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r TI 11011 ItAILWATI. Birmieghors sad Liverpool--. 60 i 11 niacE44.•irsova. Anaerobes • &Wok BA& and Patent Salt 50 0 5* bilbe And Were Steam lOO 2 44eneral Steam Navigation direst Wootreinster Dairy 2l 6 It dla F•tarneral Dyeing and Printing 100 10 Paton Bricks L. do la Plata Agricultural Want India Company 100 - i4lil :he rritioit Francisca. 'tr. Sates. LONDON, SATURDAY. OCTOM 44, 1841. the old adtice. Qum Deus Vllit perdere, pries dernesnat. rt 00• DRURY-LANE THEATRE. TRW Emoting. miTHRDA Y. OM. St will be performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. IHr Jobs tauter. Mr. Dowton limiter Slimier, Mr. Harley ; row, Mr. Walls:M. Mrs. Ford. Mils Illrakbou. • Mewlll 4. TUX TXXIIIMPICWS DAUOUTIR. Nary. Mai Xitny. COPENT'-GARDEN THEATRE. Qs NLONLialf it arT win be parfunerd • Allib lb, Mar Campbell. lir. ; Nisei Janie, Xr. . larren. alum Timms. Wu Mrs. . WM, XXXI (far is 111 IWO am °parade Drama. caned LILL& 411larattiira illiamrs. ragman. Ongsr. Cairaer, Power, Mosby, and MMOINWS I MeedliallMill Patio art Lem HAYMARKF:T THEATRE. Tits gysalag. %TURD %V. °mai, will be parforned Tilt M UDDUNO DAY. Sir Adana Contest. Mrs. W. Parma p Lady Contest, Madame Vestris. After whirls. THE MOUNTAINEERS. O.•taviss. Mr. James Ming Ihls let appearance in London). To eonrlude with Meter seed) THE EPAULETTE. The rrioelpea Characters kp Mr. Vining. Redeem Tear* Milldams, T. Hill. A. Jeers, Clever. and P. tilorer. ADEL PHI THEA7'RE STRAND. Tare Evening. SATURDAY. October TB. nlll be presented the Conti* Burtetta of ILLIGRILIT O►. WINO CHARLES AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS. The ►rlaelral Chemists bp Mown. T. P. Cooke. Yates. J. Hewn. and TirrT7 t His, I. Brunton and Mrs. Vitawlillasu. Alter wtieh the favourite Berle.ta of THE al tRRIELI BACHELOR. Mr Cherie. Coattail. Mr. Yates: Sharpe. Mr. Wrench Greer. Mrs. To conclude with the BurMoque at QUADRUPEDS! Abratuunidas, sr. J. &NM Dorothea, Mrs. The BRITISH PRES* GOlPsising ymteeday morn. laff at holf-post flys o'clock. Me Paris Papers of Monday and Tuesday arrived in the course of yesterday. In a subsequent column we have given some interesting extracts from them, relative to the negotiation* which have been unsuccessfully opened with the Court of Spsin for the recognition of the independence of its late Colonies ou the Continent of America. Some of the propositions were certainly of such a character, t:iat, if the Spanish Government Ind acceded to them, the New States would have rejected them with contemptuous itulig nat:vo. The infatuated Court of the Escurial, it appears, baring been able at last to send off a miserable expedition cf disaffected soldiery to the Havannah. in the plenitude of its folly, now dreams only of the re-conquest of Mexico and Colombia! Never did any Power more perfectly verify Mr.lflusaisson has been admitted to a private audience of the King of FIANCE, with whom he had the honour to remair. in conference an hour and three quarters. w. have received New Yeah and Borten papers to the 44th ult. They bring no political intelligence of the least importance fro© either the Northern or Southern Continent of America. The dirpute between the (;e -viral Government of the United States and the Governor of Georgia is suspended for the present, in consequence of the promise of the latter that uu encroachments shall be made on the lands of the Creeks, until the question re garding the late treaty can be submitted to the Congress, which will mtet in December. A letter in)one of the Batton papers, from Buenos Ayres, dated July 18th, mentions, that the Government had pro posed to the Brazilian Commodore to send a Minister to the Court of Braid to settle any differences that might exiskbelsteen the two States, and that, in consequence, the Brasilia* squadron had disappeared off Buenos Ayres, with the eseepdon of a single frigate. It adds, that the patriot Genergl, LAVALLEJA, had gained a victory over a party of Brazilians from Rio Grande. A New York paper gives the following account in ex planation of the re-commencement of hostilities between t►e Castle and City of Vera Cruz : It Ira be recolleetett;that the ship called the Victoria was pur dissea ly the Ilexienn einiwintent lately at London. brought btu. Ikea set, manned nod yonekbpd to Vera Crse. Upon her mind at that atty. oho. lry poetess Innoort. hoisted French co ts be. upon the Castle,-from "heice three guniinits were sent out to her aid, one of which came along side, when the Victoria struck the French and hoisted Mexican colours, and took one of the gun-boats, while the other two escaped. The event was celebrated by salvos of ar tillery in the city, •hen immediately the Castle opened a fire upon it, and at the sailing of the British schooner Renegade, was con tinued with energy. Previous ro this, daily intercourse took place between the city and castle, which was fully expected to lend to s surrender ; but this late act seems to hare put an end to it. The castle is not in want, as ham been represented, and a reinforcement was expected from the lisvanrsah. The following are further extracts : [From the New rot k Advertiser of Sept. M.] Nxw r 0111:. SEPT. 22. Mr. Adams left Washiagton on Tuesday morning, on a visit to hie father at Quincy, Massachusetts, accompanied by Mrs. Adams, his Niece and son. ..._ .