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announcing their Mission set out but a few days before them. The following particulars, 'which there is reason to believe well founded, aro added :—Bolivar has signified in a confiden tial dispatch the basis of the proposed treaty, according to which---Ist; The' province of Ca- Taccas shall be entirely subject to the Mother Country, and make part of the Spanish territory; 2; Bolivar shall be nominated Captain-General of that province, as the only man able to restrain the various parties which divide that country ; 3d, Re shall in consequence make his submission, take the oath to the Spanish Constitution, and have the rank of Lieutenant-General ; 4th, The territory of the Republic of Columbia shall be declared independent, its independence shall be recognised by Spain, and the two powers shall send to each other diplomatic agents; sth, This Republic shall, however, be attached to Spain by treaties of commerce, so that the latter power shall lose none of the advantages which it has hitherto derived from those provinces. " One of our papers of to-day (The Consti tutional) pretends that liberty was offered to all the persons lately arrested at Cadiz as suspected, except a monk, who is to be tried, but that none of them would leave their prisons. Did The y fear some new excess of popular rage ? This is not yet known. " It is much to be feared that the assassina tion of Vinuessa is but the prelude to the acts of ferocity which will stain our Revolution with blood. There are two other facts which I can c ertify, and which must inspire equal terror. "In the last Bull-fight a trumpeter well know n for his liberalism was placed near a per son violent in favour of the contrary party ; a dispute arose between them, caused by their d vergence of opinion, and the latter taking a knife from his pocket, stabbed the trumpeter twice, who fell dead on the spot. The second fact is t his the environs of Aranda de Duero some Monks assembled in a little wood, where they concerted measures to form a band of partizans. The Magistrates being informed of it, and the National Guard of Aranda sent out to seize them, 14 fact arrested them ; but instead of taking t hem to the town as prisoners, they tied them tol trees, set fire to the wood, and burnt them alive. I C It is mentioned as certain that our treaty of pensive and defensive alliance with Portugal I s concluded : this is probable, as - the outlines I tere arranged by the secret agent of Portugal who was here some time ago. r " Merino, who was supposed to have fled to ra ce after his defeat, appears, it is said, more °fln itlable than.- ever. To consider the great q u antity, forces, and money, which he is suppos e d I, ° h ave, one wou ld sa y h e p rocures th em b y en -"antrnent. It is said he has many French sol. ah-s) who have remained i n Sp a i n s i nce th e war , -a d he still occupies his old positions between Mi 411Cda) d' Ebro, Burgos and Briviesca. ( th at the Government, it s eems , h as g i ven no ti ce , m a t it u ill punish with the utmost rigour the 0 ea des ) who, un d er th e pre t ence o f compu l s i on v n Y Other reason, shall furnish him with ra tkus or assistance for his band, even though he th ull id pay for them in ready money, as he is in c habit of doing. As for the other bands which had shewn themselves in other places, they seem o be dispersed, a t l eas t we h ear no more of them. of 4 la uN,PvT - iyl4.—The Canon Sulazar, one mit erin o ' s Li eutenants, and four other persons, of ° had been arrested and confined in the prisons j os Btl rgos, esc a p e d, b u t were t a k en at E sc k ar, prt as they were goin g to p as s th e f ron ti er i n t o an ", and have been conducted hither. cc At 1 arragona, as in many other towns, there s he s o " a popular tumult, directed against per -1) us inimical to the present system ; but the ex 7le were not satisfied with demanding their utee"--several persons were pillaged, and three :,°rtunate Ecclesiastics assassinated. t i o It is to be hoped that the news of the suspen- Ivii ri of the march of the Russian army to Italy andl tend a little to calm people's minds in Spain, ; a that at least it will be less easy to excite the to .e. or the p opu l ace against persons pointed out 11_11,41em as serviles.