The Sun. — London, England, 1828-12-09 00:00:00

CONSPIRACY IN COLOMBIA. " We have received by the brig Tampico, Capt. Fish, arrived in a short passage from Carthagena, the news of a dangerous conspiracy, headed by San tander and Padilla, against the life of Bolivar. 'n e following letter, for which we are indebted td the politeness of a mercantile friend in this city, is from a citizen of the United States who is welt acquainted with all the affairs of Colombia, and who is capable of judging as to the result of this u nhappy trans- action : " EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER, RECEIVED PER THE TAMPICO, ARRIVED THIS AEVENINCI, DATED CARTHA- GENA, OCT: 15. " I send you herewith a Gazette, containing a pretty full account of a conspiracy that broke out in Bogota last month, in which, I regret to say, many men of high military rank were engaged. Among others, the late Vice-President, General Santander,• and General Padilla. The latter was at the time a prisoner, and under trial for his conduct at Cardin gena in March last, and of which you were a wit ness. The late accounts from Bogota stated that five of the ringleaders had been executed, and no doubt the 'Vice-President and Padilla will share the same fate. Bolivar escaped, by miracle, from the place, after his guard and aide-de-camp were killed. Had it not been for the gallantry of the Regiment of Vargas, headed by Colonel Whipple, who first re pulsed the artillery at the attack 011 the barracks, and drove them fairly out a the town, a dreadful scene must have followed; as the artillery (who were bought over by the conspirators) were promised the plunder of the town, in which, no doubt, every foreigner would have loSt his life, as it is well known they .are all attached to Bolivar. Some ftn.v persons have been placed under arrest ,here, merely because they were in some.measure implicated in Padilla's business of March last. The prompt and judicious measures of General Montilla will, I think, at all times, secure us from the effects of conspiracies in this part of the country. Should the Liberator cause General Santander to be executed, his party must fall to the ground for want of a leader; .but I have my doubts whether he will proceed so far. Although a just step (supposing him fully guilty of the charges alleged against him), it may not be a prudent one, as Santander's connexions are rich and powerful throe; gout the country. Should anything further occur, I will advise you by the Bunker-hill. " Every thing very dull, and no chance of im provement." . . • . " The papers which we. have received, give at length the details of this unhappy affair. It appears (to give a brief summary) that the troops forming the garrison of the city of Bogota, were a squadron horse renadiers, a battalion amdee.tbe•command of 'Vargas, and a . brigade, of • artillery. This last body, it seems, was sedtie'ed . ' into - the conspirators' service, by the promise of six mOtitliS' fiAv; and the sack of the city. - The attack was made simulta neously on different points.. The party. which at tacked the palate had'only to encounter the resist ance of a few attendautsOnid iNlivar was compelled to effect his escape bito''the -Street by means of a balcony, to which there was entrance from his cham ber. `1 ';t second' arty;.- which attacked Vargas' battalion, was soon repuhed. - The third; however, whose object is supposed to have been the release of Padilla, succeeded •irt entering. his house, and it was there that the brave Colonel Bolivar was shot, falling under the.-hands.of men who had never seen the Earn of an enemy. Colonel Ferguson was also killed by the conspirators , who had attacked the pa lace, and who encountered' him accidentally as they were leaving it, after' the escape of the Liberator. public mass - was celebrated on the very next morn i n2 . (Septembei 26) in gratitude for the safety of Bolivar. The citizens are said to have crowded around the Lit.,:er"tOr to. congratulate him on the . event. Several ti:nusauds of the neighbouring pea santry were very shomly under arms, and at the dis posal of the Governmetit. A decree was also is sued the same day (the ~?„e4h), in which Bolivar announces his determination - , grounded on the con spiracy, to exercise those extraordinary powers which, he says, the nation had previously vested in him. " A courier who left Bogota on the 30th of Sep. wniaer had arrived in Carthagena, brining informs. tion that five of the conspirators had been executed, and Colonel Guerra was to be hung on that day.— Every thing which can serve to blacken the charac ter of Santander and Padilla is inserted in the Ga but we carat - tat find, on careful examination, any specific evidence of their guilt. The papers in Bolivar's interest, however, rowdy assert that they were the authors of the conspiracy, gud clamour loudly for their execution, which they say is soon to I take place. It is possible that their connection with I the conspiracy was too open and manifest to require tt'le Opecification of evidence. That they were con cerned art it seems to have been the opinion of the svr:ter of tile above letter, and we think it more sae' to rely upon bijudgmeot than upon any specu ation of our own. _ _ " We yesterday gave,a4emmary of the Colom bizn news, The following additional particulars will be found interesting : " The private Letters assert that Santander and Padilla were at the head of the conspiracy ; that their object; besides the death of Bolivar, was the e 1.2 yation of the former to the presidency. A great kany arrests and some executions had