The Sun. — London, England, 1828-08-04 00:00:00

NEWS FROM THE THEATRE OF WAR. BERMS, JULY 26.—(CAMP AT BAZARDJIK, JULY 11.)—The Emperor left Karassu on the 6th July, and, after a march of three days, arrived with the head-quarters at Bazardjik; this town was already occupied by our advanced posts. The inhabitants had abandoned it, and the enemy made no at tempt to defend himself there, though he had pre viously seemed to have had• an intention of con centrating his force there. The advanced posts had scarcely passed Bazardjik, when they met with a de tachment of the enemy's cavalry, 4,000 in number, which had been sent from Schumla to reconnoitre, under the command of Hassan Pacha, the same who was opposed to us OR the passing of the Danube.. The enemy was immediately repulsed, and took - flight. Since then they have no where stood their ground, but c onstantly retreat on the approach of our troops. General Keidiger, in pursuing them, has arrived in the neighbourhood of Kosloudji, or Couslidich. On the left wing our troops have occupied Ko varna ; this place is very important, on account of its port. A division has marched towards Varna, in order to invest that fortress. On the right wing General Roth has passed the Danube at Hirchova, in order to commence the siege of Silistria. He has been succeeded in the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia by the corps of cavalry under the com mand of General Borodzia. On this point, as well as every other, the enemy's patrole retreat as soon as they see our troops. The Imperial Army has been reinforced by the corps of Gen. Woinow, and by the divisions that took Matchin, Hirchova, and Toultcha. We shortly ex pect the fleet under Admiral Greig, and the brigade under General Prince Menzikow, which was em ployed in the siege of Anapa. Hussein Paella, who commands the enemy's troops on this side of the Balkan, remains at the head of the army of Schumla, respecting the strength of which the accounts are uncertain. The enemy does not appear to intend to advance to meet us.—Prussian State Gazette, July 27. BISTULZ (TRANSYLVANIA), JULY 13.—A regi ment of cavalry, and two of infantry, have marched past Bucharest towards Little Wallachia, where the Turks are beginning to be very numerous at the tete de pont of Kalafat. On this account the corps of General Witt, amounting to 60,000 men, will enter the Principalities ; at the same time Ghiur gevo is seriously attacked. Kutshuk Achmed Pa ella, the Governor, is said frequently to harass, by sallies, the besieging corps under Baron Geismar. A Russian courier, who passed through this place on the 3d instant, on his way to Vienna, affirms that the epidemic at Buchares% is certainly not the plague. , o7'• On the Ist of July, Prince Meschtchasky, in company of Lieutenant-Colonel O'Donnel (in the British service), passed through Hermanstadt, on the way to Bucharest. In Wallachia the Russians have required 180,000 loads of hay, at 650 oka per load, and 16,000 men are ordered to the Danube, to make hay. On the declaration of the Boyards that they cannot possibly raise the military contribution of ten millions, the Russian Government will advance the money, on an engagement for the repayment in sixteen years, with the interest-; 20,000 Dutch ducats have arrived at Bucharest from head-quarters. Moldavia is to furnish 16,000 fat oxen, and Wallachia 3,400. Count Pablen has promised to pay for the half in ready money. The Consul-General Minziacky is to go as Governor to Jassy. The Turks in Silistria have made a sally, with a con,"iderable force, towards Kalarach and Slobodzie. At Bucharest they are in daily expectation of the news of th taking of Varna, where the Emperor will fix his head-quarters, and while the centre at tacks Schumla, will prosecute his operations against A dri ano ple.—Allgemeine Zeitung. ANTWERP, JULY 29.—Yesterday afternoon, at half-past four o'clock, arrived here the William 1., Captain Langhetee. The Journals (and, among others, the Lloyd's List of the Bth instant) an nounced the capture of this ship by the Buenos Avres privateer the Libertador Bolivar, off Cabo Frio, on 2d April last. The passengers were put on board the Falcon, an English vessel. The pri vateer took away all Captain Langlietee's crew, ex cept his son and the cook, and put on board a crew of ten men and a prize-master, The latter ordered the vessel to the bay of Ail Saints, on the coast of Patagonia, in lat. 40. south. After sailing three days along the Patagonian coast, and experiencing a violent storm, Captain Langhetee persuaded the crew to give up the trade of privateering and assist him to return to Europe. The prize-master alone was inexorable, and it was necessary to reduce him to obedience by threatening to throw him into the sea. To avoid meeting with any privateer, Captain Langhetee sailed to 43. south latitude, and then steered his course for Europe, and arrived yesterday afternoon at Flushing, after a voyage of sixty-three days, in want of provisions, and after having been forced to put under confine ment the prize-master and some of the crew, whose conduct excited suspicion. VIENNA, JULY 22.—Yesterday we had a dread ful hurricane, which continued for some hours, and has done much damage. Metalliques, 93*. Bank Shares, 1,067. BRUSSELS, JULY 31.—His Royal Highness the Plince of Orange set out for the Hague yesterday evening. LEIPSIC, JULY 12.—A Sardinian vessel arrived here on the 10th, in seven days, from Algiers. It sailed from that port in open day because the wind kept the French squadron at a distance. The Cap tain affirms that the inhabitants of Algiers care but little for the blockade. THE FORGE its.