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THE GREEKS AND TURKS. ( From The Aastrian Ol:servcr) - , C.ONSTANTINOPLE,, DEC. 10. - the Capstan Pacha, whose return was retarded by contrary wisids, entered this port on the 6th of December with part of his fleet, consisting of a frigate of 44 guns, four corvettes, three brigs, autl two sloops of war. The rest of the fleet'remains in die Dardanelles. There are many G ree k- Priests on board the Admiral's ship, who were brought as !lostagei from the islands of the Archipelago. 'Many of these 4hisids have signified their desire to submit to the - Porte, if they could be protected from the oppression of the insurgents. . . We c:111 assure our readers that the alleged defeat of the Capitan Pacha, near the isles of `;:copolo and Skiotho, is a pure fiction, like many others that have been circulated in Europe. Private letters state, that many persons, parti cularly Germans, who went to assist the Greeks, are suffering the utmost distress at Smyrna and the other ports of the Levant. FRANKFORT, JAN. 14.—The Oriental Spec tator has the following account from Smyrna, .28th November :—" Letters from Scio state that the Island enjoys perfect tranquillity. All the accounts from the interior of Natolia are equally satisfactory. Abundant rains have fallen, which are the pledge of a rich harvest : the pob:ic health is excellent. In our city and the environs the same order that we have long enjoyed conti nues to prevail, and every thing passes as for merly in the most peaceful times. Humanity has now no wish to form., but that of seeing the -Greek revolution terminated; not violently, but in a manner that may content both the Turks and- the Creeks. Unhappily the accomplishment of this wish is remote. The winter, which has set in, may cause delay ; and the Greeks, if they are allowed to repose sonic months, will enjoy the benefit of the delay, will take breath, aad vim at all possible means for another cam paign. But, on the other hand, their pecuniary means begin to fail, and it is very doubtful whether they will find in Philhelleninsi a source from which they can draw in a degree adequate to their wants.—(The Journalist here enters into a justification of his own impartiality.)— :4".e spoke in our last number of the impartiality of the Greeks in the Isle of Candia and the advantages gained by the Turks. News of a nature directly contrary has been circulated, and we doubt not but in some parts of Europe pa. pets, containing our news, and, perhaps, letters, giving them a formal contradiction, may be re ceived at the same time. Time will afford infor mation which will support what we advance, though we will readily retract, if, notwithstand ing our caution and experience, we should find that we have been in some points led into error, or have b een d ece iv e d in our c on j ecture s ; f or it is the history, and not the removal of the Greek revolution, that we have undertaken to write." PRUSSIA. `)('Raves, JAN. 10.—The following fact afiords a new proof •of .the justice with which the sub jects of Prussia extol the goodness and justice of their King : " In 1790 and 1791, each of the two Abbeys of St. Alaximin and Echternach, in Luxembourg, borrowed a sum of 100,000 florins, for the benefit of the Hungarian finances, for which they mort gaged their estates in the province of Treves.— After the left bank of the Rhine was ceded to .France the mortgaged estates were sold as na tional domains free from debts, and the claims of the creditors rejected by two Imperial Decrees of the 21st August 1806, and 20th July 1807. Th e lenders continued, but in vain, to solicit the French Government for the repayment of their ca•. - .'ital. When 'f reves was ceded to Pils bv the Treaties of 1814 and 1815, the Prus. sian Authorities endeavoured to have these two sums included in - the debts to be paid by France ; hut this last attempt likewise failed, and many respectable families were put to great inconvenience. Though Prussia was not in any respect legally bound, the creditors hoped from his Majesty's goodness some alleviation of their lass, and the Magistrates have received official notice that his Majesty by a Cabinet Order. has been pleased to direct that the ahovementioned two sums, making together 200,000 florins, shall be immediately paid, together with interest, from the 20th of July, 1820, and those persons interested whose abode is not known are called by public advertisement to apply. His Majesty's goodness will appear the greater when we add that the smaller number of the creditors are Prussian subjects. Inhabitants of the Duchy of Luxembourg have claims for 37,000, those of various other adjacent countries for 32,000, and Prussian subjects for 65,030 florins. This act of Royal goodness has excited the most grateful sensation here, and we are happy in being the' subjects of a Monarch so generous and so gracious to foreigners." HALLE, Lill. 2.