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The Chuteters by Mks Kelly; Masers. Cooper. Baker, Bartle), Keeley, W. Chapman; Miss Gow.srd. , ift,:r which, A DUN A MY' Young Rakely, Mr. Usher ; Camllne, Miss Carr. To ennelude with THE KNIGHT DYSNOWDOcN. Tl.e Knight of S . n;;domnTilli. T. P. Sir Roderick Dhu, Mr. C.,oper. Ellen, Miss Gray; Alice, Miss Hamilton; babel, Alias The Berrrsx Pats. commenced publishing yesterday morning at a quarter pan five o'clock. _ _ 4 LONDON, IVEDNESI)AY, BEI'IIIII2EI 7, legi. The French Papers which arrived last night contain some intelligence favourable to the cause of Greek Inde pendence. It seems quite certain that IBRAHIM PAM( is put upon the defensive. We may expect, therefore, that he will shortly be compelled to capitulate, for it is impos sible that he can escape from the Mores, if he fail in con quering it. An absurd report is stated in these Papers, viz. that the insurrection of Monte Video, against Brazil, has been caused by the secret intrigues of Dr. Faawcis, the director of Paraguay, wba, it is pretended, has declared war against BOLIVAR, and proclaimed FL RDINAND VII. The insurrection of the negroes at Matanzas was, it appear', quelled without much diMeulty. [From the Coutilitti.nmel of Sunday.] Conru, Auo. 13. Ity my letter of the 19th I acquainted you with the defeat which Iteaschid Paella has experienced under the walls of fills anlonghi, where he lost the half of his army. Our fleet, which has appeared near Misselonghl, has obtained further advantages; it has succeeded in burning two large ships, and in capturing a brig of the enemy's fleet, which has fled, and has partly taken refuge at Winne, whcre the Greek fleet watches it. Yesterday several boats arrived from Proves& and Collars They bring the news that the Greek troops, which were at Salona had arrived to succour Missolonghi, had concerted measures with the besieged, and that in the night of the 7th of August a simultaneous attack was made upon the enemy with the greatest success. Almost all the baggage fell into the bands of the Cheeks, who Twinned the remainder of the enemy's army in its flight as far as Vreehork .._....----. PARIS, SEPT. 3. This morning his Majesty sat to Sir Thomas Lawrence, princi pal painter to the King of England. His Royal Highness the Dauphin sat to Sir Thomas Lawrence la the afternoon. It is said that the loan which the three envoys from Hayti, who Live arrived at Havre, are going to negotiate at Paris, will be con vected by Mews. Latter and Baring. (From the Quotidicrtnel PARII, SEPT. 3. A journal of the liberal opposition has today some remarks on the lean of 100 millions which the envoys of Hayti are come to re. gothic in France. To facilitate the success of this loan the Jour. nal points out the conditions that it would be advisable to propose; among others, that of fixing the interest at 6 per cent. In case this loan should really be contracted for at 6 per cent, will 31. de Welt look_ on this as a new proof that money in France is at three pm cent.? The Etoile is capable of it. The carriage stopped on the ?.Bth Aug. at Valenciennes, with two minions in gold bars, belonged to the house of Rothschild. A ministerial jour .al pretends. that this which was travelling without a permit, was to be changed at Brussels for five franc pima. The Memorial Bordela , s contains the following news : " According to recent letters from Gibraltar, it seems that the Insurrection of Alonte Video against Brazil has been caused by the' surer intrigues of Dr. Franck, Supreme Governor of Paraguay, who has declared war against Bolivar, after having proclaimed Ferdinand VII., and received into the country which he governs, the remains of the royal army in Peru!" The Memorial liordelais has also the news of a revolt at hiatus es% in Cuba, of wh'.ch it gives no details. The letters which an nounce it are of the &t July, and ascribe it to the news of the emancipation of St. Domingo having been received there. To this we observe, that Viougli the Kiug's Online - cc is dated the 17t1so . August, it could not be the pretext for the revolt, 'since Baron Blackau did not arrive at Port-au-Prince till the 3d July. •The letter from the Bavannah of the 94th June relate, as the Dalt says, that an insutrection brae out at Matanzas on the 14 . h of that month ; that several plantations rose at once, and 1,000 to 1,200 negroes proceeded to others that were at a distance, armed with muskets, pistols, and sabres. From 20 to 23 whites, pro. prieture or factors, unfortunately, almost all Frenchmen, were killed at the beginning, and several others wounded. But on the first alarm, the whites, united by their sense of their common danger— the only ground of the tranquillity of Cuba, amidst the passions which ferment in it and the revolutions which surround it--rose in a body, and hastened on all sides against the revolters. From 130 . _ to •?00 negroes were tilled on the spot. Pursuit is making in the woods after the fugitives. Order is completely restored. We have seen several letters from Greece of a late date, which speak in the warmest terms of the devotion and docility of the people, but, at the same time, the writers lament the want of union that still exists amongst the military leaders. One letter states, that Alrauzis is a noble exception to the discontented chiefs. He is ready to join in any enterprise, and with any person, in order to serve his country. The following passage will show his patriotic zeal :—it is from a letter from a' young English man now serving in the