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Admiral Heyden expected a corvette be longing to his squadron to take him back to the A zoff„ at Vuurla, whence he intended to go to Poros and Egins. Admiral Sir P. Malcolm arrived at Youth nu the 19th October, with five ships of the line! I' V DER THE IMMEDIATE PATRONAGEOY HIS MAJESTY. Sr TIRIIMISIOS OS THR SMUT HON. OM LORD CHAMIZRIAIN. THE PUBLIC axe respectfully informed, that THREE REPRESENTATIONS of ITALIAN OPE RAS, by the Pupils of the Royal Academy of Music, will be given, by Subscription, before Christmas, at the Great Room of this Theatre, recently fitted up, with appropriate Scenery and Deana. tions, for this express purpose. The First Representation will take place On SATURDAY, Sth December, When will be performed Routes favourite Opera Buffa, in Two Acts, entitled L'ITALIANA IN ALGIERI. We have received a copy of the Ccnvention entered into between the Greeks and Turks in Eastern Greece, of which the following is a translation We the undersigned, Omsk Aga, Osman Aga, Asian Bey kionhoudari, having been beaten in a battle wkh the Greeks at Pietra, on the 12th instant, and being now too weak to be able to pass that position by open force, have requested the Commander in Chief, Demetrius Ypsilanti, who commanded tb4 Greeks in the said engagement, to allow us to pass unmolested, and we have ob tained his consent on the following conditions : " Art. I. The &ratarch D. Ypsilanti engages to evacuate the upper fortifications of Pietro, commanded by the Chillarch Chris todulo H. Petro, at break of day, and when the hostages shall have been exchanged. Art. 2. He will deliver up all the Turks who are prisoners in the Greek camp as soon as the Turks shall have freed all the Greeks who are prisoners In their camp. TIM I'IDICIFAL CIUSACTSIS ST Miss CHILDR, , Mlse BROMLEY , Miss TUCKER, Mr. BRIZZI, Mr. E. SPAGNOLETTI, Mr. P. SMITH, And Mr. E. SEGUIN. FRENCH FUNDS—Pates, Nov. 24. Five per Cents, 1091. 1081.95 c. Three per Cents, 841. 4k. 40e. 35c. 30e. 3k. % Bank Itsolt..l9oof. 19151. Rentes de Naples. 93f. 60e. 05e. 50e. Rentes d'Espagne, 7j. Royal Spanish Loan, 571 i 561jj 561 j. Haytian Loan, 3801. 3771. 50c. Excuaxass os LONDON.—One month, 25f. 75ce. Three ditto, 25f. 60c.—Cours ifitthenfigue, Nov. 24. The Orchestra will be composed entirely of Pupils of the Academy, under the direction of Mr. C. Porna. TZILKS ow suitscairriou. - - Admission for the Three Nights to the Amphitheatre...el 1 0 Ditto for One Night 0 10 6 Subscriptions received by Mr. Seguin, at his Library, 12, Re gent-street, where Private Boxes, for Pour or Six Persons, may be secured. The Number of Borer being limited, an early Application is requested. Its. Mozart's Opera Buffa of " Con Fax Torn" wiU be pro duced on Sazustur, the 12th of December. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. NOTWITHSTANDING the nightly Overflows, BILLY TAYLOR (which encreases in Attraction and Popularity, and is accompanied from beginning to end with roars of laughter,) can only be played a few nights longer. In consequence of Mr. YATES being under the necessity of going to France, the BOLD DRAGOONS mast be withdrawn this Week. THURSDAY, FRIDAY, and SATURDAY, will be pre sented an entirely new Burlesque Burletta, called BILLY TAYLOR, THE GAY YOUNG FELLOW! Founded upon the celebrated Naval Ballad of that name. Principal Characters—Billy Taylor, the Gay Young Fellow, Mr. John Reeve ; Carob. Lanterinus, a Watchman, afterwards one of the New Police, Mr. 0. Smith; Captain Fl atbottem, of the Thunderbumb, Mr. Gallot ; Mary Wagstaff, a Lady fair and free, afterwards Lieut. Carr, Mrs. Fitzwilliam. A Comic Burletta, called TOO LATE FOR LOVE! Principal Character►, by Messrs. Mathews, Benson, Hill, Hem mings, Mrs. Edwin, and Miss Daly. After which, CURIOSITY CURED. Kitty Curious, Mrs. Fitswillism. To conclude with LOVE LAUGHS AT BAILIFFS. Principal Characters, by Messrs. Mathews, Wilkinson, Butler, Gallas, Hemmings, Beason Hill; Miss Daly and Miss Apjekn. • THE COLOSSEUM. REGENTS PARK. THE PROPRIETORS of this MAGNIFICENT EXHIBITION invite the attention of the Public to the NEW ARRANGEMENT FOR ADMISSION: To View the PANORAMA, with the Original BALL re moved from St. Paul. Cathedral, the PROS PECT from the Summit of the Building, and the SALOON for the reception of Woe be of Art, 56. CONSERVATORIES, Fountain, and Swiss Cottage, 2.. -.... PANORAMA only, is. The whole to be viewed fur Five &mimics. ANNUAL TICKETS of ADMISSION, One Guinea each, to • be bad at the North Lodge. N.D. The Ascending Room being now completed, is used daily, is raising Visitors to the Gallery. Open from 10 till dusk. This day is published, RECREATIONS IN SCIENCE, or a Complete Series of Rational Amusement. By the Author of '• Endless Amusement." In illmo. Illustrated by numerous Engravings, price 3s. 6J. Effingham Wilson, 88, Royal &change. On the 30th will be published. BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, No. CLX. for December, 1829. I. Noetes Mahn:slams. No. 47.