The Sun. — London, England, 1829-09-09 00:00:00

BATTLE OF TALAVETtA. (From the Second Volume of Colonel Napier's Histoill of the Peninsular War.) " From nine o'clock in the morning until mid-day the field of battle offered no appear ance of hostility; the weather was intensely hot, and the troops, on both sides, descended and mingled, without fear or. suspicion, to quench their thirst at the little brook which divided the position ; but, at one o'clock in the afternoon, the Freach soldiers were seen to gather round their eagles, and the rolling of drums was heard along the whole line. Half an hour later, the King's guards, the reserve, and the fourth corps, were descried, near the centre of the enemy's position, marching to join the first corps ; and, at two o'clock, the table-land and the height on the French right, even to the valley, were co vered with the dark and lowering masses. At this moment some hundreds of English soldiers, employed to carry the wounded to the rear, re tuvned in one body, and were, by the French, supposed to be Sir Robert Wilson's corps join ing the army ; nevertheless the Duke of Bel limo, whose arrangements were now completed, gave the signal for battle, and eighty pieces of artillery immediately sent a tempest of bullets before - the light troops, who, coining on swiftly and with the violence of a hail-storm, were closely followed by the broad, black columns, in all the majesty of war. . " Sir Arthur Wellesley, from the summit of tbt, hill, had a clear view of the whole field of battle: and first he saw the fourth corps rush forwards, with the usual impetuosity of French soldiers, and clearing the intersected ground ill their front, fall upon Campbell's division with infinite fury; but that General, assisted by Mackenzie's brigade, and by two Spanish bat talions, withstood their utmost efforts. The English regiments, putting the French skirmish ers aside, met the advancing columns with loud shouts, and breaking in on their front, and lap ping their flanks with fire, and giving no respite, pushed them back with a terrible carnage. Ten guns were taken ; but, as General Campbell prudently forbore pursuit, the French rallied on their supports, and made a show of attacking again. Vain attempt ! The British artillery and musketry played too vehemently upon their masses, and a Spanish regiment of cavalry charging on their flank at the same time, the whole retired in disorder, and the victory was secured in that quarter. " But while this was passing on the right. Villatte's division, preceded by the grenadiers, and supported by two regiments of light cavalry, was seen advancing up the great valley against the left, and, beyond Villatte's, Ruffin was dis covered marching towards the mountain. Sir Arthur Wellesley immediately ordered Anson's brigade of cavalry, composed of the 23d Light Dragoons and the first German Hussars, to charge the head of these columns ; and this brigade coming on at a canter, and increasing its speed as it advanced, rode headlong against the enemy, but in a few moments came upon the brink of a hollow cleft, which was not percep tible at a distance. The French, throwing them selves into squares, opened their fire ; and Col. Arentschild, commanding the hussars, an officer whom forty years experience had made a master in his art, promptly reined up at the brink, ex claiming, in his broken phrase, I will not kill my young men !' " The English blood was hotter ! The 23d, under Colonel Seymour, rode wildly down into the hollow, and men and horses fell over each other in dreadful confusion.' The survivors, still untamed, mounted the opposite bank two's and three's ; Seymour was wounded ; but Major Frederick Ponsonby, a hardy soldier, rallying all who came up, passed through the midst of Vil latte's columns, and, reckless of the musketry from each side, fell with inexpressible violence upon a brigade of French ehasseurs in the rear. 1. he combat was fierce but short ; Victor had perceived tie first advance of the English, and detached his Polish lancers and Westphalian light-horse, to the support of Villatte ; and these fresh troops coming up when the 23d, already overmatched, could scarcely hold up against the chasseurs, entirely broke them. Those who were not killed or taken made for Bassecour's Spanish division, and so escaped, leaving behind 207 men and officers, or about half the number that went into action• " During this time the hill, the key of the position, was again attacked, and Lapisse, cross ing the ravine, pressed hard upon the English centre ; his own artillery, aided by the great battery on his right, opened large gaps in Sher brooke's ranks, and the French columns came close up to the British line in the resolution to win ; hut they were received with a general dis charge of all arms, and so vigorously encounter ed, that they gave back