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■ f. L XX-PARTE 110TFARD AND GIBBS. . . Owing to the late hour at which the trial p. Steed v. Shaw, which arose out of {he baokrupte. these parties, concluded, welted not time in ont Pap, -of yesterday to offer any observations epon the case ; but we cannot help regretting that there should be no - means of visitingthe offenders, in whose 'failure the unfortunite plaintiff vms involved—for offenders they are, though not exactly within the sphere of criminal ipoiress—mith the exemplary punishment which their conduct merits. Acts not pregnant with half the de plorable consequences to individuals or to the corn- Inanity, bring their perpetrators, Sessions after Ses sions, to an untimely end. The instances are many in which persons who have confided in these two Mon v.e Jore'efts have been brought to utter and irre trievable ruin. Mr. Grimstead, previously to his connexion with 'these parties, lived in the bosom of 'his family, in a state, not of comfort merely, but of affluence. His whole fortune is gone t There are others—persons in the humblest classes of life, many of them respectable servants, who having saved up the hard earnings of a life of industry—some three hundred, some four, and some five hundred pounds— deposited the whole in their hands, having no doubt 'but it would be turned to the best account, and trusting with entire reliance on the regular receipt of the interest. These poor creatures have been consigned by this bankruptcy to the workhouse of their respective parishes, and in these asylums of poverty and wretchedness they will end their days. Living in the midst of a great commercial mettophis, we would wish ever to speak with tenderness of than whom the unforeseen failure of foreign houses, or the unexpected turn of events in mercantile speculation, may have reduced to insolvency, the distressing effect of which may spread over others to an extent to be deplored. But in the case before us there is no such demand upon public indulgence, nor any well-grounded appeal to individual sympathy. And we uaost sincerely lament that against deliberate and flagrant violations of good faith, which introduce such a mass of misery into private life, and involve a deprivation of property to the amount of hundreds of thousands, there is not another apd a different sentence than that which was pronouncal upon it. " Cillind AS Darr.—Holiday et MI the Pablic•Ofees. :THE BRITISH PRESS. LON DON, WEDNESDAY, Decimaza 26, 1822. ^,- : . 40. The -Foreign Papers of last night contain no news -of importance. The co-operation of Portugal with Spain, though mot 'unexpected, is an interesting fact. The grand topic of declamation with the enemies of the peninsular revolutions is the treatment of the Queen of Powettost., who has refused to accede to the Constitution. She is said to be seriously ill, and this, we are disposed to Chink, must be the reason of her refusal, fbr the supposition of her refusing to ac cede to the act of the nation and of her Lord, in a sane state . of mind is not itself, very reasonable. Poor crazy Pori passe falls into his old raving fits, on this occasion, against the late Queen of GREAT Bati'e tp end the opponents of the Bill'of Pains and Penalties. TYa parallels of passe are infinite and peculiar. We subjoin some extracts from the French Papers PARIS, DECEMBER 22. Yesterday the King transacted basiness with the Count de President of the Council: A droner who arr:ved yesterday from Madrid brought weed and letters of the 14th, and also dispatches from the 'Frauds Ambassador to Use OSce for Foreign Affairs. At his departure all was tranquil in that capital. General Velem.) has sent a bulletin of the 7th from Saragossa, in which he announces that s r soo insurgents hasp been defeated .near ,iilequinenna, in the environs. pf keikla. The death of Za'diver iiconfirmed by a dispiich fi-oin Don Froylon Commandant of the column which dispersed the troop ol the Royalist Chief. • . • - The Universal of tho ittb cont ains letter from Lisbon of a recent date, in which it isafiirmed that a treaty of alliance, defensive and offendive, had been Cdneluded between tho elovernasents 01 Spain. , and Portugal, and eight - thou sand Portuguese were immediately to he placed at the. disposal ol Spain. The question relative to Olisenza has been Aeferred. The thiversal of the- tglh .osiers, that this intelligence may ho regarded as 01104. Notwithstanding so favourable an assertion, we must be allowed to eaterbiks .some doubts with regard to a statement so frequent& firing kited sod so often contradicted.