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Mlos Adcock. After which a favourite s.dig by Mr. Gibbon. To r ..... dude with a new mrio-nrams. railed AVERIEV: r. bINTY VEARIC SINCE. With new allude, Scenery Orestes. and Decoration& ROYAL. IPAi ; XITALI,. Y-morrew Evenine. FRIDAY. A4ust A SPLENDID GALA FETk. Under the eq.celal Patronage of his Majesty. Thewhok of t .f var'ed and popular anitteements.whleh have been the sidnalra , ton .many thousand visitors nightly, will be riven on Vts mime magnificent wale as usual. Including a Grand Concert of Yard and Iv nruwental Musk. and a succession of Entertainment., frank EWA t.!: Twelve ,flocks to conclude with a brilliant Irlee.Works, In the midst of which the Voting American will wake Ina heti& AWVI:t and Dewent on the Tight Rope. Dos open at Seven.-Idtoiltaion 3a. 134. I , I I INS SiIITIIIII Pans COIIIIIIOICCII fiublisltinc yesterday marl:fug at a quarter past five o'clock. LONDON, THURSDAY, AuGusr 26, 1623. We have received the following letter from our Paris torrespor‘lent. In another communication he informs us Vint his Must Christian Majesty is in a very alarming state of health, and that every precaution is used to conceal the fact from the knowledge of the public. So many and such et:Tartans results depend on the life of Louis XVII!. at Ws critical period, that it is difficult to anticipate the cousequences that wottldl follow the event of his decease. TIT fall of M. de Villcle would most probably be the first. PAILIS. Arc. 23. Vern' lay Louis XVIII. received, at eleven o'clock, Count Ardigne, nn his appointment as First President of the Cows cd'Amnrs, and 3lonsicur Desconles u Fint President of Court at Poitiers. After Mare, his Majesty received the utistna State, Prince Talleyrand, the Grand Dignitaries, the Marshals, Lieutenants(lucre's aril other Military Officers. the Pope's Nuncio, and the Neap 1.-. a Ambassador. Ilia 3lajesty r.lt ride out. Tbe Duchess of Derry is expected to return to limy to-morrow, 1. - cm her journey through Normandy. Oa Wednesday, the tsth, the floe of Saint Louis, the usual distr'.' , ation to the populace. of wine and eatables, will take place C:amr, Elysk-s, for which great preparations are maLirg. Hands of music will he asseitiblvil in different parts. to accompany the different Sp./ler/et and other amusements which will he pre par rd for the celebration of this grarule fife. The gardens of the Tore:aim, and the Ci.amps Elyst"tes, an well as all the public build imss i Paris, will, in the evening, exhibit a splendid variety of co , tared lamps. A general illumination by the inhabitants will ids" 11i! place. At nine o'clock, esaimiticent fire.worke will be displayed at the entrance of the Champs Elysties. Vetlerday Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg visited the grand gal. ,irthr Louvre. and the Saloons prepared for the exhibition of r t.atic;:s of living artists, which will be opened to the public on Plc tlrb. His 'Royal Highness was accompanied by Count Ler- Itenov. Governor of the Palais des Tuileries. The Ccurt of Assizes at Versailles has lately condemned a man st.mard Combos, a native of A veyron, to eight years' imprison ment in irons, and to be branded with a hot iron, for having been fa::tab in possession of a forged diploma, constituting him Doctor to' Medicines and likewise for assuming, without authority, the e'en of the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour. He was farmers; a Priest, but left the Church for the Laboratory. Tisc Cicerone, a new literary Jenrnal, was so mutilated by the tk.atare on Saturday, that it was impossible it could make its ap p:srarce. The sentence which gave offence was the following, caotaitad in a critique on the new tragedy of Edon a Cyntostoein, rawer:log in Paris :—•• To understand this piece, and the emel t' ra committed by the Infidels, we must forget the martyrs a barn Cidstian Cherub has sacrificed." The Lo-grette, Poodore, and Corwin, have each becci fined, for artizles respectively introduced into them, and a long trial has hoe:• c-rrying on a,,ttainst the if t ;Atypic, far the political offence of b tying employed illusions, dashes, stars, &c., but • judgment was Lawn a few days ago by a Jury of Not Gritty. This unpalatable V.TIIIA so irritstedtbe Ministry, that the Censure was innnett,,telv r since' in all its rigour. and titeir destructive scissars have now no mercy on those who fall undo their non lie. r. Thor decision is witiltut aprcal. .t re?rity raniphlet called Cie PJffOrTM4, oa Notujejuf a p,. containing a table of discoveries, inventions, curiosities. e ,s I.:crary and scientific. &e. appeared yesterday with ten blank psi" The whole itnpression should have contained thirty-two. .