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tative system of government is either bad or good, if bad, let us abandon the institutions of our forefathers, and give up the representative system in England; if good, let us extend the benefits of that sytem to Scotland, for to call the present mode of sending members to Parliament from Scotland a representative system, is mocking the decency of discussion; but imperfect

and heterogeneous as our government may be in theory and practice, we have confidence that his Majesty's administration will avail themselves of every safe opportunity of approximating our institutions, both legislative and executive, to the improved state of the general intelligence of every branch of society.

FOREIGN.

THE foreign politics of the month are more important in principle, and in future consequences than in their immediate effects. Since publishing our last number, the Duke d'Angouleme has entered the Spanish capital, and has placed the country under a Regency of Spanish Nobles, acting in the name of Ferdinand. This military occupation of Madrid is so consonant to the Spanish system of warfare, that it forms no promise of success on the part of the French, and it has excited no other sensation than an anxiety to learn what moral effect the possession of the capital would have on the country at large. The entry into Madrid, of the French, was viewed as a barometer, to ascertain the pulse of all orders of Spanish people, and we are happy to have to record, that this test has put beyond all question the most extraordinary unanimity of the Spaniards in the cause of freedom. The French, in spite of the eclât of possessing the capital, in spite of their artful use of Ferdinand's name, and in spite of their military coercion of the poor, and their extensive bribery of the higher classes, have created no public demonstration whatever in their favour. In every revolution, the blind prejudices of men of weak minds in favour of established systems, and the extensive means that a government has of corrupting and influencing a vast portion of the community against improvement of every kind, always ensures a strong opposition to the patriot cause; but in Spain, more unanimity has been evinced by every class of people in favour of liberty, than has been ever witnessed in any crisis of thorough change of political institutions in other countries. The French justified their invasion of the Peninsula, upon the principle, that the greater part of the Spaniards were averse to the new Constitution, and that they were coerced by the violence of the constitutionists, and, therefore, the advance of an army Eur. Mag. June, 1823,

into Spain would be justifiable on the principle of liberating the majority, and establishing the species of government wished for by the greater number, They have now, however, found that so immense is the majority in favour of the Constitution, that even within the range of their cannon, and within the influence of their bribery, they cannot procure any demonstration of public feeling in their favour. To be consistent, therefore, in argument or just in principle, they ought immediately to retire from the country. The Duke, however, has pushed a force beyond Madrid, and which is said to have passed the Sierra Morena, and to have defeated several small bodies of Spanish forces, but our accounts are derived from the French official documents, and they are so disgracefully false, that no reliance whatever can be placed upon them, further than ascertaining the mere possession of their forces. The astonishing talents of Mina gives him, a triumphant possession of Catalonia, and he has made several irruptions into France. The great talents and large forces of Moncey, scarcely enable him to keep possession of the plains, and every manœuvre which himself and General Donadieu, with the Baron d'Erroles, have practised to entrap Mina, has been frustrated by this vigilant and able Guerilla leader. Valencia has been completely cleared of the French; and excepting their blockading forces, before Pampeluna and St. Sebastian, and their occupation of Vittoria, and a few intermediate posts between the Pyrenees and Madrid, they cannot be said to be more in possesion of the country they, have overrun, than they were before they commenced the war. All doubts as to the people of Cadiz receiving the King and the Cortez within their walls, are at an end, the government having removed to that city from Seville, on the the 12th inst. In the mean time the the French have, by intrigue and bri

bery, effected a counter-revolution in Portugal, but the issue of which is involved in obcurity by the want of authentic accounts from the scene of action.

There has been no news from the Levant, further than the account, that the Greek Representatives have met, and have constituted a legislative assembly.

The most important continental news is from the Rhine. It appears that the Allied Sovereigns have peremptorily ordered the King of Wurtemburgh to suppress one of the liberal Journals of his capital. This is the most nefarous aggression upon the rights of an independent state that Europe has witness.

ed since the partition of Poland. In the case of Wurtemburgh, the people and the king amicably settled a free and representive system of government. There has not been the slightest disagreement between the sovereign and his subjects, nor no collission of parties whatever to give a colour to the interference of foreign powers, and yet the allied despots assume the right of interfering with the internal affairs of that state. Lamentable is it that England should have associated herself with the members of a Congress, whose sole principle is to dogmatize over all other states that have not physical force to resist their injustice.

