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LITERATURE. MEMOIRS OF GENERAL MILLER.-2 VoLs. LONDON, 1928. 7 ' The Memoirs of General Miller,which, so far as biography is concerned, are a series of mere rambling unconnected sketches, are made the vehicle of some ably digested details respecting that important. feature in the history of the world, the revolution, and separation from their mother country, of the South American States. Though the subject be just now some what hacknied, though volume after voline, pamphlet after pam phlet, has fo r y ears b een i n the habit of being published, for the purpose, as it should seem, of illustrating this great event ; still a correct, and above all, an impartial analy sis of the, circumstances that preceded -and, im-. mediately followed it, is a desideratum in our national literature. This desideratum, the volumes before us, though in miniature, abund antly supply. In them we read many strange facts, with which we were before—though not altogether unread on the subject,—unacquainted ; new traits of characters are introduced to us— strange heroes, .such. for instance as Benne vides, the Royalist assassin and murderer, ap pear on the scene ; in short, every where an impartial estimate is formed of nation and individual, Liberal and Royalist. As in all cases where an enslaved nation becomes too strong for its oppressor, the cause alleged for the separation of South America from Spain is the dreadful and increasing tyranny exercised by the latter over the for.ner. Proscriptions— assassinations—contempt of all justice—igno rance of all right,.save that of the sword—appear just previous to the Revolution, to have been put in daily force against the Colonies. This was not to be borne ; and accordingly first one rebel started up from the patriot ranks ; then a second, then a third ; until at length Bolivar obtained the supreme command, and as a reward for his having conquered the Spaniards in many a hard fought battle, was most courteously allowed by them to drop the title of rebel, and even to assume the rank of an equal, though an enemy. Of course Lord Cochrane—of whose well-known exploit with regard to the Esmeralda. frigate, we have a copious though scarcely novel account—con tributed materially to the success of the pa triot cause ; we have accordingly some interest ing details respecting his Lordship, as also respecting an individual now it seems almost forgotten, but who nevertheless established the independence of Peru, and had a great share . in promoting the eather movements of the revolu • tion ; we mean Gen. San Martin, whom Capt. Basil Hall has introduced with such picturesque effect in his South American Travels. Benna vides—another of Captain Hall's heroes, to whom he devotes the most romantic chapter in his entertaining volumes—is also here brought upon the tapis : the following is the account , of this celebrated thief—assassin—rebel—and m ur. serer " Benavides was born in the province of Concepcion ; and, together with his brother, had served in the Buenos Ayrean battalion, No. 11, the first as a sergeant, the se cond as a corporal. In 1814, both were sentenced to death for some crime, but escaped from their condemned cell, and passed over to the royalists, having, as was strongly rapposec:, set n're to the held depot, which was burnt on the night they absconded. Both were made 'prisoners of war at the battle of Maypo, but were not recognised an• til after the government of Chile had published a general pardon to all military offenders, in celebration of the vic tory. The Supreme Ditector could not then except the brothers from the amnesty ; but ha ordered them to be sent out of the country, as dangerous and enterprising criminals, and to be placed at the disposal of the govern :neat of the united provinces of La Plata. On ibe march, ;he commandant of the escort was informed by two-of his soldiers that the men in custody had offered bribes to con. Dive at their, evasion. The oillicer stated that, upon charging them with this proceeding, the prisoners ac knowledged the truth of the accusation; that seventeen doubloons and a dagger were found about the person of the elder brother. Upon which the officer, acting, as he aid, in conformity to his instructions in the event of his pri- sonere attempting to escape, ordered them to 14 shot, and they were executed accordingly. " On General San Martin's return from Mendoza to Santiago, a stnnnch patriot, nearly related to the wife of Bertavides, apprised the General that the unfortunate man was still living, and that be felt an unconquerable desire to have an interview with his Excellency, not only to corn. municate upon subjects of high importance, but also to manifest the sincerity of his wishes to re-attach himself to the cause of independem.-e. lie, however, stipulated for a guarantee in writing, and the concealment of the fact of his existence, . particularly from the Supreme Director. These conditions were acceded to, and the first meeting took place at midnight in the chapel porch of the Con ventillo, a country.seat about a mile from Santiago. " The following is the account which Benavides himself gave of the transaction to General San Martin. He said that, upon leaving Santiago, neither he nor his brother entertained any suspicion they were to be executed on the road; that if they bad apprehended any such design, it would have been easy for them to have absconded before they left the capital ; but feeling satisfied on the score of personal safety, they ;postponed the attempt until a fa vourable opportunity should occur in the course of their march, and more particularly as they wished to avoid compromising their friends of the royalist party then resi dent at Santiag o ; that on the evening of the second day the officer of the molt ordered a halt for the brothers to be 'searched, and seventeen doubloons being found in the lining of the bouts of the elder, the officer asked if they bad attempted to bribe the 'soldiers, which was answered in the negative ; that the party then left the road, mid having arrived at a lonely gnat at nightfall, the officer or= epar e f or i ns t ant d eat h. pr -tiered them (the two brothers) -to They were made to kneel, with eivs unbou n d, and a volley was fired. Benavides received two halls, p m , of which passed through his right