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EXECUTION AT PENENDEN HEATH. Oa Friday the awful sentence of the law was executed at Pt - nended Heath, on four of the unhappy men convicted at the lat ' Kent Assizes, viz. John Peale, alias George Watson, for forgery , James Spratford, aged 27 ; Richard Spratford, aged 20 ; an i William _Burton, aged 20, for highway robbery and burglary. Watson had been prosecuted at the instance of the London Bankers, associated for mutual protection against forgery. He was mo,:, and had the advantage of a goo d e d ucat i on, respectably connected, and much general acquaintance with the world. It has been . certained, beyond all doubt, that, for two years before his appre ' hension. he had subsisted, in a moat extravagant style, by, forgeries alone; he fancied detection was impossible, and used to say, with - a laugh, to a prostitute, the companion of his Oeasures, that there was nota county in England in which he had not . " left his mark." He had assumed the name of George Wat son, and, travelled sometimes in a handsome stanhope, and, at other times, in an elegant double-bodied phaeton, accompanied by a female, whom he had picked up at Portsmouth, and used to 'call Mrs. Watson, and to' whom he had at first represented him telt as a man possessed of immense wealth in America and the West Indies. It may appear singular how Pesle could so long and so successfully, 'under any circumstances, have proceeded in this course without impediment ; but the surprise will abate when it is mentioned, that he always had hundreds of blank bills about him, and that he very seldom issued any for a large amount; so that the sufferers preferred the course of leaving him to take his " dangerous chance," to the expensive and unprofitable labour of bringing him to justice. The circumstances which led to the pro- secution—that succeeded against him—were remarkable.— In the latter end of May, 1825, Peele visited Tunbridge Wells, and presenting himself at the banking-house of Mesirs. Beaching and Son, he said he had taken a house at the wen, for five months, and wished to know whether they had any objection to open an account ft.r him during that period. They consented, and he presented two bills of ex sliange for 30/. and 35/., purporting to be accepted by Coutt s and Co. in London, The bills were immediately discounted by Messrs." Beaching, through their clerk, and Peele indorsed the name of gorge Watson" upon them, and received the amount in cash. As a further inducement to Messrs. Beeching and Son "otett an account with him, and to give colour to his practices, 'he gave to them a deposit note of the Carlisle Bank is his favour lar 275/. 14. 6d., which he wished them to present to that Bank through Masterman and Co., wha were their London agents as well as the agents of the Carlisle Bank. The deposit note Was accordingly sent down to Messrs. Connell and Co., at Car liile,,who; in due course, apprised Messrs. 'Masterman that it had been'obtained from them for a bill of exchange, for whi c h Peele bad got beildes'a c onsiderable sum of money, but which, on its maturity, was discovered to be a forgery. It was wondered how • the prisoner conld get - acquainted with the signatures and mode of, business of the different parties whose names-he used ; but, upon inquiry, it was found that he had invariably presented him self to the notice of the bankers in the places where he negociated the bills by taking to them bank -notes, and getting in exchange bills on some London house ; and he took care to select those hills which had many names itnon them, the whole of which he would immediately copy in twenty different ways on various bills, and having done so, he would take the genuine bills, and others of his own complete manufacture, to the banking-house, where the good bill; never failed to be a passport to the spu ',ions. In addition to the bills on_ Coutts and Co., Peele also deposited with Messrs. Beeching and Co. two other bills— one for 301., purporting to be drawn by Alexander and James of Dundee, and accepted by Messrs. Robinson and " 1 "°w1;, of Glasgow ; and the other for 37/. 14. 6d., dated tsth February, and purporting to be drawn by Na -thaniel Underwood upon and accepted byMessrs. J. Bell and Sons, of Leith, not one of which persons is, or ever was, in exist- . .211 Ce• Thole previois bills Peels requested Messrs. Beaching to hold for hini and cause to be preierited when due, aid he con trived to get upon them an advance of 20/., for which he drew a cheek in his- assumed name of Geome Watson." Having time yhtained , the amount of the two.forged bills, and the 201. on the two other bills` deposited, Peele thought it high time ta de camp, and taking the route by Maidstone and Rochester, he came to London, accompanied by the woman he kept, and her mother and sister, who rode in a post-chaise, while he drove to town in his phaeton. At Maidstone he put np at Mr. Wildish's hotel, and sycceeded in getting cash from him for another - forged check for 20/. on Messrs.Beeching:and Sous, by whom it was afterwards paid, on the faith of the securities which had been left with - them. A day or two after his departure, however, the note was returned from Carlisle, and it was discovered that the whole of the hills and se entities were forgeries. ' Instant search was made for Peele, but he flew from place to place. At length Mr. Gates, the so iititor to