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Cabinet of retershurgh has objects enough, both in the
West and in the East of Europe, to induce it to unsbeatli
the sword; but a sense of prudence, too imperious to be
disregarded, will compel it to reluctant peace.

The news from Greece, which we have given in another
column, is of the most gratifying character. There cannot
now exist the slightest doubt as to the stability of the Go-
vernment, nor, consequently, as to the achievement of the
independence of the country. The factious leadershave fled
without a single follower, and taken refuge, it appears, at
Zante, where the people would have stoned them to death
tl:e local authorities had not interfered. Co eocol-no NI
has beempardoned. This too is well. Whatever were his
latter offences, he expiated them by the unhappy death of
his sons; and the Greeks have enlisted the feelings of all
mankind in their behalf, by their generous anti grateful
regard to his early services in throwing off the Turkish
ycke.
Patras is OR the point of surrendering. A deputation
from the garriscn was at Napoli di Rornania, to conclude
the terms of the capitulation, and an expedition of 7000
men was preparing to.set crat, it was supposed either to re-
duce Lepanto or the Isle of Eubeea:
The speeches of the Earl of LiVERPOoe and Mr. Cite-
exec}, at the anniversary dinner of the Shipowners' Society,
ou Saturday, will be read with interest. The clear and
strong declarations of these eminent members of the Admi-
nistration in favour of the liberal principles on which the I
commercial policy of this country is now founded, will, we
trust, hare their due effect in explaining and recommend-'
ingit to other nations. It certainly is not surprising that
they should, at first, suspect, that "we are adopting
some new mystery," into which we seek to draw them
for purposes of an exclusively selfish character. Mr.
CANNINO remarked truly, that it was long " before we
ourselves learned the secret by which we prospered."
It may be some lime before, the rest of the commercial
world will follow the successful example we hold up to
them for imitation. Some States may, perhaps, weakly
refuse to thrice with us; they may deny themselves the
right of sharing in the general prosperity ; but their error
will recoil on themselves alone. They cannot interfere
with the march of our welfare, nor set limits to the increase
of our stupendous wealth and greatness. If there be any
foreign statesman at this moment who doubts the propriety
of falling into the course in which we are proceeding, let
him reflect upon ttrat eloquent passage of the Foreign Se-
cretary's speech on Saturday, in which he observes, with
reference to the fact of his presence at the dinner:—" It is
a satisfactory circumstance belonging to this tine country
alone, that the Ministers of the Crown can mix with their
countrymen 011 occasions of this description, and freely
communicate information on matters of the greatest inte-
rest, with perfect sincerity, and a complete absence of all
disguise. There is nothing at this moment in the policy
of England, whether external or internal, that will not
beat the crucible, and that will not come forth brighter on
every examination."

By the proceedings of the Catholic Association, on Wed-
nesday, it appears that the schism between the two great
leaders of that body has assumed the shape of s public
quarrel. It is not probable that they disagreed so warmly
as to the mere question of choice between Lord Do OUG H-
MORE and Earl Gait. It must have originated in
previous feuds of &deeper complexion. The hand of Parlia-
ment presses 'leerily upon them ; and the Association
which secured the tranquillity of the land, by adjuring one
part of their countrymen to be peaceful, " by the hate they
bore" to another portion, have in one sitting degenerated
into a turbulent scene of discord and confusion. Yet we
arc told, in utter defiance of all truth and decency, that
" nothing can be more absurd than to claim for Lord
WILLEiLLY'S Administration the credit of the existing

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PRESS.

