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The tiallyb, Mr. Redford; A bou Hassan. Mr. Horn; Zaboun, Mr. Harley. Zullma, Miss Greddon. To-morrow, William Tell, and raud-Papa. COVENT'-(JARDEA' 7'11E.47'11F. This Evening. TUESDAY. May 24. will l.e performed THE WAY TO KELP HIM. gir Bashful Constant, Mr. W. Farren; Sir Brilliant Fashion. Mr. Jones; L.vemore. Mr: C. Remade. Mrs. Loveniort, Mrs. Lhatterley; the lAsd..w Belniour, Miss Chester. Alter which. AI.kDDIN; or. THE WONDERFUL LAMP. Aladdin. Mrs.Yluine; Lazlm Azaek. Mr. T. P. Cooke; Abansaar, Mr. Farley; Kuria:, Mr.J.S.(;rimal4ll. HAYMARKET IHEATRE. Tbis Evening. TUEID May 34, will be performed THE PROVOKED HUSBAND. Lord Townly, Mr. Nude: Sir Francis Wronghead, Mr. Millbrae Squire Richard. Mr. W. Wert; John Moody. Mr. J. Russell. Lady Townly. Mrs. Davison; Miss Jenny, Mrs. Hurnby. After which. THE LADY AND lIE DEVIL. Wildlore, Mr. P. Farms; Zephyrina, Mrs. Wayiett. To conclude with YOUTH, LOVE, AND FOLLY. Baron de Brianeourt. Mr.M illlaiusi Louis de Unveil, Mr. Melrose; im,)-..nond, Mr. Vining; Antoine. Mr. Wilkinson. Art:Jett*, Mrs. Munsby, Rona, Mrs. T. Hill. lo.morron, As You Like It, and No Sorg no Supper. Paitmetantnen - yaterday toorniag at five o'clock. LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1823. The Paris Papers of Saturday devote a considerable portion of their columns to the debate in the liouse of Lords on the Catholic Question. They rightly ascribe the failure of the Relief.mat in great measure to the active and growing intolerance of the Roman Catholic Clergy on tl:e Gontinent. and the dangerous intrigues of the Jesuits. The Cobrrier Francais begins an article on the internal condi. Lion of France, by remarking, that " the pretensions of the clergy increase continually, and threaten every branch of the State. If those who have the charge of the public ad ministration do not sometimes assume what is due to the defence of their rights and their stations, the ecclesiastical power will soon swallow up all other powers." In the sub joined extract from the Conslitutionnel, we are promised a disclosure of some " interesting letters, which unveil the attempts of a certain fanatical party to establish its sway in Ireiantl." We shall look for this publication with some a:ixiety. In another place we have given a singular account of a frustrated trick of the Spanish General O'DoNNEr. to get possession of the persov of the Constitutionalists who lately escaped from Tangiers. The benevolent conduct of Lord CHATtt•M in protecting these unfortunate men, re dounds highly to his honour. The Spanish Government will find, perhaps, that this artifice will draw after it con uctlces more troublesome than they originally anticipated. Their entire destitution of all pecuniary resources was Fever more clearly illustrated than by the fact, that the messenger who brought the intelligence of the final over threw of the Royal Authority in Peru, was detained at Cadiz till the pittance meessary to defray his expenses to Madrid could be collected ! [From the Constitutiattirel of Sn'unlety PARIS. MAY 20. 'The Foxlish House of Lords has rejected the Bill for the Collin c %Atka of the Cathol,cs, which had parsed the Commons by a small majority. This news causes us more psin than surprise. We per sist in believing th t the emancipation of the Irish Catholics would have been at once an act of justice and of sound policy. Liberty of conscience and worship are tights so sacred that no motive, no state reasons, can justify the violation of them. We think that on this occasion the House of Lords has deviated from the principles which are the basis of the civilisation of nations and of the pros perky of empires. We are not much surprised at this event, because the inconsi derate and even artful manoeuvres of the Ultramontsins of the Continent tended to excite fear in the Lnglish Protestants with respect to the emancipation of the Catholics t.f Ireland. In our Jesuitical journsls there was a tone of arrogance, and even of menace, which must have influenced public opinion io Crest Britain, and of which the Irish Catholics have been the vie- Leis. Neither must we dissemble that our law on sacrilege. and certain speeches marked by a barbarous intolerance and alarming fanaticism, were injurious to the Catholic cause. They Imo been &Urged in the British Parliament as one of the strangest argun.ents against emancipation. We had furev:en Cie thinger ; we had warned our Jesuits, both of the long and of the short rah?, hut they vim blinded with passion; they were seduced by the aLcccss th,c obtain under • subjugated Ministry. Instead of thiinki-g us fit our advice, and profiting by it, they abused us according to the an cleat custom ; we were prepared for this, tlir we have daily occa. at to apply to them the fuflowing verse, which has become pro. vorbial •• Quoi ! Vousetes dots et vous voth emportez !" We have received, during the debates on t h e cliancip.tion, very sateresting letters, which unveil the attempts of a cersin fans. Lad party to establish its sway in Ir Avid ; but ni we ar dently desired the success of the Bill, we did not titit.k pro. per to publish them. We should have feared to be accused, wotrary to our intention and well-known principles, of giv -1.4 arms to the adversities of emancipation. Now that the illation is decided, we shall make use of our letters. If the Irish Catholics hill believe us, and nobody desires more than we the re uegnitioa 01 their rights, they will shut their can against ultra. sueoutia iiisinustions. The Jesuits and their adherents are the midst mortal enemies of their emancipation. Prom the Ltuile dated Sunday.] PAnts, MAY 21. Mr. Stanhope, belooging to the B,itish Leo,ation In Spain. set t, tiatutday) for Madrid with despatches. Mr. Fredaic•sp. • Envoy Bittraordinary from bin Britannic Majesty to the King of *pain, will set out fur Madrid to-morrow (Suoday.) FAENCIII FUNDS.