the Bankers' Committee, received intelligence that . he -was at Newark, in Nottinghamshire, and started from Lon don, attended by an officer, for that place. Adversity had, however, already begun its work- with Peale. A Derbyshire publican, upon whom he had passed a forged bill, spied him at his wine, and never left him till his body was under lock and key in Derby gaol. Peete was committed for trial for uttering this bill, which was for 451.,ant1 - Mr. Gates went to Derby. prepared to lodge detainers against -him, or have him taken into-custody in the event of an acquittal there; but on his arrival. at Derby,. the solicitor found that it, was Peels's intention to plead guilty to the Charge of iitterini the bill ; that the prosecutor would, in all probability, be ' lSaidi his debt as au inducement to join in a recom mendation of the prisoner to mercy, and .that Peele might escape if the remaining charges against him were permitted to sleep. Mr. Gates, therefore, applied to the Lord Chief Baron, who was in the commission at Derby, to have Peele removed to Maidstone pre viously to his trial at Derby, and under the circumstances of so many charges existing in Kent, and after consultation as to the most eligible course, it was arranged that no bill should be pre ferred at Derby, but that upon Peele's discharge by proclamation, he should be handed over to a Police officer in attendance, with a warrant from Sir Richard Birnie. This was done, and Peele was committed to Maidstone gaol., It appeared that Peale had, in fact, taken a house at Tunbridge Wells, as he had. represented to Messrs. Beeching and Sons.. A day or two after he took the house, he was seen by his landlord's son apparently in . great affliction, and he said that his brother, w)io had landed at Dover, died the moment lie got ashore, and must be buried at once, for which purpose it would be necessary for him to be absent from his house some days. This was found to have been stated in . order to account for his absence, which had become indispensible, the moment of discovery being at hand. It is said that Peele, up to the last moment, had hopes of being saved. His spirits were lively a short time , before his execution. Amongst his letters, which were found in the possession of the woman with .whom, be lived, were the following, which are curious :--•••- ,•• " ilrightoiN Friday night, 8 o'clock. " My dear Martha-3ane• is : new , withArte, and we have just left the Chain Pier, which rune with an alarming tremor at this rpoment into the sea. We are going to east an eye at Cook, in the Monster, at the Circus. This monster ii not a Caliban; it is a less delicate monster : it has no genius about it. I cannot leave this dearest chuck,: until to-morrow mid-day; and I trust that I shall twine my arms round you before five o'clock. " Your ever - truly, G. WATSON:" " (Drunk.) " Liverpool. "My dear nirtha—By the failure . in Liverpool I have lost 5001. Why, let it go. Re you happy, Martha. I have been some hundred of miles since I saw thee; but what is travelling in labour or anxiety, - compared 'to_the fear that thou shalt suffer? No, no, Martha, never suspect that I can ever forget or forsake thee. My dear, dear girl, take -care of thyself. Despair not ; my exactions shall have thy image to give them pleasure and suc cess. " Thine for ever, GEORGE WATSON." It appears from his letters, that he had moved With extraor dinary rapidity from place to place. A variety of blank hills of exchange, ready for use, together with some bills partly filled up, and others with indorsements, were found upon the person of the unfortunate man: THE OLEHIlitt COTTON SPINNERS.—The men who were held to bail for the riotous attacks upon the premises of Messrs. Collinge and-Lanciaire and Messrs. John Lees and Sons, at Oldham, and againstwhom true bills were found at the Sessions l ast w e ek, have obtained vvrits.of certiorari for removing the in dictments into the Court of King's Bench, so that the trials shall come oust the next Lancasterl There am, h"ever ' ''ste tseizes, and not at these Sessions. aseaultsprior to the -unde ' l etody one or tw o indi c tments for pristeipal riots, - Which h ave no t b een remove d, and are likely- to be tried , this week; In the mean time the spinners continue• to carry on their mrageous and illegal pro. c eed ings. —Stockport Advertiser. , When the 13th Regiment was quartered in York, t h e greater part of the men were Roman Catholics ; end Mr. Ray ment, the Rothan Catholic priest, who o ffi ciates at th e ' chapel in Little Blake-street, waited on the Colonel to request that they might be allowed to attend chapel on . the Sunday forenoon ; this interfered with some arrangements of the 'regiment, and leave was politely refused; but the Colonel said they should attend in the . on lypart of t h e that' aft' oorr: As, however, by atten din g day; tile . most important part of the service of the Roman church, high &rad not be heard, Mr. Rayment wrote to the Corn.. thinder-itt-Chief, and the next Sunday every man was at the chapel.' This 'anecdote we have from good authority.— York Gazette.' • • ••• • FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. LISBON GAZETTES. Liss°lc, JAN. 10.