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MAGAZINE DAY. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The " Conversations of Maturin," Number Ist (and we hope, Number last) are sadly puerile ; the opinions introduced on Modern Poets, as put forth by the author of " Melmoth," are altogether unworthy of him. ft is utterly impossible, an anomaly in common sense, that he could ever have preferred Hogg to Byron. The " Ode to the late Lord Mayor," by Mr. Hood, is lively and humorous ; and put with singular propriety into the mouth of our talented City Chaplain, the Reverend Mr. Dillon, author of the " Lord Mayor's Journey to Oxford." It is throughout worthy of that exalted genius. The Review of " De Vere," possesses much critical acumen : it is eulogistic, but not too much so ; Mr. Warde's defects and beauties are all fairly balanced, and that is saving a great deal for a modern criticism. The " opera Box," is a fashionable dialogue ; as insipid as such dia logues are apt to be ; there is, however, a dash of innocent humour about it, that redeems its bei,—(zeneral imbecility. " Parental Soliloquies," is admitting .'rous and characteristic. Mr. Jackson's c rastinated—tt to the Summit of Mount Blanc," a tiation was p but the " Breathings of Spring," so ex alacrity and 7 polished, that we cannot forbear from of the noble r e poem entire. the Right II( BREATHINGS OF SPRING. Canning had '.at thou, Spring ?—sweet voices in the woods, was one which to echoes, that have long been mute ; wise to think of rack, tot fill the solitudes, s solitudes, eviewless te out of a coterie breathin g l4:ecuc koo k mournfulness or glee, rited to fall it the .arts may be. colleagur J s who had thee, Spring !—the joyless leaves, him. It was therefore.adden many a copse and glade, able alliance with t}spray a rosy flush receives, surrender to his enc . " bath pierced the whi spery shade, rs t r t running pass. rough th e grass, with whom he a.gr y l fo ' o of state policy at waters they too hear thy call— with whom hSvakener ! thou hut burst their sleep; common. Lllows of the rocks their fall lerity, thelviody, and in the forests deep, clear sudden sparkles and blue gleams betray lit Their windings to the day. And flowers—the fairy-peopled world of flowers ! Thou from the dust hast set that glory free, Colouring the cowslip with the sunny hours And pencilling the wood-anemone ; Silent they seem—yet each to thoughtful eye Glows with mute poesy. But what awak'et thou in the heart, 0 Spring ? The human heart, with all its dreams and sighs ? Thou that giv'st back so many a buried thing, Restorer of forgotten harmonies ! Freib songs and scents break forth, where'er thou art— What wak'st thou in the heart ? Too much, oh ! there too much !—We know not well Wherefore it should be thus, yet roused by thee, What fond strange yearnings, from the soul's deep cell, Gush for the faces we no more shall see ! How are we haunted, in thy wind's low tone, By ♦oices that are gone ! Looks of f a miliar love, that never more, Never on earth, our aching eyes shall meet, Past words of welcome to our household door, And vanisled smiles, and sounds of parted feet-- k;pring ! 'midst the murmurs of thy flowering trees, Why, why reviv'st thou these? vi l la longings for the Dead !—why come they back With thy young birds, and leaves, and living blooms? ! is it not, that from thine earthly track, Hope to thy world may look beyond the tombs ? Yes ! gentle Spring ; no sorrow dims thine air, Breathed by our loved ones there ! F. H. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. We are glad to find that the delightful author of " Hints for the Holidays" has again taken up his pen, and given us an almost equally delight ful paper upon " May-day." Perhaps there is no living writer (if we excejt Miss Mitford, and she is only superior by being more strictly cor rect and matter-of-fact) who describes with such hearty earnestness, the landscapes and the vil lages, and the characteristic features of rural life. This is obvious throughout his present paper on " May-day," which, besides the correctness of its localities, evinces a deep meditative spirit ofpoetry, mixed up with a pleasing and amiable pathos. We give the following mingled specimen of de scription and sentiment, requesting the reader to compare it with one of Miss Mitford's, which we shall give below from the Monthly Magazine:— It is May-day, and I shall be happy as the season. What although some sad and solemn thoughts coin* suddenly across me, the day is not at nightfall felt to have been the less delightful, because that shadows now and then be dimmed it, and moments almost mournful, or of an un hymning hush, took possession of field or forest. lam all alone,—a solitary pedeetrian,—and obeying the fine im pulses of a will whose motiqes are changeable as the chame leon's hues, my feet shall bear me glancingly along to the merry music of streams, —or linger by the silent shores of ]oche,.—or upon the hill-summit pause, I the only spectator of a panorama painted by Spring, for my sole delight,—or plunge into the old wood's magnificent exclusion from sky, Where, all summer long, day is as night,—but not so now, for this is the season of buds and blossoms—and the cushat's nest is yet visible on the almost leafless boughs, and the • tashins streams in upon the ground-flowers, that in ano ther month will be cold and pale in the forest gloom, al most as those that bedeck the dead when the vault-door is closed and all is silence. The " Subaltern iu America," is by far the best and most spirited of those numerous sketches of the American war, with which we are now every where deluged. The account of General Ross's death, in particular, is highly impressive. The " Catholic Question," is al together unworthy of Blackwood, it would be unworthy even of the Literary Magnet ; inde pendently of its unjudicious spirit, as a compo sition, it is common-place. We would recom mend the author when he next attempts to put