The Sun. — London, England, 1827-12-15 00:00:00

BATTLE• OF NAVARIN. (From the Plymouth Journal.) We have been favoured with a copy of the gene ral order issued by Vice-Admiral Sir E. Codring ton previously to the departure of the Allied squa drons from Navarin, after the battle : " His Majesty's ship Asia, in the port of Navarin, " 24th October. " Before the united squadrons remove from the theatre on which they have gained so complete a victory, the Vice-Admiral, Commander-in-Chief, is desirous of making known to the whole of the offi cers, seamen, and marines, employed in them, the high sense which he has of their gallant and steady conduct on the 20th instant. He is persuaded that there is no instance of the fleet of any one country showing more complete union of spirit and of action than was exhibited by the squadrons of the three Allied Powers together, in this bloody and destruc tive battle. He attributes to the bright example set by his gallant colleagues, the Rear-Admirals, the able and cordial support which the ships of the se veral squadrons gave to each other during the heat and confusion of the battle. Such union of spirit and of purpose, such coolness and bravery under fire, and such consequent precision in the use of their guns, ensured a victory over the well-prepared arrangement of greatly superior numbers : and the whole Turkish and Egyptian fleets have paid the penalty of their treacherous breach of faith. The boasted Ibrahim Paella promised not to quit Navarin, or oppose the allied fleet, and basely broke his word. The Allied Commanders promised to destroy the Turkish and Egyptian fleets if a single gun were fired at either of their flags; and, with the assistance of the brave men whom they have bad the satisfaction of com manding, they have performed their promise to the very letter. Out of a fleet composed of 81 men-of war, there remain only one frißte and 15 smaller vessels in a state ever to be again put to sea. Stich a victory cannot be gained without a great sacrifice of life, and the C o mmander-in-Chief has to deplore the loss of many of the best and bravest men whom the fleet contained. The consolation is, that they died in the service of their country, and in the cause of suffering humanity. " The Commander-in-Chief returns his most cordial thanks to his noble colleagues, the two Rear• Admii',ls, for the able manner in which they directed the movements of their squadrons; and to the Cap tains, Comreanders, Officers, Seamen, and Royal blarines, who so faithfully obeyed their orders, and so bravely completed the destruction of their oppo nents. (Signed) " EDWARD CODRINGTON." - _ MARINE OFFICERS. The following letter is from the Hampshire Tele• graph : " London, Dec. 3. " Notwithstanding the unprecedented length of services of the *Subaltern Officers of Royal Marines is so notorious, and after the very high encotniums which have been so justly bestowed on them on several late occasions, how is it the other services, who have not been so con nolimented, have all had - promotion given them ? Every Lieutenant of the , . Line, whose commission bears date previous to 1812:, has had the option of being made Captain, upon ss. a-day half-pay—the Royal Artillery have lately had the same indulgence granted to them to , . the fullest extent ; yet the Marine Officers find themselves the only class not allowed that indulgence. - • Surely if that gallant lorps is to be kept upon the same respectable footing with others as heretofore, it at least ought to have au equal indulgence. Yourin - sertion of the above will greatly . oblige your constant , . seader, JUSTITIA. • " Vide Navy List for October, 1827 :—Senior First Lieutenants made Mardi, 1807. Senior Second ditto, June, 1809. - , PARIS, Dncussialan. 10---It is said, that at the Council of Thursday (over which his MAJESTY presided), the Bishop of HERMOPOLIS and Count CIIABROL tendered their resignations, and that. the Prime Minister, following - - their example, uttered some words, announcing likewise his retreak; when his MAJESTY suddenly broke up the cih and retired to his apartm ents. It is added, that . „. - the private audience which followed the Council, 111. de • . VILLELE received from his MAJESTY such touching proofs of the kindness of his august master, that he resolved still - 4o cling to the helm, and try his fortune in the new Chamber. This resolution, which can only be dictated r e o Vii, Ile Vitner.E theyb his abolute devotin to the will of the Kota, pr by calculati s ons of a blind ambition, can - " 'Zprodoce consTquences fatal to nobody but himself. It may advance the interests of the Court, which may thus be able so combine better the elements of a new Ministry, after having observed the arrangement of parties, and appre ciated the strength of the majority, whicirwill remain more united and compact while opposed to a common enemy.— . ROY1:1 COLLARD was presented yesterday to the in his new quality of Member of the Academy. It is said that he met with a flattering reception. This presen tation excited in a lively manner the curiosity of - the capital. The probable retirement of M. de VILLELS had excited the alarm of some of the great banking houses of our capitaL—lt is said that M. de Rams . curia) waited upon his Excellency, and having ex pressed his regret at, his failure at the elections, told Lim how roach lie was afraid that (if he did not snake head against the Oman) financial operations would suffer. The iniuiry into the fusillades of the 19th and 20th November continues. Bands of criminals had been let loose from a depot of mendieity in we St. Denis, to excite disorders ;' and it is likewise known that an institu ton, called " The Werk of Saint Joseph," at Versailles, tinder the influence of tlss Jesuits, sent its conti,agent to .the police on the occasion. These horrors wilt leave a sang and a and remembrance belaind them. Our capital .commonly so fruitful in adventures, anecdotes, and scandal, is now entirely occupied with politics, and arrive au the saloons are surren dered to the ne w Deputies, who eeessively from the provinces. Notwithstanding, a private Arent en gages general interest amid dna scene of politisail discus . ion—l mean the approaching marriage of young Nato . ;lON Nat, Prince of Moscow, eldest sou of Marshal Nay, ,itb Mademoiselle Lit Firm the only daughter of M. LA . trrr, the banker, and Member of the Chambet of De puties. The marriage would already have taken place ; had the anniversary of the late Marshal's death not inter tened. We hear that great efforts are making, to sup port the old and justly celebrated Nottingham Cricket ilub.