FASHIONABLE !NIT LLIG ENC E.
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The Dowager Duchess of Richmond lard a dinner party on Fri-
' day, at her house in H'aterloo-pltua-
Eul Bathurst entertained a distinguished party at dinner on Sa-
turday, at his residence in Stanhope-street.
Mrs. Frenuntle entertained a select circle of fashionable' en
I Saturday evening, at her house in Stanhope-street.
• Lord King gave a grand dinner on Saturday to the Marquess
and Marchioness of Lansdown, Lord Ebrington, Lord Althorn,
the lioa. Mr. and Mrs. Agar Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Thelma, Hope,
Mr. !iamb, Mr. Fleatheote, &.c. at his house in Dover-street.
James &erten, Esq. M. P. had a dinner party on Saturday, at
his house in New-street, Spring-ganlens.
The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury had a dinner party yes-
terday, at her house in Arlington-street.
J. G. La;nbton, Esq. ALP. entertained his Royal high nesa the
Duke of Sanwa and a distinguished party at dinne: yesterday, at
his villa at Wimbledon. •
Slr Edward and Lid,' Point, and family, have arrived at
Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from their seat, Bushell, Wilts.
Lord and Lady Bolton have arrived at Gordon's Hotel, Albe-
marle-street, from their seat in Hants.
Sir Frederick and Lady Baker, and family, left the Waterloo
Hotel, Jamyn-street, for their new residence in Grafton-atroet.
Mrs. Hoare left Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, on Satur-
day, for Brighton,
Edmund Burton, EMI. has arrived at Miller's Hotel, Jerrnyn-
street, from his seat, Daventry.
Arrivals at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street—Sir Joseph Cop-
ley Bart., from his seat, Sprotborougb, Yorkshire ; Sir Tyr-
whit Jones, Bart., from his seat, Stanley Hall, Shropshire. De-
partures—Sir Roger Greeley, Bart., for has seat, Drakelow, Derby-
shire; Davenport, Esq. for the Earl of Essex's seat, Casino-
' bury Park.
Departures from Long's Hotel, Clifford-street :—Mr. and Mrs.
Blackburne, from their seat in Leicestershire; Captain Douglas,
R.N. for Chatham; William Dawson, Esq. for Brighton;
Charles Lewis, Esq. for his seat in Derbyshire.
Departures from Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-place:—Colonel
D lryniple, from his seat in Sussex; Walter Burrell,Esq., for
Knepp Castle, Sussex.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, and family, arrived
on Saturday at their huuse in Park-place, for the season, from their
seat, Hatfield.
The Earl and ilonntms Sehort,and the Ladies Molynett it, arrived
on Saturday at their house in Arlington-street, from Paris.
The Earl and Countess of Darnley, and family, have arrived at
their house in Berkeley-square, from their seat, Cobham Hall,
Kent.
' The Earl of Abergaveany has attired at his house in Berkeley-
square, ftom his seat, Fridge Cutle, Suttees.
The Duke and Duchess of Richmond left town on Saturday for
' thcr seat, Goodwood, Sussex.
Mrs. Egerton and family, arrived on Saturday at their house in
St. James's-square, from their seat, Tattoo Park Cheshire.
The Earl of Orford has arrived at his house in 'Berkeley-square,
from his scat, Wolterton Park, Norfolk.
The lion. Mr. and Mrs. Rice Trevor, have arrived in Dover-
street, from Dyncvor Castle, South Wales.
lir. and Airs. Thornhill, and family, have arrived at their house
in Berkeley-square, from their seat. Riddleiworth Hall, Norfolk.
Arrivals at the St. Pctersburgh Hotel, Dover-street t---Lord and
Lady Eliot, front Cornwall ; Sir James Duff and family at
ditto from Sussex ; Count Ballayeff, ditto, front Russia ; the fun.
I'. Knox, Mrs. Kilo:, and Mrs. IL. Hay, from Ireland ; General
Brown at ditto from Clifton.

