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Petry to the inconvenience and (halals that must follow de its rejection. The Chanceller of the Exchequer stated that improvements w‘ re contemplated, not only in the ve nerable and magnificent s•ructure itself, hut in the sur rounding demesne. The noble avenue that led to the' las:le, the fin , st, he truly said, perhaps in Eur , w as hounded by the grounds of private itulivid , l whornight turn them into streets, and build upon t ern , and thus sensibly injure th e appearance of this .t 12,. eF se ap mooch : to prevent such a insult, a portion of the sum to be granted by Parliament was intended, be said, to be applisl to the purchase of those ,rounds, which the pro- Fri , :fors of them would cheerfully dispose of on reason able sompensation made them. The Right lloncurable Gentleman further stated, that the appropriation of this grant would lw made under the superintendence of those best pudifird by their pursuits arid taste to apply it with joilgnent and effect. No changes would be made but such OA would add to the real splendor and convenience of this princely edifier, the ancient residenceof our insuarchs for m many centuries. Though Sir Joseph Yorke, who, since his secession from the Admiralty, has suddenly be come so patriotic and careful of the public money, made one of his wonted arts harangues against this grant, the cyuntry in general, we are convinced, will give it t stir fu!lest sanction. The' people of England would not wish to see their Monarch without a suitable re- sidesee, or the fine structure at Windsor suffered to moulder in neglect and ruin. This msgnific:nt edifice, with its castel:ated towers, was originally laid out by the Norman Wiliam, and subsequently enlarged by Henry I. It he cams the residence of the English monarchs who succeeded, until Edward 111., who was born there, had the ancient bulding taken down, and commenced the present splendid structure, and St. George's Chapel. Crest additions were made in succeeding reigns, by Edward IV., Henry VII., Ilcury VIII., and Elizabeth. Charles H., soon after his restoration, enlarged the Gothic windows, and made them regular ; and the fine Terrace, now the noblest promenade in &trope, both in extent, grandeur, and preepect, w principally created by this Monarch ; he had it earn round the east and south sides, and ta ll rt ' y cn the nortb. The fittest palaces in I 111110111nn 1 1 4 110 sess nothing that can becanspaml with tins noble Terrace. That next the sea, in the outer court of the sere.glio at Corstantinople, approaches more closely to it than any other that we know of. The numerous buildings of the tattle form two great courts, the upper and lower. From that called the Round Tower an extensive prospect is con tnanih dof twelve counties. St. Ileorg:'s Chapel stands between both courts. It was originally begun by Edw. 111., enlarged by Falw. IV., and completed by Henry VII. The interior architecture of this church is very fine, particularly die stone roof The late lamented Monarch had it du rsughly repaired and beautified in 1790. In this chapel were int, trim !lorry VI., Edward IV., Henry VII 1., one of h:s Queens (Jane Seymour), and the unfortunate Charles I. ; and at the cast end, an ample vault, by order if the late King, was constructed in Islo, as the lost rysting place of himself and his illustrious family. The heyal apartments are hung with many noble paintings ; trey now possess the beautiful Cartoons of Raphael, for merly at I tampion Court. Here was originally instituted, by Edward 111., the Choler of the Garter, consisting of the Sovereign and twenty-b ve Knights I'onmettions, ex clusive of the Princes of the Blcod Royal. The Royal Cellege of St. George was also founded here, formed of a Dean, twelve Canons, seven minor Canons, and tight' en Alms Knights. 'Ellis noble edifice has been distigi red by some inotlern s.ructurrs alluded to by the Chat miler of the Excheyer in his addri as last !light, and which, in der the contemplated inoproven.ents, will be taken I own. (El the south-east side of the Coss le is the Queen's Loth e, and below this building another, called the Lower Lodge. These buildings, quite out of keeping with the fine Cathie structure they aojain, will now be reroved. 'Asijoinii g the Queues Lodge is the Little Park, extending rouni Os eau and north skits of the Castle, about four miles in cncnit. The Great lark is on the south side o' the town of Windsor, and extends for 14 miles round. The noble avenue, leading to the Castle, runs for nearly three mires, with a double plantation of stately trees, to the summit of a delightful bill, near which is the King's Lodge. 11'inolsor has been iminortalisod in verse by our greatest punts; its situation is unparalleled in Eng land. It has het n the favoured residence of our monarchs for age s, and is consecrated by every thing that history and the remembrance of ancient days can throw around it. It is now selected by his Majesty as his favoured residence in his declining life. The people of England ought to bit', palace, at kaat, worthy of their Monarchs and th;oi at country ; and though Sir Joseph Yorke, disint..rest tr 1 . .. and from the pan te motives, no doubt. attempted to anguo against the vote, the country at large will not, we are persuaded, grudge the suits proposed for the t rubel- Bshirent and preserv ation of this noble edifice. The sum eo applied wil l re ver t to the community again :it does not go into the pockets of the liberal Monarch or his officers,' but is expended in giving employment to hundreds, in fostering the efts, in domestic improvement, and in restor ing and adorning that splendid structure, which rose with the Mona eby of England, and which has been its pride and boast through centuries. It would he a national demolition to this great country to sec such a structure dilap;dated or falling into ruins, from the absence of that liberality which has often been wasted in other ways infi nitely less worthy of this country. The vote is therefore one to which we are happy to have an opportunity of giving our unqualified approhation. ' • The Courier, whose whole tone has lately been so much improved, and whose sentiments and feelings :'wards Ire land, in particular, have keen most creditably liberal and candid, alluding last night to a letter in its columns from Mr. )McDonnell, one of the most distinguished Catholics in Ireland, but whose feelings towards the Government