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Judea. end therefore he was not peepand to sate his opinion with I w er e:* to them: he, however, was not prepared to say that their o gr ia ought nut to be inereased. It might, however, be proper 10 consider how far the map of those Judges were similar to the of this country. It the reason for increasing the salary of me would lead by fair inference to give it to another, he should not care what obloquy might fall upon him ; he ibould come forward to propose a proportionate increase ; the rT inciple upon which he acted being that they should pay per. s ons adequately to the service which they rendered to the public. lie should propose in the Bill which he purposed to introduce, to r egal tte that the salaries should be proportioned to the duties of the offices row annexed to the Chief JusUcestrip as soon AS the :ntereits of the present patentees &NM sue. and that the duty of t hee offices should be done In pass Colonel BAGWELL spoke is 'MOW SI Hie grant, and hoped the same increase would be eztesded the /edges of Ireland. Sir J. IVROTTESLEr dee peat. Str F. BUR DET: fai r watt Who moot allowance: he wished the allowance to J be Shoal. but be complained of want of sufficient I The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, that the sum promo* to be given to the Cadet Justices 'lain conformity to the seassiboodation of a Report eta CoMmisMoa. The Honour. able Booms had theatre me apt to amiolala .1 lila proceeding withost diet inffiesindes. A IR ibe 'dim jape, It was not 10 1162 . M Iht a istenaleate mr. OCA 'LETT MPS* .41i0 seesideoent, te regulate the Wads of the Chief Justices asobilled to tbs average of the emolu ment* of the last twenty years. The CHANCELLOR of she EXCHEQUER said, that the prONIII Chid Jades vs WM.WWWWIOIIIIO preset sum to be pm poet Be We I. fak tho gespood of the sewage analateeat of the Aloe or be iduldr es it vs assail. ems of the Chief Jae. tine dedelosh hago atsn, wed shsia—as was the case of the pre vat.ollllll iiiiideo--datMeg very Ijule MllllllllllClkilil. In tallith Mr. Dili YAW leg the Cuaitcitx. too ofillio Ara took apart, Itr. IllDlldo 6, 7 a year VIII Ho high a salary f Palma Jelin. SS a year might Mop a man, sibtert,HOL wash mt. ilesaght ibis ogsossieo materially af. fiend the behgeodeast of the Bar. - He le call the atten. newt As Rom Ire which he bed read t hat day. of the dis pod 61411.44 to of the Bar. Ile said, in one instance, oat of olslbit bmind sad gerbil:Hata% there were one hundred and weatty*o *ma bdd in sue Court, and that four of these places etre WM leg vie perms. He would submit this list to the House to toes More esaldon. Thesassidtauss were then negatived, and the original resolution agreed to. Sir J. WHOTTESLEY moved an amendment, that the salary of the Polsne Judges be I,olllof. Mr. HEN N disapproved of the amendment, which was ne gatived without • divismo. Colonel BAGWELL was desirous of calling the attention of his Majesty's Government to the consideration of the case of the Chief Justices of Ireland, and whether it was the intention of Gu vertuncit to propose an augmentation of their salaries ? The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER replied that he by no means intended to conclude the considerat , on of judicial compensation by the present Bill. lie directed nimself, in the first insnince, to the consideration of the Judges of those Courts, as they had saleable offices at their disposal, which were not possessed by the Judges oldie other parts of the kingdom proportionate to the nature of their services. Mr. h. RICE supported the claim of the Chief Justice and Judges of heland toast augmentation of salary. Th e other reso lutions were then agreed to, and the Report ordered to be brought up to-morrow. COTTON MILLS' REGULATION BILL. Mr. HOBHOUSE - moved the second reading of the Cotton Mills' Regulation Bill. Mr. H ORYBY opposed the second reading of the Bill. A Bill lasi been introduced into Parliament to regulate the labour of per. ions in cotton factories. It was the result of an investigation of a Committee up stain, and he saw no reason to alter it. The effect of the Bill of the Honourable Member would be to diminish the period of labour by one twelfth of the present time. After a ma ture consideration he regarded the measure as most inexpedient, aid he would therefore move that the Bill be read again this day six menthe._ .„... .... . Mr.....JBHOUSE opposed the amendment. lie described the condition of the children as most lamentable. In Ilaneheeter, at the best mills, the children work fopeteen hours a day, deducting an hour and • half for meals. Some ys they were not allowed to go out to mesh, but were forced to ch their food from the flee t. This was the state of the children the beat mills; but in some L O mills they worked fifteen and sieteet hours without intermission. This was the deplorable state of the children employed in the cotton mills, and it was nothing to say that by legislating we should injure the cotton trade. He (Mr. H.) would rather give up the cotton trade, and all other trades, than sutler the continuance of so ouch injustice, or that we should support the proprietors of mills io working fortunes out of the bones anti sinews snd muscles of chit dren. All he (Mr. ilobhouse) desired by his Bill, was to make Sir di. Peel's Bill effective, by g i v i ng Magistrates the power of en. forcing it, and limitirg the number of working hours to eleven. air. Secretary PEEL doubted the policy of limiting the number ef vivldng Unto le eleven. After a minute investigation it was aped don teen hours was not too much, and now without any investigation, only upon die suggestion of a most respectable Member of that House, it was proposed to send up a Bill to the 'Ards. altering the number of hours which had been formerly agreed to. He (Mr. Peel) fully concurred with the lien. ,Member iiir Westminster that the law should be enforced. When Paella bent limited the number of working hours to 72 in a week this regulation should be strictly attended to. He (Air. Peel) believed that the law was not acted upon, and therefore he thought it a wise sad salutary proposal that power should be given to Magistrates to carry its provisions into operation. If the