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PRICES OF IIItITISII Bank Slack 3 par Cent Redueed. per Cent. Cuos. 931 f Si per Cent. 4 pet Cent. Nen 4 per Cent. 11161 7 fif j Long Annuities, Imperial 3 per Cents. 921 Se Dank for Account 241 Cons. for Aet. a:l4 If ff India Stock PRICES OF F0149:11191 Austrian Scrip, 19 Ilf g 4 pr Ditto for Account Ilj pr. Ditto paul in full, Chilian Bonds, lef i l Ditto for Ace. 83 2 Colombian Bonds, 81 Do. for Acct. Giti Danish Donau, 994 84 Ditto Marks Banco, 1)1 34 'Ores+ Scrip. 211 2 pr. Slexican 71 I 1 Pr- Du. fur Ac. 74 pr. Neapolitan Bda, 804114 9 8 3949 Ditto for Account 8.14 j Portuguese Roods Ditto N.rip _ Prussian Bonds, 971 Ditto for Account J) to Bonds (DM) 934 Peruvian Scrip. 77 COURSE OF EXCIL Amsterdam C. F. 12 2 Ditto, at sight - 11 10 Rotterdam - 12 3 Antwerp . - 12 4 Hamburgh - 37 b Altona - - 37 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 tili Ditto . 25 00 Bourdeattz - 2.1 80 Reriin - - 710 Frankfort-on.the.3lain 1551 Patersburgh 9 Vienna . . 10 10 Trieste - - 10111 Madrid Cadiz 35 Bilboa . . 35 Barcelona 3 5, Seville . - 35 • 4ltbraltar - - 30 MAILS. Asa ivro—l Hamad. Doc—l Lisbon. I Gottemburgh sad 4 Hainbenb. gne Xrnifilt Prtgsls. KING'S THEATRE. This Evening, SATURDAY. Mare It 13, will be Performed ZELMIRA. End of the Opera. new Billet. entitled I.E SWAM IrOsSIAN. Owing to the length of the Opera and the new Ballet, there will be nu Invertissonent between the Seta Application. fur Mel. and Mingle Subseripthaw fur the Season to be made to Mr. Seguin, 10:4 Quad/ant, Regent-street. IVEW TIII:ATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Tlll4 Ertl - lbw. SVTERDAV, March 13, will be performed TIIE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. Fenton, Mr. Brahmin; sir John Falstaff, Mr. DOWtI/0. Mrs. Ford, MAO Stephell*; Mrs. rase, Misseubitt. To conclude with the Melo-Drama of TEKEI.I. On Monday. The Merchant of Venice% with Tekell. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT--GARDE 'j This Evening. SATURDAY. Marrh 13, will be performed PRIDE SIIALL HAVE A FALL. Count Ventoso, Mr. W. Fairen: Stefano, Mr. Egerton: Lorenzo, Mr. C. Kcioble. Victoria, Woe Paton Leonora. lien Love. To conclude with the Burletta of MI DAS. On Monday, Pride Shall Haver Fall: with the Pantomime. ADELPHI THEATRE, STRAND. This Evening, SATUILDAV, March 13, will be performed WAVERLEV. Fergus MaCISW, Mr. fießattly, Mrs. Waylett. birs. Nowetetk. Mr..l. Reeve. After which. the Ballet of JEMMY ,1111ERDEEN. To cowhide with tjl:Allitt;PEDS. Tin BRITISH Para' commenced publishing yesterday morning at half-past Eire o'clock. LONDON. SATURDAY, ALtßeit 13, 1824. The French Papers of Wednesday and Thursday reached our office yesterday. They contain nothing whatever of any political interest. The leading cnttents of Wednesday's Mowiteur-and of the Etuilegf Thursday, will be found so follow. [From the Moaitear of Wednesday. March 10.—Offici d Part.] ASIS, Matteis 9th. Today, altar Mass, the Foreign Ambsuadors and Ministers paid their respects to the King and Royal Family. [Non-Official Part.l NAPLES, FEn. 21. The King has presided at several extraordinary councils of the Ministers, which have taken place here since the 19th. A confe rence is spoken of between the Minister of war and Baron Fri. mont, Commander-in-Chtef of the army of occupation. We have just received letters from 31alta, which state that Ad miral Neale, commanding the British squadron in that port, has received orders from his Government to go and severely chastise the Regency of Algiers, on account of several acts of the Bey, com mitted contrary to the treaty of Peace in 1816. MADRID, FEB. 2CL The changes in the Council of Cudlle are the general subject of conversation; they were made without the Ministers being in. funned, and it is thought they do not approve of this measure, which soma persons think nmy even lead to a change of the ad ministration. Some ascribe it to the influence of the Counsellor L'gsrte, who has but lately been placed In that situation, having been previously private secretary to the King. Others who pre. tend to be better informed attribute it to Villele, the President of the Council, a man of great age, but of a very firm mind, who is suspected of wishing to restore m the Council of Castille the power and attributes it possessed before the Ministry of Floreda Blanca, which would render that of the Ministers almost null, and snake mere secretariss of them. Merino has retired to Burgos, his native city, renouncing the benefice he enjoyed as Canon of Video. der, and preferring the pay and honours of a Brigadier.tienaal of the King's army. The French troops sent towards Segovia have not yet returned to Madrid. Bessieres retains the rank of Major. General, but, on account of the bad state of the finances, will only have the pay of Colonel (From the Etaile, dated Thursday.] Pants, MARCH 10. His Majesty heard Mass in his apartments—The King presided in a Council of Ministers. Bulletin of the health of the Princess of Conde : •' March 10—Half-past Seven. " The situation of her Highness has not varied since putridity. AU the symptoms anthe sane. The pulse this morning is at 08." FRENCII FUNDS.—PARIS, Mallen 10.-3 per Cents. (Joules du 22 Man.) 100 1. 