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PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. . , HOUSE OF COMMONS. VenCriS, 6° We :Mali, - 1825. ItiEssAGr. from the hnitns..-That they have agreed to_ • Petersficld and Alton, Lockwood and Melthath, Cockermouth and Alaryport, . and Sheldon and Torquay Roads Bills; Aberdeen, Gaol Bill; Sudbury Improvement Bill ; Stone ' • • haven Harbour Bill ; and Dearhatri (Dumberland) Inclosure Bill, without amendment. E o ADs—DOncaster and Thorne—Two Petitions, in favour - 7 -to . lie on the table. Barnsley and Orange lloor--Tetition of the Duke of heeds, against—referred to the Coinmittee on the Counsel ordered. Shepley-lane Head—Petition of T. R. Beaumont, Esq. 'complaining that Standing Orders have not been complied with—referred to the Committee on the ,Leeds: and Whitehail—Petitions from Ilalifax, &c. in favour-to lie on the table. Ross-shire—Petition from Dingwall, against—referred to the Committee-on the BR. Ctrencester, Rochdale, and Wiveliscombe—Bills reported, to be ingrossed. Birmingham and Pershore—Bill read a „ third time, anti passed. RAILWAYS-Canterbury and Whitstable,•and Rumney—Bills reported, to be . I kPitOVEMEN - r,-. ingrossedßrighton—.Brighton Petitions from Brighton, aoainst--reterred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel or dered. e rsifAts—.Western Ship—Petitions from Poole, Chardstock, and Taunton, itl favour—to lie on the table. Liskeard and Looe—Petition of Sir C. Penrose, an to the - , onttittee:'on the Bill, Counsel ordered. °exa—Kingston-upon-Hull—Petition from Trinity House x ..of Kingston-upon-Hull, in favour — to lie o n the tab l e. 'ENVBTILEET A MENnstt N T—Petitionfroin St. Mary-lebone Vestry, against—referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. •...I; ll APEt.—Gosport—Bill read a third tinge, and passed , , .. •Oz)lit—fdeith—Petition from Edinburgh, in favour—to e , Heron the table. `-' O IStutN A TION LAWS—Petitions : of. ,Framework knitters of Leicester, and Joiners of Dublin, against.; and of Ship Caulkers of the River Thames, complaining of the Combi nation of Workmen—referred to the Select CoMmitte e. i '"11.1.2./ CATHOLIC CLAI3IS—Six Petitions, against, and One, in favour—to lie on the table. ostAt.t. TITHES RECOVERY—BiII read a - first time, to be read a secmnd time on Wednesday next , and to be p rinted. c ° IIN LAWS—Petition from East.6rinsted, against any alter ation therein ; and from Diptford, for a revision thereof—to lie on the table. I 'usE API) WiNnow TAX—Petitions for the repeal thereof, fromA Taunton, and Kingsbridge, &c.—to lie o n the table. co DUTlES—Petitions from' tlgborough and Drogheda, w g'clinst—to lie on tile table. - • 41 ' 111 : 1 { TRADE (Ireland) CO3lMlTTEE—Resolntions report ed :—" That it is expedient to place the Irish Illanufac.urers of Linen on the same footing, in respect of the free use of British „Mill Spun Yarn and Foreign Yarn, with the English and Scotch Mulufacturers;" and "that it is expedient to repeal lower the Duties on Foreign undressed Flax, dressed O A lax, and Yarn." viGAT lost—Clyde—Petitions from Aberdeen, and Ar broath against—referred to the Committee on the Bill, Counsel ordered. 4t .INATIC TRUSTEES—BiII "for consolidating and amend- Tg," read a first time, to be read a second time on Mon tlaY next, and to be printed. o "CYANCE OF PARCELS—SeIect Committee, to inquire Leto the operation of the Acts which regulate the convey- Tice of Parcels, and the Porterage there of, in and near the etropolis, appointed. • N OTICES of MOTION'S, and ORDERS of the DAY which now stand on the ORDER-BOOK of the HOUSE 451. COMMONS for the,ENSUIN(i WEEK. 1 Monday, May 9. t iwinies Bill—Further consideration of Report. •-Lounty Rates Mortgage 1301—Further consideration of % .n Report. - .4. u nacia• Company Bill—FurtheF consideration of Report. ; r an Dieman's Land Company Bill—Committee. u " Land T a x Assessments Bill—Further consideration of Re fl. Port. h "rnall Debts (Scotland) Bill—Report. ,4"llnleary Harbour Bill—Second reading. ',,_ 4 Pply—Report 25th: April) Postponed Resolution.] la salaries Courts Bill—Report of Resolution thereupon. 11 ",„alaries to Judges, &c. (Scotland) —Committee thereupon. 1 2 ' 4 Xchequer Court (Ireland) Bill—Corsmittee- - 1 3 : Apothecaries Bill—Committee. Chelsea Pensioners Bill—Third reading. 1! Leasing -making (Scotland) Bill—Second reading. 1 '6111.11 - le nt of Prisoners (Scotland) Bill —Second reading. unuy Traverse Ml.—Committee. 