---The most ridic u l ous reports e been in ci rcu l at i on of the appearance in the -4e diterranean of a squadron hearing an unknown gap . , ( Journal de Paris, May 21.) AMERICA. I)4OCEAMATION by his Excellency THOMAS BEN `` NETT, Gov ernor o f t h e State of South Carolina. J e.) mmunication havi ng b een made to me by the Hon. or iv QUINCY ADA7II9, Secretary of State of the United 't4 o tes, that the q uest i on upon the construction of the first arti of the Treaty of Ghent, which stipulated that Slaves should hot be carried away from the ITnited States by British Officers o f Ole conclusion of the Peace, having been submitted by American and British Governments to the decision of the A ffair s of Russia, the British Secretary of State for Foreign 41frairs has demanded, that in the event of a decision in favour °f the • • • corn in on by the American rn Govement, mte fuu extent of the d emand upon Great Britain for restitu . . tiOn or indemnity for Slaves carried away should be made known as speedily. as possible. " Now, therefore, in, furtherance of this object, and at the suggestion of the President of the United States, notice is hereby given to the sufferers within this State to transmit, without de lay, to the Department of State, authenticated proof of the num ber of Slaves carried away, and their value, by the current price at which they were sold at the time when the loss was sustained. (Signed) " THOMAS BENNETT. " Charleston, April 5, 1821." THE DISCOVERY Slurs ? with the Nautilus trans port in company, were all well off Kinnaird Head, on the East coast of Scotland, on Wednes day the 16th inst. They had encountered some very blowing weather ; but both the Furs and Ilecla, notwithstanding their crowded state, and being so bound and hampered against the ice, both sailed and steered well, and answered the expectations of their Commanders in every re spect. Having received their pilots on board for the Shetland Islands, they were proceeding on their voyage all in the highest spirits. The following article, which appeared in a Bombay Paper, gives a less unfavourable idea of the conduct of the Sepoys in the disastrious af fair at Alashkarrah, in the Persian Gulph, than that conveyed in the official dispatch which has appeared in our Paper _ _ LETTER WRITTEN OFF MUSCAT, ON BOARD THE TEJON. MOUTH. " It is with much sorrow I have to tell you of the defeat of our troops before Lascarry. Poor Dr. Whigham, Joseph Laurie, Lieutenant Price, of the Engineers; SVelch and Perrin, of the 94 Regiment ; and Lieutenant Short, of the Marine Battalion, are killed, with the greater part of our troops. The Imaum is wounded dangerously ; his troops kept baCk, and would not come into action. Our troops fought like lions, but were over. powered by superior numbers--4000 Arabs against 500 Sepoys. Lieutenant Gidley, of the Marine Battalion, and Lieuts. Mos ley and Otte, of the Artillery, are , with Captain Thompson, the only Officers alive; by the account just received from Dr. Fallon, who is in medical charge of the troops." By letters from Malta, dated the 17th April, we learn that the plague had made its appear ance again in the Lazaretto, where, out of twenty three persons, forming the crew of a vessel from Alexandria, thirteen had fallen victims ; but the circumstance had occasioned no alarm, as the Lazaretto was on the best footing, and, through the rigourous measures pursued by Sir THOMAS MAITLAND, the ravages of the malady are pre vented from spreading. Cases of plague are not unfrequently seen in the Lazarettoes in the-Me diterranean, but by the regulations strictly en forced, they are confined to those establishments. We have authority to state, that the report of his MAJESTY'S intention to dine with the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, on Friday next, is untrue. His MAJESTY certainly was graciously pleased to say at Count LIEvEN's party that he meant to honour his trace with a visit, but no day has yet been fixed for this purpose.