of Marquis Wellesley, from some of his late publications, we regret to add, an• most unfortunate and mistaken, takes great pains to exculpate the intolerant Archbishop of Dub lin from ally participation in the insults olfl.red to the Ca ' (holies of Ireland over the graves of their friends. Now we happen to know Dr. Magee personally for years; we knew him irtimately and well, when he was only a Fellow of his Culli.;e; we were as well acquainted with him when subs( quently Dean of Cork—from that promoted to a Bishopric in the north of Ireland, and at length, through the ez.rmet reconninialations of his friend Mx. Plunkett, translated to the Archbishopric of Dublin, with its immense patronage, and the .4posto/ic revenue of tw e lve tWeond a tear. In all these changes we layer him to be MMus, orahsfx, and *telt 'ant ; we never yet lit aril M . a liberal or Fierous act being imputed to him: While he wanted pre ferment, he dissembled in some degree his natural pride! and intolerance; but having ence reached the summit of his ambition, both broke loose without restraint. The Courier is a stranger to Dr. Magee, except by report, we are not so. Lord Sidmouth, on his going over to Ireland with the King, and meeting this Prelate, declared he never saw ambition so personified as in his person. We stated before the fret of Dr. Collins, a moat respectable Catholic clergyman, having been insulted at the grave by Dr. Mager, or his agents, in the church yard of St. Fin Bars, while the latter was Dean of Cork ; his conduct to Mr. Darcy subs( quently, in Dublin, was only a repetition of this most uncharitable aggression. The Archbishop might have been at Leamington, or anywhere else, when the latter outrage was committed by his up nts, but " INi foci! leer alio: fixed per se." It is nontense to argue, that any clergyman, within his arch diocese, would have dared to venture such an outrage, unless his pre vious licence was had to authorize and sanction it. We de tailed his conduct, some months since, to the unfortunate clergyman of his own Church—the haplru Welch curate, an unfriended stranger, against whom he fulminated his anathema, and reduced, with his family, to beggary, be caw the former did not kiss the slipper of the proud, Prelate on his promotion, and make one among the crowd of adulators that filled his hall. Dr. Magee will re member how he subsequently flung his door in his face, and called on the pampered menials of his hall to drive him down his sups. We cannot forget the , feeling of general indignation that was aroused in Dub lin, when the ruined stranger published the treatment he received. But he was poor and unpatronized—Dr. Magee was rich and powerful ; and the tribunal to which his victim appealed, with the world's insensibility, too soon for got him and his sufferings. The Courier does not n the character of the man it defends, or with the liberal ft-clinics that now distinguish it, this paper would revolt from his defence. The Archbishop has not attained his present unpopularity in every part of Ireland, without strong deserts. The people of that country do not hate on light grounds ; but they know this uncharitable man to be their embittered enemy—one who would deny then' the very repose of the grave. Into such hands does Mr. Plunkett's Bill commit the dearest rights of the people of Ireland. Will the Courier say they should be delivered over into such keeping ? Latt night, about half past ten o'clock, his Majesty, rted by a party of light horse. arrived at his Palace .n Pal Mall from K traitor Castle. Yesterday the Princess Augusta and the Duchess f G:oucestcr I.o3ourcil Videountcsa ('remorne, at Little Chef , set, with a visit, where their Royal II ighnesses partook tf la &lemo:. . _ . Cast evening the Princess Augusta visited the Princess SoAla, wlKte there was a select party to meet her. 'Yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, a Cabin, t Council Wig held at the Foreign Office, Downing-street. It sat iu deiberation till half-put four o'clock. _ _ The Karl of Liverpool came to town yesterday from Coombe Wood. The Dowager f'ounttas of Lonsdalc died yesterday morning, at eight o'clock, at her villa, Broom House, Ful ham. K • Rrverrus.—A'th +ugh the accounts of the Quarter's reveuue sill ma, be made up until a late hour this CVe3l - yet we believe the returns arc highly flattering, and • l ain exhibit an increase, indicative of the growing pros rerity of this great country. In the Customs alone, w•+ understand di it the returns for the Quarter ending thin ilsy amount to nearly 2,200,0001. being s. surplus of up ward.; of 70,0001. over the corresponding Quarter las: 111r.-IY•i/. The progress of knowledge tends imperceptibly to intrc duce amongst all classes a more liberal and enlightened mode of thinking. The merchant changes his maxims of eommercial dealing—the manufacturer improves his no tions of mercantile policy, and Legislators, following in the train of practical instruction, and adding to it, of late, the result of a clear-sighted and comprehensive wisdom, perceive the infinite utility of adopting into their public, system of laws, as connected with the trade and revenue of the country, those enlarged principles of freedom which an alone forward the real interests of either, and which hest ensure the propriety of both. Ministers have within these two last years done much, but much yet remains to be dose. Of all subjects to which the freedom of trade should be extended, the first in interest and importance we thee. which enter into the ordinary means elf subsistence. With the labouring classes of England, after bread, beer is an article of the first De•esalty, and, consequently, of the g►eatest consumption ; it is, therefore, an article that the great bulk of the people can least atiierd should be tam pitted with, and upon which a wise Statesman will always M fearful to let loose his speculations. It is indisputable that the Beer Act of last Session should he re-mo dified in the presat It contains in it much matter of serious grievance, under which the small-beer brewers have suffered severely in the interval, and under which they, as well as the public, would have suit red much more but for the orb a r iu,:icitil palliative (for so we must term it) which the good sense of the Chancellor of the Exchequer indulgently applied to it. iVe ri marked, when speaking on this subject last year, that if there is any one principle of lti_:iskrion which is dearer than another, n