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Prarniurn per Share. Amio-31niean 1100 33 1174 70 Asiglio-Chilian LIIO i Ni lo csimoiTodc Espiritodanto Brasil 100 5 7 7I Hquitable f .l 2 11 24 2 Foramina 250 l 2 19 Marisa ?Asap-Peruvian lOO 4 Illf i Potosi. 1.4 Pas, sad Peruvian 10 5 6Sj6 54 liwal Irish 2S 1 9-16 j j Walsh Iron and Coal 24 15 d6l j dis assuotaxes Co MPAVIES. !Alias.* British nod Foragn lOO 10 liktto Alarms i 0 A 24 . 2 4 ' Pi it 4 14 Apollo, Ilitaa'n w ie . :i . r . 1;7' . 1.11AA,07i7r. Liston. ENGLISII OPERA HOUSE. This Evening, TCEIOAV, August 23. will be performed (for the dui time In this emmtry). a Grand Opera. called TARR,CRE. THE TARTAR CHILE. Tee Principal Characters by Messrs. 11. Phillips. J. 0. Atkins. Per kkisa. graham. Denman, TIMM!, and J. Bland; Mieses Paton, Uuw• sett, and Roden; and Miss Harvilta.n. After which, DP.I.LEt; M ITHOUT BE aVX , TIIE LADIES AMONG THF.MSELVEi. Ws. Dashington, Mies K. To conclude witn THE RIVAL iiOI.DISRS. Nipperkin, sr. W. Chapm►n. • 0 Or. THE ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. WILL CLOSE NEXT WEEK. UNDER THE rspccin PATRONAGE OP HIS MAJESTY. ROFAL GARDENS. VAUXHALL. Tr) MORROW EVENING, NEDNESDAY, August 24 the Gardens "Vol be open with a succession of varied Amusements. from Eight treloek !ill Twelve, Including the NEW BALLI I, the WONIIEREL'L a:VOLUTIONS of the celebrated ROPE DANCER lMr. WILLSON), ar. To conclude with a niagniAcent display of FIRE-WORKS, xut VfONDROLS ASCENT by the YOUNG AMARICAN, which will ,-suns a evantietunice of the universal acclamation and delight with which they are nightly honoured. Doors open at Sevni uTlock.—Admisaleu 3a. dd. BIITIIIN PIES; .need publishing yesterJey morning sr five o'clock. tONDON, TUESDAY, ALGLaT Y 3, 1525. The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived yesterday. The Trench Rentes are slowly recovering from their late de pression. The Three per Cen ts . closed on Saturday even • ing at 7gf. 60c. The news from Greece is still uncertain and contradic tory. A letter from Corfu, dated the 40th ult., mentions the arrival of a British cutter from Napoli di Romania, with news which is said to confirm the statement of IBRA• . HIM PACIIA having been taken prisoner by the Greeks. On the other hand, reports were circulated of successes gained by the Turks. The correspondence from Spain draws much the same picture of that ill-fated country. The Government, feeble and distracted, and factions rising insolently to domineer over the Royal authority. The Ft )ile quotes, from the Memorial Bordeluir, a let t.r dated Madrid, August 8, in which it is stated that ne gotiations for a loan have been opened with some English znar in that capital. The latter, however, does not offer rnmcy, but proposes to procure Austrian ships of war now iyirg at Trieste, for the purpose of protecting the Spanish ports from what they call " the Colombian and other pi rates." Front this statement it is of course impossible to g..ess *bat has really taken place, if indeed there have been ary proceedings at all lately with respect to the supply of the Spanish Court with money. The non-official part of the Monitcur, under the head of Royal Court of Paris, contains the application of the: Attorney-General to the President of the Royal Court,' displaying at great length the insidious tendency of various articles in the Corastitotionnel and Courrier Fran c-ow, and calling on the President to assign the responsible editors of these journals to appear at the day and hour which the President :Atoll think fit to bear, that on account Vibe spirit of their journals, resulting front a series of ar ticles tending to violate the respect due to the religion of the states, the said journals are suspended, viz. the Con titue,otmel for one month, and the Courtier fur three months, this not being the first offence. The Reparitoire en iendance fills five columns of the small print of the Moniltur. [From tfie Etoik dated Sunday.] . _ . . letters from Port.su.Prince, of the Bth July, received at Havre, contain the following details t. , ..." On the bd July, in the after. f boon, a French division, composed dine frigate Circe, the brig ltlae, and the schooner Bearuaisa, anchored in the road of Pert , st,-Prince. The comniandar.t. Baron de blacken, went on shore • / on the morning of the 4th instant ; be was well received by all the ir .\ a.rtliorities. The negotiations relativ e t o th e i n d epen d ence cum. meowed on the sante day, and were floished at ten o'clock the same ,evening. The ordinance of the King was promulgated on the morning of the Bth. The President and the Baron Mackau cm . r braced each other, and the populace filled the air with cries of •• Vire Hayti I Vire la France! Vire le Roi! Vire rinds. peradence !" _ [ Front the MoniVur of Saturday. I olLcial part =tuna a royal ordinance, suppressing the , odic? of latandant of - the Wardrobe, whose functions ire assigned to tee Minister of the Household. I Noa•officisl Part 1 (?11VATE CORRESPONDENCE.) Al womb, A uo. 11. The plan of vedveing the sala•ies of the public officers, which has been so Long spoken of, iN now beginning to be carried into eflixt by die diminution oldie salaries of our diplomatic agents in foreign raurts. The legatior at Paris alone has been reduced:ll,MA franca. It IS affirmed that the Ciovernment intends to have