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.DRURT-LANE THEATRE. 1 ! A new historical play," entitled Maraltiell.), (he:a:1111er , , man ~,f Namier, which had been for,some time in prepata don, was produced last evening at. ,Drury-lane theatte. Fur some twenty ye past, en uninterrupted warfare has gone on bet*een tii play-goers and the play-wrights. The former are charged with encouraging a barbarous and vitiated ft!ste in dramatic repmentOons ; and they, s in : turn recriminate, and charge the play-writers,.with incom petence. . In this quarrel, at in altnait every other, a portion of censure may Le fairly divided. 'Were ,the public less fastidious when they cone to decide von the efforts. of regular dramatic purveyors, and gore measured in their applause of empiric*, men of acknJw !edged talent, tpight. be induced to enter thitarena, and the public wouli reap benefit from its indulgetace, by the prevalence oft more eltasterug taste. On the, biller hanli, .When a writer v o l un t ar ily se p ta ' s tc the public, and is tip successful, there are reasouable groundcfor suspecting that his dissatiafaetion arises from the.pangs cf disappointed .e.a nay, trathei- than the consciousness of torit. It is *Rape :wee to say, that the public should not be wnfotinded with those who freretent the theatre; fur bow many, writerSt have appealetkfrom the nlay-going public, to the public, at large, sod, by.sei doing, only advertised their ottn failures '• How many have cried,. • " 'Meath, I'll s hame th e f oo l s , an d p ri nt i t ." And they have printed, thd when their work* are placed beside those of the elder dramatists, how disadvantageously du they contrast. . . . . What.a falling atria there ' The prevailing sins of our modern dramatic wr:ters seem to be. that plot and incident are sacrificed to petry and passion ; or else the entire dependence is placed upOrt situation and effect, whilst the diction and narrative are deemed unworthy of attention. The writers of one /1000 appeal solely to the fancy;..those of the other schooLpnly to;the senses • but both.seem to have lost ;h e power o f ex citing our feelings, through the agency of our sympathies. the true secret bywhich the Poiets of the olden time, and above all, " the Bard of Avon, L. 4. i '• Runt ilk a wizard the world o f the heart."„ The Oil perform last night is: indelited for,the ...cry limit ed attraction whic , it possesses, to the scenery, the music, and the drew'. - It would require no ordinary exertion of ingenuity intelligibly to relate the plot, If plot there be. To us, and no doubt to the majority of the andiefice, ilusunialo appeared to be a jumble of eonftßed incidents, arising from atettending to elle knows,not. what. The etyle is decidedly meld-dramatic, ,and we cannot help thinking that it must originally have .beett. intended for .the Coburg or Astley's, for which- it.. is inuch better adapted than to the meridian CC' Drury lane . ' ,Clip performers all everted themselves,, %lilt . spirit, bu: unavailingly. Mr. Beau played with his .characteristic .energy and discrimination,. but even he was ineffective.; yet he was warmly applauded in some pabltges, : and throughout the audience ieemed i eluetant to ttiatdfet their condemnation of the piece, lest it,shonld, he conitrned into die - Approbation of the actor. Ta the itreValence_ of this feeling only eau we attribute the exemplary „patience with which the audience listened to the Eve tedibnt acts of this most stupid plal.r t . Towards the cofielusin of the last act, tEe general dislatittaction beearite kno appafent to be longer mistaken. The, cortain fell ctrudit hisses and partial applause; and when Mr. Wallack, appeftted to an e nominee the play for a amend rctreeentation, the disappro bation of the audience tnanifestett itself by crk's of " Off. off!" and Mr. Wallach very pittdenVi made his bow, and retired, without re-announcing ,the play.—Mesuairilo jai understood to be. from the pen of Mr. Scone, a gentleman who is already advantegtously known to the public ; but we hazard litee by predicting, thit he will add nothing to his fame by this, the titest of his dramatic efforts. The ; house was inconveniently crowded in.every part. . . .I)E.i 771 OF MAURICE O'CONNELL, ESQ. . . (From the Dublin diforning ilegiater.l • Died, on the 10th of February inst., at Lis seat at Darrinano. the county of Keny, in the 98th year of his age, Maurice O'con nelf, Esq. He was .the elder brother of General Daniel Count O'Connell, Grand doss of the Order of the Holy (host; -that cousin of Mau. rice Baron O'Connell, (hand Chamberlain to the Emperor of Aus tria,; and uncle to Counsellor OConnell. lie retained his. mental faculties, bright and nneksedes/ 4 to the last: ,they were of the highest order. llts judgment watctear and firm, his perceptions rapid and di st i nct , Lis memory tenaci ou s an d richly stored. Ilisrnasaners were of the stately cast which belonged ; to the "olden Court." and might have been accused of formality, but that there mixed well with them a constant hilarity of spirits, amt a natural pleasantry of mind, which, without being undigni. Red, rendered him, as a cornpaulot, at once instructive and de. • The powers of his Mind continued unabated to toe last; and. in his 98th year, there was a vigour of intellect about him, which our readers have even recently admired In.his excejlent letter to the Catholic Associstioo. put old age, which so frequently blunts the intellect, does, in general, extinguish the feelings of the heart. 