The Sun. — London, England, 1823-08-13 00:00:00

PARIS PAPERS. Tfrromtlie Courier Fraliedi2l PAIII9, AUG. 10.-=-We learn from Marseilles under date August 4, that ivbile our naval forces are occupied in blockading Cadti, Barcelona, Co runna, Src., Spanish privateers come and disturb the commerce of our port. Yesterday, Aug. .3, one of these privateers captured off the point, of the Chateau d'lf two small vessels going in ballast to Ciotat ; the crews had time to save themselves in the boats, but the people of the privateer, think.' . trig they were carrying oil money, pursued thein, and fired on them with musketry, for a consiaer. able time, kitting two men, without hewever being able to capture the boats,' which entered "the harbour in the afternoon with 'their two dead bodies. This event has caused a fiery painful sensation in the town. PcanuNAN, 2. The Marshal had on the 27th ult. his hea 4 d-tinarters at Igualada, and our troops were tiro leagues in advance of that town. The 2bth the Marshal had his head quarters Sirera. The enemy, into arter the affair of the 25th had remained in the positions front.of"Cervera and St.totombe de Guerault, retired into the mountains Which adjoin the town of "Mont Blanc. It appears that the Marshal will'proceed , in his march. The movements of the enemy in that part 'or Catalonia, as well as their marches in the mountains, are similar what the Spanish in that province Made in the war of independence. It Uppeais, indeed, that the whole campaign will be passed in marches and counter'-marches, and that it will be very difficult, to force the enemy to any 'decisi've actioa. i. send you sUbjOined n iloCument which has .:tint yet been published, and which contaius some curious Articles, particularly the 6th 'CAPITULATION of the FORTRESS of CARDONA. " The Lieutenant-COlOnels, D. Manuel Breton, Governor of the town of Illanitza, and D. Pablo Lonis Bacigaltipi, Chief commandant of the Militia in active service iii giguenitt, bay ing agreed some time since to cause 'Cardona tode'claie for the king, and having surMountedthe infiniteobStacles presented liy'ille ; great vigatice of the GoVertinr, , aild'the little confidence inspired by the ''Olunte'ers of the fortresS, and after having united the minds and opinions of the .oificers and soldiers of the battalion, and of the aitillery, who appointed by uceltinia . .. iion, on the 9th July,' at aix in the evening, for theft. Chief, D. Paul LOUis Bacigaltipi, deciding at the same time that the qovernmeat established at Macirid should be generally re"cOg nixed. For this purpose D. Marittel Breton, with n battalion of faithful illanrezans, and two companfei of French ink's, proceeded into the fortress to occupy the Citadel. The Com, iniisaried on both sides then agreed upon the following talons : !tarok, on the'one;Part, Captain D. Benoit eiallatd, for D. Lotliti BiteigaluPt; and on the Other Part, ,'captain D. Antonia Burgos, Officer of the'Staff, for D. Mantiel 'Breton. " Article 1. The fortress of Cardona shall be occupied by the troops destined for that purpose by P. Dlaciiiei iiretdn, nor of maineza. " 2. Tlie battalion of kiguenza shall be linmediately sent to 'New Castile, The necessary 'palsieFtSSludl 4p expedited with out delay - ; and the officers and soldiers tiltpll enjoy the same pay, employs, and emoluments, which they now enjoy, with . Out prejudice to the fivouro which his Ilighneis the Regency Li' the Kingdom may grant to:thet4. • " he'Rraniises made by D. Paul LOuislgainpi, at the moment of re-action, shall be fulfilled. " The garrisbn of Si i guenza, relieved from the garrison of This place by the troops destined to this service by D. Manuel Breton, GovernOr of hiwire'sa, shall Irnmedlately go Into that town . 6. The service lately performed by' the regiment of Stgu enza and the ramiintler of the garrison, shall be regardeti as an action not favourable to the King's cause. " 6. The promise made by D. Paul I,ouls Ilticigalupi, that Atli the property and persons of the ltiltabitepts.nf Cardona at present there shall be respected, shall be fulfilled; and the people shall not be preeeCuted fur theirrpc!liticaiopiraorii, what: ever they may have been since July 9, 1823, • . • 7. The precedmg articles shall be carried into effect int.. medittely after the ipprobatiott of the General, in Chietof the Army. (Signed) " ?Aut., LOUIS BACIOALUPL " „MANUEL BRETON. BBNOIT GALLARD. " ANTOINE .BURGOS. (Apiroved) " Tbo _Baron p'EtibLES." It Is stated that On the 25th,.the day of Si. ~Jarnes, the Patron of Spain, .the gai'risou of Moutjoui, at .Barcelona, which 'consists of refu. fives, French, Pledmoutes e , and others, made a bunk., but whiCit had not the Succesti . theY ex pected. The Journal dc Toulonic also aayi, under the bead Trade, July 9.7 :—" The Baron d'Eroles . has set out for Madrid ; he has 'appointed Gene. ralSorsileld'Second in Cornmand of the troops of Catalonia. Ile Will ha've the Command in Chief in - the absence of the Baron." BAYONNE, .AUG. I.