The Sun. — London, England, 1828-01-18 00:00:00

M , FOREIGN IttVIEW,—No. I. We have had but a few hours' leisure to look into this Review, but from what we have seen, we hail its appearance with cordial welcome. Without disparaging the merits of its rival, the Foreign Quarterly, we have abundant evidence that there is ample field for both, and if there be sot, let the best, as it must eventually, prosper. We have no partiality but for that which affords such information as will most • benefit the reader. Indeed, we think that competition is the only safeguard of the public, and it possesses this peculiar advantage, that it improves while it stimulates the industry of the rival editors, for the gratification as well as instruction of the public. The list of articles is particularly nu merous--.embracing in its wide range the litera ture of almost every country in Europe. The article on Castilian Poetry is spirited and inte resting. That on Werner is full of German erudi tion' while th a t on th e J esu i ts i s po i nte d an d propbetic, the Editor's prediction about Vil lele's fall being since verified. But we have no time at present to enter into the merits of each article. If the work he conducted with the same liberality, it cannot fail to obtain that sup port which it eminently deserves. We shall take an early opportunity of discussing the other articles, and at present select the following extracts on the subject of Turkey, rendered doubly inte resting from the fact that the writer of the article was born and lived a long time in Constanti- Duple : EDUCATION OF A YOUNG SULTAN. The presumptive heirs, who bear the title of shah-zade, or sons of the shah, are shut up, each separately, in fill isolated apartment in the inte rior of the seraglio, in the middle of a large garden. Their apartments arc prisons, called Kafesses, or iron cages. Surrounded by high walls, these apartments contain only these un happy shah-zades, attended by f cur or five eunuchs, and five or six slaves, old enough not to become mothers. The reigning si :hail, seeing . their persons so many rivals, constantly watches their conduct ; lets no one approach them ; prohibits, under pain of death, all corres pondence with them ; and leaves them to vege tate in entire ignorance of every thing passing in the empire. He appoints for their preceptors persons in whom he has confidence, old decrepit men, who teach them the rudiments of the Arabic () and Persian languages, as well as ; and for their amusement he appoints some of his eunuchs to be their pages, who in struct them in some of the most vulgar mechani cal arts. When the reigning Sultan has younger brothers, he conducts himself towards them in the same way. The sons of the reigning Sultan we also totally neglected, in point of education, during their adolescence. This, in a few words, is the distinguished education which those re ceive who are destined to govern such an empire. The greater number of the Sultans are already old when they mount the throne. If the revolt et' the Janissaries had not precipitated &limn from his throne ; if his nephew, Mustapha IV. the brother of the present Sultan, had not expe rienced a similar fate,Malnnoud would have reigned in his decrepitude. These heirs of the empire, passing the greater part of their lives in the prison ofthe Cafissa, in the lassitude of com plete idleness, deprived of every kind of pleasure and amusement, no sooner quit their state of im prisonment, than, surrounded by a swarm of flatterers, by hands6me slaves, and by various objects of' enjoyment, they blindly plunge into Sardanapalism, and abandon, to the mercy of their eunuchs and their flatterers, rarely to the administration of their ministers, the affairs of the empire, in which they-haye never been exer cised, and of whicli„ therefore, they are totally ignorant. , • • , Immediately after the elevation of a Sultan to the throne, the eunuch who -attended him in the cafissa in the quality of firs page, becomes his Kizlar agassi. This title literally signifies " su perintendent of the girls ;" he generally bears that of Dams' -saade agassi, or " Master of the Palace of Felicity." As ignorant of the art of r , overninr , as his master, the chief of the black eunuchs enjoys full power, both in the seraglio and throughout the empire. His person, ren dered hideous by his physical impotence, is considered sacred, and his rank is equal to that of the grand vizier ; not only in his quality of first chief of the imperial harem, but also be cause he is Haremein ntatevelliss,y, that is, " inspector:of all the revenues of the KiaW." His influence is so great, that he frequently changes and appoints the grand viziers, the grand admirals, the ministers, and the pachas, gover nors of the provinces (-1-.) The (Dr the Sultan's sword-bearer, being the chief of all the dignitaries of the scra g hi°, the eunuchs excepted, has also considerable influence in the affairs of the Empire. If he be a skilful intriguer, from his own apartment he deposes, appoints, and causes the decapitation of grand vizers and pachas. In the same way, the inferior dignitaries, such as the first page, whose function it is to put on and take off the Sultan's boots ; the individual who presents him with a cup of coffee ; his first barber, or any other of the Sultan's dignitaries, if they succeed in obtain ing his favour, govern the State. The first bar ber, above all, as he handles the sacred head of (*) Almost all the Sultans, after - Suleiman, who esta• blished the imperial ordinance / of shutting up the presump tive heirs till the day of their elevation to the throne, were in the grossest ignorance on quitting their prison.; The Spartan brevity of their autographic orders betrayed their lack of knowledge. They consisted