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FASHIONABLE , rAvETLLICRATE. to PUI('I;s BRITIaill Pink Stnek 236 37 ntto A ert. 11 pet Cent ItetWiwi 944 3 pet Cent. tr %me. 1131 Lh'to Aect. 934 I 4 pet Cent. Attended 1014 New 4 per Celle. 106 1061 100 It per Vent. Tiflis tne k 287 Ditto 1%011462 pm Ditto Acct. iTOCKS V YSTERDA Y. 1,0-1 g Ann. 234 south Sea Stock South Sea 4 nd Annuillef 914 South Sea New Annuities 1.0001. 3911 pm Ditto, 6001. 40 42 pm Ditto, Small 41 44 pm Ditto, 14d. t II 0 • Ditto, 5001. Ditto, Solna Lottery Tickete 191. 19s. ITOCKA vnTEKL)A V. Lord Alranler•had a dimmer party yesterday, at his house In Park-place. • . • - - • The Dowager Countess of Stamford hod a select party yesterday evening, at her house In Charles-street, Berkeley-square. The Earl of Glerynoll arrived yesterdpy at house in Grooves nor-street, from Brighton. Lord Anion and family have left town for thei: scat in Surrey. Lady Heatheota basJaft town mass tour. . Colonel Brown left town yesterday, for his seat in Bucks. Arrivals at the Clarerden Hotel, liond-street t.--Sir'fyrwhitt Jones, Ban. tiom his scat, Stanley Hall, etatlbrdshire ; John Westrombe, Esq. from a tour. Colonel and the Nlistses Stapleton left the British Hotel, atermyn street, yesterday, fur their seat Thorpley, Surrey. Mr. and Mrs. Brodie and family have arrived at the Waterloo Hotel, Jennynestreet, from the East Indies. W. Holmes, Esq. AI.P. and Lady Strong arrived esterday at hou se in Grafton-street, from seat, Thames J)itton. Departures from the London llotel, Albemarle-street:—Lord Longford and family for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Palmer and fa ' mill for Hastings. Sussen. The Dowager itlarchioness of Lansdown has left town for her seat, Ila sipton Court. Lord Berwick and family left town yesterday, fur their seat, Hattingham-hall, Salop. Mrs. Barclay and family left the Pulteney-hotel, Albemarle. street, yesterday, for their beat near Dorking. PRICES OF FOREION A irityisn Bonds 24 Ditto Acct. Brazilian Scrip f 1 f poi par Biteilos Ayres Scrip pat Ditto Acct. par y pin Chilian Bolds Ditto .icet. 78 Colotub. Bootle 794 Ditto Scrip Ditto Acct. 64 4 4 8 *des Danish Bonds Ditto Marks Banco tire& Scrip Ditto A co% liesiain Bonds 62 14 n 11 4 'Jut° Acct. 62 14 2 II a Neapolitan Bonds Peruvian Bonds I Ditto Scrip Portuguese Bonds 871 1 Ditto Acct. 871 Prussian Bonds Russian Ilona 9111 Ditto Acct. fiori Span. Cons. 921 3 2132} S 21 1 Ditto Acct. 221 3 21 3 Ditto 510 Bonds Ditto Cons. (1823) 171 181 1 French Rentes 101 f. Exchange 25f. 25c. 20c. Ditto Acrip Ditto Acet. 131 1 pm LITER.4TURE. SIGH PRICE OF BOOKS. Elie 33rttth aireoo. I The first legislative enactment that was made for the encouragement of learning, was in the reign of Richard 111. when books were exempted from the restrictions imposed on the importers of every other species of merchandise. Printing was at this time unknown in England. King Henry VI. at his own expence, brought over several prin ten and their presses into this country, and from that time the art of printing began to be practised here. In the year 1553, it was so well understood, that Henry Vl 11. deemed it expedient to repeal the act of Richard; and, accordingly, the 25 Heny VIII. c. 15. was passed, which, while it protected the native printers, prevented thein from imposing on the rest of his subjects. This act was entitled " An Act for printers and binders of books;"—' the fourth and last section is as follows: . . _ .. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAnice:T. This evening, EftIDAY, Monist 20. will M performed PIGEONS AND CROWS. Sit Petet Plan:win. Mr. Llaton; Certain PliwbriOn, Mr. Vining; Mr. Mits. Mr. jfuekel ; Mr. Wrrld, Mr. Wilkinson t Mr. Btoadeau, Mr. %%Week; Parr:ek O'Rorogoioo, Mr. Lee. Mn. Hardy. MraWlsaleor ;Italia. Mrs. Chatterley ; Hwy. Mrs. C. Jones. After which, THE A LCAID ; or, THE SECRET - 19 Of OPTIC!, The Prinelpal Characters by Mr. W. Parrett, Madame Vaster, Means. MOderl, Les, Liston, and Harley ; Meads lee Glover. ,Paton, Lore, Oaths, and C. Jones. To eonelnde with MATmninvv. 910011 de Limbers, Mr. Younger; ()Aare), Mr. Vining" CrCloshorty, Mr. Lee. Clara. Mrs. Chatterley. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGI.ISH OI'ERA-110USE, STRAND. This Evening. Fn ID AY. Ausust 20, will be perforated DFR FRENCHUTZ; Or. THE dEVENTH BULLET Kase, Mr. Bartley; Caspar. Mr. Bennett; Rodolph, Mr. Brabant FestrMr. Tayleure; Zsuniel, Mr. J. Cooper. Agnes, Wes Stephens, dditional Songs by Weber (being her Math appearance la this ei ; Lou. Mlss Povey. After which THE RIVAL SOLDIERS. llipperkla, Mr. W. Chapman; Mary. Miss Huldaway. To conclude with _ " Provided always, and be it enacted by tbesalbseity aforesaid, That if any of the said printers or sellers of pulsed bloke, inha. heitiag within this realm, at any time hermiftwbsymild t#tdl Wise to Whence or increase the prices of any endi psimaill bests, is sale or binding, at too high and unreasonable priest, be Nib wise as complaint be made thereof unto the King s Hightmla t or sato the Lord Chancellor, Lord Treasurer, or any of the ObisfAastioss of the one Bench or of the other; that the same Leak Cilbssesllor, Lord Treasurer, and two Chief Justices, or two or fey a foam, shall have power and authority to enquire thereof, as well by the oaths of twelve honest and discreet persons as otherwise by fee ex amination by their discretions. And after the • Imo bilteadag said increasing of the said prices of the said books and b~sbill be as found by the said twelve men, or otherwise by sadtre of the said Lord Chancellor, Lord Treasurer, and Justices, or tmo of them ; and then the same Lord Chancellor. Lord Treasurer, and Justices at the least, from time to time, shall have power and au thority to reform and redress such inhancing of the prices of printed books from time to time by their dist-redone, and to limit priors as well of the books as for the binding of them: and well that the offender or offenders thereof being convict by the examination of the same Lord Chancellor Lord Treasurer, and Juatim, or two of them, or otherwise, shall lose and forfeit for every book by them sold, whereof the price shall be inhumed for the book or binding thereof, three slit Ili ngo and tour pence; the one-half thereof I sbell be to the King's Highness, and the other half to the parties grieved, that will complain upon the same in manner and form be fore rehearsed." A similar act was passed in the $ Anne, cap. 19. sec. 4: but enforcing a penalty of five pounds for every book sold by the printer or bookseller at a higher price than tbe jus tices, &c. should fix it. This latter act vas repealed by the l 2 Geo. 11. cap. 36. sec. 3 ; but that of Henry VIII. above quoted, remains in farce, for it has never been re pealed by any express law, and ft would be ridiculous to contend that the Act of Anne, enacting a higher penalty,' has virtually repealed that of Henry, which it never mentions. FIVE AND WATER. Captain Hurry. Yr. Borne,. ; Mr. Thrifty. Mr. W.leanert; inede fMk. Mr. Wrenc..; Jacob, Mr. Slotaan. Foamy. Mir Moldaway; Mrs..l. WelPFeart. NEW SURREY THEATRE. FIFTH MONT OF A SUPTIIII cumnsr 1 1 .1EL',.DRAME AND A SCOTTISH ROMANCE. Tl.ls present FTIMAY, ingest to. will be presented a Grand Chinese Melo-Drame. 