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- . Share. — Pahl. Premium per Share. thitglo-31 rsican ' £lOO n 824 84 Brazilian lOO 5 9i II Costello& EspiritsSanto Brasil 100 1 la 3 1 Consolidated Copper and Tin 20 2 6 Famine), 250 124 20 Hibernian OO 4 14 Pasco Peruvian.% lOO 5 134 Potosi, La Pa; and Peruvian 10 5 54 1 Ho's! Irish 1 9-16 par `pm Baal dal Monte 4OO 270 700 Royal Stannary & Brit.3lin.As — 5 !Otis United Mexican 4O 20 23 Hitt° New 4O 10 27 20 Welsh Iron and Coal 25 10 1111 211 121 ASSURANCE COMPANIES :-.ter.National MISCCLI.ANLOCS- Australian British Iron Company lOO 3 2/ Bristol Ship Canal 1 1 die Brativh Rock and Patent Salt SO 5 14 Devor. H sytor Granite 6O 2 // 1 Equitable Loan Bank 5O 1 die tleosral Steam Navigation lOO 5 4 iI Imperial Plate Glass lOO 2 I Lon. & Boulogne Steam Packet 25 3 1 Metropolitan Alderney Dairy 23 • 4 1 1 Patent Steam 5 2/ j din Pearl and Coral Fishery 4O 4 44 St Soariet Dye 6O 3 4 West India Company 'MEW SPANISH BONDS.—LUST, or delivered by ..a.ll mistake, the 90. h June last, FOUR NEW SPANISH RONDS— _ _ £423 0 424 0 106 4 100 3 C 1,082 10 Any person possessing the above Bonds is requested to give In formation thereof to Mr. 1). 3locatta, of Irarnford-court, or to Mr. Henry S. Bryant, Foreign Stock Exchange ; or, if found, a Iteward of 20/. will be paid upon delivery of them to the above Address. Notice to this effect has been given to the Stock Exchange to prevent their farther negotiation. No. 71 72 Zite nritiO I; reoo. DhURY-LANE - 7'HEAT'RE. This Evening. MONDAY, July 11, will be performed PIPARRO. Rolla . Mr.Wallack ; Core, Mrs.W.Wrst ; Elvin. Mrs. Runn. After which ith time) • new Connie Pioche:R . lod . FIVE MINUTES TOO LATE; Or, AN ELOPEMENT TO RHEIMS. Sketched for lb, purpose of Introducing • superb Display of the CORONATION OF CHARLES X, KING OF FRAN( E. COVENT-HARDEN THEATRE. This Evening. MOND SY, July 11, will he performed ORESTES IN ARGUS. Orestes, Mr. C. Itemb:e. •fter which filet t'mel a aew Piece. called RAMSBOTTOMS AT RHEIMS. rittcts OF BRITISH STOCKS ON SATURDA F. I pie Coot. Red. 91 24 India WM. 61 60 pm 3 par Cent. Coos. 901 Long Ann. 221 3-16 .1 we Acct. 911 4 t South See Old Ann. 901 for t ent . 961 1:x.1111111,1 0.1,000/.43 46 pm er Cent. Red. 1 i Ditto, 6091.43 46 pm 4 per Cent. 1 04$ t 1 Ditto, S mall 43 46 pin Wilt Stock 2731 Lottery Tickets, 191. 19s. =ES OF FORSION STOCKS ON SATURDAY. Greek Bonds 41 Ditto $i di. Ditto Scrip In 13 dis • Milli 18sib la ti Ditto Acct. 131 dis Mexican Bond* 751 j r Di:to Acct. 7 5 ; Illmils(1.114 IN 1 I . Div.') Bonds (1820 86 Aft _WI . Ditto Scrip (1823) 2 1 t t dis SW& pods Ditto Acct. 21 dis DOW &nip ()036) Peruvian bonds Dine Ant. 31 3 dim Ditto Scrip (1025) Frensb assts. 6 peg. 111 K. ilk. Ditto Acct. 2t 3 dis lUM Russian Roods Ai i Kuhns.) W. 101. Spanish Cons.22i 2 t PRICES OF SHARES ON SATURDAY. CORONATION OF . L'HA - FLIS - 1: - IZINO OF FRANCE. HAYMARKET THEATRE. This Evening, NON DAY, July 11, will be performed SIMPSON AND CO. Kr SL - npuson, Mr. Dowton7 - 11;:iroVnitry,Wr. Vlu!ng: Mrs. Simpson, Mrs. Glover; Mrs. Bromley, Mr►. DILVIMAII. After which.. SWEETHEARI'S AN') WIVES. imu? taakadsy. Mr. Liston; !Aunt. Madame Vestols. • To conclude with THE DEVIL TO PAY. Ji,bson. Mr. Dowton ; Nell. Madame Virstris. • ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. This Evening, MONDAY, July I I, will be performed BROKEN PROM) S: Or. THE COLONEL. THE CAPTAIN, AND THE CORPOR The Principal Characters by Messrs. Bartley. Broadhurst, Thorne, rmch. N. Bennett, and Power; Mesdames Noel, atephens, holly, remold, and I%elppert ; and a young Lady. After which R ETN GREEN. Mr. Jenkins. Mr. Wrench; Larder. Mr. Power; Betty Manikin, Mies Kelly. To conclude with TIM; SPOILT/ CHILD. Little Pickle. Mies Guward. _ _ _ NE IV St* tilikY -7 r111%. - 4 TR F. i~ Th's Eecniug, MONDAY. July 11, and following Eveninge (let time), a new Melodrama, 1 / 1. 1 h-ce Acps. celled BLACK C,RSAR t or. THE FATAL THICKET. A rand Pao de Quatro by the Masters Ridgway and Masters Cletiird. An Irish Conk ior, 11 Mr. Bryant. A favourite Sons oy Mr. Payne. A Barletta, rotindel on a popular Piece, under the title of THE. lIVPOCHoNDRIAC. In '.C.ich Mr. Vale and Mrs. Young will sing "IA ben a little farm we keep.' To conelude with JOCKU: or, THE OURANO ()UTAH° OF BRAZIL Joeko Ilst aline). Mr. Ridgway. la the course of the Meet a new nolltt. eoniteied by Mrs. Searle. Monsieur Gout& will exhibit In the Piece of foeko; acd In addition to other astonishing Feats, will Run Round the Auditory upon the 11c:dings of the Fronts of the 1.1..xes and Gallery. ROYAL GARDENS. VAUXHALL. ORDER THE. ESPECIAL PATRONAGE OF 111 MAJESTY. THIS EVENING, Jill 11. and WEDNEsDAY and FRIDAY EVEN NEXT. the Ito% .U. GARDENS. VAUXHALL, will be must so per!,:y Illuminated, and a (111 AND GALA given on each Night, on Dia mune splendid scale which has given such entire satisfaction this Nemion. -' ir;;:tentsement I will commence at italf-past Seven o'clock, u it h a COW' VI of Focal and iiii.truinental 3,luslc, in whi:h several new Comic Sow, and Duet.. lit Is sung. Ti.e new Ballet, got up expressli for the Caledonian Night, the "'hole sUeeeldoll rf Criterhilninerits of the Tautoccinl. Tight and Slack flop°. Female and Male Jugglers, Cosmorama.. Balancing, ac., st:11 he given ilk their usual course. The Whole to conclude with loll:hint Fire Works, on the garde nag. ridleent scale sa usual, during which the Young American will Ascend aril Descend the Tight Rope. In the coldst of the last grand Piece. Admission 3a. dd.