-11. Phenomena of the Great Earthquake of 178.1, in Calabria and An Essay on the Theory and Writings of Wordsworth. Part 4.-IV. Letter from Thomas Dibdin, Stanzas on seeing a recently erected Monument in the Chapel of Greenwich Hospital: VI. Panegyric on Pride.—V 11. Wellingtoa in Cadiz; or tbe Con -lueror and the Cones —VIII. Political Prospects in Ireland.— X. Our Domestic Policy. No. 2.—X. Monologue, or Soliloquy on the Annuals. Printed for Wm. Blackwood, Edinburgh ; and T. Cadell, Strand, London. 8, Now BuatisavoN-Svaarr. N I MRS. CO LBURN and BENTLEY have just published the following NEW WORKS:— TALES of an INDIAN CAMP. 3 vols. post f1v0..315. ed MEMOIRS of BOLIVAR, President Liberator of the Re public of Columbia. In two vas. post Soo. with Portrait, 21a. TALES of a BRIEFLESS BARRISTER. Three vols. post Bvo. 38s. 6d. -- --.--. Dr. EDMUND CALAMY's HISTORICAL ACCOUNT of HIS OWN LIFE and TIMES. In two large vols. with Portrait, TALES of MY TIME. By the Author of " Blue Stocking Hall." In three vols. post tlen. Ws. 6d. MEMOIRS and CORRESPONDENCE of THOMAS JEFFERSON, late President of the United States. In two vols. Bvo. with Portrait, 245. In a few days, THE EXCLUSIVES!!! A Novel. In three vols. post Bvo. PRIVATE MEMOIRS of the COURT of LOUIS XVIII. By a Lady. In two Yoh. Bvo. TRAVELS in the EAST. By John Came, Esq. Author of " Letters hom the Fast," printed uniformly with . the Letters. In one vol.post Bvo. 10s. 6d. Nearly ready, The POETICAL WORKS of the Rev. GEORGE CROLY. Two Vols. post two. , •.. • ESTABLISHED MEDICI N RS; NEWBERY ai.d SONS, Proprietors of Dr. 6 JAMES'S and other valuable Medicines, caution the Public -. . ghat Counterfeits, and acquaint them, that none but the genuine • lee sold at their Warehouse, No. 43, in St. - Paol's Cburch.yard, '• Ow third houw Irons Clseapside. s. d. a. d. Dr. James's Powder 29 I Dr. Steer's Opodeldoc 2 9 . .. is in a Bottle 24 0 Camomile Drops 1 9 Ant& p•ic Pills 4 6 Convulsion Oil 2 6 • = Cattle Powder 1 6 Paregoric Lozenges 1 le Dalin', Carminative 1 9 ' Bilious Pills (Newbery's) 9 9 Collins's Cephalic Snuff 1 li Dr. Salvors Powder 19 0 Mr. Spence s Dentifrice 40 I Essence of Coltsfoot 2 9 Huzbam's Tincture 3 6 Ditto 6 6 The authenticity . of the above will be ascertained by the name of-" F. Nzwssav being engraved in the Scamp. Dr. Sulander's Tea 2 9 I Dr. Hnoptr's Ails I ;1 e And ev e ry other Medicine of repute. On telliai az, dle Stamps are allowed. .:et 6 •• • . . " Art. 4. He will accompany the Turkish troops with the requl• site force to Boudonnitza, in order to ensure their safety, and the hostages will be exchanged there. " Ossak Aga, Osman and Asian Bey engage— " Art. 5 1; Op their road to Boudonnitsa, not in the least to in jure the inhabitants, their harvests, or their cattle. " Art. 6. To take away with them the garrisons which are now In Livadia, in the Khan of Cadl, Tarcochori, and Fontana—that is, to evacuate entirely those positions, and to leave the garrisons of Boudonnitza, &c. as far as the Thermopylae and Alamauna, as they now are, and without strengthening then. " Art. 8. The Turkish troops will begin their march when the Stratarch shall have informed them that the upper fortifications of Piett; have been evacuated. and when the hostages shall have been exchanged. " Art 9. The Greek prisoners are to be given up before the Turks begin to move from Pietra. " Art. 10. In testimony that the above Articles have been stipu lated on the faith of our honour, we have signed and sealed, and delivered, two copies of this Agreement. " A YPSILANTI, Stratarch. " OSMAN AGA. " OSSAK AGA. " ASLAN BEY MONHOURDARI. " Camp of Pieta, Sept. 15, (25) 1829." (The third and seventh Articles merely mention the names of the hostages exchanged.) FRENCH PAPERS: From the Messager des Chambres of Tuesday. VIENNA, Not•. 