25 c.; Bank Stock, 1,700 L ; Neapolitan 6 per Cents., in ducats 1101, in francs 95; Resta d'Espagno 22i ; Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 10i. Exchange on Loodan—One Month, 251 60c. ; three ditto, 23f. 40 c. The rumour of a Congress at Paris, on the affairs of South America, has been for tome days revived; but the tone of the last French papers on this important subject continues perfectly pacific. The Journal des Debots of Wednesday has an article on these Colonies, which, from the connexion with M. de Villele, may be considered as almost official :—" It is already two years," this paper re marks, " since an Act passed, by which England opened " her ports to all the flags of the Spanish Colonies; and " she wished before to treat for the independence of " these Colonies, at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, and " renewed this proposition at the Congress of Vienna." Unquestionably Great Britain was not to close her ports against the flags of these countries, already virtually free; I she was not to reject their trade, and an intercourse with them, because Spain preferred feeble claims of obsolete dominion. The supremacy of Old Castile over the New , IVorld was, in effect, no more ; the Colonies had risen beyond the power that originally subdued and colonized them, and flung off a tyranny at once oppressive and de grading to them. If propositions were made, either at Aix-la-Chapelle or Vienna, to recognise their independence, ITOCK YESTERDAY. India Bonds, 76 71 pr. Julia for Account, 241 - 2 i South Sea Stock, South Sea Old Annuities South Sea New Annuities Ex. Bills, 1,0001. 47 49 41 pr. Ditto, 6001. Dit,n, Small, 49 43 49 pr. Indorsed ditto Lottery Tickets, 211. 1 Is. STOCKS YESTERDAY. Ruccian lids. 94 3414 f 1 1 Russian for Aect. 934 I j 4 I I Russian Inacription Exchange per ruble Ditto Metallic Stock (Baring) Ditto (Sillinia) Spanish Coin. 261 20 191 20 19j In 181 Ditto for Account 204 194 Ditto 170 & 2.53 lida. 2k Ditto 03, Do. 3 per Cts. (1823) 171 17 IG4 1 16 Ditto for Acct. Anglo Mei. Mines United Ditto French Rentes, 101 f. 100 f. 2k. Do. Es. 25f. 50e. Do. Scrip, 13 ex. div. Ditto for Aces. 134 pr. ox. div. INGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn . Reno* - 13 Venice - . 27 Malta - - 1.1 Naples . . :8 Palermo - 1151 Lisbon - 51 () port° - - .1:11 Rio Janeiro . 4 8 Ilahia - - Dublin - Cork • - 99• BULLION. k. s. d. Portugal fold in coin n 0 0 Foreign Hold in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 I New Dollars 0 4 •1 Silver in bars 0 0 • they were called fer by the irresistible course which the' tide of events had taken in the New World, and were such as a European Congress should have admitted and acknow ledged at once. It was the interest of Spain herself to have long since recognised the independence of her eman cipated Colonies, and thus conciliate those feelings which would have given her a commercial prefererce in the in tercourse with South America, and put her on a more' favoured footing in her relations with them than other nations. Great as her possessions in the New World hail been for centuries, they added little, after all, to her wealth or power ; she hail few manufactures of her own with which she could supply the demands of her subjects in Mexico, Peru, or the Caraccas. Those countries and Brazil gave more support to the industry of other nations than to that of impoverished Spain and Portugal, notwithstanding the jealous restraints by which all intercourse with them I was long proscribed. It is only of late years that this coun try has opened any considerable commercial relations with Southern America ; but France, Flanders, Holland, and Germany, supplied the Spanish and Portuguese colonists largely. Spain and Portugal contributed of native ma nufactures comparatively nothing. In the single ar ticle of linen, it was calculated that the annual demand' amounted to between three and four millions sterling. The capital which supplied the colonies to such an extent, was distributed among, and furnished a revenue to other coun tries. The profits of the after-shipments only went into the pockets of the inerchants of Cadiz and Lisbon, and en riched them at the expense of both countries generally. Raynal, the eloquent author of the " Philosophical and Political History of the Establishments of the Europeans in both Indies," estimates the annual importation of re gistered gold and silver into Spairr, at an average of eleven ' years from 1751 to 1764 inclusive, to have amounted to about 14 millions of piassres of ten reels each, aod, in cluding what may have been smuggled, the whole annual importation he calculates may have amounted to 17 mil lions of piastres, which, at 4.. 6d. the piastre, would be 3,625,0001. sterling. The annual importation into Cadiz did not of course comprise the whole produce of the mines of Spanish America; some part was reserved by the spe culators, and a proportion annually sent by the Acapulco ships to Manilla for the produce of the East. A part also was employed in the contraband trade which the Spanish colonies carried on with other European nations. The quantity of gold during the same period imported into Lis bon from Brazil, estimated from the tax paid to the Crown of one-fifth, Raynal calculates at about 20 millions of crusadoes, or 2,2.50,0001. sterling: a very small propor tion of this wealth remained to enrich either country. They possessed, as we have already said, few manufactures of their own ; the gold and silver of America was therefore circulated through the