The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1818-10-23 00:00:00

GEINAN PAVESS.

ittosset.s. octoelea
The ttpolllll. of the Annual Assembly of the
States Gement of the kingdom toiik place to.day
with the used solemnity. His Majesty left the
palace at one O'clock in his carriage. accoaspanied
by.• ninnerouesod brilliant suite. On his arrivol
at the Hill, where the two Chambers were Nissan►
bled, his Majesty was'receired by M. koell„ who is
appointed President of the First Cliatnber fur the
present Session. His Majesty having seated hint-
himself so:the throne, having the Prince of Orange
'au his right, and Prince Frederick on his left, and
the great °Seers of the Household, behind
and shout the throne, delivered the following
speech in the Ditch language :
" set Mighty 1.406.
" Ny Howse has received, in die course isf this year, new
aiseksof the Divine penman, by the birth of a snood
sun of my beloved eldest soa, the Prism of Ores'''. Upon
this uccasiun the ietiabitaats of the Netherlands have gives
uucquiviteal proofs that they aosidtr this 'not es ranker
pledge of Uprisen fur their desersdadtb. tat them he
pernaded that I sad my ebinree will always look span as
the dearest of our duties- to impire ore sneerer, with
that love which we feel fir our subjects, sail the solicitude
which we have for their intents.
a I have the nag:action to be able to communicate to
your High Iffigiillaseen, at the moment when you are corn.
assuring your labour', that Meuse Providence Isms preserved
repose in Europe. If, after the happy restoratiun of peer*,
she statioulug of as army of otimpatione is Prance was judg-
ed oce.leary to emmolidate the tranquillity reestablished
there, the repletion of the Allied Sovereigns, which mite an
cad to air °celeriac*, and orders this army to be with.
drawn, proves that the object proposed has been attained,
Mad affords, .in the unanimous confidence of the Sovereigns
on this point, the best guarantee of a durable peace.
" The lemma situation of the kingdom gives as flesh
rearms fur gratitude to the Almighty.
" The Universities, the Allsenamma, and the Colleges, are
organised aad activity. Content 'tontine is paid to the
means of moderiag these establishments still mars brilliant
mud useful The local authorities, even individuals, most
laudably second the efforts of the Goverrissitst bete to pre-
pare mid establish primary itistioction, the. to extend mid
perfect it. The last year Ire afforded the serest mein Most
traluilile pledges of the revival of the fine uteri the Nether.
lands. Severest branches of industry Mill feel the Witten*
of events which has resisted such important changes is
transactions and interests of all kinds, bat agriculture, on
the other band, is ism the moat favourable situation. hi rich
productions contribute no km than navigation and the in.
wean% commercial ralatioss with the Indies, to give to
eoinmerce that life and aelielly of which the evidently in.
creasing prosperity of 'event large towns, sad other later.
eating part, of the kingdom, is the eigibleressequeuce 104
proof.
" The situatios of the sine is ameliorated; the natural
beireficeoce of the nation has peen directed, with the most
laudable Scat, to its tree oli}ret. The useful institutions of
Iran Ned Saving Banks'exteisd more and More. The depots
of nistidisity are brawn more meismons.
" Your High Stielitiaesers will bud the project of the
law which will be laid before you fur the Budget of the
steal year. The necessary dispositions for the maiatenauee
of foundling children, and the want of uniform rules, hail
often caused uncertainties to arise relatively to the place
where the indigent has • right, sot to be succoared, but to
parlateil the 'neater that exists. I have desired that a
law, tending to belles place by precise and just rules, shall
also be laid before your High lb ightisesses.
" Some correction of boundaries have been regulated,
in Mond with the Provincial States, and will be laid before
your High Nightlong'''.
" It will sot be Swag before the liquidation of the debts
et' the Connoswe is entirely teruilaated; the establishment
of municipal imposts awaits, to be completed and getters.
lien only, the law which will he laid before your Herb
Dightinesses relative to the penalties of trausgrsssions and
the mode of prignation.
a The skralai merlins of the law upon the Militia meets
lAA *la stedialriritita. This is especially owing to the
n.d All with winch the militiamen fulfil their duties.—
Throogabesref those shows it is necessary to summon to
complete the contrive. becomes smaller every year.—
WIWI the intention, however, of accomplishing more and
enure the safety of the kingdom and the infra-oils it the Ex-
chequer, some mudilications of the existiug law will be pro-
pried' to your High Mightinesses.
"The enditleuee with which your Amenably sanctiond
tae lust law ow the Oman= has given general satisfaction.
The °realign( • coasiderable bar has been followed in the
space of a few days by offers which exceeded double its
amount.
"Sensible to this proof of good wit and validity depend-
ing on die permits' re-established credit of the State, at rase
vivisecting the state of the Transit certain that all the
eibligatioste Contracted could be punctually performed,
I have her. enenraged to iutrodsce eves one all possible
savings, and to prepare those which may be so iu the
sequel.
"The Budget fit titi iiikat year will dies 'oar High
blightineisses hod Aif the eftirti of the Government have
succeeded° ids alts tkepket.
e. Yoe will Sadie the Animation of it the attempt ahem!,

