The Sun. — London, England, 1825-04-04 00:00:00

FOR. THE SUN. Ma. EDlTOR—Certain circumstances having trAnspirod, relating to the Society of a particular College in the University of Cambridge, I have been induced to offer, through the medium of your valuable Journal, the following extract from Bishop FLEETWOOD'S Chronicon Preciosum, for their most serious consideration. " The Statutes of a certain College (to the observation of whizh every one is sworn, when admitted Fellow), vacating a Fellowship, if the Fellow has an estate in Lund of Inheritance or perpetual pension of certain amount, I desire you would be pleased to give me your answer to the following question, when have first told you that the College was founded in the 15th century. Q. Whether he, who is possessed of an estate of that, or greater value, may make it over in trust to his friend, and then safely swear to the observation of such Statute among the rest ?—The answer to your question may he easily had 'by asking yourself another, viz., whether that estate, though made ever to another, be not still your's, as to the profits of it, for the present, and as to the disposal of it for the future? If it be, how can you safely swear ;t is not your's, when you have it to all intents and purPoses ? A man may have a legal title to an estaw•and yet not be the possessor of it, nor receive any fruits okit ; he may • be outed by violence; it may be entirely mort gaited, or sequestered for payment of debts; and during such violence, mortgage, or sequestration, he may safely swear, he is not worth but so much as he truly and indeed receives, and nothing more, let the estate be never so great in itself. And sack an oath as your's has not respect to the title alone, but to tte title, with the profits of an estate. And since the making over your estate does not (nor do you intend it should) defeat you of either, how can you save your oath, by making over the title of it, and that, it may be, only for the present ? No man -tat he who has a mind to it car. be deceived by such collusion. If an Act of Parliament should discharge all debtors, who would swear they were not worth five pounds, would you believe ye.v.r debtor an honest man, who should take such oath, when yuu knew he had an estate sufficient to discharge his obliga tions to you, but had made it over to another, only to defeat his 'creditors? Assure yourself, such making over your estate, would not preserve you from the guilt of perjury, neither before God, nor good men, though you would swear true according to the letter. 'We la'_ely heard of a man, who, to save himself from paying a certain sum, assessed by Act of Parliament, made over a great treasure to his neighbour (ignorant of the matter), and locked him safely up in • his closet, till he come into the Court, and took his oath, he had not so much money in the world ; and then came back, set his neighbour at liberty, and took his treasure again into his OFfn possession. All who heard it said he was a perjured villain, and though he had elUded the law, yet he remained a debtor to God's justice, which would certainly find him out. This was - the extremest impudence that could be practised ; but assure youraelf, all collusions of this kind are as great profanations of an oath as his was. They who make over the titles of an estate and yet reserve the profits, are, in the sight of God (as well as their own) as much masters of those estates, as if they had the titles of them also in their Cabinets." A t is most sincerely to be hoped that the shaft whichAs now levelled may reach its proper desti tuition ; that it may tend towards the develope agent of a circumstance, which nothing but a most itiAltonest heart could ever have submitted to con ceal. Let those who may have been unsuccessful czmdidates for fellowships, who may have been .r,iected by the unjust violence of Party Spirit, now consider well the qualifications of the Ejectors, whether some who have opposed them may nut have voted when they knew that their fellowships were Statatably vacant, and whose - , , , )tes were therefore absolutely void it I illegal. Those also who may he Fellows, would do well t; , consult their own interests in the case of the College presenting to a living. It is to be hoped Celt those who may really want preferment, will ~1.-ver suffer any one to be presented to a living, vclio neither wants it, and who cannot (if the sta t,ites have any meaning) be legally presented to' it, ft is at least incumbent on them for their own c: , -dit's sake, individually, - for the sake of the e, t'dit of of their Society oollectively, to sift this witter to the utmost, that their statutes may not most grossly violated, and that the intention of founders may not be most perfidiously frus- te<-OPII. These ream rlc.4' will find their speedy and proper opp!icatian, unless tho s e who are more imme dia-tely concerned are absolutely blind to their a .4.11 interests. U. C. 1 w.