—The Marquess de Valencia beint , unable, in consequence of bad health, to perform the duties, the Princess Regent has appointed Senhor Candido Jose Xavier, to fill the office provisionally, till General Daun shall be able to resume it. " WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 10,;—General Caula, Governor of Alen tejo, writes on the Bth, that that province was perfectly tranquil, and that in Zarca and the neighbourhood of Alcantara, there were some rebels wounded and sick. _ _ " The General of Lower Beira writes from Belmonte, on the 6th, that the artillery, which the rebels had ordered to Almeida, retrograded, and entered Pinhil on the 6th. The General says, that the Militia of Covilha, who had been forced by the Colonel to join the rebels, had deserted them ; some had presented them selves to him, others had concealed themselves, and all Lower Beira was tranquil. " Colonel Pinto, Military Governor of Coimbra, writes from that city on the Bth, that General Azeredo had ordered to advance to \risen the troops that guarded the bridge of Murcella. " RODRIGO PINTO." The Heroine English transport, from Cork, entered the Tagus to-day, having on board 263 men of the 1 1 th Regiment of Foot. JAN. 11.-Several disputes having arisen between the soldiers of the British army and inhabitants of this capital, which gene rally proceed from want of understanding each other, and which lead to events that are the more disagreeable, as the greatest har mony ought to subsist between the inhabitants of this capital and kingdom and the troops of our generous Ally, Great Britain; and it being certain that the General Commander-in-Chief of those troops gives all necessary orders to maintain among them the most rigorous discipline, the Princess Regent has charged the Intendant-General of the Police to give, without loss of time, to the Justices of the Quarters of Lisbon the most strict orders to send out patrols at the hours when disturbances are the most likely to occur, to have all the taverns and public-houses shut up at a proper hour, and to order the landlords on no pretext what . evtr to take in payment articles of the equipment of the British troops, &c. WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 12.—The Conde de Villa Flor writes from his camp, near Courche da Biera, on the 9th, at 10 o'clock at night, saying, that meeting with the rebels in the mountains adjoining that province, he attacked them immediately, and, after an obstinate combat, which lasted from one in the afternoon till after night-fall, he dislodged them, and pursued them for half a league ; the rebels, under favour of the night, retreating in the di rection of Francoao. • " The Count speaks in the highest terms of all the troops under his command, repeating, that all the corps behaved like true Portuguese. He adds, that on the following day he would send the details of this combat, which he had not time. to do at that -moment. The rebels suffered great loss, whereas ours was very small, considering the position which they occupied, and the duration of the combat. Major J. P. d'Abreu, commanding the battalion of the 13th Regiment of Foot, and Don Manuel de Camara, Ensign of the 4th, were the only officers on our side who are wounded, and that slightly. Among the prisoners taken by our troops is Capt. Comeero, ex-Captain of the 14th Infantry, and the serjeant who induced the 7th Regiment of Cacadores to revolt was killed. On the same day, some privates of the 6th and 21st Infantry presented themselves to the Conde de Villa Flor. " PINTO." The Lisbon Gazette announces daily the arrival of numerous English transports from England and Ireland, with troops and horses. LISBON, JAN. I3.—The army will take the field in a few days. Lord Beresford sails for England in the Ocean, about the 20th of this month. • FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile, dated Saturday.) PARIS, JAN. 26.—0 n the opening of the sitting yesterday, the COmmittee of the French Academy read a letter from. the first Gentleman in Waiting, which announced th a t h e h a d received the King's orders, and that his Majesty had said, he would not re 'ceive the direCtion of the Academy. The Academy resolved, that the petition which it had - voted, and had ordered to be inscribed in its journals, should not be published. (From the Pilote, dated Friday.) PARIS, JAN. 25.—Accounts from Trieste, of the 10th, bring the important news, that a ship from Zante has brought word that it was reported there that the Turkisl garrisons of Canea and Candia had surrendered for want of. provisions. If tbis.be true, the consequences in favour of the Greeks will be incalculable. (From the Constitutionnel of Friday.) (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.), LISBON, JAN. 10.—The extraordinary performance given on Satei-day last, at the Theatre of San Carlos, collected a brilliant and numerous audience. Immediately upon the appearance on the stage of the portrait of' the King, Pedro IV., and that the actors had begun to sing the national hymn of the Constitution, a general burst of enthusiasm resounded from all parts of the house. Unanimous Vivae, and the warmest acclamations froin the spec tators, echoed every chorus of the 'hymn. At the moment that the actors sung the words,-“ Huzzi:for our free Constitution !" the spectators immediately required that the national British hymn should be sung, which was instantly done, in the midst of similar acclaniations, andof the loud expression of the general joy. This extraordinary representation was for the purpose of celebrating the arrival of the auxiliary English division. It