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LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 17, 1625.

Trom the following Bayonne letter, which reached our
ollcc last night, it appears that additional French troops
were entering Spain ; the lit of the Line, and the 11th,
josdi about to pass the Pyrenees, were then in Bayonne. It
thus is plain that the French Cabinet have no real idea of
Withdrawing the Army of Occupation from that unhappy
country, which is now one wide scene of strife and discord.
Repeated sanguinary quarrels were taking place between
e 1 French and Spanish soldiers. A Spanish post, it is
stated, fired, on the gel, on a French patrol; and in Mad-
rid several French soldiers were assassinated by the people
on the VA of May. In the sanguinary affray at Badajos,
between these troops and the Royalist volunteers, twelve
French soldiers lost their lives. Ferdinand and his Court
were still at Aranjuez, with the Foreign Ambassadors; the
head-quarters of the French were also there. This letter
intones that there had been frequent conferences at Aranjuez
between the Foreign Ambassadors and the Spanish Minis-
ten, relative to South America. On the 4th (it addx) oar
Anileismailor waited on Ferdinand, and told him that his
tiovermitent had commissioned him to demand of Spain
its itli,-/tothwi respecting America, and to inform him that
he made the demand for the last time ; and that in case no
answer sltioild be made to his application, this country
would such measure* as should be deemed most suit-
able to as ioterest. Bitch a declaration from Sir William
A'Court WOUld not facilitate any plans the French and
Spanish Cai,inets may have conceited respecting South
America ; it will embarrass both parties inextricably. No
arum:nen: cat, sail from Cadiz if our Cabinet oppose the
espedifon ; and Mr. Canning has already declared his in-
.-teationn fully and sonvincingly on this important question.
BAYOXXE, May 8.
CNN city is as crowded with troops as it was a year ago. 'rho Ist
.41,111 e hoc has passed through to day. We have the Ilth. news

regiments. of two battalions, are 1,200 strong. They have •
very tine appearance, but do not seem pleased at re-commcncing•
campaign in which they
.have endured so many hardships. The
24th regiment, however, is said to have petitioned the Minister of
War for the honour of returning to Spain. We have a great num-
ber of Spanish officers, prisoners of war, who return to their country
with heavy hearts, but as they have no resources to depend upon,
they niust submit to the destiny which awaits them.
roads arc still infested by robben. An express earning from
Madrid was slopped three days ego at Lonna, plundered and
beaten. "Übe troubles at Saragosa arc not yet allayed. This is
I not surprising, as the Monks continue to ir.damc the rabble
against the Liberals.
I Our news front Madrid is of the &I. By an ordinance of tie
King the ceremony of the 2d of May was deferred till the 4th ;
hut the people would not suffer the real anniversary to pass
over unnoticed, and assassinated several French.
The King and the Court are still at Aranjuez, as well as the
French head-qaarters.
M. Bourhaqui, a French Colonel on half-pay, settled at Bor-
deaux, haul obtained permission to go to Madrid, where bin wife
and children were ; he was recommended to General Itourniont ;
he had scarcely arrived when he wan ordered to quit Madrid within
;24 hours, As he was ill he could not depart, and was put tinder a
guard at his own expense, at t !tyres per diem. Angry at this
treatment he left the city and retired to Faraninarichal. It is said
that the French police have done this business.
, The gardes du corps have behaved in a very riotous manner to
the Bureaux of the Spanish police, whom they drove away, and
beat the officers who made some delay in making unit the passports
for a French lady whom they, protected. 'll.iis scene attracted an
immense crowd, who seemed indignant at the treatment which the
of received.
A battalion of Quesada's divison entered Madrid on the 30th.
The Gazette contains a circular letter of the Ilinister of Justice,
addressed so the junta of purification, in which it is stated, that
it is the King's will that the greatest possible publicity shall be
I given to the sentences pronounced.
A Spanish post fired on the 2d on a French patrol. The French
were smog to take *ruts to punish this treachery, and it was with
diftiosity that the were appeared.
It was aid at Madrid, that the 10,000 French troops which are
• entering Spain by way of Amgen, would first disarm all the re-
bellious Royalists, and put an end to the disorders, which are daily
conimitted under the pretext of defending Religion and the
King.
There are frequent conferences at Aranjues between the
Foreign Ambassadors and the Spanish 3linisters, which relate
to South Amerin. Out the 4th the English Ambassador
waited on the King, and told him that his Oovenunent had
i commissinned I • to demand of Spain its ultimatum re-
: sporting .Inierica, and to inform Inm that it was for the
last time, and that in cake no answer should be made to this ap.
plication, it would find itself under the necessity of immediately
adopting such measures as it should judge the most suitable to its
oittrest. In consequence of the affray at Ittidajos, between our
I troops and the Royalist Volunteers, twelve French were killed. A
Ibrilliant reception is preparnig tor tieneral Digeon, who set out on
the Stli for Madrid. _