but of three words, mudz&-bigdze avid oloona, that is, ,‘ let every one act in conformity thereto." We must add, by the bye; that the orders said to be the a utographs of the Sultan, are only' one, two, or four lines, Written in his own hand, at the top of the order drawn up and written by the clerks of the public offices of th e Porte. We have seen several notes by the Sultan Mustapil a IV.', the brother of the present Sultan, addressed to his favourites. They were so f u ll o f orthographical errors, and the writing was so bad, that they could not be deciphered. Mahmoud, who was'e a p e _ cially beloved by his unCle Selim, received it more careful education, that is to say, he studied Arabic and Persian, and read and digested the Koran, which rendered him extremely fanatic and sup erst itious. His autographic orders were full of verses of the Koran. He highly prized fin e hand -writing. On his elevation to the throne lie Or dered all the penmen of Colibtantinople to send him speci- MenS of their talents. One of the ministers of the Porte, "N o d ilfazhetr-efendy, presented also his own to his' high ness, who considered it superior to 'all the other s . The base Minister,, to thank his master, and, at the same t i me, to show his Modesty, sent him, in writing, the celebrated line of a Persian poet :-- BAer aibi khe shah pei ,4 se „di c i h uner est; that is to say, "All defect, approved by , the Shah, becomes exiellenee." This vile and absurd flattery pleased the Sul tan, who named him Reise-efendy, or minister for forei gn atTairs. , (t) The annals of the Turkish empire mention many Kizlur-aigassi who played a great part in the affairs of the state. Under the reign of Sultan Achmet 111., his chief of the black eunuchs was the factotum of his empire. According to his Caprice, he appointed, deposed, and caused to be put to death, the Grand Viziers and the Ministers. One of the Grand Viziers, foreseeing the fate which awaited him, resolied, at the peril of •his' life, to get rid of this monster. He feigned one day to be' seriously ill, and wrote to the Sultan a short note, saying that he had to disclose to him a most important Secret, and pressing af fair : and that, being extremely weak, he was not able to state it in writing, and, therefore, humbly prayed him to order the chief of the eunuchs to call on him incognito, that he might communicate the business to him. The Sultan immediately sent the black to the Vizier. On his arrival, the Vizier's pages seized him, stripped him, dressed him in the habit of the black slaves which they wear when they are exposed for sale in the market, and immediately sum umed a slave-merchant, whom they enjoined to take the slave to the bazaar to put him up to auction, and, having ascer tained the price that he would fetch, to bring him back to the Vizier's palace. The merchant, not knowing the eu nuch, punctually executed the orders of the Grand Vizier. The Kizlar-ayassi, seventy years of age, was estimated in the market at twenty-five Turkish piastres; and then brought back to the Vizier. The latter then wrote a se cond note to the Sultan, the purport of which was, that seeing that a eunuch directed and governed the empire, he had been desirous to ascertain his intrinsic value, and had c aused him to he exposed at the bazaar, where, during five hours, only five - and-twenty piastres had been offered for his purchase; and that, if his laigluiess would deign - to confide anew the reigns of his Government to the hands of a black who was worth only twenty-five piastres, he might do so, if he chose. This conduct of the Grand Vizier made such an impression on the mind of the Sultan, that he told him, in reply, to dispose of the eunuch at his own pleasure. The Vizier caused him to be strangled. YORK CORPORATION.—Tuesday being the Cliarter*Day for the election of the LORD MAYOR, and Chamberlains of this city, for the ensuing year, the mem bers of the Corporation assembled for the purpose, at Ole Guildhall, when Alderman GEORGE CHAMFNEY, Es ~ was chosen into the important office of Chief Magistra e. -=York .Courant., his Highness, and as he has the common privi lege of his trade, that of gossiping, amities .. his. master, and often becomes the, favourite, and consequently the distiensof of the dignitiei of the Empire. The Valide. Sultana, or Sultan-0(01er, when she has any influence orerber reigning - ion, plays the first part in the Empire. Her intend ant, who bears the title of Valide Ketkhoudassy, Or intendant of the valide, governs at his will the State. There have also been sultan-sisters and sultan-aunts, who have had sufficient influence to meddle in the most delicate affairs of the Go vernment. THE GRAND VIZIER. All the Pachas of three tails, who are Gover nors of provinces and of entire countries, bear the title of Vizier ; but the governor of the ca pital. bears the title of Supreme Vizier, or Vi ziri-aazam. He is decorated with various other exclusive titles : he is .called rekili-mutlak, or the - Sultan's Absolute Lieutenant, Sahib Devlet„ or the Possessor of the Government, Sahib Mu hove, or the Keeper. of the Imperial Seal, Sadri aazanz, or supreme place. It is to him that the Grand Admiral and the PaChas of the- provinces address their official re ports, and, after having read them, he writes with red ink, on the margin of each, an abridg ment of its contents, and adding his opinion, sends them to the Sultan by an officer called Telhitzy. All the affairs of , the empire, both foreign and domestic, must pass under his eyes. In time of war, it is he who commands the great army. All the other Pachas, with their respec tive divisions, are under his orders. As he is the supreme judge in civil and criminal affairs, his arz-odassi, or court of justice, is without tppeal. He