SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. The accounts received from the Peninsula are of au unsatisfactory and rather contradictory description. We are informed that Ferdinand has not yet made the concessions required by England and France; but that the Spanish Ministers, unintimidated by the remonstrances and decisive measures of our Government, are actively organizing their means of defence," that if the British Cabinet should proceed to acts of aggression, Spain may not be taken unprovided." It is stated, that troops to the amount of 8,000, some say 30,000, are ordered to the frontiers of Portugal, to form an army of observation; and that several parks of artillery were proceeding in the same direction.

Nothing has yet transpired to shew what are the decided intentions of Ferdinand; with whom, however, the French Cabinet is described as using its influence to lead him to the adoption of a mild and pacific policy, while the priests and ultras, by whom he is surrounded, urge him to an opposite course. It is not improbable that Ferdinand, pressed on the one hand by the representations of England and France, is exposed to representations equally strong, and danger, perhaps more imminent, in another direction. The exasperation and the violence of the Apostolic party in Spain would make a recognition by him of the Portuguese Constistitution, perhaps, not a very safe step. As some proof of this opinion we notice a document written by Don Inguanzo, Abp. of Toledo, and Primate of Spain, as a representation to Ferdinand on the present state of affairs, and especially on the demands of England. Its substance is to urge Ferdinand to a strenuous resistance to the demands of England, which the Prelate conceives the British Government has no means of enforcing. The Portuguese charter is represented as a creation of Mr. Canning, and intended by him as an attack on the Catholic religion, of the success of which the Lutherans" are represented to be extremely jealous. "This (says the Archbishop of Toledo) is the cause of God. Your Majesty knows it well, and so do all your Catholic subjects. If any one doubts this incontestible truth, believe it, Sir, he is not animated by that Christian zeal which takes alarm at the least suspicion of disrespect shown to the angust religion we profess. The disciples of Luther have beheld, with feelings of wrath, the glorious increase which the true religion was gaining in the dominions where they are eager exclusively

to establish the tenets of their reprobate Master. They have seen Catholicism solidly and holily take root, under the protection of the Bourbons, after braving all the vile attempts of Jacobinism; they have witnessed the strength it gained in Italy and Ireland, under the care of our Most Holy Father, Leo XII.: they have beheld it invade, with rapid strides, countries where darkness till then reigned; and, in short, they have long been sensible that the time announced was at hand, when all nations are to live under the same belief. Let your Majesty raise your voice, and it shall instantly be the signal for war. The standard of the cross being once raised, all your Majesty's subjects will flock around it; the Ministers themselves of the Sanctuary will take charge of the sacred ensign, and carry it triumphant into the thickest of the enemy's ranks. There the smoke of incense shall ascend with that of the cannon: the canticles of praise to the God of Armies shall be blended with the cries of the combatants, and the cause of the Most High be made triumphant!"

Official advices from Lisbon mention a trifling affair between the Constitutionalists and the rebels, on the banks of the Mondego, in which the former were successful; and one of the Portuguese Generals, in a communication dated the 29th December, announces to his Government, that the Marquis de Chaves was retreating in the direction of Celerico, having been defeated in an attempt to inclose a division of Constitutionals between his own troops and those of Magessi. This General, it appears, after his repulse from Alentejo, re-entered Spain in the neighbourhood of Almeida, of which he has obtained possession. fortress is one of the strongest in Portugal, close to the frontier of Spain, and was surrendered to the rebels by the LieutenantGovernor Alezeras, who took the opportu nity of the reported sudden illness of his superior, General Pegue, to capitulate without firing a shot.

This

On the 1st of January, General Clinton, with about 3,000 of our forces, landed at Lisbon, and met with an encouraging reception.

ITALY.

It appears that the Pope, besides coufirming the privileges of the Inquisition at Rome, and re-establishing the ecclesiastical asylums for criminals who fly from justice, has followed up these arrangements by further measures of severity against the Jews. Sometime ago a Papal order required this per

secuted people to dress with a yellow badge on the hats of the men, and ribbands of a similar colour on the women. His Holiness has now ordered all the Hebrews to dismiss their Christian servants, and has forbidden all Christian servants to serve in the household of Jews.

AMERICA.

