The National Register.
London, England, 1817-05-19 00:00:00

THE BEAUTY OF BETHNAL-GREEN!

The admirers of the above truly beautifnl woman have Le.
conic much more immerens than Pea lope's suitors, but ais
musfly of the lit.heimt order; they need not, however, di cad
the return of her Clyi.vm, for, by all accounts, he paid the
debt of nature at the ever-memorable battle of Waterloo, and
fell in the service of his country, covered with wounds and
glory. Since the unusual attraction which her presence has
cleated, every room iwthe house has been tilted up for pub-
lic accommodation, ate still there is not halt' room enough fir
the numerous guests. On Tuesday night, between eight and
nine o'clock, there were no fewer than 600 persons in and
about the house. We noticed several respectable shopkeep-
ers, of Bond-street, in the skittle ground at the rear, all anxi-
ous to have a sight of this second Helen. There was such an
assemblage of the fair sex, that we were led to believe a
handsome landlord would have been far more preferable.
One old woman, bearing a striking resemblance to the God-
dess of Envy, could no longer retain her spleen, and having
been previously making large libations at the shrine of the
jolly God, she burst into ins drives against our amiable he-
roine, but she was turned out by the officers in attendance.
The arrival of the beauteous hostess from her room being
announced, the people respectfully drew back to make room
fur her to pass, which she did with the dignity of a Juno.—

" Grace was in all her steps; Heaven in her eyes;
In every gesture dignity and love."

When she had taken her station in the bar,. the crowd that
pressed forward to see her was incredible. Sh” was dressed
in a becoming suit of black. Her hair is light and silken;
her eyes are large, brilliant, and expressive, but we could
not distinctly see of chat colour; her eye-brows appear as
if penciled by the hand of an able artist. The lily and rose
have been indefetkiable in blending their efforts upon her
cheeks, and with such precision and nicety have their labours
been executed, that we are at a less upon which to bestow
the chaplet. Her mouth is small, but sufficiently large to
give a finesse to her countenance, which, at first sight, has a
striking dignity, blended with ineffable sweetness. Site is
about -28 years of age, and about five feet seven or eight
inches hiA.

" Take her for all in all—
We nc'er shall look upon her like again."
Among the crowd, one young luau, g.nteelly dressed. was
nuavoidably pushed up to the bar, and being asked by an
old woman (who was serving liquor) what he wanted, he said
he had just drank a glass of
then inclined to drink more he could not in the way he was
crowded, upon which the old dame threw a glass of gin in
his face. This act excited a momentary burst of indignation,
and the young man was going to get a warrant for the assault,
when the amiable widow begged he would not, and took swore
herself' to console him. The young ma* said—" Madam,
when beauty like yours pleads, my resentment most be the
sacrifice; I well know old women cannot long hide their ill
temper in such presence, and for your sake I am willing to
impute it to her ignorance." This reproof. accompanied by
a disdainful glance, quite overpowered the old lady, and she
retired confused to a remote corner of the bar.

Tlir. NEW COIN.—A man of the name of Henry Miskim
who has lately left London for Birmingham, to purchase
counterfeits of the new coinage, has ken convicted under
the Bank Act, for having more than five counterfeit tokens
in his possession without being able to account fur them, and
it being a very flagrant case, he was coavieted in the full pe-
nalty of :il. for each, which he not paying, was committed
to the House of Correction far three months. At the expi-
ration of that time he will he tried un a charge of procuring
coonterfeit sixpences w hula an intention to circulate them.
It has been ascertained that counterfeit half crowns of the
new coinage are in eirculati (((( but nut of the last impression.
A man, of the name of Charles Phillips, was detected in lit-
tering four of them on Monday. at the Rising Sun public-
house. in Charles-street, Long Acre. lie uttered two there
on Monday morning, in company with two women and a man ;
in the evening he uttered two more at the same place, when
Mrs. Draper, the landlady, suspecting them, had him de-
tained, she having had two half-crowns returned in the course
of bite day, which were had, and which she suspected she
had received from Phillips. On searching him, two other
similar counterfeit half-crowns of a like manufacture were
found mom him.
Ou Tuesday he was examined before Mr. Birnie, at the
Public Office, Bun-street, and was committed fur further
examination.

