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controversy reca 'i ill- that reasoning interests able con- log they prevent itinuance ily good is du- the I in teue, .r . est particular Ct 464i ' sad : 11 X bat out. of A pods. oomph of such 000vic- 4 splen their en- them stZuer the poem foram, sad sums' Com Pan/. on a fat exiatense afterwards destined for equal P rights and equal duties with the indifferent it, deserves • a The West Indians, Indeed, are in some degree Ales& of commiseration, because they have but little, and ale : 1111 the point of losing even the &de that •they have : unlike the East Indians, who, to verify the contrast, seem to think that because they have Much, still mote should be given to them. The claims of the West Indians are, how ' ever, also grounded in error. They lioness immense L lestates of landed property. which are chiefly valuable for the sugars they produce. Cruelty end oppression first established, and custom and Injustice still sanction, the , cultivation of these estates by slaves. The unwilling and constrained task-work of the degraded negro is so inferior in its effects to the cheerful operation, of the free and happy labourer, that in consequence of the sugar of the 'West Indies being raised by slaves, its test of production is much greater than it would be if raised by free men. The produce of these estates is brought to the English 'market, where it is met by the sugar from the East; and notwithstanding the greater distance of the voyage, with all its concomitant expenses, this Eastern sugar, (Wen the superior fertility of the Indian soil, end the cheapness of labour in that country, though the labourers are deprived of all the advantage of British akin and machinery In the preparation, is so much cheaper than the other, that the West Indians claim and procure a duty to be laid on the cheaper commodity, to make it equally dear with their own. The loos which the West Indian planter would sustain, if he came into the English musket on equal terms with the East Indian grower, would be certain; but the true remedy for this would be, not the *Mug a duty on his rivers produce, to incense its price, by w the West Indian will be encouraged still to continue cultivation by slaves ; but by abstaining from all interference in a matt& of commercial competition, and making the slave culti vator feel that his system is unprofitable, thus obliging him, by the most useful of all teachers, self-interest and self-preservation, to become an advocate for the tholes don of a system which has been the source of more misery and suffering than any other single scourge that has hitherto afflicted the world. T pretences set up by the West Indians, that their Ire of spore l auds value to Englaiul than the East In 'es--thar they V. ford a wider market for British industry, Ind constitute a better nursery for British semen, are the most ground less than can be imagined. Even under our present rela tions with India, beneqth the paralyzing influence of the Company's monopoly, there is a greater amount of British manufactures consumed in the East than in the West, and an equal number of seamen employed in voyages to and fns that country, as well as in the country itself. But if the unjuat restrictions which still Letter British inter course with that rich and fertile quarter of the globe were removed, we should see the consumption of British manu factures invested tenfold ; and ligi number lof ships and seamen so Augmented as to funded,* navy, when required, without any material detriment to the continued activity of an increased mercantile marine. But there is a third party, of Wl!' worth and importance than either, though apparently entirely forgotten by theme contending factions. This is the greet body of the People of England, to whom the East and West Indies are but as nothing. It is they who want a voice to represent their Rue interests in the British Pain/men% It is they who Amid petition the Legislature of their country far a real and gine& equalization of duties, which should at once by the humiation of a gradual abolition of the monopolies of the East and the West, and an their evils of arbitrary ruls over white men, and misery and slavery of black men logistloor, by opening the fail Held of competition to all atbrent ' dis to eater it, making India aid the Cola. tit parts of the Eiridali dominions, ani v kLer:log ...isqual laws This would be doing eqpa lance to It would be nun intent With the oik wha:Z . East Indians clahe the ibelibion dile duty!! ' their sugar; it would accord with the • • on '' 2 the West Indians seek to petlbemealfelle_pe, on a footing with others in poititoTeettud'ad i alk ' th e above all, ft would be of inealenbilile heweilli a lc u lteril tit mesa of the commercial and •matinfaetu yet the England, and to society at lire,, whom an 4 ist , gotten amid the clamours of .it contendin t aig inkeests ' the ground of general interest, and as a q . " le t the rblic weal, it is dew:rein the sedan or o w at Engle;td as of well el the rovorowoot "Yob re' freely gm 7 to have the ipnipool etellbee of theepogin ea ha" strongest . - Nl .oe and to rule only ten the wanton .4 _—.., . t Oise injustice of confining it to a mere handful of men, and memumereimimmme r too possessing no one distinguishing feature of merit STATUE TO LOAD..orp—. ERSKINE. entitle them to such a privilege before other men ; while TO THE BDITOA OF THE iIIitITIBM PRESS. a dl o qf pa ntsss of British wealth, skilk, enterprise, and hi. is e x c iud e d from this rich anteample field, which Si a,—l find that the Mend e of „li r . s car let, are isle ray neither cultivate to the extent it would ad- ,offering, as an excuse for his very oeuraordinary in nor permit others to sow or reap in. If this compote the chair (at the meeting in Uncials Inn H a n, to vh of so mime, as they sometimes pretend, it is the strongest some mode of doing honour to the memory af therlete swop that could be oft'ered for the folly of their retaining L or d E rs ki ne ) the assertion that h elms e ngaged en that kin eppseitio' n to the wishes of those who would gladly evening to dine with a Noble Duke; and that it was on rid thus 4 their unprofitable embarrassment. that account necessary that he should hurry over the busi- The is Welly the cue of the East Indiana, considering ness of the M rather in the short space of a few minutes. eethe ogy dist news le designate the body of those who, as Proprie- But surely this a is an aggravation than an ten and Directors, constitute the East India Company. extenuation of a haviour which is reprobated in all so- The, are already in possession of an exclusive trade with cieties, and which seems to have excited one general send- China, one of the most populous countries under the sun ; mon of disgust. Surely, Sir, Mr. Scarlet?, if be did not they already possess power