—(Morning; Post.) Her MAJEST Y w ill v i s it th e dpera to-morrow. The Duchess of.G-LouccsTca, with the Prin cess AUGUSTA, dined with the Duke and Du chess of CLARENCE on Monday.—Last night the Duke arid Duchess of CLARENCE honoured the Italian Opera with their presence. The Duke of WELLINGTON, Lord COMBER MERE, Lord KENYON, Sir It.C. HILL, Sir W. W. WYNN, and Sir C. CORBETT, Baronets, have be come Members Of the Manchester Pitt Club. DEATH OF THE COUNTESS OF CHATHAM.—TIIIS distinguished Lady died on Monday afternoon, at about five o'clock, at the house- of the Noble, Earl, in Portman-square, after an indisposition of nearly two , years. Her Ladyship's name Was MARA , ELIZABETH, second daughter of the late Viscount SYDNEY, and sister to the present Vis count. Lady ITEITHcoTE, we are concerned to state, still continues very much, indisposed, at her house in Grosvenor-square. MEETING AT BILLINGSGATE WARD.---It having been intimated by Sir W. LEIGIITON that he in tends to resign his gown as Alderman of Billings gate Ward, a Meeting of the inhabitants was held yesterday at Butchers' Hall, for the pur pose of considering of a proper person to put in nomination to succeed him. Mr. 'l'. Hearsay pro posed Mr. Anthony Brown, who was seconded by Mr. B. Power. Mr. Piper said, he could have wished to have had Mr. Favell for his Al - ; but, under present circumstances, he should not oppose Mr. Brown. After some fur- ther observations, the question was put and car ried unanimously. ELECTION OF AN ALDERMAN FOR QUEEN IIITHE DAY.)—Nearly the whole of this day was occupied in hearing the arguments of five Counsel up on th e a d m i ss ibility of votes.--.[n this contest the ground is disputed inch by inch. There are not more than about 80 voters in this Ward. At the close of the poll yesterday, the numbers - were—for Mr. Vella bles 17—Mr. Capel 12—Majority 5. ELOPEMENT.— , -MISS H ,a. young lady of great accomplishments, the daughter of a wealthy citizen, eloped from the house of her aunt, in New Road, St. Pancras, where she was on a visit, on Sunday morning last, with a dancing master. The affair was not discovered until the breakfast hour, when it was found that she had taken her trunk with her. Hand-bills led to a trace of the fugitives on Monday morning at Buntiugford, Hefts, - where they were found. The lady, who is 21 years of age, was, brought back by her bro ther, and the gallant, who is turned 40, received a caning from the brother's hands. BANDON SESSIONS.—At these ESessions seven convictions of tradesmen took place for attempts to administer unlawful, oaths, and otherwise establish an illegal and unjustifiable control over their employers. The COurt sentenced them to six months impriJonment, in com pliance with which sentence they were remov ed on Saturday, under a military escort, and safely lodged in the county' gaol. So obstinately are the desperate objects of this association per severed in, that the friends of the criminals, while they were leaving the Court on .Friday, evinced by hisses, and various indications of riot, their hos tility to the prosecuting parties and defiance of the laws. The. Sessions did not conclude till Monday.' SHIP Ngws. DEAL, MAY 22.—Wind N. E.—Came down from the. River and sailed the Brothock, Scott, for Tobago ; Samuel and Ann, Hawes, for Sierra Leone; and Britannia, Turner, for Quebec. COWES, MAY 22.-Sailed the Recovery transport for Quebec, with troops. _ Do VER. MAY 22.—Passed the port the John and Edward, Williams, from Antwerp for Batavia. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 22.—Wind N. E.—Put back the Barbadoes packet for Bremen. Arrived the Agnes, Cundy, from Lisbon for London ; and Princess of Wales, Johnson, from London ; the latter is leaky, and must discharge to repair. Passed by for the Downs the Asia, Patterson, for Bombay. PLYMOUTH, MAY 21.