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FIK 4- ( FRENCH PAPERS. [From the Etoik dated Sunday.] Pinta. Nov. 26. The ?snowing appears in one of the J PA ournals :—" The Bank sourinues to discount all mercantile bills with the usual facility ; it attains," to make advances upon deposits of Renter, with two re .outssible signatures; it continues to lend money on gold and silver bullion. It has changed nothing in the rate of its discounts, which is still four per ce st.' A letter from A leppo says..." Abdallah Paths wishing. in every respect. to imitate his patron, Mehemed My, Puha of Egypt, has declared, by his ac Is, that be wishes to be the only merchant in his States. He has Si led the trade of Beyrout with consternation, by prohibiting the cap ortation of silk, and by establishing a delegate, so whom applicatioi is must be made for the . purchase of all articles for exportation whit li he chooses to permit. The most profound soisery reigns in Mo tint Lebanon. The death of the virtuous Pre late, Vicar of his H slings, M. Oandolfi, has tilled the Christian population of these c wuntries with sorrow and mourning. • There has been some fermentation at Aleppo. The Janis. saris conduct themse lies with wisdom and with moderation. Mi sery is at its height it i this unfortunate country ; that which corn. pieces the desolation c f the land is the irruption of the Bedouin Arabs, who inundate the environs of Aleppo, of Damascus, of /low, and of ilumrnr t, the intermediate cities. They have cut off all communications ; the Liben and t h e A nt ilib an are t h e on l y bar riers which arrest the: r course. The shores of the Euphrates are ravaged by the toecap rive spoliation, of the Anases Arabs and of the Booaks, who bum all which they cannot consume. Asa crisis of this calamity, the It lagistrates buy toy the provisions, which they sell at a maximum. The inevitable omsequences of these misfor runt% produce more than alarm." Sr. 7PETEASBUTtOII, Nov. 4. We team that, before setting of for Taganrog, our Emperor transmitted to the Chevalier de Mirniacki an order to make a last ettort with the Porte. to obtain front it a positive declaration whe ther or not it would re-establish the ancient state of things in Wal. hchia and Moldavia, as fixed by the Treaty of Bucharest. Our Court has obtained the most env et information, from which it re sults, that, notwithstanding all the promises previously made by the Porte, things have not beer, pl ace d i n t h e s it ua ti o n in w hi c h they ought to be, according to it se articles of that Treaty ; and, fur ther, that there are still in tlje two principalities a considerable member of 'Turkish troops, a ad not merely guards, to enforce the police ; that the authority of t' Se llospodars was wholly disregarded by the Turkish military Chi ifs, who assumed the most arrogant pretensions ; and, lastly, th at the police troops, who ought to be under the orders of the Hoe podars, in the present state of things, looked only to their own off icers, e now learn that the *ithevalier bas fulfilled the orders which he received, and that, before taking any step with respect to the Porte, he communicated *ltem to the Ambassadors of the Allied Powers, who are ready to support the demand of the Russian Charge d'Affaires. We are assured that the Notes presented were very energetic, and that the produced a strong impression on the Turkish Ministers, so Viet the latter were eager to convoke the Di. van, which has pminised to concede all that was demanded. Orden for the march of the troops have been actually transmitted to the principalities, and the Ottoman Ooverament has, on this occasion, manifested its good esisposltion. But the execution of these mea sures will be rigorously watched, for experience has proved that very often such special orders have been rendered illusive, by secret instruction", and the carrying them into effect has been first post. pone& and then given up altogether. It will not be so this time, for the agents of the Allied Powers in the principalities have po sitive orders to make exact reports on every thing which may occur relative to this subject. At this moment there is no question in our country of the speedy departure of H. de Ribeaupterre for Constantinople. However, nothing will be decided with respect to Turkey till after the return of his Majesty, which is expected by the end of this month. [From Galiguani's Messenger of Saturday.] PARIS, Nov. 26. . . . . . _ The Memorial Boylelois and the ladicaleur of Dordeaux con. tain intelligence from Spilt). They state, the former that the Con. imitative Junta has been actually dissolved, and the latter that the • Duke del Infantido continues to negotiate for the evacuation of the ►trong towns, and that conferences have taken place on the sub. jeep Our letteri from Madrid make no mention of either of these evehta. A ruinous of the early entry of Russian troops into Moldavia and Wallachia having been generally spread in those principalities, and the inhabitants basing been alarmed by the fear of a military occupation, the two Hospodars; Moldavian and Widlachian, has. trued to give an official refutation to this report, by declaring it without foundation. It is said that they previously wrote upon the subject to the Commander.in.Chief of the Russian troops in Hes. sarsbia and Russian Moldavia, and received assurances from him that such a measure was never contemplated. (From the II f amateur of Saturday.] PARIS, NOV. 25. We have the following information from our correspondent at Frankfort on the Oder : " The Grand Duke Constantine having left Dresden with the Prince* of boewlex„ his consort, has travelled through Silesia, without stomung_anywhere, in order to reach IVantaw as soon as k. Is i s affirmed that this Prince, while on the rind, re &watches, In consequence of which he will set out from the a Poland for Vulhynla, there to have an interview with his , the Emperor of Russia. [From the Jove nal des Debate of Saturdey. l Twitare, Nov.Nll. . PRICES OF URITISR Beak Stock 217 MO per Cent. Red. 811 80 81 3 per Cent C 0... 