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Fitrhsrds, Raker, F3H. ( ft': Sapto, Warde, Meadows, Evans. Blanchard. Crumplon. 'Finney, J Noses, rid Henry ; Master Barker; Mrs. Pencil, Mrs. Slornan, 311tse% P. 1.40 11.114 31. Glover. Mrs. Gibbs, and Mimi Henry. After which 'first time; a new Face. called " NULLED '" 11. r pr:scipal Charac!er, by Mr. Chapman, Mr. W. Perrin. Mr Fger. t ,•., Mr. 4erle. Mr. Mead -re Mr. Blanchard, Mr. Poser. and Mr. Berne: • Mrs. Weston, and Mira Henry. PnEss commented pub/isbing ycsterday msroinx at five o'clock. LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER SI, 1846. Ls:t nicht we ryceived Gomm Pullers, from which we snake the following extracts:— Tn►rsrr., OCT. 14. Tits art vstore of to-day contains the extract of a letter from I,..:hern, of the Pith of October. to the following effect :—" On the d. in the evening, the Tuscan brigantine David, Capt, Emanuel Anuldi, arrived here in fifty.ais dart fmm Reirout, in Syria; on Zth ieptembcr, it was attacked between Landis and the coast of Barbary by a pirate brig aright guns and fifty men; the robbers threatened to murder the crew of the Tuscan brig if they did not stow them where the mosti was to be found. At first they seemed disrsed to carry the liTig into Napoli di Romanis, but changed their mind and abandoned it, after they had seized the greatest par t ut the cargo, all the money co board, and the effects of the captain and his crew." • Lettersfrom !-zyra,of the Idth September, mention other robberies 'te: she time kind committed upon French and Sardinian merchant .c• en near CAndia and oft Capo Dora, in the Archipelago. An Il••%Ilett trailing brig was said to be near sufrering the Same fat e . I.iween Tino and Miconi, some Greek pirates being just ready to a.ia,k it, when a French armed brig appeared and delivimed i t the piretee. The Ossetvatore has an article from Zea, stating that an English I.l 6 ste had appeared off that island, and landed 100 men to search stolen English goods in all the houses and warehouses. Corn. saudore IlamPton met between Zea and Andro a Greek martingsna, 4ich had on board the notorious Visits Braicovich, who had ob. .t..ned lease of abseree for 30 days to sisit his family. As the I:37ets of this vessel were not in regular order, it was detained, and ti'ten to yea, where Vests and his effects were landed ; but the p taken away by Csmmodore Ilamiton, who had burnt several A.:eat nullities on these seas. 1 eters Also from Zurich, 4th October, in the OSICTIV/Ore :Trott that the Acropolis of Attic:s had surrendered to the :~ •rtiststex. ODESSA, OCT. 9. • It is fully confirmed that the Turkish Commissioners at Aker • von delivered, on the 6th of this month, in the evening, and con ey:truly before the expiration of the tern fixed, the answer to the ptuposals laid before them in the month of August. Though nothing has been made public respecting it, it is the more generally ,believed lobe satisfactory, as no movement has since taken place among the troops. was immediately de.pa'ehed to the Emperor Mcsccw, and it is supposed that the notice of the acceptance of I.te terms by the Porte will be published at Moscow. or perhaps Ist St. Petersburgh. The Porte, thetefore, has for the present * baba:need to circumstances, though its Ministers at Constantinople. during tile course of the negotiations, vehemently protested agai:st the manner of them. Time will show what impression the course it afr..its thus far will make in the East. M. Minziacky, accord. ir;t to the ',stela accounts from Constantinople, hall received an eras! re answe• and in consequence made preparations for his dr;:arture. I firmly believed here that he too must have y e , on the a copy of the answer given at A kermann. FROM THE FRONTIERS OF 31OLDAYIA, OCT. 10. • TLough the time for the acceptance of the Russian ultimsturn is pawl, sod it may therefore be presumed that Turkish CCO:11111. semen have subscribed to the additional convention to the last t eat, of Bucharest, which was laud before them, many persons in. •:, from the Silence that has hitherto been observed, that the R us. n Commissioners have thought fit to olitcin first the ratification i. their Sovereign•.. At least this is generally believed here on the , t rootlet's. VICXXA, OCT. 19. r.letolliques, 20;', ; Bulk Share!, 10132i.—.4.7ennrine Zcia s, lkt. 24. • The French Journalists are loud and unanimous in their 1 celogiums on the conduct of Mr. CA N NI NG, while in Paris ; but little has been gathered by them respecing the results ' , Welt are to be anticipated from his residence thcre. ;i'hougla his journey may have been a mere private trip of his own, some fruits of a public nature will no doubt b, reaped from it. This is rendered probable by the character of the Right Honourable Gentleman; but it is. ;.tics more likely, from the various tliplematic meetings which have recently taken place in diff,:rent parts of Europe. There is not a single purpose of a Congress which susy not have been aceotnplislictl in the different conferences %hien have taken place at St. Petrrshurgh, at Johannisberg, and at Paris. Although it might be more eligible to have all the parties collected on the spot, when any point of general interest has to be discussed, such assetn- Wies are attended with so much eclat, and