The Sun. — London, England, 1824-05-07 00:00:00

'AGE of . With 3 public ,tances he sve 1130 rnent Ana 7itinegs of de us 3C- which )re, and, infornia- Midst convince icatol to thor that ;,, an eye -ger,tk Barrow' SEC take fournals instruc. me, I. umber d dispo of the of time it, that it of the rater in• ich are [tit 31fr , after a of N 3 ' the al" iced in Ottr' ills, 0 11 I, 4. be as long l could lishiDg bears' arcass X was r does ; but risits, " THEATRE ROYAL, "he a dd e d , t h at t h e l adies were, with the exceptions of " beard s , fi gure, vo i ce, an d f eminine action, most bewitching " personage s . I h ave g i ven a copy o f the play-bill for the " evening. " WINTER ISLE. • .c " The Public are most re s pectf u lly i n for m ed, th a t thi s littl e, Vet elegant Theatre, will open fir the Season on Friday next, ' 4l the 9th Nor. 1821, when will be performed Susainaes's "celebrated Comedy of " THE RIVALS. • " Sir Anthony Absolute, - - Captain Parry. . " Captain Absolute, - - Captain Lynn. " Sir Lucille, o"frigger, - Mr. Crozier. " l"aulkland, - - - - Mr. Edwards. " Acres, . - Mr. Henderson. " Fag, . . Mr: Hoppner. • " David, - - - Mr. Reid. " Coachman, .Mr. Bushnell. " Mrs. Malaprop, - - - Mr. Richards: " Julia, _ - Mr. Hooper. " Lydia Languish, - Mr. Sherer. " -Lucy, - _ _ _ ;11r.illogg. Songs, by Messrs. Palmer and Henderson, will be introduced in the course of the evening. " Doors to be opened at half-past six, curtain to rise at seven precisely." It is a pleasing reflection, that this first-rate Comedy should have been.selected to commence the season with ; and it is certainly the first instance of its being performed not many degre es a b ove ze ro. On the 27th " were exhibited the two farce s o f Raising the Wind,' and the Mock Doctor,' ▪ " with Phantasmagoria ;* the temperature at 20 degrees below zero in the open air." The 28th the cold was most severely felt; sever a l of the people were " frost-bitten, and a poor fox ` 4 ' on deck was f oun d to be severely benumbed." He was " con -4 s 'ldeeed untameable, and would not agree with two others of " Ins own kind, also prisoners; but in his distress, on being 5 , 5 taken b e l ow , hi s nature appeare d to c h ange , an d h e b eca m e a‘ a tame dog, walking to the different messes, and quietly "taki ng hi s f oo d from the h an d . Th e su dd en c h ange of tem et. , ita , 4 P ire, however, proved too much for him, and before morning he died." The theatrical performances Were again I :! l nlined, and " on the 17th December a shivering set of actors 4, performed to a great-coated, yet very cold, audience, the' comedy of the Poor Gentleman.'" Captain Lyon adds, " we were much amused during the ex " hibition of this play by a burst of true English feeling. In • the scene where Lieut. Worthington and Corporal Foss re count in so animated a m a n ner t h e i r former achievements, " advancing at the same time, and huzzaing for Old .Eng " " land !' th e w h o l e au di ence w i t h one ac cord rose, and gave three of the heartiest cheers I ever heard. They then sat d own, and the play continued uninterrupted." This is in ' "eed a fine di sp l ay o f f ee li ng, an d re fl ects t h e gr e a test credit on thoee brave and dauntless navigators who quitted their homes • to convey the names of Englishmen, and extend the fame of their best bulwarks to one of the remotest corners of the world. t , On the 20 t h a bear was seen a b out a m il e f rom t h e s hip s , ,c to which he was cautiously walking, smelling as he ad " vanced." lie was hog ever lost sight of in the frost-smoke. Captain .. .. L yon adds—"' By his foot-marks, we judged that he ~could not have been very large, the hind paw measuring 14 , 4 inches by 7, an d t h e fore-one 7 i i nc h es eac h way. 'The 4, shape of a bear track is curious, as resembling that of a plan, were it not for the too plainly marked toe-nails, which make deep ducts in the snow." On Christmas Eve two farces were performed, and the Phan tasmagoria exhibited. The celebration of the Nativity we shall .14 ' iv e in Captain Lyon's words :—" Christmas day was very "he, and we all attended church on board the I ury, we 4 4 had been accustomed to do every Sunday . since we were frozen, hi. The people then returned to their dinners, at which 4 5 ` English roast b ee f, th a t h a d been kept untainted s i nce t h e 4` transport l e ft u s " (the Ist of July) " was the p r i nc i pa l luxury. To this were added, cranberry pies and puddings of every shape and size, with full allowance of spirits. I n e v e r ` 5 indeed saw more general good humour and merriment on a : Christm as day since I went to sea. A pretty compliment Was paid to all the officers by a well meaning, but certainly. not very sober crew, by absolutely forcing each in his cc turn, beginning with myself, to go out on the lower deck, an d h ave hi s h ea l t h d ran k w ith three hearty " cheers. On the 26th, we sent all the people for is 5 ` run on the ice, in order to put them to rights, but thick 55 we -tither coming on, it became necessary to recal them, and , Postponing the dinner hour, they were all danced sober by P. the fiddler being fortunately quite as he should b e .