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SO 1 SOf !Taoist% Rond. 9' 1092 Ditto Acct. 10 1 95 10 f 1/111. , 10•701, IP , ! - .1 7 6t LEY lESTERIWAY... Share. Paid. t7llO - Iu 2dl. DO pm I t.O to 2 dla 40 4'W 25 dig 41 , 20 Z . l 5 21 Ms 21 YO 12 die lUD 9 Lpa IDO 6 6 pm Vllltiilgrroo.• KING'S THEATRE. THIS SVENING will be performed Holmlure Opera Berta, In Two Act*, entitled PIE 'I RO L'E R Ell fA. The principal Cluusctere by litademJhelle Bonin!, Madame Cara/tort Madame Co4te:ll.. NitbOT Curlont, Signor Dertri, Signor Devine. Signor Pwrt.., and Signor Prilegrini. Beirvren the Acts a Oirerti4semettt /018. After thr Opera, LE NFL CHAIIPETILE. On THVWSDAY NEXT a Git.%1.:1) )fA+Lll'kß.lUli. J• 3 Saturday neat the new Mythological Utile% a “La Magazine de Venue." Appllestlosis;Tsci. ns u•nnl. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. We ■visln TUESDAY, April .1, w 11; be performed tb. Open of MA LVINA. T. principal Characters ty Ale 4,rs. Wallack, Sinclair, Ilorn, Harley, Pope and Powell Mice• Ste viten% Povey, and Kelly. After which ;eh tame' a new Croni Romantic Fairy Tab, called • - OBERON ; or. THE CHAHMI.:I) /101 - N. Farlos—Oheron, 3161 Vincent ; Titania, Mi.., 31a; ,:onald. French—The irrp , ,r, Charlemagne. Mr. 0. Smith ; -ir Hum of Gurenne, Mr. Hen. ortt : Yherasinln, Mr. Browne; Sit Anbert, mr.T.Hltinchard. Atat,lan4— nip Caliph of Bagdad. M r. Pope ; the Prince Hnbekon, Mr. Howell , r Weh.ter ; Online, Mr. Mercer. The erinee4s Amanda, Miss Sm awn . Fatima. Mr.. C. Jones. Tonldanr—The Minim, of Tunis, Hr. Kalmyk Mr. W. Bennett ; F:iberinan, fllr. G. Smith. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Ms IC von In g, TUESDAY, April 4, will br performed the Comedy of 'JtiHN .111'LL Peeserlne. Mr. Cooper; Mon. Mr. Situßicton, Mr. Jones; Sir Simon FloAktele. 3fr. Slant trull ; Jul; Timrnherry, Mr. I un , ; ett ; Dennk Uru:• erect•kry. Mr. Cotttor ; Den. Mr. Hurter. I. ; er.•liue it: lyts:.,re. Mrs. Ch ttteriel ; 3Lry'Thornberry, Miss Chester; Mra. Illweru.l le. y, 14 1 . 4. Davenport. Atter which. A TALE OF StYsTERY. Count Ro nsldl, Mr. Cooper; Frnarlse°. Mr. Farley; Stephano, Mr. Hake; Michel% Ur. Blanchard. Stlina, J.ms; Fianunta, Mrs. •arenport. The Barrun Puss comtrenee.l . puM,ihing yesterday morning at tivc LONDON, Tr:Esi) IY, Arlin 4, 1844. A long discussion took place in the French Chamber of Dtputies on Friday about written s t eo he.. This seems to l•e a grand constitutional question with our neighbours. Might they not introduce a prompter under the tribune, a:ld thus reconcile the two parties? The following are extracts from the Eta,. of Sunday :-••• PART', APRIL I. On the lfith March the Holy Father held et the Vatican. a pub. lie Coeslstory, when the tan new Uardinals, Mteara au.tl CaotHari, re:risr•l the hat with the customary ceremnny. A letter from Vienna, dated `larch 23, states as follows : c)..4iaillighness the Archduke l'erdinand D'Este. re. tdmed yesterday from St. Petersbiirgh, and went at live o'clock in Ire afternoon to pay his homage to the Emperor, by whom he was r.cst graciously received. " The Archduke has received from his Majesty the Emperor Ni. cholas, s service in crystal and other precious thing.. His Maitre d'ffotel, Count Dufour', has been deccosted with the Order of St. Ann, in brilliants. Our beloved Monarch has already reconi. :rancid transacting business daily with the Imperial l'rince Louis, from ten o'clock till noon. Ile receives afttrsar,:s his atti.ol.4 fn. nifty from four to five in the afternoon. Ile sleeps well, and his appetite is excellent." The reports circulated at Madrid about the designs of the Spa nish Government in assembling troops en the Mmuguese frontier, are repeated in our last accounts, but we continue as sceptical 00 the subject as ever. FRENCH Fux DS.—Fire per Cents. 91d.rJ9c. ; Three per Cents. 631. 33c.; Neapolitan 731. 30c. Marlow. 31ancti 13. This capital has not fora moment ceased to enjoy the most per. feet tranquillity. All accounts which we have received trout the interior ague in stating that when the death of the. King was made known, this inevitable event. but which, front the age of the King, it wto hoped might be long distant. had caused the greatest bailie- Von. The same tranquillity which parades the capital is general thtoughout the kingdom. The Queen Dowager will, it Is said. intaLit the chateau D'Aquila, where all the Royal Family will then be assembled. (Ithers say. that it is the mien:ion of her :11.esty to pass mu m , months at Madrid with King letilinand, her brotha, and the. two Princesses, her august daughters. Ti c Puke de Castro Totem) has arrived at Fatty:lima, and taken possession of the Vice-Royalty of Navarre. Letters from Bilboa say that the inhabitant• of the province of Discoy have taken arms en masc, to repair to the coast on the first no:!oe of a landing. The letters from Corfu continue to give further patticu- Isis of Iriaanin's defeat on the '23 March. It is be lies ed that FAllelEli and Coultas made the intended attack on his rear, while he was engaged by the gar rtion in front ; and this is renderer'. probable by the fact of his retreat on Aspro Potamos, for it cannot be supposed that the garrison alone compelled him to retreat iu the open field. It was said that he hail retreated to Patna.; but this is doubtful. It will be recollected that It LDSCHII) PACIIA was despatched to oppose the attempts of Colonel FAIIVIER from the side of Attica. If the lat ter officer was present at the defeat of Ira iiim, be must base eluded lienscitin's troops, and must constituently have cut off these troops from the rest of lIIRAIIINeN force. The detachment would thus have been completely compromised between