The Sun. — London, England, 1827-12-01 00:00:00

MAGAZINE DAY. BLACKWOOD'S. The present number of Blackwood's is decidedly the best we have seen for a twelvemonth. Its sub jects are interesting—no vel—important—dogmati c, and so forth—with a plentiful abundance of the aristocratic leaven, seasoned here and there by a strong spice of Ultra-Toryism, sufficient to twitch the appetite of Lord Eldon, and all the quaint lovers of things as they were in the good olden times of patronage and power, when the brim of his Lordship's hat overshadowed the land teeming with expectants in Church and State. But a change has come over the Spirit of the Times, and the look of the " liveried army," has become as blank as the old coat of his Lordship, in pile, colour, and consistency. The first article is the Game Laws- 7 -a subject so replete with the germs of human misery and crime, that to these laws alone, or rather their pernici ous tendency, half the gaols in England are in debted for their demoralized inhabitants. But in these, as in all emanations of Toryism, the Genius of Evil finds an advocate not more eloquent than sincere in Christopher North, whose ability in the cause is only exceeded by his honesty of purpose, however far removed from the true line of rectitude ! Our northern magician, we hope with good reason, laments that the Game Laws and the Aristocracy, that is, Ultra Toryism, are in danger of being im proved by the superior influence which en lightened Democracy, the Ministry, and the Press, are exercising for the benefit of the public, and the re ciprocity of the country gentlemen ! The Game Laws are good enough for the landowners, and therefore the public ought to be contented. That is the argument of our intelligent friend : but he leaves out of the question the demoralizing effects consequent upon the cruel, unjust, though legal administration of the game laws. Because their ad ministration is not illegal, is sufficient for him to justify all their enormity and degrading influence upon society, forgetting that these same laws were formed for the exclusive benefit and pleasure of those who sit in judgment to administer their re voking provisions. If there is one system of legis lation more than another which is held odious in the eyes of the people of England, it is the genie laws, justly esteemed the curse of moral society. But the landowners would have all—they would even tax the winds for their exclusive benefit—they would have "all things for their use," totally regardless of the ulterior consequence. Allowing game even to be property, would it not be more - advisable—more politic in them—to sacrifice a portion of a source of luxury, for the benefit of the national morals, than to perse vere in arrogating to themselves exclusively, as a matter of right, what they may one day be compelled to yield as a matter of necessity to the more enlight ened legislation of a liberal Government ? The game is their property, because they feed it in the same manner that sheep and oxen are fed, but though this assumption may hold true so long as they keep the game in their own power, how does it tell when the game has eluded their grasp—when obeying the impulse of nature, the game asserts its dis cursive peedeliction ? When the game has fled the preserves, does it wear the badge of slavery— the Tory collar round its neck, like my . lady's lap dog ? No ; when the game mounts on the winds it belongs to the wilderness--..the common of the universe, and he who takes moy keep. True there may be modifications in certain cases, but there is a general principle which all men of common sense recognise as their inherent right; and ten thousand Game Laws, though they may restrain, yet they cannot subdue, that universal feeling. It would be certainly amusing to see the grave honesty of a band of robbers, who, after appropriating to themselves the good things oftheir neighbours, should sit down and make laws for their future peaceable enjoyment of the privileges of the community. The miseries of the game laws are only known in Eng land, where the crilLes consequent cn their grievous adn: , inistration are too truly felt. But as our advo cate apprehends the possibility, rather• than the pro priety, of a change in these evils, we willingly let the following speak for his'good intentions : To place the question itt.the clearest light possible, we will nuw briefly enumerate 'Some of the leading principles by which changes in the Game Lyre shouldbe strictly governed. 1. Game is property. That which is bred, fed, and retained by people on their own land, is as exclusively their property as any thing they possess. That which cannot be claimed by individuals on the ground of rearing and maintenance, is exclusively the property of the landowners az a body, to be divided individually among them as the law may think good. 2. As there is no land in the country which is common property, those who possess no land have ia..) claim to be entitled to kill game; they contribute nothing towards the breeding and maintaining of it, therefore they have not the least property in it. S. No man has a right to trespass on the land of another. 