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pmcrs OF BRITIf4FI STOCKS YESTERDAY. 12,/, Oen,. Cons. 7114 j 9O 79j Ex. Bills 104118. 2 Bps MOM Acct.;/ jieel if Ditto WII. 2 Jpyre Reer 4pi r Cent. j 961 Ditto Small 2 4 pus piNsh.m64 2pm Lottery Tickets tit I. I Is. PRICES OE FOREIGN Afteetin Bundy GI tlalotsAlao 11084. bite Lend. q 71 111 91 89lI8iI 91 9 7 I 7 Bette Acct. 681 6,7 b 7 91 8 9 71 8 19974*7817 AMA Rands ;1828) ait • * 9 81 is dl, Sect 614 ea dl, French Late. I pettiest, W. 78c. Szebanste 26f. We. Mod , Rrntam 8 Ceit. OIL 106. Arebanse 28f. 90,• Ma. Seadalajara Roads STOCKS YKSTKRIMY. Greek Ponds Ditto Bond. 17* Ile Ditto Acct. 173 i 3 10 ?Arvin's Bondi Ditto Road. (11420) 4191701211701 Ditto 4 Acct. 99* 79* 2 79* 4 2* 79 119* Peruvian Bondi re Si** SO 30 1 Po * rtuen 4 ewt Ronde 73 Prusvlan Send% 19221 90 Ruvelirn Bondi SO* It 11104 - Ditto Acct. bpi ill 2* Spanl.h BOWS 10 cow= DIP ;own, Aortadarn • C.F. 12 10 PIM at Add isdaerdias. 011,010 aiabargit , . II , If U. 00 0 Ahem 2i U. 31; 1 Pee* 3 days'sield 2l/ 90 .0100 . ;i. . ... ......... 2 U. 24) iu noosts 26 10 ANGE TVSTERDAY I Leghorn Genoa Venice Malta Naples pakrrno Lisbon a es x 38} per os.llll h I Oporto Rio Jenetro 8ahia.......... Prialrfort as Ifilao E 5.111.. 1104 Painltsuntly *la 3 L'•. Py Timm, elective I 2 M. 10 23 Niadrid Buenos Ayres 21 dare Melt .... Cork ... MILLION. 01 ....... 36 alm,rlana . . e... d. Portugal Oold, In coin 0 U 0 Ferelorn OW, In bars. 317 6 New Doubloons . .. New Dollar% Silver, in Dart, veuniard illbeallar. PRICES RP !MARES YESTERDAY. Share. Paid. ...... 1000 45 121 dls 100 10 SM. ...... 100 30 111 i 41s 100 7j 24 die 100 10 0; die be 5 4 dit 40 20 00 1,5 2 dli SAS LIIO/11 4Ni; CORR COMPAPORS. =llan ......... .......... Illettials Iron Valedtblan ....... Paean-Psidalais rated, La kst. and Peruvian Association ... U_ Mesiene Mite New.. . ... •• • • II talk liatted.tideeral. 18 6 dla lIISC LLLL L OUS. ♦asOwNia tame/al Veen Navigation . 190 0 9pm . 100 11 3} dls gitt istloot atrerogs. KING'S THEATRE. TEM EVENING erlll be performed 'lowlier+ Open Serfs, In Two Acti, entitled PIETA() I:I 7 R . EM 11'4. The principal Characters ity"Stademolwile Bonini, Madame 67nm:tort, Madame Castel% Signor Coriont, Signor De-tri, Signor Devitt', Signor Pure% azadMiper Pellegrini. Between the Acts the Divertldsement of LE SAL CHAMPETRE. Afte► the Opera. LE TEMPLE DE LA CONCORDE.. • The pwedectlett7f ;( - ;;La Naleuraze de Vetta•" tweeasselv deferred ill seat week. owing to the ettecvtvd propsdadoe It ►reegqolrei. On THURSDAY Nsrr a GRAND MASQUERADE. Applleatlon% hr. ar u.ual. DRlTtit-LANE THEATRE. I nk Evening, SATURDAY, April 1. will be perfuenied the new Operattt Play of BENVOWIKY, Beny•wsky, Mr. Bennett; Kqrafto, Mr. Horn; Stephanoff, Mr. Wal lindt; Trictram Stark, Mr. Harley. Atioutavia, Mi.a Foote; Madura, Jess Cultitti Chridine. Miss Povey. Altar Which !nth time, a near Grand Romantic Fairy Tale, called ORF.RON; or, THE CHARMED HORN. Ferias—Oberon, Elias Vince& , Titania. We% Macdonald. French—The Bra w n, Charlemagne, Mr. 0. Smith ; Sir Hoon of Cayenne, Mr. Ben ; Shernaraln, Mr. Browne; Sir Robert, Mr. T. Blanchard. Aratdanv -0010 of Bagdad, Mr. Pope ; the Prince Balwkon, Mr. Howell ; Sadak. Mr. Fitawilltana Omlac, Mr. Mercer. The Prince. Amanda, Mk.. Smith son ; Prima. Mn. C. Jane.. Tonivienv—The Sultan of Tunas. Mr. romp ; Ealugs, Hr. W. Bennett ; Fivhermati, Mr. G. Smith. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. Mlle Evening, SATURDAY, April 1, will be performed the Opera of ♦RTAXERXES. Artandrzel. Ilhadamt Vedri; - ; --- li - riiii;ii;;;;:kr. Phillips; Asbaces, Mr. Brehm. Mindene. MI Hammenlei. Maw which the Operatic Piece of "MAR I. The prineipal Characters by Mewls. Dzmasea. Keeley,. Evans, and Barnes. Mtu Jones. Madame Vedelog, and Urn. Ulover. ft conclude with the Farce of THE DEF.L. Pryer Oidenemrt, Mr. W. Parma Aurustus Buoyant, Mr. Joliet ; Mr. Burnet, Mr. Beeley ; Skylark, Mr. Meadows: O.l'M splay, Mr. Connor; Silehrhasd, Mr. Blanchard. Barrier Seymour. Miss Love. ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE. MR. MATHEW% AT HOME This Etrinting,HATURDAY. April I, with an entirely new Entertainment, ta Two Part+, founded on hi+ Observation. on Char►cters, Manner+, and Peen'larltie+, entitled MR. MATHEWS• INVITATIONS. PART 111.—A Monopolylosme. to be called THE CITY BARGE DIMS open at Anlf•paa Seven In+tend of Seven, a+ heretofore ; the Performance Amine at Eight precimly. ADELPH I THEATRE. kr. TATES tea the honour to announce, that on MONDAY NEXT, he !AU *iv., for the first time. an entirely new entertainment, In Three Parts, eons, tine of Sketch*. from Life, Alanncra, an* PecuHari ties, entitled TATF.S' RE3IINISCENCES CIR, ETCHINGS OF LIFE AND CHARACTER. And a Nottopololopme, entitled SIR. CHAIRMAN I OUXtVi It. Pit. 24. Glittery, IC Dane, open at seven, and begin punettrilly.at half-past Seven. Half-prier nt Nice. TIN Bernet PsEss commenced publishing yesterday morning at fire o'clock. LONDON, SATURDAY, Arßlt 1, 1826. A courier is said to have been sent to Paris with a de spatch from NICHOLAS, in which he assures the French Court that he has no objection to the adoption of a liberal system of policy, and proposes to give up the lioly Alli ance. and adopt in its stead a general alliance on a mere liberal basis. The Go::ette of Hamburgh, in an article dated St. Petcrsburgh, March 8, observes that all the Ge tends and military Go -more now in the empire of Russia, have been ordered not to leave