The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1825-08-27 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Tie,/ Evening, SAT U lin , August 27, will be performed (fur the 12th time in this country). a Grand Opera. called TARRAItt, THE TARTAR CHIEF. After which, THE ;OKRAS T Of ShOWDOUN. The Knight of Sneed...tin, Mr. T. P. Cooke; Sir Roderick Dhu, Mr. Cooper. Ellen. Miss Gray: Like. Miss Hamilton; Isabel, Miss 'coward. • -------------- UNDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAOE OF MS MAJESTY. ROYAL. G.4RDENS, VAUXHALL. THE LIST NIGHT BUT TWO. The Proprietors have the honour to acquaint the Nobility, Gentry, and Public morally, that the GARDENS CLOOR ON FRIDAY NEXT. tin MONDAY NEXT. the 29th inst. the LAST NIGIIT BUT TWO, tbsre will boa variety of novel and interesting Amnsetnents, consist, log of the Concert, Vocal and Instrumental. with Went original P:eees and highly popular Stmts.& new Ballet, and Mr. Wilisoi.'s various and sneprenne Teats on the Tight Rope. which will differ entirely 17.,m any previous performanee. The celebrated Female and Male Jugglers will give their astonishing Eshibitions, being their Jut MorroPer forne but Two. The tusequailed Fantoceini, with new Figures. Mr is's selentige Hydraulics. The Slack Rope by the Young American. And the whole eerier of Amusements which have attracted rick an Igineenthe assesablag• of Rank sun Fashion during the Season. The Oates. will be deeming! Web vailege Devices, and 11:andante& wee pesi&kr eiveines al& Wilikeella., had rire - works• glib the Wise of - Whisk the vegan American will snake his 174 r Aseentl. WM be umber Mleglelietinn of that admired Artist. Ig4ume Heigger, Who will istregem a variety of new and beautiful r Dins. S sal sidle Mem of rare nevetty and Interest. and conclude yrt :L the suet astonishing and inagnileent display ever witnessed. Doors open at Seven ireleek.—AJmission 3e. I _ 81111T11111 Plias conimerieed publishing yesterday monling al Ave o'clock. PRICES OF BKITISH STOCKS YESTERDAY. Dank Stack lndia Stock Ditto Ant Ditto Amt. 3 per Cam Rod. 914 891 Long Ann. 221 k 1.16 3 par Cesit. Caw Mk MO 1 s Math Rea Stoc Ohm Acct. 911 4 1 1 Ex. Bills,! 1c1.1,001/.1417114rn 'B per Crat. 18 • Dim. 5101. Hi 17 pm per Cent. Dad. 971 I - Ditto, Small 16 10 pm ew 4 i r o t k erst. 1191 4 Lottery Tickets, 191. 194. Dadra PRICES 09 it/REIGN saoCKS YES'FERDAY. Dersliisa Ditto Acct. 15 1 1 18 1 din I I * : e st i t l i k iilll ale Guadalajara Corn. Bonds 63 4 daateruaLs 1 1 1 Oi 1 01 die tfheistd BOO& Mexican Bonds 74 1 Divest Aso. 79 _ Ditto Amt. 741 Ctimlllsiem Dials Ditto Scrip (11121) 41 4 f idle RAO MIMI 92t Ditto Acct. 41 5 9 1 1 dis um Ass& ask I Peruvian Bonds a Cantata Bonds Portoguese Bonds 861 51 IDISIo Marks aims 102 Dino Aect. fil/ • DIM Soria (1816) 6 die Russian Bonds 2 i822) 961 6 4 iii 90 Ace. 614 111 Ditto ACit. 964 . Greek Boob 1111 0 Spanish Cons. 1i i Ditto Sode OM ill 1 die Ditto Acct. 294 1 cotinSE OF EXCIIANU YESTERDAY. Amsterdam C. P 1! 9 Laglioru 50 Ditto at sight '' II 19 Genoa 45 Xottordam .2 U. 12 3 Venice skatilidrp 12 1 -Malta 0 klemborgh Ahem .. 24 U. 36 11 Palermo per oz. 122 Yaels./daya'sight 2128 Lisbon 511 Ditto. 1U.28 50 Oporto • .. 511 Yardarm z 25 II Rio Janeiro 49 Herbs 7 0 Bahia $1 leciak. on Maio Ex. M. 161 Dublin .— 9 l 9l Potersburgh, rble. 3 Us. 01 Cork 9l vowing, Illietise 11. 2M. 957 nista ditto 957 autt.toz,Pk3 oz. Madrid 37 E. 1. a. 4Miliz 37 • Portugal Gold in coin 90 0 1 *llB.. 37 Foreign Gold in bars 1 17 101 lierealorta. 38 f New D0ub100n5........ 3 II 0 Sowillo...- ...... 361 New Dollars 0 4 111 ' tialbraltor 31 Silver in bare, viand. 0 5 1 PRICES o) SBA RES YESTERDA I . moots.• Siang. Paid. Premium per Mime. Aa4lll.9faxlaili... . £lOO 30 574 • DAM: ... BO 3 24 51 41 4 gown. a E?piritoligoto B!tel lOU 100 6 6 0 1 7/ 7 6 1 4 ttliil7l Colombian lOO 6 1 • . • • 'Mahan sad Peruvian 011isoril Illaiwg'Amodatios lOl 6 11 61 .. . . JlaytMn roased, Ls Paz, and Peruvian 541 5 5446 41 . Refs] staanary A Brit. Mining 5 2 dis Veited Mexican -40 90 'Ditto New • 4O 10 .20 , Welsb Iron sod Coal 25 10 24 din AISCIILLANZ,OIIII. BOW) Iron'Company lOO 20 31 331 1 din SWIM Rock and Patric Salt 60 5 9 Cattada llO 10 23 5 Omani Steam Navigation ice 1 214 Irish Manufactory Company.— 100 , I 4Ms London dad Newcastle Stow 100 1 44 Nov Com Exchange 6O 1 2 "test Bricks Till 2 Par Pavel Fishery (Yellow) Provineial Bank of Ireland Scarlet Dye ' 5O 3 31 3 . West Indio Company lO O 1 2dis a - - Cite 33ritiOh ipt•toO• LONDON, SATURDAY. Avausr 47, HRS. The French Papers which arrived yesterday are for the most part filled with long dissertations on the plans and conduct of the Ministry. The Elulle complains that the Opposition Journals are endeavouring to alarm the • tundholders, by circulating false intelligence and warlike rumours, for the purpose of preventing the rentes from re covering themselves. The Etude assures its readers that the political liaison was never more unclouded than at .wesent. The re-entrance of the French army into the Peninsula is said to be wholly a fabrication. The camp.. forming at Bayonne and Perpignan are, according to the Doi's, merely camps of manoeuvre. No troops, we are told, have been called together by the Spanish Government, Lit for the expedition fitting out at Ferrol. fhe ministerial journals of Paris differ widely in their observations on the proceedings of the . Irish Catholics. The E:oilr announces that the New Association is in creasing daily in numbers and influence, and comments with evident delight on the energetic attitude which the Catholic leaders have assumed with regard to the Govern weut. Their speeches are praised, and the most seditious and inflammatory passages are extracted as the genuine sentiments of the miss of the Irish population. On the other hand, the Drgpeau Mune states, that the Catholics of Ireland have acknowledged the entire failure of the