The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1825-08-19 00:00:00

Shari. Pale. Premium par Share- Chalon 1100 6 2j 60 3 255 %meth, &Es piri to Bin to B nui I 100 6 11 57 65 (,'than and Peruvian Paseo-Peruvian lOO 6 1 Potosi, La Pas, and Peruvian 50 6 3 545 55 Royal Irish 23 1 9-16 5 Rey al &annoy & Brit. Mining S 11 dia ASSUIIANCE COMPANIES. tiorrdian lOO 10 91 Palladium itogn-Itietican Mlat 7 26 5 44 31 4 British Iron Company lO O ll5 1 14 1 1 die • British Rock and Patent Salt 84 6 Ve Devon Haytor . 50 2 dim Preach Brandy Instinery BO 2 141 Ueanal Steam Navigation lOO 6 21 1 1 Imperial Plate Olin lOO 2 21 2131 1 1 6 • London Carpet C0mpany.. ...... 50 2 1 dis Lood-Oold and Saves Rening 980 6 3f 14431 41 • Mexican • Patent peam Canino 6 2i 1 dis • Provincial Bank of Ireland lOO 1 • Scarlet Dye „ gilt ritifsh alreogi• anft...— • HAY.ifARWET THEATRE. This Evening, FRIDAY , August 19. alit be performed THE CRITIC; or, TRAGEDY REHEARSED. Ihdr, Mr. Harts: air Frettn Plagiary, Mr. N. Farean. After which, "QUITE CORRECT." The Prineipal Characters by Messrs. Vining, Raymond, and Liston ; licedamarGlover, Davison, P. Glover, and W. Clifford. To conclude with MIDAS. Apollo, Madame Vestris ; Midas, Mr. Liston. FNGLISII OPERA HOUSE. This Keening, PR( fl AY, August 19. will be performed (fur the • Bth time In this oonntryl, a Cirand Opera called TARRalle., TAR FAIL CHIEF. The Principal Characters by Nlesers. 11. Phillips. J. 0. Atkins, Per . Una, Breham, Denman. Thorne, and J. Bland; atlases Paton, Dow ord. and Bodin ; and a young Lady. After which IS HE JEALOUS Kr. Helmour, Mr. I% meek Harriet, Moe Kelly. To eunelttee with THE SPOILT) CHILD. I.ltCe Plekle, Miss Coward. I:NDER THE ESPECIAL PATRONAGE 01? Fill MAJESTY. ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL. The Proprietors have much pleasure In announcing, that In conse quence of the very full, distinguished. and fashionable attendance, and of the general satisfaction expressed at the Grand Military Cele bration, In honour of the Birth ot his Royal Highness the Duke of York, on Wednesday Evening, they Intend to Repeat it This Evening, FRIDAY. the 10th instant, and beg to assure the Public that the Gar dens Will, this Evening, present the mune splendid appearance In every neershrt. The Concert. Vocal and Instrumental, and the augmented Military and other Rands. An appropriate Ballet expressly prod taco: and the Amusements generally partake of the same Interest and variety. The celebrated air. Wilson will introduce some surprising and ele gant Novelties on the l light Rope. The Illunanntions will be characteristic of the Military Prowess of Groat Britain, displayed In 50,000 variegated Lamps: and the Gardens throughout be ornamented with Trensp..tencies. Banners, and the Colertirs of the various Nation., tastefully disposed: and The Fire Work., and Terrific Ascent, on this Evening, will be pre eminent in splendour and Wert. Doors open at Seven ollock.--ldmission as. ed. The Drumm PILLS, Commend publishing yesterday morning ar Ave o'clock. a LONDON, FRIDAY, Aucu•ar 19, MS. We have received the Eloik, dated Wednesday. Its contents relate principally to the late concession to Hayti, which we are told, and we dare say correctly, has been hailed by the French manufacturers with the greatest sitisfaction. Whether we should regard this as a com pliment to the present Ministry, or a censure upon those which have preceded it, we cannot so easily decide. The • Raman Catholic Clergy of the Netherlands are complaining of the irreligious character of the works which arc circu lated amongst their flocks. We believe this complaint is . Dot wholly without foundation, though it , would. be dif ficult, we apprehend, to satisfy the desires of the Catholic Clergy without suppressing all freedom of discussion, and especially those writings which expose the abuses and cor ruptions of their church. The French funds continue at nearly the same price. The Five per Cents. on Tuesday closed at 102 f. 10c.; the Threes at 711. 40c. [From the Etnik dated IVednesday.l ROUEN, AUG. 13. The new arrangement concluded with St. Domingo has been re. ceived by the merchants of Rouen with all the interest that its im portance requires. By the care of M. le Chevalier Severs, Com missary of the Navy in the port, it was posted up early in the morn. I.g all over the city, and proclaimed in the Linen-hall, where it Was received with the most lively satisfaction. Several of the deal. en immediately began to engage with the merchants of the colony for the purchase of anicles adapted to •its consumption. The happy influence which this event will have on our manufac tures is already felt, and business has become, in a sensible degree, more brisk. Every thing promises the speedy renewal of the direct commercial intercourse which formerly existed between the port o Rouen and St. Domingo.. GnEXT, AUG 14. The cower of five parishes of Ghent spoke with energy on Sunday, the fat of July, in their respective churches, against the propaga.' tion of the bad books which inundate the country, and against the linentiousness of the press, which encourages their publication, and by the extracts from these books, with which it fills the journals de voted to anti.religinus and anti-social faction, places within the reach of the less enlightened classes, who are consequently the least tepable of distinguishing good doctrines from thaw which are dan gerous and criminal works, which on account of their price and the time it wield require to read them, would remain unknown to those classes. In Alton, these generous ecclesiastics, moved with.