in disorder; and, in the excitement of the moment, the brigade of Eng lish guards, quitting the line, followed up their success with inconsiderate ardour. The enemy's supporting columns and dragoons advanced, the men who had been repulsed turned again, and the French batteries pounded the flank and front of the guards. Thus maltreated, th latter drew back, and at the same moment, the Gerti?an Legion, being sorely pressed, got into confusion. and Campbell's divisions, on the extremities of the line, still held fast ; but the centre of the BrLish was absolutely broken, and the fate of the day seemed to incline in favour of the French, when suddenly Colonel Donellan, with the 48th Re giment, was seen advancing through the midst of the disordered masses. At first it seemed as if his regiment must he carried away. by the retiring crowds; but, wheeling back by companies, it let them pass through the intervals, and then, re suming its proud and beautiful line, marched against the right of the pursuing columns, and plied them with such a destructive musketry, and closed upon them with such a firm and regular pace, that the forward movement of the French was checked. The Guards and the Germans immediately rallied ; a brigade of light cavalry came up from the second line at trot ; the artillery battered the enemy's flanks without in termission., and the French beginning to waver, soon lost their advantage, and the battle was restored. " In all actions there is one critical and deei sive moment which will give the victory to the General who knows how to seize it. When the Guards first made their rash charge, Sir Arthur Wellesley, forseeing the issue of it, had ordered the 48th down from the hill, although a rough battle was ving on there ; and, at the same time, he directed Cotton's light cavalry to ad vance. These dispositions gained the day. The French relaxed their efforts by degrees ; the fire of the English grew hotter ; and their loud and confident shouts—sure augury of success—were heard along the whole line. 6 ' In the hands of a great General, Joseph' Guards and the reserve, which were yet entire, trright have restored the combat; but all combi nation was at an end on the French side. The 4th corps, beaten back on the left with the loss of ten guns, was in confusion ; the troops in the great valley on the right, amazed at the furious charge of the 23d, and awed by the sight of four distinct lines of cavalry, still in reserve, remained stationary. No impression had been made on the bill ; Lapisse himself was mortally wounded, and, at last, his division giving way, the whole army, retired to its position, from whence it had descended to the attack. This retrograde movement was covered by skirmishers and an increasing fire of artillery ; and the British reduced to less than fourteen thousand sabres and bayonets, and exhausted by toil, and the want of food, could not pursue. The Spanish army was incapable of any evolution, and about six o'clock all hostility ceased, each army holding the position of the morning. But the battle was scarcely over when, the dry grass and shrubs taking fire, a volume of flames passed with in conceivable rapidity across a part of the field, scorching, in its course, both the dead and the wounded." ANECDOTES. (From Personal and Literary Memorials, by the Author of Four Years in France, &e.) Mrs. Digby told me, that when she lived in London with her sister, Mrs. Brooke, the au thoress of Julia Mandeville, &c., they were every now and then honoured by the visits of Dr. Samuel Johnson. He called on them one day, soon after the publication of his immortal Dictionary. The twoladies paid him due com pliments on the occasion. Amongst other to pics of praise, they very much commended the omission of all naughty words. " What, my dears ! then you have been looking for them ?" said the moralist. The ladies, confused at be ing thus caught, dropped the subject of the dictionary. Dr. Barton, Warden of Merton College, Ox ford, was a punster. He said, " the Fellows of my College wished to have an organ in the chapel, but I put a stop to it ;" whether for the sake of the pun, or because he disliked music, is uncertain. He invited, for the love of pun ning, Mr. Crowe and Mr. Rook, to dine with trim ; and having given Mr. Birdtnore, another guest, a hint to be rather after the time, on his appearing, said, " Mr. Rook ! Mr. Crowe ! I beg leave to introduce one Bird more." He married his niece to a gentleman of the hopeful name of Buckle. The enterprise succeeded be yond his expectation. Mrs. Buckle was deli vered of twins. " A pair of Buckles !" " Boys or girls ?" said a congratulating friend ; the an swer may be supposed. To him, though it has been attributed to others, belongs the glory or the shame of having said to one, who, having re-established his health by diet of milk and