New Association, which has been dissolved almost before it existed. It adds the following coinmentary :—" Never did ar.y political party act with less prudence. The sincere Cstbelics are compelled to admit the fact, and regret that their cause was confided to hands so nnskilful." fhe Drapeas Blase is profuse of its eulogies on the trailistil submission of the Irish Catholics to the British Government. It says, " they have shown themselves! worthy of the faith they profess. Before the law had decided against them, all the Catholics were prepared to defend their rights ; but es soon as the words of authority were spoken, they submitted without a murmur, and the incendiary addresses of Such. and O'Coarwett. were received with unequivocal signs of disapprobation." '!be news from Greece is by no means favourable to the patriots. laitaiiir is savaging the country without op position. The siege of fdissolonghi is pressed so closely that an express, it was reported, had melted the Greek Government with the information, that unless that fortress was promptly relieved it would of necessity fall into the hands of the enemy. These reports, however, deserve little attention. ?'he Con:thationnel of Wednesday announces that there would appear in the Monitear of the following morning, a very long Ordinance on the administration of the col°. tiles. This Ordinance, it was added, would be founded on ancient regulationt, and had been prepared by a Com runision cousis:ing of members of the Council of State, Ministers of State, and Peers. The MuniLehr of 11'ednesday,liorrever, does not con- 1 rain such an Ordinance, or any other official article. [From the Etoile dated Thursday.] Sraa, Jut.e 2. At Napoli di Resoasia a Turk has bean discovered, who had attired in European oastutrie, •n, who had conic to assist the Greeks. He raised troops. Ainong those rezruited there were thirteen other Turks. They were to spike all the cannon of Napoli dl Romania, at the approach of Ibrahim 'Paths. His correspon dence has bren intercepted. After being put to the torture, and having made a full confession, the traitor has been burnt alive. For some days put there have been recruits raised in all the islands. The mass of the Greeks, fearing treason on the part of the 3lureotes, went to the Mores of their own accord to support the Government. Ibrahim has burnt and ravaged all the country about the (Gelman of Anti. PAllts, AVO!ICT The frigate La Ga'chit, commanded by Captain Mai!lard Lis. court, sailed on the oth from Toulon, haying on board - Sidi lash. moud, whom it carries back to Tunis. This Envoy of the Bey had expressed a wish to Kt sail by night, in miler, he said, •• not to experience the pain of seeing recede from me the shorts of a kingdom where I have received so many marks of distinction and kindness, of which I shall Dever lose the remeat. brance." The Suabian liferctiry states, that on the arrival of the Capitle Fiche in the Gulf of Pause, with 36 mil, he invited the Generals, Juuuf and Redschid Pacha, on booed his ship. The one is be sieged at Patna, and the other is besieging Illbsolongla. The ac. count states that the three Commanders, after a conference which lasted permit days. determined on a new plan of offensive opera. tiona against the Greeks. This mount is silent se to the fill ofi Ilissolooghi, and states that Redachid Pacha was about to besiege it a second time. The Eylau, of the line, Raar Adlairal Judea, the Jean Bart, Rear Admiral Grivel, the Bigot*. Velma, Cleeinde, Nynsphe, Thetnis , Alagicienne, and Medea, tte corvette Saimaaadle, the brig Cu rieux, the schooners Antelope, Hireathale,Foareade, and Topme, were to sail on the 26th June from the toads of Port Royal, Mar tinique to return to Brest, touching at Nev Euglaad ea the way. The Gam& abeam, is the only Hines ship which remain* In those sees for the *lnter. [From the CoustUntiomesl of Wednesday.] ' ' Guava, Ave. 17. CT Or • PRIVATE LITTER. The decimation of the canton of Berme against the Jesuits, and the effect which it has produced in the Diet, have spread convex , nation among that pert of the Swiss population, but whatever may happen, it does not seem disposed to yield without ratiatince- Thus, at Brig, in the Valhi', the good fathers have surrounded their convent with a wall, with embrasures, and a kind of bastion at the four angles. As these works are executed according to all the rules of art, it is to be presumed that the Children of Loyola have admitted an engineer among them, and that in case of need, they intend to defend this passage, one of the most important in Switzerland. Fres ICC it FIJ 111)1...-.PAR IS, AVG. 24.—Five per Cents. opened lilt 441 e. ; Bank Stock, 2183 f. ; Rente de Naples, Certif. Fel- Meant, SICAlik.; Rant* d'Espagne, 17jt.; Royal Spanish Loan 011 in Mi. Exchange on London :—One month, 23f.; three maths, 24f. 86c.—Cosrs Authentique.—Five per Cents. 102 f. 40c.; ditto. for the end of the month, at three o'clock, 102 f. 40c. ; Three per Cents. 72f. 45c. ; ditto at three o'clock for the end of the month, 721. 50c.