____ _........_.. The Spanish ship Asia, which was surrendered to the Mexicans a few months since by the crew, is to be known hereafter by the name of " El Congress filexicano." The crew ban medved from the government the full amount of wat due to than ham lipain. DISAPPEARANCE OF PIRATES.—Ie Nat West Jeans' gives an account of the emplovms.st of the West India agendeen fee some months past, to prove the justice of the report mit home by Corn. Warrington, that if pirates still existed in thou saes, they bad con cealed themselves, and had not modem eaparso. Tit t: U. S. Belo Seams.— to seders frau Commo dore Warrington, dated 311th Ape% the U. S. heft Spark, Adi s under Lieutenant•Commaridant Ms . Newton, cruised her three months no the south side of Cuba. Is sibs round the lipid, and from Cape Antonio to the Ids of Row Lists. Main oak dili- 1 gent search after pirates, but within* iseeen. he Ma. tansas Bay on the llth of Slay, he despatehellidi tottatnine the island and all the adjacent Keys la ewe& ii" haunts ; but after an absence of nine days, the without having found any traces of auspicious ettablishments. Lieut. Newlin then proceeded to St. J ago do Cuba, anchored there on the 7th of Jens, rook in water and sailed thence to Trinidad, making strict search with his boats ell along the main from Cape Cruz to Tri nidad. The Spark reached Trinidad on the 28th of June, where her boats rejoiaed her, having found no persoos or haute which could excite suspicion. Tat UNITED STATES SIIIP JOHN ADAMS.—The John Adams, under the command of Capeein J. J. Nicholson, examined the mast of Cuba from Porto del Slariel to the Porto del Cattiness. THR UNITED STATES STEAM GAI.I.IOT SEA 6 t; LL.--Lieu. tenant Commandant J. ltl'Keever, having left _Lieut. Paine in command of the Terrier, at Matanzas. to give convoys. he. sailed with the Sea Gull on the 4.11 of February last, with the barge Gallinipper in tow, as far to the eastward as Key Cruz del Padre. Ordering Lieut. Cunningham to return to Slgnapa Bar with the Sea Gull, Lieut. liPKeerer then manned the barge and gig, end went with them to explore the river Palma, and the wholecoast, to Point Yeaeot. Having performed this service without Railing am objects of suspicion, Lieut. M'Keever rejoined the Sea Gull. The Rio Palma haying frequently been sought for by our squadron in vain, has been therefore more suspected than other parts of the coast better known. At its mouth there is not more than 12 or 15 inches water, but the mud is so soft, that boats of a much greater draft may be forced through it. In the river the depth of water is from 2.. 1 , to 3 fathoms to the Embeeredere, distant about six miles, and near its head where the greater breadth does nut exceed 30 feet, the Mangrove and other trees, in many Places, joining oven head. From the end of February until June, Lieutenant 51`Keever was employed ire a careful examination of the coast and keys between Matanzas and San Juan de los Remedios, without meeting with Of hearing of any thing piratical, or even suspected to be ao. Much of this service was performed by Lieutenant Al`Keever in the boats of the Sea Gull, which examined all the keys and coast from Seguna la Grande to ban Juan de los Remedios. wherever it was presumed that pirates might be lurking. On rejoining the Sea Gull. the barges were again sent inside the quays, and down to Cadiz Rev. and Padre del Cruz, which were examined ; the en. trance of Rio Palma and Signspa Bay were again over-hauled, and the barges returned to the Sea Gull at Key alma ; from whence, at the close of the month, Lieutenant lil•Keever anchored at Alston:as. During this cruise not a single trace of pirates was discovered. The fiahermen were pursuing their occupations, and several rafts of timber, the transportation of which had, heretofore, been in a great measure suppressed, were fallen in with. The haunts which had been destroyed during former visits from the squadron, did not appear to have been since occupied. The United States ship Homer, under command of Captain E. P. Kennedy, was employed from Christmas until the month of March last in searching the coast on the south side of Cuba. At the river Cattalos was discovered coecealed an English or Arne. rican boat, with the letters " P. R." on her stern. Four men were afterwards discovered, who behaved so suspicously that several huts belonging to them were destroyed. This is supposed to have been the rendezvous of the gang which robbed the k rench ship Calypso. The rivers (Went, Glum', de la Colonna and Diego, were ex. 