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Letters revived yesterday from Corfu and Zante of the
", ult. show the incorrectness of the statement in the
h Paper 4. that part of the Loan had been paid over
Greek Gavernment. Five Deputies, who had been
lied by the Government to ratify the Loan, were
Led at '/.ante, and the money would only be paid on
ring the most satisfactory ratification. l'olonel Stan-
had arrive.l at ?ante on his way to England, family
s rendering his presence here necessary: if he had
:lied his own wishes, he would have remained in

Tile BstcErtrs or Fate Taanz.—The East India
mpany pay to their ships to and front China, 221. to
per ton for the voyage. Last week the Moffatt and
sna, two teak-built ships, were chartered under the
Act of Parliament to China, and back to the Eri-
settlements in North America, with teas, &c., at
6s. 6d. and 101. Ys. 6d. per ton register for the
un INTESTIG ATION.—Wc hare been informed, from
respectable authority, that the Parliamentary Com-
• appointed to investigate into the state of the dis-
.. districts in Ireland, and to whom the subsequent
ions upon !fish affairs have been also referred for ill-
ation, will !it during the reems, and be prepared to
at the next meeting of Parliament.—Cork Suutlicrn
'rr.

alonds7 last Tinton Stafford (late Sir George Jer-
awl) arrived in this town, on his way to Cossey
and was greeted by a merry peal on the musical
of St. James's Tower.—Bury Pbper.
"e Law,: great pleasure in announcing that Sir George
k;lism has been elevated to the Peerage by the title
ton Stafford, of Stafford Castle, in Staffordshire, of
11, in Slwopsbire, and of ('ossey, in Norfolk. His
and Lady Stafford we: expected yesterday at
Aiful seat at Comity, where great preparations
made by the tenantry and inhabitants to give this
i-respected family a suitable reception. Flags have
flying in the village ever since the news arrived, and
Lordship's tradesmen in this city illuminated their
'.—Norwich Paper.
borough sold liarrowgate are at present well attended
fashionable visitors.
-ss thud PBY.—This lady brings her husband an inde-
. fortune of eight thousand pounds.—Duhlin Paper.
it or Ho's:or-R.—A duel has been fought in New
I, between a sexton and a grave-diArgvr, in conse-
of a dispute on the subject of grure mating. The,
-trigger was twice wounded before the combat ended ;
not so dangerously as to make him an immediate tenant
ne of his own houses.--Americas Paper.
LCOND ORRSIIIRI. 1111.81C•t. FESTIYAL.—We are
:rind to Etat-, that the !Sean and Chapter have given
sanction to another Musical Festival in the Minster,
Ntember, Ib2S, on a scale to be at least commensutate
it of lien. The receipts of t...e morning perform-
are to be applied towards the expenses of the meet-
and the surplus to be divided equally with the four
Is of the county, as before. It is also intended, as
stew weeks ago, to build a spacious Music Hall, ad-
to the Great Assembly Room, to be paid for by the
of three evening performances and two balls. The
, which is estimated to cost 5,450/. will he com-
as soon as a sufficient sum shall have been sub-
by way of guarantee.—York CUM rani.
Hirt rs IssicT.—The wheeler insect is a cutious
I object. Take a little dust of rotten timber,
of water; by and by the insect appears, two
!on ea its head, and thenaa wheel, the velocity of
6.lkrPtillillg. It sails among the dust, as if amidst
the wheel seems intended by suction to draw in
of smaller insects, its food.

PARLT.

(TION • COIIitSPONDZIFT.)
PAati2 Jumr.

