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official duties, was not merely permissible but landible, the existence of a more tender feeling betw- ve n the Major and the ac s omr ! lished daughter cf his friend, was equally permissible, and perhaps not less laudable. The parties, it will he recollected, were utter strangers to each other but a few weeks before. There was no t i me to waste in protracted courtship , and on the 14th July, 1825, Major Laing was married to Miss Emma Mlria Warrington. But the eve of their was al:.0 the ere of hi s d eparture upon marriage that mission from which h e was d oome d , a l as ! , never to return. Ihe second day after the nup tials he set out for those vallies of death wherein all preceding adventurers had found a grave—for the mazes of African mystery have ever proved to be, in on e f orm or ot h er, a b ourne f rom which no traveller returns The bitterness of parting the objects of recent and romantic pas sion, under such circumstances. is to us alto gether inconceivable ; to the parties it must have been indescribably distressing. We have thus briefi:- lnd imperfectly, because of its brevity, traced the steps of the heroic Major Laing from infancy to boyhood, from boyhood to youth, and from youth unto man's estate ; we have ventured to follow him to the altar, not of sacrifice, Heaven for fend ! (for although he was sacrificed it was not upon the altar), but we have ventured to follow him to the altar of Love; we have even teen him wrung from the object of his vows by the urgent ha 'pulses of honour and of duty; and, on review ing the sketch so strongly engraven on the mind's eye—for the mind is a limner far superior to the pen—we are involuntarily induced to imagine it a fabled picture or a fairy tale. Reader, this is no fiction ; it is no w e b of f a n c y' s weav i ng ; neither is it a fictitious superstructure reared upon a foundation of facts—call it romance if you will—but it is the romance of reality. We have but a few steps further to trace, and these lead to the commencement of the traveller's thirty-second year ; beyond this is a chasm which cuts us off from his tomb, if, peradventure the barbarians admit that last of luxuries. Had Major Laing been permitted to return, after having accomplished the great object of his heartethat of ascertaining the course of the mysterious Niger—how gladly would his ad miring country have hailed him I With what transport would he have been received by his friends—by his three brothers, two of whom are, as he himself was, soldiers of fortune in a distant land, and by his five sisters—by his father and his mother, now sinking into the vale of years,— arid, lastly, by his still nearer, thought more re cently acquired relative, his now widewed bride, for . the endearing appellation of wife appears, in her case, to be all but inapplicable. But it was otherwise decreed. From the time, of his leaving - Tripoli until he reached Tuat, which he was forced to do by a circuitous route, letters were frequently received from him ; the last that reached this country was from that place under date of the 27th December 1825, the thirty-first anniversary of his birth. From that time no ac curate accouts were received of his father progress; and indeed little else was heard of hire but vague and cruelly tantalising reports of his death, with, alternately, equally vague contradictions of those reports. Within the last few weeks however the reports of his death have been confirmed in a manner which has removed all doubts of the melancholy fact from the minds of his friends ; and these but too well authenticated accounts state him to have fallen by the hands of the bar barians, under the murderous fiat of the King of the Foulahs, long the inveterate enemies of the Soolimas, with the King of which l a tt e r nafion Major Laing had been on the most friendly footing on E e; previous mission,. having resided in his capital of Fa4ba, tbr upwards of aree months. He is stated to have suffered soon after the 214 of September, 1826. Having now arrived at the termination of ! , lajor Laing's short and evanescent existence, what, it may be asked, has he achieved to call forth tut admiration and those praises which have been heaped upon him while he was , yet I:c LI life, and that stron' , sympaa.hy for his suEarings, and those heartfelt regrets which have been expressed at the untimely close of his mortal career ? In answer to such a ques tion, we would found no claim in his favour on the ground of his precocious talent for the ac quirement of knowledge, though that had its in fluence in qualifYing him, at so early a period, for entering upon those scenes in which he was des tined to become so prominent an actor ; nor would we found any extraordinary claim in his behalf on account of his highly meritorious and duly a pp rec i a t e d an d acknowledged ser vices as a British officer ; for, although it must be admitted that he possesses a just claim to his country's gratitude on that ground. yet, that i s a field 'in which he has a host of competitors, and not a few glorious rivals, whose superiority to himself he would hare been the first to acknowledge. But it is in his capacity of a traveller for the benefit of all nations that Major Laing has earned the applause and ad miration of his own. Not because his country, or any other country, put the least value on those labours in so far as they tend merely to gratify am idle and prurient curiosity, but inasmuch as they tend to the universal benefit of the human race. By those who have read