—Sittings .appointed in Middlesex and . London before the Right Hon. Sir W. D. - 11EsT, Knight, Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of 'COmnion Pleas, at Westminster, in and after Easter Term, 1825 : EX TSRIT. LONDO'N% MIDDLESEX. 'll. , :rsday - April 21st. I Friday Wed nsday - - 27th. I Thursday V ednesdAy - ..`,11.4 4th. I Thursday 1 ~440 day - - 14th. Li 'Wednesday - April 22nd. - - 28th. - May sth. --- 11th. AFTRIL TERM. 'r'» mayday - - May 17th. I Wednesday The Court will sit at one o'clock on April 21st, 22nd, and 28th.—May 4th and fith, and at half-past nine on carii of the other days. SINGULAR ClaCTlslSTANCE.—Y o stertiny morn ]a4z, about six &clock, the following mysterious circumstance tack - . .place at Blackfriars-hridge. A lady and gentleman, whose habiliments, from their being covered with dust, intii cate.d that they had come some distance out of the country, were proceeding along New Bridge-street, in company with a very fine girl, seemingly about 16 years old. The latter was undergoing a severe chastisement, and she shed tearsin abund ance. On the .party arriving at the end of Earl -street, the . Owl.. lady fled from her companions with all possible speed .inward:; the bridge, - and descended the stairs leading to the water's edge. The gentleman pursued her immediately, and was joined by a. coal-porter who happened to be on the spot, and just as the younglady was about to precipitate herself into the river from one of the barges, the coal-porter seized her by the dress, and prevented the perpetration of the rash deed. Her friends were so overpowered with their feelings of gratitude to her preserver, that they could sc.ireely give utterance to their thanks, and: the gentleman presented the coal-porter with a , sovereign for ins timely interference. The poor girl walked quietly over tli.ebri4ge towards Surrey between her friends,.hut per mind seemed to be very much affected. Stuclns.—An inquest was held on Saturd; aftanoon, at the Masons' Arms, Maddox-street, Hanover- Nusre, on the body of an elderly lady named Mary Sophia Field. It appeared that the deceased ILO, during the last two or three years, laboured under a derangement of mind, pro duced by domesti.: calamities. She was occasionally visited by her niece, a very pretty young female, who slept with her in her house in Mill-street. On Thursday morning, about four o'clw,k, the deceased gat up, unknown to her niece, and threw herself out of the Second floor back window. In her fall her thigh and arm were broken, and she sustained much internal ipjury. "She died a few hours after.—The jury returned a vet.- ALm_of " Insanity." FRENciI PAPERS. (From the Etoile, dated Saturday. ) ALEPPO, JAN. 30. Perfect tranquillity prevails in this Pachalik. Ali Bey el Assard has been appointed to the Pachalik of Tripoli. This is a happy event for that province. The Ansanes return to their duty, and the inhabitants of La takia, who have emigrated, come home again. Troubles have broken out in Lebanon ; most of the inhabitants, supported by three Emirs, have risen against Emir Bechir, and will not ac knowledge him for their Governor. The Sheik Bekir supports this insurrection. The two parties have fought : it is said that Sheik Bekir has been defeated, and that several of his partisans have perished. A letter from Bagdad of the 33th Dec. states, that news had been received from Bassorah of the capture of Peya by the Eng lish ; but no details were given. According to the same letter, the malady of Bassorah, confounded with the cholera morbus, had rather abated. The Greek cruisers continue to haver about the coasts of Syria. TAEBISOND, JAN. 15. Nothing serious has yet been undertaken against the Ab bazes, according to the most authentic accounts. The Russians and Mingrelians have completely failed in the last expedition, in.which they are said to have lost 2,400. PARIS, APRIL 1. His Majesty's frigate La Cybele, Captain Tongue, which sailed from Tunis on the Isth March, arrived at Marseilles on the 28th in the evening. It has on board Sidi Mahmouth, Envoy Extraordinary, Raphael Gueta, his secretary, and eight other persons belonging to the embassy. Among the numerous presents sent by the Dey to his Majesty, are G very fine horses 2 Numidian mares, a most beautiful lion, 4 black ostriches, and other curious animals, a very rich Moorish dress for the Dauphiness, &c. ( From the Constitutionnel of Fridall. MADRID, MARC!! 21. The King has replaced M. llgarte in his office of Secretary of the