The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1824-10-25 00:00:00

THEATRES.. DRURY-LANE. This Theatre opentsl for the season on Saturday night. Its rival sister commenced the winter camerign $ few weeks earlier, and has reaped ample profit by the priority. prutry-lane, however, cannot be cerree •ly said to have been quite idle during the, short interval that Covent-garden has preceded it in active duty: for, days and weeks pre vious to Saturday, the "note of preparation" was loudly sounded—new alterations, embellishments, and so forth, were announced with all the pride, pomp, and dream- Cape:: of glorious pulling, a language in which the Drury lave manager is so conversant as really to put rivalry at Balance. Improvements, perhaps,: may have been made, hut certainly they are not dircermble to the vulgar eye : beyond the washing of the steps and boards of the Theatre, and the du st ing of the betteoes, w. • could s,:areely discover a single trace of decoratio n which "Old Drury „ did not possess last seas - n, its fresher and more attractive lustre. fhe disappointment created by the announce nit tit of em bellishments, for which " the eager (AC searched in vain," was not very satisfactorily connterbalanced by any great attractiveness in the entertaitantnts of the evening. After the company had sung " (let save the hung," and after the audience, (not a very numerons yritli the must indi cation of loyal sentiment on such oceaestars, hail encored it, the I:61111C opera of the Marriage of Figaro was performed. We bad very little rtmson to be pleased with the cast of parts it was certainly such as the public had much reason to be dim:l644.d with ; for the carp dratuatique of the theatre could have supplied much more ell:chart repre sentatives of almost all the characters. Mr. Dilator' who played C.aort ibnarira originally transferrul it to Mr. l'enley (only think of Mr. Poiley tnetetnornliteicel into a young nobleman ofgallan try and fashion!). This abandon ;tient t f the part by Mr. Elision can only be excused upon the presumption that, as "'fide has from Mir arm" face Contrived to steal cacti yuutbtul grare;' i: would be more acceptable to the public to see it entrusted to a Younger member of the carps than to assume it himself, an older yet a Letter soldier !" Wi• Is this explanation, we are disposed to pass over, without animadversion, the performance of Mr. Peoley, where past r a:are in under taking the character, awl the good nature of the audience in enduring him in it, ve boils highly commendable. A Miss Graddon, from the Dublin theatre, appeared, for the firm time at this thea•re, as S:!Sal , l(lh. The musical taleeta of this lady arc certainly cot Utterable. Her figure, al t ioue;h somewhat below tits middle s'ee, is pkasing ' and her countenance expressive of intelligence. To a Itedu. lady-cultivated yoke site unites a very refined taste, and a brilliancy of execution, which• in several passages, met and merited very general applause. She was en cacti in " The youth in his blooming array," and in several other arias, hut that in which she pleased us most, and in which site evinced a very intimate acquaintance with the science and melody of satiric, was the duet with Miss Neal!, " How gently, when the sun's destend ine," kc. Het speaking voice wants volume, and is some what deficient in sprightliness of tone; but this may be (ming to the inc.mpleteness of self-possession, very usual and very excusable o:i a fast appea;ance. Altogether she is an undirubted acquisition to the operatic department of the theatre, and has qualified herself to hold a respectable station in it, by a manifestly close and accurate attention to the study of music. Miss Cubit's Cherubiao was not much after our taste. Miss Kelly, of the English Opera lloase, used to play this part delightfully. Both she and Madame Vestris furnish the bras ideal of the archness and vivacity, and the mischief tht.t may be done by pretty IMPIOAS pages. Madame Vestris, whom we ace snore fre quently in male than in female attire, is quite identified, in our theatrical notions, with the. Judas, Giooormis, and Chernbiaas of the stage ; and there is no blame imput able to Miss Cubit for not possessing that lightactneness of manner and expression euited to this character, and which is, after all, more a natural endowment titan an artificial accomplishment. Harley played Figaro with his wonted vivacity, but his singing is truly execrable: in justice to hiarselt, and in mercy to the audience, he should omit it altogether. Miss Povey was, as usual, pleasing and ins ' rearm. Time other peKormers presented few traits exhi bitive of merit. A new divertiscment followed, which emulated of an exhibition of the progress in dancing of children from three years old to twelve and fourteen. It was quite a sort of hoarding-school display of girlish, pirouetting. We could not refrain from pitying the little infants, who were thrust upon the stage to dance before they were well able to stand. It was really a humiliating spec tacle, to behold a British audience entertained with the jumping of these little urchins, at a time when their ideas arc scarcely multiplied beyond what they might have been in the maternal womb, and that they live almost without a consciousness of their existence.— vivit et est vat= nercius ipse sum" We were glad to observe a very numerous and sensible ' portion of the audience indulge in a well-merited hiss at the moo ridientous fantoccitti exhibition we have been perhap ever condemned to witness. Two or three of the Tama girls evinced considerable proficiency in dancing. Owing to some accident having happened to the quadru peds, the intellectual entertainment announced for this even but, in which the principal parts were to be sustained by Mr. Ducrow'a horses, has been postponed until Tuesday, sad the tragic play of PO: arra substituted ill its stead. 