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6F I C'ER 31 A N PAPERS. l , FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. LETTIS PROM ST. !STUMM!, JUNE 40. On the 13.11 of July it b►illiant/c1 will lee given at l'etemlinK it being both the birth-day of the ;rand Duchess Alexandra and the aiiiiirereary or tier marriage. The preparations are carrying on with great activity t the espenses are at present es tinrited at 80,000 mollies, bit will probably be voiee roissideral.le. Apartments for the king of Pris.sia are fitting sip both here in the Imperial Winter Palace, end at Zarskojeselo, in the moat .legant and splendid style. It is believed that the King will make but a short stay. A. mein a. the King of Prussia arrived at he immediately changed his dress*, and put on I Russian uniform, as Chief of a Russian re• giinent. •RCHANGEI., MAY 20. A ship of the line of 74 guns, and n frigate of 44 guns, built here, were happily launched this worsting. LITTFIt FIOM CHILISTIINIA, JUNE 27. To the gracious proposition of the King to the Stiortloissq, resper•iug the addition to the Act of the Dirt of August 6, 1815, it is proposed " thtt an author whose work cunt tins o distinct invitation to ttis•ulve or violate the union between the two king. or the estalolisheil order of succession in the tiorosie, shall be punished as a traitor to the cows try, •ud not an our State Gazette lately stated rsourourly, with exile. A paper annexed to the proposal, shelve how the j:sry melds ~, oo et! its it is to be organised, the jury being considered as the only imams by which it eau foe duly inquired, a liether and in what degree the accused is guilty or nut, beeJuse the (offensive ex pressions are net always so clear that the literal sp. ;die:lbws of the Low C3ll take place. The jury in troduced in Sweden for such cases, by the regula tors,' of July 12, 1812, is a'lduceel as ust example. This jury is shwa). to consist of nine prisons, who tre clauses, as foliose :—The Judge chooses live, and each or the panics four, is. all thirteen honest and rtspected citizeits, whom the Judge recognises a s capable ; then each of the parties excludes one and the Judge two of them, without assigni ng any teastKi, and the trine others compose the jury. They then take the culls, mid the Judge having opened the case, are to ;sass sentence, but Iwo thirds of the votes must agree to pronounce the accused guilty, according to which the Judge must frame Isis sentence. LETTER IMO)! CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 10. SOOll vforr the Persia.' Aonbasavdor Irft this city. a search woos made by order of the Sokoto for the late Pcr•ia.' rr►ulrart. Aga, viol slier he had been kept some dais in the house of the To ptvehi Bauchi. lie was sent oath a WIC wort to Ow Penis.' frontiers. Nevis of the date of the Oth hair been received from Alexandria. according to which the Weelio -I.ites have defeated two emir* of the troops of llrhrnrt Aly Nncha, in Upper Egs pi. This 'sews, s,i sonfavosirable t.. the Turkish arms, spread great consternation. particularly at Alexandria. But it is singolar enough, dial there is at the same time in circulation, a report of a dirretly opposite nature, omelets-, ..1 the continuation 'of the successful ad vance of towards Derajr, the capi tal city of the ‘Vveltisbites ; and thi‘ is cai , firmed by isccouots front Aleppo, of the Igth of Alay. We now wait with impatience the dispatches of the Parlous of Egypt and Syria, none of whose couriers pare arrived for this mouth past. Two chiefs of pirates, takeu in the islauils of the Archipelago, have lately been hanged hcre.