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King Lear, Mr. Kean; Edgar, MrAWlark ; Curdella, llrs.W.West. To eoese!ude wit► THE CATARACT OF THE GANGES. or THE RAJAH'S DAUGHTER. To-morrow, Tb. Stranger: wit► Ming ae Mairder. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. Thle Evening, MONDAY. April 5, will be performed KIND JOHN. ling John. Mr. Young; Faulconbridge. Mr. C. limbic; the Lady Constance. Mrs. Hartley. To conclude with THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. israierroW. Pride .bell Have a Fall t with The Hunter of the Alpe. TREATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. MR. MATIIEWS AT HOME! This Evening, MONDAY, April A. With his ANNUAL LECTURE on PECULIARITIM, CHARACTER, and MANNERS; roundel on Obaerrattims and Adventures during his late TRIP To AMERICA. In Three Parts. Ps= 111.—A Monopolylogue, called ALL WELL AT NATCHITOCIIESL AU the Charm:W.of the Evening's Entertainment to bo represented by Mr MATHEWS. Floors to he opened at Seven—Performance begins at Eight &Clock. doges to be taken of Mr. Stevenson. at the Box (Mice, Strand Lu. moire. from 'fen till rive. Mer,ll Minot possibly be kept after half-pad Eight oClort. • • The Proprietor respectfully Informs the frequenters of the l'lsAstria. that their comfort has ham further studied by the addition .o um of Mr. Perkins's most powerful warm air -atoms The Sairssu P.E. ecommenced publkhing on Saturday morn ing at Seven o'clock. LONDON, MONDAY, AP Mt 5, 1824. The French Papers of Friday and Saturday reached our ace last night. There is nothing of any leading interest in their columns. The faction of pure Royalists, con -I.7ef,ated from the different Electoral Colleges throughout :..'ran cc, assembled in their " Bureaux" on Friday to discus the Address. On Saturday it was to go through the mockery of a public discussion in the Chamber, where au Address of the same character as Louis XV. received , from his Parliaments, was probably voted by the incor ruptible Conservators of the (larks of France. On to-1 day Villele and his associates were to propose to the! Chamber fcur prcjefs of law, to which, as far as numbers go, no opposition, from the present arrangements made, codlti be apprehended. '1 he first will be relative to the septennial duration of the Chambers; the second to the ewsints fcr 1622; the third un the revenue and expen donee of 1823 ; and the fourth on the great question of the reduction of the interest of the National Debt to four per cent., now in actual treaty with the capitalists, from *his country, and M. Lafitte, the great Paris banker, who was ousted by ministerial influence from his scat in the Chamber. The proporition for an indemnity to the emigrants,—that prraet of law, the minister adds, in the Words of Louis's speech, which is to close the great woead of the Revolution,—will not be presented to the pelted Chamber, until after the law for the settlement of the National Debt of France is arranged. The French Cabinet have taketl cure to make " assurer ce doubly surf in the per:. nt Chamber. A few may question the policy of the measures proposed, and raise their feeble voices against a large debt being incurred for the indem nification of the worthless emigrants who have outlived the Revolution • but they will be clamourer! down, and outvoted by hu ndreds; overwhelming majorities will carry everything the French Ministers may propose, however Lordensotne and repugnant to the country at large : any dessassion will be a mere mockery. n the Mas liner of rr May. April it. I . it rents* only the milts et the prices of grain, poruwen and !Aeration. (Nen-OffieLd Part i Narces, Mallen IS. I, .netionariee had received. in the provinces, agony. from the cayital, which contained only a few in. iT 4.3 ai4oslllloo will DI h: Official Pa • • u. ?valets the 4.. p tireeral pelelle fh 6.14+1 ;MOM lent fr PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—To move Grant towards Nadine New Churches. (In Committee on Church Building Acts.) Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer—To move Vote for Windsor Cattle. (In Committee of Supply.) ORDERS ot"IIIE DAY Bankrupt Laws Antendman Bill ;—Furtlicr Consideration of Report. I ',entity Gaols Bill .—Further Consideration of Report. p Cergy ROLICCCX (Ireland Bill) ;—Further Consideration of It:- ort. Tithe Composition (Ireland) Bill r—Second Reading. Exchequer Court Fees Investment Bill r—riecond }reading. County Treasurers (Ireland) Bill :—Second Reading. Records (Ireland) Bill ;—.Second Reading. Game Laws Amendment Bill ;—Committee. Cattle 111-treatment Bill ;—Third Reading. Wool Importation and Exportation Bill ;--Second Reading. t—Committee. Aliens Bill r—Committes. Juries (Scotland) Bill;—Further Consideration of Report. Barrack Department Property Bill ;--Report. %rays and 111eans r—Cotnniatee. Judgis in Wales Bill ;—Co nin Insolvent Debtors Bill ;.—Report. Constables Act Amendment ( Ireland) Bill ;—Report. Customs (Coals and Linens) Bill r—Second Reading. Innkeepers Bill r—Seeond Reading. Building of Churches Acts;—Committee thereupon. MINORITY ♦OJIIIT THI SECOVD HEADING, Of Till 11LIZX ZILL.-. APRIL 2. Abercromby, Hon. J. HoWtouse, J. C. Philips, G., stn. Allen, J. H. Honeywood, W. P. Porten, H 0... W. Bane, Colonel J. Hume, Joseph Poynts, W. S. Barnard, Vis. Hutchinson, Ho. C. Pryse, Pryse Barrett, S. 31. Jonas, John Rice, T.s. Ben yon, Benj. James, W. Ridley, Sir M. W. Bernal. R. Javoise, G. P. Robarts, G. Birth, Joseph Johnstone, W. A. Itobarts, A. 14'. Sync, George Kemp, S. Robinson, Sir G. Belgrave, Vis. Kennedy, T. F. ltumbold, C. ealaraft, J. 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Stock 3 per Cent. Reduced. 3 per Cent. CMS. 04 per Cent. ♦ per Cent. New 4 per Cent. HQ j Long Annuities, Imperial 3 per Cents. liauk tot Account 247 i Cons. for Act. 96e I India Stock 'OCKS ON SATURDAY. India Bonds, 86 84 86 pr. India for Account, South Sea Stock, South Sea 014 Annuities South Sea New Annuities r'.l. Bills. 1,0001. 54 53 56 pr. Onto, 5001. 