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NEAPOLITAN LOAN OP 12,506,00, NEGOTIATED
BY bl R. N. M. ROTHSCHILD,. IN LONDON.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that in conformity
LI with the Contract of the said Lou, pursuant to which a
Sinking Fund was provided, whereof the
.Fifth Half-yearly Re-
demption fell due on the lit of the present month of February,
his Excellency Count Lunacy, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of his Majesty the King' of Naples, jointly with
Mr. N. M. ROTHSCHILD, and accompanied by Mr. Tirana* Benner,
Notary Public, have TIM Dar CANCELLED and DEPO-
SITED, in the Bank of England, according to the form pre-
scribed, the amountnt Thirteen Thousand Eight Hundred Postida,
in Special Bonds of the said Loan, as specified below, being the
first half of the sum fixed for the Redemption In the year 1827,
viz. One per Cent. per Annum on the amount of the Loan, In.
eluding the saving of Interest on the £48,800 depodted So tbp Ist
August Wt.—Feb. 1, 1827.
Letter gumszaa or Srlitat *Bosom CANCELLED
A. Nos. 2507 3P99 4251 4232 4233 4234 4239
41.16 .4237' 4238 408 42411 4241 4242 045;
4244 4245 4244 •4247 4248 4249 • 4250 '4588
4677 10611 1441 1413 -ow 1691-eige rsOmi
6624 6625 6686 6627 6698. eon 4630 6790 s:
6724 6881 6882 6883 6984 ANIS 6886 6887
6888 6889 6890 6891 6892 6893 6894 6895
6896 6897 6898 6899 6900 6901 6909 6003
6904 6905 6906 6907 6906 6909 6910 .6911
6912 6989 6993 7198 7199 7200 7494 7496
7496 7497 7498 7499 7600 7501 7502 7503
7504 7505 7506 7680 7904 8132 8133 86416
8667 9129 9130 9131 9132 9135 9136 9214
9216 9468 9489 9616 9624 9669 9670 9674
9675 9676 9677 9689 9731 10219 10491 10492
10493-10494 10495 14496 10497 10400 10499 10500
10501 10502 10503 10604 10505 10504 10507 10508
10509 10512 3249
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138 Bona of £lOO each, amounting to £13,1100

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honours of the fete, et a pablialtlins **so the Pm'
nipal people of Lisbon were collemml, and where the
Officers of thiknetivp army, and those of the Prencb
ships now in the harbour,Mem.brought into immediate
competition with them.
• The gentry of Lisboo have, jot be denied, an
excellent plan of public amusements, which all Cale, of
the.. same extent ought to follow, and which the various
districts of London could adopt with infinite advantage.
Then might the sugar hogshead nobility meet the Nor•
man blood without straining a month to effect it ewe
a year; then might the hood tow--as they say in the
Masquerades—of Russell-square, touch the tips of the
bonourablii fingers of Gloucestet.place, Without paying,
a hundred guineas for a supper to receive,theia; •end
then might the fashion pf Finsbury and America-
*tures carry on its approaches to the ElrOunli of
Bloomsbury, without the formalities which now ii!ipade,
eo unseasonably their wisltes. There is a pub* ball
bare every week.- On ,Tuesday the Portuguese sub-
aceiben.issue general invitations to their friend* knad
4111 Tbassdaspe ikakasipiasiss.rthat is to_say, am
dish residents—.return residents—mecum:a the complintea,. at tear tones.
Every body can .subscribe, and ev9ty soliscriber,,cap
introduce a friend for month-740t ally to flia,6lQ,
but to a news-room and knighsly tearroom, whir h be-
longs to each establishment. Since the English troops