the Trappist br•nplrt SP the prison at blailtid, and to have him tried by the curt tribunals ; this seems probable, as this monk having been wily a lay-brother, and being arrested as a disturber of public trail+, May, he say, without any inconvenience, be placed at the 11,1,41 of the civil authority, Lai withdrawn from the @celestas ti al piriadiction. Ceastitationnei and the Courrier, was.not able, as the vacations ars so near at hand, to grant pernalealea. to suroakin the editors till after the, vacation, that is in the month of November. We must suppose that it is on false itifortnatbsti that it has ►een announced that on the 25th June the yellow kiwi was raging to a great extent at Guadeloupe, for the bills of health given in that colony the I.Gth June and Ist July, to vessels which have lately ar rived at Havre, state that the disorder is daily diminishing in vitt. hence. ritiNCH FITNIIII.—.PAIIIS, Avo. 20.—Fiv• per Got& 102.1. 45c.; closed st 1021. Ilk. ; Three per Cent*. opined at W. 'Sc. ; closed et 721. We.; Bank Stock, 218 a : Rent* ile =Certif. Faleonnet, 1101.14 c .: B ente d'Lapairne,ll7jr.; Rept Loin, S.l. Exchange on London : one mont h, 261. three neadei 14 ak -( 'ours Authentiva. The combinations of the Journeymen in she different trades seem, we regret to say it, rather upon sb. increase than the decline, and the Masters, on dad, pert; seem equally disposed to hold out against the adralate of wages demanded. Unfortunately there is no criterion by which the claims of justice can be measured on either side. We , observe that in their general meetings, and in those speeches which are intended to influence the opinions of the public, not only are facts, which remain to be proved, taken for granted: but first principles are appealed to in language so very desultory and indefinite, this for any practical purpose the inferences drawn from them are worth nothing. We will give an example of this, that what we here except against may be explicitly under stood. At the General Meeting of the "Society sf CAR.. PRNTEMS and JoixEns," held last week, a considerable increase of the rate of the Members' subscriptions was unanimously agreed to. After which a letter front " The BnhieronD WOOLCOMBEELS and STUFFWEAVERS Asso- CIATION" was read, when it was resolved, " That a contribution be made from the funds of this society of the sum of 3W. in aid of the fund, of the said association, as a testimony of our brotherly affection and fellow-feeling for a Large, meritorious, and industrious portion of our brother seechanics and our admiration of their manly Emit:less, peaceable and orderly de- tneanour, and unshaken constancy and persevetance, under the severest privations, in their laudable endeavours to obtain their' just and indisputable right,—.4 price fur their tabour adequate to the maintenance of themselacs and their fainilies." We have here a proposition laid down as one of those first principles which all must admit, viz.:—" that it is the just and indisputable right of all workmen to obtain a price for their labour adequate to the maintenance of themselves and their families." At first sight, this would appear to be a prin ciple lying at the very foundation of justice and humanity. It seems so very reasonable in itself, that any one becomes suspected of having a natural turn for oppression that ventures to cast a doubt upon it. For ourselves we feel no wish to prove it false; but we shall make no apology for examining—and we do it, and with the very best intention towards the working classes—whether it be true. It is a position which enters so often and so essentially into every question of justice or injustice in the discussions between the combined workmen and their employers, that it ought no longer to be assumed; it must be brought to the proof. In the first place let us clearly understand what is meant by a right. Every notion of a right includes that of a just liar to something which we possess, or ajust claim to something that is unlawfukti withheld. But in neither sense can this be applied to the price of labour. It is no doubt afflicting to humanity that the condition of any par ticular trade or manufacture should be such as not to afford a rate of wages sufficient to enable the workmen employed to maintain themselves and their families. But it must be obvious to every man capable of reflecting, that such a claim as this can never be established on the ground of, indisputable right; and it is a fatal error so to consider it. That it should prevail an universally among the working , classes, and should be inculcated as a truth incontrovertible, can only be owing to its not having been examined at the outset ; it is quite time that it should be submitted to a detailed investigation. In the first place, if it were true that every one had " an indisputable right to a price for their labour adequate to the maintenance of themselves aad theirfami lies," it would follow of course, that they may /anfully en force this SIGHT. What would be the consequence ? A manufacturer must pay his men, not according to the value of their labour to HIM, but according to the number of children which each workman had to maintain. Five and twenty shillings a week, for example, might be adequate to the maintenance of a workman unmarried ; but the price of his labour must be increased if he bad a wife