lion. Member for West nuter confined his motion to carrying into foil effect the law as it at present stood, it should have his (Mr. Peel's) support. We should try the experiment of making the existing laws effectual before we legislated anew. The present law, in his opinion, was complete, and may be made effectual. The peaalty attached to a breach of it was sufficient, and he thought no reasonable objection could be made to carrying its provisions ioo operation. If the lion. Member (Mr. Hobhouse) should prove in the Committeethat a limitation of the hours was necessary, he (Mr. Peel) should he glad to support his Bill. He would not hew oppose the second reading, or vote for the amendment (that it le read this day six months), but he could not prdmise the lion. Gentleman that he would support the clause for limiting the work. ing hours, when the Bill found its way into the Committee. Mr. W. SIIITH said, that when Sir R. Peel's Bill went to the Lords the number of working hours was limited to fie, and not to 7l as had been stated. This provision of the Bill was evaded in • most shameful, disgraceful, and inhuman manner. In his opinion three was abundant necessity for the Bill which his lion. Friend l.lr. llobhouse) had brought in. Mr. TWA made a few observations in support of the Bill. Dlr. G. PHILLIPS, bring resident in Lancashire. and taking Touch interest in the sub ject, . had become acquainted with the con. d:iion of the manufacto ries in that district long ago, and lie ad. netted that they were then in a bad state; but it was perfectly certain that they had been since then wonderfully improved. The supposed sufferings so much dwelt upon would probably have nut been heard of from any other class of operatives.—the weavers foriastance. Those engaged in cotton.factoriee were querulous oil prone to faction, and therefore their discontents made more poise than the occasion required. The weavers had one third less 'Ws, and yet from them no complaints were heard. He was op- Pined to any enactment which would have the effict of limiting the' number of hours in the day which an operative might be at liberty to work. In had times fifteen hours labour might be little enough Lr tie support of himself and his' family. Any Act which might by Peeled could only have a partial operation, for the less respect- alee mills would assuredly evade its provisions, lie was of opinion that it was exceedingly dangerous to agitate the question. In Imo I the discussion of it produced great injury in the manufaciuriiig cattier& Until lately the operatives looked up to their employers as their best protectors, but now the desire for needless legislation has coated a breach between those whose interest it was to maintain the bat understanding. Sir F. BURDETT could not concur in many of the opinions of the lion. Member who had preceded him. lie agreed that no in terference ought to take place with regard to commercial transac tions, or with regard to the prices at which manufacturers should oil their labour. He admitted the force of all the general reasoning that could be urged on this subject; but he contended that to the pewit ease it did not eerily. It was alleged that nothing had so bad an Piliti as legislation in regard to this class of opera. tires; but let it be observed, that before any Acts of the Legislature were passed, abuses of the worst kind prevailed, *bell had since confessedly diminished, and the manufacturing liepulation are now consequently in a worse situation than they tore before. To interfere between the working men and their em- Pi*Yers, in the case of adults, is very different from doing so in the cat efehildren—of innocent and defenceless children, when made 'tram to the cupidity of their parents, or others who may have soar otter them. If the statements furnished on the occasion were ounded in truth, he hesitated not to say that nothing worse existed a negro slavery. Sir Robert Peel's Act was most shamefully 'Wel by the parties making use of children younger than those Prohibited by the Act. They were used with more severity titan teen horses ; they were kept standing twelve hours a day, and when oncome with sleep through ex :risme toil they were beaten to keep 'Pon awake; statements to this effect he read from a paper which 4 1 been furnished to him, and he also read the opinion of some medical men on the subject. He confessed that he felt strongly ' P ub regard to thi s crue lty, and he wondered how any man could hike up his mind to allow children to be so treated. Mr. PIIII,I.IPS in explanation said, that the amelioration brought about wa s n o t e ff e cted by the operation of any statute ; it rata tell from other causes. hit P. .MUSGRAVE opposed the Bill. „Pectot LUSH INGTON sa id t h at one wou ld suppose i t was a 441 1 for regulating the wages of those who could voluntarily en e thernselves, and not for the protection of those who were un a'le to protect themselves. and who in the eye of the law could ' . 1 . 41 4 ro bargains for the sale of their own labour. lie ut the ronederallon of the House, whether it ought not to rut a top to this worm than negro sherry. im 3 le. J. SMITH supported the Bill. lie bore testimony at the tame etiree to the care which some of the manuf a ctu r er s took of the under their care. , lilt kVA NS supported the Bill. He agreed that the Bill was '.?. ,d ly l calleil . tOr, and thought that the hours of labour might be r:id with advantage to the manufacturers, by having a more 77 : a nd vignrotis population to do the work of their manufac. ' r el. Be thought that although the period of labour was too NrittOlt 11,rtx40. DRUIIr—LANE 7'HEATIIE. Tkis Evening, TUESDAY, Way 17. will be performed led time) a Romantic Drama. caned FAUSrUS The Principal Characters by Messrs% allsek e Terry. Harley. Knight, Browne. Archer, Bedford, 'ma Penley; Meadam6.l I. Paton, Stephens. and Pure). To conclude with TIDE SI.LRPINU Dlt AUGHT. To-morrow, William Tell, and Abell Hassan. COVENT-GA - n ijEN TH TRP: This Evening, TUESDAY Mar 17. will be performed NATIVE LAND: Or, THE RETURN FROM SLAP:RV. .I.ireli.. dl Montalto, Mr. Sinclair: Guiseppo, Mr. W. Farris; Tau. rrrdl, Mr. Cooper; Perearino, Mr. Fawcett. C.lrmauni,_l4las Paton; Zan iaa , Mies Love; Blundlna, Miss NI. Tree. After