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PRICES or BRITISH per Cent. Con, 601 I !Ave Acct ttnt Pen 4 per Cent. I I WI. Bend, 32 pm STOCKS YESTERDAY. 1 F.A. Bilk WOOL 18 17 16 pes Ditto 6001. 20 19 21 pm Ditto Smell 22 23 pm Lottery Tlart• 231 Ts. - - rincits UP FOREIGN AquitrlAn Rona. 91, Putney •7res Rootte 601 C3ilian %Moil, 7 Ditto Acct. 36 Colorkbl3n Nonl. Oltto Rondo Im24', 30 I I p.m) Acet. 341 3 Grt,rlt Rar-ls • lEtto Fon& 11 1 23' 13/ 111 14 STOCKS VESI'EItDAY. Mexican Bond* Ditto lioll4ll. ' Is2s' 6l} 1 lei Ditto Aeet. Ir 2 11 : i b Peruvian Bond* vi Tortuga*, Bnn.i. ;1 Prua*lan Bond. Ditto Bond* 11572; 91 K 111.11311 Dona 8.1 Spaniel) Band 4 PRICES or JIMMIES YISTIRDAT. )41.144. /hare. Pell. anen•llfewlean ••... ....... ..•• irtoo 70 101 41s tinned iezienn . P Weir Pint . COMPAIT. 20 2 2thl Mt ~a7t•.allan rite :StitfOft Vtroo. DRURY•LANt TREAT It E. T3ls !treeing. TUESDAY, October 10, will be perf..watcd the Tragedy of ROMEO AND JULIET. 9110, Mr. Soothwril t 'fermi°, Mr. Hoop►r; Juliet. Mrs. W. West. After which the new Muskat R•onsnce of THE WHIII LADY; or, THE SPIRIT OP AVENEL. pdoelpal Characters by Messrs. Horn. Amber. Young., Harley, 0. iniltb, Mid J. Smell Graddoo, I. Pawl, A.Tree, end ►elly. _ illic• rz. - 4 -: - ... , - ,-. 1:- _ -,-:--:-.- -. 7. - .: , ,- : ..".7: - . • -- ''- -- : ( *gap •-• 4 ':-. i. • - ' . :'' t.r• -- , ...r . `. - ' l -C---,f, ..:4' .. -I ' . f; ..-* 1 § ..1"-°. ' • . _ ...., , COVENT-GARDENTHEATRE. To ItI2TTOW Evening, iVEDNESD.ii, October 11. will be performed the Opera of OUT MANNERINO. Henry Bertram, Mr. Sapio I Domini* namp.on, Mr.NT. Farren ; nand?* D. rmont, air. Evans. Lucy Illertrun, Iliac Patun , Julia alausterint, MiaCawee; Meg Merriam, Mrs. FlPielt. After which, THE SCA PE.DOAT. O'd Ragtime, Mr. Blanchard ; Charles, Mr. tiorrelinw ; !instills Polyglot, dtr.W. Parma; Robin, Mr. Megdowa. ldolty Magri, Miss Jones. To conclude with the Farce of RAISING TIIR WIND. Jeremy Midler, Mr. Jones ; Plalnivity, Mr. Blanchard ; SM. Mr. Evans. Laurens Durable, Mrs. Davenport Peggy, Miss J. Scott. POSITIVELY TO.MORRoW WEEK ALL I.OI7IP:RIEN END IN fRIS KINGDOM. SIX or ,E 30,1100, &e. Jerre,ooo. IN ONE DAY. rho Bet ?Isis P re - eiseamnt eneid:pMishiag yesterday tnerninc nr livo cecina. LONDON, TUESDAY, Octona 10, 1820. w e received yesterday the French morning Papers of Saturday, and the Blade dated Sunday. The only ha p:Twit deco:rent in the latter Journal we have noticed in another part of our Paper. The reports which several of eft: foreign Journals have given, as to the breaking up of the confercncea at Akerntann, the concentration of the' army of Bessaral.la, and the augmentation of the Austrian army, are considered by the Efi.;ie es intended only to dis terb the public mind, without there being any real ground of alarm. For, as to the suspension of the conferences, it is well known that it was tecasioned solely fur want of sKlkiently extensive powers on the part of the Turkish . Commissioners, which difficulty bad since been obviated Lv the Russian ultimatum, transmitted to Cons:antinople, t!-e result of which could not yet be known. With regard to the army of Bessarabia, its concentration, as every body knew, bed long since taken place; while the pretended segmentation of the Austrian troops was wholly unfounded. toile is also very indignant at the intelligenv. given by other French Journals from the Peninsula, especially the Courricr Francais and the Marini Blanc, whose account of the seditious movements on the part of the Royal Guard it flatly contradicts. What authority the Etoile has for this does not appear ; but, as it says of the Co&rvier Francais, we can easily comprehend the interest which it has in giving false intelligence with regard to the affairs in Spain. Famrcti Fusus.—f. per (V.:4. !IA 2k.; 3 per Cents. 68f. Sue.; 4 per Cent. Annuities, 1 i ;6e. ; Bank Actions, 20371. Mk. Nsapclitan Rene!, 731% The Efoile of Sunday contains the letter of the French Admiral ROSA MI I. to the Brazilian Admiral PINTO Guccils, which we gave on the 12th September, from the Spectacle,. Braaikilo. We also inserted at that time the &rawer of the Brazilian Admiral. To the letter in parti cular we called the attention of our readers, observing tat the Brazilian Commander had chosen, for defending . himself against the enforcement of the principles avowed in the treaty of armed neutrality, preci.ily that ground which it must always be the duty of in English statesman to take. The Spvtadvr of the Y2d and 2341 June contained a correspondence between the Brazilian Admiral and the Britich Consul at Montevideo, but we do not believe that v : i s f.tihjoet can go any further. The Elude appears to say that the Brazilian Admiral founded his defence merely upon a French orlormance of Jot;1 whereas he has showed cearly that the maritime law of 170; has continued the same down to the present period, wi:h r.o other modifica tion than that which his been introduced into the ev!eu tron of it by the spirit of the age. We republish the answer from our paper of the 12th &lumber, in order to remove any such impression. REPLY TO HIS EXCELLENCY TINE ItEAR•ADMIIAL CON .SIOIDING IDE NAVAL DIVISION OF 1119 NOST CHRIS. TIAN MAJESTY IN SOUTH AMERICA. Fite uncle signed Admiral. cornmandb•g the naval forces al*. iliverty the Emperor of Brazil. in Rio da Prate, and the blockade on the ports of the I{l:public of Buenos Ayres, having received the note of his Excellency the Rear-Admind, dated the ('h inst.. con cerning the examination which was made of the papers of the French en/Minot king the Cosmopolite, ob‘erves from it that hi. Excel lerey the Brom-Admiral pletends tit it certain p•inctpter should be übserved,which he classifies as a part of the law of nntions, '• Ist. That the flag nrotects the merchandise (except it becon traband warlike stores). " 2d. That the visiting of a neutral vessel by a vessel of war must be made with all possible ease. " fd. That the only contraband attieles are warlike stores, fire. arms, powder, balls, be. 4th. That every Power has a right to give convoy to its mer chant ships, and that in MlCii a ease the declin a