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TRICKS 017 BRITISH STOCKS YESTERDAY; Smelt Steck 2011 India Stock $ par Cent. Bed. 79 1 11 India Bonds 8 9 poi 8 par Gott. Cone. lit. BUM 10001. 19 pa Moo Sem. 801 I I I Ditto 11001.8 9 pet li pot Cam. Red. 8111 . Dino Small 8 0 pm long San. 19 1-16 IS 16411 1.9 Lelitsey Moats 101.8+. PRICES OF FOREIGN Austrian Bond+ 87j Beastlisn Bond. Zo; 1 7 Buenos Ayres Bends 60} Ciallian Bends 41 C4losnblatt Bend. OittO bonds ;m4) 44111 Ditto Acct. 4o; I Ditto Acct. 40j lantsla Bonds (1825) 1116. Ditto Acct. 541 ?rend' Bente* 5 per Cent. 97t. ixthange 23( 150 c. STOCKS YESTERDAY. Preach Rented 3 per Cent. OM latebange 23f. 65c. Mexican SonAs 356 26 Ditto Bond.. 3822) 623.2 # Ditto Acct. 62$ 3 Peruvian Bonds 50 Portuguese Boudi 716 t Ditto At ct. 713 Russian Bondi (1822) 801 1 Ditto Acrt. EN SpaniA Build. 73 8 Ditto 410, 86 ,RE' AI TgIITERDAY. .888. Shone. ?std. A4480-Sleakan ..... ..... ..... .'. ..... elm o Is Mt Angio-Chillan Orsolllon ........ .... . . ...... Milton Pasco-Peruvian ' Walsh Iron and Cosi s al IS: 7S die 441111/ASCS IS•. OSS/M/08 Piro lO I g dts •All WHIT AND COS/ ILO. ISiOdiomesl PRICES OF SIM . ........ General Steen Navigation Provincial Rank of Ireland Cite Waiflit WOO. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. POR THE BENEFIT OF MR. HARLEY. Tile E waning, TU RADAR. Jane 6. wIU be performed the Comic Opera of THE ENGLISH FLEMr. Ig or IN 1 342. Mainmaet. Mr. Va:eitlne, Mr. T. Cooke; Fltterates. orn ; Mat Harley Jane Conntewa of &Matey, Mt.. V. West ; Isabel. Mll. Cubit; ; Ratharlse, Mee Stepherte. After which, A CONCERT OF VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC.. To conclude with the Romantic Drama of AVON HASSAN. Abram Ifsassa,- r. Horn ; Zahouc, Mr. Harley i Zatima, MO, °redden. ROYAL GARDENS. VAUXHALL. ARE OPEN FOR THE SEASON EVERY MONDAY, WEDNZSDAY, AND FRIDAY. Tinder the especial Patromure of his Most Dreams Majesty. The Amusements commence with a GRAND CONCERT, in Two Acts, Li the superb new Concert Room. Principal Vocal Performers. Mks Stephens Madaue Veldts Signor De Bennis Mr. Tinney Cornega Mr. Brahma Mr. Florneastie Mr. lt Miss Cooke Mr. Sinclair Mr. C. Taylor Master Barker. Composer and Condnctnr, Mr. H. R. Bishop. An entirely new Pastoral Ballet. by Monsieur I. A. Theicor, late Ballet hatter to the Theatre Royal, AsnOcrdam, entitled L'INTRIGUE DI/ VILLAGE. Principal Perforrnere—Madrmolselle Pauline Romignol. from the Theatre Royal, Amsterdam; and Monsieur B. Vests Is, fronathe Theater Royal San Carlos, at Naples, and In scale. at Milan. The Illuminations are on the most magnlecont scale. conclude with A BRILLIANT DISPLAY OF FIRE•WORES, Vise Love, of the Theatre Royal, Coeent.gardrn, la engaged, tad will st..,tts make her appearance. Parilcula. respecting the Partite Monis, for the Stereo or Nightly, may be bad upon application to Mr. Andrews , Bookseller. Dotul-strea. Doors open at Serest o•Cloek.--Concert commences at Half-past Eight. Admission 41. - - BalTlllll Patsa commc.ieed publibliing. yesterday morn ing at five o'clock. LONDON, TUESDAY, JCSE 6, 1626. The private correspondence from Lisbon of the 17th May, states that the arrival of the Newton, which brought despatches from Sir CHARLES SreAaT toSir W. A'Counz, bas produced an extraordinary activity in the courier dr partinent between Lisbon and London. The commercial letters from Bahia affirm that the Emperor intends to return to Portugal. The Brazilian Government has given orders to transmit 60,000/. to England, to discharge the dividends on the loan. The execution of this order has been entrusted by the Emperor to the authorities of the province of Maragnon, and it is supposed that the value will be remitted in cotton. Wt subjoin a few extracts from the French Papers re wired last night. Vora the Doile, dated Sunday. June 4.1 TRIIPTE, MAY 21. Letters from Arta. of 7th of May, announce that pan of the Agleam of blirtelonghi had made its way through the Egyptian camp, and joined Karaiskaki, who wag in the mountains between Migsolonghi and Saloon. Before the pally of the garrison, Notes Boataris, an old man, 76 years of age, had made a speech to ttem, in which he declared that he considered himself as the t :use of their misfortunes, since it era by his advice that they had rejected all the otlies of capitulation, even under the guaran tee of the English; and that he was revolved to be the first to tLso.e himself to death, and to remain in the town to blow up the tr ines after their depirtute. Some hundred brave men joined him, and the Bishop pronounced his blessing on their resolu tion. the result of which, as we know. cost the lives of an many 'I% rice. PAU'S, JUNE 3. ,The Nurenaterg Corresnontlett pretends that Prussia, to answer the pretensions of the Government of the Netherlands with respect the navigation of the Rhine, Is on the point of imposing exor bitant duties ow all goods coming from Holland. (Prom the Journal de Pas is.] ➢JAnnrn, MAY 22. The Fabius frigate arrived on the 12th a Cadiz, in 30 doss from the Havannah. The Captain has declared, that on the Ithh Feb. lire Spanish frigates anti a schooner sailed from the Havannuh, supposed to he bound on a secret expedit i , :rt to the part• of Cartha. gena of the Indies. These vessels had on hoard 700 troops, which dm, were to land, on their passage. in Cuba. The Zephyr corvette was expected at the Harannah it was to sail again. to convoy a number of Ifentl3 bound to Cadiz. The Bishop Custuanga, on whom the Bishopric of the Ha. vannalt deperds, has, in a pastoral letter of February 11, -enjoined the Clergy of his diocese to take advantage of the season of Lent to instruct their parishioners, and make them sensible of the great dif. terence between the pellet, abundance, and tranquillity, which the II arphosh enjoys under the Govemmmt of his Catholic Majesty, and the misery which oppresses the ether people of America under die in►ugent (lovetrzmen•.