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liberty of Gmee, and hasten the ruin of that falling once more the troubled ireene of renewed ambition end his I own personal aggrandisement. What can the abdicated Oared , Arnic 23. 1.,...._ / to secure the independence of the country of Accounts from Constantinople of 13th April, say that the I '""'l''' r "of Russian subjects there, iiiittietliately on the notice of M. 31in-; Montezuma ? Mexico, by the latest acce.unts, was free a •kr. that they were to apply in their cnnimer h ei i a n i t, aaffnadirsmetot !and tranquil ; a solitary fortress only remained in the , t i'imeillir Tiiiiiiioni, gm their papers attested by seh no difficulty in t h e 'mew:titian o f thei r affairs. B ut since i hands of the partisans of Old Spain ; and the new Fe- , .:s the Paclia, in consequence of the complaints made by man y I den' Constitution, on th e mo ld o f t h e U n i te d S ta t es o f 1;,,,,:s el :Moldavia. ag-inst the 1 lospocbir, had cAnse these I;ovari to be attest/A avd conveyed to different fortresses. This 1 N orth America, was received, and almost universally ap smrerity has caused much s.m•arion among the thi'l'atte htn l Y" proved throughout Mexico. Iturbitle tamped the throne feared being f. t h.a it might offend the litassim (bogus Lord I. Nr angforti's influence is redarttl to nothing, front well-I:wan in 1822, solely by military force; his partisans overawed em as, aml in consequence of the renewed demand of the Turkish . ' the Congress. One of the first acts of this ambitious ad 311neare, made in the most violent terms, of an explanatioa ol . the canduct of the Eritish l;OVCRIOT of the lonian Islands, and the 1 venturer, as President of the Mexican Regency, in Sep „ming the , temixr Ite2l, was to issue a proclamatidr , . oconveking the Elglish l re it i et n i g ie th p "e. , tletl to present his memorial tv l g l c ' u i t t . i ti e ort et' MuldaV e ia and Wallachia, but Saida Effendi all at ' National Cortes for the 2 lth of February following. ~err became worse. anti it wii.s obliged to he deferred. We fear. 1 This assembly was to be composed of 162 Deputies, Weed. that if England does not alter its system, this sate of thing may coutinne some time, a nd by the diminution of the influence ; elected by the districts into which the Mexican empire of the Noble Lord the regociations of the other Eumpean Ministers : was divided. But the Congress and the Regency soon may be r.ffieted, because the distrust of the Divan soh respect to all tee Christian Power,. increases. But whether E , ,gland's policy disagreed. The former was principally composed of ineli .stern•le takes up the (fleck cause. or nhethir it shies not rather ' viduals who wished to make Mexico a Republic ; but :Mak of obtaining influence in order to bring back the ( :reeks , in , an sinlereAe rummer, to their obedience to the rime, and thus do I turlide, when he placed himself at the head of the in the Sultan a greater St/Viet, is a second question, the solution of surrection against Spain, had no such views. The move- ; which must be left to time. ' went which led to the revolt against the mother country, had originated with the military ; and in declaring Mexico to be independent of Spain, they had still professed to pre serve time monarchical form of government, and had re served the sovereignty for a Prince of the Royal Family of Spain, under the title of Emperor. Iturbide, however, foresaw early that there was little probability of this', arrangement being effected, and he had taken measures I to secure the imperial power to hit»self, in case of its being declined by the Spani:th Prince. With this view be sought by every possible means to ingratiate himself with the peo- ' ple, and pat ticularly with the army. Several of the regi ments were particularly devoted to him, openly professed their anxiety to see him in the possession of the crown, and saluted 1 ' with cries of " Long live the King." In order to check the influence of the army, some of the Deputies proposed in Congress that measures should be taken for raising and arming a national militia, consisting of 30,04)0, men. Iturbide at once perceived the object of this propo sition ; lie went himself to the Hall of Session, where be ' accused the Deputies who had brought forward the motion of conspiting against the public peace, and demanded that, ' they should be put under arrest. le Deputies retorted, by charging him with projects incon t with the liberty;, tn 'of the people, and a vieleut alterca followed, which' 'hewed the extreme opposition of views and feelings be tween the two parties. This took place in April, 1828. Soon after intelligence was received of the formal refusal of the Spanish Cortes to ratify the treaty of Cordova, or acknowledge the independence of Mexico. Iturbide now found it necessary to prcelaim his views : a general review, of the troops of the garrison took place on the 18th of May ; on the evening of the same day the soldiers issued , from their barracks, and raised the cry of " Long live the , Emperor Iturbide;' in which they were joined by numbers of the lowest orders of the populace. On the same night, after issuing a proclamation, in which he called upon the people to preserve their obedience to the constituted authorities, and leave to the unbiassed decision of the , Congress the adoption of such measures as the public safety might demand, Iturbide ordered the barriers of the city to' be closed, and summoned the Congress to meet by day break on the follownig monming. Eighty-two mc mbers only answered his summons. The usurper himself was present at the Assembly, and the ball and the galleries were filled by his partisans, who were loud in their vociferation' of attachment to him, and menaced every kind of violence against the Deputies who might oppose his pretentious. It was under such circumstances as these that the Assem bly opened their deliberation, whether they should pro claim Iturbide instantly Emperor, or wait until they ascer tained the feelings of their constituents. Several of the De- puties declared they hat been invested with no powers for the election of an Emperor. The galleries replied to their objections by imprecations against the hesitating Deputies, of " Let him die, the traitor !" adding, that "before half an hour I turbide should he