12i 801 81i 8 81 Ditto tot Acct. 831 8 2 1 83 81 1 i 2 :A per Cent. 811 1 881 31 per Cent. It •20 8 71 88 STOCKS YESTE RD.% Y. Illew 4 per Cent.99j1001961 99e Long Ann. 19 7-16 19 India Bondi 14 lb dla lEx.Billa 14d. 1,9091.6 4 14 di. Ditto, 300/. Ditto, Small 414 die Lottery Tickets 191. 191. ritIGUS OF"FORBIUN Austrian Bonds 911 Brazilian Bonds 6111 Ditto Scrip 141 14 13 14/ 13 141 1 dts Ditto Act. 14/ dill Colombian Bonds Ditto Bond% (1824) 611 60i 1 5111 604 60 1 21 11 / 1 21 / 1 Dittos cct. 611 601 1 601 1 21 11 the k Bonds Data Bonds (1825)2111 STOCKS VESTERIJAV. Guatemala Bonds 6G Ditto Scrip G dis Mezieatt Bonds 56 7 Ditto Bonds (1820 63 1 * 3 1 4h 38 4 31 438 I)itto Acct. 63 4 11 38 4 38 Peruvian Bonds 47_4 8 7 Portuguese Bonds 83 2h 34 Russian Bonds (1822) 868 3 4 6 Ditto Aeet, 86 38 64 Spanish Cons. 161 144 134 II Ditto Acet. PRICES or SHARES YESTERDA 1 . MIXES. • share. Pad. Premium per Share. A »». ...... £lllO 36 26 264 Brazilian .«...»..........» 100 • 6 14 Bolivar English 25 24 14 dis IlihenAan 5O 4 2 die Paseo.Pertivian Potosi, la Pas, and Peruvian 50 6 2 die Real del Alente 4OO 400 76 50 60 70 Royal Suut nary & Brit. 31 ining 4 Oda United Maclean Ditto New 4O 10 9 984 94 ASSILTIANCP: CCKPANITIP. •Ailiance British itd - ressiips—, 100 10 3 Unto Marine lli 11 2 1 MISCELLANEOUS. British Iron Irish prenureciery linperial Distillery lO fj 4 ydis DRURY-LANR THEATRE. This Evening, T UZSD Y, Nov. ep, will be performed rite Opers of (PII,IVATE CORRICSPONDINCE.) A Ned which left Alexandria the 22d October, and has just arrived hate, confirms the unfavourable news for the Greeks, that Turkish and Egyptian fleets have entered Navarinn. Tae Yea gamed Alexandria on the 21st of October. The troops on beard were calculated at 5,000 infantry, and '2O cavalry.* • By comparing dates in this article, end that from Leghorn, we see that if the departure of the feat fa certain, its arrival is not. --(Nate of the Editor of the Jorrmal des Debate.) Ltonoax Nov. 14. We have neva from Alexandria to the 22.1 October. The fleet sailed for the Mona on the 18th and 19th. It consists of221:1sa11, and has on board 10,000 infantry and 2,000 cavalry. It is accotn pabisd by several fire-ships, and a steamboat carrying three can. non. Another steam.boat has been obliged to put back, on account of some defect in the machinery. The tall of the Nile has been very sudden, the consequences of which will be a bad crop and a deficiency in the rcreaun of the Viceroy. DR /RF.ISCRUTZ. ...... Adolph, Mr. T. Cooks; Caspar, Mr. I lorn s Bernard , Mr. Red ford; 11 •rinit, Mr. e;.. mith ; Kilian, Mr. Fltswilllana. Linda, Miss Grad dun; lisp. Mfss Power. - . - After which the Comte Dimmer THM WAGER: Of, THE MIDNIGHT DOUR. The prineipal Characters Dy Nears. nolo°, Horn, J. Ituseell, 'lmlay, favour*, and Bedford; Misses Kelly and Cubltt; and Mrs. C. To-morrow, The Wager. the Adopted Child. and The Sleep Walker. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. IlisEming.Turs DAV, Nnv.29, *lll be ormed tho Comedy et RULE A WIFE AFD HAVE A WIFE. Tie Data. Mr. Coopers Virtual Perez, Mr. Jones; Leon. Mr. C. Kcalble. ratifaala. Mu Cheater. After which (3d Haw) a new Pieee sailed THE lICAPE-GHAT. TM Matters by Messrs. Blanchard. Cooper. W. Farrea, and secadows; Mi ens.lnncs and A L Jonet. . . To conelnite withlieeenaaeal ESTI e or • ROLAND P . 11 . R AN OLIVF.R. ale mat Chase, ilar.Ya;ret•tt; Alfred Hietiflyer. Mr. Jones; Fixture. ■r. Harmer. Marls DarOutten. Madams Vestris. Tommie's*. Clara, The ilsapeeficat, and Jocko, the Brasilia= Monkey. A considerable damp has been thrown over the mercan tile interest of Arbroath, by the recent loss of the smack Leaden, oo her voyage to London. This vessel had on •board is valuable cargo of manufactured goods, and unfor toostely very little of them were insured. The loss will oeusequently be severe ; but it is fortunately spread over a pretty wide surface, and will therefore press comparatively light on each individual point. By letters received in town it is stated that abaft 11,0001, worth of the cargo had bees recovered. We have heard much blame attached to the Bank, as if the Directors had mainly contributed to the present embar rassments in the money market by suddenly restricting its discounts. It is natural for those who suffer, be the oc casion what it may, to ascribe their misfortunes to any other cause than their own imprudence. The fact is, that no imputation can be more undeserved than that which: such persons have thrown upon the Bank in the present Instance. Anxious to give every accommodation to the commercial world, the Bank discounted good bills at four per cent. ; this gave great facility to the transattiens of th# _ _ mercantile world, and the mercantile world continued for some time to derive great advantages from this accommodation ; but great numbers, inataitti., of astaillig themselves of it for the valid purposes of comMerce, per verted it, in the most mercenary spirit of jobbing, to their own private emolument. Persons in