their posts, on any account, till further orders. The only conclusion to be drawn from ' these two pieces of intelli7ence seems to be, slots the Easel:- Roe wishes to be on good terms with En :and, and is anxious to be in readiness to take decisive measures against the Turks, if necessarl . As might have been expected, the French troops will still continue to occupy the fortresses of Spain for some time. "It cannot be denied." says .he Pitote, " that the presence of the French in Spain averts great misfortunes." The ludicrous circumstance about the tribute to Algiers, suentioned some time ago in the British Press, Is now ad mitted by tba French Ministerial Papers. A report is current in Lisbon, that one of the first acts of the Regency was to solicit English troops—a request which gave great umbrage to one of the foreign ambassadors. The Bemposts party are known to have sent emissaries into the provinces. They give out that Nlirive.i. is pro tected by the Emperor FRANCIS, who wrate to hie father a few months ago in his favour. They add that he is about to marry an Archduchess of the house of Austria. The Greek inhabitants of Mount Olympus are reported So have risen against the Turks, and hopes are entertained that this will prove advantageous to their countrymen of the Mores, by operating as a diversion in their favour. The garrison of Misaolonghi has redoubled its ardour since t arrival of KOTSAS Boa - za els ; and has concerted an attack on the Turks by a sortie from the town, while KA- I/1111AR' and Gonna' are to make a combined movement at the same time upon their rear. The Gazelle de France has declared that G.eece is Anti-European, and Egypt is French. "It appears then," says the Coustitufionnel, " that we are about to occupy this Turkish province out of • respect to the legitimacy of the Su I.T A s." If such be the "import of the remark, the Gazette de France, with all its Ministerial connexion, must be wofully mistaken. The accounts from Greece, given in the French Minis terial Papers of Thursday, are, upon the whole, extremely f avou r a ble. We shall content ourselves at present with referring to the extracts subjoined. [From the Doile dated March 30.1 • CONSTANTINOPLE. FEB. 23. It is eifErtne , l that Lord Cochrane has arrived at Zama but time Fricke do not beeve it. Mr. Stratford Canning ia net yet come; It is supposed that the delay is Intentional, in order to wait for the issue of certain negotiations. It is true that the continaance of the north winds may he alleged as detaining him at the Darda nelles, but then he might come be land. Sir Hudson Lowe has for some time attracted the Mention of the Franks, and even of the Turks, at Pen. The °reeks have done nothing in the Mona and Etolia. They have beaten the Tu:kish fleet beton Missolonghi, but failed In their chief object, of throwing supplies into that elate. Ibrahim was making every preparation for an attack at the beginning of the month. The Sceaskier was obliged to give up to hint the command of the siege on his retnrn ; after which be set out for Salons, where be obtained some advantages. Coaril, Frn. 22. There has been ancther engagement between the tireek fleet and the Capitan Paths. Captain Spencer, commanding the Naiad, who was *imam to the engagement, says, that from the lite:pe nce/at of the Turks, who were the most numerous, the tireeks ob tained a alight advantage. At the closiof this battle the command was taken from the Capitan Pasha, who was to go to Constanti nople before he took the road to Janina. Ibrahim has again sum moned Itlis+olonghi, but CI hi+ proposals have been rejected by the defenders of the place, whtch has beau again supplied with provisions. . . . There is no truth in all that is said of other advantages obtained by the Cheeks. The diseases caused by the climate, in this Incle ment season, make great havoc in the Egyptian army, and compel it to remain inactive. The dissentions t.mong the Greeks con tinue, and are. as they have hitherto been, the chief obstacles to the success of their cause. PARIS, MARCII 29. We have received later; from Constantinople of the 20th of Fe bruary. Ily an order of the Porte. all evil-minded persons are seised and sent on board the men of war fitting out in this port. They ere chained there by one leg, and each of them receives 200 piastres to provide himself with necessaries before the squadron sails. The Greeks. it is said, have attempted to burn the Ottoman Let near Lepanto, but the Capitan Pscha waa on his guard and dispersed the Ouricc. One Turkish frigate only ran aground on the coast. It is added, that an English ship attempting to enter 3lismlonghi with previsions, was vigorously repulsed by the Turks. Colonel Fahvicr has began his expedition against Übea. 'file arrival of Lord Cochrane in the Innian Islands is spoken of. and the Mosselmen are much alarmed at it. Within the last fortnight there have been frequent fires at Con stantinople ; but none of them hat been considerable. Letters trout Patras, of the 10th of February. give serious ap prehemions respecting the movements of the Greeks in the Noma. They speak of the danger of 'fripolizza, but without any details of what the Greeks have undertaken. These same letters represent the state of the Ottoman fleet as very unfavourable, and give reason to doubt of a good understand. ing between Ibrahim and the Capitan Pacha. The heads and ears sent from Salona to Constantinople, have been placed in the first coast of the Seraglio, with a Yana, stating that they nee sent by Iledschid Pacha, being the fruits of an expe dition against the rebels in Carlieli, who were defeated and dis persed. The Iblossulmen army returned loaded with booty, sifter taking 140 heads and ears, and 40,000 sheep. Mr.