crowned." The tumult at length was terminated by the forced submission of the Congress, and a majority of 67 to 15 voted a declaration, conferring the sovereign power on Iturbide. The usurper then swore to observe the constitution which the Congress should es tablish, and promised not to exact any tax, or duty, with out a Decree of that Congress ; above all he bound himself to respect the political liberty of the nation, and of each in dividual belonging to it, concluding by stating that if he acted in a inauuer contrary to what he had sworn, obedience would cease to be a duty, and his acts be of no effect. Iturbide was thus tumultuously proposed, elected, and the oath administer:it to him, in a single sitting. The assem bly then broke up. Ott the same day the Regency resigned its functions into the hands of the new Sovereign, who' immediately published a proclamation, justifying his usurpation by a reference to the difficulties which were oppressing the march of the public prosperity, and which demanded the force of a strong and patriotic Government to put au end to them. Immediately', after his election, many of the Deputies, amongst whom was all from the province of Yucatan, left the capital and returned to their homes, declaring they had no power to sanction the nomination of au Emperor. Such of the De puties as remained chewed their opposition, with few ex , captions, to the new authority ; and Iturbide having attempted in vain to extinguish this opposition, by the iniprisonment of several Members, at length suppressed the Congress altogether, and substituted a Junta named by himself. II ii subsequent short but tyrannical career, down to his involuntary abdication, is well known and fresh in me- mory. Ile was teemed by the Mexicans with peculiar lenity ; a splendid provision of '23,000 dollars annually, since nips' , regularly remitted, was allotted to him, and be chose Italy as the residence of himself and family. 'this man now pretends that be has sailed for Mexico, to consolidate and secure its tittle' cadence, which is already assured. We have dwelt at souse length on the details or his usurpation, to shew bow inionsisteat with his character any such pm , terms are. The fact is, Iturbitle has been restless in exile ; ' ' he could not forget his former elevation, and was uneasy , urtil he placed himself in the theatre f his former am bition again. We sincerely trust his selfish and despotic views may meet the disappointment they merit, and if the Congress of Alexia acts with firmness, lturbide's unwar rantable attenipt must end in his own ruin. d} nasty. CONgTANTINOrI.r. For these five days several divisions of Asiatics, all in the most miserable condition, have arrived here, to be empt i ed in this year's campaign against the Greeks. The most singuler reports are in circulation respt.cting Lod tstrangford; so much is cert tin, that he has been peremptorily called upon by the Porto to declare himself explicitly with respect to the cimiluet of his I invernment. Nohndy believes that he will leave the city, though the Greeks spread reperts of it. The fccicida! Seciator announces. in the 119th number, the ter. minion of his paper. His mot:ves arc not clearly expressed, but they may be guessed at. Whatever may he said in Europe, cot 'Mining the existing circumstances, aril the place when he wrote, he has more frequently ventured to speak the truth than people SCC3I to iae ;14.0 . 2% May le. A full and detailed report will be found in our columns, !, of the numerous and highly respectable meeting yesterday at Lloyd's, assembled in consequence of the meditated es tablishment of a new Mutual Marine Insurance Company, and Mr. Powell Buxton's motion for a Committee on the Act of the 6th George 1., which restricted all underwriting to companies, except those two existing by charter. The Chainnan, Mr. Shaw, stated, that as soon as the object of ' Mr. Buxton was plainly discernible, the Cominittee at ! Lloyd's lost no time in attending, as far as they could, to ! the general interests of the subscribers, and resolved to sum- mon the geraii al body, to determine on what me:lmre' i eight scent most desirable. They had also, Mr. Shaw added, thought it right to request an interview with the President of the Board of Trade, which was granted, and two of the ('ommittee waited on Mr. 'helium. During the discussion the Right lion. Gentleman stated the deter mination of Government, that nine joint-stock assurance companies should be incorporated, and that the Lord Chancellor had declared that no Bill should pass the House of Lords, which would not give the assured a right of action against every individual composing any such joint-stock com pany. The ('hairman then stated, that he had high legal authority for asserting, that, once attached to any such company, individuals would find it difficult to withdraw thetnselves from it. The different names of the proprietors would be frequently published ; they would not therefore rank as (torment partners, and could not secede without publishing in the Gin: .11e the signature of every individual cementing to the withdrawing his name. The country, Mr. Shaw went on to say, was greatly indebted to Lloyd's; they facilitated commerce, and had agents at almost every port in the world, and the business of underwriting was never so concentrated as at this moment. Lloyd's were every day extending their useful influence, and it re mained to be seen, whether the number of under writers were only to be reduced, or the house broken down altogether. Out of three assurance companies at Paris, Mr. Shaw stated two had been broken up, in consequence of their losses, runts number of persons sent to this country to be assured by private undress-Titers. Could it be suppos. d (Mr. Shaw asked), that where the two for mer chartered Companies had failed, any new Corn- luny could offer superior advantages? The respectable Chairman concluded his able address by an eloquent and well-merited eulogium on the late Mr. Marryatt ; and stat ed, that after making the representation from their Com mittee to Mr. Iluskisson, the Right Honourable Gentle man wished a memorial to be presented, of which the re sult was not yet known. Mr. Dewar followed, and said, that by the adoption of the new plan, the brokers would be thrown on their backs, and every merchant be obliged to do his