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This day was published, 21. half-bound, TPHE CHILD'S FRENCH FRIEND; being Gram .l. mar, Exercises, and Vocabulary for the Use of Children from Four to Eight Years of Age. By M. A. ALLISON, Author at Questions on the Granunar of the French Language. London : Printed for W. Sinapkin and B. Marshall, Stationers MIL-court, Ludgate-street. This day was u►listed, price ss. 6d. bound, iIUESTIONS in ROMAN HISTORY, viilh Geo 15C, graphical Illustrations and Maps; to which are prefixed, Sketches of the Manners, Customs, sod Institutions of the Itonaans. By JOHN OLDING BUTLER, Author of the Geography of the Globe. London : Simptin and Marshall, Statlonara' Hall-roust; John Harris, Sr. Pael's and Harvey and Dorton, Graceehurch-etreet. LARGE LOOKING GLASSES.- HENRY L. COOPER, 93, Bishopsgate-street Within, respectfully sub mits to the Nobility and Gentry, the following List of fine BRE. 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Cried Owen ap Morgan! the CIMOUS oration From all riled an uproar of mirthful applause ; " The Jet," they ezcialea'd, a fresh incident draws The give to enhance of this [mil Coronation ; Nor richness of humour, nor ornament Licking, Sustainl in their senith by Welted''. Jas &remain !" Gls Easy Shining add Brilliant BLACK ING Prepared by (XIS SO, STRAND, London; And sold in every Town lathe Kingdom. LIQUID in Bottles, Q. 1011. 124. and ind. each. Also PASTE BLACKING, in Puts, id. 19d. and 18d. each. A Shilling Put of Paste is equal to Four is. Bottles of LEAKE'S GENUINE PILLS, justly famous for -a-4 curing, in all its stages, the VENEREAL DISEASE (Au small Pill is a dose, and the taking of one Box, in a recent Ckit, will soonconvince the patient of the certainty of his speedy r tt" , rty. Nothing can .he better conceived, more safe, or more Nctenient than this Remedy, for such as are obliged to go jotarnies "tO sea, as it needs no coollnerneut nor restraint of Diet ; and "4' years experience (in an extensive practice) has proved that it elect a Cure when repeated Salivation and all whet' methods " 4 1 nothing. For the Scurvy and other Chronical Disorders, Medicine has not its parallel. Upwards of 40,000 persons of both sexes have been radically cured of the above cruel diger men, within the last eight years. Prepared and sold by the sole 14° Pntots, T. TAY LOR and SON, Members of the Royal Col kit of Surgeons, at their House, No. 9, New Bridge-street, in bpi " ot only us. 91 each, duty included.— N.B. Two back COWL, and Lights in t he P a ssages at ni g h t .—Th e y are a l s o sold, 7 their appoimment, with copious directions, at the Toy-shop, 10 3. °afoul-greet; Mr. Distiorough's, Nn. 7, Fish-street-bill, Newly opposite tb.t Monument ; and by nne Person in every con si•lerable Town In Great Britain and Ireland. Advice gratis to P taws' taking the above, or uthcr of the Ptoyrietoes aledttines FRENCH PAPERS. --.04.-- aROM THE OAZETTL Da FRANCE, AUGUST 19. FRANKIPORT, Atom 15. The Joined de Frankfort, after repeating an article on Portugal, which has appeared in the Gazette de France and the Monitezr, adds— " There is another document which the Gazette de France does not quote, though it is moth anterior to the others, and positively decides the question. We mean the Treaty concluded on the 29th of August :be tween Don John VI. and Don Pedro. The Treaty sti pulates that the Crowni of Portugal and Brazil form two separate States, independent of each other. At the death of Don John VI. therefore, I)on Pedro had only the option between the two Crowns; and the moment he decided for Brazil, he had not the least right what ever to Portugal. His abdication became useless; he could neither dispo.e of the Crown in favour of his daughter, nor give a Constitution to Portugal, nor no minate a Regency, since his option of Brazil was one express denunciation of Portuigal, which devolved in IA tight on his brother Don Miguel. By pe►forming all these acts of sovereignty, Don Pedro held at once the Crowns of Portugal and Brazil, which is evidently contrary to the stipulations of this treaty. Why did not the Continental Cabinets insist on these stipulations when Sir Charles Stuart arrived at Lisbon armed with this Constitution, which is a germ of discord for Portu gal, and thus baffle the policy of Mr. Canning?" The Diet held its last sitting previous to the vacation on the 10th of this month. The Viscount de St. Priest, who is appointed Minis. ter from France to the Court of Madrid, has arrived here from Berlin. Lord Stanhope is also here. DRZSDEN, Amass 6. His Majesty the King of Prussia, to avoid the solebs nities which would have taken place at Toeplitz on his birth-day, left that place on the 2d. His Majesty made a tour in the Saxon Switzerland before he came here. The exhibition of works of art opened yesterday. The publication of the Royal Rescript relative to the rights of the subjects with respect to their religion has produced an excellent effect throughout the whole kingdom. PARIS, Auevn IS. Colonel Bourbaki, who was taken prisoner by the Turks, and