Council of State, by M. Urrutia, who was at the he td of a division in the Foreign Office. M. Ugarte has declined the em bassy to Turin on account of ill health ; but adding, that he would continue to serve his Majesty in the Peninsula. His refusal of the embassy has been accepted, bat he has been ordered to leave the capital immediately, and to choose his place of residence; he has fixed on Toledo. The creatures of the favourite seem likely to share in his disgrace. M. Corpas, one of his principal adhe rents, who lately refused the mission to Switzerland, to which he was appointed, has received orders to quit Madrid in eight days, and repair to his roost about the time that his patron was ordered to depart in 24 ° hours. There is more talk than ever of a change of Ministers, but it does not seem likely that M. Zea will lose his place; for it is certain that if he had not assisted in the overthrow of Ugarte, the latter would be still in favour. However it is reported in the Palace, that the Count de Casa norez will succeed M. Zea, and that an express has been sent to order him to set out for Madrid immediately. It is thought that M. Salazar, the Mi nister of Marine, will retain his post, but that M. Super intendant of the Council of Castille, will be replaced by M. Marin, or M. Arjona, Members of the Council. TURIN, 111Ancri 24. Our Court received, some time ago, from the Emperor of 1 Austria an invitation, similar to those sent to the King of Naples and other Sovereigns of Italy, to go to Milan during the Emperor's visit to that city. Such an invitation has too much the air of a protectorate, or supremacy, for the kind of humiliation attached to it not to develope the germs of discontent which has been long concentrated. The answer of the King of Naples, brother to our Queen, is a proof of it. The Duke Modena and Tuscany, and the Prince of Lucca and Piombino, u ill nit hesitate to shew their obedience, and repair to the rendezvous. They are too sensible of their relative weakness, and too accus tomed to consider Milan as the capital from which, like Gover nors of provinces, they have to expect orders: bit it may be foreseen, that if the geographical situation of Piedmont with re spect to Lombardy will not allow the King of Sardinia publicly to follow the exampLi of the King of Naples, he will not shew too ready a compliance, and will even, if occasion offers, main tain the dignified and independent character suitable to the na tural pride of a little nation, which has always been distinguish ed by its martial spirit. It must be remembered that this people can recal in ill for tune the counsel given by our immortal Alfiere, of the family of his Majesty's Ambassador at present at Paris— " Siam servi si, ma servi ognor frementi." ~ .' This people, the natural guardians of the Alps, have every reason to fear the preponderance of Austria, from which they have all to fear, and seek the friendship of France, which can not give them any uneasiness. (From :he Journal de Debats of Friday.) Al ADRID, .Mancit 22. After the fall of Ugarte, that of a part of the Ministry seems indispensable; so that the rise of the Marquis of Campo Sagrado to be Minister of War, of M. Arjorna to be Minister of Grace and Justice, and of M. 'Valladolid to the finance department, is talked of more than ever. For some days past there have been disturbances in the bar racks of the 3d battalion of the royal guard. The soldiers are dissatisfied with the Government for having prolonged the du ration of their period of service beyond that fixed in the time of the Cortes. They have, it is said, in consequence, uttered cries in favour of the Constitution anti against the existing Go vernment. This affair is sought to be hushed up, to prevent the i disagreeable consequences which it might produce in the army. Letters from Cadiz announce that M. Caucelada, editor oldie Commercial Journal of that town, had been arrested, and put into solitary confinement, by virtue of an outer from Madrid. His arrest is attributed to an article he inserted in his Journal, in which he greatly praised the conduct of the people of Cadiz On the unfortunate day of 10th March, 1820. PARIS, APRIL I.—France has more than any other country to gain by reciprocal freedom of trade With England. The nature of the productions favoured by cur climate; the proximity of the large market offered by England, the advantageous prices at which we can sell, all make us desire to see out communications with our neighbours placed on a more liberal footing. England also loses much by pur chasing at a greater distance, and at a higher rate, the commodities she might procure from us. The triaths developed by Adam Smith on this subject will soon be adopted by the people. There can be no doubt but a Revolu tion is taking place in the commercial world, which will, ex tend its influence even to th3se countries which do not adopt it. Useless prohibitions, excessive taxes, onerous imposts, with all the rest of the cumbrous apparatus of the old system, will fall , . a ruinous weight on those governments which endeavour, in vain, to prolong their duration. _ ~. FRENCH FrrNns.