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chirr.k* tbe growth of every friendly fefV jnr or congenial sentiment, So many instances have failtii under my observation* tuat Uie Uuth of the subject appears as clear to me as the noon day sun. it also gives iinti to the basest ingrati tude; for whoever these proud people choose to smile upon, the person* who are the receivers ot tfcc smile, soon give the slip to their old compan ions; become set vile to those, who from interested motives, have admitted tnein into their cottrir; while a cot responding contempt fur former tried Companions, also finds a place in the bosom ot the ttspiiunt. Abjectly bowing to those who arc a bove himself, l*e is led by the same principle to acorn those who are below he is conse quently regarded as a tool of one party, uud is despised by the other, i have a case exactly in pomt, which i think it may not be amiss toielute. Jithn t was the son of an honest old ) Hitch farmer, in bucks, county: ami w as from bis boyhood counted one ot the most ungainly be ings and one tbe greatest tools in the country Xoutid. ,'ihe ladies sneered, and the young men laughed at iinii outiight lie was generally known by the name ot promitiug John. Besides being exceeding silly, he hud the knack of being impertinent mid disagreeable. 1 remember well the period when we attended school together: 1 llavc assisted him m his drawling recitations by whispered promptings, more times than one; and I have observed aim deceive the teacher, by mark ing down the declension of mums in the palm ot bis hand. 1 wrote all ins compositions, which he Was obliged to read once a lorinight, from one year’s end to another, and tor which 1 received apples til payment. Uovv he subsequently came lip m the world, and by what means, lain even now, somewhat at a loss to divine; but it must be Solely owing to the supremacy of cash, ills hon est oid father was one of ttmse men, who think that learning is of little consequence; end that at the utmost a superficial display ot it is sufficient at anv rate: just enough lobe fashionable. Between him and ins wife, who is celebrated lor nothing but her dairies*, and her “kill in making cheese, It wasagreed that their hopeful John should go to college and then come to BhiludeJjnda, and read law. The old man tnftT'thc expense; for be nad risen to be op}of the richest of his towns men, ~by"*ift Wheat-speculation, with a Hour mer chant in the City. J ue metamorphose of their son has been accom plished. The other day 1 met that hopeful youth in Chcsnut street, lie was arrayed in the ludi crous fashion ol tbe present day ; —his sugar-loat iiu|, u-i:t-mode London, rested on the outer verge t)t his head, tiis huge Whiskers curled delectably ovei round collar and Ins protruded chin; with white gloves, a rattan, a spy-glass and a plated chain—all indicating his adoption of the whole code of the laws of Dandyism, lie was Walking with another buck, apparently ol the fame calibre; and 1 came full upon him, with a Companion, who as well as myself was once his acquaintance, though never ins admirer or his friend. “How are yiM Jonn,” was our almost siiuulta jieous inquiry. The biped stared. “Do you not know- us ?” we asked; —and then, to strengthen his bad memory, we mentioned Bucks country, and our old school hours. “.No, ’pon honor; 1 forget your luces —it’s a longtime since 1 have seen Bucks county. lam Something in haste gentlemen, i think you are mistaken in the person.” touched with his pride, for he blushed as he spoke, at his fancied degradation, in the presence oi ids companion—-my friend promply replied to bis confused denial, and his shameful refusal of recognition, “Well—Your memory is probably as poor as ft was formerly; I am lately from Bucks county; your lather is bosthug briskly about the farm yet, and your mother makes as good cheese as ever, pood morning,” i shall never forget the look of chagrin and Jhortification which the luckless John wore at that moment, lie turned a kind oi hall-angry, haif bcseecliing glance at my friend, as if to beg him to desist; bowed in manifest confusion, and pas sed on. 1 learned afterwards, that the promising young Bunt was a regularly catered member of the ton: —that instead of attending to his studies, he was lounging about town, netting at races, rolling nine-plus, at the shuffle-board, and crying bravo ! at the theatre. A brainless thing, valued only lor bis ready money, ami proud as it was possible for (such a idol to be. Disdaining old friends, and recognizing in no case whatever, his former ac quaintance in the country. Should his old far ther, or his venerable mother meet him in the street, as they appear at home, lie would, without doubt, pass them by as strangers. Such is a fair picture of many; not only of those w ho have risen by some unexpected success, but by many who inherit wealth, and have as lit tle intellect to distinguish them, as the animal we have just described There are thousands, too, with greater ability and worth, who give way to the same servile homage, to the narrow and con temptible weakness of pride. We would wish no man to prostrate his dignity of character, by as sociating with the unworthy; but let him, under ail the smiles of fortune show respect to those who desei ve it; to those whom he has tried and known, and never sutler himself to be estranged from old and worthy friends, because they r cannot count on so much gold as himself. It is in despising such distinctions, that the true gentleman is the soon est made manifest.’ Louie at the master-spirits who flourished in the tempestuous times of the A niencau Revolution. They were gentlemen; but not m the acceptation of the w ord by many at the present day. There was by no means an equali ty in their fortunes—did they cease in conse quence to co-operate and confer with each other, in matters relative to the welfare of their country? They were a band of brothers; and .paltry distinc tions formed no part of their creed. Why was not Roger Sherman ashamed to own in Congress, that he had made shoes? Because he was a man, and knew that it was not dishonorable; because fie was a Christian, amt knew that Providence for till-wise purposes, had meted out his portion unto him; and had given precept alter precept in di vine revelation, of the vanity of riches. Why did the celebrated Lifford, the editor of the London Quarterly Review, revert with pleasure to his ap prenticeship as a cordwainer, and tiace, from that humble situation ilia progressive and praise worthy match to emolument and renown ! Be cause he knew that mind w as to be valued above riches, and that the soul was the noblest part of man, and that its gifts, in w hoever seen, are de serving of respect, and should elicit urbanity to the possessor. * 1 have puisued this subject farther than was at pih'-st my intention. It is coarsely drawn up; but 1 beiiev-’ it contains facts; and I would that the evil complained of might find a remedy. Merit would then flnd ns reward more speedily; braiu- Icss presumption would be placed on its proper level; and men would be constrained to feel that ‘“the rich and the poor meet together—the Lord is the maker of them all.” Hebdomas. * ; .ffoun jin> the London Courier. THEISTATE OF EUROPE. We believe that the following statement will be found to convey a correct general view of our foreign relations, ami we are more anxious tp give iSr immediate publicity, be cause the progress of the Bill read the second time to-day may not afford us speedily so favourable ati opportunity. The Greek question should be considered first, on account of the ; important interests and consequen ces connected with it. So far as the j evacuation of the Morea by the .Turks is concerned, the question may be considered us settled in fact, though not in form. Perhaps the reluctance which has been evinced, may he traced to the following cause: I —Of the three parties to the treaty jof London, one, alter having been a mediator, has assumed the atti tude of a belligerent:—in any nego tiation, therefore, to which Russia | should he a party, Turkey would he j required to give up all dominion o i ver a large territory which had be longed to her—and thus would di minish her means of resisting the power which had changed its atti tude of a madiator for that of a bel ligerent. She wished, therefore, to confine the negotiation to France and England, by which her pride would be less wounded—and hence her re peated invitations to the Ambassa dors of both those Powers, to repair to Constantinople. Jn the mean time, we can hardly think that some recent measures of the Greeks can he viewed with ap probation by the Mediating Powers. Whether they have acted from some ; secret instigations we know not, but | they who were unable to establish ! their own efforts, now advance the largest territorial claims and wish to extend the limits of the New States, so far as to render any long and per manent tranquillity impracticable. This injudicious conduct ought and perhaps will be rebuked and oppos ed—for Trace and England have not solely to consider the interest or am bition of Greece, but have to estab lish such a state of peace on those seas, and in that territory, as shall enable them not only to preserve a liiei.diy and commercial intercourse with Greece, but to restore a cordi al and commercial intercourse with Egypt, with tlie Levant, with their old friend Turkey, with Persia, & through the Dardanelles, with the rising Russian ports and establish ments on the Black Sea. lt’ we were called upon to give an opinion, we should say, that Mr. Stratford Canning and Count Guii leminot were likely soon to proceed l~ Constantinople, even though the Minister of the third party, Russia, may not accompany them. For it were absurd to suppose, that the presence of the two Ambassadors at Constantinople would be confined solely to d'seussionsupon the Greeks, it would afford an opportunity, and would inevitably lead to conferences, for the settlement of the differences with Russia. • It must not, however, be suppo sed that such a settlement has been left entirely to that change.