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P;3vineill Bank of Ireland Voyal Stanuary 5 4 din Citt WittOh WOO. TlfF:iTur: ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. This Erman. SATIN DAY, Apvlt9. will be performed Hilt iRE.IsCHF rz. Ottocar. the Prince, Mr. Mercer, Bernhard. Mead Ranger, Mr. Bed ; Hermit. Mr. 6. Smith: Adolph. Mr. T. Cooke; Cupsr, Mr. Horn: Milan, 'Lineman to the Head Ranger, Mr. Fltilli.Wllll Demon at the Marta, Mr. Howell; Zatntel. Mr. O. Smith Witch of the Glen. Mr. Blanchard. Linda, Miss Graddoul Ruse, Was Poesy. After whfeli (6th tercel a new Drama, aellsd AVON lIASSA R. The Overture and Mule composed by K. M. Von Webs . . The Caliph, Mr. Redford Alma thween. Mr. Horn; Wow, Mr. Harley. Zullnia, (lraddun. Oa Monday, The Fatal Dowry. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. T hes E weals& SAT URDAY, April 9, will be performed (Ist dm') is Dew Pl y sailed THE HfAkW PARTLY: Or. A TRAVELLER'S ADVEN TURE. The Principal Characters by Messrs. W. Farms. Snell/Ir, Rase, Bartley. and sweet; Mau H. Omit (bet first appearance); sod Neslames Chatterley, Gibbs, and 74. Tree. After which. A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVRFL Sir Mart Chaos. Mr. Fawcett t Alfred itightyar, Mr. Jam; Flaw% lr. Rayner. Maria Darlington, Wm Foote. On Monday. King John, and Aladdin. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE, STRAND. MIL MATHFWS AT HOME. Evening, SATURDAY, April 9, and every Moodity, Thursday, and Saturday, MR. MATIIEWs' MEMORANDUM-BOOK et P..nultartties, Characters, and Manners, eolleerA4 &UMW hla Yariou/ Trips. Memoranla In Confusion"—'• Night Caaeh'—•' Bubbles.' • rip4tta Sorg—. Sailing Idatch"—'• Old and New Tlmes - -" Public 4.)!hcc, Bow-street." PART Monopolylogue. to be salted TIIE CROB N Irs DANGER. Doors open at Seven; the Performance to eon:mance at Eight. CAL-rms.—The new Entertainment will not be printed and all /Woks professing to contain any parts of it are gross Impusitlona and on the PuUle. The BRITISH Pngsseotrunenced publishing at five o'clock. LONDON, SATURDAY, Aram 9,1911 S. Ily the Pails Papers which arrived last night, we find that the law of sacrilege was reported to the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday by M. Ctiirrter. There were scarcely seventy members present, and it was observed that there was no Minister in attendance. The report was a feeble endeavour to justify the necessity of the proposed veastire. Sacrilege, according to the arguments on this c:casion, is the greatest crime that can be committed, and therefore the severest punishment should be enacted against it. This reasoning, if pushed to its legitimate conse quences, would unavoidably introduce the Inquisition, bat it passes current just now in France under CHARLES X. The law respecting piracy was adopted by a majority of 4!;ee votes against 9. On Wednesday the discussion of-the lan respecting nunneries was commenced. All the abuses of the ante-revolutionary system are fast :s ;sing. The corpse of the superior of a nunnery near r'eulouse, who died about four months ago, has been ex iluit.ated, on pretence that she died in the odour of ~;.. 14:y. Ott raising the body it was found, say the set :races relators, exactly in the same state as at the per.ed of her decease. Ihe miracle was immediately pro ...l:n[ll(d, and the usual honours have been already paid to this new Saint of the Romish Church. Front the Ft.,ile of Thursday we sub join an extract re lative to a naval fight between our frigate the Cambrian, and some Grcek pirates. The contest seems to have been unusually obstinate and sanguinary. By advices from Setr.lin in Hungary, it appears that the fidelity of Ora Vat t. to the SULTAN is as doubtful as ever. Notwith standing the orders of the new Seraskier, Resents Netts, Le had not repaired to Salunichi. At Belgrade it was re ported, that hostilities had broken out between these two Ottoman Generals. trivet the 'toile, dated Thursday.] TURKEY. SMYRNA, FEB. 7. The English frigate, the Cambrian, returned to our roads the day bet.ire yeszerday, with several wounded. on board. The Captain Ills given the following account of the action be had with some ',reek i rates : le nAines of four pirates who infested the Gulf of Veto, and ale excursions to that of Salonichi, had been given toe; they had at:eady pillaged an lonian vim]. I went in wooeh of them with the two frigates, and the corvette under soy command. When we were in the strait of Negropont, near ()do, we perceived two small Great :-sets. The co:tette was going in pursuit of them i but COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Last night was produced, for the first time at this theatre, a play in three acts, intersperserl with music, entitled The Hebrew Family; or a Traveller's Adventure. The plot of the piece is as follows : Frank Forester (Mr. Jones). the English Traveller, has been condemned to the flames by the Inquisition, for the crime of as sisting in the abduction of a nun from a convent in Valencia. Ile escapes at the critical moment appointed toe the execution of the sentence, in the confusion occasioned by the falling of the acatfold ing, and is harboured and protered by Issachar (Mr. Fawcett). The Jaw has a pretty daughter, with whom, as in duty