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!r idable expedition is pre:isring under the command of Mina, who it is affirmed is no longer in I:r.gland. " The Cure Merino is in the envircns of Benavente with a carps sf eses try. Corumbiritirsm hare come even to Madrid to recruit f „ him. Some Bohn. is of the Royal Gamed have been seduced. He pays t h e m well, giving them four real, per day and provisions. " The moat alaraiMg red •rt. are circulated at Dayonne. It has ta r, been mid that time r.gial , nts have deserted from Madrid. , Tilts absurd story wasay..naisl after the arrival of so extraordinary co rnier who was going to Paris." in Em m et Journal of die South of France the Veridique dr I !Weeded!. it timid that " the Police has sivimiseit a number of factious pelvics in the house t.: the willow of Denims, while they w ere employel in despa•sh:ng circulars to the provinces. Two handfed Bisaierists haye spot:seed on hnrsebacic on the road to T o ledo; and this party, av well as that of liessieres, has given the Government a great deal a alarm. Among the strangens who were yesterday at the audience of his Majesty. was Sir Sithiey Smith. ‘Ve have the satisfaction to an. Norm that the 1/ake :‘l,thicu de Nloniniorency is much better to day, and that three is every 11.4014 , 11 to hope that no bad comm. F u ms will re•ol• from :he sudden indisposition which has alarmed Ids numerous bleeds Our COrtesporthni st Frankfort on the Oder informs us that he learns from St. Fe ..rsim-;;11 that on the emanation of the tin. r eser Nicholas. rev. tat el the most distinguished Generals of the Russian army will le. raised to the dignity of Fight Marshals. () , her promotions viii he made among the Generals and Superior ohms of the Polesh army. when the Emperor visits Warsaw. (From the Gazette frotrerselle de Lyons.] The state of trade in our market-place is extremely distressing: Money is plentiful. but us des4s, no sales being made. The menu. Loh:revs of sutra ate mitering severely. The price of silk has been OU the tlectioe fir some days, aid the fluctuation of prices renders sales ditficolt and dieadvat.tageaus. The manufacturers see obliged to snake swiifices, in order to keep up a part of their te suaticturinggatablisameGtv. The number of looms unemployed may be fairly estiirmsd at a third at least. The fall in the pnce of manithuttoecrk gnods exited, that expected on the moteritils end levered tots oT smith wee merfttonitl WidllilirboStays aelsaira, tag beca soul at a very reduced rate. The silk Lervest is still u.;cariata, and is exposed to a variety of dorm. At tit. Di.eine we nod :roans' mime octers have been retested. and silks are at preamt in demand. Fitter:lt Ft* e is. Mager' 14.—Five per Cents. 9fif. fie; Tome per ; 79c. ; Dank Stock, 2uoal'. ; Dente she Naples. 73f. 2:le ; Ile.:te d'i:spagne. ; Ditto Loan. 44i ; Ilarian Loar, 754)r. Inc itunge or hontion--One month. 2bl. SG; Three Enondls, 2.1c.--l'enrs Aathenfiauc, March 14. A FL:tiers arrivel tart night, but its contents are unimportant. There is no system the evils of which have a more per nicious influence on the morals of the great mass of the population thstt those occasioned by our poor laws. Men of the most enharg;.:l and enlightened tr.intla have from time to time ta:sen up the subject, and projects of reform, all more or less useful, have been suggebted, but with vary little effect. T 1 1 ,.. laws which relate to this subject are so complicated—the abuses at ibing out of them are so inveterate--aud the rystem itself is so interwoven with the habits, feelings, and prijudiem of the majority, as to have hitherto pres.nted iliffi:ultiss too mighty for the Legisla ture to grapple with ; and of all the schemes of amendment that have been sug,geiteti, not one has been carried into etEct. It is to be hoed that our present Ministers, who have successfully applied their power in so many instances t 3 promote the rational ends and purposes of Government, will speedily bring this moat important branch of political economy under revision, and give to it all the benefits of that energetic perseverance, which forms so distinguished a feature in their political system. It is a melancholy fact, that in proportion as the poor rates have increased, idleness and crime, and profligacy of every kind, among the lower classes, have been found to augment. A clergymen of the Eitablishment, the Rev. C. D. BRLRETON, to whose valuable inquiries in all that relates to the inflwince and operation of the poor laws the public are greatly indebted, has shown what great improve ments may be effected by a sound judgment, guided by practical humanity. •• The neural tooditkmof slegginplicr. .sekte hs. '•must of coarse be such affected by she state of education. There are only two labourers in this parish whn can read. We have had some dif ficalty in filling up the parish edicts of constable and clerk. It has been a work of difficulty to induce the parents to permit their e iildsen to be taught t and in large parishes, where the pauper system prevails, it must be extremely diffizult for the clergy to eeture the education of the children. Bad I not possessed ad. var.tages my attempts must have failed. More titan two yews fused away before instruction was gear:rally accepted. I ascribe chit to the debasing effects of the pauper bread.money system, which te.W..11211 the people to cling to every thing low and mi. getable as their privilege and safeguard. Whatever may improve their condition, and raise them above the level of pauperism, they are taught to esteem es a means of depriving them of the privilege of legal allowance. If good clothing will raise them above the system, rags are to be esteemed not a disgrace, but a recommen dation to charity. If education and religious instruction would inspire them with better feelings, these pearls are to Se trampled ender foot for the worthless husks and scraps of a parish allowance. Toe scene, however, has begun to alter. The labourers begin to tale a pleasure and a pride in their cottages, gardens, and even in their work. They subscribe • considerable sum an nually to provide themselves clothing—they subscribe a trifle for other benevolent purposes--they increase from year to year. by little and little, thee stock and furniture--they embrace the means of instruction for their children, some of whom now teach their puma to read. The chain of pauperism has been broken. Two families have removal to London and one to a neighbouring county. Some rat' the young men have pro►ided themselves with creditable employments. The offices of constable and clerk, and the situatinos of gamekeeper and such-like services, which were formerly tided up by strangers, have been occupied, as they be came vacant, by the labourers. I state these particulars from a conviction that it is in this way that gentlemen may excite a spirit of improvement in their dependents."