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DRURY-LANE THEATRE.
This Evening, THURSDAY, April 13, will be performed
'SERVOS'S KY.

,ley. Mr. Bennett; Korarto, Mr. Horn; Stephanofr, Mr. Wal.
PI Trletraws Stark, M. Harley. Alhanasla, Foote Maeda',
es Cubitt ; ehrhalne, Mks. PJVti,
After whtch the new Grand ROIIMIItie Fairy Tale of
OBERON or. THE CHARMED HORN.

The principal Charactira by blen+rs. 0. Smith., Browne, T.
3,:anchgrd, Pope, Howra, Mercer, Voirnia, W. Bennett. and G. SnIAL ,
Nimes Smithson, Vincent, and Macdonsid ; and Mrs, C. Jelled.

COVENT•GARDEN THEATRE.

nit Evening, THURSDAY, April 1 will b• performed (2d time; •
Arend Romantic end Fairy Opera, called
OBERON ; or, THE ELY-KING'A DATIL
The Overture and the whole of the 3lurie compared by Carl Marla Von

Weber.

The principal Characters by Meson. Praham, Cooper, Fawcett, C.
Bland, J. Isaacs, and Tenney; Hlues Paton, Lacy, and H. Comae;
InadAme Veatri., and MIII. DWft.ll.p?tt.,_

After which the Farce of
THE DUEL.
ID Pryer Oktencourt, Mr. W. Vanes Sllverhem4 Mr. Shusehord.
Harriet Seymour, Min Love ; Rebecca, Mies J. Scott.

ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE.
MR. MATHEWS AT HOME
Ilk lkostrig, THURSDAY, April IS, with au. entirely new Entertalo.
wet, la Two Parts, (marled on Ms Obsevatoons on Charates,
Manners, and Pau!levities, entitled
Hit. MATHEWS.' INVITATIONS.
PANT Blonegolylogne, to be called
THE cm BARU/ !
Seven Chew:ties by Mr. Mathews.
Ikon op= atßalt pad Seven (Instead of Seven, as heretofore); Ibis
Performance heights at Hight precluely.

The Bat Tux PAC! commenced TIM:MAMA yesterday morning
at five o'clock.

LONDON, THURSDAY, Aran. 13, 1826.

The French Papers contain nothing of importance ex-
cept the mournful certainty which they at length present
respecting the fate of Missolonghi. To counterbalance
this in some measure, they state that Lord Cocitssxe is
understood to be at Zante, and there are still some hopes
for Greece. Napoli di Romania, Corinth, Athens, Napoli
di Malvasia, the mountains of the Mainotes, the islands
of Hydra and Spenia, the troops of FABVIF:11, and the
fleets of AA lACLIS and Ca s,‘ nis, still remain to be sub-
dued; and leasinis might find it difficult to overcome
their opposition, if a greater degree of union and combined
effort were introduced into the Greek system of warfare.
By all accounts, the troops under Fesvize, Cotoco-
tooter, and the other Greek Generals, were sufficient in
point of number to cope with Instants', or at least to an-
noy him in his siege, by cutting off his convoys, and haras-
aim( his particsand outposts. They could have attacked
ftevsenin PAcIIA at least, and drawn the besieging army
off to his assistance. Instead of forming any enterprise of
this sort, directed to the immediate and vital point of the-
war, they were wasting their time, either in absolute inac-
tivity, or in besieging and attacking points which ought
only to have been observed. What had FA nvl ER to do in
Negropont,or COLOCOTRONI at Tripolizza, when Misso-
longhi was thus left to its fate, without a blow being
struck for its deliverance? It is to be bolvd that Lard
COCjiaANx will contrive to introduce more uniformity into
their system—if it be really true that he is now on the
point of offering his services to their Government. In a
Peninsula like Greece, intersected by such deep gulfs, and
abounding so much in insular appendages, the assistance
pf a powerful fleet is in the last degree important; and
though PO3IPIIY, in the same country, did not find, as
he boasted, that the master of the sea was sure to be
master of the land, his opinion was formed on the most
substantial grounds, and the plan which he formed in con-
sequence of it was successful, till he abandoned it himself,
by leaving the coast to join Set o. Our classical readers
will recollect that C.ls an's bold Inamettvre of enclosing
Poweer at Dyrrachium, was entirely disconcerted by the
fleet of the latter, which took CRAAR'S army in Hank,
while engaged in front in opposing the enemy irruption.
war of posts and parties is now the only hope of Creece.
By cutting off supplies of provisions and forage, by harass-
ing detached parties and thinning their ranks by a war of
'detail, and by forming strong and secure posts, affording
facilities of retreat, if necessary, as points jappvi for sud-
den and frequent excursions, another turn might still be
given to affairs, and Lonl Cocintswe might in this way
Insist by his maritime superiority in rendering the situa-
tion of IstAHlst much more embarrassing than could other-
wise be anticipated. No force could be more effective in a
country like Greece than a force which should look to the
sea for its appli, and be ready at any moment to re-cm-
bark till it should find an opportunity for a new descent
,upon the same, or some other, fiivourable point.

