sccts of religion and politics mix in such un- The proposal (which is mentioned in an ject; if they are unable to support the comrestrained intercourse both in public and article in the Gazette of Spires) to prohibit petition with strangers in their own country, private society. the importation of all woollen, cotton, and with protecting duties of 40 or 50 per cent, Page 21. After some very silly remarks on iron goods into the United States, has indeed how will they be able to compete with the the state of our county representation, we been made to the congress • there was, how- Europeans in other parts of the world? The are told that “the representation of the town ever, never any talk of an absolute prohibi- sixty cotton, and the thirty-six woollen marests mostly in each body corporate, which tion, but merely of an inconsiderable addition nufactories, are inconsiderable in themselves, seldom exceeds twelve members.” Of what to the present import duty, in order, by this and are besides only in the northern states, town? As he is writing from the county of means, as they supposed, to bring the Ame- including Maryland, and extend no farther Cork, he must mean its county town; and rican manufactures to such perfection that to the south: they manufacture only goods so far from its elective franchise being con- they might maintain the competition with of very inferior quality, and may therefore fined to twelve members, its corporate body those of foreign countries. But this proposal be said merely to vegetate. America has consists of over two thousand freemen, and will never be arlopted, for this reason ; first, indeed natural advantages, and all the raw its freeholders, who vote at elections, to as because the landowners, who are the far materials in abundance ; but this is not sufimany more. But I am not astonished at larger part of the American people, are so de- cient; there are required, besides handa, zbis error when I find, cidedly against it, and the members of the con- skill, long experience, capital, and many Page 22. That he informs us that twenty- gress having bech elected by the people, dare essential things which they are far, very far eight peers are returned to Parliament for uot vote but according to their pleasure ; from possessing. It is only on the Ohio or Scotland by twoo hundred and seven electors ! secondly, because the American manufac- Mississippi that steam boats are establishel I thought every body knew that Scotland tures, even with additional import duties, for the conveyance of goods; on all the other a'eturns but sixteen peers, and the elective which at the most can be only from 40 to rivers they only carry passengers. The taxes body is, I believe, under one hundred. Why 50 per cent, will never support the compe- are in truth insignificant, and in the interior this is as bad as any thing in Debrett. tition with the foreign, consequently an addi- of the country provisions extremely cheap; Page 24. “Mr. McCassel, whose residence tional impost duty would never accomplish but this will not make manufactures thrive, is near Fermoy, has the reputation of being the proposed object. when the most essential requisite is wanting. a good farmer." Here is a hopeful blunder. In the last war with England, the Ame- The influx of strangers will not greatly inWho do you think this gentleman is? I am rican manufactures rapidly flourished, merely crease the population ; for it is a fact, that by sure you would hardly guess that he is neither because they had no others to contend with the highlyexaggerated delusive notions of this inore nor less than Lord Mountcashel-one Suppose a cloth coat, which a farmer can country, which were designedly circulated, of the first farmers indeed in the county. now buy for ten or twelve dollars better than many thousand persons bare been brought The accurate name'under which he appears at that time for eighty to one hundred dol- to want, misery, and death; and last year in Mr. Curwen's pages was no doubt picked lars, should be again raised to this price, it many vessels with English, Irish, and French, up from some of the peasantry, in whose is very natural to suppose that he would returned back, which they would scarcely <lialect his lordship's title is often corrupted vote against such a measure. Manufactures have done if they had met with great success into McCashel ; which pretty barbarism, a do not spring up like plants in hot houses ; there. The distinctive epidemic peculiar to little more barbarized, is promulgated to the they require many years, much experience, America and the West Indies (the yellow world by our senatorial tourist. immense capitals, and a contentedness fever) has carried off, in the southern states, Here he gets out of the county, and I shall with respect to the enjoyments of life, which by far the greater part of the strangers