The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1826-06-30 00:00:00

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. The NUltc are mo.t reepeetfrolly Informed that this Theatre will Open TO.MOIIIIOW. when will performed the Grand Opera of T.thlt ARE, THE 'fARTAH CHIEF. Terror,. Mr. 913p10 ; Afar. Mr. 11. PllllllO ; detente. Mr. J. 0. Atking ; Altamore, Mr. Perklese: Calplel. Mr. Thmne. dolman, Ma Hamilton ; Nitwits. Alia, Paton ; Eiandr. Alt.. Gownrd. After which the e'Jmlc Opera of FlICr: AND EASY. _ str John Freeman. M.. Vreneh ; Mr. Ceartly, 34. nariley ; Ralph. 71 r. Keeley ; Michael. Mr. W. Charmaa. Mra. Courtly. Miss tioleard ; Laval; Miss Carr; Ge,trurle. Mae Kelly. SADLER'S WELLS. TAIa Itrenint. FRIO %T. Jon, %U, .111 a attained the lavlitthe of FOUR LEti3 AND TWO LEO•I; or. THN WIDOW _ AND TIM WILL. After whirh lAe thc - Counic Pleat of TILE Two GREOOMIXA 011, grugnit PIO 11111 MOTUT CONN ironm Mr. Gregory. Mr. Wyatt; G.ll‘..ry, Mr. Minims; ranchette, Mrs. To Vat 'l will be 4,141 the `terlo:FrvmTe 11 , ttnyttle N-'o-Ttroma of ALONZO THE BRAVE AND THE FAIR DIOGIN;•:; an. 7111 lIAIDAL Ilrgryit. Alonta, 111r.Payne; )Imino, MI. 3. Imogine, MIAs Dassell ; • Lorentins. Mo. Flowlillom. To concintie with the Pnoconlme HOT AND COLD; 01, 1.111;.E , j1:11110 1- 0 ♦YO TI,III •IRITaI 01 Tnt VILLIOI. Clown. 31r. J. S. Grimaldi. K . , -- - ... ~- _• - ,--_-) A. 4 117 . 75 - ,: AN .1:1 .-. 1 4. c s. „X i rt. .. , ....,... 1 ;;• :; ,` •4 , .... i' , ....-.-`,. :,. , Jr*, ,t - 4. •'" K • .- 4 ? - """ .---•••• : ...4 ..;•_124 7 =-7 1 -L- , ...i ?..., ...- ..,... -"N4-• rite DritiA i t lrelSyS• The Bairssit Peres commenced publishing yesterday morn. ii.g at half pant fire o'clock. LOI/ON, 1:111D IY, Just 30, 1826. Last night ;cc received the Monitear of Tuesday sud the Voile of Wednesday. The following are extracts : I F10:11 ill_ 11/041kUr of Tuesday. June 271 Ltsaox, Jowl: 10. It is now beyond all doubt that all the difficulties (if such ever existed) between P..rtugal and Spin are wholly removed, and that the best understanding will prevail between the two Cabinets for the Count de Casa Flores, the Spanish Ambassador, has received his new credentials to the Regency. . . This capital continues to enjoy the most perfect tranquillity. as well as all the provinces of thr kingdom. It is not without surprise that we hare learned from certain French Journals, that the two power% were forming sanitary cordons, which in diplomatic language signifies hostile dtino:-.strations—there is nothing of the kind. [From the Etude, dated Wednesday, June 211.1 NAPLES, Jese 14. On the dth instsnt, at 4.i minutes past seven in the evening. a slight shock of an earthquake, which lasted twelve seconds, was felt at Potonza, the chid town of the province of Basilicata. The motion was undulatory, and from north to south. On the same day, and at the same hour, similar shocks were felt at Salerno, the cani•al of the province Citerior, and still more strongly at Campana, in the Pant: province. Happily the inha bitants esciped with •he fright; no person was injured, nor was any donage done to the buildings. CONSTANTIXO^I.E. MAY 26. Here are various reports nn the causes which have retsrded the d;ra.-trtre of the Commissioners II adi and Ibrahim Effendi for the nussian f:Jo•iers. The must probable seems to be, that the Pane Ins Mile*, di teed their departure, because the place where the conferences arc to be hell has out yet blen iadieated by 31. de 31inziacky. borne per.ont think, but probably without reason, that Rustia, by leaving . the Porte in uncertainty on this subject, has designed to take a kind of revenge, for the long silence which the Divan ob. served with reipect to its demand.. However, there i. every reason to believe that the departure of the Cmnoti.otitmers, urged by tl:e European :11iniaters, sill very shortly take place. They will learn nt nlclNlTest what Once Ru+sia hat chosen for the conference+. • A t•.c+► irtervention of Itlr. S. Canhing, in favour of the Creel., has ben as unsuccessful as the receding.—.l.igsLares Gazette. PARIS, JVNE ?.;. The Cell' I;.'r I'rtw•ais 'mutes us of not bating contradicted the atater.t.rt of the entrance two Spain of a considerable corps of Furth troops, announced by a Journal. As this news is ridiculous, we did not think it necessary to say a word of it ; but since it is not enough for a thing to be ab•urd for the Coro irt Frgtrtrnis not to believe it, we will tell it that there is no foundation for this news any more tle,n for tl at of the C.sr, ri, r, said to have come front Vienna, with a protest of Don liguel. We must place in the same class, the news given by the J..urnal des Visits, el a union of the Cabinets of Europe, to reconq er America, and that of a treaty between the United States and the New Republics against the English. The entrance of Count IVOTala into the Spanish 31inistry, is ans!her of those fables with which the Journals amuse their It is certain that the Doke de Dentine will soon putih-li a Me moir on the Contracts ertcrcd hear at Bayonne, but we do not think that it is merely fur the legality of the fame. as the .Ir;ofarque says, that the Memoir will be signed by M. Ilennequin. (Letter from St. Peteraburgh, of the 7th of June. ) The Marquis de Ilitt::aupiette, who is appointed Anibbeaatlir to the Porte, and General Count IVoronzow, are chosen by .11 , s 31a. joty the linipemr, to carry on the negotiations with the Turkish ( ottunissioner4, respecting the further demands of Russia. The place of ntc,!ing k the fortress of Akkierman, situated at the mouth of the Dniester. on the Miele Sea ; but our negotiators will not proceed to that plare till the Turkish Cummissioners hare arrived at Bitch:Jr:A. Inittiediaftly after the favourable termina tion of these negotiations 31 de Ribeaupicrre, it is atlirmed, will proceed to his post at Constantinople. Jrur. 10. A dceitib of the Ministerial Committee, confirmed by his Ma jesty, allows the ioL bitants of Koh, Kolb and Santa, b Lap land, to export br tire years, free of duty, 6,001.1 chetterts of rye flout to Norway, and the free importation of fish fur the same time. The arrountl from Odevaa are not very favourable. Trade was dull, and ele prices of corn fill daily, on account of the large in the market. _ _ _ ......—.-.-... ll.