—; rant the Etoile, Aug. 24. The following letter is extracted from the Constitution nel. It will be found to contain some interesting statements respecting the political condition of Portugal, and the feelings which prevail in the public mind. We are apprehensive that the ultra party is gradually strength ening itself, and only waits for a favourable moment to execute its designs against the KING, who is really well disposed, if he had firmness and ability to support and guide him iu the execution of his wishes. The QUEEN, is appears, has emerged from the convent in which she was immured, and is again most unwisely permitted to hold her court publicly. Thus is the weak Monarch suf fering the powerful malcontents, who look up to the WIEN as their bead, to organise their plans, and fix the period when they may judge it convenient to unfurl the standard of rebellion. The conduct of the English govern ment appears at Lisbon, as every where else, not to be satisfactory to either of the parties who are struggling for mastery. This is necessarily the result of the neutral position in which England stands with regard to them. The time has not yet arrived whet the British government could with propriety depart from the prudent course it has followed with relation to the political affairs of the Penin sub. Our interference et . present would be productive of . , „ consequences, the very reverse of those which we desire. PORTUGAL. (EETR♦CT FROM ♦ PRIVATE LETTER. Ltsnox, Atm. 7. The nephew of Count de Subserra (General Pampelona, Es- Minister of war), our Ambassador at the Court of Spain, arrived here a few days ago from Madrid, bearing despatches, the object of which was again to solicit his recall. It is stated that his request will be acceded to. This minister, in point of fact, found himself awkwardly situated in Spain, by the aide of the Portuguese Princesses, who had shown so strong an inclination to favour the political views of the Queen of Portugal and the Infant Don Miguel. We remember that the political conduct pursued by General Pampelona, while the King was at Rio Janeiro, caused him to fall into complete disgrace with our Government. But we know that the fanatical partisans of absolute power will not admit the subsequent services which that General has rendered to com pensate for his former acts. Thus has this General, who was among the number of those men of the age who were the dupes of illusive and false political calculations, seen his arrest ordered, and a price put upon his head, by the Lisbon conspirators of the 30th of April, 1821. Count Subserra at the same time requests permission, which it is said will also be granted to him, to go and take the waters at Barrages. It is known that he enjoys the rank of Lieutenant-General in the French service. The Queen has obtained permission to leave the convent of Que. In:, where she has been living in perfect seclusion, and to inhabit the palace of Ramaillon, where she will be allowed to hold her Court. Since the publication of the last amnesty it has been ob. served that the assemblies at the Queen's Court have been very nu merous. Thus the traces of the horrible outrage of last year rwe generously effa:ed, whilst the nation are again in hopes of seeing the same system of clemency and oblivion adopted in respect to the occurrences of 18'30. The striking contradiction which this state of things presents to the view would appear to amply that there existed a spirit of par tiality that would violate the eternal principles of eqvity and of justice. The lively anxiety that was felt had already broken forth in murmurs at the silence of the English Minister, whom the people reproached for neglecting to use his influence for the interest of thereatintryv-k was welted whoebee Ms. Gassing, after having at. tained his end with regard to the commercial advamages in favour of drat Britain, was willing toile reduced to act the -rarbordinste I part of an imitator—a part which he knew suited only men of indeci. sive and mediocre taient,in the application of a political theory which, ceasing to be liberal, would be repelled u selfish and suspected. Some well.informed persons, however, maintain that the British Cabinet, after having taken a position in Portugal and secured it. self in it, would imitate the example of Fabius, and not precipi•., tate an abrupt change in the political situation of that country, in order that it might procure certain advantages of a superior kind, and leave time for France to adopt at last with regard to Spain a reasonable system, so as to avoid too offensive a contrast, and which might become dangerous. Besides this result, which ap pears to be at once the interest both of Portugal and Spain, and elso•of France and of England, most soaner or later be brought about by the natural course of events. The English station off the Tagus before our .port has just been increased by two frigates of 43 guns each. CITY, FRIDAT GV F.WtNn. A heavy account was very satisfactorily settled in the Consols market this morning. At the opening the Eng lish Funds had a gloomy appearance, even more so than on - their closing last night; but at the conclusion of business, although the alteration was so trifling that it wasocarecly worth notice, still the market looked rather lighter, or we should say, perlizpo, that it was not quite so heavy at the lend of the day asit was anticipated it would be, at the be ginning of the day. Consols left (drat 891 e for money, and for the next account in October 893 j. Exchequer Bills were as low as 15s, 17s. Money was remarkably 'scarce, which accounts fot the extraordinary fall that . he' taken place in the premium in these public securities. The cause for this great scarcity of money is to be found, if not exclusively, certainly for the most part, in the Bank of I England narrowing its circulation, to whiCh measure we know they have been strongly urged ; and although tem porary inconvenience may arise from it, yet the wisdom and ultimate advantages of this course are obvious. Very little business was doing in the Foreign Market, and prices were generally on the decline. Greek Scrip again retrograded without there being any reason for its so doing beyond what we gave yesterday, if that can be considered a sufficient one for the panic that struck holders of it. It was reported to day at 161 16. South American Securities also experienced considerable languor. Colom bian Bonds were as low as Sitj 3, - and Mexican Scrip 41} discount. Brazilian Scrip remained at yesterday's quo tation. Danish Scrip, after being a long time stationary, has declined to 5,4 j discount. The new Guatemala Scrip, was at 1, 11 discount. Spanish Bonds were a shade worse than yesterday. The new at 