The Sun. — London, England, 1829-08-20 00:00:00

TliE HARVEST. In passing through the country, it is iinpos sible not to observe that the state of the crops generally has been much misrepresented. LI some accounts it is said that the crop will not amount to an average crop. In others, that it is considerably below two-thirds of a crop, and some make out that it will not amount to half a crop. But the questions which arise are, on what average are these calculations formed ? What crop is referred to ? And who is it that furnishes these estimates? Do they come from the mealman, who is interested in procuring a rise in price, or do they come from the general mass of farmers ? If from the latter, behold the intelligence they display in the witness box, or in the jury box, of the different assizes now holding, and let those who have witnessed theh performances in those situations, say whether they can place any reliance on their making a calculation which must be founded on the quan tity of acres in cultivation in Great Britain. The fact is, the opinions of one or two men in a market are generally sufficient to lead the sen timents of their neighbours, who find it much easier to snort an opinion which they can state on the :luthority of :Mr. So-and-so, the king of the parish, than to find any reasons for setting tip one of their own ; and there is always a dis position to be discreet enough not to call out " Roast meat." It happens unfortunately for the " croakers," that the same land is now in cultivation which yielded a livelihood and a profit to our ancestors. The plodders of former days contrived to live in plenty and happiness on the soil which now yields so much discontent, and yet every now and then at the meetings of agricultural associations we hear of the vast im provements in that science ; but where do they end ? Is it in bad crops ? No, certainly not. The evil is in endeavouring to raise our means to our wants, and not reducing our wants to our means. The same complaints have been made for the last twenty years respecting the crops, and, let Heaven be ever so bountiful, will al ways be made by those who now complain. The seasons cannot provide a good crop for the slo venly farmer, sufficient for the avaricious one, or enough for the gentleman farmer, who would like to pay all his expences (not forgetting a few sporting appendages) out of his wheat crop. Nor can it produce such a crop as will yield the three rents a farmer should have to pay him, if one of those three (the landlord's rent) is still in proportion to a war price, and the mealman's profit to whom he sells is to be deducted from the price the public would pay him without tha intermediate agent. The harvest has now corn menced generally, and on land in good cultiva. Lion the wheat and barley is nearly as thick as can stand. Fine weather for another week wi be sufficient to secure large quantities of corn li Shropshire and Herefordshire ; and if the earl 3 bay crop was unproductive from the coldness o: spring, and the later crop spoilt by the showery weather, the luxuriant after-grass every where, and the abundant crops of turnips, will amply compensate for those deficiencies. CONSTANTINOPLE. Constantinople has universally been considered one of the most remarkable, and, in point of situation, security of its port, and other natural advantages, ranks as one of the finest cities in Europe ; placed upon a strait dividing Europe from Asia, it commands on the South, by its communication with the Mediterranean, unin terrupted access to all the nations of Europe and the coast of Africa; whilst, on the North, by the Black Sea, to the Danube and other great rivers, it has access to the interior of Germany, Poland, and Russia. The Turks also possess the navi gation of the Red Sea, by which the whole of the riches of the East might be obtained ; yet, with these advantages, superior to those enjoyed by any other country in the world, commerce is totally neglected—the arts and sciences languish, and even the internal trade is very inconsiderable. The first city erected on this desirable situation was called Byzantium, from Byzas, the leader of a Colony of Megara, and the founder, 658 years before the Christian era. This city existed until the time of the Emperor Severus, who destroyed it, and dispersed the inhabitants. Constantine the Great, considering the situation more favour able than that of Rome, rebuilt it in 330, with great magnificence, which is supposed to have been one principal cause of the decline of the Western Empire. The ancient splendour of Constantinople, as it was then called, is spoken of with astonishment by writers of the middle ages ; after remaining the capital of the Eastern Empire for one hundred years, it fell by con quest into the hands of the Turks in 1458, who have retained possession until the present time. The city stands at the eastern extremity of Ro mania, on a neck of land that advances towards Natolia ; on the south it is washed by the sea of Marmora, and on the north-east by the Gulf of the Golden Horn. It is built, like ancient Rome, on seven hills, rising one above the other in beautiful succession, and sloping gently to wards the water; the whole forming an