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tz,4; PHRENOLOGY. SPURZiIEIM will deliver to Ladies and Gentle men a COURSE of TWELVE LECTURES on PH RE- NoLooy, on Tuesdays, Thuradaya, and Saturdays, at Three •'Clock, at Willie's ROOM, King.etteet, St. Jameic To begin 'fI) , MORROW. 'rickets, Two Guineas each, to Se had of Mr. De Ville, SO, Strand ; at the Bar of the Thatched Ham Tavern ; and at the Rama so tie Days of Lecturing. PERUVIAN MINING COMPANY.— Notice is hereby given, that the DEED for the REGULA. TION of this COMPANY will LIE for SIGNATURE at the Banking-houseof Ideas». Frye and Chapman, St. Mildred's court, in the City of London, until the 18th day of April next, be fore which time the Subscribers are requested to attend between the hours of Ten and Your, either in Person or by Attorney, and exe cute the same, and receive Certificates as Shareholders in exchange for the Bankers' Receipts, or their Shares will be forfeited. By Order of the Directors, March 2 _3,1825. JA 31ES JENKINS, Secretary. N.B. Forms of Power of Attorney may be had on application at Mean. Frys a..d Chapman. CORNWALL end DEVONSHIRE TIN, COPPER, and LEAD MINING COMPANY. This Company is forming to work several of the most approved, alimbic and well-situated Mines in Cornwall and Devonshire., and which are already secured to the Company ; the surveys hav ing been made by Captain Richards and Captain Teague, accom- Panied by a highly-respectable Agent from the Protectors; the Plats and Maps have been prepared, and the Contracts signed. The Capital is at present 500,0001., with power, however, to in crease the same. The number of Shares is 10,0011, of 501. each. The Deposit of di. will be required whm the Shares are allotted ; and no Application can be meived after Thursday, the 7th inst. In the mean time . Applications may be made at Messrs. Sir William Kay, Bart., Price, Merryat, and Coleman's. Bankers, Mansion-House-street; or at Messrs. Sir John Peering, But., Shaw, Barber, and Cct.'s ' Bankers. Cornhill. JOHN WOOD, Secretary pro. temp. Laotian. April 2, 1825. M OOTHALL, NEWCA I SaI s ..IE-UPON-TY NI, MARCH 26, At a MEETING of the Gentlemen disposed to embark in the Undertaking of a RAILROAD between NEWCASTLE and CARLISLE. held at Newcastle on the 26th of March, 1825, in consequence of the Resolutions of a County Meeting in favour of the measure • A DDISON . JOHN CRESSWELL BAKER, Esq. in the Chair; The following Resolutions were unanimously adopted:— That a Company be formed fur the purpose of carrying into effect :he measure of establishing a Communication between Newcastle and Carlisle by a Railroad, which has this day received the sanction via General bleating of the Nobility,Gentlemen, Clergy, and Free. holders of the County of Northumberland, and that such Company be called " The Neweastle.upon-Tyne and Carlisle Railroa d Compare " • That t he . Capital of the Company be 300,0001., and be divided into 3,000 Shares of 100!. each, and that 501/Shares be reserved for the Landowners on, or in the neighbourhood of, the line of the pro posed Railroad. That the Prospectus now real be adopted as the Prospectus of the. Company, and be advertised in the Newcastle, Carlisle, and Durham 'Newsparss, and in some of the London Newspapers. That Books of Subscriptions be opened at the Bank of Sir M. W. Ridley, Bart. and Co.; Messrs. Ralph John Lembton and Co.: and Messrs. Chapman and Co. ; and at the Offices of Messrs. Clayton, and Mr. Adamson, in Newcastle • at the Bank of Messrs. Forster and Co., at Carlisle • and in London ; at the Bank at* Sir W. Curtis. Roberts, and Co.;• and at the Chambers of 3lessts. Clayton, Scott. and Clayton. 6. New-square, Lincoln's-Inn. That a Subscriber for 10 Shares and upwards shall be eligible as Direc•or of the Company ; and that as soon as a Board of Direc tors shall be formed, a payment of 21. per cent. on the Subscrip tions shall be called for, on payment of which the Shares shall be properly secured to the Subscribers, and that all future Subscribers do make that advance at the time of subscribing, and that no fur ther advances be required until the Plana and Surveys shall have been completed. and an Act of Parliament obtained. That the sums already paid by the Subscribers to the previous inquiry shall be deemed a part payment for their shares, in case they s hall also become subscribers to this undertaking, and that the sums subscribed to the previous inquiry, and paid by individuals who do nit tubacribe to this undertaking, be repaid to them out of the funds of this Company. That a Meeting of the Subscribers be held at the Assembly in Newcastle, on SATURDAY. the 9th of April next, tor the pt.pose of Electing a Board of Tweive Directors, whom cyrtiibers may brisberwards increased at the dischoion of the Sub scribers, and that such iltsxed shall conduct the affairs of the Com pany, aided by such Sub-Boards as shall hereafter be appointed by tee Subscribers ; and at such Meeting the Officers of the Company shall also be appointed. That for the purpose of such election and appointment, and on all other occasions, a Proprietor of five shares shall have one vote, a „Proprietor of ten shares two votes. a Proprietor of fifteen shares three votes, and a Proprietor of twenty shares and upwards four votes; and such votes shall be given personally, except by Peers, Corporate Bodies, 31embers of Parliament, Ladies, and Subscri tars to the amount of thirty alsres, whose known agents shall be at liberty to vote in their names. NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE & CARLISLE RAILROAD. PROSPECTUS. The improvement of Ole communication between Newcastle upon-Tyne and Carlisle, or rather between the German Ocean and the Irish Channel, has occupied the attention of the public at dif