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'ethich thi4 take iihice on the instant of this emu•
munication, will be of beg contiouocce.
deed., there never Was a moureiet since the return
'of peace at which the Governtnerst 'eremitic* Ought
to have been considered so trainable as they are at
present. The revenue is increasing--the assurance
is held out by the Lords of the Treasury that,
with the exception of a trifling lom next year of
live millions, fur paying off so much of the debt to
the Bank, the 'vein of borrowing has ceased—
there is certainfyst Mear exerts of reventie'over the
expentlituro of two millions, orpplicalile steadily as
at sinkslag food to the duninntiun of the debt—and
adalitiotial taxes to the estimated amount of three
millions have been imposed, avowedly fur the sole
purpose of satisfying the public credits:us, anal
which, if the receipts equal the estimates, will
constitute an absolute bona fide sinking fund of
more than 5,000,000/. which must, from its uature,
be annually iticreasing. There is nu good reason
for imagining (as the Editor of a respectable
Sunday Paper has dont) that Wither reduction
must take place its the prices of stock, in conse-
quence of the future operation of the plan fur the
Filial resumption of cash payments ; became the
!wee of gold being the crates tort fur abut twining the
proper amount of the circulating inealintsi within
the country, the present price of 31. ISM. ass
ounce skews that the issues of the Bank of
&igloos' need he reduced no further. Cut
indepesident of this cousideratioo, if by troy
farther reduction in the circulating medium the
rummy price of all commodities be dii ll ill islitd. in
proportion as the actual value of the currency is
increased, it most be remembered that the value of
the interest derived from stock must be increased
also, and will consequently uphold the value of its
Wes therefore. can perceive no well.
founded reasons fair anticipating any permanent fell
in the funds below their present price; but, on
the cootrarys look fur an additional rise even within
the current quarter.

Paris Papers of Monday have arrived, but they
glued uo corroboration of the report respecting the
insult said to have been offered to the King of Win-
. 1,411111111111. His Majesty still resides at Schwalbach,
iihere be lives very retirrtl.
It would treat from an article contained in one
of the French Papers, that Don ONIS, the late
Minister of Spain to the United States, has fallen
into di.arace with King FERDINAND, even at the
.rery moment when he plumed himself most on the
favour of his master. An argument is drawn from
this circumstance, that the Treaty whereby the
Florida. were ceded to the United States, and
a hich was altogether the work of ON will not
receive the *auction of the Court of Madrid. The
troops of the United States are, however, in pos-
session of Pensacola and Saint Marks, and we fear
that the King of SPAIN, in his tire/it-tit state of
im-
becility, would find some difficulty in rescuing
them front the talons of the republicau eagle.

Yesterday the Duke of WELLINGTON sod Vis-
count Illsmitt.t.r. had audiences of the PRINCE
REGENT, at Carlton house.
Mr. Lona and Nlr. flusKtssota waited upon the
PRINCE REGENT yesterday, at Calltuei House.
Letters from Stockport state, BIRCH, the con.
stable, to be bull alive, and mention that the Ma-
gistrates, who have with laudable activity investi-
gated the circumstances of his assassination, have
committed to Chester Castle for trial one Bruce, as
being present, aiding and whetting the man who
fired the pistol. Brute is wsher to Harrison the
schoolmaster, and resides in his house. The pistol
was fired over his shoulder, and he stood so near
that his hair was singed by the flash. ‘Ve hope that
this mass may be induced to confess the names of
the principal and the other accessary.

Friday morning the trial of the persons concerned
in the riot which lately occur►ed at Liverpool,
during the procession of the Orange Societies.
came on at the Town Hill. The trial occupied
the Court from ten till half-past two o'clock. The
Jury retired for a few minutes. and returned with a
verdict of Guilty against all the Prisoners (eleven
in number). After a short consultation, the Court
sentenced all of them to three mouths imprison-
ment in the House of Correction.