rmaosaccd *ea diviektieof rIVINter las erilderpawa alt-
traoreleiri, otal thoeshr it manias sew sadly which ate
plaeid to it is coosegamice of the sew winsome of Gamice
which yosilatelp adopted, the sum total is isferlor to that
,of the current year.
46.11"ISWEnbalb de" he' able to ansowace to yaw at
the same lime, that according to the manna which will be
laid before goer High Mightioessrs, and allatittiag an "pod
'val;ratiou is the prodecCor the tit" to that of the eerie"
!year, the keret the 'warrior tamest is itilkiewt to place
:the budget of receipts so a keel with the disborsesseats of
'the cussing year.
" IN order to obtain this desirabl; molt some legislative
weesestres will be props," to poor High Mightiness". I ex-
pect the adiptioa of them with the more meditate', as
they meet a wile" to &win" ali dime wile ate latetemed
is the situation of the llosacieof the &Mei that the ism.
slim ahead, tabu. sat those width remain to be takes Si
this subjed, most be rotated smog the fret 'Nees of

our solicitude for the public pod.
*These laws will also costar to ►ealise my ulterior views,
with respect to what maims to be dale, to helmet in future
the • apposes and the revenue. la a Axed, • regular sato of
thine, the greater parlor the eerviirroplred is hdlisptasable
to anal* the knowledge of theft which are of anatfier
maters.. I have Mt the sweatily of haring all the detail,
examined. nil examination, buwever, requires much
tinsel and if we will hive italic witlythe wished-fur care
and attentioa, all preeipitation would be daageroasvit is
carryiug as with activity, anti by pentanes", I hope, with
coaddlesee, that it will be perfectly natured; and.that sly
empress desires on this bead will be ataimplished.
a Other important subjects will litarialk laid .helbre
you this Sarkis. I sop in the nest to present to your
High Mightier see the "reject of o' Code of Laws foe t►e

Netherlands•
♦nd now, High sad Mighty Lords, I open the preseat
liessios, expressing my ardent wines, and my nitre eset-
damn, that it VIII present anon and 'more the diameter of
a entortiity of views betimes the King and the Mateo ash
offal, ths most none In leavens the prosperity of, the
kingdom, mid the welfare of its inhabitants."
The King returned to his palace in the same or-
der as he came. The majesty of the ceremony, the
elegance and beauty of the (new) Hall, the pre-
pence of the Ministers, the Chancellors of the Or.
den, the Counsellors of State, and the Diplomatic
Body;ttlie number of Ladies and persons of dis-
thactimi who filled the galleries, concurred to
heighten the splendour of the Royal Sitting.
The Second Chamber adjourned till 11 o'clock
to-morrow morning.

...

The Government is tusking great efforts to im-
prove the port of Ostend. Above a thousand
workmen are employed in digging and in making
a sluice to regulate the ebb and flow. which will
render this port more safe, slid greatly facilitate
the comnsunicatious between Belgium end Eng-
land.

PRIPATE CORRESPONDENCE.

EXTRACT 1.11011 A sitstirasra LITTLE. DATED
AIX•LA•CHAPELLS• ADVISEE 15.
Before I give you any description of this plate,
or take any notice of its present'lllustrious
shall give you some account of my journey, and'
of the Ane country through which I have Iwsed.•
Odr passage to Ostend was rather pleasing; the
' party on board consisted principally of entigisots,
proposing to reside in the Netherlitods....•... We
' landed at Ostend on Saturday IDOTEiriC and 1 iu
the cootie of the day art oft by Bruges in• the
barge to Ghent. This mode of ciinveylinCe is
very plessont, and cheap beyond belief. I only
paid Is. •d. for thirty miles in the stitecabin..
The Netherlands throughout is a fine country; and
• well cultivated, batitn evident decline is discern-
ible every wire*. All the improvements are maid-
featly the work of former times, and seem now to
be preserved with difficulty. You find 00 bustle
in the towns. The extensive market-places at
Ostend mid Bruges are overgrown with weeds, and
the few vessels which one finds in the cantle look us
if they had been becalmed there s century ago. I
r have been told that the population in many of the
cities has been reduced one half of what it once
was. Fifteen thousand families left Antwerp in
one year. The loneliness that pervades the cities
makes them appear very melancholy to an English
eye, nor' is this effect lessened by their extreme
cleanliness, which seems to arise less from the na-
ture' disposition of the people than from the want
of inhabitants to dirty them. Liege, which was
formerly the Birmingham of the Netherland.,
and ii still a• considerable city, is in a miserable
• state. The importation of English goods list al-
most destroyed its manufactures. I had ■ long
' conversation there with a very intelligent man, a
native of the town, oho spoke with great bitterness
of the Heide Frontage, but with•great enthusiasm
of N-ar. He said there were six regiments of Bel-
gians ready to fall upon the Prussians in their re-
treat, had they (unfortunately) been defeated at
Waterloo. This riu will readily believe. The
mine individual assured me, that they were ready
to take invective part in any quurrel—i suppose to
give vent to their republican spleen.
• As for this " grand conspiracy of Kings," I
can give you no information; the people here li-
terally know nothing of what is doing. Some say
there is twilling to be done, while others. will rum
you down with a catalogue of topics, one half of
which, if seriously entertained, would render the
Congress almost eternal. Yet this is told with a
grave countenance; and every narrator will give you
sonic Count or Baron, high in the diploinatiescale,
as the source of his authentic intelligence."
The Orand Duke of Baden expected here to.
morrow, as is also the King of Bavaria. Consist'•
tine, the brother of Alexander, arrived here yeeter-
day. He '•irited the Duke of Wellington this

