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As addien to the Throne, founded on these resolutions, i rss then adopted, which concluded by praying the King to relieve that colony from the evils which then distracted it, by removing Lord Iluntingdon from the government, by which alone could be restored that happiness and unanimity which prevailed in that communitz, and which ought to exist in civil society. The Noble had, as we know. soon after resigned. With which side the fault of all these pro ceilings lay it is impossible as yet correctly to determine. hoed Huntingdon's answer, however, was most unreflect ingly worded. Contests of this description in the West India islands, under existing circumstances, may had to the most disastrous consequences ; they destroy all th , ., in tim ace of authority in the eyes of the slave population, and prepare their minds for insubordination and revolt at another .fay. The Assemblies in Dominica, Jamaica, and one or two islands beside, have latterly been most intemperate in their debates and resolutions, and but for the injudicious iangttage of Lord Iluntingdom, every way unsuited to his station as the King's Representative in Dominica, we would 1 strongly inclined to impute the entire of this contest to etc ungoverned violence of the 'louse of Assembly in that The agitating rumo ur tat been in circulation some clam, on the subject of a French force collected on the coast of Brazil, coukl not, we anticipated, pass without marked and early notice in Parliament, and the subject was accordingly brought forward by Sir James Mackintosh, at the meeting of the House last night. The Honourable And Learned Gentleman said, he was desirous to put a question to the Right Honourable Secretary far Foreign AU/6, whom he then saw in his place. A rumour, which he belied was without foundation, prevailed, of the ap pesrasee of a French fleet off the coast of Brazil. Ile had seen it (the Ilonourable and Learned Gentleman said) pub licly stated, and from private information of a most re spectable character, he had some reason to think that the report was not destitute of foundation. lie sincerely trusted, boweezr, that the answer of the R•ght Honourable Se cretary would remove all apprehension on the subject. The einestkn, Sir Junes Mackintosh said, he ha Ito put was, whetter'. his Maj.:sty's Government had received any infor niatioe, or had any reason to believe, that a French squa dron was off the coast of Brazil ; and if so, bad any ex planation been sought from or given on the part of the French. Government. Mr. Secretary Canning replied, that he hai no difficulty in answering the gen stion of the Ho mouralie and Learned Gentleman. It was, Mr. Canning stated. undoubtedly true, that diffe•re lit French vessels had been seen oft' the coast of Brazil, apparently with different destinations. For himself, lie had at present no reason to give crtalit to the rumour ; but an application had already been made through the French Ambassador in this caun try, an/, of course, some further and more decisive infor mation might be expected from his Court in a few days. That information, he imagined, when given, there could he no desire to withhold from the Ilonourah'e and Learned Gentleman. This business, therefore, stiil remains encom passed with doubt and mystery. There could be. nothing of alarm in a French ship of war or two calling at Rio de Janeiro for mfr.. aliments, on their passage through those seas • but the accounts we received mentioned their re peated: and successive arrival in that harbour. day after slay, and stated, that the French Consul-General had ac tually tendered the fleet for the service of ksgitimacy, in the name of kis Monarch, to the Brazilian Emperor. Yet we cannot believe that the French Cabinet, already so fully in possession of the sentiments of our Government on the sub je ct of South America and its independence, would risk a rupture with this country, by so cpen and flagr ant an at tempt as has been imputed to them ; it could lead to no thing but the certain capture and destruction, by a British squadron, of the assembled force in question. Mr. Can ning, whose policy on this interesing question, has already been so decisive and worthy of the councils of this coun try, will sot, we are confident, trifle for a moment, if he sees any real grounds for marked interpssition. That Frame has an avaricious and jaundiced eye on these rising' to entries, and would, if possible, drag them again under tin degrading yoke they laboured under so long,for the purpose of herself monopolizing a large portion of their wealth and commerce, we have no doubt, and nothing but her fears of our power prevents the open attempt at once. The pos session of impoverished Spain is of no value to her, with out her parted empire in the Western Indies. A little time will disclose whether any projects are really meditated by France against the independence of Brazil and Spa- America. The presence of so many French vessels in those a 'as is certainly in itself a subject of strong suspicion. (her force, we trust, will be increased sufficiently, so as effectually to check any attempts that might he meditated by Villele • Ministry in that quarter of the world. IVe would trust nothing to the faith of that Cabinet, and yet, with the important financial arrangements now making with British capitalists, on which so much depends, and which a single breath of hostility would overturn, it is strange that any attempts of this doubtful description should be made on the part of France, which the Nlinistry of that country must know could not pass without the peremptory demand from us of immediate explanation. The Etude of Sunday notices this subject markedly, and denies positively that there is any foundation for it. The English papers, the Etai/e says, on the faith of pre te-nded letters from Rio Janeiro, have given currency in Landon to news from which it should appear that the French force on the Brazil station has been increased, and raised to Is ships. We can affirm (the Paris papers add) that this news is without any foundation. The French force in those seas, a hich has tht been augmented for several years, is only there to protect our commerce, and often even that of other nations ; the late events of Per nambuco and Para have proved the necessity of it. The ):Toile states that the Colusse, which the Courier pretends seas then at Rio, was laid up in ordinary at Brest. The state of these Colonies (this paper concludes by saying) might perhaps cull for an augmentation of the French force at these diftia•ent points ; but while we admit what it might be proper to do, we are bound to speak the truth as to what exists. We place little reliance on the state ments of the Eta t.. Our best assurance lies in the power aid resources of this country, and our superior naval strong. k. The Princess Sophia or Gloucester, and a select party, dined with the Princess Augusta yesterday. Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess Sophia, visited the Princess Augusta. Prince Leopold dined with the Duchess of Kent on Sunday, at her residence at the King's Palace, Kensington. l Yestetellay Polignac, the French Ambassador,' transacted business at the Foreign Office, in Downing street, fee a considerably length of time. Yesterday, at two o'clock, the first Cabinet Council since the Parliamentary recess, and the absence of Ministers frets L )ndon, assembled at the Foreign (Hffice, which sat tin a quarter pest four. There were present the Earl of Liverpool, the Earl of iVestinorland, Mr. Peel, Mr. Can ning, Earl Bathurst, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscount ,Melville, Mr. Wynn, Viscount Sidmouth, &c. Sir 3faithew Van Brees. whose " Sacrifice of the Grecian Virgins," exhibiting at the Grecian Gallery, 67, Haymar ket, deservedly attracts so much attention, arrived yester day at Jauney's Hotel, Licester-square. IVe understand that a principal object of the Chevalier's visit, for the first time, to this country, is to collect certain details necessary Ito ti completion o? two large paintings representing must jjit,crtsting subjects of our national history. Mr, Swann tsince dead) having a;gnitted his intention to vacate 116 seat In Parliament, caused a great bustle iu the borough of Penrlayn this week. The candidates are, Lord Perceval, son of the Earl of Egmont ; Mr. Barclay ; and Mr. Stanton, a London har.ker. Counsellor C. F. Williams, Mr. Addy, and Mr. Scott, solicitors, arrived on Monday for Lord Perceval (wl:o is at present on the Con.l tinent.) Mr. Barclay arrived on Tuesday night ; Mr. aaton arrived yesterday. and it is expected that Sir Edward Banks will offer his frienil.—Cornwall Gazette. The Di of Took breathed his last on the tenth of March, at the !loyal Palace. Ile is succeeded by his eldest Ban, Sun Ilassan Bey, without opposition, which Ins been announced by salvoes of artillery from the castle and forts. His brother, Sadi Mustafa Hey, is at present ►n the country, collecting their revenue, which pahars may be unfortaiwite for Sadi Hassan, they not being very good friends. Extract of a lett 'r from Corfu, dated April 3:—" We le Ini from Missolouglii th it the Greeks are reedy to open tile fourth campaign ; their forces were never more impw ing ; they know that the Turks have constructed Ilat ho4naell boats to make a descent on the Morn." I'ALTIIIONADLE INTRIZICISNCL The Archbishop of Canterburt public dinner on Saturday, at Lambeth Palace, was attended, among other distinguished per. nonage', by the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Montrose, the Karl of Shaftsbury, Earl Nelson, Lord Louvain*, Lord Bridport, Lord Sydney, Sir Claudius Hunter, Sir John Nichols, the Bishop of St. A•aanh, the Bishop of Sodot and Man, the Dean of Canter. bury. the Dean of Peterborough, the Rev. Mr. Andrews, the Rev. Mr. Smedley, Mr. Wiirtney, Strachey, he. The Marquis of Anglesey entertained the Earl of Lonsdale and a large party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Old Burlington street. The Marquis of hansilown has bowed cards of invitation for a dinner 'arty on Saturday next. at Lana/own-house, Berkeley. . _ E'rl of Westmorland entertained the Marquis and Mar chioness of Mindy and a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. 'the C, , untess of Arran has issued earth of invitation for a rout on Thursday next, at her borne in Dover-street. Gee.eral aiid :Um. Ittets had a grand dinner party yesterday, at their house in Portland-plare. lAngcon, Esq M.P. had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in lkrkeley-squire. Lord Bexley had a selcrt party at dinner yesterday, at his house in (treat George-street, IVestninister. The Earl of Iteshorough entertained &distinguished party at dinner, yesterday, at his house in St. James's-square. lA‘rd Melbourne had a dinner party yesterday, at his ham, Whitehall. Lord George Lennox Imo arrived in town from his seat in William Lennox has left town for Il'indaor. Lor:I Althorp has arrived in town from his seat, %Vesta!' Hall, Yo.k‘hire. The Hight Hon. IL Gnu!bum, M.P. has arrived in town from Dublin Castle. lir. Burton has arrived in Holles-street, fmm Oxford. Earl Rivers hit town yesterday for Newmarket. 'rite Itev. 3lr. Hasetrey arrived in town yesterday from Eisa. Departures from the St. l'etershurgh Hotel, 13overotneet t Sir Or lege and lastly Sitwell and Miss Fate, for Paris ; Captain Smith, R.N., toe Poi tamouth ; Colonel end Mrs. L. Braille on • tour ; Captain Forbes, on a tour; and Mr. and M rs . H a ll a nd fo ndly, for Paris. Arrivals at tiauld's Hotel. Jermyn-atreet :—Sir Andrew Cath. ' cart, Bart.: Mr. and 3lrs. Hawkins, from Ireland ; and the two 31'3SCA Ilsi:ey, from 'lath. Arrivals at Iflakc's Hotel. Jermymstreet r —Mr. and Mrs. Broom, from Bath ; Capt. and Mrs. Beauchamp Procter, front Essex ; Newton, Esq. front Path; and Mr. :and Mrs. Scourlield, front Cheltenham. Departures :-3lajor-Gencral Stewart and Sons.' ResAiill, Godly, Eaq. and Sou, and Major-General Sir Colquboun Grant. for Ireland ; Sir Roger Orealy, Bart. fur the Continent; and the lino. Charles Vesey, fur Ireland. Arrivals at the Oath Hotel. Arlington-street :—Mr. and Mrs. Moreton, front their seat, Staiorslshire ; and Mrs. Harding, front Edinburgh. Depanures —Mr. and Mrs. Warren, for Herta ; Captain and Mrs. Malcolm, and Mrs. Paisdy, for Herts. Arrivals at limiting's Hotel, °trord•street:—Sir Henry, Lady, and Miss litzkibert, Into Earleigh, near Slaitlstone ; sir %Vm. Brahman, Bart. front the Continent; CI. A. Vaughan, Esq. front Cheltenham ; Thos. Stonor, Esq. front Henley-upon-Thrums.; Rey. C. Beckford, from a tour; ('apt. and Mrs-141min and fa mily, from a tour; Edward Fuller, Esq. from Savoundham; and Col. llibbings,frou %Cesium Lodge, Bucks. Departures : C. A. Backe, Eq. for Cambridge; Sir Thomas and Mr. Haw, for Stow Hall, Norfolk; Sir Thos. Phillips, for the Continent ; Genets! 31olyneux, for the Continent; Mr. and Mrs. Shure, for Haikybury. Hertford ; John Ilodron, Eaq. for Chigwell-place. Essex ; Mrs. Illackh di and family, for the Continent ; and P. N. Roberts, Esq. for Esher, Surrey. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The first part of King Henry the Pooret was performed at this theatre last evening, with all the pomp and circumstance" of a revival, attention to costume and other sounding epithets in the an. nouneennen.. :surely it does not require all this trickery to recom. mend the inspitations of Shakspcare's must to the people of Eng. land ; but trickery is a part ache practical philosophy of theatrical management, and this accounts foe the superfluous epithets and hustings which nown.tlays ecemnpany the announcatnent of almost evay dramatic performs-c:. The principal attraction in this play was the novelty of Mr. Charles It:noble's first ap. pearance in London as Sir John Falahri. Ile had played the pan, we understood, with considerable success in several provincial theatres. Al:hough his fame had preceded him to the metropolis, we own we were nut easily susceptible of being mule panto; to such a dramatic illusion as the metamorphose of ifornco into Sir John FuLdqr,--of the accomplished lover into the representative of an old, jesting sensualist. Who could fancy the well-formed figure, the light movement and graceful deportment of Charles Kendal*. as representing " the fulness of the spirit of wit and his. moue bodily." Who could suppose the ardent and enthusiastic Ittnaen, Pauly to leap up to Jrairt in the balcony., as a pawn like. ly to •• lard the lean earth as he walled along ?" Notwithatand. ing this personal unfitness for the part (an unfitness of which Mr. Kemble is deubtless not desirous to divest himself), yet he evinced a very correct conception of this very comic and original character. If his performance was not perfect, is was because he had not those natural qoalifications which amuse brings to the character, and without which Pablo", sot ge substitute cannot be " witty hintself, or the cause of wit in nthcrs." Mr. Kemble seemed not insensible to the disadvantages under which he laboured, and this apparent consciousness imparted an elaborate air to his acting, which greatly impaired the off.hantled nod jovial pleasantries which constitute the rafeeming quali.ies of this stran g e and eccentric character. In short die general performance of Mr. Ketuble did not impair, neither (lid n eohance, hie previous reputation. 