The Sun. — London, England, 1828-05-30 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS: (From the Gazette de France, Wednesday, May 2 8 .) CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 30.—The moment is come to see whether Turkish policy has not been mistaken in its calculations. The great body of the Mussulmen manifest no enthusiasm, and the arma ments are carried on with a degree of lukewarmness, which leaves no doubt of the ill-will of the great 'men of the empire. The desire of peace is general. Hus sein will not take the command of the troops at Adrianople, except upon certain conditions ; and the other Commanders refuse, like the Janissaries of old, to leave the capital. It is affirmed thaethis circum stance begins to discourage the persons about the Sultan. It is also said that the langiiage of the-Reis Effendi within these few days is very different from the haughty tone which he before assumed. He is reported to have said to the . Dragoman of a Euro pean legation, ,► It seems that every thing has con spired aga►r,st the Porte, and that. the nearer the danger approaches, the more those who call them• selves its friends hang back," &c. During the Bairam, the alarming reports of a con-' spiracy against the Sultan were spread, but every thing passed over very quietly. The Commissioners sent to Greece to propose an amnesty do not seem likely to effect any thing, for it seems that Count Heyden has sent to Count Capo d'lstria arms, ammunition, &c., and that the English and French Admirals have promised to do the same. (From the Messager des Chambres,Mny 27. ) VIENNA, MAY 18.—Our funds are rising since the receipt of the friendly assurance of the Court of St. Petersburgh. The declaration of war against Turkey has no longer any bad effect in this capital on the public mind, or on commercial transactions. We are now convinced that whatever . may be the issue of the campaign, no dangers to Europe will result from it. According to mercantile letters from Wallachia, it was reported there that the Russians had taken pos session of Bucharest on the 10th of May, without any opposition. Prince Ghika, the HospodAr, im mediately resigned his authority, and .is said to have been sent prisoner to the rear of the army, us is re ported to have been done with Prince Stourdza, the Hospodar of Moldavia. But.no official account has been received, and this news requires confirmation. As fur the taking of Gallatz 'by the Russian troops, and the details respecting it which have been pub lished, the account was tranAnitted to Vienna by the General-in-Chief in Transylvania. This letter from Vienna being of Sunday the 18th, there was no business on 'Change. On the 17th the Funds were as follows :—Metalliques, 902- ; Bank Shares, 1,021.7-10. PARIS, MAY 20.—Letters from Florence say, that M. de Ribeaupierre was on the 14th of May at a splendid entertainment given in honour of him by Prince Camille Borghese. llis Excellency has just hired the villa Montecatini, near Lucca, where he was to pass the summer with his wife and family. It should seem from this that his Excellency's visit ;o Corfu is indefinitely deferred. _ _ _ FRFNCH FUNDS, May . 2'7.—Five per Ceuta., 103 f. 15e. ; Three per Cents. 701. 20c. ; Bank Stock, 1,915 f. —Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 25c. ; money, 25f, 20c. ; three months, paper, 251. 15c. ; money, 25f. 10c. PURITY OF ELECTION. On Wednesday the electors of Aylesbury cele brated the anniversary of the election of Lord Nugent on independent principles, by a dinner, which took place in the County Hall at Aylesbury, and was very respectably attended. The banners were the same which had been displayed on previous occa sions of the same nature, with the exception of one which was new, and bore the following inscription : " Reform of Parliament, Freedom to the slave, and to all British subjects the privileges of the Consti tution." The CHAIR was taken by Mr. WING, to whose right and left sat Lord Nugent, Sir F. Burdett, Mr. A. Dawson, M.P., Mr. Bickford, M.P., Sir R. Wil liams, Bart., M.P., Mr. P. Thomson , M.P., Mr. Canning (cif Foxcote), the Rev. Mr. Atthow, &s'. The nu mber of electors present was upwards of 170. After dinner, the following toasts were proposed from the chair, and drank with the usual forms: — c' The King, and may ;me never forget ;his Awn decla ration, that the Crown is brief tin trust for the benett of the people." " The people, the only source of legitimate powt r." " Prosperity and a free choice to Aylesbury." The Rev. Mr. Arritow proposed the health of Lord Nugent, which was drank with three times three, and continued applause. Lord NUGENT would not attempt to express what he felt at the manner in which his constituents had drank his health. They would have known him long and well to very little purpose, if they ex pected any particular declarations from him on that head. On many accounts he might with the great est truth declare, that this was the proudest anni versary meeting which the electors of Aylesbury had witnessed. He said it was their proudest anniver sary, and he wished he could also say it was the happiest ; hut he felt a weight at his heart when he looked at the chair (however ably occupied), and remembered whom they had lost since their last meeting. (Hear.) Heaven knew he believed there was not a public principle on which poor Sir George Le e and himself differed; yet he (Sir G. Lee) was even more unwearied, unchanged, and steady in his private friendship, than in the support whisch he gave to his political conduct. His voice, which they would never listen to again, was never heard in that place but breathing the accents of kindness, charity, and benevolence,—never but to counsel peace where peace was attainable, or encleavourinr , to smooth asperities