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'0; 4 ir ' 0•: ) ) ' ; COLOMBIAN LOAN. THE FOURTH HALF-YEARLY DIVIDEND on thin LOAN will be paid on the Int of 31A Y neat, and on every eitereeding day, between the bourn of ten and four, at the office of 31e.vni. Herring, Graham and Powles, No. 3, Freeman's court, ( ~r llllll. The Dividend Warrants are to be left for inspec tion one• day previous to payment, aCColinpatiled by a Ltat, in OU nierical m 11?. April I. 11124. COI. I IIBE OF EXCH. Anktert!ani C. F. II 19 Ditto, at sight - II If, Itottrri!:tai 12 It Antwerp . - 12 4 Ilanthiirvh - 37 is A Itonn - 37 It - Park, :1 days' Wight 25 44 1 Into - - 26 70 Pinitetleana - 26 70 fterliti - 7 10 Frankfort-on-the-Main Vitli Peteriliiirgli - 0 Vienna - - 10 A Trieste - - 10 5 Madrid - 30, ( - Ai, . 3:4 Wilma - 3:ii ItanTlona - 3:ii Neville 3.11 tlibraltar - - :lit!, Ni; ERDA Y. ..... ___. 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I.lr..losiles; Lorene., 1 . .I.or .l Pt ilrtivel, Mr. %bleat Me.j.ir leStittnnon. Sir. t ,ni nor: cornet (',aunt eernsine„ Mr. Vette; Spada, Mr. inAllellkld. I .2111,4 Neut...., Mrs. Inn entiort; Love Anse awvh u new Eityptlnii /tonnitnee, called sI.IIIIIS Or, Tilt: INI NiDATIox Or TiE NILE:. VIE.ITRE 11()) ; .117, - 1:..\/ - ()1'1:11:1-110USE. Mlt. \I VIAIENS AT !Wm), Thi+ Ey, • •. s vrt , itpxy. Aprd N. IYltll his ANNUAL I. lA' ri It o n pka•I3.IAHITIF:s, cIi.MAcTER, and NIA F.NEItS; rounded on 01. cr. i ~,, +aud Adventures during his lat. •rllll. 1 . 4) .rontit In Three Parts. Pater M.— 4 M•dlopedyl , stne. railed .Al.l. AT NATUIIITOCIIF:S.' all tn. I nano...turbot thy rAtoolio. votertainoteot to be represented 1.) Mr M Weds t.. be opened at s..,en Perfurulance begins at Eight tit•inek. •14.css to hr taken .4 Mr. Mrvensoll. at the Pox Ottee, Strand lat. t front Ton till Five. ;•111-es t be 1(.1 , 1 after huifirnst Eight •.• Tttr Proprietor te.evettnily tillartas the frequenters iir the 'rheatre. that their e.atslnt t has 1.4'11 fog thee studied by the additi st .1.1 Mt. Persins's .......t p..Nertoll u anis icr.3Luves. NEW7WIMEY THEATRE. This rvenlng, StTl'lll)%l', Aprit a new Spectacle. called THL t ow, THE I' tit tHlsr. or THL PARIS. After w h7ch . . iiLeW Barletta. awned PLOTS IN MADRID; ur. TOE PAINTY:IPS STUDY. Ta eotselude with anew Meln-Dnune. railed T.IE .. WRECKERS. The approbation' mattlft-Arkl tiwthrti. the Perfoortitanees of thl* Mout, W.A.., II powsible, more etaillussitAt it last night tht.o 011 the night tore w Iwo.. I ..11atrly oil the iltienihtt of the doors. the Pit 111111 ( ;a:- / were Almost instantly overflowing; and the Boxes, 'whore the at, eh ..f the Prrst Act. were well mod fashionably tilled. Frout the I..easorr excited by •• The hlrth-ltuy." the Ulll,lllllllll applause at t.•lAant 011 II OM, Of the A fric.th Slave." and the roars of laughter 0,... wooed by the C • Mutton ........ the whwie will be rept:ate,' 12. a 1-11.111114. S.II)LEI(s WELLS 7WEATRE. This Evenina. s %TERI) t‘'. Aprll 21, THE BIRTH-11A V. After which a 111.1{ grand noonott it Mrlo-Drama. called ()HA; or. THE Al HICAN sLAA £. lit,,. Mr. It, litoble. With Ow urn I' • l'u line of THE EASTER OFFER' : or, II lilt I:OI.DEN HARVP4T. l'hree Mr•ons Auld, N. Kirby. and Itartlett : three Palo t 111.1.1111. Messrs. Jouar. trod Ilendernon; three (10%114. VAriland. Kith), tool ttalhourn; three Columbine'. Mitu, K trio, and M. Pla.o. And Private Box:, to IK taken of Mr. Parker. at the RON4.ffire. %Mite Manager, Mr. Vining. TI se Pll ESS CMltiticnced . 111:i1/411111g yesterday morning at rive o'clock. LONDON, SVITIMAY, Aralt. 21 , , 1844. The :'aril Papers of Wednesday, with Thursday's /Nile, reached our office yesterday. The Etude, which for seve ral months has been harping on South America, contains Nline new-fangled statements from the Madrid Gazelle-- a most unworthy authority—on the present state of Co lombia. These accounts are stated, by the Madrid paper, to have been received by the Spanish Government from Pm - to Rico, and to have been transmitted to that island folio the Cumin, lit. They profess to be dated the Sth of February, and state, " that the p‘eple of those countries, c'::.-ged iv ith the yoke of the revolutionists, everywhere 13 throw it Mr-- that Grits of love and fidelity to th- wretched tyrant of Spain are beard in all placea. " Si retutuni udmis.i ristim teneatis." CAI any one acquainted with these countries, read these ad..; of invi talon with feelings of any thing but utter is crishility and contempt? This account goes on to say, that r • only 2,0911 men in arms in all Venezuela—that the r.st hale deserted — that the fortresses of l'uerto 11 iiaeaibo, and umana, were nearly without ganisons, mai orders had been given to withdraw all the " materiel . ' to O w snail' of the Apttra. Tla.se ibsposiMnis indicate (the I'.; er a•lds), an intention to tall back on Aranita. it. ea.:. 4,1 nivasi•in, by the royalists? Where, we ;4,1 , are tile invaders to he to ? There is 110 force in 4 :I :its equal to tke attempt, sir more than sufficient to re iin unvertalti possession of that extensive island. Since N'etat!es and his nillowers were driven out of t;olombia, sit Pe:, rte I 'aliello taken by storm, the Spaniards have not as Melt of that arr'itory in their p, 'session ; nor is there 1, , ,w a Spaaisli soldier in arms throughout that vast Re p:bile. Where then is: the danger ?or sann what is it to miless the themselves, who, during pest y,-ars of strife and danger, bore arms in the cause of I.ls-1! V, 3114 i :;11111.11.11 to the ttepubli.., until 'very enemy wis 11!..%eti ire n its soil, should now, in their day of traanipli sAturity, prow suddenly tired of freedom slid row tlg prosttiesity, and sigh for the happiness of Spanish I yrdmiy a-al monopoly ? Though the illustrious iltuiivar is ill Peru, lie left the ivernment of Colombia and ttled, befcre he sail, 41. Inc talcs, there! ere, of:lt,, Ho'', l;a:e•ite, and its ally, the /Lode, are desti- Cite of even probability ; but both these Journals base dealt :11 these fraudulent inventions months. and unable to snake any Other war. the l'aris and Madrid Cabinets have put these journals its eaussiiissicts. Southern America, eshausted by a linsi4 and desolatin t r coat i it. may fora while feel domestic pressure bi :Ivy. but would Spanish tvramsy renew her resoureet, or the lairthetis her people be lighter irritkr the iron yoke of Ferdinand, and the faitsties who now desolate and oppress the mot h e r country , that: they are under a free government ? flostrmatti's r, tut to Franc', by the late , t aeenittits, is spoken of as ce•tain ; and 111:tru•anit, the l'n! .