Major Laing's work, before alluded to, no such question as that we have 'propounded will be put. They need not again to be told of the productive countries which he has been the means of laying open to the reciprocities of commerce and to civilization. They will have seen his exposure of a vital error in the well meant efforts of the private missionary system, arising from the of a ex tension of their missions beyond the reach salutary superintendence, and the consequent difficulty of removing even those, who, in the absence of that superintendence, relax into the biuu contemptible unworthiness, dishonourable to the characters of men, and altogether infam ous in such as pretend to be instructors of men ; and they will have perceived by what palpable and obvious means he had proposed to disse minate, simultaneously, the lights of literature and Christianity, the super i or pur i ty o f w hi c h might, in flue time, dispel the darkness of pa, „ iusm , and extinguish the. glimmerings of the orai) ; an d they will also Lave seen, though the fact is mentioned only incidentally, how he private generously contributed from his own re sources, while these could not be great l y more , vo exigenci es , to the flu.- than adequate for his o therance of one branch of his philanthropic plan. Whilst, then, we view him in the exercise of those beneficent labours, so well calculated to extricate the name of African from that obloquy with which we are t o o apt, unthinkingly, to brand i t , for after all that has happened, the crimes of the African are more to be pitied than punished, we can - not refuse to him all the merit that is due to one of the greatest benefactors of a benighted and kindred race ; nor can we divest the memory of him, who has sacrificed his life in its prime •to the prosecution of those labours, of all the reverence that Is he to the memory ot an early martyr in the kindred causes of humanity and Christianity. THE MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES. Yesterday a Meeting of the Magistrates of Mid dlesex was held at Hicks's Hall, to receive Reports (n he County Expenditure, and other business. It was announced that Mr. Stirling had not yet made up his accounts, but that they were in progress. The Report from the Committee for the Manage ment of the County Prisons recommended the ap pointment of four additional officers to act in the House of Correction, as cooks and as schoolmasters, over the juvenile offenders confined there. A MAGISTRATE said, the necessity for the pro posed additional officers had not been clearly made out. Mr. FLoWER said, the Committee had found that it was the s!.tctice to appoint prisoners as school masters, and one man had been appointed to act in that capacity by the Chaplain, which man had been twice committed as a reputed thief, and who was committed to hard labour the last time fer having attempted to break open a house. The Gaol Com mittee did Hot ~ .:trisider this m^ll a very fit instruc tor, or very likely to lead the young offenders back to the paths of virtue (Hear, hear) ; neither did they conceive that it was good economy to select preceptors for offenders from amongst the prisoners. Many had been sentenced to hard labour, who had avoided '; by getting into situations. It was also the practice to employ prisoners as cooks. The consequence was, that the dripping, pieces of meat, and other materials, were constantly stolen, and it was found impossible to prevent such practices.— (Hear.) The Magistrate inquiring, and others also, ex pressed themselves satisfied of the expediency of the proposed appointments. Mr. Sergeant PELL observed, that it had been stated by Mr. FLOWER, and he believed with strict truth, that in their prison nothing was to be done without money—in fact, that a system of bribery and corruption prevailed there. This was a subject which certainly demanded immediate inquiry. The CHAIRMAN stated, that the subject was un• der inquiry. In a Report from the Governor - of the House of Correction, it was stated that the House of Cor rection ;vas capable of holding between 800 and 908 prisoners. This was a statement which was to go before the Secretary of State. Mr. Sergeant PELL did not think that the prison would well contain more than 650 prisoners. The Report was referred back for alteration. On the Chaplain's Report, Mr. BRISCOE expressed regret that the sentences of transportation were not • in - every instance carried into effect. Mr. Flowurt. moved, " that Plans and Estimates should he prepared for the erection of an additional building before the County Prisons, to contain 260 prisoners. Sir HENRY WILSON and another Magistrate pro posed as an amendment, that " the previous report should be printed and circulated amongst the Mem bers, and that the consideration of the subject should be adjourned." The amendment was negatived by an-overwhelm ing majority. After some business of a local .nature the Court adjourned. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France ; Oct.. 12.) ODESSA, OCT. I2.—We expect every day the • news of the fall of Varna. The Turkish corps which came to the relief of that place is said not only to have been several dines beaten by our troops, but to he almost surrounded. Sili-”.r:a is likewise closely invested, and an attack of the enemy on our redoubts • has been repulsed, with loss, by General • Kreutz. The heavy artillery from Brailow arrived before Silistria ou the 22d of September. Affairs are still in the same Situation before Shumla. General Roth's p-, has supplied the place- of the troops sent to .co,V aunt under Prince Eugene of Wurtem! mg. SLILIN, OCT. 13.