11,11'31.1k K The tragedy of Mudd, on Saturday night. again intro duced Mr. Hamblin to the London boards, upon which he once before pei formed the same arduous part, in the absence of Mr. Kean at Drury-lane. The distinguished approba tim with which he then acquitted himself determined him so longer to continue in the back-ground ; at the same time the front station being wholly pre-occupied by that celebrated actor, be was necessarily shut out from the meditated walks of his ambition, and be therefore resolved no longer " to serve in heaven," but rather to retire to the minor theatrical dominions, in which he might reign. if riot without jealousy, at least without any very successful riralaltip. We now find him on a sudden finding the Haymarket troops at the close of their summer campaign, and reaping whatever laurels can be gathered, before their mum to winter 9uarters. The incessant and stunning *tails with which be was received, served to shew titst be has already paved his way to popularity. IN performance justified these plaudits, and Air. Hamblin may well nevi,* •.'iern as an earnest of his future fame; we my of hisfidure fame, because we trust that lie Itai too much good sense to receive them as a proof that the F^-land is already before him, and that lie has tiothiaigfurtb er to do than to bind it round his brow. Our Space will not permit u to enter at great length into a cri tical examination of his performance; but as he is amain to perfcrni //min en Tuesday night, and will probably re peat it, sad as we write with an eye to the performance of this famoriie charact.v at the two other houses, we shall enter somewhat n.ore minutely upon it than otherwise we should have felt inclined to do. We are such idolaters of Shakspears, that we can never find in our lwans to quarrel even with his defects; bnt mingling for the moment a spice of candour with our enthusiasm, we cannot help remark ing that the French, in translating this popular tragedy of our immortal bard, and adapting it for representation on Omit boards, have made the Cili.sst a being of the imagina tion; he is made to exist only "in the mind's eye, and we think the alteration is judicious, and might be adopted with advantage. IVe have no objection to the ghost of the Poisoned monarch being seen in risioa, " W 'th that hii and warlike form In *hie' the majesty of buried Denmark Did so:netitnes march." 8n it oftuda us t o see him in his actual costume of steel "Tnour anti helmet. We are ilisple:tsed to hear hic shoes neck as h e stalks along the stage. I t distrovs the illusion r, the scene to hear a stout, stur d y fel l ow, with something 'ltea rook's rolling-pin in his hand by wily of a tranehecn, exclaim, by way of announcing himse!f— -` I am thy lather's spi" his substantial form and fat sides, give him a mat contradiction. Having thrown out these remarks - tw pay attention m Mr. Hamblin. le want of flexibility, which is the ice, took from the dialogue much of of its street. His lungs are strong, e not clear; he pitches them ran how taking the scope of modulatien which would command, he continues on the 'end. Ilv muet forswear this habit, eti :0• ;01 or 'he will never become a permanent favourite. He belongs to a profession in which he can only hope to acquire emi nence, upon very rigorous conditions, and this is one of them. His manner or gin the soliloquy was ..:ootl; hut in the following passage . "Bred! 0 God ! How *eery, stale, Hat, am! unprofitable Seem to me all t!o• uses of thin world ! Fie on't. 0 fie! 'lln an unneeded garden That grows to ',red ; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely." The words marked in Italics were lengthened out to a fault, while the next line, - - - - " That it should come to this!" was hurried off too rapidly, and without any expression of that mixture of pens jet -less and surprise, ulticli it is clearly meant to convey, and which wtiglit be conveyed with strik ing effect, whereas Mr. 11. connects it with a pause, with the lines that imunaliately follow— " That it 0,0104! come to this ! But two mouthy d,nd l—nay, not so much ; not Mo— to excellent a file:4 and he lays the emphasis thus-- •• Nal, not to 'twat, not two;" which appeared to us erroneous; to our car it wald have been better thus— " Itat two innt;thA dead • nay, not so r tech ; ant two:" it being manifestly intended to mark, poiutedly, the fact that even Iwo mohilis had not elapsed, and that the haste with which the guilty nurtials wer: c nsummated was still more flagrant. In tne following passage— •' Would t had met try deart , t foe in heaven, Or ever I had seen that day. Horatio;' Mr. Hamblin laid a struts on the epithet " dearest ;" we do not mean to infer that it was misplaced, hut although we arc aware that it is " dearest foe" in the text, it eppears so manifest that di, est is the true reading, that we could wish it restored. _ Humid, ativertic.l to his projected iUtcrview with the Gkort, says— If it assume my noble father's person, I'll speak to it, tho' hell it-elf aitculd gape, And bid me bold my race." What in the IIP!110 of gravity could induce tint to pro notice it " and somewhat obtrusively too! It is stmie times partronalde t.t fritter away the asperity el a consonant, hut wilfully to air. against sound, and in favour of vul garity,— " Away, away, Iti's tare ro ricre en't." In his dialogue wait ifmatio and Maredlus, after he has seen the (door, Mr. Hamblin gave some passages with great judgment. Wlhttl they have premised not to reveal the secret which they helit ye Ilatuld is about to unfold, he cutifid- s to them sarcastically that— : There's 'leer a viilsin dwellirg Cu all I)cnmak, But he's us arrant kuare." He evinced a genuine e-nicts.ition of S'askspeare's meaning, and he conveyed it with excellent etreet. When he ceu dons them against betraying their knowledge of his clad ness being assumed,— • That you at anrh times sing me, never shalt With arms enctialber'd thus, or this bend-OW:0, Or by rremottmim: of some deubttel rh-ase As, weft. tell, ter know" —or, `• tee c.tst.'d "An see "if list 1,) sptuk," Or, " Zr nn if rtry Or such ambiguous gis log out. to note That yen krow aught of me:"— The pa sage was spokca in a manner that made it par plexed, and scarcely intelligible; Vet this was not the fault of the speaker. The confusion to the ear arises from the too frequent recurrence of the corjunction " or." If this were omitted, and its otnission supplied by a slight sufficient to 'nark tlist:tictly these k tell-talc phrases from which Hamlet warns them to abstain, the passage would not only give scope to the talents of the actor, but would be relieved from the confusion which at tends it as it stands. In the scene with Polonias, in Act st, in which Handel, for the first time, affects to he disor dered in his intellects, Mr. Hamblin preserved the same majestic and measured gravity of tone and manner, which I characterized him before his change:- 1 rt..l.