18. DTtailliecrisrpu4tee3 13111—Second reading. 1 0. Chaucer Y •ht—Committe.e. , n cerY Court (Ireland) Bill—Third reading. Ch a n Catholic Relief Bill—Zurther consideration of Re port. Elective Franchise (Ireland) Bill—Committee. . ) , 4: Transports in the Colonies Bill—Second reading. ,•Canada Tenur es Bill—Second reading. :).•!• Pirates Head Money Bill—Committee. S upply—Committee. ays and M eans —C omm i ttee . 4 ). Thtown.Silk A ct R epea l Bill — C omm itt ee . 48 . Warehoused Corn Bill—Committee. 1. NOTICES or MOTIONS. 11Ir.- Chancellor of the Exchequer—Vote of £ - 'OOO to Mr. APAdam. (In Committee of Supply.) Mr. Scarlett—Select Committee on Plan of the Building in tended for the Court of King's Bench. Sir 'George Hill—Select Committee on the Laws respecting • the• Butter Trade of Ireland. Tuesday, May 10.. 1. nr . yy NOTICES OF MOTIONS. nume—Return of the past and present expence of Sierra Leone, and the liberated Negroes there ; of the Crown E4tatel in Essequibo and Berbice, and of the ex pence for captUred Negroes ; and of sums paid on account of the Slave Trade. • Mr. Monck—Bill to prohibit, in certain cases, the payment of any part or portion of the wages of Labourers out of the Poor Rates. ORDERS OF THE DAY. County Courts Bill—Committee. t rownland Boundaries (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. • Columbia Postage Bill—Second reading. Liverpool and Ireland Bill—Second reading. Quarantine Laws Bill—Committee. txchequer Bill (Public Works, Ireland) Bill—Report. 4 1 4inen Trade (Ireland) —Further consideration of Report. 0 . Custfiras Laws Repeal Bill—Further consideration of Report. Ctistorns Management Bill—Further consideration of Re_ Port. 11 'avigation Laws Bill—Further consideration of Report. 12 . Q "sor.ns Regulation Bill—Further consideration of Report. ' l / 4 )r noggling Prevention Bill—Further consideration of Re „.„.Port. 14. w ooer Ware'luit&ing Bill—F ur ther consideration of Report. Isle.of Man Trade Bill—Further consideration of Report. : See •Hogiof "Writs (Ireland) Bill—Committee. • TVednesday, May 11. Q l lazt Tithes Bill—Second leading. iT L ueroent of the Poor Bill—Third reading. L an kers (Ireland) Bill—Further consideration of Report. ev arlt Company Bill—Committee. Thursday, May 12. 0 1 . s M NOTICES or . ' 1? A iatthew Ridley—llotion relative to the Revision and 2 . „Fonso W on of the Statutes. allace--Assimilation of the English and Irish Cur rency. ORDERS OF THE DAY. _ i ng. Peclal uies (Irland Bill—Second StealingJ n r Mines e Bill— ) Committee. read Friday, May 13. ORDERS OF TUE DAY. 2 . ,Übble Act Amendment Bill—Second reading. 3. c ,'"-st India Judges Bill—Further consideration of Report. 4. ett.on Mills Regulation Bill—Second reading. 5. p r ink Guns Bill—Second reading. 6. co _ iar dens Prot ec ti on Bill—S econ d rea di ng . 7. lonial Intercourse Bi—Further consideration of Report. Transfer o f Land Bill—Committee. • , PRIVATE BILLS. BAir• Second -Readings . for Monday. ali a ki wa ., une Inclosure, Ross-shire Roads, Wormesley ,__..........__..2.2rni London Portable Gas. . . A F P OSt 414 I LY POISO N ED.— The Limerick Evening mitMonday last says—" A circumstance has occurred here xktio , _n the last few days, which has created a considerable sen lit,e• The entire affair, as yet wrapped in some mystery, has kte investig , ation since yesterday. Five persons tal c ,"Ta_ l . l Y rate, labouring undcr the effects of poison, having lvette: q u antity of ar sen i c i n sugar , w i t h w hi c h they authorities deft tea. conclusion and a member of a respectable family ti cli c l 9 4 l - ce :, n ed) Nye forbear for the present going into par- PRICE OF STOCKS 'TIM' t3,c4k Stock 229ii 3 per Cent. Red. , !_10 3 per Cent. Cons. 941 1 914 per Cent. Ditto Red. • 9 7fa Dissd 4 per Cent.. New 10.13 . 5 4i Bank Long Ann. 2li 22 Imp. 3 per Cents. India Stock Ditto Bonds • 72 pm. ITtY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Old Annuities New Ditto Ex: Bills 1000/. 2d. Ditto • 1 Ad. Ditto 501)1.21.._ Ditto 1Ad....54 52 .55 Ditto Ditto lid.. • Ditto -- Commercial Bank for Act.... India for Acct. Cons. for Acct.. South Sea Stock 90/ 91 PRICF.S OF FOREIGN Fl Austrian lids, 5 per et. Brazilian lid NOS, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bds, 11 per ct Peruvian Bonds Neapolitan, 5 per cent. ... Neapolitan Scrip Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per ct. Ditto New lOl6 :4 Russian, New, 5 per et. 9541 Spanish 11121, 5 per ct. 23 1823 9 _ . - ------- Scrip -11130 Buenos Ayres Colombian Ilds, fi per ct. 86 Do. do. 1824 ....... Mulish, 5 per cent. Do. Scrip (reelc Bils Do. Scrip, 182.5 Mexican 1.1(14 784 7 Do. Scrip 1825 1i 2 1 dis. . - French Rentes Exchange Scrip PRICES OF sIIALIES AT ONE O'CLOCK. • • , Per Share. Anglo-Mexican Mining Company Brazilian Xining Company • .... 