—Letters from Saragossa continue to bi)eak of the agitation which prevails there. New excesses.ate apprehended. Ilesieres is proceeding 1)y forced marches upon Tarragona, where the Revointionists have excited sortie disturbances. Auo. M.—There is no. news 'fiorri the aetny in'the official part of the'ilfoniteur. The ,Jourtfut ales Debuts published, under the head of a specks of bulletin which ap. pears to he the 4veleriement of the telegraphic dispatch pOsted Up, at the Bourse. it will be observed, that on the '29th ult. our troops On countered, on the plains 'of Arenas, the first biT. ga de of the army of Ballotteros,3,soOstrong, which is very numerous for a brigade. With reference to the position of the corps of the Constitutional 'army, it is said, that the :soldiers of Ballas teros were entrenched amongst inaccessible rocks, to which, however, they found access;—that 'these miserables, seeing themselves surrounded by French baronets, did not think of flying,— and lastly, that the caval ry precipitated thein selves Irina the tops of the rocks; which would. leach them that they were not in their place, and -Would doubtless induce them another time to. etnain oft the plain instead of perching them., selves upon inaccessible rocks. The next day ihe're arrived many deserters, and amongst others,, the Whole musical band of the beaten reginiefitS.l —lt is not stated whether they left their instru ments upon the field of battle. [From the Qu6thlienne.l We are informed that the English Cabinet hasp transmitted to Sir Wm. A'Court, 'a note thus con ceived :-- . . " The English Ambassador will repair immediately to Cadiz, whither the Britiih Government dispateh two frigates. Sir, Wm. A'Cotirt will make known to the Cortes, that England does not interfere, and never will interfere, with thq fOrm of -- government of any country, observing a, Strict neutrality; but that, after all that has passed at Seville , she is under - the neces sity of making common cause with all the Sovereigns Of Eu rope, with respect to the liberty of the King of Spain. Conse quently England offers her mecliation'for an amnesty ; and all those Who are considered the most compromised, anil.Who wish tel come to England, may availl - theniselves .of the two frigates, and rely that the means of subsistence will be afforded them until Ferdinand pronounce - on their future fate. BLit in case the Constitutionalists of Cadii should refuse, the British Cabinet charges : its Minister to notify the same to his Govern inent ;. because the British scpiadron, which is ready for sea, Will then sail to join the French squadrimi before Cadiz. More over England declares that the Constitutionalists will have no thing more to hope for, .if they refuse this last resource, and yet . reckon on the hospitality of the English Cabinet." [Pim the constitlitioandi Ikliytkcc, And. 3..---The sudden fall in the English Funds of two per cent. has caused slime alarm at our Exchange. Before the opening of the Exchange, the piper which is there in circu lation had been offered, without finding any !Myers, bUt UterWardi it found more favour, not hoWever withotit a very considerable As we live in an 'age of Congresses, and the season 'approachei when in general they assemble, there is 'a report in cii.cUlitiOn of another Con gress to meet till's year. It is not known, how ever, Whether it is to be an European Congress, in which all the Sovereigns will take part, or if its deliberations are to be confined to Germany. In the latter case', it would .appear, that the last Session of the niet had only prepared the way for this more important meeting. The measures taken dUring this Session against the liberty of the Press, or rather against the censorship, are, only regarded as the prelude to more severe measures to repress intellectnal exertions; and our literary institutions, particularly thOite for education, will also occupy attention. Certain Statesmen pretend that our . Universities and' Lycetims.enjoy too lunch liberty, particularly, as to the mode of instruction, and that to ek tirpate the last germ of that demagOgic spirit of which our youth are accused; it is neces sary to 'establish uniform regulations, t'ci which all the Professors should. be obliged to con form. Since the Decrees of the Congress