The Sun. — London, England, 1827-08-03 00:00:00

of the Jolley Club, a;al the decision having - been displerasing to Mr. Hawkins, he refused to submit to it. The result of this refusal was, that a notice had been served upon. Mr. Hawkins, cautioning him not •to come upon the close in question, the no, tice was served upon Tuesday the 170: day of April, and the trespass way comnsitte(3. "on the following day, the.races having comtne.need on the preceding Monday. The defendant had alleged a common law right to be upon the Heath during the races; but it would be impossible to establish any such plea by evi dence of immemorial 'usage, as there were no races at Newmarketbefor:, the reign of James 1., and faces were not legal bet':reen the reign of Charles 11. ►►nd the 13th of George IL The Jockey Club was in ex. istence no longer than from the , year 17.53. HaVing stated the Duke of Portland's tenancy under the Jocl:, ey Club, and some other particulars, Mr. Ser -.ream Storks concluded by calling evidence to prove that the property of the heath was in the Jockey Club, and that the Duke of Portland was in actual, unfettered, and exclusive possession under the Club.. Mr. ROBINSON for the defence, contended, that the fact of the Jockey Club having always advertis ed their races, and:invited the public to attend to /hem, did of itself constitute a licence to all persons who should think proper to attend the races, to go upon every part of the course, and to pass without restriction wherever their inclinations might lead them. The LORD CHIEF BARON then proceeded to charge the Jury, which was special and highly re spectable. In reference to the plea of the defendant (the 4th in order) that the public had a right to be present when certain lawful races for lawful stakes are run upon the heath, his Lordship declared that it was a species of right of which he had never heard, nor did'he think that the mere fact of the Jockey Club having suffered the public. to be pre sent at, the races on th e i r groun d, gave all ram kind a 'right 'to come there whenever a race was to be run. The Jury, after a short consultation, having in quired what amount of damages would carry costs, returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, Is. WESTERN CIRCUIT, SALISBURY, Atra. I. The business of the Court this day was of intense interest, judging from the appearance of the' crowd by which the doors were besieged, at an early hour, for admission. ' The Lord Chief Justice BEST t,ok his seat at nine o'clock, and the Grand Jury soon after returned their last bill, which was found againstthe coachman (Maule) for manslaughter, arising out of the recent upsetting of the two coaches near Amesbury. The trial will take place to-morrow morning. Mr. Justice Buirough will then proceed alone to Dor cheste,,., to open the commission. Solomon Sutton, alias Young, and George Waite, were indicted for a violent assault npon George Biggs, and for having cut and stabbed him with a knife, on the :)th of April last. The indictment was framed tuahr Lord Ellenborough's Act, but there were likewise counts for the lesser offence. The Jury acquitted the prisoners of the capital count, and found them guilty of that for the common assault. They were likewise convicted upon another indictment for an assault conjointly. The Lord Chief Justice BEST, in passing sen tence upon the prisoners, severely animadverted upon the odious action of Young in using a knife he said he never could have believed that any Eng lishmen would have so far disgraced his national character, as to hare resorted to so assassin-like a mode of encountering an antagonist. Fortunately for the other prisoner, Waite, he had not resorted to so base an action as his companion, or even insti gated him to it; the presumption therefore was, that he meant to have fought fairly through the scuffle like a man. For the purpose, therefore, of marking his (the Court's) sense of the distinction between the conduct of the two prisoners, he should only sentence Waite to one week's imprisonment for each offence; but the punishment which he should award against Young was, one year's imprisonment for the first offence, and the same term for the second : the pri smaer to receive these two years' confinement in the 'House of Correction. Robert Webster was indicted for having, on the night of the 18th of January, 1827, at Kemble, in this county, (being at the time in the dwelling house of the Rev. John Price Jones,) stolen one silver soup-ladle, four sauce-ladles, several salt spoons, and a number of other articles of plate, to the value of between 300/. and 4001., the property of the Rev. Gentleman, together with five 11. notes, and a large quantity of clothes, a silver watch, &c.-- There was also a count for burglarionsly breaking out oelds master's house, after committing this felony. The Jury, after some deliberation, found him " Guilty of stealing to the amount of 40s. in a dwelling house," which is a capital offence. The prosecutor immediately recommended the prisoner to as much mercy as is compatible with t justice, on account his previous good character. Lord Chief Justice BEsfreplied—" Sir, you have done your duty, and I must and shall do mine."— He then in a most impressive manner, passed sen tence of death upon the prisoner, and assured him that he had not the slightest prospect of mercy ; he had therefore not a moment to lose in preparing for his awful fate. The prisoner, who had fainted in the early part of the trial, when allusion was made, in a penitent letter which he had written to his master, to the prospect of his crime breaking the hearts of his fa mily, again lapsed into a strong ' hysterical affection during the Judge's address.