already taken " A low from Carthagena of the 13th ult. says— ' A few peraora here have been arrested and im prisoned, 011 suspicion of having been concerned in Ahe conspiracy.' A very respectabl e foreigner at Bogota writos, , iti d a r date of September 29-6 j am afraid the party it 4. Tainst the Government is very numerous and .ucreasing throughout the country. A measure re cently odopt42ll by the executive against the advice of eatusei4,, for 9,topping the payment of dividends on the home deb!, fcr 0.1? purpose of approp r i at i ng t h em e sx , :lusively to the payAnot of dividends on British oaxig, is very unpopular.' _ _ _ (Fro.p the Bogota Gazette of dept. 2Sth.) "CONSPIR4CY AGAINST COLOMBIA AND THE LIBERATOR. "Those who for some time past had meditated the destruction of the Republic and its guard►an, effected a most atrocious attempt in the night of the 25th inst. The garrison of this city consisted of the first squadron of the horse-grenadiers, the battalion of Vargas, and a brigade of artillery. The conspi rators succeeded to bribe this brigade, and to make it the nucleus of their operations. In pursuance of their plans, which had been concerted in a secret meeting held at eight o'clock on the same evenrng, a part o the artillery was to attack the palace, another part the barrack of Vargas, and another the grenadiers. Those intended to -attack Vargas were to be subdivided, and to liberate Gen. Padilla, in order to place him at the head of this parricidal undertaking. "In consideration of the distance, as well as of its own importance, it was determined to begin by storming the palace. This was done by the com• tnanding officer (Commandante) Carrijo, I-torment, Florentina Gonzales, Captain Lopez, and Weneslao Quilaivar, who conducted and led the assassins. Horment himself mortally wounded three sentinels, and accompanied by the others, he _ascended the upper apartments, where, notwithstanding his youth, Lieut. Andres Hatra, orderly officer of the Liberator, fought with a signal valour until he was disabled by the cut of a sabre in his right land. The assailants succeeded in penetrating info the Cabinet of his Excellency, who came out to meet Jhe.rn ; but being h e prepared t o alone against all the conspirators - defend himself in his own Cabinet, and Whet! it was found impossible to hold out any longer, he sallied forth from a balcony into the street, and reached the barrack of Vargas. - • • 'cThe attack on _these barracks had commenced as sou:i as news was received a that on the palace, and was direetea. by the Commandant Silvia,. by placing a piece of ordnance against, the gate; but the guard sustained their posrivith firmness, and as slted by the soldivrd of the same battalion, Ivho, from the upper windows, fired upon the aggressors with some of the little ammunition which they had; beat back the conspirators, took their cannon, and pursued them in aft directions. " At this time some of the artillerymen .had suc ceeded in getting into th e p r i son of G e n e ral under the orders, of Captain E; Brueno and R. ,Mendoza, by. leapilig the wall of the yard, and having reached the room of that General, surprised Colonel Bolivar in bed, and discharged a pistol at his breast. The valiant Colonel died by the hands of men who had never seen the face of an enemy. " When those who had attacked the palace left it, they met at the door Colonel Ferguson, Aide-dc camp of the Liberator. At the first noise of the tumult, this deserving officer hastened from his lodg ings, and on reaching the spot, a pistol was fired at his breast by the Commandant Carrijo, in whose re cent promotion Ferguson bad mainly assisted. " A division of the Regiment of Vargas, under the command of Lieutenant Forrealoa, having been supplied with ammunition, and headed by General . CrOaneta, Minister of War, accompanied by General Pat is, Cordova Velec, and (Mega, placed themselves in the principal square, from whom orders were given for the defence of the city, and the pursuit of the traitors. Here they were joined by the Libera tor, who was received with open arms and most eh thusiastic demonstrations of joy by all the officers and men. " A solemn high mass in thanksgiving was offered up on the 26th by the Archbishop. " The proper authorities are engaged in preparing the processes against the conspirators., " The people, to the amount of 4,000, have armed, and by their exertions- many of those who had escaped the pursuit of the military were taken. 46 LIST OF PRISONERS IN THE CONSPIRACY.—J. Horment, a Frenchman, reputed to be a Spanish spy ; Weneslao Zylcuvar, a shopkeeper, a native of Antioch, and a partner of Horment; Captain Lo pez, of the Artillery, degraded by sentence of the High Court of Justice; Colonel Ramon Guerra de Tanya, Com. of Military Staff; Comrnandarite Selva, of the Artillery Brigade, native of Chiquen qura ; Cayetano Galendo, Lieutenant of Military, native of Socono; Ezequiel Rogas, native of Mera lions ; General Padilla, native of Richacha, against whom were pending proceedings for the conspiracy at Carthagena ; Captain Henora, of Pacaoma; Lieu tenant Msnez, a Spaniard, and Balasteros of Re , chachu, cornpro►nised in the conspiracy; General F. P. Santander, of Cuenta ; Lieutenant-Colonel C. Welshew, unworthy of being an Englishman, and Second Commandant R. Marques, of Tocuya, Aides-de-camp of said General ; Domingo Guzman, a commissary of war, native of Pamplona; M. Es covar, of Couca ; Fran. Varuda, tailor, naive of Barquesimeto ; J. F. Argabil, Portuguese, suspected as a Spanish spy ;. Pedro C. Aauero and Dr. John N. Azuero, natives of Socono ; Algartan, native of Bogota ; Dr. Romez Plata, native of San Gil ; M. C. ttothiguez de Gartan, native of Bogota ; General Obonxo, native of Loeoro ; J. F. Meri;.