— " During this curious ball, a witty fellow attended as an old -" cake woman, with lumps of frozen snow in a basket ; and " such was the demand for his pies on thi s occas i on, t h at h e was obliged to replenish pretty frequently." Schools had been established aboard both ships. Speaking of the Hecla, - Capt. Lyon says, " our men had taken the greatest pleasure in their school, which might in some degree be attributed to 2 their havin g h a d t h e management of it in their own hands. -5 There was not aman in the ship who could not, by this time read and write, and on Christmas.day I received sixteen copies ." from thos e w h o , two months before, scarcely knew their let " tens. These little specimens were all well written, and put '" with as much pride as if the writers had been good little " school-boys, instead of stout excellent seamen." What a Pleasing reflection must this be to the promoters of these aca demies, and we can readily imagine the satisfaction Captain leYnn experienced at receiving these proofs of the scholars' ad vancement. About this period occurred some very beautiful appearances in the sky. After minutely describing them, Capt. Lyon very judiciously remarks, " I have never contemplated the Aurora , without experiencing the most awful sensations, and can ~readily excuse t h e poor untutore d I n di ans for supposing that 2 t in th e rest l ess mot i ons of the northern lights, they beheld spirits of their fathers roaming in freedoin through the three a ,ild of souls." Notwithstanding the severity of the weather tit volunteers of Thespi s con ti nue d t h e i r p er f ormances f or gratification of the men, and we shall give Capt. Lyon's 7, or ds—" The coldness of the w ea th er pr ove d n o bar to th e INrformance of a play at the appointed time. If it amused the s eamen our purposes were answered, but it was a cruel task for the performers. In cur green-room, which was as much w arme d as any otherpart of the theatre, the therino , meter stood a t 16deg. and on a tabl e w hi c h was placed ovens stove, and about 6 inches above it, the coffee froze in thecups, For my sins I was o b l i ged to be dressed in the height of the , fas h ion, as Dick Dowlas, in the Heir at Law,' and went through the last scene of the play with two of my fingers frost bitten ! Let those who have witnessed and admired the performance of a Young, answer if he could possibly have St ood so cold a reception." The privations of .the heroes of sock and b us ki n are too well known, and we are quite cer- that none of th em were ever in a similar situation. _ A bout this tim e muc h of the wine was frozen; the port a w as congealed in thin pi n k l am i nas, w hi c h l ay l oose l y, and ,4etecePied the whole l engt h o f t h e b ottle. The i ce was almost asteless ; but, if an y t hi ng, of a sweet flavour. White wine, ‘'n the contrary, froze into a solid and perfectly traniparent 2- I_,asae resembling amber." far-tch theatricals continued, and on the 22d January, 1822, the k i p of " Raising the Wind" and the " Sleep Walker" were te e ° Moll, in the former of which we understand Capt. Lyon p e r_"ted the part ofJeremy Diddler. On this evening the tern ititire of the air was 22 degrees below zero! a ri y f r oe Ist February the Esquimaux made their appearance, N eat T , this period may we date the commencement of the The I nteresting part, if possible, of this " Private Journal.”—. ae a : e People were met by Captain Parry and Captain Lyon, f al Panied by four oth e rs. The Esquimaux halted an d I:;,, ril t led into a line, in which position they remained until joined sta b Captains. The account of this event is very circum -71 , and we shall give it in nearly the words of the author. t h 3 were all unarmed, and silently saluted us by stroking eir breasts, which we did not fail to imitate. The party ( e : l : lB isted of 21 men, two very old women, and two children ; i so e hian was so aged and weak, as to be obliged to sup detwt himself on a staff; and at length from weariness sat trih„ 4 ,_ l ",ith an old woman, his wife, on the ice. We dis ,, c •,',"t ll beads and trinkets to all, but our presents were re elist'' with so vacant a stare, that it was plain the donors %( ed more wonder than their gifts." l' i s e rte e i _ n gLook place, and they "all became very. good ;:1 11 . "81 On a jacket being purchased, we found a piece of °Pean worsted lace within it, and soon observed that sca n men wore a small bracelet of . beads, which chum 'tances or 'Croteilitted great interest, as shewing that by some means Ir e td must have been received from our factories. sire Rjadly accepted an invitation to the huts, and at the de rea72t. the natives we preceded them in the path, but for what h t ,;7 l . l . know not. A walk of two miles brought us to the vi e ; situated on a shelving beach, which commanded a full t moue ships, from whence we must have easily seen the 8 911 x „ h ad they arrived prior to the preceding evening. , i tis r Wr men now ran before us to apprise the inmates of our 4, le, !Ind we were then led into the first dwelling, where 44 ar i d ".1 1 ..ct six families silently awaiting our visit, the women hi ntl `i'lltdren sitting with their legs doubled under them, be . hind men