M. Achille Jouilroy arrival at Baynnne this morning.

German papers /3 the Bth of slay reached us yesterday.
From these it appears that the fourth expedition of the'
Ottoman against Greece was complete, and about to sail
in a few days for the Archipelago. The Sultan,—such
was the importance attached to this last effort,—was
to accompany the armament some distance, on board the
Turkish Admiral's ship. If the Christians, uwe trust,
arc united, thin attempt of the Moslem will end as all
preceding ones have done, and only give new triumphs to
the Greeks.

'From the Allgr 'whit Zeit ung, Blay
CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 10.
. . . .

The preparations in the Ar.en al are completed, and the Otto.
man fleet is on the point of setting sail for the Archipelago. The
Sahara, it is said, wiU ucompaey it for some distance, on board
the Admiral's ship. It is affirmed that the fleet will wait near
Scio, 14 the fleet of the Pacha of Egypt, and would then proceed
to the 3lorea, where every thing is said to be in great disorder and
complete anarchy.
The Seraskier Dervish Pasha, who has orders to march against
the 3lorea by land, is to stop near Zeitouny, till he has received
news that a landing hiss been effected, either at Payees or some
other point. This campaign. therefore, may become decisive.

The long-expected decree of " Amnesty or Oblivion," as
it is called by the Paris Papers, has at length been extorted
from Ferdinand of Spain, and is in fact a lengthened list
of proscription. It excludes hundreds of the most dis-
tinguished Spaniards from the royal mercy, and denounces
every individual who took a leading part in the revolution,
which the despot solemnly bound himself to support by
repeated oaths. All the leaders of the " Military Insur-
rection," in 1820, in the Isle of Leon, are excepted ; the
same proscription is extended to the whole body of the
Cortes who voted the temporary deposition of Ferdinand
at Seville ; the beads of " Military Insurrection" through-
out Spain, commencing with the capital ; those concerned
in the death of the Canon Vanuesa ; the Judges of Elio,
at Valencia ; and the authors, as they are called, of the
massacres of the prisons of Grenada, are all excepted and
denounced. Titus this boasted " Amnesty," wrung with
difficulty by the whole influence of France from the tyrant,
includes, in its sweeping exceptions, all that was prominent
or influential in Spain, fur more than three years, and
denounces the Constitutional Ministers, the Cortes almost
to a man, the Military Chiefs of even• province, and only
throws open the prisons to some 111111(11(0s of individuals,
comparatively obscure, who have been immure] months
through the persecutions of the royalist faction. Yet the
Journal des Debuts, the organ of M. de Ville le, speaks of
this decree as if it abounded with mercy; it heralds it
forth as if it proclaimed universal pardon and oblivion,
and restored the numberless distinguished exiles who fled
from dungeons and scaffolds in Spain, to their just rights
and their country again. " The work of our venerable
and wise monarch is consummated," the Paris Journal
exclaims. The Duke of Angouleme obtains " the only
reward which he has demanded for his glory, his labours,
and his perils: a general amnesty has just been published in
Spain." From such an annunciation one would have ex-
pected that the French Cabinet had represented to Ferdi-
nand his coincidence in all the measures of the constitu-
tional government for three years. his repeated oaths to
maintain it, the present wretched and distracted state of
Spain, and that in consequence a general amnesty and
act of reconciliation had been obtained, throwing the
veil of oblivion over oil that had passed, and restor-
ing peace and hope to thousands, who are either ex-
iles on foreign shores, or the inmates of Spanish dun-
geons. But, in place of such an act of peace and con-
ciliation, this " Amnesty," stuffed with proscription,
has been issued. To this wretched decree is attached
a Royal Address, the original of which is said to be
wholly in the hand-writing of Ferdinand, and which asks
the Spaniards " to imitate the example of their King, who
pardons errors, ingratitude, and offences, without other
exceptions than those which the public welfare and the
safety of the State imperiously require." This address,
in another sentence, calls on his subjects " To repel the
hateul passions and perfidious counsels of those who are
perhaps interested in disuniting in order to ruin you, and'
ill order to preve lit you from stretching out your arms to
lend aid to your brothers of America, who arc victims, as
you have been, of revolutionary anarchy, and the ambition
of ill-experienced and ill-intentioned demagogues." Thus
it appears that Ferdinand and his Cabinet yet look to Spa-
nish America and its restoration by force. Bet .his is a
vain delusion : these vast possessions—,once the magnificent
appendage of Spain for centuries—have parted her weak
and tyrannical dominion for ever. They have outgrown
their dep.:nth nee as colonies ; and no effort by the parent
country will ever bring Mexico, Colombia, or l'eru, malt r
the ell spot:aro of Old Spain again. It is plain, however,
that an attempt will he made across the Atlantic, and an
expedition of some sort sent from Cadiz to the shores of
the Nov World, if this country soffit it. flow will our
;Cabinet regard such preparations, while a French force
bolds military occupation of the entire country, and gar-
risons the very port from which the Spanish force will
bend its sails? This important point is to be adjusted he-
' fore such an expedition can menace any part of South
America; and we have no apprehension as to the decision
of our Cabinet.