—Pasta, MAT 2l.—diet per Cents. 101 f. 50c. Three per Cents. 71f. 85e. Neapolitan Rents. W 90e. Spanibh ditto, 171; Spanish Loan, IS. Exchang• on London : One month 241 93e, ; three months, 211 80:.—Cours Aisthen. tiyas, May 21, 1825. Letters were yesterday received from the city of Mexico to the 2d of April, containing intelligence of some interest. Mr. and Mrs. WARD and Mr. FRANCIS BARING reached that city on the 25th March. Mr. WARD was the bearer of the treaty of commerce between the Government of Mexico and this country, which was to be finally ratified in Mexico, Mr. WARD and Mr. Moxixa being appointed Commissioners to represent Great Britain, and Mr. ALA MAN, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Mr. EITRVA, the Minister of Finance, the Commissioners for represent- ing the Government of Mexico in concluding the treaty. When this is concluded, Mr. Waal) will remain in Mexico, as the British Minister, and Mr. MORIER will return to England. The Mines were going on very ac tively, and fresh engagements with the mine owners were continually making by the different Companies. Some bars of silver from Guanaxuato, had reached the mint at ,Mexico. The whole country appears in a state of per fect tranquillity. Ilia i'slajesty's ship Pyramus may be daily looked for. Quicksilver was declining in value in' Mexico, in consequence of the expectation of large arrivals. We understand that Mr. RIYADAVIA, the Minister from Buenos Ayres, will shortly be presented at Court, in his official capacity. The Dublin Papers received yesterday describe the erect produced by the rejection of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill, according to the party and political views of each particular journal. The papers opposed to the Catholics, represent the decision of the House of Lords as wise and salutary. Those devoted to the support of the Catholic cause, predict every variety of evil and mischief. An extreme faction of the Catholics, however, rejoices in the failure of the Bill, and i:s organ congratulates the Irish people, that " the country, for the present at least, is rescued from the infamy of being made a party to a cons promise so base that it cannot be snatched in our put history, fertile an that has been in baseness and din` honesty !" The Dublin Evening Post, the ablest of these ' Papers, published an extraordinary number on Friday, in which there it a long article on the prospects and policy of the Irish Catholics. The tone of the writer is subdued by disappointment and defeat, but be breathes hostility in every sentence. The speech of the Earl of Ltvz RPOOL is that on which he principally comments. After alluding to an expectation, which, he says, prevailed on the other side of the Channul, that the First Lord of the Treasury had modified Isis opinions on the Catholic Question, the Dublin Keening Post proceeds:— We can yet scarcely credit our senses. It is useless, however, to waste ourselves in exclamations of surprise. The speech was ut• tered ; it is printed, and the reader may, if he choose, grieve, or wonder, or execrate—Joao rat aka. The hostile weapon is cast into our bounds ; and u we value the peace of our country—our own well-being, perhaps our lives, we must not touch it. It is not a spent thunderbolt. It is launched by the arm of the Minister of the most powerful King in the world. • • s • • His Lordship's mind is made up—the mind of that Illustrious Assembly in which he bears sway, has been very unequivocally declared. It is this—That neither now, nor at any future period. shall the Catholics of Ireland obtain the freedom for which they have prayed so often and so fervently. This is the decision of the House of Lords—of that House which, after all, makes the House of Commons. To this conclusion the Hereditary Councillors of the Crown have come; and to the conclusion, however our gorge may rise at it, or boweverour spirit may be lacerated, we must bow. The writer then blames Mr. STRING RICE for contenting himself with indulging in melancholy forebodings instead of acting, and suggests the propriety of a general meeting of the landed proprietors of Ireland in the course of the ensuing autumn, on the model of the proceedings in 1782. The Established Church, he says, has declared war, "open, undisguised, interminable war against the Catholics," and they, in return, are bound to annoy and injure it as far u possible. The sentiments of this Paper have some importance at this moment, as the professed organ of the feelings of the Irish Catholics. In this article, therefore, and in the corresponding speech of Mr. O'CoNNeLL, we know what those feelings are; and as the natural conse quences, we may expect, we fear, to a considerable extent, a renewal of the agitation which has so recently been allayed by the suppression of the Catholic Association. An aggregate meeting of the Catholics of Dublin is to be convened immediately ; and another Association is, we are publicly told by Mr. O'CONNELL, already in contem plation. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. Although this day (being ►'hit-Monday) was a holiday at the Bank, and is usually a holiday at the Stock Exchange, still, from the near approch of the settling day, and the feverish state of the Consols Market, the house was opened for bovines': and very ex tensive dealings in Consols took place for Wednesday. The price for that day may be considered the same as the money quotation. The earliest bargains that could be completed were for that day. Consiueratile agitation prevailed at the opening of the market, and the first prices quoted were 894 for money (that is for Wednesday) and 891 for the Account. The quotations for Money afterwards were j 4, and for the Account a 4 f. Our readers w.ll perceiie that the leading feature of the day was depression, accompanied by a good deal of fluctuation ; but still no immediate cause beyond the operations of jobbers was assigned. Rumours, as might be expected were afloat, and the principal ore was that Mr. Canning, Mr. Robinson, and Mr. Buskisson, I a unequivocally declared their determination to resign, if something, even in the present Session, were not done for the Catholics. The stagnation in the Foreign Market vas very visible, and none of the securities were held with firmness. Greek Scrip was 7 6 discount, and the Bonds 80). Spanish Securities have de clined from Saturday's quotations. The Old Bonds were 23, and the New 18. Mexican Scrip was discount, and Colombian Bonds 118}. Brazilian Scrip was 3 premium, and Danish ditto 4 3) discount. The business in the Share Market was also very limited. The Shares of the Pasco Peruvian Company were 9} 10. New Potosi 44, and General Mining It appears, from the Italian Papers, that the Emperor of Austria was proceeding through Lombardy. The King of Naples was at Florence, on his road to Milan, where he would have a conference with the Emperor. Accounts from Gibraltar, dated the 31 instant, state that licences to import cottons, and other British manu factures, have been obtained from the Court of Madrid : ilia duty in Spanish vessels 20, other flags 25 per cent. ad valorem. 137 the latest advices from Pernambuco we learn, that the most perftct tranquillity prevailed there. These ad vices bring no news of a political nature. By the Elinbetli, Brooks, from Tobago, letters are ar rives!, of the date of the 28th March, but they contain no news. The Rocket, from Jamaica, has arrived at Liver pool; the letters brought by her are equally devoid of news. It appears by one of them. dated the 11 A pril, that a teasel had been seen in the offiag, supposed to be the henry Davidson. There is again occasion to put forth a notice of caution and restriction with respect to dope in Manchester, on the suspicion that canine madness exists. THE BRITISH PRESS. THEATRES. MUIR V. LA N The play of Faustus and the aiterpiece of Ann Hassan were List night rep sited at this Theatre, to a house by no means crowded. rawlia. a medley of the German Faust and the Italian Gi'vanni, has certainly been produced at a considerable expense and with very great splendour, modelled, questionless, after the manner of its predecessor Der Freischutz, but much its superior in the language of the characters and the development of the plot,; while, however, we concede to the mechanist and the scene painter all the praise which can fairly be expected from us, when we speak of what is caul the getting up of the piece—and while we allow to its full extent the justice of the encomiums which have been lavished upon the Syren tonics of Miss Stephens, and the judicious action of Terry and Wallack, we cannot avoid saying, that whether we look upon the style to be, as it was called in the olden time, ' a place of moral instruction, or as it has been snore justly termed by the moderns, of rational amusement, still we think there is a something in the nature of such dramatic compositions far beneath the intellectual spirit of the age, and peculiarly at variance with the temper and genius of the English people. If indeed we reflected upon the fact of Pope having, more than a century ago, lamented in his prologue to Lids, that '• Our scenes precsriously subsist too long, On French translation and Italian song;' and regarded only the great increase of the melo-dramatic kind of writing, with its pomp, and show, and procession, we might be inclined to believe that the very reverse was the truth, that it had grown with the growth and increased with the strength of our mental effeminacy, and that we had at length reached the full extent of that degrada tion pictured in the observation of Dr. Johnson, " that as knowledge advances, pleasure passes from the eye to the ear, but return' as it declines from the car to the eye.' But though the great increase of such productions, and the multiplication of Italian operas, and French theatres, and carnivals, and pantomimes, and diable , ries, might favour such a supposition, we hold the opinion that the usiform ill-success of every establishment which has devoted itself to such productions, the vacant benches and the empty treasury, must be taken as a strong argument against the general decline of our national judgment, and as a proof of that, thong the taste of the few may be per verted, tl.at of the great body of the community still re mains uncorrupted. How