54 63 56 yr. Ditto, Small, 54 53 56 pr. Indorsed ditto Lottery Tickets, 251. 101. significant words, without any connection. These letters had been sent for some time past to the Oeneral Police Office, when on the 10th of this month, atter the investigations commanded by the magis trates, six letters, written in the same hand, and of the same tenor as the tirst, were seized just as they were being thrown into the letter box, so that the author of these lams was taken on the spot. He proves to be a certain Joseph Paradis, of the Commune of Tun, who arrived at Naples about three mon ths ago, and had been but just released from the Hospital of Lunatics, at Ames. Tunica, MARCH 24. The King and Queen, and the Duchess of Chablais, set out this morning with all their suite for lienoa, where their presence has long been eagerly desired by the citizens, who, like ourselves, are padded with the sight of our beloved Sovereign. 'From the Etude, dated April .1 3 31mileih, MARCH 24. A claim lately made by the Marquis de Peynafior, has induced the King to desire of his Council, a report on the ihnovations in troduced by the revolutionary laws in the Lilo:tit:ince of ma fora(' and entailed estates. In consequence et' this report, his Majesty issued oa the 11th inst. a decree, of which the following are the chief articles:- 1. In consequence of the absolute abrogation of the arts of the Cortes, the legislation respecting majored. and other entails, is re stored to the same footing as before the 7th March, 1820. These creates are therefore to be immediately restored to their lawful pro prietors. 2. They cannot, however, claim the revenues, but constrain those who have engaged them to all necessary reparation and suit able indemnities. 3. Those who had obtained possession of these estates for a va luable consideration, shall be indemnified by hint who had sold them to them. 4. If the proprietor cannot repay the price for which they were sold, the buyer shall enjoy the revenues till he is completely reim bursed. ti. The immediate heir of the proprietor shall not be liable to the above obligation. The other Articles of the Decree relate to particular cues which may occur, and of which the Council of State will be the judge. PARIS, APRIL 2. To-day the Deputies assembled in the bureaux to discuss the Address. To-morrow there will be a Committee to discuss it in a general meeting. On Monday the Ministers will present to the Chamber four pm jects of law. The first is relative to the septennial duration of the Chambers ; the second to the accounts for 1922 ; the third, to the rever•.ue and expenditure of ; the fourth, to the reduction of the interest of national debt to four per cent. The project of law is to close the great wuund of the Reeolatioe, as the Royal Legis lame has said ; the law on the indemnities to be granted to the emigrants, will not be presented to the Chamber till after the dia. eussion of the law for the reduction of the interest. The depots of the Spanish prisoners in France have received orders to set out, in columns, to return to their own country at err. twin fixed times. These columns, amounting in all to about 3,7:13 men, will have reached Bayonne by the beginning of May, and will pass the frontier at different times, as fixed by their route. FRENCII FUNDS—PAaIs, APRIL 2.—Five per Cents. 102 f. 40c.—Bank Stock, 1,970 f.—Neapolitan Five per Cents. 9fli in ducats--Itentes d'Espagnc, 211.—Royal Spanish Loan of 1023, G7.—Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 40c; three months, 25f. 2Sc.—Court Amthentiyee, 2d A priL The following Bayonne letter, to the 27th March, giving an account of the existing state of things in wretched Spain, will be read with some interest; laughter will be excited at Ferdinand's bombastic Decree, respecting his . fritful troops, Creoles and Mulattoes, iu the island of Cubs, who showed themselves "deserving of his Royal confidence under Fives." As a testimony of his high approbation, the Creole and Mulatto bands are dignified with the title of " Loyal," which is to be inscribed on their colours, and their officers arc ennobled with the title of Dons. These soldiers, and his other faithful subjects in Cuba, are also to have their attachment recorded by a medal, to be worn at the heart, with the inscription, " The King to the fidelity of the isle of Cuba." A disturbance, it appears, was near taking place in Mudrid, from the patriotic hymn of the Tragala having been played by the band of a French reg:- ment—a tolerable specimen this of the feeling of these troops:— BAYONNE, MARCH 27. The Madrid Gazelle of the 20th mentions that there was the day before a very splendid drawing-room at Court, in honour of the Queen's birth-day, at which all the Foreign Ambassadors, the Grandees of Spain, Officers of State, Generals, &c. werrpresent, and had the honour of presenting their reports to their hlajesties. The King has issued a Decree to recompense the Regiments of the Line in the Isle of Cuba. The preamble says—ln the midst of the disorganizing rebellion which Ir.a broken out in my inter esting dominions in the Indies, the city of the Havannah, as well as the whole island of Cube, always faithful to my Crown, found in that corps of the army there protection and powerful assistance to stifle the factions of independence and anarchy, which threatened to dealate that precious part of my States. Not only the troops of the line fol owing the only path of free honour and military glory, which is that of fidelity, chewed on the Oth and 9th December, 11123, that they deserved to belong to my faithful troops; but the provincial militia emu lated them in duty and loyalty, and the battalions of Creoles and 3lulattoes, distingMshing themselves on that solemn occasion, ,hewed themselves deserving of my royal confidence. As a perpe tual testimony of my favour, and a proof how acceptable their services have been Li me, I have thought fit to order as fol lows :—The *Mom me of this order is that the battalions of Creoles and