— illambergit Corresposideue, July II.) DUTCH AND HAMBVRGH MAILS. COPENHAGEN, .11.71. Y 4. A cotfnt►y latl, of the neighbourhood uf Aarhuusi Laving laid himself down lately in the field to sleet►, it 'snake crept into his month, which was open, and ittncended two hi. stomach: lifter having remained ll:ere (or s4IIIIP da d s it came out again alike by the r•arne way it had entered. For this week part we have had rain almost and the weather is become so cool, that it ntnre reseinblea October than July. I...itt year the her of births in all Denma►k (exclusive of the Duchies) was 33,441. and that of deaths 21,253, bting an excess of 14,188 in the number of birdie. The outuber of marriages was 8,584). ITOCkHOLM, JUNE 30. The Committee of the States has appeuved of the proposal made bt• his Majrsty, to sell the Island of St. Bartholomew, for the liquidation of the pub lic debt of the kingdom of Norway. the Kittg and the Crown Prisice are gone with their Court to triode at the palace of New Haga. The interment of the remains of the late Queen Dowager, will he its about three weeks. The ne cessary preparations ate waking in the Rutter lobos Clinic+. it Lithographic press has been ettablished fur the printing of music. Some specimens have al featly been published. IMMIX, 3 u Ll' 1. Br a Cabinet Gillet issued on the lith of June, No Majesty has been pleased to appoint Major-Ge neral Count Guiesenaii, chief of thv 9th or Col liery regiment of infantry. It is well known that this regiment ever sistscr It vido formed, has greatly iliptimptislie3 itself whereser it has been employed, and 114 the regiments have, according to the present system, no disci's, and are nained merely after the Province• in a regular series of number., it is to he eomittereil as is very distinguished honour to Count Goliesenau, and an extraordinary favour f his Majesty, that his appoititment 141111 trade on the an niversary of the day Oil windy, three years before, the courage and talents of that brave General so greatly contaibutrd to baffle Napoleon's tievr CLEVES. JULY 2. Foreign papers having circulated a report of • trillion or the territories on the left bank of the spec.fying the Duchy of Cleves, the under sitoied authority was induced to mention it, in the neuant delivered to his Majesty the King. fur the month of Aril, tlll4 year. The Prince Chancellor of Stair, by a Nute of the 29111 of May, has, in unimequellier, authorised the undersigned, for the ••rtisfaction of the inhabitants of the Duchy 01 a Cleves, publicly to contradict the libO report as meat to alga Englialimem were accustomed, a Government of law and justice s our .111" aunt cute tlnfoundeil. At the same time that we exe cute this Commission, we recommend to the informers—by resisting a wanton and useless Infants of this province, to avoid. in future, paying expenditure on the pan of the Goversiment—sby attentions to such reports, which frequently do nut originate in the purest sources. opposing the imposition of new taxes, (Sigied) 110YAL PRUSSIAN GOVERNWERt. above all, that moat oppressive and inquisitorial Cleves, lase 5, ISIO. one, the Income Tax, if al l y • UPPER RHINE, JULY 4.attempt should On the Rhine we expect this year a threefold be Made to bring it forward in the new Par harvest (vintage), On many vine stems there are liament—by abolishing oarless offices—by ender- Moiety bunches of grapey, and the grapes are al- I souring to restrain the power of the Crown, to ex ready of the size of pease. If the weather conti- tend the right of suffrage, said to shorten the favourable, we may safely prophecy that the lion of Parliament by bring the friend of wine will be equal to that called Comet wine. BERLIN, j ut , 1 . and religious liberty—and by efforts to restore On the 4th of this mouth the first atone cf a new the high character Which the country had formerly theatre was laid, on which occasion CuUlit [kohl enjoyed, that of being the asylum of all who in made an appropriate speech. any loan of the World were persecuted for their A new periodical publication appears now at St, civil and religious opinions. These are the prin. Petenitoorgh, edited by M. ~parka, under the ti tle of " Juirmul of Siberia," which is exclusively ciples avowed by the opponent of Sir MURRAt dedicated to that country. MAXWELL, embracing a wide and extensive range of duty, compared with the nohow and pitiful promise of resistance to the doctrine of universal 'Ohne and annual Parliaments, a doctrine scouted by the great mass of the intelligent and thinking part of society, and chiefly used us a catchword among the enemies of all moderate and salutary Reform. flits Sir MURRAY MAXWELL promised these things, or has his Chairman promised them in his name ? No such thing : the coat would not fit hint. lied he come into the House of Commons as the Representative of Westminster, he noted not be iia he now is, and we hope lie shall long; remain, an English boll-dog, lout a tame raldril, playing about the feet of the Moister in the I louse of Commons, and proving, by Lis sub-erviency, his gratitude to the official and ministerial sycophants and dependants who honoured his dinner with their presence.