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LITERATURE. Paul Clifford. By the author of Pelham, Devereux, &c. 3 vols. CoLnuaw and BENTLEY. It has been said of the great Scotch novelist, that while there are few charms of incident, character, or descrip tion, in which his works do not abound, they may yet be considered rather as delineations of gone-by habits and customs, than the vehicle of truths calculated to produce any permanent effect on the manners and sentiments of the present day. It is evident, both from the former productions and the volumes before us, that Mr. BuLw ER aims at a much higher object, as justly observed by .:onternporary critic, " whether using the diamond arrow of wit—the graver arms of argument,—whether in the pictures from real life, or the creations of imagination, he 'has kept the one aim in view, of human amelio i i..on. He has satirised follies—to deter, if possible, from their pursuit; and drawn, in noble colours, the good and the great—to attract, if possible, by ex ample." A more exalted object could not be aspired to by any writer ; that the encomium thus bestowed has been merited, a slight glance at " Paul Clifford " will, we think, amply prove. It is a further praise to the author, that while his illustrations of manner, scenery, and character, abound in those excellencies of style, wit and humour, which never fail to entertain, his political sentiments are of the most liberal cast. Of all the quali ties which serve to enhance the merits of an author, nothing is entitled to more praise than the constant disposition displayed in the writings of Mr. Bulwer, to check the inordinate pride of " power and place," while he inculcates such lessons on a different class of readers as cannot fail to make them " better and wiser."— When it is considered that Mr. BULWER has acquired a high reputation, and well deserved celebrity at an age when other aspirants for fame are too timid or in experienced to try their " unfledged wings," what may not be expected from the future efforts of such a writer ? While we regret that our restricted limits admit of few extracts, we cannot deny ourselves the pleasure of placing the following charming portrait before our readers ; it is that of Lucfßrandon, the heroine: " Never did glass give back a more lovely Image than that of Lucy Brandon at the age of nineteen. Her auburn hair fell in the nthest luxuriance over a brow never ruffled, and a cheek where the blood never slept ; with every instant the colour varied, and at every variation that smooth, pure, virgin cheek seemed still more lovely than before. She had the most beautiful laugh that one who loved music could imagine,—silvery, low, and yet so full of joy ! All her movements, as the old parson said, seemed to keep time to that laugh ; for mirth made a great part of her innocent and childish temper; and yet the mirth was feminine, never loud, nor like that of young ladies who have received the last finish at Highgate semi naries. Every thing joyous affected her, and at once,—air,—Sowers, --sunshine,—butterfiies. Unlike heroines in general, she very seldom cried, and she saw nothing charming in having the vapours. But she never looked so beautiful as in sleep 1 and as the light !math came from her parted lips, and the ivory lids closed over those eyes which only in sleep were silent—and her attitude in her sleep took that ineffable grace belonging solely to childhood, or the fresh youth into which childhood merges,—she was just what you might imagine a sleeping Margaret, before that most simple and gentle of all a poet's visions of womanhood had met with Faust, and ruffled her slumbers with a dream of love. We cannot say much for Lucy's intellectual acquirements; she could, thanks to the parson's wife, spell indifferently well, and write a tolerable hand ; she made preserves and sometimes rid dles—it was more difficult to question the excellence of the former than to answer the queries of the latter. She worked to the admiration of all who knew her, and we beg leave to say that we deem that an excellent thing in woman.' She made caps for hermit' and gowns for the poor, and now and then she accomplished the more literary labour of a stray novel that had wandered down m the Mansion House, or an abridgement of ancient history, in which was omitted every thing bat the proper names. To these attainments she added a certain modicum of skill upon the ipinet, and the power of singing old songs with the richest lnd sweetest voice that ever made one's eyes moisten, Je one's heart beat. Her moral qualities were more fully developed than her mental. She was the kindest of human beings; the very dog that had never seen her before, knew that truth at the first glance, and lost no time in making her acquaintance. The goodness of her heart reposed upon her face like sunshine, and the old wife at the