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HAYMARKET THEATRE. Mb evening, SATURDAY. Sept.lo. will be performed FISH OUT OF WATER. SAM Savoury, Mr. Liston; Charles Gayfate, Mr. Fining, After which INTRISUE• Tom, Mr. Harley; Ellen, Madame Vestals. Te wigeh will be added, '• QUITE CORRECT." Tas Principal Characters by Mears. Vining, Raymond. and Liston Mesdames tamer, Davison. P. Glover, and W. Cild'ord. To conclude with TILE SLEEPINZ: DRAUGHT. no, Mr. Harter s Notizie. Mrs. ENGLISH OPERA ROUSE. TIA Ereulag, SATURDAY. Sept. 10. will be performed THE SHEPHERD BOP. The Cbaraeters by Mks Kellyt Ileum Caper, Baker, Bartley, Keeley, W. Lhapinan; Miss Goward. After which. THE STOUT GENTLEMAN! The Prtaelyvl Characters by Messrs. Mathews, Bartley, Cooper, Keeley, and Slunnus; and MluCowmd. To eotwlude with HIT OR 1111%4 Dick Cypher, Mr. Mathews: Jerry Blossom, Mr. Raynor. `The BfIITIIN Pars, commenced pufili hiug ycatailny morning •t five o'clOck. LONDON, SATURDAY. Surrianta 10, IS4I. The Paris Papers we received last night bring us no fresh intelligence from any part of Europe. The Etoile of Thursday contains a long account of the reception of the • French Envoy at the Court of Fes. The Emperor of Mosinee° evinced every disposition to tcstify his regard for his Most Christian Majesty; but we apprehend it mat ten little, either to France or any other power, what scn t:tnenis are felt by the Mahometan Princes on the coast of 'the Mediterranean. Their day of mischief has passed by, and their friendship, for its own sake, we take it for granted, the King of FRANCE would disdain to possess. An important statement is made in the Etoik respecting the treaty with Hayti. Same alarm had been expressed as to the communication between their ships and the other West India islands. It appears, however, that the vessels ti Hayti are restricted from touching at any of the French colonies. It is added that this regulation met with no dif beulty or objection on the part of the Ilaytians themselves. In the private correspondence from Spain, some account is given of the misunderstanding at Cadiz with an English vessel, to which allusion was made in a paragraph In our paper of yesterday. The correspondent of the French journal styles the vessel a frigate, but it was the packet team Gibraltar, returning home. The English Captain, it is sa:d, was warned by a French brig not to entr.r the harbour. Two guns, with powder only, were discharged to no purpose, and it was no: till a shot was fired by a frigate that the Englishman thought fit to stop. The affa'.r res evidently one purely of mistake. • The presence of Mr. Lasts at Madrid has produced a great sensation in the political circles of that capital. The r.ev Ambassador seems to have impressed those with whom I. • has to act much in his favour, and that is one principal cl.uno:t of success. I From the Moire, dated Thunday.l TANGIER, JUNE. US. Ile French Consul in Morocco left this city on the 9th May, to proceed to Fez, where be arrived on the 19th. After the usual tepase of three days, the Emperor ant, in the ironing, one of his Lost distinguished officers to acquaint the Consul that he would receive him the inme day at ten o'clock. Accordingly, at nine o'cicck, a detachment of troops, consisting of the Imperial Guard a tl a Garrison cf Tangier, mune for him. He act out with his consort, preceded by the presents intended to: the Emperor, end a,::ampatied hy.two French officers who had accompanied him from Tangier to Fez, by the Vice-Consul, the physician, and the it terpreter of the Consulate. When they got one the place which his Majesty had fixed for the audience they heard the orders of the Emperor given to repair to Its presence. After a halt of half an hour an officer conducted him to within two hundred paces of his Majesty's palace of plea sure. lie was on horseback, surrounded by his troops on foot. When the Consul was near the Emperor he ordered the troops to oven their reeks. They then funned two lines, between which the Ceesul advanced to fifty paces di t nice, and made his first saluta tion with his head uncovered. Those who accompanied him did the same, except the two French aka+, who only raised their bands to their caps. according to the French military custom. The Pula of Tangier, seeing that the two French officers did not cite off their caps, stepped out of the ranks, where he was m o tt led with the common soldiers, and spoke about It to the Cohaul. who satisficd hint by telling him that the French soldiers icier salute their officers. or even his 3lujesty, except by respect. fully raising their bands to th.sir caps. Upon this answer, which his Majesty heard, he retired, but the Emperor called him, and raid, " Tell the Envoy of the King of France, that be and the French nation are the tint in my friendship, and the most esteemed by our hlajesty." The Fiche repeated these words to the Interpreter, who told item to the Consul. 7 . 1.1 French Comeul delivered to the Pacha his Majesty's letter a Lag, made of a rich brocade, atd a little box covered with hroeaSe of the same pattern, which contained a diadem of din msnJa, and caused the other customary presents which secant. ponied it to be shown to iie !Isjesty. The Empuot ha/Infos. ceived these presents, retired, On the 25th of May the Emperor sent to the French Consul, for his 3l:jesty Charles X., a ii 011,411 ostrich, and four horses. The fetes ofßernadan, which had began the day before the Corr arrived, not being yet ended, delayed his departure, and he returned to Tangier, after a rapid journey of Svc days. Pears, SEPT. 7. A Journal endeavours today to excke uneasiness in the planters respecting the communications which the new stets of St. Domingo might have with our islands. We are authorised to declare hat the foresight of the Governm.mt has taken away every