whose death has been announceckis on his return to Fiance. A leuer from Berlin says—g. It is reported that a Russian Councillor of State, who passed a day or two ago, through this city, takes to London the ratification of the treaty for the p.icification of Greece. Travellers affil-m, that the bead quarters of the first Russian army are removed from Mohilew to Leer." BARCELONA, Amon P. Below is the copy of a Royal order, communicated by the Secretary of the Council of Ministers to the Mi nister of Grace and Justice, and transmitted by the lat ter to all the tribunals and police authorities, and circu lated through all the towns and villages of Catalonia: “ In the Council of Ministers, held on the 19th of July, there were read several letters, which a congrega tion styling itself Catholic, Apostolic, Roman, and Southern, has sent from Lisbon, to your Excellency, as well as to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and of War, and to several Generals and Reverend Bishops. They suppose that all those personages are interested in she success of the seditious movements in Catalonia, and in the establishment on the throne of the Most Serene Lord the Infant Don Carlos. In the same Council there was also mention made of a Lisbon Journal, which has published the pamphlet, entitled, ' Manifesto addressed by a Confederation of Loyal Spaniards to . the Spanish People.' Our Gazette has already taken ' notice of this seditious writing, but the delibera tions of the Council did not confine themselves to that, ' tbey caused to be read the official letters of the Super intendent of Police, respecting the measures taken by the Intendant of Cordova, for the arrest of an indi vidual upon whom a circular was seized, of a nature very much akin to those addressed to the before mentioned Ministers and Prelates. The Council, con vinced that these obscute cabals cannot have any other object than the introduction of distrust and disunion amongst all Spaniards, at onee decided that the most simple means of, for the future, preventing such un happy results, would be to expose such artifices to the public,-in causing article., ingeniously written upon the subject, to be published in the Gazette, as public opinion would fru.trate all their expectations, as expe rience has shewn with respect to the circular which your Excellency published upon the said Manifesto. " It was also resolved by the Council, to propose to his Majesty to issue an order to the Superintendent of Police, to forbid his Subalterns from acting against those persons upon whom they should seize papers, in which might be recognised the de.ign of exciting dis cord or casting ridicule on the measures adopted by the authorities, unless they had other well-founded reasons for proceeding to imprison therr. " The King, our Lord, having been pleased entirely to approve of the Resolution of the Council, I ac quaint your Excellency with it, in order that you may act accordingly " I do not transmit to you any thing which cannot be borne out by official documents, and upon that system I give you a summary of the reports made to our Authorities. by the civil and military functionaries of the province." Colonel Don Augustin Saperes, surnamed Caragal, is at present :t Vacarisas, and assembles partisans from the ne;ghbourhond of Montserrat, Esparraguera, Saba dell, Tarasa, Olesa, arid their environs. He has funds more than sufficient to meet the first expenses. Jeps del Estanys is in the environs of Manrel*: from this town alone more than eight hundred men have joined his band. General Mans r having learned that this lead'r of the seditious had lately demanded Ii ur hundred dollars from the Municipality of Sellent, sent there a strong detachMent of troops of the line, who were attacked in the night, and had one man killed and two wounded. In consequence of this occurrence, the detachment abandoned Sellent, and marched towards Sacepedor. Gren..3al Man• o, indignant at this shameful retreat; has dismissed the Officer who commanded the detachment. Another report says, that Colonel Vitella (one of the Royalist Chiefs of the former period, on half•pay at Vich, from whence he escaped about the middle of last month. because he was informed that an order for his arrest had been issued upon •ague suspicion respecting his conduct) had entered Olot last week, and that the majority of the inhabitants of the town had gone to meet him. Vitella afterwards left the town, but he keeps constantly in the •neighbourhood, until the mo ment when he can introduce himself into Vicb. On the side of Lerida a small band has just made its appearance. Report at present designates it as a band of robbers. Towards Villa Franca the people's minds are not tranquil; the Authorities dread a rising; one baad has already showed itself in the village of Vendrell. The botcher of Casa de la Selva, surnamed Pinola, is again in the neighbourhood of Girona. At San &lien de Codinas there is a party commanded by three half•pay Officers. The Coosa/diet:Nei, speaking of Lord Goderich, who is described as Sir John Frederick