when they arose in minds less gracious than his. (Great applause.) He would not dwell longer on a subject so very painful to his feelings. He considered, as he bad before observed, that this day was the proudest anniversary of the triumph of the electors of Aylesbury. Sine.? they had last met, great events had occurred. When they assembled! twelve months ago, he certainly expected, and the country had a right to expect, important results from the Ministry then existing. The character of the individuals who formed that Administration, and cer tainly not less that of the men who opposed it, en-' titled the people of England to expect considerable benefit from it. The master mind which framed that Government was now no more ; and though h e believed there was riot a man breathing who felt on many great subjects, and for many years, more de kidedly or diametrically opposed to bir. Canning than he hat:, yet when h e looked at the peaky of his latter year,--at the pressing events and circum. stances of the times, and the line of conduct which he tad pursued respocting them, --every feeling of public hostility (and he never entertaineranny other) was sunk a thousand fathom deep, and adoa:ration supplied their place.--(Appiause.)-1-le recollekAA that, from the moment when Mr. Canning eman cipated himself from the thraldom of the party which was unworthy of his talents,--from the crirent he raised himself to.a situation in which he could wed t he power aiid energies of the country, he instantly employed that power, and those energies. for the pur pose of brooking the foreign ,eonfederacyl'l which England was shackled, and setting her once more u pon that hi g h ground which she ought always to have maintained. He found England a second or third rate power, re duced so by the iniquity .of his p r edecessor, and he restored her to the rank of ale . fi rs t, (Applause.) When, too, he remembered that in t he 0 4 irst year of his administration, Air. Cawing • endeavout:ed to extend the blessing o f political liberty to b0t.21 hemispheres of the world, he envied not the head ot• the heart of the man who could withhold his regret, for Mr. Canning 's untimely death. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the present Administration, he had little, ..t. - nr in fact nothing, to he did not say, and for the best of all possiblerea: s " s .' ,4, `rs were happen to know who the present Almost.. • (Laughter and applause.) He was not in the sePt7" He did not know, nor, lie believed, did any one else, W ho wa, at the bead of the Government. Speaking as a person who did not affect to see far below the ' surface of things, he might say that the country found it difficult to repose confidence in mem who had no confidence in themselves, or in agreeing with men who could . not agree with each other.— (Cheers.)—How could it be expected that people would place confidence in men who unanimously opposed the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts in the House of Commons ; but who, when com pelled by the rising public spirit of the country, sup ported the repeal of them ..with equal unanimity in the other House of Parliament?—(Great applause.) —lt appeared impossible to agree with men who upon the East Retford question voted, one half of them one way, and the other half another, having broken faith with their colleagues. The point to which he ha,l last alluded reminded him that a great and glorious triumph had been gained this year—a triumph which had added another ray of glory to the brilliant halo which had for centuries surrounded the immortal name of Russell.--(Applause.)—The Test aml:Corporation Acts had been repealed—those beautiful tO bulwarks" *as they were called by per sons who were actuated by a Very different spirit front that which animated the Rev.. Gent. who that evening honoured the Meeting with his presence. If the Protestant Dissenters felt that they owed any g f r i atitude to the principle which had emancipated t em, let them not waste their time in empty thanks to those who had fought the great battle, but let them endeavour to apply the principle which had procured their ameliorated condition to working out the emancipation of others. He supported the Ca tholic claims, because he considered them founded on truth, and clear demonstrable and unquestionable justice. Moreover, he gave his aid to the cause, be cause he conceived the settlement of the Catholic question to be essential to public security. It was inevitable, that sooner.or later the question would work its way and be carried. The first gun that was fired under the English flag would be the signal for doing justice to Q,000,000 of people.—(Ap plause.) The petitions against religious liberty were not agreed:to 'at public meetings. Last year a public meeting was convened for that purpose in. that county. He had the happiness of attending it, and could witness that the persons composing it did not separate until they had voted that Magna Charta was a Protestant statute, and that Alfred the Great was a Protestant Sovereign of the Church of Eng land as by law established. (Laughter.) It was fortunate that when men met for the purpose of sanctioning injustice, they could not separate with out recording a little of their own absurdity: It had been said that the Dissenters were. disposed basely to crave for liberty for themselves, and to deny it to others. He believed that to be a ca lumny against the Dissenters. When, again, it was asserted that the Catholic cause was unpopular with the people generally, he replied that he did not be lieve it. The Noble Lord concluded by proposing " A full, fair, and free representation of the people of England in the Commons House of Parliament." (Cheers.) Lord NUGENT then proposed the health of the Chairman, who, he