MONTHLY MEMORANDA.

In aid of the Constitutional Government of Spain, a meeting has been held in the Great Room at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street. At twelve the room was filled. Lord Erskine took the Chair until the arrival of Lord W. Bentinck, to whom he resigned it on his lordship's arrival. The meeting was addressed by Lord W. Bentinck, the Chairman, and the several resolutions were moved and seconded by Sir James Mackintosh, Joseph Marryatt, Esq. M.P., General Lord Lynedoch, A. Baring, Esq. M.P., Lord John Russel, Lord Ebington, Sir Ronald Ferguson, J. C. Hobhouse, Esq. M.P., Lord Erskine, and Mr. Alderman Wood. The following gentlemen were then appointed a committee to manage the subscription :-Mr. Lambton, Sir R. Fergusson, Sir James Mackintosh, Mr. Ellice, Mr. J. Smith, Mr. Hobhouse, Mr. Hume, (M.P's.), Col. Grant, Mr. R. Slade, Mr. Solly, Mr. J. Wilkes, and Mr. Bowring. A subscription was immediately entered into, and among other subscriptions the following were announced:-Mr. Lambton, 10007.; Sir F. Burdett, 500l.; Mr. Hobhouse, 1007.; the Northern Union, 1002.; Mr. Ellice, 501. The Corporation of London, has voted 1,000l.

The Duke of Cumberland arrived at his apartments in the King's Palace, St. James's, from the Continent. His Royal Highness left town immedi

ately for Windsor, for the purpose of paying his respects to the King. VAUXHALL.This celebrated place of public entertainment has been opened since our last number. The great encouragement which the proprietors received last summer seems to have stimulated them to fresh exertions. The preparations are of an expensive and costly description-the whole of the boxes have been re-painted and or namented, and a variety of structures have been formed for the exhibition of various entertainments. Among these are ballets in the Italian style, and theatrical representations of various kinds, Cosmoramas beautifully designed-Illuminated Fountains-and a Moorish Tower from which the FireWorks are discharged with great magnificence. In the midst of the gor geous blaze, Mr. Blackmore makes his ascent on the rope, aud displays various evolutions of a daring and novel character. A great addition has been made to the decorative scenery of the place. There is a mechanical view of an erruption of Mount Vesuvius, with a Moon-light scene of the Bay of Naples. The Fire-works are truly grand, and call forth the loudest expressions of applause.-Upon the whole the improvements are tastful and grand, the management most judicious, and the arrangements all well calculated to secure a continuance of public patronage.

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The Lady of Philip James Green, esq. Consul General for the Morea

The Lady of the Rev. John Coles, Millandhouse, Sussex

The Lady of Dr. Golding

The Lady of Charles Wake, esq. Rainshaw, Derbyshire

The Lady of Fletcher Wilson, esq. Bedfordplace

The Lady of William Hay, Albermarle-street The Lady of John Ravenhill, esq. Lavender Sweep, Clapham-common

The Lady of S. G. Smith, esq. Palmer's-green, Southgate

The Lady of the Rev. J. Brasse, M.A. Woodhouse, Essex

The Lady of Horatio Ripley, esq. Lawrence Pountney-lane

The Lady of Josiah Spode, jun. esq. Great Fenton, Staffordshire

The Lady of Dr. Fitton, Hastings The Lady of John Plummer, esq. M.P. Carshalton-park

The Lady of the Rev. William Vansittart White, Waltham

The Lady of Lieut. Colonel Sir Charles Dance, Merry-hill, Bushey, Herts

The Lady of Lieut. Col. Dawkins, Green-street The Lady of G. H. Wilkinson, esq. Harperleypark, Durham

The Lady of Michael Bruce, esq. Upper Brook.

street

The Lady of Sir Richard Paul Jodrell, bart. Manchester-street

The Lady of W. V. Surtees, esq. Devonshireplace.

DAUGHTERS.

