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London, England, 1832-05-30 00:00:00

BOGOTA PAPERS.

(From the Constitutional de Cundinamarca.)
BOGOTA, MARCH I I.—ln a late number of our
Paper we gave the names of those individuals who,
in our opinion, as well as in that of the great majority
of the Granadians, ought to be nominated to the
highest offices of the State. We have now the
satisfaction to state that the Convention of New
Granada on the 9th inst., appointed General Fran'
cisco de Paula Santander, President of the State,
and Jose Ignacio Marquez, Vice-President, by very
large majorities of the Deputies. We flatter our-
selves that the Convention has paid some attention
to the sincere and anxious wishes which we have
expressed. Would to heaven that this election may
prove to be the symbol of the peace and prosperity
of New Granada. On the next morning Jose
Ignacio Marquez was installed in office before the
assembled Deputies and an immense concourse.
Before taking the oath of office, he addressed the
meeting in a long and eloquent speech, in which he
declared his devotion to his country, and the Con-
stitution which he was about to administer.
The Council of State elected this day consists of
the following Members :—Jose Rafael Mosquere,
Vicente Azucro, Francisco Soto, Domingo Calcedo,
Miguel Uribe Restrepo, Manuel Benito Rovollo, and
Jose Vallarino.

(From the Gaceta de la Nueva Granada.)
MARCH 11.—The following is a copy of the letter
which was sent by the President of the Convention
to General Santander, announcing the election of
the latter :
" SENOR,-The Convention at which I had the he-
nour to preside, has been occupied this day in filling up
the Presidentship of New Granada—and you, Sir, are the
citizen selected for this exalted station.
" Your patriotism, your sufferings in the cause of
liberty, and the zeal you have shown for the promotion of
your country's freedom, even during the period of your
expatriation, have led the representatives of the people to
fix their eyes on you as one who can heal the wounds in-
flicted by despotism and civil disorder on the eoun'ry.---
They trust that as soon as this communication is leceiveth
you will net hesitate to comply with their Lopes, and the
hopes of all Granadians.

" To this communication of your appointment I must
be allowed to add the expression of my Fersonal anxiety
for your return to your native soil, and of the sentiments
of distinguished consideration with which I have the ho-
nour to be, &c.," :JOSE MARIA ESTEVES,
" Bogota, March 9. " President of the Convention."
At a meeting of the principal persons of PopaYan,
in the beginning of February, it was resolved that 2,
application should be made to the Government
of New Granada, for the purpose of effecting an
union with that State.
The following letter was directed to the Secre,,

Vary of the Interior of New Granada, by th 4
Bishop of Popayan, then filling the office of Vice•
President :
" Saxon,-It is with the sincerest pleasure that I in
form ynu that on the 9th instant this city incorporate,
itself with your ancient state of New Granada, arnids
the acclamations of its illustrious inhabitants.
" Under such circumstances, I have the honour of sub
jetting myself to the orders of that Supreme Government
with all due submission and obedience.
" God preserve you many years,
" SALVADOR, Bishop of Popayan.
" Episcopal Palace, Popayan, Feb. 13."
We publish a decree of the Convention, which
was agreed to at a secret sitting held on the 10th
of February, and which authorized the executive
department to acknowledge the new State in the
Southern part of Colombia, consisting of Ecuador,
Asusy, and Guayaquil. This recognition was
granted on condition of the three departments mu-
tually respecting each other's limits, as those limits
were settled by the law of 1824,, and that each
should be responsible for that proportion of the
debt (whether due to foreigners or persons of their
own country), which, as integral portions of the
Colombian Republic, they were bound to make good.
The above decree is a sufficient answer to the wild
and calumnious imputations which have been pro-
mulgated by General Flores, President of the State
of the Ecuador.
Another decree of the Convention has directed
that the constitutional act should be promulgated in
every part of the State of New Granada, by solem-
nities to which religion gave all its sacred and im-
pressive sanctions. The authorities of all classes,
civil, judicial, political, ecclesiastical, and secular,
were directed to take the following oath :—" You
make oath to God, and give a promise to your
country, that you will obey, protect, and uphold,
and will cause to be obeyed, protected, and upheld,
the constitution of the State of New Granada, as
the same has been sanctioned by the Convention on
the 29th February, 1882." Whereupon the persons
to whom the oath is tendered shall reply " Thus
we swear." It was further ordered that when this
ceremony took place in any cathedral, university,
college, or religious community, a mass of thanks-
giving should be celebrated, and a Te Dense sung.

