The Sun. — London, England, 1828-09-20 00:00:00

GREAT DUTCH CANAL. (From the Scotsman.) We believe very little is known in Britain of this canal. It is, however, one of the greatest works of the kind in the world ; and our readers will perhaps think the following details' respect ing it not uninteresting. Th e y are derived from engraved plans, with which we have been oblig ingly furnished by w. Bald, Esq. an eminent scientific engineer. The object of the canal is to afford a passage for large vessels from Amsterdam to the sea. This city has 40 feet of - water in the road in front of its port, Io,AI, the Pampas or bar in the Zuyder Zee, 5..., - ven miles b e l ow , has only a depth of 10 and hence all ships of any consider able burden have to unload part of their cargoes with lighters before they enter the port. As the sea in question is full of shallows throughout, all ordinary means of improving' the access to the port were necessarily ineffectual ; and the resolu tion was therefore at length adopted of cutting a canal from the town to the Helder, the northmost point of the province of Holland. The distance between these extreme points is 41 English miles, but the length of the canal is about 50 The breadth at the surface of the water is 124-1- Eng lish feet (120 Rhinland fit); the breadth at bottom 36 ; the depth `2O feet 9 inches. Like the Dutch canals, generally its level is that of the high tides of th.'e sea, from which it receives its supply of - water. The only locks it requires, of coursc:, are two tide-locks at the extremities ; but there are, besides, two sluices with flood gates in the intermediate space. It has only 18 bridges (draw-bridges) in its whole length. The locks and sluices are double, that is to say, there are two in the breadth of the canal; and we learn from Mr. Bald, that their construction and work manship are excellent. They are built of brick for economy, but bands of limestone are inter posed at intervals, and these project about an inch beyond the brick, to protect it from abra sion by the sides of the vessels. There is a broad towing path on each side, and the canal is wide enough to admit of one frigate passing another. The line which the canal follows may be easily traced on a map of Holland. From the river Ye at Amsterdam, it proceeds north to Pur merend, thence west to Alkmaar Lake, thence north by Alkmaar to a point within two miles of the coast, near Petten, and it continues to run nearly parallel to the coast from this point to the Helder, where it joins the sea, at the fine har bour of Niewediep, formed within the last thirty years. At the latter place there is a powerful steam-engine for supplying the canal with water during neap tides, and other purposes. The time spent in tracking vessels from the Helder to Amsterdam, is 18 hours. The Helder point is the only spot on the shores of Holland that has deep water ; and it owes this advantage to the Island of Texel .opposite, Aich, by con tracting the communication between the German Ocean and the Zuyder Zee to a breadth of a l mile, produces a current which scours and deepens the channel. ImMediately opposite the Helder there is 100 feet of water at high tides, and at the shallowest part of the bar to the west ward there are 27 feet. In the same way, the artificial mound which runs into the lake or river Ye opposite Amsterdam, by contracting the water-way to about 1000 feet, keeps a depth of 40 feet in the port (at high water), while above and below there is only 10 or 12. The canal was begins . in 1819'; and finished in 1825. The cost was estimated at ten or twelve millions of florins, or about one million sterling. If we compute the magnitude of this canal by the cubic contents of its bed, it is the greatest we believe in the world—unless some of the Chinese canals be exceptions. The volume of water which it contains when filled, or the prism de remplissa i ge; is twice as great as that of the New York Canal, or the Canal of Lan guedoe, and two and a half times as great as that of the Caledonian Canal, if we include only those parts of the latter which have been cut with human labour. We have not heard what re turns it yields ; but we may safely assume that for some years it will not be a profitable concern. Even in Holiand, where interest is low, it would require tolls to the amount of 50,0001. per annum to cover interest and expellees. We find from the Bulletin des Sciences, that 1982 ships entered the port of Amsterdam in 1827. Most of the small ones would probably take the old route by the Zuyder Zce, but supposing 1,000 to have gone through the canal, it would be necessary that they should pay 501. each of toll for passing in and returning, to make up the sum we have mentioned. With the heavy ships, hew ever, the saving of lighteraga3 would probably be a full compensation for this expenditure. To vessels le av i ng A mster d am , which formerly were often detained in the Zuyder Zee by adverse winds for weeks, the canal must be extremely useful. We believe it is by no means unlikely but what the country may expect, in a short time, to avail itself of the valuable services of Earl GREY. His Lordship, to be sure, is a Whig, but, then , he is a Whi g o f t h e ge nuine school of 1688.