shoulder, the other tbrnugh his left side. He fell, but, prewving his preseoe,A o f 141 , 10, he feigned himself dead, in the hope of ultimately effect. ing his escape. The serjeant of the cocoa; a s a o 800. posed, drew his sword, and gave him a hell cut acerase the throat'", saying, at the same time, Tette that, iri!. lain, for the murder of my family 1' The soldiers then* threw a quantity of earth and stones over the two bodies, and withdrew. Benavides remained motionless for some minutes, when, fi s eling that his executlouers had finally left him, he immediate+ set to work.to disengage himself from the load of earth with which he was encumbered; be, then with great difficulty untied thee-oral with Which !i.e was bound, and having stripped off the jacket and ahlit of his deceased brother, to bind tap his wounds, he q . nitted the fatal spot. He walked the greater part of the night, atif e faring acutely from the pain of his evounde, and from the still less supportable agonies of thirst. Baring reached the hovel of a good old man'and woman, the took pity upon him ; anti although poverty confined their meane of cure to the constant washing of his wounds with water from a neighbouring rill, Benavides found himself suffi ciently recovered, at lire end of sixteen days, to greep un perceived into Santia go , wher e he, remained concealed. " General San Martin and Benivides had several sub sequent meetings, which were held at night near the foun tain in the great square of the city. Benavides revealed the names of those who were still inimical to the patriot cause, and also the means they employed to carry on their correspondence with the royaliSts, and to remit subscrip tions to promote the restoration of the ancient order of things. Pe reiterated the offer of his serviced to the re and a plan o f operations for public; they were ac ce p ted, , the ensuing campaign in the south of Chile w as determined upon. He was soon afte rwards sent, in charg e o f an officer, who was kept in ignor anc e of the name of,*per son he escorted , to General iblcarce, at' that time com manding the troops in the province of Concepcion, a n d who was minutely informed of the character and Conduct of Benavidem, and of the circumstances which rendered_ it. expedient to place such a person pitig 44 staff. 13 a) c.arrt was instructed to observe tire 4 utmost circumspection i n carrying into execution plans suggested by B e navides ; and, taking care not to betray any aigna of mistrust, to keep a watchful eye over that • extraordinary man, whose local knowledge and prior connexions with the royalist chiefs, As well as his influence over The Araucanians, gave value and weight to his opinions, .and rendered him a desirable in- Benavides carried his laced awry ever afterwards, strument a the prosecution of the war. There can he no doubt that to his counsel was owing the conquest of the island of Lajas and of the fort Del Nacimiento, and the successful issue of that campaign Indeed, General Bal carce distinctly attributed it to the advice of Benavides, whose adhesion - to the cause of the country became un doubted. " Unhappily General' Baleares imparted his secret to Colonel Frey re, Governor of CcincepciOn, who, at a con, fereace at which all 'three were pMient, had the indiscre tion to tell Benavides, in a moment of warm discussion, that a man of his species was not to be trusted. Fired at the insult, the stern Benavides disappeared within eight and-forty hours, and speedily commenced a desolating war with fire and sword, committing unheard-of barbarities upon the helpless and unoffeading inhabitants f." The narrative of this scamp's life ; his strange adventures—theatrical appetite for murder, and above all his queer looking Indian satellites would, we think, make a capital melo-drame ; we accordingly solicit Mr. Planche's attention to the subject, convinced that he will find his account in it. Captain Hall, however, not Major Miller, must be his guide. In his ac count 'of the progress of the revolution, our author has not neglected the geographical por tions- of his work ; as a proof of which, we give the following striking account of the coast of Peru ; Captain Hall, we remember, has described. the same scene, but his description was from the sea : " The coast of Peru may be said to consist of a line of sandy desert, five hundred leagues in length, the breadth varying from - seven to above fifty miles, as the several branchea of the Andes approach to, or recede from, the shores of the Pacific Ocean. It presents great inequa lities of surface, and has the appearance of having once formed a part of the bed of the adjoining ocean. Were it not for the stupendous back ground, which gives to every other object a comparatively diminutive outline, the sand hills might sometimes be called mountains. The long line of desert is intersected by rivers and streams, which are seldom less than twenty, or more than eighty or ninety miles apart. The narrow strips on each bank of every stream are peopled in proportion to the supply of water. During the rainy season:in the interior, or from the melt ingof the snows upon the Andes, the great rivers upon the coast swell prodigiously, and can be crossed only by means of a balsa, which, is a raft or -frame-work, fastened upon four bull-hides sewed up, made air-tight, and filled with wind. A few of the large rivers reach the sea, but most of those of the second order are consumed in irrigating the cultivated patches, or are absorbed by the encompassing de sert, where it never rains ; where neither birds, beasts, nor reptiles, are ever seen, and where a blade of vegetation never grew. Sometimes a rill of water bubbles up, and is lost within the space of a hundred yards. Very often the banks of rivers are too steep and rugged to admit of the water being applied to the purposes of irrigation ; consequently the surrounding country cannot be cultivated. No stranger can travel from valley to valley, as the in habited strips are inappropriated called, without a guide ; for the only indication that the desert has been trodden before, is an occasional cluster of bones, the remains of beasts of burden that have perished. The sand is fre quently raised into immense clouds by the wind, to the great annoyance of the traveller, who generally rides with his face muffled up. The obstacles