ti on of t i, e Can. minder of the 'felel of war is suf7.cient to justity the Bog and cargo the stilSele under COIN toy. " sth. That no port is blockade.) by a squadron, everts• whet: here is 119. evident risk of entering it t but nn moors; verse) can be preveAftl from entering a pot formally blockatl.al by a force width it sot present at the time when the vend presents itself, whatever may b- ti.e eater nt the removal of the blockading force, whether raised by wools or by the necessity of procuring pro visions." CIIS2 being pointed out in which the rules of visiting were i r yo nge o ; as s w a t i n the second reticle, and the contents of the lOorth article not heing applicable In the present eiren.nstences. in "on'er that the poitit may be reduced to a single question, the Hear_ Admiral will dispense him ll'into fineries) from memioning those, and he will mention ably so much of the others es may he of M i . pteariee, and may rcllte to die commission with which the under. strata% been eiargett. rite law o f nu o n;:a re sts and 114 founded upon the law of nature, aef the laver is founded upon reason. Its priudples s therefore, a re always. the 'Mille and unchangeable. The }Tench nation published an tVnler, dated the .23,1 o f J u l y . 1794, and in it his Excellency the Rzar.Adroiral will find the fol. bole, anielvs ' • Art.l. And in like • * irier'his Majesty prohibits the stopping C . ;cwt.; belonging to pros/ Princ!:s selling from the ports of any or the Staltm,which are et:lier nenteVor allied to his Illajesty, to go to a Stateslm unusual or pUkd to his , Majesty, provided they be poi laden with ittetchandiot of his enemies. whether raw or menu. tactunal it in which case the merchandise will be o fair capture, and vie vessel , . will be nrinvecil to proceed. •• - Art. 4. Ili. ril.ijeoe forbids l ie privateers to slop vessels be. tinging to the ltt‘oi. , ..l.nr neutral Princes ailing from she Mt* of a State allied to Mt . Almjesty, nr neetral, and bound for a port l•krstile to hit Msjesty : 'provided there be not in the said vessels any cotostrand riests, either raw or marinfaetirol, Ir:hinging to the enemies 9r his Majesty ; in which case the gricidt 811311 be a fair ond the vessels will he aliowed to proceed. '• Art 5. And nevertheless. if in :It; eases u•cmloned la the first four articles of the present regulation there were in the neutral vessels Mitts belonging to the enemies of his 51ajero_y, the vessels and all their cargoes , conformably to the 7th Attifle, under the title of ' Captures; in the Order of the month of August, 1681. " Art. 6. Newels belonging to the subjects of neutral States, which shall have sailed from the ports of a State hostile to his Ma ies.y, and shall have token cargoes. :n whole or in part, fur the Stotts of another Prince not their own, whether he be an ally of his 3lajetoc, neutral rr hostile, may he stopped and brtitight to this kingdom, and shall be declared good prizes with their cargoes, even Ili they should be freighted on the account of the subjects of his Majestic, or of a State allied or neural." Oa the 21st of October, 1711, another Order was published, con taining tht following article:— " Alt. 5. If in the cages. Ric. there were found in the said neutral vessels, of whatever nations they should be, goods or effects be longing to the t nemies of his Majesty, the goods or edicts shall he goad Prizes. even if they should not have been nianufactnred in the enemy's country ; but nevertheless the vessels shad' be permitted to proceed." In the original regulations of the French Marine, in August, 1681. the following article occurs.— " Art. 7. All vessels which shall be found bitten with goods be longing to our enemies, and the inerchatolise of our subjects or +Wes, in an enemy's vessel, shall also be good trines." The undersigned has the honour to apprize his Excellency the Rev -Admiral that lie does not traractibe the above .articles from the French regulations. in order rt szrve an a :tale, an they neither l arc the law of the empire of Brazil, nor are any principles similar to these restrictions hi practice. They were transcribed simply to show that. even by the lows of France, the assertion that the Hag covered the cargo was untenr.hie: and iu order to show also that in those times, in which the reins of fiovernment tv....re in the hands of the legitnnate Sovereigns, even • French privateer meeting neutral vessels with an enemy's cargo, not only took the cargo under the ' neutral !lag, but even the neutral vessels themselves were declared' good prizes. From all this expo* it follows, that if this first principle of the note of his Excellency the Rear Admiral be a port of the law of nations, it was Franee that dismembered that law by the above mentioned regulations: The treaty by which the opinion of the 'lcor-Admiral is COM. borates', formed between the Powers of the Norh, in 1780, and known by the title of the Treaty of Amid Neutrality. without doubt Intel for its object to agree upon the principle of the first arti el.: by a convention, and to incorporate it as maritime law ; yet it cannot be shown that the Powers wide!' did not form a part of that league of the armed neutrality recognise.rsit when peace was con cluded, though that was its object. Neither can it be shown that in the lust peace of Vienna, or in the Congresses which followed it, any indernitifications were granted for the merchandise in the yes. set, thus captured, though France never respected goods under neutral flags (sometimes as reprisals), nor even in the territory of neutral nations, without its being possible in that case that there should be any question of reprisals, Considering that there is so great a diversity of systems on this same principle, we might, without a scruple, call it the law of con venience instead of the hew of rations. And who is ignorant that neutral Powers assisting in this way any of the Belligerent Powers commit hos:it:des against the ! other; inurimuch as, by mainteining its commerce, it enables it bet ter to continue the war? or who iingnorant that one of the greatest evils witch can be dime to an enemy is to