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tirlE BRITISH PRESS. f ~~ i ~; f .7110 LO N DON, ; TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1822. r ;ti 1 f , . i F P 'ii • r ; .~le~ ' , Audi hare been harassed—how many families by the vile fabricaticreb of that official Journal. although it might have answered the purpose . angrier to support the Stock-Jobbers in London Paris as a condition of its getting early intelli, from the latter capital, free of expense, by means of tbeifiebbriers,ft hever could have been the wish of the Itinglieh Miabtry that its Official Journal should drivtihose who have their income from funded pro despair, and induce them to make tremendous A o es under the influence of alarm and agitation. any thousands in th is country, French and Eng .,ecrate your Minisfry for the conduct of their o. ... It will be long inched ere it can be forgotten. 4. the funds were decreed f to go down by the •A. • , the Courier crie4 war ; now that they are to ragipl, we hear of nothing but peace. Let us, how eigawithout attending to these " Joueurs a la hausse et t lezboisse," as the French call them, form our wan from facts. The'day before yesterday a con sowririved at the Minisfry of Foreign Affairs from "Xrench Ambassador at Madrid. Of the nature o e intelligence brought by this messenger wr now . no more than* what the French Govern r meek choose to tell their friends, which is, that the Inwards are likely to consent to modify their Con a%,tion. . 0 i gsecretary of Sir CHARLES STUART left Paris , fq* Verona , on Friday, charged with an important,i mown ;—report says, aremonstrance of the British, gatyfet to a Northern Potentate. Twelve hours after thibgentleman had quitted Paris, the Duke of Wax- Liewron received a dispiach from England of such nowent that a courier was instantly forwarded to Secretary, whom by extraordinary expedition he overtook at Tours. Such was the importance attached bri t lig Duke to this affairithat the courier was desired teleterrn as speedily as possible to communicate the 44'ot his having overtaken the Secretary. The, Gamer performed eightein poets and a half in about] nifigiours. 1,44 n will be surprised, of course, to find that, not-. 1 wi standing the favourable news from Spain , the, t, if. Fir . s experienced a very great depression yesterday; tlia tall during the regulaeperiod of transacting busi- Belt!, was only 40 cents. but after the close treV were offered at a reduction of 2 per cent. The amuse of this depreision is to be found in the pgiler intelligence ftom Turkey, which states that stapetith Russia appears inevitable, and also to the reamissration of a foreign Minister, made yesterday %daimon, that the King and M. de VILLILE had at 'Kook decided for war with Spain. I give you these alflmours, in the course of the day I may learn some tilfieposi ti v e. Traveller. 'Tie Duke of WELLINGTON having arrived in Lon -464 , -I ,and M. CHATEAUDRIAND ill Paris, we ought t.o..tnel some confidence in the pacific assurances which a cool examination of the state of continental affdirls, as well as every calculation upon prudence or Wild to self-preservation in the French Government, Must have uniformly suggested. We have reason to • behave that the Duke of Wet.t.ittoTos had to fight Ida list battle agaiust the Congress, when, of course, he bade use of the natural argument, that France iv,' tilt. only party entitled to feel alarm; and that the _riles of Lis antagonists, who dexterously caught at this advantage, and brought France into the field, obliged the gallant Duke to retreat to Paris and fight his second battle there. It is believed that his Grace has.completely triumphed, to his own honour, to the ertidit of the Administration of which he is one, and to she great benefit of the cause of freedom and ktfthanity in every country of Europe. • "'Prom the Paris Journals of Saturday we give ample gagacts, which require no comment : . FARIS, DICES:RIR 21. l'.The first Civil Chamber mid the Correctional Chamber eLthe Royal Court will hold a 0010.0 sitting to-morrow, fur trginitAwo causes relative to offences of the press. The sitting pf iiritursday, the stitb, will be devoted to the affair of M.B. cessj,iint and M. Mangle. The Court will have to decide hil a hqa M. Constant's appeal and OD that lodged by the King's .Striey-General before the Tribunal of First Instance. : pßlrem Forces.—Fire per Cent. Consols opened at Ita f. et:Se.; i elosed at saf. sec.—Neapolitan 3 per Cents. 77.—EF t:ip on London, ono month, sal: Sac.; three ditto, ta SOC.