over million of men in India, feel the honour of presiding over the deliberatioss of each for whom they make what laws they please, wi thout _ the an assembly to be a su ffi cient recompense for the being de people having a voice to complain ; they already concen- prived of his ducal dinner, should have declined the chats taste within their own grasp advantages of the most vs- when it was offered to hint: he should have made his luable kind, which ought to be equally open to the enjoy- election between two incompatible situations • and at all mentof all their fellow-subjects ; they are. a. th themselves events he should not have conducted the procenlings of the often boast, in entire possession of the most endid jewel Meeting in so cold and hasty a manner, that a chi ll ing of the British crown ; and yet, after all this, they are not damp has been thereby cast upon the sub scription which it satisfied, but entreat the British Legislature, by prayer was his professed object to further and promote. and petition, to equalize the duties on East and West I am, Sir, &c. hells Sugar, and put them, the rulers of an extensive em- A. B. pire, on the same footing with the planters of a few scat- Il_we _.,..!............m.• , tered islands. if the Legislature were to do their duty, Great festivities are preparing to celebrate his Grace tta when so petitioned, they might reply to the prayer of them Duke of Itutland's birth - day, at Belvoir Castle. is petitioners, " First cast the beam out of thine own eye, Royal Highness the Duke of York and Prince Leopold are arts and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is to be Present; shy their Graces the Duke and in thy brother's eye:" but, unfortunately in this case the °E . Somerset- These noble persons leave town for the 4111116. blind literally lead the blind, and no wonder that the pm- akin, some to-morrow, and sortie next day. All the her* dieted consequence ensues. The Legislature might answer on the road are bespoke. Every thing round Bele* a deputation from Leadenhall-street by saying, " Gentle- Castle wean an aspect of hilarity as well as raligniatienen men of the India Boise, you who are so desirous of equa- Lady M. Beauderk, daughter df the Duke of' 1111: lization, and who are so horror-struck at the bare ides of a Alban s, who has been much indisposed, we are happy monopoly of sugar, and an encouragement of slavery in the hear is much better. W est , will you have t h e magnan i m i ty to g i ve a proo f o f Accounts from Camel, of the tad December, state, that your sincerity in desiring the equalization you advocate, by M. de Scbrierfeld, the Minister of the Interior, died as abandoning your own monopoly of tea, and your encou- the preceding day, at the age of 65. ragement of slavery in the East?" The West Indians, it On Saturday last, Madame Catalani arrived at the to cost more queen's Head Inn, in this town, and at an early hour cm sugar is true, occasion some evil to the community, in causing the following morn ing pursued her journey southward.— by slave cultivajon than it would if need by five labour; but the Eat Indians cause much She appeared in good health and limits, and wore tartan, greater evil to the community, not simply by the t y perhaps in compliment to the Land o' Cakes, from which of tea, which is at least as great an evil m the mo l :Zof she has just returned, After having experienced a reception sugar, but by a fat more important hindrance to the corn- there worthy of her talents.—Newcaelte roper. menial and manufacturing interests of Great Britain, by Mr. Alacready is now performing at • Ewer. He made acting literally the part of the dog in the fable, being de- his first a ppearance . on Friday last, in the character of Vit.- terrnined neither to improve the resources subj ect to t h e i r exists. the Alfred Exeter Journal speaks of the Terre saltation as producing the finest said most enthusiastic will themselves, nor to suffer any other persons to settle t h at effect upon a numerous and fashionable audience. upon their soil to do it for them! There is nothing the West Indians do, which is to be conspired with this Iteroar en LOU or Tilt Aaaa.—We have the melan incholy task to notice a report which reached this city es the injurious nature of its effects. The West Indians keep some thousands of negroes in a slavery that is a re- Friday, of the loss of his Majesty's brig Arab, on the north-west coast of' Ireland. Our information is derived preach to them and to the age in which we live; and which indeed, were half of those who profess to be Christiana froina letter from Cove, toes relation of the Captain's clerk re , Mr. Harris, a native of this city. It states that Admiral ally on, would have been long since swept from the earth. But the East Indians keep in a subjection still Lord Colville had received an account of the kiss of the more humiliating, millions of human beings of a higher Arab, on the loth or 11th, on the coast of the - Mayo, and that all on board perished ; It was character, a nobler intellect, men whose country the fa then of these East Indians took from them by force; men she was in chase of a smuggler.—C or k C uas tit u ti oa . accustomed not long since to reign in splendor, and to enjoy Upwards of thirty half-pay officers died within the bet all the advantages belonging to the comparative state of In°„Tun• civilization to which they bad w i n g men from whom i' ilk F t; cane Lowe, in his work on " The Stein these East Indians draw immense wealth in tribute and of Trade and Finances," draws a short parallel betimes taxes ; men to whose fathers theirs paid homage, when the eight years that have passed since the late peace, and they first entered their territories on sufferance, but pro- the same period subsequently to the peace of 1783. On gremlin:ly wrested from them every inch of their e xt ens i ve comparing the price of the three per Cent. Consols for the dominions ! Who, then, can give a moment's ear to the respective years, we find the result as follows: complaints of the East Indians, when they affect to regard Period subsequently t o 1783. P er i o d su b sequent l y to 1814. ear as an set of injustice the protecting monopoly granted to 171 , 4 ' Price of Stocks. Year. P r i ce o f S tac ks their rivals in the West? Who can for a moment believe 17ne - - 55 IRIS . . as - - $2 IRIS . . 82 them sincere, when they pretend to feel horror at the state 1788 - - 72 1817 - - 7,1, of s lavery, which, bad as it is, is not so humiliating as that 17 8 7 - . 72 nu - - 77 in which they keep their own subjects of the highest rank 1 7 8 8 - - 73 1819 - . 