ferent periods during the last half century. The recent formation of a Canal from the Solway Frith to Carlisle has revived the sub jezt, and a strong feeling of the expediency of completing the line of communication his been excited : there appeared to be but one opirion as to the advantages of the measure, and the only doubt entertained was, whether it would be hest effected by a continua tion of the Canal already formed, or by a Railroad communicating with it. During the Summer Assizes of last year, a numerous and re apectable County Meeting, convened by the High Sheriff of Nortbumberlar.d, was held at Newca.tle, and a Committee was ap pointed, to inquire into the practicability of improving the existing .communication between Newcastle and Carlisle, and the compara me eligibility of effecting that improvement by a Canal or a Hail road. The Committee have since proceeded diligently in the perform ance of the duties confided to them. They have availed themselves of the advice and assistance of Mr. Chernan and Mr. Jessop, Civil !Engineers of eminence (the former possessing considerable local in terinstion); and after a full investigation of the subject, they have dosed their labours by a Report, in which they state their opi nion, that the establishment of a COMMU3;CIIiM by a Railroad, be es/teen Newcastle and Carlisle, 'is an undertaking which will be ad vantageous to those who may embark in it, at the same time that it is an object of great importance both to the landed and commercial interests of this part of the kingdom, and that its execution will open a county rich in mineral productions, and tend materially to promote agriculture. manufactures, and commerce.' This Report was presented by Sir J. Edward Swinburne. Bart. the Chairman of the Commute, to 2 County Meeting, convened by the :Sigh Sheriff of Northumberland, and held At Newcastle on the 26th instant, when it was resolved, ' That the Meeting, concur roil; in the view taken of the subject by the Committee, consider the establishment of a communication by a Railroad between New astle and Carlisle an object worthy of the couotenance of the county.' Linder these encouraging circumstances, the measure proposed t.as betel entered upon. It is strongly supported by the landed in. teee al, united with the commercial and inanufacturing interests at each extremity of the line of communication, and no doubt can be entertained of its being proaecu'ed effectually. h may with confidence he asserted, that there are few, if any eetuatrons in Great Britain, which present a surer prospect of sere- ' to such an undertaking ; there are no existing canal interests le interfere with or be injured by the proposed Railroad; the coun try both aides of the line alieunis in lead, aid, lime, and other reineral productions, the transit of which on different portions of the line, independent of that of merchandise from one extremity to the other, has been estinteted alone to produce a revenue sufficient te eau:per:sate those who ropy creme in the undertaking. At the same time, imperfect as is the present medium of communication, the earrieee of merchandise betaren Newcastle and Carlisle is so con-' beieratile an to justify the eentieetit eepeetation of a large additional' reture from that source, when the proposed facilities of conveyance mall be afforded Thy whole line of way is peculiarly favourable e: tilting the utmost ad vactage of , 11121 power, abounding as it does with coal, which may be ahtnined at a cheap rate. . The country through %lime the flathead is intended to pass, has been on fermer oecasions r: ore than once accurately surveyed, with a view to a canal, which war , then contemplated ; but a minute starry less not yet been ovule for the present purpose, nor has the prccise line of the printeeed Itedrixtd been definitively fixed. though Air. Chapman sod Mr. Jessop have both examined the country, and suggested th eir IdC3S, on the subject. There is not, however, the elightest doubt but the line may be so arranged, that no annoyance or inconvenience will be attendant on the benefits which must be derived to those let:downers through whose pro ' yet, it passes. The proposed li:.e centreitteraus with the Tyne at Newcastle, and terminates at the basin Of the Canal at Carlisle, and the whole length is 64 miles die a half. Tbc ex penee of receiving the work has been estimated by el r. Chapman at 252,4381. To this estimate Mr. Jessop has ton *lit it right to make an addition of 40.0e01., on account of the advance in the price of Iron, and some other cireumetances ; making, is the a leile„ 292‘eilt1e, which include% an allowance of no lama ruin 01411 32,tesef. for inciJeuts and un foreseen expenses. It is intended that the %reined:Mg shall be placed tinder the n.sesgernent of a Beard of leirecters, reeved by sue!) Sub-Boards se may hereafter lee appointed by the Snipe, ihere. The Capital required fir the mdertskine in 300,000% divided seta 3,0e01. shares. of Isfll. cede of which one-sixth part is reserved ion the leindoweers of ter vestry through which the line poems. 'clic cepind will le- tilacett wider the entitml of the Board of DITOC , Ofa, by eenni the shard will he isetiel to the Subscriber's. a'vaner of 21. per cent. on the 'um subscribed iv required to be wee into the of the Hankers of the COMpany, to the PC rat tot of the Board of Disectorr, and the remainder all be called fe at the &tweeter, of the Hoard : hot no further advance will be repaired until the Hist x and Surveys shall hove beer, routpleted, and an Art ol obtl!v•J. Is: , .wcvtle..l)o:: it Meech, len. COURSE OF EXUMA? Amsterdam C. F. 12 2 Diuo at sight 11 19 Rotterdam ....2 U. 12 3 Antwerp 12 3 Hambargh 24 U. 34 19 hem' 24 U. 34 11 Paris. 3 days' sigh t ....