—Wind S. E.--Arrived off the port yesterday the , Lady Campbell, Marquis, from China, sailed rah January; from the Cape 18th March, and from St. Helena 4th April. Also the Charles, Milne, from Tobago, in-38 days. Arrived the Sally, Grigg, from Memel. Sailed the Briton, Lavis, for the Cape of Good Hope. The General Goldie, from Waterford to Liverpool, is sup posed to' be lost, as five firkins of butter, with a brand mark similar to what she had'on.board, have been cast up at South- port. P 0 E. T It Y. TO 11ITSS S. BOOTH. Ah ! BOOTH, forgetful truant, say, Why thus so long in ERIN stay, Forgetful of the place that rear'd And first thy genius fondly THA r. IA in thy absence pines, So much, indeed, to grief inclines, That, judging by her sighs and tears, If er tragic Sister she appears. Though wheresoe'er thy footsteps roam Thy worth must find a welcomelome, Yet ENGLAND boasts the highest claim To deck thee with the wreath of fAnte. no longer then detain The pride of all the comic train., Whose private merits more engage, Than e'en her potv'r to grace the stage ; For all the Warm affections blend In her, as.daughter, sister, friend; In these she acts no bOrrow'd part, But breathes each impulse of her heart. Yet ERIN let thy bounty pour, Ere next she leaves thy friendly shore, And then, her Patron-Muse to sooth, 011 ! send at once her fav'rite, BOOTH. REGISTER OF FASHION. FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Mns. BEAuMoNT's BALI" -This 'diStinguished Lady of the - HAUT TON opened her elegant residence in Portman square, on Monday evening,' with a splendid ball and supper. The elegant suite of apartments on the drawing-room. floor were most brilliantly illuminated ; the principal one was fitted up with great taste for dancing; round the room were placed nu merous pots of tire choicest flowers. The ball commenced at eleven. The supper was served in the grand dining parlour below, which consisted of all the luxuries and delicacies of the season ; in the dessert were pines, grapes, peaches,' &c. The wines were of the first description. Dancing recommenced soon after one, and continued till half-past four yesterday morn ing. There were upwards of five hundred persons of the first distinction, rank, and fashion present. Among whom were— His Royal Highness the D u k e o f Gloucester, Prince' and Prin cess Esterhazy, Prince Lubomersky, Duke and Duchess De Frias, Le Comte Nomis De Pollen, Count Arthur Lamoyski, Count and Countess Ludolf, Duchesses of Portland, RiCh mond, Northumberland, Marlborough, and St. Alban's ; Mar (plisses Graham and A ng l ese y ; M arc hi onesses of Londonderry, Dowager Lansdowne, and Camden ; E ar l A ncram , L or d and Lady Amherst, Lady Beauclerk, the Ladies Paget, Coun tess and the Ladies Ashburnham, Viscount and Viscountess Ashbrook, Lord Althorp, Lord and Lady Barnard, Lady C; Barham, Countess of 3ransfield, Countess Beauchamp, Lady L. Lygon, Lord Sithuouth and Hon. Miss Addington, Lord and Lady James Stewart, the Ladies Pratt, Countess of Clon mel, Earl and Countess of Dartmouth, Countess of Darnley and the Ladies Bligh, Lord Falmouth, Earl of Fife, Countess of Limerick, Countess of 31exborough, Countess Manners, Lady Owen, Lady Palk, Lord and Lady Petre, Lady Water park, Earl and Countess Wemyss and the Ladies Chatteris, Sir Gore Ouseley, Bart. Count and Countess St. Antonio, & - c. -Viscountess Hampden gaVe a grand rout on Monday evening., at her house in Green-street, Grosvenor-square, which was at tended by nearly 400 distinguished fashionables, among whom were most of the Foreign Ambassadors and the principal part of the company which attended Mrs. Beaumont's ball. The Countess of Jersey's rout on Monday evening, in Ber keley-square, was attended by upwards of 200 fashionables. - The Countess of Grosvenor opened her splendid mansion in Upper Grosvenor-street, last night, with a grand rout, which was attended by all the leading and distinguished.fashionaßes in town. The