hlulattoes are to have the title of Loyal, which is to ne ;nscribed on their colours ; their officers to be called Dan, and have personal nobility. All the other corps of the Isle of Cu ba, whom the Captain (Moen', Don Vivo., shall judge worthy, are to have tassels, &c. of the standards of the colours of the order of St. Isabella. All the soldiers who were in active service on the Bth and 9th, and other faithful subjects in the Island of Cuba who have particularly distinguished themselves, are to have a Me dal to be worn at the breast, with the Inscription, " The King to the fidelity of the Isle of Cuba." The King has also decided that all ecclesiastics who may merit recompences are to present their applications and claims, that they may be laid before the Council, which will decide upon them. This derision is obviously designed to get rid of a croad of claim ants, who have no right to ask for any thing. The Gazeile announces also the nomination of I/on Valentine Zorilla, Inquisitor of the Court and Canon of Valencia, to the office of collector of the revenues of deceased Bishops. There was a disturbance at Madrid on occasion of reading to the Royal volunteers the new regulation for their corps, but it was appeased by the interference of the French trot pa. On the 20th the King reviewed the Swiss regiment of the Royal French guard ; the Princes and Princesses followed in their cartiages. 11' hen the King goes to Aranjuez on tile 27th, the grand head quarten; will be removed to that place. Orders have bet i given for all the militia of that village to withdraw from it during the whole time that the King shall reside there. A disturbance was near taking place on account of the Tragula, which was played by the band of the 2 - 2 d French regiment. An Extraordinary Gazette publishes the following letter from the Capt. of the Hermione French frigate, to the Governor of Car -1 thagena, • hich port he entered on the 13th,in the evening :—" My conic dear Count—l from Toulon, since which I have touched at Al giers. I bring the agreeable news of the conclusion of peace between the Dry and Spain, to which I have contributed all my power. I have got 4S Spaniards restored to liberty, and have them on board. 1 have a perfect bill of health. (Signed) " DUBUISSON." King as deprived of his liberty. and subject to the caprices of a band of factious persona who governed in the (tortes. Now, as the cause alleged in the two manifestoes have ceased ; as the faction of the tortes hat ceased, and the King's hands are now free, and his sole wish is to confer benefits on all the people of the Portv:ntese monarchy, especially our brethren in liraril, till the , prereutng pretexts are removed, and only perjury and blind am bition can move the factious, who, hesiexing the Prince, excitis.g the people by false pretences, and full ot gigantic ideas of the ter ritorial greatness 01 that country, think themselves immoveably fixed on the throne ; their chimerical independence, without re garding the distinction that arises from the new order of things, which they want to introduce into that kingdom, which is fitter for tranquillity and commerce than for deriving advantage from revo lutionary prir.cipies.—Lisbon Gazak, from 11th fo 181/4 March, inelusite. We would direct tb attention of our readers to a letter, signed " A Loos Ea-ON," in our columns of to-day, on the subject of the exclusive profit which a few leading distillers in England and Scotland enjoy in the manufac ture and sale of Walsh spirits. It is time the attention of Government and of the public was called to this important subject; and our correspondent, from his knowledge of the, question, and his clear and impressive manner of treating it, is manifestly well qualified to excite Ministers to an invtv tigation of those details which deserve most to be scruti nized, and to lead, through this means; to the adoption of such regulations as may put the interior consumption of the country, in the article of spirits, on a fairer footing, and lead to an equitable adjustment of those interests,' which, under the present laws, are sacrificed to the infiu ence of wealth and the patronage of monopoly. The trial of the six Poiteeste foci the murder of RICHARD M 'DA NI E 1., at the Queen's County Assist-a, • which will be found in another part of our paper, cannot fail of exciting a deep interest. A case of more cold blooded assassination is, we will venture to say, within no Iman's memory. The Jury brought in a verdict of manslaughter! Ilad we been of the Jury we should have pronounced such a slaughter as this, of an unoffending man, by OFFICERS OF JUSTICE, to be HeßDElt—a murder, too, more dreadful in itself, and more dreadful also in its example, for being committed tinder thrjiprms of tar. Under the present verdict, it assumes the appearance of a privileged crime. Where are the circumstances of extenuation in this case, which warrant the Jury in return ! ing it? What provocation was there on the part of the creased to tuak.i such a verdict legal? The policeman struck Me . fiest blow: had he been first assaulted by the deceased, and from a fatal wound, inflicted in a moment of passion, death had ensued, it would Men have been, as to him, a case of manslaughter, though of murder as to the others. The law puts the community under the protection of the Poi ice Or FICL ; and it also puts every member I of it under the guardianship of tha eual.lC MAGISTRATES, by whom such Police Officers are appointed. How have those public functionaries in Ireland discharged their duty to the public and to their country in the case before us? Sonic of the Magistrates having entered into a resolution to have all public-houses cleared of their risitors by ten o'cia•e each night, these PocieemeN, in enforcing this order, stab this unoffencling, unarmed, man, who did not, in their opinion, obey it with sufficien t promptitude, and the physician proves in evidence that he attended the deceased before his death, and found, upon examining the