—A serious insurrection has lately taken place among the students. The Provincial Counsellor sent one of them to the prison of the Hotel de Ville, for the purpose of being conveyed the same night to Berlin under an escort of police. The consequence was, that the students, to the number of between 500 and 600, assembled in a tumultuous manner and threatened to force un entrance into the Hotel de Ville, unless the student was sent to one of the prisons of the University. This being agreed to, the tumult was put an end to and further mis chief prevented. TURKEY AND RUiSIA. VIENNA, JAN. 9.,--Those persons who desire the re-establishment of order in the East, and of a general peace, will hear with pleasure that the fears entertained as to the decision of the Divan, and the note of the Reis Effendi, relative to Mol davia and Wallachia, have entirely disappeared. News from Constantinople, which - may be re garded as certain, as it comes from persons of lin. portanoe,_says, that the Austrian Intel-nuncio has i had another conference with the Reis Effendi, in which he completely succeeded in tranquilliz.l in that Minister and the Divan, relative to the' Russian army which is in Podolia.- and Voihy nia, and in the adjacent provinces. What has most contributed:. to this end is; that a part of the 'Russian troopS which occupied Bessa rabia hitherto, a province near to Turkish :Mol davia, has b.en tent into other provinces fur. ther from the Turkish frontiers. It is also said, that Baron d'Ottenfels has been charged to make a communication to the Porte, relative to their future destination which will be satisfactory to it. However this may be, according to this favourable news, an official note from the Turkish Cabinet mny soon be looked for, which will make known the order communicated to the Pacha of Silistria to withdraw all the Turkish troops from the two principalities. In this manner the principal ob stacle to the re-establishment of harmony be tween Russia and Turkey will be removed. EXPEDITION AGAINST TUNIS. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 10.—All the British vessels cruising in the Archipelago, and on the coasts of the lonian Islands, have received orders to assemble near Malta, whence they are to sail for Tunis, to compel the Regency of that place to restore some Christians taken by a corsair, and to observe the convention entered into at the late bombardmaot of Algiers. The Barbary squadron blockading Messolunghi, on hearing this intelli gence, raised the blockade. Turin, Nov. 15.-=-Colonel Ponsonby has re cently arrived here, to demand the Greeks who had been taken on board an English vessel, but the Bey has refused, on the ground that the treaty agreed upon with Lord Exmouth only related to European slaves, and not to the prisoners of the Grand Seignor. The Bey has presented the Vice-Consul with a fine horse, and Colonel Pon sonby has returned without obtaining his object. NUREMBERG, JAN. I`?.—Letters from Brody, which arrived this day, announce that Lord Strangford, the British Ambassador at Constan tinople, after having received, dispatches from Malta, made known to the Porte the offence of which the Court of London had to complain, from the Dey of Tunis, and the measures which his Court had taken to obtain satisfaction. Lord Strangford at the same time declared, that this circumstance would not in any degree disturb the good understanding which subsisted between England and Turkey. It is said, that after this communication had been debated in the Divan, the Grand Seignor transmitted instructions to Tunis. They are said to contain an injunction • to conform to the demands of England, to libe rate immediately the Greek slaves, whom the Barbarians had taken by force from on board an English vessel, and to place these slaves at the disposal of the English Consul. It is supposed, therefore, that harmony will be immediately re established between England and Tunis. PARTS, JAN. 20.—Five per Cents. opened at 95f. 10c., closed at 95f. 25c.—Bank Stock, 1645.—Neapolitan 6 per Cents, 81!. Rentes d'E.pagne, 24 } .— Spanish Bonds, 1820.—Royal Spanish Loan, 182'3.—Exchange on London, ne Month 251. 45c —Three Months 25f. 30c.—(Cours Authentique, Jan.. 2.0.) Mustca.r. PRODIGY.-..