The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1826-09-20 00:00:00

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PRId. tlou .5 pa 100 I 5 Is pa 110011 5 9i dui co AAA A . 100 10 21 Ma 10 bi put 10 Ili 21 dls 100 10 *Ms V ASSORANCI A.llaace British and Foreign •aasSisa XlllBll Itettlib Rock and Patent Salt metal Steam Navigation " 4Pe7,llkNe L i • iavr istk , ,f -411R .,..*-k-I_llll -rtAv t , ‘ ikAN. O„ . •=- • the gritisilt Vreghl. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The Public Is respectfully Informed that this THEATRE WILL OPEN on SATURDAY NEXT , Se p tember 2S, with the Comedy of THE WONDER. Doc Yells. Mr. 'Wallach Colonel Briton, Mr. Hooper (from the I..,rerpool Theatre. his lit appearance) t Llesardn. Mr. Harley; Gibby, Mr.:. Russell. Doane Ylobutte, Miss E. Tree t Douce Isabella, Miss i. Paton; lcls, lies. Orger , Flora, Mrs. Davison. After which a new Divertisement, called A DUTCH FAIR. The principal Characters by Mr. and Mn. Noble. and Miss Barnett. To conclude with the COMIC Opera of THE MARRIAGE OP FIGARO. Caton Alinavlva, Mr. Hooper; Figaro. Mr. Harley; Antnnln, Mr. firlisne ; Cherubic° (the Page', bliss Cubitt. Counte,; Almaiiva, Mrs. •ustla ; Susanna. Miss A. Tree. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. This Eventng, WEDNESDAY , Sept ramsember 20, will he presented the new Stele-D of _ _ . THE LAST GUERILLA. T 42 Principe! Characters by Messrs. Pearmen, Thorne, Bennett, and Archer. 111144e4 Hamilton, Gray, and Howard. After which the Mimics' Afterpiece called THE ACTR;•:SS OF ALL-WORK. 14 aria, Miss Clara Fisher ,her I appearance here these four years). To concluJe with the Romance of PRESUMPTION ; or, THE FATE OF FRANKENsTF IN. Frankenstein, Mr. Bennett ; , ;, Mr. T. P. Cooke. The BRITISH Pazas commenced rublimhiner yeaterday monis at' quarter peat five o'clock. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, St.riEmnen 20, 1526. The Eloile of Monday communicates the intelligence that Commodore HAMILTON arrived at the Isle of Tino, in the Archipelago, on the 2lth of July, with an English Commissioner on board, who was instructed to take the most rigorous steps for the recovery of the property which had been stolen Ly the pirates from the English merchant vessels. Five boats from the Cambrian attired without the port of St. Joit, and during the night wind one mistic and one galley. The pirates sought refuge by -retreating to the mountains. There certainly does ap pear to exist a very strong necessity for the most rigorous neasures being adopted for the protection of our com merce in the Mediterranean ; and we have no doubt that the instructions which have been given by Ministers are of a nature to ensure ample security to our merchants. imn are unquestionably many difficulties attending this subject; for while it continues to be the ponry of the Bri- Gilt Government to observe a strict neuttality towards Greece and her ruthless foes, the Turks, there will exist a very serious obstacle to oar assuming in the Archipe lago the aspect of an imposing naval force. The conduct, too, of the different parties, obtrudes other impe diments ; for while, on the one hand, English merchants traffic with the Greeks, and those who are friendly to that people, it is as notoriously the fact that as active an it-Am:curse is allied on in British bottoms with the Turks. licsitles, such is the disorganized condition of the naval force of Greece (if navy it may be termed), and the incapacity of the Greeks themselves to suppress this piratical warfare is eo conspicuous, that it almost becomes a ques tion whether in attacking the pirates we should not in tact be waging war with Greece herself. We can antici pate the answer to this ; nor are we desirous of concealing our sentiments in such an alternative. Our present ob ject, however, is to repel the charge that is sometimes brought against the Governm2nt of evincing an indiffe rence to the interests of the English merchant in not send• tog out a force that would be adequate to rid the ocean a twee of this nest of robbers. The following arc extrzets:— 'lwo, JULY 30. A ship going from Gibraltar to Smyrra 1136 attacked at the Isles cadet! the Erglish Isles, without th 2 Gulf, by p!rates. The ship defended itself well, and had already kilei several of the pirates, when overloo'sirg en Ilydriot galliot, which being jo'ned to the prates' boat, came near the ship, the pirate crew at the edge of the sword seized the c trio, which vas e'ti,catcd at 30,040 piastres. A sailor belonging to the shi , 's crew, sew eserpei death by being recognised by cn?. of the pirates :IN an oi l friend, arriv2.d at Tino, And deposed to the above (Acts before the Consul. J:•i.v 31 Three armed vessela have arrived at Tir.o. A great past of the armed popul ttion of Samos were preparing to quit this island, wher. an English corvette arriving, it inspired them with courage, and they ccgrgsd once more to defend their country. It it said that 6,000 men live taken arms in the 31orea, that t' bade hold the defiles. and that the Turks can no longer supply I'ripolitta with provisions. t