eggs, took a wife :—" So, you have been egged on to matrimony ; I hope the yoke will sit easy on you." While the late Edmund Burke was making preparation for the indictment, before the House of Lords, of Warren Hastings, Governor-Gene ral of India, he was told that a person who had long resided in the East Indies, but who was then an inmate of Bedlam, could supply him with much useful infor►ation. Burke went ac cordingly to Bedlam, was taken to the cell of the maniac, and received from him, in a long, ra tional, and well-conducted conversation, the re sults of much and various knowledge and expe rience in Indian affairs, and much instruction for the process then intended. On leaving the cell, Burke told the keeper who attended him, that the poor man whom he had just visited, was most iniquitously practised upon ; for that he was as much in his senses as a man could be. The keeper assured him that there was suffi cient warranty, and very good cause for his confinement. Burke, with what a man in office once called " Irish impetuosity," known to be one of Burke's characteristics, insist• ed that it was an infamous affair, threaten ed to make the matter public, or even bring it before Parliament. The keeper then said, " Sir, I should be sorry for you to leave this house under a false impression : before you do so, be 'pleased to step back to the poor gentleman's cell, and ask him what he had for breakfast." Burke could not refuse compliance with a request so reasonable and easily performed. " Pray, Sir," said he to his Indian counsellor, " be so oblig ing as to tell me what you had for your break fast." The other, immediately putting on the wild stare of the maniac, cried out, " Hob-nails, Sir ! It is shameful to think how they feed us! They give us nothing but hob-nails!" and went on with a " descant wild" on the horrors of the cookery of Bedlam Hospital. Burke staid no longer than that his departure might not seem abrupt ; and, on the advantage of the first pause in the talk, was glad to make his escape. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. DONCASTER RACES. DONCA4Trar SY,PT. 7.—Active preparations are making in every quarter for thp ensuing meeting, which is expected to be one of the fullest and most brilliant ever known. Up to yesterday afternoon about 30 horses had arrived, in.. eluding several two-yr-olds, and horses to lead the gallops. The following are the principal : Lord Chesterfield's Zioganee, by Tramp Lord Scarborough's Cambridge, by Catton - Cistercian, by Catton Hon. E. Petre's Apoilonia (sister to Delphine) Delphine, by Whisker Reginald, by Figaro Laura, by Figaro Mr. Earns►tiaw's Elastic, by Waverley Lord Normanby's Florence, by Blucher Mr. Heywood'a Sandoval, by Cervantes Mr. Gibbeswn's Lady Sarah, by Tramp Murphy, by Filho 44 Puts, Air. Houldsworth's Durham, by Abjer . Abel, by Filho da Puta. The majority of the horses will arrive in the course of to-morrow and Wednesday, ;tad 'a few on Thursday, on which day we shall send up a fuyther list of them, with a few particulars of the St. Leger favourites that may not be unimportant to those who ground their betting on the surest of all criteria—public running. Lord KILLEEN'S name is second in the list of Sheriffs for Meath this year. The first name is that of Lord CLIFTON, but as his Lordphip is totally resident in England, it is supposed he will nut serve. The third name is that of Mr. GO LAMBERT.—DubIin Paper. A discovery'lias just berr made near Charn berry, in Savor,: Of ais immen , e piae forest, which is buried many fathoms in the ground, The accounts which we have seen do not explain the state of the timber ; but it ap pears That many labourers are employed in uncovering it. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (From the Gazette de France.) PARIS, SEPT. 7.—Letters from Constantinople of the 16th announce that the Sultan has accepted the treaty of the 6th of July ; that Turkish Pleni potentiaries have been sent to the Russian head. quarters to ask for peace. Adrianople had just been taken. (From the Messager des Chambres.) A very important piece of news from the theatre of war, which does not appear to us improbable, has just been communicated to us in the following terms : " General Diebitsch took possession of Adria nople on the 21st of August, without having had any resistance to overcome, and at the desire of the inhabitants themselves, who sent a deputation to him. The city had been in a complete state of anarchy in consequence of the disorders committed by the two factions which tore it to pieces. That in favour of peace obtained the superiority, and the Russians were received as deliverers by the majority of the inhabitants. " The success of the Russians has been every where facilitated by the enemies of reform, and the numerous adherents of the party of the Janissaries. The fanaticism of the obstinate Mussulmans, who consider the innovations of the Sultan as profana tions, becomes an auxiliary to the Russian arms, which General Diebitsch turns to account with much dexterity. " It vas added that the official news of the en trance of the Russians into Trebisond was every mo ment expected. In several places the Turks went to meet the Russians, bearing a cross as a sign of peace and welcome." , PARIS, SEPT. 7.