* holy indignation at the sight of the evils which such licen tmusness may produce, and at the criminal aridity of cer. tarn booksellers who, in shameful speculations tending to dis solve among the people all the bonds of religious and civil morality, see or pretend to see only the honourable exercise of legitimate trade, resolved, with common consent, to name the indi vidual among the booksellers of Ghent, who, having for several years had among them an exiled member of the Convention, has been mess of the first in Belgium to make himself the echo of all the ca. lu hawked about against the tatholic religion. It seems tbet the salutary admonition teceived by this bookseller, incapable, in fact, of acting for himself, will not be thrown away, for it is be. hewed that he has lately refused to insert in his paper (as it had been sent to him by the agents of the Anti-Christian faction) a review of the famous Life ofScipio Ricci, which is now bo:ome the Jaipur's'', of that faction, a wink which is so indifferent in a literary point of view that it is hardly possible to read it through ; the style is frequently not French, and its whole merit consists in the scandal of some quotations which excite less curiosity than horror and disgust. [From the Etoik dated 'Wednesday.] PARIS, AUG. 16. Letters from Rouen, dated August 14, state u follows : f here have been no new disturbances in the valley of Devells , since thoge of the Gth sad 6th inst. One attempt was, however, made on Thursday, st ten in the evening, to set lire to a little house belonging to M. Levavasseut, equate near the kitchen of the manufactory and joining the stables of the gendarmtie, established at Houline tines the insurrection of si gendarmes happily arrived in time to snatch roof which had begun to buts, and wbete • • PRICE§ (IF 'BRITISH STOCKS YESTERD.I )<. piece of ilaiik Stock 2294 India Bonds 45 pm made fo 3 per Cent. Red. 90i 1 Long Ann. 22 5.11 f Justi, 3 per Cent. Cons. 09} i9O 891 South Sea Stock 101 Ditto Acct. 90 894 Ex. Bills, 14d. 1,0001. 18 20 17 authors 34 par Cent. 11131 19 pm will etin 34 per Cent. Rea. 98} I I Ditto, 5001. la 22 pm The I New 4 per Cent. 103} I Ditto, Small 18 22 pm Win Stook 271 2704 Lottery Tickets, IW. 19s. Domino • ktitICES or FORE Di N STOCKS lESTEIWAI'. derma, Sawa Ayres Bonds Mexican Bonds 75} Ilse the Ditto Acct. 110 Ditto Acct. 7:4 Far', . -Colosobianßoeds 85 } Dhtis Bonds (Ins) 894 at 102 f. Ditto -Roods (1824) 844 Ditto Scrip (1823) 31 dis closed. Danish Bonds Ditto Acct. 3} } 4 1 dis • Ditto Saip (1825) Peruvian Bonds 74 Falcon • Diits acct. 4} dis Qitto Act.t. 73 Loan, I g ams litotes 5 per Ct. 102 f. Portuguese Bonds 87 24f.e11e 251. 10e. Ditto Acct. .. ' tes 3 per Ct. 72f. 79c. I Prussian Bonds 1014 Last 25f. 10c. Ditto Bonds 0822) 1001 I 411peb ilbla t ir leulds 40 I Russian Bonds (1822) 97 i day. U. Acct. 414 Ditto Acct. 974 some e DM° Scrip (1923) 10} 11 101 Spanish Cons. 224 4 124 111 124 }dis Ditto Acet.22i' - Ditto Acct. In DI 11 12} 114 Ditto Cons. (1823) 174 The • lin Ili 124 } i dis Ditto Acct. having PIiIOES OF SHARES YESTERDA 1 . acting , ~....... u... ~e., - n tne geniallrille, eat t1;-.• workmen. Two ale straw from the rt • I of Ranting Cotton had been deposited. Starch is being *for the perpetrators of this crime. Justice pursues with activity the inquiry into the conduct of the authors of the late disorders. All of theca are known, and not one will escape the severity of the law. The despatch relative to the arrangement concluded with St• Domingo, was read on the 11th inst. at the great theatre &T -aus, by order of the Prefect, and received with cries Of Fong the King." Farxcu Ftrwris.—Pants, Aun. 16.—Five par-Cents. opened 102 f. Awed at 102 f. 10c.; Three per Cents. opened at 71f.; -Weed at 71f. 40e.; Bank Stock, 2185; Rente de Naples, Certif Palconnet, 88f. 30e. ; Rente d'Espagne, 17f. ; Royal Spanish 'oan, 82f. Exchange on London: one month, 251.; three months Bk.—Coara Arthtntiva. Last night we received the Brussels Papers of Wednes- Their contents are of little interest. We subjoin extracts:— BRITS/ILLS, AUG. 16, Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures of Amsterdam received from the agents of the Mexican Government, , ad interim as Consul-General, and residing at Brussels, a Bit of such articles as may be imported Into Mexico, duty free, and of such as are prohibited, has by a notice of the 12th of this month informed the public of it, inviting those persons whom It may concern, to inspect the Act at the Office of the Chamber, in the Town-hall. BRUSSEIS, Aro. 14. It is affirmed that Viscount Dubus de Ohissignies, who is ap pointed to the office of Commissional...General of the Indies for three years, will have an annual salary of 190,000 florins, instead of 150,000, as was stated at fat; and that his Majesty has also panted to this high functionary 40,000 florins for his out fit, and 1,500 florins annually for the keeping up of the garden of the palace in which he will reside in India. The .Fouravl de Bruxelles, announcing the appointment of M. de ..