and chil dren to maintain, it must be higher still to enable him to maintain a wife and several children. But while the families of the workmen are multiplying, the state of the markets and the profit of the manufacturer remain the saute; it may be that they may even decline. Where then are the funds to come from to meet this increased demand ? Will any ore insist that the manufacturer, whether his t etus n of profit will afford it or nut, must give to all his workmen such a price for their labour as is adequate to the maintenance thus insisted That whatever becomes of himself and his own family the price of their labour is founded on indisputable right, and that, therefore, on the Saturday night, the adequate ram must be counted down ! The consequences of such a doctrine only require to be plainly stated, :n convince every rational mind that it is too preposterous to be maintained even fur a moment. There is an important distinction between the necessaries of life, and the necessaries of a man's condition in 'f/,•. What should we think were the Master Manufacturers of every description to allege their eight to such a profit upon their capital as would be ade quate to the support of their own station in society, and to the suitable maintenance and ethi,eation of their families, What would the Combination Societies say to such a doctrine as this? And yet, so far as the question of right' concerned, why is it not as valid and reasonable on the! one side as on the other? We have . been induced to say thus much from a know ledge ortiligreaCinterests which are at stake. Most earnestly do we wish that every workman could at all times get the necessaries and comforts of life for the fruits' of his labour. In the present prosp ero u s state o f our ins-! nufactures we believe this is pretty generally the case. In all our fabrics that find a ready market the industry cm- ployed.upon them is well paid. In truth, our national manufactures can only be said to flourish when they sup port the working classes in decent competence. But the growth of knowledge seems, if we mistake not, to be bringing us every day nearer to that condition of society to which all civilization seems to tend, on which the multi-1 bide become impatient of labour, and irritable under re-' strain'. But this state of things, in its turn, will pass away. We are born, all of us, into a system in which we.must make the heat of things as we find them, and l as we grow wiser we shall gradually fall into the regular pursuit of our own interests, without—as we are at present inclined to do—quarrelling with whet we cannot alter, and combining to combat with evils which in their very nature admit only of .compromise. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. II -alters in the Consols Matket-were, for the most part, making up their accounts for the Roth, and conse quently the business in it was .very trifling. For money, the price was the same, 89jI, and settling-day 9011. market the business was unimportant t - • Alto Marine 24 6 strut LLLLL eve. Aten-iluican Woe ... 23 6 $ 4 inettat Iron Comp aq i asz iew lOO 211 2e 4 dis Ilritiatt Reek Salt II Ili II Col embian Airiest. Carnpluky 100 6 gloat We:ammeter 26 6 I I die Imperial Plate Masa . lesad.Goici and naves ljenaing 210 6 6 Loser Rhine Stearn Nay lllO I 4 Netherland Patent Salt l4 2i 4i 61 1 4 , 1 1 Pawl he (Yellow) SI 2 13 Provtatial Bask of 'NUM Srittolt Vrego• • HAYMARKET THEATRE. This Evening. TUESDAY, August 23. still be performed JOHN or,. • DAY'S PLEASURE. 37 hn 51121 b1. Yr. t 7, Perren. Jenny Jingle, Mrs, Humby. After vrbirh, QVITE CORRECT." The Pri=baraellera by Messrs. Vining. Raymond, and Liston ; Clove,. Davison. P. Clover. and K. Clifford. To conehtde with MIDAS. (From the Jormei de Peres of Sourdoy.l quently the business in it was .very trifling. Pants, AUG UST It end the next account, th e p rice was t h e same The feat Preodeot of the Royal Came. AL biro's. to whom for the October settling-day 9011. We Attorce7-4heneral boo addeosesd Ala application against um In the foreign market the business was 4 Greek Scrip was nominally 12fL discount ; but very re* I bargains were done in it. Spanish Bondi were at Satur.- day's quotatierns. South American Securities were held rather heavily to-day, but the cause is to be found pro bably in the paucity of transactions in them. Colombian Bonds were 33/ 4, and Mexican Scrip 31i discount. There was nothing reported in the other Foreign Secu rities worthy of notice. In the Share Market the chief alteration was in British Iron Shares; which were done at the opening of the market at 1 discount. In a short time they ran down to 21, 3 and 4, and left off at 3, 21 discount. During the panic there were ready sellers at 4. Anglo Mexican Shares were rather higher to-day, being done at 70, 75. The United Mexican Shares got back to T-2, 24. Netherland Salt Shares were much sought after to-day at 42 51, making an advance of 3 per cent. in as many days. The Guatemala Loan was this day contracted for by Messrs. J. and A. Fowles and Co. Last night we received the Amsterdam papers of Satur day ; their contents are wholly without political interest. We extract the following paragraphs : Ilallovra, AUG. 13. M. Feick., Chief Justice at Stade, is gone tor an indefinite time to the Central Committee of Inquiry into the revolutionary in. trigues, sitting at Mayence, of which he was formerly a member. STOCEHOL3t, AEG. 5. Hie Majesty is unable to come to town, having a severe pain in his foot ; and the member* of the Council of State go from ume to time to Rosenberg. Ilia Illsjesty has commanded the establish ment of a technological institution in this city, and assigned, for the present, 2,000 dollars, to purchase books. medals, Sic. This event makes the guilds or companies of artisans afraid (and not without reason) for their monopolies, which have been long so violently attacked, and apprehensive of the introduction of a more liberal system. EXCbANOtS. lismatiaost, Atte. 16.