--011 Wednesday, Master GEORGE ASPULL, of whom so mu d, has lately been said as a musical prodigy, performed on one of Clementini's imperial p atent gran d piano fortes, at Ciementi and Co.'s large ware-room in Cheapside, before an assemblage of professors collected for that purpose. The child com menced his performance with Halkbranner's celebrated variations to " Rule Britannia," the most difficult passages of which he executed with the greatest ease, and with the greatest feeling, expression, &:c, in the most rapid move ments as well as the adagi os . H e con tinued playing some of the same composer's music, Cle mencies, Mozart's, and other composition, for upwards of two hours, with the greatest zeal and enjoyment, without any disposition to leave off; as is generally the case with those of his tender age of eight years. Although his fingers are not of sufficient length for an octave, yet lie contrives to give a slight touch to the key, so that the defect is not discovered, which was admitted by the professors and amateurs present, who all joined in frequent exclamations of ‘4 Won derful!" " Astonishing !" " Bravissimo !" and appeared at a loss for words to express their as tonishment and admiration, but agreed in admit ting that he was a prodigy and phenomenon in every sense of the word. Most of those present appeared in great ecstacy and delight in having ; the pleasure of shaking hands and conversing with such an infant wonder. He is an extremely well-behaved child ; he is under the care of his father and an amateur of the highest respecta bility. The leaves of the music-book from which he played were turned over for him by an eminent organist and piano-forte player, who looked at the music as he played it, and highly complimented him, and also expressed his asto nishment. The attention of his eyes, which was required, to the music, was also as astonishing as the readiness and. execution with which he plays the most difficult passages ; and he is even said, at this early age, to be what is called a sight player ; and as a proof of it, he played music for three hours, a few evenings since, which he had not seen before, accompaied by other instruments. A professor who heard Mozart play when he was 14 years of age, says his play ing was not to be compared then to young As at eight years of age. pull's now, ANOTHER HARING ROBBERY IN THE VAUX HALL ItoAo.—Last night, about nine o'clock, as a Lady and Gentleman were making their way along the Vauxhall road to Pimlico, they were accosted by two men, with their faces covered with crape, one of whom presented a pistol at the Gentleman, whilst the other ransacked the pockets of the Lady of a purse and seven sove reigns ; from the Gentleman they took a ailver hunting watch and appendages, besides a so vereign and a few shillings in silver. The vil lains then fled, threatening to fire if they at tempted to follow. The spot where they were attacked is nearly the same as where Mr. Collins was attempted to be robbed and murdered re- j cently, and for which Mason, Wren, and lteay were capitally convicted at the present Old Bailey Sessions. - MEETING OF SHIP-OWNERS. Yesterday.a Meeting of the Merchants, Ship owners, and Underwriters, of the City of London, was held, pursuant to public advertisement, for the purpose of taking into consideration the effects of the present Inoue adopted at Lloyd's of registering ships. The Meeting was numerously attended. Mr. WILSON, 11!.P. ' -etas called to the Chair. He briefly stated the object of the Mai:sting, bat declined entering into the question, which, he said, would be fully and clearly opened by others for the discussion of the Meeting—great numbers of able and most respectable men, by whom he was surrounded. Mr. MARSHALL then rose, and, after apologising for his inexperience in public-speaking, addressed the Meeting to the following effect Gentlemen—When I first addressed the Committee of the Ship-owners' Society, in November, on the subject we are now met to consider, I certainly did not contemplate that I should have to stand forward, in an assembly like the present, as its advocate. It is not from any overweening confidence in myself that 1 venture now to address this numerous and highly respect able Meeting ; 1 should have been glad to surrender this subject to abler heads, of which there are so many here; but having originated the measures from which this meeting ha; resulted, I find it is expected that I should submit to you to-day the further measures which seem to grow out of the previous pro ceedings, and in doing so I trust I may reckon on the candour and indulgence of those who hear me, while I make such pre liminary observations as appear to me to be necessary. Having, when I brought forward the Resolutions which were adopted at the Ship-owners' General Meeting, stated some of the rea sons which in my mind rendered a revision of the present sys tem of classing ships indispensably necessary, it would be superfluous to travel over the same ground again now. I be lieve there are very few persons connected with the naviga tion of the Empire who do not feel (in the language of the Resolutions) that in many important respects the present system is highly objectionable. According to that plan, age is the criterion by which the shipping of the country is regulated ; and the operation of that principle decidedly is, to cause many inferior ships to be built, and to discourage the repairs of those which have outlived their first character. It is notorious that many ships are built so hastily, are composed of such inferior or insufficient materials, and are alto gether so improperly constructed, that it may almost be said, that from the hour they are launched they are unfit to be employed in the conveyance of cargoes liable to damage ; but the builders of such vessels have felt that for eight or ten years they are secure, under the present system, of the first cha racter at Lloyd's, and consequently can, at the inferior prices at which they are enabled to afford them, always find pur chasers —(Hear, hear !)