«.25 20 (Nita 2.U. 21 50 Rourdesux 25 50 Raclin Frank. on Main Ex. M. 1514 retersburgh, rble. 3 Us. Vientia.effeetivell. 2M. 9 56 Trieste ditto 9 55 Madrid 31 Bilbao 34 1iiiadiz......:.... 36 Barcelona. 35 Seville 36 Liibraliar SI ght Srittott airtoo . THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Tab Brining. WEDNESDAY, April 6. will be performed PIZARRO. Marro, Mr.Younre; Rona, Mr. %Clack ; Alonzo, Mr. archer. Elvira, Mn. Bunn; Cora, Mrs.% Ai est. Alter which oe time; a new Drama, milled ABON HASSAN. The Overture and Music composed by K. M. Ton Weber. The Caliph. Mr. Bedford; Abon Hassan. Mr. Horn; Zabotte, Mr. Marley. Zulima, Miss Oraddon. r, The Norf lage of Figaro, Old and Young, and Abun THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. This Evening, WEDNESDAY, Aprlld,will be performed CLAIM. The Duke Vivaldi. Mr. T. P. Cookc : Rohm*, Mr. Fawcett. Clan, Min M. Tree; Verolua, Mho Love. After which. CHARLES THE SECOND: Or, TIIE MERRY MONARCH. King Charles, Mt. C. Soluble; Lord Rochester. Mr. bones: Corgis Copp, Mr. Fawcett. Mary, Miss M. Tree. To eonelude with ALADDIN; Or, THE WONDERFUL LAMP. Mn. Vining: Kamm Amek, Mr. T. P. Cooke: Abansaer, Mr. Farley; Sweet, Mr. J. S. Grimaldi. To-morrow. The Inconstant, sod Aladdin. The BRITISH Paw commenced publishing yesterday morning at five o'clock. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, Alan 6, 192.;. We subjoin such extracts from the Paris Papers of Sun day as may prove interesting to our readers. Their con tents generally for several days have been very insipid. The financial measures of the French Government chiefly occupy their attention, but the subject is not discussed on either side with much skill or information. A Ministerial Paper (the Journal de Paris) ascribes all the prosperity of England exclusively to the augmentation of the principal of our national debt, combined with the reduction of the interest ! To refute this ridiculous position, the opposition journals have published several elaborate articles. The French have indeed much to learn before they can rationally hope to rival us in political science. It was understood that the opposition to the law for the reduction of the Five per Cents. bad manifested itself very powerfully in the Chamber of Peers. M. DE VILLELE had been obliged to make a very long speech in reply to the numerous and cogent arguments that had been urged against his favourite measure. An expectation prevails that it will again be rejected, unless some new Peers should be created to insure a majority in its favour. The Com mittee of Peers on the law of indemnity had agreed to re commend three important amendments in that measure. M. DE VILELLE is an able and dexterous man. The Upper Chamber seems determined not to suffer his ability to re main unemployed. If he be not strong enough to reckon safely on success, as the Chamber is now composed, it is unlikely, we think, that he will hazard a second defeat. The spirit of commercial speculation is appearing every day more clearly in France. Two Companies are forming to carry a railw,y from Pads to Havre de Grace. The Afoniteur, it ',Fig be seen, has given the substance of an official note relative the claims of the former pro prietors of St. Domingo on the F...vglish Government, for damages sustained in their property during the occupation of the island by the British troops. The notorious MAUDREUIL has been again seized in France, where it appears be has been for some time. On the morning of his arrest he had sent a petition to be pre sented to the Chamber of Deputies. M. NEI ETIER, the well-known Royalist writer, is dead. In another part of our paper we have inserted two short biographical sketches, extracted from the leading Journals of the two great parties into which France is divided. [Front the Moniteur of Sunday.] The official part contains a Royal Ordinance relative to the Conasils des fabriques dcs Eg:ises, on the manner of filling up the vacancies in these bodies. _ _ (Non-Official part.) PAIIIS, Arlin. 2. The following is an official Note relative to the instructions lately given by toe English Government to the Commissioner appointed by it to examine the claims which have been or may be made by certain proprietors of St. Domingo, either for the restitu tion of the produce of their estates, sequestrated by the English Government during the occupation of the West part of the Wand by the force of his Britannic 31njesty, from the end of 1793 to August 17118, or for the reimbursement of the value of slaves be longing to them, and demanded, during the same time, to be en rolled a corps of black troops, in the service of England. M. Martin, chief of the office of Liquidation, at London, is authorised by the instructions of the English Treasury, to ex. amine and give an account of the claims of the pmprictors in St. Domirgo, for value received, accruing from sequestrated estates, or for property which was made use of by the English authorities during the occupation of that island, with the following restric tions:— No claim will be admitted fur persons who reside in Europe at this time, atter the Ist of July, 1325 ; and for persons who are now residing out of Europe, no claim will be admitted after the Ist of April, 1824. " The claims for slaves will not be admitted, unless they are ac companied with regular certificates of enrolment, preceding :he 4th of March, 1797, delivered in favour of the ancient proprietors of the plantations, &e. from which the negroes were taken, or of their successors or avnts, duly empowered by thew proprietors. " The rent of houses occupied by the pul)lle functionaries, claimed by virtue of the proclamations of Sir A. Williamson, which had not hitherto been admitted, on account of the absence of the pro prietors in France, will be