which. LOFTY PROJECTS: Or, ARTS IN AN ATTIC. Mr.ValentineVeraatile. M r.Yates. To rosclude with CENT. PER CENT. To-morrow, The Belle's Stratagem, end The Barber of Seville. HAYMARKET 2'HEATRE. This Evening. TI:ESD , II% May 17. will be performed FORTUNE'S FROLIC. Rubin Rough-head, Mr. Wilkinson. After which. LOVE' VILLAGE. . . • • Justice Woodcock, Mr. Dowton: Young Meadows, Mr. Melrose: Hawthorn, Mr. Pyne. Rosetta, Miss George. Toe a lode with TURN OUT. Restive, Mr. Dowton ; Doctor Truekie. Mr. N Illiams ; Forage. Mr. N•. West; Gregory. Mr. M.llkitison Marian Ramsay, Mrs. Davison. To-morrow, The Bemire' Opera, with I ribulation, and Peeping Tom. The DILITISII PIUS commef.ced modustiing yesterday morning at five o'clock. LONDON, TUESDAY, M.r 17, 1825. By the Leeward Island packet yesterday we received Colombian Papers to the arid of March inclusive. On Tuesday last we exclusively published, from the New York Papers, an extract from the Colombiano of the 16th of March, in which it was announced that the French Government had made a prop ',Rion to flour** to ester , Wish a Monarchy in Colombia, which he immediately. transmitted to Congress, accompanying it with his resig nation of the Presidency, and an application for leave to retire from the country. In the extract to which we seek' the Editor of the C./um/dam, expressed a strong liislath that a knowledge of the designs of F r an ce h a d acerb. rated the recognition of the new States by England. Rs added—" Hence, too, the hostile appearance of French vessels on our coast, and the interception of the fishermen Richards at sea, to ascertain whether the mine had beau sprung, or, in the words of Captain DI FatsNE, who* Genera! BOLIVAR was." This sentence was at the tilliff wholly inexplicable to us. The correspondence we now publish between the French naval Officers and General PAEZ will clear up the mystery. A French squadron, it was known, had been cruising for some time off Puerto Cabello. It now appears that after a somewhat peremptory demand had been made for the surrender of a privateer, and the reparation of an alleged insult, the Commander of the French squadron on that station sent an Officer to make some inquiries of a fisherman respecting the frigate Jeanne d'Arc, of which he was in search. The Officer also asked where General bit vAa was; and to this fact the Editor of the Colombiano alludes as being connected with the plot for seducing the Liberator to become the tyrant of his country. The following observations were not con tained in the New York Paper; and as they will be found important, we subjoin them. The Congress, we learn, had debated the communication of Bort v with closed doors; and this circumstance had excited suspicion among the Colombians. We have no doubt that the alarm felt as to the proceedings of the Congress is a, groundless as we believe is the apprehension of hostility from the French Government. Letters from La Guayra, dated 28th March, sate that the French squadron had ends., ly left the coast of Colombia, without any unpleasant event, or any occurrence which might lead to a misunderstanding between France and Colombia. '• If we could imagine (which we do not) that our Government would deliberate for a moment on this insidious proposition, the appearance of Colonel Campbell with the approbation of our pre sent system by England, together with the circumstances which seem to have called forth that recognition, sill give a new aspect to the question ; whilst the liberation of Peru will satisfy the Holy Alliance, that as the Americas require no foreign aid to conso lidate their governments, so have they no need to model them by its Counsels. " Some alarm has been unnecessarily created by a statement of Congress having debated this matter with dosed doors. If secret Sessions hare been held, various causes may exist at the present moment for this precaution, without attributing it to a motive dis honourable to our representatives, and at variance with the spirit which seems to have led the Liberator to submit this matter to the Legislature. From the tone which we are given to understand pervaded General Bolivaes rejection of the overture, he must have submitted it to Congress not as debatable matter, but as subject of information, and therefore we cannot believe that Congress has condescended to discuss its merits: even in that case, however, the result cannot be doubtful. General Bolivar has well reminded the country that the Constitution is sacred for ten years ; and assuredly it would be less unc onst i tut i ona l to di scuss the question which called tins observation forth, than one of Monarchy. " In reference to that ques ion, we take occasion to observe spe culatively in favour of it, how much more multiplied would be the opposition to innovation under five or six legislatures, than it possibly can be under one." From the Garda de Colorado we have extracted the fol lowing account of the alleged proposition from the French Government to Botirss. The person through whom this proposition was made is not named, but he is represented as having been in communication with the Cortes of Spain, with Prince METTERNICH, and with the Emperor ALEX. ANDER : " A Frenchman having transmitted from London various private letter, to the Liberator and President, in which he seeks to impress hint with mistrust of the British AI inistry, relative to the recognition of Colotnbia, advises him to proclaim himself a constitutional Ring, and suggests to him the measures necessary to gain the military and the citizens of influence, friends of liberty, promising to bring him, in person • project of a constitution ; an d concludes by assuring him th'itt on this condition the Powers of Europe win have no difficulty in rccognizing Colombia. The President, indignant at reading such iniquitous counsels, has sent the letters to the Vice. President of the Republic, stating in a confidential letter that he consigns them to his hands, with a view of dtnounc. king, there was nothing to warrant a comparison of the persona In the manufactories with the negroes. The Hill was then read a second time, and ordered to be com mitted for Friday. IRISH BANKERS' BILL. A clause was brough up and agreed to. to allow under the Bill the appointment of agents by any of the partners. It was then ordered to be read a thinl time to-morrow. LUNACY TRAVERSE BILL. This Bill war appointed to be read • third time on iVainestlay next. The other orders of the day were then disposed ef, and the House adjourned at HALF-PAST (Iw►. PRICE 1/I.' 11111148 H I Ronk Stork 230 2t) $ per Coot. Red. 94 894 S per tent. tens. 914111 Ditto Acct. vi voi 4 34 per Cent. SS per Cent. Red. 97 4 New 4 per Cent. 1091 lOll itOCKS YESTERDA Y. India Stock India Bonds 69 66 pm bong Ann. 21j 13.111 j Ks. 8i115,10.1,04511. 