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MINES. Share. P.M. Premium per Skate. A nep.3leslcan .Lino 30 27. Anolo.Chliian leo 5 14 die Bradlimn Bolivar Co l iellosavirit.Sentn rtraril 1 0 0 6 la 1 Cobeit and Copper C l hilian Chaim+ and Peruvian PM*, 1. Pre, and Peruvian 50 6 la i die Reiil.del 31onts 4OO 400 100 105 100 Itip.de la Pim*. lOO 6 la Royal . Waldeck Tama lint4ed Mexican Ditty New 4O 10 12 avaueawCt Cc )11.41N/21. PreASOCIt Fire G as LtOlit •)(1) CONE destroy's*. British 6O 13 0; 9 Witt KIaC2LLAW2OI:I. A nglo-Me21441 Mint Australian Britigh Iron Br Oh Ruck and Patent Salt 10 6 4 31 4 British sod Foreign Paper SO 1 1 t idle Canada General Steam Navigntion si • i die Hopiluvas - : : J.,' :. a p Irieb Manufactory ..... • :-a -r and feelings of the politicians of France with regard to the New States of America. The ascendancy of En4lsnd watched with jtslousv, and the praises extorted: by the masterly policy of Mr. CANNING, are mingled with the bitterest reflections upon the inability or indisposition of M. de Vtt.Lst.e to follow the great example of the English Minister. The whole article, however. manifsts, in trimly respects, the ignorance of the best informed Frenchmen with respect to the actual cenditioa of Anieiica. The unconditional discharge of CARLILF from his long imprisonment seems to have given general satisfaction, as being teat If sound discretion on the part of Government, as wail ask moral justice. There are certain feelings towards ?tertian* of his unhappy east of character, which it .is our duty, iitlirietians, to carry with ue in all our con temptations of them. A being whose mind is so perverted as to be lost to all those sublime feelings which connect man with his Maker—a being whose infidelity shuts him out from all the consolations which Religion brings with it in this world, and from all the rewards which it promises in the woild to come—such a being is surely rather an object of pity than punishment. There is in aline minds a hardihood of error that is invincible; it is in vain to un shesthe the sword of the law against it ; for, where reason fails force will never succeed. The Gospel, moreover. breathes the spirit of peace—never of persecution. It has been beautifully remarked, by one who was an ornament to the Christian Church, Dr. JORTIN, that " CHRIST never used attything that.iooked like violence, except once ; and that was to drive men out of the Temple, and not to drive them in." CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. Important transactions, and extensive fluctuations, oc curred in the British Funds this morning. Consols opened for this account at 853, buyers, but they afterwards declined to I, and, foe the January arcount, to 85} t, at which prices the Markets closed. Jobbers and Brokers were busy making up their balances for Thursday, which in many in stances mast be exceedingly heavy. A Meeting of the Bank Directors to-day caused considerable agitation, and probably was a reason for the morning's depression. It was confidently reported that a !boding of Exchequer Bills would immediately take place, and that the Meeting at the Bank was connected with this arrangement; which report was strengthened by an additional one, that the Directors, on quitting the Bank parlour, instantly proceeded to Down ing-street. These rumours, in the absence of all real in formation. had undoubtedly an unfavourable effect on the Funds, as the fluctuations and the closing prices clearly show, and some very heavy sales were effected late in the day. Exchequer Bills were at par to Is. dis. The Foreign Market was, as a matter of course, under considerable depression, which is now always the case when Consols are heavy, since the rage for speculation in this Market has so much died away. The business in it, how ever, was large, and prices generally gave way, particularly' of South American Securities. Colombian Bonds have re. ungraded to 6.Si I ; Mexican do. 691 70; and Guatemala' Scrip to 6. SI dis.; Brazilian Scrip was 11, 11.. die.; Danish Bonds 63i; Greek do. SS; and Spanish 14. The Sugar Market was languid both as to boldness and prices. Lase was steady. There acre no inquiries for Kum Ste Heueor Lowt.—An infamous attempt has been niade by the yet not entirely extinguished faction of Ilona,. pertists to fix upon Sir Hudson Lowe the suspicion of hav ing instigated the murderous assault upon the younger Las Cases. in the Courtier Francois of Sunday we hod the' following paragraph, In which this atrocious design is, clearly apparent, though of course not openly aeowed7— " Sir Hudson Lowe, while lodging at Paris, at the Grand" Hotel de Paris, in the Rue de Rivoli, had also an atigt went at Panty; at No. 21, Rue Franklin which he mu. pied from the 29th of October until Friday evening, the. 11th of November. On Monday the 14th he went in pen. son to the banking-house of M. Lefitte, and obtained let tome credit upon Turkey, and he quitted Paris on Tues day the 13th, between six and seven o'clock in the even-. ing:'"Ou the eve of his departure, he said that since ca lumbjt was still pursuing him, he would postpone his in tended journey till the guilty parties had been discovered. On