14. TMs morning, at eight o'clock, her Imperial Highness the Arch duchess Maria Beattie, of Este, Duchess of Massa and Carrara, died, after a short illness, at the age of 110. Letters from Naples announce that Count Ribeauplerre is on his way to Constantinople. We are here as if in the middle of winter, the streets being co vered with snow a foot deep. PARIS, Nov. 24. A Cabinet Messenger, coming from London, arrived here yes terday, at the hotel of the Spanish Legation, and was dipatched the same night for Madrid. It appears certain that active negotiations are going on at this moment respecting the Sovereign who is to govern Greece. It is affirmed that Prince Michael Sasso has chances in his favour. To judge by the cold which we have had for some days past, there is reason to expect a very severe winter. The snow has fallen this morning as it usually does in the months of January and February. From the Austrian Observer of Nov. 15. • CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. 26. Every thing here is assuming a pacific appearance. The orders and firmans of the Porte are dated according to the form usual in time of war, from the Raki, or imperial Stirrup. This is on account of the absence of the Sultan, and of the Standard of the Prophet from the capital, and the continued residence of the Grand Vizier in the camp at Sbumla. The Sultan himself, and part of his Court, are still at Ramis Schiflik, but the camp at that place is broken up, and the troops have been removed for the most part to the barracks in the capital. The attention of the Porte is directed to the maintenance of public security, which is disturbed in some parts of Asia Minor, even in the vicinity of. Smyrna, by robbers and marauding bands of soldiers, and to restore its authority, which has been set at nought in several districts of Macedonia by the Mussulman inhabitants, who have arbitrarily deposed their Ayans. On the other band, the troubles which broke out some time ago at Aleppo, and which at first seemed dangerous, because the ancient chiefs of the Janissaries took part in them, have been suppressed by the prudence and energy of Ali Pacha, the Governor. One of the beneficial consequences of the restoration of peace.is the recal of the Eanariots, who, at the beginning of the Greek insurrection, were exiled to Bruise and other places in Asia Minor, and have now obtained permission to return to Constantinople, which they had before often Solicited in-vain. Hopes are enter tained that the Catholic Armenians, who have been banished from the capital for these two years, will obtain the same favour. Seve ral of these eaiies have already returned to the capital, without any obstacle to their return baying been raised by the Porte, and the Catholic Churches are again frequented as before the adoption of those measures. Mahmud Aga, ately Superintendant of Pera and Galata, is dis missed, and his office given to Nurf Bey, Treasurer of the Captain Pacha. Hamid sty, formerly Reis Effendi, is appointed In tend ent of the Camp of the Grand Vizier. Notwith.tanding the lateness of the season, the navigation in the Black Sea assumed, immediately on the conclusion of the pc.ce, a degree of activity long unknqwn, and many ships laden with corn have already arrived here from the Russian sorts in the Black Sea. Last week there were violent storms, in which some of the ships that have sailed front this port perished near the mouth of the Bos phorus, among which was an Austrian, the crew of which .was, however, saved. VIENNA, Nov. 14. Letters from Smyrna say, that Admirals Heyden and !Mord, with four ships of the line, and three other ship of war, arrived on the sth October in the roads of Vourla, where the Austrian Admiral, Count Dandols, was at anchor with the Bellona aisd Hebe frigates. Admiral Rigny, on board the Conquerant, arriftd in the roads of Smyrna October 13. On the same day Admiral Heyden went to Smyrna incognito; on board the French Admiral's ship, and repaired to the xeti dence of M. Van Lennep, Consul-General of the Netherlands. The object of his visit was merely to have time to visit. tho_city, which is celebrated for Its beautiful situation. and as the eispo riem tar the Levant. The Admiral visited all gearlera, the hissers, ths inpores,and the principal buildings. On the 14th, he• visited M. Winkelasaia, the • Swedish Consul, is the pretty village of Burnavat ; and on his return, dined with M. Leo- FIGHT IN ST. PETER'S, ROME. Some