ix this: that when any law is made to protect the interests of any clank of persons who have, themselves, an identity of interest with the public at large, the interests of the public at large must, by such a law, he essentially sacrificed. We pronounced the Be. r Act of that Session to be precisely an Act of this description ; that it had the double lee•cu liarity of being neither good for the brewer nor good for the consumer ; that it was not good for the landed interest nor fur the labouring class e s ; that, in short, it was genii for nothing. " We do not," we added, " impute any blame to Mr. lioarxsoy, who brought it in ; we sincerely be lieve that he meant well ; but the brewers, the mono / dirt class we mean, for there is a class that are nut mono ?ilk% carry great weight at the Treasury. The trams of their discontent, thrown into any measure, •reates a great ji•rnientat ion, and a Chancellor of the Exchequer run perceive, instinctively and at a great distance, when a storm is brewing, and very wisely gets out of the way of it." It is a principle of taxation most mani festly unjust, to impose a specific duty on small-beer, and to regulate by law it strelyth and price, while the main articles of its manufacture, MALT and noes, are subject not only to very considerable but to very frequent variations.. How glaring would he the injustice to the bakers of fixing the• standatd price of a gnattern► loaf, whatever may be the' By private letters from Madrid, received yesterday by the French mail, w•e learn that a serious commotion had nearly ariwn in that capital, from the circular of the Presi ol.m of the C nincil of (:aatile to the Royalist volunteers, ha vog been read to them on the public parade. The vo , h n errs loud:y exprtssed their dissatisfaction, and were even proceeding to acts of outrage, when the French gene ?al Itonntiont rode up and threatened to call out his troops if they did not disperse quietly. This intimation had the de sir. d effect. Letters were yesterday received from Buenos Ayres, dated Jan. 10. TI e post from Chili had just arrived, bringing ac counts from St. Jago tl:at the army of Chili was returning from the I nterniedios. These accounts confirm the victory of Bolivar over Siva Aguera ; his army, amounting to 12 non mei , was in toll march against ranterac, who aas at Aura. Trade was promising to be most flourishing ut Lima, in cons( quince of the prespects of the complete sew n as of the independent cause. TII E K;REEK S.—Letters limn Mit:olonghi state, that the advanced guard of the Creek army, for the attack of Li panto, had marched, and had been immediately fol lowed by the division of Lord Byron, with that Noble man at their head. The plans of Mr. Parry, the engineer. for carrying 1,-panto by storm, had been approved, and little doubt was entertained of their complete success. The artillery corps of Colonel Stanhope will take the lead in this enterprize. It was stated at Missolonglii that Lord Strangford had nearly broken terms with the Sultan, e n account of the insolent la 'watches of the I ;rand Vizier, for the loan raised in England for the service of the Greeks. It is said, iu lett, rs front Petersburgh, that the Emperor Alexander has assigned half a million el rubles for the sup port of the Italian opera for six months, and of which Madame Fodor is to have 1,....)00 francs monthly. _ N ivr Si•ANI r TIII:ATKE:—.I new melo-drinte, founded 'on Air. oboe's tragedy of ./ia..co, was produced at this t' eAtre last reen"ng, and was !revived with much applause. The acting of Mrs. t'litford, Messrs. Kenible, Itowbothain, and Lovislay, was excellent ; autl we make no doubt the I piece will amply repay the Proprietors for its production. The scenery, by Messrs. 'Pompkitts and Walker, far ex ceeded our expectations, and was greatly applauded. Po Li! IVA Feu Ni) SI V.—A number Of the friends of the late Mr. I{ icanlo wishing to extend the knowledge of that science which he successfully cultivated, having resolved to establish a lee. tureship in the metropolis, on Political Economy, the first lecture W 3.• dell vered yesterday morning by Mr. at the moms of the Henlin,izal Sociey, No. 211, Iletlfonl street, Covent-garden, and the lectures are to be repeated every Monday and Thursday., At ten o'clock the room was completely filltsL 11'e observed amongst a numerous and nitwit respectable auditory, Sir James Mackintosh, Sir Henry Parnell, Mr. IL l'hilips, Mr. John Smith,' i.e. h.c. Several ladies were also present. A little after ten o'clock 111r..31•Culloch commenced his Introductory lecture, at the close of which be received from the auditory a distinct round of applause. advance in the f ricz• of wheat ! and yet it is precisely the FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. same principle which tints the price of the barrel of beer, FREM2II PAPER.S. without regard to th e wid e fl uc t uat i on in film price of its materials. Beer, like any other article, should - eon* into i . the market unfettered by any restrictions ; its pries should . The Paris Journala of Saturday trachea us last night by sprees. The following arc extracts : be regulated by its goodness and its strength ;of this 'll6l - e - 'From the Consfitotlitotwt.l.l consumer, not the Legislature, is the judge; no inter- . ALGIERS, Mapco 11. fercncc is warrantable that puts the decision into other : Since Ow 15th of February, a strong British squadron has !dock hands. The allowing a beer of intermediate strength to be ailed tl.e port of Algiers. The English, determined on bombed brewed, sod at the same time to grant she permission only ing time town, ar e only waiting, they try, for la flotilla of steam on terms that no man in the trade could avail himself of honift,veatiels, which ,is to be omit from London. The Algerine l e sr war • the turn out of die town all those woo ean it, litts I:tithing about it of that liberal and statesmaulike • : r ot ` pbrieip::::Zlrly emp l oy ed f or th e defence. This Dry has ordered mind which we hope soon to see pervade the reformed t h at every man frau' the age of eighteen to fifty do take up arms. system of financial legislation to which we look fonward, ' He pastimes for his defense, a 1,•405t formidable artillery, mounted and which we hope, before the end of the Seaskelt, the' olannOsltry frames, and militiamen Who are Averse to the war. amendment of the Act we advert t o w ill fully outuu ditz I Alone In his capital, he is determined on fi ghting and burying him- We sav less on this subject at present, as w e mesa AV M e. self under its ..,, ~ bombardment appears unavoidable, un a very early opportunity of returning to it. I l ets Ma _ Ir . .. • • ' • • guard event Which seems doubtful, as he slam , ' ard of which is asystnitcti to a man ~. • , .. set Mff yi tilinnitO. Montt: 26.. • ' 14 We _ , informed tbse as Tatioeheff has lately been 7" . - •itew mission to na, and that he him set .4 frail St. FrOtaraburgh during the night of the 7th to the Bth March, he Ali doss • lt is reportad that he is directed to consult wider ate itf respecting the means of removing the °beagle, ' e the success of M. Ili inziaky'o nego tiation. 