—To Sir MURRAY MAXWELL we give the credit (if being a good mar), and an excellent naval officer ; but the duties of a Rein esentet ve for West »)i t oder embrace a much greater sphere of action. It is ungenerous to war with the dead; but if people will obtrude themselves upon the public intention, they may he presumed to court the public notice; and we will fairly ask Sir M.MAXWELr. and his friends, in the event of his having been elected for Westminster, what had the country to expect, con sistent with his narrowed professiona of resistance to the bug-bare doctrine of Annual Parliaments and Uoiversal Suffrage, b u t that his seat tit Parlia ment would become ancillary to his promotion in the navy ? It would have enablid km to mount over the head of a brother (-Hirer of equal or supe rior merit. Tliia is the great victory lila success in Westinimiter would have obtained. HAMBURGH, JULY 9. Their Highness Prince and Princess Iltudenburg kit us this morning to proceed by oil of 'Labors and Nlunster to the lthenivh Provinces. It is reported that England viII probably obtain by negotiation a Willow in the Baltic. The British Bible Society has presented to that of Sleswiek I Inlet. in the ste►rotype plates for Lo. titer's Bible, without linter. iii large octavo, winch are east by C. Taifelitinz, in Leipaie, an d are worth about 500/. eterling.—(liantbargii Paper, July 10.1 BRUSSELS, JVLY I I. They write from Paris that the last journey of the Duke of AVellington to that city had no other übj, et than the mediation of the differences be tivren Spain and Portugal. Tier Russian Auios rarlor takes great interest in this mediation. The accounts from Paris in the Eng Papers, allege, that the conditions upon whirls Spain will accept the media* . are slot approved of by the Portu guese Asisbarsailor; but the accounts which we haves rtreived directly lions ti,3t capital are more favourable. The hotel which lies been hired by the Duk• of W e lli ngton is now in sofficient order. It is affirm ed that his Grace will pass the approaching winter in this Haarlem Courant, July 14.) We ha►e received Papers of Tiieaday lost. The Five per Ceuta. are 76 f. 70c.; Bunk Actions. 1,615 I. Dutch and flatuburgli Mails have arrived. with Papers of recent dates. It is reported that England is negociating I . or a harbour in the Baltic. The Duke of WELLINGTON is expected to pass the ensuing winter at Brussels. Yerterrlay Count NJ tNS lER hail an audience of the Patrice REGEsT at Carlton I 'mite. We have received Quebec Papers to the 18th uh. The Gazelle of the Bth contains a draft of a ' Petition, resiwcti l "n the grievances of the inha bitants of Upper , Catiada, or rather, we should say. the supposed grievances. We have received Sierra Leone Royal Gazettes to the 2J of May. They contain nothing of any gene ral interest. The Governor, C. MACARTUY, had paid a visit to the new British Settlement of St. Mary's. in the river Gambia, upon which occasion lie established some salutary regulations, and ex tended to the settlers ull the rights and privileges of the English Constitution, lie also fncilitated the adoption of arrangement. for introducing the traffic in gum, a branch of trade which cannot NI to be at tended *all the greatest benefit ; and which appears In be not only practicable, but of easy acquisition. Upon his return to Sierra Leone, a public dower was given to him, the first entertainment of the kind, as we learn from the speech of the Chief Justice, that Intel ever been witnessed in the colour, A Ilaailiurgh Paper has asserted (hot without stating the authorit ), that the King of SWEDEN has addressed a Itescript to the Committee of the States of the Kingdom, proposiii,,, ,, to sell the Island St. Bartholomew the West Indies, and to apply the proceeds