•alde de Popaysin, apothecary ; and R. Luvano de Fusagati ga, lawyer. " PROCLAMATION. 44 4 PEDRO A. HEIMAN, INTENDANT OF THE DEPORTMENT, TO TIIE INHAEITANTS OP cuNntmencA. "Last night brought this city and the whole of the republic to the brink of ruin ! Is it to be be lieved, that even here, in our very bosomF, villains should have existed wl►o would attempt to mu►der the Liberator. " Seduced by them, the brigade of artillery which was in this city, and supported by this force, they in troduced themselves and spilt much Wood, even in the very house of his Excellency ; but Providence was pleased that Col. Ferguson and Col. Joseph Bolivar, with a part of the guard, should perish ; the first at the entrance of the palace, the second in the house of the General Padilla, wk ere he vk as on service. The Second Lieutenant lbarra was wounded in the apartments of the palace, as were several others. The Liberator, to whose cabinet the assassins had penetrated, miraculously saved himself. Several of the traitor., have been arrested, and those who have fled are pursued. The full extent of their crimes will be discovered. " ' The first squadron of 'Horse Grenadiers, and. the battalion of Vargas, conducted themselves dur ing the whole night with that zeal and enthusiasm which has so often called forth the praises even of the enemy. " The Artillery commenced their parricidal pro ceeding by pointing and discharging their guns against the quarters of those troops, whose valour was only fired by this attack. They soon put to flight the traitors, and running through the streets or accompanied by their officers, they con gratulated one another on the safety of the Liberator. " His Lxcellency also visited all parts of the city during the right, and every where he received testimony of the horror insp;red in all by the crime meditated. Countrymen, friends, believe not ant the authors were Bouotians ; 1-Torment is not,—Carrijo is not ; nor are those who directed and commanded this band of assassins. Bogota is faithful to he: vows, and grateful to the Liberator. Bogota above all is Colombian. f What would become of this republic, if crime were triumphant ? We had lost our support, our bond of union, our tutelar angel. Friends, let us give thanks to the Most High, who; in preserving the Liberator, has preset ved tt all. • " PEDRO A. HERRAN.' " BOGOTA, KEPT. 2G. " Simon Bolivar, Liberator, President of the Re public of Colombia, &c., considering— " 1. That the lenity with which the Govern ment has wished to characterize all its measures, has embodied wicked men to undertake new and hor rible attempts. " 2. Even last night, the troops intrusted with the preservation of order and government were at tacked, and the Palace of the Government was con verted into a scene of bloodshed, which even threat ened the life of the Chief of the Republic. " 3. That if crime is not timely checked, and ex amples made of the evil-minded, they will shortly effect the dissolution and the ruin of the State. " That in such a case the Government would be rendered culpable under the decree of the 27th Au gust, in which, for the advantage of the peop'e, I restricted the authority with which they had volun tarily invested me. Therefore, on the proposition of the Council of State, I decree— • From this day forward I will use the au thority which the n at i ona l vote lus confided to ale, with the extension which circumstances way , force upon me. • 2. The same circumstances shall fix the term of the extension of this authority. • 3. In pursuance of which, the Council of State will advise me of the measures which in its opinion the public good regnires, poi n ti ng out t h e i r greeter.or less urgency. '" 4. Every Vitiator Secretary of S tate i n his respective department is charged with the execution of this decree. Given, signed by My hand, and countersigned by the Minister Secretary of State for the - Depart ment of the Interior, in Bogota, Sept. 26, 1828. SIMON BOT.IvArt. " The Minister Secretary of State for the D e p aa .. nie,nt of the Interior, " J. MANUEL RESTREPO.' " CARTBAGENA, OCT. 8. " The last private advices from Bogota state that the execution of Padilla and Ilorment would take place on the following day. The execution of San tander was to take place as soon after as the neces sary formalities could be gone through with. " HAVANNA/f. " Captain Morgan, of the schooner Hyphen, ar rived at Norfolk, brings the information that the United States ship Falmouth, Captain Morgan, ar rived at Havannah on the 21st ult., and exchanged salutes with the battery and Commodore Laborde's flag-ship. The Falmouth was to sail the next day f or Vera Cruz ; all well. Commodore Laborde's squadron, eunsisting of two line-of-battles ships, the *lll ri f y r • LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1828, The French Papers of Saturday have been received, but they do not contain any further in telligence of a positive nature with respect to Silistria. It is all " report," founded on the inclemency of the weather, and the probable ter mination of the siege under such discouraging circumstances as bad weather, bad provisions, and what is worse, the prospect of getting any more supplies being cut off. The Gazette de France contains a letter from Bucharest, Nov. 19, extracted from the Austrian Observer, which, repeating the old story, says " that in consequence of the violent tempests and extraordinary cold in the environs of Silistria, which impeded the works of the besiegers and prevented the arrival of provisions, it is reported to have been resolved to raise the siege in this unfavourable season, and that the besieging corps is said to have marched to the right bank of the Danube is even reported to have arrived at Hirchova." FRl;Ncit FUNDS. —PA IS, DEC. 6.