In the account of monks paid into the Treasury on
the public account in the past year, is the following
Item :—" Paid by the Earl of Liverpool, received
from the Executors of J. Lackingum, deceased, being a
Legacy left to the Prime Minister fur the use of Co-
vennuent, £33 10."
It is well known, that hitherto very small progrese
has been made in unrolling the Herculaneum manu-
scripts. A better prospect, however, begins to open. A
foreign scholar, Dr. Sickier, has undertaken to unroll
the most difficult specimens by a new inethod, for the
success of which he pledges himself, and fir which he
asks but a trilling compensation, and that only payable
in the event of success. His plan has been submitted to
the Royal Society, who approve of it ; and Sir T. Tyr-
whitt has written to encourage him to proceed. Perhaps
Nlcnatider, and the lost books of Li% y, way yet cows
forth to delight and instruct mankind.

POETI?Y.
THE BRITISH PATRIOT'S GLP:r.

" Milne is flame for &that:*

Is there a wicked spendthrift here,
Would cheat the folks, an .Ctliat,
lie swears that EtNland is to., deli,
•
Anil goes to France, an alliat—
For alltat, an tltat,
Ili: knavklt trick, and an :Cilia',
Loonh remairs to keep at haute.
All honest men, toe a't hat !
13 there a flaiinting leering wife,
Would wi•ong her spouse, an alhat
To France she trips to end tile btrifc,
Dishonours him, an a'that !
For alhat, an n'that,
Her wanton smiles, an alhat,
The Girls that stay, shall bear away
Fair Reatity's palm for ;'that.
" stone that rolls," the wi.e man said,
" Shall gather moss," ao allott ;
And they who seek, the San fore:mit.,
Shall come haek fools, an alliat.
For a'that, an .
Their manners French, an alhat ;
'the poor man mourns, the patriot scorns,
Such want o'sense, an ;'that.

Me. DAVISON.% WlNES.—Fridav, the fashionable world
had a great contest for wines. The celebrated cellars of
Alexander Davison, Esq. were emptied to the best biddi rs.
Ihe prices, at which the several lots were knocked doe n,
were unusually high. Three dozen of red Madeira, bottled
in tanl, were sold at eizhieen guineas per dozen; it was sup-
posed, tOr a distinguished member of the Rbyal Family. One
lot of Hock. 11l years old, sold at ten guineas per dozen,
and very little of the Sherry went at less than rise and six
guineas per dozen.—There were upon the whole 2510 lots.
They were all sold, and the total product of them exceeded
50001.

From the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, May 13.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
DORSETT, J. Foulness Island, Essex, Farmer.