Europe is every day mating progress in the moot im-
portant and unexpected changes. The great change is
moving siowly on, but it is moving, awl with a momen-
tum that will overcome all the obstacles that can be opposed
to it. There is, perhaps, something selfish in the pruyer of
" Give reace in oar time ;" but, with all my good wishes for
those who may come after us, I feel heartily disposed to
join in it. Nations have sent the sword out long enough
and car enough in search of freedom, and what has it
brought back with it ?—plagues, murders, massacres, fa-1
mines, funerals, misery of all kinds, and villainy in ail ,
shapes; and in what condition, in general, does the termi-
nation of the contest leave them ? not even in stalls sing!
l tins ! but still wore than when they began, and with all'
the battle to fight over again ; that is, if they are still
simple enough to play the game of their rulers, and to be'
again set together by the ears. But I suspect that the!
world, as it grows greyer is Growing wiser, and is be-1
ginning to perceive that when an oppressed people wish to;
get rid of their grievances, sear is not the true channel of
evacuation. How extraordinary that mankinA should!
have studied politics for two thousand years, and
never yet have found out that hr shed rash others
blood is not the way to cure the errors of their,
Garernment, or to relieve themselves from the evils of;
, misrule. It is as if a string of overburthcncd mules
should attempt to rid themselves of their oppressive
!loads by destroying each other, while the merciless
rittditeeree spurred them on to the contest, to divert their
fury from th,:mseleis ! In couraton life, indeed, we may I
sometimes make an antidote out of the disease ; but, in
affairs of government, never. In our temporal coneetne, I
that which is not good for the 1.11.01 may be good for'
the soul ; but in political matters, whatever is not good
for its express purpose is good fi,r nathing. The great
difficulty is, to knots the true sestet the disease: it is from
the want of this knowledge that the political theorist goes
in search of remedies for unexisting evils, while he leaves
all the real grievances to work their way on ; like the
Grecian blockhead of old, who fancied he had some of
AlllgTh/PDANFs' frogs in his belly, and after studying phy-
sic for seven years to expel them, died of a disorder which 1
he hail taken no means to cure. /Ai do/or, ibi dietris,!
is the motto of the wise ; but the majority are not of this'
number, and have always put the p!aistcr on the wrong
place.
{Pith respect to France, Louis the Eighteenth is an
amiable King, and loves his people ; but he is surrounded,
as are all other Sovereigns, with men who love lheneseleesl
much better than either the King or the people, and the!
rapacity. of this class is not easily pacified. It is from such !
men that Slonarchs, under most governments, usually sub-
mit to receive the law. It is so, at least, ire repo, Fraeric,
and the difficulty, I believe, would he to find the kingdom
in which it was otherwise. What think they, on your side
the water, of the state paper of DON donor, by the Grace
of God, &c. restoring the aneient Cities? There is. at
least, nothing in the tone of this important document that
can justify any very favourtble prophecy. A Monarch
meaning to enlist himself Jiiiiyidie on the side of eiviliz •
*don and freedom, should give a different specimen of his
sincerity than is contained in the language of this procla-
mation. That the King of Portugal—or rather that the
public functionaries, whose instrument he is--should affect
to find in the decayed fragments of the old Constitution,
which fell to pieces a century ago, the only fit materials for
the regeneration of liberty—the only genuine elements of
social strength and civil freedom ! That man must give
a very free exercise to his faith who can look for such a
miracle: as if a century of intervening misgovernment had
recast the Portuguese character, and bad metamorphosed
the vicious institutions of former years into an effective and
reformed system for the present day ! One is really tempted
to say of the Conti-tcntal Sovereigns—the Reformer of Por-
tugal inclusive—what the Fri/ ice says of his brethren,'
when describing them to Gig Ms*: "n Dieu tie pluise
yueje
.fiasse le Inoinelre turf a Near reprilatior ; mais, eider
ours, it n'y in a pas tin yui ail rte Gr (wrest-knee." ltwould
he well, no doubt, to ace these Sovereigns introduce of
themselves the necessary changes; for would they honestly
put their shoulders to the wheel of reformation, an
would be well. They need he.ve no dread of counter-
action ; their coalition, like Aaron's rod, would swal-
low up the forces, if any there were, of any opposing
power. There is always good sense and virtue enough
in every people to submit to well-appointed and well-ex-
ercised authority. These form the broad base of the
pyramid ; and resting on this base, thrones, and princi-
palities, and powers, may endure for ever. Why is Spain
feeble to the lut degree ? Why is Portugal impotent in all
that relates to the true strength and power of her kingdom,
internal and external? Because every government is feeble
and impotent in proportion to the want of freedom and
energq in its Institutions, and to the, consequently, de-
graded condition and character of its people. Why is
ENGLAND powerful? Because she is free—because, with
many grievances to remedy and many abuses to amend,
she is still right at heart—because she is trained by the
maxims of her constitution to that love of liberty which
Hunks the character of her people, and is the guarantee of
her greatness and her glory. lClay not every man of re-
flection, versed in the History of France, trace the arbitrary
progress of her government, from consequence to conse-
quence, till it produced that • !volution which shook all the
thrones of Europe, ani which is still developing its effects
throughout all the empires of the Continent? It was truly
said by an historian many hundred years ago, Tullis nisi:e-
dits histrionerreaßit. The whole world plays the fool; and
so I fear it will go on to do till the end of time.
The weather here is vexatiously cold and dull ; the
Boulevards have, at present, no attraction ; but the coun-
tenances of the Parisians will brighten when the sun breaks
out; indeed, I doubt if the animal spirits of us all are not
made up of