divert his commerce? and ty the principles referred to, this resource is rendered useless. That the Government of Brazil adopted the principle that the flag does not corer the cargo—s principle acted upon by all nations in the last war which took place iu Enrope—his Excellency the Rear- Admiral must be well aware, since he must recollect that a treaty of commerce, made oo the Ilkh of October, 1825, established it ac cordingly in its 17th Lrtiele. This treaty, though not published ofßcially, was printed entire in • newspaper, the Diario Firma arose, of the 12th of November of that year, and was never contra dicted, a circumstance which indicates at least an assent to its doctrines : and if there has been • delay in its ratification, on ac -Icount of some explanations which were judged necessary, it cannot be supposed that it was concerning those principles which England hat constantly followed. The example of the system acted upon by France in the war against the Cartes of Spain p.oves nothing; for, in.tesd of being an exception from circumstances, the assisance which his :Host Christian Majesty gave to his Catholic Majesty, to free him from the coeicion in which the Cones held him, was not a war of one nation against another; and in consequence of this circumstance, exceptions were made in the blockade of Cuba. Contraband warlike mortis, said, in Article 3, tohegood prizes, do not reptire to go to blockaded ports in order to become such. 'f;ic following Article of the French Regulations of NM affords a proof of this : " Art. 11. Arms. powder, balls. and other warlike stores. even horses and equipages, which shall be transported for the service of tto enemy. shall Fe confiscated in whatever vessels they may be found, and to whomsoever they may belong, whether to our sub jects or a1e..." Vith blockaded ports all commerce is prohibited, and cons •• fluently all goods are contraband, inasmuch as their importation is made in the lace of the recogoition which the respective cloven. meats make of the blockade by puhlishing it, as it is intimated to them. Speculators who run the risk from avarice in the face of the declaration and recognition of thee' Government, have for their ohjeet to elude the block ttle, by which they commit hostilities against the nation which enforces it ; aril for dull temion it is i',4l - that the mini...bu:tit, in case of capture. shell be a lows both to the owners of the cargo and those of the vessel. If this Plan were not pi:rimed, all would attempt to elude the blockade.— f hese principles are so wise that it appears impossible they should be celled in question. As, in the sth article in the note of his Excellency, the Rear- Admiral complains, though indirectly, of the manner in which the blockade is enforced, as he had already thine on the 26th of May la.t, the undersigned. in order to satisfy his Excellency, will say thus much :—ln the Rio dm Prata alone are three ports belonging to the territory of the empire of Brazil. and belonging to the ene mies of Brazil ; and as these are blockaded, and the method of best enforcing it is intrusted to the undersigned, in whatever port his Excellency the Rear-Admiral may meet ships of the squadron of his Majesty the Emperor of Brat 1 in the Rio da Praia, he may un derstand that that service forms a part of the method or system adopted, and which has for its object to hinder the passage and the entrance to the blockaded ports; anti certainly this method cannot be considered Ices eifteaCilUll than that by which France declared the British isles in a state of blo:kade, anti his Britannic Majesty. on the other hand, declared in a state of blockade all the ports of those nations which should be occupied by the French armies. And his Excellency knows very well that the ;Bizet' taken from neutral Powers in these cases were all judged lawful. If it should be said that this and some other factsreferred to inok'place whileon usurper was 'mated on the throne of France, the circumstance of there beatg to indemnificetion, and that of the French nation still being governed, for the most part, by the same ordinances, regulations, and laws, may be considered as a sufficient answer to any such objection. The undersigned has thus duly replied to the protest which his Excellency the Rear- Admiral Intimated to him by his note of the lit h instant, his Excellency having the power, if lie should nut be satisfied, to base recourse to the means Indicated in the same note; nothing remaining for the undersigned but to renew his protests. Lions of being... %Tith the greatest consideratian and roped, Ili, most and obedient servant, PINTO OULDES. On board the frign•c Piranea, off' 31ontevideo, du;“: 7, The Times speaks of the article which we extracted yes terday from the Lit. rm.!, Ga::eltc in a manner which calls for our unqoalified approbation. The &Writ Press is of no party, where the good of the country is concerned. We admit at onca the advantages of a national paper as the tneditem of circulation, as well as the danger of its being used for improper purposes, if the power of issuing it were to fall into unprincipled hands. There is no act of the i ! Legislature; and no prerogative of Royalty, which can pro- duce more impel-tam effects on tne state of the public, than the issues of money by the Bank of England. The pro patina of all Englislunen are placed in its hands ; they are so placed by the Acts of the Legislature itself, and, without a direct violation el the public faith, they must, for some time at least, still continue. so. The Batik of Eng land is a great hotly, and feels itself connected with the welfare of the nation. The dangers arising from such a system are cow:cline:lily diminished in its hands ; but those which proceed from the system of private bankers manufacturing notes, without ally comparison of their re spective issues, arc unmitigated by any consideration of this sort. Stich a rower as that of raising and diminishing the value of property at pleasure ought to be placed in no hands bat that of the Legislature. We do not say it eught to he placid in the hands of Government—because we ac k;:owiedge, with