—Berks Chronicle. good p eop l e An impostor has been gulling the of York with a strange story, that he has a live rat in hi s stomach, which is most voracious in its appetite, and after he has eaten or drank, a sound of eating or lapping can be heard from hii inside, and the motion of the animal can be perceived externally. Dr. FEYERAIAN examined the fellow at Lynn, a few months ago, and he pronounces him to he merely an impostor, and the whole to be produced by ventriloquism' --Nottingham Review. • Captain STAMER, of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards, eldest son of Sir We. STAM M , Bart. of Dublin, will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar the only daughter of J. TostuNsoN, Esq. of Cliff Ville, Stafford shire.—Cork Southern Reporter. • ELOPEMENT.—in the beautiful village of Ilathdr um , situate in the " Garden of Irelan d, " and " Nosegay of the Universe," the county of Wicklow, there dwelt not many days ago a lovely and beautiful creature, named FANNY BY S.N7 ; she, some five or six yearn ago, made One JoHN BYRNE the happiest man in liathdrum, " and thereaho u r,, ,, b y giving him a legal claim-to all the charms , with w hi c h nature had endowed her. JOHN BVILNE s happiness %yes increased by his virtuous spouse assuring him he was the father of three children, pos sessed of all their mother's beauty ;" but it has been re marked by some of the oldest and wisest philosophers, that. happiness in this world is very uncertain, and poor 131-Il was not doomed to be an exception. His avocations obliged him to be ah.wut from his home two or three dip; in the week ; t h e heart of Mrs. BYMNE was then unoccu pied—the moments she passed in his absence she considered as lost—and, alas ! we grieve .to say it, one M xcx KA VA NAG!! took a dirty a :vantage. of this circumstance. 'flie lovely Mrs. Br NE was unable to resist the attentions o f a dashing young fellow, by whose eloquent t ongue a rich widow had been entrapped, and wh o , a t t h e t i me, called Link l or d and master. We shall not detail circumstances which way be better imagined than deactibed, but hasten at once to the consequences. KAvANAGit abandoned. his widow ; Mrs. DUANE her loving husband and lovely chil dren, and, with 50/ ballast in her pocket, she took bee flight to Dublin. BYRNE, distracted by the loss of money and wife, hastened up to the metropolis, and yesterday "of ail days in the year" lie found, in Westmorland-street, his frail spouse and her paramour, walking arm in arm most ovinglytogether. They ran, her husband pursued, and finally lodged them in the Head Police Office.—Dublin - 1 1,raing Register. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated Sept. 18.) PARIS, SEPT. 17.—The liberal Journals talk a great deal of the inactivity of the Administration of the Duke of Wellington, It is to be observed, that without drawing the sword, and without spending a penny, English diplo macy has obtained of Ibrahim Paella the evacuation of the Morea. The Augsbargk Gazette announces the expedition of the English to the Isle of Candia. The Constitutionnet says, that it foresaw it in its utunber of the day before yesterday. This news is without any foundation. The Moniteur of this day contains a Report of the King, from the Minister of Marine, on the or ganization of the Privy Councils of the Colonies, and of the mode of proceeding before those Councils. This Report is succeded by an Ordinance in five chapters and 214 articles, relative to this subject. It is not doubted that the Emperor of Russia will confirm the favourable sentence passed by the Tri bunal in the affair of the conspirators in Poland, who are besides recommended by the Grand Duke Con stantine. The Morning Ministerial Paper, the Debats, stated yesterday that an express despatched from Odessa, by M. de Montemart, had arrived the night before last, bringing news unfavourable to the Russians. The Evening Ministerial Journal publishes the fol lowing article : " According to the last accounts from Odessa, of August 28, r ece i ve d b y express, an d w hi c h we have published, we can affirm that nothing of a more re cent date has arrived at Paris. The last letters given in the German Journals are only of the 25th." (From the Messager des Chambres, Sept. 17.) PARIS, SEPT. 16.—The Austrian Observer of September, gives the following news from the lonian Islands : " After a long interruption we have at length re ceived a Mail from Corfu, containing all the letters from the 9th to the 21st of August. According to these dispatches, the conferences between the Plenipotentiaries of the three Allied Powers were resumed on the 10th of August. The first took place on that day, at the residence of his Excellency Count Guilleminot, the Minister of France; the second on the 11th, at the Hotel of Stratford Canning; and the third on the 13th, at the residence of the Marquess de Ribeaupierre. The conferences have been continued in the same order. Nothing has yet transpired respecting the proceed ings. The report is confirmed, that in a little time the Plenipotentiaries will go and reside fur a time in Greece, in order to be nearer to the Government of the country, which is the object of their mission, and of the solicitude of the Allied Sovereigns. As they cannot reside either at Poros or' Egina, on ac count of the diseases that still prevail there, the island of Spezzia has been chosen for the conferences. Some persons, however, pretend that the Ministers will not leave the ships of their respective nations, which convey them, and will go alternately from one to the other; that they will also employ all the usual precautions, not to be subject to quarantine on their return to Corfu, which will be as soon as possible. (From the Constitutionnel of Wednesday.) (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) CONSTANTINoPLE, AUG. I.s.