—Cour, Amtkestigxe, December 51. -•:ts: CORFU, ISOVEMBER 16. .According to direct and positive intelligence from Napoli fejltonsania. two Austrian vessels, laden with provisions, L l / 4 ied:from Smyrna, under convoy of the Austrian brig of war Ode, for the purpose of 'supplying that place. These free weasels were stopped on the 16th of October, between Itfdrnand Spezzia, by the Greek blockading squadron. The Atfiffian Captains at first made-a skew of attempting to pass tif fo* ; but when they became sensible of the determination of thefirecks, who fell upon them, they surrendered without eestitheee, and were conveyed to the open sea, whence they sailed for 'another destination. About the cod of October, aimeral Maoremichale surprised, before Napoli de Romania, misourier charged with a letter from the besieged Turks to Momip Corinth. This Intim bore twenty-five seals, belong :4Eli ,the principal Heys end Agi, of that place. The follow log, were its contents, which put us in possession of the real sitylation of the besieged : You promised to come in the course of eighteen, or at moattmenty days, with fresh forces to rid us of the Infidels, by Nhom we are pressed hard on every point. Three months Lase elapsed since then, and you have not appeared, nor er6n sent provisions to this imperial place. The Ghtemsr tthe Infidels of England) seem finally to abandon us ; the Ghiauur Nemeth (the Austrian Infidels) promise much, irriWaYe net capable of doing any thing; besides, we cannot 'Achim 'upon the latter; they are too tickle in their disposi. ',ion' end seek after their own interest only. people, in consequence of the long privations and •fattgoes which they have endured fur nineteen months past. mmembled on Friday last at the Mosque, and came to the oceo)otion of collecting all the women and children in the msionaJ, setting fire to the powder magusine, blowing WAS place, and then saving themselves, each in the bolsi ... pray be could. We had great difficulty to make gee give op this desperate resolve, and succeeded only bg.,gisy,isading them that you were about to appear with trash' (grew. Think, then, of the fate of this place—the moat inipartant in the empire; think of the children of Islam, who bave o ilefended it fur more than a year and a half."—The ' Vail*. in Corinth, whether they bad received other advice., or were inclined to it themselves, undertook to supply the place 'Witt provisions ; but scarcely bad they arrived on the heights of Wigton Oroa, who., they were repulsed with the lose of MO seen. A report, indeed, has been in circulation, that the Turks bad taken advantage of a disagreement amongst the Greek litinlitrig' to penetrate as far as Napoli de Romania, and that they were not attacked tilt they were on their return. But IN I them dissentito.e. end the progress of the Turks, arc only 4 tre.ifteentione of their friends. who give us their wishes for • . • ...i..11.. -- '''' ...11.- . • f -, T 4. !# 'minds have been harassed—how many fat i by the vilefabricaticreb of that official Jour .although it might have answered the pu Courier to support the Stock-Jobbers in Paris as a condition of its getting early from the latter capital, free of expense, tbeiliebbrisrs,tthever could have been th • Itiolelith Miabtry that its Official Jou drivtthose who have their income from o despair, and iadtice them to make es under the influence of alarm ai csany thousands in th is country, Fret s ecrete your Ministry for the cow • . o. • ... It will be long inched ere it can I , 1 4. the funds were decreed f to go d ••A , • , the Courier erie4 war ; now tba requaL, we hear of nothing but peace. 1 eidowithout attending to these " Joyear et t leguzisse," as the French call thet vow from facts. The'day before yest sagw i rived at the Ministry of Foreign "Xrench Ambassador at Madrid. 0 o intelligence brought by this w meow no more than" what the Frei moo choose to tell their friends, whist Inwards are likely to consent to modi atootion. ~,gsecretary of Sir CHARLES STUAI fq* Verona, on Friday, charged with mown ;—report says, a remonstrance c C s atyfet to a Northern Potentate. Twelv thig s gentleman had quitted Paris, the D Ltuo•rom received a dispiatch from Engle hunt that a courier was instantly f , Aecretary, whom by extraordinary e overtook at Tours. Such was the importa i barikise Duke to this affair i that thacouriei t toleturn as speedily as possible to corn gigot his having overtaken the Sec dewier performed eighteen posts and a I nififhours. • I,4ku will be surprised, of course, to fi Nei standing the favourable news fron Pit. , s experienced a very great depress ' Ui tall during the regular period of tran tatfit,! .. was only 40 cents. but afte t" were offered at a reduction of Ike amuse of this depreision is to be irgiy ., e a te intelligence from Turkey, which vievatith Russia appears inevitable, and efiessissration of a foreign Minister, mac ifllerroon, that the King and M. de Via Iseigtia decided for war with Spain. I gib •• aklftmours, in the course of the day I ma thifiepositive.— Traveller. IW l '' zw- 'HE BRITISH 1 3 1 ,•:„. . t.. LON DON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1 • ..t lie Duke of Wit.t.inOTON having ar 4:.,. acq, i and M. CHATEAUBRIAND ill PAT wield some confidence in the pacific a•' which a cool examination of the state a fiffdirls, as well as every calculation upor i • 1 1 Wild to self-preservation in the French •fir deist have uniformly suggested. We b 1 • believe that the Duke of Wet.t.te Gus • his Ihi battle against the Congress, wh he bade use of the natural argument t r :•' tra-S tile. only party entitled to feel alar „ I .