hears appeals every Wednesday and Friday, assisted by the two kazt-askers of Room illy, and of Natoli, of Stambol ifendy, or Mas ter of the Police, and of the three Mollas, or Judges of Galata, of Eyoub, also a suburb of Constantino*, and of Scoutari, the ancient Chrysopolis. On Tuesdays, Fridays, and Sa turdays, he alone sits in judgment on criminal cases. His sentence can be annulled only by his successor. He is the supreme chief of the police of the capital, and frequently, especially on Fridays, in quitting the mosque, he changes his dress, and explores the streets of Constanti nople incognito, attended by some of the officers of his court, and by a train of executioners. Woe then to the man, who by an inconsiderate step, by his dress slightly contravening the sump tuary laws, which are frequently ambiguous and retrospective, or by an air of giddy gaiety, dis pleases the Vizier. He suddenly turns to his officers, makes a sign to them, and whilst he continues his way, the head of the wretched man falls under the blows of the executioners. The Grand Viziers have a maxim worthy of them selves: they say, devlet siyasset dinzek dir, that is, " the word government, in its proper sense, signifies punishment." There have been epochs when these Grand Viziers deserved their place. Such were the Kioproolus, the Tzorlolus, the Raghibs, the Kara-vizirs, and the Izzets, but it was chance, and not their personal merit which raised them to that eminent post. The proof of this is, that they were supplanted by rivals who were not worthy to be their grooms. THE PACHAS. As the career of the Grand Viziers is almost always terminated by 'their having their heads cut off, or at least by their being exiled and their property confiscated, the ministers of the Porte, zind the Silih-dar, or the Sultan's sword-bearer, avoid that post, and if they have any influence, they select one of the Pashas of three tails, and by their intrigues, facilitate his promotion to Grand' Vizier. These Dachas are ori g inally household officers ; and having served Grand Viziers, Gland Admirals, and Paellas of three tails, as their Pages, and then as *their Lieute nants or their Treasurers, they obtain, under the auspices of their masters, the title of Chamber• lain, or of the Grand Seignior's Master of the Horse ; afterwards they are appointed Governors of two tails, in the second rank of provinces, and at last they become Governors of three tails. These gentlemen, extremely limited in the circle of their knowledge, very often not knowing how to read or write, having no notion of the politi cal and diplomatic affairs of the empire, recom mend themselves by their ignorance to their pro tectors, whose principal interest it is that the Grand Vizier should not have the slightest ca pacity. Frequently these Paellas, in accumu lating riches by the easy means of exactions, share them with their protectors, gain by re peated presents the favour of the Sultan, and the most lavish of his gifts, the least able to ma nage public affairs, and consequently, the least to be feared, obtains the place of Grand Vizier. Encumbered with an enormous weight of multi form affairs, the new Vizier directs them by chance, and scarcely does he begin to learn something by routine, before he is replaced by another more ignorant than himself. Sometimes the Yetritzeiri Agassi, or Chiefs of the Janissa ries, have been promoted to the office of Grand Vizier.. These men, brought up in barracks, exclusively military, and knowing nothing but the business and the interests of their corps, are generally' so ignorant and so rude in their pro ceedings, that when they become Grand Viziers, they do nothing but blunder. The Minister of the Interior has no idea of the statistics of the empire. All that is required from him is a superficial knowledge of the Arabic and Persian, in order that he may be able to read the various reports of the Governors of the provinces, as well as the petitions, which are afterwards presented by him to the Grand Vizier. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 1 Hamburgh 0 U Brazil 0 1 Holland 0 0 Buenos Ayres I Dublin 1 Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 I France 0 Gottenburgh ...... ... 0 0 Mexico 0 0 Guernsey& Jersey. 0 0 Waterford 0 have some ostensible reason for yielding to the demands of the Allied Powers, for had he de cided on war, their consent would be dispensed with by the proud and energetic spirit that de stroyed the Janissaries : _ TRIESTE, JAN. 4.—Letters from Corfu, dated the 23d of December, state that Ibrahim had assembled all the troops of the interior of the Morea, and that he had estab lished them near Modon and Coron to wait the final orders of his father. _ According to the latest intelligence, Patras was the last place occupied by the Egyptians, who had abandoned all the others. On the 28th of December, Count Capo d'lstria, Presi dent of the Greek Government, had embarked at Ancona for Greece, on board an English frigate. When he had embarked the frigate hoisted the Greek flag, and saluted him with 20 guns.— Gazette d' Augsburg. CoxsrANTlNortE, DEC. 12.—Ever since the rupture of the negociations, the military preparations have proceeded with great activity ; but hitherto they have assumed no other than that of a defensive character. FitEscx Folins.—Pants, JAN. 15.—Five- per Cents. 103 f. 40c. 35c. 40e. 50c. 45c. ; Three per Cents. 