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PRICES OF BRITISH Irak Siock 231 391 ISU. Ace. I per Cott Red. 94 1 Dltb 2 par Cent. Com. 941 91 Acct 931 a . Iv: emit pat east. Red. 109 1 I 4 pet Coot. 1119 India Stock 287 Ditto Acct. 97 It 9 pm Ditto Roads PRICES OF FOREI.OI Aromas Bonds 941 Data Act t. Brazilian Bonds Ditto scrip Ditto Acct. 21 1 t paz Buenos Ayres Scrip Ditto Acct. Vtitiaa Bonds Ditto Acct. l'olotah. Bonds 811 Ititto Acct. 811 Diteo ono 841 4 1 4 Ditto Acet 81 1 4 Danish Bonds Ditto Marks Banco french 'testes 101 f. 100 f. 50e. 23e. ItimbaAge 231 . 10e. Onto Scrip 12 11 j 12t pin Ditto Acct. 1111 4 t t put lateek Bonds 43 , 1 ♦ Dino Aect. Z 4 4 After whirls. PI ‘FF.n THE taisensrt. ADELPiII TIIEATIIE, STRAND. STOCKS YESTERDAY. 1 Mexican Roods, I Ditto Acct. 69 Neapolitan Bonds 1 Ditto Roads (1&M) Ditto Scrip I pm Ditto Acct. Perri elan Bonds 73 ?i 3e Ditto Acct. Tif Portuguese Ponds 28 3ex die Ditto Acct. 883 8 to die Prussian Bongs 1001 1 3 Ditto Acct. Ditto Bonds (1323) 101 i Ditto Aeet. Russian Bonds 931 3 I Ditto Acet. 95 Spanish Cons. In 21 Ditto Acct. 233 3 Ditto 310 Roads Ditto 170 and 21$ Boas Ditto 33 Bonds Ditto Cons. (11323) gite Vrtfsl3. TiIEATRE ROYAL.,• DRURY-LANA:. 'nu Evening. THURSDAY. December I, will be performed DCR FRLISCHUTZ. 'Meier. the Priam. Mr. Mercer; Bernhard. Head Ranger, Mr. Tied lard Hermit, Mr. U. Smith; Adolph, Mr. T. (*.rake; Caner, Mr. Norm; Kilian, Kinsman to the Head Winger. Mr. Knight; Demon of MN Marta. Ms. Howell; 7hude., Mr. 0. Smith t Witch of the Wu, Mr. Shmehard. Linda, Mae I:raddun ; Rum, Mae Puree. Tits Principal elharactets by Weser.. Archer. Walhtek. Terry. and Harter Mesdames W. West and Waylett. Temerrow, The Siege of ils *sic and Hated the (Umber. THF:ATRF: ROYAL. COVENT-GARDEN. This Evening. THURSDAY, Dee.g. will be performed A WOMAN NEVER VENT: Or, THE WIDOW OP CORNIIILL JAPlnthe Sizth. Mr. Raker; Foster, Mr. Young: Stephen rooter. enshle: Foster, Jim. Mr. Cooper; Walter Brown. Mr. Eger lost Sir iiodfref Speedwell. Mr. Hartley Master Innocent Lambskin. Mr. Keeley; Clown. Mr. Rianehard. ARne. Welsted ithe Widow of 404reb111). Miss Chester: Mrs. Foster, 1.11.,s Lacy: Jane, Mies Jones. lee Ant Y. the Lord Mayor's Show, as it passed through Cheapshis, In the year 1414. After which. THE F1107.6A I.E.Ax Tie Mind Duke of Suable. Mr. Hartley; Mix, de Nenhourg. Mr. Jvnee: Mar,uis de Yalhorn, Mr. J. i1.5 , 1[6: Count de Limbers. Mr. Peerman ; Mr. Keeley. The Princess Louisa, Miss Love; ferwomess Matilda de Itueefehlt. Miss M. Tree; Countess do Mies Midland*. Toinorrew, • new Tragedy called Ravenna, and The Frozen Lake. This Craning, THURSDAY, nee. 2. will he presented a sew tatnra tanaa Barletta, called THE LIP 1N: ACTOR. • Tkis Prinskipal Characters by Messrs. Wrench. J. Reeve. Wilkinson. Prget. Ls.. Brown. Campbell. Salter, and Elliott t Misses Widen Ugly. Saari., and Bryan. no. Ste. anacluee with a new Farcical 'lunette. sailed 1111 L YotiiiitilloW: Or, A I.EstioN FOIL 1.0Ve.R3 :The Prismlipal Character* by Masan. Wrench and Power: Mesdames Purruck and S. Booth. The BRITIOX raise commenced publishing yesterday morn. my at five o'clock. LONDON, THURSDAY. Dick Jza 2, 1694. We have received the PJXII Morning and Evening Papers of Monday. Their contents arc of very little interest indeed. The war with the Ministry seems to lan ge.:sh. Both parties are perhaps reserving themselves until towards the opening of the Chambers, when the question will be dePnitively settled. Our private correspondence not only enables us to anticipate all that is rcal!y important in the French Journals, but supplies us also with a great . number of facts which would otherwise ucver be known beyond those circles in which they are whlsprred in Paris. The Ornerier Francais relates the following additional instance of the scandalous practices of the French police. Our correspondent some time ago menticned the equally absurd and scandalous affairs of the tri-coloured braces and the seditious Some months ago a person applied to a stale-maker, and desired Lim to make a donn measures, of a yard, foot, and ell each, dif. !,YeJnt from the standard established by law. The ntarufacturcr t duscd to ft;rnish the articles demanded, but the man assured him . that the dimensions were expressly named by a Sieur of *lumen, and that they were of the same dimensions as those used Spain, where the articles were to be forwarded to. Not yet convinced, the shoprnan hesitated, and reqacated to see the letter of M. Doino:., as a sort of guarantee: this was handed to Mm, but the man had the address to get it hick from him, by leaving anuther in his own handwriting, and which the tradesman yet flu. 'rite aztklcs were then linighed, and on the day on wl kit they were to be delivered, the unfortunate tradesman was waited upon by the Cammuisary of the Police and oflicers, who seized them all, and eutercd a proves-verbal, summoning the man before the Municipal 11a0 continued the seizure, and condemned him, according to the laws, to a fine and three days imprisonment. ranNvit ni os—PA:tis, Nov. 29.—five per Cents. opened s: Pelf. 21k., closed at 1099. 