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LITERATURE. LORD BYRON and his COTEMPORARIES. By Luau HUNT. LONDON, 1828. Mr. Hunt, as is by this time tolerably well known, was invited some six or seven years since to Italy, for the purpose of starting a periodical, in conjunc tion with Lord Byron and Mr. Shelley. To enable • him the better to do so, his Lordship transmitted him two hundred pounds, in addition to which, on Mr. Hunt's arrival at Pisa, he fitted him up a con venient suite of apartments in `his own house—a series of benefactions that have been characteristi cally repaid by the volume before us. With respect to the periodical, which was to have been a joint con cern, Lord Byron, from a very early period of its publication, declined all share in the profits, contri buting, nevertheless, some of his noblest poems— Heaven and Earth for instance—to its pages, for the sole purpose, as it should seem, of benefiting his friend, Mr. Hunt. At the expiration of a few months, however, it was ascertained that the " Li beral" was a dead failure, and the purpose which' had seduced the author of " Rimini" to Italy being thus defeated, a separation took place . between that gentleman and Lordßyron • the one setting out shortly afterwards for Greece, and the other. for England. It is the history of this connexion with the Noble Bard that Mr. Hunt has here related; he has given a minute highly seasoned account of his manners, his mode . of life, his style of conversation, mixed up with much me taphysical speculation on the subject of his good and evil qualities. The latter, of course, predominate. Mr. Hunt was under considerable obligations to his - Lordship, and it was necessary—in order that the consistency of a modern philosopher might be duly . preserved—that his gratitude to the illustrious dead should be thus evinced. Many authors, in discussing she character of their deceased friends and patrons, might have been weak enough to respect the grave; they might have been apt to consider it ae a sort of- Mausoleum of Charity in which every hostile feeling should be entombed; but Mr. Hunt, nobly disdain ful of such effeminate prejudices has set an example' of malignant originality ; he has trampled on the' sanctuary of death, iuvaded its awful silence, and di rected the finger of public scorn tows 'Js the poor handful of dust and ashes that once composed his a s fetsd. This revenge is glorious ; it is literally, a l most unprecedented, and derives a ditional recom mendatioes from the circiunstanceet its object being no longer able to defend himself. 7 hat Mr. Hunt might have differed from Lord Byron on many—in deed on most points—we can readily believe,but was lie therefore justified in impugning every good qua lity he possessed ? Because ais Lordship—we have hinted these interrogatories before—disliked Mr. aului Keats, was he to be set down as a bad, or at least an imitative poet ? Because he carelessly as sured Mr. Hunt that he rode well, was his mode of s aying so to be attributed to vexation? Because he was no Cockney, and thought that Mr. Hunt's man ners—however closely they might approximate to ;it—were not altogether perfection, was he to be censured as deficient in address ? Because, like a considerate citiren of the world, he took a note of hand. for his advance (it was a donation) to the ;author of Rimini, was he to be reputed mean, mercantile, and avaricious ? Because, in alluding to the names of some visitors in Italy, he accidentally emitted I\[r. Shelley, was he to be written down a liar ? Because, he could not, like Sir John Falstaff, " babble about green fields," was he to be denied conversational powers ?" In the name of all that is lofty and redeeming in human nature, we protest against such studied, such insidious, such malignant misconception of character. We protest against that worse than Jesuitical treachery, which, arrogating to itself a more than ordinary respect for truth, perverts, s-ithout absolutely destroying, the simplest facts— 'which glides imperceptibly, but adroitly, into the confidence of its victim—hunts out his failings, exag gerates his lightest errors, and then despite the claims of friendship and the sanctities of the domestic hearth, sends them forth to the world anatomized and laid bare, for its delight, astonishment, or . detestation. Mr. Hunt is . a gentleman who is perpetually taking credit with the public for the lofty temper of his ethics. He is an apt descendant (slightly modi fied by the changed character of the times) of those revolutionary philosophers who turned sceptics from excessive devotion, and could talk of nothing but " ad vancing the great cause of humanity" and so forth. Sta Ange that so unprejudiced a philosopher, and one who haa the good of his fellow-citizens so much at, heart, sho3ld;be the author of as ungenerous a publi cation as was ever yet penned ! Strange, that the high-souled man of ;dependence, should accept ob ligations from him Lipton whose grave he trampled ! Stranger still, that the inculcator of a pure system of morality should permit the mother of his eight children to live under the same roof with an avoss'ed adultness ! Jaut the real cause of all this long series of hlunderi —to pse the mildest term—on the part ef Mr. Hunt, may be found in his egregious coxcombry. At the :Examnee Office, or in the charming groves of Hampstead, he was doubtless a man of intellectual wealth, a sort of literary Rothschild—at Pisa,and in company with the author of one of the noblest conversational poems in this, or any language, his abilities, like Doctor Phillpotts' charity, were at a discount. Disappointed vanity took a satanic turn ; hence the volume before us. Compare the two men, and see whether the one, from the nature of liisT intellect, be competent