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WEIIXI , ,:D tY, August IN, will be pertennel I.o l i EMS' QUA ItitELß. Carlus, Mr. Johnson; Sancho. Mr.W.West lweseers.llre.W. Clifford ; Jacinths. Mrs. Gibbs. After which TB"! iii.CAtM; or. THE SECKCTS Or OrrICK. The Principal Characters by Mr.W. Verret', Madams Vestris, sssss / 1 " 4 % " Lt.ton• end Hurler; Mestlatimat (Lover, Paton, Lo%e. knit C. Jones. To rottelude with X. Y. L Reddy Bray. Mr. I.llt. n; Bombes A Ildross, Mr. Taanaurr . .r. Twelve Precisely. Sweethearts and wlta.l. uoJ TN.. StrITITA to your Bow. ------- THEATRE ROYAL, EN(;1,1811 OPERA-ROUSE, STIT AND. Th!a Evening. WETINF.SIi 1 V. Aoreet ra, win be performed Plitt Fi'FISCH( TB; Or, Till 5:.% UNTO BULLET Rena, Mr..hrtley ; ()twat . . !Br. Bennett: Rtsdelph. Mr. Brahant: Ki:Van, Mr. Fee leant Zans:e:. Mr. T. I', Cooke. Alum. Mae Ste phen:l, with addltrona: Some. by Weber :being her fourth appeareaat in thle Theatre); Ann. M!..* i'l•N ey. After bleb, I M DAVE A MIFF." Admiral FlreCntlre. M..r Ldptalt: Vlredrake, Mr. Dearman Mr. rrertnite O'Leary. Mr. Poe r. Drath ,r; !tarry !Verbl. Mr. baker. Badly ).,bank. Was H.thiaway. to-usorrem Der frefarhats. sad The Rehm ut Twelve Dour& . . 103 D NICHT OF THE RATTLE wATr.nwo. DAVIS'S AAWHI7IIEATRE. • THIS EVENIN(I. The grand National speelaeloa THE 11%TTLE OE WATERLOO. Wernelur Duerow will perform VAL his Cravat E Nl questrian Seen . tolled TH CARNI OV VECE.. To emend, with o nen Iturietta. by Mr. J. H. Amherst. rolled TOE COLONEL AND THE LIEUTENANT. ••• The Rattle of Waterloo beetroot Hall-post Six. NEW SURREY THEATRE. THIRD NIGHT OF A SUPERB CHINESE MEL"t•DRAMF: AND A SCOTTISH ROM ANC& Tb la rri - rent VirT)NESU %Y. Aug. Itt. will be pracnted vanedhloral Molo-Draine. In Tare* Arts (written by Mr. Ball). fII'HNINO Or, THE SPECTRE OF THE LAKE. Principal Characters by !dews. 11. Kr...1,1r. litowleoharn. Avid. Har- Wood, Young, and Hemmings' .Ira Loveday, and Mr.. Young. In th 2 course fifth° Piece a tirand Ballet. called "The Festival 0* Lan tana rant of TWIT..." Principal lancer. Mla The Clot;• /lac Hance by Marna isterniorc. Ilona. and JUIIaIS. . _ Too which will ors added a nw Bothnia. culled THE PAINTER'S STUDY. To ennehide with a Scottish Romance, called THE Gill/EllE; or. THE WIZARD OF TIO. BLACK 1100 R. 6.4I2DENS, VAUXHALI" REPO rITION OF TilF. OR lIND MILITARY GALA, This W ERN VADAT. August IEI, Linter the especial Pat:wings of his ldntje►ty. The while of the varied popular Amusements (from Right till Twelve tirlisek), superb Doeurations. splendid Illum untlone Orland ine 1 3 . 10) aaid unoculteent FWorks, will be it,peated on tho tame fremt scale which so highly delighted nearly y0410(1 peninnson Thursday and Monday Evenings last. in honour of the Dirth-Days of his Wiest) and his Royal Highness the link. of ••• In thy •fterneen there will he it Rowing Watch. for • new When and 111110? oi by Ledlet and Grnt lenten of Van titan, South Larnaetti, Kennhitdon. Arr. t to be It.,wed (.4 . by Styria 1•4 It td Oars, In Two Heats. The V berry will be exhibited In the Royal ()ordeal Clotrimt lb. eeenin~, brillhottly illuminat.A. end deroratert with Aare . exe.; and will be idtentards preuented to the fortunate Vt alner. yen at Seven. •-.%dnib.inn as. na.—No wilves at:rnltted. The Battling PRIM ctaiimencrd i;oblishing ye.tcraay morning et five o'clock. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AVGIST IS, Inc The French navy has been for some time in motion without any ostensible purpose. A squadron consisting of two 80-gun ships, four frigatt•s of no guns, five of Si guns, and several smaller re , st•ds, was off Cadiz on the 21th ult., from whence it sailed two days afterwards, avowedly to rendezvous at Toulon, where it was said the fleet would be ir.spect*d by the Minister of Marine. A letter from Cadiz, which we have inserted in another column, would lead us to suspect that the French squadron has some other object than that openly stated. We are told that the ships were provisioned as if for a longer voyage than to Toulon, and when they weigh anchor, it appears they departed westward. The French Government professes to entertain the Name views and opi nions u ith respect to South America as have been declared by our own Government; but if all our expectations of the continuance of peace depended on our reliance on the sincerity of the French Cabinet, we should be disposed to believe, that the hopes of again reducing the late Spanish colon:es under the Bourbon yoke are not yet wholly aban doned. The known and glaring falsehoods copied from the Madrid Un;A•tte ;inn the Et, dr, and reiterated through the minor ministeriel jinrnals in France, indicate the feeling of the Court; and, with regard to the solemn protes tations and candid statemeets of the French Ministry, we have not forgotten their policy towards Spain, nor their shameless perfidy and disgusting hypocrisy in rela tion to the suppression of the slave trade. Slave ships ve publicly fitte•l not in the French ports, while M. de l'illele insolently affirms, that " the French Go vern/milt has been neither less active nor less