1: was not so with Mr. O'Connell. llis affections were as lively, his heart was as kind, and his friendship for bii relatives was as tender, at his advanced age, as if he had been still in the flower ut youth This seemed so peculiar to hint, that his cordial affecti o n s g l oat ,: to the last with the most tender and kindly warmth. Mr. O'Connell ms sincerely attached. to hi s ill-f a t e d country, and was anxious persevering in the struggle for her long•les: rights. He r at also devoted to the " faith of his fathers,'' wai, sincerity of belief which disphiyed !ts purity by the entire tenor t; . .7 his life. His conduct was guided by an attention to the of the Catholic ('hutch ; and all his actions wens regulated, no: only by the high honppr or a gentleman, but by the sublime anal awful precepts vf Cithclie morality. Ile died with the equanimaty and firmness with which he had lived ; and, amidst all the consi..- lations of the catholic rites, he deliberately viewed and met :hr. ; approach of death with sentiments of humble but Christian hope and confidence. Mr. O'Connell let a fine fortune. Ile was seised in le! of .n estate, which was most singularly circumstanced, it having 111:Vtf been forfeited, or subject to quit or crown rent. It rentaanrii to his hands from the times of' the Irish law, without a single line of title-deed of any muniment, save immemorial possession. Ile we hear, distributed his personal fortune, amounting to alit it. 40,0001., bet Ween hii, three nephews. On t a p o f them, :Wm.,. John and Jame\ O'Connell, he made large settlements in his 1:1:.• time ; and on the third, (;ounsellor O'Connell, the greater par: of his unsettled m 4.0 descend. _ The Speaker's Parliamentary dinners, for Saturday at:a Sunda] next, are postponed, in consequence, it is stated, ot" the death of one of the Right Honourable Cattleman's Sisters. It is said that Lord Ilowick oppose Mr. B.mumo::', for Northumberland, at the next election. Mr. Wilberforce is, in consequence of the cleclimeg state of his health, abeut to retire from Parliament, the sittings of which he has uninterruptedly adorned fbr e 7.. wards of 43 yeari: The Freeman's Journal of Thursday last announces tl.e departure of Mr. O'Connell and Mr. Shell from Duirlin. These gentleinen arrived in London late on Wediterday night. Miss Foote has been engage,' to play three niglas at Brighton. Mr. Russell is Said to have tempted her tif:y guineal a night, the highest terms ever offered. The Josephine, Manlove, arrived at Liverpool en Situ-- day night, from Lagua)ra. She is the first vessel undo. the Colombian Rag that has entered that port since the establishment of indepen4ence. Trig GREEK Cif I E r °Fuss:vs.—This commander, has become so famous in the history of the i;reek insurre,- Lion, now resides in a cavern in the eastern declivity of Parnassus. The place is absolutely inaccessible to aa enemy : it can only he approached by six long nionst:a ridgea, rising almost perpendicularly one above the mire , . The cavern is of very great extent, so that it could et,ntali some thousand men. It has excellent water, which ii preserved in eitterns which the new hermit had nmao in 1523. Ile has also built a house detached flout V , e walls of the cavern, seteral magazines, containing previ sions. ammunition, and even a kiosk, and he possesses two field-pieces. Since the summer of 1524 he has had with hint his wife, his mother, and the eltilstren of the latter by a second marriage. One of the.,e,chilidren had the misfortune, while playing on a terrace, tarsi! down the precipice, where it was dashed to pieces. Me has, betides these, no companion, except the well-knows Englishman (Irishman) Trelawny, one of the most intim a t e f r i en d s o f . .. - the ' e its 6:eacte for Mavreaordato. I for'' coast of South America; afterwards 'ilie iLsired for Buenos the late Lord Byron, who was very ac t i ve Ur Gmeee The P ar i s P apers of Tuesday bring no news o f muc h p e lt e d to a d m i t t h at " h onesty i s t h e b rat po li cy, "— suffer any degree of persecution, on the ground o f his Ayres, and strived at this port on Saturday night. The some months, aherwanls quarreled with Marreaordato. II I rsPsirtane r . I t w owed from P ortuga l , t h at M. Pis- and that, in these days, credit and good faith are as religious opinions. We hold this to he an axiom of the Chi e f i s fi ne l y tattooe d , a f ter t h e f as hi on o f hi s country , an d i s now au id le and d i scontententcei spectator,—Artriau ' f iitO, the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, will accom- necessary to a Monarch as to a merchant. There Constitution : we consiler it as an article in the charter of and is described as a vary good-looking savage. ii IVe l u o n r - Obsrver. forenoon, toto be in d . in l a es e t oppri K inei ile l'El Sir CHAIMES STUART to Brazil, in order to nego- is now another condition, to which FIRDIN•ND, or his British freedom, from the benefits of which no British il l e a r i s i t l a u n t d a t p that an about 11 o'clock a fire broke ant este for the mother country the best terms that can be successor, must be tied down—that no part of the subject should be excluded; but, if the subjects of Ireland tiot a inc l in tt g e li:s h a a r s rist en ani t l ra r i e l i s i n u l es a t t ingh ouse on Lud 9 ate-hiff, f .y formed of the pleas - tire of Government respecting the occlpieli be the Hope Insuranee Company . g It was in et tlii: future disposal of his New 'Zealand Majesty.