the very evening of the 11th of November, the day of the (attempted) assassination of M. Emanuel de Las Cases, two men of bail aspect applied several times at his house, No. 13, Rue Neure de Luxembourg, and asked the potter if he was gone to Panty, and at what hour he went. All these details are strictly correct." The flooghla and Comet arrived yesterday from Batavia. The former had a very fine voyage since the 16th of August, which day she sailed. She quitted St. Ilelena on the 9th of October. The letters bring no intelligence of public interest. We have received letters and papers from Batavia to the 13th of August. The news is of considerable mercantile importance. The Dutch Government, it would appeal, is the first to follow the liberal principles of England respect ing trade. A proclamation was issued by Baron Van der Capellen, Governor of Batavia, on the 12th of July, stating that the trade of the Netherlands and India should be con ducted on liberal principles, and that there shall be esta blished entrepots for foreign goods, not only at /inject. but at Batavia and Rhio, at a duty of one per cent. Some excellent regulations have also been made to facilitate the general trade of India. The only articles excepted from the benefit of entrepot are gunpowder and firearms. The Governor-General of Havannali, tinder date of the 26th September, addressed a proclamation to the wealthy and humane portion of the inhabitants of Cuba, calling on them for assistance to relieve the sufferers of Porto Rico by the dreadful hurricane on the night between the 26th and 27th July. It is thus represented :—" The hurricane laded about three hours, and never was so dreadful a one experienced in that island—it laid in tubas many villages, and the numbers of persons which' were lost under the ruins of houses, or carried off by torrents, are incalculable. That part of the island near St. John's, the villages of Gangresos, Rios Piedtas, Gday nabo, Vega-Vaja, Vega-Alta, Toa-Veja, Caguas, Cayce, Humacas, Zabucoa, and many others, have almost disap peared, and even the mountains have, in sonic instances, been much reduced in size and appearance. The ravages ' in the South had not yet been heard of." The United States ship Decoy is reported to have ar rived at Havannah, from Key West, the last of Septem ber, and brought intelligence of the death of Mr. Miller, United States Charge d'Affaires to Guatetnala, after an ill ness of three days. Mr. Miller was waiting at Key West for the arrival of the Spark, to embark in her for his des tination.—A'orth American Paper. The Canton of Appenzell has just prohibited its citizens from engaging in the military service of any foreign power except the Netherlands. The great Council of Soleure has ratified the convention with Naples. This is one of the few cantons which have troops in the service of three foreign powers. Extract of a private letter from Amsterdam, dated Nov. 18 :—Public securities here are declining. Yesterday there was a fall of two per cent. attributed to failures, and rumours of failures, among stock-jobbers, but that has been recovered to-day. The trading bonds, however,-are down to 96. Motley is exceedingly scarce; and the Batik of Amsterdam has raised ha discounts from three to five per cent. and discontinued making loans on snack. Ex changes arc looking down • those on London decline t l two groot to-day. Colonial pro duce it eeerfinfi, - Barley and Oats keep up, in expectation of she t tir porteepening. Prime Oats Seed, free on board. 37.6... Prime Burley, 23 9 per quarter. ' The half-yearly Coinages of the French s per cent. 'certificates, signed by Messrs de Rothschild, Brbthers, of , Paris,. falling due on the 22d December, sift be paid 'on that and every succeeding day, at the counting-house of Mr. N. M. Rothschild, free of ail charges. piticss OF BRITISH STOCKS YESTERD.I 1% Buitfitoek WI i Long Ann. 26i A : pet Net. Ned. 61i t 1 India Boods 4 6 4 pin 3 Pett/Whb Cows. 864 . 4 4 k't.Billa lid. 1,0901. par I pm P l ttls6aet. 634 1 1 1 4 1 die 3 peO.tt. ell Ditto. 3001. par Ipm 1 dig lipar Cm. Red. 941 ..1 01 Ditto, Small 2pm !di, etrilyer Cent. 1004 191/ 1021 !Anne Tickets 191. lbs. Al - ef.s. till VOItKItiN si't it'lts YES'lNititAi . et uWan IRords93 Mexican Ilond4 69 illreollan Borden Ditto Aeet. 134 3 Etter Aces. 701 Ditto Bonds (1925) tro,erip 111 Ms . Ditto Aret. 714 i 704 4 i 1 1 'taiajlet. 114 die 1 1194 70 691 Auto's. 4,, rel Iftesllllll* Pe/ovine Bonds 51 i 50 4 1 i 604 1 ‘1.3 1 4160 Bonds G4l -- ''' Portuguese Bonds 04 31 DitiCA cc,. et 3 ''''l - Proseien Bonds C 9440440 Bonds IS r .. 41 A Mite Bonds (11422; 981 i Ditofßends (1324) 6 Ilitct Ditto Acer. 914 01411 c 6 cl• 0 74 7 i ei reit t i t si to i Tc an net°3l4l:l 90 C 9; 4 6 ..4 i Spanish Cons. I Gi 1 i Bonds Ditto 610 164! i Ditto do (1ft3)43 4 Ditto Cons. (IRO) • 4.01..MbN Oh NM:HANDL VtlN'l'k.:l4D.riti. A trepentam C. P. 12 3 Leghorn.-- ...... ~.......491 Du lo 111 Oen .... -12 0 (lowa. Moalsedstro ....11 U. 12 4 S'enies. ..... ...............27 Aoteerr 12 4 11a1ta...-................-.... 9 Hamburgh 24 U. IS 10 Naples....-.........,,............401 „Alamo 24 U. SG II Palermo.-- ..