—France and England have been indefatiga ble ever since the close of the cam paign, and even before it, in thT.ii endeavors to bring the minds of the Emperor and the Sultan to a pacif ic temperament. We believe we may say that Austria is influenced by similar principles. At Peters burg it can scarcely be necessary for us to state that we have a minis ter in Lord Heytesbury, who unites in an eminent degree every quality which ought to belong to the ambas sador of so great a power.—-That he has not neglected a single opportu nity to recommend negotiation, and that the French ambassador has gone with him pari passu, cannot be doubted. And that they have not been unsuccessful may be inferred from the general beliefthat a Russi an flag of truce was sent to Constan tinople about the end of December, with some overture or expressions of an inclination to negotiate. Whilst these efforts were making at Peters burg, similar exertions were not ne glected at Constantinople.—Though France and England had no imme diate representative there, their wish es were known and ably acted upon by the ambassador from the King of the Netherlands. Very many reports have prevailed of the obstinacy of the Sultan, and his resolution to carry on war, coute 1 qui coutt —we never gave credit to them. VY’e knew tiiat Mahmoud was not a barbarian—we knew that to a firm purpose he united a culti vated understanding—that he had gradually assimilated his institutions and his government to the Europe an inode—that however he might be determlnecßo resist attack with! all his might, lie could not be blind to the fact, that honorable peace would be preferable to success in war, which, however brilliant, could not but be barren.—When, there fore, tne Hag of truce was under stood to have been sent back, it was believed to have c oily eyed an assur ance that there was no indisposition to negotiation, but that it was desi red as a preliminary tiiat the basis i should be stated.—Now, alter the repeated and dignified assurances of the Emperor of Russia, that he did not desire either dismemberment or I territorial aggrandizement, we can not suppose that his Imperial Ma jesty would consider himself bound in honor to persist in ihe basis ori l ginully laid down. It Jbllows, that j though the campaign may be open ed, and hostilities be renewed, ne gotiation for peace is far, very far | from being impiobable. With respect to our foreign rela tions with other European Powers, they do not call for any particular observation. With France we are on the most cordial and intimate terms —and of both Powers* it may be said that their anxiety and care are unremittingly exerted to main tain the peace winch so happily sub sists between them, and to afford | their aid to every power which may | desire to put an end to the miseries :of war. if our relations with Bpa in be not so intimate, they are still suf ficiently friendly and pacific. With Portugal—but we forbear to speak of that unhappy country. With the Kingdom of the Nether lands, with ail the Powers of Ger rnnuy, Denmark, and with Sweden, our relations cannot be more cordi al and pacific. Inline, with the exception of the war in the East, (the termination of which is not, we trust, far off’,) the state of Europe was never more sat isfactory; nor were our relations with Foreign Powers ever founded upon principles and grounds which promised to be more permanent. I PORTUGAL. —Among the sub jects of deep interest which engaged : the British public at tiie date of out last advices, was a ivar with Portu gal, England and Fiance, it is | asserted, have decided to place tbe | young Queen on the throne of Por tugal, ami only await the junction of a Brazillian squadron, daily ex pected, with a considerable force, to make a descent in Portugal. (Norfolk Herald, LETTER FROM ENGLAND. To the Editors of the Commercial Advertiser . London, March , 1829.