body, that he had received Foi:ay.issi BAYONET AND SABRE WOUNDS !!! If this is not murder, Juries in ENGLAND have acted under a dreadful vespon sibility, not do we know on what ground hereafter our executions for this crime are to be defended. It speaks nit to Me imie of IRE LAND ! It unfolds the con dition of its peasantry with the force of irresistible proof. Something must be done to put an end to this state of things: the character of Parliament and of this country are deeply involved in it. Mr. Wattacr's address to the Jury is a masterpiece of severe and sarcastic eloquence : it is couched throughout in a studied tone of moderation and courtesy ; but it is nevertheless not difficult to discover the indignant feelings that pervade it ; and, in truth, it requited nu slight command of them while detailing the particulars of a murder committed in the wantonness of authority, to which the perpetrators were excited by no provocation, and impelled by no necessity ; and the foul ness and atrocity of which has no precedent, except in that misgoverned and ill-fated country in which it was committed. THE KING. WI NUS° R, Aeate 4.—Yesterday being a very fine day, his Majesty, with his suite, took an airing in his phaeton, up the Long Walk, to the Royal Lodge, and viewed the alterations making there, which are to be finished in about a month. The Judge Advocate arrived here yesterday, and bad an audience of the King, and laid before his Majesty the pro ceedings of some Courts-Martial, upon which the King gave his commands; after which the Judge-Advocate left the Castle, and returned to London. The Princess Augusta honoured the Italian Opera House with her presence en Saturday evening. Yesterday the Princess Augusta, attended Divine Service at the Chapel Royal, St. James's ; after which her Royal Highwess visited the Duchess of Gloucester. The l'rinetss Sophia visited the Princess Augusta yester day. The Duke of Gloucester has been confined to his house during the last four or five days by indisposition. The Duchess of Cumberland has recovered from her in disposition, which confined her Royal Highness for two or thres weeks. The Duchess of Gloucester received a visit from the Princess Augusta on Saturday., Lisbon Papers to the 10th of March reached our office The Earl of Liverpool was so much recovered from his indisposition on Saturday as to be able to leave town soon yesterday, from which the following are extracts. The after three o'clock, .for his seat at Coombe-wood, near last feeble attempt of Portugal to revive by any protests its Kingston, Surrey, accompanied by the Countess. fallen ascendancy in South America will avail nothing. The Marquis Wellesley, after visiting Limerick, pro- The Brazils hare panel from that Crown for evil., and coeds to Cork, in which latter city he is expected on the 10th of next month. Don Pedro is too fond of his supremacy to become the vas- Liters patent have passed the Great Szal, appointing sal of a petty European dynasty again. the Marquis of Ely Codas Rois&rent of the county en lasnosr, Matteis 10. I Wexford, in the room of the late Sir F. Flood. The Gazette announces, that the of of Secretary of state for We have much pleasure in stating that it is the inten- Foreign Affairs has issued orders to all Portugues diplomatic agents at Foreign Courts, for each of them to make known in the Court 1 tion of his Koval Richness the Duke of Clarence, the where he resides, that his Imperisl Majesty will never teco„”nise . Admiral of the British Fleet, to hoist his flag in one of the any loan contracted by the actual Government, defirtio, of Itio de 1 Royal yachts, early in the ensuing summer, for the pur- Jatieiro'lthese orders resin the words of the notice given by the • psse of making aquatic excursions. The amiable Duchess Portuguese 31inister at Ilainburgh, , published sonic tine ago). 1 'I and hen inhows,— he r retinue will accompany his Royal High::es. The Hanle Department hes just sent instructions to the above. %Pe understand it is the intention of his Royal Highness mention 1 agents, that in case there should arrive in any of i i ;te to make an official visit to Plymouth, with tha view of in ports of toe cluntries where they reside, any vessel bearing the nag 'fleeting, as General and Commander-in-Chief of the Royal called Brazilian, the said diplomatic arnts, or the Portuguese N . - - Itrine forc , s, the state of that division of the corps.— Consuls, shall immediately make application to the competent , , P aper. formally that they may not allow the use of such flag, and shall i erromourti r-apep. formally protest if their application is not attended to. They are DISSO LU TIONOrPA R LI A SI ENT.—We may state, and further instructed to claim all ships of war bearing the said fisg, we think with confidence, that there will be a dissolution and to urge that they be delivered up, since it is undeniable that of Parliament after the close of the present Session. Our all such vessels belong to his Majesty ; as for merchant-vessels, his authority, and it is of such a character that we feel dis- Majesty, desiring to extend his paternal pmteefon to all his sub. place every reliance on it, gots so far as to warrant jec.s, whether they be Portuguese or Brazilians, he has decided Posed to that the Portuguese Consuls shall protect as well for the one as well us in asserting titat we shall have a general election is six as for the other. months.