Robinson, says— ! The New Prime Minister possesses the general e,teem; he is a modest man, honest and enlightened, and who shares all the political sentiments of Mr. Canning. It is plain that the enemies of that great Minister fear his successor, for they flatter him ; they seem to hope that he will recall them to the management of pub!ic affairs; but when they shall Lave ascertained that he will pass them by, they will load him with calumnies and outrages as they did his illustrious predecessor. This is the Mr. Robinson, who, with his intelligent friend, Mr. Huskissoa, has caused Great Britain to depart from the old path of monopoly, and the sys tem of prohibition ; he is the man who has wished is. found prosperity on freedom of commerce. There cannot, therefore, be any thing in common between him and the incorrigible partisans of the Castlereagh system. Lord Holland, whom the Quoadienne speaks this day of as a fierce Republican and a violent Reformist, whom it represents as an enemy of every principle of order and of wisdom, is the nephew of the celebtated Fox. The blind injustice of the spirit of faction alone, could forget itself so far in its attack against a nob'e personage, who, in his own country, is held in the high est estimation, and in whom, during his frequent resi dences at Paris, every one appreciated, at the same time, his elevated character, accomplished politeness, and all the social virtues PROM THE QUOTHHINNE. PARIS, Mem Ht. _ _ . We are told that the chief of the savages lately ar ,ived at Paris has expressed a desire to subscribe for the medal to be struck in honour of Mr. Canning. The sage Indian has said to the Committee, through his its terpreter. that since hit arrival in France, nothing has so struck him with surprise as this token of admiration given by the French to a Minister of Great Britain. In paying homage to the principle of Civil and Religious Liberty, invented. as is known, by Mr. Canning. he thinks that the idea of the National and Patriotic sub scription proposed by M. Dupin must have been in spired into him by the Great Spirit. The appeal of Honore Francois Ulbach against the sentence of death pronounced against him. has come be. fore the Court of Cessation. It will be decided next week. LITERATURE. Narrative of Don Ann Van Haien': Imprisonment in the Dungeons of the Inquisition at Madrid, drc. 4c. .2 vols. svo. COLBURN. 1827. Isamu) NovwLl Having afforded our readers a specimen of Van Ha len's interesting " Narrative" in a former notice, we now proceed to the second volume, which details our author's adventures in Russia ; and which, in our opi• nion, constitute the most valuable portion of the work. Van Halen, having resolved on entering the Russian service, embarks for Hamburgh, and at Berlin meets with a fellow-traveller in the person of Mr. Koch, the Secretary of the Consul-General of the former place. He had much reason to congratulate himself upon making this Gentleman's acquaintance, for his enlight ened notions and great fund of information rendered his conversation as varied as it was instructive, and amply compensates for the many inconveniences of the journey. Van Halen and his worthy companion had reached Konigsberg, before our author was induced to f‘ flow the example of Mr. Koch. in noting down obser vations during his journey. At the page at which ye are arrived, however, we find • we can indulge our readers with a bit of our author's pleasantry. He is at Itiga, and describes the extraordinary industry of the ladies ; Riga did not seem to me a very cheerful city, Mr. Koch, in order to compensate for the want of society, proposed our going to the theatre, of which he gave me a most brilliant description. On our repairing thither, I was so much disappointed both with the appearance and size of the house, that I could not help remarking the same to Mr. Koch, who. having seen a good deal of the world, was a stranger to that national fanaticism so common to men who have never travelled out of their Own country. lie laughed, and said that I should nevertheless nod cause for amusement, and it was even so; for so sooner had the ladies of Riga occupied their seats in their hoses, than I fancied myself In sonic work-room ; every oae of them busily employing herself in knitting stockings, a labour which they performed with amazing dexterity of band. This was to me a more novel and amusing spectacle than the per formance which I.did not understand. On leaving the theatre, I was cu rious to see if the ladies continued their knitting during their drive home, but I observed they bad put up their work for the night. At Darpat, Van Halen leaves hit companion—tra vels onwaids alone, and arrives at Petersburgh in a state of extreme indisposition: On arriving at the gates, a corporal desired me to alight, that I might speak with the officer on guard, who , seekig my indisposi tion, made many apologies, and begged that ' I would immediately return to the earrisge, to which be accompanied me; at the same tibse mentioning the formalities I was to observe with re spect to the police, and