15 14i 154 Chi Han Mining, Company .... 11 sth to Pasco Peru Mining Oompany . l6 V . :4 Potosi La Pat and Peruvian Mining Association • .:. N. 3 , Velch Iron inul C9alAliaipg,clogyony • • .......:..., - 141 , r , . ~. , .gliianef...• - riiiz - an•d•Lfr4?Assurarice Company -- 18 Ditto, AI arise Department • 6 i 4 Manchester and- Liverpool Railway Company British Rock and - Patent Salt Company Brunswick and Nova Scotia - 3 1 Canada Company - . 32 341 Equitable - Loan Bank Company 4 - 11 Gas Engine Carriage. Company • 8 General Steam Navigation Company .. 0 Imperial Plate Glass Compan y, • Imperial Distillery Company 18 3i 1 4 1 Mexican Company Provincial Bank of Ireland West India Company FOL:LIGN 31A11.5. France . -- Buenos Ayres Allots , En. Dun. - 1 0 -0 1 111011 WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO..MOrt MOW. Morning, 6 minutes utter 6. j Evening, 31 minutes after 6. THE SiJIN. SOLEM QUIS DICE 111.; F.1L51,7:11 .1111,EAT LONDON, SATURD/II EVENING, MAY 7, 1825. German Papers have arrived this day ; they contain no news. of any kind. Prince `ILEUM of PnusstA arrived at Mayence on the 28th of April. Ile was received with a salute, and - has taken up his abode in the Ducal Palace, and is expected to make some stay. The Duke de BLAcAs, the French Ambassador, left Naples for Milan on the 13th ult., and Count BIRASTOIt FF, the Danish Ambassador at Vienna, set out for Milan on the 20th. Papers from, Bahia up to the 4th March have also arrived, giving an account of the Recognition of the Independence of the Brazilian Empire by Great Britain. It seems to give the highest sa tisfaction. The following are extracts : BAHIA, FEB. 28. The Brigadier-General, Governor of Pernambuco, having by letters of lUth inst. announced the arrival in that port of a large ship from Liverpool, with the agreeable news that the Indepen dence and Sovereignty of the Empire of Brazil have been re cognized by his Britannic Majesty, I am certain you will be much gratified by the communication of this intelligence, so favourable not only to the security, but to the prosperity of this Empire, and am persuaded of the most decisive proofs of public rejoicing on so auspicious an occasion. God preserve yowl, &c. Bahia, Feb. 24, 1825. The most Illustrious and Reverend Vicar of the Chapter of the flrelibishoprick. PERNAMBUCO. Most Illustrious and Most Excellent Sir—By an English ship arrived to-day, we have received the agreeable news, that Great Britain has recognized the Independence of Brazil, and sent Sir C.Stuart to Portugal with proposals to do thesame, receiv ing from Brazil an indemnity of two millions of pounds. Sir C. Stuart is the Ambassador appointed to his Majesty the Emperor. I therefore hasten to transmit to your Excellency this agreeable news, knowing that as a good Brazilian you will appreciate it ; I congratulate your Excellency on this event, so propitious to the happiness of Brazil, and the glory of our adored Emperor, to whom we give every thing. I repeat the assurance of esteem for the person of your Excellency, whom God preserve. Palace of the Government at Pernambuco, Feb. 18, 1825. To the Most Illustrious and Excellent Senor Francisco Vicento Vianna, President of the Province of Bahia. FRANCISCO DE 1,131 A A SILVA. Diario of Bahia, 28th February.) 'The• French Morning Papers of Wednesday contain not to word of news. They are tilled with a transcript of the arrangement for execut ing. the Law - of Indemnity, and the debates of the Chamber of Deputies on the Budget. The following are extracts from the Etoile PARIS, MAY 4. An article from Anjers of the 16th of April, mentions the melancholy news of the death of the young Count Lancelot de Turpin Crisst, who would one day have been the head of the very ancient family of the Seres de Crissi, supposed to be de scended from the famous Archbishop. Endeavouring to release a dog which had got its head between some iron palisades, he was cruelly bitten by the animal in the arm and head. Though the wounds were immediately scarified, and every precauti9n taken, all was in vain. At the end of a fortnight he was seized with a burning fever, and