irregular triangle about twelve miles in circumference, the entire of which space is closely covered with palaces, mosques, baths, fountains, and houses ; at a short distance the proudly swelling domes of three hundred mosques, the tall and elegant minarets crowned by glittering crescents, the an cient towers on the walls, and the gaudily co loured kiosks and houses rising above the stu pendous trees in the Seraglio, situated on the extreme point, form a rich, picturesque, and ex traordinary scene. The Gulf of the Golden Horn, to the north-east of the city, forms a noble and capacious harbour, four miles in length by half a mile in breadth, capable of securely con taining twelve hundred ships of the largest size, and is generally filled with the curiously built vessels and gaudily decorated boats of the Turks ; on the opposite shore is the maritime town of Galata, containing the docks, arsenals, cannon foundries, barracks, &c.; above which stands the populous suburb of Pera, the residence of the Foreign Ministers to the Porte, and all foreigners of distinction, none whatever being allowed to reside in the city. Beyond, as far as the eye can reach, is an immense forest of cypress and mulberry trees, being the extensive cemeteries of all persuasions. From Galata the European shore of the Bosphorus forms one continued line of towns ; palaces in every style of architec ture, pleasure gardens, and romantic villages. On the opposite or Asiatic shore stands the ex• tensive town of Scutari, also a suburb of Con stantinople, although in another quarter of the globe, and separated by a sea a mile in breadth ; and at a short distance the ancient and ruinous city of Calcedone, whose inhabitants were ac counted blind for erecting their city in that place, having the more favourable site of Constanti nople before their eyes. At some distance the group of the Princes Island, in the Sea of Mar moral a nd the 6110 Y-dad summit of Mount STEWART the MURDERER and his WIFE In the annals of crime the last year stands un paralleled for the premeditated and diabolical character of the murders which have been perpe trated in our own land. Astonishment and horror have been more largely excited in the bosom of civilized society than ever they were in the most barbarous age or nation. Beings have sprung up from the mass of the people, and in ordinary circumstances, where man is generally found docile and industrious, with propensities which, coupled with their total want of feeling, are found to realise the most fearful attributes that the morbid imaginative have conferred on demons. These cursory remarks have been suggested by the approaching period when Stewart and his wife are to render their guilty souls into the hands of their Creator. With the exception of Burke, no criminal has excited so much public detesta tion as the hardened villain of whom justice is about to rid society. The fate of the woman, though, in a legal point of view, she is equally criminal with her husband, has excited com paratively a degree of compassion in the breasts of those acquainted with the circumstances in which she has all along been placed with regar d to Stewart. Attached to him in au infatuated degree, she suffered every kind of abuse at his hands ; and yet she continued to act as his co adjutor, and to serve him as faithfully as if he had behaved to her with incessant kindness. This point in the murderer's character suffi ciently testified the brutality of his nature, even in a matter where the greatest crimival is found to display a greater portion of animal sympathy than even generous minds. But it would appear that he has at length brought himself to reflect with regret upon this portion of his conduct ; for he has, since his condemnation, frequently expressed an anxiety as to the fate of his com panion. On the occasion of an individual in forming Stewart that a petition for mercy had been intended to be presented in favour of his wife, but which had since fallen to the ground, from the utter hopelessness of success, he ex claimed, with a sigh, " And maun the wife gang too ?" The official paragraph which has appeared in the papers we know to be greatly exaggerated when it mentions the penitential resignation of Stewart. He is so settled in his mind that, from his manner, no observer could believe, that he was placed in the awful circumstances in which he stands. He speaks freely, and without the slightest remorse of his past life. II e is also particularly callous to the end which awaits him. In fact, such conduct is in exact accordance with the whole tenour of his past actions. By those who have the best opportunities to observe the workings of his dispositions, he is considered to be one of the most accomplished villains that ever came under the cognizance of the law. He is ardent and fearless—resembling in these re spects the lower animals, which rush forward with an impetuosity . which nothing can impede, As an instance of this trait in the character of Stewart we may mention that previous to his trial, in conjunction with the criminals amongst. whom he mixed in the prison, he planned and actually commenced operations by which he ex pected to effect his escape. His intention was to