72 and character, including kings and princes, in the East? 17 4 - - 78 1820 - . es the ln av t er he ag su e cceet price lin o g f y th el 4 r th ( r t ee 79g pe i r r th c e ents riie br w ing as - a v bo elt e 7 ra w 9 p . id, Who does not see , indeed, that such advocates of free coin- 1791 : ' 77 18111 . • 74 , pe are tit tni ion ly in u tr p te t , ed an s d epui free chre et s tjp — mf a i d t of res perse ard ethaleilribi!.:urtitceery, POETRY. ON THE CONFLICTING CLAIMS OF THE --.. 0 ...-- EAST AND NEST INDIANS. le way ge THE HOUR Of LOVE. --...... (Fran the Olinda! Herald sad Colonist Bevirml Dee. 17. "11. sweet to wan 'mid twilight grey. in the dna And watch the &walling amass of day t We do not intend to trace the history of the controvert] e_eiTY sad. Ad se er ha ayes, u they undone, 11. Pons sDeu dewy teen upon the rose t between these two powerful bodies, from its origin up to tin iasaadees i lk Anti hear the early yaws of Love, present time. It would not only he a " weary," but al 4, is .till a From Wry copse, and bow's, and grove. " unprofitable" occupation ; for nothing could be gainet 1 But more 1 love the tender power to the cause of conviction on either side, by merely reca n Z P r e e t e i c a t ' Of faUing Evening's welcome hour ; 'ffti,_ fo this When her light veil of milt is amid, • pitulating what those on both have already written with eispensesi s And day's last crimson line is fled ; out producing the effect desired. It appears to us tha I other ; ar . While the first star's uncataio light if the same writers had been exerting their reasonim to these s . Just trembles on the brow of night. powers on any other subject, in which neither the interest t.te,Unises, gin the soft breezes die away, ore mu senis co And yon sweet moon's delicious ray of the one nor the other were concerned, they would l miles, w ig Eat. on my soul from hearten above , ere this have arrived at some conclusion in which bon ections r a g Like glow Gam that dear eye I love.- could concur. But the strong influence of party seems t. Lone I w o This bkb hear-1 watch, and start, have so clouded the understandings of men otherwise abt neeesase Eyli at the beatings of my heart, and intell i gent, as to ma k e even t h ose w h o w i s h t o b e e o n ivy severe peennni In a With eery sound his step 'ry breath bis voice I hear, sidered the real friends of freedom, plead the cause of in PIN. 12,14 oe ~ Oh haste thes-'tis a desert spot wear. justice and oppres s ion : anal this, too, without appearini many Mu fti la life, my love, where thou art not ; to be conscious of the striking delusion under which the; g kit l'agi e Attd dewy morn, and noomday sun, labour. tin is toW And eening's milder charms are one. For many of the East Indians as individuals (by whoa aspens; 0 Nosght but thy form dies; eyes tan we- H. W. we mean the Proprietors of East India Stock), we enter e ur had, ~..* e out bi s is, Helen nothing livaa-but thee. stotitsst PASEHONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ...........-- fain the highest respect. This does not, however, prevail .our seeing that, as a party eentending for the continuane Lad of a joint-stock trade and monopoly, they are commercial: rollillieg till • Sag el fisnlegte° aterisanwa at dinner . Y esrerd 'il r i 7 id and politically wrong. We have, on the other hand, goo Me of thn o , Laid W. beaux, Mr sad _Mrs. Trevor., Hat. r:, Sc reason to be diesatisfied with the East India Company as a . Finney Stanhope, ace. at his in teamo.peu count Lad we a n elegant emir of governing body ; but this does not prevent our seeing that it been thaw; . .. ' ja e ss =fes including isk* dm Dowager Duchess of claiming to be put on the same footing with the West In Mir was and dm Ladles Lennox. diens, as it regards the importation of sugar on equal du floral teas. • et a lmel bee a lard party " Widassda Y " ID " ties, they are commercially and politically right. la lb ielt * was aell , aha Billeessav lialuderopars. turn w hi c h is ~ morourszrud u s Law s . m aw arr i ve d yesterday same spirit of impartial observation, uninfluenced by in eh the we ' s mass wi g % is s e . Ansa is.anuare, free ,the Dow- terest on either side, we discover some things that are true sine* their Useeldpasas of Loodeederry's son, Nona Cray , Kest- aed others that are false, in the reasonings of the Wes see very lei 1. ti hooka rworrlbr has "we' (the Mulla h e d. S t a' Indians, as to the pretended importance of their particula any more, u 'r sung et f or h er Nu a s a m . claims ; and though we respect them as highly as their op so to ea u b e . kr' - ' id" ' °lb"' has left Will parents in this contest, we than state our opinion of th I Nal Nd Omar of Darlington salved yesterday evening pretensions of each, without-regard to the favour or dis ble to ente 's Mess;, lihrbeleraquen, from their seat, Newts pleasure of either. the peopl e h Weigh's.; sad Mr. and Alm. Hodgson have left ditto for The East Indiana at present enjoy, to the great detri c..ii regimeets there. Ms - &afoul left sewn paternity fee his father's (the Duke of tnent of the millions over whom theft rule in extended, d exclusive monopoly of the government in Hindman ; an Alban. and wa i . ,Ll y thatials 'v e r u , w ww w• l • aans l . left town yesterday for Wooburs • t i lt e g omw a .su lsobein erce oectsifoyethatoitnabtlioTat injury of the mass of thel lioa. Timm (bailie arrived in town yesterday from the Mar. a w n hi ex ch d r i ll B ve riti m nitteets 4 : be s yrsterdsy. .1 Stalawd's seat, Richmond. ig the trade- Sir Charles Samoa, Bart. has left town for his scab, Abagdent, such as they think proper to license, are entirely shut out fonder& t . There might have been a period, in the earliest stage c aline; so Sir Themes a d Lady Farquhar bays left town for this mat at their history, when a trade to the more distant countries c r, Rec. IL mired yesterday at Femmes Houk ik . the East, from its requiring armed ships and fortified pose War' Sabre*amid not have been carried on but by joint-stock mum `areas lose - 'sanest, from his aro in I.iurrey. th. fattastic Detains. foot the British Hotel, Jermymatreet :--Sir hush nit,: but the very practice of limiting the charters of sue :Abed needy nosh Ben fite Wilton House, Wilts, on a visit to the had companies to a moderate period, is grounded on the coovie Ty lane at. Comes of Pembroke ; sad Alas . tavills and fatally. ties that such a necessity must be of short duration ; an r,al NW is. • iBIiEIMeWPEr . that when the time limited by the charter has expired, aninjos Abe BRIGHTON FESTIVITIES. is just that exclusive privilege should be at an end, I ne,fere whisk Is Fur= Ni. --rids.