to moving a body of troops from one point to another in this country can only be appreciated by military men who have had to contend against them. But description, unaccompanied by a state ment of facts, will fall short of conveying even a faint idea of the horrors of the desert. " It is not a rare. circumstance for the most experienced vaquinos, or guides, to lose themselves. In this case, terror instantly reduces them to a state of positive insanity. Unless they recover the path by chance, or are fortunate enough to see other travellers loom about the horizon, they inevitably perish, and their fate is no more known than that of a ship which founders unseen in the distant ocean. In the desert, a puff of wind obliterates the footsteps of a column of soldiers." Our limits press us to a conclusion : suffice to say,.that the volumes before us are fraught with information of the most important events that our times have witnessed; and that, in order to render them more explanatory, they are illus trated with geographical and military maps. $ Benavides remained with the Araucanians until, find ing himself cut off trim& most"of his followers, be embarked at the end of two years in an open launch, and sailed for Arica, intending to join - the royalist party in Peru. Being in want of water on the passage, the launch put into a 'null cove near Valpiraiio. One of his men betrayed him, and Penavides closed his career on the scaffold, at Santiago, on the 23d February, 1821 The town is full of company, and the arrivals daily are very numeroul.—Brighton Gazette. .UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE.--a gentleman of this -city went over to the Scarborough Musical Festival, and . took up his' quarters at DONNER's Hotel. All the beds in the inn were engaged, and he was provided with one at a neighbouring house, where his sleep was by no means refreshing, owing to an unusual and unpleasant Smell in the room. On the following day, he perceived that a coffin was concealed under' his bed; and in the course of the same ►lay, the silent companion of his slum bers was carried forth to burial.— York Chronicle. The whale fishing in the Greenland seas has almost totally failad this season, from the packed or close ice. Most of the ships had left Greenland fur Davis's Straits—the dernier resort of an unlucky season—in May. —Scotsman. The herring fishing in the West Highlands generally has now fallen off considerably ; and fewer ar rivals at the Broomielaw are consequently taking place. The fishing in Lochfine continues brisker than any of the, other stations, and a greater number of boats are constantly employed there, Salt herrings are sold in town at 2/. and 21. 2s. a barrel.— Glasgow Chronicle. The scarcity of partridges is not, generally, so great as was predicted. There are a great number of late broods, not yet fit for the bag. On the Ist, Mr. GiFFARD and roar friends killed, on the Walton Estate, Staffordshire, partridges, 13;1 brace--harc , , 27.— Worcester Journal. Some excellent aftermath crops have been se cured in this neighbourhood.— Worcester Journal. N:p less than ninety-six potatoes were taken up from ore root in a garden at Bury, last week ; the stein measured seven CET:. -- Cambridge Chronicle. Harvest is drawing to a close in this quarter, and will be completely finished before the Rood Fair—the .al period assigned for its termination. In Galloway and Dumfries-shire a great number of farmers have already celebrated Lai - ygst home, and from all we can learn, but little grain is left LArtit, though a considerable portion ?mains to be carried.—:/uLifrjes Courier. A awn time since we informed our readers that two aabb, 4 a had been cut in a garden, at Aberyatwith, . one 161b5., aAd thß i*,er rilbs., which we thought ex. traordinary ; but we have aim been informed (for the truth of which we can vouch) that cr.,l,l4ges have been cut at Narbertb, weighing not less than 2414, each, end there are . many of an eyisi tize growing in the same garden belonging to Mr. TRomns, tailor? Narberth.—North Wales Chron. It is remarkable. that 64 summer birds of pas sage, of which the swallow is the first, )ave already con gregated proyiwsly to their migrating. They ;;'e full one month earlier in their 4n - wafture than last year. On the ather"hand, the, throstle, the red-wing, and the field-fare, w hi c h i F t t us in March, have returned, as well as the ring ouzel, to winter in our sheltered situations...—Porset County Chronicle. -, 1 the various p r i n ts GRAVE IDEA.'-'"`ArtiL MB ari d nrichtgres that are now to be seen In the print-shops we have lately t; ,;deed one of a coffin, o n w hi ch written " An apartment for a". ii ng le g entlem an ;" and undern eat h, " A grave idea." carriage-roadDollbaldlaernr!afdwk.lanberis Lakes is nosy Carnarycni to laid .open to th e pu b - Th.!. Mr. PARRY of the Uxbridge Hotel, sent . a large patty up oil Tuesday morning in a coach and four. Tourists will be rejoiced to hear they can now gain access to this beautiful spot withent being jolted to pieces in a rugged and dangerous road, or compelled to cross the lakes whether they wished it or not. —Nort4 Wales Chronicle. On Friday, as W. PREECE, of Hereford, was in a boat fishing for eels in the River Wye, opposite the Castle Green, he distiovenid the body of a female floating in the water. On the wrist of the left arm of the body was a cord tied, ;bout a yard in length, with a noose at the other end. The deceased proved to be Atirt AwDREws, who, on the preceding Saturday morning, had left her service in a respectable family in that city, and had not 'ince been heard of; and nothing has vet transpired to ac count for the melancholy situation in which the body was Cheltenham Chronicle. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated Sept. 11 ODESSA, AUG. 20.