severe than the English Government in detecting and punishing them. - But the obvious interests of France, political and connnerCal, are so clearly identified with those of England as to the American question, that we could not doubt that ti►e sane pacific course would be followed, and the same preparatory measures adopted for the recognition of the independence of the new States, if we thought that the feeling of the Corte might nut prevail over the interests of the nation. The political system of France is not poised like our?. Public opinion has less power in the direction of public affairs ; and we know, from the attack on Spain, bow carefully the designs of the French Ministry are dis guised, and with what apparent earnestness the King him moll has been made to express his indignation, that the very purposes he or his Ministers had in view should be attributed to him. In that ease, either there was a settled design fraudulently pursiwa. or the war originated in the momen tary ascendancy of an intriguing party. Be it as it may, we see how precarious are the foundations of French faith, and how important it becomes to watch the proceedings of a Power so liable to sudden impulse, in • violation of its most sacred declarations, and so systematically false in the pursuit 'of its sinister policy. We shall not be surprised, therefore, to hear that mischief has been meditating against south America, though we trust that the Bourbons will spare their fame the f o ul blot which must fall on it, should fesradre tics rratitit , hy, as this fleet at C..iliz is tactedly called, in imitation almost, as it were, of the certh.n saa taire, turn out to be a squadron intended for a descent on South America. 'outi:cil The regulations imposed by the late Order in Co .t, respecting the treatment of slevi s, have been carried into effect at Trinidad ; and it has been found that they are in practice as full of difficulties and impediments as the planters had anticipated. In many respects these regula tions. which it will be borne in mind were framed in this country, have been discovered to be so ambiguous, that numerous applications have ir.en already made to the Go vernor for explanations of their apparently unintelligible provisions. 'I he experience of a few days has demon strated the impossibility of legislating, in detail, at such a distance, with regard to the mode in which the negroes shall be compelled to labour. Obsolete devices have been revived, and new punishments invented, to coerce the female slaves, on whom it is no longer permitted, for any olknee, to use the whip. Amongst the substitutes sanctioned by authority, and recommended in a Proclamation by the Governor, are solitary con finement, field stocks, handcuffs, collars, and padlocks. Some of these revolting instruments of coercion had been generally laid aside, and are now again resorted to, only because some means of compulsion are absolutely necessary. While slavery is allowed to exist, the master must have the power of inflicting such a degree of corporal chastisement on his slaves as may be requisite to compel them to labour. All beyond that is mere cruelty, and should be rigorously prohibited ; but we do not understand how slavery can be continued without the arbitrary right lof punishment being invested in the master; and it mat tens little, w e think, whether the punishment in fl ic t e d be of one description or another, provided it be not contrary to public decency, nor extending beyond . the necessity of the case. But the main evil of this kind of interference by the mother country is, that disscn oblong are thereby sown between the negroes and the proprietors, and the former are, as at Jamaica, induced to believe that the British Government intends to grant their freedom, or, perhaps, has actually declared them free. Hence arise insurrections, and a long train of consequent crimes and outrages. The new regulations had not been in force at Trinidad four-and-twenty hours, when the slaves Oil some estates manifested a disposition to insubordination. The delusion they had embraced was, that they had ceased to be the private property of their owners, and were now " working fin- Me King." Indeed, this notion is not very sur prising nor ridiculous. 'they probably knew that these regu lations were imposed by some Power which contronlcd the authority of their masters ; anti, dull as their faculties may be, we dare say they thoroughly comprehend the pro position, that that cannot be the property of one man which may, in spite of his wishes and remonstrances, be law fully disposed of or destroyed by another. We are anxious to see measutes of practical improvement carried into execution in our Colonies, according to some well digested plan, by which the welfare of the negroes, and the safety of the proprietary, will be equally con sulted ; anti it is therefore that we regret, that these immature plans have been adopted, and with such undue precipitatien forced upon the colonists. These regulations, after producing much confusion and mischief, will finally be found abortive, and the great work of