• of I: 3 , ,msa, i s now as his sure, I,or. IL, Sunday. the -Ith of April, our thymus. lett. is •-,ays, Frusitli Si assassin:did by ,:i t atniards. lii so :am:min:try crimes, i; a ad, arc now but too fr, (wont. F. rilinand was to have ha en at Tol do till the 9111 ; ihr Ficncli were to actemipany him, and Limir head-sin:a:yrs were to be at that city durisig his stay. Orders were already given, as at Aranju. not to setter any person to eon r the city 0:1110111 the tyrct's permis sion. '('ho tetura of the French garil,s e-•rps to France WAS looked for. Among, Cie Sitriiard:, already ansmisitin : ; to tt)o lin are to take th, it phu:, 111 r • aro s'- Vera' French ; in fact, Spain is now a mere province of France, where tla• Frs.lich Cmmand! r is:sits:duteous.' the I!espot is a mere mimic'. in his hands, suffered lice:is:on:illy to indulge his lei jiclioes :mil his 1 . price. General haired to the French at•pi•als v• ry day gaining : till parties are now eraduallv Illlit,ta in that lei ling, and the F. itch 11 - 6014 may soon have a most date:, loos and. IJOI - within the l'yreace•. A most important and interesting ►roper, issued from tl:c Treasury, has been laid Oils Session tut the table of the House of Cotrmnns , and has bel a printed I.y order of the House. It contains au account of die vital net revenue of t;restliritain, exclusive of ►owns, from the year 17SG to tat►, with the expenditn:c of the c..urtr7 durirs thcs years, so as to exhibit the actual surplus cri expenditure or the actual revenue to meet expenditure in each of thes e l successive years. The document is one of the utmost in terest: it brings under review the entire revenue and ex penditure of this great country, during near forty years that have passed by, commencing about the cle:e of the American war, entailed on Great Britain during Lord North's inglorious and ruinous administration, and carried from nearly the commencement of Mr. Pitt's possession of power to the commencement of the war springing from French Revolution in 1791, and proceeding through the entire of that unparalleled contest to its final close in 1814 and IHIS, and then tracing the gradual prosperity of the country during near nine years of uninterrupted race up to the present period. From this document it appears that the expendi , nue of Great Britain, contrasted with the two last years I that tie:44l,l.er memorable conflict, has been diminished in jthe momirous stun of about sixty millions annually ; and in iliac, of a deficiency, in 1141 1 of near thirty-eight mil lions sterling, and in 11415 of near thinks -five millions, there is in the present year a clear surplus of upwards of six millions, with a vast reduction of the burdens of the iconntry, applicable as an effective sinking fund to the annual diminution of the debt, contracted in years of fore inn contest and unparalleled exertion. This speaks volumes as to the prosperity, the resources, and the pros pects of this great country, and diffuses the utmost con fidence and happiness throughout the empire. In 1786, when America was lost, and we were struggling against lly Ike Ali, and fighting in the Camatic for empire and actual existence in the East, the entire revenue of Great Britain amounted to little more than fourteen millions six hundred thousand pounds. In 1794, when we embarked in the mighty contest against France, which was then at the height of its Revolution, the resources of the country, pplicable to the vast expense, scarcely ex ceed, ol eighteen millions, and the deficit, to be made up by loans and other resources, a flied to near eight millions. In 1914, at an interval of twenty years, when the great closing effort was made, which, with united Europe, rallied at our samtnons, and, animated by our resources, brought with it destruction to the power of Imperial France, and put her capital in the possession of the confederates, the expenditure of Great Britain had swelled up to t hel unexampled amount of near 110 millions sterling, with a monstrous deficiency on the re venue and expo inhume to the amount of near thirty-eight millions ; and in 1915, when Napoleon broke from his exile at Elba, and had his hopes of empire trampled by our soldiers in the dust at Waterloo, the expenditure of this country fell little slim of the monstrous sum of the preceding year ; it amounted to near 107 millions, while the deficiency to he made up was near 36 millions sterling. From that me morable period to the present. the country has been gradually rising to its present proud state of universal confidence .end prosperity. The revulsion from war to peace brought for a while, as was expected, de pression and partial discontent in its train ; but each suc cessive year was one of decreasing expenditure, and of re duod burthens and increasing hope to the people. The clouds that lowered around the country soon cleared away, and gradually brightened into the glorious and animating day of prosperity that has now risen over Great Britain. In 1816, the first year of peace, the deficiency had fallen sixteen millions. In 1817, there was a sur plus of rev. , nue over expenditure, of near nine hun dred thousand pounds. In Isis, from some reductions made, and the depression that then existed throughout the the country, the deficiency between revenue and expen diture exceeded a million one hundred and ninety thou sand pounds: but for the last six }eats, thought every year slimiest has brought with it large reductions of taxation, there has been an increasing surplus. It rose by degrees from eight hundred thousand pounds to a ; and front that, in 11424, to near three millions. In 1823 it hail swelled