—Dsildin Paper. On the 7th inst. the Portuguese brigantine General Rego, Capt. Recent accounts from Spain state, that some ssnguinary Alexandra Jose do Nascemento. in 53 days from Para, arrived at scenes have taken place at Barcelona, where the Constitu- Oporto. Some towns in the province were in a state of confusion tram the animosity of the Brazilians against the Europeans, but tionalists are numerous. the city was tranquil. In the port were the Marsohata brig and a Letters from Gibraltar state, that the Consul of the Portuguese frigate. Netherlands, ri indent in Minorca, had received an official The Garette of the 12th announces the receipt of the English intimation from the Consul of the Netherlands at Algiers, Papers situ the new Brazilian Constitution, published at Rio on that an Algerine squadron had sailed in pursuit of Spanish the Mit of December. The Gazette gives the outlines of it, which it says prove that principles contrary to the rights of nations still vessels. In consequence of this intimation, it ha; been predotninatethere, and that the Prince is kept in a situation which notified to the Dey, that as soon as any capture has prevents him from fulfilling what he amid in his manifesto of been reported, the D u t c h sq u a dron will set aga i nst d i? August I, DIU, that the national Representative' had declared his Ai ger i n ,„. father Donn Job IV. King of that tine country, ,t.c. and inhis rani- Upwards of fifty country gentlemen were admitted foto to friendly powers of Aug. 6. the rme year, stating that she peopleo f Bind required hi m to eacmok„ constituent a „d . j eg i,„ . meirbers of the Orange Lodge, in Catherinetstrert, in Wive assembly, bolauss they tionsidersd his august lather and Limerick, during last weal.—Cork Southern Reviler. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCII PAPERS. We received last night by express the Paris Journals cf Friday, from which we extract the following:— I Frum the Corrrier Frameait.] MADRID, MARCH =. An extraordinary Casette, published yesterday by order of the King. contains the foliowing letter aellresikd to General Count d'Arbsad Jouques, Ciatimander-in-Chicf of the allied troops gar. risoned in Csrthagena, by N. le Chevalier Dubuisson, commanding t ie rtench frigate Hen:alone, which entered the port of Gar:ha-ens ' • on the at night : " Illy dear ll'ount—l come from Toulon, and have called at Algiers. I bring the pleasing . intelligence of the conclusion of puce between the Dry and Spain, to whit h I have contributed by icy exertions. I have caused 13 Spaniards to be released, who had fun eartured by Alg-rine privateers, and who sre at present on hoard of my vessel ; I am equally provided with ceniticates of health, &c. (Signed) DUBUISSON." t'rip'e :ire not • lisle surprised to hear to-day, that peace is con do . ed between the Dey of Algiers and Spain, as Government has never itenounced effieially the declaration of war. The departure of the King for Aranjuez is partially to take place' o the •27in. Ilia hlsjesty has expressed his desire to Count Bour ns int, that he should accompany him to dial residence, in which he 'tends to remain two mouths. I From the Journal des Debats.l (EXTRACT OF • PRIVATE LETTER, DATED ZAXTE, 2o mancit.) The mediation of Lord Byron has produced the moat favourable results between the chiefs of the Poloponnesus ; and his voyage to Tripolis:a is a real triumph for the Chanter of the Ilellade. Theo doreColoeotroni, with whom he had opened a correspondence, has listened to reason. This old party-chief of Mount Olvars, seeing himself forsaken by his men, and especially by his nephew Nicetaa, surnamed the Turcophage, has been compelled to evacuate Napoli. Tale important fortress is DOW garrisoned by Illydriotes,Spezziotes, a'.d Peloponnesians, who perform a most active and regular service. The senate, or legislative body, residing at Argos, has displayed in this circumstance a firmness highly commendable. The Acrocorinthe has been completely supplied with provisions. and Colocotroni lives now at Tripolis:a, where a French Gene ral has lately been appointed director of the powders and a tpetres, of which the principal manutictory is established LUIS iuwii, and on the banks of the Eurutas, where the mast part of them is built. Six Lancasterian schools esta blahed at Tripolizza, :listra, Caritene, Gartouni, Galenists, and Plan, I, are makine such daffy progress, that no man who may be termed onalphavitos, or illiterate, will soon scarcely be found in the Chersoliesus of Pelops. These are the first bles sings bestowed by the regeneration of Greece. 311ssolonghi. while Colonel Sian:tope has founded a military hospital, and Maurocordatti a Lancaster= school, presents a no less teresting prospect. The Italians are daily trained up to ma noeuvres, and to the exercise of cannon. The beat of drums and the sounds of trumpets are incessantly heard, especially since the besieging of the Castle of the Minor Dardanelles, of Lepanto, which is directed by English, Prussian, and French engineers and artillerymen, besides some Americans and Italians. These are the I only strangers who till this day had been seen fighting under the banners 01 the Cross. The intelligence from Epirus states, that. the Stratargues, Alakrys, Zongos, Cleritos, Travellas, Ifournaris ' and Audre 1 lyrcos have got possession of Arta. It is a ffi rmed. at the same time, that Moustal, the Pacha of Scodra, has openly revolted, and teat extraordinary movements are manifesting theitselvis in the :Montenegro. I ntelligei ef from Hydra of 22d of February announces that Me , hemet Ali, i'acha of t.gypt, has withdrawn his troops from the fortresses of the irland of Crete. There are various rumours afloat on thst subject; but the fact is, that the Divan has never been at any period in greater difficulties. However, it entertains some hopes in the troops it intends calling from Bulgaria ; but it might meet with great obstacles, fur 31ilosek, CLinimander of the Servians, is losing his influence over his countrymen; and it is well known that there is some understanding between the latter and the Bul garians. FASUIONABLE INTELLIGENCE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK. TIIIS Evrxisu. E Wily , Marchioncss cf Londonderry, grand dinner and rout in St. James's-sqcsre. Marquis of Anglesey's grad entertainment, Old Burlington street. The Earl of !Isnot& 's entertainment, Golden-square. TO-MORROW. Dowager Lady Floyd'a rout, Upper Seymour-street. Sir George IV attendees grand dinner and evening party, inite halLilace. Lu'rd and Lady Gwydyesentertaininent, in rid:Stilly. WEDNISLAY. Nrs. straety's rout, Great George-►treet, Westminster. Sir John and Lady Copley's party, George street, Hanover sy wire. A linsek's pond ball. The Cnuntess of sandwich's entertainment, Dover-street. Mr.. Leigh's rout, ilertford-rtteet. The Earl of Derby's ancient music dinner, Grottrenor-square. FkIDAY. Mrs. Wm. Wynn's ball and supper, Whitehall place. Mrs. Hope's rout, 31anstield-street. The Earl of Aberdeen's entertainment, Argyll -street. Lord Bexley's entertainment, George-street, It'estudnater. Lady Davy's rout, Grosvenor-street. SATt RDAY. lion Agar Ellis's grand entertainment to Prince Leopold, Spring gardens. 