Continent ; it was paid for the supply of the two countries, and of their colonies in the New World. Thus Spain and Portugal, though possessed of the mines of Mexico, Peru, and Brazil, remained for centuries impoverished and uncnriched, while the neigh bouring countries derived all the bent fits of their posses sions, and became comparatively prosperous and wealthy , from their superior industry. The monopoly of Spain in the New World was long exclusive and supreme. The western coast of America afforded the only known example of a vast shore, near 2,000 leagues in length, inhabited only by one European nation. The Spaniards had formed distant establishments from Fort :Mullin in Chili, to the isolated port of San Francis, in New California. The Spa nish Government, soon after 1788, began to testify great jealousy at the appearance of the Russians on the north west coast of the new continent. Regarding every Euro pean nation as dangerous neighbours, they sent vessels to examine the situationsand propene( the Russian factories. The alarm subsided for a while, on finding that these dis tant factories did not extend eastward beyond Cook's Inlet. When the frantic Emperor Paul, in 1799, declared war against Spain, preparations were made at Mexico to des patch an expedition from the ports of San Blu and Mon terey, against the Russian colonies in America. The expe dition did not, however, proceed, and the Russians re mained unmolested. The Court of Madrid, in fact, had no knowledge whatever of these settlements until after the publication of the third voyage of our illustrious navi gator, Cook. They then sent two vessels, the frigate La Princess and the sloop Saw Corks, commanded by Don Estebon Martinez, and Don Gonzalo Lopez de Hero, from the port of San Bias, in Mexico, for the purpose of examining the position and state of the Russian esta blishments on the north-west coast of America. The Spa nish Court saw with alarm t)sat the growing fur-trade drew numerous English, French, and American vessels towards a coast which some short time before had been as little frequent. ed by Europeans as the coast of Endracht, in New Holland- Humboldt calculates that the distance from Petersburgh to the most eastern Russian factory on the continent of America, is about the same as from Madrid to the port of San Francisco, in New California. Russia still retains her dominion over this coast; but the power of Spain, and her monopoly, is gone. In Old California—celebrated prin cipally for its pearls, the only attraction, since the six teenth century, to navigators for visiting that desert coast — the power of Spain was principally established through the persevering exertions of that extraordinary body of men, the Jesuits. Though the celebrated Hernando Cortes expended more than 200,000 ducats of his patrimony in his California expedition, and formal possession, in the name of the Crown of Spain, was taken of the country by Sebastiau Viscaino, it was only about 1642 that the Jesuits were able to form a solid establishment there. The in teresting account of the Jesuits, Salvatierra and Ugarte, give us the first satisfactory acquaintance with that country. The village of Loreto had been already founded under the name of l'residio de San Dionisio, in 1697. Under the reign of Philip V., especially after the year 1744, the Spanish establishments in California became very considerable. The indefatigable Jesuits displayed , there that talent and commercial activity, to which they were indebted for such general success, and which exposed them to so many calumnies in both Indies. In the course of a very few yesrs they built sixteen villages in the in terior of the penirsula, and extended their missions widely. Since their memorable expulsion, in 1767, California was confided to the Dominican monks of the City of Mexico ; and its improre.nent has rapidly gone back. The Fran ciscans were more successful on the coasts of New Cali fornia. The pearls of California are of the finest water, and large ; the shell which produces the pearl is parti cularly found in the Bay of Ceralvo, and round the isles of Santa Cruz and San Jose. The most valuable pearls in the possession of the Court of Spain were found in 1615 and 1665, in the expeditions of Juan Yturbi, and Bernal de Pinadero. During the residence of the Visite dor Galvez in California, in 1766 and 1769, Iluanboldt mentions that a private Spanish soldier in the presidio of Loreto, grew rich in a very short time by pearl-fishing on the coast of Ceralvo. Since that period the number of pearls of California brought to the European market has been almost nothing. The Indians and Negroes who fol lowed the dangerous occupation of divers were so oppressed and badly paid by the Spaniards, that the fishery was al- most abandoned. This valuable branch of industry bin- guishtd from the same causes which destroyed the best re sources of South America, and made her dominion univer sally oppressive to her subjects in the New World, with very little benefit to herself. Such have been almost al ways the results of trying to maintain an oppressive monoply. After all the attempts made by Spain and other countries in Europe to engross to thcroselvts the whole trade of their Colonies, no country has yet been able to arrogate to itself any thing but the expense of sup porting in time of peace, and defending in tune of war, the oppressive authority