—Do you know me, my Lard ? Ham —Excalent well; you are a fishmonger." • This is manifestly the reply of a man bewildered, but Mr. Hamblin delivers it with the seriousness at a . Ile speaks without the least air of aberration or of rM • he is not in the least forgetful of his former self; these Is no alternation of light-hem-leant ss, with flashes of senten tious wisdom ; the whole dialogue is carried on sushi& part with the same slow utterance, and being thus shorn of its strength, is neither impressive nor effecting. Mr. Hamblin has talents which will enable him to enter into Shakspeare's delineation much more successfully in this scene, and we hope he will study it with this view. During the two first scenes he is much too boisterous, and fails, consequently I in displaying that refinement of mind which enters into the character. of Hanalei as pourtrayed by the immortal poet. He is meant to he represented as swayed by the warmth of his temperatnent, but rarely carried away by it, and never without a deep sting of self-reproach. His better feelings are always npperniost when not subdued by those of revenge towards the Kii.g of Denmark, whom he suspects of having intercepted his birth-right by the treacherous murder of his father. An incessant vehemence of action and utterance is not consistent with his character. So far, therefore, as this displays itself to excess, the character of Handel is misconceived. A man of strong and ardent' mind, rocked in the cradle of annum, and who has never been accustomed to subject Isis passions to the control of his reason, and in whom the good and had of his disposition unfold themselves according as events occur to call either into action, such a man will at times darer as much from him self as he will from any other individual. Shakspeare, who knew human nature thoroughly, has exemplified this in the character of Hurtle t. Several passages which were in tended as sentimental musings, Mr. Hamblin gives relic mently, and with Isis blood at the boiling point. Hamlet's indignation, though strongly roused at intervals, is quickly subdued in the strua;:e with his moral feelings. Mr. H. 1 gives his ?clime nee no time to cool. His soliloquy at the conclusion of the second act is faulty in this respect; I it approaches too near to ranting, which is never natural, and always displeases. There is too much of this in his sane with Ophelia in the third act ; it is that painful conflict with his feelings which the Hamlet of Makspeere exhibits under all his counterfeited madness, but the ravings of a man bursting with passion, and haltstifled with rage,— the Hamlet not of the poet but of the stage. The scene in the Queen's eleset is admirable throughout. In this scene Mr. Hamblin need fear nn competitor. In the height of his indignant interview with the Queen lie never once for gets that she is his mother. When lie makes a pan through the arras, and is asked by the Queen . . ntot ....L....M1L 1 0,.. 11 In the sueslrlierl7r4.lli:Y, nor i 111 its interest end muc h a hit hi, 1731.41411 e-i (MCI tire at first, and without talti 411 hiving *3 done wo NMI Imre note to the et II is answer " Nay, 1 know not Is it the King ?" deservedly drew down a thunder of applause. The bitter scornfulness with which he contrasts the two pictures of his uncle, (her present husband,) and his father, the first partner of her bed, sad the anguish of heart which be ex cites in the Queen, and with which he is himself ovt rcome, evinced powers of acting suflieient to rank him with the very first class of his profession. The whole scene was true to nature, the workings of his mind were not once over strained; it was a representation that in many parts of it could not be surpassed. The house which was crowded testified their cilmiration by bursts of applause that were continued long after the fall of the curtain. A most ridiculous paragraph has appeared in a London Paper, respecting the Itepr.sentation of this town. Two kgentlemen are named, one ntterly uanown, and the other nown only by name to the Electors, and a third gentle man very unlikely to otter himself, while Mr. Chamber layue is altogether left ont of t&e qaestion. Besides, who knows that Sir William de Crespigny intends to resign ? &at/tampion Paper. A report is tiow very generally current, that Charles Madryll Checre, Esq. the present representative of the l)uke of Rutland in the Honourable House, intends be coining a candidate for the county of Cambridge at the ensuing general election, if he is " at liberty" so to do. Should this desirable event talc place, n difficulty will arise Whether Lent Charles or Lord Francis will retire rom so formidable an opponent !—Carol ridite Paper. ()nu t. Centostrt ts.—lt is stated in the (Wolk/ Spesfutur. that a SwediOt traveller, named Iturlock, in his way to Mecca, purchased of a devotee a cap which bad be longed to Nlihemet and the Sultan Saladin. Mr. Hamann, a German, Lid, a few weeks before, bought a Koran writ ten in geld le:ter , , on a goat-skin. " Wbai bag tilt dote P" THE BRITISH PRESS. THE POYAIS BUBBLE. More we finally conclude the exposition of this mon strous fraud, we have yet a few documents to lay before our readers for their amusement. The first we shall pre sent is the Proclamation of his Mosquito Majesty, giving warning to the wretched dupes of APGregor to take a fresh oath of allegiance to him, and acknowledge his sovereignty. This illustrious personage, who, before he took rte his royalty, was, we understand, a clerk in a counting-noose at Kingston, in Jamaica, makes a very gracious and kingly promise to his new .subjects, that lie will grant' a constitution to his kingdom!" and towards the end of his Proclamation gravely threatens those who import