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HAMBURGH PAPERS. BERLIN, MARC4I_4:, His Once the Duke of Wellington arrived on the 21.1 of Fe bruary at Konigsburg, and set out again the next morning on his way to At. Petemburgh. His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Nerldenburgii..Strelitz has anived here. .Several Russian couriers have paned through this city within these few days. lIAMOVER, MARCH 4. His Royal Highness the Oovernor-Generai is so tar recovered that ba was able yesterday to ride out in a carr a iage. larstc, Ftn. 28. Oul Gazette contains the following article : s Suspicions being entertained that the illegal assocheion among eta students at this university, notwithstanding the Measures re. elatedly employed to suppress them, anti the good spirit prevailing la the great majority, were rot entirely extirpated, have mused or. sere to be given by superior authority, for the Commissioners to *arch fiw and seize the paters relative to this subject, in the pos. gergion of one students, four of whom have b-en attested. FitaNavonr, FF.II. 2f. • The merchants of this city have subser:hed a .um of liteLlnst Ho ries, which is placed under directors, the chief of whom are Messrs. nothmann and Rothschild, and is to be en:ployed in assis . lug those it who may be brought into tempor.ity emb arrassment durin g }awns crisis, in order to maintain the credit of our city. One half per cent. is to be paid for this ar:ommodation. In consequence of the removal of the Austrian military Govern- Pent of Lombardy from Milan to Verona. Baron Frimont. the Commando-in-Chtef, will go. in the course of the month, to Vero. ye ; the numerous raff and establishment attached to the head quarters go there before him. STOCEHOI.S4. Fsn.24. plaid-Marshal Count Stedingh is to go ies Anattistdnr to St. retersburgh. to compliment the new Ilitiperiir. The Count 1.1 Moly eighty years of age, and his health is very delicate • yet he gals not wan to byre given up the embassy to St. Pe,ersl ' itireh to Taieutenant-Oeneral Karoo Ejnynatjerra. ass Al C/011jteillTed, but to be preparing to set out on buard one of him :tinjesty's frigates, ac ,womparilei by a great number of young e.tart;ers. On the 11t h of April the frigates Oradd rod Seg ershall, of the lloyal Navy, will be sold by aucti in at Carlstvons, but sealed ten . den will be received before that time. P ST. ETERS/ MUCH. Fre. 25. ale Majesty the Emperor has been huh:iv...et' fur these trw days le consequence of a slight cold. The lass bulletin received here of , lbe health of her Alajesty the Empress Elizabeth. of the ihh of this neentb, states that her Majesty is so far recovered that no more bul letins will be loved :Ow the 21st Prince llenteilcoff set out on his extraordinary ad 5.56011 . 56011 re Tehenui. Count Blouse. the Danish Ambassador , has brought to the Etn -pierm tbe insignia of the Order of the Elephant. Ti.. funeral procession of the late Emperor, which arrived at liloseow oa the 141 b, set out again on the 18th The winter con- Lto twee to be very severe: Klatintur's thermometer is constantly at ml6to IR degrees below zero; with very little sno w . T he har rof °deem is said, in a letter of the 10. h inst., to be quite live 'from ice. EXCHANGES 'ON LONDON. piIMIUMGH. M•P.CIi 7.-36 ft; 2M. 35 11. eggasnunon, VER. 21.-9 11-16, BtALIS, MAUCH t —Three M. 7 nib 3. Ilaurg't Papers to March 9. BRUsS F. I, PA Pk: RS. TRIT'STE, Fes. A ship in nine days from Smyrna has bro.ight the confirmation 'eff the late events before Missolonglii. There were only 27 Greek tibipe that made the suecn:aol attack on the superior force of the • Turks o t the 28th Feb. Missolonghi is now quite free on the sea aide. The inhabitants in Zante bad just ordered public prayers for . the success of their countrvinn, when the news of the flight of the Canteen Pasha to Patras 'was received. It was reported that the English had occupied the desert isle of Pettano, near Mis.olonghi, so establish there a depot of ammunition and provisions. Private letters from Smyrna of the Bth Fe b ruary, mention that . an insurrection had broken out in Negronont, and that Col. Fabvier bad matched to Carinte.—iil4yoneine Zeitu..c. sth March. sM mull 9. We learn from the Hague that M. de I:lrrnoh, the Minister for • foreign Affairs, Is nearly recovered from his hitless. We repeated, after the Journal of Mints, that the respectable Bishop of Namur had founded by his will three s c holarships in the Philosophical College. The Ccarier .f the Metric states that there ism such article in the will. Manor !O. Ft was lately reported that all the documents relative to the nego tiation with Rome would he soon published ; bolt it is now said that the publication is delayed. because the friendly communications 'with that Court are renewed with hopes of a favourable result. The will of the Bishop of Namur has been opened. Among the legacies are two very remarkable ones—by one the testator, " emboldened by the great kindnesses which his Majesty the King of the Netherlands has shown bits during his life. requests him to be pleased to accept his line emerahl ring." By the second he . bequeaths to his Recellency the Director-I ieneral of the Affairs of the Catholic worship. Baron Gotibau Borneo, as a pledge of the attachment with which he has inspired him. Rodin return for his. the table clock in his drawing room . This should seem to prove that the Bishop of Namur, who indisputably was not the least enlighten ed of the prelates of the kingdom. did not think the Government so adverse to the internes of the Catholic wotship and its Ministers NI ill disposed persons would have us believe. We have the following information front Cologne:— " By an Ordinance of the Minister of Itcligioun Affair., dated 9th January, wh here have been found in the Prussian States without license. auxiliary societies of the Foreign Conti- Dental Association for the propagation of Christian knowledge in 'Europe. thee, societies are to be innnediately dissolved, and they are forbidden to bold any further meeting, or to have any communi cation with the public relative to the object of that Association."