immediately asked for a confessor and the viaticum : his parents, whose only son he was, and his relations, surrounded his bed. Supported by invincible courage ; and by the aid of religion, he spoke to all around him with the greatest calmness and affection that confidence in God can in spire. After two dreadful paroxysms, in which his resignation, . patience, and se nsibility never forsook him, lie became more easy, his suffer in • and gs a ppeared to diminish, he tranquilly yielded his soul to the Heavenly Father. The Princess Borgliese (Pauline Buonaparte), sister to Na ir' private letters fro m Rome, to have sunk un poleon, is said, ler .the suXeiktiss of a long illness. She was hardly 46 years' of age. • • PARIS, MAY 3. A journal of this morning mentions as a report, 'that autho rity had been sent to the French Consulate General in the Le; vant, to receive the depositions of Count Guilleminot, our Ambassador at Constantinople, respecting the contracts with Ouvrard. We believe that this is a mistake, and that Count Guilleminot will return from Constantinople to give his evi dence in person. FRENCH FLT:ms.—PAttrs, 111 AT 4. —Five per Cents. opened at 102 f. 30c.; closed at 102 f. 10c.—Bank Stock, 2,165 f. —Rente de Naples, (Certificate Falconet), tilt. 30c.—Rente d'Espagne, 18:1:— . —Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 58.—Exchange on London, one month, 24f. 95c.; three months 24f. 80c.— (Cour: Authentiquc.) We have received, by express, the node dated yesterday, from which we extract the following articles : MADRID ? APRIL 26. The King anti his august family still inhabit the Chateau of Aranguez. Prince Maximilian, accompanied by the Princess Amelia, his daughter, left this residence on the 20th, at five o'clock in the morning; they proceed to Perpignan, and from thence to BordeauX, where they will take some repose. The King has issued a Decree, which, permit's thp introduction of Foreign Grain, to the Met May, in the-P.Vt,if Cadiz, Algesi ras, Seville, Alffietra,•and Malago. - The Minister of War to the Secretary of the Supreme Council of his Department, . . The King our Lord has taken notice of the'proceeding which was instituted against Marshal de Camp Don Josef de la Croix, Brigadier Don Josef Augustin Llano, and Don Francisco Aguilar y Conde, by which they were supposed culpable of high treason and conspiring against the Government. The Council states, that the more they search for the crime they are accused of the less they find, and they observe nothing but injustice and calumny. Ills Majesty, with the una nimous advice of the Supreme Tribunal, declares that the arrest of Marshal de Camp Josef de la Cruz is unjust and ar bitrary, and suspends all actions against him, and orders that he shall be set at liberty immediately. The same resolution is applicable to Brigadier Augustin Llano, and Francisco Aguilar Conde. A Decree was issued the same day, that his Majesty, wish ng to reward I)on Josef de la Cruz for his innocence, has named him General of his Armies. Fnr.Ncir Fl7NDS.—Rentes for Money, 101. 65.; End of the Month, 101. 95.; left °Tater 'Change, 102. Time. Then oman Catholic Relief Bill went through the Committee last night, and no opposition was made to it, but it is understood that its opponents will make their stand on Tuesday next, the day ap pointed for the third reading. The only new feature that the debate introduced was, (supposing the Bill passed,) the contrast between the oath of a Protestant Member of Parliament and the oath of the Catholic Member ; the first swearing " That no foreign Prince, Prelate, State, or Po tentate, hath, or ought to have, any power, pre eminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or tem poral, in these realms," and the other admitting the existence of a spiritual foreign autho rity in the Kingdom. It is hardly possible indeed, without abrogating the oath of the Pro testant Member, to reconcile this contradiction, for a contradiction it is, let the advocates of the measure say what they will. That such an au thority isand always has been exer cised,t be admitted, but it was not exercised i t may exercised,b legally, or has it been it even sanctioned or tolerated. - A Protestant could then, with truth, swear that no foreign Prince bath, or ought to have, any such authority, to the very fullest extent of the words, and, needed, not to shelter himself under the confined interpretation Mr. PLUNKETT has been pleased to put on the words, in