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Bartley, Thorne, and Wrench Mines Carr and Roden. To etinelode with the Illu.dral Farce of GUM NA GREEN. Mr. Jesklos, Ur. Wrench Larder, Mr. Power; Betty Finnikin, Miss Kelly. . ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. , . Under the especial Patronsee Of his Majesty. TN HONOUR OP HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OP YORK'S BIRTH DAY. The Proprietnn respectfully announce another superb FETE, which v.iil take piece To morrow Evening, WEDNESDAY, Aug. IS, in honour of the Birth-day ;if his Royal Highness the Commander-In-Chief, and on V:* same stale of grandeur which characterized the Entertainments on big Ilaetty's Gala. On the present interesting Anniversary the Royal tie:dens will be most splendidly illuminated, and a succession of Enter tainments given during the entire Evening, commencing with the opening of the Doom, The ILLUMINATIONS will include the 13,000 extra Lamps, the *ante a. on the King's !Celt, which are now to be formed into appropriate «liiitary Derives. Trophies, k.. The CONCERT will include all the celebrated talent In the Metropolis, vet. Miss Travis. Idles Love, Miss Ilelme. Mr. Bohan', Mr. Sinclair. Signor De ; Sestuls, Sir. Taylor, Mr. Horncattle, Mr. Rnhinson, Master Harker, and Mr. 'nitrify. Leader of the Band, Signor Spagnolettl. Conductor, Ur. Bishop. The beautiful Moonlight Scene of the Ruins of an Italian Abbey. Pro duced by the celebrated Mr. Stanfield, of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, will be agalp.exhlbited. The Cambla Veduta, a merles of changeable Views, by Mr. Cooke, with the light and shade effect of the Diorama. "The Illuminated Grove will be open for the third time this Season. Mr. tVILSON, on the TIGHT ROPE, will exhibit his surprising Evo lutions In a complete Change of Performances, amongst which an entire IsJvelty. called " The• Carnival of Venice, or a Masquerade on 'fwo Tight Kopf.... by Mt. Wilson, assisted by the Young American. introducing Palichinclin and Family, with Comic Dancing, Ike. On this Evening, for the second time, will be performed a new Ballet, est:fled CORONAMENTE DELLA ROZIERE, Composed by Mons. B. Vested*; the Music by Mr. G. H. Rodwell ; the Scenery by Mr. Thorne. Principal Dancers:—Madame Pauline Route -1.41 and Monaienr B. Vestris ; Mesdames Colgan, Adelaide, and Mance ; Monelenr Sellivan, and the Two Rldgways, who will Deuce an entirely new Grotesque Pas de Deux. During the Evening, Air. BLACKMORE will exhibit his risusl Evolu- Dant on the SLACK ROPE. A Military Band wilt play at Intervals, during the Evening, In the Orchestra. The unrivalled ITErnst has had in preparation, many weeks past, en Exhibition of FIRE WORKS, which will. he pledgee himself, exceed in ;r!lllancy any ever seen In this kingdom ; and as he is paid a large slim ...Ira. the Public may expect a great •n the Pyrotechnic Art on the resent ocrastion. In Cte latt Grand Piece the YOUNG AMERICAN will make hi. I'ERRIVIC ASCENT to the Moorish Tower, and Descend amidst ViJ;times of Vire. Doors open at Seven o'Clock.—Concert begins at Half-past Eight— Admisdon As. Additional Police are engaged ; and the Public are requested to order the'r Servants to attend to the instructions respecting Carriages. Orders will not be admitted, and the Free Litt and Complimentary t'Jr.l4 sill be suspended on this Evening. The BRITISH Pness commenced publishing yLsterday at ►ix o'clock. LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, Inc The French Morning Papers contain little of import :. wi'h the exception of the extract from the Jourga/ Drhats, which is subjoined. The Gazette d'Augshurgh, I rider the date of Constantinople, 14th July, says, " that •,:e news from the provinces of Turkey is very favourable, ard must therefore favour the execution of the reforms, :specially as the capital, stunned by so many events, con .initei tranquil, and offers nowhere the slightest resistance." ;he formation of the army goes on rapidly, it is added. 0:1 the 29th June, 500 disciplined troops traversed Sera. he Firman of the Sultan, abolishing the Janissaries, de isred that the object of the measure was to invalidate :).reign influence. Nothing decisive had taken place in the Nlorea up to the 14th ult. The following arc some ex tints from the French papers : [Fruni the Etoile, dated Sunday, Aug. 131 PARIS, AUG. 12. On the Slat of July the Princess Regent of Portugal took the oath to the Charter. She afterwards tool• an airing in the city, and went to the Theatre. The Gazette of the 31st of August emitting n proclamation, in which the Princess Regent declares that she will r: main at the head t.: the Government till her niece is of age. The ar.ette of the 3d announces the nomination of a new Ministry, composed as :elm , • 31. D'Almeytla. Foreign loin;t 3l. Gregns, the Intetior ; 31, sC:lslanha d'Oliviera Dann, AVar ; 31. Braancanm, Baron de So. lank, Finance. The Hebe corvette arrived at Havre, from Hayti, on the 11th of Anus , . It brings a million of piastres, completing the first in. stalmett of the indemnity fur the St. Domingo planters. Tao Commissioners from