-45 101 a two months, 35 7f. ST. PWEERSIICRGII, Atio. 1.—.10 7-16. 1.2195tc, Auc. 12.—Three months, 6 111. Beams, Aver. I.i.—Thte months, 6 20R. AMITERI4III, AEG. 19.--16 9; two months, 30 6. The following was received by a mercantile house in the City yesterday, dated Gibraltar, August 1.:—" There is no reason to doubt the accounts front the interior (of Spain) as to the bad state of the crops. 'l'lle condition of the people is wretched, and the means of purchase much reduced." 'A Brazil packet arrived yesterday, bringing letters from Rio to the 9th June, from Bahia to the 25th June, and from Pernambuco to the 6th July. They write from the latter place that the rains are set in ; they were much wanted for the crops, which are now expected to be good. They also state that letters have been received from Rio, which mention that all goods despatched after the lsth June would be liable to the additional duty, and that a bond must be entered into for the payment of the nine per mat. increase, if it should be required. We learn from the frontier of the eastern Pyrennees, that about four o'clock on the afternoon of the 2d inst. the curate of Notre Dame del Mont, near Besalu, his servant, and the clerk of the parish, were all found dead at the house belonging to the curacy. The bodies were disco vered secreted in the cellar. Nine or ten stabs were found to have been inflicted on the curate, either with a knife or dagger ; and the body of his servant presented equal marks of violence on the neck and breast. 'fire parish clerk appeared to have been murdered in his own apart ment with a bludgeon. The perpetrators of these crimes (which must have been committed on the night of the Ist or early in the morning of the 2d instant) plundered the clergyman's house, and also pillaged part of the con vitt' in the church that was contiguous to it.—Courrier Francais. FORGERY IN SWF:DEM.—At the end of last month sen tence was passed at Odense, on 31 persons accused of forging bank notes. The most guilty of them, Niels Nielsen Moller, was sentenced to death and loss of honour; six others to lose one hand, seven to hard labour for dif ferent periods, three acquitted, and fourteen condemned to fine and imprisonments, and bread and water. By the carelessness of workmen a terrible fire has broken out in two forests in Norway ; one of them has now been burning 16 days. It is hardly possible to form an idea of several mountains covered with forests all on fire..—Ham-, burgh Paper. Letters from Marseilles, of the 14th instant, state the news of the recognition of the 41tdepandence of Hayti was received with satisfaction. Ttitin vessels which were load ing in that port for Martinique have altered their destina tion, and will proceed to Hayti. The Greek Deputies in London have declared that, by' despatches received from their Government, they are au thorised to declare that Mr. Nicolas Kefalas, by whom the Address was presented to the Pope, has no public charac ter whatsoever ; nor has he been vested with power for negotiating any transaction on part of the Greek Govern-, men t. The accounts from Trieste yesterday 'reach down to the 6th inst. They afford no intelligence respecting the war in the Mores. A ship which sailed from Corfu the 21st of July has brought letters from that place, which repeat the reports already circulated, of a speedy termination of this year's campaign in the Morea. Ibrahim Paella, whose bold ex pedition to the Morea has raised so many illusions in the heads of the European friends of the Turks, is reported— after having had several engagements with Colocotroni, which were all to his advantage, to have been taken prisoner, with part of his army, and the great plan of the Porte to be thus frustrated at one blow. An English cutter, which came direct from Napoli di Romania, arrived at Corfu the 20th of July, and is aaid to have brought this important news.—Angemeine Zeitung, Aug. 15. The arrest of some persons at Leipsie has attracted great attention. These individuals, whom the police has thought it necessary to arrest, were practisers of magnetism : they will be prosecuted in the criminal court. The proceedings have already commenced. Very serious crimes are spoken of as having been committed.—Frankfurt Papers, Aug. 14. The recent excessive heat at Rome has caused many disorders, which were augmented by continued pestilen tial south winds. Letters, dated the 15th June, have been received from Cape Coast. The soldiers were beginning to feel the effects of the clhnate. Lieut.