'A circulated at Sc. Peteraborgh, that M. de Tatierldr.Ar ._....tv is uarkr I sei,i Constantinople, r.ra by a tise . way of Vienna c . ~. - . Pasts, APRIL 2. Ever since thaTeldes bare into office, it would be di ff icult to pia: out a grammes, libera l, and philantbopie measure which has net been proposed by the opposition, rejected by the ministerial party, introduced anew, supported by public opinion.and ultimately adopted by/iflornment. The last Lnglish papers fumioh a striking priiof of agamnark. Alt Europe was already aware of the efforts of Mr. IV for the suppression of the ill/among slave tr de ; but it w with the names of the other philanthro riots, wh6 to at unions oils, under the same banne-,. l'he Sum, o mini paper, at prisert, how much the cause of humanity is inds•Wd Ist;ritinp of the Nestiw o'' the patriots, to the venerable lames basely abused for • Itolg time by the tenihrt7 wriest, dense'. Er is the Treasury aeasnosk the Cowrie?, is f confess that the troject of the bill with which Air. Canning has lately had the honour of associating his name, was drawu up some years ago by the must worthy organs of the opposition, Mr. Brougham. Str James Mackintosh, and some others. These avowals. whi,b the programa of public reason, we should slams say of ministerial reason, extort Iron, the Cottriee and Yam, we the maw gratifying reconiperce the opposition could receive fot its noble Auld tours gouda efforts. _____ DU'l't If MAIL. Bgtch and Brussels Papers to the 34 inst. reached us yesrtrday. The following are extracts:— BRI'SSELS, Arai!. 2. The King, considering that commerce, inatiufactu . ms, and agri culture, have not yet attained the degree of prosperity of which they are sitsvptible, has decided by a resolution of the 29th of March, that lists shall be opened in the Clambers of Commerce and Manufactures at Amsterdam, Antwerp, Bruges, Brusids, Dort, tihent, Leyden, Middleburg, Ostend, and Rotter dam, where peruses may subscribe their nanite fur the moose of forming a fund for a society destined to encourage the abort brandies. he fund shall be twelve millions of florins, and may be raised to 24 millions; the interest shall be 4.1 per cent. The 'iing will take fir his own account the shares which shall not have been taken on the last day of June next, to complete the suns of twelve mil- The latest accounts from Batavia, of Nov. 11, mention the capture of the merchant brig, the General de Koch, Captain Blair, by seven pirate vessels, oil Cheribon Point, on the VA of I lctober, after tl,ree hours combat. The Captain leaped oreboard, and was picked up 21 hours after, and brought to Batavia. - The pilot and three who also leaped overboard, have since arrived at Bats. via and lndramayo. It is hoped that Mr. B. Thornton, the owner, who could not be persuaded to leap overboard, has been spared by the pirates; and persons have been sent to Billiton, Pocio t Lipar, and Lingen, to make inquiries, and endeavour b °Wain his re lease. BATAVIA. 6/T. 22. _ - - - - Acceonts from Poelo Pinang, dated the mitidleofOctobn.tiy, that sonic fears were entertained of an attack from the Siamese bands, which have asiembled on the opposite coast of the peninsula 'of Malacca, in the territory of Queda, and express their intention of fetching away by force from Poeta Pinang, the King of who fled from his &quinine's rime time alit, and placed biniselftta der the protection of the British authorities at Poelo l'inang. The time for the attack Was said to be fixed for the end of this montht but as the Government at Poelo Pinang was fully informed, proper measurerare of course taken to give the Siamese a warm reception, it they should proceed to execute their purpose. The garrison of Pods Pinang had already been reinforced by *regiment front Ben cal, and the King of Qui da had been p!acctl for safety in the fon. Two small vessels sent by the Governor of the island to ob:ain in formation, were taken by the Siamese. Though there is na reason to tear fer the capital town of l'oelo Pinang itself, it is still pos. it that plundering parties may land and ravage the island in dif ferent places, the channels between the island and the continent be w% only a few miles broad. It is generally believed that the Bri tish llovernment in India will afterwards punish the Ail dieposi •ion of the Siamese In theft own country, tu.'d that a little expe• It.tion to llankok may be • the consequence of this nostile attack of the Siamese bands. _ _ EXCHANGES. lIARBUIMIT, MARCH :W.—Exchange on London, 3611; two months, 36 6. ST. PETERSDURGII, 31snc it I6.—Exchange on London, 9 a ; ratio, PL I.Es PSIC, MARCH 26 —On London, two months, 6 19i. ItEn est x, MARCH 27.-011 London, throe months, 7 AMFTERTAII, APRIL 2.—Ezehaßge no Lotidon, 39 3; two •nooth%. 39 3. BIZMEN, MARCH 29.—0 n London, two mouths, SOO. AMERICAN PAPERS. Yesterday we received New York Papers to the 9th ult. and those of Boston, Philadelphia, anal ll'ashington, to ,he 6th ult. The election of a new President is the lead ing subject which at present occupies the American pub 'ic ; and the Taper are crowded with electioneering articles. Gc. oral Jackron, and Mr. W. 11. Crawford, are generally believed mbe the most popular. The other candidates for the Presidency Ire. Messrs. Henry Clay. J. C. Cullman, and John Goiasy Adam*. At the date or the last advice's, the New Tani! Bill (which goes to impose high duties upon foreign manufactures), was still before the !louse of Representatives: and hopes are ex pressed of its ultimate failure. The citizens of New lurk held a meeting on the 4th of March, and passed strong resolutions against the measore, declaring that its operation would be highly injurious to the national revenue, agriculture, manufactures, and trade. Frain the Pliikukiphis National Adrrrliser.] The