the Government of Ilayli are also route on board the Ilebe. One of them is the son of Gen. Inginac ; C.e name of the other is Villevalaia. L-tters horn Jassy of the 2thh July /date, that the Turkish t onunissionera whoare to go to A kerrnan were still at Jassy. The opening of the conferences with the Russian Commissioners, which 'as to have taken place on the 13th, was deferred for three weeks. The Captain of an Austrian vessel, lately arrived at Trieste, re torts that the last expedition from Alexandria has brought to Ibrahim but very few troops and provisions, which have been' Landed at Navarino. The Egypt an Cbief was encamped at Ni►i, and was sending large quantities of provisions to Tripolizza. Letters from Napoli di Romania say, that the garrison of N k so koghi has given up to the public treasury the atrears of pay r ::ich were due to it. MADRID, JULY 31. The Consul-General of his Catholic Majesty at Sityrna has in teemed the Government that there is in circulation in thaw coun- tries a great quanti , l of counterfeit coin, and especially of Spanish piastre', made of lead, and covered with a thin coat of silver; t h e se pieces, which have been made in the 111orea, are so well imi tated. that the money-changers are deceived, end the onlj means detecting them is by the sound. I limn the Journal lirs Debats.l FRANKFORT, AuoVST 7. The following is a copy of the note from M. d'Anstett, the Rus ir.in Minister, accompanying the Report of the Commission of In. yuiry at St. Petersburgh, transmitted to the Baron of Munch-Bel. ::.ghausen, President of the Germanic Diet. •• In consequence of the principles adopted by his Imperial Ma. by which be has been led to give complete publicity to the :,,tuas of the inquiries instituted in consequence of the guilty en. •,rprizes, and still more guilty projccis, of the secret associations .covered in Russia, the undersigned Envoy Rstraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russia* has been able, on different occasions, to make communica -vms on this subject to the most Serene Gerrnmic Confederation, THE BRITISH PRESS. which may have shown that it was nut Intended to depart from this system of publicity. which shows .juvaiee in all the splendor of its independence. The undetaigned is Charged, in consequence, to communicate at preent officially to the said Confederation, through the medium of the High Diet. its organ, the final report presented by the Commission of Inquiry to his Majesty the Emperor. It is on the head of accusation, indicated in this paper, that the indivi duals are to be judged who have been arraigned before the High Court of the Nation, the establishment and.couvesition of which were announced in the Imperial Manifesto of theist tl3tit) June. The undersigned begs of his Excellency gluon de Munch-Belling batmen to accept the repetition of his high consideration. " D'ANSTETT. " Frankfort on the 3161114,1 Z flsth) July, ION." Thereply of the President of the Diet contained the following expressions:— " if a glorious and paternal government,like that of his Majesty the Emperor Alexander, of illustrious memory. has been the ob ject of criminal plots like those described by the Commission of In quiry at St. Peterabergh, hi their report, drawn up with as much calmness as perspicuity, there can no longer be any doubt of the danger with which the false and perverse principles of some men might menace the tranquillity and the well-being of the meet powerful empires. Nothing certainly i* more proper to fix the at tention of all governments, and the Diet is fulfilling lea most sa cred duty by giving instantly to its high constituents a complete knowledge of the communications for which it is indebted to his Excellency the Baron d'Anstett." FIREXCII Fuans.—taitta, AUGUST 12.—Five per Cents. opened at 1001. fi3c.; closed at 100 f. Me.; Three per Cents. opened at 66f. 30c. ; closed at 66f. 40c. ; Bank Stock, 2,015 f.; Renter de Naples, 72f. Wk..; Royal Spanish Loan, suf.; Bente. d'Espagne, 10if.; Hayden Loan 6751. Exchange on London, One Month, Bills, 25f. 65e.--Costs .cfathentigue. We have received the Frunrfort Journal of the Bth in stant ; the following are extracts:— SMYRNA, JULY 3. Ever since the breaking out of the Revolution at Constantinople, we have been in great alarm on account of the Jan 4 ssaries, who, on the receipt of the order from the capital, did laced give up tht ir kettles and badges to the Paella, but positively refused to lay down their arms. Several Oustas have declared, that if orders to disarm them should come, they will not only resist them, but will unite with the Janissaries at Aleppo and Damascus, amounting to nearly fifty thousand men, who arc reported to have directly resisted the execution of the commands of the Sultan for the introduction of European discipline. The number of Janissaries here is front ten to twelve thousand men ; and it cannot be dented that we are chiefly indebted for the maintenance of tranquillity hitherto to the presence of the French, English, Austrian, and Sardinian squadrons. MAYETICE, JULY 30. The probably accidental meeting at the Bath■ of Ems, of Count Capo d'lstria and the Bus.sian Counsellor of State Von Stourdes has revived the conjecture that dist Statestral ntay p •rhapa be again employed in the Russian Administration ; though his ill health seems to cli.qualify him from active employment. Hi► Highness Prince 3letternieh, whose:vlsit to Johannisberg was given up, is row expected on the 12t1t of next month. V!ENNA, AUGUST 3. Meialliques 90; Bank Shares 1063.