--Nettinghans Review. Wednesday morning, at six o'clock, a fire broke out in the distillery of Messrs. PICKFORD and Whitechapel, which put in the most imminent ?Anger an immense mass of property, but which, by tke intrepid and pro mpt exertions of the workmen, was saved. Itappears that eft:ry time the still is charged with the raw spirit from the eortt.flistiller, in what is called rectifying, itheneok of the still, leads, 5 into the worm .tub, is joined bya kind of luting or paste, made of whiting, salt, and fineflour, and that when the Axe under the still is too puck forced, the spirituous vapour ;11, sent off in such treatquaritity, and with such a degree of increased elas ticity, that this luting or paste is liable to be Mown off, as was the case in the present instanc e ; and the consequence was, the spirit itself from the still soon found its way into be fire under it, and a sudden burst of intense flame in ttantly filled the whole place. The workmen attending the operation, and whose misjudgment. by the way, was the cause of the accident, instead of being panic-struck, or Ihrough fright running out to the street and calling out instantly faced the enemy, in spite of his terrific sio iene, One of them instantly jumped into the worm-tub, some 10 or 12 feet high, always full of water, and began t o a d m h t i s wr the most copious libations on the fire. Au- Other, with great presence of mind, screwed on a leather hoe s to t h ee pipe gonnected with the large liquor back on the t op o f t h e h o ildiog, which poured forth a powerful stream on the burning still ; whilst a third made his way through the mass of flame arid ;water to a burning story post, and having previous;v set pp a temporary one, cut down that which was on fire, And thus saved the building. But for these very p ro mpt and skilftd exertions on th e part of the work men f - , • liberation, t i t . m inutes had been lost whole if two _ , in e d I velnag-house must and have been in a bl aze , .ox and Co.'s charcoal in all harnan probability-IAL- ' retort -house, and sugar-houses ad : at the back, as .l oin ` tvoui d l ea ve sh ared . tu% ute before fi i n „ ed to arrest any e-eug arra' the progress of the , devouring could have element, • FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENC I I PAPERS. PIRIS, Dar. 12.—We have received by express 1 the Augsburgh Gazette of the 9th of December. It contains a letter contradicting the report of the de parture of the Ambassadors, who were still at Con stantinople on the 18th of November. (From the Journal (ks Debats.) PARis, DEC. 14.—8 y accounts received from M. Collet, Commander of the squadron before Algiers, it appears that he has been reinforced by the frigate Astree, together with many brigs of twenty guns. — Ile expected from Brest the frigate Eons., so that he would have four frigates and three brigs before Algiers, while on the coast of Oran and Cape Tenez there are one frigate and two brigs; and to the east, in the direction of Bone and Tunis, a frigate, a cor vette, and a brig. M. Collet declared, that since the affair of the 4th • October no ship of war has left Algiers, and that it is not likely the Algerine squadron will put to sea during the present winter. Private letters announce that the Aga of Algiers, together with 40 others, Arabs and Turks, have been put to death. It is supposed that the Aga, or Minister of War, was at the head of a conspiracy. On the 17th Nov. the account of the affair of Na varin had reached Tunis ; but the public tranquillity was not in consequence disturbed. (From the Const;tutionnel.) CONSTANTINopLE, Nov. l'2.—The Grand Vizier, the Reis Effendi, and all the Grandees of the Empire,: have been for some days in constant consultation and discussion with the Dragomans of Austria and the three Allied 'Rowers. Never has there been seen such activity in the war department or that for foreign affairs. Never has there been such frequent intercourse between the Reis Effendi and Foreign'Ambassadors. However, the Turkish Authorities declared that all intercourse with the Three Ambassadors was at an end, but it seems that this declaration was not definitiv , ,, as the representatives of the Allies, after having received the final answer the Turkish Government, trans mitted the same clay to the Porte a new note, which the Reis Effendi received, and which he has ordered to be registered. It appears that there are in the Divan several members anxious for peace (among others, the Ulemas), and that the determination of the Grand Sultan is the great obstacle to the settling of all differences. It is said also, that there is a difference of opinion among the Foreign Ministers, and that it would not be impossible to obtain a favourable re sult, if the Porte, could only be convinced that the Allies had nothing further in view than the pa cification of Greece, and that if this demand were agreed to no others