%wortn, .TUNE lb. The Duke of Catnbriige will spend the next month at Pyrmont. BATAVIA, FEB. 22. Ilia Majesty's frigate, Bellcore*, arrived here on the 11, in good condition, having on board Vit , count Dubris de Ghissignies. Com nt it in the Nethkeands pi , tisessions in the East ILtlies. On the following day. the Lieuter.ant.Goverror,flentral De Kuck. a: nourecil the atrival of the Cummisaioner ; au.d on the 4th, the Commissiiirer-O issueil a preclamation, announcing that in consequence..r a special ordinance of the King, he is appointed to perform in the Asiatic posstnotinns, for the united interests of the Nethrlantis and of the colonies, all that the King might do if he were on the spot• I•'tom the Paper. of the 22d of February, we find that the rebel prince* continued to hold out, but the people wiebed for pesre 'boa rki.x.joentta all was quiet, but a body of 2,01;0 rebels had us. bet:l'd:A in Ilanjoconium.—Latch Alp' I I, .t une 2l. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Ilawerion, Jitire 20.--37. 5.; Two Monde-37.2. PET ERSDUROIIi, J OSE 6.-9. 5-IG. A lISTEHDAX, Jvx 23.-40.8.; Two Nlonths-40. 8. FRENCII FuNDS.—PARIP, J t , vs: 27.—Five pre Cents. opened at 98'. 2*.e., eln , cit at 93r. lie.; Three per Cent 4. opened at 63f. G3e., eloaed at I;3r. 70c.: 'tenses de Naples, 72f. 80r. t Royal Spanish (Ann. 471 f.; Exchange on London—One 3lotath, 2.5 f. GUc.; Three 3lonths, 26f. 40c—Stock Exchange. The accounts received from Batavia, by way of !Tolland, give reason to believe that the Government of the Nether lands has at length adapted a new line of policy with re gard to its foreign possession,. It is perhaps unnecessary again to allude to the effects which have been produced by the adherence of the Dutch to the narrow system which au long directed all their proceedings in the East—to the hostility which it had excited among the native tribes, in their vicinity—to the kalousy anti animosity which its in justice had produced among the European denizens in their settlements—to the discouragement which it had cast upon the commercial and manufacturing industry of the Chinese population—and to the general gloom which it had spread over the aspect of affairs, whether commercial or political. All the.se calamities which have befallen the Dutch are so many warnings to such nations as have not adopted a liheral course, and so many proofs of the wisdom of those principles which our Government now so steadily acts upon. Complaints are sometimes heard of the backward ness of foreign nations to fall in with our proposals of reci procity; but those who make these complaints forget that there is one master who will teach at last the most perverse, and bring the mast stubborn to reason. The natural course of things points out the necessity of a free trade; and if the boon is once fairly offaell to a people as it has been offered by us, that psnple will not willingly he restrained by their rulers from seizing the gift presented to them; and the consequences of their perseverance, if car tied to art extreme., will be similar to those which have recently convulsed the Dutch Colonies in the East. The arguments of SOCRATrI, by which he attempted to prove that a wise man was a King, was, perhaps, more ingenious than solid ; but it is here exactly in point. If foreign na tions will not take our advice, and accept our proposals, they will he punished far more effectually by the conse quences of their obstinacy, titan they could possibly bare been by any exertion of power on our part to compel them. We pu!lish the enclosed extract of an authentic letter from Boston, as a caution to our artisans against yiehling to the tempting offers which may be held out to them by the agents of the manufacturers in the United Stites:— • A very intelligent inhabitant of this city visited England list year, ostensibly for the purpose of selecting goods, hut in reality to engage skilful workmen, of whom he obtained about forty, who have since arrived. Exor bitant wages are offered to such persons for a year, but as soon as sufficient instruction is derived from their ex perience, they are either compelled to take less, or to seek other employment." CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. The Money Markets continue in a state of extreme depression. Consols for the Account opened at 79. alternately buyers and sel lers ; although they afterwards final, it was only preparatory to a greater fall ; fur they subsequently declined to 78g. The City was again destitute of rumours ; therefore the present state of the Mirket ran only be attributed to its own weight. Three per Cent. Reduced Annuities were again lower, as were Exchequer Bills and the New Scrip ; the former 9s. prem., and the latter 4 prem. In South American Stilt ks there was a complete panic this morning, on ivcount of the jobbers being lightened at the late m ney stock sales. Colombian, from 35:1 fell to 34; Mexican , from 53 to 50. Both are again advancing; the former 35, the lat ter .l. Russian 791. In the other Foreign Stocks the bargains were inconsiderable. Lord Cochrane, in his Liters to his private friends, writes in the highest spirits, and seems to enr.sidi r his object as certain of swetly accomplishment. The arrangements made for his expedition are of more importance than may be generally imagined. The steam.boits under his command writ carry long CB-pounder., emit fur the purpose. A large (pi aitity of stores, arms, and ammuni tion, is now at Napoli di Romania. waiting his arrival. The Ditch Government has adopted the most vigorous and de cisive measures to secure the valuable island of Java, which would odic:wise have passed from European authority. Accounts were tl•ts inarniag received to the 2it'l February. The Commissioner. General, with the extensive powers to givi• laws, and take any steps' he might think proper, with retard to the ;hitch islands, had ar rived at Batavia. Ile adapted die most prompt measures, giving co:ice that all estates and property taken from the owners forcibly, or at a small notice (for the acts of tomer Governors on this point were exceetliogly arbitrary), would he restored to the former owners, or that the estates would be valued by competent persona; and that is place of t h e former pittance allowed, the full value would be given by the Government authorities. lie also pent notice to the bailee chiefs, that they bad been najustly and cruelly treated, but that i.e was awborizeil by his Savereign to redress all their griev. ances. Remo is the order of the day at Java. All the officers of the Government, who were directly or indirectly engaged in plung. ing jaV3 in the late roisgov•trnment, me discharged. Any person guilty of ClCeq.ell, whether he be a civil or military authority, is immediately dismissed by the sweeping authority of this Commis sioner-General. Some of the insurgents still continued in arms on the east coast. but there hail been no tiglying Tomorrow being the sNtliiite day in the Foreign Market, the jobb,rs and brokers were principally employed in making up their aCCOUIIIIII. Gtxo A, ,le \ r. 10.