‘ mast st•tguiar and distreasir.; Areumstanee occurred yesterday Para. The son of H. le Tillers, has ing had occasion to go to St. I ecormlo rnm mercantile concerns, returned, after a long absence, to Ibranze. On entering his paternal roof, he New to his father's arms, when his feelings were so suddenly and so strongly over. ;$ tweed, thet he fell at his fiat and instantly expired. iii 1 . i. % We subjoin, from private correspondence of the t'Airr:er Fr.,oesis, an interesting account of the present state'or Spain. and particularly of the landing of the t'on sttitionaiists, under Torrijos, at Tarifa. This affair seems to excited consi&railc alarm in the Spanish Govern ment. The feelings of the population may be aacertaincil the fact, that no opposition whatevir appears to have h.ocn offered to Torrijos. It a•as nut judged safe to em ploy the Spanish troops at St. Ruch to suppress the it:sor rel:dim. The only native soldiers Torrijos met with joined Ws. If there bad been no French garrison at Cadiz, another revolution u:ight have resulted from the isms sion of this handful of men. It bat at any rate eh...! cided the absolute and immediate dependence of Fen li nantl's authority on the presence of the French army. The Constitutionalists, or malcontents, are evidently the im mense majority of the population, no part of whom can to trusted with arms to subdue an insurrection, though the country is garrisoned with French troops. A rumour is mentioned of a Congress of Sovereigns at Milan, at which Ferdinand is to be present in person. The subjugation of the American States still swims in the heads of the Allies, and fills them with desire. That some plot is hatching we have no doubt ; and that the French Government is either partici pant or cognisant of the meditated attempt, we have as little hesitation in of inning our belief. There has of late been a mysterious activity in the French navy. The pending cc gociations for the new Spanish loan, the known and avowed feelinp,s and wishes of the French Ministet ial Papers, and the projected Congress, seem obviously to point at the same conclusion, which will be prevented only, if at all, by the failure of pecuniary ability in Ferdinand and his royal and imperial friends. We hope and trust at least that no Englishman will be found to take any share in the raising of a loan intended to be applied to the injury of the com merce of his country, to the destruction of the liberty and happiness of a vast continent, and to the renewal of the atrocious cruelties and massacres perpetrated by the blood thirsty Morino in his Venezuelan campaigns. . - M ADUID, AUG. 12. The approaching departure of the Royal Family for one of the royal residences in the provinces, and the disembarkation of the ex-general Torrijos, at Tarifa, are now the exclusive subjects of th conversations in our saloons. I The day before yesterday orders were ser.t to make preparation for thejourney of their Majesties and the Infants to the royal Tali : dence of St. Ilidelphonso. The day of their departure is fixed for, the 17th. The Royal Family will sleep the first night at the Es curial, and on the morrow at their journey's end. Their Majesties will rest some days at La Granja, and from thence, accompanied by a small number of attendants, they will proceed to Burgos. The Infants, with their consorts, will remain at St. Ilidelphonso. Our politicians are busy in forming conjectures as to the journey to Burgos. Some say its object is only to have an interview with the father of her Majesty the Queen ; others pretend to know from , good authority, that their Majesties will undertake • journey to Milan, where • congress, it is said, will be held, at which severs I European Sovereigns will be present. We are fathom presuming! to guarantee the truth of news of this importance ; we only state , the fact of the journey to Burgos, which, to judge from the pre-' potations made in that town for the reception of their Majesties, will, in all probability, be undertaken with the shortest delay. As to the enterprise of Torrijos, the following is all that we can state positively r---" For four days past we have observed that the government has receives, couriers from Andalusia, and despatched others to that province. Within this short space of time, four privy Councils of Ministers have been held, over which the King in per. son has presided, and at which the Governor and Fierals of tha Council of Castile have been present. The cause of these meet ings and of the movements of the couriers, is certainly the landing at Tarifa, and on sonic other points within the lines of the camp o St. loch, effected by eight hundred officers and soldiers of the dis banded Cjnstitutional armies, having at their head the ex-General Torrijos, who was lately ;at Gibraltar. This handful of men have attempted to excite the inhabitants to insurrection against the existing Government. In some villages in the mountains of Ronda the Constitutional stones have been again erected, and Torrijos has distributed 3000 muskets among the people. The silence of the Journals as to this event has not a little aintri -luted to exaggerate its importance ; but the contents of two letters from respectable and trustworthy persons will give the best idea of the truth. The first, dated from Cordova, says—" General Torri . jos, with 1,800 men, recruited at Gibraltar, has landed at the camp of St. Roch. These troops are well informed, and in no want of arms. Torrijos has with him the Ex-Colonel of Artillery, Gidwitz, land an Ex-Poiitic.il Chief called Lechuga. In the first village ((Emma) into which these troops entered they killed three monks and two priests who unfortunately fell into their hands. Their fits* object was to set up again the Constitutional stone. From thence this band proceeded to Tarifa, where some soldiers of the garrison joined Torrijos, who traversed the country, and laid the villages under contribution. The news we have received to-day informs wa, that the measures taken by the General Commandant of St. !loch, O'Donell, and the intelligence given to Torrijos, that the French troops sent from Cadiz were rapidly