—The timiof the departure of the Emperor for the army is not yet known, but it is sup posed that it will not be before the end of the month. It seems certain that his Majesty will return by sea to Kovarna, or, as we flatter ourselves here, to Varna, the siege of which is pressed with great activity. It is said, that Count Nesselrode will remain here with' the diplomatic body, and that only those among the Foreign Ministers who are military men will accom pany. the Emperor to the head-quarters. The Grand Duke Michael, who left us yesterday, will take the command of the Guards, whom he will conduct to Varna. It appears. to be the intention of the Emperor to carry on operations beyond the Balkan during this campaign, after the taking of Varna, and to content himself during that time with keeping Shamla in vested by a considerable corps. The army before that place endeavours to blockade it more closely every day ; but this is attended with great difficulty, for a corps of Turkish cavalry of 2,000 men lately made a sally, and attacked a Russian convoy.. They killed many men belonging to the escotirt, and carried off about 100 oxen. PARIS, SEPT. 10.—We have reasons for not be lieving what :the Courrier Francais said yesterday, of the overtures made by Lord Heyteshnry to the Emperor Nicholas. (From the Messager des Chambres of Sept. 10.) (EXTRACT OF 'A COMMERCIAL LETTER.) CONSTANTINOPLE, AUGUST l4.—The campaign which the Russian armies have commenced against the Turks may be of longer duration than Was ex pected by more than one European Cabinet, and if the Porte sinks under forces so colossal as those which its principal enemy brings against it, and the intestine dissensions by which it is torn, at least it will not be without glory. According to the, ac counts which are received from all quarters, it is in credible what bravery and perseverance are daily shown by the Mussulmans at Varna, Shumla, and Silistria, either in repeated sallies, in partial attacks, or in defence of their intrenchments; only it is de plorable for humanity that the animosity with which both parties fight should assume so ferocious a cha racter. The Russian fleet before Varna is still obliged to keep at a distance from the port. If the Turkish naval force had not been destroyed at Navarin, Russia would have met with a resistance at sea equal to that which it now experiences at every foot of land which it attempts to invade. The immense army which is assembling on the heights about the capital, and along the Sweet Water, is to amount to 200,000 infantry and 80,000 Asiatic horsemen, according to the hopes of the Turks, who are fully resolved to shed all their blood in defence of the walls of Constantinople ; in fact, for several days past, a great number of troops, and parti6ularly cavalry, has been arriving from Asia, The Sultan rema►ns firm in his r6irlution to put himself at the head of this army. All the Rayas are arrested in the streets, to make them work at the entrench ments, which are to he defended by 300 pieces of cannon. Every body is taking arms —every body goes to the camp—the city is depopulated of half of its in habitants, whose fanatical enthusiasm continues to increase :. nevertheless, public tranquillity has not yet been disturbed in the slightest degree. FRENCH FUNDS.-.—PARIS, SEPT. 10.—Five per Cents. 107 f. Ssc. 15c. 107 f. 1071. 15c., ex. div, ; Three per Cents., 74f. Sbc. 45c. SOc. ; Bank Stock, 1,856 f. 25c. ; Naples Stock, 80f. 20c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 75if.; Ilaytian Loin, 647 f. 50c. Exchange on London—One Month, 25f. 25c. ; Three Months, 25f. 15c.—Coure Authentigue. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. Michael Wilshere, Woolwich, currier. • Francis Fenton, St. James's-street, hotel-keeper. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Richard Abraham, New Bond-Street, pictore-dealer, from Sept. 23 to Nov. 4, at eleven, at the Court of Corn. missionerv. BANKRUPTS. James Vickery Line, Saint Mary-at-liill, London, wine merchant, to surrender Sept. 16, 80, and Oct. 24, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Young and Gilbert, Mark-lane. Charles Bonner, Spalding, Lincoln, scrivener, Sept. 23, 24, and Oct. 24, at eleven, at the White Hart Inn, Spald ing. Willis and Co ; Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury ; Carter, Spalding. Thomas Snelus, Oxford, carrier, Sept. 22, at six, 23, and Oct. 24, at eleven, at the George Inn, Oxford. Robinson and Co., Charterhouse-square ; Dudley, Oxford. Joseph Palmer, Wells innholder, Oct. 2, at four, at the White Hart Inn, Bath, 3, and 24., at twelve, at the Swan Hotel, Wells. Perkins and Frampton, Gray's Inn-square; Miller, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire. Cuthbert Fair, Liverpool, wine -merchant, Oct. 3,4, and 24, at one, at the Office of Mr. J. Prest, Liverpool. Michael, Red Lion-square, London ; Prest, Liverpool. Charles Wadsworth, Salford, spirit-dealer, Sept. 26, 27, and Oct. 21, at two, at Heyward's Hotel, Manchester. Monis and Goolden, Manchester ; Adlington and Co. Bed ford-row, London. DIVIDENDS. William Birch and J. Hampson, Manchester, grocers, Oct. 9, at eleven, at the Star Inn, Manchester—Robert Trenson, Liverpool, merchant, Oct. 7, at twelve, at the office of Mr. 'William Hinde, solicitor, Liverpool—Samuel Williams, Bristol, apothecary, Oct. 3, at one, at the Com mercial Rentals, Bristol—William Thompson Howgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, chemist, Oct. 6, at eleven, at the Court-house of the Castle of Knaresborough—George Phipps, Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, victualler, Oct. G, at one, at the White Hart Inn, Evesham, Wor cestershire—John Townsend Bailey, Liverpool, varnish manufacturer, Oct. 6, at two, 'at the Office of Messrs. John and George Crump, solicitors, Liverpool—John Henry Torriane, Fenchurch-street, scrivener, Oct. 3, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners—Joseph John Frith, Banner. square, silversmith, Oct. 3, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—Josias Hassan, Bristol, starch-mariulac turer, Oct. 7, at one, at the Bush Tavern, Bristol—Thos. Hooper, St. Philip and Jacob, Gloucestershire, maltster, Oct. 4, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol—James Kumby, Bath, oilman, Oct. 3, at twelve, at the Commer cial Reorns, Bristol—Mary Agard, Francis Stringer Agard, and William Stringer Agard, Borrowash, Derbyshire, _uiil lees, Sept. 23, at eleven, at the New Inn, Derby. CERTIFICATES, Om 3. John Gibbon, sen., Cinton-place, Commercial-road, mast-maker—John Brooks, Seymour-street, St. Pancras, Tranter, Royal-hill, Greenwich, atone-mason--William I) r '.a7.J►etys, Crooked-lane, tin-plate merchant. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, James Harding, Joseph Barber, and William James Hamilton, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street, accountants-- William Nettleship, Joseph Hewson and William Steven son, Everton, Nottinghamshire, brick and tile makers...