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LADY D* .— Yesterday was a Holiday at all the Public Offices. IL~e ntlh RING'S THEATRE. iijnor BENELLI rempeettully bees leave to Inform the Nobility and Gesurr, Subwerlbera to the Oven. , and the Public, that THE FOVIITH CoNCF.ItT . sri arr FEL OF ANCIENT AND ..... . odd. • MODERN MUSH% iSimilar to the Concerts spirit oeld at Paris). Will take place this Evening, FRIDAY, March Y. PA ST I. New Overture, by Mr. Le CAMAS, who will himself preside at the Piano forte iLe FarninO—" Ah Gracie of rendon," by Nignor CllllOlll. and Mb Chorus (Mort)—Recitative and Arlo." Eterno by Siimor lienetti oil the French lion., by Signor rusk( Mellon Aria. by 8 lore Caradori I Moacm—Alr, Blow, blow. ye acidic "by hid Love Mare) —lhtetto, from " Mode," by Signora l'aratiori and Minor Curloni ißoesini)—Recitative and Aria, by Madams kkicalani MR? H. A neer Grand National Symphony Iby particular desire), composed earresely for the occasion. he M ( lemma'. who will himself at the Piano Forte Wienienth—•• ilailehilah." from "The C 'a es e tit." with foil chorus Hiondell—Ale, weedireemb Soul: by Miss Love 40 intiol—Cwieerto on the %ions. by Mr. Klseewetter IHoffmani (babes adorata aspetta." bp Madame batalani Aria. •• towel of Lite; by Mr. Igetiner OW. Calleettl-- . . Great Oisi iLuther's H)nim. by Madame Catalmil. with Trirtbetta Obligate, by Mr. Harper. OflOOlaud Cull Chores CLutheri. Signor C.PCI•Ia will preside at the Plano Forte. Leader Of the Band. Mr. Spsgoolett I. For the Solos—Moors. Pnest, Centeno'. Ileozinf, anri" Kle . +ew•etter. Mr. J. T. Harris wilt prericteat the Organ. The Orchsritraaliehoruses will be lllelected from the - first Performers. and 4111 consist of upwards of 111 U Persona. The ensuing Concerts to be on the remaining May* In Lent. APelicatiosis respecting al/Iw to be made to Mr. sestina, Opera OffMe, 104. Quadrant, Reg entsdreet. Bove., three guineas each. Admission to the Boxes, lid,—Pit. 38.11 d. Toe C.,urerts will begin at half-post seven o'Cleek. THEA 7 RE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. A GRAND PERFORMANCE OF ANCIENT AND MODERN MUSIC. tWONN TWIt INltteTloll 01 NIL MN NIA. This Evening, FRIDAY. March 6. ItK t he only time It ran poesibly be performed this Season). HANu ' L'S SACRED ORATORIO. TOE MESSIAH." with the ad ditinnal Atwompaniments by MOZART. Between the first and second Parts. A Concerto on the Flute. Mr. Nicholson. Between the second and third Carts, _ . Gnat& Fantasia. Plano Forte. Mrs. Anderson. in which will be Intro duced the National Air, ^ Rule Britannia." by particular desire (Mies). Principal Performers—]lra. Salami.. Miss M. Tree. Miss Goodall. Miss Verses, and Miss Stephens; Mr. Bmliam, Mr. Pyric, Mr. Hawes. Master Lonahurst. and Mr. Bellamy. Tke new barred Oratorio of '• The Prophecy." composed by Mr. J. A. Wade. have been eminently successful on Its Brit representation. will be repeated on Wednesday wit. NEW THEATRE ROYAL, DRURT-LANE. Tomorrow F.rehing. S %TUMMY, March n. will be performed THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. fattua, tile Brahma; Sir John ►alstaff, Mr. Dowttm. Mrs. ford, Miss Stephens; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris. Ater which, the admired Pare, of DRAT AS A POST. Tomerlode with the Pallet of SPANISH GALLANTS. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. To-morrow Lecithin. SATURDAY. March 27, will lw Performed PRIDE SHALL HAVE A PALL. Count V511%0910, Mr. M. Faireut Stefano. Mr. Egerton& Lorenzo. Mr. Cooper: Torrent°. Mr. Jones. Victoria. Mini Patois. To conclude with the Opera of CLARL THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. MR. MAT,' EMS AT HOME! To-morrow Evenings.• SATURDAY. Mirth 27. AM ou MONMYS. THURSDAYS. and IeATIVHDAYS, Whit ►la ANNUAL LECTURE am PECULIARITIES. CHARACTER. and MANNERS: Founded un Observations and Adventures during his late A TRIP TO AMERICA. In Three Parts. Pear 11L-1 Monnpolvlogue. called ALL WELL AT NATCHITOCHES. AU the Usarsaters of the Evening's Entertainment to be represented 1w Mr. M tTIIEWS. Donn to he opened at half-past Seven—Performance begin/ at Eight But" Met% Tickets. Private and /amllyy Roves. to be taken of Mr. Stevenson. at the Rog Otßee. Seeehd trout Tea till Flee. THEATRE mons r„ ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. On Wednesdays and Fridays In Lent. LECTVIIE ou ASTRIONoINV and the PIiF.%OMENA of the HEAVENS and of the EARTH. To by delivered by lir. HARTLEY. Tills EVENING. To he,rln at Seven; and conclude at Ten. Tlekets of Aduilialon for Families to be had un moderate terms at tOs BALIPUSte. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. or ritasusitox OF TO It LORD eIIAIIIIWILAIN. WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS DURING LENT. 11r.THELWALL'S ORATORICAL and CRITICAL LECTURER. This Evening. FRIDAY. March 211, The Romantic Comedies of SHAKSPEARE, and the Melo-Dramas of the present day ; Poems of Sir WALTER SCOTT ; and Histurica 1 Novels., the soldhauit ft RE IT UNKNOWN. further Pertieulere he the Theatrical Observers of the day. boxes is., Pit Js.. Gallery M. Box tubscription Tickets for the remaining Course, One Guinea, to be had at Boyle 's Court Guide Ogle,. 1. Leicester-square t and of the I ectarer, North Flrlattm Cottage, where lustroctions are given, in owes if tmpediment and in the Elocution of the Pulpit, Bar, and Senate. Mr. Massloghana attends at the Box Ones, Wednesdays and Fridays, trona Ten to Four. The Bet T I ill Piss. commenced mtblishing yesterday morning at Five o'clock. LONDON, FRIDAY, M.tacii 26, 1824. German papers to the 14th March reached our office yeterday. The Austrian Ohserrer, under date from Rugs. buy to the 14th, states, that the Ottoman Porte has been gnatly alarmed at the long-prevailing reports of the revival of the Order of Malta, the devoted foe of the infidel Cres cent for centuries. IXputies from the supreme council of tie order, now resident at Catania, in Sicily, arc said to hive arrived at St. Peter burgh, to solicit the artful Auto mat's support towards obtaining one of the Grecian islands it the Archipelat-,0, for their residence, in place of Malta, aid the rumour made the Ottoman turn pale. The isle of !egropont anciently belonged to the Order. They held 3odou and Coron also. Their chivalrous valour for ern tines w..