—The Merchants, too often acting on the same principle, give preference to any thing denominated A. 1. ; and the consequence is, that a large portion of the men chant shipping is ft - tr from being what it ought to be. Again, when a vessel has from age lost her first character, the owner is deterred in many instances from repairing her, because if he does so, the estim a ti on o f hi s s hip i s n ot p r opo r tion a bly r a i se d, although she may thereby be made intrinsically better than a considerable portion of ships .snked in the first class. The owner reasons thus with himself: If I repair my ship thoroughly she will still have the Mond of a second rate character ; if 1 do hot repair her she will stand with the same official designation at Lloyd's; he therethre runs his ship, to use a well understood phrase, literally off her legs ; and the consequence is, she da mages her cargoes, or perhaps a more serious result occurs —she founders from insufficiency—and the Merchant and Underwriter both too frequently experience in one of these results the prac tical consequence of the present regulations; whereas if th e principle of classing the mercantile shipping afforded a motive to its proprietors to have their ships built by scientific men, in an efficient and durable manner, and held out proper inducement to keep them in a competent state of repair, if iniconsequene e of such repairs a ship stood proportionably high in public estima tion, and could obtain employment according to her intrinsic excellence, the Merchant would less frequently have his cargoes damaged, and the Underwriter would be much more secure against the losses to which the present absurd system exposes him._( Hear is —I entreat the Underwriters at Itoyd's to take a retrospective view of their books during the last few y ears, and select the average number of ships lost by foundering at sea, or abandonment from being water-logged, and inquire of em i nent b u ilde rs , or competen t j udges, the principal c auses of this great destruction of property, and they would find, t h at a vast majority of thes e cas es h a ve occurred through ill con struction, or inefficiency of the vessels, or from the want of those l el an h Y i their books substantial repairs which they prevent by the mistaken system they h ave so long adh ere d to. Practical men will tell them t h at it is t o their pr es ent m o d e of registry they have to attrib u t e i n instances possessesem an demands e sa ont i l n le e ir rep reputation, as far as official pockets; ta tio a sloop built ves sdesignation can g i ve i t , w ith the best constructed ship ; a limited u number of years pass over ; both are removed from the first to the second letter ; hence arises the inducement to owners to procure ships at a low price, and their reluctance to keep them in a proper state of repair. The wrecks I have already alluded to occur, at once depriving the country of the services of hun dreds of valuable seamen, and their families of their dependence for support ; thereby spreading dismay, want and misery, in the abod e s o a class of men, whose value can hardly be over rated, and whose widows and orphans might have contined in I the enjoyment of comfort, contentment, and happiness, had the security of those who are indispensable to us, by a due regard on our part to the efficiency of the vessels in which they boldly venture their lives, been made a proper object of our care and attention—tapplauset—while at the same time the Underwriters would be saved vast sums of money. But, Sir, I do not found my complaint against the present system, principally on the grounds I have now mentioned, strong as I regard them to be. I see the vast mercantile shipping of England without any general system legitimately devised for its regulation and government ; and such has been the torpor of its proprietors, that we actually find it under the controul of persons who have devised a plan for its management directly opposed to its effi ciency, and contrary alike to the interest of the Shipowners, the Merchant, and the Underwriter; and what is still more re markable, the persons who have been so long permitted to ex ercise this vast