*. Canning is expected every hour. The south wind is set in, and he cannot be far from Constantinople. • {Freon she Pilule of Friday. I PARIS, MARCH 28. Letters from Vienna of the 17th announce that Colonel Selves, in the service of the Padta of Egypt. and Governor of Tripoli:vs, has surrendered at discretion to the Greek caps cmnmanded by Colixotroni. It is said that the English Government is going to send 2300 men to Portugal, who will be at the disposal of the Regency. It is said that, by a new treaty between France and Spain, our troops are to remain for several years in Barcelona, Cadiz, Pampeluna, &c. There may be some foundation for this report, for in the pre sent circumstances, and especially at a time when Fresh conspiracies are brought to light, the occupation of these places by our troops is too important a check upon insurrection for Ferdinand to consent to part with them. It cannot be denied that the presence of the French in Spain arrests great misfortunes. It is said that orders lately received from Madrid at Barcelona prohibit the issue of any sums from the Treasury beyond what is absolutely necessary in order to pay as soon as possible to the Regency of Algiers an in demnity which it importunately demands. The Pilote gives another letter (torn Barcelona, which says that the Dey demands six millions of seals, about one million and a half of francs, and that the Spanish Consul has agreed to those terms, and has come from Algiers, on board a French brig, to inform the Government of this agreement; the Dey having declared that, if this sum is not 150011 paid, he will eany on a most active war against the Spanish nt o rchant ships. FRE NC et FuNDS.—PARIS, MARCH 29 —Five per Cents., 943 f. 50c ; Three per Cents., 65f. fec. ; Bank Stock, 2,0011 f. ; Rentes de Naples, 72f. 25c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 351. ; Ilaytien Loan, 7G3f. Exchange on London, one month, 231. 75c. ; three ditto, 231. 40c. Coors Autheitalue. Lisbon Gazettes, from the Bth to the 14th instant, arrived yesterday ; they are principally occupied with the official details of the commencement and progress of the fits o's illness, which have now lost their interest. The following extracts communicate some particulars of the proceed ings of the Government subsequent to the death of the KING:— 1.190014. MARCH 8. The formation of the Junta of Governine;t,b; Decree of the 6th of March, having been communicated by a cir vilar letter to the Diplomatic Rody. the Ambassadors, Ministets. and Charges d'Affaires of Foreign Powers at this Court, came to day (the ilth) to the Palace of f3empoma, to pay their compliments to tier Royal Highness the Infanta, Donna Isabella Maria, and at the same lime expressed to her Royal Highness their regret at the illness of her august father. MARCH 12. This morning, at five o'clock, the Castle of St. George toad the other forts, as well as the snips of war in the port, began to fire minute-guns, on account of the death of his Majesty, which, to most of the inhabitants of this city, was the afflicting signal of their lamentable lots. The silent but expressive grief painted on ever y countenance, is accompanied by antic!) , for the health of her Majesty the Queen, of the Infanta Danna Isabella Maria. and her august sisters, as well as of her Royal Highness the Dmvager Princess of Brazil, whose Royal beans are so profoundly afflicted by this melancholy event. The Senate has to-day issued a proclamation for mourning In a year, and the citizens belonging to the t;enate are convoked for the 17th of this month, for the solemn act of breaking the coats of arms, practised on the death of our monarchs. The body of his Majesty has been embalmed, to he placed in the Palace of Bemposta, under a rich canopy, where divine service will be performed. and masses said, till the altars arc pre-' pared in the same saloon. The bells of all the churches will continue to toll, and the guns of the forts to fire from time to time. The Nuncio and the members of the Government have been, some yesterday and some to-day, to the Palace of Queluz, to offer their condolence to her Majesty the Queen and the Princess of Brazil. The Infanta Donna Isabella Maria has received the visits and compliments of the Court on this unhappy occasion ; Divine Pro vidence having given her the resignation she needs in such trying circumstances, to support the difficult and indispensable duty which her station requires: hut God has given her that strength and masculine understanding which ',niters her worthy attic high functions which she is called upon to fulfil in the government of this nation. LIABOS, .MARCH t 4. The Cu:Pile of this date contains nothing official, except nrders addressed to several public officers, announcing the death of the King, and ordering a general mourning for a jiar. A considerable degree of anxiety continues to prevail in Edinburgh and the principal towns in Scotland, as to whit will ultimately be the decision cf Parliament with regard to the currency. That a temporary inconvenience may arise, is a result to be looked for ; but the question, as we have already said, is not what may be the sacrifice of profit to which the Scotch Bankers may be subjected, but