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Irons, and wined against the judginewt- The Court, after all b 00.% the CoMoi ih llatiots,and the ver,Cti the dOelaloo Of the First Court, and is , s sis attrr ACCUS4I.I before the Royal Court of Dijoo. I Front the Doile of Sunday. PARIS, Jaw. On Friday the 3larquis Alfieri tie Sostegno, A inbarowedir of Sae -442, had lie honour to deliver to the Dula d*Angnuteme. the c ollar of the voperiur Order of the Annunciada, which the Kt.', of lisolinia ha, sent to his Royal Highness. Matroiwt o., manifestly :denial and labor, ate SUIT to be found in aim of the letters from Madrid. It has been affirmed, ter in. Hasa, 'hat at the rime of one uf the meetings uf the Council of bate the Infant lion Carlos had had a very wain discussion with his bother, the Infant lion Francis, and that the King. divphtead with the Litter, had exiled hint to his faher-it..law at Naples ; the lanai* Anntevty Act was said to hale been the cause of this dif ference. Sot a ward of this wt true. This Aet raitinues to be talked of at Madrid as well as hi re; but it is of such importance, that it cannot be ton deeply deliberated upao; under present dr cuitatancis the %hie hesitation of the Government W accords with de anspsiitnce of an !NM' public. The recounts from the north of Spain and Galicia eke of the ;fl int isfactory chavarter. The departure of tta Curate :Revlon, for Val -4064 (to the Cs_ thrdral of shah he lies been appointed Canon,) is spoken of. He, and lion Antonio Nl•ranon, are objects of the attention ? and even venastion, of the public. It would be a fine example given to the wield by these two Ecclesiastics, to see them devote themselves to the exorcist) of their holy Ministry, with the wise seal which they hare sheers at the head of the battalions which thee led to vie. try. So king as the towers of I'rgel exist, the heroic courage of the Trappist will be remembered, and the Inoue of the Curate Merino, and the deals of his faithful solibeis, arc engraver in in. chuacters on every rock in Castile. MADRID. Dec. MIL lifritt changes are en foot In the Embassies. All the Ambas sadors iao are at their posts rill nut be changed consequently the itaS• de .an Carlos remains u I'aria; but others have received new destinations. N. d'Artinags is appointed to Constantinople, and the Count de la Alcudia to 't. Petersburg's. Komi:, Day. 28. Ti. Pope has beer, better during the last three days. Ile has to .ea some nourishment, and un the ...KA Inst. he signed some br eft ; the Physicians, howevrr, consider his state as very critical. POWITGAI . We have received Lishon Gur.ettes to the 31st ult., from which we copy the following article tin the South American Colimit.% There is uothing else of any interest iu the papers:— Lumpy, 25. The woman,' front Naples give retools to expert that a (wilier redueuun of 5,11 Mt lull is going to take !dace to the Army of Oc. collation in that kingdom. We have already said, that the British Parliament has been pro- risued tiil the :Id of rebfUltry. atone jOUrlliliSlll fancy that the affairs of South America will be discussed in that assembly. We are ignorant neater what point of view they judge such a discussion practicable, if it is understood to convey, by i., an intervention hostile to the rights of the Mother Countries. The consideration 01 the mercantile interests of any foreign cation, WI • ground for interference In the domestic concerns of another independent ttatiini, without its asking it, is • ridiculous absurdity, contrary to i the principles of the law of nations ; to I:limier the state of things, contrary to the will of the propricto is, is orlionsasen the same prin ciples; even suppoaing the end to be praisewotthy, that is not sulkiest' to sanctify the 1111C4111.. At there does not exist on the part of Sprint and Portugal, any perfect internal or external oblien tatl interests the 'invitee or perfect eights of any other nation, sigh respect to their Panama/me provinces, it is evideet that those two pus - ers have the liberty to regulute, with the entire plenitude of their natural and political rights., their interests in those coun tries which they colonised at the expense of their population and riches, and •Inch really 1 . 1/1111 an integral part of thouse monarchies. It r afflicting, in so eitlightenol an age as mos, to see the speru- Murals and theories of certain writers, relatively to the Spanish and Portuguese • to in the New World, toeing sight of all the best mina of sound morality, and of the natural law of no. hens, to subject them to mere mercantile calculations, or the ah. el:actions of what is emphatically styled "the spirit of the age," to which Europe and .tinerica owe their present agitation. %Vito has the right to regulate or discuss the 111C2M1 of preserving those provistees, of improving their coodition, of watching over their bitchy, of Decoying them against whatever may threaten their in. Irmal or external security and tranquillity, unless it be their Moue 6overeign, that wine and tender fattier, to whom Providence conlhded ibis power and this duty, together with the legitimate prougatives of sovereignty over all the countries rot* his inherited empire; and who, by his direct relations with the people shoot lie guusnip, is not only better qualified to judge of their wants and interests, than holden epettlillt.ell or metaphysicians, but is also most deeply intetesteil in the prosperity, the greatness, and glory, at those people, wilt whom. telicity las own greatness and glory ate it eparably united SPAIN. Extract of a private letter flow Madrid, dated Deceit-- bet 3o:-- Our absolute Royalists/MIPS bees earaeslies diabeise ky several . do's pies, and the Libembi are allowed a little repose. The gee. %knits' of the Faith have related their enimonity against the eon stitutiorabats, and now einiiplain loudly of the King, who they say has not rewarded them as they deserved. These complaints pretty plainly show, that the men who pretend to be the purest roydera are net pettinilarly devoted to the Klieg. The Fteneh, toe, have also to sustain a cm.sidernhle share of this royalist hos pitality. During the I liriatmati holidays a barbarous dogrel song ass sung through the public streets, which had for its chorus— •• Let Blacks and Whites • j heart and hand, To drive all Frenchmen from the land." 