to near five, and in 1821 to more than six millions sterling; this, too, with several millions of taxes repealed in Great Britain, and no direct taxes paid in Ireland whatever. Yet amid this reduction, the revenue of the country has greatly increased: in 1818 it was little more than 45 millions; in 1823 it was 50 millions seven hundred thousand pounds and upwards; and in 1824 the resources; and prosperity of Great Britain are so much in creased that it amounts to near 54 millions five hundred thousand pounds. Thus, in thirty-eight years, from 1786, the resources of the empire have been quadrupled ; they have swelled from 11,000,000 and about 630,0001. to 51,473,8511. ; and from 1791, our first year of war, they have been trebled ; while, in place of a deficiency of near 33 millions in our last year of contest, and of near 19 millions in the succeeding one of 1816—the first year of peace, we have now, with the property tax, and a whole host of burthens beside reduced, in place of a monstrous; deficiency, the large surplus applicable to the debt of the country of more than six millions sterling. This is a proud and a consoling state of things: it tonne the great triumph of Ministers, and has secured the present unquestioned popularity they enjoy with the country at harp.. With a mighty empire in the East, and immense possessions in the Western hemis phere—with a commerce spread on every sea, and an in tbrence paramount not only in Europe, but throughout the eiviiiz:d world, unexampled happiness and prosperity have also settled over our own shores. The present history of Great Britain is one of unparalleled greatness, wealth, and glory ; and it is founded on a basis that deserves to endure, and is likely to last for ages of greatness and power to come, for it has been fairly acquired : it is supported by freedom, by national character, and national energy and industry, directed by liberal and enlightened councils. WINDSOR, FRIDAV, This being St. George's Day, and the day appointed for the celebration of his Majesty's birth-day, the morning was ushered in with ringing of bells, and other demon strations of rejoicing took place in the course of the day. At one o'clock, a double royal salute was discharged by the military. A grand dinner and other entertainments are to take place in the Town-hall in honour of the day. The weather being very stormy, the King has not yet left his C.nee. The Dacliess of I:loucester and a select party dined with the Princess Augusta yesterday. Yesterday the Princtss Sophia visited the Princess Augusta. Sir I:vorge Smart is to conduct the grand performance of Sacred Mollie at t;reotwieh Church on the 13th of May. BRIGHTON, Aran. zt.—Although this town cannot 'toast of that gaiety and fashion which abo I here during the Royal presence, yet it is at this moment very full; indeed fuller of strangers than it is remembered to have been at any former Easter. Amongst the most distin guishes' visitors are many Members of Parliament, who have come down to enjoy here the interval of breathing time front Parliamentary duties which the recess allows. Eat 1 Bathurst is here, with his family, since the commence ment of the week. Sir J. Newport, Sir 11. Parnell, Sir Thomas Acland, and Mr. Croker, arc also atnongst the vial tors to this fashionable and favourite watering-p'ace. The influx of City folk has been really prodig ious . One would think that Cheap s id e an d it s vicinity h all literally poured out its population to spend their Easter seek on the Swine of litigliton. Were it not for the " high sea-beaten beach," the Pavilion, the Chain-pier, and a few other landmarks that remind one that this is 14W:tom you might easily believe that you were in London; it is quite the Metropolis in miniature. The principal promenade, at present, is Ireland-gardens. The plantations are laid out with great ornament and taste. A cricket-ground adjoins, in which that manly sport is kept up with great spirit throughout the day. The price or admission to these gardens is some what teo high, which prevents the attendance from being as numerous and as profitable as it otherwise would be. The Theatre opened on the Easter Monday. It has been pretty well attended, although neither tile performances nor the actors are above an extreme mediocrity of merit. The promenade on the Stcine has been greatly interrupted hy the laying of gas-pipes through it. An occasion of smite 'alter week than that of Easter luight have been selected for this purpose; it is extremely inconvenient to the visi- I tors. Lord Save-and-Me, Lord EArttoont, Lord and Lady ! Louvaine, and the Marquis of Ilertt . ord, are amongst the j nobility sojourning here at Iniacht. Mrs. Fitzherbert and ;h., Veautifid Mim Seymour are also here. They leave this tut Mrs. Fitzheatert b hunse, Tikey-strect, London, on Saturday. HIS M.IJESTY'S BIRTIf-DAI. Our Most Gracious Majesty's birth-day, who cempletes his 6241 year on the Nth of August next, was celebrated yesterday (St. George's Day) with every demonstration of joy ; the mornin g was , as usua l, u shered in by the ringing of hells, and the display of flags, with the Royal standard of the Inited Kingdom, from the ste(ples of the diffit-elit churches, the Tower, and other public buildings ; the day wa n sa e l . ro observed as a h o liday at the Bank, Stock Ex c!lng and other public oflices. Exactly at one o'cloek a double royal salute was fired in St. James's lark, and also at the Tower Wharf. At twelve o'clock three hogsheads of strong beer were given at the gate of the Horse Guards, to the public, to drink his Majesty's health : the Guards had all new cloth ing for the occasion, as well as all the Royal servants, the Band of Musicians doing duty at the Palace, mounted guard in a State dress. The King's Watermen, the Ge neral Postmen, and Twopenny-post boys, had all new ' liveries. All the mail-coaches newly, ainted and varnished, I with their horses with new harness, and the drivers and guards in new splendid scarlet and gold liveries, as s embled at the hack of Mr. ViOler's, (the manufacturer of mail coaches) in Milbank -street, ‘Vestminster, it being the (lay on which the proprietors vie with each other who shall produce the best set of horses, &c. A great number of judges of horses assembled on the occasion, and were enter t-rtained by Mr. Vidler with a sumptuous cold collation. The drivers and guards assembled on a grass-plat, and, being uncovered, drank the King's health in bumpers of port, with three cheers, after which they retired to prepare for their usual grand procession. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. Lord and Lady Cwydyr had a dinner party yesterday at their house in Piccadilly. The thichcas a Northumberland has issued cards of invitation for her first grand rout on Thursday, the 6th May, at Northuruber. lam! House. Mrs. Wm. Fremantle will give a rout on the 30th inst., at her house in Stanhope-street, May-fair. The lion. Wm. Booth Grey entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-street. The Earl of Arran had a select dinner party yesterday at his house in Dover -street; in the evening her Ladyship had a card party. The Duchess of Gloucester had a large party of fashionable, on Thursday evening, at Gloucester !louse, Park.lane. The Igarquis of Bundy arrived on Thursday at his new resi dence in Lower Grosvcnor-street. from Kimbolton Castle; her Ladyship and fatally are expected in a few days. Countess de Grey arrived yesterday at her house in St. James's square, from her scat, l'ultency licath. Sir Charles and Lady Long have left town for their scat, Brom ley-hill. Kent. Lord Francis Osborne has arrived in town from his scat, Maids Morton, Bucks. Capt. D'Actli, R.N. left B'arren's Hotel, Regent-street, yes tenlay, for Kent. Mrs. Fitzlierbert has arrived at her house in Tilney-street, from Brighton. Rev. Mr. Crewe has arrived at his house in Park-street, from Cl.eshire. f.nnl Sidney has left town, for his seat, Frognall, Kent. The Earl and Countess of Scarborough and family have arrived at their house in Portman-square, from their seat in Yorkshire. Capt. Hutchinson left town yesterday for Itelvoir Castle. Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street:—Mr. and Mrs. Garnett and family, from Manchester; the Hon. S. Barnwell, from Paris; Robert Stewart, Esq. from Oxford; J. Page, Esq. f his seat, Kent ; (apt. Stewart, 15th hussars, from Lord Grant ley's seat, Weiner's!), Surrey. Departures:—The Hon. P. Twisle ton, for Ramsgate ; Robert Noel, Esq. for his seat in Surrey ; D. Barclay, Esq. for his scat in Surrey ; Mr. and Mrs. Williamson and family, for Paris; and A. Newton, Esq. for Southampton. Departures from Read's lintel, bower Grosvenor-street :—Capt. and Mrs. Hc,tir, for Bath ; James Maule, 1:n. fur Paris; and Capt. Platt, B.N. for Piirstilouth. P.IRI S. Irnom OUR CO-RMESPONDENT.I PARIS, APRIL 20. The bold measure of the Finance Minister, in reducing lea rents one-filth, has excited a strong sensation here, and occupies the public mind to the exclusion of every other subject. You will perceive by the French papers the manner in which this measure was received by certain Members of the Chambers: it confirms the discontent of many, and creates the resentment of more; but the 1 , /tm party is too strong for any Opposition to raise its voice with any hope. No Ministers could ever wish to be sup ported by a party of more devoted and submissive ad herents then the present. The majority receive the law from their leaders with a docility that is quite delightful ; they seem to have no property in their own ideas, but void them just as they receive them, as children do cherry-stones. We are told by!' I.A en, that " When a %clife man resolves. on any measure, be does not consider whether it be followed by life or death, but whether it bejad." But a eri.re man is a very different sort of being in our time, and is made up of very different materials from those which compounded him in the days of Plato. Mankind have greatly improved since this Athenian philosopher was on the stage ; two thousand years have gone over their heads; this is a ton:e interval for edification, and we have made the most of it. The result is, that we of this age are far wiser in oer genera tion than the children of light. A prurient minister, in France at least, never concerns himself whether a measure be.juit, nor whether it be followed by life or death : so long as it is followed by a mojorita it is enough. If his legions are properly seated a la rustle, he may carry any proposition, no matter what; and a stronger phalanx of worshippers than at present never blessed the dynasty of the Bourbons. The weather has again brightened—the hue of Spring is deepening—the wardrobes are made to give up their lightest and liveliest dresses,—and the Parisians appear for the moment, as far as outward seeming goes, to have forgotten that there ever were such things as clouds or cares in the world. To form an opinion, however, of the French cha racter from that of the Parieians, would be to Conn it upon a very defective basis ; the outward decorums of society are better observed) here than in London—l mean in the streets: disease and drunkenness are not so conspicuous, and these are great drawbacks itpon . 710111* character for re finement. I always defend Old England with all the warmth of prejudice which 1 feel for my native land, whenever its habits and manners are attacked ; but an un welcome whisper of conscience tells me—and I am cum strained to admit the fact—that in our great metropolis, 1 , vice forces itself more carelessly, and inure constantly, on public observation than it does here; and Bees e is, I think, quite right, when he affirms that " vice itself loses half its evil, by losing all its grossnese." The lower classes here are certainly more literary than with you, or at least have a greater fo n dness for reading ; many of them can relish the classic beauties of Fontaine and Fenelou, and devote their intervals of leisure to sub jects of local and natio:nil history. But knowledge is everywhere making rapid strides ut s late years. In ;LT many, at Frederickfeld, near Berlin. the school established by Monsieur L. Ds Esnow, and called Eeele de Cant rogue., prospers well, and may be