which it assumes over them ; the inconveniences resulting from the possession of its colonies every country has engrossed to itself completely : the ad . _ _ FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. IVe received yesterday the Paris Journals of Wednes day, front which we copy the following:— [ From the Journal der Debuts.l PARIS, MARCH 9. The dneuments placed on the table of the house of Commons, and which we inserted yesterday, hare not furnished any thing new to the public. It is already two years since an Act passed, b which England opened h er p orts to a ll t h e fl ags o f th e Spani s h Colonies; and she wished before to treat for the independence of these Colonies, at the Congress of Aix la Chapelle, and renewed this proposition at the Congress of Vienna. Mr. tanning, at the commencement of the present Session of Parliament, announced fornially, that England was disposed to acknowledge the independence of Spanish America, it the informs , Lion which he expected from the English Agents should appear to him to lure no further doubt with regard to the Mother Country. But it now appears that the question was judged before the publi cation of these dneuntents. _ . vantages arising from their trade it has been obliged to : We observe, with pleasure, that the French diplomatic doeu. divide with other countries. South America. freed from 1 mints are are e xpressed x l n r w e e se t d o IWn w i h n et: greath cdcralltyofandidlotititetyt,igutdi7ceactlhand re ton. I f;rrnably m t x t; grad faith—to the politics of Europe—to the riFtts of the monopoly that so long fettered these great countries, ese now presents a vast and rising mart for our manufactures 1 une..n,,,, of atotoneetjineterfrZttapaocti4.cnianjahmicaelfie, Above alt, te,itthbut dochh e teh are te col s co nvinced confirm discussions already y opened on these of every description ; for which, in return, we shall have; one desire for the reciprocal continuation of a general peace. the rich produce of her soil, and the gold and silver of 1 on ly tirm the th d ese i Mexico and Peru. Our trade now, in a great degree, freed Temple, Hisilighness the Duke of Bourbon went in the afternoon to the from the restrictions that cramped it so long, is spreading i eport where prev h ail„ e It f re tl u re a se in ; t ioti l a s fe in i tl7;pos inw itn of the Emperor Prince tot but the last letters from St. Petemburgh announce the in every quarter and may soon know no bounds. Our Ale x ander ; ther, the Grand I r r e tile Prinrecovered,%ic w i thatil t tLi e at i ch i e c marr e i f aie v ir his h b e r c i g r : korner mercantile system and its numerous restrictions way form the subject of a future article ;—a system now has been celebrated. [From the ConstitmtiowerLi happily in a great degree abandoned, and which we yet , PARIS. MAIM 10. under a liberal administration, hoped to see exploded The news from England, which we this day publish, is of such political importance, as will not escape the attention of our altogether. readers. The sentiments of the British Government will be sufficiently men, notwithstanding they are somewhat disguised by the cere monious forms of diplomacy, which render them not the less striking and decisive. In reference to the important question of the independence of South America, England is on the one side, and the Holy Alliance at the other ; but it is not td be presort*, that the Holy Alliance will pursue objects which it will not be in its power to execute, and it is easy to perceive that ere long the general recognition of the independence of that great and rich part of the New World will take place. Mr. Huskisson, in the absence of Mr. Canning, stated last night the intention of the Right Hon. Gentleman, to submit to the House, on Tuesday next, an important state ment and papers relative' to tb* Wesa.lndies. He stated the intention of Mr. Canning, at the same time, to bring in a Bill, the object of which would be to make the trading in slaves by British subjects piracy. An enact ment of this description will be the only effective mode to destroy for ever this nefarious traffic. The foreign barter in slaves never will be generally put an end to until other countries follow our example, and concede the right of search, visiting with the consequences of piracy this horri ble trade in the lives and miseries of the people of Africa. All parties must cordially unite in such an object, however they may disagree as to any present internal regulations respecting the slave population throughout the West In dies. The fact is, that the slave trade, now so universally reprobated and proscribed by law, was long not only con hived at, but formally recognised and sanctioned by govern ment. More humane and enlightened views have since been adopted, not only by our legislature, but by the civi lised world in general, and the united voice of all has at length proscribed this abominable traffic, though to a cer tain extent it is yet carried on by the subjects of some of the continental powers. But the late agitated state of the West Indies will require the most calm and cautious policy to ensure the continuance of tranquillity ; a different con duct would shake the islands like a hurricane, and en danger the lives and properties of the European resident ! , all through the colonies. Anxious anticipation now at tends the promised important statement of Mr. Canning on