—The Teirkish army which had left Stamboul by divisions, preceded and followed by all the trades, amongst which there were no longer seen the ensigns of the 'different ortas of the janissaries, exhibited a visible discontent. The Grand Vizier; meanwhile, arrived at Daud Pasha, accompanied by a crowd of dervishes, who shouted the name of. Allah while waving the banners; but on the, very next night one-fourth of these soldiers returned privately to the capital. On the follow ing day a still greater number dispersed, to such extent, that the environs of the city were infested by robbers, who plundered and despoiled both houses and persons, net excepting even the mes sengers of theDi van, who were obligedto have escorts, although the distance from the Seven Towers to the camp of the Vizier does not much exceed three miles. The police bad doubled its posts in several quarters of the town during the night of the 7th, and several combitstade preparations were discovered, which were designed for setting lire to the bazaars. The Janis- saries were of course accused; and as they are sus pected of being connected with the ulemas, there have been arrests, and those who had any thing which could be confiscated have been strangled. Since the 11th his Highness holds frequent re views, council upon council, and shows the boldest front. The last bulletins published by his order an nounce that, by his invincible arms, he had annihi lated more than 30,000 Russians, arid that the Kraie of Russia has fled to Codja Bay (Odessa) Never the less, it is known that the Divan dreads a disem barkation even at the entrance of the Bosphorus, which may be supported by the Russian fleet from Sebastopol, and people go se far as to say that this event may take place before the equinox. .The -- European Legations now at Pera can no longer send off their own couriers, as they are almost all obliged to carry on their correspondence through the pr►vileged post of Vienna. This is just as much as to send their despatches direct to the Sultan, for every thing is unsealed, and except let ters in cypher, of which faithful copies are kept, nothing escapes the Turco-Austrian inquisition. The news of the French expedition to the Niorea his set the Divan in a fury; they compare the inva sion to that of Egypt in 1798. There does, how ever, some difference exist, for the treaty of the 6th July has been officially announced to the Divan. The Porte insists that the successes of the Rus sians in Asia Minor have not been so important as they announce ; the Ministers speak of the march of the troops from a great part of Anatolia against Ge neral Paskewitch, who will meet with an insur mountable resistance at Erzerum. The disturbances in Bosnia, according to the Turks, begin to settle, and all Roumelia is ready to oppose both the French and Russians. The Eng lish are favourably spoken of, as they continue always to regard them as allies; we even believe that they have one or more secret agents established at Constantinople, and that a great personage will speedily show h'rnself in an official character at Pera. This assertion is made on good foundation. All the foreigners and vagabonds who can be seized are tent to Adrianople,. Sclavonians, Zan dotes, &c., all are lawful prizes. The Jews of the quarter of Galata are only excused from angari (con scriptions) through bribery, and even the length of the Gypsies of the Balkan, every one hai been sub jected to military requisitions. It is to be expected that they w:11 very soon make us Franks work at the fortifications of Constantinople. The bishops, monks, and priests, both Greek and Armenian, are compelled to pray and pay for the success of his Highness. The Grand Vizier appears determined to prolong his stay at Daud Paella, in order to pro tect the capital against any attack directed against it. Convoys of provisions al-live every day from the Asiatic provinces, and even from Egypt. THE FRENCH EXPEDITION INTO GREECE. PARIS, SEPT. 17.—The French expedition into Greece is, after the battle of Navarin, the most direct consequence of the Gth .July. England did not wish to concur in this expedition ; we are assured that she endeavoured to turn the French Government from it, which is very easy to be explained. War can no longer be what it has hitherto been—a means of distraction to its famished' people. In the midst of peace and abundance the last etior ts of its credit are scarcely capable of supporting 'the enormous Frei; ht of its debt. Ireland, more and more threatening, may require the presence of the English army be yond St. George's Channel. The Britannic domi nion in Hindostan absorbs in expence of occupation more than it produces by the contributions of the people, and the rapine of conquest ; and the specula tions. in the mines in the New World have hitherto had results which prove that, with respect to distant and hazardous operations, the calculators of London have been no less liable to error than these of other LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1828. The last French Journals announce little or no intelligence worth mention respecting Shumla and the seat of war. The Gazette de France, however, of Thursday, observes that « without drawing the sword, and without spending a penny, English diplomacy