military stores into his realm without his leave, that they dill' " suffer the sentence of the law !" This mighty potentate was strangled soon afterwards, in his customary state of in toxication in the afternoon, by his royal consort and two traitorous courtiers, of the Mosquito or Poyaisian nbblesse. Sic transit gineia munei ! Ueotge Fellerie Auguatua, King of the 31osrito nation, to the Settler at Black River. My will and pleasure is, I have guaranteed to you the p o ises. sinn of all the lands you may have purchased at Clack River, within my kingdotn, front Gen. that you may enjoy the property unmolested you have purchased from the aforesaid; after the deeds being countersigned by nie, and the proprietor taking the oath of allegiance, which must be done by the lat of January, 1824: no one win he permitted to remain, nor hold Tended pmperty in the kingdom, titiless the said stipulations are fulfilled ; those that have cot purretl land heretofore, shall have fifty acres, at tnenty.tive cents pet acre, to be paid to me within five years after the date of purchase, either in money, goods, or service: I shall appoint a commisrioner to carry the mom into effect. I do hereby further more emir:laud you to treat the inhabitants with civility and re. sr: et, and be cautious not to infringe Upon public law, or private right, but make yourselves acquainted with their laws and customs, for any deviation front the sane will end iu their total alienation from the English (to whom otherwise they will be respectfulj , with the ruin of your property, and probably your lives. I mill Wye a comonstion to the kingdom, .as well for the be ' netit of the subject as the sovereign. fouslul upon justice to Christians of all persuasions, who may worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience. All cases between man and man are to be derided between wise and hottest arbitrators, fur the present, until men of wisdom and in t:Tilly are appointed to fill up theme plaza; that their edtication and ili , lllllC4 entitle them to. No taxes shall be laid on for cue year, commencing fume the Ist of January last past, until the lot of January, EVA. All arms, ammunition, and military stares of all descriptions. are prohibited front being lauded in my dominions. without ray orders; and any palm' orpenons aiding or assisting (!mewing the same to to military storm), that shall not give inhu mation to tine, nr my officer's residing in or rear the place, within twenty-four hours after the same shall be landed, shall be deemed as a traitor to this country, and suffer the sentence of the law. Done at Cape Gracia% I Dios, in the year of our Lord one thous:tnd eight hundred and twenty-three (on the fifth day of April), and in the seventh year of oar reign. tzignedt GEORGE FREDERIC AUGUSTUS, King of the 31o:ignite Nation. The next of this 'precious collection of State Papers is M'Gregor's Art of government. this document was given by &Gregor toColonel Hall. who, " by his Ifigh ness," was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of the settle ment that was to have been made on the Black River. INSTRUCTIONS TOP THE LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. No. I. You may lend the tents to the settlers, for a short time, loth at St. Joseph's and when they go into the country, until they get tl , eir houses built. No. 2. You will style yourself " By his Honour, Henry Hall, Licutenant.flovernor of the town and district of St. Joseph, Lieut.. Colonel of the 24i Native regiment of foot, Colonel of the Armies of Porais, and acting in the name and on the behalf of hi, High. ness Gregor. Cazique of Poyais: I ordain, 1 ordain, I decree, I command, he. as follows." No. 3. In consequence of Gard Woodbine hating absented himself from the Island of San Andres, and territory of Poyais, without leave, the command, civil and military, of the said tern. tory has devolved upon you, and which you will exercise until such time as some other person or persons may be appointed to exercise the functions of Oovernor and General of the said territory, during the absence of his Highness the Cazique. No. 4. It being necessary, to meet the monthly expenses of the eqrcrent persons m h:s Highness's employ, that the paper money the Bank of Poyais should be issued ; and It not being possible to send out in time the proper ofßeera belonging to the Bank of Poyais, it is necessary that you should take under your charge the WO dollar notes transmitted to you under this date; and you are authorised to appoint two persona, the one to sign the said notes, as Acting Manager, and the other as Acting Acealiotant. His Hi g hness recommends, for this purpose, Mr. Sutherland and Mr. Wastes& No. L The town of St. Joseph is to be erected on the site of the ruins of the old English town at Black River. You will consult with the surveyor respecting the best plan for laying out. N 0.6. A list of the buildings of the first necessity IS contained in a separate paper (which see). No. 7. The salary of yourself, as also that of all other 'moons in his Highness's employ, js contained in a separate list. low will give instructions to *hi Acting Treasurer to pay alt salaries monthly. No. 8. All pawns in hie Highness's employ will receive a regu lar ration for the first six mecum This ration you will tic, at the same time consulting. the Storekeeper as to its quantity, NO. ti. You will deliver to each of the persons in his High ness's employ their respective instructions, causing the Assistant Secretary to record them in the Ent instance. . . No. hJ. Notwithstanding the instructions herewhh sent to irdi shines in the Government employ, you sex authorised to make such additions and alterations as you may deem lit and necessary for the benefit of his Highness's sery ce. No. 11. Everysettler must belong either to the yeomanry. or militia. The Officers are to be selected from thoie in the employ 'of Government. No. 12. You are authorised to grant yeomanry and militia com missions not trending that of captain. No. 13. You may employ such a number of Indians as may ap pear necessary for the service of the Government, either in a civil or military capacity. No. 14. You will, immediately