forth crude dogmas upon so momentous a sub ject, to come to his task at least with a more en larged, if not a more temperate mind ; also to read with attention a discussion on the Catholic Question, in the last number of the Edinburgh Review, with which if he be not convinced, then indeed, he is like love, incurable :—" nullis me dicabilis herbis." MONTHLY MAGAZINE. gg Water Companies," notwithstanding its sub ject, is a dry article ; whereas it might have been made a very humorous and entertaini ng one . " The Old Warrior's Grave," by Mrs. Hemans, is, like all her poetry, worth attention : it is not, however, one of her happiest effusions. " The Four Nations" is an incorrigibly dull paper, and characterized by a sort of persevering steady stupidity, which-would produce sleep, were it not for the active irritability which the fatigue of reading it occasions. When fatigue is carried to excess it totally dispels drow siness. Miss Mitford's paper on" Village Rambles, No. 1. Wheat Hoeing," is a pleasant faithful sketch, with all the freshness and the spirit of the country about it. We give an extract : W EAT- H OEIN G. May rue 3n.—C7ld bright weather. All within doors, sandy a nd chilly ; all without, windy and dusty. It is quite tantalizing to see that brilliant sun careering through so beautiful a sky, and to feel little more warmth from his presence than one does from that of his fair but cold sister, the moon. Even the sky, beautiful as it is, has the look of that one sometimes sees in a very bright moonlight night--deeply, intensely blue, with white fleecy clouds driven vigorously along by a strong breeze—now veiling and now exposing the dazzling luminary around whom they s 11. A beautiful sky ! and, is spite of its coldnew, a beautiful world ! The effect of this backward spring has been to arrest the early flowers, to which heat is the great ar ,erny ; whilst the leaves and the later flowers have, never 4ihrims, ventured to peep out slowly and cautiously in sunny e laceN,ATAiiiitiwis itl tat s cores and Indge-rvws, 4 pls&- sant mixture of March and May. And we, poor chilly mortals, must follow, as nearly as we can, the wise ex ample of the May-blossoms, by avoiding bleak paths and open commons, and creeping un the sheltered road to the vicarage—the pleasant sheltered road, where the western sun steals in between two rows of bright green elms, and the east wind is fenced off by the range of woody hills which rise abruptly before us, forming so striking a boundary to the picture. How pretty this lane is, with its tall elms, just drest in their young leaves, bordering the sunny path, or sweeping in a semi-circie behind the clear pools, and the white cot - tag-es that are scattered along the way. You shall seldom see a cottage hereabout without an accompanyinc , pond, all alive with geese and ducks, at the end of the little b garden. Ah ! here is Dame Simmons making a most original use of her piece of water, standing on the bank that divides it from her garden, and most ingeniously watering her onion bed with a new mop--now a dip, and now a twist ! Really, I give her credit for the invention. It is as good an imitation of a shower as one could wish to see on a summer-day. A squirt is nothing to it ! The Borderer's Leap," is powerfully written; here and there, indeed, it shows symptoms of the usual Magazine sublimity, such as " the glare of rage illuminating despair," and so forth, but as the incident of the tale is well and strikingly con ceived, we will not quarrel about a phrase. The Letter from a Gentleman in Town to his Friend in the Country," is good-humoured and anecdotical : in short, the whole Magazine exhi bits striking proofs of diligence and merit. LITERARY MAGNET. A pleasant entertaining number, but super ficial to a degree unusual in this age. " The Mill, a Moravian Tale," by Lord Francis Leve son Gower, is the best thing in it, but unfortu nately its length prevents us from doing justice to it. We prefer giving an extract from a pretty little tale, entitled " Kitty Kirby :" KITTY KIRBY. A TALE OF REAL LIFE. It has been remarked of young women whose dispositions are distinguished for cheerfulness, that they do not love readily; but that when they love, they love earnestly. In truth, " if love will not make them serious, nothing will." Poor Kate Kirby ! She was between sixteen and seven teen, when a young man, who had just turned his one-and twentieth year, had occasion to call upon her mother, upon business. His deceased father had been trustee for Mrs. Kirby's dowry, and he had found some writings Longing to her amongst his papers. These writings were im portant, as being the title-deeds of bet little property ; but as her possession of them would add nothing to her income, she had hitherto considered them perfectly safe in the hands of her trustee. The act, however, sheaved attention to her interests, and young Mr. Elmwood was cordially re ceived. What his actual motives in this transaction were, I will not venture to insinuate. He had seen Kate Kirby once or twice at his father's house ; for old Elmwood oc casionally noticed Mrs. Kirby and her daughter, and in vited them to a sort of triennial dinner, during which, with much apparent feeling, he condoled with her on the folly and extravagance of her late husband ; and lamented, with probably as much sincerity as delicacy, that her hand some dowry was reduced to such narrow limits. Mrs. Kirby always returned home in tears, and she never ac cepted the invitation bat with repugnance. Kate Kirby was then, as I have said, in her seven teenth year. I would describe her if I could; but it was not: the colour of her hair or of her eyes--it was not her face nor her figure, that constituted the truly fasci nating loveliness which all acknowledged who approached her. She was fair, but I have seen fairer: her hair was auburn, but I have seen locks of a more glossy hue : her form was light and elegant, yet have I seen forms of more accurate symmetry. Her hazel eves