—As you will percewe, the “cause of Catholic Emancipation” engrosses, at this ! time, the almost undivided attention of the people of the United Kingdom. Petitions, both tor and against, are | pooling in—the latter in the ■propor tion of at least six to one. The question has created anew party in Parliament, or rather, the old land marks have been swept away, and new parties formed. lam inclined to think that, should the Catholic Emancipation bill pass—and of that, there is no doubt—the party, for merly known as the opposition, will never be reorganized. It cannot be an object with the British Ministers to prevent a reorganization. There is no strength, and bat little talent, in the ranks of the party which re cognises Hume and Hobhouse, and Lord John Russell, as its leaders. The administration of the Duke of Wellington seems to be one of great and increasing popularity. He lias disappointed both friends and ene mies; and seems likely to become as distinguished for his talents in the cabinet as he was in the field. He possesses that best and only kind of sense that wears —-plain common sense ; ■ he is a practical man, and wastes no | time in speech making. Depend up on it, he is more popular than any ] British Minister has been for the last twenty years. It is possible, how ever, that the adjustment of the Ca tholic question may raise him up powerful, as it certainly will implaca ble enemies, in the persons of the ultra protestant interest. But “we Uhall see,” as Louis Le Cheminant says. I have been attending the debates lin Parliament for the last three or : four days. In the House of Lords the debate j has been far more violent than in the lower House; and, withal, at j times, singularly irregular and un ! parliamentary; especially onTftuis day evening, when the Duke of Cumberland's harangue reminded me ol the countryman’s hint to his advocate, who, in a pig case, digres sed to England’s wealth and glory.— “All this is very fine,” said Hodge, “but now, if you please, say some thing about the hog.” The Duke spoke for a considerable length of time upon every subject save that under consideration, and was listen ed to with a more marked impatience than 1 had imagined could be shown, to even Royal nonsense, lie has come hither, all the way from Hano ver, to assist the Duke of Newcastle ! and Lords Eldon and Falmouth, in prostrating the last hopes of the Ca tholic population of the Kingdom. It a happy thought, he counts but one—literally, he is but one. The Duke ot Sussex is a warm friend to tbe cause of emancipation; but the bad terms on which he is with the King, have prevented him from.ac quiring much influence. The Duke of W ellington has made several speeches within the week; they have all been characterised by good sense. He is most ablv sup ported by lords Grey, Holland, Plun- Ket, and King, all save the last well known by reputation to Americans: the first, a lesser star in the galaxy which adorned the House of Com mons in the time of Fox, (ihen a po pular orator, now one of the sternest aristocrats inEngland,) and the third, one of the greatest orators of the day Lord Eldon leads the Anti-Catholics, and < tt’ with him to a man, that curse of England—l know what J am saying—that curse of England, the bench of Bishops. Still, I think, the bill will be carried. The pre vailing opinion is, that the majority for it in the House of Peers, will be from twenty five to thirty five. In the meantime every exertion is being made by the-Ultra Protestants out of doors, to defeat tiie measure. In the House of Commons, the principal speakers have been Lord Nugent, the Marquis of Chandos, (tbe former a brother, the latter the eldest son of the Duke of Bucking ham,) Mr. Huskisson, Mr. Traut, Dr. Lushington, General Gascoyne, Sir George Warrender Hart Davies, Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. Spring Rice, Sir Thomas Lethbridge, and Sir James Macintosh. Taken as n whole, it is my opinion, that that bo dy has more talent than our house of Representatives, though it does not possess, in proportion to its number, (it consists of about GOO) an equal count of men of distinguished talent. But there appear to be fewer weak men. I have heard but one weak speech since I attended the debates, and that was made by a tight laced and corsetted young Gentleman re turned by Lord Lonsdale from the borough of ; one of ‘Lonsdale’s nine pins,’ as Fox called them. With the exception of Mr. Peel, I have heard no one that may be compared with Webster, M’Duftie, or John Sergeant. Sir James Mcln tosh did not equal my expectations. Gentlemen assured me that they did not recollect ever to have heard so bad a speech from his lips. Dr. Lushington was extremely violent, and used language in reference to the gentleman who preceded him (Mr. Trant) which would have procured something more than a rebuke from the presiding officer of the popular branch of the American Legislature. He spoke of the ‘shameful ignorance of the gentleman,’ and used other expressions which I see the repor ters have not presented to their rea ders verbatim, as they came from the member’s lips. And Lord Chandos, in replying to Lord Nugent, threw out sundry insinuations, which were re-j polled by the Noble Lord, with much acrimony. It is not to be presum ed that an equal spirit of recrimina tion and severity is always displayed in the House.