—The retirement of Messrs. de la Bourdonnaye and Bourmont has been much spoken of to-day. The Duke de Brissac and General Coward are spoken of as their successors. (From the Journal des Debuts.) PARIS, SEPT. 6.—Yesterday evening there was a Council of Ministers at Prince Polignac's, which sat from a quarter before eight to half an hour past midnight. The Austrian Observer of the 29th of August, and Allgemeine Zeitung of the 3d of September, have also arrived with the express. The Austrian Observer gives an account of the opening of the Greek National Assembly, on the 23d of July, with part of the Pre,ident's speech. (From the Allgemeine Zeitung.) VIENNA, AUG. 29.—Metalliques, 99i; Bank Shares, 1,149. FRENCH FIiNDB.-PARIS, SEPT. 7.—Five per Grits., 109 f. 65c. 70c. 65c. 70c. 85c. 75c. ; Three per Cents., 80f. 9.5 c. 81f.; Rcntes de Naples, 861. 10e. 15c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 734. 73. ; Rentes Perpetuelles d'Espagne, 48k. I. Exchange on London—One month, 25f. 55c. ; Three months, 25f. 40c.— Cours .Authentique. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Constitutionnel.) CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 11.-Our situation be comes more and more critical. Each day is marked by new successes on the part of the Russians, and the Sultan, unable to stop their victorious career, will be obliged to yield and appease the discontent of his subjects, who are impatient for peace. The exasperation is general, and since the lust fire broke out, several plots have been discovered that tended to reduce the city to ashes. Janissariasm re-appears, and does all in its power to increase the danger of the impending storm. The Porte, however, con tinues its preparations for defence ; all the faithful are invited to take arms; the Divan assemble daily. The Ministers of the foreign Powers have frequent conferences between themselves and the Reis Effendi, and the couriers arrive or start every moment. The Sultan left Terapia on the 9th, with the Prophet's standard, to go to Ramis Tchiflik, where he is to assemble a formidable army, but as yet there are only 12,000 men in this last place; other troops have also been sent to Karaburna, where the Se raskier has gone himself, because it is feared the Russians will disembark on that point. As the town is threatened kith a general fire during this crisis, the Grand Seignor has given out a finnan, ordering that a sentinel should pass the night in each house, where several butts of water are always kept ready, and engines have been placed in many parts of the town. The acceptation of the Treaty of Landon, following the declarations of Mr. Gordon, and which probably has been rendered easier by the explanation given by the Prussian Ambassador, ha s made the most favourable impression, for Mr. Gor don, having thus surmounted the first difficulties, continues his negotiations on a large and solid basis. The general enthusiasm is far from what it was supposed. Had we been victorious, it would cer tainly have been carried to a great height ; but our defeats have discouraged us, and the enemies of the empire, who are numerous, do not lose a single op portunity of working on the minds of the people. The Porte is still silent on the events that have taken place, and we really do not know where the Russians are,though it is asserted thatKirk-kilissa is secured from any sudden attack by the care of Abdurahman Pacha. The orders given for 40,000 of the general levy of Constantinople to hold themselves in readiness, is sufficient to show the danger. On the 6th of this month a Ru-sian steam-vessel appeared at the en trance of the Black Sea, and continued to sound for a considerable time. It sailed away after having fired six of its guns against the castles. The interpreter belonging to the Porte has left the town, and now commands the engineers. He is at Adrianople, where he superintends the works. (From the Messager des Chambres.) PARIS, SEPT. 6.—lt is already in contemplation in the Council of Ministers to appoint a successor to Count Guilleminot; but it has been felt that in the present state of affairs in the East, it would be dif ficult for a new Ambassador to be immediately ac quainted with the state of things. If the operations of General Diebitsch should be protracted, Count Guilleminot will certainly he recalled. The Duke de Ragusa is spoken of as his successor. (From the Allgemeine Zeitung of Sept. 2.) BUCHAREST, AUG. 16.