after you land, send an Indian messenger to George Frederick, the King of the Mosquito nation, at Cape Gracia a Dios, announcing your arrival, and sending some prevents to him in my name. Tins you will also do to Gen. Robinson, an Indian Chief, and your next neighbour, who lives at Polock River, but has also a plantation at Plantain River. No. 15. You will do every thing in your power to gain the glee dons of the Indians a n d t heir Chefs; making them occasional presents in made, titian. And you will give the most positive orders to all persons in the Government smirks, as well as to the settle**, to treat the Indians with kindness, gel endeavour to obtain their good will. Much will depend upon this. Look well to it. No. 11. Immediately atter landing, you will issue a readout's. tion, of " good government," containing such orders and instruc tions as you may deem necessary. No. 1,. Immediately after your landing you will issue • pmcla. motion, stating that no person whatsoever is allowed to purchase or obtain lands, under any pretence, from the Indians. This will be issued in his Highness's name, as " Defender of the Rights of the Indian Tribes." Any lands obtained from the Indians will be forfeited, and the offending party banished from the territory of Poyais. and frons the voindry. No. 18. Immediately after landing, you will administer the oath remain(' to be taken by persons in his Highness's employ, to all the Gov( mment Officers. let. No. 19. If any of the settlers are in want of Government stores, and you deem it expedient to b.t thrtn have them, you may give them a written order to that effect; which, on producing to the Stort keeper, he will deliver the stores to them, on their paying to him a fair price for the same. No. 20. The bolder of a grant of land will wait upon the Go. rernor, and on producing his deed, with the certificate written and signed upon the back by the different officers, as above specified, will demand of the Governor to grant him the order of infeltment. The Governor, after the grant has been surveyed, the deed re corded, and the oath of allegiance taken in the manner above de. scribed, will then write and subscribe on the back of the deed his order to the constable of the porish in which the land way lie, to infeft the pmprietor. No. 21. You will receive a fee of one cent. of a dollar pee acre, for signing the order for infeftment,_ . . N 0 ,7 22 You will receive Are dollars for signing the passport for a vessel to depart. No. 23. You will receive one dollar fur signing the passport of any person quitting the country. No. 24. You will receive five dollars for signing an Ensign or Comet's commission, eight dollars for a Lieutenant's, and six. teen dollars for a (!sptain's in the militia. N 0.23. Your official correspondence will be directed to Alex ander Simpson Esq., No. I, Dowgate.hill, London. No. gii. It being impossible to foresee every case that may occur, many of which will probably not have been noticed in the above instructions, you are hereby authorised,in all such cases, to act acconling to the beet of your judgment, and as may appear to you most advisable for his Highness's honour and interests, as well as beneficial or necossery for any other party or parties concerned. Given under my hand and seal, at Edinburgh, the Sib day of October, 1822. (Seal) sigred, GREGOR. By his High:m.ll'e command, (Signed) JOHN 3111.1. AR, Secretary. Colonel Hall, it appears, from his evidence before the Court of Inquiry at Belize, was foolish enough to sail from England to his Dirt:Harlan Government, with sealed instruc tions, which he was not to open and peruse until he arrived in longitude SS west, a short distance from Black River. When he found that he was required, among other things, to administer treasonable oaths to the settlers, binding them to acknowledge " his Highness, Gregor, Cazique of Poyais, as their only true and lawful Sovereign," he very properly lit sitatod, and sent /some the resignation of his Governorship. 'the Cazique, however, was unwilling to lose the services of so useful a subject, and he therefore disiiiied him with a revrage, and bestowed on him an estate of 14.100 Poysisian acres (is subtle.) and the Pre sidency of the Poyaisian Council of State. These tempt ing honours were anttounced by the Cazitice in an auto graph letter to the following effect : London 7th April, 1823. MT DEAR Stn.—This letter will 'be deliv ered to you by my friend Colonel Lowe, of the 2d Hussars, and Adjutant-fler.eral of the Poyaisian army. As lie takes his family with him, I wi-di you to use your best exertions in bcibling him a comfortable house. You will issue him pay at the rate of four dollars per day, from the date of his embarkation front North America direct for Poyais, and for which lie will produce you the certificate of the date of his embarkations, signed by the Captain of the vessel he may mire in. I feel aroficient you will use every exertion to assist him in disciplining and organizing the troops, and in H giving every facility to hs. is exertione is an active, brave, and pod officer, and possesses my confidence. It is my wish that, as soon as convenient 4 a small corps of obsff. ration should be established on the River Romanes ; and, in the event of General ICoodbine's arrival, that he should have the com mand of it. with the title of CommandantaGencil. A carriage road should be itmuctliately commenced from St. Joseph's to the 'nail-quartette of the army, on the River Romanes. Spark's Island, at the mouth of the Itontanes, might he fortified, which would strengthen your communication with the island of Huanaja, which 1 hope b this time you have been enabled to occupy. The ship S hone, of Leith, and the Alknontac, of London, I hope will sail in a short tone for royals. In consequence of the extraordinary conduct of Mr. Ogilvie, hare been forced to appoint .llnjor Richardson to be my Charge d'atraircs in London, and also my agent ; and to whom in future all communications arc to he addressed. The conduct of the cantractor, and of .Mr. Ogilvie, have knocked the loan upon the bead. I have, however, succeeded it. raising • new one, which goes on well, though slowly. Every