- Elizabeth Tilyard and George Tilyard, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, plumbers—Sophia Lees and Eliza Blake, Higher Runcorn, Cheshire, sphoolmietresses—Joseph Fridlander and Moses Davies, Birmingham, manufacturers of Britan nia-metal goods—Joseph Lancashire and Edward Fithian, Manchester, pawnbrokers-4Villiam Wig;len and William Chit, Hoxtoti-wharf, Whitmore•road, Ifoxton, coal-met cbants—Lewellin Applin, Clementina Applin, and Clarissa Applin, Bristol, innholders—Richard Coupland and Richard Langbridge, Bristol, coach-proprietors—Robert Poppleton and Samuel Shipton, Grange-road, Bernondsey, Surrey, wine merchants.- Samuel Bryant, Bristol, and William Jones, Cheltenham, soda-walcr-manufacturers--Milliara Simpkin and Richard Marshall, Statimaers'-hall-court, lLudgats-hill, booksellers—William Hammond ansi John Hammond, Whitesmithy-Bar, Crump all, Manchester, nail.makers—John Adams, John Pares, and James Hey gate, Bromsgreve, Worceaterahir,3, dealers--4. Coppard and J. M. Simmonds, Lewes, Sussex, linen-drapers— Charles Jainea g&tt and Henriette Morin, Brighthelmston, Sussex, schoolmistresses—John Hore and Sheldrake Leist, Little George-street, Hampstead-road, coach and harness makers —B. S. Hillyard and George Soundy, Bridge "Wharf, Chertsey, Surrey, coal-merchants,W. Broughton and R. Illingworth, Stamford, Lincolnshire, liquor-mer chants—Wm. Brierley and Samuel Brierley, jun., Salford, Lancashire, silk-dyers. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. William 111‘13ean,'Aberdeen, distiller, Sept. IZ and SO, at one, at the Lemon Tree Tavern; Aberdeen. " ?Riess OF STOCtS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Bed. shut 3 per Cent. Cons—. 813 1 ,6 8 14 ii 354 per Cent. Ditto Red. shut 4 per Cent. 102U% Ditto, 1x46 Bank L. Ann. shut India Steck ........„ Ditto Bonds 88 9B pm. 1 PRICES OF IRISH STOC Bank Stock 2511 Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 9431 Ditto, New 4 per Cent. ..... 1 % 01 1 Gov. Deb. 334 per rent —, Royal Canal Stock ... 4 ll Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c 96 % COURSE OF EXCH., Amsterdam C.F.12 3 Ditto, at sight 12 11 Rotterdam 2U. 12 3 Antwerp 12 31 Hamburgh M. B. 13 . 14 Altona 13 141 Parts, 3 days' sight Ditto • 2U.25 60 Bordeaux 25 65 Berlin -- Frankfort on Maine, Ex. 111.1511 Petersburgh, rble... 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective fl. 2H. 10 3 Trieste do. Madrid 38% Cadiz '16% Gilboa 36 Barcelona 35% Seville 35% Gibraltar 46 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock ---- Old Annuities shut New Ditto Ex, Bills, f 1,000 2d. '73 74 pro. Ditto 500 2d. 73 74 pm. Ditto Small Ditto C0mmercia1......... [Bank for Acc0unt............ India for Aocount ............ -- Cons. for Acct.! 884 3t :IKS, DUBLIN, SEPT. 10. I St. Patrick Incur. (per sh.) -- , Royal Irish Ditto .... National Ditto — Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank •,Provincial . Ditto • . I Royal Irish Mine — •, Imperial Mine •; Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings :iGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn . . 48% Genoa 25 40 Venice . 473{ Malta =_ Naples • - 39% Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon 45% Oporto 45% Rio Janeiro 29 Bahia 34 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 41 days' sight Cork 1 MULLION, PUR 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 91 Silver. bars. standard 0 . 0 0 max VIATIDIt AT LONDON BRIM TO-MORROW. Morning...4B minutes after 4 I Erening.... 8 minutes after b it 4 4 1, 414 Ety LONDON. - SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1828, By the at rival of a Lisbon Mail we have ac counts from thence announcing the surrender of the Island of Madeira to the Expedition of Don MIGUEL on the 23d ult., without any of the boasted resistance which was promised, indeed the affair seems to have been managed upon a humane principle, one man being killed, and one wounded by accident. It seems the Conceicao schooner of war of 16 guns, proceeding from Viana to Lisbon, with arms, has been taken by a privateer, without firing a shot. What two fine instances are these for the annals of Portuguese istory in future times, and what a recommenda. tion is it for the convoy promised, when they present, through their agents, ships for insurance under such gallant specimens of courage, to the under-writers of LLOYD'S ? We almost begin to think any interference on their behalf for such a set would -be ridiculous ; and, perhaps, his Grace of WELLINGTON entertains the same opinion. The mail does not, it is said, futnish us with any information respecting Sir J. M. DOYLE or Mr. YOUNG, or that they have been released. What then becomes of Lord ABERDEEN'S threats ? And is it come to this, that England, who has spent much blood and treasure for the defence of Portugal, should allow herself to be treated with insult and contempt ? Alas I alas ! we have indeed fallen from our boasted character. The following is from the Lisbon Gazelles to the 6th inst. inclusive. It will he seen that Don MIGUEL admits having acted all along with duplicity in his professions of adherence to the Constitution. He made promises which he knew he could not abide by, on coming into power. But he forgets that unless he had made these promises, there was no chance for his becoming King. He swore falsely to gain his purpose, which having obtained, he takes credit to him self for telling the truth! Impious idol of a worthless Priesthood ! lissom, sari , . 