—Our accounts from the army are to the 7th, when the head-quarters were at Aidos, and the vanguard under General Rudiger on the march to Kirk-kilissa, some of the inhabitants of which have sent to offer iheir submission, while the remainder resolved to defend the place. The Com mander-in-chief seems to wait for the reserve, which was to join General Krassowsky on the 16th. At the beginning of this month the Grand Vizier made a sally, but was repulsed with considerable loss. It is said that he has fallen into disgrace. CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 10.—After a conference of seven hours, which the English Ambassador had on the sth with the ReisEffendi, the latter at length yjelded, and accepted the mediation of the Po wer s. This concession was followed by a second—viz. to open negotiations with Russia. The Reis Effendi as-ured the English Ambassador, and afterwards Count Guilleminot, that orders had been sent to the ramp at Shumla to send Commissioners to the Rus sian headquarters, to whom the necessary instruc tions would soon be forwarded. AUGSBURG, SEPT'. I.—The Austrian Observer says—" According to a letter from Odessa of the 17th, the measure of shutting up the h ouses h a d been carried into effect with great strictness since the 1,5 th." (From the journal des Debats of Sunday.) BuuilAßEsT, Aua. 14. 7 A Courier from Shumla has brought to the President bad news respecting the last engagement before that place, in conse quence of which the Russian corps of observation has been obliged to retreat to Jenibazar.. Th e fol any thi ng Vizier resolv e d to lowing is the account given of this event : the latest actionseitt Russian aCicorps had suffered mu c h i n one o f before Shumla, but did not think a th g e ain g s a t rr i i t s . on enoughHstor‘ovnegvertthe Grand to attemptnd try his fortune once more. After some days' delay • S he suddenly attacked the besiegers and obtained un hoped-for success. The Russians were not only driven from their positions, but left 6,000 prisoner?, and have retired to Jenibazar. It is added, that the Turks have since retaken two strong positions near Shumla. Of the 22,000 men of the reserve, that arrived in July at Wasseley, near Jassy, 11,000 were sent towards Giurdzevo, and 11,000 to the right bank of the Danube. General Kisselew has sent 6,000 men to rein force Gen. Geismar. at Krajova. It is not doubted that the Turks will again get possession of that place, and the inhabitants of Little Wallachia are in great alarm. An official account from Krajova says, that thirty men who went down the river to the post station at ScuSsets, carried off twelve horses and two postilions. The President,:Count Soltuchin, set out for Jassy yesterday. General Kisselew has been for some days at Jassy. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) JASSY, AUG. is pretty confidently affirmed that the Sultan has sent to Shumla two negotiators, and a Greek who acts as their interpreter. They are said to have instructions to proceed to the Rus sian head-quarters.. It is also affirmed, that the garrison of Shumla has lately made a say, in which the Russians are stated to have lost 2,000 men, and their position thrown into complete disorder. Accounts from Silistria say, that the flotilla on the Danube which had remained at anchor there since the fall of the fortress is gone to Rudschuk.— A corps of 4,000 men, stationed in the environs, is gone to join the corps of observation between Sili stria and Rudschuk, whence it is inferred that the latter, will soon be regularly besieged. No change has lately occurred at Ginrdzerci. The two Pachas who surrendered with the garrison of Silistria are still in that fortress, but will soon set out for Russia. A contagion carries off great numbers of cattle in the Principalities.—Courier of Peace and War. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Hark stock 3 per Cent. Red. ...... shut 3 per Cent. Cons. 8.93 s 9 8% 3!..; per Cent . Ditto Ned. shut per Cent........... ..10 - 2N% Ditto, 1R26 Ditto Scrip 11 .nk L. Ann. India Stock 222% 1% Binds 62 61 63 pm. DAY ♦T ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock NEWS FROM GREECE. Old Annuities shut New Ditto Ex. Bills, .£l,OOO Sd. 67 68 pm. Ditto 500 2d. 67 68 pm. 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After which, BOMB ASTES F U RIOS°. Artaxominous, Mr. J. Russell; General Bombastes, Mr. 0. Smith ; Fusbos, Mr. Thorne. Distanna, Mrs. C. Jones. To conclude with THE SPRING LOCK. Lorenzo de Medici, Mr. Wood; Giulio, Mr. James Vining; Doctor Manente, Mr. Keeley; Doctor Flamingo, Mr. 0. Smith. Amarantha, Miss Cawse; Vergellina, Mrs. Keeley. sp T ri %m L or o r c o k a..., a ilelo.Drama, with Sold for a Song, and The ..s: Ebr nu. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1829. The Constitutionnel gives a lamentable pic- ture of the state of things at Constantinople. According to that Journal, each day is marked by new successes on the part of the Russians, and the SULTAN has but one means left of avoiding total ruin, namely, by entering into ne gociations with the conquerors. As if the sum of his vexations were not already sufficiently complete, his old enemies, the Janissarits, are raising their heads again, countenanced, doubt- less by the Russians, whose policy, during this m has been remark a bl e f or i ts war i ness, sagacity, and forethought, especially as regards the tenor of their conduct towards the disaffected Armenians and Janissaries. The enthusiasm of the 'finks, is, it seenis, reduced to the lowest ebb, and the order for 40,000 of the general levy of Constantinopl e t o h o ld t h emse l ves i n readiness, is executed slowly and with reluctance. The latest Express from Paris announces that the SULTAN has at length accepted the treaty of the Gth July, that Turkish Plenipotentiaries have been sent to the Russian head-quarters to ask for peace, and that Adrianople has been taken. This city, it appears, had been for some time a prey to two contending factions, the strongest of which siding with the Russians, enabled them to gain possession of the place. The same authority adds, that the official news of the entrance of the RuSsians into Trebizond was every moment ex pected, and that in several places the Turks went VIENNA, AUG. 28. We have just received fiom Corfu the Universal Gazelle of Greece of 25th July (No. 49), which contains the following account of the opening of the Greek National Assembly at Argos on the 23d July : " ARGOS Y JULY 23. " The Committee appointed to examine the full powers of the Representatives of the several pro vinces reported on the 21st to the President, that of the Representatives whose papers were found to be in order, M. George Sissini was the oldest. Hereupon the President invited M.,Sissini, with the other Deputies, to repair on Thursday morning to the church of St. Spiridion to attend divine service, which would be performed by the Bishop, and then to take the oath which was taken by the Members of the preceding National Assemblies. " To•day, therefore, at the fifth hour in the fore noon,* the President, with the national insignia, ou foot, and without guards, only with a few attendants, and accompanied by the Ministerial Council and Admiral Miauli , as well as the inhabitants, repaired to the church, where he attended divine service in presence of all the Deputies. " After Mass the Deputies successively took the oath and proceeded to the Theatre, where they took their seats in the Hall that had been prepared for them, and which was covered with branches of myrtle and laurel. Some regular and irregular troops, and a squadron of cavalry, under the command of Nikita Stamatelopulo, Commander of the National Guard, were drawn up in the way, which passed under a triumphal arch, at the entrance of the Theatre. A deputation of fifteen of the Represen tatives accompanied the President from the church to the place of meeting. His Excellency entered the Theatre with due pomp, preceded by a band of £1 2 6 lof music. £1 5 6 " The President opened the Assembly by the following speech : " Gentlemen,—l congratulate myself on being in the midst of you, and esteem myself happy to give you an account of the actions of my Government. " Overcome by the laborious task, which is no longer proportioned to my strength, I was impa tient to be relieved by your co-operation. " If the state of my health allowed; I would my self read you the memorial, in which I view, one by one, all the interests which the National Assembly at Triezene confided to me, and the measures which I have employed faithfully to maintain them. " This memorial will be read to you : you, Gen tlemen, will strictly examine and judge of it.' " Hereupon the Secretary of State read the fol lowing speech, which was listened to with profound silence and the most anxious attention, both by the Deputies and the numerous hearers who sat round the Theatre. " After the Speech had beer► read, all the persons, both in the Hall of Assembly and the Theatre, cried out three times, The President of Greece for ever !' which was repeated on the departure of the President, who returned to his own house on horse back. " THE PRESIDENT OF GREECE TO TIIE FOURTH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE GREEKS. " Let us with our whole soul praise the Al mighty : let us bless his holy name! You are at length assembled to form the Fourth National As sembly, at a moment when the future state of Greece is the object of the benevolent and efficient care of the Allied Powers. " Ihe circumstances. are arduous, but deeply sen sible of our duties, we hope that God will not for sake us. His mercy has saved Greece by miracles; let