FRENCH FL:NOS.—PARIS, APRIL 10 —Five per Cents., rit
I0c.; Three per Cents., 66f. ; Bank Stock. 2.050 f. ; Rents* de
75r. 05c.; Royal Spanish Loan, 491L—Ilaytlen Loan,
Mi.—Exchange on London, one month, 241. 80c.; Three dit-
to, 25f. ISc.—Coars Authentique.

' Rio Janeiro Papers of the 4th February were received
yesterday. A Proclamation from the Emperor Dox Penso
is inserted in them, announcing his determination to sojourn
at Bahia for a short time previous to the meeting of the
'Legislative Assembly at Rio. A fact of considerable im-
.portance is contained in these Papers, as indicative of the
.good feeling that at present exists between the Colombian
'and Brazilian Governments—the appointment of a Minis-
ter by the Emperor of BRAZIL to the Congress at Panama.
The interests of each of the contracting parties, we think,
.would be best consulted by amicable adjustment ; and we
'hope that either Lord PON SONBY'S mediation, or the dis-
cussions at the Panama Congress, may produce that desira-
ble result.

The private letters from the Brazils state, that the trade
is so annoyed by the privateers from Buenos Ayres, that
the premium of insurance from Bahia to Rio is 30 percent.
An order from the Government had reached Maranham, to
send to England 60,0001. in payment of the dividend on
Brazilian loans contracted in England ; it was expected to
be remitted in cotton.

ft is impossible to calculate on the good-faith of s people
so utterly deititste of all principle as the Burmese. That
the KING of AVA should have broken the armistice has
nothing surprising in it; but that his Golden-footed
Majesty will repent his want of fiddity, we may foretell
without the gift of prophecy. Not or.ly will Sir Anew-
'ALL CANPBLI.I. not offer any other conditions of treaty
than these he had proposed, hut, we may rest assured, that
nu terms of any kind will be again offered. What con-
ditions the gallant Gaseral may hereafter choose to dictate,
are the conditions to which, we confidently predict, his
Burmese Majesty will be compelled/ to accede. The pro-
posal terms of the treaty, to which the violated armistice

has put an end, were, the cessiou of Arracan, Cheduba,
Msrtaban, Tavay, and Mergui, together with the payment
or two crore of rupees (two millions sterling). The Kee
Whoongee (Prime Minister), who has a little more sense
. than his Imperial Master, did not consider these as articles
which were to be rashly ejected; but having a natural
wish to keep his head on his shoulders, the official
functionary Very wisely kept his own counsel. It will be
recollected that with a force of about 3,000 men we beat
the Burmese army of upwards of 60,000, headed too by
;heir renowned lie is»ooLati, in the brilliant affair at
Rangoon, and after many days' hard fighting killed 14,000
of those troops, and captured all their artillery. With this
event fresh in memory, the public here, we think, need
be under no apprehension as to the result of the recent
act!on at Prome, whatever the numerical superiority of the
enemy may have boen. The 87th King's RegiMent and
the 3311 Regiment of Native infantry will have since
joined Sir A tieing/trip, and would have enabled him to
advance to the capital with about six thousand effective
troops. This force will not fail to bring the Burmese war,
which has been hitherto mbst ably conducted, to a speedy
and favourable termination.

We have received the following Secret Documents, with
the observations prefiat..d, from a Spanish emigrant of dis-
tinction, now in this country. We hasten to publish
them, in order to show what degree of importance is at-
tached to the affair of Davin by the persons best calculated
to judge on such a subject. We have merely to add that
Alrxs is now at S...venoaks, Kent. The Secret Documents
subjoined serve toihow the internal state of the Spanish
Government :