to give an impartial memole of the other. Lord Byron is (we use the present teisse, for though dead he is with us still, and will be through eternity,) a poet of the very loftiest order ; Sall-. Hunt of the very lowest. The one, with kindred majesty of spirit, apostrophises the Ocean ; communes with the stars " the poetry of heaven ;" invokes a classical vengeance on his foes in the deserted shrines of Nemesis ; identifies him. , self in a grand and s.velling egotistical • spirit with the ruins of Rome; and is sublime—impassioned — t e nder—philosophical—sarcastic, as circumstances require finch display. Mr. Hunt is a smart dapper versifier, who prefers the hills of" Hampstead to the Alps or Appennines--aavhe pro fesses a distaste of the sea—who writes pretty little mythological poems on the " Naiads;' the scenery of which be lays at Highgate; who - , prefers the clinking of his coal fire to the majestic moun tain landscapes of Italy ; and is altogether a confirmed Cockney. Again, that silent but COM mandi ng influence which, imperceptibly almost to ',.tself, a great mind never fails to exert over a little one, was not without its effect on Mr. Hunt; and added to his extreme difference of character and opis slims, increased tenfold his rancour towards Lord ,Byron. But all attempts to depreciate ghat illus. trious poet are vain, and worse th I t. ai Hunt are ,the very burlesque of malignity. , i ey t as tote, has thrown a stone into the stream of his iso l dship's popularity, which may f or a time ruffle its, w aters; but the excitement must soon abate, and th e current flow on stainless, majestic, and . un interrupted as before. Besides, all great men have had their wading critics—Homer had his Zoilus, and why shoule! Byron be without his Hunt K INC'S THEATIC, 4 :.—The anrmal concert for the benefit of the New Musical Fund was giyea pn Thurs day last, at this theatre, and, we are happy to say., was very numerously and respectably .attended. To mention. Madame PASTA, 'Airs. FERON, Mr. RuitA.3t, and others equa lly worthy of note, would be saying that nothing was wanting to give the highest attraction to the performances. A very young lady, Miss Essax, ma d e her debut, as an in strumental player, in the execution of ismue variations on the pianoforte. Mr. F. CRAMER led with his usual ability, and the orchestra, which was raised on the s t age , coun t e d upwards of two hundred performers. • BURY SclrooL.—Am on g the- numerous Candidates for the Head Mastership of this E s t a bli s h ment, appears the name of the Rev. F. VALeT, M.A. Trinity College, Cambridge. This gentleman is a son of that fine. scholar the Master of Reading School, and by- -bi s own classical acquirements does honour even to his father' s ?nigh name. His knowledge of Greek, in particular, is s a id to be profound and discriminating ; and his acquaintanc e with the principles of Latin composition, worthy of his uncle, the author of the " Elegantim Latina ," and Head Master of Norwich School. CORN LAWS. The resolutions proposed by Ministers on the subject of the Corn Laws are mow submitted to the country, and before any measure founded on them can pass into a law, there will be ample time for discussion and deliberation. If the question were merely to be argued on speculative grounds, strong objections might no doubt be urged against the measure in contemplation — many plausible reasons might be brought for ward against any plan for restraining the influx of foreign corn. But we would strongly urge on those who are disposed to reason after this fashion, that practically a statesman has frequently only a choice of difficulties. He does not deal in pure principles of abstract good ; nor can he always, whatever be his natural inclination, tread the path of straight-forward policy that lies before him. He cannot hold by the unbending stand ard of general principles ; he cannot sail against the wind and title of prejudice ; he must con cede ; he must make a compromise with evil ; he must haggle and bargain for as much good as he can get ; but he cannot break off the transac tion, because he has not every thing his own way—under these qualifications, therefere, it is that we approve of the resolutions of Ministers ; and of the scale of duties by which they propose to regulate the import of foreign corn. They have, we are convinced, made the best compro mise that was possible between the jarring inte rests of commerce and agriculture. We should, no doubt, have preferred the measure of last Ses sion, or any other plan which would have imposed less restraint on the admission of foreign grain. But the question is, whether such a measure would pass, and whether, therefore, the present plan is not the only practicable expedient for set ting this question at rest, and saving the inte rests of agriculture from the agitation occasioned by never-ending discussions on the subject. It was clearly necessary that some protection should be given to agriculture, by restraining the influx of foreign coin, while th© interests of the commercial classes required that it should not be entirely excluded from our markets. The present measure then appears to steer a middle course between these extremes. Under its pro visions no foreign corn can come into this country, until the price rise above 60s. From a statement collected from Parlia mentary Papers of the prices at the principal shipping Ports on the Continent in 1826, it ap pears that wheat could have been landed in this country from Dantzic, Libau, Memel, Konings berg, &c. at from 30s. to 355. per quarter. Now, if the duty be added to this original cost, which is 275. Bd. per quarter, when the price here is at 605., it will raise the foreign grain to 575. Bd. per quarter, which would not leave a sufficient profit to