who sat on the edge of their sleeping places." view o 'i",e,ript!on of these dwellings is extremely . minute, and a ient I , l 'ne village, if it may so be termed, is given in an excel ' as Were' from a drawing made by Captain Lyon, who says, I walked I • in • loru se _assisted singing to them some songs and tie s e _ and met with unbounded applause, in such du :, neverbfiepally as terminated in Tol de riddle loll,' which a e a , t 'u . ,Led to excite loud screams of admiration, and went o ri b Qeal of jumping. The Estiuimaux ultimately krio n rut g;Txdo the ships where the fiddler,like 'Orpheus ofold,' *ent in to t u h t h c them and the seamen into motion. An old man cabin of the H e c l a, and was greatly amused with PUICC OF STOCKS TUIS Bank Stock 243 3 per Cent. Red. 93 3 per Cent. Cont. 9 6li 3i per Cent 102 Old 4 per Cent. {Assented 1011 New loBii Bank Long Ann Imp. 3 per Cents. PRICES OF FOREIGN Fl Austrian Scrip, 5 per cent. 17i Chilian, 6 per cent... 83i 844 Colom ian Bds, 6 per cent 894 Scrip 3 Danish, 5 per cent. Greek Scrip 3 2i die. Mexican Scrip IO pm. Neapolitan, 5 per cent. ... Peruvian Scrip ..... . ......... Portuguese Bonds ......... Scrip ............ 8 HIGH AVATE R AT LONDO. Morning, 44 minutes after 9. a hand organ and a musical snuff-box, which underwent very close examination. The sketch of the bear which had been killed during the voyage was shewn to him, when he uncovered his arm, which had three very extensive wounds on it made by one of these animals. Captain Lyon says the name of his " new acquaintance was Nak-ka-khioo, 'Bladder,' but " this was soon changed by our people to that of Kettle,' in " consequence of my having given him a brass one. The sailors soon discovered that they could chew tobacco,which it was thought proper to stop. They all endeavoured to smoke, , but none of them except a poor old woman could drink grog, and only in consequence of her having danced and sung with out intermission nearly two hours. Bread was given them and well received, " as also bread dust and train oil, mixed up in " a tin pot for one very hungry man, who scooped it up with " the tip of his tongue." His family assisted him in finishing this meal, " each taking a lick in turn," and they appeared. to enjoy the repast with as much pleasure as an Alderman would his turtle. A long and minute account of their dwellings follows, for which we have not room. Captain,Parry purchased at one of the huts a lamp that was burning. " The woman who sold it " instantly extinguished the light, and vigourously commenced " cleaning the lamp, which contained as much soot as oil, "by scraping it with her fingers, which with their load of " sweets she conveyed rapidly to her mouth. The tongue " finished the operation ; the lamp was licked perfectly " clean, while in return it covered her face with soot, and caul. " ed us all to laugh at her uncouth figure, in which she joined " most heartily." Captain Lyon visited Kettle's hut, whose wife presetatad him with a piece of rein -deer's fat," which lie " found swath and " good." There wer e several children, who " were as dirty " as human beings could possibly be."—" One of them, a " boy of at least four years of age, walked up to his mother, and " asked for the breast, which she immediately presented to .‘ him. " Tattooing is a prevailing custom among the Esquimaux, which they call Kak-keen. We shall give Capt. Lyon's account of this operation, which he underwent by the wife of Kettle : " Having furnished her with a fine needle, she tore with her " teeth a thread off a deer's sinew, and 'thus prepared the sew " ing apparatus ; she then, without the possibility of darken "' ing leer hands beyond the standard colour, passed her fingers " under the stone pot, from whence she collected a quantity of " soot ; with this, together with a little oil, and much saliva, "she soon made a good mixture; and taking a small piece of " whalebone well blackened, she then drew a variety of figures " about my arm, differing, as I easily saw, from those with " which she herself was marked ; and calling her housemates, "they all enjoyed a good lau g h at t h e fi gures, which perhaps conveyed some meaning I could not fathom. ' " I had, however, only determined on a few stitches, so that " her trouble was in som e measure thrown away. She com " menced her work by bl ac k en i ng t h e t h read with soot, and " taking a pretty deep but short stitch in my skin, care "fully pressing her thu m b on t h e woun d as the thread passed through it, and beginning each stitch at the place where the " last had ceased. My flesh being tough, she got on but " slowly, and having broken one needle trying to force it s , through; I thought fit, when she had completed forty stitches, " or about- two inches, to allow h er t o d es i st: t h en ru b b i ng the part with oil . in order to staunch a little blood which appear !' ed, she finished the operation. I could now form some idea " of the price paid by the Esquimaux femal e s f or th e i r embel " lishments ' which for a time occ a si ons a s li g h t i n fl ammat i on " and some degree of pain. The colour which the kakeen as " moues when the skin heals, is of the same light blue as we sea on -the marked arms of seamen." Proofs of intercourse by some means with Europeans were discovered in nearly every family, for knives, tools, &c. two large copper kettles and beads were met with ; some women's knives had been mounted by Europeans, on which were the names of " Wild, Sorby, and Potter," and several others had initials stamped upon diem with Roman letters. The honesty of these, poor beings was very conspicuous, for although Capt. Lyon absented himself sometime from a hut in which he had left many things, they were found on his return carefully cover ed up with a skin, and unmoved. It is-quite impossible to follow Capt. Lyon through the very .many and highly interesting details that he enters into relative to these people ; our limits will not permit our doing so, a cir cumstance that we much regret. He has properly, as we con-. ceive, divided his account under several heads ; and under that of " luxuries," says-..." on entering the huts we every where " saw abundant proofs of the recent capture of seals, blubber, " fresh, blood, bones, and offal, lying in every direction." " A largepot of boiled se a l' s bl oo d an d oil, which they sipp e d "alternately, one mouthf u l eac h, u ntil it was finished, with far greater zest than European ladies take their tea." Captain .Lyon entertained one of them, Ay-00-kitt, in his cabin, and made him use a knife and fork, and wipe his mouth previously to drinki ng . H e a dd s , " as I en f orce d my instruc " tione by exampl e , I a ft erwar d s was h e d my f ace and hands, " making him do the same; during the operation I saw him " cast many longing looks at the tempting piece of yellow " soap which we were using, until at length his repeated " ay-yaas of admiration.determined me on making him happy, " and he devoured it with delight." After this one of the tribe, about four feet ten inches hi g h, accompanied by his wif e , paid Captain Lyon a visit in his cabin. Of the latter he made a drawing, and in return for her permit ting him to d o so , he presented them " with a c ou pl e o f mould " candles, of which" he says " in consequence of my respect " for the, lady, the largest, a fine six to the pound, became her " share. These dainties. were thankfully received, and when " she had discussed the tallow, I took the wick from her mouth, " lest her swallowing it also, as she fully intended doing, should " disagree with her." - About this time a scarcity of provisions began to be felt by the Esquimaux; this was removed en the 16th, Captain Lyon saying " he was rejoiced to find that the seal hunters had been " successful; blood, blubber, entrails, skins, and flesh, lying " sociably intermixed in savory heaps." At one of their re pasts the Captain says lie " was complimented with a fine piece "of half-stewed seal's flesh, from which the kind donor, a " most unsavory-looking old lady, with the most obliging "politeness, first licked the gravy and dirt, and bitten it all ", round in order to ascertain the most tender 'part on which I " should make the first attack." On the Sunday all visitors were refused admittance to the ships until after Divine Service had been performed. " The "'gay appearance of the marines," the author observes, " such " even in this climate is the attractive influence of a red coat, " so delighted the ladies, that they all danced and shouted in " an ecstacy of pleasure as each soldier passed before them."— We know that the females in this country are equally delighted with red coats, and many a fair damsel has strongly felt the influence they possess. One of the Esquimaux had some idea of drawing, and he amused himself in sketching men animals, and boats. "I n " the animals there was one striking peculiarity, which con " sisted in having both eyes on the same sid e o f t h e h ea d . " [To be concluded to-morrow.] DAY AT ONE o'cLoex. India Stock 6 4 ( ii India Bands 83a. 85a. South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills 49 50 Ditto Sinall AI 49 Bank for Act. ........ ...... India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Acct.......... ; ND9 I AT ONE O'CLOCK. Prussian, 5 per cent. 9B Ditto New Russian, New, 5 per cent 97i1 Spanish 1821, 5 perkent 1823, ditto Alliance Shares Palladium par Equitable Loan 2i t Irish Ditt o 1 11, Manchester Ditto French Scrip ;BRIDGE TO-MORROW si Evening, 17 minutes after 10 THE SUN. SOLEM QUI. DICBRE .F.ALSUAI AtIDEAT LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY 7, 18'24. CITY, One o'clock.—ln consequence of the great impression made on the public mind by the suspicious aspect of Brazilian affairs in particu lar, and of those of South America in general, the Brazilian Loan is not contracted for. — The offers of the different bidders were so low, that General BRANT and Signor GommAao, the I informed you of a report that the Budge. was to be brought forward to-night by theCDAN• crr.r.oa of the EXCHEQUER. I can now state that that information was correct. The Budget is ex. pected to be most gratifying and satisfactory. Consols opened at 961 e, and are still at that price with little doing. FOREIGN MARKET.