own business. In Joint Stock Companies, every one holding a share was liable to the last farthing of his pro perty. Each of the subscribers at Lloyd's underwrote at least to the average of 1,500%, so that they had a gross capital always ready to pay offabout 1,500,0001. Between subscribers and clerks, Mr. Dewar stated, there were not leas than four thousand persons dependent for their support on the continuance of effinting insurances at that house. Of the new Company he believed there were not less than 100,000 shares now in the market. Nu one refused to take his risk at Lloyd's, and when called upon to pay, they were ready with any amount. In the course of last year, premiums were done so low as tcu shillings to St. Peters burgh. In 1792, which was one of' the cheapest years in every point of view, watches were insured at two guineas and a half per cent. • now the insurance was done at thirty shillings, and no difficulty made to any amount. The solvency of Lloyd's, Dewar added, was only', questioned in 161 u, when, no doubt, 4,00r0 writs were issued against its members. But that would not have been the case had the assured agreed to accept a compromise. If the charters of the two old Companies were in any way abrogated, it would preduce a monopoly ; and the Govern ment doing so should make a provision for those who would be ruined by it. This argemeitt, however, of Mr. Dewar's cannot stand. The underwriters at Lloyd's are a very respectable and uslul body, but they have no more right to • monopoly of marine insurance than any Com pany for life and lire insurance, such as the Sun or Royal Exchange, establish( d so lung, had an exclusive right to the monopoly of those peculiar branches. We have heard repeated sod heavy complaints made of the vexatious de lays given by underwriters at Lloyd's to the payment of insurances, which could not be justly questioned. If the party entithal to re cover was in the habit of insuring, and constantly paying large premiums, any loss was paid at once; but if the policy was single it was almost always questioned, and the i n lerwritcrs made common cause against the party. We see no prawnd for tbe alarm be- 1 trayed by the inoncrous subscribers at Lloyd's. Fair competition is the .col of trade. If the property of every individual entharLi a g in the Joint Stock Companies is to be autject to all los se s, and die underwriters at Lloyd's arc individually liable the saire nay, both will be on an equality in point of risk, aial the majority of insurances will be effected where the pet IlliUM/1 arc lowest, and the leases most readily made good. Neither the subscribers at Lloyd's nor any other holly can hope to preserve a mono poly, attended with any profit, at such a period as the present ; and Government, wr think, are only acting im partially in sanctioning the incorperation, on fair and equi table principles, of the new Company. The Duke of York left town on Sunday, for New market. Yesterday the Duchess of Clarence visited the Duchess of Kent, at her apartments at the King's Palace, Ken sington. On Monday evening Prince Leopold, accompanied by the Prince of Leiningen, honoured Covent-garden Theatre with his prffence. Yestert ay the Du'..e of Wellington and the Right lion. Arbuthnot had audiences of his Majesty. An Austi tan Courier left the residence of Prince Ester hazy yesterday evening, with despatches for Vienna. We are happy to announce that no apprehension is en tertained of its being necessary again to postpone the Drawing-Room on account of his Majesty's health. This splendid ceremony will certainly take place on Thurs day next. f lie rtmains of the Duchess of Devonshire are expected in town this day from the Continent. It is said among the Auld lon that a treaty of marriage is on the lapis between Captain Charles I. ox and Miss Fi tzelarence. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Augustin Iturbide, who for some months had sought a domicile in England, evidently with a view of communi cating more freely with his partisans in Mexico, has sud denly sailed for the New World again, in violation of the solemn compact by which he abdicated the power he had usurped, rid by which he was staffed to quit the shores of Mexico, with a splendid provision fir himself and family. The o' t ject of this reaches adventurer, however he may seek to disguise it, is to take advantage of any di visions that may exist between the Congress and a few military chiefs, and by the aid of the latter, make Mexico We sincerely hope there is no foundation for the reported state of the Fleet l'rison. The public, at all events, should he satisfied, and that too from the best medical authority, that it is in as proper a condition as humanity and attention would have it he. We shall not now be more specific in our allusion, having every expectation that our fears are, if not unfotteded, at least exaggetated. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRANKFORT PAPERS. Frankfort Journals to the P2th inst. arrived yesterday. FRAIOEONT, MAY 11. We have news from Alexandria, by tW,s.nl; . ll . of Frtnre, which agrees pretty accurately with the accounts publiblietl in the Aus tria* Observer and other paper*, of the proppbal* made by the l'orte to the I , ice rcu m of Egypt, and his acceptance of them ; brat doubts are ex both uith rebytet to hi. intention of sendi ng his son Ibrahim to take the chie f command wino the hireePr, l and with regard to the number of the troops that he will bend a it is imagined that he will not send above seven or eight thousurd men as his contingent. SYNA, Marten IS. Discord Mill prevails among the Greeks. Pietro Bey, Skirl Karalamb:, Aletaxa, and Colocotmnl, members or the executive power, were outlawed by &decree in thirteen articks, and withdrr'm to Tripolima, where *ODIC disorder emitted : part or the people de- elared for the present Government, but l'olocntroni employed the soldiers, who were devoted to him ; they fired on the people, of whom six were killed, and the remainder wurc diNperxed by the use of the bayonet. The outlawed members thought tit to make pro ponds, through Demetrius Ypsilanti, to the new Executive Roily, requiring that their adherents should be pardoned ; that a national assembly should be called; and that Pietro Bey, Sotiri Koralonilm, and Zahn, should be made member of the Executive. 