giving me some useful advice, saying. among other things--" You come from countries where any re spectable person travels without a servant, and is everywhere well received; but . here the masters of the hotels will think it strange that you should come unattended, and if I bad tine of my servants here at hand, I would with pleasure lend him to you, that you might avoid the disagreeable inconveniences which I fear you will eaperien,e." With this I was partly acquainted from what Mr. Koch had mentioned of the difficulty of finding private apartments in St. Petersburgh, owing to the want of a certain middle class, who, in most cities of Europe, let art of their houses for the sake of economy. The event prov ed that the officer's apprehensions were well founded ; for after driving about the principal streets for more than four hours, we could end no lodging. On arriving at the hotel of Londoo, to which I bad been recommended by I the gentlemen of Nana, I Imagined I should gain admittance by mentioning his name and recommendation • but though A had many eters, I was not even listened to. Th ey saw my want of good fur firms and the rustic carriage, In which I arrived with out any attendant, and they shut the doors upon me. I experien. ced the same treatment wherever I applied. At length, as we passed before the hotel of Europe, which is situated opposite lib* palace, and is doubtless one of the best, I made soother attempt. but certainly did not expect to succeed. The master of the hotel, however, without evincing the least disinclination to receive me, conducted me to a large MOOD (the only apartment be bad then vacant) which I accepted without hesitation, requesting him to procure me a medical attendant to examine my chest, which had grown much worse during my day's journey. He gave im mediate orders to this effect, procured me a servant to wait on the, and constituted himself my superintendent, little aware of the reduced state of my finances. Our author's difficulties, however, soon vanish. He has ktters of io roduction to several families ol distinc tion who warmly interest themselves in his beiali, and finally obtiin fur him from the Emperor the rank of Major in the Regiment of Dragoons of Nijegosode,asd he speedily joins 'be Array of the Cauca.us (destined to quell the revolts of the Tartar tribes), order-General Yermolow. From this General, Van Hale's receives thd kindest treatment, and he records the following sketch of this brave, honourable, and uprigt,t character : Yermolow spends most of his afternoons in active occupation., and genetally in the company of the young Aid.de.C.anips, whom he takes a pleasure in forming ; but to none of whom he ever ,hews the least partiality, which frequently excites jealousy, and spreads disunion among the officers of an army. His orders, whether written or verbal, are intrusted by him to the one who happens to be near his person. I have learned from persons who have known Gen.Yermolow from his youth, that he always took the greatest pleasure in literary pur suits. and is deeply read in the classics. It is not surprWiiig then it, with his studious habits, be should detest both drinking and gambling, the last of which, so difficult to repress among his coun trymen. he never tolerates. Indeed, it is the only thing in which he is intolerant, particularly if he feels any esteem for the person addicted to this vice. ..... In the evening, when the friends who hum his society witbdra*, and his occupations permit it, he returns to his boobs and papery; and as be never uses a watch, he seldom quits his studies till die ' sentry stationed near his window, who is purposely placed there by his friends, reminds him of the lateness of the hour, by the waists the makes when he is relieved. He then throws himself on his comb, and before the cannon annowices the dawn, he is already on foot and visiting the camp. Such is the invariable c,iiiduct of a man bearing the weight of a multitude of cares, fatigues, and re sponsi►ility, in the most extensive and complicated goveinnient of the Russian empire, especially eta time whets its southern frontiers are in a state of insurrection. To treat the soldiers as it they wet. his own brothers; to spare their blood as mach as possible, and in• Min and consolidate their sueireseesit to make himself loved and re spected by all those under his orders; to be neither mi* nor timid, as says the Latin motto of his coat of arrus;—such is Alexei Petro witch to his friends and his enemies. The baneful influence exerted by Russia in the affairs of my un happy country, and the total impossibility of my again finding an asylum in that empire, must render unsuspected the sentiments which I here avow, and which are dictated only by a reg.rd for truth and Impartiality, sad by the respect I feel for a man whole public and private virtues render him an object of general esteem and adentradon, except only to a few envious courtiers, inimical to the true interests a their country. With an anecdote and brief extract we must close. The fair at Nijnei Novgorod : In Russia