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PRICES OF DRIP'S)! Junk stuck stssi I 3 per Cent. Reduced. 924 3 per Cent. COOL VI 3, per Cent. per Cent. len 4 4a Nell 4 per Cents. 1064 7 lAng Annuities, V. 11-16 Imperial 3 per Cents. Bank fur Account Cons. for Act. P.l 14 24 • PRICES (IF FOREIGN Austrian Scrip, 10 94 4 pr. Ditto for Acct. 104 4 pr. Ditto paid in lull Chil!an Vends, 1311 80 791 80 Ditto for Acct. 884 80 4 I Colombian Bonds, 67 it 74 Do. tor Account. 674 7 84 8 74 Danish Bonds, 994 Ditto Marks Banco, 95 Mot. Scrip, 71 4 44 1 Pm. Do. for Account put. Neapolitan Bonds, Ditto fur Account Portuguese Bonds 90 499 Ditto Scrip, 34 erasion Bond., 95 4 96 to for Account 964 ),, Bonds (18•11). 934 I !ACES YESTE RDA V. India Stock, India Bonds, SO 72 pr. India for Amount, South Sea Stock. South Sea Old Annuities South Sea New Annuities Ex. Bill*, 1,0101. 45 42 44 pr. Ditto, MI. 45 42 44 pr. Ditto, Small, 42 44 pr. Laney Tickets, 191. 19s. I AsasrED-1 STOCKS YESTERDAY. Russian Bonds, 1114 Ditto for Acct. 91$ Rumian Inscription Exchange per ruble Ditto Metallic Stock Spanish 5 per Ct. Cons. 244 Ditto for Account 2-11 Ditto 170 & 255 DOWN Ditto 5 per Cts. (1823) 194 Ditto for Aect. Anglo ilex. Minn 74 7 pm. United Ditto I jim. Fr. Rentea, 110 f. sc. 100 f. 25c. Do. Scrip 111 4 pm. Ditto for the Arct. 114 12 pm. Do. Ex. 25f. lireek Scrip. :121 3 24 pr. Peruvian Scrip 77 ► Flinders, and ► French. NEW THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. This Evening,. EBID.I V, February 27, will be performed THE MERRY WIVES OF IrINDSOR. faiton, Mr. Braham; Sir J•din Falstaff. Mr. Do, ton; Mrs. Ford, Miss Stephens ; Mrs. Page, Madame Vestris. To awtelude with the Romance of LODI )11Sli A. . _ _ To-morrow, The Merry Witt. of IVindsor; with Rumfustian. THEATRE ROYAL, COVENT-GARDEN. This Evening, FRIDAY, February 27, will be performed NATIVE LA;vil)._ _ _ Ftiocipal Characters by Alcss". Sinclair, W. Farm, Cooper, and Fawcett; Aliases Paton, Love, sod Al. Tree. After which, HARLEQUIN AND POOR ROBIN. To-morrow, Native .and : with The Poaches*. NEW sußnier THEATRE. This Evening, FRIDAY, February V, will be performed B1)URAC1110 THE OUTLAW. moan" Botrachio, Mr. IL Kemble. N'ictoria, Max W. Cliffurd. After which. • MAIDS AND BACHELiIii;:ii;,:i . 4 , IETTLEWIG HALL. To conclude w - ith THE DEATH OF LIFE IN LONDON. Iltitirittott The BRITISH Pates commenced publishing yesterday morning at five o'clock. LONDON. FRIDAY. FEssuAity 27, 1824. The Paris Journals of Tuesday and IVellnestlay reached onr office last night; they possess very little intelligence. The Moniteur announces the return to Brest of the Eury dice frigate, that took out the intelligence of the fall of Cadiz and the restoration of Ferdinand to absolute power, to the Havannall. The Spanish Colonel Barratlas was the bearer of Ferdinand's orders; he reached, it appears, the' Ilavannah on the 9th of December, and sailed again on the 21st of the same month, bringing back despatches from Vireo, the Governor of Cuba. Complete tranquillity, this account states, prevailed in the island when the Eurydice sailed.—Victor is said positively to have declined the em busy to Vienna; and the Marquis de Caraman is mentioned as his successor. The jealous tyranny of the Ultratnon tome is again at work through Upper Italy : new measures of police, it appears, are in activity through the Milanese and Venetian Lombardy, and orders were forwarded from Vienna, prescribing increased vigilance with respect to all individuals, members of societies—even the few that are re cognized by the ordinances of the kingdom of Lombardy and Venice. We do not wonder at the Italians being discontented- From the period Austria regained her power ewer that fine country, industry, commerce, and wealth all retrograded. The administration of Mafia Theresa and Joseph 11. was light compared to that of Austria at pre sent. Bspacious from the exhaustion of a twenty years' war, and proscribing every trace of liberty, there is scarcely an employment of any value wltiel, is not filled by an Austrian : in almost every tribunal there are a German President and two German Judges; the Director of the Police, the Governor, the Commandant-General, the Arch bishop of Milan, and the Patriarch of Venice, are all Aus trians. For the army of Italy, which Napoleon formed of sq,ooo men, under Italian officers and colours, and wear ing Italian uniforms, Austria has substituted a contingent force of 20,090 Italians, commanded by Austria:, officers, clothed in the Hungarian and Transylvanian uniforms, and subjected to the degrading discipline of the cane, Italy cannot be cantented under such a system as this ; and she will yet make a desperate struggle for emancipation. [From the itmiteur of February 24. J - - PARIS, FEB. ZI. A telegraphic despatch fern Brest announces the rzturn to that pirt, on the 4i):11 inst. of the Eurydice frigate, commanded ,by Captain Cuvillicr. This frigate, which was part of the French squadron before Culit, WA% ‘l2,patehett on the 2i/th of October last, to convey to the Island of Cohn the Spanish Lieut.