'lltree Arts (w:ltten by Mr. Mall4salied THE BURNING BRIDGE; Or. TIIE SPECTRE OF TIIE I.IIOE. PMaelpel Characters by Mears. 11. Kemble. Rowbothern, Auld. Ref ereed. Yount, :and Heownlnes; Mre. Loyale,. and Mre.-Foung. In the source of the Mime a Oran,' Mallet, called *.The Festival of Lan terns. or Yeast of Fulfils.: Principal Dancer, Miss Adeoek. ft. Chinese Flog Dance by Moms. Flemniore. Honor, ant Jones. To which will be added a new Rurletta. sailed • THE PtINTe.IFS STLDY. To conclude with a Scottish Romance, trailed THLY GRAEME; or, THE 111 Z 11111 OF THL BLACK MOOR. ROTA!. GARUEIVS, VAUXHALL. This Evening, FRIDAY. August 20, A 141iLltN RID GALA. Under the espeelal Patronage of his Majesty. Corminemelas with a Grand Concert id* Voci^l and instrumental Musk. arid a truereaston of varied and popular Amusements (from Eight till Twelve d'Cloehh which have delighted more than 40.0(10 visitors the leat few nights. To conclude with a magnificent display of Fire- Work", In the midst of whirl:, the undaunted young American will make his terrine Ascent and Dement on the Tight Rope. D•wn open at Seven.--Admisalini ja. ed. -- The !Swum Rnicss commenced publishing yesterday morning at five o'clock. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 90, /824. —re... — By the intelligence received yesterday, ria New York, from Mexico. it appears, theta French agent had arrived in that country, professedly to establish with the Mexican Republic relations of amity and commerce. The fact of his arrival had been officially announced to the Coni,ress ; but it is not stated that psaspeets foe the capital bad been fczwarded to him. The Editor of the New York Gazette observes truly, that, in this mission. the " French Cabi net are either playing a double game of perfidy, or a treacherous. WC to Mexico alone." We have ourselves several times adverted to the language of the ministethl journals of France, as indicative of the hostile feeling of the Bourbon Clurt ncr shall we be persuaded of the sincerity of their friendship towards the late Spanish colonies, till. _from the conduct of their dependents, we see clearly that all hopes of a successful attempt on the independence of ?Abe new States are completely resigned. The Mexican Government was procaeding tranquilly in the execution of 'its functions. In the private letters, General Bravo's en :trance into Guadalaxara is again repot ted. There seemed to be no doubt that he would immediately quell the sedi tion. The conspirators in favour of Iturbide, apprehended on the ctli of May, have been tried and convicted. The two leaders were sentenced to death, and the others to ba c:aliment. The latter, it appeals, had been sent off to Acapulco. By letters received yesterday from Rio Janeiro to the 16th of June, it appears, that an unaccountable dread of invasion had spread itself among the Brazilian people. The Emperor, {chose conduct on several occasions has been singularly suspicious, appears on this to act the part tif principal alarmist. Ile bad, it appears, issued a Pro eamation, stating that um attack front Portugal might be immediately expected ! He then proceeds, in an insidious manner, to deny that the Mother Country would be as sisted by the great Powers of the Continent. Who ever beard that she would? Who supposed that so wild a pro ject bail been entertained for a moment at the Court of Lisbon ? His Most Faithful Majesty has been too much engaged in preserving his European authority front being overthrown to giv:• even a thought to his lost American Jeminions. But Don Pedro assures his subjects, that the great Powers will not assist the King of Portugal." N o one e ver supposed they would, at least just now. The Emperor creates imaginary dangers, and then delivers the Brazilians from them. Like 7'om Thumb, "he makes the giants first, and then he kilis them." This famous Proclamation goes on to direct, that in case of in vasion the? homes shall be burned, the country ravaged and destroyed, and the inhabitants retire into the in terior. The watchword is to be "Liberty or (Lath."' Can it be possible, we pause amid ask ourselves in utter arronishrnent, that the credulity of the Brazilians can be played upon to this extent? It might be very well for the half-civilized Haytians to adept the Russian plait of desolating their country, to prevent the a‘lv;ulee of an enemy whose fhl they could not withstand ; but from whence is distracted and bankrupt Portugal to draw the men and money to equip such an expedition as Don Pedro ?tam& to expect? the King's authority has been totter-I ing to its base, and the linances of the state arc notoriously incompetent to defray the current charges of domestic go- 1 vernment. If Portugal were as powerful as she was at the , beat period of her history, and as lame as Brazil, and it Brazil were as small and fiehle as Portugal now is, the affected alarm of Don Pedro would not be justified. We hope it may not turn out that any secret understand ing has existed between the sons of John VI., and that Dun Pedro was raising pre{ xts to gather into his own hands all the power of the State, in order that he might betray it to Portugal OD the success of Don Miguel's plot., It merits observation, that Dun Pedro's proclamation was issued a few days only before the news of 1/on Miguel's rebellion would reach the shores of Brazil. The Emperor of Rio Jaueiru seems to have been looking forward to a erisss in which he teas at last to make himself known. Every stratagem hail been used to spread dismay among the people. "So great," say the letters, " was the alarm, that the inhabitants were securing their property and hur:.ing their treasure. The squadrons were expected to be immediately ordered home from the coasts of the Northern Provinces." If any doubt existed on this subject, we think Rnffhead would decide it: those gentlemen who are acquainted with his works well know, that such acts as have been repealed are invariably so noticed in the margin; such a note is affixed to the Act of Anne, and a reference to the statute which repealed it; but not so to that of Henry VIII. which still remains the law of the land.