murder the turnkey who was in immediate attend ance, and, after perpetrating this atrocity, to kill Mr. Fisher, the Lieutenant- Governor of the gaol, in whose possession are the keys of the principal entrance. Luckily the scheme was disco vered in time to counteract the daring ope rations of the prisoner. In addition to these facts we may mention that he is almost perpe tually to be found smoking his pipe, to which it would appear he has always been greatly addict ed. He indulges in this luxury, however, not from a demand of the nervous system, which one would suppose must be greatly agitated, but from being quite unable to do any thing else—read or meditate—to take up his time. He has fre quently expressed to individuals who have con versed with him on the subject, great gratitude to his legal advisers, whom he consider to have done all that man could do for one in his situa tion. In reference to this matter he said, " that he was very sorry the lawyers had so little to work on." At present Stewart wears the com mon prison dress, of a brown red colour ; and he is to he seen quietly smoking his pipe, as if it were alane the subject of his thoughts. in fact, his personal appearance, whi c h is rat h er . . , _ - .....••• • • good, with the scowling aspect of his counte nance, the peculiarly fine formation of his fore head, and the sharp cunning expression of his eye, all conduce to render him, even in any cir- cumstances, an object of interest. In conclusion we may remark, that the sensation which has been produced amongst all classes by the ap proaching event, is almost as intense as that which was excited on the occasion of Burke's execution. There is little to create surprise in such a circumstance, when we consider how ex- ;ensively and how long the parties exercised their denial calling.—Edinburgh Evening Post. WHITBY, AUG. 16.—We have had incessant rain for the last three days, and yesterday the brooks had so much swollen that they completely inundated the low lands in the neighbourhood. The damage dune to corn will he great, particularly to oats, several fields of which were entirely covered with water, and the greatest part of the crop of cut wheat was swept out of a field belonging to Mr. ELGIE, of Ruswarp. The inmates of some cottages belonging to Col. WILSON, M.P., had to get into their chambers until they could be extricated from their perilous situation.— York Courant. The character of most of the European na tions may be discovered from their popular works of fic tion. ' Gil Bias,' the production of a Frenchman, con sists of the adventures of a swindler. ' The Decatueron' of BOCCACIO, en Italian, is a collection of tales of in trigue. The Don Quixote' of the Spaniards has for its hero a madman of chivalrous notions, fur which he is con tinually punished by his countrymen ; while the English Robinson Crusoe' exhibits a man who, by resolution and piety, rescues himself from the most imminent dangers and trying situations to a state of comfort. DISTRESSING AND FATAL ACCIDENT.-- On Saturday last, as Mr. JOHN WALKER, a son of Mrs. WALKER, of Compton Abdale, in this county, was feeding a thrashing machine which is impelled by water, the cape of his great coat was caught by the wheel, and before he c.old be extricated from the machinery, his clothes were twisted round him with such force that he died of stran gulation. The deceased was about 26 years of age, and much esteemed by an extensive circle of acrinaintatice.-: Cheltenham Chronicle. Olympus, close the prospect. From the ancient Tower of Leander, near Scutari, and imme diately opposite the .Seraglio, the whole of these objects are seen in one brilliant and interesting, coup d'ceil—a combination of nature and art so imposing and magnificent, as to defy the power of language adequately to d escr ib e . We under stand, however, that Mr. Burford has taken ad vantage of this favourable situation, and has nearly finished a panorama of this beautiful scene, which, from the interest at present felt in all that is connected with T ur k e y, we venture to predict will be one of the most popular, as well as most splendid, ever produced. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Messager des Chambrcs of Monday.) (FRONf A LETTER• EGINA, JULY 11.—The Greek National Assembly is going to meet on the 12th, at Argos. The greater part of the Deputies is already arrived there. The President of Greece, and all the ItTembers of the Government, are likewise there. Count Capo d'lstria has just been here for money, which he sends to the army in Rumelia. Matters of the highest importance are going to be discussed at Argos. The great interests of Greece will be taken into consi deration, and its fate will be decided. The Greeks, it is said, will not accept the foreign Sove re i gn whom it is intended to impose upon them; and it is asserted that Count Capo d'lstria will be elected President for life. Admiral Rosamel, after a cruise in the Levant with the Trident, the Breslau), and several frigates and brigs, has returned to the harbour of Smyrna, which is crowded with vessels of different nations. Letters from Madrid announce as nearly certain that the intention of the Spanish Government with respect to Mexico is to introduce a law, which Iturbide proposed in 1821, by which one of the Princes of the Royal Family of Spain was to be placed on the throne. (From the Gazette de France of Tuesday.) PARIS, AUG. 17.