-- that all the subjects of the country might equally panic Smateree, New risa'S Dar. pate in the advantages of such a commerce, each to U • a lam is The g ay appearance of "S ham al somewhat dim ,- extent of his means. The first adventurers in these spier Se Ordst. T he t his day by a drier ray which fell lads sight, did speculations are sufficiently remunerated foe their et 1i of WWI a Barra% de • by a high wind which still s.JI aS re to 'sank the tur tl e, by the brilliant fortune s which are made by the but appeai :larat...l;n the vari n tl t p la r_. ° ha l 'ltr i dah l a__2 lw a ra '__._._ ln who are foremost to brave the danger and win the prim it, Is begat* Y "'"' l e t t e r , I ment i one d '"''' a war i..” ••••• I ' l ' l ° 6 ' It is well that it is so ; for without this stimulating hope i ed and sassy -I pas given m. 3 the Pavilion: al ems aniselidemema a rewar d , t h e worm of di scover y an d I m p rovement , wo w - • ce occurred, which above thet eipaiser h e more teeth in its march. That this was the case wil Widen any year are lbes always *warded .. 011 11 1 arbo____ •I v • adisidetth who embarked in the earliest speculations of tl it benison** es was w se. rbroiL ike corlimbY were dig roolorr__,-Por 'L•we: East India Company, and who went out to their posse in this esei4 Sie eltalaaa . ,aPosobil briblbri „ _,_ m eats as merchants, factors, &0., the enormous forms ma h . ,/ sees • mai is s hady WOW =SO l lad ) is a brought home from thence by their civil, military, at i Miasmas al natal woman ; pother, , the easel se of the commerc i a l agents, sufficiently prove. That such stave eget oiet sad ' '7 beautiful warren waa_s___Ware Lo we Compare When •••••‘,,______,ll° grand, a a trading body, is satisfactorily accounted for from a h ill main eat -- 'lion-room at the Pollak the killf e r amathe. ross• is be which forms the strongest argument against their exist= ladepadasia, • °untied by a gay peep of titled H is at all, namely, that no joint-stock company can, either that IM via asesty received Sir Hudson with inwhall favor and die- economy; d es patch, or vigilance, compete with Nivea ti iety, soma* . lion , and sakl emphatically, that he might be the tiet- greet sepiadividuah let the nature of the commerce In which th beard by thee around him, " I Bra f l a il to see her e are oppos ed' to eac h ot h er h e w h at i t ma y. Notwitbstan of the gleans s, bet Asa b of the best officers in my service. " Lpon this eemPli - ing their perpetual failures, however, as a body, and t) a, bilk sa ta •t, and upon Ka manifest allusiee, I am unwilling to Ayr Don Pled ~.. •, 1. its effect, however, here has been, that Sir entire creation of the cause to which they owed their trig i a esewartia sr falcon, who war) not much mere popular in the higher -the incapacity of individual private traders to carry on expensive and distant a trade-they have contrived, by tl e Soma le '- - here, Simi . I believe, he is oolong the subordinate a pens et a. widi • almainfluence of wealth' and sub s erviency to ministerial interest of wage ji =bled a degree or owe in the external to procure from time to time a renewal of the charter at we she Massa . Pa ll ilr Mat by the fraqamiliaa of the Pavilion. ing to them the exclusive possession of a dominate to whit our and skill s •, - has be: spi ll: acematt far the introduction every B r i t i a h su i t i ect ought, y ews ago , to have been flee te that arias , ffildbillos 011 orek or mworMil„ ;,_ brd I admitted. If the commerce with India and China be p ' ' m ireoll b• orrid•err•Y ibribolid• mar for gala ex Inabk, it is the strongest reason that could be offered 1 w ilk a b rh: 4 •of royal favour. The effect bore, however , has the injustice of confining it to a mere handful of men, al d wdr uso uu beilla us, . fa ......" 1rrab v _,.. t0 iht,.....E31.;?1"...,..,ernar. Whether it will tat!' these too possessing no one distinguishing feature of me • ' " '"-"` ""`" ""' Its 7 . i s th e r"" e a l t " to entitle them to such a privilege before other men ; whi li d..... l4 Z aini :•' lam is another question . Bttlrbye, Mr. B. Oldest* the great mass of Bride% wealth, skill s enterprise, and I' nay .. hi r silibil to ng ee ti o e s hi f te : w t hu arfiv irs a , is s ' n thiaeir ICI tine he will P m ' desire is excluded from this rich auttample field, whit promenade on the &eine. the Com pany neither ctdtivate to the extent it would a ~.i i mdm, s 2.t r si ar d ' us „....;4mani,..l.,the.,..mielaaaa composer , bee s . __very favourably mit, nor permit others to sow or reap in. If this comma - --- - ---., received at Pavilion . ' m insane ' "11 been stated in m ate be of 110 sia/ste, as they sometimes pretend, it is the strop Sim the elee., - of the papers to be petulant and obtrusive. I have s or w r rd been given to understand that the contzary . is the fact. reason that could be offered for the folly of their retaini it in opposition to the wishes of those who would glad He does not speak English, but his singing is so delight- rid them of their unprofitable embarrassment. mil erawdese (ally expressive, that they who do not understand Ita li an le aura kl •vs scarcely reason to regret their ignorance. He has This is briefly the cue of the East Indiana , coosideri le aura so . . twice at the Pavilion. On the first night be that name to designate the body of those who, as Propel and pl a y e d ; on t h e l ist even i ng h e p l aye d only, as the tors and Directors, constitute the Eat India Compar eirs ecista aithe za tw it s three, was very ret, and his Majesty kindly abstained C 'Fb h. ey are already in possession of an exclusive trade wi e p u rism et sto than distressing him by any vosal exertion. Several very ma, one of the most populous countries under the su Id • mastedlsi splendid entertainments took plate last evening. That of they already possess power over millions of men in Ind xin Lemke), 1 Mrs. puha, o n t h e m ar i ne p ara d e, wu my fully and for whom they make what laws they please, without t ig it to be at tla fashionably attended. A concert of very diveed musical people having a voice to complain ; they already comae w the time be* end bud s i p ; entertainment was followed by quadrilles, which were trite within their own grasp advantages of the most i kept up with great spirit until dirty o'clock this morning. 1 ble kind , whichought be 11to thte enj uato wawa y open i t. u wee e, Ae. OM Mrs. } itzherbert was present for a short period of the eves- mentor all their fellow-subjects ; they are. as thq _thetuu 1 to give Teatime ing. She is still a fine woman, but we know what be- often boast, in entire possession of the most Wendidjev the erwrir°, comes of "all that b eauty, all that wealth e'er gave ." sad of the British crown ; and yet, a ft er all this, they are r a sPe r otkoriosd ae '''' i g i the artificial glow that n o w illumi n es her countenance, git ia satisfied, but entreat the British Legislature, by pre, nee and •t a poor substitute for that glow which was once " erica- and petition, to equalize the duties on East and W, the 1 .on her lips and on her cheeks." The moor of the hall. hula Sugar, and put them, the rulers of an extensive a to send this ~ was very tastefu ll y „ Imo'. In gold letten at the pire, on the same footing with the planters of a few se they, and 'd os had of the room was the inscription (surrounded with tend islands. If the Legislature were to do their dui lo se whan tt when so petitioned, they might reply to the prayer of the of its elettem flowers) in red and white chalk, Vi s e la dame I and at the iy his j i b i omy.) bottom a similar tleviee, with the inscription Tosyjoure gai. petitioners, " First cast the beam out of thine own et e • nd then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote thai The priucipal entertainment of the season takes place at the - Pavilion this evening in thy brother's eye:" but, unfortunately in this awe t Three o'clock..