approaching him, had induced 'aim to take the resolution of re-embarking. This body has everywhere spread their proclamations, and we are told that the con. spiraey had ramifications not only in several parts of Andalusia, but even at Seville. Some persons have been arrested on suspicion." The other letter, which is from Carmona, and of a later date than the preceding, announces that " the expedition of Torrijos con lusts of COO men, who have with them upwards of 2,000 stand of arms. The machinations of this Chief still continue, because his hand has been reinforced by • great part of the garrison of Tarifa wbo have ranged themselves under his standard. A considerable number of malcontents have also landed on other puha' of the Camp of St. loch, and in about forty villages in the mountains of Ronda, the Constitutional stone has been replaced." The dissolution of the Royal Guard is expected to tako place in a few days, when it will be re.urganised on a new plan. A Royal decree on this subject has already been prepared. The Duke de l'lnfantado is discharged from the general direction of the corps, and General Zambranu has been named as Commander of the in. Pantry of the New Guard ; General Tours has received the command of the cavalry of the sante corps. In a few days, a Junta of Generals are expected to submit to his Majesty the alterations to be made in the regulations by which the guard of Charles 111. was mg./MA.4I, and the New Guard wl3 be furrow! on a revel plan. Though the Ministry of War, M. Cruz, transacts business daily with the King, it is generally believed that the Captain-General 31. Carvajal, will ere long receive the purileoille of die Wu De., pigment. On depriving the Duke dc Plnfantado of the. command of the Grard, the King raised him to the rank of Captain-General of the Royal Army ; the Duke, however, considers himself disgraced, and has retired into private life; be is no longer seen at the Pa. lace, where he wu accustomed to be daily near the King and t Royal Family. It it rumoured, that (tilers have been given to arrest the Count d'Ofalia; but the cause of so rigorous a mea sure is rot stated. The report is repeated, that It has been resolved to vise dun r egiments of rrotrincial Militia, in addition to the tire regiments which hare already been armed arid equipped. The Royalist Volunteers, with several tlelil-picces, set out lately from zieville, pursuit ef some considerable bands of utaleort contents, which oremsn that province. The Pope, moved by the extreme state of misery and total depri ration in which the monks who secularised themselves in Spain are now plaeol, has ordained that all those who desire to retake the and reel= to their original convents, tnay demand a Bull for this purpose, which will be granted to then,. At the same time, his i h invites the Bishops and Archbishops to point out the i churelnx in their dioresoi into which those who desire to contLue in the same state of secularisation, may be admittcil. The Apos tolic Nuncio in Spain is also authorised by the Holy Father to mini azil dispel the differences that have arisen h::t wee' the Government and the Bishops of Canhagena and Astorga. These Prelates were appointed to their Sons during the Constitu tional Regime, and roecived their bulls from Rome. The ex isting Oovarnment enjoined them to cease their functions in the mintinirration of their dioceses ; and the first was sent to the Penitentiary San Pedro, and the second to • convent in Galicia. On rceciving this order, they addressial their complaints to the Roman Pontiff; and in consequence the Pope, as I hay. before stated, has charged the Nuncio with they arrangement of the affair. An in, has been whipped by the common eaccutkir.cr, fur the crime of blasphemy. fly &dykes received yesterday from Ccpenhagen we learn that s commercial convention between Crea: Britain and Denmark was concluded on the IGtl► of June, by Count Molkc, the Danish Ambassador in Loudon, and Mr. ('arming, by which the ships of the two nationa will henceforth be treated on the same footing in the ports of the two S:ates c.'spectively. We congratulate the cotn mere:. %vatlJ. or. the inmasii:g spread of liberal, princ:ides in the intercourse of nations. The part taken by his Ma jcLty's Government, in the practical introduction of these ' mutually benelleis . measures for the regulation of f reign trade, entitles them to the praiso and gratitude of all man kind. When a great and jealous power like England is thus found ready to dispense with her exclusive advan , tags, in order to throw open to friendly States the full benefits of a direct and unshackled exchange of commodi ties, we might reasonably expect to sec what we are now witnessing. Minor and less wealthy nations could hardly hesitate to follow the example which it was. by the intern , gence of this ccuntry, considered safe to set. The Chriniefe, which for some time has Leen bolding only the lan;ttage of despair with respect to the Colombian army in Peru, begins, we observe, to be ashamed of its alarms, and yesterday published to the world the impoi taut discovery, as a part, we presume, of the early and exclu sive infer:nation belonging to that journal, that " the 'situation of General Bolivar in April last does net appear to be so desperate as the anxiety of some Englishmen for his prosperity has induced them to suppose." We know not what " Englishmen" the Editcr alludes to, for we really have