We learn from Paisley, that a meeting or the
krritors of the Abbey parish was held there on
Thursday se'imight, to take into c-tisideration a
memorial from the operative weavers nt the parish,
►toting the great distress undtr which marry of their
smother at present labour from wiiiit of employ-
merit, and requesting that relief which their present
circunistaticts an urgently r' quire. The meeting
named a Committee, who, with • Committee of
the memorialist*. should prepare and present to a
meeting to he held on Thursday. sth August, a
statement or the number anti circumstances of per-
sons in the parish who at present retptire relief on
account of their want of employment ; together
with their (minim) as to tlie ma sinner in which that
relief flinty most prudently and most effectually
he given. They placed the sum of one hundred
pounds at the disposal of the Minister and Kirk
Session, for the immediate relief of the most
necessitous of the above description. And by their
t'rese•, JOHN MAXWELL, E.g. ftlember for the
county, they expressed to the memorialists their
high approbation of their prudent, peaceable, and
exemplary c luct on this occasion, earnestly re-
commending to them • continuance of such con-
duct, as the most effectual means of interesting
the public in their favour, and of obtaining the
sympathy sail aid of those who have it to their
power to contribute to their relief.—(Ediaburgh
Paper.)
The harvest has already very generally com-
menced throsighout the country, and we are ►e-
joiced to state, that it every where promises to be
abundant.

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POETRY.

TO THE LADIES OF ENGLAND.

Brawn's :—fur drest with is mach taor,
All may with saes a tern b• graed—

Atteird the frieadly stana,i.
Which deprecates Ih threatraA c►t.ste
Of Batlia► 'nodes for fahhitous sumer,
Amd Franck extravaganza.

Mali—when her Soar renown bare won,
y„ aria sad and proudly shone

A pattern lo the nations—
Moll England's recreant daughters toe. I
At Gallic shrines, and stoop to steal

Fantastic innovations!
Dosestic. simple. chute, sedate,
Your fashions no• assinnlate
Your •irtucs and your duties—
Wills all the dignity of Rump,
The Grecian Graces I nil a bums

le England's classic Beauties.
When we behold so it a %Silly.,
We deem its inmate all divot.,
And thoughts lit entious bridle;
But if the can be tasteless, rude,
Geotestire, ad glaring—we conclude
It bolds souse worthless toot..

Let Gaflia's nymphs, Or atoirist marl,
To every wild extreme ioclin*J,
I■ irok.s.ir be consistent;
Their failiags let their modes express—.
From simpleness of soul sod dress,
For ever equi-distant.

Tree to your staid and errs port,
Let mod extremes, of every sort,

With steady scorn be treated ;
Nor, by Art's modish follies, mar
The sweetest, loveliest work by far,
That Nature has completed.
For, 0! if in the world's wide rutted,
Oee peerless object dray be found—
A something more tbs. lumina;
The faultless PARAGON confuted,
May in one line be all express'd,
A wellArtsed EAGLES!! WOMAN.
ALFRED

FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES.

The Earl of March, for his seat is Sasses.
Earl Staahope, fur his seat is Kent.
Lued George Lemma, for his oral is Sussex.
The Earl and Coolant of Darliagion and family, for the

The Duke and Ducbesa of Beaufort sod family, fur ilsr.r
seat, Badmintoa, Gluitenterabitro.

Yesterday the PRINCI RIGINT rode out ou
horseback.

Wednesday the Princess AUGUSTA, with lirr
Royal Highnesee attendants, rode on horseback hi
Windsor Park. Her Royal Highness afterwards
went to her house at Frogstiore.
The Duke of Summit arrived at Windsor Palace
en Wednesday, on a Clint to his Royal Sisters, till
Princesses. In the evening his Royal Highness re-
turned to Kensington.

The Duke of oLOUCESTEE, went down to Wool.
wich at a very late hour on Tue►day night. or-
companied by Captain Muscat', of the Guard..
and on his arrival immediately went on bna•d the
Royal yacht, ronsmandrd by Sir CHARLES Row.
LET. with Mr. Wastasriusa, brother of Sr
GEORGIC. The vessel immediately set sail it 4
Sheerness.

Yesterday Prince LEOPOLD visited the Duchets
or You, at York Howe.
Yesterday Prince LEOPOLD hail a numerous
party at dinner, at Marlborough boost•.
On Tuesday the DUtiltbo of YORK Wiiited the
British Museum. _

Wednesday the Duchess of YORK and Prnce
LEOPOLD honoured Mr. and Mrs. LONG with vl.
sit, ■t their seat, near Bromley. Prince ESTER-
HAZY. Count and Connie' LiEva's, Viscount .sost
Viscountess CASTLEREAGH, .Ir. and bitty Cut..
LEN SMITH, &c. were also pre►ent. A sumptuous
entertainment was given upon the occasion.
Sir WILLIAM GRANT continues in waiting on
the KING at Windsor, as one of the Council.
The Earl and Countess of LONSDALE and Lady
MARY LOWTHER, left Whitehavese Castle lio,ttay
morning.
Eat! BATHURST entertained a party or iti.6,,-
tion at dinner yesterday, at his house, Alanstiettl-
street. .

