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to the &Showing Rules:—For stations to the Eastward of the'
Cape of Good Hepe (except New South Wales); ifs nuottie pay.
For New South Wales, such advance of pay as may be necessary,
not exceeillitg, twelve months. For the Cape of Good Hope and
the Coast of Africa, three Months. For America, the West ladies,
Spain, Portugal, and the Melterrattean, three months.
2. Staff or Garrison Officers obtaining leave of Absence front
foreign stations, ire not to be allowed the pay of their Staff M.
Garrison *unions for the period of such leave, unless it shall he
shewn by a eertifitate fraa the Commanding Officer on the eta.
don, that the duty of their dippointments has been provided for
donne their absence, and that nu additional expense has been re:
will be incurred by the public in consequence thereof. The
leaves ot absence granted on foreign Stations to Staff or Garrison
Officers returning home, are to lie laid before the Commander in
Chief, for the purpose of being confirmed if thought proper, im-
mediately upon the arrival ot such Officer in this country.
S. Several doubts having ari.en whether Offers of the Ord-
nance, when employtyl upon the Staff, should receive the pay of
their Staff appointments through the Ordance Paymaster or
through the Paymaster General of the Forces or his Deputies,
his Royal Hi.;!iness the Pelmet Recurs. has been pleased to
comt,ratl, that *rich Staff Oflizers shall in all cases be paid
through the Ordnance Paymastets, except when they are rm.
pttle / on the General Stall of the Army in the charge of
toe I roues u. the Line, in which case they are to be placed pre.
eisely on the Santa footing, in regard to pay and allowances as
the Officers of the General Staff. reports thereof being made to
the Board of Ordnance by the General Officer commanding the
station.
MILITARY COMMM A RTIAE.—The General Court-
Matial in Dublin Barracks, for the trial of Lieute-
nant• Colonel the Hon. 'l'. bIuLLENs, Captain 44,th
regiment, having heard the evidence on the part of
the prosecution on Tuesday, Colonel MULLENS has
been allowed until Tniirsday to prepare his defence,
and if not then ready, the Court have extended their
proceedings until Satur4.l.l:4