(above-mentioned), states that nothing it officially bins ulivionlng his salary, but that, at his own particular re. greiel k lajt Mikity hail condescended to preserve to him the Go. Illsoireatat off3outh Brabant, which shall be filled ad interim as his 1111dity shall think fit. Baron Capellan, it adds, is to return to susepe, and will probably have left Java by the tints N. de 0111061 1 0 es arrives. The Spanish General Alava, proscribed in his own country for hieing been faithful to hit oath, in defending the Constitution of the Cortes, has been for these few days past in this city. It Is inn known that at the time of the battle of Waterloo this General Vs Minister of Spain to the Government of the Netlietlands, and that be distinguished himself on that bloody day by his extraordi. testy intrepidity. lie has settled in England, where he has found l the Duke of Wellington a friend who alleviates his exile in diet hospitable country. L'arnitie Wan gettnd hornale est un bienfait des Dieux.—Bt assets Paper. The combination of colliers who have ceased working at the CLYDE 'at:lx-Worm presents most strongly the mis chievous lengths to which this new Union system among workmen may be carried, when organized bya fewrefractory individuals, who have the art, by persuasion or by threats, to bring over the majority to their purposes. In the case before tie, Mr. DUNLOP'S men, amounting to about 300, ending no cause to be dissatisfied, were averse to striking; but the combined colliers, consisting of about 2,000, de cided, at their public meeting, that these men in the em ploy of Mr. DUNLOP (the proprietor of these extensive works) should not continue to work for him upon Me old terms, but should join the general combination, and receive their subsistence out of the common fund raised for the support of its members. Mr. DUNLOP'S men had no alter native but to comply with the will of the DIRECTORY. All appeal against it they knew must be fruitless, and they felt that it would be most unsafe to provoke the resent went of this body of Carbonari, by attempting to with stand their authority. But when Parliament repealed the Combination Laws, it did so for the purpose of relieving the industry of the Workmen from all unfair restraint, and placing them and their employers upon the same level of justice. It was never intended to empower the turbulent workmen in every branch of trade to open their campaign against the manufacturer under better auspices. If any of them suppose—as the Sunderland seamen, the Clyde col- Vas, and some others, appear to do—that it is permitted ,them to conspire against their employers, and to obtain (their ends by force, the proper tribunals of the country cannot too soon rectify their misconception. They have a right to enforce their reasonable claims, and to abstain in dividually from work till such claims are conceded; but they have no right to league themselves together, and to set forth pretended grievances, as a pretext to justify a system of coercion, to which their employers must submit, at be exposed to the ruinous consequence of stopping their works. No proceeding can be more iniquitous or more Illegal than to force the orderly and well-disposed—as these men arc doing—to desist from working, and to unite with them in compassing the guilty object of their combi nation. Under the present law this is a penal offence, and a rigorous example should be made of the factious ring leaders who offend against it. The simultaneous striking for advance of wages throughout almost every branch of manufacture, in England, in Scotland, and in Ireland, not only serves to chow the alarming extent to which the com bination system has spread, but how perfectly it is orga nised for the purposes of secret and prompt communication. The eliated societies and their delegates embrace the whole manufacturing districts, and have the workmen in every manufactory, more or less, under their command. This will account for the insurrectionary movement among the working classes discovering itself in so many trades and so many places at once. We are at this moment in creasing in every resource which can make a country powerful; but our prosperity, be its prospects what it may, can never go on under a system of combination such u this. A breach is made in the first principles of society. Let the subject he fairly examined, and it will be found to be no other than a conspiracy of labour against capital. There never was a period when it was more important that the public should be fully acquainted with the change that is going on in the hitherto established order under which ,nduatry hiss been cherished and property secured. We would fain call the attention of our countrymen to this change. It has been long working under ground ; it is wow rising everyday more conspicuously above the surface• We do net mean to cast blame on the working classes ge nerally; far from it: we would, on the contrary, advocate their interests to the utmost; but it must be their real in terests, and net those which the misguided among them deceptively proclaim to be so. The spirit of fraternity under which they have the means of causing their resolu tions to be adopted by all the working artisans of every de scription throughout the kingdom, is indeed a fearful thing; it is a power most perilous in the exercise, and, unless controlled by a very reflective and superior wisdom— upon which no one can safely reckon—nothing but confu sion and ruin east be the result. Under a system so con structed delusion spreads like wildfire, and it spreads too among a class of persons whose feelings are strong while their judgment is not very sedate. Many among