—Doors open at Seven. Next Friday.-4 Pri:ws of 21,000/. 4v. amounting to 904,4421., the largest Sum ever known in Prises in One Day, with 64 Pipes of Wine Gratis.—All Next Friday. Ti:? CRITISII PREIS commencedpublWilns on Saturday morn. ing at live o'clock. - - LONDON, MONDAY, MONDAY. JULY 11, 1623. The Paris Papets of Friday contain a long account of the public sitting of the French Academy for the reception n' the new Members, M. DROZ and M. CASIMI It DELA ,. I NE, V.llO, according to custom, pronounced panegyrics tlic•ir predecessors, M. LA CRET El LE and Count FER.• kA D. The addresses of the new Academicians are de as being worthy of the best days of the Academy. Ti tt of M. DE LAVIG N E was rendered chiefly remarkable by the freedom aid' which he stated his political senti ments. lie severely criticised M. FERRAND'S theory of revolutions, and warmly complimentet! General For, and the other Leaders of the Opposition in the Chamber of Deputies. 'rile correspondence from Madrid, ;n these Papers, an nounces that the Marquis of SA %MA No has been appointed Minister of IVar, retaining the command of the cavalry of the Royal Guard. The privileges of the Royal Company of the Philippines are to be continued during the p:esiure. By the Royal Cedula of the Nth of July, 1803, they were to have terminated on the 30th ult. An order lac been issued from the War Department, forbidding all iniiitary officers, especially thine lately returned from Ame r cr. to visit Madrid without heave. The Portuguese Am -I.2.sr,adJr celebrated the birthday of his SovEREIGN on the tth, with great sp!entlottr. A transparency was exhibited over the gab. of his residence, with the following inscrip bon :—" Long live the Km., of Portugal, and the lit so of Spa n, and all they Rofal Family." The street was ceowded with the populace, who vicwe3 the sight with in difference. No cries were uttered. Some offic,:rs of the Royal Guard had made known their intention not to ac: eept the invitation of the Amtetris dor, because he was a ititutioualist. The report reached the ears of M. ZE A MU DIM, who immediately informeil the KING of it.— result wa.•, that all the officers were ordered to accept the invitations, and attend the ball. FERDINAND begins! to find the zeal of his violent friends rather troublesome.-1 Incendiary placards are every monting posted on the walls! of Madrid, and the Police either cannot or will not discover the guilty parties. The celebrated ANTONIO MARANON, better known u the warlike Trappist, is traversing Na vane, preaching the necessity of more rigorous measures, in order to insure the triumph 'of what he terms the cause of the throne and the altar. The Moniteur gives accounts of an unfavourable com plexion from Greece; but we distrust the official journal of the French Government, which has latterly taken a part decisively hostile to the Greeks. The French navy inter feres in the contest with evident partiality, and the ap pointment of M. DI: RIGNY to the command in the Mediterranean, we apprehend, forebodes mischief. The Journal de Paris states that letters had been received from several ports in the Adriatic, which mention a sanguinary battle between the Greek and Egyptian armies, the result , of which is stated to be the taking by storm the entrenched camp of IBRA HAM PACHA. WC shall look with impa tience for accounts directly from the Morca. Farxen FUNO3.—PAnts, JULY B.—Five per Cents. 1031. 2(c. ; ,or per Cents . 103 r. 20e. ; Three per Cents. 76f. 10 ; Bank Stock 2.17 M. ; Rent de Naples, certif. Falconet, 09F. 30c. ; Rents d'Espag. I 7.} ; Royal Spanish Loan. fhii. Exchange on London —One month, 23f. ; thYce month?, 211. 85c.—Coars 'tut/antique. Last night we recAved the Brussels and Amsterdam Papers of Saturday. Their contents arc wholly without interest. A letter from Corfu, gives the particulars of the ltaval victory of 'the Greek Admiral SAcirrocuts over the! Capitan Pwene's fleet, off Zea. The loss of the Turks is stated at I fri7ate, S brigs, 2 schooners, and 20 transports burned. The Greeks pursued their defeated enemies and overtook them again, near Andros, where a frigate and 20 transports were captured and carried to Hydra. AMSTERDAM, JULY B.—Exchange oa London, 39 7 ; two months, 39 S. Yesterday we received Ilamburgh Papers to the 6th inst. By advices from Stockholm of the 29th ult. we learn that the birth-day of the King of SWEDEN was to be celebrated by the CROWN Parsee with great tnil:tary pomp. It was reported that a Diet would soon be convoked. This mea sure has probably sonic connexion with the policy in tended to be adopted by the Swedish Government with respect to the New States of America. The Emperor of RUSSIA was expected to return to St. Pctersburgh on the 47 t h . The summer fair at Nuremberg promised to turn out favourably. The quantity of manufactured goods, both national and foreign, was considerable. The prospect of a fine harvest causes a still further depression in the price of corn. EXCIIANGES. 11Auntrnott, JULY 6.-0 o London, 33 114; two months, ST. PETE/M1.710K, JUNE 31.-10 13-32. JULY I.