90e.; Bank Stock, 1970 E ; Nea politan Five per Caits. Falconet's Certificates, raj; Rennes d'Es. pages, 13; &loyal Spanish Loan, 1323, 41.1. Exchange on Lon. Jon--11lue month, SE.; three months, 241. Cbc--Cosirs .11dIsto t floe, Nov. 29. The condition of Ireland at this moment occupier the attention of the British public more fully than it has done, palters, at any period since the Union. The attitude as sumed by the Catholics has spread the greatest alarm amongst all classes of t` Protestant population. l'he Catholic Association. which for some time canducted itself with moderation, and expressly confined its visas to the question of emancipation, as it is celled, has latterly avowed that it aims at ulterior object'. The repeal of the Union is one of these, without which, it is declared. the Catholies will trot be satisfied. What other designs lurk behind, we may perhaps conjecture without difficult:— Tbe controversial meetings that have taken place between the Catholic and Protestant clergy have still further exas rested the feelings of both. The former hare held a tcne towards the latter, which has too strongly resembled that of teen who are on the point of obtaininize, power to ~fleece their adversaries. The clerical character has been estattatiously denied to the Ministers of the F.stablishea Claes+, and their revenues hare been so mentioned, and lieitlionaly assailed, as to admit no doubt of the designs, cherished by the Catholic priesthood. The natural sense quence of these proceedings is, that the whole island is in a sate of extraordinary irritation. The (.7atholic Asso rittion speaks the voice, and represnte etc feelings, of the Catholics of Ireland as efectually and dangerunsly as it could if it were formally delegated for that purpow. The Catholic Kent is forwarded weekly to Duhiiin. The }whets accompeny the eollectoes in their rounds, and ex ti ert—that is to say, ennenatel, their flocks to pay their respective contributions. The Ceilidhs are firmly united : they feel their strength growing and consolidating every hour ; and, in the confidence of success, they hesi'ete not already to resoit to the language of menace and intimida t'jn. And what period, of all others, have the infatuated leaders of the Catholics chosen for this daring and unseemly dieplty ? At the very moment when a course of heal ling and cotteihatory titessures wits gradually producing 1 all the exults which the list friends and warmest patriots STOCKS YESTERDA Y. bong Attn. 23 1.16 South Soo Stock South See Old Annuities South See New Angulo,. Ex.8i114,28.1.N8i. 85 RI pm Ditto. MIN. Ditto, Smell 55 58 pm INK., lid. I,NN• 54 ili pm Ditto, seer. 54 56 pm Ditto, Smalls 4 57 pm Lottery Tickets 221. 19i. of Ireland could desire. The benevolence of the English people had just relieved the distress of the Irish peasantry . whose gratitude, ever foremost among their national virtues, had rendered them peculiarly susceptible of kindly feelings towards their generous benefactors and fellow-subjects of England. The parting admonition of his MAJESTY had become the rule of Irish affairs. Under the able, vigorous, and impartial administration of the Marquis Wicietastey, the abuses of the police were reformed, and the equal empire of the law established over all the KING'S subjects. Thc tranquillity of the country was restored, and the superabundant capital of England was beginning to animate the industry of the numerous popu lation of the Sister Kingdom. Already she enjoyed the benefits of this liberal policy, and still brighter prospects were opening upon her, which now, unhappily, we fear, are no more. The restless spirit of the demagogues who have marred her fortunes, has precipitated her into a situation. in which, by insisting upon what she or gilt not to ask, she unavoidably compels the Legislature, if not to retrace its steps, at least to refuse all further concessions. There are several points in the interesting communica tions of our Correspondent from the Shetland Islands (see Brltish I'reu of Saturday) to which we are desirous to direct the observance of the Admiralty. The first is, the great advantage which would he derived to the navigation of Shetland were the Commissioners of the Northern Lights to re:et a beacon cm the west side of those Islands, where, as he says,—and we know he speaks from experience—" The stranger, not being able to weather the land on either tack, not knowing the coast, and seeing the sea break on a long reef to leeward, is wholly lost ; whereas, if a beacon were erected, and noted in the charts and direction books, he would immediately be able to steer boldly for Swarbucks Mine, for limas Voe, or for Valley Sound, where lie would find most excellent anchorage, completely land-locked. A beacon," he adds, " should likewise be erected on the east side of Shetland, on the Skerries, which would direct the stranger into Yell Sound, which abounds with safe an chorage; or into Colgrave Sound, where, as soon as the vessel has got round the Isle of I lascosea, she may tide in safety." In a great maritime country like ours, such ire pot taut suggestions, appealing alike to humanity and policy, will not, we trust, be suffered to pass without the regard they deserve. In the letter from the same writer, which will be found in our columns of to-day, the public will learn with astonishment the extraordinary fact— that the Derrell monopolize the whole herring . fishery our Shetland Islands; that, in the month of July, from five to si.r hundred Dutch fishing vessels assemble at Ler wich and Shetland, under the orders of a DUTCH Lien- Tr Ka sir stationed there; that each vessel carries a crew of 12 or 14 men ; and that this mine