DRURr-LANE THEATRE.
On Saturday, after the performance of that desperately
tiresome affair, '1 he Full of Algiers, the audience was
treated to a new piece, entitled The Shepherd of Derwent
Vale ; or, the Innocent Culprit. The small plot of the
Innocent Culprit is simple enough. We are at first intro-
duced to a Sir Wilfred Wayward, who is a sad fellow, full
of unholy desires and remorseful tecollections—cruel, set-
fish, and treacherous; be is about to marry the heiress of
Lord Dement, but this event is delayed by the appearance
of a travelling old soldier, who comes charged with strange
secrets, which touch nearly on the Baronet's life. These
secrets are, that Sir Wilfred having been a disobedient son,
was disinherited by his father in favour of a younger
brother, and that this younger brother was " taken care of"
in infancy by the provident Sir IViffied, so as to leave him,
Sir Wilfred, incumbent cf the hereditary property. This
younger brother, however, was not dead, but only slept, or
rather watched, for he was educated as a herdsman on Sir
Wilfred's estate, under the name of Shock. The old
soldier prophecies to Shock a speedy advancement, and re-
veals to Sir Wilfred his knowledge of the fatal secret : the
Baronet kills the soldier, and persuades poor Shock to pass
for the assassin. The trial takes place, Shack is condemned
and sentenced, but some documents are discovered which
prove him to be the brother of Sir Wilfred, and the real
heir, and the unhappy Baronet flings himself (in the midst of
an assembled crowd, and a pathetic discourse) from the sum-
mit of a precipice into a pasteboard torrent which pretends to
tumble beneath. Ile does not (of course) marry the lion.
Miss Derwent, nor do we learn (for just at this time the
curtain falls) who does. This story is infinitely absurd ;
it is as extravagant as any thing at the Coburg or Surrey,
and not nearly so well written. Dramatists, now-a-days,
have a supreme scorn for grammar and good English, and
they are pretty nearly on as had tams with all proper sen-
timent and endurable wit. Mr. Lunn, in these respects,
" wears the badge of his tribe." As to character, there is
scarcely any pretence to it, and even the little that is pre-
tended to is not much better than we meet with in the
lobbies, or at "a grand masquerade." Shock and Sir Wil-
fred incline slightly that way, but the first is absurd, and
the last common-place. Mr. Sherwin as Mack displays
great deal of quiet humour, and simple pathos. We never
knew before that this actor possessed so much talent. He
almost escaped from the leaden superincumbence of the
genius of the Author. Mr. Archer made the funniest
Baronet imaginable. Mrs. Hughes, in the part of
.21/rs. Shock, played with much simplicity and truth :
two or three touches were given with a warmth and
force which told highly in favour of her abilities. Miss
J. Paton is a very harmless young lady, without much to
interest, and nothing to offend, but wholly incapable of
becoming a leading actress. Fitzwilliam was stuffed into
the part of an Irish Jailor. He sung a bad song badly,
and delivered some bail jokes, with an appropriate con-
sciousness of their quality. We ought not to pass over
Mr. Younge (in the Old Soldier) without saying, that he
acted the little assigned to him with great propriety and
dr et. The rest were but so—so. As to the merit of the
drama, we have to repeat, it is of the meanest order; it has
nothing distinctive about it. We know nothing of the
country, except from the title; nothing of the age, and
nothing of the personages to which it belongs. The
dresses arc of the /era of the Norman conquest; the senti-
ments are pretty nearly as old ; and the jokes several cen-
turies older. The scenery, we are told, represents the
banks of the Derwent Water, and, though sweetly painted,
would do quite as well for the hanks of the Serpentine
Water. Altogether, it was an indifferent piece of business,
and that portion of the audience which was not asleep
when it ended, appeared to think so. It will be performed
about six times, and, for even that brief existence, It
must be thankful to the talents of Sherwin.

His Majesty received a visit on Saturday, at his Palace,
in Pall-mall, from his Royal brother the Duke of York.
Yesterday, Divine Service was performed at the King's
Palace, Pall-Mall, by the Rev. Dr. Blomberg.
The Duke of York transacted military business with
his Majesty, on Saturday.
Yesterday, the Lord Chancellor had an audience of the
King.
It is reported in the fashionable circles, that the lion.
Colonel Ponsonby will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar
Lady E. Bathurst, second daughter of the Earl and
Countess Bathurst.
It is also said that Daniel Tighe, Esq., will shortly lead
to the hymeneal altar, the accomplished Miss Crofton,
second daughter of Lady Crofton.
Mr. Walter Burrell and Mr. Curteis will, on the disso-
lution of the preaent Parliament, present themselves to the
county for re-election. A severe contest, therefore, is in-
evitable, Mr. C. Compton Cavendish having pledged him-
self to become a candidate.—Brighim, Herald.
Sir Godfrey AVebster will, no doubt, stand for the city
of Chichester; and we understand that his brother, Cap-
tain Webster, intends to try his fortune at Shoreham, and
one of the inns is already engaged for his party! his suc-
cess is very problematical. Mr. John Smith, of this place,
will also be nominated.—Brighton Paper.
On Friday last, John Wood, Esq. was called to the
Bar, by the Honourable Society of the Inner. Temple.
Dean Cooper, of Durham, w.to was very saving of his
wine, descanting one day on the extraordinary performance
of a man who was blind, remarked, that the poor fellow
could see no more than " that bottle!"—" I do not won-
der at all, Sir," replied Mr. Drake (a minor Canon) " for
we have seen no wore than that bottle' all the after-
noon."