influence over the shipping of the realm, are self elected and wholly irresponsible to, and beyond the controul of those whose property they preside over. It may not here be im proper to draw the attention of the Meeting to the origin of the existing books at Lloyd's : about the year 1760, at a time when no registry existed, and when the mercantile shipping was com paratively small, some inclividualsdeemed it desirable to set about such a classification as would afford the Underwriters, and others interested, some information regarding that important branch of properly. This was at a time when the very name of Lloyd was hardly known beyond thepFeclac ts ofLombard-street,when the in dividual whose name has since become immortalized as the public designation of the most opulent and important body of men con nected with the trade of the world, had not emerged front its original obscurity; and this effort at any thing like an organiz ed classification of ships went on for several years, until about 1798, when the arbitrary and overbearing conduct of some of its conductors gave such ca use for dissatisfacti o n, that some per sons seceded, and set up a second book, differing in some minor points from the former, but, like its progenitor, owing its origin to a few individuals, and both equally devoid of the saction of public authority. From that time these books have been the only record of the mercantile shipping, and from the absence of any other source of information, have from necessity been resorted to by all concerned ; but such is the disapprobation of the manner in which they are conducted, that they are sup ported only in a very limited degree; and while the funds of one of these books are quite inadequate to the expence of con ducting it, the other,, which has experienced the largest share of public support, is also travelling slowly, but progressively, to ruin ; for I am informed, that the expence of conducting it during the last year exceeded its income by about 6001.! !! so much as expressive of the want of public approbation and support of the system on which they are conducted, and such, must continue to be the result of any system which is founded on a disregard of public opinion, at variance with the interests of those most deeply concerned, and presided over by men, who, however respectable and excellent they may be asindividuals (and no man can view them in that light with a higher degree of re spect than myself nit must be obviouscan have very little practical knowledge of the management of the property they have assumed to themselves the power of controuling. The most important part of the influence exercised by these Committees, has been the appointing Surveyors in London and the out-ports. Among those so appointed there are persons of whose professional talents and integrity I entertain a high opinion, and of whom I wish to speak with respect ; but they are fallible men, liable to err in judgment, and consequently should not be invested with the authority they now exercise. There arc also others, who should never have been placed in a situation of such extensive authority and importance ; men alike unfit from ignorance, self-sufficiency, and selfishness ! And is it to the controul of such men that our property is to conti nue to be subjected ? I ask the Members of the Committees of the existing books, is there hardly an instance on record, when on complaint being made of the arbitrary conduct or ignorance of their Surveyors, in classing particular ships, of these Committees have personally inspected the cases, and ascertained, from their own knowledge, whether they were jus tified in adhering to the manner in which sucks ships may have been classed by their Surveyors? If not—if they have uniformly supported them under complaints of unfairness, or mistaken estimate on their part, without in any instance ascertaining by personal inspection whether such complaints have been well or ill-founded—then I say that, practically, the Surveyors are the regulators and arbiters of British shipping, and if you concur with me in this conclusion; I ask, and I intreat your serious an: tention to my interrogatory, will you—can you—consistently with a due regard to your own individual interests, to the effi ciency of our mercantile marine, and to its just character and estimation abroad, can you, I say, passively submit any longer to a system, which operates so detrimentally on our own interests, and on the - national reputation of our trading shipping ? I have recently heard it asserted, that the Shipowners and Merchants ' have no right to complain of the system practised by the con ductors of ;he present books, that they are private undertakings, ' originated by and having no object but to afford information to the Underwriters; but, Sir, I can hardly conceive it possible that the Underwriters can, on such grounds, refuse to concur in the institution of a Committee of which I seek the appointment.