the forces of Covii.es, and COLOCOTRONI, as the latter is likely soon to be left reoccupied by the capture of Tripolizza. An expe dition of 1200 men is also about to he despatched to Nerropont. Under all these circumstances, 1B It AIIIMInUst have found it necessary to (All back, in order to effect a junction with REIM HID PACIIA, MOMS he wished to abandon his ally to his fate; and this was probably the cause of his retreat towards Lepanto. Private letters from Trieste state that Ismail n, after his rerulse at Missolon gin, was suddenly attacked while retreating towards Kilo ue.o and Lepanto by a body of 3,000 lirecks, (probably tAmirir s corps) which was coming to relieve the town. The surprise which their appearance occasioned enabled them to cut off* his retreat along the coast, and to compel him to take the direction of Aspro Potamos, where lie re mains at present without any communication with his fleet or with Patras. It is needless to observe that such a situ ation is the most hazardous imaginable. The CAPITA N PA , II A, it appears, could not co-operate in the attack of having been previously recalled. Another letter from Trieste states that the Greek Depu ties who had assembled at Megara, hail determined to en. trust the Provisional Government to three members, and it was expected that MI AVl.lf, COLOCOTRONt, and NOToa lDorzays, would be nominated for that purpose. An event is alluded to in the letters front Corfu, which b ecomes o f importance, because it shows that the English bald er is becoming every day more favourable to the t; cee ks. Several English vessels freighted with storm for 1I RAH IN have been captured by the Greeks; and the Laglisn authorities in the lonian islands have refused to interfere to obtain a restitution. TRIESTE, Bimini 20. betters (met Corfu. of the Gth and 7th ult. ewe, that Ibrahim had causal We garrison of Jliasolonght to be •tommoucd Iron' thl 20th to the 26th February, He commenced the attack on the 28th oflhat month, and peuramed himself of a battery. Thia position had been undermhted by the °reeks, by whom it was now blown up, with a thousand Egyptians who occupied it. He resumed his . operations on the Ist of March, but without effect. At length, on the 2d of (larch, he experienced a complete defeat. It Is said, but this is not certain, that the ()reeks from Salons. and those led on by Colonel Fabvier, fell on the rear of the Egyptians, and made a frightful carnage. The loss of Ibrahim Is estimated at many thousands of men. He has withdrawn on Allow Potamea, and has not kept up his communication with the coast. The news of his retreat to Patras will, therefore, still want confirmation. A vessel which left Syra, on the 3d of March, announces that at Napoli di Romania, a great number of small ships were being prepared to transport an expedition, consisting of twelve hundred men, to the Isle of Negropont. Sir Wit.t.lAM CURTIS has publicly announced 'his in tentions ,1 of retiring from Parliament. The 'Pones has hence taken an opportunity of making an attack on the political principles and public character of the worthy Baronet, which every one who reads will throw aside with disgust. The jargon of the greater pen of it is quite un intelligible. The journalist, for example, tells the world that he shall not too narrowly investigate whether Sir WILLIAM " drew from constitution that overflowing exu berance, and seeming flankness of good humour, the sern blatwe of which appeared on most occasions to characterize and grace his outward person, or whether it was an engine of popularity and advancement, employed on calculation, and applied to purposes in which self-interest had more concern than genuine attention to the feelings or wants of others." This is a strain of mixed metaphor and sheer nonsense that bids defiance to all interpretation. We are told that Sir WILLIAM was "a jovial, thorough-going, life-and-fortune man."—Such a traits of compound epithets, ought to mean something, and yet, after all, what do they imply? If during those convulsions, which for well nigh thirty years revolutionised the greater part of Europe, and which more than once threater...-ti to annihilate the prosperity and subvert the liberties of this country—if during that portentous period, Sir IV: t. t.i x rets—in common with thousands of the same stamp of old , Etteish patriotism— had resoived to stake all that was d4rto him in life in de fence of the Government under which he was born, or to put his whole fortune to the hazard rather than surrender the blessings secured by it, our notions must be sadly pt r vetted before we can discover in this any subject for re flection or reproach. Sir WILLIAM CURTIS is one of those few men who have not only passed through the vicissitudes of political life without making an enemy, but he has done it without los ing a friend. He has always adhered to those maxims of public conduct which he deemed honourable. In the course of his occasional City contests, and in the full heat of opposition, his feelings of private friendship never for sook him, lie was rough and straight-forward in speech, but always honest and warm-hearted in action. He at tained the distinguished and social regard of his Sovereign, and he was justly proud of it. To have preserved it, as lie has done, bespeaks the possession of many enviable qua lities. His friends—and they are many—regard him with a steadiness of affection which only his integrity and the so cial kindness of his disposition could have secured. Though retired from the bustle of Parliamentary life, we bore his days will yet be long in the land. He will be succeeded in his scat, in all likelihood, by Alderman THOMPSON, whose attachment to the King and Constitution is not less ardent, and whose appearance as a Candidate the Times may therefore consistently welcome in the same spirit of malignity. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. There has again been a great share of fluctuation in the prices of Consols this morning, and the quantity of busi ness done for country holders has been very considerable. Consols opened at 7913, rose to 791, and again declined, and closed at ;el., rather sellers. The cause of the improvement which took place in the morning, was the expectation that the Quarterly Accounts of the Revenue, about to be laid before the public on Wednesday or Thursday next, would be more favourable than wercat first expected. It seems to be pretty gene rally anticipated that there will be some decline in the Quarterly Returns, but not such a decline as can be con sidered commensurate to, or as keeping pace with, the re duction which has recently taken effect. That portion of the reduction in excis:'altle articles, which has taken place, has scarcely had time to operate, and it is assumed that it is unfair at present to judge what the result of that operation may be ; it seems to be considered that the in crease of consumption in quantity has fully kept pace with the decrease of taxation in price. That the public will naturally hail with satisfaction the continued improvement of the Treasury receipts, is a matter which will not admit of doubt; but there will still be many persons found to com plain of that measure, as producing an increased laxity of morals, which it is apprehended cannot but arise from the increased consumption of the exciseable articles alluded to. Some well-informed persons think that an alteration of the duties on that generally used article—beer, would have been more productive of universal bmefit, than the removal of the duty on gin and other spirituous liquors. The decline in the latter part of the day was mainly at tributable to the extensive orders from the country to sell. Otte broker of considerable eminence, well known to be a steady man, and not disposed to bargain at random with either party, sold very largely, and at any other period his operations would have had great eact upon the prices general's. Bat at present there is a decided disposition in favour of a rise ; the Bulls are strengthened by their recent operations, and the Bears having already made up, or turned their accounts, the current, which changed its course early in the last week, has proceeded rapidly up wards, and carried the majority of the Stock Exchange with it. In the Foreign Funds, with the exception of Mexican, the operations have been purely nominal. The lowest price of these sectuitiea has been 6.1, and they closed at 68; thus recovering the depression of Friday and Saturday, without the intervention of any additional news. Brazil Stock closed at about 57 to L 7 . 1, ; Colombian 57, um Saturday; Russian, nothing doing. RIO JAN L I RO.—Papcis and letters from Rio to the 26th January are in town ; they are entirely silent on the sub jeet of the tumults reported in the French papers to have taken place about the loth January, and the consequent de parture of the Royal Family from the capital. thm time con trary, it is asserted that the Royal cause is succeeding. In the Banda Oriental several battles are stated to have taken place, in all of which the Brazilian armies were triumph ant. It is asserted that the blockade of Buenos Ayres is so strict that it has given rise to the most serious effects, and that the President has been accused of being a traitor, in hurrying the State into a war. It is also mentioned that time Buenos Ayres troops refuse to proceed to the Banda Oriental. The Brazilian frigate the Piranga (former)y commanded by Lord Cochrane) arrived at Rio on the 20th of January, in 43 days from Portsmouth ; the Nocton packet, in 46 days from Falmouth. Trade was in a very depressed state. The exchange with England from 52h, had advanced to 63j. An extract of a letter from Rio Ja neiro, of 24111 Jan. says:—" There is to be a changeo( Mi nisters here; I hope it will lead to a change of measures." Yesterday his Excellency Baron Maltzahn, Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Nlajesty the King of Prussia to his Britannic Majesty, jointly with Mr. N. M. Rothschild, and accompanied by Mr. Bonnets, Notary, cancelled anti deposited in the Bank of England, the amount of forty-three thousand eight hundred pounds in special bonds of the Prussian Loan negotiated by Mr. N. M. Rothschild, in London, being the sum fixed for the fifteenth half-yearly redemption, due on the lst instant ; and also the saving of the interest on seven hundred and nay-four thousand six hundred and fifty pounds, r4ticetned to the bat of October hut. THE BRITISH PRESS. P4SHIONABLE atTALLIGHNCR. --wmows-- 1 " 4 In.nboroullh entertadsed the Moronls and Marchioness of Lens down and a distinguished peril at dinner yesterday, at Ms seat at lane. ha Va i l i largais of Chohnondsley had a select party at dinner yesterday, at Ms honstin P3ccaditly. TheConstessof Cbarlevllle has Issued cards of Invitation for an evening party on /#rtilay neat, and every lotion ing Friday during the month. The following distinguished personnaea had dinner parties on Saturday —TM Earl of Cassias, air T. Lethbridge, Bart. stud the Right Hon. C.\%. Wynr. Princess Augusta arrived in town yesterday, from Progrnore. The alert:mi. of Clanrlcarde left town on Sunday, for Ireland. Emily alarchioness of Londonderry has arrived in town, from Rants. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury arrived in town yesterday, from Matiteld. • The Earl of Chimellllam hats arriv • 1 In town, from a tour. The Earl of Arran arrived yesterday, at his betray kr Dover-street, from his seat In Sussex. Lord and Lady Arden and family are expected In 'Mail, this day, front their seat, the Nurk, Surrey. Lord Clive has arrived In town, from Pori , Castle. Lord and Lady John Thynne have arrived in town, from Longteat, Colonel Gore Langton and family arrived yesterday, at their house, Grosvenor-square, from Brighton. Mr. and Mrs. Deering arrived yesterday at their house fa Bolton-row, from their sent near Welting. Lord Blantyre left town yesterday for Scotland. H. Dealt;id, Esq. arrived yesterday at his house In Upper Grosvenor. street. The Earl of Bevhorougli arrived In town yesterday, from his seat et Roehampton. Lord Crewe arrived yesterday at his house In Grosvenor-street, from his seat, Crewe Hall, Cheshire. The Countess of Essex. Mier Pugh, and Count Lamm left town yes terday for Tunbridge Wells. Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, mt. James's-street t —Lord Kennedy, from Melton Mowbray William Lewis, Esq. and the Rev. Mr. Keitleth, from Ireland; Rot hewell, Esq. from a tour; W. D. Gillon, Esq. from scot. land ; Esq. from a tour; Werry, Esq. from ditto. Mr. I and Mrs. Vuutw, have left for Scotland. Prince Leopold arrived In town yesterday from Claremont. Arrivals at Teuton's Hotel, St. Jame:.-street:—Sir Charles Monek, Bart. from a tour ; Major Jones Grime, from a tour ; Captain Sentinels, from • tour; John and Thomas Tardali, Esqrs. and family. from a tour. Arrivals at Jordan'. Motel, St. James's-street :—Mr. anti Mrs. Bonner. from their nest In Kent; Mrs. John Hamilton, from Southampton; Francis, Esq. from Cambridge. Mrs. Lewis arrived yesterday at ilipald'a Hotel, Jerrnmetreet, from her seat in Shropshire. Arrivals at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street:—Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer, from their meat, Ilayweod.tedge, Berk, ; Mr. and blrs.White and fatally, from their seat, Forest-lodge, Sussex. Departures —Mr. and Mrs. Talk, for their seat at Ritillnond. Arrivals at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street :—Lady Vavatour and family, from Great Oakley; George Ackers, Esq from his seat In Bucks; Thomas Itxwans, lisq. from Rath) Mr. and Dirs. ;)carry, from a tour; General Cowan, from a tour. CHELTENHAM, MAncia 30. The several wells begin now to assume a gay appearance, from the numbers that resort to them[ every morning. Amongst our latest arrivals are Lord and Lady Chet wynd, Lord Cawdor, Lord Duck. Lord Deerhurst, Via count Itarielagli, and Sir Charles Morgan. A very full attendance is anticipated at the third evening Concert, which will be given this evening. Miss Travis and Mr. Phil;lps are amongst the vocal performers, and Mori and Lindley will add their talents to the orchestra. On Monday last, a large party of ladies went in their carriages to Dowdeswell Wood, to see the fo:•:-hounds thrlw oft' in that cover: they instantly found, and the com pany was much gratified at reynanl shaping his course across the road to Sutton —A good run ensued. The gentlemen of the hunt afterwards, with a large party of their friends, dined at the Plough Inn. Colonel Berkeley presiding, and Jeremiah Hawkins, Esq. b iug the Vice President, the utmost hilarity and good fellowship prevailed. The conviviality of the evening was enhanced by some very excellent songs, by professional gentlemen. On Saturday the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Victoria, arrived at her apartments at the King's Palace. Kensington, from a visit to her Royal brother, Prince Leopold, at his seat at Claremont. Prince Leopold arrived at his residence in Pall-mall on Sunday evening, from Claremont. Yesterday Sir llcrbart Taylor and the Officers of the Staff of the Duke of York, transacted busin...ss with hit Royal highness, at his bottle in South Audley-street. Yesterday Prince Polignac, the French Ambassador, transacted business at the Fareign Office. The Lord Chancellor has been sitting to Sir Thomas Lawrence far his full-length portrait. The Learned Lord took his last sitting on Saturday. The painting is said to be for the King. On Saturday Mr. Secretary Canning, his Lady,and their son, went to see Mr. Mathews is his new entertainment, called " The Invitations," at the English Opera-house. The distinguished party sat in a private box. On Saturday the Marquis of Clattricarde partook of an catty divner with Mr. and Mrs. Canning, and afterwards left London on his way to Ireland. The conduct of the Ministry with respect to the Bishopric of Durham was highly honourable. They re sisted all family and other influence, and attended only to merit. On Saturday the Earl of Liverpool sent for the Bishop of Llandaff, and offered him the Bishopric of Dur ham—the former was worth Sof. per annum; the latter averages 36,0001.—Edinburgh Star. In consequence of the death of the late Bishop of Dur ham this county has been left without a High Sheriff; and as no appointment to that office by his successor has vet taken place, a riotice has been issued by the Deputy Clerk of the Peace, stating that no prisuiwrs will be tried, nor will any other business which requires the intervention of a Jury, be done at the Sessions, which commence on Mon day next, though the Court will proceed in parish appeals, and all other matters that do not require a Jury, as usual. —Durlmon Clomniele. The great bell of the Cathedral was tolled in the morn ing and also in the evening of Monday last, the day on which intelligence reached this city of the death of our late venerable Bishop. 