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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS (From the Gazette de France, dated Tuesday, Feb. 26.) Pam, Fts. 25.—We have this instant received fresh letters from Constantinople, dated the 26th of January. They are extremely interesting : " Circumstances appear at length to indicate the approach of a crisis which has been long feared. The last hatti-scherif, which destroys all hopes of recon ciliation with Russia, as well with respect to its internal affairs, and the treaty of Ackerman, as with regard to the proposals of pacification, has been read in all the mosques ; and the immediate clasing of the Bosphorus against the ships of all Christian nations, affords a proof that the late negotiations have so in oensed the Porte, that it no longer cares for the maintenance of the existing treaties with the other States. The rigorous measures, of which I have al ready spoken to you, still continue, and appear to be enforced in consequence of the certainty that Austria has not accepted the mediation. " In the midst of all these alarms, the military preparations and measures of precaution are prose cuted with great diligence. A palace for the Sultan is building on the. Asiatic coast, with ditches and fortifications, to which . he may retreat in rase Con stantinople may he besieged. The march of troops to Adrianople continues, as well as the sending of the Sultan's equipages; who, according to a report which is generally believed, will very shortly go to that city. ." The persecution of the Greeks and Armenian , is not relaxed. M. d'Ottenfels has interfered with out success. All the Catholic Armenian churches In Pera and Galata have been closed. a • "it is difficult to conceive the miserable condi tion in which all the Armenian Christians, without e xception, have been for this fortnight past. On the 12th a firman appeared, according to which 27,000 Catholics of that nation were to quit Pera and Galata. This order was executed on the spot in all its rigour. On the application of the Austrian Internuncto and of the Primates, the blind, the old persons above 70, and women with child, alone re- eeived permission to remain, and almost general emi gration then began ; thousands of Armenians left the two quarters to embark; and fathers were seen carrying their children in baskets upon poles, and hastening to the port. Their dwellings were imtne idiately occupied by MuSsulmen and ..oldiers. Those of the rich which were shut up were immediately -!.equestrated for the benefit of the Treasury. Pera and Galata were in a few days almost deserted.— The Armenian Catholics had been looking forward for this fortnight pact with alarm when they received, with the Sultan's firman, the letter of the Patriarch, which announced to them that they were to quit the swo quarteis of the Franks; and to settle in Constan tinople itself. They were ordered on pain of death to live there only as Rayas, and to visit the church of the Patriarch. On receiving these orders, the Aimenian Catholics who wished to remain here met together and declared, with their Priests at their head, that they consented to settle in Constantino ple, and to live there as Rayas, but that they would rather suffer martyrdom than receive the commu nion according to the rites of the schismatics. The inost considerable of them having gone with this de. elaration to the Patriarch, he endeavoured in vain to make them renounce this resolution, and to join hi; communion. They were all too sensible of the du ties of their religion. " As soon as these measures were known by the diplomatic body at Pera, M. D'Ottenfels sent M. tle Ifo.szar to the Reis 'Effendi, appealing to the. treaty of Calowitz, which assi g ns to Austri a th e protectorate of the Catholics ;but that Minister, who seems to dread the fate of Kiaja Bey, who has been discharged and banished to Angora, for having attempted to soften the rigorous measures, gave the most evasive and futile answer to M. Huszar, and to the Dragoma.ns of the Sardinian and Dutch Envoys. M. D'Ottenfels renewed the attempt three times, but with equal bad success. Since that time, that is to say for these three days, he has had no com munication with the Reis Effendi, and the persons Nho are about the Ministers of Austria and Prussia even speak of their departure as possible. " The state of the capital in general affords a me lancholy appearance, and all hope of any arrange ment is vanished. The exiles on the coast of Asia are brooding over projects of vengeance, and the rage of the Mussulman; against the Christians, inflamed by the firmans and the hatti-scherif, increases every moment, so that every thing is to be feared. In ad dition to this, 200,000 Asiatics are expected. Their arrival will be the signal for the most complete anarchy." We have a letter from Vienna, dated February 17, which says—" The last letters from Constanti aeple relative to the Catholics and the Christians in general, are of so alarming a nature, that it is feared the Russians will immediately pass the Pruth. The accounts from Odessa, dated the 7th of this month, leave no hope whatever." SMYRNA, JAN. 19.—The state of thing; in this city is becoming very critical for the European inha bitants. The acconnts from Constantinople announce measures of the Porte which seem to indicate that proscription and confiscation threaten the subjects of all the three nations who possess any thing, and have Dot been able to secure themselves in time. Volun tary emigration has already commenced here, and the lonians, in particular, are preparing to w ithd raw . The affairs of Scio contribute still more to irritate ;the Government. It is said the fort, beimg in want of water, will not. be able to hold out above eight days, and the presence of the celebrated Canaris, perrhaps, hinders the expedition fitted out at Mitylene to assist the Tnrk , ; from effecting any thing up to this moment. We hear nothing of consequence from the Archi pelago,- except that M. de Ribeaupierre, on the 2d f Sanuary, installed M. Vassopoulo, as Russian -Consul to the Government, and that Count Capo a d'lstrias is expected there. On tlie news of the expedition prepared by Taher F,N,ha to succour Scio, M. de Rigny wished to pro ceed to Mityiene with a French and a Russian • - - - - frigate, to hinder the execution of this design, and TO prevent 11-esh massacres. Having invited Com modore Hamilton to join them, the latter replied, that his instructionsAid . not go so far. This event canFe4 a great serration."