. . .
morning. /leis **very vet Fellow, a toutilerpoet ',
of the Eiquienaut who was no board one or the
northern discoeely.eltips in the tioines. 1
Yesterday 'I went to teeisherg, a beautiful' hill.
•iii the tieighbOodurod of this city, to witnesellia..
demoiselle Gainerinls ascension. the view from
this hill is extremely beautiful. not infe'dor to that
fiord Richmond; There was • grearcreirdnisenv.-
bled us the govereigns were expeciedi bit' the
King, of Prussia alone- was present • Hiowebjetts
received him in solemn silence, at wliteh I:thought
he seemed a little piqued, His coantenance.hore
an teptetsion o 1 anxiety, end he was very reserved.
I stood by his side while be retnelned;.and did not.
hear him speak' twenty wordi. Lord Castlereagh'
was present en habit baavgeohr. tie came arose,.
and did riot wear an order. lit did notated' to
1 . .
be recognised by the ' people. I. offered him. my
' seat, but lie preferred walking about; cillebior ,
. over benches, and chatting with Medensoiselle. '
The King of Prussia merely bowed to him. The•
wind being very high, the went was' delayed'
until about fear o'clock, but when the roPil
was cut, the car was dreggerraliingthe ground, and
' over the benches, and had not poor Mademoiselle
held fast in the bottom ulthe cot, stie'would eta
= untidy have been dashed to pieces. E.'ney one ran
to' her aspistince; but my Lord:Cirstlereagh Ned the
good fortune to be among die Int, and the adven-
turous fair was borne bait mistgollantly by: his
Lordihip to the middle of the area. When every
thing' was again arranged, she made a stcond at-
tempt, but viith as little enteral al' the former.
Some persona, through compassion, cut the ropes,
and the balloon went off without' the ;tidy.. You
canuot imagine hoer dull this place is. There are
very few amusements—a humbug concert now and
again.. and au raecreble German play. The princi-
-1 pal attraction is•the gambliterhesse, which is con.
stoutly full.

THE BRITIsti IMES&

VltrOxit, Oeftiet ts.

I at QUlSL►tf.

.1•1••••

The Patocs Itsavie remained at )Cew on
Wedoisday night till past eleven oselocli. when no

materiel change taking place in the state of the
QUEEN, his Royal Highness returned to town.
• Both the Doctors remained at Kew all night,
and the Odttat not being able' to obtain a cont.
posed state. they at up alternately, end yesterday
morning, about tea o'clock, published' the fbllow.
Bulletin:—

* Kew, October 1!, ISIS:
or flirt is no ithrrstio• Is her Majesty's symptoms tine
rotetdiky. The Queen hos had so indithreof tight.
a FRANCIS MILMAN,
" H. MALFORD."

the above was coMmunicated to the different
Royal Establishments as usual.
The Pal WC t RidOCIT left' Carlton-house yester-
day morning, a few minutes after eleven o'clock,
• for Kew Palace, and, provided his afflicted Mo-
ther was not woke, to proceed from* the bee to
Brighton, by way of Kingston. Ryegate,
Hia Royal Highuess is• expected in town'itgaili 101.
day.

We have received Paris Pipers of Monday list.
They dwell- principally upon the movements and
approaching reviews of the gilled armies, prepara-
tory to their hull evacuation of erance. This
event; to wliicli every Frenchntad hot lobg looked
with anxious hope,• and which,. as tlie assurance of
tratlyttiliity' to Europe; Mil been little less eagerly
desired by other people, has actually commenced.
On Wednesday ttiorningor we learn from our Cor.
respondent at Dover, three transports* arrived with
Baggage and detachments from several regiments—
the Grenadiers of the Guard's, the 2d, 3d, and 4th
Rifle brigades, and the lit Staff' can's This
fonts*, as it were, time adleanced guard or tee army;
and from the number of vessels employed in trans-
porting the troops 'crust the Channel; with the
propitious state of the weather, we may hope that
chili service Will be performed within a very short
space of lime.
According to the accounts brought in the Brus-
sels amid otl.er Paper', the Emperor of RUSSIA and
King of PRUSSIA were to have reviewed the grand
army, near Valenciennes, on the 20th'. The re-
trieves, therefore, have probably taken place ere
this, and the several contingents lately composing
the Army of Orcbpation are now hastening from
France with all convenient dispatch.
An article of intelligence from Cadiz coniplainti
bitterly of the losses sustained by the commerce of
Spann, and of her still dependant posseuioni in the
New World, from the successful enterprise of the
Patriots. The Spanish Itag is constantly egposed
to insets, which con neither be avoided nor re-
' seated.
The King of the NETHERLANDS opened the
States General of his kingdom on' Monday last,
with a operas which is principally remarkable for the
total absence of any topic of general. interest. It
might seem ati exception to this observation to say.