17 j 4, and the old at 2211 ; but the present state of Spain must have a tendency to !keep them, we should imagine. buoyant; because that country appears to be about to undergo some change in its Government, and any change must be for the better. There was scarcely any thing reported in the Share . Market that deserves notice. Anglo Mexican Shares were 'at 671, 72k, and those of the United Mexican Company, at 19, 41. The new Potosi Company's Shares declined to 41, and the Anglo Mexican Mint Shares to 21(. In the Colonial Market the Sales both of Coffee and Sugar went off heavily. Rum was also under a depression. There was very little doing in Mark-lane this morning, and the market rather declined in consequence of the indis position in millers to buy even the fine new Wheat that was brought there. . The frank and liberal conduct of the Government of the Netherlands, towards the new states of America, Is be ginning to produce the benelkiillfreots which were ex pected from it. The commerelat intercourse of the Dutch *ith these countries increases daily. One of the Brussels Papers announces that she frigate Maria Riegersberg, and the brig Pollux, had arrived on the ist of April at Cheril los, near Lima. These two vessels on sailing from the Texel, were bound to Valparaiso. Extract of a letter dated Constantinople, July 25: " The Britannia, Neale, that loaded at Enos with provisi ons for the Turks in the Mores, has been carried into Napoli di Romania by the Greeks. and her cargo con demned. With respect to carrying cargoes for the Turks, we have no redress, if they refuse to pay us our freight, which they universally dispute, even when the voyage has been successfully performed for them ; and our consul here, Mr. Cartwright, will at interfere, as he says he has nothing to do with Turkish transports. The Greeks now take all vessels laden by the Turkish Government, so that there is an end to freight* from that quarter. The regulation against the admission of certain English papers is rigidly cnforced by the agents of the Police at the French ports ; but it is a singular fact, that they are regularly received at Paris, through the Minister of' War, who supplies them to the different reading-rooms. Thus, for the sake of a paltry gain, the Government will sell that poison (for such they call English liberal papers) which they publicly denounce.—Dablin Plorning Post. The tribunal of Odensce, in Denmark, recently pro nounced a most remarkable sentence against 28 persons, charged with issuing forged batik-notes : one is condemned to death, six to have a hand cut off, seven to be sent to the galleys, and fourteen to imprisonment and fine. It is long rince any tribunal sentenced a prisoner to have the hand cut off, except the capital penalty was pronounced. Professor Hanstein is gone from Christiania to continue his observations on the magnetism of the earth. A com mercial house in Stockholm has lately received a consign ment of silver (about 40,000 marks Hamburgh Banco), which is for the Bank of Stockholm. The Suabian Mercury contains the following article The Supreme Criminal Tribunal of the Kingdom of IVirtemburg recently sentenced fifteen persons to imprison ment for terms more or less lung, for having formed a treasonable plot. Among the conspirators are several Pro ' testant pastors and professors." The Consul of the Netherlands at Copenhagen has just informed the Minister for Foreign Affairs of that country that the Danish Government, with a view of favouring the commercial entrepot of. Copenhagen, has just agreed upon a new tariff of transit duty, founded on the principle that it should never exceed one per cent. on the value of • of the merchandise, and when there are a great many articles, that it should even be modified to two-thirds and one-third. The Paris horse-races for the present year will take place [as follows, viz.: For the arrondissement prizes, four in ' number, 1200 f. each, Sunday next (the 28th inst.) The [ principal prize, 20001. on Tuesday next. The two Royal prizes of 6000 f. and 5000 f. Sunday, September 4. The I(ing's prize of 6000 f., and the Dauphin's prize of 3000 f., Thursday, September 8. The Governor of the state of Rhode Island has a salary of only 400 dollars a-year, and the Lieutenant-Governor receives only 200 dollars. CONVF.Y•NCE Is BRITAIN.—The rapidity with which intelligence and passengers are conveyed, and communi cations accelerated, in this country, has become very re markable. Thus, from our present mail arrangements, the papers and letters which left London last Saturday evening, at 8 r. N. reached this city at a quarter pas 5 r. at. last night, or in 45 1 hours. After a stoppage of five hours here, during which the public news are printed, and the private communications answered, if necessary, these leave this at half-past ten last night, reach Edinburgh about four this morning, stop there fot;r hours (till 8 A. H.) and then proceed to London, which they reach before 6 A. at. on Thursday morning, returning to the metropolis in four days and ten hours. The distance run is 838 miles in 103 k hours, including the time necessary for ordinary stoppages, for refreshments, giving out and taking in mails, and also nine hours of extra stoppages, for the purpose of commer cial business and other matters. The rate at which the above distance is run, is little under nine miles an hour, including all the ordinary stoppages; but exclusive of these, at the rate of 91 miles per hour.—Glasgote Courier. A duty of 3d. a pound is now payable on all stone-blue [ imported from Ireland to Great Britain, and a like draw ' back on stone-blue sent from Great Britain to Ireland. There are at present not less than twenty-eight coaches which pass and repass between Leeds and Bradford. Most of them are well loaded, some of them excessively so. This affords a pretty strong proof of the intercourse (most of it commercial) which takes place between these towns.