—Three months, 6 Ilk. MALIN, JULY 2.—Three months, 8 20i. VIENNA, JUNE 25.—Three months, 838. Advices fro; • Zante to the 13th ult. in the German Papers, from which we give extracts in another column, state that IBSsItTM PACIIA lead been checked in his ad vance on Tripolizza by a body of Greeks, who repulsed him at Cordovenc with considerable loss. In order to put an end to internal dissention, COLOCOTRONI and his% ad herents had been pardoned, and that Chief, after taking an oath faithfully to serve his country, had repaired to Tripo lizza to assume the command ofa corps of 12,000 Moreotes, who were there awaiting his arrival. MrAcers had gone in pursuit of the remainder of the Egyptian fleet, dispersed by hie memorable achievement on the ltlt of May. In the vicinity of Capella he had formed a junction with the 'other Greek Admiral, SACTOUnIS, who bad just previously defeated the CAPITAN PACIIA off Zea. The affairs of Greece, therefore, it is clear, do not wear that desperate appearance which it has beets the business of the renegades in the Turkish pay latterly to represent. The three fort resses of Napoli di Romania, Menernbasia, and Acrocorin them, would form an insurmountable barrier to the success of Ina RIM in the reduced condition in which he mrst be since the destruction of his magazines at Modon, even if Cor.ocovitoNt were ngt posted with his forces in front of Tripolizza. The probability is, that the Arabs will, after a few attempts to penetrate the defiles of Arcadia, be com pelled to seek for shelter within the dilapidated walls of Navarino. We trust that the Greek Government will take care in future to pay that attention and respect to the mi ' litary chiefs which the present circumstances of the coun try rendtr necessary to its deliverance. Nothing can be more lamentable than to see the existence of the nation put to hazard for the sake of abstract theories, certainly un stilted to a people in their state, if indeed they be appli cable to any people under any circumstances. With a lit tle prudence on the part of the Government there need be no apprehension as to the independence of Greece. The fall of .Navarino will most probably, like the capture of Ipsara, only serve to cull forth and combine the energies of the Greeks, and insure their final triumph. By the Frankfort Papers we find that the rage for Joint Stock Companies is not exclusively English. An associ ation has been formed in Silesia for the exportation of the agricultural produce of that country to South America. The Report of the Select Committee on Metropolis Tunipike Trusts is published in another column. There can be no doubt, on a perusal of this document, that the present system of management pursued under these Trusts is one which ought to be terminated as soon as possible. In every respect the public suffer from it. More money is, raised than is necessary, and yet the roads are not in so goods state of repair as they ought. 'flue multiplicity of these Trusts is also a source of great loss and ineunve nienee. A memorable specimen of the excess to which this evil has been carried may be found in the fact that " no less than four several Acts of Parliament, constituting four separate trusts, viz.—City-road, Ohl-street, Bethnal green, and Shoreditch, with different bodies of trustees, and all the expenses attendant on four distinct establishments, compromise within them only a distance of four miles and a half." The vexatious delays and intolerable expanse re sulting from these causes constitute no trifling grievance. By way of remedy the Committee strongly recomincial "a consolidation of - the whole of the trusts (sixteen) in the' county of Middlesex under one Act of Parliament, to be conducted by one uniform system of management." We believe there will he no difference of opinion among the public at large with respect to the propriety of adopting this remedy. It is clear and i ample, and would at once put an end to many of the evils of the present system. CITY, SATURDAY EVINIXO. The advance in Console, after the cloying of the Market yester. day, way maintained this day, and the business transacted was to a larger extent than during any day since the settlement of the last account. l‘loney Stock is still scarce, and unless a great quantity be delivered at the arrangement of the current account, the Bears will find considerable difficulty in closing their late extensive ope. ritinnk at the present prices. Money is plentiful, and Lachyquer Os dilitand a premium of ats. to 40s. per cent. Ou the Stock I Exchange it is worth ►ittle more than 24 pet cent per annum ; and notwithstanding the false alarms which some shallow political Geo nomists rropagate respecting the exportation of bullion, and the consequent substitution of a paper currency, deeper calculators ra ther think this circumstance, if it actually does exist, favourable I to the best interests of the empire, for it proves that the preciou s metals can be employed abroad more beneficially than in England, and at the same time the low interest of money proves, that to long as paper money can, on demand, be re-exchanged into gold, it answers all the purposes of a metallic currency, and enables the merchants to turn gold and silver into channels of merchandise where a larger profit can be obtained for them, than by permitting