—A report has been in circulation since yesterday of a severe action, said to have taken place nar Hydra, between some pirates of the islands of the Ar chirelno and the Austrian squadron under the command of Admiral Marquis l'aulucci.—Dattli Paper. SANTA MARTHA, API:11. 1.5.—A report that an expe dition of Spanish troops was shout to he despatched from the Island of Cuba, has spread considerable alarm here. These rumours, however improbable, have had the effect of bringing commercial matters to a temporary stand. The spirits of the inhabitants are beginning, however, to rally, and I trust that business will soon resume its na tural course. The King of Prussia has given remission, according to the precedent of 1774, for the celebration of the Jubilee in the Catholic churches in this kingdom, and that use may he male of the Bull issued on the occasion, only with tl.e understanding that the expressions occurring in this Bull, which arc inconsistent with the rights and privileges of the Evangelical Church, shall be considered as null.—Dach Parer. The first efforts which were made to procure a sale for the products of Silesia in the En!ish West Indian Colo nies, were extremely encouraging. The cloth of Silesia was sold advantageously in Jamaica, and the flour, when carefully prepared, found so much sale in South America, that it was preferred to that species which is known by the name of Richmond Corn, and is prepared in North America. A Commercial Association has been formed in consequence in Silesia, to carry on a direct trade in the productions of the country, whether agricultural or corn mere al, with South America. The Society is divided into shares, and its present capital amounts to 500,000/. crowns. Pon T-AU-PKINC r , MAY I.—A project of law has been sent by the President to the Chamber, concerning the com merce of Hayti. All merchandize, being Haytian pro perty, imported in Ilaytian vessels, is to pay one•sixth less Only than the moat favoured nation, which reduces the im port duty to five per cent. The export duty to be one tenth less, which makes the duty on coffee nine dollars per cent. The advantage in loading for France by a Haytian ' vessel will not be great, but it will he very considerable on shipments to England or the Unit( d States. PLAGUE ix THE LET ANT.—The foliose ing letter has been received by the Government from Mr. Stirling, the British Consul at Genoa : " British Consulate, Genoa, June 10, 18911. " Sir,—l hare the honour to acquaint you, for the infor 'vim' of Mr. Secretary Cannel*, that 31r. Cetle, my Vice-Consul at Spezia, has informed me, that, two days after the arrival of a !Sardinian vessel at the lamtret of Varignan, proceeding from the Levant, the strongest measures were taken there for the public health, and that the lazaret is now surrounded with troops and guardians of the S mita. .• Ism Knee iuformed, that the plagge is on board the above mentioned vend, that one of the crew died on the pelage, three died since her arrival at the Varignan, and four are now sick, but one bet 'T. '• ()re •orgeon rind one officer from the Board of Ilealib here were despatched for the Varignan they hare sent some soldiers there, and a ship of war was also sent there, at the disposal of the Com. MiVlary of the Lazaret." A very serious accident nearly happened oft' the Chain Pier on Saturday last. We understand that the Brocklehank, steampacket, having just come up from Newhaven, in clearing the Pier head, the Captain observed a small boat or punt, managed by one man only, who was rowing, and having on board a gentleman, lady, and children, approaching in such a direction, and an near to him, that it seemed impossible to avoid runniug him down. He instantly cried out for the men below to stop the paddle wheels, and to the man at the helm to alter his course. This of course took a little time, and the danger every moment (if so short a space as the whole transaction occupied could be divided into moments) became more imminent. In the mean time, the man in the hoar seemed completely paralysed with fear; he ceased entirely to row, and the boat continued moving forward. The lady was also so dreadfully terrified, that she fell into a fit. This, singular as it may appear, was probably the means of saving their lives, for the lady in het terror let her parasol fall over the aide of the boat, which catching the breeze, acted a sail. and gently drew round the head of the boar, so that by the time she touched the steam-vcasel, her side was parallel with U.—Brighton Paprr. THE BRITISH PRESS. =,.- • y i k _ •- vl ... . Ski° N of — -.-.7 • • #: i-vrE6-1.1 eg "Ma ALM ACICS. Almartes strand ball, on ‘l'etlneaday evening, was attended by upward of 400 or the bout ton, among whom were— The Prince.w.t and Erterhary. The lifarqul.e4 of Lothian, he Ficcl, Tilt:Meld. and An lagiel. The Marchione-t.es Emily of Londonderry, and of Lothian. The Earl. of We.tmorland, Clonmel, and Falmouth. Counte..es—Jersey, Cowper. Llonmel, St. Antonio, Meath, Powlett, Dowager Warwick, Chiche.ter, Leitrim, Uxbridge, Antrim, Denbigh, Hardwick, Beauchamp, Mu!grave. Lords—S. Lennox, Elphln.tone. Palmerston. Acheson. 'lncestle, lilts- MIAs. Gyneror, Barnard, Tullamore. O. lientincx, Seaford, C. Welles ley. W. Hassell, E. Somer.et, C. Somentet, nagnt, And 'err, Ladies-2 Legge, F. o.borne.Emma Edgecumire, E. Ker, Boston, J. Ker, C. Barham, Ellenborough, C. Ingeln, Grantham, L. Bentinek, W. Bentleek, 1.. Vaughan. E. Palk, Dowager Eilenborougli, E. Bentinek, C. Bury, Combermere, 3 Grey, H. Herbert. Hamden, T. Briebason, Dyne- Tor. C. Uterine, 1.. Creellle, A. Brudenell, M. Brudenell, C. Montagu*, Ogle, Pelee, Paul. A. Paulen, A. Scott, A'Court, Bromley, Haren.wct H. Fitzroy, Blackwood. M. Pelham, Clement., Pntotonby, Hervey, E. Haber, A. Milbank, A. Vane, Hampden, E. Stuart, C. Sdinerset, 2 Phipps. Floyd,: Clement. J. Pelee, Hardy. Willoughby. H. Blackwood, E. Baker. The Baron and Baroness Itoetseck. PARTIFS. The Duke of Bedford entertained a select party at dinner yesterday, at his house in St. James's-14mm. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury had an elegant assembly, on lVedne'dsy evening. at her Itiuse in Arlington-street: among whom were—Princes Esterhary, the Trusslan, Bavarian, Saxon. Danlsh, and Dutch Ambassatars and their Ladies. Count and Coonteas 1.11.101 f, the Duke of Grafton and the Ladles Fltsroy, the Duchess of %Wellington, the Countess of Low:dale. Lady E. Lowther, the Countess of Clare and Lady .1. Fitzgibbon, Lady C. Paulett, Lady Ann Beckett, Lord St. Helen's, Lord and Lady F.Beattclerk. Lady Beam:let k, Lady Taticred, Lady Deering, Lady Elizabeth and Miss Palk, Lady Rayleigh and the Misses Struts, the Earl of thesterSed, Countess Cowper, 1. ody G. and Miss Wellesley, Lady and Miss Ramsden, Lord FreSerick Bentinck, General arid Mrs. Fitzroy, the Vice.Chancellur, Sir W. Burrough, Slr Charles Ogle, Col. Watley, Captain and Mr*. Weymouth. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Baring, Messrs. Taylor, Odes Palk, Russell, Paull-her, Mr., Mrs., and the Misses Meynall, Mrs. Lane Fox. ke. Lord Carrington had a dinner party on Wednesday, at his house, Whitehall. Lord Farnborough entertained a large party at dinner on Wednesday, at his seat, Bromley 11111. ►.ady Bromley entertained a select party of fashlonables, yesterday evening, at her house in Berkeley-square. Colonel Sumner had a large party at dinner yesterday, at hit boos, in Graflon-street. Edward Eill4, E•q. M.P. had a dinner party yesterday, at his bou4e in Upper Hrook.•treet. John Pearse, F:•q. M.P. had a dinner party yesterday, at his house in Craig's-street, Charing.crou. MOVEMENTS. The Earl and Countess Perulam left town yenerday, for Weimer Caqtle, on a viqit to Ibe Earl and Countess of Liverpool. Sir J. P. Milbank, Hart. baq left town, for Southampton. Sir Philip and Lody Egerton arid family have left the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for their sear, Malour, Salop. The H.m. and Rev. A. Grey ban left bin house In Charles-street, Berkeley-qqoare, on a tour. . . . J. BrOwts, Esq. arrived yesterday at reriton's New Hotel, St. James's. street, from Bath ; Lawley, left ditto, for Patls..._ . . . . . Arrivals at Jordan's Hotel, St. iiime::••-street and Mrs. Frank land, from Cheltenham ; Mr. and Mr.. Dolphin and family, from Essex. Arrivals at limners lintel, Berners.street :—Mrs. O'Connor, Miss O'Connor, and Mlssylake, from Dublin. Departures from Warren's Hotel, Regent-street :—Lord Lynedoch, for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Brown, for Scotland. Departure., from the London Hotel, Albemarle-street :—Mr. and Mrs. Mitford and family, for Little Hampton; John Harris, Esq. for his seat in Dorsetahlre ; K. Ifurieston, Esq. fur Both. FEMALE FASHIONS FOR JULY. EVEXI xn DREss. —A dress of tulle over white satin, with three double flounces of blond, of a beautiful vandyck pattern : between each Bounce is an elegant embossment in a Grecian pattern. which ornament surmounts the upper flounce, The body Is made a la view, but is superbly trimmed tound the bast : this trimming consists of two rows of elegant narrow blond. quilled in that way as to display all the richness of the most unique and charming pat. tern. A very narrow tucker, in points, set on rather scanty, by its simplicity, adds to the beauty of the trimming beneath it. The sleeves are short and full, and are ornamented with ratites of blond, in stripes downwards; and the slee►e is finished next the ann with a quilling of vandyck blond. A pink battle scarf, fastened by a rose te on each shoulder, forms a bouthmt drapery on the front of the bust, without concealing tile blond trimming described above. This scarf is brought to meet in a point at the sash, through which it is passed : the ends +tee of Egyptian plivd, forming a very broad border, which terminates by a deep variegated fringe. A shaded riband, of gold-colour and pink, encircles time waist, and is fastened In front with a gold buckle. The headdress consists of a hat of white crape. striped with ribands shaded the same as the sash, and ornamented with white curled feathers, short, and playing in every direction ; the strings are double, and of two different co loured ribands—one pink, the other gold-colour. The ear-pen. dants are of rubies and wrought gold ; and very broad gold brace las are worn over the elms, clasped with rubies, elegantly set in wrought gold. Theshoes are pink satin. The faimurite carriage bonnets are of white Bros de Naples, with a broad blond at the edge, and are ornamented with hill blown roses. The new manutacture of cotton, resembling white chip, increasts in favour, and is been in all the diflerent public walka, trimmed in various way's, either in hate or bonnets. Coloured crape bonnets, particularly those of pink, trimmed with rouleaux of satin of the sante colour, prevail both for the carriage and walk ing costume; they are a light and elegant summer head-covering, particularly for the young. Chip hats will ever be appreciated for this season of the year, however fragile their texture, and fleeting their beauty ; a favourite way of ornamenting these beau tiful hats it, with rich ritand, trimmed with narrow blond ; among the rosettes are placed bouquets of flowers and these hats are the most charming and appropriate to females of real elegance that can be adopted at this delightful season. E ARTS. Notwithstanding the many splendid and useful publica tions undertaken by various persons within the last twenty years, it appears somewhat extraordinary that, in a mari time nation like England, so greatly indebted to her naval achievements for opulence and glory, a subject so deeply interesting, and so intimately connected with her general history, as a Series of Views illustrative of her several S:a-ports and Harbours, should have been, to this period, neglected. A work of this kind (hitherto unat tempted on an extended scale), comprising all the licensed and chartered ports of the country, has just been