—The Gazelle of )11unic.h an nounces that the Marquis de Barbacena has received orders from the Emperor Don Pedro to take back Donna Maria Da Gloria to Brazil, at the same time with the new Empress. FRENCH FUNDS•PA RIS, AUG. 17.--Five per Cents., 108 f. 90c. ; Three per Cents. 79f. 60e. ; 13 ink Stock, 1,830 f. ; Naples Stock, 85f. 60e. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 71 ; Spanish Rentes Perpetuelles, Exchange on London—one month, 25f. 55e. ; three months, 25f. 40c. —Coors Authentique. PRICKS OF STOCKS THIS Bank Steck 3 per Cent. Red. 891 A 1 3 per Cent. Cone. 5 8 4109' 3% per Cent. 98 '4N I)itt,i Red. (-48 .1414 t per Ce"t 1 0211% DIU.), 1 , 23 Ditto Scrip — Dank 1.. Ann. 2O 1-16 20 India St,ck 222% iitto B4.nds — 57 pm. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, XI,OOO 2(1. 70 (39 pm. Ditto 500 2d. 70 71 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Csnrriercial — pm Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Account St: 1Q PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bonds — Chilian Bonds — Pnisstan, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — Ditto, 1824 Danili - Wi Greek Bonds _ ...I. , - ....... 1823 — Dittc, 1825 — French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. Guatimala — Exchange — f. —c. Mexican Bonds — 3 per cent....... —t. —c. Ditto, 1825 — Exchange —f. --c. PRICES OF SHARKS THI3 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Imp. 51in. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 4:21, f 842 '72 Ditto National 7 sa 10% 11% PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, Acta. 17. Bank Stock Con.:2!s, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3.. 1 2 per cent. 9734 • Natiouni Ditto — Ditto, New — Patriotic Ditto — 4 per Cent 10'24 liibernian Bank — Gov. I)eb. 3! , - percent.... 97% Provincial Ditto 20N Royal Canal Stock — fieyal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent ...... Mining Co, of Ireland — iallast Office Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings — DIA ILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. O America 0 0 Hamburgh I O Brazil O Bucnos Ayres 0 1 Jamaica I Dublin 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 O Flanders 0 1 Lisbon 0 O France 0 0 Malta 0 O Gottcnburgh 0 1 Mexico O Guernsey&Jersey.. 0 I Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON t RIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 44 minutes after 6. I Evening ...14 minutes after 7. THEATRE ROYAL, ENGLISH OPERA-HOUSE, STRAND. THIS EVENING (second time) a New Musical Entertainment, called THE SPRING LOCK. Lorenzo de Medici, Mr. Wood • Giulio, Mr. James Vining; Do, tor Manente, Mr. Keeley; Doctor Flamingo, Mr. 0. Smith, Amaranths, Miss Cawse; Vergellina, Mrs. Keeley. After which DER FREISCHUETZ ; OR THE SEVENTH BULLET. Rudolph, Mr. Sapio; Caspar, Mr. H. Phillips; Zamiel, Mr. 0. Smith. Agnes, Miss Betts; Ann, Mrs. Keeley. To conclude with THE MIDDLE TEMPLE; OR, WHICH IS MY SON?" Bri,fless, Mr. Wrench ; Brutus Hairbrain, Mr. Keeley. Julia, Miss H. Cawse ; Penelope, Mrs. Keeley. To-morrow, The Witness, with The Spring Lock, and Mas.. ter's Rival; Saturday, The Witness, with Lying made Easy, Gretna Green, and The Waterman. Vcifte sv 441 LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1829. Despatches were received at the Foreign Office this morning from Mr. MATTHEWS, the British Consul at Lisbon, dated the 6th inst. ; from Lord STUART DE ROTHSAY, our Ambassador at Paris ; and from Sir CHARLES BAGOT at Brussels. At the Colonial Office despatches were this morning received from the Earl of BELAtoRE Governor-General of Jamaica, and also fron Bermuda and Trinidad. By the corn averages, published this day, the duty on foreign wheat remains at 20s. Bd. ; that on barley is 15s. 4d., on oats 12s. 3d., on rye 19s. 9d., on beans 12s. 6d., and on pease 15s. 6d Letters from Lisbon, of the Bth inst., state that reports prevailed there of some serious dis turbances in the Provinces, and that the military at Oporto had begun to manifest strong symp toms of discontent. The Lisbon Papers of course make no mention of such matters, but the following extracts would seem to imply that Don MIGUEL is beginning to relent in his fero- cious career : LISBON, Aua 4.--By accounts from Lagos, of the 26th ult., we learn that on the 24th a launch and a boat, with 10 Swedes, who said they had been plundered by the Moors, off Sineo, arrived at the Praia do Atnado, in the district of the fort of Carrapateira. Aua. 6.—The official part of the Gazette contains an Alvara, having the effect of a law, by which his Majesty is pleased to alter the organization established for the regi ments of militia by the regulations of Dec. 20, 1808, fix ing the force of those corps, awl the time of service.— Bich regiment of militia is to consist of one battalion only, composed of one company of grenadiers and four of fasi leers ; the total force 614 men. Volunteers cannot be obliged to serve mere than 14 years, and those that are re cruited in the usual way no more than 16 years. AUG. 7.