—Relies of Literature. LE QUARTIER DR PALAIS ROYAL. (stoic A conatsrOwnent.) Paris has been repeatedly called the capital of the uni verse: the Palais Royal is its abridgment. Fpr wally years it was the quarter par eteegence, where it was fashion. able to reetde, before the Chausserd'Autin became its rival. It is at present the centre of affairs, the rendezvous of strangers. But the period of its great vogue is passed; other quarters have been embellished, and at present dis pute the traveller's attention. Its garden is still frequented' luring lu belle raison, bat its shops are deserted; those beautiful magazines attract less purchasers than curious' spectators: its cups and restaurants have lost nothing of '1 their ancient splendor, but the brilliant eclat of its shops are eclipsed by those of its neighbourhood, andtkie jewel lers, tailors, and milliners of the rue Vivienne have at length obtained a decided preference. Formerly persons went regularly to the l'alaisltoyal to make their purchases; they now go inertly for a promenade, and often cross it with perfect indifference. Sic transit. Every people have their hour of fame. No quarter, however, can sus tain a comparison with the Palate Royal, in a radius of the same extent, where may he found two magnificent iffomenades—the Tuileries and the Boulevards Italian— and in its vicinity, five theatres. The Exebang,e, Bank Tessury, Royal Library, General Post-office, the princi pal coach offices, and two-thirds of the houses, at least, in certain streets, arc converted into furnished hotels; the streets are lighted with gas, the most remarkable of which are the rues Vivienne, Richelieu, and St. Honore. The former is in its apogre of glory, and without a rival. The numerous carriages of fashionable purchasers at a certain hour of the day render it difficult fur foot pas sengers to proceed in safety. The beauties of all countries, particularly the fair of Albion's Isle, assemble here to consult the Oracles of Taste. It is here that a Congress is held every day to decide how the female heads of Europe are to be de- I corated. Fhe rue Richelien has lost much of its former eclat ; it is a faded beauty, in whom we still find some charms re maining. For a long time it possessed two principal theatres; the one has been erased, in consequence of the atrocious assassination of a Royal Prince, and at the other "re n'est pas toes les jours . frte." Much business is still done in the rue St. Honore, but its fame has also gone by. The rue Neuve de Petits Champ, place de Victoircs, and the rue Montesquieu, deserve honourable mention ; the shops arc nowhere more numerous, or are more richly furnished. What shall I say of the incredible number of restaurateurs and places of amusements ? As tier eqraiit is dilScult to imagine bow the proprietors of these est), Mishit:tents make their fortunes; one would suppose that the population of Paris, arrived at a point of felicity which approaches the state of the blessed, have to think only of nourishing, embellishing, and amusine themselves. We NDSOR, A vo:l9:L:Sir Charles Long, Sir Edmund Nagle, and other visitors, called at the Castle yesterday, and staid a long time inspecting the extensive alterations, witieh are going on rapidly, there being about 400 hands at work in differentparts of the Castle. Sir Charles Long had the honour of dining with the King yesterday, at the Royal Lodge, and returned to London in the evening. It was rumoured lately, that Lorl Harley, sbn of the Earl of Oxford, was about to lead to the hymeneal altar Miss Gwynac, of Seymour place. There was not, we believe, any foundation for the rumour. Ilowever, his Lordship's residence is, we understand, at present tixtd on the Continent. Loral Gwydyr is entertaining a distin,gnished party of noblemen and gentlemen at Drummond Castle, among whom are Count Eubank Lord Mollinens, and Sir W. W. Wynn, M.P. Lord Hill passed through Perth on Monday, on lda way to Mar Lodge. . . Mr. Horn — , who has succeeded the late Mr. Saxton as Organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, has the honour of attending at the Royal Lodge, for the entertainment of the King's visitors. Tut: CIII/RcH.—The Lord Chancellor has been pleased to 'quaint the under-nu ntioned Reverend Gentlemen to the following livings:—The Rev. Samuel Fenton, to the Vicarage of Fishguard, in the county of Pembroke.—The Rev. John Evans, to the Rectory of Penbedeo Llan Fihaugel, in the county of Pembroke. ittif EAICAN I'Ag s ERS. --...-- New-York paper" to the 25th ult. were received at our ['PQM • •COIIItIgSPOWDEMT.I office yesterday : they contain some isteresting informetion Accounts from haland agree in the pleasing intelligence, from Mexico. In the New York Gazette of the 24th July' that peace and tranquillity are once more returning to that we find the following particulars of the arrival of a French distracted land. Many of the districts to which the In- Agent in Mexico:— I aurrection Act has been extended 'are reported to the Lord A French brig of war arrived at Sacrificios on the 2M of May, Lieutenant to be in such a state, that the extraordinall from Martinique. A letter fr om General Rineon kb a Member or system of coercion authorised by that Act is no longer the Sovereign Congress, says—" It brings a Mr. Samuel as a Com missioner from the French Government to ours, to eetahlialt mutual [necessary ; and, as a gratifying cons( quenee, its cond. iftnlnce and penalties, which are directly hostile to the relations of friendship and trade. This errand was stated to me by came i . the Commissioner himself, who to see me yesterday. I ea: mild spirit of the Leo' nstittition e may in