them there are, tio doubt, of great shrewdness of mind, and of very considerable and various information, capable of reasoning with great clearness, and inclined, from prin ciple, to keep all their claims within the limits of rational justice, and to pursue them with temper and discretion. But these are rare qualities, and cannot be the portion of the majority. Therefore it is that the present juncture is full of danger to the great trading interests of the country. If every rrorrictor of a factory is to be exposed to a turn . • out of all his workmen whenever it may please the dole" gates of some great combination club to come down with V decree to that effect, he will infalliby be driven to remove his capital and machinery to a foreign kingdom, as has already been done in many instances. Viewed as a system, it goes beyond all calculation in its mischief to every branch of the national industry. • That in many trades an advance of wages may be rightfully called for we are well disposed to believe, and in all such instances it ought to be conceded. The working classes deedve at all times that their fair claims should be met in the spirit of an enlightened bene volence. But in what we have here said it will be seen that we look to the geent-confederacy which is everywhere alive and in action—to its collective strength, backed by its contributive funds--to - its compulsory influence—to the number and activity of . its missionaries—and to all the means which it has of attaining its end, whether good or bad. We look to the inevitable tendency of this combi nation system, thus organised, to extend itself to other objects, and to embrace wider views. We have already enough of this exemplar before us; more of it, perhaps, than is quite safe. Every great end is now accomplished by contributive aid and the union of numbers. We are becoming by degrees a Nation of Federalists. The germ,: we think, is in the ground. But we have done. Were we to pursue this train of dtoeght our space would be much sooner exhausted than our subject. A police report, in our paper of yesterday, has excited strong sensation in the puhlie mind. We allude to the case of Mr. GAMBLE, who, hacausehe did not immediately obey the order] of a watchman, to walk away from the spot on which he was standing, *taken into custody, and confined all night in the Covent-garden watchhouse. When this gen tleman was brought before the magistrates at Bow-street, in the morning, be was treated, if the reports be correct (and they all agree), with an excess of offensive rude ness and personal insult which, if this case had not oc curred, we could not have supposed it possible that any person, whatever his rank or condition in life might be, would have suffered in any Police-office in London. As the charge on which Mr. Gast ISLE had been confined was manifestly insufficient t. 4 warrant any pro ceedings against him, the Magistrates, in their anxiety to protect the watchman, thought fit to institute an inquiry into the character and means of subsistence possessed by the defendant. To this inquiry, if properly conducted, there could be no objection ; but the mode adopted on this occasion seems to us imperatively to call for public animad version. A momentary reluctance having been naturally shown by Mr. GAH3/1610 state his name,• under the cir cumstances in whicla he stood, Sir RICHARD BIRNIE, in the grave discharge of his magisterial duties, is represented to have accosted him in these terms—" Pray, Sir, are you a thief, or an honest man ?" When the li defendant hail endeavettred to satisfy :he worthy ma- I gistrate by stating that he lived with his father, and was a stock-broker, Sir R. BIRNIE added, " Very well, Sir, you must not cooZuct yourself impertinently here. ' . The Magistrates are then reported to have informed the defendant that, " the watchman had full power to order him to go on if he thought proper, and to take him into custody if he did not olley. It was fir that purpose they were stationed in the streets." The young gentleman was fur ther informed that " the watchman had dealt ve7y lenient ly with him." There must surely be some mistake in this exposition of the law by the Magistrates of Bow-street. It never can have beets stated that watchmen were sta tioned in the streets for the express purpose of ordering persons to move ou at their will and pleasure, and to take • them into custody if they do not immediately obey. When Mr. Mixsuur.r. was disposed to allow the defendant to go at large vri Ms own recognizance, Sir R.l . Brame again interfered to annoy and distress him, by declaring that he had `f strong reasons to doubt that the defendant was a stockbroker," as he represented himself. Mr. GAMBLE, in reply to this attack, threw his card some what unceremoniously on the table, and by way of punish ment for this contempt of Court, he was ordered to be locked up till he procured bail, and -he was locked up accordingly. Now we must be permitted to remark, at the expense of offending against the dignity of the Magis trates of Bow-street, that we know of no reason for ex empting them from the observance of the ordinary rules of civility towards the persona who may happen to be brought before them. Sir R. BIRNIE persisted in treating this young gentleman as a vagabond and an imposter; and at last, finding that for once he had put the saddle or. the wrong horse, he coolly gives directions, by way of amending his mistake, that