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London, England, 1826-01-09 00:00:00

THE KING'S THEATRE.

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This Theatre opened on Saturday night, with I/
r)ociato in Egitto, in which some new performers were,
r the fist time, introduced to a British audience.
Signor PoRTo sang with much judgment and science,
and made a very favourable impassion on the audience.
Matlantoiselle Borax' has a sweet and 'flexible voice,
and is, with Mademoiselle CORNEGA, a considerable
acquisition to the Theatre. Cullom received the
v elcome due to an old favourite, but Vic Lint was the
chief attraction. The choruses, om tted last season in
Ole Opera. have been testoted. The new Ballet of
Justine, on la Cruche Coz,vie, by M. ErEGviwt, followed.
'lhe story of the Wet was well told. The situations
,err truly dramatic; and though the performances, in
consepirtice of the length of the Opera, continued later
than usual, yet the Ballet commanded attention until
the cu• tain fell, and will become, no doubt, eminently
a-tractive. The boxes contained a fair portion of
fAchionables, considering that it was the first night of
the season ; the pit was full, and the gallery was tolera-
bly well attended. At the cloue of the Opera, the vocal
corps came for ward and sang GOD .Pave the King with
very great effect, assisted by a brilliant orchestra.

EDINBURGH. JANUARY 7.

TIIE MAGISTRATES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

The Magistrates have at length brought an action of
declarat r against the Professors of the University. The
stinim-ns states, that the object of the action is, to have
it found and detlared by the Court of Session, that
tl,e sole and exclusive right of prescribing rules, and
waking statuses for the studies, and the course of studies
ta oh aiming degrees, belongs to the Magistrates. That
the ofesso:s, independently of the Magistrates, do not
;.,,,seas the power of enacting regulations for the dis-
c ipli:te of the Coll• ge, or regulations to be observed for
obtaining degrees. That the Professors have no powtr,
:is a distinct body, to flame any bye-laws applicable to
the gene, al cm.cerns of the College, which can be im-
perative on the Magistrates, as patrons. That no such
rules made, or to be made, by the Professors, can be
of any force or effect. And that the Professors be or-
d lord to desist from inteifezing or acting in these
matters in time to come," att. The summons is dated
December last, and narrates, at length, the grants,
clatters, and acts, in favour of the Magistrat s, and
their proceedings respecting the College, from the time
01 Q.leell Mat y downwards.

By le ters from Amsterdam, of the 2d instanti we
learn that the frost has set in sharply there, and it was
• xpected that the navigation would soon be impeded
by the ice. Our Paris letters also speak of the cold in
th capital as intense.

The house of Commons is now under the repair ne-
ce.sary for the ensuing Session. The gallery and the
:%lernbets' seats have been revered with new matting.
The Speaket's chair, which has so long stood the orna-
ment of the House, is to have a new covering. The
House will be brushed up and aired preparatory
to the opening of Parliament.
Saturday the dispatches for Bombay and China, by
the ship Efinborgh, Captain Henty finx, were closed
the East India House, and delivered to the Purser of
Crat ship.
Fitt —F idry night, about len o'clock, the ware-
lathes of Messrs, Nathan and Co. bead merchants, So-1
niciset-stiect, Whitechapel, took fire. By the exe tions
the firemen, and a good supply of water, the confla-
-1;i mint' was got under, but not before property to a
,nsiderable amount was consumed. Messrs. Nathan
are, e understand, insure) to the full amount of the
rt),erty destroyed.

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The Russian injects at Leipsic assembled on the Ist
i;i,tatit, in the Greek Churches of that city, and took the
tech of allegiance to the Emperor CONSTANTINE; the
with was administered by the Russian COMUl•General.
EXTRAORDINARY ACT Of BA RitAitrry.--Monday
eght last a fine in lamb ewe, belonging to Mr. W.
Hurt, of Beerton, N mingham, was completely cut in
halse,, in a field near the canal, and the hind quarters
Carried away,with the skin and wool thereon. The wretch
she committed this barbarous deed did not cut the
tuna of the animal, or indict any wound to lessen its
laffering, but left it to bleed to death.
From the provincial papers we learn, that in all the
prinep 1 toss n. in Scotland the people generally mani-
fested then resdect for the Sabbath, by abstaining from
use noise and revelry with which the morning of the
lieW year i, generally welcomed in that country. Many,
loaever, who had refrained on the first morning of the
year, made themelses ample amends on the Monday
lining. by giving full vent to their propensities to
ippling, and 'busy congratulation ; but in no place that
ie have heard of was the least disposition to bleak the
Tare manifested.