'Eh, Iliermitnent hu> definitively ordered all the Ili>hops and A:chbiahups, who had rviatired to Madrid, to return to their ductim,_ The finance department has undergone a great puriticatii n About bitten of the principal clerks have been di eeee asset!, without soy pay or allowance whatever. Our official Gott-tic announces that all the officers who served volautarily in the uatinnal militia are dismissed. This measure is mach too rigorous, for, under the ainatitutional grain'', a great *lumber of these officers acre obliged to serve, under pain ul being marked out as enemies of the existing government. Lieutenant tienaal Grimmest, lame Inspector-lientral of Militia, is appointed Captain-General of Arragoo. lie is succeeded in the former office by the Count de San Hman. General Myrna, who ix here in the character of Charge d'Af fakes from Portugal, maintains the pastes( secrecy respecting the events which hare lately taken place at Lisbon. Neverthekss, it Is curreetly reported that there has been a 4..tlitintis movement in the, city, though nothing p o sitive Is slated as to its coneequencea. It is ibis liniment reported. that General flounitont, Commun. der-In l:hiet of the French army, has applied to his Government fie an Miditlallid number of troop. '1 his step Is not at all stir. phlitig, (Of the Spanish Government do not tranquillise the public need, by stopping the persecutions and repealing the false /z.tl of hr pureiided deteubvs of the altar anti the throne. Spam must tan teem! the theatre of the most &radial transactions. It is remarked that new days pars in which aime French soldiers are not assesainated ; foal the dispermon of the army encourages the d 01, 4 amnia of a penplr, who, because they are flattered, be lieve thinuselves capable of acconipl tithing any thing. Travellers who attire at Madrid, state that the roads are ocarcely practicable; there is every moment danger of being stopped end ,'bled. The courier' cannot advance a step without an ekurt. It seam; that mutual; abort cf a miracle can 114)11 save Spain. • The Men of the Faith style themselves ltlancos (Whites), sad the Constitutionalists they call Negros (lilacks). THE ST.4( KPOoLE CASE. PARIS, JA 1 M. Tdpier was heard in defence o f Stackpoole. IIe NUARY noticed t O. he V at deference between the judgment given by the Irish lord, a ioneellor, and that given on the appeal, by the House of Lords of England. Tbs. titst derision, in awarding to his opponents the esionnotis suns of 12,197 hews, rejected the other den - weds, having; for their object the addition of the interest to the iwitacip.d. bl. Stachpuola would per:nips have deferred to this judgment however injunous it 'night be to his hut/eats, but h 6 adver saries' appealed, and the ctse carne begirt the Howie of Lords. Hers the Advocate pointed Inn an recur in the English proceed iogs, which panatined the valor 111111 MIT of account; on the appeal who made the report against Stackpoole in the Brat instance, and who had acted with great partiality, sty this appeal the pret ' ended claim of the co-Mlicinura of 11. Stackpoule was raised to the fright ful &avant of 321,11i1ti livers. I cannot subscribe, continued the Mita:ate, to the eulogy conferred on the Chamber of Peers of Eng- It is, without doubt, as • points al body, entitled 111 the highest consideration ; but in its judicial cat a it y, its authority is menitely leis imposing than that of our sore-mica Courts & fee the English Chamber of Petra contains but few lawyers, and sans of them were influenced by feelings of' personal restnt n. to M. SAfk, 0 'lO. Ile canna, therefore, be reproaelted for •• it hant.a.; Lou, toe execution of a decree which he considered as neasually unjust. Ile repaired to France, at al obtained from the' Ilsadares of has 31ajesty lettere Of naturalisation, and the title of ( f ount. He is therwetionli a Frenchman, and, like all citizens, has l i • kin to the pnitertion of French law*. We are led to believe by the oft& leather equivocal) of the 121st article of the I /rdinance of 4*. that there is no wo re wound tar a vision, except where the decree awl been mule against a Frenchman. 'rite celebrated A guesseau has "Pawl din do..trine, and has thus expressed himself :—" All the laws which have been made respecting judgments given in foreign ite"; who, h are to be executed to this kingdom, are founded I P"' general and self-evident principle—that whatever may be the , s tunt of a sore reivhi power in his own States, helms none abroad, fluent of to &anther ruler." It u true, that whew it la thie "nlaveal interest of .vereiapia, this ode may be dtaprnard with by phial consent 1' p.m this principle, the Courts of Colmar. of end Tmiloose, have reused the execution of forei..,m judg tl*att in France : the ROVAI out, of Paris lute also refused to ear ;lfitlitejudg.lient of the Court of Heston, in the east of e ltee end Parquet. This decree watt con fi rmed 1)y the I 'ours of A „PlAal in a manner winch pro ves th a t th e princiiile laid down -1 ! "oln Med by them with out any exception. amcluding, V. Tripier repressed a wish that the Tribunal .4 14 c0t pronounce upon Mt admitrist-atiim which H. Staokpoole _,, „ the prop rty of his malr except with n perfect knoeltedge 4 " arid that it would requite from the parties' more .pre ▪ _taplanalions tluut those whicas h a d been oared, and whirl' - ',alfi (Si films the question of right. j „ .. taresitse is potponed tor a week, to await the answer of 31. •ho default's the other heirs, having the lame C 111413, sib (0 the clicuta ilennequin. THEATRES. DRUItV-LANK. A new opera was brought out at this theatre last even ing, under the somewhat affected title of Philandering, or Me Ruse Quern. Tlw author is, we understand, Mr. licasley, a gentleman who bits acquired much reputation as a second-rate draniatiat. .1t the English Opera-house b.• is a host of apes ofteris, since Mr. Arnold has withdrawn from the field. Mr. Dearley has a great deal of case, vivacity, and smartness in his dialogue ; his plots are eon- structed with a due regard to the cenvenientes of the thea ire, and the tastes of his audit nce--there is a never-failing current of witticism and punning, prettily dashed with sen- ' titsmut and romance, which pervades all his dramatic coin positions. But well-fitted as the genius of Mr. Beasley I, may he to the atitiosphe re of the Strand in the gentle evenings of remitter, it is doubtful whether it be sufficiently hardy to endure the rugged blasts of Drury-lane in the sternness of a winter night. However, the experience and tact of this gentleman may in moue degree be regarded as substitutes fur higher and better qualities. Philandering is a translation, or, more properly awaking, a rtfurentusentu, of the celebrated French opera, Jocular, the most success ful musical piece of modern times. The composer of the original music is Nicola, who died not long since, at an early age, and of whom it has been said, that, for the sake of his fame, lie flee& no other inscription on his tomb stone than this—"L . :l•:teur de .lo.novie." Mr. Beszley has followed, with considerable fidelity, his French proto type ; but Mr. Ilorn, the composer, has utterly disregarded the music of Nicolo. Trusting entirely to his own inven tion, taste, and judgment, he has either composed the airs and concerted pieces himself, or selected them from Falai ello, Mozart, Amber, or ('seats. Stone of the selected compositions arc extremely beautiful, and others not much above mediocrity. Mr. Horn's own music is simply pretty, without any pretensions to rigour or originality. But we must say something of the plot, which is very intricate, and not very interesting : 'fbe Count Amaranth (Brabant), is in love with Matilda, and Philander (Liston), is enamoured of Etude. 