- -Arsesela Papers, 11th March. DUreq PAPERS. 11/1BOTN•, SEPT. 4. 1823. The colonial brig Nautili's has brought to the island, from Bands, four Englishmen, named John Soerlock, Francis °reeves. fileorge Lave'cite, and John Parker They say they were part of the crew of the John of London, William Wilson Commander, bound to the 3larquesas and other islands in the South Sea. They nailed from England the 16th of June. 1824, and reached the Blareumos in December following ; left there in March 1823, and were wrecked at the end of May. on the coast of New Caledonia. The Captain, the first officer, sod bittern men, were drowned, but the second officer, and these four men, escaped in the long boat. Baiting westwards, they touched on many islands and coasts, pro. bably the South of New Guinea; were e v ery where treated in a boodle manner, and passing through many dangers, and losing the second officer, teethed the little island of Grogos. near Gomm, where they were picked up by an A nachnsa, of lielivirde, in Ca.:in-Lent, and sent to Banda by order of the listlja of that place. Before this, two other Englishmen, Wiliam Booth, anti Joseph Elbow, of the brig Z lira. Captain John, belonging to Francis 'Solidi*, had arrived in Bands. This vessel, with metchandize, bound to Timor I)elle, was wrecked on an island unknown tothern, where they saved themselves in the bra's, with thirteen of the crew. The eaptain furvinig leaped into the sea after his wife, was drowned. After wandering among several islands, and being dispersed a hostile attack of the inhabitants, four of those who bad e scaped separated. The two men above mentioned at length reached the island of Roemer, where they were conveyed to Banda by the Orang Keiji', of Giese', near Ceram.Lant. Accounts have been received. stating that another English brig was overpowered by the inhabitants of Timor Lam. and two lads belonging to the crew kept prisoners there by the islanders. The Governor of the Moluccas h as ordered the Captaid of the colonial brig, the Dnerga, which has been gent on a cruise to that quarter, to touch at the blend, and demand the release of the prisoners, and to make inquiries everywhere for the missive sailors of the Zaire. When we consider how terrible it is, idler having suffered ship wreck, and hardly escaped with life, to have to repel the attacks of savage tribes, whom it iv necessary to approach in order to obtain food, it is to be lamented that European inflitence does not yet ex. tend to all the countrim to which trade daily attracts more vessels. The diference befireen people under this influent*, and others Wholly Independent, is evident, and is manifested also In the aboveroentiened cases. As long as the shipwrecked men were among the savage ' , slanders, they were exposed to ell kinds of dim intel2l soon as they approached places where the dominion of is felt, they obtained support and deliverance from t h e i r. . 6 r - whose manners' are mare mild. The Eurnpean may some times have abused his power. Lust of gain or of power may haveled him to the commission of evil actions and of ineseir aide cruelties, but on the other hand it is certain that his superior knowledge, and Bien his own interest, better underarms!, have esused hint to in. undue. a Government under which every owe find. security. and no one can venture with impunity to commit an offence against the life or the property of another. In the Government of the blolue cas, as elsewhere, every thing is done to establish more and more meth a happy state of tbirors among the natives, and the Sultan of Tide, baa been exhorted to trop his stealer Papoa and New Uadoa subjtets under a more wholesome rro taint. ilAtivf!, MARCH 9. It is thotteht that the debases on the Tariff will take place in the Second Cnaniber iii a fortnight. and that the Session will be closed a few days after. The Second Chamber continuLa toe discussion of the new canonical co , e. A:nerviness, 31aacif 10.—Exchange on Lontkm :-401. 3c. 1 months, 3;tl. Inc. PRICES Or SHARES ON S:TI'RDAY, 11INIS. Share. Pahl. 4101.1 44 1 .'4 as 49 I i pu 11'1 IV 14 die lOW 5 1 pti, 24 1V- Id 1 $ dis 4 1, 0 4041 70 dis 411 211 40 14 1 j MISCSANCII COIPANIIIII. Alliance Prlttah and Font'5..... 311 2 i dts Anglo-Veskiin Doliver Nritl4l3 Iron (Litho •• ••••• loyal Lbh ...• •• • , ltefl Ate Mime Cnitid Wiatifi • • • Ditto New .. • • • • • , .4 - 4 . 7 t Fire ... ... .......... - - Dl! LIOIrt •YD CORI COLIPAViIII. . . SM Itl I 2 db Drh&A IRON lI•ILWAri, 100 V 146 pm Ltverpuol and Manchester •04111111131111 ...... .............. • V 62 Di11 11114% . $ Mad Aeonaural ...... 100 6 10 as PA 9) Clip PRICES OP lIIIITISII lank Stott Ditto Acct. S per Cent. Conn. 7814 771 7' Ditto Acct. 786 6 771 788 Kew• 4 per CCM. Stij 96 PO PRICES OF FOREIGN Chillan Bonds 46 Colombian Ronda Ditto Honda /132 E i 7 1 unto Acct. 1 7 * Daniah Honda 34 f 1 3 1 Ditto Joet. 332 4 31 2 Greek Booth Ilitto Bond% ',1523) 18! Mexican Rondo COCKS OK SATINIDAT. India Bonds par I pm Es. Bilis WOOL 1 9pm Ditto kW!. 1 2 pm Ditto Small I 2 pea Lottery Tickets 211.111. 