Lord Byron's lamented death is to Greece almost an
irreparablu loss.; Ilia personal scuusels, his pecuniary aid

and his magnificent talents, were all given to her cause.'
He had devoted himself to the redemption of that lovely
end classic land, from the bondage of the Infidel, which
so long enthralled it ; and had it pleased the Almighty to
have preserved his valuable life, lie would have probably
lived to see his exertions crowned with full success, anti
Greece again triumphant and free. Lord Byron's personal
influence had reconciled the I :reek Chiefs, and banished
discord from amongst them. Ile had contributed largely
1 from his private fortune to their wants, and his presence
ion these shorts drew the attention of all Europe to the
strife of the Christians against the Infidel crescent, and
made the very Divan tremble. Encouraged by his name,
foreigners et' ability were crowding to the scene of contest,
and giving to the Greeks the benefits of discipline and ex-
I The genius of the great poet would have im-
mortalized the efforts of the Christians; and Greece,
already distinguished by so many imperishable recollec-
tions, would have lived with new glory in his song. The
names of Bozzaris and her modern heroes, by whose in-
trepid courage the bands of the Infidel have been so often
scattered, would have been joined with the patriots of
Platen and riertnopyla:; and consecrated by the talents
of Lord Byron, have gone down, in kindled memory, to
succeeding days. He is now no more—and where can
such a man be found? In the magnificence of his genius 'I
he stood in Europe high above all competition. To Greece
he had devoted all his energies, and the whole strength of
his great mind. Ile has been snatched from amongst this
interesting people Just when they wanted Iris counsels and
Lis talents most, and their universal regret has shewn how
much they valued ani respected him. The Proclamation
of the Provisional tioveransent at Missolonglai is an affect-
ing documtnt ; it has alt the simplicity of real sorrow ;
there is about it no pomp of words ; it speaks of the
death of the great poet "as a most calamitous event
for all Greece. His munificent donations," it adds,
" are before the eyes of every one, and no one amongst
us ever ceased or ever will cease to consider him with the
purest and most grateful sentiments as our benefactor." In
future days, when the Greeks have trodden the crescent in
the dust—when the Infidel, so long encamped in Europe, is
driven across the Bosphorus, and the City of Constantine
again in the Christian's hands,— ev(nts, however vast, which
we may live to witness,—the name of Lord Byron will sur-
vive in the page of Greek glory, and his mausoleum may
repose under the altar of St. Sophia, from whose minarets
the 'mum now calls to prayers. Great as is his loss, it is
a consolation that freedom in Greece does not perish with
him. The Christian Chiefs are reconciled, and fearlessly
preparing for the fourth effort of the Moslem. Russia, it
said, is using her baleful influence to keep the Greeks tri-
butary to their oppressors, while a nominal freedom is
conceded to them. Russia has her own views in such a
policy, but it would be certain destruction to the Greeks.
They never can bow their necks beneath the Ottoman's
sabre again, and expt ct any thing but extermination. The
quarrel between them and the Porte is deadly and irrecon-
cileable. Alussulman vengeance would soon be embodied
against them, and the perfidious Divan seal their doom.
Nothing like freedom, personal or political, can exist under
the Turkish power ; the genius of its policy is purely
Asiatic and despotic. The maxims of this policy acknow-
ledge none of those institutions which in other countries
limit the exercise or moderate the rigour of monarchical
government. Under the despotism of the Ottoman, the
political condition of every subject throughout its dominions
is the same. To be employed in the service of the Sultan
is the only circumstance that confers distinction ; but even
this distinction is more official than personal. The highest
dignity in the empire gives no rank or pre-eminenee to the
family of the possessor. The moment he is deprived of power
he and his posterity return to the same condition with other I
subjects, and sink back into obscurity. It is the distinguishing
characteristic of Eastern despotism, that to exalt the tyrant
it annihilates all other ranks ; that it endeavours to fix in the
minds of those who arc unhappily subject to it, the idea of
no relation between men, but that of a master and a slave,
the former destined to command and punish—the latter tot
tremble and obey. The horrors perpetrated in Wallachia
and Moldavia—principalities nominally independent of the
Porte, and governed by their own Hospodars—are fatal
earnests of what the Greeks might expect if they disarmed,
and again paid tribute to their oppressors. No ; there is no
alternative for the Christians now but freedom or destruc-
tion ; either the Cross towers triumphant over the Infidel
Crescent, or the Greeks who survive the contest must aban-
don the land ;if their fathers, and bid an eternal adieu to
those delicious shores. But while the gallant Christians
are united, and trust to their own courage, they have no-
thing to fear. The counsels of the faithless Russian would
be their ruin : this the immortal poet, who spent his last
breath amongst them, impressed on the Greeks in his ani-
mating verse, and they are too grateful and discriminating
to forget the admonitions of their great benefactor. They
will enter into no treaty with the Ottoman but for entire
liberty ; and if they aihere together, their glorious success
is certain.