lately not follow him. He is not more exact in the American never had nor ever will have. arrived, including even the North Americans other shires, but they are not in my bailiwick. Supposing such an act passed in congress, theinselves; which has induced the state of If I wished to go arguing against his state- how will the immense deficiency in the re-Georgia to issue an ordinance prohibiting ments, I might have swelled the list casily venue be covered, which would be the con- the importation of strangers during the unenough; but I have pointed out only palpable sequence, if the importation of foreign goods healthy season, which is from May to Ocvlunders. It would be wonderful, indeed, it was so much decreased, or was perhaps even tober. such were not cominitted, when the dates of totally given up; as the constitution will not If, at Savannah, all foreigners died, and, his letters are as follows; Cork, September admit of a land tax, and the fariner who is in New Orleans, a city containing 25,000 in14; Fermoy, September 14; and Lismore, firmly attached to it, never would consent to habitants, of whom only 8000 are whites, September 15. Giving thus about two days pay one. 50 persons died daily, and 1,400 in five to the survey of the largest county and the The internal wealth of the United States, weeks, this is surely not the land of promise, second city of Ireland. which the article mentions, is very incon- whither cvery body should desire to traI ain, Sir, your humble servant, siderable, and rather decreases than incrcases; vel. It is to be wished, for the sake of Passage West. R. P. for according to my ideas, it consists in the humanity, that the deceitful nimbus which prosperity of trade and coinmerce, in the hangs over that country may be at AMERICA. quick circulation of money; but now the length dispelled, which has cost Germany so ; OBSERVATIONS OF A TRAVELLER, ON THE first are very much declining in North Ame- many thousands of her sons, and millions of rica, and the money is like a mere article of money, that never return. The preponderM- 21st June 1820. merchandize ; bank notes, which are almost ance of the English manufactures is not temI have resided some time in America, and the only currency, being always at a discount, porary, but firmly established for a long believe myself tolerably well acquainted with and continually varying in value. time to come. In the great towns on the the state of commerce and manufactures in Of what service is it to the individual or to Atlantic, there are very insignificant manuthe United States ; and cannot but wish, for the country, if large tracts of uncultivated factories, or rather none at all; for a weathe good of so many deluded people to destroy, land are ploughed and the farmer does not ver who has twɔ, or at the most, three as far as lies in my power, the false repre- find a market for his superfluous produce, looms, cannot well be called a manufacturer : sentations which are entertained of this coun- and inust therefore suffer that lo spoil which Besides Pitsburgh, Zanesville, Cincinnati, try, and which are particularly supported by he does not want for his own use i and Lexington, are quite insignificant towns; those whose interest and selfish purposes re- Surely the internal wealth of a country and the last three in particular, are going to quire it. Having arrived about three weeks cannot be establis by such means. But decay, in consequence of the banking system, ago in Hainburgh, my information is recent that the American manufactures can be the notes often being at a discount of 50 or and authentic; and having no other motive brought to such a height as to be exported, 60 per cent compared with money, and frethan to counteract the delusions which are and thus to enter into competition with those quently not being current at any exchange. assiduously spread abroad concerning that of Europe, is 60 far beyond the limits of At Marietta, a small town in the state of country, I shall speak the truth, and nothing probability, that it is wholly unnecessary Pensylvania, a house which was built only but the truth. for me to adduce any arguments on the sub- four years ago, at the expence of 16,000 UNITED STATES. a dollars, was sold last winter for as many hun- sequence; and we therefore take an opportudreds; and such instances are not rare. It is nity of laying before our readers a sketch of not to be denied, that the Americans have a a new Lithographic Printing Press, congreat talent for mechanics, particularly in structed by Mr. J. Ruthven of Edinburgh, building bridges and ships, (though the most on the principle of his patent, and which anskilful bridge-builder in Pensylvania is a swers perfectly for printing from stone. It German); but in manufacturing machinery, is represented as free from the disadvantages they have hitherto done but little, as