'COCKS ON SATURDAY. Data Bonds (Is 2) 62y f 2 rum) Acct. 621 2 Peruvian Bonds 311 2 1 Portussuese Bonds 741 6 Boasts's Bonds 76 Si Ditto Acet. 763 Sponisli Bonds 14 10 Data Acct. 91 10 WOO* KING'S THEATRE. TO-MORROW EVENING alit be performed ktortini't Comic Opera. In Two Act., entitled IL BARBIERI.: UL SIVIGLIA. The principal Character , . by Mederne Combat, Wes Willi% Signer Shier Polemini (hi. 21 approrance in thie couutry), Signer Pot to, Signor Devillu, and SICHOT 1)e Segni*. Between the Act. the Diterti.ternent Pallet of JUSTINE ; ott, LA CIII:CHE CASSEE. After the Opera, LE itAL CHAMPE*IktE. Oa THURSDAY, the h oG of April, a tiktA MASQUERADE. tiou etc. USUILL ND DRCRY-LANE THEATRE. nis Evening, MONDAY, Maud; 13, wal be performed FAES'f ne primeipel Charectere by Messrs. Vt'releek, Harley, 3. Amu% and Firer, ; 311.4yee Stephen -4, 1. Paton, mud Povey. To coneiude with the Opera of DER. vitEiscitriz. Adolo. Mr. T. C , mte ; Ca.par , Mr. novo liernberd. Mr. Bedford; 'Ethan, Ur. Fitzwiliirm ; Zarniel, Mr. 0. Smith, Linda, 1111se °carillon; P..ote, Mies Povey. COVENT-GARDEN T II HAI' RE. Tau Erataiug, MONDAY, March 13, will be performed PIZARRO. Rolla. Mr. Warde ; Atallba, Mr. Egerton; Pizarro. Mr. Serlel Alamo, Mr. Cooper. Cora, Mrs. Slower' ; Elvlra, Mime Lacy. After which, GIOVANNI IN LONDON; Or, THE LIBERTINE RECLAIMED. Dun Giovanni, Madame VeArls. . . COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. fiIIAND PERFORMANCE OF ANCIEN r AND MODERN MUSIC, 'MUIR THE lIIANA.CbIIIIIOIT 4fP MIR CZOR.JII SIII•at, Un WEDNESDAy NEXT, March 15. Paler I.—A Selection from Der Freischuts, unti..r the direction of the C Carl dluia VJU Weser ;being his third public appearance in this coumtry • . PART lI.—A favourite Selection I.f Music. PA*, 6,end Miscellaneous Act. ENGLISH OPEItA-11(1USE. Tula Pul,tie are respectfully informed thut they wilt find MW MATHEWS AT HOME This Evening, MONDAY, March 13, with an entirely new galena La. anent, founded on his Ob4ervallun4 on Characters, Manaus, and Peculiarities, entitled MR. mAniEws • INVITATIONS. Sown* is PAR!' I.—" Twopenny Post"—"Cipsying Siegal/or aad Quadrilles"—" t sit to the Italian Opera." Son r 4 PART II.—" I,,,ndan at live tba Morniner—" A Ranch of Hey*"—" General Election." PART 111.—A Monopolylrerga, lo be Galled THE car: umIGE! Eight different Characters by Mr. Mathew% Doors open at Seven ; the Performances to commence at Elie& TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Letter of " T. J. W." fn awer to the remarks of " Justitle,' bee not bee ns n received. The BSITISA Paasa comonced publt.hing on Saturday =orator at hal m f-pa.d nye o'clock. LONDON, MONDAY, MARCH 13,1846. The French Papers inform us that the limits between Frarce and Bavaria have been finally determined. T' ley state from the Florence Gazette of the 1 .25 th Feb., that several transports have been captured by the Greeks in their voyage from Alexandria to Motion, and that the Turks are :ending fresh troops to Moldavia and Wallachia. The following are extracts : [From the Etoik dated Saturday, March 11.1 PARIS, MAUCH 10. The telegraph orßordeatft Watsroftled yestUdaylfte dreadful news of an accident which had befallen the Archbishop of that city, who is above 89 years of age. The curtains of his bed caught fire and be was severely burnt, chiefly on the stomach. His situa tion war very alarming; but, however, not considered as desperate when the despatch was sent off. The limits between France and Bavaria ant finally regulated. Lieutenant-General Viscount de Mauriclian. Commissioner of the King for the demarcation of the frontiers of the North, went on the 2d, 3d, and 4th of March with M. de Blair, Sub-Prefect of the arrondissement of Weissenburg, and the other civil and military flincf,onaries of the country to the several parts of the territory ceded by Bavaria to France, and took possession of them in the name of his Most Christian Majesty. His Excellency M. de Stichauer, Counsellor of State to his Majesty the King of Bavaria, and his Commissioner General in the circle of the Rhine, had been ertrusted by his Sovereign with the operations relative to this demarcation. The French authorities speak in high terms of their intercourse with DI. de Stichauer, and of the readiness with which his Excellency concurred in putting an end to the difficulties which have sabsisted, ever since 11113, between the frontier communes and establishments of the two states. Another shock of an earthquake (the third in the course of the month of February), was Mt in the kingdom of Naples, on the 10th ult. On the 20th, Count Stockellturgh, the Russian ambassador, had the honour to present his credentials to his Majesty, the King of the Two Sicilies. IFrotu dm note of Friday, March 10.1 PARIS, MAILCII 9. The Flores== Vozette of the :sth February ann,unces that the GN-rks have captured several transports, bound from Alexandria to Motion with troops and ammunition. The same paper says that atcording to a letter from Constant nople, of Jan. 15, the Divan, instead of causing M Marla and Wal lachia to be evacuated, is sending fresh troops to the two princi. polities, that a number of adventurers have embarked for Varna, and that several ships of war have sailed to the Black Si.. The Prussian Government has resolved, after the definite revisal of its civil code, to extend the appliestion of it to all the States of the kingdom, including the Rhenish provinces, where the French code is still in force. The Government has become sensible of the impoitance of a uniform code of Taws. Experience has proved dist the French penal code is not adapted to the satthen of the Prus;lin people. • • The Court of Assize of Paris has just condemned Joseph Eloi Koppk to -Sve years imprisonment and the piilo•y, fOr having Moho two 50. centime pig` ;with theaggravating circumstance of being a domestic servant. Fait RCI[ FURDS.—YAMS. MARCH 10.—Five Per Cents. W. etc. : Three per Cents. Of. 7.11 e. ; !tank stork. prov.; Beate de Naples, 71f.2i1c. ; Rented' I.:spoor. 