would be made. (From the Quotidienne.) We have the following account from Vienna, dated Dec. 3 :—" It will be recollected that, the morning after the battle ofNavarin,the three Admirals intimated to the Turkish Generals that if the forts and vessels did not fire hostilities would cease; and they re quired that, as a proof of agreement to this proposal, the white flag should be hoisted. No answer was returned ; but Tahir Pacha, who commands the Turkish squadron, went on board the Asia, and en gaged that the batteries under his orders should not commit any act of hostility, but he could not answer for the troops or fortresses which were not under his command. Affairs remained in this state till the retreat of the combined squadrons, who left the Bay without a single shot having been fired on them by the Turks, who still occupied all the fortresses." We are requested to caution the public against the attempts of some notorious money-lenders in London, who are sending circulars into Nottingham and other parts of the country, offering to furnish accommodation bills.— Nottingham Paper. KING'S BENC u.—Mr. Justice JEBB took his seat on the Berth at half-past ten o'clock. ME. MAC noNNFT.T. was then bound over in the sum of 1,0001. to appear in Court the first day of next Term. At the re quest of Mr. PERRIN, his Lordship fixed the trial of WA L VCR 3l`DoNouGn, against Mr. MAcncoNNELL, for Monday next.—Dublin Morning Register. LACI3 LICENSES.—A week or two ago , we . noticed that there was no longer any necessity to take out a license from the Stamp-office, to sell lace. We find this has been mistaken by some persbns, who have supposed that they have a right to hawk lace without a license. This s upposition is erroneous. The fact is, all shopkeepers selling British lace, were obliged to take out a ss. license every year ; from this payment they are now relieved, but lace cannot be hawked from door to door without all hawker's' license, as heretofore.—Nottinghnin Paper. • '. 'KENT.—MEETING OF MAGISTRATES.-- • A Meeting of the Magistrates acting for the Upper Divi- I sion of the Lath of Scray, was held at the Ship Inn, Fa versham, on Thursday last. After the pauper cases were disposed of, the Game offences (that fruitful source of liti: gation) occupied the attention of their Worships ; when GFOEGE CATT was convicted in the penalty of 51. for hav ing possession of a dog to kill game, on the gromads of the Right Hon. Lord PA RAIN, in Ospringe. A man, of the name of PECKHAM, was likewise convicted in the penalty of 10/. for being found with a gun, within the limits of a manor belonging to the Right Hon. Lord SoarnEs. The offender not being able to pay the money at the time, was allowed time for the payment of it, in order to prevent his being committed to gaol. General GOSSELIN (one of the Magistrates upon the Bench !) then laid two informa ttins under the Game Laws, against Mr. WALLER., a neighbour and opulent landowner, for following, upon two occasions, coveys of birds, bred upon his own land, to that of the General, which adjoins. The General's bailiff and a little boy were witnesses of this terrific trespass, and could not tell whether the birds shot were sparrows or par tri ages. The parties were convicted in a penalty of 10/., winch was paid. A letter from Constantiaople, written on time isornino• ' of the 12th ult., has been received at Paris. T he Ambassadors had then just sent in their reply to the pro positions of the PORTE respecting the abandonment of the Greek Treaty, and that claiming • compensation for the injury ustained by the Turkish fleet at Navarin. The reply, as is known, contained a decided negative to both propositions, and given in so peremptoi y a manner, that the Ambassadors expected the negotiation would be broken off, and entertained no doubt whatever that in two or three days they would be obliged to leave Constantinople. They Therefore caused an intimation to be conveyed to the mer chants of what they thought likely to happen; and they were further informed, that in all probability there would be na impediment to their embarking, if they desired it, at the same time with the Ambassadors, though it was not likely that they Would be permitted to carry their property with them. The feeling of most of the merchants was, on learning the state of affairs, that they ought to remain on ' the spot for the protection of their property, and it became consequently the duty of the Ambaasadors to provide as well as they could for the safety also of the persons of their countrymen. It was agreed that the Foreign Embassies who had taken no part in the pending discussion, should undertake, so fa. ..a they were able, the protection of the subjects of the Ail I Powers during the absence of their Ambassadors. . The Austrian Embassy, it was understood, being placed in peculiarly delicate circumstances, was not to take any part iu this arrangement. At the date of this letter the expectation was almost universal that the Ambas sadors of England, France, and Russia, would quit Con stantiople without delay, but it was believed also, that they would not go faraber than to one of the lonian Islands, in I order that they might be at hand to receive any prop osition I for the renewal of the negotiations.— Tireas. JOIIN KEMBLE.—Though every one knows how strictly JOHN Kr/ABLE observed what he conceived to be the rhythm of his favourite author—as jn the case of pronouncing stitches for aches—few knew that he adhered as scitipulously to SIIAKtirEARE'ii text, which he would not allow, by ally accident, to be violated, when he himself was not only innocent, but could not he considered as even ac cessory to the fact. In 1817, the last season that KENIELE appeared on the stage, the great actor played on one occa sion Brutus. in the second act of Julius Cresar, Cassius, as all our readers remember, says— " The clack bath stricken three." _ . _ By some accident the stage clock struck four; upon which obi of the gods cried 0ut,..,," You lie, it has struck four ;" whereupon KIIIBLE, patios of the right reading of SHAX... SPEAIL, and resenting even this accidental falsification of his text, came forward and repeated, in confirmation of the former speaker.