— Sfedrid Gazette. FRENCH Ft , Ittill.--PARIS, JUICE 3.—Five per Cents. 417 f. Bank Stack, 2030 f. ; Rentes de Naples, 761. 6 c. ; Royal Spanish Laws, ; Harlan Loan. 7•?61. Exchange on London—One )Tooth, 26f. 60c.; Three Months, 23f. 30e.—Conrs tithe/alone. Harnburgh Papers to the sd June hare ben received. Vie have extracted some paragraphs relative to the Em press ELIZABLTH el' Russia. HANIBUIIOff. JUNE I. N. Von Struve, the Russian Minister in this city, has received to-day, by way of Berlin, official information of the detth of her Majesty the Empress Dowager Elizabeth, an event which plunges the whole Imperial Family, and all faithful subjects, in the most profound affliction. The heath of the universally beloved Prin cess had been much impaired, etp.cially within the last two months; the most just grkf at the irreparable loss which she had *mutinied in the winter had broken her heart. She died on the ath (Nth) of May. at Beliff, near Kling', to which place she was g ing front Taganrog, lamented by all who had the happiness to k• ow a princess so richly endowed with the rarest qualities of the wind and heart.—.Harabergh New Car.ctle, Jame 2. II Aminson, JON t I. Vs e have received to-day the afB•ctirg new., that her Majesty the Empress Elizabeth died at &left' on the 1$ h, on her way from Taganrog to Kalnga, but too woo following her august consort. the Loiterer Alexander. Her Majesty the Empress Mother had gate to meet her, intendiirs to join her at Kiting*, and pass some days with her; but this meeting was not to take place. The . decrees of Providence, before which the highest must bow as wed. as the lowest, had amlained otherwise. Her Majesty tit Empress Elizabeth Alesies na. before her mar this* the Priem* Louisa Maria Augusta, was the second daugh. ter of the hereditary Prince (*harks Louis of Baden, who died in 1361. She was bow the 24th Jut. 1179, and married In 1193. He life was abort, but it was the life of en angel; filled with acts of be neficence, adorned with all the virtues that can dignify woman. She would have been worthy of the most splendid throne, had not fete placed her upon it. Her Majesty's oldest sister is the Queen Dowager of Bemis ; her younger sisters are Frederica, late Queen of Sweden, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Hesse Darmstadt.--Hanibargh Cor respaudetot, Atter 2. In another part of our Paper we have collected a vat iery of paragraphs, derived from sources inimical to free trade in America and the West Indies. We have done so, be cause whatever side of any question we may take, we are determined to do so only from a thorough conviction of the correctness of our views ; and we are aware that, even after coming to a general decision upon any question, a variety of circumstances may occur which render it necessary to modify that general conclusion in particular instances. There are no panaceas to snit all casts in politics, what ever charlatans may say on a subject which in all ages has been so fertile in charlatanerie. It is from their inatten tion to this circumstance that several journalists have taken occasion, from the public of the Scotch Currency Report, to accuse AI; oistori of a di. relietion of their prin ciples, or, at least, of indecision in carrying them into effect. We merely allude to this at present, as our more imme diate object is to consider what weight is to be attached to the objec:ions raised in some quarters against the liberal enactments of Government with regard to trade. The cla mour from Canida seems to be best founded, as the pro ductions of that colony are so similar to those of the United States, that the advantages which the inhabitants could expect from the reciprocity of trade could not easily overbalance the disadvantages arising from the destruction of their monopoly for the supply of the West Indies. Ad mitting this in its fullest extent, the interest of a part could not with any propriety be sacrificed to that of the whole; and it is evidently for the interest of England that the growers of West India produce should be enabled to supply it at the lowest rate by being permitted to purchase their necessaries at the cheapest market. The fact is, that the restrictive laws had thrown trade, in many cases, into unnatural channels, and some distress must result before it can return to that course which is in itself most beneficial. The removal of these restrictions has had the effect, be sides, of producing a sudden exertion of commercial enterprise in every department that has been thrown open, much beyond the demand of the different markets ; and the consequence is, that the competition of the former ma nufacturers and merchants has not been, in most cases, with regular traders, who calculated upon such a reason able profit as would be necessary to defray the expenses, but with adventurers, who, bring ignorant of the extent of the market, and of the magnitude of the opposition which they were likely to encounter, embarked their capitals in speculations, each individually to an extent which would have been sufficient to supply the market, and wire conse quently obliged to sell their merchandise below the ori ginal cost. Our merchants have real advantages in most branches of commerce, independent of the monopoly which was nominally, and only nominally, secured to them by the restrictive. laws ; and these advantages, when things recur to their natural state, will always protect them in the old markets ; but these circumstances were rendered unavailable for the moment, by the ignorance of foreign speculators, who imagined that there wan no security for Ent,•!isli trade but that contained in our navigation laws and commercial regulations. This error has been adopted