--AI/routine Zeit upg Angxst O. Al:Ol'9T I. The plague having manifested itself at Rutliana, a quaran tine of the second Decree has been established ever since the Bth on the frontier% of Transylvania, for every thing coming from Great and Little Wallachia. • At the time of the fall of the steeple at Limberg, the watchman was in the gallery just at the moment when the building began to shake. Retaining all his presence of mind, he snatched up hit speaking trumpet, and cried, " The steeple is going to fall." By Clio warning he saved a great number of persons who were at the time near the steeple. lie hiinself fell so fortunately, that he re• ceived no bodily harm, but lost the use of his speech. 131:ac1x. AUGUST 3. The Duke of Anholt nemburg has adopted the Pruisian Tariff: The widow of Schiller, who went some time since to Pont) to undergo en operation for the cataract, was seized with an apo plectic fit during the operation, which proved fatal..—Fronifort Journal, August 8. To the midst of the grave discussions about politica economy and national distress, it might perhaps be well to unbend ourselves a little occasionally, and seek for some subject that would call for less mental exertion on the part of our readers. Little as the snore ponderous class of writers are disposed to value the daily lucubrations of the periodical press, there is certainly no species of writing in which it is less easy to trifle. The newspaper writer is always praising or blaming—always aiming at the produc tion of some effict on the opinion of the public, or on that of men in power. The reviewer has his book before him, and on all the contents he is at full liberty to enlarge as lie, pleases, whether those contents be purely specu lative or directly practical. Writers in magazines are allowed to sweep over the whole range of science and literature. All they have to do is to find, if possible, something new in this wide range, or to dresi up something old in a new shape. None of them are bound, like the newspaper writer, to watch the topic of the day— to direct their thoughts only to what attracts the public attention for the moment—to determine, at least in a plau sible manner, what in all great public questions is the proper course to be pursued. If the subject be considered atten tively, it will be found that the conductors of a newspaper ought to possess more qualities than Cicero's orator. They ought to be philosophers, orators, statesmen, generals, ad mirals ; for they are obliged to give opinions on all subjects connected with these different departments. In short, they ought to be what no human being ever was or will be. When we consider this, we are apt sometimes to swell into a sort of imaginary importance. Inhabiting the same forest, we begin almost to fancy that we belong to the more noble herd. Like the philosopher in "Rasselas," or . the fly on the wheel, we are apt to imagine that the mo tions which we see about us are the result of our own vo lition, and we are willing to trace every event to the hints and suggestions which we have thrown out or inculcated. We have heard the names of some of our contemporaries mentioned, whose sphere of action is not much more ex tensive than our own, who yet fancy that no political event takes place but from their counsels—that no point is carried in the Cabinet without reading their leading ar ticles, and no unfledged project cherished by Ministers but what has been originally hatched in their columns. Vet, in the midst of this swelling, the affairs of the nation are going on just as if these heroes of the single sheet did not exist—just as if the Times and the Courier had come out blank—just as if the art of mystification had never been discovered, and the demi-official tone never assumed at hazard. It is a little mortifying, after we have sub mitted to the labours of a Minister of State—after we have balanced contending interests at biome and abroad—after giving our nights and our days to the affairs of the nation— that the nation should concern itself as little about our af fairs as it does about those of Interior Africa. Indeed, the interior of a newspaper-office is to most people a terra incognita, and few who rend our labours ever dream of the wear y watchings which they have cost us. Well may a nation be proud which can command the efforts of so many for sixpence. Every thing is brought to the market in one or other of the Journals. All palates are suited. Thousands of well-educaPal men have no earthly business to perform hut that of contributing to the zest of their breakfast. Heaven and earth are ransacked for the sake of a single paragraph to astonish or aintize. From the horrid sour. ders, dreadful catastrophes, shocking events, unnatural