- Medical assistance was obtained, he was removed into the air, aad shortly after sufficiently restored to hear the conclusion of the awful sentence delivered in judgment. DUEL PREVENTED.—Between three and four o'clock on Friday morning, peace-officer Easterby, in con sequence of information of certain parties intending to fight a duel, proceeded to the seventh lock of the Royal Canal, where after remaining some time, the hostile parties ap proached, the one with his friends, occupying a carriage, the other also duly attended, advancing to the field on foot. The preliminaries were being arranged, and the comba tants about taking their ground ! when the warlike prepa rations wero (disagreeably, no doubt), interrupted by the appearance of the officer and his capturing the principals, 'Messrs. B—r—e and residence unknown. The interference of the civil authority led to the interference of still more civil friends, which happily effected an accommo dation on the spot, and concluded by the parties, accom panied by their guardian genius, the peace-officer, walking civilly off the battle field to Henry-street police-offic e , where, having ratified the treaty of amity by anothe r civil shake of the hand, they departed in peace, leav ing Easterby a brace of blank cartridges as a reward for his humanity in preventing bloodshed.—Dublin Evening Mail. A scandalous attempt at extortion, accompa nied by circumstances of alarm, occurred in Spring-gardens on Sunday last, and which will probably become the subject of future investigation. A couple of engines with attendants, and surrounded by a concourse of people, stopped in Spring-gardens , the water-cocks we r e turned, and an alarm of fire given, every eye being directed to the chimney of a house there. The engineer tried every means, by threats, and bullying, and alarm, to gain admittance, but the inmates suspecting the scheme, and satisfied that there was not a possibility of tire having been communicated to the premises, resolutely refused entrance to the fellows. After undergoing for some time every species of impertinence and threat, they made a similar attempt at a house nearly adjoining, fortunate ly with the same ill success, and then the engines moved off, and the crowd by degrees dispersed. It is quite un necessary to enlarge upon the iniquity of a trick like this, or upon the distress and alarm it might occasion, as well as the evident intention of taking advantage of the terror of the family to plunder or at least to extort money. We trust that these miscreants will not escape detection. We only add, that there was not even the slightest indication of a fire. We have not yet obtained the name of the office to which the engine belonged ; but it is the bounden duty of every establishment of this description to prevent such dis graceful and alarming speculations upon the fears and cre dulity of families. THE TURKS AND THE GREEKS. MANIFESTO OF TEE OTTOMAN PORTE. To every man endowed~ with intelligence and penetration, it is titer and evident that, con forthably to the decrees of Divine Providence, the flourishing condition of this world is owing to the union Of the human species in the social state ; and that, as on account of their diversity of itianriers and character, this union could only be accomplished by the subjection of different nations, Almighty wisdom, in dividing the uni verse into different countries, has assigned to each a Sovereign, into whose hands the reins of absolute authority over the nations subject to his dominion are placed ; and that it is in this wise mariner the Creator has established and regulat ed the order of the universe. If, on the one hand, the consistency and du ration of such a state of thin gs principally de pend on monarchs and sovereigns respectively abstaining from every kind of interference in each other's internal and private affairs, it is, on the other hand, not less evident that the essen tial object of treaties between empires is to guard against the infringement of a systetn of order so admirable, and thus to establish the security of people and kingdoms. In this way each inde• pendent power, besides the obligations which its treaties and foreign relations impose, possesses also institutions and relations which concern only itself and its internal state, and which are the offspring of its legislation and form of govern ment. It belongs, then, to itself alone to judge of what befits itself, and to busy itself therewith exclusively. Moreover, it is matter of public notoriety, that all the affairs of the Sublime Ot toman Porte are founded on its sacred legisla tion, and that all its regulations, national and ' political, are strictly connected with the precepts of religion. Now the Greeks, who form part of the na tions inhabiting the countries conquered ages ago by the Ottoman arms, and who, from gene ration to generation, have been tributary subjects of the Sublime Porte, have, like the other na tions that since the origin of Islamism remained faithffilly in submission, always enjoyed perfect repose and tranquillity under the iegis of our le gislation. It is notorious that these Greeks have been treated like Mussulmans in every respect, and as to every thing which regards their pro perty, the maintenance of their personal security, and the defence of their honour ; that they have been, particularly under the glorious reign of the Present Sovereign, loaded with benefits far exceeding those which their ancestors enjoyed ; but it is precisely this great degree of favour, this height of comfort and tranquillity, that has been the cause of the revolt, excited by malignant men, incapable of appreciating the