us, then, be fully convinced that he has not done miracles in vain. When Greece threw off the yoke of slavery, which it bad borne for three centuries, it was wirh the aid of a concurrence of events which were above human prudence and calculation. Greece contended alone with numerous and formidable enemies, and with disasters which succeeded each other without interruption. Its bravery, its perseverance, and its fate, awakened in the Christian nations •of both hemispheres feelings of human compassion, so that when at the e 3 Strcfn.P 91 its,embarrassmer►t and desti tution, and wheiL its !critical situation appeared des perate, it received Material proofs of generous bene volence, by which'it was enabled to defend the sa cred interests that it was endeavouring. to place under the protection of the law of nations. " Yet melancholy experience showed to the coun try that its generous struggles, its blood-stained sa crifices, did not attain their object, and did not prosper, solely because they were not honoured with the powerful assent of the European Powers_ The Protocol signed at St. Petersburgh in 1826, the Treaty of London of 6th July, 1827, and the ever memorable 20th of Oct. at length announced to the Greeks that Great Britain, Russia, and France, recognising the justice of the Greek cause, had undertaken to prepare by their powerful mediation an honorable termination to the long sufferings of Greece. "' Iu June the same year, I received the resolu tion of the National Assembly of the 14th of April, 1827. I thought that I could not better justify the voluntary confidence of the Greek nation in me, than by endeavouring to procure for it with some cer tainty the hope that the Allied Courts would not re fuse their gracious aid, as soon as Greece, by the establishment of internal order, should have given to the Allied Sovereigns security that it was willing and able to effect its national and political regeneration. "' In order to seek the best time and means for the obtaining and confirming of these hopes, and to be able to inspire the nation with the same hopes, I made long anti circuitous journeys before I came to Greece. "' You know the situation in which the country then was. You are also aware of the acts by which the provisional Government of Greece was organized with the approbation of the Senate, and amidst the blessings of the people. I must now give you an • According to the Oriental reckoning five hours after sunnt i by our clock nine in the forenoon. • PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SEPT„ 5. Bank Stock St. Patrick 1 - nrur. (per sh.) Consols, 3 per cent Gov. Stock, 3,4 per cent. 97% National Ditto — Ditto, New — Patriotic Ditto l% t per Cent IO2M Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 3}c percent.... 97% Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock — Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock lmperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings — to meet the RuiZans, bearing a cross as a sign of peace and welcome. One of the on dits at Paris just at present, is the retirement of Messrs. DE LA BouRDON NAVE and BOURMONT. The Duke DE BRIS SAC and General COUTA RD are spoken of as their successors. The Austrian Observer to the 30th ult., re• ceived this morning, gives, from the Universal Gazette of Greece, of the 25th of July, an ac count of the opening of the Greek National Assembly, at Argos, on the 23d of July. This document, which, dwelling on topics with which all Europe is familiar, affords little room for comment, is given below : NGIC TIISTICRDAY. Leghorn 47% Genoa 25 75 Venice 47 Malta AN Naples . 39% Palermo per ea. 119 Lisbon Oporto 454 fUo Janeiro Bahia 2B Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days• sight l% Cork 1 BULLION, PER OZ. . X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 account of its proceedings, and it ;s for you to judge of them. " In establishing the Panhellenion, we wished t ° profit by the abilities and knowledge of the a utlsr rities, to which the nation had often confided its terests. We wished also to show to Europe dud Greece desired order, and that to second the no' tion in this desire, it was the duty of the Govern' ment itself, in the first place, to avoid exercising ar" bitrary power. The Government had to attend above all things to the army, the marine, and the finances. " The provisional organization of the army, and the formation of regiments; the ordinance regulat' ing the naval service ; those appointing Commi`• sioners of the National Bank and the Finances, were introductory steps to the internal organization. " After the publication of these regulations, the national treasury received funds, and the national bank lent it the slim of 2,034,660 Turkish piastres. " The Archipelago was freed from piracy, which had caused an unjust reproach to be attached to the