31in F. 11. Kelly played I. , stin Perry. She had but little to do, but did that little well. Iler reception, from a very crowded house was most cordial and tut:ring ; it conveyed, we thought, an intimation to the management of a desire to see her oftener. This would he but a due attention to their own interests and to the wishes of the public; it would moreover be but an act of justice to a young lady of real and approved merit, who owes them very little on the score of liberal and kind encouragement. There was an arch fascination in the dclirery of her solicitation of Ilotspar, which drew down a burst of well.rarned applause— " In faith I'll break thy little finger. Harry, " An if thou wilt no: tell toe all things true." The Hotspur of Mr. Young was a performance that might rank amongst the best of that accomplished actor. The character is the very impersonation of English chivalry, and is well adapted to his full.toned declamation fine flow of action. Mrs. Davenport, as the Busiest, was very buxomish and very clever. The other parts were well sustained ; and the play given out for repetition on Wednesday, amid a general expression of warm approbation. There was a display of some new and beautiful scenery ; and the attention to costume, which wu costly, was creditably correct. TIIE MASQUERADE. " The East Grand Illasquemde this Season !" It is with these word* that the srbilri elegaNtiarmat al the ()pc-a -house commenced a must prodigious advertisement of the masquerade of last evening. Accustomed for a long time to we this sort of preparatory promise end in very " lame and impotent" performance, we did not appre hend any considerable disappointment trim the surpassing excel. lence of last night's amusement. Loving, however, to behold humanity in its best and most undisguised shapes (and never are our fellow-c►eatures less in disguise than when concealed by masks and dominoes), we entered the theatre with a certainty of witnessing a good deal of fun and frolic, mixed up with quite as much of absurdity and dullness. But even abaurdity is tolerable when it is in. tended for our gratification ; and philosophy can always convert dull. nese itself into matter of instruction. Thus prepared for being pleased with everything before us, whether good or evil, we assumed the very of the season, and joined the motley throng of masqueradera. In order that those persona who do not carry their own mirth and sunshine about with them might find something to laugh and won der at, the directors had provided sundry clever artists to exhibit their tricks of legerdemain, their wooden puppet performers, and thee flying meth miral chariot. These were well enough in their way,but we have admiral and criticised Mons. Cornillot elsewhere, and cannot spare hint even a seutenee of praise or dispraise for his surprising and unrivalled deceptions of last night. There was a Mons. Derived with a flying chariot, which was somewhat curious, and he accompanied its motion with appropriate music. composed and perforated by himself. But this is not the kind of thing which is to be looked for at a masquerade; and though it is in vain to expect that our Wort should ever be realized, yet we may look fur some variety, force, and originality in the character--ter some wit and merriment iu the trick; and disguises. The cha racters of last night were neither numerous, well conceived, nor well supported. The old groups of shepherdesses, kitchen maids, flower-girls, miakeresses, Italian dames, and antiquated dowagers, wandered dtsconsolately about the stage. If female invention was so much at fault, it is easy to conceive how great must have been the failure in our own hex. They appeared to be made up out of the draperies of Monmouth-street and Rag-fair. Irishmen, Highlanders, colliers, Quakers, &c., the same wiriest' and characterless tribe which have strutted and fretted across the scenes of niaaqueradt a ever since they were imported into England. Now aid then something like character and humour presented I itself, Lut they vier: es the visits of angels, " few and far between."' There was a .101 l Flagon who displayed a great deal of coarse drollery. We have noticed this person at several masquerades. I as possessing very considerable humour and originality. Per haps it is an tasy character to support, and requires very MSc else that; effrontery, animal spirits, and low humour. A metionfta preacher ahewcd sonic talent in his peculiar way: he singled out every mask which looked at all like a cox comb, and dealt out to them the most severe and cutting tar assms, muter the pretence of grave 1111:1 solemn exhortation. We were much :unused with the wit and coxcombry I , f a /and Cher gerfiehl, who exhibited no slight portion of readiness and self possession in parrying the attacks of a chimney-at:cep and an Irish haymaker, who bad combined to disconcert him : there was more point and truth in his repartees than could have been fairly ex pected at a public masquerade. " The Trath" furnished two or three representatives, who certainly kept up the reputation of their', regiment by their exceeding affectation and infinite dullness. The other masks had no:hirg particular about them which deserved to' be noticed. Indeed, the greater part of the company (which wan not at all numerous) consisted of persons without masks or demi. noes ;—o( old debauchees, whose faces have been for years a part of the furniture of our areets,--and of incipient rakes from the se., 'loons and edit lobbies. These, of course, contributed nothing but their own " sweet ttexiiea" to the general fund of amusement. The supper was but tolerable; and the common wines at the sup per table were of the commonest tatter:—better could not be ex. petted; and the promises in the bills were, as usual. very unsafe [ authority to found any hopes upon. After all, the masquerade was not remarkable for any tl•iag but licavineas. SPAS AND WA-MR:NG-PLACES. Eit'rom the Ni r ifoothk MacuziKe.l We have put to scorn the surpassing wisdom of our ancestors, dim-sighted beings that we are !