BANKRUPTS.
BROUGIT, J. Weston-upon-Trent, tailor. May 23, 29, June IC-1;
Atts. Anstice and Wright. King's Bench Walk.
NAPPER, E. Fiume Selwood, Somerset, surgeon, May 29, 30,
June 24. Atts. Bridges and Quilter, Red Lion-sqnare.
RICKARD. S. Plymouth Duck, Slop seller, June 5,6, 24. Atts.
Alexander and Holme, New Inn.
HARDEN, H. Macclesfield, silk manufacturer, May 46, 27, June 24:
Atts. Hued, Shaw. and Jolutsoh, Temple.
DAVISON. W. North Shields, slop-seller, May 30, Tl, June 24!
Att. Bettye, Chancery-lane.
Mo v ILLY, W. Barton.under-Needsmod, Stafford, grocer, June 4,
7, 24. Att. Berridge, Hatton Garden.
Hcanswr. J. and H. Abingdon, Reeks, timber,merelianti, May
17, 21, June 24. Att. Morgan, Church-row, Fenchurch• street.
Kii.B(X6rox, S. Brewer, Henrietta-street, Covent-garden, silk.
manufacturer. June 20,23,21. Att. James, Bucklersbury, London.
ELW I'M, G. Canterbury, money-scrivener, May 26, 27, June 24.
Att. Dyne and Son, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London.
OLDMAN, S. Bury St. Edmund's, innkeeper, May 23. 24, Juni
es. Atts. W. Thomley, Gray's-Inn, London.
GRIGG. T. Plymouth, tea-dealer, May 25, 29, June 24. Att. Alex-
ander, Carey-street, Lincoln's-Inn. London.
ROBERTS. .1. Brugain, Montgomery, farmer, May 21, 22, June
24. Atts. Meesrss PresLuid, Proctor, and Slaney, Brunswick.'
square, London.
Tit t., T. Whitgreave, Staffird, dealer and cliapmen, 31111 e 3,6, 24.
Atts. Messrs. Collins and Keens, Statii.rd.
II nLtx, W. and J. C. NVotlon Underedge. Gloucester, clothiers,
May 29, 30, June 24. Atts. Messrs. Latuberts, Taylor, and
Deane. Gray's-Inn-square, London.
GRANT, .1. Gracethurch-stmt, London, umbrella-maker, May 15,
20, June 514. Att. llutrliin.on, Crown-court, Threadneedle-street.
SaINNERTOw, Will. Fillongley; Warwick, wheelwright, May
22, 23. June 24. Att. Constable, Symond's-Inn, Chancery-lane,
Jouxsox, P. Bevis-Marks, St. Mary-Axe. London, merchant,
:May 21, 51, and June 24. Att. Howard, Jewry-street, Ahlgate.
STARLET, 11. and T. Weston, Lower Thanii.street. London, iron-
mongers, May 21, 31, June 21. Att. Fitzgerald, Lawrence,
Pountney-hilL
DOBIE, Rowland. Kenton-street, flmnswiek-square. Middlesex,
painter. May 17, 21. June 24. Atts. Nfoors. C:iiipman, Stevens,
and Wood, Little St. Thomas Apostle, Loudon.
DIVIDENDS.

J. Jones, .1. Owen, and 11. Abbott, Bucklersbury, merchants,
May 20.
G. Blake, Bishop Monekton, and W. Blakey, Leeds, grocers, June 7.
J. Balfour, Ba.singhall-street, Blackwell Hall factor, May 20.
A. Gumpertz, Great Winchester-street, merchant, May ,20.
T. Nate. and J. White, Old Broad-street, insurance-broken,June 10.
H. Searle, Strand, boot-maker, June 7.
.1. I). Jones, Philpot-lane, merchant. May 20.
J. White, Walton-upon-Thames, innkeeper, June 3.
(.. I)essel, Bristol, coach-master, June 3.
J.: Lewis, Bristol, woollen-draper, June 3.
M. Morgan, Newport, Monmouthshire. sliopkeeper..huse 6.
S. J. Lee, South tresent, l'ottenliani-eourc-niall, merchant, June 3.
R. and T. Dorille, Swatuby, Yorkshire, merchants, June 9.
T. Linghani, 11'oreester, mealman, June 6.
A. T. Patterson, and J. M. Maloneek. Liverpool, merchants, Jane 9.
T•.. G. W. Tuck, Edmonton, dealer, May 31.
W. Wood, Hartley, Staflon'shire. victualer. Jun 4.
M. Hanley, Mitre-court, Fleet-A. tavern-keept r. June 3.
F. Fisher, Edgware-road, nurstryinnn, June 3.
A. J. Mackenzie and H. Roper. Finsbury-square, menitants, June e.
J. Robertson arid J. Stein, Lawrence Potilitwy hill, merchants,
June 3.
W. Spear, Upper Thames-street. stationer. Julie 10.
('. Muston, Epping. Essex. schoolmastcr..hoc .7.
B. T. Ford, jun. Cross, Sinier.etthire, Make, June 4.
.1. Hodson and M. Margrearcs, Lives pool, tauther-merelytnts,
June 1 L.
J. and .lot. Sykes, Leeds. merchants, June 3.
T. Brayn. i)rayton in Hales. Salop, currier, June 3.
N. Wood. Chichester, linen-draper, June 10.
T. Hanioll, East-row, City-to:al. chemist. June 10.