--The day has somewhat cleared up. It blind - literally lead the blind, and no wonder that the pi sichealeest• still bknes fresh, and the promenade does not promise so dieted consequence ensues. The Legislature might alias r nada, so lwight an assemblage of beauty and fashion as crowded a deputation from Leadenhall-street by saying, " Gent terme ' the wimp, th ere in the afternoon of yesterday. men of the India Hoar, you who are so desirous of equ !lotion, and who are so horror-struck at the bare idea o ing Walton. N. M. Retbstia, DRURT-LANE THEATRE. monopoly of sugar, and an encouragement of slavery in I and she Ode. West, will you have the magnanimity to give a proof miss for sillo, 2 1 --.11.-- a wh at remains of die Bergwv . opera, idler all the ett. your sincerity in desiring the equalization you advocate, sat first asses' . , inflow which mock ;Pita abandoning have taste have wade abandoning your own monopoly of tea, and your eater ,A, s h un iti fe' n it, Was played last night, for the purpose of introducing tagement of slavery in the East?" The West Indians, c Daring 18_ ~rsila Mule atria for the lint ti this season . This is true, occasion some evil to the community, in caust r, is do NW" . tag actress appeared with all her sugar to cost more by slave cultivajon than it would rimed by free labour; but the But Indians cause inn e 12th Jeauso. " Noe, and baba, nod wreathed smiles," greater evil to the community, not simply by , the tot Fetus* more delightful than ever, notwithstanding an envious of tea, which is et least as great an evil u the nio=y I let Man* ..ugh, which, in its ethos to stifle her sweet notes, only sager, but by a far more important hindrance to the co ty ro! I t iwiL , sr. . f drew down upon:her more applause than she would have modal and manufacturing interests of Great Britain, ry, and not es received without the interruption. Though we always acting literally the part of the dog in the fable, being t vu every lOW view with some share of disapprobation these sexual meta- terrnined neither to improve the resources subject to th i .1" 8 4 morphoses, we are ready to admit in candour, that if we are will themselves, nor to suffer any other persons to set 20 10 in any . instance inclined to depart from the severity of our upon their soil to do it for them! There s nothing tl 12 6 . rule, it would be in favour of a performer, who, like Ma- the West Indians do, which is to be compared with tl 24 12 dame Vestris, can aspire to the glories of her profestion, as in the injurious nature of its e ff ects. The West India 16 g it were, in every department, and win them all. She then keep some thousands of negroes in a slavery that is a may stand as an exception, but let no one less gifted presume preach to them and to the age in which we live; and whi .t 82 0 to follow where she leads. Her performance last night, in indeed, were half of those who profess to be Christie '.. mo Per mos ma r kr 7' e gi spite of th e drawback we have already noticed, was " full really as, would have been long since swept from 1 will be ausw is of life, and splendor, and joy." She was the prince of earth. But the East Indians keep in a subjection a it the tettPeeti rt b i taymen. It is a thousand pities she is not somewhat more huheiliating, millions of human beings of a higl ~, _ m o t e II but we believe small men have generally been the character, a nobler intellect, men whose country the : s. on wti! ° l e st d m, most eminent for spirit and vivacity. Her reception was then of these East Indians took from them by force • m 0nge0 .7.„, „ 0 01 mei as she was entitled to expect from the theatrical accustomed not long since to reign in splendor, and tee'enj r receive the h ~ ,, world, to whose enjoyment she coutributes so largely. The all the advantages belonging to the comparative slate house or . 11, . '`..., tad) melancholy refiection we ever suffer after seeing her is, civilization to which they had arrived' men from wlu t h e p o ued ste2, that she should ever grow old while we remain young these But Indians draw immense wealth in tribute a r !dent to 10 01 . ""ti (tough to b e • • e bonds until il . :. intoxicated with her fascinations, and revel taxes ; men to whose fathers theirs paid homage, wb treat 2900 two .. the pleasures which she spreads round the magic circle they first entered their territories on sufferance, but p of her channs. :Thsti Stephens's P. was in her usual style gresovely wrested from them eve ry . inch of their extent to b e issue" b' . o f excellence ; indeed we snapected that she sung fuller dominions ! Who, then, can give a moinent's ear to 1 sw ot k etal_ rie u her than we recollect hearing her. On the whole the complaints of the East Indians, when they affect to rem Ch.""V - ''' titif I music of this opera was given last night with a as an act of injustice the protecting monopoly granted %lee cage . and skill rarely witne•ssed- l)owton played I.ovhit, their 'nets in the West? "% Vito can for a moment beli, LOW end Terry Pearhant, and th e p a i r o f rogues hail never more them sincere, when they pretend to feel horror at the at bOto t alent bestowed upon them to raise them to the true tin- of slavery. which, bad as it is, is not so humiliating as tl 300 • uric pitch of disgust. The presence of a very good house in which they k their own subjects of the highest ri 200 ~,. ~ ov,,f th at t ums.- ~ !o even at this stage of the 'lesson such pieces, so anti character, including kings and princes, in the Est e os t res beu l pool ~.:!t w ill atone even fur the tedious pantomime which the Who does not see, indeed, that such advocates of free at vanities. 