— Leeds Intelligenecr. The young men employed in shops in this town are de ,airmts of bringing their employers te,consent to an abridge ment of the hours of attendance upon custom in the even ings. Those young men employed in drapers' shops have presented a respectful memorial and remonstrance to their employers upon the subject, and we understand there is a good hope that this reasonable request will be granted by the master shopkeepers.—Liverpool Advertiser. A few days since Messrs. Ransom and Co., bankers, of Pall-mall East, enclosed country notes to the amount of between one and two hundred pounds, for the purpose of heir being returned to the Taunton Bank; but, from some accidental cause not as yet known, they did not reach their intended destination in the regular way of business, and upon an inquiry being made, it was discovered that the person or persons who obtained possession of them lost no time in applying for their value at the Bank at Taunton ; diligent search has been made in order to obtain some clue to the delinquents, but hitherto svithout success. A few slays since the workmen who are excavating the 'new canal, near Clonfort, in the.ooanty of Galway, disco vered in the large bog a wooden road, about six feet wide, formed on large piles of timber, and running in the direc tion of the Shannon. It lies about four feet under the present surface of eke bog ; the length of it is not exactly ascertained, only about a mile of it having as yet been opened. The workmanship appeals to be of .the rudest description. The storm of Saturday and Sunday week has done great damage to the new Breakwater forming at Whitetreven. Stones weighing five touts, have been pitched from their positions to the distance of twenty or thirty feet, and the whole of the works above water so much injured that only three tiers of stones have been left out of seven. The serge was so strong that it lieu ovey . bc. north and smith walls, and the spray et thugs t o** higher than the extreme point 0' the lighthouse. • Milt: RUFUS X INC. The following potirait of Mr. Rufus King, the present Minister of the United State* at the British Court, is ex traeted from an American Paper:— " The-political career of this gentleman has been remarkable. With talents of the first order, he has not been generally a fa vourite with the people. It must be admitted that he never courted them with much assiduity, and certainly never flattered them for the purpose of procuring their suffrages. Ile seems to have rested his claim to preferment on his known public services and the high degree of intellectual tapscity which he possessed, and which he had shown enniany occasions. He would unquestionably have risen to more 'important stations had it not been for the spirit of party. Whilst Minister at London, he objected to the transportation of certain individuals to the United States who had rendered them selves offensive to the British Authorities ; ands this, in the estima tion of clamorous partisans, was sufficient to tamp him with the reputation of a Royalist, or at least with that of an aristocrat. But there is no act of Mr. King's public life which denotes in him an aristocratical disposition, or that can be construed into a com plexion of hostility to free political institutions. He felt the force of a strong mind, and disdaiued to seek for applause through the ordinary avenues of ambition. Of this his opponents have always taken advantage, and represented him as haughty and supercilious. Mr. King undoubtedly belonged to the Federal party; but he did not sanction all their measures. Like moat men of intelligence and reflection, he had formed determinate ideas of what Govern ment ought to be, and he adhered to them, careless whom they pleased or offended. A character like this is seldom completely triumphant in his own day. Posterity, however, will not fail to do him justice; and during his existence there will always be a portion of well-informed individuals who will esteem and fear lessly support him. Within a limited circle, Rufus King has exercised great influence. He has had the unhappiness, in com mon with a number of other eminent men, to have his mo tives and his actions misrepresented by those who either did not comprehend them, or would not describe them fairly. Among the other evils of party, it is not the least, that when once a foul name is established for an opponent, all who ate in- eluded in the denunciation are depicted with the same pernicious ' intentions. No discrimination is made, and one dark shade of calumny is made to cover alike the wise, the weak, and the mis chievous. Mr. King Is familiar with revolutionary times; served In the' old Congress ; was Minister to Great Britain under the Presi dencies of Washington and Adams; has been a distinguished Bum or of the United States ; and is at present the successor of Mr. Rash at the Court of St. James. He has a cool and clear head, ant Is not to be put off his guard. He has an absolute command and his passions ; is intimaoly acquainted with, the reaml reamers and nterco* of his tountry, and particularly i with those of a commercial nature. He is proftundly vented in ancient and modern history, and is extensively conversant with polite literature. His knowledge of our constitution and laws, and' of the principles on which they are founded, is exceeded by Vet ofl no citizen whatever. He has the faculty of readily common citing what he knows ; and is brief, luminous, and logical with his pen and in the Senate. His manner as an orator is prepossessing, re. spectful, and persuasive. His wit is attic ; and, if the occtsion should require it, he can be sharply satirical and keenly sarcastic. His enemies have been altogether political. It is believed that he' has none of • personal description. His probity has never been impeached—his morals are