whether, according to the best opinion that can be formed by Parliament, the adoption of the legislative measure proposed is called for by the general interests of Scotland, so far u their interests are connected with the sound ness of commercial confidence and the stability of public credit. We perfectly agree with the remarks of " A litontsunra," whose letter will be found in another part of our paper, that the great mischief and distress, which was felt isti extensively in England, did not extend 11* • • tl4 THE BRITISH PRESS. beyond the Tweed ; but we are not on that account pre pared to admit that, in preventing the recurrence of this commercial pressure, the remedy ought not to he general in , its application. The intimate union between England and Scotland make this, we think, not only desirable, but, to a certain extent, unavoidable. They thus are, in fact, so thoroughly identified in all their interests, as the subjects of one Government, that it becomes next to impossible to put them on a different footing in a matter so essential as the currency. Whatever may be the numerical amount of the circulating medium necessary to carry on with facility the trading transactions between the two countries, the com position of that circulating medium must be the same in both, and we have no doubt that the evidence produced be fore the Committee at present sitting, will lead decidedly to this conclusion. That the extinction of small notes will greatly cramp the traffic of the " Highlands" we are in clined to believe, and on this ground the arguments con tained in the lively letter of our Correspondent deserve to be seriously considered. Mr. Kr ex st A N Fr 14 LAT esimates the amount of one mid two•pound notes in Scotland tt about 1,600,0001. Mr. Pc st, we believe, rates it at I,800,(00/. The amount of loss to be shared by all the banking-finis in Scotland will, of course, he equivalent to the interet on the above sum, and by dividing this by their whole number, their individual loss may he exactly ascertained. It is somewhat singular tbtt one-pound notes are in such habitual and constant demand throughout Scotland, that five-pound notes, or notes of a higher denomination, are but rarely met with. It is sot at all uncommon to make payment of fifty and even ose hundred pounds entirely in notes of one pound. This, wemay presume, arises from the retail nature of the domestic trade of Scotland, creating a proportionate demand for notes of this amount ; when these are withdrawn, there is no doubt but that the circulation of the five-pound notes will ie very materially increased. It may be a question, thereftre, whether the total quan tity of the paper-currency in Prot and will, unix. the whole, be much diminished. The here of gold will, in all like lihood, not be greater than theamount required to facilitate fractional payments. As to tie price of commodities being raised in proportion to the quantity of paper currency, it is a result not at all clear, if the amount of small notes with- drawn from circulation is to be replaced by sovereigns. The one will contribute to tat rise exactly in the same manner as the other ; or rather, there being the same qusn tity of money in the market prices, as far as they are affected by the circulating medium, will remain the same. CITY, FRIDAY EVENING. The operations ow the Stock Exchanges have been even more extensive this morning than they were yesterday, and the fluctuations in the prices no less considerable, but of a widely different character. Consols opened at 791, with a very firm market, and continued improving until the the middle of the day, when they had reached the high price of not strong buyers. At this quotation they remained stationary for a short time, !when a creation cotnnienced, and some large sellers of Money Stock ap pearing on the market, they kept declining the remainder of the day, and finally closed at 79i—thus making an ab solute rise from the opening prices of yesterday of 2 pet cent. and a subsequent fall of I per cent. As was the case yesterday, no remarkable political event guided these changes in the prices, which were purely owing to the state of the Account in the first instance, and the re-appearance of that capital which has so long laid dormant. There has not been sufficient time to communi cate with country holders, and the fluctuations cannot therefore be attributed to salts from that part of the com munity. It is rather owing to the recent continued de pression in our Government Secuelties, and the desire on the part of the public, to realise whilst an opportunity pre sented itself. Money Stock, which could scarcely be pro cured yesterday on any terms, *as comparatively abundan t the whole of the afternoon, and sales to a very large amount were effected. The market at the close was in a very feverish state. The Bears, who have maintiiined their ground with con siderable strength, were, nevertheless, very anxious to close their accounts, and by giving the " turn of the mar ket" they were enobled . to effect their object. Many ex tensive bargains, however, remain open, and, as it is still some distance to tiie settling day (the: Nth instant), there is every probability of a continuation of the recent fluc tuations. There is decidedly no want of money in the market. In other English Securities there has been a somewhat similar fluctuation, but no peculiar feature has attended them. The 4 per cents. and other heavy Stocks, Improved proportionably more