was remarked, that the bands of the English regiments, as well as those of the Portuguese, played, as the march of the troops ofthe two nations, the air of the Constitutional hymn, and that of Riego's celebrated Spanish hymn Solclados la Patria. The drums beat the same march before the troops. Since yesterday, the Portuguese and English troops do the duty of the fortress together, and are assembled in the same guard house, from which issue the patroles, composed of an equal force of soldiers of both nations ; the Portuguese take precedence in the march. Entire harmony appears to reign between the troops of the two countries. • • L..st night, in some private streets, five soldiers and a ser geant of English Infantry, who were walking about separately, were assassinated in a cowardly manner. These acts of cold blooded barbarism, are attributed to some obscure agents of the Apostolic junta. Proper measures have been taken to discover the perpetrators of these crimes, and to provide against such oc currences in future. The French Ambassador to Rio Janeiro was, in fact, (as I mentioned in my last letter) on board the French frigate La Surveillante, Captain Trotel, which entered the Tagus on the Rth of this month. She had made the voyage from Brest in four days, in company with the French brig of war Eadymion, Commander Euspel ; and La Surprise, Captain Halley. The Ambassador sets sail at the end of this week for Brazil. Well-informed persons affirm, that the last news from London give an assurance that complete success will attend the negotia tions comtneneed under the auspices of Great Britain with the Government of the King of the Netherlands, for the renewal and carrying into effect of the ancient treaties of alliancewithPortu• gal, should the Cabinet of Madrid persist in its system of duplicity and bad faith, so as to render war between the two States of the Peninsula unavoidable. It in added, that similar negociations having the same end in view, have been opened with the Conti nental Government of Sweden, and promise a result equally satisfactory. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) MADRID, JAN. 18.—After mentioning the issuing of the Order, or Manifest, as it has been termed, to the Captains Ge neral, the letter goes on as follows : But a most important occurrence, and one which may wholly change the disposition of the King's mind, has, just taken place in the transmission hither, by a Courier who left Petersburgh on the 28th December, of a note from M. de Nesselrode, which was com municated on that day to M. Paez De La Cadena, our Minister at Petersburgh. In this note M. de Nesselrode states, that the Em peror, his master, highly approves of the conduct of England to wards Portugal, and entirely disapproves of that of our Cabinet, as well as of our connivance at the invasion. M. de Nesselrode concludes his note by saying, that in case the conduct of Spain should draw upon her a war with Portugal, she must not reckon upon any support from Russia, either in carrying on that war, or in obviating its consequences. The conduct of M. Oubril had already been very unsatisfac tory to our Ministers, who, notwithstanding have been very much disconcerted at this answer from the Emperor. In the meanwhile, the last division of the Swiss sets out to-morrow. — The Paymaster, with his chest, in which it is said only 15,000 francs were remaining, es t out yest er d ay . I ncons id era bl e as was i the sum with which he was charged, the Apostolics did not deem it' beneath their notice. A band -of thirty of them immediately followed him on foot and on horseback, and before the Paymaster was five leagues from Madrid, they eased him of his money and of his baggage, and performed a similar act of kindness to twenty travellers that accompanied him. The two regiments of the Guards, and the six field-pieces, whose departure for Talaveira had been suspended, in consequence f the withdrawing of the Swiss, will quit Madrid to-morrow ; and, to supply the vacancy which they leave in the garrison of the capital, his Majesty has ordered a levy of 600 gend'armes, an Order which has produced . great discontent amongst the inha bitants of the capital. express has just arrived from Malaga, and report state, that one of the regiments in the garrison of that city, had en deavoured to have the Constitution proclaimed, but failed in the attempt. (From the Journal des Debals of Friday.) (PRIVATE CORREkPONDENC E. ) MADRID, JAN. 15.---The departure of the troops for the Army of Observation continues unceasingly. The two regiments of the guard, and their artillery, whom the departure of the. Swiss had for a short time detained at Madrid, are to leave that capital on the 17th, for Talavera. The Military Intendant of the Swiss brigade, who, with the Paymaster and his baggage, set out yes terday, were robbed at a very short distance from Madrid. About twenty private individuals, who accompanied these gentlemen, were also robbed ; such, at least, has been the current report since four o'clock this afternoon. This morning, at nine o'clock, General Count D'Arbaud- Jonques set out for France. He is to travel as far as Bayonne with his brigade. (From the Quotideenne of Friday.) We read in a Ministerial Journal of this evening, (the _Dale. " A letter from Lisbon, of the 10th of January, states, yes terday an English Colonel and a clerk in the office of the war department, set out