4. Game should be produced, subject to the laws of property, for the benefit of the community as a whole. Therefore the object of legislation should be, to provide, at the cheapest rate, the greatest quantity of it that can be reared without producing countervailing evils. Of course the law should prohibit every thing calculated to destroy what may Le called stock-game, and every thing calculated to deter the owners of game from rearing it in sufficient abundance. From this it irresistibly follows that poach ing should be rigorously prevented, and that the producers of game should enjoy the rights and protection enjoyed by the producers of sheep, corn, &c. 5. Poaching should be prevented and punished, as other kinds of robbery are prevented and punished. The great ob ect should be to prevent poachers from killing game on the one band, and from finding a market for it on the other. We advise those who take the lead in attempts to amend the Game Laws, to avoid in future that system of whole sale neck-or-nothing legislation, from which the country has reaped so much ruin and misery. In these days men cannot be content to follow the good old English fashion of proceeding step by step, and making changes separately and cautiously. They cannot stoop to the humble task of reforming and repairing. They must destroy, that they may create anew ; they must sweep away at a single stroke whole systems and sets of laws,, in order to make room for some gigantic, magnificent whole, of their own inventing, and to astonish the world by the vastness of their architec tural capacity. Fatal to our poor country have been the consequences. Let those to whom we speak gather wis dom from the past, and change their conduct before th-y make another effort to change the Game Laws. Let them legislate on the different parts of the question separately. Let them prepare a Bill to legalize the sale of game, to cause the preserves to be better watched, to make the punishment of poaching more effective, and to destroy the poacher's market; but to do no more. If this Bill pass, let fully tried before they attempt any thing further. They - may then, if they think good, prepare another Bill alteriii.g the form and distribution, of the qualification. The Backelor's Beat is not more interesting than moral ; we willingly extract the following as strongly and truly descriptive of a gambler's fate and we lettv% the counterpart of the article which is still more attractive, for the unalloyed enjoyment of the reader of Maga. Had it been the dusk of evening, instead of a bright May morning, I should certainly have thought (as I passed with quickened step the threshold of a well-know n gaming h,nise) that I beheld, issuing from its earthly h e ll, th e spectre of Jack Cavendish. Never was Milton's descrip. tiou of an " archangel ruined," more fully realized here below than in the creature now before me. The hand somest " mortal mixture of earth's mould," that ever bore the Creator's sacred image, was now a gaunt and emaciated shadow. It was as if the majestic body had shrunk to the dimensions of the debased and humiliated soul. The once open forehead was contracted with wrinkles, the once com manding- eye had learned to seek the ground—and all not of ...rth that animated the rained fabric, seemed, alas ! by the horrible expression it had assumed, to partake more of the fiend than the demigod. When I left London and the world, Jack Cavendish was on the high road to wealth and honours. He had quitted the drudgery of the law for the shining path of office ; he was the wit and the genius of a triumphant party; the fa vourite nephew o f a powerful minister , and the destined husba n d o f hi s lovely' and accomplished daughter. The r, , pid and slippery 4 eatent from all these honours and all these expectatio n s, easily comprised in one ominous, pestilential w or d—Pl ay a word surely devised by the f i ends whose sp or t is human ;remediable form. Ohlthat mis er y i n its most abject ..and t the y oung ea rjust yielding to its fascinations, could hear it as pronounced to me by its loathing, yet never to be emancipated, slave Jack's history of himself was too disjointed, toopassionate, too much embellished by lingering self-love, to be very in telligible, had not circumstances, at which he but dimly glanced, since come . to my knowledge. One thing only I gathered beyond the shadow of a doubt, that amid all he had lost by his mad infatuation, (and that all comprised everything precious in the eyes, or to the honest ambition of man,) the loss of his cousin Lady Julia's affections and 'hand, had sat down most heavily on his seared and withered heart. His passion for her (notwithstanding the natural, scepticism which his conduct might inspire) had main tained a long and dubious conflict with his ruling demon, and now, even now, on the mention of her name, a lurid flush passed over his wan brow, and a scalding tear rolled down his hollow cheek. It was, however, no soft tear of regret for a beloved object in a better world—for Lady Julia lived—and had long been the happy wife of a deserving husband—nay, surrounded as she was by a blooming fence of rosy scions from a worthier and a holier stock, could bend on her lost cousin the unmoved, though gentle glance, of an alienated guardian angel. She had, indeed, enough of the angel in her, to entreat her virtuous husband to exert his indirect influence for the extrication of her cousin, and to re-open to him those paths of honourable ambition closed against him by the resentment of her indignant father. But these