had light in them that I never saw outshone ; and her lips had a ruddiness, and, in their smile, an expression, that I never saw equalled : while their laugh—for Kate, as I have before noticed, would repeatedly laugh outright—realised to my imagination the laugh of a Hebe in her innocence, before she served at the banquets of the gods. Charles Elmwood could not but perceive the attachment of his victim ; but neither the sincerity nor the simplicity that characterised that attachment awakened in him the least commiseration. He admired the undisguisedness of heart with which a lovely being, in whose bosom had hitherto resided joy, and whose every whisper had breathed of happiness, immolated to him her future existence: but lee hesitated not to accept the-sacrifice, nor deceitfully to ►ull the apprehensions of such an innocent one, at the in stant when the confidence of love verges upon crime, and the ecstasy of mutual bliss trembles on the brink of irre mediable evil. Then, even then, did he mingle with his blandishments assurances of reciprocal tenderness, and pledges of honourable engagement. Under such pledges, in the security of everlasting faith, and while sensibility overpowered both presentiment and reflection, the sacrifice was made; and poor Kitty Kirby, in full reliance on the integrity of her lover, forgot the preservation of that purity, without which the integrity of the female heart, however perfect, is lost to the intercourse of society. LONDON AND DUBLIN MAGAZINE. This is a very promising Periodical—full of humour, good sense, and vigour. The poetry is far superior to that of the Thousand and One Lyrists of the present day ; and the vivacity pos sesses an air of true Irish originality. It is, however, scattered promiscuously throughout the Number, not confined to one particular part, SJ that we must give in preference an extract from the Memoirs of Theohald Wolfe Tone. MEMOIRS OF THEOBALD WOLFE TONE.* It can no longer be said, with any appearance of truth, that the " dark chain of silence" has been thrown over Ire land. O❑ more occasions than one it has been our pleas ing duty to cheer the incipient talent we had excited—to encourage the young intellect of Ireland to still higher efforts ; and very recently we felt ourselves justified in an ticipating important and happy results from its labours. We thought it impossible for bigotry and prejudice to resist the good of light which has within these two years been poured upon the public mind ; and without any desire to depreCiate our own labour, or the laboure of others—with out aoy wish to diminish the claims of the advocates of Irelsrid, in and out of Parliament—without any disrespect to they labours of the Parliamentary Committees, and the numerous witnesses examined before them,—we must say, that the good resulting, oe likely to result, from all these, !sinks into insignificance when compared to the benefits which the work before us must produce to the empire at large, and to Ireland in particular. Beyond all question, t is the most important publication that ever proceeded from the press on Irish affairs. Tone, with a daring hand, and a superior intellect, has torn into pieces the patched veil which too long hung suspended between the English and Irish people. To each he shows in what consists their reepectivt strength and weakness; and we hold it impos sible that Ministers, after this exposé, shall dare to advise the Monarch of these realms to refuse the claims of a people, who are momentarily placed in the crisis of a temp cation, which to resist would require more than personal attachment to the Sovereign, and which to accede to must lead to the downfall of this mighty empire. As strenuous friendi to the connection which subsists between these et,untries, and as decided enemies to all revolutions effected by bloodshed, we hail the appearance of these Memoirs and Journals, began'? they must open the eyes of England to the danger to which she has been exposed, and apprise the Government of the almost ignited mine upon which they have been unconsciously standing. Fortunately, they have been published at a time when a concurrence of circum stances seems to favour Ireland. The King has just placed at the head of Government a man, en whose liberal an d well-informed mind the obvious conclusions to the facts contained in Tone's Journal lead will not be lost ; and who, we trust, has honest ambition enough to ideutity his name with the settlement of a question, upon which de pends the welfare of the empire, and a notoriety at once honourable and imperishable. These Memoirs were recently published in America, and have just been reprinted in London. They contain the autobiography and journal of Theobald Wolfe Tone. Both were written while in France, negociating with the French Government relative to an invasion of Ireland, and were in tended solely for the use of his own family, and one or two friends. Events, however, have made it desirable that the son of the author should now give them to the public ; and we need not say, that lie has only done that which was due to memory of his father, and the ill-fated country of his birth. Theoliald Wolfe Tone was born in Stafford-street, Dublin, on the 20th of June, 1765. His grandfather was a re spectable farmer in the county of Kildare ; but his father followed the busi❑ess of a coachmaker in the metropolis. * Life of Theobald Wolfe Tone, Founder of the United Irish Society, and Adjutant-General and Chief de Brigade in the service of the French and Batavian Republics, 2 vols. byo. Waohiustna -,...Gales and Seaton,. Theobald was the eldest of three brothers, and one sister; all of whom seemed to have inherited the erratic propen sities of their maternal grandfather, who was Captain of a merchant ship, and a great original. "My father and mother," writes Tone in 1796, " were pretty much like other people, but I think it will appear that their children were not at all like other people ; but have had, every one of