- ._ the .priles of his antagonists, who dexter at this advantage, and brought France i obliged the gallant Duke to retreat to Pi his second battle there. It is believed tl 4ias.completely triumphed, to his own hi itedit of the Administration of which h . to She great benefit of the cause of katitianity in every country of Europe. • "trim the Paris Journals of Saturday s L i.l ~ fx,t4acts, which require no comment :- 11 , ~) r_ PARIS, DEC II l'abe first Civil Chamber and the Correcti 4.115 e Royal Court will hold a solemn silting I tl trgivortwo causes relative to offences of the pre Pi atursday, the 260, will be devoted to the v 4 cassi,sot and 11. Mangin. The Court will I i' l tuAli im M. Constant's appeal and on that lodge IStiii,iley-General before the Tribunal of Fir, imiesco Ft:NM—Five per Cent. Consols e .... t ee c. • closed at 83 r. 10 c.—Neapolilao 3 per C I ts . ~ grange on London, ono month, tsf. 43 5 , 5.;..r..i1s c.—Courq imasentique, December SI. •. a; CORFU, NOVI : • • . 2 4ccoriling to direct and positive intelligen 1 , 11:ni ~.Rosnia, two Austrian vessels, laden w is ip f l:from Smyrna, under conv oy , of the Anstr Li *a pile, for the purpose of supplying that if:4e vessels were stopped on the 16th of Ocl *atria and Spezzis, by the Greek blockading i *Orion* Captains at first made a skew of Mt, sot e....;,... ..... .6.. H.... 1................1i.1w nri hi to take any part in the war; they only claim their an cient right of governing themselves in their own man• nor. The Tosides, and all the old partisans of Ali Pa- chi. are attacked to the faction which has declared for the son of Ibrahim Palms. As generally happens in all the wars of the Albanians, villages have been burned, cattle car ried off, and muskets fired on both sides ; but although insignificant at the commencement, these quarrels may _ . _ . chance to prove very unpleasant for the Porte. The 1 Pacha of Sondra, in Upper Albania, who commands the bravest troops of that warlike people, already seems impatient to avail himself of circumstances favourable to his independence, of which ho has been thinking seriously for o jeers past. Notwithstanding the formal and reiterated peders of the Sultan, he never made an effort to march either igainst Ali Pacha or the Greeks ; he remains iu observation, Mid is only waiting for a favourable moment for declaring kis independence. ti. TRIESTE, DECEMBER 7. Captain Philip Guloarowieb, of the Austrian brig Alci biades, who arrked in our harbour on the 3d, left Hydra on 16th of November; be bas brought confirmation of the new victory gained by the Greeks at sea, which we announced briefly yesterday. The English packet from Smyrna to Malta, landed at Hydra two Ephori, who bad been taken on board at Ipsara. They were the bearers of the following in telligence to the Greek Admiralty : " The Ipsuiots being informed that the Tnrkish fleet were anchored at Tenedos, dispatched two Bre-ships, conveyed by two other vessels, against them. A brisk wind carried them, on the toth or November, right aboard the ship of the Otto man Admiral. It took lire immediately and blew up, with the new Captain Pacba and the whole crew. Another ship of the line and two frigates also took tire, and threw the whole Meet into a state of inexpressible confussion. They hastily cut their cables to get under cover of the castles of Me Dar• danelles. The sea being very heavy, and the night very dark, the Greeks could not get near enough to.diacover the loos their opponents had sustained. Public rejoicings took place on the 17th and 19th of No vember at Hydra and Ipsars. Some sailors who arrived from Constantinople, as they passed Ten edos, saw the sea covered with the wreck of the Turkish vessels.—Augaborg MADRID, DECEMBER 9. [EXTRACT OP A PRIVATE LETTER.) An article published on the iith of November, in the Ga zette Universelk de Lyon, reflecting on the Piedmontese re fugees in Spain, has excited their indignation. The Uateer sdtr this day published a refutation of the calumny. The menaces of a foreign invasion continue to exasperate the public mind every where; and my opinion consequently is, that I discharge a sacred duly of humanity, by contributing, as much as in me lies, to put an end to those illusions or erroneous ideas which in Europe may give rise to measures of a disastrous nature. Persons worthy of credit, who are capable of understand ing the present tendency of the public mind in Spain, affirm in a very positive manner, that the very day en which offi cial intelligence should arrive of foreign troops having crossed the frontier of Spain, would be signalized in every quarter of the Peninsula by the moat dreadful events. The man who, having such a conviction engraven upon his heart, would have the weakness to maintain silence with regard to a matter of such deep importance, would, in my opinion, betrry the in terests of bumasity and justice, and would incur before the awful tribunal of conscience the responsibility of events which