—L:ie-poiii upper part o£ the premises, but was git tinier wiihout is device Catained, as the price of the r nition of the indepen- proceeds of a new loan shall be applied towards the have unhappily been excepted for ages from the equal par- drice of the nay empire. The public confidence seems t 9 re -conquest of any portion of the Arnericag continent. ticipation of those belief o. rid if numbers in this king- Courier of iredges4l4j. h.ivirg done ary material dszt age. 4 i i a i i i • I iii ii • • ii • limi ii . • . 0 .1 li m . i i i i m imi i Imi i y _iii intetTst was o=6ll7lonm than that widowed by law. Sieee, then, these laws diifnut effect that for which they were enacted, and tonged only to encoarege an immoral system, and, in reality, to put theater:ewer in a worse state, he would give the Bill bis.support. Mr. Iioas.RTSON explained. r. Alderman H E Yfl ATE, said that the commercial prosperity of the centutry ought nut to be entirely attributed to the removal of the Itestrictien Laws ; for it was notorious, that in the year 1793, h;elt WAS about as long after the American war, as the present year is after the Enoch, commerce as much flourished, public credit was as high as now, anti yot the Silk Laws. alai others if a similsrly restricting nature, were then in force. He contended, that the repeal of the l'ittry Laws would not be beneficial to commercial men generally,though it might to a few; and assured thel louse, that the case of a man working his capital, through the name of another, while be Ininself avoided an responsibility, was by no means chimerical—indeed, :even or eight persons responsibility spoken to him of the possibility of such a case. So tar the Solicitor-General was mistaken. The soLicrrortmENEß.ll.—The Worthy Alderman quite mistakes my line of arpinient. I contended lug the likelihood of such a case, and was showing, that from the repeal of these laws botherischief and fraud might arise. Mr. Alderman BEVOATE resumed,—he contended, that if this Bill passed, great injury might arise to the Government of the rountr) when they 'warned to borrow money, if it should so happen that money was scarce at the time. It use Usury Laws were not in existence, the probability was, that the national debt, instead of Leing eight hundred millions, would be much inure. (Cries of Question.") Mr. NIA BE RLY said a few words. Mr. THOMAS WILSON contended there was no case made met lh support of the hill ; the arguments were all on the other aide. He thanked the Soiicitor-General for his clear elucidation of ; the question ; and expressed hi; opinion, that the Bill would in jere the landed proprietors. Ile 'lid not speak of those who were driven to borrow money from extrioweince, but of men ot fortune and large property, whose affairs were so circumstanced as to make it neceimary fur them to rise money, either no account of settle ments for younger children, or other family arragements. The HOW. Gentleman in continuation said, that in opposing the Bill be was acting against the opinion of many of his constituents ; tau, per hays, ag ainst his own interest. Mr. ALT WOOD supported the Bill, he considered every law that supported restriction us unjust. Mr. T. WILSON said, he left it to the Worthy Alderman to oppose the Bill on the grounds of public interest. 11, indeof, it was against the interest of Government, why were not Mi n isters in their place to oppose it, and not leave it to the afiiious meddling of the Worthy .aldertitan ? 31r. Alderman lIFYGATE said he must insist the words, i i " officious meddling," ought not to have been used. Mr. CHARLES WYNN said, he had no intention in taking any part in the debate, but that his colleagues had been alluded to. So far were they from thinking the Bill likely to be injurious, that they all, with the exception of the Secretary fur Foreign Affairs, had already expressed their opinion, to that effect ; and, indeed, the President of the Board of Trade loud relnested hint to attend the house that evening to TOM in favour of the Bill. 111th regard to the injury Government would sustain by the repeal of the Usury Laws, in the event of a loan, he would say, that he would con sider Government more prejudiced than served if they gained only by the has of individuals. In answer to the artnunent drawn from the custom of our ancestors, he would say t t nat it was only in their infancy trade was restricted. In the reign of Elisabeth and Charles 11. laws were paved regulating tic price of wive ; it was enacted that no more thin lid. be given for a rkuart ot cuna y wine, and not more than lid. for the same quantity ot French wine : 'nay, there was a law regulating . the price of woollen caps (a laugh) and also one determining the price of new bolts for slice frig s ith. The Right llonourable Gentleman, after some further observations, concluded with expressing his intention to support the Mr. tsiutafr protested against the introduction of such illus trations as that of woollen caps or new bolts ; they had nu analogy whatever to money. His principal motive for opposing the present Bill was a wish to consult the comforts of the poorer classes. When Le considered the great number (of the officers of the law who were now overrunning the country—(.l laugh)—he expected if this Bill passed to find one in every village lending money, and anxious' to make every man his creditor ; then pouncing on hint and exacting from !din the most exorbitant return for his money. Money was the real representative of all other species of pro perty—it was comfort, convenience, and power. He concluded by saying. that the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Wynn) would not carry his principles into effect in that country over which he possessed an almost unlimited rule. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, amid laud cries of " Ques tion, question !" For the Bill Against it - . - 4d Majority against the Bill The other Orders of the Day were then d;spused of, and the House adjourned at TWELVE o'clock. PRICES OF BRITISH S' Bonk Stock 2371 38 3 per Cont. Red. 941 f 3 per ( ent. Cons. 94 934 D 84 Acct. 931 pet Cent. 1011 3 pet Lent. 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(1823) 184 3 174 184 A 204 Ditto Acct. 184 18 19 183 204 sitto Acct.. Ditto Scrip 11325) 11 if la Pm Dit to eea. Ij I II pm AtsueAxec COMPANIES. Alliance Brit. and Fur. Ditto Ilarine i t Guardia., Nadi= Drumm ES YESTERDAY. 049 LIGHT AND COKE COX- PANIES. Contitental * Provincial Portable 21 2 United Getieral 13 MINES. Anglo-Mexican 123 130 Anglia-01Am 134 14 Aeigna Iron and 1.401 16 Banos 500 pm Brazilian 23 thilian 2U Colombian 37 38 Gen. Xining Association 13! 11 Hibernian Pasco Peruvian 33 13 Heal del MOnta Riu de la Plata 294 31 UN:al:us 230 240 pan Lniced Mexican 133 1171 Welch Iron and Caul bi IROX RAILWAYS. Uirnsiog. snd Liverpool 34 Manchester sad Liverpool 38 sitscr (I. Australian 26 British Iron Company 76 French Four Canal Shares 1220 f. Exchange 2M. 10c. Gen. Steam Navigation 166 (told Coast Association 8} ii Metro. Alderney Dairy 46 Metro Fish Company 14 New Coro Exchange 7 6i Pearl Fishery (Yellow) 18 Ditto (White) 16 Prow. RAtak of Ireland Patent Bricks 21 6 Elie Nritiolt 771E.ITRE ROYAL, DRURT-LANE. Tomorrow Evening. SATURDAY Feb. 19. selll be performed THE FALL OF SATURDAY, The Prmelpal Characters by Mears. Say., Terry. Horn. Harley, Caw,. Browne. Mercer, and 0. Smith ; Master Edmunds; Mesdames stsphsas,Uraddon, Novi, and Carr. After wklch. R MY UNCLE tSABI. Gsl.7l•lom :urn. Mr. (Attie; Scrip, Mr. R EL edford: Lleut Sutton. bra; TUai . I . lClt, Mr. Knight; Jack Ready, Mr. Harley. Salsa, SU " P.roY; Mrs. 1., Mrs. Urger. THEATRE ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. T t'zuenvw Evening. SATURDAY, Feb. IV. wlil be performed THE IMC'ONSTANT ; Or, THE WAY TO WIN lIIM. " 11r. M. Farrel.; Voting Mirsbel. Mr. C. Kenible; Duet. tern. Mr. Jones. Bitsrre, Mrs. Chraterley. After h THE IRISH TUTOR ; o whi r c NEW LIGHTS. Terry tritourke, Mr. Connor. To conclude with. A 1 ittP ER. Ror./.lrll. Mr. Co o per ; ALE Franci Sl sco, ViT Mr. Y Farley l Michell!, Mr. bl virtiani seams. Miss Jmes Flametta, Mrs. Daveuport. ou 31 '"'laY. Der Vreisehett. and the Pantomime. THEATRE RorAL, ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE, STRAND. I t Ott • LiccTrar ON ASTRONOMY! 71' dipt ctfully assimaneed. that Mr. RARTLEY will deliver the , E va AS RuSOMY Tills LYENING. FRIDAY. and NETINEIDATS Ileehlnet and FRII)AVS durnig LENT. The scenery and y. illustratina the Lecture, are upuu the frai4eit aealee, ma e mit. , a GeeryOsr mun e T rgolas/ at re4uce4Pricireheew ickets at the 110%.4,Meees. (when the party e p Tie BRITISH Pat's commerical publishing yesterday morning at fire o'cluck. LONDON, FRIDAY. FIBRUART 18, lOW. ; _ reposefully on this statesman, whose ability and expe rience are known to be considerable. It is expected also that the promises made by his Most Faithful Majesty, in May, 1923, will shortly be fulfilled, and teat some sound and liberal system of government will bk? instituted. The Special Commission, to which the task of suggesting the political reforms which time and circumstances had ren dered necessary, had completed its labouri in the August following the counter-revolution; ,but by the influence of the French Government, then paramount at Lcrbon, the Report was suppressed. The Kt sic is now deifirout that no time should be lost in carrying this good work into effect. The Eltnie, of Wednesday, confirms the accounts of the feyness of the Pilgrims who have repaired to the Holy City on the oecasion of the Jubilee. "It is only by the ettraortiinary selemnities that we are remindLd that we ate In the Holy Year." This is a gratifying proof of the decline of superstition. We know of no cheat more gross and palpable than that which pretends to sell the absolut tion of sin, by contributing towards the revenues of a petty State in Italy. It is creditable to the Catholics that they have begun to despise these fraudulent appeals to 'weir credulity; they can show no better argument in favour of their re-admission to the full enjoyment of their civil rights. The Etaiie also contains some ridiculous Anse of the /nglish Government, for " unfurling the flag of civil and religious liberty before the lio millions of subjects over 'Whom England reigns in Asia," and sonic abusive ridicule of the " good Aldermen, who, after turtle soup, venison, ' clatet, tad champagne, drowsily listen to the sonorous periods of the orator (Mr. Casts/me:), and think, always supposing them to be capable of thinking, that the only liberty worthy to be desired by man, is that which gives rise to such dinners." If the French Ministry hope to excuse their delay iu recognising the new States of America by such wit and argument as this, we fancy they have much miscalculated the temper and knowledge of the com mercial interests of their own country. England has only done what France herself must do at no very distant day, whatever may be her reluctance to the measure. The independence of South America is a fact ; and though all the powers of Europe should refuse to acknowledge it, the fact will remain as true as ever. The /if unitevr of Tuesday contains nothing official. FRENCH FUNDS.