English Commiwioners, three in number, Ilarvey, Ward, and O'Gorman, with a ConsuMiencral, and Consuls for Vera Cruz and Acapulco, are in this city. The second leaves here in a few days fur England. and takes with him such a favourable at ! count of the situation of allkirs here, that there is no doubt the In dependence will be acknowledged by Gnat Britain, and that she will prevent the other European Powers fr meddling with ua. They are delighted with Mexico and the reception they have met with. All they asked was the abolition of the slave-trade, which has already been done away ; no commercial privileges or inter ference in the form of Government. leaving the people of this coun. try at liberty to adopt what they think must conducive to their wel fare and prosperity. I From the New York Gazette of the 6th March.) By late advice■ from Mexico, llon Jose Joaquin fierier', Secre tary of War, ha, been appointed Alinister to the United States, and would depart for Washington. A project of the bask of a Constitution for the United Provinces of the centre of America, wea presented to the National Assembly of the Republic of fluatimala on the 25th October. That Republic bitla fair to be one of the most solid. FROM PORT AU PRINCE.- 7 (l4tain Glover, or the 3lazzinghi. interns us that 23 pirates, who had been capture*, 1.11 the east end of the island, had all been shot. It was very sickly among the shipping at Port au Prince. 31arkets were very dull. or an kinds of American produce. COMMERCE WITH RUSSIA. An Imperial Ukase, of the earth ult. has been issued at l'etershorgh, which contains the fallowing orders for the future regulation of the trade with Ittoisia:— Evire Captain of a TOWI arriving in Russia must produce Iwo hula' tat lading, in which, as well as in the ineoic:, must be stated the name of In,: consigner of the goods, whence they come, whether they are going, the names of the consignee, of the ship, the Ceptein, the quantity, quality, and value of the goods. The Captain must make a Ucelaration in duplicate, respecting these bills of lading. The Captain who cannot produce twn bills of lading, is liable to ) , ny two rubles in silver. The time given for compliance with these orders is, at all the Custom !louses, three months; and in the sNe-ports, four months ; and for goods from extra European ports, till the tat of January next year. l'aptgais, &c. arc not bound to show duplicates of their papers at the Custom !louses of St. l'etersburgh, Riga, emnstadt, I and holder's, where there are persons appointed to copy ships' papers. Letters from Amsterdam state, that the prevalent spirit of commercial enterprise has extended itself to that capital. The King has issued a decree for the formation of a Na timid Trailing Company, which will have a capital of 1, twelve millions of florins, to be increased eventually to twenty-four millions. I The individuals who are to compose the Court of Chancery Commission of Inquiry, are at length all named. They are:--The Lord Chancellor Eldon ' Lord Retlesdale, Lord Colchester , Lord Gifford, Sir John Leach, Dr. Lush ington. Mr. William Courtney, Mr. Tindal, Mr. Little dale, Mr, Cox, Mr. Robert Smith. FASIIIGNABLE INTELLIGENCE The Tad of Arran entertained a distinguished party at dinner yestetday, at his house in I hsvcr-street. In the eremr.g her Lady ship had an elegant circle of fashionable.. Baron It'erther, the Prussian Ambassador, has issued cards of invitation fur a grand entertainment on the 2d lay, at his house in Mansfiekl-street. Dowager Lady Nesse had an elegant card party yesterday eyes inf at her house in Albemarle-street. fhe lion. Wm. Booth Grey had a grand dinner party yesterday, at his hour In Grosvenor-street. John Wey!antl, liad;dinner party yesterday, at his house in Corka,trect, Bond-atreet. Lady Warrender has i-.seed cards of incitation for an entertain ment onthcltlth hem at her house in Albemarle-street. lArd 31elbounie enterti;ine;7;ti;tiiartyJEieTstis at dlnnef yesterday, at his bionic, NVlthehall. The Earl and Counts of In.rrysfort Auld family have arrived in town, from their amt. Elton 11811, :stilton, Iluntinge ,nehire. The Minoru-Ole Thomas Kenyon has arrived at the house of his brother, Lott! Kenyon, in tiruavenor-square, from hit tat in Hawkins std family have arrived in town, from their scat, Moor Park, Susses. The Earl of Esstnor has left town fur his seat, Eastnor Castle. Lord Colchester left town on Saturday for Brighton. The Earl of Bealsorough has arrived a his house is St. James's alunte trim Brighton. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Iloare and family arrived yesterday at their house in York-street, St. Junes, Irmo their seat, Wancion, Bml fordshirc. Lady Lawlcy arrived ye , itertlay at 31iVare3 nOtd, Lover Brook; strett, tram tie ( ',mti nem. The Bishop of Derry and family left the St. Petersburgh Hotel, Dover -street, yesterday, for Iteis:al ; as), (;apt. Jeffery, R.N. for Portsmouth. Thomas Ileathmite, Esq. has arrived at Orelßon's Hotel, Albe. marle-street. from Present, Lancsahire.-14. Newman, Esq. baa left ditto, fur his best, Sandridge. Devon. The Earl and Countews Craven felt town yesterday for their scat, Hempstead Lodge. Berks. Arrivals at the Bath Dover-wreets--The Rev. Dr. Chary, Lindy and family, from Cambridke ; and Mrs. Harries ; John Baldwin, Esq. from a tour ; J. Murdock, koq. ; %V. Mur dock, Esq. ; Earl Roden, from Ireland ; and Saumarees, Esq. Departures s—Mr. and Mrs. I'. Cole, for Nortliampion • Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins, for Paris 4 J. M'lioc, Esq. for ditto; and Colonel and Mrs. Mastin. The Marquis of Lowther left Exeter on Friday, for Bath. W. Dawson. Esq. has arrived at his house, m Manchester square, from his seat, tit. Leuuard's Hill. near Windsor. The Countess of Effingham and Miss Alderson have mired at the Pulteney Hotel, Albemarle -stmt, front Paris. Arrivals at Blake's hold , Jermyn.street acd Mn. Phillips, and Miss Phillips, from Wales; and Sir Roger Gresdey, Bart. from his seat in Derbyshire. A rrivals at Lung's Hotel, Bond-street :--Colonel Bind, from Pans; and Colonel Beaumont for ditto. Departures: Mr. and Mrs. Pishler, for Windsor ; Col. Macartney, for Brighton ; the Rev. Mr. Bale and sm, for Tunbridge Inns ; the honourable Cul. Melling, for 11'indsor; and Captain Flint, for India. DRURY-LINE TIIEATRE. ESN; Lear was performed last night. This is well known to all the readers of Shakapeare to be one of those mighty productions of genius which serve to teach the im becility of emporal mechanism in aiding the developings of the master passions of the soul. Speech and action are ex cellent auxiliaries to works of mediocrity, and are far front being at this time unduly appreciated ; but when the mind seeks to pour forth its most secret yearnings, and, by the concatenation of almost impossible occurrences, heaves from Its centre tones deep and un utterable as the beau itself; it is then that the powerless agency of the senses is felt, the mockery of sight and sound recognised, and the mere bodily organs proved altogether inefficient mediums to ex press the mental passions of 111111 . 