of the sale to the/ liquidation of the old debt of Norway. This intelligence has, bow ever, been since declared wholly destitute of foun dation. THE BRF n s H PRESS. LONDON, SATURDAY. JuLir 18, 1818. A dinner was given by the friends of Sir Mua• RAY NI AXIVELL, at WIMA'S Rooms, on Thursday. It would have been rather awkward to celebrate the defeat of the gallant Knight. The fete was there fore entitled to he in honour of the principles on which he had otkred himself a Candidate for the Representation of the City of Westminster. These principles the Noble Chairman, Lord F. BEN.. TINCI, avowed to be n steady opposition to the doctrine of universal suffrage and annual Parlia ments, those dangerous innovations attempted un der the specious colour of Reform. If this be a true representation of the gallant Captain's views, it must be confessed that in offering himself a Can didate fur IVestininster, he undertook a work of supererogation, und his proffered services were very properly rejected. Neither Sir Ssinuer. HOMO.? nor Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, the two successful Can didates, advocate the cause of annual Parliaments and universal suffrage, and they are as fully compe tent us the gallant Captain to protect the country against these dangerous innovations. Sir S. Ro m t 1.1. T, in his Address, thanking his Constituents for placing him ■t the head of the poll, said his thanks were not to be expressed by north., they were to be expressed by actions—not on that hustings, but within the walls of the House of Commons. The way wa4, by a faithful discharge of the important duties of a Representative/ of the People—by an assiduous attention to the intercity of the public— , by resisting all attacks upon the Freedom of the l'rr>s, Trial by iiiry, and the Habeas Corpus, the gre,ii bulwark of the Constitution—by resisting any attempts to substitute, in place at that Govern. it appears by en Address issmd by General MAcAt; Lux (the unsuccessful Candidate). that the merit. of the late Election for the borough of Star ford will undrrgo a scrutiny on the esermbling of Parliament. The Petition will not affect the seat of Mr. lit:Niro:v. On yesterday st'onight, ut the nomination of Members for Glainurgaiishire, Sir C. COLE with drew, in consequence of a threatened opposition. The Honourable BOOrn GREY, HMI J. EDWARDS, of Met)la, were proposed. 51r. EDWARDS, iu his address. declared his determinutio►► to sup lion Whig principles and the independent n►terrst. Mr. GREY afterwaid4 withdrew. It. BLAKI.MORE ; H.q. objected to Mr. EDWARDS as a representative, because lie was in the profession of the law. This drew from Mr. EDWARDS an explanation, that he had only continued Ina business in order to establish therein a deserving young mars whom he had brought up front a child, and mbsequently taken into partnership. Mr. I/LA.OIIORa then put a direct question, whether Mr. E. would now pledge I * elf to retire from business, ►n the event of this election ?—Mr. EDWARDS—" I (10 ; and in the first 'Nun that 11.4111i41 WI application shall be made to withdraw my name f►otn the Court of King's lieuch. I hta distinct pledge gave universal satis faction; unit Mr. EDWARDS'S election at Bridge end, on blonday, is certain. 3 :N \'''‘\`\. • 4 1 4 1 '14 - ( 14 4 . 1 1- 4 01 • • • • :y ' 0..14 t do. : •- _._; 7 )„. 4te ! s r C . a . ;t s e( o PARIS PAPERS. PARIS, JULY 14. The King transacted business yesterday with the Duke of Richelieu, Nliiiister for Foreign Affairs. Ili* Excellency on leaving lois 3lajerty's Chamber, went to pay his Court to his Royal Highness Mon birnr. Lord Welliegton had a ronference yesterday with the Duke of Richelieu and the English and Spanish Ambassadors. The Journal el'aistrn of the Bth of July says— " The beautiful cork-tree forests, which extend from Barlarde to the village of Podeisis, are ravag ed in a desperate manner by an infinite number of caterpillars, arising from the class of butterflies call ed liombiee dirparate. After having devoured not only the leaves of the cork-trees. but also the mast of this and the nest year (the fruit of lie cork-tree oppears one year before it ripens), our maize, millet, forage. and