long the Managers of the two winter Theatres will continue to throw into the bands of the minor ones, the patronage of our native talent, and the profits which have so justly rewarded their penetration, it is not for us to determine, but we think the time cannot be far distait when, to speak in the language of the day, the rapidly increasing discount upon these theatrical shares must bring their holders to understand, that sweet sounds may be united with sense, and that an English audience must be entertained with something else than gunpowder, resin, and blue fire. COVENT-GARDEN. Last night wasiivived Shakspeare's tragedy of Julius Cirsar, but as it possessed no novelty in the cast of its characters, or the mode of its production, it will not be necessary to enter at any length into an analysis of the performance. Although this tragedy, unlike some other pieces of our great dramatic sriter, is deficient in the charm which temale interest and a continuity of design and purpose can communicate w the drama, yet does it possess considerable hold upon our feelings on the stage principally, through the medium of its three magnificent scenes in the first, third, and fourth acts, and the number of its characters. What is wanting in intensity in the present instance is amply supplied by variety and contrast, and the import ance of the characters prevents our attention from becoming wearied, notwithstanding the absence of extraordinary sources of excitement. _ With respect to the performance last night we would willingly attribute its excellencies to the merits of the actors, and its defects to the noise of the galleries, which were more than ordinarily inattentive and uproarious. Mr. Young won laurels in Cassius, which we cannot com pliment him on wearing in Brutus; amt were there any adequate representative of the latter character, we would heartily recommend his resumption of the former. There is something in this character of the solemn and the stately, which was no doubt extremely impressive in the hands of John Keinble, his great predecessor ; but unfor tunately the solemnity of Mr. Young is too monotonous to be pleasing, and his stateliness is rather that of a sehooknasti.r than a scholar. Mr. Cooper, as Cussius, was correct, as usual, and spirited more than he is wont : he played Brutus down in one or two scenes. Mark Antony is a character well fitted to the capabilities of Mr. C. Keroble, and he has long since made it entirely its own. His fine person, and the chivalrous and energetic dash of his manner, harmonize exquisitely with the accomplished soldier and orator ; and if we were required to mention the most effective and perfect performance of the evening, we should certainly point to his personation of the noble Roman. His delivery of the funeral oration over the body of Caesar, from the rostrum, had the rare and difficult merit of silencing even a Whitsuntide gallery into some thing like attention. Of Mrs. Vining in Culpurnia, and Mrs. Faucit in Portia, we have only to say, that they appeared to execute the little business they had to do with propriety, but the noise of the aupernals prevents us front vouching for the merit of their performance by hearsay. HA Y3l A RKET. Shakespeare's As you Like it, or rather it should be called the " As you like it" of Shakespeare modernized, for the transpositions and omissions and interspersions have almost converted the original into a new piece, was performed at this house last night. Two novelties oc curred in it—the performance of Rosalind by Madame Vestris. for the first time, and the first appearance of a Mr. Mude, as Jaques. Of the gentleman it perhaps would be better to (lifer any minute criticism till his second perform ance of the character, which will be on Friday next, as it is but fair to allow a new candidate for thea trical fame on the London boards, to walk once over the course under favour. It may not be amiss, how ever, to tell Mr. Mude that the melancholy of Javier is anything but a morose misanthropy; there is nothing of dislike in his nature; it is rather a distaste, or an indifference to the things of the world, resulting from an over-contemplative habit; a perpetual rumi nating on his past experience, till thought has be come a passion, and all the active energies of his soul absorbed in moralising on the objects around him. His sympathy for the poor wounded sequestered stag whose " big round tears coursed one another down his in nocent nose in piteous chase," entirely negatives the idea that his" sullen fits" were in any way the result of a dis contented or an envious spirit. The repulsive gloom with which Mr. invested Jaques was therefore altogether a misconception ; the character is certainly by no means an easy one to represent; nor perhaps is it one calculated, from its peculiar cast, to afford any very great scope for the display of histrionic talent, being better suited to the closet than the stage ; but there are, nevertheleu,many very excell ait passages in it, which are a sufficient test of any inan's powers,and in the giving of those passages Mr. Muth: by no means induced us to form a favourable opinion of him The person of Mr. Mude is rather above the middle size, but his countenance did not pourtray any remarkable feature of intelligence ;'whether his brows were of nature's own make or that of the green-room artist we could not de cide, but they were at all events of most