* undoubted, and at Rhodes, and elsewhere, heaped slaughter and dismay on the lvxuls of the then power -111 Moslem ; but we have no wish to see this aristocratic Order established in the neighbourhood of emancipated Greece ; they would be a jealous check on its rising liber lea. The Albanians arc said to be in arms throughout t Oran against the l'utliah power, and the l'acha of Scu ari, menaced with the messengers of death, and the fatal nandate from the Seraglio for his head, has fortified his capital in self-defence, and raised the standard of revolt. l'hus the Porte in its next campaign will have to encounter ant only the whole preparation of the Greeks, but the Pa likars also of these mountain regions, a warlike race, with the Paella at their head. Every thing now fights for the rallaut Christians. Vinirsa, MARCH 12.—ltletalliques, 93 15-32; Bank Stock, 1.011 7-10. MAasin 13.—Metalliques. 911 j e Bank Stock, 1,011 1-10.— Jiartri.us Observer, March 14. _ Miens, to replete the pay and the equipment of th e aux ili a ry 1 Curran, eor , ps, which t h e y are to furnish to the lire e k arm . yof some two years since, within the hall of the said Association, when he was ao loudly applauded by the ' The Pacha of Scutari, who was so unfortunate in Etoha, and especially at I‘lissolonghi, being informed that emissaries from capital. We are glad the Com evsngelical gentry of that Constantinople were ordered to take his head to Constantinoire, 1 mission has been granted to Sir John Newport : we h a v e has put the capital o f hie o.iehaliek in a state o f d e f ence . Be Et as no love for expensive creations of this description, hut even Pigl)il i NI to the independents in Middle. Albania, that he was airy have done great good in the revenue and other ready to join them the next campaign ; theretOre the Turks will be seen lighting, with the Albaoians and (heck., against the nnny of ,„ I „..„ ; , icet . , departtnents in Ireland ; and the Education "Job," we are I will be exposed by them also. As the funds tlw Sultan, which is assembling at Con s tantinople, and the wan of , s" "". Society *bleb will, it is said, pass the Therinopylee in May next."—itras.present app ropriated, by the intolerant of this are at acts Paper, March 23. 'crew who monopolise them, they confer no benefit what- The French King 's Speech, which we gave in a aemad ever on the vast majority of the rising generation in edition yesterday, is pa c ifi c , at l east in words. It speaks ' that country. There cannot be a greater abuse than the way in which this Society and the Charter Schools arc at, continued peace, both as regards Europe and the western I present managed. Education in unhappy Ireland, if fairly gene world. Louis himself is sinking fast int o hi s grave , an d rally and fa • ly diffused, would be productive of the most his ministers are probably sincere in their conviction, that .important benefits ; but Mr. Sergeant Leffoy, and his pious repose end commerce are now the best po ssess i ons France I coadjutor, Mr. Secretary Jackson, with the aid of the cram- can have. Villele and his colleagues, in fact, are sick of ' I gelical Mr. Matthias, of the Bethesda, and the rest of that "saint-like" crew. are contented with nothing short of the the interminable crusade in Spain. They are worn out b the obstinacy of the heartless despot they have again Y' circulation of the Scriptures among the poor Catholic boys, for the "charitable" purposes of proselytism and conver made absolute in that unhappy country, and the senseless tyranny of the crew of fanati cs who surroun d hi m . The adore : with them the alternative is—no Bible, no education. And this is the system the eloquent Mr. John henry obstacles to any attempt on the rich provinces of Southern America, tempting as is the spoil, are now too serious to North, the Irish Member for a Devonshire borough, was suffer them to think of it. " Repose and fixed purpose" are to defend, in an elaborate maiden speech. What a pity that his Parliamentary virginity should yet remain intact (Louis says), " afte r long struggles, the first necessa ry of ". and inviolate ! We hope he may reserve it still pure and France:" There can be no doubt th a t "repose ' epotless, and for a better subject. The fact is, the funds essential to France as it is to Great Britain. Iler colonies ! voted by gene were lost, and her commerce sw e pt from ever y se a, d ur i ng Parliament for the education of the rising 1 ration in Ireland, as at present applied, are worse than the last war. She has recovered her colonies with and her commerce and m ar i ne are ever y d a y i ncreas i ng soon peace,' thrown away, as the inquiry under the Commission will with its continuance. The second paragraph of the Speech prove. This is one of the few subjects on which Mr. O'Connell has really spoken with great good sense and states, " that the most generous, as well as the most" of enterprises, has been crowned with compl e t e success. : well ./I",t, dgtnent: we wish hie unquestionable abilities were as If it be generous in a powerful nation to attack a weaker anti usefully applied on other occasions. The Duke , 1 of Leinster and Lord Cloncurr; have also borne judgment, one, without any fair cause of quarrel— a nd ju s t, bloodshed, anarchy, and proscription in the train of an to carry 1 publicly and strongly, against the intolerant and inonopo -1 lizing Itildare-street Association, which we hope soon to, Invading army, and of a sanguinary despot, among an . see .fences, eicio, by virtue of the Report of the Commis- unoffending nation, just risen from bondage, and enelea- I n i ontia vouring to consummateits liberties, then Louis may boast t , I of the last successes of his family. But when we re-' Sir James MaCkintoW iial-- last night withdrew his motion member what Spain was, and view leer present condition ; respecting South America, reserving to himself the right, when we see her, from one extremity to another, groaning should he deem it necessary, to renew it again. In doing In basest bandage—her fortresses and cities in the hands of armed foreigners; her constitution no more; the best and so