crimes, which figure in the columns of one of our con temporaries, to the monotonous complainings of another on the abuses of criminal and correctional law, there are a great number of shades distinguishing each of the rivals from its fellows; though the object of all is one—to please the palates of their readers... This we are willing freely to confess, on our own parti, in all easel where our read ers' ph asure and prods de Dot disagree. This is all the merit we aspire•to. • floc at exit. Scio ne Dartak e classifies unum, Et bcllo Maces fateot les isle Penates. CITY, Moxnay EVENING. At the opening of the Money Market this morning, Collis°he were named at ; but there was no disposition to buy at that quotation, and the first transactions were accomplished at 78,1, at whick.price they continued almost without variation throughout the day. Very few money transactions took place, and at the close of the market they had declined to 7845, sellers. In other Home Funds there is 110 variation, except Yew . Four per Cents., which arc at 2 premium. Exchequer Bills have retired to 15 pre mium, while India lioneld.hoe. retrograded in the same . proportion, being now at Vs. The ifOriligence from Colombia has had the effect of taking those Bonds down to3l. This Republic, according to the accounts received, is It) a very unsettled state: they are ou the point of being engaged in a civil war from within, while a Spanish fleet is preparing to attack them from without ; and it does not appear that their own fleet is in any state of preparation, either fur attack or defence, inasmuch as they are greatly deficient in men. Under these circumstances, it is next to impossible that the Go vernment will be enabled to make remittances to this country, when the funds at their command will be in such requisition at home. Mexican Bonds have declined in about the nine ratio, which supports the opinion, that in despite of all that is said to the contrary, the int6ests of these Republics are essentially interwoven with each other. During the day, these Bonds receded to 1.61, but subsequently underwent a slight re-action, and closed at 47. Greek Bonds bear a quotation of 13 ; the temporary✓ occupation of the steam vessels (on their way to join Lord Cochrane), on their pat sage down the River, being ruetely precautionary, as re spects their not taking warlike stares on board.. No further information has reacind England than that his Lordship had entered the Archipelago with a large fleet. The Share Market has displayed little activity—Brazilian are at 1.5, and Tlalpuxahua at 3.1 premium. In the Corn Market there has been some business done in new which have realiard the same prices as last Market. In Barley, Oats, Pease; Beans, and, indeed, all other grain, there has been an atvance of from two to three shillings a quarter, but the Nlaiiiet is limited to mere pur chases of necessity ; indeed, gcne/ally speaking, this sys tem pervades, there being no disposition to do any thing beyond that which is required 'by the demand of the moment. T: • letters from the manufactating districts are rather of a cheering nature to-day, inasmuch as they continue to show a slight re-action, and state a general appearance of tranquillity within the last few days. The Turkey mail brings accounts from Smyrna to the Sth, and from Constantinople to the I tth ult. It is stated with some confidence, that the Porte has taken serious offence at the assistance given by English individuals to the Greeks ; and that papers of a disagreeable nature have been sent to our Ambassador. One of the letters we have seen concludes in these words : " The Porte will listen to no representations or explanations of the English Ambas sador ; you may expect to hear shortly of his recall." The piracies continue frequent, but we may now expect that they will be suppressed, as the English Admiral, Sir H. Seale, and the American Commodore, Rodgers, had arirved with their squadrons at Smyrna. Accounts from Ilavri, by way of France, to the 23d of June, state that a rt gul4r packet conveyance from Port-au- Prince to Kingston in Jamaica had been established. The English Consul-General is reported to have met with serious difficulties in arranging the commercial relations with England. The rumour that the intercourse, which has now for some time subsisted between the British West Indies and the United States of America, would be forthwith pro hibited, is confirmed. Orders (we are informed from good authority) have been transmitted to all English Governors, to prohibit the intercourse on the Ist of December next. We are informed this measure, according to the strict letters of the treaties between the two Governments, ought to have taken place in January last, as the treaties ex pressed that the intercourse should cease in that month, provided England was not placed by the United States on the footing of the moat favoured nations. The intercourse prohibited is of course in American ships. The inter course in British vessels will no doubt be prohibited by the American Congress. Coxcarsa AT Par; asta.