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GERMAN PAPERS.

SYBA, MAY 25.—1 n spite of the difficulties which the
want of money to pay the arrears due to the troops, and
to provide for the other demands of the treasury, thrown
in the way of the first steps of the Commission of Go-
vernment, it has however succeeded in restoring order and
tranquillity in all the provinces.
Two piratical vessels had the boldness to interrupt the
navigation in some parts of the Archipelago, but the Go-
vernment was no ,00ner informed of the circumstance
than it sent Admiral i'tliaulis in pursuit of them. He
has captured one, the other has disappeared. The Na-
tional Assembly will shortly commence its labours.
ANCONA, JUNE 22.—Ancona was never so piet as
since it has been without any government or police. Every
body goes about his own business, and is unmolested. Con-
fidence has returned among the citizens, and the public
walks are again crowded both by night and day, as before
the political events. The Papal troops remain in their
positions round about the city. Letters from Umbria and
Romagna say that tranquillity prevails in the provinces
also, but the people are every where impatiently expecting
reforms and laws. The Roman Court has, at length,
given its consent to the holding of the fair at Senegaglia,
which is to begin on the 25th of July and end on the 13th
of August. _ _

RO3IE, JUNE 23.—A Papal Bull was issued yesterday,
which pronounces sentence of excommunication on all
" Rebels in the estates of the Church," particularly on
those inhabitants of Ancona who took part in the most
recent events in that city.
FRANKFORT, JUNE 26.—A few days ago an order of
the police relative to the lodging of Polish travellers, was
made known to the publicans of this city. They are di-
rected to allow travellers of that nation coming from Prus-
sia or Austria with the intention of proceeding to the
West of Europe, to remain only 24. hours in their houses,
unless the travellers obtain from the police an express per-
mission to remain longer, or are hindered by illness
from prosecuting their journey. Poles coming from
France, Belgium, or other countries situated to the West,
are not to be allowed to stop longer than is necessary to
take refreshment before they proceed, unless in the cases
above mentioned. This measure is applicable also to
Poles travelling at their own expense. It is supposed
that this regulation is founded on a suspicion that the
presence of the Poles in Germany greatly contributes to
the fermentation which has been observed for some ti me
past in several parts of the country. —.Allgemeine Zeitung,
June 30.

(The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 28th, 29th, and 30th,
makes no mention of the health of the Duke of Reichstadt.)
Fitort THE ISAR, JUNE 24.—The report that the circle
of the Rhine would be declared in a state of siege, seems
to have been merely an article of newspaper intelligence
prematurely and inconsiderately propagated. The recent
declarition of the Government to the inhabitants of the
circle of the Rhine, and the appointment of Baron Von
Stengel as Commissary-General in that circle, where he
is highly esteemed by all the inhabitants, and which ap-
pointment it may be hoped will be followed by other con-
ciliatory measures, give reason to expect the application of
extreme measures will not be necessary to allay the excite..
ment in the people's minds.—Nuremburg Correspondent,
June 27.

GUILT AND SUSPICION.—GuiIt and suspi-
cion are inseparable companions ; and the man wbo is
haunted by them need wish for more severe tormentors.

•
GERMAN OPERA.--The long-announced
opera of Macbeth was performed for the first time on NVed.
day night. The composer of this opera, M. CHELARD, who
is director of the German opera in London, is, we believe,
a Frenchman by birth, but he has resided for some time
at Munich, and is now chapel-master to the King of Ba-
y ,ri3. In the opera of Macbeth there is this peculiarity,
that it is composed in recitative, after the model of the Ita-
lian opera, whereas the two German operas hitherto per-
formed here—the Freischutz and Fidelio—have dialogue,
which approximates them to our English operas. Of
of Duncan,
new names.
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characters very few of Shakspeare'a remain. With the ex-
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quently no Banquo's Ghost. Illacdutf is also wanting,
and the retributive justice performed on Macbeth is brought
about by another agency. Birds are introduced, and the
names given to the witches are Ruda, Norna, and Hilda.
The curtain fell amidst vehement approbation, which was
certainly justly deserved, both as regards the piece and
the performance. PELLEGRINI sustained the character of
Macbeth with more energy than we have observed him to
display in the characters in which he has hitherto ap-
appeated. KATZINGER and Madame DE Mastic sang de-
lightfully the music allotted to Douglas and Moina. The
choruses were as ably pet formed as those of the Freischutz
and Fidelio ; one, a bacchanalian, at the opening of the
second act, was encored. M. CHELARD, who, during the
performance, officiated in the orchestra with his baton de
ruesure, was called for on the fall of the curtain, and pre-
sented himself on the stage to receive the congratulations
of the audience.