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[From the Journal des Debars of Friday.)
ROME, JAY. !S.
The number of pilgrims attracted by the Jubilee is excessively
small, especially when compared with former Jubilees. Not to
speak of Jubilees of 1300 and-13:10, when, according to contem-
porary writers, millions or pilgrims were reckoned ; it is on record
that even in 1730. there were 1,300 present on the 2t th December,
at the opening of the Holy Gate ; 0.400 arrived in Christmas week,
to be preient at the new year. This time only 34 pilgrims arrived at
the opening of the Holy Gate, and in the first week no more than 440
arrived. This fact is partly explained by the severity exercised by
the police of each State in the ciamihation of the pilgrims' passports.
It is supposed that a numerous assemblage of people from all p.,rts
of Europe might serve the revolutionary mama which is supposed
to exist; it was even supposed that the Carbonari, or other Italian
patriots, would here collect its crowds for some dangerous end The
passports of mere fanners and other men of the lower orders, are
rejected at Milan, and other towns of Austrian Italy, unless they
be signed by a load of signatures which thbse poor folks did not
think necessary. It is equally difficult to enter the Fardinien
States. These are deplorable circumstances in the eyes of religious
men; it has here reni!crtid us miserable.
rants, Feb. 10.
The acknowledgment of Brazil as an independent empire,
seems to have closely followed the change Of the Portuguese
Ministry. A Ministerial Journal acknowledges this fact, which
provesthe ascendancy of English and Austrian influence at Lisbon ;
for England and Austria are agreed upon this point.. We do not,
however, think that a formal treaty has been concluded. The pro-
posed arrangements were of a very complicated nature; the two
States, although under different Sovereigns, were to be bound to-
gether by a confederacy; the stipulatior.s to be enieied into, in case
the E m perorof Brazil should succeed to thel'hrone of Portugal, have
been the object of long negociations at London; every thing, in
short, hangs upon that question ; but will the National Assembly
of Brazil sanction these Conventions?

It is thought that the treaty agreed upon nt Landon, is as yet
only a project, till news is received from Rio Janeiro, hut the
principle of the treaty is acknowledged. This is a very remark-
able resolution. The possibility of modifying royal legicimsey,
according to physical necessity, is then admitted by Austria, Eng-
land. and Portugal. It will be admitted, perhaps, sooner thin
thought of in Spain.
[Front the Courrier Francais of Friday.]
MADRID, .1 lag. 31,
The determination of the Cabinet of St—lattice's has, fai from
causing the abandonment of the project of conquering America, by
our Government, it only seen, in consequence, that she ',Mild not
be able to succeed in it alone, and they seek for help in this silly
enterprise from some of the great Powell of the Continent. Atl this
views of t'garte and his party are at present turned towalsit Russia :
it is in her alone, according to them, that Spaniards are at present to
give their confidence. This language is not only held in the world,
but is even spoken at Court. It is reported, on that subject, that
Ugarte said, when last at the Palace— 'France has always demanded
money of us; Russia, our true friend, has never required any-
thing. "" That is true," replied an auglist personage, " except
when she sold us her rotten squadron." But in spite of this an-
swer, our Cabinet seems resolved to Invoke the aid of that of St.
Petersburgh, and it is with the view of obtaining it that our Sliniaters
have just sent to Russia Commissioners, at whose head is the
nephew of M. lUgarta lie set out post this morning, and is to
cop at Iron, there to wait for special instructions. They here Hat-
ter themselves that the Emperor Alexander will be very easily able
to put a stop to the proceedings of the British Cabinet.
Since the report it been spread here that Portugal generously
receives those Spaniards who take refuge there in order to avoid
persecution, the emigration to that frontier has become so great that
the attention of the Government has been drawn to it. In order to
shut this door as well as Gibraltar against the proscribed, there is
nothing more to be done than to listen to the wishes of M. Hernia.
silla, who calls for the claim of all the powssions which belonged
to Ferdinand's ancestors.

It as asserted, that Lord Wellington has made a present to his
friend, Geneial Avila, of a domain, worth 200,000 piastres, to in.
demnify hint for the sequestration under which all his goods have
been placed, and for the sacrifices which he has constantly made for
his King and country. Sonic persons say. that when M. Calomarde
heard of it, he said, that an order must be sent to our Ambassador
to have this donation sequestrated and sold, and to apply the pro-
duce to the exrenses of the expedition, which is to subdue the In-
dependents of America, in spite of King George and Mr. Canning.
PARIS, FED. 10
The Etoik, in order to rebut the reproaches incurred by the Mi.
ninny, on the subject of the religious communities established since
the law of 11117, in spite of the enactments of that law, ar.swer* us
this evening: '• These communities no more existed by ordinances
titan the association of the Cm,rrier Francui•." In this use, how
did they then exist? Why were they tolerated, since they had not
fulfilled the conditions imposed by the law, and that they had not
even tite assent of Government. If it be so, the ministry have ab-
dicated their power ; their duty was to have had them shut, and to
have had those who established them, in contempt of the law and
civil authority, prosecuted before the proper tribunals.