amelioration LE chaps abandoned in despair, or forgotten amidst the dangers that will result from the rash attempts making to compress into the space of a few years, what must, in the nature of things, be spread over the face of ages. We have given in another column some articics of general intelligence we have received from Russia. Our correspondent excuses himself for not sending any political news, by stating that he has reasons for his silence which he will explain in person. Ile atlas, that be has judged it necessary, for his own safety, to destroy a letter he had lately received from an friend ; and he begs that no political remarks may be made in any other communi eitions from borne, lest they should give offence to the Russian authorities. We may juilgi, from his warnings and apprehensions, what is the kind of prying vigilance exercised over the subj , cts of the Autocrat of all the Russian, who we know has endeavoured, in his own domi nions, to approach as neerly as possible to that beau ideal of good government which, through the Holy Alliance, he would establish in every kingdom in Europe. Yestenlay morning Mr. llego, an Italian courier, arrived at the Foreign Office, with dispatches for Mr. Secretary Canning, from Kr Wm. A'Court, our Ambassador at Madrid, dated up to the 6:h inst. Mr. Bego also brought dispatch(' for the Right Han. Secretary, from Sir Charles Stuart, our Ambassador at Paris, at which city he stopped on his way to England. Despatches dated the 19th of June were received yester day at the Colonial Department, from Sierra Leone. The Colony, we are happy to say, was in a healthy state. Ilia Makuty's ship Thetis, ('apt. Sir John Phillimore, having ou board a number of officers for the Royal African Colo nial Light Infantry, and gel West India Regificent, with a Detachment of 100 non-cominimaioned officers and privates of the former corps, arrived at Sierra Leone on the 13th of June, and sailed from thence on the 17th, for Cape Coast Castle. The new Brazilian loan was brought out yesterday. It' is said to he for one million only, at 75, yielding 5 per cent.: the first instalment of 10 per cent. to be paid on thel loth instant. In the early part of the day bargains were made at 1 I premium, but it afterwards fell top anti I. The state of the premium denotes rather an unfavourable opi nion of the Loan, when we consider that the contractors art• men of wealth and tespertability. Boston Papers to the 19th ultimo, and Charleston Pa pers two flays later, have reached mi. One of the latter ~ contains some further particulars of the hurricane of the Isle of France, by which twenty-five sail of ships and brigs were sunk or driven on adore, and the plantations on • I the island destroyed. Letters were yesterday received from Ilarannah to the 11th ult. but they bring no political intelligence. The vessel despatched with specie from Gibraltar had arrived safely there. Through the American Papers we learn, that the yellow fever raced at the Ilavannah. One vessel which hail arrived from that place at New York had lost several of crew by the malady. • A letter was received yesterday from Cadiz to the fed lowing effect:— ('Anti, Jr 11. T 27. I think it necessary to inform you. that on Sattirda. last a French squadron arrived here, under the command of a Vice..ttlinital, amounting to six frigates rend a line-ot.hattle ship, amt on Sunday morning they were joined by the squadron under the command of the Item-Admiral, whose flag has been hoisted here some months since, on board the Santi Petri. They remained at anchor the whole of Sunday, and at four o'clock in the afternoon of Monday they weighed anchor end steered westward. The poor Spaniards were surprtsed to see such a large French Abet before their once re nowned city ; and they cpttlil not be persuaded but that England was going to unlace war against France ! It Is said this squadron is going to Toulon. to be inepected by the Minister of !:urine, but many believe they have sealed orders, and that their ulterior desti nation is not yet known. There yet remain in the Bay of d'ad'a duce fr;gates„ and several smaller vessels. The ships which as rived on Saturday were very busy on Sunday and Monday in buy. i Mg up provisions; which induced many to suppose that Toulon was not be their plate of rendezvous. rAsiiroxitisf.E nt7l3l.LLlcElver. Earl and Countess Cow* and family left town yesterday for their seat, Pansen:Tr, Herts. Baroness de 11'idoughby arrit•ed yesterday at her house, White- 1 hall, for Richmond. The Hon. Frederick Lamb left town yesterday for Brighton. The Earl of Carnarvon has left town . for his - seat, High Clare, Berko'. Mr. and Mrs. Farven and family have left Jordan's hotel, St. James'v-street, fur Banosgate. Departures from floulti's lintel, Jermyn.street :—Loril henry Eihtgerald on a tour ; and Warren Markham, Esq. for Scotland. E. E. Ward, Esq. has left lilake's Hotel, Jetulyn-street, tot Canterbury. Departures from the Brunswich House lintel, llannyer.square : I sir Charles and Lady Colville and family, fur the Isle of %Vight E. P. Ihstanl, Esq. M.P. and :llrs. Bastard. fur Bognor ; Mr. Mrs. and Miss Dashwood, fur Canterbury ; and John Boyle, Esq. for ~,Bri.loort. Lord I 'arletan has left town on a tour. W. I'. Iloneywood, Esei. 