our contemporary, that all Governments are nut like the present, and that there would be great dancer of abuse if the power of issuing paper money were n to Ministers, without the express consent of the Legisletttre for every note that could be issued. This is a suLj, et which calls fur the most serious attention of Parliament. Unica; the power of issuing paper money be entirely destroyed (which it would not only be unjust to do, hut impotisible), it is abs o lut e ly necessar y t h at t h ere s h ou ld be some Sp ec i es o r larger notes, to which a greater de gree of security should be attached than ever can be attached to private paper. The very existence of such notes would form a barrier against the over-issue of nsecure paper, because they would supply the blank in THE BRITISH PRESS. the circulating credit of the country which was formerly supplied by country bank-notes and private bills. As the security of national paper would he almost perfect, provided the arrangements for preventing forgery were complete, such notes would constantly bear a premium above all other species of paper ; and the issuing of them being un der the control of the nation as much as it can possibly be at present, we should possess a certain guarantee by this means against the recurrence of the numerous calamities which bare repeatedly arisen from iniunanagement in the matter of paper money. The property the nation would thus once more be placed in the hail& of the nation itself. These are observations which occurred to us on this sub ject before the publication of the article in the Lilerary Gazelle, and which we are now happy to avow more dis tinctly, under the sanction of our contemporaries. IVe only advance them as suggestions deserving attention. iVhile on this subject, it may be proper to allude to the proposals for paying off the national burdens by an arrangement which would operate as a change in the denomination of our coins. Projects of this kind might do very well for France before the Revolution, and were, in fact, the inva riable resort of the BorneoNs under the old system ; but they will never meet with the approbation of English Mi nisters, while they continue to be such as English Minis ters ought to bp. If there were no legitimate method of lessening the burdens of the country, it might be necessary to spoil the public creditor of his interest, without repur chasing his capital ; but we are happy to state it as our opinion that Ministers are not yet reduced to any such bungling expedients. . MI , MONDAY EVENING. This has been a dies non in point of business in the British Stock Morket. The tifor.s of the Ikars in their last rush on Friday failed of producing the desired cfEcts, and Consols have remained the whole day at WI ; 3 for money, and Thursday; S3l A for the f2stit November; and all panics busy in arranging their accounts for the settlement. The For, ign has nat been more auspiciously employed than the Home Market. Itlexican Bonds have not varied above a half per cent., one of the best proofs that can be adduced of how little is going on. At the close they were 61i to 1. Colombian Bonds are somewhat more brisk at 33i. The private letters from the Carracas repeat the assurance of there being a very good understanding be tween Bottena and Pa Ez ; that being the case, no doubt conciliation will shortly be effected, and some modification be made as to the form of Government most eligible to be adopted. Should such be the result, it is confidently ex pected that some arrangements of these dividends will shortly take place. Chilian are stationary, with a very heavy market ; and Spanish are scarcely named. Greek arc rather better at 13/ to 11,t. Whatever may be the termination of the Greek war, it would appear that its decision is not likely to depend on the supply of means from this country. There is something doing in Shares. Bolanos, Tlalpuza hua, and Brazilian, are all advancing in price. In respect of the alteration of Mr. Wzrzes it Lt.'s list on Friday last, as mentioned on Friday and 'Saturday, the Committee of the Stock Exchange has come to the resolu tion that Mr. Isis.% It I:8 conduce was highly censurable, contrary to the rules and regulations of the Stock Ex change, and deserving of reprimand ; and that he was to consider himself reprimanded accordingly. The Com mittee having come to this highly proper determination, it is not necessary to pursue the subject further here. From the circumstance of the firmness of prices to-day, purchasers have not been so numerous as is usual on a Monday's market. The quan'ity of Oats imported this week varies little from that of last, being nearly 10,000 quarters, but holders are by no means disposed to lower their quotations; and the consequence is, purchases have been limited to mere matters of necessity, each party hold ing the other at arm's length: it remains to be seen which will have the best of it. Fine samples of iVheat go off at a very brisk pace, but the inferior commodity finds a very heavy market. Best Hurley and Malt are in request at an ativance of two shillings, and other grain generally sup ports the prim of last week. _ _ _ The I"ostmmter-General has this day promulgated the following new regulation as to the mails for Mexico, St. Domingo, Cuba, and Jamaica:— " General Post-office, Oct. 9, 1826. " For the future an adtli Tonal mail fur Jamaica will be made up in London, on the third WLdnenday in every month, to b e c onveyed by packet from Falmouth, which will also take out the mail for :Mexico, which has hitherto gone by the Jamaica mail of the lint Wednesday in t. very month. lAtteri for St. Domingo (Hayti), and for Cuba (Havannah), will be forwarded by this packet—those for St. Domingo to be charged as letters fur Jamaica, and those for Cuba as letters for Illexico. " The postage upon .uch letters must he paid in this country. " No letters for the other British West India Islands, or for Co lombia, can be tot warded by this mail. The first mail under this regulation will he made up on Wed. nudity, the lath inetant." We have received Gibraltar letters and papers to the 17th ult. The post from Madrid to thegarrison was interrupted by one of the numerous detachments of robbers that infest the mountainous country on the route. There is a report that they have made a descent in considerable numbers on the towns on the eastern coast. St. Petershurgh Journals to the fad September have been received, but they arc only remarkable for omitting all further notice of the diff..rences with Persia. A new Ministry has been created in Russia, under the title of Minister of the Imperial Court, apparently similar to the French Minister of the Household. Prince IVolkonaky is placed at its head. The Brussels Papers which have retched us go far to prove that the dreadful explosion at Ostend was not the result of acciden::— Elaussrit.s, OCT. s.