almost that have hitherto attended lithographic all that they possess is of English origin. presses, and as thus promising to render the According to my conviction, therefore, it is art very generally adopted. Any degree impossible that the seven or eight millions of of pressure is at once brought to bear on the Americans will soon be able to produce as stone, by means of the lever. The roller is many manufactories as the 15 millions of found to clear the stone from the printing English and Irish. The South American ink at each impression, and the labour of gold and silver mines lie as near to the Eng-winding the bed through is much less than lish, and the West of Europe, as to the by the method hitherto used. By this maNorthern States of America, which alone chine a greater number of impressions may have any manufactories: for it requires as also be obtained in a day than formerly. much time to sail to South America from One of them has been for some time at work New Orleans, Boston, New York, Philadel- at the Lithographic Establishment of Mr. phia, &c. as from the ancient hemisphere, Charles M. Willich, No. 6, Dartmouth because all vessels sailing from those ports Street, Westminster, where we have inare obliged to proceed nearly off Madeira, spected it, to satisfy ourselves of its merit, and then steer south-west, if they can gain and where we believe it may be seen by the the wind; they therefore require as much admirers of this interesting art. This press time as those that sail from Europe. has also the advantage of being applicable to copper-plate printing. Upon enquiry we A remarkable proof of the scarcity of mo- learnt, that at lengthi English stone has been ney in North America, particularly in the found to answer the purposes of lithography. Western States, is furnished by an adver- In the above establishment it has been used tisement in one of the three journals, pub-with perfect success for Transfer Lithogralished in the flourishing town of Cincinnati, phy, in which branch it is even thought to on the Ohio: the editor offers to take from be superior to the German stone. The his subscribers corn, brandy, meat, sugar, press from which the sketch has been made linen, flax, feathers, wool, wax, tallow, can-is intended for printing from stones 10 inches dles, skins, and rags, at the currrent prices by 15 inches. It is extremely, neat, and works with great facility. of the market. We are glad to find that this interesting art continues to attract the public attention in this country, and we hope ere long to see it succeed still more than it has done in Germany and France. The perfection of the machinery employed is of the greatest con To the Editor of the Literary Gazette. Sir,--I have, with much satisfaction, read the paper over the signature of F. E. Guillot, ex-director of assignats, which appeared in your valuable Gazette of the 9th instant, since it affords me an opportunity of doing justice to the inventors of the Siderographic Art. M. Guillot lays "claim to the priority of the invention of engraving in relief on copper, by the pressure of a plate engraved by incision (encreua) on steel." The inventors of this valuable art do not claim the discovery of engraving in relief on copper; it constitutes no part of their process of multiplying copper or steel engravings. The method adopted by the French artists to multiply engravings is not practicable, and is acknowledged by M. Guillot to have been abandoned long since: what practical man could suppose that copper having been pressed into a steel engraving, although made harder by the operation, could indent, by its relief, another copper plate, without enlarging cach, and thereby distorting and injuring the engraving?-M. Guillot, after claiming for his countryman this invention, says it is worth nothing, and points out the reason why. He says (and we perfectly agree with him) " Copper' when strongly pressed experiences in all its parts an extension proportioned to its degree of annealing, and to its thickness. The difference between two impressions in copper has been found to amount, in the eagle and in the figure of liberty, to two centimetres 25-100ths (a line); hence the identity is destroyed." M. Guillot has, we think, fairly proved that, although the French artists long ago conceived the idea that engravings might be multiplied, yet they could not put their ideas into practice, and, after many experiments, it was givenup. Messrs. Perkins and Fairman also conceived the idea of multiplying engravings, and have put their ideas into most successful practice. The simple reason is this: Messrs. Perkins and Fairman's method is practicable, and entirely different from the French method, which is not practicable." "If such a difference has been discovered on so small a surface as that of these two engravings of 30 and 66 square centimetres, (4 