8 j ; Royal Spanish Loan, 43f. t. • Harden Loan, 7501. Exchange on Loudon :—One month 251. 50 c. Three months, Tit% Vse. • Not write ten-pence sterling. No better evidence can he given of what truly be accom plished by ability and perseverance in the consolidation of any branch of our public laws, than is furnished by the lahnors of Mr. lie Kr., the CJmptreller cf the Customs for the Port of London, to which Mr. Ilusaissos, in his late memorable areal en Free Trade, whit, replying to Mr BA thus adverts:— " The second measure propa. , :cl for fur adoption, by the honour able memher for Taunton, Intl a general revision of the Re.enue. Caws, with a view to their sinitlitieation. The Honourable Nem ber s:ated—and he stated truly—that those laws were so numerous, so complicated, and so cmitradictory, that mercantile men could not understand them—that they were at once a great impedin to track, nr,(l a source of vexation anal oppression to all who were engaged in it—that no man, however innocent his intention, could escape their penalties; that, therefore, it was the bounden duty of his 3lrjeloy's Government to simplify and consolidate them. " The task was one of great magnitude and difilculty ; but we did not shrink from it. Al y Right Honourable Friend, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, devoted a great deal of time and attention to the subject : but, lam free to admit, that e never could have succeeded in our undertaking, without the assistance of an olliciat gentleman in the wake of the Customs, a gentleman of the most unweaned diligence, and who Is entitled, fur his persevering ex ertions, and the benefit lie has conferred low the commercial world, so the lasting tlrstitude of the country. Max difficulties of the undertaking the House will be enabled to judge, when I state that there were no fewer than fine Modred ,stalsiss, relative to the Customs alone, to wade through ; independently of the numerous enactments concerning smuggling, warehousing, the plantation , . &c. In the performance of this duty we bad innumerable dil6• copies to encounter, and battler without end to fight. And now, Sir, in one tittle volume,* which I hold In my hand, are com prised all the laws at present In existence on the subject of the management and the revenue of the Customs, of Navigation, of Smuggling, of Warehousing, and of our Colonial Trade, com pressed in so clear and yet so comprehensive a manner, that no man can possibly mistake the meaning or the application of (them is impossible to praise too highly the unwearied efforts of those in the Government who caused this great work to be supplied to the public. The service rendered to the commercial world is incalculable. The task of bringing together a mass of enactments so widely scattered—of select ing what was valuable from what was useless, or worse than useless, and embodying all thelaws that were practically essential within the compass of a single volume, portable everywhere, and of easy reference—was a task which pre sented so many difficulties, that many, even of those high in office who most wished for its accomplishment, despaired of being able to procure any one capable of carrying it into effect. It was deemed impossible to be able to do more than make " a Digest of the Laws of the Customs," as had been already done, and very ably, by Mr. hex Lino, un der the sanction of the Lords of the Treasury, in 18141. We are toll by Mr. Hume, in his Introduction, that— " So much, indeed, was the difficult,' of the work overrated by many persons in high stations, that the question wu for a while suspended between the palliative remedy of a Digest,' or Ab. strict, and the effectual curse a ' consolidation and but for the exertions of 51r. Herrin, by whom, as Secretary to the Treasury, all tie Bills were introdu ced into the House of Commons, and car. tied through their stages, and who had satisfied his own mind of the practicability of the design, it is probable that the public would have been left to apply and adapt, as it best could, a few hundred more quarto pages of digest to the 1,375 already in its possession." Mr. HUMS speaks with great diffidence of the result of his exertions; but he may rest assured that the public do not fail to appreciate the value and merit of his labours : they are of a kind which can only find their compensation in the just estimate that is formed of them : but this is of itself a great and lasting reward, and offers, to minds of a certain cast, the only excitement which can carry them through the labours called for in any arduous and important public service. Our criminal laws are next to be consolidated. If who ever may be appointed to this duty shall be able to com prise them in the same space, and to arrange and classify them in the same: lucid -order, his claims upon the grati tude of the country will not be easily discharged. As liule easy will it be to set limits to the obligation which it ' will owe to Mr. Pars., for the zeal with which lie has brought the subject forward, and the time and pains which he has devoted to it. • Laws of the Customs, by J. D. Hume, Esq. CITY, SATURDAY Evvittro Considerable fluctuations took place this morning in consequence of a severe struggle between the speculators fora rise and the speculators for a fall: but after a variety of efforts, which for a dine rendered the contest doubtful, the former succeeded in rallying the Funds, which 'hewed so much elasticity this morning, that it appeared necessary that some report should be pot in circulation to counteract the favourable influence of the purchases which were made; and is the Melt pat of the afternoon it was stated, not