has obtained of IBRAIIIM PACIIA the evacuation of the Morea." This, we suspect, is an insidious, and under the circumstances, an equivocal compliment. The Constitutiwincl, in an extract which it professes to give of a private letter from Constantinople, dated Aug. 15, draws a highly-coloured picture of the disorganized condition of that capital. The Turkish army, it seems, was in a state of very complete insubordination ; " Brigands were pillaging even the messengers of the Divan, and incendiaries were appointed to set fire to the Bazaar." Of this statement, unsupported as it is by probability, and at variance with the known character of the SULTAN, We do not believe one word. He is master, at least, in his capital, whatever he may be abroad ; judicious also, and penetrating in his enquiries ; and as insurrection to any extent is not the work of a day, it is scarcely possible that these discontents could have ripened under the very walls of his Seraglio, without his having some little knowledge of the facts. The extract, we repeat, is most likely a fabrication. Tho itlesea s ci- floe CAambico directly contradicts the report, that a Courier had arrived from Odessa with news adverse to the Russians. Accounts from Paris state that M. MAN DEVILLE, Consul-General from France to Buenos Ayres, was on board the division of Admiral Count ROUSSIN, which has arrived at Rio Janeiro. M. MANDEVILLE, on Ids arrival, went on board the frigate Surveillante, which is one of the squadron stationed at the Brazils, and sailed without delay for the River Plate ; it is hopod that his efforts, with that of GRABRIAC, as well as the interference of the British Envoy at Buenos Ayres, will bring about a peace be tween Buenos Ayres and Brazil. Accounts have been received from Frankfort of the 14th inst., which bring the Metalliques from that city at 96i. An account also had been received from Berlin that the Turks had adhered to the Treaty of the 6th of July. No doubt the arrival of the EMPEROR at the Russian Head Quarters will be the signal for active operations, countries. If the English do not fear War, 'l nglaud has occasion for peace. The objects of the French expedition into the Mores were purely pacific, and in perfect accordance with the spirit of the Treaty of the 6th of July. The Sultan would then have no longer any pretext for his refusal to subscribe the independence of the Greeks; the threats of the allies of Russia, the march of the new Russian armies, and:the approach of great danger, might have deter mined Mahmoud to accept the conditions of peace offered by the Czar, and rendered less onerous to the Turks by *the intervention of the Christian powers. The Emperor Nicholas would have been restrained by those powers, within the limits of the circle which his moderation and proclamations have traced. FRENCH FUNDS.—Five per Cents. 1051. 80c. 85c. ; Four and a Half per Cents. 98f.. 50e. ; Three per Cents. 74f. 10c. 73f. 95c.1 Bank Actions, 18301. FOREIGN Futins.—Neapolitan Renter, Cer. Falc. 79f. 10c. 791. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 75i ; Interminable Spanish Annuities, 481 49 ;Haytian Loan, 660 f. 665. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank stock 3 per Cent. Red. ...... 3 per Cent. Cons. ST , ,;,I 314 per Cent. — Ditto Red. shut 4 per Cent. 10 2 1 , 4' !;, Ditto, 11.26 Bank L. Ann. India Stock — Ditto Bonds — 96 pin. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK-. So u th Sea Stock • 'Old Annuities shut INew Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. '76 '77 prn. Ditto 500 2d. 16 77 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Acct. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds chilian Bonds Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1821 Danish Greek Bonds • Ditto, 1825 —, Gtiatimala Mexican Bonds Ditto, 1825 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan Peruviaii Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, Old 11X.:14 LD Rpau i t sn t s o iis , aini Ne .1 : 21 1823 French Rentes, 5 p. C. --f Exchange —f. —c. 3 per cent. Exchange PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share, Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O Ditto National 5 British Iron Mining Co. 423 Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Co. £2 0 0 PRICES OF IRISH STOC Bank Stock 25134i Consols, 3 per cent. ' Gov. Stock, 3V, per cent 94N Ditto, New 4 per Cent. Goy. Deb. Mi per cent -, Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4 p. c - 'KS, DUBLIN, SEPT. 17. iSt. Patrick Insur. (pet sh.) ' Royal Irish Ditto ' , rational Ditto lB Patriotic Ditto !Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto 'Royal Irish Mine ; Imrial Mine Mini pe ng Co. of Ireland 'Commercial Buildings ....•• COURSE OF EXCH., Amsterdam C F. 12 3 Ditto, at sight 12 11 Rotterdam 2U. 12 3 Antwerp 12 3f Hamburgh M. B. 13 14 A ltona 13 14-f Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U 25 60 Bordeaux • 25 65 Berlin — Frankfort on Maine, Ex. 111.1511 Petersburgh, rble... 3 Us. 10 Vienna, effective I. 2N. 10 3 Trieste ...... do. Madrid 3N Cadiz 36% Bilboa Barcelona 35}4 Seville 35% Gibraltar 46 MA Arrived. Due. 0 America.-- 0 O Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres I Dublin O Flanders 0 O France O Gottenburgh 1 1 Guernsey & Jersey 0 .NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 48% Genoa 2.50 Venice, 47% Malta Naples 19% Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon 45.74 Oporto 4sli Rio Janeiro 29 Bahia 3 l, Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork l3y MILLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 9 Silver. bars, standard 0 0 0 Arrived. Due. 0 Hamburgh V O O Holland... ........ 