The Sun. — London, England, 1828-01-03 00:00:00

ETCHINGS FROM LIFE.—No. VII. ANNUS InifORABILIS ; OR DIARY FOR 1827. JANUARY. Lord Chancellor Eldon stood four bouts on his best silk hat. A the Duke of York'sfuneral. Same Nobleman in the cause Wellesley v. Duke of Beaufort., received from Mr. Hatt an analytical defi nition of the phrase " Hell and Tommy." Grand Fight between Crawley and Ward for the 'Chem pionxhip; a gentleman found among the crowd— 'lurch surprize occasioned by the discovery. FEBRUARY. Sensibilities of a bum-bailiff inexpressibly shocked by some facetious stanzas on his nose. Crinz. Con. Astley v. Garth. Sir Jacob's connubial sufferings valued by a Special Jury at the exact sum of One Prince Esterhazy and a party of fashionables visited the Thames Tunnel; prodigiously delighted by the sight of a tremendous steam-engine, working right above their heads, and suspended only by a slight wooden frame-work. SIARCIT. Mr. Raikes accused Mr. Brougham at Brookes's of wantonly undervaluing leis beauty. Terrific flood in the Highlands; immense flocks of sheep swept away, together with a pair of leather breeches, the property of Mr. Lze, of Kirkconuell. Trial of the Wakefields t i t Lancaster; his Grace of Gretna most partiviLlarly drunk on the occasion. First dis covery of Oxford by Lord Venables and his Chap- House of Lords summoned en ?name to Bow street, on suspicion of having stolen an umbrella; important debate on the subject. WRIL. Shakspeare's Jubilee at Stratford ; Ghost of Hamlet had his pocket picked of a snuff-box by the Fairies in the Midsummer 'Night's Dream. Col. Trench accused by Lord Plunkett of impetuosity in having taken only three weeks to burst out in a set speech against him. Sir Thomas Lethbridge held forth on the Corn question; appropriate quantity of chaff in his oration. MAY. Lord Eldon apologised to the House of Lords for Ins Resignation ; Mr. Long Wellesley overheard to say that no apology vas requisite. Mr. John Wilks, junior, overpowered by his sensibilities, shed tears in the House of Commons. Pleasing diffidence of Mr. G. Dawson (ex-Under-Sec.) in Parliament. Various diverting flashes of eloquence put forth by the Marquis of Londonderry in the Upper House. Rev. Mr. Cunningham proposed to knock down all the Catholics with a sledge hammer. JUNE. Miss Turner took the oaths and her seat. i►► the :House of Lords; divers aristocratic eye-glasses in requisition on the occasion. Literary Fund Dinner; a few odd coppers collected among the Me►nbers, en tirely attributable to the . deep impression produced by Mr. Fitzgerald's poetic powers. First appearance of the Rev. E. Irving at the Caledonian Chapel with his hair cut. Ninety-eight matches made up in the Sporting and Matrimonial world, exclusive of one between the Dike of Saint Albans and i:qrs. Coutta; consequent engagement of the latter to per form in the " Honeymoon" for a limited number of nights. VULY. Crockford's Hell proposed to be called the Saint James's University. • Mr. E. G. Wakefield sent to jail for not marrying sufficiesitly at Calais. Biver Thames took lodgings in the Tunnel for the season. Grand Fete at Boyle Farm ; not a single lady squeezed to death. Mr. G. Hawkins convicted of the manslaughter of his wife. Two full grown Mer maids seen shaving themselves on the coast of Cornwall. AUGUST. Lord Chief Justice Best's panegyric on boxing vigorously applauded by the Heads of the : Wilts, Grand Jury : infinite astoui.hment -weeasiontd by the report of tlrerer - being any heads among them. Scott's "32emoirs of Napoleon at a discount. Lord Chief Justice Best accused Sergeant Wilde, at Buis- . tol, of want of temper. Ireland deeply distressed for a Lord Chancellor. Abundant emigration of pickpockets to the Review at St. Omer's. SEPTEMBER. Fashionable departure—his Highness the Cacique of Poyais from Threadneedle-street to Jail. Mr. Vallancey's plan for shooting goodS and passengers ttirough a tunnel from London to Brighton ; odds six to one in favour of their being blown to atoms on the. road. A Mr. Robson, of Manchester, woke and found himself suspended to the bed-post by his garters; supposed to have been hanged in his sleep. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCTI PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France of Wednesday.) PARIS, JAR. I.—We read in the Avgsburgh Gazette: VixtrarA, DEC. 23.—We have no direct intelligence from Constantinople. A French courier arrived yesterday from Paris, and charged with despatches for Constantinople, directed to Corfu, where he is expected to find Count Guilleminot. DEc. 24 (Br EXPRESS).—News has just arrived by a courier from Bucharest, that the Russian Ambassador quitted Constantinople on the 4th of December, and was gone to Odessa. The French and English Ambassadors followed his example on the Bth ; the former had embarked for Toulon, and the latter for Corfu. BUCHAREST, DEC. 7.—The report was spread at Con stantinople, that the French Admiral de Rigny had burnt some Greek vessels, and that Lord Cochrane had quitted the station off £cio. _ _ Although this news had tint arrived officially either to the Porte or to the Ambassadors, it was believed, because Count Guilleminot had written to the French Admiral, that he disapproved of the undertaking of Lord Cochr ane at Scio, that the Porte had complained . bitterly of it, and that this circumstance had obstructed every negotiation for the pacification of Oreece. It is possible that the French Admiral considered this communication as an evidence that the Porte Was to receive that kind of reparation for all the losses it lately had experienced. (No Course of Exchange had been receiv e d w ith th e Express, nor are the funds of the preceding day quoted in the Gazette de France, dated the 2d of January.) The following are extracts from the Paris Papers of Tuesday (From the Constitutionnel of Tuesday.) (PRIVATE CORRESIVTI)EPt,ii.) SARAGOSSA, DEC. 2 3...