granted for a period which can in no rase exceed two years." [From the Coarricr Francais of Sunday.] PARIS, APRIL '2. M. de Matibreuil, who has for some time returned to France. and who transmitted, in the morning of the day before yesterday, a petition to the Chamber of Deputies, was, i: is said, in the course of the s.tme day arrested. It may he remembered that M. de Mauhr(mil. both berme and altar ti.e Hundred Days, was pursued by judicial proceedings on a charge of having, it the titre of the first Restoration, carried off the diarnoitds of the Ex-Queen of Westphalia: it may also be reit:Nob:rut, that after having pre tended before the tribuitale that he had been draw (1 with the cam mission of assassinating Napoleon—that alter having bitterly com plained of th•• treatment he had suffered in prison. he was, by an order of Cie Court of Cassvion, sear before the Royal Court o! Douai, from which toms he eicaped into Holland, and from thence into England. It is likely bat the petition, of M. de Maubreuil relates tit the different condemnations be has suffited, and which seem at present to be dropped by prescription. In the German papers received last night, there is a con firmation of the fact we stated a week ago, respecting the relief thrown into Coron and Modon by a squadron detached from the F„uptian fleet. According to the last Greek Journals, it appeared that CoLocoTetoxi was not likely to be pardoned, notwithstanding his submission, ar.d the dis closures he had tn2de eeiative to his accomplices in the late f IGE ON THURSDAY. Genoa 4$ Venice 97 Malta 8 Naples. M; Palermo per oa. 198 Lisbon 811 0p0rt0................ lil Rio Janeiro 48 Bahia. $6 Dublin Cork :I MULLION, PIA Ot. L. s. d. Portugal Gold in coin 0 0 0 . eoreign ()old in bars 3 17 9 New Poubloons 0 t 0 New Delius 0 4 111 Silver in bars, stand 0 b I TO-6111 Hassin. THE BRITISH PRESS. treasonable conspiracy. We subjoin, from the Frankfort Papers of the 29th March, a liberal ordinance of the King of WIRTZ ma ERG, in conformity to an article of the Ger man Confederation, by which the subjects of one State are entitled to become landholders in another, on the same terms as if they were natives of the State in which they acquire or purchase their new property. The follow ing is the ordinance, issued at Stuttgard on the 26th of March : We, WILLTAX, &C. By the 18th Ankle of the Act of Confederation, the Princes and free city of the German Confederation have agreed to insure to the subjects of the States of the Confederation, among many other rights, that of acquiring and possessing landed property out of the State which they inhabit, without being subject in anothtr State to more taxes and imposts than dhe native inhabitants of that State. In execution of this Article of the Federal Act, with the advice of our Council of State, we ordain as follows :- 1. The ancient laws of the country, which prohibit the sale of real estates to foreigners, are to be considered as revoked with re: gird to the States of the German Confederation. In consequence, subjects of these States are allowed to acquire and possess in our dominions landed property, without needing any license or special permission from the authorities of the country. 2. The possession of a landed estate gives to the proprietor, the subject of a confederate State, the same rights as are enjoyed by the landowners of the country, except those that are annexed to the title of citizen of Wirtemberg. 3. In the same manner, the foreign landriwner bs, like the native, subject to those taxes and burdens only, whin by the general laws of the country, or by smite particular legal title, have to be borne by their estate, and they are obliged, 74 a security for the payment, to appoint an agent residing is th.c. country, duly qualified for the purpirte. 4. The foreign proprietor Is in general subject to all the laws of our country relative to the obligations attached to estates situated in the kingdom of Wirtemberg, but especially with respect to the jurisdiction of the Chamber of Justice. From La Guayra we haveScreived a file of the Colom- Llano to the 10th of February. From these papers we have extracted that important document, the Message of the Vice-President to the Colombian Congress on the opening of the Legislative Session on the 2d of January. General SA NT ANDL R, it will be seen, speaks in firm and moderate language with respect to the stability of the new Republic, and tha condition of its internal resources. The result of the war in Peru was not known at Bogota when the Mes sage was delivered, but the Colombian Government state very fully their reasons for anticipating the brilliant success which was con3um mated by the victory of Guamanguilla. The territorial limits of Colombia and Pent with re lation to each other arc not yet defined ; and with admi rable delicacy and generosity the Message advises that the negotiation on this subject between the two States should be suspended until the troops of Colombia shall be with drawn from Peru. The same objections, however, do not apply to the settlement of the Northern boundary of the Colombian Republic; and as an accredited Minister from the provinces of Guatemala was residing at Bogota, the line of demarkation was to be traced at the earliest mo ment. The decree of the Executive, by which the part of the Atlantic coast extending from Cape Gracios ir Dios ' to the River Chaves, was declared to belong to Co lombia, is submitted to the consideration of the Congress. It will be remembered that some feeling among the British authorities in the West Indies was excited by the pretensions set up by the Colombian Government to this territory. The prudence and justice they have displayed in regard to other subjects, warrant us in expecting that this