—Pnats, FED. 15-5 per Cents. 1031.110 c.; Bank Stock. 1935 f. ; Rents de Naples, ialconnet Certificates, 831. 80c.; Renee d'Espagnes Rif.; Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 677—Exchange on London, 1 month, '4l'. Sc. ; 3 months, 241. Autkottigut, Flt'. , . 15. Last night we received the Brussels Papers of Wednes day : they are filled with details of the ravages it the inundations in Holland. The King has given the sum of 100,00 . 0 florins, besides some other charitable donations, to the sufferers. The subscriptions on the Exchange of Amsterdam have produced a million of florins ; a single house is said to have given a quarter of that amount. On Tuesday a project of law was transmitted to the Second Chamber of the States-General, for a vote of credit to his MAJISTV, the maximum of which is fixed at eight mil lions, for the reparation of the disasters caused by the inundations. Last night we receivtld New York and other American Journals to the 25th ult. brought by the Meteur, whicb Las arrived at Liverpool. They bring no later intelli- gence froria the seat of war in South America. The fol lowing is extracted from the New York Mercantile Adrer titer : IMPORTANT AND LATEST FROM PERU. General Cortez, who mine passenger in the schooner Lewis from Alvarado, has kindly favoured us with the following authentic in telligence from Peru :—Mr. Santamaria, the Colombian Minister resident in Mexico, had received accounts from C'allao of the 3d of November, brought to Acapulco by . the brig Pallets, Capt. Henry Bennor.d, from tivanchacu, a putt in the province of Trujillo. Bo livar's bead.quartms were xt A ntlaguailas, on the trawl to Cuzco, on the 16th of October, having defeated Contarae in Guanianga and Rio Pempoa. Of 6,000 men that composed Cantarac's army, 1600 had united and were retreating towards Cuzco, to join the re mains of La berna's forces, who had been defeated in the neigh. bourhood of Charms by the army of Buenos Ayres. This army bad taken possesivion of the provinces or Potosi, Cochabamba, Oru. do, Punt", and Santa Cruz de la Siera. Bolivar himself writes to Mr. Santamaria, assuring hint of the speedy temiination of the campaign, ass Chilton army was marching from Arica to join that or Peru and Buenos Ayres. The reinforcements from Carthagena, St. Martha, and Puerto Cabello had arrived at Goad' a from Pana ma, whence also had been shipped a million and a lialf of dollars for the army in Peru. Lima was occupied by the Patriots, and Callao was blockaded by sea and by land, by the combined land and naval forces, the latter being under the command of Commodore Blanco. of the Chilian service. The Spanish ship Asia. and brig of war Achilles, had made an attempt to escape frum Callao, but being pursued by the Peruvian and Chiliati squadron. returned to port, which so exasperated the Cotnrnantiant of Callao, that he opened a fire on them from the batteries, wishing to force them to s decisive engagement. It was reported yesterday, that the Spanish Minister in this country had recched despatches from Madrid, an nouncing that his CATHOLIC MAJESTY was :•cry danger ously ill, much worse than any statement that had been suffered to transpire. His late attack was represented to be of an apoplectic character, and not gouty, as the French Papers had alleged. The Constitutionnel of Tuesday, it will be seen by our extracts in a subsequent column, con firms the fact of the King of SPAIN'S serious illness. It was believed, the Correspondent of that Paper states, that FIRDIiAND was in his last moments, and all the Court hthl already abandoned hhh, to pay their homage to the Infant lion CARLOS. Another expedition against South America, as we mentioned a few weeks ago, is getting ready at Ferrol or Corunna ; and in order to furnish the means of equipping it, there can be no doubt that a negotiation is in progress at this moment in London, for a new Spanish loan. At Madrid, it seems, people suppose that the sense of justice belonging to the Spa nish Government, will not miter them to do more than receive the Constitutional Bonds at a noininal value of to per cent. We do not believe that any capitalist in this city will listen to any such proposal. He must know that he and his loan together would be hooted out of the market, the instant he had the assurance to declare its terms. The Bonds are now bought by somebody, for some purpose, at 29. Many of them have silently been withdrawn at much lower prices; we suspect that the buyers, whoever they are, understand well what they are doing. We have always held and published the opinion, that, sooner or later, the loans of the Cortes must be re cognised. The malice or fatuity of the present Monarch may, should he live, defer somewhat longer a measure ' which, of all others, except perhaps the limitation of his sovereign power, he most heartily detests; but, in the present state of Europe, in order to reign at all, he