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that were to repair to Portugal have suspended their depar ture : some brigs sailed for that destination, but the ships Ind frigates are still at anchor. It is hence supposed that Don Miguel has consented to give satisfaction for the of fences made to French citizens in Lisbon. The Prince of Joinville arrived here yesterday, and was well received. He embarked this morning to go and visit the Hyeres Islands. A courier from Warsaw arrived in Paris on Sunday even lag at the Foreign•otfice, and it was instantly reported that the Poles had gained an important victory. We have ob tained no confirmation of that event. The Warsaw Gazette of the 10th vaguely mentions that General Krasinki obtain td au advantage over General Kreutz's division near Lublin. Krasinki's corps, which forms part of the right wing of the , Polish army, must have been considerably weakened by Dwernicki's departure, so that the affair could not have been lf much importance. The Polish papers contain no sanitory bulletin ; but the extraordinary precautions taken along the Thole Prussian line lead us to fear that the cholera presents tic most alarming character. The measures are so rigorous, that any person attempting to force the cordon is ordered to instantly shot.—Quotidienne. MEETING OF CORTES BONDHOLDERS IN PARIS.—A meeting of the holders of Cortes Bonds was held on the 21st M the Grand Bazaar, Rue St. Honor€, to consider the best means of enforcing their claims on the Spanish Government, ar.d to receive the report of a committee, appointed by them the bondholders) on the 15th of April last, to take measures for the general interest of the creditors of the King of Spain. --A %cry plain-looking man was called to the chair, whose brurie we could not learn. The meeting was, in fact, corn-' nosed of very heterogeneous materials, including persons of both sexes—of all ages and colors. The President informed the assembly, that they had been convened to consider and devise the best means of asserting their rights ; that, after exhausting every possible means of obtaining redress through the Government, he was sorry to state that little tope was to be expected to obtain justice in that quarter. He considered the Government to have literally abandoned them. He then asked were the Bondholders disposed to prosecute their claim before the Courts of Law, and to al % ance the necessary funds for the prosecution of M. Aguado and the other contractors ? The meeting then resolved upon a formal protest against the new scheme of the Spanish Government, and that it should be handed to the Syndicat of the licensed Stock-brokers, and the Committee should apply for advice to an eminent lawyer, to ascertain were the crediters in a condition to institute proceedings against M. Lafitte and other contractors. A voluntary subscription having been entered into, to defray the expenses to be in mrred, the assembly broke up at one o'clock. " A person," says the Globe, " whose station in society -nables him to acquire a knowledge of the proceedings of the cabinet of Madrid, writes on the 9th instant from that capital that measures will shortly be taken in Spain, both Political and financial, of a very unexpected nature, and that it is more than probable an arrangement will be entered into between Spain and her ancient colonies to the full satis faction of both parties." By a letter from Cholet, of the 15th, it is stated that the excitement created in the Marais, the Bocage, and at Beaupri.ati, has subsided. The Chouans are reduced to the most deplorable condition, and cannot possibly remain any longt.r in a body." At the last Assizes of Versailles the Duke de Perigord las summoned on the Jury, but applied to be struck out of Ihv list, because, being a Peer of France, ho had become a luage, and by the terms of Art. 384 of the Code of CH aiival Instruction, Jndges were exempt from serving on Juries. The Court, however, decided that the privilege of :Le Peerage did not extend to this exemption, Peers being Judges only occasionally. The Duke has appealed to the Court of Caseation. Au English Quaker, Mr. Sargent, who has resided many years in Paris, appeared on Tuesday in the Court of Assizes to give evidence in a case of theft. On being called upon ),v the President to take the usual oath, be observed that he could not do this consistently with his religious principles, .and that the Courts always admitted persons of his sect to be excused from this obligation. The President admitted that it was the practice in the Court of Cessation in similar -3. e, to accept a simple affirmation, and therefore received the evidence of Mr. Sargent. BRUSSELS PAPERS RECEIVED THIS DAT. ANTWERP, Blev 20.