Lady William Fitzroy, Great Cumberland-street The Marchioness de Riazio Herza, Royal Hotel, Edinburgh

The Lady of William Alcock, esq. Great Coramstreet

The Lady of the Hon. William Coventry, Levant-lodge, Worcestershire

The Lady of Lieut. Colonel Cookson, Ayton, Stokely

The Lady of Arthur Norris, esq. Langley, Bucks The Lady of T. R. Thellusson, esq. York-place

Andrews, Mathias, esq, to

The Lady of D. Maclean, esq. Brunswich-square Mrs. Bellchambers, Dorset-street, Salisburysquare

The Lady of Captain Blanshard, of the Hon. Company's Ship, Marquis Wellington

The Lady of William M'Kenzie, esq. of the 3d Dragoons, Russell-square

The Lady of J. B. Nicholls, esq. Parliament-st. The Lady of John F. Monkhouse, esq. Turnham-green-terrace.

MARRIAGES.

Salmon, Miss Mary Frances, both of Reading, Berks

Boys, James, esq. of Rochester, to

Tanner, Miss Eliza, daughter of Thomas Tanner, esq. of his Majesty's Customs Bolingbroke, Horatio, esq. of Norwich, to

Peyton, Miss Hannah Shaw, St. Mary's-sqr. Birmingham

Bucknall, James, esq. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, to

Pingo, Miss Mary C. daughter of Lewis Pingo, esq. of the Royal Mint. Boswell, Rev. Martin, of Southgate, Middlesex,

to

Chatfield, Miss Dorethea, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Chatfield, vicar of Chatteris Cook, James, esq. of Brighton, to

Churchill, Miss Maria, Watlington, Oxfordshire

Cunliffe, James, esq. Blachburn, banker, to Ostle, Miss Mary, Clifford-house, North Shields

Cory, Lient. G. C., to

Berry, Miss, Triplow, Cambridgeshire

Duffield, John, esq. Bernard-strect, Russellsquare, to

Bovill, Miss Eliza, Putney

Dewell, Rev. Charles, of Malmsbury, to
Hughes, Miss Sarah A., Devizes

Forster, Richard, esq. of Hunter-street, Brunswick-square, to

Rabbeth, Miss Mary Ann, Bedford-street, Bedford-row

Howden, Alexander, esq. Torrington-square, to Gardner, Miss Christian, Mecklenberg. square

Haygarth, Vicar, of Stapleford, Notts, to

Miss Elizabeth Catherine, daughter of the Samuel Leach, esq.

Hodgson, Lieut. Gen. Binfield, to

Neate, Miss, Binfield-lodge, Berks Hankinson, Rev. R. E. of Walpole, St. Peter's, Norfolk, to

Chatfield, Miss Susannah Mary Anne, daughter of the Rev. Dr. Chatfield, vicar of Chatteris

Johnson, Captain D. E. of the 5th Reg. of Foot,

to

Bates, Miss Sarah Ellis, Kennington-com

mon

Johnson, Captain of the Hon. East India Company's service, to

Walker, Miss Dorothy, daughter of the late Henry Walker, esq. Whitby, Yorkshire Kershaw, Mr. Samuel, of Stoke Newington, to Parquot, Miss Harriet, daughter of A. J. Parquat, one of the Cashiers of the Bank Kemp, Nathaniel, esq. of Ovingdeane, to

Eamer, Miss Augusta Caroline, daughter of the late Sir John Eamer

Marshall, Edward, esq. of the War Office, to Faulder, Miss Mary, Gower-street, Bedfordsquare

Norris, William, esq. M.D. Stourbridge, to

Miss Blake, daughter of the late Capt. Geo. Blake, Royal Navy

Owen, Charles Gustavus, esq. Queen's College, Oxford, to

Hicks, Miss Elizabeth Sarah, Davies-street, Berkeley-square

Osborne, Edward, esq. Loddenden-lodge, Staplehurst, Kent, to

Downing, Miss Ann, Thomas-street, Southwark

Price, Rev. Thomas, M.A. to

Teape, Miss Elizabeth Margaret, George-st., Trinity-square

Robinson, Rev. John, of Doncaster, to Foljambe, Miss Arrabella, Savile Osberton, County of Nottingham

Sheldon, S. esq. Woburn-place, to

Barry, Mrs. John-street, Bedford-row Sidney, Rev. Edwin, A.B. to

Vaughan, Miss Eliza, Shrewsbury Stacey, Courtney, esq. of Hill-green, to Tyssen, Miss Charlotte, Fitzroy-square Simpson, Mr. Robert, of Wallington, to Addis, Miss, Croydon

Stallard, Samuel Frampton, esq. Burton Cres

cent, to

Nicholls, Miss Eliza Catherine, Toft, Lincolnshire

Trimmer, Rev. Henry, B.A. Exeter College, Oxford, to

Deacon, Miss Mary, Russell-pl., Fitzroy-sq. Uniacke, John, esq. of Baughton, Cheshire, to Pierrepoint, Miss Anne, only daughter of the late William Pierrepoint, esq. Admiral of the Blue, of Farley-hill, County of Surrey Williams, Col. Sir Daniel, of Stamford-hill, to Stable, Miss, of the Terrace, Kentish Town.

