The Sun. — London, England, 1829-01-02 00:00:00

CONSTANTINOPLE. We have received the following letter from a correspondent at Constantinople. Smite por tions of his communication do not agree with other accounts which have i'eached this country ; but the whole will be read with interest, as shew ing the actual ;tate of opinion in that city:— Constantinople, 25th Nov. 1828. We arrived here on the ISt!' inst., and were for tunate to get in before the blockade of the Darda nelles by the Russians. We have accounts that they have com:nenced the blockade with three ships of the line and two frig,aus. The Turkish fleet is all lying here dismantled; they have ships enough to cope with the Russians, but I understand they are baily off for sailors. They have, I believe, five ships of the line, besides frigates and ships of %vol. of smailer sizes, with bomb vessels. In Smyrna there has been lately a plot discovered to destroy the city, and, it is said, to put all the Franks to death ; but it was happily prevented. Seven or eight persons have already been beheaded, on suspi cion of being concerned in the plot. The Russians have prohibited the export of all grain from the Black Sea; ind ee d, th e Turkb will not permit any more English ships to go up, lest they should enter into the Russian service as trans ports. It is said there is not more than four ino';'iths' supply of grain in Constantinople ; en:: that they Cu!' get no supplies from Asia,,, -they being short there also, while, the Dardanelles being blockaded, they of course can get none fiorn Egypt, nor from any other place in Mediterranean. The islands in the Archipele.go will soon, no doubt, be in want. .iklityitrie is already much distressed. We were boarded on our passage by a boat from that island, the crew of which informed us they were much in want of corn ; if we had been loaded with it, we could hare obtained almost any price. It is said the Russians are within 20 days' march of this place, and probably nearer. The - F,tiltan's Ministers are endeavouring to per suade him, by all possible means, to come to terms of reconciliation; but it is said that he remains de termined not to hear or accept of any terms what ever. The Russians are reported to have lost by disease mid the sword already 100,000 men. If the Turks can keep them in check ntil the hot weather sets in, it is probable there will be great disease again amongst the Russians, and that the Turks will force them to retreat, and defeat their operations altogether. The Russians hare taken many places Asia. It is not improbable they will suffer there also by disease and the want of food ; for the season of the year will now soon prevent them from getting sup plies: We are barren of news at present there. The Russians are, it is said, still at Varna, busily em ployed in repairing the fortifications. Every thing is perfectly quiet at present; not is any distnibance, I believe, meditated.—Brigfilon Gazette. for unlawfully chtryiilk arms. They so terrified him that he jumped out of the window, and one of them jumped after him and seized him. He was exone rated from their charge of carrying a gun, ttnd then prosecuted them for violating his house and dis arming him, As this is provided for by the law, if he can prove his case, the geud'armes will not pass unpunished. (From the Constitutionnel.) PARIS, DEC. 30.—Marshal Saint Cyr, who had witnessed the advantages of the Prussian Land wehr, established something of this kind on an improved plan in France, but it hardly was formed when it was destroyed. It has of late been proposed in the Great Council of the War Department, to re vive this institution ; hat the idea of an unpaid orrny of reserve did not please seine Monarchists, aisd it was rejected. It is strange ; but it is said, that this project %I.:is rejected on the arguments of some Ge nerals of the Old Army-. PARIS, DEC. 30. —.-FAENC H Fuxns.—Fire per Cents. 1061. Ssc. ; Three ditto, 731. 90c. ; Bank Actions, 18101. FoxticN FUN os.—Neapolitan Rentes, Mc. Cerr. 77f. 65c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 78if. ; Interminable Spanish Annuities. I•Sif. Ilaytian Loan, 4901. YKICKS OF wracks THIK Bank a4ock ... • • 'ANN 3 per Cent. led. B 6li 7 . 4 31rx Cent. Cc,, ...,,j per Cent 9 5% '4 Ditto Ned. .. 05 1 , i % 1 per Cent. Dato, 11.1e3 lO5N 4$ Bank L. Ann !Q4 !1-lb, India Stock shut Ditto Bonds CM - I cin. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS (Prom► the Gazette de France of Wedncillay.) CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 27.—8 y the arrivals of provisions from Egypt and Syria, we are secured for some time against want. The Sultan has sent orders to all the Paellas in Asia to send provisions to the capital by land. At the same time a firman has been published, forbidding opulent persons from laying in a great stock of provisions.