square inches and 9 square inches) it is easy to foresee the enormous difference which will result from the multiplication of engravings on any large copper plates, especially when this multiplication shall be effected under a cylinder acting as a flatting mill." We perfectly agree with M. Guillot, that when copper plates are attempted to be produced by the above described process, they, as he has stated, would be destroyed. We have seen a copper plate made by Messrs. Perkins and Fairman's indenting process, of 360 square inches, without the least enlargement; is not this a proof that the invention is dissimilar? We have also seen some of Heath's inost delicate engravings retouched, after having been worn out by use; now if the plate had been the least enlarged, would the original lines and dots be again renewed? It is very evident, that although M. Guillot ORIGINAL POETRY. [By Correspondents.] THE CALM. Phoebus o'er the mountains bright, There! the bellying sail is spread; Of azure, rests it motionless 64 Sleeps it there, Albert? "-Yes, The tedious sleep of lethargy; Not so the watchful eye Of the expectant sailor closes— Not so his heart reposes. Again he sees his native shore ; He hails it's cliffs once more;— The tear-drop to his eye will start, Beats his responsive heart, - As his lone Nancy's pensiveness Thus Nora! should thine Albert's heart I know they would--and so would mine Soft pillow'd on thy breast; Thou weeps't-I see the frequent lash, ΟΥΔΕΙΣ. T. H. M. perfectly understands the plan adopted by his countryman, he has not correctly informed himself of the system adopted by Messrs. Perkins and Fairman. M. Desnoyés, the celebrated French engraver, on his recent visit to this city, called on the inventors, and was shewn the process; he, like all the English artists, spoke in the warmest terms of its utility, beauty, and originality; if Mr. Guillot would visit his countryman, he could satisfy him that what was attempted in France, without success, is now successfully practised in this country. I have only to add, that such is the demand for this invention, that nearly 1,000 steel plates have already been ordered, for bank notes and other purposes. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, &c. September 13, 1820. NEW SPANISH PLOUGH. JUSTICE. The Royal Society of Valladolid has published a description of an improved plough, presented to the society by Don Andres Herrarle, one of its members. The improvement which this ingenious artist has given to an instrument of such importance to agriculture, preserving the same simplicity and the common uses, varying it only in the share, cause it to work with much less fatigue to the cattle and the driver, moving and penetrating the earth every where to the same depth, clearing away the weeds, and cutting through the deepest and largest roots. LITERATURE & LEARNED SOCIETIES. FRENCH ACADEMY. Prizes to be distributed at the Annual Prize of Eloquence.-To determine what constitutes poetic genius, and how it may be ascertained independantly of diversity of languages, and forms of versification, in all its varieties, from the Epopee to the Apologue. The prize to consist of 1500 francs. Prize of Poetry.-1st. The Devotion of Malesherbes, prize 1500 francs. 2d. The Restoration of Literature and the Arts, under Francis I. prize 1500 francs. Prize for the literary work most useful to morals.-The Academy not having awarded this prize in 1819 and 1820, will grant, according to the merit of the work, a double or triple prize, consisting of a gold medal, of 800 or 1200 francs value, to the author of that literary work (published completely, and for the first time, between the 1st of January and the 31st of December, 1820), which may be deemed most useful to morals. Prize of Virtue.-At the same sitting, the Academy will grant a prize to reward some virtuous action which may have been performed in the department of the Seine, within the three years preceding the 1st of July, 1820. Prize of Eloquence for 1822-The subject for the prize of Eloquence, which the Academy intends to propose for 1822, will be-The Eloge of Le Sage. The prize will consist of 1500 francs. Sept. 5, 1820. To the Editor of the Literary Gazette. Sir. In one of the Free-schools in the West Verses on Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth crept up a spout, LINES TO THE IPHIGENIA OF MILAN"." Thou may'st have read, have wept the hapless That clothed in death thy namesake's virgin form. With grace like thee adorn'd, and beauty's bloom, She saw unheedful pass youth's fleeting hours, And wandered, reckless of her destined doom, 'Mid Argive meadows, and Love's roseate bowers. She fell the victim of misguided zeal ;— A parent's trembling frame o'erhung her bier; And as each chieftain viewed the reeking steel, Burst from each chieftain's eye the pitying tear. Oh! may thy