pretext for this uneasiness. The ships of Hayti will not be received in our Colonies and will not even show themselves tissue. It is but justice to add that this regulation has rot met with soy difficulty in St. Domingo. [From the 'of Wednesday.] CADIZ, An 0.19. An English vessel of war presented itself off our harbour on the 17th, from Falmouth, having despatches on board; • violent dispute took place between itanti the French brig stationed at this port. The following are the particulars :—The English vessel, a frigate, having arrived at the entrance of the port, a French brig, which was lying there on the quarantine service, intimated to the English vessel, by firing • gun without ball, that sho must stop and cast anchor. The English Captain did not think proper to obey this mandate, and the French vessel fired another gun, still without ball the same indifference was again shown by the English vessel, which still kent sailing in before the wind; upon this the French frigate, the Amazone, which the English were approaching, fired a gun loaded with ball. The English vessel then shortened sail, and lowered her boat, which went on board the Amazone, and, after being there The some time, returned to the English frigate, which Immediately put to sea again. The English frigate, however, reappeared on the nett day, cat tying a flag of truce, and entered into Cadiz without molestation from the French squadron. She landed' her passengers and de spatches, and then put to sea immediately. A dispute of the same nature has already taken place with the English frigate the Active, coming from Tangier. _ MADRID, AVOUST 26. Sir Frederick Lamb, the new English Arr.bassador to our Court, has been here these two months. His circumspect,-measured, and extremely dignified behaviour has been remarkable. He was ap pointed last year to succeed Sir W. A'Court, at present at Lisbon, but his delay in coming to his post, bas given time for personal in qairies to be made respecting him, and their result has prepared public opinion to receive him under the most favourable auspices. Public attention is at present particularly fixed on this diploma tic envoy, aho bears the character of a prudent man, a friend of regulated liberty, and of a most conciliating spirit ; knee letters have been received here from London, written by some well in. formed Spanish refugees, which announce, that there is reason to think that France and Great Britain arc about to undertake in eon cert the honourable and peaceful task of aiding Ferdinand, by their Influence and salutary counsels, to relieve Spain from the evils which at present oppress her. She is now placed in the crater of a vol cano which threatens to explode in all directions. In the peculiar situation in which Spain is so placed, occupied by a French army, and in a false position with regard to England, who has acknow ledged the independence of her American previnces, this conci liatory and amicable proceeding is perfectly natural and convenient for France and England, who, as maritime powers of the first or der, ought and might have extensive relations in the Spanish Pe ninsula. Fees tca FUXDII.—PAIIIII, SECT.7.—Five per Cents. joules du 22J tient. opened at 99f. 80c., closed at 991.50 c. Three per Cents, 71f. lee.; Bank Stock, 2,165(; Rente do Naples Certif. Fal connet, 86f. 80c. ; Rente d'Espagne, 17f. ; Royal Spanish Loan, (1023) d 9; Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 6c. ; three ditto, 1 24 f. 90e.—Coure Authoitigide. We have at last some news from Greece on which we can rely, and it is, we feel happy in saying, decidedly fa vourable to the cause of independence. Letters have been received from several quarters and by several channels, and they all agree not only as to the main facts, but in great measure as to the details of the transactions they narrate. There is no doubt regarding tit- relief of Missolonghi, and the entire defeat of the Turkish artny by which it was be sieged. The plan of the campaign on the part of the Ma hometans has failed in Epirus, in Phocida, and in Livadia. lartautm PAcIIA alone has gained any advantages, and his position was in the highest degree critical and dan gerous. All that is necessary for the triumph of the Greeks is the cessation of the &mentions of their Chieftains, in order that their united strength might be turned upon the Egyptians in the Mores. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. Time bargains to a considerable extent were done in Consols this morning; but the operation of the Bears buying in their Accounts was not renewed, at least to any great extent ; but still the market at its close appeared a firm one.. Consols opened at 88i 9; there were a ft erwards buyErs at 894, and subsequently buyers at 4 ; towards the afternoon they went back to their opening price, from which they soon recovered, and left off at 894. Ekchequer Bills were Se. to Ts. premium. A good deal of attention is paid to these Securities at present, from the strong expectation that prevails that the interest of them will shortly be increased. A great gloom hung over the Foreign Market, without any reason being assigned for it, particularly in South American Securities, which, although suffering under the heaviest depression during the panic, were the first to recover from it when the Money Market was relieved. To-thy, however, these Securities were held very heavily, as the quotations of this morning, compared with those of, yesterday, plainly indicate. Colombian Bonds were 774 9. Mexican Strip was 84 1 discount, and the New Guatemala ditto ei 4 discount. Brazilian Scrip was also worse, being reported at 74 7 discount. Spanish Bonds, which were to-day a good deal inquired after, were the most elastic S.curity in this Market; the Old Bonds were 224, and the New 174. Greek Scrip was exceedingly