'I.I'. and family, have left town for their Kat, Marl's Hall, Essex. BRIGHTON, A Grs r 15. The Duke of York returned to the Pavilion to dinner an Friday. His Royal Highness was on horseback yester day, aceompinied by the Earl of Alvanley, who returned to the Royal York Hotel the evening before. Colonel Cooke is returned to the Pavilion. The Duchess of Marlborough closed a sojourn of two days, and left the New Steyne Hotel, for London, yes terday. The Duke of Richmond, accompanied by Lord Dun wich, art oft' for Goodwood yesterday. The Duchess and the Ladies Paget follow to-morrow. The Russian Ambassador, Count Lieven, with the Countess and Count Gec ze, arrived at the Royal York Hotel this evening. The Earl of Portarlington and the Earl of Rockford are sojourning at the Old Ship. Much rain has fallen to-day ; the showers have been almost incessant ; consequently but few of our degas/ex have been in public. The Earl of tilengall arrived at the Royal York llotol this evening: and apartments are ordered for the Duke of Dorset, who will be there to-morrow. The Earl of Egremont, from Petworth, is returned to East Lodge; his Lordship had an audience of the Com mander-in-Chief, at the Palace, this afternoon. Captain Russell and the lion. Mr. Irby are returned to the Royal York Hotel. HASTINGS. CPU TILE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. Castle Hotel, Hastings, Aug. M. I St a,—Though I understand sonic of your cotemporories have noticed the discovery of a stone staircase descending underneath one of the watch towers of the ancient castle here, yet none of them, I think, have given any account of a room or chapel which has been excavated not many feet below the surface and within the castle walls, whatin two rude stone coffins, composed of separate pieces ce mented together, have been found; one containing a full grown female skeleton, which, I was informed by the man who first discovered it, was (with the exception of a fracture in the skull) quite in a perfect state (though it has now evidently suffered materially from exposure to the air); the other containing the skeleton of a child, much more im perfect than that of the woman. Near the coffins there appears to have been an ornamental arch; the probability is, that there has been a chapel or ccmctry belonging to the castle, and I have no doubt more bodies will be found. Further search on this spot is suspended until orders are received from the Earl of Chichester, to whom the castle and the adjoining land belong. I hear he proposes carrying on SIC excavations with spirit. A small square apartment, contiguous and connected by a door-way with the chapel. Las been traced, and the workmen are now en gaged removing the earth from one of the ancient gateways. This search must prove highly interesting to antiquari. a, as hopes are entertained that it will lead to the discovery of the period when this ruined pile was built, upon which point, I believe, history is wholly silent. We have on r cord, that homage was paid to William Rufus in it, on his return from Normandy, in the year 1090, but the castle is supposed to be of much more ancient date. This favourite watering place is filling fast with good company; several new houses have been erected since last season, many improvements have taken place, and arc contemplated ; among the former Mr. Powell's library, on the Marine Parade, stands pre-eminent ; it now not only forms one of the handsomest buildings in the place, but affords tc the visitors every comfort and convenience, having a noble reading-room, furnished with the daily morning and evening papers, as well as most periodical publications, and also an excellent billiard-room, for the evening's ainesement ; vocal and instrumental music is pro vided by the proprietor, whose attention and civility to his subscribers make him deserving of every success ; indeed,. the latter quality is a leading feaigre with all the in-' habitants of this place. Apologizing for the space I have occupied in your valuable columns, I beg to subscribe myself, A CONSTANT READEIt. MeRRTAne IN limit Li E.—Yesterday morning were married at St. George's, Ilanover-squre, by the Bishop of Sodor and Mann, the Earl of Kinnoul, to Miss Rowley, daughter of Sir Charles Rowley. After the ceremony the happy pair set off for Ilerts. On Monday was married at Cranford, by the Rev. J. Hughes, the lion. Grantlay Berkelt y, s .n of the late Earl of Berkeley, to Caroline, youngest daughter of the late Paul Binficld, Esq. Yesterday, ( Friday) at twelve o'clock, her Grace the Duchess of Richmond, and the two Ladies Lennox, visited the House of Industry, where they were received upon their arrival by the Governor, Colonel Morris and the Officers of the Institution. Her Grace and the Ladies Lennox expressed their entire approbation of the system and arrangements of that most valuable Institution, where two thousand persons are at this time supported, in several departments.