'mined. They are all large, with narrow and hidden mouths, where only a few variants were discovered, and a pesiegue made of a log of mahogany, fifty feet long, was taken, the Crew escaping on shore. According tObingnatlenie hone Commodore Warrington, dated sth of April, the Hornet went on a second cruise of three months on the south side of Parte Rico and the Sail Rock Passage, but fattnd no complaints or mites of pirates. Captain Kennedy was of opinion that the decisive steps taken by the Governor of Porto Rico have proved a complete check to the pirates. UNITED STATES SCHOONER GI•MPUS.—IAMMOIMIII COM. modove Moat, in the Grampus, captured the piratical vessel com manded by Cofrecinos, who, as our readers have already been informed, sonic months since, swain on shore, and was afterwards taken, and, with ten of his crew, put to death by the authorities of Porto Rico. The Grampus was afterwards ordered to cruise be- Cape Antonio and the Isle of Pines: she accordingly ex• placed with her boats every part of the coast where there was a probability of findings pirate, but without falling in with any sus picious object. UNITED STATES SCHOON la TRIIIIIIR.—The Terrier, ender Lieutenant J. S. Paine, commenced an examination of the Double-headed shot keys, in the mouth of March last ; and re examined them in July, as well as the coast near Anguilla, but without finding anything to creme suspicion. In addition to the vessels we have anew:mated above, the frigate ConateUation, Captain it'oolsey ; the ship Decoy, Lieutenant M. P. Mix ; the schooner Shark, Captaio Gallagher ; and the sloop Vagabond, Lieutenant Saunders, were also attached to this squa dron. Neither of these vessels, although they have been a great pan of the season in the West India sem, met with, or heard of, a single piratical vessel. New Yong, SEPT. 19. Great apprehensions have been entertained in various parts cf the country, that the excessive heat, and the severity of the drought, would in a great measure destroy the latter harvest. As far as we have heard in almost every direction, the early crops of hay, wheat rye, and oats have been abundant, and were all gathered in the first condition. Having within a few weeks past travelled exten sively in the New England States, we liana been gratified to find that the Indian oorn has been much less injured than was antici pated. In those parts of New Hampshire, alamachusetts, and Connecticut, which fell within our observation, we are :unified that there is a middling crop, and that there is no danger of a scarcity of this very important grata in those States. Since the late rains the grass has sprung up anew, and the meadows have the refresh. ing appearance of the month of Slay. In many places the farmers were mowing sod gathering the late crop of hay, and the quantity was by no means inconsiderable. There is also a good supply of late gram for feeding, so that the supplies of butter and cheese will be essentially improved. The potatoes are generally Injured by, the drought, and the quantity throughout the country will be am siderably less titan usual. 1 The English public will need no further evidence on which to form their judgment of the BETHEL UNION Society, than the repulsive exhibition which it made of itself at its Sixth Anniversary Meeting en Thursday even ing. The assembly of Reverends seems not merely to have thrown off the restraint of every thing solemn on the sub ject, but to have indulged in a license of ludicrous ex pression, which threw a ridicule on all that is sacred in the Gospel to which they referred. By way of spurring the tardy contributors to the Salvation Fund for Seamen, CAP TAIN ALLEN, an honorary Secretary, begins by bringing out the Bethel Bud -et, Jrnd announcing the state of the Exchequer. Under this head appearances *ere not at all consolatory; not only is there no slot in Me locker, but the Society, it seems, arc in debt to the amount of 4001; We have an old English proverb which directs us to " be just before you are generous." If the Committee of Supply do not succeed in levying sufficient contributions, they would do well to limit their operations to their Ways and Means; better at once bring the floating chapels to an anchor, than set the sad example to the faithful of living on the harvest of the next year's sickle. But in order to quicken the ardour of contribution, a most Sublime pedigree was given of a sailor's descent ; they are among the proudest branches, it seems, of the genealogical tree ; our race has nothing higher in the way of heraldry to boast. The following is the language in which a Reverend Speaker at the meeting delivers himself on this subject:— " It wa. much to be feared that the b. niporat welfare of seamen was much neglected in this country, and if this be so, how much more was their spiritual welfare forgotten. In this respect we bad turned the world upside down ; the sailor having first brought it tons, and yet we had hitherto withheld the benefits of it from him, while weeding it IJ all other people. But blessed be God I we had not quite forgotten then. Sailors had been the.Srat preadars of the Gospel. PETER, ANDREW, hiNES and Joint, wire all ~~ ~~'~~ and eaught Slim thousand at One LAUGHTER and APPLAUSE ! ! Laughter ! at what it shocks every rational man even to read ! inoleuse ! of language that we should not expect to hear, but among the half- drunken crew of a Guinea-ship. And yet these are the spititual SIMON Fouls who go about whining and lamenting that nothing is done in England for the souls of seri/ors—who affect to look down on the Ministers of the Established Church as Gospel teachers— and who are pleased to take the whole maritime world into their holy keeping ! The following punchinello scene exhibited as arrant a piece of mummery as ever disgraced the darkest age of su perstition : " The Rev. 31r. SMITH now introduced a lad on the platform, who had made a piece of mechanism, representing a sailer on deck, with a flag in one hand, and the other resting on an anchor with his hat in it. By dropping a shilling into the hat, it made the figure give a most graceful bow. Upwards of 111. had been collected in this way by the boy. for thebenefit of the society. " The NOBLE CHAIRMAN expressed his thanks to the lad, and hoped it might please God to prosper him, and inspire him with an inclination to pursue the sonic zealous efforts in so pious a work. (The boy bowed, and was cheered by the meeting as he left the room to station his `grateful JACK' to receive the contributions of the company." And all this contemptible quackery is to form the under plot to the salvation of Barron SLAM EN ! Is it credible that such a deplorable fates should be acted at the City of London Tavern in the oineteenth century ? If the fact was not before our eyes, would it be believed that an audience could be found, at this time o'day, weak enough to be bubbled out of their money by such a low and pitiful expedient as this, and that the blessing of COD should be solemnly invoked on the youthful contriver of such foolery• ? A very promising specimen this of what is to be expected from the Bethel hierarchy !. A precious sample of the congregation de propaganda fide to be established on the banks of the Thames ! If these are the men that are to turn our ships into contenticles, and to evangelize the Bri tish navy under the Bethel flag, it is not difficult to pre dict the re.:.ult of their labours. Under this pious teaming of our fleets and armies, it requires no gift of prophecy to foretel that their conquests will end with their Angersion. These casual remarks' are drawn from us by the proceed ings and speeches of the anniversary meeting. We shall enter fully into detail as we proceed with the subject. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. Very heavy sales to place this morning in Consols. As soon as the Stock Exchanges opened an eminent specu lator sold to a large Mount, which hail an immediate effect in depressing the British Funds. The opening price was 88i; but the subsequent operations brought them as low as 871 1. A re-action afterwards occurred, and the market closed at 881, alternately buyers and sellers; but had by no means the appearance of firmness. To account for this depression a rumour was set afloat, which we could trace to no good authority, that an express had arrived from Paris in the early part of the day, and the communications that it brought were of that nature as in duced the speculator, to whom we have previously alluded, to sell heavily ; but the causes to which wa yesterday ad. verted operated, probably, more strongly on Consuls thin any foreign intelligence, supposing a Paris express did arrive. The Foreign Market was very dull. A few bargains were done in Greek Bonds at x 94 30 ; in Spanish Bonds at 171 I ; sad in Daniell ditto it 664 South Aineriean Securities were without variation, if we except Guatemala Scrip, which was a shade higher, si i discount. Brazilian ditto was 8i 8 discount. A few bargains were in the Anglo Mexican Shares at 31%; and in the United MLzican Company's Shares at 13 It. The Mincing-lane Market continues under great depres sion. In partial instances holders of Sugar gave way, and the consequence was a decline of full Is. per cwt. Good ordinary Brazilian Coffee was sold at 555. per cwt., which is a much lower quotation _than that at which bargains were some inquiries for lion. brought to market this morn same. ...c death of his Majesty th e Joseph. This Monarch wa I instant. The Prince Royal it to the Crown, is thirty -1 in ISIO a Princess of Saxe King Joseph Maximilian of a regiment of Alsace, t by the name of Prince which he had formed proved beneficial to nntn. 4 in his states assistance Prince Carignan is a._ `n Saturday last, on arri . ,ing entry house, at .... hotel in Paris, he was found dead in his carriage. This I'rince, who was thirty six years of age, was son-in-law to the Duke of Van guyon, and cousin-german to the heir presumptive to the crown of Sardinia. The Memorial liortlelais contains the following extract from a letter dated Rome, 28th September:—" The health of his Holiness, the Pope Leo XII. giving rise to the most lively apprehensions, public