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London, England, 1825-04-25 00:00:00

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Tata Evening, MONtIAY. Aor.l 25. will be performed
DER ERE►S('HQTZ:
Or. THE Pt ACK HUNTSMAN OF BOHEMIA.
°peeler, Mr. Raker; Conrad. Mr. Egerton: Caspar. Mr. Hebnett:
*Ream. Mr. reannan: the Mick Huntsman of Bohemia. Mr. Evans;
iftrttia. Miss Paton; Lena. Illss Love.
After o Web.
CHARLES THE SECOND.
pap Charles'. Mr. C. KemMe: Lord Rochester, Mr. Janes; Captain
Copp. Mr. Fawcett. Mary, Miss 11. 'tree.
To-mortow,, A Woman Veva. Vext, and The Poachers.

HAYM.4RICET THEATRE.
Thus Evening. MOND %Y. Vnril svij Iw p.rformed
rlir Ml, 1211 V WIVE, OF WINDSOR.
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Sir John Falstaff, Sir. Donlon Master S!ender, Mr. J. Russell;
Juetiee Shallow, Mr. Younger; Ford, Mr. Irvin.; Sir high Evans.
Mr. Williams; Fenton. Mr. Melrose; Dr. Caine. Mr. W. West. Mrs.
Fort. Maim,' ; MN. Ps ;c, Mrs. T. Hill ; Anne Page, Miss
George; Mrs. Quickly, Mrs. C. Jones.
An,— whC:h. IN rrtmt:F.
Tom, Mr. J. Itu.sell ; Ellen. %Inflame Vestrii.
To eonelude with
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M Simpson, Mr. S. Bennet: Mr. Aromley, Mr.lilninx. Mrs. Simpson,
Mrs. Glove- • Mn.Bromley. M Davison
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TI-morrow, The Hyjvcrite, the ngniciiii!e surprisc, and Torn Thumb.

ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE.
MR. M.XTIIEWS AT HOME.
This Evening. MONDAY. Apr 25. sled on Thursday and Saturday.
MR. MATHEWS' M ENIORAN M4OOO.
et Peculiarities, Chanteters, and Manners, collected during his various
Trips.
Some—o Memoranda In Confol,,m"—" NUght Coact"—•• Rubbles."
a ecwitef Song—•• Selling Match"—•• Old and New Times"—•' Public
OfDeo, BOiretreet."
PAW? 111.—. t Monnonlyl ,cue. to be called
THE (rv.% V INs DANCER.
Doors nuen M Speen : the Performance to commence at Eight.
Carina.—The new Entertainment will not he printed • and all
71 • Ike praossins to contain any parts of It are gross Impositions and
frauds on the

The BRITISit Patss commenced publishing on Saturday morr.
iug at five o'clock.

LONDON. MONDAY. Aran 25, 1,25.

We have received the Paris Papers of Friday. Thc
Law of Indemnity was adopted by the Chamber of Peers on
the preceding day, by a majority of 169 votes against 63.
It was, however, previously modified by a very important
amendment proposed by the Committee. This amendment
was an additional article, consisting of two parts, in the fol-
lowing terms :

Ist. The first article of the law of the sth of December ICI4, shall
continue to be in full and complete effect.
2:1 Consequently, none of the provisions of the preceding law
can in any case prejudice the rights acquired before the publication
of the Co-‘titsoional Charter, and secured by the said article both
to the state and to individual•, or give rise to any proceedings
against then..

On this article there. was much discussion. The first
part was adopted unanimously. On the second there was
a division. The majority in its favour was 124 against 99.
tiamany of the Peers are men of the Revolution, that it was
to have been expected they would not agree to the indem-
-n:ty without tacking to it a guarantee for the possessions
t'ley hat! obtained previously to the Restoration. We shall
nee bow this amendment will be received by the Charnbcr
of Deputies, in which the emigrant majority seemed to fa-
vour the law only as a preparatory step to the resumption
of their estate-.