—A Practical Inquiry into the Number, Means of Employment, and Wages of Agrkultsral Labourers, by the Rev. C. D. Beene:on, A.M. Rector of Little Massinchans, Yoefolk. We trust that others will be inspired to produce the same ends, by the same judicious means. There is no benevo lent:. so pure in its principle, or so blessed in its result, as that which tends to rescue the lower classes from that igno rance which is the source of half the wretchedness, and mote than half the crimes. that infest and degrade society. 14 plan, lieWeter, for the improvement of the poor laws . ought to he cessithed with a view to their continuance : to be worth any thing, its ultimate object must be their abolition. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. Although the Budget of the Chancellor of the Exclte quer, we should have thought, fully developed the views of the Government relative to the financial arrangements of the country for the ensuing year, still Stock-Exchange politicians imagine that th,re is much behind the cur tain upon this interesting subject; and that circumstance keeps the Stock markets to a certain extent in a state of ferment. Notwithstanding the agitation, Consols ad. 'fenced nearly I per cent. in consequence of the report that the Bank would receive deferred Stock, nut to be sold for two years, in payment for a large proportion of their claim upon Government. The t feet that this idle rumour produced is extraordinary, but there is no accounting for erects in the purlieus of the Royal Exchange, otherwise a moment's consideration must have convinced the most credulous that this assertion was unfounded; but still it caused Consols to touch 7Sji in the middle of the day, and to close at Ts!. Exchequer Bills were .Ss. 4s. pretn.; India Bonds 2s. ?.s. prem.; and the New 4 per (:ents.9sl. There wee considerable elasticity in the Foreign market this niorning, which was produced by the scarcity of Stock for yesterday's settlement. Colombian Bonds were dime at 471 81 ; Mexican Six per Cents. at 64; Buenos Ayres ditto at no; sod Chilian at 4S. Russian Bonds were 744 ; Dani.ii ditto .5.2/1 ; Spanish ditto 114 10 ; and Greek 171 NI. Shares arc stil l unnoticed. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Dowager Marchioness of Sallsbory's assembly, on Wednesday ! evening in Arlington-street, was attended by nearly 400 fashionable*, among whom were—his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of St. Alban's, the Duke and Dnehess of Somerset, the Ducker* of Wellington, the Dowager Duchess of Leeds, most of the Foreign Ambas sadors and their Ladle*, Prince Gurtchneutf, the Marquis and Marchio ness of Hertford, Emily Marehiunesa of Londonderry, the Ziarquis and 31archlonevi of Salisbury, the Marchioness of Lothian, the Martial' Camden, the Marquis and Marchioness Pelmet's, Marquis Graham, the Earl and Countess of Charlrvine, the Countess of Jersey, Countess St. Antonio, the Countess of Sefton, and the Ladies Molyneuz, the Earl and Countess of Lestowell, Count and Counters Liable, Baron Citto, the Countess of Dartmouth, and the Ladies Legge, th,, Dowager Countess of Pimlett, Dowager Lady Anson, Lord and Lady Galway, Lord St. Helen's, the Countess of Essex, the Countess of Tankervllle, the Ladies Grey, Lady Brownlow, Lady Harvey, Lady Anstruther, the Earl and Countess of Vernlam, Lady Elisabeth and Sibs Palk, Lady C. Lamb, Countess de Sall., 'Lords A. and G. Hill, Lady Eleanor Lowther, Sir Gore and Lady (husky, Sir George Warrender, Sit Hobert and Lady Arbuthnot, Mr. and Lady Harriet Clive, Sir Charles and Lady Ogle, Sir Rabe,' and Lady Wigrans, Sir John and Lady Osborn, Sir W. Burroughs, Sir Thomas arid Lady Farquhar, Sir G. 11111, Sir W. Ably, the Misses Manners Sutton, Mr. and Mrs. Fremantle, Mr. and Mn. Henry Baring, Mr. Mrs. and Miss Calvert, Captain and Lady Capel, Mr. and Mrs. Stanhope, Mr. and Mrs. G. Hyng, Captain B. Drummond, Mr. Giles, Mr. B. King, Mr. Taylor, Ike. ?cc. &C. The Countess of Eases entertained a distinguished party at dinner yes terday, at her house in Hill-street, Berkeley-square, among whom were. Prince and Princess Polignae, the Neapolitan Ambassador, the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, Mr. and Lady Caroline Capel, lu the e'en lug her Ladyship bad a brilliant assemblage of the haul ton. Lord King had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house in Dover street. Lord Healey entertained a distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his howl , in Great George-street, Westminster. The Duke of St. Albun's 11114 arrived in town from the Earl of Harcourt, in Berks. . ' " The Earl of Abertravenny hat arrived In town from hi* ' , eat In Sussex. J.ord iddlaton haw prrlvedin tow n from hit *rat In Notta. Viscount Midon hon .- arrived in t 1,11.0 (non a tool. Sir C. Nmgao and faintly have lurked irom their seat in Monmouth shire. 'Sir Jacob Antler, Dart. has arrived lit town from his seat In Norfolk. Antral.' at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street :—Viseuunt Grant fey,Wom a four; lifttnet Mow. Mae. Departures from the British Hotel:—Hr. and Mrs. tidies for Bath ; Captain Ludlow, fto Brighton ; William Nelson, E.q. fur ditto. Departures from Fenton'. New Hotel, St. James's-street:—The Rev. Mr. Ati.lin and H. T. Lane, Esthfor Seven Oaks, Kent Captain Knolly for Windsor. Departure. from Warren's Motel, Regent-street .