give at the some titne so obnoxious a character to the decisions which are rrade in them,' that a less forms! method of conducting Puropcan business is undoubtedly desirable. Such a me thod has probably been adopted for arranging the affairs which have lately become subjects of discussion among European nations—not that Mr. CANNING'S journey to Paris has had any thing to do with mere discussi o ns oil the I politics of Europe; for all the main points of European OtaliVes certainly have been arranged long ego; but there oartain points of form, certain colours to be givers to transactions, certain. .ipinute arrangements suitable to the particular circtlinstancca of the gererkl• design, which it is necessary to settle with the itarties We' I rested, in a manner which could not be done without per sonal intercourse. In a case of this sort it is impossible to avoid speaking in general terms, because it is impossible to know—and, if it were possible to know, it would be highly improper to divulge—the particular arrangements which have in all probability been adopted for the furtherance of designs long before concerted. Our opinion concerning the system by which Europe is governed has been long since explained at length; and to that explanation we must now refer, requesting our metiers to make such modifications in it as must be made in every scheme of human contrivance, according to the particular developements of the general facts. The scheme by which we bzlieve Europe to be now governed is that which vas projected by KAUNITZ, in the reign of the Empress Queen Maas• THERESA, the object of which was, by the union of the great Powers, to render the inferior States entirely and immediately, though not nominally, dependent upon them, and connected with these by a sort of actual vassalage, though in apparent independence. This result all the efforts of this country cannot prevent ; and it is the duty of our Government, theiefore, to adhere to it, in order to partake of its advan tages. T. tell the truth, we were ourselves the first to show foreign nations this new method of holding countries in subjection without reducing them to the state of provinces. it is true we proceeded on a more philanthropic scheme than that of military occupation. We endeavoured to make it the interest of Portugal, for instance, to adhere to us by the reciprocal advantages of trade. We may safely reckon Sweden as an ally acquired by U 3 of late years on the same principles, not only by the recent treaty of com merce, but by the attention we have paid to her in terests, in the very peculiar situation in which she is placed with respect to Russia. Nothing can be more favourable to our foreign relations than treaties of com merce, which render it the interest of other countries to keep on good terms with us. They enable us, in case of necessity, to lay a tax upon the inhabitants, by stopping their trade with us. Mr. CANNING, while at Paris, has no doubt added something to the details of his plan, though its grand features were long since traced, and fully impressed on the minds of his diplomatic rivals. CITY. MONDAY EVENING. The transactions in the British Stock Market have not been upon any extended scale to-day. At the commence ment of business Consols were done at 82, and advanced from that quotation to 82; : from this point, however, they gradually declined, leaving off at 811 s. There was a total absence of everything like information, and the fall can therefore be alone attributed to the operation of the specu lators in time bargains. It is impossible to suppose but that the Funds will advance rather than recede (provided there is an absence of political causes to produce deprecia tion), from the immtnse quantity of money that there is,in the market, and the easy rate at which it can be obtained on stock security. Exchequer Bills are tolerably abundant, and therefore appear something lower in price, being 24 to '23 premium. India Bonds are as last, from 40 to 42. To-morrow being settling-day on the Foreign Stock Exchange, the gentlemen of that ettablialiment have been principally engaged to-day in making up their accounts. All descriptions of transatlantic securities are rather better, but, from the cause stated, there was little doing. Mexican Bonds are at 61, and Colombian at 39;. The arrival of Micitut ii 3 by SPITS anxiously looked for, on the supposition that be is the bearer of some financial commu nication from the Colombian Government. It must, how ever, be borne in mind that, when the news of the failure of Mews. Gozosen min r was received at Bogota, the Congress had just concluded its sittings; but as the Mem bers had not left the city, they reassembled, in order to ascertain the situation of the affairs of the Republic, as af fected by the circumstance in question. They sat fur three days, and the result was the imposition of a sort of pro perty tax on each and every individual, according to the ex tent of his means, from one dollar to 1,000, including the clergy as well as laity, and exacting the one-third portion of the salary from every person holding civil offices under the Republic. This was the last special act of the Congress, and not one word was said about anew loan. Indeed they must have known that, under the circumstances in which they were then placed, it