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BERKELEY BARONY, BY TENURE. It is pretty generally known that George Fitz hardinge Berkeley, Esq., better known by the appellation of Colonel Berkeley, some time since caused a petition to be presented to his Majesty, in winch he claimed the dignity of Baron de Berkeley, as a barony by tenure. This petition his Majesty was pleased to refer to his then At torney-General, Sir C. Wetherell, who having reported thereon, it was referred to the House of Lords, and by that body to the Committee of Privileges. The grounds on which the claim is made are detailed at great length, in a case ably drawn up by Mr. Fonblanque and Mr. Brougham ; and as they are novel and curious, an application of such a nature not having been made for 160 years, we subjoin an abstract of them. The petitioner's case is founded on the fol lowing propositions,—viz. that according to the law and custom of Parliament, there are certain " land baronies," the lords of which, according to the language employed in the ancient Parlia ment rolls, " come, or ought to come, to Parlia ment by summons."—(Rot. Pail., 15 Edward lll.,sec. 32, 28 Edw. 111., sec. 23, vol. 2, p. 130, 156.) That the dignity of a baron, as "a per sonal dignity," was conferred, either by " writ of summons," or by " letters patent." That, prior to the 11th Richard 11., the personal dignity of a baron had not been conferred by " letters patent," but by " writ..". And that, according., to the doctrine established in Lord Clifton's case, February 7, 1673, (Journals, vol. 12., p. 609), the dignity so conferred by writ, was de scendible in fee, or in fee tail general. Relying on these propositions, the petitioner states a series of facts to bring his case within their scope, from which it appears, Ist, That Berkeley and Berkeley Hernesse, in the county of Gloucester, were anciently granted by the King, to be holden of him " in barony," and have been accordingly so holden. 2d. That Thomas, Lord Berkeley, was summoned to Par liament in 23 Edward I.; that if he was so summoned, in respect of a " personal dignity," it was created either by writ or by letters patent ; that the dignity of a baron was not created by letters patent before 11 Richard II.; and con sequently if Thomas and his successors, prior to 11 Richard 11., sat in respect of a personal dig slity, it must have been a personal dignity con ferred by writ, and as such it would have de. scended to the heirs of the body of the person possessed of such dignity. 3d. That the dig nity in respect of which Thomas vt as summoned to Parliament, 23 Edward 1., as Baron de Ber keley, did not, in the sth Henry V., descend to the heir general of the said Thomas, nor did such heir assume the title. 4th. That the person "seized of the baronial estates " sat in Parlia ment as Baron de Berkeley, in exclusion of the person who would have been entitled td the ba ronial dignity, in ease such dignity had been " personal ;" except during a period of 62 years, when the baronial estates were vested in the Crown, and the way seignory consequently sus pended. sth. That such of the Barons Ber keley as were not in possession of the baronial estates, and who were summoned to Parliament by writ, in and subsequent to 14 Henry VIII., were not considered as entitled to sit in the seat * of the preceding Barons de Berkeley ; but when they became seized of the baronial estates, they then resumed the ancient seat of their pre decessors. 6th and last. That the petitioner is seized of the castle, lands, and tenements, eon mit/ging the barony, In support of these allegations reference is made to a stream of documents from the reign of Richard 1., when all Berkeley Hernesse was granted to Maurice de Berkeley and his heirs, to be holden of the King "in barony" down to 1810, when the late Earl of Berkeley under whose will the petitioner became seized of the barony, died. It is submitted that the question upon the above state of facts is not whether a person holding a portion (not being the caput) of a barony is entitled to a seat in the Lords' House of• Parliament—nor is it whether a person seized of an entire barony, or of the caput baronice, in r espect of which no individual has ever been vi m . rrioned to Parliament, could now maintain a c l a i m to be so summoned ;—nor is it whether a territorial dignity, which has long heen discon tinued, stionizi now be revived ; but the ques tion is, whether the claimant is not entitled to the continuance of the privilege of being sum moned to Parliament in respect of the barony of Berkeley, in like manner as the holders of that barony were summoned to Parliament during the reigns of Edward 1., 11., III.; Richard II.; Henry IV., V., VI. • Edward IV., V.; Richard III.; and a part of Henry VII. ; Philip and Mary ; Elizabeth ; James I.; Charles I. ; and past of Charles 11. The claim, so fotinded, it is argued, is very much the same as that .of , John Fitz Alan to the title of Earl of Arundel, and that of Sir 'Edmond Neville to the title of Lord Abergavenny. Jt is contended that no change is proposed by it in the constitution of the Lords' House of Parliament, but merely the reinstatement of one of its most szcient members, —the Baron de Berkeley, as