-Colonel llarradas, who was entrustal with orders front his Catholic Majesty. It reached the Ilavannah on the 2.h of Deeetnher, and sailed again on the 21st of the sant: month, bringing back to Cadu Lieut—Colonel Bar rsdas, who was the barer of despatches from 31. Vices, Governor of the Island of Cuba. The news of the deliverance of Ferdinand the Seventh, which was already knmitn at the Harannah, being confirmed by the Eu rydice, ezeited general satisfaction, which menifeated itself in public rejoicings and thanksgivings. At the time of the de parture of the Eurydice, the whole Wand enj led the most per fect tranquillity. [From the Rioik of Wednesday, dated .31.1drid, Feb. 15.1 The candidates have been panoplied to the King for the Arch bishopric of rt Ira tios ; tbkri are thr Bishop of Urgrl, the Bishop of Tarragona, Ltd t:le ecclesiastic named Arias. The Spanish General Menchaca, who commanded under Ge neral Bailsman*, and had been for some time at Bayonne, has re ceived ceders to go to Agen, which is assignisl him as a residence. The Bulletin of the health of the Princess of Conde, of the 24th Feb. nine o'clock, A. st. says—" Ilex Highness has reposed pretty well during the. nig , ht. It went, that she is recovering a little strength, but excessively slowly." German Papers to the lath February reached us last night. They contain nothing of any interest, but a para graph under date from Odessa, to the Ist, stating that our Ambassador to the Porte, Lord Smangfonl, had received fresh instructions, authorising him to continue the nego elation for the arrangement of the difficulties between the Porte and Russia. I From the Allgemeine Zeitung of Feb. IR.] ODEAAA, I. It is confi rme d t h at L or d Strangford has received fresh Frn. instrue. taus from his Court, empowering him to continue the negoeiations far the arrangement of the diffrtenees between the l'orte and Russia. We are anxious to see what part 111. Minciacky will take in those negoe'ations, as it is reported here that his mission is Purely of a mercantile nature. M. V. Minziacky, we suppose, must bare arrived at Constantinople. According to the last accounts Goan St. Petersburgh, of the 21th January, nowt ferences bad yet been held respecting the affairs of 4; Treee, thoJgh the English Minister, Sir C. Begot, had received i nstructions on the subject. It seems intended to await the result Mbuiacky's mission. M. V. Tatisehef, however, will re ' in at the beginning of March to Vienna, intrusted with a mission, which ;erhaps may be connected with those affairs. The .11torra Alkroary states that two tesehrty in an academy in t hat town had been wetted at the initwiee of a foreign power. Their arrest is said to be connected with' those at llalle and Bielefeld. Mt ntcn, Fzs. 17. Yesterday, being the twenty-fifth anniversary of his Majesty's accession to the throne, was celebrated throughout the kingdom of Bavaria with extraordinary solemnity, and with every possible de monstration of attachment of his subjects. A great promotion in the army took place a few days before. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of the Netherland. arrived here to-day, and will proceed immediately to Italy. AMSTERDA, Ix,. 24. Exchange on London-413 6 ; two months, 314. Mr. Abercrombie, one of the most sensible and useful members in the House, last night brought forwari his motion to extend the elective franchise among the in habitants of Edinburgh. The population of that fine city , the Honourable Member stated, now amounted to one hundred thousand. The number of householders, who paid above al. rates, was ten thousand anti upwards, out of which more than 7,000 had signed the Petition on which his motion was founded. Mr. Abercrombie contended that the most influential individuals through Scotland—that those who possessed the guidance of public opinion in that country, were all anxious for a reform of the represents. lion, in which the people had now no share whatever. In ; fact (the Hon. Member stated), nineteen p e rsons, compos- I ing the Town Council, elected the Member for Edinburgh, of whom the inhabitants at la -?e knew nothing until they saw his name in the Geeette. The lion. Gentleman con eluded an able and impressive speech, by moving for leave to bring in a Bill to extend the elective franchise in Edin- 1 burgh. Lord Binning, in a long and discursive address., I thought proper to oppose the motion, and on very weak and insufficient grounds. Ile de:elided the antiquated monopoly of the Burghs of Scotland, anti referred to the ' Articles of Union between the two countries, which, he said, guaranteed their present privileges to the corporate towns, as held by them, at the period of the Union. The Noble Lord repeated the stale anti hackneyed assertion, so often bandied from the bench e s where he sits, that the motion of Mr. Abercrombie was an endeavour to bring about a piecemeal reformation of the other towns anti cities through the empire. lie very teiettg appealed to the in creasing prosperity of Edinburgh, as a proof of the happy state of its inhabitants, and deprecated in consequence any political interference with their existing situation. This was a very sage argument, no doubt, that in proportion as the inhabitants of Edinburgh, or any other large city, are numerous, wealthy, and enlightened, their privileges ought to be diminished, and all political rights denied them. They arc largely taxed, and assessed by local Acts and otherwise, but are to have no power to choose or reject their representative. Thus, on any constitutional change in the representation being proposed to-morrow, or a motion made to extend the right of election to Manchester, Bir mingham, Sheffield, Leeds, awl other wealthy manufac turing towns, the