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INDIA. OFFICIAL. FORT WELEIAII, JAII/AUT 2. The Right Hen. the Governor-General has received a despatch frees his Es t oppey the Commander in Chief, dated head-quar ten, before Bhurtoree, Dec. 23, 1823, a copy of which is putties/Iml for general information : TO THE 1111 , C.HT NONOVIIAIItZ LORD AIIREIST, GOVER. won-mtwitmu., &C. My Lord.-1 have the honour to acquaint your Lordship, that the engineers having reported to me that they were preparing for • aionmencing operations against the town of Bhumpore, I this morning advanced a force into the ngle, and look possession of the small planes called Kuddum Kundee and lice den Singh's Garden which alkyd cover for the troops, and on being joined by a covered nay. will form the first parallel, at a distance from the fort of about 3109 yards. I expect that this•parallel, with a Mortar battery of twenty pieces, at the Garden, and a gun.battery of six eighteen-pounders, at Kuddum Kundee, will be prepared by to morrow morning, when we shall return their lire. I have enclosed for your Lordship's information a sketch of the country round Bhumpore, showing the encampment of the troops, and I hope to-morrow to be enabled to forward a plan of the in. tended works t hi the mean time, I beg to observe, that our ope. nukes will, in the first instance, be directed against the north-east &nibs of the town. The mum of casualties in thearmy this day has not yet been received ; but no loss was experismied in taking possession of the ; grourid this morning. and though the enemy have kept up a con. scant fire during the day, it has been by no means injurious. " A return of casualties. since the 14th instant, is herewith • tramsmitted ; our loss at present has been confined to a few casual shot from the fort at our reconnoitring parties, and some trifiing • Ail-nil/hes with the enemy's cavalry outside of the fort, who hare • endeavoured to harass our foraging parties. " Being desirous of saving the women and children in the fort from the horrors of a siege, I addressed a letter, on the 21st inst. to Goorjun Sall, calling upon him to send them out of the fort, promising them a safe conduct through our camp, and allowing him twenty-four hours for the purpose. Having received an eva sive reply, I have again sent to him, allowing him a further eaten , sion of the time for twelve home t to this letter I have not yet re ceived an answer, though he mum have received it yesterday after noea.—l have the honour to be, the. (Signed) " Head-quarters, Camp, before Bburtpore, December 22, 1825." " CIIBIBER3IERE. " Return of CannMa In thr zd Division of the Army, under the command of Majoe•Otneral Nicoll*, on the 15th December, • 11th Regiment N. I.—Wounded-3 Sepoye ; 2 severely, 1 slightly ; 3lissing, two. • 31st Ditto—Wounded, I severely.—Total, 6. " Return of killed, wounded. and missing, of the out-lying Piquet of his Majesty's 11th Light Dragoons, and a Foraging Party of the 4th Regiment Light Cavalry, on the 20th and 21st December. IR25: " H. 31. I Ith Light Dragoons.—Wounded, Lieut. Wymer, slightly ; 2 privates, 4 bones. " 4th Regt. Light Cavalry—Wound 1, I naiek, 2 privates, 4 hones.—Total, I Lieut., I naick. 4 privates, 8 horse,. (Signed) " W. L. WATSON. Adj—Cen. Published by command of the Right Honourable the Gover .nor-Unerri in Council. oi:ORGE SWINTON, Sec. to the Oovt. " The following are extracts from private letter. : " 1111UREPOHE. DEC. 17. . . . . _ _ " The activity of the Commander-in-Chief is unceasing. He is copped in reconnoisances every day, till two or three o'clock. Not .an - officer has been hurt except Forbes, who had his arm broken, as before-mentioned. The fort of Bhurtpore is said to be a scene of 'great dis‘ention. The young Rajah's party is gaining strength, and is likely to overpower Doorjun Sall very shortly. Motion, liorrever, keeps a sharp look-out after those who are averse to his interest. " DECEMBER 13. " The Generals have been very bold in their iceonnoisar.Ce;. — I an: now within 400 yards of the works. Two officers were saved br a leap of their hones, which the standing hlartingale► of their persuets would not allow them to follow up. i. strong position Las been taken up at Blullye, under Colonel Faithful. The engi. ,neera have fixed upon the spots for the batteries, and every mange tree nu been cut down to make fascines. The shells are preparing. and I hear it is intended to open the batteries w!th a discharge from one hundred pieces of cannon. Com. .ram report says, that there are 211,000 horse, and 12 regular *battstisw.a.pf ittfantry, encamped outside of the Fort. They are cultir.g down the jungle round it, nail sinking their embrasures to bung their guns to bear lower. Doorjun Sall, the Usurper, was present at the firing of four pieces of ordnance yesterday. when one of the guns, called Fyzunt Beg, buret, by which accident tive or six of the Rajah's people were killed. Eight or ten squadrons of -ours are posted on the Alum% road, to prevent Madhoo Sing from joining his brother. There is an incessant firing upon our parties trim thefort, but we have not returned a single shot. Our bat, 'cries are to open on the 23d. • The Nluirtport Dunk, of the 20th, came in on Saturday after noon. The only news war, that Lord Combermere had gent a if AA of truce to Doorjon Sall, offering to give an escort to the wo. men and children, where►er he chose to send them. DECE3IBEI 22. -- . There has been some smart firing this morning, but scarcely any damage has been sustained on our part. We have chased in upon them very considerably. Our great guns have not yet opened 'upon them, but by to-morrow we shall doubtless give them