— If their books never went beyond the precints of Lloy:l's—if they were accessible to no persons but the Underwriters, for whose exelusive use and guidance some persons profess they are published, then indeed the argument would have sonic weight ; but circulated as they are, not only throughout the united king dom, but through every part of the world where British enter prise can discover a channel for commercial intercourse, they stamp not in Britain only, but also in all foreign port s , the cha racter and estimation of every British ship which visits theta; and while, in numerous instances, some of the finest of our merchant shipping have been unable to obtain employment in foreign ports, owing to the brand of a second-rate character in what are generally denominated Lloyd'sbooks, vessels absolutely unfit to carry perishable cargoes command the choice of employ ment, solely from the mistaken and absurd plan of placing them in the first class from age only.—(Hear, hear !)—I am desirous at present to avoid putting forward any notions of my own with respect to the substitution of a better system ; that is the object and proper business of the Committee I wish to see elected ; but I cannot refrain from observing, that the present system of allowing the Surveyors to take fees, imperatively calls for alteration. It appears to me indispensable to the efficiency of any plan which may be devised, that the Surveyors should be liberally paid, so as to command the best talents; but in no case should they be allowed to receive fees ; and it is one of the strong objections to the present system, that its conductors from the want of public approbation and support, are so crippled in their means that the Surveyors employed by them are obliged to seek their chief sources of emolument from those whose property is subjected to their judgment ; and while man is the creature of interest, while his nature re mains what it is, independence and purity of conduct cannot be looked for under such a system. 1 deem it proper, Sir, to make these observations, explanatory, in some degree, to the grounds on which I consider a revision of the present sys tem necessary ; it will not, however- ' I trust, be exp ec t e d th at I should, at present, offer suggestions for its improvement. I have my own views and opinions on that head; but this is not the moment to put them forward. All I contend for now is, that solid grounds of complaint exist against the mode practised in classing our shipping, that up to this period it has gone on, with out any general legitimately devised system for its regulation and government, and that it is essential to the well-being and prosperity of the commerce and navigation of the Empire, that a revision of it, in all its details, should forthwith be entered upon ; and, although it is said, that there are a few indivi duals reluctant to part with the system they have so long presided over, and fenced round with such care, as to inter- I diet hitherto any thing like approach to it ; yet I trust the good sense and manly spirit of this Meeting, will not hesi tate in supporting the moderate and reasonable proposition with which I shall presently conclude. That proposition is, that a Committee to consist of an equal number of the most respectable, intelligent, and experienced persons, connected with all the great interests concerned in the definitive settle ment of this important question, be now appointed to con sider and report to a subsequent general meeting, what alte rations appear to them to be expedient, for the future regula tion and classification of the Mercantile M ar i ne , an d to suggest such a cotie of rules and regu l a t ions as they shall deem to be most desirable. If there are those present who do not c oncur i n represent it ; if it is , a s I have h eard it asserted to be, as little liable to objection as a n y which can be devised by erring man, it re proposed inquiry, I would su b m i t to them, system does really work so we ll as they would th the t a n i n e cessity c t e h s e s i present of s enthte stem has then nothing to fear from a body of men composed of the most sensible and practical Merchants,Underwriters,and Shipowners. —A Committee thus constituted would fairly represent all the great interests concerned, and the result of their labours would, I am persuaded s combine the approbation an d support of a ll . Some considerat ion and attention too is due to the great body of Ship-owners whose property is the subject matter in question ; and among tile the feeling is general and strong, that the sys tem under which their property is now controull e d, i s at once highly. un j us t and oppressivetowarzls them, and exceedingly in jurious to the character and efficiency of our Mercantile Marine. It should, I think, also be an instruction to the Committee, to suggest the best mode in their opinion of raising a fund liberally sufficient to meet the necessary expences of conducting the sys tem they may recommend to public adoption. The revenues of the books now in use are estimated to be nearly as follows :L.