bound, Frank thinks it necessary to fall in love, principally perhaps ru e passer lc temps, and because there is no other petticoat in sight. Miriam (Miss M. Tree), who is a second edition of Rebecca, in " Ivanhoe," rejects his marital addresses on the ground of dif ference of religious opinion, but is content to tender all that cir cumstances admit of sisterly affection to " her Christian brother." This is accepted. and exertions male to deliver Forester from the dangers surrounding him, and the ettbrts still making for his ap. prehension by Father Sereno (Bartley). Arrangements are accord ingly made to ship him off to England, but no better meats sug gests itself for arriving at the sea-coast, than by passirg through the house of the Governor (Farren), who has been tr-offich) a party in the efforts made to re-capture the heretic. But passing by this improbability, our Englishman is conveyed into the Governor's garden, accompanied by Reuben (Miss Cawse). There unfortu nately Leonella (Miss Gibbs) makes a slight mistake in the dark- nen, and stumbling upon Jaime and Vasco, two " brothnis and bandits," as the bills have it, entrusts to them the key and direc tions intended to facilitate air escape of Prank Forester. Now, it is to be observed, that these .• brothers and bandits" aforesaid enter tain a slight grudge against the Governor of Valencia, for haviti" , been instrumental in bringing to justice their father, who was a the same trade as themselves, and have accordingly posted them. selves in Des Gomm: garden, for the purpose of watching their opportunity of vengeance. By the mistake already mentioned they gain access to our friend the Governor's bedchamber, whom they find soliloquizing upon sleep, in a red night-gown and slipper:, somewhat after the fashion of our own Harry VI. They have cotn pelled Frank to accompany them to the scene of their intended violence, and are on the point of putting tkir bloodthirsty inten tions into execution, when they are interrupted by the appearance of butcher (who has of course received timely information of what is going on), armed with a brace of pistols. The alarum is rung, guards enter, and LlOn Gomez, the Catholic Governor, finds him self rescued by a heretic and a Jew. All seems now to go on swimmingly till Father Serene. steps in and asserts his right to dis pose of the person of Forester, under a royal mandate to that edict. The parties look exceedingly blank, till Sereno relieves them by saying, that though he will not consent to an escape, he is disposed to set Frank at liberty openly, having obtained the King's cutlet for that very purpose. The piece accordingly concludes. lssachar expressing his determination to set sail for England with Forester, and Miriam likewise consenting to accompany " her Christian brother" to lioundsditch. The cognoscenti will instantly perceive the defects and improbabilities of this plot, some of which we have at tempted to point out in the course of our analysis. One more absurdity is observable in the conduct of Father Se rena, who has the Royal pardon in his pocket from the first, and yet permits our hero to he led in the auto des fe to the foot of the scaffold ; and afterwards to undergo all the difficulties and concealments which constitute the piece, without producing it till the critical moment when he has saved the life of the Governor in the last scene of the last act. This is sufficiently French and out of nature ; but to be sure the piece could not have existed without it ; and that constitutes at once its only apology, and the radical absurdity of the play. So much for the plot. With re gard to the next point for consideration, the dialogue, we shall be more brief in our remarks. There is rather a pretty vein of imaginative and practical expression, which predominated a good deal in the commencement of the piece, and together with the bustle and interest of the first act, excited hopes not realised by the sequel of the per formance. The attempts at humour fell still-born as soon as uttered. The principal and almost only joke in the piece was one which the complacency of the author put some dozen times into the mouth of Farren. We cannot at this moment charge our memory with it, but it was very appropriate to a silly piece of work, inasmuch as it related to All-Fools Day and the First of April. The two last acts were extremely tedious, and encountered some disap probation, and we think the hissing would have been more had the yawning been less. The music is a melange from Cisochillini, Shield, Rossini, and Viotti; and where the works of these composers could not be made available, the deficiency is supplied by Messrs. Whittaker and Watson. The overture from Rossini possesses much of the force and brilliancy which are the usual characteristics of that master. The selection is indeed throughout of a very pleasing na ture, and the new music possesses no inconsiderable degree of merit. The performers exerted themselves with equal credit to themselves and advantage to the author. What little Farren has to do in the doting old Gosernor he did, as usual, well. Mr. Jones, as Frank Forester, bad still less to do, but fluttered through it with his customary airiness, and gave it the support of his fine person. Mr. Fawcett