all their thunder. The Bhurtporeans have hitherto manifested no great proof of their intrepidity. They are alert enough after atragglen, but instantly retire on the appearance of even a small patty of our men. • [From the Calcutta John Ball of Jan. 2.1 , Our letters from Bburtpore reach to the 21st ult. and afford es a ;rote detailed account of the operations in progress in that quarter. -We learn, that since gaining possession of thefuninu band, the engineers have been bard at work, making their reconnoisancts, and plans of attack, and all the materials for the siege completed, each as gabiorts, lanines, sand bags, &c. &c. and that it was posi tively determined to break ground on the 2hd. The north-cut angle, it appears, is the favourite point, and es it is not more toan six hundred yards from the Citadel, both will be probably attacked at the Mlle time. The -Citadel, however, is not con sidered of much consequence, HUT likely to hold out after the town has fallen. Our army is described as being in high spirits, and it is so disposed as to invest the greater part, if not the whole, of the town of Bhunpote. It occupies a circular line of perhaps eighteeen miles, so as to prevent all ingress or egress of any considerable number of men. The Corn. mander.in.Chiel, we are informed, generally makes the grand tour of tte Fort, or rather City , visiting all the out-p , sts, every morning, so as on some occasion s to protract the hour of break fist till five p.m. On one of the* occasions the Connnonder. to Chief was exposed to some danger, the particulars of which h ave already been given to the publig. 'The population within the walls is great, and the actirity with which they are employed not less s o. Thousands are seen at work Oa whole day, making stockades, !ninths, widening, and decpaeing the ditches, and apparently al'2liir.g themselves of every resource, which their situatioa affords. is enable than to hold out', • •` But the most important piece of Intelligence which our let. two contain Is the confirrnkfion of what we yesterday towed, that the enemy are disunited among themselves. and that there is a party in the city friendlijo the English, and headed by :lladhoo Singh, the brother of Dorjunt Sall, and that lie sent in a letter qii the morning of the 21st, offering to assist us in any way against his usurping brother. We look forward with anxiety to U,o opening of our , trenches and batteries, which was expected to take place on rite morning of the 24th, and as there can be no doubt that success will attend our arms, we will only express our ardent hope that the triumph of our gallant soldiers may be hi every respect glorious, and that In the flush of victory they may not forget the example set them by their Noble t'onimitnder, in the anxiety which he has shown to spare the women and chit. 4srn from the carnage, which a determined resistance must 'nevi. tab!) , occasion. (nom 'the late Gazette,l " Intelligence has readied town of the ISth instant, from Bliortpore„ which states that Lord rombermere had sent a flag of truce into the fort. to Doorjunt Sall, giving him the option of sending into the British camp all the women and children in the fart, for whose safety he might he anxious. Their perfect +tarty, of se wag guatranteed, and their return. wh enever required ; and at the same tune explaining, that his Lordship's humane wish has, by this means:. to prevent tbpneedless, useless, destruction to titian life, that Might accrue ( eggs these d efenceless beingsremain ir the fort, When our artiliwry opened upon it. We have yet , heard the result, but we should not be al all surprlseth,leDoorjuat Sall, with true native suspicion, would construe a nobis anxiety to eavewomen and children front the her. ton of a siege r some sinister purpose, and d ec id e accordingly. Oa his head, i reids a tremendous responsibility. SIR HVDSON Lovie.--.A singular outrage is said to have been con 'tied at Smyrna, by a Frenchman, who, it would seem, wished to murder Sir llutlson Lowe. We subjoin an extract of a letter, said to have been dated Smyrna, April 3:— •` Sir H. Lowe. who is here on his way to India, was near fall ing by the hand of a fanatic Frenchman, who prObithle meant, se. cording to his notions, to avenge his country. The French Con sular Agent, Perry, got Into the house where Sir Hudson resided, apd tinning the doors of the apartments shut, he broke them open. and destroyed all the effects of Sir Hudson, who was fortunately absent on board a ship. Perry was armed wilt a dagger, and in his blood-thirsty rage declared aloud that he should hnd floral,s to get at the murderer of Napoleon, his former master. He was err. rested, and is now kept in strict confinement In the Consulate. Since this event, Sir Hudson has remained on board the English skip." A brutal and wanton outrage was committed by a cen t inel rationed st the Bank of Ireland*, on a wirant of one of the Has Companies. The poor man was sitting en one of the steps, whitt is, it appears. • high mkremeanor. Ile was ordered off, mod was at some distance , when the ru ff ian soldier followed, and a ebbed him in the ear. We are told that the representation of the affair to tie person in command did not meet with ready at ternoon, and that all the circumstances are to be brought under the consideration of the CORW;aoder in Cblef.