—The Honourable John and the Mime. Coventry, for their seat, Emote House, Wilts; Mr. and Mrs. Acker*, for their seat in Ducks. Yesterday morning the Duke of York left town on a visit to the - King, at the Royal Lodge in Windsor Park. The Duebess of Gloucester took an airing yesterday morning, in her carriage, in the Parks. Wednesday evening the Duke of Clarence dined with the Marine Society, at the London 'f avern. Yesterday morning the Duke of Clarence left town on his return to Bushy Park. His Royal Highness on his way called at Kenaington Palace, where his Dnchess had been on a visit to the Duchess of Kent. The Duchess of Clarence accompanied his Royal Highness on his return to Bushy Park. Wednesday evening Prince Leopold honoured the per formance of music at Covent-garden Theatre will' his pre sence. _ _ Yesterday Sir Charles Long and Baron Fagel transacted businebS at the Foreign Oilier. Wednesday and yesterday a number of workmen were employed in pulling down the wall at the tep of Consti tution-hill, which enclosed the garden at the back of the new palace building for the King in St. James's Park. 'I he object of pulling down the end of this wall is, to make a new avenue back-entrance through the pleasure grounds. To preveht intrusion into the grounds, a boarded hoard is erected. _ _ _ —....- IV° understand that Lord Hermaml Itas resigned his gown, as one of the Lords Commissioners of Justiciary, which situation this venerable and respected Judge has held since 1808.—fedisburer Star. SIR WALTER SCOTT.—it is true, as stated in our last, that neither the Duke of Buccleugh nor his trustees have interfered in the pecuniary affairs of Sir Walter Scott ; but we have since learned, on the beat authority, that we were mistaken in stating that Sir Walter is a trustee.— linburgh Observer. GREAT LIRERAI ITT.—We have to report an instance of munificence in private life, which is, perhaps, without an equal. A lady, just recovered from an illneasof a few weeks, has presented her physician with a check on her banker for .5,000/. !—Turk Gazette. A der entrrnearsier entrversior of plate has gnat bees made by Mr. Buckwell, of St. James's -street, for the New Church (St. Peter's). It is the munificent gift of the Earl of Eereitiont, and consists of ten pieces of plate; namely, a Savo, two chalices, two salvers, four plates, and a table ornament all, but especially the latter, very richly chased. We doubt, indeed, if a more beautiful specimen of chasing could he produced by any country, and the workmanship does very great credit to the artist ennobled. —Brighton Paper. The subscription for the children of the late General Foy, and the erection of a monument to his memory, amounts to 937,247 fr. 67c. _ MESSRS. BODENHAM AND CO:8 BANK.-It is with ex treme regret we state that the old and respectable banking house of Messrs. Sodenham and Co. of this city, have deemed it necessary, by the advice of their friends, to sus pend their payments for the present; but we sincerely hope such measures will be only temporary, u we are assured there is not the smallest doubt of the ultimate resources of the firm.—/fereliord Journal. If we may credit reports which are mentioned in the letter of our private correspondent, and which certainly agree pretty much with what we have heard from other quarters, die silk manufacturers of Macclesfield, finding they have no chance of compassing their ends with Minis ters as far as regards a continuation of the prohibition on foreign silk goods, arc now setting their hands to work again almost as fast as they before stopped chem.—Nan cheater Mereurli. We understand, that at a meeting of the different asso ciated mercantile bodies of this town, held yesterday, at the West India Committee-room, Charles Shand, Esq., in the chair, the following gentlemen were elected- commis- sioners for carrying into effect the loan proposed to be granted by the Bank. of England for relieving the mercan tile distress: Lister Ellis. Esq.. Thomas Fletcher, Esq., Robert Gladstone, Esq. ' David Hodgson, Esq., and John Ashton Care, Eq .; an d, en soon us it is ascertained that their nomination is approved by the Governor and Three torn of the Bank, they will attend daily at the West In dia Committee-room, to make such advances as may be required, in conformity with the Bank regulations.— ' Liverpool Courier. Now that the panic is in Dome measure subsided, we have no doubt business will in a considerable degree return to its wonted channels, and that the stock on the hands of our manufacturers and others will soon be reduced by daily consumption. A great reduction in prigs however is the una voidable cousequdnce of the great scarcity of money, caused the contraction of the circulating medium, the natural result of so many banks stopping and of others decreasing their issues. As a proof that a great reduction of prices has taken place, we can state from indisputable authority, that linseed oil, which was sold about five months ago at 211. per ton, a price then considered extraordinarily low, was sold last week at 161. per ton, being a redaction of one third. Cargoes of coals, which were never less in Shore ham harbour at any period last year than 42e. per chaldron, are now offered there to be delivered in Brighton, free of expense, at I/. 19s. 9d. per chaldron for money, the owners being glad to take 12s. per chaldron freight, where they have hitherto got 16s. freight, a most extraordinary reduc tion, when the season of the year is considered.—Brighton Paper. Livearoot., MANCH 15.-Our Cotton market continues steady in demand, and with little or no variation in prices. On the 2tl inst. there were found on the sea-shore, near Allotihy, a pipe of wine and a quantity of potatoes. The wine is not damaged, although it appears to have been long at sea. By the Blonde frigate, from the South Sees, accounts have been received from Valparaiso to the end of Novem ber. No mention is made of any disturbances in that quarter; the late account in the American papers, from Santiago, is in consequence believed to be a fabrication. The part of Valparaiso was in a great bustle, on account of the settinF out of an expedition against the island of Utilise, which still remained in the possession of the Royalists. One account states that 3,500 men would be embarked ; another, that the expedition would comb-4 of .5,000. The 11:ontle brings specimens of the silver ore from Coquimbo; she sailed from the latter port on the loth of December. We have not heard whether the newly discovered mine is still saidao have the wonderful productiveness which was formerly attributed tv it. THE BRITISH PRESS. DItURT-1.,1NE THEATRE. Last night a new operatic play, called limtintrsle or the Frites (if Kin:scimitar, was produced at this theatre. It is said to he from the practised pen of Mr. Kenny. The