—we have 31`Adamized our turn pike-roads, anti encouraged stage-coach travelling at the rate of eight or nine miles an hour—we have improved our murals or our police, and contemptueusly set at nought the rosinantes and saddle k•a of our forefathets—we have annihilated the brave race of highwaymen, who, in more ancient (and consequently better) days, kept the roetry of life in lull display ; for now robbers and beggars on the roads, those stimulants of the courage and eleemosynary propensities of MIT ancestor*, are almost extinct, and will won be come objects of grave attraction to the Royal Society of Anti quaries. Thus it is to innovate on established usages. The better sympathies of man have now no adequate room for action ; no pathetic partings now occur on commencing a Journey front York to London, knitting closer the tics of social election and keeping the beg passions in exercise. The 3leinba of Parliament its Cumberland or Cornwall, instead of making his and attending divine service before parting from his faintly at the rookery with secret forebodings, or mounting his horse at the hall-door and pro excling down the long avenue of tees throigh which the wind whistles in ominous music (followed by the tearful eyes of his family and neighbours, who stand gazing till be is out of sight, and summing up the perils of his precarious journey), now enters a poet-chaise or a mail-conch, and reaches his destination in the number of hours which it had occupied his predecessors days. How strange that these times are still envied ! Yet such is the nature of man, and such is his desire for that which is out of his reach, whether past or to come, that could he recall them again, he would anxiously and foolishly . desire something equally beyond his power, to the full as inconvenient and worthless as the travelling habits of his forerunners. These were my thoughts, when, with a small, portmanteau in my hand, I proceeded to a coach -office in Picca dilly, undetermined, until I came in sight of it, whether I should go to Bath or Cheltenham. Morning fide Came forth with pilgrim steps in amice grey. and the busy hum of London was beginning to stun the ear. Find ' ing the Ilath coach full, I booked myself for Cheltenham, and in five minutes afterwards was fast leaving " the wen" behind me, as Cukbet in his spleen has nicknamed the metropolis. 0 that my grandsires had seen me bowling along the road at nine miles an hour I how would they have 'tiled up their eyes in astonishment, and have called upon the parish parson to lecture toe, upon my re turn, on presumption and wicked interference with old usages, while his rosy gills, redolent with fat ale, would have been distend 'ed with horror at my ungracious preferance for the new-tingled vehicle of conveyande ! There is something very pleasing in the first view of Cheltenham its situation in a rich vale, its clean appearance, and the mass with which it is envirnned (the intimation of trees Is too much neglected near all our towns) combine to recommend it to the sight of the visitant ; and it he have resources of his own at command, he will find it pleasant enough for a short time. If he have not, as in all similar places., he will find that nothing can be more overwhelming than the ream; which will not fail to attack hint, like a nmladie dm pays, witnin forty-eight hours after his arrival. The inns at water_' ing-places are more than usually agreeable ; and in the coffee rooms, the necessity of a slight intercourse among persons mutu ally strangers, sometimes generates a specks of acquaintance which operates NS a partial remedy for the disease. It is true you pay through the nose even for this ; but you expect nothing else, and have the luxury of being well waited upon for your money. I like a good inn at a watering place file a abort time ; the bells ringing, the nu merous lights, the splendid rooms, the pretty chambermaids, and the instant fulfilment of commands, are agreeable things, when one is determined to be easy at any price. After a journey of I I hours, I seated myaell at the Royal Hotel, in a handsome coffee-room, where eight mahogany tables with surfaces like mirrors, and a rich carpet under my feet, intimated that mine host was not wanting in attention to the truly British comforts of his guests. I now pm. pared to take " my ease in mine inn," dressed myself for dinner, and took my station at one of the central tables. Near me was a gentleman, whom I soon discovered too be a partner in a London banking-house ;—a solitary partridge composed his meal, to digest which lie swallowed his bottle of port--only " one halfpenny worth of bread" to his " intolerable quantity of sack." Ile was conmiu nicative—had left town for relaxation—did not know whether he should remain where he WIIR,or run over into Tales to see a friend— had a great notion of purchasing a iVelsh lake, two or three miles long, with an acre of land on one side of it for a cottage—had heard such a thing was to be sold cheap, and should much like to have it, as he was fond of fishing, and could speed a month or two there every yesur—pleaded guilty of never having read Uotac ‘Valton, which led me to conclude that his piscatory talents se e little supe rior to those of the indefatigable ar.ista in that line, who meditate twelve hours on a summer Sunday over the canal in the City-road At the table immediately opposite where I haul placed myself, was oils of that class of persons co nnsonly denominated lend-genteel. (laving a tolerable knack at finding out characters and pmfessions under similar circumstances, I soon wormed from him that he was a tradesman in Bond-street, able to enjoy, if he please, the oliunt cam diptitate. Ile displayed a strange mixture of ignorance, and consequence, with foam not unsuccessful attempts at gentle manly airs. I do not mean the word gentlemanly as toy Lord Chesterfield would have understood it, but that bastard species, which the observer may constantly see at Long's or Stevens's. %nth these two characters the time was easily whiled away until the hour of retiring to rest. John IVealey, I think, observed, that there was no book ever published but some good might be learnt frnm it; anti it is notch the sane in reading mankind—there is no character but will develope something new to him who makes man his study. It is also an agreeable way of taking lessons; for we learn without scenting to learn, and knowledge flows almost imper ceptibly into the volume of the brain. The first consideration on rising in the morning, at si:nilar place of fashiorutble resort is, how shall the day be spent. The journey I thither has been performed fi r relocation ; and Cie idea of reading, writing, or thinking within doors, is out of the question, or why have we left landau ? The visitant, therefore, usually de.ermines on a promenade, for the purpose of seeing and bring seen. I therefore rambled to the Springs, which at times are sadly deficient in the quantity of water on demand ; and by no means, in this respect, to be ctsmpared to the sweet, retired, and snug Leamington, where there is enough and to spare for bathers and drinkers at all seasons, however numerous they may become. The walks in the shade of the trees at Cheltenham are delightful. The constant