„.tw os. 122 Pala. S day .I•4igh i 2610 Li5b0n ....... - ...---5 1 I Mt*. 2U. 14 41 0p0rt0............. 61 gordeati a 26 44 Ri0.1aneir0......... 49 e , xiln 7 0 Bahia..* ...-- ................. 51 frahlt.ou 31a in hi. 31.1 Buenas Ayres 434 Pireselotrelt, rble. 3 Us. 301 21 Dublin s. iennot.etevite 2.2 31. 9SO Cork 9t .:'estr ditto 460 aut•Liost, PER OZ. AV:ll".ritl 313 -E. S. d. Cadiz ‘.1 ' 1 ,Portu g a 1 0 old i n Cni II 0 0 0 lit!boa 36 ' Foreign Gold in barn 3 17 104 i:wrceloini 30New D0ub100n5........ 0 0 0 Neville 36i I New Delius 0 4 111 tni , srilter 31 Silver in bare, stand. 0 3 1 I'itICI;S OF SflitltEs TESTERDAI. Dltunr-401' nye tvening, WlLDNist o r VIC :R et, 7 'am renew.' t. ratasuri. 4:. itolll4 ADELPHI TIIE47'RL, STRAND. WEDNEDAY. Nrov.t3, will Ye pt./anted the Mist!sal Afelo-Drirmatle Burlefts of -.144 „ s THE PILOT; • Or. A TALE. OF THE SE %. tens Ay Meier'. Terry, Vuteq, T. P. Cooke, End 1,1116:77: hat Mrs. Intswitham. TIVITA b TILID trA t ZHCI.OII. I of Ithamee Court - MI, Mr. Vete.; Sharpe, Mr. Wrench: Grace. Mrs. To cos elude will Into Sorbets& of CURIOSITY CURED. Mr. Curious. Kr. Meredith; Kitty Curious, Mn. Fltssrl:llam. 1114 SIMMS* PAW commenced publishhig yesterday morn ing ft five o'clock. • • LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NovrmsEß 23, 1825. We have received the Paris Papers of Sunday ; they are almost entitely occupied with the report of the Ad vocate-General's speech at the solemn audience of the Royal Court on isturtley last, on.openir:g the case against t) &merits:4one/, for the publication of a series of ar ticles tending te bring the religion of the state into contempt. This prossaufte excites the greatest interest in Fiance. When thit,,,ifile sluing of the Court wet over, it was with much dillsOty that the Hall, which had been filled from an early MO ( *ith auditors, could be cleared, as the Pre sident had °ordered. The speech of M. de BROE, the Ad vocate-Geneve. was at great length. M. De rim will re ply for the defendant on Saturday next. Yesterday the pleadings were to be opened in a similar prosecution against the Cvvrrier Francais. Irrom the Rh?lk, dated Monday, Nov. 41.1 PA/09, Nov. PO. Jr on extraordinary sitting of Nov. 7, which lasted three hours, theOrest Coynell of the Cantos of Lucerne unanimously approved en the measures taken by the daily Council with respect to the two Cooties Hoes who are oceAecd as the instigators of the murder of the late Avoyer, Mr. Karr. h has ordereil that they shall be put on thei• trials. end the preliminary proceedings be conducted before the Cenrtal Comn-.ittee. of Inquiry. The right of judging belongs to the 'fribunale of Vienne. According to the principles of the Co-cordst of Riteclisapechweil, no relation within the degree fixed ty the law, either fifth, family of Keller, or of the two persons ac cused, attended the;aitting of the daily Council on the sth, or of the theist Council on the 7th. The Varsetbarg .Correepondent of the 1 lth has the following article : " The most recent news from Constantinople fully confirm the ,Mort that the Porte, without waiting for the final decision of the Turopeon Powers on the antis of Greece, is determined to con t;nue the war with the greatest energy. AVludever may be at the bottom, the nal designs of the Divan, with respect to .Mehemet Ali of Egypt, it le at least certain that it now treats him with ex traordinary regard, in order to induce him to employ all his forces to subdue the Greeks. " A walla eqsatt heaawy lately been sent to the Vieemy to con. Era) hies in the sir-erefeent of ell the parts of dimes conquered by, his 0000. " At the mote tiros, the Porte named Ibrahim Paths, his arm, fee his secenesor. It ionise affirmed that the Porte has a:premed erieh that the Viceroy may employ the forces which he has still in ..lpypt, mid can spur, against the principal Islands of the Arehi. - pelage, which, midi the exception of gyitra,,Spersia and Samoa ovoid nee melee, it isshoorit, any miens oppoeitioe." • The srtkie - -,trial imie iews Usi;3lanutadtor, 1011 1 idis gilt 'l‘ rttioh Orton: --7"'"'" DItURY-I.A.VE THEAT'R R. murtv..;;;Nl,wr.Dmr, , so4ll, N0v.23. will be perfurinea (Ist tido) I COWS clpsra, called T)1 WAGER t or THE MICIMMIST HOUR. to. pencil* Cbsrartors d Illegsrs. Dowses, Morn, J. Raw% Miley. taffeta", and lledftw I Wow Kelly and Cubist: sad Mrs. C. Jones. After which (2d. ame at tills Theitith the Farce of s THE SLEEP.WAL3Ciet. **Mho, Mr. J. Massa Tarnture. t •- * To conclude *lth the Wee of " THE DEVIL TO P,AV, -issagra. Ks. Dow sun To-IlhoeforOdaltEligiara. The Adopted Cida. and The Innkeeper's Daughter. --rt.' ' C Nt:OAßDnifkA TAR: , .WsDNubtiv ov j :irtit be. tertorilialttag (vers . ' ' 3 11 MI/ • TIM MR R 44311 . 011) 1111gaRlik, I ra lttgegieswa, Ur. Jeer la so ulovis Chwer a z o. lizZ i rtie 1 111111141 11 M., e Tomos 120;:011:*kritrelt i ratithera . 0 • . gut ; ;.