by many of our mercantile men, and hence the opposition raised against the liberal system. The very sensible re marks of the American editor, whose opinions will be found under the head of " Free Trade," will shew, in the clear est manner, the disadvantage arising to the subjecte of the United States from their backwardness to conform to the conditions on which we have thrown open the trade of our Colonies. His remarks prove that the people themselves will soon feel it their interest to enlarge their trade, by compelling the Government to adopt the system of re ciprocity. CITY, MONDAY EVENING. The transactionsin the Funds to-.'ay were very light, the greatest fluctuation of Consols for Account being only from 804 to 804. They commenced at 80j, rose to 1304 buyers; when they receded to 804. The last quotation was 804 j. Three per Cent. Consols, shut ; Ditto fur Account, MI; 4 ; India Bonds,lll. 9s. pm.; Esche. crier Bills, G.. Cs. pm.; 4 per ctnt. Scrip. 14 pm. The Foreign and Share markets were very languid ; In the latter nothing was done. The relief that was given in the Money market by the late mea sure of the Batik has been very trifling, and money was con sequently carne.—The accounts from the manufecturing districts remain favourable. PANAMA AlissroN.—ln the Senate,the resolution of Mr. Branch, which has for some days been under discussion in that body, was laid on the table. On Friday of last week, the House of Representatives, by a vote of 143 to 54, re fused to interfere with the views of the Executive on the subject ; and yesterday the substance of the resolution, re jected in the House by so large a majority, was offered in the Senate as an amendment to the Appropriation Bill, by i Mr. Berrien. This opens the whole subject again for de bate, although it hos been so long debated, and so often decided upon already. This motion (says the New Fork American) can scarcely have been made with any expecta tion that it could succeed, and as an etty ression cf individ nal opinion was sort Amnia, for Mr. B_trrien had previously manifested with sufficient distinctness his view respecting the mission. What motive, then, other than that of delay ing, with the hope eventually, for the want of lime, of de feating this measure, can have influerced the Georgia senator? We perceive none. !low far it maybe deemed becoming, or wise, or patriotic, to take telyautag,e of the courtesy which seems to interdict in /he Senate the appllca tion of the previous question, in order to defeat, or at ally rate delay by indirection, a measure which both Muses have already passed upon. we leave to th e cons id erat i on o f those who judge both Smatont and their critics—the public.—Neteperl Mercury. We received yesterday a Supp!ement to the Madras Government Gazette, dated February 3. It contains ac counts of the operations before Bhnrtpore previous to the fall of that fortress, abd the following curious intelligence respecting the Burmese finances:— " We have seen a variety of letters from head-quarters in Ava, up to the 6,11 instaid : they all speak confidently as to the dependence we may place on the preliminary _real be lag ratified by the Court of Ave. They mention that she Burmese Commissioners fought a stout diplomatic battle, and reduced our demand from two to one crone of rupees. pleading most piteously the serverty of the Gulden Treasury. From every thing that ap peared the plea is founded in truth ; tar it seems agreed on all hands that the resources of the kingdom of Ava have been cmuidetely Wanted, in making the stand the Burmese have done We understand the periods of payment see Geed; and until one half is paid, our tamps are nut finally to leave the country. They are to remain where they are until the ratification, which is to be accompanied by a payment in part, arrives. Our troops then mose down to Promo, where they are to remain for a specified peril , ' (it is said one hundred days). when another portion of the money is to be fortheeming. They thou deep down to Rangoon, star there noodle, Itemised days, receive anneber part of the ranney.saud move off. By this time one moiety of the ...rote wilt have been paid, and the rest is (she produced at two instalments." _ Extract of r a letter. from an Etigliels brmse, dated Aetx Caves, 11 th April, 1821: :—" You .111 no doubt have heard that our President would not accept ;lie treaty of Commerce, concluded by his Commissioners at Paris. This eircuinstance unsettles the I French trade, and thwarts them considerably in their views. The Voraul appointed by the British 0 iverontent to this country had not arrived at Port.au.Prince on the 6th inst. We arc anxious for his arrival, in the hope this: some arrangement may be made favourable to our trade. The Government is trying to raise a loan in the country, but Ido in.t think it will succeed. The er , suing crop of Coffee protuibes to be vary abutidant—the price of the article is 733 a 8 dollars net." FRIINCII Tttes.r eta Ct.xv Sroca.— The half-yearly Dividend of the French S per Cent. Certificates falling due on the 22d Jtme, will he paid on that and every atiecevtling day, at the countinz-house of Mr. N. M. Rothschild, free ,)f all eh.trges. . -•.- •~- -'"" • ns• - • +rte+ Mil THE BRITISH PRESS. • rA 5 WO DIA 6 , 4 1 -IXT • PARTIES. The Duke of Beaufort entert - alcied -- acits . tlngulshed party at dialyse yes terday, at his house in Grosvenor.sqaare. The Earl of Aberdeen had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house In Argyll-street. Lo. cl Curington entertained a distinguished party nt dinner on fiandaY, at his house, Whitehall, among whom were—The Earl and Countess of . Kenmare, Lord and Lady G. !Somerset, Sir N. Campbell, R.W. Hay, Esq. Mr. Hamilton, Mr. Ise Blarehant, The following distinguished personages had dinner parties ye.terilly : Lord haltotin, Cumberland-street ; Hon. Mr. Keppel, Pall-mall y Eight Hon. Wan. Burklmmo, Somerset-place. MOVEMENTS. Lord Brodenell arrived yesterday at his seat at Chiswick, from North amptonshire. Lord and Lady An ran left town yesterday, fur Brighton. Lady Bloomfield kit town yesterday, for Bromley. Kent. The Bishop of Winchester arrived In town on Saturday, from Farnham Castle, Surrey. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith left town yesterday, for their father's (Lord Carrincton's) seat. Wycombe Abbey. Bucks. The Hon. Mr. Kenyon arrived yesterday at %Varren's Hotel, Regent' street, from his seat, near SbfrlV3bllry. Colonel and Mm. Tynte left town yederday, for their seat, Halswell Howse, near Bridgewater, Somersetshlre. J. 11. Allen, Esq. left town yesterday, for his seat, Smith Wales. Walker Drummond. Erre. left the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn.street s Yes terday, for his seat to Scotland. Dr. and Mr.. Clarke left the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, Tester. day, for Windsor. Air. and Mrs. C. R. Tynte left town yesterday, fur Brighton. Mr. and Mrs. Jams. Taylor have arrived at Jordon's Hotel, St. James's. street, from their seat, near Birmingham. Arrivals yesterday at Fenton's New Hotel, St. James's-street ,—Robert Van .ittart, F.A. from his seat in Berk, ; Messrs. Creighton, from a tour. Arrivals at Kirkhom's Hotel, Lower Brook-street:—Karl Stair. term Path ; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Cullum and family, from the Continent ; Miss Townley. from a tear; Charles Hesketh, Maddox, Esq. and Thorns% Chetwood, Esq. from a tour. Depaitures :—Sir 'flumes and Lady Hanmer, far their seat In ithropshite ; Sir. and Mrs. Bosanguet, for their seat In Herts. Arrival~ at the Royal Rotel, M. James's-air:et :—Mears. R. ITarrinon, 0. A. Pritt, and J. Bourne, from Liverpool ; Mr. G. Soap ; Mr. J. Vivian, from Wale.; Dir. Tupper, from a tour. Departure, :—Mr. A. French, fur Dublin ; Colonel Knox, on a tour; Mr. J. J. Guest, fin Wales. Arrival. it Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-.trees:—The Counte3a of Manstield, from Richmond ; Mm. Robinsorf, from Sussex ; Dr. and Mrs. Chatfield, and Pinney, Esq. from Cambridgeshire. Del= tures :—J. Heywood, Esq. and Miss Heywood, for Warwickshire; Sir J. and Lady Sitwell and family, for Northamptonshire. WINDSOR, JuNe 5. On Saturday night the King arrived at his Royal Lodge in the Park, from London. The Duke of York also arrived on Saturday evcning at Frogmore Lodge, where his Royal Highness will remain during Ascot races. His Majesty took an airing yesterday afternoon In his little phaeton, down the Great Park, through the enclosures by Frogmore into Windsor Little Park. The King then drove to t he Castle, through the new grand entrance, where his Majesty was received by the Duke of York, who had arrived from Frogmore. Mr. Wyattville, the architect, was in waiting, and attended his Majesty during his in spection of the Castle. Soon after five o'clock, the King, attended by his suite, returned to the Royal Lodge. The Duke of York, accompanied by Mr. Greville, at tended divine service yesterday morning, at St. George's Chapel. Divine service was performed by the Canon in residence. The Royal Duke sat in the Royal Family Pew. This morning was ushered in with the ringing of bells and the firing of cannon, in hour of the birth-day of the Duke of Cumberland, when his Itay.d Highness com pleted his fifty-fifth year. The young gentlemen of Eton College have tlu-ir an nual grand gala on the water this evening, from Windsor Bridge to Staley Hall, where an elegant supper will be given them on the lawn, after which they will return in their boats, in procession, to Windsor. A grand display of fireworks on the Thames will conclude the evening's enter tainment. The 631 Regiment marched from the Foot Barracks yesterday morning to the Cavalry Barracks, where divine service was performed in the Riding School, to both Regi ments, by the Chaplain-in-waiting. • The band of the 63t1 Regiment attended, and played on the Terrace in the afternoon, to a very numerous auem blagc of promenaders. The Duke of York left his residence in South Andley street on Saturday afternoon for the seat of the Princess Augusta, at Frogrnorc. The Princess Augusta honoured the Italiaan Opera House with her presence on Saturday evening. Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, a meeting of some of the Cal.inet Ministers and official gentlemen was held at the Earl of Liverpool's house, in Whitehall. Among those present were the Duke of Wellington,, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Canning, Mr. Huskisson, Earl Bathurst, Sir Charles Long, Mr. Arbuthnot, Re. The meeting continued in deliberation till . about one o'clock. Yesterday the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Huskiuon transacted holiness at the Foreign-Office. The Marquis of Lansdown, we are sorry to state, is con fined with a severe tit of the gout, at Lansdown House, Berkeley-square. Earl Talbot avid family arc in a state of the deepest dis tress, in consequence of the melanctioly intelligence re ejvc:d from Vienna of the loss of the Earl's eldest son, Lord Ingestrie, on Tuesday tit:: 234 ult. It appears that his Lordship was taking his usual ride in the park at Vienna, when the horse ran away with and threw him ; he was taken up dead. The hand of Providence has, within a few years, pressed heavily on Lord '1 a lh o i. H is Lady, to whom he was devotedly attached, died during his Vice royalty. Lady Dartmouth, his daughter, and his brother, the Hon. and Rev. Me. Talbot, have died subsequently ; and now, within a short period from the last melancholy event, he has to lament the less of his son. The Earl and family mean to leave town immediately for Ingestrie. Sir Francis Lurtlett and family embarked on Saturday at Southainptint, for France, where Lady Burdett is gone fur the benefit of her health, The light Hon. William Huskisson leaves town on Friday next, for Liverpool • at which place the election is expected to commence on M onday.' An Evening Paper of last night states that a requisition has been sent to Mr. Canning, to induce him to offer him self as a candidate for Westminster. A placard has n published at Liverpool, announcing the intention of a Mr. Williams to cffer himself for the repre sentation of that Borough. KEAN.