com menced, by that justly celebrated and highly talented en graver, Mr. Thomas Lupton, from original drawings, made expressly for the work by J. M. W. Turner, Esq. E. A. The two first views, which have just made their appear ance, are Scat-homing', taken from the beach, with the no ble and majestic ruins of its venerable castle in the back ground, and Whitby, in Yorkshire. They are engraved in highly finished intuotinto, and, from the very superior manner in which they have been executed, reflect the greatest credit on Mr. Lupton, and justly entitle him to our warmest commendations. Tins classic undertak ing, highly important in a national point of view, is de dicated to the King by his Majesty's gracious permission. Such exalted patronage will doubtless create in Mr. Lup ton a desire not only to equal, but to rival and transcend ently excel, even his former successful efforts in this pecu liar style of the graphic art. The Duke of York continued better yesterday, and was looking in an improved state. Ilia Royal Highness took an !tiring on IVednesday afternoon in his earruge. The Ro3al Duke was visited yesterday by the Princess Au gusta. Mr. Secretary Canning was expected to leave Brighton yesterday morning, and it was understood would proceed to Windsor, on a visit to the King. Mr. Secretary Peel and Lord Farnborough left town yesterday, also on a visit to his Majesty. Sir Frederick Ilankey, Secretary to the Governor of Malta, transacted business yesterday at the Secretary of State's Office for Colonial Affairs. MELANCHOLY OccunitxxcE.—A melancholy circum stance occurred on Friday last at Coventry. An old man, named Jesse Judd, who to: many yeas had been an active partisan in the Blue interest, had declared to his sons, pending the late contest for the repre•etitation of that city, that if Moore and Ellice should not be returned, he would hang himself. His sons heeded the old men's worth as an idle threat, and told him not to Karr such a foolish idea to possess his mind. The election terminated, as is already known, against the favourable candidates of this old man. and he was after that event observed to be extremely dejected. On Friday morning one of the members of his family discovered him sus. pcnded, itt the back part of his house. by the neck ; and on being tut down, it was ascertained that Inc had hecom: extinct fur some hours. The cord with which the sad act was dune wee an small as to have alnioat severed the head Nom the body. It was said that the unfortunate man had fur ninny years been addicted to drinking, and had more than once betnre threatened to commit suicide. His business was that of an ornamental caltinet.maker, in which he had full employment. He was by no means unfortunate in his circum stances, and his family had all become comfortably settled in lite. One of his daughters had been in the service of a family of the persuasion of the Friends, a member of which was captivated by her beauty and placed her to school for three years, and afterwards married her ; she is now living in great respectability in Covent try, and it. considered the most beautiful woman in it. An intittes. has been held on the body of the deceased, and a verdiet (as we understand) has been returned of " Insanity." LAWS OF ENGLAND. There are certain truths which, when promulgated, are understood, and the discovery is at otter rewarded by the approbation it deserves; but there are others, perhaps more numerous by far, and generally of greater importance, for which neither genius nor eloquence can readily procure even a fair consideration. They must struggle through the obstacles raised by prejudice and misrepresentation, until time open a way to the heartsc and understandings of men. A remarkable instance of this difficulty is to be found in some of the improvements onr laws, now introduced and supported by the highest authorities in the State. When first they were brought forward, some years ago, although recommended by the known and approved wisdom of the proposer, and elucidated by his knowledge and elo quence, the most decided opposition was made to their in troduction. All the subtlety acquired by long acquaint ance with legal proceedings was exercised, and all the overwhelming influence of power was exerted to stop their progress. Error and innovation were the only qualities attributed to them. At length, after the lapse of several years, an intelligent Minister of the Crown bars the talent and the courage to break through the trammels of ancientand much-cherished error, and to overthrow by a single blow the mass of inc on sistency that the person beibre alluded to had only sought gradually to undermine. Mr. Peel goes much farther than Sir Samuel Romilly ever attempted to go in the reform of our penal laws. The latter was treated as little better than a visionary, and the former receives the applause which his exertions so justly deserve. We may lament the injustice of Romilly's contemporaries, but it is a cheeriug proliect to the well-wishers of mankind to behold the triumph of Peel. lire may be allowed to hope that a deaf ear will no longer be turned to those who recommend a'revision of all the laws of the country—that lie will no longer be treated as a madman who proposes an attempt to classify and ar range the loose enactments scattered over the statute books. and the far more widely-scattered decisions to be found with much difficulty in an infinite number of volumes of Reports, and misnamed the Common Low. So far from being common, the greater number of the instructed are only partially acquainted with it. Hoping that now there is some chance of escaping universal reprobation as inno vators and visionaries, we shall endeavour in the sequel briefly to sketch the outlines of a plan for an object which great authorities have pronounced to be highly desirable, and even absolutely necessary, to the future well-being of this country. The evils of our present want of system are so manifest, and come home to so many individuals in society. that it would be but lost time to expatiate upon them. We may look on them as rate et concessa. They are rocks that are seen above water, but upon which, nevertheless we con tinue to split, without having done touch towards finding a safer navigation. This will be no new attempt. In other countries, and in other times, the confusion of