residents at these watering-places are made up of a large propor tion of card-playing old maids, retiring widows, half-pay officers with atonal) fortune, and hypochendriacs. These are to lie found at all times and seasons, and tithed an example how vapidly some of our fellow-mortals pas* their hours. Small-talk, cards, compli ments, rensarks upon the weather, with a sptittkling of scandal that serves to keep the appetite alive fir more, perform the sante rotund incessantly, till life's " fitful fever" is over, anti one is at a loss to find any reasonable excuse for the purpose of such were mechanical [existence. I know no better sample of what mar be called stagaout life, than this species of inhabitant of our spas and watering ! places eshibita. Existence seems in estate of neLtation—they look too vacant for any residence but the shores of Lethe—" thought would destroy their paradise "—they seem a forlorn corps, exiled from the masa of the people, high or low; a condemned registient, kept apart front the army to live and die in inglorious obscurity. The other classes consist of sick visitants, whom the healthy scent luclined to expel from their rightful alodes; and the busy And active itilmluitants who draw the means of subsistence equally from all the other classes. . It might naturally be supposed that towns which have grown up tinder the pretence of pleasure and relaxation, would abound with entertainments. calculated to relive tedium and increase the charm of society. Such would actually be the case in any other country than ours, where the reverse is really the fact. A starving theatrical company may (if n theatre exist in the place at all) be teen playing before empty boxes, or a few strangers, unknowing and unknown. A ball t• : and then, where exclusion and stiffness govern every thing, and pleasure is little more than a name, and a promenade on the same given spot, constitute all the amusements to be found in them. A relentless antisocial spirit rules every thing. All look at each other with suspicion. The aristocracy, real or feigned, legitimate or illegitimate, dread coming in contact with the tradesman ; and the tradesman often labours to rasa for one of the arias , and he often labours so well that he can scarcely be distinguished, except by sometimes overacting his part. Coteries are formed, the members of which imagine themselves the must select and high-bred circle in the realm. The horror of an atnegtonation by some of the visitants, teen in the streets, with . AUCTION MART NEW READING ROOMM. Obese wham they pretod tpdeepise, Ia onlp eijsuttell by the paflette • dread of water in hidfoplseina. The pretty feces of the girls are Yesterday at noon a General Meeting of the Subscribers took taught by their mammas to assume a kink of unwanted moans at place in the Board Room, in order to adopt such measures as the strangers whom mixed company may throw in their way. The would rend to render advantage to this recendy-instituted Aiwa- silly pretensions of the v a in an never an strongly marked as in a elation , fashionable sop ; anti all the brood of Folly may be seen tinkling On Mr. SHUTT 'ACWORTH taking the chair, he addressed the its showy bells and strutting in inflated inanity of mind in a meeting in Crinfrhatolatory language on the progress already made, manner very different from its appearance In the general run of our and stated, tliat recent as the Institution had been formed, it con- cities and towns. Indeed the best entertainment for the idler is to shoed of tip Wards of 150 memliers, among whom were gentlemen watch their workings, from the brainless coachman-aping peer, to of the highest respectability, connected with the landed and mess_ the soap-maker's lady of Wapping. Like fantoccini moving along , cantile interest of the country, from whose united talents . the most i n th e mine d ance , f u ll of Self.preteimion— ignorant, but fashion pleasing results were likely to be related. able—coarse in manners, but wealthy—how amusing is it to con Mr.WW'IIe STAN t.E r expressed regret that a mistaken nmion had template such a scene! to view it with all" its gaily-gilded trim quick gone forth, that members were to be admitted by ballot, than glancing to the sun," and to read in it one of the bitterest lessons of which nothing could be more erroneous, or dissonant to the semi. .rtason'a humilietion, of wo thlesstiess of purpnte, that the picture menu of those who conducted the Institution; and he hoped the of man's life Whorls t Let me not be thought too severe; there it gentlemen connected with the press would make it known, that the witch mingled in surh a scene that is noble, polite, generous, and only eligibility required hoot applicants was, that they be recurn- affable, from the highest ranks of life to others More humble. lt mended by a .Member. I is the low ensemble, the pat features of such a Scene to which I A Sr ritic n BEd wished to know, whether the pmvincial papers allude. filed in rite office might not be introduced, after a certain hour, ! I know ca species of idleness on painful as that of a stranger into the Reading Bonn,. I lounging train post to post and from street to street. seeming Mr. SIIICTTI.EWiIIITIT explained, that the papers were sent •• To drag at each remove II lengthen'il chain." gratuitously, and wen• they introduced into the Reading Room. it . and that in the midst of a busy ',opals:ion. The perpetual ricer- might be deemed by the proprietors as inimical to their interest, renceof similar things fatignes him : he stru?gles to bear tip e.-ainst and check the circulation ; every member could have access to the I the pressure of the weari s o me t auto l og y o f surmun di ng onjecta . office at all times during hones of business. The space of time between breakfast and dinner la:mimes insup- After some reinarka by Mt. :MANNINO. and a desultory conver- , portable. The visit projected to endure for two or three weeks is nation 111110:1g the members as to the hour when the reading-mom ; shortened to that number of days, and he returns home motet . ..keit, should close, it was agreed that it should remain open until tight ' with lassitude, and with the unvarying uniformity of the scene o'clock in the winter aid nine in the summer. I where he had promised himself so much satisfaction and pleasure. A Committee was then appointed, consisting of Messrs. Shuttles The student is always at home in such matters ; the philosopher worth, Foster, and Atlanta, Directors ; and life:tars. Bailey, Gold-I can find el', TTIIOII/1 in stones ; the poet can admire nature, and conn. rid, Upton, and Carrick, Proprietcfra. pose his I+ 'Nest on the sea shore, or under the trees at Cheltenham ; it was also agteed that the number of subscribers be limited to ; but the generality of mankind have not similar resources to fly to, MO, and that each subscriber be subject to a deinawd of his ticket , and must, without them, he inevitably exposed to the inconvenience un entrance. if expedient. Ito which I advert. What adds to the evil is, that most of these It was also further agreed tn, that the morning and evening fashionable places of resort are neither town nor country, but pos. papers should he taken in double copies, and that all popular re- I sew the evils of both without corresponding advantages. For my_ views, magazine s, maps, and all other periodieal mirk., connected , s e lf. I a l ways put up in my portmanteau. my common-place book with coinineree, landed property, dec. dra should be regularly a d drawing materials, and take care to have a horse at my cont supplied. 