a baron by tenure. It may be observed, that the principles upon which the decisions in the cases of the Earl of Arundel and of the Baron of Abergavenny are supposed to have proceeded have been clues , timed by the subsequent decision in the ease of jsord Fitzwalter. But with respect to the al jo,ssance of the claim of the Esrl of Arundel, it is contened that the distinct recognition, by the ac t o f 3 Ch ar l e s T., cap. 4, of the doctrine upon which that decision proceeded, has given to it an authority which nothing short of legislative declaration can weaken ; and as to the allowance of the claim of Sir E. Neville to the barony of Abergavenny, though it has not the sanction of equal authority as that of the earldom of Arun del, yet, as a decision in the reign of Jans.ss L s who was very adverse to such claims, it is, from , that circumstance, entitled to more than ordinary weight, It has been observed that this decision was :Pupae*/ on a compromise or amiable ar rangemeot ; but in answer to that it is only ne cessary to state, that the barony was claimed by Sir E. Neville as " a barony by tenure,' and as such he must have obtained it, pr he could not have been entitled to that precedenos, which was allowed him by the house ; for as a 4 isesspnal dignity" it was neittssr in him nor in his comps titor, Mary Fane, but in the heir-at-law of John 1 Earl of Pembroke. With respect to the claim to the barony of Fitzwalter, in 166 4 3, tbe counsel of Robert Cheeke, who opposed the claim of Benjamin Mildmay (afterwards Lord Fitzwalter)' afErmed, that the barony was abarony by tenure, ail t nd,otsglit to go along with the land, 3shi,cll the -4,, - .. --- 7petitidner, I3enjamin Nlildinay, denied, an 4 .oE .4fered to argue the point ; upon which, both par , - ~, Vir, - , t i es , being, ordered t o w ithd raw , t h e nature o f a '; ‘ ,-j'-',- barony by tin . tire was discussed. It was f oun d .s, 4::\ ; . S. - ** - ;, to have . - beep discontinued for many ages, and 4.,:: - :"---' r he fore not fit to be revived, or to admit any ..,...4 ......,__ Tics') 1.4,-,-, With reference to precedency, s 4 s-s. • pretence of right or succession thereupon ; and the pretence of a barony by tenure was declared, for weighty reasons, not to be insisted on. In reference to this decision, it is alleged, that whatever respect may be due to the opinion thus given by the Privy Council, yet it is not entitled to prevail, if at variance with the sound con struction of an Act of Parliament, then and still in force ; and it appears from the act of 12 Charles 11., cap. 21, sec. 11., that nothing in that act was "to infringe or hurt any title of honour, feudal or other, by which any person had or. might have right to sit' in the Lords' House of Parliament, as to his or their title of honour, or sitting in Parliament, or the privi lege belonging to them as peers." The only feudal right to a seat in the Lords' House of Parliament must necessarily be founded in te nure ; and the lords spiritual were then sitting in the Lords' House of Parliament, in respect of their temporal baronies bytenure, as was the Baron of Abergavenny, in respect of his land barony ; and the Baron de Berkeley was sitting, above many other barons, in respect also of such te nure ; and it is material to observe, that Mr. Cheeke did not show that he held any lands that could constitute such a barony, or that ever formed a part of the territorial barony of Fitz waiter. With reference, therefore, to' the pre sent claim, it is contended that no cases can be more distinguishable than Colonel Berkeley's and that of Mr. Cheeke. The former claimed the privilege, as in continuance Of ancient' and almost invariably-continued usage ; the latter insisted on the privilege, without adducing, so far as can be traced, evidence of even the pos session of any lands that could constitute a barony by tenure. In thus claiming the land or territorial Barony of Berkeley, the petitioner dis tinctly declares, that he does not mean to " wave ;" hut, on the contrary, " saves and reserves to himself his claim to any other dignity to which, in any other right, he may be entitled," evi dently alluding to the Earldom of Berkeley, of which he was deprived by the decision of the House of Lords in 1811. The petitioner's prayer is, that " a writ of summons," to attend in Parliament, might be addressed to him, by the style, title, and dignity, of Baron Berkeley, of Berkeley. . TURKISH ACCOUNT OF THE PASSAGE OF TILE BALKAN BY THE RUSSIAN ARMY. (From La Quotidienne.) " CONSTANTINOPLE, AuG. 3.