Tuesday night. Any measures proposed by the Right Honourable Secretary will, we are sure, have equally in view the safety and prosperity of the colonies, and the chat acter and justice of this great country. We understand that one of the Austrian Messengers, who lately reached this country, was the bearer of a circu lar from the Cabinet of Vienna, stating, that the Members of the Holy Alliance are prepared to recognize the inde pendence of Greece, provided that its future Government shall be Monarchical. The answer of our Cabinet is saki to have been, that the most proper mode would be, to ac knowledge the independewee fin% and that it would then be time enough to discuss the forth of Government most congenial to the interests and happiness of the Greek people. We trust the above report may be confirmed, and shall be glad to hail the decision of Ministers, as another concession to the spirit of the age, which does them so much credit. The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Duke and Duchess of Clarence yesterday. Prince Leopold, attended by Baron Stockmar, dined with the Duchess of Kent on Thursday, at his apartments at Kensington Palace. His Royal Highness honoured the Dowager Marchioness of Hertford with his presence in the evening, at her residence in Manchester-square. Yesterday morning, between twelve and one o'clock, Prince Leopold, attended by the Baron Stoclunar, left town for Claremont. DEATH Or VISI MINT MAY N AR7l.—We are sorry to an nounce the death of Lord Viscount Mayna rd , which took place on Wednesday last, at his Lordship 's seat at Dun mow, Essex. Ile was also Baron Maynard, and a Baronet. His Lordship completed his 79d year in August last. IMPORTANT LEGAL REMOVAL—A rumour prevails, and seems to have gained considerable credit, that a high legal officer is actually superseded. We have many rea sons for hoping it may prove unfounded.—/ridt Times. In consequence of Lord NorbUr7 being unwell, Judge Vandeleur goes the Home, or the North-west Circuit, and Sergeant Lefroy the Munster.— Waterford Mirror. We understand the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor has been deputed by the Corporation to proceed ro London, in order to transact some business connected with the interest of this city. It is expected that he will sail on Wednesday. —lrish Times. Thursday, John Doherty, Esq. K.C. Recorder of Wa terford, was returned to Parliament for New Roes.—Wo terfi)rd Mirror. Notwithstanding the attestation concerning the health of Madame Calcani, we have reason to believe that she will not sing again at the anestis MISS F. 11. Kelly played Desdessona to Mr. Macready's Othello, at the Glasgow 'Theatre, on Tuesday last. LICENCE DUTlER.—Yesterday afternoon a numerous meeting of the licensed victuallers of the united parishes of St. James and St. John., Clakenwell, took place at the Crown-tavern, Clerkenerell-grass, for the purpose of pe titioning Parliament he the repeal of the adilistostal duties levied on the licensed victuallers In the year ISIS • Mr. Mark Cooke in the Chair. The petition was read, and unanimously agreed to ; when it was intimated that Mr. Byng, M.P. would propose it in the House of Commons on Tuesday night next. The petition was numerously signed., AIi:CHARY& INsTrruTios.--Last nilgght , Mr. Milling ton delivered his fourth lecture on the Elementary Princi ph s of Mechanical Science, at Dr. Lindsay's Chapel, itlonkwell-street, Cripplegate. LINCOLN, MARL 7 I . I IL-. Mr. Baron Bullock re sumed his seat in the Chapter House : at that time seven causes (including two Special Juries) were to be disposed of ; and from the expected length of them it was supposed that some would be remanent. The trial of .lohn Smith, for the murder of Sarah Arrowsmith, at Alford, is ap pointed to come on at eight o'clock on Friday morning. Hoe INTL LLIGEXCE.—Sir Thomas Winningtnn, one of the Members for the County, has received an official com munication from Government, that one-half of the Hop Duty for 15242 is remitted to the Planters by them, and that payment of the other half will be called for in next April.— Worcester Journal. DELIBERATE ATTEMFT AT SUICIDE...Th(IIIday afternoon, about two o'clock, a man of respectable appearance went into the Crown public-house, in Esaez-street, tkrand, and ordered a pint of porter, where he sat (in the tap-room) till about ten o'clock, when, the mom being nearly empty, Alf. Boater, the landlord, having or. casion to fetch some hot water, saw the man in the act of cutting his throat. Mr. B. had the presence of mind to throw the boiling we ter at the wound, which caused him to drop the knife, and stagger, round the room. Medical aid was immediately sent for, and the wound was dressed, which fortunately proved by no means dan gerous. lie was afterwards conveyed to St. element's workhouse, whern he still remains in a fair way of recovery. It has since been ascertained that his name is Crowder (a =MT), residing in Packer street, Drury-lane. SWITZERLAND. BASLE, Masten 3. The city of Lucerne has had the honour or adopting a very worthy act of toleration lately. This city is chiefly Inhabited by Catholics, who have the exclusive right of Christian burial, the Protestants resident there not being allowed to exercise it. Certain Catholics, conceiving this not to be consistent with the spirit of Christian toleration, resolved to put an end to it; and the menu_ ben of the