4. The non-official part of the Gazette contains an article of six columns, in reply to the protest of the Alarquis de Rezende and the Viscount Itabayana, published in the English papers of 16th August. " The cause of the Portuguese nation, which was sup. planted since the death of Don John VI., by a faction whose chiefs had prepared during the lifetime of that mo narch, and effected on his death the subjection of the Por tuguese people to a foreign sovereign, could not be sup ported and defended so long as the legitimate heir to the throne was not among us, since there was danger that we might not possess him so soon, and, perhaps, we might have possessed hint sooner, had not the loyal Portuguese, who first attempted to proclaim him in 1626, been ill-advised, and perhaps deceived. At length the King found himself under the nesessity of assuring Europe that he was coming to govern us for his august brother; but as his rights and those of the Portuguese nation are laid down in the fundamental laws of the monarchy, his Majesty, notwithstanding any promises he had made, could neither alter than nor deprive the nation of the rights and privileges given to it by the presumptive compact, and other laws relative to the succession to the crown." The article then proceeds t• assume, that Don Pedro, having become a foreigner by accepting the throne of Brazil, Don Miguel was the only son of King John, who retained the rights of a Portuguese Prince- • -and he having returned, Portugal had a right to throw off a foreign yoke, and obey him who alone had a right to the Crown. SErr. s.—The Gazelle contains a list of Officers dis missed from his Majesty's service far having taken part in the rebellion which commenced at Oporto on the 16th of May. There are many inclined to disbelieve the sur render of Madeira. The report is supposed to be spread at Lisbon, as a herald to the wishes Of MIGUEL. The French Papers contain no further news from the Theatre of War, All we learn is that the number of Turks is greater than was ex. petted, and their bravery more obstinate. It is said that there are upwards of 20,000 persons confined in the prisons of Lisbon. If sp-MfGUEL is not safe in his usurpation, and insecurity wiil beewe greater the more he inprisonB. Accounts from Vienna of the sth bring the IVletalliques at 94i ; Bank Stock 1088. Ve have received Madras Gazettes to the 18th May, but their contenps do not possess any political importance. The crew of his Majesty's ship Java were fast recovering from the effects of the Cholera Morlus. One Midshipman and about twenty men had fallen sacrifices to the • inalady, The Nnremburg Correspondent; of the sth inst., contain# an article from the Ban 9f the Danube, dated the 25th August, which conveys no news, but is rather in the character of a com mentary upon - the state of the war. It asserts, that the object of the Emperor NICHOLAS in going to Odessa was to expedite, by his pre sence, the advance of reinforcement s to the army. The whole tenor of the article is favourable to the Russians, whose prospects of ultimate sue- , cess are considered certain. It admits, however, that the obstinacy of the Turks was quite unex pected, and that the amount of the Russian army was originally exaggerated, a fact which may he inferred from their desultory progress. The Em peror NICHOLAS is represented as not wishing to sacrifice the lives of- his troops by unnecessary attacks, because he is convinced of their valour. The main body of the Turks being centred at Shumla, is considered as favourable for the march of General PASKEWITSCH to Scutari, along the coast of the Black Sea : PROM THE LOWER DANUBE, AUO. 25. The journey of the Emperor Nicholas to Odessa has excited some surprise, and not without reason, because it _ was unexpected. On examination, however, it will seem - very natural that on account of the unforeseen obstinate re sistance of the enemy, and the necessity which there arose of besieging Shumla, Yarns, and the fortresses on the Danube, it was judged necessary above all things to in crease the army, and that the Emperor thought it ad visable to forward the arrival of the reinforcements by his presence at Odessa, as the point from which the necessary orders might be the more easily given. The Russian armies are generally supposed abroad to be much stronger than they in fact are, as was seen in the ' late wars in France and Germany. Their numerous light troops were more easily subsisted in those countries than in Turkey, where the whole country as they advance is abandoned by the inhabitants, with their cattle, and the roads broken up as much as possible. All the Christian inhabitants are sent by the Turks further into the country, and where a village has been left inhabited it is converted into a fortress. It is very fortunate that the artful policy of Prince Milosch has hindered the Bosniaks from increas ing the forces on the right wing of the Russians, so that after the Turks had maintained their position at Shumla, it only remained to invest their army in that fortress.— The Tails have carefully avoided making an attack on the main positions of the Russians before Shumla, but the completion of the blockade will oblige them to it ; mean• time the Russian army may be supplied for a long period with provisions from Wallachia, which has net been laid waste, though the want of the possession of Silistria is a great impediment, and so long as the locusts keep away, the draught oxen and the horse, of the country will not suffer much for want of fodder. Should the Turks have, as it may be supposed, considerable magazines in Shtunla, it is not likely that they will suffer for several months, and the besiegers will probably be sooner and more se verely distressed than the besieged. The persever ance of the Russians in situations of difficulty is well known. The Emperor Nicholas, certain of the valour of his troops, will not sacrifice them in useless attacks, and for the present takes measures for the uninterrupted supply of all the besieging corps. Fortunately, the crops, both of corn and hay, in the Dacian provinces has been abundant, and ample supplies may be purchased in Tran sylvania. It is true that the supplying of large armies front a distance is attended with difficulties, and the Euxine is a stormy sea. However, the greatness of the diffi culties is met by he means provided to overcome them. The great problem at Shumla is,' that barracks and provisions for the besiegers may not be wanting, and that the number of the sick may not become too great, the obstinacy of the Eastwill then be obliged to yield to the perseverance of the north, and to superior military skill. Winter campaigns, besides, are by no means suited to the Oriental nations; this alone will hinder the levy en masse from affording very speedy re sults, as the loss of every fortress will depress the coinage of the Turks. Besides this, the operations before Shumla may give to the Russian army in Asia the advan tage of meeting with less opposition on its long march to Scutari along the sea coast, while the