—The Montreal aar:ette gives the following, as an extract of a letter from the Editor of the Aaiun to a gentleman in Montreal :—" 1 have it. in command from Mr. Kean to say, he will be able to proce. d to Canada about June or July, should any engagement be made be tween him and Mr. Brown in the mean time. You of course know it is necessary that Mr. B. should make specific oveatures, which, when done, Mr. K. holds him self ready to attend to di. m."—lt is stated in the Char lesion -Mercury, that Mr. Elliston, manager of Drury lane Theatre, London, has oared Mr. Kean an engage ment at 601. per night, for twenty-four nights, to com mence on the 15th June next. And Mr. Charles Kcmlile : Manager of Covent Garden, is de , ,irous of making him a permantent member of that establishment upon his own terms. At the same time a committee, in the name of the entirre theatrical corps, has been formed to urge Mr. Kean to return to England. All these offers, which are more flattering titer) , weir of the age has received, Mr. Kean declines. Ile b -thinly will remain in this country for a twelvemonth to come, and wlthtever may be his flame views and intentions, one point he has decided upon, which is to become an American citizen, and to mske this county_ his domicile and his hom e . VOTING AT EI.EcTIONA.—We under.tand that a legal decision ltu been given, that Officers of the Royal Navy, em ployed in the Prelentite Set vice of the Customs, are ditiqualiaed from voting for the election of persona to serve in Paliimenc— Cinque Purls Herald. In consequence of the tliss.):ution of P..rliament, Mr. Freeling yt sterclay issu. d the following notice on the sub ject of franking letters:— _ _ " General Post-Mace. June 2. " Sta,—The Parliament is dissolved. The franks of this even ing ate necessarily charged with postage, and you will Imme direly charge all biters and packets, excepting the letters frmlked by such public rakers as are by law at all times exempted from postage. Full instructicms will Le sect to-morrow. " I am, your assured Friend. " FREELINO, Sec." DEATH OF CAR!, MARIA VON WEBER. This celebrated musical composer died yesterday morn• ing, at six o'clock, at his house, in Great Port.and-street. His disorder was occasioned by a severe cold, which lie caught soon after his arrival in England, and which baffled the Ekilt of his physicians, who hail dcspair.d since Satur day night of his recovery. The following are a few par ticulars of his life:— " Carl Maria Von Weber was born in 1785, at Eutin, a small town in Holstein. 11i5 father gave him a liberal education, and in this lie was assisted by his son 's very early predilection for the fine arts, particularly painting and music. " The first regular instruction he rect ived on the piano forte, the instrument 011 which he gained such a high rti putation as a player, was from Ileuschkel, at Hilellnirg hausen, in 1796, and it is to this learned master that Weber owed his energy, distinctness, and execution. The more his father perceived the gradual tlevelopinent of his talents, the more anxious lie was to sacrifice every thing to their cultivation; he therefore took his son to the famous Michael Ilaydri, at Salzburg. Owing to the austere man ners of this master, young Weber profited but little by his instructions, though he made great exertions to learn. " In 1795, he published his first work, Six Fugues, in four parts, which are remarkable for their purity and cor rectness, and received the praise of the Musikult,rche Lei. tang. At the end of that year , Weber went to Munich, where lie was taught singing by Valesi, and composition, as well as the piano, by Kalcher. To him he was indebted for a full knowledge of the theory of music, and for a skilful and ready use of all the means it furnishes to the composer. Weber was now more indefatigable in his studies than ever, and began to apply himself to one parti cular branch of the art, in prefereli.:e to the rest—to operatic music. Under the eyes of his master, he wrote an opera, Die Macht der Liebe and des Wells (the Power of Love and Wine), a Mass, and several other pieces ; but all these were judiciously corntnitted to the flames. " Soon after this, Weber entertained an idea of rival ling Seunefelder, of lithographic celebrity, and he went so far as to say, that the invention was his, and that he used machines more adapted to the purpose. In order to pur sue his plan on a grand xcale, he removed with his father to Frisberg, in Saxony, where the best materials were most conveniently at band. The tediousness of so mechanical a business, - however, could not fail very soon to tire a mind accustomed to more refined occupations, and the young speculator resumed, with redoubled vigour, his study of composition. Win e' a youth of only fourteen, he wrote the opera Des fl aldwavell-n (the Girl of the Wend), which was performed, for the iirst.aitne, in November, 800, and received with great applause at Vienna, Prague, and Pe ttersburgli. This opera spread, indeed, much further than the composer afterwards wished, considering it as a very immature and juvenile production. " An article in the Musikalische 27ituntl excited in the young composer the idea of writing in an entirely new style, and to bring again into use the ancient musical in