-The old book has about 180 subscribers at S guineas each, and 20 guineas each from the Royal Exchange and London Assurance Companies, give, as I aniline, an income of lAOI. The new book has about 126 subscribers at the same rate, and, with two similar donations, realises about 1,0301. If instead of two, only one book was published, and that on a principal which would combine general approbation, the aggregate number of sub scribers would, I conceive, be much increased, and the ability to pay fit and competent Surveyors, and other necessary and efficient officers of the establishment, proportionably augment ed. The number of ves se l s registered in the old book is, in round numbers, about 14,450; in the new one, about 13,950; a nd upon so numerous a marine a revenue might, in my opinion, be raised without any undue pressure upon its Pro prietors fully adequate to the expences of any establishment in all respects efficient for its objects, and worthy the mag nitude, value, and consequence of the mercantile marine of a country, which, whether contemplated with reference to her riches, power, freedom, or the intelligence, enterprise, and happiness of her people, is, in every point of view, the greatest nat ion ever yet exhibited to the w on d er , t h e a d m i ra ti on , an d t h e delight of mankind. Let us not then hesitate in endeavouring to improve the condition of the property in which we are more immediately and intimately connected, or be deterred by those who, for ever doubting the expediency of measures, see grie vances perpetuated by their indecision ; let us proceed with caution, at the same time remember that " Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might w i n, By fearing to attempt." , I trust I have laid sufficient grounds to induce this meeting to concur in the Resolutions which I will now, with your pennis eion submit to you.--( Loud appl ause.) de then proposed a Resolution declaratory of the opinion of the meeting—" That the present mode of registering vessels in the two books at Lloyd's, was erroneous and injurious to the Merchant Ship-owners ; that it misled Shippers and Under writers, and tended to prevent the building or repairing of yes- ' sell of a superior quality." Mr. MIT c:t ELL said, he perfectly agreed with Mr. Mar shall in all which he had so clearly and ably stated. He rose for the purpose of proposing a motion for the appointment of a Committee consisting of 36, with power to add to their num bers, to take into their consideration the best means of obviating the evil which was felt by all. It was important that the Com mittee he proposed should be composed of Gentlemen whose various avocations would qualify them to put the system of re gistration on a footing correct in its principles, intelligible in its details, and satisfactory to all.—(Applause.)—lt should be put for the consideration of the Committee to raise a fund for the purpose of carrying these objects into execution. Mr. ROBINSON then said, it was essential that all the great 1 interests concerned in the question should be fully represented. For this purpose he moved that the Committee should consist of eight Merchants, eight Shipowners, one Resident Mer chant from each of the ten principal registered sea-ports in the kingdom, which were named, one Representative from each of the two chartered Marine Insurance Companies, and the re umber to be made up by gentlemen who were Subscribers at Lloyd's. Mr. URQUHART expressed a doubt whether any of the Members of Lloyd's would attend. Mr. ASHTON stated he had it to say, that the gentlemen of Lloyd's had not the smallest objection to the appointment of a Committee, and that they would join hand and heart in the inquiry.—(Applause.) After some further discussion, in the course of which several gentlemen in the room, whom we understood were Members of Lloyd's, expressed their hearty concurrence in the measure, the Resolution was carried unanimously. Thanks were voted to Mr. Marshall for the able manner in which he had brought the subject forward. Thanks were also voted to the Chairman, when the Meeting separated. THE REPORTED GREEK LOAN.—The follow ing letter was posted up in the Foreign Stock Exchange yesterday morning:— " No. 5, Jefferies-square. Stn—l beg leave to announce to you, for the information of the Gentlemen of the Stock Exchange, that the person calling himself his Excellency tile General Count de Wintz, Knight of the Order of Stanislaus, &c. has no authority from the Greek Government for raising any Loan for that Account. The powers for that purpose are vested in a Gentleman now on his way to this country.