languid, at 18 174 discount ; as was Danish Sett ate 34 discount. There was not much doing in the Share Market. Anglo-Mexican and United Mexican Shares remained at yesterday's prices. The Potosi Shares were also the same. Anglo-Chilian Shares, and those of the Chilian Company, were done on much lower terms ; the former at 1 to 14, and the latter at 74 04. Some business was done in Pasco-Peruvian Shares at the improved quotation of 84 94. The Exchanges were nearly stationary last night. Sugar and itum went off at fall prices this morning in Mincing-lane, and Coffee was fte:o 25. to Ss. per cwt. dearer. The price of Wheat was rather lower to-day ; Oats were steady. The King of Prussia is expected to arrive at Brussels on the 15th of this month. Frankfort Papers to tiro 3d inst. arrived yesterday. They contain no intelligence which is not purely local in its cha racter, ant without interest to the English reader. We may, perhaps, except one article dated Mentz, August 24, :Ouch says the price of corn had fallen in consequence of the late rains and the goodness of the crops ; but it was thought likely to rise again, as t h e harvest, with respect to ell the ordinary substitutes fur bread, had been but in , difFerot. We arc enabled to contradict the accounts in the late French Papers relative to a serious insurrection among the negroes at Matanzas (Cuba). There were come slight disturbances three months ago, in which three negroes lost their lives ; hut the insubordination, or rather riot, was immediately suppressed with the loss we have mentioned. The negroes have ever since been In a tranquil state. The Ileum in the city from Matanzas are to the 14th July.— Giuhe. We have received letters from Havre-de-Grace which state •.at a vessel has arrived from New York, bringing recent accounts from the Havannah. It seems that there has been another insurrection among the negroes, which was suppressed with great difficulty. The alarm had also been spread of invasion by the united Colombian and Mexican fleets, and every person on the island, above 14. had entered all a soldier. The effective Spanish force was not 14,000, and it requires at least 7,000 to keep the smugglers in order.—D4l4 Evening rtlii• .° • • SUBJUGATION OF THE BURMESE EMPIRE.I There was a report yesterday in the City, that intelli gence had been received of the complete subjugation of the Burmese Empire, and the capture of its mouarch.l This intelligence was said to have arrived in letters, which I were delivered at sea, to the London, from China, by a' French vessel, bound from Singapore to Bordeaux. One of these letters, which we subjoin, was published in an Evening raper. We sincerely wish that the news may turn out to be correct, but at present we can only lay it before our readers with the foregoing explanation of the mode in which we have obtained it. We ought to add, that the report was not believed in the City. EXTRACT Or A LETTER DATED SIYOAPORE, APRIL, 9, 182. 1 " Having an opportunity for Europe by a French brig tound to Bordeaux, 1 cannot let it escape without communicating to you the important news which has just reached us, being no less than a report of the complete subjugation of the Birman Empire by the British forces, end the capture of its golden footed monarch and his capital, Ammerapoora. The report is brought by the British ship Caroline, Capt. Johnson, in seventeen days from Bangkok, the capital and chief sea-port of the kingdom of Siam, in de spatches front the Siamese Government to the Resident of this set tlement, which he was particularly anxious to forward to Bengal immediately on receipt, but at present there is no opportunity. 1 have had all the particulars which were known there from Capt. Johnson's own mouth, whose veracity is undoubted. He stases the tertdrt to hive Teethed Bangkok only the day before he sailed, via: on the '2oth or 21st March, and the Portuguese Consul, wLo midis there, and is much in the confitientre of the people au neetrd with the Court, assured hint it might be relied on as a feet. The British army, or the advanced guard of it, were said to be only three days' journey, or rot above one hundred miles distant from Bangkok at the time this ship left, and news was arriving, from it almost every other day. There was seine story about a massacre having taken place in one of the most considerable of the Birman towns, which ball submitted to our krms. It is said that the commander of the forces having received the submission of the inhabitants and the government authorities, appointed such of them as were deemed trust.worthy to certain offices in the State, and left what was deemed a sufficient detachment in the place for keeping all quiet. 'However, the main body of the army, it is said, were scarcely out of sight on its advance, ere the treacherous Birmans rose upon the soldiers, and, it is said, put them all hors de combat. The news c!" this catastrophe reaching the commander, he returned instantly with the main body, and put every soul of that town's people to the sword ; which signal vengeance infused such a panic into the rest of the nation, that wherever he proceeded after that, he met with nothing but antaitission, and at the time the report came away, the whole empire was stated to have sub. mined to our authority, and to be in the occupation of our troops. If the report be true the official accounts of it must have reached Calcutta ere this, and we may now daily be looking for it from thence." 1/ it 1 1 1 . 1 ?biters ()V BRITISE leak Stock pee Cent. Cons. MI 89 asi Ditto Acct. 89 88 89j 89 894 Ma 4 per Cent.lo3l 104 104 India Itcnia 16 17 18 pm PRICES OF 10BU1UN Amman) !testi% it Brazilian Bends Maio Aczt. Plato Scrip (18281 q 7 611 dig PSl:ian 13oodr iG4St Colombian Bonds lin Dino Bonds (1824) Danish floral, Dino Scrip (1823) dig dkerweetianl Mitt* at sight ..12 0 itotterdarn ...........2 U. 19 4 Antwerp 12 4 fikenburgh. 