—PARIS, APRIL I.—Five per Ceius. 1021.50 c.; Bank Stock, 2,050.; Spanish Loan,s9i.—L'Eloik, April 2.) , . . HORRIBLE STottr.—At Ayny, Dt.partment of Charente, on March 14, a youngman named 'Vague, 23 years old, a farrier, living with his • family, consisting of his father, mother, and an elder brother, after having breakfasted with his parents very amicably, went to a schoolmaster of the name of Besnard, and inquired of him ". low much it would cost per. month to learn to read. and write, and calculate ?"___. " Three francs," replied Bfanard. " Can I begin immediately ?" asked Magne. " Whenever you like." During this conversa tion Magne had both his hands in his waistcoat pockets, and all at once drew forth with his right hand a knife, recently sharpened, and stabbed Besnard in the breast, exclaiming, " Very well, then, then I will begin from this time."— Magne then went out and was followed by 13esnard, who had strenght to pursue him as far as the street and cry murder.. The street being a remote one, 31agne reached his own dwelling undisturbed, sharpened his knife, and again leaving his house, met a Mr. Andre, a notary, whom he also stabbed, so that he would have been killed, had he not been protected by a double waistcoat. Mr. Andre pursued him, and took refuge in the house' of Mr. Damond, a merchant. After traversing several apartments, in which he found no person, he jumped out of a w ho ow , and entered into the house of M. Bouteland, an Advocate, and Ansistant juge de paix. A set-' vent was at that moment at the window, and bleeding at the nose. Magne went at first to her; but perceiving Mrs. Boutc. land, he asked her where her husband was. He is gone out, was the answer. I want particularly.to see him. He is absent, I tell you. Have at you, then, said the young monster, and struck her twice on the head with a knife. She was pregnant, and after receiving a severe wound, fell bathed in blood. The cries of murder soon collected a num ber of, persons round this madman, though nobody dared to approach him. 'Hague, seeing the gen-d'armerie coming, darted through the crowd, jumped over the wall of a garden , and before he could he secured. stabbed himself twice in the neck. He was then-seized and carried to prison. His wounds ate not dangerous ; but the life of the unfortunate Iles: and is 4 despaired of.---(Joa,nal d e , D e bags.) • TEE ARMY. The follJwing services, which became due the ‘24th ult., will be in course of payment. on the 14th inst., viz.:— Retired Full and llalf-pay ; Pay of Adjutants of Local Mi litia; Allowances to reduced Adjutants and Serjeant 31ajors of 31ilitia; Foreign Ilalf-pay. FOR lxma.—By the last returns that have been re ceived from the diet-rent Recruiting Parties throughout Great Britain and Ireland, it appears that 2,574 men have been en listed for the British Regiments now serving in India. There is a probability of Paisley Barracks being soon occu pied by military again. The following towns having been fix ed upon for depots, viz.—Paisley and Ayr under the Glasgow division ; and Perth, Aberdeen and Dundee, under the burgh. INDIAN ARMY. AUGMENTATION TO FIELD BATTALIONS OF FOOT ARTILLERY. Fort William, S.pt. 2, 1824.—A t the recommendation of his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, an addition of 18 spare horses, and 24 spare drivers, is to he made to each field battery of Foot Artillery, with horse draught, until further orders. The horses are henceforth to be driven by mounting the Syces, wken considered necessary. FORMATION oF Two REGIMENTS OF LOCAL rronsE. N:w. 11, 1824.----Two regiments of local horse of 8 rissallahs each, and 80 officers and men per rissallah, will be immediately raised, and numbered six and seven, on the same scale as in the 2d, ;id, and 4th regiments, and on the like rates of pay, &c., &c. These corps ace to be formed, one in Rohilkund, or in the Meerut district, and one on the Western frontier, at such points as his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief may direct. The European and Native staff and establishments to each will be exactly on the same scale, and in the same proportion, as in the other regiments of local cavalry. AUGMENTATION TO TILE LOCAL BATTALIONS. Fort William, 110 z ,. 11, 1824.