future be dispensed pressed to hint the satisfaction which I derived from it, since it . with, in perfect safety to the orderly and well-disposed sub ', d;eated that France would not assist Spain in her foolish plans of jccts of that part of the realm. We are not the advocates re-conquest. i of coercion, except where it is absolutely necessary for the On the Ist of June, the Mexican Secretary for Foreign Affairs, • preservation of the fabric of society ; still 1. - ss are we the communicated to the Sovereign Congress the fact of the arri val of the French Agent, together with a letter of the Governor partisans o f any mode of legislation, which or a moment of Martinique, recommending him to the General cf the Mexican seems incompatible with the princip les fire of the British Con troops at Vera Cruz. The Sot of the same date contains this pa-' stitution ; but there arc occasions when even these prin ragraph : ciples must, for a tune at least, be sacrificed. The re are "By an express arrived the day before yesterday from Jalapa, diseases in the political, as well as in the natural body, in the Supreme Executive received despatches from Gen . Victoria, I. which die extremities must be lopped off to preserve the stating the arrival of the French brig of war with a Commissioner i from the King of France, bearing credentials to our Government. ; vitals ; the gangrene must be eradicated with a bold and The Commander of the brig waited on General Rincon, and as- I vigorous hand, or the mortification will diflitse its poison cured him that nut only was there no squadron at Martinique des- over the entire system. This has, we think, been long the tined to assail in any manner our independence, hut that the French I situation of Ireland • the distemper has been violent, the Government desired only to establish with the Mexican Republic, remedy has necessarily been proportionate to the disease ; relations of amity and commerce, without ever assisting Spain, ea the Commissioner would chew to our Ooreanment, and that the ; the exigence of the times required the suspension of the best proof of friendship and confidence which he could give was, I law, but th e m o me nt of the cessation of outrage has to have anchored within the reach of our battery of 31 °cambc'• , been marked by the restoration of the full blessings of the The Commissioner awaited the necessary passports front General i Constitution. We trust the state of things will coutinne Victoria to proceed to Jalapa " to improve, and that the deluded population w ill at length (411 the errand of this French Commissioner the editor : of the New York Gazette remarks— discover, that whatever be the evils of which, they com " The French Gibbet are either playing a double game of p er . plain, they can not be remedied by acts of violence and tidy or a treacherous one to Mexico alone. Their Commissioner , blood ; and that when, by systematic outrage, they deprive is, in all likelihood, • spy and an mniseary. Such an errand as that ' themselves of the shield of the law, they also render nuga which he professed to have, was essentially at variance with the toy and void the anxious efforts of their friends. Amongst principles, hopes, and views announced in all the Ministerial t he immediate causes leading to this improvement in the Papers of Paris, and ascribed to the French King by the Spanish Government." state of Ireland, vie rank the expulsion from the Com- The latest accounts, in these papers, of General Bravo, mission of the Peace of many individuals who, amidst the expedition Resins.. GuadalaAara were dated 6th of June, I distractions of the country, hail, by various acts of mean from his head-quarters at IA Bares, _where he had issued ', ness and sycophancy, crept into the administration of two proclamations to file-troops fisted on the Ist and 2d of justice. 'l'his nuisance is, we think, now pretty well that month. The authorities of Jalisco, it was said, were aborted. Perhaps the Government were never (fairly exerting themselves for the defence of Guadalaxara against I speaking) accountable for its existence. It may with more General Bravo. The Mexican Congress was employed in ; correctness, we believe, be attributed to the Irish aristc discussing subjects of public econom y, and details of ad- I cracy, until ' the reins of Gevernment were entrusted to the ministration. Measures had been taken for the punish- ; firm, yet temperate, hands of the Marquis Wellesley. meta of the conspirators in favour of Iturbide, arrested ; The noblemen and landholders were too frequ ntly in th • on the 9th of May. Ott the 6th of June ' the regular , habit of appointing their most obsequious depend tats ;o the Council of War, or Court-martial, sentenced to death ' rank of Magistrate ; indeed, the household of a great man Brigadier-General Hernandez, and lion Francisco Santoyo, : was incomplete, his retinue was not properly filled, if one and condemned General Andrade to the loss of his rank ' Justice, atleaat, were not found in his train. A few selec and five years' exile, and the rest of the persons appre- itions of this description soon brought the whole order into hended to perpetual banishment. The Mexican journal, I disrepute. The Irish are a people of quick, if not of pro- El Sal, of the 14th of June, announces that the Supreme ,loom! observation. The character of many of the indivi- Executive Power had determined that the exil s should be ; duals formerly in the Magistracy did not escape them ; sent to Acepuleo, in order that their sentences might be they looked on these unworthy Justices with an eye of carried into effect. .hatred, and spoke of them in the language of derision. In iliddition to the above ,:intelligence, we lay before our 'Each Magistrate appointed by such influence as that to readers the following extracts from private letters, received which we Lave allude:el (anti we regret to state they were yesterday from Mexico:— sufficiently numerous) speedily lost his own name and de- Mexico, Jerre 9. notnination, and was complimented, by a sneering and in- We expect that General Bravo is at Guadalaxam by this time, diguant population, with the title, rank, and honourable dog that the sedition is quelled. Should this be the case, I think ' adjuncts of the g reat mall, his politie T al creator, and whose that we may look forward now to tranquillity