• P•tv • Arstillfer, 'Hrs. t • bcd to i • " re &melte, with theAeleMnitree of 931 iki " 6 ' WHO, TH2 IRA =LOS S. tfolgigs y. ; ellizart7 t4d , Ofilitifig Cheerwaters by Mows. Conitor, oirS, and Retlitq 1 and Wise: Clitdnet and J. . a •Ifi • TO4OOIIIIOII, Lere's Yi t ttoty. and Cl r Aire To-morrow. ' . .. • lean l gned by y Coopons of nho.)Prettela S pee cent . beliearc,,lkthe.first , first , under tl The article we give in anothe r eoh t mn f ront th e A ire d The half- s M ears. de Rettischild, &When, of 1114 Atl ivs undentang, Yu .ileists. rotative to the Congr es s a Pa nama , i s worth certificat es, y Paris,. falling due on the 2gd Dee r, wilt be paid on that arrangements will be of an attentive perusal —not on account o f a ny intrinsic that and every succeeding day, at the counting-house of Gentleman beginning the ne merit, for it is without any, but as a specimen of the views Mr. N. M. Rothschild, free of all charges. of the new year. - . -- . - -- :--•!-- 7-t- - nit .tSS. THE CONGRESS OF PANAMA. The journal of the Minister for Foreign Affairs pretends to have some particular information as to the policy of England regarding the Congress of Panama. We intend to throw some light upon the nature of this information, and the public will then judge whether, if it proceeds from a ministerial source, the Ministry know much as to the affairs of America. P " The republics of South Anilrict, we underatand, have spared no pains to induce the EngllaitlesOtet to take a part in the Congress of Panama. They hive not indeed formally asked that an English plenipotentiary should take his seat there; bat they have expressed their wish to have, under such important circumstances, the benefit of the ad vice of a Power which has hitherto shown itself so favour able to their cause, and which has a powerful and direct interest to support it. The English Government has, it is true, always refused to accede to this wish ; but it is not Ims true, that Mr. Canning has approved the design. and plan of the Congress, and that lie is by no means igno rant of any point that will be submitted to its considers tion." Now, if we bear in mind distances and dates, we shall find that this indirect invitation to send a Plenipotentiary to Panama cannot have been given to England till very recently, as it was previously necessary that there should have been some certainty that there would be a Congress at all. Mr. Canning has not, then, always refusal" a request which, perhaps, even now, has never been made to him. Besides, to say that thliliiirister has, otherwise than by vague phrases, " approved" the idca of an American Con gress, is to know nothing of the responsibility of an Engtigh Minister, or the prudent disinter of Mr. Canning. The policy of England is represented at Mexico, in Colombia. and at Buenos Ayres. From these three points she will exercise her influence upon the Congyess, by influencing the resolutions of those three Governments. We must bear in mind that this Congress is not to be a federal conven tion, as M. de Pradt dreams; it is simply a meeting of the Ambassadors of several Governments, each independent of the other—and these Governments, too, republican, and responsible to their respective nations, as the Government of Buenos Ayres has shown us already, In its reply. France is absent, not only from Panama, but from all Spanish America. At the moment when Sir Charles Stuart settles the affairs of Brazil at his pleasure, we have there only a consular agent. What is become of our late diplomatic superiority ? The present French Ministry should even have an agent at Panama. They could not therefore be less ignorant of all the points that will be dis cussed there. The following is the amount of the ministerial commu nication tiVe are informed that two vessels of war will be detaehed from the squadron cruising in the Pacific Ocean, and that they have received' orders not to leave the coast of Panama during the wbole time of the session. It itveven said that an old diplomatist will be ready to depart at the first notice, and that he Wilt be appointed to watch over the proceedings of Chit great American meeting." How well are we informed ! Are the two vessels they to mensee the town of Panama? A friendly intettoatie will certainly not be openect with us 12/ *ray elf the , Piettle Ocean; ,i; would rather,bc through, Plitt? ,Nlo..hy.eihich, through the Caribran Sea, ire enter into ibe Adiatie Ocean. Te Witch toe! the proceedings of a Congress by km old diplinnat l ist, supposes that the " old diplomatist" -he accredited, to it; for otherwise this watcher must rinnain at thoadeora , This statement therefore contradicts the for mer.- %Irby* way is to believe neither one nor the other. -That of what use would a diplomatic .uperintentlenee be ratiama ? It is not Tilsit not Laybach. There Will be no secret resolutions nor personal combinations there. The people and the interests of a whole world will be before it. The proceedings will be notorious, they will be known to all who know how to appreciate them. Mr. Canning has nothing to watch over, for the simple reasou, that be has for a long time attended to what has happened there.— Journal dts Dawes. FASIIIONABLE fxrELLIGENCE. The Duke and Duchess of Athol arrived on Monday at their home in Great George-street, Veatminster, from their seat in Scotland. The Duke of St. Albans, Lady C. Beaucterk. and Dire. Coutts, have left the Earl of Lauderdale's seat, in &Ward, on a visit to the Eurl and Countess Breadatbane. The Earl and Countess of Pembroke arrived on Monday at their seat, Wilton House, Wilts, from Bath. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith have arrived at Willie Park, Salop. on a visit to Lord and Lady Forrester. lord Robert Manners has left Chasely l'ork. Cambridgeshire, for Belvoir CY:lmile. Arrivals at Read's Hotel, Iriwer Gmsvennr.sireet :—The Rev. Mr. Feawick, from his seat in Notts; 31r. Deed., and 31r. Buller, from Oxford. Departures:—Mr. and 31 rs. Jervis, for Both. . - - Arrivals at Lon ' s Hotel, Bond-street :—The Hon . Spencer Law. from Park ; John Congreve, Esq. from dittu : Best, Esq. and C. Best, Esq. frcm Bamsgatc. Departures Edwards, for Windsor; and J. lit Eli, Esq. for Atehon Moubtray. Depsrtores fmm the British Hotel s—Mr. and Mn. Norton*. for their scat in Oxfordshire ; Captain Rowley, for Ireland ; And J. Spencer, Esq. for Oxford. The Right Hon. Robert Peel will entertain the Duke of York and a distinguished party at dinner 00 Friday neat, at his house in Privy-gardens. Dv at or Yoait's LRVEr.—Yesterday afternoon , ct half past four o'clock, the Duke of York lluld a Levee, as Com mafider-in•Chief, if his OfFkailif ab&liorse-11 uar dot, vitrich was attended by LieutenantrGenerala IViddrinaton, Tho mas, Neville, Bingham i Montreiror, Mtdor-General Sir James Smyth, and near forty other military Officers. Mrs. Secretary Peel tau mach the Ratite yraliettlay. Mr. Hobbense, Under-Secretary of State for the Houle Department, has arrived in town, from his s .at near 'Win. canton, Somersetaliire. Loan COMUV.Ir!FILF.—We regret to state, that a re port very generally prevails that this gallant officer was carried of by an attack of cholera morbus, in a few days after his landing in India. We are sorry to add, that the intelligence conies to us from a source which gives us little room to doubt the truth of it. The communication came overland from India.—Deb/in Cur reNpntlent. The London papers have of late ass..ried, that the idea of the Duke of Buckingham going to India appears to have subsided." The fact, - however, we understand. is not so, though " the idea" W riot likely to be realised so soo n as swap first expected.' His Gra ce ' s departure, it is sup pesed, will take place some time in the spring. The ob jectimi that might have been started to theroMbination in one fitttili q( the two high oflices of Obvertioe-General and rresident of the Beard of Control,' ma be obViated by the tianifer of the flight Ifortottrable fiet4tlilinaii who now holds the latter place to fhe Chile of the- fletise of Commons, to which he had early directed Itte views'and ' studies—Buell ChronNe. ' • . A deptaitti 11. consistirig of the churchwarden nil other • 4240i31PX0 a St. t tatnes,Clerketlweil, have wa i te d on t h e Rev. 154.1.4 lon. chaplain to the Lord /tlayor, at the I%lmillion-house, to present to hint the Bialiop of I.an !on's license to per,terrn the third additional divine service, with a sermon. lopeir parish church. This apkintment, we bpliexp,, jolt,. first under the Act of Parliament (5S Geo. .1114 r An i k we understand, as the result of, the interview, that arrangements will be made to admit of the Rey. Gentleman beginning the new service on, the Orin Sunday lof the new ? car. THE CHURCH. The Rev. Henry Wetherell, M.A. Rector of Thruxton and Rentchurch, Herefordshire, has been appointed by the Lord Chancellor to the Prebendal Stall in Gloucester Ca thedral, vacant by the demise of the ltcv. Dr. Ridley. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. St n,—l think you will agree with me that the Liturgy of the Church of England is as excellent a compendium of every thing appropriate to the worship of God as can pos sibly be devised. With this conviction I beg, through the medium of your intelligent journal, to point out what I consider a deviation both front the letter and spirit of our Common-prayer book. The point may appear minute, • hut where so much attention is professed by the Clergy of the Established Church to correctness in the ritual part of religion, I think it behoves them to set it right. In this metropolis' I observe that in the repetition of the Lord's Prayer, with which the Communion Service begins, the people do not join with the minister ; though in the country it is generally the custom for the whole congregation to recite it. It is plain, from one of the rt.:ricks, that the intention of the framers of the Liturgy was, that it should be so recited "wherever this prayer is 'read." Betides which, the character in which the " Amen" is pritited in those prayers where the clergyman and the congregation join is different from that where he reads alone, the one being printed in roman and the other in italic letters. One of the commentators on the Prayer book lays it down, that all the congregation should join in reading this prayer in this identical place, viz. at the com mencement of the Communion Service. I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, London, Nov. 21. • I have only met with one exception. LIVERPOOL, klorto.tv, Nov. 11. [P:o■ ova CO-IREIPOIDINT.I The subscription for the sufferers at Miramichi now raking in this town amounts to about 2.2001. On the