for the head-quarters of Count Villa-Floc, with an escort of English cavalry. It is said, that they are going to treat with the 'Marquis of Chaves." The intention of the English to treat with the chief of the Portuguese Royalists, must appear very extraordinary, and even incredible to some persons; but those who observe rightly will not be at all astonished, because they have already foreseen all the dangers to which the Cabinet of St. James's exposed its troops and itself by sending an expedition to Lisbon. We do not pretend to read the future, but we are induced to believe that England has learned that the attempt on the Penin sula creates uneasiness in the north of Europe. It is not impos sible even that this Power may have discovered that, for the in terests of her subjects and her own security, it is necessary that she should speedily recall the troops, the disembarkation of which on the banks of the Tagus is not yet completed. PRICE OF IRISH Bank Stock Congolx, 3 percent Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 8S! 5 Ditto, New 81.% 4 per Cent. VIVAi !‘ Gov. Deb. 3% per cent Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent. - NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PolursmouTrt, JAR. 28.—Wind S.W.—At I I a. in., arrived from the eastward, his Majesty's ship Barham, of 48 guns, bearing the flag of Vice-Admiral the Honourable Charles Elphistone Fleming, whom it is 'expected will sail in a few days to assume the command of the West India station. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 27.—His Majesty's .ship Wellesley, bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. M. Hardy, has just anchored in the Sound. APPOINTMENTS. Mr. B. Soden Purser of the Alert. Mr. G. T. Stnithson Ditto Triuculo. Mr. F. M'Bean Chevers...Supernumerary Surgeon...Ratni James Cowan Ditto Owen Glendower. SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LLOYD'S. 7 —(Titis DAY.) DEAL, JAN. 27 and 28.—During the night and this morning it blew hard from the Eastward. The schooner Ilope, of Jersey, from Swansea to London, drove close to the shore between Kings down and Wslmer Castle. After striking, and damaging the rud der, she proceeded with assistance for Dover, with loss of an an chor and cable. Several vessels (apparently coasters) lost anchors, and went to the Westward. His Netherlands Majesty's brig Zwaluw, after exchangivesalutes with his Majesty's ship Ramil lies, proceeded for Helvoeteluys. FAL3IOUTH, JAN. 27.—Wind N.N.E. to E.N.E.—Arrived, the Duke of Kent parket;from Lisbon; sailed 14th inst. Sailed, his Majesty's ship Leveret, Lieut. Boucbier, for Lisbon, with a Mail. PLYMOUTH, JAN 27.—Arrived, his Majesty's ship Wellesley, from Lisbon. The Harvey, Finlay, has her top-sails loose, and will probably sail to-night. Arrived, the Lovely Ann, Chappell, from Charente. GRAVE6END, J. 27 and 28.—Arrived, the Colombia, De lance, from New York ; Agnes, Dighly, from Demerara ; Eden, _Johnson. from Cadiz ; Rover, Cock, from Elsinore ; and the Ca rolina, Christopher, from Riga. Sailed, the Fame, Trickey, for Lisbon ; Robert Trage, Wild, for Vera Cruz; Lively, Ford, for Smyrna; Amazon, Linder, for Jamaica; and Sir "%V. Wallace, Wilson, for Calcutta. TOCKS, JAN. 26. St. Patrick Instil. (per share) Royal Irish Ditto i' National Ditto — Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Building: ILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 1 2 Guernsey&Jerseg. 0 0 Brazil 0 0 Hainburgh 2 0 Buenos Ayres 0 Donaghadee 0 0 Jamaica 0 I Dublin 1 Flanders 0 1 Lisbon 0 1 • France 0 Gottcnburgh 1 2 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Merning 7 minutes after 4. 1 Evening ....... 22 minutes after 4. zibt -.44,47-4-Attm- _s -putt DRURY-LANE THEATRE. On Saturday night a new Opera was brought out at this house, entitled Englishmen in India, attributed to Mr. Wallace, the author of several werks on Oriental manners, the music by Bishop. The principal characters were : Sir MAthew . Scraggs Mr. Dowton. ColOnel Oswald - - Captain •Dorrlngton Mr. Bedford. Captain Tancred Count Giorieuz Mr. Gattie, Tom Tape ... Mr. Harley. Mirsa Lady Scraggs Mrs. Davison. • Mill 3 Sally Scraggs Miss Kelly. Gulnare The scene is principally laidin Calcutta, where Sir Mathew Scrags had realized an immense fortune as a tobacconist, retaining all the vulgarity of his educatiOn at the original shop in Cow-cross. His Lady boasts her ancient lineage in Cornwall, • but is at length, after a twenty years' marriage without issue, reduced to her proper level in low life, having gone to India as nursery maid to some rich family. The plot of the piece is two fold. Gulnare, •an Indian Maid, being the heroine of the serious, and Miss Sally Scraggs - of-the comic. Their heroes are Colonel Oswald and Tom Tape. Oswald is the youngest of an ancient fainily in England, and proceeds to India, at an early age, as a Cadet. On his arrival, he is suddenly ordered up the country with his regiment to assist one of the Native Princes against the incursions of another. In storming the chief hold of the Rebel Rajah, much carnage ensued, in the midst of which an Indian Chief rushed forward to Oswald, bearing a female infant, Gulnare, whom lie styled the last surviving hope of the Royal family, and intreated the protection of Oswald, which being readily obtained, the Chief vanished in the conflict. Oswald adopted the child, and on proceeding to England to possess the