0 O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands 1 O Lisbon • Malta 0 O Mexico 1 .Waterford 0 RICH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 0 minutes after 0. I Evening ....16 minutes after 0. WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY hereby give Notice, that an EXTRAORDINARY COURT or GE NERAL MEETING twill be held at this House, on FRI DAY the 26th instant, pursuant to a requisition of Nine Proprietors, and to the directions of the Act of Parliament, for the purpose of CHOOSING and APPOINTING TWO DIRECTORS of the said Company, in the room of Wil liam Mitchell and Simon Taylor, Esqrs. deceased. _ _ _ _ By Order of the Court, HENRY LONGLANDS, Secretary. West India Dock-house, Sept. 16, 1828: N.B. The chair will be taken at Two o'clock precisely. 43 1 3** and. we may expect a desperate attempt of the Russians to get possession of Varna, without which they will have no winter quarters, and must retreat to the Danube. The special mission of Lord HEYTESBURY to Odessa has given rise, as was to be expected, to conjecture and to political speculation. It is said that Count NESSELRODE made a declara tion to the British Ambassador against all ambi- tious projects; and that this declaration was con firmed by his Imperial Majesty. This agrees with the spirit of the Russian manifesto. But we cannot believe that Lord HEYTESBURY would have gone so far to procure such a decla ration from Russia. Certain it is that this Power disclaims, in the most pointed manner, all views of territorial aggrandisement. Her professed ob ject is to enforce the treaty of Ackermann, to establish the free navigation of the Black Sea, and to indemnify herself for the expences of the war. But how are those objects to be attained ? It is not to be supposed that the SULTAN has such an overflowing treasury as would suffice to liquidate so extensive a demand. Even if he were reduced to sue for peace, and were willing to comply with the exacted terms, where could he find a sum of money adequate to his purpose, ? In this case, what course, we may ask, is to be followed ? Will he lay his subjects under con tribution to raise the necessary sum ? This is impossible. His people are already too heavily taxed for their means; and the security of pro perty being very imperfect, there is little accu mulated wealth in the Turkish empire. The Russian demand of money, therefore, will be paid with territory ; and thus, though the EM PEROR may disclaim all views of territorial ag grandisement, yet the war will be found, practi cally, to terminate in this result. The free navigation of the Black Sea is a most important object for Russia. Her extended do minions now encircle its coasts ; and it is the only practicable outlet to their produce. Russia cannot be obstructed in her navigation of this sea. It would be, in fact, equivalent to laying waste a great portion of her territories. Turkey at present possesses the outlet from the Black Sea to the ocean. But if this cannot be recon ciled with the freedom of the Russian trade, do we imagine that-Aussie, conscious of her gigantic strength, will thus submit to be straitened in her intercourse with the world at large ? Will she allow Turkey to shut this door upon her com merce ? She will rather advance, and take pos session of the Strait both of Constantinople or of the Hellespont, provided no other device can be contrived for ensuring . the freedom of navi gation. The free access from the interior to the ocean is indispensable to the prosperity of corn inercial states ; and our readers may, no doubt, recollect with what perseverance and policy the United States schemed for the possession of Louisiana, which they were at• last fain to pur chase for a sum of money, and which they were determined to procure, either in this peaceable manner, or at the point of the sword. It was not an increase of territory that the Americans sought in the acquisition of Louisiana—it was the command of the course of the great river Mississippi to the ocean. It was this outlet to the sea that they were seeking, without which a great portion of their territory would have been comparatively waste ; and it is for precisely the same object that Russia is now contending with Turkey ; and we may be assured that she will not lay down her arms until it is attained. Russia will not be content with mere promises. More solid guarantees will be required—of what nature cannot at present be precisely known ; but we may be sure that they will be such as will deeply encroach on the dignity and independence of Turkey, and to which the SULTAN will only submit to avert a worse extremity. ►With regard to the state of the campaign, and its probable issue, we have little doubt that Russia will accumulate such a force as will secure success. The Russian Generals are well aware of the nature of this position—they were stopped by it in the last war ; and to suppose that they would heedlessly advance, knowing what they were to encounter, without any plan, or any means derived to meet the obstacles in their way, would argue a degree of improvidence that is scarcely credible, and tetally at variance with the well known sagacity and foresight of the Russian Generals ; they may have encourit-7 