the party offended should be locked up till his bail arrived al the office. Our respect for the administration of justice in every department leads us to . hope that this will be the last exhibition of its kind; and we notice it in the hope that we may, in some degree, be the means of preventing any similar occurrence for the future. CITY, THEASDAY EVENING. The quotation of the new French Threes on the Paris Stock Exchange came over this morning as low as 71f. 40c., but that circumstance did not tend to depress Consols, which supported yesterday's slight advance. For the Oc tober account there were buyers for a short time at 90i, but the price principally was For money they opened at tail, and closed at 90 89i, and for this account the bar gains were done at 90 89i. The depressed price of the new French scheme having no efrect upon our Stocks, pro bably arose from the disinclination of persons to change English Stock for this new financial measure, after the difficulties it has brought upon its projector, which may ultimately lead to an abandonment of it altogether. The near approach of the settling day has a tendency to narrow business, which has also had the effect of keeping prices .from fluctuating. Exchequer Bills were as low as I9s. to 40s. Business in the Foreign money market for the most part was all centered in Greek Scrip, which at the conclusion of the day declined from the latter quotations of yesterday. It opened at 11 114, and between that price and 124 12 it fluctuated almost all day. The operations of the Bulls and Bears were in full vigour in the latter part of the day, and the last so far succeeded as to cause a decline from yester day's improvement. The report of Lord Cochrane's de parture for the scene of action gains ground, and the best friends of the Greek cause speak confidently of its success. However, the market left oft' rather heavy at NH ; but that circumstance, we think, was to be entirely attributed to the cause that we have assigned above. The Bonds were at 41 2. The new Spanish Bonds were at yesterday's quotation, but those of 1821 were a shade worse, being at 22)14. South American Securities were without alteration.- Transactions in the Sham market were limited, and al most entirely at yesterdayis-quotations. We have no variation to notice as to the state of the Mincing-lane market. From Gibraltar the letters arc to the following effect, under date the 21th July :—" The licenses for the intro duction of cotton goods are signed. Duties, amounting in all to about 36 per cent. on the tariff of 1814 ; but the par ties interested in them arc not agreed among themselves as to the mode of introduction. Some proposing to sell the r rivilege, and others to become the sole importers. Co. ombian cruisers are daily perceived from our garrison— yesterdsy three of diem woe distinctly seen in the offing." • FA.61110-1r)1BLE IYtELLICE.VCE. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury arrived in town yester day, from Herts. The Marquis of Carmarthen has left tOwn fur his father's, the 'Duke of Leed's seat, Hornby Castle, Yorkshire. r- •The Marquis of Lanadown arrived in town yesterday evening, from his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. • Lord Suffield has left town for his seat in Norfolk. The Duke and Duchess San Fernando have left town for the Continent. Arrivals at the Irate,loo Hotel, Jermyn.street :—Dr. and Mn. Litt'eludes and family from their scat in Herta ; Mrs. Simpson from Bath. Departures from the Burlington Hotel :—The Eatl and Countess of Ormonde and family yesterday, for Ireland; Mr. and Mrs. Parry fur the Continent; and Captain Rose, R. N. for Ports mouth. Tho Marquis and Marchioness de Praslin arrived yesterday at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from the Continent. The Duke of Buccleugh left diuo on a tour. Mr. and Mrs. Neal arrived yesterday at Gordon's Hotel, Alba from their seat in Berks. Captain and Mrs. Van for Ilerks. smart left di I Departures from the British Hotel :—Captain and Mrs. Mason, for their seat in Ilants ; J. Reeves, Esq. for Paris; and Mr. and Mrs. Tatham, for Cheltenham. His Royal Highness the Duke of York passed through this town on Sunday last on his way to Baslow, to join the Dukes'of Rutland, Devonshire, and Richmond on a shoot- Mg excursion on the moors in that neighbourhood. In ;fonsequence of orders having been received at the King's I Head Hotel the preceding evening, to have a relay of; horses by ten o'clock on the following morning, his Royal Highness's intended arrival became generally known, and a great concourse of people assembled to pay him every mark of respect. His Royal Highness did not arrive till 1 nearly one. He looked remarkably well, and after the few minutes occupied in changing horses (during which he evinced the most condescending manners) he proceeded on' his journey amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the populace. —Derby Meech rg. The Duke of Wellington, his son, and suite, arrived at Paris or. Tuesday. They alighted at Meurice's hotel. We are happy is being able to state that Mr. ffeeritary Canning is quite recovered from his late illness, and that the Right Hon. Gentleman never was in the enjoyment of better health, Extract of a letter from Lancaster, August 13 :—" Yes terday, on passing the beautiful Lake of Windermere, we met Mr. Canning, who has just arrived here on a visit to Colonel Bolton, of Liverpool. We hope the