al Preneb—manner, costume, conversation, and daice.
leery Lady speaks French. and a great many art pro-
kients in English. My Tipperary Brittio assures ant
that they disguise excellent Irish under the name of
Portuguese. The beauty, which is all powerful in the
young Lisbonese, abandons her as she advances ii
years—at five and twenty her charms are less than
doubtful, at five and thirty she is a fright-ostrange
wrinkles farrow the fine Liam of her loaner expression,
or recesses of fat disguise them altogether the. pence
too, loses its grace. and superadding a prornieeme to
want of height, turns my pocket Venus into a dompy
duodecimo—the eye alone continues its onoomithod
Ire; but. alas! it is but the lamp illuminating ifille,
pukhre of departed loveliness. We had a few et
description to contend with our fresher. flowers:,
Admiral and Officers of the French frigate, son brim
and sloop of war, now in the Tagus, were invited, El
riceiired a proper share 'of attention ; but I think they
tlit themselves eclipsed by our stars. One or two-Of
them deoced, but the remainder loitered about thetard
MOM net quite at ease. The animation which the
splendid dresses of our military gave to the pail. roods
was imposing; the Commander in Chief, Sir William
Clinton ; the Geoeril of Division, Sir H. lionverie; .Sr
Edward Blakeney. and Sir Thomas Arbdshnot, ihMe
la stars and orders. The foreign am] native officets
were present ii similar decorations. llie Staff were
Also much to be admired. 'Major Batty, of the Guard.,
Aide-de-camp to General Clinton ; Captain Cochrane,
of the Goods; and Lord Arthur Lennox, .Ai3e-cle-
• .to General Blakeney; and Lord William Pollard
,Ml - ajOr Hutchinson. Aide-de-Camps to Sir Thomas
,Arbothisot, were much distinguished. . .
The Lancers and the Hussars bore the pales (Or
effect-4 will not say for affectation—for every one thet
could secure a partner danced as if he were a militia
Essb. If young coin of fashion Onlyhnevi how we'l
pp! iteness and the desire to be agreeable becomes them,
they would never stand with the lower lip curled in
disdain. the eye cast. doa'n in seeming indifference, die
arms thrown in mottifyin listlessness, not. thinking 'a
man in the world worth acknowledging but' Major 0.
of their's ; and not a woman to be looked at but tlie
wife or daughter of their Commanding Officer.. The
Lisbon lasses have need to take care of their. hearts :
broad-sword, codas!, and Lancer's spear, are strayed
against them.. Unless the Marquis of 311;tve us, as my
Irish friend calls the grand rebel, comes down and for-
bids the banns, I promise you the English parson or the
pisbon Doctors''Commons, will have plenty to do in
a short time..• It is too soon fur me to tell tales, and I
believe young men have not learned to speak on their
angers, which is the. (pickiest. way of making love in
this country; but the card-room chairs and the flirta-
tion rooms were in so moth request with the dancers,
that I fear the plan of the campaign is already opened
*Mat many a citadel of these bewitching women..
At twelve o'clock the daoce.ends, and at one the wits
iiiest is expiring. Itt the Copttoyara one has the plea.
sure of witnessing the breaking up of a Portuguese as-
sembly. Two dragownsciteep order afflOqg the horde
of loquacious aeg drivers and muleteers. English ser-
vants are quarrelling with the- native pattern Ladies
are squalling for their footmen, and Gentlemen for their
gallegos, who carry flambeaux to light them homer_
The neat, drawn with mules, or rat-tailed ponies, is the
only carriage. A young Lady is obliged to raise her
foot, I should be sorry to say-how high, in order to get
into it-the mules :prence and detain her for some
Minutes, with one foot on theground, the other on the
etep—or a wicked horse kicks snit discomposes her
more awkwardly ; not to speak of the nerves. ,4 coo.
tieman—a 4pzen Gentlemen, Ay to her assistance, -all
melding the driver, all popping her into the chaise, and
di wiabing hire thousand adieus as she secures, bee
'seat, and rattles away—wheels shafts, and springs, all
tinkling in happy union with the kicks and cone'. of
dapmattleMer. Then yoa have the packing. of an ffitig.
roth grenadbr into a similar carriage, as if a goodly
coffin's length was to be stowed into a tea chest. The
bat is held in hand, the head is bent to the knees, the
sword is poked out of the parlour window-.yon have
him doubled up. Your light bob is just the man for
the urge—it is death to your life-guardsman 1
. There are so many Antonios-,-so many Joses, that
you call your servant—sad fifty other fellows answer ;
you at length resort to the plan of calling.tbe new of
your residence, and. your particular rascal strusditi on
sod. Always hoping that you teach home without a
midnight ablution, you find another advantage ii a
Liaison lodging-house, which even your warmest desire
to annoy your fellow residents could not have antici-
pated. Every floor is a separate tenement; and instead
of each having a bell-pull, as, in London, the most pe-
nurious two-pair front can furnish, you have one gene-
ral knocker to the gate door, at which, as I before told
you, you give as many hearty blows as your elevation
is. At No. I, the first floor lodger turas in his bed With
a Portuguese ,6 Oh dear! who is that r At No. 2, your
mcciod floor invalid shudders at this sound, and bids
adios to deep for the rest of the night. At No. S, the
third Isar old Jezebel, with her Dutch pug-dog, set
up yells and curses, well knowing that no one can want
her, either night •or day. At Nu. 4, the fourth floor
, ily all scream to the draggle-tailed maid to getup,
and pull the string which communicates with the por-
tal. At No. s—at No. 6—l fear we' cannot go further,
Lodging in the secondandar, or landing—which im-
pairs not the dignity of a Field Marshal, or is rather, the
proper place for him—gives you the, immediate quali-
fication of being admitted yourself; and, as byacci.
dent, letting the knocker fall two or three times more,
of disturbing, even to the ski Lady with the parrot on
the sth, every inmate of the house. There are some
things I protest at in a Lisbon portal. Having •con-
gratulated yourself on your street escape, it is sot very
pleasant to be caught in a pool of water within YO'
door—thin shoes and a bad cold being indispensable to
do it justice.
4, The thing, you Lew, is Neither tit& air ran;
But weeder hew the devil k.got there."