—Five per , Cents., 107 f. 10e. 107 f. 15c. ; Three per cents., '76f. 75f. 90e.: Bank Stock, 1,8451 ; Rentea de Naples, 78f. 60e. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 794 ; Rentea perpetuelle d'Espagne, Five per Cants., 51i; Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 30c. ; three months, 25f. 10c.— Cours Authentique. It was reported at Toulon on the 30th Nov. that the French army would return from the Morea, leaving garrisons at Patras, Modon, Coron, and Navarin, until the Ist of April, by which period it was hoped the Government of Greece would be completely consolidated, and the national army organised. We are of opinion, unless the quarrel between Russia be terminated by the Ist of April, that the French army will not return to France. Every thing ought to be finally settled in that quarter, now that they are in Greece. The following are extracts from the Austrian Observer, of the 27th November, and the Allge meine Zeitung of the 2d inst. It will be seen that they give no authentic account of the rais ing of the siege of Silistria, but merely rumours which are probable—that's all : VIENNA, MA'. 26. According to accounts from Bucharest of the 19th November there had been, ever since the beginning of this month, in the country about Silistria, violent storm', accompanied with snow and a degree of cold OP to 9°) ❑nusual at this season. This state of the elements rendered the continuation of the works of the besiegers extremely difficult--nay, :almost impossible—and was a great obstacle to the arrival of supplies of provisions for the besieging c , rps. Under these circumstances it is said to have been induced to give up the siege of Silistria in ,this very unfavourable season ; and the corps employed against it is said to have already commenced its march on the right bank of the Danube, as is reported, to Hirchova. Field Marshal Count Wittgenstein,whose head-quarters were lately at Kallaraseti,on the left bank of the Danube, near Silistria, isgone to Jassy, to which place we hear the Russian head-quarters will be re moved. Count Langeron was immediately expected at Bucharest, through which town Lieut.-Gen. Count Diebitsch, Chief of the Russian General Stuff; had passed, on the 14th Nov., on his way to Jassy. Accounts from Odessa of the 14th Nov., say that several ships bad arrived there from Varna, some in two days, and others, which sailed earlier and had encountered violent storms, in twenty days. This is the first refutation of the reports spread some time ago at Jassy that Varna. had been re-occu pied by the Tucks at the latter end of October. VIENNA, NOV. '27. Commercial letters from Wallachia have been in circulation here for some days,-which announced the raising of the siege of Silistria, on account of the bad weather. Though there' was nothing extraor dinary-in this, the'news was not much credited, as there did not s'e'em to be any ofliCial account . 6f . it ; to-day, hOWever, the Austrian Observer says that the Russian troops had retreated from Silistria to wards Ilirchora„ to approach their winter quarters. This news has had no effect on our funds, but some speculators seem disposed to go to the Principalities, to undertake contracts for supplying the Russian army, or to learn what at tidies are the most ip de mand. ThFt Russian guards,-with the exception of two battalions of Yugers which were ordered to the siege of Silistria, are said to have arrived at Stdschin (Tuleze ?) The head quarters of Count Wittgen stein were at Jassy, but the Field Marshal intended to go to St. Peter6burgh, whither M. Van Stourdza had already gone. The operations on the Danube seem to be over for this year, as it is not to be sup posed that the Turks will keep the field during the winter. We expect every moment Constanti nople mail with the letters of the 10th Nov. VIENNA, Nov. 27.--Metallique s, s, 951; Bank Shares, 1,094. P.S. The Mail from Constantinople has arrived, we subjoin two lette;•F. CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 10. It is affirmed that the new Grand Vizier, after receiving the seals froM his predecessor, had broken the • camp •' at Paravadi, and commenced the operations. A division of his army is said to have marched' towards Silistria, while the other part observes the Russian corps at Varna. He himself, it is said, was to march to Rudschuk. The Porte and the people place great confidence in his proceedings.' .eONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 10. On the 26th ult. the cairnacan was at Heide Paella in Asia, to receive Tchapan Oglou Pachu. The Sultan is said to have approved the convention concluded by the Pacha of Egypt for the evacuation of the Aimee, but only for a limited time. On the 2Sth Oct. Papuschi Achmet, Governor of Galata and Pera, was promoted to the dignity of Capital) Pacha, and Ali Bey was appointed in his room. The late Grand Vizier, who was to have been put to death, but on the solicitation of the Seraskiur was spared, with the confiscation of his property, had arrived at Gallipoli the place of his exile. Three hundred Russian prisoners were brought in on the 28th; Accpunts from Smyrna say, that the Tu:kish garrison of Modon, Coron, and Patras had, been brOught on board