not heard of any of our countrymen who have 1 considered the situation of Bolivar as in any respect " des perate." Why is this desire manifested to shift the absurd apprehensions of the Cl,r.nicie on to the shoulders of " some Englishmen ?" The fact is, that the fears of the Editor of the Chronicle had been worked upon by an artful supply of documentary matter, accompanied by specious reprcacntations at a moment of some uncertainty. The victory announced in the " noted Guayaquil letter" had turned out in his judgment to be a fabrication, and he was with little difficulty iuditoed at once to exclaim :—" The truth is, Bolivar's position In Peru is precarious, and tha fact cannot be disguised, nor ought it to be withheld from the British public." And in furtherance of this supposed duty of making known dangers and dissensions which never existed, he also announced that " great clamour" bad been raised by the relatives of the Colombian officers, and men who , were sent " on this distant service ;" and on the authority lof the Marquis of Torre Tagle, who, baying just be trayed the high political trust reposed in bins by his coun i trymen, by joining the Spaniards, had the assurance to call upon them to " fellow the example of an honourable citizen," the Chronicle undertook to give a f•ithful version of the feelings and sentiments of the Peruvians, which were accordingly alleged to be decidedly hostile to the in ' terference of Bolivar. The Chronicle, however, has now found out that the authority of a notorious and self- I acknowledged traitor, is net the soundest test to estimate the disposition of the people whom he has deserted, and that Bolivar's position, far from being perilous, was power. ful and commanding over the territory of which the royalists, by the treason cf Torre Tagle, had obtained temporary possession. The last accounts left the Colom bian Liberator advancing with a veteran army of 10,000 men upon the Spanish General Canterac, whom, It is very probable, he has surprised and defeated, by one cf those expeditious movements for which this able commander is celebrated. The Colombian army was in the best state, both as to zeal, discipline, and equipments. The next 'advices will probably inform us of the final downfal of the Spanish power in Pert:. If, however, we are too sanguine in our expectations, aiul if yet some further time should elapse without the confirmation of our hopes, let not the Chroniel• again fall into one of its fits of despair, and prognosticate disaster because success is not immediate; and above all, never let it again libel any portion of the South American people, by suffering itself to be per suaded to represent a public traitor like Torre Tagle, as " a man of the greatest influence among his cowl trymen." THE KING. There have hen frequent rumours lately of the King's intention to visit the Coati:tot. His Majesty is at pre sent at the Royal Lodge ; and from some well-suCiemicated sources of information we possess, we tray, we think, con fidently assert tint his Majesty will not go abroad, or, indeed, take ercn any domestic or aquatic excursion, this year. WINDSOR, Avacsr 25. His Majesty takes his daily airing in the Park, occa sionally on horseback. Yesterday Flgham Races commenced. The race-course was very numerously attended, and was honoured with the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, the Duchess of Glouce.tcr, and Prine:ss Augusta. The Royal patty went from Frogmore, the residence of the Princess Au gusta, to the rzus, and returned there to dinner. This morning the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Prinetss Augusta, arrived at the Castle, in the Princess Augusta's carriage, where Mr. Wyatt, the architect, engaged for the alterations and improvement:, and Mr. Matthews, the clerk of the works, were in attendance, who explained to the Royal party the extensive works which are proceeding. The Royal party returned to Fropnare, and soon after one o'clock again left Frogmore for the Egham race-course. The Royal party returned to Fzogmore to dinner after the races, which were also numerousl•• attended with company from London, and other parts, the weather proving extremely favourable. The Duke of Gloucester dined with his Royal Sister, the Princess &riga Matilda, yesterday, at her residence at Blackheath. MR. CANNINJ ANTI Tilt. Manures WELLnat.r.v.—lt is rutnoured that Mr. Canning has arrived in this city, and is at present at the Vice-Regal Lodge. and that the Duke of Wellington is hourly expected. On two days during the past week the troops were under arms till a very late hour, it Is said. in expectation of his Grace's arrival— /riot+ Times. [Mr. Canning is confined to his residence by indisposition.