'F he Countess of Sandwich's entertainment, Dover-street. Edward John Littleton, Esq., .31.P.'s entertainment, Portman square. The Earl of Liverpool has issued cards of invitation for a grand entertainment on the 29th instant, to celebrate his Majesty's birth day. Deaver Countess of Poulett has issued cards of invitation for a musical party on the 22d instant, at her house, Hyde Park corner. Lord and Lady Ravensworth had a grand dinner party yesterday, at their house in Pot tland-plare. Bootle 31'ilbrahain, Eq. 31. P., entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Portland-place. The Earl of Shaftesbury entertained Emily, Marchioness of Londonderry, and a large party of distinction, at dinner yesterday, at hi, house in Gmsyenor-square. The Countess of Sandwich gave an elegant entertainment on Sa turday to the Duke of Wellington, his Excellency C ount Lieven, Emily MarelliolleVl of Londonderry, Earl Bathurst, Lady Georgina Bathurst. Earl of Ancram, the Marquis of Ilmfonl, the Earl of IVekrorland, Mr. and Mrs. Arbuthnot, Mr. Gordon, Mr. &c. at her house in Dover-street. Charles AVynr, Esq. M.P. had a grand dinner party on Saturday, at his house, Wnitehall-place t. among whom were, Prince Polignae, his Excellency Baron Fagel, Lord and Lady Gifford, Sir Humphrey and Lady Davy, Mr. Fremantle, &e. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury had a dinner party yes terday, at her house in Arlington -street. The Marquis and Alarchioness of Camden entertained the Duke and Duchess of Leeds, and a distinguished party, at dinner yester day, a tilt ir house in Arlington- treet. Lord Ellenborough entertained the Countess of Sandwich and a partylarge at dinner yesterday, at hi s seat at Rothanipton. Lord 3itland has arrived at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, from Scotland ; Mark Davis, Esq. has left ditto on a tour. Sir Win. and Lady Jane Houston and Miss Long arrired yes terday at their house in York-street, St. James's, from their seat, As isford, Sussex. Captain lady A. Peel have left town for Sir Robert Peel, Bart.'s seat, I)nivton Park, Stafford s hi re . The Rev. Mr..llolmes has arrived at 11.1ould's IJc:eel, Jamyo street, from n tour. Arrival+ at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street t—Lady Palking ton, from her scat, Grove, Dedham, Beicx ; Uvidale Price, k:vq., from Oxford ; and the lion. Captain George Rertel, Royal Navy, from the Duke of Richmond's scat, Goodwood, Sussex. 11. %Vinningtan, E. I.lla+ arrived at Jordan'. Hotel. Sr. Jamev's strcet, from the t ontinem ; sir 'Thos. ll'innington, Bart. has kit ditto fur Hs see, Standford Ccurt, ‘l'orer.tershire. Colonel Parker has arrived at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, from a tour. It is expected that Lord , the ycung Nobleman alluded to in a mean theatrical fracas. has called out Mr. N. (the artist), who is !aid to have us: NI re'sonal violence to his I.:nib:111p, for c:•rtain alb...dims to a fair singer at the theatre.--Iri./t o!..terrer. By the University Calendar, it appears that the number of members on the beards of time respective Collegt.s amounts to 4,049; being an increase of vv.: since last year, and More than double the member i m Ist, 'anihrin t re Paper. Mr. Nlaccesly, of Drury-lam, will appear upon the Stamford boards r itt week ; he will make his dt/3/1 as the jealous Moot of Venice.-11Nutinpri,1 Paper. Sim IVALTER SCOTT.—The bat number of the Fete .11001i1 4 Alavi7ine, speaking of Sir Walter as a poet, says, "Hi is nility and grate: of execution is the more remark- I able, as a story goes, that not leng before the appearance of the Lay if Ow Lust 3linatrcl, Sir Walter (then ilr.) Scott, having, in the company of a friend, to cross the Firth of Forth in a ferry-host, they proposed to beguile the time by writing a number of verses on a given subject, and at the end of .om limes hard study they found they z had produced only six lines between th em . "I t i s p l a i n ," said time unconscious author to his fellow-labourer, "that you and I used never think of getting our living by writing poetry!" . 1) i t trt.tNs or .1. c Ait st Y.-11revet . Niftier Power, and six other otliens of the 1 tli Dragoon Guards, have Leen ordered to sell out their eminnissiotis or retire on the half pay, in conseqnenee of an unfavourable rtport to his Royal Highness the Duke of York, of the defective state of discipline and interior economy of that H2r,itnent, on their half-yearly inspection.—Limerick Pater. TO THE EDITOR OP THE BRITISH PRESS. St rt,—The attention of cur Government has of late been muck and most laudably infected to improvements in the prireplea of our legislation upon commercial subjects; but it appears tome that in first directing their atteetion to our foreign in place of cur home trade, they arc giving an undue importance, in public estimation, to the less valuable branch of commerce. In the home trade all the profits and all the advantages resulting frau: it, remain with British subjects ; an it is also sith the mute carried on with tbe British Colonies; but not so in the foreign trade, in which, in moat case., if not in all, one half of those bent .is must remain with thefiweign nation. It would have been wiser therefore tokens attended first to that, in the prolittity of whim we are non inn. tested, and from the profit of which we derive the whole advantage. In