Greek navy. He says, " I have never met with so fine an old man as MIA u us; his courage, activity, good-humour, and, above all, his patriotism, are beyond all praise. He sits on the deck of his vessel night, and day with his spy-glass in his hand. He has a curious trick of tearing the soft leather of his shoes. During the pursuit of the Turkish fleet, which was a very perplexing operation to him, his shoes were torn to ribandts." In a letter from a gentleman, just arrived in Ireland, from Greece, it is stated, that Lord Coo-tsar:es services would be peculiarly valuable to the Greeks, but the writer says, that his Lordship ought to lose no time in departing, and that, arrive when he may, it will require all his energy and firmness to insure success, in consequence of the dis sensions of the chiefs. CITY, TUESDAY Evexiwo. There was considerable elasticity in the Consols Market this morning, as the quotations will sufficiently show, but the business in it was not very extensive. It opened at 871 i, and shortly after went down to I, which probably was occasioned by a heavy sale that took place at that time; but it very soon rallied and got back I, BS, at which price there were strong buyers. The price then reached 84 I, at which it was steady till near the close of the market, and it left off; sellers, at 88k. The Money Bargains were done at 87f 1. Exchequer Bills, that were done at par in the early part of the morn ing, rose before the close of the market to Ss. 6s. premium. —The improvement of Securities of almost every descrip. tion is to b^ attributed to the circumstance of money becoming so much more easy than it was two or three days since. In the Fcreign Market South American Securities were the chief objects of attention, and a good deal of business was done in them at an advance in price. Colombian Bonds were done readily at 7711, as was Mexican Scrip at 81/ discount. The new Guatemala Scrip, which was the last of these Stocks in suffering depression, and the first of them to recover from it, was buoyant at 21 2 discount. Greek Scrip was at 171 161 till the very close of the Mar ket, when there were buyers of it at 17 discount. The Old Spanish Bonds also improved at the latter part of the day, reaching at that time 21a 22. Brazilian Scrip was at 82 1 discount. Anglo-Chilian Shares were id great demand at 21; as were the old Chilian Shares at 8 10. There was a very good market for United Mexican shares at 20 42. The Anglo-Mexican Shares remained at yesterday's quotation. It is reported that Government have it in contemplation to raise the interest of Exchequer Bills. Contrary to the general expectation that the continental arrivals yesterday tended to produce, the Sugar market did not improve. It was rather a heavy one, as was also that in Rum. Coffee was firm in price. The Ridleys is arrived at Mount's Bay, Cornwall, from Batavia and the Cape of Good hope; and the Ida Aleyda Bakker, a Dutch vessel, has arrived off Dover, from a similar voyage; but neither of these ships bring any news. The Apollo, Blythe, is also arrived from Berbice; she sailed on the .sth july. The rains had been partial in the island, but still they had been serviceable. The Ridleys brings no other news. Extract of a letter from Buenos Ayres, dated Jane 16 : -" In politics we have not much news, except the fears of a rupture with the Brazilians, who have, immediately on' , the news of the rebellion reaching Rio de Janeiro, for warded near 2,000 men, part of which arrived at Monte Video, and part higher up. We learn bra vessel just ar rived, that they have a brig of war cruising in the river, who boards all merchantmen coming up. The Captain of the vessel, who is an Englishman, told the master of the Earl of Egremont that he was fortunate in arriving when he did, as he was waiting orders to blockade this port. Things have not, however, come to a rupture, nor do I think they will, as this Government is not in a state for war : she has no marine, nor any place to keep them, even if there was, with security. It is reported that an officer 'a coining up here in a vessel of war from the Brazilian Go vernment to have an understanding whether they are to prepare for war, as it is believed at Rio that this Govern ment is supporting the rebellious party on the eastern side. It is most likely alhvill end in smoke.' Extrast of a letter dated Rio de Janeiro, July 1, 1823 : —.4 We learn from good authority that envoys have ar rived from Austria and France (rather secretly), to enter into certain negotiations, preparatory—(i.e. as the sine qua non)—to acknowledge the independence of this country ; and that at an interview which they had with the Em peror, they were informed that no such negotiations could he entered upon until the arrival of the British Ambassador, now daily expected. This is most delightful to British feelings, and we understand that our Consul-General. Mr. Chamberlain, obtained an audience next day to tender his thanks to the Emperor for so handsome a compliment to the feelings and prinniples of the British Governnient. We lament to say that trade continues in the most de pressed state; whole days frequently pass without the sale of a single package of goods. Money is excessively scarce, and discounts Ito 11 per cent. per month. The dealers are more remiss than ever in their payments, and we dread the consequences. Considerable sums have been lately sent to the northern ports to be invested in cotton, Ste. ; our exchange has in consequence risen to 35 a 56. The prices of our produce continues