and safety. Whea Olmeral Bravo arrives here on his return, it is eapected that the pee:ilium he was known to be. I, eon an excursion we Executive Power will be placed in his hands. Deming his stay here , once made into a certain Irish district, we were much be improved the polies wonderfully. amazed at the number of Peers and Baronets with whose d Je c s ocoa e 18 ;nd I names our ears we re saluted. We knew not upon what There has been a firs Alvarado which has destroy ed other property to the amount of 1110,000 hollers. Thete is considerable stir among the owners of mines, In come- to our perplexity, I legion of honour we had fallen. To add 1 the titles were almost all the same. Upon i n air how- Trento of the arriv a l of agents from London, from the Companies ever, into this mystery, the difficulty was solved : we dis forming there. One steam engine tent out last year to a mine of covered that these worthies were not bonafide Peers and Mr. Murphy's, in Catorce, has been conveyed to the mine, though I Baronets ' but merely the creatures of the great man's with considerable difficulty. The last news from Gen e ral B ravo ;breath, the political offspring of his :riendship or his announced that he has taken up a position three leagues from tfeadalaxara. fltaalastriract pert 'capricc—:he Lord fluke anti Sir harry of the farce. We , i s i h t a il Bravo renoptoaedabtlheattoGlee:Theralthe Just Ig, have not forgotten the Panaceas Eddie of the indignant Antiquity. The descriptions T us he but part li icu st la e rs nter i: a tin G ie " lest month. baying • 1 allthe w e p rot protest our f o ur Fielding im ai I:a n t 11 0 ( t l , Fourteen of th e eonsterstms, who were akin up 'Sat o ; r :le t tt of are tu familiar t ig able' writers can supply, cannot pie been wit t condemned to banishment for plotting in favour of Imr4ide, r, beep sent down to Acapulco, there to be shipped oir to Guaya- tura a more noxious or pestilent class than was to be found, il. Drery thing goes on here with much greater energy. in too inany instances, composing the guardians of liiiMa -- - j.. sty's peace in Ireland, before Lord Wellesley carried into etßet the necessary work of purgation. IRF►LAND. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Pipers from the Cape to the Ath of June arrived yester day. The rape Toren amette of that date contains the following proclamation, issued by Lord C. Somerset on the let of June : Whereas, it has come to my knowledge that some ill.designW per. son or paving has, or have, early ittshe migraine of this day, dandy written and "trek up, or caused to be stuck up, at (ma 6f the posison'the Bridge, leading fro n Bout-street to the Grand Plead,, atsertairi deli:Mato?, libel, tending to disgrace my cheracterand ho- Door, and that of one of the officers of this Government; I , for the better apprehending and bringing to justice the person or persons concerned hi this most atrocious attempt, do hereby 11111.* a reward of five thousand rix dollars to any person or persons who shall give such information as may lead to die full discovery of the per: peirator or perpetrator* thereof, so that be or they may be appre hended and con( lewd of the same; together with a reward of oda one thousand rix dollars to any person or persoos who shall de liver iuto the hands of his Majesty's Fiscal the defamatory pipes above alluded tot Ltd impunity, should be or they appear to bean accomplice or accomplices, not principally concerned therein. And; in order to give the fullest publicity to this my intention, : resides the usual mans of making the same known, .1 here by direct each and every Wardmaater of this town, to appoint and assemble one slave front every . house in their respective wards, and explain, or cause to be explained, to such slaves so ame m bl e d, in t h e Botch and Portuguese languages, the full meaning of this proclamation, so that none may remain ignorant thereof. And I do further di rect the respective iVartlmssters to report to his Majesty's Fiscal, their having complied with this instruction, within forty-eight hours front the date hereof, as they shall answer for the contrary at their peril. The very scanty portion of Colonial news which we find in the same paper commences with the following paragraph : His Excellency the Governor ' Lady Charles and :11 iss So !armee honoured the theatre with their presence on Wednesday evening: the enthusiasm with which his Excellency was greeted by a most respectable audience, on entering his box, is a proof, if proof were neec,vary, of the detestation excited by the vile calum nies of a concealed libeller. The Cape Gazelle has the following official notification of the dismissal of Lieutenant-Colonel Bird from the ! situation of Secretary :- 1 GOVERNMENT ADVEHTISEDIENT.--ilis Majesty having been pleased to dispense with the services of Lieuteoant-Colonel Bind, as Secretary to this Government, his Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint P. G. Brink, Esq., to be Acting Colo nial Secretary, until the niriVal of Lieutenant-Colonel Bird's sue cessor ; and 1111 official communications are to be made to him ac cordingly. Ills Excellency the Governor has been pleased to ap.. point J. hi. Brink, Esq., to be Acting Assistant Coloctial Secretary during the same period. By command of his Bxeellency the Governor, (Signed) P.O BRINK, Acting Secretary. Cape of Good Hope, June 4, 1824. . . Mr. Bigge, one of bia Majesty's Commissioners of In. quiry, and Mr. Gregory, Semetary to the Commission, arrived at the Cape on the 24th of May, from the intake. The Arse.line sloop of war arrived itt Sitnon'a Bay On the afternoon of the 2Stit of May, with a mail from Ens Made in 72 days. MIVIPRL7O. A correspondence has taiinplacibetweim Mr. Greig, the proprietor of the South Afiimes Advertiser, and the Fiscal, subsequent. to the order issued by Lord Charles Somerset that the former should quit the colony. It will be remembered that in December last, Mr. Greig brought out his journal, whlelt he continued to publish till the month of May following, when an order was sent to Mr. Greig, requiring him to submit a proof sheet of his paper to the Fiscal previous to its publication—in other words, establishing a censorship. The Editor then printed a notice, announcing that under such conditions the paper should for the present cease. Shortly after this (ott the 9th of May), an order was issued by Lord C. Somerset, that Mr. Greig slionle quit the colony in one month from a day specified ; but the Fiscal, it seems, on the 234 of May. wrote to Mr. Greig, informing him that his Excel leney had rescinded this order. To this intimation Mr. Greig replies that his prospects had been ruined, and adds, I" !lave made my arrangements for qtrtting the Colony. I have written to England to retain Counsel for the re covery of damages adequate to my enermous losses, and to get the stamp of sulition taken off my character by the proper authorities.' LOSS OF AN AMERICAN INDIANAN. Pitt , YORK, JULY 17. We are indebted to our Boston correspondent, Mr. Top-' liff, foi the following account of a disastrous shipwreck : Hy the brio we leam the total l its of veasel sad cargo of At first-rata' Alp Edsranl Newton, au hix pomp from ('at-e.fie, Madras, and Pondicherry, to Roston. Carlin Tinkharn understood the billowing relative thereto. The Edward Newton was running down the fi.E. trades, fine, weather, Apulia set. when all at once an explosion took place ini her magazine (from whet cause not yet asccztsined)., which blew „out the starboard quarter, set the ship on fire, and in about twenty lminutes she burnt to the water's edge and sunk, giving the officers, passengers, and crew barely time to -get out the hosts, without saving mach of anything except what thee had on. In the boats llity.riaohed the emu of Africa, where Captain liertody procured , a rii6S/Igl for himself, and a lady and her font children (passengers i3 ; 1410 (dward Newton) in a Portuguese brig, and had arrived at . Knot: Captain liertody had written the particulars of the loss of bia.yesesl by the ship Cyrus, to which he refers in his letters per The Edward Newton was built expressly fur the Calcutta trade, 05.ttu best materials, well found w every respect, on her first voyage, and commanded 'l , an netive, enterptising man, well sc• quainted in the trade. Six offices iu this city had each 911,000 dollars on her, and yet (as I understand) she was not fully insured, ' and that S. O. Perkins, her owner, will lose more than either of them. This is the second tine ship destroyed at sea by fire, in.. slued in this place, which, from the present low rate of insurance, will take some aunsiderable time to make good.—lA letter from Captain Rertody states, that two of the children of the lady pas senger died on the passege to Rio Janeiro.] A large sturgeon was caught in the Thames yesterday, near Windsor Bridge, where it had been seen for several days past. It was caught by some of the bargemen, and put into a large punt filled with water, and ko?t in that state till thin morning, when the punt containing the fish was put on a brewer's dray and conveyed to the Royal Lodge, for the inspection of the King. This remarkable fish weighs upwards of a hundred aid fifty pounds, and sneasura seven feet and a half in length. ACCIDENT TO A MARGATE STEAM VESSEL, On Wednesday noon, as the Victory steam-packet was Passing Old Haven, on her peonage from Margate to London, the main shaft of the steam-engine suddenly broke, which strq.ped her 'pro gress till the Engineer steam-packet came alongsile to her assist ance, and very politely received the whole of the passengers and their luggage us board. The tide and weld being contrary, this was accomplished with much ditlictilty, and evidently with smile degree of terror, to Mosey of her passengers, who, for a moment, stood undecided between the love of home and the fear of drowning. The Engineer that took the Victory in tow, intending to leave her .at Gravesend, .but they had only proceeded a few miles when another and more fatal aceiden: had nearly occurred, in consequence of a large lugger still drnly tacking, and, bring driven athwart the Victory, by a smart breeze, t rot her bowsprit entangled between the ropes and chimney of the ivory, which occasioned considerable' damage. Owing to the masterly manner in which the steersman directed the Engineer, she was saved from being fouled, as lie ordered the towing roperto be cut immediately he saw the denser in Which all the vessels were pieced ; by this means, no doubt many accidents were avoided, as she contained 400 passengers,-100 of the Victory's and Mot* her own. Tee wench praise cannot be bestowed on The aberity and kindness which the Engineer displeyel on the oCcasion. which is the more to be admired, as there is rather a little iU feeling, we understood, existrag between that vessel and its fkilloweteamers. Our literal-1 ant has not heard what has become of the Victory. - -- Dcapatclies were rec. ivetl yesterday at the Colonirl I Office, from Sir Ralph Woodford, the Governor of Trini dad, dated the 27th of June, at which period every thing was tranquil in the colony. The New lurk Gaze tie of the 23d June, announces in the following terms, the amicable ar.angernent of the dif ferences which had arisen between the Cabinets of Wash ington and St. Petersbnrgh, in consequence of the absurd pretensions advanced by his Imperial Majesty to certain territories and rights of navigation in the Pacific, in the! memorable Ukase which was put forth about two years! ago. We believe the firm remonstrance of our own Cs bind (for British interests also were affected by the Ukase in question), have cmtributcd in no small degree to the ;can't which is here stated : Mier Vole, Jugs Zl.—lVe understand that Mr. L. Bull, who came passenger is the t; antes, is bearer of the treat y lately con summated between the Russian Government and one Minister, Mr. 'Middleton, which places the commercial relations of the .wo coun tries on a footing of eqnitable reciprocity. end dissipate the aepre liensions of thew who anticipated evil, from the ground mewled by the Euipiror, in relation to his posse lions in the Pacific. 