--.lonraaides liebots. A courier extraordinary was dispatched on the auth Vibe English Embassy to Madrid. The cause of M. B. Constant, which was on the' list for. trill on Thursday next, is put off till next month,.on account.. of the indisposition of the Seensed'. . 'The Gatette of Naresesiery gives some details coeoernies the death of Madame Letitia Bonaparte, which may be con sidered apocryphal. Our letters from Rome mention-the ill. .%epith sat that lady, but they Au not state that she had soak ; nadir it.—Clootidiense. • • • • . • .• Ocusral O'Donnell, who was at Lumhies on tlio eth of Pe- ,s,otobor, fell back upon the position of Navaseuas, and Gene ral Torrkjos not Darin; dared to at,:ack.. • , bilt) ho has returned to remise his position at Lumbies. A letter from Emboli', of December 4, announces fresh sue. ,ceoses on the part of the Royal Army, audtheCute . MO's°, la Castille.—( Ibid.) • --, NEWS FROM THE FRONTIERS OF SPAIN. ' • Baron dErules, who passed Et. Gaudens on Wedues four o'clock in the afternoon, accompanied by ':renoles, a retired Frcpcb oeoertl,:end a a division of the Regency pl Urge', arrived Friday the toth. He alighted at the-Hotel do - .cored in public the dog before yesterday with decorations. Previous to leaving Spain, the ' all the troops remaining under his eons; . parties. emigration continues. Illustrious fugitives nilouse. !hat Romaniello. who had been accused of iut up in the fort of Urgel;is also in our Romagosa, who bad come from •Uritel to o tho Marquis of Mattilorids, set out igata rgel. ,op of the sewed regiment of horse artillery,' garrisen at Bayonne for some months pest, ,saloube. The depot of the 4th regimeet of crony FM: on Saturday. The regiment nom attreme frontier, and occupies Biter, , and flospitalet: are covered wills snow.—Jeur nal de Toeleitee ENVIRONS OP PVYCERDA, DEC. 11, , been informed that on the 9th Min■ cur) nice, who penetrated as far as the gates at Isom ordered a sortie ; that a heavy arc of place, mad that aster being engaged for an . irties separated with inconsiderable lows. • • N mere considerable *tabor of Mina's troops, ceases no the part I Is Castil le.—(lbill. NEWS FRO; 11 The Baron d'Eri stay the 11th at foul the Count de Crc Commandant of a I at Toulouse on JFri France. and appear his insignia and deo r t i flame distributed mind lute guerilla / The Spanish en arrive daily in Toe It is affirmed th if • , troischary, and she CO v. A Secretary to 1 bnagdispatOirs to jesterday for Urge r' The second tr soi • which has burs in I . • is returning hr Tut the line arrived fro Unnes upon the TrlaJame. Merens, The Pyrenees ar he Irak, iiii FROM THE 1 If We have just bet 40u men to actions Seo ; that Romugc • inosketry took ph hear. the two part • Tlis nest day Al I • t 17,0! . .. advanced towards the %pow ; a brisk action ensiled between Men and apavtar Use garrison of the forts. About noon, no sorsa was obliged to fall back upon the (contain called DeA Nap, between the town and the forts : he ntaintained himself in that poaiti4n till three o'clock, but was afterwards cow pelted to retu►n isto the fort. During the action, the guns of the fort were beard, and several houses in the tools were damaged. Mina did not quit Alas daring the engagement; be saw the whole from a height above that place. It is said that General Roten is blocked with 1,500 men at Berge, by a considerable number of Royalists and some of the inhabitants of the environs. It is added that Mina has sent a detachment of 1,100 men from his army to that place.-16id. PERPIGNAN, DEC/IMRE/IL 11. DIXTRICT OF • POIVATO terns.] Al I stated in one of my last letters, Miss's troops were drive, to oar Frostier, but, during the night, instead of en tenng France, he crossed a column of the Constitutionalists, and threw himbolf in the direction of Olut. General Milan, was at Figueroa the day before yesterday. Malleville is at Cart with some officers of his stet. Tim troops of the Army ofthe Faith, who have taken refuge in Franco, remain can toned in the villages ; a part only have moved in the direc tion of Bt. Laurent de Cerda. We have received intelligence that Oeseral Torrijos has driven the army of O'Donnel from Lombiero, and occupied That tows by force, which was tko only rallying point the Army of the Faith possessed in these moustains. It's added, Oat as sees as O'Donnel perceived the dispersion of the enemy, he divided his troops into guertllas. Torrijos bat pro issonsli the amnesty until the soft last. We know not whethe► tiara bee been sit engagement since the loth; but it it cer -11001110 tie step which O'Donnel has taken will throw great alikeUes in the way of the Conetitatiossalists in restoring trannsillity in Navarre.--Jeurisel de Toulouse. AUGSIWIRG, DECEMBiIft 16. 