Lucerne Government have approved of the resolution. DUTCH MAIL. Yesterday we received flaniburgh Papers to the Bth in stant, and Dutch Papers tour days later. The indisposi tion of the Emperor of Russia is at length noticed in ac counts from tat. PetersburAh ; his Majesty is suffering with an attack of St. Anthony s fire in his foot, in consequence of which (we presume) the fetes comitquent on the mar riage of the Grand Duke Michael are deterred until after Easter. The following are extracts:— Faartercurr, MARCH 2. The Minister of a Feat German Power has made to his col. leagues, in a confidential meeting, several communications respect tog the secret associations discovered some time ago, by students and other young persons who had quitted the Universities at pe riods muse or less remote, on the statutes of those usociations, and the members composing 'them. Ile has again invited them to re quest their Governments to co-operate in all ways in the investiga uons which are to take place, respecting the persons who are ar rested, or placed under surveillance in the States of their respective Sovereigns. It is said that all th e Ministers are already autho rised, or are certain of being so shortly, to comply with the desires of the great Court which has made these overtures. It seems, however, that it is not intended to proceed against any . persons but such as have continued to be members of secret associations since the Decree of the Diet of the 211th September, 1319. The proposals which seem to have been made to the Diet, relatively to the Press and inc Universities, are deferred tior the present. The Germanic Diet has not yet come to any resolution on the several reports of the Military Committee. It is thought, however, that the importt. ant subject of the final organisation of t h e Army of the Conledera. lion will be concluded in them', se of this month. The numerous remonstrances of the Sovereign Princes of the Confederation, of the third and fourth orders, who desire a reduction of their contingents to the artily, have not been attended to. STOCKHOLM, FEB. 24. Count Lawenhjelat will set out this week rot Constantinople, as nit Ambassador. We hear that M. de Gabire, French Secretary of Legation at Madrid, who was formerly in the Mme character at St. Peters burgh, is appointed Minister to This liimrt. CIIIISTIANIA, FEN. 20. His Majesty has announced to the Storthing the appointment of the brown Prince to the office of Viceroy ; he has likewise nomi nated him Chancellor of the Norwegian Univeniity. Commerce has become extremely brisk in our southern provinces in consequence of the numeral'. foreign coders for timber , &c. which promise one of the most advantageous years that we have had for a long time, and which seems to be caused by the late changesin the commercial systeni of Great Britain. ST. PETERBIOI6IH, FEN. 20. Salutes of artillery, fired from the fortress, announced the mar riage of his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Michael Paulo which, with the Grand Duchess Helena Pawlowna. The city is brilliantly illuminated this evening. His Majesty the Emperor still suffers with an inflammation (St. Anthony's fire) in the foot, and is confined to his room by it. It is said that all the public fetes, on account of the marriage, are deferred till after Easter.— Prince Constantine salved here front Warsaw the day before yes taday. FEN. 4. (0. S.) The following is the amount of the exports and imports, in some of our ports, in the month of November last : RIOS Imports - 1,906,531 rubles. Exports - . 4,383,000 TANGANROG Inipo/1.6 430,649 rubles. Chiefly Greek wines, Turkey figs, &c. We have learnt the arrival of M. Illinxiacky at Constantinople. FEB. 7, (0. S.) The Court Gazette contains an Imperial Ukase, bestowing th Key of Chamberlain on M. Nudism, Counsellor of Legation at Stockholm, as a recompense fur his services. M. Olenin, Privy Counsellor, and Secretary of State, has received the order of St. Alexander Newaky, for his lung and faithful services. EXCHANGES. _ _ AMSTERDAM, MARCH 7.—London, 39-2—two months, 39. HAMIOIGH, 31ancti b.—London, 36-ll—two months, 36.8. PIETEMSBURRH, FEB. 28.—London, 9 3 B—Paris, 94 Larrate, Manes' I.—London, two months, 6-19} BEstatst, MARCH 2.—London, three months-79a. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. MADRID, FEB. 26. It is only spoken here of the dismissal of fourteen Councillors of Castille, an event so much the more extra- I ordinary, as they all belong to the old school, and have been, during their long career, the docile instruments of despotism. This strange measure can only be attributed to r the influence of Russia, exercised through the medium of M. Ugarte, who, since his appointment to the functions ' of Secretary to the Council of State, has greatly extended the limits of his power at Court, and has become the arbiter of our destiny. The King has positively applied to the Russian Cabinet for ten ships of war, in exchange of which he offers territories in America. The Count of Ofalia continues to be the favourite of M. Ugarte and of the Count of Bulgari, the Russian Ambassador, at whose residence Ministers transact business ostensibly, and so much so, that by times the Calle de las Tres Cru‘s, in' which he lives, is thronged with their Excellencies' ' carriages. The new DetTee concerning the monopoly of cod and of all sorts of salt fish has produced here a