--Whilst Upper Catalonia is in every sense harrassed by bands of malefactors, who lay the country waste, and to whom the former agraviados have furnished a good contingent, Lower Catalonia is not more tranquil. Very serious events, which have taken place in the neighbourhood of Oldecona and iii the district of Tor tosa, show but too clearly how incomplete is that general pacification which has been so loudly vaunted. New bands, formed out of the remains of those disarmed by General Longa, on the right bank of the Ebro, arise upon every aide, and, no doubt, will not fail speedily to be swelled by all those unfortunates whom winter has deprived of labour, and who will be attracted by the allurement of a pay of 40 and even '5O sous, which the rebels at present give their soldiers, instead of 30 sous, which they gave during the first insurrection. Their forces have already become so imposing, that the troops sent from Tortosa to fight them, have deemed it prudent, before commencing operations, to wait for reinforcements, which have been asked for from the Count d'Espagne, the General-in-Chief of the army of Catalonia, and Captain-General of the Principality. (From the Journal des Debats.) MADRID, DEC. 20.—1 t is said that all the Representatives of Foreign Courts now at Madrid are to go to Barcelona, where the King means to stay until the beginning of April, The Ecclesiastical Junto established in 1823, for examin ing the papers of the political Societies formed ender the Constitution, has been suppressed by order of the King. rarxcti Forins.—Pints, Dxc. 31.—Five per Cents., 101 f. 65c. 60c. 70e.—Three per Cents., 67f. 55c. 50e. 55c. 40c.—Bank Stock, I,92sf.—Renteide Naples, 74f. 46c.—Royal Spanish Loan, 69 69* 68-1 I.—Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 20c. ; three months, 25f. 5. ( CoursAuthentique.)—(A note accompanying the Express, gives the 3 per Cents. at Three quarters past three at 67f.45c.) PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds, 5 percent. Neapolitan, 1821 — Braziliani Bonds 50% Peruvian onds Buenos Ayres Bonds — I Portuguese Bonds 71% ii Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct. ... Prussian, 5 per cent. ...9 9 1,4 Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — Ditto 1824 Greek Spanish, 1821 1 0 ,;; ' )', i ap d e: cent. .... ' i......... 101.0, ',MO ' •-••• p Frencts Rents., bp. c, 101 E 7Sc. Guatimala —Excbange...... 25f. 20c. Mexican Bonds — 3 per cent .. . —f —c. Do. 1825 46U —t. —c. KS.--DUBLIN, DEC. 31. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto iliberniagi Bank 16% Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Comtnercial Buildings OCTOBER. First public appearance of Mr. Kean, jun. and the Giraffe. Commission of lunacy, a Mr. Montgomery proved to be insane in consequence of his never reading the 'newspapera ; striking proofs of a sound intellect deduced front this very fact. Giand race between the Mike of Gloucester's travelling car. riage and Mr. PocOcke's kites; his Royal. Highness distanced. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. s•uth Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Billd, £l,OOO 24. 58 54 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 54 53 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Bank for Account India for Account ...... Cons. for Ao. 8 3%, 52 414 PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. ciss. at 51. pm.) £B5 Brazilian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O Bolivar Mining Co. Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 211 General Mining Association Mexican Mining Co. Alliance Fire and Life Insurance C 0.... 10 NOVEMBER. Sixty-eight barrels of oysters, a pipe of wine, and Sir Anthony Hart, exported by the Holyhead steam-boat to Dublin. A statue of Venus de Me dicis, severely reproved by the L or d Mayor for coininginto the city without petticoats. A gentle man charged at Union-hall with whipping his wife before breakfast. Oleaginous baptism of the Lady Mayoress's silk gown at Guildhall. Intense fog ; Mr. John Wilks unable, in consequence, to east up the Vestry accounts of St. Luke's parish. Reported loss of the Pandora, and Mr. Kean's nose. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 5314 14 1 3 per Cent. Cons. ... 3!i per Cent. 9 ONN5si Ditto Red 90 1 ii% 4 per Cent. New shut Ditto, 1346 Bank L. Ann. ls9h shut India Stock Ditto Bonds pm. PRICES OF IRISH sTOc, Bank Stock '2441;1 Consols, 3 percent . Gov. Stock, 33 per cent 90 Ditto, New 4 per Cent. 100 Gov. Deb. 33 per cent. Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4 v. et. - Arrived. Por Share. 27% 21% 15 7% 9% Due. I Arrived. O America 1 0 Hamburgh 2 O Brazil 0 0 Holland 0 O Buenos Ayres I Dublin O Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 France O Gottenburgh 3 0 Mexico 0 O Guernsey& Jersey. I I Waterford 0 DECEMBER. Distressing abduction of Mr. Brougham's briefs. Preparations for serious eating throughout the coun try. A fine day. Approaching extinction of the human race announced in the Glasgow Courier; ut terly disbelieved by Colonel Berkeley. Mr. Cob bett's proposal of himself for Prime Minister. A Resurrection man at Liverpool dug up his own grandmother by mistake. Singular explosion of gas at Hatton-wall; landlord of the Prince of Orange safely blown through 'the brick wall of his cellar into the coal-shed ; aerial flight of the waiter from the kitchen to the coffee-room. Death of the Old Year fifty-nine minutes past 12 cT:clock : only three watchmen in all London sat up with elz.fieceaaed. • SHOREHAM.