—NotwIthstandlng the tranquillity which pre vails In the city, some emigrations have taken place. The worksof the trench have been carried to within 100 metres of the lunette. General Chasse yesterday sent a flag of truce into the city, to announce that unless the works were stopped, be should be obliged to bombard; because the terms of the agreement were violated. Orders were imme diately given to call in the workmen. The Regent's order of the day was read to the troops, to put them in mind of the terms of the agree. cunt. There is every reason to hope that things will go no farther... Independents. The works about the citadel were yesterday suspended for a moment ; but it is affirmed that they were resumed very late in the evening, Four or five mortars, with their carriages, were yesterday sent out of the Malines Gate. Bausszts.blee 21.—The Secret Committee of the Congress sat ;e•tudav from one o'clock to half-past tire; 170 members were pre. .eat. Nothing of what passed has transpired. Lord Ponsonby is not expected in Brussels till late to-day or :o.morrow. A Cabinet messenger arrived yesterday afternoon at six o'clock from Leaden, with despatches for Mr. Abercromby. Immediately after his stab al, all the English legation was set to work, to draw up despatches, to be sent to London ; and the messenger received orders to wait. We ate ignorant of the conteuts of the despatches brought to Mr. Abercromby ; but the tidily in the return of Lord Ponsonby to Brussels, le attributed to the arrival of M. Van Zuylen Van Nyevett at London. Be is said to have full powers from the King of Holland; and Lord Ponsonby has doubtless been desirous of knowing what Mr. Van Zuylen Ileught. The messenger above-mentioned is Mr. Littlewood : be says gave orders at Dover for the packet which is to bring Lad P. rtenby. ANTWERP, MAY 20.—Tae Dutch evacuated the Lunette of St. L4urent on the 13th ; but they have not destroyed the works they had r...,:et.41 there: our batteries continue to rise, as if by enchantment : the 'oaks were touch advanced last night : all will be finished on the 20th, the guns fur ricochet firing may be placed on the batteries. la - zest:men, May 18.—in the night of the 11th of this month, a +Acre was circulated in the town of Orlon, that the garrison of Lux ",l•••ttz hailmarched out, in order to disarm the civic guard. It was a ',he Alum ; however, every body was on foot in a few moments. The Belgian troops retired to the heights round the town, while the public .trietion.tries hastily packed up their most valuable effects, and their 1 4 1xN But the Stouts, who were sent towards Luxemburg, having .) . .Ight ward that no Prussian troops were to be seen, every body re. to tib post. The Emancipation says : " The Duke of %axe Weimar has just .b,cri notice, that he was going to carry into effect, the military occupation of the Communes. within four lea g ues of Luxemburg, -ecenling to pretended conventions of the confederation. Many corn "'tints, alarmed at these threats, and wishing to avoid the execution of send to Luxembourg, to offer their submission. The inhabitants tits summons that' have received, to surrender what arum they may 4 4 in their possession ; they carry them in themselves, and give a ncquivoc.al proof of their despondency." The Emancipation is mistaken ; nothing of the kind has been an. re.:nc.Z, and if the Civic Guards for four leagues were to be dis. 'tined, the measure of which the public knows nothing, would not be ozearar, to treaties ; and might, perhaps, be called for, by the .rdihary rules, for the preservation of all fortresses. ..~. .r-; ~- ;-~-- _ It is true that the Inhabitants of many villages within a circle of several leagues from Luxemburg, have voluntarily brought to their Burgomasters, and the °Seas of the Civic Guard, the muskets which they had lately received. These inhabitants do not in this obey any summons ; they look on these arms as a source of misfortune to them_ selves, and their villages; they wish to leave to the agents of the revo lution the care of defending interests of which they understand nothing, They wish to see an end, without their taking any part, of a contest from which they have hitherto derived only distress, exorbitant taxes, mendicity, and all kinds of disorders. These inhabitants are not dis couraged, but fatigued, hennaed, under the most heavy arbitrary yoke the day when order shall return, will be to them a festival, and they evidently call for it, by ',fusing to second the chiefs of the insurrection in their ideas of defending the territory against the Confederation.— Journal of Laseiaintrg.—lintseels Papers, May 22. DUTCH PAPERS RECEIVED THIS DAY. Rortwasaw, Maw 23.