fate to her's far different PARODY. "Young Love." Tom Stokes liv'd once in a garret high, Her curls to give the cerulean sky, For Sam Swipes nourish'd Their bloom full oft with Whitbread's showers. Should e'er come hither, Such cheeks to wither! The fat soon, soon, began to die, Ere Stokes had warning, And rapp'd at the door where the wild spark lay. ON SEEING A BUTTERFLY IN A CHURCH-YARD. And dost thou, giddy rover, dare Thou hast indeed assurance rare, For in that solemn, sacred dome, To M-int-sh some one expressed his surprize That a certain learned counsel, both sprightly But Sir Js said that Broom was always Un PRETENDER TO THE DANISH THRONE. The following account of this person is given in a Berlin Journal; The late king, Christian VII. had a mo. ther-in-law, Juliana Maria, upon whom his. tory has already pronounced sentence, with respect to her endeavours to place upon the throne her son, the hereditary Prince Frederic, to the injury of the lawful heir. This Juliana was as inimical to King Christian as to his descendants: to her alone is attributed the unhappiness which the King experienced in his marriage with the English Princess, Matilda, sister of George III.; nay, and even the state of mental debility in which Christian passed his lite. But, as she could not accomplish all her plans in favour of her son, she is stated to have attempted, at least, to invention of some idle fancy, than a real fact. * secure the crown for her grandson (Prince Christian Frederic, who, with his (Related by an Eye-witness.) amiable consort, is now travelling in Italy). When, therefore, the present Queen, then It is customary in Spain to guide the mules Crown-Princess, consort of Frederic VI. was first delivered of an heir to the throne, she without reins, and merely by calling to them. is said to have had the child taken away as The animal, when called by its name, punctusoon as it was born, and a dead child substi- ally follows the orders of his driver. But it is a tuted in its room. The dead child was bu- very peculiar circumstance, that they must alried, and the true heir to the throne en-ways be yoked at the very same place to which trusted to one of the Royal attendants, named H, who, being in the secret, brought him up as his own son. The step-grandmother assigned the sum of 4000 dollars annually for his education, to reward her coufidant. When the Prince grew older, he was sent to the academy Schnepfenthal, and a great banking house at Altona paid the necessary sums to order, without knowing any thing further of the matter. The young man probably remarked, from many circumstances, that the I was not his father; and when he returned to Denmark, after finishing his studies, urged him to reveal to him the secret of his birth, which the latter, partly instigated by his conscience, at length did. He furnished his foster-son with all the documents necessary to support his claim, and then committed suicide, being justly afraid of punishment, for having so long der-wood. [Sir.-I hope you will have no objection to insert the following little song, which I wish you could without violating any principle publish as soon as possible.] FROM A SICK BED. To Blackwood's Magazine. While the warm sun gilds the sky, On my care-worn visage glow; Hard I find it to beguile The dull moments of their woe, Passing light from grave to gay, As in that its sheets are drest; Which upon its back imprest, Almost loudly seems to cry, "Hither, sons of humour, hie!" Could I say but half I feel, I should rhyme the whole day long, And express for it my zeal In a full career of song; And although my muse were rude, But I fear my verse is dull How unlike the strains of thineStrains of wit, of talent full, And of energy divine: Having received this from a valued correspondent, though not quite en regle, we comply with his request. ED. Obstinacy of their Mules. concealed so shameful an action. The Prince, being at Copenhagen, and furnished with his papers, laid his claims before the police, which immediately reported the affair to the King, who sent for the Pretender, examined his papers, and, finding that his countenance and figure greatly resembled his own, and the papers contained important explanations, which seemed deserving of attention, he immediately caused him to be put under confinement, but without any rigour, and placed officers to guard him, in order to examine thoroughly who he was. This is the present state of the affair, which, in truth, is more like the romantic they have been accustomed, otherwise they will not draw. After the battle of Cordura, several waggons were required to carry away the effects of King Joseph Napoleon from Madrid. While the waggons were loading, most of the drivers unyoked their nules, under pretence of feeding them, and then put them too again at an unaccustomed place. The animals refused to draw. The