extravagantly high, when calculated at this advanced exchange." Advices to the 18th July were yesterday received from Sierra Leone. They afford proof of the persevering acti vity with which the hateful traffic in human beings is still carried on by men who disgrace civilization. A vessel laden with slaves was met with at sea in distress by the Roxburgh Castle, East Indianan, which took possession of her, and carried her into Sierra Leone. The Judicial Com mission which is permanently established there will no doubt do justice to the parties engaged in the illegal trade ; and, what is more gratifying, the unfortunate beings who had been dragged into captivity will he restored to freedom and instructed in civilization and religion. _ _ fhe following is an extract of a letter from Zante, dated August 3:—" There has been a continual passage of Greek ships since my last. They appear to come as they are got ready, anti they must he now equal in point of number to the Turks. They are said to have a great many flreships, and a good supply of ammunition for -Nils solonghi. Ihe fleets have been in sight of each other to the northward of this island, without doing anything, for the last four days, but I understand the Turkish fleet is not in sight this morning, and the conclusion is that it has gone into the Gulf, and that the Greeks have been able to throw their supplies into Missolonghi. The Turkish forces, both by sea and land, attacked Miasolonghi upon all points yesterday, and were repulsed with great loss ; the particulars are not known, the vessel which WI ught the intelligence having railed imu etliately after the Turks h. d retired from the attack." POW TI? r. STANZAS TO All that I saw returns upon my Slew, All that I heard comes back upon me est% Woartstroatse. A vision cross'd me as I slept.. A vision unallied to pain;. And in m♦ day-dreams it has kept Possession of my heart and brain ; It is a portion of my soul, And, if the soul may never die, That vision now is past control, And shares its immortality. It took a form that time may change In others' eyes, but not in mine: For coldness--hate cannot estrange My still unshaken heart from thine- I saw thee then, as I have seen The cherish'd one of earlier years, Ere pale suspicion came between Our hearts—and poison'd both with fears. I heard thee speak, and felt the tone Of welcome o'er my spirit steal; As if our souls had never known What those who pan in coldness feel. Thy hand to mine in fondness clung, And, when I met its thrilling press, I almost dewed it had a tongue And whisper'd love and happiness. 'Tis said, that dreams may herald truth ; But dreams like these are worse than vain, For what can bring back wither'd youth, Or love's unshaded hours again ? They do but mock us—giving scope To joys from which we wake and part, And then are lost the hues of Hope-- The rainbow of the clouded heart. They are the spirits of the past That haunt the chambers of the mind ; Recalling thoughts too sweet to last, And leaving blank despair behind. They are like trees from stranger bow'rs, Transplanted trees that take not root— Young buds that never come to flow'rs—. Frail blossoms that ne'er turn to fruit. They are like demons who would bring The nectar that might tempt to sip, And yell in triumph as they fling The goblet from our fever'd lip. They are like Ocean's faithless calm, That with a breath is roused to strife— Or hollow friendship's profited balm That poisons all the springs of lift. I thought we met at silent night, And roam'd as we were wont to roam, And pictur'd with a fond delight The pleasures of our future home. That home our hearts may never share— 'Tis lost to both for ever now ; The tree of hope lien wither'd—bare— Without a blossom, leaf or bough. To words—vain words—no pow'r is giv'n, The torments of my soul to tell ; I slept—and had a dream of heav'n— I woke—and felt the pangs of hell. Yet. I would not forget thee—No ! Tho' thou hut wither'd hope in me— Nor for a world of joys forego The one sweet joy of loving thee. European Magaatne. P4IIIIIO,VABLE INTELLIGENCE. Princess Polignac entertained the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, and a select party, on Monday evening, at her house in Portland-place. The Countess of Essex had a select party at dinner yesterday at her house in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, among whom was the , Dowager Illarchioness of Salisbury. The Marquis and ;Marchioness of Salisbury, and the Dowager Marchioness, arrived in town on Monday from Hatfield. The Marquis and Marchioness of Worcester arrived yesterday at their house in Park-place, from their seat, Wentworth, Berks. Mr. and Lady Barbara Ponsonhy arrived on Monday at their house In St. James's-square, from Leamington. Warwickshire. Lord Folkestone left town on Monday for his father's (the Earl 1 of Radnor) seat, Longford Castle, Wilts. Dowager Lady Schley has loft town for the Rev. Mr. Vernon's seat in I orkshire. Mrs. Coutte arrived in town yesterday from Ramsgate. Sir George and Lady Nugent arrived yesterday at Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, from their seat in Bucks. Lord Strangford left ditto for Tunbridge Wells. Captain and Mn. Brown have arrived at Thomas's Hotel, Berke ley-square, from Oxford. The Duke of St. Albans and the two Ladies Beauclere arrived on Monday at their house in St. James's-square, from Sir Gilbert East, Bart.'s seat in Berks. . . _ Arrivals at the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street:—Mr. and Mrs. Harding from Path ; I%lr. and Mrs. Saunders, front ditto • Sir Henry Webb, Bart. from a tour. Departures:—Major and Mrs. Herman for the Continent ; Mr. Pringle, and Mr. and Mrs. For. I bes, for Brighton. Captain and Mrs. Portman have left Miller's Hotel, Jezmys street, for Paris. Departures from Fenton's Hotel l St. James's.plaee :—Mr. and Mrs. Powell for their seat in Norfolk; Captain Osborne for Windsor. Viscount Althorp has arrived at his seat, Wiseton ilall,York. shire, from a tour. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence are shortly expected at Aix-la-Chapelle, from whence their Royal Highnesses will proceed to Brussels, on their way to return to England. The yacht which is to convey their Royal Highnesses and suite to England left Deptford on Monday. Mr. Szcretary Peel arrived at his residence in Privy- I gardens on Sunday evening, from Eastwell Park, the seat of Mr. Finch Hatton. The Chancellor of the Exchtquer arrived at his residence in Downing-street, yesterday morning, from Beckenham. Dovsa, SEPT. s.—An Address was presented to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, on Saturday, on his coming to Dover. It was presented by Sir T. Mantel', the Mayor, and Mr. Shipden, the Town Clerk. The Arch bishop frequently walks, accompanied by his family, on the Parade and on the Pier. Lord Eastnor has been so seriously indisposed as to ex cite the utmost alarm amongst his Nnble relatives and friends. 'We learn, however, with much pleasure, that his Lordship is now pronounced out of danger, and is gra dually recovering his health.—Gloucester Journal. Mr. Ironmonger, the unsuccessful candidate at the last election for the borough of Stafford, has determined again to offer his services to the burgesses of that town. Mr. Benson is also said to have signified his intention of taking the field, in the event of a dissolution. A warm contest is, in consequence, anticipated. The Milan Gazette announces the arrival, in Rome, of the Duke of Milfort, " one of the Peers of Scotland who followed the fortunes of the Stuarts t and was Conclavist of Cardinal Bernie at the time of the election of Pope Pius Vl."—We believe it will puzzle all the Scotch Heralds to find out who this Duke of Milfort is. We confess we cannot divine who is alluded to, and are inclined to amp , ct that the Gazette writer has assumed a privilege, which even his Britannic Majesty does not possess—the creation of a Scotch Peer. Mathews continues to draw crowded houses at the Eng lish Opera. The Managers of this Theatre are indefati gable in their endeavours to furnish novelty. New pieces are advertised for this and to-morrow evening, one of which is said to be from the pen of an old favourite, Mr. Peake. Min Foote ha been engaged, at a very liberal salary, for three years, by Mr. Morris, for the Haymarket Theatre. 'The forthcoming Comedy now in rehearsal at the Hay market, said to be from the pen of Mr. Poole, is highly spoken of in Green-room report. It is expected to be pro duced in the course of the ensuing week. The intention to open a new French Theatre at the Argyll Rooms is abandoned, the Lord Chamberlain, it is said, having refused the application for a license, although it was supported by some of the very first personages in the fashionable world. We are authorised to state that Mr. Bunn has commenced an action against the proprietors of a London Journal for a libel on the character of Mrs. Bunn.—Birmingion: Gaulle. Workmen are busily employed in erecting a handsome bridge over the Serpentine, at the eastern extremity of Kensington Gardens; which, when completed, will add greatly to the beauty and convenience of Hyde Park. It seems that England is not the only country from which gold is exported. A po st - c h a i se drawn by three horses had several times of late passed through Valenc . - en e . Its frequentappearance at length excited suspicioi , and it was stopped on the 30th ult., early in the morning, at the gate of Mons. The concluctors declared that it be longed to Messrs. Rothschild; but the power of that name did not check the Custom-house Officers, who persisted in making a search, and found thirty-one gold ingots, weighing 6[5 kilograms, and worth 2,000,000 francs, which were seized, tog. ther with the carriage. GERMAN PAPERS. Rostr,•ArOreT 18. ' A few days ago arrived here the Rev. Father Lestranges, Abbot of the Trappists in France. This respectabk Ecclesiastic, during the French Revolution, travelled through Russia, England, and the United Provinces of North America, and founded in the two last named countries some monasteries of his order. Last week two numerous corps of Austrian troops passed through this city, which terminated the match vf these troops. which have left the kingdom of the Two Sicilies to the number of 10,400 men. They preserve in their march the most admirable discipline, corre sponding with their reputation and martial appearance. AttaykT 25. _ _ _ We learn that the Society of Maritime Commerce (which, as has been stated, Is going to send a ship to Lima), will shortly publish an official account of the expedition of the Mentor to.Ohira, the first Prussian ship that ever made that voyage. This publicity is founded on the nature of the case, as the Prussian State is by no means disposed to aim at a monopoly of the German trade with Canton, but, on the contrary, makes all these essays with a view of showing to the merchants of the seaport towns that a wall-conducted enterprise may afford ample profit. After the publication of this report, which it is to be hoped will not be long delayed, interesting comparisons may be made with the expense and the profit of the English and Dutch enterprises of the same kind. FRANKFORT AUGUST 29. A treaty has been concluded between the Duke of Oldenburg and Count Bentinck, relative to the Lordship of Knlphausen. In consequence of the various political events, the relations of this Lordship with the German Confederation are not precisely deter mined, nothing having been decided respecting it either in 1813, by the Allied Powers, when the Duke of Oldenburg took possession of Jever. with which Kninhausen had been united by the French, or subsequently by the Congress at Vienna.