—lt will be seen that the bang of forgers, whose conviction we mentioned last week, has e scaped the extre me p enalt y of the law. The lives of all the members of it are to be s p ared, althou g h the y are to spend the remainder of those lives in exile. We under-. stanel that the reason why these men have been allowed to escape that punishment, which has been so often inflicted for offences irnilar in kind, but far less aggravated in their circumstances, is, that they have engaged to communicate all the information wSicli they possess as to those who are " behind," that is as to t;:ose by whom they were instigated, and by whom the y were sup,,ilied with the instruments of forgery. No one who saw the prisoners standing at the bar at York, and observed their appearance, could believe that they were what is called " the topmen," that is, that they were the men who manufactured the whichtime sions were ma d e . Their circutnatances and education were evidently not above those of COLDII4OII labourers, and they certainly did not possess the intelligence and skill which f whior ch are necessary to manufacture even a very .indiffere gery. What has happened on this oc,caston must have shown th e rea l fo r g e rs--those who are behind --that traffic in which they have been concerned is as dangerous to themselves as it is injurious to their country, and ha ve convinced them, that their associates will always be per fectly ready to mak e th e i r own p ea ce by delivering the m np to justice. They may assure themselves, that if they a.;e once discovered, their career will be short enough.— Leeds Mercury. NATURAL HISTORY OP L ° MISTS.— It is highly interesting to witness the habits of these insects on their leaving the holes or crevices in the earth. after breaking their prison-house, they crawl up the twigs of the shrubs during the night, and remain until the heat of the sun the next morning h driedthereiorf burstinga cniterecsitoand,i or shell, when the insect ac q uires the power and taking flight. There seems to be no regularity what every in the time of a pp earance of these destructivex g insects. and In the southern pa rts of the United States, ,E p the eastern parts of Turkey, they sometimes make their appearance in countless myriads, committing the moat ter rible d e vastation on vegetation, and, again disappearing in a few weeks, do not repeat their visits for several years._ The sources from whence these destructive insects proceed to their periodical though irregular migrations remain in a great measure unknown, though they are prouuled to be as follows :—The insects deposit an immense number of eggs in the crevices, of the soil, but the great majority do Not form lame except under peculiar circumstances of humi dity and high temperature combined. The eggs in some eases are known to retnaiu several years in the crevices of the earth before the larva make their appearance,— knndet Weekly Review, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gffistitutionnel.) PA RIS, A UG. —The expedition to the Mores con tinues to he the object of general interest, in which it may be said that all France sympathizes. The particulars of it are sought after with extreme curiosity ; but these details, and the nominations of the General Officers forming part of the expedition, haVing been given to the public as they were known, consequently without arrangement and in exact, we have thought it better to procure inure accurate and positive details, and we believe it is in our power to furnish the following as a tolerably correct account. 'Commander-in-chief, Lietitenant-General 3l iison, Peer of France; C6nf of the Staff, Marshal tie Camp Durrieu ; Deputy Colonel de Trezel ; Intendant-General, Baron Vol land ; Paymaster-General, M. Tirino. The force consists of three Brigades—viz,, Ist Brigade commanded by Marshal tie Camp T. Sebattiani ; Bth Re giment of the Line, Colonel Salpervielt ; 16th ditto, Col. Borgarelli d'lson ; 211 h dittO, Colonel Cnviers, 3d Regi ment of mounted Chasseurs, Colonel Fandoas. _ _ 2d Brigade, commanded by Marihal Higunet, Member of the Chamber of Deputies :- 0 9 tli Regiment of the Liue, Colonel Delaeliati ; 35th ditto, Colonel Rulliri ; 47 ditto, Colonel Leserre. 3d Brigade, Commanded by Marshal Count Schneider :- 58t1r Regiment of the Line, Colonel Duquesnay ; 51th ditto, Colonel Delaurenein. Artillery, four companies of the sth awl Sth Regiments of Foot, and two hill. pieces, commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Lahitte ; two companies of the 2d- Regiment of Sappers, commanded by Lieutenant Andy. It is confidently stated that the expeditio❑ will set sail very shortly from the port of Toulon. Me two first brigades will embark together : the 3d will not put to sea till some time after. " The official journals, in announcing the names of the General Officers appointed to command our troops in the Mores, have net confirmed the tlattet ing intelligence of the no mination of Fabvier to the rank of Marshal de Camp. Ne vertheless, this nomination is considered as certain. It is even said that one of the brigades has a provisional comman der only, the command being reserved for Fabvier. If the fact be so, the Govet nment will have availed itself in a noble manner of the services voluntarily rendered by a man who has restored the French name to its former reputation in Greece, compromised as it was under the last Ministry by the assist ance rendered to the Turks. But then wherefore do not services of the same kind receive the same recomuence? Under Fabvier ha e fought, for four or five years past, many old officers, who have partaken of his privations and his glory. Some of them fell last year before Athens. Those who survive cannot be forgotten without injustice. We content ourselves with mentioning here :Captain Maillet, charged with the last mission from Fahvier to the Greek Committee of Paris. Fabvier, in introducing this brave officer to the committee, recommended Lime as his First Lieutenant, his right hand,—in short, as the organizer of those battalions of Tacticos, to whose valour was owing the long defence of Athens and the safety of Napoli di Romania. Captain Maillet is in equally high esteem with the committee which is charged with important missions, as with Fabvier, of whom he is the intimate friend and constant companion is arms. (From the Journal des Debats.) PARIS, AncusT I.