poetic') of history on which it is founded Its;, we believe, been frequently dramatized by the Germans. The follow ing is sit outline of the story : The Count lienyowskv (Mr. Bennet) a Hungarian nobleman, having leagued with the Nita in eefellee of their liberties. is taken prisoner by the Russians, and sent into exile to liamachatka. Here he is treated hospitably by the Governor, and succeeds in gaining the affections of his daughter Athanasia ( Miss Printer. whose charms have also subdued the heart of Stephanoff (Mr. %Vallack). The decided preference given to the Count by the fair Athanssia. exasperates the parioo .of Stephantiff. and with his avowal of jealousy the drains opens. At the same time that the rivalry of love is growing up between these friends, they are linked together in a conspiracy to overpower the Governor, and recover their liberty; the attachment of the Count to A thamisia excites a suspicion of his fidelity among hie seamplices, while the imp) t. cable jester,' of Stephan.** continually forebodes some treachery on his part these doubts, wising from the difficult situations and conflicting feelings of the dramatis mrsarta, throw a considerable interest otter the early part of the piece. The Governor confides in the honour of 13enyowsky, bestows on him his freedom, ant con. rents to his marriage with Athanula. Stephanoff, aware of these circumstances, and driven to despair, presents himself to the Go. vernor, and reveals the conseitnev. Benyowaky is arrested, but escapes from the apartment In which he was confined, by the help of A thanasia, and Phedora, her sister (3liss Cubitt). He wanders for some time through the wastes, and is on the point of perishing with cold, when Stephannff finds and restores him. The rivals then recognize each other, and are soon met by the band of them:inspire tors.who are about to take reigning. on Benyoweky for his su desertion of their cause.; but Stephanoff conferee his Ire a i r:y d , and is in turn saved by the interposition of the Count. The con spirators again united, seize the fortress by stratagem, and the ('Clint immediately seeks the pelage. The °mentor presence his pistol to shoot Dim, but Athanssia throws herself before her lover en protect him, an ideezaken, fawn lard Hyron's story of Haidee. Her father, however, is relentless, ind Ikea the moment that Steplinntiffrushes in, who, as it may now be foreseen, receives the fatal shot. The Governor Is then made prisoner by the conspire. tors but as it is necessary to reconcile his interests with those of his datighter and her husband, an imperial Uksse *opportunely received, commanding his attest. He joins the exiles in conse quence, and prepares with thin to embark. This terminates the piece. We almost forgot to mention Trit ram :stark, an exile, in. traduced in the course of the Otte, in orate to amuse the audience. Tristram is a poor author, who, I eying retailed some severe jokes, is punished for his plagiary as if he had been guilty of treason. Harley exerted himself as Tristram Stark with his usual success. his part was not wholly destitute of wit anti merriment, but was too much protracted, and in the latter part particularly interfered too much with the essential action of the piece. The story itself, as our readers will perceive, is not des titute of dramatic interest or striking situations; the obli gations of love and gratitude struggling in the bosom of the Count, with his sworn engagement to the exiles—the conflict of jealousy and generous feeling in the heart of stephenog; give rise to numerous pathetic situations. The plot was well managed in the two first acts, although marred a little by the too great length of some scenes ; but in the third act, the denouement was uselessly and tedi ously deferred, and the frequent recurrence of Tristram Stork's jokes grew quite insufferable. As a composition this play deserves but little praise; it has none of the higher beauties of the drama; the passions are portrayed through out in language which seems to come merely from the lips and never discover to us any of the secret and deep sources of human character. The songs, too, are not distinguished by any lyrical beauty, with the exception of one, perhaps, " When honour calls thee, wend thy way," which is not devoid of tenderness and grace. hitherto we have be stowed but little praise, but when we speak of the music, we must withhold it altogether; it was an indifferent selec tion—very badly performed. The weakness of the per formance was particularly manifest in the chorusses, and a duct between Miss Foot. and Miss Cubitt completely exhausted the patience of a very indulgent audience. With the exception of a chorusin the Attu act, by Mr. Horn, which was wretchedly sung, " a chorus of hunters" by Kreutzer, and a Russian air, both very common, the music hail better been omitted. There was some good scenery by Stanfield and Roberts; but the redefining point of this piece was the acting of Mr. Wallack, for whom, we believe, were in tended all the applatiseriiestowed by the audience at the fat of she sorsa*. 'rho AWOL however, was (immunized az, to-morrow evening, with the approbation of a great majo rity ; and such are the intrinsic merits of the story, that we think a judicious curtailment of the dialogue, and a better selection of music, might not only support the piece, but even make it popular. LITERARY GLEANINGS. NO. LXXI. MY AUNT'S POODLE. My aunt MARGARET has a poodle. It is, unquestionably the ugliest little beast that ever bore the canine form. Na ture has done nothing for it ; and this neglect has been ag gravated by a variety of accidents. Early in its puppy days, one of its legs was broken by a fall through the spiral staircase, from the top of the house to the bottom, so that it limps. Its eyes were villanons7 at the best of times; they were marked by a sly, suspicions, discontented, leer, and never looked you honestly in the face. They gave the dog the air of a pickpocket; and I seldom ever met it without instinctively putting my hand to my watch or my purse. lied I any faith in transmigration, I should say that the soul of Bill Soames hail passed into the ugly body of my old aunt's poodle. Bat as if the natural ex pression of its eyes had been insufficient to render the beast hateful, an accident must needs occur to remove all doubt upon the point. Some mouths ago the contents of a phial of spirits of hartshorn were overturned into Lovely's right eye (for Corby is the appropriate name of the exquisite creature), which said right eye has not only been ever since relieved of the performance of all optical duties, but it has assumed an appearance by no means so agreeable as to war rant a description. Its skin too !