all ..UP fruit have low conic their prey. Some flocks have been already poisoned, their pasturage being infected by these insects. The habitations in the neighbourhood of these trees are tilled evi•li caterpillars, and no longer serve as an 11%3.1 for their unhappy pro prietors. Even the vines scattered here and there over our sandy Pull have not been spared. Per haps our misfortune, when made known through your Journal, may induce some of those estimable men, who are occupied in political economy, to ap prise us of some memos of destroying the chrysalides now forming, and which hold out a dreadful pre sage to us. KEIV, J VI.s Last evening, after (1" r, the Duchess of GLOUCEsTeIt. the Princes* A ittnysTA, the Doke ■od Doylies* of CLARENCE. Ike Duchess of MEI. NINGEN, and their suites, took Nod airing in two cruises and four in Kew , and Richmond Gardens. This morning the Ducl►e,a of Iit.ut•CESTLR and the Princes* A uotnit.t took so airing in :to open Ctlf.• Tinge through Richmond Ciardetis, &c. The Duke owl Duchess of YORK arrived today on N visit to tl►e Qtivr.N. The Duchess or Csoucts•ri . r. left to-day for London, to meet the Duke us, his arrival from Cheltenham. THF. QUEEN.—The report of the QcrRN yester day was—" Der MAJESTY has had a good night, and is much the same to-day." The Duke and Duchess of YORK left town ye terday morning to pay their respects to the QUEEN at Krw. The Doke or Ci.necEsTrAt arrived in town at an early h yrsirrolny non g from Ow The Duchess orriveil trot. Kew in the afternoon, to meet the Duke at Glitticesitr-homer. Yesterday the Duke and Dlehr-,: CIA FtCYCF. w•cornpauierl by the Docile-% of XIV! IN N(EN, left town about ten n'clta . k fur Busily k, to view the alterations and introvettients waking there, where they partook of sonic refreshment, anal in the even log returned to town, and bad N party to dinner, at Clarence House, St..l.ories's Palace. The 1)oke t.fSti•SCX, the Earl of WESTMORLAND. and a great number of Nobility and Nlititioy t)tli:•ers culled esterday to inquire after Ike hr,aJtlr u 1 J;ujnr FITZ 121,4RENCE. The answer wow, that he is as well as could be expected, utsel.frer from fryer. Yesterday taunting Prince I,Eoro ID visited the Dake and Ducl:ess of Ex . '', at Keiwitigtusta Pithce. Netiterday aft•rnonn 1..r.0r0 siceorn. ',soled by the Doke of Gi.ort•EbTEtt, ribiled the Doke owl Doeiirsi of YORK, io St, Jausto.'s Polace. Yr-terday intoning, A little leefore eleven the Duke and Duchess of Cu M gee 1.X24 Li left St. s hmes's Psl..re (iernmny, secompained by the Princess of Sous's. They were attended by Mrs. Captaiii JONES On the.Dochess, Cllntllin JONES and Major Poi'Era on the ()tike s and MIA. COOPER, the English Gov...mess to the Princess of SOILS'S. The itoyol party were to pri , ceed yesiersia to Dover, from %heitue the itnyal yin lit 14 In convey thew In Calais. Their Royal Higlines.rs proceed to the German Spa, where • house ha. been prepared fur their re ception. Their Rii3 al highnesses remain there time, tend then pieceed on a short tour. The Duke and Duchess have behaved in the most liberal and handsome 'shunter towards their do mestics; they have taken ad with them who were agreeable to acconiphoy them, and they have not discharged soy. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of KENT and suite honoured the Coburg Theatre last night with their presence, in consequence of the great satisfaction which the Duke and Duchess of CASIDniDGE, the Lisidgrave of II ESSIE CASSEI., and the Princes his sous expressed at the perform ance on the preceding night. The Royal box was decorated in the some manner as on the pre, ceding eternity. There was a gourd of honour stationed at the door to receive them. As soon as the 'Royal Pair were ushered into their box by the Manageis, the curtain rose, and the whole of the performers sung 64 God save the King" in excel lent style, in which they were joined in chorus by the whole company standing and uncovered. Tile colic:hailing terse, composed by Mr. BRYANT, " /hi/ to the happy pair," was sting with great effect, and met with the greatest applause from the whole of the undience ; the house was very full, and the boxer; were crowded