—The 6th, 7th, and Bth Local Battalions (or the'lst and 2d Nusserri and Sirmoor corps). will be augmented forthwith to ten companies of 90 privates each, (Goorkahs) according to. the scale laid down in the order first noted (2d May, 1823.) THE SZPOYS OF. THE LATE 47T11 REGIMENT. The Sepays of the late 47th ltegiment, who were exempted from the operation of the Government General Order of the 4th November, arc drafted into the 46th Native Infantry, and will proceed, under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Sargent, of the 57th Regiment, by water, in Assam, to join that Corps, as soon as the requisite tonnage can be procured for them. (Front last Saturday's London Gazette.) War-0111:..!, April I. MEMORANDUM—MS liajcsty has been pleased to approve of the Bth, or King'.: Royal Irish Regiment of Light Dragoons retaining on its standards the badge of the " Harp and Crown," -with the motto " Pristin Virtutis 3lemores."—His Majesty has also been pleased to approve of the Regiment bearing on its standards and appointments the distinctions under-men tioned, viz. the word " Leswarree," in commemoration of the distinguished conduct of the Corps during the battle fought near Leswarree, on the Ist November, 1803; and the word " Ilindoostan." as a lasting testimony of the exemplary con duct of the Carps during the period of its service in India, from 1802 to 1622 —llia Majesty has been pleased to approve of the 78:h Regiment of Font retaining on its colours and appoint ments the Gaelic motto, " Culdich 'n Rhi." sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieutenant Sir Henry John Seton, Bart., to be Captain, by purchase, vice Matthews, who retires ; Cornet Charles Hay Scion to be Lieutenant, by purchase, Seton ; John Wallace !sling, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Seton. 4.th Regiment of Light Dragoons — To be Captains , without purchase—Lieutenant Francis Dermot Daly, vice Sale, de -1 ceased; Captain John Elliott, front half-pay 21st Light Dra goons, vice Barlow, deceased. 'l'o be Lieutenant—Cornet John Somerset Smith, vice Daly. To be Cornet, by purchase—Edward Harvey, Gent. vice Smith. To be Adjutant, with - rank of Cornet—Serjeant-Major John Harrison, vice Dixon, appointed Quartermaster. To be Quartermaster —Cornet and Adjutant James Dixon, vice Allan, deceased. 8:h Ditto—Lieutenant James Thomas Lord BrudenelL from half-pay of the Regiment, to be Lieutenant, repaying the differ ence, vice Parlby, appointed to the 12th Light Dragoons. 10th Ditto—Lieutenant Lord James Fitzroy. from half-pay 3d Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Charles John Brandling, who exchanges receiving the difference ; Stephens Lyne, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Beaumont, who retires. 11th Ditto—Lieutenant Charles Wetherall, to be Captain. by purchase, vice Doric, who retires; Cornet Arthur Ahmuty, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice. Wetherall ; Gent. Cadet Frederick Darley George, from the Royal Military College, to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Ahtouty. 12th Ditto—Lieutenant Win. Pariby; from the Bth Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Edward Weight, who retires on half-pay Bth Light Dragoons, receiving the difference. 14th Ditto—Captain John Metheld, from the 75th Foot, to be Captain, vice St. Leger. Ist or Grenadier velment of Foot Guards—Lieutenant John ,Tuline William Angerstein, to be Lieutenant and Captain, by otuchase, vice Vernon, promoted ; George Augustus Frederick ilouston, Gent. to he Ensign and Lieutenant, by purchase, vice A ngerstein. . • 6th Regiment of Foot —John Athol' Bannatyne Murray M`Gregor, Gent. to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Foley, promoted. 9:h Ditto—Captain George Pinckney, from half-pay York Chasseurs, to be Captain, vice Cortlandt George Macgregor Skinner, who exchanges. 13th Ditto—Ensign William Mellows Brownrigg to be Lieu tenant, without purchase, vice Howard, killed in action ; Charles Savage, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Brownrigg. 30th Dito—Lient. M. Schooff, from the 67th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Deane, who exchanges. 37th Ditto—Capt. George P.rown, from half-pay 34th Foot, to be Captain, vice Joseph Perry, who exchanges. 38th Ditto--eTo be Lieutenants, without purchase—Ensign John Campbell, vice Mitchell, dead of his wounds ; Ensign Frederick Tudor. • To be Ensign—Edward Evans, Gent. vice Campbell. 42d Ditto—Lieut.'Andrew Simon Frazer, from halt'-pay of the Regiment, to he Lieutenant, vice Fitzgerald, whose ap pointMent has not taken place. 54th Ditto—Ensign Frederick Considine to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Claus, deceased. 67th Ditto—Lieut. Charles Deane, from the 30th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Schooff, who exchanges. 