Sir James has ',hewn his usual good sense and discretion. wisest of her citizens exiles on foreign shores, or dying on Abandoning for the moment the mere spirit of party, he scaffolds, and pining out existence in dungeons; all con- has consulted more enlarged and wiser feelings, and re fidence and prosperity vanished ; trade anti count-Aux no . d on the firmness and the declarations of the restion more ; a dissembling tyrant issuing successive decrees, fit 1 ibie Ministers of the Crown. Mr. Canning has shewn no of T . .. tion to awith tch or eis of only for the meridian ourkey, and applauded by none s hoe country ; n o t Minister, he since aracter the days of ntere the groat but the fanatics and wretches around him ; while poverty crowds every street of even Madrid, seined bands roam Lord Chatham, has guarded both with more vigilant or thorough the provinces, and hordes of ferocious robbers a nxious care. The p a p ers laid b y the Poreign Minister crowd all the highways; if these are the results that before Parliament on this important subject, called have followed " the most generous as well as the most just forth wane but well deserved eulogiums from all par of.His firmness neutralized France and disarmed enterprises"—if this is " the satisfactory elate" the any leis meditated by die Continental Powers French monarch boasts of—if these are the triumphs ainst the rich provinces of Southern America, and any mo and the " sure pledges to social order" his arms `I; have achieved, why, all we can say is, the result non on the subject would now therefore be worse than a waste of words. Spain is fallen and abject, while America is before Europe and the civilized world. We ask, is there is free, and rising into power and consequence. It is clear a mind of feeling or independence that does not behold it ,a, that no ex p edition , either from the ports of Spain or any with the deepest regret and indignation ? " This triumph, ( the Speech adds, " which offers such surepledgeetolasorgal" other port of the ontinent while Great Britain forbids the attack), will sail to disturb her independence. Mr. Can "army, order, is due to the discipline anti bravery of a French ning prudently declined any further debate at present on " army, conducted by my Son, with as much wisdom as va the subject. Everything that could be said, useful or in lour." We have no desire to deny the meed of fair ap point, has been said already : further discussion would probation to the armies that entered Spain, or the French only weaken and destroy its effects. We agree with Sir Prince who commanded them, for their discipline anti mo- James Mackintosh, that little confidence can be reposed in deration ; they trespassed less perhaps than any hostile the insincere bombast drawn up by the French Ministry as army of modern days; but the war was ene of unprincipled a Royal Speech, and given to the King to repeat • hut we awession. France had no just cause of quarrel with Spain have some reliance on the fears of the Paris 'Cabinet, whatever; her armies never should have passed the Py proscription accompanied though we would trust nothing to their profemions. Their renees at all. Despotism and Prmeedingi are watched by Sir ('harks Stuart with a jea their march ; all the fell agents of anarchy and destruction I eye; and the first movement of any importance in the followed in their train; and Spain , as the consequence, is ports of France or Spa which ages will not purge away. " I hate hope," the in, would be a signal to the Foreign now covered with tyranny, and beset by a host of evils Minister to put forth the power of the country, and blockade those ports where a hostile squadron were unbending their French King adds, " that the affairs of the East and those ails for America. Thus the clouds that lowered around' " of Spanish and Portuguese America, will be regulated sails fine portion of the New World have passed away. for the greatest advantage for the States and people Spain cannot send a single vessel to her shores ; Austria " whom they interest, and for the greatest developement has withdrawn from the confederation; and neither France "of the commercial relations of the world." ' lope acre- Russia will think of any attempt, in defiance of the tence conveys something like the idea of non-interfe threats of our Minister, and the overwhelming naval power rence by France, both with Eastern Europe and Ame of this country. rica, but it does so in slow and doubtful terms. The Speech expresses only a hops that a regulation may be made of such a nature as the French 111 irtistry may con ceive of the " greatest advantage" for those States and people, and the commercial interests of' the world. There is reservation in every line of this paragraph ; it gives no assurance whatever respecting South America; it says no thing but that France will look on, taking advantage of circumstances, and acting for her own interests as occasion may prompt. But we have no fears of any armed attempt on those provinces; the expense and risk of such an ar mament would be too great. Already the remonstrances of our Minister, and the menaces of the United States, have disarmed the threatened confederacy ; the power of both countries on the ocean is too vast for France and the despots of the Continent. The Bourbons must seek a com pensation elsewhere beside in Mexico or Peru, for the monstrous expenses of the late war ; and the Holy Alliance must be content to see liberty triumph in the New World, without sending a single Croat or Cossack to put it down. For this consummation the New World is mainly indebted to the uncompromising firmness and wisdom of the Fo reign Minister of this great country, whose policy has been worthy of his high character and the important interests he has succeeded in protecting. " Already numerous, " channels (the Speech goes on to say) are reguel " larly opened to the products of our agriculture and " our industry ; sufficient maritime forces occupy the " stations most suited for the efficacious protection of " this commerce." This is a fair and peaceful rivalry, in which we have no jealousy of France ; let her extend her commerce as widely as she can ; from her fine situation in the midst of Europe, and