—The Gazette contains long extracts from the sentence passed by the Alcada of Oporto. Three persons were ordered to be released from prison, it being judged that the amnesty granted by the Decree of June 18, 1828, was applicable to their case. The same indulgence was refused to two others, because they had not surrendered by the 10th July, 1828. His Majesty has been pleased to remit the penalty of death pronounced on Ignacio Monis Coelho da Silva, as Captain of the regiment of militia of Guimarcies, leaving it to the Algada to sentence him to some other punishment. He has been accordingly sentenced to banishment for life to the Presidio of Inhambane, and to suffer death if he should return to Portugal. OPORTO, JULY 30.—The Correio contai ns t h e resolu tion of the Alcada to proceed to the trial of 21 persons (absent) whose names are. given. .They are the Marquis de Palmella, Conde de Sarnpayo, Conde de . Villa Flor, &c., game from England on board the Befp at steam boat, and entered this city of Oporto on the 26th June, 1828 ; some of them making part of the rebel junta, others com manding the rebel hoops. JULY 31.—The Correio mentions the arrival of a Por tuguese yacht, from Lisbon and Peniche in 20 days, with nine prisoners, under a military escort, transferred from the prisons of Lisbon to those of Oporto. Amongst them is Donna Eugenia Cmdida da Fousela Mend.-a, widow. Abuse of the new Ministry still forms the general theme of the French Journals—and the Provincial Papers, catching the spirit of their Parisian leaders, have taken up the strain with, if possible, more embittered malignity. The oppo sition appears so universal, and so concerted, as to betoken some premeditated purpose. The new Ministry are not yet known from their acts, only by an estimate of their previous character— and that individually. It is, therefore, obvious that the Journals are rather premature in their denunciations against the probable actions of men whom they have not yet seen coalesced in a responsible body, but simply as individuals.— Whatever acts of reproach they may singly have been guilty of, they have committed none in their official capacity as an united Ministry. It would, therefore, be but just to allow them a fair trial before condemnation so sweeping and irre vocable. The great sin which the Ministers appear to have committed is their being Tories—rather unpardonable, to be sure-- hut they have one atoning quality—they are not Ultra Tories, at least they have not yet unfurled that standard, whatever may be their private predilections. Indeed, we think, were they Ultra Tories at heart, that they would not dare to avow their creed. The Prince DE Po- LIGNAC has had too recent a proof of what Ultra-Toryism has experienced in England, to be enamoured of any such damning distinction on the other side of the water. He must feel convinced by the alarming hostility manifested at his accession to power—and no doubt the alarm is now reciprocal—that the day of Ultra principles and bigotted recollections is gone by— and that the Minister who would hope to revive them would only be raising a storm which neither himself nor the evil genius of his Master could allay. But the Prince will not seek to verify the worst fears and predictions of his enemies by such conduct. He is a moderate man, though a devoted Royalist,—and his having been the. Representative of France at the Court of Eng land is presumptive proof, if not a strong gua rantee, that his own views on Foreign Policy harmonise witla those of our Cabinet. This circumstance alone is particularly favourable to the continuance of a good understanding between the two countries. But it is this circumstance also, we suspect, which awakens the jealousy of restless spirits in France, some of whom do not even scruple to ascribe the Prince's elevation to the influence of the Duke of WELLINGTON—and hence their dread that the same influence will direct the conduct of the French Ministry. But their imputation is not more ridiculous than their apprehension. Though the Duke of WEL LINGTON would naturally wish to see men at the head of Foreign Governments of conge nial views with his own, yet he would scorn to descend to intrigues to obtain their elevation. Such conduct is beneath the straight-forward and manly character of his Grace. Besides, were the Duke of WELLINGTON so disposed to interfere in the construction of Ministerial Ca binets abroad, his experience would soon con vince him of the utter inutility of such inter ference, because no Government so concocted could stand a single day, unsupported by foreign aid. Such - a Ministry could exercise little au thority in a despotic Government—but in France —with a Free Press—a free and enlightened people—a Representative Legislature—the very idea is ridiculous ! The King of FRANCE may entertain a just regard for the Duke of WELLINGTON, but he could hardly consult his Grace about the choice of his Prime Minister. Nor would it he very becoming in his Grace to recommend one to displace those very men whose views of fo reign policy had harmonized so well with his own. But we only reason from principle-- we must wait the march of events. We have