4147 50 pm Ditto, 51X1/. 51 47 pm Ditto, Smallsl 47pm Lottery Tickets, 191. 11Ss. PRICES OF I:011E1E4N Aastrian Uuuds (10 Gil. per X St.) 7 Brazilian 'kinds Ditto Scrip (11124) ei 10f pm Chillan Bon& Ditto Acct. Wl4 Chilian Bonds %3 f i iolombian Bond% 84 7Ch Ditto Bonds (1024) 883 till 984 Ditto Acct. OR 9 Danish Bondi 101 i Ditto Marks Banco 102 Ditto Saip (15251 Si dis Ditto Acct. 3 2t 3 dis French Rental 5 Pr Ct. 101 f. 25c. 101 f. Exchange 25f. 10c. Wri YESTE It DA Y. Dreek Bondi 611 Ditto Scrip (1820 6f I j 6 63 6 f I 7 dig Ditto Acct. gi f 6 j 7 di. Ale:icon Bonds 761 f 1 f Ditto Acct. VII f Ditto Scrip (1823) 1 3 2 la n 2 i dis lj Ditto Acct. if 2/ 13 2j 1 diit Peruvian Bonds 79 f tif Portuguese Bonds 90f Ditto Acct. 901 1 Prussian Bonds (1222)102 Russian Bonds 961 f Ditto Acct. 94 Spanish Cons. 231 1 f Ditto Acct. 231 ITISH THE B ing them to Congress, that the Rzereseetatizes may be made ac quainted with the suggestions of the amanita of America, and may know that he never will keep secret c mwrunications of this nature, because his only desire is • to lissi a citizen, and die a flee. tan.' The intelligence from Colombia is, upon the whole, highly satisfactory, notwithstanding the unpleahant feelings inspired by the presence of the French squadrirti on the coast of Venezuela. The Vice-Presidetat had revelled the proclamation of martial law in that department, and pub. lie confidence seemed to be fully restored. ' ' - The following are extracts of letters received yester day :--- CAsta.cas, 21ancn 2A. iVe are in alarm here respecting the deigns of the French; they have.lately braved us on our masts, urgir g 'rations illegal captures on ear part as a pretest for picking aqa a,rrel. This day we hear that Foote vessels of war arrived at Marti - 'Nue from France, on the 13th tow. The public feeling here is stet igly against France, and these pretended grievances are deemed a Holy Alliance intrigue; Ido not; however, go thus far. The Fr - )nch Authorities of Mar tinique have some cause of complaint, an I our treatment of their messengers has been somewhat republics.); that is to say, not re markably courteous. Thus the self-love aid national pride of the Commanders cof La Grande Nation have been a little wounded. We have not had a more pleasant piece of news here for a long while, than the information brought by the last packet, of a Com pany being funned in London for sending out settlirs to this coon. try. Nothing is so much wanted here as an industrious popula. lion ; we have plenty of room for them—the best lands, a rich soil, and great choice of climate. The lour we are now eating all comes front the United States, and bears a great expense of oar. riage from La Guars to this city, while all we want might be raised on the neighbouring high lands. The season has been remarkably dry here. The coffee plants. tions present the most unpromising aspect. Numberless masses have been said for rain, and processions parade our streets for the same purpose. We may, therefore, hope to be refreshed are long. Some of thv people in the West Indies are thinking of coming down here to settle as planters ; if so, estates here will rise. LA GrATRA, lUnucit 28. There is little new to advise here in public matters. The news from Peru has given new life to the \'enezuelians. The coffee crop does not premise well. The following are the present prices here: Coffee - . dollars 925 a 950 per 100 lb. Cotton . . 10 25 a 10 50 Cocoa . . 22 90 a2l 0 per 1101 b. indigo . - 215 a 230 per lb. Such is the convenience afforded to the intercourse with Ciflombia, by the recent establishment of packets, that let ters were yesterday received from La Guayra (by the Lee ward Island packer), answering letters dated from London, of the IVtli February, thus making the backwards and forwards in si days. Mr. Secretary CANNING appeared in his place in the House of Commons last night, for the purpose of present ing the copies of three Treaties lately concluded by this country. The flrst was with Sweden, relative to the Slave Trade. We have elsewhere given an abstract of its con tents. The second was with Russia, relative to the claims set up by that Government to she sovereignty of the North I I West coast of America. By this Convention the limits of the territory of each l'ower are defined. We have pub lished this document entire. The third Treaty was that of amity, cornatere?„ and navigation with the United Provinces of 11:o ale la Plata. By the arrivals from Buenos Ayres we were enabled to publish this very important Treaty some days ago. The Right Honourable Secretary, we hear, still labours considerably under indis position. The tone in which he spoke was unusually I feeble, awl his appearance was not entirely such as the friends of the country wish it to be. The West India Cal,npany Bill pacsed last night by a majority of 103 against 6 4.5. 