—ifugsburgb Gazette. Flaxen FETNIY". --Five per Cents. 1044. ; Three per Cents. 6f31. Gsc. ; Bank stock, 1,905; Naples Rentes, 7f,f. , Th c . ; il l ytiau Loan, 680 e. Exchange on London, One Month, 25f. 20e. ; three 31onths, 25f. 10e. A murder was perpetrated near Swinesford, :n the County of Mayo, last week, and six persons atiA i:ected of being concerned, have been committed to jail._ -Carlow MGrning Post. DREADFUL FIRE—FIVE LIVES Los T— . morning about two o'clock the inhabitants of 14ld-lane, Holborn-bill, were alarmed by the breaking out of a fire at the house of 111 r. BEM F, batter. Mr. BIZIME dates, that he was aroused by his wife, and, on getting put of bed, discovered the whole of the lower part of the house in tlames• lie immediately threw open the first floor win dow, and dropped his phild into the arms of a man. He then jumped out himself. and dreadfully injured his right ar m anti side. His wife likewise threw herself out, and was also greatly injured. The. flames spread through the house with astonishing rapidity, arid a man named BARTLETT, his wife, and two children, being un able to escape from the second floor, fell a sacr if ice to the flames. An elderly woman, who had been bedridden for some time, likewise fella victim. The house was reduced to ruins, but was insured. At seven o'clock the liremon commenced digging and removed the rubbish, in artier to search after the unfortunate sufferers, and their labours were of short duration. After removing a amab portion of the ruins, they discovered two of the bodies, 13 ‘ R.TLETT atad his wife; and shortly afterwards the childre and the body of the old woman were found. Shells were rocured from St. Andrew's workhouse, to which place th :emains of the deceased were carried, until the Coroner's i. ,nest be held this day. The bodies of the unfortunate pa-; us pre sented a most frightful spectacle : the heads, :!. :As, and legs, were completely burnt off, so that they coii• not be :identified by their friends or relatives, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEBRUARY 27, 1828. The Lord Chancellor took his seat at five minutes before fire o'clock on the Woolsack. Earl FITZWILLIAM presented petitions from Pro testant Dissenters of the Presbyterian Denomination in York, and from a Unitarian Congregation in Hull, pray ing for the Repeat of the Test and Corporation Acts. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY moved the third reading of the Bill to dissolve the marriage between John 3lichael Henry Baron: Roheck and the Baroness, and to emible him to marry again. The Bill was read a third time and passed. Lord CAWDOR presented a petition from Pro teMant Dissenters in a town in Rittlandshire, against the Test and Corporation Acts. . Lord GWYDYR presented a petitions from 11,l .m -hers of the Established Church of England, assembling for religious worship in Boston, against the TeSt and Corporation Acts. • The Duke of RUTLAND presented a 'petition ag .inst the Test and Corporation Acts from Protestant Dissenters assembling in a town in Leicestershire. In presenting this Petition, the Duke desired not to be considered as identi fied with the petitioners as pledging himself to vote upon the subject either one way or the other. The Earl of SIIAFTESBURY moved the second r4a.ling of the Merton Poor's Rate Bill. The Bill was read a Second time, and upon the Earl's motion, the whole House was ordered to go into a Committee upon it to-morrow. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY brought in an address of the IGth and 17th Reports of the Commissioners of Cha rities and Public Corporations. Lord HARROWBY presented a petition from the Pro testant Dissenters assembling in Cheadle, Staffordshire. — His Lordship presented another petition from the Jastices of the Peace assembled at the Quarter Sessions; pying that the House would adopt some such m eans as 'ould check the increase of crime in juvenile offenders. , Mr. Johnson attended from the Office of the Chi+ Se cretary of Ireland, and delivered in some judicial Papers. The House adjourned at a Qu"rter past Five. HOUSE OF COMMONS, F EBRU A RY 27. / I Mr. Johnson, from the Exchequer of Ireland, brought t Papers relative to the disbursement, of that office. I Lord STANLEY presented a number of pet im t from various p l aces . i n L ancas hi re, i n f avour o tl Ayr and Calder Canal, and also in favour of the \%,:tk, field and Ferrybridge Canal. • Mr. FAZAKERLY pre'sented petitions from 4ri E and other places in Linc o ln, i n f avour o f th e W a k e field a t . _ _ Ferryhridge, and alto of the Ayr and Calder Canal.. Mr. LITTLETON moved for a return of the na: all maltster,3 who have become defaulters, and also i tl amounts fur which they have respectively been delitiel during the last fourteen years. _ LITTLETON also moved for an account 4 the number of licenses taken out by Country Bankers diOng, the last three years. Mr. R. KING presented twenty-two petitions troni various parishes in the county of Leitrim. Mr. W. WHITMORE presented petitions from' the maltsters of Bridgenorth, and two other places, prating for a repeal of the Malt Act. Mr. CORBETT presented petitions from the malitters of Shrewsbury-, praying for a repeal of the Malt Act. I The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER saidlthat some regulations had been recently made, and he shoulil he soon able to see how far they would answer the purPose. As soon as he was enabled to do this, lie would see Oiose persons who complained, and give the utmost consiqvra- ion to their grievances. Sir MATTHEW WHITE RIDLEY said that t; inaltsters were innocent of the charges brought ag4ins them ; out of 100 informations, there had been Onl 60 convictions, and many of those convictions bad take place, not against