--Dabibs ikgg R4Pricr. • :hL latittOft DRURY-LANE THEATRE. FOR THE. BENEFIT OF MR. MACREAII Y. This Emit's, TUESDAY, May I rt, aia be performed bliakspeare's Tragedy of OTHELLO. Othello, Mr. Marrearly • Ingo, Mr. Volume. De.dmond, Mu. W. Wed. After whirr the Romantle Fairy Tale of OKEBON ; Or, THE CHARMED HORN. Oberon, 81119 Vlotvnt ; Sir noon of Guyonne, Mr. Delmer( ; Sir Aubert, Mr. T. Blanchard. The Pllnce.... Amanda, Miss Smithsou. To-filorrow, ith The Rendezvous. COVENT-GARDEN TII EATRE. This Evening, TUESDAY, Bitty 16, will be performed a Grand litninamie nod Fairy Opera of °HERON ; or, THE ELF-EOM'S OATH. The principal Characters by Me,,rs. Brabant, Cooper, Iftiruset, C. Blond, J. Isaac., and linker; Misses Eaton, H. Cawse; Madame Ves ta., Airs. Vining, and Mrs. Davenport. After whirl, the rinionitir Meln-Drama Of ROBINSON CRI:sOE ; • TI11: 511111 BI Robinson Crusoe, Mr. Farley; Friday, Mr. J. S. Grimaldi. meth, Mrs. Vining. Tomorrow. 011ernn, and Three Deep. The BRITISU PRESS commenced publishing yesterday morning at *quarter past six o'clock. • LONDON, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1826. The French papers receivtd last nigl:t contained no thing of importance. The news from Portugal, which we published yesterday, is given in part in the Pitote of the 13th inst. It is there mentioned that the preparations for the departure of th. Deputation to the Brazils had been recommenced ; but the subsequent difficulties, from the tendered resignations of the chiefs of the Deputation, arc not alluded to. The tribunal of Seville is said to have issued circulars to the police of the province, ordering lists of strangers and suspicious persons to be drawn up. On referring to the British Press of the I 3th April, it will be found that cir culars of a similar nature had been issued long ago, awd we suspect that those now spoken of are the same as those mentioned in our paper of that date. (From the Veridigne of Montpellier.) A rich proprietor of Ciudad Rodrigo was prosecuted and impri. coned several times ass liberalist. Lately, having been again ar. retied, the tribunal of Valladolid, af.er confining him several months, condemned him to a year's imprisonment and a fine. On being condemned he presented a memorial to the King, to solicit ■ diminution of the punishment. as he had been imprisoned a very long time, and was condemned only for his political opinions. The Minister dismissed the petition, with a decision condemning him to two years imprisonment and douhle the former fine. FRENCH Fustba.—PAßlS. MAY 13.—Five per Cents. M. Mc. ; Three per Cents. 641. 60c. ; Rentes de Naples 73f. 90c. ; Rears d'Lspagne 7 ; Royal i✓panish Loan 44f. Oic. Exchange on London—One 31ontli 2M. bac.; Three Months 23f. 40c.— Cour, Asthentique. We have to announce to our readers, with sincere and deep regret, the fall of the fortress of Missolonglii into the hands of the Infidel, after one of the bravest and most protracted defences, with the least possiole real means of resistance, which history has recorded. It is said that, so early as the 2d of April, terms were offered to the besieged ; and, if we may believe the accounts, such terms as few, reduced to such dreadful extremities, would be Inclined to reject. But they were rejected; and after a brave but fruitless attempt, on the . ,part of a small division of the garrison, to cut its way through the enemy's lines, the Turks are said to have carried the town—when, no doubt, the carnage was indiscriminate and general. How long is this sanguinary warfare to be allowed to afflict and disgrace humanity ? and how long will the nations, calling them selves Christian, behold such horrors, without any effort— even by way of remonstrance—to put a stop to such revolt ing horrors? The folloiving is the account of this disastrous event which has reached this country. The French Papers, last received, are quite silent on the subject:— Despatches were received yesterday, at the Colonic! Office. from Major,General the Honourable Frederick Ponsonby, the Lord High Commissioner, pro tempore, of the lonian Islands, announc ing that the fate of the long.disputed fortress of illissalonghi was finally decided, on the night of the 22d and 23d ultimo. It appears that the garrismi, having become desperate from the total want of provisions, and the failure of the Greek fleet, under Admiral Mimi's, to throw supplies into the town, determined to retire from the place. A sortie was accordingly made by 1100 men, under two Chieftains, with the hope to gain possession of one of the batteries upon the sea shore, which was defended by a large body of Araks; and the town was partially set fire to, at the same time, wiili the view of direrting the attention of the besiegers. It was hoped that by this attack a way would be opened for the remainder of the garrison ; but this plan had been foreseen by the Turk., and their posit; so strongly reinforced, that after attempting In vain to force a passage, by carrying the battery, the body, led by the two Chieftains, dispersed, and endeavoured to save themselves by gaining the mountains. The Turks then poured into the town and put to the sword, or made prisoners, all who opposed them. The loss sustained by the Turks on this occasion is not reported ; but the obstinacy of the conflict may be estimated by the fact, that although between 2 and 3,000 Greeks perithed in the town, and at the foot of the mountain, only 150 are reported to have been taken alive. Of the women and children, a considerable number are said to have destroyed themselves, or to have been drowned; but above 3,000 have been returned as prisoners. The alarm created by their dispersion was quickly communicated w those who were to follow on this hazardous enterprise, who now abandoned their poets, and sought shelter in small numbers in the most tenable places in the-neighbourhood of the town. In the midst of the confusion, the Turkish troops rushed on from the sea and land side, and took possession of the fortifications, to which, as a