argument in opposition to it, according to Lord Binning's precious theory, would be, " Deny all political privileges to these places, because they have grown rich and populous without them, while a number of the wretched boroughs, returning Members to Parliament, arc in poverty and decay. We arc no advocates for any violent change in the representation, though we arc convinced that a moderate and coustitutional re form must yet take place. But it is impossible to defend the unjust and antiquated monopoly of the Scotch Burghs, on any one principle of political justice; anti the Scotch representation, with few exceptions, is a striking example of the effects ar:sieg from it. Sir John Newport, in speaking of the question, said that all the eu logittms be heard in the House of Commons were, with few exceptions, the same as were heard in the Irish Par liament previous to the surrender of the independent legis lature of that country. A eulogy on that Parliament indeed told well. There were some pure and excellent men who sat within its walls, but, with few exceptions, it was a most corrupt assembly, anti those who shared the corruption praised it loudly. Mr. Kennedy supported Mr. Abercrombie's motion : he contended that the articles of union referred solely to corporate rights, but not to the right of monopoly in sending Members to Parliament. On a division the question was lost by a comparatively small majority, anti the announcement was received with cheers on the Opposition benches. The Member for Eshin burgh said nothing in defence of his nineteen constituent electors. If in the House, he was Orator Mum ! Mr. Canning was expected to speak on the general qucsticn of Reform, and the House in consequence was very full at the commencement of the debate. The Foreibm Secretary, however, committed the whole peril of the war to his friend Lord Binning, and reserved his triumphant elo quence for the general question, when brought forward later in the Session. Mr. Martin was unsuccessful in his second attempt at legislation last night. Ile brought his bear unmuzzled into the House, but he could not make him dance, or tie the bull to the stale:'. His bill to prevent the classic and humane sports of bull and bear baiting, with a touch of sympathy also for his friends the badgers, was unfortu nately lost; and the th:g " Billy," and the combative mon key " Jaco Macaco," will thus again appear in " Charley Eastup's" crowded arena, applauded by butchers, knights of the fancy, and the light-fingered artists commonly called pickpockets. The Member for Galway will, in consequence of this disaster, have all his sympathies limited to Smith field, where he has already been really useful ; anti there his attention may still do much good. Sir Robert Heron was humorously severe upon Mr. Martin's philanthropy, which, to say the truth, was not quite a subject for British legisla tion, though Acts of Parliament had hitherto passed unopposed, the spirit of which was nothing near so humane, and the objects of them much more unworthy. We would direct Mr. Martin's hone3i zeal to the Landlord and Tenant Act of Ireland, and to the remedy of many of the miseries to which his own conitituents anal the peasantry of Ireland are now subject : these are evils with which he must be well acquainted, and an attention to which would be honourable to hint, and too serious to be followed with ridicule. Why will he pals these by—scenes of real, heartfelt sufFering—and consume his own time and that of the House with the farce of "bulls and bears?" lie might leave them to the speculators of Change-alley. .fed de get:tabus non rst dispulandum—there is no accounting for tastes; and Mr. Martin seems to have a peculiar guilt) for this outrc , legislation. If the cause of the Catholics of Ireland could suffer from the wretched folly and intemperance of individuals connected with it. the weekly harangues that have appcartsi frown that conclave of half-a-dosen barristers' and boys, called an Awociation, in Dublin, must have brought utter , hopelessness in their dull train long since. Dui the claims, of the people of Ireland to equal liberty, rest cu the basis of eternal justice; they are too powerful to be weakened by the wickedness or infatuation of bail conspirators among themselves. While thi , pressure of distress existed in this' country, the street dceamation of such menu llunt, Wat son, Thistlewoocl, and others, was swallowed by hungry mobs : with the return of employment and plenty, discon tent and the demagogues' plans soon fled their memory ; and the same hearers, who, but a few months before, drank in the calumnies poured upon them, with greedy ears, at once turned from the authors with hatred and contempt. The parallel is the same in Ireland, only that the influence of the agitators there never was so great. They find a few partisans among the lowest orders of the great towns, be cause discontent and poverty always herd together: but if the mechanics and labourers of Ireland were employed, end the peasantry enabled to live in their cottages with hope or comfort, Mr. O'Connel might roar till the "track of doom,'• and Mr. Mkt talk ten times the amount of the tragic trash he has written, without a solitary hearer to listen or app:auil either. But it is the Dublin Papers, after all, that arc to, blame for the mischiefs produced : they give publicity to the infatuated nonsense spoken for an hour or two