family estate which had devolved upon him, he left Gulnare, then fourteen, under the care of Sir Matthew Scraggs. He returned to India four years afterwards, and found Gulnare, a beautiful girl of 18, grown to womanhood. His heart at once confessed the soft power of her charms, but he was prevented from avowing hir passion by Sir 111. Scraggs informing him that a mutual love officer, existed between Gulnare and Captain Tancred, his brotherof the lady, who had ingratiated himself into the good graces recounting th ventures of Oswald. He m istook the interest she manifeste d these occasions as applying to -himself, deeply e ad something in the manner of Othello , by emi and became namoured. . Oswald was too generous to take advantage of his situation s and magnanimously resigned the fair prize to his rival, first obtaining an aeknowledgment from Gulnare that she loves, but he very ungallantly misapplies the meaning of her love—to his rival. We think that if he had looked in her face he would not have committed such an unpardonable error. Gulnare thus thrown from her last hope—the resting place of her heart, re 'Jives to fly with her kinsman Mirza (who had originally con signed her to the care of Oswald), and return to her own coun try. They are, however, overtaken in their flight, and the secret cif her love being explained, Oswald is not more happy than herself. The underplot is highly amusing, and excited great laughter. Tom Tape, a stage-struck tailor, goes to India in pursuit of for tune, and there meets, rather luckily, with Sally Scraggs, who had also ventured out to get a husband —suck ladies are denomi nated penny pies, in India, for the best of reasons, that the first bidder may purchase. There is much whimsicality in the underplot to which Harley and Miss Kelly did infinite justice. Her mock representation of the last scene of Jane Shore ex cited great applause. In another scene, when she had secreted her lover, in a closet, and is asked by her uncle, Sir Matthew, where her fellow is, she throws herself into a theatrical attitude, and exclaims, " In the opinion of the best judges may fellow is not to be found," which drew down thunders of applause. The acting of Harley was not more grotesque,than inimitable. His personation of the French Count, with whom he had exchanged coats, in a moment preg nant with great scandal to " Lady Scraggs," was ridiculous in the extreme. The opera opened with a beautiful scene of Calcutta, and the ships laying at anchor, which took the audience w i t(' was an agreeable surprise. Indeed, the scenery throughout good. He had almost omitted to mention that the scene where Oswald describes to Gulnare how he saved her, was very effective. Mr. Cooper did himself honour by the feeling displayed on that occasion, and when he closed his de scription, with the horrors of the carnage, and seeing in the mor ning, safely lodged in th e E ng li s h tent, his Indian maid, Gul nare,—the audienc e test ifi e d we ll-merited app ro b at i on.— Miss Stephens layed mod es tly, an d sung sweetly. Braham did hi s but the music was n o t goo d, and the verses were a s l ame As if they hobbled all the way from Calcutta. The dia logue was, in many parts parts, well written, but rather broad in the beginning. Th e acting of Dowton was so natural as to excite a doubt Whether he had not himself been a dealer in Cow-cross pungency. The piece is far too long, and will be much improved by curtailment, especially in the first act. t was decidedly successful, and dee:lves a long run. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 29, 1827. 1 At a late hour last night Lisbon Gazettes to the 13th inst. inclusive reached town. They contain an account of the defeat of the rebels by the Conde DE VILLA FLOR, on the 9th, intelligence of which had previously reached us through the French Papers. The combat appears to have been of an obstinate na ture, having lasted from one in the afternoon till after midnight, when the rebels gave way, and retreated in the direction of I raneozo. They are said to have suffered severely, but their actual loss is not stated. The Constitutionalists had only two Officers wounded. We are sorry to observe that disputes have arisen between the British soldiers and some of the inha bitants of Lisbon, which have rendered it necessary for the PRINCESS REGENT to issue instructions to the Intendant-General of the Police on the subject. It was expected that the army would take the field in a few days, and that Lord BERESFORD would re turn to England in His Majesty's ship Ocean, which was to sail about the 20th inst. Extracts from the Lisbon Gazettes will be found in another column. We have received all the Paris Papers down to Friday evening, including the Etoile published that evening, but dated Saturday morning. Their contents are in many respects important. It is stated that the Prince de POLIGNAC imme diately returns to his post as Ambassador at this Court. The Constitutionnel mentions, in its private cor respondence from Madrid, that a Courier had arrived there who left St. Petersburgh on the 28th December, bringing a note from Count NESSELRODE, stating that the EMPEROR, his Master, highly approves of the proceedings of Great Britain towards Portugal, and entirely disapproves that of the Spanish Cabinet. It is added that the Note concludes by a Declaration, that if the conduct of Spain should draw upon her a war with Portugal, she