'niche pro posals were rejected with contempt. Young Colorotroni, in consequence of an undemanding with hix father, has indeed refused to gave op Nopoli di Rumania, where lie commands, but the garrison of Fort Poloniida, which commands the town, ems declared for the new tioveromesit: Varvaiti has sent .10,000 talaris to Colonists, through the Arch'_ mantlrite, which he is to deliver to the Government there, if it should prove to be stable. lemmas, of Hydra, is to go to the lonian f.lands to negotiate with the partisans of the firerLs, who are numerous there, for a loan of 100,000 talaris. It seems to be determined that Mr. Lush:ngton pro weds to the Governorship of Bombay ; he will be suc ceeded by Mr. Ilerrics. It is, we understand, in the contemplation of same of the leading mercantile men in the City to send a deputation to Mr. Canning, for the purpose of obtaining some eclair cissement as to the affairs of South America ; the resent rispect of things being such that they crinlot with safety enter into extensive speculations with that part of the world. It is even supposed that this measure will be adopted with the perfect concurrence of Ministers, who are at length willing to express themselves openly on the subject. We happen to know that the representative of one of the States of South America has been lately in frequent intercourse with a distinguished Member of the Cabinet, and that he has expressed himself in the most sanguine manner as t ) course which it is expected the British Government will adopt on this important subject.—Evening A letter from Faris, dat:ti Saturday, states that on the preceding Tuesday a telegraphic despatch was received at Brest, by the Intendant of Marine of that port ; imme diately after which a fast sailing vessel was forwarded upon some secret mission ; and it was also remarked that ex traordinary bustle was displayed in every &pat unent of the Marine. The Eagle, Captain Stirbuck. arrived at Portsmouth on Monday morning from Rio, which place she left on the 7th of March. The letters by her state that four French frigates, three corvettes, and one brig, still lemainitl at Rio. It is further stated that the Eagle brings despatches for our Government. No further intelligence which can bo relied upon has been received from Lisbon respecting the events which have recently occurred there. Private letters from Paris give different versions of the matters, and it is difficult to make out how much of truth there is in them. One point alone is certain, we believe, that the party of the Queen, and of the Infant Don Miguel, were engaged in a plot of some kind or other, and that it was discovered before it could be completely carried into effect. HATA N N Ali. —We have been favoured, by a commercial house in town, with the perusal of letters from Havannah. to the gel of April. Their contents, as to political news, are uninteresting ; but they bring us some intelligence of considerable importance to the commercial world inter ested in colonial produce. Owing to an unfavourable sea son, abe crop of sugar for the present year, it was correctly ascertained, would fall short in the shipment from the two ports of Havannah and Matanzas, fully eighty thousand boxes (seventeen thousand tons), about one-fourth of the usual crop. Besides this, the shipments to Spain were con siderably on the increase, now exceeding eighty thousand boxes or chests; and from these two circumstances, the sultPl7 of nom from Cuba so thecousiueutai marisats to the north of Earo)e must this year he very much reduced. This will no doubt be felt in an increased demand upou this country for sugar, the growth of our IVest India Co lonies and East India possessions, in order to supply the great deficiency of Cuba sugar in the European market. --•(;ICIS.TOW Cue rier. _ _ _ The South Sea whaler l'Aigle, whose reported arrival some time since caused an intense sensation in the city, has at length reached this country, but without brinc,ing the slightest intelligence from Rio Janeiro. 'Flie letters from that place by this arrival are dated the 6th of January ; at that time every thing was perfectly tranquil, and Lord Cochrane, who was understood to have been on had terms with the Government, was again in favour. The want of money was, however, sensibly felt, and many of the pub:ic functionaries were in arrears of pay. It is therefore probably that the failure of the Commissioners appointed to negociate the Loan in this country will excite serious discontent. The Emperor held a Levee on Shrove Tuesday, at which two or three of the French Officers belonging to the vessels of their country at Rio were present, and for some time in dose conversation with the Emperor. One letter from Rio, dated March 5, says--" you will hear ot' the blockade of Pernambuco, to enforce obedience to the orders of the Emperor. The country is a state of insurrection as far as .111agoas." ALut F. It s.—AVe have been favoured with an extract of a letter, written on board the Naiad, which has lately re turntsl to Malta from the blockade of Algiers. We believe it communicates the most recent intelligence which can be relied ou from that quarter : Ills Majesty)) ship Naiad, Malta, April 9, 11131. Since I last wrote you tid . Aleriera. we have been cruising ed . that port and wine of the mai joining ones, for the pur i sise of blockade and annoyance, and have succeeded in capturing two out of the only three merchant vessels In the employ of the lley ; one of them we took, standing in for Algiers, laden with cables, silk, and salt ; and the other we cut out of Ilona, tilled with cum. Since our ar rival here for the purpose of ',fitting, we have understood that the difference* have been settled with the Dey, by his agreeing to sign all the conditions we proposed, and also the renewal it the treaty for the abolition of Christian sla.:cry. Of course our prizes must be restored. It is stated, however, that the My wishes now to vent his rage on Mr. 3l•lletinel, our Consul, whom herefuses to re ceive at his Court ; and it is not yet known here whether he will accede to this. Mr. Wponnel has always stood very high in the opinion of our Government. from hi. spirited behaviour with these savages. It is the general, and obviously well-founded, opinion of every one here, that our attack, and consequent eoralitions about slavery in 