inaltsters, but against persons haVin, no license, and who carried on an illicit traffic in tha article. Mr. SLANEY cnnsidered that the grievances of will& the petitioners complained were of the greatest consequenc to the agriculture of that part of the country which h had the honour to represent. Sir JOHN NEWPORT said, that by multiplyinglre gulations, such as those made with regard to malting countenance was given to the illicit trader to the injury o the regular =lister. After a desultory conversation between Mr. BARCLAY Mr. F. PALMER, and Mr. PORTMAN, the petition Wa brought up, read, and ordered to be printed. A Messenger front the House of Lords announced ha their Lordships had passed a Bill for dissolving the Irian riage of the Baron and Baroness Robeck. The Marquis of WORCESTER presented a petitiot from the rualtsters of Monmouth, for the repeal of Ithi Malt Regulation Act. Sir JOHN NEWPORT moved for certain returnsire• lating to the Admiralty Courts in Ireland.—Ordered. Mr. PENDARYES presented a petition from the malt sters of Bodmin, praying for a repeal of the Malt Regula tion Act. Lord WM. POWLETT presented a petition from nth traders of Sunderland, praying for a repeal of the Stan] Duties upon Receipts. Sir THOMAS ACLAND presented a petition from Pi maltsters of Plymouth, praying for a repeal of the Act regu lating the Duty on Malt . Mr. DUNDAS presented a similar petition from inaltsters of Richmond, in Yorkshire; and also a petitioi from the traders of that place, praying for a repeal of th Stamp Duty on Receipts. Dr; PHILLIMORE moved for a Return of the Cour exercising Ecclesiastical jurisdictions in England and Wale: the names of the Judges, Registrard, and Deputy Regis tears of such Courts, and the names_ of the persons whom such persons were appointed. Mr. HUMS obtained various returns rolative to th 4 Yeomanry of Great Britain and Ireland. PUBLICATION of OFFICIAL CORRESPONDEN, Mr. WILMOT NORTON said, there was a circum stance to which he felt it his duty to call the attention of the Hon. Member for Aberdeen. A gentleman named Beaumont, who had a seat in the Colonial Assembly at Jamaica, and who was also the Editor of a newspaper, published in that colony, had stated that he had received from the Hon. Member for Aberdeen a private and confidential corre spondenve which had passed between the Duke of Man chester and Lord Bathurst ; and that he had also seen a letter addressed to him (Mr. W. Horton.) Now that let ter was in his possession, and it could only have happened that be (Mr. Beaumont) should have seen a copy of it. It would further appear that Mr. Beaumont in some mode or other got possession of those documents, and in the most unwarrantable manner possible published them in a news paper, thus violating the strictest private confidence and every principle of honour. The copy of the letter to him self he had examined, and found it to be a perfect copy ; that to Lord Bathurst he had not examined, and could therefore not speak to its accuracy. The publication 'of these documents had produced a very considerable effect in the island and in the Colonies generally, and certainly it was evident that they had been published with a view to leading, step by step, to the realization of all the plans of Mr. Buxton. The Colonial Office was unhappily placed between two firm—the West India planters on the one side, and the advocates of those measures on the other. It was rather hard, too, that in addition to all the other difficul ties they had to encounter, they should also be exposed to the inconvenience of having their private and confidential communications made public. The Hon. Member for Aberdeen was the authority mentioned by Mr. Beaumont ; and he thought it right to call the attention of the Hon. Member to the subject. Mr. HUME had no hesitation in saying that he had never seen the correspondence in question, that it was never in his possession, and of course he could not have given it to Mr. Beaumont. The only communication he had had with Mr. Beaumont was when that gentleman came over here for the purpose of having presented to Par liament a petition from the free people of colour in Jamaica. As that petition was drawn up with much ability, and related to a subject of the very highest importance, he (Mr. flume) was desirous of making himself master of the sub ject, and for that purpose bad many conversations with Mr. Beaumont, whom he found to be clever and well informed. But as to the papers referred to by the Hon. Gentleman, lie was not aware ; nay, he kn ew t h at no suc h documents had ever passed from bins to Mr. Beaumont. On the motion of Sir T. ACLAND, and after a shot t conversation, in which Mr. Portman, Lord William Pau- Fyshe Palmer, and Mr. Davies Gilbert, partici pated, leave *as given to bring in a Bill to regulate the di vision of the several Counties in England and Wales, with a view to the better administration of justice. ACTS OF THE COLONIAL LEGISLATURES. Mr. HUMS moved, that an Address be presented to his Majesty, praying for Copies of all the Acts of the several Colonial Legislatures, and the Orders in Council made in reference to the Government of the Colonies. After a few observations from Mr. ALEXANDEU Daw- SON and Mr. CURTEIS, ,Mr. Secretary HUSKISSON said, that only very few of the Colonies printed their Legislative enactments; but such as were printed should of course be sent to the House. Of those that were in manuscript, the number was very great, and many of them could not by any possibility be of uqe for any public or general purpose ; but he saw no ob jection to selections being made from them, for the conve nience of Hon. Members. After an observation from Dr. LUSIIINGTON and Mr. Secretary HUSKISSON, Mr. HUME said, he was satisfied 4to limit his motion to the printed Acts. The motion was then put and agreed to. The other Orders of the Day having been disposed of, the House adjourned at a Quarter to Seven o'Clock. LIST OF THE MAJOR ON LORD JOHN RAISSRI.L's MOTION FOR cONSID OF THE DISSENTRRS, WITH A NIEW TO TIM AND CORPORATION ACTS. AIIerGTDDIby,HOD.J. Gordon, R. Acland, Sir Thomas Graham, Sir J. Anson, Hon. G. Grattan, James