compensate the risk of the adventure. The price must rise therefore above 60s. before any considerable supply of corn can be brought into the country ; and thus an adequate remune rating price is secured to the agriculturist, before any great supply of foreign corn is admitted ; while the decline of the protecting duty as the price rises above 60s. gives the community an adequate security against the miseries of scar city—so long as the price of corn remains under or at 605., per quarter the community can suffer no great hardship. This is rather a moderate price, and implies clearly that we do not require any foreign supplies. Until this point then the measure restrains importation, and it thus affords protection to agriculture without oppressing the country. But the moment the price rises, the diminishing duty operates as a sort of drain, through which supplies immediately flow in from the adjacent countries, and avert the evil of want. On the grounds then of expediency merely, we assent to the present measure, because it is calculated to meet prejudices, and to conciliate jar! ing interests, and perhaps, in time to pave the way for another and more liberal arrange ment. We are the less disposed to quarrel with these enactments for regulating the importation of corn, because we do not conceive them of that practical consequence which others attach to them. The object of those laws restraining the importation of corn, is to protect the home grower against the competition of foreigners ; and to give him a higher price than he would receive under the operation of a free trade. But we greatly doubt whether these petty devices and restrictions have the effect which is ascribed to them. It is only over the foreign supply of corn, be it observed, that our legislative enact ments have any controul. Now, we consider this supply to bear so small a proportion to the internal produce of the country, that neither its exclusion nor its free admission can have any perceptible effect in lowering the prices ; and therefore, that it is really of little consequence what regulations we pass on the subject. It is the great mistake of both parties, as far as we can judge, to magnify the importance of the foreign supply, and those accordingly who con demn restrictions on importation, ascribe all the evils which the country has suffered from scarcity and high prices, as well as from over abundance, to the law of 1822, which gave the agriculturist the monopoly of the home market. To the want of the foreign supply they maintain that all these lamentable consequences are to be traced. The advocates of restrictions, on the other hand, dread the free admission of foreign corn as the climax of 'their miseries they consider that the free importation of corn would utterly ruin agriculture. We consider, however, t h a t whether we keep the foreign supply ont of the country, or whether we admit it, we will not thereby materially influence the price of coin, which is fixed by causes sonnscted with the home supply, and with the internal condition of the country. In support of our opinions we shall appeal to facts. To those who hold that a free trade in corn would bring rum on agricul ture, by the depreciation of its produce, we would merely state, that for more than 20 years prior to 1815, or rather to 1819, for it was then that our ports were really shut—the trade in corn was free. There was no restraint on the importation of foreign supplies, which were a ecordinOy very freely brought into the country. Now what, it may be asked, was the consequence of this free dom—was agriculture ruined by low prices ? The fact is precisely the reverse. The price of corn was high, and agriculture never was in such a flourishing condition, while the country was all the while, be it remembered, open to supplies of foreign grain. In 1795, wheat was at B . os. per quarter; it fell from that to 60s. In 1800 and 1801, which were both years of scarcity, the one from cold and wet, and the other from excessive drought, the price of wheat was 1.195. and 120 s. per quarter'; and we not only opened our ports to foreign grain, but we gave a large bounty, on which account we paid in the two years 2,135,6781., and by this encouragement, added to our enormous prices, we drained both Europe and America of all that could possibly be spared for our supply. Now, what was the effect of this great supply on the hitherto unparalleled prices of those two distressing years. Did the foreign supplies, amounting in the two years to above four million of quarters, abate these prices—so far from it the price continued steady above , 100s.per quarter. But the moment the new supply from the harvest of 1802, was brought to bear upon the demand the price tumbled down at once to 60s. and 565. Here then we see the foreign supply, not only operating freely for two years, but encouraged by the stimulus of a bounty, yet producing no effect whatever in the price, being unable apparently to fill up in any perceptible degree that miserable void left in the produce of the year by the failure of the domestic supply ; but the home supply of 1802, the mo ment it is got in, brings down the price one half. Need we seek a more marked proof of the inefficiencies of the foreign supply to affect the home price. The history of the Corn Trade, furnishes numerous other facts all strongly illustrating the insignificance of the foreign supply compared with the great natural causes which are in constant operation to raise or lower the price. For twelve years previous to 1815 it will be found that the average price of corn was, in the first six of these years 725., and in the last six years 98s. 6d. per quarter. Now, during all this time, the trade was free. In 1815 the new system of exclusion was begun ; and in 1819 the