than Consols, and although no great amendment is as yet apparent in commercial affairs, as the funds, by the fall or rise, generally precede any great change in the country, we trust the present rapid advance is the harbinger of an improvement in the mercantile business of the country. Exchequer Bills were 2s. Ss. pm. and Indian Bonds ls. Vs.. pm. . . . This was settling day in the . Foreig,n Market, which pro duced two defaulters, but their accounts are by no means considerable. The securities on this Stock Exchange are largely participating in the change that is taking place in the stste of British Stocks. Colombian Bonds have fluc tuated between .5.4 and Sq. These were the extreme variations of the day, but the bonds subsequently settled down to .56, 7, which is a wide price, and shows the uncer, sanity that exists amongst jobbers as to future quotations. Mexicaa six per cents were 70, 69, Peruvian Bonds, 311, 30, anti Brazilian ditto, 61i. Russian Bonds were sq, Old Spanish ditto, 101, and Greek ditto, 16. We have pyruled a variety of private letters from Lis bon, but their contents are very general, anti for the most part unimportant. The coin nercial news, however, as fat sic it goes, is of a favourable description. The great house of Ismisey, Guillot and Co. lr.ve resumed their payments. The confidential advices from America are also unin teresting. Accounts from Gibraltar yesterday morning state, that all the poor Spaniards resident in the garrison have been peremp torily ordered to depart by the English Governor. This is said to he in consequence of application by the Sparish Government to the English Ministers, alleging that the Spaniards were entering into various plots against the ex isting Government of Spain. Files of West India papers to the 2d ult. have ar rival. The Trinidad paper mentions that an order had been receiv.Nl from the English Government. abolishing all fees paid on the shipping in the ports of that island. It appears to have given great satisfaction. IONIAN • Ist.axos.—Misulis anchored in the middle of February in the Port of Antes ' in his way to Hydra, where he was going for naval stor es ; Canaria was with him ; and the enthusiasm of the Greek inhabitants was displayed in the most remarkable manner, notwithstanding the rather despotic humour of their protectors. BUENOS Avars.--A French evening paper gives the fol lowing information :—The English merchants resident at Buenos Ayres have offered immense loans for carrying on. the war against Brazil. One of the republican corps is commanded by General Miller, Aid-de-camp of Bolivar, and formerly a French Colonel. Bolivar, who i s t o h e Commander-in-Chief, is to invade the frontiers of Brazil, , and General Sucre, with a chosen body of lancers, is to head the advanced guard. It is said that the Congress of Panama will not be dissolved till after the expulsion of the house of Braganza. EllitATUM.—ln the article " we have received regular fibs of American papers," for 29th February read 27th. POETRY. The following Ode to Wordsworth, from the elegant pen of Mrs. Ilernans, has just appeared in a little periodical, which, from the talent it displays, justly merits its title : TO THE AUTHOR OF THE EXI:UftSION AND THE LYRICAL BALLADS. Thine la a strain to read among the hills, The old and full of voices ; by the source Of some free stream, whose gladdening presence fills The solitude with sound ; for in its course Even such is thy deep song, that seems a part Of those high scenes, a fountain from their heart. Or its pure spirit tidy may be taken To the calm breast, in some sweet garden's bowers, Where summer winds each tree's low tones awaken, And bud and bell with changes mark the hours ; There let thy thoughts be with me, while the. day Sinks with a golden and serene decay. Or by some hearth where happy faces meet, When night had, hushed the woods with all their birds, There, from some gentle voice, that lay were sweet As antique music, linked with household words; While in pleased murmurs Woman's lip might move, And the raised eye of Childhood shine with Love. Or where the shadows of dark solemn yews Brood silently o'er some lone burial ground, Thy verse bath power that brightly might diffuse A breath, a kindling, as of Spring, around, From its own glow of Hope, and courage high, And steadfast Faith's victorious constancy. True Bard and Holy !—Thou art even as one Who, by some secret gift of soul or eye, In every spot beneath the smiling sun, Sees where the springs of living waters lie ! Thou west through nature's realm, and touched by thee, Clear healthful waves flow forth, to each glad wanderer free. Literary Jliagneijbr April 1826. GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA. [From the Panoramic Miserliany.l Five hundred varieties of fossil fruits, mixed with sea shells of various descriptions, have been found in the clays of Sheppey ; and Mr. Trimmer's brick-fields, at Brent ford, have yielded such a collection of sea-shells, shark teeth, elephant-bones, with bones of the hippopotamus, ox and deer, mingled with fresh-water shells, as to impress the idea of the relics of a vast menagerie, in which animals of all denominations, and from all parts of the world, had been associated: A singular mass was found in an ice-berg on the north toast of Siberia, in the year 1799, by some fishermen, who, for some winters, were unable to ascertain what it was ; but, in consequence of the ice thaw ing in 1803, a large elephant-likeaninial