Althorp, Viscount Grattan, Henry Baillie, Colonel Grosvenor, Hon. R. Bzrclay, David Guest, J. Baring, A. Gascoyne, Gen. Baring, Sir T. Gye, F. Baring, F. Guise, Sir W. Benett, John Hulse, Sir C. Bentinck, Lord G. Heathcote, J. 0. Bernal, R. Heneage, Cl. F. Bingham, Lori Heron, Sir R. Birch, J. Hobhouse, J. C. Brougham, Henry Harvey, D. W. Brougham, James Howard, Henry Brownlow, C. Howick, Lord Bruce, Lord Hume, Joseph Burdett, Sir Francis Hurst, R. Buxton, T. F. Hutchinson, J. H. Byng, George liaise, J. Bright, H. Heathcote, Sir W. Buck, L. W. Hay, Lord J. Boyle, Hon. J. 1 Horton, Rt4Hon. W. Baring, B. Jephson, C. 0. Browne, James Jerrnyn, Earl of Calcraft, John Jollifle, H. Calthorpe, Hon. A. Jones, J. Calthorpe, Hon. F. Kennedy, T. E. Calvert, C. Ring, Hon. It. Calvert, N. Knight; R. Carew, R. S. Knox, Hon. T. Carter, J. Kekewich, S. T. Clifton, Viscount Kemp, T. R. Caulfield, Hon. H. King, Sir J. D. Cave, R. 0. Leycester, R. Cavendish, Lord G. Lamb, Hon. G. Cavendish, H. Labouchere, H. Cavendish, C. Lambert, J. S. Clarke, Hon. C. Lascelles, Hon. W. Clements, Viscount Lawley, F. Clive, Henry Lennard, I'. B. Clive, E. B. Lester, B. L. Colborne, N. R Littleton, E. Coke, 'F. Lloyd, T. Cradock, Col. Lumley, J. S. Crompton, S. Lushington, Dr. Curteis, E. J. Langston, James Cole, Sir C. Lott, H. Campbell, W. Marjoribanks, S. Davenport, E. D. Maitland, C. F. Da‘ ies, Col. Moberly, J. Dawson, A. Moberly, W. L. Denison, \V. Macdonald, Sir Jas. Denison, E. J. Macintosh, Sir .1. Dii,•ne, Peter Marshall, .1. Duncombe, 'l'. Marshall, W. nuncios, Hon. G. L. Martin, J. Dundas, Hon. Sir R. Milbank, M. Dundas, Hon. Thos. Milton, Viscount Dundas, C. Monck, J. B. Dowdeswell, EJ. Morland, Sir S. B. Dickinson, W. Morpeth, Viscount Daly, J. . Mandeville, Visc. Easthope, J. Marryat, J. Ebrington, Viscount Newport, Right Hon. Ellis, Hon. Agar Sir John Euston, Earl of Normanby, Viscount Fazakerley, J. N. Nugent, Lord Fergusson, Sir R. Owen, Sir J. ' Fergusson, R. C. Onslow, A. Fitzgerald, M. O'Hara, J. Fitzgerald, John O'Brien, Lucius Fitzgibbon, Hon. R. Ord, W. Fitzroy, Lord C. Osborne, Lord F. Forbes, J. Owen, H. Fortescue, lion. G. Pannier, C. N. Frankland, It. Palmer, C. Fyshe French, Arthur Palmer, It. Foley, J. II Parnell, Sir H. Fyler, T. B. Pendarves, Ed. Greene, T. G. G. Philipps, Sir G. /WWI flllt PETITIONS REPEAL OF THE TEST Phillips, G. PhiMinor*, Dr. Phillipps, Sir R. 13. Perceval, S. Ponsonby, Hon. W. Ponsonby, Ponsonby, Hon. F. Portman, E. B. Power, R. Powlett, Lord W. Poyntz, W. S. Price, Robert Proby, Hon. G. Protheroe, Ed. Powell, W. E. Ramsbottom, J. Ramiden, J. C. Rice, T. S. Ridley, Sir M. W. Robarts, A. Robinson, Sir G. Robinson, George Ft Rowley, Sir W. Rumbold, C. E. Russell, Lord 0. W. Russell, Lord Wm. Russell, Lord John RuQscll, It. G. Itanclitte, Lord Rickford,W. Sandon, Viscount Scarlett, Sir James Sebright, Sir John Slaney, R. A. Smith, J. Smith, G. Smith, lion. R. Stanley, Lord Stanley, Hon. U. Stuart, Villiers Stuart, Lord J: Sykes, D. Seymour, Henty Smith, A. Tavistock„ Marquis Taylor, M. A. Tennison, C. Thomson, C. P. Thompson, Ald. Tomes, J. Townshend, Lord C. Tynte, C. h. Waithman, Aid. Wall, C. Warburton, H. Western, C. C. Whitbread, S. Whitbread, W. H. Whitmore, W. Wilbraham, G Williams, 'l'. P. Wilson, Sir R. Wood, Aid. Wood, J. Wood, C. Wynn, Sir W. Wynn, R ight Hon.(' I Wyvill, M. Walker, Joshua Walrond, B. Ward, \V. Webb, Ed. Wells, J. Warrender, Sir.G. TELLERS. iDuncannon, Visc. Smith, W. PAIRED OM, Sefton, Earl of Wrottesley, Sir J. Gurney, li. Wilkins, W. i; I PART, LAM [TAR Y PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS. NOTICES OF MOTIONS FOR THIS DAY. 'l. Mr. Spring Rice—Bill to amend the law with respect to the rights and interests of Executors to the Estates of Testators. 2. Mr. Secretary Peet—Select Committee on the Police of the Metropolis. 3. Mr. Grattan—Petition from the Roman Catholic Hi . shops, on the subject of Education. 4. Mr. Kennedy—Bill to regulate the Law of Settlement in Scotland. r, ORDER OF THE DAY FOR TDB DAY. i s Corporation and Test Acts—Committee thereupon. NOTICES GIVEN YESTERDAY. Thursday, 'March 13. Mr. Slaney—Motion for a reform of the abuses of the Poor Law, respecting payments made to and for able bodied labourers from the Poor Rates. Tuesday, March 2.5. 1)r. Phillhuore—Bill to alter and amend the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction exercised in Country Courts. LITERATURE. CASES OF INDIGESTION, &e., CURED BY GALVANISM.—LONDON, 1898. Mr. La Beaume, author of the present treatise, seems to have discovered that enviable elixir, the possession of which ensured Saint Leon his immor tality. He has ascertained that Galvanism ,is a panacea for every variety o f di sease . Nervousness— ,e that most favourite and fashionable epidemic of the present day---indigestion, paralysis, epilepsy, Saint Vitus's dance, dropsy, lethargy, gout, asthma—whose highest ambition is to rival the music of the bellows ;—is some promising hypo chondriac blessed with the possession of one or all of these? no matter, let Min apply himself di ligently to Mr. La Beaume's galvanic remedies, and he will receive almost immediate relief. In proof of what we have here advanced, we refer our readers to the volume itself, wherein they will not fail to find a most copious collection of certificates, " Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks Of Vallombrosa," from ladies and gentlemen of every age and constitu tion, stating the immense relief they have obtained, from having been knocked down, or nearly so, by Mr. .La Bcaume's gal , Traie apparatus. One old gentle woman, whose case is detailed by a surgeon at Leg - •• tlthrhead, asserts that " for twenty-five years she had almost been constantly ill with loss of appetite, fla tulence, acid eructations„Sickness, lowness of spi rits, coldness of the handi and feet, disturbed sleep, and great weakness of the limbs." To improve her constitution,' she had " also been jaundiced twice;" yet, notwithstanding these voluminous disorders, Mr. La Beaume had no sooner taken a fair shot at her with his galvanic battery, than she " walked home from the Minories (we presume to Leatherhead), feeling no