11116, and our present proceedings. have done a material injury to our Mediterranean trade ; for prior to that period ours was the only flag that was respected by Moe corsairs, and we had la consequence all the COIIMPITC of the.e secs in our hands ; now that we have interested ourselves, nod obtained at an immense ex pense conditions for the benefit of other nations, we are underera ried by all the petty States of the Mediterraneigh—f: edema k Ad st..t tiarr, May 11. The following is an extract of a private letter from Con stantinople, dated the 9th of April : •"l'ite Russians have open.al their Cancelleria here, but its oh_ ject has reference only, I believe, to the navigation. Ido not hear what they are doing with the Forte. Part of the Turkish fleet has sailed, and in a day or two the Capitan Parka leaves in is seventy. four. I am credibly informed that the tleo is only goi7:g to the I islands of the Archipelago ; that the .Mor.a and hint ,:re given up ' to lllehenied Ali Pitch*, to put down in the hest way he ran. The Paella's son, Ibrahim Parlia, leaves Egypt with a rtular force this spring. They have hopes to threat with - the i.ret'es, allowing them to go. vertu themselves, on paying an animal tribute. y expect the Greeks will have conti,lence enough to treat with the Facha Egypt ; with the Pere they di) ry:: seem inch cod to treat at: all, and they are in the right. A few thousand.( it is , arits are cow nit board transports, rosily to sail ; their embarkation has be.-n si ry ' peaceable, and I trust there is no harm in hoping that they oily 'liver return." The King and Queen of the Sandwich Islands. actmtn pulled by several Chiefs, arrivA at Portsmouth on Mon day in the ship L'Aigle, from the South Seas. A visit to King George the Fourth is stated to be the object of thcir Majesties in coining to Englaud. FASHIONS IN PARIS. The ornament of the chapeaux de paile d'ltalie is a msette of white amain, placed on one side, the ends of ',Melt are fringed. The gauge bonnets are Covered with plain or puckt•r.sl crape, and Dena.' mented with a garland of flowers representirg blue-bells. The' straw hats that are sewed are mounted with a garland n I r jardi-, ofirre. The straw bonnets are genemlly ornamented with flowers a rourika, the petals red, the heart of the flower black : all mix tures of red or rote and black are det.otninatcd rent doe.—Catir.ifr Ettin.oit. F.ISIIIO.VADI.E INTELLIGRNCE. Lonl tirantham gave s grand dinner on Monday, at his house In St..lames's, to a distiniruishod party, among whom were the Earl are! . gottritOts of Illardwicke, the Earl and (: co u ntess of Caleilon, Lord and Lady Jldville , he. In the evening her Ladyship gave a rout, which was attended by a great numberof the haat lou. Mrs. J. n. Simpson gave a grand ball and, supper on Monday eveliing, at her house in Saville-street. The grand suite of draw ing -rooms were thrown open, which were fitted up with iodine tante anti elegance. There were present upwards of 300 distin guished fashionable'. Sir George lime gave a ball and supper, on Monday evening, at hia lion , e in Ohl Palace-yard, which was attended by neatly two hundred fasilionabloi. The linrquis of Larnsdown entertained a large party at dinner esitenlay, at Lanadown Iloure , lierkeley-rquare. Lord Melbourne had a dinner party yesterday, at his house, Earl Brownlow has issued cards of invitation for an entertainment on the 2ilth inst., at his house in t'avendish.svare. The 51trquit of Anglesey entertained a Isrge party at dinner yesterday, t.t his house in Old Iturlington-stmet. The Duke of Devonshire arrived yesterday morning at Devon shire House, from the Continent. The Earl and Countess of Stanhope errivcil on Monday at Lonl Carriiii;mos, Whitehall, from their seat is Kent. Arrivals at the British lintel, Jenny's-street :—The Dean Christthureli and family, from ftsford ; :11r. and Mrs. Cribb, trom a tour; Sir Charles Brooke, Ban. from his seat in Norfolk ; and Lattimore. Esq. from Oxford. Arrivals at Blake's Hotel, Jermyn-street :—Thc Earl of Got. ford, from Sulrolk ; (iodley, Esq. and stint and Mr. and Henry Ward, from Burks. Ari r ivals at Fenton's hotel, St. James'a.street :—lfy.le Parker, Esq. from ; and A. Surds, Esq. from his 'eat in Hams. Arrivals r.t the Coburg Hotel, Charks-street, Ormivenbr. square :—The Earl of Ashburnhain, from his beat, Aahliart.hant- , place. Sussex ; Lady Powistourt, and the 3lisses tiom the Earl of Darnley'a seat, Cobham hall ; Major 'Fornkinaon, and the 3lisses 'f ul ukins on , from their amt in Cheshire; Captain T. Carter, H. N. fi om a tour; Miss Morris, front Ireland; Hon. A. H. Travor and MCI. Trevor, from Cheltenham; and the Hon. and Hes. James and Mrs. Douglas, from Sussex. Departures:—The Earl of Portarlington, fur Ireland; and Mark Singleton, Esq. on a tour. Mr. and Mrs. Cox arrived yesterday at the (Auden Hotel, Albe ntarle-street, From their seat in Northaatptasaltistt. THE.4TRICALS. KING'S THEATRE. The magnificent promises with which the season opened at this theatre have just began to be fulfilled, and the con sequence is, that the audience has at last become more faihionable in character and more profitable to the treasury. Mesdames ('atalani and Pasta have done more for the managers than /I Signor Rossini himself, and they have certainly afforded a much larger portion of delight to the public. It is of Madame Pasta that we are now to speak, and we dwell upon her performance last evening with mere than ordinary pleasure. Tancredi, one of the earliest, is at the same tune one of the best of Rossini's compositions; I it is the one which raised him by a single step to the sum mit of his fame. The Venetians, who are, of all the Italian audiences, the most faatidiatu, were fascinated with its first reprecntation, and stamped its author as the most ingenious and sweetest composer of his times. It has been equally a favourite in France, Germany, and England. Last night it attracted the most numerous au dience fur the season. The exquisite music of the opera, and the delightful singing of Pasta and Ronzi, were al lurements sufficiently powerful to cram the Theatre, even on Tuesday evening, to suffocation. Madame Pasta, in Tancredi, was uncommonly successful. We doubted at first whether her voice was sufficiently low, as a soprano, to suit the part. This is a range, which, in females, is not