lds 'Majesty allUdeitta tlWreatoval'ottlie Army
at Ckettpation from tht.French-teeritoriew; bat he
r notices it as an neturrevice of which it
was proper that their High Mightinesires should he
officially apprised. !lie Ma:ewer as s, that as the
'grimy was placed in France to 'Ohre her tranquil-
.
Pity, the removal of it probes the complete attain-
• nievia:of that object. We: 'consider• this to be the
proper Mode of considering this measure. Who
canbe more interested. iu the retult than the King
of FRANCS andhis Allies, and who can here better
means of ascertaining the propriety of repo.its4
conidearce in the gesieral:aspect of affairs in France ?
When ILOVis *VIII. is willing to stoke his crown
ond lifei and earnestly: solicits the trial, it would
Seem the Ultra-koyalists, and alarmists,
oartlentarly• in England, may. tranquillise their
minds and await the issue with patience. It would
perhaps be well if those Who tremble at the re.
'mond or the army. were to ponder a little upon
the.probable dangets.that attended its Igniter con-
tinuance in Fiance, against the expressed wishes
of the Ktma and the Legislature, he apprehen-
sions of fibitticitl' embarrassment, and the ardent
expectations of the people.

. .
The alvertimerit of the United &stye have de.
terniinedlisestatflish`feweal depot above the high:
lands no the H, d.gn s river. This aitttation• is
highly advantageous. fnr•silt•h an ettabbahrsteut; and
will afford the most safe situation for the purpose
intended.—/New York Cone. 'advertiser.)

Extract of a letter from Nantes (Loire lure-
deur), dated October 111:—" Already the good .
eliVcts of the withdrawing the Army of Occu-
pation manifests itself in all the trading ports
south of the Loire. Large demands fur coals and
iron have been sent to the coasts of Cornwall und• '
Wales: Ships that have been laying up for these
last three years appear to be undergoing the ne-
cessary reparations previously to a voyage. The
long dormant bustle or commercial industry be-
gins to enliven the sea-ports, and confidence ap-
pears to be established. The politicians in the re-
moteedeparttnents had never given the Allies credit
forth. ready observance of the Treaty of 1815, and
stentastonished se the mark of relienee the four
Powers have given to France. The merchants who
have hitherto,. in idleness, and want of confidence,
witfibeld all speculation from the facility of the en-
trance of colonial' produce (without duties) throngli
the Northern Provinces, in occupation of the Allies,
are now lavish of their ramie. Commerce, after a sleep
of three years, in this portion of France, again re-
, viva. the faith of the English is highly estolled.
This part of France must by need require tome ar-
ticles from England, such as bar-iron, anchors.
cotiper, CMOs, lit. We shall, therefore, in small
• affairs'esliii•large„ fincl•an advantage in lending the
• hand' we have in thus emancipating France from
the contingency of foreign troops. What Mort.-
. TSINIVISO said many years ago, is now come to
. pass-0 That the honesty of the British negociatora
would make that Cabinet the centre of European:
influence'."

Accounts from Buenos Ayres had been received
at Baltimore to the 6th' of July, which state, that
the Viceroy of Per his proposed an armistice for •
year, with the offer of withdruvring the royal troops
frum Potosi Chime and Cochahsam, to the Dela-
: guadeas, the former frontier of La Plata, but on
condition• from the Patriots not to molest ihe )Koh.
Alit% who are yet in the province of Telothuana, to
Chili. General SAW MARTIN was IT Buenos Ayres;
the cause of his being so long from the army was
Rot known, but it was rumoured that he was to be
succeeded.

which the Captain of the
oston, reports to be forty

Another tventendons
the Capes of' Provideuei
ship Eudora, arrived at
feet longer than the fire.
MATTHEW BOWERBANIL, slater, of Penrith, with
his wife and four children returned to that town on
the Morning of Friday last, from Liverpool, having
visited America (that land of " milk and honey.")
lie gives a melancholy description of the country,
&c. and is thankful that he is got safe home to his
native town, where, he says, he will rest, and think
no more of eatiodiort.

There are, at this time, in the port of Bristol,
greater number of vessels in the harbour, for on.
loading; than• ever war remembered; at Ode period,
in the memory .if the oldest merchant.
We utiderstaoll that Mr. GALL ATI N, Ambassa-
dor of the United States at Paris, left town on
Wednesday for Dover, on his return to the French
capital ; nothing her as yet transpired as to the result
of the negociatlons in which his Excellency has been
engaged (with Messrs. RONINSoN and GouLautri,
our Plenipotentiaries), during his stay here.
Jamaica Gazettes, to the sth ult., have arrived,
but they do not bring any intelligence of much in-
terest from that quarter. The island was perfectly
healthy up to the above period : but:we learn, from
a paragraph in one of them. that at Surinam an epi-
demic prevailed which had swept off a considerable
number of individuals. Many of the Dutch died
in four or five hours alter they were first wised with
it.
Letters from Jamaica, of the sth September, an-
nounce the arrival there of the La Piyaut frigate,
with part of the specie detained at the Havannah
from the wreck of his Majesty's late sloop Try.
The Spanish Governor had directed the authori-
ties at Havannah to deliver up to the claimants
the main of 483,272 dollars, as well as the gold and
jewels, at the same time so unlawfully seized ; but,
in defiance of that order, the Havannah Governor
has only returned part, retaining 74,542 dollars
for duties and other charges. In consequence
of this, the proprietors of the cargo originally seized.
only now receive a dividend of about 66 per cent.
—Sir Howg Poessu was about making a strong
remosistrahce respecting this disgraceful transac-
tion, and it was expected he woald present au ur-
gent demand for the restoration of the balance; but
little hopes were entertained at Jamaica of his at-
tempt being attended with success. The owners
will consequently have to apply to Madrid for a
fresh order. The whole value of the property
claimed *Mounts to more than half a million of

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POETRYt

TO AUTUMN.