value of such marks of benevolence. Yielding to the delusions of a heated imagination, they have dared to raise the standard of revolt, not only against their be nefactor and legitimate Sovereign, but also against all the Mussulman people, by committing the most horrible excesses, sacrificing to their vengeance defenceless women and innocent chil dren with unexampled atrocity. . . As each power has its own particular penal code and political ordinances, the tenour whereof forms the basis for its acts of sovereigny, so the Sublime Porte, in every thing relating to the ex ercise of its sovereignty, rests exclusively upon its Holy Legislation, according to which the rebels lid' to be treated. But in inflicting neces sary punishment on some with the sole view of amending them, the Porte has never refused to pardon those who implore its mercy, and to re place them as before snider the aegis of its pro tection. In the same manner the Sublime Porte, always resolved to conform to the ordinances of its sacred law, notwithstanding the attention de voted to its domestic affairs, has never neglected to cultivate the relations of good understanding with friendly Powers. The Sublime Porte has always been ready to comply with whatever trea ties and the duties of friendship prescribe. Its most sincere prayers are offered up for that peace and general tranquility which, with the aid of the Most High, will be re-established in the same manner as the Sublime Porte has always extended its conquests,—namely, by separating; its faithful subjects from the refractory and malevolent, and by terminating the existing troubles by its own resources, without giving occasion to discussions with the Powers who are its friends, or to any demands on their part. All the efforts of the Sublime Porte have but ' one object, which is the desire of the establish ment of general tranquillity, while foreign inter ference can only tend to a prolongation of the rebellion. The firm and constant intention of the Sublime Porte to attend to its principal inte rests which spring .from its sacred law, merits their approbation and respect, while any foreign interference must be liable to blame amianimad version. Now, it is clear and evident that by adhering to this principle, every thing might have been terminated long since, but for the ill founded propositions which have been advanced concerning the conformity of religion, and the fatal influence which this state of things has, per haps, exercised throughout the whole of Europe, and the injury to which maritime commerce may have been exposed. At the same time the hopes of the malevolent have been constantly en couraged by the improper conduct of giving them assistance of every kind, which at any time ought to have been reproved, conformably to the law of nations. It is besides to be observed, that the relations and treaties subsisting between the Sublime Porte and the Powers in friendship with it, have been entered into with the Monarchs and Ministers of those Powers only ; and con sidering the obligation of every independent Power to govern its subjects itself, the Sublime Porte has not failed to address to some friendly Courts complaints respecting the succours af forded to the insurgents. The only answer made to these representations has been, to give to machinations tending to subvert laws and treaties, the signification of liberty ; and to in terpret proceedings contrary to existing engage ments by the expression of neutrality, alleging the insufficiency of means for restraining the people. Setting aside the want of reciprocal security, which must finally result from such a state of things to the subjects of the respective Powers, the Sublime Porte cannot allow such transac tions to pass silently. Accordingly, the Porte has never omitted to reply to the different pre tensions advanced, by appealing to the justice and the equity of the Powers who are its friends, by often reiterating complaints respecting the assist ance afforded to the insurgents, and by giving the necessary answers in the course of commu nications with its friends. In fine, a mediation has at last been proposed. The fact, however, is, that an answer restricted to one single object can neither be changed by the process of time, nor by the innovation of expressions. The reply which the Sublime Porte gave at the beginning will always be the same—namely, that which it has reiterated in the face of the whole world, and which is in the last result its sentiment on the position of affairs. Those who are informed of the circumstances and the details of events are not ignorant that at the commencement of the insurrection some Mi nisters of friendly Courts, resident at the Sublime Porte, offered effective assistance in punishing the rebels. As, however, this offer related to an affair which came exclusively within the resort of the Sublime Porte, in pursuance of important considerations, both with regard to the present and the future, the Porte confined ;tself to re plying, that though such an offer had for its ob ject to give aid to the Ottoman Government, it would never permit foreign interference. What is more, when the Ambassador of a friendly Power, at the period of his journey to the Con gress of Verona, entered into explanations in conferences with the Ottoman Minister on the proposed mediation, the Sublime Porte declared in the most unequivocal manner, that such a pro position could not be listened to ; reiterating every time that the subject was resumed, the as surance that political, national, and religious con siderations, rendered such refusal indispensable. In yielding to this reasoning, and in admit ting more than once that right was on