—The common saying that " beauty is hut skin-deep," would, in this instance, become a gross exaggeration, for Lovely's beauty is not even as deep as that. He is—to make a literal use of another common expression—in a very ugly skin. It is of no imaginable colour—a sort of yellowish-greenish-brownish grey—an unearthly, vampire tinge. And here again au accident has stept in to make bad worse. By the upsetting of a cauldron of boiling, water, the unlucky animal was woefully scalded, and to this hour he bears evidence of his sufferings, and his miraculous escape from death, iu two large, ghastly, pink spats-.one on his left side, the other on the nape of his neckaa free from hair as the palm of your hand. Now, though it would be impossible to like such a mass of ugliness and deformity, yet had it been a well-disposed, kind-hearted, unassuming, gentle manly dog—a clog of prepossessing manners, respectable habits, decent conduct, and unimpeachable morals, or were it remarkable for its talents and accomplishments, one might, upon all or any of these accounts, and in considers- Lion of its su&rings, have pitied and endured it. But no : as it is the ugliest, so it is the worst of created beasts: sulky, snarling, savage, and sneaking ; thankless and dis satisfied ; as arrant a thief as a magpie ; as finished a blackguard as a butcher's cur; and for accomplishments— it could not sit upon its hinder legs, pick up a penny-piece, or fetch a handkerchief across the room, were either of those feats to he made its benefit of clergy. It may be asked—lVhy be at the pains of describing so worthless a beast ? Because the beast, worthless as it is, is the sole arbiter of the destini:.s of the only remaining re presentatives of three ancient houses—the Noland's, the Thwaites's, and the Briggs's. Besides, the beast has a clear income of twelve hundred pounds a year ; or, which is the same thing, he has the disposal of it. Yesterday was my old Auut Margaret's birth-day, when, as usual, all the members of her family were invited to dine with her. Poor Jack Noland and myself are her only immediate relations; the Briggs's (consisting of Mr. and Mrs. B. with their son and daughter, Pomponius and Julia) and Miss Priscilla Thwaites (a maiden lady of fifty seven) being merely first cousins to her late husband. The assertion that all the members of my Aunt Margaret's family were invited to dine with her, requires some modi fication : nothing more must be understood by it than all such as enjoy the honour of Lovely's patronage, and have been wise enough to keep terms with hint ; for, besides the seven persona enumerated, the re arc fifteen others, who, owing to various of committed by them aptinst the peace and dignity of the rascally little poodle, are now no more considered by my Aunt Margaret as her relations, than l'rester John. Now, since Aunt Margaret—ar ad Noland very senai bly observed to me the other day—cannot carry her money with her to the grave, it must he evident that the proa peels of us seven who still continue in favour, are unprov ed by the removal of the unfortmoate fifteen ; but, in pro portion as our plactss are :mire valuable, our duties, our cares, and our aoixiesies arc more comeeseive. The rute seems to he perfectly:4l , 4Bre of. this; he appears to have studied our dislikes and atitipathiee for the fiendish plea-. 1 sure of exciting 'hem ' • and he takes a eltaholicid delight in tormenting us to within an inch or the forfeiture of bur l-,grades. lie is perhaps snore circumspect in his conduct towards me than towards the other expectants ; for I long ago gave him a lessson which he has not yet quite forgotten. I am not of a very enduring temper; and finding Lovely:, upon whose caprices my hopes depended, to be a dog whose good-will was not to he won by gentleness-erefiect ing at the same time that the continual annoyance he in flicted upon me, might one day or other force me beyond the bounds of prudence, provoke me to retaliate, slid thereby cost me dearly—l resolved upon a derisive but dangerous measure, with a view to secure myself against future aggressions. It was simply this: one morning, during my Aunt Margaret's absence, iii acknowledgment of an inliospitahle prowl at my entrence, and a manifest intention to bite, I flogged him in such a way as perfectly astonished hint. Ile has ever since behaved to me as well as such a dog can behave. But yesterday was, as poor Jack Noland flweibly de-. acribed it, " a tremendous day for us all, and be 41—a to: the dog." Jack, by the way, is the ;roar magi& .of attar family, whose duty it is to love and admire tsa all, thhu of every body's way of thinking but his ow tsoto execute all the disagreeable commissions of the l's wed pa tiently bear the reproach when any thing go« a ',mgr. But not one of us but, at some moment or alter, have' our hopes of inheritance drawling b i y a single thread. ..; But, in order that cur suffettegs and mit dangers wisy he fairly appreciated. it must be stated, that Mr. and Mrs. rriirga dislike clogs generally, Lovely in particular; Potroonitis Briggs and Miss Julia Briggs inherit the family ayertion to the canine species, with the superaddition of a peculiar dislike of poodles be yond all other dogs, and of my aunt Margaret's Lovely beyond all possible poodles; Mien Prise. the fifty-seven-year-old maiden cousin, lonthca the very might of Lovely, and hates it most devout)), simply upon the true old-Midden, principle—hecanee it happens to be a favourite with aunt Margaret; poor Jack and myself are the only two of the family who do not entertain a sweeping dislike of all dogs, yet we partake of the general denim to Lovely, and hate him with heart and soul. for thy reason that the dal{ titan nnamiahle dog. In a wotd, not one of tot but is a deadly foe to the animal, and would hang or drown it if we dared. Within one hour of dinner.time we were all Resembled in my aunt Margaret's drawing-room. After site had received our Fell. citations, and listened to our wild's.' that she might