had the most effective and telling cha racter in the piece, and it lost stone of its effect in his bands. Iu the character of Issachar, " the Hebrew dealer," or, as the vulgar call it, a Jew ped lar, the author seems to have desired to do for the con temned people of Israel what Cumberland attempted iu his character of Sherri. We have no quarrel with this, but must say, there is a vast deal of mock heroics and threadbare sentimentality, which we hoped Joseph Surli:ce had ere now banished from our stage. However, Fawcett, whose mane is identified with the pathetic and heroic in comedy, did his utmost, and the people of Duke's-place should be thankful. Mr. Sinclair sang one song (we think it was in the second act) delightfully, and two others very indifferently. Miss H. Cawse, who made her debut in the character of Reuben, is, we understand, a pupil of Sir George Smart. She is very young and very clever—she will of course grow older, and we hope cleverer. Indeed we have little doubts of the latter, if her friends do not spoil her, which we fear they arc much disposed to do. She sang one song delightfully, and with wonderful pre cision and power, and was deservedly encored by the whole house ; as she was in another, in the third act (and which scarcely deserved that distinction), by persons who no doubt thought themselves her friends : notwithstanding, she is under the care of an able instructor, and we entertain great hopes of her success. What can we say of the delightful Miss Tree that has not been said a thousand times? In everything that is modest, retiring, and penscroso---in giv ing utterance to the very soul of song, which predominates in the ballad style—and in warbling out the very spirit of tenderness and truth, in notes that seem borrowed from the untaught and melancholy strains of the nightingale, Miss Tree is unequalled ; we know not where we could find a successor for her on our stage ; we trust it will be long ere it is necessary to seas ore. We have remarked already that Miriam is imitated from Rebecca, a water-colour sketch from the strong tints of the great original. Miss Tree supported the character, and sang the songs belong ing to it exquisitely; and whatever were its deficiencies, she supplied by her delightful personation. That Hue of character is indeed well adapted to her powers, and she looked the daughter of the poor and despised people who have thriven while trampled upon by the haughty of the earth, with all the fragile and lowly loveliness that could be desired. This was the more meritorious and difficult, on account of the unnatural and. Germanized sentiments put into her mouth towards the conclusion of the piece. lye have nothing further to say, than that the scenery and decorations were (as is customary at this Theatre) good. The piece was given out for repetition amid sufficiently loud, but by no means unanimous, applause ; and we pro phecy, that if the pruning-knife is not liberally used, how-• ever it may flourish in appearance for a few nights in the remainder of the summer season, it will never face the blasts of winter. Indeed we have considerable doubts whether any mode of treatment will enable it to live so long. Sadler's Wells Theatre, which has opened this season with great spirit, is likely to reward the proprietors most amply, as the house is nightly well attended. The celebrated Goethe has presented an address to the German Diet, to obtain from it a license to print his works, so that he may have a guarantee against pirated editions. It does not appear how the Diet will be able to hinder the practice of literary piracy, which is so common in Ger many. A King's Messenger left town last night with despatches for Paris. It is in contemplation to establish a Mechanics' Institu tion at Chichester. The present lambing season of the Southdowns flocks, which has now about concluded, is said to have bceu pro ductive of an unusually great number of twin lambs. Most of the Hock masters prefer one great lamb to two little ones. tbi• • it, :0:4.. ositook, they retreated precipitately towards the continent. I sent my boat to summon the vessels to submit ; they refused. I then armed the boats of the Cambrian and the Seringapstarn, and sent my long boat first with orders to summon these vessels a second time, and if they refused to employ force. My boat returned towards them, and the officer who commanded it again summoned the Greeks to repair on board my vessels. They tepli.d by • discharge of musketry, which killed three men out of the five that were in the boat, and wounded a fourth. At this provocation our boats ad vanced and began the combat. The Greeks defended themselves desperately. They lost many men, and the two piratical vessels were taken and burnt, but we ourselves had fifteen other men hors du combat, three of whom have died of their wounds. Some days afterwards we met seven mioties full of people. They escaped into a creek difficult of access, and their crews took up a position among the rock'. I made our troops memo, for a landing, but before I effected it I resolved to parley myssU with the Greeks. 