lodge said poetically and truly of the effect it pro duced, that ' one felt warm when one looked on her.' If we could abstract from the description a certain chilling transparency, the :''lowing exquisite verses of a forgotten poet* might express the verity and lustre of her countenance— Mr face was like the milky way i' the sky, A meeting of gentle lights without a name.' she was surrowlded by pets of all kinds, ugly and handsome, from Ralph the raven, to Beauty the pheasant, and from Bob the sheep ileg without a tail, to Beau the Blenheim with blue riband round his neck ; all things loved her, and she loved all things. It seemed doubtful at that time whether she would ever have sufficient steadiness ar.l itrcr.gth of character. Her beauty and her character appeared ahle so essentially sexual, soft, yet lively, buoyant, yet caressing, that you could scarcely place in her that moral dependence, that you ungl.t in a character less amiable, but less yieldingly feminine— Pe.e, howevis, and circumstance, which alters and hardens, were to decide whether the inward nature did not possess some latent, Jnt' yet undiscovered properties." The hero is thus described, and, as in the extract we Lave just given, displays a power of graphic illustration - .Lich none but a master-hand could draw. " Few persons, when he liked it, could be more agreeable than William Brandon; but, at times, there mixed with his converse t:on a bitter sarcasm, probably a habit acquired in his profession, or on occasional tinge of morose and haughty sadness, possibly the Lanscquence of his ill-health Yet his disordor, which was some hat approaching to that painful affliction the tic doulou►evs though of fits more rare in occurrence than those of that complaint ordi. tartly arc, never seemed even for an instant to operate upon his mood, shatever that might be. That disease worked unseen ; not* muscle 't his face appeared to quiver; the smile never vanished from his .oath, the blandness of his voice never grew faint as with pain, and, Ole midst of intense torture, his resolute and stern mind conquered very external indication, nor could the most observant 'triage: have toted the moment when the fit attacked or released him. There was inscrutable about the man. You felt that you took his trust, and not on your own knowledge. The acquaint. would have left you equally dark as to his vices or varied often, yet in each variation be was equally Was he performing a series of parts, or was it the a cs of a man's true temperament, that you behold illonly smooth, quiet, attentive, flattering in social :vas known in the senate and courts of law for a cold iustie venom, scarcely rivalled even in those areas of s , Tmed as if the bitterer feelings he checked in pri. ightcd to indulge in public. Yet, even there, he to momentary petulance or gushing passion : all systematic sarcasm or habitual sternness; he out. of ceremonial, or of society ; he stung, without ap. :ions of the sting ; and his antagonist writhed not maw 'ire of his satire, than the crushing contempt of his NV. a, ready, armed and defended on all points, sound h iling in observation, equally consummate in sophistry' himself, and instantaneous in detecting sophistry h ling no art, however painful—begrudging no labour, ty—minute iu detail, yet not the leas oomprebssmibig ,k,et in a grasp :_such was the legal and publis she. •..,. ~,,,, .ant thing insult , Leader upon tri -floe of gem% we tits virtues. M. wrakcoverable. ,4, !inary chart„es i.int Conte iutn:faus e , asperity and a eat contention. It !e life, he Aral not wai seemed, with Will raged no form of Rating amnion' N'neath the tonne command. Cool, kn ewledge,unfail when needed by o nothee ; scornin however weighty , 'he whole euhk:et racter William Brandon had established, and such wa‘ the fame be joined to the unsullied purity of his moral reputation. But to his friends:he seemed only the agreeable, clever, lively, and, if we may use the phrase innocently, the worldly man.—never affecting a su. perior sanctity, or an over.anxiety to forms, except upon great oc. cartons; and rendering his austerity of manners the more admired, because he made it seem an unaccompanied by hypocrisy." The following Stanzas prove that Mr. BtJLWtR bas not been an unsuccessful votary at the shrine of Par nassus : When I leave thee, oh! uk not the wor!d what that heart Which adores thee, to others may be ! I know that I sin when from thee I depart, But my guilt shall not light upon thee ! My life is a river which glasses a ray That bath deignl to descend from above ; Whatever the banks that o'ershadow its way, It mirrors the light of thy love. Though the waves may run high whcn the night-wind awakes, And hurries the stream to its fall ; Though broken and wild be the billows it makes, Thine image still trembles on all I THE FINE ARTS. MR. LOUGH'S EXHIBITION. It is most