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aonfiscated property—the retAwal'itacient rightson, and immon:ties—a just and riuterna administrati and other favours which the Sulterivould judge him self in state to g rants kitbsetitsently ; which were de clared by the Ambassadors to be insufficient, looking at the t noes and pretensions of the insurgents, and in compatible with the stipulations of the treaty of Landon. After many attempts to obtain a pacific declaration from the Reis Effendi —attempts which he met by po. litical reasons, or by arguments drawn from the reli gious code of the Turks, or by urging the impossibility ~ f acceding to such demands without exposing the em pire to complete dissolution, whether or not he was restrained by the necessity of exceeding the limits of his instructions—the conference terminated without the negoctators being enable to attain the end desired. On the next morning the three Ministers took mea sures for announcing their intended departure. and on . ihe 28th they demanded from the Reis Effendi the firmans which lace necessary for that purpose. The Reis Effendi positively refused to second by any melt.' sure on his part the execution of a design so little in unison with the wishes of the Porte, and he merely added in the declaration, that if the departure of the • three Ambassadors was irrevocably resolved upon, the Porte would throw no obstacles in their way. On renewing this refusal on the next day (the 20th), he declared to the interpreters that, on the evening be fore, the Sultan, oil the pressing representatien of the Grand Vizier, and from respect to the mediation of the three powers, had consented to remit to the Greeks all claim to an indemnity for the injuries which their insur rection had brought on the empire, as well as the ar rears of taxes for the last sir years ; and even not to re- Ore any contributions from them 'during the first 'year that should follow the re-establishment of tran quillity. On the 2d of December the clime Ambassadors trans mitted by their dragomans to the Reis Effendi a mes sage, by which they declared the substance of the proposition of the Grand Seignor to be inadmissible, insisting on the immediate acceptation of the armistice and intervention, and the acknowledgment of the pre rogatives stipulated in favour of the Greeks in the Treaty of London, and they demanded, in case their proposi tions should be, as they had been previously, tejected, their firmans forthwith. The Reis Effendi received this message just as the Divan convoked for that day was to open, and laid it before that body. This a-.sembly was composed of more than 150 individuals of all classes and of all ra..ks, while some thousands of persons surrounded the hall and the palace of the Grand Vizier. The Sultan was present from the commencement to the close of the sitting, in a chamber contiguous. It was eventually resolved, that the demands of the three Courts, with respect to_ the future constitution of Greece, could not be admitted. From the 3.1 to the Gth the negotiations were coati nued for the expediting of the passports. The Reis Effendi demanded from the Envoys a written and offi• cial declaration, setting forth, " that they were, or conceived themselves to be, authorised by their Courts to quit their posts. without any further expmition of the motives of their resoluti . on." As this declaration was not givvn, the ILis Effendi persisted in his previous course c t actiou, as the Porte wished to guard against any appearance of participation in that resolution, and had received no official notification of it. The three Ministers had announced in their message dictated on the '2d of December, that, in anticipation of their departure, they had intended to recommend the subjects of their nations who might remain there to the . protection of the Minister ,'f the Netherlands. But as the Divan had decided that, in case of the departure of . the Ambassadors, the Porte would reserve to itself the tight of protecting the individuals who might continue there, no attention was paid to this announcement. The French and English Ambassadors actually embarked on the Bth of December, and having arrived, without hindrance at the Dardanelles, in consequence of orders issued by the Porte, and the Russian envoy being only . waiting at Bojukdere for a favourable wind to leave, tne abovementioned resolution of the Divan was re newed on the 10th, and it was ordered that the subjects nt the three Powers, whose Ambassadors had quitted Constantinople, should be placed under the immediate protection of the Porte; that everything which regarded their persons should be exclusively confided to the Reis Effendi, but that their pecuniary affairs and their liti gations should be left to a Special Commission under the Presidency of the Administrator General of the Customs. At the tame time the embargo was taken off gene rally, and the Capitan Paella was authorised to adopt these steps to secure the free entrance and departure of French, English, and Russian ships. The most considerable individuals of the thee nations accepted from that moment the protection which was offered them by the Ottoman Government, and put themselves in communication with the Dragoman of the Porte. JAMAICA. HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, Nov. 13, 1827. The Members of Assembly being met. according to Proclamation, Mr. Lunan and Mr. Atkinson waited on his Honour