—Sim e yesterday, the Turks here tiara been intoxicated with joy, and talk of nothing but victories gained over the Russians be fore Yuma by their countrymen, whoithey say, have caused the s•ieLe of that place to be raised. The P.teha of Widdin, who sends this news to the Pacha of Belgrade, estimates the loss of the Russians at many ihousand men, besides a great quantity of bag gage, &c. It was affirmed at Belgrade, that they had been ob:i , d to quit tb,‘H positions before Shumla, whir;s will be a natural consequence of the giving up of the siege of Varna, if that news should be confirmed*. At Semlin, however, all these reports are consi dered as deserving of little credit, especially as the Yaks pretend that Silistria has been relieved; and we know, on the contrary, from good authority, that fresh Russian troops have arrived before that place, as well as the heavy artillery employed in .the siege of Brailow. Lastly,it is affirmed that the Porte is sending above 50,000 men from Albania and Greece towards the Danube. This last news has caused a great sensa tion in Servia.—Augsburgh Gazette. (From the Iffessager des Chambres of Oct. 29.) PARIS, OCT. 27.—The Semaphore of Marseilles, of 26th Sept. mber, has the following article " A letter, written by the first Deputy of the French merchants at Constantinople, announces, that on the 13th of that month the Porte declared all commerce with Russia prohibited, and the Bospho rus was immediately closed. " The ships which were laden were obliged to re nounce their voyage, and those which had already received their firman have been obliged to give it bark. " The landing of the French in the Morea has made no change in our situation. The French mer chants continue to enjoy the same protection as before from the Porte ; and what makes us quite easy is, that the Russian merchants who have re mained at Constantinople are equally protected." From the 13th to the 20th October seven ships from the Baltic, laden with corn, for account of the Government, arrived at Calais. The corn lately ar rived at Havre is only i n en t re pot, and may therefore be sold, if needful, for exportation. In fact, a letter from Havre, of the 2-Ith instant, informs us, that .5,000 or 6,000 hectolitres of wheat have been sold for England at the price of 27 and 28 francs per hectolitre. (From 2 ti s ie ._ Co N u o ri t e h r i Franca is.) PARIS, the meeting of the n - Council i5t.)8153 whichp transpired d took re plaltailiAeß:titerday. It seems, however, that no deci :itolailof .wasg ccoomnefetroe,nactied t t h h e a y t IN h I i a i d ii st a e t r s t hceo Ecclesiastical Minister's on Saturday. The architect of the Cham ber has supplied them with a pretext for i l) t o h st o p f on D ing the opening of Parliament fromso that tbe there is ne 13y regulating the o some labours ' pbryolonged De cember e t r o to b the, e in h e a ri s d t e o t f o . ja decZl decide. proceedings of 3,thiienisCtTeor%syerbnatile.ent masonry, the .6 in ex istence for a short time of the quiet hours they have passed since the close of the . Session. When th ey are told that the Villele Administration still pres ses on France, they will be indignant at that inconceivable impatience . Ivhich supposes that in ten months som e meliorations might have been effected. They think they arc not to cause a re-action, and that the only means of avoiding it is, to allow all that mischief to remain of which France demands the removal. Till the Parliament meets, they will try to come to an understanding with the right side, to which two of the Ministers have already declared their inten tion to approximate ; they will promise and intrigue ; and if th e y can open the Session with a majority, we shall have much boasting of legal order, consoli dated by the two Ordinances of the acclamations of Alsace and Lorraine; and they will so order things ° The incorrectness of these statements is proved by the Russian Bulletin to let October. that the nest Session shall answer lest to the wishes of France than the last. The public may have been deceived for a short time, but things must now be seen in their true light. Hitherto the Ministry have lived on the two Ordinances, and they are not executed. Some Bishops have submitted, and nothing is said of those who, like M. Clermont Tonnere, mock at the Ministry. It is probable that they have seceded, and are consenting to secret mo difications. Ami de la Religion says, that the pre cious Colleges, the existence of vhich was threaten ed, are to he preserved, and the Messager has not denied the assertion. The two Ordinances will serve the double purpose of hoodwinking the people, and, not being executed, of supplying the Ministers with a means of becoming reconciled to the Priest party. The Villele Prefects begin to be reconciled to a legal order which so much resembles the de plorable regime. They execute as badly as possible the law on the Electoral Lists, taking care, under the directions of M. Martignac, not to consult the wishes of the consulting Committees. The Council of State numbers among its most assiduous members MM. Franchet, Delavau, Syrieys de Mayrin hac,&c. Never were they so constantly in attendance. They decide all the affairs of parishes, and decide if a parish may accept the legacies bequeathed to it by a dying man. Happy i in the disgrac e w hi c h leaves them such important functions, they make the most of necessity. Into what hands are the' inte rests of the country committed ? In the face of these things, we