—The late affairs before Shumla, where, from the middle of the last month, there was fighting almost every day, led the world to expect the most serious events. The Rus sians have made an attack with considerable forces upon all points of the Balkan mountains, and have succeeded in crossing them. Out of the numerous reports which are in circulation respecting the mode in which the passage took place, none of which are official, these are the more probable details which have been received. They are extracted in part from letters dated at Adrianople, on the 30th of July. " The Russians, after the fall of Silistria, assem bled s corps of 70,000 men before Shumla, which led the Grand Vizier to suppose that they intended to make their principal attack upon that side, and to carry Shumla by storm. " Redschid Pacha, in consequence, withdrew the garrisons from the different defensible positions upon the Balkans to concentrate his forces on the point where lie presumed he should have to make his great struggle. As socn as the Russian General be came acquainted with his movements, he left 15,000 men as a corps of observation at Yeni-Bazar, and directed his march with the hulk of his army, amounting to nearly 55,000 men, to Kamtchik, where he was reinforced by a column which had marched horn Varna. " Kamtchik was passed by the Russians at Kiu prulu-Kioy, and the Vizier being informed of it, de spatched several regiments to stop their progress. This small corps gave the Russians battle, and was defeated. At the same moment a disembatkation that was made at Sizeboli increased the forces of the enemy. Halil Pacha, the Commander of the re gular forces, and another Pacha, at the head of many thousand irregular troops, endeavoured to re establish affairs, and renewed the struggle in mur derous engagements. The Russian masses conti nually increased, and after overthrowing all resist ance, arrived in strong columns at Achioli, and other defiles, at the Balkans, which they occupied as far as Karnabat. " Two principal roads cross the Balkans. The road by Shumla passes through Adrianople. It has never been forced till now. The road by Aidos was guarded by Mehemed Pacha, one of the most skilful and brave officers in the new Turkish army. But in consequence of the concentration ordered by the Grand Vizier, he had not under his orders more than eight battalions of infantry, six squadrons of cavalry, a very small quantity of artillery, and 8,000 or 9,000 men in all. " The Russians being well informed that this road was pnprovided with troops, put three columns in motion to force it. 'The first was riddled by the fire of the Turks, whilst the second was beaten on every side. A part of the third crossed the moun tain, at some distance from the point of attack, and turned the right of the small Turkish army. The remainder of this third Russian column, supporting the skeleton of the two others, presented itself in front of the troops pf Mehemed Paella, already ha rassed by a battle of six hours' duration, and then taken in front and in flank. " The battle was contested with great ferocity on both sides. The Turks at last yielded to numbers; but they died gloriously in this new Thermopylie. The passage was forced, arid it is thought to-d a y dint the advanced guard of the Russians must be within a few 'capes of Atli ianople. " On the other side the Russian fleet threatens to make a landing at Karaburnon,.The Seritskier repaired to that point on the 31st of July. Ile then returned to Therapia; from thence he went to Ramid-Tchif flick, from which place he gave orders to several thousand se'ect infantry to march to the reinforce ment of that important point. He departed this morning to secure the defences on that-side. f.' At this moment they are cleaning and repairing tits barracks at Ramid, where the Sultan is going immediately with the cavalry and infantry of the guard to defend the capital, which is menaced by the approaching fall of Adrianople. Levies en masse have been ordered, and the subjoined buiuruldi has keen addressed for many days past by the Caimacan to the 4.7itskier and to the Elfendis of St.imbol : (Here pllows the translation.) " The census of the pc f pu4tinn of Constanti nople having been completed foy some time, as is notorious to your Excellency, it has been found from it that there 443 f.. 1 1000 men in the capital capable of bearing arms, " The reason for taking this pews was to pro vide, in case of emergency, for the defence of the country. " Now our enemies being in the district near to phi; totwn, which is the Imperial residence, exerting thomseiv.co approach it with alacrity, in order to cr eate confusiO4 the Mussulmans, it is the supreme will, that in conseiki el : ed of the necessity of placing Karaburuott and its subtirbs in wstate of de tent:le, your Excellency should assemble and tie with you ! ii: ( :)„.000 men selected from the inhabitants 1 of the different: ,:p.:;;:ters of the town; and as by another buiuruldi, addreS e 4 t,? the very learned Judge 4t4,mb0l .Cadjisi Effendi, he made nrvaiuta vpo is matter, your concert for its imme.d?ate ekce,:i4tion with the above mentioned Effendi : and will assembi t e urt,d,3g his'orders the above-mentioned number of men . . Moreover , your Excellency will use all possible diligence in as : , icmbling under your orders all the diabaz of horses, ,R. 7- 4 4 1- *llll. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 1829. We have as yet no further news from the theatre of military operations in the East, unless we are to consider the reported capture of Shumla as such. This capture is stated on the authority of mercantile letters from Bucharest, received at Vienna on the 20th of September, but as there is no allusion to a subject of such importance under the head of Vienna on the fol lowing day, we may safely set it down as one of the many weak inventions of the German Jour nals. The capture is mentioned by the Augs burg Gazette, and the confirmation would have been joyfully given by the Allgemeine Zeitung if true, for both manifest a stock-jobbing predi lection in favour of Russia whenever an opportu nity presents itself. Neither the Austrian Observer of the 21st September, nor the Allgenzeine Zeitung of the 26th, contain any information from Turkey. If we may credit the news from Lisbon, the situation of DON MIGUEL is not blessed with many of the sweets of Sovereignty ; for now it is observed that his best friends desert him, and the signal discomfiture of his troops at Terceira is not likely to increase the number of his adhe• rents. The following are extracts from the Paris Papers of Wednesday, received by express : (From the Messager des Chambres of Wednesday.) SECOND EDITION. VIENNA, SEPT• 20. Mercantile letters from Bucharest infor►n us, that Shumla has been taken by Gen. Krassowsky.— Augsburg Gazette, Sept. 26. LISBON, SEPT. 19. Letters from Angola announce that the inhabitants have risen against Don Miguel in favour of Don Pedro, and that the Governor of that Portuguese colony, Nicholas D'Abreu Castello Aranos, having attempted to oppose the sedition, was killed. It is observed, that, during the last four days, not a single Portuguese nobleman has appeared at Que. luz, to pay his compliments to Don Miguel or his mother. Our Municipality, which is composed of the first authors of the usurpation, is confounded by the check at Terceira. It had purchased two hundred dozen of sky rockets to celebrate the re duction of that island. Illuminations were ready. What a pity ! PARIS, SEPT. 29. Letters from Tripoli, of the Ist of September, announce that our Consul there had persisted in considering as a national quarrel the difference be tween himself and the Paella, on account of the papers of the unfortunate Major Laing. Baron Rousseau had certainly taken down his flag, and had freighted an Austrian vessel, commanded by Captain Francovich, to convey him to France with all his family and Vice-Consul M. de Claisembault. It is probable that the Bayonnaise, sent from Tou lon, arrived too late at Tripoli. PARIS STOCK EXCHANGE, SEPT. 30.--Five per Cents. 107 f. 10e. 15c. 10c. 15c. 10c. ; Three per Cents., 81f. 10e. 15c. ; Bank Actions, IB4of. ; Rentes de Na ples, 87f. 15e. 10c. Isc. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 73; Rente Perp. d'Evagne, 501-M-I. Exchange on Lon don, one month, paper, 25f. 65c.; three months, paper, 25f. 45c. (From the .Allgenzeine Zeitung of Sept. 26.) Vu NA, SEPT. 21.—Metalliques, 1001; Bank Shares 1190. St. Petersburgh Journals, of the 16th Sep tember, contradict the statement that a Russian loan of 35 millions of dollars had been contracted in Germany, as will be seen by the following : ST. PETERSBURGII, SEPT. 14. Thp Hamburg Corrcapondent, No. 139, an nounces that the Russian Government contracts a mew loan of 35 millions of dollars with the house of Frege, at Leipsic, and Bithmann, at Frankfort, at 4 per cent. interest, and at the rate of 80 per cent. We are formally authorised to contradict this state ment which is wholly without foundation. 'file IVleller and Siniavin corvettes, commanded by Captains Stanikowitsch and Lutke, have just ar rived at Cronstadr, after an absence of three years, in which they have performed the voyage round the world. The result of the expedition will not be ‘vilhout rAlvi.mage to the sciences. Captain Stani kowitsch explded tie coasts of the Peninsula of Alablika,while Captain Lae made a most accurate survey of the space between Kamtschaika and '• Straits. The latter also examined the g se r ‘ e! e tt ra t t 84 P the preceding naVigators. Jr. Mertin and M . K asto l s k y , groupse'%i t 11 iel dines, an d di scovere d t cc. 4o (1 ti4e researches of the 114tnralists ? have brought home valuable collec tions of natural history ; and the painters, 111esrs, Portels and Mikhuloff, portfolios full of interesting diaw,ings. The crews of both vessels enjoyed ex cellent health during the whole voyage. Dutch Papers of the 30th-September give de tailed accounts of the-.establishment of a Dutch colony, or settlement, Oty the west coast of New Guinea, and the formal act of taking possession of a great part of that coast by the troops of the NtAhedands:-- ROTTERDAM, SEPT. 28. Letters from Smyrna of the 18th ult. say, his Majesty's frigate Jaatian, Captain Pool, which was at anchor there, had received orders to be ready to sail, and to make the necessary preparations to receive his Excellency, Baron Van Zuylen Van Nyevelt, with his lady, who will proceed to Naples on board that vessel, after first performing quarantine at Malta. TILE HAGUE, SEPT. 26. The natives of Tidor, Ceram, and other parts of the Molucca Archipelago have, from remote times, visited the coasts of the great island of New Guinea, but their commerce with it was very limited on ac count of the barbarism of the inhabitants, and the want of a Government to protect persons and property. In order to remedy this by degrees his Majesty was pleased to order some time ago that the west coast of New Guinea should be more accurately sur— veyed, and a Netherlands establishment be formed on it, and that formal possession should be taken of the whole coast in his name. In conformity