must not reckon upon any support from Russia. The same authority states, that the Paymaster of the Swiss Guards had hardly got five leagues from Madrid before he and his party were eased of. the Military chest and of their baggage, by a party of Apostolicals : and that ac counts from Malaga report that a Regiment there had endeavoured to proclaim the Constitution. The Journal des Debats states, hat the King of Spain set out on the 15th for Pardo, accompanied only by M. C_ ALO MARDE. Considerable sums of money are said to have been sent to Salamanca for the army of the Mar is said, also arrived, and strangers for this army has, i t quis CHAVES. A conting ent of A p ostolic a vessel, which came, nobody knows from whence, h as landed at San Andero 2,000,000 francs, part of whi c h was immediately forwarded to Reinoza, one of the roads to the province of Tras-os-Montes. A French Officer of superior rank had arrived in Madrid. He was fre quently at the palace, and after the Court quitted Madrid, he also set out for Pardo. The news from Greece, if it may be depended upon, is of the most gratifying description, and revives hope for the unfortunate inhabitants of that interesting country. M. EYNARD is said to have received, by way of Ancona, a letter from Spezzia of the 24th De cember, which confirms the accounts of the complete defeat of REDSCID PACIIA, and the deliverance of all Upper Greece, from Attica to Thessaly. KARAIS KAKI, and other Commanders, at the head of a nume rous army, were in pursuit of the remainder of the bar barians. IBRAllim PACIIA had also been beaten at every point. Extracts from these papers will be found in a pre- ceding column. The French Funds have improved. FRENcy JAN. 28.--Five per Cenf og ., pof . 80e. ; Three per Cents. 67f. 60c. ; Bank Stock, 1,990 f. , • Rentee de Naples, 7Sf. SO. ; Spanish Loan 50if. FRENCH FUNDS, JAN. 26.—Fire per Cents. 99f. 90c.: Three ditto 671. '7oc ; Bank Stoek 1990 f. ; Bente; de Naples 74 ; Spanish Loan blif. Brussels Papers to the 28th inst. hare come to hand. They do not contain any political news, nor any thing of interest, except the following account of the Sitting of the STATES GENERAL, of the 24th, at which a Project of a Law for the re-organization of the Courts of Justice was presented : SITTINGS OF THE TWO CHAMBERS OF THE STATES GENERAL-24th JANUARY. BAVSSELs, JAN. 25. —After some preliminary business, the President ordered a Royal Message, accompanying the Project of Law for the organization of the Courts of Justice, to be read in both languages. This Message is conceived in the following terms : " On the opening of your Session we announoedto your High Highnesses that we had hopes of presenting to the States General a Project of Law on the organisation of the Courts of Justice. We are now able to accomplish the enactments of the fundamental law on this subject : and to comply with the wishes of your As sembly. In the drawing- up of the AI ticks', regard has been had to the observations made upon that which was presented in 18Q0. According to this project, the new organisation will occasion to the Treasury an additional expense of 355,000 florins ; but, as the necessity of augmenting the salaries of the Judges is generally ac knowledged, this expense cannot appear exorbitant, considering , the paramount importance of the occasion which requires it. " In consequence we present the project with confidence to the Assembly, and hope it will receive yonr approbation ; and we de pend on your co-operation to fix th e b as i s o f t h e J u di c i a l Organi zation." The PRESIDENT-The Project of Law annexed to the Message just read, consists of lIS Articles, to which are added a gr eat number of tables. Does the Chamber desire that all these docu ments shall be read ? " No, no !" (from all sides). The PRESIDENT—They will therefore be printed and distri buted, and sent to the Sections. We also received last night Dutch Papers to the 25th inst. The melancholy progress of the disease at Groningen still continues, thirty-seven persons having died between the 12th and 18th, being two more than in the preceding seven days. No further accounts had been received at the Hague of the Waterloo on the 23d inst. The num ber of lives lost at the wreck of the Wassencer is stated to be only about 40. It is mentioned from Amsterdam that the great quantity of snow which has fallen in different parts delays the arrival of the mails. In the Tyrol the fall of snow had been so excessively great, that it l a y 14 or 16 feet deep in the neighbourhood of the Brenner, and the communication with Italy was nearly cu t off. EXCHANGES ON LoNnox.—Amaterdam, Jan. 23.—F. 12 to 11 P7i ; Q m. 11 92 to l 1 824.—Hamburgh, Jan. 19.-38 fl; 2 m. 86 s.—Peteraburgh, Jan. 5_9 15-16.—Leipsic, Jan. 1 5 • m. 6 164.—Berlin, Jan. 16,-3 m. 6 27i....-Vienna, Jaa• 10.-2 m. 9. 57. German Papers have likewise been received, from which the following are Extracts : COPENHAGEN, JAN. 13.—We are happy to sea from the lists now published, that the number of foreign ships, with eargoe , that arrived here last year, exceeded by 340 the amount of the year before. The gieatest number from any one place was (rota Newcastle, viz. 116, and next from Settin, 86 ; in general, die trade with the south coast of the Baltic was pretty active, and that with Sweden and Norway not inconsiderable. The prices of corn have begun to rise again. Popo LATION RETURNS, 1825.