ioramodore Hamilton has released, without requiring any secu rity, those merchants whom ha had arrested on suspicion of being the accomplices of some pirates, of whom he had demanded 40,000 :oast/ on. t :olonel Fabricr has cors!ructed a port at Bletana. It is said that Ibrahim had returned to Tripuliin with 25,(Nt) :V. JuLY 31 Tile Greek fleet, on its arrival before Simms, wishing to profit by favourable calm, launched two fire ships upon the squadron of the Capitan Patin, The Turks, however, perceiving this attempt, ..voided it, and the ships were consumed without erect ; a third, bent out by Canaria, was equally unsuccessful. This intrepid man, with some others, arrived wounded at bliconi. AuG. 3. !t. is said that the Capitan Paella intends eisiting Syra during 0.i... campaign. lie has promised that all who belonged to France J 'Jan be carefully spared. ;olenci Fabrier is about to go with 1,000 men from Metana to Athens, in order to succour that piece, which is in a state of con ttrued blockade hy sea. count Capo d'istria arrived at Oen( va on the 7th. The Prince of Dettraark, Count de Brigade, Pavlof France, Countlde Tel!crawl, scd Doonadico, bad also arrived there. [From the Jon; nal Jcs Dcbats.] Sept. 16. The whole of France this day celebrated, in piously assembling together, the sad remembrance of that day which tore from her af fections the brother and Tredecessor of Charles X. The Royal church of St. Denis resounded with the consoling songs of reli gion ; and the Princes of the Royal family shed their tears and off red up their prayers at the tomb of the King, who, in re. ascending the throne of his ancestors, had the wisdom to defend it against new crimes by encompassing it with the . rampart of the laws, and placing it under the safeguard of public liberty. Inheritor of the Crown of Louis XVIII., his august brother has renewed the guarantees even by the Legislatorial Monarch, and has coneecrated them by the invio lable sanctity of his oaths. May he then peanut us, without em ploying a vain form of adulation, to mil, with our just regrets for the death of Louis XVIII., the consola►ions and the hopes which are given to us by the virtues and the loyalty of Charles X.? It is, indeed, when we have the certainty which has just happened to France, of assembling together at the end of the twelve years that have just now expired—it is then, we say, that we may repeat, with the confidence of our ancestors, " The Kings of France never die !" Intelligence from Mitylcne, dated the 7th of August, says, that some persons have arrived there from Constanti nople, who report that our Ambassador bad demanded of the Porte a guarantee of all English property which is in Turkey, but that the Divan had refused to give it, in con sequence of which his Excellency broke up all communica tion with the Ottoman Government. This step, on the part of Mr. STRATFOID CANNING, at OIICC vindicated the honour of his Government, and gave assurance to the English residents in Turkey that their property would not be invaded with impunity. The situation of the British Representative at the Porte is one of the most embarrassing within the range of diplo .nacy. He has in the first place to carry on his negotia tions with moderation towards an old and faithful Ally ; in the next, he would but ill consult the feelings of the British Cabinet and the British people if he were to com promise the interests of the gallant opponents of the Turks; and, lastly, he has to guard in this critical situation the pro perty of his countrymen embarked amongst that people. That Mr. SritArroan CANNING has hitherto conducted himself at Constantinople in s manner plainly indicative of his desire to attain the two first objects must be readily admitted by all who have attended to the business of his embassy ; and on the occasion we have alluded to he seems to have mixed a prudent firmness with his other qualifications, which is very necessary at the despotic Court of the GRAND Sews ton. The f n •titer in re is probably a , more necessary ingredient in the character of an English Ambassador at Constantinople than the suaviler in motto : I at least the latter ingredient must be cautiously employed among these semi-barbarians. Count PALMA, who signs himself " A Piedmontese and Spanish Emigrant," and who is moreover a self-appointed guardian of the Greek Loans, has sent us what he considers an answer to our " attack" upon him, as well as to the i t " inculpations" addressed to him by our Correspondent " A. B." on the 14th inst. T►te Count does us only justice wll u he supposes we shall observe the usual courtesy of admitting into our columns a reply from any quarter, which our awn observations have called forth. We pass over the confident and angry tone assumed by this gentleman, and shall for the present confine ourselves to the tingle remark, that the nteanunz of which he so indignantly speaks is no other than what is possessed by any person who happens, from very natural circumstances, to be better informed upon any subject than others, whose ignorance, however, only serves to inspire