said, had kindly consented to take the Chair in the absence of that valued friend of liberty, Mr. John Smith, who was suffering under illness. The CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks, and pro posed " The health of Mr. Rickford," which was received with very great applause. Mr. RlcKFoßD.reitirnetitlanks. The next toast was, " Sir F. Burdett, and the Electors of Westminster, who first set the example to England of free and pure election." It was drank with great approbation. Sir F. BURDETT rose amidst acclamations which for a few seconds prevented him from addressing the assembly. He had presented himself to the meeting in order • to prOpose a toast, which fortunately was of a nature which rendered it unnecessary for him to introduce it by an address of any length. The toast was this :—" The memory of John Hampden." It was impossible to add anything to a toast like that. The history of Hampden must ever be present to the minds of his countrymen. A great historian, though he believed not the most accurate, who wrote of those times, Lord Clarendon, shortly but well de scribed the character of Hampden in these words : --a , The Name of John Hampden is great and con spicuous—no addition can be made to it without taking front that reverence and respect which the pronouncing of it simply and unadorned with title ever inspires." The historian further said,—" he was a man who had a head to conceive, a heart to try, it hand to execute any purpose." Clarendon, they knew, was a courtly historian, and if he had added on. word pore to his description, the portrait of Hampden woulsi, he thought, have been complete. He should Piave said, not "any purpose," but, "any noble purpose."--(Applause.) He believed that that great man was susceptible of fear of only one • kind—the fear of doing i n justice.—(Applause.) He now begged to thank the meeting for the compliment they had paid him.—(Cheers.) A feeling of inde pendence seemed now to be awakened amongst elec tors generally, and he trusted they would exert themselves to secure their object. The Hon. Bart. concluded with proposing the "Committee who cond wted Lord Nug,mt's election," which was drank. Mr. GIBBS returned thanks ? and took occasion to propose the health of " Lady Nugent," which was drank with gutbusiasm. Lord NuGF:yr thanked the company for the com pliment which they paid his lady. He had, he said, found her in their neighbourhood, where she had long resided, and knew Low to appreciate the kindness which they showed to her husband. Mr. CANNING (of Foxcote) rose to propose a toast; but before doing so, he begged to be allowed to avail himself of that opportunity, to express to his Lordship, and the other Members of Parliament present, the grateful thanks of a British Cath o li c , for their attempts to remove from the body to which he belonged, the• ; pains and disabilities which, in consequence of what beeopsidered unjust laws, were imposed on thero,—(AppJaPse,)'Some persons professed to be ignorant of what the Catholics' be ef was, and had called upon them to ,declare their religious lenetg. The Catholic bishops had made and published a stoement of what their belief was, and to that 'they refereed as proving that they supported no 'doctrine hostile to the allegiance due to the C;own or to the Civil InAtit,ations of the country. To frte truth of that deelaratiQ the Catholics offered to pLedge their character and their oaths. But it was said, .they were not bound by tivir It was singular, however, that the oaths of Catholics were taken in all the occurrences of life. Persons did not hesitate to .truct their fortunes and their lives to them as ,ittrora. They Were permitted to sit upo n an d d ec id e t i t h e causes ,without any oh iection from Re veren d G en tl em en whaze Ot,erests Were inv9 . lved in them, and who were always suf ficiently alive ,tothose interests.—(Cheers.) —Those who imputed to tip. Catholics that they sameawere not bound by their oath s , -k new their conscientious regard for as the ot barrier between them an d the possessi,tiiw,the time only _ on of that power. Were it for that, Catholics might to-rilorrow walk into Parliamept, be eli g ibl e - to fill all die offices of state. AnozhsT objection raised against _te_r the Cath o lics was, that t I .:•,eligion was inimical to civil liberty. If be thought th 4 were so, he would say immediaely `` perish every idea o; But the objc:lionwas entirely groun d-, less.—(Applause.) —lt vas said that it was danger ous to trust Catholics with politic:A Po'Wer. Ireland furnished a praotical pi-kW to the,contrary,CGr there the great body of the peopie, who were Catholics, possessed the important pr i v ilege of ieturning hers to Parliament —a privilege which they had' nobly ,exercised on the last general election.' With respect to the question of parliamentary re form, which had already beet) so ably discussed, lie would merely declare, that 11.9. 11 4 c1 ever beets the firm and steady friend of that pleasure. If there existed no other argument in favour of reform, the proceedings that had taken place with respect to East Retford would be a conclusive one. A more gr;;.ss and scandalous job than the withholding of the eleefiVo fi - ioclite from a great town like Birming ham, and 44,,,, 4 ., F f r ; it into the hands of three or four Peers, had r.ever been proposed to Parliament.— (Loud applause.)—lt was an evident attempt to augment the power of the oligarchical junta, which alike infringed the privileges of the Crown and the liberties of the people.—(Applause.)