—Froakfort Papers, August 30. MOCKS YESTERDAY. India Bonds 18 15 pm Long Ann. South Sea Stott Es.Bills,lid. I.ooot. 85 pin par Ditto, 5001.3 spm par Ditto, Small 5$ pm Lottery Tickets, 191. 181. wKS I' ESTE It DA 1. Guatemala Scrip 3 die Ditto Act. 24 S 2 dls Ilexican Bonds 71 704 1 701 2 Ditto Acct. 704 14 Ditto Bonds (1825) 784 Ditto Scrip 0820 9 9 dis Ditto Acct. 84 4 01 Cf 1 i 1 di. Neapolitan Bonds 88) Peruvian Bonita 684 8 Ditto Scrip (1823) 104 10 dig Poiturue‘e Bonds 834 3 Prussian Bonds 1910 Russian Bonds (1822) Ditto Acct. 93 24 Spanish Cons. 21 Ditto Acct. 214 1 ,NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 50 Venice '1 Malta 0 Naples 40.1 Palermo per oz. 122 Lisbon 51} Oporto 51 Rio Janeiro 40 .52 .. ut Dublin Cork.... SPAIN. [From the Madrid Gazette.] ROYAL DECREE, Ordering the Freemasons taken in tlagrante to be punished within the third day. conformably to the laws. A lodge of Freemasons having been seized in the city of Gre nada. through the activity and zeal of the police, in the act of hold. ing their dark meeting, clothed in their ridiculous garments, and surrounded by the instruments and emblems used by this reprobate sect, the enemy of the Altar and the Throne; and it being proper to punish in an exemplary manner, and in conformity to the laws arid my Royal Decrees, so shameless an audacity on the part of these criminals, which has scandalised my faithful and religious' subjects, I have thought fit to decree as follows: Art. let. All the persons seized in the flagrant act aforesaid, in the Freemasons' Lodge of Grenada, shall, within the peremptory term of three days after the publication of this my Royal Decree in the said city, undergo the punishments imposed be the laws of these my kingdoms, and more particularly by my Decree of the Ist August. 1821 (meaning death). 2d. All who may be hereafter apprehended, in whatsoever part of the kingdom it may be, in the same manner as those of °tensile have been, shall be tried and punished in the same peremptory rim of three days, &c. [Signed by the King.] San Ildefonso, Aug. 21,1825. CA NJ D. 4. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM LOWER CANADA, JULY I. People in England, I believe, are not much interested in Canadian affairs, but you may rest assured the day will come when it will be a powerful country, but who it will ulti mately belong to is a question. The population is rapidly increasing, and the wild lands every succeeding year com ing into extensive culture. Vast tracts which only a few years ago framed the hunting grounds of the Indian, are now covered with flocks and herds. Cottages arise in all directions as it were by enchantment. Every difficulty vanishes before mutual support. The poor emigrant, who one day is exposed to the skies, will find him the next in his cottage. The favourite custom here is what is termed making a bee, which is always practised where expedition is wanted. The person who intends getting up his house or barn, has the timber prepared on the spot, and upon notice given the hive assemble. Only one afternoon is re quired, and the largest frame of house or barn is up and roofed before night. Every man works with as much zeal and alacrity as you may imagine sailors would do when a prize was in sight. But the fact is, the Americans and Canadians would d as much business in this way with a score of hands as ten times the number of Europeans could effect. The dexterity with which they use the axe is surprising. These people never need want; they can always support their families by cutting timber and drawing it to the mill, or burning it and making potash. On the other hand, the European husbandman would starve until he became acquainted with the expert use of the axe. A Scotsman will very soon get into the habit of finding his bread in the woods; but the poor Irish have no conception of this kind of employment. The latter will walk about, his bands locked behind him, and unless he can find sufficient cleared ground to put his spade in, and raise murphics for the young Pats, they must absolutely , perish. I have seen a young settlement of this kind, where the devil a bit have they got during a Six months' winter but potatoes ; yet they have turned out gayly in the spring, and no grumbling. But these people evidently want support for a limited time, as they are not much in request as farm labourers. In the States of America, the inland navigation is of a wonderful description, and the progress of education is superior to any thing of the kind in Europe. I believe landholder is taxed to support the public schools, and they are every where thickly planted. The very lowest of the peasantry read and write well. If the States hold together another century, they will be mighty in power ; but their different constitutions and laws clashing with the supreme Legislature, renders this impossible. The Slave question, as well as that of inland tolls on