— It is even supposed that the order to quit the city, given to the foreign Greeks and Armenians, may be in the sequel extended to all the Franks. The Russian fleet, which is at Tenedos, is accompanied by a swarm of Greek privateers, whose excesses will again bring ruin upon the commerce of the several neutral nations: Nothing could be more agreeable to the Divan at this season, for there is no doubt that this abuse will give rise to collisions be tween► the European Admirals. The pacific party in the Divan continues its efforts to increase the Lumber of its partisans, but the Sul tan remains immoveable in his resolutions. A Mollah of the Ulemas had ventured to present a memorial to him on the present state of the Empire, advising him to enter into negociations for peace. The Sultan, after having read the memorial, banished the Mollah to Asia, but sent the document to a Committee of the Divan to examine it. Since that time several assemblies of the Divan have been held upon this subject. It is remarkable that the Sultan, whose intentions do not appear to change, should yet have honoured the opinion of the pacific party with such a distinction. The Ex-Grand Vizier Galib Pacha, who has en deavoured to justify himself from the accusltions made against him by Omer Vrione, and by the new Grand Vizier, has excited the pity of the Sultan, after having been the object of his anger. He has sent him .50,000 piastres for his subsistence. It is supposed now that his head is in no danger. Besides the vessels laden with corn which have arrived from Alexandria, two have arrivei from the Cr imea. Two others, from Odessa, had only a small quantity of me....chAndi!eLlnil v:oril. A ;fifth has brought iron from Taganrog. (From the Journal des Debate.) PARIS, Dec. 30.—What is the rseaning, at pre sent, of the e-erds " Aristocracy" and " Demo cracy" ? The former means the great Lords—but where arc they ? They no longer exist, and there fore they must be created. It will, however, be difficult to bring forth, from oblivion, what the pro gress of society has buried there. Among us there exists a numerous clans, peaceable, rich, and en tightened sufficiently not to expose themselves to lose what they possess,by revolution—industrious enough not to envy others the riches they possess—and as far distant from the proud pretensions of the feudal Aristocracy as from the jealous passions and ca prices of either ancient or modern Democracy. There are the citizens—the middle class, who— by their spirit of order and wisdom, by their attach ment to the laws, by their mild and modest manners, by their intelligence and their labour, consti tute the strength of modern States, and particularly of France. It is they who, at the time when the Royal authority was at issue with feudal anarchy, and seeking support for its tottering throne, held it tip by their power. It is they who, by their fidelity to the old family' of our Prince, defeated the bold projects of the Guises, the Mayenees, and of so many other great eild powerful Lords. The mob were bribed, the nobles were hired, the monks were attached by privileges or persecutions ; but what floes a citizen need more than his family and his trade ? Nothing but order, law, and - epecce. The middle classes, we admit, did not stop the Revolu tion ; but being themselves at that time the growth of yesterday, as it were, what could they do in that horrible convulsion but remain near the King, defend him, or perish ? The Minister of the Interior, by the advice of a Committee of the Institute, has nominated the ea titralists, artists, and others who are to form the expedition to the Morea. They are to leave 'Tou lon in a ship of war in the beginning of January. In ail there are seventeen of them, divided ilea three parts; each having a director, and they will act in concert when necessary for the a.l..entage of science, and all will be guided by detailed instruc tions, drawn up by the Royal Academy of Paris. At present we know little more thee the coasts of the Peninsula, and it is in the districts almost un known, or little visited, and that nay now be visited, where researches may be made and results obtained, that cannot be devoid of interest. Thus the project which was formed a few weeks ago is now realized, and all the necessary measures are taken that the travellers shall suffer no delays, and meet no obstacles to their operations. (From the Courier Francai9.) PARIS, DEC. 30.—Three gend'armes have been accused of violating the dwelling of a peasant, in the Commune of Viliemur. They saw him up in a tree with a gun, killing the birds that came to devour his grain, and they pursued hira into his own house P OF I'UAZION 71.7XDS Auretri,n Eocci: Braailian Bonds BuoceA Ayres Eonil., flond.4 Colombian Dancifi ! ) itto, IFr24 Danish Greek Romig ............ ....... Ditto, 194 h Gitatitnala 7ilexioan Ponds Ditto, P'".s rAICZ3 OF EILIARZS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. PM !Mao.. Imp. Min. Co. (v.,s. at M. pm.) £2O Ditto ,National 5 ; ,k Column= dining Co. ;la. at .51. pin.) ..ev4 PRICES OF IRISH STO( Rank Stock Consols, 3 per cent - Gov. Stock, 3'. per cent 91% Ditto, New 4 per Cent lOl% (joy. Deb. 3% per cent 95% Rcyal Canal Stock Granst Canal Stock 19!,, City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast (Vice Deb. 4p. c - MA. Arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Brazil O Buenos Ayr.. 1 Dublin 0 O Flanders 1 franc. , O Cottenlyirgli 0 O Guernse;A:Jersey 0 XTOTICE is hereby given, that the following EXCHEQUER BILLS, lodged with MelarN. REMINGTON, STEPHENSON, and Co., are the PROPERTY of JOSEPH WILFRED PARKINS, Esq..— 1828. Nos. X. X. 28th March, 8,8:38, 8,859, 8,847, } five of 1,000 5,000 8,848, 481, 26th June, 5,068 one 1,000 26th Sept., 6,718, 3,357, 4,939, ) 4,940, 6,567, 6,568, i c nine of 1,000 9,000 2,192, 998, 999, And all persons are hereby cautioned against taking the Same. WILLIAM THOMPSON. 3, Love-lane, Aldermanbury, Jan. 1, 1829. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The Letter of " Ma:Tit:us," retspecting the Monopoly in the Coal Trade, shall appear to-morrow. Further Communications from Cambridge would be thankfully received. „meet_ VD ,1t7:1"-41-5111” 2 1111 1 F t_ C 149. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1829. If we may believe the following article, the Russians are not likely to have an easy time of it in Varna. On the 30th November some severe actions were said to have taken place, in consequence of the Turks attempting to drive .he Russians from their positions. The result is variously stated :—but we suspect the whole will turn out to be a mere fiction, for the weather, which alone compelled the Russians to quit the field of - action would surely have dealt out equal severity to the Turks. There is no royal road to propitiate bad weather any more than to mathematic—and the snow storm or fog- Frost which has benumbed Russian enterprise will not Tolerate Turkish adventure. Besides the Turks are more out of their element in stormy weather than the Russians, who are chiefly born and bred amid the inclemen4 of the sea- sons. Hot weather in Russia is more insuffer- able than cold. The reported loss of the vessel bearing away the Russiam trophies from Varna, has been main revived ; and to add to the interest of the tale, the ship is sent to sink With her cargo in a Turkish bad•. But this is not all— the writer had an eye to poetical justice, and accordingly made the ship run foul of another Russian vessel, when both went down together ! This retribution appears so very Turkish that we think the ships and trophies are safely beyond their reach. The pON% er of vengeance could no farther go : JASSY, DEC. 1?. Report is just spread here that on the 30th Nov. there Nrcre some severe actions in the environs of Varna, when the Turks are said to have made an attempt to drive the Russians from their positions. With respect to the issue of these actions, the most conflicting reports are in circulation, some giving the victory to the Russians, and some to the Turks. Another report which has been circulated here on the authority of letters from Odessa, is that the Rus sian ship which had oa board the twelve cannon taken in Varna (and which were intended for the monHment of King Wladislaus at Warsaw) with many other trophies from Varna, had been driven, in a violent storm, towards the Gulf of Bourgas, when it ran foul of another Russian ship, that had been likewise driven thither, and that the shock was so violent that both ships went to the bottom, and every soul on board perished. We hope that this news, if not wholly unfounded, will prove at least to be greatly exaggerated. CONSTANTINOPLE,. NOV. 25. From the I I th to the 25th November, 43 ships have arrived. Of these 26 were Austrian, of which 14 were from Alexandria, and one from St. Jean d'Acre, with corn ; one Neapolitan, from Tchesme, with fruits ; 10 Sardinian, of which onig was from Caffa,and one from Alexandria, with corn; three Englisl►, ono from Alexandria, add one from London, with mer chandise, and one from Candia, with iron; three lonian, with fruits. The injurious effects of the present system of Game Laws is every day more and more deve- loping itself. Armed gangs of poachers, it seems, traverse the country in every direction ; and with so little personal apprehension that in one or two instances they hare actually had the effrontery to go up in a body and challenge the gamekeeper in front of their master's house,— almost, indeed, his very nose. Really, this calls aloud for correction, for the deep enlarged cor rection, of the existing Game Regulations.— These last are evils, which should be looked to before, in consequence of Tome aggravated enor- mity growing out of them, they cannot find their own level and correct themselves. Akin to the Game Laws in absurdity is the conduct of the Government with regard to subjects for dis section ; though we have little doubt, from the imperative necessity of the case, these will he among the very first objects of attention to the Government in the ensuing Lession. But surely it is the best way to take time by the forelock, and not wait until the very enormity of a nuisance has enforced its own remedy SHIPPING INTELLIGENCB-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. Hum., JAN. I.—Wind N.W..—Arrived from London, the Ada, Glittery, for Jamaica ; Hero, Matthews, for Trinidad; Sarah, Gibson, for Jamaica; Comet, for Malta ; Resource, for New South Wales; Alhinia, Purvis, for Demerara ; Christopher, Scott, for Mobile ; Prince Leopold, for Bermuda; and Felicitas, Curle, for Rio Janeiro. PurmorTri, Dze. 31.—Wind S.W.—Arrived liens London, the Amity, Wilson, for Laguayra. FALMOUTII, Dee. 31.—Wind S.W. to Arrived from London, the Sarah, Miller, for St Michael's ; and Duke of Clarence, Hayes, for Ber muda, with the following outward-bound :—The Jane, Simon, for Genoa ; Hawk, Simpson, for Naples ; and Vine, Daws(sn, for St. Andero. Sailed the New Harmony, Humphrey, for Charente. RAWSGATII, JAN. I.—Arrived the Edward, Taylor, from Seville ; and Active, Jars-is, for St. Michael's. The Ruby, Pope, from Keit to Hull, ran on shore near Hornsea, on Wednesday, and has been got off after throwing part of the cargo overboard. The Anon, Harpley, from Hamburgh to New castle, ran upon the Herd Sand on Wednesday; crew saved. The Thetis, Ctibberston, from linll to Aberdeen, struck on Pondicar Rock the 29th ult., and filled with water. The Margaret, Armstrong, from Quebec to Lon don, abandoned by the crew, drove on *bore on Tuesday. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, Trriurs o' G'Loc.m. Business in the English Funds appears to be re duced to the most limited scale, and two-thirds of the Brokers hare no other employment but com plaining of the want of speculation. Consols epened at 87, lather buyers, and hare continued nominally the same the whole of the morning, not a bargain having been noticed ; the Commissioners bought Re duced at 86i. Exchequer Bills are 67 9, and India Bonds, 68 70 pm.; should these securities sustain a further decline, it is probable it may hare a good effect on Stock, by the sellers vesting the produce in the Funds, under the present existing circumstances. If possible there is still less doing in the Foreign Funds; Brazilian Bonds are 64; Port ugue , e, 531 ; Russian, 9b 4. Shares remain without either busi ness or fluctuation. The accounts from Monte Video or the 4th of October vie France, state that the blockade of the Rrer Plate was raised on the 2d of the same month, and a number of French vessels were on the point of sailing for Buenos Ayres. No further accounts have been received of the fugkive Banker, Mr. Stephenson, and little doubt is entertained that he has planned his escape too well for the supineness with which his apprehension seems to have been conducted. Three per Cent. Consols, shut ; Ditto, for Account, b7 a ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 861 ; India Stock, shut ; India Bonds, 68 70 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 67 9 pm. Forme:N.—Brazilian, 63/ 41 ; Buenos Ayres, 47 8 ; Chilian, 224 235; Colombian, 23 4 ; Danish, 621- si t ; Greek, 16 17; Mexican, Five per Cent., 254 64 ; Ditto, Six per Cent., 32. 3 ; Peruvian, 175 184 ; Portugm,se, 534 ; Russian, 95 4 ; Spanish, 10 i t . Mleirs.—Anglo Mexican, 774 5 dim.; Brazilian, 37 9 pm. ; Bolanns, 50 100 pen. ; Colombian Mines, 13 124 dia.; heal Del Monte, 140 160 per share; Tlalpnxahua, 174 224 per share; United Mexican, 23} 23 dis. TWO O'CLOCK. Cons°la have 'been alternately buyers and sellera at 87t; they are at present buyers, with no increase to the business in the kouse. All application haling been made to Remington and Co., for a quantity of Chilian, Brazilian, and Mexican Bonds to a. large amount, and finding them not forthcoming, they have advertised the numbers and amount ; a further sum of 6,000/., the numbers of which cannot be given, are in the same situation This property is belonging to M.Fructuoso, a Por tuguese gentleman. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, 871-, buyers. A meeting of the Catholic Association took place on Tuesday last, at which Mr. O'Connell after ex pressing his regret that the Mission to Englund had been discontinued, alluded to some calumnies that had been lately circulated against him, and concluded by observing, that the negociations between the British Government, and the Pope ?sad been resumed through the medium, as he:Mr. O'Connell understood, of the Duke of Buckingham. THE NORTHERN' LIG HTS.—A singular mo dification of the aurora borealis was observed in the vici nity of this town, in a northerly direction, on Friday even ing last. It wore the appearance of a broad belt of pale but vivid light, the segment of an immense circle, extend ing from the N.E. to the N.W. quarter of the heavens, at about 25 degrees from the horizon, where its elevation was greatest. Beneath the belt the sky was intensely dark, and above it of a eh:at bright starlight, and the stars could be seen in some places twinkling through the glow of light that formed the belt. The appearance continued from about six o'clock in the evening till nearly seven, without any change of form; but getting inure faint, it at last faded from the view altogether.—Hall Packet. DAV AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stork Ohl Annuities Ditto Ex. Bills, .£ i,ono Sid. C"; fig pea. Ditto 500 V.I. 111 159 pm. Ditto Small INtto Comme - oial — pn ,Bank ftkr Account locks for Account Cons. for Acct 8r Nis !la TIIIS DAT AT Orli: O'CLOCK. 114epolitan ;Peruvian Banda ;Portuguese Bonds Pruornan, Old pato, New — IRussian ;Spanish, 1,11 Hi 1 ir23. French F..intes, bp. c. Icar. 25c. Exchange nf. 30:. I-- 3 per cent. •--- Exchange :ICS, DUBLIN, DEC. :1 1 '. St. Patrick Hula. (per sh.) ;Royal Trish Ditto 'National Ditto Patriotic Ditto l.. Hibernian Bank lii!, Provincial Ditto — Royal Irish Mine — imperial Mine — Mining Co. of Ireland Cernuancial Buildings — Arrived. L a a. O Harnburgh 0 O Holland O Jan - oica O Leeward lelandn I Le bon 0 O Malta 0 O Mexico I Waterford TIE LATI FAILU tl. The black catalogue of Stephenson's misdeed. is still, it seems, incomplete, though it is probable that what is undiscovered stands no higher im the scale of moral turpitude than what is already known, His waste of money has been so lavish and extraor dinary, that it is only to be accounted for by the supposition that it was disposed of at the gaining table : and ;hie., indeed, is DOW generally believed to have been the case. Among his nefarious modes I . of raising money, some Very remarkable frauds, practised ou the customers of the house, hare come to liAt. One of these, it is probable, will in a short time be more fully detailed in a court of law. The outline of the case is this : A gentleman keeping cash at the house was ap plied to by Stephenson to lend him his promis sory note for 8,0001. on some pretence or other. The request was complied with on the assurance that it should be provided for when due; and Stephenson, exhibiting the note to his partners as the result of a bona fide transaction of business be tween them, obtained that sum for his own private account. At the period when the note had arrived at maturity, Stephenson assured the gentleman who accommodated him with the loan of it, that it had been cancelled in the regular form, and he there fore thought no more about it. It now turns out that this note is still io existence, and that Stephen son, after availing himself of it for its first and regu lar use, has deposited it with a third party as secu rity for a further advance of money. This party applies to the original granter of the note for pay ment, which is resisted on two grounds—first, be cause he had the assurance of Stephenson that it was paid ; and next, because it is deemed irregular to take a note of hand which is over due as a security for the payment of money. No expedient where raising money was in question seems to have been too low for Stephenson's adop tion. A number of bills, it is said, are at present in circulation, drawn upon Stephenson by some day labourer, or fellow altogether destitute of property, which, with a name upon it so well known, hare been readily discounted, and the amount, without doubt, has passed into Stephenson's hands. Of these bills not a shilling of course will be paid.