them with confidence. According to the reasoning of this gentleman, it is high treason to the Greek cause that we should be acquainted with certain im portant facts relative to the Grecian affairs, which we do not deem it prudent to let all the werld know. Upon the same principle it might be urged (nobody will suspect us of affecting a comparison between ourselves and the Right lion. Secretary) that Mr. CANNING is bound to commu nicate to any emigrant Count who should interest himself in our Continental relations all the correspondence that may happen to pass between him and Foreign Ministers of State. The intimation made by Count Par.sta of other facts being within his knowledge, but which lie has not deemed it prudent yrt to publish, is one of those happy in stances cf nctieW that at once dispels all suspicion as to the integrity of the party, and inclines us only to wish that his good sense were equal to his good intentions. CITY, TUESDAY EVENING. The British Stock Market to-day has in the article of Consols shown a decline of per cent. At the opening they were named at 80i, with an evident appearance of decline; they gradually receded as bargains were done, and at the close of the Market were 8011 for money, and soli for the Account. India Bonds arc stationary at 27 t.:ti, while Exchequer Bills have declined to 11. LI from one of two causes—either from the apprehension of a large issue, or from the fear of a reduction of the rate of dis counts—or perhaps from both. The depression of Consols tc-thy is considered by some to have arisen from a report. and which is generally believed, that it is nut the intention of the Directors of the Bank of England to reduce the amount of discount from five to four per cent., as had been contem plated. The wisdom of doing so would be doubtful at this time ; for although more private bodies, as well as large capitalists in this country, are underselling them in the market from one to two pct. cent.,and in Iramburgh and else where to a much greater ext en t,still, as the price of Unfunded Government Securities would of consequence recede, as a question of mere profit and loss, it is to be presumed that the Ban; would lose as much with one hand as they would gain with the other, while the opinions of all the modern authorities nu the Currency Question are unfa vourable to a less rate of interest than five per cent. The real cause of the decline to-day doubtless is attributable to some heavy sales by some leading speculators, who are in clined to suppose something, above 80 a proper figure at which to realize. In the Foreign Market Mexican Bonds have again been subjected to a feverish operation, and have receded from C t to 61q, which is accounted for by the report that an attempt will be made to raise a new Brazilian Loan, how ever it is known that considerable realization has taken place, and therefore it may be, perhaps, more justly at- triltutable to the conduct of the jobbers. There is no sub htantial res.sou why these securities should not be at a higher quotation, sanctioned as they are by the agency of such a house as that of the Messrs. BAR(NG. Colombian have, from the same cause or causes, receded to 35 36, but the report of a favourable communication respecting them gains ground. Creek Bonds have been done at 135, in' consequence, no doubt, of the occupation of the island of Rhodes by my Lord CocuRANE, as announced in the French Papers. The Committee of Bondholders, who have so laudably exerted themselves in endeavouring to unravel the mysterious mismanagement of the supplies to THE BRITISH PRESS. he appropriated out of the Loan, have nearly completed their labours, u far as inquiry goes, and are about to frame their Report. The obstacles that have been thrown in ►he way of these Gentlemen in eliciting truth, is justly a very serious ground of complaint ; and it is understood that some very strong resolutions will be moved at the next General Meeting of the Bondholders, which «:11 be called for the latter cud of next week, expressive of the feeling that exists in regard to the conduct of the parties in ques tion. At the conclusion of the Market, however, these securities had again receded to their opening price of 13. In Chilian there is no alteration since yesterday, nor in Greek ; and the Share Market is at a stand-still. In Mincing-lane to-day the sales have not been of an extended character, though prices of all commodities of colonial produce retain their quotations. There have been more inquiries after Rum to-day than for some weeks past; an indication, no doubt, of a revival in the Market, as re gards a demand fur this article at no distant period. The ,NUremberg- Correspowden s t states that the Ministers sent by the different Courts, to assist at the Coronation of the Emperor of Russia, had received invitation to assist at the ceremony of his Coronation as King of Poland at War saw. It is expected that numerous promotions will take place in the Polish army on that occasion. The following extract of a letter from Constanti iople concurs with, and perhaps explains, the accounts received from the same quarter by the French Papers:— " Constantinople, Au.. 21. " I just hear that ho.tilities have begun between Itt.sia and Persia, in the direction of Tiflis; and it is said tl at the Prince Abbas Mina has a secret Treaty with the forma ag inst his father." The death of the celebrated Vacca Berlinghieri, pro fessor of surgery and medicine at the University of Pisa, happened on the 6th instant. His loss, which was as se vere as it was unexpected, has created in Tuscany much grief. It will be severely felt in all Italy by the numerous admirers of his genius, and by all those who base had the happiness to be near him, or of feeling the influence of his talent. This celebrated professor pursued his first studies at Paris.