of CarlSbad; public instruction is strictly inspected by commissioners of Government ruminated ad hoc at each Uni'ver'sity ; but it seems that this measure has not been foUnd sufli cient to reniedy the evil which Is so much dreaded, for it leaves to the discretion of each Government respectively to prescribe to these CominissioUeri the carlduct they ought to observe in the execution of their functions. As these Gorvernments have not all the same' object In view; there have been several modifica tions of this measure ; it is therefore necessary to establish liked rules, agreeable to, the intentions of the Loy A Ilium:Ai, from which no Govern ment shalt helreafter dare to swerve. it is saki that five out of 41 Universities in Germany are to be suPpressed, as being Particularly distill guished by that deinagogic spirit which ha's occasioned so much interest for several years ; among these some are mentioned which haVe been thuch distingUished since the restoration of let ' ters iri Gerrnany--bilt Of what consequence is this? Every thing Must give way before physical power.: ' A list has been published in the Great Duke dom of Hesse of the number of persons eligible to the Chamber Of Deputies. It appears from this, that out of a population of 670,000, there are not 1,500. The condition of eligibility is to pay 100 florins of direct taxes, or to have 20,000 florins capital, or be in possession of an appoint ment of 1;000 florins a,year. PIRAEIES iN THE MED/TERIANEAN.-:-TIIO r 01:. lowing bus been transmitted by the Agent to Lloyd's at Smyrna; to FitAtic . ta 14.15q l British ConsUl at Stnyina " Ills MajeltY'S Ship Cainbriaii, Shiyrna, ./uly 1 . 1 " I am sorry to inform you that I learnt at hydra that seve ral men who bad entirely throWn off the little obedience which their primates before held theta in, had manned some boats and a schtioner, and were gone to sea to cruise as pirates againit all natiOns, although the schooner has been captured. by the boats of this ship in the gulf of Eguas (without loss on the part of our crew, hers, .10 in number, attempting to d e f e nd her front the rocks, and losing, it is reported; two or three.) I think it right to Warn you such boats are out, and to recommend ,that our merchant-ships,should be cautious ku allowing ,small boats to approach them. I merely mention this as a precaution, for I hope the early check which the pirate's have received will, pre vent: future:danger:. I have also left a sloop of war cruising from ,the gulf ,of Satonia ,to Cerigo, and the captured tchooncr, manned froM this ship, and commandedty my first 'Acute pant. examining the ()reeks from Negropont to Satanist, in search of pirate boats. ‘! I have the honour to he, 4St6 (Signed) " .L W. HAMILTON, Capt. " BaussEt.s, Auo. 7.--)Ve learn that the Committee ap pointed by his Majesty to draw up the Civil Code, having ban assembled at. .Brussels during the months of June and July, has.terminated its labours by completin,q the second book of the Code, the several chapters of Will be immediately print, ed an d: 4)resented to the Stites:General at the opening of the next Session. . following is given by a Morning PaPer,as an extract of a letter front a General Ot serving in the blockade before Barcelona. Our readers May believe it if they like :—" I am lodged in the house of a Colonel of Militia, who on our apkoach, retired with his regiment behind the lines. nis wife is a lieutenant in the same re. giment, and gives daily proofs of deVotion to the military service: She must Jie a handsome woman if I can trust her portrait left in the bed= Nom which occupy I do not knoW yehat she may do in the field, but her animated countenance and elegani . person could not fail to gain conquests else Where. You will be surprised to find, my friend, that we are to be opposed by the ladies; but this is not a solitary instance. ThereiS a company en ti re l y composed of female warriors, consisting of st, who sometimes approach our lines.. Their air is extremely martial, and their intrepidity is said to equal that of the other sex in their' heroic na tion.' They wear the casque, and are armed with a lance. "We have been discussing what we should do in the case of an attack tiom th'ese Amazons2' THE GREEKS ANA]► TURKS. From the Journal 41cs Mots.) CONSTANTINOPLE, JlihY 10."—We enjoy great tranquillity. The answer of Count Nestelrode to the Iteis4Effendi has pi length arrived, 4nd it is hoped that the old relatiOns with Russia soon be re-established. The . news from the Archipelago not so agreeab le. The war is assuming.a decided character, and the Greeks have rejected every . 