— " The clock hath stricken three ;" turrg his eyes, at the rune time, with an air of supreme acorn to the gallery.-40 (107, 11 ''edigly Review. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (From the London Gazette of last night.) (BY THE KING.)-A PROCLAMATION. GEORGE, R. Whereas our Parliament stands prorogued to Thursday, the 20th day of this instant December; We, with the ad vice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare, ' that the said Parliament shall be further prorogued, on the said 20th day of December instant, to Tuesday, the 22d day of January next; and we have given drder to our Chancellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, to prepare a commission for proreguing the same accordingly. And we do further hereby, with the advice aforesaid, declare our Royal will and plea sure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said 22d day of January next, assemble and be held for the despatch of divers urgent and important affairs : and the Lords Spiri tual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, aud Bur cesses, and the Commissioners ibr Shires and Boroughs of the House of Commons are hereby required and command ed to give their attendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the said twenty-second day of January sort. Given at Our Court of St. James's, this thirteenth day of December one thousand eight hundred and twenty ' seven, and in the eighth. year of our reign.—God save the King. PI:ICES OF STOCKS PHIS Rank Stock 3 per Cant. Red. 83 gN,-, , ,‘ 3 per Cent. Cow 84 per Cent. - Ditto Rod WIN N I rktr Cent. New shut Ditto, 113V5 Bank L. Ann. 18:z , 15-16 13-16 India Stock shut Ditto Bondi '7o '72 pm. ____ DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Anauitioa New Ditto Ex. Bills, Xl,OOO 2(i. 43 4i pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 42 45 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Pul. Bank far Account India for Account Cons. for A c. 85,410',;% PRICES OF FDP,EIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent B9 Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres 80nd5........, Chilian Booth, 6 pet et. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 ` 27 3'S Danish, 3 per cent. Greek Bonds • Ditto, 18t5 livatimala Mexican Bonds 364 - Do. 1825 THIS DAY AT ONE O'cDoeic. Neapolitan, 18`44 — Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent cent Ditto, New Ru3sian, New 89 1 4 I Spanish, 1821 1923 French Rentsa, sp. c. —f —c. ----- Exchange —E --c. ---- 3 per cent --f —c. Exchange —f. —c. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at U. pm.) £SS Bolanos Mining Co. 2OO Brazilian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 20 13,;livar Mining Co 7l Columbian Mining Co. (ins, at 51. pm.) 20 General Mining Associatio❑ Mexican Mining Co United Alex. Min. Co. (i4s. at 2/. pm.) 35 175 93 99 96 98 SY, 5 18 15 14V, PRICES OF IRISH STOPI Bank Stock Consols, 3 percent. - 82.T4 Gov. Stock, 3 - !<, per cent.... 90g Ditto, New 90% I per Cent. 99g Gov. Deb. Six, per cent. Royal Canal Stock - Grand Canal Stock - City Deb. 4 per cent. - Ballast Office Deb. 1 D. et. -- 31 Arrived. Due. 0 America ..... 0 O Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres I Dublin 1 Flanders 0 O France O Gottenburgh 1 O Guernsey&Jersey 0 .5...-DUBLIN, DEC. St. Patrick Instil'. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank • Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings -- NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF Exen Amsterdam C.F. 12 1 Ditto, at sight ll IS Rotterdam 2U. 12 2 Antwerp l2 2 Hamburgh 2ll, U. 86 A Rena 23 U. 36 4, Paris, 3 days' sight ....... 25 25! Ditto 2 U. 25 50! Bordeaux 25 t5O Berlin — Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M.151f, Petersburg'', rble... 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective 11. 2M. 10 2 Trieste do. • Madrid 35 Cadiz 3si Bilboa 95 Barcelona 3 4 1,', Seville Gibraltar 46 Leghorn 4B Genoa Venice Malta Naples Palermo per oz. 11EN Lisbon 47 Oporto 47 Rio Janeiro 34 Bahia 37 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Corkl, BULLION, Plat OZ. ;E. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New Doubloons New Dollars 0 4 10j Silver. bars, standard 0 0 0 Arrived. Due, I Hamburgh 2 0 Holland 0 Jamaica 0 Leeward Islands 0 0 Lisbon 0 I Malta 0 Mexico 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER) AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 0 minutes after O. [ Evening.... 7 minutes after 0. z i ) , ..,,,s „ , 0 --13 , ~, ~.....„. \ ~, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 15, 1827. The Paris Papers of Wednesday, and the Gazette de France dated Thursday mornin g , reached us last night. Their contents are not important. The Gazette de France, indeed, states that it has received by Express the Augsburgh Gazette of the oth, which contains a letter, contradicting the report of the departure of the Ambassadors, who were still at Constau•• tinoplc on the 18th of November, but this news was apparently not credited in Paris, because we find that the Funds had declined nearly one-half per cent. The Gonstitulionnel contains an article, dated Constantinople, Nov. 12, but we do not believe that it is in fact of later date than all the intel ligence we have lately had from that capital, which reached down to the 11th at night : and this article only alludes to the great preparations made for war, and at the same time the desire said to be felt by some Members of the Divan for the arrangement of the question. The Gazette de France has also an article from Corfu, dated the 18th of November, con taining some detail of affairs in Greece. The major part, however, of the events referred to were before known to us. Rumours still exist in Paris of a change of Ministry—but M. VILLELE clings to place, and the wishes of the Nation may, perhaps, for the present, be disappointed. The feeling against him, however, is so strong, that the period of his downfall can hardly be long deferred. Extracts are given in another column. FRENCH FUNDS.