esucie, there balls have been the most auraiiive things
going. The foreign, which hitherto have borne the
palm, are now reduced to an equality by the Porto-
gbese, who mustered all their strength, numbers, and
beauty,-134 night—for our Genetals and their staff,
who were, with the elegant extracts of the respective
corps,- invited. Before eight o'ilock—the Portuguese
are sensible people, so far as their hours of pleasure are
concerned—a Committee of Gentlemen were in at.
iendance in the ante-room, to motive-their friends, and
to Wait on the Ladies guests in particular. Before half-
peat eight the whole company had arrived, and before
nine all Ilse dancing sets were completed. A suite oil
rooms, as the phrase is, were thrown open, all tastefully
• orated fer conversation, chess, or cards—it is no
harm to say, and for innocent flirtation.. The ball-
os, not quite so large as. Almack's, but capable of
accommodating hundred, was reserved for the
dincers only. Seats for their accommodation mire
placed at some distance from the walls, leaving a ipace
for the Gentlemen to walk and whisper soft sayings to
their partners, or form engagements for the next qua-
drille. A few old Ladies were indulged with places on
these benches, for the purpose of matronising the young
['curies of this Paradise, and of marking down—cal•
dilating that a Lisbon is like a London mother—the
men best worth attention on future occasions. An excel-
led band were etalted in a balcony over the dancers, and
a master of the ceremonies stood between the sets to corn.
monicate with the music, and to call the coming figure
There was one country dance in compliment• to the
English, which our youths did not relish in • the
use deer Portugeese girls jumped to the mum& ti
lel "Jenny dang tbecweaver„" qr, "Well gang am main
to yon town," by way of obliging their British partners.
kens woful to see an expiring dandy following in the
Wigged course, his politeness to the sweet foreigner.
icarcell keeping down. his antipathy to this. measure,
'every violent exertion of his partner discomposing same
of the frippery of his dress, while she harassed her own,
ear and spirits with the intention of gratifying his na,
tional feelings, and proving how much she" liked the
country dance. Of the whole party, there was. but one
officer who did the country justice. Faith/ I believe lsw
was a Tipperary Englishman. Whack went his foot at'
every bar of the music—flourish went his arm to mark
the time—his eyes were dancing, and his beak was not.
at rest—his fair partner had no reason to com Plain of
his insensibility. There was no waltzing, which will
malt the Ladies of this city in the eyes of the moral.—
The quadrilles were formed exactly. as they are in Lon-
don, with the repetition of the dull d d figures. Fashion
from France has played the tyrant, and destroyed the
animation of the dance here, as it has- in' England.—
Ladies and men tried who could move with least motion.
The Ladies all gliding through the figure, and returning
to their partners with a step that would not crush a rose'
leaf-the Gentlemen scarcely venturing to raise the
,footosegive even the first articulation of -a
step. •
Toy 'are going to ask the question, and it is very,
difficult for me to give an answer —Were the Portuguese
'Ladies at this ball handsome? They were—if you
judge by expression only, and allow a pair of eyes that
look you to the soul, to contain their essence of loveli-
:less? The prime of life is here sixteen. At that age the
,young Lady is as formedl*figure and mind, as with
as at five-and-twenty.- The foot is small, and the instep
and ancle delicately turned, but there is more fulness
above the anele, such as Ronzi Vestris had, than what is
generally admired with us. Her person is also petite,
but the waist has to struggle with ens ban point, which
gives a richness to the shape, and a character to the
kit, for which the Portuguese Women have ever beefi
distinguished. The neck is not fair, but you dare not
find fault with it ; for there are ripe lips to pout Acid
anger at your criticism. You will think the complexiois
is sallow—say but a word to call up that pale maid's
enthusiasth, look how the blood rushes to the cheek—is
she sallow now ? I saw the other day, a girl with a co-
lour -as clear as an English milk-maid's, to which the
warm sun had given such a glow, •the very cheek
seemed to burn under it. lithe rest of the face be doubt-
ful, or even not handsome, still every Portuguese young
woman must be beautiful to you. The whole spirit of
female beauty—sensibility, tenderness, and passion—is
concentrated in her dark eye. There is devotion above
mortal thought in its expression,when she thinks on Hea-
ven ; and there is passion even unto death in its look on
him she 10-es. Her face is, perhaps, too round for the
painter, but her person is a model for the sculptor. Look
on Canova's group of graces, and- fancy you see three
'charming beauties from this ballroom. The Court
enotunlng not being yet over, all the young Ladies, are
dressed.* Moult, with a small lace tucker end long
white gloms; the dress and, tucker being rather pro-
dishlj high. They ill Vl e.ii- their hair rolled into large
French curls, At each side of the head, in which either
‘swersulr little puffs of blue gauze are introduced. A
.ersatftwisdnference in the ,character of the on.rosingend.
esting.appearaneeis men? In the morning ttn,y, 10.
tutsopiristicated Portoguese; in the ball-roomtlseyte

Why the master of the hirese sets the example—every
kodger follqwed in.bii siiis—:and every street pekoe*,
ger availed himself of the same privilege. -it is a
general contribution-1 suppose, lite every thhatel e
is Lisbon at present—made for the benefit of the
'CAstitution.

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