'offer, of accommodation. — They have made a descent on the coact of Asia to serve as a diversion in favour ISTOrea; hitt by 'ads Meant they ill'eiteifelfie fanaticism and 'ven geauce Of the Mabonietans. A.lllllO 'Greeks: are at length obliged to take part either for or against their countrymen. AbdUlhad Pacha has sent 12;000 hien front Salonichi to ttie 'Gulf of Volo, to pin down the insurrection ,which has broken out there. The insurgents took refuge itt Trikeri, but the Turki have burnt 24 villages, and Mussacred 8,000 men • the women and 'chil dren have been carried off into slaver'. It is said that t h e Pacha of Scutari is in possession of the 'Pats of The,imopyla:: Ibrahim Pacha, comtnandink the Camp of flu- . jukdere, has been Ordered to Pergami, to put down the' insurrection there. lie has left 7;060 men to guard the camp. The Captain Pacha ha's committed, at Bubcea, the same cruelties as hit predecessOrs committed at SciO. TRIESTt, JtfLY 26.--:-LeiterS from 'Corfu and Zante, of July 4, give a favourable idea of, the progrett of the Greeks. It is said 15,000 Turks have been defeated at Thernippyl2e, in their at tenapt 'to farce a passage'. BUt this fielys k 'not believed, because it has been said thai file PachU of ScUtari had.made himself matter of this pass'. • ( From the Spec:dein- Oriental, Of July 4.) l'ironoioarT, JUNE ti:Oops which the tifulin Pacha landed in this island' . united 'with tbOiie of Caristo and of this town, from a cdrps of lb men. It having been delayed to revretual Carfste the Greek villages, without exce'ption, . . • • • • . y, ti revolted to attack it, and Make themse l v e s Maas of it, and had already pr omised theioselves success, when the . arrival of • • • • the Grand Admiral gaVe a now Win to affairs. Coulni has been invaded, and set on fire; and aknoit all the villageiorEubceii have successively met the . same fatb. At this tiioniciit 'WO see „•.. • . - the mike arising on all sides of us, in a large extent of countrY, Many Greeks have ;perished, and many hive been indebted to flight for their safety, and have taken refuge in the moony. tains. The women'and children have been Spared, but their situation is truly d4lo i rrible., They, wander here and there on the boiders of the shores,' with some few irides 'Saved frOm the flames, and looking , towards the sea with counten a nces f u ll of melancholy, and a vague hope, constantly diSappointetl; for Co fill up their evils, the pirates, the growthof thesedines, votnited by the sea, make descents on thOie.Oast, and :Oh even misery in its last retreat. Though compatriots, their h earts are inexorable : they r espectnne ther the feebleness of age o r nor misfortunes WOrthy of commiseration. SjiYItNA, Jriy 4.—the war takes in every direction a clid- Meter of desperation and eiterminailson. Time seemed to flow on in Silence on the coast of lonia, when suddenly horrid re ports and melancholy tales, atilieted every, heart. N ow We knoW the whole truths The Inaarlota with 166 vessels full of Warriors, of wheat Chi "greater number were Albanizis 4 in their servile, mad e ' a - descent at Sanderli. They attac k ed all t h e places, pilla ged them, 'and then set them 01 fire. They have taken several prisoners, aiid theliarem of Crit Osman Ouglu, for the ransom of which they demand a very considerable sum, Several piece's of cannon which they landed and 'planted on the heights, favoured their descent 'ilia invasion. The .Turki at tucked them, and there was a bloody rtiaiori; but 'the instil'. gentey superior in force, seem to haVe beaten the Turks, laged all the neighbourhood, and burnt all the cluyilks and carried of in their vessels a considerable quantity of corn and cattle, which they cenveqell to Insert . . The Greeks say they lost in this enterprise only to killed and *Wounded, who were all carried to the tatne island. The corps of stoops "sent by our Paella has Captured three lisariots, whohave been con. We ithall Senn n a u r( t i n cd be i r i l k w ijl i e a ti g6 o s n . both aide's. We ducted kn o ivo h r e e re o a r r n e d dy are. tll guarded know well, however, to which party On this ocei4lon, cupidity, surprise, numbers and boldness, and having well calculated their means, the advantages will at firit be ascribed. However this may be, the new's of thiS event, the fruit of a war of terror, detipair and vengance, always blind 'and unjust, has spread over Pergatni a 'veil Of mourning with Which it will re main for ever &were& • . A mUltittide of Viotirtik.s haVe precipitated thetnielvel on ‘v Perganii, and committed the most serious excesses, revenging themselves on the innocent Greeks for the crimes of the