French ships in Jaci, near Smyrna. The Ambassador of the Netherlands is said to have acquainted the Reis Effendi, on the 27th, with the blockade of the Dardanelles. The Turkish ships of war, which were stationed during the summer at the entrance of the Black Sea, returned to the arsenal on the sth November, but it is said they are to go to the Dardanelles. The late Scheichulislam and two Mollahs have been banished, the reason for which is said to be that they gave pasitic counsels to the Sultan. BUCHARFAT, NOV. 17. The commencement of this letter agrees exactly with that in the Austrian Observer• relative to the raising of the siege of Silistria. It adds :—lt is said that the Russians on their departure left part of their artillery behind for want of horses, and, as some ailirn►, buried it in the ground in the hopes of digging it up and making use of it in the spring.— We hear also of a movement of Hussein Paella from Shumla towards Silistria, which is said to have contributed to hasten the departure of the Russians from that fortress; but the accounts are very vague. We have had no news from Varna and Bazardjik for for some time. In another column we have given some ex tracts from a little pamphlet, published by the society for suppressing that abominable practice—the employment of climbing boys to do that which can be done infinitely better by machinery. The Society deserves well of the public for its humanity. TUE PUFF EXCLUSIVE " These little things are great to little )Jan." We extract the following from that active Paper, the Morning Journal of Tuesday, Dec. 9, in the year of wonder, 1828: Guerrei o and Soberano, 74's ; four frigates, the Leaf sad, Iberia, Restaracion, and Sabina, 44's; and the Aretuza, for sale ; and four brigs, the Cautivo, (late Guerrero), 22, Hercules, 22, Marte, 14, and Anzelia of 10 guns, all in fine order and ready for sea, were in the port when the Hyphen sailed. The Iberia, 44, was to sail for Spain in a few days with convoy. One of the frigates and two brigs sailed on a cruise on Sunday, 12th October, and returned three days after•" PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Y.t.c..lc . 3 pet Cent. r ed. P , 6 4 I 3 per Cent. Cons shut 3.1,4 pec Lent., 45 1 .4 !,4 I)itto Re_ 95 % %! , i 4 per CeDt. Dtio, 11426 Bank L. Ann. Ida Stuck- shu D n itt i o Bonds G( r 7 pmt ; - PRICES or FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds • Brazilian Bonds .13uenos Ayres B:,, , nds lirin Bonds " Cc olubian Bonds Pitts, ls2t Danish • - • 63 Va Greek Bonds Ditto, 1t445 Guatiniala Mexican Bonds Ditto, 18Q.5 DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE. iSouth Sea Stock A ramitlea New I)it Ex. Bills, .il,ooo 4i. 65 6 4 Pm , Ditto 500 . 2d. 65 66 pm. 'Ditto Small !Ditto Commercial — 'Bank For Account I ludia for Account !Cons. for Acct 9":%% THIS DA Y AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan — Peruvian Bonds — Portuguese Bonds ... ...... sPrusaian, Old j Ditto, New — Ruslian ()04 iSpau'rsh, MI 10y, 19•41 . 'French Rentes, 5 p. c. 1(16f. 50c. —*Exchange 1— 3 per cent. —E. —c. .Exchange —t. —c. rittcts or SHARES TH:ft DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Brazilian Imp. MM. Co, (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O Ditto National 5 Protector Fire Insuranee Co l'er Share. It) 1'26 Due. ;Arrived. Arrived. O America 0 0 Hamburgh 1 O Brazil O Buenos Ayr,s 3 0 Jamaica 1 Dub' n 0 0 Leeward Island's ... 0 O Flanders 0 1 Lisbon 0 1 France 0 0 Malta 0 0 • Gotteuburgh 2 0 Mexico O Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 1 'Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDOH TO-MOKKOW. !.Torning ...12 %I - Matted after 4. I Eventhg....34 minuted alter 4. " TO OUR READERS. " We think, after the extraordinary exertions we have made, and the decided priority of our intelli gence in yesterday's 114orning Journal, that we are -entitled , to take credit for, and to invite attention to, the merits of this superiority. t►i%e had yesterday, exclusively, two long communications, sent by ex press, the one on the proceedings of the Dublin Catholic Association en Thursday evening last, and the other descriptive of the Ceremony of laying the _Foundation Stone •of the New Harbour at Scabam, near Durham. We had also an exclusive account of the Catholic Meeting at Leeds, not one word relative to which appeared in the Herald or the Post. We state these facts merely to show the extent of our connections and the acti vity of our agents." Now, although it is not for us 'to fight the battles of our contemporaries, who are well able to fight their own, yet we feel bound in charity to the readers of that alarming paper the Morning Journal, to explain the nature and " extent" of those " extraordinary exertions" which the Editor, in a fit of som nambulism no doubt, made for their especial benefit. We do this the more willingly, as we being occasionally one of the readers of the Morning Journal, (to our shame be it spoken,) arc invited to attend to the above " superiority of its merits." First, then, the two long communica tions by express, and exclusively too,—why the proceedings of the Dublin Catholic Association on Thursday arrive in London by the regular mail early on Sunday morning—and may be copied from the Dublin papers by all the London daily morning papers on :Monday—and these " exclu sive" proceedings did appear in several of them. But the " ceremony of laying the foundation at Sealtam" . was reserved for the " decided priority" of the Morning Journal—and that by Express in ten days ! • for the ceremony actually took place, according o its