The Message of Mr. Adams, President of the United States, was delivered to Congress on the 5th of December. He says, With the exceptions incidental to the most felicitous condition of human existence, we continue to be highly favoured in all the elements which contribute to individual comfort, and national prosperity. In the survey of our extensive country, we have generally to observe abodes of health and regions of plenty. In our civil and political relations, we have peace without, tranquillity within, our borders. We are, as a people, increasing with unabated rapidity in population, wealth, and national resources.' In alluding to the suspension of the intercourse between America and the colonial possessions of Great Britain, the President throws the blame of that interruption on the British Government; and in adverting to the financial concerns of the United States, he says, "The severe shock so extensively sustained by the commercial and manufacturing interests in Great Britain, has not been without a perceptible recoil upon ourselves. A reduced importation from abroad is necessarily succeeded by a reduced return to the Treasury at home. The net revenue of the present year will not equal that of the last, and the receipts of that which is to come will fall short of those in the current year. The diminution, however, is in part attributable to the flourishing condition of some of our domestic manufactures, and so far is compensated by an equivalent more profitable to the nation." Mr. Adams, in adverting to the foreign relations of the American Government, informed Congress, that although they still enjoy peace and general good understanding, still this pacific condition is "qualified in several important instances by collisions of interest, and by unsatisfied claims of justice, to the settlement of which, the constitutional interposition of the legislative authority may become ultimately indispensable." The commercial negociations and arrangements concluded with France and Netherlands, Denmark, and the Federation of Central America, are detailed in succession; and lastly, the discussions so long pending with this country, upon the subject of trading with our Colonial possessions. A feeble hope is expressed that every matter in dispute may be satisfactorily adjusted.

The New York Papers to the 17th of Dec. are filled with the voluminous official documents presented to Congress by the President, upon the ubject of GENT. MAG. J

discussion now pending between Great Britain and the United States, respecting the trade of the latter with our West India Colonies. It appears that the United States, though admitting the general right of every country possessing Colonies to regulate the trade of those Colonies in such manner as she may think fit, assumes in the discussion, that the trade with the British West India Colonies is as open to the United States as any other trade in the world, without considering whether some compensation might not be due to Great Britain for the concession of a privilege, which it is her undoubted right to give or withhold. Mr. Canning, in his Note, refutes this assumption, and puts the whole question upon plain and intelligible grounds.

In 1825, the total receipts of the Treasury of the United States were, in round numbers, 28,800,000 dollars; of which, however, there had remained surplus from 1824, 1,900,000, and was raised by loan" 5,000,000; leaving of income from taxation (chiefly Customs) within the year 21,100,000. The expenditure for that year was about 23,600,000, of which there went towards the liquidation of the public debt, the large sum of more than 12,000,000 dollars, above one-eighth of the then existing debt. The military budget for 1825, including ordinance, fortifications, pensions, &c. fell short of 5,700,000 dollars; the navy, including the sums appropriated to its gradual increase, 3,050,000; and there remained in the Treasury, at the close of the year, a sum rather greater than the amount of the loan which has been raised in the course of it, viz. 5,200,000; income for 1826, derived from taxes, public lands, &c, within the year, little short of 25,900,000; making the whole receipts of the Treasury, at the end of 1826, of which the last quarter has been fixed by estimate only, something more than 31,000,000; expences of 1826, 24,660,000; of which, for the payment of debt, about 10,100,000; army, &c. 6,400,000; navy, 4,200,000; exhibiting a tendency in the naval department to increase the proportion of its expenditure to that of the army, as compared with the preceding year; and an augmentation in the charge for both military and marine, the former of 700,000 dollars, the latter of 1,150,000 dollars. The balance estimated to be in the Treasury at the end of 1826 was upwards of 6,400,000; of which 1,400,000 was an excess above the loan of 1825; and, with the 10,100,000 employed as a sinking fund, left a surplus revenue for the year, over and above the current expences of the government, amounting to 11,500,000 dollars, or one-half the public revenue. The revenue from taxes, public lands, &c., as estimated for 1827, stands at rather more than 23,000,000 dollars; the expenditure at 20,000,000; of which, for sinking fund,

10,090,000 ;-army, 5,650,000; -navy, 3,280,000; and civil list, considerably reduced, 1,830,000 dollars. The annual grant appropriated for the gradual increase of the navy, expiring with 1826, the renewal of it is strongly, though indirectly, recommended to the consideration of Congress.

The Ohio State, which is a province of the United States of North America, affords one of the most striking instances of increase in population and wealth. Only thirty years ago, a desert, which scarcely knew the step of civilized man, it has already risen to the third rank in the order of the Union. Five years ago this State counted 581,434 inhabitants, and at the present time 850,000, an increase which surpasses all previous experience. Ohio sends sixteen representatives and senators to the general Congress at Washington; and seventy-two representatives, with thirty-six senators, form the internal state, or domestic legislature. Four upper and nine departmental judges, administer the law, and a militia, consisting of cavalry, infantry, yeomen, &c. can station 150,000 men for the defence of the country.