—The gentle-. man concluded by proposing as a toast " Lord land, Lord J. Russell, and Mr. J. Smith, and thanks to them for their exertions to effect the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts." Lerd NUGENT-then, after a --short but feeling and appropriate address, proposed " The charitable and sacred Memory of Sir George Lee," which was drank in silence. The Noble Lord then proposed " the Health of Sirß.Williams, as his oldest friend, and the staunch and invariable friend of reform and civil and religi ons liberty in Parliament." Sir R. • WILLIAMS 'shortly returned artiks. The next toast was, " Mr. P. Thomson and the Reformers of Dover." Mr. THOMSON returned thanks. The CHAIRMAN then proposed " thehealth of Mr. A. Dawson and prosperity to Ireland," which was drank with three times three. Mr. DAwsoN felt proud to have his name associat ed with the great object mentioned in the toast. The prosperity of Ireland depended on the extension to that country of the principles of civil liberty. , Al though it might appear but remotely connected with the immediate object of the meeting, yet as it was connected with the toast just proposed, he hoped he might be permitted to argue a little upon the Ca tholic Question. That was usually termed Catholic Emancipation ; but in plain language it substan tially amounted to this—ought or ought not the Legislature of Great Britain, in the present circum stances of the empire, to allow of the admissibility of Catholics into both Houses of Parliament? The principal objections against it were two-Ist, That it would endanger the established Protestant Church; 2d, That it would disturb the ascendancy of Pro testantism in the Legislature as established at the Revolution in 1688. With respect to the first objection, he could see no danger whatever in the present circumstances of the Government and of society ; for if the admissibility of Catholics into both Houses of Parliament could have injured Protestantism, it would have done so in the first 150 years after the Reformation,during which period from the reign of Henry VIII., down to the 29th of Charles 11., there was no law to exclude Catholics from either House. With respect to the second objection, that it would disturb the Constitution as settled at the Revolution is true that in the time of Charles 11., whose Protestantism was doubtful, and whose heir presumptive, afterwards James 11., was an avowed Catholic, it might have been a matter of prudence, under the then circumstances of the times, and af terwards at the Revolution, when the Pretender was a Catholic, it might have been prudent to ex chide- Catholics from Parliament, and establish, net only a Protestant King, and a Protestant succession, but a House of Lords and a House of Commons exclusively Protestant ; yet surely, when the circum stances hare long since ceased to exist which ren dered such exclusion a measure of political pru dence, this exclusion should now cease, and there can now be no danger to the Constitution, with a Protestant King and a Protestant succession, with a House of Lords essentially but not exclusively Protestant, and a House of Commons, essentially, but not exclusively Protestant. Do not be fright ened with the bugbear of the Pope : his power in Ireland is merely nominal—he receives no revenue from it : lie appears, indeed, to appoint the Bishops, but they are really elected by themselves—they re turn him three names, and he must appoint the first name upon the list ; if he refused, remonstrances would be made, and he must eventually approve the first name upon the return. And he begged to re mind them, that it was an exclusively Catholic Par liament under Alfred appointed the trial by jury; it as an exclusively Catholic Parliament extorted Magna Charta from King John, and passed the sta tute of provisory against the encroachments of the See of Rome, in the reign of Edward I. After some further observations, which were received with considerable applause, the lion. Member resumed his seat.—The meeting then broke up. - \7' `'"" ALMACK'S GRAND BALL. These elegant Rooms on Wednesday evening were at tended by upwards of 500 of the haut ton. Among whom were— His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland. PRINCES—Puckler Muskaw, Schwartzenberg. DlTKE—Devonshire. MARQUISSES—Riaria Strozzi, lsitnbardi. MA RCHIONESSES-Emtly Londonderry, Donegal!, Riaria Sporza, Sligo, Cornwallis. EA ILLS-Jersey, Wilton, Rosslyn, Leitrim, Darnley, Clanwilliam, Clonmell, Mansfield, Verulam, Sheffield, Denbigh, Harewood, Newburgh, Templeton, Kinnoull. CoUrrvssrs—Euston, Sefton, Wilton, Leitrim, Clon tnell, Warwick, Vernlam, C. Grimstone, Antrim, Rose berry, Sheffield, Mulgrave, Normanton, "Harewood, Den bigh, Kinnoull, Newburgh, Surrey. ViscousTs—Beerhaveri, Castlereagh, Ennismore, I-la vigny. LORDS—Dufferin, Newark, Gage, Molyneux, Sydney, Morpeth, W. Thynne, H. Vane, A. Chichester, Lilford, Clarina, Bingham, Acheson, E. Chichester, M. Sandford, Brownlow, Ingestrie, Dalmeny, Kinnaird, Norris, Boling broke, Howick, G. Beresford, Normanby, Ranelagh, Witarneliffe, Harewood, Dartmouth; Alvanley, Elphinstone, Fitzharris, E. Thynne, Dynevor. LAlnFs—Gwydyr, G. Wortley, A. Pelham, G. Her vey, E. Talbot, Molyneux, J. St. Clair, M. Pelham, Gage, C. Berkeley, C. Somerset, Dufferin, B. Cf;drington, A. Peel, M. Berkeley, A. Brudenell, 0. Wood, M. Clements, E. Berkeley, E. Clements, M. Brudenell, Ramsden, T. Greeley, Wharncliffe, L. Scott, G. Mitford, E. Murray, Greville, C. Murray, C. Talbot, Brough, H. Primrose, E. Somerset, Farquhar, Bolingbroke, Blackwood, Petre, Vaughan, Palk, A. Beresforil, Braybrooke, F. Osborn, Glynne, Boston, Grey de Ruthyn, Waterpark, A. Legge, J. Houston, L. Phipps, C. Dundee, C. Legge, Greys, K. Phipps, Normanby, A. Barrington, Mildmay, F. Lascelles, F. Beauclerk, L. Beauclerk, Langford, Dynevor, Fitzroy, Ravensworth, C. Talbot, E. Cornwallis, H. Baring. Sins—J. liesketh, T. Salisbury, H. Willoughby, J. Copley, J. Ogilvie, A. Edmonstone, R. Gunning, J. de Bathe, R. Price. COUNTS—De Taypa, de Rader, Tamisier, de Donhoff, Karpli, Dietretistem, Sandor, Soboletsky. Rom. 111IsTRFssEs—Bowles, Dyneley, Newton, Lane, Vansittart. Hort. Missus—Wortley, Fox, Mitford, Laws, Uptons, 0. Kinnaird, Irby, Cavendishs, Baget, Rowley. HONOURABLES—J. Gray, General Bligh, R. Edwards, W. Bligh, Eyre, Captain Dundas, Pierrepoiat, C. Murray, E. Kepple, L. Kinnaird, Cavendish, W. MOOD, C. Phillips, W. Herbert, Corry, Upton, Major Kepple, W. Stopfoill, Chevalier Tanvitelli, Pereira. MARCHIONESS OF SALISBURY`SASSEMBLY• —The Dowager Marchioness of SALISBURY had a grand assembly on Wednesday evening, at her house in Arlington street., being the last for the season, which was attended by upwards of sog fashianables. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE'S Banquet, at Devonshire House, on Wednesday evening, was attended by—the Earl and Countess of SHREWSBURY, Lord and Lady NORMANBY, Lord BINGHAM, Mrs. and Miss PANNy CAVENDISH, Lord Moarrrx, Mr. and Mrs. BAR RIN,4OS, Q4inel and Lady ALICE PEEL, Lord li4oEs- TitlE, Lord FiTznA;iats,•Mr. ROBERT GROSVENOR,. Col. and Mrs. ELLICE, Earland Copntess ofII*WBURCIII,Lord ALVANLEY, Mr. MOISNEUX, TALgOT, /..ady and Miss flosi.ocKE, Mr. JOHN CAM HOBHOUSE, Me. and Mrs, CORNEWALL, and Monsieur LAMAIR.E. A viwy beautiful Engraving representing a regular Pugilistic Contest, and all the life of the animating scene, will be presented gratis to every purchaser of the Weekly Dispatch, on Sunday - next, in which journal will be faor4 the longest and most correct accounts of the GREAT FIGHTS between WARD and CARTER, and iltar.p- WIN and O'NEAL. Dispatch Office, 139, Fleet-street. KING'S THEATRE.--Mademoiselle SON TAG took her benefit here last night, and was received with enthusiastic applause by as crowded a house a s we ever remember to have seen. The opera selected for the occasion w4s Mello, in which Madame PASTA personated the Moor to Mademoiselle SoisTac's Pesdemona. The anti acting 4fr : ) ? ;. f de bothia s ladiesrik ix,vgas,aos4tirusgt to e h tbeexpec t e d,outer. A t admirab le, nthe close of the performance they were loudly called for, And accordingly' came forward in person to receive the congra tulations of the andienc,,, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY SO, 1828. We have the satisfaction of finding the opi nion we • stated yesterday,—namely, that the recent breach in the Cabinet has originated in a difference of principle,—confirmed by the almost universal voice of the Public. The Daily Jour. Ilals, whatever be their politics, concur (with A single exception) in that view of the sub 7 ject. The sober regrets of all moderate men, — the violent raptures of all shades and &greet; of High Tories, whether Ultras, Semi-Ultras or Demi-Semi-Ultras,—all unite in speaking the same language. Whatever corroboration this opinion may be thought yet to want, will be found in the annals of that high mass of impos ture, calling itself the Pitt Dinner. The Corn- Inander-in-Chief of the State sat, it appears, very well pleased—(he must have been pleased, for the Ultra-Reporters say that "he spent a very delightfid evening")—while his neigh bours, right and left, complimented him on the skill and success of his recent evolutions in the Council-Chamber : while that enlightened gen- tleman, the Earl of HAREWOOD, assured him that, as soon as he should present to the country as firmly united Cabinet. all would go well while the " venerable the Earl of ELDON, ex pressed with a flood of tears his earnest hope that things would now be settled " on a satis " factory basis," and that " confidence and hope " would yet be restored to every friend of the " Constitution." We press this view of the matter, because we deem it most material for every thinking man, who feels an interest in public affairs, to form a proper estimate of the nature of the change in question. Be the change right or wrong,— be it a purification of the Government by re moving its dross, or a deterioration of it by leaving only its dregs,—still it was the crisis of a conflict respecting the principles on which the country ought to be governed. , The Mi nistry had been formed by amalgamating two parties. It has been dissolved by the discord of those two parties,—by the ejection of one of them,—and by the unqualified ascendancy of the other. This being manifestly the state of things, we do not mush complain, that some of the warm admirers of the Premier, should highly laud the " generalship" that has gained him his victory. We do not complain that they eulogisa is discretion or his dexterity. We cannot indeed quite concur in the encomium ;—for the achievement thus praised really appears to us a very ordinary sort of mancenwe,--but, we repeat, we do not think these commendations of it a matter of complaiut. What we complain of is this, that, in celebrating the merits of a Captain whose unrivalled fame is the property not of himself but of the nation, the eulogist should pre cisely select the recent enterprise as the happiest possible instance of his openness, manliness, and straight forwardness, of character. It appears to us that the plain, frank, and simple course for the Prime Minister, on receiv ing Mr. HumussoN's letter, would have been to say, "In my sincere opinion, we do differ in principle too much to sit any longer in the sa me Cabinet ; and therefore let us amicably part." The only doubt we feel is, whe- tiler this ought not to have been said before Mr. WsKissoN's letter was received, and even before the occasion occurred on which that let- ;er was written. It appears to us, in a word, that, if a dif ferenceprinciple was t h e rea l ground of the upt of rupture, it ought to have been the ostensible ground of it also. Instead of snapping (as the Times well expresses it) at a letter which spoke of resignation, to fasten on that word,—and, in spite of all explanation, all remonstrances, all enquiry, still obstinately insisting that a resigna tion it was, is, and should be,—we should have ex pected that the Duke of WELLINGTON would have acted quite otherwise ;—that he wdttld clearly and candidly have declared his objections to the politics .or -to the Parliamentary con duct of Mr.,HusKissoN and his friends, and would have rested on this broad and intelligible 14sis that seParation, which it was perfectly un important whether it was called a dismissal on one side or a resignation on the other. We do not merely say, this would have been sensible and soldier-like.