'lle opposition which it had to encounter confined itself to a reiteration of those argu ments which have already been so ably examined and so completely refuted in this Journal by our Correspondent INDEX. Its opponents; however, appear to have entirely abandoned one of their main Akita, that of seeking to deter the public from the scheme, by a representation of the present depressed state of the property which it is the avowed design of this Company to purchase. It is not without reason that they-have relinquished an argument so ill calculated to assist their views; for nothing can be plainer, than that if this Company have now the opportu nity of purchasing property which is suffering an unex ampled depression, but at the same time a depression proved to be both accidental and temporary, it follows necessarily that an early alteration will take place; and since this property is on all hands allowed to be now at its lowest point of depression, the alteration to which we look forward must be for the better. The CHANCELLOL of the EICHEQUEIt last night brought forward the important subject of the Judges' salaries. It is proposed to abolish the sale of certain offices, by which the Chief Justices now obtain a consi derable proportion of their emoluments, and to increase their salaries so as to compensate them for the loss. The future income of the Chief Justice of the King's Bench will be fixed at 10,000!.; that of the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas at 6,000/. ; and that of the Chief Baron of the Exchequer at 7,000/. The Puisne Judges will all be raised to 5,0001. Some op position was offered by Mr. DENMAN to the increase of the salary of the Puisne Judges, but he was ably and conclusively answered by Dr. LUIMINGTON. If any thing remained it was well supplied by Mr. PEEL. Con sidering the arduous and laborious duty of the Judges, and the essential importance that they should possess the means of supporting their high station in a manner wor thy of their rank and talents, we had not anticipated any objection to this grant even from the most economical Mem ber of the Opposition. Mr. DENMAN argued, that " a!1 pretence" for charging the Judges with sinister motives should be removed; but we apprehend that, while they re ceive any salary at all, some "pre/race" will always exist for calumniating them. Suppose a member of the Com. mon Council to move the reduction or abolition of the Common Sergeant's salary, on the ground that Mr. DEN MAN should have an opportunity of proving his disin terested affeetion for the administration of justice, would Mr. DENMAN feel that the City of London had such claims on him as entitled the Corporation to require the sacrifice of his professional income for their benefit? 1,11 I , aIO?IDAT EVENING. The extraordinary panic that seized the speculators on the Stock Exchange about a fortnight since, has been followed by one equa ll y violent and unacco unta bl e thi s morning. Consols opened at 1404 foe Money, and 91 for the Account; but a very sudden anti unex pected fall almost immediately took place, and the transactions were done during the remainder of the day at the following quotations : for 31oney, 901 II t . for the A ccount , 1 40 j j, 90. Various rumours, as • matter of course, were in circulation, to „account for this rapid and extraordinary decline. Among the most prominent were the unsatisfactory state of his Majes ty's health, the certainty of an insurrection in Ireland if the Catholic Relief Bill be thrown out to-morrow night in the House of Donk, and the equal certainty of an immediate Dissolution of Par liament should it be read a second time ; but the leading cause, we have no doubt, may be traced to the operations of jobbers, many of whom (particularly those of the Jewish persuasion) have sold largely to-day. Although this was settling day in the Foreign Stock Market, the business in it was comparatively unimportant. As far as the set tlement of accounts went every thing passed off with pertect regu larity, and the Consols Market was the great point of interest. All Foreign *trinities, however, were worse, as it was natural to expect from the state of those belonging to this country. Greek Scrip suffered the greatest depression ; it was done as low as 7 61 discount ; still remits best acquainted with Greek affairs were large buyers. The Bonds were 50. Taking into the account the general gloom of the market, Spanish Bonds maintained themselves tolerably well.— ' The old were 23 j, and the new 18j 19. South American Secu rities were a good deal affected. Colombian Bonds were 001 A, and Mexican Scrip 24 j discount. Brazilian Scrip was japremium, and Danish ditto 3 24 discount. The transactions in Shares were limited to the new Potosi at ei Is the General Mining Company at Bt 9j, and the Pasco-Peruvum ' at 101 11. There were no private bargains done in Sugar to-day; Coffee was mere sought a:ter, and the price MU firm. TREATY BETWEEN Ills BRITANNIC 31 • 1" AND THE XING ON SWEDEN AND NORWAY, TOR PREVENTING THEIR JECTI FROM ENGAGING IN ANY TRAFFIC IN SLAVES, ITOCCHOLNI, NOV. 0, 1824. This treaty fa of such great length that we can only afford space for the following abstract of the principal articles :- 19 order. to render more effective the measure. for the suppression of the said traffit', to which the King of Sweden and Norway has =himself by the present treaty, and with die view of assinti tem more nearly to those already adopted by (treat Britain, chile yid plajesty engages to add to them, as soon as po s sible, w ith the concurrence of the States Ventral of-the Kingdom of Sweden, and of -the Storthing of the Kingdom of Norway, penal laws, ac. cording to the spirit of the.legialatlon of each country, which lane shall visit with a punishment proportionate to the magnitude of** ainte,any participate* whatever, by Swedish or Norwegian sub. jug, ha the slave trade. rn order more completely to preveto.all infringement of the spi rit or die preceding Article, the two Biel Contracting Parties de clare, that the vessels belonging .to their respective subjects, which, contrery, to all expectation,.may be found employed in this forbid den,tracflic, by that act ; /ose all right to claim the protection of their flag ; and they mtttually consent that the ships of their royal navies, which shell be provided with special Instructions for this purpole, as hereinafter rntutioned, shall visit such membeat..i Vessels of the two nations as may be suspected, upon reemenblel grounds, of being concerned in the traffic of slaves contrary to the provisions of this treaty, and in ease tflerear may detain and bring away such vessels, in order that they may be brought to trial in the wanner stipulated in the fourth Article of the present Treaty. In order to explain the mode of execution of the preceding Ar. tide, it is agreed : • 1. That sue!: reciprocal right of visit and detention shall not be exercised within the ,Illeditemasean Sea, nor withih the European Seas lying without the Straka of Gibraltar to the northward of the nth degree of north Petit's*, lied within :nd to the eastward of the meridian of Ferro. , 11. That ail ships of the royal navies of the two nations which phall be hereafter employed to prevent the traffic hi slaves, shall be famished by their fespective GoVernments with 3 t:crpy, in the likifirk, Swedish, and Norwegian languages, of the To:nine:ions eeteabled to the present Treaty, and which shall be considered as as part f. thereo instructions shall not be altered or modified, but with the awneon consent of the High Contracting Parties. S. That the names of the several vessels furnished withiuch la. oirsetions, the force of each . ; and the naniesnf their several cot* emorises, shall be from time to time communicated forthwith by *slower issuing the same, to the other High Contracting Party. 