benevolent efforts failed—for the reformation which baffles the smiles of Hope, will rarely he effected by the frowns of Despair. Jack fell lower and lower in the scale of demoralization. The victim became in turn the spoiler ! Some short feverish years were passed in alternations of opulence and beggary; but even these excitements were long gone by, and Jack was now a puny driveller in his once daring war fare, playing for stakes below contempt, partly front inve terate habit, partly for daily subsistence ! Why dwell longer on the revolting picture? Relief was beyond my, power ; remonstrance utterly hopeless with one whose heart and understanding had long anticipated every sugges tion of friendship—who groped his degraded way amid a noontide blaze of better light, against which his eyes had only been closed by a desperate and successful effort. The Pastoral of the Rock, by Maister Hogge, may be very interesting, but it is too quaint and too far north for us. We dislike even beauty in masquerade —on the principle That Beauty unadorned 's adorned the most. The " Cooper of Thorsund and his Family" is too long for us, and perhaps for the Magazine. An article on " Country Banks and the Bank of England" is written with much knowledge , of the business, and deserves far more awn , tion than we can spare—it wilt well repay the perusal of those who have any doubt on the sub ject, so important to the vital interests of the country. The following is an txtract de scriptive of the benefits derivable from Couriry Banks, compared with the delusive promises, but monopolising policy, of the Bank of England : An English Country Bank—it is only of the English Banks that we have to speak—exists for the following. ob jects :-1. To transact, as far as its services may be ne cessary, the pecuniary business of the community in general. 2. To lend money to the community in general. 3. To receive money in the shape of loan from the community in general. And, 4. To contribute its portion to the general currency of the country. These, so far as regards the na tion, comprehends the essential. , of its business. With respect to the first object. If an individual wish to vest his money in the funds, he has only to carry it to the Bank, and the latter, through its town connections, will buy him stock, and afterwards receive for; and pay him the interest. It will, in like mariner, sell his stock for him. If he wish to send a sum of money to any part of the kingdom, he cannot send sovereigns or bank-notes without great risk and inconvenience; hut if he take them to the Bank, it will draw him a bill for the exact amount he wishes to pay, which he can transmit by letter. If lie receive a good bill from a distant part, or take one in the course of his business, and need small notes in exchange for it, the Bank will supply Mtn with them. If he have a sum of money which he thinks it net safe in his own keeping, the Bank will take charge of it, and return it at a moment's notice. If lie accepta bill, and make it pay able in London, at the house drawn upon by the Bank, he Las only to take his money in proper time to the latter, and it will take up his bill in London when due. This applies to individuals who keep no banking -account. If a gentleman, merchant, manufacturer, tradesman, or farmer, think good to open such an account, he carries his money to the Bank daily, weekly, or as he pleases, in bills, notes, or whatever shape it may bear, and the Bank returns it to him, or his order, in whatever way he wishes. The Bank honours his cheques, if he draw them—it supplies him with notes if he need them—it furnishes hini with bills if be want them to pay at home, or to send to any part of the oountry—it makes payments for him in cash in London, 'if necessary he - accept bills payable either at it, or in toncion, it takes them up for him : after taking to it his good hills, whether payable in London or in various other places, he has no farther trouble with them; it pays iticit their amount, :mud .-oiegariee tUe yayokant of .Therrt where made payable—and it manages fpr him his property in government securities. With respect to the second object. If an individual wish to borrow a snull or large sum of money for a short period, the Bank will, almost at a moment's notice, lend it to him on the joint personal security of himself, and one or two friends : it will do this if he keep no account with it. If he open an account, it will at almost any time make him the necessary advance, on such security as we have named, and generally on merely his own personal secu rity. It wilt iee.4 him a sum, on , the personal security of liiiniself and his friends, to remain constantly in his hands ; which suni, if he be in small business, constitutes, perhaps, the greater part of his floating capital, or perhaps nearly the whole of his capital of all kindS. With respect to the third object. Any man, poor or rich, can at any time vest any sum of money, not perhaps below twenty pounds, in the sank at interest, with a rea sonable ce inty that the security is good, that his interest will be putict.u4)ly paid, and that lie can regain his money at any tiniis wet:4i on, without the least delay or trouble. With respect to the fourth object, no Bank keeps the community abundantly supplied with circulating medium of all kinds, whether needed for use in its neighbourhood, Or for