portentous aspect. The Rosalind of Mad. Vestris was every thing that could he wished. Her sportive gaiety, her natural tenderness, were of the true Shakespearean mould; nothing could he better acted than her playful coquetry . with Orlando; the occa sional yielding of her real self in contention with her as sumed character, was admirably discriminating and true to nature. In the two songs, "If love had lent you twenty thousuul tongues," and " When daisies pied and violets blue," she was loudly applauded and encored. Her act ing throughout was beautiful and complete. Mr. Dowton did not perform Touchstone-, as was expected, owing to in disposition, and the part was undertaken by Mr. J. Hutt sell, who preserved the grotesque humour of that rare com pound of philosopher and lauflibon very effectively. Orlando KU well sustained by Mr. Vining, and upon the whole, the play, though much marrad by the curtailments and alterations,went off very satisfactorily. The performance; of the evening were concluded by the revived tuelo-drama of Tekeli. ~ ~•~.• EISTRDDVOI), OR MEETING OF WELSH BARDS The tis ed.tvod, or Meeting of Welsh Bards, was held yesterday. at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great (anent-street. Sir CHARLES Moaoaw presided, and was supported by Vis count Clive and Lord Kenyon. The room was filled, chiefly with ladies of distinguished rink and fashion. The singular national custom which this Meeting was intended to commemorate had its origin in very remote times, and no doubt was conducted in a very diFerent manner from the present anniver sary. It was held at the summit of Arvon's highest mountains, with the broad sky for a canopy instead of the stuccoed ceiling of the Freemasons' Hall. It was sancti fi ed by the presence of holy Druids, rather than honoured by the attendance of grave senators. Hardy knights, clad in steel, flourished their bossy shields where gay ladies, attired in silks, now displayed their tiny forms ; sharp spears glistened where bright eyes now beamed ; and, if historians may be relied upon, the Congress of Bards which now furnished a morning's amusement for some dozen fashionable culerh4 in die neighbourhood of St. James's, in the olden time excited jealousy in the mind of a powerful prince (Edward I.), and called into action all the patriot energy and lofty pride of Cambria's hardy sons. This certainly affords a striking contrast, and is replete with mortification to the genuine lovers of romance, if any continue to exist in these degenerate days : but, nevertheless, it cannot be denied, that if the modern Eisteddvod has entirely lost its primitive cha racter, it has assumed another infinitely more agreeable, because congenial to the taste and feeiings of the age we live in. The business of the day was opened yesterday by the PRESI DENT, who briefly stated that the object of this institution was to encourage and promote the cultivation of Welsh literature, poetry, and music. Looking at the assemblage of beauty, rank, mid fa shion which surrounded him, he said he felt confident that the institution must flourish. After the SECRETARY had read the Report, which contained nothing peculiarly interesting, a concert of national vocal and in strumenttl music was performed, in which several eminent profes sional singers and musicians took part. The concert opened with the following glee and clients, written, we understand, for the Powys Eisteddvad, by the Rev. R. Mynas:— CAMBRIA'S HOLIDAY. Tell me not that Cambria's lyre Wakes to rapture now no more ; Tell me not that quenched her fire, The Awes* day of glory's o'er. With such eyes of beauty greeting, With such patriot bosoms hefting; Native genius met to nourish, Wallin 6 lyre and mouse will flourish. CHORUS. String the harp. then—minstrels, play— . This is Cambria's holiday. TRIO. What though clouds obscured her name, And veil'd in cold neglect the past, They acted but to embalm her fame, Her halcyon days are come at last ! Bright the suns that rise to bless his, Clear the skies that now caress her; Days of glory, setting never, May they live and last for ever ! ciloaus. String the harp, then—minstrels, play— This is Cambria's holiday. When thefirst part of the concert had concluded, the PRESIDENT announced the names of the successful candidates for the Society's medals and premiums, and medallions were presented by Lady Rodney to proxies who attended for Messrs. Davies, J. Williams, 0. Owens, and T. Jones, for poems and essays in the Welsh and English languages; and to Mr. J. Parry, as a tribute to his emi nent services in preserving the national music of ll'ales. The Pennillion singers, accompanied by the Welsh harpers, excited much curiosity. The singer is obliged to follow the harper, who may change the tune when he pleases; anti also perform vitia tions, whilst the vocalist must keep time, and end precisely with the strain. Those are considered the hest singers who can adapt stanzas of various metres to one melody, and who are acquainted with the twenty-four measures, according to the bustle laws and rules of composition. The singer will not commence with the strain, but take it up at the second or third bar, as best 'tins the metre of the pettnill he intends to sing. The concert terminated at an advanced hour, and amidst the applauses of the audience. • Arven—PJetic Muse or Genius. Yesterday the Duke of York and the Duchess of Glou cester visited the King. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia visited the Princess Augusta yesterday. Yesterday Prince Leopold had a numerous dinner party at Marlborough House. Arnow!. the company were, Prince Gortchakoffl Count Ludolf (the Neapolitan Minister), the Chevalier de Los Kios, the Spanish Minister ; M. de Biederman, the Saxon Minister; the Chevalier de Neu mann, Secretary to the Austrian Embassy ; Baron Cetto, the Bavarian Minister; Count Karoly, Lord Belgrave, Sir S. Raffles. Sir E. Antrobus, Mr. H. Sumner, Mr. Denison, and Mr. R. Grosvenor. Mr. Secretary Canning gave a dinner on Sunday, and also yesterday, to select parties, at Gloucester Lodge, Brompton. Count Munster, the Hanoverian Ambassador, had an audience of his Majesty yesterday. Yesterday morning, at half-past ten o'clock, the Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council had a meeting at the Council Office, Whitehall Place, at which the Earl of Harrowby presided as Lord President of the Council. The Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, the Lord Chid Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, Lord Gifford, Lord Col. chester, the Lord Chief Baron, Lord Stowell, Lord 'feign mouth, Lord Bexley, Sir John Nichol!, Sir Henry Russell, Sir George Warrender, Sir W. Fremantle, Mr. C. W. Wynn, and Mr. Beckett, also attended as Lords of the Council. The Attorney-General and the Solicitor-General were in attendance on their Lordships during the time of their sitting. The case which came before the considera tion of their Lordships was that of Mr. Buckingham against the East India Company. Letters received yesterday from Marta, mention the de parture of the Marquis of Hastings for England, in conse quence of the late proceedings at the India House. The Marquis was to leave Malta on the 2.Sth of April, in the Cambrian, for Genoa, on his way to England. His arrival here may be therefore expected daily. Previous to his de parture an address was presented to his Lordship by the merchants of the island expressing their hope that his ab sence would be but temporary, and that the object of his visit to England may he in every respect successful. In his answer, the Marquis observes, " The circumstances at which you have pointed will command illy earliest atten tion after my arrival in England. The opportunity of making oral representations to his Majesty's Ministers may be materially beneficial, and I trust that on my speedy return to you,. I shall be able to prove my having been no idle advocate. The Countess of Glengal and suite arrived in Cork on Monday evening. The Dean of Lincoln has presented the Minster with a set of communion plate to the amount of 1,0001. It is silver chased and gilt, and is similar to that which the King has ordered for his private chapel at Windsor. COI.OIIIIIAN BIBLE SOCIETY.—A public meeting was held ou the 13th March, by the Minister of Foreign Re lations. Don Pedro Gush, Senator Melo, Representatives Gomtz and Malo, Rector of the Great College of St. Bar tholomew, Dr. Estevez, Rector of the University, Friar Galvez, Prior of the Convent of Preachers, Friar Gullies, Dr. Quebeda and the Secretary of the University, in con sequence of an invitation of Mr. Thompson, agent of the British and Foreign Bible Society. The Meeting was held in the Chapter-room of the - University, and the object was to establish a Bible Society in Colombia. The regulations having been read, Senor Gaul made sotne remarks on the subject. and moved that a more general meeting should be called for the next Sunday at the same place, when a so ciety should be established ia Bogota, on the plan of those which Lave conferred so many spiritual blessings on Eu rope, Asia, and Africa. A particular account of it is to be given in the papers. A specimen of a peculiar kind of cotton, the growth of Colombia, has been recently exhibited at Sat ali:thh. It • was obtained near Bogota, and is said to be of an extrewely soft and perfectly silky texture and glossy app araLce, of a short staple and dark or dingy colour. It grows nu a tree of considerable height, different from our idant. The cotton grows round the seed, in something like the shape of a pine apple, so that when picked it requires no ginning. The Indians work it into shawls, &c. and a quantity has been sent to France, for the purpose of asmrtaining whether it cannot be incorporated into the manufacture of silk goods. A gentleman of Scriven county, Georgia, has planted a small quantity of the seed, by wJv of experilient. On the morning of Sunday last, the Cowgate, Black friars' Wynd, and the Grassmarket, were again the scene of some frightful disorders. Many individuals were se verely wounded. The same morning a poor woman in Gillan's Close was attacked and maltreated to the danger of her life, by a man, his wife, and daughter, all of whom hate absconded from justice.