only as yet the assertions of the Liberal Journals grounded upon their apprehensions — we must wait for the acts of the new Ministry before we judge of their conduct. If they attempt to re vive exploded prejudices, or roll back the march of improvement, they will find themselves sadly mistaken—the very spirit of the age is against them—and the voice of France has already spoken out. The new Ministry have thus been forewarned if they had really meditated any recur rence to arbitrary principles —they will learn wisdom from the temper of the times, and act accordingly. A Jamaica Mail has arrived this morning, with dates from Kingston to the Bth July. The a dvices from Curacoa state, that his Majcst)'s ship Barham had been hove down after several fruitless attempts. On examining her bottom her fore-foot was found gone, as well as a good deal of her false keel, and h er b ottom was much injured, but it was expected she would shortly be put to rights. The advices from Carthagena sta t e , that General SANTANDER had sailed on the 18th June from Boca Chico to Puerto Ca.. hello. It is added th a t B OLIVAR was not qu i te satisfied with the title of Liberator. President, con ceiving his services merited a greater reward, and that it was expected he would assume the impe rial diadem. Mr. MILLER, who, it will be re membered, was in confinement at Carthagena, as was expected, would be shortly liberated at the intercession of the British Consul. It was re ported at Kingston that Major-General CODD, the late Superintendant of Honduras, had died at sea a few days after quitting that settlement, on his way to England for the benefit of his health. Colonel MACDONALD, of the Royal Artillery, had been appointed his successor until his MAJESTY'S pleasure should be known. One of the letters from Carthagena, dated June 18, states that an order had been received from Bogota, decreasing the circulating value of un- pillared, or sheet macaronies, 25 per cent., to go into effect on the 18th. Specie of every kind was scarce at Carthagena, particularly gold, which was at 25 per cent. premium. The Kingston Courant, of the 24th June, states, that Sir G. MURRAY, the Colonial Secretary, had given the Agent for the Island of Grenada an assurance that his Majesty's Ministers would seek an early oppor tunity of taking the state of the West Indies into their most serious and favourable consideration. A letter from Egina says, that at the Greek National Assembly which is to meet at Argos, matters of the highest importance are to be dis cussed. The great interests of Greece will be taken into consideration, and its fate will be de cided ! This is really very fine talk for the Greeks. They will not accept the Foreign So vereign, but elect CAPo DISTRIA President for life ! If this does not bespeak Russian intrigue, we do not know what can. The whole conduct of that worthy has had for its object the furtherance of Russian designs. But let the PRESIDENT mind his cards—he has shuffled them too clumsily for his late blockades, and if he persist in playing that game, he has probably cut them for the last time in reference to Greece—and the Presidency. The Courier Francais remarks that the new Ministers find no support in the literary world any more than in the political world. A pension of six thousand francs has been offered to M. VICTOR HUGO, and refused. Several Coun cillors of State, friends of the late Ministry, have sent in their resignations. Extract of a letter from Bogota, dated 7th June, to a mercantile house in this city : " Bolivar is still in Quito, and the Columbian troops only wait the dry season to attack Guayaquil, when their success is calculated" upon in the most sanguine manner."— From the Jamaica Royal Gazette of 27th June. By the arrival of the Rose, MARQUIS, from Borgal, we have advices from Calcutta, of the 22d March. It is stated that six hundred tons of English coal were about to be sent by the Hon. Company's ship Thetis, to the stations of Aden, Judda, Suez, and Cosseir, prepara tory to the commencement of a steam naviga tion by that route to Europe, the first attempt at which was to be made on the 15th Novem ber next. Coal was so cheap at Bombay, that it was taken as ballast. Should there be a steam vessel at Alexandria on the arrival of the Bombay steamer at Suez, the communication between that Presidency and London would be completed, in all probability, in the space of fifty days. It appears by the native Papers that the Jemidars were still in rebellion in the domi nions of the Nabob of SCINDA, but it was expected they would be brought into speedy subjection. Due. THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TwELP's o'CLocs. Consols did not open so good as they left off yes terday, which was at 88 having opened at 88} at which price they continue at present, with little doing. We understand that two or three Russian ships of the line and three frigates are soon expected in one of our ports on their way to the Mediterranean, to replace others going home, unfit for service. Three per Cent. Consols, 88i. if; Ditto, for Aug., ssi ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 89 j; Three and a half per Cent. 9Si Four per Cent., 1021 j-; Ditto 1826, 105,1- /1-; India Stock, 222 3 ; Bank Stock, 215 16; India Bonds, 56 7; Exchequer Bills, 69 70. FORFlGN.