—The increase of trade this port may be imagined from the fact of the custom - duties this year, exhibiting an excess of about 10,000/. above the receipt of the last ; the harbour duties have likewise in creased in proportion; the river has seldom, if ever, been present.—Brigliton Gazett,: so filed with shipping as a t MARCH OF INT ELLECT .—" Wh a t urgaon mean by the os hu mourovs ?" inquired a mo d ern thirster after knowledge ; " I do e sn't know, Jack," reoliee, his equally sag&ious companion, .4 unless lie means the bone." CONVENIENT MODE OF CUTTING —Th e following is a simple process for dividing a piece of glass tube or rod, at any required point. By n s, having resting it horizo n t a lly on a ver ti ca l su pp o rt, while two perso coiled a string once round it at the given plac e , the string is to be drawn backward and forward a few tittl e s with ve locity, by which means that part of the gbis will become heated; and on instantly plunging it i:it... cold wate r it will crack round and divide accurate7y at the required point. Glass cylinders, three or four inches diameter, it is said, may be readily cut off at any length by this simple process.—Manchester Mercury. One day lag week a Tender of fish about the streets of Lewes, who, ft urn his voracious disposition has cbtained the nick-name of the Sapie n t Pi g , undertook, Tor a trifling wager, t o ea t a raw rabbit, whi c h h e d evo ured v..e greedily as a hungry ploughman would a beef- steak pud ding, picking the head and legs in clever style. He is in a short time to eat a cat in the same raw state, for which purpose be has had a tooth drawn, which troubled him when tearing to pieces his raw meal...:—Brighton Gazette. _ANOTHER HELL.—An attack was made about three o'clock on Sunday morning on a notorious gambling-house in Great Brunstrick-street, by Chief Con stable Goodison and a party of police. They found it im possible to gain admission, but by skilful manoeuvring, they contrived to route the inmates, seven of whom they took as prisoners to College,street. They were fined forty shillings each, and discharged.—Dublin Morn. Register, I LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1828. At an early hour, this morning, au Express reached town from Paris, bringing the Paris Papers of Tuesday, and the Gazette de France dated Wednesday morning. The latter con tains, in an extract from the Augsburgh Gazette, intelligence received, by Express, front Vienna, Under date of the 24th ult., that a courier from Bucharest had just arrived midi accounts of the Russian Ambassador having quitted Constanti nople, on the 4th December, for Odessa ; and, of the British. and French Ambassadors having folloWed his, example, on the Bth ; the former had embarked for Corfu, and the `latter for Toul° l-1 : --me 4 4, gi We see no reason to doubt this important intelli gence, though corni ng t h roug h t h e me dium of so questio n able an authority as the Augsburgh Ga zette. 'll e last advices from our Ambassador re moved all hopes, if any had been previously enter tained, that the neaociation w ou ld en d f avoura bl y: 0 and the circumstance °four Government not having received any further despatches from M r . STRAT FORD CANNING direct from Constantinople, goes f ar towards proving that no favourable change had taken place in the feelings of the SULTAN on the question. Accounts of Mr. port. CANNING'S arrival at Corfu may be hourly expected. The Gazette de France also contains an article from Bucharest, dated the 7th December, which states that the report existed at Constan tinople of the French Admiral de RIGNY having burnt some Greek vessels off Scio, and that Lord COCHRANE had quitted the station. We find nothing important in the French Morning Papers of Monday or Tuesday. Catalonia appears to be lapsing fast into its for mer state of rebellion and outrage. As the Ist inst. was a Holiday on the Exchange at Paris, the Gazette de France of y es t er d a y does not contain any price of the Funds on the preceding day. txtracts of the Papers are given in another column. Since writing the above we have seen a letter from Odessa of the 11th, up to which date the Russian Ambassador had not arrived at that The event which we have so long predicted, and which almost all persons have only lately considered probable, has now occurred. The Allied Ambassadors have quitted the capital of Turkey ; and, if war with that Empire has not commenced, all friendly relations between it and the three most powerful European States have at least ceased. To those who have followed the history of events, connected with this important subject, as recorded in our Journal, it must, we think, have long appeared evident that this result would take place. We, from the commencement of the ne gociation, have expressed our decided opinion that it would terminate as it has done. On re ferring to our columns, it will be seen, that so far back as the 19th May last, we wrote with almost a prophetic spirit, in noticing a statement of the Augsburgh Gazette, that the Russian