—The Speech at the closing of the English Parliament resembles the session which it was em ployed to prorogue. Its language is timid, like the part played by England in foreign politics during the last six months. With respect to the kind of pique against the victory of Navariu, the Duke of Wellington dismisses the Peers and the Commons as he had received them. The only difference is, that he announces to them expecta tions in the month of February, and at the end of July he mourns over realities. The English Ministers know not how to express them selves with regard to the affairs of the East. Their lan guage only proves that they have not yet made up their minds which part to take. Is this owing to the difficulties and perplexities of the question itself ; or does this hesita tion discover the internalcondition ufEngland ? Doubtless the question is a grave one ; pushed to its last consequences, what can be more serious for England than to decide with regard to its participation? The silence maintained with respect to the - expedition which is preparing in our ports on the Mediterranean, is remarkable. It was impossible that that could not be offi cially known at London on the 28th of July, which was publicly known at Paris on the 24th. It is reported, nevertheless, that there is to be an imposing development of the naval force of England in the Archipelago. Why was not a word of this mentioned to Parliament at the period when it separated? The Duke of Wellington calculated upon Don Miguel restoring peace and happiness to Portugal. At present, it is to the august chief of the House of Braganza, Don Pedro, he refers the course to for adopted with regard to the de facto Government of the usurper. As soon as news can be.received from Rio, the political situations of the different Stites of Europe may perhaps be much changed ; and it is doubtful whether the events of the old world may not be governed by the re-actions of the new. (From the Gazette de France, dated Saturday, Aug. 2.) PARIS, AVG. 1.-It is with sincere regret tbat we publish bad news ; but it is also with satisfaction that we publish such as is good. We find the following article in the Journal du Nord of the 30th of July : " Cries of alarm, imprudent clamours, have been re peated in some journals,—wheat has sprouted, the harvest is lost, the price of corn increases, &c. &e. Such are the fears which are attempted to be disseminated among the public, and which persons who are not able to verify the facts aalinit as certain. Happily, we are not yet in this situ ation, and there is every reason to hope that the fears caused by some heavy rains will be speedily dispelled. We can now affirm, after positive information, that in our arrondissement every thing is in very good condi tion—nothing is lost—nothing is spoiled, and a consi derable part of the harvest is already under cover. The labour proceeds with ardour. Some districts have, per haps, suffered a little more than others; but does not that happen every year? In general, the harvest is good and abundant, and that is sufficient to dispel the ill-founded alarms, which can only have been spread by people who are interested in speculating on the public calamities." We find the following article in a morning paper:— " As we have already announced, it seems that Messrs. Riheaupierre, and Stratford Canning, will soon meat at Corfu, and concert with the agents of the Greek Gov - eminent the final regulations of the affairs of Greece. According to the reports which transpire re specting this kind of congress of the Ministers of the three Powers, it should appear that the stipulations' of the treaty of the 6th July will not serve as the basis of the resolutions which are to fix the fate of Greece. They will deliberate and deteilhine without consulting the Porte. No reserve will be stipulated for rights which it has lost by refusing to subscribe in due tiir42 the conditions imposed upon it by the ultimatum of the Allied Powers. No right of investiture or of sanction, no tribute, no irui l emnity, it is said, will he stipulated in favour of the Sultan. Greece will form an independent State, under the protection of the great Euro pean Powers. It is added, that the frontiers of this new State are to be fixed by the Ambassadors assembled at Corfu ; and if we may b e liev e the conjectures respecting the intentions of the Cabinets which are. the most generally credited, the Greeks will obtain possession cf a territory more extensive than that which they have conquered by arms ; the Thermopylae, Salona, in the ancient Phocis, Euboia, with the possesSion of that island, will form the frov#irs of it." The Genoa Gazette announces that Count Capo d'ls tria has caused to delivered to the banker of the Emperor of Russia, at Malta, bonds of the Greek Government to the amount of a million and a half of rubles, which have been placed at the disposal of that Government." Lit is not said whether they are rubles in Bank notes, which are worth b ut a franc,—...or silver rubles, which are worth four,]' FRENCH FuNDS.—Fiwe per Cents. 105 f. 90c.; Three per Cents. 72f. 30c. ; Bank Stock, 1,890 f. ; Naples Stock, liaytian L oam , 62(.f. Exchange on orti one e i n 25f. 25c. ; th ree mont h s, 25 f . 15c. tot;11, DINNEIL TO GEORGE MOORE.—The dinner to GEORGE HANDWICH GRAHAM MOORP, Esq. M.P. , is p th e orangeists say to a season of more abund... ant nurc h a sers thin t he p resent, but according to otr it o,n iwed t. ; less sangui'ne sprulator, to " the - Greek Kalends." In plain words, there is tp be no banquet at all! !—Dialin Morning Register. The Earl of Rossi-AN., IS COI,IIIt MELVILLE, and the Ilanse Town I‘liuister, transacted business on Sa turday at the office of the Secretary. of State for Foreign Affairs. The Spanish Special Minister, the Earl of ABE RDEEN, and Mr. SPENCER PERCEVAL, had inter views with the Duke of WELLINGTos on Saturday at the Treasury. Lord HILL, has been confined to his residence in Connaught -place for some slays past, in consequence of having taken a severe cold whilst on an excursion on the river on Wednesday to Greenwich to join the party at the white-bait dinner. The levee, 55 hid! his Lordship had appointed to hold; as Commander of the Forces, was post poned. ricters OF STOCK; THIS DAY AT 05K O'CLOCK. Iiml: 4:tock 3 per Cent. Red. SR 7s4' Old:Annuities 3 per Cent. Cons 8714 67, New Ditto 3t4 per Cent l):tto Bed 953,',,5 Ditt o 5OO 2d. 71 73 pm. 4 per Cent Neu Ditto, 1`426 Bank L. Ann. _l9 15-16 Zit' Bank for Account . ...... .. I mita:Stock - 244 fi;,i I lnctla for Account — Ditto Bonds ll2 pm. I Cons. for Ac. Si !,,,,' tl,i 1.14,1C1 OF FOKRION FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE li . clock:. Austrian Bonds, 5 pin cent. Neapolitan, IS2-1 Brazilian Bonds 63 Peruvian:Bonds - V's l ,', Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bonds 'H 3 l4 4 Cliilian Bonds, 6 per et. ... ' Prussian, 5 per cent — Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New _ Ditto, 1.424. 