—Brazilian, 57-1 8 ; Buenos Ayres, 20 21 ; Chilian, 16 17 ; Colombian, 16; Danish, 69i.- 1; Greek, 12A- 13i; Mexican, 17i 18; Peruvian, 10 11; Portuguese, 43i 4.; Russian, 101 j ; Spanish, 84 TWO O'CLOCK. _ Consols have continued the whole of the morving at 881 for the Account, alternately buyers and sel lers. A sale of 80,0001. Exchequer Bills has been effected, it is said, for the purpose of purchasing Consols. We have an arrival from Rio Janeiro two days later than the last accounts. It does not bring any political information. The exchange at Rio 2.5 k 26. In the Foreign Market very little business doing. THREE 0' CL 0 CX. Consols for Account, 88} i; French Rentes, on Tuesday, 79f. 20c. money; 79f. 30c. time. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 88i Danish Do. for Ac. 83. 8 Greek, 1825 Brazilian Bonds -- Buenos Ayres Mexican, 1825 -- Peruvian -- Chilian Do. Russian -- Columbian, 1824, Spanish 81 EXPRESS FROM PARIS. From the Messager de Chambrcs of Tuesday.) . , PARIS, AUG. 18.—It was reported on 'Change at Vienna that the Russian fleet had taken possession of Trebisond. It was reported yesterday evening that M. de Ombral being to take the Department of the Ma rine, that of Finance was to be given to M. de Vi trelles. The French Papers contain no news from Turkey. Th e Allgenzeine Zeit:l7:g of August 14, brought by the Express, announces that the mail from Con stantinople of July 25, brought to Vienna on the 9th, very unfavourable reports from Asia, mentioning a great battle near Etzerum, in which four Paellas and several thousand Turks were taken prisoners. No date is • given, so that we cannot tell whether Erzerutn itself is taken, as reported at Constaninople. The course of Exchange not received. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.--(THIS FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, AUG. 19.—Wind A ri'M Archimedes, Newlan, from the Mediterraaem Eliza, Green, from Tarragona; the Civil' ltni . from Batavia. Arrived from r orldon, the Green, for Bomb a y; an d th e Asprey, Le Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, AUG. 19. Arrived the Igl he'll), and the Brazilian corvette, from Rio ' d l in .59 days, and f r o m B a hi a i n 42 days ; P ll5 . -e Honourable Company' s s hip Rose, Mare Bengal, sailed the 22d March. FALMOUTH, AUG. 18.—Wind —Arrived his Majesty's brig Leveret, from 1 3 gena, sailed 27th June, from Jamaica 711 1 from Crooked Island 16th ; also his Majesty 5 0, Bramble, from Lisbon, and sailed for PlYille BRISTOL, AUG. 19.—Arrived the Elig 3 ',,o from Tobago ; the Ebenezer, Rosser, fry Vincents. GUERNSEY, AUG. 16.—Arrived the - t e Rougeir, from Rio Janeiro; the Palm, Ald from St. Petersburgh. e , LIVERPOOL, AUG. 18.—A rr i ve d the i. l)-- from Bonny; the Tallahassee, Glover, from Orleans; the Thornton, Slaughter, from LANCASTER, AUG. 17.—Th e Caledonia, I‘.loe of London, from Havre, took the g round yo t in coming up the river, and sustained considti damage, also the cargo, having had nine feet to in her held. She was with difficulty brough t bank below the new (pay, where she is disc6,B"; GREENOCK, AUG. 17.—The Scipio, Se oliav Kincardine, fell over at Archangel when sunk, and on the 19th was being raised. Arrived off the Start, the William, Ga it ' Rio Janeiro. The Lord Archibald H am ilt on , from Aberdeen, Sunderland, was driv e n o n s h ore near Aberdeell the 16th inst., and filled with water. His Majesty's ship D ru id s a il e d from Ja o74 " - 22d June, for Curacoa. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS Low-STREET. r oll* • This morning a rather wild•looking P e ' obi' complained to - Sir R. Mazur. of a great w e ts nuisance. The ruins near St. Martin's Chur ch fc lii he ob.ereed, f requente d b y crow d s o f yo ung ,` l ' t ,oc who, not cont ent w i t h pe l t i ng every ivelk r ot o man who passed w i t h stones , h a d actua lly instances picked pockets. ,•;ucli an annoyan'' said, ought to be put a stop to. cho re, Sir R. BIRNIE---You should apply to the 5 wardens. It is th e ir d ut y to appo i n t be Bd lP. keep such pl a ces c l ear . O r , per h aps , it wilu better to mention it to the beadles t h ems elves . d r Applicant—Will you, grant me a sea rch- I ' lr to find one ? 01 This was an une x p ec t e d hi t . Sir A -a zlcdoo smiled, the whole au di ence i mme di ate l y right, and after hi s W ors hi p h a d i n f or med M e i plicant that he w ou ld most lik e l y mee t with e l l , the waiting room, th e w ild l oo ki ng man Witbdre THE MARKETS.-( THIS DA'Y)• rr C 01 5,,"? GENERAL AVEBACE PRICE OF BRITIS.,. getd For the Week ended Aug. 14, 1829, made up from ti'gogy ct the Inspectors the b different Cities and Towns "'"- pel Imperial Quarter. 3 55 '10 Wheat.-- 665. 7d.1 Oats q e„ i , Barley-- 31s. 3d.1 Rye 31s. 5d.1 " -- Ev t? IMPERIAL AGGREGATE IN ERAGES OF THE six WEEKS Pg g ,fBsrr Wheat.-- 665. 5(1. Oats 225. 4(1.18ean5.......—.;,ft Barley --Sig. 10d.1 Rye -- :335. Od I DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat.--204. Bd.l Oats 12s. 3 1 1.[8ean5....... ,1 , g 4 . 4. , Barley.-- 15s. all Rye —19 s. 9(1.1 Pease f Coarge.7he:vYyMAßKETS.