75th Ditto —Capt: • John Samuel St. Leger, from the 14th: Light Dragoons, to be. Captain, vice Metheld, who exchanges. 99th ditto—Lieutenant Henry Rickards to be Cantsin, with out purchase, - vice Crooke, promoted in the Royal African Colonial 'Corps; Ensign Mathew Patison to be rereutenant, v!ce Richards ; George Darby Griffiths, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Patison. Royal African Colonial Corps—Captain Thomas Murray Crooke, from the 99th Foot, to be Major, without purchase, vice Hollis, whose promotion has not taken place ; Lieutenant Thomas Dowling, from half-pay 24th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice George Laye, .who exchanges. UNATTACIIE D.—Captain henry Vernon, from the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, to be Lieutenant-Colonel of Infantry, try puretnere, rice LietitenanteColonel George Des brisay, who retires. oserrer. STAFF.—Staff-Surgeon John Rice,. from the half-pay, to he Surgeon to the Forcer. To be Assistant-Surgeons to the Forces—Assistant-Surgeon John Benjamin \Paterson,. from the half-pay sth Royal Ve teran Battalion, vice Hospital-Assistant M. Christie, super seded ; Assistant-Surgeon Henry Hart, M. D. from half-pay 22d Light Dragoons, vice Hospital-Assistant Evers, promoted in the 14th Foot ; Assistant-Surgeon Robert Charles Horne, from half--pay Glengarry Fencibles, - vice Hospital- Nssistant Coming, promoted in the 67th Foot; Staff Assistant-Surgeon Tlminas Howell, from hall-pay, vice Binsby Nicholson, who exchanges. To be Hospital-Assistant—James Alexander Orr, Gent. vice Thornton, resigned. 111 1011ANDA,—The undermentioned appointments, es stated in the Gazette of the 1201 instant, have not taken place : —2sth Foot, Lieutenant Thomas Swyny to be Captain ; Ensign Thomas Lingard to be Lieutenant ; George Darby Griffiths, Gent. to be Ensign. Staff-Assistant-Surgeon John Perkins has resigned his corn- Office of Ordnance, April 2, 1825. Royal Regiment of Artillery.—Major and Brevet Lieut.- Colonel Sir Alexander Dickson, K.C.8., to be Lieut.-Colonel , vice Desbrisay, retired ; Capt. and Brevet Major Thos. Rogers to be Major, vice Dickson ; Second Captain Wm. Miller to be Captain, vice Rogers. Commission in the Carmarthen Militia. James Thomas, Gentleman, to be First Lieutenant, vice Davies, promoted. mission. • FlRE.—Yesterday morttina, between two and three o'clock, an alarming fire was discovered on the premises of Mr. RtisELL., linen-draper, in Long-acre , t he second house from James.st re et, Covent-garden. in a very short time the house was gutted by the devouring element, the whole of the a st r o e c d k s o a f nd p f e 'u rs r o n n it s ur fl e o l c ) k ei e n d g ttolesttirloeyestice,neev,enbutto, t a he sfa r r oo a f s . wellictan n learn, no serious accident occurred. The -conflagration was jimited to the premises where it cotnmenct:d. EASTER MONDAY.—Holiday at the Bank, Exchequer, East India and South Sea Houses. FOIIEIGN 111.111.5. Ali/11 1 7ED. ' DUE. Lisbon - - - • 0 1 Gotten burgli - - 0 1 II amburgli - • - 0 1 Ilolland - - - 1 0 France - 1 0 Flanders - - - 1 0 Malta . - - 0 1 Buenos A yret - 0 1 America - - - 0 1 Brazil - - - 0 1 Jamaica • - 0 1 HIGH WATER AT I/) [ON BRIDGE To_mort now Ilorniw g , 35 minutes after 3.1 Evening, 52 minutes after 3 rrifu SUN : • SO !.E9l QUIN DICER 1. LS I' .11 I4ON DON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1825. We really do not admire the extraordinary eagerness to make fortunes of a sudden, which seems to have seized not only the avowed money rnal;ers of the city, but also the truly respect able and wealthy class of merchants and bankers of the metropolis, it is both disgraceful to them in their profession, and humiliating to them as The loss of a few hundreds to such men nuly be nothing, but similar losses oc casioned to their clerks, and men of less solid fortunes, draw with them a train of calamities men. of %%lila it is impossible to see the end, at plunge into the very deptlis of misery families which might otherwise have flourished in happi- ness and respectability ; and even at the best, should the speculation prove fortunate, it only occasions additional cupidity and expensive habits, and to gratify both these tastes the system is followed up until one unlucky ad- venture overturns the fabric and brings down inevitable ruin. 1 f the wealthy cannot withstand the allurement of adding by easy means to their riches, how can they expect that those who are dependant upon thetn should evince more virtue. We make these observations with out the remotest intention of applying them to the Gentleman connected with the Company mentioned below in particular, but to all specu lators