Court did not renounce the hope of leading the PORTE by negotiations to more moderate sentiments, when we made the following remark : " We entertain a very different opinion ; there is no part of the conduct of the present SULTAN which justifies the expectation that he will with draw that determined opposition which he has always manifested to every overture which has been made to him for the pacification of Greece. Nothing but force will oblige him to abandon his views respecting that country, and his power is every day better able to resist the consequences which Russia may threaten shall follow a rejec tion of her overtures'___ These observations were written long previous to the Treaty of the 6th July, and every subse , quest event has justified them, and verified the prediction contained in them to the letter. It requires, however, more sagacity than we possess, to dive into futurity and foretell what will be the consequences of the SULTAN'S ob stinacy. The first will, of course, be to oblige the Allied Powers to carry their objects with re gard to Greece into complete effect, BY FORCE, instead of by those more humane means with which they have sought in vain to accom plish them. How far Turkey may be able to resist force by force, or whether in the prosecution of the sole object of two of the Allies, it may not be necessary to allow the third Power to carry hostilities into the heart of the Ottoman Empire, and thereby to advance towards the accomplishment, if not actually to accom plish her own long cherished object of ambition, remains to be seen. But when the torch of war is all but lighted, and the interests of various Powers are on the point of being brought into conflict, the mind naturally recurs to those parts of history which record the too frequent results of such a crisis, and shudders lest the present should not be a rare instance of a dispute with one Power, terminating without, sooner or later, involving the greater part of the civilized Nations of the earth in the disastrous consequences of war. In our Paper of the 20th Nov., we stated that " we had every reason to believe, that with every admiration of the gallantry and skill evinced by Vice-Admiral Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON, in the destruction of the Turkish fleet, his Ma jesty's Ministers, on the scanty information which they possessed of the circumstances which led to actual hostilities, would not entirely approv e of the gallant Admiral's proceedings, until they should receive from him some additional infor mation and explanations ; to obtain which, a distinguished Officer of high rank (Vice Admiral Sir JOHN GORE) would forthwith proceed to his flag ship." We further remarked in another article in the same paper, " that as the conse quences of the action might be most important to this country and to Europe, his Majesty Ministers probably felt themselves bound, before they sanctioned by their approval the proceed ings of the Allied Squadrons, to receive the fullest and most complete explanation on ever y point, so as to satisfy them that the mea sures adopted were necessarily called for and justified by the Law of Nations, and by t h e Treaties entered into between the Powers w h o had united for the attainment of two grand objects, the Independence of Greece, and the preserva tion of the peace of the world." The additional information and explanation s which we alluded to, have now been obtained and communicated to his Majesty's Government by Sir JOHN GORE, (whose arrival at the Ad miralty we mentioned yesterday.) But the exact 1 nature of the communications, both written and verbal, which Sir JOHN GORE obtained from his gallant Brother Officer; will probably not transpire until they are laid before Parliament. We believe, however, we may add, that no doubt any longer exists of the hostile intentions of IBRAHIM against the Allied Squadronthat the first act of hostility was committed by hig Fleet, 'and was not avenged until it was clearly ascertained that it was the commencement of a preconcerted general action,—and that it will be proved-that Sit EDWARD CODRINGTON and the other Admirals were fully justified in every part of their pro ceedings against the Turkish forces. Having said thus much, we shall refrain from more par ticular observations until the time arrives, when we may_with propriety enter fully into a discus sion of the whole merits of the question. We have to add, however, that Captain FEL LOWES, of the Dartmouth, whose ship com menced the action, has also arrived at the Ad miralty. We have received this forenoon the Allo- b e mine Zeitung of the 27th ult., but its con tents have been anticipated, as has been so fre quently the case of late, by the French Papers received by express. Its intelligence from Vienna comes down only to the 22d ult., and its news from Odessa to the 10th, when, from the prevalence of northerly winds, they were without advices from Constantinople of a later date than the 2d. Mercantile letters from Trieste mention that Lord COCHRANE, with the Greek squadron, had entered the harbour of Navarin, and taken possession of the Fort.