extensive dealing, and with high credit, who had an account at the Bank, soon found that they eoultl turn its liberality to account ; they accordingly themselves discounted good bills at .fine per cent, and, taking them tothe Bank, with their own indorse ment, got them discounted at four, putting the intermediate profit of one per cent., without any further trouble, into their own pockets. This practice was carried to an extent which made it imperative on the Bank Directors to put a stop to it. This it was that obliged them to refuse dis counting many good bills, it being through the medium of such bills that this most dishonourable profit was made. And yet there are persons, who knowing well this real cause of the restriction of the discounts, keep it care fully in the back ground, and declaim against the Bank as having first encouraged the spirit of commercial enterprise, and then depressed it by suddenly withdrawing its aid by limiting the issue of its notes. Our readers will observe that the Loci) Ctt•\cet.r.oa and the Vice-CHANCELLOR had both occasion yesterday to complain of the absence of Counsel. In each Court the Judge was obliged to retire, and remain absent some time before any Gentleman made his appearance at the bar. This is an evil of great magnitude, and deserves particular attention. It is easy to lay all the blame of " delays in Chancery" upon the learned and eminent individual at the head of that Court ; but it would be difficult, we think, to show how it is in his power to put an end to the great waste of time which is continually occurring from this cause alone. The remedy is in other hands, and we trust they will devise some means to apply it CITY, MONDAY EVENING. It is quite impossible to describe the state of alarm that existed in the City this morning amongst speculators in the Funds. In addition to the gloomy anticipations pro duced in a great degree by Saturday's business, the failure of a Plymouth Bank was announced. The moment the Market opened it was crowded, and brokers and jobber were all, without exception, endeavouring to sell. 0: course every specks of Security declined rapidly. Mone t Stock at one part of the day could scarcely be sold at any price. An eminent broker with difficulty sold even a small quantity at 801, and it was afterwards done at j ; Exchequer Bills were at 14s. dis. ; Bank Stock fell above 3 per cent. Colombian Bonds were once to-day under 60, and every thing else in proportion. We have fre quently before urged holders of stock, whether foreign or domestic, not to suffer themselves to become the dupes of groundless apprehension?. The agitation of the public mind, however, this morning, as far as we could judge of it by what we saw passing in the purlieu' of the Stock- Exchanges, renders it imperative on the conductors of that portion of the daily press whose object is not to mis lead their readers, to beg the LOWS ,fide holders of public Securities to pause for a moment and consider what they have to do with the fluctuations of the Stock Exchange, resulting, as it is perfect! well known they have resulted, from the e tion of ' l imy year. .... _ - , Two young Greeks, confided to the Greek Committee at Paris, to be educated at their expense, have just arrived in that capital. One of thew, fourteen years old, and who has already served on board his f cr's ship, is the son of Ad miral isparita Apostoli ; the is the son of 'f samstlos, who was killed in the 'sleet S aeteria, oft Navarino. He is only twelve years old, and, un tunately, has a mother and sister captives in Turkey. • FRENCH SLAVS Titanic. e have received private letters from St. Thomas's dpi he Bth of October, by which which we have learned malOy particulars respecting the mode in which the slave trade is continued in spite of the laws made for the suppreesten of that hateful traffic. We have been furnished with a list of the vessels which were departing for the coast of Africa, and the number of slaves which they hail brought to Martinique by their previous voyage. We shall nonnention here the names of the vessels, no those of the captains and mercantile houses concerned in these scandalous undertakings. We shall confine ourselves to the duty of calling public attention to the shainefhl impunity enjoyed by the dealers in human flesh. It is enough far us to state, according to our infor mation-Ist, that the nuniber of vessels so employed is nine, of which six are Frenah, and three Dutch—Wly, that the Captains of these ships are all Frenehmen.-3dly, that 3 of them, on their late return from the Ronny, brought With them 1,1t77 slaves ; and Mthly, that each of these ves sels carry two or three sets of paper*. The false ones are fabricated by a French house at Sp:aloveas'a. It is fle perally from the papers- of' the cruisers of Martinique and Gatatlalotipe that the signatures of the -Governors tee forged, and the official seals imitated.—Courrier Fraacabc rThe motrected case 41‘ tjte vahulble Dutch smuggling larVer two Sisters, captured on the 16th of February, 1324, was finally decided before the twelve Judges, in the Law Courts of Dublin, on Friday se'nnight, when she was adjudged a lawful prise to his Majesty's late cutter Dwarf, Lieut. Nicholas Gould commander, and the Essex frigate, which was proceeding to Kingstown, Ireland, under the orders of Mr. Raven Master, R.N. to be stationed there as a convict ship.—Der:onport Telegraph. 141LTFOROLOGICAL PHENOMENON.