each Sa lturday, by three or four individuals of t hi s assoc i at i on , and add a consequence to it, it could not otherwise possess. The frothy speeches of any obscure debating society, if reported, would be just as interesting and important. The Dublin Journals record these harangues, for want of local matter beside to fill their columns; and thus all the pur poses of the junta are accomplished ; we should otherwise hear no more of theirs : their council-room would soon be I empty, if they but for one week Gassed Ka' ppear in print. ' Notoriety, no matter how acquired, is ad Mr. O'Connell looks for; but his recollections might make Lim somewhat more attentive to troth, when he chooses to introduce the name of this paper in his harangues; and a moment's re flection ought to have whispered to him that such a sub ! ject was the very last that should have dwelt on his lips. We cannot descend to the level of his coarse calumnies; the hint will be sufficient to awaken Iris remembrance, and any further cxp!anation, we hope from us, unnecessary. The report prepared and read by him, in that Association, would have disgraced even Cromwell's fanatics ; its bigotry was only equalled by its folly ; the grossness of both rendered it utterly harmless: such a composition might go forth at any time—it could do no harm. The rant about a Member of the Royal Family was of the same character. We regret sincerely the erroneous impressions adopted by his Royal Highness the Duke of York, on the important subject of the Catholic claims : we do so un feignedly, from the Duke's high station and influence, and the many excellent qualities he is known to possess beside. But can such offensive unbecoming language as that re potted in the Dublin papers, disarm prejudice, or conciliate a powerful opponent ? Is it not, cn the contrary, calcu lated to confirm political hostility beyond all hopes of change, and thus make the next reign one of decided ex clusion to the Catholics? Is it thus any rational or well meaning man would reason ? But Mr. O'Connell's mouth is a crater, from whence the lava of violence and folly flows in an uninterrupted tide. His brain is a volcano that is never tranquil. We fear the discussion of the Catholic Question this Session will receive little accession from such vituperation. Between the Orange Divans on one hand, and the Capel-street Association on the other, the Marquis Wellesley cannot find his Government quite a bed of roses. THE KING. 11 - iNnsoa, FEB. 26.—HiS Majesty has not rode out yesterday or to-day, as he has ken accustomed to do since his residence at the Castle. The time of the King has ken occupied in signing of ficial documents, giving directions fee the alterations, im provements, and repairs which are about to take place in the Castle. Yesterday Viscount Melville sEss a l k ipicteer- Yesterday tnorning, ellven'o'cloc a letting of the Privy Council was held at the Council Office, Whitehall, which was attended by the Lord President, the Judges of the Arches Court, Sir Henry Russell, Lord Colchester, Mr. Sturges !borne, and Lord Stowell ; at which the further consideration of the appeal of Mews. Boyd, Kerr, and Co. against the decision of the Commissioners for French Claims was resumed, in which property to the amount of half a million sterling is depending, arising from a confiscation of property in France, under the Revolu tionary Government, in the year 1793, when Mr. Boyd was treated as an emigrant, which had since been acknow ledged by the agents of the French Government to be an error. The King's Advocate was yesterday heard in sup port of the decision of the Con:iiii::sioners. Mr. Fon , blanque was heard in reply, urging strongly Mr. Boyd's claim, and concluded with praying their Lordships to rescind the decree of the Commissioners, and concluded at half-past two o'clock, when the Lord President ordered Counsel to withdraw ; after which their Lordships re mained in deliberation for a considerable time. Parliament will be adjourned on the 15th till the 28th April, for the Easter recess. The Ministrrs have made such progress with what is termed the public business—the' Estimates and the Annual Bills, all of them being now be fore the House—that it is calculated in the Government Hikes that the present Session of Parliament will not last beyond Jnne, shoot one month earlier than usual.—Star. e Fe N os.—Yesterday Consols closed at 91i, and for the Account at 9t t. The improvement of our Funds had an evident effect upon Foreign Securities, which, towards the close of the market, were a shade better. It is expected that the market will be very brisk after the settlement of yesterday's account. l'ot.ost st A N LOA X.—Extract of a late lento. from Ja maica :—" We are daily in expectation of Mr. Ilurtado, the new Colombian Minister, who is on his way to Eng land, and also of an English gentleman namei Hamilton, who has been appointed by the Govermnent to investigate the Colombian Lun, and to direct the steps of Mr. Ilur tado and the Commissioners. Mr. Hamilton is a man of considerable talent, and in high favour with the Govern ment. He has also claims upon them to a considerable ex tent for goods, which will be defrayed out of the new loan. For some time past he has been engaged in cultivating a plantation, the gift of Government, U a sort of compensa tion for the delay in the settlement of his account. It was understood that the Commission in London would not open before his anival, but it now appears that instructions have been sent over for its opening in the beginning of March, even if Mr. Hurtful° and Mr. Hamilton should not arrive by that time." • REPEAL OF . TIRE Irrstosr lltrriss.