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This day despatches were received at the Colonial
Office, from Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir G. L.

COLE, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope ; and from
Lieutenant-General Sir Cu ARLES COLVILLE, Governor

of the Mauritius.

We are truly concerned to hear that his MAJESTY has
within these few days been very much indisposed, and
that a considerable quantity of blood has been taken from
him. We trust, however, that we may hope to hear soon
of his 'MAJEsTv's convalescedce, as the severity of the
season seems to have greatly mitigated.

Mr. O'Cow NELL has addressed the first of his pro-
mised series of letters to the People of Ireland : it will be
found in our first page. In the very opening sentence of it,
he says "we should endeavour—to demonstrate the un-
fitness of a British Parliament to -attend to the wants,
and transact the business of this country." We augur
ill for Mr. O'CONNELL'S popularity—and worse for his
utility as a public man—if it is with these sentiments
and these objects, that he comes to take his seat in a
" British Parliament." The Honourable and Learned
Gentleman has a mind—if he do not suffer it to be per-
verted—worthy of purer enterprises, and promising nobler
accomplishments. We have warned him often—let him
beware : we would not take so much trouble with him,
if we did not feel that he is worth our trouble. But we

are getting tired of his indecent pertinacities, and sus-
pect—now more than ever—that he will turn out a
charlatan, instead of a patriot. If so, let him rely upon
it, we shall make it our special business to bold him up to
the country in his true character.
What is it, that Mr. O'Cou NELL desires to achieve,
supposing him to prevail in his Parliamentary career as
effectively as he did in his career of agitation ? Is it to
establish the prosperity of Ireland on a solid and durable
foundation, or to precipitate her into social anarchy, and
political obliteration ? What does the Honourable Agi-
tator mean, by a peaceable and tranquil repeal of the
Union? What does he mean, by saying that such a
repeal is inevitable ? Does he not know that it is im-
possible to dissociate Ireland from England, without
entailing upon our &stet Country convulsion, dismem-
berment, and ruin? We tell Mr. O'Cows ELL—
and we say it solemnly—that if the " Repeal" for
which he so madly agitates be indeed inevitable,
so the ruin of Ireland, as a FREE PEOPLE, is inevi-
table too. The beautiful visions of Moose are to be
realised yet—if internal faction do not destroy his lovely
country—but not after Mr. O'CONNELL'S fashion. It
is by consolidating, not weakening her bonds with Eng-
land, that Ireland can alone become " great, glorious,
and free :" that other independence, which it is in the
contemplation of the Honourable Gentleman to accom-
plish for her—namely, a disseveration from the protecting
guardianship of the British Crown—would be her bane
.and her extinction.

On the whole, we are unfeignedly sorry to perceive—
by this first letter of O'CoNNELL—the symptoms of a
determined perseverance in courses, which will go far to
neutralise alt the good that he has been the fortunate
irtetrument in achieving for his country : and once more,l
we say to the Honourable and Learned Agitator—let him
be warned—let bim re-consider his meditated career.

In our frequent notices of the articles put forth by
'Russian political agents--stationed at Ancona and other
points—relative to the popularity of CAPO D'ISTILIAS,
we have invariably maintained that he had done little to
make himself popular in Greece. If the following state-
ment, from the Munger des Chambres, be true. and
we have no reason to doubt it, all our previous assertions
'are fully borne out.

It is somewhat remarkable that the names 'captioned
as having withdrawn, are the leaders of what was called
the English party, when the Protectorate was offered to
this country. Would that the Statesman to whom Greece
owes so muck, were still alive, and in possession of that
power which he wielded, not less for her advantage than
that of the whole civilised world 1 The muter mind and

enlightened views of Mr. CANNING, are more than ever
wanted for the settlement of a question, which is still in-
volved in the most complicated intricacy. We have no
time to say more than refer to the ankle itself.
"The last letters from Napoli di Romania and Syra
announce that a misunderstanding still prevails amongst
the Chiefs of Greece. Tricoup4s, Mavrocordato, Untie,

Zografo, Delianis, Maul* and Conduriotti, have retired
from the situations which they occupied, and have slu‘n
much opposition to Count Capo diaries. The latter is
reproached with having dissolved the Assembly of Argo.
in an arbitrary manner. Admirals de Rigny, Malcolm,
and Hayden, were to assemble at Egina, with a certain
number of the residents, in order to deliberate upon the
affairs of Greece."