1 It is affirmed tbit the Chris Gan Powers will not do any Using for the hoarsest Greeks; bat this resolution (lamen table as it would be) does sot put an end to the immediate. l 'differences between Turkey and Russia, whose objects a[ *j Moldavia, aid th e navigation of the Bosphorus, ,together with th e forced departure of M. Btrogonoff, me naced by a fanatic people. It appears certain that M. de Lebzeltern will repair to , Constantinople, charged with a new mediation betwess Me ' Porte and (be Calitoct of Bt. tetersburgb. The reception of the Austrian Interouncio, whiob made as much noise, is net without precedent. The most remarkabl circumstance was the Ambassador's speaking in Turkish ; if lea mark ofrospect, and perhaps the Porte will henceforward fa that Ambassador should follow this example. he Gazette Univereette, • bicb seems to suppose that Rus ik is Olt inclined to take 'silence at the haughty demands of tbe-Poste, gives the following letter from Odessa:— " 01111411 A. novnainta se. "The fall of Hatt Effendi and his friends, altbough not accomplished by political insinuations, but by a popular commotion, will cause much joy at Verona. It is affirnied that our Emperor has declared that he would send a new Ambassador to Constantinople as soon as one only of the Turkish Ministers who were present at the negociations of M. Strogonoff was deposed. This dismission bas taken place." The same Journal says, that the catastrophe of the Captain Pacha is confirmed. The two Captains of the fire-ships which blew up the Turkish Admiral, arc named Pipinis and Wniauly. Of all the Turkish Captains, ten only saved their lives; they were nearly all assembled roiled the Captain Pacha. C.hourschid-Pacha has really attempted a fresh invasion of Livadia, and been re pulsed. The Greeks have received considerable reinforce-; ments in that province, being convinced, and with reason, that it is there the fate of the Morea must be decided; parti cularly, as Omer Friona has express orders to penetrate as far as Lepanto, to manoeuvre from thence. upon the rear of the Greeks, who are in northern Livadia, and thus to facili- tate the' esterprisea of Chourscbid Pechi. According to the latest intelligence from Turkey, the Asiatics had entered Conslantiaople, but the Janissaries bad driven them back with toes. There was an open clrll war in consequence, brtweeq the Ap or lbe Janissaries sod Ibra him Pacha, Commandant of the Asiatics. The result of this conflict will perbapa decide the fate of the Porte. The outrnge upon the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland is, in its character and circumstances, so public and. so flagitious, that it has necessarily excited universal indignation : but it is, besides, $9 connected witltThe state of parties in Ireland, and.witir the policy of the , system of legislation hitherto ac — teclupon in that coun try, that it strongly draws the public attention:; to the abstract prejudices and intolerant pleas which have so long excluded four-Efths , of the people .of Ireland from the civil rights which reason, justice, and ex pedience agree in awarding. The assassination of the Viceroy was attempted beeause.he had prohibited the particular observation of an anniversary. .That, anniversary celebrates the. triumph of the people over prerogative, of constitutional freedom over arbitrary power, of Protestant liberty of conscience over Popish pretensions to dictation and.infallibility. But where is the scene of this triumph? No man who is not so much attached to the dominion of the sword as to hold. reflection and humanity in utter abhorrence, can say . that Glencoe .ought .to 'be the scene. It would be indeed a cruel insult to. every thing affeetionate,, kindly, generous, iasthe nature of man, to compel, the.gonised wives, children,` friends, and servants, to deck with triumphal ornaments the blood-stained. murderer of their husbands, parents, benefac tors, and masters. But Ireland is but an enlarged . and populous Glencoe: The triumph of King WILLIAM was there the triumph of the sword , of the stringer Divine- rule of " doing unto others as we would have others .do unto us" suggests here the soundest political argument. The relative _situations of the two islands may be conceived to have been changed, and Catholic Ireland may be supposed to have forced her Catholic -King upon Protestant Great Britain. Ought,the anniversary of the triumph to be celebrated in London and in Edinburgh ? The merciless triumphs of Roman conquerors were never so inhumanly and savagely conducted. Their berba-. roes and cruel ipirit has often been justly branded by, Christian writers, but none of them was ever cele- brated in the country whose conquest was