question will also be adjusted on sound and honour able principles. It is next announced that a Treaty of "Peace, Friendship, Navigation, and Commerce," has been concluded with the United States, on a basis "so commendable as to render all eulogium superfluous." The relations of Colombia with Europe are then noticed. Of course England is first mentioned, and a considerable portion of the Message is devoted to a statement of the proceedings that took place with the British Commis sioners. The Colombian Government did not forget what was clue to its own character in these transactions. Our Consuls were accredited " to the Authorities that might happen to be established" in that part of the " Provinces of Colombia" in which they were appointed to reside. Under these circumstsnces, the Colombian Executive would only permit the Consuls " to protect the commerce and in terests of English subjects in the capacity of agents for the protection of sailors and commerce." This course, to which 1 the British Commissioners had given their ready assent, was' adopted as " the line of conduct most conformable with the dignity of the Republic, and serviceable to the interests of the British nation." General SANTANDER fairly admits, that the position of England with' regard to Colombia, would not allow the British Government to have acted otherwise previously to the recognition of the indepen dence of Colombia. These difficulties, however, will soon be entirely removed by the treaty of commerce now nego ciating, anti the relations between the countries will then be placed in every respect on the most friendly and desirable footing. It is worthy of observation, that while the Colombian Executive never for a moment neglected to assert its rights, not the slightest asperity of feeling was manifested towards England. Overtures, it appears, have been made from Hayti, to conclude a Treaty of defensive alliance; but the Colombian Government, acting with respect to the sable Republic on the same prin ciples on which England has acted with respect to Co lombia, wisely declined the invitation. The remainder of the Message relates to the internal state of the country. The whole is clearly and frankly expressed. No attempi is made to disguise or palliate any evils that exist ; but the general review of the progress made by the Republic in the • consul:dation of its institutions, is highly favourable to its future prospects of tranquillity and prosperity. The Vlc e- PRESIDENT directs the attention of the Congress to the ne cessity of making " provision for the punctual payment of the interest, and gradual extinction of the principal, of the public debt." The Message concludes with a picture of the actual condition of the new State, equally correct and gratifying. During the present year, the first Constitut:onal Election of the Legislative end Executive Authorities, will take place. There is some discussion in these papers as to the propriety of Roa.tv,%x being again elected to the Presi dency. Ile holds the office as a mere honorary aprolat ment, and though no man can be so deserving of the com pliment, yet it is doubted whether even for him the Chief Magistracy should be rendered a cipher. The following is the only paragraph we can select of any importance:— CARACAS. JAN. II On Saturday last appeared ofFthe Port of La Ouayra, a squadron under French colours. consisting of a 5* gun ship. two brigs, and two schooners of war. These vessels stood in close to the shim., but did not communicate therewith. After a communication between the frigate and mane of the brigs, the squadron made sail to leeward. It is conjectured that its destination may be Carthagena, and that its object relates to the misunderstanding which took place simile months back, between the French brig of war Oazellc and the Colombian corvette Venezuela. CITY. TUFIDAV rVFNIKG. There were but few persons on 'Change this afternoon, and the only stock transactions that we heard of in the course of the day were some bargains in Consols, in which there were buyers at 931. mw!lei FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Archbishop of Canterbury had a grand dinner party yester day, at Lambeth Palace. Sir George Warrender, Bart. entertained a large party at dinner yesterday, at hies house, Whitehall-place, among whom were the Earl and Countess Caledon, Lord and Lady Melville, Lord and I..aily Binning, Lord W. Thynne, General and Mr. Stuart, Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay, Mr. Montgomery. Ice. &c. M. A. Taylor. Esq. ALP. had a dinner party yesterday, at his house, Whitehall-yard. Miss Pascoe Grenfell'a Juvenile Ball, on Monday evening, in Charles -street, St. James's-square, was elegantly attended. Sir Edward Blount, Bart. arrived yesterday at Miller's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Shropshire. Charles Tempest, Esq. has left ditto, on a tour. Sir ‘Valltin W. Wynn, Bart. has arrived in town, from the Duke of Rutland's, Belvoir C as tle. Captain Markham. 