years ago, during the Holy week, a rencontre took place hi St. Peter's, which is, probably, the only one of the kind that ever occurred in that sacred edifice. On Good Friday a large cross, illuminated with a variety of lamps, is exhibited to the multitude, and thousands from every quarter of the city Rock to the cathedral to witness the sight. A party of English went among the rest, and not finding much to admire, they walked round the church, con versing on various topics, and, among others, on the beauty and size of the hundred marble pillars that adorn the interior of it. In the course of one of their turns they passed a German, on his knees (almost the only person in that posture in the church) who, after paying his devotions to some Saint, approached the party, up braided them in an angry tone for pulluting the church by such conversation, and then left them, muttering something in French.' One of the party followed him, to ask for some explanation, when the German, as be was passing the famous bronse statue of St. Peter, suddenly turned round, and strnck the Englishman in the eye with his cane. This was too much for John Bull's Christian patience, and, regardless either of St. Peter or St. Paul, he resented the aggression by a box on the ear, which brought the German to the ground. While he lay in this state for fully a minute, quite senseless, some of the soldiers, who are always on guard on occa sions of this kind, surrounded them, and the Captain, after hearing both sides of the question, took them into custody, to await the decision of the Cardinal on duty for the night. After remaining two hours in a small Room adjoining the cathedral, they underwent an examination by two Priests, who were deputed by the Cardinal for that purpose, and were then marched off under an escort to a guard-room at the foot of the Capitol. After a delay of two hours more, a Monsignore, one of the higher Clergy, came to the guard room with the decision of the Cardinal in writing. This paper began with an account of the origin of the quarrel, and, after en larging on the enormity of the offence, and the sin of polluting the temple of Goo by such unchristianlike conduct, the Cardinal con cluded by stating that the German was the aggressor, and em powered the officer on duty to set the two foreigners at liberty en giving their word of honour that they would prosecute the affair no further. John Bull did not think this quite fair, as he had got a black eye without any just provocation, but the officer put an tad to the business by whispering in his ear, " the Cardinal knows that the!German is a little mad (poco matto) and the English nation is a noble nation, and you ought to forgive him." Quorum pars magna ROME, Nov. 4. Since the Ist of the month we have had nothing here but a succession of fetes—l mean of religious fetes; for, as to the " comestibles," all the world has been Amphytrion unto itself. The let of the month (Sunday) was All Saints-day, and on that occasion I made it a point to attend Vespers in the Cathedral of St. Peters. The Pope was not present, and, therefore, a great number of our countrymen—comprising English, Irish, and Scotch—were griev ously disappointed. Nevertheless, the ceremony was striking, dra matic, and amusing ; but, as these terms are general, and give no very precise notions, I must enter somewhat into detail, in order that you may be able to judge for yourself. Of St. Peter's itself I will give no description, because I know you would not, nor, in deed, ought not, to bear with me in the telling of a " twice-told tale." You must, therefore, be 'pleased to imagine yourself within the area of that vast Cathedral, Ins small chapel half way op the left side of the aisle, at the time of four o'clock in the afternoon, with a " dim religious light," admirably suited to the ceremony and occa sion. In a few minutes after that hour, enters the Arch, or High Priest, clothed in rich vestments, between a tkeacon and Sub- Deacon, with habiliments to correspond, bearing on their heads caps in shape and figure resembling a wine tunnel. No doubt there is something mystic and all.saving in the shape of these machines, as a Frenchman would call them, but the" rationale" of the thing I am so stupid as not to be able to give you ; and you, therefore, must be contented with hearing simply that the matter is so, with out knowing anything whatever of the why or the wherefore