'Hwy an both some what sinspkious of the sincerity of their mistresses& sad, slims few mein .. i.. toy experiments. they set about putting the ladies to more • trial, by quitting anent for a time es a voyage of allO - discovery. The fair Itetrinlied get wind of their intention, and in the meantime set out after then, in the disguise of gipsies. They ail arrive at a village just at the time when the village festi val of thinning the Ruse Queen is about to take place. '1 to gen tlemen, in disguise, inake love to the young candidates for the queenly honours, and are taken up, at the instigation of l.apsus (flub y), the village schoolmaster, who is spurred on by the sug gestions of Matilda and Emile. To summon the miseries of the amorists prisoners, they are permitted to gaze from their grated windows upon the sports of the festival, amongst which their mis tresses arc revelling in their gipsy attire, and enjoying the misery oldie': lovers They arc firstly 'Menaced, after undergoing 6011.0 taunts front the veiled fair ones. Tae Rose Queen is elected ; the gentlemen confide in the attachment of their wives, and the wives are grateful kr the corliclenee of theft turd.. There are isolate other chamfers, which ate more excrescences on the main story, and yet are made of touch importance. Jerome (Brewton), and Pierre (Terry), are fathers of two girls, hotline and Lisette. Je rome is a jolty, gootkatured, unsuspicious father ; Pierre is morose, suspicions, wad harsh. The consequenee is, that the daughter of the first is gay, hi. M-spirited, and obedient; the other is pensive, lovesick, and runs away with a clandestine lover. This is but an imperfect outline of a complicated plot. But what is the plot of an opera? We want nothing more in such compositions than mere situations for the p nine of the musician. lit the resent case, the situations are numerous enough, and not without interest. The per formers did their duty with great seal, and with much suc cess. Brabant, in the Cum* f, if he slid not look like • nobleman, saw as a nobleman should sing, if lie sing at all. Setting aside Isis share in the concerted pieces, which he managed as lie always dues, he was singularly success ftd in the 'tingle airs. In a song called" Temptation," in the first act (composed by lone), ht• gained great applause, soul received an (swore. The Mlle tribute was paid to another original air, " Reason and Love," in the second act. There was another .1(40 called " Liberty," (Mr. lit azley has given panics to all his songs.) in the third act, which afforded some scope to the lofty and passionate style of this celebrated vocalist, but he did nut wake so elt ep an impression as we might have expected. Liston had nothing to do, except to utter a certain quati • City of shallow dialogue, attempt two or three duets, and wear a spleittlid dress. It was inipossibie to sympathise' 'with his sentiment, or laugh at his comicality. Itowton and Terry, in the two fathers, were as good as they could he ; hut the extreme inferiority of their parts disabled these eminent actors of all opyortunity for display. Knight bad to sustain the character of a rustic lover, and was aufficicutly vi vacious, fidgety, and conical. Harley had a sort of French Caleb Quoteni to play, which he made very amusing. The female personages were of the same unimpressive cast with those of the other sex. Some slight approach to spirit was apparent in Puss/ice (Madame Vestria), but it was ra ther due to the ability of the actress, in filling up, than to the author in sketching the euttine. She had a lively air," Tiro things to your bow," in which she was d.semmily encored. Miss Forde (Mull/do) was very successful in an original air, " The Imo, - and in her parts of the concerted pieces. The principal support of the opera was Miss Stephens, who was sufficiently delightful to make us forget the de licieocies of the opera. In all her songs she was summit ful. lu the sectnal act, a song by (ire/is, called " The Souvenir," was loudly encored. Timer, is something about this singer which compels us to ovt rlook all minor imper fections, when we arc dwelling on the sweetness, simpli city, richness and volume of her voice, and the grace, na ture, and insaffectu elms, of her manner. Her appearance throughout the piece was the signal for universal and en thusiastic applause, which was due not only to the re collection of her termer excellence, but also to her suc cessful achievements of last night. Rossini was in the house, and manifested great delight with the perform ance of Braham and Miss Stephens. The opera, though so long as to extend far beyond the usual limit of such pieces, was nevertheless completely successful. It requires much contraction and excision, and will then probably have its run of fifteen or twenty nights. The theatre was crowded to suffocation, but we suspect that a large portion of the audience was on the temporary free list. l'olll . ltll. We did nut expect, afterthert. '''''' made by the pub lic press, that the proprietors of the Surrey Theatre would have ventured spiel to produce their melo-drame, referring to the r.;cent murder in I Icrtfordsbire ; much less did we cap( ct that any other theatrical establishment would have followed hail an example. But the management at this theatre has done inore--it has " Out-tieroilvd Ilerod," in the disgusting race for false popularity, and gives a detail of all the revolting circumstances, with a precision that goes far beyond the resemblance to the bloody deed at the rival theatre. The plot, as produced at the Coburg, is manly an epitome of all the facts publiEhed in the Morn ing Pap. rs. We have scarcely patience to write on a sub ject so appalling to Engl:sl ,or to compare, in a very cursory manner, two of the most revolting pieces we ever saw represented on any stage. With reference to the pro portion of disgust they have excited in our mind, we should say the one at the Surrey is the least offensive ; for at the Coburg the is coolly contemplated and talked over on the stage ; the person who represents the deceased is shot before the audience ; and the ruffian who is ouw at large, ;n consequence of its being deemed necessary to ad mit hint an evidence fur the Crown, after the trials arc over, and his infamy as manifest as the noon-day sun, is represented as the dupe of villains, instead of appearing in hid real