no power in the world could at a later period p t nor In other terms, leave the Spaniseds quiet in their own country, if you wish to 11/Oil disasters, the consequences of which it would be impossible to calculate. iflisily ought to be, in my *Salon. the with of goad men, of friends to the peace, the repose, and the happiness of nations, and especially ore - across and sensible hearts, whatever may be their peittleol'opiniensen otisef pasta. To give sn accurate idea of the general ferment, it will I suffice to inform you of whet passed at the Landaburiso So ciety en the subject of the news circulated. it is not known by what means, that the itedependence of Spain was menaced by foreigners; the most violent storm burst forth, both within and without, and every thing was to be feared from the CALS. pirated state of the public mind. At this critical moment, the most influential orators repair ed to the tribune with a view to restore tranquillity; they con ducted themselves under those difficult circumstances with a great deal of coolness and presence of mind ; they bad the rare good fortune to be able to divert a tumultuous ammo- I bly for two hours, and thus to give time fur the arrival of H. Romero Alpucnte, who was indisposed at his own house.— This old man appeared at half-past nine o'clock in the midst of the stormy assembly, nceumpanied by the Political Chief of Madrid, and General Ringo. Profound silence immedi ately ensued ; confidence was restored ; they listened with devoted respect to the austere voice, of the President, who • ascended the Tribune to vindicate order, respect for the laws, and confidence io the Authorities, who have given so many pledges of a patriotism proof against all temptation. He afterwards delivered an elegant philosophical discourse, not referring to the cause of tumult, and at eleven o'clock put an end to the sitting, with the same tranquillity which prevails in the most peaceable societies. I ruined istelligeweet the most meet advice' entirely falsify these' odt reports. Albania again presents a many beaded hydra. After ous t Surely, e of the the defeats which Omer Peoha sustained in I.lolia, the tribes lon and which restaiocd tranquil, awsitio.; the resat of the war, Ili pe ence o nly separated from the oause of the Plebe. The Chmeides .s r declared themselves perfectly neutral, and are unwilling ..e g na Ca bet THE CORTES. The discussion of the Report of the Committee of Finance, relative to the measures to be taken, to meet extraor dinary expenses previously allowed, bas occupied two sit tings. M. Ferrer, Reporter to the Committee, evinced great ability in matters of finance, and a patriotic zeal fur avoiding abuses, end protecting the interests of the nation. The Cortes finally placed at the disposal of the Government forty millions of yenta, which are to be negotiated and inscribed in the great book of the pub lic debt. It is to be observed that, independently of the considerable sums already voted fur enabling the nation to assume the imposing attitude which circumstances require, there were added on this occasion 37,739,308 reals for clothing, ecintpping, and arming the national militia. The last intelligence from the frontiers of Spain gives a striking idea of the contending armies. Msts• is uniformly well rectived by the people, and success ful against the Royalists, who are never strong or for tunate but in the anticipations of certain French writers. The " ridiculous Regency," as it is well , termed by the patriotic General, is styled by its par tial friend in Toulouse, " illustrious voyagers with un known intentions." We recommend General MINA'S Proclamation to the people of Cerdagna to particular attention. it bears internal evidence of the weakness as well as wickedness of the " Army of the Faith." The intelligence from Trieste is important as well as gratifying. The destruction of another Captain Pacba by the desperate valour of Greek seamen, cannot fail to give increased animation to the Greeks, and to paralyze the efforts of the Ottoman. The ex ploit, as described, is a marvellous instance of intre pidity. One of the most difficult tasks which can be im posed upon a Public Journal is the task of exposing and reprobating the malignant sophisms.of men with feeling-and mitimat charsew. POPE contemptu ly said— Unfitted 'tben let the hasku monster rage, Some tn dulness, minim, want, and age ; bat the writers of The John Bull have obtained so much notoriety, that they cannot be dismissed with contempt as harmless. They are, perhaps, singular in any age or nation, for the considerable circulation, and consequent mischievousness of their writings, without any one pretension for elegance of composi tion, or originality of observation—for lively remark or humorous wit—for decent personality or pointed sarcasm. The only peculiar feature in the character of The John Bull is unfeeling, unqualified, and often obscene calumny. The extent to which it was per ' witted (or, shall we say enabled ?) to carry this flagi tious warfare under an Administration