ports were actually shut—the foreign supply was excluded—Agriculture obtained the entire monopoly of the home market. Now mark the consequence, corn, in place of rising as it ought to have done, if the foreign supply had been of any consequence, fell in 1820 to 655. and 545.; and in 1822 to the incredibly low price of 38s. per quarter. Could we wish then for facts more conclusive against all our petty contrivances to regulate the price of grain? Is it not clear that the causes which fix its price are wholly unconnected with the foreign supply, seeing that they are high when .that supply is freely admitted, and low when it is excluded ; that the price of corn is fixed by the internal supply ; and that in regard to the price of corn, the effect of legislative enactments is controlled and lost amid these great and powerful causes, which, as they lie deep in the constitutions of society, are far beyond all human control. PARLIAMENTARY PAPER. COALS. Arr;Pccount of Coals exported from England and Scot land into Ireland, from Jan. 5, 1827, to Jan. .5, 1828; and, an Account of Coals imported from the same into the various Ports of Ireland, for the same period. Ports of Ireland into Ports of Ireland into T ons. which Imported. ' ~lons' which Imported. -........_ Dublin 265,50731 Londonderry 8,378 Baltimore 1,551)4 Newry 3 3 , 813% Belfast Coleraine Cork 1 2 ,1,741 Westport 9,028% Drogheda 26,016 Wexford 27,992 Dundalk Galway 3,68031 697,575 N, Limerick Note.--By the regulations which place the Commercial Intercourse between Great Britain and Ireland on the footing of a Coasting Trade, this Department is precluded from ascertaining the Quantities of Coals shipped to Ire laud from the Ports of Great Britain ; and the foregoing Statement, which exhibits the quantities delivered at the Irish Ports, is therefore submitted as the best Return that can be made to the Order of the Honourable House. WILLIAM IRVING, Inspector General of Imports and Exports. Inspector General's Office, Custom House, London, March 11. ROBBERY OF . ARCHBISHOP MARSH'S Li- BRARY.—In our first account of this affair we omitted giving the name of the delinquent, from obvious reasons, Since then we have learned that a manuscript of the Vulgate, superbly written on vellum, had been sold by Air. UNDERWOOD to Mr. HYNES, of Anglesea-street, for 41.. which that gentleman, with his usual promptitude in doing what is correct, returned to the library, on being refunded his money. The Bible would not be sold for 1,0001. The Evening Mail, so noted for veracity and candour, has charged us, in a vulgar article in its publication of yesterday, with having given an intentionally false report of this unpleasant circumstance. We again repeat, that the, depredator of Dr. AlAusx's library had been afa • vourite with Dr. MAGEE, and that he had been intro duced into the College library by the Rev. MOMAS MAGEE. With regard to our statement of Mr. UNDER wooI) being a student of the University, and a candidate for holy orders, we gave the report on the authority of the persons •to whom he had told the story, which, we are glad to find, is unfounded. About 100 books in all have disappeared, and only 27 have been as yet returned. — Dublin Freeman's Journal. EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE.—A great sensation was created in the town of Windsor this morn ing by the following extraordinary circumstances :—Dur ing the perlOrmance of Divine Service at St. George's Chapel, a respectably attired individual entered the nave of the building wearing his hat,, when one of the attendants requested him to remove it.. This not being complied with, the Assistant-Verger took the gentleman's bat off when the latter unbuttoning his coat, produced a brace of pistols, which he seemed desirous to bring into use, when casual circumstances diverted his attention. Intelligence of this curious occurrence was immediately forwarded to the Hon. and Rev. HENRY HOBART, Dean of Windsor, who directed the necessary steps to be taken to secure the seeming offender ; in the interim, the gentleman had left the Chapel, and crossing the esplanade leading to the guard-room, accosted a private of the 21st Fusileers on duty at; the Castle, and producing a brace of pistols, de sired hint to " put toe to toe and take his choice." The man, naturally astonished, declined ; when the offer was re peated to the officer on guard, who treated it in a similar manner. Application having in the meanwhile been m ade to the civil authorities, a constable arrived, who appre hended the gentleman, and on examining the pistols , f ound them both heavily loaded. On his person were also fo und fifteen balls, a flask of powder, and a mould to cast bul lets. Insiuiry was subsequently made, when it was ascer tained that he had, purchased the pistols and other articles this morning at a gunsmith's, in Windsor, where be had given, his address, " Mr. Samuel Miles, Wyrandisbury Mill, Bucks ;" this having been ascertained to be correct, an express was despatched to his friends, who were in a state' of great alarm, the unfortunate gentleman having been some time deranged, and in a state of private surveil lance. Measures were immediately adopted to restore him to his . friends, the Chapter of St. George foregoing all pro ceedings for the breach of Ecclesiastical Law, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. LISBON PAPERS. (Lisbon Gazette, from March 29 to April 3.) ." LISBON, mitacit 24. " (OFFICIAL.) _ . " DEPARTMENT OF ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock ex div. 3 per Cent. lied. 8.3%14 ex div. 3 per Cent. Tons 84 y a 3% 4 3!4 per Con . t. ex div. Ditto Red. 90N 36 ex div. 4 per Cent. :-,ew ... 