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PARIS PAPERS.

Peal., SPFernorst '2 .
Their Royal 11ighnetives the Purim st of B.
Madentoivelie trArtapas are 'pettedly well.
It a remarked 111:11 L.r tonne lone rod hit Excellency Cu
Copaut Derazre Lao-artal bosom's three hunts a week •lii•
hie Royal .(hors.: the Mk*. of Aneoul..m..
We are a...aarral Mat il.c Chatubete wall be convoked for
the 18th of Ocioleer.

Yesterday ■ yustug and handsowse lady, well dressed, 3.1
•bout 20 years of age, towline nut of ibe WIN Vigirr. .t
the Prof 11.etif, threw 1).1,4 if iglu the Seine. In allot,t
1118, ler of an lour I.er body was —Ars*u op, lot ultbstit.i
every care was paid to her, she could nut lie restore:ll to tar.
Her Maly wise takra to fa Alorgre.
The vintage is in fall activity throughout a great p%rt yr
the department of the Cote sl'Or.
The follownsw is ass exact acruet•i of the Spanish 8/Ishii's(
forces now in the booboos of l'ailia

Ihe Assai. 64 runs; Thr Mint Julien, 14;
Thr Alexander I. 74 ; The Spam, 74 ; The rerdivand
74 ; The N 1111 l guile, 74 ; The Otserrier, 74.

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F. teltet-...1it Mercury.. La Pronsp.e, La rive, La
La P. rle, La Diana, La Re...wrestle.
Be►idn a fOf retie, Iwu brigs, and two armed chsluuirs,
built iu France.

LONDON,

FRIDAY. Ocieses 1, 11011..

Cnildhall resounded yesterday with the uproar
that usually mks a popular election. The
P „no,- commenced at an early hour, and was con-
tinned thrJughout the day with unceasing energy ;
but the friends of Alderman BRYDOES seem to
have been the most active. His more popular
rivals, however, still have plecedeoce of this Gen-
s!thotigh the numbers polled for him
dur;l,4 the course of yesterday exceeded those that
voted for Aldermen TuoaP and WOOD. That
our readers may perceive accurately the progress
of each Candidate, we shall state the numbers re.
6/Tetively polled by each during the two days.
Aid. Wood. Ald. Thorp. Ald. Brydgeh.
On Vre.hiesilay .... 269
thi Thursday...... 630

Cl°4e of tbo Poll 1 799
yesterday .. • • j

Whatever the result of the present election may
be with respect to the Geutlemeu more immediately
concerned in it, we hope that the Livery will
olitam in the successful Candidate a Magistrate
who will feel it his first duty to protect the rights
and immunities of his fellow-citizen., and not
suffer • paltry object of personal ambition to divert '
him from regarding the esteem and approbation of
the people as the legitimate object of his honour-
able pursuit. In the present delicate crisis of our
political existence, it is of paramount importance
that the Chief Magistrate of the City of London
should he possessed of the confidence of his fellow.
c7tizeos, and be firmly impressed with the necessity
of ieulously upholding the privileges of the cum-
mummify against the insidious attacks of a faction
supported by ministerial patronage, and directed
by court intrigue. Experience has •hewn that
v.) regard far those privileges hitherto held to be
must sacred in this country—no respect for those
11%4 and principles which have given at once liberty
1.. the subject and security to the Sovereign—no
sentiment of pity or humanity, or even of common
decency, offer any impediment to the advocates for
srbitrary power in the pursuit of measures which
they conceive favourable to the promotion of
their darling object. This consideration should
stimulate the friends of liberty to fresh exer-
tioos for the maintenance of our existing insti-
homes. Let the public be assured, that if the
frame of our political system be exposed to
dai,;er, their fears should not point to those
Ow are called Radical Reformers. Where the
power exists, there is the danger, and what power
have the Reformers—poor starving manufacturers,
without money, or system, or even numbers, hav-
ing no leader of eminence to concentrate their
vague desires to ■ny given purpose, and un-
supported by the voice of public opinion—what
power have they to oppose with success against the
terrific arm of military strength ? The means of
instantly overwhelming all opposition to its will, are
of this moment in the hands of the Executive Au-
Oority, and our only guarantee against the itn-
',toper exercise of such • force, is the discretion
of the Sovereign. Upon this assurance in the pre-
sent instance we may rest with the most tranquil
confidence, for we firmly believe that not a man
in the community respects the privileges and im-
munities of this nation more highly than does the
Illustrious Personage to whom the destinies of the
empire are now committed. But the Govern-
ment of this conutry in all its extent could not
be administered by one hand, and the Sovereign's
authority is consequently delegated to others, whose
judgments may be overwhelmed by passion, and who
might sacrifice the Constitution itself, and make
the offering subservient to the attainment of their
own base wishes. How many of these mistake the
real sentiments of those above them, and think
that they make themselves most acceptable to their
superiors by crushing all who have the misfortune
to be placed within their immediate iefluence ! It
is true to demonstration, that the prerogatives of the
Crew:: can incur no danger from any pretensions of
the lowest classes of the people ; how absurd and
contemptible then is it to affect an apprehension
trout the open and undisguised meeting of some un-
t uiployed artisans, who perhaps might starve were
it not :Or the support they derive under the Poor
Laws! Such fears can have no foundation in
truth or reason, and can be assumed solely for the
purpose of imposing upon the public, and of mask-
ing the designs that are really entertained against
the general liberty.
Let time people, therefore, be upon the watch,
and !use no opportunity of firmly asserting their
privileges. Under the present circumstances of
the country, the choice of a Lord Mayor is of pecue
liar importance. London is not only the capital of
,the kingdom, but it is also the chief citadel of Eng.
lish liberty, and the character of its Chief Magis-
trate must exercise a sensible influence throughout
the country.