1 said to the Captain of the &rings patent. " Remember that for the moment I am no longer commander of the diviaim." I advanced in my long boat, and landed in the midst of the Greeks t they t , made no essistanoe, and , u their papers were In order, they consented to go on board my vessel to have them regularly certified. They promised me to seise the other two pirates, and I left them at liberty. The Greeks fought against us with desperation. Some who were mortally wounded were observed to attempt still to make use of their arms; others, when they had fallen into the sea, fired their last pistol. I caused some of theta to be saved, and keep them prisoner, on board, where they are employed in workiag the pumps. I must do justice to their courage, and confess that we have paid too dearly for dim advantage of two pirates, and frighten ing the others. Fatness FUWlsl.—Pasta, ArIlL 6.—Five per Cents. 102 f. 40e. Bank Stock, 2,040 f. Rents do Naples Certificates Falcon net, W. 20c. Rente d'Espagne, floral Spanish Lean, 1823, W. Exchange on London—one month, gif. ; three months, 24f Wc.--Cours ilithtntivit, April 11. CITY, FRIDAY Erin's°. Although the business in the money market was so in considerable to-day, that it can scarcely be looked upon as a fair criterion of prices, yet as far as it went, It certainly showed improvement. In the English market, Consols were firm, at about yesterdays quotation; for money 931 1. The account bargains were done at the-same prices, with a disposition to look up. In the Foreign market, Spanish Bonds returned to their former price, sad were very steady at it ; the old were done at 231, and the new at 181; Greek Scrip was from S to 44, and the Bonds at 511 2; South American Securities were better. Colombian Bonds were done at 901 e, and Mexi can Scrip at 3 1; Brazilian Scrip also improved, the bargains done in it being at 44 ; Danish Scrip was a de gree lighter ; it was towards the close of the day at 211. In the share market very few transactions took place. There was a little doing in Anglo-Mexicans, at 100 to 105,' anti in the United New, at 26 to 28; Pasco Peruvian may be quoted at 17 to 19, and Pearl and Coral at 16, 17, for money ; they bore the same price for the account. The River Plate Agricultural Company's Shares were issued this morning; they came out at 11, but they soon went up to 54; they left off at 41 6; they were bought with avidity. Money was so plentiful this morning, owing to the pay_ ment of the dividends, that bills were discounted at 21 per cent. There were some private bargains done in the Colonial market this morning, which were indicative of an increase of price, both in coffee and sugar next week. Tut Lavers.—His Majesty is to hold two Levees in the course of this month. The first is to take place on the 40th instant, and the second on the 97th inst. Both are to be holden at the King's Palace, Pall-mall. This arrangement will be of great accommodation to his Maj,sty, as it willlprevent the first Levee in the season from being so excessively crowded as to cause the King to stand for two or three hours, andwill divide the attendance of the company in two days, which will also be a great conve nience to those who cannot bear crowded Courts, &c. The Duke of York is expected to arrive in town to-mor row, from Newmarket. The Duchers of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia, visited the Princess Augusta yesterday. Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester and the `Princess Augusta, took an siring together in the Parks, &c. Dr. Holland and Mr. Shuter attended Mr. Secretary Canning at Gloucester Lodge, daily. The Hon. Secretary was not quite so well yesterday. The marriage of Prince Frederick of Orange, with the Princess Louisa of Prussia, seems to be positively fixed for the end of May. The Duke of San Fernando, Grandee of Spain of the First Class, who resided for several months at Toulouse, is going to Patis, to be present at the Coronation of his Majesty Charles X. The Duke of Northumberland's hotel, at Rheims, is already taken. It has 26 windows in front, and is by far the most magnificent mansion in that city. The Duke's departure will sot take place so soon as was expected; the end of the month of May is the period now calculated upon. STOCKHOLM, MARCH 22.—Sir B. Bloomfield, the British Ambassador, gave a grand fete on the 19th, which was St. Joseph's day, it being the Saint's day of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Oast. Cox. IN HIGH LIVE.—We understand that a suit of a very peculiar and delicate nature will shortly make its appearance in one of our Courts of Law. The individual who seeks redress in this instance is of no less rank than a peer of the Sister Kingdom ; the offending party is a Mr. B--. The injury, forming the foundation of this action, is said to have been inflicted at Milan, as well as other places on the Continent. The Noble Peer and his Lady had lived separate for some years. The gentlemen of the law have been busily employed for some time in collecting the necessaty evidence, and there is rea son to believe the details of this affair will shortly be dis closed in the Court of King's Bench. On Wednesday the Canadian Chiefs, four in number, arrived at the Castle Inn, li'itulzor, dressed in their full native costume. They ware waited upon by Sir John f'harmars and another gentleman, who conducted them throng's he Castle, and after