11 nature, and the inwrought workings of his spirit. No play exemplifies the tenth of this more strongly than that of Lear. Who, antr reading this play, can ever hope to have his ideas of it realised by scenic representation ,'Tis true .Mr. Kean has attempted to perform king 1...0r, and per haps he is the only one win) ever could approach to the least resent , blance of die original. Ills sudden transitioo from the extravagance of iage to the deep-toned pathos of the most resigned passion, suits the alternate impetuosity of she King, and the yielding and subdued nature of the father, so prominent in this arduous character; and even his voice, which at other times wants compass, possesses all the under-toned gradations of an old and afflicted man ; the utter ance of whose afflictions being blended with the most intense con sciousness, scarcely allows of an extent of voice, nor indeed requires it. These, however, are but poor qualifications for Lear, without a proper conception of him as intended by Shakspeare. But Mr. liean's conception appears to us most intellectual, chaste, and cor rect. His scene with his two daughter., Regan and Gonerill, was a consuininate display of fine acting; in the very midst of the most agonized feelings, there was so much just repose, which ever exists in truth and nature, that DO one seemed less conscious of the actor than the actor himself. And again, is the storm scene with Ed gar, as Mud Tom, the anode of it was complete. Waflack sus tained his part here most ably, and indeed throughout the whole character of Edgar. The c-nicluilin,.l scone was restored from Shakespeare, in the room of the ridiculous melange of Tate, who, in the refinement of his taste, saved the life of (*ordain, and darroyeti the natural course of things, to make two lovers happy, which Dr. Johnson considcnd strictly observant of meal jastice, and therstors very proper. In this some, as given by Shakapears, the very extreme of pathos exists. /.car brings in the dead body of Cosdelio, who had been hanged in prison by orders of the bass.. tarsi &lamed, and, lamenting over her, lie dies. •• Yes not his ghost: 0, let him pass ! he hates him, That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch hint out longer." These words, by the bye, were omitted, and the curtain fell, some what abruptly we think. But speaking of omissions, what have they not omitted ? Scarcely a speech of Shakspeare, even in its restored state, was to be heard throughout the play, whole and entire. But we fear it is too late to complain of these things now. Mrs. W. West's Conklia did not, upon the whole, please us. There is a something provincial in several of the tones of this latly, arid her general style of acting is declamatory ; a style as far removed from Lid lei:ling, as Poor Tom's pretended from Lear 's real madness. We are not at all disposed to pick a quarrel with this lady ; but we cannot help thinking that a little less sobbing and rather more repose—in short. less of acting and more of na. tore, would by no meant detract front the reputation she has for some time deservedly enjoyed. With the exception of Wallack, we have nothing to say very favourable of the other characters. Neither Mr. Powell, as Glo'rter, nor Mr. Mange, as Echrtnnd, both of whom have some very material parts to sustain, did any thing to deserve praise. The Ladies Goa,'ill and Regan are in themselves too forbidding to speak of—not a Sitltlons herself would get a favourable word from a critic in such characters. The house was very crowded, and 31r. Kean made a powerful impression on the audience, notwithstanding all the drawbacks he had to con. tend with. ABSTRACT of the NOTICE for the EXCII.I.VGE of OLD FOUR PER CENTS. That those who do not signify their assent to take Three anal a Half_ per Cent. Stock, are to receive 01. fas. ltd. per cent. on th•i • Old Foie per Cents. on the 10. h of Oct ber next, and one-third of their capital will bet ben considered as paid off. That all who assent I e ore the I:th of April Alan receive 10111. capital in Three and a Half per Cent. Stock, the dividends on which will be paid in April and October yearly, and the first pay ment on the bth of April, 11125. That this new Stock will be redeemable after October. 1829. That the assent in writing is to be signed by the Four per Cent. holders, or by their agents. That any transfer after assent given wiU be separately entered, and the purchaser being entitled in like manner. That the assents of residents abroad must be given before the Ist of June next and elsewhere before the Ist of .March, proving their Mock and absence within ten days after their arrival. That all holders on the 10th of October next not havingassented are liable to be paid two-thirds of their capital at six months no. dee of payment m the Gazette or on the Royal Exchange; and not less than one-tenth of the remaining Stock wiU be paid off at once. That the dividends on the Old Stott% will be paid on the 10th of October next. That the Accuuatants.Gcneralir .-ery and:Exchequer may convent. That all Trustees and Execte iit, and will be indem nified ; and if absent, accord' A ura, as aboi:. Holden and Trustees of t shot at Four per Cent. not assenting, will, in January .ve 331. Gs. &L per Cent. and be thenceforth paid off: That all holders of the N cbt redeemable assenting before the tith of this present Apr .1 receive 1001. in 3. per Cent. stock ; the dividends on wl will be payable in January and July, the first on 581 July, 1833 This new Stock will be redeemable in January, 11'30. ‘Ve have given this abstract for general use, as the fish of April is near at hand, but more especially for the observation of all trus tees and executors, who being indemnified for their assent, will be left without any indemnity by withhohling their assent ; their tnist capital will not be of t h e same a mount, hut their future dividend will be reduced one-half per cent. ; but in case of theirasileure will be paid in two.third s of their capital on six months{ notice. If Consuls should remain at 95 per cent. it would coat 6111. 