signal of victory. they set fire. On the 9d of April, the two Commanders, Ibrahim Puha and the &miller, had, it appears, sent a aummon', to the town with an offer of terms, and a promise to the inhabitants that their lives should be spared on giving up their arms ; and that they should be at liberty to proceed to any part of the Turkish dominions, but these proposals were peremptorily rejected. Official accounts have been received from Calcutta re specting the operations of the army under Lord Com e Ea- NF:RE, before the fortress of Bburtpore. The accounts come no later, however, than the 23d December, on which day our troops had nearly completed their first parallel, at a distance of about 800 yards from the place. Lord Com nERMERE expected that by the next morning he should be able to open a mortar battery of twenty pieces, and another of six, eighteen-pounders, against the north-east angle of the town. Ilia Lordship, with that humanity which ever distinguishes British soldiers far more than even their tran scendent valour, had sent a flag of truce to the usurper, DooeruNT SALT., offering a safe asylum to the women and children, in order to spare the useless waste of innocent lives. This letter was written on the 21st of December, but at the date of his Lordship's last despatches no answer hail been received. The private letters hint that the distrust natural to the Indian character may hinder DoonJuNT SALL from accepting so humane, and (to binicell) so advantageous a proposal ; for with so many useless mouths to feed, he could not expect to hold out so long as if he were to accede to the generous request of his tibble-minded adversary. If he should ultitbately refuse THE ..BRITISH PRESS. to do this act of humanity, he will indeed (as is well re marked by one of the writers of the private letters) have on his head a tremendous responsibility. It is said that a patty hes been formed within the fortress against the Usurper, at the head of which is his own brother. This accords well with the proverbial fickleness and treachery of the Indian character; but without any such unnatural, and on our part we are sure unsought fur, aid, we rely on the knoan and determined valour of our troops, and the con summate skill of their distinguished Commander, for the speedy reduction of a fortress which once before, we must confess, baffled a gallant army, under a brave and expe rienced leader. . IVe can scarcely venture to remark on the terms of the Burmese Treaty, with the present imperfect information which we possess respecting the geographical position and boundaries of the ceded territories. The fact of the Sia mese being included as partici in the Treaty seems to im ply that their country is no longer to be considered as tribu tary to, far less as forming a part of, the Burmese Empire. In that ease we cannot conceive to what Burmese ports the article in the Treaty, giving such privileges to our shipping in those ports, and conceding the like advantages to Bur mese vessels in the ports of British India, can by possibility be understood to refer,if Pegu and its coast be no longer to continue subject to the King of A . VA. But we are still more strengthened in this opinion by the sketch of the Treaty itself, such at least as it has yet reached this country; for in it we find no mention of Pegu, as one of the provinces, or rather kingdoms, ceded to the East India Company. We therefore think it fair to infer that Rangoon, and what other ports belong to Pegu, will still remain in the power of the Burmese. Some of our contemporaries have also hazarded very incon siderate remarks on the terms of the Treaty, objecting, in particular, that our frontier is not improved by our new acquisitions. It will be recollected-that Arracan (one of the kingdoms newly ceded to us) is protected by a line of almost impracticable mountains, joining the range which in part forms our Bengal frontier, extending from thence to the sea, and separating our dominions from Pegu. These, as an exterior line with an interior defence to retire to, like.that presented by the old frontier of Chittagong, will form a barrier capable of bidding defiance to powers far more formidable than any which are likely soon to attack us in Eastern India.— Cachar, Munnipore, &c. are situated beyond the barrier, and are accordingly placed under dependent Rajahs, who will form a sort of outposts to our Indian dominions. Assam, which is separated from Bengal by a line of moun tains, is itself bounded on the north and east by the ranges of Duleh, Lundah, and Namrup; while the cession of the provinces of Mergui, 'favoy, and Zea, secures us a variety of points for supporting our new allies, the Siamese, who, with our occasional assistance, will alone prove sufficient to counterbalance the Burmese power in that quarter. CITY, MoWDAY EVENIXO. Whit-Monday WAS kel.t very rigidly, and very few speculators collected on the Royal Exchange for the transaction of Stock Business. The fee bargains that were entered into there, in consequence of the Stock Exchanges being closed-for the holidays, were done at Saturday's quotations. To-morrow will probably be an equally idle day; as the weather proves so fine ; but when the House opens again, there will be extensive speculations entered into ; for the contests between the Bulls and the speculatorwfor a fall, will, for many reasons, be severe. Accounts from Bahia, to.the 13th March, say dtat the Emperor and his Court remain in that place, but no details of the manner of their reception are given. There wa3 much confusion at Bahia, on account of the want of cir culating medium, particularly in copper. l'roduce was at very low prices, and there was great stagnation generally in trade. Lord Charles Somerset, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope, has arrived in the Atlas, China ship. ELECTION TOR WESTMORLAND.