68f. 70c. 65c. 70c. 65c. 75e. 80e. ; Bank Actions, 1,900 f. ; Rentes de Naples, Cer, Falconet, 75f. 60c. '7sc. 70c. 75c. ; Rente d'Espagne, Si; Royal Spanish Loan, 70k, 4, 71, 70 i, 4 ; Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, 464-, ; Haytian Loan, 680 f. Exchange on London—One Month, 25f. 15 c. Paper ; 25f. 15c. money ; Three Months, 25f. paper; 25f. money. Brussels Papers to the 17th inst. have been received. They copy from the Austrian Observer what it terms a rapid sketch of the negotiations which took place at Constantinople previous to the departure of the Allied Ambassadors. The article will be found elsewhere, but as little knowledge can be gained and less interest con veyed by a double discussion of this eternal source of dissension, we shall, in mercy to our readers, abstain from making their labour as abortive as that of the Ambassadors. The thing is now as barren as the sands of Egypt. We copy the following article as much for its quaintness as for the singular pride of DIPO NIGORO, who seems to give a new reading of " Mahomet and the Mountain." Humility is a virtue which people do not like to be taught : HAGUE, JA2s'. 19.—One of our Journals says—M. Dubus, Commissioner General in the Indies, received on the 6th October last, the following letter, the authority of which we warrant :-- " We, Dip° Nigoro, Sultan of the whole Island of Java, to the Chief of the foreigners residing in this Island :—ln the name of Almighty God, do not be too proud, but come to us to learn our desires." Letters from Constantinople of the 13th ult. state, that the PORTE no longer grants firmans with facility to the vessels of the three Allied Powers to navigate the Archipelago, and that several of these vessels have even been forced to discharge their cargoes in the arsenal. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. BRUSSELS PAPERS. The Austrian Observer of the 6th inst. gives a rapid sketch of the negotiations which took place at Constantinople, from the 10th Nov. to the de parture of the Ambassadors. The details have already been published, with the exception of the three points discussed in the conference which the three Ministers had on Nov. 22 with the Reis Ef fendi, and which lasted live hours. First, the re-es tablishment of the diplomatic relations demanded by the Ambassadors of the three Powers, and of which the Reis Effendi bad announced the suspension, in ease the Porte should not obtain the satisfac tion which it required for the affair at Navarin; secondly, the consent of the Porte to an ar mistice with the insurgents ; and, thirdly, the determining of the articles of the Act of Am ilesty to be granted by the Sultan to the insurgents, and for which the previous submission of the latter was presumed by both parties. It seems that they soon came to an agreement upon the first two points; but that the negotiations failed on the third. The public are acquainted with the consequences of this conference, and of the Divan held on the '2d of De cember, on which day the three Ambassadors trans mitted to the Reis Effendi their last Note, in which they insisted on the immediate acceptance of the armistice, and of the intervention, and on the prero gatives to be granted to the Greeks, stipulated in the treaty concluded between the Three Powers. In case of refusal they required firmans for their de parture. They had also announced in this Note that they intended, when they withdrew, to recommend their countrymen to the protection of the Ambassa dor of the Netherlands; but the Di van having resolved to take the individuals of the three nations under its special protection, this recommendation did not lead to any result. This resolution of the Divan was renewed on the 10th December, and it was detei mined that the subjects of the three nations whose Ambassadors had withdrawn from Constantinople, were placed under the immediate protection of the Porte, that every thing relative to the security of their persons should be confided exclusively to the Reis-Effendi, end pecuniary matters and law-suits to a special commission of which the Director of Cus toms at Galacz is President. At the same time the embargo in general was taken off, and the Capitan Pacha authorised to solicit free entrance and dept. titre for all English, French, and Russian ships. The most distinguished and wealthy individuals of the three nations immediately accepted the protec tion offered by the Ottoman Government, and com menced an intercourse with the Dragoman of the Porte. PRICESOF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 85%% 3 per Cent. Cons Ste 234 3V, per Cent /3, 5 1'4 , Ditto Red. 4 : 4 t per Cent. 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SMITH, Esq., M.P. in the Chair, It was Resolved, " That this Court, having heard with great admiration the intrepid courage and presence of mind displayed by Mr. Isambond Brunel, the Company's Resident Engineer, when the Thames broke into the Tunnel, on the morning of the 12th instant, are desirous to give their public testi mon", to the calm and energetic endeavours, anti to that generous principle which induced him to put his own life into snore imminent hazard, to save the lives of the men under his immediate direction." By order of the Court, CHARLES BUTLER, Clerk to the Company. The Directors are anxious to lay before the public (in return for the generous sympathy so universally expressed) information of the effects of the new irruption of the River ; but the extreme stormy weather, since the accident, has prevented an accurate examination. So far as the Di rectors are informed, from a partial survey from the diving bell, they are instructed that neither the shield nor the brickwork have suffered any material injury; but they purpose giving further information in a few days. Walbrook-buildings, Jan. 15, 1828. • IT, yx • ZWL:iitre a‘" :inn * LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1828. We have reason to believe that the negocia tions arc nearly drawn to a close, and we hope very soon to announce the formation of an Admi nistration which will reconcile conflicting in terests, and terminate the harrassing distraction