pure—his temper frank ; and of patriot ism he gave a shining example by sustaining the national govern ment, contrary to the wishes of his party, during the Late war with Great Britain." FASHIONABLE I N7'ELLICENCE. The Duke of St. Albans left town yesterday for Si, Gilbert East's seat, Hall.place, Berks. The Earl and Countess of Hardwick left Hastings, Sussex, yesterday. for Brighton. Viscount Dungannon has arrived at his seat, Brynkinalt, Den bighshire, from a tour. Lord Frederick liceauclerk left town yesterday for his seat in Herts. The Earl of Buckinghamshire has arrived at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, from a tour. The Hon. John Coventry, and the two Misses Coventry, have left ditto for their seat, Burgate House, Hants. Sir Colin and Lady Campbell and •family arrived yesterday at Gould's Hotel, .lermyn.street, from the Isle of,Wight. Mr. and Lady Elizabeth Hope Vere and family have arrived at the London Hotel, Albemarle street, from Scotland. Departures from the London Hotel, Albemarle-street :—Mr. and Mrs. Stirling, for Scotland ; Captain Clayton, for Essex ; and Mr. and Mrs. Christie and family, for their seat, in Surrey. Arrivals at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street :—The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. George Noel, from the Continent ; Blr. Morris and son, from Paris. W. H. Unwin, Esq has left ditto, for Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Carleton left the Clarendon Hotel, Bond.street, yesterday, for their seat in Northamptonshire. Robert Price, Esq. M.P., and Mrs. Price, left the Burlington Hotel, yesterday, for their seat in Herefordshire. Departures from Read's Hotel, Lower Brook-street :—Lady and Miss Fitzgerald, for Bath ; Wm. Hinde, Esq., for Paris; and J. Scott, Esq , on a tour. hoes - there five months. and rho, attired youcC I've • distinguished Philhelludats BOULOGNE SUB MER. THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 23. Her Royal Highness the Duchess de Berri arrived yes terday, at five in the afternoon. She was met at a distance of some miles from the town by the majority of the re spectable inhabitants, French and English, mounted on horseback. The public toad was lined on either side, a mile out of the town, by the poorer classes, who made their obeisance, and shouted the usual loyal viva, upon the occasion. The Duchess was in an open barouche, drawn by post horses, who were tied on to the vehicle by ropes—nothing better ! One or two travelling carriages , were all that followed, the whole being escorted by a party of dragoons. The greater part of her Royal Highness's suite had arrived in the course of the day. On entering the town the Duchess was conveyed to the hotel prepared' for her reception in the Grande Place, at a slow pace, pre ceded by military music. In the Grande Rue, and all the streets through which the royal procession passed, garlands, of flowers, and ropes of ivy, tastefully intersper►ed with the poppy flower, were hung from window to window across the road. The effect, especially in the evening, when the whole town was illuminated, was very pretty and striking. By order of the authorities, out of every window waved a white flag. Her Royal Highness will bathe this day, and afterwards proceed to view the botanic garden at Courci, about nine miles distant. Since the intelligence of the intended visit of the Duchess of Berri has been received at Calais, all has been bustle and confusion: preparations are being fast carried into ef fect. The Hotel de Ville has undergone a thorough scour ing within, and the outside has been whitewashed. Alt the jleurs de Us have been newly gilt, particularly those upon the iron railings round the column erected on the Pier, op posite the spot where Louis Le Desire first placed his legi timate foot on his return to France on the 94th April, 1814, and to commemorate which the good people of Calais erected that monument. The Mayor has been at the ex pense of a new state carriage. There is to be a ball and other great doings on the occasion. His Royal Highness Prince William of Brunswick, I accompanied by Baron Vanhouison, has arrived at the Royal Hotel, where his Serene Highness the Duke of Brunswick is expected in a few days. On Monday the il lustrious strangers visited the Castle, and also drove to Holy rood House, but did not go through its interior.— Edinburgh Weekly Chronicht. The Duke of Wellington was to leave Paris on Thurs day for Brussels. DEATH OF THE EARL OF DOWOUOHMOHE.-011 the 224 instant, at the house of his brother, Lord ,H utchinson, Bulatrotle-street, Manchester-square, the Earl of Donough mere, a Peer of Great Britain, one of the original Repre sentative Peers for Ireland, a Privy Councillor, Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer of his ,Majesty's Court of Ex chequer in Ireland, General in the Army, Governor of the County of Tipperary, &c. Never having ,been married, , his titles and estates devolve upon his next brother, Lord Hutchinson, 1i.G.C.8„ &c. _ DEATH OF THE EARL OF is with regret we have to announce the death of John Francis, Earl of Mar, who was so lately restored to the ancient and illustrious Peerage of his ancestors. He died suddenly at his house in Shandwich-place, on Saturday evening, in the Ssth year of his age.—Edinburgh Paper. CAMBRIDGE, Aug. Q6.