with this resolution the Indian Government sent to New Guinea his Majesty's corvette, the Tiiton , com-: reanded by the late Captain Steenboom, and the Colonial brig the Iris, on board of whiCh were M.. Van Delden, Commissioner for forming the pro jected establishment, M. Macklot, and some other members of the committee for making researches in natural history in our Indian possessions ; Lieu tenant Baels, of the Navy, to make nautical obser vations ; and Lieutenant Schreiber, of the infantry, to command the garrison to be left there. After accurately surveying the river Doorga, pre viously discovered by Lieut. Kolff, of the\Navy, and finding it not calculated for the founding of a settle ment, they explored the coast farther to the north, and discovered at length, in 3 deg. 42 min. S. lat. and 133 deg. 57 min. E. long. from Greenwich, a bay, hitherto wholly unknown, to which they gave the name of Triton bay, which was judged to be well suited to the proposed object. In this bay, and with the help of the natives, who are here of a mild disposition and not wholly uncivilized, a small fort was built, to which the name of Fort du Bus was given, where, on the 24th Aug. 1828, on the celebration of his Majesty's birthday, the flag of the Netherlands was hoisted, with the solemn publication of the following' -~ ~. jockies of Constantinople, and Scutari, all of them as many as they may be. " Dated the 28th of Mouharem, 1245 (July 29, 1829)." PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank clock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 99 ! 3 1 ,4 per Cent 3 per Cent. 1726 Ditto Red ner Cent. 'O3 274 Ditto, 1526 Ditto Scrip &ink L. Ann. India Stock 223 Ditto Bonds 59 60 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds —;Neapolitan Brazilian Bonds 61% Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds (Portuguese Bonds Chilian Bonds Colombian Bonds — 'Prussian, Old ;Ditto, New Ditto, 182-1, ____ -7 Danish Greek Bonds —1, ........... Ditto, 1925 French Rentes, sp. c —f. —c. Guatimala — l l— Exchange ...... —f. —c. Mexican Bonds Ditto, 1825 — 3 per cent —l. Exchange —f. —c. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AY ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Bolanos Mining Co. , x!400 3:6 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O 73 Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £35 4 United Mex. Min. Co. (iss: at 21. pm.) £39% 13 Arrived. MAILS. Due. )Arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Hamburg 1 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Havannah 0 I Dublin 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 1 Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 1 1 France 0 0 Malta 0 O Gottenburgh 1 0 Mexico O Guernsey&Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford HIGH WATIR AT LONDON BRIDGI TO-MORROW. Morning... 54 minutes after 4. I Evening ...14 minutes after 5. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE, STRAND. THE LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. THIS EVENING the Musical Entertainment called 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. After which, SOLD FOR A SONG. Count Cremona, Mr. J. Russell; Alfred, Mr. Wood. Adelle, Miss Cawse; Eliza, Miss H. Cawse. To conclude with THE BOTTLE IMP. Albert, Mr. Wood; Withhold, Mr. Keeley ; Nicola, Mr. J. Vining; the Bottle Imp, Mr. 0. Smith. Marcella, Miss Cawse; Philippa, Miss H. Cawse. At the end of the Opera Mr. Bartley will deliver the Farewell Address on the close of the Season. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock 98% Old Annuities shut New Ditto 847 Ex. Bills, £ ',WO 2d. 67 68 pm. Ditto ltd. 63 6l pm. Ditto 506 2d. 67 18 pm. Ditto lld. 65 1.; pm. Pitta Small Ditto l:d. 66 63 pm. Bank for Account 2161,4 India for Account Cons. for Account 89% % " PROCLAMATION. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luzern burg, &c. having ordered possession to be taken of the coast of New Guinea, from the 14Ist degree of East longitude, from Greenwich, on the south coast, and thence westwards and northwards to the Cape of Good Hope, on the north coast, notice is hereby given, that I, Arnoldus Johannes Van Delden, thereto authorised by the Governor of the Molucca Islands, by virtue of a resolution of his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor-General of India, in Council, dated 31st Dec. 1827, do hereby publicly and in presence of the Commanders of his Majesty's corvette T►iton, of the brig Sirra, and the schooner Iris, and the Officers of the said vessels, of the Commanders and Officers of the military detach ment, of the Gentlemen of the Committee of Na tnral History, and of the crews of his Majesty's ships, and of the above detachment, declare that I solemnly take possession, in the nanie of his Ma jesty the King of the Netherlands, &c. &c., of that part of New Guinea, and the coun►ries in the inte rior, which begin at 141 longitude from Greenwich, on the south coast, and thence W.N.W. and north wards to the Cape of Good Hope, situated on the north coast, reserving the rights which the Sultan of Tidore may have to the districts of Masary, Ka rondefer, Ambarssuro, and Amperpou. " And to certify to all future ages the taking pos session, a proces verbal shall be drawn up by me, to serve where it may be needful. " Tire Commissioner for taking possession of the west coast of New Guinea, (Signed) " VAN DELDEN. " Done this 24th of August, 1828." During this short voyage some observations were made interesting to geography, natural history, and navigation. The permanent establishment made in the island will doubtless lead to more important dis coveries, and to a more accurate survey of the Doorga river, which may perhaps prove to be a strait, making the south part of New Guinea a se parate island. AMSTERDAm, SEPT. 29.