On Saturday evening, about half-past six o'clock, the
King, esetund by a party of light horse, arrived at his
Palace in Pall-wall, from Windsor Castle.

Yesterday morning his Majesty, attended by his house-
hold, heard Divine Service at his Palace in Pall-mall.
The Duke of York paid a visit to the King ycstcrtlay.
Yesterday the Lord Chancellor and the Duke of Wel-
lington had audiences of his Majesty.
The Duke of Clarence visited the Duke of Susses
yesterday.
Yesterday the Duchess of Kent attended Divine Service
at the Royal German Chapel.
Yesterday the Princess Augusta dined with the Duke
and Duchess of Clarence.

Prince Leopold attended Divine Service at St. Philip's
Chapel yt-4:riky.
Prince Leopold, accompanied by the Prince of Leinin-
gen, honoured the Italian Opera-house with his presence
on Saturday evening.
Tit i. 'haw' Nt; 1100)1.—Doubts are entertained that the
Drawing-room will take place on Thursday in xt, accord-
ing to app ointim lit. The order was, however, repeated in
the Ger:rtie of Saturday night, and there is no certain foun-
dation to which to trace these doubts.

The Lords of the Admiralty have very handsomely agreed
to give Captain Parry, his brother officers, and the sailors
who accompany him to the voyage of discovery, double
pay.
The Hioltintribne Go:71le says—" The resignation of Sir
T. Turton of • the command of the Surrey Yeomanry was
occationed, we are informed, by a difference of the majority
of the corps and Sir T., as to the arrest and subsequent
dismissal of a non-commissioned officer, when the corps
was on p: rum:lent duty last year, at Croydon.-
IicNTINGJMN ELECTION.—The Poll closed on Friday,
when the numbers were, fOr Mr. Stewart, 6.; ; Mr. Wells,
Mojotity for Mr. Stewart, 43. Fifty householders
tenderod their votes for Mr. Wells, but w,,re rejected.
Mr. Stewart was afterwards chaired, as u.so was Mr.
Wells.

At the late election at Lancaster, '_u9 individuals were
admitted to the tieolotti of that borough, at the exptlise
of Mr. (;reette and the Duke of Ilantilton.—Manchester
Guardian.

In the Common Pleas on Saturday, nothing of interest
took pluee.

ING Ilse Ktvattua.—Lloyd, the pedestrian, coin-
ph tell his match on Saturday, of walking forty miles back-
wards each day fur ten successive days.

LITERATURE.

CHARACTER AND WRITINGS OF LORD BYRON.