prayers have just been ordered to be put up in every church in this capital, commencing from to-morrow, the 29th September." We have received Gibraltar Papers to the 26th ultimo. They afford no information respecting the threat of war by his Majesty of Morocco against all the European Conti nental Powers. The Hey of Tripoli is still reported to have declared war against Sardinia; the accounts from Tunis are of Sept. 4. Sidi Mustapha, the brother of the Iley, is reported to be on the Algerine frontiers with 20,000 men, to collect the tithes on agricultural produce; also to repress the excesses committed by the Arabs in that vicinity. A great battle is reported to be fought, and that Sidi Mustapha has been defeated. Two vessels belonging to the Htetia.Coteel - Cteeminin, bone-arrived IfTurffs. Thr. steam-vessel belonging to •the Company has put into Al giers in distress. Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Genoa, dated October 10:—" Advice' have arrived from Tri poli, that jhe Bashaw had promised the Consul that no hostilities would be committed on his part, until the return of an answer from this Government; it is therefore expected that all differences will have been made up by this time in an amicable manner, by the Sardinian squadron, which were off' Tripoli." The Russian Government, it would appear, from a pa ragraph in a late St. Patershurgh paper, watch with paternal care over the conduct of the lords towards their vassals. An order has recently been confirmed by the Emperor, by which the entire property of Prince D • • °, situated in various parts of the Empire, shall be placed under legal guardianship, he having been convicted of too great se verity to his vassals; and he himatlf is to be for ever ba nished from the capital The Allgemeine Zeihusf, received yesterday, contains articles dated from Odessa and Trieste, giving accounts of the discomfiture and retreat of Ibrahim Pacha to Nava rino ; but the Trieste article presents us with the lively addition of the Turks having quarrelled with the Egyp tians, and of Ibrahim Pacha killing Hussein I3ey with a pistol, and being, it is said, afterwards assassinated him self by the nephew of Hussein; but this, the writer adds, with great candour, " seems fabulous." Letters were yesterday received from Smyrna. by the way of Marseilles, to the 16th ult. As they afford no de tails of the progress of affairs in the hforea, we may fairly presume there were no prominent advantages gained by the Turks. 'POETRY • WORCESTER BELLS. In the days of Popery, bells, when consecrated, received the mimes of particular saints ; but in later times they have been differently appropriated. In Sr. HELEN a church, at Worm EATER, there is a set of bells, cast in the time of (21:CENT ANNE, which bear names and inscriptions that record the victories gained during that reigi, as follow : 1. 131.Errtitt sr. First is my note, and Blenheim is my name ; For Blenheim's story will be first in fame. 2. BARCELONA. Let rue relate how Louis did bemoan his grandson Philip's flight Iron Bareelon. RAMILIES. Deluged in blood, 1, Rantilieo, advance Britannia's glorf on the fall of France. 51Exta. Let Menin on ray sides ergraven be ; And Flanders freed from (balk slavery. 5. TURIN. When in harmonious peal I roundly go. Think on Turin, and triumphs on the Po. 6. EUOINE. With joy I hear illustrious Eugene's name ; Fay'rite of fortune and the boast of fame. P. Blantnonocnit. But I, for pride, the greater Marlborough bear : Terror of tyrant+, and the soul of war. 8. QuEsnr Axxr. Th' immortal praises of Queen Anne I sound. With union blest, and all these glories crown'd. The inscriptions on these bells are all dated 1708, except that on the seventh, which is dated 1 7 142. FASHIONABLE IN'TELLIGENC'E. The Earl and Courdeal of Surrey have arrived al their seat M'ork mop Al anora. Norte, from the Marquis of Stafford's, Trentham Hall, Staffordshire. _ . Lady Foley has arrived in town from her seat in Staffordshire. Lord Melbourn has arrived in town from Earl Cowper's seat, Pansanger, Herts. _ . . . . Lord end Lady Churchill left Richmond yesterday, for their seat Wychwood Forrest, Oxfordshire. The Earl of Dartmouth has arrived at his seat, Sandwell Hall, Stalfordt.hire, from a toui. T. Drake, Esq. M.P and Mrs. Drake have left town for their sear Amersham, Bucks. Lord Rivera has left town for his seat Hair Park, Newmarket. Lord :dolyneux has arrived at Cmxteth Hall from a tour. Lord Rocksavage has arrived at Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire, from a shooting excursion. Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street.—Col. Pember ton, from his seat in Berle ; Thomas Parr. Esq. from Liverpool ; Mr. and Mrs. Savage and family, Rom Tunbridge-wells ; Grime, Esq. from Hants ; T. Champion, Esq. from his seat Hol lywood, Hants. I)epirtures from the Londoa Hotel, Alhemarle-street.—:-:Hr. and Mn.. Partridge and family, for their seat near Bath p Mr. airs. and Alias Brown, for Bath. Arrival and Mrs. Brabant, Iron) Scotland. Arrival at the Bidlingtort Hotel, Old Burlington.sueet.