The last arrivals from Madeira brought us the sub-
joined communication from our private Correspondent.
It contains a succinct account of the atrocious attempt to
poison the soldiers of the 13th infantry, of which some
imperfect details appeared a few weeks ago. The most
interesting part of the communication, however, is that
which unfolds the infamous practices that prevail in the
island—the jealousies that divide the pro-tempore rulers—
the enormities that are common among the priesthood—
and, in short, the lamentable and disjointed condition of
society there in general.
MADEIRA.Thc. s.

This goes by the Anodise frigate, Capt. MAMMA; which has
been for some time stationed at the Western Islands, and is now
on her return to England. She carries despatches from the Ilea.
Capt. Gonna, brother of Lord ANZIPZIMI, commanding his Ma-
jesty's ship Briton, bound to Honduras and Vera Crus—with Co-
lonel Dosstwooo, Gaul for Guatemala; but who was directed to
touch at St. Michael's and this place, in order, it is said, to make
a report of the state of these Wands under the Miguelite Authori-
ties, for the information of the Noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
who, it appears, felt little Waited to give credit to the accounts
peeinally transmitted by Capt. SIMPATATI, vie. that nine-tenths
tithe population were Connitutionthsts, and inimical to Moroi L.
This so El tailed with the ideas which the Noble Secretary had im-
bibed tress statements of the unrecognised, but highly-favoured re-
presentative of Don MGM. in England—the Viscount of
Asesce—bat the Noble Secretary's brother was ordered on
lb service ; and we hope he has performed it in such a way as to
WNW the Noble isernary ben spin cutting the silly and dal-
Wens bore that be did ha &Nan of Parliament, when he in-
hem& be lbw et lank that as best Wands of England. in
Portugal, were to be band among the adherents of Don Miguel.
How exceedingly eresb, or how strangely perverted, mast have
been the ideas of the Noble Secretary, to reckon amongst the
friends of England, an apoototical faction, that possess the most
rooted and inveterate hatred, and who never cease to stigmatise it
as the nursery and hot-bed of all rebellion, and opposition to their
doctrines and government ; who fail to cross the path of English-
men, and thwart English interests, by every means in their power !
And his Lordship most, long ere this, have received from
Mann and his authorities, strong proofs of the truth of that
facts, if his prejudices have not altogether blinded him and ren-
dered him deaf to remonstrance; for it is now past disputing
that the government of Mowns has been a defined system of
append= and injustice to Englishmen and English interests, in
every possible way. Mum. is, however. the favourite of
British Ministry!—They seem to like hint for his very faults:
to take delight in his excesses. He is truly " the Pet of the
Mewl" as Lord nuisance so emphatically styled him, in his
breed speech on Portuguese Affairs, in the House of Commons.
My last letter acquainted you of the awful and appalling
attempt that had been made to poison the 13th Regiment
Infantry, in garrison here, on account of their Constitut
principles. Fifty-eight soldiers were sent to the Hospital
but only two have died, though many others were
affected. At the date of my last, the poison was supposed .
have been mixed in the bread; and saspiden of this atrocious
and execrable plot was wholly laid to the Governor
partisans. Sine, then, however, the tide of opinion
changed; and it is now believed that the poison was
into the regimental soup-kettle; the Bishop's party are .
of it, and two Friars are named as the perpetratme of this
equalled villainy. The 13th Regiment had long been distrusted,
and was disliked by the Governor from the Inman of its
in the Wand; who contrived to send back the Major commanding
it to Lisboa in the beginning of summer, in order to appoint
Major Aid-de-camp and creature of his own—to,

command. The want of mildews betrayed by this appointment,
gave great offence to the Regiment ; as it was conceived
command ought to have devolved on the senior Captain.
sooner had this Major received his appointment, than he began
eurcise great severity towards the soldiers ; and a spirit
subordination soon followed. On the occasion of we of the

being ordered to to togged. the whole Regiment In a body opposed
it ; when the Governor, tearing more serious results, sent to Likes
request that it Might immediately be removed. end another
ment sent in its place. This proceeding of the Governed.. however,
was not altogether approved of at Lisbon ; and his request
consequently not compiled with. which greatly incensed
alarmed the Mignelite party at Madeira. Their fears and