2314 Russian, New Dani,h, 3 per cent. 61 : ;(1 Spanish, 1521 101,:, .9 , i Greek Bonds — --. IBtn: , , Ditto, 15 9 5 , I French Rentes, sp. c. —L., Guatiznala - Exchange...-. —t —,.. Mexican Bonds 2s !: 2 ----- 9 per cent...—. —1.,. D,. 1!25 --.- Exchange —f.. —c. nucss Or SHAKES THIS DAT AT ONE O ' CLOCK. P a id . Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (Ist. at 51. pm.) £95 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O • 69 '7O United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) SS 21 1 - 4 22 Protector Fire Insurance Co 2 #l 3 0 Pitl , 2RS OF IRISH STOC . bank Stock Consols, 3 percent. S —( l 3.4 Gov. Stock, 3% per cent.— 9t Ditto, New 94% I per Ccnt. 101% Gov. Deb. 3% per cent 9sli Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent — Ballast Office Deb. 4 r). ct — AUC, 1. St. Patrick Incur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Ilibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. AstarrxßDAm, Auo. 1.-12. 214.—'rtro months, 11. 97 1-I•NlLltiliCil, JULY Y9.-13.t11.—Two months, 13, Sr. PETERROURGII, JULY N.—Three months, 10 11.39. LKIPSIC, JULY 25.—Three months, 6. 15. BERLIN', JULY 26.—Three months, C. 25%. STOCKMOLNI, JULY 22.—Ninety days, 12. I. 1110,1 WATRit AT LONDON BRIDON TO-MORROW. Morning... 42 minutes after 9. 1 Evening ....15 minutes after 10. a LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 4, 1828. The Russian fleet—the fleet of our moderate Ally, has proceeded down the Channel, without giving a . friendly call at any of our ports. It proceeded under all sail for the Mediterranean, fearful of any contact with the English shores ! If, as his Majesty's Speech said, the Russian EMPEROR had consented to waive his rights as a belligerent in the Medi terranean, what necessity is there for rein forcing his idle fleet in that quarter ? Does he wish to realize at tea the story of Tom helping DICK. " Tom, what are you do ing ?"—" Nothing."—" DICK, what are you doing ? Helping Tom ! Really the Duke of WELLINGTON must be far gone if he believes all that his Imperial Majesty has lately assured him. We fear that there must have been some northern magic in the last snuff-box which conveyed the EMPEROR'S high sense of the Duke's penetration as a Diplomatist when he signed the Protocol of the Treaty of the 6th of July. It will be a memorable epoch in the maritime History of England that a Russian fleet passed safely, and insultingly, down Channel because the Government of England had given umbrage to the Northern Autocrat. But there is another Russian fleet on the way—we trust not with a broom at the mast-head The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 28th July has been received, from which we extract the following significant paragraph, as illustrative of the indifference or infatuation of the PoRTE, with respect to the clangers which threaten its existence : CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 8. _No change of any importance has taken place here since the 27th June. The news of the fall of Brailow seems no more to rouse the Turks from the indifference with which they bear all reverses than the passage of the Danube by the Russians; the Porte continues to act with an appearance of security and composure, as if no imme diate danger threatened it, and as if even in this case it were sure of the result. (It may be inferred from this letter, that up to the sth July the Grand Vizier had not set oat for the army, and the Standard of the Prophet had not been hoisted, and consequently, that the Sultan has not yet ronsidered the employment of this last measure necessary.) VIENNA ; JULY 23. Metalliques, 93k; Bank Share!, 1068 3-16. By the Austrian Observer of the 23d July it appears that the most positive injunctions have been given to limit the ravages of the plague in Bucharest : VIENNA, JULY 21. According to the most recent accounts from Bucharest, of the 7th and llth inst., the plague continued to spread, not withstanding the precautions taken by the Russian Board of Health. Above 300 families are now removed into the several Lazarettos, and as many more under surveillance in the town itself. By the Emperor's express command, not only all the tribunals are closed, but the meetings of the Divan, and every ceremony which might cause a con course of people, and consequently occasion contact with the infected, is strictly prohibited. His MAJESTY'S brig Kingfisher, has arrived with a mail, from Rio Janeiro, of the ith June, at which time there was not the slightest prospect of peace being established with Buenos Ayres. Letters from Buenos Ayres of the 12th May give but faint hopes of peace. The exchange was 16 17 doubloons, 49 50 dollars. A report existed at Monte Video that two Deputies were shiirtly to arrive there, to meet two others from this place ; but little was expected from these measures to effect a peace, unless through the intervention of a neutral Power : ItIO DE JANEIRO, MAY 24• A report has been current during the last week, and we fear it is too true, that three whale-boats, with from ten to fifteen men each, have been fitted out in this harbour us pirates, and that one had gone to sea some days past, and the other two had since sallied forth with the de dared intention of taking the British brig Liberator ; the only gleam of hope we have that this is not the case is, that we have not yet heard of any depre dations by such craft. We have been told that Captain Grenfell was informed of these boats having gone unt pre vious to his departure ; if so, they are in good hands, and we hope he may fall in with them. Report says, their crews are chiefly composed of Spaniards and Frenchmen. We think it our duty to lay this affair before the Govern ment and the public, though we by no means vouch for its authenticity. During the last week nothing has transpired to throw any further light on the negociations for peace, but it is firmly believed that they will fall to the ground—which, front the present character