only that the Duke of Wellington had arrived at St. retersburgh, but that be bad hastily quitted that capital. [ Another rumour was, that his Grace had died suddenly, when within one day's journey of his destination; a third was, that the Russians had crossed the Pruth ; and the fact of the suspension of payments of two Country Banks, mixed up with these reports, caused considerable alarm at the Stock Market, and countenanced, as they appeared to by the courage of some of the dealers, who sold very largely, a reduction of not less than one per cent. took place in the prices. Consols for account, which had advanced to 785, declined to 775 ; but did not remain long at this reduction. At four o'clock, after a violent struggle between the con tending parties in the market, which terminated in favour of the Bulls, the price rose more than 4 per cent. above the extreme depression ; so sudden was the change that it was impossible for those who had sold largely to turn their accounts without submitting to a considerable sa crifice. The funding of Exchequer Bills is more confidently talked of to-day than ever, and it is said Stock will be created to an extent sufficiently large to reduce from 1R to 15 millions of Exchequer Bills. Whatever may be the amount of Exchequer Bills to be funded, supposing that it , does not exceed what we have just stated, we have no doubt that the monied interest is already prepared for such I a measure, and that the Public . Securitics will not undergo any material depression. The quotation of Exchequer Bills, even on the promulgation of the reports to which we have above referred, was steady at from Ito premium. The Northern Securities have likewise been compara- ' tively steady, even Russian have not varied more than 5 per cent. In Prussian Bonds there has been a good deal doing, at quotations between 871 and 89. As soon as the negotiations shall have been commenced by the Duke of Wellington, at St. Petersburgh, it may be expected that more attention will be paid to all the Northern Securities, and whatever may be the result of these negotiations, it is highly probable that the Bonds will be much depressed. Danish, which a few days since were at 50f, have ad vanceli in a much greater proportion than the others, and the rise has amounted to not less than three per cent. In Spanish and Greek Bonds no alteration of importance has occurred. 'New Spanish Bonds have, during the week, been depressed to 5. but have since risen to 75, while the Old have only varied between 95 and 105. The rumourcitt the oky, to-day bad but a slight effect on the Foreign Securities. In the morning there was an advance of about one pat Cent. on Danish Bonds, which were sold as high as 51. Russian Bonds also, which left off yesterday at 755, touched 76, but in the course of the afternoon declined in the came proportion. Austrian and Prussian Bonds have undergone' no alteration. It has been repdrteel that an express has brought over the quota tions of French Stock, on Thursday, rather higher, but here nothing at ell has been done in it to-day. The fluctuation in the Republican Bonds, at the close of business, has net been quite so extensive as that in oar own Funds. Columbian New Bonds opened et 47, rose to -fat, and left off 5 per Cent. lower: that in Mexican Bonds, both for Money and Account, has been precisely similar. Spanish Bonds are from 85 to 10; and Greek Bonds steady at the quotations of yesterday. The business in Sheres is still very limited. Wtxnson, SUNI)AY, Mt. Hen l2.—The report of the state of the King this morning is that his Majesty is much better. This morning divine service was performed at the Royal Lodge by the Rev. Dr. Sumner. Her Royal High ness the PrinCtll6 Augusta, attended by her lady-in-wait ing. attended divine service at the parish church. The unexpected failure of the rid-established and re spectable hawking-bonne of Niessre. Wakeford, of Andover, which tuck place on Saturday last, has caused a .etnnplete stagnation in business in that town, and it is much feared will ultimately involve many in that neighbourhood in pe cuniary distresses who be - fere were in affluent cireutn cances.—lfunips4ire Telegraph. So firm is the public confidence in the responsibleness of Messrs. Ilcath, of Andover, bankers, that in the course of a very few hours after the suspension of payments by, Messrs. Wakefind warknown, nearly two hundred highly respectable perl6olll l signed a declaration, stating their en tire confidence in the stability of their hawk, and their rea diness to tyke their notes in the usual course of business u befute.--Ltampaiire TeleLyuph. .' p-- THE BRITISH PRESS. THEATRES. RING'S THEATRE. On Saturday evening Roasini's opera of II finrhiere di Slaglia was performed, for the purpose of introducing Signor Pellegrini from the Italian Opera at Paris. This opera has been so long before the public, that it is unnecesasry to way much in respect to it. It has all the beauties and all the defects of the Italian Maestro. It is, however, necessary to say, that it was preferred in Italy to that of Paesiello on the same subject, and was composed in something less than a fortnight. It has often been remarked that Rossini is distinguished for his plagiarisms, hut under circumstances of particular sin gularity, via. that his plagiarisms are principally from his own works, and not from those of others. la the II Bar biere di Siviglia we trace many subjects adopted in his more recent works, and that without the least " remorse or dread." This is to be accounted for to a certain extent from the haste, under which he has always written, and from an unfortunate system of procrastination—whether natural or affected it is not fur us to say. Some