transmission to distant parts of the country. This plain description forms, perhaps, the most conclu sive proof we could offer, that the English Country Banks yield benefits to the Empire of the most gigantic and inva luable character. NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. This is one of the most entertaining numbers we have met with for some months. It contains fifteen articles—all, more ,or less, original—of which one is first rate, and six others worth reading. The first rate one is entitled " The Shyness of Scholars," and abounds in a certain pleasant reflection, (the result evidently of personal and acute obtervation) which is but rarely to be met with in a modern periodical. In its metaphysical tendency it reminds us of Mr. Hazlitt, but we doubt whether he could (or would) supply the polish. There is hardly one. sentence throughout this elegant little gem with which we do not most cordially coincide.. Its professed object is to analyze the causes which in nine out of ten cases, shut out the scholar from all but one class of society, and to prove by a perfectly natural para dox that his very pride has its origin in humility. But we feel ourselves wholly unable to reuder ade quate justice to its merits, we therefore refer the reader (should we have the good fortune to whet his curiosity) to the article itself. The following note, appended to a sentence on the subject of ma thematicians—those in general pedantic bores—has a pleasant smack of metaphysical conceit about it : " I have heard it said that carpenters, who do every thing by the square and line, are honest man, and I am willing to believe it. Shakspeare, in the Mid summer Nights' Dream, makes Snug the Joiner the moral man- of the piece." The " Narrative of a Student at Law " is peculiar but entertaining. It gives an account of a young Templar, Yastly praiseworthy by his own account, who suffered inconceivable afflictions from having been mistaken for another individual, whose notions on the im portant subject of meant and taunt, were more to be admired for their liberality than their justice. The poor Templar was imprisoned in consequence of this unlucky circumstance—a hard case, especially when a man is in love. The biographical sketch of the robber Spatolino, is light r eading eno ug h, b ut b y no means novel. Mrs. Graham, in her sketchy vo lume, " On the Mountains East of Rome," has al ready glutted us with Italian banditti; and Mr. Washington Irving's " Tales of a Traveller," has completed the surfeit. The" Portraits of the French Players," we allude more particularly to that of Potier—are good and correct likenesses. We ques tion, however, if they will interest generally our En glish reader. " Travelling Sketches in Russia," is a make-weight, and rather of the lumbering order ; it adds little to our stock of knowledge on the subject; and takes up serious stowage in the Magazine; it should be clapped behind in the boot; that is at the end of the number. "London Lyrics, or Magog's Prophecy"is tame,but short. A real Lord Mayor's broken head de serves a more impassioned laureate. The illustrious historian of his Lordship's " Voyage to Oxford" should have taken it in hand. At present the " First City Magistrate's" misfortune stands a fair chance of being in the same predicament with the brave gentlemen who lived before Agamemnon, and who have all died off the rolls of fame, forgotten and !unwept for want of some poets to record their ex istence. Dinner Conversation" is sociable and piquant ; it breathes the flavor—the aroma—of Guildhall, and gives one an appetite to read it. The following observations are useful and judicious : " If you feel the god within,you,' and cannot submit to this system, just cast a glance around, and you must be a queer chap indeed, if you don't find some latitude in time great city that suits your calibre. A good song will en sure success at the Three Compasses or the Cat and Bag pipes ; a talent for conundrums is a marketable commo dity among the Les bleux of Tower-hill and East-cheap : a general acquaintance with Joe Miller is (in the language of cribbage) good for' a dinner in Guildhall ; circuit anecdotes and bar jokes make good society in the inns of court ; smut is wit in the common-rooms of our univer sities ; scandal is proverbially adapted to our tea-tables, es pecially to those of the more serious cast; and Bubb Dod dington and Horace Walpole will carry you through a ca binet dinner in Downing-street. A safe company for a Mashing experiment at all in the ring,' is that of a set of plain matter-of-fact men, if you can catch them in the ha , incur. They have no ambition to shine themselves, no desire but to get rid of their own stupidity, and they are very easily pleased. Good animal spirits, ease, and a tongue that never ceases, with them is sufficient to earn the reputation of a merryjfellow. But beware of all grave subjects ; on politics, no price -currents, or they'll set you down at once for a nincompoop. Talk of every thing they know nothing about, and you are safe. Set them staring, and you are sure of success. I remember passing a rambling summer among the country gentlemen' very agreeably, and came off with the name of an uncommonly learned and pleasant companion, only by dint of interest ing my audience with marvellous common-places, concern ing every thing that they had never heard of before. In stage-coaches, persiflage with the female passengers makes excellent society ; especially if interspersed with a history of all the country-seats and anecdotes of their proprietors ; all of whom, be sure, are your most intimate friends.