—The following is the 22d Protocol of the Congress of London. The Plenipotentiaries of the five great powers have met to deliberate on the resolutions which, accelerating the ac. complishnicnt of the objects of the protocols of the 20th and 27th January, 1831, may hew contribute to effoct the desirable state of peace, between Belgium and Holland, which Is the object of the care of the five courts, and of their constant exertions. Being unable to find the principle bases of sucka desirable result, otherwise than in the principles which are to regulate the separation between ILlgium and Holland, principles laid down in the protocol of 27th January, 1831, to which his Majesty the King of the Netherlands has entirely acceded the Plenipotentiaries were agreed, that the Commissioner in Brussels shall be instructed to communicate the said bases, without delay, to the Belgian Government, to make it sensible of the advantages which they hold out to Belgium, and to advise their acceptance of them. It is farther resolved by the Plenipotentiaries, that their Commis. sissitmer shall call the attention of the Belgic Government to the essen tial difference between the above principles, relative to the arrangements concerning the territory, which are considered as fundamental and irre vocable, and those whish concert the division of the debt, and the trade with the Dutch colonies. That, with respect to the debt, Lord Ponsonby shall observe to the Belgian Government, that as a part of the debt of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was supported by the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, a just share of this burden must still be borne by the Grand Duchy, which will so far lessen the burden of Belgium; lastly, that ii the Belgian government assents to the above-mentioned principles, the consequence of the assent must be, the speedy withdrawal of all the Belgic troops, that may be in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg; the entire cessation of all interference on the part of the Belgic government in the affairs of that country ; and the immediate sending to the Hague commissioners, for determining the boundaries, and of commissioners for making the preliminary at. rangemcnts. The experience of the preceding negotiations, conunencad at Brussels, has, nevertheless, obliged the Plenipotentiaries to take into consideration the contingency in s hich the basis fixed for the separation between Belgium and Holland should be r.jected by the Belgic Government, or if that Government should persevere in its pre- ceding eagerness for war and conquest. To provide against such contingencies, the plenipotentiaries have re solved, formally to declare to the Belgic Government— 1. That the dispositions called fundamental, and which are included in the first nine articles of the said basis, are, in the eyes of the five powers, irrevocable, according to the Protocols of 20th of January and 18th of February, 1831. 2. That according to section 2 of the Protocol of the 19th February, the independence of Belgium shall not be recognised by the Powers, except upon the conditions, and within the Emits which result front the Protocol of 20th January. 3. That if the representations, which Lord Ponsonby, by the pre sent Protocol, is instructed to make, should not be acceded to, all rela tions between the Five Powers and the Belgian Government shall im. mediately cease ; that Lord Ponsonby shall instantly leave Brussels, and that the Belgian Ambassador, who is at Paris, shall be requested to depart without delay. 4. That in case of the rejection of the above-mentioned proposals, if the Powers injured In their possessions by the Belgian Government, should be obliged to take the necessary measures, to cause their legal authority to be respected, or to restore it in all coun tries belonging, to them, which are out of the Belgian terri tory, which is declared neutral, the five Powers, according to the Bth section of the protocol of 19th Feb. can do no other than respect the right of the Power, by which the measures shall be taken. b. That in the same case, all the attempts of the Belgian Govern. went, or of ha troops, against the territory which, by the protocol of 1 20th Jan. is declared to be Dutch, and every violation of the armistice, as regulated by the protocol of 17th Now. 1830, and the letter of the Provisional Government of Belgium, dated 21st Nov. of the same year, which is annexed to the protocol No. 9, shall be considered as acts of hostility against the five Powers ; and as such be followed by all those measures wuich they may, after common deliberation, consider as the best calculated to maintain the integrity of the States threatened, and to attain the objects which are laid down in the fundamental protocol of 20th Jan. 1831. —Rotterdam Courant, May 24. BARBADOES, MARCH 21.