the subject of triumph. , Sotti►h CLAUDIUS ne►er dreamed ofl leading CsaicTscus in chains through the streets of London. • , But" reland is a conquered country, and the Revo-1 lution of 1688, justly styled glorious in England, was, to Ireland the conquest of an invader, and the corn menceMent of a system of despotic misgovernment. That conquest was . perhaps necessary, just, and unac companied with wanton cruelty ; bat it was a conquest, and was therefore odioto to the people of Ireland. Unhappily, too, that conquest was effected in the age of persecutions. The slightest shade of difference in religious belief cotistitutedlhen the distinction between the heirs of salvation and the doomed to eternal per- ~~ .- ti dition. it is the inianost bigotry which oss pretend' that pensecutios belonged not as much to the spirit and the ractice of Protestantism in that age, as to the spirit or practice of Popery. The Protestant con querors forced their religious establishment upon Ireland, and compelled the conquered. Catholics to supply enormous revenues to the Pro testant clergy. 4 Here is an act of power, if not of persecution, with which the Roman Catholic religion is not chargeable in all the range of its imperial and long-continued domination. Perhaps the palpable and unpardonable injustice of this act of oppression is at the bottom of the whole system of Itijustice which has rendered Ireland what it is. At least it must be conceded that the memory of King Wretimr is divested of all glory in the sober view and in the national imagination of an Irishman. It will not be understood that we allude to histori cal grievances as arguments for violently subverting BAYONNE, DECEMBER 11. the order of things in Ireland. Far from it. We would proceed as cautiously and as moderately in effecting political changes in that country as we would even in England. But we allude to those facts in the former history of the sister island, in order to shew that justice, humanity, and enlightened religion press strongly for every possible relaxation in favour of a conquered and oppreused people. Be the conquest maintained—be the hotestunt Establishment main taioed—be the Union maintained ; but in the sacred name of humanity let those aggressive impositions be divested of every superfluous offence. Let not " civil disabilities" be engraved for ever on the collars of Irish serfs—let not the vexatious and cruel mode of levyiug tithes perpetuate religious rancour, —let not the restricted number of proprietors eligible to a seat in the Legislature aggravate the evils inseparable from the Union. All reflecting and liberal men bare long recom mended, not the concession of privileges, but the re moval of wrongs, by the Government of this country. Repeatedly has the recommendation received the sanc tion of the Commons House of Parliament. It is grievous . to think that men, whose motives and general character it is impossible not to respect, should still resist what is so Christian in a religious, and so safe in a politi cal view; it is more grievous mill to find those men in the Cabinet of our KING ; it is most grievous ot ell to find them rest their immoveable opposition on antiquated dogmas and fanciful inferences. Men; 'often take a pride in peculiar distinctions and dingle AI singularity of opinion or habit as other men to their armorial bearings or family name ; but surely it . it not to be imagined *at the Earls of Lammas& and ELDON, and the Right Honourable Mr. Pinyi can upon such fantastical grounds persist in dividisi the Irish nation into two hostile factions, of which tbsi more numerous is to be fettered and galled by exchs- 1 lion and insult. Yet it is indeed difficult to discover, a more solid reason for their conduct. They are Rot, to imagine that the public are satisfied by plausible: .refinements in parliamentary speeches, or by grave. protestations of scruples end apprehensions. Let the Earl of ELDON confer privately upon the subject with Mr. PLuzaKyr7 ; the Earl of LIVERPOOL with the Earl of H . ARROWIIT; and Mr. PEEL with Mr. CAN. swro—omd we shall hear no More of their refinements and scruples. 'The appointment of the Marquis •WELLEstss flp he, Lord Lieutenant, was the first decisive step of the pessent reign towards• redressing acknowledged oirtongs, in Ireland. 