— It is evident, therefore, that the rumour of Admiral DE RIGNY'S destruction of the Greek Navy at Scio was without foundation : OX ESSA, DEC. le. On account of the prevailing north winds, we are without any news from Constantinople. We learn from St. Petersburgh, that the Emperor has directed Count Nesselrode to declare to foreign Courts, by a circular note, how his Majesty considered the events at Navarin, and that he must still more than ever insist on the execution of the Convention of the 6th of July, 1827. His Majesty, it is said, repeats in this Note, that faithful to his principles he has no views of aggrandisement, but is resolved to employ all the means in his power for the strict execution of that Convention, for the maintenance of the general peace. BUCHAREST, DEC. 10. The Russian Consulate has received letters from M. de Ribeaupierre, dated Constantinople, December 2, ac cording to which be intended to leave that capital on the Bd, to go to Odessa. Perfect tranquillity prevails there. VIENNA, I)EC. 22. Up to this evening no information has been received of the actual departure of the Ambassadors of England, France, and Russia, from Constantinople, though their families and effects had been for some days on board their ships. It is natural that hopes of peace should be excited by this circumstance. Mercantile letters from Trieste of the 17th, say that a report, had been received there from Coifo x thatthe Greek squadron, under Lord Cochrane, bad entered the harbour of Navarin, and taken possession of the citadel. The same letters say that Patras had capitulated, and that the Turkish garrisons had been permitted to depart : that Ibrahim Pacha had drawn all his troops together, and_ had even _ left ,'Tzipolizze... „aid. was marching towards the Isthmus that Admiral de Rigny, after receiving a letter front Count Guilleminot, had left the port of Smyrna, and sailed towards the Dardanelles.; and that several French ships were gone to Scio, to prevent Col. Fabvier from taking the citadel, but that they came too late, as the Greek flag was already hoisted on the walls of the fortress, the Turkish garrison of which had been put to the sword before they appeared off Scio. All these reports are greatly in need of confirma tion, as they are directly contrary to the letters from Trieste, received here three days ago, and partly also to the last ac counts from Constantinople. wARsAw, DEC., 16. The day before yesterday our whole garrison was 'assembled in the plain of Lajenka, and was reviewed by the Grand Duke Constantine, who expressed the greatest satisfaction at the precision with which the troops executed the various evolutions. After the review, a divi sion of infantry and some artillery marched from Lajenka to Lublin, to replace the troops that were gone from that place to Chelm. We hope, however, if there should be war, a part of the Polish army will take the field. It is generally reported here that his Majesty the Emperor will soon leave St. Petersburg!), and go to the army. The per sons who are to accompany his Majesty are even named : they are Generals Diebitsch, Woronzonr, Benkendortf, and Neidhart. The prices of corn are rising here, because quantities are sent to Dantzic and Thorn, and warehoused for merchants' accounts till next spring. Horses, too, are in demand, on account of the prospect of an approaching war, and even the Government makes purchases. The settlement of the accounts with our neighbouring States, re specting the reciprocal indemnities for claims arising from the wars in 1812 and 1813, is said to be nearly termi nated. All the persons employed in this business are ex pected at Warsaw. VIENNA, DEC. 21. Metaßipe', 88i. Bank Shares, 1,040. VIENNA, DEC. 22. Aletalliques, 891. Bank Shares, 1,044. The following are extracts from the Journal de Commerce,. of Tuesday, which we have re ceived this morning :-- TOULON, DEC. 25.—For some time an English frigate has been off here, and asked permission to disembark a General Officer, coming from the Levant, bearing de spatches for his Government, but the Sanitaire Authorities of Marseilles refused his landing. Yesterday morning, this frigate fired a salute of 21 guns, and the Consul-General of England, at Marseilles, being informed of the refusal of the Commission of Marseilles to let the officer disem bark, he immediately left, and arrived at Toulon in the night, and took charge of the despatches sent to him from the frigate, when he immediately despatched several couriers to various quarters, at the same time preserving the most profound secrecy. They write from Jassy, of the 16th Nov. as follows : "It is assured that Count Wittgenstein will pass the frontiers without waiting the orders from St. Petersburgh, the moment he shall receive information of the arrival of M. Ribeaupierre at Odessa." CORFU, DEC. 8.--Lord Cochrane, after having execu ted the enterprise against Scio, has returned, by the orders of the Greek Government, in the Hellas frigate, to the seas of the Morea, not only to blockade the ports which are stll c..