Loi:n 1/I'st)N, of whom, alas! we are hereafter to speak
as of one numbered with the dead—was a proud example
of the dignity with which genius can triumph over the ma-
lignity of criticism. The earliest effusions of his youthful
Muse were a writs of poems, original and translated, pub-
lished rondo r the diffident and unassuming title of '• Hours
of Llli•orss, by deorge t:ordon, Lord Byron, a minor,"
which the Ent st• lit: II it EV tw attacked at the time with
a pitifulness of sarcasm v.hich the assailant was made to
remember long after the public had passed it forward to
oblivion. It drew front the offended poet a retaliation,
which in its whole tone and spirit shewed that the Cat ri es
dg* the North, however others might stand in awe of their
judgment, were not made to preside over his fate. Ills
manly mind rose superior to this unworthy effort to consign
his talents to contempt, and his triumph was most com-
plete. There were writers that in his day spoke of
" one Milton." now contemptible is such affected! dis-
daM ! The Edinburgh Reviewers made a similar at-
tempt to humble the aspiring genius of Lord Byron..
After adverting to the remark of Dr. Johnson, that when a
Nobleman appears as an author, his merit should be hand-
somely acknowledged, the Reviewer adds—" In truth, it
is this consideration only that induces us to give Lord By-
ron's poems a place in our Review, beside our desire to
counsel him, That he do jiwthwith abandon rocky, and turn
his talents, which are considerable, and his opportunities,
which are great, to better account."' This counsel rather
invalidates that gift of second sight which the northern
seers are supposed to possess ; it shows, indeed, how little I
any of us ought to rely on our knowledge of futurity. The
tone of contemptuous levity in which the Reviewer deli-
vered his strictures was in nowise justified by the extracts
which he adduced to support it. The following instance
will strongly exemplify this, as it recall some stanzas to
• memory, which, at this moment, become strikingly af-
fecting.
" We put it to the candour of Lord Byron," says the
Reviewer, " whether there is any thing so deserving the
name of poetry in verses like the following, written in
114)6 ; and whether, if a youth of eighteen could say any
thing so uninteresting to his ancestors, a youth of nineteen
should publish it.
Shade of heroes, farewell ! your descendant. departing
From the seat of his ancestors, bids you adieu!
•
Abroad or at home, your remembrance imparting
New courage, he'll think upon em,/ and you.
Though a tear dint his eye at this sad separation,
'Tis nature, not fear, that excites his regret :
Far distant he goes, with the same no ?dation ;
The fame of his fathers he ne'er can forget.
That fame and that memory still will he cherish;
lle vows that he ne'er will disgrace your renown :
Like you he will I.ivE, or like you lie will ecRISU
Whets detwy'd, may he nartgk hie dust with your owls.

LORD BYRON is now in his grave! The ardour of
youthful feeling in which he penned this prophetic dirge
glowed in his bosom to the last. Ili DI ED I N Gae►:ce.
and his dust well deserves to mingle with the most ho-
noured of his rare.

If we except SIIA KNPE ARE, there is perhaps no writer
in the English language, from whose works all equal num-
ber of poetical beauties can be seected as from those of
Lord Byron. He excels equally in the sublime and the
pathetic. Every theme seemed to suit his genius, and he
could vary his style with his subject in a manlier, and
to an extant, that our literature had before given no
example of. In his Don Juan he has given a flexibility
to our language of which it had never hitherto been thought
susceptible. He has shown it capable of rivalling the
Italian in the gracefulness of its inflections and the pli-
ancy of its cadence. Some, we know, there are, who could
go on poring through the maze of his mellifluous diction
• with no other aim than to find out a flaw in the sentiment.
The numberless passages full of mina and beauty that cross
them in their scrutiny, pass with such objectors for no-
thing: while their eye follows him into the loftiest regions
of poetry, they have no wish but to spy some spot upon his
mantle. To such persons we would address ourselves in
the mild and forbearing spirit of that admonition which we
• should all di) well to remember—" him that is reith,.,o/
sin cast the bins[ ,tone." Thus much we may be permitted
to remark in behalf of Loan BYltox, that they makes very
I erroneous estimate of his character who conceive him capa-
ble of withholding his approbation from right principles and
virtuous dispositions, wherever they were found. An in-
dividual to whom all his friends were attached with the
strongest feelings of regard, must have had many private
I virtues, and those too of no common kind: for the rest,
Goy is the searcher of hearts, and sees us all as we are.,
This recollection may cheek the severity of our sentence
where human frailty is the subject. When ire bring our
fellow-creatures into judgment, our own consciousness may
well inspire the best of us with moderation.
That " the paths of glory lead but to the grave," is a
painful lesson to philosophy ; it was a lesson with which,
—melancholy resit is,— Lord Byron was familiar ; but it
never for a moment damped his spirit, or depressed his
energy. His searching eye saw into the very inmost hearts
of those " Rulers of the world" who are struggling to
arrest the proAress of knowledge in Europe, and to erect
again " the standard of ancient night " All the force of
his talents, and ail the splendor of his fancy, were put
forth to strengthen the love of science and of freedzm.
What a masterly composition is the Hymn to Greece, in
the third Canto of Dos: Je AN, which begins thus :