struments, which then were nearly forgotten. For this purpose he composed, in 1801, at Salzburg, the opera Peter Sehinoll and his Areig-hbonrs, of which Michael Haydn thus expresses himself in a letter :—' As far as I may pretend to judge, I must truly and candidly say, that this opera not only possesses great power and effect, but is composed according to the strict rules of counterpoint. To spirit and liveliness, the composer has added a high degree of delicacy ; and the music is moreover perfectly suited to the meaning of the words.' An equally flattering testimony he received from another of his masters, who concludes thus—' unit mature at Mozart.' " During one of his many professional travels with his father, in 1802, to Leipzig, Hamburg!), and Holstein, his principal occupation was to collect and study all works on the theory of music; and, prompted by the doubts he enter tained as to the correctness of moat of them, he commenced studying harmony once more, from its very elemcnts, with a view of constructing an entire new system of music. The work entitled Vogler, 12 Chorale, by Sebastian Bach, ai.a lyzed by C. M. Von Weber, may be considered as the fruit of those researches, and is equally interesting and instruc tive. " In 1803 he went to Vienna, where Ir! finished his mu sical education, under Vogler. He was subsequently called to Breslau, in the character of Maestro di Ogg.lla. As he had to form here an entirely new orchestra, and corps of singers, he was furnished with a very favourable opportu nity to improve hitnself in the knowledge of effect. The only work of consequence during his Silesian visit, was the opera of Ruheiald ; i. e. Number Nip, of which the ill famed movntain ghost has furnished the subject. " The coldnencement of the great Prussian war, in 1806, obliged him to quit his post at Breslau, and he entered the service of the Dyke Eugene, of Wurtemberg. Here he wrote Two Symphonies, several Concertos, and various pieces for wind instruments. He also published, at this time, an improved edition of his opera, The Maid of Me Wood, under the title of Silvana; a Cantata (Der erne Ton ;) some Overtures, for a grand orchestra ; and a great many solo pieces, for the piano -forte. " In 1810, he set out on another professional tour, upon a better concerted plan than before. At Frankfort, Munich, and Berlin, his operas were performed with mueh success, and his concerts were well attended. Once mare assisted by theexperience and knowledge of Vogler, t. ho bad then two other young artists of great talent with him, Meyeibeer and Gausoacher, be composed the opera Abe Hassaa, at Darmst:dt, in 1910. " From 1813 to 181 G, Weber was Director of the Opera at Prague, which he organized quite anew, and wrote here his great Cantata, Kampf cad Sieg, a most imposing composition. After the object of his visit to Prague was fulfilled, he once more travelled, without my permanent appointment. Though he received the most handsome offers from all parts of Germany, he did not accept of any, until he was called to Dresden, for the purpose of forming there a Garman Opera. Such an invitation be could not resist, and it is to this Opera Unit he for years devoted, con awn, e; his whole attention and activity. " It is pleasing to observe, that his labours in this de partment wile not only crowned with complete success. but received the most flattering acknowledgment. It would, indeed, have been difficult to find a man more fit for such an undertaking than Weber, who united so many splendid talents. He was a very original and learned com poser, one of the greatest pianofo•te players of the present day, and an extremely spirited director of the orchestra. To these he added a thorough knowledge of the whole theory of music, of dramatic and 'operatic effect, and the greatest skill in blending the various instruments. Besides which, he was perhaps not excelled by any artist, except by Beethoven, as a man of general knowledge and polite literature. His freisrhfilz has elevated him, as au opera composer, above all his Gerrosa contemporaries: since Nfo zart's Zneiherilide no other German opera has become so popular, or receiv ed' such universal applause." The circumstances attendant upon Von Weber's visit to this country, the performance of his (Merv*, and his recep tion by all classes in the musical world, are so recent in-the recollection of our readers, that it is nnueceasary to detail them in this memoir ; but the sincere welcome he expe rienced in this metropolis, during his short residence here, can only be equalled by the regret that his premature death has occasioued. A late discovery has been made of the chef dwurre of the celebrated Tompion, which has been so long lost. It was made for " The Saci , ty fur Philosophical Trans actions," and is a year-going dock. It is a singular cir cumstance that a record exists, which states that T. was at work on this clock when the great plague broke out in Landon; and, on the day he finhdle.l it he hims:if was attacked with the pestilence, His friends removed him to the Continent, where be died. On the dial there is this in scription—" Sir James Moore caused this movement to be made with great care, 81010 DOTIIIIII I C7G, by Thomas Tampion." Tampion was paid WO guity:as, and the clock was removed to the Society's house, and there, in the con fusion of the mon • it, it was placed in the lumber room, where it lay, without a Cast', exactly a century and a half. One thing wonderful attends this discovery—all the sue! pins, on being cleared from the dust, were found to be as brilliant as ever. The Russian sloop of war Enterprise, Captain Kotzebue, has been spoken with in the Indian Seas, all well, after , being out two years and n i ne mout h s, on a voyage of discovery. SIGNOR PISTRUCCI'S IMPROVISAZIONE. iVhoever hes heard an accomplished