drivers at first seemed to give themselves all possible trouble to make them go on. The French who escorted the train, attempted to assist, and liberally dealt out their blows on all sides. The Spanish drivers, however, contrived to get out of the way, and the mules kept their place, in spite of all this beating. This occasioned a long delay; for the French sought in vain the cause of the obstinacy of the mules. At last, a part of the escort of cavalry were obliged to dismount, and their horses were harnessed to the waggons. But, during this time, a part of the Spanish cavalry, whose approach appears to have been known to the drivers, had made a detour about Madrid, and cap We have seen some accounts of a later date, which say, that the pretended Prince has been discovered to be the son of a tailor; and others, that he has been found to be insane. Without being able to vouch for the truth of any of these statements, we have thought our readers might like to have a more particular account of this strange business (which created great sensation in Denmark,) than has appeared, to our knowledge, in any other English Journal.-Ed. tured almost all the baggage of poor Joseph who is said to have narrowly escaped being made prisoner EAST INDIES. Monday Morning. Sir,-As your articles, under the head of Sketches of Society, do not seem to be confined to any class or country, I send you an anccdote illustrative of Indian cunning and address, which you may depend on as being related without the least exaggeration, and well known to many people. The Rajah of Travencore being dispossessed of some territory by the British collector resident at that station, during the late Governorship, applied to the authorities at the Madras seat of government, for its restoration. Not finding his application attended to for some time, he was induced to listen to the proposal of one of the government dobash's, who offered to manage the affair for him on certain conditions. The credulous rajah consented, and came on an appointed day, was introduced (as he thought) to the Lady Governess, to whom he presented 50,000 pagodas in cash, with some handsome shawls, and other valuable presents, and withdrew, much pleased with his reception. This attempt having failed, the Dobash employed persons to supply him with drink, of which he was very fond, and, at last, succeeded in giving him the dose of brandy and opium, which caused his death. THE DRAMA. R. N. W. SECOND THEATRE FRANCAIS. Frederich and Conradin, a tragedy, in five acts.-The death of these two young princes is one of the most touching events of modern history. Conradin, the son of Conrad IV. Emperor of Germany, was only two years of age when his father died. The Roman Pontiffs, Pantaleon, Urbain, and Clement IV. had disposed of the States of Naples and SiHAYMARKET THEATRE.-On Wednes- cily, and Conradin, the lawful heir to those day Braham commenced his engagement kingdoms, was deprived of his rights until the at this theatre. We can add nothing to age of fifteen, when fortune favoured his the public knowledge or the public praise cause. Accompanied by his young cousin, of this admirable singer, and we shall limit Frederick of Austria, he placed himself at the ourselves to the mere mention, that his head of an army; and, after being received with songs on Wednesday gave perfect evidence transport in Rome, he triumphantly entered of unimpaired powers. A report has spread Abruzza. He was, however, overcome in a itself that Braham is about to retire: for this sanguinary battle, in which he had at first we can discover no ground in the performer. enjoyed the most brilliant advantage; and afHis voice is at its height in all that consti- ter the death of Frederick, he wandered tutes the charm of music. What portion of about in the disguise of a shepherd. He was its volume it may have gradually exhausted, at length recognised by a Roman nobleman, it is still difficult to ascertain, for it is still who seized him, and delivered him up to more than equal to fill the largest of our Charles of Anjou, and shortly after the untheatres. But its delicacy, finish, and ex-fortunate prince perished by the hand of the ecution, are matters of simpler judgment; executioner. and in those points we can discover no inferiority to the triumphs of his earlier days we are even satisfied, that if by the failure of his volume of voice he should be compelled Nothing was heard of the circumstance for to adhere to his more delicate and tasteful some time, and the Rajah was in daily ex-style, to exchange the English for the Italian, pectation of having his territory restored; he would add only so much the more to his but some time after, meeting the real wife true popularity. The opera was Guy Man-historical facts. of the Governor, on the Mount road, he saw nering, in which he was the Henry Bertram. that it