4. U. 37 0 .[peon . .21 U. 37 1 Paris, 3 days•eight 26 25 Mitto 2 U. 25 50 Bordeaux 25 .50 Berlin 7 Frank. on Alain Ex. M. 151 Peteriburnh, rble. 3 Us. 11} *leans, Olathe 8.2 U. 9 59 Trieste... Alin° 9 59 adric 37 Cade 37 37 Barcelona. 3B. fl.braltat ....... TOCKS YESTERDAY. z for Acct. 27 pm Ex. 8i115.141 1.01R.3 6 3 pen Ditto, lOU B 7 pm Ditto, Small 66 pm Lottcrl Tickets, 161.19 e. Omsk Botdi 33 7 Greek Scrip (FP23) 164 j els Guatemala Scrip 2 14 dia 31exiean Bonds 74 $ Ditto Scrip 1)633) 7 64 871 di, Peruvian Bonds 6V 84 Russian Bonds (1 ) 334 Spanish Cons. 21! 21 j _ Ditto Strip 171 RAMIE YESTERDAY. __ ' 01.0011. . !lt Venice...... V Malta 0 Naples 11► t Palermo per ea. in Lisbon 5! Oporto 51 Rio Janeiro 49 Bahia 51 Dublin IA - -",111100a „ GERMAN PAPERS. TpteeTE, Ana. 24. Letters from Corfu of the 11th August, and from Zante of the 6th, which perfectly agree with each other, state that on the 21st July.(2d of August), the second attempt to carry Islissolonglii by storm was made by Redschld Pacha, on the land side, and by the Capitan Pacha on the sea side. The Greek reports estimate the force of the Turks that made the attack by land at 30,000 men, and that on the sea side at 4,000 men, who approached in 104. boats and rafts. The garrison, however, repulsed every attack, and Bliaulis, who had hastened to the spot with a Greek squadron, is stated to have burnt during the attack a Turkish frigate and two brigs, and to have taken a brig and nine boats full of troops. The Greeks estimate the loss of the Turks at 9,000 men. According to the same accounts, the Capitan Pacha, after these events, had retired to Patna, and seems since to have entirely left Ithe coasts of Western :Greece, since, according to letters from Zante of August 6 it is asserted that he had been seen from that island steering soutlawards. Before the Turks attempted the second assault, the agents of a European Power eadeavoured to persuade the inhabitants of Mfg solooghi to surrender, assuring them that the insurrection was en tirely put down in the Mora. The Greeks, hovhver, gave no credit to this assurance, but declared that they were resolved either to conquer or to die. The schooner on board which these European agents were then withdrew from the harbour to the roads, and was witness to the defeat of the Turks. THIS GREEKS. The following is an extract of a private letter from Corfu, dated August 14 (three days later than the last ad vices from the same quarter). It gives a more detailed ac count of the attack upon Missolonghi, which appears to hsve terminated by a signal triumph in favour of the Greeks:— • "Cotter, Aro. 14. " No doubt now remains of the entire defeat of the besiegers of Missolonghi. Redultid Praha, having , attempted three different times between the 13th and 16th of July to take that place by assault, and having been driven back each time with considerable loss, assembled fresh troops in order to try the success of a fourth attempt. He, however, remained irresolute till the arrival of the Turkish fleet under the Capita., Paths, which also blocked Mis. solonghl closely by sea. The Capitan Pacha having landed a quantity of artillery and several Europeans, sent to the Com. tnanders of the European vesiels on that cation, to request of them to persuade the inhabitants of 11l issolongiii to capitulate, on being permitted to retire with their arms and all their possessions. These good mediators, from pure philanthropy, endeavoured to induce the inhabitants and Chiefs to accept the generous proposition of the Pacha, by representing to them the danger they would be exposed to if they did not, and telling them that Ibrahim Pacha was in the heart of the Mores, that our mariners disagreed, that the Speuiotes were transporting their families to America, and that the Hydriotes were preparing to do the same ; and they said many other things suggested to them, by their desire to save so many persons from the unsparing anger of the great Aga ; but all their rhectoric had no effect on Bowels. Many Chiefs hesitated and seemed inclined to surrender, thinking they might confide in what was told them, and trust to the counsel of so many brave men. Mut the hero Bozzaris told them, that he and his 500 men would remain and become vic tims of their devotion to their country. He, therefore, sent away the mediators with words dictated by tile bitterness of his soul, and they returned to the Pacha with his answer, begging him to pay no attention to the words of men driven to despair, but to treat them with his accustomed philanthropy, on his becoming master of the place. In concert with Itedschni Pacha, he began then to prepare for the assault, which took place early in the morning of the 2d of August. The Capitan Pacha sent 100 small armed yes. sell, with 5,000 men, who began the attack by sea, whilst Red schid Pacha, with 30,000, as it is generally said, seconded him by land. The engagement was obstinate ; the sky was hidden by the smoke, and the earth trembled from the shock of the cannon. * The battle lasted sit hours, during which time the European Command ers could see nothing on account of the smoke. At last the cannoned ing ceased, and 2 hours after, when the smoke bad a little subsided, they saw the standard of the Cross still remaining on the fortress of Missolonghi. Then the Commanders approached in their boats, and saw how terrible the defeat of the barbarians had been. The trenches were filled, and the sea covered with dead bodies. They say there were fifteen thousand killed and wounded. In the mean 'time arrived Aliaulis, and the Capitan Pacha was obliged to flee to Castel', on which the Greeks burned one frigate, one corvette, one schooner, and took all of the 100 small vessels which had been en. gaged in this