—Exchange on London, one month, 12 27 5.10 to 12 25; two months, 12 20 to 12 n 5-10. It would appear by the communication of our Paris Correspondent that the French Govern- ment are much in the same plight as our own, with respect to authentic news from Constanti nople : " PARIS, SEPT. 30. " I am assured that for the last three days the French Government has received no, official intelligence from the scene of operations in the East, and I understand that none is expected until the expiration of the period fixed by Ge neral Diebitsch for receiving the ultimatum of the Sultan. It is probable, therefore, that the next authentic information will either announce the conclusion of the treaty of peace, or the re sumption of active hostilities. " It is stated in private letters, that the cause of the recent executions at Constantinople ori ginated in a conspiracy by the astrologers, a body in high estimation in the Turkish capital, the immediate object of which was the assassination of the Sultan and his son. Although disco vered in time to prevent the design from taking effect, it is generally believed that even the sig nature of a treaty of peace will afford no protec tion to the Sultan from the attempts which may be made on his life by his turbulent and discon tented subjects. The executions, which are numerous, take place during the night, and every morning the walls of the Seraglio are adorned with a display of those figures, which are sup posed to be the best calculated to quell the spirit of insurrection and conspiracy. With all his energy, however, I am disposed to concur with some of the conclusions deduced in the paper which I yesterday extracted for you :from the Augsburg Gazelle, and which is said to b'e the production of Mr. Eynard, the celebrated. Phil hellenist. Whatever may be the fate of the Turkish empire, the fall of Mahmoud and his dynasty, at no distant period, appears to me to be inevitable. Like Napoleon and other des pots, who have united firmness of character and considerable talent to great personal ambition, the present Sult4n has endeavoured, by the de struction of the Janissaries, on whom his prede cessors were accust ome d to re ly, an d by whom, when their privil e g es were i n f r i ng ed, they were often immolated, to con cen trat e the whole power of the State in his own person. Napoleon, with equal energy and much more ambition, had the sagacity to see that something was necessary to give a permanent support to the Colossal power which his genius and ambition had constructed. He accordingly created a new order of Nobility, and succeeded in drawing around him many in dividuals of the old Noblesse. He created also a national hierarchy ; and, with the army at his immediate disposal, it might have been supposed that he had secured himself and his family in the possession of the Imperial Crown. But the pri vileges which he granted to his Nobles and his Clergy were too inconsiderable to attach them firmly to his Government ; and as to the army, it was his leading principle to retain a perfect controul over it in his own immediate grasp. The basis of his Government was therefore too narrow ; and so also, I conceive, is that of the Sultan Mahmoud. Yet, although I am disposed to concur with Mr. Eynard in his leading infe rence, that the power of the Porte has received its death-blow, and is tottering to its fall, I can see no reason why a Christian Government should be substituted for that which has hitherto existed. I cannot understand Why the feelings of the great body of the people should be out raged by an attempt, from without, to force upon them a religious establishment which they could only regard with feelings of repugnance Sfid de testation. ' The United States of America afford a standing testimony to the truth of the prin ciple, that there is no necessar * l i connection be tween the civil government of a country and the religious opinions of the people. If, therefore, the fall of the Porte as a Power of Europe is to be regarded as inevitable, and if a new State is to be established as a barrier against the future inroads of Russia, the situation and circum stances of the territory for which a Government would require to be provided, seems to afford an excellent opportunity for, pro tanto, dissolving the connection which has so long existed be tween the furious fanaticism inculcated by the impostor of Mecca and the civil government of some of the richest provinces of Europe ; but such a dissolution does not appear to infer the necessity for setting up any other State religion in its room. " It is stated in letters from Odessa, of the 7th of September, that in consequence of an or