—Some of the Foreign Se. curities are a little improved, but there is nothing of any consequence doing. Mr. Secretary CANYING last night gave the further assurances to the House of Commons re specting the French force in the Brazils, which he had intimated his intention of doing as soon as he should become possessed of the necessary information. On this vital subject, it may be useful that we should satisfy the Public of the perfect accu racy of the intelligence exclusively published in THE SUN since Friday last. Our object in doing so is not the establishment of our claim to prio. city of intelligence on important political qua& tions, though we might fairly avail ourselves of this opportunity of challenging comparison with any of our competitors, but we have a better and more useful purpose in view, viz. that of con vincing the Public of the reliance that may be placed on our accuracy, in cases where misinfor mation might produce th© most ruinous-conse quences to the fortunes of greskt numbers of our fellow subjects. On Saturday last, our valuable City Corre spondent stated, " It is now very generally believed in the City that the real amount of the French naval force at Rio de Janeiro is only two frigates, three corvettes, and one sloop. There are also three two British ships of the line, so that our own force in M c Brazils is in reality greater than that of the French." Mr. CANNING last night makes precisely thy same statement, viz. :--- " At the time to which his Ron. Friend had alluded, instead of eight, there were only two p f h , n#7 , of war at Rio de Janeiro, one of which was on its way home. It was also pro per to observe, that there were tr.o English line-of-battle ships on the station in question ! and it might be satisfactory to the House further to know, that, although not the slightest ground existed for apprehension of any kind whatever, there was not a naval situation in the world on which the force of this country did co outnumber that (f any other." Tuesday'sln pkY g SUN, in an art i c l e on the contents Expresso mt l exclusively received by us from Paris, with most positive assurances of the pacific views of the French Ministry, we said— " Our Correspondent even goes so far as to assure us, as from his own knowledge, that the French Ministry is at pre sent perfectly sincere in its pacific professions." "'ye now feel inclined to think that the gloom produced by the news from the Brazils will be satisfactorily dispelled."—'o Our Corres pondent states that he will be able, within a day or two, even to furnish us with a list of different French ships at th e with their respective destinations, which he says will alone prove that they are not there with hostile intentions." [We have this morning received the promised list from our Correspondent ; but as it is similar to that given by the Journal des Daals (see our fourth page), it is unnecessary to repeat it here.] We added to the above paragraph on Tuesday, that, besides our important communication from Paris,--- " We are just enabled to state that 2 1 1 r. CANienrce will, within a few days, be furnished with the mean., of putting an end to the public uneasiness on this deeply i nteresting subject,— means of which the Right Hon. Secretary will doubtless avail himself, with his customary frankness and regard for the inte rests and feelings of the public, avail himself at the earliest opportunity." Mr. CANNING accordingly intimated to the ouse, last night, that " lie had received the most satisfactory ex planations from the French Government, who had accounted for eve ry s hi p o f war that had been sent out of the potts of Fran's and sherrn their various destinations." Thus, then, it must be admitted, that as far as France is concerned, the explanations given, and the assurances of her pacific dispositions, ap pear to be perfectly satisfactory. Does it there fore follow, however, either that the Brazils and other States of South America are not in danger of being kept for a series of years in a state of in ternal commotion and debility, if not of losing 'Commissioners, have announced that, "'under existing circumstances," they decline to receive and that in future they w ill notallY o ne f g t o ie c l ia b te id f d o ings raloan "by tender. l ' 'Phis is a wise and prudent resolie, 'inasmuch - as it will pre ,vent offers from being made by very - objection ableh honourab l e n o parties.urabethan the conduct of th e B raz ili an Commissioners has b een t h roughout the whole course of this transaction ; and their non-accept ance of the terms offered to them, at this critical moment, merely becaus e they are, in their judg ment, injurious to the credit of their Government, reflects the greatest honour on their character. A letter has been received from Rio de Ja neiro, of the 27th February, on which implicit reliance may be placed. The writer expresses his opinion that the Portuguese interest is very likely to regain the ascendancy, and that all the upper and most respectable classes of the Bra zilians are, with scarcely an exception, decidedly Portuguese in their hearts.' their independence altogether,—or that France and the Holy Alliance do not wish for and se cretly favour the means of effecting counter revolutions in those countries ? No! the policy of France and the holy Alliance is still