clans tocreased , while the subordlnstloo of the soldkry was
tasty not lessened by the coantassoce their conduct had attained
at Lisboa; and the breach between these pardes
earns daily wider—so that peat apprehensions were
tertalned of a revolt on Don Bliatrat's birth-day,

the regimeot would be put tinder arms ; and, on
account, the infernal plot was formed for poisoning the
The day before the birth-day it was attempted to be carried
effect, when the two friars, already alluded to, were the
who ant led the soldiers to believe that the poison was contained
in the bread, and the baker of it being a particular friend •

protegee of tbe Governor, the infuriated soldiery were about
mu:4st hint without further proof or areaway : and he was ,
saved by the interference of the judges, sod slot by the Governor
on board the Lealdado corvette, laying in the Roadstead. '

was not,however, ion there, till he was aplu seised by the,
and brought on shore. They had gone elf is a great
and compelled the Commander and crew of the corvette
Mtn up ; sod it was with peat &Realty be was saved from
tern in pieces. At last, he was lodged a prisoner in the
house, to take his trial. The following day, being Don MI
birth-day, the troops were all paraded. At the felt *joie, _
irdls were iced ; and one mutt very neuly have performed
destined service—having passed close to the Governor—lts'
am on the spot that was standing almost behind him.
mane, Soishad the Review ; and the Governor, In great coesterns•
My Meted the artillery, In whom he has great confidence,
mod Um. sod he marched home as fast as he mold !
The greed bail was to take place is the evening, which
omen of this Island have an allowance of 1,000 dollars for
es oink Sovereign's Willmar ; anti bees also the tuncly
eentrihosed to mar the sport—for they collected In a body round
Ma=ser, sod asst in a depstadaa to demand their odious
a rim er! W was in consequence metaled ; and the
ow, is order to pedfy the Regkasst, was obliged to allow .
posed soldiers to look through the ball-room, to 'edify thessielves
that be was see there. A sett ef am was sow assioded
the patties ; it was agreed that bosh should refer their complaints
to Lisboa; and a vessel was manna* dispatched
place, with a deputy from the regiment, and with the Governor
sou on the ether pert. The elinottions Major was also resettled
hoard, without the knowledge of the widen; and the
this entraortileary espedkion is still to be knows ! Sloes that
we tsars that a sect of legal investipdoe has iteso going
—the *et et which. however, Is 'Meetly to gem nothlor-tv
find no one pity—lost to cast a veil of mystery over this
and ooparaSelled 'Mabry. The Governor's prey steenboks.
have bees so Sere* seemed that they, to sum themselves,
have gt he Ike eas out of she hag ;" and it late mai
that the poison was adminkteted by the two friers

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referred 'to, wbo bad easy seems to the regimental soup-'
pot; for the soldiers are lodged in a part of the Friars' Con"
vent, the kitchen of which is common to ►oth. This discovery
has caused a great schism between the Bishop's and Governor's
parties. They were formerly sufficiently distinct in their objects
and wishes; and were distinguished as the Governor's, or Don
Miccer.'s, or—will it be believed?—the moderate party 7—and the
Bishop's, as the old Queen's, or blood-thirsty fanatics! The re-
criminations that have sprung from this division are as extraordi-
nary• in themielves, as they are singular in their consequences : for
the Governor has lost no opportunity to bring his opponents into
contempt, and has certainly made some very equivocal exposers
of them• Amongst these two are curious and rather interesting.
A Friar called Teocoeso, or Bacon by nickname, who is Vicar
of the parish of St. Antonio, and who has been without exception
the most violent persecutor of the Liberals, has been found out in
a most atrocious smuggling transaction ! The soldiers, who were
employed in the discovery, entered the Vicarage House at night;
hauled the Friar, with his concubine, out of bed ; and seized a
large quantity of cigars stowed away under Ir. After this exploit,
they proceeded to the Church, and found a large quantity of soap
stowed away under the High Altar ; and, though every attempt
was made to bribe the soldiers, and intimidate them by the
threats of punishment for sacrilege, in violating the holy per-
son of the Friar, and searching the Church, &c. nothing could
prevent them from doing their duty. The soldiers retorted they
were no longer to be gulled by such mummery ; and they brought
the whole seizure to town in great triumph—showing off the Friar