often met with. Grassini and Bellochi are the only ones we remember who have been completely at home in it. Pasta, however, has outstripped herself. Her execu tion of Uln accendi (Di tanti palpiti) was une qualled for its pathos and beauty. The audience gave it an enthusiastic encore. In the delightful golintett, which closes the first act, she was equally successful. The very late hour at which the performance closed, compels us to pass rapidly on to the other performers. Ronal de Begins appears to have recovered entirely from her late indisposi tion. No; hing could exceed the ease and grace with which the most difficult passages came from her, modulated and cadenced with a taste of the most delicate character. Her feeling is um the deepest and purest sort, and peculiarly' suited to the music of Ansenaidr. Vurioni, in Irgirio,' displayed his usual purity and correctness, but owing to illness his tone* wanted the fullness and melody we hays been accustomed to admire in this accomplished singer. The ether parts were respectably filled. The chorus, however, was less cerrect than usual. PANTS, MAY 12. TitIEATBE FIAWCAIS.--CINNA.-_This celebrated tragedy ass performed last night, for the debut of Mademoiselle Guerin, from l'Odeon. This actress is favoured by nature with an agreeab!is expree,ion of features, a tall and elegant person, and a clear and sonorous voice, which are essential is a votary of Melpomene ; but I there is a want of soul_-her acting is cold and uninteresting; she declaimed the part of Emilie without any originality, nor did she appear to enter. into the character;—.t.. will never be s first-rats actress; but it may be truly said of her, I! last, Not kart. In the monologue in the fourth act, Telma discovered a want of his usual sensibility ; but in the fifth act, in the grand scene, be rose to the highest pitch of his surprising powers, so worthy of representing the sublime simplicity of the poet. Chilli, is perhaps one of the most difficult parts on the stage. In the first act we behold the impassioned lover. the in id eeeePt mot, and stern republican; as such be inspires a lively interest; but in the second act, he loses the nobleness of his character, and we find him transformed into an artful intriguer. In the third, he is suddenly agitated by affected remorse, and becomes a humble parasite, and condemns his treason against his Prince. " —Co Prince magnanime, Qui du peu que je suis fait one telle estime." In the fifth act he becomes contemptible, and inspire= a senti ment of indignation. M'hen Augustus says to him— " Ta fortunes est Bien haut ; tu pent et que tu veal Blida tu ferais pitie, mime é mu: qu'elle ririte Se je l'abandminais i ton pro de merits. Irtfont, though not an animated performer.went through the part , of Ciaue with a respectability worthy of appearing with the Auguste of the tragedian par excellence. The surprising talents of Telma hide many of the defects in the parts he performs, and render popular many pieces which are more indebted to the renown of the actor, than to the unconunon merit of the poet. The surprising run of the Eerie de rigid/at ds may be ; cited as an instance. l'alnia was called for after the curtain fell, mid after some time made Ilia appearance; as was also latfont. They both received the reiterated plaudits of a crowded audience. Mademoiselle Guerin was calhal for by a few voices; she appeared for a fear moments, but had no minion to extol /a calanterie l'rancaise. Several spec_ taws did not fail to express their discontent, in a manner, in my opinion, too severe. The tragedy was succeeded by a new piece, called 1..• Grander,: in which gaiety, wit, and buffoonery, are happily united. It ex. cited much laughter, and the audience retired in pertiie; good humour. THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE SANDuricm 'ISLANDS. The King and Queenjlt7iandwich Islands arrived yesterday morning at Osborn's llotel, in the Adelphi, from Portsmouth, at which port they had landed from Captain Starbuck. We understand that the object of the visit of their Majesties to this country is to make an offer of ceding their possessions to the Crown of Croat Britain, and in return to demand its protection against all hos tile attacks that may be made upon their territory. It is said that they have come to this determination in con sequence of the menaces of the Russian Cabinet ; which, should they be put in execution, these islanders feel that they should not he ab, single-handed, to resist the in. We ee: redo aiered to aninterview with these Royal stran gers last evening, and lamented extremely that they were encumbered with the worst-informed interpreter it ever fell to our lot to cenverse with ; for to judge from the coun tenances of the King and Queen, and their two acts nelants, whHi comprised the whole of the party in the room to which we were introduced, they were desirous of mover atiene ; but in addition to his want of general information, we suspect this notable interpreter is in blissful ignorance of the language he is to expound, for we could not prevail upon him to put a single sentence even of common courtesy. On our entering the room, the party were playing, whist, the Queen having for her partner her female attendant, who is a daughter of one of the chief nice of the Ishouls, and his Nlajestv's partner was the Go verner tat the island where the seat of Government was held. The Ladies were dressed in loose tubes eb eh/end:re. of straw colour, tied with rose-coloured strings, and on their heads they wore turbans of feathers of scarlet, blue, and yellow. The two malts appeared in European costume, wearing plain black coats, silk stockings, an. , shoes. These Idanders are of a very large size. %Fe ogl e saw them sitting; but judging of their height from tha• posture, we should say the men were above six feet anel exceedingly stout. The females were equally fat and coars made, and proportionably taller than the men. The whole party were of the darkest wryer colour, very nearly ap proaching to black. NESTING AT LLOYD'S. Yesterday a very numerous and respectable meeting of the maw scribers was held at Lloyd's Collie-house, foe the purpose of adapt ing certain resolutions relative to the meditated establishment Os new Mutual 31arine !moron& Company, and other business ma r netted with the ettablishment at