must yield both points, hard as it may appear to him to be obliged to concede either. The Spanish Government, whosoever may be its head, will, in the end, be Com- ;itm• from whatever rause, whether conscientiously or from prejudice, shrink with dismay from the supposed conatquences of admitting them to n certain share of the governing lower, would any one, desirous of canveating tbem to different sentiments, by convincing them that their fears were without foundation, urge the following in • the way of persuasion? . , `• The conviction that their debasement is the consequence of: English ascendancy, is in truth mrivoe.r.Bl; and this conviction binds them firmly together in opposition toile irthiwity of Cavern. ment and of the laws. From the era of the Whieetiny Associatiou, in 1760, down Welk present hour, insurreetion has-followed insur rection in one uninterrupted scrim Laws of the Most unbeard-of severity have been passed to repress these disorders.; but, as 110 attempt has been made to take away the causes whence they sprung, this severity • has only given them a darker shade of ; atrocity. It is nut to Parliament, but to their own efforts, !fiat the mass of the Catholic population look for 'emancipation. They consider the Government at ci hostile power, NJ they lissitzte not to embrace event opportunity to wreak their vengeance on all :rho are either dfre:tiy or indirectly invested with authority." If any one were desirous ta fortify the prejudices which exist against the Catholic body, anti to confirm the fears which those prejudices in'olve, lie could not, in our opi nion, attempt It more suect2ssfully titan by this represent ation. If the Orange faction wish to discourse publicly on the danger of making any additional concession to the Catholics, they cannot readily find a better text. ••• What are the evils," the Ilevienier ask*, " to be apprehended from complete and unqualified emancipation ? What imaginabte danger could result from admitting, at most. twenty Catholic gentlemen among the sic hundred and fifty-eight she compose the House of Commons, and some half dozen Catholic Peers into the House of Lords ? But settiog these dangers in the most trisggcrated point of view, are they to he compared, even for one stogie moment, with the danger resulting from the determined hostility of the whole Catholic population of Ireland ?" . • We answer, without hesitation, that no danger would result from the admission of, at most, twenty Cathclic Gentlemen into the House of Commons, or of some half dozen Catholic Peers into the House of Lords: but will not the enemies of the Catholics—taking ground on this writer's own statement—will they not contend, that if the exclusion of these two dozen of Catholic Commoners, and half dozen Catholic Peers, from Parliament, is sufficicnt to create, and, according to his account, does create, " the defer- mined hostility of the whole Catholic population of Ire land," that it behoves the Parliament of Great Britain to take great care how they invest with politital power seven millions of people, so susceptible of excitement u to be roused to inveterate hostility by grievances, the effects I o f which do not even approach them ? for it is clear the peasantry can suffer nothing from being ineligible as Mem bers of Parliament. To describe the whole Catholic popu lation as being willing to crush the system of the Consti tution, that they may remove evils which are never likely to reach them, is certainly not the mode of argument which a discreet advocate would have recourse ta, if he meant effectively to serve their cam... There is ample matter for further comment in this article on Ireland, which is made to anticipate the appear ance of the Journal to which it of right belongs; but out time and space are limited, and we have already assigned to it as much of both as we can spare. The principal attention of 'peculators seems to be turned to the Foreign Market, and, in consequence, there has been of late always more vivacity in it than in the English. It was very brisk yesterday, and a good deal of business done in it The new Greek Scrip fluctuated between ll and l.; but it was extremely well thought of, and must persons believe that it will be much better. Brazilian Scrip, 1823, was firm at 4L New Mexican Scrip was done at 31 .1. Spanish Bonds were in great request, owing to a strong opinion prevailing that there will shortly be a new Spanish Loan, one of the objects of which is, to buy. up the old _Bonds. The best-informed persons, however, are divided In their opinions as to the probability of this new Loan making its appearance, and one of the parties to whom • the report gives the contract, positively denies all know ledge of it ; however, notwithstanding these contra dictory reports, we incline to the belief that a new loan is in agitation. The Spanish Bonds reached 9.5 yesterday. Consols opened for money at 94 ; they afterwards declined to 93i 4, at which price they closed. The account bargains were also done on the latter terms. The late proclamation of Martial Law at Caracas, it ap pears by authentic accounts received.yesterday, was a mis take. Some lawless depredators, consisting of runaway slaves and other vagabonds had collected and seized some muskets, but they were defeated and dispersed the first body ofeegular troops that went against them. The Buenos Ayres Argos to the 13th of December, was received yesterday. The principal