4 On the same day, dumb peals were rung at the parish churches of Sunderland and Bishop wearmouth ; and similar mournful tokens of respect to the many and exemplary virtues of the deceased Prelate re ' sounded throughout the Diocese.—Derliam Advertiser. On Wednesday, the remains of the late J. Ramsbottom. Esq. were removed from Windsor for interment at Old Windsor, in a hearse drawn by four horses, followid by three mourning-coaches ' withfour horses each (in which were the relatives and friends of the deceased), the car riages of the deceased, his sons (John and James Ramsbot tom, Esqrs.), and W. Riley, Esq. The Earl of Harcourt's closed the procession. Mr. Wilson Croker hiss arrived from England, for the purpose, it is said, of canvassing the University. A report is in circulation that on the retirement of Lord Norbury, the present Attorney-General is to be the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; and that the bustle in the University is occasioned by the supposition that his Lordship is about to tender his resignation.—Dublin Paper. General Sir C. Grant reviewed the troops of the Dublin garrison on Saturday last, in dasePlicsnix Park. Orders have been received by several of the most emi nent bankers and professional gentlemen of Edinburgh, to attend the Committee of the House of Commons on the subject of the currency. Yesterday morning, at the earnest request of several leading members of the surgical profession, Dr.Seu tint alb', the celebrated phrenologist, dissected a brain, which was specially procured for the purpose. The anstomieal ope ration was performed at the house of Mr. De VILLE in the Strand. There were present Dr. Hewitt. Dr. Clarke of Caitibritlze, Dr. Somerville, Dr. Baker, Dr. Poole, Mr. Benny, Mr. Faraday, Mr. Leighton, and other gentlemen, all of whom expressed their admiration at the scientific manncr in which the organization of the brain was unfold ed, and its primitive and characteristic faculties displayed. Now that phrenology has obtained the rank of a science, the anatomy of the brain will class among the most im portant studies both of medical and philosophical students. A Court-martial was h e ld at Ply mou th last week to try Mr. Henry Granville, master of his Majesty's packet Froiic, on several charges exhibited against him by Lieutenant T. C. Barron, which were principally for contempt to him as his commanding officer. The Court consisted of Capt. Bathurst, President ; Cspt. E. I). King, Sir J. Phillirnore, C.B. ; l'ipon, J. Wilson, Sir Charles Sullivan, Bart., and James Stirling ' • with 0. Eastlake, Esq. officiatin g Judge-Advocate; a nd having heard the evidence in sup port of the charges, as well as what the prisoner had offered in his behalf, and very tnaturely and deliberately weighed and considered the same , was of opinion that the first, second, fourth, fifth, and sixth charges had not been proved, but that the third and seventh charges had been so in part ; but in consideration of his limner good conduct and long services, the Court wily adjudged the said Mr. Henry Granville to b e di sm i s s e d `is Majesty's packet brig Frolic, to which he belonged; and the Court was further of opinion that the fifth charge was frivolous antivexatious. ADELPHI THEATRE. Mr. Yates opened his Budget of Reminiscences at this theatre last night. A bold attempt, truly, when the space between the Adelphi and Exeter 'Change is literally choked up with carriages, whose owners are devout wor shippers of that veritable mime, Charles Mathews. Be tween these two candidates, however, for imitative renown, there is not likely to exist any rivalry, and they may both flourish together. Yates knows well how far Mathews will leave him behind in any competition that might ensue, rind it would have been a weak and idle attempt to break a lance with him. Mathews is a sharp, caustic, and ori ginal humorist—a keen observer and lively recorder of the frailties and follies of men ; and so elastic in his motions, that he appears to bear quicksilver in his joints. He is, be sides an old public favourite, the lion of April, whose whims and fooleries are as regularly expected in spring as cross buns at Easter or turkeys at Christmas. Yates. on the other hand, is the disciple and follower of the other—zea lous in his studies, no doubt, but wanting that happy tact of copying the humours and eccentricities of individuals with that careless and glowing pencil which to peculiarly distinguishes his master. The exhibition of last night fully discovered the strength and weakness of Yates'a powers. Many of his Etchings of Lim and thoracic,- were shrewd, satirical, and humorous . , and given throughout with that glee and frolic of mind which indicated the capacity as well as the inclination to amuse his auditors ; but then his strokes of wit as often missed as they hit the mark, and poor Joe Miller had to yield up a few of his oldest jokes in order to eke out the " budget." In the outset Mr. Yates disclaimed all intention of drawing on the " Bank of Merriment" which his friend had ertablieluel at another house—his being a mere Lilliput speculation. Then comes a colloquy between a Mr. Mogg, a gouty citizen, and a•Mrs. Mont, a West Indian, who is an admirer of. routes. The Cit denounces monopoly-rogues (monopolo gues)—compares them to a cabriolet drawn by one horse, and laughs at the idea of the Stock-Exchange being te nanted by Rothschild alone. Terry is brought in as a colloquist, and imitated to the life. Mr. Yates now , sketches his juvenile days at the Charter-house-school, where he is tutored into classical knowledge by a literal, cobbler, who, by the way, is a mere copy from Goldsmith s political shoemaker. Ile it latterly obliged to consult Mr. Damper Yates—a second cousin of the family—upon the choice of a profession, and