--It would have been just ;—just to both the parties concerned ; just to their respective principles ; just to their res pective friends ; just to their common Sovereign; just to their common country. Our readers . well know that we have en many occasions given to the eminent personage in question the bumble tribute of our applause. The offering may have been in itself worthless; but it had at least the merit which belongs to the oblations of a sincere heart. Our duty however to the public is paramount to all indi vidual feeling. On the present occasion, we must relinquish the laudatory functions which we should gladly have exercised, to other minds and other pens. " Let others hail." Lord ELDON said at the Pitt Dinner that the recent change in the Ministry had " re " stored col!fidence and hope to every friend of " the Constitution." We rather collect from what we hear, that the confidence and hope of one conspicuous individual among the friends of the Constitution alluded to by the Learned Earl are not very likely to be justified by the event. It is positively said that the Learned Earl him self is to form no part of the new Cisbinet. The French Papers of Tuesday and Wed nesday have been received. Their contents are by no means encouraging to the cause of the SULTAN, whose people now begin to flag in their enthusiasm as the day of danger approaches. It is even said, that the number of the Turkish army has been greatly exaggerated—and that the disposable force about Constantinople does not exceed 20,000. A few days will no ,doubt fur nish us with some important news from the East. The Allgemeine Zeitung of tile 23d inst.• contains a paragraph from Hermanstadt, stating a division of Russian Cavalry had defeated a body of Turks near Gallatz, but we apprehend this is only another version of what we gave yesterday :- 11118,MANSTADT, MAY 11. We have received the news that a Turkish light caps had chew itself near Oallatz, but it was not known whether it came from the other bank of the Danube, or from Braila; that a division of Russian cavalry had de feated this corps after a short engagement, which had then retreated across the Seret, towards Braila, where there is a Turkish garrison. It is reported that Gallatz was burnt down on this occasion, the Turks themselves having set fire to Doe of the suburbs. SWITZRRLAND, MAY 16.. A circular letter of the directing-Canton, Zurich, of the Sd May, acquaints the Governments of the Cantons with the subjects that are to be discussed in the Diet this year, which is to open on Monday the 7th July, inviting them at the same time to furnish their legations with the necessary in structions. It is advised that the resolutions of 1822, relative to the abuses of the press with respect to foreign countries, and also to the police regulations for foreigners, shall be con tinued in force, and to these is added the proposal of a new resolution 'F On the abuse of publicity in internal affairs." TREVES, MAY 20. The propensity to emigration still continuing in some degree, the Government has been induced to publish the statement given by a man of the name of Losch, who in tended to emigrate to Brazil with his wife and seven chil dren, and with this view sold the greater part of his pro perty. The warnings, however, given by the Govern- Anent made him cautious, and he resolved to go first to Bremen alone to learn from impartial persons whether warnings published by the Government against emigration to Brazil, or the accounts industriously circulated of the great advantages to be gained by it, were founded on truth. At Bremen he soon found that the favourable re— ports were spread by rapacious speculators, who hoped to make large gains by the passage money; that numbers of families who had come to Bremen well provided with money, had been detained there; they had spent all, and were forced either to enlist for soldiers, or beg their way home to Bavaria or Switzerland. He therefore resolved to return home and support himself by his daily labour, rather than expose himself to greater losses than belled already suffered by listening to the advice of interested persons. The Echo du Midi gives . the following, under date of the frontiers of Spain, May 19 W e this moment learn that the French Ambassador has set off in great haste for Saragossa, to have an interview with the KING. It is said that his mission is of the highest political importance. Extract of a letter from Belize, dated March 14, received at the North and South American Coffee-house. via Jamaica :--" A vessel yesterday arrived front Izabal ; One letter dated Guatemala, 18th February, confirms the report that Colonel PERKS was compelled to resign the command of the army ; that the President ARCE was also forced to resign, and the Vice-President appointed in his stead. No mention is made of PERKS or ARCE being in prison. Commissioners to treat for p eace have . been ap pointed on both sides, but it is not thought that those of St. Salvador will appear at the meeting. The general opinion is, that the troubles of that country are far from being at an end. Little prospect of business. It appears that on the 18th inst. the Scipion, the Breslaw, and the Syrene, a frigate, left Toulon, to reinfore Admiral Ittortv- The Circe frigate left Toulon the evening before, for Alexandria. It was expected that the remaining veskel, amounting to twenty-six, would im mediately sail. REDUCTION OF RENT.