are told that the least change would lead to a re-action, and that France would be terri fied at its aspect. The ministers rely for popularity on those acclamations which were excited by a hope of improvement. The French have certainly not shewn themselves impatient. They have confided in the good intentions of the Ministers, but a time is coining when good intentions must bear their proper fruit ; protests must be followed by measures, or the embarrassments, out of which no effort is made to extricate us, is only a pretext for weakness, which is equivalent to a Nvant of will. INTRIGUES IN THE MOREA. We yesterday unravelled some of the intricacies of European policy as to the Levant, and every day brings to light new facts, which show how little har mony exists between the Cabinets of Russia, DV ' , land, and France. It is nearly certain, that but for the assistance of diplomacy, Ibrahim would not hare left the Morea voluntarily ; at least, he had no such intention. He had temporised as long as pos sible. Four hundred camels, laden with previsions, had entered the Peninsula by land, while the tratis ports which-came from Alexandria, were laden with provisions up to the very hatches. General Maison has several times summoned the strong holds to surrender, and has always been hampered byS notes, advice, or by the prayers of the Ambassadors. The following fact shows the little harmony which prevails na their operations. In the early part of ' October, a meeting of the Ambassador's took place ; the Admirals of the three Allied Powers, General Matson, and Ihiahim Pacha were present at it, and among other things a question arose as to the limits to be given to Greece when liberated. General Maison was astonished at the care of the Ambassa dors not to hurt Ibrahim Pacha'a feelings. Taking a chart, " Here (said he) are the boundaries •I . would give to Greece, and which I Will. enage shall be respected." Soon after General Maison reviewed. his whole army. He begged, the company of the Ambassadors on that occasion, and, several :excused themselves. The English Ambassador st‘i4he W 3 asa to visit Admiral Malcolm that morning; s another` Ambassador excused himielf on account of a cold. The review took place before General Guillerninot. and Gene;al-Maison. It was .hardly oVer, when a pin was fired from the English Admi!al's ship, and the astonishment this excites! was redoubled.hy the hurrahs which immediately succeeded; this was on account of the news that the Russians bad - been de feated before Shumla. At the same time a toast was drunk in favour of the victorious Turkish army on the Balkan: These pnrrieulars inspire us with serious reflections. General Maison is Pampered by the diplomatists ; .and by no other means can we ex plain the fact—of orders given and rr uked. These hesitations perhaps may Pk, law the fact, that three hundred Greeks, as a Deputation, went up co Ibrahini and begged him not to evacuate the Morea, as rbey dreaded less to he under the Ttirkieh yoke, than to be to.,ed about by so many intrigues, and to suffer altereatively from the Russian, English, and French influence. (From the Constitutinnnel.) FRANKFORT, OCT. 23.—The polities of Europe are becoming every day more and more entangled, nd it is difficult to say how they will he rendered clear. It is impossible to foresee how Europe can be extricated from its present sthtz without a general war. In one circle this question is hardly discussed any longer, though it is difficult to divine what part each of the great Powers will take. England and Austria have decided which side they will take; but what will France and Prussia do ? The former has an interest in deciding for Russia ; but though her policy should look to the re-establishment of her natural boundaries, altered by the last tr?aties of peace, this alliance can only aid her to attain this object by amirepi iati ng part of the territory of Prussia and the King of the Netherland►, which are closely allied to Russia : our diplomatists, however, see in Hanover, Poland, and some of the minor States of Germany, the means of compensating Prussia for any territorial cessions she might be called on to make. With the exception of the English Ambassador, the other Ambassadors embarked, on the 3d inst., at Odessa, to repair to Vaina. We may, therefore, credit the report that Varna has at length fallen, though reports of this kind are too often intended to answer some stock-jobbing purpose. FRENCH FUNDS, i ; ARIS,:IOCT..2B.-Renteti, Fire per Cents. 105 f. 25c. ; Three per Cents., 74f. 10c. ; Bank Actions, 1,840 f. FOREIGN FUNDS.-Neapolitan Renter, 79f. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 79-t ; Interminable Spanish Annuities, 504; Ilaytian Loan, 625 f. NEWS FROM THE THEATRE OF WAR. " BERLIN, OCT. 23.