-Five per Cents. 101 f. sc. ; Three per Cents. 61f. sc.—achange on London—Oue month, 2of. 10c. ; three months, 24f. 95c. We received, this morning, the Allgemeine Zeitung of the Bth instant, but it contains no later news from Constantinople than what ap peared in the Austrian Observer. It appears that the winter having set in uncommonly early, is attributed as the chief cause of communica tions from other quarters being intercepted. This may account for the delay in hearing from Con stantinople, the roads being rendered impassable by the fall of snow. The same reason is assigned for the postponement of DoN MiGuEL's departure from Vienna, whick was fixed for the first of this month, but it is now put off till the sth, should the weather prove more favourable. The news from Berlin respecting the triumph ant progress of the Russian army, we think, is only a nother version of what has alrewly appear ed. The Funds rose more than one per cent. in Berlin on the understanding that the relations of peace with the PORTE would not be interrupted. The public treasury of Geneva is in a state of unexampled prosperity—so much so that they are at a loss what to do with the surplus revenue. We should be happy to tell them, but fear the advice would be thrown away—Charity begins at home. BERLIN, NOV. 30. It is said that news has been received at the office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, that the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army beyond the Caucasus, after a victory over the Persians, and after the occupation of Tauris, having taken Abbas Mime prisoner *, had signed the Preliminaries of Peace, by which Russia obtains the disputed districts and a well defined frontier towards Persia. The Paper currency, called staats schuldscheine, which were yesterday at 951, have risen to-day to SG. The hopes that are still entertained that the peace of the East will he maintained, and the rise in the Freuch Funds, have contributed to produce this improvement. GENEVA, NOV. 30. A question is at present agitated among us which is not likely to occur in any other part of Europe. It appears from the report lately made, all the debts of the country and the city will be paid in one year, and that by that time also the new House of Correction will'require no farther assistance from the State, but be able to support itself by its own resources and produce. What then shall be done with the considerable surplus revenue? Shall it be kept as a fund in reserve, or treasure, or shall it be employed en useful establishments? One party wishes the former, while another maintains that a public treasure is useless and even dangerous to a Republic, whose riches ought to be in the purses of the citizens, which it will always find open so long as the Government deserves respect and con fidence. Thu deceased 111. Boissier and many others may certainly be quoted in proof of this opinion. It is not so agreeable to us that the fortifications on the south side of the city are improving at a great expense. One would think that a newescalade from the Savoy side was expected. VIENNA, DEC. S. The uncommonly early setting 'in of the winter, and the large quantity of snow that has fallen in all Austria, have intercepted the communications in many places, and rendered the roads impassable. On this account the de parture of the Infant Don Miguel for Lisbon, which was fixed for the Ist of this month, is put off; if the very un favourable weather should change for the better he will set out on the sth. No news from Turkey has been re ceived here since the accounts published in the Austrian Observer. Metalliques, Dank Shares, 1,036. Probably a mistake, Alaiar Khan, Governor of Tauris. We give the following front Frankfort Papers of the Bth inst., received this morning : WURTZBURQ, DEC. 5. We learn from Tegernsee that her Majesty the Queen- Dowager, with their Royal Highnesses the Princesses Maria and Louisa, will leave that place about the end of this month, so that we hope soon to see them again at Verurtzburg. It is said that the ceremony of the be trothing of Prince', Maximilian, of Bavaria, and the Prin cess Maria, will shortly take place at Munich. Our Readers will perceive with pleasure, by last night's Gazette, that Dr. EDW. COPLESTON, the Learned Head of Oriel College, Oxford, is to succeed Dr. SUMNER both as Bishop of LANDAFF and Dean of ST. PAUL'S. The Camden packet has arrived with a Me diterranean mail, but the letters by her are of old date. She sailed from Corfu on the 15th October, from Malta on the 24th of that month, from Gibraltar on the 22d November, and from Cadiz on the 26th November. Another week terminates to-day without put ting us in possession of any knowledge of the real state of things at Constantinople. It is most remarkable? that events of such importance as undoubtedly have taken place in that capital, since the 11th of November, the date of the last despatches, should still on :this, the 15th of December, be unknown. If the SULTAN had relaxed in his determination, no