—Prench Paper. A magnificent present was landed on Tuesdry last, from the Russian ship, the Baltic, to his Gr. ce the Duke of Wellington, from his friend the Emperrr Nicholas, con sisting of three looking-glasses of superb dimensions ; they were manufactured at the Imperial Factory in Russia, and are considered as specimens of the advance Russia has made in the art of plate-glass making. It is much to be regretted that the larger plate (which exceeds considerably any made in this country) was broken in the conveyance, through ignorance in the packing of so large a plate. It measured 169 inches long and 63 wide. The imperfections observable in them leave the British factories little to ap prehend on the score of competition, and show that the Russians are still far behind us in this dranch of trade. It is a generally acknowledged fact that no country produces more brilliant and perfect plates than those manufactured by the extent of the dimensions. The Emperor is under stood to have expressed much interest in the safe arrival of these glasses, which were delivered at Apsley House, by Mr. 11. L. Cooper, of Bishopsgate ; and some idea tray be formed of the immense weight of the packages, when it re quired the united effort of upwards of twenty men to un load and deliver them. A speculator has expressed his intention of becoming the purchaser of the whole theatrical property of Mr. Richard son, who is declining business with a large forune, in order to form a Joint-stock Travelling Branch Tireatrical Company ; but the adventurer is at present nrevented from giving out the proposals, not knowing eh •her the price that he has offered for it by private contract to Messrs. R. will be accepted. if it should not, of course he will be compelled to become a bidder at the sale of this interesting property. In that case he will not be able to say at present how many hundred per cent. he may be disposed to add to the purchase-money, that depending in some degree upon the nature of his bargain. It is not understood that there are either Bulls or Bears among the lots; tl e c are, hew ever, a sufficient number of "unsubstantial airy nothing=," that have appeared as ghosts from time immAnorial. that will, no doubt, be much at the service of the Shareholders. The variety of dresses also may give the Managers an op portunity of appeaiing in different characters. Doubtless the application letters are already at a premium. The Kent, Captain Cumming, which sail_d on Saturday last for the coast of Africa, has on board a costly present from Sir John Tobin, lint., for the King of Old Calabar. It is a chair, in the form of a modern library-c' al-, and is entirely composed of polished brass, weighing Its lbs. A cushion seer:wanks it, formed of a peculiar kind of red cloth. On what we may term the inteiior back of the chair the following inscription is engraved:— THIS CHAIR, Presented by Sir JOHN Toms, Kt, to his friend Duke ErrinArsi, King of OLD CAALDAR. Liverpool, September 10, 11126. This novel present was executed by Messrs. Webster and Forshaw, of this town, and the workmanship does great credit to their establishment.—Liverpool Albion. On Friday forenoon the Mersey exhibited one of those spectacles which can only be beheld in an extemi ve seaport like Liverpool. The wind, after having been, for nearly ten days. against vessels proceeding to sea, became favour able on Friday morning. A great bustle took place in all the docks, and the river was, at the time of high-water, crowded with outward-bound vessels. There could not have been less than one hundred sail of all descriptions. flow beautiful and interesting the spectacle must have been to a stranger to marine scenery ! The slip Catherine, Capt. Kincaid, sailed from Green lock for Bombay on Thursday, the 7th instant ; and the next day, when off Ailsa, three boys were discovered on board, who had concealed themselves in part of the ship below decks, before the vessel left Greenock. Capt. Kin caid was so exasperated at their conduct, that he imme diately landed them on the rock ; at the same time he gave them a few biacuits and two bottles of water. They re mained there till Tuesday last, when they were dis overed, and taken off from their lonely situation, by the crew of the gallant Margaret, of Carrickfergus, and landed in safety at the port of Irvine on the evening of that day. A subscription was set on foot, and a sufficient sum, we un derstand, was soon raised to convey them home to their friends at Greenock.