army in Europe h advancing by way of , Varna to Coirstantinople. The Turks have not yet gained any victory,--have not been able to destroy any magazines, —and the unfounded cries of victory raised in Constantinople, must soon be changed to lamentations. With all the fanaticism of the Turks, the Sultan and his Government are unpopu lar, and a general belief prevails among the people, that Constantinople will fall. After all thiiie considerations how can it be supposed possible that the Russian Cabinet will be deterred by difficulties, most of which may be cer tainly overcome by a judicious organization of the Maga zine department. VIENNA, SEM 941 ; Bank Shares, 1078, We give the following as we received it, with out offering any comment at present upon its contents. If what is stated be true, it is a pre- cious document: --- Extract of a private letter from Caraccas, dated July es : —" I send by this conveyance a pamphlet containing all the Acts of the different departments of Colombia de claring Bolivar Supreme Chief of Colombia, which is the first step to the lofty station of an Emperor! We have not yet heard from the department of Maturin. Some persons are of opinion that things will not set well upon the stomachs of Generals Bermudez and Morino, though, for my own part, I do not believe that any opposition will take place for the present. I have endeavoured to get a paper, which was printed at Bogota two days after Bolivar was proclaimed; as there are hut few of them, I have not been able to succeed. This paper contains a plan for forming an Imperial Republic to be composed of Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru, over which Bolivar is to preside for life, and the Imperial Diadem to be hereditary; three Princes are to be chosen from the principal Chiefs of the Revo lution—one to preside over each province of the Imperial Republic; and there are to be chosen from the First Order of Liberators one hundred Knights, and from the Second Order fifty Knights' Pensioners—all to be here ditary. These Nobles are to form a Court fur his Imperial Majesty, and Lima to be the capital." Calcutta John Bull Papers to the 23d of March, and Bombay to the Ist of May, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, the former contain an official Pro clamation, announcing the appointment of the Hon. WILLIA - M - ' - IiTITTXRNMRTI/ BAYLV, Senior Member of Council, to the office of Go vernor-General, in consequence of the resigna tion of Lord AMHERST ; he was duly sworn into office under the customary salute, from the ramparts of Fort William. By the latter, letters from Mocha mention that the Arabs on the eastern side of the Rei SO have risen against the Turkish authorities, and are endeavouring to throw off their yoke. A General Court martial had been held at Belga* for the trial Of Lieut. JOSIAH EYLES DAw, of his Majesty's 41st Regiment, on a charge of placing himself in a state of intoxication at a gate of the P a l 4 ce Af -Kolapore, and there, forgetf4l of die libera lity which should distinguish a 146601 officer towards a fallen Prince, using a demeanour and language highly insulting to the Rajah of that toc he lo oun s tr e yt;wosteps in his i 8 e hadbeetfo t tm g d im g e u n il t. ty, and sentenced sport. DOVER SEPT 12.--His Excellency the Athyine,k hear wi' Spanish Ambassador Cqunt c P a E lai L s ' il A n t ide c ea n rst p ae i r A sap , ltai n tr t es t o i nf y i e o7 ,l s h at e hee on Wednesday evening with his family Nut and embarked this morning for Western Heights. His Exeßlieney attended our Races y eti . terday, and appeared miich entertaine4 with day 's The Minister of a country church having com plained to one of his parishioners that he often saw his eyes t s h h e ut bu d m u p ri u n i g n, th ,, e t s i e ie r e mo d n o ...;— st ::: my eye. , do'ee," SHIPPING INTELLIOENCt-(THIS DAT, FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, SEPT. 12.—Wiud W.S.W. Arrived tb Sir Chas. M'Carthy,.from St. Kitts; the Dorothy, Craig, from Grenada; and the Brooke,. Bell, front St . Vincent's; the M ar i a , f rom Si erra L e one; the. York, Wilkinson, f rom C a l cutta ; t h e Retßegale s Hamilton, from Qu e b ec • t h e Win. Wallace, from . the West Indies. Ar r i ve d f rom L on d on , t he Swift sure, Johnson, fo r N ew S out h W a l es. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 12.—Wind Passed the Henry, Westmorland, from Bornh a Y ; the Constanti a , G ran b y , from Sr. C ruz; and the Prince Re gen t, M urp h y , f rom Ca l cutta , ' sailed 19th April, from M a d ras 19 t h M ay ; M ar ia, BIP Fop, from Si c ily. S a il e d t h e F lora transport , fol Deptford. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 11.—Wi n d off Port the M ar i a , f rom Si erra L eone. Arr i ve d frog London t h e Eli za b et h and Harriet, for Palermo; the, John D ougau, L eggett, for Smyrna ; the Tw o Brothers, R e y no ld s, f or St. Ander°. Arr i ve d the Gipsey, Thompseen, from Aux Cayes; the igalvina' Parker, from Havannah, and the steam-packet. f r°lll Lisbon, sailed the 7th inst. PLYMOUTH, SEPT . 11 . —Arrived the Venture, from Faro. • PENZANCE, SEPT. I I.—The John and Ha nnah ' Ball, from Liverpool, passed through an immens e quantity o f D antz i c staves between the Gurnri, Head and Mous e -h o l e : l ast n i ght and this mo anin g several have been picked up by the boats, and are variously stamped with an iron. MAURITIUS, L EPT . 4 .— T he Bonavista sa iled from Sydney, for this island, a month before the Elizabeth, which arrived here this day; and, n ot having arrived, it is feared she has met with an cident. ST. ÜBE'S, AUG. 26.--The Huron, Barrer, na'; ing been p u t on s h ore to b e cleansed, strained, 411" filled with water; she has-been surveyed, and con" demned as unworthy of repair. COWES, SEPT. 12.—Arrived the MarqulJ Of Anglesea, Steward, from Batavia; Isabella, Thl and Sarah A nn , Coley, from, St. DonaingoP 4 n Weliwood, Fisher, from Havannah. BRISTOL, SEPT. 12.—Arrived the Ann, Garda , from Jamaica; Eleanor, Baytan, from Demerara; Jolly Tar, -----, from Trieste; and Eliza, Bab b ' from Faro. MARGATE, SEPT. 12.