interruption of the passage of Couriers would have occurred t and in that case we think we liould certainly halve heard of the continuance of the Ambassadors in the Turkish capital. On the other hand, it is argued, that if they had quitted it, the intelligence of an event of such importance would have spread with rapi dity, and we should ere this have known the fact. We are inclined to question the validity of its argument. It would have been obviously the interest of the SULTAN to conceal the knowledge of the actual departure of the Am bassadors, •in order to gain time and advance his preparations and we have no doubt that every possible means would have been adopted t o accomplish this object. ' 1 he practicability o f it i s p rove d by the absolute stop page to all intelligence which we are now sulifer ing under, from whatever cause it may arise. Admitting that it be practicable to stop intelli gence by the great roads from Constantinople, the departure of the Ambassadors then could not be c ommunicatud (an embargo being placed on the shipping) except by the more circuitous way of Smyrna, or by the arrival, at some port in the Mediterranean, of the :ships in which the Ministers may have been permitted to embark. We may be wrong, arguing merely on these grounds—but we incline Ito the opinion which we have before expressed, that the first intelli gence which we receive from Mr. STRATFORD CANNING will be from Corfu. The Earl of CLANIVILLIANI, who, it is said, will be shortly raised to the dignity of a British Peer, and who is destined for the still higher .honour of receiving the nuptial hand of her Royal Highness the Duchess de BERRI, is nephew of Lady Hownew, of this county. His Lord ship was confidential Secretary to the late Marquis of Lox noNneitaT, at the period of the Noble Lord's laLented death, and has since filled the post of British Ambassador at the Court of Berlin. lie is said to be a young Noble man of eminent talents, combined with the most finished personal accomplishments, and is allied to many of the first families in Europe. The late Earl (his Lordship's father) retired in early life to the continent, where, at Ichuschitx, in Bohemia, he married, on the 6th Oct., 1793, CAROLINE, Countess of THUNN, third daughter of Josxrn, Count of THUNN, by \VII.e ies MINA, Countess of Uwa,n, both of the most ancient Nobility in Germany, and re lated to many of the reigning Princes. The late Earl re mained abroad till his death, in 1505. One of the present Earl's sisters, in 1811, married Count PAUL SZCIIEXY, Chamberlain to the Emperor of GxamaNY, son o f C oun t S Mag na te of Hungary ; and another, in 1821 , C i fi cuN aft E L:s , -G A 2RIFI.JOHN.FRAXCIS, Count CLAM MARTI XIV, Chamberlain to the Emperor of Galtualiv. The illustrious conneetion of Lord CLAxwfwa3t on the con tinent, explains the pcohability of his alliance with the )Neapolitan anti Fransh branches of the House of Ipmbos; L —.Leeds intelligencer. STATE OF THE NATION. We are not among those who despond as to the state of the country, for though it would be vain to deny that we have difficulties to en counter, as there is no condition of human society free from these, yet we have always been of opinion that the country was perfectly ade quate by its energy and resources to contend with transient and accidental evils, which how- ever severe for the time have in no degree trenched on the main sources of its prosperity and greatness. At present there are no doubt some passing clouds in the political horizon which may be a source of alarm to those who are so disposed ; to some the Turkish war is a subject of dread, though we see little cause for this feeling. It is far from certain that any such war will take place. The Sultan, naturally ir- ritated at the loss of his fleet, does not immedi- ately accede to the demands of the Allies, pre ferred as they must appear to him in a manner somewhat rough. But could we, it may be asked, expect his ready acquiescence in so mortifying a catastrophe ? admit that he is startled a little at first, and that he cannot accede at once to' national dishonour, is there no alternative be tween this and war ? May not a little interval of reflection assuage the first violent feelings of re sentment in hie breast? We can easily believe that under a deep sense of humiliation he would for a time hear of nothing but war. But as passion subsided, reason would come to his aid, and calculating coolly the chances of war, he might easily see that it would issue only in fresh humiliation. We do not certainly expect that Turkey is to be any striking example of wise or moderate policy ; but there is a wide interval between this and an utter dereliction of all pru dence and common foresight, which would cer- tainly be implied in any contest at present with the European powers. Her counsellors, how ever arrogant or ignorant, cannot have forgot ten the issue of the last wars with Russia. They now, and well remember, the rout of their armies, the waste and dismemberrxent of their provinces, and the sack of their strongest towns ; and if they were foiled then in a contest with Russia, what chance have they nosy of contend ing with her matured strength ? The con- querors of Ismael still survive in their descend ants, and the Russian armies, always intrepid and obstinately brave, are now better disciplined, bet ter organised, and have superadded to rude valour the refinements of science. These ob- vious considerations must, we may still expect, impress on the Sultan a lesson of caution ; and may render him averse, however he may threaten, to risk his very existence in the desperate specula tion of a European war ; and even if such a war were to take place, how can it involve this coun try either in danger or expellee ? The