the laws has been felt as a serious evil, and means have been successfully applied to remove it. The Roman laws had become an inextricable labyrinth before they were revised and systematically ar ranged. The laws of France, before the Revolution; not withstanding the great ability and commanding genius of some of the French lawyers, and of various partial at tempts to improve them, were full of difficulty and un certainty. They have been remodelled, and adapted to the present state of society; and although the codes are not so perfect as they might have been, yet they are universally admitted to be a vast improvement. Let us consider, for a moment, what must have been the necessary effect of the mixture of a droll couturnier, or common law, with tire drat civil, or modification of the Roman law, differently administered in the different juris dictions into which France was divided, and we shall be satisfied that a most important improvement has been ef fected, by making one general and simplified system of law for the whole country. The Government of the Netherlands has for some time been occupied in adapting to the peculiar wants of that country the codes which the extension of the late French empire had established there; but it is far from reverting to the system which had previously existed. As far back as the time of Frederick the Great, a reformation took k place in the laws of Prussia. The Empress Catharine ordered the formation of a co:le for Russia. Even the Austrians have not always been so fearful as they are at present of innovation, and Austria possesses a modern code. Why should this great country, which boasts of its civi lization, and of its rapid advances in every branch of science, adhere with so much pertinacity to an old incon ♦enient, and injurious system ; or rather, to an incoherent mass of confusion ? It may, perhaps, be urged that, in the instances men tioned, codes have been framed by the orders of despotic governments, or have been necessarily consequent to a stale of anarchy wnich abolished all ancient laws and eurtoms ; hut that in this country, where we enjoy a free constitution, and have ever been ruled by our laws, what ever they might be, it will be difficult to introduce a change. . . . . . . - That there is difficulty must be admitted ; and if it were proposed to alter the grounds and principles of the law, it might amount to impossibility. To bimplify, how ever, to arrange, and to form a code, even out of the mate rials of which our laws consist, cannot he impossible, nor is it perhaps so difficult as some may imagine. That laws so simplified and arranged will be advantageous to the State and to individuals, it is presumed unnecessary to at tempt to demonstrate. We will proceed, therefore, on re suming the subject, to the means of accomplishing the undertaking, of which we confess ourselves the warm advocate. DREADFUL CATASTROPHE. A few minutes before six o'clock, on Wednesday evening last, a horrible accident occurred at the house of Michael Hoban, a re spectable carrier on the Kens road, 'shout half a mile from this city. Early on that morning. two drays belonging to Ilaban, loaded with goods, arrived from Dublin, on their way to ll'aterford. and were laid down on the rood side, near his door. Among the other par cels there unfortunately happened to he a cask of gunpowd r t through some accident that can never be known, the powder blew tip at the hour above mentioned, with a tremendous report. which shook the earth to a considerable distance around, and the report was followed by a black dense column of smoke. CM visiting this scene of calamity, nothing could present a more frightful appear ance. Two young men were blown to pieces, and their limbs scattered in different directions through the surrounding fields.— Two other voting men and a young woman were so dreadfully inainied and blackened by the explosion, ss scarcely to retain the appearance of human beings. These three were conveyed an proinctly as possible to the County Infirmary. with scarcely a hope of recovery. Three of the unforttmate sulkers were sons of Ho- , ban, and the femile, who was abitit twenty years of age, was his daughter. The fifth wan a neat door neighbour, of the name of Dowling. Hoban and his wife were fortunately in she fields, at sonic distance from the house, at the time of the accident, and a young child, who was on the spot, escaped most providentially, without the slightest injury. Two houses were blown dawn, and quickly consumed to ashes. The drays, with their iron axles, were shivered to pieces, and large bales of cloth, parcels of silk stockings, quantities of tea, books, paper, deal planks, and wher articles, that composed the loading of the care, were scattered in fragments. and blazing in every direction, presenting an awful appearance, heightened by the almost frantic wailing% of the ti -1 happy Iloban and his wife, who beheld the wreck of their family and property thus accomplished in a few moments. Some of the burnt fragments were driven so high, by the force of the explo sion, as to be carried nearly a mile from the spot. Mr. C. B. Clarke was quickly on the spot, and showed every anxiety to nlle viate the distress of the unhappy survivor of this wretched family. The Honourable Gentleman and his Lady, and the Marquis and 31archinness of Ormond, set on foot a subscription for the relief of Michael Hoban, who is really a worthy man, to which they con tributed liberally. Several of the County Constabulary were also in attendance in a moment, to render any assistance within their Power. Soon after the accident happened, an inquest was held by M tons. Colic,* and Keough, City Coroners, on the remains ttf Mi ha , I Hoban. jun., and John fowling. Verdict —" Came by the r death by the accidental explosion of a keg of gunpowder." Th t other sufferer+ were. Patrick and Miry Hoban, who died soon aft r being brought to the Infirmary, and Martin Ilithan, of whose rev tvery Dr. Pack entertains some hope.