—The spirit of enterpr:ze, which the late ever-to-be-lamented Dr. Clarke so powerfully ex ' cited among the members of this University, has not suf ' feted any abatement. A young man of fortune, lately of Trinity College, Mr. Blanc, returned to Cairo with his friend, Mr. Crompton, on the 15th of last May, after a journey across the desert, which was attended with a good deal of hardship, from the want of water and from the ex cessive heat. They had pursued the route of Moses and the Israelites, and, travelling with the Book of Exodus in their hands, had reached Mount Sinai. They drank their coffee on the spot where Moses received the Decalogue, vi sited the cave in which Elijah had taken refuge at Horeb; and placed themselves on the stone whereon Moses sat when his hands were lifted up whilst Israel fought against Amalek. They discovered also several caves containing curious objects of antiquity, not hitherto known nor visited by any traveller. On their return to Cairo they were pre paring to start for Jerusalem and Damascus. iVe hope to he gratified with further particulars of these interesting travellers. GERMAN PAPERS. CONSTANTINOPLT, JULY 25. The accounts from the Moran continue to be favourable for the Porte. Ibrahim Pacha, whose attempt on the mill s at N apoli di Romania would probably have succeeded, had not English and French assisted the Greeks, has indeed retired to Tripoli:xi, but immediately after joined Hussein Bey, who landed with reinforce ments at Navarin. Whatever the friends of the Greeks may say, i t is most likely that he has since resumed offensive operations. Mean time, the part which, during his attempt at Napoli di Romania, tram taken by the English Commander stationed there, is very re. markable, and is said to have led the Porte to make bitter corn. plaints, through the Reis Effendi, to the British legation here. It is stated t h at the above-mentioned British Commander not only encouraged the Greeks to defend themselves on that occasion, but even distributed provisions among their troops. Unauthenticated reports even make the citadel of Napoli di Romania to be formally occupied by the English. These accounts give rise to various re. flexions, and many persons begin to think that England will at length take an active part in favour of the insurgents.—Allgemri ne Zeitung. LITERATURE. LETTERS ON ENGLAND. IT A. DI ITAEL.IIOLSTEIN.-TREUTTEL AIM IrDITZ. The remarks of a foreigner and a man of sense, like the Baron de Stacl, upon our manners, morals, and mode of thinking in England, cannot fail to be interesting. A n easy enumeration of extracts might be brought to show that this country stands very high in the opinion of the writer. " In writing the letters that follow," says he in his preface, " thought less of making a book, than of recalling to mind the ire. pressiona, which my observation of the public manners of England, and the conversation of those Englishmen who honoured me with their friendship, made on me. These letters are, for the most part, two years old : reflections on the recent measures of the present ministers, of course, are not to be expected in them. Neither hav e I entered into the foreign politics of England : such was not the object of this correspondence; but had I had this object in view, I should equally have pursued the course I have adopted ; and have begun by giving some idea of the internal organization of the country, and of the opinions It naturally p ro d uces . " Most of the errors habitually committed respecting England, arise from our reasoning on its politics as we should on those of Aus. tria and Russia. We give to diplomatic calculations an import. ante, which they are fur from having in the eyes of the British go. vernment: and it is not sufficiently known, how little val ue t h e English, preoccupied by the mechanis m o f heir institutions, and absorbed by the innumerable interests of the strongest and most complicated social order that ever existed, set on external circum. stances, which we erisraeoualy consider as the motives of their con. duct. In forming a judgment of the proceedings of government among a free people, the first thing to be done is, to study the sen . timents, opinions, and habits of the citizen s . I hate advanced only a little way in this course; but, if this first attempt be of any ult. lily, perhaps it will be followed by a second. It would be better, however, that minds endowed with the qualities wanting to render nie successfal should finish what I have begun, and supply the im. perfections of my labours." In the range of his researches, the Baron touches on the somewhat ungracious topic of rotten boroughs. He antici pates that his friend to whom his Letters are addressed will ask, whether the natural love of independence which distinguishes the English character does not now and then rise up in rebellion against this borough influence, and re. jest the proffered candidate? To which he answers—. "in fact it does sometimes happen, though rarely. It is the same with electioneering influence as with the aristocratic influence in general: long customs) has rendered it sacred, and the English voluntarily submit to it ; but it is solely on condition, that no In. fringement of certain rights or certain sentiments of moral decorum takes place. If the line of what appears to them legitimate be over-stepped, all their haughtiness, and all their native independ ence, reappear. " I could mention to you a borough, situate in the very park of a great lord, all the houses of which belon g to hi m , and all the voters of which, though almost absolutely dependant on him, rte. vertheless shook off the yoke of his influence, because they disap. proved his principles and conduct. These same voters were brought under allegiance to his successor by their natural inclination for his talents and virtues. Other great lords, on the contrary, will not tninstuit to their heirs the immense patronage, which is at present submissive to all their political desires. " You perceive, then, it would be erroneous to pass so absolute a judgment on the question of close boroughs. This question besides is subject, like all others, to the empire of public opinion. One borough would obtain general approbation by an endeavour to shake off the yoke : another, on the contrary, would incur blame, and its attempts would be considered as a species of rebellion. The following exemplifies this. " The city of Peterborough is one of