—Co!edonian Mercury. SPAIN. ('titivate costaxseuaDtwcw.) [From the Courtier Franca(sof .Saturday.l 611111ALT•k, MAT 4. Last week the only Guard.r Cush' existing of all thoae *huh General O'lhninel had armed to watch over the coastieg stole during the night into our bay; the crew immediate) s h...d eds Spanish vessel which was at anchor under almost one of the batteries in the fortress. surprised the crew, cut the cables, and carried thine prize into Algeciras. Every body here takes it for granted th at these pirates did not act thus without orders ; but ile• hope of the person who sent them has been disappointed. The English hail known fur a week before that a coup de attain was to be attempted to seize the Spanish Constitutionalists who had arrived here trout Tangiers. In consequence of the remonstrances of the Spanish Consul, the Govetnor of Gibraltar had ordered these unfortunate persons to go on board the vessels in the bay; but as soon as he was informed of the plot formed against them, he revoked this order, so that When the vessel in question 'at a carried away, Fries ' was on his way to London, and the others kept in the towr, Thi s aggression has produced energetic remonstrances from our Govern. ment. The captured vessel was immediately released and has re. turned to' this port. General O'Donnel in his order has thought it proper to put his pirates in prison. Nevertheless the Goverr. teen; has sent an account of this affair to the British Ambassador. at Madrid. He insist. that the criminals shalt be proceeded against as pirates. The day before yesterday a brig belonging to the Uni te d States sailed from this place to Alp. a:re* to take on board the eldest son of Murat, who being here to embark as a passenger on board a vessel bound to the United S ate% was arrestsd in the Spanish territory, and detainel fur a length of time in prison. We !earn that in consequence of orders' which the French Military Goverment of Cadiz has received from his Government, lie hat withdrawn the protection which he granunl to persons prosecuted for political transgressions, and that the Spanish police has regained all its influence. Twenty four houts had not elapsed after the Yea anchored in the bay of Cadiz, when we knew that she 'nought the confirmation of the overthrow of the Royalists in Peru. The public coffersat Cadiz were so empty that the despatches could not be fotwarded immediately. The depar. t :re of the officer who was to catty than express to Madrid vans delayed Srf some time to collect the pittance required to defray has travelling expenses. The paper published here announces that the departure of General Kampen, appointed by the Kin g of Spain Captain-General of the I'hitlipppa Islands, is deferred. ft. Spanish Government has receives! despatches from these islands, swing shat fientral !Vlach:res. who was invested with the con:. mend by the Constitutional Government, refuses, in concert wiz the troops (about 7 or 8,000 men) to recognise the Absolute King. Vessels lately arrived from the Ilavannah represent the etuan.;. patina of the culony as near at hand. The Colombian squa4r.a entirely prevents commerce, as no vessel ventures to put to sea. On the oilier hand the presence of the American ships of war, which are always in these seas to protect the commerce of their nation against the pirates, contribute not a little to encourage a spirit of independence. J.4:MAICA. i Extracts from the Kintraton Chronicle of April 2 The ship Albion, Proctor, from Carthagena, was standing in fur Port Royal late yesterday evening, from they uthward. The ship Clarendon, which arrived from Bristol on Wednesday, palled from King's-road, 21st Feb.—off St- Domingo ;on Tausdsy she was chased for upwards of an hour by a long low schooner, lull of men, but which, on nearing her, hoisted Dutch colours, and stood away. On Sunday last the Bristol spoke, off Cape Crux, the Columbian privateer brig Vincidor, of 18 guns, Captain Broillerton, out 2,1 days (tom St. Thomas, on a cruise. Two days previous she had a running fight with a Spanish frigate, off Cumberlitod harbour. Captain Brotherton destroyed a piratical boat off the east end of Cuba four days behne—the men escaped ashore. Some packages were ftund in the boat addressed to persons in Sew (Means, sup. posed to have been plundered from an American yeast'. A meeting of the Commissioners of Public Accounts was Lehi yesterday, when the usual routine of business having been gone through, the subject of the deficiency of the public revenue was taken into consideration, but owing to the non-attendance of the parties concerned in such deficiency, a fleeting was called for Fri day neat, the Bth inst., when these gentlemen are expected to at tend, so as to enable the Board to come to a final determination on the subject ; but in the mean time we have learned that a final arrangement has taken place between the attorneys to the Lanett and the late Receiver-General, whereby it is agreed that the balance due to the public is forthwith to be paid into the chest, and all pro.. ceedings in regard to the bill of injunction filed against Mr. sluirhead and Mr. Drummond has ceased in consequence of that r. TlOffertlerlt. INDIA. A Pekin Gazette of August, announers the approach of a Bur mese Envoy, the object of whose mission is stated to be to solicit assistance from the Chinese in the war in which the King of Ara is engaged with us. The grounds on which this interference is so licited, is artfully represented to be that the English had with. out provocation, and most unjustifiably, invaded the Bor can em pire, and that therefore no security existed against a similar act of aggression being next followed up by a similar attack on the Chi. nese empire." Another Pekin Gazette (the latest received at Canton), observes, that the Mandarin commanding the South Western frontier, had reported to his Imperial Majesty that, being exceedingly occupied in constructing fortifications and a line of de fences en that