productive of great good effect. It was avowedly instituted for the education of destitute and orphan children, and furnishing s them with such a share of instruction as would qualify them to be come useful members of society. It is !linned en the be nevoli ut precerlott of the numerous charitable foundations in England. The term country school—r.soh• dr cam /vague—was adopted in prokrence to charity school, to avoid any humiliating association being coma:end with their origin in after-life. At Liabon an elementary t sta blisliment has been founded, under the superintendence of L Crete, who was previously sent by the For tuguese Government to Paris, to qualify liimeelf for the charge. This establ:shinent is suffieb nt to r, ceive 400 orphans, and to initiate them in the rudiments of use ful science. Whether these seminaries, with the many others that are set on foot in the different nations of the Continent, are to be viewed with approbation or alarm, is to me doubtful. If the )(milt el the nation are through these means to be trained to habits of active industi.v, and fitted to become intelligent and serviceable members of society, in this case all is well, and their utility cannot be over-rated. But if, on the other hand. they are to be made a leading part of the system by which it is int e nd e d t o restore the dominion of the Priesthoial ; and if the Priests theinselves—the drill-sereeants of despotism—are to recruit their ranks from the trained bawls of the rising generation, then arc they full of peril to the interests of religion, to th e cause of frtedom, and to the happiness of mankind. A Dublin paper of IVetlnesday says Lord Norbury ban not given iu his resignation. WORKS OF ANCIENT ART. Subjoined is a list of the works of art belonging to the Papal Gov( rinnunt, which were taken from Rome by the French in 1797, and carried to Paris. Besides these, five hundred manuscripts were taken from the Vatican Library. The Vatican \lnscuw was also Apoi4rl of medals, pr;nts, cameos, and Christian antninith s, intliTendcutly of the valuable articles siirretuhroil order the armistice previous to the Treaty of To!, tuit:o. of art were restored to Itothe '.51,198 francs were placed at defraying the costs of such re In thy year Isl.; th,s . v works ; and by the Treaty of Paris the disposal of Canova, for STA• The Torso Belvedere. Antiootil ditto. Hermits, with a Child in his ulna. suppo.ed to Apollo Itelvedere. laocuon, ditto. 31eleager. A C010...al Nile, in a recumbent posture. A Colossal Tiber. (!lenpatra, or rather Ariaane. I.leninsthenta, in a bitting pas- ture. Trajan, ditto. Potodippus, ditto. Menander. II ygeia. Phocion, the Athenian General. An Amazon. A crouching Vcnua. Paris. Apollo, with him Lyre. The Nine 31usea. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. Ditto. 41 A CoblltAld Melpomene. A Semi-Colmisal (:(rev. Sphinx of I lrielital Granite. Another, ditto. Sardanapalus. A Priest. Tiberius. A u gusto& A I)iccobolua. Ditto. Urania, in a aitting posture, Ow palms high. Cere•, five palms high. Antinous rapitolinus. Apollo, with the If ippogreph. Group of Cupid and Pysche. A dying Gladiator. iuro. Pandora. Fannin ; by Praxiteles. Zeno. Flora. Vinus. Menelaus. Itlinerva. Cato and Portia. Tragedy. Con:etly. Jupiter. Jupiter Serapit. A ntinoua. Iladrianus. Oceanus. A riadne. Alexander. Marcus Brutus. Junius Brutus, in bronze. A Sarcophagus, with figures of the Nine Muses, in has relief. Another, ditto, representing the Triumph of the Nereids. Antinowt, represented as an Egyptian Idol. Torso of Cupid. A Statue of Ilygeia of " Nem A mien." A Youth, extracting a thorn from his foot, in bronze. A Candelabra, with intaglios. Another ditto. Another ditto, A circular Altar, with Baccha nalian& A Tripod, in marble, with intaglios. A Onto's, with embillishmenta. Another ditto. A entitle Chair. Another ditto. A capacious Vase, or Bell of 1 la.alt. Another Tripod, in marble. An ancient Seat of Russo An. tico. Another ditto. PAINTINGS. The Transfiguration; by Raphael. A Madonna of Foligno ; by Raphael. Si. Petronilla ; by Guercino. St. Jermne ; by Dotnenichino, A dead Christ carrying to the Sepulchre ; by Caravaggio. t dead Christ, from the church of St. Francesco Aripa ; by Carracci. St. Erasmus; by Poussin. Martyry ; by Valentino. The Ladder of St. Benedict Iby Andrea Sacchi. The Miracle of the Corporal Fortuna ; by Guif o. St. Gregory ; by Carracci. Descent from the Cross ; by Borroccio. The Virgin in Heaven ; by l'erugino. The Virgin crowned ; by Raphael. A Chiaroscuro, representing the Three Virtues ; by Raphael. St. Cecilia; by Raphael. The Martyrdom of St. Agnes ; by Dotnenichino. The Rosary ; by Dimenichino. St. Petronim ; by Cavedone. The Massacre of the Innocents ; by Guido. The Purification of the Virgin ; by Guido. The Annunciation ; by Guido. The Circumcision ; by Guercino. St. Joseph asking pardon of the Virgin ; by Tiarini. The Ansumptitn ; by Hannibal Carracci. The Apparition of the Virgin ; by Hannibal Carracci. ('heist calling St. Matthew ; by laidovico Carucci. The Virgin appearing to St. Dominick ; by L. Carr:m:6.—&c. LICENSED VICTUALLERS. A meeting of the licensed victuallers was held yesterday at the Freemasons"Pavern, pursuant to advertisement, to consider of the propriety of petitioning Parliament against the fill now pend ing in the House of Commons, to enable brewers to sell beer by retail. The Chairman, Mr. CUTHBERT, explained the objects of the meeting. Ile said it was to induce the licensed victuallers of die metropolis to attend to their own interests, which would be mate. rially affected by the Bill now in progress through the House of Commons, and for the purpose of Itetitioning the House that such Bill might not pass lino a law. 