CERTIFIT'ATINI--Jimr: 3.
.1. A. ITre. Liverpool, wine-merchant—lL T.avison, of Ilaydan.
square, merchant—('. Hayes, Cooler's-now, Tower-hill, wine-n er.
chant—T. Cowry, Spits -square, mitster-mariner—W.
Nlancliester. linen-draper—J. Green, jun. %Val,:all, Stafflrilbhire,
druirgi.t-11. Methucu, Manchester, nianufatturer—T. Martin.
Chichester, collar-maker—W. Alderson, Sundt:Arad near t.bu Sea,
currier.

.156

From the LONDON GAZETTE, Saturday, May 17.

BANKRUPTS.

.lacasOn .1. Middleton, Norfolk. merchant, May 24, 26, June
2s. Au. An,ti..e and Wright, King's-bench-walk.
CuretsLori, Liverpts,l, merchant, June 11, 12, 21. Att.
Wkwlle, Juho-street, Itedmrd-row.
K'ir.cocit, E. Huddersfield, carpenter, May 28. 29, June 28.
Att. Battye, Chancery-lane
Dttscosr. .1. Lonilon.strect, Crutcheil.fr4irs, May 21, 22, June
TH. Mt. Nichings, Frith-street, Soho.
flost.T. E. niche- wall. plumber, 'llly 20, '27, June 18.
Att. Loxley icrl Son. Cheate.rde.
Dowsi:, W. R. 'fooley-,treet, tdinw-chandler, May 2t, 50. June
28. Au. II tirsr Milk-street, i'hcapridc.
&LANE, T. Gibraltar-walk, Be•haal-gr,vn. cabinet-maker, May
20, 31, June 28. Att. Howell, Furnival's-inn.
Be onsitaw, J. Poqern-row, Tower-hill, woollen-draper, May
20, 30, June 88. Att. Farrel. 'Clireadniville-street.
Hy NIPIPIEI'6, .1. Ilaanmersmith. builder, May 24, 31, June 28.
Mt. Hunt, Surrey-street, Strand.
LAN W. Hitchen, 'texts, patten-maker, May 20, 31, June 28.
Att. Berridge, I latton-garden.
Pril,llltAY, C. Bath. stationer, M.:y 29, 30, June 28. Mt. High-
n.oor, Scott's-yard, London.
1..F.1:11, S. Hurst, Laneaztcr, June 3,4, 28. Atts. Willis and Co.
Warnford-cotut.
IrET LEY, M. Leeds, wooLtopler, May 27, 28, June 28. Att.
Lake, Dowgate-hill.
WiIk:ELDON, Bonsai'', Derbyshire, eolour-manufacturer, May 30.
31, June tub Atts. Phalan and Stone, Hare—court, Temple.
Rov rot, J. Brunon-upon-Trento saddler, June 2,3, 28. Mt,
Cookncy, Castle-street, Holborn.
DOW LEI', 'l'. and J. %Villow-street, Bankside, corn-merchants,
May it, 31, June 28. Att. 31eymott, Great Surrey-street.
.ComtuTitutts, D. Liverpool, merchant, June 4,3, 28. Atts.
Lowe and Bower, Southumpron-buildings.
PIrLIANG, .I.:Chudleigh, Devon, urereliont, June 9, 10, 28. Att.
Fuirbank, 4taple 4 nn.
KEN!.:ETT R. Muidstone, carpenter. May 20, June 7, 28. Att.
Swain and Co. Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