—A very extraor dinery circumstance took place on the 3d of this month in the forest of Calonhaven, in the arrouilissement de Thi onville. A carrier, returning from Sierck to Filstroff, was going through the forest between six and seven in the evening; he had arrived within three-quarters of a league of Laumeafcld, when, in the midst of a violent hurricane, mingled with thunder, the forest suddenly appeared all on fire, and preserved that appearance for the space of a quarter of an hour. The horses became alarmed, and fell down ; one of them broke from the harness, and fled as far as the village; some of the inha bitants recognised him, and suspected some accident had happened to the driver. They immediately went towards the forest : as they drew near, they perceived an inflamed cloud traversing the horizon from the north to the south. The meit completodarkness succeeded this appear ance. The carrier, when he heard them calling, answered them; and when they came up with him, they found him so overcome with fright, that it was only by the greatest care lee recovered to give an account of what had heppened to him.—journal de Moselle. Roustel alias Caginrd , the ringleader of the riot among the workpeople in the vicinity of Konen, was executed on the 2.341 instant, pursuant to his sentence. On the Bth of the present month, at two o'clock in the afternoon, a troop of ten wild boars entered the village of Flirey, in the canton of Thiancourt, in the department of La Meurthe, upon the high road from Pont-a-Mousson to St. Michael. Six of these animals entered a barn, thedoor of which was immediately shut by the proprietor, who was at work just by with hi. servant; another penetrated into the passage of the oppoaitt howate.whare he was also shut up, and theinhabitants killed them with guns and flails. The whole drove would have been taken if the door of the barn had not been shut too hastily.--Jesienal de la lifeerthe. The ordnance powder mills at Faversham, sold by auction by Stevens and Brenchley, on Friday last, lately let by Government at SIM fetched 14,3601. At the same time, less than three acres of gulden ground sold for 1,12:41. Three houses in the town of Faversham, and a house on Davington-hill, realised 1,801. Aluen r a AT SANDG•TT..—An Inquest was held at Sand gate on Thursday list, the 94th inst. before Thomas Thorpe de Laseau, Esq. Coroner, on the body of Thomas Page, who, on the evening of the 18th inst. was stabbed in the lower part of the abdomen by John Burton. It appeared, on the evidence, that the deceased with some other young men were, on the evening in question, al the Ship Inn.. Sandgate ; and being a little inebriated, the deceased' blackened his hands and put them on Burton's face, who immediately flew in a rage, and threatened to be a match for him. The deceased, wishing to avoid him for the pre , sent, left the room, hut shortly afterwards returned, and while in the act of lighting his pipe, Burton attacked bias with a knife in his hand. A scuffle ensued; Page called for help, to take the knife away, which was done by Mr. Plisher. Page exclaimed, "Oh, Lord! I am stabbed: this d—d old rascal has stabbed tee." He immediately fell, and lingered till Wednesday last. After a very minute investigation, the Jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against John Burton," who was imme diately committed, under the Coroner's warrant, for trial at the next Assizes. The deceased, who was 24 years of age, was very highly respected, and his tragical end has thrown a gloom over the whole neighbowitood.--Ciegue Ports Herald. The Earl and Countess of Jersey have left their seat, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire, for the Earl of Westmorland's, Aptborpe, Northamptonshire. Sir Roger and Lady Gresley have left their teat, Drakelow, Der byshire. on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, at but worth Castle. Sir John Nichol]. M.P. and family have arrived at their house In Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, from their seat, Merthyrinan, Olamorganahire. Sir llilgrove and Lady Turner and sotto left town yesterday for Portsmouth, to embark for Bremoda. Lord and Lady F. L. Gower have left town for the Earl of Surrey's seat, Worksop Manors, Nntts. The Bishop of Chichester and family has, left Hereford for the ' , slue, Chichester. Mrs. Kionaird arrived yesterday at Gould's Hotel. Jermyn. street, from Germany. Mr. and Mrs. George Ackers left Warren's Hotel, Regent. street, yesterday, for Cheltenham. 31 rs. Tibbet has left Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Cheltenham. Departure front Long's Hotel, Bonttstreet :—R. Palmer, Esq. M.P. on a tour; Beauchamp, E.q. for ditto; Messrs. R. and C. Best, for Ramsgate ; John Cocgreve. Esq. for his seat, Mount Congrere, Ireland ; R. \V. Dixon, Esq. for Dublin; the Rev. W. D. Broughton, for Briptnn • Parrott, Esq. for ditto; the lion. Spencer Law, for Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. Brown and family have left the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Ram:agate. The Marquis and Marchioness of Hastings have arrived at the Burlington lintel, Old Burlington.street, from Mr. Coke's :eat in Norfolk; and Captain Cayler, from a tour. a /Me rititift rtoo. The lean-ten Pastas commenced publishing yesterday mess ing as five o'clock. LONDON, TUESDAY, NOTLIIBER 29, 18525. We have received the Paris Papers of Friday and Satur day, together with the Etoile dated Sunday. The sub jects which divide public attention at this moment in the French capital are the trials of the two leading journals of the Liberal Opposition, and the decline of the funds, which continue to sink