der from General Diebitsch, the Baron Brunoff, who had assisted at the confers esat Akermann, in the preparation of the Protocol, is about to join Counts Orloff and Pahlen, the Russian Plenipotentiaries, at the head-quarters of Gen. Diebitsch. He had embarked on board the Austrian vessel Count Woronze, and was to sail with the first fair wind. " Changes in the French Ministry continue to be a general subject of conversation. The last list in circulation places M. de Polignac in the Department of the Household ; M. de Chateaubriand or M. Pasquier in that of Fo reign Affairs ; M. Hyde de Neuville in the Ma rine ; M. Humann, the Finances ; M. Dela lot, Public Instruction ; M. Martignac, the Interior. As to the formation of the present Ministry, a new origin is now given to it. It is no longer the work of the Duke of Welling ton, but of that arch-Jesuit M. de Villele, who, it is said, has never ceased to maintain his influ ence at Court, where he made it be felt even during the Government of his successors, through the medium of M. de la Botiillerie, the Intendant of the King's Household. Between De Villele and De la Bourdonnaye there is cer tainly any thing but cordiality, although they both affect to wish that the old resentment of the Royalists should be buried in oblivion. It is ve r y generally believed that De Villele is at this moment intriguing for his own reinstate ment in place and power ; but there can be no doubt that such an event would call forth a louder and more universal outcry throughout the country than even the appointment of the Po lignac Administration. " The Gazette affects to assure its readers that the editors of the Constitutionnel, the Courrier, the Journal des Debats, and the Journal du Commerce, meet regularly once a week to receive a delegate from the phantom they have nicknamed the Comitel Directeur. This Committee had its origin, as you are pro bably aware, at the period when a former Ministry thought fit, by what the Liberals call a coup dVtat, to dissolve the Chambers without a moment's notice, and proclaim a new election, under circumstances which made it impossible to make the necessary communications between the electors and the elected, going even so far As to pervert the Government monopoly of the Posting Department to the purposes of the party in power. It was under these circumstances that an association was formed among men of liberal opinions in Paris, for the purpose of suggesting to the people, in the various districts of the country, the individuals on whom they should respectively concentrate their votes, at the then approaching election. This association, IN hich was very useful to the Liberal party, as a point d'appui, was nicknamed, for every thing in France has its soubriquet, the Comit Direc teur. I believe, however, that it ceased to exist with the occasion which called it into being; but it is the cue of the Ministerial Press to repre sent it as still in full activity, setting forth, as I have said, that one of its delegates meets the editors of the Liberal Papers once a-week, to concert the means of humbugging the public for the next eight days, arranging the details of the facts to be fabricated, and the reports to be put in circulation, such as divisions in the Cabinet, a dissolution of the Ministry, or the formation of societies for the purpose of organising a system of refusal to pay the taxes. Private letters from Lisbon, of the 9th inst., r i n s i e e n n t againstthat D t he Don Miguel,inhabitants of and declared e cl arod t h l a w d mselves in favour of Don Pedro. The Go vernor, Nicholas d'Abreu Castilla Branco, hav ing attempted to resist the insurrection, is said to have been killed. It is remarked, that for four days not a single Fidalgo had been to Queluz to pay his respects to the Queen Mother or to Don Miguel, Tfh7 Municipality of the capital, which is composed of the earliest partisans o r the usurpation, had been thrown into the greatest alarm by the check at Terceira. They . were so fully assured of the success of the expe' dition, that a great collection of fire-works . baa been purchased to celebrate the capture of the island. It is also stated that a marriage is se' riously contemplated between Don Miguel 104, a Sardinian Princess. The refugees in P 3 seem to place some confidence in the refusal Pf: the Pope to recognise the authoiity of the . Usurper, considering it a decided illustration t?f , the extreme hopelessness of his cause. " The Duke de Laval Montmorency left Vienna on the 18th, for Lintz, where he was to have the honour of delivering his letters of recall and to take leave of the Emperor of Austria. His Excellency will then come to Paris, and, after a short stay, will proceed on his new em' bassy to England. " Grenoble, a town of 30,000 inhabitants, he s taken the lead in addressing the King on the subject of the new Ministry. The subject Yie s first agitated at a public dinner lately given on the occasion of the visit of General Lafayette' under the Presidency of M. Camille Tesseyre , formerly a Deputy for the Department of th e Isere, and one of the most considerable mer' chants of Grenoble." We have accounts from Havannah and. from St. Jago de Cuba to the 3d August, which . corr taro some very