A Flanders Mail arrived lan night with Papers
from Brussels to the 29th lust, from which the
following are extracts:—
MUM, srovastatax 15.
The King lims given the most positive orders to Coast

Calk" Cominautler.:n-Ciiiof of the zrand czixtiation, to
eooploy all the means in his poser to enable it in sail
as soon as possible. The General has already visited
the Admiral's ship, which is to receive him and his stair.
He was extremely satisfied with all the arrangements made ;
but the yellow fever still continues its ensigns in the Isle of
Leon in a dreadful manner, and it is generally believed that
it would be imprudent, under these circumstances, to crowd
.a numerous army ou board a fleet which may be infected Sy
this dreadful malady. A Committee, composed of physi.
cians of distinguished merit, is now employed in making
observations on this subject, and will send in a report to the
Government.

We bear no more of Melchior and his hand. The roads
of Estrewadura are very safe, and travellers are perfectly
secure upon them. Morino, whom the Elielisli newspapers
make a General, has disappeared with his formidable army.

/FRANKFORT, 111FITIMNIKR
Letters from Frankfort antiosoce, that urn the 25th of this
month the King will take the oath, and canoe the Constitu-
tion to be observed. His Majciny will then go to Warsaw,
to have an interview with the Emperor Alexander. Prince
Pad of Wirtembern has addressed a letter to the Assembly
of the States, which has been referred to a Committer.

BRUSIIMI, ',Pima= 21.
The last accounts from Curative, of the Ist August, say
that news bas been received from Margarine, that the fleet
of the Insurgents, consisting of sixteen ships of war and
twelve transports, some of which are armed, sailed from
Margarine on the 13th of the preceding month, with 1,000
English troops on board, and landed on the 19th at Cowan*
—that city, and all it contained, fell into the bands of the
lasergents, as well as IWO Spanish ships of war, which could
not escape from Admiral Brion.

stausatts, icrnimmiß 26.
The immense works carrying on at Namur are prosecuted
with astonishing activity ; this place will soon be a fortress
of the first order, but the Citadel, which is far advanced,
is particularly curious. The works may be looked upon
as one of the wonders of the art of fortification. The castle
of Huy, which is to become one of the most important points
on the Meuse, is completing with the same activity.