of wealth, the her ring . fishery, which might be made so perennial a source of productive industry to the numbers thrown out of ma nufacturing employment, and seeking bread, is thus aban doned to the Dutch, who are permitted to take as entire and uninterrupted a monopoly of it, as if the fee-simple of the Shetland Islands were vested in the &TAUT/10TUE'. How this usurpation could have originated we know not. Why these foreigners should be thus suffered to possess themselves of so valuable a branch of our trade, and so pro lific a source of subsistence to the poor classes of our popula tion, is an important inquiry, wlt!ch we hope will not escape the early attention of Government. On the opening of yesterday's market Consols showed a tendency to rise: they opened at 931, and gradually rose to 931, but towards the close of the market they declined, and finally left off nearly at the opening prices. Mexican Honda rather improved in the course of the day, though the improvement is scarcely quotable. Despatches, dated the 18th of October, were received yesterday at the Colonial Department, from the Duke of Manchester, at Jamaica. The island, we arc happy to say, remained perfectly tranquil. We have received tiles of Jamaica Papers to the 17th of October, and of New York to the loth of November. They contain no further information with respect to South America. There arc rumour's, indeed, of another battle having been fought between the Royalists and the Colom bians in Peru, and in which Bolivar is represented to have gained a complete victory, though with the loss of 6,1100 men ; but these rumours arc evidently entitled to no credit, inasmuch as they see founded upon letters from Bogota, dated as far back as the YSEI of last August, advices of a much later date fratu that capital having been received in England. Letters from Bogota of the 29th of September have been received, stating that Cantarac is retreating so rapidly that Bolivar cannot come up with Letters have been received from Mexico of the 29th Sept. They state that all was tranquil, and that the Congress was ocenpied with discussior , on loans. By the New York papers we learn that Mr. Dc Witt Clinton has been again elected to the office of Governor of that State, by a majority of nearly twenty thousand votes! Corisr•NTlN °FEE, OCT. `Z.—Tlity reports alluded to in my letter of the 11th inst. of an engagement between the Turkish and Greek squadrons, appear to have been much exaggerated. the loss of the former having been confined to one frigate blown up, and two or three smaller vessels de stroyed, whilst the hitter have lost several fire ships, besides having their feet inn& crippled. Nothing of great im portance appears to have been done on either aide. His Niajusty's ship Medina, which met with an accident io the Arehes, was much less damaged than at first reported, and returned to the Dartlanello, for his Excellency Lord Strangford, who embarked on board, on the 13th instant. The following is an extract of a letter front the Agent to Lloyd's, at Swyrita, dated Oct. 19:—" There has been an engagement between the Turkish fleet and Greek ships, but with little damage to either. We have in port his Ma jesty's ships Euryalus, Martin, Cyrene, and Alacrity, and continue to enjoy pern.et tranquillity. Mesopotamia has heen the theatre of great events amongst the Arabs. fee a lung time, the numerous tribes of Anazis having inviele.l the deserts of Mesopotamia. princi pally inhabited by the powerful iris of tierbas ; hut this year, after having, 11.1:1 great success against the former, aided by tl:e Paella of Bagdad, they were defeated by the Gerbas, who cau.sed them to repass the Euphrates, and their flight was so precipitate that they lust Inc •: of their fine horses and eattle.—EP.ile. Tits Jews.—The measures lately erilerell by the Em peror of Russia relative to the Jews in Poland, and the desire expressed by his Majesty to make them apply to agriculture, give an interest to a communication front the south of Itusia, by a itich we leaot, that about five miles from Nikotajeu, in the Government of licrson, there has existec for several years a Jewish village, with very fine fields and pastures, built and entirely by Is raelites. This village, Jr, Nahr, in the vicinity of which there ere six other smaller visages of the sane kind, most of them with Hebrew names. is ini.abited by about fifty Their fields me diligently a n d skilfully culti vated, thotorlt there is not a Christian peasant in the whole village. They hive go:A artisans and svorkmen of every description, nod are now building a Synagogue. As soon as the luav , st is over, tleyie who understand a mechanical trade are allow Lil to go into the neighbouring towns to exercise it, furnished with a wssport from the Magistrates. The women endeavour to tarn something during the winter, by getting work from the inhabitants of the towns, which they make at home. The young colony is indebted for its origin and present prosperity to Nahum Punkelstein, who was, in the sequel, its chief bailiff. Though he is a rich man . , . he set his brethren the -;ample by keeping his own children assiduously employed in agricultural labour, and by this, and thrcugh hal...fatigable industry and patience, be has brought the litt!c cotntuncity to its present thriving condition. THE • BRITISH PRESS. FrISIIIONABLE iwrELLIcENTCE. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury has left town for Gene ral Roes's seat in Herts. - _ Lord Berwick has arrived at his house in Gmsvenor.square, from his seat, Hattingham Hall, near Shrewsbury, Salop. Earl Gower has arrived in town from a tour. --.— Hon. Colonel Howard, M.P. and family, arrived in town yester day from their seat, Aiihtead Park. Surrey. Mr. and Mrs. Conlilre have left their seat in Wales for Lord Crew's seat Crew Hall, Cheshire. The Earl and Countess Cowper left town on Tuesday for Brighton. The Earl and Countess of Tankerville left town yesterday on a Lord Alvanley hes arrived In town from a tour. The Countess of Dysart arrived in town yesterday from her seat, Ham House. Surrey. His Excellency Sir Charles Begot, and suite, left town yesterday fur the Netherlands. Sir George Robinson, Bart., M.P. has arrived at hie house in South-street front Ins seat, Cranford, Northamptonshire. The Emil of Beaborough has left town for his seat at Roe. hampton. Lore snd Lady F. L. Gower have arrived at their house in Al bemarle-street. Arrivals at the Royal Hotel, St. Jsmes's-street :—Mr. and Mrs. Berkeley from Lone; Ditton; Captain Barton front a tour; Brown, Esq. front Birmingham. Admiral Sir Davitlge and Lady Goold arrived yesterday at Blake's hotel, Jermyn-street„ from their seat in Herts. Arrivals at the London lintel, Albemarle-street:—Mr. and Mr.. Blake from Bath ; John Harris, Esq. front his seat near Plymouth. Lady Heathcote arrived in town yesterday from Ham House, Surrey. Arrivals at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square:—The Bishop of St. Asaph from the Palace, St. Asap!), Flintshire; Mr. and Mrs. Jarvis. Departures :—Colonel (lore Langton for his neat, Newton Park, Bath ; David Lyon, Esq. for his seat in Hants. Arrivals at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street:—The Earl of Cdsnricarde from Ireland ; Sir It Greeley, Bart. from the Earl of Coventry's seat, Crow, Worcagashire ; Count Karoli for Mel ton Mowbray, beicesteeshiee. J. West, Lsq. h 3 arrived at Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-place, from Warwickshire. Sir Robert Bolton, Bort. hot left ditto for his seat in Hants. Captain Sherwood and W. Norton, Esq. bare left Long's Hotel, Bond-street, for Melton Mowbray. Arrivals at rladong's Hotel, Oxford-street :—Sir Charles Sul livan, Bart. from a tour; Colonel Lewis from Cheltenham; Major Hay from a tour; Martin, Esq. from ditto; Shaw, Esq. from cl . . Departures :—General Sir William Doveton and family for Hampton Court; Colonel and Mrs. Dash on a tour; Captain Dunn on ditto; Captain and Mr. Tinylins on ditto; J. Searle on ditto; Captain Trotter en duo; E. Protheroe, Esq. to Herta ; Major Preston on a tour. The Duke of Clarence left town on Tuesday night for Bushy. The Duchess of Gloucester was a great deal better yes terday, having had a good night. lier Royal Highness received visits yestersl iy from the Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of Sussex, the Princess Sophia, and the Princess Sophia Matilda. Mr. Secretary Canning was busily engaged on Tuesday transacting business with several Foreign Ministers. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, the first Cabinet Council since the prorogation of Parliament was held at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Alfain, which was very numerously attended for the season of the year. There were present the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, the Earls of Liverpool, Westmorland, and Bathurst, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. Secretary Canning, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Viscount Melville, Mr. Wynn, &c. The Cabinet broke up at about a quarter past five o'clock. _ . Died on Monday, the Right Hon. Lord Hawke, at his house in the Regent's Park. FooTE d. H•YNE.—ArflOngat the Noblemen and Gen tlemen subponaed on the part of the defendant at the ap proaching trial of this cause, is Viscount Deerhurst. The Marquis of Worcester, it appears, was intended to be called upon, but his absence from this country prevent* it.— Morning l'oper. Ten thousand pounds worth of gold plate, the property of the Marquis of Waterford, sunk with the Hibernia, under the Citadel. A part, however, has been recovered. Plmout4 Paper. Electioneering seems all alive at Pcnryn, where Mr. Stanbury and his friend Mr. Weeding„ who intends ofF.T ing himself at the general election, are arrived. The street has been illuminated, arid a dinner given.—Cornwall Paper. Messrs. Philip Ball and Son of the Mevagissey Bank, suspended payment on Thursday last. It is hoped that the embarrassment has arisen from mere temporary cans, s and that the delay of arrangement will be the only inconve nience creditors will suite r.