lower every day. On Saturday M. Durim was beard in defence of the Constilutionnel. His address was characterised by great talent and intre pidity. In another column we have given a brief summary of the report of his speech. The judgment of the Court was not known when the express left Paris. Should it be against the Constitutionnel, there will no longer exist any freedom of discussion with regard to the proceedings of the Jesuits and the Priests, except in the Chamber of Deputies. The triumph of Roman Catholic intolerance will be complete. No paper will remain in existence that has the inclination or will dare to oppose itself to their intrigues and domination. Without the odious instru ment of a censorship, they will be disembarrassed of the dangerous commentaries of a free press, as we may be quite sure that their influence will prevent the establishment of any new Papers during the suspension of those they arc now seeking to suppress. The Journals belonging to the Royalist Opposition will be suffered to rail as much and as absurdly as they please against the Ministry, in order to keep up some appearance of constitu tional liberty, but the Jesuits know well that these Jour nalists will never molest them. It is but justice, however, to the Journal des Debuts to observe, that a very able ar ticle appeared in that Paper on Friday in condemnation of these prosecutions. The writer appeals strongly to the Judges, and begs them to uphold the Freedom of the Press, with the extinction of which he says, truly, the Charter itself must perish. Notwithstanding the report of a great failure on the Paris Exchange, the funds indicated a disposition to ad vance. The opening price of the Three per Cents. was 64f. 75 c. ; the closing 6.5 f.. 50 c. The Etoile states, that the suspected house had, by the assistance of its friends, been enabled to meet all its engagements. The differences between Russia and the Porte, relative to the evacution of Moldavia and Wallachia, appear to be definitively adjusted. With much difficulty the Turkish Government has been compelled to adhere to the stipula tions of the Treaty of Bucharest, and it was expected that the Russian Ambassador, M. de Ribeaupierre, would set out for Constantinople as soon as the Emperor had re turned to St. Petershurgh. The Vienna Gazette officially announces that Prince Paul Esterhazy is appointed Ambassador at the French Court, instead of Baron de Vincent. I FRENCH Fustns.—Parus, Nov. 26.—Fire per Cents. 951. boc. ; Three per Cents. opened at 64f. 76e.; lowest, 64f. 60; concluded at 6sf. boc. ; Dank Stock, 2060 f. ; Rente do Naples, Certif. Faleonnet, ; Royal Spanish Loan, 491 f. Exchange on London--One Month, 241. 93c. ; Three Months, 24f. 75c..—Coors Aserentique. THE tRITI PRESS. The intrinsic value of British and Foreign Stock cannot have been diniinished or in any degree affected by the operations of money jobbers. If, however, individuals will rush forward and sacrifice their property by forcing a sale in a falling market, they are not only materially in juring themselves, but most grievously increasing the very evil they dread. Interested speculators hare done much to spread the alarm ; some of our contemporaries probably have done more; but if proprietors of Stock would but suffer themselves to act under the influence of their own soberjudgment, they would perceive that the depression of the present hour is just as irrational as was the excessive excitement of last year, and that neither the one itor the other can render the steady end bplus fide stockholder one farthing richer or poorer. Ills safety depends not on the result of the artifices and stratagems of a handful of spe culators, but on the integrity and resources of the Govern ments whose creditor lie is. Let him therefore refrain from selling till the storm has passed away, and he may then if lie pleases exchange or withdraw his investments without wasting or impairing his fortune. The closing prices of the day were Consols for Money Fair, for the Account Mg . Exchequer Bills ss. dis. Colombian Bonds 62k. Mexican 6 per Cents. 63A. Gua timala Scrip 6Si dis. Brazilian ditto lot dis. Greek Bonds 20, and Spanish ditto 1 ti 15. Notwithstanding the ports are now open for Barley, it rather advanced in price this morning. The supply was a fair one, as was that of Wheat and Oats, the quotations of which were a shade lower than on the last market day. A Lisbon packet arrived rstetday morning ; but the letters by her, which are dated the 14th inst. do not con tain one syllable of political intelligence. In consequence of the recognition of the independence of Hayti ' by the French Government. the cities of Ilamburgh and Lubeck intend to send Consuls to that Island, as the city of Bremen has already done. The Paris Papers announce the arrival of Lord Cochrane at Amon ßoulogne. g tbeltassengert who save at Bordeaux in the Trlegraphe, from Peru, are one ma s al, two brigadiers, four colonels, nine Ileutenaiu-coloke , three captains, seven subaltern officers, one pitygiOter, one intendant, 13 sergeants, 12 women, n merchants, and et soldiers, all spaniards. The Dec de Bordeaux was daily expected, with at least an equal number on board.—Path Paper. New CONET.—M. Pons, Professor of Astronomy at Florence, has just announced that he discovered on the 7th November, a comet, in the constellation of Eridanus, ' having about 34 degrees of right ascension, and 14 de ' grees south declination. It cannot be seen without the aid of a telescope; according to M. Pons, it moves about 20 minutes per day, in a south west direction. The crew of the Greek man of war brig Cimone, lately wrecked at Alderney, are expected to arrive at Portsmouth daily. The Gr ee k Committee have chartered a vessel in the River, which is coming round to this port, for the pur pose of conveying them back to Hydra.