improviaator—at.ove all, whoever has heard Signor Pistjucci, must confess that those extemporaneous efforts exhibit a degree of melee' rapidity and vigour, which, if the natural growth of th's climate, would he de( med miraculous. The inhabitants of the South of Europe who possess this talent, are, we are convinced, very much our superiors in natural force of mind, and are inferior to us only, because, feeling more acutely the pleasure of existence, and sacrificing more readily their future welfare to the enjoyments of the me. meat, they are liable to be supine in the defence of abstract rights, and thus become the victims of tyranny • but the power of improvis a tio n , whi c h i s a lmo s t confine d to those conteries, is a sufficient proof of their mental eminence. Signor Pistrueci's efforts last night were eminency see. cesonl. Tne first theme proposed was " ltoma antiea e seeder na :" the pot t, however, insinuating his attachment to England, excused himself, in half a dozen very hap p y stanzas, from pursuing a subject so replete with bitter re flections. The next subject cffered was " MutiusScevola in presence of Porsenna. lie also repeated some twenty stanzas on the theme of Napoleon and Alexander the Great in the Elysian Fields ; and exhibited his dexterity in the management of Blutes rim,ts, nit la fitrza degli Oc c 4i. trucci's delivery is emphatic and unbroken, his action very energetic, but yet, without the sir of extravagance, without any appearance of lashing himself into a poetic rage, he evidently rather courts than represses the tide of nth siasru ; he scents like the inspired prophets of the ancients, Alajosepe videra Net mortate tonal, quan do ei Irons ("arena Apollo, Concutit et stimulos sub pectute voiett. He is most successful in the graceful and comic turns of his verses, and appears to rely more on the activity of his mind than on the richness of his imagination. Presieu ete the improvisation, Signor I'istrucci made a very great and a very aucceeeful exertion; he played the part of Brutus in Alfierrirtragerly, Bruto Printo. This piece is leas cal culated to convey a just idea of its authors genius, than of his character and his hatred of tyranny: the beet thing about it ie its dedication to General Washington, which is indeed an admirable moreeau. The tragedy is throughout a piece of stern declamation; the few touches of pathos; with which it is interspersed comes rather from the understanding than from the heart, but the word " lis betty" evermore kindled the author's genius, which poured itself in declamation, it is true, but then it is the declama tion of a burning spirit. Signor Piatrucci, who played the put of Brutus, acted with great force and simplicity.— fhe other characters were respectably supported, and the whole representation seemed to give great pleasure to a fashionable audience. After the fall of the curtain Pistrueei was obliged to come forward to receivc• a fresh tribute of acclamation. After the great effors which the part of Blitto required, we feared that Signor Pistrucci might proceed to the task of improvisation under the disadvan tages of exhaustion, but we were rejoiced to see him re-ap pear with an air of freshness and hilarity. The physical and mental powers appear equally vigorous in this hishlys gifted individual. SPORTING INTELLIGEATE. TATTERSA LL's, If °assay, Jona 5. The room and yard exhibited the usual throng, the este of berme being very heavy , the attendance of the nobility an d o th er supporters of the turf was strong, but on the whole the badness was rattier SM. &Cr@ entering upon the business of the day, it may nut be amiss to notice that an account was Muck np, stating that neither Monarch for the 200 sot. Stakes, fur colts, nor Pasta, fur the 200 soy. Biiy Stakes, would start to morrow ;this day;, at Ascot. This plan i s hi g hl y commendable, and if It hod been adopted before the Derby had been run for, much confurioa might have been prevented. We hope it may be persevered in. 'I he after of The General was slightly touched on, and It seemed to be the current opinion that the decision of the Jockey Club Committee en. tirely ear.nesated all those who had been supposed to be implicated, as the accusing 'party had failed to substantiate the reports so indult'. oudy ciren:uted. The General has again changed his master, having been purchased by a sporting gent,eman, who It was said, was determined to start torn, to. morrow, at Ascot, in the 200 sov. Stakes fur colt., and he was backed at even against the field ; but Just before eio.lng the doors, 2 to.t, p. p. was offered against him. It Is now ax,ertcd that he was sure to start for nu St. Leger, and Ito to I was taken. The following le a correct statement of the odds upon the Ascot Stake 4 and the St. Leger:— 200 sOV. Stalk el. Ascot—Even on The General against the bed. P. p. na takers. The oadauth, Ascot--6 to 4 against Stemple ;2to 1 agalad Lenny ; t 3 I aguln4 Murtpge. The Go'.d Cup, Ascot—Even on Chateau Margaux—Addy, DONC sssss ST. LOGIC. 4 to 1 apt Pelson, 20 to 1 apt Panay G to 1 apt Bed!andte 20 to 1 apt Pirate 1.1 to 1 apt The Dragon 25 to 1 apt M'Adam 14 to 1 agot Cruoader HO W 1 apt Premlei. 