101%3i 101 Ditto, 1826 ex div. - Bank L. Ann. 18 15.16 19 ex d. India Stock 2W Ditto Bonds pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent 911 Brazilian Bonds 58Y. Bue,nos Ayres Bonds — Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds — Ditto, 1824. Danish, 3 per cent. Greek Bonds Ditto, '825 Gisatsmala — Mexican Bonds ~.. ......... Do. 1825 31% 2 PRICES OF IRISH STOCI Bank Stock 24 6 1.; Consols, 3 percept. 83% Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 9l', Ditto, New 4 per Cent. ........... lOO% Oov. Deb. 336 per cent. Royal canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent B5 Ballad Office Deb. 4 D. ct - COURSE OF ZECH/ Amsterdam C.F.12 31 Ditto, at sight 12 Rotterdam 2 U. 12 Antwerp , 2 Harnburgh M. B. 13 134 Altona 13 14 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 65 Bordeaux 25 70 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 15 0 11 Petorsburgh, rble... 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective fl. 2M. 10 3 Trieste do. Madrid 15% Cadiz `3,5k Bilboa Barcelona 35 Seville 35% Gibraltar 46 AND JUSTICE. " His Highness the Infante Regent, being in formed of the atrocious crime committed on the road from Coimbra to Lisbon, near Condeixa, in the morn ing of the 18th inst., on thepersons of some unarmed and unprepared deputations which- the_ University and Chapter of the city of Coimbra sent to congra tulate his Royal Highness on . his happy return to Portugal, and other individuals who accompanied them, by wretches full of the greatest wickedness, or rather degenerate men who deserve the name of fe rociotits tigers rather than that of men ; and his High ness being persuaded that it is highly important - to the public interest that this borrible'crime, at which nature shudders, and which Portugal has unhappily seen committed in its bosom, and by Portuguese, should be immediately punished in the most exemplary manner; his Highness has been . pleased .to deter mine that you shall proceed, without loss of time, to use the most efficacious measures to- ascertain and discover all the authors and contrivers of this fatal event, and that yoti employ the greatest activity and zeal for this purpose, considering that this is one of the most important duties that you at present have to perform, and that on the manner in which you perform it his Highness's opinion of you will chiefly depend ; and farther, that you will not. be - excused for the slightest omission in a matter of such im portance. His Highness also orders that you_shall, in due time, report to this office, the result of the steps to which you are immediately to proceed. " God preserve, &c. " LUIZ DE PAULA FURTADO CASTRO DO RIO DE MENDOCA. " Palace of Ajuda, 22d of March, 1828. " To the Corregidor of the district of Coi►nbra." (Similar notices have been sent to the Corregidor of Leiria, the Juiz de Fora of Coimbra, the Juiz de Fora of Soure, and the Conservator of the University of Coimbra.) MARCH 25.—The Gazette contains a list of pro motions in the army. MARCH 26.--The Gazette contains a letter of thanks from the Infante Regent to his surgeon, An tonio Bartholomeo Pires, for his services during his attendance on his Royal Highness, from the time he quitted Lisbon, in May, 1824, till his return to that city in February, 1828. MARCH 27.—There is no official article in the Gazette. It contains some reflections on the assas sination of the deputies from Coimbra, and•states that almost all the assassins are in prison, four more having been taken since the last accounts. MARCH 28.—The Gazette contains a notice from the War Office, signed by the Infante Regent-, which orders that the force of the Royal Police Guard of Lisbon shall be increased. MARCH 29.—The Gazette contains another list of promotions in the army. Major-Gen. Maximi niano de Brito Mozinho is appointed Governor of Elvas, in the room of Brig.-Gen. Joao de Vascon cellos e Sa, who is discharged from that post. (From the Correio do Porto.) LISBON, MARCH 3A.—The embarkition of the British troops in this port continued yesterday. The Lancers and the Chasseurs are already onboard. It is affirmed that the artillery will embark on the Ist of April, and that other corps will soon follow. LISBON, APRIL I.—On Sunday evening his Highness the Infante Regent, with their Highnesses the Infantas, went to Alfeite, 'and as they passed the British ships of war, they, as well as the Por tuguese ships, fired the salute usual on such -occa sions. Since the happy moment when the ardent wishes of the Portuguese nation were realised by the happy arrival of his Serene Highness the Infante Don Mi guel, who now fortunately presides over our des tinies, the people in all parts of the kingdom have' given proofs of the greatest joy and enthusiasm. it is not for our yen to draw the faithful picture of the transports of joy now shown by a nation - which has been at all times illustrious for its attachment and fidelity to its august princes. - We say every thing when we declare, that in every corner of Portugal is heard the voice of public gratitade to Providence that, at length propitious to the supplications of the most faithful nation, restores to it the exalted Prince on whose august presence the prosperity and happiness of the Portuguese essentially depend. The following is a circumstantial account of the execrable crime of the students of Coimbra:— " At a place about a league from Condebca the most horrid crime has occurred which ever w.is seen,for the cruel manner in which the murders were committed,which we are going to relate . On the 17th instant at four o'clock in the afternoon, four chaises left this place for Lisbon, in which were, the Pro fessor of Law Matheus, the Professor of Medicine Tigueiredo, the Professor of Ihilosophy Neves, with the Dean of the See and a. Canoe ; they went to stop for the night at Condeixa, and setting out continued their