affair. Titus ehded this famous expedition against Ilissolonghi. The lard forces tied, pursued by our troops. On the 4th of August the Capitan niche appeared in the waters of Zante, and !Maul's was in chase of him. This news was brought us by eye.witneases of the combat, atnong whom were the Austrian Commander, Bourainvitch, and the Captain of an English frigate arrived at Corfu. The bells of Zante rang from the morning to the evening. The people seized on several merchants, who were known to be in the service of the Capitan Pacha and Ibrahim }Niche, ansl would have put them to death, lied not the local Go. vernment prevented it. The Austrian vessels in the port were or. tiered to retire, lest the enraged multitude might do them some in. jury. Thus have all the hopes of thn enemy, and of those Euro. pesos who aided them, been frustrated." Advices from Copenhagen, of the SOth ult. state tha t the Five per Cent. lfamburgh Loan of the year 19191 amounting to about 16,000,000 of mares bunco, will be paid off on the Ist of March next. The holders wil have the' option of taking in exchange at four per cent stock at par. The Bremeneraseile, and after t several German and l French journals, have stated that the celebrated estate of JohannisbeT, belonging to Prince Metternich, was to be disposed of by lottery. This is a mistake; the estate in question is situated at Geisenbeim ; it formerly belonged to the family of Prince Metternich, and the person who is now the proprietor proposes to sell it by means of a lottery. Extract of a private letter, dated Rotterdam, Sept. 7, 1825 :—" In markets we are steady for coffee at Bor 81, the ordinary sorts. Public sales are announced to-day for the 21st instant of 2,800 bags Java ; and in the middle of the next month of 3,000 bags of Brazil here, and 3,000 bagaof the same kind at Amsterdam, both the latter par cels belonging to the Trading Company. Sugars are much wanted, and the quotations rising, but they are nominal, as there is no supply. The refiners are bare of the raw article, and the demand far refined sugars improves. Other articles of produce are slack ; the grain market declining further. The prices of French .5 per Cents. at this place yesterday were 1021 ; French S per Cents. 711 ; Austrian isletalliques 921; Vienna Bank Shares, 1,165, 1,470." "fti11....- - •• i _ Y'ASHIONABLE INTELLIGEN'a. . - The Earl of Guildford arrived yesterday at his house in St. Jones's-place, from his seat, Wrexham Abbey, Oxfordshire. Lord and Lady King arrived, on IVednesday, at their house in Dover-street, from their seat, Ockham, Surrey. Sir George and Lady Nugent left Gould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, yesterday. for dick scat in Bucks. Mrs. Watson and family arrived, yesterday, at Gordon's Hotel, I Alhemarle-street. from Scotland; Colonel and Mra.Vyse left ditto, 'for their seat in Bucks. Arrivals at Thoma.s's Hotel, Berkeley-squarer—The Countess of Meath from Ireland ; Mr. and Mrs. Scott Stonehewer, front their Seat in Cambridgeshire. Departures front ditto.—Mr. and Mrs. . Wilbraham and family, for Cheshire; the Dowager Countess of Gosfort, for Brighton. Arrivals ut Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street :—Major Nl'eyisini and Mrs. Fraser, from Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. Na ked', from their seat in Lancashire ; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Bal lard, from Conte. bury ; G. Mearci, Esq. from Ireland ; J. Corn niing, Esq. from his seat, Trent Park, Herta ; J. Moffatt, Esq. from Yorkshire ; and Mrs. Wynne, from Heywood. Departures from ditto r--Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, for Paris ; Win. bloater, Esq. for Ramsgste ; and C. Peering, Esq. for Oxford. Departures from Read's Hotel, tower Grosvenor-street :—.The Rev. Henry Torre, on a tour ; John Nethercot, Esq. for his seat in Northamptonshire. Lord Alvanley has left town on a tour. C. Moore, Esq. left town :,esterday for Bolvoir Castle. Mr. Canning (who has been staying at Mr. Bolton's, Storrs Ilan) passed through Ulverstoae on Tuesday, on his way to Furness Abbey. A report has prevailed that the Earl of Clanricarde is to be the Representative Peer in the place of the late lamented Earl of Donoughmore. This has given way to another, perhapi ' more probable. Lord- Clanricarde is to be a British Peer, and Lord Farnharn to succeed to the vacancy alluded to.—Dublin Correspondent. GE NERAE ELECTlON.—Throughout the county of Corn wall " the note of preparation" is now sounded without disguise. Under a positive belief in the dissolution of Parliament (of which there is no doubt among well-in formed persons) in October next, even the Commissariat are engaged in procuring the materiel for the support of " the inner man.' Mr. Charles Kemble has been in Paris for several days past. He has already, it is said, entered into engagements with some of our actors far the approaching season at Covent-garden Theatre. This theatre, one of the finest in Europe, will be immediately opened with the represen tation of a new opera, by Weber. It is asserted that the music of this opera is even finer than that of the Frei:- ebutz. Mr. Kemble is at present engaged in a negotiation with %Veber, to induce him to go to London, end superin tend in person the arrangement for the representation of his opera.—Constitut ionne/. lassie PROVINCIAL BANKING COMPANY.—This useful establishment has commenced business in Cork, where their branch bank opened on Thursday. The hours of public business are from eleven in the morning till three in the afternoon. The local directors are merchants of the first character, and they have entered warmly into the business. The following are the places in which for the present the transactions of the Provincial Bank are to be carried on :—Armagli, Athlone, &Nast, Birr, Castlebar, Clonmel, Cork, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick, London derry, Newry, Sligo, Waterford, Westport, and Wexford. —Dublin Evening Post. OLD ENGLISH HOSPITALITY.