—The Marquis and Alarchinness of Hastings and fami'y, yesterday, from their seat in Leicestershire.' Departures :—Capt. and Mrs. Os wald for Paris ; Cavendish, Esq, fur Cambridge. Departures from the •Pulteney Hotel. Albemarle-stmt.—Mr. and Mrs. Drummell, for their seat in Wilts ; T. B. Bligoni, Esq. on a tour. Departures from Lotufs II trel, Hontl-strect.—Copt. and Mrs. Duncombe, for Plymouth ; William Hall, Esq. for Scotland ; J. Chitty, Esq. for Newmarket ; William Holmes, Esq. for Cam. bridge. _ _ Arrivals at Nerot's h otel , Cliffbrd.street :—Colnnel and Mrs. Graham, and Ladle, • Mrs. Cholmler and the Misses Cholmley His Excellency Mr. Chad. Departures :—C. E. M'ilsonn, Esq. and Mrs. Wilsonn, for their seat, at Bognor; E. F. Dashwood, k.sq.; W. H. Ueardon, Esq. for Dublin ; Lord and Lady Audley. Lord Burghersit entertained the Duke of Cumberland at dinner on Thursday. There was a select party to meet his Royal Highness. Mr. Secretary Canning left Downing-street, yesterday morning, to return to Seaford, Mr. Elha's seat, in Sussex. Mrs. Coitus and the Duke of St. Alban's have arrived at the British Hotel, Edinburgh. Mrs. Fitzherhert and Miss Smythe have left Chatsworth for Swinnerton, Staffordshire, the seat of Thomas Fitzher bert, Esq. Lord Exeter has added to the external splendour of his mansion at Burghley, by covering the fanciful iron door at the western entrance with burnished gold; and the north ern door is to receive the like decoration.—Stamford News. The King of France has made Sir Thomas Lawrence (who was sent by his Majesty to take his portrait) a pre sent of the most beautifill productions of the manufactory of Sevre. These articles, by the beauty of the designs and the richness of the colours, are calculated to impress foreigners with the highest ideas of this superb royal eata blishtue•tt. 'We have much pleasure in stating that Mr. Sosne has sent Mrs. Belzoni a present of 501., and trust that this liberal example will be followed by other friends of per sonal merit and useful knowledge. The large factory which is building by Mr. Farquhar, in the neighbourhood of Hindon, and on the borders of the park which surrounds Foothill Abbey, will be a source of great advantage to the people and the shopkeepers in the town of Hindon, from the immense number of persons who will necessarily be employed in so extensive an establish ment. The Count de Gervais, the confidential Secretary and Counsellor of Alexander, Emperor of Russia, was lately given over by his physicians, and in so debilitated a stave, that he could not even walk across the room, nor digest his fool, and had disturbed sleeps from spasms, but by inhal ing vital air, he was restored in six weeks to perfect health. Several specimens of the gold from Aruba have been ex hibited in London. We have seen several of them weigh ing from three to thirty-six ounces. The Dutch govern ment take up the discovery in a very serious point of view, and a decree has been sent out to the Governor of Curacoa, denouncing the penalty of death on any person found on this small desert island, unless commissioned by the Dutch Government. The gold we have seen is solid, and nearly of standard fineness. As it has been found on the surface, there are great doubts entertained respecting its origin, whether it is the production of the island, or the spoil of pirates, as Aruba has been always a rendezvous for the most desperate freebooters and pirates. The specie is now, however, to be. shipped direct to Holland. Gems CERTIFICATES.—An article has appeared inmost of the Irish newspapers, copied, we apprehend, from mosso Englllfriper, stating, 'that by the Act of the .54th Geo.ll I. cap.l4l, any person may aid or assist in killing game, pro vided it he done in the presence or company of a person who shall duly have obtained a certificate in his own right. This article bas caused a great deal of misunderstanding amongst the sporting chimes in Ireland. We are therefore authorized officially to set the public right upon this sub ject. The Act alluded to is one made to alter the English Ex:ise Act, of the .521 George 111, cap. 93, which hail subjected every pencil aiding and assisting in killing game to the necessity of u'. raining a game certificate. The .51,th Geo. 111, cap. 141, merely repeals the duty upon persons aiding and assisting, provided it he done in the company and for the use of a person who has obtained a certificate, and uses his own dog and gun. But neither of the Acts mentioned relate to Ireland. They are exclusively British Excise Acts. In Ireland, under the SSth Gco. 111, cap. 100, every per.;on using a dog or gun fir killing game—no Matter whether in the company of a licensed person or not, it for his use or net—is sulject to a penalty of 20/. if he has nut obtained a game certificate. —Dublin Evening Mail. The following extraordinary circumstance occurred at Oundle on Monday se'nnight:—Between 8 and So o'clock iu the evening, a 1-1 named Samuel Siamey took a horse to a close near Ashton Areadow, and on his return was ..t -tacked by G difitkry,. which siwang upon him, threw him down, and began to worry him Ma dreadful manner, mak ing at he same time a most hideous noise ; fortunately a man who was returoittg from Polebrook, hearing the noise, ran to the spot, and delivered the poor boy, from the mer ciless clutches of the lx ast, or there is every reason to ap prehend he would have been killed ; as it was, he was very severely bitten.