journey in the morning. When they had got about a league, they saw eight men dis guised, four of whom had blunderbusses, who ordered them to halt, and the others commanded the tra vellers to alight, and at the signal of a. whistle other wretches appeared. Being thus united, they or dered the travellers to retire from the road,. and place themselves in a line, they then broke "open their trunks and examined their papers; many of which they tore.. One of them acted as commander, and said " Number 1," on which a shot was imme diately fired at the head of the Professor of Medi cine,:who was killed on the spot. He-then said " Numbers ], 2,3," on which three shots were fired at Professor Matheus, who begged them to kill him at once, which one of them did with a dagger. Then came Professor Neves and his son ; but the latter begging that they would kill him rather than his fa ther, who had a numerous family, one of the ag gressors interfered for him and-his son, and in fact they did not ill treat them, and they are now at home ill in consequence of the fright. They gave the Dean and the Canon several stabs, and would certainly have murdered them had not Divine Pro vidence sent to their assistance his Excellency Lieutenant. General Agostinho Luiz da Fonsica and his son, with a few horse soldiers, who seeing at a distance the assemblage in the road, three of them advanced and with the help of the inhabitants, whom they collected, seized five of the assassins, whom they took to Condeixa,as well as the wounded. The five prisoners were put yesterday into the prison of the University. Four were taken by the inhabitants of Rabacal, who were put in prison to-day. In Ega there were two, and in Pereira one. It is known that the assassins are students of bad character, some of them are already known by other criminal . actions.". FRENPI PAPERS. (From the Gazettede France, April 10.) CONSTANTINOPLE," MARCH 1 1 . —The persacu ti on of the Armenians even extendsto the conventof women of whom about 600 have been obliged to leave the capital. Th e armamen t s are still carried on with activity; but a recent event shows that the passage of the Dardanelles is not so difficult as has-hitherto been supposed. A Russian merchantman, which had left Constantinople by night, would not stop at the Dardanelles to be searched;, it -sailed • directly into the channel, though a shower of balls was fired at it to stop its progress. Spina Parma, an experienced sailor, cast anchor, and patiently waited the result of the efforts of the Turks, who fired above three hundred shot at him without once touching him. Parma conceived that the Turkish batteries could do him no harm, weighed anchor, and proceeded full sail, amidst the buzzes of his crew. Three of the best of the cannon of the Turkish batteries burst on this occasion, and killed many men. 'l'ahir Pacha has just set out to relieve the Turks in Scio. i TRIESTE, MARcii 26.—The packet. of the lonian LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 12, 1828. It was on this memorable day, last year, that after a long and painful suspense, the triumph of rational liberty and enlightened principles was announced, by Mr. WYNNE's moving in the House of Commons for a new writ, in the room of the Right honourable GEORGE CANNING, on his being appointed First Commissioner of his MAJESTY'S Treasury. The arrival of our troops from Lisbon will now afford Don AIiGuEL his long - wished-for opportunity of proclaiming himself King, with all the absolute power which his depr ave d mo ther can wish to accompany his rebelliou s se i zure of the Regal Authority. Till, however, the event really take place, of which there seems little doubt, we abstain from any further remark boyhood, has led aupn a life of p tl e ie rs m on os 'w t fl ho, f i r g o a m te a h n is d criminal character . . The following letter from our Correspondent, will show in what a state Lisbon was, and is likely to be after the departure of our troops:— LISBON, MARCH 29. The arrival of a steamer on the evening of the 26th, from Plymouth, in four days, with an answer to the army Am bassador's despatch, h as pu t an en d t o our s t a t e o f sus p ense , brought dismay t o th e h ear t o f many a poor C ons tit u ti ona li s t ; but as there ar e no d ou b t goo d an d so lid reason f or with drawing our we mu s tco ntentionsthetr fate. Some, of this unhippy country,however, lea f v ro e mthe to them cling to the hope that the packet full of Noblemen and Gentlemen who have been• obliged to fly from their homes and all that is dear to them, to seek refuge in England, may induce our Government to alter their determination; and others assert, that some discretionary power has been left to the Ambassador to detain the troops in case of urgent necessity. At present, all we know is, diet the orders have been given out for embarkation ; and all the troops are to be on board before the evening of the Ist April. The Grenadier Guards go on board the Windsor Castle, as also a company of the 4th Foot. The 3d Guards and Head-quarter Staff, on board the Gloucester; the 63d Regiment on Board the Melville ; and the detachment of Artillery on board transports. The Admiral is to re main with the Spartiate and Pyramus frigates, and to receive the remaining portion of the 4th Regiment on board until the return of the transports which conveyed the troops from this to Gibraltar, as from the Admiral's having now orders to remain with the ship, instead of carrying home a battalion of the Guards, as was originally intended, there is not sufficient ship-room for all tago at once, but there is to be no red coat on shore on duty after the Ist April, except the Marines, who are to garrison and keep possession of Fort St. Julian, and thereby command the entrance of the River. Of