— Timex. TINIBUCTOO. (From the .Tournal des Debaig of Thursday.) We hare already mentioned the extraordinary journey of M. Auguste Caille to Timbuctoo, a jour ney which has made a great noise in the learned world. The committee which had been appointed to take cognizance and to give an account of the re sults of that journey has just published ita report, of which the following is an extract : " The journals of M. Caille are connected in the most beneficial manner for the perfecting or the con firmation of our geographical knowledge with the excursions of Winterbottom to Tirnbo in 1794; with that of Major Laing to the territory of Kon ranko and Soulimana in 1822 ; of M. Mellien to Fonta Dhirdlon in 1818; of Munro Park to the Dhioliba in 1795 and 1805 ; of Doehar4 to Yamina and Bammakow in 1819; and, finally, with the itineraries of the caravans in the road from Timbuc tou to the country of Tartlet. It is impossible any longer to dispute thu very elevated position of the sources of the Bating, the principal tributary of the Senegal. Setting out on the 19th of April, 1827, from Kakendy, the tomb of Maier Peddie and Major Campbell, M. Caille traversed that river at Butila. Ile traversed also the great river Dhioliba. Thence he went on, stopping ut Kankan, a large city in the country of that name, which enriches the neighbourhood with the gold mines of Bourre ; he afterwards advanced more than 200 miles to the east beyond Soulimanhrr, as far as the village of Time, where he arrived on the 3d of August. In this village he was detained from sickness five entire months. At Time he planned ano ther excursion towards the north ; this was the second part of his voyage. M. Caille wished to get back to the Dhioliba, and set out for that pur pose on the 9th of January last, and after having passed through more than a hundred villages, and approached within a short distance of Sego, he got sight of the stream once more on the 10th of March at Galia, flowing from the west, and passed over a branch of it in order to get to Jenni. The whole of this portion of M. Caille's route is entirely new, as well as his journey from Timbo to Time. The third part of his journey was on the great river. M. Caille embarked on the 20th of March, after a stay of thirteen days at Jenni ; this was in the dry season. In some places the river was a mile wide; but in others much narrower. The deprh and rapidity ♦aried. In his piogress he has noted the tributaries and the islands that occurred, and especially the lake of Debo (the same that is known and figured in the charts by the title of Dibble, but whose position is improperly given), and he has given throughout the whole course of the river a series of notices as valu able for their accuracy as for their novelty. At length he arrived at Kalif; the port of Tim buctoo, oi4 the 19th April, and the following day he enteric! that city. On the 4th May he left it for El Arawan, where he arrived in six days, and in eight days more he reached the wells of Teligue. The whole of these wells, which are either fresh or brackish, and every station besides in his passage of the great desert, is carefully noted by M. Grille. The season of the burning east winds rendered the fatigues and privations of this painful journey still more oppressive to him. He set out from El Ara- Wan on the 19th May, arid did net arrive at El Harid until the 29th June ; there the caravan sepa rated into several parties, and on July 23 he reached Tartlet. Finally, on the 12th August, he arrived at the spot where, in the fourteenth century, Ben Ba , tools threw down his staff as a traveller, namely, the city of Fez, whence he continued his route, accom panied- by a guide, until be gained the sea. He got to Tangier on the 17th September, where the French Consul received him, attended to his safety, and succeeded in protecting him from the dangers he must have incurred if, under his disguise, he had been recognized. The success of M. Caille'm undertaking is so much the more interesting as he effected it entirely through his own resources, without the participation or the aid of any one. lie sacrificed every thing that he possessed to provide for the necessaries for his journey. He did every thing► that was possible, and much more than could be expected with such resources; and he has had the good fortune to suc ceed completely. M. Caine has penetrated as far as Timbuctou ; be went there, setting out from Senegambia, and has made several new and valuable observations upon the Fount Dhiallon, on the countries of the east, and on part of the course of the Dhioliba. He navi gated this river for the space of a month, acquired a mass of authentic information respecting the mines of Bourre, and made several other researches. The discovery of these countries, and the descriptions of the regions of Baleya, of Kankan, arid Wassoula, are a valuable acquisition to geography. He has also the merit of having compiled a vocabulary of the Mending() language, and another of the Kissour tongue, spoken in (mnion with the Moorish at Timbucteo, and of having remarked on all that re lates to the customs, ceremonies, production, and commerce, of the ditlerent countries. The calendar at the approaching county ses sions will be unicinaily Leavy. It is expected that the total number of ptiloners will amount to 140. Taunton Courier. CORONER'S INQUEST.