her numerous poem, she is formed to be a great maritime and commercial power. In any hostile attempts on this country, she will meet no thing but disaster ; she never can rival our naval or com mercial greatness ; but her navy may still be respectable, sufficient for all the purposes of fair protection ; and her commerce, both in Europe and America, may rank second ' only to that of Great Britain (of course we except North America). The Speech declares that the constitution of the Chamber of Deputies is to be changed ; the present mode of renewing that Chamber does not attain the..pur poses of " repose and fixedness necessary to France. A project of a law is therefore to be laid before the Royalist Representatives for a " septennial renewal," thus copying, not the wisest but the worst of our institutions `Pith such a Chamber as France now possesses, no doubts can exist of any measures proposed against public liberty being carried. The crowd of Royalists packed into the Chamber from every department, will outrun the wishes of those who have returned them, and nothing but the fears of the Bourbons anti Villele can prevent all that the Revolution gave to France being recalled. But the present Ministry will not dare to disturb the rights of property, or proceed too far, lest a convulsion should follow that would shake the throne of the Bourbons to its foundations, and bury them and their ambition beneath its ruins. The Speech closes with one of those appeals to ]leaven of which the Acts of the Bourbons are so full :—" God (the old Mo- THE Irma -- - - WINDaO* (Tifri S DAY), MARCH 25.—Thls morning the King took his usual airing up the bong Walk in his phaeton, to th, Royal Lodge. The Earl of Clanearty left the Castle this morning for London. The Duke of Clarence left town 011 Wednesday night for Bushy. • Yesterday the Earl of Clancarty had • long interview with Mr Canning at the Foreign Office. COLOMBIAN MINISTER TO EN(II.AND.—Don JOSe Manuel llurtado, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Co lombia, arrived in town on Wednesday night, at St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, with his lady and children. This gentle man arrives at a very interesting moment for the aft'airs of South America, and will, perhaps, have the satisfaction of witnessing, at no very distant period, the recognition of his Government by all the Powers of Europe. Mr. Hurtado is a man of great respec tability and wealth. Ile was a Member of the Senate at the time of his appointment to this mission, and enjoyed a very high perso nal reputation in his awn country. Mr. Ilurtado having visited Europe before, speaks both French and English, but the latter not very perfectly. The hold e rs of Colombian Bonds have been look ing very anxiously for this gentleman's arrival. We trust their anxieties are very near an end ; for, after the opinions which were pub , lished the other day, of the Attorney-Ocneral, Si: J. Mackintosh. and Dr. Lushington, all question as to the legal validity of this loon must cease. ------ --- Tae Gaeet CAUSE.—We have been favoured with the' perusal of a private letter, dated Nuremberg. March 19, which contains favourable intelligence for the Greek cause. It appears that Ismael pasha had marched against Omer.Vriene, and com pletely defeated him, so that he is now master of the two banks of the Lipper Aspropotemo, where he communicates with the Greek General Longer, who had been sent by Prince Maurocordato with reinforcements for Rentina, whilst a Greek corps and reserve has been established near Zapandi, upon the road to Prevesa, which (liner had strongly garrisoned, in order to prevent the raising the blockade of Lepanto, which the Turks have much at heart. An Ottoman corps, which marched from Thessaly in the beginning of February, for Lepanto, was met at Livadia by the Greeks, and en. tired y cut to pieces. The artillery, horses, baggage, &c., fell into the hands of the coosequerors. The negodations for the surren. der of Pstraa are broken off by the Turkish garrison, which has still provisions for several months. The Society of the Friends of Foreigners in I)istress held their anniversary dinner yesterday rx the City of London Tavern, ! Bishopsgste.street. A highly respectable company assembled on ' the occasion, and the evening was spent in the best spirit of soda. lily. The benevolent objects of the Society were effectually borne in mind by the company. The anniversary dinner of the London General Pension Association took place yesterday at Albion House. The object of this Society is to allow permanent relief to decayed artisans and mechanics, and their widows. The festival was attended by a most respectable company. We understand that Lord G—h or Lord L—g, the Noble Lord who made so respectable an appearance a few evenings since at one of our national theatres, in the affair of " Bid me dis. course," is ordered immediately to exchange into the 19th Human, ordered to do duty in those parts of Ireland where Marshal Rock bas aibeded the military no sinecure occupation. The Concerts Spirituels will have the advantage of Madame tatalani's presence during theircontinuance, as her health is now fully established. Mr. Spankie, late King's Advocate at Bengal, whose state of health caused him to resign that important office, is returned with his family, apparently much recovered. Advices from Vittoria, dated March 14, upon the autho- OPENING OF THE FRENCH CHAMBER. IFroot the Etoik of Wediaeodsl.l Peale, MANCH 23. SESSION OF 1824-ROYAL SITTING. A quarter of an hour after the opening of the gates of the Louvre, all places were occupied by a crowd of ladies, ) whose elegant dresses formed a rainbow round the saloon, shaded with a thousand colours. At twelve, the Peers, in grand costume, were introduced by the Master of the Ceremonies ; their Lordships took place on the right of the Throne. A moment after, the De- i Fairs were introduced, and took place on the left. While the Deputations of the two Chambers went to receive the King, their Royal Highnesses, Madame the! Duchess of Angoulerne, the Duchess of Berry, and the Duchess of Orleans, followed by their ladies. came to oc cupy the seats prepared for them on the King's left. THE KINO