—Southampton He rald. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE• Last night a gentleman of the name of Serie made his first bow before a London audience, in the character of Hamlet. The new candidate for popular approbation is somewhat under the middle size, and his figure is slight and not remarkable for graceful proportion. In face Mr. Serle bears considerable resemblance to Kean, but there the likeness ends. His features are of a pleasing cast, and ca pable of no small share Jf expression, particularly the eyes and mouth. If the new performer reminds us of Kean in countenance, his voice invites a similar comparison with that which distinguished the Kemble family. It is thi n, weak, and more remarkable for bright and occasional shrillness, than body or richness of intonation. In the upper tones it frequently cracks, and assumes some thing of the tremulousness of manner peculiar to John Kemble. This whether the consequence of accident or imitation, has t he effect of reminding us too frequently of that great actor, and provoking a comparison in one pirti cuter which cannot be favourably sustained in others. Such are the personal qualities of Mr. Serle, possessing which he has undertaken the performance of the cha racter of Hamlet. His artificial acquirements are not of a much higher class or nearer perfection in their way. In the management of his voice he is not much more fortu nate than in its organic construction ; and if his person is not distinguished by symmetry, neither is his carriage re markable for grace. These are not precisely the requisites necessary to the due performance of Hamlet. With regard to the gift of genius—the --" divine particula sure," which in some instances has enabled its possessor to dis pense with the presence of the accidental advantages alluded to, or else to succeed in spite .of the want of them, we can not compliment Mr. Serle on its possession. Art has not done much for him—nature still leas ; and however he may succeed in characters of infcrior..importance, we do not consider him adapted for those Of a higher class. In the earlier scenes of the plait, and the less trying parts of the character, Mr. Serle displayed a correctness, and %t least an absence of glaring faults, which induced the hope of more positive excellence towards the conclusion; but this expectation was not realised. As the character ex paruled, tree powers of the performer appeared to contract, and the passages requiring most attention were principally inefficient. The best points were to be found in the scene with the players (the following soliloquy included), and in that of the play. The acting on either of these occasions was such as to draw down very considerable applr.use ; hut that scene which, for depth and intensity of feel ing, may be considered the trial-scene of Hamlet—we mean the interview with his mother—was poor and power less. There was effort without effect, and the many and earnest tattempts of the performer to reach the delicacies and master the difficulties of Mat overpowering situation, only carried him wider from the attainment of his object. All after this was positively bad. Before it—the address to the Ghost— .Angels and ministers of grace defend us," was any thing but happy, conveyed as it was on one knee, and after a pause of the true Kemble school as it regarded length. The advice to the players was tolerably correct, but the famous soliloquy on death cannot claim equal praise. ►►'e have thus particularised the most prominent merits and defects of the performance, in order that in the event of its repetition the latter may be corrected as far as the capabilities of the actor will admit of their amendment. ►►'e conclude as we set out, by observing that it is to a leis ambitious line of character Mr. Sale must direct his efforts if he desires those efforts to be successful. Time and study may do much, but at present he must leave the Hamlets and Othello' to other and higher actors. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Earl Spencer left town yesterday for Mr. Cartwright's seat, in Northamptonshire. . . WINDSOR, MONDAY, Nov. 28. Yesterday his Majesty and suite attended divine service in the private chapel, in the Royal Lodge. The service was performed by the Rev. Dr. Sumner. After the service, his Majesty proceeded in his phaeton to Windsor Castl e , where the King inspected the wcrks, which are proceeding with great forwardness. Ilia Majesty returned up the Long Walk to the Royal Lodge to dinner. ROYAL Ilt:NT.