I, Girdle thy witht with n yellow.band,
And garland thy brows from a flowery land:
Tile Loves and,the Graces call to thy aid;
Thy "air let it ifow in a negligent braid :
Ur thy cheek sit health—ru sorrow knowint,
Thy'borria half bred, thy rubi looselkiring,
Ard souse in chariot, loaded with hewers

From orient bowers;
And fruits—sod heaps of golden store,
Which Ceres bore.
Come, Mother of Plenty—thy votaries Went
With gifts tat numberless.
Come, Auloam, eome+—and io yooratin,
. .

Upon the jocund plain,
Pietro and Zephyr, and Pomona dear
Shall dance away dhll care,
And slug the glories •of the sdreling year.
or. 'Medias. ItiVertisee'srtr,
Ret'lling 'on thy 'senile,
his jertil 'crew
Their sportive joys pursue,
Awd the-tedious-beam &vide:
Satyr and Nymph and Fawn,
Up-on the level laird,
• 'Casio tonsolluees joy;
And morons play
The live-lung day,
Nor feel alloy,
'Till Winter's storm
Shall their joys deform,.
And sports destroy:'
Rutv.nibilel;ll/ohel7 oeseco del,
bfatketimes gone by,
dad.for this melodi
Invokes futurity.
Thus sung they of old!
But to feeling harts
Autumn imparia
A soothing charm,
with alarm,
And boors filar fly
Itling,led with nteiwneboly,
Season of rest—season of peer—
Seams of good, and of bleto'd increase;
0! mild is tby son; at nild:day urea,
/but beauteous-0;y tioworo of failiargtern,
And dear the sigh of thy soften'd breath ;
But thou leud'st to winter—to Natiste's4katb.

We ritw the face of thy placid shy,
And fear the howling tempest nigh:.
Wi Atm, the calm on a cloudless dry,
When the mists of the Morning have paeserraway,
And no sound is beard but the redbreast's lay:
When the leaves of the forest are falling and sear;
When bright is the landscape{ and pure the sir;
Win thou shin'st in glory, and beavest the sigh
To think that the end of thy reign is nigh ;
To think that perhaps, o'er manntain and dell,.
Thou lootok'slout thy solemn, eternal farewell.
01.! Antonin, Hove thee,
Lament thy decay,
And'wisb thy swift course
A long lingering delay..
the days of the Spin',
Tho' pleasant they be.
No regret can they bring'
To Nature or me.
For Sommer is near,
And store of bright devil
The Sett shines more clear;
And warmer his rays.
And Nature rejoicing
&cults In her might,
Nor thinks on the Wert-
Of Winter's sad blight.

Ent the late beams of Antoine are eberisled with cave,
Like tbe full eltordirof harmony, meltingly air;
Like the lut look of Frieudshlp—the last smile of Lute,
Ere they win their bright way to the regions above;
Like the daps of mild Beastes uutiobely
hi the midst of its loveliness withering away ;
Like the last glimpse of Hope to the sormwing breast ;
Like the prospect that points us to peacefuleit rest.
Autumn, dear Autums ! Birewell—Oh, farewell!
Bleak Winter is howling tby funeral knell ;
Thy leaves are fast falling—thy brooches, are bare,
Thy beauty and softens the blasts ruthless tear;
Awl all that rejoie'd on thy bosom before,
Are faded sad gory and remember'd no inure.

thus 'lig with man—he hastens Lis Spring,
And rushes on Sommer with hope•spreading wing;
And bonnds and exalts in his fkverish day,
And Butters his strength and his splendour sway ;
'Till Autumn approaches—with accent severe,
Sbe bids him remember—stern Winter is near;
When cold is all feeling, and deaden'd all heat,
When the blood slowly runs, and the pulses just brat
When lost all his strength, and faded his bloom,
He must sink to the noiseless and mouldering limit.
Boston, October 14, ISIS.

The Marquis and Marchioness of COPYNCII.I,I
passed through Cavan on Thiirsday (.11
their return from Mount-Charles, county Donegsi,
the twat of the F.arl of Mouter-CuzatEs, to their
seat, Slane Castle, near Drogheda.
THE RETORT COURTEOUS.—When. in 1795. she
French armies got possession of Switzerland. 01,1:
gasconaded in their usual manner ; and flosi,i it
with the insolence of victory, one of them wasL,ur.l
HI say, " This country is nut fit for the Swiss; they
are hireling soldiers, and tight for money, "h:,"
we fight for glory." An old Swks Ci;etierol
tmiraised his head from his newspaper, and colnit.
plied, " Moth of what you say, Sir, is toe: Pt
both fight for what we arc short of:"