APPEARS. . . Acclamations of enthusiasm salute the adored Nionsich. His Majesty testifies by several gracious inclinations how much he is moved by these marks of attachment. Their Royal Highnesses Monsieur and the Duke of Angouleme are placed on stools on the right and left of the Throne. His Serene Highness the Duke of Orleans is seated further removed. The Prince de Talleyrand, Great Chamberlain, is on a stool at the foot of the Throne ; the King's Nliniaters, the Marshals, and the great Dignitaries, occupy seats a little lower. The King, addressing the Pcwrs, said, " Messieurs les Pairs, be seated." The Lord ('hancellor said to the Deputies, " Messieurs les Deputies, the King permits you to be seated." The King uncovered to astute the assembly • after having covered himself again, his Majesty deliver ed the following speech : . " GENTLemeN,—I am happy at being able to congratu late myself with you on the benefits which Divine Provi dence has conferred on my people, my army, and my family, , since the last Session of the Clambers. The most generous as the most just of enterprises has been crowned with complete success. " France, tranquil at home, has no longer anything to fear from the Peninsula Spain, restored to its King, is reconciled with the rest of Europe. . . . . " This triumph, which offer; to social order such sure guarantees, is due to the discipline and bravery of a French army, coniucted by my son with as much prudence as valour. A part of this army has already returned to France ; the other will remain in Spain only so long as shall be necessary to ensure the internal peace of that country. "Itis to you. Gentlemen—it is to your patriotism that I desire to owe the consolidation of so satisfactory a state of things. Ten years' experience have taught all Frenchmen to expect true liberty only from the institutions which 1 have founded in the Charter. This experience has led me at the same time to recognize the inoonveniences of a regu lation ( disposition reglententaire), which must be modified to consolidate my work. Repose and a fixed state (la firite), after long commotions, are the first wants of France. The actual mode of renewing the Chamber has not obtained that end. A project will be presented to you to substitute for it a septennial renewal. " The short duration of the war, the prosperous state of the public revenue, the progress of credit, give me the satisfaction of being bole to announce to you, that no new tax, no new loan, will be necessary to cover the expenses of the year which has just expired. " The resources assigned for the service will suffice. Thus you find no obstacle in anterior expenses ; the pro viding for the service of the year, the budget of which' will be laid before you. . . " The union which exists between my Allies and my self, my friendly relations with all other States, guarantee a long enjoyment of general peace. The interests and the wishes of the Powers agree to avert whatever might trouble it. " I have the hope that the affairs of the East and those of Spanish and Portuguese America will be regulated to the greatest advantage of the states and people whom they concern, for the greater development of the commercial relations of the world. " Already numerous markets (debourics) are regularly opened to the productions of our agriculture and manufac tures • su ffi cient maritime forces occupy the statipna best adapted effectively to protect this commerce. " Measures have been taken to secure the repayment of the capital of the Renter created by the State in less fa-1 vourable times, or to obtain their conversion into debts, the interest of which will be more in agreement with that of the other transactions. " This operation, which must have a happy effect on agriculture and commerce, will permit us, when it shall be completed, to reduce the taxes and to close the last wounds of the revolution. " I have made known to you my intentions and my hopes. It is in the amelioration of our internal ■itua tion that I shall always seek the strength of the state and the glory of my reign. " Your concurrence, Gentlemen, is necessary to me ; and I depend upon it. You may attach your names to a period happy and memorable for France. You will not refuse this honour." We must renounce the hope of depicting the impression produced by the Speech of his Majesty. What an empire does the voice of a son of Henry IV. exercise over the hearts of Frenchmen The Chancellor announced to the Peers and Deputies newly elected, that the King admits them to the honour of taking the oath at his hands. . . The Chancellor, kneeling, took the King's orders, and announced that the intention of his Majesty is, that the Peers and Deputies meet to-morrow, March 2Sth, in the ordinary place of their sistinga, to begin their operations. His Majesty and his august Family must, long after their departure, have beard the unanimous cries of " Live the King!"—" Live the Bourbons!"—" Live the Duke of Bordeaux !" FASMOYABLE INTELLIGENCE. h of ante liar. ther the un the rand mei, adr 6 d the 3 he fol. , hi* neSS Roo. Mw chop wets Live the 22. abet; ty C 2 .• !Aber• Isau. esir Mrs. Mitchell gives ball on II ednentlay evening, at her house in Charles-street, IWkelty-square. The four drawing-rooms were moat brilliantly illuminated; there were present nearly 300 dis. tinguishcd fasMosables, among whom were—Prince Polignar, the Duke of Wellington Prince Alexander liortchacor, the Chitlins of Montrose, and the Ladies (Irahain, the 3larquises of rrahann and Ilerdord, Count and Countess St. Antonio, Emily Marchioness of Londonderry, the Earl of Kinnoull. the Countess of Uxbridge, Lord and Lady Belhaven, Lady Listowel, Lady Stewart, Lord A. Hamilton, Countess and the Ladies Cathcart, Earl &nevem, Countess of Moron, Countess IVenlyss, and the Ladies Charters, Lady Studies) Lord Jas. Stuart, Honourable Edward Byng, Mr. and Mrs. Nicluis?n, &c. Esc. . . Lord and Lady v Sherhome entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at their huuse Lower Grosvenor-street. Lord and Lady Gwydyr had a grind dinner party yesterday, at their house in Piccadilly. . . . The Earl of Harrowby entertained a large party at dinner yester day, at his house in Grosvenor-equate. Mrs. Leigh has issued cards of invitation for two routs, the Ist and 7th of April, at her house in llertford-street. J. 0. bambton, Esq., M.P., will give a grand dinner on Sritur day, at his house in Cleveland-row. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford left town yesterday for their seat, Woburn Abbey. Sir itichard Vaughan, But., M. P., has arrived at his house, in Clara-street, from his seat in Wales. V.. It. Cartwright. Esq. M. P. has arrived at Coulson's Hotel, 1 ..s was in Amnia% , -•• • •...••••=, ......... ••••••••• •v • LSIA/II I.llr :menu- I •• • r-• - ••••••••K•••• ••'.1.• •••• • • ••••• m ..... ma •• I,artagea.n. • time., preset, woo was satonnineo to see a number of turtle an the deck, Al7oBBl'ltli. MARC!, 14. Lower Brook-street- from his seat in Northamptonshire. and asked,writh native simplicity, " Are they real or DWI( turtle ?" march . 1;;;in - g) .-- has visibly seconded our ef- rity of which we can rely, state, that at Logrono and Ochandiano i red- The reports which were in circulation sonic time } ago, respecting „ • happy and very serious disturbances have arisen between the troops and the Sir 11'illiam and bath Twysden, left M'arren's Hotel, Regent- A greet many stale puns, and a greet many bed pans, are revived the reorganization of the Order of Malta, reached onstantinople, " ions ; you may attach your names to an era , . Spanish peasants ; the lather being stimulated to excesses by the street, yesterday, for their seat, Itoydon hall, Kent. for the amusement of the audience. Mr. M'Aelsas is called the asks. where they caused a disagreeable sensation ; the Ottontun Govern-memorable for France ; you will not reject such an priests. Several were killed and wounded. 11. G. Bennet, Esq., M. P., arrived yesterday evening, it the CoJornir , hodes. At length the traveller arrives at New York, Private acanints from Madrid, dated March 14, state, lietitord . in St..lames'a-square, from Worthing. tnent considering this Order as es serially destined to make perge- " honour." These appeals to the Almighty on such oc- n for.''.• and c an giee interesting and lan_ghable sketch of his comparisons Jr month teal war in the Crescent. It is at ratted that the Grand Vizier as canons are most blasphemous and impious. Can an omni- that the Foreign Ministers resident in that capital had stron Ig y re- . L. M. I'. has arrived in town George Dyne, sq „ from Brighton. voyage ; particularly of a Mr. Baseatop, an elderly, drawling, rue- Duke of General Ord has arrived at Gordon's Hotel, Albemarle.street, b sne n o t y _ tone n g entl e ma n , wh o l oves ansastoas and tan : .31,j,,, 0 ,, to caused several questio: , on this subject, to be put to Baron potent Creator approve the slavery and misery of millions monstrated with Ferdinand upon his delay of the amnesty. The there I/millets. the Austrian I iternancio, and that he has replied, that , from his seat , Brook Farm . , The atrocious attack on Spain may be Marquis of Campo Sangrado had left for "Barcelona, and was the bearer, it is said, of a reprimand for the Baron d'Eroles upon the - c Ea rl . Falmouth firimstone, whoirluthes with ardour and a tight stock ; and a new Th of arrived on Wednesday at his house in Pennington, who somewhat resembled Curran, and who enters I was wholly ignorant that the great powers had the intention of of nit' creatures ground of his having refused to disband his army, ands, r'efusino St. James s-equare, from his seat in Cornwall. a defence of his countrymen, against the alandera of those who no hard• re-establishing the Order of Malta. Aleantime the Porte h a s b ee n an era memorable in the annals . of France, but far from Lord Somers left Miller's Hotel, Jermyn-street, yesterday, for generally visit America—the poor, the bad, and the idle—and rt or informed, by way of O dessa , that Deputies from that Orier bad being honourable to her ;it is full of infamy, and never repair to Madrid when hereceived the orders of Government to that his seat, Eastror Castle. wishes that some one, with a pen pluckrcl from the wing tit unveil at St. Peteraburgh, whose inionon was to so li c it the support can be mentioned but with unqualified reprobation. effect. Arrivals at the British Hotel. Jennyn . atreet : —virJohn Oldfielff, Peace, would tell to Englishmen how ardently _the bonnie of on- 4 the Enlace Alexander, to obtain one of the islands in the --.. wanw s,--_ • y in It disp w i n s stated in an article from Odeirt that very serious , . 3 i front a tour. E. Hartopp, Esq., front his seat in staffordshire. their Trans-Atlantic brethren beattowards them. Mist °therewith, retie. •i'l'hilrelligo, on the very provable supposition that England should Sir John Newport's motion on the Education Societ had arisen between the Prince of Fr 'a and the Russian insh t in refusing to restore the island of Malta to the Supreme Ireland was carried last night, and a Commission for General liermoloff, who commands in Georgia. as well as many of a similar maitre, were loudly_applandad by the :omen of the Order which resides at Catania, in Skill. with_y letters from Buenos Ayres, we learn that ncgociations . . I Mr. Co Wol.l.V.—Tbis unfortunate gentleman arrived, audience. The next sketch is of the African 'Theatre, iAere Mr. 2Z FrIAXXFOIIT, Ili Ascii lg. investigation granted : Mr. North's intended oration in By the three neighbounog provinces had been opened, to establish t at a quartet past seven on Wednesday night, at the Flower-Pot Cesar Alcibiades Hannibal Hewlett enacted the part of Hamlet, tuner- The determination of the Emperor of Austria to delay till Sep- defence of the Kildare-street Association, in consequence, one United Gov mem:, which would at once put an end to th e I 1 n u , , f i r tish n p sgate .s treet , by Norris's Hertford roach, accompanied recd "Tobe or not to be," and then sung a tong about an - to by 1 .Il ilson. the governor of Hertford gaol, and Mr. Marton , auto which runs up a gum tree, and is pulled down,by the long tail gal ember his intended visit to Italy, is ascribed to political reasons of . h the he greatest importance. vanished into " thin air." The Honourable Gentleman came late petty warfare and unite them in one bond of union. The election of the resident of Buenos Ayres was to come on in T : his assistant. 