and his Lady in the most ignominious way, and making than suffer
the must galling taunts and reproaches. Both were lodged in the
common gaol, in despite of certain ecclesiastical privileges—the
Friar all the time vociferating, in attitudes of fanatical phrensy,
that they were not his seta, but the acts of the Devil; and ex•
hotting the callous and sealing multitude to take vengeance on the
13th Regiment, who were all heretics! Constitutionalists!! and
partner dares, or Free-masons!!! The Bishop's humiliation,
however, did not stop here. His pride had yet to sutler
a farther downfall. Another of his most particular friends—
though perhaps the most unprincipled and Infamous character that
can esist In any country—a man called VICISTI JO4l n' Antas, has
been taken up for buying stolen church plate ; and though the
Clergy in this instance were not the culprits, still their party have
not suffered little in reputation, from this great civil partisan of the
Church, having been found out la living and enriching himself by
its spoils !
You may judge from these disgraceful proceedings Into what a
state of demoralisation and misrule this unfortunate island, and,
indeed, the whole nation, has been cast. by the misgovernment of
Mtousz.-0 The Lord deliver us" soon from it.

We publish two letters from the Times of this day.
On the letter said to be written by General BOLIVAR,
we shall only observe first, that it is at all events a
vulgar translation of the Spanish Copy, which we have
also received. Secondly, that admitting it to be genuine,
there is nothing in the sentiments from which any but

,the most malevolent mind could frame matter by which
General Baur vA a's reputation might he assailed. And
even then, it could only be done by adding the lies
which are to be found in the Laguayra letter which fol-
lows. General BoLly An, in the letter said to be writ-
ten by him, expresses only an anxious desire to show
that he is no ambitious tyrant, eager for permanent
power; and he offers the best security that he can give
for his sincerity, by manifesting his respect, amounting,
however, we must admit, to weakness, for those calum-
niators whom he mistakes to be the expounders of public
opinion. This is a fault in his nature ; but he is only
doing that again which he has repeatedly done before,—
namely, offering to resign the supreme command, to
make himself a private citizen, or to serve his country in
his military capacity.
With regard to the Laguayra Correspondent, we pro-
ceed to say that we know the writer :—that we also
know him to be a coarse low-nzinded man, which his
letter indeed proves ; who took some offence at General
BOLIV Alt during his stay at Caraccas, as well as
against M. RA VZI7O A ; and who has ever since indulged
his vindictive spirit in despatching from Venezuela to
North America and Europe, the most malignant libels

against these distinguished individuals. It is not even
too uncharitable to add, that the man who could deli-
berately pen that paragraph respecting the assassination
of General BoLtv.tu, entertains a " wish father to the
thought." We think the letter a scandal to the country
of the writer.
It is unnecessary to vindicate Admiral FLtmixo'a
character from the imputations which the writer
would endeavour to cut upon it, by making him a
party to any treasonable plans against the Government
of Columbia. Admiral FLEMING'S honour stands too
high for such misrepresentation to affect it ; and we re-
seat again, what we said yesterday, that General PAzz's
fidelity is unimpeachable.

We insert a very clever and original letter, signed
JElltt, on the composition of the House of Commons.
We do not, however, agree with our witty and hu-

morons Correspondent, that the Dual has them 30

e. the Parliamentary Majority—with whatever
missiles he may pelt the CHURCH. There is too
determined a spirit of resistance getting up against
the gallant Minister, and his military colleagues, that he
can live before the moral tempest, of which—evennow—
we can catch distinctly the incipient mutterings.
----erfir7TwaLv o'CLocn.
The Coned Market, which left a yesterday at 95 ito far the
likeount, opened at the same price this morning ; and, la cows.
qualm of the repon of the change of Ministry, which one of the
Evening Papers of Thursday announced as almost decided
upon, the Carnal Market continues lowering. The opinion in the
City Is, that aU is not right with the present Adadniewudon, and
Consols are at present Ide sailers.
In the Foreign Market nothing &deg : Greek Stock maintains
its price.