character as the rigger promoter of murder. We were happy to hear sonic marks of disapprobation expressed tut the falling of the curtain ; but by no trims as touch as we should have widied to have heard; for it was given out fur repetition to-night. The boxes and every part of the house were tilled. The Duke of 110 Mid is rt ported to have recently ex pressed an opinion, that the best tenant on his extensive rent-roll is " Drury-lane Theatre." The rental of v,OOOl. a year is regularly paid within forty-eight hours of its be coming due, and the punctual discharge of all its pecuniary obligations is now proverbial. We can remember when the case was very opposite, and so can " Peter Mane." The Lord Chamberlain, it seems, has issued his veto against the performance of French plays in any public building in the metropolis. It is reported also, that his Lordship Ism issue.' new regulations respecting the minor theatres, in consequence of the application of the proprie tors of the two patent tht atm. Madame eatalani is engaged to sing at the next Wake th Id . Subscription Concert. The restriction which has been imposed on the recruit ing parties belonging to the East India Company's service, during the :}em Ivry, has not as yet been mound. NPORO P:MANCIP-1TION: A bIALOOUN BETWEEN MK. EHENEZER EAST- LOVE AND GILLIS HOMESPUN. Sesvc—Al reeloisr is the White Heel lint, ist —, is --dare, Pawlove, weld weer o tohk, whith 4 covered with panophlds, hamdtirs. manuscripts, .rc. Ecstlove, •das—Prtitions we shall ithtio---4our method is sure-- no general meetings—handbills, planuds, and active emissaries that is the way.— Yet the COlelliAhl have bestirred themselves—lt was to be expected-- loss ofincuote they esidumi patiently enough.— but hope wee a:ill left to thou—good times might return, and, while the capital was preserved, their ease was not quite delve. rate. If we succeed, as I trust wd shall, in our present efort, there is at once an erd to their pmpony—scarce a wreck of it will /remain —and then--yre, then, we hate the field to ouriches. Free ntsfroet: will Put niaLe sugar—that is vertain. But Churamars, Pa nieats, the Boicaderti and Batouieng Castes, with other Eastern lehttiorcr a (for we will not call dorm sievrel, will, if proper sti JJJJ - hints be used, amply supply our markets with that necessary of life. --- 'Po be sure, this doctrine of compeitsation to the colonists is an awkwanl obstacle. liar statetneest 011 that point makes a deep impression. Why does not come forward with hie pan_ phlet, and ingeniously *hew that they can est a bli s h n o s u c h cla i m ? Ihies lie suspect that his arguments are ton subtle for British plain-' dealing? Ilowever, although we may cantatas!" admit the prim ciplr-- (am, in some taxers. weemild riotgrt on without doing so) — we may 141 puzzle the claim, actl tack to it such conditions, as will make its operation irsiriticant ; and, cost what it, may, the great work shall be dime ! het its but generate entt.usitoini enough in the powerful names of humanity an•justire, and, the greater the sarnlices we demand, the more eagerly will they be mail, ! I have sent for friend Iluniespun--he is well diSpot.ed—and has much shrewdness and pl tin good sense 7 —he was very useful to us last year- -Oh, here he comes ! Friend tales, I 111111 glad to see theet—ithy wife and children are well. I hope? And how goes it with the farm ? lake Ilumrsron- .'!'hank you kindly, Master Eastlove—we are all bravely ; and fanning, Ind as It Is, has semicolon mended since I saw you. I reckon, by all those papers before yob, that you are here again on the name errand it last year ? E4stluve—Thou art right, friend Honiespun ' • and I crave once more thy :robins and able support in the fu rt herance of another petition to Parliament for the hutuaral purpose of setting free skis wretched olives in our nannies. Ilosn believe, Master F.sitlew,that I shall neither sign nor further it. - Friend Giles, I am astonished at what thou but ut- tercel ! Haat thou, then, been contemning with certain slave holders who dwell in thy neighbourhood? llonoraptris--NO, believe tile, no. You mean, perhaps, Mr. Plantain and Mr. Sugarcane ? They are very quiet good gentle- own ' and spend their money, whence''r they get it, like princes. We have all of us hereabouts been the better for them at one time or other; but they don't seem to busy themselves about what you arc doing, notch aa it concerns them. 1 have had no talk with Men at all about this matter; bet, coos after you carried away our petition, there was, you know, a debate in the House of Conamone upon it. and I have had some discourse with Mr. Manly and with Squire Oldca-the, our 31entlicra, conceming what then passed. E,rallave__Well, Odes, and what then? Surely those liberal mot did not talvonite the horrid slave sperm of our colonies? /forroapao—Master Eastlove, 1 have half an hour to spare, and don't ohject to telling you what has passed in my mind since 1 talked with our Members ; and I will listen to what you may have to say on the other aide. I guess that your petition this year. like that last year. is mot to pray that nu more slaves may be carried, either front riffles or from any moor parts, into our coluniea; foe if such a petition as that were necessary, I'd go to John-u'-(iroat'a house to sign it. Easilnue—flilev, thou knowing, as well as I do, that this country has abolished the .tiiiran slave trade; and I must grant (since It seem, to be proved) thud ItUr colonies have now no concern in it : but surely, titles, thou wilt allow that the great labour of huma nity is not complete till all British auhenits, be they black or white, are emancipated., and a system of heatiale irreligion and immo rality las friend Wilberforce aptly terms it), of unprecedented degradation and unrelenting cruelty, be utterly and for ever abo lished. //ennerma--Stop a little, Muter Eaatlove, you move m at a great pace. There are in our eulogies, as 1 understand, about Itee,Utet oh these black slaves. Enstlnve—Alan, Friend (tiles, it is too true! . . Homespun—And all these have lived in slavery all their lives. Fos/lose-1 can't quite admit that, Giles ; sonic of the oldest of them might be powerful men in Africa; ay, nobles sal princes. //trotripsw—l've heanl that matter talked over, and I've read ' what Mr. Manly Acura me about It ;—1 think you may let that' ' argument rest;—African princes aed nobles, (if it be true that any of that sort have been carried to our colonies,) have nu great hold on my compassion. Pattivre—But this, Gilts, thou wilt not deny, that slaves al though they be, and slaves although they may have been burr, they have not sold thentselves, and they could not sell their offspring to slavery ; have they not then a right to their freedom ? . . . . //unavan—ltliatee Eastlove, I dm'. tleoy their natural right