the side of the Porte, the before mentioned Ambassador, on his return from Verona to Constantinople, again clearly and officially declared in several confer ences, by order of his Court, and in the name of the other Powers, that the Greek question was recognized as belonging to the internal affairs of the Sublime Porte ; that as such it ought to be brought to a termination exclusively by the Porte itself; that no other Power was to inter fere in the sequel ; and that if ever any one were to interfere, all the others would act according to , the principles of the law of nations. - The agents of one of the great Powers which has recently consolidated its relations of friend ship and good understanding with the Sublime Porte, also officially and explicitly declared, in their conferences with the Ottoman agents, that there should be no interference on this subject. That declaration having served as the basis for the result of those conferences, there cannot now be any question respecting this affair, which the Sublime Porte is entitled to consider - as com pletely and radically adjusted. Nevertheless, the Porte still considers itself authorized here to add the following observations in support of its ante cedent assertions : The measures which the Sublime Porte has adopted from the commencement, and which it still pursues against the Greek insurgents, ought not to make the war be considered a war of re ligion. Those measures do not extend to all the people in general ; for they have for their sole object to repress the revolt, and to punish those subjects of the Porte who, acting as true chiefs of brigands, have committed atrocities equally serious and reprehensible. The Sublime Porte has never refused pardon to those who submit. The gates of clemency and mercy have always been open. This the Sublime Porte has proved by facts, and still proves it, by granting protec tion to those who return to their duty. The real cause of the continuance of this re volt is to be found in the different propositions made to the Sublime Porte. The injury arising from the war, too, has only been felt by the Porte ; for it is known to all the world that European navigation has never been interrupted by this state of things, which, far from preju dicing European merchants, has afforded them considerable advantages. _ . Moreover, the troubles and the revolt exist only in one single country of the Ottoman em pire, and among the partisans of malevolence; fcr, thanks be to God, the other provinces of this vast empire have no way suffered, and with all their inhabitants enjoy the most perfect re pose. It is not easy, therefore, to understand how these troubles are to be communicated to other European countries. Suppose, however, that this were the case, as each Power is para mount within itself, it ought to know such of its subjects on its own territory as manifest sedi tious dispositions, and it ought to punish them according to its own laws, and in pursuance of the duties inherent in its own sovereignty. It may be superfluous to add, that the Sublime Porte will never interfere in such transactions. Considering the points above set forth with reference to justice and equity, every one must be easily convinced that there remains no ground for discussion upon these affairs. However, though it is fit that all ulteriorinterference should cease, an offer of a mediation has been in the last result made. Now, in political language, it is understood by this expression, that if there arise differences on hostilities between two independent Powers, a reconciliation may be brought about by the in terference of a third friendly Power. It is the same with respect to armistices and treaties of peace, which cannot be concluded but between recognized Powers. But the Sublime Porte being engaged in punishing on its own territory, and in conformity with its sacred law, such of its turbulent subjects as have revolted, how can this case ever be mad© applicable to its situation; and must not the Ottoman Government attribute to those who advance such propositions views tending to give consequence to a troop of bri gands ? A Greek Government is spoken of which is to be recognized in case the Sublime Porte does not consent to some arrangement ; and it has even been proposed to conclude a treaty with the rebels. Has not the Sublime Porte great reason to be struck with astonish ment at bearing such language from friendly Powers, for history presents no example of a con duct in all respects so opposed to the principles and duties of Governments ? The Sublime Porte, therefore, can never listen to such propositions,—to propositions which it will neither hear nor understand, so long as the country inhabited by the Greeks forms part of the Ottoman dominions, and they are tributary sub jects of the Porte, which never will renounce its rights. If with the aid of the Almighty, th e Sublime Porte resume full possession of that country, it will then always act as well for the present as for the future in conformity with the ordinances which its holy law prescribes with respect to its subjects. The Sublime Porte, then, finding that in re spect to this affair, it is impossible for it to listen to any thing except to the precepts of its religion and the code of its legislation, considers itself justified in declaring, that from religious, politi cal, administrative, and national considerations, it cannot give the slightest countenance to the propositions which have been framed and finally brought forward. Always prepared to comply with the duties imposed by the treaties concluded with the friendly Powers who now render this categorical reply necessary, the Sublime Porte hereby declares, for the last time, that every thing which has been been stated above entirely accords with the sovereign intentions of his Highness, of his Ministers, and of all the Mussulman people. In the hope that this faithful exposition will suffice to convince its equitable friends of the jus tice of its cause, the Sublime Porte embraces this opportunity for reiterating the assurance of its high consideration. Health and peace to him who followeth the path of rectitude. rRICES or STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 215 14% 15W 3 per Cent. lied. B9V, 9 % 3 per Cent. Cons. BBX 4 3!