4. That the ships of each of the royal navies authorised to make web visit as aforesaid, shall not exceed tie-Number of twelve, be. longing to either of the High Cont-acting Perties, without the pro. virus consent of the other High Contracting Party. S. That the right of visit, such es ha. then been recipmeelly agreed on by the two High Contracting Parties, shall net be di. reedy exercised upon merchant yesse:.: mulling under the convoy of one or more ships of war of either of the two Power! If, contrary to all expectation, the commander of a ship of war of either of the two Governments employed in the suppression of t.te olive trade, should have ressonsblegrounds for suspecting that a ship, under convoy of the other Government, should, in fact, have on board slaves destined for sale, or be otherwise engaged in the traffic of slaves, contrary to the provision of this Treaty, he shall address himself to the commander of the con vo y in order to communicate his suspicions ; the latter shall then proceed to visit **suspected ship, accompanied by either the commander of the liniser himself, or any officer whom the latter may delegate es his swpre4entat we. The commander of the convoy shall afford all the aid and assist snee possible to the visit of the suspected ships. and to their eventual detention, according to the spirit and true sense oldie present treaty. Article 4 regulates the appointment of mixed Courts of Justice, formed of an equal number of individuals named by each S iyereign for the adjudication of the ships of the two nations detained for bei.ig en aged in the traffic of slaves. Articl s 3 and 6 provide for the indemnification of th se vessels which may suffer illegal or arbitrary detention. Article 1 determines the circumstances that shall render a vessel liable to Annexed to the treaty are several documents which are declared to form an integral part of it. The Brat is a pro clamation of the King of Sweden, declaring that every ship bearing the Swedish or Norwegian flag, which shad be found employed in the slave-trade, shall not be entitled to claim the protection of that flag. Some of the annexes describe the instructions for the ships of the British and Swedish navies, and others relate to the constituti o n o f t h e mixed Courts of Justice. One of thew., Courts will be at Siert?, Leone, and the other at St. Bartholomew's. CONVENTION arrwaxw me MAJESTY •ED THE EMPEROR Or RUSSIA, annoy:cynic; THE rimy NAVIGATJOH, COMMERCE, AND • FISHERIES IN THE raclrsc OCEAN, AND THE LIMITS ON THE NORTH-NEST COAST or AMERICA, SIGNED AT ST. PETERS/SU/10H, FEB. 2/1 (M), 1825. In the Name of the Most Holy and Undivided Trinity. iii. Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty the Emperor of All the /tunable, being desirous of drawing still closer the ties of good understanding and friendship which unite them, by means of an agreement which may settle, upon the basis of reciprocal convenience, different' points connected with the commerce, navigation, and fisheries of I their subjects on the Pacific Ocean, as well as th e li m i ts o f t h e i r 1 respective Possessions on the North-west Coast of America, have named Plenipotentiaries to conclude a Convention for this purpose, that is to say Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Hon. Stratford Canning, a Member of his said Majesty's Most lion. Privy Council, &c.. and his Majesty the Emperor of All the Russia., the Sieur Charles I Robert Count de Nesselrode, his Imperial Majesty's Privy Coun cillor, a Member of the Council of the Empire, Secretary of State for the Department of Foreign Affairs, &c., and the Sieur Pierre de Poletica, his Imperial Majesty's Councillor of State, &c. Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers. found in good and due form, have agreed upon and signed the following Articles I.—lt is agreed that the respective subjects of the high contracting parties shall not lie troubled or molested, in any part of the ocean, commonly called the Pacific Ocean, either in navi gating the same, in fishing therein, or in landing at smell parts of the mist as shall not have been already occupied, in order to trade with the nativet, under the restrictions and conditions specified in the following tricks. 2.—ln order to prevent the right of nav'giting and Gibing, ex ercised upon the ocean by the subjects of the high contracting par. ties, from becoming the pretext fur an illicit commerce, it is agreed that the subjects at his Britannic Majesty shall not land at any place where there may be a Russian Establishment, without the permission of the Governor or Commandant; and, on the other hand, that Russian subjects shall not land, without permission, at any British Establishment on the Nonh West Coast. 3.—The line of demarcation between the possessions of the high contracting parties upon the Coast of the Continent, and the Islands of America to the Ncrth West, shall be drawn in the manner ful. lowing : Commencing from the Southernmost point of the Island called Prince of Wales Island. which point lies in in the parallel of 54 deg. 40 mm. North latitude, and between the 13Ist and the 132c1 degree of West Longitude (meridian of Greenwich) the said line shall ascend to the North along the Channell called Portland Chan nel, as far as the po:tit of the Continent where it strikes the 56.11 degree of North latitude; from this last-mentioned point, the line I of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast, as far as the point of intersection of the 141st degree of West longitude (of the same meridian); and, finally, from the said loins of intersection, the said meridian line of the 141st degree, in its prolongation as far as the Frozen Ocean, stall form the limit between the Bossism and British poFsesaions on Mai Continent of America to the North West. 4.