those, where the right of voting belongs to all the inhabitants paying scot and lot. It has six or seven hundred electors, consequently more than many depart. menus in France; yet it is reckoned among the boroughs of EARL FITZWILLIAM, either because it is situated amid hisdomaffis. and most of the houses belong to him ; or because a long series of acts of benevolence and generosity have attached it to the Wentworth family. At the last election Mr. SCARLETT was the candidate presented by Lord Fitawilliam to the electors of Peterborough. Such a choice, the glory of the English bar, might be supposed to have met unanimous acceptance : however, contrary to all expects. tion, an opposition was declared. Some persons undertook to bring forward as a competitor to Mr. Scarlett an obscure individual, whose talents and character were a thousand degrees below comparison with his. Against such an adversary victory was not difficult: nevertheless, a sort of contest took place, and Mr. SCARLETr deemed it necessary to harangue the people from the hustings. '• The election ended, and the effervescence subsided ; the intim. bitsnts of Peterborough, particularly those who had stood most prominent in opposition, were not without uneasiness. What would Earl Fitzwilliam do? Nrould he raise their rents? Would he deprive the city of this or that gratuitous concession ? In short, what vengeance would he take on this insurrection ? A sentiment of vengeance could not enter a mind so noble as that of Earl Fitt. william. However, the maintenance of his influence in elections appeared to him of too great importance, for him to dispense with testifying his dissatisfaction. Accordingly he increased , by a few pence, the tolls of a canal near the city, which he had the generosity to keep before at a rate much lower titan that of other canals; and this trifling increase of rates, which would never perhaps hare taken place but for the circumstance of his election, added to his income more than eight thousand a year. Scarcely was the resolution of Lord Fitzwilliam known, when the city sent a deputation to him, to entreat him to revoke it: but he would not consent. • Gentle men,' said he to the deputies, • in your attempt to reject the illus trious candidate I sent to you, you exercised an fnconteerible right, which I am the first to acknowledge. In raising the tolls of my canal, I, in my turn, avail myself of a legitimate power. As long as we are on a footing of mutual good will, I shall endeavour no: to be in your debt with respect to kind offices ; but if you entrench I yourselves on the strict ground of right, do not be surprised at my following your example:" This, at least, is a genuine sample of fair dealing, and, as far as it goes, serves to keep alive the love of liberty after its kind. The interests of either party are not here very clearly identified, but there seems no resource, in CM of mutiny, save in the spirit of retaliation. If a disobe dient voter will go to the wrong side of the hustings, by what other process is he to be restored to his allegiance? It is not to be expected that any foreigner, however fa vourable his opportunities for observation may have been, .calm acquaint himself with all the apparently irregular phe nomena of our constitution, or be able to catch correctly a!I the peculiarities of our political system. The expositions of the Baron de Stael, however, are always given without prejudice. He touches on many subjects of very Consider able interest, and his reflections mark a mind habituated to freedom of thought. It is always desirable, on any sub ject, to get at the opinions of a well-informed man accus tomed to judge for himself, and more especially when those opinions are offered in the candid tone and spirit that per vades the present volume. On Saturday evening his Royal Pligliness the Duke of Sussex, attended by T. L. Pettigrew, Esq. arrived at the Sun Hotel, Cambridge, and shortly after proceeded to the Rev. G. A. Browne's rooms, in Trinity College. The Vice-Chancellor, Lord Francis Osborne, the Rev. Mr. Wilkieson (of Woodbury), and several other gentlemen. hod been invited to meet his Royal Highness at dinner, and were in readiness to receive him. We were concerned to hear that his Royal Highness had been indisposed for some days; his appearance, however, denoted cow's' lescence. On Sunday morning his Royal Ilighncss, Lord and Lady Francis Osborne breakfasted at the"' carage-house, and attended the morning service at (Tes• tenon. The party afterwards visited the new buildings of Trinity and King's College, and at four o'clock hts Royal Highness dined in the hall of Trinity College, od was present at Trinity Chapel in the evening. ° 3 Monday morning his Royal Highness breakfasted with the Vice-Chancellor at Trinity Hall Lodge. Lord Stafford and his son, the Hon. G. Jerningham, the Master of Cor pus Christi College, and Messrs. Hole and Browne, of Tri nity, had the honour of meeting his Royal flightless. The Duke afterwards passed four hours in examining the valu able books and MSS. in Corp us Ch r i s ti C o llege library, "c" queatheal to that society by Archbishop Parker ; and at htc o'clock his Royal highness, accompanied by Lord Stafford. and the party from the Vice-Chancellor s, proceeded t" Gogmagog hills, the seat of Lord F. Osborne, where diey were most hospitably received and entertained by his Lord ship and Lady Francis. On Tuesday morning his Royal Highness, after breakfasting in Trinity College, entered his travelling carriage, and pursued his journey to Newstea il Abbey, the once-famed seat of Lord Byron, and now th e magnificent above of Colonel Wildwan. ei Phi our rest OD goo 4 11 Chi Ind day Liet 0 lagu tug whit of I dd .7 1 ocri ract hip nn uith ettu Cl tit Trl Hutt Rt 1776 tier a i Maj o uted t rio t nd xpe t : B con e an nles i eath , Du ne gp nC iv Tubb nd w eight tiv heat nditi qtr e b tn