—EJ. Br. Pr.] We regret to state that Mr. Canning is confined at Glou miter Lodge, by a severe bilious attack, but we learnt that the Right lion. Secretary was yesterday better. Ile is at tended by Dr. Holland. We understaml that an official person from the Spanish Government has made application to our Government to purchase frigates, to which they have given a decided re fusal. The same person, however, has, we understand, been surveving Intdianten and ships of a large class, respect ing which be has taken the particulars, and left town for Paris last night. Utters have been received from Valparaiso, dated the 31st of May. Front theta we leant, that the Chilien ex pedition against the island of Citiloe, under General Freyre, had miscarried, as several of the transports bad rc'nrnel, and apprehensions were expressed for the safety of the re mainder. No pnblie notice on the subject had been issued' by the Government. Mr. Rowcroft, the Consul-General for Peru, had arrived at Santiago, having erossetl the con tinent front Buenos Ayres, with considerable danger and difficulty. Ile was to proceed to Lima forthwith in his Majesty's ship Cambridge. The accounts front that city come down to the 19th of April, at which time the I S'paniards were in quiet possession. The Spaniard. in Lima had treated the commercial interest with forbearance. ' (Ia goods in store at Lima, a duty of I' per cent. had been imposed ; and by the new tariff, artieLs of importation in general were admitted at a duty of 33 per cent. On goods ' mitered for exportation, a transit duty of 10 per cent. was 'mposd ; but no Goods were allowed To remain longer than two months in the custom-house, without payment of the foil duty. No movements are mentioned on the part of the Colombian President, who remained his head-quarters at Traill). HAMI3CROII PAPERS. anilrargh Papers to the nth instant arrival yesterday. The following arc extracts : CHRTOTTANIA, Act:. 10. Fire days before the close of the Stonhing (on the 4th), M. Falbe, Councillor of State, delivered to it a very important message from his Majesty, on the subject of the absolute Veto, which his Majesty considers as so intimately connected with the stability and equilibrium of a Ilepresettatire Government, that no objections, founded on local circumstances, can weaken the farce of the princi. pies and facts in its favour. The Crown Prince, accompanied by the members of the Nor. wegian Gores.= ent„ repaired yesterday in pro,N ssion to the Stortlt. ing, to close the Session in person. Complinic , ling the Assembly on the laudable spirit manifested in the dAtinvations. his Royal i flightless regretted that the proposer, alteratl , as the Comstitu ti.m wi h respect to the Veto, &e. had not mat their approbation, but hoped that the objections to the proposal would be removed by explanations suisequctitly given. lie expressed his conviction that the rejection of the measure had not aribcn from any spirit of op. position, but from a fear of utakieg. prema:unly, changes in the Constitution. . _ . - The Princess Royal was prrent, as was also Sir Baojoatin Bloomfield, and many other foreigners of tlistirction. CorEwnAcrx, AUG. 14. - Our State Gazette contains the CANlVllerdal COlVtlitioll between Great Britain and Denmark. concluded on the 14th of June, by Count Mollie. our Ambassailm in London. andlr. Canning. by which the ships of the two nations shall henceforth be treated on the same footing in the ports of the two States respectively. AUGUPT 7. A Russian squadron. of two ships of the line and three hippies. ender the command of Admiral Crows, passed this city on Satur day. sailing towards the south. A Russian frigate, lately arrived hers from the Baltic, has sailed to the nonh. BreLiu. Arn.l7. On Sunday last Princess Louisa Augusta Wilhelinina Amelia, was betrothed at Ch:Jlottenburg, to Prince Frederick of the Ne therlands. EXCHANGES. Haim, won. Aro. !A.—London. 311 4; Two Mouths. 301 1. ST. PITEIIIIII.IIIIH. Ave. 6.—London. ; Paris, We l, FASIIIOA ABLE INTELLIGENCE. Mr. Greenwood entertained the Ihsager Duchess of Rutland and a select party at dinner rtsterilev. et ;Us riga. Old Br a mpton. The Marquis 4,,taign'uy has lett town for his tether's (tte Duke of Ratland's) seat. Cheveley Park. s'ionbridgeshire. Logy Eleanor Lowther I:tii left town for the Earl of Lonulales seat. Cotivemorr. Rutiar.dshire. General Conran arrived yesterday at the British Hotel, Jermyti. street, from Norfolk. R. Kelvins Esq., left town yesterday for his seat in Ireland. Mr. and Afri.. Ileasingberd arrived yesterday at Cook's Hotel, Albemarle-street. from Paris. Lewd George Leone: has left town for Susvex. Lord and I.sdy Nugent have left Twickenham for their scat, Utley', Bucks. Captain and Mrs. Hall have left town for the Isle of Wight. Arrivals at :.e London Hotel, Alhetuarle-strcet :—T. T. Drake, Esq.. M.P., and 3lrs. Drake, from their seat. ditnersbun, Bucks ; and Mr. and Mrs. Graham Bontine. fmm a tour. Arrival at Thomm's Hotel, Berkeley-square :—Captain and Mrs. Digby, front a tour. Departures—Lord Charles Fitzroy, for his seat in Suffolk ; and Lady Ilarvty, Mrs. Paulson, and Miss Caton. for Paris. Ames' yesterday at the Clarendon Howl, Bond street :—Geo. Pe:re. Esq.. (mu Lancashire. Departures—The Her. 111 r. Pep's, Countess Lindley, and Lady Charlotte Barkler, for Paris ; and Sir Tyrehit J 0111.211, Bart., for hi., seat, Stanley nail, Shropshire. The Lord Chief Justice left us on Friday night to sleep at Ashburton, and on Saturday Sir William Garrow ful -1 lowed to join him, and proceed together to dine with the Earl of Morley the nest day at his beautiful seat, Solemn, on their way to Plyinouth to visit the Break water, and other improvements which have of late render ed that town so much the resort of the fashionable. The learned Judges will of course proceed forthwith to open the Cornwall Commission this day.---On Fr:day their Lordships dine with Sir. T. Acland, at Killerton, and cpen at Wells on Saturday.