—The Dublin Even iog Moil of Monday contains the following announce ment:—" We can state upon unquestionable authority, and we are the first to male the communication, that it is the intention forthwith to repeal the whole of Me Union Duties." The Star of last evening says, that it is not the inten tion of Ministers to send another expedition against Al giers. The Journal adds—" If Ministers had any such intentions, a considerable increase in the Navy supplies would have been necessary. A sufficient force will be sent to the Mediterranean, to protect our trade and our flag from insult, and to prevent the further violation of the Treaty into which the Dey entered, when such a lesson was taught him as he cannot easily forget. It is most pro bable that the piratical Dey will not long provoke our hos tility, or incur the hazard of another bombardment." Accounts from Salonica state, that the 'Turks there had betrayed an intention to massacre the Greeks, but that they were deterred by the interference of the French Consul. The first pile of wood for the foundation of the new London-bridge is expected to he driven on Monday next, opposite Fishmongers'-Hall. The new bridge will be a keel, nearly resembling 11'aterloo-bridge, and will com mence from Cannon-street. By .this plan the declivity of Fish -street, and the nuisance of waggons, carts, &c. at London-bridge will be avoided, as there will be an arch over Thames -street, under which the traffic of the city in carts, &c. will continue, without interrupting the great thoroughfare of stage-coaelies into Kent. FASHIONABLE INrELLICENCR. The DukeOf Gloucester will have • grand dinner party this day, and another to-itiorrow, at Gloucester House. The 31arquis of Cholmomicley had a dinner party yesterday, at Cholmondeley House, Piccadilly. Lord P•ealey entertained a distinguished party at dinner yester day, at his house in Great George-street, Westminster. Lord King had a dinner party ycatedray, at his house in Dover street. Lord Exmouth arrived in mom yesterday, fropt his seat in Do van.hire. The Lord Advocate for Scotland, Sir Wm. Rae, Lady Rae, and Visa Rae, arrived yesterday at the Waterloo Hotel, Jetinyn-atreet, from Scotland. Capt. Chalairk arrived yesterday at the British Hotel, Jermyn strict, from Tunbridge Wills. Edward Foley, Eyq. and C. Hamilton, Esq. have arrived a 3livart's Hotel, Lower Itrook.street, from a tour. Arrivals at Kirkham'!" Hotel, laower Brook-street:—Bamness de Rolle, from her seat, in Surrey; Ashton, Esq., from • tour. Sir 31roitague Choluiley, Ban. has left ditto for his scat near Lincoln. Arrivals at the Bath lintel, Arlington -street :—Mr. and Mrs. Vernon, front a tour; Col. and 31rs. Cassidy and family, from Irela..d. Departures front ditto :—Lord Northesk and Mr. Long, for their seat in flatus; Mr. and Mn.s Staples, fur the North; Mr. and 3lrs. lthetscman, for Bath. Arrivals at the St. Peteniburgh Hotel, Dover-street:—Morgan Lewis, Esq. and family, front their seat in Wales; Alesand.r Hugh Donaldion ' Ettli. Mrs. Donaldson, and family, fr o m th e i r seat in Scotland; Edward Wivhart Duntiat, Esq. and Capt. Hay, front the Continent; Capt. Buchanan, from Southampton; and the Misses Du Puy, front ditto. MASQUERADE AND FANCY-DRESS BALL. This, like alma everything else, except the sturdy mo ralities and honest merry'-makings of old English life, is an invention of exotic origin. .Masquerades—fancy-dress balls—omelettes, 4ouffltlei, and macaroni, are t h e p ro d uct i on of warmer and more voluptuous climates. It is very rarely that a masquerade with us is anything more or less thin a scene of confusion, dishonesty, and dishonour,— where men of very equivo cal character, and women whose character's are not at all equivocal, are mixed and mingled in the " most admired disorder," amidst all sorts of uproar, suspicion, and boisterous revelry, for some half-a-dozen hours, to the manifest detriment of their pockets and their constitutions, but not at all to the injury of their morals or their fame. Masks, which were originally meant as a dis guise beneath which free play might be given to witty satire, good-natured severity, and innocent hoaxing, are now very necessary screens for the questionable faces which are concealed behind them. Persons of distinction— ladies of rank and character, retreat from this kind of amusement, as if it were something irremediably polluting. Perhaps their apprehensions are a little too extravagant, and yet it must bo confessed they have no slight justification. In those countries where they were once a part of the ordinary business of life, Masquerades hate fallen into discredit and disuse. In Italy they have given way to pursuits of a loftier nature, to dark and fear ful meditations upon past sufferings and future vengeance. The Piazza of St. Marc is no longer thronged with " tipsy mirth and revelry . ;" the Toledo at Naples is no longer crowded for days in succession with Haunting idlers, in gay disguises, "all plumed like estriches," and buoyant with the spirit of enjoyment. b'rance and Spain were never mastpleing countries: the first is much too vain and the last is too proud to enter into the feeling