article it contains is a diary of the operations of Olaneti's army in Upper Peru, front which it appears that. lie has not thrown off his al legiance to the Crown of Spain. He styles hirns ••If a Royalist, and makes war on the Viceroy Laserna, as a Constitutionalist. Valdes, it appears, bad at the end Of August retired, and left Olaneta master of Potosi and Chu quisaca, probably in consequence of the advance of Bolivar upon Cuzco. • The private letteis from ratis state, that the odium ex cited by the law of sacrilege now before the French Chamber of Peers, is such, that not one Peer in twenty ventures to speak in favour of it. It is generally thought, therefore, that it will be thrown out. Thc accounts received yesterday from Greece, via Corfu, state that Patras was expected to fall every day, Extract of a letter dated Batavia, 24th September:— '` The Birman war is going on. Our troops have cap tured a part of the Royal Family, and seta then' to Cal cutta ; and it is reported that the country will be fully re duced in the space of two months snore.' Capt. Franklin, and his party, fur the Northern Land Expedition, sailed fsotn Liverpool on Wednesday, for New York, in the Columbia. On leaving the pier lie was cheered with three times three by the people on shore, which was returned from on board. From New York, the personi composing the expedition proceed to Upper Canada, and then to Fort Chepewyan, on their way to the Polar Sea, by the Mackenzie River. On reaching its northern extremity, Captain Franklin and Lieutenant Back, with part of the Expedition, proceed to the west ward, in the hope of reaching Behring's Straits; while Dr. Richardson and Mr. Kendall, with the other party, pro ceed to the eastward, tracing the coast of America, if pos sible, to the Copper Mine River. A NEW Me•'...ANit CiilEF.—ln the Urania, Captain Reynolds, which arriiiel at this port on Saturday night. front Buenos Ayres, came passenger a King, 'or Chief, of one of the islands of New Zealand. The Urania, on her voyage from Calcutta to the west coast of South America, passed through Cook's Straits. A great number of natives came of in their canoes to the ship, anti, headed by this Chief, were permitted to come on board. The Captain, not over-pleased with the conduct of his visitors, soon de sired the King to order his subjects on shore; fearing that these cannibals might, if suffered to remain on board, tak,• a liking to himself and his crew, overpower them, and feast on the bodies of the slain ! They willingly obeyed the command of their liege lord, and returned in their canoes to the shore. His Majesty, however, when Captain Reynolds wished hint to follow his subjects, expressed an anxious desire to remain on board, and to proceed with him to England, of which, he said, he had heard many won derful things, and was extremely anxious to see his " brother George," our gracious 'A - Kinard'. Finding all his endeaifouri to induce the King to return to his subjects unavailing, and not wishing to employ force to compel his departure, the Captain permitted him to remain. The Urania then proceeded on a trsding voyage to the west • of South At rds sbe sailed for Buenos l I 1 I 1 i t to i, 1 1 ( • h, A . • r • • ,t 1 • t P Tflg un r With these terms he must comply, for he has no longer any revenue wherewith to feed and pamper his obakitsacy h • be must shortly surrender at discretion. Those who have held Spanish Bonds " through good report and through evil report," will at last, arid, we think, at no very remote pe iriod, enjoy the reward of their just and enlightened reso ,hition ; for, as to the dismemberment of S;sain, the full par ticulars of which the Chronicle has receiv tel from its cor respondent at Paris, ' who sent the see!..et instructions given to the Duke de Rat; z.me," we really had thought the Chronicle would never again, of itself, have said ano ther word respecting that clumsy fabrication], or as to the sage reflections of the Times on this matter lately, we think they may be quite safely laid aside, as unworthy of a single observation in the way of serious refutation. Mr. BROUGHAM last night presented the Petition of the Catholic Association, praying to be heard by Counsel against tlie Hill for its suppression, which Bill will be found at lertgth in another part of this day's Paper. It is perfectly natural that the Catholic leaders, who have raised themselves to ephemeral importance by their vehement orations at the meetings of the Association, should dislike the extinction of that medium through which they agitated their country, and drew down upon themselves to so large an extent the notice of the whole kingdom. The Hon. and Learned nentkman was extremely anxious to obtain the con sent of the House to postpone the ordtrs of the day for' this evening, to give him an early opportunity of moving that the prayer of the Petition may be granted. We under stand that Mr. O'CoN NELL and Mr. SIT En. have arrived in town, and that it numerous deputation from the Catholic Association are on the roast. For all this we are of course fully prepares!. No measure that can give effect to the death of this self-coristit * ltted body will be omitted. They have ample funds, and they will expend them freely to cover their fall with an air of beeotning dignity. What is of more importance, however, to Ireland, is, that on the motion of Mr.tiocrooa v, the Committee of last Session, to inquire into the