Greeks in rebelliOn. On June 21st, a nunilier of Gr u eeks Were rn d ur. tiered in their own houses; the carnege lasted several hours before the Aga; full of indignation and horror, could, at the hazard of his life, pia a stop to those atrocities, and place all the Greeks, as well as the women and children, who had ()spay cd, under a safeguard in a large Khan. lie is to send a courier to the Porte to communicate the news of this state of things, and to :tilt instructions. At Kinik, Kir Kargachi, and several other places, there have also been attempts made on the lives of the (creeks. Immense numbers of Turks have hastened towards Sartierli, and their exasperation, is extreme. In their retreat the Ipsariots landed at the islands of Alosconissi and act some buildings on fire and pillaged them. Their booty was carried to Ipsara, and after wards they directed their course to Alitylene, landed, pillaged the place, and ai length re-embarked, exacting a sum of 4000 piastres for the deliverance of a certain number of Turkish pri soners. The inhabitants of Alitylene remain faithful to their Sovereign. The insurgents have rejected every proposal for peace, and have declared themselves determined to perish in their rebellion. and 1111$11-11EARINGS.-011 tilt! 26th 27th ult. the ancient mitt= 'Of Rusli.bearing took place at Ambleside. About 7 o'clock on the Saturday evening, young girls, to the cumber of about forty, formed the procession to the church, proceeded by a b an d of music. Each of the girlsbore in her hands the usu a l rus h -bearings, the origin and signification of which hay s o l on g puzzled the researches of all our antintiarians. These elegant little trophies were disposed in the church round the pulpit, reading-des pews, &e., and had a really beautiful and imposi ng e ffe ct. 'They thus remained during the Sunday till the service. was . finished in the afternoon, when a similar procession was formed to convey,these trophies home again. W y e unders tan d t h at f ormer ly in same parts of Lancashire a si miler ceremon prevailed, under the sinne, designation, in which the rush...bet:rings were made In the form of females, with a fanciful rosette for the head ; and on looking on those tit Anibleside Some faint resemblance of the female form may be traced in the outline.. At least they nearly all possessed the flowing outline of a petticoat.. No satisfactory explanation of this ceremony has ever yet been given r the attempt at tiny is, that it i s the raiment of an ancient custom, which formerle prevailed, of strewing the church floors with rushes to preserve the feet from damp ; but we cannot conceive Whit resemblance there is between the practice of strewing the church with rushes, and the trophiei which are now carried, and which have been carried from tine immemorial., WC should rather incline to refer its origin, to the clays of fieithenisni, as a representative of some offering to their gods. WhateVer may have been its origin, we are happy to t4ce that the darkening and desolating spirit of puritanism has not yet destroyed this little innocent festivity along with morris dances, wassail bowls, and May- Goles and we trust Cat the gentlemen of Windermere and rasmere - will long preserve this last relic of the days that are gone.--( if Guyette.) ANCIENT RECORIiS-HANDS-WRITING. From the. Pizrlia;nentarm Report of Evidence delivered before a Selict Committee of the Rothe of Commons., in July last. as to the present mode of " engrossing Bills, &c. Francis Ceaen, Esq. •• • You are a DiPut) , COMMissiOner Air Attords ?—r am. Ntlat Records-?--4 am .appointed a Sub-commissioner for the publication of the Parliamentary Records. , Will you state what kind of writing you find on a number of years, going two or three centuries back, the easiest read and the best ?—lt always happened that legal hands have been somewhat older than the hands of the time; what iye call the ancient Gothic hands, in which the records are written with various abbreviations ? is in fact derived from the Ito man notarial band, and is much older, in point of origin, than the records themselves ; and th ere is always a marked distinction between legal hands and what may be called monastic „hands. There may be some confusion now ,and then, for many of the churchmen were lawyers, but still there is always a distinction between records and documents which may be supposed to have been written in a monastery for com mon readers. Lawyers accustoming themselves to precedent, copy the fonits immediately before them, rather than come down into their own time; but there is a certain degree of advantage resulting from this practice; a very slight degree of difficulty will indispose the Lawyer to consult the record itself, conse quently every habit which tends to make him acquainted with the band-writing of preceding times, will facilitate his re ference to the records of preceding times. ,YOu,recommend one hand to be constantly kept for records ? —Certainly I should. , What hand's dO you consider the best; is it that in which tine records of Parliament are kept in the Rolls Office, or is it the ingrossing hand ?