‘ per Cent. ,. 9514 Ditto Red. 9514% 4 per Cent. New 101%%%, Ditto, 1826 lO3 Bank Long Ann.. 20M 3 6 India Stock 259 60 Ditto Bonds ... 93 94'88 90 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent. Brazilian Bonds — Buenos Ayres Bonds. — Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds 2831 Ditto, 1824 — Danish, 3 per cent. 63% 4 3% Greek Bonds — Ditto, 1826 Guatnnala — Mexican Bonds. 5734 Do. 1825 7O 4 THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. I Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds ....... Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Russian, New 96 6 Spanish, 1821 914 10% 1823 French Rentes, sp. c —f —e. --- Exchange —f. —c. --- 3 per cent --c. --- Exchange —t. Per Share. - 34 12 £1 6 STOCKS, JULY 31. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank lfi Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Building% PRICES OF SHARES THIS Brazilian Mining Co. . United Mexican Mining Co. Protector Fire Insurance C 0.., PRICES OF IRISH Rank Stock Consols, :t per cent ...... St% Got. Stock, 33 per cent. 93% If, Ditto, New 9334 4 per Cent 100% Goy. Deb. 334 per cent ...94 VA Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4p. ct Arrived. , MAILS. Duc. I Arrived, Due. O America 0 0 Hamburgh I O Brazil 0 , 1 Holland 0 O Buenos Ayrea I Dublin O Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 France I Gottenburgb 0 0 Mexico 0 O Guernsey &Jersey. 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH wATER, AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 27 minutes after 11. j Evening.... 0 minutes after 0. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto E. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 61 60 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 61 60 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial —• pm. Bank fer Account India for Account Cons. for Acct. 89 B%Th %Tij DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. £2O 3 ' 2 % 2 it) r m,44 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 3, 1827. In another column will be found a highly important State Paper, (for which we are indebt ed to our cotemporary the Times, from whose columns we copy it,) namely, the Manifesto of the Ottoman Porte, delivered on the 9th and 10th June by the Reis Effendi to the Drago mans of the English, French, Russian, Austrian, and Prussian Ministers. Without following this Manifesto through the reasoning it adopts to prove that other coun tries are not justified in interfering with matters which belong alone to the Turkish Government, and which were admitted at Verona, and subse quently, to concern the Porte only ; and passing over its ingenious arguments to justify the mea sures which the SULTAN has adopted towards the revolting Greeks, it is sufficient to look at its general tone, and final declaration, which, in our opinion, preclude all expectation that the Porte will accede to the propositions made by the Allied Powers, under the Treaty lately entered into, which Treaty was signed subsequently to the date of this Manifesto, and probably with the knowledge of it. We find in this document none of that indecision and double meaning which usually characterise the State Papers of the - Turks, but it distinctly declares that the Sublime Porte will never listen to such proposi tions—to propositions which it will neither hear nor understand, nor give the slightest counten ance to. After such a declaration, and with the knowledge which we possess of the personal character of the SULTAN, it is not to be sup posed that he will immediately afterwards yield to time same propositions, though backed by the threats of the Allied Powers ; and therefore we must naturally infer that those ulterior measures which the secret Article of the Treaty contem plated, must, in all probability, be resorted to. We received last night the Paris Papers of Tuesday, and the Gazette de France, dated Wednesday morning, of which the following are extracts. It will be observed that the proba bility of the Paella of EGYPT declaring him self independent of the Porte is spoken of from various quarters ; and that this important measure, if adopted, will have been brought about by negociations carried on with gnu°. MET-ALI by M. DROVETTI, Consul-General of France at Alexandria. The Dev of ALGIERS appears determined to resist the attack of the French force by every means in his power, and has excited the popula tiOn to support him, by the powerful stimulus of religious enthusiasm. We suspect, however, that they have not much to fear from the French squadron before their port : (From the Gazette de France, dated Wednesday, Aug. 1.) ST. PETERSBURGH, JULY 14.—0 n the 11th there was a violent hurricane, the wind being East, which in the evening veered to the North-west, and caused the Neva to overflow during the night, so that it was necessary to fire signals of alarm. The clouds, at the same time, were ex ceedingly dense and heavy, and continued rain fell. The state of the atmosphere remained the same, during the whole of the 12th. till the evening, when the wind veered, and soon fell entirely. HANOVER, JULY 22.