Earl of Harrowbv entertained a distinguished party to dinner on Monday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. The Earl and Countess Vernlam entertained a distinguished party yesterday at their house in Grosvenor-square. The Countess of Arran had a select party yesterday evening, at her house in Dover-street Sir Richard Codrington has issued cards of invitation for an entertainment on the 4th June, at his house in Clarles-street, Berkeley-square. FASHIONABLE MOVEMENTS. Tho Earl and Countess of Lonsdalc arrived on Monday af lernoon at their house in Charles-street, Beeteley-square, from Paris. Lady Ellenborough and family arrived on Monday at the IJondon Hotel, Albemarle -street, from Paris. - - The Marquess of Buckinghani left town on Monday, for his seat, Stowe, Bucks. Lord and isodY A rundell left town on Monday, for their seal Waruour Castle, Wilts, _ Earl Whitworth, the Duchess of Dorset and family, left town on Saturday, for their seat, Knole, Kent, for the season. Mrs. Dray Grosvenor has arrived in town from -her seat, .Charborough Park, Dorsetshire. W. E. Lockhart, Esq. M.P. and family have left town for their seat in Scotland. The Dowager- Marchioness of Donegal left town yesterday for Cheltenham. Lord and Lady Cranbourn left town yesterday for Hatfield. Lord G. H. Cavendish left town yesterday, for his seat, La, timers, Bucks. The'Right Hon. Thomas Grenville arrived yesterday at his house in Cleveland-square, from Lord Grenville's seat, Drop more Lodge, Bucks. The Duke of Gordon is daily expected in town, from his seat in Scotland. Lord and I d ady Gage arrived on Monday at Greillon's Hotel, Albemarle -street, from their scat; Firle, Sussex. Robert Byers, Esq., has arrived at his house in Park-street, from Brighton. . . C. H. Tracy, Esq., has returned to town from his seat in 'Worcester. - ~. Departures from the Waterloo Hotel, Jermyn-street : `harles Standish, Esq., for Paris; J. Griffith, Esq., to the `ontment. 11r. and Mrs. Walker, and Lady Helen Ogilvie, left Red dish's Hotel, Jermyn-street, yesterday, for the Continent. Sir Fred. Heniker from the Continent, to his seat in Esex. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND SPRING MEETING, 1821 Tim SDAY, MAY 22. Mr. Udny's Barniecide, Bst. 81b. Mr. Greville's Paella, 7st. 131 b. D.M. 109g5,-10 to 6on Barmecide. seventy Guineas fOr three-yr-old colts, Bst. 71b. fillies, Bst. 11b. Mr. Udny's ch. f. Pantoufle, by Crispin, out of Zoraida 1 IA Jersey's ch. c. Prophet, by Soothsayer . 2 Mr. Hunter's ch. - c. ltasselas Mr. Wyndham's bl. c. by Octavius 4 Nine started—The Judge placed but four. 10 to 1 agst Pantoutle—% to '4 agst Prophet-3 to 1 agst Oda.. HOLLAND AND FLANDERS. In these countries, as with us, the leaf, bud, and blossom of Spring did not appear till the last week of April, when all burst out witknattch healthiness and vigour.._. Abundance of the produce of the soil, and cheapness, are the conditions of the opposite shores of the Low Countrie. Hol land is crammed with the grain brought down by the Rhine, and from the Baltic ; the granaries or lofts in the sea-ports and vil lages round are not sufficient to give it shelter. Bread is sold at Gibs. for 93d. or 10d. ; eggs, 7 for the same money ; apples, a great surplus, and of excellent potatoes also ; at this time a sack, of more than two cwt. sells, in the markets of the towns, for 35., 3s. Gd. or 4s. only, all picked, clean and perfect ; at this season they have been used to bring 9s. 10s. and 12s. a sack. illeatovithout boneor waste fat--veal, pork, beef, and mutton, alike at 41;d. to 3d. per lb. in the markets. The country people sell some cheaper; and all these articles pay a heavy duty to the Corporations of the cities and towns, on entering the gates! These duties, and the low prices, are to be considered rather as oppressions on the people, and a general injury to the whole of the country and the state, than an advantage at this time, whatever may have been the necessity or the policy of the former at their first institution. The point to consider is, their degree—for the whole of the people must contribute to the ge neral wants , of the community ; and it is not easy to tax poor and simple people, but in a portion of the products of their la bour, and of the soil. Their poverty and small consumption of exotics exempt them from all taxes but a capitation or an im post on the fruits of the earth.