At the time our troops were in the lines of
Torres Vedras, and Lisbon filled with straigers, an Eng-
lish wag, desirous of relieving the monotony of the scene,
played off as complete a hoax as ever was attempted. He
excited public curiosity by having it widely circulated
that, on a given day, in the afternoon, a man would walk
across the Tagus in cork boots. Vehicles were hired at
an enormous price, as they are among us on a race-day,
when thousands flocked to the spot, aml among them many
of our own officers, who will recollect the occurrence.
Each side of the river was lined with spectators, and the
tops of the neighbouring houses covered with ladies in
their gayest attire. Not a bark nor a boat failed to earn
its double fare, whilst many families cleared their annual
rent by letting out standing room for a few hours. Every
spying-glass was under requisition ; and never perhaps
was such a concourse before assembled there, the spectacle
being of so novel a character. For several hours every
eye was directed to the spot whence the enterprising ad-
venturer was to go forth on his li ,zardous enterprise, and
in cork boots buffet with the waves. At length dis ap-
pointment seized the spectators, and the declining sun
proclaimed the whole to have been a hoax. After so much
delay and expectation the Portuguese begin to be of the
same mind regarding Don PEDRO and kis undertaking.
So recent was the occurrence, and so vivid the resemblance
with what is now passing, that the Portuguese now never
call Don PEDRO by his name, but denominate him, for
abbreviation, " 0 boniest das bolas," or the man of the
cork boots.—Morning Post.

(From the Caledonian Mercury.)
This important place, wi h a population equal to,
if not exceeding that of Perth, and with superior
wealth and industry, has just been shifted, by One
of the alterations made in the Scotch Reform Bill
in Committee, from the relative position which it
occupied in the original arrangement of the Bill, and
placed in one which is not only worse in itself, but
which seems highly unjust, and what is more unac-
countable, altogether uncalled for. When it was
resolved to give two Members to Glasgow, the
great commercial capital of the West was of course
disjoined from Rutherglen, Renfrew, and Dumbar-
ton, with which it had formerly been associated,
and Kilmarnock was put in its place, and by this ar-
rangement became the returning burgh. But, for
some reason which does not appear, the arrangement
in question has been departed from; Port-Glasgow
has been added to the district; and the writ of elec-
tion has been ordered to be directed to the Sheriff
of Dumbarton, thus making one of the least import.
ant of the class the returning burgh. Against
these alterations the Magistrates and Council of the
Burgh of Kilmarnock have petitioned the House of
Lards ; and we have no hesitation in saying that, in
our opinion, the case they have made out in favour
of the original, and in opposition to the recent ar-
rangement, is wholly unanswerable. If we take
population as a test, Kilmarnock, according to the
census of 1831, has 18,093, or with Riccarton,
which is no •v joined to it by the Bill, 20,592 ;
whereas, the total population of Port-Glasgow,
(5,192), Rutherglen (5,503), Dumbarton (3,023),
and Renfrew (2,833), is only 17,151, or 3,441 less
than that of Kilmarnock alone, which, as already
stated, ha 3 a population equal to the town of Perth,
which is to have a representative for itself. The
argument drawn from population, therefore, is de-
cidedly in fuvour of Kilmarnock. But it may be
said, or perhaps Mr. Joseph Dixon has persuaded
the Lord Advocate, that it was necessary to swamp
the influence of so populous a place as Kilmarnock
in order to support the trade of the Clyde. If so, a
strange misrepresentation has been made, and a still
stranger blunder committed in consequence. Let
the reader just attend to the facts. Glasgow is to
have two Members, the county in which it is situ-
ated one, Renfrewshire one, Paisley one, Greenock
one, Dumbartonshire one, and, if the present arrange-
ment be adhered to, one will be returned by Port-
Glasgow influence; making in all eight Members
directly interested in the trade of the Clyde. Now,
if this be not too much of a good thing, we really
know not what excess means. Surely seven Mem-
bers would be fully sufficient for protecting the trade
of the Clyde, and one might have easily been spared
for the manufacturing interest of Ayrshire, which at
present has no separate representative. The county
last mentioned has, in fact, been but scurviiy treated.
With a population of 145,055, it has only one
Member, and two fractional parts; while Renfrew
county, with only a population of 133,443, has three
Members and a fractional part of a fourth ;—inequa-
lities which it is exceedingly difficult to account for.
One thing, however, appears very certain, namely,
that under the now arrangement the influence of
Kilmarnock will not have its due weight, whether
we consider this important place in relation to the
district of burghs with which it is proposed to asso-
ciate it, or view it in connexion with the county in
which it is situated ; and we therefore think, that
in common justice arid fairness, the privilege of
making the return to the writ of election ought
to have been conferred upon it. We have al-
ready stated the amount of its population,and ob-
served that, in this respect, it exceeds the total
population of all the other burghs of the district by
nearly 4,000. And as to its trade, there are esta-
blished in the town extensive manufactories of car-
peting of all kinds, harness, worsted and silk printed
shawls, boots and shoes, leather, saddlery, wool,
and worsted spinning, with many others which it
would be too tedious to enumerate. The shawl
trad.je alone employs upwards of 1,500 persons, and
in the year ended in June last, 1,128,814 shawls
were manufactured, amounting to about 200,0001.
The carpet trade employs about 1,200 persons, who
manufacture goods to the value annually of 150,0001.;
while the trade in leather amounts to 50,0001, that
in boots to 32,0001., and that in bonnets to 12,0001.
These values apply to only a few of the more ex-
tensive manufactures; but the items stated are suf-
ficient to show that the wealth of Kilmarnock bears
a high proportion to its active and industrious
population. Besides, by the Parliamentary returns
of population of the great towns of England and
Scotland it appears that the increase of Kilmarnock,
from 1821 to 1831, is 41} per cent., being the
third highest in Britain and the second in Scotland ;
as this is only exceeded by Leeds in England, and
Dundee in Scotland. Tried then by the tests
which have regulated the distribution of enfran-
chisement, Kilmarnock must be well entitled to the
concession of the very moderate claim preferred in
the petition abovementioned.

