The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-06-22 00:00:00

VAUXHALL.

Under the Especial Patrons', of his Majesty.
To-morrow Evening. WEDNESDAY. June 43, the GRAND EN-
TERTAIN BIEN fa which have every Evening received such unbound-
ed epidemic, including the unielihdtnired Concert. interesting Ballet
of the Chinese Wedding, u oi.derful Ascent on the hope, and splendid
Fire-works will be re-produced.
Doors open at Seven. Concert
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to be hall,"
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31c. d The fmourithad ate comicthe Songstar of of "
the Ca Pollyrdenp ilo.ic ins." " JoeY Vaux-
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••• A Grand Pantomime, which has been lu preparation all the
Winter, will be speedily pueed.

At Eight o'Clotk. ♦d.

DAVIS'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
DURING THE WEEK,
The unpreeetientedly magnificent Representation of
TilE RATTLE OF WATERLOO.
With (Prat time In England) a grand F.oitestrinn Performance. called
THE CtRNIVAL OF VkNICE;
Or, TOE 14.ASQUER ADE ON A HORSE IN FULL GALLOP!
Invented by Mondeur Deemw, and in which, without quitting him
Home* hack. he will personate the Character. of Polichluel, Meerut,
tulombine. Bacchus, and Adonis.
After which, Exercises by the Turkish Mare Reda and the Ilttlt Horse
lbsrleguln.
Monsieur Dutton's Feats on Two Horses.
To conclude with anew Entertainment, by Mr. W. Barryntore. called
AGAMEMNON. THE FAITHFUL NEGRO:
In the course of which a grand Ballet and Cocoa Nut Dance.

The EaTTtes Pales tommeseed publishing yesterday morning
at hall-past tire o'clock.

LONDON, TUFSDAV,Nt 22, IS2 t.

We have given, in another column, some interesting in•
telligence from Portugal. The King, it appears, has com-
pletely triumphed over the ultra bigotted party in the
State, and has convoked, by a Royal decree, the ancient
Cortes of the nation. This Cortes, which has DOI been
assembled for more than a hundred years, is composed of
the three Estates of the Kik;dom—the Clergy, the No-
bility, and the People; and is similar in its Constitution
to the ancient Cortes, or Parliament of Spain, like which,
during the last century, it has been entirely deprived of its
share in the legislature, and given way, except for a short
period, to an absolute monarchy. The King, in his de-
cree, observes, that the Cortes contain " a true national
representation, in which the people are represented by
their Procurators, the Clergy and Nobility, by those of
their members who have votes in them ; that the public
felicity would be promoted, not by uncertain, new, and
dangerous ways, nor by means of precipitate and destruct
tive reforms, which easily lead to the most fatal disorder,
as experience has unfortunately proved ; but by ways al-
ready known, and by progressive ameliorations in the ad-
'ministration of the State." This measure was veceived
with great rejoicing by the people of Lisbon, who feel
that they are at airy rate released from the bigotted and
despotic influence of the Queen and Don Miguel, and that
a representative Government of any kind is likely to ad-
vance
their national happiness and prosperity. Desides, al-
though the King has formally declared nearly all the acts of
the late Cortes null and void, yet he promises to retains some
of the new institutions, and to introduce those ameliorations
and reforms, that experience has proved to be useful to his
people. The new Cortes arc expected to assemble at the
latter end of October, or. the beginning of November next.
The King has also published an Act of amnesty, which
grants a general pardon for individuals accused of political
offences committed before The ath of June, IS't. The
only excuttions to this amnesty are those persons who have
intintained and propagated what are called " perverse
political opinions" since the period above stated. A private
letter from Lisbon adds, that the King intended shortly
to issue a Decree, recognizing the public debt of Portu-
gal. The conduct of John VI. when contrasted with that
of the King of Spain, presents the former Monarch in a
favourable point of view; and we trust this example will
atd be lett Upon the misguided Government of the Pe-
ninsula.

The French papers of Serurday, with the Et'. of Sun-
day's date, retched us yesterday. The Infant Dun Miguel,
who has arrived in Paris under the tide of the Duke of
Baja, was presented to Louis XVIII. on Friday. His
Royal Highness wss very well received at Court, and was
to dine with the King on Sunday. It is not yet positively
known who is to fill the place of Chateaubriand, as Mi-
nister of Foreign Main. Private letters say that Count
Caraman has positively received the appointment, whilst
from other rources we learn that M. de Talaru is likely to
take the vacant seat in the Council.—li was rumoured on
the Paris Stock Exchange on Szterday, that a loan of 20
millions of stock is about to he negociatcd, half at 1 per
cent., and half at 4 per cent. The accounts fiotn Spain in
these papers allude to the unsettled state of the country:
but anticipate much good from the putting down of the
Apostolic Junta. The Madrid letters repeat the rumours
of disastersonstained by Bolivar in Peru; little reliance,
however, 13 to be plac4l on South American news received I
by the way of 'Spain. The 'Spanish Amhassattor at l'aris,
the Duke of San Carlos, has been appointed Viceroy of
Navarre, and it is expected that the Count de Villa-
, Giegedo will proceed to the French Court as the repre-
sentative of Ferdinand VII.