them, a wild spirit of adventure, which, though some times found in an individual, rarely pervades a whole family, including even the females : for my brother William has visited Europe,Asia, and Africa, before he was thirty years of age; Mathew has been in America twice, in the West Indies once ; not to mention several trips to England, and his voyage and imprisonment in France ; and all this, be fore he was twenty-seven. Arthur, at the age of fourteen, has been once in England, twice in Portugal and has twice closed the Atlantic, going to and returning from Anierica. My sister Mary crossed the same ocean, and, I hope, will do the same on her return. Ido not here speak of my wife, and our little boys and girl, the eldest of which latter was about eight, and the youngest two years old, when we sailed, for America; and, by all I can see, it is by no means certain, that our voyages are yet entirely finished." THE INSPECTOR• We understand, and are glad. to hear it, that this publication is likely to become popular,—if vigour of thought, novelty of subject, together with a certain pleasant arch humour, deserve en couragement—then has the " Inspector" every claim to popularity. Our limits will not allow us to give proofs of what we here state, which we the less regret, as, from its Increasing sale, the " Inspector" may, in a great degree, dispense with our good opinion and good wishes. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGI TO-MORROW. Nforning ...48 minutes after 5. I Evening ...10 minutes after 6• MENDICITY SOCIETY. The Ninth Annual Meeting of the Supporters and Friends of this Society, was held yesterday at the Free masons' Tavern. Previous to the commencement of the proceedings of the day, it was understood that the curl of Hardwicke would take the Chair ; but at one o'clock it was announced that the Noble Earl had sent a letter, in which he regretted his inability to attend punctually, and to mark the high estimation in which he held the Society, he for warded his donation of 101. Under these circumstances, the Hon. C. J. Shore was called to the Chair ; but Lord Hardwicke soon after arrived, and presided during the re mainder of the proceedings. The Hon. Chairman having opened the business of the day, the Assistant Manager read the Annual Report. It was highly satisfactory. The Report being concluded, General Thornton moved, that it be received and circulated. The usual resolutions were then proposed and adopted, and after having strongly tea..', tifieel its approbation of the principles of the Society, and the mantle - in which they were carried into execution, the meeting separated. 2,;-; - . BRITISH CATHOLICS. Yesterday, pursuant to adjournment, an open meeting of the British Catholic Association was held at the rooms in Thorney-street, to consider what measures is would be ex pedient to adopt in the present posture of their affairs : Charles Butler, Esq., in the chair. As soon as Mr. BUTLER had taken the chair, Mr. QUIN rose immediately, and said, that as the Catho lics of England were in such circumstances that the lege they said the better, he would move that they do imme diately adjourn. Colonel STONOR seconded the motion. Mr. WIIIIBLE thought it would be more advisable to enter upon some discussion than to stultify themselies by the exhibition of repeated assemblies, which only met for the purpose of adjourning. He thought it extremely hard that gentlemen should be brought from the country to at tend these meetings, where all they learnt was, that they were at liberty to go back again. Such conduct could only have the effect of preventing Roman Catholics from paying any attention to the requisitions which professed to call these meetings together. It had been suggested, that considerations of delicacy towards the new Ministry should induce the Roman Catholics to avoid embarrassing their friends in power, by the agitation of their question; but lie (Mr. Wheble) thought, that whatever might be the views and principles of the Ministry, the Catholics had but one course to pursue, the straight-forward undeviating as sertion of their rights. Mr. RossoN was as anxious as any man for the discus sion 1, of their claims, , hut he thought that .the resent) state of , atTlijakyuciAioommiou would lw • - gha Learned Gentleman then read an extract from a popular work of imagination, written by a most intimate friend of Mr. Canning's. It contained a description of a Ministry governing for the country, and not for themselves ; and gated, that the time was at hand when " a first Minister may find that his character will be as firm a support as his ability, and when sincerity of heart and openness of man ner may do as much for a Chancellor of .the Exchequer as his figures." Mr. Rosson concluded by propoiing the fol lowing resolution : " Resolved,—That this open Committee, adhering to the principles so often promulgated in the various resolutions agreed to by the British Catholic Association, is feelingly alive to the hope that the Administration which has been lately formed. will meet the .wants of the present day, by making justice to all the governing principle of its policy: That such a Government would. speedily rally round it the best spirits of the country, and, among other salutary measures, by restoring the privileges oldie Constitution to one-third of the population of the empire, make the So vereign, by the ties of affection as well as in law, the father of his people. " That they do now adjourn." Mr. Thomas Samos. said he had the honour to second the resolution. Mr. ENKAS M‘DoxNaLL said he had, he did not know whether he could say the honour, he at least had the inward happiness to oppose the resolution. He thought that the Roman Catholics ought not to put their question in con nexion or collision with any party in the State, and ought not to regulate their proceedings with a reference to any ►ministerial cabals.