—1 have ,never .seen the modern enrol ments in the Rolls Office, but I should concur in, the opinion Mr. Bailey has given with regard to a handirriting approxi mating to the handwriting introduced in the reign of Ettward the Fourth, and which is very distinct, from any preceding Wand, or any in the subseqUent times : the only modern rolls beim seen are, the close and patent rolls in Chancery, : which 'are ingrossed in the cointnort ingrosaing-hand; hut with.re- , vard to the Pipe-mlls, Which are made up_ now pretty nearly in the genie . form they. were in the - reign a King Stephen, there is a very peculiar hand used in, the heading of them, which is a kind of bastard Court-hand ; it js a very distinct hand. Is it.ivhat is ealled the old court hand ?.:-I believe it has a i degree of resemblance to it, but is More like what is called Set Chancery. , Do you conceive that it would be iniproper to intrikltice the 1 present Englith current band in am , of ourrecords?—l should think that, on the whole, the disadvantages would be greater than the advantages. ] ' Do you agree with Mr. Bailey, in the opiiiiein of the snipe. rior security of having long rolls for records; or should you prefer, the havi records in books ?—I should certainly . agree with Mr. Bailey and on the whole, although a roll Is 'neon ,yenient to consult, yet it preserves the frailest materials. I may instance the papyr vi, ett es ragm the fent of, the Iliad, ...which will be tiQPll , iil the possession of Mr. Bankes. This has been rolled tip ; arid thodgh formed of the frailest possible material, hardly stranger than straw, its form preserved it for a great len of time. . Wh at it the Oldest hook ?-..-the Alexatiiiiine Manuscript* t itiihe Illutieum iii probably the oldest ; that being intendedfor . the Church Service, was naturally written in the shape of a book; and there are other booke of that period, Rave you heard . the evidence Of Mr. Hewlett and Mr. BaileY, wi.h.respect to the ink ,and the parchment ?-.-I have • I should think the ' ault was more in the , parchment than in the ink. - In that case, Would you prefer a good paper ?--Certainly not. I think the fault arises from their putting too much calcareous matter on the parchment, in order to give it what they call a good face ; and I have observed Ju.iirodern books, printed on' vellum = that in order to mike them look handsome, they put some kind of preparation of lime on the skin, which makes the ink look very black at first, but after a time it scales off: ,But bad as the parchment ia,. you would preterit to the best paper ?—Unquestionably I would. : At what period do you observe that the ink begins very much to tail PL:-.I can hardly tell; I should say, perhaps about the time of (Aeries the Second, and then, perhaps, it may be accounted for, In the t i me o f t h e C omm o nwe alth, they abo lished the court hand in making up records ; and introduced the the common secretary hand ; and on the Restoration the old mode was re-introduced ; but I should think tsonic degree of slovenliness remained in the offices. , . Does not the common hand vary.periodicsily ?—:Certainly. • . cuAlarndpeYrZtildesa,nifditiswtiantigaulliosisVl nthteo°yrdottruLr?4hAn'erydaiswtirintictingy;)flieca'Parl We know exactly wheh the Italian hands came in ; writing hi the time of Elizabeth, is wr e tched; h II ' we can art ) make it out., 'YoU woad knot , the hand-Writin-of h u ndred 2 g a years ago . If you were to take the Band-writin g , —Yes,' there is a peculiar set appear a ncethe hind about the h and " writing in Queen Anne's time. hundred and Oft). years back, it would that written now' ?