—Dohlim I:relying. Post. We have the pleasure of noticing the progressive im provement of the Vice-Chancellor. Sir A. Cooper issued a bulletin on Monday, announcing that the patient was going on very favourably. The operation was of the moat formidable description ; and the heroic firmness evinced not a little surprised the operator. The cants of condol ence have been very numerous. The King's inquiries have been repeated—the first through Sir Henry Halford. Portsmouth and its vicinity is most rapidly increasing. The inducements for anjournieg at Southsea are fur the next week very great. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the 24th and 23th, Madame Catalani, Miss Goodall, Messrs. Rolle, Harrington, Foster, awl others, will be there to attend Miss Sibly's Musical Festival. Mr. Green ascends in his balloon. The regatta will he the two last days of the week, which, with the regatta ball, at the flanthsea Rooms, will form a source of amusement to the numerous families in and near the neighbourhood. CHELTENHAM, AVG. 14.—Amongst the latest arrivals are,—Lord and Lady John Russell, Lord tiosford, Vis count Molesworth, Lady Barham, Lady Throgmorton, Lady Vane, Sir Richard and Lady 11'olseley, Ikon. Ber keley Noel, Admiral and La !y Lucy Foley, Sir G. and Lady Garrett, Sir J. Kingston James, Sir Pulteney Mal colm, General and Mrs. Marriott, General Gough, General Rumley, Colonel Kenneth and family, Colonel Venicombe and family, Colonel %Vocelyate and family. Colonel Nelley, Colonel Nixon, Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. D'Aguilar, Lieut.- Col. French, Li. nt.-Col. Taylor, &c. &C. The splendid and magnificent routs and ent rtainments Given by the Duke and Maims of Northumberland, dining their stay in town this season, have been cqualled by the princely grandeur awl hospitality of the public days at their ancient Castle of Alnwiek, since their arrival there. On thaw occasions, which are repeated every Tues day and Thnraday, a dinner is provided for sixty or seventy guests, invited from among the tenantry, ladies and g ntle men of the county, and strangers of respectability passing through the town of Alnwiek. On viewing the striking and solemn grandeur of the large Baronial Hall, with its fine oak root', the splendour and hospitality displayed it.' the entertainment, and the numerous guests, with the Noble Host awl Hestess pre sidine, surroundal by their domestics, in their state liveries, together with his Grace's ancient pipers, in their state surcoats, the mind is led hack to the days of border chivalry, when Musick Castle seas the strong hold of the border chieftains in war, and the scene of their revelry in peace. Steam packets are to be established between Holland and Batavia. j RATURn A PORT'S TIIIOUGHTIt ON TOE INTERMENT OF iIM) YRON. T Wtki.east II °WITT, ESCI. Diction Are alwa ys ice& with an eve of sospicion and distrust on p oe ti ca l e ir t ; g r ns, which have for their subject the popular the-me of the lay, and consequently seldom read them. The d e ath of aI ) tof such power and fame as the late Lord Byron, as 'night be expected, lias called forth innumerable monodies, oaks, laments, and sonnets—insomuch that no periodical, w ith the *HO test pretensions to literary taste, can exist without its share of them. IVe are happy, however, to have it iei our power to confer praise where we expected that we ecogld bare awarded only an answer, or at least silent cont::lnpt ; and on the little unassuming production before us re most willingly bestow our approbation. The following Is a favourable specimen of the writer's style: Ilia inote was as a trumpet, through and tl rough Tilling, and kindling strange delight it came. Hid wing was the young eagle's; forth he flew, And boldly gazing on the sun of fame, itarth sank beneath him, and the critic's aim Served but to rouse and wing him to his height; `Where, sailing on through sunshine, or the flame Olf *mussy holm, he found a stern delight : And woe were to die head which dared him from his flight. t times a giant, clad with might. he rose, And in his sportive joys:tee, or his rage, twirl Amite the ternpk of man's sole repose; :nd all that soothes life's melancholy stage— Hope's ardent song—the authority of age— , works of wisdom—trembled to their fall : Then. suddenly, his wrath lie would assuage, And, with a laugh whose merriment h a d gall, He them—but as things he valued not at all. k r Then was he a magician : rocks and waves, Dim desolate wilds, were visible at his nod 8 '1 Huge mountains, with their torrents, crags, and eaves, In 'shoe dark shade yet darker beings trod— Beings in whose natures demon, man, and god MINN mysteriously; and he would bare . Their spirits to your vision with his rot; • And, from their inivast hearts, to open air Would draw their grief', guilt, greatness, and their stern despair. ... And then this wild scene, and its wilder crew, Would dissipate—and in their place would rise ' Regions all basking in the radiant blue Of eastern heavens, and lovely things, whose eyes Were full of the sweet aliment of sighs , And deathless passion ; and