—The contraction of trade, and the want of employment are much felt. The population of the great towns is much reduced, which they attribute to the invasions, spoliations, recruitments, and conscriptions of the French, for so many years. Bruges now reckons only 30,000 inhabitants, instead of 60,000, and one half of these in a state of indigence ; other towns in similar proportions.-- Gold is not seen in the currency of Holland ; silver coins, base metal, and copper small tokens, are in abundance. Flanders will not use Dutch coin ; only French money and French lan guage are current there, except among the poor and the farm ing people. Gold coin bears an agio against silver of 3-Bths to per cent. The Hague and Antsuirdam evidence still the for mer wealth and consequence of those cities, with Which Brus sels cannot compare. In these countries every thing is inferior to the like in Britain, but the building of their houses, and bells, their iron and their paint. The Dutch have a proverb that paint costs nothing, and they attend well to this useful sug-' gestion—their paint is good, or their painters skilful or ho nest. There is some great defect in one of these three circum stances in England-Lour paint or painting is miserably insuffi cient and unsuitable to its purpose of protection from sun and rain. Their gin and brandy are much better than their wine and beer, in common, and they are in the distress of a defect of good spring water ; with low wages, an oppressive low price for the products of the soil, and a miserable economy of spare uses, they inflict much of unnecessary poverty and artificial misery on the greater part of their population ; degrading alike the country and the towns, and retarding, or hindering altogether, the advance to the easy and decent conditions, which it is in their own power to reach and secure for the whole of the popu lation, whose labour is half wasted, their energies cramped, and their faculties benumbed. THE LATE MARQUIS OF LONDONDERRY.----The foll Owing anecdote of this truly good and amiable Nobleman may be relied upon as authentic : " On certain parts of the Marquis's estates he had, until the late dreadful shock came, a con tented and thriving tenantry; but the ,majority of them were not, of late, able to pay their rents. He sent for his Agent, inquired the cause—the Agent told him. He desired his tenantry to be assembled—demanded from them what they were able to,pay—they made their estimate: he or dered the old leases to be cancelled, gave them all receipts in full, and desired new ones to be made out according to the fair value of corn; and under the new leases his tenantry at present derive the utmost comfort. But his Lordship did not stop here. Some of the tenants had paid above the fair value of the land in accordance with the terms of their agreement. " These te nants must," said the venerable Nobleman, " have deprived themselves of the comforts and even the necessaries of life. We must refund them a proportion of the rents." A great part was accordingly refunded. One widow Lady received two hundred and odd pounds back, and, with the rest, has her land at present on easy terms. This is doing the thing like a Nobleman, like a man of humanity. It was almost the last act of the late Lord LoNnoiinEany's life. He will surely receive his reward." MUNIFICENT CIIARITY.