--4Nr.4dvertiser, Sept. 14. AEI/11R AT BRIGIITON.—With reference to the curious paragraphs which have appeared in the public p ints under this head, the lady who is principally made th subject of attack is advised that she will best consult her character and peace of mind, as well as insure a favo con sideration from the public, in the distressing situation in which she is placed, by forbearing to enter into any minter statements, and confining herself for the Ire ent to a de nial of the charges brought against her, and a pledge to the public to make her accuser answerb e in in a Court of Justice for his infamous libels. She doubts not the public will readily sympathise with her on account of any noto riety which may once have attached to her name from cir cumstances to which any further allus'ons will be spared, and will as readily condemn the man who could avail him self of a knowledge of these circumstances 83 a ground work in inventing the most unfounded accusations. The lady, therefore, repeats her request, that the public will suspend their judgment upon the affair until she has an opportunity of submitting her conduct to a public exami nation.—Mor ninT Paper. MOST DARING ROBBERY:A few nights ago, about twelve o'clock, a gentleman, who lives in Clarence street, Liverpool, near to one of the corners, was returning from a party. Ile had got upon the steps of his own house, and was in the act of knocking at the door, when three men suddenly rushed upon him, dragged him from the steps, and threw him down with considerable violence in the street. Ile made what resistance be could, and Failed out for assistance. The villains, however, succeeded in robbing him of a gold watch, of the value of forty guineas, with which they instantlyyan off Jnst at /this moment, and before the gentleman had had time to rise from the street, the servant, in answer to the knock, bad opened the door to let in her master ! We have not heard that the fellows who perpetrated this most daring robbery In the public street, and during broad inomilight, have beta discovered. MOVEMENTS. The Dowager Duchess of Rutland has arrived at Melton Mow bray, from a tour. The Duke of St. Albans arrived yesterday at his house in St. James's-square. from Colonel Clayton's seat, Great Marlow. The Marquis and Marchioness of Clanricarde left their house in St..lames's-square yesterday, for Paris. The Countess of 'Mansfield has arrived at her seat at Richmond, from Milford, South Wales. The Earl and Countess Cowper left town yesterday morning, for Paris. The Countess of Harrowby has left Wortley Hall, Sheffield, for Doncaster. Lord and Lady 3lonhigue have left their seat, Ditton Park, Bucks, for Brighton. Lord Dc Clifford has arrived at his scat, King's Weston, from Bath. The lion. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Simpson have arrived at their seat, Bahworth, Notts, from a tour. The Hon. Colonel Anson. M.P. arrived yesterday at his house in Curzon-street, Mayfair, from Doncaster. Sir Hugh Dalrymple, Bart. has arrived in town, from Paris. Sir William Abdy, liars. left town yesterday, on a visit to Lord De Tabley, at his seat, Tsbley House, Cheshire. Sir Hussey and Lady Vivian left the Royal llotel, St. James's street, ye.terday, for their seat in Hants. Colonel Gore Langton, Mrs. Langton, and family, have left their seat, Newton Park, rear Bath, for Cheltenham. Colonel and Mrs. Gardiner have arrived,at Brighton, from the Isle of Wight. Colonel and Mrs. Maitland have arrived at Brighton, froth Tun bridge Wells. The Rev. C. H. Reaston and Mrs. MACS have left their seat, Balborough Hall. Notts, for Doncaster. IL Harman, Esq. arrived yesterday at his house in Pall-mall, from Reading, Berks. Alexander Adair, Esq. h::a arrived at his house in St. James's square, from his villa, Addiscombe Covage, Surrey. John Douglas, Esq. has left the Stud-(muse, Kingston, on a visit to Lord Bloomfield, at the Court of Stockholm. James Blanca, Esq. left town yesterday for Margate, on his way to the Continent. Dlr. and Mrs. C. P. Brune left their scat at Twickenham yester day, for Cheltenham. Mr.and Mrs. Peplae have left Ilaywarden, Chester, for Dilbury, Ludlow. Mrs. Tracey and family left their house in Thver.street yester day, for their scat in Hers. Captain Archibald Maclean, R.N. has arrived at Fenton's New Hotel, St. James's-street, from the Continent. Departures:— Capt. Fancourt, for llants ; Sir Edward Carrington, Bart. M.P. ; Captain Beresford, for Windsor. Departures from Gould's Hotel. Jerrnyn-street :—Sir Thomas and Lady Fremantle and family, for their twat, Swan Court ; the Rev. Mr. Hall, fur Luton Hall, Bucks; Charles Wyndham, Esq. on a tour. Arrivals at the Brunswick Hotel (late Blake's), Jermyn.strect —The Princess Galitzin, from Brussels ; Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. 