—Lcia;tcr Journal. fhe following ha just been banded to us as the state of the poll at Galway, on Saturday, 4th day :—Daly, 3,5;0 ; Lambert, '2,411 ; Martin, 1,740. At the close of the Preston Election, Captain Barrie and Mr. Cohbett addressed the electors, and in the course of their speeches declared they would petition the House of Commons against the return of Mr. Stanley and 31r. Wood. 3917? SOCIETY FOlt PROMOTING EDUCATION A%!l INDILYTBY IN CANADA. The next Annual Ileettnir of this f4rniety was held yesterday at the City of London Tavern $ notwithstanding the early noted given, the .3leeting was not so numernuxly attended as might have been expected. rtom the eharitaideeharaeter of this Metropolis. - - . - At one o'clock, Sir Groan ft Rose took the chair• it . ml Ort meded to explain the objects of the Society. Although so few were assembled at the first annual meeting, he afield not give way to any feeling' of discouragement. Many of oar greatest and most active associations had %risen from eimil er small beginnings, and lie erookl be Inclined to mistrust the eventual prosperity of a society which should commence under circumstances less comentaneotts tat the ordinary caurse of affairs. The object of the Society was so good, list it could not fail to obtaid patronage and /motion, as soon as it should acquire publicity. The Right Hun. Clotirnsen then adverted to the peculiar mini At ion of the Canticles, which called for the a'd of such a society. Those Colonies were originally military settlements made by the French its the midst of savage nations. The raiders gradually acquired the wilt) and unsettled habits of the indigenous tribes; and abhough ionic portion of eivilintion had been restored to the Canadas, after they were conquered by the British, yet the stamp of wild ignotance and thought. lesaness remained still deeply impressed on the colonial eha. racier. It ought not to be raid, that because the Ca nadas w re French colonies originally, we ought not to con cern ounolves about their moral improvement. By our conquest of the (*anodes all the moral obligations which subsisted be tween the Mother Country and those Colonies immediately de volved on us. It was as much our duty to promote the moral and religious improvement of the Canadian., as it would be if the brat settlers had emigrated from the British shores. Some affected to make light of the obligation* of a Mother Country to her Colonies, an seemed to think that her fostering care was in general but ill 'requited; but he was wore that the promotion of re. ligicus edt c 'thin in the Colonies could have no effect but that of riveting fro bonds of affection; and that the moral superintendence to which th tit Society aspired was the only interference which could not give birth to diandisfaction. The Rev. THOMAS 3101 T IME a, one of the secretaries of the Society, tin n read the report, which stated that this Society corn. menced in consequence of the efforts of Mr. Osgood. who visited this country in 16U1, and had collected a sum of money, which Rai placed in the hands of trustees in London. The greater part of that fund had been since expended in promoting education and moral in struction in Canada, and it ass from the conviction that much good had in that instance r. suited from slemler means. that British Christians were again culled on to contribute to the stflae work of benevolence. Mr. Oegood, the agent of the Society, had been kindly received in different parts of the United Kingdom. He had formed a numtor of auxiliaries, and had collected about 1,9091. besides a number of books and publications, which will be aeknow. !edged in the appendix to the forthcoming printed report. l'he Rev. ‘VM. SMART, in moving that the report be received. commenced by stating that the country for whose benefit and in • struction the Society had been formed, was one of a very interesting character; its population might be divided into three classes, alt embraced within the operations of this institution : The first were the Indians of Canada, who were still in a savage state: they were the rightful owners of the soil, but had been obliged to retire from the banks of their principal rivers and hunt. ' ing grounds, and thus to make way for the European settlers. We Iced taken front them their lands. but had sot given them in ex. chanAe the blessings of civilization. It was, he observed. a prevail ing opinion in Canada, that the state of these unfortunate men was so wretched and so degnoled, as to render their civilize. tion hopeless; and lie was afraid that such a sentiment was too common, even in Britain. But facts speak for themselves, for 1 what is recorded on the page of history, as well as what is daily transpiring, should convince us that the case of the Canadian sa vage is not a hopeless else ; for what, he would ask, were we as a nation, when our forefathers worshipped the unknown God in the groves of die Druids? Were we not as degraded and wretched as the American Indiana? What bad wrought the mighty revolution but instruction and perseverance in the means of civilization 2 It was by these means we were raised to the comforts and the arts of this life. anti by a divine revelation to the knowledge and the hopes of a glorl ma immortality to come. The civilization of the Indians in America, had not only been tried, he observed, but had suc ceeded ; and he would mention a singular fact. It was this: by standing on the banks of the River St. Lawrence (the boundaty line between the British province of Upper Canada and the S ate of New fork,) and looking to the North-West, the Indian tribe, might be seen there inn state of nature ; but by turning round and casting the eve to the South, only to the distance of tour miles, and to the South-East to a distance of thirty miles, von might see the erdaavoors of the 31intionary Societies of New Vork and New Enlean.l t rwud with success, in evangelizing an'l civilizing the India n tribee. Could you visit the villages of the Tuscaroras and the a terangnit, you so 'd see them dwelling in comfortable boos s and the praises of t e Redo mit sung by enlightened Choi tan Indians ! And why would t tel Britons be so successful if they were to pursue h • same plans of ot r American brethrt n ? The fart's. said Mr. Sma t lio not knov o any rational scheme that has ever been d Tted far the benefit of oar Indian population in the Canadian Pr minces. Let tried and holy men be found, that would submit to the oil and prisstions that areneteisary—let them learn the Indian languages, institute school., instruct the youths in the arts of civilized tile, cultivate their minds with the truths of divine revelation, and then we may reasonably hope for success— then these children of nature will not become extinct, but, by the fostering care of Brining. and the tenderness of Christian bene volence, their tribes will not only remain, but will even be raised in the scale of moral excellence. _ _ . -...