them to lay in a state of dormancy in the coffers of the Bank of England. As the season advances, the abundance of money will continue to increase, and unless new'channels be opened for its em ployment, the interest to be obtained on the loan of it must ie. cline in a ratio equal to the quantity in the market. On the Foreign Stock Exchange little business has been dons this day, excepting in the Shares of some Associations, who's chief object is to raise a time account, and to take advantage of those who sell more Shares in them than have really been issued to the public. This object once obtained, they die a natural (lea h. It is more and more necessary for the public to inform themselves of the characters of the Directors, and of the natures of the proposed undertakings, before they embark their property in schemes, many of which are not intended to live beyond one settling-day. In European National Securities no variation can be noted, except that Greek Scrip it onr per cent. higher than it was yes terday ; and the French Fives have reached 103 f. 50r. In the French Threes, no business has been reported. South American Securities maintain yesterday's prices. In respectable Joint-stock Companies' Shares, no great deal of business has been done. The Castello Brazil Mining Shares have advannd to a premium of 41. each. Iti the Shares of the British Rock aod Patent Salt Company, there has latterly been consi rderabie activity at 5f premium each. United Mexican Shares are from 1/. to 2/. lower. No Foreign news of any importance has been received during this day, but ships are expected daily to arrive both from Asia and America, by which much interesting information, both political and mercantile, will be received. Baron Hautzow,lMlTlerly S;eidisiiAmbasaador of the United Statol, died lately. The importation of foreign alum into Georgia is pro.. Whited. A letter dated Gibraltar, June 22, strtes, that among the Colombian privateers who do the greatest damage to the Spanish mereintile navy, the General Santander is par tier:4oly' remarkable ; the number of prizes she has al ready 'made is considerable. The last she made was the mereha:vt alp Santa Rita, who had taken in a cargo at Nlajurca, and was proceeding to Puerto Men. The crew and passengers have just arrived here, and have been for the present put on board a vessel in the harbour. There are continually cruising in the Straits a great number of Colombian privateers, who occasionally come in here for refreshments. Tin. NEW AMEIIICAN STATES.—The Staelhahn Gazette of the 17th ult. contains the following observations on the propriety of opening commercial relations between Sweden and the New American States:—" We have not ceased, during the last two months, from expressing the desire we feel to see commercial relations attempted with the New States of South America. New wants are felt by society. It is true that we are neither strong nor powerful enough to put ourselves at the head of any great project, whether political or religious. Sweden, which reckons only four millions of inhabitants, cannot follow the example of a tiation which contains thirty or forty; still, however, the geographical position of the Peninsula enables it to extend its commerce and its industry, without infringing upon the interests, either ancient or recent, of any foreign power whatever. These interests should be alike, and Constitu tional Governments are thoroughly convinced of this truth. ' It is in accordance with this incontestible principle, that we wish our Government, width does not depend upon the protection of any power whatever, should find in the ports' ' of South America a vent for our iron, our timber, our pitch, sail-cloth, &c. But we do not wish that any pre cipitate measures should be adopted; for there are many obstacles to surmount —many interests to conciliate. What! it has alrtady done. however, gives ils the assurance that it will soon accomplish every thing which is possible for the edvantage of the country." Ittor AT Pat-lA.—The Atoile of Thursday contains the following account of the late riot of the students at Pavia: After the death of one of the students, who was killed by the troops, eight hundred of these young men assembled on the 25th ult. with crape round their arms, and wax tapers in their hands, to accompany their unfortunate companion to the grave; they swore over his body to be revenged. Thence they proceeded to the principal Street of the city with loud cries of " Vendetta ! Vendetta!" (Vengeance! Vengeance!) many of them being armed with pistols and poniards. A student discharging his pistol at an hussar, broke his arm, on which the troops, who were under arms, charg.d and dispersed the rioters, four of whom were killed, and forty-eight wounded. Fifty-eight were taken prisoners, the greater part of whom were soon set at liberty, and the remainder delivered over to the tribunals. Tran quillity then appeared to be re-established. Of the soldiers six were wounded. On the 18th June, a man, named Peter Tuchan, died at Posen. in the 29th year of his age, of dropsy in the chest. lie was a native of Tula, and remarkable for his gigantic stature. He measured 8 ftet 7 inches in height, so that the le ad of the tallest man hardly reached his breast. It is remarkable that he had no beard, that his voice was soft, and his feet weak ; he was a very moderate eater, and it is said he was seven years old before he began to grow in such an extraordinary manner. His stature continued to increase, and it appeared that he continued growing to his death. RUSSIAN 1101ISE-RACING.