the most un manly which ever disgraced our island, awakened the indignation, and called forth the abhorrence of the first characters in the land for rank, property, talent, and reputation. The indignation and the abhorrence only served to increase the notoriety, and multiply the profits of the conductors of this Sunday publication. We are warranted in affirming, that no individual wbo has any pretension to moral character can suffer The John Bull to be. introduced into his family, or can mention it without expressing his detestation. It would be a proof of the malignant influence of politi eel party infinitely stronger than we are prepared to think possible, if the bitterest political partisan could read The John Ball's brutality towards his opponent, or even his rival, without resenting it as an outrage upon every manly and right feeling. No; the circu lation of this paper is among thoughtless young men, whose taste is yet to be matured and elevated, and whose curiosity is too eager fur the counsels of a just understanding. Not inconsistently with its previous history has this Sunday Paper advocated the P-otestant assassination of the Marquis WELLESLEY. Here are the words of The John Bull: " The man who threw a bottle at the Lows Ltntrr ***** wonld probably have done the same to a stranger who had trodden upon his toe, or have laughed at Isis brogue; but his neighbour and partisan in the same cause, who only ex pressed in words his wounded feelings at what be considered an impeachment of his rights as a free-born subject, stands in a very different point of view. Why, then, is the Irish Whig to be debarred from the public expression of his prin ciples on the anniversary of the glorious Revolution ? It is no doubt unpleasant to the Roman Catholics to see the statue of King WILLIAM, who gave the death-blow to popery and despotism, dressed up in triumph on the eth or 6th of No vember; but it is equally unpleasant to their feelings, we sus pect, to see a Protestant Krim on the throne, and a Pro testant Archbishop officiating as the howl of the Church every day in the year." Let none of our readers apprehend for a moment that we can degrade ourselves or insult them by reply ing to low trash like this, as destitute of reason as it is replete with criminality. The occasion of publish ing this trash, be it remembered, is not the abolition of the mischievous ceremony on the 4th of November, but the attempt upon the Marquis WYLLESLLY'S life by rufhiuis ,n the gallery of the theatre on the 14th of December. We allude to the publication solely with the view of directing the attention of all respectable and virtuous persona, and especially of all parents, guardians, and guides of youth, to this wide-spread pestilence. Surely there is moral energy in English society to extinguishthis abomination. We abstain purposely from adverting to the virulent loyalty and malignant religiousness of this enemy of every religious precept, every moral principle, and every social decency, because we would not excite by such aggravations the disgust which the bare reading of the above extract fails to create in every well-con stituted mind. In the same paper is an excessively contemptible series of ribaldrous remarks upon " Don Carlos," because it is the production of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, because it is dedicated to Lord HOLLAND, because one of its dramatis persona is a QU EEN, and because Lord JOHN RUSSELL is the son of the Duke of BEDFORD. We allude to this act of insolent scurrility only with the same view with which we have called attention to the palliation suggested for the attempt at assassina tion. To enter into any detailed exposure of vulgar Billingsgate, would be ridiculously preposterous. If a low cur roll himself in mud, and howl to the meri dian sun, it is by something more appropriate than words that the annoyance is removed. The Duke of WELLINGTON arrived in town yester day about two o'clock, from France. About half past two o'clock his Grace proceeded to the Foreign Office, Downing-street, for the purpose of having an interview with Mr. CANNING, in which the Noble Duke was disappointed, as the Right Honourable Gentle man waa at Brighton, on a visit to the KING, having left Coombe-wood yesteffity morning for that purpose, where he had dined on Sunday with the Earl of Liv E tt- Pool.. The Duke of WELLINGTON proceeded from Downing-street to the Office of Ordnance, in Pall mall, where his Grace remained a considerable time. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER arrived in town yesterday morning from Blackheath, and after transacting business in the fretsury, left town iu the afternoon on a visit to Viscount St DMOUTLI. The Freeman's Journal says, it has heard that the bottle flung at the Lord Lieutenant was thrown by one of the Battle-axe Guards, and asks, " Can this be truer On the highest authority we state it is not true. His Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, it is said, again intends to honour the Theatre Royal with his presence on the evening of Monday week. We sin cerely hope we may be correct in making this an nouncement. It is almost due from his Excellency to the citizens of Dublin, to the people of Ireland, that an immediate opportunity be afforded them of wiping away the stain which now so lamentably fixes on the character of the nation.