which the Oath of Supremacy is con ceived, viz. that no such authority or coffin!l existed over him. The words of the oath are as large as they well can be, and in the most positive terms deny the exist ence of any such authority. How then it is possible for any one to limit the meaning in his own mind only, and yet swear that he be lieves according to the very terms of the oath, we do not understand. It may satisfy certain minds, but we think if Mr.PLIINKETT really be lieves only to the extent of the Qualification he made last night, he has no kind of business within the walls of Parliament, and if the Catholics are to take the interpretation of the Ca . tholic Relief Bill from him, even the flimsy securities it pre• scuts will be frittered away by th e a d m i ra bl e casuistry of the Honourable Gentleman. But we confess ourselves far too much of John Bulls to understand this quibble. If, therefore, the Bill is passed, the Protestant oath must be alter ed in order to get rid of the inconsistency of one man's swearing to that which another imme diately after flatly denies. The SPEAKER took the opportunity on leav ing the Chair to give hi: opinion, and h e de clared that " nothing he had heard or rea d h ad relieved his mind from the serious app re h ens i ons with which it was filled, kith reg ar d to this :tre at and most dangerous measure." Thi s i s an other authority for oppo sin g the Bill-- f orsurely g reat weight must be att ached to the opi n i on o f a person whose duties q ualif y him in no ordinary degree to speak on me asures affectin g the Consti thrown around acquai n t e d with allt Consti tution, t i t o t n i e , and securitiesma k ethat him intimately are it. to protect us from foreign interference and foreign aggression—Securities whhh the present Bill tends altogether to remove. Mr. BARING last night presented a petition from the Ship Caulkers in the yard of Messrs. CURLING and YouNG. It -, Appears that these men are entirely satisfied with their wages and their etnployers, but because they con duct themselves with quietness, and are NOT Members of the River Thames Caulkers Union, they have laid themselves open to con stant annoyance, abuse, and intimidation.— This cannot be permitted, and strongly shews the absolute necessity of something being done to prevent the industrious being "thus in terfered with by the idle and discontented,_ and to protect them in the enjoyment of their gains, and the honest exercise of their labori ous avocations. We know the subject is one of difficulty, but we know the difficulty can be met, and expect a great deal from the Committee now sitting on the subject. The Petition that has given rise to these remarks, will be found at length amongst the Parliamentary debates in another part, of this Paper. The WelHugon has arrived from Bombay.— She sailed from Bombay on the 26th December, and from Tel licherry, on the 15th Jan. The 11 ibberts is also arrived from Bombay, which settlement she left on Jan. 8. The Fairlie like wise arrived yesterday morning; she left Bengal on the 22d Dec., Madras on the 11th Jan., and St. Helena in March—the day not known. By the letters received through these vessels, it appears that up to the 26th of December there had been no further military' operations in the neighbourhood of Rangoon. Several reinforcements had joined the expedition. The 20th Regiment from Cananore, and another King's regiment from Ceylon, were also daily expected. No advice had been received of the advance of the troops at Chittagong. Lieut.-General Sir II ENRY WARDE, K.C.8., Governor of Barbadoes, and Commander of the forces in the West Indies, it is expected will have the above island for England in the ensu ing month, attended by all his personal Staff. He will embark on board the Duchess of York transport, as no ship of war is on the station that cairlie'spared to take him to England. Such is the throng of business at the House of Commons on private Bills, that yesterday there were twelve separate Committees on twelve dis tinct Bills, all assembled in one room! WILLIAM -TAYLOR, ESQ.