canals, and; other opposite interests, all seem to announce 'some change in the William Washington, a nephew of the celebrated Washington, has arrived from Malta at Hydra. This young officir of artillery, the inheritor of his uncle's virtues, and filled with .the greatest enthusiasm for the struggle in which the Greeks are engaged against bar barians, has decided on entering into the ranks of the Greeks, and has set out for Napoli di Romania for that purpose. A letter, dated the 16th of May, from Malta, says,—A disgraceful occurrence took place here the other day. A Church Missionary, who lived not far from our barracks, and who was very zealous in his profession, having frequent meetings at his house, to which many of the soldiers re paired, had given offence to the Maltese, it is alleged, on account of having•converted a young man, whose brother was a priest. They assembled riotously, and broke all his windows, instigated, it is said, by some of the clergy, who were seen 'setting them on, and would have gutted his house and sacrificed him to their vengeance, had he not been protected by the military. As it was, he was obliged to leave his house and retire to a friend's in Valetta, but they followed him even there, demolishing the windows of his friend's house, but I do not hear of their having pro ceeded to any farther violence. A chapel for the metho-1 dists, which is just built, has, I believe, been attacked and injured in like manner. Such proceedings, in my opinior, I ought to be promptly put down, but the officers of Govern ment are backward in interfering, the Maltese having had some clause, peculiarly favourable to them and their form of religion, inserted in the stipulation at the delivering up of the Island to the English, on which they presume, at least so it is understood ; but they need no stimulus of that kind ; so bigoted are they, and so ignorant, that the will of the priest is considered as authoritative as the voice of God, a id the influence of the priest extends to every action, how ever insignificant. A servant girl would not dare to put on a crp without her spiritual director's sanction.--Glosgow Chronicle. The loss incurred by speculators in consequence of the fall which has taken place in the French 3 per Cents. since the first day of their emission, is calculated by the Anis torque at no less a sum than fifty millions of francs. An American journalist gravely relates that " numerous ' fish have been found floating upon the waters of the Schuy kill supposed to have died from a stroke of the sun!" TRANSPLANTATION OF FISIL—The breeding and fat tening of sea-fs'i in fresh waters continues to be pursued with ardour and perfect success by Mr. Arnold, in the island of Guernsey ; who, in a pond of about four acres, on the coast, has no less than thirty-seven species of sea fish, which Dr. M'Cullocb enumerates ; including turbot, cal, mackerel, plaise, flounder, sole, herring, sprat, prawn, shrimp, oyster, nsole, &c. No ki n d o f sea -fi s h w hi .1 1 has been intro duced into this pond, appears to have died, or suffered deterioration, in consequence of its change of lenient. This pond, having been embanktd from the sea, is, during all the winter months, so copiously supplied by a brook, as to be perfectly fresh. During some periods in the spring and autumn, owing to the decrease of the brook, and to leaks through the embankment at high Pitt -r, the pond becomes brackish ; and, during-a part of most summers, it is almost salt, and yet none of the fish suffer inconvenience from these changes. COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. [From the Barbadian of July 151 The following petition, from the Legislature of St. Christopher's, was recently transmitted by a Committee of the Council and House of Assembly, to be laid before the House of Commons:— The Inanbte petition of his Majesty's Council and Home of Assembly of the Island of St. Christopher, TO THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN Par.. LIAMENT ASSEMBLED. . _ Showeth,—That the yoke of your petitioners, the faithful ech o of the sentiments of the inhabitants of this island, which upon former occasions has been raised in supplication to your Honourable House, now assumes the language of defpair. That the prayer of your petitioners has been suspended, soda the hope that their representation and manifest distress would hav e axcited the attention and compelled the Interference of your honour. able house in their behalf. That your petitioners have with mournful fidelity heretofore re. presen.cd the injustice and oppression which they, and th e i nteresit they represent, have long endured ; and }our petitioners now t l elate to your Htinotrrable House that the predicted crisis, the int. vitable result arising front the neglect of their representtlien, arrived. _ That every other part of the empire. every other branch of in. dustry, has prospered tin ler the wisdom of your protecting ca re , whilst this portion of the empire is advancing with rapid strides to that ruin which a mischievous system and abandonmeut to the vi. aionary experiments of specious and interested projectors, cintut fail to co isummate. That the evils which oppress your petitioners must command immediate relief, or produce interminable ruin. That your petitioners may not be silent under this etpeetation, lest they, to whom important interests are confided, should be con. sidered as sequiescing in the measures which have laid them p re _ strati., ancllvr rich have made them and their children familiar with the