'there is every consideration to bind our two nations in relations of the dare unity, and nothing short of political madness can induce them to seek for cause of quarrel in questions which the lapse of centuries is not likely to agitate. The .Vero York stow,on of the 211 ult. contains the following:—" In the packet ship Neev York. arrived yes terday frotn Liverpool, the following Metnbeis of the British Parliament were passengers, viz.: llonourabh Stanley, Mr. J. S. Wortley, jun. and Mr. J. E. Dennison. We are glad they arc here, as they will be able to judge Ihow much reliance is to be placed on some of the travelling hook-niakers who have visited and vilified the United ' Stztee." TO THE EDITOR . OF THE BRITISH PRES; St a,—The public are indebted to you fur your ol,qerra tions with respect to the necessity of some re;olati oti of police for the prevention and extinguishment of those del. genius conflagrations, by which the lives and pr the inhabitants of this great city arc so often put omit bollard. From the Imam/leap I powwow on ject, and the observations I have made for sonic garding the question you have disein se d, i t appeal that a very simple arrangement would suffice for pleat supply of water. Since the extension of t for such it may with propriety be called, of the N Company over the vast district which they monopo) has been their custom to have recourse to every c m husband their watt r. An appreF.ension seem' amonr•st the Directors that, the New River wow much reduced if they allow«I their prtserit cum be as liberally supplied as formerly. Every one i lately noticed the state of the river must, I thin) opinion that this is a notion quite erroneous. A however, adopted in consequence of this strange al sion, has been principally the occasion of, the anima, kistly made on the tartly and scanty supply of which the extent of the recent fire in Greville.ati 'k...: attributed, and by which the neighbourhood of garden was on Thurs !ay night thrown into se mm fusion and alarm. Formerly the water was -to remain on the main pipes for the convenience public all night, but now the water is turned o' evening, in order, I suppose, to prevent the waste the consumers, by limiting them to the previous their cisterns. If the water were left as formerly, Lo . iteely through the main pipes all night, a momentary abundance could he obtained at the first slug. would besides he necessary to insure the Wet} , of 1 as far as general precaution can extend, would be, .. recommend, the institution of an active and efficient police in every parish and ward in London. It is show that the public should th pend for their preservation the most dreadful of accidents, on the generous care insurance offices. I am, Sir, most respectfully, 13,6 August, 18*A. , METHOD OF trFAINING M.IRBLE, There having bean very great admiration ex; t.s, many who have seen mother of pearl, Egyptian and stones, stained with Endscapes, figures, and even pore so as to ap?ear to he in the substance of the stow', neatly executed by a German ; I was pleased in finding , old receipt, containing the secret by which this work is or probably may be effected. I send it you, not doubting' it will he agreeable to your ingenious readers, and your publishing it may occasion the Iniptovetnent or: of the art, if lost to the English " Take of aqua-fortis, and aqua-regia, two ounces each; of sal-ammoniac, one ounce; of ihe best - ' wine, two drachms ; as much gold as may be had shillings and sixpence ; of pure silver, two drachma These materials being provided, let the silver, whim tined, be put into a vial ; and, having poured rpon two ounces of aqua-fortis, let it evaporate, and have a water, yielding first a blue, and afterwards colour. Likewise, put the gold, when calcined, into and, having poured the aqua-regia on it, set it by , porate; then pour the spirit of wine upon the sal-ammo nine having it also to evaporate, and you will have a golden-coloured water, which will afford divers colours; la after this manner you may extract many tinctures of color out of other metals. This done, you may, by means these two waters, paint what picture you please upon marble of the softer kind, renewing the figure every for some time with come fresh superadded liquor, and will find that the picture has penetrated the whole of the stone, so that cutting it into as many parts will, it will always represent to you the same figure sides. " Mr. Bird, a stone-cutter in Oxford, practit,xl before the year 1660 ; several pieces of marble so by him are to be seen in Oxford: several others shown to King Charles 11. soon after the Restoration, wire broken in his presence, and found to cots , through the whole substance." There was a sudden ri -e of the Spanish bonds ye clay to 23. The current rumour was that Ferdinand, li resolved upon the invasion of the colonies, had sJgnifi. Madiness to negociate a Lean ; and that. two or three lag eapitslittts had left London for that parpdle. A letter from T.TIm charges the Atiatrians, who possession of the Neapolitili ports, with using, every iu their power to obstruct communication with Greece the Greek provinces. The same letter adds, that Convention for the occupation of the Two &Mlles ti trian troops has been enteral into for six months, Prince Aletternich and the Chevalier de Medici meet, its December or January next, to decide wltisher term shall be prolonged. Naples is describ:d ss %rang; Letters were yesterday received from Port-an-Pri Hayti, (land 30th June. They state that the Prtsid and hie suite had returned to that place, after a tour c spection to the differeiit fortified places, where every caution had been taken to securer the inhabitants - surprise, as it was still reported that the French] intention of invading the island. It is also stated Deputies from Ilayti proceeded to France, at the of the Count de Villele, for the purpose of treating subject of their independence, and deciding on the to be made to France for that nominal onnalM7n. By the arrival of the Favourite, Mathews, off from Matanzas, in 38 days, we learn that the pire still very active in that quatter. During the stay Favourite at Matanzas the pirates committed severs, rages on shipping; within Mein of the forts they caps an American brig, put the Captain and crew hi the castle, and nailed them down; took out whatever thought proper, then sct her en Gre in three places, with the crew below, and made their escape shore. .The ceew, luckily, forced the hatchway; on deck in time to extinguish the fire. Mijor-General Turner, who has been appoirted ceed Sir Charles M`Carthy in the Goveenment of Leone, went yesterday to ilroolwich. for the purpose milking himself acquainted with the new system charging rockets. They will be of powerful ate , he be obliged to continue hostilities with the Astute :savages,' who are in great dread of fire, and are easily ? courfited by the