—(M Lowland E Meadow oj ( w A A t i‘,H r aE) r .s. L. s. ad 0f...35..xT2r u s s s et:) s Slew Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto :3 0 4 Fine Upland Meat.low and Rye-grass Hay 3 1 5 5 Clover Hay 3 10 Oat straw £2 oto£2 21 Wheat Straw... 2 4 , ce A moderate supply, and a very d u ll t ra d e, a t T ues d a il SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay r £2 4 t ° 9 New Meadow Hay 2 13 9 Useful Old Ditto 3 3 4 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 5 4 Clever Hay (extra fine)....£s 5... Generally Oat Straw £l 16 to £2 0 1 Wheat Straw 2 3 , Supply good, trade dull, and p r i ces as last (Pi"'. SOUTHALL MARKET.—Aug. 19 , .„ — d preft t At this day's market, which w as well supPlie" • el s b u y_ numerously attended by both L on d on an d country f u } each kind of meat met with a ver y d u ll s ale, at the lowing prices per sten- of Sib. to sink the offals;:::ss.&,, Reef :is. 10d. to 4s Od f Veal 4s. Oti• o ly Mutton - 3 4 46 I Pork 31 0 Lard) Prices of Mutton from 4d. to 6d 4 . s ioe °{l r . st t o o ne sde. higher °° ,7l° t l i: day se'nnight ; in those o f B ee f , L am b , V ea l , a nd IT 'CPT' terat ion. A good many B eas t s, an d some Sheep, Larti"'' and Pigs, lelt the market unsold. ----- 3s. ext. to 4s. 441 4 d LEWES 1%1 ARKET.—Aug. 18. tor 0 0 :ton - 3 10 4 8 Pork Lamb --- Supply moderately good, 4s. 4d. is ss. Od. Ind trade somewhat Will.; RUM FORD MA a. d. to s. d. Beef 3 0 4 0 Mutton 3 4 4 4 Lamb Suckling Calves from !Is. to 4.55. ; e• 8. d' - 5 ° Veal Pork 4s. Od. to ss. Od. .... eoc" . Quarter old Pigsl2s.to ,I , ' ..„..... IiKET.-Aug. 19. Supply good, and trade dull. . DUMFRIES g. MARKETS.—Aug. 13. . " ‘I. 9 s. el. 8.11. g O . O O OO Wheat, Imp. Bush 8 9to 9 0 Butter, 160 z......--•• b 0 0 6 Barley 4 4 4ti Eggs, dozen ............. .. $ n 6 Oats 2 8 3 4 Beef, per lb. ............ 1: $ v n $ Flour, 141 b. Oatmeal 2 4 2 e Veal 0 0 dol Potatoes, cwt. CATme.— The number of Cattle on the San" 0 01 was 1856, all of which were disposed of at prices the same as those of last week. On Thursday last several Porpoises or Ste: Hogs made their appearance up the Wye, above Cher„:tl bridge, and afforded a fine opportunity for about vv-ol s port men to display their skill in firing ball. It is suPP ° O l that not less than 500 balls were discharged at then" -16 two remarkably large porpoises (one supposed to weig i , cwt.) were evidently killed, but unfortunately sunk in ut‘'', water. The porpoise is most destrnetive to salmon , il ro, therefore been suggested to purchase a net by su bscriPtiff to drop across the pool in which the porpoises are ge ner lby seen at low water. Many would probably be destroyeubb, this means, and it would afford sport for spectators oo bridge to see them taken.—Cheltenham Chronicle. n ibis In the neighbourhood of Greenwich, J' e r.,, w itb b i e ford, Camberwell, and Peckham, there has appeare d htesei)r, novelty,ltoldi a f s or f t e h rn i a n ie th r e a m nte os r t s pub lic # the last few weeks a set of female fanatics (who aso l , lne d l i o , r n o a i z i n g e lif ( a )f re ß s. riam T i ottra ats e i multitude of lookers -o®, chiefly, we presume, from ' tit °6l a of curiosity alone. Street-preaching is carried 01 !, „d to incredible extent in the vicinity of London. 0a D u- d il a last a fertile subject presented itself for the elogatl l ,_ ce ; street preacher,—namely, the fair holden at Con' r- b e e ett green yesterday. Handbills have for the last few asp I . distribut e d i n th e ne i g hb our h oo d upon rat h er a large Ili; containing a so l emn remons t rance aga i ns t attending two place of ungodly revelry, and urging the faithful and who were balancing between good and evil, to avoid go"; encouragement by their presence to such wickedne9B,' Morning Paper. For a long time past no little inconve nience d has been experienced by the numerous cattle-dealers filjr, other individu a ls wh o are i n th e habit of crossing gi P y r ea bie dine Ferry, for wan t o f a pl ac e of accommodation '., was particularly f e lt a t th e se ason of the Falkirk Trrtl", This desideratum, however, is about to be supplied by he erection of a commodi o us inn on the south side of t Ferry, which, along with some other improvements in P r° ;. gress, will add considerably to the convenience of traveller About a twelvemonth ago, a steam-boat of about thictir: five horse power, was launched at the Ferry, for the p u re nose of facilitating the passage across the Forth. 134- that time horses, carts, carriages, cattle, &C. were cr; veyed across in " coble'," and often, when the vie * ; b e ,, was boisterous, travellers were obliged to go round it Alloa. As an instance of the utility of the steatta-b °s ' may be mentioned that, on the morning of the late trys t s about one hundred head of cattle, twelve horses, w ith o numerous party of passengers, were conveyed wogs a Ferry at one trip ; and since the boat was built , two neat piers have been finished, so that a carriage and four is ext; abled to drive into it without taking the.borses out of th harness. nedto 3 T h r i a p. de b uiliihng, that quarter, which is principally CO dined - Chronicle. d°l is at present du11.... Gkis9°'