AlonsoN, J. Sheffield, merchant, May 27, 28, June 28. Atts.
Tilson and Preston, Coleman-street.
REtfu, W. Fleet-street. low-hooksellee, May 20. 31, Jnue 28.
Arts Webster and Son. Queen-street, Cheapside.
DI VIDENDS
S. limns, Plymouth, jeweller, June T.
F. I. Jutlin, Angel-court, Throumorton-street. merchant, May 24.
E. Illsekmore, Caroline-street, tiedlOrd-square. taylor, June 7.
E. White, Ilishopsgate-street-without, coach-master, May '2O.
E. Simmons, Queenhithe, warehouseman, June 7.
,L Eley. Blackfriar's-road, brewer, June 7.
it. Edwards, Murgan's-lane, Touley-street, spirit-merchant, June 7.
W. Fisher. Cheltenham, carpenter. June 13.
J. Teece, Newtown Baschurth, Ss op, shopkeeper, June. 9.
J. Cooke, Cotton, tialop. June 9.
W. Bradley, Reading. woollen-draper, June 9.
J. Brunsden, Fore-street, Lambet', whiting-no
'V. Bothwell, Peochurch-streetoprinter, June 7.
NV. May, P. Sharp, and I. Wilson. Livetpoul, upholsterers, June 10.
H. C. Il.rosely, Austin-friars. merchant, June 7.
3. Doris, of Bristol, tanner, June 23.
7. Pearsall, W illsbridge-iron- works, Gloucester, hoop-maker, June 17.
V. Brown, Wigan. Lancashire, cotton-manufacturer, June 20.
111. Falkr,er and W. Birch, Manchester, stationers, June 18.
4. and A. Hood. Great :Marlow, Bucks, grocers, June 3.
4. 11. Itobins, of Bristol, druggist. June 21.
Marshal l„ 'Backwater. Hants, grocer, June 9.
J. Pool, Duke-street, Mary-le-bone. carpenter, June 7.
11. Luker, Walton, Surry, painter June I.
D. Anderson, Gray's-inn-lane, coal-merchant, June 7.
3. Dowdall, Dartmouth-street, Westminster, carpenter, June 7.
R. Behenna, late of Penryn. Cornwall, =lnter, June 7.
D'Arville, Oxford, timber-merchant, June 14.
J. Nicholson, Berkeley-street, Clerkenwell, cotton-spinner, June 7.
J. Ryder. Robert-street, Surry, hat-manufacturer, June 7.
.1• F. and R. Seaton, and 'P. Voter, Pontefract, bankers, June 12.
.7. Estill, Rowland's-row, Stepney-green, master, mariner, June 7.
71. Watkins, F. M'CLure, And L. ',Bucksaw, New Bond-street,

r, Jude 7.

June 7.
C. Coldamith, Bridge-street, Illackfriars, tavern-leeper, May 2a.
W. Althorn, Tokenhouse-yerd, broker. May 24.
C. Love, Oki Bond-street, jewt:llet, August 16.
liatensan's.row, Shoreditch, paviour, June 17.
J. Turnbull, .1. Forbes, R. A. Craw foul, and I). Skene.Bruad-street,
merchants, June 7.
CERTIFICATES, JUNE 2.