'Three more convicts were on the mot of the coach. by a racoon in the hollow. Mr. Mathews then eves an - account Lette-s from Corfu of February 23, say :—" Crest movements down to the House, we understand, full of eloquence and ,„ , , . They soon after were taken to Newgste in • hackney-coach. To- of an Aii.erican army, in which fishing rods, pitch-fork., and unt- area, .w nen some communication on thi s imp or t ant subject was tering: morning slr. (.molly and the other three prisoners were brellas are allowed to take the place of muskets among th e . soldier t y of Wee taken place since the 15th January, in the and dui- evange lic lore ; and the Lord Mayor of Dublin and others '" expected removed by coach to Woolwich , !'tree whence they will take their folk. This description, and the song that accompanies it, is the S and °l e" of the Continent, situated between Griechori and Argyro. llie of I r eland ' dec i ded M• 1 ' most libe ll ona part of the performance, but it is not man * so than of the worthy citizens, were in the gallery, to hear and cry Surveyis fi na ll y upon. sjor ,departure or Portsmouth, and e m bark on hoard one of the trans- :then- The prin c ip a l p a rt of the troop are st Bilnino, whence they have Colby is to have the direction , and to increase the rapidity of it, -20 t ports bound to New South Wales. Mr. Conolly appeared very his old account of the review of the City Volunteers in Hyda I n ",...faudire," when Ministers were unconscionable enough to detached parties to t h e north, beyond Tehe'len . These movements, 'with Academy, • nel : even cadets who have left the Woo a are waiting fur . much dejected. Two convicts. renteneed to transportation for life, Park ; anti, bore, the Americans cannot conr. , lain of unfair m aths directed by persons formedy the chief partisans of the famous Ali grant old Sir John • motion without any debate i and thus ea ves Pasha, are the result of a plan formed for delivering all that extinguished the speech of Mr. John Henry North, and commissions i n t h e or d nance co rps, have been ordered nn that see-! arrived yesterday mornin g by the Chenter mail, and were also con. usage. Part the Sec redo( the performance commences with the : - . _ , further in- veyed to Woolwich.— No petition or memorial on behalf of Mr. attempt to engage a servant, who refuses to be the " hap" of an 'ce. By theafith instant the y are to be at Canliff , fur ' I • "muff from the dominion of the Turks. The Greek+. on their the long - prepared eulogium of the Kildare-street Asso - n nn -,. . tructio i lan i surveying. urtier Mr. Dawson, of the late corps of Cottony has yet, we tinderstand, been sent in to thc Secretary of Englishman, or to hire bim to become his teenier. Mr. Mathews • Cons. side• we making preparations to .in a n e& ' etnel manner ' station . We recommend Mr. North to print his intended 3 - tie' " in the projects of the Albanians. owever, the Greek Govern- oration, as if spoken, and Dot deprive the world of the wiU proceed to Ireland. It is supp osed •vl they ill be draftsmen, with whom the will remain about six weeks, and then State for the Home Department. IVe are informed, however, that then diacritics his dinner with General Jackson, and .in the gs song Obt n encamped du. •M r. Justice lieu, who tried the cause, has been consulted, and of his Poet I 4 Frenchman. At Boston Mr. Mathews was. Be WI smelt has not yet published any thing o f ficial relative to the nep- • an d t h e e wer of the Al ba- ' second edition of his 11131Wer te Mr. O'Connell and Mr. ring the progress of the survey. that lie is decidedly against say mitigation of the sentence , well received ; and beet, although it ill sot the curtain in America Wiens between Constantine Damns, MASTER C. ASPULL'S CONCERT. It was natural to expect that a concert given by so exert ordinary a child as this, and given too un d er the especial patronage of his Majesty, would he thronged to exec,. ; and never, to be sure, did public cariosity seem to be snorer , strongly excited, nor do wo know of any instance in which it could have been more amply repaid. Young Ab Pll I L is such a prodigy in the inusi,sl world as Lever yet appeared. It is impossible to give an adequate de scription of his power over the instrument, as displayed in his performance of Mosehalle's grand variations on the " Full of I's'is ;" the most rapid end scientific passages were given in that bold and inaiterly style of execution, which the most veteran performer, of the lrighest eminence, could not have excelled. The ht.st criterion by which to judgkof any perform ante is the enthusiasm of attention a n d feelong which it creates in the auditors. The adirdratioo which he excited was mingled with astonishment. Those whose expectations were the most highly raised evinced that the result had exceeded their higher anticipations. The execution was not only brilliant 'from its rapidity, but was at Ovre tasteful and impressive; it was the exc-. non of a masfer-hand, to whom Nature, in a prodigal I moment, had given all that felicity of conception which others attain,—when they do attain it, which is very rare,— 'by years of intense study, and by practice without end. :I he Duette), " Se fiuto is Ablpo aerie," by Signor De Bennis and Signor Peaces, was neither well selected nor well sung ; it was out of place, and appeared to be neither felt nor understood. The Aria, " I,orgo al . liu-lotunz," by the same Signor Di. Boa Nis. was equally inappropriate; in 1 the " ilarlper of Seville" it is well introduced, because it 1 , as consistent with what goes before and after it ; but in a concert, and at the Argyll Rooms, it was without any association, and its effect was worse than lost. We would entreat this SIGNOR, when performing in these Rooms, to get rid of that vulgar leer to which he so frequently addicts himself in the course of his singing : his counte nance has nothing in it indicative of comic humour, and by his attempt at it, lie throws a something of lascivious buffoonery into) ir, which is extremely offensive ' .and which he would do well in futura to avoid. Wis er, hi is on stage let him look as his part may reqUire, but when in a concert-room, let