13s. to buy two guineas per annum in that stock ; and the rest of their capital would be gone; whereas by this assent they 'Kenn 34 per cent. and an entire capital not redeemable fur live years to come. We understand that the atrount of assents by the holders of the old 4 per ('ent. Stock was on Saturday evening forty-six trillions. There was a complete mob yesterday at the Bank of England. giv ing in assents. In several cases, where death has taken place among 1 executors, or other impediments have occurred, a further extension 1 of time to the :Nth April was announced yesterday. CAPTAIN ROCK IN CONK.--011 Wednesday night, a notice of an inflammatory tendency was posted on the door of the Rev. T. E. Saunders, in Blackpool, cautioning all persons front taking a store which was occupied by a man named Barry, who was ejected out of the premises only on the previous day fur non-pay ment of rent. The notice was signed .'llooptight, Secretary ; and death and destruction were very liberally dealt out in it. even to I any person who should ' , ermine to take it down. This last threat, we blush to sac, had its full effect with several respectable Noon% who audiived the precious document to remain until removed by we of Mr. Saunderb's Ci; rk Coustitetiott. TAR UNIVERSAL nErrEir: OR, CHRONICLE TIIE LITERATURE or ALL NATIONS.—No. I. We have here a REVIEW which bids to become a formi dable rival to the Quarterly Essays which greet us periodi cally under that title, but which it must find no small difficulty in being able to affiliate. The Essays we advert to are written, fur the most pan, with great talent, old displaying very profound and various erudition ; but, we critic++/ disrertauon s on t h e 'rents and defects of the re spective works which the centributors profess to review, they are as little " german to the matter' as any pampt let we may chance to take down at randotn from our library shelves. The /email; of the present jourriq.list is, more over, much inore true than it ought to be, " that the tone of sneering and pert yersonality, which makes the study and the triumph of modern criticism, goes directly to offend correct taste, and to insult mid repel the progress of al! honourable and sensitive • .ds ; and that, in addition, the notorlous bondage and instrumentality of those lictiews, as tools of Government and Opposition, totslly extinguishes the hope of right judgment on matters of the first import ance to us as individuals, as subjects of a free state, and as lovers of literature." I f Usirersof iteview contributes. as we trust it will, to erect something like a reformation of these evils, it will tender a service incalculable both to philosophy and to general literature. Periodical publications, like the prevent, when their re putation is high, and their rale extensive, have a very consi derable eff.. et upon the progress of knowledge; ;hey have cots' Lei u en el y an i nfluence--itnpemptible but extremely import aitt,—upon the moral and political character of the nation. Next to newspapers,—whose operation is inceseant—they tend to modify publi c o pini on , an d ma y b e successfully em ployed to further the beat or the worst phrpose, according as they are devoted to the cause of truth, or are hired out to the service of party. The conductors, as is customary in all literary embarks.* lions, make a specific avowal of their principle:. " In POLIT IC S, honou r i ng t h e w i s d om of their micestors, they will be the abettors neither of change nor of corrup tion. Their principles are constitutional and national. We confess that we have here no wish to pin down their performance to the strict terms of the treaty. There is a change from bad to good which we feel assured will have their tripport, since to withhold it would be to cleave to e,rruptirm, to which we are prepared to consider them as elvidally hostile. The testimony which this drat Islumbetbetrs to the ati. lily of the writers is extremely favourable. 'The difernit articles discover great variety of talent; they are dr g al up most of them with great f or t e — a ll o f t h em w i t h re felicity. The style is at once faseinr.fue stet pov'erftl; the sentiments contain nothing common-pace, and every arty de bears the stamp of original thinking—Which, in this age of dull declamation, is a " pearl of great price." We present our rcedeta with the following extract, not as being among the best, but because it relates to a sat jest at this moment of deep political interest:— Im'Egypt sous Mi•bc'ned Ali ; ea Aperce Replete de l'Afindni , amnion Civile et Militaire Ide ce Paths, publie par F. J. Joy sur le 31anuscrit de M. P. Thednat Onvent, Consul Franca* Aiexandrie. Peri; chez Pinot aine impihneur Librium, lko. Pp. •!.10. This work contains a very favonrable description of the talent/ and government of 31614ined Ali, the present ice-Roi of ligypt i whose object appears to be, to restore Egypt to the splendor, mai. niticence, and opulence which it enjoyed varier time Phanela and the Ptolemies. Egypt, where Moises was appointee ter become the legislate( of a. great peoplv, was also the school of Orpheus and of Homer, et Pythagoras and Plato, of Solon and Itycurgus. Egypt gore lOW/ to the Levi ; and rites and institutions to the Greeks, *lto distri -1 butte( them to the various people of the earth. Conquered by Selim 1., who received at the same time the key of the temple of Mecca, and the investiture of the Khalifat, tt WAS alas:ads possessed by the Sultans of t'onsnintinopla, his SIN. (swots. This conquest and possession united the sacerdotal with the civil power of the Ottomans, who have retained theta ever since. Egypt is void by some ancient authors to hate contaltied 20,000 towns under Ammis, 30,0ett under Pteleniy, and even 33,9341 under Ptolemy Philedelpiers. Cato gives the same population. .Egyptuni h..huisse pagos 33,100, hoininom veto 7,004464 r Vial J minds Marshami Canon Chronicus, p. 421. But noterithstar.d. ing these authorities , it Is not credible that Egypt, at least with isa present limits, ever contained half so many towns, tinny both upper and lower Egypt does not contain BM many square mites. Rather, however, than impeach the veraeity of Herudotus, et that of sonic writers who limit the number of towns to 111,600, we are willing to admit that the government of Egypt was then much nem extensive thus it is now, and might have i ncluded Nabi a , part of Abyssinia, Arabia , and the country east of Palestine. 