— In the company of cheerful people, however humble and uniutellectual, this sostenuto style won't answer at all.— You must-turn your blockade into a bush-fight, and let somebody else talk, as well as yourself. In such a society, wait your opportunity patiently (you will not have long to wait,) and then plant your hit. Any old pun, quotation, or clinch, tolerably applied, will raise a laugh ; and in raising a laugh, you encourage your neighbour to follow your example ; and thus you gain credit with him for your own joke and for his also. In this mode of carrying on the war, I have seen two very opposite modes of proceed ing equally successful ; the one by means of an accomplice, the other by that of a butt. The former method has, indeed, one disadvantage, namely—that you must be con tented with sharing the reputation. It is a sort of ride and tie transaction ; and unless, like Archer and Aimwell, you agree with your confederate to wear the livery on al ternate days, you must consent to give and take, and make up your mind, like the two Kings of Brentford, to smell at the samb nosegay. A single wit has, however, so bad a time of it in a company of common-places, there is such a necessity of a chorcegus to lead the laugh, that the price is not too much to pay for an able-bodied coadjutor, who knows the extent of your capital (jokes), is watchful to administer occasion for planting an hit, and who can 'crow like chanticleer,' when it is necessary to insinuate the plot' of your mirth to a heavy and inapprehensive audi tory. But if you be of a jealous disposition, and can bear no rival near the throne,' then you have nothing for it but to provide yourself with a dupe,—a led captain per haps,—or still better, a dull unsuspicious gudgeon, who will both endure your persiflage and pay your reckoning afteewards. He must stand possessed of a reasonable pre judice in favour of your wit ; but he must at least have an equally strong prepossession in favour of his own talent and respectability; so that the remotest idea shall never reach him that it is possible he can be ridiculous. While the company are shouting at your palpable hits,' rendered still more sensible by the waggish curling of that side of your face which is not within his sphere of vision, be must reply with grave argument to all your hoaxing absurdities, without the slightest suspicion of your earnestnes s ; and supply more matter for a May morning,' every time you trot him out as a coxcomb and blockhead for the benefit of your friends. With such an adjutant, it is surprising how much a man can do with a small stock -in trade. Your professed wit should never be without them." The Revievir of the O'Briek. - _ and O'Flah er ty' s .7- is in parte. Every one must perceive that it is a good literary advertisement of Mr. Colburn's publication. The " Drafts on La Fitte," are this month heavy enough for a dray-horse • there is a good steady qupidity aboat them, not much unlike that animal. Oa the whole, however, the Magazine — a . we said before—is an excellent one; and as we are now on give our testimony toth the subject Very s o u f pe p t r i a o ie— may superior, aiais well dbusiness-like manner in whieh the odds and ends of the volume--its politics— lleyiews—Obituary, &c. are got up. THE LONDON MAGAZINE. The present number, like its predecessors, is too exclusively devoted to reviews, instead of lighter matter. We must say that the reviews are written with much point and sagacity, but we should like to see a little more variety. The }e view of " Adulterated Wine and Spirits," as well as that on the " Origin of Gas Light," are particularly good—the first showing most clearly the gross imposition practised on the pub lic by the retailers of blue ruin, and its deleterious adjuncts. The Diary for the month of November, like all the Diaries of this Magazine, is pun gently sarcastic. The present opens with a bit ter tirade against Aldermen and Lord Mayors, rendered still more bitter no doubt by the recollec- , tion that the Diarist was not invited to the last civic feast of oil and glory, but we think he ought to rest satisfied, now that he , has escaped the precious unction. The Italian and his Sleep ing Venus, form another source of merriment, to the Diarist at the expence of the Lord Mayor-- probably because neither had a similar beauty at home. We have no room for extracts. THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE. The Annuals, or " the Pocket 'Books," as the writer quaintly calls them--come in of course for a notice in this month's Magazine. All of them are mentioned in terms of praise; with the exception of the Literary . Souvenir. This is a disingenuous ex ception; for the Sou ven i r i s rea ll y b eaut if u l. Th e Man with the Appetite, a Case of Distress," is a broad piece of humo ur ; t h oug h i n our own v i ew o f the case, it i s far more distressing to be without an appetite than with one. "A Dissertation on Beards" by an Emeritus Professor of Shaving," affects learn ing, but has more show than sub s t ance , more sound than sense. But this, perhaps, , is an adva n t age. The " Birth of Cervantes is a pretty enough Spanish legend," without any very particular merit; it will, however, repay perusal ; though als some what too long for extract. As a whole the Maga zine is tolerable, and nothing more. LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE. Not having seen this modest publication as yet, we must be rather shy of our opinion of its merits, which, if we may judge from hearsay, are very cap tivating to the fair portion of our readers; espe cially to those of them who have an eye to adorn its pages by the beauty of their countenance. The portraits alone of this work are said to be worth the price of the whole, but for this we cannot safely vouch, till we have occular demonstration, whi c h i s as necessary in the representation of pretty faces, as in the persuasive original. For the last few months this 13elle has been ve - ey irregular in her visits, but owing perhaps to a new fashion which is creeping in —if so, we hope the jade will mend her pace before Christmas, or we shall despair of ever looking "upon her like again." Within a few miles of Worcester may be seen, conspicuously fixed in a plantation, the notice, that— nei spring- guns are set i n t h ese groun d s ; annexed the following signifi c ant and kindly;" h : in Sw t the :— eici-h :‘ ria N sPs . a ß nan • If a man is caught in this trap—it will break a horse's le9 • FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, Nov. 29.) AUGSBURGH, Nov. 19.*—The A ugsburgh Gazette contains the following news, dated Constantinople, Nov. 7. (BY AN EXTRAORDINARY CONVEYANCE.) I " The Porte has taken a very st rong re s o lution, an d I has ther e f ore p u t a s t op t o a ll th e uncerta i nt i es th at h a d I agitated that capital for a week past. The catastrophe at Navarin was known in the Seraglio on the 30th, and so exasperated the Sultan that nobody dared to go near him for 12 hours. The Reis Effendi at length, on the 3d, sent for the Dragomans of the three Powers, and appeared in a state of consternation which is not to be described. With out speaking to them of the consequences of the affair, he asked them the reason of such a breach of faith, and dis missed them, after giving an evasive answer, with forced composure, adding this remarkable declaration,----that the Porte deeply repented having listened for a moment to the insinuations and the promises of the three Ambassadors, — that their presence at Constantinople was indifferent to the Porte,—that no advice would be given them either to go or stay,—that they were at liberty to determine what they should do,—lastly, that the Sultan had resolved to break off all intercourse with them. " Thus the Franks passed in the greatest alarm two days, during which the Mussulmans seemed to expect with impatience the resolutions of their Sultan, who had con voked a great assembly of the Divan. This assembly was held at the Mufti's; and all the Ulemas—even those who are adverse to the new system—were summoned to attend it.' The result of the deliberations was anxiously expected at Pera. Yesterday at two o'clock nothing certain was yet known. But in the evening energetic measures were generally spoken of as having been the result of it. " It is affirmed that all the treaties with the three Powers, France, England, and Russia, and especially the convention of Akerman, were declared null and void ; that the Porte breaks off all negotiations with the Ambassadors of the three Powers; that it, however, considers them as under the protection of the law of nations, and that it in tends to provide for their personal safety so long as they remain on the Turkish territory. This declaration has been communicated to M. d'Ottenfels. " It is now expected that a hatti-scheriff of the Sultan, will be published, ordering all Mussulmans to take arms, and the standard of the Prophet to be displayed on St. Sophia to rally the faithful. It is recollected what this palladium effected eighteen months ago, at the destruction of the Janissaries, when it served to keep in check the enemies of the Sultan. At the mo ment when the Porte made this declaration, all imaginable precautions were taken for the safety of the Franks, and the guards were doubled at the gates of the Ambassa dors. hitherto every thing has remained tranquil. Bet the Franks, who have since been obliged by their business to go into the streets of the capital, nay that its appearance is so changed, that it is hardly to be known. The Turks are transported with joy at the resolution of their Sultan, and the approaching union of all Mussulmans. It is natural that great apprehensions should be entertained, notwith standing all the precautions that have been taken. People are anxious to see what will be done by the Ministers of the three Courts, who have continual conferences with M. d'Ottenfels, who is at present the protector of the Franks. It is said, that M. de Ribea.upierre has resolved to depart immediately. The hatti-scheriff, announcing the resolu tions taken in the last Divan, is expected to appear to morrow. These resolutions appear even to the Franks themselves to be the only means of saving the Ottoman empire, provided the Sultan is able again to rally the Mussulmans. After the convention of the 6th of July, that empire had hardly any alternative but the choice of a fall more or less remote. ,c pan's, Nov. 28.