him at least eamrosor tq look—like a gentleman. Miss Sr Eris ENs sang a Home, sweet home." IVe hardly ever heard her sing ill, but we I have certainly heard her sing much better. She, however, !gave the aid of her performance in consequence of Madame ('aradori's sodden indisposition, and we know of no one to whose kindness the public in such ease are more indebted. Mr. CII ATT E RTO W played so/an/ruin on the harp with great ! skill; but this instrument, though pretty, is powerless; and we suspect that those who seem enraptured with it af , feet snore delight than they feel. It is an instrument, moreover, that is fit only for a lady: it thews off a grace ful tfigure and attitude to advantage ; and therefore it is that the harp ' when played by a beautiful female, is sure to pleaseL-' becsuse you may look upon the one when you are tired of listening to the other. Mrs. Ssison, who sings every thing well, sang " Though from thee I new de, part," an air arranged by Finesses from Le petit rainbow- 4 but her delicious tones were thrown away upon it ; the passages were admirably executed, but they were like so much pre/ruling, and were nothing beyond the ex, ecution. There was nothing in it of melody, nor of expression, without which no song can give real or lasting pleasure. We rank it among the many airs which we have heard before, and never wish to hear again, except from Mrs. Sa "lost whose voice alone is aFways . worth hearing. We know of none, ou the stage or off, that hat greater clearness and volume, which . are the essential qualititsof a good tone ; it has, besides, the rar e excellence of being always well modulated through the whole of its compass. Miss Paton, as usual, came jil late, and sang "Lo! here the gentle lark," but site sang it beautifully. Miss Stephens also, towards the close of the second part, wasted her lovely voice upon a song entitles! " Should be upbraid," a second edition, by Mr. Bishop, at his " Bid me discourse,' which we had before beard till we were tired of it. Mr. Begres and Mr. Hawes halt sang well, but Mr. Hawes the best of the two. The vacs of Signor de Begnia is too coarse for a room, and is totally deficient in all the finer qualities of punt!, In a Concert-room the voices require to be hetes selected than in a Cathedral or in lluotilll the former, if a tone is harsh, it m ee t s t he ear b e fore sto roughness is softened down; while in the latter, it ;mug tempered by the medium through which it has passed The principle of the humorous Scotch peasant was right enough, when ridicules! for his bad psalm-singingi-s- 41 It's a far gate atween here and heaven : a music sounds well i' the distance," But when the voice is going upon a less distant errand, it requires modulation; and Signor de Begnis cannot too von attend to this truth; at present he appears to have no notion of it. Chia Concert, from its very full and fashionable attend... , anee, must have been extrinpely encouraging to young Aspull. His Majesty, we understand, transmitted a very handsome donation. ENGLISH OPERA NOG.►E. Mr. Matthews was age* de Algae last evening. et this theatre, to a crowded asat-mbly of visitors. The abi lities of this actor are well known and appreciated ; for years he has succeeded, by his single exertions, in amusing and gratifying his auditors, and his extraordinary powers are still unimpaired ; still he attracts and delights by the versatility of his talents, the freshness of his humour, and the exquisite effect of his mimicry. His Trip to America has been lortganticipated. The public have been anxious to behold a portrait of our brother Jona than and to know in what manner the sketch would come from one who is well known to ridicule every body and every thing; but with so much pleasantry and good feeling as, at least, to place a feather on the poisoned shaft. We do nut think our trans.atlentic brethren will think themselves flattered hy, or feel obliged to, Mr. Mathews. for his " lecture on their peculiarities, charaaers, and mannen yet he has so mingled his sly hits at his own countrymen , with the pikes at Jonathan s expense, that we doubt whether Jonathan will complain of his treatment, or at all regret the apourning of the prying traveller in the new world. Mr. Mathews commenced his entertainment, or " lecture," as he tams it, by informing his .01- to that since he was last " At Home," ha ha been abrmd, and is now happy to Had himself "At Home" again. Like Christo pher Coluinuus he had visited America, and bite him, had been instigated by the yellow fever, that is to say, a fever for yelkia boys; but in one respect his case was different from that of the discoverer, who met with an ungrateful reception when " A t Home." The vessel in which Mr. Mathews embarked was hail ed when off New York, and he had his first lesson on Atnaican peculiarities. "Is the fever at New York? asked the Captain of the packet. " Yes, I guess," was the reply. " Is it fatal ?" "Very fatal, I +vela's." " Are there many dead ?" " A great many, I calculate." Mr. Mathews's chief travelling companions are Ja,.4 Topham, and his cousin Bray, the forma of whore had come r., years of indiscretion, and had been sent to America to be ke out of harm's way ; the latter is a sort of guardian, with short breath mad short legs, who worships the wit of cousin, and every toonit.:t exclaim*, • that boy 'II be the dqith o' me." On their landing. they meet with a specimen of American innkeepers, an old gentle- man with curiosity in his eye, and a afar in his month, who iuforms them 'us four o'clock, and they ahaYtd have arrived sooner if they wanted dinner; at length he sends them wine, which Jock To , . ham pronounces to be mulled " Day and Martin," while Pis cousin, who sits with his mouth half cocked, ready to explode as soon as his relative speaks, bursts out into a laugh, and declares " he never heard that afOrt." Mathews then relates hit visit to Baltimore, where he vas well received. On his arrival, many of the first people called on him and left their cards, an attention which was paid him in several other cities. Ile then tells 'some amusing tales ; among others. one of as ( F ishman in the steam paket, who was astonished to see a number of turtles an the deck, .