—Captain Van neuron, who came a passenger in the Tampico; left Panama on the 20th of May, and informs that, at that time, the delegates to the Congress from Peru and Guatimala only had arrived. Gen. Boivar was in Guayaquil. Whilst Captain Van Beuren was at Chagres, a gentleman arrived from Panama, who left three days after him, and stated that it was ru moured that the United States' schooner Dolphin, which had been sent in pursuit of the mutineers of the ship Globe, had been sunk by her crew, and that the frigate United States had gone in pursuit of then'. Captain Van Beuren does not vouch for the authenticity of this rumour.—New rode Evening Post. CANADA.---QU LBEC. JUNE 29.—Four Indians were brought into town yesterday, under an escort of habitants, accused, we understand, of the murder of two white men, who had joined them to hunt in company during the course of last winter, but who have been missing until lately, since when *the skeleton of owing found. According to private letters from England, it is contemplated to permit forehm flour, warehoused in Canada, to be admitted into the West Indies at a reduced duty of 2s. or 2s. 6tl. per barrel. instead of Ss. This alteration is expected to be carried through in the next Session of the Imperial Parlia ment. The committee on Emigration has been busily employed during the Session, and collected a mass of in formation, which will, we understand, at no distant period, be acted upon in regard to the ('anadas. Messrs. Stanley, Wortley, and Dmison, the Members of the House of Commons, who visited these provinces in the summer of 1824, are of this committee. Faord DErmorr.—An enthusiast, named Jason Shep herd, has made his appearance in this city, preaching, as he says, by a license from the Spirit, and proclaiming his to be " the voice of one crying in the wilderness.' The chiefs of the Sagana tribe of Chippewa Indians have ap plied to the Executive, for the release of Chimchick, or Big Beaver, who is confined on a charge of murder. They offer personal security, and their annuities, as pledges for his appearance to answer the charge. Their petition will be referred to the President. It is rumoured that Chim chick threatens, in case of his release, revenge on the whites for tha death of his father, attributed to his confinement in prison. —American Paper. 'fhe Alexandria Herald contains a long account of the confessions and execution of a young man of respectable connexions, by the name of Hoe, for tha murder of a Mr. Simpson. Hoe murdered Simpson and robbed him to pay a debt of honour, contracted at cards. We thus see the result of false principles, when gambling der/is should er roneously and ridiculously he considered more honourable than a bona tide debt contracted for value received. A few such debts paid under the gallows will soon wipe away their honourable atanding.—.Anterican Paper. MOVEMENTS. Yesterday the Puke and Duchess of Bedford and family' left their villa, Camden-hill, for Woburn Abbey. The Duke of St. Albans and Lady Charlotte Beauclerie Ileft town yesterday, fur Sir Ovine Warrender's seat, Spring-hill, Berks. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have arrived at their seat, Hatfield, from Liverpool. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury left town yesterday, for the Royal Lodge. Windsor. The Honourable Colonel and Lady Susan Lytton arrived on Sa • turday at their house in Ilertford.street, from their seat in Wor cestershire. Sir Wm. and Lady Rtimbold tied family yesterday left the Pulteney Hotel, Alhemarle-street, for the Continent. Sir Peter and Lady Laurie have left town for Rairsgate. Sir Thomas and Lady Barker and fathily left Oould's Hotel, Jermyn-street, yesterday, for Cheltenham. The Rev.' Mark Cassidy has arrived at the British Hotel, Jer myn-street, from Ireland. Hyde Parker, E-q. has arrived in town, from his seat in Berko. Walker Drummond. Esq. Mrs. Drummond, ar.d family , have arrived at Nerot's llotel, Clifford-street. from Tunbridge-Wells. Mr. and the Misses Pricuk have left the St. James's Hotel, Jer myn.-street, for Southampton. Arrivals' at the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington and Cott streets:—Lori Thomas Cecil, from a tour; Captain W. Scott, from Salisbury t A. Upton, Esq. from Maidstone. Arrivals at l'110111;l111 . 10 hotel, Iterlteley-square ...—Lord Nen butgh and Lady Dormhy Eyre, from Paris; -- Tennant, Esq. from a tour. Art ivals at Fenton's New Hotel. St. James's-street :—The:Mar quis of Queensberry. from Scotland ; J. Brown, Eaq. from Brighton ; the lien. Wm. Edwards. from a tour. Departures front Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street :—The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Slater, from Leamington, Warwickshire; J. B. Tn van lion, Esq. for Brighton ; O. Roebuck, Esq. for Cin Itenliam. Lepartures :—Lorti Lake left Tring, Hens, fur Malvern, AVor. cesterallire Lord and Lady Churchill lest Richmond Park, for their seat. Wychwood Forest, Witney, Oxon ; Colonel Gore Lang ! ton and family left Newton Park, for Buxton, Derbyshire. CHELTENHAM, Alia. 13. Yesterday being the King's natal day, the same was ob served. here by the ringing of bells; the flag flying