'file s g ' 'leer if they chine to remain, are afterwards destined , petition in trade, and free enjoyment of personal libert slnestLiy, a • l'" , ectitire. are truly " painted sepulchres,' -and regard their out ' Asi AntlCA. . „ Sierra Lame &Mks to the 13th of ffeember bate bear N eared, and we are happy to leen teem t• that the isditality t occasioned by the fever in the preceding inane f May was (sag. Main the accounts the transmitted to grig . The swum lt been severe, but not to the extent I and we cellat from the present journals, that healthfulness has reotorakis the wispy. We Sad the indefatigable ti , Sir Chitin; lf`Carthy, as usual, employed in tags of i from pm*: ship to township, stimulating every beneficial incenses by his pann. teem, advice, or assistance. Even in the month of A . which has been considered liy some as the most perne th or „ - L the taint' season in that climate, the Gewernor, in the towns of Kimsey and Wellington. In September co .. • kelt se the motunain establishments, in the course of phi& ha visited and inspected the towns of Gloucester, Bathurst, 10 Lem paid. By occasional attentions of this kind to the local pants of the ishabitinits, and by the personal encouregernerts which Men enabled to give to industry and enterprise, his E ponerfully contributes to the menial prosperity of the ' # while, en the other hand, ty an energetic display of form, he elm' den the neighbouring powers duly sensible of the invent, of iv unjust aggression on British interests. The Aeharatees Ms sig most inveterate of our enemies in that quartet of the weld e and thadas the Iterrid murder of a British sergeant they had lbeari lllir se take up anus against them. Captain Laing, who bail marched loot Cape Coast against these Whams, was not Ming diem to action, but bad effectually stopped their Ns was ea Meech of August in camp at Yancomarde. mar Idan. sue, slam twenty miles beyond Dooquah. The following me ex. traces from these Papas : FIZETOWN, AUG. IL thIATIf Or GOVERWOII POOLIKAW..--Tilt sudden death or Liits"Tiant-ailotiel William Poolama, Govemor-Oeneral of Et 1 mink &c.. has excited surprise, and adds one more shade to the may which 'heady stains des skaraeter of the Elwin's. It is publicly talked, that only a fartnigbt since the natives of Elmina :Tenluxi m e a d e their dj at a ir bsitical deannri ssid thaa of Mir an in v ia Lila punch& it int _ _ bacisciede. tbit inn &Ic arian adisiones inn atbniMeared se the Cierraorm by seem pewee *ho bed dm opperenwity el radiebtg _bimetal subserviem to the wicked views of die towns -people I , Moan those barbarous men have caused the death a the Onfertrase time may reveal. The salt Ewa* of Ornamer lisegenboan by the Elminas, Ins, molt iannumaahly, bees passed ever by the Netherland Goats. m a t 'itiedia, Fni. and the two `allot naval °Saes returned horn Port Ingo an Tuesday, with Almamy Allis Karlin On Ireituiday there was a e r: s v i e d r at hi f s ol ro a d d leva's . °See. ftt . gevini jinie Sit Ch marehaa arles ti d 'arihy, many accompanied by the pried visited the towns of greary end Wallington. Is E has given an ample pride the potability a. riding le. neighbouring establishments, even in the very month of August, rarhieh has been considered by some as the most perai. dais pert el the rainy seasec. Kinsey diving the lest year has been much improved. New streets have been formed—stew gardens established—and hundreds slim faces enliven the scene. His Pandkney arrived soon after the commencement of Divine fiervice. The Church, *hitt has ate; esieldealde imprevament, via filled with a devout and i nit as idle look or bighting tongue ciftatied the =t u ts *seal wor ship, and it wallet until the &en Wirt class* that tin ishelift ants gave noisy Wawa se their joy —a theanuid raises ins sunultaneous about of cangratilatioe, which made she i i ir d el. Ida roar :" " Ev'n taialben Mowed, with amistring wile, And phick'd his ant, to share their peace's smile." His limelmey imealsed for a ermaiderable dame at the end aLiesii highly railed with the INIONINISII kips= the i . 14trig sue maims tterey kaielleet Iles imgmtria miles which famed ea almost iasupesable tee m the semmasimeitrt with the district if Wellborn!. By the mtreamitd sad imeriatie magma of the Rev. J. Nyhallek, ea eseallau awriagermil his been form ed, sad a sehowedal 'ease aide bib bees sheen NNW tbe dream. Useful and mtrimeital, the Midge tang Ise amhiseed se we ef the ameise a l s t ord isess lame selintectare. The reed dames rows theetrAt i t is arttraty, die mil of whisk big wily eihnlal, as. est* Geld ler agricultural impesimarets. 1 Willinglea li pet* hid by a direr of elegem palm trim, sod the waveller Bei Molar ammo ht a clean and wdlegplated a plaid ematry bridge. sama se41611:1:111111"was sibur wire il l i Z e Lig UliOnallei bililifte dlet by the 4lB6l.lld aaesttled l = B if s .1101 amid mime mime ispletwde in a new meta- The mule% beaus. hes item the result; they sp eed isleasteleas. betzt t e m, emtLaTidon they have re eking eitraisfise tile = 1 ::: lite, se we ll as fanners, slireslunti7 CM demand NICETOWX, SEPT. 6. Ifs tea . duty_ of sag to our mans a rens. "Mt gm which ham been attended with such misfeasor, dietelat. as aoliaming the pith to ti" Nirgiata =ecz e ma drovers of mile, is the heed of the *it titre. We ewe kes truth se arkaewledge chef we ell Wildo is a greet meartres, Ow the spit% ef essmawim which ; hy . aer . AD !maim 61,1 had *shawl slam _ the feta. 1 iiiiesste r 4iiiii — Piny, to las pienveriag anaprise of Dr. Vi re' . r glatres to which we Winded is ow bb. biii aka odlosining. with geese aininig, to owe di Sind AW j.....a ilsogbninto he had to ow boy bassi nab boo this Ito hod requested he wadi minis Nebo what minim Ito sod Poet Logo hod lolubolabwallesoshooridnite or the Colony. To thissosties din old as ha bold Dot give any emu% lk was C li t e l :1 1 1 1 4 1 , 1s aitly end podtively, that Ise eat &Wu/ the saangerat that he was sambas , to woonotal I sod that it was • false motet mob to his by sow of his 11111111111116. The evidence of semi of the gold who won obsoot so the player, would Now hove gives she as direct to the mowdoir of AM Katlic. His Ks- Wlency, however . ished to attribute the di ffi culties to a misun. Upstanding, sod was satisfied to take the solemn assurance of A.lllKatilo ad *gather Chiefs, that such mistakes would not again Gold Placer being arranged, his Excellency gate some caphination to the Chiefs of the objects in view, in recommending them to encourage exclusively the cultivation of white rice, the only means of giving a great extent to that branch of commerce, as it would lind a sale to the West Indies, sod even in Europe ; good' African white rice being superior in quality to American. - The ' cultivation of cotton and coffee wu also recommended ; and pro. mine were made by the Chiefs that on these points, as also on that' of timber, they would in future be led by what they saw now was their own interest. The missloa to Amarah was conducted with ability, and pfereed successful. Brigsde-51spar Ricketts and Lieutenant Austin, It N. TOMIlla on Tuesday. '1 heir arrival at Fouricaria was hailed by the peoplesa the harbinger of pence, and other blessings. Arnarah, who was in camp near Penh's, returned to Fouricaria, to welcome Item, end Imre ample promises of friendship and seal to promote *po good of his country, and to follow the advice of the Governor. with his usual regard to