—This morning a fine deer was turned out at Slough, for the day's diversion. The morning being wet, it was not turned out so soon as it is in general. The deer at first took to the left, across the enclosures, towards Salllol, taking to the right towards Stoke Common, and again to the right by Lord Sefton's, and was taken after an hour's good sport. Great crowds were present at the turning out. Sunday afternoon, about four o'clock, Prince Leopold left his scat at Claremont, Esher, Surrey, for the King's Palace, Kensington, where his Royal Higbness dined with his Royal sister the Duchess of Kent, and afterwards the Prince proceeded to his residence in _ _ Satur . day the Earl of Harrowby and Baron Fogel left town for Droproore, on a visit to Lord Grenville. The Earl of Harrowhy returned to town yesterday, and arrived at his house in Grosvenor-square to dinner. The Earl of Liverpool was expected to arrive in town last night from Wilmer Castle. _ _ Mr. Secretary Canning is expected in town to-morrow, from the seat of Mr. Ellis, at Seaford, Sussex. Mrs. Peel's state of health continues — improving. The Plymouth Chronicle of Saturday last says—" We are much concerned to state that the banking-house of Sir William Elford, Bart. and Co. stopped payment yesterday. From the high respectability of the parties, it is to be hoped that the creditors will not be eventually losers." We have received a Bolton paper of the 2d instant. It contains no political news. Mr. Kean had arrived at New York. Twenty-cue mechanics from Portsmouth and Plymouth dock-yards are going out in the Royal Oak, to be em ployed in his 'Majesty's dock-yard at Bermuda. fitliLFY.—Our agriculttiral readers will perceive with pleasure that the opening of the ports for barley has not been productive of the depres,sion in price which many an ticipated. In the Edinburgh market yesterday the price of bar' - vas from Is. to Is. 6d. per boll higher than last mark. y, with a steady demand : one sample, uncom moulreme, wishing 20 stone, brought 3k. The quantity of bonded barley in the country has been stated at .300,000, but we have reason to believe that it does not exceed 260,000 quarters. Of this quantity 37,000 quarters are in Leith. and the total quantity in the different ports in the Forth will not probably be much above 60,000 quarters. Several sales have been effected at 21s. 6d. per boll, or 365. per quarter.—Edinturet Irrening Courant of Thursday. Yesterday morning. as one of the masons employed at the British Museum was working amongst the atones, one of them by some means slipped, and falling upon the poor fellow, broke one of his thighs. lie was immediately taken to one of the hospitals. There is perhaps no species of writing more fr . when it is really excellent, than the epistolary. l i t ;T: ientgtere.xwtrirTintaga:flort gular, that although COWPER way unhappily • e '; with a religious melancholy that threw a Ono m his pursuits, and more than once disordered hie ova his peculiar charm of his letters is their brillian t a nt ! quisite vivacity. Whenever his mind was at ease, to have been always buoyant, and whenever he ease , i t dom to his sentiments in his familiar con'ettpmelgence, are always expressed with liveliness, occimpanied, how. with an energy and force of conception, to which se r i admirable original nli m n O l d i e s l ' o l f u h e i l s . perfection: h e fell i e n w l AN ELECTION VISIT. " As when the sea is uncommonly agitated, the w an finds its way into creeks and holes of rocks, which in calmer state it never rea c h es , i n lik e manner the efre these turbulent times is felt even at Orchard-side, l e in general we live as undisturbed by the political else as shrimps or cockles that have been accidentally depo t , ' in some hollow beyond the water-mark, by the usual d ing of the waves. We were sitting yesterday after (lit the two ladies and myself, very composedly, and wit the least apprehension of any such intrusion, in our parlour, one lady knitting, the other netting, and the, tleman winding worsted, when, t o our unspeakable prise, a mob appeared before the window, a smart rap heard at the door, the boys hdloo'd, and the maid pounced Mr. G . Puss was unfortunately lam her box, so that the candidate, with all his good him his heels, was refused admittan ce at the grand entry, referred to the back door as th e on l y poss ib le Se approach. " Candidates are eseatures not very susceptible d i d and would rather, I suppose, climb i n at a w i ndow be absolutely excluded. In a minute the yard, the kit( en d the parlour, were filled. Mr. G---, adult toward me, shook me by the hand with a degree of diality that was extremely seducing. As soon as he at many as could find chairs were seated, he began to, the intent of his visit. I told him 1 had no vote, -which be readily gave me credit. I assured him I lir influence, which he was not equally inclined to bed and the less no doubt because Mr. G—, addre himself to me at that sam e mo men t, informed me el had a great deal. Supposing that I cou ld not b e posseeeed of such a treasure without kno w i ng i t , I ventured to con firm my first assertion, by saying that if I h a d any I we, utterly at a loss to imagine wh e r e it cou ld b e, or wherein ie consisted. Thus ended the conference. Mr. squeezed me by the hand again, ki sse d t h e l a di es, and withdrew. He kissed likewise the ma id i n t h e ki tchen, and seemed upon the whole a most l ov i ng , ki ss i ng, kind. hearted gentleman. He is very young, genteel, an d h an d. some. He has a pair of' very good eyes in Ins head, which not being sufficient as it should seem for the many nice and difficult purposes of a senator, he hail a third also, which he wore suspended by a riband from his button -hole. The boys halloo'd, the dogs barked, puss scampered; the hero, with his long train of obsequious followers, withdrew. We. made ourselves very merry with the adventure, and in a short time settled into our former tranquillity, never probably to be thus interrupted more. I thought mysell however happy in being able tc affirm truly, that I had se that influence for which he sued, and for Which, had I bees possessed of it, with my present views of the dispute be. tween the Crown and the Commons, I must have refused him, for he is on the side of the former. It is comfort to be of no consequence in a world where one cannot ee ercise any without disobliging somebody."