from the old church steeple, the firing of guns, &c. In the walks, &c. of the King's old well, various colours were displayed. Over the building where the late King drank the water was the Union Jack. In the principal walk was St. George's Crows and another flag. In the evening there was a grand promenade and con cert at the Montpelier Spa, which attracted about 800 visitors. This was the fullest of any evening during the season, except when the band had their benefit. The new rotunda Was brilliantly illuminated on this occasion. Among the pieces performed were an air and chorus from the Creation, the Gipsy Glee from Guy Monnerino., the glee " Meml v the Bells of St. Michael's ring," and " Away' with Melancholy." The whole concluded with " God save the King." Among the company present were the Earl and Countess of Cork and family, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and family, Sir W. Bu^ lett, Lady Bur. Jett, atul Miss Burdett, Lady Fraser; the Hon. Mrs. Moles worth, and Major Aubrey. Yesterday, about half-past twelve o'clock, the Duke of York left Mr. Greenwood's villa, at Brompton, attended by Sir Henry Ilalford, in his travelling carriage and four, for the King's Pavilion, Brighton, where his Royal High ners has gone by the advice of his physicians, for the be nefit of his health. Sir Herbert Taylor transacted busi ness with his Royal Highness yesterday morning, previous to his departure. Part of his Royal Highness's house hold hft at an early hour for Brighton. The Royal ' Duke rode out twice on Sunday in his cabriolet, for up wards of an hour each time, in the neighbourhood of Bromptou. The Princess Sophia visited his Royal High ness on Sunday, to take leave of her Royal brother. The Princess Augusta left her residence at Frogmore yesterday, attended by Miss Wynyard, for Bognor, Sussex. The Duchess of Gloucester proceeded from Frogmore, where her Royal Highness had been staying on a visit to the Princess Augusta, to her seat at Bagslrot. The Countess of Eldon, we are happy to say, was better yesterday. Mr. Dawson, Tinder Secretary of State for the Home Department, arrived in town yesterday from Ireland, and transacted business at the Horne Office. Despatches were received yesterday at the Foreign Office, from the Right lion. Frederick Lamb, our Ambassador at Madrid, and also from Lord Granville, our Ambassador at Paris. DEATH OF THE Bisuor or CLOYNE.—With feelings of the deepest and most heartfelt regret we have to an nounce the death of the Right Reverend Dr. Warburton, Lord Bishop of Cloyne, which melancholy event took place at nine o'clock yesterday morning, at the Palace, Cloyne. His Lordship was in a delicate state of health for some time past, but the recent demise of a beloved and affection ate daughter took such an effect on his Lordship, that an alteration for the worse became manifest: and it was soon discovered that his recovery was hopeless. Ilia Lordship was truly characterized for learning, piety, and amiable virtues, and has departed this life with the sorrowing re gret of all classes, but particularly those who came within the circle of his unostentatious benevolence. His Lordship was in the 72t1 year of his age; his remains will, we un derstand, be interred on Saturday.—Cork Cvn.stif ut ion, Au,gusi 10. Du El..—An affair of honour took place on Friday morn ing, close to Cowes Castle, between the Earl of Glengall and Lord William Lennox. The Noble Earl was attended by Colonel Anson, and the Gallant Lord by his brother officer, Lieut. Gordon, of the Blues. The cause of dis pute was an accusation made against Lord William Len nox, that be is a contributor to The Age, a London Weekly Newspaper, which, by its constant publication of tales of scandal and scurrility, is greatly annoying to the feelings of individuals and families in the higher class• a of society. Lord Glengall had expressed his conviction of the truth of this accusation, and, upon request, refusing to retract his opinion, Lord William sent his friend to demand for him the usual satisfaction of a gen tleman. A meeting was immediately appointed, and an exchange of shots took place, without doing personal in jury ; the seconds then declared that enough had been done by both parties, and the principals left the ground without explanation, or having had any direct communication with each other in the affair.—littnipshiee Telegraph. Last week a pigeon shooting match took place at Massie, betwixt Lord Kennedy and Captain Ross—twenty-five birds a-side, and the firing with ball. Only one bird fell within the distance. It was shot by Lord Kennedy, and decided the match in his favour. The bet is said to have been trifling. HYDE PARK CORNER.