PARIS FASHIONS, Jus,v 15.—Several straw hats are
worn awn a bouquet of litlies in front: rose silk hats
have the same. In garlands of flowers lilies are mixed
with roses, also daisies and bunches of everlasting
addition to flowers, straw hats are
trimmed with bows, and plaits of white ribband.—
Fichus of blond are also worn over the crown, tied
in a bow. When feathers occupy the place of flowers
they are flat, or plumes of down called Indian Mara-
bout, a rare and expensive article. The most fashion-
able bat is made remarkable by two extremes; the
rim, in one instance, is broad and square, concealing
the face; on the contrary, there are hats wide and
open, which shew the face. Several Ladies wear a
demi bonnet trimmed with puffed ribbon ; mob caps
made of tulle, surmounted by a wreath or diadem,
are also fashionable. During the spring they wore
' poppies and ears of wheat, now they wear roses and
corn. Violets are worn without mixture ; the daisy
'the same. Robes are made of the same silk lIS Cir-
cassian scarfs. Last summer a number of foreign
-Ladies wore black tulle, fichus. Our &sante: begin
now to adopt that fashion. Many Ladies are seen in
mantles of black tulle. Nearly all the Gentlemen
have blue. coats and nankeen pantaloons.
HATM Alum TireaTtle.---The Mountaineers WAS .
brought forward at this Theatre last night, ta give
Mr. MEGGETT an opportunity of appearing in Vaa-
vian. This is the gentleman to whom such gross in-
justice was offered in a former night,•when he played
the character of Richard. His readiness to confront
a repetition of the same danger. proves a manly
confidence in his own powers; and some reliance,
we believe, on the good feelings of an English pub.
lic, whose generosity, to say the truth, is ever con•
spicuous in the reparation of an admitted wrong.—
Mr. MEGGETT scion efficed the impression he had
made betore—and the audience seemed eager to obli.
terate it also from his memory. He executed the
arcluiiu,, and doubly arduous, because so long pre-
occupied part of Octavian, better, in our opinion. than
any one, except K EMMA.: himself. He displayed con-1
siderable feeling in the expression of his agonies, and
in the descriptions of, or rather the frequent allusions
to, their cause: and the proof that he expressed Isis
emotions truly is, that lie excited the sympathies of l
those who: saw and heard him. In the first interview'
with Floranthe, his start was toe like that of !fanner,
when he sees the ghost, but he redeemed this error in
the progress of the scene, by much cortectness, and
some thigidality of acting; and his encounter with
the Moor, when he saves Zorayda from his fury, was
managed with force and effect. Upon the whole,
Mr. MEGGISTT is, beyond all question, an actor above
the common,—and we augur the more favourably of
his future race in his profession, because, it seems to
us, that his good qualifications are innate and sub-
stantial—while his faults are those of accident or
habit. The other characters were well supported.
Mr. LINDSAY'S Kilmallock, is, after that of Mr. JOHN-
wroNsolle best we have seen. Mrs. ilaywooo, Miss
GuEVILLE, and Miss MATTHEWS, were vet), well re-
ceived as Z Jrayde. Floranthe, and Agnes. Nor mast.
we omit to speak in favourable tetras of Mr.
Sadi, which was extremely amusing.
SAILING MATCH, FOR A Sun cateTioN
The adjourned contest between the four Gentle-
men's sailing-boats, the Ludlow, the Caroline, the.
Siii!fire, and the Camilla, took pl:.ce yesterday. The
starting point, as on the former occasion, was Black-
friars-bridge, and here the aquatic competitors as-
sembled shortly before two o'clock, and at a cinarer
before three they started amidst the cheers of an im-
mense multitude of specsaturs, who covered the bosom
of the River in boats of every denomination, arid lined
the shores and barges on both sides of the stream.—
The wind at first was but very trifling, and conse-
quently I:ttle judgment could be firmed of the pro-
bable result of the twitch. Each boat alternately bad
the le Ad, and etch seemed to bid fair to win the prize.
As they got up the River, the breeze b:iskened,
and a higher degree of interest was excited; the can-
vas of the boats was tilled, bind their progress became
considerably quicker. After doubling the boat at
Putney Bridge, round which they were to pass, by
the rules of the match, the ingenuity and skill of the
boatmen was exerted with redoubled attention, and
every favourable opportunity seized with. the' utmost
avidity. At every fresh tack success was variable,
sometimes one, and sometimes another, had the lead.
At length the Caroline seemed to outstrip her com-
panions, and any odds were offered that she would win
the cup. The calculatiuns.ot the novices were, how.
aver, erroneous ; for the Ludlow, which was next in
rotation, susiihrnly gaining a favourable breeze, darted
a-head ; and although closely pressed by the Caroline
and Spitfire, finally won the race by ahaut half a
Wilt'. length.
The victory was hailed by the loudest plaudits, and
the cup was delivered to the fortunate owner, who
lives at WandswArth, aeriid the congratulations of
his It ientls.—The river was, as usual on such occa-
sions, crowded with amateurs and parties of pleasure.

UNION OP BELOItim tkmi HOLL AND.

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PROCLAMATION.
HAGUE, JULY 19.
We, *Midi, by the Grace of God, King of the
Netherlands, Prince of Orange Nassau, Grand
Duke of Luxemburg, Ste.
When the Govern Meat of Belgium was.given into
our hands by the high Allied Powers, we had pre-
viousiy given our formal adhesion to the conditions
of the union of Belgium with the United Provinces
of the Netherlands, which had been agreed upon at
London, by the Plenipotentiaries of rite said Powers,
in the month of June, 1814, and of which the fol-
lowing is the tenor :
Act. t. This union Is to bo intimate and complete, .0 that
the two countries shall form one and the same state, governed
by the Constitution already established' in Holland, Windt shall
be modified by common consent, according to the new state of
things.
n. No innovation shall be made in the articles of this Consti-
tution, which insures equal favour and protection to all forms of
worship, and guarantees the admission of all Citizens to public
(offices and employments, whatever be their religious creed.
3. The Belgian Provinces shall be duly represented in the
Assembly of the States• General, whose ordinary sittings, in time
of peace, shall be held alternately in a town In Holland and lu a
town iii Belgium.
1. All the Inhabitants of the Netherlands being thus cOnstitu-
tionally assimilated among each other, the several Provinces shall
equally enjoy a•l the commercial and other advantages of which
their respective situations are susceptible, nor can any obstacle o
restriction be laid upon one to the dit,alvatitage of another.
5. Immediately after the union the provinces and towns of
Belgium shall be admitted to the commerce and navigation of
the Colonies, upon the same footing as the provinces and towns
of Holland.