—8 y the mail-boat which ar rived on Sunday from Leeward, we were informed that there was some dissatisfaction ansonethe slaves of Antigua, in consequence of the aboli tion of Sunday marketing. 11 7 c also understood that the island had been put under martial-law, and that a number of cane. fields had been destroyed by fire. But we abstained from no. tieing these unfortunate occurrences, until we should be in possession of further particulars. We have this morning learnt, by the arrival of the Nancy & 3lary, Captain Harris, that comparative tranquillity was restored when she left, and that martial law will cease on lflontlay next, should no disturbance take place in the mean time. There had not been any conflagration since Thursday ; and on Sunday the guard had orders to the on any negro who should attempt to enter the town with produce for sale, but no attempt of the kind was made. The preceding Sunday, the slaves assembled in the market in large numbers, and all the remonstrances alai persuasions of the magistrates failed to induce them to disperse. The paper before us do not state that any bloodshed had taken place. Our private accounts from Demerara inform us that the exchange on England had risen to the height of fifteen guilders to the pound sterling, in consequence of the merchants preferring to remit cash (even at that rate) to shipping produce, which would bring no price m the markets. The distress of the planters may be easily imagined from this circumstance. The following account has been presented to the Academy of Sciences, in Paris, of the measures adopted, during the last two years, for the improvement of the food of paupers, by introducing the use of gelatine matter extracted from bones. An apparatus for ex tracting it from bones, has been fitted up at the Hospital St. Louis, and at the Hotel Dieu. They use t we nty- e i g ht kilogrammes of bo nes daily at the former, and thirty at the latter estab lishment, with this distinction, th at the bones at the Hotel Dieu have previously been boiled twice in the copper, a process which makes a marked difference in the quantity of grease extracted. The apparatus at the hospital St. Louis, has alraidy been at work for 568 days, and has produced 1,052 kilognuumes of grease, and 512,100 rations of the gelatine matter. The process has been going en 424 days at the Hotel Dieu, incessantly, and the pro duce has bean 514 kilogrammes of grease, and 402,800 rations of the gelatine matter. Thus, by using merely the bones of the butcher's meat consumed in the Hospitals, they have procured a supply of 11 56 1 kilogrammes of rase, and 914,900 rations of a very nutritious substance. The two apparatus hove already furnished as much good of animal matter to the hospitals, as could be found in 38,268 kilogrammes of butcher's meat. On the otner hand, and considering only the gelatinous solution procured in this manner, and the preparation of soup from it, it would be necessary, in order to get at the same result, to use 228,721 kilogrammes of butchers' meat, or the entire produce of 782 oxen. . . We regret to state, that an explosion from fire-damp took place on Tuesday, in a coal-pit belonging to Mr. Bromilaw near Bt. Helens, Lancashire, attended with dreadful loss of life. Sixteen per. sons were in the pit at the time. Six bodies have already been taken out, and great fur is entertained respecting the fate of the other sufferers. LIVERPOOL, MAT 23.—There has been a fair demand this week for British Plantation Sugar, the sales amounting to 1 100 Mids. at steady rates. There was a fair demand for Cotton in the early part of the week, and rather better prices were obtained; but within the last few days there has been lees doing, and the advance has not been maintained. The Indigo sales on Thursday were not well attended, but went off, upon the whole, as well as could have been anti cipated. ~...,- "7'77 --77"---"ir'7' AN ELEGY WRITTEN IN THE CHURCH-YARD OF THE BOROUGH %iONGERS. The Tories groan their knell of parting sway, The grumbling throng turn slowly from each shire, The Placeman homeward plods his weary way, And haves the strife with feelings dark and dire. Now fade ambitious prospects from their sight, And all the land delightful visions keep, Save where the Tory mourns his shameful flight, Whose drowsy sonows lull our eyes to sleep ; Save that from yonder mouldering mound, The sorrowing Peer doth to the moon complain, Of !tact' as wandering near his secret ground, Molest his ancient arbitrary reign. Beneath those virtuous Whigs, the people's shade, Where swells their voice in many a potent call, Each in hie own disgrace for ever laid, The borough faction unlamented fall. The pleasant cheers of wealth bestowing place, The Tory clattering with his golden bait, Corruption's call re-echoed by his Grace, No more shall rouse