in Companies in general. We were led into them from having been informed that to-morrow the shares of the Rio de la Plata Agricultural Association are to be thrown into the market. Mr. BARBrIt I.3r‘UMONT is the projector of this company, which certainly ap pears to us as one of the very few that have been introduced after due consideration as to the prospect of loss or gain. A Member of a newly established Banking-house at the West end of the town is also interested to a large amount in the shares already disposed of. Such, we understand, has been the eagerness with which shares in the Company were sought after, that although the number is limited to six thousand, no less than fifteen thousand have been ap plied for ; of course we may presume, then, that the subscription is now full. In our Pa per of the 17th March we said that such a Company was forming. Its objects were then shortly detailed. Now that its shares are about to come into the market, we think it right to call the attention of the public to a few facts connected with Agricultural Associations. It is perfectly well known that a Company is at this moment in existence for the cultivation of the waste lands in the colony of New South Wales. This Company is called the Australian Agricultural Company. Its capital consists of one million, divided into shares of 1001. each. It is so far under the protection of the Government, that it has been incorporated by Charter from the Crown, and empowered by Act of Parliament. A very great portion of the land from which its profits are to be derivcl, is obtained by grants from the Crown GRATIS notwithstand ing the Company may acquire lands by pur chase. The ad vantage of the labour of the convicts transported to New South Walec is also secured ; and the Act of Parlia ment declares that no dividend shall be paid on the shares of the Company till 21st June, 1826. With all these advantages, shares in the Company are now at a premium of 30. Th e Rio de la Plata Association consists o f a capital of 300,0001. divided into shares of fifty pounds each. The land from which the profits of the Company are to be derived, is not within the dominions of the Crown of England, neither can the Company expect to acquire property in any way but by purchase. We do not deny but that the prospects of the Association are good, and that a fair and reason able profit may be derived from its speculations, but we think the success of the Australian Com pany a very fair standard from which to judge of the likely success that will attend any other Agricultural Association. The constant varia- Lion in the price or the piuduce of land renders Associations for Agricultural purposes very doubtful in their issue, and so far raises an ad ditional risk for speculators in them to consider. \V received by Express at a late hour to.day, the Etoite, dated yesterday. It does not contain any article of political intellivmee. The Iterates on Saturday at Paris, were 10If. 90c. for money. The Paris Papers of Thursday and F►iday have arrived. 'limy contain the substance of the report made to the Chamber of Deputies by M• de Lezardiere, on religious communities of females, or nunneries. It appears that there are now in France, 1,800 establishments dependent on female religious congregations, though the law of 1817 authorized no more than 1,500. The present re port recommends the adoption of a law project sanctioning and regulating all the existing esta blishments of this sort. The proposed law con sists of eight articles, the sth of which restrains nuns from conveying away property, if the amount exceeds 10,000 francs ; but if the nun be a widow having issue, this exception does not take her case out of the operation of the cilia code which prevents a mother fron., distntier►tltl her children. It i, the fashion in the Chamber of Deputies to declaim against every change , good or bad, produced by the revolution ; and. tl►e Ultra Reporter has accordingly thought it necessary to regret the existence of this article/ which has for its object to secure the interests of families against that weakness or spirit of I:..,att cism to which females living under the discipli►te of a convent might be induced to sacrifice them• Ile also laments that the odious new laws have rendered female vows dissoluble. In short, he declares that the Committee " cannot propose the " adoption of such a measure without deploring " the melancholy inheritance which the revoln " dots has bequeathed to the restoration!" Our extracts from the French Papers in . an. other column are deserving of perusal. Geiman Papers to the end of the last month , and Brussels of the 2d instant, reached us last night. They have brought intelligence fro"' Constantinople