to freedom. ...... • Zeselevrai—Tben, Friend Mies, thesels to end el the question ; for the petition, to which) ask thy srpport, only prays that Parlia ment will do what Is l imit, awl giro to these wretched being, what is their right. liontespan—l've somewhat to say about what is right sad just to all parties, itlaster Eastlove; but tray be you'll think me a wave. fellow it lama% dlaw, thet-beeense the sines here that natural right which raw speak of, it would, therefore, be either wise, or just, or h ant, that Parliament should all at once put them in possession of it. Eed/ove--Mika, (tiles, thy honest mind has been perverted ; thou knowest that we do tint pray for inenu•diate emancipation ; we ask that the thing may be dune elierrally, but th at, at all events, It ma be done. Ib ""P"" — M u ter Easilnwei you'll beat our at close argument I am sure; but let me tell you that you are now admitting that a government may be justitied in withholding, iu sumo cases , front a . man that which his natural right. Ea stlare--Yes ; bat with the tiled purpose of delivering it to him, as soon as it can possibly be dune, without material injury to himself. //mmiespen--No matter; It is admitted by you that the de livery of their freedom to the negroes, their natural right to which you .wknowledge in the outset, is not to depend upon their own dis , action. but upon the will and discretion of others; and I don't ask you for any other ground than this for my objections to your proceedings. Eustlnt—Explain thyself, I pray thee. ilmuiresperr-1 understand, from our members, that one of the King's Ministers, in the House of Caninionct admitted all you can sob regarding the rights of all men, black and white, to be fire. lie gave a pledge to the Below that it al Id be the anxious can of Ministers to urge the West Indian governments eunuch measures as would best contribute to the present comfort of the 'legroom, and also to their religious and moral instruction, so as gradually to fit for the full enjoyment of froedlont ; and he declared,' that hi conceding free.l to the slaves, the rights of prerty shotda - bms considered and respected. Now it seems to me, Master &wove, that this was getting as much by our petitions as we hid any right to expect ; and that it is a little unimaginable to be again so soon 'vomiting to hurry on measures, which, you yourself have Jug granted, must be done with great discretion and caution to be done well. Edit/ore—Giles, thou hart touched the NM place those West Indian legislatures have done nothing, will do nothing ! HMltrtpllK.Why that's whit you said last year, and shat•all your printed books say ; but I have been reading something on time other side ; and there I Med farts asserted, upon good authority, which prove quite the eontrary,--ehat a gnat deal has been done ankle doing,---that negroes are well 'lathed and fed, nursed when sick, and supported when old and imelpleits, ay, and kindly used and instrueted,—betides, now that Parlimeent baa spoken so plainly, one may expect that, if you'll give thorn peppery gentlemen in the West Indies a little time to eon/. they will follow up what they have done already with nose' spirit Owl seti.ity. 11l tell you fairly, Master Eaatlove, rtnimlioal to meddle no more Ice the matte'', at teasetor the present. East/env—Art thou then so hardena4 as Ii look patiently on, and. suffer thy poor black fellow-subjects to be driven like brute beasts. by the scourge of time eart-gbip, to hard labour ? Canst thou en dure that time opprissin, mud, sag immoral acts, of which tour books sheer thee numerous instances, alum continue to be practieed with impunity ? lifs, Giles, (tiles ! *bent ale those humane feel- Mgt which only a few months ago, tutigeil thy exertions in our cause ? . • Ilonersgna--Master Eastlove, I fee is it did-1 hire just the same honor of cruelty and detestation of slavery,—the evil is great enough, though not, as I now think, quite so great as you have re presented it. I find that you kayo picked out and put together all the horrid tales, whether old or new, that suited your purpose ; but were the rase ever so bad, still we must not aim to cure it by doing what will only make it worse. One would wish, to be sure, that there was rim Hogging either of Demote, or sailors, or soldiers ; but we agree that the negroes are not to be ntade free , all at aye and immediately ; and I'm afraid they alumnae be managed well, even as respects themselves, so long as they continue slaves, without coy oral punishment. Rut t e ll me, however. hur.estly s —there me in Jamaica, I hear, almost 400,0440 people, hhtekelinown. and white. and nine-tenths of them, or thereabouts, ire doves,.—doyen think that, in any year you can name, tberemre more horrid ?rimer com mitted in that island than in mossy portions of Great Britain and Ireland, containing just the genie number of inhabitants ? You rend our newspapers, I dace say, and mind a little what is passing both here and in Ircianu. I. Friend (ides, thou forgetinet that in Jungles nine. tenths of the population are, as thou has just admitted, subjected tu the oppressive power of the slave-nilister—almost without protection from law, since laws, which praises' to sect the slave, are not executed. Here, and in Ireland too, horrid acts occasionally mut: but mark the ditcerence, they are proeteuted and punishelL flasistsrua—Why, in my thinking, the use of punishment la to prevent crimes t and if it he found out that here, in thiscountrY. with a'.l OUT 111 PI ..,pd tribunals, we &regrowing mine and worse, ,and that in the .West Indies they an, thosigh it he but by slow steps, hemming better and better, I can't but eondude that we might find "ghee matters nearer home that deserve our looking after quite as well as what is passing in the Colonies. But there's an. other &Sicilian in my mind to our further meddling at present t there's anger, I think, of stirring up the negrees to risings and re bellions, which can ad) end in the destruction both of titan and of their masters: Eestlwou--Friend thin, I thought thee too wise to be caught In • Vide " Ilorhanan's Travels." Vol. I. p. 19. Vol. 11. pp. 3, 370, tte..te. t See veep or the Right Ilm.tietarge Canting, on di' ►ity of Blay, Itha IJtttt SPIITC. Did we not predict that throe terrors oottld he artfully eLeited, and that plots would be And ap for the purpose?