-11'ith reference to the line of demarcation laid down in the preceding Article, it is understood— First. That the Island called Prince of %Vales Island shall be long wholly to Russia. Second. That wherever the summit of the mountains which ex tend in a direction parallel to the coast. from the Sikh degree of North latitude to the point of intersection of the 141st degree of West longitude, shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British Pos. sessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above-mentioned, shall be formed by a line parallel to the windings of the coast, and which shall never exceed the distance of ten ma rine leagues therefrom. 6.—lt is moreover agreed, that no Establishment shall be formed by either of the two parties within the limits assigned by the_ two preceding Articles to the possession■ of the other; consequently, British subjects shall nut form any Establishment either upon the coast or upon the border of the continent comprised within the limits of the Russian Possessions, as designated to the two preceding An. titles, and, in like manner, no Establishment shall be formed by ItusTan subjects beyond the said limits. 6.—lt is understood that the subjects of his Britannic Majesty, from whatever quarter they may arrive, whether front the ocean on from the interior of the continent, shall for ever enjoy the right of navigating freely, and without any hindrance whatever, all the rivers and Treating which, in their course towards the Pacific Ocean may cross the line of demarcation upon the line of coast described in Article 3 of the present Convention. 7.—lt is also understood that, for the grace of ten years from the signature of the present Convention, the vessels of the two Powers, og those belonging to their respective subjects, shall mutually be st liberty to frequent, without any hindrance whatever, all the in land seas, the gulfs, havens and creeks on the coast mentioneJ in Article 3, for the purposes of fishing and of trailing with the natives. B.—The port of Sitka, or Novo Archangelsk, shall be open to the commerce and vessels of British subjects ter the space. of ten years from the date of the eachange of the ratifications of the pre sent Convention. In the event of an extension of this tern) of ten gran being granted to any other Power, the like extension shall be granted also to Great Britain. 10.—The above-mentioned liberty of commerce shall not apply to the trade in spirituous liquors, in firg-arras, os other a:nts, gun- ~~ pr. powder or other wargfio stcres ; the High Contracting Parties reci procally engaging not co permit the above-mentioned articles to be sold or delivered, in any manner whatever, to the natives of the country. 10.—Every British or Russian vessel navigating the Pacitis Ocean, which may be entrgaelled by storms or by accident to take shelter in the ports of the respective Perna!, shall be at liberty to refit therein, to provide itself with all necessary mores, and to put s bleb sh a ll b e t h e Sarni! as those paid by national vessels.to sea again, wi t h out pay i ng any other than port and light-house dues, In e ow, however. the master of such vessel shrill(' be under the o m f a c y om ha p v la e in lan t on necessity of disp os i ng o f a part of his-merchandise in order to defray In every wi where cave ehe hihisexpentet, he shall conform-himself to the regulations aid tariffs of the ded. ll. aceount of an infraction of the Articles of the present Convention, the Civil and Military Au thorities of the High Contracting 'Parties without previously, act ing or taking a n y f orc ibl e measure, shalt *Peke as meet and elf.- eumstautial Report of the matter to thei7 respective (Aims, w, engage to settle the same in a friendly' manner, and steordiog r io the principles of justice. I2.—The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifica tions shall be-exchanged at London, within the space of six weeks, or sooner if possible. . . • In witness whereof the . reapertive Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have aAiszd thereto tht seals of the 7 r arms. Done at Petersbirgh, tf - teth BM) day of February, in the year of stir Lord 1833. (L.S.) STRATFORD CANNING. (LS.) The Count dr NESSELRODE. (LS.) PIERRE DE POLETICA. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A new romantic drama, entitled Faustus, was broilglit out at this Theatre hat night. The story of Faustus is one which is familial to us from our infancy, and still maintains its fearful and terrible in terest over our maturer years. There is something in the tale which, wild and improbable as .it is, conies home to our hearts, and mists up with the incredible and the extra vagant feelings and aspirations of .a. truer and more lofty character. We confess we never like to contemplate. the simple source from which this history of marvels originated ) and we would willingly blind•ourselves to the truth of his tory, and find a snore remote and philosophical cause for the surprising feats of Wirteitherg's learned Doctor than the bare invention of the' aist of printing. The story, if invented by the snore subtle Greeks, would have passed for a refined allegory ; with its it has originated in ignorance, and the mistake of a mere matter-of-fact. Yet, such as it is, we like it principally because it smacks of power, and deals in that strange vet every-day desire which we all feel to go out of and beyond ourselves—stretching our minds into fresh fields anti fancies, and eternally pursuing that moral and physical perfecticn, which, like the horizort is ever before and above us, but is still wideninle and receding uwe advance. Some of the greatest minds of our own and earlier times appear to have contemplated this strange and mysterious subject with similar feelings. Marlow has thrown the weight of his " mighty line' into the English Faustus, and Coethe displayed his amazing powers in.. the Oerfnan Fans'. Notwithstanding the choice of these mighty masters, we are by no means of opinion that " the Life, Death, and