and spirit of the thing. England has always been too moral to countenance an amusement which lends itself so easily to the worst pas sions; and too high spirited to court pleasure in any but its frankest and manliest shapes. Still, to a well-consti tuted mind, a masquerade, uncongenial as it is to the no tional character of Englishmen, is not without its sources of gratification. When well regulated, like that of last nie,ht, it may be converted into matter of great amusement. We attended it an early boar, and feel ourselves called upon to praise, in no measured terms, those to whom its manage ment was entrusted. Every thing was provided which could excite the dull or delight the enthusiastic. Music, till it palled upon the ear—lights, that dazzled the eye from their brilliancy and numb er—a supper which would have struck Camillus with horror, and filled Ileliogaba lus with envy—together with dancing, masking, revelling, and hoaxing, filled up the interval between ten o'clock at night and six o'clock in the morning, so as to leave no moment vacant of some sort of enjoyment. The characters were very numerous, and some of them were kept up with a very uncommon spirit. We were delighted with a Mull Flaggon t who seemed " native, and to the the manner born." She smelt of a suttling-house, and talked ins dialect which could have been learned nowhere but in a camp. We heard it whispered that a dashing Lieutenant in the Guards was the person who maintained this, character. There were Giµdes enough to devastate all the hen-roosts in the country. One pretty little Bc.hentian deli vered her oracles with as much authority, though with less " extatic fury," than any Pythian priestess of antiquity. We trembled for her, lest some vigilant police magistrate should bring her within the Vagrant Act. The best cha racter of the evening was the /keit himself. Ile was not, like Milton's creation, " an archangel ruined ;" nor was lie " in shape and gesture proudly eminent," but a smug little fellow, who whisked about his tail, and spouted his fire to the serene delight of the virtuous, and the great terror of the wicked. Ile attacked a Lawyer and a Me thorlia Preacher with a most ferocious glee, to the irrepres sible joy of the company ; for the lawyer had been very pragmatical, and the preacher very sententious. They were, as they ought to be, worsted in the contest, and the Devil went on his way, " seeking whom he might de vour." There was a whole tribe of Irish Ilaymakers who were very noisy and insolent ; and a congregation of Quakers, who were very silent and silly—a /Ifugelaten, who (having met her lover) was all smiles, and a Thalia, who (having met with au accident to her dress) was all tears. There were clerks from the City with mustachios and long spurs—actors who seemed to have lost their speech— Jews who ate ham for supper—'l'urks drunk with bad port—and a thousand other assumptions of character, for which the &scanners hail no one claim except their assump tins. In the earlier part of the evening we were enter tained with divers performances on the tight-rope, by a juvenile Mail. Saqui (a Miss Clarke, we believe), who was extremely clever, and promises to ascend the highest flights of her profession. This is a sort of " low sublime" for a female, but it is surprising, and that is all the public wants. Dr. Johnson says somewhere, that a rope-dancer ought to possess all the cardinal virtues ;—if this be true, and the virtues are in any pro portion to the ability, little Miss Clarke promises to be the most virtuous old lady (if she does not break her neck before she grows old) that ever lived. There were some tricks of juggling which we could not well see, but which were considerably applauded. 'The suppers, under the direction of Mr. Jarrin, of Bond -street, were plentiful and gtxxl, and with this part of the entertainment no one could reasonably quarrel. Altogether there was a great deal of i mirth mixed up with a good deal of absurdity. It is said in the fashionable circles, that Lord John ' Thynne wilt lead to the hymeneal altar, on Tuesday next, tl:c beautiful and accomplished Miss leresford, niece to Mrs. George Byng. It appears that a new Insurance Company, under the controul of Mr. Rothschild, will be shortly established. It is divided into shares of tool. each, which are, we be lieve, all disposed of. In the Court of Chancery yesterday the Lord Chancellor observed, that he attended ildirken Assil:es at York, and only obtained one Ink! OXFOXII ELLCTION.—The death of Mr. Fane, one of the Members of Tarliament for this county, having °cm sioned a vacancy in its representation, a meeting of the freeholders of this County was convened on lirednesday at the Town Hall, Oxford, by the High Sheriff, when Mr. Fans, the son of the late Member, was proposed, and no opposition appearing, was declared duly elected. Sir Geo. Davliwood had intimated an intention of canvassing the counts', but on hearing that Mr. Fane intended proposing himself, he very handsomely declined in his favour. The chairing of the new Member took place on Wednesday evening. Thu — rsday an explosion took place in Burraton Colliery, by which one man was killed, and a boy seriously hurt. AI.aIMING )Far.