about which Englishmen in general are so very troublesome. Closely following the High Priest are 38 Prebendaries. and 50 Minor Ca nons, who range themselves in the stalls appropriated to their use, and which are admirably adapted, not alone for comfort, but for that luxurious " causerie," or, as we would say, chit-chat, which is so edifyingly and spiritedly carried on during the progress of the Service. Next enter the Acolytes and Servitors, bearing pillars of wax candles, and censers with the animated Thurifers, who swing them so dextrously sideways, crossways, endways, and sill other ways that heads can divine and hands execute. Next enter the choir into a side gallery, over which a veil is drawn ! The choir of St. Peter's consists of fifteen voices—viz. two bass, two tenor, two counter-tenor, two barytbne, two contra-alto, and five Velutized members of the tuneful band. When all are ar ranged, a Swiss fugiemaa (dressed very much like Grimal4l as the Clown) gives the cue for business to commence, and forthwith the Arch-priest aggravates his voice, as " 'twere any nightingale," to the greater honour and glory of Gon. The Diu de ee fairly begun by a most dissonant chorus, composed of boys. women, eunuchs, and asthmatic old men, the Prebendaries and Canons commence— their talk and laughter! This one offers snuff to his neighbour— while the other adjusts the band, arranges the stole, or disposes to more picturesque advantage the tall of the holy man who is so polished as well as sanctified. Presently the long-nosed and agreeable Canon, seated on the last row, sees a pretty English woman, and. presto / he directs the wandering attention of the fair and fresh-coloured Prebend, who sits beside him, to the heretic dame, the light of whom eyes might lead him astray, though it Is not " light from Heaven. ' But I will pass ever this disgraceful part of a scene so repugnant to the feelings of an Eng lishman, and say a word or two on the music. It is, in truth, delightful ; and if any thin:, midst a scene so ill calculated to in spire devotion, could melt the soul to tenderness and love, it would be the echo of those sweet and simple Lydian and Phrygian airs, which, though so uniform in melody, yet give a soft and plaintive melancholy to the words that must sink deep into the least suscep tible heart. When one listens to this music without heeding what is passing to the right or the left, without bestowing a thought on the loquacium•Canons, or a look on the jessamy and stage-stricken choir from which it proceeds, it is indeed difficult not to be melted into tears; and one can well understand and deeply toter into the feelings of St. Augustine, who, during the performance of this cere mossy, wept aloud (as he avows in his amusing Confession.) at the Cathedral of Milan. At five o'clock Vespers are over ; but, as if an hour were too much to devote to the wurslrp of Coo, the few stray Cardinals who attend this ceremony, and the Canute. • and Prebends in great number, frequently enter into the body of the Church, to talk louder or joke more broadly than they could in the smaller Chapel. So much for Sunday. the first day in No vember ; but the same system is pursued every Sunday in the year In which Vespers is performed in the noblest Cathedral in the Christian world. It is now nee dfol that I should say a few words on the festival of All Souls, and on the Papal Mass performed on that day at Monte Cavallo. At nine o'clock on that morning grea t numbers of English flock to the Quirinal ; but they have usually to wait two hours, for his Holiness does not make his appearance before 11. So it was on Monday last ; and, instead of being but ne up the aisle of the Papal Chapel en the shoulders of 20 valets, the Pope walked in from the Sacristy, attended only by half a dozen Servitors. Each of these had some particular duty assigned to hint. For instance, one held the Pontiff's breviary, a second took charge of his spectacles, a third hi• pocket handkerchief of white lawn, a fourth of his mitre with two tails, a fifth his stole, and so on. All this put one in mind of Madame de Canspan's lively description of the toilette of Maria Antoinette, who was as much the slave of tyrant ceremony as the Bishop of Rome. Each of the maids of honour had a reticular duty ; one pot on the chemise of the Queen, another her jupon, but, between them all, it often fell out that the poor Queen was left shivering, if