E. Ewell, Westbromwich, Statrord, von-founder..—B. Bradley,
Birmingham, common-carrier.—W. liarne.,, New Sarum, Wilts,
ironmonger.—A. Spcare, Brewer-street, St. James, Westminster,
Dines, and H. Watkins, Bri..tol, chemists—W.
Brookes, Paternoster-row, weaver.—J. Wardell, Guistnough, York,
prooney Popplewell, Robert Town, York, card-maker.
.—W. Bonreliier. King-street, Bullion], watch-inaker..--11. and J.
ttoason. 'Three-tuts-court, 'Southwark, seed-tactors.—J. Knight,
liiival Stysex, taylor.—R. Middleton and Dyson, Beverley,
"York, merchants.—.l. Wight, Stourbridge-oanimon, Woreester,
Cieltster.—N. Wittmhury, Manehe,ter, cotton-dealer.—T.
Bsistol, ergritio-ntaksr.—J. I''ol2o, liiogston-upon=Hull, hatter.

omorwswiaoops
Ayala. CALAMITY 1,--Yesterday being Ascension Day;
the Parishes of St, Peter and Paid, aid St. James, perm'''.
bulated in the forehotin their resperttite boundaries, twee-
ts:oy to a custom periodically Miser Yeti, and wisely esta-
bibbed by our nhcesturs, as a weans of preventing disputes
and litigation. In the afternoon, the Mayor, attended by
some member:, of the Corporation, and numerous inh.ibitatis
of the city, went on board a vessel at the bottom of the South
Parade, aveempanied b' a barge beloolging to +it. James's •
Parish, and net nt down the river, to the ement -of the city
boundaries, beyond Norfolk Cre•eent. It was about a <Will.-
let past seven -o'clock. when the placor arid atone of his
friends re-crossed the ferry in safety, and the boat returned
tar somber party ; '2O was the premerilwd ina»ber, bat bid'm
the twatioati cookl I,usii off, set era, arldifoural persons got mg
board ; and, as it was f. -red, proved too heavy n ft mulatto!
When seine y.)rds from tits shire, and whet e the .aver is par-
lienlarly deep, the boat upset and cut:invited the whole party
the water ! The disaster spread 'like lotlitoing through tlie
city, and front every quarter affrighted trienits mud parent:
very 3CCII hurrying 'so the fatal spot. ,•t•vei at they tonna had
eared themselves by swimming, a few by dinging to the upset
boat, whilst some of their ouhirtiniat, cowhides vi ore frau
tidy snatching at their legs—same individual* e resetied
from their impending tale apparently lifeless, by the atienil-
log heats, and afterwards restored hy the Inr .t.soity Rod
sk It
of several Mt diced Gentlemen, who oioniptiy a,sensh,e4l on
the .:sea-tun, but the iOlioWilig is the 1110111111111 lust of 4110•1
"Who were not exilic:tied till the vital spark ad, •nli.•11) rx
• -tinct : Mr. George Hawkins. aged .10, writing.-master and
ac-
•coiti Oat, I, xfoi 41.. 4.%% ; Lockyer, aged 30, ',mile a•of,
.)ranter-court ; Chau' s, aged iii, sou of Mr. Vint cot, our of
the City Serjeants at Mace ; Richard Chiport, aged in, Soil
of a journeyman carpenter, apprentice. to Mr. W•likillS, 11l
Aeheap.ataret! a son (aged about 13) 01 MI Dyes, master of
the Mit., e's Head, : a soi..( I.:1 of Cull,
ofjp.: City rrison.—Balh Paper; lbtltXV.

TILE NATIONAL REGISTER.

THE NATIONAL HEG ESTER.

LONDON:

lIIONDAY, MAY 19, iSI7.

Paris Papers have been received to the l(ith ; and by
an article from the Myrrh) di Rome, of the 30th of last
month, inserted in these papers, it appears that there is
foundation in the reports of the Pope's illness. The
French funds are rapidly on the rise. General Mila-
no had not, according to u letter from Madrid, been
arrested so lately as the Ist of the present month ; and
great interest was making with Kin.. Ferdinand to ob-
tain a pardon for General Lacey.
The convoy so load destined Sir Rio Janeiro was
expected to sail from Cadiz on or about the 10th of the
present month.

Louis the XVlllth held his first Catind Carina, at
the Tuileries, on Wednesday.