loth inst., the brig Wakefield, Captain Henry Crookshank, belonging to this port, anti bound hence to Oporto, passed through the straits of Menai, being the first vessel with a cargo for foreign parts that has proceeded through that navigation since the completion of the chain bridge. The first number of a new weekly paper was published to-day—it is entitled the Albion. The value of money has naturally risen in India with the demand for it. All sorts of Stocks have fallen. Eight per cent. is now the market rate of interest there, and it will probably rise still higher if the war is much prolonged. The Government has paid off many transports at the old rate, and re-engaged them for a given period at a lower price. The Company's remittable paper has fallen from 31 to 25 ; the non-remittable paper and the five per cent. loan are at par. The Exchange on Englawd has risen to 2s. 2d. per rupee. WRECK nr THE GREEN BRIO CIMoNE.—We can not refrain from expressing our horror and indignation at the reported conduct of some of the inhabitants of the island of Alderney towards the unfortunate crew of the Greek vessel which was wrecked some days ago on the i rocks of that island. It appears that the unhappy crew derived that they had much rather have fallen into the I hands of Turks, front whom they could not have received ' mare barbarous treatment. The accusation no doubt will be investigated in the proper quarter, and the authors of the additional calamities brought to condign punishment. Illre have teye consolation in remarking that such conduct clad be attattliM to the inhabitants of the neighbouring islands, who era all occasions have been most active in the Mimic of deumanity and m the preservation of lives and pro perty. The loss of the French vessel, called Lex Deux with a cargo of wine, is perfectly within our recoileetion. She was wrecked on the rocks round the .Berm, and not only the lives of the crew, but the whoketfi ate Serge, were saved by the activity of the proprietor and the inhabitants of that island, who received a tetterdf thanks from the French Government for their humanity. •flte Friday Webeeoopera of Preeioset was performed for the first and last time at the Odeon. The failure was com plete. The piece, the titters, even the music, though it Was the work of the famous composer of the Fr eischutz, all were libled, and with the energy that distinguishes the pit of that theatre. We must confess they were not wecitg. The piece was detestable, the actors bad, and the music 'vulgar, notwithstanding all its reputation.—Paris Paper. T H EA TRICALOTFE NCE.—A case of this kind was beard on Saturday last before the tribunal of Municipal Police at Pa ris:—Every body has heard of dissensions which have occu pied the Vaudeville. Until lately every thing has been kept snug between the manager and the actors; but some time back a new party has interfe red—this party is the public, who, through a spectator placed near the orchestra, entered upon the following dialogue with the actor who entered upon the first rising of the curtain :—The Spectator: M. Lepeintre ?—The Actor bowed and listened. The Spec tator: Is the Manager in the Theatre?—The Actor: I don't know.—The Spectator: We who have paid our sub scription, wish to complain of the monotony of these npetitions ; if he continues to play the same pieces every night, we shall be obliged to hies.—The Audience laughed, but a police officer stepped forward to stop the speaker, who being advised to wait till the end of the piece, retired. After the representation he again came forward, and stopped an Actor that was departing; but at it was not the one who had already spoken, he was obliged to let him go. The person's name who had shown himself so active, was discovered, and he was summoned before the Muni cipal Tribunal, which, on his non-appearance, condemed him to three days' imprisonment. This jndgment was appealed against, and the punishment was reduced to the payment of a fine of one franc. Mt:sleet PRUDIGY.—Drury-lane theatre is about to have an extraordinary musical acquisition in the person of a young man of very diminutive siz e . The history of his engagement is rather singular. Mr. Birch, an eminent caselimaker, some days ago gave a dinner to his very nu- Ineeettemtablishment in his workshops, and he invited Mr. Dunn, of Drury-lane Theatre, and Mr. Smith, the Isar singer, and some other gentlemen, to be of the party. Nearly 100 sat down to dinner, and after some of the usual flees sad songs were sung, suddenly a voice of surpassing ltirdetness "was heard in the room, but front whence it k ilted was not discoverable. The company stared at each other in arttonishment. Every one declared that he never heard such tones except from the throat of Catalani. The applanee at the conclusion of the song was such as might he eXpecteel, and after every one had expressed his admi ration, there arose a discussion about the sex of the inelo dig. The almost universal opinion was, that such tones could come from nobody but a woman. George Smith was of a different opinion ; he said he believed the voice to be that of a young man ; and soon afterwards the body of a coach, which isy at the upper end of the workshop, was opened, and out stepped a male dwarf, about 22 or 23 years of age. The qualifications of this little person were at once mule known to the managers of Drury-lane Theatre, who immediately, upon the recommendation of the professional men who heard him sing, engaged hint. His voice is, we understand, in all the upper tones, precisely like Catalani's, and in the lower it bears a close resemblance to Mrs. Bland's. Mr. Birch had accidentally heard him joining in a glee with two other poor ragged creatures in the street, and humanely determined to give him a chance of bettering his eantlition. It is intended, we believe, that he shall 'sing without an accompaniment on the first night of his appearance.