interesting commercial inteib' genre. The sugar crop of the past season is es' timated at 465,000 cases, of which 280,0 0 . ° were from the Havanna!), 120,000 from M* tanzas, 30,000 from Trinity, and 35,000 fro° St. Jago. Of the quantity mentioned at O r vannah, 55,000 had been exported to Russi a almost all of which was white ; to London so Cowes, 23,000 ; to the United States, 14,00°' to Holland 'and Germany, 66,000, almost brown ; for Italy and Trieste, 5,000 ; for Spil l ' 26,000 ; for France, 9,500 ; and for other pas' 2,000. The last crop of coffee is estimated s t 28,000,000 lbs., generally of ordinary and go° a ordinary quality. This paid generally 21. to g piastres, and the first 6. to 7 piastres. The chie f exportations were S millions lbs. for New Or' leans; 4 millions for other ports of the Unite ] States ; 3i millions for France; 7 . 4 1 - millions fo r Holland and Germany; 1 million for Spain ; millions for London and C6wes ; and 1* oi l ' lions for Russia. The new crop would be brought into the market in Octbber. THE FUNDS.-(THIS.DAY.) CITY, larz o' CLocP LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 30.—The Yo T A, f r om Net! York, is wind-bound off Holyhead, and there 1 1$1 been no communication from her up to post 0 6 consequently the American Papers and Letters P r° not come to hand. Accounts from Brussels this morning state th /4 the King of the Netherlands has ordered that the eastern part of New Guinea shall be explored, an an establishment be formed there, after which the /I whole of that coast shall be taken possession of 1 ,1 1 his Majesty's name. In fulfilment of the above orde r the Colonial Administration are to send - to Ne v : Guinea the Triton and brig Iris, of aft 11°1 Navy. On board of the above vessels are'to bark M. Van Delden, Commission e r for 041 . 011: tion of the projected establishment; M. Mackt with some other members of the CommisSion " 0 History and Science ; M. Baels, Lieutenarsof Marine, and Schreiber, Lieutenant of Infankb fo the command of the Garrison. The Journal of the North, j' „0 27th Sept. astir ° ► that Don Miguel is going to be married to a Princ e ' of the House of Sardinia. Accounts from Lisbon say that Don Migtit 'ls4 , s t deferred his vengeance against Terceira until In Spring, when he is determined, as High Admil; to command his fleet in the operations againitt t b above island. 0 The Consol market has not opened so goo ". it left off yesterday, caused by a report in in the P press from Paris this morning, of Shumla brie t! . possession of the Russians. Owing to ther o ; l o - • lays of the abov e event not being known 01. 00 constructions are formed in the City, and bryrbs speculators in the Funds, on the subject.!' by Bears give it as th e i r o pi n i on th a t i t wa s take ke n storm, indicating that the negociations we rebro gi g off, and hostilities renewed ; whil e the Bulls eis that it was starved out, or that the SultatVere, orders for its surrender, in compliance with Of e liminaries. _ . — I tot Consols, which left off yesterday at 89f YO, X B9l the Account, opened this morning at 891 it a n : for money, with little business doing as yet. p op We have very fe w arr iv a ls, particularly RI letters. wilt' The Foreign market is without interest at es l . e. but Russian and Danish Stocks maintain their P TWO O'CL 0 6 , n g Consols have continued the whole of the norn'ber at 89i for the Account, and for the Nc'v en ' Aout 89 a buyers. Tle n Foreign Market is in the same stagilant state as that of the British Market. . • THREE 0' CL v Cx Consols for Acount, 8911. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. s el achptopluevasheriacoriiipmeanuiegsdu wellt a n n fyo i g rr h et t shp l e v e i es t ,et l sa i o a 9 1 i a te n r d T ml e i , in mts improved, and the whole had a very warm an d 1 .,. 0 1( 1 brilliant effect, assisted by the new painting Thy gilding, shown off by the additional lights• a bli house had also a look of comfort very avj g ree o te t at all times, especially during the vis season. There is one remarkable noveltYoos troduced by the enterprise of the newi.,o tt book-keeper, Mr. C. Wright, which cannot '2oScl strike every body. The door-keepers of the arl ic or first circles are equipped in splendid liveries o ' o o o let and gold, turned up with white, a circl es 11 that not only will prevent awkward mistteatia, g i those who are in the constant habit, of fre t q l ife and the theatre, but communicates a de . reo ° h '• ch they splendour to the lobbies and' saloons, have hitherto-needed. ti The performances opened as tip tml Po !,,, B whol e night with " God save the King,"--tt stage strength of the company being present on t' l " It was so well sung as to merit an e ncore. p lay The play was Hamlet, and Mr. tha nYoUs 1110 the Prince of Denmark with even more made, accustomed excellence. A Miss FAvel l 'h a an° her first appearance in London as OPII: exhibited considerable knowledge of the lit g oo deo was rather tedious in the mad scene. a good soprano voice, and promises 10 du e i c e d be an acquisition to the Theatre. The oft,e r t„ c ol Thierna•na. Oge followed, in which Mrs. rA" vi appeared for the first time at this Theatre• house was crowded, -She p se o ason