—At the beginning of next! month, it is intended to have some races at St.Petersburgh, which excite considerable attention. Counts Orlow, Denissow, and Matassewitsch, have hettol twenty-five thousand rubles on the question whether Cossack horses or English race-horses are the fleetest. The ground chosen for the race is between that city and Gatsehina. Papers from 13arbadoes to the 17th of May have been received. The state of the slave population is said to be improving, in consequence of the increased facilities af forded for religious instruction since'the arrival of the Bishop. The afternoon service of Wednesdays and Fri days at the Cathedral was attended by much greater numbers of them than before, and prepossession was gaining ground among them in favour of the rite of bap tism. Notwithstanding the weather had been extremely unfavourable at Barbadocs for getting out the crop of sugar, the quantity cleared at the Custom-house up to the loth, amounted to 11,717 hogsheads. Quartermaster Matthews, of the :13th Regiment, was thrown from his horse on the loth, and a wagon passing at the time went over him, and killed him on the spot. The reign of Leo the Tsyclfth over the Papal States is already marked with bigotry and ultraism. He has insti tuted an asylum for assassins in Ostia and three other un healthy towns. The Papal. Edict states, that it is for the purpose of re-peopling these places. Every assassin who flies for refuge to one of these towns, which are about ten leagues from the spat where the greatest number of tra vellers arc murdered, is to be free from further pursuit ! We hear that Sir 11. Halford's inaugural oration, deli vered at the opening of the College of Physicians, is in the course of publication. The extreme approbation he l has received (apt Weed scripts manet) from Lords Gren ville and Stowell and others, will be the best evidence of the beauty as well as of the elegance of the composition, even against the sneers and prejudice of others, who would not or could not judge of its merits. The efforts'', of the President were also crowned next day by a present from the King, of a most splendid star of the Guciphic Order, of which lie 1133 been made a knight ; and we be lieve this is the first instance that a physician, quaad mrdi tui, has been honoured with a star. All who know him will wish that he may live long to wear it. The last act will best evince his munificence: having ascertained the expense of the entertaimnent, which exceeded 3001., the President gave a draft for the whole sum. Thursday evening, between eleven and twelve o'clock, a lunar rainbow was noticed at Devizes, complete in its form, but the moon being partially obscured by a thin cloud, the colours were less brilliant than they otherwise would have been. A shower of small rain fell during its appearance, which continued after it was observed for about five minutes. FASIIIONABLE EvrELLICEXCE. ARRANGE3IENTS FOR TUE WEEK. THIN EVENING. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury's grand entertainment to their Itoy4l Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester and evening party. Mrs. tway Cave's rcut, South-street. Mrs. Coutta's assembly, Stratton-street. To.stoanow. • Lady Rayenworth's ball, Portland-place. The ' , Arland Counteas lirthurst'a entertainment, Great Stan hope-street. WEDNESDAY. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury's assembly, Arlington street. Alinack's Ball. THURSDAY. The Duchess of Bedford's grand ball, St. James's-square. The Ron. Mr. and Lady Sarah Robinson's entertainment, Down- Laudtreet. y Long's rout, Whitehall-gardens. r RIDAY. Lady G. Cavendialt's ball, -P.:l"rrii-iit;.a.house, SATURDAY. The Marquis of liertford'a grand entertainment to the Duke of York. The Duke and Duchess of Rutland gave a grand dinner on Friday, at their house in Arlington-street. to the Duke of Vork. Among the distinguished party invited to meet his Royal Hight neas were--the Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Msrquis of Hertford, the Earl of Chatham, Sir John and Lady Shelley, the Speaker of the House of Commons. Colonel Trench, Major Bulkeley, Mrs. Culling Smith, Mu. Lane Fox, Mr. Lushington, and :lira. Arbuthnot. The Duke of Devonshire's grand djettni- on Saturday at Chis wick, was attended by all the distinguished of the haut ton in town. The Countess of Bristol gave one of the grandest balls of the season, on Friday evening, at her elegant mansion, in St. James's- square. The spacious suit of drawing-rooms (five in number) were fitted up with unique taste and elegance, the ball contnimeneed at eleven o'clock ; the supper, which consisted of every delicacy of the season, was announced about half-past one ; the wines and fruits were of the choicest description; dancing commenced at three, and continued till five on Saturday motning : there were present nearly WO of the ham ton. Colonel Hughes, .31. P., had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house in South Audley-street. Lord Bridport entertaired a distinguished