became apparent ; whose tusks are described as of extraordinary size and beauty, which afforded the proprietor so abundant a profit, that, he being heedless what became of the carcase, it was eaten by bears, woives and foxes—by whom the antedilu vian repast seems to have been prodigiously relished. The skeleton (nine feet and a half high, sixteen and a half feet long) is preserved in the Museum of St. Petersburgh. The hair was very abundant ; for, after the destruction of the flesh by the beasts of prey, no leas than thirty-six pounds weight was preserved. Almost all the ivory-turner's work made in Russia is from Siberian fossil ivory tusks; many thousands being annually obtained on the banks of the large rivers of that mighty empire. Among the hones, described by Professor Buckland, found in a cave at Kirkdale, at Kirby Moorside, in York !hire, those of a hymns, bear, welt, fox, elephant, rhino cerous, hippopotamus, horse, deer, rabbit and water-rat, have been discovered; from the gnawed condition of which, it is supposed that the cave offered a residence to hyaenas, while the other remains are those of their prey. Jesurra.—lt is said that M. Montlosier means to add a . seoutl part to his work on the New Jesuits. The Pyrnoutla Journal says "Letters received hy a gentleman in this town, from India, mention a circum stance of great importance, and which, if true, will throw a damp over the prospect of peace. We feel bound, how ever, to observe, that later advice. from Calcutta, published through the India House, make no mention of the matt, r. This may not be conclusive as to its truth or falsehood, and we therefore publish the exact account as we have seen it, the authority being highly respectable:—' The armistice concluded between the Burmese and General Sir A. Camp bell is likely to terminate in peace. The Bengal army of the interior are taking the field against a formidable horde of enemies, collected at the impregnable fortress of Bhurl pore. Lord Combermere is to command in person. The army consists of 25,000 men, a strong body of cavalry, and a grand field of artillery.'" A letter from Berlin, dated March 13, says, " We are assured that the Russian courier, who left this place to day, has with him despatches from the Russian Court to the French Government, in which the Emperor Nicholas declares that he will not interfere in the affairs of Greece without the concurrence of the Great European Powers, and that for his own part he is willing to have the Holy Alliance dissolved, and a new liberal and general compact entered into." STATE OF TRADE.—We arc not enabled to state this week, that the improvement in our markets, perceptible labout a fortnight back, has since increased: The two last i market days were, as regards the staple commodities of this part of the country, nearly as dull as any which have been experienced from the commencement of the distress, and prices, as well as demand, have been stationary. We think, however, we have unexceptionable authority for string, that thenumber of bills returned through the Leeds banks has been smaller within this week past than previously.— Leeds Intelligeneer. Imenovem rst LITERPOOL.—For the improvements of the port of Liverpool, the quantity of land assessed by the Jury, recently empanelled for the purpose, is 300,079 square yards, and the amount to be paid is 175,0001. In some cases, t his only includes the reversionary interest. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 30.—The Cotton Market this day has experienced a little more demand, but at lower prices; about 1,000 bags sold. PmOLE, MARCH 29.—The embarrassments which have for some time past been so severely felt in other parts of the kingdom, begin, at length, to affect this Town and neighbourhood. Business is almost at a stand, and scarcely any money is in circulation: it is sincerely to be hoped that an amendment will shortly take place, otherwise the evil effects which may ensue will be great. The contention about the appo;inment of Assignees in Messrs. Joyner and Co.'s bankruptcy, has ended in favour of the friends of Messrs. Sterry and Co. viz. E. Ind, Esq. of Roraford ; Mr. Joseph Lee, of Uptninster ; and Mr. Sharp, of the firm of Whetbourne and Sharp, of Barking. —County Herald. It gives us pleasure to hear that, notwithstanding the unexampled depression of trade, the Rothsay cotton mills have not only continued working in full time, but have accumulated no stock, the supply being no more than equal to the demand for the manufactured article.—GreenJek Advertiser, Tuesday. On 'Saturday, a brig of 170 tons burden, named the Meta, was launched from the building yard of Messrs. J. Scott and Sons. She is the property of Messrs. M'Whirter and Co., Glasgow, and intended to trade between this port and La Guayra. And a steam-boat of 130 tons, intended to ply on this river, named the Clydesdale, was launched at an early hour yesterday morning by Messrs. M`Millan and Hurter.—Greenock Advertiser, 7'uesday, The Board of First Fruits have granted 9001. towards the expense of re-building Munchin s Church, Limerick. The Grand Jury of Somerset having ignored a bill against Lovetlay Belles, a young unmarried woman, for the mur der 'of her new-born infant. Mr. Justice Burroughs ob . s:rved, that the depositions did not offer the slightest grounds for charging the girl with the crime of murder, and that she hail been very improperly committed. SUDDEN DEATH.