composers have thought it no small merit to compose against time, and therefore, like Sheridan and his Pizarro, have allowed little or no time to elapse between the completion of the work and the representation of the piece, not to say a word on the subject of the rehearsal of it. Such has been the conduct of Rossini ; and therefore it is not perhaps so re markable :t circumstance, that ideas previously used should, on the pressing urgency of the moment, be again re sorted to. Of Signor Pellegrini's voice we cannot say very much, at least from what we heard of it iu Figaro, a character certainly not the most calculated for the display of it ; at the same time it is but justice to observe that in the ma nagement of it he is very successful. His acting *as full of animation, life, and bustle; and we alibi: he will he a considerable accrisition to the opera bun of this establish ment. Curioni s forte pea not lie in comoly, and we can not say that he was more than respectable in tie Count. De Begni'e Bario/o, and Porto's Boritio were very ff. c tive ; but the Itosina of Madame Caraduri was tier charm of the evening, and certainly we have never seen the cha racter more ably sustained. In " lo sotto docile," %edit) the duet with Figaro beginning " Dunque io son, " she was eminently successful, as was Pellegrini ; the latter piece was encored. The chorusses were very judic;ously dene, particularly that of " Mille grazie," and " Nii par esser eon la testa." The trio between Figaro, the Count, and Rosina, by Pcllegrini, Curioni, and Caraduri, " Zitti, Zitti," drew down wit-merited applause. Self-approbation is a very proper feeling, if kept within its proper bounds. If Rossini, however, was to be pur chased at his own valuation, he would sell at a very 1.01 price indeed, for at a conversazione at the Marchioness of S.'s., be observed Lady L. leaning on the arm of the "great Captain of the Age," upon which Rossini placed himself on the other side of her Ladyship, and said that her situation was a most happy one, she being the betwet the two greatest men in Europe !! ! It is said the Duke of Wellington thought it no joke. ENGLISH OPERA 11013 SE. On Saturday evening Mr. Mathews epened his annna. budget of wit and cotrucality. His appearance was warmly greeted by a very numerous audience, whom he proceeded to address "in his old way." He returned thanks to his friends, who had never yet refused his Invitations. Se v e n years had elapsed since they had first met under that roof, and their acquaintance had been since continued without any abatement of cordiality on either side. lie had served his apprenticeship to them, and had found them induleent masters ; insomuch, that although his time was expired he would not give up his indentures. Ile hoped that if he had ever succeeded in Macadamizing the road to mirth, or in throwing a bridge over the gulf of sorrow, he might still continue to experience their patronage. In his exertions to entertain his friends, he said, lie was less em barrassed by the paucity than by the redundancy of his ma terials. He had ransacked for their amusement every corner of the earth, from Little Britain to Great Britain, from France to Petty France, from York to New York, and thus round the Globe from east to west, by a few fear de nuts. While musing one morning on the extent of his peregri nations and researches through earth, air, water, and— no, not through fire, lie began to meditate a trip " down below," as his last year's song hail it, through the regions of this last element, when lie was suddenly roused from his reveries by the knock of the twopenny postman ; the post age paid, he opens some dozens of invitations, and thus we are introduced to the frame-work of his entertainment. In short, Mr. Mathews determines to accept the invitations of his friends, as his ftietels had always accepted his, although he feels convinced, as is frequently the case, that many of those invitations were any thing rather than inviting. The result is, that Mr. Mathews very soon makes us acquainted with his hosts and their company, the description of whose whim-whams and peculiarities opens, it will easily be con ceived, a rich Feld to his tact and versatility. Among those persons, the most original are Mr. Shakely, a nervous vale tudinarian, "who lives a life of factitious age ;" Sir Hurry Shelter, who, having learned his philosophy from the De mon of Ennui, complains that he is always disappointed, and can never see any thing as other people see it; and Sir Archibald Maelthombuid, an actual Scotehinan, and a sei disanf philosopher, who is mathematically exact in re;ect ing every thing which dOes not suit with the measu eof his own apprehension, At the conclusion of the Se. ond Part, Mr. Mathews depicts the interior of a gaming-house. The story is simple : a young Yorkshire Gentleman, happy in the enjoyment of health, family, and fortune, becomes attached to play ; he wins at first, anti ie thus led on to his total ruin ; his own degradation he is able to endure, but the misery he has brought upon his family preys on his mind, amid madness is the consequence. Mr. Mathews, who possesses the deep feelings which usually accom pany genius, gives full effect to this plain but awful tale; he makes it, we might say, perhaps, painfully impressive, but our feelings . are soon relieved by a scene on the hus tings, where the speech of an Irish Counsel, and another specimen of, mob oratory, completely . recruit our spirits. By far the best part of Mr. Mathews 's entertainment, in respect to vivacity and genuine humour, is Cat which is wholly his own ; we mean the recitations which belong to the songs. We may instance the scene on the hustings, and the rival