fine air and beautiful scenery of this part of the country may enable the Right Hon. Gentleman to resume his official duties, with all that advantage and honour to his country which they have conferred upon it since his last dignified and be coming elevation to office. The Right Hon. Gentleman looked pale, but by no means in any thing like a declining state of health. He is accompanied by Mrs. Canning, Mr. Ellis, and his Secretary, Mr. Harvey. Such Gentlemen of the Bar as were at the Lake on Sunday were invited to the elegant and hospitable mansion of Colonel Bolton, to meet Mr. Canning. The rain has been excessive in this neigh bourhood for the last few days, hut the weather now begins to wear a brighter aepect, and the harvest seems to be rapidly getting in." The King of Sardinia has ordered a magnificent stone bridge, of one single arch, to be built over the Dora, by the gates of Turin. His Holiness Leo XI I, wishing to give a signal proof of his regard for the family of M. Clermont-Tonnerre, who has rendered great services to the Holy See, created, on his ele vation to the Papal Chair, M. Lieutenant-General Cler mont Tonnerre a Roman Prince. His Majesty, by an or dinance of July t 27, has authorised him to hear that title, and transmit it to his descendants without prejudice to their rights as Frenchmen.—Etoile. Prince Ruffo, who acted so conspicuous a part in the affairs of Naples during the wars of the French revolu tion, died lately at Vienna, to which Court he was Am bassador from the King of the Two Sicilies. Baron Langsrlorfr, late Russian Consul-General in Bra zil, has, since his return to Germany in April last, been em ployed in preparing for the press an account of a journey into the interior of Brazil, which he undertook by order of the Emperor Alexander. Richard Rush, Esq. late Minister at the Court of St. James, arrived in his native city (Philadelphia) on Friday last, after an absence of nearly eight years. A public dinner was to be given him at the Mansion-house hotel on Monday. General Lafayette was to be invited as asuest by the Committee of Arrangement.—Ph dark/ phia Paper. Signor Irisarri, late Minister from Chili to this coun try, has instituted proceedings for libel against the Morn ing Paper which lately attacked him so grossly. Letters from 'foricilla, dated the Ist of August, state that " Some disputcs have taken place between the people and the soldiers at Bilboa, and that in consequence the sol diers had hceo ordered to march." Letters from Lima, dated the 22d of April, state that Callao had not surrendered at that date. The letters from Zante, by the French mail yesterday, mention a report of an engagement at sea, in which the Greeks had the advantage. The letters from Trieste are silent as to the campaign in the Mores. The accounts from Jamaica, received yesterday, are to the 2d July. There is mipolitical news. The packet for England was to sail on the 12th July; some accounts men tion the 19th. A Flanders Paper states, that the plan of cutting a canal at Brussels, to be navigated by merchantmen of between 400 and 500 tons burden, or even by frigates fully rigged and armed, is prosecuting with great activity. According to accounts in a German paper from Heid elberg, famous for its Tun, from the state of this year's vintage, wine may be expected to be both good and abun dant. The example set by the city of Liege has just been followed by that of Molines, where subscriptions for the Greeks hsve been opened in all the public societies, and at all the booksellers. An accident, which might have been followed by serious consequences, took place at the Royal Polytechnic School on the evening of the 15th inst. Twenty-four students, and one of the officers on duty, experienced at the same moment violent cholic, attended with every effect usually produced by cholera morbus. The attention which their state demanded having been paid by the physicians of the establishment, all the patients recovered. On examinin g carefully the circumstances connected with this incident, its origin was traced to the food which they had consumed at breakfast, coaeisting of cold meats, jelly, &c. (chorea terie), and which had as usual been furnished by the charcutier of the school. The contents 'being analysed, the presence of copper was detected.—Etoge of' Wednesday. MExico, MAY 9.—At day-light this morning the Na tional Bull-fight Place was discovered to be on fire, and the flames made such rapid progress that the police were unable to take any measures for arresting their progresi before th e whole was reduced to ashes.—This was one of the very few buildings in the whole city of Mexico suscep tible of being destroyed by fire, nearly all of them being constructed of volcanic stone, with tile or brick floor, and with very little wood about them. The Bull-fight Picez was a large amphitheatre built of wood, fastened together by ligaments of raw hide, having four or five tier of boxes, capable of containing, it is said, at least 14,000 spectatots. A melancholy occurrence took place on the Bth inst. at Mayence. A Hessian gendarme attempted to stop a ci tizen, whom he suspected of having contraband goods; on which the latter was so .incensed that he gave the gen darme a severe blow with his fist and ran off. The gen darme upon this fired at the fugitive hut missed him, and wounded a child belonging to a Prussian soldier, who now also interfered. The consequence of all this was, that the citizens, who had by this time collected in considerable numbers, at length carne to blows with the gensdarmcs and custom-house officers, and blood was spilt on both sides, so that at the end it became necessary to call the Austrian and Prussian troops forming the garrison under arena, in order to rescue the Hessian soldiers and custom house officers from the fury of the people, in which they with difficulty succeeded.