Lady BETHEL!. CODRINGTON entertained e
Michell* of Mayhew+ 1.), and a part of faotion-
a hies. on Wednesday evening, at -her IMAM I 1
Park-lane. . _ .

Sir T. NIAITLAND, Bart. (brother to the Earl
LAUDERDALE). owl suite, armed yesterday at
Warren's hotel. Regent-street, front the Itoilia
Islands.

Sir Joust SINCLAIR and family arrived i4r
house tu Edinburgh, on Friday, from I.onttoc.
The emigration horn the metropidie, to e. is
quence of the fine weather, IP I l nut a tempi:l.loot
equal to that at 58. Par k-i•trvi t, Crusveitor..qomes
where china, glass, and earthenware, may he intr.
cliii.ed at less than half price.
Mr. FLAIMAN, who is at pr. ient in Glasgow, for
the purpose iii atoperintrialim: the erection of the
statue of Sir JOHN MoORE to that city, has pre-
sented the tunic. a of the I lonterian IVlneetion
the original cast from the litre of Sir ISAAC IS:FY/-
TON, from which HOUBILLIAC executed the tii4•lrl,
i.tatne of Sir ISAAC, in 'frailty College, Cambiiitge.
This very interesting relic was originally the p.i..
perty of ROUBILLIAC ; after Ilia ileath it paw,
into the !landau( the father of Mr. Ft.sxm A . sod
now, by the munificence of that «wow.% :ow.
forms a valuable addition to the Bunts Flan col-
lection.

THEA.TRAt

HATtikaires
SolemnAtt's ever-amusiag comedy of 7%e
pirds. was last night performed before a crowded
sudience--sild commanded such constant applause
sr must ensure its frequent repetition. Mr. Talent
appeared as Sir Atthony Absolute. and exhibited.
o tli due force, all the peculiarities of the kind and
considerste father, whose meekness of disposition,
that of the generality of fathers, is never
~,,,,r,l tntn passion, so long as his offspring bow tin.
to his commands, whether wise or absurd.
CoNNOR. i. Sir Lucius O'Trigge►, combio-
,,l tie r•tsy deportment of a gentleman with the
livenroos whimsicalities of an Hibernian. Mr.
JONEs iv an excellent representative of Captain
Absolute. His polished manners. and the agreeable
buoyancy of his spirits, rendered " honest Jack"
a very fascinating personage. The part of Acres
I/ s allotted to Mr. LISTON. His performance was
rich in comic humour. The assumed courage of
fighting Bob" was exceedingly ludicrous—but
it was utterly impassible to hear his voice, and wit-
ness the changes of his countenance, when the bra-
very of poor Acres is "oozing away." without in-
dulging at ex/emotive laughter. Falkland was, for
the but time, supported by Mr. %%FAROE. He
described, with delicacy. as well as strength
doubts and fears of the too-sensitive lover. Lydia
Langsish was personified, with Mitch vivacity, by
Mts. Oiret—but her appearince is by far too mo-
ronity Tor the youthful romance reader. The part
of jaili.s was supported by Mrs. EDWIN—SiIk:Pm
perfotursuce proved. most abundantly, that semi-
meta is not her/trete. Mrs. DAVENPORT rust/lined
the character of Mrs. .Wul-spiop with admirable
comic eff.ct.
The farce of %he Actor of All-Work followed,
the pert of Multiple, for the ti at time, by Mr. J.
RUSSELL. To follow that Protests, MATHEWS.
with any degree of success, in a character which he
tilled so excellently. would not be a trifling achieve-
rs! snit ; hut Mr. RUSSELL did a great deal more,
his merit extorts,' plaudits, from those who had
previously believed that Misltiple must remain de-
funct, until resuscitated by Mr. MATHEW!. The
metarnorplures of Mr. RUSSELL were twartogrd with
great ceir,ity. and he was very happy in hitting-olf
the peculiarities of the different characters. His
reception was most flattering.
Durieig the performance of the first act of the
comedy, the Duke of WELLINGTON and a large
pull cornet the boxes. Ha Grace was soon recog-
nised, and was greeted with three hearty cheers,
wh.t la he returned by repeated obeisances.