—On Monday last an inquest took place at the Griffin Inn, Leeds, on the body of ars - letter Johnson, aged nine years, who was supposed to hare died from the effects of poison. The inquiry oc casioned some interest in the town frona:the circumstance of four deaths having occurred in the same family within the last eighteen weeks. After a long and scrutinising investigation, the Jury returned for verdict that the "De ceased died of inflammation of the stomach, and that the said inflammation was caused by the visitation of God in a natural way, and not from any violence or otherwise." IAII,KtTI3.-(T1118 DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of English Grain this week are maerate ; there is another good supply of Foreign Wheat, and a mo• &rate quantity of: Flour caast*ise. There is considerable firmnets in the Wheat trade t(-day, brit the prices cannot be reported bight's.. Barley, 'Beans, and Pease, each re mains as last reported. Thera is rather mute business doing to-day in Oats, and‘the terms lest quoted are fail; supported. Flour nna.ttered, ARRIVA LA. W heat. I Barley. Oat!. Flour. qrs. 4,150 qrs. 6,540 qrs. 4 ,95(' v.cke. 1,!.00 3,`4iP.) English Irish Foreign i 518,1300 GENERAL AVERAGE pllicr. OF ERSTIII CORN, k'or the Week ended Dec. 23, Ikt?3, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different €ities and Towns in Eogland and Wales, pet Imperial Quarter. 765. 6d. Oats 24a. Reans„-- Cd. 11ar117—.......375. Id. I Rye 4.!, - s. 441. I PeAsc..-- Ws. 3d. MPERIAI. ACGRRGATII ATERA(MiS of the Six \Yuma; PRECESPING Wheat.-- 745. .'xi Oats -- V5l. sd. 13ean5......„—.25i5. lid I Barley ...35e.Gd. I Rye 41s. sd. Pease....-- 4es. id. In/TUN ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat--. Is. (M. Oats !)s. 8ean5......—.11 8 . Od. I Barley —.... Is. 10d. I Rye 3s. 6d. Peace Co. 6d. SMITHFIELD MARKET. At Baia day'a market, which exhibited throughout a fair average Friday's supply, exck kind of meat met with a moderately brisk sale, Veal at an advance of 4d. per stone ; Beef, Mutton, and Pork, at Monday's prices. PRICES PER STONE OF SIAM. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. A. toe. d. I 0. d. to s. d. Inferior Ecamts 2 6 2 101 Large Lumba Second quality ditto l 2 3 6 ' Prime small ditto 0 0 A 0 Prime I;.rge Oxen— 4 6 410 Large comma Calvet3 4 fl 5 Prime Scot , , &c..... 4 8 h 0 Prime small ditto 5 4 5 8 Inferior Sheet Second quality ditto 3 4 4 0 Small Porker‘ 5 4 5 8 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 4 410 Suckling Ca1t , ..6 lim. to 364.elick. SoutliclownWethers 4 8 5 3, Quarteroldrigs 163. to 20*. each. St rrLy, AS rim Ciiii/C'S STATEM ENT. Bent!. I She.p. Cal'm Pigs. I 5C43 3,560 ViN I LEO Much Cows, which were few in number, went off slowly at the prices of this day ke'onight. NEWOATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stcne, by the Cuestas. a. tl. to s. d. a. 4. to s. d. Beet `, H 4 61 Veal Mutton...—. .......... Si 10 4 6 Mork CITY MARKETS, TWO O'CLOCK. PLANTAT/011 SUGARS.-014 Tneeday this market was opened for the heat time since the holidays, but although it had been awed for upwards of a week the buyers did not come forward with any spirit, consequently the bnsinetee done has been limited and confined to the Grocery descrip tions, the good and fine qualities of which still continue scarce, and fully maintain their prices: of tee strong re fining qualities the supply is very small, but as the ship ping season to the Continent is now closed, the Refiners have ceased working their houses so fully as they have hitherto done, leonseqnently the demand for the sails suit able for the pans has become much more limited. Delivered last week from the West India Docks, 1,521 hhds., and 97 trs. Stock on hind in the West India Docks (on 29th ult.) 35,459 Mids., and 3,021. trs. Stock on hand in the West India Docks (on Dec. 31, 1827) 34,369 IMF., and 3,000 trs. FORItION SeUARS.—The only eales which appear to have taken place this week have been a few parcels of da tinq.,•ed Brazils, which were sold by public auction. AFIN Ten SU (IA RS. —The principal busineee done in this market has been in crashed Sugars, the sales of which for the Mediterranean have been very large, particularly of the middling and good sorts, at about the prices quoted ; for the low, shipping and fine Grocery goods, the demand is rather limited at present. ConFic.—There does not appear to be any lively demand for this article at present, and as no parcels have been offered by public sale, the transactions have been limited to small quantities, for the immediate supply of the dealers. Delivered last week from the West India Docks, 221 casks ; and 211 begs, ezie. Stock on hand in the West India Docks Om 29th ult.) 11,389 casks; and 74,310 bags, &c. Stock on hand in the West India Docks (on Dec. 31, 1827) 12,228 casks; 52,350 bags, &c. Prelim—There is very little alteration to notice this week; there are some inquiries for the different descrip tions of common Fruit and Currants, but there has been scarcely time for the demand to come on since the holidays. THE PARTED YEAR. f:From the Nein ,lionthly•„-I( I stood anon the sunless shore Beside oblivion's sea, And saw it sluggish waves break o'er The by-gone yesterday— The last of the departed year Join in the lapse of time's career, The pasted eternity. It wit,: a melancholy sight To see it part from day, And dim among the depths of night Fade with its dreahns away,— And dark and shapeless with