greater resistance than:they Pvpceted. But if they have, notwithstanding, the means of overcoming this resistance, the result will still be the same, and to what extent the Russians will push the ad vance of their powerful armies, will depend en. tirely on the infatuation of the SULTAN in per sisting to reject peace, while, at the same tune, he has not the means of maintaining a successful war. We direct attention to an impotent but am bitious article from the New Times, inserted among the Public Journals of this morning, in which the writer, after a long rambling tirade of abuse—manifestly intended to be eloquent— against the conductors of the Parisian Press, curiously mixed up with some observations re specting the original quality and present condition of the Viscount CHATEAUBRIAND'S intellect (the substance of which may be found in a late number of one of the Foreign Reviews), enters his most serious protest against an article that lately appeared in the French Globe, on the sub ject of the Duke of WELLINGTON'S policy. This of course gives him an opportunity of indirectly sneering at Mr. CANNING—a Statesman whom the New Times, perhaps this very scribe himself, larded, some months since, with the most unmea sured and unmerciful eulogy. His star, however, was then in the ascendant —now, unhappily, it is quenched. Still, notwithstanding this, a respect for consistency—a regard for character—a feel ing of common decency, ought to have weighed some little with a public journal, whose first great claim to notice depends upon the undeviating firmness of its principles. But the New Times, we learn, is about to change its name ; which of course proceeds from a conviction that an " alias" was wanting, and that the sooner its original cognomen was laid aside, the better. Should it, however, persevere directly or indi rectly in its attacks on Mr. CANNING, we shall refresh its memory, by republishing what it said of him at a time when it imagined that some thing better than mere fame was to be obtained by eulogy. With respect to its remarks on Messrs. GRANT and Husxissow, we shall say nothing ; their principles are too firmly grounded to be shaken by a Paper whose praise is more .to be deprecated than its censure. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY FROM LLOYD'S. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 19.—Wind S.E.—Arrived the Admiral Buyrkes, Duncan, from Antwerp. F.-ailed the Robarts, Corbyn, for Calcutta. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 18.—Wind E.—The Lord Hobart packet, from Brazil, has arrived off Port, but as the wind is light, it is not probable she will be in time to save this post. EtRISTOL, SEPT. 19.—Arrived the Rapid, Warren, from Leghorn ; and Diligence, —, from Cadiz. HOLYHEAD, SEPT. 18.--Arrived the Feegee, M‘Gilowan, from Quabara ; and Martha, Herbert, from Brazil. GREENOCK, SEPT. 17.—Arrived the Catharine, Kincaird, from Bombay; and Trinidad, Boyd, from Trinidad. CORK, SEPT. U.—Arrived the Carnation, Rey noldson, from Quebec ; Mary, M'Donald, from Chaleur; and Malcolm, Brown, from London. CAMPBELTOWN, SEPT. 16.—The Molly, Shenck, of and from Alloa to Troon, sprung a leak the 12th inst., near Ailsa, and was abandoned by the crew ; the master drowned. The Supply, Holgate, of Whitehaven, from Chep stow, ran on the Muggle Rock, the 13th inst., and was totally wrecked. The Luna, of Liverpool, was spoken with the Bth inst., in lat. 42. long. 23, by the Feegee, arrived off Holyhead. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY ; TWBLTR O'CLOCK. The English Funds are in a complete state of idleness, without either reports or business. Con sols for account opened at 87-1 8, and have continued, without any variation, at this price. India Bonds receded, late yesterday, to 91 6, and remain at the same premium ; Exchequer Bills, 75 6. The Foreign Funds are equally deficient of inte rest, and scarcely a transaction has hitherto taken place. Spanish Bonds maintain their advance, being 12; Portuguese, 56 i; Russian, 94. x; Chilian are rather higher, being 29 30 ; and Greek, 19 20. Shares are at present scarcely mentioned, and no change in prices can be quoted. The only arrival otf Falmouth is the Lord Hobart packet from Brazil, but nothing has transpired, and the mail is not up ; she was to leave Rio on the 25th of July, and con sequently will bring four days' later accounts from that quarter, but is not expected to bring any intel ligence of a political importance. As Donna Maria da Gloria, her Alost Faithful Majesty, *ould not leave Gibraltar before the 6th or 7th inst., and from the state of the wind, which is contrary, some delay may still take place before the English shores are honoured with her presence : it seems, however, she is to be treated with every mark of respect attendant on Royalty on her landing, and preparations are making for her residence and suite. Three per Cent. Consols, 87,1 8 ; Ditto, for Account, 97i 8 ; India Bonds, 946 pin. ; Exchequer Bills, 756 pm. Foaxictr.—Brazilian, 641 ; Buenos Ayres, 46 7 ; Cbilian, 29 SO ; Colombian, 22i 3 ; Danish, 63i 4 ; Greek, 19 20 ; Mexican, Six per Cent., 39} 40 ; Peru vian, 211 2 ; Portuguese, 56 A ; Russian, 94 ; Spanish, 11i 12. MiNzu.--Anglo Mexican, 72!} 70 dis. ; Brazilian, 44 7 pm. ; Bolanos, 145 155 pm. ; Colombian, 7 6 din. United Mexican, 191- dis. TWO O'CLOCK. We are without any arrivals, not a single list having come from any quarter to Lloyd's; Consols remain stationary at 87i 88, and the house is nearly deserted. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 87i S Danish Do. for Ac. 88 Greek, 1825 Brazilian Bonds Mexican, 1825 Buenos Ayres Peruvian Chiliar] Do. Russian Columbian, 1824 23 Spanish, 1821 11 FISIIERROW.--.Thr• at th'' r--- ,lever been in a more flourishing state than this season.--Edinburgh Evening Courant. i lsahaser beenrn EXHIBITION' OF MODERN PAINTINGS, S.C. —The Birmingham Institution, for promoting the Fine Arts, which has sprung up within a few months as if by magic, was thrown open on Thursday. The number of paintings by seine of the most eminent artists in the kingdom give the present exhibition a charac ter superior to any collection of modern paintings that has been opened to the public out of the metropolis, and will form a point of great attraction.—_Lichfield Mercury. LORD BYRox.—At the time Lord BYRoN was one of the committee for the management of Drury Lane, a pretty young woman, who had been smitten with the disease of scrawling poetry, went to his house with her ma nuscripts, to request permission to dedicate her work to his Lordship. He received her in his library, and made many in quiries respecting her situation and mode of life. Finding she was dependant, and had formed the intention of trusting to her pen for her future subsistence, he urged her in the most eta:pent and gentle manner to abandon such a . thought; and pointed out the wretchedness of a mode of existence at once so laborious and precarious. He warned her of the great danger of doing what she had then done, and counselled her never again to visit a young tnan either in his own house or any where else ; and having ascertained what she expected to receive for her manuscript, which he advised her not to publish, he presented her with a 50/. note, and dismissed her, full of gratitude, and deeply affected by his dignified kindness, and the sterling value of his advices..--,Literury Gazette. OLD BAILEY--.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. THE WARWICK BANK NOTES. .. ,t (t,viio l i ' s t 3 ll ,,%ds,e,,can o r i l IN TA Mr.BoDKIN applied to the Court for an arr e st °f . ' judgment, in the case of W. Vyse, who had beeti o convicted of receiving a quantity of the stolen n°tes Itt i' l m : e 'W ttri e at h io a n y of the Warwick Bank. The motion was founded 0 1 1 - "e with several objections to the form of the conviction. . fi ,'lregards i Mr. Sergeant ARABIN considered that the ro°t„,'": ki s ought to be made to the Judge who tried it ("I" i i - a 111 " Justice Gazelee.) hid .ttyl s t '' ° I 3 Mr. Wontner stated that the Learned Judge _,,... patio of t ordered the sentence to be respited, and 1110 1 °u - h , kin stated that that was all he wanted. James Cesham Browne was indicted for 10 '8 1 A liti t.el L ili h uEdAg h Ulli t ' James Woods, a letter-carrier, in the employmer 4 " t h i ci u r ' the Post-office , to commit .felony by stealing. letter: containing bank-notes, which would come into bls care by virtue of his o ffi ce. The prisoner at first m a n y so pleaded " not guilty," but by the advice of his Cettn; s table th sel, Mr. C. PHILLIPS, he retracted that plea, el' mtable In pleaded " guilty." 11. Mr. PHILLIPS stated that the prisoner had - she° eh Ir. Cr( 2Ucer, a the most sincere contrition for what he had done. cou A l l d r, n S ot er h g a e v a e ntlA nt n e A re nr a c m o o n r s e id j e u r d ed ici t o h l a is t pthieea,proisroenief tort must I, pressed himself more properly. Yet the publi c , Aor t • • tl must be protected, and the prisoner could not exP e° ' a less punishment than twelve months' imprisonmel' 1 harrnor This prisoner has been once capitally convict"' ,7 8 t melOd and sentenced to lose his life. The sentence, 1 1 °" Rif te d ever, was commuted, and he was then ordered to ti ell Yf r New South Wales for fourteen years. At the eau _of antil of seven years, however, he obtained a free pard °ll : k a ges• Sh and returned to this country. He then met Jo l g i ' l. • Croly Wood, whom he had known before, and propos ed to h„, - , ,•'' to him to steal letters. Wood informed the ant°. shave g iv a ri f t t i e e r s f a u t ily th h e ea P r o if s ig t-o h ffi is c p e l , an a s nd fo h r a t d he th ro e ia p b r e i r so y. ner t aken, c i . e t ° 6 ol 37s P , ar w l i i 15 : t ,,:. ev i e ) r n , ,, ha , (I s. TI NEW COURT. . 14°I- Ation i Thomas Gigg and Wm. Ball were indicted for , k,flanee the stealing a quantity of corn, the property of the" master, Mr. Scote, of Shepherd's-bush; and Cam' : Crolv Pratt, for receiving the same, knowing it to ha ve Aion• Iltil b Pas been stolen.—Not Guilty. • , . ein his Wm. Benson was convicted of stealing a tire' Nile nsity residing piece, Th e the ato n propertyßethnal-green. aebt hlconstable asl-tga rt o ee f ed n, a . gentleman, named M 3 Y ° ' it. 1 l itOn are 1 that the prisoner ( w ho i e s i rather a respectable-looking young man) belong! to a desperate set of thieves, who have so long in " Ili til "r e fested that neighbourhood, and known by the na me to t--pray of the " Wentworth-street Gang." - the D t The Costsrax SERGEANT immediately sentencedb annsN ex him to be transported for seven years. I " tit • ha John Clarke was indicted for stealing were iti t ; articles of wearing apparel, the property of Job° co , 4s.exce Wilkins. The prosecutor and prisoner were lodge" v ll l Have in the same house. The facts of the case w ere 1 101 ulage of ' to clearly proved, he