—You will recollect that, as no questions generally ex cite so much feeling as those which are based on religion, and involve supposed spiritual interests—so in these kingdoms none assume the deep character of those which regard Protestant supremacy and the safety of the Established Church, Every member (one excepted) who spoke on the question, while I was present, evinced great, and, in some instan ces incoutrollahle warmth; and 1 can account for the seeming inatten- j tion of the outraged members to tbej punctilios of “honor” in no other way, than by supposing that the articles j of the code are, by universal consent, I to be inoperative during the discus-j siou of this ijnomentous question.) artfcTigtusscff i perfect good humor reigns ; and ur banity and politeness have characte rised every other debate than those which arose upon the proposed em ancipation of the Catholics of the U nited Kingdom, from the penalties w hich are entailed upon them in times when they were justly objects ot sus picion which should no longer attach to them* During all the debates Mr. Pee! alone has been calm, temperate, gen tlemanly, buk eloquent and energet ic, beyond any thing 1 have ewer be fore seen. # And then his counten ance—the effect it lias on the behol der cannot be imparted. 11c rises with a sweet smile on his face, and in a moment the house is as hushed as death. His manner has a charm which, divorced from any thing strik ing in language or sentiment, would chain the attention as long as he chose to speak. He has no affecta tion—his gestures are never violent —he is never rhapsodical or Agina tive—yet (l|say yet, for most parlia mentary as. well as forensic debaters suppose that violent action is one of ihe prime attributes of oratory) ano ther number excites an equal degree of attention, or finds Ins opinion treated with us much deference. He is certainly the main pillar of the present Tory administration— Tory, 1 say though the Archbishops have decreed that the title docs not belong to the present. From the Savannah Georgian* France.—— The political intcllt-* gence by the Charlemagne is not of importance, and no later than that received via England. Paris dates are to the 20tff ol March, and they are chiefly occupied with the debates of the French Chambers, which fur nish no topics of interest. The Jour nal des Debates contains a full edito rial article on the war between Rus sia and Turkey, and concludes with the anticipation that hostilities will he renewed with fresh fury, to the disadvantage of the Turks, whose preparations and means are much inferior to those of their assailants* The Russian government had exert ed the utmost activity upon the lar gest scale of desparate invasion. The cold of the past winter had been unusually severe. A letter from Paris of the 19th of March, says—“ The tendency of things in this country, as far as my observation enables me to judge, is decidedly towards a liberal system* and of the Cote gauche, of which theie is great probability, succeeds in modelling the new laws respecting the municipal and departmental councils, according to their views, de mocracy will be firmly established in the country. There is now indeed nothing here like ihe aristocracy of England to offend any man’s notions of equality. As to the King, he is ■ too far removed from the mass of the ! people to excite the ordinary feeling :of envy, which makes a nobility so obnoxtiousr “lou must have been surprised ;♦ | the late change in England on the Catholic question. lam sure that an Anti-Catholic ministry could not be found. Wellington and Peel, were the last hope of the bigots,” . •The Chamber of Deputies are eiw* gaged in t{s discussion of the bill US continue the Tobacco and S 1114ft‘mo nopoly to January 1837. It appears I that the tax on tnese* articles under I the present regulations brings annu | aliy 45 millions of francs into the public treasury. r l lie oppose** ground themselves on the general principles of free trade, denouncing the preposed law and the monopoly which it continues in being, as uncon stitutional and as going to deprive the citizens of France of the free ex* ercise of industry and commerce* The friends of the measure defend it as an expedent for raising a revenue, and as one of the least oppressive taxes that could be imposed upon people. Brazil. —The New york Journal of Commerce has received Rio Janei ro papers to the 10th of March. The state of the public finances was very low, occasioned by tbe excessive iinv poitations of goods during the war with Buenos Ayres, the exportation of gold and silver for the purchase of slaves and other causes. Formerly tiie number of slaves imported per annum, was only 15,000 or 20,000; in 1827, 80,000; and in 1828, 41,- 000. The government paper had very much depreciated; and copper was coined in quantities.