—Last night the friends of Mr. Brougham assembled at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of adopting measures for returning that gentleman to Parliament for the county. Several resolutions were passed, expressive of the determination of the electors to oppose the Lowther interest ; and a Com mittee was appointed to uct in London upon the subject, and a subscription to defray all the expenses of the election commenced. SOCIETY OF ARTS.-It may not be out of reason in us to remark, that, pending the distress that is so universal amongst the silk manufacturers at Spite!fields, Maccles field, and other manufacturing places, the various Institu tions of the Metropolis, established for the promotion and encouragement of genius and industry, are nal inattentive to the general pressure. The Committee of Manufactures, at the Society of Arts, were employed on Monday evening last upon SILK, the produce of worms of British growth— an investigation likely to lead to an. important result. Among other witnesses examined were Mr. Braun, a na tive of Italy, whose evidence was very valuable; Mr. Jones, and Mr. IVinkworth, one of the Chairmen of that Committee. The candidate's name is Pettifer. The Com mittee recommended to the Society to award the large silver medal to the candidate, for the silk so submitted to them. • llts•rnessen Pooa.—A Meeting of the Inhabitants of St. Andrew's, Holborn, is convened for the purpose of adopting means of cooperation with the Commitee esta blished in the City, for relief of the distressed manufac turers. It is to be held at ten o'clock on Wednesday morning, at the New Vestry Room, St. Andrew's-court.— We know" not whether this is part of a general plan, but if it be not, we take the liberty warmly to recommend its adoption to all the parishes of the Metropolis, and through out Hugland. The subscription already raised is gene rously large ; but, with reference to the numbers it is in tended to relieve,it is not enough, and must be considerably increased. " England expects every man to do his duty." Let every man in every parish of England do his duty, and want will be relieved. COAST BLOCKADE AND Satuooeras.—Early in the morning of Thursday last, a large party of smugglers bad assembled near Dynichurch, and ,a boat, laden (u is sup posed) with tubs of spirits, being observed to approach the shore, nearly opposite to I)ymchurch, the smugglers com menced •chei ring, and rushed upon the coast, thteatening defiance to the se ntinels.of the Blockade; who, perceiving such an overwhelming force, gave the alarm, when, a party of marines coining to their assistance, a general firing took place. The smugglers retreated into the marshes, fol lowed by 'the 'Blockade, and to their - knowledge of the ground were indebted for their ultimate escape. Two of the Blockade seamen were wounded ;. one severely in the arm, which may cause amputation, and the other in the face, by slug.shots. There can be no doubt but that some of the smugglers must have been•wouoded, if not killed. One of their niuskets was picked up, loaded—abandoned, no doubt, by the bearer of it on account of wounds. The boat, with her cargo, was obliged to be put to sea again, without effecting a lauding; and, notwithstanding the vigilanccof Lieutenants ‘Vestbrook, Mudge, and M'Leod, who were afloat in their galleys on the spot, from the dark ness of the night effected their escape. We have also heard that a run of five hundred tuba took place on the Sussex coast last week, not far from Hastings, the smug glers losing only eleven tubs. This was also effected by force, and with such a superiority in number, that they completely overpowered the Blockade force, during the little time which it required to work a cargo.—Cinque Purls Herald. E ait re st.—ln the article respecting the termination of the Burmese war, instead of " we have received stmng security for the future. if not full security for the put," read " full indenniity for the put." The erre% however, from the rosy obvious mo w of the passage, almost wreath huff. ) • 4 ', 4 Plav •••e . • • • * • - PARTIES. Mrs. 'Williams had a concert tri;arredmtinic on Sunday evening, at her house in Upper Hrorsk-street. The drawing rooms were brithuntly illuminated : the concert commenced In the principal room about hail pa ten o'clock. Madame Pamn, and several of the vocal performers of the Opera 11.,(14e, attended. There were yresent upward, of one hundred distinguished fasblunables, amonewhom were several of the foreign am bassadors and their ladies, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis cud Marchioness of Worcester, the Countess St. Antonio, the Earl of West morland, and Lady G. Pane, Lord and Lady litirghetNh, Lord and Lady Tul'more, the Countess of Sefton and the Ladies Molynerm. Lord Granville Somerset, Lord Crew, the Vice-Chancellor, Sir George War render, the lion. Mr. and Mrs. Carleton, Mr. and MTA. &c. sir Watt in and Lady Harriet Williams Wynn entertained a distinguished party at dinner on Sunday, at their house in St. James's.square ; alrl'lllif whom were Earl Digby, Lord Newborough, Sir Charles, Lady, and Miss Hulse, Sir Wm. Parker, Sir T. Gauck, Colonel fluckworth, Dr. Wynne, Mr. Wynne, Mr. Dickenson, Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan, Mr. and Mrs. Clive, lee. _ . . LurdSherbornehad a dinner party yciterday, at hts boa*. io Oroavenor street. - - • Colonel Cuff, M.P. enterta!ned a large part) at dinner yesterday, at his house, Whitehall-place. Henry Buges, Esti. M.P. bad