—His Excellency Count de Celle% Am bassador from the Netherlands to the Court of Rome, set out yea temayevening for Paris, 'thence he will proceed to Rome. OCT. 6.—rt is reporteil that the Austrian army will be organi.ed in a different manner, and be divided, like the itussiattund Pros. elan armies, into erps, which will be k-ipt at the full complement even in time of peace, and ready to twitch at the shortest notice. 'abate corps will be stationed, without division, in the several pro. since* of the empire. M. hiefinans, chief clerk in one of the offices at ()stead, who hang himself on the 2cl. is said to have lett on his table a note, as. signing as a motive Mr his suicide that he had deposed to some cir cumstances relative to the catastrophe of the 19th Rep:ember, which. thinigh true, he coulu not prose. The fear of being pro. secured on this account seems to have led hint to this desperate act. The foliowing is given as a copy of the note:— " Dear Parents—l have declared more than I can peeve though innocent. I run the risk of being prmecuted; yet I saw all 1 have stated. Forget your unhappy son. (Signed) MAN S." The Courtier du Pays Das says, all the Lust letters front Os tend agree that it is at length proved that the catastroph: which has plunged Oat most unfortunate tows in mourning was the work of malevolence. Repasts say that the much which caused the explo sion was placed there a few minutes before it took place. The suicide of M. Lielmans is calm heel to cenlirm these reports. The Dutch Papers bring intelligt nce that the attack on the native insurgents, which our went Mforination from Ilatavia antic: paled, took place on the 9th of June, and was successful : Ilaanr.t: sr, Oct.. G —Accounts from Batavia, of the Ilith of June, announce that a detachment of the Netherland troops, com manded by Colonel Cochius, had proceeded by Djiwjirearta to the Kraton Pleret, in which the insurgents bad fortified themselves. and where, on a former occasion. it had not been thought advisable to :mark them. It was, however, taken on the nth June. The Nedierland troops consisted of two columns of Infantry, under Major Elout and La iron„ a division of cavalry, one of artillery, a reserve under Capt a i n Koelmati, and about 3, 0011 natives from the surrounding Dessa s . All the approaches of the Kraton having been occupied, an attempt was made to blow up the walls, whi c h having aucceetled, the scaling ladders were employed, and, 4' fter a long engagement, our troops made themselves masters of the fort. Our loss consisted of eight killed, among whom was Lieut. Krus tetiburg, and 40 wo un d e d. Th e ) 0 ,..• of the enemy was not less than 400 killed, a number of wounded. 40 prisoners, several stand ard.' sad some cannon. Both the Netherland and Javanese tro o p s deserve the gre a t est pra i se fur their bellav i ota on thin OCCA.tion.--tic. cutups from Groningen of the 2d Oct. say, that though the number of deaths has dec rease d , t h at of t h e s i c k cont inue s t o i ncrease. I n Friesland the disonler was still unabated. In the hemmer. &e. rot one house was free. It Is calculated that ten times as many lemons die as in ordinary times. • • : ' 7:4-t7cf. • '• ' i'v MOVE. E NTS. The Duke and fluehesi or Bedliwil have left Scotland, on their way to their seat. Woburn Abbey. nedlordshite. The Duke of St. Albans live arrived at his house in St. James's square, from Lord Frederick Ileanclerk's seat in Herts. The Earl and Countess of litutla irk left yesterday their house in St. James's-square, for their seat, 1 ittenhanger Hall, Herts. Countess Beauchamp has left town for Brighton. Lord Stowell arrived yesterday at his house in Orafton-street, Bond-street, limit Bo von. Derby:o.4e. Lord John Thyme has left town, Mr the 31arquis of Badt'sseat, Lorn:leat, W 31r. and 31rs. 11. Travanion and family arrived yesterday, at Jordan's lime', St. James's.-treet, from their scat in Scotland. Mrs. Ruth, left yesterday her house in Urasvenor.street, for her seat. 31isley Hall, Esse:. 3lr. and Mrs. W. S. Davison have left town fur Great Malvern, IVortewershire. Departures from the Pulimey Hotel, Albemarle-street Lord and Lady Huntingfield, on a tour; Mr.and itlrs.lticliard Walker, for their seat in Sussex. Arrivals nt the Bath Hotel, Arlington.atrcet:—Mr. and Mrs. O'Conner, from Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Melliar and lentil'', from Bath ; and Mrt. Devereux, front a tour. Departures : Mr. and Mrs. Sackville Otrynne and family, for Carmarthen, IValcs. Arrivals at Fenton's New Hotel, St. Jameo's.street ; —Viscount Lake, from his seat, Aston Clinton Tring, Befits; Lieutenant- Colonel and Mrs. Hawkins, from a tour; M. Wynne, EAq. from a tour ; Captain Genii/a Jolinoon ; Capt. Beresfottl, from Brighton ; lion. George Edwards, from a tour. Sir John and Lady Ackland have arrived at Warren's Hotel, Regent street, from the Continent. Depanurea from dittos—Mr. and Lady Ann Gregory and Miss Gregory, for the Earl of Talbot's seat in Sialibcdoldre ; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gregory, for Coventry; Poireys. E.q. for Berko; Mark Davis, Esq. ■nd Miss {Vat kin,, tor their neat near Blandfonl ; W. 11. bortin, Esq. for the Cogicent ; George Acker'', Esq. on a tour. The Queen of iVurtetnbt.ig has lately given birth to a daughter. The King of Bavaria honoured with his presence the concert which wan given in the grand saloon at