been in most instances successful against the Dutch troops. They have been repeatedly beaten by the rebel chiefs, and great apprehension was entertained that they would make further progress before the reinforcements expected from Holland could arrive. In the paper of the 10th of Aug. there is an account of a considerable advantage gained by the rebels under Depo Negoro, near the Dessa Kamsang; the Dutch had on this occasion to cut their way through the enemy, after having been abandoned by their allies, the troops of Mangko Negoro. The General, in his dispatch, says, "We have to mourn, on this fatal day, the loss of several brave officers and men, and that there have fallen into the hands of the enemy two mortars, a quantity of ammunition, nine artillery horses, all the harness for the fore horses, and besides the muskets of the slain, many others; for several of Mangko Negoro's troops have returned to our camp naked and disarmed." The number of troops being much reduced by the repeated actions with the rebels, much of the military service has fallen upon the merchants of Batavia, who are anxiously imploring assistance from the mother country.

Dec. 28. The first stone on the city side of the New London Bridge was laid in the cofferdam of the third pier by Richard Lambert Jones, esq. the Chairman, assisted by the Committee and Mr. Rennie. The operation was the more interesting, as it is the deepest foundation that has been laid by cofferdams (being thirty feet deep at low water of spring tides, and forty-five feet at high water). This, in addition to the extraordinary rapidity of the current through the old bridge, rendered it a work of some difficulty, although every part has been carried on and completed with the greatest success.

The Suspension-bridge thrown over the Thames at Hammersmith, in its present state, forms a remarkable object, displaying the great superiority acquired by British artisans in the manufacture of iron-work. The piers of stone rising from the bed of the river, are finished, and the buttresses on the banks carried up almost to the intended elevation. Two massy iron chains, fixed upon the heads of the piers, and attached to the buttresses, form the supporting chains. From these the platform will be suspended after the manner of the Chain Pier at Brighton. A temporary bridge of wood is now fastened to the chains. A passage over the river is made for the workmen and others by this trajectus, which, from this extraordinary appearance, seldom is seen without surprise and astonishment. The advantages to be derived from this

Bridge in the saving of distance, will be a direct passage from Hammersmith to Barnes, East Sheen, and other parts of Surrey, without going over either Fulham or Kew Bridges.

THEATRICAL REGISTER.
COVENT GARDEN.

Jan. 2. The new opera of the White Maid, which appeared to be a compound of the novels of Guy Mannering and the Monastery, was well received. The scenery was beautiful, and the music excellent. It was announced for repetition without a dissentient voice.

Jan. 9. A new five-act comedy was produced, entited A School for Grown Children. It is the acknowledged production of Mr. Morton. The plot chiefly rests on the efforts of an old Nabob to reclaim an extravagant son; and the plan he pursues is to exhibit in his own person similar vices and excesses, in order to disgust the young man, and induce him to abandon his ruinous course of life. There are other subordinate plots which gave an interest to the piece and on the whole it met with a tolerable reception.

DRURY LANE.

Jan. 28. A new piece in one act, being a translation or rather adaptation from the French, entited My Best Friend, was brought forward. It was replete with humour, and received much applause.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

Rev. A. Russell, Archd. of Clogher.
Rev. G.Vernon, Preb. of Kilgoghlin, Ireland.
Rev. W. Airey, Hexham P. C. Northumb.
Rev. J. Coyte, Farnham P. C. Suffolk.
Rev. T. Cupples, Balyrashane V. Ireland.
Rev. R. Firmin, Fingringhoe V. Essex.

Rev. N. W. Hallward, Milden R. Suffolk.
Rev. Hume, Birr V. Ireland.
Rev. W. Mill, Bally wellan V. Ireland.
Rev. J. Morewood, Dunlace R. Ireland.
Rev. C. Musgrave, Halifax V. co. York.
Rev. C. Tetherston, Nenagh R. Ireland.
Rev. C. H. Williams, Cloverly R. co. Devon.

Dec. 25. At the Military Asylum, Southampton, the wife of Lieut.-col. Evatt, a son.

-29. In Hereford-street, the wife of Thos. Barrett Lennard, esq. M.P. a son and heir.-30. In Calthorpe-street, London, the wife of Thos. Chitty, esq. a son.-31. In Devonshire-place, the wife of R. W. Hall Dare, esq. a dau.

Jan. 1. At Erbistock Hall, co. Flint, the wife of Lieut.-col. Fred. Philips, a dau.— 2. At Critchill, Dorset, Lady Charlotte Sturt, a son.- -3. In Dorset-st, Salisbury

sq.

the wife of Rich. Bentley, esq. a son.5. At Worting, Hants, the wife of the Rev. F. C. Blackstone, a son.-7. The wife of Edw. Wakefield, esq. of Southcote House, near Reading, & dau.— -9. The Lady of the Hon. Geo. Agar Ellis, M.P. Spring-gardens, a dau.-12. In Gloucester-place, the wife of John Vincent Thompson, esq. a dau.At the General Post-office, the wife of G. H. Freeling, esq. a son.-18. At Knowlton Court, the wife of Capt. Hughes D'Aeth, R. N. a son.