thing depends upon the accounts that arrive front Pop, ls; and this you must im press upon the minds of the settlers, as it is only by steady and good conduct among themselves, that I can be enabled to send out additional emigrants, money, and supplies. I have made arrangements for the embarkation of hintl Germans, from Hamburg!), many of wham, I hope, will enlist into the artil lery and 3d regiment of the line. Colonel Johnson, the Colonel of this regiment, is ?is- present is London, but will proceed to (*ennui,' In a few days; and I hope ere long he will be in Poyais. I have aprointed Colonel Gordon to be Colonel of the 4th re giment of the line, and to be my Military Secretary, Bs also my Commissioner for settling the boundaries of Poyais with the Go vernment of Guatemala. You will confirm to him his right to all the houses he may have built, as also to the land actually in cold vation. It is my intention to send hint out a considerable grant of land. 1 presume you are aware that there has been some full play at Jamaica, but I feel confident that your prudence will remedy any bad imprewrioa that way have been raised in the King' s nund against trie . by my enemies in Jamaica. Colonel Rims. 1 expect, will shortly embark with a company of my .. guards, all IliglilarAlers. our nephew, Mr. James Pall, has been appointed Sertetary of State for Foreign A ff airs; Mr. Stenhouse , - Under Secretary of State for the War and Marine Itcpartments ; and Mr. 'Westrett has .aten promoted to be Untie: Secretary of State fur the Home De partment. I have crtnted you Baron Tinto, with an estate of 11,1180 sere. and also appointed you President of the Ordinary Council, which you will assemble as soon as the official papers can he transmitted to you. I have likewise nominated you one of the Members of my Council of State. The meeting . of the Legislative Council is post poned till the 11th of August t it will is. composed of the Members of the Council of State, and those of the Ordinary Council. Captain 'Wright, of the it.N. hiss been appoint! a Rear-Ad miral of my fleet, and will shortly pro:red to Poyais, where he is well known. I expect to leave this with my family for Poyais in two months hence. I intend coming out in a ship of war, which will have on Doan! about 200 troops. In the mean time, I hope to be able to send out about I,SOO more settlers. I wish you to get built for my reception a large and convenient house in the town, capable of receiving my family and the Officers of try Staff, as well as the other members of my (Artily. The Rev. Mr. Ryall has been appointed Citrate or the Epissral Church of Saint Ann's, in :taint Joseph's. and I expect will go out in the Alknomac, with his family : also, in the same ship, Major Bryant, of the Artillery. and his family. hope the Kinnersley Castle, which sailed Oil the 22d of January, with about 200 passenger.. has arrlvc.l in safety. I have only further to add, that I beg you will not consider your. self's° strictly tied down by your insttuctions, as not to depart from them, whenever you conceive it to be for the intetat of dm Believe me to remain, my dear Sir, Very sincerely yours, (Signed) GREGOR P. His EtaHomy Brignilier-Copersl Baron Tinto, &c. There remained only one document to make an appro priate finis to this wonderful chapter of fraud and cre dulity. This document we published on Saturday. We allude to the Decree of the Colombian Government, for- bidding, within the limits of their State, the " enterprises of unauthorised adventurers; " on pretence of " founding establishments in a certain ferritory called Poyais." On the sulject of this Decree we have received a letter from the " Vice-Commissioner for consolidating the Debts of Poyais," which in fairness we give below. Mr. Irvin] is mistaken with respect to the " very material error' be supposea us to have committed in our remarks on the Co lombian Decree. We did not say that the " territory of Povais" Was included within the !knits of the Republic of Coiombia. Our observation was, that " the intended Principality was included within the limits of the new States; and we expressed our conviction, that they would, *hen their attention was drawn to the subject, speedily put an end to the schemes of M'Gregor and his coadjutor.." What does the " Vim-Commissioner" allege to prove that we have fallen into " a very material error ?" Ile says, forsooth, that the settlement of Poyais is more than a de gree distant from Cape Grades a Pius, the northern ex tremity of the State of Colombia, and that it was never contemplated by M'Gregor to interfere with the Colombian territory. No indeed, we believe not. He has good rea sons for not wishing to set his foot again upon their shores. llis exploits at Portobello are not yet forgotten. Bat, because Poyais is not within the limits of Colombia, does it follow that it is not within the limits of the adjoining States of Guitarnala, or Mexico ? We only said generally that it was included within the limits of the new States. And as to the other part of our remarks, what are the facts ? The attention of the new States is at length draWn to the schemes of M'Gregor, and Colombia, leading the way, has declared them to be an " usur pation of the national property." The next arrival will probably bring a similar Decree from the Govern ments of the other States, who are interested in putting down these " unlawful enterprises." But it will now be like smiting a corpse. The project is already exploded. The following is the critical epistle of the " Vice-Commis sioner." We believe that Mr. Irving bears the dignity of Marquis de Arenas, in the roll of the Poyaisian peerage, Knight of the Green Cross, and Counsellor of State; but he prefers, on this occasion, to appear incog.:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. 