Blonde frigate.

MODERN MIRACLES.—The Madrid correspondent of the Morning Herald, in a letter dated the 16th ult. says—" The day before yester- day, we had a miracle here, in the convent of Jesus. A mendicant, who for some time past had suffered rheumatic pains, which compelled him to make use of crutches, commended himself to the Lord Jesus on Friday the 10th ult, at the hour of the high mass being read in the church of the Barefooted Trinitarian Fathers, where the holy and mi- raculous image was, when he suddenly exclaimed that Jesus had heard his prayers—that he was already-sound and cured—and that he no longer wanted the crutches, which were devoutedly deposited on the altar of -Jesus, as an irrefragable evidence of the miracle. The devotees who at- tended the mass, full of admiration, certifiedthemiracle. The cured cheat," he adds, "is kept in the sacristy of the convent permanently, that every one who chooses may go and see him. A friend of mine went yesterday to see him, who declares that he appeared to him an arrant knave and vagrant." That the fellow is a knave, may perhaps be granted ; but while Ile remains permanently in the sacristy of the convent, his claims as a vagrant are doubtful.

THE QUEEN OF THE Fitexcn.—The principal Of a Deputation from one of the departments (Finisterre) was lately invited to dine with the King. During the dinner, the King conversed freely with the De- puty; and, at the dessert, the latter, emboldened by the kind manner of his Majesty, inquired if he did not intend soon to visit the provinces of ancient Brittany ? "Yes, very soon," said the King. "And you, Madam," said the Breton to the Queen, "do you intend to accompany your husband?" "I think not, Sir," replied the Queen "for some- body must stay at home to take care of the house."—Le imps.

THE HEY or ALainns.—Lady B— sees the Dey of Algiers every day. He enjoys the fall of Charles the Tenth exceedingly. He was sulky till that event occurred ; but since he has done nothing but laughs except on one occasion, when he smiled to cut off his valet's head for handing him the wrong turban. Then the authorities offering some slight objections, he became furious, and throwing down his pipe ex. claimed, " I'll go to England, for that is -a free couutry."—[Whata gratifying preference, for England !]

LimoTalW—Baron Heurteloup operated a short time ago on a Greenwich pensioner, from whom he extracted a very large stone with the utmost facility, and without either pain or inconvenience. Of all the inventions of modern times for the relief of human suffering, that of the Baron is perhaps the most perfect.

SEcarrs or THE FUNDS.—The comparative firmness of the English Funds, throughout the recent agitations, and the fall of the French Funds, are in pan attributed to two very large sales in the latter, and purchases in the former —the one , of 300,0001. on account a Charles the Tenth, and theAther of 500,000/. on account of the Sing of Sardinia-, Does his Sardinian Majesty also meditate a visit to England- - - - - -ninon POLITICAL CLUBS.—The principal of these are, 1. Les Amds de la Verite ; 2. "Aide toi, le ciel t'aidira -" 3. Central Constitu- tional ; 4. The Three Days ; 5. St. Simonian ; 8. Les Amis du Peuple. The four young. men who were beheaded in 1822, in - consequence of their connexion with the alleged treasons at Rochelle, belonged to the fust of these clubs.. The- funeral oration at the Place de Greve, which last week created so intioh alarm in Paris, was pronounced by one of its members. Its sittings have attracted more attention both among the people and the Government than they perhaps deserved: The last was attended by a tumultuous 'crowd of four or five thousand people, who hooted the members as they entered the temporary place of meeting. Soon after the club had commenced its usual business—a political de- bate—an officer of the National Guard appeared, and representing to the Chairman and the Club the disorder that their assembling seemed cal- culated to give rise to, they consented to disperse. The crowd on the outside had, in the meantime, departed, on the strong entreaties and friendly compulsion of the troops of the National Guard. The Club in breaking up professed its profound regard for the good of the state and the peace and wellbeing of Paris.

The club of" Aide toi," is that which managed the last, and will manage the present elections. It may be called the Parisian Caucus ; and its object is not so much to introduce new wheels into the state- machine, as to see that those already in it perform their evolutions with rapidity and effect.

The Central Constitutional is a Protestant society ; the political opi- nions, which are Republican, are incidental to the religious opinions of its members; the Jesuits and other Romanists having been under the ex-Government the great advocates of political as well as religious uniformity. The club of the Three Days limits its admissions to those who were actuidy engaged in that memorable struggle. It is of course highly honourable, but small in numbers, without affiliations, and must in a few years die a natural death.

The St. Simonians are a sort of religious Spenceans. They take for their text that verse in the Beatitudes which says "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." This inheritance, the Simo- nians contend, can only be secured by the abolition of all laws and rules that oppose the universal distribution of goods, and a general division, according to the capacities of the various members of society, of all offices,—by a republic in fact in which property shall be common and dignities universally attainable.

The Friends of the People are numerous and influential ; and have more extended connexions with men of power and property than any of the others. The Friends of the People have a journal, for the ex- press purpose of advocating their opinions or defending them when attacked. There are other three societies that have journals for the propagation of their peculiar tenets. ;. •

There is an article in the French Code, w.hiat prohibits all political meetings consisting of more than twenty members ; and it is now pro- posed that this article shall be put in force. The Parisians have on every recent occasiOn shotvn so much good sense and moderation, that it seems more than probable the law will be anticipated—that is,if it can be shown to be at all reasonable—by the voluntary suspension of the soci- eties. The Illessager des Chambres, which is the Ministerial paper, mentions, as objects, in the desirableness of which all the societies con- cur, the following—" 1. The solemn acknowledgment of the principles of

the sovereignty of the people-2. The dissolution of the Chambers-3. The dismisal of the present Ministry-4. The abolition of the qualifica- tion required to be an Elector or a Deputy--5. A National Convocation, commissioned to make a new Constitution-6. A kind of appeal to the people, to confer upon Louis Philip the Royal dignity, by virtue of the sovereignty of the people." Three of these—the dissolution of the Chambers, the dismissal of the Ministry, the abolition of all qualifica- tions—are objects for which practical politicians may justly enough con- tend. The first two are mere temporary changes ; the last is the uni- versal suffrage of our Reformers, with an improvement, the universal elegbiility of candidates. The other three are political gewgaws, fitter to please children in reform than the sober and sound-thinking patriots

of the Three Days. What acknowledgment, however solemn, can add

to the proofs of sovereignty exhibited by the people of Paris on the 27th, 28th, and 29th of July ? What is meant by a new constitution ?

If the people of France have good laws, what more would they have ?

And if they have not good laws, whose fault is it ? If the electors wish for changes, great or small, have they not power to send to the Chambers

men who will vote for them ? What more would a hundred new con- stitutions give them ? As to the re-election of the King, if they have already the man they like, of what earthly importance is it how they get him?