—Lincola MeretrrJ•. PRICTS OF BRITISH STOCKS VOTE RDA 1. Dank Stork 2231 Long Ana. 20i_ 1."0-10 3 pow eau. Red. 37 Mt India Stock 717 1 pet Ems Cone. 971 1 1 Dais n emie 11 13 pm Dm* Acct. 671 1 f 5z.8i115,10.1.000/. 2 3 pas 31 pa Ceat, 94 i Ditto. 50111. 2 3 Rot Pi, per Cent. 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There v Leeward Island Rums at Ss. per gall A fair supply of Grain was brougl ng, and the prices continued the sat - -- - The Paris Papers annOunce the de Rill of Bavaria, Maximilian Josepl Belted by apoplexy on the 13th instal (Charles Louis Augustus), heir to nine years of age. He married in I Hildeburghausen. The late Kim before the revolution, Colonel a in . vice of France, and went Mi •n. The connexions w durilts.bis residence in France pro bers Of emigrant officers, who found and protection. The death of Pr announced in the same papers. On ring from his country house, at his COVENT-GARDEN THE.4TRE. The managers of the;i=aeatres have begun with feeling the liaise of the public, and resorted to a variety or trifling expedients, to ascertain the direction of the pop u l ar taste, as we throw up straws to find which way the wind blows. Several new performers have made their appe ar _ ance, but none of them produced a strong or perrnamee sensation, and almost every species of dramatic entertain ment has been tried, as yet without any particular succes s . Freiechatz and Faustus (Mr. Elliston's pair ofa,ectacte,) were again brought out, but we apprehend hey dis. closed no pfensing prospect to the lessee or his represents, r..es, who have not been able to see their too!, thron g !, thent so clearly as formerly. Melo-Brame, which them% best in the Christmas holidays, conjointly w i t h the pan. befor e rtaln ; n ii a time thaw, e' lialscioamnireireaigtlaipntitcoY.: that should alw ays b e played after 1 " this breathi ng world" the frost. It has been held, that comedy may be ventured on *hen the wind is north-east, and in hard weather, but, in order to succeed, the wit must bemore brilliant, and the humour warmer than of late, or the audience atands a good chance to die of cold, and the piece to perish by indifference. Opera should he reserved for an open ',MOH atitl the pre. valence of " gentle air', which give delight and hUrt not," but, on the contrary, come over the charm e d sense " Like the sweet South, u po n a b e d o f fI OS ed t " Staling and giving perfume," as Shaksftare has it. When we observed the announcem en t of I.illa , a ne w operatic drama, with the mu s i c a d a p te d b y B. Livius, a composer of some mark and lik e lih oo d , we apprehended the management had provided us an enterta i nment of the description last adverted to. It tur ns out we were wrong, and the opera proves to be a melo-draine. We shall not harass our readers with the ana ly s i s of a plot, a lik e empty and intricate, and which, sooth to say, we do not pretend very perfectly to understand. It is enough t h at the piece is of the true melodramati c school, and moreove r , as we shrewdly suspect, of French extractlm. Th aw i s an abundance of fainting both of men and women, and firing of pistols and houses. Add in this a dance of lei. lagers, an involuntary jump of the villain Mal tin Brand, from a precipice some 20 or 30 feet high, a hymn of pea. sante to the rising sun, and a chorus of thunder to the falling rain, and you have a very pretty idea of the whole. The sentiments are as unnatural as the situations, which is much. One Master Brenhold (Fawcett). a Sil es i an farmer, has lost a couple of boys through the agency of some Frenchmen, and he preserves the life of Victor St. Phan (l'owcr), a French officer, who has no connexion with the act, and for what purpose, think you gentle reader? —simply, and in one word, in order that he may enjoy the satisfaction of murdering him ! But he does not. However, with this charitable intent, Brenhold had brought the Frenchman home to his own house, and kept him there long enough for his daughter to fall in lore with him. Lilla (Miss Paton) and Victor St. Phar get great friends, and finally man and wife. The farmer goes mad, and throws himself over a precipice, and every hotly concludes him dead, but he is not. He encounters his daughter and her husband, and fires a pistol coolly in the fact of the lat ter, who, by another lucky accident, escapes harmless. Seeing this, Brenhold, who appears to have discharged his pistol and his choler together, shakes band s with them both very cordially, a n d the piece con eludes. These are a few of the