he, being a starched, old, queue lovine bachelor, throws cold water on all the propositions of the young enthusiast. The latter suggests the stage— " The stage !" quoth Mr. Damper," do you mean the stage to Kennington?" " No, no, Sir—the theatre." Aye, aye, the sta-a-ge; a vagabondish trade, generally ending in no bond at all." But genius is not to be damped; and Yates gets himself introduced at a masquerade as Master Somno, in which character he puts out Harlequin's eye, and treads on the Muse's mantle. Here he meets with his friend Mathews, to whom he pays a warm heartfelt tribute of gratitude. Ile travels in company with him to Boulogne, in order to test his mimic powers, and at Dover encounters one of the best characters in his gallery—a Mr. Ft fix Fuel, a quiet, matter-of-fact, simple gentleman, who detests metaphors and cramp allusions, and has eschewed reading ever since lie learnt that the only work he read— Gay's Fables—was false from beginning to end. This ex cellent personage has ventured to Dover for the sole pur pose of viewing the sea. When there he creeps slowly to the beach, dips a finger into the salt water, puts it into his mouth, spits it out again, and walks off, highly pleased with the adventure. At Dover also the dramatic pilgrims encounter Tom Traveller, who has read " Robinson Crusoe" so frequently, that his brain has become crazed with the notion of finding out a de sert; and he is in pursuit of a Juan Fernandez, with a tele scope, two guns, and a little black, dirty urchin, whom he designates a Friday. IVhile at Boulogne the travellers visit Joe Kelly, who is tormented by his dog if ; and after a kind reception in that asylum of wrinkled coquettes and superannuated beaus, they return to the wooden walls of Old England— a designation which puzzles Mr. Felix Fact, who never saw these " wooden walls," nor heard when they had been broken down. Yates proceeds gaily in his theatrical career, and has the honour of charming the elegant company that assemble at Vauxhall, where he' meets with a cordial reception and two compound fractures ; and instead of being borne away on the title of popular fa vour, is mortified to find himself carried off on a shutter. The song of " Vauxhall Gardens," which follows, is full of life and caricature; and the trip to the " .tagic Gardens" told with inimitable spitit. Here the credulous Mr. Felix Fact is again introduced to us, who grieves to hear that the title is running up—his pace being sedate and ambling; and that a barrel-organ had been consumed in the fire at Cumberland-gardens, because the engines could not play upon it. The old joke of 11qjor Breeches is squeezed into the recitative of this song, although it does not suffer by the resurrection. In l'art H. we become acquainted with a Mr. Prosper Sanguine, who towers over misfortune as the steeple does over the chancel of a church, and has evidently insured his life in the Hope. No calamity or cross-accident disconcerts his visionary prospects, nor can any objection dissipate them. Macadamization is de nounced in his pretence,—" Oh !" quoth Mr. Prosper Sanguine, " if it create dust in summer, we will have Lundy-foot for nothing; and if the streets be flooded in winter, navigation will he encouraged." Mrs. Puulina Pry, the mother of the redoubtable Pahl, next figures on the tapir; and really, we must own, that she bears away the l i palm from her son. She is an argue-eyed daughter of' Eve—an eternal visitor at her neighbours houses, scat tering ruin around her by " nods, and winks, and wreathed smiles." If a tea-caddy be out of its wonted place, she purses her mouth, and hems a suspicion about it; if tea-' spoons be substituted for dessert-spoons, she closes her eyes and mutters something about the hardship of the times; and if the husband be from home, she speaks of " persons obliged to take the air." Mr. Yates now briefly recounts his country excursions, when he played Rover, in irild Oats, with a strolling company, the receipts of the night being only one pound seventeen shillings and three pence, and met with an octogenarian performer who spent many hours before the glass, in order to wrinkle his face for the part of Henry VI. The "entertainment" gradually droops until the description of the "Theatrical Fund Dinner," when the attraction is revived by several skilful imitations of the leading stars at this festival, and a great deal of lively gossip. With this sketch the etchings come to a close. The third part—for here the mystic trio must be kept up—consists of a " Monopolologue," entitled Mr. Chairman; the name of which is as much connected with the subject as tooth-ache is with the point of a sword. In spite of the fatigue of the previous parts, Mr. Yates went through the various transformations in this 'piece with won derful adroitness; but when we say this, we bestow all the praise which this " Monopolologue" deserves. Upon the whole, as a performance of the kind which Mr. Yates has volunteered requires great exertion of mind as well as of body, to prevent the leaden god from sealing the eyes of the auditors, he is entitled to a liberal allowance of praise for the budget he has produced; and if there is in it less originality, less work for the fancy, and less whim and I anecdote, than in the " At Homes" and " Invitations" of Mathews, it ought to be kept in mind that the one is sow ing the seeds of his fame, while the other is reaping its rich golden harvest. Yesterday the Princess Augusta came to town for the season. ARCHBISHOP ABBOTT.