enjoy many happy returns of the day, Jack stile whispered in my tar, " Of course, Ton, we don't mean too manY." She burst into tears ; lamented to see so few of her relations about her upon fetich a day ; regretted that the misconduct of the absentees (towards Lately be it understood) had compelled her to have done with them for ever ; declared that she had altered her will In our favour, and hinted that she was mistress to alter it again she should see cause. Of this edifying discourse, which lasted till dinner was announced, the text was " Love me, love my dog," and the obvious moral, " Leak to your Legacies." It Ives not without its effect; and Lovely, who seemed to understand the intention of it, occasionally bent his evil eye upon each of as, with a look of villanous exultation. Old Briggs whistled the dog towattla him ; Poniponiva drew a collar for the " little rogue" from his pocket ; Julia and Mama each patted the " pretty fellow," and then turned aside, with a look of disgust, to dabble their fingers with Eau de Cologne. " Come hither, pretty pi wile," said Miss Priscilla, holding out some sugar. plums which she had " bought on putpose for the dear dog 4" poor Jack Noland volunteered to give the " little fellow" a washing in the Serpentine next Sunday: whilst I vehemently swore that Lovely grew prettier and prert;er every day. Here Jack Noland drew me aside, and, assuming a ludicrous swagger of independence, said. " I tell you what, Torn—this slavery is no longer to be borne ;" adding, in his dry way, " only we rand bear it, you know." At dinner we had rot a moment's peace. The reptile was either jumping upon 114, and growling till he had extorted from us die choicest mantel on our plates, or worrying us into a fever by snap ping at our legs under the table; evidently with an intention to provoke us to the commission of some outrage upon hint, which might draw down upon our heads the displeasure of Aunt Mar garet. Presently, in pure spite, he ran yelping to his mistress. as if he hail been hurt, although I ant persuaded no one had touched him. " How can you be so cruel to the poor dumb beast ?" said Alias Priscilla; unjustly and ill-naturetily singling out the family acape-goat, poor ;lack Noland, for the question. Reproaches were showered upon poor Jack Stem all quarters, who bore them—tope .tlaasatitlsasessoiagasuazzlecture. &silt Aunt gargling- and.a _hint about every shilling of her mocey being at her own dtsposal—whh silence and resignation. The rain was pouring in torrents; and the," rascally poodle," who, to add to his natural attractions, had been scampering about the muddy grounds, came dripping into the drawing-room. Iu this interesting condition he ran from one to another (carefully avoiding my Aunt Margaret), squeezing himself between our legs, and jumping into our laps. The fortitude with which the attack was borne by us all, and the heroic control we maintained over our feelings, were astonishing. It is probable that Aunt Margaret's reprimand of Jack Noland, and her hint about every shilling of her money being at her own disposal, may have contributed to strengthen our nerves. My first impulse certainly was to toss the mongrel nut of window; but, considering that a good four hundred a-% etr ( for which, I know, I am down in the will) might be tossed out along with him, I contented myself by affecting a laugh at the " unceremonious little gentleman," as I called him, and, with my cambric pocket.handkerchief, smearing the mud over my white silk stocking, till they were dry. Noised and Pomponiue Briggs followed My eXample; Pomponius, a* be was making bad worse, by scrubbing his white kereeymeres, moaning ‘ 6 Two-pound-ten, by jingo !" Mr. Briggsownior, swore be was the most fortunate man breathing, for it would not show much upon black. Mrs. Briggs, whose French pink sancta dress was ruined for ever, merely simpered nut Well, it cannot be helped." Miss Julia Briggs, like her Imps, congratulated herself upon her good for tune; for, being dressed in white muslin, which would wash, "it didn't much signify." And Miss Priscill a, whose saffron-coloured white satin dress, which never saw the light except on state occa sions, such as the present, and which was now in a condition to set at defiance the utmost magic of the seowerer, asseverated, as she walked towards the window to conceal her tears, that " it'tlid not signify the lean in the world." When Mr. Lovely had thoroughly cleaned himself by his visits to us, he ventured to approach his mistress. " lam fearful," said my aunt, patting his back, for he was now perfectly dry, " I am fearful Lovely has been rather troublesome." It was now who should be foremost to assure Aunt Margaret that, so far from being troublesome, nothing, in our opinion, could be more delightful than his good-natured playful ness. nothing more entertaining than his innocent frolics ; and that in every possible respect Lovely was, incontestably. aid beyond all means of comparison, the sweetest dog in the universe. My Aunt Margaret's property is all funded; and of her twelve hundred it-year, she regularly lays by two-thirds. This we happen to know.—Nere Monthly. Benyowsky, the hero et' the new piece at Drury-lane, was one of those unquiet spirits, who fly repose, and rush every moment into dangers from which nothing hut their own courage can rescne them. lie was born in 1711, of a noble family at Werbna, in Hungary, and embraced-in early life the professions of arms under the imperial ban ners ; but having afterwards taken up arms in some private feuds, he was declared a rebelhy the Court of Vienna, and his estates were confiscated. In this situation hit natural impatience of rest induced him to travel in Germany, Hol lani;, and finally in England, where he instructed himself in the art of navigation. About the year 1768 he joined the Republican Confederacy in Poland, and was made a Quartermaster-General. He defeated the Russians at Ku menka, but after a variety of vicissitudes, was taken pri soner, and treated with great rigour ; escaped from his chains, he lay concealed for some time in St. Petersburgh, but being discovered be was sent to Kamachatka, and em ployed in severe labour with the lowest malefactors. Ben yowsky, however, was a man of no ordinary boldness ; he formed a conspiracy, sealed the Russian fortress, made himself master of it, and