—Yesterday evening at about six o'clock, a. most alarming fire broke out in the extensive ware house of Messrs. Pickford and Co., near the biotin of the Regent's Canal, in the City-road, and which raged with such fury as to threaten destruction to the surrounding warehouses, several of which contained a great quantity of valuable property. The arrival of the firemen, however, put a stop to the progress of the devouring dement ; and it was at length, by their exertions, got under, but not until the whole of the extensive warehouses of Messrs. Pickford and Co. were entirely condo:nal. We did not hear how the tits originated. IP6IinGAr iIVTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. • • We.have received the French Papers of Tuesday. Thst following are extracts:— [From the Courrier Fre'walk] PARIS, Fg m. 23. We know, with certainty, that the Constitutional Electors have definitively fixed their choice upon the following candidates :—• General I oy, Al. Jaques Ltiffitte, 31. Caltrimir Perrier, Al. H er_ ;Amin on s tan t , 31. Benjamin Delesaert, kl. Alexandre I)elaborde, Salleron, and 31. Temeaux, the elder. The announcement of the arrival of 25,000,00 C of specie rif the bank belonging to the house of Rothschild, and • latter front a Subscriber of the Jaarital eke Debate, have given to the specula tors on the Exchange, a confidence which has raised the Renter beyond par. But the 25.0110,N0 poured into the bank, add no great things to the money which is already in it.. coffers, and the letter of the Journal die Debate proves nothing. The bank hAs need of the capital fur pitting the half-year's dividends ilia Sr. about to become due, and for lending to the Treasury, which stands in need of a loan equal in smount to the last loan that was pad. The money that is arrived, If all that is said be true, has not pre. vented the reports from being very high, and we still think that we ought to be more than evet en our guard against a reduction in the funds. _ _ [ From the Constihtlionnell The Ministerial and Fanatical Journals were never exasperated with more passion and impoliey against the late Deputy M. Ma ndel than at present against whom they hate spread the moss absurd caldonsies. We are astonishtal at this rage, and marmot but attribute it to the fear of seeing him again appear upon the opposition benches, as the energetic defender of the public rights, and the most irreconcilable enemy of privileged and ministerial despotism. Though this be the cam, the constitutional electors of several arrondissements are undivided In opinion rrspectirg M. Manuel, and persist in seeing in hint one of those lirm and unshaken patriots, who desire an indissoluble alliance between the monarchy and liberty, and who are incapable of the violation of comeierice. These numerous electors will not lend themselves to insinuations which are intended to induce them to neglect one of the most honourable and useful members of the Opposition. Iry case, therefore, the 3linisteni should succeed in misleading the colleges of arrondissement, there will still remain the great colleges to reader him justice, and to express their judgment on the 4th olf March. FRENCH Fri. 24.—Fire per Cent. COMMIS. opened at kW 40c.; highest, lOW. 7Se.; closed at 100 f. 66e. Loan of 1023, 124. flank Stack, 1,710:: Neapolitan Five per , Cents. lNi9. Rentes d'Erpag. 24i. Exchange on boceon—ontr month, 261. 41k.; three months, 26f. 30c. DUTCH MAIL. liamburgb Patiers to the 2lst instant have arrived till* morning. The following are extracts:— T. PETEISBUIWIT. Frs. 4. Ilia Majesty the Emperor has appointed the following person, to administer the great property left by the late Count Schuvridow. Vit. the widow Countess Schur,'low, the Privy Counsellor Speran. sky, the Senator Chittrow, Colonel Kulwajew, and the Ammer V. aeilewsky. The sudden changes of heat and cold this year have caused an uncommon increase of sickness. The Cimsenvitcar Impartial has the following from Constan tinople, dated Jan. 2. The Sultan seems resolved to double the efforts for a new campaign against die insurgent,. The fleet is fit ting out ; and it is said that 80 °etas of the Janissaries are to march to the Mores. They, however, refuse to lest= the capital unless the standard of Mahomet is raises:, and toe Gland Vizier marches at their head. 31. de Ragrty, commending the French division in the Levant, arrived here yesterday in a small brig, but is going to return imme diately to Smyrna. It is said that the. ('apitan Pacha till corn. mand the land forces, an 4 that Reschid Mehmet Paths will be ap. pointed to command the fleet in his stead. M. Minziacky is not expected before the 20 t h, f or t h e weat h er i • very bad, and there is much snow in Romclia. The Kirghis have made a new attack on the line of Orenburg, taken some of our.officera prisoners, and carried them into the Steppe. General Von Hessen, Military Governor of Orenburg, has taken measures to chastise these hordes, which will no doubt be attended with success. for some days past we have *gain fine winter weather; Rose mur's thermometer is from 8. to ilk CHRISI2IAWt‘ Fr , . it. The Storthing was opened yesterday, in the usual fond, by count Sandels, the Viceroy, in his Majesty's nanie. to hi. Excellency's speech a very satisfactory account is given of the 'taken( the king dom ; some changes in the constitution are to be proposed, the most important of which, says his Excellency, is that of Art. 79. (This Article enacts, that • resolution adopted, without any change, by three successive Diets, becomes a law, without requir ing the Royal sanction.y Brussels Papers, to the fith inst., have arrived this' morning. The following are extracts:— FRANETOPT. FEW. 17. It is reported that the police, both in the Milanese and the Venetian territory, has received from Vienna fresh instructions, prescribing increased vigilance with respect to all individuals who are members a societies, even such as are recognised by the ord!