with beauty nod fishing'. The Duke was dressed in a blue cost, close buttoned up to his heck, and his star ; the put:liras wa. dressed in at pink silk slip, over which she wore a white robe of lace, a white silk hat turned rip its front, with two pink ostrich feathers, and a bunch of urtificial flowers, diamond neck-lace and ear-rings, and white gloves. The Doke and Duchess of RUTLAND NM fa. mily are • xpected to leave town on Monday next fur Brighton. The Marellioness DE NADAII •LAC was safely delivered of two sons on 'Thursday, at her lathes's, Nlr. hlgTeteEt.L's house, Charles-street, Berkeley square. We are happy to add, that her Ladyship mini her infants are in a fair way of doing well.— The Marquis orrived ten Wedneaday from Paris. Sir MuItRAY Maiwst.s., at the dinner given in compliment to him by lies friendP, at Rooms., on l'huisrloy, noticed the pretensions of lies several compelitors fiir the representation of Wes•minster. Alluding to the Hon. O. KiNNAIRD, thee gallant Knight said—" Another person was lint forward, who WHY designated as a mill-stone roared the neck of Sir FKANCIs BURDETT. He never lend any idea of the pondcrosity of that gen tleman. lie never looked upon bins as any thing more than is Acotcle pebble, variable, smooth, send sparkling, but without much value." Mr. LAKE'S horse Seymour, Bst. 111 b. is match ed against Mr. UDNICS Corinne, Bst. 518. set the Second Newmarket October Meeting, lor 200 gs. li. ft. We are requested to state, that with respect to a paragraph which appeared iu two Mornip g Papers of Thurbilay, relative to au affair between Mr. Cott and • Mr. SMITH, that nu challenge was accepted by Mr. SMITH, as stated by Mr. BRADFORD; and that Mr. RR►DFORD, the par', giving information of the circumstance at Hutton. pardon Office, is au entire stranger to Mr. COLE and his friends. It is said considerable sums ore pending whether the Allire. Sovereigns at Aix-In-Chapelle w:II de cide upon the European Army quitting France, Wore the Allied Sovereigns at Coo:wis Hail determine who is to choose the Claret, Port, or 31adeirs, iii this capital Lottery of mil) , 8,000 Tickets, with Two Prizes of 30,0001. Two of 2,0001. &c kc —and as there are 111:1 fixed Priem, all may Ls diawa WI the 4th lint Month. 1 / 4 %.' ''~. ~ ~Jt l 'i ~ 'FASHIONABLE P.4kTIES. Lord and Lady Holland had a select party at dinner yrs. Irrdsy, at Holland House. ' Cuwnte.s Lieven bad a select party yesterday evening, at ber Iwinie in Harley street. The Dowager Countess of Clermont had * card party yes. terday evening, at her house in Berkeley.square. The EMI and Countess of Coventry gave a superb enter tai ggggg ens yesterday, at their residence, Piccadilly, to the Prima! Regent. The distinguished party to meet his Royal Highness were—the Marquis and Marchioness of iYurces• ter, the Marquis of Heartfort, the Earl of Yarmouth, Lout James and Lady Emily Murray, Lord Keith, Colonel and Lady Cotton, Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, ■nd Colonel Bei ke ley. The inaguificeitt and rosily service of gold and biitt'' plate was used on tier occasion. I'he•Dneheu of Meioingesi will give a grind entertain • ment this day to the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, soil large party of distinguished personages, at Greillon's Hotel The Earl and Countess of Loundale entertained the Ear. and Cutrotese of Chatham, and a party of distinction yeah' day, at their house, Charles-street, Berkeley-square. PASMONARLE ARRIVALS and DEPARTURES . The Marquis of Eieter arrived on Thursday at normal's Berkeley.squnre, from his seat in Lincolnshire. • Lord and Ludy Alison, arrived on Wednesday eremne at their house in St. Jainees.square, from their seat in Stal furilshire. Lord and Lady G. H. Cavendish nod family have left lona fur their kcal, Lammers. turd and Lath Chirrup left the Pulteney Hotel, yesterday, fur their seat in Sussex. Lord and lady Castlereagh have left town fur their seat, North Clay, Kent- • Dcpaikleircs from the Waterloo Hotel, lermyn-street : the Earl of Clanwilliam fur North Cray, on a visit to Lord and Lady Castlereagh; G. Wakefield, Esq. to juin his family on the Continent. Arrivals at Cook's Hotel, Albemarle-street :—Lord How ard, front Berta.; Colonel and Mrs. Parker, from their seat in eheshkre; Lady Hervey and family, from the Continent; and Mr. Ellice and family, from ditto. Departures from ditto:—\lr. and Mho. 