speeches to which we before alluded ; " Lou don at five in the morning," a humorous and spirited sketch ; and " The visit to the Italian Opera ;" in which the imitations are admirable, with the exception, perhaps, of the soprano singing, which, as an imitation of an indivi dual, had no merit, and, considered merely. as soprano sing ing, is not ludicrous. The entertainment closed with a Monopolylogite, styled the " City Barge." The rival loves of Mr. Gibletts and Mr. Sassafras for the fair Mrs. Georgina Grius, constitute the plot of this piece. It has no merit but that of affording Mr. Mathews an opportunity of appearing in eight different characters successively. It would not bespeak either our prudence or good taste to attempt a minute account of Mr. Methews's entertain ment. The flowers plucked in his garden would lose their fragrance when transported elsewhere. Ile is himself the source of laughter—the funs ipsej , ,corum. Ile is the le gitimate descoidant of the Comic Muse. To purloin and 'hear away his good things would be to invade the property of which he was " born sele heir and single." The praise of those critics who scrupulously withhold their censure is of vtry little value ; and no one who feels that he has a legitimate title to praise will ever dis courage the free discussion of his merits. Then remarks apply, we conceive, with peculiar force to Charles Mathews, for that extraordinary man has littl • to fear from criticism. He is without a rival, nay, lie is the very beau ideal of a Monopolylogist ; he has all the powers of Proteus: " Omnia transformat sexe in miracola rerun)." To ascertain his excellence we must compare him with himself ; and if we ever find him wanting it is only be cause he has been once superior. it is no small obligation which humen nature owes to Mr. Mathews, that lie tickles it, as it were, into the enjoy molt of its infirmities; it is not merely that he snakes us laugh, but he never abuses our propensity to laughter. No one could " hold the mirror up to nature " with more fidelity, or with better effect ; he knows the due hounds of ridicule and good humour, and has the art which few have of entertaining the public without descending to pruriency or personality. Good feeling and good sense direct the light shafts of his satire, which plays as harm ieel.ly among us as the flames round the head of lulus. Baying premised so much in the general praise of Mr. Mathews, we will take the liberty of saying, that we caw. not find in this last entertainment that vigorous defines. lion of individual character which distinguished his former ones. Ile begins to paint, not individuals, h et liaises of men. Young coxcombs and old valetudinarians are characters which we are all acquainted with. However naturally Mr. Alathews may mimic them, they still belong to the vulgarities of nature. Good comic characteri ought to be like —no, we will not say like—Sir John Falstull; h e „, cause that would be impossible; but they ought to re semble him in one respect, viz. in being like nothing h et themselves. In short, we require more originality; we wish to ice, not such oddities as may be seen at corner of every street, but eccentrics majorum Doubil.in or Sir 3f ark Magnum. Mr. Mathews, w e know, is not merely a clever comedian ; he is more, h e is a keen observer of character. We take him at his word when he says that he has abundance of tnoterials, and trust that his future entertainments will manifest his e t ., quiescence in the justice of our remarks. ROTAI, ACADEMY OF MUSIC. On Saturday the monthly concert for March was gu ll in the Concert-room of this Institution, and wu v er y numerously and fashionably attended ; the scheme of the performances was as follows : PART 1.--Sintimia in }; Mat—Haydn. Trio, oboe, o.Cuo_ clarionet, T. 3ludie, busoon, D. Smith—Beethoven. Fact s , - ; piimmforte, Miss Foster—Cramer, Song, Mt. A. Sanie, " Cjd Fietaw"—Dintipaintner. Duo, two violin', M. Mayors by T. Ala wkes—Kreuu.er. Quartet, " II er° doloren—jog blur sash. - ' I'AIIT Il.—Overture, (L)doiakto—Cherulaini. Duet, T h e , Owe, W. Phipps, violoncello, C. Lucas—Maysedm Song, M N atrrell. " Ombra adorata."—Zingarelli. Adagio and &num, piano-force, Miss Dieltens—livarnell. Quartet, "Mi 01•111:11 race"--itirisini. Overture to Der Freiscauts—Weber. liaydn's siufonia in E fiat was effectively done, but not quite with so much steadiness as was necessary. The trio for oboe, clarionet, and bassoon, was very well pee. formed, particularly the oboe part, by Gratton Cooke, son of Mr. T. Cooke, composer to Drury-lane Theatre. The powers of this young gentleman are very extraordisary upon one of the most difficult instruments which the orchestra affords. Mr. A. Sspio's Girl Pieta°, by Lind. pa:ntner, wee very good, anal we think this gentleman's bass voice will be an acquisition when brought to mata ray. The duo for two violins, by 11. Blsgrove, pupil of Mr. F. Cramer, and T. Mawkes, pupil of Mr. Singer letti, drew down the most rapturous applause; and we feel satisfied that could Kreutzer himself have heard it be would have derived no small satisfaction. The first act closed with Lord Burghersh's quartet, 11 faro deface by Mies Bellehambers, bliss Watson, Mr. A. Sapio, and Mr. E. Spageoletti, and was very deservedly applauded. The overture to Lodoiske (not our dramatic romance), by Cheruhini, was most ably led by Master Seymour, tad we cannot but express our admiration of the manner la which the first horn part was done by Master Danielle, as well as the drums by blaster Pye. Every one who knows this overture will recollect the great precision requisite to give it its proper effict ; and certainly nothing was wanting on that head. bleyseder's duet for the