'TO some of his late measures *at distinguished Nobleman justified the expecte eions of those who knew him best. For this reason he has been insulted and threatened with assassination by furioes Protestants. The tide of feeling has con sequently' set irr strongly in favour of liberal opinion 'and fair legislation- towards the Catholics, and we trust, sweep away •in its generous flow all the petty bulwarks. of bigotry. The Lord Lieutenant's, reply to the Address of the Corporation is dignified and just, indicative at once of his proud conscious ness of having, acted right, and of his well-considered contempt of base men who seek distinction by in tolerance. • Yesterday the Doke of YORK held a levee at his Office in the Korso Guards, which was attended by General Sir WILLIAM LUMIALT, Major General Fut.:. LEK, Lieutenant General S: Maims, arigadierGe o.ral Ws cs.sa.,..Major General. AINSLIE. Colonel AVALosa, Colonel PENN, sad a number of others. We sincerely regret to peke a scene of disgraceful outrage which occurred in this city this morning (tuesday, 17th inst.) ' We have only just come to a owlodge of the proceedings, and can therefore only curitirly -refer 'to 'them; indeed, in any case, we 'would feel unwilling to dwell fully upon them, as it appears to us that the transaction in tolo requires both inquiry and explanation. The remains of a re snectable resident, Mrs. Lax, of Scotch-street, were removed from her house . for interment, but before they esitild : he tie4Sciettoti4o-Ahe hearse prepared for .their conveyance, a dispute arose respecting them.— One party stating her to be a member of the Roman Catholic communion, insisted on their removel to the chapel, where the Clergymen of that persuasion were assembled for the purpose of having a mass cele brated previous to interment ; which another party, alleging that she lived mind died a member of the Pres byterian church, insisted that no such ceremony should take place. The scene of riot and confusion •as most discreditable, and blows were freely dealt by both parties. The result of the transaction was, that the corpse was committed to the grave in spite of the exertions of the 'Roman Catholics implicated in the affray, who, we understand, are determined on taking it up again. Some hints were thrown out, but whence -they originated we cannot undertake to say, that the corpse afforded a very fit subject for the in quest of a Coroner; if such is the case, we feel the Magistrates of the city are bound. to have it examin ed. We have been also informed that one of the .Roman Catholic Clergymen of the parish was called on to exert himself to prevent or allay the ferment excited on the occasion, which he declined, 'and in such a manner as stimulated those of his flock who were concerned to a more determined perseverance in riot and disturbance.---Armagh Volunteer. Several estates have lately been offered for sale, both in this and the neighbouring codnties, at which sales not even a stogie bidder attended. Those sales which have, through the neeesetties of the seller , la , •11 forced, have fetched prices at least one-half less than could have been made ten year, ago. An estate in this county, open-field laud, after being repeatedly put up to auction, without a bidder, with good house and outbuildings, was last week sold at ley. per acre, and the buyer already repeute of his baripOu.—lluitingdon Paper. 6 rHE LOVES OF 171 E ANGELS. -......-- This new production of Anacreon Moore has ex cited considerable expectation in the literary world, as much from the singularity of its title as from the well-earned reputation of its author. Various spe culations have been entertained with respect to the moral and religious tendency of the poem ; and we are assured that the agents of the Vice Society, and the attornies of the Bridge-street Association, have indulged in the hope of terminating the year by a lu crative job to themselves and their employers. Mr. Moore appears himself to be sensible that he has adopted an equivocal title; for be states, in the pre face, " that the subject is not scriptural—the notion on which it is founded (that of the love of Angels for women) having originated in an erroneous translation by the LXX. of that verse in sixth chapter of Genesis, upon which the sole authority for the fable rests." An elaborate note on this point is subjoined, in which much research and erudition is displayed. So much for the title of this new publication. As to its poetical merits, we think it inferior to Lalla Rookh, though it, contains many beautiful and spirited passages. Har monious versifications, splendid imagery, intense feel ing, and warm and impassioned diction, embellish ' , every page of the Loves of the . Angels; and, if this bad been the only work of Mr. Moore's, we 'should not have hesitated to pass on it an unqualified encomium. We do not wish to detract from the merits of the English Anacreon in ranking the Loves of the Angels below the Fire Worshippers, but we do consider this first-named production to be as inferior to the latter as the National are to