what is to follow there cannot be much doubt—Don Miguel will be declared absPl L ' ts King, and the Inquisition will probably resume its pow ' and hold its awful counc il s i n t h e c h am b er l ate l y occ ur ; by the P e ers. There will b e li s t s o f proscr ib e d , w h o be persecuted in the most cruel manner ; but I have to# hope that the Constitutionalists, being now left to the° selves, will make an effort which will cause them to fell their own strength, and prevent this treacherous fool, W I his old mother, from carrying on their plans too O f Had our trorss continued h ere , it wou ld h ave b een a m unpleasant u n a l ty to remain in opposition to the execueil l , government. As an instance of this, for the last f o rtnie, the Police have kept an a c ti ve , an d even insolent, sysec` by day and by night, on all persons going to, or comit 4 from, the Ambassador's and General's quarters ; and al ° on hoard the Admiral's ship. The poor Spanish Refuge ° have been all taken up and sent out of Lisbon, under strong escort, with the intention, it is supposed, of givie them up to the beloved Ferdinand. In all other reve l ' the town continues in a tranquil state. By the Gazette de France of Thursday, have accounts from Constantinople to the 10 ult.. If we are to believe the report, there no doubt that an act of hostility has been coo' mitted, and that too by the Turks, who fire 4 upon a Russian merchantman passing throu? the Dardanelles. This is important, as afford' ing the Russians another cause for proceeding t ° war ; but we apprehend they want no furthe stimulus in a matter on which their whole heart so decidedly bent. The Russian vessel made / 0 , escape, - although three hundred shots were fire ° at her from the batteries. So inexperienced, 6 so careless are the Turks, that three ' their; best cannons burst, which killed a rit o ber of men. So soon as this fresh act ° aggression is known at Russian Head- quar ters, we may expect that decisive measures 01 , 1 be taken, if they have n o t a l rea dy commen ced In the mean time, preparations continue tog` on with great and unwearied zeal, both for attse' and defence. The Halifax Papers of the 24th ult. c 0 t 3" a paragraph from Quebec, dated the 6th of ths' month, being one day later than our last advises' it says " The English mail which arrived to-U brought out despatches to the Governor:l'') Chief, notifying to his Excellency, officially, hr appointment to succeed Lord COMBERMERg Commander-in-Chief in India. It is said 111. Excellency will return to Great Britain in .111''' next." Mr. HAYNOR's appointment as Deputy Po i l master General of British North America confirmed. We learn with pleasure, from Pictou, of Mar e ' et 14, that RICH. SMITH, Esq. Superintendent l ' the Mines of Nova Scotia, has received advz from the Mining Association, that Pictou ° I soon be constituted a free warehousing pd, this is considered as not only advantageous t , the Company, but to the interest of the Colos generally, and is a very important privilege. We again earnestly beg to draw the hun l3l' attention of Mr. PEEL to the situation of unfortunate woman, CA THA RINE WEl•C ti ' who was yesterday convicted at the Old BO ) ; on a charge of infanticide. The Jury said the evidence was only circumstantial, and I : 0 that account recommended her to mercy. Shi.% notwithstanding such hu mane , and, we thin very just, recommendation, ordered for executiO on Monday next. Will Mr. PEEL allow i bt law to proceed to such cruel—such disgracef' extremity ?--humanity forbid ! On the subject of the Corn Laws a differ° set of resolutions has been proposed by . I \ n ,J WHITMORE and Mr. HUME. Those of M r WHITMORE do not differ in principle fi l l those proposed by Mr. GRANT ; they 0 / 1 :: impose lower duties, and give greater facilin e ' to importation ; and, in point of principle, nil perhaps be preferred by some o n thi s accon°,l But, unfortunately, this is just thei r objectiont'l others ; so that a measure founded on they owing to the prevalence of certain opinions, certain prejudices, is not at present practical , , Mr. HUME'S propositions differ entirely in t ° , ciple from those of Mr. GRANT, as they suge: at a fixed in li e u of a varying duty. He propr, that corn shall pay a duty at present of Os' quarter ; that it shall fall every year is. until year 1834, when it shall be fixed at the io sl o f liable duty of 10s. We really are a t a loss conceive the grounds of this extraordinary prol ° , l sition of a perm anent d uty w i t h a varying priltece! which' eems to be entirely inconsistent with P p I principl e o f t h e measure. I n propos i ng a for regulating the importation of corn, Minist' ,l had to consider the rival interests_ of trade 131 : c i agriculture : they intended, on the one hand/ protect agriculture against any ruinous dePr e il , sion of price, owing to an ever-supply of e 44 from abroad, and, at the same time, to pro ,/ the community at large from too high a V' when the home supply happened to fail. 1 4 a; how is it possible to attain those tw o o bj ec ts , a fixed duty? When corn is in this count r y elle''t, and abundant we want no additiottqb the W I :, supply, which would sink the price todlow, jure the agriculturist; and we consistently enoog restrain the importation of corn from abroad hi duty. But when the home supply fails, when the price rises to 705., 80s., or 100 s, ', which last price we are unfortunately not with ol , l ; examples, and when the working classes are a state of actual starvation, in place of exclu o o foreign corn, we want to bring it in a s abundant,/ as possible ; and we no t on ly t a k e o ff' a ll I' . restraining duties, but in urgent cases of d is. tress, as in 1800 and 1801, and at other tinl ss 4 , we have giv en a lair