18 to 1 apt The General The f.,ll‘i r wlng Inxsea are entered 4 Lord l'aristockhi Shadow. Ur. Wyndt Frogmore. to-morrow; Mr. Alochfo Nigel, and Load Clareadon'a• Brothel run for the King's Plate, at Mice:— lham's Chateau Margaux, air. Smith's 4rd's Pelingoes, Duke of Grafun's rr to Skiff. • PIGEON SHOOTING. GRAND MATCR /OR 000 SOYRARIONC—The first day of the Intnesting match for the aim/. sum, at 100 birds each, or 50 per oily, between Luna Kennedy and Mr. Arrowamith, took place yesterday, at the enclosure our the Ned Houve, Battersea, in the pre=cnce of a great number of sporting gentlemen. The betting was 5t04, at vtarting, on Arrowimith, cod sto 2 and 3tol on the gun, throughout. In the first 25 birds, Mr. A. krts4 20, and Lord K. 1k; in the second 25, Mr. A. killed 28, anti Lord A. 19 total, 40 and 37, Arrowssolth being three a-bead on the day. Lord Ken. nedy's shooting was remarkably line, and attracted the admiration of al the amateurs present, who also approved more of his Lo.dvbip's mode of shooting than Mr. Arrowstnith's, the latter shouldering Iw. fore the string was polled (according to agreement), and his Lordship not 11:1 after the bird was ont of the trap, giving a deel dive advantage to Sir. Ar, owsmith. Two of his Lordship's missed bird, fell within a footor two of the netting. The match 11 to be conclude I this day. A match of seven double shots each, between .dr. tthoobridge and an other gentleman, ended in a tie, each killing both birds in 3 of the and 1 in the other three ; and each ►illing the two last birds by the din charge of a single barrel only. OXFORD UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. A report basing gone abroad that there would be no Recitation of the different Prize Compositions at the Theatre this year, we think It right to mate, for the information of such of our readers who may ham heard it, that the report Is entirely false, and that Dm usual Recitation of the Prises, kc. will take place on Wednesday next. The names of those candidates who, at the close of the Public Enrol. nations in Easter Term, were admitted by the Public Examiners Into the three Classes of Litmus Humanlures, and Disciplines Mathematics ey Physicle respectively, according to the alphabetical arrangement io etch class prescribed by the Statute, stand as follow : In the First Class of Liter* Humaniores.—William John Blake, Christ (lunch ; Richard Dernf,rd, Magdalen College; John James Hatton, et. Edmund Hall; Francis William Newman, Worcester Col**, Irigbr Cayley Wrangham, Brasennom College. In the Second Class of Liter* Humaniores—William Allhey, Exeter College ; Alfred Crowns., Christ Church ; Fiends Atkinson Farber, versify college; Edward Girdlest me, Bailin! College; Francis Hague Greased!, Bra-ennose College; Peter Hanson, University Collet e ; TI mass Harding, Worcester College;. John Horde, \Vldhsm Coilege ; DOliNt• Johnston, St. John's College ; John Med.ey, IVadhom College ; William Orger, St., Edmund Hall; Richard Sewell, Magdalen Cone: Stevenson Villiers Surteee, lioiverthy College. IN THE THIRD CLASS OF LITI:RdF HeNANIORCEI.ROberI A rpletor. Pembroke College; Thomas Brown, Magdalen Hell; Edmund HedhiFe Buckby, Baillol College; John Griffith Cole, Exeter Coliere ; William Jetnee Dowses, Worcester College; Frauds Forster Wadhom C.,1!..ge; William Sander Hadley , Queen' s College ; Henry Forster, Chitty Harper, Queen's College; William Dann Harrison, Worce•ter College; 'I homes Becton Hill, Waltham College; George Innes, Trinity College; 1111M.11 Jerram, Wadha,n College; Robert liftlyert, Oriel College; Thomas autos Lancaster, Merton College ; George Cornwall Leith, Christ Llto,ch, Charles Lushington.Chri-t Church; Robert Price Morel!. Baldol Colrge John Earle Pitcher, 0, lel College; Rice flees,. I Colltire • Francis William Rice. Christ Church; George Ambrose Wards. Bra.sion.se lege ; John Watson, WcYcester College; Thomas Littleton Wheeler, Worcester College. Examiners—William Mills, John Wilson, Charles Thomas Looglee, Philip It'ynter, Joseph Hereford, Charles Girdlestone. In the First Class of Disci's. Mathemat. et !hrs.—Wm. John Cake, Christ Church; Edmund Hesltrige Buckby, lialliol College; Francis William Nes man. Worcester College; Francis Valentine It cotilk.u..e, Exeter College ; Rigby Cayley Wranehaen, lint;ennose Colteje. In the Second Class of Dire , p. Mathemst, et Phys.—Charles Waring False stud Will am Balker Faber, University College. " In the Third Ciass of Distil:. }lathemat. et Phys.—Robert Klivet t, Oriel College; Wm. Orger, St. Edmund Hall. .xaminers—rOeorge Leigh Cooke, Wm. Rae, Robert Wailer. The number of candidates air, form the Fourth Chill, but alwre namos are out published. amounts to 112. Thor •d..y hot the folks log Degrees were conferred:- 1)0mo' tv Divourv.—Rov. Henry Brougham William Billeted, Queen's College. lisca Erna IV rv.—ltev.Wm. Vault, brie Fellow of Rental Out. lege, Chap:ain to hi. Orme the Arehhirhnp of Cantertnry. M ~r A 1 174.—Rev. Alexander Goode. Pembrokt College, Grand Compound , r ; Edward Berl:eley Portman, Christ Church, Grand Com pounder; Rec. John Andrew Methuen , Christ Church, Grand Com pounder; John rlddronc, Rnlliol College, Grand Compoonder ; Jchn On en*, Wore ter College; Rev. Jana None, Wuree4ter College. Wm. Cnrpus Christi College; Rev. Richard Meredith. St. F.dinund Hall ; Iter. Henry Palmer, Christ Church ; Charles Wager Watson, Christ Church; Rev. Richard Mayo, St. John's College; Hey. Rickard Pole, lialdol College; Rev. John frollupe. Watlhavn College. BACIIIILONY Or Aura.—William Dann Ilsolson, Scholar of Worerl , ter College ; Thomas Orgill Leman, Worcester College ; John Watson, It or caster College; Francis Valentine Woodhoure, Exeter College; Richard 'foe toend, St. Mnry Hall; John Kynastou Chsrleton, Queen's college , : Richard Clarke Sewelt, Demy of M ag d a l en ; W i ll i am Wilki ns , St. E..- mind Hall; John Missing. Magdalen Hall ; I)lgby CaYleY Wr a oS h ` dn ' Hr.s.ennose Co:lege ; George Ambrose Wards, ftrapennose College; Charles Taylor, Scholar of Brasennose College; Matthew Getley, Lincoln College: Edward Woodhotoe, Pembroke College; Johu liyna tun, Chrbd Church; Villars Plantagenet Henry Somerset, Christ Chore' Edward Qtr-reby Ashby, Christ Church ; Peter Hansel'. Scholar of Uni versity College; George Edwin Ward Jackson, University College; Thomas ltamsden, St. John's College; Charles Rini, Jesus College ; Thomas Burge Lancast:4 Postmaster of Merton; John E. Pitcher, Oriel