to which the Councils of this realm have been exposed, amidst the alternate triumphs of opposite factions. The Paris Papers 'of Tuesday, with the Ga zette de France of Wednesday, contain »othing important. The lICW Ministry is gill the order of the day, and the sth of February, the day on which the Chambers meet, is looked forward to with doubt, confidence, or apprehension, pro portioned to the stamina of the respective parties. The hoped-for return of the Ultra Tories here to power has stimulated the Ultra Tories of France to demonstrations of the most extravagant and clamorous joy. Already they grasp at do minion with u nholy wishes. Should the deluded creatures be disappointed in their ambition, we tremble for the little reason left them. According to letters from Bucharest, the GRAND SEIGNIOR has giVen orders to assemble the Grandees of the Empire at Constantinople to learn their advice upon the existing state of things, but this is said to want confirmation. If the SULTAN really wants their advice, it is to We received, this morning, the Journal (1 St. Petersburgh of the 29th December, with the Haerlem Courant, and Hamburgh Papers, of the 12th instant. They contain nothing fin , portant. The following is the Russian General's account of the preliminaries between himself and ABBAS MIRZA, on the subject of the treaty of peace. Min2A appears to be a vain Prince : NEWS FROM THE ARMY IN GEORGIA. ST. PitTP.RSEURGH, DEC. 29. Gen. Paskewitch sends the following particulars of the arrival of Abbas Mirza in the village of Dei Kargan, and of the commencement of the confefences for the treating of peace. On learning the movement of Gen. Benkendorf towards Tchevister, Abbas Mirza, fearing that he would be inter cepted, caused the town of Khoi to be evacuated, and left Salmos, where lie was in person, to go to Ourounier, Amir Asian Khan, of Khoi, having informed Gen. Paskewitch that he had occupied the latter town. Gen. Lapteff, who was to advance to Khoi, received orders to join his detach ment to that of Gen. Benkendorf. According to these new measures, the latter, on the arrival of Abbas Illirza at Dei Kargan, which was announced for the 3d or 4th of Nov., was to send a battalion of the Regiment of the Tiflis Infantry to go and take possession of Khoi, where Lieut.- Col. lryssotsky was to be left as Commandant. He was then to advance himself towards Sahnos, after Gen. Lap teff had joined him, and to take a position on the road of Ourounia. Abbas Mirza arrived at Tchevister on the 4th Nor.-. Gen. Benkendorf had already left it, conformably to his in structions ; but learning that the Prince was approaching, he halted, and sent a division of Dragoons and two pieces of artillery to meet him, and serve as his escort. Abbas Mirza received with much affability Cols. Prince Dolgo rowsky and Raievsky, who had gone to meet him, and several times assured them of his sincere desire for the speedy restoration of peace. On approaching the detachment, the Prince desired to he received with a salute of artillery, and to gratify him, General Benkendorf gave orders to fire a salute of six guns. lie then reviewed the whole detachment, paying the greatest attention to the artillery, admiring the promptness of the soldiers, and be having with great condescension to every body. Lastly, at his desire, the regiment of Kabarda and the Dragoons filed off before him. Abbas Mirza then took leave of General Benkendorf, whom he had received with the greatest regard, and set out for Tchevister, preceded by the escort. On the way, he conversed with Prince Dol gorowsky, Colonel Raievsky, and Count Solstoy, repeat ing the assurance of the sincerity of his intentions. On his arrival at Tchevister, a guard of honour, of 30 Dragoons and 30 Kourds, was posted before his tent. On leaving that place, Abbas Mirza would certainly come to Tchevister. On the 4th, General Paskewitch set out for Dei Kargan, escorted by a regiment of Cos sacks, and arrived there on the sth. Khosroi Mirza, son of Abbas illirza, had come, by his father's orders, to meet the General half way, and on seeing him at a distance, alighted from his horse to receive him, and had shown him the greatest respect. On the 6th, General Paskewitch, being informed of the arrival of Abbas Mirza, sent a division of the Hulans, and Lieut.-General Count Suchtelen, with the Staff, to meet him, seven wersts from Dci Kargan. Abbas Mirza re ceived him with great affability, inviting him to remain with him, and giving the Russian Staff the upper hand of his own suite. On arriving at the village where the narrow streets would not allow all the escort to enter, Abbas Mirza rode along the front of all the troops, and thanked each of the squadrons separately for the fatigue they had to undergo on his account. Major-General Panerateff, commanding the troops assembled at Die Kargan, received the Prince at the house prepared for him, before which a company of the Imperial Guards was stationed. The martial air of these soldiers, the precision of their movements, and their fine appearance,. particularly attracted the notice of Abbas Mirza. Immediately after his arrival, General Paskewitch waited on him. The Prince received him standing in the middle of the apartment, shook hands and spoke in a very friendly manner : on the thllowing day he paid a visit to the General. On the Bth, being the fete of the grand Duke Michael, after divine s}erviee there was a grand parade .of all the troops at Dei Kargan. Immediately after the ceremony, to which the Prince paid the greatest attention, he was pre sent at a breakfast given by Col. Schissoff, to which seve ral of the principal persons of the Prince' s suite w e r e in vited. The confer ence w i t h Abbas Mirza began on th e 10th and continu e d en t h e 11th and 12th. The