—Erening Paper. CONSEQUENCE or COMM NATION.—The stone-masons , employed at the National School last week turned out for an advance of wages. But little inconvenience was ex perienced by the contractor from this foolish proceeding, as their places were immediately filled up by other men, who were glad to obtain employment, at this season or the year, at the liberal wages that were offered then.! Some of the turn-outs are now working for another master at somewhat about half the wages they received at the Nafional School.—SlocAport .4drertiser. LITERATURE. THE A3IL'LCT; OR, CHRISTIAN AND LITERARY REMEMBRANCER. Baynes and Son. . _ If the praise of having first given a lifersrf form *rid character to these annual tokens of remembrance is due to our German neighbours, we have certainly of }at e y„,, greatly improved upon the precedent. The attraction/el the present volume arc of a kind which address thentseh ey to general readers, a l t h o u g h intentionally niVro Pr i eterl to those of a more serious cast ; and the Editor lies, in 0 2 6 respect, well entitled himself to their peculiar approbation and patronage. The subjects of the various plates are well chosen, and are executed with great delicacy and effect. Many names of deserved repute are in tlie list of contributors. We select from among them the following SONNET. By JOHN CLARE (THE NORTHAMPTONSHIRE PEASANT/. I would not that my b e i ng a ll s h ou ld And pass away with every common lot ; I would not that my humble dust should lie In quite a strange and unfrequented spot, Be all unhealed, and by all forgot, With nothing save the heedless winds to sigh, And nothing but the dewy morn to weep About my grave, far hid from the world's eye. I fain amid have some friend to wander nigh, And finds path to where my ashes sleep. Not the cold heart that merely passes by, To mist who lieu) there, but such that keep Past memories warm with deeds of other years, And pay to friendship some few friendly tsars. LITERARY GLEAN No. LXIII. PROGRESS OF IMPROVEMENT. It is enricus to remark the great change produced in th e Metropolis during the last century. The following public Advertisement appeared in a newspaper, April 27, 1700 : "In Brookfield market-place, at the east corner of Hyd e . park, is a fair to be kept for the space of sixteen days, be ginning the let of May,. The first three days for live CATTLE and LEATHER, with the same entertainments as at Bartholomew fair.; where th e r e i s s h ops to he let ready built for all manner of tradesmen that usually keep fain.. and so to continue yearly at th e same time and place." MAYFAIR, in the same neighbourh oo d, so called from being beki in May, was at thi s p er i o d t h e great reson of the lovers of fltn, idleness, and mischief. In th e year 704, the diversions of dancing, wrestli ng , rope-dancing, and all the fairy accompaniments, were announced to the public as being got up in peculiar style. The geed people were entertained by a rays/Priori', who had been taught to pick a fowl's feathers from the body, and all this in addi tion to the usual splendid entertainments. There was Mr. Miller's booth "over against" Mr. Barnes the rope-dancer's, where was 'presented an ex cellent droll called CRISPIN and CRISPIANVS, or a nor maker a Prince, with the best machines, singing, and dancing ever yet in the Fair." This and other excellent performances attracted the lasses and lade of London, whose spirits, exhilarated by the season from which the Fair was named, met in vast numbers, and with them the pickpockets and the cyprians, who, as usual, did not permit the attractions of drolly to divert thetn from business: indeed they were so extremely active in their vocations, that the Magistrates thought proper to thin the number of the latter by commitments; but in the execution of this plan the Constables were resisted by a set of Soldiers, who determined to protect the FAIR, which they did in such serious earnest, that Mr. John Coorrx, one of the peace. officers, lost his life, and in due time was buried at st. James's Church, Westminster, where a Funeral Sens= was preached by Josiah Woonwe en, D.D. Minister of Poplar Chapel, before the J us ti ces , High Constable, & c . and which lie published at their request. The Observator, a paper published twice a week.at that period, says ironi cally of May Fair—"Oh the. piety of some people about the Queen ; who can suffer things of this nature to too un discovered to her