2, Banholoniew-lane, London, Oct. 23, 1821. beg leave to correct a very material error which you have committed in your editorial remarks, prefacing an alleged de cree of Colombia.dated at Bogota, the sth of July, 1824-14,which decree states, " That various individuals resident in foreign coon tries have projected the foundation of establishments in a certain territory called Poyais , situated on the coasts of Mosquito, and considering that similar enterprizes may be prejudicial to the inte rests of the Republic," &c. The decree then cocoon to declare ille gal "every odertabing which has for object the coloniration of any point of that part of the coast of Mosquito, front the Cape Gra etas I Dios, inclusive, to the river Chagre, which belongs, in do minion and property, to the Republic of f'olombia, ac.'• by which the said pan of the coast of Mosquito is definitively " adjoined to the ancient Viceroyalty of NilleVi Granada." Now, Mr. Editor, allow me to point out to you what is known to every person in the least conversant with the geography of that part of Anitrica, that the portion of the Mosquito shore claimed by Co lombia, viz front Cape Diaries i Dios (in 15 degrees north lat.) to the river Chagre, in 9 de- ' rees, does not at all interfere with the territory of Pore's , or ary of Its dependencies. That territory his upwards of a degree north of Cape Gracias i l'ioA. and low no in. terference whatever with the territory claimed by Colombia, neither has there been any attempt on the part of the Government of Poyais to foto settlements on any part of the coast between Cape Gracia% i Dios and l'hagre, as scents to have been apprehended by the train ers of the above alleged deal e. As your object must be the propagation of trich, and not o: error, I request you will give place to the present letter. 1 am, Sir, yours. tee. EDAVA RD IR V. Conlrnisgloner, &a for Consolidating the Debt of Poyais. BATH AND WEST or !NOLAND CLUTI.—ADInDg the new Establishments that have lately sprung up in Bath, is a Club. for the scrammodation of the No'oiiity and Gentry, which has berm opened in Great Pulteney-street. Report states that there is no Club House out of the Metropolis more perfect in its accommodations, or more appropriately and superbly furnished in every respect, than the " Bath and West of England Club," and the high patronage that has been promised towards its sup port, and the edut which has attended its comm: nev meut, bid fair to justify the expectation that this Club will be•cotne a highly favourite point of rtsort for our mate • CONMISATIONS OP LORD BY RON, NOTED DERING • RESfEIRECE WITH HIM I.OIIIWIIIP •T PISA, IN THE PEARS 1821 AND 1822. NY THOMAS HEDVIG, ESAU OF THE 2.1111 LIGHT DRAGOONS. Captain Medwin spent many months of intimacy witil Lord Byron, during le2l-512. while Lordship resided at the Lanfranchi Palace in Pisa. Introduced by his relative, Mr. Shelley, Captain M. was well received by the tenant of the Lanfranchi Palau, aiwl was soon on so intimate a footing with lain as to gather his unreserved opinions upon many interesting topics, together with piquant anecdotes. Lord Byron's travelling equipage was a strange one. When he journeyed to Pisa, we are told, it " afforded a strange catalogue for the Doting,: seven fervent*, five car riages, nine horses, a monkey, a bull-dog, and a mastiff, two cats, three pea-fowls and some hens, (I do not know whether I have classed them in order of rank,) formed part of his live stock; these, and all his books, consisting of a very large library of modern works, (for he bought all the best that came out), together with a vast quantity of furniture, might well be termed, with Cesar, imps& merits.' " Some other anecdotes also show the oddities of his cha racter. Capt. /4. says, " In criticising his features, it might perhaps be sail that his eyes were placed too near his nose, and thatone was rather smaller than the other: they were of a greyish brown, but of a peculiar clearness, acrd when ammimatedpos wiled a fire which seemed to look through and penetrate the thotigitts of others, while they marked the inspirations of his own. His teeth were small, regular, and white ; these, I aftiTwards found, be took great pains to pre serve. For this purpose he need tobacco when he first went into the open air: and he fohl me he was in the habit of grinding his teeth in his sleep, to prevent which hetris forced to put a napkin between tl•em. " Lord Byron is an admirable horseman, combining grace with the security of his seat. He prides himself much on this exeiTive. He conducted us for some miles till we came to a farm-house, where be practises pistol firing every evening. This is his favourite amusement, and may indeed be called alineft a pursuit. He always has pistols in his ho:ster, and eight or t^n pair by the first makers in London carried by his count r. We had each twelve rounds of ammunition, and in a diameter of four inches he put eleven out of twelve shots. - - The Subject turned upon duelling, and he contended for its necessity, and quoted Some strong arguments in favour of it. "' I have been concerned,' said he, • in many duds a, accord, but only in two ail principal; one was with liobhouse before I be came intimate with hint...—. " • I was confirmed in my rescilt:•ion of shutting my door against all the travelling English, by ,he impertinence of an anonvuntris scribbler, who said he might have known tut', but a!oullt . l . not.`. .... " Almost all the friends of my youth are dead ; either c.ot in duels, ruined, or in the galleys : (mentioning the soon of 'Berea) " Among those I lost in the early part of my career, was Lord Falkland,._pmr fellow ! our fathers• fathers were friends. He lost his life fur a joke, and one too be did not make himself. The pre sent race is more steady than the last. They hare less cnnstitati .0 and net so moues moncy.