The intilerant ellarfi:e lately given to the clergy of his
thocese by the 'atainal•de Cnor, Archbishop of Rotten,
c,:sitinues to engross the attention of the French public. It
is, indeed,'incrtdible that Fitch a document can have been
is tied at this pf clod of general knowledge and liberality.
A part of these instructions is written in Latin, in order,
'We suppose, to conceal it from the multitude. It relates
to the sins, the absolution of which the Cardinal reserves
to himself or his Vicar-General. Among these sins he
Enumerates the crimes of heresy and ! Cncler the
fir:t he includes every kind of support and countenance
git en to ;:eretiez ana schismatics, and the unauthorised peru-
ell ztha I,...eping of heretical books and others prohibited by
t'te lIstoi:11 Church. Under magic he comprises all sorts of
d viratiLms. poisonings, and other exercises of the black
art. It is in •pirit and in this language that the last
crated Card&al of Rome issues his orders to the clergy of
11. s t',ecese•, run.: kingdom on the Conti-
n pit of Eurcp,. Tire lt,fe.tnce from his proceedings is
irre : e. ter the Chureli to which be belongs is not
(lithe,: in its ext.:trines, or its professors do not think
proper, in ether coantlies where they have less power, to
arow all the doetriacs th,y bold. The French Govern-
ment. it appeals, is alarmcd at these extravagmit ant rtiona
of the ecclesiastical authority. It is stated, that as sson as
the law teliecti:.g the renter shall have passel the Cham-
ben, the ehargo of the Archbishop of Rouen will be laid
bef.re the Cot:::cil of State.

Prince NlL•rri o::ICH lilt Paris on Thursday moriing,
with his son, for Milait.

The accounts from Spain are so confused and contradic-
tory that we can give no credence to Coen). One letter
etatcs that UGARTE left Madrid on the 9th, with instruc-
tions to attend the Congress at Milan ; another letter re-
presents that he was still in Madrid on the 11th, and that
he had lost the KING. 6 favour only in appearance. The
t.irioti: party are certainly gaining ground. The blood-
thirity b:;•ot, Father Clete, the General of the Cordeliers,
l•a•: been r.ealltet from exile, and the wretched victims of
pe,,secutiou are bunted down in every direction. The
French no longer 'uteri( re to save them. The destitution
of the Royal Treasury has fuggested a new expedient to
foe Spar.:ah Cave:rtreat. !t Cornm!ts:en is 'appointed to

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reduce the pay of all civil ftmetiesseist, as N M Iplsollllllol
" more in harmony" with the means of the Stets. ••
PRIWC/I FUNDS.—Patais, APRIL 21—ns, per CAENLjt
at lalf. 90c., dosed at dim Bank Sack.
Naples (Certif. Takesset) 4111. 7k. Recta d'EsPolso.
Spanish Loan, 1233., 571. Exchange an Looks 'eL-Ona maw*
W Sic. ; thee months, 24E lik.—Coors 44.440;th4a5, Alrif !O.

Yesterday we rewired t Flammeisetue, and
other Brazilian papers to the 3d ult. inclusive. They are
filled only with the accounts of the Esteelois severity
towards the subdued revolters of Pernambuco. We very
much doubt the wisdom of the sanguinary course pursued
by the Imperial Government. The South Americans
have not yet seen the blood of their fellow-citizens shed in
this manner by their own Governments. All the delibe-
rate acts 'of vengeance which have stained their soil have
been the deeds of the European Authorities wham they
have rejected, and for that reason, perhaps, as much as
aay other, I)on Pzoao should not forget that he is him-
self not an American, and that the prejudices against him,
arising from his connexion with the Royal Houses of the Old
World, may revive in sufficient strength to drive him from
his newly-founded throne, should he provoke mischievous
comparisons between his sway and the milder rule of the
republican states in his vicinity. There is a great mistake in
considering tba revolters of Pernambuco as rebels, aeawd-
lug to our estimation of that term in the long settled and
lawfully established Governtnents of Europe. The Emperor
of Basztx holds his crown Only by an act of the same
character with that which watt unsuccessfully attempted at
Pernambuco. The Portuguese Government might with
propriety put him and his adherents to death, but Don
Panao can show no title but superior force to justify his
unmeasured severity towards the inhabitants of the northern
provinces who resisted the impesition of his self-made
authority.
The news from Greece, =-1 will be found in another
column, extracted from the Etoile of Saturday, is such as
the heroic character of that noble people induced us to
expect. The invasion of the Mores by the Egyptians, at
Modem, has aroused the unconquerable spirit of the nation.
Thirty-six thousand volunteers have answered the call of
the Government; and the Egyptians, repulsed in every
effort they have made to advance from their position,
remain on the spot where they landed. The President
CONDURIOTT!‘ had marched in the direction of Motion,
but the siege of Patras had not been abandoned. The
fleets and annies on both sides were in motion, and some
blow decisive of the campaign will probably be soon struck.
The Greeks are confident of success, and firmly united.