—Wes!ern Letlainury. _ A correspondent in a Dublin paper, says—" I have been favoured with le view of two letters from persons of high rank and consideration in the Sister Kingdom. One is dated Devon, and it states that anti-Catholic Associations are in the progress of formation—the other is from the neighbourhood of London, and it states that the English view the proceedings of the Catholic Association of Ireland with alann and dismay. ' _ During the severe gales which prevailed in the Downs on Monday lit, a small bird, called by naturalists the Stormy Peterel, nick-named by seamen Mother Carey's Chicken, was picked up alive on the shore near Wahner Castle, by a servant belonging to Mr. ihooke, of Marine House. Only three of these species are said by Ilewick to have been found in this country. and these not alive. They swarm in !stormy weather in the Atlantic, and follow the ships with a doleful screech on the gathering of a stor . l. _ . . The Stormy Petterel, or " Mother Carey's chickens;' have been much observed in the harbour of Falmouth lately. The following instance of the extraordinary rise which has taken place in the price of farming stock, may be de pended upon. A farmer in a west( rit county, having, in the autumn of 162'2, a quantity of ewes which he wished to dispose of, took them for that purpcse to a neighbour ing fair ; but being off•red only 7s. a-head for them, he was reluctantly compelled to drive them home again. Each ewe has since produced him two lambs, which he has since sold upon an avetage forts,. a piece ; and a few weeks ago he sold the ewes themselves at the same place I for 475. each, to the very person who had offered him the first-named price. Tux Amer.—The 99th Regiment of Infantry will march on the 6th instant from Chichester for Chatham, preparatory to its embarkation fur foreign service. The 99th Regiment of Foot will embark, in the course of a fortnight, at I ith for Portsmouth, preparatory to its pro ' eeeding on foreign service. A certain gallant officer of our garrison sent a very lovely, but a very loose fair one, a bank note of 100/. for one hundred tickets of admission on her benefit nigl.t. The lady returned, by the messenger, according to the request of her admirer, the one hundred tickets; but she, unexpectedly, sent also the change of the bank bill, re e-rving to herself the mere amount of the tickets in ques tion. This, to the gallant Cupid, was a sad disappoint ment.—Dublin l'aper. Extract of a letter from Tirhoot, dated May 1:—" I was out on a tiger hunting-party last Atember, and had good fortune to be at the death of five • on the whole, though pleased, I was disappointed that five; animals did not afford half the sport I expected. We had a fine line of elephants, twenty in number, fourteen of thou with howtlas, so that Johnny had no chance when once seen. We came on the track of some wild elephant but could not come up with them. The scenery was beautiful and af forded me as much pleasure as the Shikar. By-the-by, there was a curious accident happened to an officer of the Chumparum corps, about two months back, at Sep, nip. He took out his gun with the intention of killing a few quails, and was beating a bush, within a 100 yards of his hungalcw, when a tiger sprung on him and took him off The bearers set up a shout, which induced the tiger to drop hint after he was dreadfully lacerated. Ilia lire was de spaired of for some time, but he has, through good luck, recovered. The tiger escaptal." A dreadful accident occurred yeslenlay on the premises of Mr. Bramwell, a wine and spirit merchant, at l'imlico. Four men, named Blisset, Newstead, and Hum phries, were employed pulling down the arch of a vault. They had incautiously pulled down only one side fors con siderable extent, when the other fell in upon them. Blis set, being nearest the wall, escaped unhurt ; Turner was dug out much mutilated ; and the other two quite dead. A Coroner's Inquest sat on the bodies yesterday, when the Jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death." DRURY-LANE THEATRE. It gives us much satisfaction to record the very suc cessful Med of Mr. Sapio, at Drury-lane, last evening. The musical talents of this gentleman have been for some time past held in very high estimation ; his fame preceded him to the profession he has joined, and it devolved upon hint less to acquire a new reputation than to sustain his previous one. Hitherto his exertions have been principally confined to musical meetings, oratorios, and concerts. The applaueee that crowned his efforts on these occasions in duced his friends and admirers to form very high hopes of similar success in the operatic department of the drama. As far as last night's; performance might be taken as a cri terion whereby tojndge, these favourable anticipations have been justified. The character which Mr. Sapio selected for his first appearance was the very trying one of the Serf:slier. The celebrity of Mr. Braham in this his fa vourite part, rendered it a very venturesome one for a new aspirant to undertake on such an occasion. It abounds in music of an animated and glowing spirit, which im poses great difficulty of execution on its representative. Mr. Sapio possesses a very prepossessing appearance. His figure is well-formed, and his general deportment manly and engaging.. There is a gentlemanlike propriety in what he says and does upon the stage, which bespeaks the culti vation of good society ; and this, Mr. Sapio may be assured, is not the least valuable of the many qualifications he has brought to his profession. His voice is powerful to a very high degree, yielding indeed in pot.er only to that of Braham : it is of exquisite sweetness, and the modulation of its tones denote that it has been sedulously cultivated. The falsetto of his voice is also sweet and powerful ; but he seldom indulges in it, and the compass of his natural tones renders him independent of it. But the Point which pleases us most in Mr. Sapio is the chasteness of his style— his unwillingness to sacrifice musical propriety to meretri cious