Subjoined are copies of two circulars, which the police of one
of our departments has sent to its subalterns, in consequence of the
desperate attempt of Bazan. By the language of these docu-
ments you will be able to Judge of the ahilitieland judgment of
this superintendent of police. We need not be surprised, how-
ever, that the agents resemble the Government which employs
them, and it would be much more surprising if a barbarous and
ignorant Government employed enlightened agents; but the super-
intendent might at least have written with auffi.lent clearness to be
understood by his subalterns. If the language of these circulars
gives an idea of the abilities of their author, their contents and
their object show very clearly the inaccuracy of the information
which the police possesses on the one hand, and on the other its
readiness to take alarm every moment at phantoms and ghosts of
combined expeditions, at apparitions of General Mins, and at
other tictions of that nature, when we all know very well that
General 31ins is very quiet in England, as welt as all those whose
expeditions could give more uneasiness to oar police than that of
Bazan. If that unfortunate man had listened to some counsel he
would not have perished so fruitlessly. If the heads of our police
were as able as they ought to be (for at present it must either be
blind or unwilling to see) they would answer such intelligence and
such suggestions, by showing the Government of Ferdinand, that
these ghosts of .Minas, and those phantoms of expeditions, arise
only in Spain itself ; that the barbarity end ignorance of the Go-
vernment creates Minas for itself every day, by equipping expedi-
tions, and increasing those evils which may one day reduce the
police to atoms, and cause the very memory of a government so
brutal and atrocious to disappear. This is what those superin-
tendents of the provinces ought to say, who from their situation
are enabled more narrowly to observe the state of misery to
which the nation has been reduced, the numerous families who
have been reduced to the brink of despair, the absolute stagnation
1 to which all those branches art !educed which constitute the life Of
a state, and, above all, the impotence and nullity to which the
Government has reduced itself by its repeated crimes, and by car
Tying its baseness to such an extent, as to forget, apparently, that
it is a national government at all—appearing to-day Carlist, to-
morrow Ferdinandist; one day French, another Inquisitionist ;
always vacillating, and always either toreign entirely to the nation,
Of factiously opposed to its interests. The beads of the police ought
to represent to their Government, that expeditions from abroad and
conspiracies at home, are all effects of one cause, and, consequently,
that without removing that cause, it is impossible to prevent such
things from taking place ; that neither of these purposes can be
effected by circulars, however secret they may be ; that the re-
medy is very simple, though, on the other hand, it is very difficult.
if the Government of Spain will act on enlightened principles, it
will decide at one blow the fate of the expeditions and their pro-
jectors—the ghosts and phantoms will disappear; but if it will not
do so, or if it cannot do so, it will find in that very fact the cause
of all those different effects, which will undoubtedly be repeated
continually, both at home and abroad, in spite of all the circulars
of the police. But the step to be taken is difficult, and it would
oust the police and the inquisition from the exercise of their high
and mighty duties. It is better that they should go on in their
career of disorder. That is the surest way to lead to the regenera-
tion of Spain ; and in the meantime, though we are sufferers by it,
we have at least the satisfaction to see, and to let others see, the
disgraceful spectacle exhibited by the monarchy of Spain—that
chef d'irarre of the wisdom of the Alliance Which I will not call
iloly. We shall gain from this another advantage of considerable
importance. A great number of Spaniards, who Ginta fife believe
the deceitful promises of the French Government and its agents, and
whose fatal credulity favoured not a little the disgraceful invasion of
the Duke d'Angouleme, will now be convinced that they have no-
thing to expect from that Government but new endeavou:s to carry
illusion and deceit to a still greater extent. This result will be as
fortunate an I advantageous as our former mistakes were dangerous.
It will tend to unite in the same cause all those Spaniards who
cherish sentiments of independence and of liberty, and will pro-
duce among them that harmony and concord which is necessary, in
order to restore our country to that prosperity of which it was de-
prived by the blackest ingratitude ; and, above all, to that honour
and even glory of which her liallasteroses, her Abisvales, and her
Morale*, so treacherously and vilely deprived her.