—When the late Mar quis of Rockingham came of age, a great entertainment was provided at Wentworth House, in Yorkshire, which consisted, among several ether things, of the following,' viz.:-110 dishes of roast beef, 70 pies, .53 dishes of mut ton, 48 hams, 55 dishes of lamb, 70 dishes of veal, 40 dishes of chickens, 104 dishes of fish. And the liquors drank on the occasion were:-13 hogsheads of ;le, $0 hogsheads of strong beer, S hogsheads of punch, and 4 hogsheads of wine. There were besides Is hogsheads of strong beer drank the next day, and .10 loads of wheat baked into bread and pies. There were upwards of 10,000 guests in the whole, upwards of 3,000 of whom were en tertained within the house. And after they had dined, the victuals were carried out into the booths for the po pulace, who had strong beer and ale, as much as they pleased. Tire Rev. Mr. Fletcher had an exhibition on Sunday evening last on the top of the Calton Hill; and, as the evening was fine, he bad a very numerous audience—or rather, attracted by curiosity, The weather, and the delight ful nature of the scene, the crowd which surrounded him was strikingly great. Some liked his discourse, some thought it declamatory, some blasphemous. All agreed that his lungs were sound: and we can vouch that the crowd, which broke up into picturesque masses on the hill, were about half an hour in being disgorged through the pass at the bottom of the steps in front of Bridewell. Com pany accidentally on the promenade, were thus unex pectedly detained, and witnessed one description of life in Edinburgh on a Sunday evening. A collection was at tempted to be made, but, as we beard, with very little sue cess.—Scotsman. CHARACTERISTIC ANECDOTE.—A short distance from Dublin in the direction of Malahitle, the traveller passes by Mud Island, a place rendered celebrated by being the birth-place of the boxer Langan, and also being the resi dence of some of the greatest thieves and blackguards in Ireland. On the news of the second defeat of Langan arriving at this island of Mud, the inhabitants were over whelmed with grief, for the battle was looked upon as a great national again Grief, however, soon gave way to indignation, and indignation led the way to revem;e. They were convinced that Langan, like the promoters of the Union, " (bad luck to it), had sould ould Ireland," and as Langan himself was out of their reach, they determined to wreak their vengeance upon his poor old father.—The " boys" accordingly assembled, attacked the sire of the defeated hero, and did not desist from beating and other wise abusing him till they had broken his thigh! FORTUNE Tst.l.l N o .—Dr. Moore being at Berlin, went to ate the execution of a man for the murder of a child ; his motive for this horrid deed was still more extraordinary than the action itself. He had accompanied some of his companions to the house of a fellow, who assumed the character of a fortune-teller, and having disobliged him, by expressing a contempt of hie art, the fellow, out of revenge, prophesied that this man should die on a scaf fold ; this seemed to make but little impression on him at the time, but afterwards haunted his mind so incessantly, that he was rendered completely miserable, and he resolved to commit murder, but thinking if he murdered a grown person he might probably send a soul to eternal torments, he in consequence murdered a child of his master's, of whom he was extremely fond, and thus the random pro. phecy proved its own completion. HOAXING.—The p ractical I joke, known by the appella tion of a hour, was, t seems, not wholly unknown to our forefathers. 'We, their descendants, being a livelier gene ration, with a higher zest for fun, and more leizure for laughter, may, indeed, repeat them a little more frequently, but we can hardly invent them with better stage-effect than ' the following, which is the first hoax on record, and was practised by a wag in the reign of her Majesty QUEEN ANNE. We extract it from READ'S Weekly Journal of ' Oct. 1813. It appeared in all the other papers of the time I —" A well-dressed man rode down the King's road from Fulham at a most furious rate, commanding each turnpike- I gate to be thrown open, as he was a Messenger, conveying the news of the Queen's sudden death. The alarm instantly spread into every quarter of the city; the TRAINED RANDS, who were on their parade, desisted from their exercise, furled their colours, and returned hems with their arms reversed. The shop-keepers began to collect sables ; when the jest was discovered, but not the (author of it." At Wardour Castle, on Thursday, a woman named Peniston, in the chapel, publicly abjured the P rotestant faith. She is the wife of a bricklayer of that name, and for years had kept a Protestant school, and revived great , encouragement, in consequence of her attachment to the true religion. By this and other means having acquired some property, she gave up her school, and has now re nounced her faith.—Wiltshire Paper. On Sunday the Ranters held a camp meeting in a large field on Mendip, near Beacon-hill, which was attended by a large concourse of people from the neighbouring vil lages. The services, which consisted of preaching, singing, and prayer, performed by men and women alternately, lasted from ten o'clock 3n the morning till seven in the evening.