compelled the inhabitants to take the oath of the Polish confederacy. Seeing, however, that he could not maintain himself in that situation, and in• cited by the perusal of Anson's voyages, he conceived the bold idea of embarking with his accomplices in a small corvette. Ile accordingly set sail in 1771, carrying with him the Russian archives of Kamschatky. He touched at Japan, Formosa, and China, and discovering some small islands in his way, reached time European settlements in the East Indies. Being brought back to Europe by a French yes sel,lte was well received by the Court of Versailles, where he delivered up all the manuscripts and archives he had carried with him. Among these papers was a plan for time invasion of China by the Russians, a copy of which was immedi ately despatched to the Emperor of China by the French King. The enterprising character of Benyowsky not per mitting him to live at rest, he projected the colonization of Madvascar under time protection of the French. He re mained, however, on the Island. and the following year was shot in a skirmish with the French, after having de fended himself with great courage. After a protracted and most injurious suspension of se veral weeks from those important avocations, the seamen of this port (Whin-haven) have returned to their duty ; not only without au atimmee of wages, but with the midi s tional mortificatiatiAll.st many of them were refused em ployment on any termr.s.—Cumberlanej Packet of Tuesday. UNITED CIIILIAAV MINING Assucnnoit Yesterday a meeting of Shareholders was held at the George and Vulture Teem, Cotnhill, ponruant to advertisement. 'P. Aai Ica xi, Esq. (late a Director) was called to the Chairs - In opening the bitsiness of the - meeting, he begged to read several letters which had been received on the subject. The first was omit "from Lord Teynham, in reply to a communication made by dm Chairman, wherein his lordships attention was called to the gape. dieticy of' coming to some explanation on the stile of their adliri. Cord Teyoham admitted, the temnadhility of the Directors fat the sums they had received at the Shareholder's hands, but uyta the • present moment no further satisfaction could be obtained through any channel. Ills Lordship, in conclusion, denied arty linottledge of the concerns of the company, and recommended the Shareholders to divide the money now remaining in the banker's hairdo amongst them, as the capital subscribed could be of no awed in the prosecution of so vast a scheme. The Chairman remarked, that the latter part of his Lordship's letter was palatable enough, had ha thought fit to point out in what way that recommendatiost maw to be carried into effect ; hut so far from having done so, his resrdship had ever since avoided coming to any explanation on thei subject, though he (the Chairman) had repeatedly written to hint, urging the inability of the Propriatory to draw the money out of the hankers hands without the concurrence of the Directors. Three other leans were then read, from Mr. Charles Place, air. Vaux, and Mr. henna, who distinctly denied any participstierx In that act of the Directors so much condemned, name's, the trait licking in shares. The CH/ORMAN observed. that in consequence of this dairicile nation on the port of lewd Tevnham and other Directors, to coati forward Coil meet the'shareludders in an honourable Manly way., the 'felt it hie ditty - to retire Cam that Board; but in doing an ha would not bold hones* absolved frost a share of the responsibility which devolved mann' him as • Director, regarding past Irani, actions. of which, however, he had no knowledge. There weld be no doubtehat the Directors of any Association were collectively resistnetibie to the Putprietary when they misapplied the funds ewe trasteektd their charge hy the public. (Hear, hear, hear.) Praia jthe 'moment that he perceived a rowing supineness In the Ole rectors, be yes confident that die Company never Could go on • deeds ' deald *Maul to the estersitile agent, tilr. Hendricks who; le As glad to see present.a hether he had not repeatedly pressed I . 'AMporion, but, far what reason he could not pnesibly • • IlliP s nfifeetoes. tenth?. never be gos•leousneene. Chairman) could assume no definite character in the bealiblite, being neither. Director tine, Shareholder, still he was wililiarej autift the Proprietary in establishing their just claims by soy We 'MAW measures; it was lot the Meeting to decide what those MUM sores ehnuld he. Mr. HEN pacers should be most willing to afford the Propel*. Lary all the information he could give, when property required to du se. At present he was not in attendance on behalf of the Dires. writ. Ile confeued that the part which Loid Tcynhant had tikes in this lark surprised him not a !rule. his Lordship having beep the prime mover of it in the first instance. He had engaged him (Mr. Hendricks) to heroine the Acting Manages, at conattlerablie expense and Inconvenience: he was obliged to take another office.L. • Pt employ an additional clerk; and all th is was done by the dime bins of Lord Teynhant. His Lordship had also fixed his owe salary, as principal Director, at 209/. per annum. In these arrange merits Mr. Vitus and Mr. Imeson concurred. Lord Teynheeta also poitred out the advantage of effecting an intercourse with Chili, and directed hint (Mr. Hendricks) to look out for a propel; person to send to that country as the Agent of the Company. It was likewise proposed to purchase shares in the market;, and Lord Teynharn put 6001. into his hands for that purpose. Seen after the shares were allotted, he (Mr. H.) intimated to his Lnedahip, and some other Directory, that their expectations were not likely to be realized, and suggested the propriety of calling a 'meeting for :lie purpose of dissolving the Company ;and in thi.propotation Mr. Annichuti concurred, pmvided the Shareholders had their mmtey returned without deduction. He (Mr. H.) called again on Lord- T. for that purpose, who promised to attend, but did not ; and the Hon. Capt. Curzon (his Lordaltip's sort) declared his readiness to meet the wishes of the Shareholders for dissolving the Company, hat that he could hot get his father to consent to it. In the month oracles tember he (11r. H .) - had occasion to be in France, and on his te.i 'turn he was surprised to find that the bankers Had undertakes to