" The motes that people thesunbeam ;"
and I suspect that if a dark cloud were dissected, it would
be found to be made up of the essenoo of melancholy. By
the way of dispersing the gloom, I took up, a little while
ago, a romance which has just appeared from the pen of
Cot NT ne. Foam x. Director of the Royal Museum, &c.
entitled, Cherries harrysrore—a blessed cure for the hip,
and a right good companion for a rainy day ! Here are
two volumes full of tears, and sibs, and groans, and
grieveus miseries. No bowels of flesh and blood could
stand out against such wretchedness, en, not caring to
have nay sympathies stretched upon the rack, I dismissed'
Charles Barrymore, as Felix did l'aul, till a fitter oppor-
tunity.

The Primitive Methodists (commonly called Ranters)
have recently held their annual conference at Halifax ;
when about seventy preachers and delegates attended. They
hare, in c0nnexi0n,33,359 inernbcrs ; 239 itinerant preachers,
and 1, tOr2 local preachers. Increase of members during the
past year, 4:2 to. —Yell; Opurant.

. .
On Sunday last the Independent Meeting House, in
Whiting-street, was unusually crowded, in consequence of
the attendance of Mrs. Smith, widow of the Missionary,
whose severe treatment at Demerara has excited so much
interest. Mts. S. was accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Elliott, the former of whom (who is, we understand, a na-
tive of this town) delivered an able discourse in the after-
noon.—Bury Pox,.
The Floating Island in Ikrwent Lake, Keswick, has
again made its appearance above the surface of the
water. It is seven years since this phenomenon was last
seen.

II c mon!), art!VE 39.—Yeltaday the Magistrates met
at our County Gaul, for the purpose of examining witnesses,
&c., relative to the burglary at Earl C7owper's steward's.
The (sal:dilation was kept quite private, and the result
was, that Thoifiehi (who is confined in this prison as a sup-
posed accessary after the fact) is again remanded for a
week.

ItOUSSEACS THREE THINGS NEEDTI• L.—J. J. !tour- I
scau always regarded gentleness as the first quality in a
woman. Whenever he heard any one boastingly detailing
the qualifications, talents, and charms of any young le!
male, lie used to place a few ciphers one after the other,
and hen concluded by asking, "Is she gentle?" If the
reply was in the affirmadve, he then placed it before the
number of ciphers, according with the value he at ach‘d
to this quality. Sometimes he would ask. " llas she the
three things needful ?" His friend well knew these three
things on which he set so great a value; they were a swear'
voice, a sweet temper, and a smooth skin.— World uf

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