-Few instances have occurred, even in the history of this benevolent country, of such numerous and princely dona tions to charitable uses as appears in the will of the late John Watkins, Esq., of Dittos, in this neighbourhood. He has bequeathed to the Liver pool Infirmary 10001., to the Blue Coat Hospi tal 1000/., and to the Blind Asylum 900/. He has also left no less than 25,0001. for the further endowment and additional support of the Blue Coat Hospital of Warrington, a sum which will be sufficient to raise that excellent charity to a high degree of usefulness, and to ensure its fu ture stability. He has likewise bequeathed 10001. to the infirmary at Chester, besides many other smaller benefactions.---(Liverpool Paper.) vius. Handicap Sweepstakes: of 20gs each, for three-yr-olds and up . wards. A,F. Mr. Rush's Romp, e y rs , list. 71b. . . 1 Mr. Wortley's Locksley, 4 yrs, 7st. 91b. Ld Jersey's Sport's, 4 yrs, Ost. 31b. . ' 3 Six started—The Judge placed but three. 6to 1 agst Romp-4 to 1 agst Locksley.-6 to 4 agst Sporus. PIGEON MATCH FOR A SILVER CUP AND COVEIL—A. grand match took place on Eversley Common, Berks, on Mon day, between nine gen tl emen o f Bucks, xon, and liens, against nine from Hants, Wilts, and Surrey, for a silver cup and cover, and'Aen guineas in specie, by a subscription of five guineas each, at thirteen birds each from the trap, at twenty yards from the gun, charge unlimit e d. Th e f o ll ow i ng i s t h e number each killed ' 'fucks, &c. Killed. Mr. Willson - 13 Rogers - - 12 Mason - - - 12 Herbert - - 10 Nash 10 Jon.s - 9 Hinton - - - 9 Palmer - - 8 Jupp . 5 Hants, &c. Mr. Buchan - - - 12 Horn - - - - 12 rothergill - . 11 Hart - - 9 Shone - - - 9 West - - - - 7 Cuilington - - Phillips - - 6 Courtenay - . • 6 88 Bucks had nine birds ahead, al be shot for yesterday by the air some to have dead birds to haVi sr. Herbert Was backed to kill and Mr. Fothergill was the flvil I 79 Lnd.‘9oll the cup whiCh was. to ne by way of handicap, that is, re'a chance with better shots-:-- 1 more than any one on his side, '9lLcite on the other side, THE THF,ATH,ES. KING'S TutAntE.—The new Opera, entitled Il Turco in Italia, was repeated last night with confirmed success before a very numerous audi, e n ce. In the Divertisement, Mademoiselle FANNY BIAS made her first appearance. She was a po.. pular dancer in France, and though not of the first order, is likely to be a favourite here. She _first appeared in a pas seul, and afterli - ards in a pus de trois with NoBLETand ALBERT, and eveu shared with them in the general applause. COVENT-G.tancN`.--A Farce, entitled Thi Grand Tour, was represented for the first time last night, at this Theatre. The fable has no immediate connexion with the title. The chief purpose of this piece is to display the versatilitx of JONES in the character of Seabright, to effecl a marriage between his friend Blushington RUSET), a diffident admirer of Miss Venture, (Miss BEAUMONT), in opposition to the preten sioni of Motet' (LISTON), a Cockney lover. EMERY is introduced as a Ymkshireman, YATES as a French valet, and BLANcnAnn as a blunt tradesman. JONES was all animation in his Pro teus part, and LISTON irresistibly ludicrous in tht Cockney. Miss BEAUMONT acted - arid sung it a:very pleasing 'manner. The Farce requires much curtailment, and will most probably be rendered popular by the spirit, humour, and Vik, riety of the acting. SADLER's WELLS.--_A new Ballet was pro duced at this Theatre on Monday night, for the first time, Under the title of Jovial Millers. The. graceful dancing of ST. ALBIN, Miss G ARBOI S , and Miss S COTT , d rew f ort h t h unders of applause . The favourite story of Richard and Betty at - Hickleton Fair was. recited by KEELEY, and was: received throughout with great approbation.- WILKINsoN is engaged for a few more nights'; his performance of Hooke Walker is a master piece of comic humour. BOP INTELLIGENCE. SOUTIIWARIC, MAY 21.—Our Hop trade is particularly dull ; fine samples are not very plentiful, yet there are more than sufficient for the present demand. MAIDSTONE, MAY 21.—The bine, in consequence of the cold nights, appears to be in an unhealthy state, and there is a considerable increase of fly since last week, and the lice begin to appear. A NCIENT COIN.