—Thursday morning Mr. Darley, of , Edwaid-street, Battle-bridge, got up in good health, and, after dressing himself, sat down to breakfast. He had scarcely finished when he leaned hack on his chair, and, placing his hand upon his sae, said, " I feel very ill," gave a deep sigh, and expired. Some of the coaches on the great North road shine tortes to the short space of a minule and ain't. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Doke of Northumberland entertained a distinguished party at din - Der yesterday, at Northumberland Hoax, among whom were—the Dirks and Duchess of Montrose and the Ladies Graham ; the Duke and Dottiest of Athol y Mr. and Lady Gantlet Clive; Lord Prudhoe Arc. Mrs. Bennet had a dinner party yesterday, at her house In Privy. gardens. The Maroubt and Marchioness of Taristock bare left their seat, Oakley House, Kedlotd-hore, to Stowe, on a visit to the Luke and Duchess of rencitlngirinm. The Earl and Countroo of I:tooling and family have arrived at ILeir bona. In Privy gmdeno, fn m their seat, St. Margaret's. Sir Edward Chetwynd, Part. arrived yeoterdny at Mn house In Great aeurge-.trett, Wmtminoter, from bin seat in Warwirkahlre. Keane Fitzgerald, E4q, fejt town yesterday, Ca Mn seat, Under. Li n. Bette. General Htll arrived in town yelterdny from Bath. Conntesto De Grey a. shed yesterday at her houoe In St. Jamee'LNeare, from her reat„Pottoey Hersh. The Lord likhop e;f Gbh:nester and family left town yesterday, for tha Palace, Ciliche.ler... - Lord and Lady 0. H. Cavendith and family are expected In town oq Mond.y, from Mete vent, Ilolker, Laneasltlre. Lady to atburtun her arrived at her house lo Albemarle-street, Lon tour. Emily IlforthioneY, of Londonderry it+ left town, f or t h e D own ., IlfarchioneYY of Londonderry'Y .eat in Moe.. Sir W. and Lady Humber; and family arrived yesterday, at the relent, lintel, Albemarle-street, horn Lord Banditti's seat, Bunny pa r k Leicestershire. The Right Ronourahle Sturges Bourne, M.P. and family left town Berdal, far their seal. Te , twood Ilon,e, Southampton. Antrala nt Fenton'., New Hotel. St. Jame4h...trevt —Colonel Vaud'. tart, from his *eat in Berk.. ; Richard Norris, Esq. from hie meat, Basin g Park, Hllatl, General Brooke has left ditto. Lord Nevehorough arrived yesterday, at the St. James's Hotel, Jermya, street, from Ninth Wales. Arrival( at the St. Genie's lintel, Alhemmle-atre-t . —Lady and Mil. Acton, from Staffordshire; Mr. and Mr.. Nithoiron and fatally, frau Berton. The Mlaars Loche have left ditto on a tour. FEMALE FASHIONS FOR APRIL. From La Mile AsicmOrr.] PRIVATE CONCERT DR ESS.—A full round dress of white grass de Neples, with eight narrow flounces of creoe.lisse. falling ov er each other, and caught up in front, en festons, wi.h a white satin rosette and a bouquet of roses. The corsage is made to fit exactly to the shape, and plain, excepting that fi:hu-bracers cross it over the bust. These are of rich white ribbon edged with blond ; the ends rounded, anti falling over the front of the skirt. nearly as low as the knee. Short sleeves, with the fulness ed across the trp of the arm. text the shoulder, by rows of falling ~ r naments, com posed of narrow blond. The head-dress cnosists of a dress hat of white crape, ornamented with white ostrich feathers, placed iu various elegant directmis. The jewellery articles worn with this dress are several rows of pearls, twisted, and forming a necklace. Each ear-rirg is formed of one large pearl. MORNING EXHIBITION I)RESS—A dress of celestial blue, or of springbud-green grog de Naples, with two broad flounces round the border, very handsomely pinked and 3callopetl at th e e d ges; between each flounce. and above the upper one is a bea u tif u l row a raised embroidery, in chenille or flair: silk, of a colour a few shades darker than that of the dress, which I.as a very charming effect. The body is made high, and fit.ished downwards by se. venal narrow foul- aux ; or some ladies prefer having the corsage laid in very small flit plaits. This should deptitsl on the embon. point or slightness of make of the fair wearer, each mode having the same effect as to ornament. A collar falls from the throat, trimmed round with braided satin, and 3 rosette of ribbon, the ea tour of the dress. fastens it in front ; this is surmounted by a double French ruff, rather narrow, of filling's hce. The sleeves are long. rather close to the arm, and are conlinid at the wrists by three rows of the same material as the dress houillonce. The hat is the V:.!ois simile, of pink gros de Naples. and is slightly or e ,•mented with satin and flowers of bine, or when the dress is green, of suitable colours; with strings of the same hue, left untied. A gold chain with a convent-cross depending. finishes this lively cos. tune, which forms a fashion admirably appropriate to the comicg season of spring. The Duke of York gave his last sitting to Behnes on Wednesday, for his marble bust. Yesterday, the Pritiass Sophia Matilda left town for her house at Blackheath. Tuesday morning, soon after eleven o'clock, Mr. Secre tary Canning left town, and procet- 1 -1 as far as Marlbo rough, where the Right Hon. Gi. ( 9tlexan slept that night. Early on Wednesday morning he proceeded to Bath, where he remained during that day and - n:lh% At ten o'clock on Thursday morning Mr. Canning iect o /U.), and proceeded on his way towards London to Selt-Pit, wh rc he arrived about six o'clock to dinner, when the Right Hon. Secretary was met by Mr. Stapleton, his pl.!._t^ secretary, who had arrived from