—This Gentleman, who was formerly the sole Conductor and Chief Proprietor of the King's Theatre, and whose name has been so often before the public in the legal inquiries into the state of that property, died on Sunday last at his apartments in Lambeth. He was yesterday interred in a vault at St. Andrew's, Soho. His re mains were attended to the grave by his nephew Capt. Taylor,. Mr. Sandell, and Mr. Harrison, Secretary to the deceased, and Mr. D'Egville, one of his Executors. Ile is stated to have been in the 72d year of his age, but we believe he was older. He was a native of Scotland, and retained the dialect of that country through life in a very strong degree. He was originally in this town a clerk to a Banking-house in Jermyn-street, which failed. His connection with the Opera House was accidental. The late. Mr. Sheriden, on a particular emergency, wanted a thousand pounds. Mr. Taylor procured an introduction .to him and offered to raise that sum, upon receiving a hut upon the Opera House, .of which Mr. Sheridan was then one of the Proprietors. Front this slight beginning Mr. Taylor at length became a principal Proprietor and sole Conductor of that con cern. The loss by fire, suspension of entertainments, and many other heavy embarrassments, induced Mr. Taylor to dispose of some shares, his claims thereby were considerably reduced, and he has lived for some years in a state of obscurity. Ile was a -man of strong sense, and well acquainted with the world. Ile was possessed of literary talents, and -wrote with great vigour. His accounts of the chief Members of the House of Commons, in one of the Sessions during th e Administration of Lord North, written, for his friend Joseph Richardson, who theU conducted an Evening Paper, were. marked by shrewdness, discrimination, and point. Mr. Taylor, in his prosperity, displayed friendship anti gene rosity, and doubtless would have shewn the same feel ing if his prosperity had continued. Ile was some time in Parliament, under the patronage of the late Duke of Norfolk, and with his understanding and knowledge he might have ran tiered himself conspicuous and useful, if he could have devoted himself entirely to political concerns. humorous ~,d • THE LATE IVIII. BARTLEMAN.-The friends of departed professional and private worth will hear with sincere regret, that on account of the bankruptcy of the person to whom was entrusted the disposal of the late Mr. BARTLE MAN'S Musical Library, his Sisters have suffered a very serious loss, which occasions a diminution of their income, and obliges them to resort to a Concert for the aid of public patronage....._ Mr. BARTLEMAN was so admirable a vocal performer, that his death was a great loss to the musical world, end so affec tionate a brother, that, much as his sisters suffered in a pe -u -niary point of view, it was still more lamentable for them to lose so near and so liberal a relative. Mr. Bartleman was so much esteemed by his professional brethren, vocal :ni instru mental, that they will of course most readily contribute their exertions in favour of the proposed concert ; and the musical world at large received so much pleasure from his great talents and pure taste, that the benevolent measure in contemplation cannot but obtain warm support from the public in general. lIANovEa-SQUARE.--Mr. VAUGHAN'S Annual Concert took place last night, and, as might be.expected from his personal and professional Merit, was attended by a very nu merous and elegant audience. The first act 'consisted of ex tracts from Haydn's Seasons, well supported by Bellamy, Vaughan, and Miss Travis. . 44 The Rose of the Valley" was so well given by Miss Stephens, Messrs. W. Knyvett, Vaughan,: and .1. B. Sale, as to be encored. Caradori gave a line air by Guglielmi, in a good style. The 'first act also was admirably supported by Vaughan in . 44 See from. the silent' grove," and the accompaniment of Lindley's violoncello. " The Rosebud of Summer," harmonized by Greatorex, was encored in the second act, in which Signor De Begnis gave ..i Italian song with great effect. The .Concert altogether, indeed, was highly admired and warmly applauded. J a ohn i The following Gentlemen were yesterday call ed to the degree of Barrister at Law, by the Hon. Society of Lincoln's-Inn, viz. Frederick Richard Thresher, Esq. Wm. Bertram Evans, Esq., Henry Rogers, E s - ., Esq., and Thomas Tutton Knyfton, Esq. Madame CATALAN', with her husband and daughter, sailed from Dover for France on Wednesday last. We regret to learn that Mrs. SALMON'S health is so much impaired by the continued exertions of her profes sion, that she has determined to retire for a season, to try the effects of absolute repose, and has therefore thrown up all her engagements for the present. N Ew l'unrAcATloNs. — The following interest ing Works have been lately published by Mr. CoLauRN, 8, New Burlington-street (removed from Conduit-street), viz.