77th Regiment, and Lieut. Blair of ditto, have arrived at Gculd's Hotel, Jermyn.street, from Yorkshire. Sir Thomas and Lady Reim have left ditto, for Edinburgh. Sir William and lAdy ()glandes arrived yesterday at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from the Duke of Grafton's seat in Suffolk. _ _ _ . Departures from the Rutilngton Hotel, Old Burlington-street : Captain Cu tor . for Bedfordshire ; and Lord Hamilton, on a tour. Colonel Russell has left town on a tour. The Duke of Oration has left his seat in Suffolk for New. market. . _ The Duchess of Buckingham returned to town on Monday from Southgart.. Yesterday her Grace left town for Stowe, Bucks. Erdy Marchioness of Londonderry arrived in town yesterday from her seat, North Cray, Kent. Earl (lower left town yesterday, on a Continental tour. The Earl and Countess Mount-Charles have left town for Windsor. Captain Peel arrived in town yesterday. from hit seat in Stafford shire. Admiral Douglas her arrived in town, from his seat in Bucks. The Earl of Baborough let-. town yesterday, fot his seat, Roe hampton. The Earl of Brceknoek has left town, for his father's (the Mar quis of Camden's) seat, the Wilderness, Kent. John Dingwall, Esq. left town yesterday, for his seat, Croydon Park. Arrivals at Blake's Hotel, Jermin-street :—Captain Beaucha mp Procter and son, from Norfolk. Departures:—The Catholic De putation of Bishops—the Rev. Drs. Curtis and Macgowran, for Ireland; and the Rey. Drs. Murray, Doyle, and Kelly, for Chel tenham; Mr. and Mrs. Booth . for thdr house in Spring-gardens. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The Opera of Drr Freischutz was performed at this theatre last night. The novelty of the evening was only a second-hand one, and consisted in Miss Paton's resump tion of her old character of Bertha, which had been per formed ad interim during her indisposition by Miss Ham mersley. It is neither our wish nor design to institute any comparison between the respective performance of these two ladies in this particular character, because one only of the fair sirens is pro judiee, and we are likewise aware how delicate an affair it is to discuss points of character at all. However, this much should be said, that if the Ma nager contemplated an overflow to witness the re-ap pearance of the fair vocalist, the public had the good genre and taste to disappoint him ; and that part of them which did attend the Theatre manifested, by the mode ration of their manner, a very altered feeling, as it regards matters of theatrical eclat. This is just as it should be ; if there be any individuals disposed to speculate on the frailties of their fellows, in Gai t s name, and for the sake of true modesty, let them be silently disappointed. At least, let the public (which by the way is always right in the long run) not; throw a strong temptation in the way of persons already subject, by their situation, to too many similar trials ; and we would add, let them not be bamboozled into a real attack upon moral and virtuous prin ciple, by a pretended pharisaical deference for its interests. We do not wish to be too explicit on the subject, but the initiated will understand us. Miss Paton appears to have experienced no diminution of her very delightful powers during her temporary absence. On the contrary, we never heard her give the grand scena that occurs in the second act with more decided effect, as it regards brilliancy of tone and scientific execution. It is a passage which requires great and diversified powers for its successful performance; there exists no singer whose abilities it does not task to the utmost, and we are not aware of any on the English stage more capable of doing it effectual justice than Miss Paton. In the remaining pieces incidental to the character she was I equally successful. In personal appearance Miss Paton I seems somewhat thinner, and her face (as far as we can judge of the complexion of an actress) paler than ordinary. The pit and boxes, as we have already intimated, were not fully attended, and the applause throughout, and at the first coming on of Bertha, was unmixed, but of a very moderate kind. Aladdin concluded the entertainments of the even ing. On Monday the Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Augusta visited Lady Cremorne, at her Ladyship's house in Stanhope-street, May-fair. Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester went to Blackheath on a visit to the Princess Sophia Matilda. On Monday night Mr. and Mrs. Canning had a numerous dinner party at Gloucester Lodge, Brompton ; after which, about half-past nine o'clock, the marriage ceremony with Miss Canning and the Earl of Clanricarde took place, which was performed by the Bishop of London. Among the company present on the occasion were, the Duke of Port land, Lord V. Bentinck, Mr. Ellis, the Earl of Bristol, the Ladies Harvey, Lord Howard de Walden, &c. After the ceremony the happy pair left Gloucester Lodge for Sudbrookc, near Richmond, the scat of Mr. Wilmot Horton, to spend their honeymoon. Sunday night Mr. Littlewood, a King's Messenger, left town with despatches for Vienna. Saturday night Mr. Crotch, the King's Messenger, left town with despatches for St. Petershurgb. Lord Ebrington and suite have arrived at Endsleigh Cottage, on a visit to his Grace the Duke of Bedford. Mr. Shaw Lefevre, as well as Sir E. Hyde East. is spoken of as the new Chairman of the Hampshire Ses sions. It is said that Sir C. Forbes (and not Sir T. Farquhar) is the Baronet to be proposed to the electors of Exeter, on a dissolution of Parliament.—Exrtcr Paper. It is confidently expected that Lord Howick, son of Earl Grey, will come forward as a candidate to represent the county of Northumberland in Parliament whenever an election takes place ; he will of course have the support of the leading II hig DOVER, Arni Majesty's packet the Fury, arrived yesterday evening, bringing over Prince Esterhaz f and suite, and reveral other passengers. His Grace the Duke of Devonshire and suite arrived in the Sovereign, Captain Hayward, the previous evening. Came in the Sovereign, Hayward, from Calais, and amongst many other passengers was Itoustan, Bonaparte's Mameluke, being his second visit. . . . . . . if 2 e hear that an action is likely to be tried in the King's Bench during the ensuing term, in which the parties arc a Captain in the Navy, and near relative of one of his Ma jesty's Secretaries of State, and an officer recently serving under him. The latter is plaintiff, and the ground of action is an alleged false arrest, and close imprisonment for about three months, by order of the Captain, whilst the vessel was lying off the South American coast, in the autumn of last year. Mr. Brougham is said to be retained for the prosecution. DISCOVERY "OE ANCIENT GREEK TABLETS RELA TIVE TO M sic.