the attendant was nut ready, for none dare infringe on the legitimate duty of the lady whit Iv al the brevet of appointment. So it is with the Pope. His spectacles were sometimes not to be found when he had need of thew, and anon they were thrust on him when he wished them far enough away. Some of the Pontifical dressers wero awkward, some slow ; but there was one who was great in his calling—that dexterous and lively man-milliner, Cardinal Albani. This Mer cury among the leaden heads was here, there, and every where ; and seemed the very shallow of holiness, so closely did he stick to it. His nimbleness, alertness, and Figaro faculty (of which cha racter. by the bye, he is the very impersonation in figure as well as in manner) formed a grateful contract to the .touching air, lum bering gait, and dull decorousness of his brother Cardinals. There is something supremely ridiculous in the dress of these function aries. The tail or train of their purple robe is. at least, six feet long, and, till they enter the chapel, this is twisted like a rope, and held up by their private chaplains. Wheat till , come into the house of Goo, however, the train is let fall, and, peacock-like, they walk to their seats! The Chaplain, when they are seated, places him. self at the particular Cardinal!. feet to whom he belongs, and the ceremony proceeds. ?flans over, the Pope gives his blessing, an d the world departs in peace. Yesterday being the Realm, of St. Clark., and the birth-day of his Most Christian Majesty of France, the Pope came in state to the Chapel of St. Charles, in the Corso, attended by his body and Swiss Guards, as well as the Roman gendarmerie. This is the representative of Christ on earth, who had no retinue, and was a lowly one. and who came to give "peace on earth, and goodwill to men !" His Holiness was carried up the chapel from his car riage, on a superb gilt throne, ornamented with marabou feathers, in the form of a fleur-de-lis. the arms of France, by 20 valets in scarlet liveries. He was too ill, however , to officiLe„ and a young Cardinal, dressed .in white satin, with white satin pantaloons, and shoes of white satin, embroidered with gold tassels, officiated for him. During a part of the ceremony his Holiness appeared to me to sleep, and when it was necessary that be should bless the con gregation, he appeared sick and languid. No wonder ! A man who is always surrounded by state, who is always acting a part, who never takes off his pontificials, and who is hardly permitted to blow his nose without the intervention of a Bishop in pontifica- Jibes. must lead a weary and miserable life, and often sigh for the dull repose of the humble convent, which be has quitted to ex change for the chair of St. Petet's, and a world of ceremonial, such as I have described. Rousseau remarks somewhere (I forget now,) that it is neces sary to have spectacles for the people; and, as regards the Roman people, this is certainly true. They are all, with a few exception*, deeply penetrated by these ceremonies,:and I should conce v il the truth if I did not also avow that the *matters which I hate at tempted to describe produce a deep impression of awe, and often, too, of veneration, on the minds of the younger portion of our Pro. testanc countrywomen, whose eyes are too often the portals to their heart; but it is also consolitery to think that those who only yield to the suggestions of reasons (and 1 number among this class the majority of English men and women) see the matter in its true light ; and though they may be strong advocates for Emancipation, and the most perfect toleration at home, are, nevertheles4, deeply imbued with the mischievousness of a system which makes cere mony every thing; a system which prohibits knowledge, to per petuate the worst of tyranny—intellectual tyranny. COMMERCE. Public attention is already directed to the Rest India Question, although perhaps not with that degree of intensity which it may be expected to excite ere the subject comes before • Parliament. The arguments on both sides have been so frequently and so elaborately stated, that it may not be possible to throw much further light on a topic so universally interesting. The great bone of contention will be the Tea Trade. On this, as well as other branches of the question,extretne positions will naturally be taken on both sides. It may be safely admitted, that history furnishes no erample of an Association that has been conducted with such general and profound ability as the English East India Company.