own showing, on F,iday, the 28th November. The enterprisins Editor must surely be a Freemason to perform such an exclusive feat. Only ten days from Durham, that's news 1 But then, on the same Mon day morning,' he had an exclusive account of the Catholic meeting at Leeds on Friday. H a ppy man and the Herald or Post had not one word of it. Doubly happy man; he had it all to himself! We hope he will continue in this delusion. Should he see some of the other Morning Papers of yesterday—the long columns o f the Times an d Chronicle—all about the Exclusive" Leeds Meeting, it would " Blast his eye Intel sear his heart." But we hope he will continue blind to these aw k w ard thin - gs—and it will be well for his paper that its highl y favoured readers may also , continue to partak e of the " exclusive" blind ness of their Leader, for---• Where ignorance is bliss 'tis folly to he wise." IfVe have received further accounts from Gibraltar, of the 20th ult. By the subjoined medical report it will be seen that the fever is still on the decline. We are sorry to learn the death of the Assistant-Surgeon of the 73d Regiment ; the wind was easterly with fresh breezes, the thermometer in the atmosphere from 60 to 64. MEDICAL RETORT. Nov. 18.—Remain ill, 505 ; admitted, 29 ; dead, 8 ; unapt- observation in comp, 10; officers sick, 19. Nov. 19.—Remain ill, 51 ; admitted, 28 ; dead, 7 ; under observation in attnii, none ; officers sick. 20. Nov. 20.—Remain ill, 489 ; admitted, 17; dead, 5 ; under observation in ramp, 26 ; °Misers sick, 18. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE---(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 8.---Wind S.W.--A brig, name unknown, drove foul of the brig Charlotte, for Jamaica, and is reported to have proceeded for Ramsgate; has kat ca:ltead, sprit-sail-yard, and sustained some damage about the bows, and remains. The rest of the outward-bound appear to have rode it out in safety. A brig and schooner each lost anchor and cable, the former proceeded to Margate, and tLe latter for Ramsgate. Arrived the Morley, Williams, from Batavia ; and Heroine, Tapley, of Liverpool, from Pernambuco. PORTi;MOUTH, DEC. B.—Wind S.W. to W.S.W. —At eight o'clock last night it Caine on to blow a gale at S.W., shortly after shifted to S.B. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 7.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Matilda,. Cumming, from •Mesqina ; and Perse verance, Cornish, from Oporto. FALMOUTH, DEC. 7.--It blew a strong gale last night, aad shifted to South. Arrived the Sandwich packet, from Lisbon. Arrived off Port, the Eliza beth, Henzill, from Pictou. MARGATE, DEC. 8.--Arrived the Pleiades, Allen, from Rio Janeiro, sailed the 30th of September; and London packet, Hunt, from Boston. The Charles, Oliver, from Dublin to London, was driven on shore, near Pwlheli, during a violent gale, on Sunday, and had 31 feet water in her hold. The Haabets,Aniter, from Rochelle to 'Frederick stadt, was driven on shore in West Bay. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CIT Y, TwßtrJ 0' CLOCK. A general impression seems to exist in the . City that the English Funds are at a price which ought to deter speculation in them, and under this feeling there seems to be an indisposition in the dealers to extend their o;►erations further at present. Coa , iols opened at 871 lb were buyers at , but have gone back to their first price, and are now sellers ; these quotations are nearly nominal, the business hitherto done being extremely limited; the Commissioners purchased in Reduced, for which -they gave 861. India Bonds are 65 7; and Exchequer Bills, 64.6 pm. A state of complete apathy seems to attend the Foreign Funds, and the business of the day is now confined to a few transactions; below arc the quo tations. Shares are equally dull, and prices the same. A vessel has arrived off Margate from Rio de Janeiro, which sailed on the 30th Sept., but no letters have been received from her. Three pc Cent.: CAiosolf, *hut ; Ditto, for * Ao count, S 7-4 ; Three per Cent. Reduoe4, 86i ; India Stock, bbut ; India Bond's , ' 65 6 pui.; ExcLequor Bills, 64 6 pm. TWO O'CLOCK The Consol market remains in the same calm state, and the prices arc still 871 I; the house is newly deserted. THREE' 0' CLOCK. Consols for Account, 97/ FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols Danish 631 Do. for Ac. 871 i l Greek, 1825 Brazilian Bonds -- I .44Axican, 1825 Buenos Ayres I Peruvian Chilian Do. Columbian, 1824 22i Russian 96 Spanish lOa FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lady Mary Hill, in Arliugton.street; Major Churchill, in Pall-mall, from Minorca; Captain Petceval, of the Grenadier Guards, in St. James's-street, from the Netherlands ; Captain Vivares, in Brook.street, from Lisbon; Captain Coale, in Con naught-terrace, from Paris; Major Allen, in Pall-mall, from Paris; Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone, in Glouoaster.plaeo, from Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Maynard, in Baker-street, from Ha r - rowgate DEPARTURES. • M.