—Hayley's Lift of Cowper, vol. iii. p. 242. In order to enjoy the beauties of nature, the mind man be to a certain degree pure ; it must be free from all se rious subject of self-reproach in its general habits, or it will not be susceptible of those finer devotional feelings which Cow r en displays in the following passages:— "01 I could spend whole days, and moon-light nights in feeding upon a lovely prospect! My eyes drink thn rivers as they flow. If every human being upon earth could think for one quarter of an hour, as I bare done for many years, there might perhaps be many miserable men among them, but not an unawakened one could be found, from the arctic to the antarctic circle. At present, tba difference between them and me is greatly to their ad.. vantage. I delight in baubles, and know them to be so; for, rested in, and viewed, without a reference to their Author, what is the earth, what wee the planets, what is the sun itself; but a bauble? Better fora man never to have seen them, or to see them with the eyes of a bree, stupid and unconscious of what he beholds, than not to be able to say , "rhe Maker of all these wonders is my friend !"leir eyes have never been opened, to sec that they are trifles; mine have been, and will be, till they art closed for ever. They think a fine estate, a large conserve. tot y, a hot-house rich as a West India garden, things of consequence; visit them with pleasure, and muse upon them with ten times more. lam pleased with a frame of four lights, doubtful whether the fete pines it contains will ever be worth a farthing ; amuse myself with a green house, which Loud Bute's gardener could take upon bit back, and walk away with ; and when I have paid it the accustomed visit, and watered it, and given it air, I ray to myself—' This is not wine, 'tis a plaything lent me for the present, I must leave it coon.' " We keep no bees; but if I lived in a hive, I should hardly bear more of their music. All the bees in the neighbourhood resort to a bed if mierionette, opposite to the window, and pay me for the honey they get out of It, by a bum, which, though rather monotonous, is as agree- Ale to my ear, as the whistling of my linnets. All the sounds that nature utters are delightful, at least in this country. I should not perhaps find the roaring of lions in Africa, or of bears in Russia, very pleasing ;but know no beast in England whose voice I do not account musical, save and except always the braying of an ast. The notes of all our birds and fowls please me, without one exception. I should not indeed think of keeping 3 goose in a cage, that I might hang him up in the pie lour, for the sake of his melody ; but a goose upon a common, or in a farm-yard, is no bad performer. And as to insects, if the black beetle, and beetles indeed dill hues, will keep out of my way, I have no objection Is any of the rest ; on the contrary, in whatever key they sing, from the gnat's fine treble to the bass of the humble. bee, I admire them all. Seriously, however, it strikes me as a very observable instance of providential kindness to man, that such an exact accord has been contrived be' tween his ear and the sounds with which, at least in a rural situation, it is almost every moment visited. Ali the world is sensible of the uncomfortable effect thee certain sounds have upon the nerves, and upon the spirits ; and if a sinful world had been filled with such as would have curdled the blood, and hose made the sense of hearing a perpetual inconvenience, 1 do not know that we should have a right to complain. — There is somewhere in infinite space a world that dote not roll within the precincts of mercy; ard as it is rep sonable, and even scriptural to suppose, that there is nee de in heaven, in those dismal regions perhaps the reset`; of it is found—tones so dismal as to make we Pwe more insupportable, and to acuminate even despair. .Bel . time to draw the nee , my paper admonishes me in good ' and to check the descent of coy fancy into deeps with wile site is but too familiar." consequently heti, th° a tis • for t os ho ,r u tens. a ;1 0 over non son, 111111 ; 5111° it be ve fr i s tl Ng te, tit bel low ev c i og DalyFS frotj . am wa l P" le e no , % eh in m Gm effi./ i coo , '*, when have laud ePolritei trial al (I t o, Rod ' dintiff r2"el witliOti fa i° 11 11' Fee. ; , Pp( the ge t , I to ible sin . rap n ing nail al, Dlr.' et out of riend i i amt itrY. aed 014 1 way ng aert Mil sula ems, ins 'ow ih nn co ., kitch en fecl Ivaneil ion e ''' d atli C ra: int : I tOopei l pie' rote, fi n one I had n Del believe, thtlo: fdressing " to that I wilt iosokersed ja 1 LITERARY GLKANINGS. No. I.llr. SONNET.-TO MARY. Mary ! I want a lyre with other strings, Such aid from heav'n as some have feign'd they drew An eloquence scarce giv'n to mortals, new And undebas'd by +raise of meaner things, That ere through age or wo I shed my wings, I may record thy rat!' with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And that immortalizes whom it sings. But thou halt little need. There 14 a book By seraphs writ with beams of heashily On which the eyes of God not rarely look, A chronicle of actions just and lirsght : Three all thy deeds, my faithful Mary. shine, And, since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mice. . _ From the Thililin Correspondent re barn. thgt 01 ' last Catholic Meeting was attended by abo:it members. VP - ' oaC ..--• the the use