a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house, Old Palace-yard. MOVEMENTS. The Earl of Clare and his bride arrived in town yesterday, from Rich mond. ill; Right Ron. William Sturges Bourne left town yesterday, fur St. Alban's. Lord Althorp left town yesterday, for Northamptonshire. The Dean of St. Asap left town yesterday, for St. Asapb. ...... • .. . • • mamas Pare, Esq. arrived yesterday at Fentun't New Hotel, St. James's street, from hie seat in Surrey. Departures frum do.:—The Run. Mr. Arundel!, for Warduur Castle ; the Rev. Brooke Buuthhy and 'family, fur Brighton. Departures from the 'lA'aterlooDotel, Jermynatreet :—Major, Mr.,Mrs., and the Aliases Dronksbank, fur their seat In York.hire Arrivals at Mlller'sHotel, Jermyn-street a—Lady and the Misses Shelley, front their seat In Susses; Charles Morton, Esq (rum a tour. T. Wart, Esq. arrived a estarday at Gould's Mutat, Jernayn-street, from • tour. Departures from glrkham's lintel, Lower Brook-street:—Mr. Rush and Lady Cope, for their twat to Bak•; Mr. and Mrs. Dosanquet, fur theta seat In flerts ; Mr. and Mn. Cumming, for du. Departures from the :flue...up:on Hotel, Old Burlington and Cork streets :—Colonel Bromley, for his seat in 4Voreesterthlre; Mrs. k:+teourt ■nd family, for their seat in Wilts. Mr. and Mrs. York have arrived, (rum • tour. Arrivals at Meares Hotel, Lower Brook. treeti—The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter and family, from Burghley House, near Stamford, Lincolnshire ; Le Comte and Countess de Gersdorff and suite. from the Continent; J. tVarburton, Esq. from Oxford; Mrs. and the Misses Bishopp, from Kent ; W. H.Wiodham, E,q.; Mrs. Gawisen frnm Brook. mane, Hertfordshire; Thomas Same, Esq. and the Misses Sspte, firm Herts ; Le Baron and Barone;; litownemill, from Bath; Lloyd Wynne, Esq. ; Sir Edward .Ilostyn, from Worcester; H. P. Delme, Esq. and Mn. Delme, and family, from Hampshire. Departures :—Sir Charles and Lady Blots and family, for Saxmundharn ; John Lloyd, Esq. and Mrs. Lloyd and family, fur Brecon, South Waled. THEATRES. DRURY-LANE. Shakapeare's " Henry the Fourth" was performed last night at this theatre. This is one of those pieces in which the genius of our bard may be said to luxuriate. The di versity of character which i t affords bears ample testimony to the hand of the master. We have the generous high-minded Hotspur, whose lively sensitiveness to wrong appears to have begs' ten a testiness ever breaking out with an overwhelming terrific impetuosity, but to which nevertheless some kind lier elements are constantly opposed, checking impulses which would otherwise hurry him away in judgment's very spite. We have, too the volatile profligate Prince; and with him we have that fellow of infinite jest, who " lards the lean earth," and immortalises sack—Sir John Falstaff: Mr. Macready was the Hotspur of the evening. His per formance of this character is very unequal. Where be has to describe the conflict of passions with which Hotspur is fre quently assailed, he succeeds admirably, but in some of the calmer scenes there is a disagreeable sententiousness about him, much interfering with what should be the harmony of the sentence. In the well-known scene where he reads and comments upon the letter, he was all that could be de. sired • his fine bursts of honest indignation were warmly and deservedly applauded. Where his wife would win from him the secret of , his expedition, we slid not think hitn so successful. His replies to her were harsh and unappeasing ; li but Hotspur is not naturally morose. We admit that the coming conflict absorbs his every thought ; but when he is occasionally awoke from his busy dream by the interroga tories of Lady Percy, his answers should be playful, for they are evidently intended to smile away her anxieties. As delivered by Mr. Macready, they were more like bitter sarcasms than lively evasions. In his address to the soldiers there was. that want of consecutiveness of which we have complained above. Mr. Wallack played the Prince of Wales. There was a great deal of earnestness about his hilarity, but it seemed to lack something of princely dignity. Hal never forgets that he is Prince of Wales, and one of the great sources of his amusement is the impudent familiarity of Sir John. This diffi cUlt character was played by Mr. Elliston for the second time. Its great fault is that there is throughout an apparent effort to make points. If the wit with which the character abounds were. left more to itself it would be more effective. The most luxuriant soil Shakspeare has planted in this character ; that some tares have grown out of its very richness there can be no question, and it should be the business of the performer to hurry us over these, and carry us to that which is better worth our observe and carry us to that which is better worth our observa tion. Mr. Dowton's Fu/stsf is a strong outline, but it wants mellowness. Mr. Ellistonl seems to have felt the necessity for this, and has gone to the opposite ex treme—his is mellowed to insipidity. We do not, how ever, mean to say that his performance has no saving points. In his chuckling laugh he is peculiarly happy; ' and there is also a silkiness about his truenancy very supe rior to anything we have before seen. This was very effec tive where he endcaveurs to impose on his friend Hal, by telling him of his engagement with the men in Kendal Green. Having said so much of the performance, it now becomes our duty to describe a rather singular occurrence which transpired towards the close of the last act. In the last scene but one, where the Lords and King Henry are all assembled, holding a council of war, it was observed— at