'I he Bill was to enable any indi. vidual to brew and sell beer without the cognizance of a Ma. gistrate ; and the only restriction that acerompanied it was, that the beer should be taken a little way from the premises and drank. But this restriction could be easily evaded. Any person who wished might go and sit on a bench near the brewhouse, and drink any quzotity of beer; or the brewer might have a friend or relation who resided opposite his brewory, and every accommodation might be there prepared for those who drank the beer. The object of the Meeting was to endeavour to prevent from being put into execution a plan which would so greatly injure the licensed victuallers, who were a large and respectable body, and who had an immense ea pital embarked in the trade. It would be for the Meeting to con sider whether the best mode of proceeding would be by petitioning or otherwise. Mr. SE Ix regretttil that the Meeting was not more numerously attended; it was to hint a subject of surprise that the publicans could slumber over this business while a storm was over their heads. The present measure tended to deprive the licensed vic tuallers of their property, some more and some less than others ; but generally to an entinuoos extent. Vet there was no complaint on the part of the public that they could not be supplied on suf. liciently reasonable terms. It was true, it had been asserted in Parliament that the publicans were getting a profit of lid. on ever/ pot of beer, end it .vas not to be wondered at if his Majesty a Ministers had been led astray by this misstatement ; but the profits of the publicans were much less, and seldom exceeded three farthings, instead of three halfpence. It was true that the brewer would be obliged to pay two guineas more than the publican for his licence; but this was very little compared with the difference of expense incurred by the two • and although the brewer would not be allowed to sell beer on the premises, this obstacle there was MO many ways of evading, that it would be of no etlbet. The brewer was also prevented front selling any beer but what he him self brewed, and the pe,ailty was certuoily very high for such an offence; but still it would be must injutious to the interests of the publicans. It was for that body to consider whether they ought not to rise and evade the blow that threatened. lle thought that something should be done infmediately to prevent, if possible, the Bill front passing into a law ; and Ite hoped that the Meeting would form fnmi among the respectaiile body which they repre. sent Nl, a Committee on the subject. Mr. SE t.t . then proposed the two following Resolutions, which were carried iman in tously :- Ist. 'film the outing feel fully persuaded that the Bill now be tore the House of 'millions, to citable brewers to retail boor, tends greatly to injure the interests of the licensed victuallers, and ear nestly hope that said Bill will not be allowed to pass into a law. That a Committee he appiMited, to consist of eleven per sons, with p..wtr to :old to their numb: r, to watch the progress of said Bill, and to call a meetmg of the trade whenever it shall be deemed nesessary, Tilt' CII AI it 31 A observed, that it would be for the Committee to decide whether it were better to petition the House of Com. mons against the Bill, or to pray to be Leant against it by 'ounsel. 31r. ST Evil r xsraid, th:tt he knew the libt ruhty of the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, and was sure that lie would du what WII% right. . . .11 r. !••• t. t• also corhylhnt•vitt...l the contlitct of the Chancellor of the Es.ehequer. 31r. Vaysi.t: v said, he believed that it was Alit. Calv...rt who had stated in Parliament that the pruiir of the public:iris Ng,: 10. in every :al., and it ails not to he wonder ail at that Ins 3:itiesty's .11inisters had listened to such an assertion coming trout such a source. Ile ( Ir. Vtiwsle ) was happy that the (smutty had at the head of the ,Itlitlinistration, persotis or the most liberal and the best priociples, ( hear, brar,) :aud who, lie wits sure, could not lce au - are of the mischievous tendency or the Iltll. Ile be :revert the thinness of the Meeting wit, owing tiny:tin:lly to a Icrliet that it wits useless to oppt.se the Bill, because it was brotight forw.rel by the I . ll,incellor of the I.xcheepter, who, it was supposed, could carry any measure he wished ; but th? only °Meer of the rather:ins . was to convince him that the service he would render the City would not he er,ual to the iojtiry he would iidlict un a numerous' and rerlrectable hotly of met.. A 'onitiiittee or elesTil 14 - 1,111111 was then appointed, and it was agreed tl:at they should meet on Monday vest, at the house of the Chairman, who liberally offered a room lot the purpose, at :211, Berner's-street, asford-stroet. A subscription W entered into far defraying any expenses that !nigh attend on their proc,vdiogs. Thanks were noted to 1I r. l'itthhert ant Mr. Self, for their ex ertions on behalf of the publicans, and the \l. ctiit se parated. It has been at length determined by the Middlesex Ma- 1 gistrates to erect a separate prison fur the reception oi l females only, the total cost of which will not, it is sup-1 posed, be much less than to,oool, besides the perman ent ! annual expense fer keep try, inatrens, &c. LOSS OF FOUR 1 ATIISII VESSELS AT TERCEIRA, ()NA OF THE AZORES. The rchonner Lord Wellirgton, Geer *loop Jane, Johnson; schooner Cotinting., Talbot; and schooner Swift, Pearson, were wrecfed at Teregira during a violent gale, on the night of the 30th ult., the en as saved, except one man belonging to the Lord Welliewon. The following to a copy of a letter from the !autain-f ;:•rer.l, efierio.g Itis frieedly assistance on the oecanion:— " Hilliard Alton, Fay., his Caitannic 31ajcsiy's Vice Consul, and Agent to Lloyd's, Terceira. " sir—This moment (seven o'clock), I am informed of the disalthrA which have occurred to four English Yesstls, as also o r your havirg called upon me at day-light, and that my servants objected to wake nie. I have been much afflicted at their eon. duct. To the Harbour 31,1sier I have given orders to reader every possible assistance to elite the remains of the vessels. To the Custom-house I have also given orders, to allow the effects that niav be saved to be placed in their warehouses. V ow may send me' word what more you tray wish Is e to do for the benefit of your countrymen and our good friends. My person, my money, my servants , are all ready ; for my duty and my a ff ection to the English nation, and for the frier.dship with which I remain, " Sir, your constant and obliged servant, BARON HA VILLA HA PRAIA, Captain-01=mi." (Signed) EAST INDIA SHIPPING. The East India Company't hhip. Kellie Castle, arrived off the Right yesterday ; bile left Cla:na the %tit Dcretnber, and St. He lena the .sth Match. The Repulse. which was despatched from Chins/311 the tub De c e ber . arrived at St. 1 k Jena tl;e :alt March. The 'Thomas Grenville, in ommany with the Princess Char. lotto of \Vales, arril t d afl Ikachy Head yesterday • Th e Thomas Grenville sailed from Iteng , il the 22d December, from Madras 2,1 January. and from St. lidera nth :llarch. The floruitia, from Bengal, arrived at St. De &I March. SHIPPING INTE I,LIGENCE. FROM LI.OIIYS LIST. FALMOUTH, APRIL 21.