bitter evils of penury and want. That the struggle of your petitioners is not now for restoration to that prosperity which once smiled upon them, but for bread; not for the acquisition of power, but in order that - the knife may be averted from their throats. If they are to be sacrificed, let it not be expected that they are to be their own executioners; if they are to bares and let them at least be prepared by convertin g thei r pl oug !s ani and pruning hooks into weapons of defence. That this ts no ex. aggerated pictare of the existing distress and apprehensions i s at . tested by the rapid revolution with which property has been tram. ferred. Scarcely is an ancient name in possession of ha patrimony; and those who have been driven to the possession of it Aid it an incurobrance instead of payment. That the evils by which this desolation has been accomplished are the heavy duties to which the staple productions are subject, the peculiar pressure of the 4} per cent. imrost, and the wild and intemperate machinations of those who contemplate that desolation with triumphant and most unholy feelings. That your pea:loners have only to refer to the Journals of your Honourable House for the proof that the faith of Parliament is pledged to the abolition of the war duty upon sugar ; that this duty has been drawn, not from the pocket of the consumer, but of the producer, during ten years of peace; and that a scale of duties, varying with the price, is the only fair mode of taxation. They have only to refer to their own palpable wretchedness as a claim upon the justice of your Ho. nourahle House, that this pledge' be redeemed by the abolition of this duty alone, or by the modification suggested by the enli g h tene d Henri of a Committee of your Honourable House. Can the con. um? on of sugar be increased so as to make any bereficial impret. upon the fifty thousand hogsheads for which, under great dig. advantage to the revenue , a partial sale is now for ce d u p on the Continent of Euroi e, and of which the residue is accumulating's a fund, which checks the industry and blaststs the efforts of these colonies ? Your petitioners also bring under the notice of your Honourable House the peculiar hardship to which they are exposed by the par. , !eat and oppressive impost of 4i per cent. on all their exported ma ducr. By a principle, in contradiction to the prevailing liberality of his Majesty's Government as well as to the wi s dom o t pair Ile. nourable House, this Impost is continued to the most exhatutel and impoverished colonies; whilst Jamaica, with her Internal re. sources, which make her independent of foreign supply ; and Tr aided, who has lately been draining themselves, favoured islands of thousands of their labourers; and the recent acquisitions of Permeate and I'etbice with their inexhaustible soil, are exam pt from tins fiscal duty : the wretched islands of this Government, and some others under the same sad influence, are exposed to i:s . unequal operation. Your petitioners know not by what suttee rity this tax was imposed upon this island. They do not re. gard the departure from that which is alleged to be the on. ginal application of this fund. They complain of this !media as partial and oppressive; as a check upon their anxious industry, and as preventing a fair competition In the market with more fa , voured colonies. If it be contended that it is the price of Immu nities granted by the Crown, in what do they consist ? What privileges do these islands possess that Are not enjoyed by their most prosperous neighbours ? It is at least incumbent upon those ' who permit the tax, to chow that the colonies which are subject to it have advantages which are denied to those who are not. But your petitioners humbly submit that they enjoy no privileges that are not the birthright of every Briton. That they ought at least to be allowed to en into the market as unfettered aseheir more yr-o gee:ow neighbours, and that the injustice and impost ere to mar test to require nattier elucidation. And your pettdonses moreover complain, that the Act 4 Geo. 111. c. 13, whereby a duty of 7!. is laid upon every tun of wine of the growth of th e Madeiras, import ed into these colonies, which is to be paid into the receipt of his Ma. jesty's Exchecp er, sal (togeth'r with other duties of the said Act imposed to be entered separate anti apart from all other monies paid or payable to his Majesiy, and to be there. secured, to be from time to time disposed of by Parliament towards defraying the necessary expenses of defending, protecting, and securing these Colonies, is at variance with the Act of 13 Geo. 111. c. 12, whereby it was declared, " that the King and Parliament of Great Britain will not impose any duty, tax, or assessment whatever, payable in any of his Majesty's Colonies in the West Indies, except only such duties as it may be expedient to impose for the regulation of , commerce, the net produce of such duties to be always applied to the use of the Colony in which the same shall be levied, in s uc h manner as other duties collected by the authority of the Genteel Assemblies of the Colonies are ordinarily paid." It was scarcely ' to be expected that that which was so solemnly abandoned in prin. ciple should be upheld in practice. And that the Parliament, re. flouncing irjustice for the future, should tolerate, sanction, and continue that which was already framed and organized. And your petitioners further represent , that this duty, which ought to hare been reserved for the exclurive benefit of this colony, shbuld be I considered as ample indemnity already in the King' s Exchequer (if indeed indemnity can be expected fur such an injustice) for the 4i per cent. duty. That your petitioners approach the remaining subject of ther eomplaint with full confidence that the energy of your Honourable House will fi r ever put down within its walls, the attempt which is so covertly, but so euccessflilly cen'ributing to that result which must exterminate one class of his Majesty's subjects in these colo nies, and familiarize the other with all the barbarities of savage &life. Um Obis subject !o ir pet tioners exercise the privilege of rpeaking open'y—they at once acknowledge the paramount autho tity, as by law established, of the King's Government, adminis ered by responsible servants, and of a responsible Parliament.