—The powder-mill, situated on the builliage of Tallingsbortel, exploded on the Sd. The quantity of powder in it was considerable, but the work men were fortunately absent, and nobody was hurt. In a fire which lately took place at Minden, water, in which alum had been dissolved, was found to be very efficacious in extinguishing the flames. It has been resolved, in conse quence, to keep a considerable quantity of this solution constantly in reserve. (From the Journal des Debate.) PARIS, JULY 30.—A letter from Marseilles, dated July 24, says :—" We have just acquired a confirmation of the news, that two French vessels, Le Neptune and Le Jean Bart, which sailed from our port for Alexandria, have, been pillaged on the passage by pirates. It is also said that a French vessel, loaded with oil, was discovered off Malta, dismasted, and with two dead bodies laying on the d ec k. It was towed into Malta." The following, according to letters from Leghorn, is the report made to the Intendancy of that island by Captain Lapay, a Sardinian, viz.—" That he sailed from Gibraltar for Algiers with a rich cargo, and entered the port of the latter town without being stopped by the French squadron; that he landed his goods there, and sailed out to go to Leghorn. (One letter from Leghorn says, that the Captain was visited, on coming out of Algiers, but the others make no mention of it.) Whilst he was at Algiers, ha saw all the corsairs of that nation that were equipped, put to sea, and one corvette enter from Alexandria, (where it had carried pilgrims) with 200 Waldaches (recruits). The Dey of Algiers has summoned the population of the town and the interior, to take up arms in defence of the religion of Mahomet, which he says the infidels wish to destroy, by taking possession of Algiers. The population seemed to be enthusiastic, as willing, in case of a landing, to try the hazard of a battle. With respect •to the bom bardment, with which he is threatened, whether it be from bluster or from confidence in his streagth, the Dey does not seem to have any fear of it; he neglects Nothing that may enable him to repel an attack, either by sea or land. Drovetti, Consul-General at Alexandria, is out of quarantine, and has set out for Paris. It ie to 'be hoped he will be listened to, and understood, in the reports he will make. The following is the substance of the letters received from Alexandria during the last week :—" The finances of the Pacha are still in a bad state; he desires to declare himself independent, in order no more to exhaust his treasures and army. He calls upon France to protect him, by sending him officers of all kinds, and preventing the coming of the 'Turkish Squadron to Alexandria. Were he somewhat assured of that protection, he would with draw his troops from the Mona, and would no more mix himself up in the affairs of Greece, of which there is no news,.except that the fleet commanded by Lord Cochrane has had an engagement with that of the Turks. This news, without having been authenticated, obtains some credit." A letter from Toulon says—" The Journals have for some time since talked of the Pacha of Egypt rendering himself independent. I have for a long time received con fidential intelligence upon this subject I have been several times tempted to let you into the secret, but have been ar rested, by the fear that an indiscretion of the kind might embarrass the plan, and do mischief to the Egyptian and Greek causes, which are in future to be the same. The object of our. Consul-General's (M. Drovetti's) negociations are now explained to you. General Livron ought now to be in London, if the French Government favours the plans of the Pacha. It is looked upon as almost certain, that the arrival of the combined fleets in the seas of the Levant, will be the signal of Mehemet Ali's declaration of inde pendence." (From the ConstitutionneL) " LEGHORN, JuLT 16.—` We have received letters from Alexandria dated the 15th of June. We are assured that the expedition which Mehemet Ali Pacha has been for a long time preparing for the Peloponnesus will not take place. It is even stated as official information, that the Paella has written to his son Ibrahim to desire him not to engage in any thing in the Morea until he shall hear anew from him. Me)oemet Ali has frequent and secret con ferences with the European agents, and particularly with those of France and England. Not a day passes without conferences of three or four hours' duration taking place. The earnestness exhibited on both sides, and the pensive and serious air which is observable on the Pacha's coun tenance, indicate that these conferences refer to very im portant affairs. All the Beys who enjoy a certain reputa tion in the provinces are summoned to attend the Paella. Unexpected changes have been witnessed in the command of the troops. Brave and experienced chiefs in the art of war have been placed in the marine service. The Euro pean officers, who were thought nothing of about a year since, have resumed their posts. The Pacha grants them some moments for seeing him in private. Finally, he assists personally at the exercises which take place every morning. Feliabs proceed through the streets of Cairo and Alexandria, proclaiming that by an ordinance of the Pacha, assemblages of men, either in the interior of houses, or in public places, are forbidden, on pain of death. Wo to him who shall dare to disobey this ordinance.' " Faancrt FUNDS, JULY 31.—Five per Cents. 103 f. 50c. ; Three per Cents. 