• Ilowintrim—ror one that is going about on an errand of charity, is that charge quite enviiistent, Jfa.ur F.astfori % Do people Krt up plots, whitth are to destroy their own properiy and eridtuigcr their own lives ? Ensnare_ -Insurrections, must and will occur, where op p►es.ion is the spirit that tides. They are the inovitable results Sof that detestable system. Ilontrapmw—Ay, are they so? These late risings, then, in llar- Woes ana Itemarara, have been Lathed, as you think, by oppres sion and cruelty to the slaves? k'aathKe--Perhaps not; /how:pm—Pardon me, klihter Eaulove; just hear what it is I want to know; you see they cox rise if they have a sufficient Motive? Fostloye—lllottbdess; but, alas! pnor deluded sufferers llornespon —Now, why, if the oppression mi them hr an severe and so constant as you Cu it is. have they not been rising here and there in some parts of the West Indies from that cause only ? I cannot find that they have done so; hut let them only be told that something is going 011 at home that is to overrule their masters, and up they are in arms In one colony or another. Eaellove--4 Ippressioa, Illicit—lung-cow ed oppression—stop,. fie, the man and extinguishes hope; but let II ray of hope break in upon the gloom in which these wretched beings arc plunger, and they are suddenly animated to exertions fur the recovery of their rights. . . . . . lionwspwa--But you have admitted, that they are not them- . selves able to judge at what time, and by what degrees, their ' rights ought to he put into their possession. You profess, in many of your writings, that sudden and unprepared emancipation would be their destruction. Ilow then car . yott, Misster Eastlove , reconcile it with true humanity , to be molding out to them such hopes and rays of light, as you cell them, winch hare been fond to be the surest means of rousing them into rebellion, and to end lln their destruction ? Would it not be better to let instruction go on, and that they should, Step by step, advance in their titnevi fur' liberty 7 Such, I must tell you, is my opinion ; and, as I feel 'wished that the good work u going on, I will have nothing to du with your petitions this year. Eolltaile— I have dam with thee, tides; 1 will strike thy name out of our society. Ibnirspati—With all my heart, do so. I have understood, Master Manlove, that if the wont come to the worst with the It'est Indies, you may Hnd some consolation in other quarters and other concerns; as for sw, I have no such prospects. I hope the Odu nies will be saved from ruin ; I know many places and persons that will grievoudy suffer if It be not so; and, as it is plain enough that the Goloniats have Aeta of Parliament on their side for all they have done, I feel certain, that, if we injure their property, we must indemnify them thr it; and God forbid that we should be ' doing that which will at once add to our taxes, and take away from • our Means of paying them ! [Exit /forncapan. • " Report of Debate on Bultou's Motion." See Dote 1, i page ta. _ ROUSE LESS POOR. The residue of the funds that were collected about four ,years since, fur affording nightly shelter to the numerous outcasts that are seen waniks ing about the metropolis it a state of wretchedness, we are happy to state, have, since the present inclement season, been again appropriated to the benevolent purposes for which they were intended. The Committee of Management were deprived of the ex tensive receptacle in llonduras-street. Old -street, occupied as the Refuge last winter, in consequence of the proprietor having disposed of the premises to his better advantage; and they have therefore been on the constant look-out for a suitable building for sheltering these wretched individua's during the present winter. Their exertions have at length proved successful, u they have engaged at a vast expense the spacious warehouses of Mr. Holt, in Grub-street, Cripplegate, for the purpose. These premises are situated at the end of Grub-stret•t, in Fore-street, and were formerly occupied as warehouses for Manchester goods that arrived by the different waggons. They are extremely spacious, and well calculated for the purpose they are intended for. Since they have been in the possession of the committee (which is formed by the same benevolent gentlemen who acted four years ago, when the Refuge was in London-wall), a number of carpenters and other workmen have been, and are still, employed in making the Refuge more commodious and comfortable fur the wretched inmates, to whom it will doubtless afford consolation to know, that it• the present cold weather con tinues, the receptacle will be olk•ned for them to sleep in on Friday or Saturday next. The iiremises (Pickard's brewery), in Wapping, which wi re opened last winter, will he also open this, for the admission of sailors and other houseless individuals about the east end of the metropolis. AVe are informed that another secephye is about to be opened in the neighbourhood of St. Gdk s. FEM.4LF BEAUTY. The women of the Continent, and more especially of the islands of Greece, are extremely beautiful; it would 'in deed be astonishing if these descendants of the Greeks were not so, since the women of all their colonies, as Na ples, Sicily, &c., are still remarked for it. The large and expended eye was, perhaps, the most distinguishing feature of the Greeks, and it is still to be found among their de scendants. The women of Turkey possess considerable beauty;, they paint their eyebrows black, as did the Greeks. The women of Arabia are not destitute of beauty in their youth, but they have the custom, in common with many barbarous nations, of disfiguring themselves by rude out lines traced upon the skin, a custom which doubtless originated amongst those savages, who, being naked, and without any other ornament, adopted this one. The women of the East are applauded for their beauty by almost every traveller. lieloe assures us that there are no women there, even of the lowest class, who have not the fresh tint of the rose on a skin which is white, distended. smooth, and soft as velvet; • circumstance perhaps arising from their frequent use of the bath. The custom of the Sishometans of purchasing the most beautiful women they can find, has doubtless also contributed to their beauty. Ilence the Persians, who were formerly a deformed race, have now become, especially in their great cities, as 'spa hen, as beautiful as the Europeans. The Tchercassians, Mingreiians, Eacliemirians, and Georgians, are famed for their beauty. Hence in Turkey it is not permitted to Jews or to Christians to purchase ' thew beautiful women: this is said more especially of the liachemirians, who are reserved fur the Faithful. These women are brought as slaves to Constantinople, .snd there sold while young, and hence scattered all over Turkey, in order to serve in the Ilarem, or produce children for their m a ster s _ F rom the account which has been given us of them by the female Christians of this country who have visited them, and from the small number of those whom the practice of physic has afforded us an opportunity to see, it appears that they have European features: almost all are fair, with (lark hair; wine have flaxen, or light brown hair ; all are finely proportioned when they are young, hut they generally