The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece !
11here burning Sappho loved and sung,
Where grew the arts of war and peace,—
Where Delos rose, and Pluebus sprung
Eternal summer gilds them yet,
But all, except their sun, is set.
The Seian and the Teian muse,
The hers harp, the lover's o'lute,
Have found the tame your shores refuse ;
Their place of birth alone is mute
To saunds which echo further west
Than your sires' " Islands of the Blest."
The mountains look on 3larathon
And Marathon looks on the sea ;
And musing there an hour alone,
I dream'd that Greece might still be free;
For standing on the Persian's grave,
1 could not deem myself a slave.
A king sat on the rocky brow
Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis;
And ships, by thousands, lay below,
And own in nations ; —all were his!
lie counted them at break of day—
And when the sun set where were theyP
And where are they? and wherein thou,
My country ? On thy voiceless shore
The heroic lay is tuneless now—
The heroic boson, beats no more !
And must thy lyre, so long divine,
Degenerate into hinds like mine?
'Tie something, in the desirth of fame,
Though laiik'd among a fetter'd race,
To feel at least a patriot's shame,
Lvcit as I sing, suffuse my face;
For what is left die poet here?
Fur /;reeks a blush—tor Greece a tear.
The pot tr) of the three concluding Stanzas is not less
exquisite nor less animattil.

Trust not hir freedom to the Franks—
They have a king who buys and sells;
In native:minds, and native ranks,
The ocly hope of courage dwells;
Rut Turki,lo force, mal Latin fraud,
Would break your shields, however broad.
Fill high the bowl wi•ii tatnian wine!
I hut virgin, dance tient ath the shatl2
I SVC !heir glorious black eyes shine
Hut mein;; on each glowing naad,
Aly own the hunting tear-drop laves,
To think such breasts must suckle slave.
Place the on 5111111.1111. S warble steep,—
PVherenothipg, save tl.c waves and
!fiat hear our 'tonal murmurs ,w cep ;
Th;re, swaii-like, Ice nie sing at.d
A land of ,Lives shall he'er be mine—
Dash douti the cup ot :satin:at wine !

Lone ityLex's information of every kind was very con-
siderable, and his r...-atlita; w4s comtmmsurate with his
knowltdre of languag.s, which was extensive. Itis prose
is at once easy and animated ; the vigour of his conception
kept it alwa•:a poirtech and the playfulness of his fancy
made it always iul:re,ting. it would had us too far to go
into a criticafdissertation on his poetical writings; tht, y are
conf.-:scaly beyond anything which this age, or, with few
exceptions, we may add, that any former age has produced.
We have heard that the materials for writing his life arc in
the hands of that highly-gifted individual, whose patriotism
be comincumrates in the dedication which precedes his

• Ed. Rev. Jan. II;06.

beautiful pour of " flie Consatn," and tad
thus--

•!11v Dear Itnore-1 dedicate to ycu the last r,rolith
..a .„
which l shun trespass on public patience, and your hahilgenc.,
.fme years ; and I own that I feel anxious to avail mvselt of I.is
latest and only opportunity of adorning' my pages with a nano,
consecrated by unshaken imbibe principle, and the iimst
turd various talents. While la 1:1..1);i) ranks you among the linllfht
of her patriots; while you stand alone the tint of lIIT bards in for
estimation, and Britain ratifies and confirms the decree, penult
whose only regret, since our first acquaintance, has bet n the year;
he had lust before it commenced, to add the humble, hut sincere
suffrage of friendship, to the voice of mores than one nation."
The Biography of 11.0 Kb 111 HON in And/ hands wettil
be a most valuable accession to literature antl to philosopil.
We sincerely hope that the report which has rais, d the put,.
lie expectation in this respt Cl may be well funial:4l.