descent into Hell" of Dr. Faustus is a proper subject for stage representation; but we have only to take thingsas we find them. The plot of the present piece (if that word can be properly applied to a naked suc cession of incidentr, scarcely combined and not at all intri cate) is soon told. Faustus (Mr. Wallack) appears in.the first scene in the midst of the Dracheidels, with the fated volume in his hands, and just after discovering the necro. mantic spell that is to endue him with supernatural power. Mephistopheles (Mr. Terry.) ascends from the earth, and the compact is made which constitutes him at once the master isul fervent of the ill-starred Doctor. The scene 1 changes to VI nice, and Far stus is transported thither by his familiar. From Venice our scholar carries off el4itre (Miss Stephens) after hav:ng first killed her brceher Enrics (Mr. Penley) in single combat. lie soon tires of her, and the deights of supernatural palace, and the convent of Methistopheles, and reetins to Venice on another exp&li• tliticn. width he coneults with tile abduction of ROIOIIU, (Miss I. Pa:on ) cousin to his former mistress. But: hie attempts upon her peace are interrupted by a v a't from the famhars of the holy office, anti he is lodged in a dungeon of the inquietion at Venice. Mephistophths anears, r attics him from his cap tivity, and transients him by magical aid to Milan, where he introduces the crime-stained scholar into the royal chambe-, and pr veils on him to murder the King of Milan. Tills is no sooner clone than the remaining cha teeters appear, and Fau.l as is sent to,the lower regions, like our friends Dos Juan and Caspar. '!'here, is a something which it would be bearing &lee witness to call an underplot (indeed the play is alyg ther i mount of plot), for the pur pose of' introducing Barley as Wagner, anti Knight as lire villa, the former of whom talks Latin to ladies, and the latter, love. We have thus rehearsed the substance of fhe story of this drama pro lu.no puhlicn, ani shall make no Comment on it. In the dialogue there are some gbod points, and the character of. Mephistopheles is well drawn end well acted :of that more anon. Indeed the author, whoever he be, could hardly fail to introduce something in the shape of' the piquant and the pathetic, with Goethe inkl Marlow bef o re his eyts. That he might have done better there is no.doubt, but let us take what we have got, and be thankfill it is no worse. It has been already remarked that subjects like the present are not the material for stage representation. 'there was a time when an author would hare feared to introduce the devil into a drama, lest it should lead to the damnation of his pima, but we enter tain no qualms of this kind at present. Musicians and poets have lent their aid to make those diabteries imposing, and our scene paints have put " Their pcnTramic views cf hell in training," and the mechanist comes in to complete all with sulphut and teen. We owe all this to the Germans, who are cer tainly the most practical people breathing, and delight in I attempting to teafi.e the wildest sallies of the imaginatiten. The overture of Foust/is is from Weber, and has some capital tnovemen's, but that of his &rise/adz has spoiled us for all other overtures. The rest of the music is a me lange to which Bishop, Horn. and Cooke have contributed it possesses considera'sle merit, particularlyltwo airs in the first and second acts, which were sung by Miss Stephens. The scenery and m chanical department have been executed in a manner that is above all praise, anti excited the lively approbation of the audience. Mr. IVallack is not pre cisely in ac:orriance with one's preconceived ideas of the Wirtemberg Doctor; however, he is a g rod melo-dramatic actor, and got through the latter scents with considerable bustle and effect. Mr. Browne, as the C. We de Carauter, had an empty and talkative Nobleman to perform, anti he was empty and talkative. Wagner and Brevillo were well played by Messrs. Harley anti Knight ; and the females were very ably sustained by Miss I. Paton, Miss Porey, anti Miss Stephen. ; the latter tidy was in delightful voice. It has been sometimes the custom with country managers to get an actor to play two or more characters in the same piece, anti this is technically called " doubling," but on tile present occasion the manager has procured two actors to perform one character, that of Mep/iistterhe/es, who was made in this manner, not " Two single gentlemen rolled into one," e__. out "One single gentleman rolled into hen," Messrs. Terry and 0. Smith sustained this part, and by their division of labour attained a very preternatural share of übiquity in some scenes. The dry iron and sarcastic tones of Terry harmonized excellently with the fiend, and any one who has seen Retsch's illustrations of Fa:..rt must have been delighted with the ascot aey of the ecaunme worn by this actor. In a word, much expense, together with a Prologue, has been lavished upon this melodrame, and we trust it may recompence the treasury : we are inelined to b t think ' n iw k ri.t {Vallnal a u n •a i s i ri given si o d r e a r a f b o le r r a e r pr ia i t u i o s : t a h i l l s d e % a .e n f : ew ng hisses, but the ayes had it. that the Earl of Portinore, whilst on hie way from stating King yesterday. Duke ycoespteie,ri of liaiynt lo into our sa t p ra ap n er c o t l f o ti m le ili t ta tt ry i i la n tscs siti.nas psragraphwith th Gene‘a, had been attacked with a paralytic stroke, and r ex t reme destitute or truth.da s nger i This sta 'Thetemetit Noble , have the wholly i authority for statin g , was never in. better e.e are F tt t er li h is e.aha l rl o , Lordsh i p u ia . th. d ) : e h t i o i ) ' IVe arc sorry to announce the melan c h o l y event of tile death of the Earl of Illitworth, which took plate at Knolc, on Friday Evening last, after a few day s ' ill ness . The Noble Earl wa s sometiine Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and representative of his Iste Majesty in several importai% missions abroad. • 4 *; re ; re e is I if oe le rf • a . I a I f. IL 11 Ir 1 :o I ) qi 1 if s i j I , it ,t I 6 a e a it 4 1.4 ,e ft Le If i. I, ac le e. r. ie of P t A it ' 1 ‘ll a it te r- ie ; 5. it 11 • 3 0.) 4 ie 51, • 1 ; • ■