—A curious and singular sil ver coin of King EDWARD IV. was lately found in the neighbourhood of Exeter, and purchased by Mr. Shirley Woolmer. It is about the size, in circumference, of the new crown piece of the present reign, extremely thin, but in brilliant and high preservation ; the obverse, in part resembles the Gold Rose Noble of 1465 7 and the reverse differs a little; on one side the Prince is represented in a ship, wearing a whimsical three forked crown, indented with 4 holes, and his sword drawn ; on the other side is a sun in the centre, surmounted by a - rose, and encircled with four crowns and four lions.-- As we have no account. of any larger silver being current at that period than groats, it is considered a great curiosity. • A NECDOTE.—ROSE, the private and confiden tial Secretary of Louts XIV., had married his daughter to. Mr. P ORTALL, President of- 'the Parliament. The husband was 'constantly•cotn plaining to him of the temper and dispo sition of his daughter. " You are right," said ROSE, " she is an impertinent jade, and if I hear more complaints of her, I will dis inherit her," The husband felt no desire to make any more complaints of his wife. Houitin MURDER.—The Charlestown Timer details, at some length, the particulars of the murder of a Negro in Beaufort Disfrict, attended with very aggravating circumstances. A Jury of Inquest having been called, it appeared from the evidence of an aged lady, mother-in-law to the owner and murderer of the negro, that the unfor tunate slave had been sick some days, and :.On the Saturday previous was in the kitchen ; r •-••= that on, stepping out of doors she saw her son-in-law dragging him, prostrate, into the kitchen, swearing that he would " finish the rascal ;" that, from the great effusion of blood in the yard, and the motionless insensibility of the negro, she believed he was already dead, and told his master so ; 'that. he swore - it was - nothing but. stubborn hypocrisy, which he would s6jatt force out of him—rand calling for some boiling water, threw it into the face of his victim. . Find: ieg all his endeavours to reanimate the 'body in effectual, lie crushed his skull with an axes-- The verdict of the Jury was, "'That the de. ceased came to his death in consequence of sundry blows of an axe, inflicted on his neck and head by the hands of his master, Samuel Lewis.')— Immediatelyafter the perpetration of the murder, Lewis collected all the money owing him by his neighbours, mounted his horSe and rode off. • AUDACIOUS ROBBERY.—Saturday night two fel:- lows in round frocks knocked at the back door of the house of Mr. Riddles worth, an aged and infirm farmer, at Littlewoo&Farrn - near Stoke, Bucks ; they answered the housekeeper frem within: by calling h er by. name . Th ey proceeded to the room where Mr. R. - was reclining on a couch, from which he was unable to stir, demanded where he kept his money, and used the most shocking im precations and threats to induce him to tell. ...lie gave up the keys of . his desk in the room, from which the , villains took o u t 71. some s i lver, and a watch. They next compelled the - housekeeper to accompany them up stairs, when they let - iu a third fellow who was placed to watch -the old Gentleman, whilst they rifled the house Of a variety of light articles, but fortunately there was no more money in the house. After re galing themselves with ale and eatables, tbey departed with their booty, after taking a ring off the housekeeper's finger, and locking het up in an anti-room. The robbers were armed with • sticks only. A dreadful accident occurred on Saturday afternoon on the Stirrey Road, near the Kennington turnpike. A Gentleman's grobm, who was conducting an extra horse, suffer. ed the animal to get before him and the horse he was riding upon, when, dreadful to relate, in attempting to draw him back; the animal made a desperate plunge, and with his hind legs drove in the ribs against the heart of the unfortunate groom, who instantly dropped dead from his seat. lie was immediately taken to the ilosOtal ) - but the vital spark was gone.