—Exeter Paper. M. Rottboll, Attorney-General Advocate in the Su -1 preme Court, and Councillor of State, who died lately, very suddenly, has 1: ft SOO,OOO rix-dollars in silver, in Told) , money, the largeat fortune ever acquired by a Danish advocate. Lard and Lady Erskine and family leave Holmbrook for the hospitable Mansion of Walter Burrell, Esq. 51.1'. 'West Grinsted Park, on Saturday. where they will sojourn till their departure from England. Mr. Braham's benefit is fixed for Monday next. The performance of the very popular and musical piece of Der Frcisehutz will on that evening possess the attraction of the original Gaspar, who played the piece in Germany, when this opera was first produced, and when it ran fifty two nights successively inslitat musical country. Senecas WELLS.-1V c looked in here on Monday evening, and were much gratified to see every part of the Theatre occupied, particularly the boxes, which were filled with many persons of distinction ; and we were still more pleasCd at finding it for the benefit of one of the oldest and and most deserving favourites of the public, the reviver of pantomime—Joe Grimaldi—whose exertions and extraor dinary powers have been so many years the general theme of admiration and delight, and who has influenced the risible faculties of his auditory more often, and with greater success, than any other living artist. The new piece, entitled The Fatal Island, and the Hair of Fen r, was highly successful. It is exceedingly well got up. The Pantomime followed, in which J. S. Grimaldi played the (leen with a degree of excellence that in many parts re minded us of the wit and humour of his father. Barnes's Paetaheon is decidedly the best on the stage. In a scene selected for the purpose, Joe Grimaldi came forward to give his favourite song, " Hot Codlings," which was the principle novelty of the evening—not perhaps the song, but the re-appearance of this cotnic actor, after his severe indisposition. enson CAIVILE.—The works at Windsor Castle, in which his Majesty continues to take unabated interest, have already pro ct Med far enough to develop the meta l:ll4y of this venerable structure for magnificent impruve meet. The arrangement of the ancient building has been singularly, though fortuitously, adapted to the proposed alterations; fur upon completing the new opening in a direct line with the Long Vi alk, the grand entrance to the interior of the Castle was found exactly to correspond with the line of approach front Windsor Great Park. The Lodge of our late venerable Monarch being now completely removed, the workmen are employed in continuing a gra dual descent front the new entrance to the Long Walk ; but it is with much regret we learn that the cupidity of small proprietor prevents the immediate completion of this splendid improvement. If we are rightly informed, the price demanded for a small house and garden in the line of approach, at present unoccupied, and of 'to personal con-1 venienee to the owner, whose name we avoid conintunicat ing, is five thousand pounds, while the real value, we are assured, is from a thousand to fifteen hundred. The Com missioners arc said to have tendered two thousand five hundred pounds for immediate possession, which offer has been refused ; so the probable consequence will be, an un avoidable delay till Parliament shall have sanctioned the refetence to a * Jury, who will assess a fair compensation. One of the workmen at Windsor Castle, lately employed in excavating in the Castle-yard, found a large gold ring, which, front the inscriptions on it, proves to lie a ring be longing to lknry the Fourth. Sr. Lucia's Dey.—Vestenlay being the Festival of St. Louis, it was celebrated by the French in this metropolis. At ten o'clock in the morning they assembled at the French Ambasssador's Chapel, Little George-street, King-street, Portman-equare, where High Niue was celebrated. The chapel, with the addition cf some di:cora:lime for the cc aion, had a grand and solemn appearance. The service commenced at eleven o'clock. High Maas was celebrated by the Rev. Mr. Chene ' the High Priest, assiset dby the Rev. Mr. Larne, as Deacon, and the Rev. Mr. de la Porte, as Sub Dean, and six fine boys, in white surplices and silk sashes, as Alcolbes. The Priests were superbly dressed in rich embroidered silk vestments; the altar was ornamented with a profusion of cdorifcaous Cowers and lofty wax tapers : the smell of the burning incense, the loud %%eel' of the or gan, and tile fine singing of the choir (which consisted of route of the hen singers front 'the Italian Opera), had a most powerful and enchanting effect on the audience. The congregation was numerous and respectable, amongst whom were their Excellencies the French, Spanish, sail Portuguese Atubaesadors. The French Ambassador's suite came in three carriages, with splendid state liveries. All the French Nobles present wore splendid uniforms, or court dresses, and were decorated with the stars tend crosses of their different ranks. We also noticed several Noble men and Gentlemen, and a number of Ladies, of the Estab lished Church. The Peewit Ambassador afterwards gave a sumptuous dinner at his house in Portland-place, in Ito hour of the day. A Corn Exchange is about to be erected at Norwich, ABSTRACT OF THE EIGHTH REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS FON INQt7IIIIIIO INTO TNT COLLECTION AND MANAGENEN' OT THZ PUBLIC REVENUE ARISING IN IRELAND TO THE LOADS OT THL TREASUR E. ' The duties of Evcise in Ireland, except those charged wpm rite, continue to be levied under the sam e l aws as s t en our se,,,`„l