state of Ireland, was renewed, with an addition of Members from each province, in order that the inquiry may be rendered as Complete and comprehensive as possible. In this way, by our " old-fashioned Par liament," the grievances of Ireland will be ascertained and redressed, and not by the mischievous and impertinent interposition of self-constituted Associations. Mr. Sergeant Osstow's Bill for the repeal of the Usury Laws was last night, on the second reading, lost by a majority of five. The whole number of Members in the Nous.; was at the time only ninety. The mea sore is thus, we regret to find, thrown back for another Session, for there can be no douLt that it must be passed, sooner or later. • An article about to appear in the next Number of the Edinbirre Review, on the subject of IRELAND, was yes ' terday put into private circulation, par arance. Why this solitary extract has travelled Up Se hastily from North Bri tain, without waiting for its companions, we cannot con jecture. Whether the next Number is likely to be so heavy, that it was deemed expedient to lighten it, in this way, of a part of its ponderous load, c!or to whatever other cause this premature delivery is to be ascribed, it is vain to inquire ; it is enough that we have it before us. We shall proceed, without preface, to bestow upon it the attention it deserves. The article itself is certainly not written with any pa culiar force of talent, which should enti&nt to be ushered into the world with such formal despatch. The Ediubitegh Review has fairly earned the reputation it has acquired ; but this article, " on the State of Ireland," is no way re markable, except for that gentlemanly contempt for matter of fact which is apt to distinguish this Journal, when po litical party-questions come tinder its critical disquisition. In the present instance, the writer by no tneans brings to his subject that cool reflective judgment which it requires; on the contrary, he is completely carried away with hi s zeal, and courageously disdains either the aid of reason, or the support of argument. If his object is to befriend the Catholic cause, he is certainly a very danger9us advocate. He labours seemingly " To roll the stone of Faction up the hill ;" but, under his hands, it will only toll down again with accelerated force. If his aim is—as one should think, in fairness as well as in friendship to the Catholics, it ought-to be—to remove the opinion unjustly entertained of them, that they are influenced by a disloyal and refractory spirit, which requires to be forcibly kept down, he should have done justice to that spirit of loyalty, and to those sentiments of genuine patriotism, which, in those trying emergencies which have put their inet'.lc to the proof, have distinguished the Irish peasantry, perhaps beyond all ex ample in a people having so much real ground fur discon tent. Who would not conceive, from the following lan guage, that the Reviewer was their declared enemy?— " If we do not totally change our conduct, it is certain that, when ever we are involved in war, either with France, or any of th e o th er Continental Powers, or with the United States, wc shall tind our bitterest fuss, and our foreign enemies their most zealous and de voted allies, in the people of Ireland. No efforts will be necessary to seduce the peasantry from their allegiance—no intrigues, no sub sidies will be required to tempt them to the field—but the tint foreign standard that is erected on t h e I r i s h su A w ill b e at e signal I for a rising en inane of a whole population, ital.:olnel of oppressionand birrniwz fir revenge I The sy s t e m of It hiteboy association, so unceasingly acted upon for the last thirty years, has trained and prepared the peasantry for the most desperate purposes; nor do we think that it is possible to point out another instance, in the his tory of the world, of a people so cornpktely estranged from Meer rulers, and so thoroughly ripe for rebellion." Now all this highly-coloured description of the hatred and revenge which is described as the governing feelings of the Catholic population, can have no other effect—if it is received as true on this side the water—titan to alarm , and alienate all those who, bsing under a different impres sion, would willingly admit them to such a share of poli tical power, as they might derive front the removal of those disabilities to which they considered them as unjustly sut;- jected. The Edinburgh Reviewer asks— " And are not these things enough to give us pause ? Are they not enough to make even bigots abashed and ashamed ?—and to stimulate the wise and good, of all parties and denominations, to lay aside their petty differences, and to cu-operate for the adoption of measure: calculated to guard against such tremendous con segue:tees ?" " Lay aside their petty differences!" Why, if " a whole population" are made " impatient of oppression, and burn ing fur revenge," on account of ptqty ililAreners, it is surely not the best means of " guarding against the tre mendous consequences" of such mutinous and vindictive feelings, to Increase the power of those who are represented as so readily yielding to them. Those who are already opposed to the Catholic claims are not likely, *e should think, to be brought round by the picture here exhibited of the condition and character of the claimants. No class of subjects ought to be exclud.l from any civil office, or fe • I I E l•~ I