* tunas l ilt. . pa Lomita/dr antLlEnsien. la anew QM* public Italy hag a tendency which displeases the house onTiteis. AUG9OI7IOII, Fri. IL Letters film Vienna say that Prince Nietternich h a d received its. formation, that after several conferences, Marshal Victor had formally declined the post of Ambswador at Vienna. Some persons in the office of foreign affairs, are persuaded that the Marquis of earaman will return as Ambassador. The Cabinet of Vienna keeps up a constant correspor.dence with that of Lisbon, on the affairs of Brasil ; in the situation of which country the Emperor seems to take much interest. His policy, agreeing with that of the other member, of the Holy Alliance, does not allow him to recognise the title of Emperor, which the Prine• Royal has assumed, nor that of Empress, which he has conferred on the Archduchess Lropoldina, his consort. A letter from Madrid, dated Feb. 112, in the Oracle of Brussels of Tu....alay, states that the Decree of Amnesty is certainly signed, and that the Government merely delays the publication of k till French troops have been stationed in some towns, where it Is feared it might excite some troubles. The Decree is stated to be remark. able on account of the preamble, and a kind of proclamation con cluding it ; but neither of them is given in the letter. The number of articles is said to be 13; the heads of them are exactly the same as stated in some amounts from France. It is added, that it is considered as certain, that the Treaty of Occupation is signed for thaw.. years, front the Ist of January this year. It is certain that partial mortar's for the supply of the army of Spaniards Occupation for a year, have been entered into with several . _ _ • EXCHANGES. /Cemsuactr, Frn.2o.—London, 36 7; two months 36 10. Demur', EEL 17.—London, thrre months, 7 If. LEtestc, Fxs. 16.— London , two m ont h s , 6 261. SHIPPING INT I E LIGE CE.. CUSTOM-HOUSE, Fes. 26. E)!Trt,:p 11.11 WARDS. Aurora, 11. Munck (Windlv; broker), front Crown Prince Frederick. Natvig (Windle), front Dram. Christina Voss, Smaal (Simon), from Antwerp. Fortuna, Ewers (Castendieck), from Altona. Minerva, Goen Norville), from Christiania. Theresia, Perre Be(De Bie), from Antwerp. Dart, Stranack (Drink*ld), from Ostend. Frau VARY 25. EvTERTD OUTW•RDS.—The Agincourt, for Antwerp; Orr. trude, tor Rotterdam ; Golden Spring, for Bermuda ; and Elea nor, for the Cape of Good Hope. CLEARING Ov rwaa na—The Massasoit, for Baltimore; Bar clay, for Jamaica ; Sisters. for Naples ; Frederick, for Gibral tar ; Oporto Packet, for Pernambuco ; and Reward, for the South Seas. A a aivEn.—A t Lisbon, the Courier, Coson Gloria, Baptiste; and Nancy, Morrisy, from Rio Janeiro. Lark, Prim ; Vittoria, Pinson ; Alliance, Collins ; and Augustus, Cram, from Newfound land; and Amphion, Liherg, from Ramsgate. At Oporto, Isa bella, Bishop; and Lapwing. Richards, from LiverpooL Two sisters, Prowse ; and Dove, Driscoll, from Newfoundland. At Sr. Übes, Auguste, Bateman ; Emanuel, Bisinark ; and Dods. from London ; Enigheden, Asander, from Rainsgata ; Union, Davey, from Liverpool ; and Ceres, Wa l g, from New. foundland. At Figueira, Speculator, Molloy ; and Justin, Cod ner, from Newfoundland. At St. Helena, Rains, C'cm.ing taw, from Madras. FALKOrTH, FEB. the Ruby, Watson, for limns Marys, Findlay ; Britannia, Itubre • and %Faison, IYatson, for Lisbon ; and l'Emily, Norman, for Marseilles. PET 1401: TII, Its. 2-I.—Arrived the Eliza, Ritchie, from. Charente. Poirrestortrft, Frn. 2&—Arrived the Orpheus. Findlay, from London for the Tale of France ; and his Majesty's ship CJ. meleon, from Falmouth. DEAI.. FEB. 25.--Came down from the River and sailed, the Honourable Company's ship Sir David Scott, for I teng_al and China • William Money. Jackson, for Madras ; Slitfort, Taylor, for 3logadore ; West Indian, Cook, far ntig ;Si blon, Stephen son, for St. Lucia; Telegraph, lirandin, for Harm ; Betsey. Flig. for Antigua ; Cincinnatus. Scbor, for New York ; Rosaumi. Johnson, for Ilataria ; Tula, White, for Gibraltar ; and Iletory, Aspill, for TenerifFe. GRAVESEND. FEN. ?S.—Arrived the Crown Prince Frederick, and Nora. Stephenson, from Norway; Fortuna. Elvers, from Al loys; Albion, Chandler, from Southampton • Therese, Pierre, and Christian Voss, Snail, from Antwerp; Amphitrite, Moldeuha, from Itanteic 4, and Aurora- Munch, from %Forms. Sailed the Arothusa, llodnatt, for Jamaica; Ann, Poutreath, for Genoa; oral Maria Elisabeth, llartites, for Oporto. —. . -- . BEAU SIMI IR, 1. EN'. 2 , l.—The Sluunrock, Chriatnout, from Yar mouth to Liverpool, wu driven on Anne in Red Wharf Ray, last night i but will begot off this evening's :hie, if the wind continual moderate. She lue not recri rt.:l any &swage. The Hanoverian ship Frau D-borah, from Ifnmburrh foe Ar- Men), was stranded in a violent storm in the Wt Ma, on the Ilth instant. The whole crew perished t and the wile of the Captain, who was on board, shared the same fate. The inhabitants of Worst are said to have saived part of the car,;.): wood, soap, Russian silver coin, &c. 1~ 4 2 11 '