good un derstanding which prevails is them gives reason to hope that the affair will soon be brought to a happy conclusion. General Paskswitsch concludes his report by announcing that the troops which were at Ourounia with Abbas Mirza, have retired to Miandow, 60 wersts south of Maragha, and that there ate no where any Persian troops on that side ; 12 pieces of cannon, and great quantities of ammunition and provisions were found in the town of Khoi, which was occupied on the 9th by a battalion of the regiment of Tiflis. The St. Peteriburgh journals contain Adrnital Ileyden's account of the battle of Navaiin, which agrees with those of the *her Admirals. A second report from Admiral 1-leyden, dated Malta, Nov. 26, has also been received, in which he speaks with the greatest praise of the remarkable cordiality between the three squadrons, and states that he is busily employed iu repairing the damage sustained by his squadron. H.M.S. brig Beaver has arrived at Falmouth, from Jamaica, with a mail ; sh© smiled from thence on the sth Dec. and from Crooked Island on the 16th. The following are extracts from Papers by this conveyance : His Majesty's Attorney-General has given his opinion that the slave law Bill of Dec. 1826 being no longer in force, in consequence of its disallowance, that the slave law of 1816 is renewed, and is the Act under which the trial of slaves must take place. The Learned Gentleman, suggests not, as he says, from any doubt on the subject, but as a means of precaution, not to try any slaves for any offence which subjects them to capital punishment or ' transportation, until the Order in Council, which annuls the last slave law, arrives, and which may be daily expected. A Petition most respectably and numerously signed in favour of granting the elective franchise to the Jews, was to be presented on the 4th Dec. by Mr. Atkinson, one of the members for the city, in his place in the House of Assem bly, and we feel persuaded that in this enlightened age that it will receive that support which our friends of the Hebrew nation so justly merit from the Legislature of this Island. The Lieutenant-Governor had been in some danger in proceeding from Port Henderson to Spanish Town, in • consequence of his horses having taken fright at some brushwood which lay near the beach. After plunging re peatedly they broke the pole and completely destroyed the eurricle. His Honour escaped without injury, having leaped out of the vehicle at the time the horses took fright. His Majesty's brig Fury, Captain Courtney, arrived on the 2d December from Cartkagena at Port Royal in four days. A Rail was given early in November at Spanish Town, in honour of Sir John Keane's accessioa of the govern ment of the island, which was attended by upwards of 100 ladies of the first families. A Bill was presented and read a first time in the House of Assembly, on the 30th Novem ber, to increase the privileges of the free people of colour, and ordered for further reading. It repeals the Act, 21 Geo. 111. c. 15., concerning three degrees - removal from a negro ancestor, and then provides that all persons of free condition, born here, or in the united kingdom, shall be permitted to vote for Members of Assembly, Vestrymen, Church Wardens, and Coroners, provided they have a free hold house, worth 50/. per annum, recorded in the usual manner, or a pen of one hundred acres, with a house of the value of fifty pounds, per annum, or a plantation, with 50 acres of land planted and buildings thereon, with slaves that have been taxed, or a rent charge °MOO/. per annum ; they are also made eligible to parochial offices and appointments made by the Justices and Vestry, and to serve as Jurors in Courts, or on Inquests and other occa sions ; this clause does not confer any power of sitting and voting in the Council and Assembly, or of enjoying any office of Magistracy. His Majesty's packet brig, Mar chioness of Salisbury, Capt. Graham, arrived at Jamaica on the 20th November, in 45 days from Falmouth, and sailed from thence for Carthagena on the 22d., as she was expected back, and to sail from the Island on the 11 th December; his Majesty's ship Barham, Capt. L. T. Louis, sailed on the 20th November for Barbadoes ; on the 18th his Majesty's ship Buitard, Captain Smith, also sailed from Port Royal for Chagres. It is stated in these Papers positively, that the Lieut.- Governor had thought proper to dismiss Mr. Jarvis Harker, from his situation as Deputy Judge Advocate of the St. Ann's Regiment, in consequence of a report of a Court of Inquiry composed of five officers of Militia, on a charge of having used gross and insulting language to Major Hilton, and for having refused a challenge in a dastardly and cowardly manner. No farther intelligence had been received relative to his Majesty's packet Hearty, and consequently the reluctant belief prevailed, that the most disastrous con sequences had befallen her. Some disagreement had taken place between Captain White, of the brig Waterloo, and Vice-Admiral Flemyng, and the vessel was detain for three days, on the assumption that the Captain had used impro per language to the boarding officer. The detention of the vessel at a heavy expence, which neither law nor custom will sanction, leads to the inference thighe Vice-Admiral has exceeded his authority. Should any of our readers entertain any doubts as to the character and government of the Turkish people, they will find great illumination by the perusal of an article entitled the Present State ?f Turkey, in the first number of the Foreign Review, some extracts from which are inserted in another column. We shall not here analyse the merits of that able article, the chief staple of which is founded on personal observa tion of the writer, arid therefore