Al ajesty t and consequently unpunished ! Can any rational roan imagine 'that her Mejesty would per mit so much dissoluteness as is seen at May Fair fora many sass together so near her Royal Palace, if she knew any thing of the matter ? Ido not-beliere the'pettent for that fair allows the patentees the libtity' ateittinenti the Devil's shops, and exposing his merchanditte . for ode; nor was there ever one fair or. inarke4 in England consti tuted fer this purpose. But this fait is levpscontran to Law and in detiatice of Justiee; for the last fair; when the Civil Magistrate came to keep the - Queen's pence there, one Constable was killed, and tlitex others wounded." The man who committed tlsu above murder escaped, and n hatrher of Gloucester was banned for the crime ; hnt the era/ reipr it finally aul&red; and thus tragically ended the Fair of May, 1702. The Grand Jury of Middlesex presented May Fair in November, 1703. -And early hi the ensuing year, the public mind bad been so influenced to seriousness by the dreadful storm of November, the teems)/ which were fatally experienced in every direction, that prelates, the clergy, and the better disposed part of the commun i ty joined in one panel exclamation against the Immorality, and the licentiousness of the stage, which its most ardent admirers must admit to have arrived at that time at such a height as fully warranted an order from the Queen to re strain it. At the same period the Lord Mayor and Alder men issued a proclamation, forbidding the cruel p ractice of throwing. at cocks on Shrove Tuesday; and the - 2•tdier of as far as related to the exhibition of pupp e ts, and suc hlik e April 18, 1709, mentions the total abolit i on of MAY' FAIR attractions for the vulgar. _ 'f II E BEAR•GARDE X.—lt is a phrase in very common use, as applied to any noisy and riotous ametnbly, that it it " like a bear-garden. " The origin of the term, which is not generally known, will appear from the following vcrtisement in the Post-boy of July 1700 : "At kis ifiljesty's BEAR -GARDEN, in Hockley in the Hole, a trial of skill to be performed to-morrow, being die 10th instant, at three in the afternoon, between Jolla BOWLER, of the city of Norwich, and Champion of No'- ,folk, muter of the noble science of defence, and WILL e the WEirr, from the city of Sunshiny, master of the said science of defence." It appears by other public advertisements issued by the proprietors of the BEAR-GARDEN, that wrestling, and Act contests of a similar kind, were exhibitesl ; the prizes wee gloves at two atillings and sixpence a pair. The comply! that flocked to this place of vulgar result were of Kt br awl turbulent a description, that it was snore than once laical as a public nuisance; and other novelties in their um arising, it was at length deserted, and the ground la on building leases, but the frequency of its uproars long sun• vived in the popular memory, and thus its name became proverbial. NORTH lirasr EX P EDI TION.-•••Ille !eels discovery chir was paid off at - Woolwich on Mcntltiv, when the se scAti voluntarily entered into a liberal collection for the Alea . ! - tal Seatnett's 'Hospital, on board the Crainpus. In It., e.• ing Captain Hopper, and the officers of his Najer!` late ship Fury, in testimony of the hospitality they' experienced on board the Ilecla. after the fosse( ship, gave a sumptuous farewell diluter to Capt3ll and all his officers, at the Frei - masons' Tivern, i• loyal and appropriate toasts were drank, and the ers;.. , :: passed with much hilarity. The building of Belgrnee-;quroc has been eonmere It will be in the fintst styli cf architecture. The sides arc to be uniform, of the Porid Corinthian Or.-.r. and the most eminent architects have been eugai:- , i forming the designs. We undcrstand that the w h " . square will be finish'd in two years. At a special general incetim: of the trustees of the Sl , '" rey New Roads, held at the horns Tavern, liettit:ne! , '• yesterday, Mr. Horton Letlgor was unanimously ntr olLl Superintending Surveyor of the above line of rissds. A few days ,go, Mr. Turner, of Horsham. eronettts mill-pond, nigh to the above town, a pike wt i;l pounds, in the stomach of which was found R which, from the state of its plutra;ze, could not !hi" long gorged. his M o r ,:o l e ; ci N t 'i o s s o t, m tli fi e ,o c , e i l:;:t n ra t t i e f t t l in ped tin, e r : l tr , i : ri to , ss t i nett o l ,i n tc yl i. 7 , l , for 2(10 Plovercignm. The time allowed, agreeable to eleven hours. The petleattian cleatel six miles within itet!, hour, wren in the second, and more ;has i n the think • i a t of the race the redest,isn took req. hi a s tretch t•ti straw , arA went on fresh and well. lie performed. incituirr. pages. 30 miles in morn less than flee boors. eats :mod 5v1 0 , 7 0 . • and went on very leistmele at his anti , . atol so n the 1113t , :f . I stifactorily to himself it: tivci.ty nnt:ut,•N c ;ite m rot a , 05. I lit. tua. 'Quinn ler th lig c a The 021 wite of -y..~, N! me hi fiN viol Pth wot abli 120 i CVO ?CM tog has 30. i) sits pen shin Meth 4 471 Pla ll y wi temp wtbo and , "'Dor Dine Or to 400,( &poi !try 1000 wit Act, Unde 4;i ■ &that sum h , (IN Se 011