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' Olttirr-T.Ant.
The Distressed Shaw, one of tho'heaviest trims.
latsons,• from the heavy school of French tragedy,
was lest night revived at this theatre. There was a
time, when a classic story, told fit !tampons num-
heel, and supported by a strict adherence to. the
unities, was went to please the town.i 'That time
Nis passed away. Fully to satisfy tho piddle mind,
in the tragic walk of the drams, poetry and passion,
incident and interest, are now requiredand it is al-
most useless to attempt the resuscitation of tragedies
that du not possess, in a very considerable degree,
tkostunited qualities. Net Distressed Milker is
miserably deficient in them all. The diction it
either grovelling or largid--ntrratives, long, and
languid, usurp the place of action sod passion—
the incidents are circumscribed to three or four—
nod the variable feelings of Prying: oad Her.
Work wealteoed as they are, in the expression, by
ii.deluge of words, do not excite any very powerfUl
interest. A tragedy of this kind. to go off with
alai, ought to be supported., in its principal chit.
octets, by iodividuala of acknowledged talent.
This on not al Cher the case lest night. Mr.
](tall appeared, fOr the first time, as Orestes—
arid played the character with great discrimination,
and' rest genius. Orestes is ass ardent lover—but
his natural feeling is checked by the chilling recol-
lection that he is not beloved—nay, that she whom
he adores, is enamoured of another. Mr. KLAN
evidently felt this—and, in conseqnence, drew a
broad line of distinction between the manner in
which he woke to Pyterlps. on the subject of his
possion, and that in which he mentioned it to
fiseasioae herself. In discoursing with his friend'
nit the subject, all the ardour of his soul burst
forth—in addressing tits Pkincess, he wet modest,
delicate, retire& Rem when site gives him
room to hope, his delight' was not 'so much
impressed by his exclamations, sr by his looks
and • gestures. His sewer, indeed, was more
warm. them when he first approached his idol,
bus his bensport was not violent. Recollec-
tion of the past might readily conjure up a doubt
as so the future. In the brief scenes. with Pyrrhus
and Hesotione,. which succeed, Mr. KEAN'S ex-
pression of sotrow—his fondly-cherished hopes
beiomi in a nossaintt, overtsrued—was eststediagly
pathetic.. His delivery of the line—
'ON *Begs .t 1 ,t... Ob, sadoesOresteo

vat exceedingly moving. The etrlaination seemed
to proceed from a heart almost bunting with the
weight of itt woes—woer so deep and disastrous,
as defied the utterance of the tongue. The lest
scene was greatly acted. The auterment which
was depicted in his coonteusucr, when Hine,
whose bloody commands he had. fulfilled, rushes

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Ply inswilsomy visainvy. Grime. mei mil urnanbiod
Hat chiefly 1 eensonin awasser. five!"
the shuddering Mow with which be pronosocell
the soliloquy. commencing—
., Am I. *Weise? *lime oarf my seat%
Se mot wo rash"—,
sad the stupor whittle fullowerf, es if 'wry facility
were numbed by some saliseurnie power--were
faithfully •empreseive or the aeries at feelings by
which Ornist is seppesei to be visited. At length
he trams that Heraisra bee committed suicide,
and reason forsakes her threw. In this, the con-
chiding part, Mr. KEAN was uncommonly grand.
He depicted the horrid hurries that shoot othwort
the disordered mind of Oresfes, in vivid, but ap-
colours. Ms. 'LIAM'S performance Will
received with the greatest applause—and, if we
except his first scene with Pyrrkai, in which much
of his declamation, particularly in the unfolding
of his embassy. was dull and spiritless, we think
it was delorlred. Ilre. W. Wulf supported, for
the first timer the part of Hervekone. The Princess
iv a very termagant. Her gnef is a whirlwind—it
Ives nothing of a woruan's sorrow about it—her lore
is a consuming Ere—her rage, a thunderbolt. Mrs.
Warr clearly understood the nature of the charac-
ter, and exerted hentlf greatly to give it due ef-
fect. Her physical powers are not, however, of so
hold an order; as to iusiire her complete success.
In the raving,ly-passionate pelts, she sometimes
ventured, at the commencement of a speech, on a
boldness of tone which she could not maintain to
the end—and the concluding passage was, in con-
sequence, lost. This defect was more particularly
observable in Mrs. Warr's utterance of the inter-
rogations which occur in the soliloquy at the coin-
mencement of the act--and in the delivery or
those, addressed to (*one. which ilumedialwit
'succeed. They were given with a ropidity, which
rendered many of them almost wholly unintelligi-
ble. One of them, viz.—

Nay, did therein), appear
Sone shade of grief—seare little cloud of sorrow?"
ought not, in our opinion. to have beret given with
the same vehemence which marked those that pre-
cede and follow it. A slight degree of melancholy
would well become this tender inquiry—and it
would form a fine contrast to the violent plosion
which should distinguish the others. Mrs. WEST'S
performance, however, taken as a whole, dis-
played a great portion of talent. In the two
last acts her performance was often forcible,
though. front the name which we have already
noticed, it was not always so. I-ler reproaches of
Orestes, when he hesitates to obey het cruel com-
mand, were extremely poignant—and the maledic-
tions which she levels at. him, after he has obeyed
her order, were recited with unusual energy. We
are still convinced, however, that the expression
of the milder passions suitor much better with her
powers, than the delineation of the inure violent
affections of the mind—and, wherever a gleans of
feinioine tenderness shone amidst the storms of
the character, she made it peculiarly her own.
tier performance was crowned with loud applause.
Mr. D. FISHER was the Pyrrims of the evening.
He neither looked nor played the character well.
Hu declamation was very iudiffereed—and his gene-
ral manner was too flippant for such a hero as--