—(Here Col. Stonor, Sir John Burke, Bart., and several other gentlemen retired from the meeting, for the purpose of witnessing the ceremony of laying the tirst stone of the London University.).—Upon this Mr. M'Donnell exclaimed, " Here, in the discussion of this Luestion, is the foundation stone, which is more wor- thy of your attention." The appeal was ineffectual ; the gentlemen departed, and Mr. M'Donnell proceeded.— It was said that the highest personage in the State was hos tile to the Catholic claims. This he (Mr. M'Donnell) could not believe, as it was in opposition to all the public acts of that illustrious personage. Mr. M'Dennell then al luded to the late proceedings at Chester, and the "wo ! wo !" incantations of the Bishop of that diocese ; and re plied with great force to the speech said to have been deli vered there by Mr. Tyrwhitt at the No-Popery Meeting. Mr. M'Donnell then adverted to the state of Ireland, and read a statement, from which it appeared that in that coun try Romau Catholics were excluded from SOU places of trust and emolument—from that of Lord High Chancellor to the situation of sub-Sheriff. Mr. M‘Donnell then alluded to the charge of divided allegiance, and read a memorial, presented by the Catholics of Ireland to the late Pope Pius VII., in which they most unequivocally disclaimed and rejected any authority upon his part to exercise any interference with them in matters which were not purely and exclusively spiritual. He concluded by op posing, the motion for adjournment. The motion was, however, after a long discussion, ulti mately carried by a majority of two, and the meeting ad journed sine die. About three o'clock on Saturday morning, the watchman going his rounds in Gilbert -street, Clerkenwell, discovered strong bodies of smoke issuing from the lower parts of the house of Mr. Kingsland, wholesale shoe-warehouse. He gave a prompt alarm, which aroused the inmates ; and Mrs. Kingsland ( Mr. Kingsland was from home,) her mother, a servant, a youth, and two young children, escaped b; the front first floor window, along the balcony which adjoins the next house. The smoke soon filled the house with the utmost density, but yet no flames were any where per ceptible ; and all was conjecture as to where the fire was, until the firemen discovered that a flue belonging to a stove in one of the workshops had been carelessly left with a fire in it, and the vent being closed, some wood-work had gradually become heated, and produced that dense body of smoke, the fatal effects of which we have to re late. The firemen having adopted the usual means to assist the smoke in the escape, dis covered, in a small room adjoining the workshop, the lifeless bodies of two apprentices, in bed, who had been suffocated by the smoke which we have described. Their bodies were removed into the open air, and every means adopted to restore animation, but unhappily without effect. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1827. thelt will be seen by the Court Circular, th a t new Members of Administration received, yester day, from his MAJESTY, the seals of their re spective offices. It is pretty generally understood that all these appointments are not permanent, and that some farther changes will take place at no very distant period ; but it is satisfactory to think, that we have again an Executive and responsible Government—a blessing of which the country had been deprived by the si ,multaneous secession of the greater number of those who composed the late Administration. Some anxiety is felt about the nature of this night's debate in the House of Commons, but it is not impossible that the ballot on the Ludlow Election Petition may prevent Mr. CANNING'S taking his seat before to-morrow, as it may not be over till four o'clock, after which hour Mem bers cannot take. the oaths. In such a case, we presume, Mr. PEEL will, if he intends making any statement explanatory of his conduct, defer it till Mr. CANNING is enabled to take a share in a debate in which he is personally interested. Rumour is again busy as to the probability of a dissolution taking place at the close of the present Session. We do not anticipate the least necessity of Mr. CANNING'S being driven to such a step by anything approaching to a mi nority in either House, but, at the same time, it is generally considered advisable for a new Minister to have a new Parliament at the com mencement of his career. It is frequently the means of substituting decided for lukewarm friends, or enemies, to the extent of fifty or a hundred votes, as otherwise occasions arise un expectedly for atrial of strength, when it is found impossible to do any thing but regret that the step had not been sooner taken: At the same time the evils of a general election are of so serious a nature that 110 patriotic Minister will bring them on the country unnecessarily, and we may safely trust in this, as in other inatters to the discretion and judgment, of the Right lion. Gentleman at the head of his MAJESTY'S Go vernment. The Duke of WELLINGTON has issued the following General Order to the Anny, upon re signing the office of Commander-in-Chief : " Iforse-Guard3, April 30, 1827. " Notwithstanding that Field Marshal the Duke of WEL LINGTON has found it necessary to lay at his MAJESTY'S feet his resignation of the Command ,of the Army, with which his IIiAJESTY" had been most graciously pleased to entrust him, he begs' to assure the General Officers, Officers, and Troops, of his constant solicitude for their bonour and welfare. (By his Grace's command) " HENRY TORRENS, Adjutant-General." We have no great fault to find with the words used in this address, but we must protest against the principle of it, which we consider to be un constitutional and improper in the highest degree, 'and having no analogy with any ether proceeding in any other department of the State. Do we hear of any such proceeding on the part of Lord MELVILLE and the Board of Admiralty, who with equal propriety might put forth a circular order to the Navy on their dissolution as a Board ? What has the Army to do with the cir cumstance of the Duke of WELLINGTON hay- ing resigned his office ?