—The doubtful character of all known accounts relative to the music of the ancient Greeks, and the obscurity in which the subject is consequently involved, render interesting, in a peculiar degree, the discovery of two documents of high antiquity and unquestionable au thenticity, with the particulars of which we here present our readers. The documents to which we allude are (we 1r:elf:I /ohlett, of a date 709 years before tile Christian era, on which is engraved, in ancient Greek, an account of a Music Feast at Epyrur (Corinth), in the third year of the sixteenth Olympiad, or in the year before Christ, 709, by Lamle, of Ilermione. An important addition to the his tory of ancient Greek music is thus furnished, interesting , alike to the antiquary and to the lover of the art, and which throws mere light upon its nature and character in those early ages, than all the labours of the numerous writers upon this subject. A moat elabcratc account, with the comments and historical memoranda ar•,ached, by the celebrated l'rofessor 31nrchard, of Berlin, whose nephew, M. Krautmann, was the fortunate discoverer of these in teresting relies of antiquity, is published in the last num ber of the Thirnivni-on. The views of Holyrood Chapel and CI r.rtres Cathedral at the Diorama have attracted a great ituadicr of visitors during the last two days. AMERICAN PAPERS. By the Florida, from New York, which arrived at Liverpool on Monday, we have received American Papei a to the 2d ultimo. Their contents are uninterestirlg : New YORK, FEB. Nit. Rumours from Washington soy, that the Cabinet of Mr. Adams will be composed of Mr. Clay, as Secretary of State; Mr. Rush. as secretary of the Treasury; Mr. Barbour, as Secretary of War; Mr. Southard, of the Navy and Mr. Wirt as Attorney-General. It is said the situation of 31inister to London has been of to Governor Clinton. Fltlll. 24. The principal topic of conversation this day has been the offer which Governor Clinton received !apt evening from the President elect, of the situation of Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St. James's. " Will he accept"—" Ought he to accept ?" are questions in the mouths of every body. Upon this point I have no means of forming an opinion. Mr. Clinton, like Mr. Adams, keeps his own secrets. It is unquestionably the most flattering ap pointment that Mr. Adamscould bes•ow, unless it be that of be. cietary of State—the post to which, from every consideration, he is entitled. Were it not that his absence from the country might ope rate to his injury, in regard to the past to which it is ern now d , .- tennined by the great body of the people of the free staten to call him at some future day, I should be rather pleased to hare him ne. cept it. There is not a men in America who could represent this country to the first Court in Europe so advantageously as Mr. Clinton. But it is not for me to advise. The selection is credit able to Mr. Adams, and flattering to the people of this State. In deed, with very few exceptions, the most lively satisfaction has been manifested to-day by the citizens of Albany, aid the great number et strangers and gendemen from other ciues, now collected here. Extract of a letter to the Editor of the Boston Patriot, dated Lima, November 10, 1824: •• Commodore Hull has experienced a great deal of difficulty in his intercourse with General Radii, the Royal Governor of this province. His communication with the shore has even been in terdicted by the Governer, and the consequence has been, that th 3 Commodore has left the port of Callao, with all the American shipping, for the port of Ancon, where they will probably remain until the occupation of Lima by the Patriot forces, which event is daily expected. There exists a diversity of sentiment among the American cairns in this city, respecting the propriety of the Com• moalore's conduct in relation to his correspondence with General Radii, and his leaving the port of Callao. I defer to another mo ment the relation of the circumstances which led to the adoption of this measure, presuming that the despatches of Commodore Hull to the Secretary of the Navy will detail the causes which oc. casioned his departure from Callao; and the letters which have been written to the United States, by American citizens totident in this country, will naturally lead to an inquiry into the same in the House of Representatives." We are favoured by Captain 111Therson with a St. Thomas's Paper of the 2d instant. Private letters received there from Santa Martha state, that the Spanish line.of.battle ship Asia, and cot. vette Achilles, were included in the capitulation of Callao. PIRATES. Extract of a letter from the Supercargo of an American vessel, dated Fernandina de Zagua (south side of Cubs), January 6, 1823 : " We were boarded off Cape Crus by a large Patriot brig, who treated us very politely, and informed us that he had spoken three days before an elegant piratical brig, from Havanna, mounted with twenty long 18-pounders, and manned by 2.50 men. She was spoken off Cape Negri!, west end of Jamaica. The pirate bad a white flag hoisted forehead and • red one aft. They sent their boat with a white flag, to meet that of the Colombian brig's half-way, where they conversed with each other for some time. The Captain said he had been taken by the Enttlish four times, or rather his vessels, for he had always escaped to the shore ; and his present intention was, to cruise off Cape Negril in hopes of falling in