-Col. Purdon, of the Royal African Colonial Corps, bad experienced an attack of fever, but was recovering ; we are sorry however to add, that Captain de Barrallier died, after a few days' illness. No mention is matted the Aahantees. A new theatre is about to be erected in the city of: Mexico, to he situated on Santa Clara-street, not far from the centre of the city. The Board of Health of Philadelphia, during the late! hot weather, recommended all mechanics and labourers,: whose business exposes them to the action of the sun, " to abstain from work from eleven o'clock. the forenoon to four o'clock in the afternoon." • It appears by a New Orleans paper, of the 29th June, that Governor of Georgia has sent another intemperate , message to the State Legislature, upon the s ubj ec t o f t h e Creek Indians. 'ln the Cincinnatus, which arrived at New York on Friday, frotn London, came out passengers T. Iturbide, J. Iturbide, Iturbide, A. Iturbide, and I. Iturbide, being the family of the late Emperor of Mexico. The widow of the Emperor has, within the last week or two, arrived at New York, and taken a residence there.— American Beacon. Ears:nil-ton ro AFRICA.•—•The sailing of the Brazen, VI, Captain 'George Willem, with Captains Clapperton and Pearce, R.N. 011 their journey of discovery into the inte rior of Africa, is delayed until about thuraNy next. The native of Saudou, who had engaged himself as a guide to' the lamented Belzoni, has been put on board the Brazen, with the same object. We understand the Brazen will convey several fresh instructions to the new Commander in-Chief on the coast. An alteration is to be made in the' management of the manumitted slaves. they have hi- , therto been paid for their labour by the day, by which mode an idle fellow has received as touch as an industrious man, even though the latter ima also been a better artisan. They are in future to be paid siceardisg to the quantity of ' work done or labour performed, and they are to . be paiil specie, and . tret by cheek, as at peseta, on a store, where, instead of cash, they are obliged to take goods, frequently not of the sort they require, and always at a dearer rat e than they could obtain it els ewhere. The drapers of Winchester, with the exception of one individual, have agreed, through the solicitation of their assistants, to close their shops at a certain hour in the even ing of the winter and summer seasons. PARTICULARS IOF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF _ CENTRAL AMERICA. _ _ _ 1 The state now known under the name of the Republic 'of Central America consists of the following provinces, viz. of Guatemala, Honduras, St. Salvadnr, Leon (which in cludes Nicaragua), and Costa Rica. These are united together under an independent federal government, upon the same basis as thaw of the United States of North America and Mexico. The independence of the Republic was formally acknow ledged by the States of Colombia and Mexico in the year 1824, and a minister from each of those governments has been appointed to Central America ; and the United States 1 lof North America have also lately acknowledged this Re public, and have appointed a minister to reside at IGuatemala. Mr. O'Reilly has been appointed Consul-General by the British Government to the Federal Republic of Central America, and left Englend in May last to proceed on his mission. Mr. Thompson, the British Commissioner reached the city of Guatemala on the 17th day of May, and was presented the following day to the President and other authorities. It established, however, its independence of the mother country in the year I 82t , and the change took place with out tumult or bloodshed, and no attempt has been made by the government of Old Spain to disturb its tranquillity. The government has since been engaged in consolidating the new system, and it has only been interrupted by one insurrectionary movement, which was excited in the city of Leon, by the bishop. This was quelled, without any diffi culty, by a small force under the command of Senor Don Manuel Jose tie Arce, who has since been eleoted the pre sident of the.republic. The population is said to amount to above ,1,300,000 souls ; and the character of the people is described as mild, and peaceable, and the government is stated to be free from any Internal debt. Me country contains great mineral wealth, besides pro ducing indigo, cochineal, and other valuable products. Letters to the 30th of May last, from the city of Guate mala, have been received in London, by which it appears that the Republic continued to enjoy perfect tranquillity. MONTE VIDEO. (From the Charleston Gazette.) Monte Video, it appears by a recent arrival, is soon to be the theatre of warlike operations. The Spanish and native population of this place have already renounced the jurisdiction of the Emperor of Brazil; and it is said that Buenos Ayres has fomented and is secretly aiding this movement. The revolutionists have already laid siege to Monte Video, and the Brazilian General commanding has deserted, and with his cavalry has gone over to them. This General was distinguished by Imperial favours, and shared liberally the confidence of his Sovereign, and his desertion, say the accounts, has excited the strongest alarm and con sternation amongst the garrison. This revolution wears al ready so menacing an aspect, that it was seriously appre hended the garrison would surrender before succour could arrive from Rio Janeiro. Business of all kinds was sus pended, the surrounding population were