31`Donald, from Scotland; St. George, Esq. from the Continent. Arrivals at the Bath Hotel, Arlington.strect :—Captain Ware, from the Continent: Mr. Mrs. and Miss Fo)let, from Scotland; Edward Knight, Esq. from Burks; Mrs. Brisbane and Miss Brown, from Scotland. Departures:—Mrs. Clutteriark and fa mily, for their seat, New , al Park ; and Captain Williams, for Berks. Arrivals at Bates Family Hotel, Dover.street:—The Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Dymock, Mrs. Power and family, G. H. Power. Esq., and life and Mrs. Dawson. Departures: - 3lr. and 3lrs. Cohn ridge, the blesses Market; Lord William Russell, for Paris; Sir John Read, Bart. and son ; Mr. and Mrs. Warner ; alr. and Mrs. Farrell and family, for Hanover-street; Mr. and Mrs. Deering and family. Arrivals at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square :—Lady Shaw Stewart and family, from Scotland ; Lord and Lady Montague and bliss Montague, lrom Montague-house, near Windsor; Lord and Lady Stopford and family, from Yorkshire; the Marchioness of Downshire, I add Mary Hill, and Lord George Hiil, from the Continent ; Sir Hugh and Lady Hamilton. from the Continent. The Duke of York rode out in an open harouche and pair about half-past two o'clock yesterday afternoon, from the reidence of the Duke of Rutland, in Arlington-street. Ills Royal Ilielmess vit-ited his new residence in the King's Palace, St. James's, which the Royal Duke inspected. His Royal Highness proceeded up Constitution-hill to Brompttin and its neighbourhood, &c. The Royal Duke returned about half-past four o'clock from his airing. Sir Henry Ilalford and Mr. Macgrigor visited hia Royal High ness yesterday. His Royal Highness was engaged in the morning transacting military business with some official gentlemen. The Princess Augusta arrived in town yesterday morn ing from her resilience at Frogmore. Her Royal Iligh ness paid visits to the Duke of York and the Princess Sophia. Her Royal Highness returned to Frogmore in the afternoon. The Duchess of Gloucester left town, for her residence at liagsbot-park, on Monday afternoon. We regret to state that the Countess of Eldon has had a relapse, and is at present suffering under indisposition at her residence in Hamilton-place. The Paris Papers of Monday announce the arrival of Mr. Canning in Paris on Sunday at three in the afternoon, accompanied by Mrs. Canning. They descended at the hotel of the English Ambassador, where aparttnents are provided for them. The Chancellor of the Exchequer came to town yester day morning from Beckenham. A Board of the Lords of the Treasury was held yester day at the Treasury Chambers. Despatches were sent off yesterday from the Foreign Office to Mr. Secretary Canning, at Paris. Lord 11 7 m. Bentinck transacted business yesterday at the Colonial Office. Sir Frederick Adam, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Isles, was expected to arrive in town yesterday evening, from the lonian Islands, on leave of absence. Mr. Bartlett, his Majesty's Consul-General at Galicia and Asturias (to reside at Curunna), transacted business yesterday at the Secretary of State's Office for Foreign Af fairs, on his return from Spain. An Italian courier, attached to the Government of the lonian Isles, arrived at the Office of the Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs on Wednesday, from Cotina, with despatches for Earl Bathurst from Sir F. Man), the Lord I I igh Commissioner. A abort time ago the celebrated violinist Kiesewetter, in making a musical excursion through Yorkshire, had oc casion to tarry at Bridlingtoa for a few (I:ts, when he took up his ledgings at the Nelson Inn. It happened one afternoon that a party of gentlemen were taking a glass in the adjoining room to where the musician was executing 89111 e of the most brilliant passages of Mayseder, when an honest farmer present broke silence by saying, " Bless me, he's a long time in putting his f!dzlle into tune." Li vs anav NE: W S.-1n the absence of political intell • Bence, we may inform our readers of the present state of matters in the literary world. The Lip of Napokon, by the author of hbrer/cy, is certainly in progress, but the story of P n o. volumes, as being already printed, is not quite correct. Nearly three volumes, however, are completed; and if d c report of a friend of our own may be trusted, there are many passages in the work which are distin ftnishesl by eloquence and power, which even the Author of Werverhy hail not !cached before. Mr. Constable, the father of the splendid projection which bears his name, has been enabled by his family or friends again to call it his own ; and at no distant period we hope to see it making its appearance, full of the talent which was provided at its first ammuncetnent. And it is also said, on what authority we know not, that one of the greatest living poets is engaged in the biography of his celebrated friend, the late Lord Byron..—.S'eets Times. DARING ATTEMPT AT lIIGMVAY ROBBERY.