111EATRE.
Another " sudden indisposition" happened at this The-
' atre on Saturday last, which unfortunately " deprived Mr.
Month:it of the hummr of appearing before the andicticc,"
as 0/,i Rapid, in the comedy of .4 Cure hr the liturf
Ache! This is the second accident that has occurred a:
this house during the week. Soule of out brother critio:
ere wicket! enough to sus's( et that these
are sometimes got up for the co:wasion. In the present in.
stance, however, we are inclined to believe that we owe
our disappointment to that mortal ei.emy to man, the gout,
to which Mr. Mundell is unluckily too liable. .Jr. Liston
undertook the part of 04///trit,V, and had not our expecta-
tions been exited by the announcement that Mr. Minds!:
would perform that character jhr the last we should
have been very well entertained. Ills predilections for his
old familiar friends—the thimble and the goose, were hu-
morously prominent; and his eluting fondness towards his
only son " Neddy," begot him a warm corner in our heart,
especially as be seemed quite free from all consciousness of
his " iditm' " to the tune of one hundred thousands, of
which he boasted only as it was a compliment to his
honest industry. Not a tincture of the miser was in
him. Mr. Browne played I,,ung Rapid, with a v.vacity
and humour that gained him considerable applause. We
were too far from the stage to observe his features (which
by the bye would have been a considerable drawback to
our enjoyment of Munden, who is the very prince of gr:-
mace), but if Mr. Browne was as happy with his face, u
in other respects, we consider his Young Rapid to have
been a very good piece of acting. Knight's Frank Oat-
hand had all the quaint drollery, and stultified cunning,
that we could wish. The other characters were very well
sustained. Air. Gattie, as Vortex, might have been less
of an old fool, villain as he was ; and if Miss L. Kelly's
Jesse Outland had been a little less conscious of her inno-
cence, and had partaken a little snore of the artless country
girl, it would have divested her of a sort of unamiable
stiffness which turned our first rising love towards bee
into a feeling of mere cool respect.
TA: audience was thinly scattered over the house, ow-
ing, no doubt, to the unfavourableness of the weather.

LE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE WEEK.

THIS EVENING.
Lady Grantham's rout, St. James's-square.
Sir Wm. A bdy's. Ban. concert, Hill.street, Berkeley-square.
111ris Henry Chambers's rout. Stratrord-place.
Bon. Mrs. Bridgeman Stnipson's Assembly, Sarille-row.
Sir George Rose's party. Old Palace-yard.

TO.MORROW.
The Countess of Suffolk's rout, Park-place.
The Marquis of Anglesey's entertammtnt, Old Burlington.
street.
Lord James Stuart's entertainment, Whitehall-place.
lord Chief Justice Best's entertainment, Bedford-square.
.I'he lion. Mrs. Barnard's party, Ilill-sorter, Berkeley-square.
Baroness de IVilloughby's party, ‘VltitehalL

ItEDNESDA...
Mrs. Wm. Carnac's party, Manstield-street.
A knack's grand ball, Willie% Rooms.
Sir Thusuas and Lady Farquhar's party, St. James's-street.

Til I:RSDA Y.
The 3larchiimms of Lansdown's grand assembly, Lansdowo
'louse, llerlichy-square.
!lon Mrs VI in. Gosling's ball, Poriland-place.
Mrs. Deville's rout, King-streei.
Lady Grantham's rout, St. James's-square.
Lady IL 'fagot's rout, iirt-at Uniberisnii-strect.
The Marquis and Marchioness of salisbury's party, Park-place.
Ea I lIPA Y.
The Duchess of Northumberland's grand assembly Northumber-
land House.
Sir Win. A bdy's concert, Hill-street.
Lady Farquhar's concert, St. Jarnees.street.
The Earl arid Countess of Wicklow's party, Uppft Brook-
street.

RAT V IDLY.
Viscount Carleton's party, tisorge.‘trect, Ilanover-square.

tlt N DAY.
Right Hon. William liuskissou's entertainment, Somerset.
place.
Countess St. Antonio's assembly, Hanover-square.

The Duke of York honoured the Duchess of Norihumberland
with his company at the grand party gist's by her (irate on
Friday last.