A sample of very fine triton, grown in our settle
Lent in N.,!w Holland, in the parallel of 32 degrees S.
la;. has been received in Glasgow. It is, in quality,
Lef.veen the Sea 1 land and the Upland, rather inclining
is tl e Emmet, very clean and well adapted for several
Linda of our manufactures. It is worth, at the present
ket price, I per lb. The cptantity is about 3lbs.
1 is irymediately to be put into tte hands of a spinner,
1. spin it to the highest possible number for w.hich it
L 4y be found adapted.
1 air Journal de la Belgique says, that the agents of
! - tek Committee At have repaired to Brus-
to hive an interview w ith a person whose services
.ty lie of great use to the Greek cause. Lord Coot-
, r. is, no doubt, the pet son alluded to.
Pie Charleston courier of the 2d inst. contains the
ing ha Ma lie And interesting advei tisement
" N Ito Tea new roll SAIL—The subscriber, in consequenoe
t. Lot h, i;ii a!,ir to procure oak hark in quantities sutlicicnt, has
c• re: n.inett t,, ch,eontinue the tanning and manufacturing of leather,
d Grier' for cafe the following Negroes, viz. four tanners, one
I•rritr, and seven shoemakers; also one cast-iron bark mill."
—But that worthy son of freedom, slr. Tourr.er, (an
;I•.'eitt Republic ui, no doubt !) deals on a more large
; st liberal scare. Ile offers to the public—
.. Eighty-six Negroe,, as prime as ever were offered for sale.—
ng them sir or eight complete carpenters, coopers. &c. For
,which will he liberal to approved purchasers, apply to H. 11.
• 1, No. 10, State-street."
Inc thislitun subscription pack of harriers bad some busy sport
t Itsuclay. The pack, as usual, threw off at Patcham; a bare
t feetly after was started; a rapid chime, with the scent breast
L'i.iowed, and the ch4Ce soon elided in the capture and death
rour puts. .1 second, and a third presently ensued, with annular
"'-its. Soon alter a 1111.11111 was started; and it was curious tAI
!arse that as the three former runs deriv.d their ezcellseice and
horn the lavouratdcness of the air's temperature, a 'claill,ng
in the atutuspbcrt almost instatitancously pt oduced an effect
• •il'osite. that to pursue the fourth hare became impossible, the
t.,..ppeared to have lust their mnural instinct ; and puss bad no
if/tern% bct ese.tre. There were at least four score
spottsmse in th. &Id, and at least four hours. sharp
ire. sa.s:nS. Sea, at: rend: ei VAC 5..114.1:16in.