-,cnpieil.t;:i the Turks, but to purge the seas of the pirates. .ilClllls.alreaLlF ~ ..a4t.sa a great number of corsairs to fly, and continues to pursue thins, for tht eecurity of commerce. After the evacuation of Tripolitza by the Egyptian troops, Coloeotroni occupied the ruins of the town. The New York Albion makes the following sensible and not inelegant observations on the PRESIDENT'S Message: We this day, in obedience to our annual custom, lay be fore our readers the Message of the President of the United States to Congress ; and in doing so, we are free to say, that we never complied with the task more cheerfully. The aspect of affairs which it presents with Great Britain, and the pacific—we may say indeed, friendly, spirit, which it breathes, is to us, and must he to every Englishman, most gratifying. The delicate and important discussions which had been going on between the two Governments, and the conflicting interests attending them had, in some degree, been the cause of uneasiness to many of tlme friends to both countries. These fears we knew were groundless ; and we have the President's authority for saying, that these discussions " have terminated in the adjustment of some of the questions at issue upon satisfactory terms, and the post.: ponement of others for future discussion and agreement." Of the various subjects which claimed the attention of the two Cabinets last year, that in relation to the deported slaves is amicably settled, by the British Government paying the award made for them under the Treaty of Ghent. The sum was large, but the demand was just; and Eng land has nobly supported her character, in promptly answering it. The tribute of applause spontaneously made by the President on this point, falls worthily from the lips of the Chief Magistrate of a free people. The renewal of the Commercial Convention for an un limited period, has given perpetuity, for an unlimited period, to the Commercial intercourse now happily and pro fitably subsisting between the two nations ; it has, ton, effected a temporary compromise of the differences in re lation to Columbia River ; and further, this compromise has for its basis strict principles of reciprocity. The North-Eastern boundary is also put in a train for set tlement—a special Convention having been concluded at London, on the 29th of September, which has so shaped the question, and so disentangled it of its difficulties, that it can be laid before a third and friendly Power, for arbitration,' in conformity to the provisions of the Treaty of Ghent. So far, then, this source of na tional irritation is removed, and we trust the matter will be settled, if that be possible, to the satisfaction of those more immediately interested. The matter is now, we suppose, out of the hands of Great Britain : she has con fided it to the friendship and honour of her arbitrator. The never ending subject of the Colonial Trade has at last,- we hope, received its quietus. Great Britain ad heres to her policy, from various motives of national in terest,-=the United States does the same, for the same rea sons, and asserts that she suffers not from the British re strictions. Both parties then agree to differ, and neither has any right to complain, and tte two conflicting interests, like two opposite currents, neutralize each other—they create a temporary ruffle at the moment of collision, but soon overcome each other, and sink down into the tran quillity of the silent stream. Our City Correspondent sends us the follow ing, which he has derived from high authority : " We can positively state the departure of the Ambassa dors from Constantinople. The English and French on the Bth. And, at the same time, we can also announce, that the Divan perceiving the determination of the Al lied Ambassadors not to be trifled with any longer, the Sultan has made on the eve of their departure effers of terms, which we understand are acceptable, and may yet be the means of preventing hostilities." Mauritius Papers to the 30th Sept. have been received at the North and South Amzrican Coffee-house. They contain an Ordinance of his Excellency the Governor, dated the 26th Sept., for exempting salt provisions cured at the Cape'of Good Hope, on their importation into the Mauritius, from the duty of six per cent., which had been imposed on them up to that day ; the preamble states, that great and material advan tage may accrue to the respective British Settle ments of the Mauritius, and the Cape of Good Hope, by encouraging and extending a com mercial intercourse between them. These Papers also give another Ordinance of the Governor of the same date, for carrying into effect certain modi fications, which it is judged expedient should be made to the Proclamation of the 26th of August, 1824, relative to the sale of medicines, drugs, and other substances and compounds of a medi cinal nature, by which they may be sold whole sale, and become an article of commercial spe culation, excepting poisonous 'drugs and medi cines, and those the composition of which is unknown. However strong the desire of a certain party may be to see the Greek nation sacrificed for the preservation of certain silly notions of antiquated policy, we have no doubt that the great bulk of the nation fully concurs with the Government in the measures now in progress for wresting from the Ottoman Power terms of protection and safety for its former ill-treated vassals. The ar guments had recourse to by the Tory party, in order to keep down the spirit of sympathy and indignation which has risen, and is daily increas ing among us, have as little reason in them as the arguments they put forward at other times in support of their selfish and crooked policy. We are told that the Greeks are not worth sav ing ; that the piracies they commit on the ships of all nations chew them to be as worthless as their former masters. The accounts of robberies com mitted on the high seas by Greek vessels give too much countenance to this reproach. But what nation in revolution has ever had a very strict regard to the property of others ? Let the pages of our own Revolution be examined. They will abundantly testify the latitude of our morality. But is it not strange that the actions of a few individuals, over whom it is allowed that the Government possesses no controul, should give rise to such