many respects the home trade, particularly in the intercourse between England, Scotland, and Ireland, is in a most anomalous state; and in no part of it mores° than sa what relates to the article of Spir its, and the trade of DistWation, to which my attention has been attracted by some of the recent discussion in Parliament. In England the duty on home-made spirits is les. fid. per gallon. at 7 per cent. above hydrometer proof; in Scotland and Ireland it is only 2s. per gallon. at hydrometer ;woof. From Ireland spirits may be sent to England, on paying the difference of duty, and may be then rectified and add as gin, or any other compound, are. cording to the taste of the consumers. But since the reduction of duty, the regular distillers in InExaxis have found full employ. ment for their capital in supplying their own market, which is no longer supplied by the illicit distiller; the pro fi t to be obtained under the present duty not being equal to the risk. Tba StoTcft distiller, however, is placed in a very different situation; as th e l aw now stands, no distillery that may hare been workirg in Seabed for home consumption, preceding the Ist of October, of any year, can be entered to work for the Eaglish market. The effect of this law is, that the works must remain idle for a whole year, Wor e they can be used to distil for the English market ; and this con trivance, so oppressive in its result, is not required for the protee. tion of the revenue, but has evidently been adopted for the benefit of those distillers who have enjoyed, for the last twenty years, led who still enjoy, the monopoly of Me English mark,!. This monopoly is now in the hands of Ira distilling establish ments in flee LASH. and dice in 2.COTLAND, wino wink for the English market. They have secured it by the aid of this must unjust and unjus itiable regulation ; and from their immense pro. fits already realised under it, it becomes dangerous to compete with them. They have hitherto succeeded in tweriNg oppairi,,,, at 'an expense, as is supposed, of not less than 160,0001. ; but this purchase money, exorbitant as it appears, is a trifle compared with their enormous annual profits, whin enable them speedily to reimburse it. These monopolists meet and arbitrarily fix the price of their commodity, to the manifest injury both of the consumer and of the revenue. They charge, at present, 15s. lid. per gallon, including the duty of 10s. 6d. ; thus eructing a monopoly pr.fil of at ham Is. fid. per gallon, Droned a fair profit on their capitol, which, on 5,000,000 gallons is 337,e00 sterling ! a tolerably handsome bonus to be divided among . efteen distillers ! This may appear to be overcharged; let any uhe who thinks it so atterd to the followirg fact; it is well known that a qesrter of barley, of fair quality, yields twenty gallons of spirit, that die proportion of malt duty is less than three-peiter ter gallon; and that the expense', Meer allow. ing for the value of the grains and wash, ought not to exceed wine pence per gallon: it is easy, therefore, for any one to calculate their profits, which, in truth, hare neither check nor limit, except what their prudence may impose upon their cupidity. In corroboration of this calculation, one of the five Scotch distil , lees, who Meets for the Scotch as well as for the English market, is at this time selling in Scotland spirits which yield him only three shillings and three pence per gallon, exclusive of spirit duty, but including 3d. small duty; while for what he sends to England he gettefiee shillings per gallon, exclusive of any duty, except the pro pnrtion of malt duty, which in this article may be not more than 2d. per gallon. This monopoly, moreover, not only operates against the coa sumer* of spirits, by raising their price, but also against the reve nue, by diminishing their consumption ; and, in • double rain, against the landed interest, since it not only diminishes the con sumption of barley ; but these fifteen distillers come into the barley market as use awn, which must have a must injurious effect upon the price. Their system admits of ro competition among them. selves, as they not only regulate the price of their spirits to the public, but alse the quantity that is to be brought to market by each of their respective establishments. It is astonishing that these FIFTEEN DISTILLED, should for so many years have contrived to persuade the laeded interest and the Treasury that the Revenue and the price of barley are benefited by such a system; hut it is to be hoped that Perlianent w.II in time discover the advantage of fair and open competicioa in die art and mystery of distillation, as well as in the cases of desks • id menu. factures, and every subject or commercial distillers, however, are at all time. alive mei wakeful to their own interest, as appeared lately on the proposal to admit RED to be rectified; when, by means of the influence they have acquired over the opinions of the landed interest, a clamour was commenced which had an in. stantaneous effect upon his Majesty's Ministers. But had this subject been more fully investigated, it would have been discovered that the admission of rum to rectificatiou would not hove had much effect upon the price of Nulty, for tae distillers already keep that as low as they can in their competition in the barley market with the brewers, but would inertly herr.: produced a fall in the price of British Spirits to the advent...lp of the public, and a favourable effect on the Revenue by the ri lice of part of the prescn t exotbi :ant profits of fifteen distillers. Even should the price of barley fur a time fall a few beelines, the landed interest would in the end benefit by the increased number of purchasers which would be die consequence of breaking up the present distilling monopoly; and surely the lI'EST lama C t iLo,ilEs are of sufficient importance to the: shipping manufacturing interests, and hence colleteraly to the landed interest also, t 3 mint some consideration when in