the City Hotel at Nuremberg, on the 30th of Decctnber, on behalf of the Greeks. Sir Herbert Taylor, Sir Henry Torrens, and Sir Richard Jackson, transacted military business yesterday morning with the Duke of York. His Royal Highness afterwards drove out for about two hours through the Parks, &c. The Princess Augusta, accompanied by the Duchess of Gloucester, who has been paying a visit the Princess during the past week. left her residence at reogmore about twelve o'clock yesterday, and paid visits to the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Sophia, at their apartments in the King's Palace at Kensington. Their Royal Highnesses afterwards visited their Royal Relative the Duke of York, at the residence of the Duke of Rutland, in Arlington street, with whom their Royal Ilighnessess remained a con siderable time. The Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Gloucester returned to Frogmore in the afternoon. The Duke of Gloucester bus left his residence at Bag shot Park, for Lulworth Castle, on a shooting excursion. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Augusta visited the Duke and Ductless of Clarence, on Friday, at their seat, at fleshy. The 'tight lion. W. Huskissnn arrived in town yester day, from his seat, at Earth, in Sussex. Mr. H. transacted business yesterday, at the Secretary of State's Office for Foreign Affairs. Sir Henry Halton' left town on Friday afternoon for the Royal Lodge, Windsor Palk. Sir 11. returned to town on Saturday. Despatches were received in town yesterday from Mr. Secretary Canning; also from Sir IVill.am A'Court, our :Minister at Lisbon. Sir Francis Burdett is at present at Toulouse. In the Literau Gazelle appears a proposition, according to which the currency of I:reat Britain is to consist of paper only—but of paper stamped and issued by the State. Ms would unquestionably furnish us with a more econo mical circulation than that consisting of the precious metals, and one to which no reasonable objec.ion could be made on the score of security; but on the other hand, it would be o-e which in times of embarrasllmmt, when the temptation to abuse was strongest, dm tioyermnent of the day might depreciate by increasing to an infinite amount. The idea, however, may bear discussion, and we feel that we should not act fairly towards the Editor of the publication alluded to, by suppressing our knowledge of its having recently ecntaincil this article within its et 7tunna.—Tilnes. UNEMPLOYED Per NTERS.—We observe that the Corn mittee for the unemployed printers, finding, from the num ber and urgency of the applications made to them, that they could not adhere to their original resolution of confining the aubsctiptinn in behalf of their distressed brethren to the trade and those individuals immediately connected with it, have appealed to the public. Monday was the first day on which any application was- made to persons not connected with the art, and it is pith much pleasure we state, that the first subscriber was the Right Hun. the Lord President, who, in the most liberal and handsome manner, presented the Committee with 10!. We hope his Lordship's exam ple will operate strongly in favour of this respectable and useful class of mechanics, whom the hardness of the times has impelled to trust to the benevolence and good sense of the public.—Ediaburgh Courant. BRUSkEt.i, OCT. 6.-4 private letter received here from Friesland contradicts the assertion that the malady only rages among the lower classes; and says, that, unfortu nately, it has begun to manifest itself in every quarter. The prospect is, indeed, melancholy in the extreme; and it was feared, that if the morbifc humidity were not dissi pated, the malignity of the epidemv would increase daily. The exertions of the Governor of Friesland are above all praise: not only has be made every exertion to arrest the alarming progress of the fever, but he has ordered clothes and proper nourishment to he given to the poor; and as cleanliness will prove of most essential benefit, nothing could be more judicious than the conduct he has pursued. The number of deaths, daily, is very great. FAMILY COMPACT.—The following is an accurate copy of the letter addressed by the French Consul at Santander, to the Chamber of Marine at Bayonne : ENTLE sir.x,—On the part of she maritime trade of Bayonne, I inform you that by a Decree of his Most Christian 31ajeste, brouttlit by a courier yeaterdny, to the Marine Department of this province. permission is given to all foreign Bags to coast from one port of Spain to another, to the end of the year. It will not depend on me, if, by the principle of this authority, the French flag should not be admitted, :fter the expiration of thi s term, to coast front one Spanish port to another, in execution of the 24th Article of the Family Colipset. I have the honour to be, Bte. AiLIX, The following Letter was yesterday rcecived at Lloyd's, from the Consul-General and Agent at St. Michael's:— " On board his Mujtsty'a ship Diamond, off Terceira, Aug. 31, 11125 i. " St n,—llis Majesty's ship Java landed near St. 3lichnere on the 12th instant, an 1 sailed on the 14th, on her voyage to India.— On the Ifith the Diamond, under the command of Lord Napier, having his Excellency Sir Charles Stuart, the British Ambassador, on board, appeared off, with a large ship dismayed in tow ; on going on hoard. I found it to be a ship laden with timber, that the vier -Consul, Kendall, had r.ported to you as having put into St. Mary's. and to which Island Mr. Kendall went over in his Ma jesty's shin Buracoutn, to afford evtry assistance in I is power to the vessel, and to rescue her from the grasp of the Portuguese Authorl. tics there, who wanted to liar: the veyel and cargo sold there for a mere trifle; with the assistance that Mr. Kendall procure!, the vessel was pumped nut, her rafts-ports secured ai.d caulked, and she is row fitted with jury-moats by Lord Na;•ia, who intends taking her to England. She is supposed to be the ante ship that Lord Byron fell in with six months ego, and took away the few surviving crew, who had subsisted on the dead bodies of their fel