discharge of musketry. Under seek 'cumstanets General Turner does well to make oequainted with this very annoying node of attack. .Turner is an experienced and distinguished effieer. lost an arm in the service about fourteen years ago. said he will have the honour of Knighthood conferred him previous to his departure. A letter from Seale of the 2,l.instaut- e 'some curious facts as to the mule adopted by Ferd. " silk.' the wind." lie has entered into a crierae some. English speculators in Madrid, to let to ei• certain fixed sums, the privilege of collecting the d' 'the entry of merchandise into the large towns. At where the same duties are chargeable as at Cath which the Spanish officers have never been able to the privilege was let by Ferdinand for five millions (50,0001.) annually. The Chamber of Commerce city having remonstrated in vain against this se' taken advantage of a local charter in their favou+ . aside the contract, upon condition of their paving ti sum to Ferdinand as the English Company fiad al pay. To cover this undertaking, the Chamber eidtd upon levying only a small duty, under the sion that the trade will be chiefly carried there, the inhabitants will benefit largely by the master Evening Paper. 11'e understand that a survey of the Eastern C' England has at length conenenc'el, and that the I gator, Mr. George. Thomas, commander, sailed Chatham on the loth inst. for that purpose . It. wise said I. be in contemplation to survey, befog' winter, the whole of the Western Coast. PATIeNT RIGIII.—SINGEING IT GAE,4II I, Francis Boot, of this town, were indicted bet . ; Grand Jury for false answers in Chancery, to le against them by Mr. Samuel Hall, of Buford, fringements upon his patents for improving ; bills being found against them both, fur wilful s rupt perjury, the Judge issued a Bede+ w-arrant them, and they were apprehended and brought police other, where they gave bail fee their apres take their trial at the next Assiges.—Nsifinclam (Klfi 111 •s,. plc Ber,z parrot right ' to % cis" d property o f put to im in i - (Barb , i on the so rats was ;mite time re- as pit A Dwarf' to Ina - • e. Ser e : e for the ana- t: of the sway, l kse ir "' he Ncw liver was oreirc nonopolh,e, it *e Church* cry c7;petlien; • large farm, eems to exist Hare, was It would he to o his Citrate. i plaintiff had, customers to in the rifita one who L as w hi c h right . think, be o f Aw:el to s' A mearure tiered that he hoisted his I;re apprchen- j„ i d. In or ii mad seru ms "ye 44 ' IItICVNSL .., of water t began, cialii le -,treat mar or the pew , xl a !lanai- die sector. I m much con- ki mer a t a llr. to was &Pawed digdwration, a fience of the should again ied off every plaintiff came waste among the manner al him and desit ohs supply of the rector's O ierly, to tiow pew, in win a momentary 'The defend at tg• All that jeetiou whine' y of the tows toe', there bei d he, as you told, however, of fire do; Irvin *hi lam, titled lit t is abauseful Which lic had rvation from ,oared to pinei as care of the tie disentangle' lad first taken oho partition. AP,' fi W. W. W it egieraftei br im p i az e :if 'it 'B LE. ter obis at the ram Upon asking exi tined by hey Wiwi an and other Ealtwitiedri yen portraits, ant was. kg he was tul stunt', re usually pt; •A in finding au lie was taken of iis work is or a maglitisr,:te. doubting bet hy Cam: `liar. ma, and that tae congreg it ,1 at *X min lA. en t or revisit Mr. li • .. :atifrrep To minus of in corer, best spirit of emerding had for four -.- as ahoy{ la as the mode , wo drachma. ,ight - ride on. I 'r, whin cal- - *.• , for blot, t I rpon it the • • he cuttod and you will - Mr. Curtis, yards a black [Rte at the , an I, into a vial. tar , the d d it by to Clar ' for this to ail-ammo- •;sla the will have a i • tiase . n it, colours; and - • as J usti timid that. the tea of colons 'lilt attempting by means d • hangs upon e upon whit.: .ve than watt n re every day Is vioter.t cond .. e boas him, a itcr, and yon laintiff In Iris r thole solidity htigrigt sous a parts at von 'Yard wits-e,a ghee on limit rested. It was • Ilion'? bat mai :maul tli!s art sterereat brtiil a eir ifterpositiN le so stained On the part of others being tinsowere - --firal oration, thy . titercilittg his ) coracspood . wful titleio it; itinit thfi Red law; second, i 'c Pen. as was e ds "-madly an.- he had f and, liat'se, act's teninta. w signified hs y right to the p r three lea never been to d- rays been enjoy e, foe:, u,ett by i who are in ,arch, that theca every effort re and ontrab 1 Greece and 'Ssequent pilaff Lvidence tias g , that a new defence; but Al' (lies by Au- proVi what th ohs, and that eetion, it did ni lettiei are to lit. Sergeant 'T irliether that the phtintifri 'e violence and 6s tranquil. i 'lnd of Mr. II rt-au -Prince, ii.h that rewriter he Prtsiil.nt rd, as what tool a tour of ir• eye answerable ti e every pre- mages they woe cter, who had M units agairst i his fellow-Imi' !nett had t e etatlation, mere tel that the Web be claimed : the request Al With ennlid stitr , on ate the unworthy n the retuta ••• • 'secs, who ha i i m. Mr. Jointer lit .' ,,,, lT , :jci u il w.sur"i4 e. h7B 7 :lB l;...,, ' lmi t :t .' e :d trir : ), l' m 4l te di c ou ld n b co n i s . et r i. e s :li 6ue s i . 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I: is e nf i6 ;r ee ed r. u P He xl ni ,,,moieutea Ferdinand :a rntract with to than, for he ditties on At Seville, Cadiz, but de to calked. lons of seas ham AC e she oho t. • tate :.; lies. min ' k•-•...u1t,t: 1 " 4 • 1 411 ' lc on the rot, i n, Point . oeetwve ti U/A il b° lO n' a i 41 de by 1 • . toile te.i _. P an • 1.,d, , ,, 'at 0 .1„ , io, {moll se 1 i was We . tr, h e esou ' l l: viol , b as • Par Nil , Info t,e ha t a t e . .4. gn„ did Jewd e d ._•• ri es e , i ,.. n , n trio; w i • • • or' the 'a ti or eh, At, m . or, i4:c ir e, ill 111 (+tit sail e d tl:trT iisohe'.hr:b before berme a r c et ii na c.la r et tiu 5 and a rg rh , a is, i . to , . o t ii s ie .3 ,. r e i , fne e a ct o : l4 l lP i o .i n t fi. 'i t t ira ah a ; tk w : ::e l e .: :-_ , 1 .e. - s t :lt l'ord, for in " ci. e , na lse circui t c• • to,d trine wk.._ " 0 disti *oink M 'fill and cor - -rant gains: ' ini s, cno to I, sight, to tW' „; ttuti,tth at i s II "' race tn a t t: h iii Sir. It ilamJog rgai . 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