fatigue from the exertion." We remember a learned physician in Gil Blus— one Doctor Sangrado—whose favourite nostrums, in every ease, were bleeding and hot water. The latter, he used often to observe, was as diligent a scourer as fuller's-earth ; and as for the former, if it so happened that there w as t oo muc h bl oo d in ;he system, the necessity of evacuation was self-evident ; if too little, why then it enabled a fresh supply to pour in. Mr. La Beaume has manifestly taken a hint from this considerate physician. Galvanism is his darling nostrum—his one triumphant panacea. Is a patient nervous ? A shock from his idolized battery will counteract the irritability by increasing it tenfold (on the principle we presume of the major overpowering the minor)--is he lethargic ? the same shock will have an equal effect ; is he dropsical, asthmatic, deaf, blind, or jaundiced ? still the re medy is• ditto, ditto, ditto, as the Bristol Elector observed to Mr. Burke. We have nothing to urge against this universal nostrum, especially as Mr. La Beaume assures us, that it is a remarkably plea sant operation ; it may, or may not be efficacious ; if it be, why then the " sanative art" may be com pressed into very narrow limits ; but even if not,. still it can do no great harm, inasmuch as it is a plausible experiment, of as convulsive a character, , erhaps, as the HammersMith Suspension Bridge; ut assuredly quite as safe. ROYAL UNION PENSION FUND.--A Gene ral Meeting of the Snbseribers to the above Fund, estab lished in memory of the late Duke of YORK, was held yes terday, for the purpose of electing ten snore pensioners, and for deciding, by ballot, upon two males and two females already on the Fund, to have their pensions in creased. The meeting was held in the Freemasons' Hall, and was numerously attended. Among the fortunate ob jects elected and promoted, were the daughter of the late Governor of St, Christopher's, and a respectable female who has outlived all her friends, and is now 88 years of age. The astonishing advances of this Institution exceeds the expectation of its most'sanvuine friends, ?RIC'S OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. $4%% 3 per Cent. C0n5....83 3 4%%ii% 3% per Cent. 914 Ditto red. 92 Pi 4 per Cent. New lOO% Ditto, 1826 Bank L. Ann. ...... India Stock 245 4% Ditto Bonds pm. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Seuth Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 55 57 inn. Ditto 5OO 2d. 55 57 pui. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial. Bank far Account India for Account ...... - Cons. for Ac. B*; 4 FAICYS OF FORIZION FUNDS Austrian Bonds,s Percent. Brazilian Bonds 62 Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds, 6 per et. %26 Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824. 2 5 % 2i Danish 3 per cent. 6 l ,Yi Greek Bonds Ditto, !825 Guatunala Mexican Bonds Do. 182.5. 35% 4 THIS DAT AT ONK O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 11:17.1 Peruvian Bonds — Portuguese Bonds - .1% Prussian, 5 per cenL. ..... Ditto, New — Russian, New Illz4 3 Spanish, 1821 1 10 French Rents's, sp. c. --f —c. ..---- Exchange —..t. —c . -- 3 per cent —l. —c. : Exchange —l' —c. • PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONIZ O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Mining Co. 035. at 5/. pm.) £2O 60 Ili 'iii Bolivar Alining Co. - C 7)4 5 General Mining Association Real del Monte Miming Co. PRICES OF IRISH SrOCI Bank Stock Ci,nsols, 3 percent..., 93% Gov. Stock, :N par cent SIN Ditto, New 9l 4 per Cent. 100 Gov. Deb. 9 per . cent. 92 Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Oltice Deb. 4 D. ct 'KS.—DUBLIN, FIB. 15. St. Patrick Instil.. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto l5 Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine ..., Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings Arri ved. Due. !Arrived. . .... ___ O AITIEDC:I 0 0 Hamburgb 2 O Brazil 0 0 Holland U O Buenos Ayres I Dublin 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 0 Flanders U . 1 Lisbon 1 ___ 1 France Gottenburgh 1 U Mexico 0 I Guernsey& Jersey. 0 1 Waterford 0 \lrby , A. 5 -5 • ' • Alf , • t - LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1928 • We have just received, by Express, the Ga• zette de France dated yesterday, from which we have only time to make the following extracts. The choice of the KING having fallen upon M. ROYER COLLARD, as President, secures the triiunph of public liberty : BUCIIARFST, FEB. 1.-It is believed here that Russia will at length interfere with vigour in the affairs of the East, to save the existence of the Christians, subjects de pendent on the Porte. The Ottoman arms are uniting by degrees on the Danube; day after day detachments are arriving, and the fortresses are filled with provisions. Commissaries are arrived at Adrianople to prepare the palace for the Grand Seignor.— Gazette of Augsburgh. CoutT Nxws, FEB. 26.—The King gave audience to Royer Collard, President of the Chamber of Deputies. The Quotidienne regrets the choice of the King of the appointment of Royer-Collard as President of the Chamber of Deputies, as it only proves a concession. M. Labourdonnaye was sent for to the King, and re mained with him an hour. M. Ribeaupierre left Corfu on the 26th February, on board a Russian frigate, and sailed for Trieste. Orders have been sent to Brest to arm the Jeau Bart, the frigates Nyrnphe, Arethusa, and the Goelette Bear noise ; at Cherbourg, the corvette Cyle; and at Ba yonne, the brig Capriceuse. Every day sail from Toulon ships of war to cruise in the Levant; several frigates have sailed for the same destination. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. The President read a letter from the Minister of the In terior, by which his Excellency stated, he transmits to the Chamber, the ordinance of the King who appoints M. Royer Collard President of the Chamber of Debuties during the present Session, after which follows the ordinance of the King, signed; Charles. After the reading of the above, great agitation prevailed in the Chamber. Closing prices on the 25th, 5 per cents. 104 15 ; 3 per cents. 