them from their low estate. For them no more the Rockite fires shall burn, 01 busy patron ply his anxious care : No flatterers run to hail their chief's return, Or seek his smiles the envied place to share. Oft did rich harvest to their sickle yield, The tyrant's power o'er stubborn necks bare sway : How jocund did they leap the golden field, How sunk our hearts till re-assured by Grey. Perhaps in their abandoned ranks is found Same heart once filled with freedom's purest glow, Hands that our servile chains might have unbound, And wak'd to extscy the people's joy. Some reckless placeman, who in hoary age, The honest erica of liberty withstood, Some mute inglorious lordling here may rage. And statesmen careless of th e i r country 's good. The pomp of office, and the tyrant's scourge, All that corruption for it's sons prepare, A wait alike the inevitable purge, The paths of bribery lead but to despair. For who that ran in vile corruption's race, Their pleasing easy offices resigned, Left the warm precincts of a cheerful place. Nor cast one longing lingering look behind CHOLERA MOREL'S. The Gazette of last night contains an Order of his Ma jolty in Council, which, after quoting the laws of Quaran tine respecting infections, sets forth as follows in regard to Cholera Morbus : " And whereas advises have been received teat the cholera morbus has lately been making alarming prof:reef in certain provinces of the Russian empire, it 1. hereby ordered in fatuncii, that all vessels coming flom, or itsvitv - ottc‘e.l at, any port or place in Russia, and bound to any pore or place in the United Kingdom, or to the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, or Man (having clean bills of health), as well as all vessels, boats, and persons, having had communication with inch ves sels, shall proceed to such of the under-mentioned ports as may be the nearest and most convenient to their port of destination, viz. Cromarty bay, in the Murray Frith, to the anchorage in the Frith of Tay, near Dundee, in the Frith of Forth, between the NortltQlteen's-ferry and Lord klgin's Lime-kiln's ; White Booth-roads (between Hull and Grimsby) ; Stantlgate-creek ; the Motherbank, at Portsmouth ; Plymouth; Fal mouth ; Milfotd-haven ; Bromboro'-pool (river Meraey,near Liverpool); Hulyloch, in the Frith of Clyde; and shall there perform quarantine, and be subject, with their crews, pilots, and all persons having commu nication with such vessels, to all the rules and regulations established by his Majesty's law Order in Council, of the nineteenth of July one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five." DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Last night, after Vars . /tains, in which Macready never app ear ed to more advantage, and in which Wallach, Cooper, and Miss Phillips acted with their wonted discrimination, acall wu made for Macready by a few noisily-disposed people in the pit and galleries. The person who came on to announce.the performance having betn forced to retire without speaking a word, the noise continued increasing, drowning the whole of M inter s Overture to Cat ijpso, and not abating on the rising of the cur tain for the farce (The Jenkinees) the managers, mistaking apparently the cause of the tumult, sent on a number of performers to sing the na tional anthem. It 13 impossible to give any adequate idea of the ridi- ' culous scene the stage now presented, covered as it was with a heteroge neous mixture of people, one third retaining the Roman dresses of the tragedy, another the costume or the modern day, as assumed by the 'performers in the farce, and the last gorgeously decked out for Tinsour the Tartar. The Anthem was very inchrerently sung amid considerable opposition, and an attempt was then made to commence the Farce. But the admirable acting of Farren wasrendered mere dumb show by the disgraceful conduct of a set of persons who appeared not to relect that they were destroying the enjoyment of those who came to the theatre for the pur of hearing the performances. Mr.Macreadyat length came on, in his common clothes (the performers on the stage imme diately retiring), and said, " Ladies and Ge.ntlemen-1 have to apologise for appearing before you in this costume, but I have been re quested to inform you that The School for Sean:led will be acted to morrow." This speech elicited more hissing than applause. Mr. Macasanv then retired, and the Farce recommenced from the point to which it had not been already heard. Yesterday was the birth-day of the Princess Victoria, when her Royal Highness completed her 12th year. The return of the day was announced in an early hour by the bells of the parish church at Kensington. In the forenoon the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria received the Duchess of Northumberland, and the Ladies and Gentlemen of their Royal Highnesses' Household, to receive their con gratulations on the day. In the afternoon their Royal Highnesses received visits of congratulation from her Majesty, the Dukc of Cumberland and the Prince George, the Princess Augusta, the Landgravine of Hesse Hon berg, the Princess Sophia, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia Alatilds, the Prince George of Cambridge, rince Leopold, and the Duche ss of Saxe Weimar. The Duke of Sussex and Duchess of Cumberland were prevented by indisposition. The Foreign Ministers, and the Nobility and Gentry in town, galled at the Palace during the day, to leave their names for the Duchess of Rent and the Princess. The Princess received presents from the King and Queen, and the members of the Royal Family ; and the Duchess or tio:Jon sent her Royal Highness a rair of beautiful ponies. Their Majesties gave a ball in honour of the day, at St. James's Palate, to the juvenile branches of the nobility and gentry. The Princess Augusta entertained the Kin,: and Queen, the Landgravine of Hesse Hon erg, and the Duchess a Gloucester, at dinner, lam evening, at her residence at the Palace at Ft. Janus's. The King gave audience yesterday to Earl Grey and Lord HilL Prince George of Cumberland partook of a dejeune yes terday with the Queen, and afterwards accompanied her 31aj , :sty to the King's Palace at Kensington, to congra:ulate the Princess Victoria on the return of her natal day. The Duke of Cumberland honoured the Noblemen and Gentlemen of the Catch Club with his wuyany at dinner last evcninz, at the Thatched /10./be T‘VCIII. -- - The Duke of Gloucester visited their Majesties yesterday. The Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gluticestc.r have become Patronerses of the Ladies' Bra -tar, whi.it is about to I.c held ?n the Itrgeht's Park, for the benefit of the Royal Dispenbaty fee the Diseases of the Ear. Prince F.aterbrizy (the father of Prince Paul Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador) aniecd at Thinn.iii's llwol, in Berkeley square, abut twelve o'clock yesterday, a ith his 40ite, iu tlirc:! carriages and four, from the Continent. Son uftcr his Iligiiness'a arrival Prince Paul Esterhasy. accompanied by his son, came to visit hill Sense High ness at the Hotel. The Spanish Minister transacted business yesterday at the office of the Secretary of State fur Foreign Affairr. Viscount Palmerston had an interview with Prince Leopold on Monday. Viscouut Althorp arrived in town yesterday afternoon, from Northamptonshire. An official communication to the British Government was on Monday received from Poland for the first time, asking for a recog nition of independence. Antigun bats been seriously , disturbed by an hypocritical attempt to binder the Sunday afternoon's market of the slaves, and that, too, without giving them another afternoon. It resulted from orders from England ; but, if so, the Colonial Office did not order that It might not be held on another day. What do these poor Africans know about the Mosaic dabbsah of Saturday, or the Christian festival of Sunday T— All they desire is, an afternoon for meeting and re creation, and the choice of the day they leave to their masters.— In consequence, fire was set to the cane pieces on several estates ; the military employed, and on. negro, has since been hanged. We do not hear, however, that any other day has yet been Stud for the market. Perhaps as Sunday was their own day, ea AO of Parliament may be necessary to the assignment of another day The whole affair brings the condition of these people in a tangible shape before the public. w.llgr. - 7 - ""'"r". 7 C" ; e • eLLUPATRA'S 21'E,E DLL% TO THE RIGHT HON. SJIL JA3HIS GRAHAM. PIM LORD UP VIZ • = la& M. MT Loan—l beg to address you as a Member o. the pret&eut highly enlightened Administration, on a subject that niut.t be viewed as one of national Importance. When in I.gypt, I examined two obelisks at Alexandrie, under the denomination of the " Needles of Cleopatra," each of which were formed of one solid block of granite, 190 tons in weight, and beauti fully adorned with hieroglyphics ; and their pedestals Cr, of granite. 