--I have the honour to be, Sir, your obe. dient servant, " JOHN BO WRING, " Hon. Secretary to the Greek Committee. " To R. W. Wade, Esq. Secretary to the Committee, Stock Exchange." PRICE 0: TUIS DAY AT ftenk stock 237 k per Cent. Rm. 3 per Cent. eons. B9?-4 i)er Cent 10k 4 per c ent. Old 102 tNew 5 per Cents. 1797 I.3ant Long - Ann. Imp. 3 per-Cents. STOCKS TWO O'CLOCK. India Stock India Bond , VAis South Sea Stock . Old .Annuities . Ex. Bills Ditto Small Bank for Act. India for Con. Acct Cons.; for Act. 54 5.6 891 g PRICE OF FOREIGN STOCKS IN LONDON, JAN. 23, AT ONE ('CLOCK. f Five per Cents. 95. . ( Scrip, ,6g pm. . Six per Cents. 00. -! Five per Cents. (Metallic) 00. (Ditto New 89i. Five per Cent. Bonds, 81,i. Scrip, 5.i prem. Five per Cent. Bonds, 1820, 00. Ditto 1821, 24t. Ditto 1823, 145 i. j Five per Cent. Bonds, 91.4. Danish ( Ditto New, 89k. . • 1 Five per Cent. Bonds, 00. Portuguese 87. Peruvian New Loan, 00. Chili 70. Colombian Six per Cent. Bonds, C 2 Mexican Loan, 1 prem. f 00. ( New, 3 ( Bank Shares £22 105..--£2l 1 Seven per Cent. 000. American ) Six per C,nit. 00-000. tFive per Cent. 00-000. Three per Cent. 711. French nussiatt Neapolitan Austrian Spanish Prus'ian Poyais PRICE OE IRISH STOCK, JAN. 20. Bank Stock Goy. Deb. 3,, per cent 97 1 Ditto 4 per cent.... 404- Stack, 3, 1 , per ct 9(3) DittoStock Royal Canal Stock Gov. Deb. 5 per cent. - -Stock, 4 per cent. - -- New 3i Pipe Water Deb. 5 per ct. Treasury Bills, 5 per cent — Do. City Debentures, 5 per ct. Ballast Office Govt. Sec. Lying in Hospital 4 per ct. 5 per cent. Exchange on Lo n d on , J an. 19 , Bf. _...... HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 5 minutes after 8. 1 Evening, 37 minutes after 8. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICER FALSUM AUDE,47'. LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 18'24. MEETING OF PARLIAMENT. On Thursday se'nnight, we understand, Mr. Secretary CANNING, after an interview with Lord BAT/ILTRST, upon the state of the Colonies, went to Coombe Wood, where he remained with the Earl of LITERPOOL till Saturday, arranging the heads of His MAJESTY'S Speech, which is to be delivered in person on the opening of Parlia- We are assured that the Speech will. men t. be highly gratifying, as respects both the in ternal condition and the external relations of the country. His MAJESTY will express his confident expectation that the peace of Europe will be preserved; and the Speech will further old out the expectation of au amelioration of the public burthens by the reduction of taxes. It is further expected that in the financial .x- posc; of the CHANCELLOR of the ExcHEQuER, the prospect will be held out of Ministers being enabled to effect another great and beneficial financial operation in the public debt. We have heard (row the best source of in. formation, that the King of SPAIN has written a letter to the Emperor ALLICANDER, the Emperor Of AUSTRIA, the King of PRUSSIA, and the King of ENGLAND, stating, that as it has pleased Providence to reinstate him again on the Throne of Spain, he begs of the above Powers to assist him in regainiaing his South American possessions, which he has in- herited from his forefathers ; stating, at the same time, that the Brazilians have demon- strated a wish to return to their legitimate Sove- reign, and that it would be dangerous to all the Powers of Europe to encourage Republican prin- ciples. The answer to the above solicitations of his Spanish Majesty are not yet known, nor the precise course which England will adopt in this affair. In THE SUN of Monday last, we adverted to the apprehension which had been expressed lest the influence of Lord STRANGFORD with the Ottoman Porte should decline in consequence of the threatened hostile visit of a British squadron to Tunis, and stated our opinion that it wad more probable that the Porte would not only acknowledge the justice of our proceeding against the Der, but would even exert What little influence or authority it might possess o ver that nominal dependent, for the purpose of if:- clueing him to give us ample satisfaction. It now appears by intelligence from Brody, that Lord STRANGFORD, after having received dispatches from Malta, had laid before the Divan the nature of the• offence committed by the Del of Tunis, and that of the measures adopted by v enttl di ntv th e an zi shot tWe cati COW issu co rn whc Vest WOU can will isSu fore that fact bec to c pare tere stat Tht Aus lino abo Cipa by 1 The verr Lan' and Circ Liao The Was It e l flab' sorna Aleta city Allan ra c k 'reed Paia Trion The Mi n Leer lins N Cue! Vf-Et s , e., 0 v, r esi n sh o 4 b( 40d th e br oui *it er i\lern Ci sco TE zu a rras C otly, Wa r d Par a( LI pi)e this inhal aPpIE ti on 1 SUsp e de ft ti b ut h th e ii: liih