--.-We understand that at the memorable period of agricultural pressure, the Rev, DENHAM J. J. CoosEs, lord of the manor of Bent ley and Astley, in this county, reduced the whole of hi s rents 20/. per cent. and only 10/. (or one half) has been resumed since that period.— Worcester Journal. Sisterpathmill was truly a merry place in days of yore ;" fur it is recorded that a convivial party, having met in one of the bostleries precisely as the landlady was setting a hen,—that is, placing it upon its eggs,—did not rise to depart until the chickens were running about th e house ! Chambers' Scotland. ____ It is a curious circumstance that among th e large body of Irish emigrants , w ho latel y %vent over to l e ct l hes. bounty so money,me o r having dis guisethem, it is Brazil, where, it now turns o ut, the y were intended for soldiers, sixteen women were di sco vered ou the passage, who had d understood, bad reverted to this expedient, i n or d er t o follow their husbands; two or three of who m h a d actua ll y themselves eiilistd in and men's received i c v an increase of family before they landed. SHIPPING INTELLISENCE-(THIS DP PROM LLOYD'S: DEAL, MAY 29.--Wind Ruth, Fiore, from Jamaica. Arrived from Lon l, the Betsey and Sophia, Garraway, for -Anti!' Emma, North, for Bombay ; Fair Arcadian, Rid' for Demerara ; Achilles, Marshall, for the Matta and Renown, Baker, for Calcutta. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 29.--Wind S. to W.—B o the Industrioze, Modena, and Daphne, from Janeiro; and J. Dunn, Hicks, from the Mauritius . .FALMOUTH, MAY 28.—Wind S. to rived from London, the Jannett, froM SIB Leone. Sailed the Duke of Kent packet for.Lioll Puiraouirli, MAY 28.--Arrived off Port;' Majesty's ship Onyx, from Africa. RAMSGATE, MAY 29.--Arriv e d o ff Por t, ft Betsey, Lumsden, from Ireland, after being 0 1 ' Beach Shad. BRISTOL, MAY 29.—Arrived the Felizor, Con 4l ' from Jamaica; and Agnes, —, from Tobago. MARGATE, MAY 29.—Arrived off. Port, the TO Cear, from the Cape of Good H o p e , sa il e d froto Ia Mauritius the 15th of February. CORK, MAY 27.—Arrived the Economy, Jai°, from llarbadoes ; James Laws, from St. Job"' N. B. ; James Lyon, ---, from Zante ; hI Ann and. Louisa, -, from Oporto; and 13 , mader, -, from St. Übe's. BELFAST, MAY 27.—Arrived the Venus pack!' from Oporto; and Geo. Canning, from Alexaarli The Kelly, Maxwell, from Glasgow to Dul9 llll sprung a leak off the Copeland Isles the 2Gth and foundered; crew saved. THE FUNDS-(T1118 DAY). CITY, Twitirs o'CLoO t , The circumstance of the settling day in . English as well as the Foreign Funds taking plat at one and the same time occasions the Brokers o r Jobbers to be very busy in regulating their accoun t ' the House appears to be rather Bearish ; the Het, party are takingstock, and reduced is therefore seat° Consols opened at 854 4, and for the open° 854 1 ; they have since reached 854 far this tits l and 854 for the account, at which rate the OA missioners purchased. Exchequer Bills, 61 and India Bonds, 97 9 pm. In the Foreign Funds M ex i can B on d s f ro m 1 0 394 Lave declined to 374, it being found that o ' l intelligence from the City of Mexico, which is tbre days later than the former advices, (viz. the 1 511/) says not one word of any preparation makine. forward money for the dividends d ue on th e stor) ; on the contrary it is now said to confirm the fed' ' that none is coming, if, as it is stated, the Come; nary General of Vera Cruz had publicly ewe r ' that on the 20th he had had no orders or means t° forward specie on account of Oovernment ; (Ab e : reports exist which me n ti on l a t er d ates , and tic the money which was in hand had been sent fr °ll , Vera Cruz into the interior, i n stead o f com ing 1) : kis Majesty's ship Scylla; Portuguese are 554 611 Brazilian, 594 60 ; Russian, 894 4 ; and Dani s b l 594 60. In Shares there is little to note, except fresh c lb instead of returns; this is the case in Tlalpuxalo a fresh demand having been made of 201. per isb ate in addition to the late 301.; and also a call on Colon' . hian Mines of 24 per Cent. Three per Cent. Consols, 854 4; Ditto, for the Oe'' ing, 854 4 ; India Ronda, 97 9 pm.; Exchequer * l ' 61 pm. Fortsucm.—Brazilian, 594 60 Buenos Ayres, 40 ; exican, 64 Si ; x it per uisi C a e u r:t B ., 94 ll7 4 4 ; ; s P pa er ni u s v h i , an l , l 2 4 s . ni I_ . ; Chilian, 26 S ; Colombian, 24 4 ; D an i s h , 59 4 60 ; Greg " , Portuguese, M exican, , 554 MEs.—Anglo Mexi can , 674 5 di e. ; Brazilian, 7, 72 pm. ; Colombian, 8 7 die. ; R ea l d e l M on t e , 60 40 dia. ; United Mexican, 24 3 di.. TWO O'CLOCK. The jobbers are borrowers of Stock fo r a felt days, which continues very scarce, and this, Wit? the failure of one of the Bear party, who was cons' dered a petty leader, and the consequent buying in, of his account, caused Consols to advance to 86 g for Mosey, and they were even done at 861 for the opening; they are n ow 86 i t , both for M o ney an d Account. The continuation is gone off entirely. THRiiB 0' CL B Cir. Consols, 85j 6 for Money; 86 k fur Account. THE ARMY. One company of the 24th (or Warwickshire) Regi 93 ° l of Foot arrived in Dublin from Ballymahon on the 24th instant. Another detachment of the same corps marched fro Roscommon for Dublin on the 25th inst. - A detachment of the 76th Regiment of Foot marcbl d from Ballinamult for Kilkenny on the 23d inst. A detachment of the 65th (or 2d York North Riding) Regiment of Foot marched from Waterford for Bailing . mutt on the 20th inst. A detachment of the depot of the Ist or Royal Regig lePt of Infantry has been ordered from Paisley to`Lisburn. t One company o f t h e sth (or Northumberland) Ftegin'eu of Foot arrived at Roscommon, from Athlone, ou the 24th inst. PRICKS or STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 206% '7 South Sea Stock 3 per Cent Red Bl% 5U Old Annuities 3 per Cent. Cons..., 85%7i New Ditto 3yi per Cent. 92 93 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d.61 62 pm. Ditto Red. ' 92% 3 Ditto 5OO 2d. 61 62 pm. 4 per Cent New - 182%% Ditto Small Ditto, 1826 Bank L. Ann....... India Stock - India for Account ..... Ditto Bonds 97 99 pm. Cons. for Op. .......... 