decidedly in the same spirit as that which dictated their aggression on Spain. England se parated herself from the Continental Cabinets on that question ; and England still stands alone on the question which arose from it respecting the fate of Sauth America. France and the Holy Alliance, therefore, are necessarily, from the very spirit of their policy, as well as actually from the facts and intrigues which our Readers are aware have been long in our possession, en eaged in fomenting divisions amongst the South Americans, and in forming, by means of corrup tion, parties sufficiently powerful to effect the re-subjugation of the revolted Colonies to their Mother Countries. Those parties are now nearly re ady to shew themselves openly. The results of the diplomatic agency will, as has been precon certed, be manifested at the same moment ; and the liberties of South America will probably dis appear even more suddenly than those of Sew( did, before the army of the Duke of ADIGOULESIE. In addition to the intelligence which we our selves have long been possessed of on this painful subject we observe the following litter in the Morning Chronicle of to-day, from which it seems that the Spaniards were even expected again at Lima, and that the Patriots are in the most. deplorable state of inefficiency and poverty. Extract .of a Letter from Lima, Dec. 24, 1823:—" Since my letter of the 18th, nothing particular has taken place ; we are in expectation of the Spaniards entering Lima soon, but I think not for three or four days, and then only with a small force, as it is not probable that they would leave Bolivar in their rear, who will certainly have a force of 10 or 12,000 men. Two thousand more troops have arrived from Colombia of the three thousand whieh were expected from Panama, and the . only thing wanting to Bolivar now is money, which I believe he finds very scarce, as the contribution raised in Lima before he left, has not yet been nearly collected ; the fact is, Lima is distressed for funds beyond conception, and a great many most respectable families holding offices under the present Government, are absolutely starving because the State is too poor to pay their salaries. The Spaniards are just in the same condition, neither officers nor men have re ceived more than half-pay since they left Lima in 182 L The country is dreadfully exhausted by the war ; many rich fami lies reduced to poverty ; and, if it lasti much longer, I know not what miseries the inhabitants w ill not b e forced to endure. —The 2,500 men, which came from Chile to assist Santa Cruz's army, in Intermedios, have returned SO Chile. There are different reasons alleged for it—some say they chase to act for themselves, and did not like to put themselves under the orders of Bolivar. Others, that they are merely gone to Coquimbo to wait there, where they can better procure provi sions, until Bolivar shall have drawn all the forces together towards Lima, when they will again make a diversion in Inter medios ; but, in my opinion, the most probable reason is, that the unsettled state of Chile has obliged the Director to recall his troops, to put down the revolutionary spirit of the peo ple. Although Itiva Aguiro is prisoner in Guayaquil, his party Is nut crushed, the Peruvian squadron under Admiral Gdise, an Englishman,has refused toaccede to the naeasurespursuedagainst him, and went to Truxillo to protect him -; finding he had sailed for Guayaquil, the Admiral took possession of the Terrible, a small vessel which had some prisoners of his party on board ; Santa Cruz also is , on. board his vessel the Prueba frigate, and refuses to acknowledge the present Government. • There is still a rumour afloat that the Spaniards are coining here to establish a free trade, .&c. It is said that in Pisco they allow the intro duction of goods at 35 per cent. upon - very low valuation. "DEC. 30.—We expect Bolivar here to-day. his presence is much needed ; from the total want of regulatity in the Go vernment, which has occasioned the most alarming excesses to be committed by the troops. The road to Callao has lately been the scene of the most dreadful robberies and murders, by the troops from the garrison of the forts. On Saturday no less than three Englishmen were killed, and two very badly wounded ; while these poor fellows succeeded in shooting two of the sol diers, one of whom was a captain. I went down to Callao the earns day, but being well armed I - did not meet with any inter ruption. One reason for this total want ofdiscipline is the bad ness of their pay. " I imagine that Bolivar is coming to endeavour to raise more money to pay his troops. There is no talk just now of the Spaniards corning to Lima ; they were quiet in Xanga when our last letters left, and in Pisco, along the coast, both places distant about 150 miles. " There was a report yesterday, that Admiral Guise had made terms with Bolivar, which is extremely probable." -a f ..etters from Mexico, dated the 13th of March, announce the nomination of Senor JOSE DE MA RIANO MICRELESA, one of the three Members of the Executive, and formerly President, as Mi nister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain. His appointment is to be on a very splendid scale. He brings with him two Secretaries, and is to re ceive a salary of 30,000 dollars annually. The accounts from the Mexican coast are dated the ?oth, but contain nothing important, except the assurance that the whole of the interior is per fectly tranquil. The Duke of CLARENCE visited the Duke of Svssax and the Princess SOPHIA yesterday.