acquire, through repose, good living, and the frequent use of the bath, an em-/ion 'POW which j constitutes the delight of the Turks, and which, severthe less, exceed tho.linaits of beautiful proportion. Very 'bawd@ women are to be found in India: such arc those of Lahore and 13enares. Although their Complexion is a yellowish brown, the ex pression of their features is extremely soft and possesses great vivacity, and their figure is elegantly and delicately formed. The yellow women of Golconda and of Viupore, fare still sought for in Asia. The IVOI '' II,CII of Barbary are many of them beautiful. Those of the mountains of the Atlas arc sufficiently fair, but those who live in the towns, sheltered from the rays of the sun, are of a whiteness so pure that they would eclipse the greater number of our European women. The women of Egypt are of short stature ; Juvenal says of them, "In Mem" erusitg tegjorent papillum." Among them an excessive cm-bun-v.4ld is esteemed a great beauty ; and in order to effect et they cat immode rately of the must nourishing food, live in a state of the greatest indolence, and make excessive use of relaxing baths. The Negresses have also their beauty and their value: some of them, when young, having a nose straight, t.r almost aquiline (though this is by no means necessary to Ethiopic beauty), have also a figure which would not dis grace an European, the lips in many instanees projecting but slightly, the advancement of the cheeks being scarcely apparent, and the bosom being accurately placed.—Jteth cal Adviser. Cute von Exam—John, Duke . of Bourbonnois, pub lished a declaration in 1414, " That he would go over to England with sixteen knights, and there tight to extremity in order to avoid idkness, and to merit the good graces of the fair lady whose humble servant he was. " FUENI'II Ct. u'Anw rs.—No person was admitted into the regiment of genil'annes who hail not fought at haAt one duel, or if he had not, he must take a solemn oath that he would tight one before the end of a twelve-month. This horrid custom continued until the reign of Louis XIV. tEll'i'lNG INTELLIGENCE. CUSTOM-11(111SE. .141. Is. iwTrari)isweams. Ilarmemie, Yam (Brenner, broker), Ikon' Antwerp. ilohonsang (lank and Co. broken), from Dentzie. Alknoinook, Friend IT. Morahan. broker), from Traildad. • Miele, Luck (Beithom, broker). fr.tios Ikenteic. PrineesaChadotte, Blyth (11nekles, brokm). from C.eykin. Lark, Brown (Prenett, broker), tram St. 3licimors. Jame', Leggett (Arnold, broker), from Mot:adore. Britannia, Mallery (Fowler., broker), from Peteraburgb. /teal. Laing Whom, broker), from Jac tr A Er 12.--A n al vs m.— At Logliorn, the Amy, Bbramdeld, from Landon ; Vents'', Hoag, tom Mocha; John and Thanaot, (:ook ; and Britannia, Aldo', front Newfoundland.—At Havre, Pere de Famine, front London ' • Governor IlawCina . from Bomar Ay rot; Faialefte, friwn :•tt. Donaingo ; Genevieve, front Asueoica ; and Protection, Alto, front Ilueom A yrea.—Ae tic Anger Ary, Immo, from New Wit. FROM LLOYO'N I.IST. SCILLY, JAN. 7.—The pi. es of wreck timber that have bell Ficked up lately about these Islands, ore mostly small proms bulwarks, bttt no pieces of oak, so as to form any it:ea uf the saint ling of a ship. Ps:3IStAXCe, Jaw. 11.—The wind nmidenly shifted lust abut tour o'clock, Pont 1Y .W. to N.N.E. and blew a gale all nicht, and still audinues. Fa 1. m it,J as. 11—Arrived the Duke of Kent packet. haul ; and Magnet. Hager, foam Gattelihurgh.—rlalled th. Doke of York packet, for the Bratilat speedy, Andrea, for Alias; Neptune. Downing, for Terceira; Agnes, eta/tart, for Lisbon • It isborougs, Itoyde, for Carthagena t kcftaan rcrteruan, tar Antigua; and 14 harfe, Clark. t,r Nor York. PL Y MOUT H. JAN. IL—l...oda! the John hhand and Atalanta' for Jamaica ; Neacamlc, for Trio me; Belle Alliance, for Mettrall Esicape, for Faro; and all the %cowls which put in here wild. roars mouTti, JAN. I2.—Arrived the Norfolk, Andertiono from Memel; and Juno, Hutchinson, from Petersburgh. DEAL, JAN. 12.—Arrived the Amity, Gray, from Batavia; Jane, Lewis, from Charente; Iterwickahirc, from London, he Calcutta; and I)oris, from ditto, for St. Übe's. Doane, JAS. 12.—The Louisa Karaloft', from Stockholut cocks Mediterranean, ia ou shore on Dungeness Beach. klAstoAvx, JAN. 12—The brig in quarantine provek to be On Baron Attires...an, Johnson, from Mrs for London. The WAX India Parket was hove conaiderably astern last tide, and is - pectui to be got afloat the next, without lightening. The Levaat Star was silo Lonna' of her d ock, in which she laid athwart, and mut lies Li to be hove &Anat, het has got damage to her forefoot. She coo es lightening. The Dhod Intent, It is hoped, may Oa got afloat, and b.-might an next tale, if it continues moderate. o AV ESI:7:11, AN . 12. AVMS ;ra the Victory, trubent, from Iltuningcn ; Johanna lamina, from Antwerp; Peter Muria, Eggers, Iroin Antwerp; Angeratesn, 'l'hmieson, from Awn,: itledonia, Hu, from Stettin; North Sur, Verner, from Dantzte; 't hree Si•ten, Horn, from ‘‘'atertertl ; Emerald, —, frem Dub lin. Sailed the Union. Iltdde. for Calais; Ann, George, ft Bahia ; A imwell, Anderson, fur Salo:; bard Hungerford, larquliwnwn. for 3ladeira, l'An is, in N. 11. —The Silence, Berrie, arrived at Havre 3d int. from 3lartinique, experienced much bad weather in the Channel. She touched on the wreck of a weasel, near liarticur, which mend her to leak, and she was obliged to discharge part of her o. JAN. I3.—A Portuguese loamy of about SO tons. front with mahogany, supposed for Nantes, was wrecked 30th ult. ea the claw of St. (idles. Two of the new drowned. Beg sigs. Jaw.7.--The Inot set in yesterday with *one* winds, but it it nut likely to continue. Thep lacer, from Virgivia. which had already discharged part of her cargo, drifted down the River, and ran on shore, but it is reported Las been got off. llasta.l SUES, JAN. .;. — The Aurora, Burchwordt, from Memel for London, was stranded on the night of the 3d inst. en the iidesd of Ameland. Crew saved. lifitst.ti.Tan, Due. 22.—0 n the 15th inst. about 15 mile* north of ('ape at. Vincent, the Caledonia, Primrose, fill in with she Fidelita, Buda, from Lisbon fur this port, abandoned by the crew, and nearly full of water. Tni Ler E, DEC. 26.—The Nelson, of Guernsey, from Rio Janeiro, which was on shore off Grado, has been abandoned by the crew, and will nothe gntofl: About 1100 bags of coffee have bees sans!, and about 1500 bags are on board. FATAL, DEC. 17.—The Myrtle, Robertson, from Leith and Madeira, arrived here 7th instant leaky, has been surveyed and con.. denined. The Victory, Crumb t, front Boston, also arrived on do 7th inst. leaky, and is discharging pan of her cargo. The rietsey and Peggy, Sot.