--.There is a kind of nob& "cal variation. a be t the , . ery d d is i t e an tin c c e t o f f re a from Some modes of writing continued during s much longer riod then others, tuft still we can form an opini on withintilly cars ; there is one thing worthy of notice, that it frequently happened that in particular situations, or amongst particular classes of people, particular handwritings were perpetuated ; for instance, schoolmasteni, having copies before them, would continue a mode which had been adopted before their time ; thus we see the law Aland perpetuated, and so on. this most iii,siitmarbn4a nm cietit eiexlsii, which ie now ingll.S. of tbe Bl•bleTitleobtiernvtiensg of last E the proceeding, has already cost 7,6781. is. 6d. I iimi T h il v E . G be O en r, in tin old trunk, at.a.neigtibouring gentleman's house, :we beg D ef r ited i3l by s t t the i t i e yof n s u o n n i l b e e r a o 9 f . g e t ak as run fil k li w o h f i b e i t l i ok i s s belonging to her, as long as it remained in Sir Q. Shackb urg h' s belonged fi loing to pL lVl t rs ic . u C ia . " M t ed — l T ey h , e w t ti le u a p v p e o t s o ed st to tite ba t v h e e town-house. Being afterwards removes' (20 years ago) to Bunted, it was used for some time to hold garden seeds in a shed at the bottom of the garden ; but upon the shed being repair ed, and proper places for the seeds being made, it was brought back, to the 'house. ;When the maids were getting the house ready for the rece p tion Odle family this spring (11123), it occurred to them that the trunk might be useful to contain some of the set vents' clothes, and upon turning it bottom Upwards to clean it out, some paper detached itself from the rabbet of each end of the trunk, on which rabbet the lid of the trunk fits down, and two secret drawers, fitting into the thi c k ness o f t h e ends of the trunk, appeared, containing three hundred and , sixty-eight guineas.. During its continuance- in., the shed, when it con tained garden seeds, the back of the trunk was gnawed through by the rats. The guineas are of the reigns of Charles IL, James 11. 1 William and Mary, and Willuun .III..: there are guineas coined in each year,,from 1663 to 1608 inclusive, ex. cept in the year 1693. Many of theguincas, particularly those of Charles 11. and James IL, are new (or nearly go) from the Mint. There are, of Charles IL, 202 ' • James IL, 114 ; Wil liam and Mary, 14; William 111., 38.—(S'asse x Advertiser.) A pair of swallows had been in the habit of paying an annual Visit to a farmer's house, in the neighbour hood of Stirling, to take possession of a nest which they had built in the corner of his window. Their Ingenuity and in.. dustry in repairing and fastening the clay tenement, had often been the source of curiosity and amusement to a youth, the farmer's son. SoMetime ago, the swallows having been rather later than Usual in Making their appearance, he remarked that the nest had become the_ habitation of a sparrow, whit;ii had commenced one' day tir sit on her eggs, when the o r i g i na l owners appeared; ?roil, wins ecrenionie, were going to expel the. intruder. Thii, however, was n o t- so easily effected; for they had scarcely commenced their attack in front; on the besieged, when they found they h a d to p re p are f or an equally active enemy in their rear, in the person of an enraged cock. sparrow, which, having witnessed the danger of his better half', flew to her assistance.. The combatants having thus got on a more equal footing, a smart engagement ensued, which, after a doubtful contest, at length terminated in the swallows sounding a retreat. They did not, howeVer, abandon all as hopeless haring recruited their strength they returned, and Showed that if they were not a match for their enemies in the open field, they were sutUciently masters of stratagem to be amply avenged for the wrongs they had suffered. Whilst the ' sparrow lay quietly oh the eggs, they commenced to block up her habitation so briskly, that before she had time to be aware of her danger the entraitte was as securely filled tip as straw and mortar could make it. Next day, when the farmer's boy went up to see what had been done, he found the pOor sparrow lying lifeless on her eggs.. -.4 Stirling Journal.) An example of brute instinct occurred last week. A butch er i n S t. An d rew ' s purc h a i e d From a farmer i n th e C ountry a calf, which he brought to tow n . A t n i ght. t h e mot h er lef t h er byre ? , arid traced the path of the calf, a distance of four miles, till she arrived at the door of the slaughter-house. Mere she bellowed loudly ; bUt; alas! her maternal solicittide was unavail ing. Already had her offspring fallen a victim to the relentless knife.