—The workmen have so far ad-1 vaneed in their labours, as to give tbe spectators a faint idea of the intended arch. which will he the King's -gate into the Gardens of the New Palace; to this will be at tached an lonic Lodge, of Portland stone. Contiguous thereto will he another Lodge of the same materials, for the Park-keeper. The first, be it observed, will be occu pied by his Majesty's servants. The opening of the Tri umphal Arch in Hyde Park will be from thirty to thirty five feet high, supported by sixteen circular columns, with lonic capitals. The whole is expected to be finished its November next. The King's new palace in St. James's Park is to be built fire-proof, upon the plan of the late Earl Stanhope. On the 2.lth ult. Miss Margaretta Maria Downes, of Fircourt, Chnrchstoke, Montgomeryshire, safely under* went the hundred and ninth operation of tapping fur the dropsy. The advancements of science have contributed very ma terially to the aid of benevolence, and in no instance more strikingly than in the excursions to the Nore by means of steam-vessels. This day, we understand, that the Fa vourite will leave the Tower on a trip of pleasure, to en hance the funds of Pell - street Charity School, establtshed 112 years, for the Clothing and Educating 40 Poor Chil dren. If any thing could add to the enjoyment of the voyage, it would be the consideration that while the party is enjoying the splendid objects around them, they are con ; tributing to the advancement of knowkdge, and the ame lioration of the prasure of poverty. ---- 7".:. -- 41 . --, --_ _ 41*) ''' ..j.17-117474r7 ,9 ;' i' A .- f-f-, tp -- ' --Tio 6l ,‘ , •-•<' _ -- .- - Orl_cf- ",--- " littr ELI- 3 'li' r ac` : ' 4 4 . . 4.:-.: : -• - -----,..."-- V AUXXAI,I, GI4RDE NS. His Majesty's birth-day we' celebrated at these Gsrilen last night with great brilliancy, and Mr. Green mad e hi s third nocturnal ascent at ten tninures before ten o'clock, in honour of the occasion. The balloon took an easterly di. reci ion, after ascending from the Gardens most majesti o di y. Mr. Green was aerompanied by two gentlemen of the names of Clarke and Ritchie. A new Ballet, produced expressly for his Majesty's Birth-day, was performe', lithich pis ext. calingly pretty, and so the company thought, for it tea highly applauded. Amongst the various illumination s of the evening was • very beautiful one, with the foll ow i ng inscription—" Long live our gracious Patron." The fire works were Fplemlid, as usual, and the whole of the , nte „,, taintrients went off admirably. Mr. Green deacend, el at Foot's Cray, in Kent, and arrived in the Gardens at No o'clock. _ _ There were upwar&of eight thousand persons partaking of the amusements of the reettfrllf KING'S THEiI It was generally understood, among frequen ters ()li the Opera, that its hat performance for the seteeye sari toe take pine on Saturday, though the bills did not ord.:tune? any such intention. Aarelinno in Palniira yen reptirtedi on the occasion, much against the wish expressed by the majority, who have taste and judgment enough to profess no sort of admiration for S'gtior Velluti's vocal and dra matic acquirements; and the national anthem sung at the close of it was the only decisive circumstance from which we were left to infer ilia final close of this theatre. We shall paaa over the subject of the performance, which has been hitherto more than sufficiently noticed, merely re. marking that it afforded nothing of a novel description; but, on the contrary, served for a faithful exhibition of tit: characteristic shrugs, the systematic shakes of the head and extension of arms, and the similarity anti stiffness of orna ment, which are known to be the exclusive property of Signor Velluti's style ; and we will proceed to a brief retro spective view of the Opera proceedings of the season. as well as to a few remarks applicable to its future means. The theatre was opened last winter under auspices by no means cheering. Signor Velluti seemed to be distinct' as its principal support ; and for a long time we were con demned to two perfotmances, with which the public had been mote than saturated. 11 Crucial() in Fa N (in ova opinion, a very unmeaning ptocluetion), and e holina (still more inferior), were, it appears, found sui:a blo to the limited capacities of Signor Velluti's voice, and consequently resorted to, as if a decree was in force which banished taste, variety, and jed.;ment, from this stage. The prima donna, Signora Bonini, may continue to re ceive encomiums from Signor Velluti, as the first female vocalist in Europe; but it unfortunately happened that the Signor found no one who would coincide in Iris opitii n o f her excellence. At last, an engagement was concludiit with Madame Pasta, and her appearance, which followed in April, threw into merited darkness arid obliv on those who, till then, le-ded it on this stage with an uncentrollol sway. Madame Pasta had, however, to undertake singly the task of' giving new attraction to it ; and although, alone, she is " a tower of strength," yet she had to contend against difficulties which she barely was able to overcorce so as to form any thing like a necessary ensemlde. At thls theatre some people seem to think they are engaged with an en 'oubted understanding that each has liberty enough allowed him to do as the fancies or caprices of the moment may chance to suggest; and the getting up of appropriate scenery and dress a, the laborious task of training the choristers, were additional obstacles thrown into Madame Pasta's way. Still the frequenters of the Opera semi awake