The petition from the Manchester Chamber of Com-
merce, in favour of South American Independence, was
presented last night by Sir James Mackintcsh. It was
vary numerously and respectably signed. The City e
London, and the Port of Liverpool, have also spoken their
smthnents on chi:: great qu•stion. The jn.lgment of dm

commercial world itty therefott 'be dinsideted as passed,
and we have no doubt that where the interests of commerce
are so deeply invialved, it will have its due wAght iu ac-
celerating the recognition, by his Majesty's Government,
of those States which, on the Report of the Commissioners
now in South America, may appear to be firmly established.

The Marine Insurance Bill, and the Equitable Loan
Bank Bill, were last night passed in the House of Lords.
The Lord Chancellor, pinfown, moved certain resoluttons
for the purpose of rendering the original subscribers to
joint stock companks responsible in their individual caps.
cities to the whole amount of their private fortunes for the
debts of the company. The Earl of Liverpitoltecommended
Hither that a general Bill should be introduced next
Session, with provisions similar to those proposed by :us
Noble and Learned Friend.

Sir Francis Burdett last night gave notice of ids intui-
tion to submit a motion this evening, on the state of
Ireland. What useful purpose can this motion answer at
this period of the Smsion ? If the object of the Honour-
able Baronet be to investigate and discuss the grievances of
Ireland, why has he waited till the moment when Parlia-
ment is about to separate ? Why, if good were likely to
result from the debate, has it been postponed till the last I
day of the Session, and then brought forward on a no-
tice
given only the night before ? The condition of Ireland
is a subject which the wisest statesman will approach 1
with diffidence and apprehension. The inveterate evils of
that country are the growth of ages of misgovernment and
imtvoidable oppression. It has been the fate of Ire- ,
laud to hove her calamities aggravated by the events
that have saved us from theta. Our deliverers have
been her enslavers. The bitterest foes to her liberties
have been not unfrequently found among the warmest ,
friends to ours. This fact alone would prove that'
there must have been some overwhelming necessity grow-
ing
out of the relation between the countries, for the treat-
ment Ireland has sustained. Happily for the empire, this!
necessity has passed away : but it is no holiday work of
legislation to repair the evils that have been produced ; not
do we think, however it may, in the Honourable Baronet's
own mind, atone to his constituents for his inactivity this
Session, that he can seriously believe that anything can be
beneficially done for the relief of the Irish people, by a
. parting speech, or a series of inoperative resolutions.
Amongst the Bills (upwards of sixty in number) which
received the Royal Assent, by commission, on Thursday

last, was one to amend the several Acts of Parliament for
the encouragement of Savings' Banks in England and Ire-
land. By the new Act, a very material alteration has been
made in the law for regulating these useful institutions,
which will hereafter be placed on precisely the same foot-
ing in both countries. In consequence of the plentiful sup-
ply of money in the market for several years past, the rate
of interest has been gradually reduced, and loans to any
amount arc now to be obtained, on good securities, at
three and a half per cent. This reduction in the nominal
value of money, induced many persons belonging to that'
class of society for wiasse benefit Savings' Banks were not
established, to avail themselves of those institutions, and
thus obtain a higher rate of interest for their money, than
they could procure by investing it on mortgage, or in the
Public funds. It was also the every-day practice of indivi-
duals of this class, to make deposits in several Savings'
Banks at the Same time; and as they were allowed to make
investments to the amount of loot. in the first year, and
SOL in every year afterwards, they thus became enabled to
fund considerable sums, and receive a greater interest for
them than the Government securities produced. To re-
medy this evil, and prevent the manifest abuse of the in-
stitution, the present Act (which comes into operation on
the 20th of November next) provides, that the invest-
ments of any one depositor shall not exceed the sum of 501.
in the first year, nor 30/. in any succeeding year ; and that
the largest sum which a depositor shall be allowed to have
at any one time in the bank, shall be 200/. No anonymous
subscriptions are in future to be received; and persons or so-
cieties depositing money in one bank, arc not to be permitted
to make investments in any other; but will be required, on
making a deposit, to sign a decimation that they are not
entitled to any deposit in, or benefit from, the fund of any
other Savings' Bank in England or Ireland. To prevent
false declarations being signed, it is enacted, that every
person or society shall forfeit to the sinking funds, any de-
posit upon which an untrue declaration shall have been
made. Friendly societies are not to subscribe to more than
one Savings' Bank, nor to deposit a larger sum at one time
than 100/. ; nor to have at any period more than .500 L in
the funds of the bank. The new Act contains several pro-
visions for the management of these institutions, calculated
to advance the interest and secure the funds of the depo-
sitors; care being taken to prevent loss so the subscribers,
from the insolvency of persons entrusted with the money of
the bank, or from the misconduct of its olliccrs. These al-
terations in the law for encouraging the industrious poor
to make deposits in Savings' Beaks, arc absolutely necessary
to prevent a total abuse of the institution ; and we feel that
the present measure ought not to have been delayed so
long, since every person in the least aNtainted with the
subject must know, that for several years past the great
majority of contributors to banks for savior:, have been
persons who were not contemplated by the Legislature when
the institution was first establithed, and who ought not to
have availed themselves of its advantages.