frontier of the empire, with a view to resist any ag gression on the part of the Burmese or other foreigners, with reference to the state of hostilities in which that country is M- I volved, he felt assured, in advertence to the importance of the duty in which he was engaged, which could not be left to inexperienced hands, that his Imperial Majesty would, on the present occasion, dispense with his visit at Court, which is known to be expected and required of great Alandarins, commanders of provinces, once in three years. This intelligence is chiefly important, as it tends to show that the Chinese are not indifferent to, or unapprised of, what is going on in our eastern frontier. Whether his CelesCal Majesty will give his aid to his Golden Footed brother remains to be seen. Any attempt to speculate on the probable politics of the Court of Pekin is perfectly vain. It is. however, fortuately a matter of not the smallest consequence as it affects the Burmese war. Should his Imperial Majesty determine to countenance the Burmese, the usual prohibitory system will no doubt be adopted at Canton. For our own parts we think that, however annoying these stoppage's of trade ate fur the time, they work good in the end. During the late war we were obliged, from strong political necessity, to adopt a strictly conciliatory line of conduct with the Chinese ; and the manner in which the difficulties in maintaining our commercial intercourse, without sacrificing cur national character, were surmounted, reflects the highest credit cn all concerned in the administration of British affairs in China. We can, however, now talk to his Imperial Majesty with a greater degree of firmness and independence. Letters from Singapore state that the Siamese troops were specific expected to take measures for attacking the Unmans, and acid. that the King of the latter people had sent an embassy to Pekin to ask for help front the Celestial Emperor, but that was refused.— Cirkulta John 80. B► the ship James Colvin. Captain Wemyss, which has arrived at Rangoon since our last report, having sailed the 3d instant, we Iran that active preparation were making for moving a force cv , • slating of from 12 to 1,580 European, and 3,090 native troops t tbe provisions and bagzagc, it was understood, were to be transported in boats, and the force to move up near the banks of the river. It is c maidered, in the accounts we have seen, that the army of the evenly was wholly dispersed. Sams accounts from Bengal, how. ever, mention the determination of Bundoola to make another stator if I o•sible. The 13th was spoken of for moving up the river, but it was not expected that the arrangements could be completed quite so soon ; though the greatest exertions were makiug.—Caleattw Gorcrartwal bazate. Jam. 18. Spain, which during a few years has suffered so many losses, is about to be compensated for her late disasters in Peru, by the addition of a body of subjects equally calcu lated to promote her industry and her population. We learn from Cadiz that 4,000 monks are shortly expected there, who having been unable to accommodate themselves to the new order of things in America, have resolved to restore to Europe the benefits of their activity, talent, and capital.—Courrier Fraseais. A' letter from Campeachy, after noticing Gen. St. Anna's scheme for revolutionising Cuba, says— " Lieut.-Colonel Cadenas was two days since deprived of his office as Trente de Roy, or Governor of this town, in consequence, as it is said, of his hiving objected to this expedition. lie is re placed by Lieut.-Colonel Foro. commander of the 13th regiment. and brother-in-law of General Santa Anna. The latter is nn the point of resigning his command, and will be replaced be General Mora., whose arrival at the head of a considers hie bode of troops is • shortly expected. About thirty turbulent and: , elosk many 0 : them persons of note, are in confinement tur se.i.:: u. A nes list duties has been imposed within these few A copy of the Tarilfia DOI yet in publication, but it is 0111,1 tha: it amounts nearly , to a prohibition on many articles of British manufac ture." From the Jamaica Papers to the 31 ult. re:: v,vl yester day, we extract the following particulars relstint to the arrest of Admiral Guise, which is mentioned in the Ameri can Journals:— " Intelligence from Guayaquil states, that Admiral Guise bed been arrested. It appears to have originated from his having made a demand on the hitendante of Guayaquil. for 31.000 dollars. for the payment of Officers and seamen's wages. The Intentlante re plied. that he was not in funds fur such a sum, when Guist told him • if his men were rot paid off, he would cat feel himself rt. •noniible for the consequencea."fhe Intendante, coosiderine If a kind of threat, immediately arrested him, ai:J, without allowire time to procure • change of clothing, sent him under an escort of fifty soldiers, by land, to Lima, a journey considered alma: impractituble to any ons unaccustomed to travelling, and at tin/ of the year. •• The Officers of the squadron expressed great indignation at the measure; they repaired on board their respectise vrseh loaded the guns, and it was at one time thought taey would have tired on the house of the Intendante. They became, however. in some manner pacified, and a Mr. Robertson was placed in Colll• mand of the frigate which bore the Admiral's flsd, and was shortly after ready for sea."