Vire have received Paris Pipers of Monday la 4.
One of them announcer, with some degree of ems-
fidence, that the Legislative Chambers will be as-
sembled on the 18th of October. The meeting of the
Chamber of Deputies will be looked to in France
with no light interest, us by it the fate of the pre-
sent Ministers will, it is thought, be determined.
The 'deices contained in these Papers from Spain,
give no additional intelligence respecting the state of
the yellow fever in the Island of Leon; but io a private
letter from San Andero, it is asserted that the grand
expedition will certainly sail from Cadiz about the
time of the young Queen of SPAIN.% arrival on the
frontiers. To this intimation is added, with an af-
fectation of mystery. that " the destruction of the
Insurgents of America will probably not be the only
result of this grand armament." With what hippy
coufidence G. the destruction of the America,' Incur•
:pats" is here anticipated ! 11'hether any portion of
the force now collected in Cadix will proceed to the
Florida* or not, is at present unknown ; but we
conceive that this circumstance will have but little
influence upon the ultimate fate of the 'Spanish
Colonies of South America. The maritime force
of Spain appears very formidable, hut many of the
ships are known to be unfit for service.

The laws of the State of New York give the
creditor a very large discretionary power over the
disposal of the debtor's 'person. An inquest was
held on the ifith of August last, in the debtors'
prison of New York, on the body of HARVEY
JESSUP, an unfortunate debtor. The Juror., after
a careful investigation, repotted " Ilia death to have
been occasioned by the visitation of God, under a
deep depression of mind and body, hiought on by
cruelty of ABLL CLAPP. oil whose account the poor
unfortunate deceased had been confined, since the
22d day of October la►t, fur the paltry sum of 47
dollars 32 cents." Humanity shudders at the
frets which came out in the investigation, one of
which it may not be amiss to mention. viz. the
Sheriff, a day or two previous to the death of the
deceased, applied to his creditor for permission to
remove him to the hospital at Bellevue ; but, shock-
ing to relate, no permission could be obtained !
Last morning Mr. Sheriff PARKINS entered the
Sessions House at the Old Bailey, and took his seat,
not in the place to which► he was handed on Wednes-
day by the Officer of the Court, but ih the opposite
one usually occupied by the Senior Sheriff. His
Deputy, Mr. JACKSON (the Geutleman nominated
by Mr. PARKINS, but objected to by Mr. Alderman
ROTHW FAL), took his seat by his side, at the Under-
Sheriff's desk. When the other Sheriff's Deputy
entered. he took his seat at the same desk with Mr.
JACKSON, and between him and Mr. Sheriff PAR-
mos, which was his usual place. The seats oppo-
site, for the Under-Sheriff and his Deputy. remain-
ed empty.
A letter from New York, dated August 31, says :
" A variety of conjectures are now afloat, as to the
tenor of the late dispatches transmitted by our Go-
vernment, in answer to the receipt of our Minister's
recent communication from Madrid. We under•
stand, however, that no difficulties occurred in the
deliberations of the Cabinet as to the course which
remained to be pursued; that it was the opinion of
the Executive not to sanction any evasion or fraud
that may be attempted to be imposed under the
provisions of this Treaty by certain grunters, who
clandestinely oppose strong impediments to its
ratification; and Who, it is said, have not scrupled
to employ the most fraudulent means within their
power, by the fabrication of dates and instruments,
to get their claims embraced within the period
limited. This piece of chicanery it is understood
to be the determination of Government to resist;
that positive instructions ou this head have been
transmitted to our Munster at Madrid; and though
the whole amount of these claims is reported nut to
exceed 200,000 dollars, and which might be bought
up for a much less aura—a mere fraction, nationally
speaking—yet such is the straight-forward policy of
our Executive, and the tutegiity of its intentions,
Oa; even this paltry sum will not be granted to
bribe the interests or of the courtiers or
favourites. of Ferdinand."

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DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