-. and ➢lrs. Simeon, from Brook-street, for Brighton ; Captain Dyer, for Chatham ; Mr. and Nra. Robert Hamilton, for Brighton. His Majesty took airings on Saturday and Sunday afternoon in Wind6or Great Park, and on both oce-aciona visited Wiudior Castle. The Duke and Duchess of Clarence came to town yesterday morning to the residence of the Princess Augusta, in the King's Palace, St. James's, from their seat in Bushy Park. Their .Royal Highnesses partook of a dejeurd during their stay, and were visited by the Princess Sophia. The Duke and Duchess left town soon after five o'clock, on their return to Bushy Park. The Spanish Minister (on a special mission) and the French Charge d'Affaires, transacted business with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday, at the office of Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Chancellor of the Exchequer visited Mr. Secretary Peel yesterd:l. viscount Lowther transacted business yester day at the Treasury with the Chancellor of the Exchequer. There have been very erroneous statements in some the Journals respecting reported negociations between the Duke of Wellington and some of the Ex- Ministels. We believe there was a meeting a few days ago atilt house of Lord Melbourne in Whitehall, of the friends of Mr. ituskisson, at which Lords Dudley and Melbourne, Mr. Chas. Grant, and ti.e Hon. Mr. Lambe were present ; but it not true that they off'ered•their services to the Prime Minister, nor bas any negotiation been yet the result of their consultation. A few days after their deliberation Mr. Grant left town for Paris.—Morning Adertieer. _ _ _ We are enalaled to assure our readers that the Duke of Wellington is carrying systematic retrenchment with a vigorous and unsparing band through every depart ment of the State.—Stur of Brunswick. AN ANECDOTE WORT!' HEARING.-••••• ODESSA, OCT. 2.—There is now at Odessa a man whose eery appearance is enough to damp the ardour of the re cruits that are continually pouring into the town ; this man's history is worth , elating as one of the most extraor dinary instances of presence of mind on 'word. This man fell senseless from a severe wound he received in a skir mish, iu which the Turks remained masters of the field.— At night a Turk came to oat off the ears of the slain, rolled over the body of our hero, and, conceiving that life was extinct, commenced his operations. The pain and 100 of blood brought the pour fellow to his senses, who well knew his fate had he shown the least signs of lite ; he, therefore, remained utotionleas ; the Turk cut off the other ear, but both into his pocket, and walked off! The mutilated Rus sian is now recovering, and continuo to be an object of great curiosity to the whole neighbourhood. The Cybele, Heckler, has arrived in the river from Quebec ; sailed from thence on the 6th ult.. iu corn palmy with the following vessels, and many clime unknown : —'fhe Pinions and the Endonituus, of Whitby ; the Walleond, of Newcastle; the Priam, of Plymouth.; the Sir Howard Douglas, of Quebec ; the Granicue, of ditto; the Dominican, of Cork; time Retrieve, of Scar borough; the Caledonia, of Greeimock ; the Aid, of Lou dorm ; the Kelseek Wood, of Alaryport ; the Lois, of Quebec ; and on the 12th eucouutered a hurricane at . the foot of the Gulf, whielm continued thirty-eight hours. from W. to W.N.W., when all the above vcs. , 3els wrre onsiderably in, except the Aid, of London, supposed to be a-head ; spoke on the Nth, in lat. 46. long. 49., the Sir Curled Ogle, from Liverpool to Halifax. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. William Lewis, aged 51, was indicted for aseenir ing George Ball on the King's highway, and sled'. ing from his person 165., his monies. The prosecutor stated that be was passing alo o f Brick-lane, Bethnal-green, on the night named the indictment, when he was attack e d by f o ur 0 1 '1 who beat him in a most cru e l m anner , an d whim' him of sixteen shillings. He believed the prison er wai the man who took the mo n ey. Benjamin Morris, a watchm an , c ame u p at 1 , 1 time of the robbery ; he had no d ou bt t h e prison ° . was one of the gang. Mr. PHILLIPS, e d Ps, counsel for the prisoner, _ 4 (i several witnesses, who ga ve hi m a most exCell".. character. The Jury found him Not Guilty. Mr. PHILLIPS was told by Mr. Sergeant Au' during his cross-examination of one of the w ituesiti that he was overs te ppi ng t h e ru l es l a id d own by 1" Court. Mr. Putt.uPs--I know the rules of the C 4l ; rt -„' Sir, and I am d e t erm i ne d to d o my d uty to is;it client. f s Mr. Sergeant Attini—Yee, Mr. Phillips, i; suppose you will a l so a ll ow me to d o m i ne . "JY'!-' conversation here dropped. Richard Cottle, aged 25, and eorge Smith, 17, were capitally indicted for assaulting Mary Powers, on the King's highway, and stealing fir her person five sovereigns, her monies. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecu4 o ,,tf that on the Ist of November, she was sent by mistress to Hoxton, to take 51. The prisotif il tE whom she had known for some time, want with it and ou their return borne, they robbed her of money and other Wise ill used her. The prisoners. „ the time they were apprehended, told the tat: that the prosecutrix had given tbe'money to thY; 7 ', for safety, and offered to g i ve i t up. Seteral 04." nesses gave them an excellent character. • Verdict not returned when we went tu prat?. NEW COURT. John Patrick, an elderly man, of moat respect, appearance, was indicted for embezzling 61. 4e., SP . f r property of his employer, Mr. Pearson, apholstere g ' . l, Mr. Pearson stated that the prisoner had boa': his employ about four years, as a clerk ; his 90 1 4 was 1001. per annum. A short time since he' e el up his establishment in the 'Strand, an d th e p r isoe o was requested to' produce his accounts 1112 . 