6. As the burdens must be in common, as well as the advan-
tages, the debts contracted till the cline of union by the Dutch
Provinces ot; the one hand, and by the Belgic Provinies on the
other, shall be chargeable to the public '1 reasury of the Ne- ,
therlathis.
7. Conformably to the same principles the expences require& for
the establishment and preseivation of the fortresses on the fron-
tier of the new State shall be borne by the public Treasury, as
resulting from an object that interests the safety and independence
of.all the provinces of the whole nation.
S. The expense of forming and keeping up the dykes shall be
(or the account of the districts more especially interested in this
branch of public service, .reserving the obligation of the Sten in
general to turnish aid in case of extraordinary disasters, all exactly
a( has been hitherto practised In Holland.
The Treaty of Vienna having since confirmed,
upon these principles, the formal cession of the Bel-
gic Provinces, to form, in conjunction with the United
Provinces of the Netherlands, one kingdom, we have
hastened to appoint a special Committee to examine
what modifications it would be useful or necessary to
make in the Constitution already established in Hol-
land. Citizens distinguished by their knowledge,
their patriotism and their pr( bUy, have employed
themselves in this important wutk, with a zeal wor-
thy of the greatest praises.
The ?reject which they have just laid before us,
contains honourable distinctions fur the nobility, in-
sures to all forms of worship equal favour and pro-
i-xtinn, and guarantees the admission of all citizens
to public 6th:es and" employments; it fixes the divi-
sion of power upon the basis of protecting jostitu-
tions which have been at all times dear to the people
of .11Agium. It recognizes above all things the inde-
pendence of the ju ficial power, it reconciles the in-
tegrity and the strength of the body politic with the
individual right of each of its Members ; and, lastly,
it contains the elements of every gradual improve-
rn..nt which experience and firm= study may chew

to tie necessary.
However, before we proceed to introduce the new
rendamental law, we desire to convince ourselves of
the assent of our subjects to its principal regulations.
For this purpose .leputies (notables), shall be as-
s:subled from every arrondissement, in the proportion
of one fur every 2,000 inhabitants. We have or-
dered that the choice shall be made with impartiality
among the persons must estimable and most worthy
of the confidence of their fellow-citizens. But in
order to be certain that our intentions in this respect
have been fulfilled, and that those who are going to
be named Deputies are really deserving of the ho-
nour of being the organs of the general opinion, we
.farther order that the list shall be published and de-
posited for eight days in the chief towns of the re-
spective districts.
At the same time rcitisters shall be opened, in
which every inhabitant saho is the head of a family
may come and insert a simple vote
.of rejection of
one or more of the Deputies named.
It is accorsling to the result which these registers
shall afford, that the lists will be finally determined,
and the Notables convoked in etch arrondissement
to vote upon the plan of the fundamental which will
he laid before them. Each of these Assemblies shall
send its preen vtrbal to Brussels, and shall depute
three of its Members to attend in a General Meeting
at the opening of those tirecer verbaux (Journals ut
oceeding ), and at the collecting of the votes of
the Notables.
Such, Belgians, are the measures which we have
judged the most proper for the establishment of a
compact which is to fix your destinies. and to hasten
the moment when yolfr Sovereign will be surrounded
by a representation legally constituted.
Happy to ieign ever a free, brave, and Industrious
people, wc are sure of finding in. it that character for
loyalty and frankness which has always so eminently
distinguished it. All our efforts nil' be directed to
cement the foundations of its prosperity and glory,
and the citizens of all classes, and all the provinces,
shall have in us a benevolent and impartial protector
of their rights and their *deltaic. Iu particular we
guarantee to the Catholic Church its establishment
and its liberties, and we shall not lose sight of the
esamples of wisdom and moderation in this respect
which have been lett us by nor predecessors, your
ancient Sovereigns, whose memory is so justly re-
vered among you.
*wen at the Hague, July 18, 1815, and the second year of
our reign. (Sigurd) WILLIAM.
By the King. •
Far the Secretary of State, ut his absence, the Cabinet Se-
cretary. (Amen) P. be CiIOIABRUOOI.

Many of the soave qui peut heroes who exhibited so
much of the white feather at Waterloo. are now, as
anxious to display the wAite Pg. We trust the French
King will be upon his guard against these accorilmo-
dating Gentlemen.
There is a pleasant story told of Prince 131=1.121t
—it is, that he visits the Louvre with a cata►ogub iti
his hand. in which the galleries from whence the pic-
tures are take. are stated-6 From the Dresden Gal-
lery !" 44 0 yes-1 recollect it—take it down ;" and
the, veteran has the picture or pictures taken down at
once.