to nothing but the isolated perfections of the accom plished lyrico-tragedian of the day. In consequence, how ever, of the spirit of anarchy which was, soon after Ma dame Pasta's arrival, manifested by some of the leaders of the corps dranudique, and Mr. Ebcrs's unaccountable ie. difference, we were deprived of two splendid Operas con tained in the list of performances in which that lady hail been engaged to appear, viz. Mcyt r's Rosa bi.inca and lion: rossa, and Rossini's Sendramide. The crowds regularly attracted by the eminent reputa tion of one performer have sufficiently attested the value which the British public attaches to Italian vocal music. What would it then be if, by the side of Madame Pasta, we were to see such singers as David, Galli, Rubini, and others equal to them ? We might indeed then boast of the pre-eminence of our Italian Opera over the rest of Europe ; and the prosperity of an establishment so consti tuted would soon show to Mr. Ebers, or any other hires , :win in his place, that it is not from the number, but from the qualifications alone of performers, that success is to be ' expected. Let two-thirds of the idle and unnecessary singers usually engaged at this theatre be set aside, and their exorbitant salaries be offered, and subsequently re gularly paid to, eminent performers, and we will engage that none of the innumerable complaints which have till I now invariably attended the administration of the affairs of this t'reatre will any more be heard of. But the reform must not be confined to the vocal department—that of the ballet very loudly calls for amelioration. During the whole of this season it has been most shamefully, and, in `appearance, wilfully neglected; we do not, indeed, recollect ever to have seen it in so deplorable a condition. Most of the principal femaledancers were taken at a trifling expense from the figurantes Surnunieraires, that is, the unpaid aspirants of the Opera at Paris—the rest from the melodramatic the. etre of the Porte St. Martin ; and as to the English ladies who compose the distinguished corps of figurontes here, really a more graceless and ridiculous exhioition of danc ing automatons was never seen. Coulon, among the male dancers, is the only one who came from the Academie Royale; but he always appeared as if he was dancing under an impression that on these boards all extraordinary exertion is perfectly superfluous. We have equal reason to complain of the want of va riety to which those who were intrusted with the manage ment of the ballots have condemned us this season. It was encroaching tro much upon the share of patience and for. bearauce usually exhibited by John Bull, respecting the deficiencies of this theatre, to give us nothing but three insignificant and tiresome ballets. Venus was a poor speci men of Messrs. trEgville's and Bochsa's savoirfitire ; and we hope that when another time they announce them selves with an equal pomp as the "principal directors of the ballet department," we shall find more earnestness of purpose than quackery in their proceedings. Signor Velluti has arranged his differences with Mr. Ebers, from which we may conclude that he is engaged for next season. As to Madame Pasta, we' ave been since several days authorized to announce the positive fact, that two days before her departure she signed a contract with Mr. Ebers ' in which she engages to return to London next April, and become again the great ornament of our Italian Opera. Mr. correspondent, alluding to the oft* mation in which Mr. Sinclair's vocal powers are now held, as evinced by his agreement with one of the London Mana gers, to receive 10001. for singing a certain number of nights during one season, reverts to the time when his talents were first known and appreciated in this city. He was then admired for his singularly good taste and execution in church music. Whilst in the band of a corps of militia, Sinclair, after assisting in playing the regiment to the East Church, where they usually attended between the fore noon and afternoon sermons, mounted, in -his military dress of course, the precentor's desk, and officiated every Sunday during their stay here, in a peculiarly delightful manner. It la said by some of the professional singers with whom he at that time associated, that Mr. Sinclair re ceived at the rate of one shilling for each of these perform ances! His discharge from the regiment being procured, he settled here as a teacher of singing, from whence the fame of his talents speedily called him to the roArepoiis.— Aberdeen Journal. A DRUNKEN Ass.—On Monday laet we saw in reality " a drunken ass." Poor old Neddy had strayed up the Horse and Rainbow yard, Kendal, and had a mind to taste James Harker's home brewed, which was set out in the coolers. After a hearty pull or two he staggered out there he lay like a drunken beast as he was, lielp!ess. of the yard, and fell like *natty another drunken ass, an d stu pitted, and incapable of any exertion. His Felhille TURF:* ter, on coining to look at him, said with an oath, " The ass is none drunk, but only acting the old soldier."--Wesitrip land Gazette. 1111 IT t I E I