the Lieutenant Governor, and acquainted • him therewith. • 'A Message from his Honour •qie Lieutenant Gover• nor, in Council, by the Provost Marshal General, coin• mending, in the King's name, the attelidance of the House in the Council Chamber immediately : where upon Mr. Speaker, and the whole House, went up, and being returned, Mr. &MAZER acquainted the House that a new writ had been issued, during the recess, for the election of a Member to serve in the Assembly for the parish of Trelawny, in the room of George Reid, Ehq. deceased. A Message from (iis Honour the Lieutenant Go vernor, in Council, by the Clerk of the Council, who brought down the Writ of Erection for Trelawny, by which it appeared that Robert Haldane Scott, Esq. was :mined a Representative for that parish, in the room of George Reid, Esq. deceased. The Rules of the House read, and agreed to. Mr. Speaker laid before the House a letter from Isaac Esq. requesting leave to vacate his sear ; and a Member acquainted the House that Robert Haldane Scott, Esq. who had been returned a Representative for Trelawny, was absent from the island, and did not in tend immediately to return thereto, and was desirous that his seat should be vacated. The seats of Mr. Higgin and Mr. Scott vacated ac -corclingly. Leave of absence for twelve months granted to Mt. Y. Dick, Mr. Rennalls, and Mr. Hollingsworth. . Mr. SPIAKIR reported that the House had attended : .his Humor the Lieutenant Governor, in the Council chamber, when his Honour was pleased to make a ihitecls, of which Mr. Speaker said he had, to prevent mistakes, obtained a copy, and the same being read, was ordered to be entered, and is as follows : • " Gentlemen of the Council,- • • " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Assembly, " I should have availed myself of an earlier opportunity of grati. tying my desire to meet this General Assembly, bed i not been restrained by considerations which induced neir-to postpone calling ybu together until your attendance couldliolonger be dispensed with. " This delay has fortunately enabled me to convey to you the intelligence, that on the subject of the collection and appropria tion of the Revenue of the Customs, no objections are entertained by his Majesty's Government to the restoration of the law to the condition in which it was left by the British Statute passed in the third year of his present Majesty's reign, whereby Duties i mpose d on imports into this island by British Acts tray he trans ferred into Colonial Acts; and, when so transferred, the operation of the British Act thenceforth ceases. With respect to that small portion of Revenue, which never has been imposed by Jamaica Acts, having been imposed by British Acts since any Jamaica Act has passed on the subject, instructions will be given to the Custom House officers, who must, of necessity, levy that portion, to pay it over at once and in gross into the hands of the Receiver General. " In regard to the salaries of the officers of the Customs, I am instructed distinctly to apprise you, that his Majesty's overn ment are desirous of obtaining from the Legislature a detailed statement of the Duties accruing to each Custom House situa tion, and a recommendation as to the amount of salary, which, in each individual instance, may be fairly considered as an adequate compensation for the duties performed by each Officer. Such a statement, compared with other sources of information upon the same subject, will be extremely useful in enablieg his Majesty's Go vernment to come to a final and just decision. " Since your last meeting his Majesty and the nation have sus. tained a loss, the magnitude of which it is impossible to estimate by the death of his late Royal Highness the Duke of York. As the life of this illustrious Prince was, from his earliest years. devoted to his country, so will his memory be long cherished, and held in grateful remembrance, by all who are capable of appreciating the worth and excellence of his character, and the importance of hi public services. " When the administration of this Government devolved on me by the departure of his Grace the Duke of Manchester, I consi dered it to be my first duty to make a careful and minute inspec tion of the several corps of militia, for the purpose of ascertaining their real efficiency, their general equipment, and more especially the condition of their arms. Although from local circumstances some regimenteappeared to greater advautage than others, all were animated with a laudable spirit of emulation; and 1 have great reason to be satisfied with them, as a body to which, with a little improvement, the Colony may look with confidence as its powerful and natural defence. " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the Assembly, " I am not aware of any unnecessary expenses having been in curred; and I am persuaded you will provide for the public service with your usual liberality." islouse of Assembly, Nov. 16,1827. Four messages from his Honour the Lieutenant- Governor, by Mr. Pickering, were delivered ; the first, shish we subjoin, includes a long letter from M. liuskisson, making a review of our slave law as past last Sessiet., objecting to newtons chuses therein, and suggesting improvements (as lie calls them), and re quirng the adoption of alterations so totally incompati ble to the interest of the welfare of the slave population themselve', that frequent bursts of indignation escaped from the Members during their Inling- The Mesage was read as follows: " Mr. Speaker i " 1 am commanded by the Lieutenant Governor to bring down Ito the House the copy of a dispatch from his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonial Departmentt, stating, in detail, the reasons which have inaced the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations to report to his Majesty in Council their opinion, that an Act of this island, entitled An Act to alter and amend the Slave Law,' should be disallowed. " This measure has not been adopted without mature considera. tient, and with the deepest regret.