low.ereaturrs. As Loyd Napier has 'lb:O.:yeti so much zeal, and is so desirous of getting the vessel to Englanu, I h ave ah,t a l o w from all interference as Agent to Lloyd's, other than giving him an assistance in money to pay her disbursem e nt s at S t . Mary's, which his Lordship has repaid ire. I accompanied Sir Charles Stuart to valuable cargo ' Iran bound to Verda. of the Sp an ish s hi the Island of Terceira. and since here I h ave h a d nn official appli. d ca e li r o cN if 3 ,In:cjos, Nadir with a vialln le Cadiz. to grant him convoy. as he is afraid of Insurxent Privateers. Lord Napier has very properly declined giving the Spanish Cap tain formal convoy instructions, but has permitted him to sail wEth the Diamond, so far as their course may lie together, in considera tion of her being insured in London to the amount of 100,000 dol. lan; aml 1 have advised the Spanish Captain to putt into Vigo or Corunna, and :here wait protection of convoy from Isis own Govern. meat to Cadiz. I hope what I have done and advised will meet the approbation of the parties inteeested. I have the honour to be. &m . U . 11 arintreu III:AD, Cmsul.Oeneral, • Juhn Bennett, Esq., Lloyd's." DRURY-LANE THE 47' RE. a new musical Last evening was produced at this an th , e i, a m tr e e romance, called Th e Whit e L u d y , or t h e Spirit with Boieklieu's music. A v ers i on o f t h e same 'Were ha ' s' astounded every th e atr e i n F rance , an d t h e composer has gained as much renown th ere by hi s mus i c in Le Blanche sea French Marshal fo rmer l y wou l d in gaiiiieg victory. Every town a nd c i t y h homage to his genius, though it will, we think, require more fire about it. There is little simila r i ty bit n p ; w e j udgme nt tii than Englishmen posscss to find anyt hi ng like the of the French piece and the one now produced, M. Sere the author of the former, having bl en d e d t h e f i ction of t h e Ludy of :faced with the return of H enry Bert ram G Marin( riug. The piece of last night opens with the re-urn of Roland Brame from the wars to the Falconer's Cottage on the Aven e l en „ in consequence of a mysterious warning that he In., had in a r t i; that he should seek his fortunes in his native ci entry, Hitt; ; pardeulars of his birth lie is wholty unurii „ nra known to Adam IVondeock Chi: falconer), and I. his wife , ° a n a i l youth that when an infant h a il accidentally tumbled tram atoat and was saved by the assistance of a Newhiundland dog. Rau tii i on his return home, after many years of absence, is the meats of saving a lady from the grasp of ruffians, one of whom t amid Christie, in the course of the resistance offered, obser; es a mark o n his throat, by which he knows him to be nn other than the child i ntruste d to bi ro by the false Baron of Avenel, when an infant to drown in the lake. Roland, impelled by an invincible r ec a nt , a , • sing out of his dream, is on his way to invoke the spirit of tEe lad y of the fountain in order to le irn hi s d e s t i ny , and solicits the company of Adam Woodcock, t h e Falconer, to this place. Ilay t tig arrived there at the hour of twelve, and moonlight, the necessary invocation is mule; the White Lady appears from the Fountain, and replies to his invocation by urging her to elk his fortunes in the Castle of Avenel. The scene is now tran s f erred to the Hall of Avenel, when Jußan, the brother of the late Lord, and uncle of Roland, whom he supposes to have been drowned by his creature Christie, under the circumstances stated, is about to be installed—no other heir having appsared—into rightful poss e s. shut on the following slay. A mordi ig to the legend, the , taus of the White Lady of Avenel neetr remains on its peeee s t but when the Castle is its possess on of the rightful owner, and therefore it has necessarily b eat absent ev er s l ate the th of the l a te Lord. Christie niw informs the Baran of the reappearance of Roland, and 'h y concert by what means they shall effect his destruction, when, in order, as they think, to aid their purpos', lie strives at the castle, seelVng favour and protection as a t avcl'er frir one night, agreeable Cu the laws of hospitality of the house of Avenel. This is granted, and for the creaser sec u rity in dispatching him, he is lo 'iced in the Wiese batty's chamber in the haunt d part nettle emelt. Lit a, she wife of the Grand Falconer, having concerted a little ruse with her fr. male neighbours against an amorous friar, entrap him into a boat, *Weil takes down the mill stream, and lie is upset ; a his 'ending he is a sailed by these ladies, habhed in white, w h to cies in their b eels, and, not being above the vulgar p ejud as of his mote unenlightened neighbours, imagines hit self under the influence of Vie White Lady, or rather Ladies. and, w•th his head muffled in his cowl, begins to mars hi hide reccadillocs. At teas juncture the Falconer arrives, and, hearing the confession that he had ki.sed his wife, falls upon sum without mercy, and the result is, his denied .g op s letter lie had •ectived, as the accomplice. of Chr We, planning the murderer Roland, thew. silicate or marriage of the former Baran with lady Mar arc (which event had been matte- edoubt),and other documents. The k'alcuaer hastens to the Castle to prevent the impending murder of Roland, while Lilies, his wife, flies to the convent to obtain the assistance of the Abb 0. By this time Roland has arrived in the haunied cham ber, where the Baron's daugh er, who, as is usual in such cases, vu no other than the lady lie had rescued from the robbers, hat ng overheard his i sipendin rdo seer, haa hastened to warn hint of his fam; a mutual recogni ion takes place, and vows of eternal con stancy are the consequence. Roland, overcome by the (fleets of a sleep ng potian that had been ad niaistered to hint by Christie, is so n y depeted of the power of resistance, and Christie ease's h °ugh a s ice it passage m .de in a picture, and is ab ut to deep itch R land, wh n Adam Woodcock, the Falconer enter, through a w dow. interp set. At this i.ir mire the Abbot arrives, and ties p r e• a e swims ned so tie ft in of Statues, the vacant petits. tat being in he centre of the stage. 