Lord LYNEDOCII has lately, at considerable
expense, fenced in the grave of " BEssv BELL and
MARY GRAY" with an enclosure suitable to this isle.
resting and classic spot. It is now rendered sacred by the
exclusion of the rude intruder, while the traveller can
view the scene so long celebrated in tradition and in song,
with additional gratification. It is also in contempla-
tion to erect some memorial to point out the site of the
" bower" in which they for some time lived and ulti-
mately died, victims of the pestilence which they fled to
escape. This, as many of our readers know, is also
situated on the banks of the Almond, considerably above
the place of their rest—but these, and the intervening
scenery, compose one of the most beautifully sequestered
solitudes in the Lowlands of Perthshire.—Perth Courier.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY.—I have received seve-
ral communications from different parts of the country
betok ning an approaching storm. Notices have been
posted in several towns, stating that " We, the people,
from 16 to 60, will not work for any man who pays tithes
or taxes." The men employed by the 11,v. Mr. HAMIL-
TON, of Hampton, the father of AIL. GEORGE HAMILTON,
the late candidate for the county of Dublin, on the con-
servative interest, to mow his hay, all struck yesterday,
and declared they could work no more for him. Mr.
TURNER, the curate of Balrothery, has upwards of 60
ftcres to mow, but he is denounced, and cot a soul can be
got to put a lithe to his meadow. Mr. BOURNE, the
respectable mail-coach proprietor, had also several men
mowing, all of whom left off work on Saturday, stating
that they were ordered to discontinue working for any
man who paid tithes. A public meeting was held in the
Dublin mountains, at Bornabreena, on last Sunday, at
which language of the most ferocious description was used
against " Government, the viper-begotten Reformation,
Cromwell, bloated Bi'hops, rubbing Corporations, in-
fernal Aristocracy," &c. At this meeting, Mr. POOLE,
a :Protestant, took the chair. Several of the violent
speakers were repeatedly checked, but in vain, and senti-
ments were uttered which no reporter would venture to
publish. Several of the Dublin demagogues openly re-
commend the non-intercourse system ; and the Evening
Mail of last night threatens retaliation, so that between
these blessed peace-makers we are likely to have a tranquil
summer. I have received a letter from Enniskillen, stat-
ing that the Noble Earl of that ilk had purchased a quan-
tity of orange ribands, banns r 5, &c. for the procession of the
12th of Jul
Orangemen himself. One thorough-bred lady of the
and that his Lordship intended to head the
Brunswick school purchased, in one house in Dublin, 150
orange sashes, and other paraphernalia of that body, to be
used on the forthcoming anniversary. I trust, however,
that when the intelligence reaches them of Mr. STANLEY
having for the present given up the Suppressuri Bill, they
will evince their much-boasted loyalty, by voluntarily
abandoning processions which cannot be productive of
good, and which have' too often ended in bloodshed._
Morning Herald Correspondent.