bounty on importation ` I accelerate th e f ore i gn supp li es ; an d th i s is, we humbly conceive, consistent 'with liuma°' and with common sense. W e di scourage s ,,i c 4 supply o f co rn from ab roa d w h en we h ave a hoy; plenty of it at home, and vice versa, we eneour 4e p it from abroad when it is scarce at home. 13 ` i f , contrary to this national course of conduct, HUME would make no difference between p 1 and scarcity ; he would exclude, or he would strain, the foreign supp l y o f corn b y t h e sam e ‘ lO O when it was ab un d ant as w h en i t was scar ce ; 0 ,1 would keep it out of the country when it cheap and plentiful and when it was not want i and he would, in like manner, keep it out v 4 ); it was wanted to save the people from staro he would it was to the same confess fatho m . tect agric prices aro Persevere longer site evi the co , a ggliwat( dieted b 3 we migh clothing duty on Special ri i t must falls, and an index have not to our 1 and occa outcry h: a failure prices ii on corn and poli be to o h our aufre We ti of the yesterda Parish. idle to a Species is a ple Peated,ti to whici there nc The Tob ago put int( l'ebruar the CoI Wa s in Great I West Artleric c ot tinu 4artha The Coffee.; Th e v y t he butt ) )000 Were on]] SHIPF rizar, Andrew, from the Cot, for James, Sir J. B Jamaica Crawsba nondurv, Ninnro, Th e that „ Pass e d Ben ga l , Roads uoltuO t Were dr VEcs bincapc la ng. 11 t he 7th Pool, t o Nenriet 23d ult inst, in rived oi A Cut rut br oucpi not are go Islands has brought us letters from Corfu of the 16th. Count Guilleminot was still there. An Egyptian squadron, of 15 men of war and 25 trans ports, had arrived at Modon. It was supposed to be intended to convey lbrahim's troops to Egypt. CORFU, MARCH 16.—The third Parliament of the lonian Islands was solemnly opened on the Bth. In the speech of the Lord High Commissioner on that occasion, there is the following passage :-- " His Majesty, the Protector of these islands, desiring to put an end to the cruelties practised by the two parties in Greece, had, in concert with his allies, Ipreposed an armistice as a preliminary to pacification. -- " In pursuit of this object a massacre took place, which has occasioned profound regret (profondo rinereseinzento); but his Majesty trusts that no thing similar will occur to those who are charged with the difficult mission of reconciling the two parties; that thelOttoman Porte will at length ac cede to the measures which have been proposed to put an end to the hostilities; and that the object of the Treaty of London will thus be obtained." . The Amide French frigate, the Dauphinoise schooner, and the English brig of war Rifleman, sailed in the night of the 11th, with M. de Lostende,aide de-camp to Gen. Guilleminot, who was on board the Armide. They have steered southward, and are supposed to have gone to Navarin, to be present at the arrival of the expedition from Alexandria, which is composed of three ships of war and five trans ports. Redschid Pacha has arrived at Janina, and is expected at Prevesa. It is thought that he is going . to collect all the force that be can muster in the environs to march against Gen. Chttrch, who is still at Dragomestre. On the 15th and 25th ult. there were at Mihail, in Acarnania, two battles between the Greeks and the Turks, in which the latter lost many men, and had 100 wounded; the loss of the Greeks is said to have been more considerable; 50 of them posted themselves in two houses, where they were besieged. by the troops of Veli Bey. Omer Vrione, who was at Arta, has received orders to go to Bitoglia. The report, according to which Ibrahim had de stroyed the fortifications at Tripolizza, as well as the most considerable edifices in that town, seems to be confirmed.—Austrian Observer. FRENCH FUNDS, APRIL 9.—Rentes, Five per Cents. 102 f. 20c, ; Three per Cents. 69f. ; Bank Stock, 185 f. —Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 30c. ; money, 25f. 25c. ; two months, paper, 25f. 15c. ; money, 25f. 10c. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Ann uitios — New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d.61 62 pm. Ditto 5OO 21. 61 62 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — pm. Bank far Account India for Account Cons, for Ac. 8414 4 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O 75 7436 ilalpuxahua Mining Co Y7O 7% United Mex. Min. Co. (ias. at 21. pm.) 36 13M 12 Alliance Marine Insurance Comp 5 54 Tms DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 1 Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds 22% Portuguese. Bonds 61.,}4N34 Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New 98g Russian, New 87 U% Spanish, 1821 . 111' qq French Rentis, sp. c. —f —e. E x change — t. —c. 3 per cent. —f. —c. -- Exchange —f —c. :S.—DUBLIN, APRIL 9, St. Patrick !astir. (per sh.) Royal Iriih Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Illbernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine lirlperial Mine Milting Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings Arrived. Due, O Hamburgh U 0 Holland 0 O Jamaica fl Leeward islands 1 Lisbon 0 O Malta ..... 1 O Mexico 0 1 Waterford 0 .NGE YESTHRDAY. Leghorn 4B Genoa. 25 50 Venice 46 Malta _ Naples 82% Palermo per oz. 118 Lisbon 45 Oporto 45% Rio Janeiro 31 Bahia 33 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight 1 Cork ] BULLION, PER OZ. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 'l 15 0 New Dollars 0 4 91 Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 MA. Arrived. Due. 1 Americ• 0 O Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin O Flanders 0 O France 0 Gottenburgh 0 O Guernsey & Jersey 0 NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...l4 minutes after 1. I Evening....4o minutes after 1. .3.,