72f. 80c. ; Bank Stock, 2,010 f. Neapolitan Rentes, 78f. 60c. We also received last night Brussels Papers to the \ lst instant, of which the following are extracts. The fact of Madame DE RIBEAU PIEFLRE having embarked at Odessa to join his Excellency, her Husband, seems to imply that the departure of that Minister from Constan tinople is not so certain as former accounts have led us to expect. These Papers confirm the report that the Infant Don MIGUEL has taken 'lodgings at Baden BRUSSELS, JULY 28.—His Majesty has been pleased, at the desire of the Mexican Government, to authorise M. Legundo, settled at Brussels, to exercise, provisionally, in this city, the functions of Vice-Consul, till the nomina tions of Consuls and Vice-Consuls, which the Mexican Government may make in the septel, The Chamber of Commerce and Manufactures at Ant werp have informed the public, that notice has been given to it from the department of the Minister of the Interior, that according to information received from the Ilavannah, the duty of half a piastre per sack, which has been for some time imposed on the exportation of copper, has been sup pressed by order of the Government, and that hopes are entertained there, that the extraordinary duty on the ex portation of sugar would also soon cease. BRUSSELS, Jura 30.—The Chamber of Commerce at Brussels has the honour to inform the merchants, that his Excellency the Minister of the Interior, by a letter of the 28th inst., has informed it, that a Treaty of Friendship, Navigation, and Commerce, was concluded at London on the 15th June last, between , his Majesty, our beloved Sovereign, and the United States of Mexico ; that its con tents will be made fully known, after the exchange of the ratifications ; and that, in the mean time, the Chamber can assure the shipowners and merchants who are interested, that our goods and vessels will henceforward not he sub jected in the Mexican ports to any higher payment, or obliged to pay other duty than the goods and vessels of the most favoured nations. Mr. Germain set out last night at eleven o'clock, to re turn to Rome. The public appear to be very desirous to know the con tents of the Concordat just concluded between our Govern ment and the Holy See. It is affirmed that, by one of the articles of the Concor dat, the Philosophical College will be retained with this modification, that the Candidates for Professorships will he presented by the Archbishop of Malines, or by the College of all the Bishops united ; we are wholly ignorant which of the two. According to another article of the Concordat, the elec tion of the Bishop of Utrecht is confirmed. A letter, written from one of our East India possessions, does not represent the state of our affairs there as very brilliant. PETERSBURGII, JULY 11.—Madame de ilibeaupierre, wife of our Ambassador to the Porte, embarked at Odessa, on the 21st of June, for Constantinople. In commemoration of his late visit to Wiasma, the Em peror has been pleased to remit to the inhabitants, who were great sufferers by the French invasion in 1812, the amount of 40,000 rubles in arrear of taxes, which have been due for three years. FRANKFORT, JULY 24.—Accounts from Vienna of July 18, sa y_" It is reported that in consequence of orders from the highest authority, new measures are going to be taken with respect to the garrisons of the fortresses on the coast of the Adriatic, for instance, those of Venice and Trieste, which will be considerably augmented. It is also said that it is intended to restore' to those two cities their ancient maritime importance. Dispatches have lately been sent from the Foreign-office to Baron Ottenfels, the Im perial Nuncio at Constantinople. His Royal Highnes s th e I n fant Don Miguel LAS taken lodgings at Baden, where their Imperial Majesties new are. AMSTERDAM, JULY 31. —Exchange on London, 11 97i to 11 95; two months, 11 92} to 11 90.—Amsterdam Courant, Aug. 1. Frankfort Papers of the 27th ult., and the Journal de St. Petersburgh of the 17th, have come to hand this forenoon. The following are extracts - : ORENBURG, JUNE 20. From the news lately received from the frontiers of China, it appears that Ai Kbodja having succeeded in col lecting a considerable force, has pushed his conquests with success, and that the Chinese had been defeated in several engagements with the inhabitants of Little Bukharia ; but at length the Chinese Government sent a formidable army into that country, which put the Bukhariann to flight, and captured their artillery. On this occasion Ai Khodja, the chief of the insurrection, lost his life, and Koun Khodja, his brother, took refuge among the Kirgbis. The four towns which had fallen into the hands of the insurgents surrendered to the conquerors, who doubled the annual tri bute paid by the inhabitants. The Chiaese spreml a re port that Ai Khodja had some Europeans among his fol lowers. Commerce has resumed its usual activity, and the caravans from Bukharia are already on their way to the countries where the productions of that country fu►d a market. ST. PETERSBURGII, JULY 16. Last Friday being the anniversary of the birth-day of the Empress Alexandria, the annual promenade in the, Isle of Yelagio was favoured by a,vcry fine evening. ,The crowd of carriages and pedestkians, and the vast number of boats on the Neva, bands of music stationed in dif ferent parts of the island, the illumination of the neigh bullring country houses, and the number of spectators who attended the opening, the rapid erection of which is a real prodigy in architecture, made this promenade uncommonly brilliant. The festivities were concluded by a fine display of fire-works on the banks of the island of Krestovsky,. opposite the pavillion of Yelagin. HALLS, JULY 20. M. William Ludwig Riedel, Counsellor in the Prussian service, has returned, at Erfurt, to the Catholic