— Yesterday the Duchess of KENT, accompanied by the Princess FEonone, visited the Duke and Duchess of CLlneNcz.—The Princess AUGUSTA visited the Countess of HARCOVRT yesterday.— The Duchess of KENT and the Princess AUGUSTA spent Wednesday evening with the Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE. The Cabinet Ministers dined with Mr. Secre tary C.►xNrxG on Wednesday, at his residence, Gloucester Lodge, Old Brotnpton. The mathematical instruments to be used on board the discovery ships were sent yesterday to Deptford, and on Saturday morning the Hecht and Fury will sail from thence to Galleon's Reach, at which place they will remain a day to receive their ordnance stores on board, and be visited by the Board of Admiralty, and then drop down to Northfleet. At the latter place some experiments on the magnetic attraction will be made ; after which the ships proceed to the Nore, and the officers and men will receive their wages in advance, and on the following morning the ships will sail on their voyage, calling at the Orkneys. TnRATRE._II Don Giovanni was re presented here last night, for the benefit of Madame CARADORI ALLEN. The house was full. The Opera had the support of herself, GARCIA, Signor and Signora Du BEGNis, and of course afforded a very high gratification to the audience in general. ARGYLL Rooms.—Mr. SAPIO'S Concert, last night, had a very numerous audience, naturally attracted by the very powerful assemblage of ta lents which ha had provided. Among the chief vocal performers were Mrs. SALMON, Minn STE PHENS, Miss TREE, Miss PATON, Miss GOODALL, Miss • CAWSE and her sister, SAPIO and his brothe r, BnAium,Asinnoorrn,PHlLLlPS,HAWSE, BELLAMY, and other respectable professors. MORI gave a Concerto on the Violin, and NI CHOLSON another on the Flute. The whole Was a rich harmonic treat. There were SO" VOPEI encores, and the audience were so gratified that they remained till the conclusion of the Con cert, which extended to a late hour. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, at their house in Saint James's-square, from their . seat Woburn-abbey; the Earl of Arran, from his seat, Arran-lodge. Sussex ; Earl and C ountess of Chichester, fro m their seat, - Wrotham-park ; the Earl and Countess of St. Germains and family, at their new residence in Seyrnour-street, from their seat in Cornwall ; Si r G eorge Chetwynd, Baronet, M.P. and family, in Great George-street, Westminster, from Staffordshire; the Dowager Viscountess Gal Way, at Holding's Hotel, Dover -street, from Bawtry ; Mr. York, at do. ; W. Becher, Esq. 31. P., and Mrs. Becher, from their seat in Ireland. DEpaitTuur.s.—Lord Wm. Bentinck, on a tour ; Earl of Elgin and Lord Bruce, from the Royal Hotel, for Broom-hall, Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. Ofliey Edmunds, for Christ 'Church, Hants. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. NORTHUMBERLAND HOUSE.—The Duchess of NOrtalt umnEßLAND gave her first grand rout last night 4 at the mag nificent family mansion at Charing-Cross, which was. illunii nated and decorated in a style of superior splendour on the occasion. —The visitors were so numerous that the whole of Charing-Cross and a considerable part of the Strand were crowded with carriages to such an excess, that it was scarcely possible, with all the precautions adopted, to prevent confusion. —( Further particulars to-morrow.) Mr. RozuscHri.ro yesterday gave a .sumptuous dinner to all the Foreign Ambassadors, and other distinguished persons, as well as many private friends, at Stamford Hill. The Marquis of Huntley, Sir Chas. Flower, and Sir Wm. Beechey, were pre sent ; and the whole of the party invited to the dinner, and the music, which - took place in the evening, consistin; , of the mo s t respectable familie s , amounte d- to the number of 150 persons. Rossini, Madame Cothran, Signora Mariani, Sola, and Torri, highly gratified the company with a zealous exertion of their r. spective talents. A trio, by Sola, Torri, and Signora Mariani, was mucluadmired ; so indeed were all the performances, but we have no,room for detail. We ought not to omit, however, that Rossini, besides his high merit as a composer, several of his works being performed, displayed admirable skill on the flute, uniting the powers of Drouet and Nicholson. On the whole, the treat was of the most exquisite description, and was render ed more ple a sin g by the attention of the lib era l Host. J. H. Langst o n, - Esq. M.P. entertained a - distinguished party to dinner yesterday at his house in Berkeley-square. Mrs. Benyon had a dinner and an evening party yesterday at her house in Grosvenor_square. The Countess of Arran entertained an elegant circle of fashlonables yesterday evening at 'her house in Dover -street. LmAcKs.