The internal decorations of this superb strut•
ture having been completed, the house was last
night opened for the inspection of the friends of
the new Proprietor, who derived great pleasure
from the improvements which have been effected in
the course of a very few days. The appearance of
the house, which, last season, was exceedingly
dark rind heavy, is now lively and brilliant. The
general alterations made in the theatre are as credit-
aide to the taste, as they are honnnrsble to the
industry of Mr. Ett.tstou and his advisers. The
entrance part, the beauty of which has long hero
hid by a gaudiness of colouring that destroyed its
simplicity, is restored to a perfectly classical and
architectural appearance, be a fresco colour, which
harmonises with the beauty of its decorations and
proportions. The introduction of three splendid
or-molts chandeliers has considerably embellished
this portion of the building; and the removal of
the bronze tripods from the Niche*, and the
substitution of white statues, beautifully cast from
the marque, have given an appearance to the ro-
tunda truly classical mod beautiful—pleasing to the
eye of the amateur, and gratifying to the contem-
plation of the artist. The auditory of the theatre
has been entirely re-embellished : an antique scroll,
surrounded by a fret border, has been placed upon
the lower boxes. The general colours are light blue
and fresco, and the decorations are in gold relief.
A tie► of sixteen handsome chandeliers are ranged
round the canopy of the dress circle, and the light of
the centre chandelier is reduced, to accord with the
general tone of the theatre. The backs of the
boxes are rose-coloured pannels, and fresco stile ;
and the whole of the colours and decorations are
made to harmonize so completely, that they form a
rich and magnificent coup without exh:bit-
ing soy thing su glaring as to offend the sight.
The approbation of the company, which was
numerous and elegaut, was very strongly ex-
pressed. In the course of the evening, Mr. BRA-
HAN sang " God save the King," which was
chorussed by the professional gentlemen present,
mid was loudly applauded. The new Director of
the musical department, Mr. Rum presided at
the piano-forte. Amongst the company we ob-
served, Lord ALVAIILEY, Mr. BERKELEY CRA-
VEN, Mr. CAn.CRAIT, Alderman WOOD, Sir R.
PHILLIPS, Mr. Young, the performer, and Mr.
FAWCETT, of Cuveot-garden theatre.
In the saloon, tea and coffee were supplied in
abundance—and the company separated, after 12
o'clock, delighted with the appearance of Old Drury
?editions, amid highly pleased with the polite atten-
tion which they had received from Mr. ELLISTON,
Mr. WINSTON, and Mr. RUSSELL.

LONDON OCTOBER FASHIONS.

+Moo.
From " Athenaeum's Repository of Arts, Fashions," ♦e.

WA Lb WIG DIMS*.
A morning dress, composed al cambric mulfn r the body
is made bleb, and is richly trifidlied with work both at the
neck and she bottoms of the sleeves; it fastens behind; the
hack is full, but the front is tight to the bum The bottom
of the skirt is finished, in the Preach style, with a number
of small tucks. The spencer worn with this dress is
composed of pale fawn-coloured pros de Naples: the
back is plain ; the (font is cut bias, anal in such a
manner as to display the form of the bust very 'ldeas-
tageously. The sleeve falls low over the band, and is
wider than they have lately hers worn ; it is finished at
the bottom by a trimming of the sante material, laid on in
full scollop.: half-sleeve to correspond, the fullness of
which is confined by straps. There is no collar, but a rich
lace rulT supplies the want of it. Head-dress, a bonnet
composed of pale rose-coloured pros de Naples, and lined
with white satin : the crows, which is very low, is set in in
the same as the caul of • cap: the brim is of a
round shape, and very deep ; it is ornamented at the edge
with a twisted rosleau of white and pink satin, aid a simi-
lar one encircles the bottom of the crown. A bouquet of
ruses and lilies of the valley is placed is front, and it ties
with white ribbon tinder the chin. White kid gloves, and
pale rose-coloured kid slippers.

EVENING DRESS.
A visite ranee dress over a very pale rose-enloured satin
slip : the body is composed of satiis ; it is tight to the shape,
but there is very little of it seen, because the hest is trimmed
all round with • bread blond lace, which is set on very full ;
this trimming is beaded by a wreat► of intermingled white
and red roses, surro•aded with leaves. The sleeve is
short ; it consists of three falls of bleed lace over a tight
under-sleeve of satin; the lace is very full, and is not evil-
tined at all to the ann : this weglige style of earsaye
has • new and very striking effect. The skirt is trimmed
wit► five Bonnets of the same material, placed one imme-
diately ■bore the other, and beaded by a wreath of Buyers
to correspond wit► the bast. The fruot hair is disposed
in curls on each side of the face; the hind hair is
dressed extremely high, and brought very forward.—
The bead-dress consists of a double wreath, composed of
mingled while and red roses and golden wheat-ears: one
part of this wreath is put low 1/11 the forehead, the oilier
encircles the full tuft of hair ma the crown of the bead ; a
white lace veil is attached to the back of Ilse head, in each
• meaner as to form a tasteful drapery. Necklace and car-
riage, rabies mixed wit► pearl. White kid gloves, and
white 'Delia shoes. _