OPE/LA.IIOM.
The comedy of The Hypocrite was repeated
1.. t night, to a crowded and fadtionable audience.
The performers throughout the piece met with
universal approbation. DOWTON'II Doctor Coat-
teal is $ master-piece or good acting; teV mum-
sos, a. /1/atereorm, was highly entertaining; slid
Miss Ket.t.v, as Charlotte, exerted herself with
her usual success. This theatre is fashionably at-
feuded every evening. Amoug the tiutnerou• vi-
silors we have lately observed the following:—

The Countess or (limits'', the Countess of Warwick ; La-
dies Rodney. Berwick, Lubbock. Harrington, Sinclair,
Blair, au•l Smith S Lords Lauderdale, Carrington,
ii y, Alrrde.•o; Sir John Harrington, Sir C. Coote,
Hon Mr.. Road'. Mee. Hauhury Tracy, Mrs. Colonel
Wyndham, Mra. Si. Leger, Colonel Nixon, Captain Goa-
d ,il. General Nl.eit iv, Colonel Stapleton, Mr. Calerall,
M.P. Captain Halliday, Miss Wrutieslejs, the Davila' Mi.
*sister, &C. L.^.

Miss STIPRENS commenced a 'hod engagement
at stir Edinburgh Theatre on Tueliday night, in
the character of Polly, in The Beggar's Opera.
Mr. SMITH, of Drury. lane, made his lint appear-
ance in that coy, iu the character of Captain
Alma Judith.

The teceipts at the Leeds Theatre (which closed
last Thiirsala ) on the four nights of Mr. KEAN's
performance, amounted to four hundred ponied:—
from which one woulil hope that the distress in that
is not so great as it has been represeutede•-
(Whiteharen Paper.)
TH rATa E. —Mr. JOHNSTONE took his benefit
and leave tl Edinburgh on Saturday night. The
haut.r, the FP/1401) cunsidrred, was good—the hill of
to-r, !he IVest Indian, and The Review—Major
ir Flaherty and Looney, by Mr. JOHNSTONE; Var-
-1,,n,1 and Jam Lump, by Mr. EMERY ; Louisa
Ihdley and 111 leonr, by Mr.. H. SIDOONS and
JUNES. Mr. EMERY appeared for hi. benefit
on .londay night, in the characters of Tyke, in
7'hr .\ehool of Roform; and of John Lamp, in
The Review.

GLEN A BYO:C.-411 consequence of a polite inti-
maim' front a Ludy of rank, generally supposed
to he the Authoreae of Glenareme, the Proprietors of the
Cianire neat. r hare, at her request, withdrawn the
highly popular and 'Writhing melts-drama taken front that
no.' I, although ant up in a superior style, with 00 little ea.
p. us, ; lint from another quarter wholly unconnected (they
are happy to fin,l) with that Lady, a bribe of 1001. has been
out is as iii.ou)nei,u% letter, to suppress the sante. It is
the art. rminasion of She Proprietors, that unless the
parties shalt disclose their reasons foe haring offered the
bribe, that the who dross stUlle prodeced is the course
an a few days.

It the antiquity of a practice could justify its rx.
Went*. Lotteries might claims peculiar reverence.
The Romans, we find, used to enliven their Sutur.
Indic ants shesn. by distributing tickets which gain-
ed wine prsv. AUGUSTUS made Lotteries which
consiisted of things of little value. N ERO ertublished
'erne for the people, in which 1,000 tickets were
.isily distributed, and several of those who were fa.
by fortune got rich by them. HELIOGA•
1; 4 I I'S some very singular. where the prizes
•re of crest valise or none at all: one gained a
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vi le of rtx ki!aver, another of six Ries; soini got va-
-1 rode vase., and others rases of common earth. A
Lottery of this kind exhibited an excellent picture of
the inequality vit;ll which fortune distributes her fa-
vours. The tint Lottery that we find in our annals
I‘l3S 111 1569. WhiCII. according to STovin, eon-
roved of 40,000 lots, at 10s. each. The prises were
plate. and the profits were to go towards repairing
tile havens of 6., kingdom; it was drawn at the
,%est door o 1 ... Paul's Cathedral, and began
(I,;iwisig on the 11th January 1569, and continued
nxessantly day and night till the 6th May follow-
The tickets were three years in disposal. In
1612, King James granted a Lottery to promote
plantation of English colonies in Virginia,
,'bitch ems also drawn at St. Paul's.