9 feet square, and 9in bt ight each. One of the columns is ,an upright, and the other in a horizontal position. I found that in 1101, when hostilities terminated there, it was proposed to convey the latter to Eng Lind, in which view 7,0001. ass railed by subscriptions among officets of rank in the arm. end navy. This sum not being held as sufficient, it was resolved to leave some memento; whcn an inscription was engraver on a marble tablet, ex planatcry of that valour and intrepidity which had been so con spicuously displayed under Sir Ralph Abercrondie, Earl Nelson, Sir Sidney Smith, and others, near to the spot where tiles: arc, and the former hero fell, which was placed under its pedestal. In 1820, the Pach.. most liberally made a present to the Prince Regent of England, of this obelisk. Officers of ability were then de spatched to Alexandria, to determine on the necessary operations to convey the same to its destination, who drew up a report accordingly. The Admiralty, however, at that time never made that report public, which was so anxiously looked for. I received, sense time ago, advice. from Alexandria, that " Mr. S dt, the Consul-General, had "thrown old water on the proposition to st aid it to England, on the ground that it would occasion an expense of 15,0001."—a mere bagatelle, it will be admitted, when compered with the grandeur and antiquity of this column, its importance to our coun try, and the estimation in which it would be held by the traveller, antiquarian, and man of science. I now lament to add, by letters this day ece:ivol, that in conic. quo: ee attic British Govern:neat not ava ling it- elt .be liberal offer of the Peeltit, hi. R.uropean engineer has invaded the pr•perty, tar being is state of *rota: fur the arseeal, Le seized upon the pc:dotal with barletrons avidity, whet toe tablet commemorating the glorious expedi. lion was taken oat ! TM% was claimed by the [Mash Ciiiisel which he got hold et; and the same is now in his pox:wagon. Wiiit reeetd to the upright Needle, it Ina been given by the Pacha to the Foteit, who are now er geg“l in taking it down, and a vessel has been scut to Alex andria to remove it to Paris, where it is to be erected wi.h all et:pee:Won. Under these circumstances, end considering that reprehensible teg. !ea upon the part 01 the late government, which has been severely blamed for its bultilence in not snatching this precious, nay, iriva relic, and treniq.orir g it mu Elighead, a fact deplored by thous sands, particularly those who fought around it, and sited their Wood; allow me, my lonl, to direct your serious attention to this sul jest, and that yon will exercise your usual vigilance in giving instant orders to convey the Obelisk to this country, since circumstances may occur that so precious an object may be withheld by the next Ruler of Egypt. Should the slightest doubt, however, far one moment be entertained with regard to :he practicability of its removal, I would refer to a let ter 1 received from Admiral Dooelly (who was employed in Egypt, and examined it, with Lord Cavan and others), and I bad particulatly consulted ; with his explicit opinion vs to the means to be empee)ed with the facility of bringing it to the Thames, and in a work on Egypt I published last week, dedicated and presented to his Majesty. Now, nty lord, should this trophy. the I'ridc of Alexandria, be brought to Britain, and erected in some commanding elevation in its Metropolis, it will not only form a most striking object, exceed any monument either in the French, Roman, Turkish, or other capital in the Globe, but be eminently calculated to keep alive, and transmit to future egos, that most severe contest between our brave armies w itli the the forces ef Napelcon. lu that view, it would be highly expedient that the names of those champions who commanded in Egypt should be inscribed on its pedestal; since, to use the words of our statesman Fox, " Mark d distinctions to great men arc honourable." Li a word, the power is now in the hands of your Lordship, and should the plan be carried Into effect, it will not fail to reflect eternal honour on you, and the present .Board of Admiralty, and be recorded in the page of history, but receive the hearty applause of our army and navy, who fought in the "land of Egypt," and extricated it from that attempt which was made to make it the " house of bondage." I have the honour to be, my Lord, Four most obedient hinuble Sere ant, WILLIAM RAE W - - 11, Charlotte-street, Bloom 11ay 24,1031. EXECUTION (TIIIS DAY.) This being tile day appointed for carrying into effect the last awful mandate of the law on Georo nged 48, and John Ba nged 39. at an early hour the fatal machine was drawn from the yard in the Old Bailey, and affixed to what was once called (and still ret.tics the name el) the Debtors' Door, Newgate. Widgets, our readers will recollect, was cone ictal at the April Sessions of stealing fifty-one sheep, the propel ty of Mr. Stone, of Chelsford, on the night of the 3rd, or morning of the 4th of March. He had formerly been In business as a farmer at Tunbridge Wells, which be quitted nine years since, and resided at Hackney, where he carried on business as a eowkeeper and dairyman for tome time, but failed. lie then took a public-house in Itoseniezy.lane, where he beanie acquainted with