would have been impossible to obtain one. It is therefore clear M. Atte/If:LENA is not empowered to raise a loan, and it remains to be seen if he has any other proposition to make. It is quite clear the Government ex pected, at the date of the last accounts, that the impost in question would be available next month, from the circum stance of its basing contemplated the remittance of the dividend. I t was reported on 'Change that M. Ilea T ADO had received a BM of Exchange oil one of the Alining Companies for 40,000 dollars; at any rate, should such b e the case, or not, it could not be expected to affect the Bonds. Even Chi:jail are rather better to-day at 311. In Greek and Spanish there is no alteration. The Share Market is rather flat; Montes have countermarched, being at So to 100; Brazil, 11 to le; and Tlalpuxahua 45 premium. Anglo-Mexican are 45 to 49 ; and United ditto, at 11 : 1 to 1d discount. The Corn Market has been rather heavy, considering it to be Monday ; the obstinacy as to prices is, however, sue ecvsfully sustained. Oats arc full Is. and prime wheats es. dearer than last Friday. Barley and Malt are also on the advance. Indeed there is not an article in the market but bears a higher quotation than last week. From the advanced period of the season it is not probable that prices will now give way. Lord Melville was installed Chancellor of the Uni versity of St. Andrew's on the 20th instant. We tinders:end that the Magistrates of Cimar Fife have conferred the freedom of tho burgh upon Lord Viscount and tho burgess ticket .has been forwarded to him at Melville Castle. Ca Er.% PIHACII:4.—The 14 , 110Wi112 is an extract from the list of the agent to Lioyirs, at Marseilles, dated flat instant:—'' (ht the loth Sept. six roil, a distant from Can dia, the La Divine Providence, A. Beaussier, commander, was hoarded by two Greek mistics, having each 50 men. who sent their boats on board, examined the papers and cir;;o, and took the vessel into the Island of Christ ; the Greeks beat and struck them on the way with sabres and ropes, to oblige them to declare whether there was any more money on board, the Captain having already given a group and GO pieces of five francs. The i;I treatment did not cease until the Greeks were convinced there was no more inency on board. Oa their arrival at Christina the mimics took away 131 bales of cotton, s2;l pigs of conger, and some other articles of the cargo, the provisions and cloth.'a of the crew, two guns, muskets and sabres, and a l so a goad many rails, and at last having supped on hoard the brig they permitted her to go away. Ott the 25. 1 d Sept. ids.) the Le Paris, P. Demere, master, 25 milts distant front Cardin, met a Greek brig of war, and being boarded by her the Greeks took away two groups of money, for which a receipt was given to the :Mister of the Paris; also some pre visions ; they opened all the letters he had, and kept all t hose written in Greek, Arabic, and Turkish." A 17 A ( 1 0 6. • fxr I,l o ' - . O r, 1 - zy • MOVEMENTS. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond have arrived at their seat, Goodwood, Sussex, (rota Newmarket. . . . The Mattis an Mar;frior;ss of Clawicarde have arrived at their house St. James's-square, from Paris. Lord and Lady Petre have arrived in town from their seat, Thoendon Hall, Essex. Lady Halford arrived yesterday at her house in Curran - street, Mayfair, from her seat, W eatow Hall, Leicestershire. Lord Robert Manners has arrived at Belvoir Castle, from a tour. Lord Althorpe has arrived at his father's (Earl Spencer) seat in Northamptonshire, from Mr. Coke's, in Norfolk. Charles Upltby, Esq. arrived yesterday at the Duke of St. Al ban's, In St. James's.squaze, from Warwick. Mr. and Mrs. George Loftus have arrived at Irarren's Hotel, Regent-street, from a tour. Mr., Mrs., and the Misses Mitchell, have arrived at their house in Charles-street. Berkeley-square. from Paris. Henry Gooch, Esq. arrived yesterday at Fenton's New Hotel, St. Jamees.street, from Norfolk. Departures from Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street :—Colonel Legh, the Rev. P. Legh, and the Misses Legit, for Bastrop ; Mr., Mrs., and Miss Hurt, for their seat in Derbyshire. Departures from the Pulteney Howl, Albemarle-street :—Capt. and Mrs. Milner, for Cheltenham ; WM. O'Neill, Esq. for Ire. land. Arrivals st the Brunswick Hotel (late Blake's), Jermyn-street The Hon. F. St. John, from the Continent Shenley, from Scotland. Arrival' at the St. Getwge's Hotel, Albemarle-street:—Mrs. Wise from Weymouth ; 'Mrs, Preston Ilulton, front Norfolk ; Mrs. Herbert, front Linton. T. Alicklewaite, Esq. arrived yesterday at Oould's Ilotel, Jer myn-street, from Norfolk. Departures front the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork streets :—Sir Robert and Lady Wilmot and family, for Kent. Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, St. James's.street :—Captain John. son, from Brighton; W. Stewart, Esq., from Oxford; Sir R. and Lady Liston, from Seothmtl; Mr. and Mrs. Ames, from Park; Hon. T. Fiennes, from Belvidere. Departure" from ditto :-11'ttt. Stewart, Esq., for Scotland; W. Cole, Esq., for Oxford. DEPARTURE OF MR.CANNI NG FROM PARIS, AND THE RESULTS OF HIS JOURNEY. I From the Coterrier Frawertis of Thursday.] Mr. Canning had the honour of being received, yester day, in a private audience, by the King, and to take leave of his Majesty. The interview, as on a former occasion, lasted upwards of an hour. On the preceding day Mr. Canning paid his farewell visits to our Ministers, and to the members of the diplo matic corps, He found time to give a long kitting to our celebrated painter Gerard, for the finishing of a portrait intended for his friend Lord Granville. The last diplomatic dinner at which he was present took place at the residence of M. Pozzo di Borgo, the Russian Ambassador: he , hal once before dined with the French and Foreign Ministere, but no ladies were present. On this occasion Mrs. Canning was invited, with her daughter, the Marchioness of Clanricarde, and about thirty other persons, all foreigners. Not one of our Ministers was pre sent, nor any of their ladies. M. de Villele permitted, among his colleagues, only the Baron de Dames to invite the illustrious traveller. On this day, only, and in consequence of that privilege, M. de Damas might have imagined that he would have been in trusted with our Foreign Affairs. Mr. Canning is the fourth individual who, not belong ing to any Royal Family, hiss dined at the Tuileries since the Restoration. The three others were, the Duke of Wellington, Prince Metternich, and the Marquis of Hast ings, formerly Governor General of India. This honour, granted to a homme nouveau, as it would have been called at Rome formerly, and to Me man of a new system, perplexed certain notions of etiquette so much, that the fact was hardly believed when we first announced it ; and it was not till the expiration of three days that our ministerial papers were authorized to repeat it, though they publish the Court news every morning. Mr. Canning sets out on his journey to-morrow (Thurs day), with his family, for London. lie will not arrive there till the 30th of the month. He does.not manifest 6-reatur ansioy to return than he did to come. IVe an nounce this departure, to relieve foreign Cabinets from the load of uneasy thoughts which have pressed upon them during the month which Mr. Canning has quietly passed in l'aris. We regret that it is not in our power, with more certainty than can be done by their Ministers, whom they keep here at a great expanse, to gratify their eager curiosity as to the real motives of this journey. But we adhere to our first conjectures, participates' in by the greater part of the Correspondents and of the Journals of London, where they are more accustomed than we Arc to see Ministers relinquish for a time their functions, without any extraordinary reason s for so d o i ng ; b u t mere l y to seek recreation, and personal relaxation, whether by travelling at home or on the Continent. No agitation here ; no suc cessive and regular meetings; no marked eagerness on either one side or the other ; none of those external signs which indicate the embarrassment of animated discussions; none of those continued and accredited rumours which precede or follow grave discussions; no symptom of cold ness or unexpected approximations have occurred to shake out.conjectures. _ _ IVhen Mr. Canning arrived, the peace of Europe seemed certain, because, conformably to the interests of all Cabi nets, peace was the want of England, and the necessity of other Courts. We only hesitated for a moment with re spect to the equivocal dispositions of Russia. But this Power has found, on one side, an outlet towards Persia, fur the plethora of her army ; and, on the other, in con cert even with the I'owers who are determined to save Turkey, the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh consents to receive, by the negotiations which it has commenced, what, with arms in its hands, it would have enforced, if her demands had been seriously contested. The charms of a general peace appear to us to be still further multiplied, or at least strengthened, by the con cessions obtained at Akretnann, as well as by those that might have been urged at Paris. If the political physiognomy of the Continent is scknow. hedged to be the same, at the two periods of the arrival at, and at the •'.cparture of Mr. Canning from, Paris, why should we gratuitously infer that important negotiations between him and M. de Ville lefilled up this short interval? Convinced that nothing has been changed by their more or less frequent interviews, we shall dispense with the task of counting the number of those conferences, respecting which so much difference of opinion has prevailed. We by no means doubt that, on sundry occasions, the questions of South America, of Russia, of Tut key, of Greece, and. above all, of Spain and Portugal, were ad verted to. How could it possibly be otherwise, on the part of two Ministt rs ',laced at the bead of affairs of two great empires ? Individuals the least initiated in diplomatic secrets could hardly meet without conversing upon subjects which fix the attention of the world. But they who know the ordinary circumspection of statesmen in difficult and complicated positions of affairs, must feel how wide the dif ference is between conversations where the parties pretend to understand each other, and direct methodical diacus siona upon a common plan, and formal negotiations, hav ing for their object a combined result, explicitly conceived beforehand. • It