—Duldia Patriot. LOSS OF THE RACEHORSE BRIG Of WAR.—We regret to state accounts have been received of the loss of his Majesty's brig Racehorse, on Sunday last, at the Isle of Man. Six of the crew and three boatmen, which were on board the brig, unfortunately perished; the remainder of the crew made their escape with some difficulty to the shore. ~ 11S CARONWLE, CANNING, COBBETT, AND CO. The Morning Chronicle, once the organ of con sistent principles, and of elevated sentiments, now devotes its columns to panegyrics upon Mr. Canning and Mr. Cobbett. The Chronicle may write in what taste and in what spirit it thinks proper; it may, as often as it deems it expedient, exhibit the evidence of its having abandoned its principles and deserted its party, but it shall not, unchastised by the British Press, labour to confer popularity either upon the open enemy of Parliamentary Reform, or upon the ignorant declaimer against economical science. The Morning Chronicle has no foundation whatever for attributing to Mr. Canning a line of foreign po licy more liberal than that pursued by his predecessor. It is true that a more incapable Foreign Minister than the Marquis of Londonderry never lost for England in the Cabinet the ascendancy she had conquered in the field. But it is also true that all the perni cious blunders of the most incapable Foreign Mi nister that ever degraded this country in the eyes of Europe, received from Mr. Canning, even when his retirement from office relieved him from the obliga tion of acquiescing in the measures of the Cabinet, voluntary and unqualified approbation and support. When Ferdinand VII., by a double usurpation against the rights of his father and the privileges of the people, seized the sovereignty of Spain without the limitations which the Representatives of the na tion had imposed, did this imaginary friend of li beral institutions let fall one syllable condemnatory of the royal treason? When Italy petitioned the Allied Sovereigns for a National and Representative Government, and when the Tramontains replied by edicts of partition and spoliation, did one audible sigh of classic sympathy escape from the new idol of liberty before which the Morning Chronicle falls down and worships? When Saxony was partitioned, when Norway was transferred, and when royal perfidy deprived Prussia of a Constitution, was the voice of Mr. Canning heard? Did the li beral Foreign Secretary of the Morning Chronicle subscribe a record of dissent? That journal must, indeed, be fallen, if, upon recollecting all these things, it does not blush for the gratuitous and sense less panegyrics it has bestowed. Up to the hour of taking office Mr. Canning, in his Liverpool harangues, avowed his concurrence in the policy pursued ; and up to that hour he proclaimed himself the champion of that corrupt and inadequate system of representa tion which causes the interest of the many to be sa crificed to the interests of the few. And yet the Morning Chronicle, while it professes to be friendly to Reform, heaps panegyrics upon its most strenuous opponent, and by the northern gift of second sight, discovers in the enemy of liberty at home the friend of liberty abroad. Whether this arises from a con fusion of intellect or from a laxity of principle, it is the business of the Chronicle co explain. The Chroni cle's panegyric upon Cobbett is still more inconsistent and degrading. ' The writer in the Chronicle is a poli tical economist, and, on The vitally important ques tions relating to the eurreney and the cots trade, he has adopted Mr:Ricanlo's principles. How is it that the disciple of the enlightened philosopher becomes the eulogist of the scurrilous buffoon by whom his master is assailed ? The Reformer exalts Mr. Can ning, and the Political Economist extols the wisdom of Cobbett! The Morning Chronicle was not always conducted thus. It once adhered to political connec- lions, and maintained consistent principles. Tem pora mutantus. LUNACY. About a quarter before four o'clock yesterday afternoon, an elegantly dressed lady was observed walking in a dejected state in the Birdcage-walk, St. James's Park. She looked at se veral of the trees with apparent earnestness, and seemed quite insensible of the object of the mob who followed her, till she arrived opposite Story's-gate, when she took a handkerchief and made it fast to a tree; but finding the bough to which she attached it was not her height, she untied it again and fastened it to another much higher. She very leisurely tied it round her neck in the presence of a large crowd of men and boys, who all the time watched her motions, and springing forward, twisted it round iii such a manner that she was entirely raised from the ground, and would have been