'flu: Baron defies the written prea s brought in !avour of his nephew, ut co:teems to place the rsite on the fulfilment of the legend ut the statue. On the entrance o Itolan ', the sa ue takes iis staiion, and the spirit of the White Lady is appeme i• see 1 winging its way to realms above. Such is the outline of the piece, and the characters were aliotted as lo low: Juean o Ave .el - Mr. A *CHER. RuMncl Gr me 31r. Hoax. Fath r Sites ce - - Mr. YOVNGE. Fah r Ph I p Mr. J. RUSSELL. Adam Woaceo:k - Me. Heiseee. Christie Ale 0. SMITH. The Wt ite La ty - Nis! I. PATON. Mary of Avenel s Miss Gaannog. Lilian -. Miss KELLY. Margaret 31iia A. Tam lb rn, in Roland Grime, played and sting very effectively; and Harley, as the Falconer, somewhat jcslous of his wife, was amusing enough, and certainly made the most, as he generally does, of what lie had to do. 0. Smith, in Christie, was the most perfect epitome of assassins; his entrance and exit through the picture of a warrior in to and out of the haunted chamber was oast enough. Mr. Archer, in the Baron, did much justice to the part elicited him ; and, Russell in the Friar, drunk with the water of the mill stream instead of wine, and fancying he still beard the air sung by his tormentors, and which uas !clown as I that which accompanied Tee White Lady, was pleas:a .t es ough. It is impossible to conceive anything finer thou Miss I. Paton's appearance from the fountain as the spirit to a beautiful peal on the organ ; and the unearthly manner in which she gave the recitative and air directing Boland to proceed to Avenel, will not easily be forgotten by those who heard it. Fur Li/ins Miss Kelly dill every thing she could ;—in any other hands it would have been a failure. Miss Grachlon sang remarkably well ; we wish we could say as much for her actin! , ; and Miss A. 'free played her confidante ; but the hero:l . 4nm] of a sone, with dancing at the end of' each verse, was any thing but well received. In point of fact, with thei exception of the invocation scene, there is not an original thought or idea in the piece, nor is there a character worthy of notice. Of M. Bereltlieu we may make free to speak hereafter ; suffice it now that the overture is about the most efficient part cf his contribution. 'floe airs interspersed are by no means of a striking character ; there is, however, a tno to the air of " Grand Dieux," " Oh, yes, at the midnight hour," sung by Harley, Horn, and Miss Kelly, that was highly and deservedly applauded. The music of the invo cation scene, by Mr. 'F. Cooke, was of a very superior cha racter, and the composition of the spirit's song entitles him to high praise. Of the scenery, by Stanfield, it is impos sible to speak hi adequate terms of approbation. The Fal coner's farm, the valley of Glentlearg, with the enchanted well, and that of the mill-etream, are equal, if not supe rior, to any thing that has hitherto proceeded from the pencil of this talented man. We must net omit to notice the beautiful cff.ct of the rising of the fountain and the appearance of the spirit ; these specimens of ingenuity, the unearthly drapery of the White Lade, the figure of the transparent marble statue taking its place on the pedestal its the last scene, and the as cent of the spirit, were Futticient to redeem even this piece from the fate that we Gar would otherwise have attended it. The applause was tolerably general on Harley's announcing it for repetition to-morrow. We had almost forgot to men tion that the Romance was preceded by the play of Pizarm, in which Mrs. NPGibbon made her appearance in Eteira, after an absence of five years. This lady appears to have benefitted much during her absence, and we have no doubt will be a considerable acquisition to the thew.. %Veiled( was very successful in ileffa ; and Cooper, who leis transplanted himself from Covent-garden, since last week, was the Alonzo. Not th e least effective part was that ut ' l'izarro, and we are very difficult to please in this respect. from our recollection of Barrymore ; for Mr. Bennett did all of which the character is susceptible, and much more than most actors of his standing could effect. It is but common justice to Mrs. West to say she is a de lightful Cora, and, taking the play altogether, it was ex ceedingly well performed. DEATH OF MR. CONNOR.—We lament to state that Mr. ConnOr, of evvent-garden Theatre, after dims s' with some theatrical friends on Saturday evening, on his way home through St. James's P ar k, was attac k e d w i t h a fit of - apoplexy, tell down, and expired. lie was respected as a sumac friend and well-bred gentleman by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. S'nee Jack Johnson he has been the only efficient representative of Irish characters. A p'an is said to have been concerted for the total aboli tion of the Star system, as it is called, at the regular thea tres, which only awaits the arrival of Mr. Price to he con firmed. Should the Managers and Proprietors agro, teed theatre will gradually acquire a good company of actors, after the manner of the old school, which these Managers. by their profligate competition, and high salaries given to individuals, have during lat e y ears , sa dly unt!ermived. merely to gratify ;be inordinate vanity and extra%,inn th.- mautl4 of actors who call theme:lris Stars. We hart proved of t square, in iminediatel so that we by the Pro and the wn At a tor purism rut capital, we wilieence It p u rse, for sing, for el primed to employed the payme ficult to p r t •r above the genern privy pun learnt, to I granted to the lit ye s of the Ur,: We leer malts had nourable the Court, ille of a sr; by the fir! jog expre% , then tAkro two hours the guns I; Oct. 30. The fo pool, on 1 We stip pool, al ti who j oiner poop e, vi and arrived ar hear milli We arl captured Ann, Siai house WI it 01 itar,"er) yet arri ve 4 River P 1: inner in 1 , Macedrini she takes trnm what the war. tone this i unsuecess jest y's to B uenos ship Dori • colour, lntclli long s it was lost si upon when They provi any, .ever, pun tirint ta su Pros of.br fur o