1 mend at my jourrey's end ; with them and a lounge at a library I Other rules and regulations were then agreed to relative to the ; pass toy time very crimfortably anywhere. when I happen to have internal regulation* and deportment of the ineltulwrs. Ino acquaintance in the place I visit. Never did I feel more lonely After winch thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the Meeting than once at Buxton, where I happened to sojourn a short time adjourned sine die. I al bout knowing a single resident. In the wilds of the Peak, while . . . , . admiring nature, I Ins 7 ed my time well enough; but when I threw myself, as it were, on my species, entered Buxton:, and found my_ self alone in a crowd, as an Irishman would say, I experienced the full mirery of the situation. I luckil7, however, fell in with a poor devil who seeimil exiled from his kind as well as myself. Svmpohy drew its toward each other. A cotree.room incident in. duced the necessity of speaking. We dined in contiguous boxes; entered into conversation ; and each was, I believe, pleased with his companion, at least if an unbroken intimacy of fifteen years he any proof of such a point. Neither of us were of intrusive dispotiL firms, and equally little inclined to make the first advances to on other, had we each been at Buxom WIN I fur a year. It sufficed, however, that hirtune brought shout an event which, as often hap. pens in life, neither of us could have foreseen ; and I am indebted to that moment for the long and tried friendship of an honourable and clever man, which I shall ever holi in the highest estimation —that of my excellent friend, Sir C.-- --, 0. A letter from Odessa, dated Afwil 6. sayn--" The news from Constantinople are to the 31st March. On the 19th March three frigates and other light ships sailed for the Dardatiellts, where there is assembling a squadron, which is to land ten thousand m e n o n th e coast o f t h e Morca. Saida Effendi continued dangerously ill." Private letters from Lisbon, of a recent date, state that great preparations are making for sending out an expedi tion of 7,000 troops to Brazil. Accounts were yesterday received from Para to the 11th March ; and we have before us a letter written by one cf the three Englishmen who, contrary to the recommenda tion of the Consul, remained at Para _ PARA, MARCH I write you in conseqncrice of the hasty departure of hie Thin: tannic Majesty's Vice-Consul, and of all the British subjects, with the exception of (mentioning the names of two other Gentlemen). I conceive it my duty to inform you that their flight is without adequate reasons. The British residents sailed on the 4th ; since then unexpected taws have come in from Nlarajo with beef; and to-day an exrdition, sent against a very superior force, has ro turned qnite successful ; in other respec3 nothing but tranquillity may be expected. Dein! x, M.ty I.—Yestcrtlay the stated Quarterly As sembly was held for the purpose of electing a Lord Mayor for the year ensuing, when, a ft e r a ballot, Alderman Drury Jones was elected by a majority of three. The Knight of Kerry has been under the necessity of absenting liiinsAf from Parliament, by the precarious state of health of a member of his family. Ile has paired off to the Easter Recess, with Colonel Leslie, who is at Bath. — Cork Paper. _ _ The Sheriffs of our city, John Savage and Charles Pin ney, Esqrs. proceeded to Bath, on Saturday. the fitli ult. as a deputation from the Corporation, to invite the Earl of Liverpool and Mr. Canning to a dinner at the Mansion House. The Noble Lord felt himself compelled to decline the honour of the invitation on account of ill Iv alth, and the Ilonottrahle Seen tary in coi:;equence of his t eing obliged immediately to return to London. They both ex press:d themselves highly gratified with the compliment. —Bristol Journal. A correspondent says—" Mr.ll. Campbell, L.L.D.F.A.S. who offered his services some years ago to the Africa:l Company, has determined to proceed to explore Africa at his own expense, the melancholy deaths of Messrs. Bow filch and Belzoni having left the field of enterprise open in that quarter of the globe. Mr. Campbell has already been several milt s up the rivers of Cameroons and Old Calabar, two of the supposed mouths of the Niger: he has also been up the Congo. Ile is an officer of the navy, and topographer and editor of the Poems of Oasian, and author of several respectable works." FAUX PAS ix lIIGII Lire.—The discovered infidelity of the lady of a wealthy M.P., and the intention of the injur.ed husband to apply for a divorce, were on Saturday and yesterday the themes of conversation at the west-end of the town. The lady is not a native of this country, has a large family, and is considerably beyond 40. We have heard some objections stated to the possibility of a divorce taking place, but to which we cannot particularly afude.—Afursing !'spry. We understand Mr. Payne Knight has bequeathed his matchless collection of medals, drawings, and bronzes, worth at least 30,0001., to the British Museum. They in clude a single volume of drawings by the inimitable Claude, which we recollect Mr. Knight purchased for 1,6001. from a private individual, who, a short time pre viously, hail given :11. for the same volume. Mr. Knight's general library is by no means particularly distinguished for either rare or splendid works. _ _ _ WA 'I 5,5 TI.LEF cop have been favoured with an account of a new optical instrument of very considerahle ingenuity, invented by a Mr. IVm. Leslie, of Lausinburgh, United States, for seeing through water, and thus ex ploring the bottom of rivers, &c. It consists of a tube that may be varied in length as occasion shall require, about an inch broad at the top, where the eye is applied, and regu larly enlarging to the bottom, which bears a proportion to the other end, about 10 to lin diameter. Each end is glazed. The great reason why one cannot look through water to the bottom, is the reflection and refraction of the rays of light upon arriving at the surface. This glass over comes that difficulty, by extending the eye, as it were, into the denser medium, and making use of the light which is in the watcr, where the rays pursue right lines, as well as in the rarer medium of the air. For use in the night, it is fitted with lamps suspended near the bottom in a shorter cylinder, which goes on over the top of the tube, and descends till the bottom of the cylinder is as low as the bottom of the tube, and there it is secured. In the space between the cylinder and tube, lamps are suspended ; the mouth of the cylinder, as well as the tube, heirq glazed. To let off the smoke of the lamps, and supply them with air, two small pipes, the first front the top, and the second front the bottom of the cylin der, lead up the side of the tube. The lamps throw a strong light around, and the bottom of the river is easily examined. The advantages of such an instrument will readily occur. Among other interesting ones, the speedy recovery of drowned bodies is one, and it would doubtless be the means of saving many lives. Lost property too may be found, and the impediments to excavation discovered, anti their removal facilitated.