incident.. The reader will judge of their probability. Previous, however, to the above desirable denouement, Martin Brand (Con nor), who hat been perpetrating all manner of diabolical villauies, is scut to his account after a new and summary fashion, to which we have already alluded: Victor and he appear fighting on a bridge—Martin appears to receive a mortal stab, and falls behind a bush, whence Victor picks up an effigy of his enemy, very accurately made, and hurls it down an immense yawning gulf. The leap bests the fly. ing American hollow. This trick was loudly applauded by the galleries. Some of the a'tdienee thinking—good easy souls—it was Mr. Connor himself who had encoun tered the perilous fall, were alarmed ; but to the stern sense of poetical justice of the majority, the merited rem. Nation was highly satisfactory ;so much so, that there were cries of " Encore!" from individuals who appeared de sirous, like Alexander— " Twice to sky the slain." The plunge was not repeated. Notwithstanding, we advise Mr. Courtenev to look to his laurels. We have left ourselves neither room nor inclination to criticise the performers. Indeed it would be unjust to them to do so : the materials given them by the author afforded scanty room for exertion. Suffice it to say, Messrs. Fawcett, Keeley, Connor, and Power, made the best of four very indifferent characters, and Misses Love and Paton sung two or three songs sweetly, and with their ac• customed effect. The piece passed off ffith little applause, and that it was permitted to do so, without much disapprobation, may be attributed to that which constituted its only merit in our eyes—its shortness. Ilowever, tediousness is quite con sistent with brevity, such as is possessed by this produc tion ; and short ill it is, we venture to predict its run will be Amer There is some tolerably pretty music, and one very pretty 'et n^. MR. RAYNER THE COMEFIAN.ThiS distinguished actor, we understand, was among the losers at the last Doncaster races. Betting and playing during the week, was, of course, the order of the night as well as the day; and Mr. Rayner deeming the latter not out of his line, en gaged one evening with a company of spirited performers in one of the theatres, where boxes were in much request by noted persons. The character he sustained in the piece, which was Fortune's Frolic, ob!!ged him to take out his pocket-book soon after he commenced playing, and rt.:tracer a small portion of its contents to the gentleman filling the opposite part. The interest of the scene speedily increased, l aud it again came to Mt. Rayner's turn to draw. But, as ill luck would have it, he found that the necessary attri bute of his dress for that purpose had vanished under the magic influence of some of the propertymen of the corps. Such an important and unexpected deficiency immediately turned the tables, and introduced a general search of the wardrobes of the company. None of the dramatis per sona had left the stage from the moment of Mr. Bayiwr's entre, save a celebrated actor, wboappeared man innkeeper on the London road, and with whom it would have been out of character to have performed in a suspected line of business. Among the other members of the Green-room, however, no vestige of the stray property could be found, hut upon one was discovered a " flash note." This had nearly occasioned a striking situation—the bustle of the Piece thickened, and the scene terminated by a watchman entering and leading off the doubtful gentleman to a Ma gistrate's. The next Act discovered the two characters violently struggling in the street, from whence the scene suddenly changed to a watchhouse, when the curtain dropt, never since to rise upon the fate of Mr. Rayner's pocket book. Such is the story related by our " Reporter."— Leels Intelligeneer. CH•NOE RINGING.—OH Thursday, the 13th instant, the Society of Eastern Scholars rang a true and conipl!'/e peal of Grandsire Triples, at Lewisham, Kent, comilisi ll .g 5,040 chang es . Th e per f ormers were all carpenters , the ir names are as follow :—George Stone, treble, John Pen!. 2nd, Thomas Sprulea, 3d, J ames Bl ac kl oc k, 4th, .T Herbert, sth, Richanl Jupp, 6tb, John Bray, 7th, and John Earle, tenor. It was conducted by Mr. W. Herbert, and the compass and striking of the bells were allowed by amateurs of the science to be excellent. The peal being rang by men all of one trade is, perhaps, unexampled in the annals of ringing. It was performed in three hours exactly. The News or Litemtvre and Faqhinn, or Journal Manners and Society, the Drama, the Fine Arts, Literittu n re Science, Ste. The Largest Literary Paper ; 41 co l um ns of env writing; not, as usual, mereextraets from Books. No. 72. of s thl s Weekly Journal (which is just published by Mr. E. n. P?tien: No. 7. Ilrytiges.stteet, Covent-garden, and mold by all 8004r7 an I Newsmen) contains, among many o her irteresttog, aroci es 1. Sheridan and hi s Bi ograp h er - 2. T he Mee of St, /Mal . ;_ 3. 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