DEATHS.

Arnold, Mr. Edward, late of New-st., Springgardens-Abbott, Captain Peter Duprey, R. N. Leigh street, Burton Crescent.

Bury, Mrs. Mary, widow of the late Richard Bury, esq. Whitley, near Coventry-Bally, John, esq. late of Kingston-upon-Thames, 80-Birch, Rev. James, B.D. rector of Great Wishford and vicar of Ashbury.

Cooper, Miss Caroline, youngest daughter of the late Francis Cooper, esq. Clapton-Cheslyn, Richard, esq. Kennington-Cook, Sir George, Wheatley, near Doncaster, 80.

Elliott, John, esq. Nottingham,66-Miss Anna Maria, daughter of Sir Christopher and Lady Bethell Codrington, Doddington, Gloucestershire Eakins, John, esq. Frognal, Hampstead -Ellis, Mrs. Mary, widow of the late Mr. John Ellis, Wimborneminster, Dorsetshire.

Forster, Henry, esq. M. A. Commissioner of Bankrupts, nephew of Lord Eldon and Lord Stowell, Calais-Mr. Justice Fletcher, Dublin -Foulston, Mrs. widow of the late Daniel Foulston, esq. Norton-street, Fitzroy-square.

Hannam, William, esq. Covent-garden-Hall, Mr. Anthony, solicitor, Coleman-street-Hodg son, Henry, esq. of the Bengal Civil Service Miss Harriet, youngest daughter of the late Richard Harris, esq. of Fisher, Surrey-Hewlet, Mrs. Frances, wife of Mr. Hewlet, HollowayHyde, Charles, esq. Moore-place, Lambeth.

Jones, John, esq. Norwood-green, Middlesex, 74-Jones, Samuel, esq. Laytonstone, Essex, 55 -Jepson, Rev. Charles, curate of Heighington, near Lincoln.

Keith, George Mouat, esq. son of Captain Sir George Keith, bart. R.N., at Sierra Leone.

Leatham, John, esq. Pontefract, 84-Longdill, P. W. esq. Sidmouth-place-Laidlow, Mrs. Ann, wife of Mr. Laidlow, Coventry-street, St. James's.

Molesworth, Mr. wife of the Rev. William Molesworth, St. Breoke Rectory, County of Cornwall-Maltman, Lieut. Robert, R.N. at Elie, Fifeshire-Mordaunt, Sir Charles, bart., Walton, Warwickshire-Manners, Gen. Robert, of the 30th Foot, and Member of Parliament for Cambridge-Mitchell, Mrs. wife of Mr. Thomas

Mitchell, Leadenhall-street- Myers, Joseph
Hart, M.D. John-street, America-square, 66—
M'Intosh, George, esq. Charterhouse-square-
Magniac, Francis, esq. Kensington, 71.
Noble, William, esq. Foley-place, 78.
Ovenden, Mrs. widow of Thomas Ovenden,
Barnes-terrace, 79.

Plampin, Rev. John, M.A. rector of Whatfield and Stanstead, Suffolk, 69-Peyton, Mrs. Julia, relict of the late Mr. William Peyton, Wimbleton-Preston, Mrs. widow of Jacob Preston, esq. Berston-ball, Norfolk-Piesse, Mrs. wife of Mr. Charles Piesse, Lisson-grove, NorthEmily, Miss, third daughter of John Pearson, esq. Albermarle-street.

Ridout, John Gibbs, M.D. Crescent, New Bridge-street, 66.

Sharpe, Mrs. Jane Mary, wife of the Rev. Lancelot Sharpe, rector of Allhallows, Staininglane-Standley, Mrs. widow of the late Henry P. Stanley, esq. Paxton-place-Stopford, Lieut. Col. James, at Pisa-Shotter, Mr. James, Sunbury, Middlesex, 67.