gratifying to perceive, by the experience of every new season, that the opinions we have more than once given, as to the rapidly advancing improvement of our artists, that the British School is destined to become a successful rival to the most favoured schools of the Continent: our observations on this subject have hitherto more especially related to painting. It is now our pleasing duty to call public attention to the works of Mr. Lotion, whose progress in the sister art of sculpture, is cal. culated to excite equal admiration and astonishment—admi ration at the style and execution he displays,--astonishment, that a young man, still much under the age of thirty, and without having quitted England, should have imbibed such a pure and classical spirit, as strongly to remind us of our visits to the Vatican, and the Medici Collection at Florence. Of the thirteen specimens now exhibited, all excellent is their kind, we shall limit our remarks to the "Betide of the Standard," a crag. Son of the artists own, and modelled for the Duke of NORTHUM BERLAND. We have no hesitation in pronouncing this group to be one of the most extraordinary compositions hitherto produced by an English artist. To those who recollect the exalted merits of Fr..txuare, our assertion will doubles appear bold. But few will deny that his great claim to immortality, must ever be derived from his illustrations of DANTE, lIESIOD, &C. It should also be borne in mind, that, independently of his natural talents, FLexstare passed thirty years of his life in Italy. What a striking contrast does the ease of Mr. Louoir present ! As yet little beyond the period of manhood, and almost self-taught, his first essay, the group of Sampson, also in the present exhibition, developer; a knowledge of art, which has, in most cases, been only the result of many years study. Of the " Battle of the Standard," we shall merely add, that it abounds in beauties of detail and execution, sufficient to establish the fame of the oldest veteran in art, while the conception is ful l of originality and genius. No wonder, therefore, if we call publi b attention to the productions of an artist who seems destined to shed a new lustre on the British School.— We understand that the late lamented President of the Royal Academy, who saw this splendid group in its earlier stages of completion, expressed his admiration in the most un measured terms. It is no trifling honour to the Noble Duke, under whose auspices it has been produced, that his name should be associated with a work that will, we have little doubt, be admired in after times. This is one of the cases in which the honour is con (erred rather on the patron than the artist. While the writer of one Morning Paper recommends that the Battle of the Standard should be executed either in bronze or marble ; another compares the genius of the artist to that of Mr. Thom, the author of " Tam O'Shanter and Souter Johnny." To the latter we should exclaim, without any disparagement of Mr. THOM'S fine talent, 6 6 Hyperion tol a Satyr l" With regard to the former recommendation, we trust that the Noble Duke will cause it to be cast in bronze, the most durable of all substances. If we had a voice in such matters, we should say that the " Battle of the Standard" deserves to be erected u a national moms. meat in Waterloo-place. The area between Pall-Mall and St. James's Park is admirably calculated for the introduction of such a group, while the balustrade in front might be advantageously decorated with a few statues of such warriors and statesmen who have deserved well of their country. We shall return to the minor objects in this exhibition on an early day. FROM A CORRESPONDENT. A few days ago we called public attention to the af fairs of Sweden, by publishing the translation of a very able paper in the Reprisentant. In some of the good times of English policy that paper would have been looked upon as deeply interesting. In the slight consi deration which is bestowed in this country on matters connected with Sweden, the approaching struggle is altogether lost sight of. The possibility—nay, the pro bability—is, that when the struggle arrives, things will be conducted after this fashion : —The question being whe ther a certain dynasty should, or should not, be supported in a neighbouring state, the HOLY ALLIANCE will move a powerful force upon those points which may best serve to menace Sweden, and impress her people with alarm. The south will push somebody towards the north on this occasion—for the tide of legitimacy can set in all directions. At a proper period, the intended PRINCE will be sent to England. Thence he will be con veyed, in an English ship, to Sweden; and it will be im pressed upon the Swedes that it would be a great in civility—in fact a thing not to be thought of—to refuse a man presenting himself under such auspices, and with so good a guarantee. When did England cheat any body ?