going through the state apart meets, they inspected the improvements carrying on. They afterwards visited the Terrace and the Round Tower, and from thence they proceeded through the Little Park to Frogmore Lodge, where they passed upwards of an hour in viewing the delightful pleasure-grounds and gardens. They speak the French language fluently, and expressed themselves highly gratified with the pleasurable scenes of the day. They returned to the Castle Inn at five o'clock, where they dined and slept. Their curious dress, together with their painted faces, and ornaments pending from their ears and noses, attracted the attention of a great number of spectators. A petition to Parliament from the resident inhabitants and visiters of Bath, has been signed, praying the Legis lature to prohibit bear-baiting, dog-fighting, badger-bait ing, and other similar public exhibitions of cruelty. The Ship Canal Company have purchased, for 90,0001. seven miles of the Taunton and Bridgewater Canal, nearest to Bridgewater, which exactly suits the direction of their Canal. The advantages of this to Taunton will be very great; it will give a branch front the Ship Canal to Taun ton, which will thus be rendered in effect a seaport.—Both Paper. The Court of Ascizcs at Vosges has just terminated its first Quarter Session for this year, by au affair which has caused a considerable degree of interest and curiosity. A woman was accused of murdering her husband, by means of fasting and bad usage ; two of her daughters, one aged 20 and the other 24, were charged as accomplices to their mother's crime, which on their part constituter' the crime of parricide. It appeared at the trial that this un happy man had been for some past the victim to his wife's cruelty and his children's ill-usage; but the jury were of opinion that there was no premeditated intent to kill, and the woman has therefore been sentenced to hard labour fur life for the crime of wilful homicide. The youngest of the girls has been condemned to ten years' solitary imprison ment, for having struck the author of her being ; and the eldest has been acquitted. A circumstance appeared on the trial which particularly affected the auditors; it was, that in spite of the severe punishment clue received, a little girl, eleven years of age, secretly supplied her father with the food necessary to support life, and thus for some time pro longed Isis unhappy existence.—Courr ice Francois. It is a fact not very creditable to the French character, that, in the memorials of the Judges for preferment in the French Courts, they always ground their claims upon the number of condemnations which they have procured. THE DRITNII PRESS. PHRENOLOGY. On Tuesday evening Dr. Spursheisn delivered bis Tenth Lecture on Phrenology, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern. In this lecture he purposed to treat of some of the principal intellectual faculties. The first of these was that of Wit. This faculty was called by rnetapbvsicians a habit of association, but this statement was man*. featly defective and insufficient. Why had some individuals the power of associating ideas so as to produce the pleasurable emotio nal% of wit ? Here the systems of the metaphysicians left their disciples in the dark. Thu power did not exist i ore should be n aniform proms. doe to any other faculty of tbe mind, and theref con. sidered separate and original. There could be no doubt that in some minds there was a special faculty to produce mirth and laugh. i ter. It was the possession of this faculty in a peculiar degree which constituted a wit. The organ of this faculty was quite ascertained. In those in whom it was - fully developed, a tendency to make every thing food for piety and amusement would be observed. In some persons the faculty was so powerful that they were always jesting. N othing could induce them to be serious long. The Professor showed several casts of individuals whom be had known remarkable for the possession of peculiarly witty powers; and in all these instances the organ was very fully developed. The direc. tion of this power would depend on the other faculties combined with it. If the individual was a painter, he would be fond of droll subjects and caricature; if a musician, his compositions would in like manner be marked by this disposition towards merri. mem. In Voltaire the organ was large. After knowing this fact, it was no longer difficult to account for his propensity to turn every thing into ridicule. In Sterne it was equally full. The head of a female child known to the Professor was shown, in which the organ was very prominent; sad he stated, that this girl, in a horn it was combined with the organ of Form, was always employed in drawing said cutting out grotesque figures calculated to excite the mirth of all who beheld them. The next organ to which the Professor proceeded was that of talon. This he considered to be a primitive faculty of the mind ; and, in his opinion, it had a great sphere of activity. In general, it more develo ped in children than in adults; and it was well known that children learned more by imitation than grown persons. This faculty was essential to graft actors. Without it, they could not excel, though a good deal necessarily depended on the other faculties with which it was combined. Too much attention could not be given to the mutual control of the faculties. The activity of the organs also exerted a powerful Influence on the manifesta tions ; a brain of mOseift doe, and great activity, would produce more vivid manifests cat IpFh a 1 brain with little activity. It was with the twain as with the bodily system • size was a general, but net an infallihle kidicationof power. The . Professor afterwards dilated at great length on the effects of the combination of the faculties. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Bishop of Lincoln had a grand dinner party yesterday a his house in Connaught-place. The Bishop of Exeter had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Great George-street = Westminster. Arthur Stanhope, Lsq._ gave a dinner yesterday, to a party of friends, at his house in Tilney-street. lire. Tighe has is sued cards of invitation for a rout on Monday evening, at her house in St. James's-place. Mrs. George Bankes has issued cants of invitation for a rout on the 18th inst. at her house in Brutor-atreet, Berkeley-square. Baroness Willoughby de Ersby gave a grand dinner on Wednes. day, at her house, Whitehall, to a distinguished party, among whom were—The Marquis and Marchioness of Cholmondcley, the Earl and Countess of Warwick, Lord and Lady Henry Chol. mondeley, Sir Banister and Lady Tarleton, Sir William Rumbold, Bart., Captain William Corry. Mr. Cholmortdeley, &c. The Marchioness of Cornwallis entertained the Dowager Duchess of Richmond, the Ladies Lennox, and a large party, at dinner on Thursday, at her house, Park-crescent ; in the evening her Lady ship had an elegant circle of fashionables. Dowager Lady Nears had an evening party on Thursday, at her house in Albemarle-street. Earl Spencer left town yfisterday, for his seat, Althorpe, North amptonshire. The Marquis of Salisbury and family are expected in town in a few days from Paris. Mr. and Mrs. St. Leger Pascoe Grenfell have left town for J. MIMS'S, Esq. seat, Wilton Park. Bucks. Pascoe Chaste% Esq. M.P., and the Misses Orenfell, have left town for their seat, Toplow, Berks. Lord William Bentinek has left town, for his seat, Lynn, Norfolk. P. Brune, Esq. has arrived at his house, Albemarle-street, from a tour. Mr., Mrs., and Miss Watson have arrived at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat in Yorkshire. Depar. tures :—Lord and Lady C. Stopford, for Lord Montague's seat , Maori Park. near Windsor ; Lady Ann Scott, for Kent. Lord and Lady Francis Gower have left the Marquis of Stafford's seat, West Hills, Surrey, for Brighton. Lord Hervey left town yesterday, for the Marquis of Salisbury's seat, Hatfield. The Earl of Abergseenty 'has left town, for his seat, Eridge Castle, Sussex. Arrivals at Millet's Hotel, Jermyn.street :—The Rev. G. Blackstone, from a tour; and B. neither, Esq., from Ireland. Arrivals ak the Royal Hotel, St. Jamees-street :—Lord Clan brake, from Ireland ; Slum& Esq., from Liverpool ; Wm. Brown. Esq., from ditto ; Wm. Monvomwb Esq., from Brigh ton ; J. Fletcher, Esq., from Liverpool • A. Dfilos, Esq., from a tour ; and Jones, Esq., glom Liv erpool. Departures :—Sur H. Fano, Bart., for his seat in Hants Radcliffe, Esq., for ditto ; Wnusgham,Esq., for Oxford ; Lad Eyre, for Berke; and Mr. and Mrs. Edwards and family, for Paris. Arrivals at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-streets—Sir Charles Chad, Bart., from Tunbridge Wells; Mrs. Pd*Crea, from Cambridge; Mrs. Watson and Miss Rose, from a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Manby, from ditto ; R. A. Thorpe, Esq., from Oxford • J. F. Hindle, Esq., from G il librand Hall; Sir Thomas Dallas, Bart., front a tour ; Thomas Stonor, Esq., from Henley-upon-Thames; and Milts, Ent., from a tour. Departures:-John Mackintosh, Esq., on a tour; anal Messrs. Maatell, on a tour. BRIGHTON, APRIL 7. The arrivals have been very numerous since our last, and include many families of distinction. The inns are' overflowing with company. The Couut and Countess St. Antonio have arrived at their house on the King's Road. Lord and Lady Gwydyr have arrived, and occupy No. 58, Regency-square. mong our arrivals are Lord and Lady Ellenborough. Mr. Croker, M.P. of the Admiralty, is among our ar rivals. Mr. C. visited the Hyperion frigate at Newhaven on Monday last, and was accompanied by Mr. Barrow, of the Admiralty, Lady Gould, &c. The distinguished party were entertained with a sumptuous collation in the cabin of the frigate. Among our arrivals are—Lord Glcngall, Mr. Hobliouse, M.P., Mr. Douglas Kinnaird, Captain Hornhy, Lord and Lady Berwick, Mr. and Mrs. Locke, Mrs. Hare Nayler, &c. Sec. We are glad to perceive the increase of private parties, and the revival of gaiety in the town during the Easter holidays. According to letters from St. Petersburgh, of the sth of March, the conferences on the affairs of Greece have at length began between Count Nesselrode, Minister for Fo reign Affairs, and the Ambassadors from the Courts of Paris, Vienna, and Berlin. They had had three meetings and it wail observed that Mr. Stratford Canning, who came to St. Petersburgh merely on a special mission, was not pre sent at them. It was said that, having executed his mis sion, he would shortly leave St. Petersburgh, and return to England.