—Dorret Chi wade. The — old Chapel OFiri mley, in the parish of Ashe, Surrey, anciently connected with the Abbey of Chertsey, has been recently pulled down, and a new stone edifice, on a larger scale, to carry • tower, is now being erected on the same site, under the auspices cf the Lord Bishop of Winchester. HEREFORD 311751 C MEETING. The continued and severe indisposition of Mr. Vaugl has impeded the completion of the performance of the excellently selected music for the festival ; however, hither. to there has been very little omitted, in consequence of the kind exertions of Mr. Bellamy, Dr. Chard, and Mr. W. Knyvett. Mr. Vaughan was on Tuesday morninF attacked by the cholera morbus, which increased to a violent d e . gree ; but fortunately the disorder has taken a favourable turn, and he is now considered out of danger. • The concert on Tuesday evening, at the Shire -hall wa s attended by very elegant company, but not numerous. The first part consisted of a selection from Acis and Galatea the whole of this music is so delightful that it would be in vain to particularise any part. Miss Stephens sung hkr favourite air, " Hush, ye pretty warbling Choir," and the other principal soprano songs. Mr. Bellamy shone in " More Buddy than a Cherry." They were accompanied by Mr. M. Sharp on the flageolet. The second part Ray miscellaneous music, in which Mr. Lindley gratifi e d t h e audience as well as orchestra with a new concerto on the violoncello. Miss Patton made her first appearrae at t h is festival, which is the 103 d, and sang two Ititilawsongs,; ll which she was much applauded. Signor de Begois masse his first appearance, and sang two Italian songs ; one of them was in toirarion of a corn. poser at a rehearsal of hie own music, of which lie is an enthusiast, and with his voice and action imitate(' sacral instruments. lie was encored. Dr. Chard, of Winches. ter,very kindly supported the tenor parts in the glees in th e absence of Mr. Vaughan. The performance, on Wednesday nutning, of the cathe. I drat, was the sacred oratorio of the Messiah, whit% a s usual, filled nearly every seat with company elegantly dressed, The Messiah was opened by Dr. Chard, in the absen ce of Mr. Vaughan, with much taste and all the effect the i I short compass of his voice would admit of. The Doa n . also supported several of the other tenor parts ; the oily omission was the air—" He shall break them," which re. quires great compass of voice, and Mr. Bellamy was not able to take it, owing to his having so many bass solos in the oratorio, which he supported in a very masterly and eff ctive manner. The other solos and verse parts were ably sa p_ ported by Miss Stephens, Miss Travis, and Mr. IV.Knyvett. The choruses were very full and effective; given strictly in time, and as with one voice.—The band was ably led by Mr. Cramer, and conducted by Professor Clarke IVhitfield. YORKSHIRE MUSICAL FESTIVAL. BY EXPRESS. Yone, SEPT. 8, 1025. A stranger entering this city at present, and not aware that preparations were in progress for a 'grand musical festival," er n , other novelty which was expectd to attract crowds of fashionable., would at once set it down as the cleanest, neatest, and gayest place imaginable. It is generally known that the houses are, if mod em , mostly built of brisk, and the more ancient once of wooden frame work, plastered over the outside as well as the inside. 'abs irate ments, doors, &c. of both sorts have been all . painted (externally at least), apparently within the last fortnight, in the highest bats, and also such parts of the front walls as, from the circurnstane.ee already mentioned, presented a smooth surface for the bra*. The upholsterers have likewise been put in requisition, and the windows every where hung with muslin, chintz, or rm. Teen draperies, festooned with superlative gracefulness ,.. Nor have the pride and muscle of the servant-maids beea unexcited to bring the objects of their solicimde fete cleanly keep. ing with the rest of the dwellings. The most brilliant part of the spectacle, however, is the display in the shops. The first glace must always suffice to inform a traveller that York is not a place of wholesale, but of retail traffic, where the greater part of each citizen's stock in trade is exhibited to the street. The miroitneel of our shopkeepers in this art is now exemplified to the highest perfection ; for in passing along the principal avenue s one wou ld conclude that the " wealth of Ormus and of Ind,' the most exqui. site, natural, and manufactured productions of the earth, were stowed together in the city of York. The treasures of some fairy palace seem exposed for sale, and the wardrobes of all the harems in Ala tamed out to be aired. In Stonegate the re. nity is only equalled by the splendour of the wares in the mil. liners' and the jewellers', the tailors' and the mercers' show roans. Cycloinetry and felt-making have been allied, to produce opera hats of the true Parisian curve, ranges of which, with glitter. ing loops, attract the eye on every side. But the rows of turbans, caps, frills, fancy bonnets, &c. &c., raised on a fort ground of artificial flowers, which line the streets, bid defiance to description. One only wonders for the moment who are to west so many fine things, scarcely a visiter having yet arrival : and the city,eliesugh sprinkled with a few genteel loungers, evincing nothing of the crowding and bustle generally indicative of the eve of a frest and fashionable assemblage. There are indeed some tad orebodings respecting the success of the approaching testiest. The number of persons who have already taken apartments is said to be compuotively few, and certainly scarce a house is to be seen with out a 'Aging bill in the window. Until Monday next, however, nothing extensive can be known upon this subject, as, from the ha. bitual end reputed Milner. of York, people never think of coming here till the last minute. Tile only distinguished character that has arrived is Incledon, who was a passenger in one of this evening's coaches. On Saturday many are expected, and on Monday the Duke of Leeds, Earl of Harewood, and some other Noblemen. The