strangled had she not immediately been cut down. She then abused those around her in the grossest language, saying, she was by birth Lady Carrington ; that the King and Duke of York had known her, but by oppression she was deprived of her rights, and left to wander forlorn and friendless. She was, however, recognised to be a woman well knownin St. James's ; she had been sup ported by a Noble Peer, in splendid equipage and dignity, only a few years ago, and through some fault afterwards aban doned ; since which she has been seen about the streets, fre quently in a state of despondency. A constable took her to the workhouse until she can be got into some proper asylum. The Central Prison at Ghent, which the illustrious HOWARD in his work on Prisons speaks of as a model, and of which only five-eighths were finished, is to be completed by order of the Government in the course of next year.--Brussels Paper. - Two extraordinary impostors have been unmasked within these few days, one of whom (CAsaiNcrox) is gone to try the virtues of the Treading-mill. The other (Miss SIIERRATT) reminds us of FREDERICk Moox, who so well imitated the process of dying, that the keeper of the prison where he was lodged in Americo, supposing him to be at the last gasp, left the door open to fetch something to warm his limbs already cold with death, when to his great astonish ment in a few minutes he had escaped and could not be retaken. AFFECTING CIRCUMST•NCE.—On Saturday se'n night the corpse of an old woman was found near a farm-house, in the muir, a few miles from the village of Dairy. The body being unknown, the circumstance was proclaimed on the following Sabbath, in the parish churches of !kith and Dairy, in the hopes of discovering some traces of the unfortunate individual's connexions. A little boy, the son of a farmer in the neighbourhood, on coming home from church,remarked to his father that the woman's plaid was " unco like granny's." The farmer, rather alarmed at this informa tion, hastened to the spot, and to his utter grief and astonishment discovered the corpse to be that of his aged mother. It would appear that she had left Irvine with the intention of visiting her son, and that, either overcome by fatigue, or misled by the darkness of the night, she had lost her way in the muir, and perished with the cold. When found, she was in a sitting posture on the aide of a hillock, and had an orange, partly eaten, in her hand.—Glasgow Herald. j • , 7 7APV : . Of V 7.51 ORIGINAL POETRY. THE BLACKHEATH ASSEMBLY. On Monday myself was politely invited To go to a ball on the top of Blackheath ; I was told, that with beauty, I'd there be delighted. .Ind must tremble in love, in spite of my teeth ; So I dress'd, by my glass, till I look'd like Apollq,„ And put on a smile that was perfectly killing, Made sure that a dozen of conquests would folic r, And then, heigho ! for the cooing and billing— • Ti lours, ti lours, dum dee. Oh ! the dear little creatures were daintily drest all, To choose which was loveliest only was puzzling— Not an elderly lady but look'd like a vestal, Nor a young one that wasn't an Angel in muslin. I felt myself lost in a crowd of Divinities ; I found that my heart was beginning to tingle Thinks I to myself, my dear Ladies, what sin it That ono of the party should ever be single. Ti bourn, ti loura, dum dce. So I made up my mind, ere the evening was over, To some pretty partner to make my advances, A waltz or quadrille has lix'd many a lover, And Cupid is famous for flirting at dances. Then I gave my fair partner a look like a love.let.. And verily thought the expression had caught bar, But my friend wish'd me joy, said my next bit OW prove better, For the lady was blest with six sons and a dauxht. Ti lours, ti lours, duns dee. As soon as I beard it my heart was my own again, For I couldn't maintain a whole set of gradrillers ; But, in the next dance, oh! the wanton was gone agai For the ball-room was full of these pretty men-killer The Spanish dance templed to cast a fond look My precautions again were beginning to vanis - .. But my friend spied my meaning, and brought book again, For my partner, he told me, bad none of the -. Ti loura, ti lours, dum dee. Olt ! Emily, Anna, Kate, Fanny, and Mary, Amelia, and Lucy, and Beuy, and Catherine-- Not one of you present but looked like a fairy, And set a fond Irishman's heart a wool-gathering. 