— And if these colonies were the victims of a power which is recog nized by the Constitution, they could only deplore in silence that they are deprived of those blessings and of that equal justice which their happy form of government promised to all. But your yeti. tionere protest against their fortuncr, their characters, their ssfety, being abandoned to the control of an ascendant party, whicn is composed of sonic noblemen of the highest rank, of several well-intentioned and of many obscure and crafty individuals, a party which, as it seems to your petitioners, has been allowed upon all subjects of colonial policy to have a fatal influence on the decisions of his Majesty's Government, and even upon the deli. berate wisdom of your honourable House, and which still urges on, in despite of the streams of blood which it has made to flow, its rash and relentless measures, so as to defeat the benevolent purpose which your petitioners entertain, and hereby to retard iT trustrate the moral and religious improvement of the slave, which can alone qualify him for the entire possession of his civil rights— & party, which in scornful allusion to the calumnies which it propagates, has desigated the slave as its friend and brother, eel has placed itself in merciless and unchristian hostility to the more unfortunate master, and which In its display of cheep benevolence towards one class of men, has deviated from the principles of common justice towards another. Your petitioners be out of your consideration all these circumstances which the flights: legal opinion would authorise them to urge. They do not rely upon those facts, which no man can deny, " that perSOD3 I slavery arising out of forcible captivity Is cowl with the earliest periods of our hitory of mankind ; that it is found existing. and, as far as appears, without animadversion in the earliest tied authentic records of the human race. That it is recognized by te codes of the polished nations of a nti qu i ty . Th at un d er t h e lighc of Christianity itself, the possession of persons so acquired. .'i been in every civilised country, merited with the character of rt.- pony, and secured as such by all time protections of law. That solemn treaties have been framed, and national monopolies eagerly sought, to facilitate and extend the commerce in this assorted frc periy, and ell this with all the sanctions of' law, public and re nicipal, and without any opposition, except the protests of a lea Private moralists, little heard and less attended to in tree country till wit! in those very few years in the mother country your petieionere. Such considerations from such authority undeniable as they are, form no part of the case of your pee tioners. They will labour with the most zealous of tiler adver saries to obtain the object in view, not indeed with the rue , ' rash hand that would immolate when it professed to sane ; as their present legislative labours attest, by every cautious, 55(e. and practicable measure' which shalt quality the slave for the r joyment and full participation of his evil rights. But your pet.- tioners having been deceived, are entitled, they humbly antend, "' provide against further deception. The party, sty the very /nib viduals, within the walls of your honourable house, who advocatd the cause of the abolition in the detestable traffic ism human bergs. paved the way to their honourable success by a declaration that Or emancipation of those already in bondage formed no part °Ghee project. That which was then stoutly denied, is now as open ly avowal. Nor do your petitioners complain of that stuns!; ter heavy as the claims are upon their forbearance, and great ss are their sacrifices, it will scarcely be expected that they 1./10111l! ser. fide in those who have thus abandoned their solemn PT"'"' sions. The same individuals can call upon the redoes to effect the emancipation of Weet Indian slave, and their propose! is qualified by the equitable condition of full indemnity to every interest that may ber injured thereby. Your petitioners then' fully accede to the proposal ; but they pray your honour,t ,, , , e house, that they may not be made the instrument of accomplisne,,C this desirable object, by t h e surrender of their property , 0w... wretched as it is, has been th e t o le ra t e d, the approved, the e r. lei:imaged object of law, and sauctioned by all the security that can .., mu Cr( dot 'I wit the caw 7 pad I acti( P negl an e on A fora his 41t No quest arch tion ' for ti Cate G.l reeen row Dolgt Rim e Pachi rd- and 4 , DA about I lernel • igh. . i atel , %wool A lanne 'e sett nil Iv ., et go i i t 1 : 1 a 1 ve ra i ad au, mmedi 04 1 't Mr. fotiipan hat di i . /erns of n a fait Snoc a otaini i Mr. h illea