—We have given, under the head of Foreign Intelligence, an article from the AugsLurgh Ga zette, respecting what had taken place at Constantinople. We have received from Constantinople, by way of Vienna, the following letter, dated on the evening of the 7th inst. : " CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 7.—Nothing has yet trans pired with respect to the decision of the Divan, and the resolution of the Sultan. 'he Ambassadors of the three Powers are still here, and peace is maintained ; several versions are circulated on the advice given by the Divan, but it will be imprudent to give credit to them. M. Ottenfels is still working to open new negociaticns under his mediation. We can affirm that on the 7th lions of the resolutions which the German Papers have given had taken place, and it is in a seeond DiNn all measures will be adopted. (From the Journal des Debats.) PARIS, Nov. 27.—The following is the result of the elections as known up to this day. In the Colleges of the departments, Opposition 34 ; Ministerial 27; Unknown 3. Total Opposition 2OB Ministerial LausaNNE, Nov. 23.—The conferences of the Federal Commissioners with his Excellency the Austrian Minister, terminated at Berne, on the 15th of this inentli. A con vention on the mutual surrender of criminals, has been tie creed in fifteen articles, and addressed to the Directory, to he communicated to the Cantons, after whose assent only, it can be ratified. The Commissaries have left Berne. The Tribunal of Appeal, at Lucerne, was occupied on the 15th with the case of Clara Wendal, who had been acquitted on the preceding evening of capital punishment. She was by this condemned to 12 years' imprisonment Irani ; criotreeveakeither to perpetual banishment, if at the end of that period she be heimaskteae (without it settle ment), or to be confined in her commune, should she in the interval have obtained the rights of citizenship. On • hearing this sentence read, the wretched girl exclaimed in a tone of bitter indignation, " Is this, then, the Convent that has been promised me ?" It seems, in fact, that among the means employed to induce Clara Wendal to make these deplorable discoveries, which have for so long a time been a scandal to the Tribunals, they held out to her the prospect of a peaceable retreat in a Monastery, where she should enjoy a pension for her services, and be protected from the resentment of those families compro mised by her depositions. (From the Quotidienne.) We have no occasion to know the definitive result of the elections to point out with certainty the political conse quences. In announcing this day that the Ministry would not have a majority in the grand electoral colleges, we are sure that we are equally correct as when we stated two days before the dissolution of the Chambers, that the Ministry would not have a majority in the Chamber of Deputies. Having no connection with the Prefects, Sub-prefects, Receivers-General, as well as private, and all the immense crowd attached to the Administration, we are happily placed in a situation where we cannot be led astray by the equivocal testimony of the agents of Government. We are obliged to seek in a higher region the grounds of our prediction; the elemente which have produced a convic tion. When the first Minister collected with great labour reports from the different public bodies, and had recourse to State documents, Ws turned our attention to society; we gave an account of the sentiments which prevailed ; we probed the wounds which had been received; we set forth the influence of power—opinions thwarted, interests menaced—spirits itritated—.passions deeply excited, and on ever y hand ready to burst forth. We found also, by investigations the most pure, and by a serious examination of men and things, the grand secret of France which the electoral urn would soon reveal—in short, we knew, before the event, that the majority would not be in favour of Ministers. • Though the Gazette de France quotes the above article as from the Augsburgh Gazette (Allgenieins Zei lung) of the 19th of November, it is evident there must be some error (perhaps of the press), as the Augsburgh Gazette up to the 22d inclusive does not contain this account, nor any mews from Constantinople later than the sth of Nov. by way of Bucharest." INTERCEPTED LOVE LETTER.—The fol lowing eplitle addressed by 4 school-boy to a young lady at an adjoining seminary, was intercepted by the master : My dear Miss, I can wait no longer ; To refuse me is a sin ; Every day my love grows stronger,— Mercy ! what a state I'm in ! Worcester Journal. ROASTING A RAT.—The following instance of cruelty was lately affinded.—A farmer not one hundred miles from Long Sutton, who was considered r espectable, and who if be were not now called so would think himself insulted, having caught a rat alive in a trap, actually roasted it before a fire, and afterwards talked of Isis exploit, glorying in his cruelty, saying how the devil grinned and scratched the bars !--Lincoln Paper. DEATH BY POISONOUS MEDICINES.--On Tuesday evening an inquest was held before Air. Roaxwr BARR, Coroner of this Borough, at the Swan with Two Necks public house, Woodhouse, near this town, on view of the body of JOSEPH BRAITHWAITZ, who died under cir cumstances which excited suspicion that his death was oc casioned by taking the nostrums of quack doctors. The Jury after consulting together for about twenty minutes, e " That the deceased died of influx's-pa t erditstomachei and bowels, occasioned by incauti ous l y taking returned of egndand verdict, swallowing poison in too large quantities when rising it as medicine."