—Arrived the Ina, and John, Breton, from Tobago ; Britannia, Cum— ming, from St. Lucia ; Atalanta, Tate, from St' Vincent's.; and Maria, Cooke, from Sierra Leone. Extract of a letter from the AgeQt to Lloyd's , dated Lisbon, Sept. 6 :—" I beg to acquaint you that intelligence has been received here of the car ture of a Portuguese schooner of war (Conceicao) on the 31st ult., by a privateer of equal force, without firing a gun : she was said to be from Viana to Oil city, laden with arms. News has also been received of the reduction of the island of Madeira by King Miguel's forces, on the 23d ult." THE FUNDS —(THIS DAY). Consols op ene d t hi s morning with raL heavy C garczko, arising f rom a d eterm i ne d b ang by the Bears, W O w a r see or pretend to see some great alteration in moo 1 matters, and we apprehend they found their fell° upon a statement which the Editor of a Mornink cotemporary has " kindly received from • a friend!, • than which there is not a more palpable statemerel p existence, and we trust t h at the weakness o f tne writer may not extend itself to any speCulat°fr wishing to try hi s f ortune i n an exportation of 0,,n as he will be most gr i evous l y di sappo i nted s h o ul d he venture to ship bullion to Hamburgb, &c. 11 7 calculations are erroneous, and the omission brokerage, freight, insurances, and other incidentP.,- expences (wilfully withheld) more than counter' balance the profit, an d wou ld create a l oss . O ng _ glance at the exchanges will sufficiently support,°P l assertions. :The otivatalettera from, Corfu announce the dr parture of Mr. Stratford Canning and Count Gut leminot from that pl ace f or V ourla in the Bay (1` Smyrna; it will be remembered that it was at th 3ll place that the Ambassadors terminated their ex , ferences, and at this place it appears fresh nerd s. ' tions will be opened with the Porte. We trol v that whilst the Emperor of Russia is in consultatif: : with Lord Heyl es l am y an d C ount N esselrode on tPio.. one side, and th a t C ann i ng an d G u il lem i not are. of treaty with the Reis Eff en di on t h e other side Constantinople —that the Sublim e P orte in tte ic, midst, may find it t o hi s a d vantage to concede • the Treaty of July 6, t o p reserve i ts E mp i re from ' ruin and desolation. Consols opened at 88k, buyers, for account, be : came sellers, and the market remains without_ eiti l; ' business o r variation, at 88k E xc h equer 1311 remain at 72 3 pm.; India Bonds, 87 9. There is very little stir in Foreign Securitiei Co day; Portuguese maintain their price, 56 f,.10°17., the impres s i on t h at t h e d i v i dends will be shut t', paid by o r d er o f t h e E mperor of Brazil. Russ' arc 94 ; Brazilian, 64 ; Danish, 631 64; an Greek remain at 18/ 19k. In Shares nothing doing worthy of notice. TWO O'CLOCX Consols are 88k with scarce a bargain (taint THREE 0' CLO et"' Consols for Account 88k k. DEATH or MR. SERGEANT HEywooD•l A correspondent writes u s as follows I have be ol ‘; through a private chann e l, w hi c h may b e relied upon, Mr. Jnstice lirvwoon died on the morning of Wedee' last, the 10th instant, at Tenby, South Wales, freli_,_ sti attack of paraly s i s , w hi c h seized him at Have rferdsve' I send this for the Sun." THE JEWS.—YeSte'rday Mr. FLANAG— A 1.41 applied to the Commissionei's of Inquiry into the Lan' ° England respecting real property, and the various intero d therein, and the methOds and forms of alienating a n transferring the same, and of assuring the titles thera t° ' and to inquire what-improvements may be made therei:ll: and how the same may be carried into.effeet in Enght for summonses directed to some Jews, to be examined fore the Commissioners, as to the disgraceful manner - i ° . which the Jews are precluded the possibility of realizit inheriting, willing, se lli ng , or ma ki ng out t i t h es to W 1..., or other properties, in common With other British subje;, Mr. CAMPBELL, the Chairman, assured Mr. Ft.A2 o° _. o '' that nothing would be left undone to promote the iratemi he of the country, so far as the patent under which Commissioners acted extended. that. LEITH.—The unusual quantity o f fry t t has lingered a b ou t our s h ores f or th ese f ew wee k s pa st 4 brought larger fli g h ts o f sea f o wl t o thi s neighbouni,l? • than have been seen for several years. I;p alvm p ititie o 7 of these birds 1 4 ye beep skot, 4F144. from the be! e m and ft-out, boats sailing along the coast. —C a ledessa Mercury. On Sunday evening last, a b out h a lf- pa st eight o'clock, a meteor was observed p ass i ng i n a sou th-040 0 . 'direction over a part of thi s c i ty / I : appearance I. ;'I , Ift -- . - tit tt l the Ek ae e nsi eo surrounding co moon ; ilr s ::T li objects,_ j shed dt : Le a i n s ? y 4 u l o e nrch f o O mcningoani Chronicle.•l nearly brightness a minute. y h e a r l all The Oat crop throughout this county, I I " f in ro s tn tan t ce iw s g t F h o e u y n u d :ill this year proved a failure in a remarkable degree; if Fr . t e. a prodigious crop. c ' Bailey is also good, and a fair a verage li n e e a t n p l ay on f2r ih t e ll 'e r" t b a P r P y C , o a f ree :l ver in y g crnp,—Perks chronicle. The eldest son of a respectable farmer, near Honiton, lately fella victim to the drinking of cider which had been made from a press 'with a lead bed or dish ; th e , necessary effect of which is, that the milk acid contain ea • die in the cider exerts a powerful chemical action upon where metal, forming the malate of lead, a destructive p?ie: Persons should not buy any cider, until tppy luit_fL t 'l - the press from which it has been riiiide, and siCTl'll . i that 'the bed is of wood. - The Hie? 'of iVii.Oilier pet's° were put in imminent ppal y partaking of t he oY e a b ... cider.—North 'Wales chroni , cle. iti HEREFORD, MARCI I 25.—Wli.LIAN Slj".7 ° Aliats and JOHN TITTIN executed. At the trait tl3 h a lt : much tie u a r executed, parson's was t esri, difficultyin etfcokpx7ri intoxicated , t e e n g i 4 it o c l e i dnts that , stood ::::p . P u:s t. q h. s '_ e i one a g .A . I .r o h Dt f: the 1:1 was l e n7d r r i p e s 3 : v. t ; ;_ r ti s talogue of Remarkable Events, Joh n .4tooch 4 ugust, haling profu l Oliv e .A °f -the ," (1 lau g h ( tO o be mu sh l4 ab been ou be " gC Y lit: Win. I Y-street prou fr i i . Th e ° blow bled Hess advis hospital afi 'minute s , 'mnut es, a , Pita]. Ro "Willis ' n 1 17 . several o 1 :1 ( 1 ) . : • cL A oner was 1. ! t o the it 4 ,_ th e 0" 8, the n 'gaged i rr ti k .l r , 4ll bury n lYnn4 t -j i teh ead 4 Stratf o Were I