-1. Don Esteban; or Memoirs of a Spaniard, written by himself ,3 vols. —2. Tremaine; or the Man of Refinement, 3 vols. —3. Memoirs of Madam de Geniis, written by herself, 2 vols. Ifis.-4. Gaieties and Gravities, a Series of Essays, Comic Tales and Fugitive Va garies, now first collected by one of the Authors of Rejected Addresses, 3 viols. -5. A Second Series of Sayings and Doings, 3 v o l s.-6. v 03.-6. Journal of a Residence and 'Travels in Colombia, in 1823 and 1824. By Captain C. _ C S. Cochran e, _ R . N 2 vols. Bvo, plates-7. A S econ d Series of Hi g h , ways and aye-ways;. or ) T the ales of R - oad-sid e .. , 3-vols, . _ • FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. :•• The Duke and Duchess of Rutland, and Family, from their. seat, Chevely Park, Cambridgeshire; Mr. and Mr5...V.144-ex— ton, in Edward-street, Portman-square, from Devonshire ; Lady Harvey, Mrs. Patterson, and Miss Keating, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from Paris ; General Sir Charles and . Lady Grant, at Nerot's Hotel, Clifford-street,from Scotland ; Sir Edward and Lady Smythe, at ditto ; Sir Edward Lloyd and Fa mily,. at ditto; T. .1. Bosvile, Esq. at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, from Yorkshire; Walter Strickland, Esq. and John Strickland, Esq. at ditto; James Annesley, Esq. and Master Annesley, at ditto; Edward St. John Mild may, Esq. at ditto ; John Blackburne, Esq. at ditto; •Mrs. Shirley and Family, at the London Hotel,• Albemarle-street, from their seat in Dorsetshire ; Lord Dunlow, at the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street, from a tour; Sir James and Lady Nu .gent, at ditto, from Essex; Francis Walker, Esq. at ditto, from Scotland. CHANG Es.—Lord Allen, from Nerot's Hotel; the Hon. John • Coventry and Ladies, from ditto ; J. Dillon Hearne, Esq. and Mrs. Hearne, from ditto, for the Continent; Lady M•lntosh, from ditto ; Capt. and Mrs. Drummond, from Marshal Thomp• , son's Hotel; Lord Bolingbroke, from ditto; Ichabod Wright, Esq. from ditto. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. • The Countess bieven gave the grandest ball of the season on Thursday evening, at Ashhurnham-house. The'six drawing rooms were most brilliantly illuminated, and were decorated with numerous pots of the choicest flowers. The two back drawing-rooms were fitted up with unique taste for daneing, which commenced about half-past eleven o'clock. The supper, which consisted of every delicacy, with wines of the choicest• description, was announced between two and three. It was prepared in the dining--rooms, where covers were laid for up: , wards of 200, which were replenished. The dessert, &c. were of the first qualities. It was nearly six yesterday morning when the company retired. There were present nearly 500 of the pant ton. The Duke of Devonshire gave his first Assembly for the son, yesterday evening, at Devonshire House, which was very numerously attended. I. uly Elizabeth Belgrave entertained a large and-elegant cir cle of fashionables yesterday evening, at her house in Grosvenor. square. Lord Bexley entertained a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, at his house in Great George-street, West. Sir Robert Preston, Bart. had a large party to dinner yester day, at his house in Downing-street. The Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia, visited his Majesty yesterday. Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Augusta. The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester entertained a Select Party to dinner yesterday, et their residence in Park-lane. Yesterday the Princess Augusta took an airing in the Parks. MARRIAGE IN Hien LIFE.—On Thursday last was mar ried at Cheltenham, by the lion. and Rev, Miles John Staple ton, Charles Brodrick, Esq. nephew to Viscount Middleton, and eldest son of the late Archbishop of Cashel, to the Hon. Emma Stapleton, third daughter of Lord , Le Despencer.