—or send from her shores a man who was intended to break his word ?—or who ever broke it ? Never ! The thing is preposterous But of course, when the individual arrives in Sweden, he will go the way of all legitimate flesh : he will break every engagement. A part of the Swedes will naturally resist ; and, if they fail, take refuge in hospitable England. Shortly afterwards they will try to gain possession of some point upon the Swedish coast —for instance, Bornholm. At Bornholm they will be fired upon by the English ; because, when you have sent out a Prince to break his oaths with another nation, the first rule of the law of nations is, that you shall fire upon those who try to attack that Prince. It is part of the vulgar principle, that he who has a right to do the origi nal act, has a right to do the secondary. The Swedes will complain that you have overturned their Government; and the English Ministry will reply that they only fired to preserve their neutrality ! The poor Swedes will re present that your cannon-shot had nothing neutral in their composition ; and the English Government will prove, by vast majorities in Parliament, that they had nothing in view but the good of those they fired at, and that they did nothing but what they were obliged to do in order to maintain the reputation of British neutrality throughout the world ! This is the way in which the thing is to be done. If any body thinks the contrary, he is at least bound to show some reason for his opinion. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—At Beighton, county of Derby, EDWARD WILMOT, Esq. of Cork, to the Rt. Hon. Lady JANET JEAN ERSKINE, youngest daughter of the late, and sister of the present, Earl of MAR. COAL-EXCHANGE, Mir 10 Only ten new ships were entered for sale to-day, but there was • plentiful supply, both of Sunderland and Newcastle Coal, at market. The Coal-exchange was fairly attended by merchants. Ships arrived daring the month . Best Wallsend Coals 32a fld 33a 3d Other sorts.. Ships at Narks; 784 NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Twigg, Balehache, from Messina, has arrived off Falmouth. The Allen, Gilmour, from St. John's, N.B. was totally lost on the 116th March, off Point La Preaus, during a snow storm. Crew and passengers saved. The Anna Sophia, Butcher, front Alicant, has arrived at Lon donderr y. The Active, from St. VincAnt's, has arrived off Cork. PORTSMOUTH, Mar 8 and 9.—Arrived his Majesty's ships Etna and Pelorus, from the Mediterranean ; and Emperor Alexander, Clemis from Sierra Leon e . Off t h e port , the Nerunc, Cumber ledge, from Bengal—sailed 22d December. Pxrwoctrat, May B.—Arrived the Alert, Shinn, from Patti,. FALUNITU, MAY 7 and S.—Arrived the Cygnet packet, from Lisbon—sailed 2d inst. Cowes, Mar 8 and 9.—Arrived the Olinda. Robinson, from Bahia, and Lan, Machonchle. from La Ouyra. BIUSTOL, May 8.--Arrived the Comet, from Malta ; James, from Faro; and flora, Mayo, from Altona. Ltviarool., M* S.—Arrived the Suffolk, Lovett, and Tally- Ho, Fisher, front Virginia. Off the port, the Westmoreland, Dixon, from Pernambuco, and Hannibal, Hinds, from New Or leans. CLTDS, MAT B.—Arrived the Penelope, Spence, front Trinidad. Jessie, MAY T.—Arrived the Minerva, Le Breton. and the Friends, Le Bag, from Rio Janeiro. Lord Goderich's idea that the National Debt is merely an annuity, of the principal is irrecoverable, is half true and half-erroneous : as far as regards either a choice or compulsory means on the part of the creditor, it ie the case ; but, - .v - ten the debtor thinks he can frighten the former into lower terms of interest, he is at liberty to talk of paying off tae principal. The following is an extract of a letter, dated Abingdon, April 30:—" The spring, which is fully a fortnight ear lier than that of last year, has introduced a phenomenon of so novel a character, that it is the general topic of con versation in those now delightful regions where the cherry orchards bespot the sylvan bosom of reviving nature. It is well known that the delicate foliag e of the beech woods is the object gene ally of univer s al admiration about the period that the cherries are in blossom, and that the oak, vieing with the surrounding forest, adds to the charms of the scenery by contrasting a sombre majesty with its ver dant and blooming neighbours. This year, however, the reverse is th,) fact ; for, :although the cherry-trees were in full bloom, the beech mere still bare on the 23d instant, while the oak, on tho contrary, is many instances, were out in leaf. This freak of nature has caused a great dis appointment among the fellers of oak, who have been obliged to suspend the operation till next year. Such a fact is not remembered to have occurred before. We received last night, per Salis Richards, through the North and South American