The fireign news that has reached town during the
last week, is of rather more importance than what was
received in the coarse of the preceding one. Conspi-
racies are breaking oat in different parts of Spain, and
the .allitirs of that country seem to indicate the ap-
proach ofanother sad crisis. It is also stated that corn-
motions have occurred in the lonian Isles, and that
some of our countrymen have fallen the victims of
them. Turkey is menaced by the ambition of the
Paella of A:‘2xandria, who has modelled his army on
the European plan, and monopolizes the commerce of 1
Egypt. France appears to be more tranquil than fur
some months past ; and her Funds arc looking up.
Amidst the abuse and persecution which England,
fr that devoted deer," still experiences from the conti-
nental press,—amidst the jealousies and thwartings she
sustains from nations who were rescued from destruc-
tion by her subsidies and her prowess !—it is pleasing
to observe that one continental State is disposed to ap-
preciate her worth ; and we refer our readers, with
mingled pride and Fleasure, to the decision of the Ca-
binet of Prussia, with respect to that prohibition with
which our commerce was threatened to be visited by
the Continent.

It will Le seen that the Lords Spiritual and Tempo-
ral of this realm, conscientiously following the exam-,
ple of the House of Commons, have negatived the
Roman Catholic demands, by a decisive vote. Anti-
cipatory of the result., a contemporary print just,y
said, on'the 9th of the montir:--“ The public mind has
often seemed to lie brought near to a willingness to
digest the proposed measure; yet, always at the point
when its consummation appeared .close at hand, there tuts
been .a kind qf recoil in the
,general feeling; and the
great body of the Protestant Intemst has started back
from the step 'which was to be taken with apparent
aversion. We think we see the same aversion begin-
ning to manifest itself now 1"
We Lave just received the Paris Papers of Wednes-
day last;
Pants, MAT 14.—" From Madrid we learn, that
the misunderstanding that exists between our Court
and that of Rio Janeiro appears to have assumed a sc-
rums aspect. If we are to credit the reports in eircu-
iutitm, a considerable force will soon be put in motion
in the provinces of Leon anti Estreruadura. It is said
even that orders have just been given for the departure
of twelve regiments of intimtry and some regiments of
cavalry ; that Generals Elio and Castanos will have the
command of the troops to be assembled on the frontiers
of Portugal, A tarps of artillery of the Royal School
of Segovia is to proce,al forthwith to Badajoz.'
Nothing is known at Paris with any certainty of the
late conspiracies and troubles in Spain. The Censorship
exercises great vigilance over crery thing that coucerns
the affairs of that country. Paris, in the mean time, is
said tube the thmatreof nog freiations between Spain and
Portugal., as London is said to be the theatre of nego-
ciat,ions between Spain and her American colonies. In
they: Litter the British Miuistry take the side of Spain,
as in the former they are said to de that of Portugal.•
We are told here, that Lord Castlereagh bas declared to
the Spanish Ainbassat44, that in the event of a war 1)0-
metal Spain and Portugal, Great Britain would be uL
liged to defend the latt...r ; .and that the Ambasa.lor re•
plit.d to him, that such an issue t•ould not be avoided
except by stitcen is the double auediaim

MAY 19.

Papers from various parts of the United States have
reached town, to tith April, but they contain no news
relatitoT to the Union. On the authority of a Jamaica
Paper 4:l'M:mit 11, it is said General Nlorillo had been
defeated on his way to the Venezuela territory, and
that a division of foreigners had deserted hint and joined
the Independent cause. Another Paper, dated king-
ston, Mardi 17, states that General Marino had taken
Cumana by assault, after a loss of 4 or 500 men, and
put from 700 to 1000 Sptutiards to the Sword, who had
retreated into the fort. It was reported that President
Petion was dead ; some reports stated he had been poi-
soned. Commodore Taylor, commanding an independ-
ent squadron, had been very successful, and captured
three Spanish Guineamon.