the consumption of tea is very considerable, and, coo. sequently, an article much in demand at this fair. One merchant' alone, who had just arrived with his caravan from the frontiers of China, bad the year on sale teas to the value of 3,u00,00n of roubles'. This man, who cams always accompanied by his yaung wife, a lady possessing many personal attractions yearly perish"' 4 'journey to China at the head of his caravans. One day we met this lady at a shop buying four shawls, for which she paid 12,000 roubles.' We were surprised at seeing that a woman, who seareily frequented society for twenty days in the year, (most of her time being spent in travelling) should waste so much money in mere articles of luxury; but she eapLtined the riddle to us, when she noticed our surprise, by saying in a very graceful manner, that was her husband liked to see her dressed in the European taabion, she bought tho,e articles to wear them in their journey through the deserts, her only happiness consi ring in pleasing him." WEDDINGS AND FUNERAL CEREMONIES 'OF Till GEORGIANS. Although the Georgian weddings are similar to the Russian; as far as regards the religious ceremony, they differ in other respect., particularly among the nobility. The marriages in this class are alwayscontracted with a view to family interests, and very rarely through love and esteem. It was formerly the coition for the parents to betroth their children from the cradle,.anel their union often took place at so early an age, that the united years of the bride and bridegroom did not amount to twenty-four. ft was by this means the unhappy parents eluded the tribute both of girls. nd boys whom the 'fears of Georgia were obliged to send to the Mahometans when they were tributary to them. Another indivensaMe part of the etiquette was, that the betrothed persons should not have pre. 'busty seen each other, a custom which, since their intercourse.wiih the Russians, is not so much adhered to. The ceremony to which [allotted above, however, remains unchanged, such being the attach ment of these people to their ancient customs. The bride proceeds to the church covered with a thick veil, in which are two holes for the eyes, and the bridegroom leads her by the hand to the altar with the anxiety natural to one who has not the remotest idea of the physical or moral qualities of his bride.— When the religious ceremony is concluded, they are conducted to the house of the girl's parents amidst the bring of musketry, where the couple are placed in the middle of a saloon, the bride, still covered with her veil; and all their friends sit sound them, for several hours remaining in the sari, attitude, without uttering a single word, or taking any refreshment; whilst the bride and bride groom, by their immobility, appear more like two figures oo an altar than two human helps., the latter probably praying Heaven for a favourable denouement of this matrimonial drama. After this long penance, the bridesmaid lifts up the veil of the briSe. It may be easily conceived the different impressions which this act must produce in the bridegroom, who, however, folds his wife in his arms, of course more than once, if his prayer has been listened to; and thus often love begins where etiquette ends. Sdon after my arrival at Tellis, General Ahuerdoff, commandant of the artillery of the Georgian army, whose house I had much fre quented, died in the flower of his age. Although I have always been of opinion, that some better means than funeral processions and parade might be devised to evince our regret for the loss of those we love and esteem, the friendly terms on which I bad been with the family obliged me to accept an invitation to attend the funeral. I therefore repaired to the house of General Ahuerdof at the ap. pointed hour, where I found the body lying in state. The officers most attached to him acted as pall-bearers, and the military cere.. loony was in every respect similar to that used in Europe; but immediately after the carper, the widow and children of the de ceased advanced on foot in deep mourning. On our arrival at the church, she was led to the steps of the funeral monument raised in the middle of the church, where she remained during the long Greek requiem, offering the most afflicting spectacle imaginable ; and, as if this were not spflicient, the wretched lady and her chit dren were conducted to the top of the monument, to take their last farewell of the mortal remains deposited in the coffln. The scene of distress which followed was of a truly heart.rending eat•re. It confirmed me in my opinion of the uselessness of these distresdng ceremonies, which, notwithstanding their antiquity, I cannot help considering as and.religious ; the object of true religion being rasher to soften than heighten our afflictions. The Georgians observe the same rites in their funerals as the Bamboo; let Mae of their ceremonies differ. Thus the ' • Tea I. dearer at Nljnei than in lensbod or Ng bat the tavola is much finer than that which crone, ,MICIAIIIO %.01. is the hone of I• I arth America ; the 'eau • ,