-.-. The second class were the descerdtnts of the first settlers. Upper cattails was a refuge for suffering loyalty, as this was the asylum found by the adherents to the royal cause during the American re. , volution, and on the termination of that contest many of them lett on the tidd of blood their husbands and their sons, while others, with shattered limbs and ruled fortunes, settled in this interesting country, by accepting from the bounty of his Majesty a free gram or lands, with implements of agriculture and provisions for two years. The immense forests had given way to the labour of the axe, and the people were now enjoying the ftuits of their industry. Nor do they neglect the educe ion of their families ; and such is the praiseworthy efforts in this respect, that a school-house is generally the first public buildi ,, g en cted. They seldom require to be urged to promote plans for the education of the chi!dren ; in hundreds of pieces, with their own efforts, trul with the assistance of from M. to 101. schools 'night be put into operation. The third class int ) which the Canadian population might be di vided were, the emigrants from the various parts of the world. The population was rapidly increasing from this mince. Ile made an allusion to the Bathurst district, and appealed to his friend and fel low-labourer in Canada, the agent of the society, for the truth of the pleasing fact. Not more than ten years ago, that part of the country was the abode of savage , * and beasts of prey, but no/ you might see comforable dwellings, flourishing villages, cultivated fields, blooming orchard., and public buildings. such as churches, court-houses, and echo 1-, in every direction. It was astonishing, he observed, how ninny seteers b .d arrived within a few years from Scotland. Ireland, end other tears; and he was sorry to say that an importation of European emigration was not always an improve ment to the orig:nal settlers ; because although Canada was a re fuge for the destitute, it was al-o a receptacle for the discontensed of every party, both in politics and religion. He would therefore conclude these remarks by co' se viog the high importance of giving to such a people the means of mutt 1 and mental improvement; and he believed,—and his belief was not the result of a lusty considers tion, it was from an attentive obtetvation and residence in that country for 1.5 yertrs,—that the strongest bond between the Mother country and Canadian Colonies was the moral bond. The period, he hoped, would be far, very far distant, that should separate Up per Canada from tire Parent State; but without that moral bond he eonsidered the seraration as certain. He considered th t the In dians had a claim on this country on the score of benevolence, it not ofjusrce, and that the cause of the Canadian settlers might be pleaded from motives of Chilstian charity as well as enlightened It was on these accouuts he did, with the greatest oda. faction, move that the Report be received and printed under the direction of the Committee. THOS. PALLATT, Esq. rose to second the motion, and ob served, that although the meet kg wax not so large as the friends of the Institutios might be led to expect, yet he remembered the pe riod When the British and Foreign Bible Society, and some others, were nut so Large as the present assembly. He would not , there. fore, be di-couraoed at this circuuistance, but trusted that the friends of the British Colonies, and the wants of our fellow-subjects there, would not be pleaded in Stan, but that tbis Society would tire in importance. The Rev. T. °scoots moved " That the thanks of the meeting he given t.. the Auxiliaries. fur the kind manner In which they had treated the agent of the Society, and the liberal assistance which they had granted towards increasing the funds of the Institution." Mr. Osgood observed, that it afforded him note' pleasure to move this Itesoltaion, for the many tokens of kindness received since he had been travelling on behalf of the Society, had tnade a deep and lasting impression upon his nand. In Dublin, Edin. burgh, and in 'eventl other places, the SI iiiisters of the Gospel, of different de ,oininations, came forward and assisted, not only by granting pecuniary ad and donations in useful boo's, but cheer fully lent their time in attending public meetings, and opened their pulpits to the Society's agent, with periniasion for him t n appeal to the benevolence of their congregations. One of the Bishops of the English Church in Scotland, not only gave a donation, but kindly offered to be an animal suliseriber. And the late benevolent and much-resptcted bora Bishop of Durh:un • after giving to the ag, nt a liberal donation, consented to allow his name to stand as one of the Vice-Presidents of the Society, observing that he was far advanced in life, and had not long to live in this world. and wished to do all the gaud he could before he left it. Mr. Osgood observed that he felt desin us, before he sat down, to state one or two facts in relation to the future prospects of this Society—that such an Institution was rely much nettled • on account of the great expense which must atte the attemi tto supply that extensive country with teachers from the parent country, when it had been I.,und that some, who had gone from England to reside ix Canada in the charricter of missionaries or teachers, had been greatly re tarded in their labour in consequence of bail health. It was there fore of vast importance to train up those young persons for teachers who acre accustomed to the climate, and whose habits and feelings were similar to those of the people among w:tom they laboured and with respect to the prneticability of the attempt, there could not he a doubt. for he had witnessed a similar effort mooned with complete success among the Indians it l he American States, J. REICNER, Esq. seconded this Pcsolution. Janes Esq., moved that the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Patron and I'iee-Prestrients of the Saziety • and likewise that the former Committee be requested to serve fox Ike I i I ` f