honourable name of the Greek marine. The brave warriors were again assembled at Trsezene avd Megara, after having been before led to despair hi diaorder and misery. A division under Adrair o Miaulis established security in the Archipelago, an 4 afforded to our unhappy brethren, the (Notes, al l : the consolation that we could give them. A secong squadron, under Vice-Admiral Sachtury, was ordered for the blockade which the Admirals of the Allied Powers called on us to institute. Scarcely were these measures in progress, scarcely had we begas . gradually to develope the, renewed activity of regular Government in the provinces, when a nevi scourge came over us, and again threw every thing into confusion. " The army of Ibrahim Paella brought us the plague, which spread to Spezzia, Hydra„Poros, and other provinces of the Morea. " ' The nation passed through this new trial with the noble courage and admirable resignation which characterise it, and overcame this new danget. Though the sanitary cordons caused insufferable dU ficulties, the internal organization of the province' was notwithstanding regulated. The Demogeronte'► the extraordinary Commissioners, and the Provisions' Governors were appointed ; Boards of Health, PO Commanders, and Police Establishments in. ,4 4 towns were introduced, and the Custom-houses gulated. " At the same time, and in the moment that 9. 0 pecuniary resources were exhausted, Divine Pri i iik deuce sent us consolation. " Their Majesties the King of Fiance and 1 14 Emperor of Russia were pleased to grant subsidie 4 in money. That from France was accompanied bb a diplomatic agent, who was to reside at the seat o f the Greek Government. " Thus what we hoped, when we offered the i Petitions of Greece at the altar of deliverance 0 the Allied Princes, began to he fulfilled:" (TO BE CONCLUDED IN OUR NEXT.) The Lisbon Gazettes from the 24th to gbg 29th of August, both inclusive, contain loi' lists of promotions in the army. In the last. at' rivals there is no mention of any vessel from the . Azores. A file of the Bombay Courier, of th e 250 April, has reached us this morning. The Go' vernor of that Presidency had issued a proclatur‘ tion, stating that the Acting Chief Justice had suspended the functions of his Majesty's Supreme Court of Judicature, and that in consequence ° I this he relied for such assistance from the M gistracy as would in some degree alleviate th e ' serious evils which this proceeding was calculated to produce. The final Meeting respecting the affairs of Co vent-Garden Theatre takes place this day. A ire m riety of proposals will, we understand, be submitte d to the Meeting, and, among others, one by IS'i r " MACREADY, offering to open the theatre at th e usual time, provided the creditors will, for a while' relax in their demands, and the actors agree t° ll temporary reduction of salary. To whomsoev er the Theatre may belong, whether the managetn erlt and its vexations may devolve on Mr. C. KEa4o oi Or Mr. HARRIS, or Mr. MACREADY, or g r. , Anybody-else, we do hope that he will have o r. tire sway over it. " Divided empire" is eve r / where the cause of heart-burnings and embarregr ments, hut to a Theatre it is absolute ruin. The re should be one unfettered and responsible indiv i ' dual placed at the head of a great public es te ' . blishment like Covent-Garden. A parcelling 01 ! t of power, piece-meal among two, or more intereste 4 individuals, will only tend to accelerate the boo r of its dissolution. W ehavejust seen a pamphlet entitled "An Ad' dress to the Shareholders of the Canada CO°' pany," the professed object of which is to fre Mr. GALT, late superint en d en t o f t h e affairs o f that Company, from imputations of neglect, travagance, and irregularity in the conducting ° f business, which have been thrown on him hi Mr. SMITH, late accountant and cashier to thC same Company: So far as from a hasty perusa l of the pamphlet we are enabled to form a n opt, nion, we have no hesitation in asserting that th e conduct of Mr. GALT has been satisfactori l y!' justified ; that the charge of " confusion " in the management of the books has been answered' and that of extr avagance i n t h e co l on i zat i o n .° f the township of Guelph, is so far from c owl justly under th a t h ea d, t h a t i t h as b een, and 56/ is, a measure of the strictest propriety and cc'''. nomy. It seems that when Mr. GALT fir s turned his attention to the settlement of Guelph" its lands, and those of the clergy reserves in its immediate neighbourhood, sold at from tW° t° three shillings the acre ; wh e n h e qu i tte d it "the lowest price of the Company's land there wa s three dollars, or fifteen shillings, per sere , 811 d . sales had been made at a higher ilia" O ne useful practical fact of this sort, is a sufficient answer to a whole volume of general-invective. 7 4 111