ornament and ostentatious display. Should he arrive at that eminence of which his performance last evening gives fair promise, he is likely to effect a revolution in public taste by the substitution of natural singing for the artificial and viper-ornamental style that distinguishes our leading singers of the present day. Mr. Sapio was encored in almost all the songs of the Seraskier. That in which he pleseed us most was his duet with Miss Stephens, " irlien thy bosom heaves a sigh." There could not be a more beautiful blending of middle and fluttering notes— of sweet, powerful, and pathetic sounds, " rising like a steam of rich .perfumes upon the air ;" the tints of the rainbow do not harmonize more delight( ully than their voices united in producing an effect which we can only describe as the very perfection of the art. Ile does as Braliatn—heave the torrent of sound like a load from his breast, but his tones flow in a rich stream of more chaste and of no less copious variety. " Confur;on thus defeated," displayed, in a very high degree, his musical science, which must manifestly have been the result of long preparation and laborious ac quirement. We could wish that he bad infused somewhat more of sprightliness into the delightful serenading song, " Lille come down to me." As an actor, his pretensions are not inconsiderable; his speaking voice is clear and audible, and his delivery correct and impressive: there is, how ever, too much exuberance at present in his action, and it is not always easy sail flowing : an acquaintance with the business of the stage will soon correct this. Altogether, we do not remember to have witnessed for a long time so deservedly successful a debut. He has taken his position at once in the first walk of opera, and he is likely to maintain it. "He has nobly dared ;" and we shall err egregiously, if, ere long, we are tot able to add, "he has nobly won." Miss Stephens made her first appearance for the season last evening. She was wel comed by the cordial greetings of a very numerous audience. We really have exhausted every epithet of eulogy in at tempting to speak of her as she deserves. Had we them all now at the tip of our pen we would rc-write them all, fur we never heard her sing with more delightful and fasci nating effect, and there was a fresh buoyancy, archness, and vivacity in her acting, "that was not there before." Harley was most agreeably comical; and, togethe: with what the author says, and whit' he says for him, he made the part a must amusing one. BOY:IL SOCIETY. The anniversary dinner of the Royal Society was held on nimbi!, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern. The Presolcm. Sir tltnupltry Davy, was in the chair, eopported by Mr. Secretary Peel sod Lord Ilexley. Davies Gilbert. }:sq. M.P , Sir Thomas Lawrence, President of the Royal Academy, and many other gentlemen dis tinguished far art or science, were present. After the usual loyal toasts had been given from the chair, Mr. Davis Grimmer rose to propose the health of the Pre sident. Amongst the duties which the Society had inivoeed upon him, in electing him to the ettice which he bore, none Was more congenial to his feelings than the sanusl task of thus claiming their attention to the distinguished individual who occupitd the chair. The discoveries of Sir Humphry Davy, in analysing the alkalies and the earths, were unequalled in brilliancy and import tsnee since the days of Sir Isaac Newton. Ile had the aatist'action of announcing another discovery of a similar character, and of the greatest practical utility. It was known to the lovers of chemical science that Sir liumpbry Davy, in the course of his taint-Imila' upon the alkalies and earths was led to suppose that the chemical atlinitos of bodies have a certain relation to their electric or gal vanic attractions, and that by effecting an alteration in the hitter the former might be changed. This, which at first was co more than a sagacious conjecture or ingenious theory, Sir Ilurupbry Davy had now established by actual experiment, and had applied to purposes of great national importance. lie altered the chemical affinities of copper so as to render it nearly indestructible. Ships could now perform die longest voyages without the copper sheath. ing on their bottoms being curraued by the action of the meet; and while a very important seeing was thus effected in this neces sary article of naval equipment, the invaluable lives of our seamen were rendered lees insecure. De had only to add, that while the Royal Society was under the guidance of such a President, its hoilours would perpetually accumulate, and its services to science would hourly increase..-ttirrat applause.) The Pith:et nexr returned thanks a very appropriate address. The field or science Was boundless—there were no limits to human improvement. Ile proposed the health of their Treasurer, Illy. Davies (Albert, who rettinual thanks. The I'nestnesr proposed" The health of the Right Honour able Robert l'eel." 