—T0-day, the 22d, the fol lowing accounts have been received of the opera tions before Varna, and the taking of that place : " r. OFRRATIONS BEFORE VARNA, FROM THE IST TO THE sTil OF OCTOBER. " The two mines laid under the walls of the for tress were finished to our wish and sprung on the 3d and 4th of October. The first was laid with great difficulty and not without danger to the work men, under the extreme point of the north bastion towards the sea. Part of the works of this bastion was damaged by springing the mine, and fell into the ditches. The second mine was laid on the right front under the second northern bastion. Colonel Schelder made an entrance to it, and charged it with the greatest courage, in spite of the fire of the enemy, who, observing what was doing, made four attacks during the night, but was tack time repulsed with loss. The mine was sprung at three o'clock in the afternoon, and the result fully answered our expect ations, as two breaches are already made in this bastion. " The corps of Omer Vrione, notwithstanding the reinforcements it received, has made no further move ment to the 18th (30th of September.) On our side, the corps of Gen. Bistrom has also been strengthened, and redoubts erected to cover his posi tion. In this manner the necessary measures have been taken to prevent any relief being received by the fortress. " Princ e Eugene of Wurteruberg has left a strong advanced guard in Hassan Lnar, and has advanced to Osmaaczyk. To strengthen the rielt. wing of Gen. Bistrom's position, the corps of Major-Gen. Delling hausen has drawn nearer to him, and has occupied the v ill age of Reynardzi. " 11. OPERATIONS lIRFORE VARNA PROM TILE &TB TO TI'L 9TII OF OCTOBER. " Our works havhi g opened a way to the fortress, it was resolved to detach wine troops to take pos "ion, if possible, by reefing of a breath of the tortit bastion neatest the SW, and to erect a battery in it ::110:sharp-shooters and chosen sailors were appointed for this purpose, who were to be supported by one company of the 13th Regiment of Sharp shooters, two companies of the Izmailow Regiment of the Guards, ant 150 labourers provided with gabions. " On► . the 7th of October, an hour before day break, the sharp-shooters, led by Lieut. Zaitseffski of the nary, penetrated into the bastion without firing a shot, and killed all the Turks that defended it. Meeting with no resistance, these brave men suffered themselves to be led away by their courage, and without thinking of taking possession of the bastion, which was the main object, they penetrated into the middle of the two. Meantime false attacks were made at three different points by our redoubts' upon the town, and the Turkish tirailleurs, who had concealed themselves in the ditches of the fortress, were driven out of them. " Notwithstanding this unexpected success, and the support that continued to be sent to the sharp shooters, it was to be foreseen that they would not be able either to resist the whole of the enemy's garrison, or to retain possession of the bastion. To prevent further bloodshed, a retreat was ordered. The men retired in the greatest order, and brought with them a great number of Christian women and children who had joined them in the town. Two pair of colours found in the bastion were taken. As it was impossible to bring 14 cannon which were there, they were partly spiked by our people, and partly thrown into the sea. We had 80 killed and 300 wounded. The loss of the enemy may be esti mated at 600 men. Though this enterprise had not the result that was intended, it served to prove to the Turks that they were no longer safe in the walls of Varna, and that by means of the breaches that had been made, the fortress might be taken by storm. Accordingly a Turkish officer came to negociate for the surrender of the fortress. This morning (the 9th) Jussuf Pacha, one of the chief commanders in the town, arrived here to confer with Admiral Greig. This does not hinder the progress of our works, which are continued with equal rapidity and success. " Since the 30th of Sept. the enewy has not at tempted anything against Gen. Bistrom, who rethins his old position on the south side of the bay of Varna. Turks sometimes appear at a distance, but they re treat at the first shot. " (This is the bulletin already published, stating the surrender of Jussuf Paella and his troops without capitulation, and afterwards of the rest of the garrison, with the exception of the Capitan Pacha, and a few followers, who retreated into the citadel, where he was taken prisoner by the Russians, who entered through the breaches without opposi tion, with drums beating and colours flying.) " li. ACCOUNT 01 , THE OTEBATIONS BRFORE SHUM.A, 1 , 11031 THE 2slll SETTE3IBER TO TIT g 3D OCTOBER. ' "On the 28th September, in the morning, the enemy began to fire upon us from the fortress, and at the same time his cavalry, in large masses, ad vanced against the outposts of eur, left wing.. Major- General Sysojew, with the reserve of his regiment of Cossacks, met the enemy, and endeavoured to draw him towards our redoubts, so as to bring him within the range of our fire. Towards noon, the enemy received reinforcements of cavalry and infantry from. the town, but was compelled by the fire of our redoubts to retreat to Shumla. On the succeeding ;:days we cannonaded each other without any consi -derable loss on out side. the 2d of October, the, enemy 'detached a. eoris of 4,000 infantry, and s,oooeaval?y, and 14 cannon, on the road to Silistria, to cut off from our camp Major-General Nabel, who was advancing with a brigade of Hulans towards Shumla. Adjutant= General Orlow was, therefore, ordered to defeat the enemy's plan, arid immediately set out with the first division of Chasseurs on horseback, four battalions of infantry, and 16 cannon, towards the village Of Kad6lcroi, attacked the enemy, silenced his cannon,. and convielled him to retreat. Meantime Major- General Nabel, who was attacked by the enemy's cavalry, hal intercepted it and joined Count Orlow's di vision. " V. ACCOUNT OF THE OPERATIONS IX LITTLE WALLA- CHIA riN THE 4111 Or L;CTOBER. " Lieut.