69 20. _ We would call the attention of our readers to an able and judicious article which appeared in the Times of this morning, and which will be found in another part of our cohimns. Of course, that : Journal must 44 follow its vocation," . and abuse Secretaries of State ; but the tone of the article is on the whole temperate and rational. Instead of indulging in expressions of triumph (like another Morning Cotemporary, to which ill-timed sarcasm is far too habitual), the Times endeavours to detach the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, from those which are usually considered Party Questions, thereby evincing true solicitude for its success, instead of making that subservient to the exhibition of a talent for ridi- cute and satire. We most heartily assent to the wish expressed in this admirable article, that the Church of England may be " looked up to, not as a mistress or a tyrant, but as an example—an example of every virtue," &c.—Let her " rely for her support and permanence upon her gospel graces and civil attainments, rather than on any fence thrown round her by mere human authority," and it may be fearlessly predicted that the latest ages will see her in the possession of those temporali ties. which, protected as they are by law, cannot he wrenched from her, but by a general abhorrence, like that which a suicidal arrogance formerly roused throughout the world against the bloated and sensual Church of Rome. By extracts from the Gazelle de France of Tuesday it will be seen that the spirit of warlike preparation in the East continues with unabated zeal. The SULTAN is either misled himself or wishes to mislead - the Allies, but in either case he will find, perhaps, when too late, that he him self will be the sufferer. We have no doubt that great exertions are made to assemble a large army, and that measures of severity are resorted to for that purpose, as well as to clear Constan tinople of all useless and doubtful characters ; but making all due allowanCe for the pe culiar circumstances of the case, we think the reports are greatly overcharged. A f e w • days ago one hundred thousand Asiatic troops were on their march for the capital, and now the number is doubled. This is . an evi dent exaggeration, and may serve as a sample of the other accounts. The SULTAN is said to be building a palace with fortifications on the Asiatic side, to which he can retreat in the event of . Constantinople being besieged : should his destiny once send him across the Hellespont to escape the invaders, the chances are a thousand to one that he never returns. We received this morning German Papers to the 21st and 22d inst., which confirm, the return of part of the .Egyptian fleet to Alexandria, as stated in our Paper of yesterday. Above 14,000 persons were landed from the ships, in cluding four thousand troops, who were unfit for service. The Viceroy surveyed the wreck of his once powerful fleet with suppressed feelings of mortification and anger. He is ex tremely indignant that the Greeks should be allowed to keep the sea, while his vessels are prevented from having recourse to active opera tions. The battle of Navarin has humbled his pride and destroyed his prospects : ALlx.oinata, nue. 29. On the 27th in the morning a division of the Egyptian fleet from Navarin, under the flag of the Capitan Bey and the .Patroni Bey, appeared 9ff the harbour. Towards noon these vessels were close to the shore, being the remains of that formidable fleet upon which six months ago the hopes of the Porte were founded. There are eight brigs, tour cutters, four frigates, and several transports. A ship of the line and two frigates, which were separated from, the squa dron in a gale of wind, and respecting whose fate some ap prehensions are entertained, are expected. Above 14,0011 persons are landed and encamped on the coast, among Ahem are slaves of both sexes, wounded soldiers, and about 4,000 troops who hare become un&t for service, as well as the entire harem of Ibrahim Pacha. It appears there fore that it is intended to send from the Mores all those persons who could not perform actual service, and that a great motive is the scarcity of provisions. Ibrahim Pacha himself will remain in the 3lorea. On the news that the fleet had entered our port, all the inhabitants assembled there, and the Vice roy himself inspected it. The sight of it . appeared to waken feelings in him, which some persons thought they perceived on a preceding Occasion, but respecting which they— woeld willingly deceive themselves. ' It is affirmed, in short, that the Viceroy is in his heart by no means inclined to peace; that he very deeply feels the defeat at Nayarit', and that he is above all ex tremely indignant 'that the Greeks are still permitted to carry on their operations both. by sea and land, without any opposition from the Allied Powers; and that he has even been induced to advise the Sultan, in case these ex cesses are not suppressed, to Lave recourse to the sword, and declare war, in . whtth he may depend on the entire sup port of Egypt. All the measures taken here indicate preparations, if not fur an offensive, yet for a defensive attitude. We have no recent accounts of the insurrection of the Wechabites. AtiOSRURCII, FEY. 18. The Allgemeine Zeitung of this date contains what' is said to be a literal translation of the Proclamation and in structions, which have already been often mentioned, and which, after the departure of the Ambassadors, was ad dressed by the Porte, OR the 18th Dec., 1827, to the Ayans in Europe and Asia. This document begins with these words :—" Whoever is endowed with some under " standing knows that as all 51ussultnen naturally hate the " infidels, the latter, on their part, are the enemies of the " Mussulmen." These phrases, however, ars so very op posite to the contents of all Oocuments which we have hitherto received, as issued by the Porte, that this circum stance appears to us a sufficient ground to call in question the authenticity of this document, or at least the fidelity of the translation. LOWER ELBE, FEE. 14. Though there is every reason to believe that the pamph let in defence of the Government of