Coffee-house, American Papers to the 10th April. The Committee on judiciary of the House of Representatives have recommended the impeachment of Judge Peck in Missouri; and there is an accusation also against Judge Cockling, formerly a Member of CouoTess, and now a Judge of the District Court of New York. Fears are entertained that these cases will cause a very inconvenient interruption to the current of business. These Papers contain a Report of the Committee of the Senate on the subject of a National Currency, in which it is recommended to abide by the present sound state of the circulation. "It is the radical vice of all Government Paper (observe the Committee) to be issued without regard to the business of the com munity." It is said that Peirce Mahony, Esq. has succeeded to the valuable office of Accountant-General of the Irish Court of Exchequer, void by Mr. O'Neill's death. We have seen letters from the Island of Terceira, of so late a date as the 18th tilt. The weather during the previous week had been wet and boisterous, and the blockading squadron had disappeared. The Regency had established a newspaper called the Terceira Chro nicle, which was much better printed than the Lisbon Gazette. Aa amateur theatre had also been got up by the officers of the garrison at Angra. The troops are more determined than ever to resist succumbing to Mi guel, and are well supplied with every necessary. Eng lish manufactured goods and colonial produce were then so abundant that they were almost unsaleable, except at a loss to the importers. The Plymouth Journal stated,' in its last number, that the Pearl schooner, Fox, master, bound from that port to Terceira, had been taken by the blockading squadron, and carried to Lisbon. We are happy to state, that such is not the fact, the Pearl having arrived safe at Angra on the 17th ult.—Water ford Mail. It seems it is the public who pay for the decorations of a man wlito receives the order of the gaiter. A mantle costs 741. 10s. and the collar, garter, &e. 2791. 105. 9d. —total, 3541. Os. 9d. This, at least, was the expense that was incurred at the installation of the I)uke of Rich mond. No wonder that we should hear of a project for doubling the taxes in the lith year of peace !! . . Three clauses have been added in committee to the bill for amending the sub-letting act. The first provides, that in cases of covenant against alienation, by will, no future waiver shall extend to any other breach than that expressly waived. The second clause provides, that persons holding under-lettings by orders of courts shall not sub-let, or if they do, the court may declare the tenancy determined ; suul the third clause gives to as signees of landlords the power of re-entry, &c. against tenants sub-letting. — Dublin Illurniny Reyister. C' 'RN-EXCHANGE, N 111AY 10. 'There has been more business doing in the Market to-day than on Monday last, particularly in Foreign Wheats, the supply of which has been tolttably good. The quantity of English Wheat is not great, and the prices fully support last Monday's quotation. Barley of the beat quality is scarce, and is quite as high as last week. The supply of English Oats has been gocti ; but Irish and Foreign hare fallen short, imal we cannot quote any variation in price. Flour has no variation. Wheat, Kent & Essex . Us 761 Suffolk. . 66s 74s Nor folk . GO: 6156 Rye . .SOs 346 Barley 25 27s—Malting33s 366 Malt --s —1 Peas, V, kite Boilers Peas, Grey . 35s 37s Beans, Small . 381 441 Tick 26s 32s Oats, Potatoe 271 Sts Poland . 25s 28s Feed . 22s 24s Flour, per sack, 602 651 Rapeseed 261. 281. per last. I LAS? WILILY. Irish Oats . 2,720 Rye, English . . Beans, English . 1,031 Ditto, Foreign . -- Do. Irish . . -- Peas, English . • 120 Ditto Foreign . -- English Flour, sacks . 18,433 American ditto, brls. . . 36$ 40s . 44s —s IMPORTATION! Wheat, English, quarters 4,709 Do. Foreign . . 14,022 Irish Ditto . . . 20 Barley, British . 5,519 Do. Foreign . . -- Irish . _— . Malt, Engli►h . . 6.054 Eogitsh Oats . 6,896 Foreign Ditto . . 945 SMITHFIELD, MAT 10. CATTLR AT HARlit► : . . Beasts.. 0,185 I Calves Sheep and Lambs 17,410 i Pigs Beef 36 5d to 3s 10J i Veal . . ........51 Od to Ss 8d Mutton 36 10d 4s 4d 1 Pork Si 861 41 8d Lamb Hay (per lo.d), £2 101. to .€5 Os. Clover, £5 51. to £5 Os. Straw, £2 Ils. to £2 10s. M. ALAMAN'S DESPATCH LETTEIt IH THE " THIS MORN i " Satu.sday, .May " MR— As i find that the comet:ma in your City Artielz of 11;t0 , ,dA, , last, on my conduct with rogard ton supposed delay uu ;17 :.:r: 1.; communicating to tiac public the late (leap:telt s tam any •! , :tit have, though I am sure mintentiotall . ., tectk•d r. injure my character for frankness and integrity, I tru.. that your sense of justice, and the value which, as a man of honour, you must set upon your own character, will induce you to make me the only reparation in your power, by suffering me to explain, as briefly as possible, the simple facts of the case. " On Saturday, the hit inst the elspatehm from Mexico reached me by the mail of that day, bringing likewise duplicates of the came to Messrs. Baring. " Sunday not being a day of business, I could not communicate with the house cf Baring until 3londay, wh..l I asked the heads of that house, being commanded thereto by the Mreican Government, whether they would undertake, as agents for that Government, the conduct of the proposed operations. " On Tuesday I received, at one o'clock in the sficrtoon, th.