-General Langeron reports as follows The Seraskier of Widden, at the head of i6,(00 men, and 30 cannon, left, on the 24th of September the intrenchments at Kalafat. He was already de signated beforehand to be Paella of this town, an appointment of which there has been hitherto no instance in the two principalities. " Having advanced to the village of Boglesta, the Turks began to intrench themselves. Major-Gene nil Geismar, with a division of 4,200 men, was at a distance of seven wersts ; notwithstanding their su perior force, General Geismar resolved to anticipate the Turks, and by a -rigorous attack, to hinder them from proceeding with their intrenchments. He ac cordingly attacked them on the 26th of September, about noon. An obstinate combat ensued, which continued till nightfall without any decisive advan tage on either sit;-. The New Russia and Kargo pol regiments of fdragoons greatly distinguished themselves in the day, and also the Tamsk regiment of infantry, which repulsed, with considerable loss, the attacks of the Turkish regular infantry. " After this action General Geismar saw very clearly that he should be attacked again on the fol lowing day, and that the enemy, who were so very superior, might easily surround him, or at least at tack him in flank. fie therefore resolved to attack him a second time the same night, and executed this resolutien with the most brilliant success. After a desperate resistance the Turkish regular troops were destroyed; the other corps gave way in the greatest confusion, and, seized with terror, they fled as far as Kalafat, where about 10,000 men arrived without their arms, which they had thrown away. The loss of the enemy amounts to some thousands killed, and 600 prisoners. Among the former is the Pacha of Albania. The whole of the enemy's camp fell into our hands, besides 24 pair of colours, 7 cannon, and a great number of horses and waggons, with ammu nition and provisions of all kinds. We lost nearly 600 men killed and wounded.' " This splendid victory ensures the tranquillity of Little Wallachia, • . and hinders the execution of the Seraskier's plan to lay waste that province, and cut off its communication with the Russian corps des tined for its defence. His Majesty has recompensed Major-General Geismar by promoting him to the rank of Lieutenant-General."—Prwsian State Ga zette, Oct. 24. " BERLIN, OCT. 21.—,-We have the following particulars in addition to those which we gave yes terday : " Already, on the Bth October, at noon, a private secretary of the Capitan Pacha, accompanied by two ether Turks, appeared on board the Paris, to com mence a negotiation for the surrender of Varna. By the Emperor's orders he was referred to Admiral Greig, but returned without corning to any under standing. The negotiation was, however, renewed by the same Envoy on the morning of the 9th in Count Woronzow's tent, but did not lead to a more favourable result. In the evening Jussuf Pacha himself appeared, and the result of the conference with him was, that a positive declaration was pro mised for the next day. The Pacha returning on the 10th, gave his declaration that he must acknowledge the impossibility of defending the place any longer, and tkerefore could only vote for the surrender. As the Capitan Pacha, however, would not consent to a capitulation OA ally' terns, he, Jussuf Pacha, bad resolved not to return into the fortress, but to place himself under the protection of the Emperor. When this resolution was known in the town, all the troops that were under the command of Jussuf Pacha im mediately laid down their arms, and during the night of the 10th, Rini on the morning of the 11th, they came in troops with their conunanders, out of the town, to surrender themselves as prisoners of war to the besiegers. After the garrison had in this manner dissolved itself, the Capital) Pacha, who, with those that remained faithful to him, had fled into the citadel, requested to be allowed to retina unmolested, with 300 men, to the corps under Omer Vrione. The Emperor granted this on condition that he should either take the road by way of Pr..- vati, or embark for Boufgar. Towards noon, depu ties came fro m the town, and requested permission to deliver the keys to the Emperor. The Emperor received them on the top of the telegraph mountain. The town was occupied by the Russian troops, and a salute from all the ships announced and accompa nied this happy event. " The ambassadors and envoys of foreign powers, who embarked at Odessa on the 3d, arrived in the road of Varna on the Bth. They are, Prince Philip of Hesse Homburg, the Austrian Ambassador; the Duke de Montemart, the French Ambassador; the Prussian Chargé d'Affaires, Councillor Von Kuster ; the Prussian Lieutenant-Colonel Von Thun ; the Swedish Ambassador, Baron Von Pahnstierna ; and the Hanoverian Ambassador, Lieut.-General Von Dornberg. They will remain on board the ship which brought them.—Prussian State Gazette, Oct. 25. PRICES OP STOCKS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank stock 3 per Cent. Red. B.sji% Old Annuities — S per Cent. Conn. Sfyyi New Di' to — : - 1!, per Cent. 9.1.74% Ex. Bills, .£1,1a)3 2d. 75 76 pm. Ditto Red 94'ii 4 Ditto 503 2d. 75 76 pm. 4 per Cent. ...... ......10 - 2)4,: e Ncy 4 Ditto Small ...... 2i. 77 Pm. Ditto, 11 , 26 10:1%% Ditto Commercial Bank L. Ann. ...19N '7-16 5-16 Bank for Account — India Stock 236 7 India for Account Ditto Honda B7 88 pm. Cons. for Acct S'sN33i PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds ... ...... ...61 iy Peruvian Bonds W,ii, Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portugues.e Bonds Chilian Bonds — Prussian, Old . Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 1844 Bias Nina oft Danish 6131 k;panish, 1821 ll 14 Greek Bonds . 