Brunswick, published at Hamburgh, and chiefly directed against Count Munster, was drawn up under the auspices of that Government, vet the copies sent to the Duchy of Brunswick for sale hare lately been seized by order of the Government. This measure is considered as a sure indication of an approach ing reconciliation between the Governments of Hanover and Brunswick, especially as the order was issued by the Duke himself while he was at Vienna. MAYENCE, FEB. 16. For some time past the passage of couriers through this city, to and from St. Petersburgh, Vienna, Berlin, Lon. don, the Hague, and Paris, is more active than ever. Though the accounts from Vienna, London, and in some degree from Paris, are favourable to the preservation of peat*, this hope is much weaker in the North, and it is pretty confidently affirmed that Russia, according to the Treaty of 6th July, will occupy the principalities, and that one of the last couriers' from St. Petersburgh was the bearer of communications to this effect to the other Ca binets. The accounts from Prussia also indicate, that the affairs of the East are there considered to be in a situation in which the sword alone can decide. According to letters from Tiflis, of the 18th January, ten millions have been remitted to General PASKEWITCH on account of the fifteen millions agreed to be paid by the Treaty with Persia, and it was expected daily that the defini tive Treaty would be concluded. The Gazette of Augsburg!' states that, ac- cording to accounts from Trieste, Count CAPO DISTRIA has arrived at Egina, and the Allies have put at his disposal three ships of war for six months. Two Turkish frigato wishing to escort the frigate built at Venice for the PACIIA of EGYPT, received, it is said, orders from an English frigate to return to port. The Wakefield and Ferrybridge Canal Bill comes on for a second reading on Mindayaext, and we trust that all those Members whoetave. the interest of the country at heart will give their support to a measure so fraught with public benefit, and so conducive to commercial enter prise. We understand that the Aire and Calder Company intend to set up a most absurd argument in o pp o sition to the Bill. This argument, th oug h a pp aren tly founded upon humane consider a ti o ns, d oes no t emanate from any tender sympathy which these monopolizers entertain towards the poor people, whose claims they bring forward, but to cloak their own selfishness. They are ashamed of the palpable imposition of their own demands, and now hope to compass their object by setting up the spu rious claims of others who are little interested in the case. They 'say, that if the Wake field and Ferrybridge improvement be carried into effect, it will ruin many widows and families whose property is invested in the old concern. This is mere fudge—hut if true, are the public to he saddled with a charge of 30,000/. for the benefit of a few individuals ? The fact is, that the new improvement will save that amount to the public, and ought, therefme, to be supported by all honest and public-spirited men. THE ARMY. The 2d Regiment of Cornwall Yeomanry Cavalry, com manded by Lieut.-Col. Pendarves, has been permitted to continue its services without receiving any allowance from Government. The LORD HIGH ADMIRAL has, it is said, purchased the celebrated chart of the currents of the seve ral oceans, the composing of which has occupied great part of the life of the celebrated geographer, Mai" It"" NELL, with a view to its early completion and publication. The. 7th Hussars will march from this place on Monday next, for Liverpool, to embark for Dublin._ Brighton Gazette. A letter received in this town from Constanti nople, dated 10th January, states that at that time " the cargoes of all vessels were embargoed by the Su l T A N a t hi, ploasure."—Eriphtan Gough", SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(TLIIS DAY. : - FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, FEB. 27.—Wind 11'Iaje9t1 #4 ship Sapphire arrived last evening from Leith, ro€ Portsmouth. PORTSMOUTH, FEE. 27.—Wind S.E .—ArtiOl the Orest es transport, fromßio. Sailel the P r of Balcarras, Rroughton, for Bengal and iChina. FALMOUTH, FEB.. 26.--Wind S.W. to. .Niri . Arrived from London the Manning, Lefuson, fay Leghorn; and Nymph, Martin, from Mal ta. Ss 0 0 ! the Kingfisher packet, for Rio Janeiro t (rid Buy' Ayres. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 26 . --Arrived the' Retried' Steel, from Maranham ; Sportsman, Patton, New Orleans; Atlas, Lawson, from Wilmingtoo; and Fame, Hepburn, and Eliza, ----, fiom tisboP SMYRNA, JAN. 1 9.--Ships of war are always i port, and good order is maintained by the - Turk Authoriticl, so that none of the British':ind FreActi contemp'ate departu re f or t h e present. , Extract from the Agent to Lloyd's it Constant maple, dated Jan. 26 :—The corn vessels are nears discharged, whilst the two tallow ships remain before. I have been endeavouring to induce it Authorities to allow of their passing, bitt hithert with small. chance of success. - THE FUNDS-(THIS . DAY). CITY, TWKLYR 0' CLOCK. The settlement of the account, which took pl O , l to-day, has occupied the attention of fila 444 4 en.1at0 0 1 in the pritish Fnnds. Consols opened fat April, since which they have fallen, and continuo 831, and 83t for the next time; - the contango going off, and is now barely at . 16 per cent. ; sour expectation was entertained that the fluctuation woul i have been more extensive, but for the options which' were declared to-day at 12 o'clock; thiS is ` a'syste~ of business introduced by. the Hebrew party, hie destructive to legitimate business, and 'tends to ire jure the interest of the stockblder. India Bond i remain at 84 6, and ExcheqUei:Bills, 5.5 6 pm. The Foreign Market has scarcely any novelty' and the Brokers are preparing for the account w hich' takes place to-morrow ; for the present ',prices we refer to the quotations below. The only business in Shares has been a re-action in Brazilian Mines, which have gone up to tO pm.; some enquiry has been making in Chilian and Spanish, in consequence of the meeting which tali been advertised in the Morning Papers. Three per Cent. Consols, 83a ; Ditto for the Account , 93i 1; India Bonds, 84 6 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 55 6 pa' . Fon 621 1; Buenos Ayres, 36 13 Chilian, 26 8 ; Colombian, 25} 6 ; Danish, 61i 2 ; Greek, 17 18 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 254 61 - ; ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 34 ; Peruvian, 23 4 ; Portuguese, 74 5 ; Russian, 921 3 1 4 ; Spanish, 10 ; Guatemala; . 