—AUgenteine Zeitung. Extract of a letter received this morning from Ham burgh, dated the Ist instant:—" We have just received an account of the great alterations proposed by Mr. Iluskisson in the foreign trade of England; it has produced a great sensation here, and will promote trade, but we suspect the great benefit of these alterations will return to the country which carries them into effect." The Chamber of Deputies has passed a law for the pre servation of trees on the public roads. The laws against fraudulent bankruptcies are rigidly enforced in the Netherlands. At Bruges, a few days ago, a hatter, named Chevalier, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment, for having, about three weeks before he became a bankrupt, purchased goods, being well aware at the time that it would not be in his power to pay for them. The Sandwich packet arrived at Falmouth from Lisbon, left in the Tagus his Majesty's ships Ocean, Superb, Wel lesley, Active, Tribune, Thetis, Bramble cutter, and Magnet brig. Yesterday the despatches for Madras and Bengal by the ship Minerva, Capt. Prabyn ' were closed at the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of that ship. Ve learn that a Company is in progress to run carriages and vehicles of every description by, steam in Ireland.— Cork Adverliver. Our mercantile restless will be glad to learn that St. George's Dock is to be opened for the admission of ves sels on the tat of May.—Gore's Liverpool Paper. A petition is in the course of signature in Liverpool against the removal of the public inspection of butter in Ireland. A small piece of ground, used as a twine walk, near the Church-walk, Ulverstone, which was not long ago sold for 2.51. was last week put up to public auction, and fetched the enormous sum of 6931. DREADFUL EART:!QUAXE AT ALGIERS. EXTRACT OF A I.ETTER F:.'; 4 ALGIERS, DATED MARCH 7. On Wednesday, the 2el this city and neighbourhood was visited with a tremendous earthquake, which conti nued at intervals for the five following days. It has thrown down several houses, and injured many ethers ; and has totally destroyed the town of Blida, one day's journey from this, burying in its ruins nearly all the inhabitants. Out of a population of 15,000 souls, chiefly Moors, Jews. and Arabs, about 300 only have been saved, and those in a sadly mutilated state. The first two shocks which occurred were at two minutes, and at 42 minutes after ten, a.m., were extremely violent, and the motion both circular and perpendicular. On the same evening two more shocks occurred; on Thursday evening three; on Friday two; on Saturday two; and on Sunday, between the hours of one and three a.m., two more, which, it is to be hoped, may prove the last. To-morrow I purpose going to visit the ruins of that ill-fated town, where I am told a horrible scene of de vastation presents itself; 7,000 dead bodies have been already dug out. In one spot, supposed to be a Jewish ereiniriary, the bodies of 2so children were found; and a vast number of persons in the ruins of the mosques, where the people had congregated, the earthquake having oc curred at the hour of rrayer (ten o'clock). In the immediate neighbourhood of the town, the earth has opened in large interstices of from eight to ten feet wide, and as many deep ; and it is worthy of remark, that the same phenomenon which generally precedes the eruption of Etna and Vesuvius, occurred at Blida—namely, all the wells and fountains in the neighbourhood became perfectly dry. The troops which the Government sent out to prevent plunder have been attacked by vast hordes of the Cobails, and have thus added to the work of death. The Cobails are of a race totally distinct from the Turks, Moors, or Arabs: they are the descendants of the ancient Numidians, and inhabit the mountains of this part of Africa, are per fectly independent, and have never been subdued by the Turks. As an act of grace, the Dey has manumitted all the slaves, and has ordered a public thanksgiving for the salvation of this city. God knows whether we are to experience any more of these horrible visitations. There is every appearance to the contrary, if the weather be any indication. Your mo ther and all of us have, as you will easily believe, been most dreadfully alarmed. We were afraid even of going to our heels, and spent the greatest part of our time on the roof of the house, which is a perfect flat: and there we were safe, so far as regarded any thing from above, and, had the house given way, we should have stood a hance of being uppermost on the ruins. There is one circumstance which I have omitted to men tion, that an excellent barometer I have, kept gradually fallie n , for some days before the earthquake, whilst the weather indicated no change whatever, otherwise than that on the day it happened my thermometer rose suddenly from 58 to C2l degrees, which is a very extraordinary oc currence. THAMES QUAY. ___......._ TO TIIE EDITOR OF TILE BRITISH PRESS. Sia—l am but this moment apprised of the error into which 1 have been led with regard to the non-publication of the Resolutions of ' the Meeting at the Crown and Anchor on the 30th March. I was induced to believe that those Resolutions were not put seriatim, but en masse, and my informant produced• in my mind the impression made upon his own, " that it was not thought advisable to publish the Resolutions themselves." I now find that they were actually published in the very same paper in which I read the proceedings of the Meeting. However, as to the nature of the objections, they are nearly the sime as those referred to in the published speeches, and 1 now address you to plead guilty to inat tention, and to claim your belief that 1 had no wish to mistake. 