pushing forwards to find protection in Monte Video from the revolutionists, who have, by the latest accounts, encamped within ten 1 leagues of the city. Don Ribiero, the traitor General, as his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil will call him, has de clared that he will show no quarter to his Brazilian ene mies. On the other hand, arrests and confinements were taking place in the city of Monte Video, and a decree had been passed, and generally complied with, ordering all arms and ammunition to be surrendered to the Government. No person was allowed to remain in the streets after eight o'clock at night. All the Portuguese inhabitants of the place were forming into a militia, and, in short,evcry thing, both within and without, bore the marks of fear and consternation. The city of Monte Video has passed several times from the domini on of Portugal to Spain, and from Spain to Portugal, and now since the Republic of Buenos Ayres has renounced the jurisdiction of Spain, it has been more than suspected that this old Spanish claim has been revived under a new shape. On the other hand his Brazilian Majesty, as much as lie abhors his father's yoke, and notwithstanding lie has by this time obtained his father's consent to live and die the Emperor of Brazil, cannot reconcile it to his imperial conscience that Monte Video should follow his own sceptre. On all subjects concerning his own power and authority, his Brazilian Majesty has proved himself a Monarch full i of energy and enterprise. He loves to see the lives and liberties and constitutional rights of his loyal subjects in his own keeping, which in his opinion affords a far better security and guarantee than any form of constitution which they can devise. We may therefore very shortly expect to hear that his Imperial Majesty of Brazil has declared war against the Republic of Buenos Ayres. PERU. The following are the articles of a Decree which has been issued by the Peruvian Government against the com merce and manufactures of the Mother Country:— TIIE COUNCIL OF THE GOVERNMENT. Considering that the obstinacy of the Spanish Goi.errunent in continuing hostile to the Republic, to sustain its pretended rights, imperiously demands vigorous measures to compel the Cabinet of Madrid to listen at length to the voice of justice and of its own in terest ; I have decreed, and do decree as follows :- 1. Effects of every description belonging to the subjects of Spain, which shall hereafter be introduced into the territory of the Repub. lie, shall be confiscated for the service of the State, under whatever Hag the ship may sail in which they are found. 2. Four months after the publication of this Decree. all ships in which Spanish property, of whatever description, is found, shall be declared lawful prizes before she competent tribunals, and their 'cargoes confiscated. 3. The fruits of the Spanish soil, and all the products of Spanish industry, without exception, seized in the Peruvian territory, shall be considered Spanish property, always providing that it amounts in value to one hundred piastres. 4. In all cases in which there may be doubt, as to the Spanish origin of such goods as may be introduced by sea or land, they shall be resolved by the chiet Commissioners of the local Custom house, assisted by two skilful persons; and in case of reclamation, the Minister for the Home Department shall proceed to nominate two others, whose sworn declaration shall be irrevocable. 6. The Commissioners of Customs are personally responsible for the illegal introduction of the fruits or product* of Spain. 6. The Minister of State in the Home Department is charged with the execution of this Decree. Published, printed, and circulated, by order given, in the Pa. lace of the Supreme Government, in Lima, April 17, 18 . 25. H 1 POLITO UNANUE. TOMAS DE HERES. By Order of his Excellency, JOSE MARIA DE PANDO. It is reported that his Majesty, anxious to preserve the North Devon stag bunt (the only remains of this ancient sport in the kingdom), intends sending his stag hounds down during the season, It is rumoured that Earl Clanriearde is likely to swept a distinguished official situation. We give this report as we have heard it, without vouching for its accuracy. The Rev. Mr. Cockburn was on Saturday week installed one of the Prebendaries of Winchester Cathedral, in the place of the Rev. Dr. Hook, promoted to the Deanery of Worcester. The celebrated novel Ivanhoe has been translated into Polish. Ebers has rented the King's Theatre from the Trustees of Chambers, the Banker, for the ensuing season. He intends immediately to depart for France and Italy, accom panied by a professional gentleman, for the purpose of engaging singers and dancers, to enable him to commence the season early, and with eclat. The husband of Madame Pasta is now in London, and in treaty with the. Lessee for four months' engagement, which is nearly concluded. Madame Caradori, whose eminently efficient talents in her profession, and amiable character in private life, advanced her reputation so highly last year, is engaged, and another Prima Donna, front Italy, in addition to Madame Pasta. The Carps de Ballet will be very strong, The Opera Jiouse will open in December. The performances will be! restricted to Saturday evenings until after Christmas.— Evening Paper. MACHINE ron ErROOTING TIIEES.