33 b. Mitsas.—Anglo Mexican, 61 59 dis. ; )3iaXilian, 5° pm ; Bolivar, 3 2i dis. ; Colombian, 64. 4 5 t dis., per Share : United Mexican, 21 20 dis. ; General Minioi Association, 10 11 pm. TWO O'CLOCK. Since the close of the Account, which has passed off without mischief, the Consol market wears a veri heavy appearance, and has gone down to 82i 83 for Account, and little or no difference for Money.— Money Stock has been plentiful, and to-morrow considerable quantity of Stock has again to be taken• THREE O'CLOCK. _ _ Consols, 83 FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLO . giNG PRICES. Consols 82i 3 Danish 614 Do. for Ac. 82-1 3 Greek, 1825 Brazilian Bonds 621 Mexican 1825 331 Buenos Ayres 36 Peruvian Chilian Do. 26+ Russian 92 Columbian . , 1824 25 Spanish, 1821 104 ACCIDENT AT THE NEW BRUNSWICK THEATRE-MANY LIVES LOST. The uttnost alarm was occasioned this morning, st about twelve o'clock, in the vicinity of the above Theatre, by a most dreadful crash, and the inhabitants ran out of their houses,with all possible despatch, under the apprehen sion that a shock of an earthquake had been experienced. It was soon discovered that the roof of this new Theatre had fallen in, and the fear became general that the event must have occasioned great lose of life, as many of the parties connected with the Theatre, workmen, &c., were known to be within the walls. It will be recollected that this. Theatre only opened on Monday last, for the first - time since its completion, and was considered a well.huilt edifice. The roof was composed wholly of cast-iron, and it would appear that the walls were nut sufficiently strong to bear the immense pressure, and bulged out. The heat too, which arose on the evenings of performance, it is imagined, caused the iron to expand, and forced away part of the brick-work, by which it was surrounded. The fears entertained that many individuals had perished under the large mass of iron, have proved too well-founded, it being at - present calculated that not less - than"loo Lodi. viduals have been killed. The performers to the . Theatre were rehearsing at the time, and those, as well as the work men, are all under the ruins. In fact, at present, na o ne can tell how - many lives have been lost. The front of the Theatre is nearly level with the ground, and only two per sons have as yet been taken out wounded. A- gnard of soldiers has Just arrived from the Tower, and as soon as possible search will be made for the unfortunate individuals who have fallen a sacrifice to the accident. Had it hap ' pened a little later, the workmen and others would hay!) left the building. The remainder of the walla left standing are in a most dangerons condition, and no . one can approach them until made secure by being propped up. It is feared that at least 80 or 90 individuals must have been killed. One of the performers, a female, has just been taken away wounded. The performers were rehearsing Guy :14 4 p ier i n I, at the time, with an audience of about 50 or 00 persons.—A ruinswagg f a lling i on waggon and thr t e h e em. horses were buried in the s tr ee t b y the ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS—(IIALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK.) Little or no progress has yet been made in clearing away the ruins, the number of those who have been dug out is consequently small, Among those who have escaped are Mr. Percy Farren, Mr. Carruthers, Mr. and Mrs.. 'Dillon, Mr. Goldsmith, M r . Wy mans , M r . Farrel", and Mr. Lewis, The escape of Mr. D. was truly miraculous. On the first alarm he threw himself out of a window, but had scarcely alighted on the ground, when be was nearly oyerwhelw 4 ~y the rubbish, In this situation he called loudly f o r as sistance, but the persona near him refused from fear of the consequences, at length one or two of the crowd r e sa,as she had regularly atteuleg res c ued him, although the Nips Here tumbling about him. His wife continued in the ruins for nearly a quarter of an hour afterwards. Our Dublin friends will be pleased to Manager, but deemed it unneces sary that their: favourite, Mrs. Vaughan, is safe.: She them previous to the produ ction nt . the play, Itlq 4'404 . r, however, did go, a nd was on the stage when the roof fell in, • s everely wounded on the back of her head.— She, too, is s b a u r d y ' ro e a n t t se en n . t l Mr. Maurice has not been dug out; but several of the workmen h ave declared that they have repeatedly 1421'4 • his voice. the time that •Up to at s:s'e went to pram, several 444 b o dies frightfully mangled, were being extracted from t h e ruins. Among them were two ladies, whose names were said to he, Miss Holland and Miss Freeman. Not more than 40 persons have been d' I as pt tscoyeret , The public anxiety is intense. forthe byr r ehearsal, teah . . Yesterday morning, about seven o'clopk, the body of a man was discovered at the foot 'of Waterloo Bridge, drowned. The body was taken out of tlie, water, and removed to St. John's Ch urc h, W a t er l oo - roa d, to b e owned, and upon which an i nquest w ill s it thi s day. The unfortunate man appeared t o b e a b ou t 35 . or 40 y ears o f age, and had on a black co a t an d wa istcoat, black b reg.c htss an the pockets he name the d ece a sed were foun d two wash i ng bi lls widt t h hgtai? a sr gaiters, light colo ure d h a i r and sand,' whiskers, Pi Ia t" of a lhp and m ar k e d o n edeli sjde'th e no se . of l. Frt th m ..11+ hi 4 wi tO- C} tac his tho cer bac no be( tha Alt; alic cou Pre of 1 real dec the pre cai ITZi on wet had Virus in c Thi wer that ,de info cou suff ing cula sidi den to ficei Alai; in eon her morn ingt unn The the CrOV mire the! ieen jest. and digpc