The bold, the brave, the god-like Pyrrhas!"
Mrs• MACKENZIE attempted the part of Andro-
marhe—ongi truly she appeared to he a most dis-
tressed mother—but not exactly one whom we
should expect to see at the Court of Pyrriites. Of
the sustained dignity that should mark the
Trojan captive, in the midst of her sorrows, she
seemed to have no conception. The audience very

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treelly addid their airapproiLation t.c the other mis-
fortunes of the hapless Andromache. One part of
them complained; Weems. they could not hear Leer
—and the other, because they could. It is cer-
tainly strange that this chance', on seine points
preferable to, Herwsunse, should have heesugiven to
Mrs. MACNINIIIII, while Mr'. Gt.olrmr, who has
often played it, and played it excellently, is at-
tached.to the company. Doubtless. the Lim given
by the audience, last night, will not he overlooked
by the. Manager. Mr. BAB* AND sustained the
part of Pylades: We hope, before he again ap.
pears, his bosons friend; Orestes, will instruct him
how to pibnounce correctly the name of the father
of Pyrrhus. It must have stoocited‘ him,. to hear
the " swift-footed" hero. denominated Ak
Thensaiment. Mr; 'Egan fell there was a general
cry a... No *err! N. more !" whether in com-
pliment to MVs.M'aceenttta. wit° hatt.yet•to come
on, or Mr. Mum, we pretend not to determine.
The call was„ after some hesitation,, acceded to.
and the entrain fell.
Mr. NARNksithen Caine ferWilrfl t 6 give oat the-
play, but, Implied with shouts of ", KBAN ! Ktrar !"
he was obliged to retire. Mr. Kam. then appeared.
and was received, with the usual wiring. of hots
!mod handkerchiefs. Having obtained silence, with
• *tome difficulty, be announced the play for rept-

ceisite.oteoaw.
Last night Mr. 411.11A11)11 new tragedy of Fazio
was acted for the first time this season. This ex-
quisitely beautiful play. so elaborately polished in
diction,. pregnant in sentiment, fertile its imagery,
and rich no chain: ellusion—atemped with such
strong, traits of native genius, end of powers Un-
proved and adveiteed to the highest pitch by culti.
Indian and art, flowing in so full and regular a
stream of beauties of the most varied. order. that it
alone would be suacient to redeem the poetic cha-
racter of our (ley, and transmit it with tumour to
posterity, was first tour readers are probably aware)
brought out et the Bath theatre. The complete
success which it met with there, induced the ma-
nager to bring, it out at Covent-garden last wider.
and it is almost needless to eay that its reception
fully jmailied the good taste of the British Beim.
Miss SOMIIRVIMA was tile original Bianca at Bath,
and it is In be presumed that the applause earned
by the performance, and the share it is fair to sup.
pore she had in introducing, the play to ootit and
popularity, conferred it sort of prescriptive claim
to the chareetes (at least for a first appearance) at
snottier theistic. keerodingly ales played' that part.
ft is ease shichufferds large seope to- exertion,. and
one which is a strong test of the abilities and power
to engage and interest an audience in the lady who
undertakes it. From the simplicity of the plot,
and unity of the action, all the actors iu diadems
are comparatively of little impotence. mil Nightly
regarded by the 'editors, except the very fee, priii-
cipol ones.--the injured wife, the infatuated hos.
burnt and the aoloptuous syren who destroys their
peace and happiness. One or other of these is conti-
oually on the Hoge. and the object of thought and
attention. Their efforts, both pewerfuf and inces-
sant, are required to support neatly the whole
weight of the drama. Biases bee • difficult ordeal
of passion and suffering to josothrough. From the
tranquillity of virtue and oniosstic felicity. the
calm of the tenderest affection, to apprehension and
foreboding—inquietude.—jesloosy--frantic thirst

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of vengeance—grief—hope—sal kootkntimatiool and
despair. Miss Sousavals did nut fail hi a haw.
sal and grow representation of any one of those
feelings, from the beautiful picture of the delights
of wedded love. in the outset, to the effusion of the
virtuous indignation of a widowed wife, against the
viansan hhishelle, in the conclusion. It is ctillleoft
to particularize—almost the whole of the last two

acts were a specimen of this lady's most powerful
feeling and vigorous actiug—restless distraction was
displayed with the greatest troth in the scene where
she waits the return of Fe:io from his visit to
.ffdrb►Mr. Miss SOUIRTILLE is tall, her face ex-
pressive and iutelligent, her voice remarkably full
and powerful. She received the most flattering
marks of applau-e throughout her performance.
Mr. CHAR,.ss K turtt.ii auvhained the pa►t of
Fazio with very great talent. Mrs. FAUCIT was
it very lady-like, eltgaut. lofty Aldabella. We re-
gretted the *minion of Philarial rang.
The play was given cut for repetition on Tun-
day bizlit amid a general horst of applause.
In The Barber of Seville, which wowed,
Dtexopis was encored in the song in which she ac-
toinimiea herself on the piano-forte.