'They were peculiarly happy in being ho. maned with the presence of one of his Majesty's Alinisters, who, from the nature of his Mke, was the natural patron of every dis. cowry in science and application of art, which tealed um pro mote the internal improvement of the cruntry. The Royal Society was already under ritaly obligations to the present Matte Secretary, and he was confident would ye; be tinder many more. Ale. Secretary l't:sh returned Marks, in a speech peculiarly happy and appropriate, and sat down amidst the cordial approba tion of the company. The l'attaintexy then gave " The health of Dr. Prookbv, the President of the Royal Irish Academy." Ile had, in his address in the morning, cephiined the grounds upon which the Council had conferred the Copley Medal on this distinguished mathe inatieian. In the higher analyses he secoadvsl la Plac:. I! is papas upon the parallax of the fixed stets were before the So defy in their Ti iv. Last year the Copley Medal was eon. (erred on Mr. l'ontl, the As:romance Royal, for a series of abate. rations made at tiretrivcieb, which seemed to eatablish the m smilax of the fixed stars ; t iris year they conferred the same medal upon Dr. Itrookby„ for a scrim of observations made at I)uldia, which go to prove that the fixed stars have no parallax. Ile mould not pretend to &tide between these distitigiti.hod mathematicians. All he would say wr.s, that the controversy between them was carried on in a spirit uhich 010.1 additional lustre upon science. Mr. Pond, as a Member of the Council, was the first to vote fur coo erring tile medal upon Dr. llroolthy. The toast was received with rreat applause. The Perm:int:sr then gave - The Pcorrees 4 Science all over the World ;" and the company, consisting of Pt, weathers, broke up ehtitit ten o'clock, after a day peculiarly gratifying to the lovers of science. 1.1r::s root., Nor. sm—Yestetday, about ten o'clock, the City of Dublin steam packet, from Dublin, anchored out side the Rork to wait for water to carry her through the channel. 'fire., boats from hence went off to take her passengers on share. One of them, in which were fifteen passengers and an infant (including One? boatmen) put off from the swan packet. When they had reached ncarl; opposite the It-gent's Dock, a squall of wind upset the boat, and out of the number above mentioned, only four persons (one of them the boatman's son) and an infant were saved ; the ethers were drowned, notwithstanding great exertions were made to sirs them. The tide was rtmning rapidly, and the weather was %cry boisterous a;, the time. On the waves hreaLing into the warehouses of Messrs. Lipscombe, at Teignmouth, Mr. L. in endeavouring w save the property of the fan), received such injury, that after being taken acnse.les.s away, it was long ere animaticn could be restored. A vowel which had been charterod by this house, and bad sailed the preceding day, foundered a scat, and all on board Except tEe Captain perished. PARIS. raom OUR CORREIIPONDENT. PARIS, Nov. 29. The preparation for the assembly of the Chambe r; te what at present occupies the Ministry, and engages e; t h e same time the chief share of the public attention. I reee. tioned to you in my former htter, the nature of the k, that the Ministry purpose bringing lb: ward relative to t h e Liberty of the Press. It is not, lioneva, on this law A k e , that their united labours are cc:n[l;cl : the project 0 1 , d s indemnity to the emigrants occasions equal solieitno.. they have revolved this important question a tbou se ; t i ways, to find whence this indemnity is to be taken, go ' OK to excite an outcry among the contributors; but sh, a great many efforts, they always retreat upon the si t ie l fund (la Cuisse dAmortissement). It appears, theme, that this establishment, which has been hitherto made pliable to the support of public credit, will, as emergent, call for it, be doled out in the shape of reward to ey e , grants; as it is now pretty well determined upon by' ILLELE, that he will draw upon this fund of corrupt% (dotatinst)—for under any government it is little better -4 the 28 or 30 millions de rente which this indemnity: - quire. It is whispered also, that he intends withdrawing' this investment the money arising front Sorest crown' (les Buis) which belong to it, and assigning it , Clergy. One of the first measures that will be propos e d the Chambers will be that relative to the civil laws State, as connected with the ceremonies of religion. pears that this is precisely the same project which they intended to brie; forward the last Sessions, but which not prepared in time to be submitted to the Churl According to this law, " Les registres de rEtut ciel 'neurone entre les mains de l'autorite municipile ; turte civil sahordonne d la ci:relmGnie reliieuse pourra plus, contme maintenant, en etre &:frire." know that with us at present, the marriage cereinon!, legal rite, is performed at the municipality, with many satisfied their conscience, without confirming sacrament, by the religious ceremony of the church; wha m by this new law, the marriage civil cannot hereafter; contracted unless the betrothed parties can produce, tificate of its canonical celebration : the same will alio , required for the registry of births. By this arrange= the fees of the church will not only be augmented, but , cured. The church is striving to extend its jurialietisa once more into all the concerns of civil life; it is aiding every day a cubit to its stature. :Chose eftizens,—andthat number is considerable,—who have, as it were, lengthen their spiritual chains, and relaxed in their devotion • tholic discipline, will be brought back, by the proixtetl to a due sense of reverence.. If they are desirous to a wife, or to baptise an infant, the priests will bai in their power to hinder a refractory