corn. petition with the interest of fifteen monopolizing distillers! The Scotch distillers, who are not of the " fifteen," express no jealousy of the admiseion of runt to rectification: on the coterary, I have the best authority for assuring the public that all they desire is a free trade in spirits, and such regulations as will admit of their being manufactured of the best duality. Both the English distillers and the West Jrdiaas, however, have much to complain of in respect to the great reduction of the duties on corn spirits in Scort.axn and IRELAND. The duties on turn remain unaltered in these parts of the kingdom, and of course the consumption is at an end; and all the north of Eirgkrd is supplied with spirits noregiekel into this country front dr Scottish border, to the manifest irjury of the revenue of the English dis tiller and the importer of rum. It to contrary to every priori* of political economy and of financial justice, to have a different rate of taxation on the sante article in ditlerer.t parts of the kingdom ; and the attempt will ale ays lead to smuggling, and to the corm quent corruption teethe sober and moral habits of the envie. One uniform duty ought, in equity, to be fixed, and a free trade in spirits allowed, whether manufectured in England, in Scotland, in Ireland, or in the Went India 'Mimics. It is as injurious in prac tice as it is indefensible in principle, to prevent any Scotch died!. ler from sending his spirits to England ; or to deity to the Wm India planter permission to reprise his rum by the superior science of the English distiller or rectifier. It would not, in fed, be a whit more unreasimable to prohibit him from refining ht sugar, and thus to compel tin, the coesumers, to eat it In its raw state, with all its impurity, and with all its refuse. I willingly give his Majesty's present 31inisters credit for the liberality which they have of late displayed on subjects connected with the trade and comeerce of the country; but I wish, as I said in the commencement., to see them direct their attention more pointedly to what concerns our home trade—the only ore which secures the prosperity of the state; in doing this they will not fail to convince themselves of a fart of which rite public have long bees well satisfied, that the present monopoly system of sp:rit dealing is hostile to the interest of the community—hostile to the interim of the Revenue—and hostile, iii a word, to every interest but the in terest of the fifteen distillers who so enorntously ar.d exclueiedy profit by it. I ant, h.ir, &e. A LOOKER-ON. LORD GIFFORD. We copy the following notice of this successful Lawyer from the last number of the Literary Observer, a clever and entertaining weekly miscellany : This newly-crested Nobleman affords a striking illustration of the position, that, in this country, talcuts and perscverani y will ad vance their possessor to the highest honours of the state. Certainly, there is no profession which affords so many opportunidis for per sonal advancement as that of the LAW. •In uself, it contains a plentiful sprinkling of honours and eniclitmen:; and Ps, besides, a sure preparaion to many more. Crowded, trio, as the leh-rd benc!ies now are, the talented and itith.striuus lae:yer may yet Justly bore for a proihot table and otirable reward. ilt s little more than twenty years since. that Lord Gifford was an areicted clerk to an attorney at Exeter. Ire believe the r saw of this gentleman was Jones. After being in the office of this country solicitor for the tistial time, young tiiflord came to town, and yolk his scut in the office of a must respectable rtnwney, with the inten tion of preparing himself for admission as an attorney. It had. before this, been arranged that he ahrsild in due tiny: vinyls to Devonshire, and take a share of the betel:ors of the gentlenian whom he was articled; but in a short time after his arrival in London, ciontmstances oceurrisd, which induced Mr. Jones ' 0 ! abandon any ilea of a partnerahip. Findirghis hopes of estabfrii• ing himself in his profession thus defeated. Mr. Gifford tome.: 11 • attention to the liar, and coon resolved on changing his finiieseiord course. With this view, he became the pupil of an eminent sowed pleader on the NVesternl ircuit. and afters ands praccised for several years under the Bar. Mr. fliffiiril possessed acuteness and aunts tion,--qualities which very Mien staid well t. it a lawyer. ii tic room of splendid powers. On his call to the Bar, Mr. flifferd nos the ‘l'estern Circuit, and distinguished himself on several ocrwoons in matters of pleading and points of practice. This sort of knowledge, though it dues not give a man fame, produces what is more substantial; by setting the lawyer right with the profession. it gives hint—business. bath wan the case with Mr. Githird. At this period, the patronage of Sir Vicars Gibbs (himself, we believe. an Exeter man), did much fur a Junior Cont-sel ; and. indeed, it soon procured him the Solicitor liencralship, alter a very short standing at the Bar. This ea-ly advancement was looked at with much jealousy by the profession; and we believe that few mei have acquired less erciiit than the present Chief Justice ache Co,r - !non Pleas for those qualities tor which a good law • n shout.' be distinguished. With regard to the more recent autvaneentent of Lord Gifford, perhaps he owes it to 're to circtinistaxces, than to any merit of his own. It is will known in the political and legal circles, Mat some anxiety was manifested for the retirement of his Lenten, from his late official station ; and, on the sow of the peernge. it is equally well known, that nothing but the literality of derpetay, the arrears of appeals, would have given Kan his title. lint as it is, Ire scarcely see anything now in the way of Lord Gilford's pregn"" the Scala, although we have lately beard it whispered, that, shoo:4 a vacancy occur op the llookrick, 'Ministers will think 1'6 4 " ¢t" .431 they Oriel Barba Gifford is that high station. I