himself would pour Out of his glowing bosom such supplies • Ora pathetic song, as, cvemsorts. Melted the eltillest hearts--probed soft ones to the core. T4e writer, we understand, is s, member of a sect which has, MI lately, been supposed inimical to elegant literature. : 13460.11, radock, and J SURREY THEATRE. The proprietors of this now elegant Theatre arc indefa tigable in their endeavours in catering for public taste. They have furnished for this week's fare no less than three novelties. The first of which is a melo-drame, called The Burning Bridwe ; or, The Spectre of the Lake. The story is as follows:—Konang a Chinese Mandarin of wealth and influence, had been in early life a dependant on Cal mest., but, envying him his riches, add inspired by a pas sion for his wife, be contrives that he shall be attacked by a banditti of Tartars, while travelling with his family. The attack succeeds, and Calinoe is taken and sold for a slave. The wife and son escape, but arc followed by Ito sang, who, failing in his attempts on her virtue, murders her, but not until she has found meats to preserve Berson. &dung then returns, relates that Calmar and his family had perished in an engagement with the Tartars ; and, by the production of a forged will, succeeds to his possessions. eafinue, after a slavery of LI years, during which he bad discovered the treachery of Konang,escapcs, and returns to Lis palace, just as his son, a supposed orphan, of unknown parentage, is on the paint of marriage with Zelischt, the daughter of lionavg. He relates his story ; and, though recognised by Kotula; and Hues, his accomplices in all these villanies, is treated as an impostor, and imprisoned for daring to calumniate a Mandarin. During his impri sonment Koran;; and !loan conspire to murder him, and are just on the point of accomplishing it, but are prevented by the appearance of the Spectre of the Lake. or, in other words, thee...ghost of Cabaue's wife, which terrifie s .Konang almost to madness, and is a principal cause of establishing the identity of Colonic. The murderers then fonts another plot for the destruction of their victim, but fall themselves into the snare, !loan shooting Konsag from the mistake that he is C'altnuc, and Kunno.,, , , before he dies, eonfess, , s the full extent of his villanies, and the piece then concludes. From the above materials a piece of much interest has been got up. The acting was very respectable. Messrs. 11. limbic, Auld, and Rowbotham, gave considerable cfßct to the many interesting situations in which they were placed: but the gorgeous and splendid eastern scenery is above all praise, and is, of itself, really worth going to see. The managers leave shown much spirit in the style with which they have brought this piece out, and they have spared no exp,nse. The Painter's Study tUlloweel, in which we recognised the farce of Plot and Counterpl,t, but it leas been deprived of none of its humour by the alteration of its name. Wyatt and Harwood were exceedingly droll as l'edrillo and Fahio; and Mrs. Loveelay, u Juana, is as perfect an Abigail as we would wish to see. The con cluding piece was the Groentc, or the Wizard of the Black Moor, of which we leave only time to say, that it is taken from the Black Dzem:l; very effectirely got up, and as ably performed. IVe only wish that the public may appreciate 1, the exertions of the proprietors of this theatre, with a Jibe , raft) , proportionate to the spirit with which they provide for their entertainment. The proprietors will then have no , nasal' to complain. Miss M. Tree, Miss Hal'emits, and Mr. Sinclair are per forming together at the Edinburgh Theatre. The King of the Netherlands Is expected at Brussels to-day, and is to remain for a week. One of the objects of this visit is to appoint a Board of Management for the Society of Commerce. The Duchess of Berri continues at Dieppe, and with her Royal Highness is the Duchess of Reggio. The Duchess of Angouleme is also mentioned as enlivening Dieppe with her presence. The Duchess of Bern, it is understood, purposes returning to Paris in the course of the present month. All hope of beholding the French Monarch on the coast this year has vanished. The works of the new bridge over the Seine, opposite the Hotel des luvalides, in Paris, are commenced. A n'l'S AND Set t: x r ts.—An ins:mine:it has been lately presented to the Academy of Sciences at Paris, by Mons. Benoit, called a Pachrinietre, for the purpose f ascertain- The following sales of estates in the neigh Ing the exact thickness of looking glasses in frames, and Cupar Angus have recently taken placer—let which received the approbation of Monsieurs Frentil and 14,0 0 . q. ; Lethenely, 37,000 e ; BO& IDOIDI I Ampere, the Commissioners. who observe in the conclusion I Italdourie,l4..l.ool. ; Welton, 7,300/.