Dec. 12. At Norton, Staffordshire, William Woodward, esq. of Pershore, Worcestershire, to Mary-Anne, fourth dau. of John Hawkes, esq. of Norton Hall.-28. W. H. Webley Parry, esq. only son of Capt. Webley Parry, R.N. C.B. and G.C.S. of Noyadd, Trefawr, Cardigan, to Catherine Anghared, youngest dau. of David Davies, esq. M.D. of Pentre, Pembroke.- -30. At Worcester, John Wing, esq. of Wisbeach, to Sarah, third dau. of the late John Henry Maw, esq. of Belle Vue, near Doncaster.

Lately. At Shoreditch Church, the Rev. D. Williams, to Martha-Blyth, eldest dau. of the late Rev. T. A. Dale, of Lewes, Sussex.

Jan. 1. At Richmond, Surrey, Robert Walter Carden, esq. to Pamela Eliz. Edith, second dau. of W. S. Andrews, esq. of Richmond. At St. Mary's, Lambeth, John Merrifield, esq. Middle Temple, to MaryPhiladelphia, dau. of the late Chas. Watkins, esq. barrister at-law. The Rev. Francis Demainbray, to Mary, only dau. of the late Francis Findon, esq. of Shipston-onStour, Worcestershire.- -At Bruton, Somerset, the Rev. John C. J. Hoskyns Abrahall, Head Master of Bruton Free Grammar-school, to Jane, third dau. of Edward Dyne, esq. solicitor, Bruton.-3. At Petersham, the Rev. W. R. Bewsher, of Richmond, to Margaret, second dau. of the late E. Hawthorn, esq.- -At Hawleigh Church, co. Suffolk, Joshua Grigby, esq. of Drinkstone Hall, to Miss Anna Crawford, second dau. of Wm. Crawford, esq. of Hawleigh Park. At St. Paul's, Deptford, Henry Ewbank, esq. of Forest-hill, to Lydia, dau. of Jonathan Lucas, esq. of Hatcham-grove, Surrey.At St. Andrew's, Holborn, Walter Wakeman, esq. of Purshall Hall, co. Worcester, to Sibylla-Philadelphia, eldest dau. of James Pasmore, esq. of Bedford-row.

4. At Hornsea Church, the Rev. Edw.

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Osborn, to Mary, second dau. of the late Henry Bolland, esq.-At St. Marylebone Church, the Rev. Geo. M. Musgrave, to Charlotte-Emily, youngest dau. of Thomas Oakes, esq. of Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square.- -At Kirby Cane, Norfolk, Henry Amsinck, esq. R. N. to Charlotte Eliz. only dau. of the Rev. Geo. Wilson, of Kirby Hall.- -6. At St. George's, Hanoversquare, Major Arthur-Hill Trevor, to HelenWyse, dau. of the late Joseph Jekyll, esq. of Spettisbury House, co. Dorset.St. George's, Bloomsbury, Jackson-King Hunt, esq. of Montague-street, to Sophia, eldest dau. of Jukes Coulson, esq. of Montague-place, Russell-square.-7. At St. Mary's, Lambeth, George Machin, esq. of Leadenhall-street, to Miss M. A. Temple, of South Lambeth.- 8. At the British Ambassador's Chapel, at Paris, Jas. Dawes, esq. Equerry of the Duke of Bourbon, to Mary-Harcourt, eldest dau. of Rear-Admiral Manby.-At Brislington, co. Somerset, the Rev. Chas. Rankin, to Isabella, dau. of Edw. Long Fox, M.D. of Brislington House.

-9. At Halifax, the Rev. Joseph Jaques, of Cawthorne, to Ellen, second dau. of Mr. Carter, of Yew Cottage, near Halifax.15. At Bletsoe, Bedford, the Rev. John Balfour Magenis, Vicar of Sharnbrook and Harold, son of Rich. Magenis, esq. M. P. and nephew to the Earl of Enniskillen, to Frances-Margaretta-Ede, of Merry Oak, Southampton, second dau. of the Hon. Mr. Justice Moore, of Lamberton Park, Ireland.

-17. At Alveston Church, Warwickshire, Capt. Geo. Baker, R. N. second son of Sir Robert Baker, of Berners-street, to Eliz. Octavia, fourth dau. of the late Wm. Harding, esq. of Baraset House.-18. At Mary de Crypt, Gloucester, Edwin Maddy, esq. barrister-at-law, to Maria Eliz. eldest dau. of Alderman Wood, M. P.