patsy to dinner oa Saturday, at his house in 11'impole-street. C. R. Ellis, Esq. 31. P. entertained a large party to dinner yester day at his house in Audley-square. The Dukes of Rutland and Orafton left town yesterday for New market. Baroness Willaughby de F:reshy and the Hon. 3liss Burrell ar rived in town on Saturday, from Cheltenham. The Earl and Countess of Sefton, and the Ladies 3lolyneux, left town yesterday for Newmarket. Sir Edward Most n, Bart. hft Ilivart's Hotel, Lower Brook. street, yesterday , for his seat in Flintshire. Pascoe 6tenlell, Esq. 11.1'., and family, have left town fur their seat, Taplow. Depatturts from Jordan's llotol. St. James's-street—Colonel Austen end Miss Campion for rite Csrtinent ; 3lr. and 3lrs. New ton for Newmarket ; and Rhodes Mikes, Esq. for di.m. 3lr. and Mrs. Blake and family left the London Hotel, Albe mark-street. yesterday, for Brighton. The Countess of Carhtimpam has left town for her scat in Kent. Departure from the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle-street—Captain and Mrs. Lambert, fur Paris ; and IVm. Osborne, Esq. for Brigh _ _ Arrivals at the St. George's Hotel, Albermarle.street—Mr. and Mrs. Rosenhagen, from Cheltenham ; Captain and the lion. 3lrs. Stapleton, from Berkshire. Departures from ditto:—Captain Coghlin, It.N. for Portsmouth; Mr. and Mr. o:rtilestone and family, for Paris ; Charks White, Esq. for Windsor. The Dukes of York and Cambridge and the Duchess of Gloucester visited the King on Saturday. The Duke of York is expected to attend the races at Newmarket (luring the present week. The Duke of Cambridge and the Duchess of Gloucester visited the King yesterday. Yesterday afternoon the Duchess of Cambridge, accom panied by the infant Prince George and Princess Augusta, and attended by Mrs. Page, took an airing in Hyde Park and Kensington-gardens. Yesterday morning the Duke of Cambridge and the Princess Augusta attended divine service at the Chapel It yal. 'l'he Duke of Cambridge and Prince Leopold honoured the Earl of Westmoreland with their company to dinner, on Friday, at his residence in Grosvenor-square. On Friday the Duchess of Cambridge had a seit c t party to dinner. The Princess Augusta took an airing yesterday in the Parks. Yesterday the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Victoria and the Princcas Feodore, attended di vine service at the Royal German Chalk], and hea4l•a sermon by the Rev. Dr. Kuper. The Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Feodore, honoured the Italian Opera-house with her pre sence on Saturday evening. On Saturday the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the infant Princess Victoria and the Princess Feodore, and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, visited the Princess Augusta. Yesterday the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester gave a grand dinner at their residence in Park-lane. The Duke of Gloucester is about to proceed to Chelten ham. Prince Leopold au( nded divine service ycsterilly at St. Philip's Chapel, Reg. , nt-street. Prince Leopold visited the Duke and Duchess of Cam bridge on Saturday. Yesterday the Lord Chancellor, Mr. Secretary Canning, anti Count, Munster, the Hanoverian Ambassador, had au diences of his Majesty. The Earl of Liverpool left town on Saturday, for the season, for Coombe Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Canning gave a grand dinner on Saturday at Gloucester Lodge, Old Brompton. The Dukes of York and Glcuceater, anti the Duchess of Gloucester, were ex pected.. A number of the Foreign Ambassadors aid some of the Cabinet Ministers were invited to meet ,their Royal Highnesst s. Saturday the Chancellor of the Exchequer left town for Blackheath. Prince Frederick of the Netherlands and his consort entered Brussels ou Tuesday last. The weather was ex ceedingly fine, and the concourse of spectators immense. Saturday afternoon the Duke of D,vonshire gave a pub lic breakfast, at his residence, at Chiswick, which was ho noured by the presence of nearly all the members of rlre Royal Family, On Saturday morning, at half-past ten o'clock, the Lords of his Majesty's Privy Council had a meeting at the Council Office, at which the Earl of Ilarrowby presided as Lord President of the Council. The following Lords were also present:—'floe Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Baron, the .Judge Advocate, and Sir Henry Russell. The case with which their Lordships were occupied was one of appeal from a man under sentence of death in the Isle of Man, on a cliarge of burglary. Mr. Brougham and Mr. Sergeant Arabin were heard by their Lordships in support of the appeal. The Solicitor-General was heard in support of the sentence, to whom Mr. Sergeant Arabin replied. Their Lordships adjourned the further hearing of the case till a future day, after sitting near six hours. Yesterday morning despatches arrived at the Foreign Office from Paris. The Rev. Mr. Buckland, the celebrated geologist, has been elected to the Canonry of Christ Church, vacant by the death of Dr. Burton. It was generally understood that the late Dr. Elmsley was promised the first vacancy, and Mr. Buckland the second. The Dublin correspondent of a Morning Paper states Mr. Hamilton Rowan to have set off from his house to go to London, in order to demand