Report was prevented to your Lordships. We then expressed opinion, that the mode of collection under these laws was der, o - , and objectionable in many respects; an opinio n w hi c h our why quent eliminations have trad e d to confirm In addition toe; information contained in the Appendix to the above-nica,ionw Report. in which the practices pursued in Ireland and Engla n d spictively, is fully explained and contrasted, we have received ( tic : the Conunissioners of t;xese in Ireland detail e d etatements raw, to the manner of charging the duties on licenses, leither. leper and malt, and very recently on the . rentatni9g Exci w tl ette ; 'in that part of the nited Kingdom ; auctions. tobsc eo , per hangings, glass bottles. mead, bonne-made wine, vinega r . It was our intention to have expressed our opinion on theft* of collecting each of these several duties in the same Rep ort; br the late period at which we merged the last-mentioned meter: and the time which is still requisite for the completion of o ar quirks, as to the dude; to which it refers, have determined us, a m t; a view to the convenience of the public. to call your Lon:Khios' tendon to those laws, only having reference to the excise 4p kr ment. which it appears to us essential to bring under the .nun c ia; consideration of the legislature. The Lsws to which we refer are those which affect quit rents.g e arid those under which the duties on leather, paper, paper banes and malt, are collected._____ _ QUIT RENTS. &c. The collect on of this revenue has been entrusted to the eseie department t and as it imposes obstacles to the in:mediate r.ssundi. thin of the duties of its officers, with those of Great Britain, u dn otherwise productive of much public inconvenience. it becomes d c . sirable that early consideration should be given to the suke ct . Front the Finance .Iccounts, it appears that the asticant fix tle last ten years has been as follows: Vois ended sth Januari, 1811 1814 1814 11117 1813 18IV 1821 . 1 , J22 1823 X 8.5.513 3 II 64 rod 5 114 64,244 2 DI 65.141 Ib r. c 6.781 wn 00.213 :' 112 59.139 Ib 4.1 lii 4 t i 6 1.3 1 4 ; 63.058 '7 The reserved rents, on account of which the above man ' haw been metre& are of various descriptions. Of these we shall gin such a brief enumeration as may explain the peculiar chanties -en which belong to the several kinds, and render our reanamendM c on the subject sufficiently intelligible. QUIT RENTS 're the rents reserved on the several grants made by ti:e Cron, of the lands forfeited during the rebellion of 1641. They are charged gt a certain amount . per acre, which var!n the several provinces, viz. t—ln Leinster it Is fixed at 3d. per Taw. lish acre. statute measure; Munster. 21d.; Ulster, 2d.: naught, lid. Thtir total annual amount rather exceMs and has nut materially varied during the last century. COMPOSITION RENTS Arise on lar.ds inthe province of Connaught and county of Cr! at the rate of los. for every quarter pert of a townland, and 2s. Gd. for every centron, in lieu of ens, impresses. and quartering wk.:. dins, to which these lands are subjected. The annual an:e.n.t of I this composition is about 11,000/. RENTS FOR PLUS ACRES Arise on the lands, which, either by accident or want of infor.. ation, were not grantee! away after the rebellion of lasi. In 17+13 those lands were confirmed to the pernms then in los. session, on their paying the same quit rents u were payable for th: lands previously granted by patent in the respective prosucts. CRO‘VN RENTS Are rents reserved on granting the demesne lands of the Crows, and those of tin monasteries suppresses! in the tidos of lit, ty the Eighth, dr. Under this head also are induskd certain rents re. served front time to time. in dm p aDes granting fairs and nvo. kets, ferries and fisheries. and the rents reserved on the grant of the six escheated counties in Ulster, forfeited by the Earl of Tyrozit rebellion. Their ant:nal amount is about 14.04.10!. RENTS FOR UNDISPOSED LANDS Arise on those lands, which, not being worth the full mud quit rent, are granted out fur limited periods by the Lord Leine. rant in Council, fur an rents that can be obtained for them, ande the statute of ;ld Ann, c. 8.. In 13141, his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland appoi-a ed Commissioners to inquire into the title, tenure, extent, and tisit of all lands, houses. &c. held under the Cruwn in Ireland oa dem minable leases. The Commissioners reported in detail on each separate estate, and on the Lith of March. 1823. made a gr ml Report on the sit b.;ect. which was presented to the House of tate. mats on the 11th of April, 1823. The annual value of the Crown lands, &e. in Ireland, b::,1 en determinable leases, Is stated in the Report last wird...cid to be-- I Present Rents. Recent Vale. C. s. d. Lands forfeited in 16 11 . - 456 6 1.9/3: 2 1 Ancient inheritance . . 23 0 0 3.as I Lands forfeited in 1688 - • 1,273 0 10] 5,194 11 Port cora tythes . . . 53 010 647 I) 0 Per annum £ I Ai; 17 8 1 11.066 15 In the Appendix your Lordships will find a detailed accented the arrears a these dit!erent rents, which are considered insedivz; amounting to 38,5801.95. 