—A Toronto far mer says, in a letter to an American Paper, that he had " jutt.seen a machine for pulling up the stumps of trees, I invented by a Mr. Harris, an ingenious mechanic, which' is extremely powerful, multiplying the force applied to it' 700 or 800 time, which also can be increased or diminished as occasion may require. It is capable of pulling out the largest stumps, and can be moved from place to place by a single yoke of oxen : it is, withal, very simple, and may be worked by either men or horses. The machine will, when delivered and elected, cost about 9.5 dollars." TIIEATRES. yNGLISII OPERA HOUSE. Splendid scenery, gorgeous costume, and a scattering of good music, seem to have procured for the opera of Tarrar e a fair share of popular approbation ; not that because as a new piece it has been repeated nightly since its first pro.. duction do we infer its favourable reception, for there is t i sufficient quantity of curiosity moving the mass of this great metropolis to prompt a full house every night for a month, to witness a piece of much inferior merit than this ; but our opinion is formed from observing the manner in which particular parts of this certainly very imposing, if not grand display, of Inusical and (if it be allowable to coin a word) proce.tsional talent arc rezeived by the audience. The selection of those parts indicates a correct taste as far as the music is concerned, for they are the best ; for in.. stance, Mr. Phillips is much applauded in the following song, the words of which will afford a pretty tolerable specimen of the poetry of the piece, which is below cri ticisni N Where no B w ° is 6 flO 3 wl i t i l r )e — w ( at i rtr i:Tl warrior's tout, Where now is fled the spirit of the brave ? That in the field, where war's dread thunders roll, Seent'd but to seek the hero's honor'd grave. Not death's worst terrors could arrest thy course, Or stay thy warlike arm's resistless force, Can then the loss of one weak woman's charms, Subdue a heart unconquered yet by arms The fine mellowedlass voice of Mr. Phillips gives con, siderable effect to that sombre kind of music in which his part in this opera is chiefly cast. Ile now avoid s t h e growling tone and scowling look that were put on by him on the first night, and his performance throughout is very meritoriously improved. The air by Braham, and the quartet which immediately succeed stir song, are also 'ouch .and deservedly applauded. But the following trio and songs are what will (if any thing) . make this an at. tractive and long-retained opera : TRIO, Ninelta, Calpigi,_Selima—M IBS PATON, Ma. Tnoasr, 'llllss BODEN. To woman's power surrender, Resistance is in vain ; 'Tis not for man to bend her, He still must own her reign. SONG, Tareare—(Mß. BRAIIA141). When peace has spread, with lib'ral hand, Her smiling blessings o'er the land, 'Tis then the Tartar's heart may prove The gentle joys that flow from love. But when war's sounding clarion calls him to the find, Then ev'ry thought of love must to his honour yield. So, should insult ever madly dare Approach his sacred hearth while love is there; it Revenge he cries, to arms he fl ies, And the rash daring traitor o'ertaken dies. And thus fcr her, whose love inspired. lily arm with matchless strength was fired; For her alone—my soul's delight— I slew the dastard in the fight. So shall love, guiding vengeance, still direct my are, And ev'ry foe subdue and ev'ry threaining harm. And should insult ever madly date Approach my sacred hearth while love is there, For revenge I cr Swift to arms I fly, And the rash daring traitor, O'ertaken shall die. SONG, Ninetta—(Miss Perox). Ali ! where the fairy vision, So bright with wi:h joy's elysian, Alas, a quick transition, Has snatched it all from me, And turned to sharp derision, What used my pride to be. Love, then, its dearest treasure, Its every sportive pleasure, Without alloy or measure, Showered plenteously on me. Then all my charms admiring, Soft love their bosoms firing, One gracious smile desiring, Their homage paid to me : And bashfully retiring, Adored I used to be. Now what a different scene surrounds me, A haughty tyrant's slave : What cold contempt now wounds me. Man's frown I scarcely dare to brave. None to my channa now bending, Not joy or woe can I impart : To what an abject task descending, I stoop to bow another woman's heart. They were all most rapturously encored last niaht: and of the songs it would be invidious to say which ui them were the better sung—science and taste, and a rich and varied intonation of voice were displayed in both, and the genius of the musician and the performer hehl proud ri valry together. The processions have undergone some very judicious curtailments, and the invocation scene in the Temple of Brama was rendered much more effective by the shortening of its representation. ASTI,EI"S AMPHITHEATRE. This is a pleasant house, where gentlemen may go is boots and ladies in bonnets to the boxes, and never lose caste or become unfashionable notwithstanding ; which we hold to be a comfort and an advantage by no means to he sneezed at. Added to this there are sundry other ame nities appertaining to Astley's ; as for instance—there arc the nobility, who sometimes go to the private boxes, and the amateur tumblers, who luxuriate in saw-dust and sotnersets in the circle between the acts, and