It appeani that the Merchants of Kingiton, Jamaica,
have presorted !. Memorial to Government. prating
protection against the aggressions committed in the West
Indies by the navy of the Beloved Ferdinand.

Government have given notice that transports suit-
able for the conveyance of horses arc wanted ; the veg.
sels to be of small tonnage, and to be tiken up for two
months.

COMMERCE OF TILE CONTINENT.
The following most welcome piece of intelligence is
extracted from yesterday's Paris Papers, in a .enter from
Berlin, dated May 3. " In a sitting of the- Council of
State, connected with the subject of our finances, held
on the Lith of April, under the presidency of his Sx-
cellency Baron de Huniltoldt, the question of the free-
dom of Commerce was discussed and put to the vote,
when the prohikitory system was finally rejected by a
majority of twenty in oppositioa to two."

INDlA.—According to the West accounts from India,
there has Leen mud► sickness in the Upper Provinces;
and the Bombay Papers say, it has spread to the wes-
tern side of India, having given rise to a dreadful fever
in Kattywar, in one district of which the deaths are
said to have exceeded twenty-five daily. The fever was
deemed contagious, and its progress was so alarming•,
that the Bombay Government had judged it necessary
to take precautionary measures to intercept its trans-
mission along the coast. It was hoped that the setting
in of the cold season would be productive of beneficial
effects.

The Mahratta Chiefs are still engaged in hostile di-
versions ai,minst each other, but in no quarter has there
appeared any symptom of rapture with the British Go-
vernment. It was supposed that the Marquis of I List-
ings would visit the Upper Provinces, for the purpose
of carrying into effect, under his personal inspection,
some arrangements relative to the police and military
regulations in these parts, which have been long under
•

GHENT, MAY S.—There are now in circulation

! manuscript copies of a Memorial presented to his Ma-
jesty by the Bishops of Ghent, Nassau, Tournay, and
the Vicar General of Liege .and of Nlalines. This Me-
morial is relative so the mode of instruction presented
for the Universities, by the regulations of the 25th of
last November. The Bishops state, first, that being
bound by their duty to watch over the great interests
of religion, they arc obliged to prevent the introduction
of a system of education, which might corrupt youth,
and violate the dogmas and the discipline of the Ca-
tholic Church. It is with this view that they point out
severalheads of the regulations, which have appeared
to them susceptible of producing this result. It is laid
down as a principle, that it is to the Catholic Church
that the world is indebted for the establishment of Uni-
versities, which have succeeded to the Episoopal schools.
The principal object of this institution was to propagate
all the branches of human knowledge, and principally
religion. Abbe Henry says, that it was to preserve the
holy doctrine that Universities were jimmied. It is to
preserve youth from the contagion of philosophical errors
that religion has presided over all studies under the in-
tervention of the Bishops, who alone have received the
the power of teaching, or causing others to teach, eccle-
siastical science. The Catholic Sovereigns, who were
themselves interested in the maintenance of religion,
implored the authority of the Sovereign Pontiff to direct
the high scitools by wise regulations. Thus was erected
the celebrated University of Lorraine, which has been
to religion a nursery of men whose names will be ever
illustrious. Pope Martin V, in his bull creating it, speaks
of the duty which is imposed on it, of encouraging as
much as possible sciences of every kind, by the means
of which the science which has for its object the mainte-
nance of the true faith is propagated more and snore.—
. The interests of the State and of the Church arc now
the same, and require the application of the same prin-
ciples. The Bishops assert, that in the present state of
morals religion is now snore than ever necessary, the
great principles having appeared to them to be violated
by the mg-Amiens of the er,ih of November. They
have therefwe laid before his Majesty the observations
containui in this Memorial, which may embrace a doe-
trine too exclusive, and manifest fears exaggerated by
z ail, but which have the merit of being written witb
a moderation not always found in writings of this na,
I lure,—(Orackfivin Ylte Journald. Viand.)