paethedeposits ea some of the shares at par; and in order to pat is stop to any further attempts t f that nature, he suggested the rem ;Whey of teeing the money out of their hands' for the benefit of the shareholders ; hut they refused to wander out of their regular cnurse, which was to get a check signed by three of the Directory and countersigned by himself. In this the Directors could not be got to agree, neither would they call a meeting of the Proprietary. Ile should now submit, that the Demme be formally called impart to come forward with theirsiccohnts; and, if they still persisted in keeping back, he shostld hint put the Shareholders in possession or all the information he could command. The CHAIRMAN said it was quite evident that the interests of the Company had been moat shamefully neglected by the Dilemma. Mr. HENDRICKS declared that the plain fact watt, if the shares had risen to a premium, not one of the Directors would have re tired that was the w hole 'secret. A Sat AREDOLDEtt wished to kr whim was the amount of the money now in the bankers' hands Mr. HENDRI Cl:4 could nut fate untie higoelf to state what thy A Sitatterroenen thought it Yee/ desirable to gat Sig like a balance sheet of the Cnlnptly A funds before them, a. the Proprietors would then be enabled to decide what steps they ought to take for recovery of their deptuits. Another SHAREHOLDEIL—..But you see the Directors well not give you any account. Mr. Newmax thought it exceedingly strange that Mr. Rem. thicks, whose conduct was so much impeachtsi, had not come }hr. ward, prepared with explanatory documents on the present occa. sion. With respect to the paying off share; at par, by Messrs. Pry and Chapman, he would only say that he did not think Mr. Hen. dricks himself was wholly exempt from blame in diet respect. Ha (Mr. N.) was anxious to get rid of thole shares which he then held —they cost hint 751., but he thought it would be a good thing if he could get fill/. for them; and he accordingly took them to Mr. Hen dricks, who indorsed two of them, and gave him a 101. check for the third, thereby pocketing 251. Thu was not fair dealing surely. .Mr. hI wntttcia vindicated himself from the charge. Re would not deny hiving purchieved shares, hut it was in obedience to the Directors' orders, who had pm 5001. into his hands tor that purpose. Ile might have purchased tercels bed he been so disposed. He saw one Gentleman in the room who utfered him 52 shares at 2 discount. The Gentleman alluded to distinctly denied the truth of the as. sertion. Mr. NEWMAN said, with regard to sending an agent to Chili, there could be nothing more preposterous. Mr the capital of the Company, at that time. did net exceed 30,0/.—a very noble cum to commence a mining speculation with ; but it was quite plain it was never intended to work the mines, but rather to work the market. The CHAIRMAN denied that position. Air. NEwasaic observed, that if properly managed, the object might have been feasible, and if the funds had not been improperly applied, there would now be something to ide. Mr. Hendricks had been already drawing the Company's money out of the banker's hands by indorsing the shares. A Sit Alt OLDEn—lt is not Itlr Hendricks that we have to do with. The Directors are unquestionably responsible to us. Another Stun E tIOLD£ n—But you see some of them have re signed ; who then are we to look to ? A SHAREHOLDER proposed an application to the Directors for information on the subject ; and if they did not think fit to come forward, and lay an account before a General Meeting of the Share holders, then other steps might be taken for recovery of their de posiat. Another SHAREHOLDER moved, " That the present company be appointed a Committee of Inquiry, and be empowered to call for thwumente." This was objected to, as tending to frustrate the object in view. A Swaxtitot.nan here referred to a speech made in the penitent* Lords on the 3J of February. by Lord Teynham, wherein that nobleman, speaking of the late panic. asserted that " it arose solely from the rash spirit for joint-stock speculations, which had so long been suffered to prevail." Precept and practice it seemed were often at variance. He (the Shareholder) submitted, that if his Lordship persisted in wi•hholding the required information, a petition should be presented to the H mss of Lords, exposing the whole transactio ; and there was no doubt of its success, for there was a very strong feeling in that quarter against suah con cerns. Some desultory conversation then took place as to the best mode to be adopted ; and a resolution was finally carried for an applica tion being made to bora Teynham and the other Directors, for the itia.elittion of the Company and return of the deposits. A Committee of seven gentlemen was also appointed to investi gate the accounts, and report thereon to a general meeting, to be helo on the 30th inst. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. T NitntnGE WE I. Ls.—The prospects of this place fur the ensuing season are very favourable ; no less than seven large houses were let last week ; this is commencing early. Every year the season lengthens from the slum one, as ap pears from the Guide, published by Mr. Clifford, of former times, being three months at furthest, from July to the end of September ; the state of the roads round the place ren dered it almost inaccessible at any other part of the year. Tunbridge ll'ells at present. seems almost exclusively to retain its character for good end select company. its small distance from the metropolis, and, compared with modern public places, its limited extent, have encouraged a degree of circumspection, and even suspicion on the part of its regular frequenters, which tends to maintain this di tinction, whilst from the same caution, the suspicious, de graded, and abandoned, have little opportunity of gaining an introduction. Besides, as the more dissipated habits of the metropolis have increased, the fashionable part of the company who frequent the Wells seek rather the pleasures of retirement, and the comforts of moderate society, than public amusements. The company principally pus their time in the enjoyment of the numerous walks and rides that the vicinity affords, and in breathing the. fragrance that arises from the common advantages the Wills en seises above all other public places. 1 16 , -; • •