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Zite PreOL

KING'S Tli E .17'11E.
tilt Most Gracious Majesty having been pleased to command that •
Box should be prepared tor the reception of the King and QUCCII of
the Sandwich Islands. these illustrious Foreigner, will honour this
Theatre with their presence
This Evening, TL ESDAV, June P. when will be performed
TANCREOL
Principal Performers:—Madarne Runti de Begins, Signor Carlon',
bigm: Betietti, Mgnora Graziani, Signor Crivelli, and Madame Pasta.
End of the first art the ithertimeinent of
L'OFFit ANDE .tUX tiIIACES.
After the Opera the Divertbienneut Pallet of
LA NOCE Di' VILIAGE.
Applielltions for loses and Single Subscriptions for the Season to be
tirade to Ur. Seguin, 101. Quadrant, liegentetreet.

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NEW THEATRE ROYAL, IMURY-LANE.
That Evero ng. TUESDAY Jnne lt, will he Performed
THE HYPOCRITE.
Doctor Cantwell, Mr. Duvrton l Illaw.worin, Mr. Elston; Charlotte,
Mn.s W. Wert.
After which, Tuir. LIIII.
Voting Wilding, Mr.
In the course of the evening, Madame Catalaal will sing Non piu
andrar (Mozart), front Figaro—lthenete Vartatluus—Aria, "Se mai
turbu"--and two MIMI Of Britannia."
Tu conclude with
TWO WIVES: or, A HINT TO HUSBANDS.
Flank. Mr. Harley.

TIIE.4TRE ROYAL, COVENT-GATIDE.V.
This Evening, TEEsDAV. June 8, will be performed
JOHN BULL
PeregHne. Mr. Cooper: Job Thnroherry, Mr. Favnwtt I Dennis Bru.
gouldery, Mr. Connor; Mary Thorilherry, bliss Chester.
Ater which Itti time) a new Veto-Drama. called
THE CASTELLAN'S OATH.
To.morrow, Charles the Second, with Twelve Precisely. and Carl.

ROYAL GARDENS, VAUXHALL.
The Proprietors respectfully announce, that the Entertainments,
which hate received •ueh unbounded appiause every eivnling since
the conienvrerrnent of the rt,,ent &swam. will be REPEATED
'TO-MORROW (WEDNESDAi, June Pl. and FRIDAY EVENINGS
NEXT.

Supper Rain roar be engaged-
DOD/ J open at &ven.—Coneert commences at Light o'Cloek.
tdmisoinn 30. &I.

TO (XS RRESPONDENTS.
The Letter, signed " No Pawnbroker," shall appear to-morrow.'

The BUITIIII Pantie ensnminTediitibliabing yesterday morning
at half-poet the o'clock.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, Jcxt 8, Int.

The Paris Papers of Saturday, with the Etoile, dated
Sunday, reached our once yesterday. The Qadidieleae
exults as warmly as the Constitutionael or Courtier Fran-
cais, at the defeat of the law for the reduction of the
Rentes. The Etoile says, that the rejection of this mea-
sure had produced a great impression in the French ca-
pital, and that many persons, who, from regard to private
interests, had been drawn into the opposition, would make
serious reflections on the consequences of the rejection.
There can be nothing in these consequences to create such
feelings as the Etude anticipates. The general sentiment
throughout Paris was unquestionably that of uaminglesl
satisfaction at the Ministers' defeat ; nor can it affi.ct the
character of the French Funds in any way but favourably ;
they were rapidly recovering the temporary depression that
affected them, and the decision of the Chamber of Peers
must name these securities in the eyes, not only of all
France, but of foreign nations ; it attaches to them a cha-
racter of inviolability. The Upper Chamber now contains
a number of decides! Liberals, whom no dissolution can
remove from their seats; many of them were called to the
Peerage while M. de Claes held the reins of power, and
they would oppose the measure both from hostility to the
prrsent Ministry, and from being, perhaps, deeply interested
in its results themselves. With this body many of the violent
1. (teas associated, in the hope of overturning De Villele's
trinktry : in fact all parties opposes! to the law from per-
sonal interest as " rentiers," or political hostility to the
Minister from whom it emanated, would unite on such an
occasion, and through such a union the proposed measure
was lost. The project we think was perfectly fair and
jnst: its supporters relied on the words of the "Code
Napoleon," that annuities constituted in perpetuity are
essentially redeemable. It is true that a large portion of the
public debt of France was in existence before this Code
was framed; but until that period, from the era of the
Revolution, the security on which the public debt rested
was very doubtful. It was then assured and settled by
these articles of the civil code, and any subsequent increase
of that debt rested on the same principles. The measure,
having been warmly approved by the Monarch, his
brother Monsieur, and the Duke of Angouleme, and the
co?orition to it formed of such mixed parties, we see no
reason whatever to suppose that it will lead to the breaking
up of the Count de ‘'illele's ministry. The Renter were
recovering their depression; they closed on Saturday
at lu3f. 35c. for money, and 103 f. 70c. for time to the
end of the month.—There is no intelligence of any import-
ance from Spain.

lire regret to state that tlw last accounts from Calcutta
bring the melancholy details of a most alarming scarcity at
Madras. The crops, from long drought, or some other
cause, had unfortunately failed along the coast, and Madras
and the surrounding country was in a state of frightful
famine. Parents were abandoning their children from
want, and several had exT.ircl of absolute starvation. Such
a calamity reminds us but too strongly of the dreadful
famine which desolated Hindoatan in the latter adminis-
tration of Lord Clive, and which was pregnant with so

runny horrors. The simple natives of India live almost
wholly on rice; animal fend they Will not touch, from
relig:ous antipathy ; and any failure of the rice crops,
airid an immense population sueli as swarms over the
;Jester part of India, must be attended with indescribable
tuis:ry. Plentiful supplies:, however, were expected at
Madras from the northern provinces and Bengal, no
'scarcity existing there. We therefore trust that the
dreadful pressure was hut temporary, and that it has long
since passed away. The blessings of British government
and humanity would he deeply felt by the hapless natives
urger such a visitation ; nu exertion or remedy would be
spared to give them immrdiate relief.

Tit, political state of Mexico, and that of the vast pro-
vinces of South America, furl) the immense concerns of
our merchants, and monied men, with every part of that
Cantinent, is now rousing strong feelings and universal
anxiety throughout the country, to obtain the recognition
of American independence by our Cabinet. Spain,
through the genius of the great Columbus, and the subse-
quent daring of Cortez, Pizarro, and their adherents,,
early seized on this tine and interesting portion of the
globe as her own. It formed a vast accession to the do-
minions of Ferdinand or Arragon and Isabella of Cas-
tile, by whose marriage the two Crowns became united ;
and who, just pervious, hail extinguished in Grenada the
last surviving dynasty of the Moors. S;ain was long ena-