--Caledoni of their Report, "We consider that the Pediatric-ire, with 1_ I t est AND 01 1. Arr tin) tOn lit el , Y ESS7 fixed angl.'s, is the most simple and correct instrument y e t ! nosy is quite established, this will have no go produced for measuring with nicety the thickness of mi rro rs ' as a preventive, when the hair is inclined to or looking-elasses in frames ;" which opinion was unani- a good remedy. monsly continued by the whole Academy of Sciences. Dees — The general v o i ce o f anti q uit y is II rNT I: RIAN Mt:SCUM, I;f , A St: 0 w. — ItAT TL ES NAk E; . the preeept that the head should he lightly The limiterien Museum has been lately enriched by the :Ultima. the covering which na:ure has e'act present of a living Earth snake. The reptile is inclosed i n ! sufficient for its protection, except Only 1 , a large box fronted with glass, defenileil by a grating of ; tremely thin, or the bead bald. Ile coin:: wire. It is pt rfeetly lively, Pith:melt since its arrival it has' the open air, if dry, the hatl is Sn'el , gth , ' taken nothing but the portion of the yolk of two car t s. • render the practice yo'rfeetly sari:, it slioulil lc Living mice and young birds have been introduced, but I eerie are. At no age, however, oufit a lee , without its takingthe sinallest notice of them. Frogs, also ; i covered in sunshine, whet the weather is Ito' but they were found entwined in its foltic—or even p er d ue " ' requenee may be an inflammation, or Rowe t' on is head—without soil' 7iiig the smallest injury, or as of the brain. Against smlt ace:dee:A bloc!: 1 much as attract its netie .. A rahhit, however, did not fare tic defence ; so well ; the little animal lia:1 been scarcely put into the the solar rays to act more , strongly meet the It for instead of ri.gect:iig tl:c It.: box, when the snake dartt d at it, it:lti hit it, retiring, as it , pie who are much in the open air , hats of a I were, at the saute moment, and coiling itself up in its f o ld s .' other c• one weultl be ure'erable. Whit': The deadly tenure of the bite Was snon conspicuous. I n very pleas int weer, arid if generally worn . " , about aeninate the rabb it was .•i:t..31 nice convulsions , , pleat to a great tnaoy leteal-s. with It and, after three minutes more. ce` , it ed , in apparently dread- ; great importance, e kw in more lights Ilian fop amity. The sticky did not subsequently take die small- mist. est noticed Ls victim, but moved abOD t :16 though its prisen Ilineirs E [Tit A MID t N .‘ll V.— A f , te ally:; , i inehonnl notititig bit; itself. was safely ilellecteil at Manistee. in this rcinit OnAxci:is•:.—lt appears that Sir A. B. King was , and tv ;laughter*, who, with the mother, a: chaired the ether day by an Orange mob, in the town of doing well. — Limr'idk "I'''''''''' , Enniskillen ;on which occasion the learned stationer ad- ST::Eiti r. CHASE . — The gr , at ' , lee; , c c .... 3 ,;. &mull tilt; p,oplc assetitblill in terms stteli as mild only ' l t .:6 l bc g. r i t o t i n :r at le e n e : n l 3 .l r on t ,, e l l v a . "' .1... , .' 1 7 i i:,; .!1 ,„ 1i ::„ ;;;,, e e.i. , have been used by a coarse and illiberal partizan. hounds were taking their ii:ret-ton ; :: .1 nose i, a- BAD TlSTla Or A June L.—At the Slieo Assizes, a man general ch-is: were rot the law il. The start t...k named John Brelierly was found guilty of robbery, and top of llatrlit it-tune, near to the heonth - " 1 recommended by the Jury to mercy, when the Judge (the !Alt*. Chief Peron), in answer to the recommendation, said, "he , stn "!''' Iturlybottien es, e hmit tiftece . eo..ia ,,e 'file horses flew need e as °elk% ."., ._ l , OO should be hariged in the gentlest way re„ible."—lre ' ! and laad "'" " '.'- ic " P '!fi rt. .'.' e u r. , e I.ern . i e. ink ..14 1 , 111WMIL•11 , s OM et VOW. . Let ~11 , . Lurriiipry. ' It.uvetig gave th:ttt all tae limpinuttt itilkstat.i i:iltta.. OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE ATTACK OFF BONA. [From the Gazelle of lest night.] Admiralty Offer, August 18, 1824. Vice Admiral Sir Harry Neale has trausaaated sam e 11.11wsw Crokcr, Esq. a letter hum the Ilooourahla Cop t* Illrestaw, of his Majesty's ship Naiad, of which iNg is a copy : Ma Majesty's ship Naiad, Tay of 11 , •.;a, 3! y Sts,—l have much sati,faction in acquainting yt complete destruction of the Algerim brig of war, ! ; ,y 1. you, moored alongside the walls of the form , s of boats of the Naiad, under the command of Lieutenant r or this ship. If, in detailing this affiir, I abonld ttesnass somewhat on your time, I trust, Sir. you will attribute it solely t , , desire that the conspicuous merit of the ofilttera and boats, and their leader, should bare due eredi plan of the operations having been formed, and all the 'ranged, entirely by Lieutenant Quin himself; tet 7 tl objected to his proposal of bringing the brig out, known', atinn to be such its would risk very many lives is the att The boats left the Naiad at half-past eleven last nit ing guided in their approach by the lights and fir, s in batteries, pulled for what proved to be a siztt.ten gut largest clasa, whose position was of eztriuntlinary strengc beyond what 1 had even imagined possible. She was rvc and stun, in addition to a chain cable fast on shore, within about eighty feet of the walls of the fortress, sr counted at Last fort pieces of cannon, some flanking side, neat further of f than short rannister