it go A thousand hopes, once rich in glow, Born in its hour's decay. A cold thrill to my foaling taught how much there was of mine Gone with that year, of perish'd thought, And ill delay'd design, A part, too, of the vital flame Quench'd beneath time's inceesant stream, A march towards decline. From nut those wares no palmy isle Uprears its sunny heed, Where ship-tick Hope may light her senile ; Boundless, am! drew and dread, The billows break without a roar, " Nameless" is statup'd upon the shore, And " Death "—there all is dead! And Love turns trembling from the sight, Flidin his face with fear. And Beauty shrixks in pale affright, And Fence stands silent near, And Glory's laurels shrink and die, Changeless alone one brow and eye, But they arc of Despair. All watch the last skirts of the year, The wreck of minutes done, In those deep waters disappear For seer from the sun, Leaving a dread tranquillity, As when a mighty ship at sea Has just gone wildly down. Where fleets the past !—But to life's task— The where, the when, the how, Becomes no thing of earth to ask, With " finite" on its brow; Far better to the future hear Calm courage, not o'er anxious care, And let the minutes go. Time's lapse may be a change of scene Time will itself explain, A night before a morn serene When lost years rise again, Renew'd, and with a greener prime, To run once more a destined time, Nor seem to ran in vain. IMPROMPTU CfrON SEEING VIE ASCENDANCY ADVARTISEMENT IN THS CIIKSTER CHROXICLE. 1 ' One Fool makes many."—Otn Emaum PROVERB. When Folliot, who Fe. jmiyment, is none of the soundest, Whoee wisdom and wit too are not the profoundest, Thought fit a No-popery hotch-potch to disk up, In the hope his son JIMICX would be called up a Bishop, Who'd mnppote that the noise of this silly bell-nether, Could assemble the Fools of a County together ! !! &e the first in the field is the huntsman Sir Harry. Who, when Folly's horn blew, wasne'er yet known to tarry, Giving strength to the proverb, if wanted were any, That " the erg of one fool will gather the ninny." CES TRIENSIS. It is generally rumoured that the Marquis of Angle•ea intends to make a short yisit to Eagland.—Cork Constittttiora. IMMENSE STEAM VESSEL.—The uovern - Some of the weather - wise people forebode that a frost will wet in soon a ft e r th e new moon, whist !altos ment of the Netherlands has ordered the immediate con - on the sth instant. 'traction of a larger steam vessel than has hitherto swam place the ocean. It is to be 250 fcct in length, to have three decks, We understand that a great competition i 5 four masts, and a bowsprit, and steam-engine power equal now carrying on between the hand and power-loom to 300 horses, and is to cost 800,000 Dutch florins. This weavers of Blackburn, the consequence of which has been enormous vessel is to draw but sixteen feet water when that the handloom manufacturers have redneed their laden, ;tad ten feet unladen. The object of the Govern- goods nearly 25 Fer resat. At this season of the year such ment is to facilitate the intercourse between Holland and a reduction is truly distressing. It is a Sad state of things the Dutch East Indies, and it is calculated that about 40 when manufacturers, to engage in competition,. tang grind days will be sufficient for the voyage, which may be ef- down the wages of the poor to enable them to do it, espe fected with the consumption of about 2,100,000 pounds eially with provisions at their present price..—Boiton of !einem! coal. 'I Chronicle, WEST-PORT MUTRI)EIiS. CONDUCT OF BURKE AFTER CONDEMNATION. After the trial, Burke and M'Dougal were re moved to the leek-up-house ; Hare and his wife fol lowed, and were lodged in a different apartment. Burke had hardly been seated, when looking round, he said to the officers who had him in charge, "this is a cold place you hare brought me till." oiticert had been long inured to morel turpi tude, to bacchetedian frensy, anti wickedness of every deecrietion, but lying § as he then wee, under :sen tence of an ignominious death for a crime of ttnpa ralleled atrocity, his unseemly ievite struck them with horror, and one of them rebuked him sharply for his conduct. Burke stated, that from the mo ment he he and that Hare had been admitted an eel , dense, he was aware that escape was impossible, and he was prepared for the worst. It was stated to him, that as he had for some time lived a life of unexampled wickedness, a fair confession of his crimes, a:A an accurate account of his life, might be read with interest, arid be of service to man kind ; and he replied that he would make no confession whatever till he had consulted his priest on the subject. He stated that ho con sidered was the most guilty of the two, for, said he, " he murdered the first woman, he persuaded me to join him, and now he has mar shored me, and I will regret to the last hour of nay existence that he did not share the same fate." One of the officers stated, in Burke's hearing, " I think 1 could never wish to see that man forgiven who could murder that poor harmless good-natured idiot, Daft Jamie." Here the wretched man stared ise. tenth on the officer, and replied with peculiar em phasis, "My days are numbered—l am soon to die by the hands of man--I have no more to fear, and can now have no interest its telling a lie, and I de clare that I am as innocent of Daft Jamie's blood as you are. He was taken into . 