Judging from two petitions presented to the
House of Commons last week, and now printed in
,he journals, the church in England, as well as in
Ireland, has an increased number of foes, and of
the calculating order, to contend with. The fol-
lowing is extracted from a petition presented from
the united parishes of Naul, Ballyboghill, and Hol-
lywood (Ireland).
The petitioners set forth, " That the Protestant
Church Establishment in Ireland is the richest in
the world, possessing as it does 1,000,000 of statute
acres, and having also a claim or legal right to the
tenth part of the annual agricultural produce of the
entire kingdom ; that the revenue of said establish-
ment, arising from these and other sources, amounts
to the enormous sum of more than 1,500,000/. ster-
ling annually; that the members of this state religion
amount to about 500,000 at most, out of a popula-
tion of more than 8,000,000. The petitioners as-
sert that this immense wealth of the Protestant
Church erablishment in Ireland is most unreasonable
and extravagant, as will appear from a reference to
the establishment of the state religion in England;
the population in England is estimated at 12,000,000,
6,000,000 of which profess the state religion ; now
it is admitted that the duties of religion are ade-
quately administered to these 6,000,000 by 26 Pro-
testant Prelates, several of whom receive not more
than 2,000/. or 3,000/. per annum, whereas in Ire-
land there are 22 Prelates, and not more than
500,000 Protestants, and these 22 Irish Prelates
receive individually not less than 5,000/., some of
them receive 15,000/., 18,000)., and 20,000/. per
annum. That this immense revenue has been granted
to the Irish Protestant Church by the State cannot be
denied, and of course it is in the power of the State
to take away, alter, modify, or amend said revenue,
as has been done in the year 1798, when a portion
of said property was sold, and the money received
was paid into the Exchequer. The petitioners re-
present that they, the inhabitants of the above-
named parishes, amounting to 5,000, are nearly all
Roman Catholics, there being very few Protestants
or Dissenters amongst them, and, of course, they
feel doubly the oppression of being compelled to
contribute the tenth of their crops industry, and
capital, to the support of an establishment more than
adequately provided for already, and from which
they receive no benefit or advantage whatever, and
the petitioners pray, that the system of tithes may
be entirely abolished, that the church lands may be
resumed by the State, and leased out at a fair and
reasonable rent, that out of the funds arising there-
from a suitable stipend or salary may be awarded or
granted to the ministers of the state religion, and
that the residue of said funds be applied to the relief
of the destitute, helpless, and forlorn,"
The following is extracted from the petition of
a meeting held in Milton-street, Dorset-square,
(England) :
" That the income of the Church of England is
more than that of all the Christian churches in the
world combined, and that from the manner in which
the duties of the church are performed, it is evident
to the most superficial observer that they are neg-
lected in proportion as they become better paid; in
proof of which, the petitioners beg to refer the at-
tention of the House to a return to an order of the
House made in the last Parliament; that the reve-
nues of the church are about 9,500,000). that more
than 9,000,000). of this revenue is divided amongst
26 Bishops, 700 dignitaries, and about 4,000 chiefly
non-resident incumbents, nearly all of whom belong
and are connected with the aristocracy, whilst that
useful and meritorious order, called the working
clergy, or curates, numerically amounting to 4,254,
share among them less than 350,000).: to recapitu-
late, 4,700 of the aristocratical clergy or drones re-
ceive upwards of 9,000,000). when 4,300 of the
men who do all the work, the industrious bees of
the church, receive less than 350,000/.

The Reform Bill takes its station among the
Acts of the present Session as chapter 45—figures rendered
equally notorious about 60 ye,ers ago as Witics's number.

It is stated that the examination of Mr. HAR-
MAN bef pre the Bank Committee has produced some very
extraordinary disclosures respecting the situation of the
Bank during the panic of 1825, at the commencement of
which the Directors had a very small stock indeed of gold
in their coffers, and were repeatedly, during its continu-
ance, brought down to a supply not exceeding 100,000/.
His evidence is the more important, as that g :rifleman at
the time took a leading part in the affairs of the Bank of
England, but from which he retired shortly afterwards.
We well remember the conclusions furmed at the time by
observant persons in the city respecting the situation of
that establishment, when they perceived that gentleman's
retirement from any share in its direction. It is noticefi
now as a circumstance much more important than it would
seem to be, that the retirement of Mr. HARMAN, and the
beginning of the influence of the present Governor of the
Bank in its management, were very neirly coincident in
point of time. Mr. HARMAN'S evidence has, we under-
stand, completely shaken all those members of the Com-
mi;tee who considered it possible to bring the question to
a speedy settlement. Any course but that of a full inves-
tigation is now universally given up.— Times.