of the two nations, was by us from the first expected. Ere we can have peace, the Im perial cruisers must strictly protect the coasting trade; if this is done, as it can and ought to be done, these piratical wolves, the Buenos Ayres privateers, will be wrought, from hunger, to a pitch of madness and daring, and then will be the period for striking the decisive blow ; then, j and then only, may we expect peace—but assuredly not so long as privateering yields to the Government of Buenos Ayres three millions of dollars per annum : cut off this branch of revenue, and we shall be blessed with peace in a few months. It is said that the British Admiral has in structions to capture every privateer that is not armed and manned according to law ; if so, why not every British cruiser on the station out at sea? To what to ascribe their conduct we are ignorant. British merchant vessels are daily plundered, and taken almost under the Admiral's nose, yet we see no attention paid nor steps taken to stop the direful evil ; is not this shamelitl? What is lie And the .4tptadrou here for, if not to protect the British trade ? Is not he pia and fed by the funds of British commerce? Then let him not affect to despise that to which he is beholden for his high station in life. The following are extracts from the very appropriate reply of the Catnara dos Senadores to the Speech from this Throne. We are sorry our limits will not admit of thei being more extensive : " The Senate congratulates itself equally with your Im perial Majesty upon treaties of Commerce, &c. having been concluded with his Britannic Majesty and the King of Prussia, and appreciating equally with your pater nal zeal and solicitude for securing the relatiene of harmony and friendship with foreign Powers. The Senate are short of terms to express the heroism and generosity with which your Imperial Majesty completed your abdica tion of the Crown of Portugal, in which t he interests of both countries are so circumspectly and profoundly con sulted. " With respect to the negociation of peace established with the Government of Buenos Ayres the pacific inten tions of your heart are duly appreciated by the 'Senate, to whom nothing remains but to offer prayers to the Omni potent, that that Government may take advantage of the generous propositions made by your Imperial Majesty, and thus put a stop to the war, which has retarded the political regeneration of the American people. If, however, pre tensions are manifested by that Government, nothing shall be wanting on the part of the Senate to animate the public spirit, and strenuously resist unjust hostilities. MAY 31.---On Tuesday evening arrived the George cunning, J. M'Clellan, from Liverpool. OtT the Abrolhos encountered two Buenos Ayres privateers, who took out of her as contraband of war five cases of copper, belonging to Messrs. Schivend, Braile, and Co., and likewise one of her boats, which they insisted on paying for. Letters have been received from Rio Grande, stating that General Lavalleja had treacherously broken the arnais tire, and had advanced to within seven leagues of Rio Grande, but had again retired, carrying with him what cattle he could muster. Not a word is said as to the posi tion of General Lecor ; we arc anxiously waiting further accounts. We understand that the British Ambassador had an in terview with his Imperial Majesty a few days ago : the result we are far from confident of, but we believe it to be his Imperial Majesty's determination to support the war with redoubled vigour, in case Buenos Ayres does not ac cept the proposals last made. Blackwood's Magazine, once renowned for liveliness and spirit, though never for sound or comprehensive views of policy, seems, if we may judge from the present, and some late numbers, to be rather on the wane. It is now almost wholly engrossed with politics ; and is of course a mere tirade of unmeasured violence, without any relief from ingenuity or fancy. The dull mass of abuse is vivified by no cheering ray of intellect. There are some attempts at wit to be seen, but they terminate in feebleness ; while in dogmatism and arrogance, along with a total absence of all information on the subjects dis cussed with so much clamour, Blackwood's Magazine may now fairly rival the John Bull. Of the twelve articles contained in the present number, there are, no doubt, several that are not political. Of these." The Golden Fleece" is a long and tedious account of an extremely dull performance in the dramatic line, so named.— Equally tedious is the account of ZumGLrus, the Swiss Reformer : it occupies about sixteen closely printed pages, and never, surely, was so animating a subject treated in a manner so life less and cold. The writer seems not to have the smallest spark of warmth in his composition ; and the sketch which he gives, consists chiefly of the most meagre details. There is an article on " Awkwardness," which is intended to be re markably smart ; it is, however, a complete fai lure, and the writer is himself an excellent exem plification of his own title. His portraits of awkwardness are coarsely done—he has no deli cacy of touch to finish them off easily and grace fully—he is a mere dauber, who can only cari cature. Salmonia, or an account of a book on angling, approaches occasionally to smartness ; but every thing is, as usual, so overdone, so torn to tatters, if we may so speak, that we are soon tired of the writer's ineffectual straining after pleasantry and wit, for which he seems to have no natural talent. Those graceful effusions of the fancy, he ought to recollect, are not every man's forte ; and a sort of flippant smartness seems to be the utmost range of his limited genius. With regard to the political articles, they merely repeat the old story, that the country is ruined by the repeal of certain restrictions on trade ; that the Members of the House of Commons are little better than a set of lunatics ; that they have lost the confidence of the country ; that the majority of the enlightened classes despise their decisions ; that an Inquisi tion, of the most tyrannical and detestable de scription, has been established in favour of the new opinions, &c. &c. ; and finally, these pro found writers hold up •experience, in opposition