inure valuable, as being imbued with the living impi!ssion of real events ; but no one who reads that article can help wondering how a state, governed by such contradictory impulses, continues its existence. The abortive negociations at Con stantinople for the last six months, can excite no surprise, if we consider that the political agents are men of the same stamp as their illustrious predecessors—each more renowned than the other for his ignorance or superstitious brutality. What. can be said of a Government where the very slaves become dignitaries of the State, and glory in their servitude as being the source of promotion ! where the Minister of Fo reign Affairs asks, how a Russian fleet could pass up the Mediterranean, seeing the Straits of Gibraltar were no wider than the space marked on the map, to which he haughtily pointed the finger of scorn as a proof of his superior geographical knowledge ! But the thing be comes more ludicrous when the other Mi nisters were convinced by the wisdom of his Excellency ! With Mahornetans, religion an d monarchy are the main-spr in g s of acti o n . They fight not for country -slaves have no coun try, but for despotism. With them j usti ce i s b oug ht and sold :--contradictory decisions are purchased by clients, to reconcile which, often puzzles the wisdom of their judges. With them books have no value—the books of an enslaved people are never the mirrors of truth. — But there is one inference drawn from their slavery not peculiar to other na tions —they are so superior in their own o pinion to the people of other countries, that in their very thraldom th e y arc satisfied ! Th e i r situation it 'mustt ble —and such i s be insupportable, --and a is SO b a d, that to become worse now the condition of Turkey. Hospita lity is practised among the Turks for two reasons ;—first, a religious motive ; secondly, becaus e the tyranny o f the Government would take their riches from them, and it is more agreeable to give than to be r obbed. In Turkey highway men are as c ommon as the trees—and assassins date their rank from the SULTAN him self—the GRAND VIZIER and the GRAND ADMIRAL down to common porters. Burglaries areso frequent,of o f the mosques is no protection aga inst the rapacity The character of the Ottomans o f Asia th a t even the sacredness the true Believers of the Prophet Mi nor, differs from that of the inhabitants of Euro pean Turkey ; and each of the provinces has its different manners and customs. The cha ratter of the Turks in the villages, the towns of the second rank, the capital towns, and the commercial and manufacturing towns, also varies considerably. The Turk of Bulgaria is rude to ferocity : of Thrace, haughty and fanatic; the Macedonian is covetous and distrustful ; the Thessalian, wicked and cowardly ; the All4a nian, murderous, thievish, and insatiable ; the Bosniack, inhospitattle, savage, and blood thirsty. The Turk of the commercial towns is rapacious and perjured ; the Turk of Asia Minor is rendered ferocious by fanaticism and by destitution ; in the interior pro vinces insolent ; a spoliator and a tyrant in the maritime districts. The Turk of Constan tinople, not only to show his dissatisfaction at the abuses of Government, but also to plun der the heuses and shops of individuals, sets them on fire, and commits most frightful acts of barbarity. SI-UPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JA.N. 17.—Wind S. by E.- . -Arrived from London, the Ceres, Warner, for Bombay. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived from London the Sarah, Bateman, for New South Wales, with damage and loss of anchor aad cable. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind S. and S.S.E.— Arrived his Majesty's brig Conflict, Wakefield, from Sierra Leone, sailed the 16th of December, towed into port, by the Kent, from Demerara, with loss of foremast, h til maintop-mast, n o a i nt v o e p r - b m o a a s r t d , ;n bowsprit, the 10th and of January run rudder,aimaal guns so run down off Scilly, the Lady Dank's, from London to Teneriffc, crew taken on board the Conflict. The Kent, Buerly, from Demerara, somewhat leaky ; Active, Cole, from Lisbon, loss of mainboom, and , sails split ; the Admiral, Nelius, from St. daloes to Marseilles, loss of mainmast, &c.; and the Junge, Henrick, from Antwerp to Marseilles, with sails split and leaky. The Memnon, Evans, has put in with loss of bulwarks and sails split. FALMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived his Majesty's brig Beaver, from Jamaica, sailed the 6th of December; on the 6th inst., in a heavy g ale, threw her guns overboard. The Kingfisher Packet arrived at Jamaica on the sth inst. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TIVEM •'CLecx. Business for the present seems nearly to have ceased in the English Stock market, and it id likely to remain so until the account is finally ad justed, or some certainty can be formed on the sub ject of the Ministry. Consols opened at 86 for account, and 841 -A- for money, ex. div., the only variation being in Consols for the 22d Jan., which improved to 86i, and for Feb. 1-16th higher; Indts Bonds are 87 9; Exchequer Bills, S 6 7 pm. The Foreign Funds remain equally dull. Some expectation was entertained that his Majesty's Air Beaver, from Jamaica, would bring advises from Co lombia, this we hear is not the case, but they may be daily expected by the Marchioness of Salisbury packet, which is supposed to haVe left the island 0 0 the 11th Dec., die present mail being in lieu of the Hearty, which there is little doubt is lost. Mexicali Bonds remain at 464 i; Colombian, 254 6, being per cent. lower ; this appears to be the case withi Portuguese, which are 71 -; Russian, 92i i; and Danish, 604 -I.; in the other foreign securities e° alteration has taken place. Shares seem to attract little attention, and the prices remain stationary. Three per Cent. Consols, 1144 ex. div. ; Ditto for th e Account 86i • Ditto for Feb., 964 ; Three per Cent' Reduced, 85* 1; India Bonds, 87 9 pm. ; Excheq lo Bills, 56 7 pm. FORElGN.