piano-forte sod violoncello, introducing the sir of Di tanli palpiti, was well executed, hut the pianc-forte part was beneath the powers of young Phipps. Miss Dorrell's Ombra adorata of Zings. relli was moat ably executed; and we must say tbat we have great expectations from this young lady, though we regret, for her sake, that her talents were not fostered at an earlier age. Rossitit's quartet of Mi mance la roc was not so strictly he time as to admit of that share of praise to which it would have been otherwise entitled. It was expected that Carl Maria Von Weber would have been present, and therefore the overture to Mr Freisehutz vas selected to close the performances, but he was prevented from attending, and lost, from that circumstance, what we are assured would have given him the greatest delight. Miss Foster played a fantasio of Cramer's, and Miss Dickens an adagio and air brillante of Ilurnmel's ; these young ladies are pupils of M. Moscheles, and do that gee. tleman the greatest credit. They appear nearly of an age (about fifteen) and their style of execution promises that they will attain the highest rank in their profession. As a master we think M. Moscheles is unrivalled his power as a performer are well known and duly . appreciated. We always considered Clementi the first piano-forte player of his day, and it is no small compliment to him to say dot no exercises of any modern composer have supplanted his Grades ad Parnassum, which we cannot too strongly re commend to time study of all those who wish to gain a com petent command of the piano forte. Dr. Crotch presided at the piano -forte, a situation usually assigned to Mr. Bochsa when in the eademy. Our readers, we presume, are aware that Mr. Bochsa has been dismissed from his situation of Director of the prac dee of the Royal Academy of Music, in consequence of the charges that have been brought against his moral cbs. racter while resident in his native country. We should not have alluded further to this subject but from a letter which appeared in a Morning Paper (lately established), during the last week, signed " Justus." The first part graph of that letter, whether intentionally or not we do not ' know, implied that Mr. Bochsa's character in the !loyal Academy of Music had not been such as it twee. Upon inquiry we are assured that there is no foundation whatever for such a charge. The same letter also stated, that if M. Bochsa subscribed to that Institution, in mow) and instruments, nearly equalling, in amount, the sum that he bad to receive from it—he had done so with the property of other persons, because he bad become a hank ruin. Of that, we conceive, the Royal Academy could not judge ; but of his time, which we presume to have been his own, he was most liberal in the sacrifice (if we may be allowed the expression) for the good of this Institution. And we say, without fear of contradiction, that the success which has attended it has been mainly assisted by that dere tion of dine which no other pawn' could be found willing to give to it. It is quite clear that the Noblemen and Gen tlemen of the Committee could have no feeling for the re taining him in his dike but that they believed his serviceswere essential to the well-being of the establishment intrust ed to their charge. It has been absurdly stated over awl ever again that Mr. Bochsa bad the superintendence of the moral as well as musical education of the students of the Royal Academy of Music. The fact is that the boys are under the superintendence of a clergyman residing ei!it them for the express purpose of regulating their moral else racier, while the girls are under the inspection of Mrs. Wade, the widow of an officer of high rank in tee army, assisted by a lady of great respecta bilit y , as gine7. ness. Nothing, therefore, can be more ur fair than tore . _ present that Mr. Bochsa was allowed any interference mu) the pupils except as to the regulation of the practice , the iving his lessons on t harp, always in the preseece the g governess. We have he thought it necessary to °°Y ill" much, in order that the public may kno w what really were Mr. Bochsa's duties in the Academy. We hope that Ito. ral feeling alone has actuated those who have brought Cr; ward the charges against Mr. Boehm, though we 're posed to doubt that such is the case , seeing the time tt,3t has elapsed in bringing them forward. We should haw thought the proper period for the expo s i t i on wo nelhar. been when Mr. Bochsa was projecting his oratorios in cuntry, when a refusal to perform with a person reputed character would have been certainly the mos t ro4 sistent course to have adopted. In conclueion, %CL that the Committee will be enabled to find a pero w e , the office of director o`.. the practice, w illing to de ° te t t :7 dine necessary for the purpose, always re membering that, must possess the requisites necessary for the icaportauce his office. The Bavarian MinClaer transacted business yestenle!':l the Foreign Office. On Saturday Count de Moltke, the Danish Minittet, transacted business at the Secretary of Slate's Ottic Foreign Affairs. Mr. Secretary Canning bad a select party at dinner 1r" terday, at his residence in Downing street. A Cabinet Council was summoned to meet yeste la Y two o'clock, which was afterwards postponed. • Saturday evening Mr. Secretary Peel left town "s to his brother Major Peel, at his house mar Richou u ' Surrey. The Quarantine Department at 'Milford is to be Pli c " under the superintendence of a Captain, two Lietne" lll ' and a Purser of the Royal Navy.—Homps4ire 7'eler,r4" Sir Michael Seymour, But. k.C. B. h a s take" I he nand of the port, pro tempore the Command o-4mA. bating gone on leave. —ThonpAire Telegraph.