matter must be speedily settled. The crazy power of Turkey is already tottering to its fall, and war with the Allies would be the signal of utter ruin. In short, we do not see that the state of our re. rations with Turkey sanctions any sinister pre dictions of evil. In the internal state of the country there are, no doubt, many and serious evils which we may deplore, but which we cannot altogether remove. —The truth is, that we have not yet recovered from the ravages of the late commercial storm In many branches of industry wages are low, and scarcely sufficient for the bare subsistence of the workmen ; nor has any brisk or steady demand yet arisen for certain species of goods. But that trade and commercial confidence will revive is a matter not of mere speculation, but of absolute certainty. What, it may, he asked, was the cause of the great convulsion which, in 1825, befel the credit and commerce of the country, and which has produced such a lamentable and long-continued train of mischief ? It may be briefly stated to have been misplaced confidence—an evil to which every mercantile community is in an especial degree liable. Con fidence or credit, however cautiously given, will be occasionally abused ; and when this takes place on a great scale, it will occasion propor tionally extended embarrassment and m isery.*:-. It is quite clear, that the great foundation of commercial distress is laid in the abuse of credit, —for, if there were no credit, if every article were purchased for ready money, neither loss nor ruin could be incurred by trade ; and it is in times of peace and prosperity, when ca pital, rapidly increasing, overflows at length in all the channels of trade, that men of substance, at a loss where to bestow their goods, are naturally tempted to give credit more rea dily, and at an easier rate than before. Money is abundant, and can be got almost for the ask ing. This then is the sera of ardent speculation and of desperate adventure ; and the facilities afforded to projectors without capital by the high state of mercantile confidence, aided by the re fined and factitious expedients of paper cur rency, in its various forms of notes and bills at different dates, enable them, long after they are ruined, to preserve a false show of wealth, and to draw out their thread of credit to the most a ttenuated degree of fineness. At last, how ever, the bubble bursts : they can no longer con tinue the delusion ; they stop payment, and in volve others in their ruin. Now, in 1825, a great portion of the commerce of the country rested on this false foundation of misplaced con fidence, and hence, when those rotten supports were blown down, when the speculitors could no longer pay their bills, and the two parties, the debtor and creditor, came to count and reckon, the • real state of matters was discovered, and insolvency took place to such an extent as was scarcely ever before paralleled. Embarrassment, ruin, misery, and universal pr-tic, and distress for money, were the necessary consequences. Such then is the evil by which the commerce of the country was affected, and from which it is slowly recovering ; and from its very nature it will be seen that effects uni cannot n a r e e permanent.rrile felt by individua l s , it still left the natio nal stock country was as rich in Januar) 1826, when the commercial distress was at its height, as four or five months before, There was in short no actual loss of any thig t ; which the nation was . possessed ; it Was olie ' sudden and violent shifting of proper t y from. os hand to another, which gave the shock ; it , g not so much loss as confusion and distress ;.; usual relations of • commerce were deranged; machinery, which was wont to move so harir ° :) I, ously, was entirely out of order ; the system lost that perfect union of parts which w as .es d ; tial to its functions. But human affairs ten if !! themselves to emerge out of confusion ; theY. d ' turally fall into the most orderly and c0nv 0 , 1 .4 arrangement ; every one is interested to n what accident has broken down, and to "back matters to their old course. There is, o f cordingly a visible amendment in the st1: 00 , mercantile confidence ; and the increasing a . oe o f dance of money is testified by the gradit al T h er e is h the ofudnodlstinaitticllattlie matters lower ratel stillof interest' furtile iitos y ti e ; provided they be let alone ; and We esnr hope that Parliament when it meets will 9-t , C t he sumo its valuable time in discussionso llo " t i c ; state of trade, which can lead to no Pr ac . good. Legislators cannot regulate the foltchl'ilfer of commerce ; the best boon they can cc) t it upon it is neglect, in which congenial elel l ' efl oit seams to thrive, while it is stinted in all its te , proportions by more petty restraints, Which gislators too frequently impose on it. wit h There are several other topics connecte— the state of the country,.which want of rot vents us from discussing at present , b t ' t we shall resume in some future paper. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWAL re O' C t 10 s f . There is not any news in town this pt The people here appear almost tired of the clille.tba reports which are constantly spread respectifirrghete Ambassadors having quitted Constantinop le. is less conversation on the subject to-daY have heard for some time. So short a Per i°l ",joi now elapse before intelligence must reach aQ in some authentic shape, that the most Prudent roe pear determined to suspend their opinion until 10, reliance can he placed upen the informa d°ll may arrive. In the absence of foreign 10`5,1$,eif politics, the public appear once more turn" , ; attention to the reports which were circulated 1/ terday respecting a change in the Administrati°l:l'yf The rumour has been buzzed about for so ne I s 6` p w r e iy ll ate i l n y f , or a m n e d a he o a n vy Gentlemen in the City (who a re Pi a t° these bets b m m a a v o t e t r e e r b s e ): :: b e ffaetr p e r u e l) o 4:3l ft Goderich, and one oe - two Ministry, will resign their sit ua tions• certainly obtains belief only among a few pUe The Funds have been but little affected e"-:01 way Or other this morning. Consols oPerkeil-illi, 831, and are at present 83 1 ; Exchequer "" 43 pm. ; India Bonds, 72 pm. Ia the Foreign Market th ere is bat little d ( i iil te r the public begin to look anxiously for the usual ttisements respecting the Mexican and Buenos A li dividends; Mexican Bonds are 48 ; Buenos.lei; 52 ; Brazilian, 61; Colombian, 28; Greek) Peruvian, 26 ; Russian, 89 ; and Spa i tilisilf ' Anglo Mexican Mining Shares, 60 dis.' 131 Monte, 74 pm.; General Mining, 10 pm.; Real de e-1 . 1 . 1 0 301 30 pm.; Tlalpuxahua, 80 dis.; Unite d 16k dis. Consols, 83i; Mexican, H 4 ,4 7f- F 8; -P C A olo 5 ro b11 t4' : : 1 0: 1 , TPIIWE 0' Cll CIC a 83.1. I. No new " . .CLOSING PRIES Danish Bonds .585 18 Greek Do. 10' 5 ' a ; 411 Mexican Do. g l '," Peruvian Do. 251 Russian Do. 891 Spanish Do. 1 I Consols for Account FOUR O'CLOCK _ Consols Do. for Ac. 83i Brazilian ITimds Buenos Ayres Do. Chaim Do. Columbian, 1824, 271 A TWEE AND SWINDL B.c•---Abo" t '4, Vo ia g r h s o t ) , weeks ago, a person calling himself CnAll :Lis who stands about five feet eight indict, has 3 ba . 1:1 0 , walks quite erect, is about 50 years of age, W ea ! r i ; a ra' t f" brown frock-coat, with velvet collar, a black s"" e , 10 1 '' and a shabby hat, and has mush the appearance the o3) t lii pay officer, took lodgings at Mrs. Smatrixs, in market. He professed to be purchasing American market, and ordered a quantity in this i - 0 11 , . 5 which he never received. He brought no luggsg ° co at': rooms, but said it was coming by water, from A 413 1° durable distance. His general behaviour was civil, 0' okay manners and address were good; but on Tuesday taos he decamped, taking with him a portable desk, he' ° "pe!' to Mrs. SMITHIEs, containing l GIS .°l° several poun iConte and other articles. He returned the desk and its ~,/ goods i br , save the money, about five o'clock in the after°°° Saehie/d Hier ur * Y* lll° d' P A NEW MODE OF CHEATING THE „J' WATIGEN,..-As the Express Coach from London wa s j e lf ing between Chesterfield and this town one day this ( 01 the coachman perceived a pocke t -book lying on the r ; d i; Ile pulled up, and the guard got down and safelr lod in his :ket. Coachee, on examining it, foun d a bin f iif t - ,unds, some c e ju l d in e :ler t s i . ley consequently, r ift r. pocL :, ~... T hadie go r t e a ; r ::: , iii o '' out off e r f i u . r g th a e examination, l r arge : ewa i.d or e o ti n l ppoourtnindgnottoei,beanddraswel.afiold• raaftth.o,uasnanda P°' a sr It was taken to Leeds, and theY safely deposited ~ e sti the guard's wife until an a dvertisement should 41 0 01 , in Sheffield, by the travelfro, tV, judge of the disappointment of the coachman and foil lost the pocket-book, and who met them on purl' a6 ..j tli t . , when they were told , the notes contained in the book were flush n otee , [ f air he kept them to be g iven to an y high- wa y f ro " attempt to rob him. —Sheffield Mercur y. es cle i THE WOODHOUSE CoSPINs.--O tir r ei tie l : will recollect our noticing that the coffins had 116 , 31 , e r b, 1 7d oat of their places, in a vault at Woodhouse - c eo:- 0 ,007 Loughbro', and that in .consequence a deal of I , l e brie: and alarm prevailed in the village, especially 55 t " - b I 4 ' - h t layer who closed the vault, feels confident no °n e ) 2 , si:, tubed it from without, because he found his I' be ir left it. A correspondent sends us word, lie thiPl cs ostil elucidate the phenomenon of the displaced cofen s ' II ctPl a fact known to every one ; a heavy laden carriegt ,1 1 , pass by a house without shaking the building , ‘ ° , iS ec °l l furniture. Near the vault is a road, along Wh ic ' 1 : 1 11 0 t io l f tinually passing waggons, full of Swithland ela te ' 4 10 1 is very possible that the jolting of heavy wegg„ ° , l ', 6 : 1 4, the space of four years, should have some e11",,,"" e 0 1 4 vault lying near the road. The constant trenlhSi vault, from this cause, appears sufficient to shake the 0 v fins, by insensible degrees, even till they s lipped fr ° , thralls on which they were laid.—iforiinyhans 1 701 A lle STOMACH OF THE CAMEL.---111 th 6 ir o V i stunt of the College of Surgeons are several pree / 0 . 04 illustrative of the structure of the shltnach of this tio il, i '; The stomach itself which was blown up and preser i'l, Joust HUNTER, thirty years ago, may still be eee:0000 ' many curious particulars, not known to that gre s l i e i ralist, have been since observed. The camel usualli, i from six to eight gallons of water in the day, and cl ip in the same period about a peck of oats, one of cbiy:, one third of a truss of hay. The stomach, ur.'os opened after death, is found to consist of two carl t VJ of which contains the solid food, the other, water 000 state. Into this second c avity, even when empty , b li o , 0: 0 food can pass. The camel, therefore, when it drinPoig ducts the water in a pure state into the secot iti ptili where part of it is retained, while part runs over"), cellular structure of the first. The quantity of 'l s. f a 9 two cavities are found capable of containing 0 ` 1 7, 0 1,4 ' was between e i g ht and nine q uarts, much lees 1„ pr would be c apable of containing during the Phil' London , Wieldy Review. LA W INI play, the a petition thaiktir. To: haul:bankrtine, ce befor e the co/ nrec erited Bench, an( he LOnn °n Priddy net C N.°tlli r °urt up ,