London in cons , ;pence of some important business occurring at the Foreign Office, which rtquired Ills immediate attention. Soon aster e!even o'clock yester day morning the Right Hon. Gentleman left Salt-hall on horsetn.ek. The Right Hon. Gentleman rode to the Royal Lodge, Windsor-park, where he remained two hours, duts ing which time lie had a long audience of his Majesty, to take hie commands on some state busimss ; after which Mr. Canning mounted again, rode as far as Hounslow, where he entered his travelling carriage, and proceeded to London, arriving at his house in Downing-street about four o'clock. . Yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Canning and a select party dined with the Marques of Clanriearde.. Thursday 'light Mr. Mcates, the King's messenger, ar rived at the Foreign Office, Downine-street, with de spatches from St. Petersburgh. Mr. Meares left London with despatches a few days after the Duke of IVellington, and overtook his Grace at Berlin, and prececded with the Noble Duke to St. Petersburgh. IF: Grace was to leave St. Petersburgh on the 251 h or 26th cf March. Last night a gentleman left town with despatches for the lonian Islands. IRISH CHANCELT.ORSIIIP.-It it confidently assered, that Mr. Plunkett has been this day apyointed Lord High Chancellor of Irelaud.—Diddin Evening, Past We understand that vpon the decease of the Bishop of Durham, that See was offered to the Bishop of this Diocese; but his Lordship declined the offer. This dis interested refusal of the richest See in England must ii. crease the respect entertained for his Lordship throughout his Diocese. Dr. Van Mildert, Bishop of Llandaff, will be advanced to the Sce of Durham. Dr. Sumner will have the Bishopric of Llandaff, and, with it, the Deanery of St. Paul's.-IV)ree.ster Journal. The death of the venerable Bishon of Durham will oc casion a great sensation amongst the coal owners in this district, as they will have !navy fines to pay on the re newal of their leases.—Tyne Merettry. The Lord Bishop of Limerick has left Dublin for Lon on.—Freeman's Journal. Lady Ongley and other ladies of rank patronised a kind of fair at the Royal York Hotel, Brighton, on Wednesday, for the benefit of the Spitalfields weavers and their fami lies. Ore shilling admission was charged, and divers fancy articles found ready and liberal purchasers. A hand some sum was realised on the occasion. Mrs. Hickman, of Thonock Grove, Lincolnshire, lately deceased, left her valuable estates to her cousin, Henry flacon, Esq. youngest son of the late Sir Edmund flacon, Bart. of Ravenitigham Hall, Norfolk, with directions :o take the name and bear the arms of Hickman. Cantain Coe, late Commander of the squadron in the East Indies, has presented to the University of Cambridge an alabaster statue of a Burmese idol, taken from the sacred grove near Ava ; and two religions books, beautifully executed on the Palmyra leaf, to which none but the Bur mese priests were permitted to have access. In consequence of a vacancy having occurred in the Ma gistracy of the town of Greenock, by the resignation of James Ramsay, Esq. senior Magistrate, the members of the Town Council, on whom the right of nomination de volves in. terms of the Charter, have made choice of John Denniston, Esq. to be junior Magistrate, the Chief Ma gistracy. being now filled by William Leitch, Esq. late junior Magistrate. THE LADI IN SEARCH OF A HUSH :IND. — On Sand a y' at three o'clock, immense crowds were attracted to Merrinmsquare by an advertisement that appeared in a Morning Paper, in which " a Lady" announced her intention of perambulating the north aide of the square, in the expectation of receiving a matrimonial proposal. Carriages and four, and.pair, and vehicles drawn each by only one horse, dashed along, containing Its cursor, who, while they and the pedestrians smiled at the credulity of others, In being duped into giving their attendance on the pare upon so ab surd an occasion, forgot that, by being there, they themselves " dropped in" also the victims of a wagg:sh advertisement. Ono female of respectability, hahited accidentally nearly as the article described, appeared about four o'clock, leaning on a gentleman. and was quickly surrounded by such a mob of well and ill - dre ssed Persona, that Rile was right well pleased to seek shelter beneath the hospitable roof of a gendeman residing in Lower ,Ilerrion..ittreet. One of the frail siste r ho o d, h a bi te d in Kendal-green bonnet and robe, with a dashing white plume of &gibers nodding over bet locks, was returning from Sandymount about a quarter after four: some one exclaimed, " There she is !" and hundreds ins tantly rushed along, shaming and pressing forward in so troublesonie a way, that she also was obliged to seek shelter, and was protected by peacemificer Sheil and others. The celebrated Mr. Anthony Prank, who is still unprovided with a helpmate, was " in attend ance." The crowd immediately recognised hint, and proceedtd to treat bim with considerable roughness. Alarmed by their nutting', he besought the protection of the pesee.oltlrera who well present' and was by them Conveyed to a place of racy—Man lrrcrmvi s woo= To THE can; but i the pickin &mixt tam of dii by the an extent, sii would no 1,0001. ' make the be mule Liable tha The wi in a very for such able to g are seckir very plen facturer i from Lon is the gel half a do; NEW I and nthe Exeter (f been obte to plan ) steep and unders►at proposed Earostap without r t•