is upon these grounds that we are inclined to think very few matters have been either retarded or accelerated by the journey oflllr. Canning to Paris; that both he and M. Vlbele have respectively maintained a proper rest rye— the English Minister, as regarded his fixed and unchang ing system—the French Minister, as regarded his variable policy, which shifts end changes with every caprice of the party who direct him, while he boasts of directing them. ►l'e believe they had very, few concessions to make on either side, so as to maintain the appearance of a perfectly good understanding with each other ; for the wishes and the language of peaco were on their tongues, and both re mained, in reality, upon the ground they had chosen be fore they met, and were personally known to each other. Mt. Canning w ill continue powerfully to influence events, by approximating them, as much as he can, to the new policy which England has adopted. hI . 1)e %Tide will confine himself, as usual, to follow in their tines, and leave others to profit by them, when he is unable to arrest their progress by a few notes, or by intrigues confided to unskilful hands. M. D: Villele, the most presumptuous and the most improvident of Ministers, calculates probably upon having deceived Mr. Canning, by means of trickery and plausible language. Mr. Canning will have heard much—spoken little—and believed still less. He will hare penetrated the objects of those by whom it was endeavoured to surround him, to catechise him, but from whose hands he has more than once escaped. He will have attentively read France, as she really is, with his own eyes, in spite of the mists interposed by a Ministry essentially anti-national, and whose com plete disunion from public opinion must strike even its most devoted partisans. It is even to be feared he may have concluded, that while such a Ministry continues, and labours incessantly to make us retrograde to a period which it is impossible we should ever have again, any thing may be attempted, without our concurrence, estimating as nothing our Government, in the political balance of the two worlds. It is in this point of view we can understand that the journey of Mr. Canning has probably had no determinate object; and that it has been unattended by any positive result; beyond those which the inevitable course of ante cedent events indicated. We shall add, that he 1123 not, while here, committed any of those faults of which the public are enlightened and severe judges—that in a capital where the tart of conversa tion is so fine and delicate, and where criticism is so vigi lant with regard to every stranger who bears a distinguish.. ed name, Air. Canning has succeeded, by the appropriate character of his language, by his apparent impartiality between conflicting opinions, by the kindness of his senti ments, by the cautious declaration of his known principles in favour of liberty, and by his demeanour, at all times simple and unobtrusive, to conciliate and attract every sen timent which can be an object of envy. ARRIVAL OF MR. CANNING. DovEa, OCT. 29. Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, the Britannia steam-vessel, Captain Bushell, arrived here from Boulogne, bringing the Right Hon. George Canning, Mrs. Canning, the Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde, Lord Win. Harvey, Fcc. &e., in all about eighteen. They were ac companied by Mr. Planta, the King's Messenger, who was ' despatched, on their arrival, to London. The Right II m. Geudenian was received very heartily, and went to the Ship Hotel, where, after taking refreshments, be set off on a visit to the Right Hon. the Earl of Liverpool, at Walmer Castle. It is generally thought, on the other side of the water, that the London steam-vessel the Talbot has received so much injury in getting ashore in the gale of wind on Wed nesday, off Boulogne, that she will be tit for little or no thing again. THE (COUNTY FIRE OFFICE AND THE COMMISSION ERS OF REVENUE INQUIRY.—As soon as the evidence was printed, which is referred to in the Report which has made so free with the County Fire Office, the Directors of that establishment assembled, and, among other legal measures deemed necessary for the punishment of their maligners, ordered an indictment for perjury to be pre ferred at the Middlesex Sessions now eliding, against the informer. In this it was found necessary to set forth the exact form of oath which the Commissioners had admini stered to him, and the names of the Commissioners present, but this the Commissioners have refused to disclose, and consequently have prevented the bill of indictment from being preferred this Sessions. The Directors are in no small degree incensed at the impediment thus thrown in their way ; but they will take measures to prevent the ends of justice from being defeated, although they may be delayed. Hunt, after his ridiculous Manorial Court on Wednes day, had a dinner at the White Hart Inn, at which he abused, in his usual style, his late electioneering oppo nents. In the course of the day he read a letter which he had written to Mr. Messner, admitting that he " wss im posed upon and misinformed as to the balance of 15,000 L of the county money remaining in the hands of the trea surer unaccounted for during the years 1814, 1815, 1816, 1817, and 1818!" and that he had founded the calumnies he had so extensively circulated on a letter which he had received, the writer of which he now hopes will be dis covered! Couxsv or Ross.