—In 1618, King James pub lished a declaration, which he ordered to be read in churches, permitting sports and pastimes on the Lord's Day. This gave great uneasiness to Archbishop Abbott, who, happening to he at Croydon when it came thither, had the courage to forbid its being read. This distinguished prelate, when his health began to decline, used to go oc casionally to Ilampshite in the hummer for the sake of re creation. Being invited by Lord %OUCH to hunt in his park at Bratnshill, as he was one day taking that exercise, he had the misfortune accidentally to kill the keeper, by an arrow from a cross-bow which he shot at one of the deer. This accident threw him into a deep melancholy, and he ever after kept a monthly fast on Tuesday, the day on which the fatal mischance happened. He also settled an annuity of 201. per annum on the widow. There were several persons who took advantage of this misfortune, to endeavour to ruin him in the King's favour; but on the event being told to him, his Majesty said, " An angel might have had the same mishap." HAMBURGII PAPERS. PETERIIIII.IIIOII. eta Her Majesty the Empress -Mother set out on Friday to m t e e funeral of the late Emperor, at Tosna ; their Majesties the Em. peror and Empress Alexandra, and the Grand Duke Michael, went on Saturday to Zarskojeselo, and the Grand DUCildlll Helena fol. lowed them to-day. 13y a Report of the 21et of February, Count Orloff Denisofran. npunces that, after having passed the night of the 17th at ISM. bitty. the funeral procession of the late Empero r m i re d the foliate. ing day at Kretzy, whence it was to set out ots the Met, in the morning. As on the preceding part of. this route, the inhabitants of Valdai and Yujelbitzy drew the beaus through the whole ter. ritory. Yesterday the Imperial regalia mad the insignia of the eight Russian Orders were brought from the winter Palace to Tschesma (an Imperial country sea., seven worsts from the capital, to which the remains of the late Emperor will be brought, two days before they come to the capital). The Imperial Crown was born e b y Prince Lapuchin ; the sceptre by Admiral Mordivinnff; the crow of Caaan by Prince Nsrlscltkin ; the Imperial globe by Come Ito. n manzoff; the crown of Astraean by Vice-Admiral Moller, In rte absence of Count Araktneheieff; the crown of Siberia by Prince Labanoff Rostowsky ; the crown of Taurida by Prince Onlakoff; the Orders of St. Andrew. St. Alexander Newsky. St. George. sit, Wladimir, St. Anne, the silver medal of 1812, the Order s of , he White Eagle of Poland and of St. Stanielaus, were borne by diffe. rent Noblemen. The regalia and insignia had been all placed in saloon of the winter Palace, except the insignia, crown, sc e p tre. and globe, which were in an adjoining apartment. When the Marshal, the Muter of the Ceremonies, and the other persons . ..ho were to carry the regalia to Tschesme, had assembl e d ir. the Cotes Palace, the Emperor himself delivered to them the Imperial crownti sceptre, and globe, and the procession then set out in great mete, accompanied by detachments of cavalry. On the 12 t h t h e moo al remains of the late Emperor arrived at Zarskajeselo. The entente of the funeral procession, as well as the ceremonies in the church, were conformable to the regulations before prescribed. His Majesty the Emperor has ordered that the removal of the , body of the late Emperor front 'fsehesase to the capital thedi take I place on the 18th. f Sur journals give an account of the ceremooles to be observed, which are neatly the same as at Moscow. The ringing of the bells, the salute of artillery, the Liturgy in the church, are prescribed in the same manner as there. The pro. cession enters through the Moscow gate, proceeds through the Oberschnw Perspectiev. the Haymarket, and through the Newsk y Pcrspectiev to the Cathedral of Casten. The procession will consist of 13 divisions. In the first division will be the Emperor', erta company of the Prtobruchensky regiment of the Guards ; in th e second, two of the late Emperor's horses which he had at Tager. ruk, accomp.,nial by two subaltern officers, and the red stanched with the Imperial arms ; in the fourth division, two of the late Etta*. roc's sadd'e-horses, which were twice with him in Paris ; in the ninth, the officers of the establishments under the Empreeees 3luia and Elizabeth; the 13th division is formed by the Clergy, with the High Priest (Fedotoff), Confessor to the late Emperor, who adminiteered the sacrament to him just before his death ; the hum drawn by eight horses, with the attendants beasirg l 0 torches. Then follow his Alajesty, the Emperor. in deep niournirg • l et Majesty the Empress Alexandra; her 31ajesty the Empress Afars, the Grand Duke Alexander (son of the present Emperor, and her. apparent); the Grand Duke Constantine; the Grand Duke lb. chael ; the Grand Duchess Helena; the Princes and Princesses the house of Wirtet»hurg ; the Princes Alexander and Ertiest, and the Princess Maria; the two Czarinas of Deimos, and the Princes Regent of 31ingrelia, &c. ; the servants of the late Ertl. peror. &c. After the last salutation of the corpse by the Imperial Family, the Adjutares ascend the stage, lift up the coffin, and (preceded by the Metropolitan and Clergy) bear it to the sepulchre prepared in the cathedral, - in which they deposit it. At this mo. runt the troops lire three volleys, and salute, of artillery are tired front the fortress. This is the conclu.ion of the gereral ceremonies. All the Foreign I'rinc'a now here, as well as the Duke of Wel. lington, and a }rent number of tire great Officers of State, went to Zatekojeselo 'tome (lays ago, to be ready to rtceive the funeral pro. cesvion on its arrival there. The battalion, composed of soldiers, who took part in the rebel. lion on the 26:11 of December, set out four days ago on its march to the Caucasus, to be employed this spring against the rebellious mountaineers. They go br land to Twer, and then cutback on the %Volga for the Caspian sea LETPSIC, MARCH 20. The Persians, whom we expected for the fair, arc already ar. rived, with money and bills of exchange. To the failures already mentioned we regret to add that of the house of Richter, which has exited for 170 years. It is one of the first in the lather trade, and the chief of it is very much pitied. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. lIAMBURGIT, klARcu 28.—A holiday, and DO HMS published; two moths, 3fl 8. PSITERSDI7RDII, MARCH 14.-9. BERLIN, :Hanoi 25.—Three months, 7 31. AMSTERDAM, .11Aucit 31.-41; two months, 40 S. EAST INDIES ---By the following letter from Colombo, in Cqlon, it appears that the Burmese hare accepted the terms offered by the British : Extract of a letter dated Colombo (Island of Ceylon), Sown.. ber 18, 1825:—" The day before yesterday as official communica tion was said to hare been made to Government of the cessation of hostilities with the Burmese. They have accepted of the terms ot feted by the Company, who are to receive two craves of rupee, besides what have already been plundered from the several mosques, &c.. and the English are to have possession of Rangoon, Pegu, flit t than, Arracan, and of course the island of Cheduha : sore. port says. The Government Gazette contains nothing more than that peace is established in the Burman country." The following is an extract from a letter in the Calcutta ilti , i.ura of Nov. 3:— " In advertance to the paragraph In your paper of to-day, In which you notice the report of the conference between Sir A. tamp. bell and the Burmese authorities, and which. you cnoclude by saying that you admit the pleasing hope of a speedy termination of the war, I have to acquaint you that I have read a private comma. nicat , on, of credible authority, from Rangoon, in which it is stated that the armistice had been already broken in Pegu, and that a force was about to be despatched from Rangoon against it. The date of the letter is early in October." •`November 2, 1825." "I)." SMELLS' AND JODN'S DEVONPORT BANE—The Com missioners under the bankruptcy of the above firm, have been occupied for two days in the last week at the Royal Hotel, Devonport, in hearing and determining proofs of debt, when upwards of 9000/. were proved. The debts of this estate are about 70,0001., 5,000/. of which are owing to Sir John Perring and Co., fur which they hold ample security. About the middle of next month the Commis sioners again meet, in order to hear and determine on the claim of J. Carpenter, Esq., several years since a partner in the bank, and on which day we understand a dividend will be declared of Is, 6d. in the pound. We are informed from pretty good authority that the estate will not pay full 3s. in the pouml.—Devou Paper. MORE FLUCTUATION IN THE STOCKS.—The Stock market having been for some time in an agitated state, our Commissioners seem determined that the market stocks, which ornament our Court-hall, shall not remain long quiescent, as they hove this week experienced another rise and as sudden a depression as was felt a few weeks since. This sanctified resting-place of "naughty varlets," both great and small, has again changed its position, and is in future (till the next alteration is determined on). to face the town pump, that the sins of the delinquent may be washed away by the corporation fountain of Jordan ! Huntingdon Ga%ette. On the evening of Wednesday last was observed from this city, between the hours of eight and ten, a most grand and unusual electrical phenomenon, consisting of a bread zone of white light, almost entirely encircling the heavens. To the west it passed between the two stars in Orion's shoulder; after then sweeping through the zenith of this place, it proceeded through the tail of Ursa Major, and a little to the north of Corona Borealis; thus forming nearly a great circle of the heavens, which, as far as the eye could judge, was perpendicular to the magnetic meridian. It did not appear, either to the east or west point, to reach quite down to the horizon ; but, radiating from a point a few degrees above it, gradually increased in breadth and de creased in brightness to the zenith. Its greatest breadth appeared to be 4or 3 degrees. The likAtt was steady aud regular, resembling the tail of a comet • but when seta through a telescope w as scarce ly visible.---!DarLani Atka - User. IMPORTANT SAVING IN TOR Wonxixa of STE." ENGIN Es.—There was, about three weeks since, an engine made by Mr. George Vaughan of Sheffield, under his pa tent, put up in the manufactory of Messrs. Nell and Over ton, merchants at Louth, in Lincolnshire; called twel ve horse power , to work a one mill, which ground in to hours 800 bushels of bones, with only nine hundred weight of coals ; and it is said to be as handsome an engine as any in the kingdom. By this engine Messrs. Nell and Overton will now save between 3/. and 4/. per week, as the engine they had before, which was made upon Bolton and Watt 6 principle, and u sed to work a bone mill, consumed twenty seven hundred weight of coals to grind not so much as eight hundred bushels of bones, which was two days work for the latter engine ; therefore the saving must be quite char, since there is the same work done with nine hundred weight of coals, as there used to be with twenty-seven hundred weight. . LANCASTER ASSIZES.—We understand that Martin, Smith, and Simpson, who were left for execution, for ut tering forged notes, are minted to the 29th of May. The respite a:rived on Sunday Wt.—None/testa Guar d ian. 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