STRAND THEATRE.—Last night WaS the
first of Mrs. WAYLETC'S exclusive management at this
theatre. A new and entertaining Vaudeville was per-
formed on the occasion, under the title of Damp Beds.
The story turns upon the manoeuvres of two military
gentlemen to gain possession of a fair lady, surrounded
by the usual obstacles of an old father, an intended
husband, &c. The adoption of the appearance of two
antiquated dames by one of the suitors and his man
servant was the most laughter-moving of their freaks.—
Mrs. WAYLETT as an intriguing chambermaid looked and
sang most charmingly. The piece was completely sue
cessful, and was succeeded by The Lady of Munster
and John of Paris, both of which were spiritedly acted.
The orchestra is considerably improved, and the ensemble
of talent, judging from the specimen of last night, will
doubtless attract crowded houses.

THE EARL OF DUNDONALD.-CULROSS,
MAY 16 —The inhabitants of Culross take a lively inte-
rest in all that concerns that very gallant and popular No-
bleman, the Earl of DUNDONALD, whose birth-place, Cul-
roes Abbey, and the princely domains of his ancestors, are
In the vicinity of the town ; and, on the 15th instant, a
great many of the respectable inhabitants of the town and
neighbourhood dined together at the Red Lion Inn, to
celebrate the auspicious occasion of his Lordship's restora-
tion to his honours, and to his rank in the Royal Navy. In
the evening, a public meeting was held in the Town-hall,
and attended by the Magistrates and Town Council, the
Ministers of the parish, several Naval Officers, and, in
short, by almost every person in the neighbourhood, when
the chairman, Rev. Mr. BALFOUR, after passing a splendid
eulogium on the public services and professional character of
the Earl of DuNDONALD. read to the meetings congratula-
tory address to his Lordship, which was with the greatest
acclamations approved of. After the usual public toasts
had been given, the healths of his Lordship and the
Countess of DUNDONALD were severally proposed by the
Ch tirman, and drunk with the honours, and every demon-
stratio❑ of feelings of regard. Several other appropriate
toasts were given, and, what with the public procession
which followed, bonfires, a liberal distribution of good
ale, dances, &c., the greatest hilarity prevailed throughout
the burgh on the occasion.

LIVERPOOL FRANCHISE BILL.—We hope
and trust that Mr. BENETT'S Bill will be carried. The
constituency of Liverpool will never be what it ought to
be, until the present race of freemen shall have been dis-
franchised. The declaimers against the 101. qualification
ought to pray that the disfranchisement may take place,
for there are among the burgesses of Livetpool above
2,000 men who would never be qualified to vote as house
holders. The new constituency will be sufficiently nu-
merous without them, while their "evil communications"
would not " corrupt the good manners" of the household
voters.—Lireepool .Albion.
It appears that great and extensive good has
been effected in Ireland, by the mode in which the ba-
lance of the subscriptions raised in 1822 has been applied.
At the close of the proceedings of the Relief Committee
in 1822, a portion of the surplus fund, amounting to
about 55,000/., was vested in a Board of Directors, un-
der the sanction of an Act of Parliament, for the perma-
nent establishment and protection of charitable loans,
repayable with interest, and when repaid to be again lent
out for the encouragement of industry and the alleviation
of distress in Ireland. In connexion with the Board in
London, local Boards were established in various parts of
Ireland, to which sums suited to the wants of the neigh-
bourhood were assigned, and placed under their manage-
ment. With only one exception (that of Leitrim) most
favourable reports have been received of the advantages
derived by the peasantry from such assistance. In one
county about 1,500 loans, averaging not more than 3/.
each, were made in twelve months. The rate of interest
paid was 6 per cent., but many of the persons assisted
were in the habit of paying from 12 to 20 per cent. above
the ready money price for the different articles to carry on
their occupations. Many who could not obtain credit at
all were wholly disabled from the pursuits of honest in-
dustry. By the aid of the advances from the reserved
fund, the small farmer and the cottager have been enabled
to purchase manure to fertilize and seed to cultivate his
land, while the artisan has been furnished with the means
of perfecting some profitable branch of trade, which, with-
out such assistance, he must have abandoned. A few
losses have necessarily been sustained, but in general the
sums lent have been regularly returned, and on the whole
capital thus employed there has been an accumulation of
nearly 4,000/. in interest since it was first directed to this
very useful purpose.
How TO MAKE A PAIR OF 800T5..--A
MOST INGENIOUS TRICK.—A new way to get booted was
put in practice yesterday, in Grafton-vreet, by a fellow in
the spur of the moment. An exquisite (apparently) en-
tered a respectable boot-maker's shop, and called for a
pair of Ex-ministers (meaning, we suppose, Welling-
tons); he was instantly cased in the regular shiners,
which he lugged on with infinite complacency, declaring
they must have been made in a moment of enthusiasm, for
they were the artist's most accomplished effort. His hat
lay on the counter. A man, doubtless a confederate,
rushed in, seized it, and ran off. The boot-maker, thun-
derstruck at the robber's boldness, besought the beau to
pursue the fellow—he did so, and nimbly too, laughing
most heartily at the time. Neither of the partners in
trade has since been heard of. He left behind him a
" shocking bad" pair of shoes, for which he has not yet
sent, neither did he say where they should be returned
to. —Dublin Times.
CHOLERA.—The cholera has now happily de-
creased so much in Scotland as to render the daily reports
from small towns unnecessary. Edinburgh has had but
few cases or deaths for the last fornight, and Glasgow and
the west country may shortly be expected to present a
clean bill of health.—Scotsman.