—Artivcd the Unity, Lanfery, from Cette, in forty-on? days. _ PLTMOtrill. Aran. 21.—Arriets1 the Merchant, Wilson, horn Charente; Dart, White, from London; liero, Morris, in iwoty days from Terceira; and Ebenezer, front Seville. PORTSMOUTH. A PH IL Hived his Majesty's ship ,)s.p lT , front a cruise ; noon Easile, Thacker, from London, for Int!.a ; and Le Charles, nuilpert, from Havre. Sailed the Jentioia, Watts; and Priendsbury, Walker, for London. DEAL. A raiz 22.—Came down front the River and remain, with the Siren and Alacrity, the Jane, Wylie, for St. Lucia; Latona, Lovie, for Den:crara ; and Flora. Passed through to London, the schooner Spartan. from Lisbor. DARTMOUTH, APRIL 22.—Off the port, the Clareirort, Goodin, from Jamaica. 0 A V I , :S t: D, APRIL 22.—Arrired the Cossack, Field. from Rio. Sciled the Ariel. Bowen, for Cape Coast Castle; Pudic., Sutherland, for Buenos Ayres ; Maria. Laing, for Stettin; An. rota, Schroeder, for I'illau ; and Gtorgiana, Comieh. for Virginia. Lie Estrocit., Arun. 21.—Arrived the Francis Ernest, from Malaga; ard Matilda, Pallet. from Lisbon. The following vessels arrived hap yesterday :—The Amela, Ash, and Two Brothers, Willicnt, Om Lisbon, fruit; Industry, Lingdanen„ Christiania. spars; Charlotte Gambier, Lstlicr. and John, Brewer, New Orleans, cotton ; Lord Whitworth, Nl•Chirr, Charleston. cotton ; General Lingan, Savannah, cotton ; Vets An. riegina, l'otger, Antwerp, bark; Harmonic. Peruze. Memel. deals ; Fortune and Cottager, Marseilles ; St. Patrick. Field. and Commerce., Griffiths, Waterford, grain; Friends, Vow. grain ; Diamond, ('odd, Wexford, grain; William, Derenn, Newport. iron ; Vrow Rum Snips, Lune,ballaat ; Anne Psulina, Potoff, Belfast. ballast ; Mary, Kennade, Isle of Man, herrings ; John Guise; Freden, Carson; and Thrizo, lingers. London, tallow, ballast, and wheat; Providence, Bennett, ard Trig, Con field, Ipswich, grain; Alert, Langley ; John, Lynch; and Janna Hazzena, Jorge, Pooie. pipe clay and halkst ; 3:artha, Black burn, Cardiff, iron; Prow Elizabeth, .lairs, Ilull, ballast. II Amn R 11, A SRI I. 9.—A Convention has been made between the King of Great Britain and the free City of Hamburgh, to the effect that fir the future the ships of both parties, under fumy tons burden, shall he reciprocally exempt, in the ports of each respec tively, from the obligation of taking pilots on board and pa} ing pilotage; and his Majesty has issued accordingly his Order in Council to this effect. agreeably to an Act of Parliament pasted in the fourth year of his Alajesty'a reign. entitled, "An. Act autho rising his Majesty, under certain circumstances, to regulate the Duties of Customs and Drawbacks on Goods imported er exported in foreign vessels, and to exempt cert a in ships from pilotage. The Repulse, from China, had arrived at St. Helena. The Catherine, Leonard, front Seville to Cork, put into Lisbon with damage, and loss of • oats, bulwarks, (kr. The Harmony, (lilies, put into N;;rth Shields on the 17th inst. with loss of an anchor anti cable. The Christiana, Turner, from Shields to London, was lost near Wales on Friday. The Thomas Grenville, from Bengal and Madras, is arrived of Portsmouth. Sailed from Ikngal on the 22d of December, Madras 2d January, and St. Helena 4th ult. The (lute Hain mtg. Trit ricks, from Hull to Bilboa, ran aground near Gravelines. on the I Ith inst. and was totally wrecked the next day. The greater part of the cargo saved. The :11argaret 80% le, Porten,. from Charleston, arrived in the Clyde, fell in with the wreck of the sloop Alexander Clunn. Lurk from Charleston to Philadelphia, 16th ult. in lat. 35. long. 64. and took of the crew. The Unity arrived at Falmouth on Wednesday, in forty-one days from Cette. On her passage she was hailed by an Algence brig of war, mounting fourteen guns, which attempted to hoard her, but owing to a heavy sea, she could not. VESSELS Pri/lithi WITH. —The Lady IL Ellice, from Liver. pool to Savannah, on the 23d ult. in let. 2d. long. 52; and the Dempsey, from Port-au-Prince to London, on the 2d instant, in lat. 40. long. THE ARMY. A General Order is now in circulation, addressed to Colonels and commanding officers of regiments. Upon reference to the old regulations for the purchase, sale, and exchange of regimental commissions, we find that the forms of applications for the sale and purchase of commissions, which prescribed a certificate, signed by the parties, that no sum beyond that limited by his Maesty's regulations, would be detnanded or accepted, are cancell ed, rod that the following parts are new t-- " Officers retiring upon the half-pay and receiving the difference. forfeit all claim to further rank or employment, to the pension tor their widows, and to compassionate allowance for their children, unless they repay the difference upon being allowed to coma in again upon ila same rank in which they retired, but they forfeit their progressive rank during the period of their retire. ment.'" l'he required form to be accompanied by written eertificatts signed by the commanding officer, : let. That he has ascertained by reference, through the regi mental iment. to the respons!ble persons, that in each case there is good and sufficient security that the purchase money will be Mnh coming when called for. . . •• That of the individuals so returned u