—At the General Meeting of the Freeholders of Ross-shire, held at Tain, on the 11th inst., at which Mr. Mackenzie of Seaford) was chairman, a letter was produced by Mr. Mackenzie of Scotsburn, one of the county Conveners. from the Chairman of the Edinburgh Committee for the relief of the unemployed manufacturers, urgently pressing for a contribution from that opulent county, in aid of the Committee's funds. And upon the motion of Mr. Mackenzie of Muirtown. a circular letter was directed to be addressed to each hetitor and cler gyman of the county, stating the receipt of that com munication, reminding them that the county of Ross had already recommended such a subscription, and re questing them to use their influence in procuring con tributions in their respective parishes. IVe have seen a copy of the circular thus ordered, in which it is forcibly pointed out, that the necessities of the distressed manufac turers are accumulating, and are becoming more urgent as the funds for their relief decrease ; and the laudable pur pose of the resolution is strongly enforced, by a representa tion of the destitution to which the unemployed manufac turers must be exposed in the approaching winter months, if nothing is done for their support. This call cannot be too earnestly pressed on the attention of the parties to whom it is addressed, for it must be long ere the usual channels of industry and occupation be restored, so as to render the manufacturing districts independent of foreign and extraor dinary aid. Theeounty of Inverness has done nothing in this matter yet. But perhaps something handsome is in tended, although we know nothing about it. CATHOLIC AFFATIM—(From the Dublin Morning Pest.)—On Saturday last we published the letter of a cor respondent at Paris, in which one of the chief causes of Mr. Canning's visit to Paris, and of his lengthened stay in that capital, is stated to be the arrangement of a Concordat for the Irish Catholics with the Government. similar to that now in progress between the Protestant King of the, Netherlands and his Roman Catholic subjects. We have since learned some circumstances which would seem to confirm the statement of our correspondent. Whilst Mr. Canning was at Paris, Mr. Crokcr has been on a tour in the Netherlands ; and we should suspect that the Secre tary to the Admiralty would be as little likely to take this voyage into !Miami for mere recreation, as that the same motive should have carried Mr. C. to Paris. Another fact which might, by possibility, have some h. lation to this subject, is, that the Commissiosers of Education are at this present time engage:l in examining closely the system of education and course of study pursued at the College at Maynooth. This examination is of more importance than at first sight may appear. The repeated charges made against Catholic doctrine on the other side of the Channel, and echoed by the enemies of the Catholics. or, perhaps, to speak less offensively, by the alarmists on our own side— the imputed doctrines of passive obedience—of keeping no faith with heretics—of the deposing power of the Pope— seem to scare the imagination of some good people in Eng land; but when the source is found, as it will be found, pure, the stream cannot be infected. CUTTING A SWEI I.—A curious scene took place on Tuesday night last, near the Guildhall Tavern. Just at the moment when one of the night coaches w as starting, two corporals belonging to the depot now stationed in this city, began abusing a private soldier, who was seated on the box with the coachman: the man, in reply, equalled his abusers in scurrility, until one of them threatened to pull him instantly from the coach, unless he gave up his jacket. This demand be resisted a considerable time, until the threat was about bring put into execution, when he instantly stripped himself of his plumage. It appeared that the soldier passenger had not long enlisted into the regi ment, and having obtained leave of absence, resolved to ap pear among his friends a swell, and accordingly had at taches! three stripes, indicative of a ser j eant , on hi s arm . The corporals determined the important situation of serjeant should not be disgr aced, no sooner o bt a i ne d p ossess ion of the jacket, than, with a knife they ripped off the forbidden emblems, and returned it to the owner, who, when the oach departed, evidently felt the rnortilicatioo his own C oaplitity had owasioncd.