from Mr. Secretary Peel a full explanation of the language applied to him in Parlia. ment by the Right Hon. Gentleman, on Mr. Brougham's motion, that Counsel should be heard at the Bar on behalf of the Catholic Association. Mr. Rowan is represented to have deferred corning till the Prorogation of Parliament, in order to escape the consequences of a breach of privilege, which may occur while the Houses are sitting. We have heard that several physicians in London arc in the habit of receiving a certain annual sum from fami lies, fur attendance anti prescriptions. This is the hubs plan, which we very much approve, and trust it will be come general. A physician who can secure SOO families, at 3/. or lot each, would have a respectable income, and would not have, on an average, twenty on his sick list. As he was pressed on by more families, be could, of course, raise his terms : but we really know many who would gladly embrace such a plan. Erne E N T.—The daughter of a respectable tradesman of Lewis, 17 years of age, very pretty, and who only left school at Christmas. has absconded from her family, hav ing been seduced to tha►fatal step, it is supposed, by the arts of a middle-aged stranger, recently arrived there. The retreat of the runaway has run been diwove:ed. 11 VAUXHALL G IRDLNS. The most brilliant assemblage we have witnessed at these Gardens. during the peseta or any preceding season, was certainly that of Saturday. The entert.".ln meat of the evening was the annual celebration of the juvenile fete, wine!, had the peculiar attraction this year jof being patronised by their Royal Highnesses the Dula ; and Duchess of Cambridge. I At so early an hour as seven o'clock the Gardens were quite thronged. , in each party that arrived there were at j least two or three children, from the age of five to twelve. The effect of the novelty and splendour of the scene on their yowls, minds, the surprise, the eager attention with which they listened to and gazed at the succession of varied amusements prepared for their special gratification, was not the least pleasing part of the evening's entertainment. It is the happy persons in this joyous season of life that the gay delights and light amusements of a Vauxhall evening are peculiarly calculated to please and to impress with the liveliest sensations of enjoyment. We cannot easily fancy anything more interesting than to have watched the placid eye of infancy and childhood sparkling in admiration at the ballett, the fireworks, the cosmora Has, and the thousand other brilliant attractions that every in stant met their eye in the new world of light in which they for the first time seemed to move. At nine o'clock their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and the Duchess of Gloucester arrived. They were greeted with the warmest shouts of acclamation by a large concourse of persons outside the gardens, which were as warmly re-echosd from those within. At this mos meta the gardens were full in every part, and the coup (Aril fr om the pavilion, at which the Royal party entered, was beautifully picturesque. After their Royal Highnesses acknowledged the salutations by which their presence was hailed, Prince George came forward, and bowed repeatedly to the comp. ny. lie was received with quite an enthu siastic welcome. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards ex ressed their peculiar gratification at the very flattering reception the young Prince had met with. The Princess Asigusta.was not present, her royal parents being appre nsivit that she was of an age too tender to encounter such a 'sem. However, the young Princess may be said not to be without a representative, as we perceived that through out the evening the company mistook a fine child of Lady Jersey's—one of the royal party—for her Royal Highness, and accordingly greeted her with all the flattering and respectful salutations due as they supposed to her exalted lineage. No effort was made to undeceive them, and all were satisfied that they had seen what they catne princi. pally to see, the young Prince and Princess of Cambridge. The royal party were shown over the gardens, and their al mention directed to the principal points of attraction by the proprietors and gentlemen of the establishment. Her Royal Highness, whose first visit this was to Vauxhall, expressed herself quite pleased and surprised beyond all expectation at the surpassing splendour and beauty of this favourite resort, at the great regularity that prevailed, and at the elegance of the assemblage. The Duke of Cam bridge asked a variety of questions as to the origin of these gardens, and seemed to take much interest in the history of their progress, from their humble commencement to their present celebrity. An elegant collation was pre- Fared for the royal party, but they (lid not partake of it. They retired from the gardens at half-past ten o'clock, ' saluted, as on their entrance, by the cheers of the com pany. Amongst those who accompanied their Royal II igh. nesses we noticed Lady Jersey and her two children, Miss Wynyard. Colonel 'fixate, Sir T. Reynatt, Colonel Davi son, Major Junes, &c. &c. FINE ARTS. EXHIBITION OT POItTI:•IT8 IN LEtCrstLa-socana. —This is a graphic garden which requires much weeding, and to have the advantage of less gloom and glare of light