—Mechanic's Magazine. The following useful works have been lately published by Mr. Colbitrn. 8, Sew Burlington-street :—A Manual for the Preservation of Health, by Sir Arthur Clark, M.D. L.a hit. lid. Also, by the same Author, •2. The Young Mother's Assistant, in the Prevtntion of Diseases in Infanta, a new and improved edition, CO.: and, 3. An Essay on Diseases of the Skin, with Remarks on the Effects of Sulphurentift Fumigations, 9s. lid. 4. The Art of preserving the Sight unitnpaired to extreme Old Age, and of Re establishing and strengthening it when it becomes Weak. By an experienced Oculist; the sth edition, improved, St. lid. 5. The Florist's Manual, or Hints for the Construction of a Gay Flower Garden. By the Authoress tat Botanical Dialogues; new edition, with coloured plates, M. tid. 6. The Art of Preserving the Feet, or Practical Instructions I r the l'rerention and Cure of Corn*. Csllosities, he. Ity as experien , ed Chiropodist; 9d edition, ss. And, 7. The Art of Employing Time to the ltreAtry Advar.'age, the true source of Rawness. Oro. 9s. bd. ikzszirkAN ittatoxikt mistrifid. testerday the Wesleyan Missionary hold their anitins. meeting at the City-rood Chapel ; and tes Off' unfavourable state of the weather, the employ wig as ismsannit and reaPtetable aa on fdrnser =Wont Antat% nan te present we noticed the Right Hon. Eli O. H. .P. ; .1. Butterworth, Est ; W. Williams, Ent M.P. A Key; the Rer. Mr. Irving; Edward Phillipit, Eng. OfCorawall, ihe. kla An appropriate hymn having been sung, Ind a prayer offered by the Rev. Henry Moore, president of the Canfanneof it'estlertri Methodists, the bluenose of the day (-Omani:teed by calling Joseett BUTT eannaen, Esq. td the Chair. The Chairman row and said, he was happy to elate to the meet: ing that the great work in which they were engaged did not lose any degree of interest in the public mind ; that things armed them encouraged every grind friend to the gloriotts cause they had undere taken to renew his exertions on its behalf; and that toe foiling; enjoyed by this country were sufficient to induce even those whd were the least sanguine in their ultimate sweetie, ndt to deepaire Whilst, then, thee possessed the means of forwarding this crud eaten. it would he extroonlinary were they to remain idle and he trusted they would that day evince to their fellow.: Christians that thei r zed was nrit abated nor their energies im indeed, in the noble work they were then asesembleff tat promote. • It gave hint great 'denture to inform them, that the general general state of their 3lioildeariesi *ale truly gratifythg; They never received such eneouregement from the West Indian proprieties at now, rich had they ever before such joist reason to hope for the per fect fulfilment of their object —en far at least as their hirithle mears extended ; for notwithstanding the unhappy tor:Anion of hie pate' ensiles' colony, they were supported in their 'lotions by the united. aid of all the rest. Indeed so truly sensible were the pmprieton of the singleness of heart, and the honest sinceiity of purpou by which theY were actuated, in sending forth men to preach the • Gospel of Christ to their benighted slaves. that nutny of theta Ind come forward to sweet them in their undertaking. He had that morning received abutter from • Went Indiapropeietwe, Metalled a donation of tial. (hear, hear,) which, the writer acid, was in con eider:Mon of the extensive benefit he had received from the labours of the Wodeyan 3liwionary eh•oete•y, by their hating' tan '•t the negro !laves on his estates the Christian religion. He wenli not, however, mention the name of the gentleman, because it wet very likely they would have ear' opeinettinity of Hearing him themeelves in the course of the morning. The • Gieverror of St-Vincent's had ideo largely enteicribell towards the mis sionary eatne, and the Hewn of Awenthly at that colony had' remitted no lees than Me/. in aid of their fund,. This indeed wee coquet of s very different kind, and ern the best answer that could he given to the pertans livirtg at Itarbadoes as an the general fbeling that pervsuled the colonies towards thee! iestonarySocieties. Inallusiod to the recent unhappy disturber, eh at Demerara, the Hon. Gen tleman observed, that although their Soelety had suffered coneidayeble. and but ry had been done to the hapless negroes, which he now deeply 'smeared : yet they did not for a moment intend to eitcnie the tin. pee per conduct of certain sieves there. nor (hold they veer encoue nee the negroes, let their !sufferings he what they might, to take the law into their own hands ; but on the other hand, thcj ceitalnlv mild nut justify the conduct of the Government agatrist The lion. Gentleman said he had read with great attention and ex: ceerling regret the full report of the teed of that unhappy Gentle. man, and he did not hesitate to declare it as his firm opinion that a more unjust, more illegal proceeding, never met the sanctioe of any Government. The treatment of 31r. Smith was creel to a dee grey. Ilk conduct was misinterpreted, his languag e tortured to a wring sense, and hie most pirate papers, which were never ir tended for the public eve, but solely for his own meditation, were ransacked, and after all even they did not shew him to bean) thing else but a pious man, and an invaluable servant of the London Missionary Society—a Society which, like their own,. Would never encourage retitle amongst the 'dues, but whose sole object Was the general welfare of the colonic*, anti whesee !whines were dhe:eted the inculcation of all the moral duties in the minds of the nave po pulation, both towards their meters and their Government. Ala lueing to their funds, the Hon. Gentleman observed that the sub scriptions of the last year had exceeded those of any former yen' • by several thousand pound*. The Re*. Dlr. IVATSO;.: then mall the Report of the Come: mittee, containing every voittm Mona scconnt Of the proceedings of the different missionaries both at home and abroad during the lut year. It appeared by the Report that the receipts during the year amounted in the whole to 3e,lit'sol. Ids. End., exceeding in amount the accoUnts of tile former year by the sum of 4,11001.