MEXICAN MINING COMPANY.
Saturday, a Meeting of the Shareholders of the
Me:kart-Mining Company was held at the London
'Tavern, in consequence of no answer having been re-
turned to a requisition signed by 21 of them, to the
Directors, requiring a statement of their affairs, as well,
as a meeting to consider whether the concern ought to'
proceed further, or not? Mr. BLANE was called to the.
Chair, and stated the object of the Meeting.
Mr. CLARKE 1 tmentedahe course which had been 'I
pursued by the D rectors on the present occasion, and
more particularly the atioence of any of them to meet
the Shareholders, who complained of their crinduct.
Had any of these Gentlemen attended, he woulal have
charged them with having infringed their duty, and
having acted unjustly and illegally. By their con-
fession they must have admitted this to be the fact, for
they had gone to work as if a Company had been es-
tablished, when, in point of fact, the thing was only in
progress. There could not, in fact, be any Company
legally established, un'il their 10,000 shares wete en-
tirely disposed of. Now, it appeared, that there were
only 8,695 shares, upon which deposits had been paid.
and of the remaining 1,305 none were disposed of.
Even upon the former, the money was not paid by bona
fide responsible people, who had originally porchased.
but by the Directors and others, who had subsequently
and illegally taafficked in the market. Resides. the
Directors had gone to work without waiting to see
whether the whole capital of a million sterling were
forthcoming; they had most illegally and improperly
made shipments to Mexico, of quicksilver to the value
of '25,0001. of doubloons (which, instead of being sent
out, ought to be coming from thence) to the amount
of 6,0001. and other investments, chiefly spices, to the
amount of 3or 40001. All this was, he contended,
illegal, and done, not on, the responsibility of the Share-
holders, but of the Directors personally. The next
thing to be considered was, whether there was any
likelihood of the concern being carried on, indeed,
begun was the proper word, in the present way in which
the shares were disposed of ? Of the 1,305 shares upon
which deposits remained unpaid, there were 305 lying
at the office absolutely unappropriated. It was also
understood that I,COO shares were originally reserved
tor people in Mexico, who:e aid on the spot it was de-
sirable to encourage. Now, he asked, whether any of
these people had applied for these shares ? The truth
was, that none of them had made any application, for
the Mexicans knew the speculation to be a bad one,
and fought shy of it; and it was time for those at hom
to imitate their example. The next point was the deed
of settlement which the shareholders were called upon
to sign ; he had oily partially :etd it; and this he
would say, that it contained a clause, or clauses, which
would throw a monopoly of the tights of Shareholders
into the hands of the Directors, and would secure, most
injuriously to the many, a certain predominance of
tights to the few—( hear). He concluded by m-ving
a resolution, expressive of the regret of the Meeting
that the Directors had not complied with the requisition.
Mr. KNIGHT (the Solicitor for the Directors) regretted
his absence du: ing the opening of Mr. Claike's speech,
and said, that he (Mr. K.) appeared here merely in his
capacity as a Shareholder, and not in that of his legal
connexion with the Company. Ile condemned the con-
duct pursued by a few Shareholders towards the Direc-
tors, and declared th it the latter, upon whom he
pronounced a high eulogium, lied done everything
which they could to promote the general intetests of the
coucet n. He challenged any Gentleman who heard him
to state one solitat y instance in which the Directors had
not done everything in behalf of their .common pros-
perity. As an instance of the disinterestedness of these
Gentlemen, lie could state that, w hen it was necessary
to give 200 shares to a Gentleman who could be of great
use to them in Mexico, they, instead of taking the
number out of the 1,000 reserved for local interests in
America, actually gave them from their own individual
stock, at a time when in the market these shares were
saleable at a profit of ten or twelve per cent.
After some conversation the Resolution was put, and negatived
by a majority of three.
Mr. JKNIGHT said, that now the Resolution was ne-
'Retired, he was prepared to say, still speaking as an
individual, that any Shareholders would find the
Directors individually lead,' to give them any explana-
tion or information they desired, and that two of the
Gentlemen oho had actually signed the Requisition to
call the meeting, had subsequently, upon communica-
tion with the Chairman of the Direction, gone and
signed the deed of settlement, so satisfied wete they of
the propriety of the course they had taken.
Mr. HAY said, that lie had sten recent letters from
Mexico, which said the whole of the Mining Companies
were mere bubbles, and that the people there who knew
the real condition of the country, would have nothing
to do with them. Ile expressed hit surprise that Mr.
Knight should be so great a stickler for these Directors.
whose solicitor he was upon points of law, which be
was using exactly the contt ary way ag :just the Dime..
tors of the Stannaty Mining Company .
Mr. KNIGHT explained that the cases of the Companies were
quite different.
In answer to questions from Mr. Harcombe, Mr.
KNIGHT said, that all the shares originally provided
bad been appropriated, except the 1000 which had
been set aside for people in America, and there were
also 305 other shales, not unappropriated, but the divi-
dends unpaid upon. Thee were shipments of quick-
silver, &c. made to Mexico, but they w ere, as he under-
stood and believed, in direct connexion with and in
promotion of the mining speculati ns of the Company.
He could also assure the Meeting, that by the very last
' accounts, they had one of two of the best mines in Mexico
at work, and in consequence of their cau ion in being
later there than any of the other Comoatiies, Ciey had
got the best -and most s. cure places, havieg, had rod
time for Cu quiry, and had also avoided die errors of
those who had gone before them.
A Committee was then deputed to wait upon the Directors, to
receive the information which it was said they were not reluctant to
afford, when individually applied to.

Mr. WILLIAM WitLLIESLLY Pula. has arrived at h:s
house iu Ilegrut's Park, from Pais.
The three Lords Commissiosiers who acted for his M.
JESTY to prorogue the Pal Vi.iment on Thui day, unitiot
their ages. nuarbeted upuarsis of 2:10 ) ears. They
mete the Duke of MoxTaoss, Lord Sr. HELENS, and
Lad Sr .wilt (brothel of the Lose CuAscaLLort
The Duke of MONTitosa atti acted much attention, in
consequence of wearing, instead of the castor:mu and
pla n cocked hat, a like shaped hat, b..t athereJ round
the eiAes, somewhat in the sty k of the H. rse Giraids
band's hats. His Grace i, sae ! to have chase 60 in virtue
of his office 01 Laid Ju .tice-G.:nei al of Scotland.
BLIND BaitnAlN.--A tem]) of th!ee horses was sold
by yublic Auction ill timing the we. k,
1.. d °he ese Lamm, ihco, all