The Doke of Devomantax i. shortly eipeCted
to leave England for the Continent.
The Duchess of DavonstitaE is expected to
leave town to-morrow foe the Continent.

The thruster Duchess of RUTLAND has left
Leamington, IVerwiekshire, on a visit to Mr. and
Lady C. FURANITEII, at their scat in Suffolk, on
oii her way to town.
The Earl and Countess of RIARDWICILE hate Ar-
rived at their bowie in St. Jameriroquarr, from a
tour. _ _

Earl and Countess SOiitscEit are expetted in
loon in a fog days frogs tl►eir seat, Aldan!),
Northa►npton4hire.
Lord ANSON Arrived on Wednesday evening at
his hove iii St. James's-square, from Mr. Coax's
seat in Norf.'

Lord CHARLES MANNERS has left town on a tour.
Lord G. H. CAVENDISH is tiptoed In town to.
Morrow from Newmarket. _

Earl CarpmEsion has left his seat, Eaton Hall,
Cheshire, ou a tour.

The Hon. B. CRAVEN has left town oil a visit to
Lord BRAYBROOM, at his seat, Audley Eud, Estee.
Mrs. BURNEY and faintly left Jordan's Hotel, St.
James's-street, yesterday, fur their seat, Birkuell
Hall, near Norwich.
Lady EILIZABETM LOWTHER has arrived at her
father's (the Earl of LoNsnALE'r) house, Charles-
street, Berkeley-square, Guns a tour.
Departures frtan the Pulteney Hotel:--Sir
A velment:a DoN, Bart. for his seat in Scialaiod;
Mrs. Tstapat.s, tor Brightuu; the Rev. TEMPLE
MoottE, for Chatham.
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Mr. and Miss Coast unwed At ititilibutgh. on
Sunday, from Manchester. We understand, pre-
vious to her fulfilling her engagement at the Opera
!louse in Landow, slut returns to Liverpool early
next mouth, to meet Mr. BRAMAN, who is engdged
with het at the Concerts there.

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Yesterday the Lord. Mayer held a Caad at Common
Council at Guildhall, fur the dispatch of public baseness,
irincitmeemiiiieronalratteadeit.
Imeeklllolllpespoo the' Amadei oPthir.C4grt. Ilfe.Diann
amili.tallmi the smog's, althauttel owl Mess ere of she.
Came% boallseted to sit too 'bees's& with the Alderman ••••
which warn wwwitowsisdo agreed to,. aud they wevaiutrodocrid
and took their seats mouslingly.
Several Petifioutsdkr lasers were presented, aid refern.d'
for essatinatioiti
&Petition relittiorteCottait's Wharf, praying: thot a Re.,
port in July lost; recomaseediag a 'raw ilwroof to be granted
at the mitiat• ree' of 2.3001. wield be c..ohrined, sod the
(;treaty accordinaly harried into effect, ,ias Freest's' ; and
I also a farther Report from the Commuter, recommending
the Wharf to.lse.let by public section, nyon which a very
loaf discassimaewsuad, maths Court resulted, hy. a. great
vaajorito,,to,coatirsis the original Report..:•
A. Reporl fgsro. theCital and Cora Commiliee,.on the Pe.
!Lotion of. the Fellows* Putters, was referred back to that
Committee. with instrattioss to prepare such rules and re-
gulations for the future goporentant of that Fellowship, as
plinnid be,ftiand normil7;,
The Lord' Mips a Chaplain ill impsided le print his
Sermon, pretkised at kl. Lawrence 'eery, on. Miebaelmaa.
day last, prior to the tintless of Lord Mayor, sod to sold
ropy to each hlestber.'
The Court considered the Report of the Toll Committee
in relation to the hat at the mat red or Lowe.' Thaws.
street, and Ibe Lord Kam was requested Is give the netts-
•'iary directions-foe, the removal Myna, as being, as
croachmeut ou etc the City.
Upon a motion by Mr. Alderman Waithinan, it was 's-
hirred to lb* Committee of ItOprOvementlh to consider
practioahilitY of makine as °peeing from lanibons-beidge
to the great Ilarsh.Road, and to report their °vitiate sheets's.
A letter from Mr. Alderman Atkineolcelaring his 'waist
In take upon himself the Ogee of Lord Mayor, to which he
has two elected, war promoted*. the Court, read, and or.
dered to be entered on the Jonnials.
Sundry repo. t* Cir granting lenses woe reed and agreed to.
The Watch Art passed for the year twining.
It was referred to the CoMisittee is relation to the 'Ate
of Sword Bearer, to consider of the hest mode of disposing
of That ollice„aad to report Weir opinion thermos.
It was referred to the Consurittee for City Lands to consi-
der the beat mode of MIME up the situatiou Of Clerk of the
Papers of the Pon:ry Compter.
Mr. Beckwith sae appointed a Governor of Christ's Hist.
pilaf, in the room of Robert Waitbowin, Esq. now an Al-
derman.
lio other business of Importance was Crummiest.