--Ge ratan Paper. PIT.CHARD FISIIERY.—Extract of a letter from Fal mouth, August 16:—" We had hoped that we should by this time have it in our power to announce to our friends some success in the pilchard fishery, but we regret to say that the fish have not yet approached the shore, so as to allow the scans to make enclosures. The drift nets along our coast have becn almost daily taking pilchards, and about Soo hogsheads have been caught in this way, which will be ready for shipment in about a month's time. Some bodies of pilchards have lately been discovered on this coast, and we trust we shall soon be able to report favour ably on the success pf the fishermen." HAYMARKET THEATRE. THE.4TRES. Sheridan's play of The Critic ; or, a Trag-c,lt hearscd,.was last night revived at this theatre. It iv4sl::-• performed at Drury-lane in the year 1779, and notwid.: standing its want of originality, being manifestly modent ! after the play of The Rehearsal, by the Duke of Bucking_ ham, and the dangers which the author appears to htn., anticipated in the following lines from the prologue : Can he undaunted breve the critic's raga ? In civil !mils with brother bards engage ? Hold forth their errors to the public eye 2 No , more, e'en newspapers themselves defy ? the drama became a popular favourite, and has reta i n e d its popularity to the present day. Mr. King then sustain ed the past of Puff: Mr. Parsons that of Sir Pretf„! Plagiary, and Mr. Palmer that of Sneer, the characters or, whom the whole interest of the play depends, and ' , hid, give it its peculiar and pointed feature. Mr. Sheridan was justly accused of gross and bitter personal - attacks i t , this, as in some others of his productions. The School Icr , Scandal, for example, in which he severely satirized the Rev. Sir Bate Dudley, to whom he subsequently made the amende honourable, in the course of an address to the House of Commons. He was, however well skilled in the knowledge of the abuses which in hid play of The Critic he has endeavoured to expose, and his object was a merits. rious one if his intention were to destroy those drawlin ; and sickly compositions which had taken the place of their less delicate, but far more witty predecessors. " The reformation to extremes had run." Notwithstanding that the characters, with the exception of that of Sir Fretful Plagiary, which was entirely new to the Drama, though one of frequent occurrence in real Itp, , were none of them novel, there was a novelty in the appb. cation of the satire, together with what some very wise per. sons considered a complete expose of the art of drama-makin g and puff-writing, that instantly confirmed the piece in the favour of the public, who thus fancied themselves admitted behind the scenes, and introduced, as it were, into tie whole mystery of either art. Its revival at the Haymarket Theatre was attended by -a most crowded audience, and was received with the usual marks of welcome and regard. The characters, however, were not all well cast, ar the players call it." The part of Sneer, the accurate t personification of which is, in our ectimation, the resit difficult of the whole piece, was given to Mr.lVilliar o • Johnson, who had about as much of the fretful plug. riot as the ascetic critic, and who is much better fitted. to fill the place of the prompter, whose business it is to cry " yes, sir," and " no, sir, from behind the scenes. He was dressed in a frock coat and cossack trousers, while his heavy boots were like those of a trooper. Instead of being a sarcastic snarler, he was a mere and a tame rea r of better things, and but for his name we should not bas e been able to distinguish him from one of the very obedi ent • humble servants of Sir Fretful Plagiary and Mr, p: The Sir Fretful of Mr. W. Varren is well known and esi. mated. In the only scene in which he appears, hisactin; was so admirable as to call faith " repeated bursts of ap. plause," to borrow the words of Mr. Prff; " from a men brilliant and judicious audience." Mr. Harley made his first appearance in the character of the tragedian Puff, and, although in the conception and execution of the part he is certainly inferior to Jones, he has added in no trifling de gree to his dramatic fame by the performance. Hie illus trations of " the various sorts of puffs" were given with much humour and effect, and during the rehearsal of his tragedy, his acting was excellent. His delivers was, however, frequently eo quick asio become indiAine . ., and many of his good things were lost to the majority of those who ought to have been his hearers. Mr. Raymond sustained the part of Dane, but Mr. Raymond is a very young actor, and his experience does not enable him top beyond the representation of a walking gentleman. It iris therefore injudicious to select him for the performance of a very arduous task. The characters in the tragedy were, we conceive, all ably sustained. Mr. West was the Dos Whiskerandos, and he pourtrayed the " frantic hero's wild delirium" passing well. 