—it is sufficient for them to know that he no longer holds it. And to what unpleasant consequences might not this practice of addressing the Army lead ? We will suppose that his Grace of WELLING TON, instead of resigning the situation of Com mander-in-Chief, had been dismissed from it by , his MAJESTY, under some circumstances of personal disgrace, and that instead of wishing, as in this instance, to gratify a feeling of vanity in expressing his solicitude for their honour and welfare, his Grace had thought fit, in the exercise of this new prerogative, to describe in exaggerated colours, the treatment he bad re ceived, and excite throughout the Army a feel ing of commiseration towards him. 'What is there to prevent his Grace, or any other Commander in -Chief, whose conduct might have deserved such treatment, from taking such a step under feelings of irritation, if 'the Principle is admitted of addressing the Army upon personal subjects and to express personal feelings ? On this occa sion, the vanity whiCh excited the address will only be laughed at ; but a stop ought to be put at once to a practice which might not always be equally harmless. We received last night the Paris Papers of Saturday and the Etoile of Sunday morning. The latter does not notice the reports which all the other papers allude to as prevailing in Paris of a change of Minisiry. The probability of this event has been spoken of since their defeat on the Law of the Press, and the rumours have now as sumed such a shape as to be entitled to some credit notwithstanding the silence of the Etoile. Whether M. VILLELE will remain in the new Ministry is considered as doubtful. No political news of importance is contained in these Papers. The arrival of Lord COCHRANE in the Morea is said to have caused a great sen sation in the Divan. Amongst our Extracts will be found an article from the Constitutionnel on the influence which the appointment of : Mr. CANNING to the Pre miership in England will have on the Desti nies o f Europe, Already spur distinguished Statesman " appears to be considered as the Prime Minister of Representative Europe." FRENCH Forms, APRIL 28.—Five per Cents. 100 f. 80c. ; S per Cents. 71f. ; Bank Stock, 2,030 f. ; Neapo litan, 78E 20c. ; Spanish Loan, (1823), 571. ; Exchanges on London—One month, 25f. 40c. ; Three ditto, 25f. 25c. Hamburgh Papers to the 29th ult. reached us last night, but do not furnish a single paragraph of interest. EXCHANGES ON LoNnoN.—Hamburgh, 27th April ; 36. 9 ; 2 months, 36. 6.—Leipsic, 23d April ; 3 in. 6. 17i.—Berlin, 24t4 April ; 3 m. 6. 184. The Allgenzcine Zeitung and Frankfort Papers have been received this morning to the 25th ult. but they merely repeat the news rela tive to Greece which have already appeared. The only paragraph worth extracting respects the wisdom of the Greek Government, in entrusting to KARAISKAKI the task of delivering the Greek Continent from the domineering ferocity a the Turks. It proceeds— One work still remains for Karaiskaki to perform, and this is the deliverance of the Acropolis of Athens, and the destruction of the army under Redschid Pacha ; his pru dence and valour will accomplish this also. The aid of God, and the prayers of the Government and the whole Greek nation, be with him, and the officers and soldiers combating under him. We have already given news from Constantinople of 2il March, contained in letters from Odessa of the 6th, which affirm that Karaiskaki and Karatasso had actually relieved the Acropolis ; that the Streakier in his retreat, was sur rounded 10 leagues from Athens ; and that the last action was on the 16th March, where he was again beaten, and put to flight by Karaiskaki. VIENNA, APRIL 19. Metalliques, 90 7-16 ; Bank Shares, 1084. FILOI/ LAGUAYRA, JULY 15.--Bolivar has published an order, directing the Collectors of the Revenue to im prison all persons indebted to the Treasury ; one gen tleman had acutally been imprisoned, and all his effects seized, the door of his store closed, and sealed with the Go vernment stamp. From the Board of the Jerusalem Coffee-house :—The Burmese flag was hoisted at Rangoon on the 9th December, and Sir Archibald Campbell and troops had left for Am herst Town ; all was quiet in India ; freight at Calcutta very low and scarce; the last instalment had been paid. From the John Bull of the 80th of December, by the Ferguson, we learn that Rangoon was given up to the Burmese, on the 9th of December, and entered the same day. THE FUNDS--(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' C7eck. In consequence of this day being kept as a holiday at the Bank and both Stock Exchanges, the Brokers and Jobbers have, as usual, congregated together on the Royal Exchange, where a few unimpor feat private bargains were done at 821 ; and up to this hour there has not been the most trifling variation. The Foreign Funds continue gloomy, particularly Mexican and Colombian Bonds, the former were quoted, early in the morning, at 68 4, and ome business has been done at 671 81 ; in the latter, 32 was the price, but they gave way, and are now SI/ 2. No prices of the French Funds have yet come to hand by the Mail, it being Sunday ; the probability is that no transactions of import will take place, and that the dealers will avail themselves, at an early hour, to retire and enjoy the fineness of the day. Two o' Clock. Consols have become flat, and are 82i ; Colombian Bonds seem in a very depressed state, and have been done at 31 ; present price SI ; Mexican have equally felt the effects as the former, having been 67, and now 67k. Ten Minutes after Two o' Clock. Consols have fallen to 82f on a Report of Six Regi ments being ordered to Canada ; Colombian Bonds are 31 ; Mexican are worse, 66i 1; both these Republican Securities look worse in consequence of the fall in Consols. "We are eit trial "the=Kixo, • yesterday, presented the Earl of Eldon with a magnificent Gold Cup, in token of his Majesty's sense of the able and faithful services of the Noble Lord. THE GUARDS.