61,4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent 92 Brazilian Bonds 59 1 A% Buenos Ayres Bond. Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct. — Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 Danish 3 per cent... 59% 60 1 4 Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825 Guatmiala Mexican Bonds Do:1825 "9 8% 9 TX, THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. INeapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds _ _ _ Portuguese Bonds 55 34 3i Prussian, 5 per cent — Ditto, New lOO% Russian, New 89%% Spanish, 11421 — 181. French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c, Exchange --4. —c. 3 per cent. —f. —c. Exchange —f —c. IS DAY AT ONX O'CLOCK. p:;P;a2ocd.--- Per Share. 97 95 5 • 7% 14!,4 5 14.% !. inn.) 36 % 12)4 5 PRICES OF SUARIS THII Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (W. at 54 Ditto National General Mining Association United Mex. Min. Co. Om at 21 Alliance P: Trine Insurance Con • PRICES OF IRISH STOCI Bank Stock Consols, 3 percent. Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 9114 Ditto. New.......... 4 per Cent. 100% Gov. Deb. 3% per cent. 93% Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4 o. ct. 7 !KS...—TUBLIX, MAY 2 . St. Patrick Incur. (per sh.) • Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto lB Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings MA Arrived. Due. O America 0 O Brazil (1 O Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin O Flanders 0 • 1 France O Gottenburgh 1 • Guernsey&Jersey 0 'Arrived. Due. O Hamburgh 0 1 Holland 0 O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands O Lisbon 0 O Malta O Mexico 1 2 Waterford 0 NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...3s minutes after 3.1 Evening —.54 minutes after 3 LIES OF THE DAY. It is expected that only Mr. Goulburn and Mr. Ilerri eg will appear in the next Gazette, as Majur Gentrals. The full dress regimentals of the Cabinet Ministers 041 ' be, black with orange facings. The Messengers at the Public Offices are to b e dig' missed, and their duty is to be performed by order'l dragoons. We understand that one of the leading bank" ing-houses at the west end of the town hag, addressed a car" cular to its customers on the expediency of making invest ments in the Three and a Half and Three per Cent. stoc lo4 prefe rablyohold_ Fu to theorper F Cent. ouperr stock, Coeck, nts. and suggesting to WI wthe propriety o f changiee that investment into stock of the lower denomination. Th e principal argument by which this recommendation is OP: ported is, that the great abundance of unemployed capit"" , and the low rate of interest, is likely to enable the Or i when it has th e power b y l aw of so d o inf' vernment to pay off the whole of the Four per Cents. 1 "` P t h r e e v y i e o a u r s 11;3:0ts being carri e d i nto e ff ect, h owever , the 9 Three and a Half per Cents, must advance to par, and e' t the fo pre s ent t e l s i e e n F t o p u ri r ce p , er nearly Cents. as We much mention the e that stock is now at 9 2, the holders would o f cour se real' all the advant a ge of the rise, and obtain, on the motel rathecstetusalausigytghelaesiytd receiveouta ion as coining from a quarter admitted to P"'" sess much judgment in money matters, and therefore wortbX of the consideration of capitalists generally, but withoPC tending to offer any opinion of our own pq the anlile4:. - 7 4 Morning Paper. SERIOUS AccipEr.q.—At Ed mons t o ne col liery, on the 21st inst. as four of the workers were &solidi! jug to their work, the chain broke, when they were withi 4l seven fathoms of the pit bottom, and the unfortuna te People were precipitated to the foot of the shaft. The basket which they were descending, struck against another at the pit bottom, which providentially caused them to h 8 thrown under cover, whep the remaining part of the chain (weighing from tep to twelve hundred weight) fell.witl! such force as to grind a basket full of coals to powder, and sink some inches into the solid r*. No time was lost in relieving the sufferers. One of the men, Nmsox, wag found to be severely bruised, and there is no hope of bie recovery. A young woman, who was dreadfully utangleb walked some yards as if nothing had been wrong, and sur vived until next day. A few minutes before her death' she arose from her bed, went to her brother, and after ero . : bracing him, said, " I must leav e y ou ," and she..lay dos e ' and died. The other two are getting better,.—.Seotsrnafi' PORed John ralendar a knot to to 4 , nl Y, was vnargi ng I ogland n breep,itrnig di lilt (41f s wk , e i neyii rt pti(:dhyi e ualocu t rfe o tpiotde b littrei e jiil odepeoearikrn' Prisoner. teoidneEdaet am Simmonds Mr. Ser lider his p' (-earned Jt is Possible ad' tlng as I do ; v ents, I tr 84 Y, and 4 4 , that tin rigs don's A. The priso ..,uietment el L I There prisoi ere were With similar 1 0 4 ilip Hon, pot of this m etn uert Irish. Yr i tled by t w a s carriag found prisons lec Th e .P soni Ihis first c ti e Hammo) • as., tie ail t " 4, . 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