A YOUTHFUL SUICIDE.—Yesterday an in-
quest was held at. the Black Horse, Kingsland.road, on
the body of ELIZA ADAMS, aged thirteen. She was a
servant in the neighbourhood, and of a very sullen dis-
position. On her mist! ess returning lime on Friday, she
found the dece,ised out, and a piece of paper on the table,
on which was written, " You'll never see me more alive."
The same day a gentleman saw her plunge into the Regent's
Canal, and she was taken out quite dead.—Temporary
Insanity.

Yesterday an inquest was held in Mansell-
street, Goodmates.fieids, on the body of ELISHA SHE',
~,RD, aged sixty-eight. The deceased had been a gun-
lock-maker, and had accumulated some property. This
he lost by a speculation. The circumstance preyed upon
his mind, and he expressed his fear that he would have
to go to a poor-house. In this state of mind he threw
himself out of his third-floor window, and killed himself.
Verdict--lasanity.

FINE ARTS.

DEPARTURE OF THE ISRAELITE
FROM THE RED SEA.

This is an engraving by Quilley, from th(
well-known painting by Roberts, which, if w(
remember rightly, was exhibited at the Somer-
set-house Academy, some two or three years
since. It is altogether an imitation of Martin,
not a servile one, but still sufficiently close to
attract the observation of all who look on it.
The display of architecture, of which the picturt
chiefly consists, is very imposing, but is far from
possessing that almost superhuman grandew
which Martin so well knows how to throw into
his productions. The crowds, too, of departing
Israelites are chiefly remarkable for their almost
inexhaustible show of numbers, which is not
altogether in accordance with the scriptural ac-
count of the departure of the Ten Tribes, who
were numbered by thousands, (and the aggregate
amount ascertained,) whereas Mr. Roberts has
swelled the host into countless millions, and
poured forth such a population as never yet
marched out from the gates of city, town, or
kingdom. On the whole, the picture is prin-
cipally noticeable from its stupendous architec-
tural designs, on the major portion of which
a strong broad light falls with tolerable correct-
ness, and the accurate acquaintance which the
artist appears to possess of the old Egyptian
statues and idols of worship. The camels in
the foreground, ready caparisoned for their
journey across the Desert, have a very oriental
aspect. In a subject like the present, however,
Mr. Roberts should have indulged in some de-
velopement of human pathos or passion : but
he has done nothing of the sort ; human nature
is wholly sacrificed to an elaborate display of
palace, colonnade, obelisk, statue, and temple.
Still, even with these defects, wherein the pupil
has followed his master, the picture is a splendid
one, and, as an engraving, admirably executed.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

We have just received the National of Monday la'',
from which we copy the following:—

(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.)
LISBON, MAY 12.—A courier has arrived at Lishot
from Madrid, and has brought to M. Ribnira, the Spaniel,
Minister, and to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Don
Miguel, the copy of a communication made by M. Ray-
neval on his arrival at Madrid, as well as the answer given
immediately by the Cabinet of Madrid. These documents
ire of great importance. The communication of the
French Government states that France will consider it as
a declaration of war on the firat movement of the Spanish
troops to enter Portugal, and to give assistance to Dor,
Miguel, in the case of an invasion of Don Pedro, to be
observed in the event that Don Pedro acts only against
Don Miguel ; and the Spanish Government must not in-
terfere between the two brothers.

(From the Moniteur.)

PARIS, MAY 27.—The Government have received in-
formation that a movement was preparing in the Boccage,
(Vendee) and that measures were taken to repulse all at-
tempts at disturbance. The factions were met on several
points on the day of the 23d, and were dispersed.
Letters from Germany, received to-day, state that
thirty thousand German patriots, from all pills of the
Confederation, will assemble for the grand celebration of
Hambach. The Germans at Paris have also had a grand
banquet on the same ocza%ion.
The contractors for the loan of the city of Paris of
forty millions of francs were as follows :—Messrs. Roth.-
childs, Ilagerman, Blanc Colin, and Fould ; their bidding
was in interest of four francs 87 cents, and we under-
stood that the interest will be drawn in a lottery. The
other parties who bid were Hottengen, Delessert, and the
Receiver-General ; their bidding was 4 francs 89 cents inte-
rest, six per cent per annum. Rothschild and his party
have been declared contractors for the loan.

French Three per Cents left off at 70f. 75c. ; Five per
Cents, 97f. 60c.