—On Fri day night, shortly after eight o'clock, and in broad moon light, as a car, in which were two ladies and two gentle. men, was proceeding along Edge-vale, Liverpool, a strong athletic man suddenly darted from the corner of Edge-lane upon the party. At first he attempted to drag one of the young gentlemen from the car • but, failing in his object, he next attempted to seize t he reins of the horse. Ob serving his design, the gentleman who was driving stood up in the car, elevated the reins sufficiently high to prevent the footpad from reaching them, and whipped the horse, bestowing three or four heavy blows on the villain's face with the butt end of the whip. This spirited conduct of the young gentleman induced the high wayman to decamp ; and the party afterwards pursued their journey towards home without further molestation. On Saturday information of the attack, with a description of the man, was given to the police, who entertain hopes of apprehending him.' LISBON PAPERS. LISBON, SEPT. The Liabaa Gazdte st ates that the Marquis Palmella, Arnbat. sador at London, and Don Pedro de Mello Breyner, Portuguese Minister at Paris, had communicated to their Government that all classes of Portuguese resident in England and France had taken the oath to the Constitutional Charter. A circular has been addressed by the Minister of War to all the Chiefs of the army, enjoining them to receive all the volunteers who should present theinsaves, it being the wish of the infanta Regent that the national forces should be completed on a large scale. To those volunteers who offer themselves within forty days will be given a medal, bearing this inscription :—" A volunteer of the first year of the Constitutional Charter, given to the Pkrtu. guese by King Don Pedro the Fourth." Her Royal Highness the Princess Regent is gone to pass wee flays at Chiba for the benefit of ha health. FRENCH PAPERS. The Conilitniinnirel of Sunday contains a long and rather curious letter from Constantinople. dated the 12th ult. on the subject of the proposed levy of 300,000 men by the Sultan. The writer of this letter considers the support of so large a body of troops imprac. ticahle in the present state of Turkish finances. The same paper states positively that the Queen of Sweden has no intention of travelling this year, and that neither of her Chamberlairdt is in the Netherlands, or has been to the Brazils, u stated in the public - . _ We subjoin an extract from the letter from Constantinople. The writer, after stating varioul circumstances to show the impractics. bility of the proposed kvv. proceeds to consider the means of pay, ing the present army of disciplined troops, which, in compliment, he says, to the assertion o the A tortiorn Observer and the Oriental Sr,-,,ttor, he is willing to take at 11 - 111.119 i) men •` direct contril u ions of the Ottoman Empire are applied to nrdimry expenses, for which an invariable rule is established. The Sul:an appropriates the produce of the Customs to the regular troops, to which, in our liberality, we will add the revenue from ind rec talus. °Purses. The Custom•house at Constantinople produces annually . i,tra The tax on butchers - . - 600 Tobacco duty - - . . . 1,2 r/ The Customs duty on Arabian tobacco - - 700 Additional reran, according to a new regulation - 400 The mivagsli of the Aloukazas - - 5 .777 Salt works - - . 1,200 • Duty upon fish, forests, weights, at Constantinople, tce• . 2,800 . The duties from Cairo . . . 1,00 Confiscated property - . . . 1,327 Total - - 15,693 By special firmans additional taxes arc imposed upon Planes. brandy, goats' hair, cotton, and currants, the Sultan has created a new revenue since 1804 of . . 37,250,C03 Which added to the 15,03 purses, makes . 7,&111,Z,00 Making a to.ll of 45,096,541.0 " These are the funds to Su pport 309.060 men, and are shall only remark upon this calculation, that the piastre is worth only 40 centimect " The Sultan, however, continues his plans; he fences with a lance, and fires a pistol with as murk correctness as a Cossack. The whole capital is mimed into a dancing-room, and the Mufti amuses himself with singing odes, intended as a sort of epitaph noon Chrktianity, which he pro2oscs to regenerate at the point of a bayonet." *A Purse is 500 piastres. t About 4d. English. -S -<-I°Bll- fi T" V‘' •-• Airsl,l• • ------ GERMAN I'APARS. VIEVXA, St - PT. i. Their Imperial Majesties will arrive on the 12th at the Imperial palace in this city, and will remain here for the autumn. They had at first intended to go to Schoenbrunn, but they changed their plan. The Duke of Modena will leave us on the llth to return to his cwn daminions. The Archduke Rainer, Viceroy of Italy, and Ids consort, arrived here on the 3tl. GOTHA, SEPTENnta 5. Our new Prince, the Duke of Coburg, has returned to his cap!. tal. from his tour in Switzerland. The Convention for the partition of the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha and Altenburg is, however, not pt ratified by him; we learn, too, that the Duke of Mcirungen has not ratified the Convention without a reservation of some points. The Duke of Coburg will remove his residence to the pleasant city of Gotha, and hopes are entertained here that his Royal Highness Prince lz.topold of Saxe-Coburg (son-in-law of the King of Eng land) will in future spend the greater pert of the year among us. It is