religion.. M. Riedel is in his 49th year. Her Imperial Highness the Princess Maria of Saxe Weimar, who has been lately incrsposed, will go in Sep— tember on a visit to St. Petersburgh. An article (characterised by that peculiar spe cies of intellect' which Lord LONDONDERRY is said to possess in such perfection, viz. flummery) has appeared in this morning's Post, on the subject of the Birmingham Address to Mr. PEEL, from which we glean three very impor- taut facts—first, that the gentlemen who pre sented the Address were of great " social im portance' (Aldermen probably) ; secondly, that Mr. PEEL is a Ghost, the " Ghost of C/ESAR and, thirdly, that notwithstanding his posthumous properties, he gave a " banquet" to the foreman of the Birmingham Committee, an attorney, by name BIRD, to whom Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE and his Grace of WELLINGTON were both spe cially introduced. It is not often that we derive so much edifying information from the gifted columns of the Post; we hasten, therefore, to record our gratitude, though at the same time it is but right to confess that the information is any thing but novel ; it is, in fact, like Cockletop in the Farce, a " modern antique." Our accom plished cotempbrary, however, lays great stress on its importance: in his eye, the Address speaks the.sense of the nation, and is calculated to spread " anguish and alarm" among the Ministerial ranks. It is not for us to state how far Mr. CANNING and the Marquis Of LANSDOWNE are likely to be horrified by the circumstance of a Birmingham Attorney having" banquetted" with Mr. PEEL ; WC should hope, nevertheless, that they would bear the shock with the same Chris tian fortitude with which the readers of the Post hear the visitation of its leading arti- des. While on the subject of these_. last, we will just venture to call public atten tion to the present ingenious specimen. It. is truly a prose epic, possessing the Aristotelian requisites of a beginning, a middle, and an end. The subject is the Birmingham Address, then follows au episode, consisting wEtlg e ;and i LoN lastly, s f f G, theTpN WELLINGTON, Ma jesty al h s o li t lusion to ' CAssAn, nuTus, an Evil 'Genius, an d Philippi ; t i l: s en Gr a ace oBal;qu _ GEORGE FOURTH, and a gentleman who has, lately been to Windsor. The style is equally characteristic ; so' much so, indeed, that with a little judicious attention, a persevering reader • may almost contrive to understand it. What more can be expected ? Extract of a Letter from an officer of his Majesty's brig Phitomel, dated Malta, June 9 : " Our duties since 1 last wrote, have been of the most tedious and monotonous description, having been continually running as convoy, to protect our merchant vessels from Greek and other piralcs, who are becoming more and more numerous and daring. Our ennui has recently, however, been a little relieved, by having picked tip one of these fellows. " We sailed on the 6th ultimo from Smyrna, with a convoy of fine sail of merchantmen, and after having been one day at sea, found ourselves so much delayed by the heavy sailing of one of them, that we were obliged to take her in tow. circumstance, however unpleasant to us in the first instance, was the cause of onr subsequent good fortune; as at day-light on the morning of the 11th, on my watch, Cape Matapan bearing N.E. eleven or twelve miles, a strange sail hove in sight, a little on the weather quarter, running down towards us, under all her canvas. I immediately reported to his Lordship, who coming on deck, we made her out to be a bombardo—a particular kind of rig for a Greek vessel, with one mast—and con• eluded her to be one of the piratical cruisers, that had been infesting these seas, between Candia and the Merea. We, therefore, did all we could (imperceptibly) to retard our way, to allow her to near us ; and the chase thus continued, I think, three or four hours, when having approached to within four cables' length to windward, she twigged us, and directly hauled her wind. We instantly cast off our tow line, and did the same ; and to a looker on, the sight must have been very interesting : with us, however, the fun now bee-an ; all hands to quarters—clear away th e guns—whack, went a shot across her botvs—never were such times :--men, midshipmen, lieutenants, in fact, all ranks, clearing for action. Thus we kept en for nearly four hours, when she hove her main-top sail to the mast, and we sent a boat on board and took possession. I was put on board by Lord lugestric, as prize-master. " This little narrative will be as interesting to you, as the occurrence was to me." Letters from Frankfort of the 26th of July, received this morning, state that Officers from the Etat Major have gone from St. Petersburgh, and arrived at the cantonments of the Second Army at Choczyne, on the Pruth. This army is now computed at 90,000 men, and the can- tonments are so extensive, that it will require fifteen days to assemble the army. In case of war with Turkey, this army is to act offensively, and it is said that two strong divisions of the Polish Army are to form a Corps of Observa tion on the Banks of the Danube. Letters from Genoa, of the 25th ult., on the authority of a Paper printed in that City, men tion that news had reached them that the DEY of ALGIERS has again refused the proposals made to him by the French Admiral, who is expecting reinforcements in order to enable him to effect a landing. It is observed that this intelligence comes from a quarter entitled to credit, but we apprehend the latter observation relative to land ing cannot be true, for it does not appear that the French are likely to undertake such a movement,,