'PresUrir, to their scat in Scotland; and Sir John and I.ldy Sincicir on a tour. The Earl of Harewood left ton-Non Thursday, for York shi. r. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dawson have left town for Hastings. BRITISH INSTITUTION. The Institution continues to receive that attrac tion end patronage to which the valuable collection of pictures it contains so eminently entitles it. Moses trampling on. the Crown of Pharaoh—from the (Weans Callection.—By NI. Pousst sr. This picture, which is from the Bedford collec tion, Iris received much praise.. It deserves the highest credit for fine drawing and excellent gronp lug. Litt the principal figure is deficient in that commanding energy which the subject requires —it seems to have suffered a little in parts from sect dent. Sa/valor ',lunch.— By LEONARDO DA VINCI. A floe specimen of that dignified and common& ing expression for which this great artist was, i n his day, unrivalled. It is the property of Mr. J. P. i Es. A Sea Shore, with Horses and Figures the last picture painted hg the Muster. From the Royal Collection at Madrid.—By PH. WOU W EOM AN. This is an excellent picture. from Lord C. TOWNSHEND'S well-selected collection ; the land mope is beautiful, and the figures inimitably drawn. Boots Smoking.—By A. BRAuwER. Subjects of this ordinary description have been so often pirsented to the public from the pencils of . the' Dutch artists, that they have long since lost the interest they were wont to excte. This picture, like other representations of similar subjects, pre sents not only an astonishing freedom of pencil, but • ro trues,' of execution which not often accom panies it. The expression of the figures is broad and humorous, and the colouring strong and ap propriate. It is from the collection of the Duke Of WELLINGTON. The Interior of a Chamber, with a Lady at her l'oilette.—By G. Ml Tzu. _ . . It is impossible to exceed the minute representa tion of the toilette in this picture ; the artist has imitated the very texture of the silk, &c. It would be in vain to deny praise to the patient and laborious effort■ of the artist to give the striking air of truth to his delineation of the most ordinary piece of furniture and its decorations ; but the great sacrifice of time required for this purpose is ill repaid by success in such laborious trifles—they are never gained in this manner but at the expense of higher objects. This picture, which is one of the hest by METZU, is from the collection of Mr. WM. SMITH. His own Portrait, in the character of Paris. By VANDYKE. _ _ There is little of poetical feeling in the compo sition of this picture, nor is the colouring by oily means equal to his general manner: it waists the breadth and grandeur of his best style. Perhaps the talents of the artist sunk under his modesty when applied to the representation of himself, and in such a character too. Sea Piece.—By VANDEVELDE. This sea view is in the artist's best manner : the colouring is extremely good, and the general edict well managed. An Old Woman reading.—By Fe.. MIERIS. Herr again, as in Myrzu, we have an infinity of pains taken upon every trifle, at the expense of that free execution which is es►ential to the effecti‘e cultivation of the higher branches of art. We be lieve it is of Mims that the story is related, that he was fifteen days closely engaged in painting a small broom lying near a cottage door, amid had not then entirely finished. it. What would Kt:- JENS have said to this (To be eoetheued.) The farmers in the pariah of Pembrey, in Car. marthenshire, have already begun to cut tlitir crops of burley, which prove remarkably tine in quality• Pease are harvested in some parts of the Isle of Tnanet, and many fields of oats are nearly ready for the scythe ; the crops of each of these grains is short• but the wheats throughout that Island never had a wore luxuriant appearance, and will be ready tor reaping in ten days or a fortnight, if the scathe. continuer dry. i~