—His Majesty fully appreciates the many valuable improvements contained in the new Slave Code ; but it has been found impossible to overcome the objections to which some of its enactments are liable. " The Lieutenant Governor is convinced that the House will proceed to a temperate reconsideration of a subject of such vital' importance to the peace and tranquillity of the colony, with a sincere disposition to meat, as far as may be practicable, the views of his Majesty's Government. particularly by avoiding to introduce into a new Bill any provisions which have a tendency to impose re straints on the religious liberties to which all his Majesty's subjects, whatever may he their civil condition, are alike entitled. • " The Lieutenant Governor is particularly instructed to assure the HoUse, that his Majesty's Government will view in the most favourable light any measure of real and substantive improvenient, trusting that, in whatever degree it may still fall short of those con templated by Parliament and Government, the time is net distant at which a further approximation will be found consistent with the safety and interests of the island." Ordered—That the above Message be published once in every newspaper of this island. By the House, JOHN G. VIDAL, Clerk to the Assembly. This Dispatch will appear on Monday. THE EVENING STAR. LON DON. SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 1828. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The List of the new Ministers published in one of the Morning Prints, bas rather surprised the Public, and by many the statement is not credited ; but should this list prove correct, it is feared, in the City, it will not be of a long duration. Consuls opened this morning at 865 for the Account, with little business doing up to the present time. ' CITY, HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at 861 fur the Account, have since risen to 861, and remain at that price to the present hour. PRICK OF STOCKS AT FOUR O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 2095 5 210 India Stoc k 5 per Cent. Red. 855 f Ditto Bonds 90 92 3 per Ct. Cons. 855 es div. South Sea Stock ex dir 35 per Cent. New Annuities, ex. div. 35 per Cent. Red. 921 593 41000 Exchog. Bills 58 60 4 per Ct. New 10111001 lex d. 4500 Ditto 59 60 4 per Cent. Scrip Aloo and £2OO Ditto 59 60 4 per Cent. 1826, 1025 Commercial Long Alin. 19 5-16 5 Consols for Acct. 865 b FORKION FUNDS, TWO O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bds. 5 p Ct. 605 Mex. 1id5,1825, 6 p Ct t Wonitrami Bond., 6 per Ct. Do. Ace. 475 5 5 Do Acct. 255 Russ. Bds. 1822, 5 per Cc. 935 ',wish lids. 3 p Ct. 61 Spanish Bds 5 p Ct 105 Do. Acct. 605 61 Do Acct. BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARKS, TWO O'CLOCK SHAM PAID. 35 20 50 100 23 Brazilian Hibernian Mexican 94 95 7a 7{ 9 THE MINISTRY. We are yet unable to relieve the anxiety of the public upon the important question, by whom the helm of the State is to be guided. It is the opinion of many well• informed persons, that the object of the Duke of WEL LINGTON is to unite, with reference to party, such of the most distinguished Statesmen, whether Whig or Tory, as can be brought together without sacrifice of their respective principles; and if so, his Grace is charged with no easy task. For although such a Cabinet is not without precedent —as, for example, th at Of Lord GRENVILLE, in 1806—the present circum stances of the matt) , are such as to render it impos sible that the Members of the Cabinet should agree to differ in opinions, which, far from being speculative, will immediately be requited to be brought into action. The High Tory party, if they join the present Cabinet, will hardly be able to reconcile such a step with the hostility they have manifested to the treaty of the Allied Forms of July last, and the conduct of the British Go- vernment and its Beet for the protection and pacification of Greece. With what consistency can they support the Corn Bill.whlch must necessarily be tutrodueed in the ap proaching Session ? Hoare they to arrange with their ,colleagues on the endless topics of Ireland and Catliolic Emancipation? In short, whether the contemplatedar raugement be the continuance of 'the present Cabinet, with the introduction of two or three of the seceders of last year, or a Tory Ministry retaining a few liberal statesmen, as Lord LANSDOWN or Nfr. IlusicissoN, we cannot but think the plan subject to - serious difficul:ie. It was observed by MT.' CANNING, in his memorable speech on s?nding assistance to Portugal, that should Europe again be involved in a contest it would be a war not of nations, but of principles, and consequently one of the most tremendous that had ever agitated the world. The same spirit which may one day in fl me into war the people of the Continent, is that which now dividers our own country. Never had we more occasion to lament the absence of the master-mind of CANNING than at the present moment; never had we more reason to wish for an architect of a discerning and powerful genius, who, nut of the dis : c Irdant ruateriAls around him, might be able *3 erect a solid and permanent fabric of good! maintains the hopes of peace in the public here, and the opinion that the Russians will rot pass the Pruth.