purchasers, .1,8. C, are in all respec , s deserving of promotion, and those whom he would nut hesitate to recommend, whenever the vacancy 'lull ott;:r, as tit fur the citifies of the higher and more responsible commission. • "11 - hen the regiments and commanding officers are abroad, tEe commanding officer is to state the security to which reference is made, and the military secretary will ascertain through the agents whether that security be good and sufficient, it being understood that if the answer be not at once satisfactory, the individual will be struck out of the list of purchasers. " The quarterly return so certified, is to be the only communi cation made on the subject of promotion by purchase; and when a resignation is sent in, it will be considered unconditional and irre vocable, and no successor is to be pointed out or recommended. " In all eases, the individual selected for the purchase, or his sureties, will be called upon to lodge the purchase-money with the sgents. If the senior who may have been returned as a purchaser, and whose money shall have been certified to be forthcoming, should decline the purchase when selected fair it, or his sureties should decline it for him, he or they will be called upon to state the reason for so declining to the Military Secretary, for the Commander-ic- Chief's information ; and if the explanation should not be con sidered satisfactory, his name will be struck out of all future lists of purchasers. •• The candidates who may be selected from reference to the quarterly returns for the purchase of promotion out of their own corps, will he directed to lodge the purchase-money, without being acquainted in what regiment they are to obtain the promotier, nor sill any application for the purchase of promotion which points out the expected vacancy be admitted. `• That they do not intend to sell out, or retire upon half-pnr, after eXecting such exchange, hut that it is their home Air intention to join immediately, and do duty with the corps to which they ex change, the leave of absence which may have been granted to ei ther, or both, being cancelled by such exchange. " No officer of cavalry, who shall apply foe permission to retire on hall-pay, will be allowed to receive the diferenee between full pay of cavalry and full pay of infantry, but such exchange will be viewed as being, to all intents, an exchange to the half-pay of laid branch of the service, receiving the difference bets cen full pay and hall-pay, and subject to the restrictions applicable to such exchanges. " In exchanges to half-pay, either with or without the differ ence, or from cavalry to infantry, the application must be general and tinconditional, anti the officer upon lull pay will Dot be al lowed to point out his successor, who sill be indiseiminately se lected br time Commander-in-Chief, without any previous notice to the patsies. •• Every officer who, from wounds, ill-health, infirmity, or age, shall become unfit for service, and who shall be desirous of retiring upon half-pay, will transmit his application through his Colonel, or Commanding Officer, accompanied by • certificate from the senior medical officer of the regime:it. expressing the cause of bis hemp ing unfit for service, and which certificate must be countersigned by the Colonel or Commanding Officer." • • N.B. The General Officer who makes the half-yearly confi dential reports, is hereby directed to state in such reports, his upi nion of the corns:mess of this certificate." No Brevet, we unierstand, will take place at present. As Account of tl Expenditure for ^ Debt ;in each 1 actual Deficienc Vor ended 10th Oct Year ended sth Janui • The A: TO THE EDIT Stri,—lt gives ni taking its seat in th niag and the Otani add the Earl of Li' a happier cra in t auspicious dawn of have hitherto expel fairs, I would rattle Government illumi of the people slow] the measures of the Parliament, as far bitdd the majority tinseious devotees and restriction, Lut restr . cted inu'reuur the world. In the mixed sta to change from a hi minded course of p whether at home or foreign relations, it and inflicting much Under the systi:r terests will be !este the public; and wl by the law, or have continuance, they c considerately violas public wrongs, yet quiescence have n they ought to be a new; and, if the g the great rules of d: and compensation a In the language sometimes been call no friend to this kir these grievances wh rights, if they are it out indemnifying th Great prejudice system ; and a strot open the beer trade, ply with this wish, conformity with it. crifice the interest they appear to forge of public interest, n of the community. the expense of the malt, while the you The brewers, wl interest in the Stat with the people, in beer-duty, have bet preserve the invidio the Minister has, in public opinion, wl est authority in the opening of the trad the present Bill, an as lung as the borer The sale of beer, w chosen few, is thus ference is, that tl higher sum for a lit But the great quo the Bill is, how result ? 1)o the no duty ? Do they lo snake beer cheaper interrogatories taus The duty has not increased . by the net The poor will, then probably of a worm hill virtually offers The duty upon t at an early period, DO great rerpecter o use. In the year barrel, and it was st some intermediate barrel in 1692. lt the beer duty was iu drawbacks were all duty and for waste. was Ss. a barrel, bi mentioned reductioi the maximum of tho but, in 1502, the n barrel, while the d previous allowances was levied of 9s. 24. up to this time. the Addington adcni was raised from icto tiered the inereamod inequality wa6 still an effort to extend t equalize the pressur But Mr. Addington fabric as these of I hardihood to pers:st in itself, was by no In the New Beer gressiye scale of dui table beer will be 3 quality, Ss. ; on Loi in a large part of th ale, fits. Thus, as duty will be consido small reduction of s above-mentioned sox bey? For can policy in any legislative public good for th secure a little populo rars to have slights in the present !kens, far from faultless, perverted to the ri Water ends. But, ~~ 1 / T I r 'I t R ~