severe strictures, while the Turkish violations of all honour and truth, and the most infamous spoliations of private pro perty, committed by Generals and Admirals bearing the commission and authority of the State, and 'at the head of great armies and fleets, are palliated ; nay, almost applauded ? The murderous Turkish bands which have infested the High Seas of the South of Europe, ever since the settlement of that barbarous power in Europe, have borne no resemblance to the uncon troulable corsairs, which, in spite of the Greek Government,- now rove in predatory excursions through the Mediterranean. Yet have we not silently witnessed the most , wanton atrocities committed under their flag, on all the defenceless nations of the South ? Nay, have we not actually acknowledged those piratical States, by sending Plenipotentiaries and Co nails- to them ? But since the commotions so industriously ex. cited by some of the Governments of Europe, have raised a few scattered bands of lawl ess Greek banditti, who have very properly exercised their calling alike on their tyrants and their worse than Turkish friends,we are deaf ene d w ith exclamations of party, a nd the affected cries of indignation and pity. So long as these de predations were confined to Turks, Egyptians, Italians, &C., not a voice wa s ra i se d a gainst them in England. Lord CASTLEREAGH had pro nounced such nations unworthy of a good Government, and his successors seem to have thought them unworthy of living. Since when vain. has the moral sense of• Englishmen become th obtuse, that they have no language to condemn X. These • lklr murder and rapine, till they have been practised ;C° l 'i he Carrie H eaitis e on themselves? Such feelings, we can assure an al.gallit the Tories, are peculiarly their own. The The p r nation repudiates them. For eight successive summers the fields of °wn the Greece.have been watered with the blood of her . bravest and best inhabitants; the fowls of the air wit h 'a i twice r w w : s o li have devoured their flesh, and their bones have brell i , fe thi' ' • • whitened in the winds of Heaven, while the la : ;lea( house son] incubus Ministry, of which' We have been so td P i . the le a ad s t 73 the happily delivered, sat deliberating in cold debate, and devising new schemes by which the trouble- transaetioi some indignation of the country might be fed by . in vestigai grieva n cet the empty forms of a false diplomacy. Yet all. The dei that was asked by this gallant and great people himself, si was a guarantee for life, to be allowed to sit down under the ' shade of their vine of a value arose as tc and their fig-tree, and enjoy the luxuries cam e puss, of their beautiful country unmolested and un- given: in ~,:lihna`itthe These murder n Isrs massacred. They asked .of Christians to be al • men frel lowed to worship their God and our God in and that quiet and in peace, and Christians heard them Pus tw . anq twirle , Hot. . . defendant' . lon ged to Yet we, who affect a stronger sense and more and t h e d correct practice of religion than our neigh' havi ng ,i, hours—we, who are perp e t ua lly ca lli ng ou t to It appei the surrounding nations " stand by, f or we are mitt' - street, chl c 111 the holier than you,"—we, who make a closer and • The Jur longer study of those admirable stores of literary c , It" OM excellence which Greek records afford, and are hi bated bforAthneubnpriflt, ' with the C indebted to the history of that wonderful peop u le r thruesltl for much of our science, more of our literature, li SirtnLi NG , b e n s v e: , a t and still more of our liberties, we are yet to be a, found hesitating in our choice,—we dare pub' nig into th terions des fish to the world, that a nation in tears—a Dr The Ju tion, which has shown itself worthy of o greatest admiration—whose cause is ennobled a ma ancient recollection, and sustained by modettl to th e m ot heroism—shall hold out her supplicating arms is R ila o tne s o Vi t a l bert • was adduct Samuel] to his havi - - --- - wit,' FROM LLOYD'S. --,..ay e , OA she ha DEAL, JAN. 2.—Arrived the Sarah, Mundell 's windpip e from the. Mauritius; and Borneo, Winchel, fret', also the f at Batavia. ' i but n ot on PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2.—Arrived the Como, frog p r oduced b 7 k : Trieste. Sailed the Maria, Parker, for Charleston . ; PLYMOUTH, JAN. I.—Wind N.W.—Arrived free i done v i r i t t h ° I London the Stentor, Teasdale, for Ceylon; a $ u tion, f rom t James, Wilson, for Cadiz. , as if i t h ad FALMOUTH, J.N. I.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived left collar orms es the Fortitude, Stephens, from Lisbon, in 11 day.' Exa. _ . 3 as Med with bowsprit carried away. Sailed the EmulotO „ vei l° n packet, for the Brazils. •A thighs, fi h g ei ut ODESSA, DEc. ll.—There is nothing new frO° The Hecker Constantinople, and we are looking out tod, with the in anxiously for arrivals. tu ?fled insid sh,,. _4ll :"-aith lay c The Count es s o f Li ver p oo l, Je n ki ns , f ro m Lißr ti g : l' ammo pool to Monte Video, was totally wrecked 011 .