18M Ditto, 1815 — French Renter, sp. c. —c. Guatimala Mexican Bonds . _ 3 per etiit. Ditto, 1R25 346 -Ekchatige. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Per S'IIATE, 2:0•4 464) Paid. Auglo Mex. Min. Co. (Lis. at 51. pin.) £l4 - 5 liolanos Milling Co. Z7•OO Brazilian Imp. MM. Co. (las. at 5L pm.) -Uri - Ditto National 5 10 Hibernian Mining Co. • £9 N Real del Monte Mining Co. Tialpuxahua Mining Co ax) 27 , ,, 3 - 2 V., United Mex. Min. Co. (las. at 2/. pm.) :M 173 17 Alliance Marine Insurance Comp 5 6M PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, OCT. 2t l . Bank Stock - St. Batrick input' (per .sh.) . „... • Consols, 3 per cent - Royal :riAh Ditto - Gov. Stock, 31,1, per cent 9444 ,National Ditto .... I)itta, New —,Patriotic Ilttto — 4 per Cent 1007; :Hibernian Bank — Gor. Deb. :_?y; per cont..- i6,,i, itrorincial Ditto .......- Royal Canal Stock — 'Royal liisli Mine — Grand Canal Stock — ilmpurial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent, — Mining Co. of Ireland — li.illast Office Deb. 4p. C. —lCorrunercial Buildings — HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGK TO-MORROW. Morning ...43 minutes After 8. I Evening -.12 minutes after 9. VICTUALLING-OFFICE, OCT. 31, HIM THE Conimmsioners for Victualling his Majesty's Navy, gce. do hereby give Notice, That on WEDNESDAY, the 12th day of Nov., they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (pealed up), and treat for Forty Tons of NEW OAT-MEAL, Three Hundred and Fifty Quarters of New Pale MA LT. One Hundred and Fifty Quarters of New Amber MALT. - Fifty Bags of Kentish HOPS, of the growth of the present Year. • Four Hundred Thousand WILLOW RODS. Two Thousand Ells of CANVAS, anti • Five Thousand SACKS, for the use of the Mills. Eight Hundred Quarters of PEAS. To-he delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, one-half of the Oatmeal, Malt, Rods, PeaS, and Sacks by the 15th of December next, and the remainder by_the,3lst day of Janusry following; and the whole of the Hops and Canvas by the 15th of December next. Samples of the Oatmeal, Matt, Hips, Rods, and Peas, must be produced by the party tendering; Samples of the Canvas and •SaCks, and the Conditions of the Contracts, may be seen at this Office. Each Tender moat specify the price in words at length, and he delivuttNi before One o'clock on the (ley appointed; and the Person who makes the Tender, or some Perpon on his behalf. must attend to answer when called for. M. WALLER CLIFTON. • Ar. , t ..4,. ....711p... .: - ... ( " maw —74 , n 4.. ? q - - ..- iv -'• $ . -0' 0;-.4....4-.--. '.. - --0- -.itr...t , . --- LONDON. Fa/DAY EVENING. OCTOI3F.R 31, 1828. In another part of our Paper will be found ample details cf ths operations of the Russian army preciously to the capture of Varna. FroM these it appears that the fort was so much re duced as to he no longer in a condition of being defended with any reasonable hope of success. The CAPSTAN PACHA, however, was still re solved to hold out ; but the greater part of the garrison having followed the example of JUSSUF PACHA, a surrender was inetable. Some people assert that the garrison was not taken by force, but reduced by bribery ; that Jussur PACHA was corrupted, and entered into negocia tion with the Russians. This is possible, but by no means probable, after the garrison had held out so long. Had JUSSAUF PACHA chosen to be a traitor, he would not surely have waited till there was no chance of escape—till the fortress was tumbling about his ears, or ready to be blown into the air. The opportunity of treason had gone by--and the time arrived when even the bravest men must yield to fortune. If JUSAL7F PACHA had wished to sell the fortress, he might have done it before the CAPSTAN PACHA ar rived with reinforcements and took the chief command. But the imputation is Use. It is the awkward attempt of the Morning Journal to save its consistency (! I) for having not only prophecied, but taken credit to itself for the prophecy being fulfilled, that Varna was not taken—would not be taken—and could not be taken !! ! That the Russian armies were in full retreat, and could never reach the Danube—that the Turks—the omnipotent Turks had cut off their retreat, and many more things, all quite possible enough, but unluckily for the editorial foresight of the Morning Journal, not realised. But the ravings of this political quack are Hot worthy of serious refutation. His ignorance ie only equalled by his presumption. The operations before Shumla come down to the 4th October. - The Russians were still able to maintain their ground, but the progress of the siege or blockade is not mentioned. The Turks had sent a division of nine thousand men to pre vent the junction of a division under Major alert, a a dan n v d ch)g completely —but the ( i r ss te i r a a n l s N w e a r e n EoLn the ns was de feated the Turks sent to intercept them. The operations in Little Wallachia, of which we had before heard, prove to have been of a character highly important. The success of Gen. GEISMAR was worthy of his bravery and prompt enterprise. On the whole, the result of the last accounts is very favourable to the Russian 1 aims. 