--The manuscript of this forth coming 'Work has, we are assured, been read with unbounded applause, in a Literary Circle of the very first class, and is expected to do won ders. The Gay, the Brave, and the Fair aspir ant for a leaf in Fashion's Wreath, are all in cluded in its pages. It will appear to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—As early as twelve o'clock, to-day, several Members had engaged their seats for the evening. Sir R. Wilson and Mr. Brougham have removed from their former stations,, and fixed themselves on the third Ministerial Bench, immediately behind the seat which Mr. Canning usually occupies. Lady Trigge entertained a select party to din ner yesterday, at her house in Saville-street. John Weyland, Esq. entertained a distinguish ed party to dinner yesterday, at his house in Cork-street. The Countess St. Antonio entertained at elegant circle of the haul ton, on Sunday even ing, at her house in Hanover-square, among whom were, Prince and Princess Esterhazy, Prince and Princess Polig,nac, and most of the other Foreign Ambassadors, Ministers, and their Ladies, the Marquis, Marchioness, and Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, the Marquis of Hert ford, &c. The remains of Mr. Rowlandson,' the Artist, were conveyed, on Saturday, from his chambers, in the Adelphi, to the Church-yard of St. Paul's, Covent-garden. The funeral was quite private. His early and faithful friends, Jack Bannister, and Harry Angelo, with his patron, Mr. Ackermann, of the Strand, were the only persons whom we recognised of those who at tended. Rowlandson has left behind a widow, to whom he has very properly bequeathed all that he possessed. Madame Mara, the once celebrated vocalist, who is now living, at an advanced age, in Russia, has announced her intention of giving her genu ine memoirs to the world, in consequence, as she says, of the erroneous ones which are in circula tion. V-v Madame Vestris has concluded a most suc cessful engagement at Bath. She will appear at Covent-garden on Wednesday, in the new co medy of The Wife's Stratagem. Mr. C. Kemble will play his favourite charac ter of Leon, this evening, in Rule a Wife and Have a Wife. • .• Gainsborough p a i n ted a portrait of Garrick, but could never by any Chance catch the resem blance. " Curse the fellov," he at last exclaimed, " he takes likenesses of ,he whole world ; yet has not one of his own."—/,e Furet. A stranger is at present leve, whose appear ance has attracted consideral3e attention. We understand he is a Batavian herchant. He is is followed bylla, ella, and wears dressed rnesastei native in jaav nondescript Javanes e, Nyith c a n o s t u u n in :b. , the Order of the White Elephant on his breast. The latter circumstance has giver , rise to a re loon a white port, that he may be seen, mounted elephant, on 'Change.—Liverpool Ai ver ti se , A SCEPTIC.—A young man and his father went one day to a notary in order tc sign a contract; when the clerk thus addressedf,h eso ii. " Are you of age, sir ?"—" Yes, here i s th e certificate of my birth." " Good ! and you, sir," turning towards the father, " are you l lso of age ?" " I should rather think so ; wen this young man is my own son." " Oh, tln% s no proof ; you must produce your certificatk • p, gr. —Le Furst, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS a FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, APRIL SO.—Wind S.W—Arrived from Lon the Malrina, Kent, fur St. Luck; the Januet, Gard for BarLadoes ; the Indian, Riibertson, for Quebec; Funchal, 111‘Pberson, for Madeira. The Sirene, , therlands ship of war, sailed for Helvoetsluys this 111100,,, FALMOUTH, APRIL 29.—Arrived the J o lly Tar,l signol, from Altea, in 24 days, for L on d on , s poke, inst., lat. 41. SI. long. 9. SO., the F r i en d s , of Jerg Jones, from Antwerp, for Tarragona. P I PORTSMOUTH, Amu. SO.—Arrived the Polperop Blanc, from Cadiz, for London, sailed March 25th; 27th inst. off the Start, spoke the Jersey, from Ca d : for London. Sailed the Princess Royal, Kaius, Stouter transports, for Cork and Quebec. GRA VESEND, APRIL SO.—Arrived the Jane, Bond, t° Malaga; the Transfer, Rowe, from Lisbon ; the Hutto: Brown, from Carbonaras. Sailed the Nautilus, Dune 6t for Hamburgh. The Carnbrea Castle, sailed from Bengal on the 26th (1( December, ; Saugur, the 2d of January; and St. Heled° the 6th of March. The Hope, Flint ; Temandra, —; and Belle Alliso. from Bengal, had arrived at St. Helena. The City of Edinburgh, —, from Bengal, was the Cape of Good Hope about the 18th of February dismasted. ABERDEEN, APRIL 29.—The Resolution, Kidd, of this place, sailed fora Rotterdam to London, about three inuat ill . ago, and has not since been heard of. Vessel SpOken.—The Edward transport, of Lond o on the 26th ult., near the Lizard. The Marchioness of Ely was to sail from Bengal on th e 10th Jan. ; the Prince Reg e nt o n th e 25th ; an d the Alio , Balderston, on the 28th for London. The Carnbrea Castle, Capt. Davey, is arrived off Po.t ). mouth, from Bengal ; sailed from Bengal Dec, 29-- from St. Helena, March 6. The Hope, Flint, Belle Alliance, , and Timandr a ' Wray, are arrived from Bengal at St. Helena. The City of Edinburgh, from Bengal, was off St. Il e ' Lena about the 18th Feb., dismasted. The Perseverance, Pain, and Victory, -, both frog ) London, are arrived at Bengal. SURREY SESSIONS-(THIS DAY.) Mark M'Donald, a respectable looking youth, was dieted for stealing a pistol from Miles Bond, a watchina*, of Peckham, on the 17th of last April. It appeared tbs t the watchman had been taking a man to the watchhosi r on the night of the above ctsy, and on returning to his ha% t found it had been broken open and the pistol stolen. 11 pistol was a ft erwards found in the prisoner' s pocket. —Ar , Guilty. Elilabetk Smith was convicted of stealing a coral neck', lace, the property of George Green.