and Smyrna, which states that , whilst the preparations of the Turks for a fresh campaign continue, the affairs of Greece wer e settling in every quartet. COLOC9TtioNI 11 34 surrendered, and a Commission had been ar pointed to try him as well as the other Rebel Chiefs; a Greek flotilla of fifty sail had gone t° Paros to watch the movements of the Egypthl" s. squadron; and the amount of the last Loan w 35 to be paid in a new coin, presenting on one sid°, the figure of Greece, and on the other an ear 0 ' corn, a vine branch, and an olive branch. We copy the following article from a Frank' fort Paper, and if the change in the Prussian M tn nistry alluded to should take place, we may e"‘" pect that the King of PaussiA meditates a de' parture from the despotic system of the 1i.0 1 9 . Alliance in the government of his own dolo l6 nions FRANKFORT, MARCH 27., A great change in the Prussian Ministry is expected sh or l to take place, which cannot fail to promote the developement the Constitutional system, the basis of which has been htlii down by the establishment of Provincial Assemblies. 1° only have the deliberations on the organization of the Sta,t', s ; General of the Monarchy been recommenced under the Pr i „, r r, ( l) Royal, but it is also conhdently affirmed that the statestnea o f be particularly distinguished themselves in 1814 and 1815, again called into office. Among them are Messrs. Von 1311- boldt, Beyme, and General Gneisenau. t It appears, however, by the following extrt v. ' • from the Etoile, that Prussia is not yet P r-p t• pared to follow the liberal commercial policy this country towards the new States of Artier' C O :, Pants, MARCH 31.—1 t will be recollected that the C07 711 i. tutionnel and the Courier Franc:xis some time since annat l , c q ' tl on the authority of the Ilamburgh Gazette, that Prussia °tile appointed a Consul at Buenos Ayres. We contradicted at p. time that intelligence. The official Gazelle qf Madrid nounces, in its number of the 22. d March, that the Prussian Ilje, nister at the Court of Spain has received express orders to, dare that his august Master never thought of making sac° appointment, because his Malesty the King of Prussia rec.7o nizes the just rights of the King of Spain over his dor nior in America, and the sacred principles on which the legitiO of his sovereignty are founded. [From the Agent to Lloyd's at Smyrna, dated Feb. 16.1 " His Majesty's ships Cambria and Cyrene sailed to -t t o the former being very leaky, is accompanied by the lade Malta. We continue to enjoy perfect tranquillity." A further arrival of Ilamburgh, Dutcli, al • e Frankfort Papers,' reached us this morning. r subjoin a few extracts. Swedish iron has ris ; considerably in price, in consequence of the I tended reduction of the duties on its importutl° i!lto this country : STOCKHOLM, MARC. - u l ll fa In consequence of the reduction of the import duty ° l : l de t reign iron in England, the prices of iron have risen cons; ably here. A. report has been spread here that from 1,000 to 2 , 00 v have lately been purchased for English account in the Sm i rd ` Sweden. there to remain till the purchasers give further ° It is difficult to say whether this news is true or false. 0, HANOVER, 111/1 04 We learn that a proposal has been made in the Diet t'c - gei to lay a talc on rooms, the proceeds of which would be °PLO to the relief of those who have most suffered in the inti°,,, — ,oo districts. It is proposed to impose an annual tax o f Hen groschen (about 18 pence) on every papered room rndit there is a stove : the tax to continue two years, 8 % oti supposed it may bring in G0,(09 rix-dollars. It is al,,.„ v ert that a considerable sum will be given by the triot ment to repair the damage sustained, if the voluntary (I°s' prove insufficient. HANGES. A MSTERDAM, APRIL EXC I.—London, 39. 7.; two monal 39. 5. liAmßußian, MARCH 29.—London, 36. - 2 Us., 3 5,9 1 0,i PETERSBURGII, MARCH 15.—London, 10. ; Paris, The King of DENMARK and the Royal Ft z, will go to Louisland in the beginning of J ars the KING, it is said, will visit the Ma District, near Gluckstadt. .0e Count CH A LES VON LOWENHJELM,OPP I to be present at the Coronation of the Kil'n, FRANCC,as the representative of the 1 011 eh SWEDEN, WAS to set out from Stockholm f?. r c i r purpose on the 25th ultimo, with a sple nol time. jcioi On Saturday night Mr. CitoTcu, Messenger, was sent off from the Foreign Office, v" street, with dispatches to Stutgard. A Gentleman arrived at the Colonial 016,,Coefe; Friday night with dispatches for the Colonial and Offices. Sa di Prince POLIGNAC, the French Am bas and the Dutch Ambassador transacted O" with Mr. Secretary CANNING at his Of fice Dowing-street, on Saturday.