• reply of the Messrs. Baring, attiourcing that they aceepA the proposal.. On the same afternoon the documents were comir.itted for trans. lation to the hands of a foreign gentleman, and is soli, c discretion I could place implicit confidence. The trnit.!..6.in ri t being clan. • pletcd,before midnight, I had no opportunity of vibmittine it I.r correction to any native of this country before nine on We Inesday morning, when it appeared that front. certain defects in point of idiom, instead of sending it off at once to the Stock Exchange, as I was most anxious to do before business bLgan, it Was necessary to have the whole document retranslated, and to content myself with sending a short notice into the city, ;with a view, if pos. Able, to stop the stock-jobbing speculations. The correct translation was finished a little after twelve o'clock on Wed nesday, and delivered, without a moment's delay, to Messrs. living, that it night be made public in the most effectual manner. But the document being of too great length to have :posted up in manta seipt, as I believe is usual, it was sent by them to be printed in the fonn in which it has since appeared ; and the printer. nor having time to execute his work before the close of business on Wedaesday, the distribution of the pamphlet could not take place until early on Thursday morning. 1 have thus, Sir, presentee l ycu with as con cise and clear an account as I ant able of every day's proccedini,s, front ;he receipt of the despatches to the hour of their publication. " I do not permit myself .to make any observations on the view which you have taken of the Government of Mexico and her financial resources ; because they arc matters on which every jour nalist has a right to express what opinions he pleases. and because know that on such questions time will cleat up every thiolz. " It is only the possible effect of your remarks upon any own honour and character, which I feel myself hound to obviate, by a statemeot of the real circumstances, your ignorance of which has led you into an involuntary but serious injustice towards nix. " After enjoying, for 40 years, the reputation, I flatter myself, t . an honest man, I cannot afford at this time of life to be classz.t among those, if such there be, who turn their official knowledge e stuck-jobbing purposes. " I have the ho:tour to he, Sir, yours, Are. " M. E. DE GOROSTIZA." TO THE RIGHT HON. THE EARL OF ABER- DEEN, tic. North and South American Coffee-house, April 14. My Lord,-1 am requested by the Committee of the Spud' Au:- - riean and Mexican Association to acknowledge, with their res}..,•Zul thanks, the honour of your Lordship's letter of the 12th ult. in ate. seer to the representation of the committee, on the subject cf the policy pursued by his Majesty's Government, in relation to the island of.'Cuba, and its effect oa the new states of Anierica The committee are sensible of the importance attach ed by His Majesty's Government to all questions affecting the welfare of the new states of America. They would therefore be very unwilling to trouble your Lordship. again on the subject, d.d they not enter tain a strong hope that His Majesty's Government may be induced to interfere in a yet more decided manner, to put an end to the evils which the hostility of the Court of Spain is inflicting es all persons engaged in intercourse with these new states, without .be sliehtest advantage to that country. Twenty-one years have now elapsed since the warfare be green Spain and its late colonies commenced. At the beginning of that period the crown of Spain held possession of every post and fortifica tion throughout those extensive countries, and sustained its dominion over them by a large military force. For many years past, and at this moment, Spanish dominion and authority there have been wholly extinct ; not a soldier remains there in its service, nor Is there any portion of territory remaining over which the Spanish go. vernment exercises even a nominal authority or control. No stronger additional proof can be afforded of the entire annihil. anon both of Spanish authority and influence, in one of the most powerful of those states, the Republic of Mexico, than the fact that on the landing of a military force on its shores in the month of August last year (which remained some weeks in the country), not a single Blexican was found to join the standard of the King of Spain. The foregoing facts being beyond all controversy, It does appear to the committee a great hardship that persons pursuing their commer. dal dealings with countries which have so unequivocally established their own independence, should be subjected to the incor.verdences which arc thrown upon them by the continued and unprofitable hosti lity of the Court of Spain. A constant threat of invasion, both from Cuba and from Spain itself, is kept up, accompanied by demonstrations which call for un ceasing vigilance on the part of those against whom they arc directed, the consequences of which are in every way most injurious to com mercial intercourse. Large masses of military force are kept up, which, by means of the enormous expense they entail, exhaust the resources of the respective Goverment', and disable them lieu , paying their just debts, whilst they sustain in an undue proportion the importance of military chiefs, and greatly retard the advance ment of the political and civil institutions o f tho e countries. The disorders of privateering and piracy are perpetuated--each fresh alarm is the occasion for contributions, in some shape or other, being levied on commerce—internal communications are suspended—Ja. bourers are taken from the pursuits of industry (whether agricultu ral or mining) to join the army,— and all those interruptions are experienced:wlfeh arc so injurious and often so, fatal to commercial undertakings. It is a circumstance not unworthy of remark, that since the es. teblisliment of the independence of these countries, no insurrection has taken place in them that has not been effected through the in. sarumentality of military chiefs. If these evils were to be endured by reason of measures or the cart of the Spanish government, tending towards any attainalN and legitimate object of its own. the committee might hesitate to bring them to your lordship's nodes, but the y feel that they are guilty tit no presumption in asserting that the restomt;iin of the dominion of Spain over its former colonies is an event too far beyond the limits ut human prO7abilry to fall within any rational computation. The rine:,:ion.4 thereft•re would seem to arise—for what ut,limitr d period tit time is Spain justified in interrupting the intercourse tit other nations with her former ea nit s ? Whether 21 years of was - fare issuing in the manner this warfare has done are sufficient to termine her tights ? If they are not determined now, at what pet they ever will be ? And whether Great Britain, having many yetis since recognized these State'', and thereby sanctioned her siihji cts dealing with them, is to be expected any longer to submit to the in. jury she is now hourly sustaining by the conduct of Spain ? an.ount of British capital involved in this subject n..iy Le stated, at the hewett computation, as follows, viz : In trade with Mexico, Colmabia, Buenos Ayres, Chili, Peru, and Central Auitriea . .£5,000010J In wines in the above countries, pa ineipally in Mexico 4.800,00.1 t In debts due by their respect ire Governments. .C . :6,ll(rtmtup Large a• this amount 7 i:, it derives additional imperime, from the prospective consideration of the vase scope for cont. in, rl activity which these countries prererr, not only in Great Britain but to other nations of Europe, including Spain hey►elf. The preduc, of the 3lexican mines has been doublet' since British capital has been directed to them a large popilation has been restoredindustrious employment ; a taste for European manufactures is spreading Leong the naives, and nothing, i• abort, is wanting to svablialt a teeady, active, and beneficial intercourse be tween these countries and Europe but a state of internal repo, which they never can enjoy so long as the hostile attitude of Spam keeps alive all those elements of danger and mischief which has e been already enumerated. The Committee therefore venture to express their bumble hop. that His Majesty's Government may see it right to interfere aMr the Court cf Spain, Other by the establishment of • truce betwe, the two parties fur a teen of years, or in such other manner as may seem fit, so as to secure BritLfi subjects, carrying on a peaceful and legitimate commerce, from a continuance of the interruptions and grievances to which they are now constantly exposed by the conti nuance of an hostility un the part of Spain, which in Its practical effect is nothing short of a direct warfare on the fair extension in British commerce. I have the honour to be, rte. WI LI.IA M THOMPSON, Chairman of the South American and Meshes Association. A Deputation of the Cabriolot Propriet4rs had an in terview with the CHANCELLOR OflH5 EXCHIQUIER and the Chairman of the Com Missioners of Stamps, at the Treagury, on Saturday. P I It