Lloyd's. At twelve o'clock the Chair wan taken by Mr. B. Straw, and after the Secretary had read the notice convening this meeting, Mr. SHAW observed, that he believed it would be most in unison with the general feelings of the meeting to proceed first towards these parts of the day's proceedings which were least likely to pee. duce discussion ; and he therefore called upon them to confirm toe resolutions of the last general meeting, for giving 2001. to the Royal National Institution for the preservation of the lives of seamen. Ile Let also to bespeak their attention to the application which was made from the Merchant Slutten's Company, representing the des toyed state of their funds, and asking for some Means of recruiting them. W•th this object, the Committee had to request the sanction of the reee:ing to a vote of 103 L '.shish it was intended to present to that Society. Mr. Cout:nurr considered that sum La by far t6o small was, in fact, a liter: bagatelle; he did not mean to oppose the rote s but he could nut avoid stating his opinion, that it Was by far 4%0 I mall. Both the votes were then agreed to. The ('flat JIM A x said, they now came to the main bushiest. of dui day. They were all aware that various reports had been sounded th their can, relative to the attempt at altering the Marine Insurance Laws el this country. It was not however thought advisable to take any active steps, or convene a . general meeting of the Sub scribers, until a substantiv e propositionwas nod) to be broeght before them, as arising nut o such an intended measure. But ae sum as Mr. Buxton gave notice of his intention to move foe a C .nitiiittee on the Act of the kilt Geo. I. which nurieted.4l ender. writing to Companies, except those two existing by datur— as soon as the object Of Mr. Buxton was plainly disoeenible, then the Committee loot no rime In a t te ndi ng , as far as they could, to the general interests of the suble7ibers ; and they therefore resolved to summon the general body, in order to determine on whatever measures might to them seem most desirable. They had also thought it right to ask an interview with the President of the Board of Trade, which was granted, and two of the Committee waned on Mr. Huthisson. During that Interview several Mama dons were made on the, part, to sheer the fallacy of the Mutual - Marina Insurance project. But It would be vain to disguise [two this meeting that Mr. Huskiesom owed that the Moog feeling of Oreernment was in favour of a repeal al so much of that Act se would tend to the existence and protection of each a proposed Com pany or body ; and that this consent grew slit of what had ban done in furtherance of procuring a free Made in every possible manner. 11 r. If uerkisson alluded to the utility which sense oat of the comparatively free trade to India: but the deputation repre sented to him that the ewes were lot analogous; and that, with re spect to them,howebe? plausible the change might appear in theory* would not be l'ound to answer well in practice. In the case of the but India Company a good was done by breaking up a monopoly ; but in that of the subscribers to Lloyd's, It would be lessening compe tition for the purpose of multiplying joint stock connathee. During the discussion Mr. Huskisson appeared unfavourable to grant advantages to joint stock companies, and be arguul that WO natural tights of individuals were not more promoted by assurance companiesithan by any other means. He stated the determination of Government that none of those companies should be incorporated. and that the Lord Chancellor had declared no Bill should pass the House of Lends which would not give the assured a right of action araltist *very individual composing any suede joint stock Company. He (the C b hairman) -ed to maker one remark, as he, perhaps, spoke in the bearing of many porticos anxious to become members of joint stock com panies,. that he had high legal authority fur stating, that once belonging to any ouch company, individuals would find it difficult to withdraw or extract themselves from it ; it waa not as in the case of dormant partnerships ; but it was a cue in which the different names of the proprietors would be frequently published; they would be therefore no longer as dormant partners, and could not secede without publishing in the Gametic the signature of every individual consenting to the individual's withdrawing his name; and this would stand for all time, past, present, and to come. The mode adopted to prevent individual liability was represented to Mr. Iluskisson, who was nut before aware of the plan. A policy was, however, sent to hint, and he (the Chairman) maw by the British Press, and other public papars . of to-day, that the fight bad already began ; and it was now time for the subscribers to look i well to t. He thought it en , tld not escape observation, that the business% the House of f't nen ins last night was brought forward by arum who had never nimseif any personal knowledge of effecting insurances, cr of the conduct of general commercial trace actioes, however respectable his character stood as to many other particulars. He (Mr. Buxton) came forward with what all who beard him (the Chairman) must know to be a misrepresentation, and his only excuse could be a thorough ignorance of' the subject. It would be, therefore, for others to think how far such an Indivi. dual was capable of legislating upon a subject of which be evi dently knew nothing. if the newspapers reported that Honour able Gentleman comedy, they made biro say, that an individual at a distance, who wished to effect en insurance, first sent to his at torney—and MOM that this attorneywas to be paid ; that the atm. ney employed an assurance broker, who, for his trouble, only charged the moderate sum of 28 per cent. (A general laugh.) The Loo. Member was also made to say, that he saw no team why any restriction should exist as to an when it was taken every off thing else--when it did not exist on ife or house awe- soca, or skips is deck, and yet the way moment ships left the daft they must conic under a resttictive All this could be very • easily answered. The bakes ewld purchase his Sour whew ha I plowed, and the butcher his meat ; then why not the publicist hi. beer P—Oleor, and a laugh.l-IClien Hon. Gentlemen were throw. ing stones at others, they she ild