certain that a splendid residence is now fitting up for him. The luße of Hildburgliausen, who has obtained for his share the deb principality of Altenburg, has already removed to Altenburg with tin whole tourt. RUDOLSTADT, SEPT. B. The account g'ven in some papers respecting the Princess tax (or contribution lesi.d on the marriage of a Princess of the Duchy) has been answered in ore of our Journals, which refutes three errors in the article in question. I. In the family compact (of which an ex. tract has been published by ilk Government, at the request of the Commission or the Diet) It is exressly stipulated with respect to the appanaged Biome, trot they shall themselves provide for their children ; but the t the dowry ter their daughters shall be raised by the reigning Prince, by means of the Princess tax, which has at all times been levied, because it was only on this condition that they renounced their claime to the Government, and consented to the in trAurion of the law of primogeniture. 2. In the Diet which was opened in 1321 the Representatives of the people were informed that the loxes hitherto were such and such, and that they had been en:. p!oyed in such and such a manner; and that besides these regular taxes there was another, namely, the Princess tax, which was levied only in case of a marriage, to which the Diet did not make any ob jection whatever. 3. In the year l!trt the Permanent Committee of the Diet was expressly informed of the marriage of the daughter of Prince Charles, and that the usual Princess tax would be levied, to which no objection was made. NPREMIIPTIO, SEPT. 9. Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Anne (a Princess of Saxe Coburg Saalfeld) arrived here yesterday on her way from Switzerland to Coburg. VIENNA, SEPT. 6.-3letalliques, 913; Dank Shares, 1083 i. TRIM, OF A NEW LIFE-Ban% A great number of respectable persons assembled at Lowestoft, in Suffolk, yesterday se'nnight (being the anni versary of the Suffolk Humane Society), to witness the trial between the long-celebrated life-twat belonging to that place, and the new one of Yarmouth, lately built and fitted up, on a new principle, under the superintendence of Captain G. W. Hanby, for the Norfolk Association for Saving Lives from Shipwreck. There was unfortunately trot sufficient wind to display the entire uses of a life-beat, yet ample to determine their qualities. It was as that both boats should sail round the Standford limy, a point requiring them to go close to the wind fur weathering it. The Lowestoft boat, being to windward at starting, imme diately filled, and took the lead in every handsome style ; but no sooner were the sails of the Yarmouth boat set and sheeted home, than she stretched off, keeping a most steady course, and gaining upwards of half a mile to windward, to the admiration, and it may be said to the astonishment, of the numerous spectators, amongst whom were several eminent naval characters. The Suffolk boat is undoubtedly a very fine one, and has been most eminently useful ; but the Norfolk Association rimy congratulate themselves on possessing the most weatherly one in the Yarmouth boat, which approaches nearer to perfection, as a life-boat, than any that has yet appeared ; for, independent of her supe rior sailing qualities and stiffness, the fitting up with cop- I per tank, made o the form of the boat c, flea, gives more room and power of management when full of water, and, by exalting her txterior, confirm-. the fullest confi dence of safety to those on board. The effecting commu. nictrinn with stranthd vessels, by firing a rope attached to a shot from a mortar, was next exhibited with astonishing accuracy; and the interesting process of bringing persons from a wreck was also exemplified. Captain Mauby arta . - wards exhibited a most simple and ingenious percussion lock, for the use of his mortar, which also appeared most admirably adapted to guns of flush-deck vessels, and met with the highest approbation. The day proved remarkably fine, and the whole afforded much gratification. A large party afterwards dined at the Queen's Head Inn, Sir S• Gooch in the Chair. Lord Stradbrook, the President of the Society, was expected to have filled the Chair; tut it was understood he was engaged at a dinner at 1 oxford, 00 the same day. There was a ball in the evening, at the New Bath-rooms, for the benefit of the Alatford and Lothingland General Dispensary, which was well attended. A crime, the motive for which it is not possible to ima gine, was perpetrated a few evenings ago, in the Rite de Bucherie, at Paris. A young milliner's girl was acat,',l in the street by an individual who requested permission to see her safely home. The young woman refused, when the ruffian struck her several blows with a roniard. 'l ll unfortunate victim was so dangersously wounded, that on being taken to the Hotel Dieu, she almost immediately expired. A man with whom the young woman lived seve ral years, but from whom she was separated a month sine• has been arrested. He endeavoured to commit suicide while in prisou.—:-Conatitsaionnd of Sunday.