great exasperation throughout all classes. Several merchants of Madrid have remonstrated on the subject to the Minister of Finances, who replied to them, that this was only the first of a series of meksures of the same nature, and that Govern ment was induced to have recourse to this measure, because no contributions could be raised. M. Arjona, Intendant of the Police at Madrid, has caused fifteen persons to be arrested, on the charge of hav ing uttered, under the King's windows, cries of " Live Charles V., and death to Ferdinand." The King has op posed himself to their being prosecuted by the tribunals ; hence is it expected that they will be confined for life. Amongst these individuals was found, a servant attached to the Count of Almenara, formerly Minister to King Joseph, and the Chief of the AT raterestulos ; a circum stance which confirms the suspicions always entertained about the zgraseesodta having had the intention of placing Don Carlta on the throne. T h e wife of this personage, and her sister, the Princess of Beira, are at the head of all the ecclesiastical intrigues which a7e castled on in the Palace, and which very often are in opposition to the will and interest of the King. &swims is always in the province of Cuenca, ag the head of 1,500 troops, in pursuit of the Constitutional gutrilias. This is the only military carps which has, till now, been sent Out against the Constitutionalists, who show therm , 'selves in all quarters, the French having declared that they had not come here to wage that sort , of warfare, and con 4 sequently they remain quiet ly in their garrisons. Letters from Cadiz, bearing date of the 11th February, bring intelligence that the French garrison continues td protect openly the Constitutionalists, and to manifest did greatest contempt for the Servile!. This forbearatite is carried so far, that several militias wear publicly their uniforms, under pretenCe that they hate not the means or procuring other clothes. What is going or, in the Pvniifice of La Mancha is a mystery which nobody can etplain. Ciudad Real, the capital, and several other prin c ip a l t owns hav e be en oe.a cupied during several days, by tonetitutional troops, whd had at the same time a considerable body at Guadaloupe, a ridge of mountains which separate this province front Estremadura, in order, should eireinnsfancet require it, td be able to retreat towards the latter protinoe. Extremadura id in a state of complete anarehy the, toting, and village! are alternately occupied by the Royalists and the Conatit tutionalists, for the French, who hate not quitted Radajozi take no part in all thi s . Th e p r i nc i p al w a s of the stitutionalists in Estremadura are Coen° and 'belles, both known as clever Guerill a Chi e f s , an d a price }tea be rm set upon their heads: . Mr. ()wenn!, the Contractor-Generli for the Army, and a protegee of the Doke of Angoulerne, gave the &pia , matic body a dinner and ball, which exhibited a real Asiatic splendour, and cost, it is said, 30,0041dollgrir P. 41118: ot , n colarsrocnticr.l Pat's,ilsatis There is no worse trait of the pfesent times than the it , f, ample which is everywhere set by thole inliigh pliers of laughing all patriot virtue out of countenance. Every 110 J tion of rational 111111 manly liberty is denounced as radical on your side the water; on this side, tile notion of any ori ginal compact existing, either express or implied, betl4.sui the govvniott and the governed, is quite exploded. Al td any promise on the part of the restored Monarch 61 tits French nation to govern in subservience to the happiness of his people there is no trace of it to be found. Les attsi gourernent les ants; but when was there e time that it was not so ? i hate read the history of governments in all ages, and I could never find that corruption was efef in fit infancy. It appears to me to be coeval With the %Mdbn of man, an event now of almost six thousand years stands ing, that is. presuming that we are eorteet in efur reeltona ing: for Morett:stsuite, in his Persian Letters, laysi " We must not calculate the years of the world, coda ..pm with which the number of grains of sand in the sea are hat as an instant." In justice, however, to the author of the .spirit of Laws, and in justice also to Mosesa it out not to be forgotten, that thirrensarlc appeared only in tt first edition of those celebrated letters: the Cuuncts was reed displeased with his hating thus put the cosmogony so be' mid die reach of computation, and the passage was ex 4 punged from all the subsequem editions. The drama, which is the life and soul of the Ridden populace, goes on joyously. Last nieht L'Ecok des Viet.. lards was performed at the Theatre Francais for the nine teenth time ! and although this piece bas been repeated twice or thrice every week since its first performance, Burl.' osity still stands on tip-toe as buoyantly as ever. The doors were thronged as early as four o clock, 'yid the same eared near manifested to obtain a seat as at the first representation and long before the curtain was drawn up tilt it place Wad to be procured for love or money : not that I can marred so exactly for time first of these ppee rrdauu 'ves, for Cupid eau usually come his way everywhere; his coin, therefore, might have passed—but for the coin of the realm, its ence, I can vouch for it, was useless. fifot a lam he a single individual was vacant