not tueget that stones might be thrown on dice premises. tt I,h regard to the assurance business generally, he was satielied, that had it not been fur the inditithial !member of Lloyd's, the science of underwriting would not have been known, or If known, brought to that perfection as a system. in which it now existed. The plan of assurance had existed at as earlier period than was generally imagined—it existed about the year 1600, and In the reign of Queen Eliasbeth, and it continued till 1720, when Joint Stock Companies were rising with so much mushroom celerity, th at their restriction became a matter of goo lute necessity. What resemblance there might be between that and the present period he would not say ; every man had his own opinion= the subject Restrictions then, however, were necessary—a charter was granted to twocomp.tnies,but still the right of individuah to menu was altogether preserved. These companies and the individuals was then at issue ; which had the best of it needed no mention. Lloyd's had shewn what individual exertion was capable of doing: their capital, their system, their regulations, their attendee, enabled them to resist those combined companies; and now that a lar; force was brought into the field against them, it remained to be seen how they could meet the contest. He did not now wish to ape. relate on the probable result of such companies ; I.ut if twenty or thirty companies, with swelling capitals of front one to five toil. lions, w hen at the same time everybody knew that only one-tenth of that nominal capital was actually subscribed; if, he said, se many companies were fcrwee, it must be evident that they would cause a great subduction of the business here; but how their ex istence might athrt the nation generally he was not pew prerared to say. This country was greatly indebted so Lloyd's; we fw.iti. a tit o t d ed th c o mn b t o n . e i ree nou ; w of e u hol uder ag .w en n t i v al l rnj was uica ne t ‘ e :r ery so conce n trated in tra th t e ed "rM 'as at this motion. Lloyd's were every day extending their useful in finenee, and it rottaintd to be seen whether the number of under writers were only to be reduced, or the house broken dean altoge ther. Pony or fifty assurance companies might wive. but he was satisSed they never could keep up the business as it was now done. Fort-timers sent their assurances to us because tiny were better slut of three assurance companies at Paris, two gave up in consequerre 14 their losses, and a numb:r of persons sent here in he a‘sur,tl by private under-writers. It reu...ined, on the shi le, as a tiutstio:i for the 4:tnetralcut to consider, whether they would Ali ke a system anended with so much national as well as individual adiantage. The system brought the pry buttle part of the business here; and the more it vas coneentnited the pewter world be its i!:Crl:lFt` t money made money, and business bro ug ht wiel it business. That which created commercial property was Oct confined to capital alone, but capital and skill united in exertion and he had no hesitation in saying, that the business transacted by the individual fur himself was genctidly better done than that by the kgrnt of a Joint Stock Company. In Joint Stock Companies ass I /ireetors managed the business; so that of •Company, containing. perliaps. bell persons, there was the skill, the talent, and the was du.try of 490 excluded from the manage's:tent of their owe affak; Few persons, in the first instance, knew the risks they raa ia curing ; the difficulty arising from local pacularities, as well as thee political relation of this with other countries ; end could it be supposed that where the two former chartered Companies had failed, any new Company could offer superior advan tages ? It was but fair to think not. It was askeed what was a charter A..d the reply ww., a piece of paper with a ball of wax at the end of it ; but we depend on that charter, which said that the system minim d would be torttititM, that inducement to und.r. writers would be faithfully adhered to, that their capital and talett might be directed to such a speculation ; and now we expect that the Royal sign manual will be respected, and that the octane art of King, Lord:, and Commons will not In our case be violated. had the opinions of the late Mr. Perceral, of the Attorney 41 , 41 S , .liettor t; metal during his administration, and the great authority ; of the late Lord hllenborough, that these charters were not to be tour-La. If the enactments contained in them be not coon:teed, then 411 these fences and barriers on which we depended would be broken down. On referring hack to the contest between this house and their opponents, he could lint hrlp regretting the loss of those high talents which were to be found especially in his late prod., cessor. (Hear, hear.) He stood at the helm, while you, Gentlem en , I manned the ship; he was her pilot, and brought his safely ,Neo port. I Hear, hear.) memory entit'ed to every respect sad I every veneration from every individual subscriber ro this house. (liter, hear.) With respect, however. to the present Committer and himself, all he could say was, that their powers and talents pert at the service of the subscribers; they are'unitcd with you is all the consequences which may result from this projected mta •ure; they are deeply interested like yourselves, and your confideacw in their exertions will not be abused. Meer, hear, hear.) lie bed omitted one point, and it was this, that after making the repreirr ta. •ion to Mr. Iluskisson he wished a memorial to be presented, of which as vet they did not know the result. The memorial was long ; it entered a gest deal into detail, and as it might become oublic if now read, he thought it better merely to have it open to he i119.11.4T, ion of the subscribrTM. (Applause.) r. It. Ityw rot said, that they were called together to.dsy spot mom t nportant subject. Hewes sot in the habit of public speako.g, nit would not now be understood to have thrust himself IMwsrd ; he , as urged rr do se by many perwora, who tat a commoner 40(16 ;burnt with him ; and therefore it was that he presented hinuell sa .heir Police. The question before them was one which all z 'ook to with anxiety, for whatever might be its result, it would pith :t a ttemectious loot, and throw mesa, promo ioso a Iwo gt 1 I x~4