FlRsr CIRCULAR.
" INTENDANCY OF TILE POLICE OF
(Secret.)
" Having received information that a revolutionary expedition
was to leave England on the 10th of February last, destined for the
Peninsula, in concert with that which was carried into effect on the
14th of the same month, in Guardarnar, under the command of the
rebel rman, it being of the utmost importance to prevent the
repetition of such Vandalic incursions, which though it is certain
that they would be rendered abortive at the very moment of carry.
ing them into execution, in consequence of the valour and deci.
lion, in favour of our herd the King, on the part of his brave and
litithful vassals, nevertheless disturb the private tranquillity of the
peaceful inhabitants of the Spimish 'oil, cawing other evils be.
sides, of considerable importance; it is indispensably 'necessary
that the police should exert the utmost vigilance, particularly in
the ncighbonrhood of the coast, in order to avoid a surprise
on the part of the Revolutionists, who, though impotent and
debased, do not desist, in their madness and frantic despair, to
form conspiracies and to prepare the means necessary for cir.
eying them into effect : considering at the same time that though
the revolutionary faction which ventured to disembark in Guards-
mar is so despicable, it would not have ventured on this hazardous,
step if it were not an effect of combination and mutual intelligence
among many of the principal agents of the revolution, who have
taken refuge in the chief towns of the kingdom, and whom, there-
fore, the results of the day, the operations of the authorities, will
not be able to calm. I recommend to you particularly, that by all
the means which your zeal ran suggest, you would Rx your atten-
tion principally, in the first place, on the points of the coast in the
district under your charge, watching without intemit,aion every
novelty which you may perceive, taking such measures as the cir.
cumstances of the moment may require, concerting your measures
with the chieli of the disposable troops, the royalist volunteers, and
the well-intentioned inhabitants in your neighbourhood ; and in
the second place, it is indispensable that you and your dependents
should redouble your of irts to maintain the public tranquillity,
taking care besides, by means of accurate investigations, to obtain
itch intelligence as may enable you to observe ali those persons
attentively, who are notoriously distinguished for their affection to
the abolished Constitutional system, sod who belonged to it in the
past revolutionary period.
(Signed) " INTENDANT OF POLICE."
Rlarch, 182 R.
SECOND CIRCULAR.
. "riTExuator OF THE POLICE OF
(Most Secret.)
%Vith reference to my circular of the inst., which coincides
with the recent intelligence received from the superior police, and

THE BRITISH PRESS.

the important information which I have just received, I have to
recommend to you, that in displaying all your zeal in fevour of our
Lord the King, for the honour of our department, and for our own
as well as for the public security—the principal object of our in-
stitution, you would observe, and cause to be observid, in the
district under your command, the nima perspicacious and constant
vigilance, in order to discover and know those persons, who, for-
getting even their own interest, can become accomplices to the
enemies of the State, and of the King; and if these persons have any
better foundation than the mischievousness of their own hearts for
their hopes of seeing an attempt in our territory carried into effeit,

in that case, and provided this should prove to he the case, you
will proceed without any obstacles of any kind whatever being
opposed to you, to use the most efficacious remedy which the cir-
cumstances may require, adoptinglfor that purpose all the resource'
which lie within humanlpower (de pneibilidad huntana). In this
important view you will cause vigilance to he exerted day and
night, tracing all such ptrsom as you may judge to be suspicious ;
avoiding, without exciting any alarm (sin esteeplio), every cause
or occasion which could excite the slightest suspicion. You will
let no one travel without a letter of security or passport, r.or with
arms without license, and at the same time you will take tare to
give me Intelligence of whatever occurs of importance, by an ex-
press to be despatched at the instant. The time which you gain
you will take advantage of to call upon and make use, in case of
necessity, and in the manner in which I have before recommended
to you, either of the armed force, or, if circumstances require it,
of that which you may form at the moment from the friends Of
order, and of our Lord the King. If you fully comprehend the
subject you will inform me punctually by return of post.
March DUG. (Signed) INTENDANT OF POLICE.
" To the Sulxlelegate of -"

There is no maxim of jurisprudence that Englishmen
are brought up to revere more strongly, than that which
holds every man to be innocent till lie is found guilty.
Whatever inquiry the public conduct of any individual
may be made to undergo, it is essential that those appointed
to decide should approach it without prejudice, and with-
out prepossession. It is essential to the ends of good
government that every person selected to fill an office of
high public trust should be held responsible for the faith-
ful discharge of its duties ; but it is equally essential, should
any charge of gross mal-administration be brought against
him, that he be protected against the pre-judgment of
the public press, which, by preparing every one to be-
-1 lieve him gitilty, makes his accusation and conviction the
same, and thus takes from him at once all that security of
the laws which is the dearest and best privilege of a British
subject. We say this in reference to the conduct of the
Times newspaper towards Lord CHARLES SOMERSET, and
the pains taken by that journal to poison the public mind
against him. The attacks have been so frequently reite-
rated as to call for animadversion ; they have been followed
up with a malignity that shows plainly that some private Or
party purpose is meant to be answered by them. The fol-
lowing appeared yesterday, and that it might obtain greater
attention, was given as a leading article:—
Tidings reached town yesterday from the Cape. Many of the
communications from thence speak of ' begging letters,' a phrase,
it appears, in frequent use there, and which is thus explained in
one of the letters which we have seen Since his Excellency has
seen the necessity of going home, he has set himself seriously
about the task of his deferce ; and among other means, has resorted
to the expedient of ' addresses.' The plan pursued is usually
this :—A memorial to the King, setting forth all the virtues of the
Governor, is drawn up at the Government House, or by some de.
pendent, to which is attached an address to the Governor himself,
drawn up in like manner ; these are forwarded to the different
Landrosts upon whom reliance can be placed (and I am sorry to
say, that there is scarcely one throughout the districts, although
well convinced of the untruth of the allegations, who possesses in.
dependence enough to solid against the delusion), who send round
their Secretaries to the Field-comets (a kind of nub-magistrates),
with whom the original is deposited. " The latter ride away to every
Dutch Boor. and compel him, by threats or cajolery, to sign—he
knows not what !