range, and bar own length, amongst which latter were the sistem longing to the brig herself, the enemy not unreasonably' that, by placing them there, in preference to keeping all attempts at boarding must be rendered ineffectual 11) I have reason to believe the greater part of her crew were work them, the whole of Noe Turkish garrison or about ' havingsufficient employment in managing theother gut log up a heavy fire of musketry from t heendirasures and overhanging list decks. A few sailors,left as look-outs,e shore, leaving the brig so lightened as to cause the great in ascending her sides. All these obstacles, and the , fire of cannon and small arms, kept up during the whole;. boats were in sight, which, from the illumination caused burning vessel was lengthened, served only as a Inca how vain all resistance is when British seamen and led by their Officers in the way they were upon tl Lieutenant Quin did not lea-e the brig until she was blaze in all parts, whicloen.li,l in her pnrtislly blow' ing to the water edge, and at last sinking in such not a particle of her is to be seen, her masts having flames. No language that I am master of can convey to adequate idea of the intrepidity of the attack, which k equalled by the cool coursy,e di.nlayed during the tim, to distribute the fire in all parts of a vcssel, under cunastances. The f lliirers names engigcd in this 'orrice are sub3oined all did their duty so nobly on th; t •tccasion, and hare ones given me such perfect satisfaction, 1 cat.not i, jtui larize. They unite in speakittg in the highest terms , and good conduct of the men, who did not allow a heard until the enemy's first rouud of grape, which they with three cheers. I have great pleasure in adding, that, notwithstandi different a return might have been expected, I har e onl to you a few men ;sun by severe contusions, and chiefly to be attributed to the masterly manner the conducted in; the whole of the credit of which is a Quin, to whom I confided the entire arrangement; and will honour him with your reconnen.hitiori. I have the honour to be, &c. (Signed) R. C. SPENCER, Sir Harry Neale, Bart. 0.C.8. &c. I 'List or orricr.as •ND MIDAMIPMEX EMPLOY BOATS. Lieutenants—Michael Quin, Thomas Dilke, IP; and W. :4. Koopman, R.M. Midshipnwn--Searls Wood Oldham, Thmrris Paid Mulberry, John Robb, Charles Edward Schrril Dares, John L. N. Sealy, Charles liothain, lion. l't Cirri, Charles Ryder, and Edmund H. Sepnings. (Signed) R. C. SPENCER, Letters have been received in FAinburgh, fret" regiment in Jamaica, dated 16th June. which to gratifying intelligence that it had not lost a man time of embarkation till the date of the letters; only having died on the passage. Sir T. B. Martin, after concluding the official at the Dock-yard, cal e] on his constituents, of this borough. On Wednesday the Gellert. with 84 R. Stppings, left this town for Lemke—, mouth Paper. There is now in full bloom, in the hot-house Codrington, Esq. of Bridgewater, a beautiful the Renialmia nutans. It is a native of Indi, by the banks of the Ganges to the height of upir feet. In this country it is a work of malty them to blossotn, and has been piterally core , idLrni florists as almost hopeless. The ertatest aretieo - been given to the hot-house alluded to. to beautiful flower to perfection.—Sherborne Met STATE ok• THE COUNTRY:IVO think we have to congratulate the reader on the total remote Insurrection Act from the counties of Limerick and, if so, from the country in general. W trust that the last consequence of the late dist, been witnessed at Limerick, at the execution lane, convicted of the murder of Major Hare. words of the criminal, which arc very remark& have no doubt, produce a lasting effect upn the peasantry. 'What a testimony dots tlhis the exemplary conduct of the Catholic Clergy. answer, if answer indeed were needed, to the calumnies with which their characters have teasingly assailed ! v -Dahlin Ercning RACING inc FRANUE.—The greatest prep: making for tl.e races at Strasbourgh, mach menet: in a few days, when• the best horses of departments will be resembled. None bet Fr will be admitted.—Every preparation is also the royal races in the Champ de Mars, which t the 49th of this m nth, the first Sundry aft, St. Louis ; and on the Sunday followng the prizes given by the Count d'Arteis and ' d'Angouleine. LITERARY Cratoatrv.—The following i copy of a shoemaker's account handed to a Stirling :-- (tasting the M i ens operlather To bindry Jobings to the strang Lade and straying to 6.01 . . . - To 3leniling a Goiters for the .Master To tialashing for the Master, and 31entli . .g his soul - . Ta nailing Miss Janet &c. To Stiehing the made !CT opia 1 eon full led to Jahn pro .I.le Captais }Tree ven the felbor. tiw I 2 4, 1';24, yew Yera r .. 41 Ihf ma I; "!?oe:. niar Boat, 1, 1 ,., * two belt t Qui n, 44 That at Lt d j yea'ofll o ga Nan." that urea he mnffiC Et, the .4 4 this the dna, ing e , ?tint the! the trims ;lq 1771: attempt. - with nahl, reei tin. da l " into an brig ba rum b l Cr° tan ri. ;:nl y 1" : ": 1 I landl T . 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