— Count Caraman is expected here. At the meeting of the bank to-day the dividend for the second half year of 1827 was fixed at 361 per share, and as SA. have been paid for the first Lail year, the interest for 1827 is 68fl. per share; 149,171(1. 581kr, have been .elated in the teberved fund. ROME, DICZMIER. It will be recollected that Mon sig note Ignacio Ronaldi, Bishop of Urbino, who was sent last year to Sardinia and Visilatore Apostolic°, was there suddenly taken ill, with his three assistants, and that withia a few months all four died. This event naturally gave rise to various 'conjectures at Rome. It is now again in contemplation to send a Visitation to that island ; but the Government has not yet been able to determine on the choice of a person. At length it has selected the Abbe Dalbertino Bellenghi, Procurator General of the Camaldolenset, who, however, naturally feating the fate of the preceding Visilatore has not yet been prevailed upon to accept the office, though he.has been very much urged, not only by Cardinal Zurla, but by the Pope himself. We learn from the legations, that the Papal Corn. missioners sent hither have at length succeeded in die• covering the authors of all the crimes and murders which have taken place in Romagna for some years past, even of the attack upon Cardinal Rivarola, and that they are all to be brought to trial. Yet it seems, even on this occasion, as it the arm of justice were withheld on a side where the humane and religious sentiments ot his Holiness w ill yield before the letter of the law. For it affix med, that the investigations, which have already continued two years, have shewn such an unexpected connection of the criminals among all classes, that if the tribunals were to decide according to law and justice, there is no family of any distinction the repu tation of which would not suff.r directly or. indi. Italy. These considerations, as well as the innumerable declamations and remonstrances which the Government has received on 'this subject have, it is said, made his Holiness resolve to suffer only the really great crimi nals and conspirators to undergo their merited punish. ment, but to pardon all the others, particularly those who sere not immediate participators, and even to con ceal their names from the public. Fur this reason not the slightest pay icular is known at Rome respecting the course of the proceedings; it has merely transpired that an uncommonly great number of persons of all classes have been arrested, and that there have been se• veral sequestr . ations of property. Fur this year past there have been reports of new intrigues of the Car bonar i in the kingdom of Naples, and particularly in Sicily. It was even affirmed that emis• saries had been sent from that country to the Roman and Tuscan States; the arrest of whom, it was added, had acquainted the Magistrates with various particulars of their associations. The arrest of a certain Cavalier, Guisippe Basile de Luna, who had lived here for many years as a Neapolitan refugee, seen,s to have thrown me light upon the affair. An extraordinary courier has latei been sent to Naples, who, it is said, has to drlirei secret documents which interest the Government. It is not known whether the dispatches of this couri , relate to the affair of Basile, but it is supposed that the do. This courier is the inspector of the Minister Finance, a circumstance which might perhaps givt reason to suppose that his mission was of a very diffe' rent nature. HESSE CASSEL, JAW. 2. We have read with surprise some accounts in the Algensein,e Zeilting of the future residence of her Royal Highness the Electress of Hesse, and of the mull; of his Royal Highness the Electoral Prince with Princess of the Netherlands (this Piincess must be only daughter of the Icing); whereas we who are 01 the spot do not bear a word of this news.— Algemeise Zeitmng, Jail. 12. Calcutta Papers have been received at the North an, South American Coffte I-louse to the 19th Augu•t.— We extract the following from the John Bull of tl:f 18th August : Letters in town state, that Lord . Amherst was tole Meerut on the sth August, and not on the Ist, as fn. nitrly reported. The brig Jessie, from ItArigoor, <2,1 c August, brings intelligence that on the Ist, rice w , selling at that port at twenty rupees per bag. All w quiet at the time of her, sailing. CALCUTTA, Aua. 15. Yesterday's Shipping Report announces the artiv , of the Sir Edward Paget from England. This yes , was forced by stress of weather to put into Lisbon repair some damages. FROM THE CALCUTTA PRICE CURRENT. MARKETS.-Our market has not been active durst the past week, and the sales of every eescription been very limited, except in a few instances. Cott continues in fair demand,prices steady. Indi, the crop of 1826-7, may now be considered out of market, and the accounts from the interior cf incoming produce ars favourable. • EUROPEAN GOODS.