was not the same person to whom he He sang the Death of Abercrombie, Loev's had been secretly introduced, and he men- Young Dream, and Scots wha hae, with tioned the circumstance. At last it reached great applause. Miss R. Corri was the Lucy the ears of the Governor, and it was disco-Bertram. This young performer promises vered that the Dobash had got a Portuguese to be among the first singers of the stage. in the Governor's employ to personate Mrs. Her voice is rapidly purifying; her style is who did so, without having been in Italian, and her taste exhibits a spirit and the least suspected by the Rajah, with such elegance rare to English Opera. J. Russel condescension and dignity did she receive was a tolerable Dandie Dinmont. Liston, the presents. The facts were traced, the as the Dominie, was pro-di-gi-ous! and the Portuguese turned king's evidence, and dis- rest were sufficiently well in their vocation. covered the whole plot. The Dobash was The house was full and feverish. fined 5000 pagodas, (20007.), sentenced to the pillory, and three years imprisonment. The poor Rajah was said to have died of a broken heart for the loss of his territory and money; and the Portuguese was destroyed by his nefarious colleague. FOREIGN DRAMA. THEATRE DU VAUDEVILLE.-La Poste Dramatique, revue Alegorique-M. Lambin has set up a dramatic posting establishment. The business of his post-boys is to convey novelties to the different theatres. M. SucThe attempts on the life of the Portuguese ces d'Argent, who, in his character of couby the Dobash, shew to what guilt will im-sin german of Fortune, loves to escape from pel even the tinid and merciful Hindoo. those who pursue him, has taken up his abode at the establishment, assuming the name and dress of the proprietor. The Bergere Chatelaine, the Flatteur, and the Homme Poli, successively arrive, but none of them recognise Succes d'Argent. At length Mary Stuart and Queen Elizabeth make their appearance, and a laughable scene takes place between the two queens. They appear attired in rich court dresses, and commence a dialogue in an elevated strain: by degrees, however, their anger is roused; their robes fall off, they appear dressed like women of la Halle, and they continue their dispute in language corresponding with their costumes. A little disapprobation was manifested towards the conclusion of the piece. This man hired a house in the most retired part of the Black Town, and, in the inner apartment, destined for repose, which is generally without other opening than the door, he had a grave dug: having got persons to assist him in his murderous intent, he invited the Portuguese to an entertainment, and, having made him drink pretty freely, he led him into the sleeping apartment, "and they had actually got a rope round his neck, when they were broken in upon by the police, who had by some means or other got notice of their design. The Dobashee, or dobash, is a native secretary, or manager of business connected with natives. The author of the new piece probably thought that the simplicity of the above story did not afford sufficient dramatic resources; for almost all the secondary events have been changed, and a kind of romantic machinery has been attached to the main incident, which is in contradiction to the best authenticated THEATRE ITALIEN. Il Turco in Italia.-The brilliant success of Rossini's Barber of Seville, induced the managers of the opera to bring forward another production of that master. Il Turco in Italia has been selected; and this preference is in some measure justified by two or three charming picces, such as the finale of the first act, &c. But even Rossini's music could scarcely induce the audience to tolerate the absurdity of the picce. A gallant Turk visits Italy, where he unexpectedly meets with a lady, who, on the suspicion of infidelity, he had formerly doomed to death. He is once more enslaved by her charms, after having resisted the fascinations of an Italian coquette. The Turk is reconciled to his slave, with whom he returns to Turkey, to the great satisfaction of the husband and cavaliere servente of the Neapolitan lady. THEATRE DE LA GAIETE. First representation of Le Paysan grand Seigneur, a melo drama, in three acts. The substitution of one child for another is the incident on which this piece is founded. The Chevalier de Saint Alban, who has witnessed the death of the Marquess d'Esparville, his pupil, substitutes in his stead a young peasant boy, named Justin. He at the same time directs Leonard, one of his agents, to present Marguerite, the mother of Justin, with the sum of ten thousand francs; but the honest agent finds it more convenient to appropriate the money to his own use. The marriage of the young man is about to be celebrated with Adolphine, the daughter of Count d'Ormeuil, when a peasant, named Bazili, who suspects that |