° 1 11 4 hav e been c Skiriies athe 30th• ult. ; crew an d : passengers saV ; fo und ; and the body he THE FUNDS—(THIS DAY). ,' - head la I ~, _ Y c o , ~, „no traces of CITY, TIM?' 111 e" 4.4 , 11013 , : 0 i nand, were Many reports have been in circulation within el , were p ut on few days of the state of the Quarter's Reven ll ,l 3 inion t h at which will be made up on Saturday evening nsSY herself. T 1 the sth inst.; the general tenor of these repnl lt ai i mpossibl, ey is a defalcation in the Revenue : thi s i s calealat,d into were i upon the receipts in the Port of London, and if tY knifeeae tl il otl assertion be true, we have reason to beli e v e th a t t° ward' i but ~n utrur falling off of the receipts at the Custom H ouse vi l By 4 Jur be amply made up by the Out Ports. With" P'eket his ,1 k . . ili" e Ys in • these few days, it is proper to state that • et . t k lt , duty paid on Sugars has been very large there e p f o a c r t t . , the duty received on Corn has also be appled ale extensive ; and on the whole it will be fon!" Palo 0 ti deposed, en the deficiency, if any, is by no means of a nature °Bed, th a • excite any uneasiness. deceased th ' the 4 house This morning letters from Odessa have been . 4' w i tnes c ceived of the 1 lth Deeember,which make no mento into thse ben of the arrival of the Russian Ambassador at tIO int o the b a ° : place; these advices state, they were anxiouell 'i?t fastener looking for accounts from Constantinople. Now, if b! iet m • He had left that capital on the 4th, he might fairly be 0 „ o Judge hain petted to have arrived on the 11 th ; and this 1 c the , , latch, eumstance throws some doubt on the correctness * tile p the information ire the German P apers . In thrnotl4 --s. g e * state Consols, which closed yesterday at 84 seliel found t , bur opened this morning at 83 H, but have had fe„ previ oog er 1 r transac tions, and are now i m p rove d to 84 4 f or 0" but eeu i r ,"''t co unt. India Bonds are 82 4, a nd Exchequ er BO cept a - ‘.: " 1 53 4 premium. f' The re Pair 0 In the Foreign Secu r iti es D an ish are still lovirr out ; ', o va l' 581 94; Russian are rather drooping, 89 9ij was re t tfic Mexican B on d s 464 1 ; t h e cont rary aceousii can ~,,a'dY which a rr i ve d yester d ay , as to w h et h er sli it had b en ' i —e e portion o f th e d o ll ars e xpected by hi s Majesty' stairs , il d i ship Pyl a d es w ill com a fur Govern men t acc ou n t son about tah have d am p e d th e sanguine operations which to, relati ons , c place in the morning of yesterday. In Shares ti,' The house 1 premium on Brazilian is lower, 69 71; Colonabil during whit 21 22 per Share ; Anglo-Mexican are 574 , person was , discount. Mr. Robinsc Three per Cent. Consols, shut; ditto for the Aceotid to be a pers, 84 4 ;India Bonds, 82 4 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 53 4p 5 two i persons, F oa xiGN.—Brazilian, 594 60 ; B uenos Apse, 44 li but could n Chilian, 25 7 ; Colombian, 264 7; Danish, 581 9 7 ) the second Greek, 16i- 171 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 84 6 ; Ditto ; draw • 1 per Cent., 464 3 ; Peruvian, 25 6 ; Portug uese , , 714 1 , er in th Russian, 894 90-1; Spanish, 104 11. A 'law th em i n Ih riEs ._Anglo Mexican, 674 54 dis. ; Brazilian, P f as tened of goin 71 pm. ; Colombian, 21 2 per share ; Real del Ji exec 50 pzu.; Tlalpuxahua, 100 90 die. ; United Alexia's, 1" t hink that at 184 dis. ; the house, f 4 TWO To-morrow will be the last day for the Conunia ° , Al exander s ioners buying i n R e d uce d ; s uch has been th e scar eill Mr• nobin se of this Stock , t h at they were obliged to pay 834 fel to the ' lease part of their purchases this day, and 83i for Os found. E ve remaining sum, when Consols were 84, being a 4 li st correct. Tl, cent, higher in proportion to the latter, which nia:the b ody, ah, them 844 i for account, the present price. T San u , o •,- letter from Odessa of the 11th December, seems toideposeti that have had some trifling effect on the Market,- as ,sent fo r to a few purchases made upon it, still the geneltthe f°rnergl belief is that the Russian Ambassador actually ItGarde er the Turkish capital to embark on the 4th, but hr s cribed L an d non-arrival at Odessa occasions suspicion. , wit tier . uy t 1 * fowl THREE 0' GL 0 VIC - I ' a h P e P r e4t , e d to Consols for Account, 841 i. • ' r r o d ~ it. j t , uce draw. a SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) 11 was he Wit The Bridport mail was stopped last evening 1 , a lsopapet ma rl its approach to this town, on a bridge near Ilminster, ur . s was y wards of half an hour ; the flood which rolled beneath, 10 01 cgi,ithte of' it the breaking of a parapet wall, rendering it for some tie .I — " e Wa s , '' doubtful whether it were prudent to proceed.-- Tangit"ne 3 prin band, h , 1827 Courier. MAIDsTONE ASSIZES, JAN. 2.—Mr. B a rco r ru ni n 'lrej. VAUGHAN arrived here, this afternoon, and immediatell i t a l. "P l ed, , f e l proceeded jo the Court, where his Majesty's Commissid ett ; and . was opened. The calendar contains the names of 10 ca lltd% tu L . l l prisoners ; but, with th• exception of one for murder, O lat the e offences are in general, light. ,orner AIONKEYANA. Nearly ready for publication, Part I. (to be completed in Six Parts) of a SERIES of ENGRAVINGS from Humorous Designs by THOS. LANDSEER, entitled MONKEYANA, or MEN in MINIA TURE. The subjects principally drawn from the Life, and the Costume according to the present fashion. CONTENTS—PIate I. Satirical Title-2. I hope I don't intrude—S. News from Navarin-4. Phlebetomy-5. Consultation, or the Flaw in the Indictment. Prints on India royal 4to. price 9s. ; proofs imperial 4to. 125..; proofs crown folio, before the letters, 21s. Published by Moon, Boys, and Graves (successors to Hurst, Robinson and Co.) 6, Pall-mall ; and F. G. Moon, Threadneedle-street. 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