— The lovely and interesting Bride was accompanied to Church by her mother Lady be Despencer; the' Earl and Countess of Roden, Hon. Miss Stapleton, &c. &c., and the Bridegroom received her fair hard from her eldest brother the Hon. T. Stapleton. After the ceremony the happy pair left Chelten ham for the seat of Lord Riversdale, in Buckinghamshire, there to pass the Honeymoon. ; P 0E T It Y. PROLOGUE To the TRAGEDY of ORESTES IN ARGOS. WRiTTEN, BY JOHN TAY LOR, ESQ. - SPOKEN BY MIL. COOPER.. The modern stage, a mark for critic spleen, • Has oft been censur'd for its gaudy scene, Where modest Nature, roughly cast aside, Yields to vain grandeur and Equestrian pride. But shall the Muse, whose efforts are design'd To mould the passions, and enlarge the mind, Fail to receive appropriate honours here ! No—with due splendour let her still appear, Resistless Sov'reign o'er the Smile and Tear. When, in the prime of Greece, the Stage began To represent, and thence, enlighteaMan ; To form a 111611 AL SCHOOL for after times, To nurse his virtues, and restrain his crimes, Low was its origin, obscure, and mean, . And all its pregnant glories unforeseen ; At length, THE STATE its high importance saw, Its pow'r, by Fancy's aid, to strengthen Law ; Then spacious Domes were rais'd, and Genius came To spread by scenic Arts the patriot flame. The tragic Poets then, by rules severe. Aim'd less to soften than to thrill with fear, The dread vicissitudes of life to spew, . And scare the guilty mind with penal woe. The play we bring to-night that plan pursues, And takes the theme from their immortal Muse. Critics, whate'er defects you now may find, A mournful plea will tempt you to be kind— Our Bard was snatch'd away by sudden fate, — Such is the plea, nor need we more relate, For sympathy will shed a gen'rous tear, And grace with Bay the Cypress o'er his bier. IMPROMPTU On the supposed Death of the Bishop of DURHAM, whea,,a, Reverend Prelate, in endeavouring to get a leg in, only Att . his toot in it. A Right Reverend Prelate, when first it was said That the venerable Bishop of Durham was dead, . Cried, " a palatine vacz.nt, and a mitre to boot, Zounds, if in Durham I could place but one foot, 'Twould be strange if by bowing, and cringing, and begging,,'- I did not contrive to get a whole Legge: in." ' • ' 4 301 0 ... ( I , i,p i , / , t•- • l ';;; ‘ - t' ‘ ' '4T . ,` 4C lir: it *. .. ":, ; . i i. "..';'''' -,, (ts ' fi, ,( 4 , ' ' ., -v, ‘ '' • ' „ k r),..* 7-.441....' ~,W N - ' .. :°- , .- 4 - -.7 ‘ . ( t •:?, , .---z - 4...1.1 oy .1- .•;..•- f- 2: l n i r '' -.. •, -••.-• itf4. ~. - -...-, • , ... .0 .. „.;-..,,,,ric- n yo.t.r. .i . ::„. • MERCANTI LE SHIPPING. +.. ~: i DRAT., MAY 6.----Wind S.S.W.--Aiiived the Xxpress, .Barrett, from Gibraltar; Lycurgus, Haley, from Ilavie; Anne Nicholais, Thorsen, from St. Übes. Passed through from the. River the Hudson, Champlin, for New York ; Grif fiths, fiths,lbr Richebucto ; and the Sales, Nesbit,. for Cadiz. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 6.--Wind S.--Arrived the Cuban Watson, froth Havannah, in 39 days ; Britannia, Boucher, from, Londisn, for Bombay. The Royal George, Reynolds, for . India,:has brought up again at St. Helens. , • . FAtmotrrit, MAY 5.--Wind S. to S.E:--Off the reit, the William, Carpenter, from London, .for Seville.. Salledike.",, Heroine transport, for Sierra Leone Kains; ditto, for Jamaica;. Henrietta; Leslie, for Taragona, and several coasters, bound , round the land. LIVERPOOL, MAY s.—Wind S.S.M.—Arrived the Franges,. ,Gillespy, from Barbadoes ; Ann, Clibbins, from Bahia, sailed the 6th March ; Douro, Bell, from Oporto; Caroline, Loefas, from Dantzic ' • Douglas, Davies, from Bordeaux ; and the, Mary, Bird, froth Guernsey. DOVER, MAY s.—Last night was launched from the yard • of Mr. James Duke, ship-builder, a beautiful new steato veisel, called the Calpe, of 400 tons and upwards, intended for, he Mediterranean trade. THE NORTHERN INSTITUTION.-With great pleasure, we have to announce the arrival in this town, of a' splendid present from his Majesty to the library of the Nertherui Scientific and Literary Institution. The Public Records of Scot land have lately been printed by his Majesty's command, under the direction of Thomas Thomson, Deputy Clerk ReOstrar.— ' These now amount to fourteen large folio volumes; and it is a full copy of these that has been so graciously sent to the Insti tution. The work contains the Acts of the Parliament of Scat., land from 1424 to the Union in 1707, in ten volumes ' • die Re tours of Services in 3 volumes ; and the Register of the Great Seal during the reigns of Robert 1., David 11., Robert 11., anti Robert lll.—(lnverness Paper.) The foundation stone of Hammersmith Bridge was laid thim day by the Duke of SussEx, who officiated on the oceasion.as, Grand Architect. It is expected that in the course of a ofelve4, month, from the present time, persons will be enabled to ceOei on root from Hammersmith to Barnes. •,.