—(Scotch Paper.) FOR TIIF, SU& THE ZANAL 114 ST. JAMES'S PARK. Ma. EDITO tr your newspaper of this even• inn I perceive that your attention has been di., rested to the offensive state of the Canal in St. James's Park. I have repeatedly complained 19 the proper officers respecting the - increase of that public nuisance, but as the remedy did not create' a job, or some exercise of petty authority, n►l complaint remained unnoticed. As to the project of draining and cleansing the Canal, such effort will be useless, unless the sewer from the Guard• House at Buckingham► Gate be first tprned into the common sewer in St.James's-street, and which may be effected by expending a few pounds. — With all the wise precautions constantly observed , and enforced by wholesome laws, as to clean-', liness, in the Metropolis, there is not a more. shameful negligence than that of continuing the filthy sewer in question to till up and putrify the Canal in St. James's Park ;—if regard for the health of the neighbourhood did not weigh with the persons responsible for the proper state of the Canal, the close vicinity of three Palaces ,might. London, Aug. 12, 1823. A PA 12K-WA LICE IL LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERI - -(Tnis DAY.) MAcmait.—The property in this celebrated picture of lIAYDON was again brought before the LORD CHANCELLOR, 1% ilO intimated to the parties that a satisfactory deposit had been made, covering the value of the picture in question, and this, his Lordship thought, would prevent the matter from being further discussed in this Court. PRICE:O THIB DAY AT F STOCKS ONE o'ctioCK. India Stock India Bonds 64s. South Sea Stock Old Annuities Ex. Bills 29 31 pr. Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct. Cons. for Acc. 82i 873 Bank Steck 3 per. Cent. Red. 83 3 per Cent. Cons 82 83 3a per Cent.;, — {ai 4 per Cent. Old New lOl/i 5 per Cents. [797... ... ... Hank Long Ann. ~.21 s.l6ths [nip. 3 per,Cents. PRICE 4* FOREIGN STOCKS ix LONDON, Auu. 13, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Fre:l'th " f Five per Cents. 92/. Scrip, 21 pr. {Six per Cents. 00. Russian . Five per Cents..(llletallic) 00. Ditto New 86. Neapolitan Five per Cent. Bonds, 7 0 +. •! Austrian Fire per Cents. (Metallic) 00. Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. , sp•Anisli Ditto lB2l, Iti. Ditto 1822, 00. 4 Five per Cent. Bonds, 87g. Priiisiati 1. Ditto New, 80. Danish Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Chili , 70g. ColuniNiari Six per Cant. Bonds, 65i. Peruvian New Loan 00 . . - {Bank Shares £2l ss. - Seven per Cent. 9.1. Six per Cult. 92-99. Five per Cent. 96-97. Three per Cent. 66. American filollWATElii goruing, 28 iuiuuti ,T LONDON BRIDGE TO-NORM - W es after 7. 1 Lvening, 611 minutes after 7: THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERS FALSUM JUDEAT LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1823. . . Express from Faris this morning has brought a confirmation of the defection of BAL. LASTEROS.—The price of the Rentes at Paris vas 031. 40c.;—Spanish Mi.—Another great Parisian Broker has failed, it is said, to a large amount. I}. Itljt[~: .~ f' We have in our preceding columns given co. 1 pious extracts from the French Papers.—There , is no further intelligence of any interest respect. 1 1 ing the state of affairs in Spain, nor any additional particulars relative to the defection of BALLAs- , Tinos. In the very circurnitance ) however, that the hiforimition respecting that event is so scanty, there is ground of consolation and of hope, . the French wOUld scarcely have omitted to notice that the submisiliin of BALLASTEROS had been ac- companied by the scibrnission of his troops, or of 1 some part of them, if the defection of the General had been followed by that of any ' 1 Part of his army. It is very probable, therefore, 1 . that the French have only gained, by the trench since p „, cry at LSALLASTEROS, the accession of his single arm to their cause. Indeed, it is alleged, that, I I preihius to his desertion, he resigned his cam- i mend and that like AVISBAL and SAIISFTELD l ie, A,l I' . ! has presented himself alone to his new A Hie-. The Quothlienne contains a Note ‘ll , i:h It alleges to have been transmitted by the E :LINA Cabinet to Sir Wiradmit A'CounT. We need . scarcely say that w© believe this document to be spurious. Indeed it appears to us to be a fabri cation so clumsy, and so unskilfully constructed, as to be incapable of impcising Upon any person§ , except those for whose credulity no falsehood' can be too absiird or too gross. We shall not be surprised to bear, that Duke of WELLINGTON will shortly leave 01 country for Cadiz, in a diplomatic capacity. A Leeward Island Mail arrived this morning, hut we do not hear it Mugs any news of i ra ' portance. It is reported that Gen. Wst. Pere is engse in organizing a foreign corps, destined to join 1 " e army under Gene ra l Qutnoo.t. The fore i g n Officers who came over in the Royal George ba y ? t . with very few excepti ons) en li s t e d th em s e lves 111 the uev corps.