Lord Alvanley had a musical party yesterday evening, at his
house in Park-place.
The Dowager 31archioness of Salisbury had a dinner party
yesterday at her house in Arlington-street ; and a select circle of
fashionables in the evening.
The Earl of Falmouth entertained a distinguished party as
dinner yesterday, at his house in St. James's-square.
Owen Williams, Esq. M.P. had a dinner party yesterday, at his
house in Berkeley-square.
The Hun. J. Abereromby, M.P. entertained the Marquis and
Marchioness of Lansdown and a large party at dinner yesterday, at
his house in New-street, Spring-gardens.
Mrs. 31iles has issued cards of invitation for a quadrille ball, on
Tuesday, the Bth of June.
The Duchess of Kent entertained an elegant circle of distin-
guished personages yesterday evening, at Kensington-palace.
The Marquis of Salisbury gave a grand ditner on Saturday, to
the Portuguese Ambassador, the Dowager 31arthioces4 of London-
derry, the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, Lord and Lady ti.
Somerset, Lord Arthur Hill, Mr. and Mrs. George Byng, &c. at
his house in Park place.
The lion. W. Gosling entertained a distinguished party at din.
ner, on Saturday, at his house in Portland-place.
Mr. Secretary Canning entertained tile Marquis of Chandos and
a lathe party at dinner, on Saturday, a Gloucester Lodge. Yes-
terday the lion. Secretary had another large party.
Lord James Stuart entertained the Marquis and Marchioness of
lAnsdown and a large party at dinner on Saturday, at his house,
Whitehall-place.

Enid ataiLady King gave a grand dinner on Friday, at thcir
house in Dover-street. Earl Fortescue, the Earl of Essex. Lord
and Lady Milton, Lord Auckland, Lord John Russell, Sir M. IV.
Ridley, Bart., Miss Capell, Mr. lieathcote, and Mr. Fox ; and on
Saturday they had another distinguished party.
W. Fellows, Esq. 31. P., the lion. Mr. IValpole, and Mon•
tague Burgoyne, Esq. had grand dinner parties yesterday at their
respecive residences. _ _ _

Emily 3larehioness of Londonderry arrived in town on Saturday,
fruni her seat, North tray, Kent.
The Duke of Rutland left town yesterday morning for New-
market. _

Lord Ruben Spencer has arrived at his house in Arlingtonotrcet,
front his seat, IVoolbeding, Suasex.
Lord G. 11. Cavendish left town yesterday fur Netwinsrket.
The Duke of Devonshire is expected town on Thursday from
the Conti:lint.

The Earl of Darlington and the Hon. Captain Paulett left wag
yesterday for Newmarket.

Couniess Beauchamp and Lady Emily I.ygon arrived on Satu:-
day at their house in st. James's-aquare, from the I 'ontinent.
sir Hussey Vivian, Bart. arrived yeatealay at Jordan's
St..lamea's-street, from his seat in Banta. Colonel Douglas has
left ditto.

Mr. and Mrs. Tinney arri‘i ! yi,:eriiay at Blake's Hotel, JeT•
myn.street, from Salisbury ; Mr. and Mrs. Protheroe bait kit
ditto for Devonshire.

General and Mrs. Gosling left the London Hotel, Albemarle-
street, vesienlay, for their seat in Ilerts.
Ihpartures tmni the St. Petersburgh Hotel, Dover-street :
Countess Bodies and the two Ladies Leslie and family to their .rat
in Kent ; Col. Fame, M.l'., and Mrs. FAN: aril faintly on a tour
the Dean of Bristol, to Oxford; lien. Brow, to Ireland ; the Dos-
age, Countess of Suffield. to North ( ray ; W. H. Fairfax. rut-,
.3lrs., and the two Misses Fairfax. to t• ru mansion in Yorkshire
the Hight lion. J. %F, Ashburnham, for the cobtinent ; l•. li.s:-
Albans. I:,,rb and family, for Fratiee ; t Att. stale, for Frasua ;
and Sir G. and Lady Setwell aid hinul,, for France.

NI x Vi sterility afternoon were
married, by special licence, at !•• thorge's, Hanover-
square, by the Dean of Durham, Si. Francis Vincent, Bart.
to the accomplished Miss Herbert. daughter of the Hon.
Nlrs. Herbert, of Grosvenor-street. I mutiediately after the
ceremony the happy pair set off fir l peel Robert Spencer's
►tat, Woolheding, where they intend to ri main some time.
Calm. Co N.—A singular v.:lse of t tm. f.m. is shortly to
be tried at ('ork. The injured husband of the alleged gay
Lally is on half pay ; the gay Ltilliari(p is on full pa?..
and is the Adjutant of a dashing regiment of Lancers, at
present in quarters, not one hundred miles diatent from
Cork. The proofs are likely to produce, in their detail,
some extraordinary incidents, which took place on the
Black Rock Road, while the husband was on the "salt
seal."