%tie, from London to L e ith, pat into Yarmouth the 1 2 ith nst. leaky, having struck on the Dar nard Sand. The Sovereign, front hoodoo to Jamaica, was .poken within lat. 43, long. 14, by the Mary, Purnell, which arrived at Lisboa 27th . ult. from kw. The Renown, of St. John's, New Brunswick, from Jasselsa. was strandrilisrar Shelhurn, 7th November. The Carat, from Piitce Edward's Island to England, is lost r.ear Charlotte Town. ACCIDENTS, OFFIVCES, Ac. Itonain Ditaisnitore.--An ankle lately appeared in the Tywe Atercory, stating that tome old unserviceable bona, belonging to the owners of Fawdon Colliery, had been madly 'put to death by being driven among the burning coals d a pit-heap. We confess that, with all our disposition to give credence to the statements of the Editor of the Aferewry, wo entertained a belief that in this instance be had been has posed upon ; for no Englishman, we conceived, could be guilty of so revolting an act as that which he described. An Mao davit of Mi individuals, in the employ of Fawdon Colliery, denying the statement. eeetned to bear us rum in the opinion we had funned t but that opinion, we regret foe the ssite.of humanity to state, Ma tinily overturned ' by the following affidavit, made and sworn by a gentleman with whom we are well acquainted, and on whose vera city weplace implicit confidence :—" Johnliossnan, Chief Clerk ia his 3faiesty's l'ustonis at Newcastle, tuaketh oath and saith, that, l on the tifth: diy of December last past, about the hoot of four in the nfternoon, lie was ritljng oear Fawdon Colliery, in Ilse county of Northumberland ; that he there saw a nunibet of men and boys on the small-coal heap, and that, Co his nearer 'womb, he observed a horse lying in the midst of the said men and boys; that part of the said men and boys flogged the said home until it rose ; that the said horse, when up. staggered front a lameness ill one of its hind legs ; that the said men and boys continued to flog the said horse, and, whenever it gut up, they immediately pushed it down towards theedge of the heap where the coals were barring, and at last forced the said horse over the s do of the heap of coals ; this deponent then rode up to the spot, and there SAW the sal horse lying on its back, • struggling amongst the burning coati. This thponcnt further deposes, that he oleo saw three or four hams lying in the burning coeds, partly consumed by the fire; and also saith, that on his turning his horse round to leave the place, he met two men apparently connected with the colliery, hurryirtg, the spot, who exclaimed to this deponent, ' Oh. sir. it is 'haunted work JOHN BOWMAN." " Taken and sworn by the deponent Jan Dimas. M Yew castle-upon-Tyne. this :td day of J solitary, 11121, before me, =not his Majesty's Justices of the Peace in and time the town and musty of Newcastlempon-l'yne. WM. %V It I( I I 'l', Mayor.' • Convinced as we now are of the truth of the original statement which appeared in the ?'one rcorn, we most cordially join with that paper in expiating ihope that the perpetrators of this horribly barbMws act may be brought to justice.—Dernsies Adrertler. POAt'llYan.—Several gentian, n in didenent parts of this Ridiag, but particularly in the neighbourhood of Wakefield, h ave b een much annoyed of late by the depredations of desperate bands of poachers. The wood* of Sir William Pilkington, of Chile, tiudfrey IVentwonh, Esq. of Woolley, and Charles Wattes ton, hsq. of 11•altaliall, have been cleared of a vast queens thy of game during the last and present week. On Wedge& day night, the last mentioned gealcuion was placed in coesiderable Personal danger, in attempting to defend his property. r = I awakened by the report of guns in his plantation s , h e rose, a biers f, and Want (bon) the house, accompanied by his keeper and and two other men. lining into the wonda, they beard leveesl shots, and approached the quarter from wham' they pop. ended. Advar.eing close to the depredators, he (mind that they consisted of tight or ten men, well armed, who knew him, and rye sented their guns, saying they were an overmatch for his forte, sod would give hint battle. flits party was indifferently provided; I having only three guns, one of which was known not to be charged, and the other two could not be relied upon. Mr. Waterton, ad the gam keeper, however, presented thew pieces, and three:mord todiont the first man who stirred: the poachers likewise stood mode to tire. At length tilr. 'Waterton prudently determined not to se_ cur the extreme hazard of an encounter with so animal a forte and directed his men to retreat, still pointing their pie ces a t ills; gang. Having gut tint of the remit of their fire, Mr. Waterem hastened to collect the villagers, and soon reformed to the wends with twelve men, but the poachers had by this time disappeared, and wets not again men or heard of. A repetition of this amen - lance will seam ly take ) lace at %Calton, for Mr. Waterton is Deis man to be robbed (particularly of Ms Girds) with inipunit . „v • boS it is sine:Early to be hoped that the pernicio tta system of the Mar beivs, which gives rise to these dangerous nocturnal molests, may be abolished in the next Session of P ar li anmn t.— Leeds Pant. IMPOSTOA.— About two months since, a fellow Winos hinise , f 'Ebonies lisrdner, caste to the village of Maids Malik near Ititekinhliatt., where he called on a mopes" er, to whore he represented that his grandfathi r sop a 'sheave. and was /Joey de ceased, and had bequeathed him 50.0001.; that he was in pis. session of 12-001.11.. mil kept his open ; that on his jooouev trout IVetolwich, he was robbed at Damen of the whole of hr money, and the pest. r part of his lothes. fie was taken in by the eerpenter, hospitably ono riaintd, supplied with such cloths., as he was deficient of, sod his lodgirg and beer answered ter ' the public house for nearly five weeks. during which time the et gisters of the neighbouring parishes of A kley and Leek Munnetra were searched to prove the relationship, and a letter written by ttic IClergyman to Woolwich, to ascertain the correctness of the state- I mean, which remains rtnammered. .%t length, • brushniskir, tan Stony Stratford, travelling road Moreton. saw the gen•liman, at tie:imbed him as a native of that place, and that his rent name MA Moron. Upon hearing this, the landau-hero trade a %rah, felt ing his hospitable Meet that lie was pug to Buckingham, to no t e the gentleman who was to bring the fortune. Suspicion beitg awakened, by his leaving the things he bad borrowed. aid beitig detected in falaeliond. he was watched through Iklekirgham, whin he took the rood flit l'arltnary. It is sospeend he is gone to Its tipper part this eomay, most protably to play, if possible, a mutate trick. lie is photo forty, very ordinary in penson. wnseg tolerably good great coat and shoes; 'heathe lm r eof hie dress: very tx.'.iflirret i ' ' I I, 11 4i i i i ~~ ~' 1 , 'p 1