was accordingly acquitted. Ann Healey, aged 46, was indicted for stealitl e r ,5 411 hits several articles of wearing apparel, the property 4 r , '3' shout C ucko o Mrs. Vickers. •soo, 44 The prisoner, in her defence, said the prosecutr d is , lent her the clothes in question, and she unforte \vb. "! wi rate ti -11 In Ed nately lost.them. Verdict—Guilty. ' °tit th Air. Wontner informed the Court that the pre h - -e anti saner was an old offender, and had. been sever? aye di t i, sper With hi: times tried and convicted. ; ..e se.rn ~. The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced her to or. It tit „ edi year's imprisonment, sad to be kept to bard labour' 4 13 urns• John Ferguson was indicted for stealing two pd t h is unec of boots, value 31., the property of Mr. HuttleP IL Q Wper Mr Not Guilty. Matilda Harris and Mary Ann Harris, two I ° - , fi r s t prostitutes, were convicted of stealing two pine' th e - the property of Mr. Sugden, of Somers' To'". % One month's imprisonment and hard labour. ' e distant Ann Lester was convicted of stealing a frne l( ''' ''4 . l. forgot value 3s. from the shop of M r . Y oung , a paw. J r krit,, e ; nc broker. th e ' auth dera T t h i e on C o o f stm he o r N h S u E v ß in G g EAti e T ei t i Ol i d n her, co that n fineme in n t e pi ont‘ ort i than two months, he should only order her to imprisoned 14 days. • • • Thomas Perkins, an innocent-looking child, 10/ .. indicted for stealing some leather, value 25., the re., perty of John Lawrence. • The person who bought the leathEr Of the Pr; boner said he gave th e f u ll va l ue f or i t ; b ut , fr° some questions he asked of hi m , h e was induced t 0 make inquiries, and found it had be en s t o l en ; helo t; the child a few days afterwards, and gave him W s ' custody. Verdict—Guilty. The Jury censured, in very strong terms, the practice of persons buyiug goods of children who". they had no knowledge of. td The COMMON SERG EANT or d ere d th e prisoner be fined Is., and given up to his friends, who we' waiting to receive him. Several prisoners were discharged; no evideG having been produced against them. ti• • The Court h av i ng got t h roug h t h e ca l en d ar , journed till four o'clock, when the sentences will u",' passed. THE MARKETS.—(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a g rea t su pply a t thi s morn i ng ' s mar k e t, b u ! the trade was dull. Damsons and Elderberries are coO r i derably dearer than on this day se'nnight ; in prices ° other things little alteration. 6 , s. d. a. d. a. d. ' 0 . 1 Potatoes (per cwt.) ... 3 6to 7 0 Spinage (hall-sieve) 0 6 to o 0 Cabbages (12 heads)... 0 2 0 Apples, Common 26 , 0 Ditto Red Cauliflowers 0 3 0 Pear s 4 tiorseßadisli (bundle) 6 3 0 Sl oes 3 0 I 0 Celery 0 1 6 Common Plums 3 0 0 Brocoli Carrots (12 bun c h es ) 4 0 8 0 Lemons (100) 8 0 1 q 0 Turnips Young Onions 1 0 2 0 English Walnuts(loo) 1 0 i 0 coleworts or Greens 1 0 2 0 S pan . Chesmits (peck) 5 0 is 0 Leeks 0 9 10 1 rench ditto 3 6 0 9 Turnip Radishes 0 9 1 0 Spanish Hazlenuts ... 40 1 6 French Beans (gallon) 0 9 1 6 Onions (for pickling) 0 9 0 Mulberries (pottle) 0 6 0 9 Filberts (121b5.) 5 0 6 0 black Wall Plum.... 0 9 1 6 Elderberries (bushel) 4 A 6 0 Peaches (dozen) 4O 8 0 Hazlenuts (bushel) ... 40 1 0 Apricots 3 0 6 0 Sea /call (pummet)... 0 6____,, HAY MA RKEIS—(At ST. JA e. -E. Lowland Mead. Hal 2 15 to 3 0 Upland Ditto 315 415 Ryo-grass Hay 315 415 New Meadow Hay 3 5 310 Supply good, trade dull, and prices as last quoted. SMITHFIELD. Z. a. s. I. a. Lowland Mead.llay 2 15 to 3 5 Cloy. Hay generally 3 15 to! 15 Upland Ditto 315 415 Do. extra 0 u '; 14 Hye•grass Hay 315 415 O a t St raw lO •18 New Meadow Hay 310:1 15 Wheat Ditto •A y 114 1 „ c f. . oe, at uarely nursda, pr per Load of *J Trusses MESS. .C. s. Clover Hay ...... 315t0 u Oat Straw 1 14 jl9 Wheat Dila ...... 118 MARRIED.—On the 16th inst. at Falmou th, CHARLES DESBOROUGH HOLWORTHY, Esq., to A:0 1 ' 1j : SANDEIts, second dau g ht er o f Capt. Kmazzas, of thl" place. Visitors to the unrivalled scenery of Killarney Lakes have never been so numerous as this summer . Aaother stag hunt, perhaps the last of the season, tak es place on Monday.—Carlow Morning Post. The quality of slate in the Valentia quarries • Killarney, is considerably improved, so much as to riral the Welch El 4tes. —Carlow Morning Post. • Hop-pickin g is now very general, with the prospect of great abundance, though the late storms have impeded the operation, and must, if they continue, very much deteriorate the produce.—Bath Herald. STORM IN TILE CIIANNEL.—The Bruns rick, after passing through the Little Russel on her trip Inn Guernsey on Sunday night last, encountered a hear/ gah of wind from E.N.E. accompanied with thunder► lighting, and rain, the mogt severe ever witnessed by our inforiant, who is an old sailor. This fine sea-boat weather ed the,rale in admirable style, and proved her qualities to be fir-rate, for more trying,westlier never• was cape riencec At Guernsey, on Sunday, up to the time of the Brunsick's leaving, at five o'clock in the afternoon, the weathrtwas remarkably fine, the heat being very great. —The gle overtook her about 10 o'clock, and continued throughtt the night, during which, hens the frequeneY and brillitcy of the lightning, the sea, as the sailors sap seemed toe on tire, making the scene doubly . The Brtatoich did not ship a drop of water, and m ade the peeeaget about IS tow - L.—Plymouth Journal. or c