Tatlock, Gresley, esq. Upper Gower-street, 21 -Thomas, John, esq. Grampound, CornwallThompson, Rev. George, D.D. Principal of Edmund-hall, Oxford-Maria, the infant daughter of the late William Tufnell, esq. Cavendishsquare-Taylor, Mrs. Susannah, wife of Mr. John Taylor, Norwich, 68

Wightwick, Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of John Wightwick, esq. Sandgates, Chertsey, SurreyWhite, Captain Charles Samuel, R.N., ParisWatson, Thomas, esq. Judd-street, Brunswicksquare, 71-Western, Mrs. Mary, wife of the Rev. Thomas W. Western, Rivenhall-place, County of Essex-Wedderburn, George, esq. only child of Sir David Wedderburn, bart. at Brompton-Wequelin, John, C. esq. New Bondstreet,67-Walker, Mrs. relict of the late Joseph Walker, esq. Eastwood, County of York-Wilks, Miss, Harriet Mary, daughter of Joseph Wilks, esq. Westham, County of Kent-Wilson, Mr. Thomas, Wigton, Cumberland,85-Young, Miss Jane Margaret, eldest daughter of Col. Young, Holly-hill, Sussex.

COMMERCIAL REPORT. Tuesday, June 24, 1823.

COTTON.-There has been a fair demand in our Cotton market this week, partly for export, but chiefly by speculators and for home consumption. The sales amount to 1400 bales, viz. in bond, 500 Bengals 5d. a 5d. ordinary and middling, 5d. good fair; 370 Surats 5 d. a 5d. good fair, to 6d. a 6}d. very good; 450 Pernams 113d. fair, 113d. good; 30 Smyrnas 7 d. good fair; and duty paid, 30 West India Sid. a sfd. Cotton offers less freely, and Brazils in particular are much wanted and

scarce.

SUGAR-There was a considerable demand for Plantation Sugars last week, and at the close of the market on Friday an advance of 1s. a 28. must be stated on the prices of the preced

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LIST OF PATENTS.

Thomas Hancock, of Goswell Mews, St. Luke, Old-street, Middlesex, patent cork-manufacturer; for an improvement in the preparation of pitch and tar. Dated March 22, 1823.

Thomas Whickham, of Nottingham, lace-manufacturer; for a compound paste and liquid for improving and colouring lace and net, and all other manufactured articles made of flax, cotton, wool, silk, or other animal or vegetable substance. Dated March 24, 1823.

William Jessop, of Butterley Hall, Derbyshire, iron-master; for an elastic metallic piston or packing of pistons, to be applied either externally or internally to cylinders. Dated March 27, 1823.

William Warcup, of Dartford, Kent, engineer; for an improvement in the construction of a machine called a mangle. Dated April 3, 1823.

James Frost, of Finchley, Middlesex, builder, for improvements in forming cements with calcarious substances. Dated April 3, 1823.

Christopher Pope, of Bristol, speltermaker and metal-merchant; for a composition of metals for the sheathing of the bottom of ships, and for roofing houses. Dated April 8, 1823.

Daniel Wade Acraman, of Bristol, iron-manufacturer; and William Piper,

of the Cockley iron-works, near Kidderminster, iron-manufacturer; for improvements in the preparation of iron for chains and chain-cables. Dated April 12, 1823.

John Martin Hanchet, of Crescentplace, Blackfriars, London; for improvements in propelling boats and vessels. Dated April 12, 1823.

John Francis, of Norwich, shawl and bombazine-manufacturer; for an improvement in manufacturing a certain fabric, composed of silk and worsted. Dated April 12, 1823.

Gerard Granlhie, of Castle-street, Holborn, London, gentleman; for a machine or apparatus, adapted to the conveyance of persons and goods over water or ravins, for military or other objects. Dated April 16, 1823.

Joseph Johnson, of Waterloo-bridge Wharf, Middlesex; for improvements on drags, to be used for carriages. Dated April 16, 1923.

Samuel Hall, of Basford Notts, cottonspinner for a method improving lace, net, muslin, calico, &c. Dated April 18, 1823.

William Southworth, of Sharples, Lancashire, bleacher; for an apparatus to facilitate the operation of drying calicos, muslins, linens, or other similar fabrics. Dated April 19, 1923.

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