A Gazette Extraordinary was published yesterday, con-
taining a series of very important despatches from Sir
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, the Commander of the expe-
dition against the Burn-.:se. These vain and haughty
barbarians have sustained a complete and decisive over-
throw. At the beginning of December the Burmese Com-
mander, MAMA BeNDOOLA, advanced with a force of
nearly 60,000 men, a numerous artillery, and a body of
cavalry, and attacked the British position in front of
Rangoon. After several days' fighting he was defeated
with the loss of 5,000 men, 240 pieces of ordnance, and a
great quantity of military stores. On the 15th the enemy,
about 2.5,000 in number, returned, with the view of re-
trieving his disgrace. but Sir A. CAMPBELL marched out,
and carried by assanit the stockade in which the Burmese
were entrenched. The gallantry of the troops, British and
native, was above all praise.. In the last action, thirteen
hunditxl of the British infantry stormed an entrenchment,
defended by twenty thousand of the Burmese.
By private letters we learn that the army on the
Sylhet frontier was advancing into the enemy's territory.
The utmost confidence was felt in the fidelity and zeal of
the Sepoys.
We regret to add, that Sir ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, the
Commander-in-Chief at Madras, had died of. the apo-
plectic attack he had sometime previously suffered.
There appears to be no truth in the story of the King of
AVA'S death.

Amcng the returns lately made to Parliament, there is
one of great interest relative to the imports and exports of
the United Kingdom. By this document it appears that
the official value of the imports of Great Britain and Ire-
land, during the year ending the Sth of January Mt,
was 40,412,3001. I ls. and that during the year ending the
Sth of January 1825, the imports amounted to 41,7'29,483/.
17s. 9d. being an increase of 1,317,195/. 6s. 9d. in the
I value of the imports during the last year.. The official
value of the exports of Great Britain and Ireland was
IGs. 11d. of which British and Irish produce
and manufactures were estimated at $6,286,2911. 123. 6d.
and foreign and colonial merchandise at 9,918,3721. 4s. ad.
Dming the year ending the Sth of January 1823, the
officiAl value of the exports was 63425,2721. 7s. 641. of
which British and Irish produce and manufactures were
rated at 51,715,606/. 17s. Sd. and foreign and colonial
merchandise at 11,503,665/. 93. 10.1. The total in-
creased value of the exports of the United Kingdom,
during the last year, was, therefore, 6,990,6081. 10s. 7d.
By this great increase, British and Irish produce and
manufacteres benefited to the amount of 5,132,313/.
.7s. 2d.; and Foreign and Colonial merchandise shared
to the extent of' 1,3::8,2931. .Ss. 3d. In round numbers
the increase of the imports may be stated at one million
and a quarter, anti the inert are of the exports at seven
;millions. No statement can render more palpably
apparent the wonderful career of prosperity on which we
have entered, and arc proceeding with such amazing and
unexampied rapidity. The increased value of our exports
last year amounts to an tight* part of the whole value of
our exports during thy preceding year. The return for the
last year does not enable us to compare the details so as to
pint out the countries with which the increase has been
tnest considerable. The Inspector-General states, at the
foot of the return, that " the proportional value of the
trade carried on with each country during the year ended
Sth January, 1525, cannel at present be stated, as it is
ascertained by applying the official rates individually to
the numerous articles of import and export, of which the
trade may in each case consist ; an operation of such extent
and labour as unavoidably to occupy a period of several
months after the termination of the year."
We trust that when foreign Governments observe how
the free principles of trade on which we have founded our
commercial system have operated to our advantage, and
how they are carrying us forward with still increasing suc-
cess, they will, for their own sakes, adopt them, and thus
give to the skill, ent;:rprize, and capital ofourc•untrymen,
a wider scope and a yet more liberal reward. But if they
will persevere in their narrow and selfish schemes of mis-
taken policy, we have prospects favourable enough before
us in spite of them. In the growth of our own colonies,
and the rising world across the Atlantic, we have frail re-
source% every day unfolding themselves. We must con-
tinue to thrive with the general improv •ment of the world.
The majority of handy-seven in favour of the Catholic
Bill in the House of Commons, gees not appear to have at