1teCOtil i was, after a great deal of trouble; obtained, in whiti' were several sums which the prisoner had receili and not paid over; he, hoWever, took credit , t i' debiting Mr. Pearson with 20/. p er year as a Ctalf . l l" mss-box, although there neve r h a d b een any or agreement. This account made . the prosecutop debted to the prisoner, a l t h oug h, w i t h out t h e Cht mss-boxes, the prisoner hid received nearly more than he accounted for, amongst which woe sum of 61. Is., which' had been paid to him by 1 0 : Shelton. Mrs. Shelton proved having paid the sum of el' 4s. to the prisoner, who gave her a receipt. Mrs. Pearson, the wife of the prosecutor, et , st_"' that in consequen ce o f t h e d e l ay an d trou bl e was in getting the prisoner's account, at the read' of her husband she had written to him several tiow; and ou the 22d August the prisoner produced ,O p and paid 16/. Bs. At th e ti me h e b roug ht it -"; Pearson was from home. The prisoner requests, . would give him a rece ip t . I sa id t h at I wou ld gst' e ljt memorandum that I had receiv e d o n account; as I knew nothing about its accuracy, I could Sil o : give him a receipt. He replied, I hav e got l eo , • prepared, which, at his request, I signed. Wl'd o Mr. Pearson came home I gave th e acc o u nt to 1 ,0 , A The prisoner, in the most calm confiner, efitelr, into the particulars of the account. He said thef t) , succeeded a gentleman named Stephenson, whcP is' formed him that he would have 20/. as a present ! 4 Christmas, and he considered himself entitled to l se.sonl:eahnadd that int gentlemanroduc ed sever s a ai l d h e u customerswould l t d o ! i t /. ea Pitr: him in some other way than by a oonotoi 8 ai"- accounts had been monthly examined by the Pr o . tutor, who never found a single item strong. id s had been with him f o u r years, and . .had ouly sic k. away a single night. With respect to the c h a rge embezzlement, the prosecutor himself, iu the fo e :, instance, never thought of it, and had sued out writ against him. It was a di s p u t e w h e ther id. (the prisoner) was or was not entitled to the - -Or; payable at Christmas. However; after issuinC A t writ; b e applied at Bow-street and get a worF;,, against him. He had never absconded, as roYL .e . seated by the prosecutor. The receipt Mrs. 11,, son bud. given to him he afterwards sent to I) 6 tr' jo e with a request that_he would sign it, when be lo t stroyed it, and ga v e hi m one on ly f or th e (Oh paid at the time the account was furnished. Dennis Patrick, the brother of the prisoner, eh , that when he wok the rec e ip t , a n d requ i re d a not" o3 , Mr. Pearson did not cha rge hi s b rot h er w ith g o . beizlernent, but said that lie would arrest Lisa o f 801.; he told him that if he would give the nattl e si i, his attorney, the p r i soner s h ou ld ca ll an d pat it,l),ei• Mr. BODKIN culled a great number of w itegl3j. • of the highest respectability, most of whoto known and been on terms of intimacy with the fog souer for nearly 40 sears, and from whose evidenc e s ir appears to have filled situations of great rese ll bility, with the highest credit. „ fli $l 4 The COMMON SURGEANT was about to• when the Jury said they were satisfied. 0 1 COMMON SHRGIIANT--Geutlerriell, you had 1, hear the evidence recapitulated ; it appears to 1 1 00 very complicated case. The Learn e d J u dge Pi summed up, mid the Jury acquitted the prisoner;. t ; The prisoner was then tried ou another jo uic ment, and acquitted. . VARNA. Varna was so cJeripletely battered that it . f c "; scarcely be considered as tenable ; the R u ssians ,g; therefore, o ccu pi e d i n rebuilding th e f ot tificatil"o but, if a sever e winter should surprise thew be e :o their operations are completed, I tremble for tba' gr o of the garrison. The ports of Southern Rosa i s , frequently frown ; neither supplies nor reinflior meats can in this case be sent from Odessa : once from Wittgenstein's army would be . ccl u ott hopeless, and the Turks may yet regain pose'etst of this important fortress. The garrison does 'or consist of more than 30,000 men-- . -a force Veil too inconsiderable for the ensuing campaign ' • 01 0 the Russian army has suffered such privations fertile and well-peopled provinces of Bulgaria, can be done in the weeds and deserts of Sou',. if Thrace ? I mite from considerable experienc e ' if the invading army is small it must be beatel i ce. large it raust be starved; there is no a lterno g o- There may be an infant Constantine at St. Pe, tt l e burgh, as well as a full-grown Constantine at Ty re saw, but neither in my opinion is destined tastestore the long-lost empire of the Greeks. I H amm more importance to the progress of Paskewitol l3 o East ; he has already made sonic progress,l3o,srest eulties as great us those his confederates in the• r t b o have to contend with must be overcome befortoi " Cross" can supplant the " Crescent" on th e i at e.d florets of Scutari. The Russiaus have miscaleT t o., the business throughout; they now see the ( 111 :%7, ties they have to contend with, and say, With , fa d fected that their Emperor has sopa jc for his Allies, and does not wish to quarrel f t i er &mailer") with the whole of Europe; "idea words, that they are desirous of peace, Pr°viofi their Allies will undertake to negotiate. A n ' ! jot nite waste of blood and treasure has taught* in the folly of a war, as long as Europe reoL iii t i t peace, and whilst so- energetic a tnast as Mau" sways the destinies of the Ottoman Empire. GREAT FLOOD.—The heavy and eontili ti . e u _ rain which fell on Saturday and Sauday last, but larly, through the night of Sundae, produced on °117,. morning the greatest flood in the Tweed and all iw merous tributary streams, that has been witnesse d for_ ur: wards of twenty, many R ay f o rty para.—Edinburgh Isstri my Courant. ~. :;~