with some English vessel of war of equal force, and endeavour to sink her—revenge being hie principal object. Fortunately we got into port without meeting the pirate. The Capt a i n o f the Colombian brig said he would have engaged her, but that his force was very interim" SINGULAR BAND OF INCENDIARIES. A letter from Dresden, dated tire 22d of March, gives the following strange account of a band of incendiaries lately discovered in Saxony :—Since the autumn of last year, down to last February, frequent fires have happened during the night at Wiles-druf, three leaf ves from Dresden. The King of Saxony, filled with humanity and zeal for the welfare of his people, was as uneasy as afflicted at see ing, from his windows, such continual fires in that direo tion. Notwithstanding all the researches of the police, these disastrous events still continued. It was remarked that the incendiaries seemed to lave chosen, for the execu tion of their crime, eight o'clock in the evening, when tho moon was not up, and that the flames burst out rather later when it shined. ()n this occasion the band of incen diaries was not composed of men, but of an association of women, under the guidance of a young lady, called Ste phanie, belonging to a very respectable family, occupied in a tolerably productive commerce on the road from Meissen to Dresden. But as Miss Stephanie did not find at home sufficient to gratify her cupidity, she quitted it to engage in a more lucrative branch of industry, and found it in the above criminal enterprise. The police having en tered into the house of a countryman, seeking for the goods that had been stolen during the last fire, found them on the person of a servant-girl of the farm, which immediately afterwards was found to be in flames. An involuntary exclamation of the servant-maid put the police in possession of the fact, and the girl then confessed the whole. The female club, among whom were the two daughters of a schoolmaster, who were acquainted with the manner of forging passport, is at present in the custody of the Bailey of Nossen, as the King means to take the whole expense of the inquisition upon himself. Miss Stephanie, it is said, persists in her disavowal; but it is thought that the skilful and severe Bailey of Nossen will not fail to draw from her the acknowledgement of her crime. It appears that the principal instruments used to set the houses on fire were fusses and other fire- rorks.—Journal des Debar. The Spanish Government has just sold off' the whole of the quicksilver on hand, from the mines of Almaden, to a French mercantile house, deliverable in Seville at thirty eight dollars per quintal (about Is. 61. per lb.) The quan tity is about 11,000 quintals. The Directors of the Colombian Agricultural Association are making arrangements for sending to Colombia a num ber of Scotch and Irish emigrants, for whose comfort every possible provision will be made. On Thursday last a numerous meeting was held at Car lisle, at which a petition was agreed to for a revision of the Corn Laws. Saturday a Meeting of the Magistrates of Clanwilliam, county Tipperary, was held at Tipperary, to take into consideration the state of that Barony, with a view to apply for the removal of the Insurrection Act. The rramea of the Magistrates calling the meeting are—Sir John J. Fitz gerald, Edmond O'Ryan, James Scully, Richard &miller, and William Massy, Esqrs.—Limerich Observer. The post-office of Frankfort has tirade a new arrange ment, by which letters put into the post there will reach Zurich in 49 hours (by way of ScafFbausen), and Milan in five times hours, i.e. 48 hours earlier than at present. The present Pope has one of the finest collections of books in Europe. He has also a cabinet of Mosaics, some admirable specimens of sculpture, and many rich relics of antiquity. The workmen are proceeding with geerat spirit in the restoration of that fine specimen of pure Gothic architec ture. St. Saviour's Church, Southwark. In repairing the choir, the workmen have discovered the remains of a mag nificent gothic screen, which it is the intention of the pa rishioners to restore. A vacancy having taken place in the ollice of Chief Ckrk of the Court of Requests no. the Borough of Southwark. and the South and East hundred of Brixton, by the death of Mr. Speck, a gmeral meeting of the Commissioners was held on Monday to appoint a successor, when G. Drew, Esq. of Bermondsey . , was elected to till the situation. _ _ ___------- the case of Mr. Burnett, a colonist of some consequent.: at the Cap^ o'.' t ;nod li 3re, whose ease has been before the public, has now arrived in England, under a sentence of tire years' bail:shment from that colony, and is endeavour ing to obtain redress from Ministers fur the harsh treatment to which he has been subjected. Haying a suit at issue inrolviwt property to the amount of 60,000 dollars, in which Air. ISunttt was plaintiff, awl one Robert Hart Court with a violation of (mana,ger of au estate belonging to the Governor, called Sotnerset Farm) defendant, some occurrences took p:aeo which led him to impugn the grounds on which certain decisions to ;hat Court were trade. Mr. Burnett therefore iti which lie charged gave no publicity to this memorial, jus ticeat‘i.(oh-esoi n et‘ t il l ' i c e a ir n:li c e i b° a r l ir i as t l y o4 0 17 f it 1 1 l ate ' o C m Cc t ni ss loners of Circuit. Mr. nor era., he ; but merely for warded it to the . Covernor with a view of obtaining redress in the only quarter where lie could with propriety look for it. He was however found e ß h u a ri rre, t l t ou his trial with having, d one ro mentioned._Eue:i•te guilty, an siihjirted to the severe senteece before inentioned.—E 4 ,„ he ple,. I '1 • • 1., f 4 "1 NimiNP!!tdi•m!tai • I E \ ,i 0., .,