—Twelve mouth , hard labour. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—( At per Lead of 36 TrusSea) ':'. ST. JAMES'S. .2:. a. .X. s X. I. X. 0. Lowland Mead. Hay 4 oto 5 0 Clover Hay 5 oto 7 a ; Upland Ditto . 5 0 6 6 Oat Str aw 2 0 2 ; Rye-grass Hay...... 5 0 6 6 Wheat Ditto 2 4 - Supply good, trade dull, and prices as on Saturday. SMITHFIELD. .s.X. s. L s ' ; Lowland Mead. Hay 3 15 to 4 15 Cl o y . H a y genera ll y 5 oto . 0 Upland Ditto 4155 15 D o. extra f i ne OO 7 I Rye-grass Hay 415 515 Oat Straw 1 18 _., 1 0 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Wheat Ditto 2 2 Supply good, and trade somewhat brisk, at Saturday's prices' Just published, rinrE GUARDS. A Novel, in Three Vo lumes, post Bvo. ' Arma Virumque Cano."—Vfacm. Printed for P. C. Smith, Naval and Military Magazine Office,. 36, St. James's-street. TRICKS OF IRISH Bank Stock VPOCKS, APRIL 28. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Consols, 3 per cent. - Gov. Stock, 3 per cent 5 8 1,4 National Ditto Ditto, New Patriotic Ditto — 4 per Cent. 97% Hibernian Bank l7 , ti Gov. Deb. 3% per cent.... 89%% Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock Imperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. et. Commercial Buildings — SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTER SALL'S...—APRIL 30. There was nothing done here to-day, nearly all the members being at Newmarket. Till the return of th e subscribers, there will not be any Bettiug worth notice. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, 18x7• NEWMARKET, MONDAY, TWELVE AT NVOr r. The course to-day, notwithstanding the excessive hes% was very fashionably attended, including the Dulcas o f • Grafton and Richmond ; the Marquis and Marchioness 01 Exeter; Lords Wharncliffe, 'Orford, Jersey, Lowther, .It 9" son, Darlington, Verulam, Fitzroy, Dunwich, U. dish,• and Milton ; Honourables, Colonel Anson and C' Wyndham ; Sirs J. Shelley, R. Gage, and R. Clifton ; Colonels Wilson, J. Mills, k l e, " P ter ay i- ne an , Leeson, Lyster, and Broadhead ; Messrs. C. Wilson, 11- ley, Cooper, Townsend, and Thelluson ; and many distinguished characters. dßALbrne,y:r.bCay,psttalinn: BETTING AT THE NEW ROOMS. The following important alterations have taken P lace to-night:— DERBY. 9 to 2 apt Glenartney 10 to 1 apt Catherine 11 to 1 agst Defence 16 to 1 agst 3lameluke 17 to 1 agst Elise Tea:le 2: : to 1 agst Roderick 26 to 1 agst Spondee 25 to 1 agstEspagnollei No 25 to 1 apt Tatter j takers :0 to 1 agst any other. 2000' QUIN E A STAKES. 7 tot agst Catherine t 2 to 1 agst Chrysalis 4 to 1 agst any other. The following have paid' forfeit for the 2000 Guineas Stakes :—.Espagnolle colt, Proteatant, Atticus, Brother to Fanatic, Gamelius, ParAarus, Othello, Livonia, and Fairlawn. The day's Races were ri n as follow : Handicap Sweepstakes of ) J sum each, for alt./gag. " Mr. Barnard's Toss, Sat. !01b..•., .. Mr. Wyndham's Black S '"an, sat. 61h. Lord Darlington's Abroi 51b. Mr. How's Skiff, 9st. Mr. Payne's The Genssfu, Bst. 21b Duke of Richmond's Link-boy, Bst 21b Lord Anson's c. by Merlin, 6st. Sib Mr. Gray's f. by Spectre, Gst. Sib. A good race, and won by half a length-4 to 1 agst Blac k Swan-6 to 1 agst The General. Sweepstakes of 100 soya. each, li. ft. colts, Bst. 51b. fil lies, Bst. 21b. rising three years old. D.M. D. of Richmond's f. Gulnare, by Smolensko--Medora Mr. Prendergast's f. by Con lUS-Consurs dam 1 Twopaid—Won easy-11 to lon Gulnare. Match—D.M. 200, h. ft. Set. 51b. each. Duke of Grafton's Zoff a ni, by Woful—Z a id a ....... . . 1 Lord Orford's c. by Merlin—Comical's dam ......... 2 A good race, and won by half a length -2 to lon Zoffsni• Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft. for colts, 8 "' lib. and fillies, Set. 51b. T.Y.C. Mr. Rogers's bl. c. Nonsuit, by Smolensk° .......... Mr. Ramsbotton's ro. c. Prism, by Rainbow 2 Mr. Molony's cb. c. Vivian Grey, by Anticipation ..• ° Gen. Grosvenor's ch. f. Spite, by Tirenias--Sprite••• 0 Mr. Prendergast's br. f. by Comus 0 Five paid—Won cleverly by half a length-5 to 4on Non suit-4 to 1 agst Prism-4 to 1 agst Vivian Grey. 1141atch-300, h. ft. R.M. Lord Anson's Noureddin, Sat. 21b. Duke of Grafton's Paul Junes, Sat. 71b. - - Won by a neck--2 to 1 s l ot rinureddio. The Second Clarendon Stakes of 200 sovs. each, h. ft. colts, Bst. 71b. fillies, Bat. 41b. D.M. Mr. Wilson's c. Astonishment, by Filho da Puta 1 Lord J. Fitzroy's c. Paramour, by Merlin—Parasol 2 Mr. Hunter's f. by Orville—Canvas 3 Lord Exeter's c. by Captain Candid—Augusta's dam 4 Two paid-4 to lon Astonishment. Match—Clermont Course, 50 cove. _ _ Mr. R. Wilson's bl. f. Emma, by Smolensko, 85t.... 1 I%lr. L. Charlton's Bragauza, by Octavius, Bst. Sib.... 2 Match—R.M. 200, h. ft. Lord Jersey's c. Mameluke, by Partisan, Bst. '7lb. rec. ft. Lord Orford's f. by Merlin..-Shoveler, fist. 21b......• pd Match—D.M. 100, h. ft. Bst. 51b. each. Mr. Scott Stonehewer's Theorem, br. to Probloo••• r e c • ft. Mr. Greville's c. by Waterloo—Orion's dam.. ••••••..•• pd Match—D.M. 500, h. ft. Sot. 51b. each. Mr. Rush's Carthago .... rec. ft. Mr. Greville's Rachel ..................................... pd Match—Last Three Miles of B.C. 200 sous., h. ft. Colonel Wilson's Lamplighter, Bst. 91b. rec. ft. Mr. R. Wilson's Maldonis, fist. ROYAL ACADEMY CONCERT.—The third Concert of the present season was given last night, at the Hanover-square Rooms, to a nu merous and fashionable audience. In the list of vocal performers were the names of Madame Caradori, Miss Stephens, Signors Galli, De Begnis, and Begrez ; Mr. Vaughan and Mr. Terrail ; and the orchestra, which was led by Mori, supported by F. Cramer and Spagnioletti, wa s on the same grand scale as that of the Phil harmonic Society. As a tribute of respect to the memory of Beethoven, the Concert com menced with the " Heroic Symphony" of that composer, but ending with the " Funeral March," which was played in a style of wimp grandeur. Sir George Smart presided at the pianoforte, as conductor.