amuse the spectators in the absence of the more regular performers, biped and quadruped, with an extemporaneous interlude of their own. Then there are the never-to-be-forgotten listle boys and girls who, in holiday time, come by the Greenwich coaches, for the purpose of eating plumbs and smelling gun. pow& r in the gallery, and wondering at the odd admixture of old and new lights afforded in the alter nate rows of tallow candles and gas chandeliers, ahich decorate this most free and easy of all places of public amusement. In addition to all these advantages, there is a characteristic English air about the pla c e, the perfor mances, the actors, and the audience, which is well calcu lated to pot a critic into good humour, if he is not sadly overrun with bile ivrdeed ; and in that case we recommend him, instead of visiting Astley's, to resort to Sir Autry Cooper forthwith, and medicate himself with calomel. Then there is Ducrow ready, " To min and wind a fiery footed steed, And witch the waif' with noble horsemanship !" And the Duke of Wellington, who soniatimesgoett to "fight Isis battles o'er again," anti witness the overthrow of his old rival on the mimic field of Waterloo, for the two hundred and thirty-ninth time. These are all good in their genera. lion ; and last night we had another good thing added to their number, in the shape of a fresh edition of the Coro• nation ef Charles Me Tenth. However, when we say good in this instance we speak " by comparison," and likerytsc " with a difference," as Dogberry bath it. It is not evil if you talk of shows of the same nature already exhibited at the winter theatres, neither is it excellent, compared with other spectacles produced at this house such, for in tetance, as the Battle of Waterloo, aforesaid, Or the Burs. ing of Moscow; but yet is it good per se, and what is better, an exhibition well calculated for the meridian of the spectators for whom it is intended. Some of the scenery is pretty, from which, however, we except what is called the panoramic portion of it. The dresses are very fair, and the whole spectacle got up with a degree of pro' priety and effect, which are the more surprising when the limited resources of this stage and establishment are coo' tittered. " 'There has been made," to adopt the worded the printed bills, "a most industrious selection of dancing. music, action, and dialogue ;" and though we cannot es. actly understand what is meant by an industrice dialogue, we are free to admit the claims of the dancers and musicians to that epithet, for their stack' and elbows were extremely indefatigable through* iVith regard to the action it is not busy, as it merely coy. sista of the ceremony of the Sacre at Rheims, the publ:e entry of the French King into his metropolis, and an a.- legory with which the piece concludes, apparently for the. purpose of heaping a considerable majority of the cardinal virtues upon Great Britain, and introducing Nero" u , crown her Queen of the sea, after the most authentic sou established fashion. By the way, this last stroke of patriot' ism was hardly necessary on the part of the author or cob' piler of I this performance, for every scene is o 'l . (we should think) a d nauseasia, with nationalities oil', ficiently gross to have passed intuter at the pert of the projected F re n c h i nvas ion ; but, we e the writer knows his audience, and we rather think that the mode in which some of the appeals to trial by Jura and Sir Richard Bi t nie were rec e ived, shows them to be In the right on this point. The dialogue forming the thus!d on which the ornamental portion of the piece is hung, is ere of coarse in its texture, and both it and the plot i of a nature too ordinary to require any further notice ; lean. or e4l last night: to say which ui ate, anti a rich and in both, and the I. held proud undergone some ivocatton scene in ch more effective RE. tlemen may go in a es, and never lose standing ; which e by no means to undry other ame- istance—there arc nivate boxes, and in saw-dust and C s, and amuse die ft Dgular performers, raneous interlude er-to-be-forgotten a rime, come by the rating plumbs and wondering at the Tiled in the alter- tandeliere, which places of public 0 vantages, there is 1 dace, the perfor- rich is well calcu- if he is not sadly se we recommend [ort to Sir Astley al if with calomel. Qr er anship !" e; mewgoes to " fight fli 'erthrovr of his out • the two hundred ri ci in their genera• th oil thing added to Rc lition of the Con ca - when we say good car on," and likeaisc t. It is not poi/ th already exhibited at tcellent, compared use • such, for in- bt tid, ? a. the Burs. R. • se, and what is fh be r the meridian of A. Some of the ye except what is e dresses are vet? ah I a degree of pro' rprom ' • g when the lishment are con- lopt the words of 'teflon of dancing. ;h we cannot ex• he an industricus Cl claims of the an ter , for their stacks Able through* as it merely coy. .heima, the publ:e gpolis, and an i f • i lU y o P s c Pa t i o ug f a r u etn i N h h tel e c Y f or p n ca t t u i r :n i s i e tt na lh t s J el Ns t stroke of patriot' ea he author or cob - tan scene is litte'l nationalities all' I' at the ?IA Th mt, we suppose •ather think that to trial by Jutl owe them to be in. rming t he thresii .• wee is hunt, is it and the plot are further notice si • i 1 V!