-.Calkroury Paper. THE BRITISH PRESS. GAMBLING IN HIGH LIFE. The following account of an affair which has csu s o much noise is from a Sunday Paper :- 1 About a month ago, or rather less, a Captain, with a big 0, fi re shall not giv e th e names i n f u ll this week, for reasons whi c h we shall hereafter explain,) focused en aegaaiwlanee with a young gentle man who is Verge, and a yaw Mreai that time of maturity. They h e j previously met in the society eases or two mutual friends, et ham descriptions, s a h n ip d s. cmlin. dinners, the opera, and the theatres. The young gentleman is the wacrthosftaanldaintegt7comtenmsivereciaWledepirndecilaatillo7r dieevtoloraiedwhwupeonPlTisPertheir;tnoptan. amount of one hundred thousand pounds in the fends, and nearly a, ge mu n c t h in in terem eoT a n i i n ere tr i a t sec . i u n t t i l t , i e es f o o f rn d l iff o er f Inzt ep d i ez . l . p The t gentleman had not been reared to lousiness—his health being deli. 1 ate, and his habits inactive and inobtrusive. Upon coming of ag e . however, he stepped out a little, and did show off but rather c ard pair, but no establishment, his residence being in the hotels of Boflel.street, and sornetimeiln the Albany. The Captain with the big 0 did at last "bring him out," but only Seer, and then, as s e Chrmrirle truly ears, at a dinner party at a tavern, at the foot oi Richmond-hill. The company consisted of, not two Irish Earl-, but an Irish Marquis, recently married to the beautiful and arrow. plished daughter of a great orator, if nut Statesman, in the Coo:. mons House of Parli amens. This Marquis, though under thirty Iyears of age, Is already well known to the fashionable circles at the west end of the town ; he is fond of horses, fond of show, and fond. very fond, of play ; ar,d, since his marriage, aimed a little at bei ng trained to diplomacy—at all events, to official life; and, to quality himself, did promise to abstain from some accustomed pursuits, and pass a little more time in • well-furoished library. He is a Marquis of great family pride, and boasts o f an ancient lineage, th e traces of which are l ost in the antiquity of Irish history. The second of the company is an Iridi Lad, very young (being only just of age). hardly known in London, inheriting a very small for tune ; Ina family having mostly sought refuge in the church, but very full of " old Irish pride," as an ancestor of his was a popular Hibernian King, who fell in battle, and whose same has been chanted in dirges from Carotin to Moore. The third party is a Commoner (not an Irishman) lately returned for an English borough, already of sufficient notoriety for its elm. muter of representatien, without this addition to its fame—the vs. lidity of its last return remains to be settled by an Election Con:. mittee in the New Parliament. The fourth in company, except the loser, is the big 0, who is no Member of Parliament, though an active, and, occasionally, very bustling man in the sporting, in. Jutting the milling world. They sat down to dinner at half-past five o'clock; the fare was sumptuous, the wines abundant, and of the rarest vintage. The parties quaffed freely, but young Belmar (if the n ame, I heir will allow us to designate him by that appropriate although his proper cognomen begins wi;li the preceding letter in the alpha. bet) more liberally than all the rest. When 8 o'clock struck, a pack of cards was accidentally observed over the mantelpiece, and they were, half earnest, half.fun, opened and tossed upon the table. Sonic small bets were made by the three principal members of the company, upon turning up particular cards; and a little by-play, in the way of jugglers' tricks, was taught young Brkuer. A game was at length baldly hinted ; there were just live present, and the odd man (poor Helaine, for he being neither Marquis, Earl, ('orn. moner, nor Captain, was, according to etiquette, counted last) was destined to have the hick ! They played at first for pence (mean. ing pounds), the cash was on the table after every game, and the bumpers were called 'to ' the winner, that the social purpose for which the company had met should not be waved by the acci dental interposition of the cards, which, somehow or other, had leaped front the mantel-piece. Belinnir won and drank. and exclaimed that the odd man's luck was true enough; but " pass. ing strange," though true, for that though he knew so little of the game, the chances fell to him involuntarily and spontaneously. 11/cll, that was as it should be ; Fortune was a fickle goddess and blind, and sometimes left her favourites, as Venus did t:er lovers, for new faces. Belronr at length lost one or two bets—they were for pence, and paid on the instant, out of leek at the table.— At length the title turned against him, and he lost what be had previously won, end some 501. or 1001. note additional, which lie had in his purse; still lie remained at the table; the coronets first began to dance round him, then the tables to spin upon their own centre, and there was no ace upon the cards, or else his eyes saw double. The film at lergth thickened, and he fell asleep in his chair. Tole cards were speedily cast aside, and cursed for coming there, the bill paid, and while the waiter was receiving I is money, an account of profit and loss at the card table was made out, in which Belronr was debited 10,4001; but to make the accown round numbers, the hundreds were struck off, and separate memo. tandems made out of each man's share of the winnings ; these were denied by the loser, so that as he had not denied his hand-s citing, he must have been awakened into a condition to write his name fogy times upon as many pieces of paper, and without blotting or d:. facing the memorandums. Thu burness done, the company returned in the job carriage with four horses lo which they act out, and Brlenur was set down at his hotel. Ile was unable to reach his chamber without assist. new, and the rest of the coach company either were, or affected to