„ that the balance in hand was 2.3301.; and that the number of missionaries that had been sent out by the Society was 1574 but that it *as yet neeetwary to send out many more: . The II:11AI MAN here observed, that the Treasurer was in add trance more than 2,0001. Alderman Kix, in a neat speech, moved the first tesoltition, that the Report he printed. The Rev. R. NEWTON, of Manehestet, seconded the motion In a speech, of which we are sorry we cannot even give an outlined The Rev. Gentleman argued with much fore, and eloquence against the friends of the 31issionery Cause being appalled by th♦ difficulties that prescn;esl themselves in the way of their unglue' undertaking. Thal there were dint: illness all of then) *Ow Jeweled vet they must distinguish between whit was diffieult and *hat we& impossible. The reel question with them all ought to be, what ft duty, and net what Is ililfiCtilt They , ought never Si theist Wee language of their gr ea t Mauer • his worts were unchangeable, sail their duty indispensable •• G o (said hm—go ye into alf the world and preach the Gospel." The Rev. Gentleman - preeleeded Ea ttf eloquent strain to enforce the cause which tl ly was seat to fora ird that day, and at the conclusion of his speech be related the circum stance of his having called on a friend who had foe many you, subscribed to the funds of the Society. His friend observed to hip* " %reit. I suppose you are going again on mifeianary meeting * it is the best of causes to ee engaged in : my lifeis very uncerti it, but lam determined to subscribe for the year 11123 t" and he n gave tile Rev. Gentleman a 101. note. After paintng a little whi:e, his friend again observed, " Yee, whether on earth or in heaven I will be a donor to you"—and he then gave 7111. more *cheers), which. said the Rev. Gentleman, I have now the pleasure to hand to you, and he placed all: on the table. The Rev. IILN Towere.EY rose he propose the iM Res lue tion ; anal having been a Missionary to India, he communicated to the Meeting several very interesting and affecting fkets in r ferenee to the Ilindomean Religion, and partlchbely to the mat y lamentable errors the doctrines of that religion tended to produce in the lives of its professors, who, in their different Cutts, were no less distinguished front one another, than their common creed was from that of the Christian. He stated, that by the returns of the police in British India alone, there appeared to be one woman burnt alive in evety ten houses. His opinion wan, that throughout India in every four hours one person wee immolated on the pile.— In allusion to the Magistracy of the East Indies, the Rev. Gentle man said he was happy to inform the Meeting that it surpassed the blagietracy of the West Indies as much as day surpassed night. He had never, during MI years residence, experienced one intemption front the Government ; but that on every oterasien the Government had invariably lent it, aid in the furthetatice of the Missionary cause. And he begged to state, that the Government had recently resolved to augment its contribution in support of the School, to 110,000 rupees annually—being 10,00(11. sterling devoted yearly to the enlightenment of British India. (Hear, hear.) The Reverend Gentleman then moved the lld Resolution. The Rev. E 'mete I) IRVING torte EU second it. tie was moat warmly greeted by the meeting, which, it was apparent, very Sen sibly affected him. He began w ith a somew h at enhdued and tee. mulous tone, by wishing that it had been his good fortune to have seen that which his Werthy Brother had seen and stated to the meet ing in support (lithe resolution, for then he could have had the assur ance which he had had, and which made hie words seem like fact.. He wished he had strength ineteed of being exhausted by the !shames I cf the Sabbath. for then he 'email have exerted himself in the great cause of that day ; and finally, and above all the rest, he wished that he had that unction. that present sense of the spirit of God, that was so essential to the inspired men of old, when they came to speak of the cause of God before men; but with what strength he pnwessed, he most cheerfully offered himself to that cengregatiots. lie felt that in speaking to them, he was speaking of due radical good of ('hrist ; it was to them the ditty belonged to demonstrate the proposition, and to support be argument the truth of the proper season, and the wisdom Of adopting that gtcat principle in legislation which had latterly so much agitated the empire. It remained with them to pre pare the Indians fair the reception of that good which many Christians wished them to participate—it wu for them to make ripe the emancipation of the slave they must prepare it for the Statesmen, who in their vanity *ere not willing to admit others to have precedence in the work on Legislation ; but they must do the work ; their mean, and despised, and Inlnneninnea labours, must do the work still ; and the greatness of that work demanded of them patience and forlwaranee. The time was not yet arrived for the freedom of the slave; much re mained to be dope before the mini of the African could be brought to that 3hite, which would fit it in receive all the Christian benefits intended for them. The early Chrietiane la boured for four centuries in preparing the minds of the nations to receive the tenth. They continued to labour, and in the end they brought their testimony to the world by the success of the efforts they had persevered in—they spread by degrees the truth in influencing the minds of men and Rulers. are then they affected the lees themselves, pervading all by the spirit of the truth thee taught. The Missionary Preiety must, like the primitive Cl:reties*, labour and prepare the way for the statesmen of the wield ; they must make fit the toil ere the !nett of moral principle and the capabilities ci f soc i a l lif e cou ld h t sown and cultivated in the breast of the untaught negro. They had already gone far to convince men that the African had a soul as well as the European ; they now only had to make this apparent —that the Africans were men like as they were ; capable of the fear of God before the fear of man ; that they cone enjoy the do mestic cieniforte of life as well AS I:ll7opeanS could—be as earnest in the mew of religion, coedit endure pain, and lose of fined.. and even death itself, in testimony of the truth of the Grorl—and then the question would be ripe ; but till then the question would not be ripe for the Legisleture to prepare and determine intuit:nitres on which such important reetilts depended. The Rev. Gent. pro ceeded in advising a policy of conduct on the part of the Mission_ aches, in consonance with the prin c ipl es h e h a d t h us l a id d own, and observed,; that they who were capable of spiritually discerning these things could perceive that emancipation from slavery wu the work of the Christian preacher. and not of the legislator; but that the wise men of the woret could not perceive this ; they could nor , u s e beyond the light of their moral reason. and the inferences they drew from that mime acre all the guides they had. Het let us pity, said the Rev. Gentleman, do not let US upbraid ; can not let us fight ; let sts be calm anal patient, and try all that we can do, and th •n things will come triumphantly on : let ue teach the .lfriame their moral duties to their masters anal to their Government, seed quiet the public apprehensions, and induce the good Christian mo. ttre of respect for the civil polity. Let this scene be. and then all will work well towards the realizing the hopes anal wishes of the friends of Christ and his cause. The Rev. Gentleman then ele korted the meeting to co-operate in the great undertaking. and osa-