to these doctrines, as our only sure guide. This is their whole argument. They as sume that the new measures for relaxing our commercial fetters, gave rise to the great convulsion of 1825 ; and this they call experience. But we would ask, were there no commercial convulsions in this country prior to 1825, and prior of course to the mea sures for giving freedom to trade? was there not a most violent shock of this kind in 1793 ; and what, we would ask, was the cause of this ? We have no objection to be instructed by expe rience, but we do not see why our experience should stop at the year 1825. We would go back to 1793 ; and if it is asserted that the measures for giving freedom to trade occasioned the convulsion of 1825, we would say that this is not clear,because the same effect was produced when this cause was not ill operation—when our commerce was bound in all the trammels which were ever imposed upon it—and we, therefore, h o ld this to be sufficient proof that, not the re peal of those restrictions, but other causes, gave risehal,e t f o reci t u h e e nt c ly iolvtdsion of 1825, and all its disastrous consequen c es. Of th e se causes we given an explanation at length, which we need not now repeat. It is sufficient for our present purpose, as an appeal is made to ficts, to show that facts do not support these writers, and that if their views are not agreeable to reason, or to theory, as they call it, they are as little agreeable to experience. The country was formerly forced to buy inferior articles at a dear rate because they were manufactured at home. They are now allowed to buy good articles at a cheap rate from the foreign manufacturer, and this liberty, we are told, has proved our ruin. Why do not these advocates of exploded folly proceed the full length of their principles, and cry out for the exclusion of all foreign wine, that we may be compelled to encourage the home ~. manufacturer, by buying his article, however in ferior in quality, and however higher in price. This would be at least consistent, for it is clear that if it benefits the community to be allowed to buy good and cheap wine, it must equally benefit them to be allowed to buy good and cheap silk. But we need not assail further these antiquated follies. They may be safely let alone, to sink under the weight of their own absurdity. The Journal of St. Petersburg/i of the 19th July has been received ; but it contains no news from the theatre of war subsequent to the bul letin dated Karassu, sth July : ST. PETRItSI3URGY, JULY 16. The Court has gone into mourning, for a month, for the late Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar. Up to the 12th of July, 606 ships had arrived at Riga, and 510 had sailed since the commencement of the season. JULY 18. The George the Fourth steam-boat, arrived at Cron •tadt, on the 16th in the evening, in six days, from Lubeck. Up to the 3d Job', the number of ships arrived at Ar changel was 146, and sailed 41. The Lisbon Papers to the 21st July inclu sive contain no particular news. The Gazette of the 18th has a long decree respecting the proceedings to be instituted against the authors and abettors of what is termed the rebellion at Oporto. Dutch Papers of the 2d inst. contain some surmises, but no facts, respecting the movements of the Russian army : FRANKFORT, JULY S. The Captain of a ship who has arrived at Trieste affirms that he saw a Russian man of war bombarding Modon, which was occupied by th►► Egyptian troops. The Russian troops have advanced to Bazardjik, and it was believed in the army that they would proceed against Shumla before they advanced to Varna. The accounts of Hussein Paella's force at Shumla are various, some make it 40,000 men. Up to the beginning of June the Russians, who had then reached Karassu, had suffered much from the heat and from scarcity of water. There were various opinions about the length of the campaign. Some were of opinion that the army would have to take up its winter quarters about the Balkan ; others hope that the campaign would be finished in September. BUENOS AYR'S, APRIL 29. In a letter of the 21st inst., dated El Chey, an officer of the army says—" Our division, 800 or 1,000 men, under Colonel Latorre, was nearly surprised on the 15th by the Imperial troops. Their usual cowardice hindered them from reaping the advantages which their numbers and dis position gave them. We retreated three leagues, when our, troops halted, and putting themselves in order of battle, the enemy disgracefully retreated, there having been only some slight skirmishes. Our loss amounts to one man taken prisoner, and twenty horses." The Gorreo to 12th May contains no military news, and nothing whatever relative to the negociations for peace. A decree has been passed to restrain the licentiousness of the Press. News from the theatre of war will be found in another column. The Russians are bent upon the capture of Varna, which is indis pensable to their triumphant progress along the sea coast to Constantinople. American Papers have been received to the 9th of July, but their contents do not possess any particular interest. The French Journalists are bitterly sarcastic upon our 11 - LNG'S Speech at the prorogation of Parliament. The sarcasm could be forgiven by all true Tories, were it not for its cutting truth. Let our readers peruse it. • According to accounts from Port-au-Prince, dated the 15th June, the Chamber of Commerce was opened on the 10th by General BOY ER in person, on which occasion he delivered an ad dress, stating the interesting fact that after the Year 1830 the commerce of all nations would be placed on a footing of perfect equality. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TwitLrs o' CLocr. In the English Funds this morning a more than usual want of business exists. Consols opened at 87 i t , both for money and account, became buyers at and have since evinced some degree of langour, having gone back to 86i -87. India Bonds are 113 14 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, '7l 2. With the exception of a trifling degree of business in Portuguese and Brazilian Bonds, scarce any thing has been done in the Foreign Funds ; the former improved from 53 1 to 54 1, and the latter to 63k. The intelligence brought from Buenos Ayres and Rio de Janeiro is little later than our former advices ; things remain stationary in Rio de Janeiro, and it appears that neither at this capital nor the River Plate had there been the least advance towards any pacific settlement; a few hours, however, may bring in more favourable accounts, as an American brig has arrived in the Channel from Buenos Ayres direct, in 55 days, bringing much later dates (the Bth June), but as no letters are yet up from her, nothing has hitherto transpired. Russian, 94 1 ; Danish, 611 2 ; Buenos Ayres, 121 34; and Mexican, 6 per Cents. 