'Twas Oberun's Court, at the Green Man assembled, And ye were the sprites that his lady Queen Mal , see;, With affection I glow'd, and with reverence trembled, Fur all who werepresent, and one who was oboe Ti lours, ti lowa, dum dec. Then the music, so sweet, kept my ears in the pillory, The fiddles were all them genuine Cremonas, And the Colonels and Captains of Royal Artillery, Were gentle as Junos, and brave as Bellonas; knee all the quadrilles in the worldbad been g i' Then the kind-hearted folks, lest the dance fatigue us, Gave us plenty of tea and new rolls, to enliven ti . For the ladies all vote it far better than negas. Ti Inure, ti loura, dum dec. Now, long live the ladies who visit the Green Nan, Wires, widows, and maidens, long life to them all ; And if ever you're seized with a fit of the spleen, man, Pray post to Blackheath, and make one at the Ball. Blackheath, December 24, tem. • ' - FASHIONABLE. INTELLIGENCE, ~ Tb, Duke alit. Albans smiths fAdies Bemeetkelyteft tofu yeaterouy for their t, Giateo, tyc. The Marquis us T:tet.t.l4 -end tome "Fidajbeetose's urn town yesterday moron% tor e r me. m The Earl ot Surrey arMissive yesterday eveitur i ; oio his halite. (the Duke of Rierfolltie. Porshie....gidikra... Earl Burford has arrived in town from uo Earl Thanet is expected- at Feutoo's •s'y - street, this day from his soot Is Relit. Lord Rt. Hikes Ims reduced to toed from W.. _ ra tle, Esq. M.P.'s seat in Surrey. General Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart. arrived yesterday at thy Royal Hotel, St. James's-street, from his seat in Hints. Sir Roger Gresley, Bart. has left town for his seat, Drake low Park, Woreestersb ire. Sir Philip Roach, Bart. has left the Clarendon Hotel. Bond-street, on a tour. Colonel Macdonald has left town for Bath. Departures from ditto :—Lord Francis Osborne and MI Sydney Osborne, for Holland ; and the Rev. Edward Bury kir his seat, Westwood Lodge, Kent. Mrs. Benyon arriied yesterday at her house in Grosvenor square from her seat, Engletield Green, Berks. The Misses Perceval have left town fur their seat, W ..dir.: , Hall, Hcrts, for the holidays. Mr. Secretary Canning left town yesterday for the PR, i Brighton. T W. Beaumont, Esq. M.P. left Warren's Hotel, Recent street, yesterday, for his father's (Colonel T. R. Beaundo M.P.) seat, Bretton Hall, neer Wakefield, Yorkshire. Mr. and Mrs. Blake have arrived at Hodgson's Dover...al reet, from a tour. Captain Vandeleur, lath lancers, bas left ditto for Exec., . Mr. and Mrs. Crawley have arrived at Kirkham's Hotel Loam Brook-street, from their seat near Luton , Bediuni. shire. Departures from Mirart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street - Captain Lukin for Brighton; and Mr. and Mrs. Marstoo fur their seat in Northamptooshiro. Mr. Heatheoto has left town for his father's (Sir Ottheit Hentheole, Bart.) scat, Normanton Park, Lincolnshire. T. Thisilewaile, Esq. has left the Coburg Hotel, Cheri, street, Grosvenor-square, for his scat iu Hants; and Kcppel, Esq. on a tour. Sunday the Duke of GLouctarea attended Di% Service at St. George's Church, Hanover-square Paris cltil-rhat reports that a favourite of 71 , rpaicbore, &- worthy nod/tree Thane, are now dirided in their opinions a.s what constitutes the direct line of hearty aid of race. fi -- therefore not quite su certain that this nymph of tie air will tte, 0 that light fantastic toe in England durh.g the approaching seaso The seeming slight and want of attention to a certain Web' Baronet and his 'mac by the leading personages at the COaire > . at Vero6O, did sot arise fret any preindiee against the Massa: able and pertly isdbridual persooally, but from•she ostrome Nit, of essikag themselves usmilesamisil—she gnat Peamitai %sae most of the halm; languages, whilst the gosel-lanwoo•. e Welshman was unable to ~OM intelligibly in say dialer: Aia suns. In a very thin house an actress was speaking very li.• her communications with her Inver, when ths actor, v face of wornl humour, exclaimed, "My dear, you speak oat, you see there is no 0110 to hear us." MIDSDIPDAN'S Par.—An (dicer of the navy being what Mr. %mac meant by the " Cheap defenetrodnati. replied, that many persons in his line underatood hi.e mean a midshipman's half-pay, " Nothing a day, anef himself." 'Three gentlemen being at a tavern, whose names werk Moue STRANDS and -• "There is bet ;ern, atone, said the last, • _ ono cuckold is themegy, and that is Stroage."—"Tes" MA ered STRANGE." there is one Mere."—" Aye," said 1110er, " that's Wright." A foolish fellow, whoa addressed by a man of rank, nsel to ssswer, " Thank God and your Lordship.''—" How meal children have you, honest man i" said a Grandee to t::rri " Four, thank God and }our Lordship." The censorship of Lausanne has ordered that the proprietors m reading rooms in that city shall not lend out the works of WALT/il SCOTT!—Europeass Ma erne. It is with pleasure we untiee the inerearing presprrity t' venerable University. The Matrieulation Lint, eyes at this es 4, period, /1110UMS to the unprecedented anseher of LK& —;:etii burgh Star. it will be gratifying to our readers to. learn, thrt the Most Noble the Marchioness of lANDOWDIrtiI has placed in the Menagerie Royal, Tower of Load( .1 most beautiful Tiger, and a pair of tine Ostriches, w added to the great improvement within the last six me under the present Manager, Mr. Armies Cora, for: assemblage at once beautiful and interestin, the prin objects of which are Lice's, Tiger, Leoperi, aloes, namon Hear, Ant Bear, Percepine, lie tames,. Boa Bent Crocodiles, Raters, Weeping Cyrus, Crown Cr lack Swans, Ste. &a—besides the' grand Colleen° Bouts, Birds, and Reptiles, which were in Ike Tower I to the present Illenagesaist.