Duke of Devonshire, Lord Morpeth, and the other immediate car.. flexions of the late Earl of Carlisle, will be prevented by his recent death ; a circumstance much and jestly deplored by the Managers of the Festival. They anticipate nevertheless that the higher &trees from all parts of the country will flock hither, and thus more than compensate for the seeming indifference which, it must be confessed, a few individuals in the neighbourhood of York have hitherto shown to the success of the undertaking. It is confidently asserted too and believed, that several persons from the Continent, including some of censequence, are to grace the Festival with their presence, as the steam packet between Rotterdam and Hull affords desirable facility for the Germans to gratify their love of music on this ems. *ion. At present very few articles sell at enhanced prices, amide: the Festival many probably may be obtained on reduced terms. The preparations in the 3liester are in a state of great forward. nese, but the descriptions of them which have hitherto appeared do not perhaps convey the most correct idea of the arrangement. The only part of that magnificent pile appropriated for the festival is the great nave from the western portal to the screen at the entrance into the choir, together with the sideaisles to the same extent. The cr. chestra is erected in the space formed by the arches which support the tower, and of course faces the west. It presents a concave heat to the nave; the centre to be occupied by the instrumental per formers, and the wings, which recede something on either side, by the chorus singers. The openings from the orchestra into the transepts have been boarded up to a considerable height, to prevent the injurious separation of the sound, and will be painted a light stone-colour to correspond with the Minster. Much of the effect of this noble structure has been destroyed by the manner in which the nave and aide isles are disposed to acme modate the company. As you enter at the west door, the wbok view of the interior is cut off by an immense gallery which her been raised agalnat thre end of the building to face the orchestra e the other extremity. After advancing some paces, two flights a stairs branch off right and left and communicate with a long ins• sage, which opens into the centre and near the top of the pfiera before mentioned. Other parts of the company, instead of tuners up those stairs, proceed a httle farther onward still, Wood a fee steps, and reach another opening among the lower benches e: dr gallery. In advance of this opening, and in front of the gallery, b a projecting semi hexagonal space, called the royal box, but tisirg nothing majestic whatever in its aspect. The pillory is case dered capable of containing two thousand persons--the Lodes being 33 In number, running the entire width of the Mister. Ties have wooden hacks, which, as well as the seats, are ovoid ri:D crimson cloth. The workmanship seems massive and secure. h.z the former impression on entering the Cathedral is destroyed. (b either side areother galleries to correspond, which fill the full braelo of the aisles, and project a short way in advance of the dusters rf pillars. The floor of the nave is provided with benches, like thee noticed above, and resembles the pit of the King's or the ether Isril theatres. The floors of the aisles steals° occu pi edby seats, which, hoe ever, run longitudinally, and at right angles to those of themes At the last Festival there were no galleries; and although shut erection now affords room for a much larger audience, it is growl complained that the plan looks too much like a playhouse, =da l; the sublimity of the effect must be injured in proportion. T.. charges for admission to the several benches described, are fares guinea to is. each. Some persons say that the transepts, whg b sr totally shut out from the body of the Minatnii, will be let at it. e 3 c. person, for standing and hearing room. Of the new Concert.room, which has been lately built, and w. lll. 1 . adjoins and communicates with the old Ausembly ! room , ar chi :; l need be said but that it is a very elegant apartment, judicitnell, tastefully arranged, and fitted up for th e p ur p ose to which ilia° . tined. It has cost 60411. The expenses of the present Festival, including the abort are estimated at 17,0001. The principal vocal performers do't' , , to receive upwards of 2,10 W. Among the engagements, wlisch to swell this large amount, are the following : Mile. Garcia _ i33s Madame Caradori Braham Miss Stephens Miss Wilkinson Pe Pegnis - - Sapio ' - - . . - 15 : v . t 0 l' Vaughan - . . - I The lowest chorus singer receives four guineas, and the . 0 0 . 6 ' from that up to twelve guineas; and thus, as the band constso 0: about 900 performers more than on the last occasion, the esPo`r. on that score only, are estimated at 2,0001. additional. Talc rv by cipal singers absorb of this extra charge about 500/. De Degnis is prevented here, and none of the others have yet arrived. . 1 ;1 Persons are now admitted to see the Minster and Conce ,l4 ° ° ,„; paying lid. each, the receipts from which must be monsider"'" v , The Committee of Management du not seem, in f,ome mss. , Ito act for the benefit of the Festival. They have said hitherto irt even the Conductors shall not have a single 14111611i011 fa I! rj . or friend, and an application having been made to them fue 1 ,0 1 1; for the York Newspapcns, a few days ago, they refused 1° e ileht 1 To-morrow will decide whetlia the Loudon press is to hell . in the same manner. indisposition from cort:ift T -- il 4 . 0 1 go Is sil 1), at Wi stoi will let Th 4 rasp boat adoj lion: ucfit new over the calk the I the] path cable it en; anal TI alive. the IJ la lA, gine, tido' tare 11 arta i on th TA ur to pia. ttlior :vie; Itctun o u , In. • • ken -