the worst of charac ters who resorted the house, and again tailing, he left London. On the night in quesi ion, he was seen driving the sheep, which were traced to his house in Long-alley, where he had immediately commenced killing them, and took the carcasses in small lots to salesmen in Neweate and Lead:mita markets, but which had been so hurriedly and badly dressed, that they sold for very low prices. Thirteen of the skins were found at the house in bon&alky, and identified as Mr. Stone's property ; and Widgett, on being npprehcndcd by Attticid, the officer, mentioned a salesman to whom he bad sold other twenty skins, which were :raced and identified. It has since been ascertained that the remaining thir. teen sheep were killed at a place near the Ilackney•road. The prisoner, in' his trial, accounted for the sheep in his possession, by saying that I.e had purchased 38 for 3(11. of a man whom lie did not know, in Old. street. tit the other convict, Broach, little mote need said than that he had been married lint a short time, and sans in his 39th year. Ile had, in the übsence of Capt. Patterson, to whom he had been known tar many years, Acct entrusted with the care of his house, and availed him. self of die opportunity of stealing the property in qurbtion. The shun I facts of the ease, as proved on the ilia), were as follow :—" Upon the mum of the family in Decentter, a false key, which bad !seen left in the lock of the drawer, attracted the Captain's alien. • i don ; and, upon examinaden, it was discovered that jesellery, plate, and books of very considerable value, hued I een stolen.— The charge of bterlirg diem was clearly catublished against Brooch. who, it eppeared, had caviled them cff at eliffereut times, unobserved say a female savant, who was in the house. In . ddition to this chine thete were °them of a very serious nature, and of a similar description against him, and fran the inewent or hiti convic don he appeared to feel for his ode and family fat smile 3cu.e) , than ..sr hinabelf. On 861.1;3y. tic condemeed sermon was pteact.ed by Dr. I olio,' to the tini.i.ppy culprits. alit; on Atenday then relatives and immediate friends vuthed them. Yesterday. the same indulger.ce was I allowed theta for toe last time. Tide interview was ant cting in tile extreme, particularly with Broach awl his family. They retired to res. ;eat night, as 'he ',sm.! hour. two officers sitting tip in tile cell with them, to prevent self desuuction, but fur there was ro other reason thus the scale course being pursued on all occasions. In the course of tic night, Broach wrote five ktteis to primps who had lag pn.perty auto itCAISOI in whir. lit heel been em ployed, one of r hicia he it lshui Ur. %Ver.:tor, the 0. venter, to 'envied particulerly. At half pest six o'clrch Dr. Cotton arrived at the Fad, and proceeded to the room in which ti.e prisoners titre. Having exprebsoil their gratitude. the reverend (delivery and Alt. Baker joined them in pra)er, in whir.' they enc.:into:el till the arrival cf the sheriffs. A fi w minutes Lefore 8, Widget t entered the prets-roonnaccompanted by Dr. Cotton. He wept bitterly ; Let when the yeomen had pinioned his stands end arms, he said be diet! happv. Broach was then intreduad oy Alf. 13sker. He appeared pale anti wan, but very tesigned. While his who were beb.g festered, he prayed fervently, and having shook .he Sheriff's, he t oire toe lithe before alluded to, to Mr. %Towner, fee whose kindness he e•spressted his gratitude. In a few minutes the pen. etaioit moved forwards. ‘Vieliett hest as c e n ded the eeaffuld. While the rope was heir;; adjusted t. a nd the neck of broach, he was extremely agitated; aid a few minutes hawing been nerd in prayer, the drop fell, and life in this amid closed on them Mr ever. Wtth respect to the above culprits, we have authority for stating, that every inquiry that could in any way benefit them was mede, both previously to .he report being remit, and subsequently to the warrant being forwarded to the tilieriffe by the peeper authorities; but their cases were found to he of so aggravateo a nature as to prechnle the ex tension of the royal mercy to them. %I' ith respect to Widgett, enqui ries bad even been meek ht his suave place, and at his residences sub sequently to his entering into life; and there is every steam to believe, that the society he associated whit while in Kase mary-lane staled hie dowu. Meech, at one of the interviews with his wife, reqtutted to have a lock of her's and their child's bait, which having been given him, he placed it in a sheet of paper, and shortly before he left the chapel to proceed to the ecaffeld, be placed it in his bosom, with an earnest request that it might be buried with hits. . _, _.~.~ Pleille ' : r !I 11l U 1 . 11