1 have the honour to be, Sir, A LOVER OF IMPROVLMENT. THE ARMY. A Brevet is expected to take place on the Sld instant, The Head-quarters' D.vision of the Slit (Huntingdon shire) Regiment of Foot will embark forthwith from Chat ham, for India. The Ist (the King's) Regiment of Dragoon Guards will, on being replaced at Newcastle by the 3d (the King's Own) Regiment of Light Dragoons, from Coventry, march to Canterbury. ST. PAUL'S CHAIM Y SCHOOLS DINNER. (From the Dublip FrecTnan:r Journal of Tuesday.] In consequence of Mr. O'Connell's absence, the annual dinner of this Charitable establishment was postponed from the 14th of February last to yesterday, when it took place, as usual, at the Great Room in "Queen-street, opposite Blackhall-street. It was numerously and respectably attended. Not fewer than 230 persons sat down to table. Daniel O'Connell, Esq. presided, assisted by F. W. Conway, Esq. as Vice-President. After on Nobis Demise, which was very scientifically given by a number of emu/ester, O'Co N Pi ELL proposed the health of " The Kii,g." It is almost unnecessary to say that it was received with enthu siastic plaudits. The Cum 31AN then gave— " The Duke of York and the Army." Ile passed sonic handsome encomiums on his Royal Highness, particularly in allusion to his attention to the comforts of the great army under his direction, and his impartiality as to rewarding merit, without reference to any other feelings but those of indi vidual ability. This toast and panegyric being rather new on occa sions like the present, appeared to excite some surprise. It was, nevertheless, drunk with cordiality, and even with warmth. 6' The Duke of Clarence and the Navy," MN next given, with some prefatory expressions of admiration by Mr. O'Connell, en our brilliant successes on that element where England has almost invariably triumphed, with the aid of Irish bravery. In proposing the Marquis Vellesley's health, Mr. O'Coir. NELL observid, that although he had wine time put omitted it, he thought it row due to say, that lie believed the Noble Lord at the head of the Irish Government was mainly instrumental in producing the happy change in the sentiments of those formerly opposed to Catholic Emancipation. This explanation was received with loud bursts of applause, and with a marked sincerity of approbation. On a former occasion, we had to remark, that the omission of the toast did not seem to accord with the feelings i:f the company. Mr. O'CossELL, in proposing the health of Frederic Con way, Esq. said, that lie could not help coupling it with the Ca. tholic Association, to which Mr. Conway, as Secretary, had rem dered such etEcient service. lie observed, that that body, which bail grown to such influence and power in a short spa= of time, which had for its supporters the nobility, wealth, arid consequence of almost every sect In these kingdoms, and which might drive into the sea the united forces of Russia, France, and Austria, united—this body was dissolved by the mere breath of Parliament, thus proving incontestibly how strongly the people of Ireland re. spected those laws, which it was more than insinuated they wished to oppose. But the same spirit that brought the Association to. getber still existed,and " I am no conjurer," said Mr. O'Connell, " in predicting that it would again arise at my bidding." Mr. CON WAY returned thanks. Amongst many toasts, of which our space will not admit a par ticular notice, were " The Duke of Sussex," and " Sir Francis Burdett," which were received with the must mattering marks o'. approbation. _ . . LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING. Wind S. to S.E.-11ighwater, 64 tn. p. 1. Arrived the Edward Brothers, IPropert, from Dundalk ; James Watt, Lindsay, from Glasgow ; William Black, —, front Dub. lin ; Cognac, Barton, from Charente ; Traveller, —, from Lon don ; Jane, —, from Newry ; Richard, --, free Wexford; Duke of Athol, Dawson, from the Isle of Man ; Agnes. Abram son, from Dram ; Elizabeth, Corlett, from Drogheda ; Richmond, --, from Al'exford ; Lady elazwell, —, trout Dublin ; and the Phenix, IVilliams, from ditto. One ship and three brigs off at three-quarters past eve. In consequence of the scarcity of Hoar in Spain, considerable business has been done here in that article ; and about 4,000 brls. have been taken In bond at 235. a 26a. per 1961 b. THE CHURCH. CAMBRIDGE, APRIL B.—The Rev. Thomas Climes, 8.A., of Queen's College. was on IVednesday hat elected a Fellow of that Society, by dispensation front the King. PREFERRED. The Rer. Samuel Carr, 31. A., et Queen's College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Little Everaden, in that County, resent by the death of the Rev. Peter Hawn ; Patrons, the I'residen and Fel lows of that Society. a a I