to see the better part of its contents to advantage; such as the two fine Velasquezea, one a p or t ra i t o f Ch ar l es on hia throne, the other Charles on horseback, loth as large as life, and splendid in colour—the series of Miniatures of the Stuart family, and the Miniature of Shakspeare by Oliver. This Miniature is traced to the Southampton family, and may be from life. This may be gives it much interest. The per. traits are, in some instances, from authenticated sources, eliccially many of the unintellectual faces and clumsy tbnns of the ancestors of our Royal Family, by Lcly and Kneller ; the weak, ugly, n.. 1 truly legitimate heads of Most of the Spanish Monarchs, &c. Of others which are not so authenticated, the poverty of style sufficiently ex plains the origin, as well as the plain fact, that after the numerous sales of Portraits by distinguished masters for thirty years past, an additional one of several hundred must be visited by the least cautious with a large pardon of scepticism. SOCIETT or BRITISH An'rtsTs.—The Exhibition of this Society closed on Saturday. We understand tlat the Exhibi tion has not only been more numerously attended this sea son than the previous cue, but that its sales have likewise been more extensive. The Duke of Bedford, Lord North. wick, Dr. Mackie, and several other distinguished Patrons, have given commissions for Pictures to several of the Artists—We wish the Society every success it merits, and trust that each successive Exhibition will add to its cha racter, by a pictorial display at once honourable to native talent, end worthy of the public support. Mr. Wilkie is contemplating a splendid painting rela tive to the King's visit to Holyrood-house during ks Majesty's sojourn in Edinburgh. All the various clans arc to be represented as they were introduced, and we hear that it is intended to try and render all faithful portraits. • It is said that the Duke of Bedford has engaged to take Mr. Ilayter's picture of the trial of Lord Wm. Rus sell, now exhibiting in Somerset Ilouse, for 2,500 i. Mr. Agar Ellis is in possession of the Queen's trial, by Cc same artist. lion vita- SOUTHEY.—The following is the conclusion and summing-up of the article on Mr. Southey in the powerful series of sketches, intitled the Spirit if the Age:— " In all the relations and charities of private life, he is correct, exemplary, generous, just. We never heard a single imivopriay laid to his charge; and if he has many enemies, few men can boast more numerous or stancher friends. The miety and piquancy of his writings form a striking contrast to the mode in which they are pro duced. He rises early, and writes and reads till breakfast time. He writes or reads after breakfast till dinner, after dinner till tea, and from tea till bed-time— •' And follows so tile ever-running year With profitable labour to his grave " on Dement's banks, beneath the foot of Skiddaw. Study serves him for business, exercise, recreation. Ile passe; from verse to prose, from history to poetry, from reading to writing, by a stop-watch. lie writes a fair hand with out blots, sitting upright in his chair, leaves off when he comes to the bottom of a page, and changes the subject fer another as opposite as the Antipodes. His mind after all is rather the recipient and transmitter of knowledge, than the originator of it. He has hardly grasp of thought enough to arrive at any great leading truth. His passions do not amount to more than irritability. With some gall in big pen, and coldness in hit manner, he has a great deal of kindness in his heart. flash in his opinions, he is steady in his attachments—and is a man, in many parti culars, admirable; in all, respectable; his political him:- sistency alone excepted." It would not be amiss if a new market were oombitell with the plan of the new street from Charing-cross. lithv cannot part of Seven Dials be appropriated to the purpose? A place for the short stages to congregate in, would also be a desideratum. EXTRAORDINARN FPCAJDITS.—A SOW Of the small Chinese breed, belonging to a gentleman within a short distance of Liverpool, lately produced at one farrow the amazing number of twenty-one pigs, of which 19 were alive, the day following another one died, the remainder are likely to do will. Suicirm.—vie 'Thursday evening, about half-past eight o'clock, a gentleman of the name of ilertolino, arrived at the Hotel in mitt town by the Newcastle coach, and, without giving any di• rections about the luggage, requested to be shown to a bed-roan. About a quarter past eleven o'cleck he was found lying upon one of the beds ro a dying state, with his throat cut ; a surgeon was imme diately sent for, who found both the windpipe and the carotid artery entirely divided, and the unfortunate gentleman expired in abott a quarter of an hour. A bloody razor was found upon the dressing-table, and no doubt existed of the wound having been in flicted by his own hands. An inquest was held yesterday morning, and the Jury found a verdict of lunacy. In an alien certificate fountl upon hint, lie is described by the name of Giacomo Alessi() Bertolitto, a native of Italy. as having arrived in London front Ostend on the ;Mth May, I&3, as being of the age of 32 years, an attorney at law, and as known to one in this ecuatry.....Lerdi Mercury. • •