the Irish Melodies. We now proceed to give an account of the struc ture of the poem, and we cannot do this in a more clear and intelligible manner than by quoting the following note in the margin of page 71 : " It is the opinion of some of the Fathers, that the know ledge which the Heathens possessed of Use Providence of God, a future state, and other sublime doctrines of Christianity, was derived from the premature revelations of the fallen an • gels to the women of eartb." Mr. Moore has attempted by an allegory to explain the fall of the soul from its original purity. The poem is divided into three stories, each of which contains a narration of a love amour between an angel and one of the daughters of Eve. We present our readers with a few extracts, and all of them from the second story, upon which Mr. Moore has bestowed all the fire of his genius. The first is a description of the birth of Eve, and is exquisitely beautiful:— " Can you forget how gradual stole The fresh awakened breath of soul Throughout her perfect form—which seemed To grow transparent, as there beamed That dawn of mind within, and caught New loveliness from each new thought? Slow as o'er summer seas we trace The progress of the noontide air, Dimpling its bright and silent face Mach minute into some new grace, And varying Heaven's reflections there— Or, like the light of evening stealing, Or some fair temple, which all day Bath slept in shadow, slow revealing Its several beauties, ray by ray, Till it shines out a thing to bless, AAI full of light sod loveliness." I The Angel Rubi, who thus describes the loveliness of our common mother to his ten companions, did not limit his admiration to Eve. Fancying, and cer tainly the conjecture was a very rational one ; that her daughters would inherit the bewitching blandish of their mother, he feels dissatisfied with heaven, and determines to seek on earth one of those " Enchan tresses of soul and frame whose charms he had long panted to enjoy. After alluding to the wiles of the Serpent, and lamenting that so venial an offence should have been visited by so tremendous a punishment, the Angel bursts forth in the following glowing and impassioned strain : " Oh, 'tis not to be told how long, How restlessly I sighed to And Some one from out that shining throng, Some abstract albs form and mind Of the whole matchless sex, from which In my own arms beheld, possest, I might learn all the powers to witch, To warm, and (if my fate unblest Woad have it) ruin, of the rest! Into whose inward soul and sense I might descend, as doth the bee Into the flower's deep heart, and thence Rifle, in all its purity, The prime, the qui n tescence, the whole Of wondrous woman's frame and soul." The fair maids of the " olden time" seem to have been as willing as those of modern days. Rubi soon .found a mistress, who, of course, possessed every personal charm, and every mental accomplishment. His passion increased daily, and he willingly coo ' pried with all her requests. He unfolded to her the mysteries of creation, revealed the hidden treasures of the earth, conducted her— '• Through caves of fire—through wilds fair"— and in their hours of amorous fondness— ,. Many a truth, remote, sublime, Which God would from the minds of men Have kept concealed, till his own time, Stole out in those revealments then— Revealment., dim, that have forerun, By ages, the bright Saving One ! The denouement of his amour is perfectly horrible. The Angel is prevailed upon to visit his mistress, ar rayed in all his angelic panoply. Mortal vision was overpowered by the dazzling blaze of celestial efful gence, and Lilis was scorched to death in the arms of her distracted lover. This is decidedly the finest part of the poem, though the idea is not original. The classical reader will call to mind the story of Jupiter and Semele, the mother of Bacchus. Upon the whole, we confess ourselves disappointed. Indeed our admiration of Lalla Roohh is so un bounded, and the recollection of its numerous beau ties so strongly impressed on our memories, that we are almost incapable of forming an impartial estimate of the merit of The Loves of the Angels. lion. Mr. Pelham his kR town for his father's, Lord Yar bureugh's seat, Itrooklesby, Lint olushire. Z,ll tfr tzagili-k4 7 ,0 Jib 41 40 , **, FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Duke of GLOUCESTER left town yesteselpf( , . Bagshot. The Duke of WELLINGTON appears in -yolk health. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER Er.:Yati town yesterday from Richmond Park, the rest 'emir Viscount St DMOUTH. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town yesterday tiler Brighton. The Earl of Errol has arrived is town from a tour. The Earl of Thauet arrived yesterday at Fentoa's St. Jamea'sdtreet, from his seat in Kent. Dow ager Countess of Pembroke bas left town for'her seat. Richmond Park, Surrey. Lord Melbourso left tows )esterday for Earl Cowpar's sae, Pansanger, Herts. Sir Henry Fent, Bart. btu arrived at the Royal lgolni, Et; Jame's-street, from his soot io Hants. Sir Charles Asgill, Bart. left town yesterday on a al to Sir Charles Cole, Bart. at his seat ID Hants. Mr. and Mrs. Walpole bare left the Brunswick Masa Hotel, Hanover-square, for Bath. Mr. Fyler has arrived at the St. George's Hotel, Ake marlo-street, from a tour. Mr. and Mrs. Graham buriretell for their seat in Sussex. Departures from the Bath Hotel, Arlington-street --Capt. Langston, for Leland; and Mr. sad Mn. Pearson, for tbett seat in Norfolk. The remains of Baron W.. Ftge4, brother to his Elce leney the Arobsuador of the Netherlands, were int , • , *ed u. the lith of November, at Lisbon. The cavalcade 0011411eu of the whole Corps DiPlotnatione, numerous theeigsess Unction, and the Dutch brigade, who were statios-d then, who bred minute guns. DSYDSN'II Translation of Vtainz. being coeinsen.ted by a Right Rev. Bishop,' witty Earl said, "The origio 41 is, in deed, escellent,but every thing suffers by translation —except a Bishop. Piaoti, coming out of a house, met a Bishop enttelog , who, observing his rich dress, told Piton that his tram Mil not suit him. Name knew the faults of the pri ana replied haughtily " MyLord,neither do you suit pr.: d r ess." UANNISTZB aed ARDISWII when he intended to twea k forth another new play; "Why," replied Avinitzwit s " m. Muse is big, sod will soon be delivered."—" Then, ' said BARXISITILS, I'll come to the groaning." A person addicted to lie, settling a story to anoth,r which made him stare, "Did rots never hear that before ?" sea to« narrator. "No," says the other; " pray, Sir, did yce " Yoor sword, Sir, is very troublesome," said a 'Ter! surlily, to a youngidllcer in a crowd. "All my enaii ar of the same opinion, " replied the young man. A gentleman having a pad that started, and broke his wlfe'A neck, a neighbouring 'Squire told him he wished to portliest it for his wife to ride upon. "N o, " says the other, " ro. I will not sell the little fellow, iii;ene. I intend to marry again iityset/." His MAJISTY has been pleased to groat a pension of Iliffar annum to FLORA MACDONALD, the grand-daughter of the mut • trines FLORA MACISONALD.—RdiIattnAI Star. Lord BYRON'S new Play of Werner has the same plot and the meters (un der other names) as the yof Cenariemrc, writ ten in 1 807 , and acted at the Stafford .rn ltatre in former SCULL*. ---Stlford Advertiser. A private letter from Madrid, dated Dee. fil, gives tee foliose% ing pertureerpor account of the present appearance of titian% i i YinitiLlf, is regard to which we shall only observe, than the mitt tare of Milkiness, istelligence, and feebleness in the eyes of Paa. coNstili, is a emapoand which we do sot clearly compreheita; be, this by the way:—" I to be walking yesterday sew tin Palace, when I obeery a amber of state-ferriages going ti wards the principal staircase. I was told that the Knee HAI the Royal Family were just preparing to take their sash pre memsde, and 1 had the eutnieuty to see how they appeared. The Palace is a floe pile of building, after the plait of she Tulle/les at Paris, hut up a lees extensive male. U us not yet much more than hal f oo completed ; the Royal Family occupy one side of the square, which is built in a lirht sod very graceful style of architecture. In the middle tin..., is it noble gateway, through which any body may R s *nag the day; it is, in fact, a common thoroughfare. fa* pare through, on see on the right hand the principal s mue, approaching which, I found it lined with bats ate guapeis . party of carbineers, and four or fire grenadiers, oeceplee t _ lower steps, and stood on each side of the Klimek earriag i which was in waiting. The infantry guards were *awe up in the ormareisefore ilia Palate, sod a her* of homegoards, ti , the amber of Ire or six-and-Sweety, were wain* elm in thy square to escort (i. e. to guard) the royal carriages. In •lii ermine there were two or three military men in modifies e' ' seven or eight old women. who were waiting to MWoele 'Le . , 1 Ha's to the Kuro---though they can scarcely be ignorant that •h time for asking favours from the King of Slimy is passed. Aft. i wonting some time, the Kemp and Wave descended the stairartat, attended by several officers of state, all in full dress : that is ti• say, in dark blue coats, turned up with crimson, laced with gold in the usual military fashion, white smallelothes ' and white silt stockings. Such was also the dress of the ICsyeo, in ailetitine to whiel he wore a blue ribband over his left shoulder, and a stir on his breast. The Queer', a slight genteel ligure, appeared iii a pink satin bat, very plain, and a blue silk mantle edged w it' snout., which covered the remainder of lier e drees. Meek* i•S' I t c a mild beauty in it, which strongly interests a spectator . ftli ed on this occasion pale, and oppressed with inward . . The face of the Kisio is remarkable for the vacancy , is deed, I must say, the deformity of its: expreseion. The tied lower lip protrudes considerably beyond the line of the upper fee tures, and seems scarcely to belong to them. The upper lip 10 eureloped la mustachios; and yet with these feeturee,• abase of the animal tribe, there is a mixture of intelligence, loftiest., mad feebleness is his eye, which indicates a very peculiar chowder Two of the Officers of State plated themselves at each side et the carriage door, offeriag their shoulders to the assistance it her Musser, while getting in. I observed that she merely took the hand of the KING, and gut in, not without Wale effort, without availiag herself of the assistaace proffered by the Officers of State. She smiled not; she scarcely lo.Aeit around her, and addressed not a syllable to any hod". The Kira, who is a good portly figure, before he followed the Quasi, looked around like a man who wished to give an *- premien that he was a free agent, but who betrayed hit real Offie of duress by a certain awkwardness which he could not. emitted. Hs was as reserved and silent as the Qii'lati. There is et* illgik step, which is firmly fixed outside, beneath the door of tharagr riage, and this is so high that both their MAJESTIIts were obliged to ascend to it by means of a footstool. The footstool 'was the,, strapped behind, where it bang dangling as the outlet .t . •.- of. - But before it left the Palate, kis Minns put out Li lint. I from the window, arid received the several Petitions whigh • were . premented to him. I was rather surprised that t:-+s mg tom as permitted to mina* as it may easily be made 1::e ve hicle of private communications to the Kivu, which the while system of the household is at Freesia fradsed to .. Don Cset.os, the Kieces eldest brother--end very like with the exception that his figure is short, his wife and.. . followed in the second coach, equally reserved. Don FRAN and his consort followed in the third. Dishes a good face, b • short figure. In getting in *gave one or two of the Ofksatosssitid of recognition, and forced a smile into his (-wadding seertmd to be very little valued by those fur %hoes, it nag The three earriewes rolled away without n ..beer, or NI sion of any sort From the persons . present. 'Flies were i joined ify three other state earriag,,, tilled with the offieectliiii. • household, and the whole emelt-silt was ettendedby the ...- already noticed. The infantry receivestillse KING in a res manner, the band playieg, and the . n odard lowered as be n Thus the Kira and the Royal Fiona, take their rides evert . uoon—the weather permitting ' Staclns.—Yesterday morning, on the family of Mr. Bade, . e the acting overseer of St. James s, Clerkenw ell, ream ill Coppice-row rising from their beds, they were surprised at not seeing the servant-maid alniut the house. It was (herb fore supposed she had not left her bed-room; tied upon one of the family going to call her, they we re horror.struck at tend inu tho unfortunate young woman hanging to the tester a ttlf' bedstead by her garters, and quite dead. 'flit NEW MA RR I A G E ACT.—We h ave nonce.' that there are not near the number of banns publi. , :.' in our parish church as before the passing of the .... Act ; and we are informed that there are not so oan. marriages by license. Query—Will this teed et diminish the population ?—Brighton Iltrald. Di A BOLICA L EXPEDIENT.—Part Of a family at . at ilesowerby, lately very narrowly escaped destrc••::o , . by poison. The statement which has reached us •, follows :—The master of the house, an old wide K. exhibited signs of attachment to a servant girl but she, conceiving that the old man's son and daugia• were inimical to her happiness, purchased .Qat': , arsenic at Peurith, and put it into the tea-k*Lie The destined victims, on pouring out their tell thought it a strange colour, and refrained from d ing it. Foiled in this attempt, she next put ar into the broth, of which the obnoxious indivil both partook, and soon afterwards found thetas very ill. Mr. lay ixo, of Ilesket New Me surgeon, was sent for ; he detected the poison, administered antidotes. The offender has not Putt iot. fl RS S s I ..1 ,r