truth, asserted that be had not pre vaned to megrims of the gold merchants ; and as we must take it for gamed that Antarah, as a "great booktnan," could not de viate from a line of veracity, we must attribute to the wonderful spell of our Mohammad'''e the disseverment of the links of that chain which kept, for so many weeks, the pid merchants at Meli a:auk akid other towns, as, since B'Mnes&y, several merchants have arrived brumes faun that country, one of whom, we are in formed, has solfilduid to the amount of 731. Asa beginning in a new branch of trade, it promises fine. We mast net omit mentioung an anecdote of the parting inter. view of out Ambassadors with Aranch. After violently disclaim htg the animosity imputed to hint by his enemies against this eake sa y s idgergettiag Ma former gravit y . and denial of being able to qg speak . .English, he said, in his own peculiar mode, without "an :Teter. " Della Moodu bad man too munltt ha no king I be al ate name ; he call himself Eng lishman, and me Span' at Portuguese. You tell Wealthy, me governor like him ; me Englishman—me r.o Portuguese— me no y 8 No, no ; me hnglish—ans love English—my cou .• ntr do the y=s new come when a Native Chief, who long coon raged the trade in slaves, considers it • gross insult to be supposed partial or belonging to nations engaged in those scenes sit blood. May our bold and royal merchants, by encouraging commerce, re ward honest industry, which must necessarily be the result of the present feelings of our neighbours ! )11ZMORANDA OT VESIITLII Captured and boarded by the boats of his Majesty's ship Owen Glendower, Commodore Sir Robert Merida, from May to Au gust, 1023 : No. 1. A Spanish schooner captured In June, at Old Calabar, with 57 slaves on board, waiting for 100 more. 2. A Spanish schooner under French colours, captured on the 3d July, at new Calabar, with 100 slaves on board. 3. A French brig boarded at Bonny, trading for ivory, but also Sued for slaves. 4. Schomer, ditto, ditto. b. A Spanish schooner, boarded off Bonny, had no slaves on board. A Portuguese brig was seen at C,abenda with 200 slaves on board, waiting for as many more ; and a Spanish schooner, also with slaves on beard, escaped from the boats at Losing°. The above memoranda of vends captured and boarded by his Majesty's ship Owen Glendower, when compared with the de tails which we have, from time to time, felt it our duty to publish, spew an evident decrease in the traffic in slaves on that line of coast. S4/ITTH AFRICA. IRRUPTION OT Till D•NT ZZZZZ INTO SOUTII AFRICA AND THEIR DEFEAT ■T 'EMS 0111111,A8. (Abridged from the Journal of the Re►. Mr. bloat, me of the M isalonaries at New 1.? ttakoo.) The approach of a numerous and ferocious multitude of unknown Ravages towards Lattakoo and its neighbouring countries, has been frequently noticed. Mr. Moffat, one of our missionaries at Lattakoo, thought it necessary to obtain accurate information respecting these invaders, who hail destroyed Kurreechane, the Ilandongs, ate. Ste., and, I therefore, set out on horseback, accompanied by Mr. O. Thomp son, an English gentleman of Cape Town, to reconnoitre. The result of the information so obtained was laid before the people of Lattakoo, by King Mateebe, in a public meeting called for that purpose - when it was determined to prepare for their de fence against the'apperoching enemy. Mr. Moffat also repaired to the missionary settlement at Griqua Town, and having informed the people of the danger, and that the enemy hail entered Old Lattakoo, an armed body of about one hundred men, mounted on • hemlock, Mikesiled towards diem*. Mr. Mead emesspeny dna Oa dre fah day of Joss, 1811, the mat, piano Malalarece river, whwe they hilted, bet a few Itsme - WW the evening, to watch the modem of the eilvensey, esil pa onte next mottling come within eight of them. It woe weed mew! {onward one or two of their nerelet smarmed, pod meat three of the Xmases to mine and confer with this. Beltlig• - of wider:km was Immediately froeusted, for they Meier wet Into a moot hideous peN (reliably Ulm the hulks war-etheepjonoll tbe armed men rushed upon them in the most knows mmerah Early in the morning of the 26th, the Oriqoaa 10.4111i1d ddle hones, and appea di.4 wdtgm eboot ISO y aids of the enemy, wkwe they renewed their theadfel howl throug hout thth right and left wings, diseharguig from their handsome of their wags weapons. Pell black, daliance, and savage fury, went calculated to (taunt ; and the G on the thin attack of the enemy, re united a few yards, again drew up. Water/bow commesteed thing; several ; when the wings retired, with their shields on their backs, crouching as the Millet% *ere discharging,. The firing was slow, but Ter* regular. Jt waa apested diet the eobrage of the enemy would be daunted, when they law se many of their warrior* fall by an invisible weapon, and sullelent Intervals were afforded them to make proposals of peace, bet al was inef fectual. They advanced with renewed fete, so as to oblige the* Oricias to retreat, though only to i short distance. yhe firieg continued, and proved very destructive, he seamy of their elliers fell victims to their own temerity ; yet they NM peeked forward, treptl qn the bodies of their skim After a cmillet of two hours and a half die anomy gem way, taking a westerly direction, which the horsemen intercepted I they. thee drces?da towards a ravine, which they timed, and were' Mena Intercepted. This rendered them perfectly desperate ; but they was Men repulsed with considerable They then timed their Oath to Old Lattakiii, where, joining the pony they hot let there before the battle, stiff more nenterout they set lire. to the Wm and retreated in an immense body no rthward. The Gaiques continued to pursue them about eight miles ; and, they rondo- sol desperate, they were Oiled with sewer lest, eareared It , " the thunder end lightning shothi 04rtels them. Mr. llUAibt rebnined daring the what canteet frees fighting, so did he ft dig:maeht in ebot s but he Moo* eithimously to pre vent the the warm Ned ehil drat ; and by gale: ll lML Ul anea, be prevented may acto et Thk bmlh iia people de extremely beds aexil waeuatiag. an it hat - 40,6911. The MO roe eall +a • - cothentelfsta of blacir., r d weeared with charcoal MI fides, hanging dad& eforadr During theory/intent they was =11, 4 = &MA ; their middies , ead, abbe& et bather • • beads. Their 11011111110Iti are Imo armor leajelbliar - in number round their oohs; Nth wroomettg Md. de r Mr' rings, of the .men eneedeS. They hews pleedela etypea baits, and some of the mew base ear4plawe. Their .at,... is 'span, axis and ritila. I; away of them lash Moho me bens,. thatened like a sickle t but MRS Gore anodic md up the amide. Their longings arm" bc truly mesh. et lee Beeditteaa oot itt theta mewed to be watiabg beat lo atadiar,thet I n the heat of thebade the rem deer abet oast, *ea seee, and with she UMW aridity humid them raw. The Grimm 614 bus the loaders shoat IMO head Of eaulay. whisk they bat Mimed ben various tribeto• their mare& lbet a eantweas etli =.....eat their mare., vast wet w e ek e. wed and pewerfd aedies, alei r by eat pins ! Bat do drioalli two beer, we SW have mode a peedyieste light, with the line of pommy. and Ware. bably of life. M!!iilfe eemi AMERICAN TILADE WITH INDIA. Ina work entitled, A Guide to the Comm of peep* N by Mr. Phipps, recently published, the Anther f t 41Insf following statement of the aggregate *aloe, so Rupees, of merchandise and treasure imported exported hom Calcutta by America, in the years:— IMPORTS. Merchandise. Treasure. Total Import.. 