's house, and murdered by,him and his wife; to be sure I was guilty in so far, for I assisted to carry the body to —, and got a share of the money." He stated, in answer to direct eeeetious of course, that it was the general plan to took after poor and wretched strangers, who were not likely to be inquired after by any person of consequence; but promptly re fused to state whether or not ho had been concerned in any other murders than those with which he was charged in the indictment, or whether he was in the practice of going to the country for the purpose of enticing poor wanderers to his house, till he had a c c o c n o s i tt i lt : d or h i the m •ie o s. dto in which gave rather v,,hichhepu a put the different poorv,.o. man Campbell to death, from that given by his ac complice Hare. He stated, that after the sham fight was over, she was thrown down on her back, that Hare seized her by the legs, that be forced the mouth of a bottle into her throat, and poured down whiskey till sluewits chocked or nearly so, and that he himself then sat down on her face, *topping up her nose and mouth so completely that she died in a few minutes. About three o'clock he inquired if he might be permitted to offer up e sheet prayer : his request was instantly granted, and a:!'• unhappy man prayed with great fervour for a few militeAle -- In the course of his prayer, ho implored forgirenew for the wicked life he had led, and more especially for the great crime for which he was about to suffer on the gibbet. Ile also entreated that his wretched partner iu guilt might be brought to a full sense of the crimes of which she had been guilty,—that who might repent, and atone as far as it was in her . power to do so in this world, by a life of quietness, piety, and honest industry. At his request, the offi cer read about half a dozen chapters of the scriptures, to which he paid great attention, occasionally say ing, " That passage touches keenly on my crimes." When preparations Isere making for his removal . to the jail on the Calton-hill, he requested the officers to visit him in the prison. On being in formed that there would be no admittance to him, he said, " well, well, though I should never see you again, you will see me on the 28th January, at the head of Libberton's Wynd. I have now only Three weeks to live, and I wilPenot weary greatly for that day." While in the lock-np-house, he expressed the greatest dread of the heavy irons in the eon demned cell. On reaching the jail, however, he was secured in the usual way, and every possible precaution will bo used lest he should in some degree defeat the ends of justice by suicide, and add self destruction to the appalling list of murders to which he has been asses ears. No person has since beets permitted to hold any conversation with him, except his spiritual instructors. Though he has been brought up irk the Roman Catholic faith, and has intimated his resolution to die a member of the church, in a belief of whose principles he has been educated, he receivers the visits of the Rev. Messrs Porteous and Marshal, with the same pleasure he does those of the Rev. Gentlemen of his own persuasion. He pays due attention to their exhortations—reads the Bible, .or some religious book, constantly in their absence, and is making every preparation for the great and awful change which he must soon undergo. After making a good deal of inquiry on this paitt ful subject, tve are inclined to conclude that the gum ber of murders perpetrated by Burke and Hare, have been greatly over-rated in most of the acconnts that have lately been current in this city. It will afford some satisfaction to the public to know, that Hare and his wife are kept in close eon. finement, is separate cells, in the Calton jail. No person is admitted to see either of them; and there can be no doubt that if the Lord Advocate can pro cure evidence to convince a Jury that they have been guilty of any other murders than those charged in the iedictrocnt on which Burke was tried, they will yet be rieited:with the punishment they deserve. Such has been the public anxiety to be minutely acquainted with details of these murders, that after the trial had been published by four separate papers, and n otwithstanding the simultaneous publication of two papers on the same day—on Saturday last our extra sale amounted to nearly six hundred, A:cotstnrot. MINISTEDIAL ARRANGEMENTS.— The Duke of Wellington, and several other distinguished public characters, are gone on a visit to the seat of the Earl of Westmorland, iu Northamptonshire, to enjoy the sport of pheamant shooting. From Northamptonshire the Noble Guests are to repeat their visit to the Marquis of Chandos (what will the Courier say to this?) ; but the place of re-union will be Stowe instead of Wootton. The indefati gable Mr. Holt:lee, of course, fornis •ne of the party at both placed. " Ecce iterum Crispinue, et est hie Pskpi vocundus Ad partes," In fact, whenever and wherever any work is to be done, the lest.nained Honourable Member is an inseparable appen dage. We believe the Stowe party will comprise the same names as the former one at Vi r oott , m, with a sibgle exception. ---Morning Chronicle. We understand th,t the bankers here are now discounting approved bills at four per cent. —Null Packet. ST• JAMES'S PARK.—AB soon as the im provements are completed, and the shrubs are all planted, the wslks will be thrown open to the public, under• the same restrictions as are observed at Kensington Garden% and a light iron bridge will be erected over the Canal, which will prove a valuable acquisition to the iithabitents of the lower parts of westmiloter. A gentleman residing in this neighbourhood was assured, whilst at Rome by one of the bookers is that city, that the English spent there at ]rant 500,000/. in the course of one winter. Mr. M'Cullech regards this as no evil ; the tradesmen at the West end of London mold tell hies differently.—Briglacei Gazette.