11d. These arrears arise principally tlost rectories, where the incumbents are deed, or have Inca renorol, and from latvls, the situation of which cannot be ascertained riled searching the public records, a proceeding, in consequences( the tees required. very expensive. The whole of the rents are, by the different paterts. made tin- able half yearly, viz, at Easter and 311eltaelman ; and the teliu •-e tea were, by the Act of 9 William 3, c. 31, required to be put the same tine: viz. On all rents fyom ss. to °os. N. W.. 20s. to 51. . . . Is. I. 51. to 131.. . . . Is. t. Above Ail.. . . Od. These fees were formerly part of the perquisites of the cotatott of Excise, until, on the increase of their salaries in the year 180, they were directed to be brought to the credit of the Ci - own is ac same manner as the King's rents. Notwithstanding the total revenue arising from tlicee nets is compsratively inconsiderable, the number of patents by which they have been reserved is 11,243. (11* these 11,005 arc u::der rd 2.295 under ten shillings. It is es ident, also, that on every tlsioa or subdivision of the lands described in each patent, the nan.b.l of individuals front whom the Crown has to collect is increased: :•+e number of small payments has, in consequence, become eve*: ingly troublesome, as well to the collectors of excise as to the kit& °veers. A class of persons called Quit Rent Drivers" are onus employes! by the former to enforce the payment of even the eve. rifting sums; distresses are also levied, and the legal and expenses are frequently . excessive. It is not surprising. under thce circumstances, that feelings of irritation should be excited bents the collectors and the landowners, tending materially to impede the due execution of the more important duties entrusted to flux ,e. cars of the revenuc, and in other respects operating in a rocs pr• judicial taattner. Front the inquiries which we made in Ireland we hareawered that the value of well.aecured ground-rents varies front 18 so years' purchase, averaging about 2.0. As, however, the steep duty is peevable on the instruments by which the sale of each !erg to carried into effect, should your Lordships recommend to Parlisrlot its repeal on the sale of the quit -rents, &c. and also abolish the fees payable in the Vice-Treasurers office, we think that a seauxlull higher rate of value tray possibly be obtained. LEATHER. In Ireland, tanners using bark are, by the Act 33 ceo. 3. e. Ifs. liable toe yearly duty, at the rate of hl. fir every cubit foot of the tan pits, tat by raid by twelve monthly instalments. This chute is in lieu of the several charges which, by the Act 47 ay. 3. . 1 . e. 18, were imposed titter by weight or by tale upon the drag° denominations of leather. Upon this charge, on the size of the pits, a deenetica t f two' ninths is permitted, as being equal to the contents of ecru called Latches. pep It is to be observed, that when the duty on the pit was eciarw ll l adopted, It was intended to act as a check both upon the ctficts sad the tanner, and was supposed to be equal, according to the stoic Of tanning then in use, to the amount of the duty impose" The number and size of the tan pits, however. wore rapid', 0 ; mir.ished ; and, as the rfficers continued to rely on this mcaot charge, a corresponding decrease necessarily took place is ll'' amount of the revenue. There is no reason to believe thzt melt quantity of leather was consumed in Ireland, and it apneas I'e' the revenue accounts that the proportion supplied from e ryat Fri. min was not increased ; it is rot thereforeprnbable, that th: total quantity manufactured suffered any diminution. By g e ld use ci rations. arid other ingredients mixed with the bark. asw t ` appl; ing the liquid in u heated state, the tanners credulity mho:- twed a rapid for a slow process of tanning ; and in consequeno. whatever may have been the case when the duty on the pit ass hot enacted, it soon ceased to bear the due proportion to that which the law imposed by weight. The tanners whom we evatir.ed wee eA I 1 at all agved as to the probable amount of the rate re pound " which the lather was really subject by the present zhuga Pit• c" the It has been asserted, that If the process of tanning with oz!. lark be slowly and properly conducted , the leather is subject w a nearly equal to that by law directed to be imposed by weg!' l : With a view to ascertain the accuracy of this etatemcnt, se tr strutted a taurveying-tleneral Examiner of the Englias 17 seise measure the tan pits of two respectable tanners in Lltalarll• the manufacture was properly conducted, to ascertain the ,'ety x the paid by weight on the leather made, and to calculate what that duty would have amounted to on each cubic font of the In the tiro case It swats. that. after making due allow+ro'7 the difference in the rate of duty in ti:e two countries. the re f 3 tanner, if charged on the pit, would have paid 1•11. per cahie , per annum, instead of 7d. at present payable is Ireland ar,J,t o r . second Ibtd.. or more than double the amount payable 'l . ' 1 r ." 14 ,,,, From ems calculation it is es ident, that if the tennis tarried on their business In the manner it is conducte d in Lnglae'- • tint. would evade neaey a moiety of the t t he het ! cow, and other meit. - 4 of an:lasting Ent •t p that into (Ira, cuts oft! 10IW pen T. rfr i pre nbc _ ti quasi 6111111 dle C doh c F men, at pre Lathe is an 'unto will t: Ivies lISC3Ik ney. persot charm rnen c Chief other Attorr II? ash The backw. Bent I _ Sca young a cocel of old that m upon t confirm Tut pected ;pence gtcher my pn non, ti e — ift;t; : ; where the as uing :ll:nut:l:nee, ate r:. ! I V. Doi •:/a p ap • (Ad lei appell