—These elegant Rooms, on Wednesday evening, were - more numerously attended than any oreceding ball this season. There were present upwards of 400 persons of the :first distinction and fashion. 7 4 9'.. 9 ri i .. 4 4 ~, • "s•-• -t- • 1 --.!..,,,-, " 4 - . , t• •-•= - : , %4i.:f..,-, - -,le, qpv4 1 1) 5 ' ...--• 4Y -tt, y ' -- v •i • 1• 4.4 4 -- • / - S T - - --' 0 1:. . • . ‘,„ • , •-' 4, . ,,,, ---"" '. „:.-,---- r • - . 1 ., ,° . .. ...; 0 - • - - MERCANTILE SHIPPING. [Extract of a Letter from the Agent to Lloyd's at Memel dated 20th Aprll.] " To-day intelligence has been received by Express from Berlin, that the Lastage Duty on British Shipping will not hP taken off before the lit of May, the day appointed by the Bri. tish Government in favour of British vessels." DEAL, MAY 6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived from London the Perthshire, Sangster; Percy, Sayers ' • and Spring, (welch,, outward-bound. Arri ve d the Hon. Company's ship Repulse. Patterson, from China, and sailed for the River. Part of the outward-bound turned away, but the New Herald, Lord Am herst, and True Love, still remain. Off Hastings the Stan ford, Lothrington, from Jamaica in 44 days. . PORTSMOUTH, 11IAY6.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the David Scott, Thornhill, from London for India. Sailed the Mary, Watson, for the Cape of Good Hope. The Thalia, Munroe, lately from Batavia, came into harbour to discharge and repair. PLYMOUTH, MAY s.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Con cord, —, from Messina, and Providence, of this port, frpn, the coast of Cornwall, where she was stranded. FALMOUTH, MAY s. —Wind S.—Arrived his Augusta Fr derica, Zaage, from Rastock, with loss of bowsprit, sails, &c. The ship General Harris, outward bound, arrived off St. Helena the 6th March, and it was expected that she would he ready to proceed on her voyage tcr e l3encoolen and China in the early part of April. The Canning, also outward bound, was all well in lat. 2, 16, N. long. 20, 17, W. on the 23d March. TIIE MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE, MAY 3. The quantities of Corn this week are only moderate, being 4,150 quarters of Wheat; 1,600 quarters of barley ; and 8,10 quarters of Oats; the quantity of Flour is considerable, being 8,050 sacks. There is very little good dry IVheat at market, and such qualities being sought after, they obtain rather more money, but damp qualities are still neglected. Barley kas not varied from Monday's prices, and Beans and Peas remain steady. There is a fair demand for Oats, and last Mouday's prices are fully maintained.' The Flour trade still remains extremely heavy. London averages for the filth week, that re gulates importation :—Wheat, 4,103 quarters , at 68s Id. : Barley, 3,035 quarters, at 37 5. Id .; Beans, 1,026 quarters, at 375. 2d. ; Oats, 10,179 quarters, at 265. Bd. SMITHFIELD MARKET. • There were but a small number of Oxen at market this morning, and those of good quality sold higher than on ]:Lt Monday ; there was a great difference in the prices of Lamb ; good quality of the above description went off at a high pri ce , but the inferior sorts were much lower in price, and did Lot go off readily. PICTURE SALE.—A private Collection of Pic tures, which came from a distinguished Personage' abroad, was yesterday sold by Mr. STANLEY.— . W e visited his room in Bond-street on Wednesday last, and were much gratified in viewing some of the finest pictures of RAPHAEL, RUBINS, TE.• NIERS, father and son, O%T ADE, Ben Glum, REM BRANDT, L. DA VlNci, and other great masters, whom we have not space to notice. The Raphael was sold for 5251.; the chief ltubens for 945/. ; one Teniors for 1201. 155., another for 991. 155.; ' au Ostade for 1051., another 'Deniers for 168/.; a Berghem for 2111.; and others reached consider able prices. Some of these pictures belonged to JOHN TRUMBULL, Esq.,. formerly an Envoy from America to this Country. The_ Raphael was among the number, and the celebrated " Sortie from Gibraltar" in 1795. This picture, painted by Mr.TurtNnuLL, which so adrnira bly cotnniemdrates that glorious event, nnglit not to have passed into private hands, but should be purchased by Government, as one of the proudest lihievern.ents of th e B r iti s h arms, was sol d f o r 1051: Th e . whole amou n t o f th e sa l e w as 3,9,071. ]os. 6d ; It is remarkable th a t mos t- of the pictures were without frames, and wanted the advantage. o f g , e laborately prolonged the lots bti t 'sbffe Hit - fresh varnish. Some, indeed, were injured by time, yet their intrinsic merits sullici.intly recom mended them. Muck credit is due to M r. T A Tickets remaining -la- Wow,' nbijerrecoefdented Numbe r of Tzi,el Delve Ca , ~), s them, to for ry his s r not ow nhaavciinvanadvantage, speak for themselves. y r ,_ t T HE LAST DAY OF THE i.4;37lErt,:ir•--T hi!. P ire: including Two of pital A, r , T WENTY THOU.. POUNDS, SAND Whirl], as Well as every other have the Prize, Must all be Drawn 011 SATURDAY, the ood . inst., w h en . ALL FINALLY CLOSEC A few Ull- " tli N e ni u drawn Tickets and Shares are ' ' - on Sale at th e o CONTRACTORS, w h o hope t .'. distribute, the above at their Old Offices, No. 37, Cornhill, No. 11, Holborn, and No. 8 8 II , aymark e t.—J. and J. SIVEIVRIGI LT 3Contractors.