" His Lordship, who it is said has been anxious to delay his
departure till after that of the Commissioners, is also endeavouring
to gild the conclusion of his administration with some popular acts. '
A public meeting has been called, on his suggestion, to take into
consideration the best means of giving an impetus to the corn.
merce of the country, by improving the process of making wine ;
it is hoped that the process of making addresses may also be im.
proved at this meeting."
What can be more cruel or more unjust than to circulate
statements of such a kind as the above, which neither the
party accused nor his friends, have any means or opportu-
nity of refuting? Whether Mr. Geero may be able to
maintain the accusations against Lord C. SomERIET or
not, is a point we cannot enter upon; it is enough that the
latter has declared himself prepared and willing to meet the
charges preferred against him ; and the feelings of every
honest mind must revolt at the attempts made to destroy
his character in the public opinion, while he is yet un-
heard, and while be is hastening to this country to clear
his conduct from the imputations cast upon it. If abuse
of power is charged against a Governor in any distant
province, what more valid' testimony can he bring forward,
or to what stronger evidence can he appeal, than that of the
people themselves, who are alleged to have suffered by his
perversion of authority? But if these suffrages in his
favour, which it is at least fair to presume aro honest and
voluutary attestations, are to he represented to the tribunal
before which he is hastening to appear, as being obtained
by threats and chicanery, and this, too, without a shadow
of proof, how can tlr3 individual so accused sustain himself
against so malicious a conspiracy ? Such a proceeding is in
any case most iniquitous; and nothing can he more grossly
inconsistent in any public journalist that► to affect a zeal for
the interests of public justice, and at the same time, as in
the present instance, to violate all the rules which
secure it.

(7ITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
This was a settling day in the English Market, and
when it is considered that the fluctuations have been during
the account above 5 per cent, it passed ofF much better
than could have been expected. The business was chiefly
confined to balancing accounts ; but some bargains were
done in Consols, although to no great extent. They opened
at 79i, and after reaching closed at 11. Speculators gene-
rally anticipated a decline in prices,_ because the Money
and May Account quotations are the same, but this may
arise from a scarcity of Money Stock, which is certainly at
present felt. Exchequer Bills were 7s. Bs. premium, and
India Bonds 2s. 4s. ptetnium. New Four per Cents closed
at 95.

Transatlantic Securities drooped today; Colombian
Bonds being at 454, and Mexican 6 per Cent.; at 62k.
Peruvian Bonds were as low as and Chilian Ditto 44.
Russian Stock was also depressed; there were sellers of it
at 79. Greek Bonds remained at yesterday's quotation.
What business was dune in Shares was at a declining
price. Real Del Monte Shares SO dis. ; and Anglo Mexi-
can ditto 20 dis.

Papers from Jamaica and from New South Wales of
a very late date, were yesterday received at the North and
South American Coffee-house. The dates from Jamaica
are to the 3d ult. They are filled with matters of only
local interest. The dates from New South Wales are to
the middle of October. Sir T. Brisbane had returned to
Sydney from a tour in the interior. Ile had viewed the'
wonder of that new world, the cascade twenty-seven miles
from the Emu-plains,—a body of water falling over per-
pendicular rocks of 800 feet.* He appeared highly delighted
with his excursion, and was expected to leave Sydney in
the Mary, Hope, for England, having been superseded in
the command. The usual address appears to he voted to
his Ex-Excellency. The prices of provisions were very
high—wheat 9s. lid., maize 4s. 9d., barley 4a. per bushel,
potatoes 6s, per cwt.; butter 2s. 3d. per lb., eggs Is. p'er
doz., fowls 3s. pet couple, cheese Is. per lb., pork in general
.sd. per lb.