391 40. In Brazilian Mines a little decline has taken place, but not to any extent worth notice, the premium is now 45 6; United Mexican are looking well, and the discount has de. dined to 171 161 ; Real del Monte, 100 120 dis. The Emperor bon Pedro is desirous of abiding by the terms he had proposed for peace, under an impression that the resources of the Buenos Ayres Government was ex hausted, it appears i❑ this he will be much mistaken, for the letters from the River Plate express their full confidence in their own powers to meet his utmost efforts, and that too successfully. Spanish Dollars, 200 per cent. pm. ; Gold in bars, 20 to 21 reals per quilate ; Silver in bare, 16 to 17 reals per diners. Three per Cent. Consols, 36-1- 7 ; Ditto, for Ac count, 86i 7 ; India Stock 244 5 ; Bank Steck, 211 f 124 ; India Bonds, 113 14 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, '7l 2 pus. FORRIGN.-Brazilian, 621 -1; Buenos Ayres, 421 3f ; Chilian, 26 7 ; Colombian, 24; Danish, 611 2 ; Greek, 17 18 ; Mexican, Five per Cent., 281 91 ; Ditto, Six per Cent., 391 10 ; Peruvian, 23 . 4 ; Portuguese,' 54 4 ; Russian, 94 1; Spanish, 101 11. M►xes.—Anglo Mexican, 671 5 die. ; Brazilian, 45 46 p►n. ; Colombian, 3 2 dis. ; Real del Monte, 120 100 die. ; United Mexican, 174 161 die. TWO O'CLOCK. Consols have declined to 86!, sellere, but are now htlyeis, with scarcely a bargain doing. Q WIRTER TO TLIREE. The Consol market is rather heavy, in conse quence of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund going to purchase less after next Thursday ; it is asserted they will only buy 10,000/. per day. We have a current report that Lord Strangford is going to Rio Janeiro on a special mission, - The leaving off prices of the French 3 per Cents. on Friday were 72f. 50c, for the end of the month. Consols for Account 86ii, The Duke of CAMBRIDGE and the Duchess of GLOUCESTER entertained numerous parties to dinner yesterday and on Thursday, at his Majesty's at Brighton. Prince LfrE. from r h O i Itaartricvleacrlemi ont, a sll in tie onta e t , t e t u r .. - s day afternooni ng honoured the performance at the Italian O pera House With his presence. The Spanish Minister and Count d'OFALTA the e nc e .lth Spanish the i a n r i l ste o i r • on A B a r. a, special Fv mission, elstur n aday, at the, had a con f er - Foreign Office, Downing-street. The Neapolitan Mini ster had aloe an interview with his Lordship on Saturday. Lord LEVESON GOWER left town on Satur day for Ireland. Mr. HERRIES left town for Southampton on Saturday. Mr. PLANTA left town on Saturday for his s ea t, F a irlight-place, near Hastings LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) VICE CHANCELLOR'S COURT. THOMAS V. MONTGOMERY. This was the petition of the annuitants and pecuniary legatees under the will of the late Duke of Queensberry, praying that they may be paid out of the fund now in Court, the fourth and last instalment of their legacies, with the interest thereon, without prejudice to their claim. on the residue of the food, founded on their right to have had a certain amount stock appropriated to the payment of their legacies. BICKERSTETH, in support of the petition, stated, that the fund now in Court was 226,0001. ; that peti— tioners at present asked for about 100,000/. ; and that the other claims on the fund amounted to only 10,000/. Messrs. HORNS, TRESSLOVE, KNIGHT, and LYNCH, for the residuary legatees, opposed the petition, so far as. related to the alleged right of the petitioners to the appro priation of the stock. The VICE-CHANCELLOR, without expressing any opi nion as to the appropriation of the stock, which might be decided upon some other occasion, ordered that the peti tioners should be paid the instalment, "without prejudice to any question in the cause." INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT. CONTEMPT OF COURT. An application was made to the Court upon the part of a person named Dusad, who had been committed to prison for a contempt of Court, in having practised as an attorney, not being regularly qualified to act as such, praying that he might be forthwith discharged, on the ground that the proceedings against him were vexatious. Mr. HEATH said, that the petition was not founded upon affidavit, as it was stated to be, but that he would waive that objection, and go at once into the merits of the case, if the Court would permit him. Mr. HEAT"' then called Mr. Galsworthy, who deposed, that the warrant for the committal of the petitioner had been sent to him, but that he had not executed it for some time; and that at length he had put it in force, upon hearing that the petitioner had said that he dared not exe cute it. He had no wish to be vexatious in what he had done ; and as far as he was CMICeI ned, he did sot care what became of the petitioner. Mr. Brown, the Warden of the Fleet Prison, was next called, and deposed that when any attorney of the Court is guilty of mal-practice, it is his in variable rule to shut them out of the prison, and after the warrant had been issued against Dugal, he treated him in the usual way, and ordered him to be shut out, in consequence of which Dugal had brought an action against him, which was now pending. Mr. Commissioner Law said that he believed the war rant had been applied for by Messrs. Graham and Gals worthy, and the party applying ought to have seen to its execution. Most probably, however, Mr. Galsworthy thought that the mere issuing of the warrant would be a sufficient check upon the petitioner, without putting it in execution. From what he had heard he was convinced they had no wish to vex or harrass the petitioner, but still as their suffering