— Whatever may have been the delinquencies or malversation of par ticular individuals, or the oppressive nature of the system under which this long-maintained monopoly has been conducted, it were scarcely possible to doubt that the possession of India has largely contributed to the power of Great Britain, and to her weight in the scale of Nations. Such has ever been the opinion en the Coo tinent of Europe. The French and the Hollanders continue to deplore the loss of their valuable commerce with the East, which no political event could now restore, inasmuch as India evidently cannot continue stationary ; and hence to resume their former rela tions without it were impossible. It is clearly foreseen by the India Company, that however they may be supported by the powerful and extended influence they are known to possess. something must be relinquished to secure the preservation of a portion of their mono poly. Of territory or territorial revenue, those who seek free participation in the tragic wish our Eastern possessions, have never betrayed the remotest wish to deprive the Company. If driven from the many strong fortresses behind which they will entrench themselves, they may finally capitulate, on condition of preserving intact that only portion of their commerce which is said to yield actual profit the Tea Trade. But to maintain the entire monopoly of tire China Trade can hardly be viewed as within probablity. Lungei to re strain the British merchant from that intercourse, which is open to all the rest of the world, were an inconsistency of policy of which it were difficult to suspect any Minister of the present day. The mistaking principle which tolerated—nay, encouraged Ame rican access to the pot ts of British India, while British ships were excluded, has already been abandoned ; but Canton, from which American vessels cannot be excluded, is still closed against those of our private merchants. To perpetuate such exclusion, must be beyond hope even by the most sanguine advocate of the Company. Experience has• shewn in defiance of the reasons adduced on the Inquiry that preceded the last renewal of the Charter. by the late Mr. Charles Grant, and other gentlemen of distinguished talent and experience—that neither India nor China is hermetically sealed against the productions of Europe. Prejudices, alleged to be invincible, have notoriously given way, to an extent, positively contradictory of the opinions maintained in the evidence given on behalf of the C.ompiny. And it may be confidently asserted, that the actual vend and consump tion of European productions have surpassed even the anticipa tion of those who petitioned for free participation in the trade with India. . . _ It will not be denied that the Introduction of cotton twist in In dia was not at that pallid contemplated as an important branch of traffic ; still less was it thought of for China. Yet. according to the general tenor of communications, through various channels, an increasing consumption of this article in India and in China is con sidered highly probable. If it be not viewed by the Chinese Go vernment as interfering too greatly with, perhaps. the most widen* art of d o m es tic life—spinning—what should prevent the subtstitu tion 01 English cotton thread for the one bundled and eighty.four thousand six hundred bales of cotton imported into Canton last pear, from Bengal, Bombay. and Madras? The greatest dilliculty in the commerce with India is, the deficiency of homeward freight. Let but the attention of the Company, and of privati settlerrebe di rected to the culture of a suitable quality of cotton—produced in India, even one-half of the seven or eight thousand bags of cotton wool annually invoiced into this country—give due encouragetnent . . . . and protection to the glow* and impureatan of cotton grow% open the soil of India—then will British -hipping deserve that emilbtment and ptofit which have so long been abeorbedbyi rivalorhode avowed policy byte exclude-and sopplant the manufacterekof cotton Alston() drawn from this country. At some period—no matter when—the United States will be able to supply thernseivestsith falletidititures of cotton. •Ptlaiosaiogothe. rudiments of mechanical aodowative knoriedgc.puseveransitpid caertoos will ensure the ultimate complishment or thittbll) . « " • • • •:; . i