CORNWALL AND MERIONETHSHIRE.—
The chief proprietor in this county, or rather Duchy of
Cornwall, is, his Majesty the KING, who, as Duke of
CORNWALL, appoints the Lord Warden of the Stannaries
(who at present is the Marquess of HERTFORD). The
Earl of MOUNT EDGECUMBE is Lord Lieutenant and
Custos Rotulorum. The Noblemen who possess political
influence in this county are, the Dukes of BEDFORD, NOR-
THUDIBERLAND, and LEEDS ; the Marquess of CLEVE-
LAND ; the Earls of MOUNT EDGECUMBE, St. GERMAN'S,
Ind FA ',mourn ; Lords CLINTON, GREN VILLE, and
DU NSTA N VILLE ; but their weight arises more from the
control they possess over the insignificant and decayed
boroughs, than over the county. These Noblemen send
no less than twenty-five out of the forty-two Members
for rotten boroughs within its limits ! Cornwall, inc'u!-
ing its twenty boroughs, returns no less than forty-two
Members to Parliament. A few years ago (before the disfran-
chisement of Grampound) this county returned forty-four
Members ; a number less only by one, than the whtl,
representation of the kingdom of Scotland. Merioneth-
shire, in point of representation, is the very antipodes to
the duchy of Cornwall—sending only one Member
to the House of Commons : in fact, it is not even upon a
par with the Scottish counties; for even the most poorly
represented of them possesses a moiety of Borough-repre-
sentation, inasmuch as each of them contains one or more
towns belonging to a district of boroughs ; whereas
Merionetshire returns only one solitary Member !—From
" A Key to Both Houses of Parliament," just published.
OLD SARUM.—When Governor PITT re-
turned front the East Indies, he purchased the whole
manor, which is very small, for less than 2,0001. and it
was sold by his descendant, the late Lord CAMELFORD,
for nearly 40,000/. Lord CALEDON gave 70,0001. for it.
The land and manorial rights produce about 700/. per
annum. The borough of Old Sarum retains only the
vestige of a house ! !—The late Lord CAMELFORD, of ec-
centric memory, threatened to send his footman into the
House of Commons to represent hint in Parliament ; in-
tending thereby to exhibit to the world the vice and im-
pudent frauds practised under the close borough system.
The representation of Old Sarum is literally that of a
thorn-bush, for here are neither houses, inhabitants, nor
anything but a name. It seems to retain the name of a
borough, for the purpose of ridicule only. To see a spot of
ground, because it was formerly inhabited, possess muni-
cipal rights, have a nominal bailiff and burgesses, and re-
turn two Members to Parliament, who are called the
virtual representatives of the nation; while Manchester,
Birmingham, Leeds, and the most populous towns are
unrepresented, is an absurdity so glaring, as to renderani-
mailversion useless.—lf we are to hecontented with a
virtual representation, the Government ought tobesatis-
tied with virtual taxation; for it is the first principle of
our Constitution, that representation and taxation are
inseparable.—From A Key to both Houses of Parlia•
L ment, just published.

Mr. F. SMITH read the rules and regulations of
the Union, which were adopted. Several useful
resolutions were afterwards proposed and carried.
Colonel JONES proposed one of the resolutions,
wid in doing so, stated how absolutely necessary it
was that candidates for the ensuing Parliament,
should undergo a severe cross-examination. Agita-
tion should by no means cease—it must be con-
tinued—it was the best means of bringing the Bill
'ran full and fair play.
A person in the body of the meeting, begged
leave to second the gallant Colonel's resolution ;
and said, that at a meeting which was to take place
next week, he should have a nut to crack with the
citizen soldier on this very point of cross-ques-
tioning.—(Laughter.)
Colonel JONES-4f you are a householder of the
parish of Marylebone, I shall have no objection to
crack a nut' with you.
A vote of thanks was voted to the CHAIRMAN,
,who was obliged to descend, and to address a nu-
merous crowd of persons in the garden, who, as
not being members of the Union, could not obtain
admission into the room in which the meeting was
held.