'the discipline of the troops is 11°/ remarkable than their perseverance. I The Morning Journal is at its dirty v .; again, and not content with its own confessea l l: t j efficient weapons, it leans for aid upon ki n i alent—the cut-thrust- Standard, and the eef Ledger, which last, hag earned for lt9e lf tb n appropriate appellation of Yesterday's Pal o ! among its critical readers, the inliabitgl its Lower Wapping ! The Morning J'au „ like its prototype the Flying Dutchman, CO notoriety even at the risk of its neck—for ch o ut it has none. It would fain be f a cetious $t ° be editorial expen se , an d c h ar it a bly regre ts t ll3/ r t % , Imperi a l W E did not b rea k hi s nec k i n the v press from M a id s t one . W e w ill not fst° oi) to personalities in a ny con t es t ; we 5 04. f gl , play, that's all. B u t w i t h respect t o one ° ao tence of the Morni ng J ourna l we will gi° answer that it will not like. The Editor W e l in reference to our having the exclusive P °696 4 , sion of Mr. SHEIL's speech, which the 4 41° ' - i j ing Journal could not get, We ° h ce not give a pinch o f I r i s h Bl ac k guar d for 011 ,( speeches M r . SHEIL ever uttered." 14:ii; what is the fact ? The Morning Journal sent—repeatedly sent—for a copy of the S il led . containing that speech to our office, but f° , 4it/ in obtaining it, merely th roug h th e stiviv of the messenger. Had the Editor himsel f cr' ori, for it—or had any of the Reporters, who tvq ° ,l the ground at Maidstone, for all the Boob''' . I sent of the Morning Journal was there itt , speech would have been given at once . porting Establishment of the. New Times 0 . 7' t p speetahle—most respectable—and we hope " Ili s o the phtenix will still p rove t o b e so-o-but resolved not to sell any Papers in town, o ° l lv ing the Second Editi o n, b ecause it prejudicing a respectable contempOrarf , had joined us in bearing- the or') of . the Express; awl we thought it be unfair f or suc h papers as the "an, Ledger, ivlio had not one reporter at * Li ef stone, to profit by our labour, and b e. a par with the respectable Morning pal who h a d sen t d own gent l emen to the:Meitr:. but the Morning Journal should have ' h. r- o ; copy with pleasure did the me2senge, ;, for whom it was. The Ledger •tried no 1 " 1 , 1 genious ex p e di ents to get a copy, b ut its re p , sentative was ordered ou t our office.: ' o f not perhaps be known to the present Eile;i the Morning Journal, that the • some other Papers, whom we could 0°" • have borrowed their reports from the Sttg r ob last two years—aye—and borronedtheso wi tb .4/ 4' acknowledgment. tee. The Frfreppi n i cannot afford to pay . for YIP--ris, or. will pay, and , therefore - its Wr a th, seriouS • bec ir , 4 of the expetlze, vvltS kiadied at the S v o for not furinshing it with a report f t.° l( Maid.vtor:e. Why the /cry printers 14e . / , all standing still two hours for ing for the Second Edition of the Sui..." would advise the Morning Journal 0 3 ' w i t Standard, bad es they are, not tq . add to insignificance by seeking such aid in future',.: With respect. to our riding express c;: i isit t justet h hinte a n to d the his asso ciate Ed torf the Editor made ss j 7 ficr .;; It i of it, for th e i r con j o i nt l a b ours did not brm.T . Express to London till four o'clock . nesr ing, being nearly at the waggon rate of four 0 01 per hour ! This is the more unaccountable, $ 5 /4 understand that the Nimrod Editor of t o f Morning ,lournal has been in at the clot h e , two Papers already—abut omen ! But pr°o tics apart—if the Editor will send to us th... /i f ' ti ll time we have 'an extraordinary express he have a Paper/ We refer our readers to a very sensible If ia ' upon that Lion of the day—the Kent Mothlv which we extract from the Kent Herald. e ye t have only room at present to say that the ° h vations therein contained are not only jus t / v s creditable, to the independent spirit of the tsl e , f) Editor. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELFB I. A weight seems to be hanging over the Pit , oles', Stock market this morning, and tne op-- „r p have not been to any extent. Consols oper i `" ro d 86i for account, were sellers at 86i, but raCe e be to their first price; very little difference exist cov tween the rite for money and account; the 0 4 missioners, paid 86i. India Bonds, 87 8 pro'; Exchequer Bills, 74 5 pm. rti ndt' This being account day in the Foreign • ft or the principal business has been in making u r,eo counts; Brazilian Bonds are 644 i; Buenos 11 .sii 48i 9i ; Portuguese, 55i 64; Russian,. 9 3 i; _ Mexican, 344 35. The Share market continue; in a dormant het and prices nearly nominal. In the City the capture of Varna is sot COos iciel to reflect much honour on the Russian sr ing 't being considered more owing to treachery 0.1 5 other cause; it is'only necessary to read the 1 3, ' accounts to come to this conclusion. Three per Cent. Coneols, 86i i; Ditto, for Aearr 88i ; India Bonds, 878 pm.; Excbequ-er Bills, 74 sh; FOREIGN.-11wilian, 641 ; Buenos Ayres, 'Ok i !' Cbilien, 7i; Colombian, 17 id; Danish, Sly eireek, 17 18 ; Mexican, Five per Cont., 26 11 0 0 Six per Cent., 34i 5; Pernyian, 16i 17; PorStri o 164; Rossian, 93 ; liipsaish, 11 1. - • Ai Alrelso—Anglo Maxicnn, 74, die. ; Braniliani 70..; pm ; Itolsoos, 130 170 pm. ; Colombian, 8 7 io• Tlalvaxahna, 30 pee share; Vuited Moxionni. s3l 4 20 , ' TWO O'CLOto • Console for account were 864, sellers, for a me! at present they, are buyers; scarcely a bag • been done for the last hour. THREE 0' CL _Cyanid for Aecousit, 88 i,•sellers, nominallf. - basineee. arinsi . LAI M. t 'ans t vaciti o tikt Co His been at t hen be Mr. loth, I CY ha , referein late Ac a had an , found i laheri te fg. th e r eport th e hi s L o f * a*, th itioney, Eld on decisioi ta Ent . a 4A BZAI !oasi s i• LI ou 4 pro Com m toore s thiniti t isform i Mr. Rah o, mit kis to his • Mr. His t a+t th %wer t d was .`4°lllgs this eft, k Ar g , rtrikrit beard Not' I . in