in the parterre Lad ft= been es thin as a curtain-rod ; and the find and circle of boxes were filled et so early hour. This attractive comedy has not only been thus played to crowded bootee in Paris, but has been performeqd with equal inseam at all the provincial theatres throughout Prance. This 'good fortune will line the pockets of the author, who receive'si fixed portion of the profits from every trianager so *hew stage it is represented. In the prst instates of goad fortune, his piece has peen so succesaM, that nothing bee remained for bins but to " Pursue the triumph and pinata the pis." This is not often the case wi dransatia writes.; they have rarely snit W set-in svallildlsr as L'Eeole des Vielliards certainly possesses excellencies which well entitle it to the extraordinary share of public favour it has obtained ; it is, at the tame time, indebted, in a cos , siderahle degree, to the admirable acting of TALNA, who performs the character of DANVILLE, and in his very first style ; all the peculiar beauties of language and sentiment which it contains, are improved by his vivid and forcible conception of them. His acting is throughout • muter. piece. He is graceful and animated--always full of feeling and vivacity—but never ontatepping the modesty dna. cure, or offending against the rules et taste. ever he spoke, the other evening, the house was hushed as the Monastery of La TRAPPE ; every speeds was seem. panied by a suspended pause of admiration, which. at its close, burst forth in a thunder-peal of applause. His die. emery of the Duke in the chamber of his wife (Hortense) was attended by a look and gesture, th a t produced an dee: trifying effect on the whole house. Mademoiselle Maas played Hortense, and played it to perfection ; never was a more bewitching soul breathed into a living body : the power of her acting is mysterious and original ; she is one of those frinales to which mankind, with common consent, have given the appellation of divinities. Had this cla ss o f goddesses but the attribute of immortal youth ! Bat, alas ! time steals them away, one by one, and will one day carry her off with the rest. " E'en while we think, Life ceases, and to-morrow neer returns." The character of the old bachelor, Bonnard was per formed by Ds vtc Nv, with his cheracteristi: good humour. The Duke D'Elnusr was finely represented by AswAND his unreserved declaration of love to Hortense ' and its in dignant and dignified rejection on her part, produced an effect that was irresistible. The heat of the house was excessive, notwithstanding the coldness of the weather. The breath of a thousand lungs coming across one occa sionally like a blast of hot sir, is, of all things, the most enervating. The sight of TALAI• and Mademaiselle MARS could alone induce any one to endure it. We have a new comedy also, a sort of appendage to VErnle des Vie/lards, called L'Eeole des "'idles Femmes, which has considerable merit, and is running its career of popularity. There is no living in this world—in this part of it at lout—without a succession of amusing no velties. Flies are made to be eaten up by spiders, and men and women to be devoured by easel. The political world goes on mach as usual. Supersti tion is cultivated and countenanced by the priesthood with as much zeal as ever. II ley a pas its theologies gni tie roulut etre le maitre de retat. Some French writer has made this remark, and it is perfectly just. But arbitrary power is gradually attaining to a degree of strength from which we can only hope to be delivered by the prayers of the Faithful. We ire rapidly arriving at that crisis from the evil of which there is no relief to be looked for but in the public spirit of the nation. It reminds one of what Foi st N an Admiral in the time of Louis the XIV. mid to his I I sailors, who, in a violent worm, were recommending them selves to every Saint in the Calendar :—" Courage, my lads!" said he, "prayers are good things—but SAINT Puss v it the only Saint that can save us." DRAINING OF THE DOGS OF IRELAND. A meeting is advertised, at which a mopoaition will be Made WA form • t:ompany, with • view to this truly national object. It has already excited great public interest, and we have no doubt that the subscription hat will be immediately filled up. For this par kpose, we imagine that Gove rn ment a id mi g h t b e o bt a i ne d ; but wit confess we should rather see the matter entrusted to the emnpriaa of individuals. Here, too, English capital mar be applied with success. Our bogs are not like the marshes of England, or Dart moor Heath ; they are really valuable, with the exception, pee -1 haps, of a considerable part of the bog of Allan. But even this extensiie moor is capable of being turned to use. A great pan of it is a dead level, no doubt, but it still forms part of the table Lad of Ireland. It is considerably, perhaps 100 feet, above the level of the sea. One consideration, however, we should beg leave, iw the veer first instance, distinctly to premise, and it is this--that none of the reclaimed land shall be subject ti tithe, or to church rates of any k.nd. For we know that it his often occurred, that when a few acres of bog were reclaimed, the church came down and w ept awiy all the profits. Tithes are severe enoug.i, and suTefently large, on the old land ; ..t all events, let the new be sawed from the infliction.—Du Fn, m a is* Juin nal. 7, I ' 1