'fhe drama was announced for repetition " until further notice," of course without a dis. senting voice. COBURG THEATRE. As it is an acknowledged principle that competition is always advantageous to the public, the Managers at this Theatre have become competitors with the Anatonve Vivante. This personage is certainly the last that we should wish to set up in opposition to, for the purpose of dividing the curiosity of the town ; but ehocure a !OF Olt, and the proprietors of the Coburg, with true nttiotial jealousy, determined that a Frenchman should not bear away the palm, even as a skeleton ; and we should think in that they have completely succeeded; for, although we have not as yet had the honour of a presentation to the subject of Charles X, we think it impossible that he can possess a more sepulchral appearance than his English pro totype at this theatre. The piece that brings befsre the public this living spectre has various quivoques, and mane puns, which, although not new (and where are they:a be met with by wholesale at this time of day were judiciously selected. Sparerib (Davidge) a student in medicine, in love and in debt, who had not tasted (cod for thirty-six hours, whose teeth were so sharp set that he could " snap flint stones enough to macadamise half London," and whose " fingers ran up and down List i unobstructed by flesh, as those of a lady run up and down the keys of a harpsichord," was called upon in his garret, by Sharp, a debtor, who after some conversation provosts to him, by way of " Raising the Wind," t o ex hibi t him self as a skeleton, which character he could so well pose nate in consequence of his spare diet for the last Fit months, observing, that the public would rather give Ile a-crown a piece to see a man without flesh, than sixpcm a piece to put one in good condition. Sparerib rather pre • ferred showing himself by deputy, which was agreed to be his dun, and that led to the introduction of the real ski. leton of the Coburg, for whose appearance an anxious party were waiting, amongst whom were the father el Sparerib and his lover. The former scolded, and the latter looked pensive, but a reconciliation was browal: about aftn- the skeleton had been arrested by two " bee pies of the law," who believed him to he Sparerib in do guise, aping whom they had a writ. Upon the whole, this is a very amusing little piece, and, in our judgment will tell much better than some of a graver cast ; for confess our taste is to laugh when we go to a minor thou and we thilik a person must be in a very ill-humour it could Lot laugh heartily at this facetious effort. The Burning of the Kyrie East incliaman was a part the entertainment of the evening, and a very effective presentation it is of that awful occurrence. The sem which is always good at this house, was particularly racteristic iu this melc-Brame. YORESIIIIIIE MUSIC•L FESTIVAL.—WC have pleasure in stating, that the Very Reverend the Deer received a letter from th e R ev . C. R. Sumner, Librant the King, communicating his Majesty's gracious c mands, that a copy of Dr. Arnold's splendid edition of entire Works of Handel, in 47 volumes folio, from Royal Library at Buckingham-house, shall be to the Directors of the Yorkshire Musical Featly use of the ensuing and all other Festivals which devo'ed to charitable purposes. This mark of his jesq's favour is highly gratifying, and proves the iot taken in the success of our approaching Festival, royal and munificent Patron.--,York Commit. On Monday last the annual meeting of the Li% and West Lancashire Association, in aid of the Lei Missionary Society, was held in Great George- 1 Chapel. Many excellent speeches were delivered on cccasion by the Reverend Gentlemen who attended the niversary Meeting, and liberal contributions made it of the funds of the Society. Mr. Peel's Bill for the regulation of Juries will re about 1,500 persona in this town eligible to serve, jolt of about 150, as heretofore.—Brighion Paper. THE SEVENTH FUZII.EERS.—The following parerll appears in a Morning Paper : '• TRANSPORT LOST.—It was rumoured ii this town yelitei2 but we cannot trace upon what authority, ttat 3 HatISPOHI on board 500 of the 7 t h Fuzileers, lately stationed hers. 11 ,' / en her way to Malta, an d t h at a ll on b oard per i s h e d. 111 cerely hope that th e report may pr ove u nfounded.—Mo'c' Merekcy, At o ,:ust 16." We are enabled to state, from the inquiries we L caused to be made at the proper departments, that the 0 ' statement is wholly unfounded. The E:tglish Gas Company has undertaken to ligh t city of Frankfort with oil gas for ten years for 20 . florins annually ( w hi c h i s t h e same t h at t he lighur the city has hitherto cost), and for this it promiaa nish more light, and much better. I • that he can tiglish pro- before the • and many ore they :a of dat • 4 ) a student tasted food rp set that anise half n his rile and dean lain garret, n proposes hibit him- well pemc• . . le last six •• s give half. • a sixpence • rather pre- • • ;reed to by a real ski- m anonout father of I, and the is brou;ht • wo " bar- !rib in die- • the whole, judgmrrt, at ; for se tor theatre, a.• Dour if he is a part d ffectire rr • be scenery, ularlv chr lave gni , . • ? Dean ho ibtarisa v dons cor• „ don of tbe f r om tbe • rot presentd cal, for tie i • 12 shall h t of his Y.s• -ss 4 he intireg ea!, by 4 " • Lirefral Loolk° urge- 0 . 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