1 he criculation of the Arabian authors tuantiens the ntirnbet of towns and villages at VA* and the Orogralikical Index lonalea to the life of (Salh-ed.ditie) Saledin, recorus the number to be '2,4110, e' which P 57 are in the Slid or upper country*, an 1,55 k th e lower; and this latter, we think, the most authentic, most pew bable, aid most cornet calculation of the population of the tern. wry of Egypt, according to its present limits. When Egy pt, Ali arrived in Egypt, tee viewed it with a Coma prehenvive eye, sad after investigating its wants, and anticipating its resources, he spoke as follows : Je veux illustree cotes Wire, la rendre heureuse et y laisser drs brillans souvenirs." AligLimid Ali tint began by improving the fortification* ef'Cakar and Alexandria, giving to the latter a double enclosure or ford& cation, enlarging and disposing the moats, oensuiretint bastions. end elevating redoeins in every part, liable to be attacked on the sea or the land side. The castle of Aboukir has likewise bees better defended ; this important position has been fortified l the European manner, and now presents an imposing sod mine tary aspect. The lakes Mareotis and Aboukir have been secured from inert• da:iuns from die sea, by a dyke nine miles in length, extending slung the shores of the Mediterranean, thus protecting the sub merged country, which is below the level of die sea, from intend*. ton, and gaining it for cultivation ; the heat of the sun emverting, by exhalation, this submerged country into one of abundant fertility and production. n'orks of greater importance became no* the object of Mithfinsel Alt. The great canal which should communicate from Fous ter Alexandria, passing by Itantanbier, was restered by him : 11.41,04141 workmen constantly employed, soon effected this !peat work, which has for these last two years facilitated the water COIIIIMIIIiCSIIIIII several parts of Egypt, so that every day witnesses the value and importance of this great restoration. This canal, formerly called the ('anal of Alexandria, is now called Mahnumelhie, so named in honour of die present Empetor of the Ottomans, ilahmoud a homage rendered by Mehemed Ali to his sovereign. The countr7, through whic:i this canal passes, is now a barren desert, but the commit,' passage of the waters, with the fructifying deposit which they leave in their passage, will soon give it the appearance of the old canal, as described by Abulfeda, the Arebtro geographer. " Nothing," says he, " can be seen more agreeable, the banks of the canal bordered with gardens, are covered wirb a perpetual green." And the Arabian poet, Itufard el Haddad, thus described ti " The wards which shade this canal ;,rive to the sailors who row along its outface a spreading mantle et green. Tim cool north wind refreshes the surface of the wane; the superb date tree, with its high moving and majestic tufted top, crowned with its clean of yellow red fruit, leans gently like the head of a beautiful virgin asleep." The graces of the spring, the mildness of the summer, and the richness of the autumn, eh united in the adjacent meadows: watered by the moisture, presenting to the gratihed eye flowers, fruits, grern.plots, and harvest. The deep excavations tuade in the baron, as well as in tint canal adjoining Alexar.dria, have furnished soil for the cultivation of ye. getable. for the supply of Alexandria. These tarren trrcts, under the judicious government of Slelheined All, will Bien be converted front the desert into a fruitful garden, irrigated by a =mit:minion tore from the adjacent waters. Lands have bean purchased. aid see now cultivating with every prospect of rich vegcta'iun. Plan tations of olive trees, and the et titian directed lathe rearingof the silk worm, will soon spare Repented Ali the expense of sending abroad large slams of money for the purchase of oil and silk, as both, under his present encouragement, will become abundant and indigenous productions. Plants from every country in the wed* have been purchased at great expense ; and MI brans ws of ageism!. Lure are in a flourishing Cate of improvement. Rich plantadeto of indigo have succeeded wonderfully, which heretofore yielded no advantage to the Egyptian cultivator. By the introduction of new instruments of agriculture, !gibe med Ali has made a great progress, and has increased prodectiom, more titan could have been reasonably expected, among a people wedded to ancient customs, and who hold it disrespectful to their forefathers to alter the customs and usages transmitted to them by their ancestors. Cotton and sugar are now wiecessfully cultivated, and the Vies. Roy has had the address to convert many of tne Bedoweens agneullitrisle, by encouraging them to settle in Egypt, and attend, to the production of grain, instead or following their predatory emu torsions, the general occupation of the inhabitants of the downs Thus has he converted a set of vagabond robbers into a body en useful subjects, who arc every day increasing the agricultural riches of Egypt. In the sandy districts are Mond fields of water. meltms and tucumhers, so grateful to the thirsty traveller from the desert. On the other hand, where the soil is more vigorous, the land is covered with date trees, sycamores, citron, ponmegranatee, orange and tamarind, banana and a:acia trees, and vines. Igllehcmed An encourages commerce, industry. and the arts; he prawn them by his authority, and vivifies them by his specula. non.. Improvement, however, among these Arab Foriptiana• • people wedded to the practices of their forefathers, for which thee superstittous veneration is notorious, does not make that rapid progress that it does in some European countries. All places of trust in this country are confided to Turks, who, cold, quiet, acd untefiecting. smoke their long pipes from morning till night, with. nut being Interrupted in their nonentity by one mental reflection- That activity of mind which exercises the 'amts.( the Europe% is unknown to the Multimillion. who, satisfied with what hit sesaes, neither invents nor improves any thing. Hu life an uninterrupted sleep, whilst ours appears to him • continual id. taxi:Arian. He tranquilly enjoys the good which nature take re et