member of Church from taking to himself a wife, or, if inarrie 1, registering the birth of his offspring. This power will be permitted to grow feeble for want of ext•rcie. already witnessed, under the present leg'slation, a Itisi:ep expressly forbid one of his curates to baptise a child, to whom M. Ma seam. was to stand godfather. The risk of consecrating an infant republican, or of waterlog a sprig of radicalism, was quite sufficient to justify is rejection from the font ; and accordingly, when the punts presented themselves with the child, they found the doers of the church shut. You may judge from this smalle to what these Pt:naffs will carry their dominion, when :It law authorizes their fanaticism and their intoleramsad the rites of marriage, baptism, and burial, are left Nadi' at their mercy, to grant or to withhold. Although M. nu VILLELE has almost resolved to of the ensuing campaign with the present Minis:ors, if he cannot mend the muster-roll ; he feels, nevertheless, how much it would be to his advantage, to be supported, if possible, by colleagues less unpopular than:those by whom he is surrounded. The difficulty is tc disengage ..inael from those who have been hitherto connected with him ; this perplexity is not great with respect to Hu PzvooNNET j it is almost decided upon to shake him el; but the knotty point is, how to dispose of M. De Cos- slant, to whom M. DE VILE LEE is very partial, but who has rendered himself so odious as Minister of the Intense, as to create a greater drawback on the joint-stock of pops larity than the small fund will admit. He has been offered, it is said, le 211inlstere de la Justice, which he lagra ciously refuse]; a Peerage has Len held out to him, and with the office of Grand lit•prendaite, now occuF;eil by M. DE SIMON VILLE ; but M. DE Colostrum, in the true Caesarian spirit, replied, " Mimi:ire de I laferierr on r:en" " Minister of the Interior or nothing." M. De Vitertt is anxious that the Duke nu MO Nrm oat KC! should come into Administration ; he would then be in better condition to combat the opposing power of MM. ter LALOCUVOI. N AVE and CIiATEAV BitlA ND. N. DE 31ONTMORINCI has been off.rttl the Ministry of Fordgn Afiairs, which le refused, and declared he would accept no appointment ba: that of Minister of the Interior. It is on this ac;nant the M. Ds Vratz LE wishes to induce M. ye COEDI ERE to sur render with a good grace. Ilut, at all events, it arre bahle that N. DE MON TNIODEN CY will succeed to :is: station. In the mean time the business of intri i me roe steadily on, and various changes arc in contemplation; ba: no change will do much good ; it matters not how ! ea shuffle the cards, there is nothiug but knaves in tlx pack. It may appear surprisirg that M. Di: CORBILIit slentd be offered the employ of Grand 11:11r.—alairt., bat Dr: Sisanxvizze. has not been far some time past on terms with the Minister. When the first symptoms m op position discovered itself in the C'raihre dee Pairs, M. v_ N ET, conversing one day with M. ce SI NONVII 1i in him to recruit for veres in support of the n:retr. but as lie did not impels to manifest much z.ml in tb" cise of Ids coin:rim:on, DF tin N Nl.l* Slit!, in tutors:: ing him, " mine, S:r, that thee:nuloyment you is revocable; happily for tl:c rot arm able." " Nor, happily for F,Tncc., is vo.:r replied M. Ti:: rho I , nothing. will not pr.; by an; o . TJ:tr.iiity which sent itself, o: repayiiig this. We learn from a resnectald.• 1..”-r:7-noad-sr.. that strange accounts which :t I, in the r..(,:•!. • pets, stating that a father and hoin a,: • the murelt r and t - • er,d a s;:1!:• 101;31., , t!I s • tive, in mistake f•r r.rother, it but to,) young lady who r 3 mira -u!ottcy C-. -red the di..! , •1 , ..1 1, • of these mieird;:ht was., cs hz.f..!r..• tea:: W"' Iler getardi!:n, a pro,mr. ur, r pos,! a Inarzia!:o nut) 4:11 tits vs•ZIZI r T l a d e rc't" the °trig, they tornwd th,. horrid !den oldestroying h, r. Protecting Ita:al of i'rovi.knu, howev: . .r, was over fetnalea had that tvening exehani.7 , .l it s!ecin:: • and by that accident the intend:el victim eFcapc.l• titer dug the ;rave for his own daughter, and thc 1:7 0 ; became thc murderer of his only sister ! Tins: uretr:' arc in the hands of justice; it :s said titt7 belong to a F.: family. I shgiun,.aha Lord Seat pie, anivcd (Emuiti The Turk nrxet Samu hadanelles. erne burnt I. I be Turki.h v. 2 9. r t . Kiri pitons " "'bens at 1 4 f bis bast soellency I nom o s t aad C the Wbsnl tto 1 4 • ro d avi der,: • • ! Sn it; tofth, ..0045 e d at, eitto.. a of 1°4114 :1 ,▪ O N It girlies' ut ell 0111 af te Ist 1./e,: , 14 16 ! especial en e y,„ . This mot lad e io be most ho d peace rgtr,ci, Pt hi ch te eta . gooe Isers r o t t Tap* re the a the • win Tart. have ri be Uov 11 la* . 'and to bet Pere re Posed h mated f sof 1 1,, to ensure tl itla• Itsp icy lie Mai !eh IN eta able • ha Ham Intim iril de. sitter BY Roy leave tee: • erg jr the •, that t 121. ► 1 • • rent. The Cow ilvating the it Yt lion, had I Individualt "hereg Authorities iftff e a e t . In ennseq alb 6 been done it at Aladrid, getwc , of this capit out sa who waii an ditti f is ln . t i d .o lti &MD / pew before odd* There is Every per dna Every an td t ola c r w , : it ha ssibista e o . ofboo bee 4jany n p 1 books berry A similar lave it Church or t f Holy 1 !I I I 4ey " I, from Übe con rill not tartildrtgtre hart which, upon TO TI