the warrant to hang over him as it had done had a vexatious effect, the Court might have felt itself at libel ty to discharge the petitioner instanter, more particularly as a great part of the time for which he had been committed had expired. But when the Court heard of his proceeding against Mr. Brown for shutting him out of the prison, where notwithstanding the warrant, he bad been endeavouring to practice, the Court felt that it could not, by prematurely interpo►ing, countenance such an action. If they were thus to liberate the petitioner, it might, by inference, be presumed that there was good ground for the action against Mr. Brown. The Court, therefore, must refuse the prayer of the petitioner. [Some injudicious friend of Mr. Dugal's thought proper to threaten us with an action, if we com mitted any mistake in reporting this case. We are aware that it is at all times dangerous to report any proceedings in which a certain class of attorneys are engaged, and perhaps still more dangerous to have to do with those who only assume the appel lation. We say this without knowing any thing of Air. Dugal beyond what we heard its Court; though from that we may presume that he is not au attorney at all, and cer tainly not of that Court in which he has been practising, or he would not have been com mitted. But still we will venture, meagre the threats of his friend, to report that case just as we would any other case that might have come before the Court while we were present. We have no feeling in those eases, except to give our readers 4i accurate an account of the proceedings as we can, both as they regard their amusement and their ten dency to the utility of the public; and also except ing a feeling of deep regret that individuals should sometimes so act, as to compel us, in the execution of our duty, to hold them up to the world in a light as unenviable to the public as it must be disagree able to themselves.]--EDITOR. COMMENCEMENT OF THE OYSTER SEASON. This being the first day of the season on which oysters are permitted to be brought to the London markets, 80 , lingsgate from an early hour this morning exhibited an uncommonly animated scene. About ninety vessels arrived yesterday with the delicious fish, and several others came in this morning. The recent excellent regulations which have been made in the market, at the instigation of the indefatigable superintendaut, Mr. ‘oldliaro, will prove highly advantageous to the community. It has for sonle time past been the prevailing, but erroneous, opinion that oysters are not good at the opening of the season. The fact is that on the first day there is a regular supply tff thirty vessels or thereabouts of an inferior kind of oyster in she market, which are speedily bought up by the hawkers at very low prices. There are also what are termed extra boats—about the same number of which generally orriYe on the first day of the oyster season; hence arises the Idea that oysters are not so fine in the first week of the season as at a more advanced period, which is not the case point of fact, for with the exceptisu of the above they are equally as good as at any time of the year in previous sea sons. When the market for them was open at the early hour of four o'clock in the morning, there was a fine opportunity for a certain class of swindlers, who infest Hillinsgate, termed Robbers, who, standing ashore, to fetch the oysters for those who have no inclina tion to enter the boats, arid mix among the motley group by forcing their way, contrive to cheat them by buying an inferior oyster, and passing it off on their credulous dupes as a high-priced and superior article. A repetition of such plunder is now happily doue away with, as every boat is marked in large characters with the sort of oyster it eon, tains, as well as the place it comes from, In consequence of the oumeroua accidents which have heretofore occurred, the sale of oyster, shall commence on every 4th day of August, at 12 at noon, and close at nine at night; and every other day at the usual hour, There was a strong posse of police on the spot to re press the light fingered gentry, who congregated iu great numbers, and up to 12 o'clock we did not hear of any occident occurring. Oysters sold in bushels, from tbs. to 13s. (double quantity). The Duke of CUMBERLAND left town on Saturday morning for the Royal Lodge, Windsor Park, on a visit to the,KiNtl, THEATRE.---MAYER' S first-rate Opera of " Medea," Wes represented here for the last time this season, when Madame PASTA went through her part (the heroine) with all her wonted animation. At the close of her performance she was greeted with enthusiastic che e rs, crowns of laurel, &c. were thrown upon the stage. The n— UNCANNO2,r, loorudse v i s n c r o o L vvZl t t i o n t a i n o v L e r a fi d o y w . r e om sui l ro tn ti u n lo d n in , g to co t 4 h n e tr g y r . e .„.. ;it family, and suite, arrived at Resborough fkiuse, in ti„ is ti eo e it ig n i t l y t , ; r N i V el 7l: i tii,: a tl p a oo y e r v i t i q , zi a lig t ' tl f Leinster Journal. TILE " HORRIBLE OATIIS,"--A corre' pondence of a very interesting nature, between the Earl of SHREWSBW( anti LUTd Rossmoc.E., is about to be pub -1;84. It relates to an offer of a seat in tke House of cmmuons, which Lord SHREWSBURY lately made to. his noble and able friend, but which was declined by the latter, on the Christian-like and conscientious ground of his re pugnance to taking " the horrible oaths."—DnUin Mor ning Register. A letter from Edinburgh says—" A strong sensation has been excited here this week by the w ade , ' departure of the military from Scotland. The 9241 High' Landers have left Glasgow for Waterford, and on Sunday evening the 4th regiment of Foot received orders to march for Ireland. The first division left the Castle on Monday morning, since which the entire regiment has departed , leaving our venerable fortress in charge of a small detachmen t of the Royal Arillery from Leith fort. To-day part of the depot of the 42d Highlanders arrived from Stirling by steam. boats ; the remainder is stationed in Brae Mart to aid in the suppression of illicit distillation, —fortunately t he only use we have fer unlit r in this country. I 1290 Pi crow ~~ a e9 t''oni Tt vi m cargo