least we observed—drat Sir John was in a very curious position, leaning against the Prince of Wales. It hecomiug necessary for the latter to leave his place, Sir John, ap parently staggering under the weight of his portly sub stance, or something else, had recourse to one of the side scenes, to which he clung for support. The stage being cleared, with the exception of the godly Knight and his Prince, the former had to come forward to finish the scene. He advanced " serpentining it along," as Oaln.an would say, towards the foot-lamps. The Prince ' seemed most tremblingly alive to consequences which we will not anticipate. A few words were exchanged; Sir Jahn performed some sundry sinuosities ; the Prince tried to catch hold of his arm, but he could not succeed, and in less than a second prostrate on the stage lay Sir Knight ! The audience hissed, hooted, and vociferated " Shame!" The Prince, after many ineffectual attempts, succeeded in raising the fallen, and they walked off the stage together, arm in arm. The last scene was got through amidst the clamour of the audience. On the fall of the curtain, Mr. IVallack came forward, and spoke nearly as follows: _' Ladies and Gentlemen. " I should .exhibit a want of respect for you, if T affected not to understand the muse of this expression of your displeasure. (Ap plaune.) I can assure you what you have just witnessed Is nothing but the result of the immense mental and bodily fatigue peculiar circumstances have imposed on Mr. Ellimn this afternoon t" No, no!" hisses and laughter.) I can assure you, Ladies andOentlemen, it it nothing else; and no cue can more deeply regret the accident than Mr. Lithium himself. (Great laughter, and cries for Mr. Elliston.) I regret to say that Mr.Elliston cannot appear before you, he having severely injured his arm in the fall." Much clamour attended the conclusion of this address, which was at last silenced by Mr. IVallack announcing Mr. Macready's benefit for to-morrow-night. Der Frei:- chat.: was the afterpiece, which went off peaceably. COVENT-GARDEN. Shakspearee play of Julius Cesar was performed at this theatre last evening to a thin house. It was a holiday audience, and during the gr e ater pa r t o f t h e per f ormance the plebeians and rabblement of Rome were completely out clamoured by the gods of the one-shilling gallery. The parts of Anthony and of Cassius were sustained, and ably sustained, by Mr. C. Keinble and Mr. Cooper. Mr. Warde is too smoothly declamatory for the stern Brutus: his countenance and demeanour never lend themselves to aid the language of deep and strong emotion. After the play was revived the melo-drame of Rubinson Crusoe. Ahhough the story of " Robinson" has more of moral than of dramatic interest, yet as the piece is creditably got up, it will enjoy, we dare say, a fair share of popularity. • „ A 5 N A e j f , • •- r‘ 7 ., •A i , Lv..l* ELL l• „Amt. VAUXHALL GARDENS. The following is en account of the various alterations which have been, and still are, making at this delightful summer retreat:— The Rotunda has been eomplettly metamorphosed ; it has been stripped of all irs gaudy eastern embellishments, anal is now fitted up as a concert room, capable of contain ing about 4,000 persons. A capacious orchestra has beers erected, on the left-band side upon entering from the ga r . dens, mm sufficiently larg e to accommodate a v er y numerous band, which will be constituted of a considerable portion of the Opera House orchestra, led by S2agnoletti ; and Bishop, the composer, will preside at the pianoforte. The Picture Saloon, which led from the Rotunda to wards the Theatre erected for the Ballet, has at the hack of it a large Gallery, which holds some hundreds of slit c. tators ; and on each of the sides bearing from it towards the Orchestra, are two tiers of boxes, resembling those at the Opera ; most of which will bold about a dozen per. sons, and two or three of them will contain, perhaps, twenty. We understand that no extra payment for admission, into the body of the room will be exacted, which will have rows of benches for those to sit upon who do not choose to go to the additional expense of paying for a box, for the use of which, of course, some slight charge will be made. The entrance into the Concert Room haa been materially widened, and the whole of the interior decorations are in perfect keeping with the general design ; they are mat and elegant, and, by candle-light, will have a most heauti. ful effect. The long room, leading out of the Concert Room, has also experienced a great change; it now represents a grove of fine trees, and the walls On either side have some vreli executed paintings on them, one of which (the Bay of Naples) entitles the artist to great praise. At the end, where the Scotch band has latterly sat, i s contrived, with great ingenuity, the Fall of the Tivoli. The effect of this grove, when lighted up, is so managed as to give the spectator an idea of walking between two rows of trees, the boughs of which have, through age, beco me so closely interwoven at the top as to preclude almost the en. trance of day-light. We should notice here that the mode of imparting to the room thi s s p ec i es o f li g h t i s entirely out of sight, which makes it appear as though it were the gift of enchantment. Among the present vocal engagements we find the names of Misses Stephens and Love, and Madame Vestris ; Messrs. Brahatn and Sinclair, Signor de Begnis, and last, though not least, our old f r i en d C. Taylor. Alany other engagements are still pending, and the arrangements altogether are of such a liberal character, and so judiciously wade, as to entitle the proprietors to that support and en couragement which a British public is at all times ready to give where the merit of the parties is such as to de serve it. TRANSFUSION OF Tile BLOOD. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. St a,—There was much ado lately—l will not say about nothing, but about the injection of the blood of one human being into the veins of another ; an exneriment that is said to have succeeded in restoring to life and health, those in whom the former was almost extinct, and with respect to whom the latter was of course matter of hopelessness. I wonder, Sir, whether the Medical Gentlemen who made the ex. periments I allude to, took their hint from the Diary of Petys, wherein, at page 481, is the followingpassage:- 1 P Dr. Croone told me, that at the meeting at Gresham's College, to-night (which it seems they now have every iVettnesday again), there was a pretty experiment of the blow' of one dog let out (till he died) into the body of another r on one side, while all his own ran out on the other side. The first died upon the place," (this Mr. Pepys need not have told us here, having told it befo►e) "and the other very well, and likely to do well. This did give occasion to many pretty wishes, as of the blood of a Quaker to be let into an Archbishop, and such like; but, as Dr. Croone says, may, if it takes, be of mighty use to man's health, for Me amending o/ bad blood by borrowing, from a better At all events, whether the thought was original with those who lately acted upon it, or was borrowed, the practice is, no doubt, good, if skilfully applied, and cannot be too widely made known. Your's, &e. Bedford-row, 31.1 11. J. S. _ . The Duke and Duchess of Clarence, the Princess Augusta, Prince Leopold, &c. were of the dinner party given by the Duchess of Bent, at her apartments iu the King's Palace, Kensington, on Sunday. Yesterday the Duchess of Kent, accompanied by the Princess Victoria and the Princess Feodore, visited the Princess Augusta. ---* Last P r ince Leopold had a numerous party at Marlborongli House, Pall-mall. Yesterday morning Mr. Secretary Canning arrived at the Foreign ()Mee, in Downing-street, from Salt Hill, and, after attending to some official business, left town in the afternoon. The Earl of Liverpool left town yesterday for his seat at Combe Wcod, war Kingston, Surrey. Sunday the Earl of Ilarrowby left town for a short time. On Sunday and yesterday the Earl of Abingdon had select dinner parties, at his house in Stanhope -street. Yesterday Sir Cullen Smith had a numerous party, at his h 'use in G -osvenor-street. • On Sunday Captain Arobacca arrived in Downing-street, with despatches from Ancona. _ _ It was Mr. Haviland, the King's Messenger, who was sent off' on Saturday evening from the Foreign Office, with despatches for Lord Granville, our Ambassador at Paris. The East India Company's ships Atlas and Scalehy Cas tle, arrived the 12th inst. the former off' Weymouth, the latter off' Dartmouth. The Atlas left China the 15th De cember, the Cane the sth March, and St. Helena the 18th March. The Scaleby Castle left China, Jan. 16, and St. Helena, March 23; she parted company from the Buckinghamshire on the night of the fish Mardi, in lat. 31. 05. S. long. 27. 56. K. The Duchess of Athol out ward-bound was all well on the 3d April in lat 1. N. long. 19.20. W. ; and the Macqueen (also outward-bound) on the 24th March, in lat. 2. 40. S. long. 18. 13. W. A person was inveighing, before a great anatomist, against the surgeons encouraging resurrection men. " Pooh! young man," said he, " you know nothing of these things. I dissected my own father, I dissected my own child—and I am only sorry I can't dissect myself."—Brazen Head. The force of professional habit was strongly exempl , fied at the Inquest held the ether day, on the body of a person who destroyed himself at the Tavistoek Hotel. The chambermaid had gone into his room, and found him weltering in his blood—on which she ran down stairs ex claiming—" Number Five is dying ! send for a doctor."-- Ibid. 'talking of the ruse practised the other day, a Gentle man said, " I understand he took her off in a chaise and four with the rapidity of lightning." A young lady 111 ,, company exclaimed " I hope he didn't overturn her. " No," replied the Gentleman, she would n't h kins." The iron trade is experiencing the depression of the times. Considerable stocks are accumulating ; and the price of No. 1 pig-iron is down to 71. los. a-ton in the Glasgow market. There is not one-half of the usual supply re quired for the foundries. TIIE Clit Er BARON Rottszo.The Lord Chief Baron of the Court of Exchequer, when passing through Saint Martin's -court, Saint Martin's-lane, a few afternoons ago, about three o'clock, was hustled by a gang of three thieves, and robbed of his purse containing several sove reigns. The Judge at first was not aware of the robbery, but considered it a rude act in unnecessarily rushirg against hitn. His Lordship, however, courageously seized one of the fellows, and forcibly remonstrated against such conduct. At the same instant he discovered that he lr-d been robbed; a person, who was an observer of the trans action informed him that he had no doubt but that the fellow he had stoned had handed his purse to one of his companions, who had mad e o ff w ith it ; which proved to be the case, as nothing w as f oun d u p on the fellow whom the Judge detained, and h e i n consequence e scaped. EXECUTIONIIO.I4PITED•-••—.All order from the Secretary of State was received at l'sieWgate last night, respiting for one week the execution o f William Jones, who was to have sufferetttleath thirmorning, for a burglary in the house of the liodourable bir. Stanhope.