be, in the same condition. They talked loud, blustered, and stag gered again to their vehicle, from which, however, only two besides the loser alighted. Morning nillows the night of battle as of a tempest, and the sun is often as serene as if' no i load had fallen on the snow, or vessel sunk Into the deep. Equally serene and equally cheerful did the Captain make his appearance at Brleour's breakfast table, at twelve o'clock on the following clay, to inquire how his bead felt ? how the cursed bad wine agreed with limos ? for he had just left their quondam companions, who were unable to leave their beds. Bekonr's head was well enough—his pockets light, for his hilt!. was gone; but no matter fur that, it was the fortune of war, and a man cannot expect to play all night, and be always winning. Re. sides, the sum was trifling. " Oh, yea," said the Captain, " what signifies a few thousands to you ?—it is opening into the Ledo nunidr.'"• A few thouaands !" cried Beleonr, " a few pounds you mean." " Why, yea—but the bond." " What bond ?" The Marquis, and the Earl, and the Commoner, h :re got your own signature to the statement of account, and the balance Is 10,000/. against you." Out came Re/cont.—a meeting took place between the parties, or sonic of them—and it was arranged that, as he declared at the time lie was no player, but yet would play; and, besides, as he was " showing fight" on the occasion, that he should be let down gently upon a cash payment of 10s. in the pound. A round sum, rather less, was named—the memo. randums were given up and the money compounded fur paid im mediately. Belronr having thus paid away the whole of bin stock in hard, became speedily sulky. He disclosed the transaction to his friend., who urged him not only tgr remonvratz, but to seek redress. Yield. Mg to their wish, a Solicitor was employed, to require a repayment of the sum handed over to the Lim Company. Resistance was made to the demand by the Captain and the Cotnninner ; the Peer quitted Pall-mall and Orosvenor•square—some said fur Ireland, others on a trip to France. The negotiation is still open : Be!cones friends sill have his money or the law, and the attorney is determined not to remain idle, the only pause on hia side being, whether the proceeding ought to be by action, fur the recovery of money paid and received, or by a criminal indictment for fraud. Mutual friends have interposed, and the father-in-law of the prin. sirl personage has been called upon to interfere, for the honour of his famPy. He has tendived that interference, and at once mtg. gested restitution ; but the Marquis Is neither in Paris nor in Lon. don, and things remain in static quo. PLAY IN HIGH LIFE.—We are requested to say, that in a day or two a full and satisfactory statement of the transaction in question will he laid before the plealic.- 21fortling Paper. _ _ PLAY .-. • IN HIGH Ltee.—We are authorized to 'str e', that the paragraph on the above subject, which appeared in the Times, did not emanate, either directly or indirectly, from Mr. Howard, the professional gettleman employed to re cover the money lost on the occasion ; the circumstances of the transaction are about to undergo an investigation by two gentlemen of distinction, named by each of the parties. —Morning Ch rOOl [From the John Bull.]—" The Circle" has been con siderably agitated during tile week by the eclat of a transaction, differently represented by different parties:— we are, however, authorized, in the most unqualified manner, by a gentleman who has left his name, and who was present at the whole transaction alluded to in the Times and ot h tr papers, and several days afterward; Was pr seat at a conversation with the principal loser, to state, the sum lost by him was six thousand pounds, and that an English Gentleman, a Member of Parliament, and of high connexion and fortune, was the principal winner— that there are not above three years difference between the age of the loser and the three principal winners—that so far from an offer of compromise coming from them, offers made by the loser were decidedly rejected, and a sum of motley sent, with a letter soliciting a compromise, was returned, with an unqualified rejection ; that the principal loser (for there was more than one) was not intoxicated, and nev:r insinuated it ; nor were any of the party excited by wine —that Macao was the game proposed, and that the princi pal loser was himself the first to suggest Loo instead there of ; adding, that he knew the game, having often played it at College, and in the course of the play gave a decided opinion upon two or three 'disputtd points; and that no bills of indictment, nor any legal proceedings whatever, have been resorted to. The statement in the Tinsts was made known to one of the parties only yesterday in,rMng, the rest hieing absent from town. The R:ght Honourable Charles Grant, Vice-Preshlent of the Board of Trade, and Representative in Parliament for the county of Inverness, and Robert Grant, E sq . M.P. for this district of burghs, oeing at present in Fouts, the Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council, at their annual Michaelmas Meeting held on the 21st current, availed themselves of this opportunity of conferring on these distinguished gentlemen the freedom of the burgh. r ~ 111 tiC 211 th