—that accounts fur the change in their morals. •• • I am now tamed ; but before I marrinl, sheered some of the blood of my ancestors. It is ridiculous to say that we do cot it. herit our passions, as well as the gout. or any other disorder. ` I rat not so young when my father died, but that I perfectly remember him; and had very early a horror of marrimoay, front the sight of domestic broils ; this teeling came over me very wrongly at my wedding. Something whispered me that I was toadies my own destlf-warrant. I am a great believe' in presentiments. So crates' demon was no fiction. Monk Leans had his monitor, r.rd Napoleon many warnings. At the last moment I woad have re treated, if I could have done W. I called to mind a friend of mine, who had married a young, bcautiful, and rch girl, sod yet was miserable. Ile had strongly urged cue optima puuing neck In the same yoke: and to show you how firmly I was reudvtet to attend to his advice, I betted flay fifty guineas to our. that I should always remain sile. Sit years afterwards gem him t!:e money. The day befor e Propitel to Lady Eyron, I Mid no idea of doing so.' " After this digression he continued:— " I lost my father whew I was only six years of age. My mother, when she was in a rage wilt me, (and I gave her cauog enough) used to say, • Alt, you little dog, you are a Byron an OreT; you are as bad as your father ! ' It was very differ ' int from Mrs. Malaprop's saying, ` Ah ! good dear Mr. Modell:op. I never loved him till he was dead.' - - . " Yens bare beard the unfortunate more of his Isgeshlortirlde Uncle) duel with Ills relation and neiehban. After that 'bass. doily event, he shot himself up at Newstead„ end. was in the Win of feeding cricket; Which were his only comogusions. He had made them so tame as to crawl over him, and used to whip than with a whist, of straw, if too familiar. When be died, tradition says that they left the house in a body. 1 suppose I derive my su perstition from this branch of the family; but though 1 attend to none of these new.fingled theories, I am inclined to think that there is more in a chart of the skull than the Edinburgh Reviewas suppose. flowerer that may be, I was a ws7 ant youth. anti gar= my flambee* world of trouble,—as I fear Ada trill hers, for 1 am told she is a little termagant. I had an ancestor too that expirtd laughing. (I suppose that my good spirits came from him.) at:d two whose affection was with for each other, that they died almeit at the borne moment. There seems to ha v e b e en a f law in my CS eutebeen there, or that loving couple have monopolized all ti:: connubial bliss of the family.... " There are two things that strike me at thin moment, which I did at Harrow: I fought Lord Calthorpe for writing • 11—d Atheist 1 ' tinder my name t and prevented the school.room iron being burnt during a rebellion, by pointing out to the boys the =Mee of their fathers and grandfathers on the walls. - " lie used to say there were three greet men ruined in one year, Brummell, himself, and Napoleon !" - - - •• • I wrote little at Venice, and was farad into the search of pleasnre.--an employment I wait soon jaded with the pursuit of. " • Women were there, as they have em been fated to be, nil bane. Like Napoleon, I have always had a great contempt fo: women; and formed this opinion of them not hastily, but from my own fetal eiperienee. Illy writings, indeed, tend to exalt the ger ; and my imagination has always delighted in givi-g them a Doss ideal likeness, but I only drew them es a painter of statuary would do,--as they should be. Perhaps my prejedices, and keeping then: at a distance, contributed to prevent the illusion front altogether being worn out and destroyed as to their celestial qualities. " • They are in an unnatural state of society. The Turks sr.! Eaters people manage these matters better than we do. They lock them up, and sue notch happier. Give a woman a Itxthing-glatis and a few sugar-plume, and she will be satisfied."' We will put together Captain Medwin's notices of his liaison with the Countess Guiecielo--the lady who main tained the longest and greatest intim ace over him in Italy : " He dined at half an hour Alfa sunset, (at twenty-four o'clock ;) then drove to Count Gamba's, the Countless Guiccioli's father, passed several hours in her society, re turned to his palace, and either read or wrote till two or three in the niotning ; occasionally drinking spirits diluted with water as a medicine, from a dread of a nephritic complaint, to which lie was, or fancied himself, sul , jcet.— Such was his life at Pisa. " The Countess Guiecioli is twenty-three years of age, though she spree's no more than seventeen or eighteen. Unlike most of the Italian woman, her complexion is deli cately fair. Her eyes, large, dark, and languir%ing, are shaded by the longest ryelashts in the world; and her hair, which is ungathercil on her heal, plays over her falling shoulders in a profusion of natural ringlets of the darkest auburn. Iler figure is, perhaps, too much rniloonini at for her height, but her bust is perfect; her f.atures want little of possessing a Grecian regularity of outline ; and the Las the most btautifal mouth and teeth imaginable. It is im possible to see without admiring—to hear the (ltviceioh speak without being fascinated. Her amiability and gen tleness show themselves in every intonation of her voice, which, and the music of her perfect 1:41:an, g:ve a peenriat charm to every thing al! • utters. Grace and elirg-ince swot component parts of her nature. Notwithstanding that she adores Lord Byron, it is evident that the exile and poverty of her aged father sometimes tact her spirit*, and throw a shade of melancholy on her countenance, which adds to the deep interest this 'lovely girl creates. ' Erriordtnory -tains (aid Lord Byron ens day) were take* with the education of Teresa. tier conversation Is lively, without being frivolous; wi,Loot being learned, she - has read all the beat authors of her own and the French language. tate often conceals what she knows, front the fear of ti.•ing tociught to know too much: possibly henna: , s!.e knows I ant rot fond ot blues. To use in ex pression of Jelfre,'s, • If she has lila: stockings, she cot.trtyvi that her pttirnat s h a ll hide t h em. " e_ _ _ "Lord Byron is certainly very much attached to her, with out bring actually in love. Ilia description of the Georgioni in the Ifanfrini palace at Venice is meant for the t'ciintets. The beautiful sonnA prefixed to the Prophecy of Brant: was addressed to her; and cannot resist copying some stanzas written when he was about to grit Venied to join her at ltavemia. which will describe the state of his feelings at that time." ilirrrm that rollest by the *orient walla Where dwell.' the lady tit' nty Ism when she Walks by the brick, and then pen:hues suale A taint and fleeting memory Dint s • The Po. i iii I E a