—Brazilian, 60 4 ; Buenos Ayres, , 42 Chilian, 24 6 ; Colombian, ni 6 ; Danish, 60/ ; Greilr' 174 ; Mexican, 6 per Cent., 463- ; Pe ruv i aN tS 6; Portuguese, 71 ) s . ; Russian, 92i ; Spanish, 10111 , Mixas.—Anglo Mexican, 60 56 dis. ; Brazilian, 10 70 pm. ; Colombian, 224 3i per share ; Real del Mond' par, 10 pm ; United Mexican, 21 20 dis. ; General Miniri Association, 9 4 per share TWO O'CLO.X. The appearance of the Coasol Market has impcd ved; they have been done at 86/ for account , and arc now 861 N. It is - reported that id] length the Ministry is finally settled; and some go so far as to expect that the Gazette of this evening will contain the respective appointments. The advance of Consols is occasioned by the Bear party not being quite prepared for the account day. THREE 0' CL 0 6!K Consols for Account, 8611 ; for February' 86 buyers—not much business doing. I this moment learn, from good authority, that, the new Ministry is arranged, and it will be o ne 0 ; the most powerful since the time of Mr. Pitt, alw, will act upon the same principles. TESTIMONIAL TO THE LATE Mil' CANNING. Liverpool, Jan. 16'. : This day a Meeting of the Subscribers to the Mon ty ment intended to be erected in memory of Mr. C a nniof was held at the Town Hall. At one o'clock the Worshir ful the MAyos was called on to preside. . JOHN GLADSTONE, Esq. read the Report of the Con r mittee appointed at the meeting of the 27th August la ,} It purported to state, that the Committee, in discharge e their duty, had adopted measures for obtaining subsea tions, and they felt great pleasure in being enabled to f t , port, that a sum of 3,500/. had been subscribed, 3,20 V" t i of which was a l rea d y collected, an d 3, 0001 . placed in t.,' hands of the D oc k T rustees, at 4 per cent , interest. l'''.l: Committee f ee l sangu i ne i n t h e h ope th a t subscriptions 01: continue to flow in, but entertain an opinion that the s' l 4' already in hand, with the accumulation of interest for t'' period prior to the co mpletion, will be found nearly ad t quate to the object in new. After mature deliberatio n ' the Committee are of opinion that a bronze statue of 0) : deceased Statesman, placed on a pedestal in a conspict situation, would be the most appropriate, do credit to the e ! feelings, and meet the approbation of subscribers. IV ,i impressed with the importance of having the design fitril l , e , . accor ding to superior taste and c h asteness of style, an d t' work . executed in the ablest manner, the Conanait tel deemed it a leading object to a scer t a i n if that Er nie' sculptor, Mr. Chantry, would be disposed to furnish e dell, and undertake to execute the work within a reaset' able time. The fact of M r . Ch an t r y having mod e ll e d frog the life, mid of his possessing several. busts of Mr. CAI; ping in marble, operated as an additional stimulus to ti' ' application. The Committee have received au anse l i , from Mr. Chantry, stating that he would undertake . 2 execute a b ronze sta t ue of . Mr. Canning, withi n t h e tetT of three years, for the sum of 4,0001. lie .is now Ca te pied on four bronze statues, two of his present Majei t i; and one of Mr. Pitt, each twelve feet high ; and one .) , l a i t a ty vin n g ut i n b i r ter . circumstance of 11 ! 11 theentering into corult e e lj t , Mr. Watt, nine feet high. Mr. Chantry would furrOP,' Lion with other artists. After this information, it was '4 to determine whether they would l' 15 : ,1 the 'subscribers „ • , xclnsively in Mr. CI t• ' hands,loos t Luensse.ves e 4an ty S or t. other artists. The Committee, however, duly appreq . , in ,, the genius, taste, and elaborate execution of, ,fr. ~ ome f rimes ot o le f ls 3 „ ea b ni ut de f e o li r neii have come to the resolution of recommending th e oboe ( ' hers to a ccede to his proposal. The situation o f the tie tended t e tended monument has engaged the serious attention of t Committee, and the sites which appear to them mo st ar i ," propriate for its er ec ti on are St. George' s C rescent, a t t, t o p of Lord-street, or the intended extensive area that tc t be left between the new Custom-house and the riv e'' They pr e f er t h e l atter, an d b eg l eave to recommend t'''' the selection of site be left to the new Committ e r. Mr. R OBERT G LADST ONE moved, th a t th e R epo rt 3/ tt, read be adopted ; the motion was seconded by J. Evv° Esq. and carried unanimously. . t 0 The new C o mmittee (comprisin g some o f t h e mos t e , q nent Gentlemen in Liverpool) was appointed, and OP' being voted to the MAYOR, the Meeting adjourned. We are requested by Mr. Clifton to st o e , that he has no connection with this or any ° lb Paper. f muCtitlFifi. to th tion of untitled •' ills 1 ciAtog, directiN w~;,j~ -i ~:+ This 6 ,0004, Cox ant Mr. ( The Peered tl to t h e r , The comende b Syke Mr. 'Hoc: to that it received At this Place ball finally agr , plaintiff st Lord T 'greed to acted wise as respect( Chief .1 Lordship fects of hi: sat on the labour of t, SUR} P Htormyas4 en, valu e s i xper The CH labo ur i n tin two fowls, I The pria u ntenced to , Mr. IlEt ( - 0 4 rt fur al; terest previc plo~ed~ and iro n is ou ever, did no th e last a PPrelien Y s e i a v l offer ";en detern ('` t he Irons "" roost ni 441411, r i 0 c u n• G h i for nspectic kind prin, eve r ti nemy fo, trestle tree' decide o d .` m ast beenp n o Before the was neeessz sci well by could not b encountered ning on hei of the roast einien of 3 creditable t renter who ~~