—Duchy of Sleswieh, births , 8,866 ; deaths, 7206.—Duchy of Holstein, births, 12,60 0 ; deaths, 8,700. Von Kees and his wife w ere d epos i te d on t h e 17 t h, i n t h e mo re' COPENHAGEN, i n g, quite privately, in th e Holma Ch urc h . Th ey w ill be removedJAN. 15.—The mortal retnains of the late 1$ 1 • in the sequel, to Herlufsholni. On Sunday evening there was a terrible storm from the W.S. W. with high tide. STOCKHOLM, JAW. 9.—Letters from Christiania say, that tbe 150,000 ria-dollars assigned for the building of the Royal Palace are nearly expended, and the Storthing will have to make an ad ditional grant. BERLIN, JAN. 16.—The Court is gone into mourning for 1 4 days for the late Duke of York. HANOVRR, JAW. 16.—Orders have been given for a Court mourning for six weeks, on occasion of the death of the Duke er York. HAMBURG/I, JAN. 19.—The Richmond, Captain Gilderdale , arrived here yesterday, from London. Within these few days the floating ice in the Elbe has again collected near the city, and the Pilots will not venture to carry down the ships that are ready W sail, fearing that they may be forced by the ice to lie-to on the beach, before they reach the mouth of the river. The passage across the river to Harburgb is not yet interrupted. VIENNA, JAN. 16.—We have received the London Gazette, containing the melancholy news of the death of his Royal High ness the Duke of York. . _ The letter. from Salzburg and the Tyrol give melancholy ac counts of the ravages caused by avalanches and heavy falls of snow. We made some strong remarks a short time since on the practice which existed in some of our Criminal Courts of charging certain fees on the acquittal o f pri soners. We are happy now to see that the subject has attracted the attention of Mr. PEEL, who has imme diately called for information upon the subject. The following is a copy of the circular which he has caused to be addressed to the several Clerks of the Peace : Whitehall, Jan. 20, 1827. SIR --I am directed by Mr. Secretary Peel to request that you will state, for his information, whether, by the practice of the Gourt of , on the acquittal of persons there tried► either for felony or misdemeanor, any money is payable, or claimed to be payable, either to the Jury, or to any Officer of the Court; and, if so, to state the particulars thereof, and under what heads, and to whom such money is due. - -• I am, Sir, your most obedient bumble servant, To the Clerk of the Peace of . H. HOBHOUSE• Frankfort Papers, and the Allgemeine Zeitung of the 21st inst. with the Journal ofthe Two Sicilia of the 3d, have been received this morning. The chief in: terest in these papers relates to Lord COCHRANE, who is expected to commence active operations in March• His Lordship is said to have written to the Greek Government that it was solely for the interests of Greece he had refrained from contradicting the falla cious accounts respecting his conduct and intentions. NAPLES, JAN. 2. His Royal Highness the Prince of Salermo gave to-day an en tertainment to the Prince of Saxe Coburg, at which their Ma jesties, the Duke of Calabria, and the Royal Family, were present , and a great number of persons of distinction. His Majesty has issued a decree, prohibiting the importation into Sicily of the horses and mares khown by the name of Schiavotte de Dalmatia, which has been prohibited by a preceding decree in the kingdom of Naples, with a view to prevent else de terioration of the native race of horses. TRIESTE, JAN. 11. It is said that dissensions have broken out at Hydra, on ac count of an impost of 900,000 Turkish piastres, which .the Greek Government demands from the inhabitants of that island, as well as from the Hydriots residing in the other island,' of the Archipelago, on account of an indemnity of 150,000 piastre', claimed for damage done by their ships to European merchantmen. In consequence of these demands, three Hydriot vessels, sach of 18 guns and 90 men, which were at Syra, have renounced their obedience to the Greek Government and turned pirates. They are observed by an English cutter. CONSTANTINOPLX, DEC. 5 12.--(By way of Bucharest.) Copies of a letter are in circul a ti on h ere which Lord Cochran e has written from Marseilles to the G ree k G overnment, and In which he says that it is the interest he feels 'in the cause o f the Greeks that has made him refrain from contradicting all the fals e reports which the European J ourna l s h ave sprea d respecting h o expedition. He declares that the moment for answering the expectations of the friends of Greece is not distant, and that the . o he will exert all his eff or t s to contr ib ute to i ts d e li verance. He 15 expected in the Molea in the mouth of March. suirawa, nix. 15. Accounts from Castries, the ancient Hermione, of the sth of this month, report that Ibrahim Pacha had taken 10,000 persons prisoners before the gates, and even under the cannon of Napoli di Romania. They were fugitive families from Calamata, Tripo lizza, and other places occupied by Ibrahim. These unfortunate people had bivouacked for a year past before the gates of Napoli, and could never obtain permission to enter the town. They were not defended by the troops. It is added that the Greek Govern ment had-fled and retired to Pores, where an assembly will be held for the purpose of choosing a new President. It is certain that the greatest disorder prevails in Greece; that the Govern-