—Cotton piece goods rather proving—Woollens much neglected—Marine Store+ moderate demand—Oilmen's Stores and Confecticn: brisk—Glass, Earthen, and Hardware, only saleal by retail—Copper Sheathing looking up—lron stei r —Lead in increased inquiry. Freights to London still rate at for dead weii and £5 to £6 for light goods ; to Liverpool a little big. The Gazette of last night contains the new Peera, conferred by the last Administration, and approved the power that presides over the existing interregai The posthumous honour conferred on Mr. CANNING, creating his widow a Viscountess, n ill impart a mel choly satisfaction to the country. Mr. Boone W BRAHAM has absolved his godfathers * by choosiuf difficult a title as they gave him a name. - - Prince DEVEN entertained al distinguished part, dinner tbis day, at A•bburnham House, Dover street. THE NEW CABINET. Since writing the above we have ascertainel that the following list of the new Cabinet is almost litetally collect: The Duke of WELLINGTON CO be First Lord of the Treasury,and to retain his cffice of Commander•in•Chief . Lord LYNDHURST, Chancellor. Earl BATHURST, P. e,it'ent of the Council. Lord MELVILLE, President of the Board of Controul Lord ELLENBJEOUGII, I'► ivy Seal. Lord DUDLEY, Foreign Secretary. Lord ABERDEEN, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan caster. Right Hon. ROBERT PEEL, Secretary for the Home Department.. Right Hon. WILLIAM Husarssos, Secretary for the Colonies. Right Honourable HENRY GOULBUBN, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Right Honourable CHARLES GRANT, President of the Board of Tiade. The Right Honourable J. C. HERRIES, Master of the Milit. The Ordnance, and the Woods and Forests, are not in the C4binet. Mr. PEEL is to lead in the House of Commons. Lord PALMEESTON, Secretary at War. FROM THE MORNING HERALD. We believe there is no doubt but that the Ministerial arrange ments were all finally concluded yesterday forenoon ; but they can. not, of course, be officially announced till they have received his Majesty's flat. The Commandership-in-Chief, it is said, is to be offered to the Duke of Cambridge, and, in case of Isis refusal, to the Duke of Cum berland—it being the King's wish that not only the Navy, but the Army, should be'under the immediate management and influence atf the Crown. It is thought that a tone of conciliation will be held in the King's Speech both tosvaids Turkey and Ireland ; and that one main point in;the policy . of the new Government will be to throw overboard the objectionable points in that of their predecessors. Thursday the Duke of Wellington left town for the Royal Lodge, Windsor, where he bad a conference with his Majesty, after, which his Grace returned to town. The Duke of Devonshire left town for the Royal Lodge, where he tendered his resignation of the office of Lord Chamberlain to his Majesty, by whom his Grace was graciously received, and had the honour of a long audience. We are happy to state that his Majesty is better, and it is expected, if his health will permit, that he will be in town early in the ensuing week, to hold a Council, and go, if possible, to the two theatres. The statement in a 'Alorning Paper, that the King was in bed at Ilse time of the holding of the Privy Council, last Tuesday, is not true. The Council was held in a room on the same fl ,or as his Majesty's bed-rooni, and we believe it adjoins the King's bed ' room. The reason of Sir Henry Halford relaxing in his attend. ance on his Majesty is that the King's health was so much improved. The French Papers which we received last night are to the 13th inst. and contain very little news. We are informed that the Russian Ambassador finding it im possible, on account of the prevalence of contrary winds. to proceed from the Bosphorus, had followed the route of his colleagues, and had passed the Dardanelles with- out any opposition from the Turks; his intention, it is stated, was to proceed to 'Neste instead of Odessa.— The most perfect tranquillity prevailed in the Tut kish Capital at the date of these advices. It would appeal from one of the French Journals, that a negotiation, which was going forward for t! e purpose of strengthening the Ministry by an admission of some of their opponents, has teen !molten off, and that the Administration iteends to face the storms of the Chambers without any new assistance. The Moniteur has published an Account of the Pub• lic Revenue of the year 1827 ; from which it appears, that the revenues of France have [Alen off in the course of the last year. The difference between the income of the years 1826 and 1827 amounts to somewhat more than half a million sterling. AU the French Papers insert an article from the Austrian Observer (which we have copied into our pre ceding columns) giving an account of the last month of the unsuccessful negociations at Constantinople. We received this morning the Algenteine Zeitung, to the 13th inst. The little news it contains from Vienna is of a pacific character. The following ate extracts: VIENNA, JAN. 7. The circular note of Count Nesse'rode, relative to the interruption of the negociations at Constantinople, which arrived here with the last courier, and in which the ltussian Court again expresses its determination to abide entirely by the Convention of the 6th Of July, Rol at his lid .refs 1 Lot I I ti • wid 'an oft e COY • ask pas per 4 ot flat i of t, it oil Thi Dt thi it thi ly co ed at sn ad u. )1e his - n'. h. T )te A 711. not ng red 1 all se. iew and nis. 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