1818-19 3, 03 ,8 1 8 90 . 33,376 1442,9811 18111-20 1,32,178 43,26,310 47,48,788 45.66446 18111-21 1,88,656 27,25,619 23,63,174 19,24,79 At the mine time that the North American trade with British India has diminished, that with the sontbarn . por. tion of that continent has augmented in nearly opal pee portion : IMPORT/. Xmas% Blevebandize. Treasure. Total Imports. M 1818-19 4,64,084 9,92,182 14,46,246 kis, 1819-20 8,79,470 13,17,311 22,88,981 7 1823 - 21 3,64 , 161 6 ,7 4 ,7 48 16,38.896 19, 47 The secret of this large export to South America is doubtless to be discovered in the state of the which makes a remittance to England through tha ei tAt try, by means of merchandise, preferable to the perch= of bilis, or the export of glade direct. Whilst *I trail' with South America increases, that with Manilla dindleMs the channel of this trade being probably changed. A detachment of recruits marched yesterday from the recruiting department,Westminster,for'W ter, the head-quarters of the 95th (now raising) et infantry, and for the depot in the Isle of Wigbr - The detachment of the 40th ($93 Somerset:6ldr.) regi ment of foot, which was ordered to embark mi board the Castle Forbes, in the river, for the purpose of proceeding to Cork, to guard the convicts ordered to be conveyed from Ireland, to New South Wales, remain still in theriver. The detachment, consisting of six officers and 100 ma rines, which embarked on board the Antelope, u guards over the convict., that are ordered to be conveyed to Bey , muds, remains wind-bound at Portsmouth. ILIRRICH, DEC. 21.--On LLrednesdny that extraortE nary and majestic animal, the . Swedish Elk, which has for some time been at the Three Cups, in this town, was sent off to London; be was led off harnessed by the head with a strong leather halter, attended by five men, but after go• ing five or six miles, his tractableness rendered more than three unnecessary. It is said to be for public exhibition at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, as the breed is now nearly extinct in Europe, and this is the only one ever imported alive into this country. Although it has not attained half its growth, it has already reached the height of nineteen hands: at the shoulders it is a singularly-made animal, capable of enduring much fatigue, and going at an incredi ble speed • one has been &inn, in a sledge, from theinterior to Stockh olm, a distance of 360 miles, in thirty hours, but the exhausted animal was obliged to be killed on its at rival.—But Gazette. Last week, a party of sportsmen were out coursing with greyhounds. After a fine run over the farm of Yonertoun, in the parish of Houston, the hare was caught by old Wellington, a well-known dog in that neighbourhood, at a great distance tom his master, but to whom he was bringing the bare, when be was encountered by some stranger boys, to avoid whom he leapt over into a wood, and carefully covered over the hare with moss and leaves, and came out at the other aide of the wood, and led his master to the spot, where he found it. In the very next chase the same dog, and a young bitch, one of his breed, caught the hare nearly together, and still to avoid the stranger boys, be brought the hare back in his mouth, with the young one assisting him all the way, both carry ing it together, to the astonishment of a numberof spec tators.—Glasgow Courier. THEATRICAL. DISAPPOINTMENT AND DIETRESSINIP Rommr.—On Wednesday night a considerable portion of the public were very winch disappointed, in consequence of the sus pension of the perfonuance at the Olympic theatre, which migi. noted (according to report) through a dispute between Mr. Ellis tan, the home, and the present Managers, about some pecuniary matters. The other theatres being thronged, the public who could not obtain mats hastened to every other place of amusement in greet numbers, and, by the hour appointed for the doors to open, the front of this neat little theatre was rendered Impassable by the crowds that assembled to gain admission ; and, after waiting in great suspense for a length of time, they were in some measure re. lieved by the opening of the door ; on which a rush was instantly made to get in, but their progress was impeded by an announce. ment that •• there would be no performance thatevenin ," and the " sad tidings" seemed to cast a degree of melandtoly over the " holyday folks," who gradually dispersed, to seek amusement somewhere else. A country fanner was observed walking about the theatre, in a state nearly bordering upon madness, when, 04 being questioned, it appeared that his pocket had been picked of a pocket-hook. containing 1,6011 L A gentleman, to whom he men. tinned his loss, advised hint to proceed immedirely to Bow-street Office, when he laid the following infonnation .—rtat he had that day arrived from Leicestershire, where he held a farm, for the ?Mr pose of receiving the whore none: from the Hank of England, sad making some , and in the evening he determined to visit the theatre. He could not reroMort the numbers of any of the notes, which consisted of five 31t11. two 601. and one OIL note. The unfortunate man left the office in a disconsolate condition, without any hope of recovering the lost property. He attended yea. terday at Bow-street office, from whence he proceeded too the Hank of England, to tee what could he done in the &MIL On Tuesday se'nnight, just before the hour of com mencing the play at the Exeter Theatre, a slight explosion of gui took place, but no material damage was OCelll4oled. On minim. ation, it was found that one of the leaden conducting pipes, beneath the flooring of the gallery, had been eaten through by rate ; and there being no vent for the escaping gas, it had accumulated so is to intimate the quantity of hydrogen ; • tight being beetle+ , let an explosion was the natural consequence. The pipe bests 17 WSW. rous marks of the rats teeth ; and as these animals have often been known to gnaw through leaden pipes in search of water. it to Icoocluded that it was in this instance the object of march, an a wa. ter illpe adjoined it. 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