—Leeds Jutelligencer. COURSE OF EXCEL Amsterdam ...... . ..... C.F 12 2 Ditto, at sight ll 19 Rotterdam 2U. 12 3 Antwerp l2 3 Hamburgh 2% U. 36 7 Altona 2% U. 36 8 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 55 Bordeaux 25 55 Berlin Frankfort on Blaine, Ex. M. 151 Petersburgli, rble... 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective 11. 2M. 10 2 Trieste do. Madrid 35 Cadiz 3514 13i1boa Barcelona 34% Seville 34% Gibraltar 46 ,NCIC YXSTZADAY. Leghorn 48 Genoa 25 40 Venice 46 Malta Naples 39% V.ilermo per oz. 119 Lisbon 47 Oporto 47% Rio Janeiro 34 Bahia 37 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork 1 —....___. _._ _... BULLION, PER OZ. X. S. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in burs 3 17 6 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars 0 4 10 Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 5 minutes after 1.1 Evening ....3U minutes after 1. ra A.r a l *tin. rtte LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1827. INTELLIGENCE FROM SIR E. CODRINGTON. We have received a private letter this morning from Malta, which mentions the arrival there, on the 2d inst., of his Majesty's ship Genoa; and at the moment our Correspondent was closing his letter his Majesty's ships Asia and Albion, were in sight. Although no communication had then been had with the last mentioned ships, it was inferred from their arrivals that IBRAHIM had not shewn any disposition to treat, and that the Allied Squadrons were not able to prevent his continuing his operations. The Talbot had previously arrived from Navarim, and the Isis had proceeded thither from Malta. As the extracts which we gave yesterday from the Gazette de France were not so full as those we are now enabled to lay before our readers, we have printed the article at length which contains the intelligence from Constantinople. This article is said to have been taken from the Aug:- burgh Gazette of the 19th November, but some mistake in that date must have occurred, as we had previously received that Paper up to the 22d. There uis little doubt, however, that such an article has appeared in that Paper, as it is not the business of the Gazette de France to increase the apprehensions respecting Turkey ; and it argues against the statements made in the article in question. The intelligence is moreover given with so many circumstantial details; that we should be inclined to think it entitled to credit. It is exactly that which we had expected. We have always argued that the SULTAN would have pre viously weighed the sacrifice of his fleet against that which he would make by abandoning Greece; and that it was evident that he had preferred risking the former to the certainty of the latter. The sacrifice of his fleet once made, it was hardly probable that he would immediately agree to make what he considered was the greater sacrifice of the two. Hence it appeared of sav dtousparrjloi wasbable that if th e fi rst e ff ect of t h e b a ttle not to produce a .core decided determinati o n on the part of the SULTAN to resist the wishes of the Allied Powers, it was altogether unlikely that he would immediately aubmit, and that at all events he would procrastinate the negociations, while, in the meantime, he would pursue his operations in Greece. The result has so far fully verified our predictions. What the final decision of the Turk may be, perhaps, still re mains to be ascertained ; but upon it, as we have often ob serve d, h ang events o f stupendous con sequence to the whole of Europe. We received this forenoon the Allgerneine Zeitung and Frankfort Papers of the 24th inst., which contain the following intelligence front Constantinople, which corresponds with that given by the Gazette de France, but as every line of intelligence from Turkey is interesting at the present moment, we print the whole of the articles. It will be observed that the Allgenzeine Zeitung has a parenthesis which the French Papers did not give, mentioning that a report was current in Vienna that the Ambassadors, who had already embarked, had been detained in consequence of the Turks having intercepted a despatch from M. de RIBEAUPERRE, ordering the Russian army to cross the Pruth. The EditQr, however, does not vouch for this latter intelligence:— •UGSBUILON, Nov. 24, The Allgerneine Zeitung of this date• contains the fol lowing accounts from Constantinople : CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 5. The Porte continues to oppose a calm conduct to the violent measurer of the Allied Powers; and, though news was received here on the 30th Oct. (according to others Nov. 1) that the European Admirals had destroyed the greater part of the Turkish fleet in the harbour of Navarin, it did nothing to influence the minds of the people. Though the people are acquainted with the catastrophe, the capital is perfectly tranquil, and none of the European Agents have yet been insulted. All these circumstances authorise the hope that the crisis will pass over without any convulsion. The Ambassadors of the European Courts continue to cor respond with the Reis Effendi, who communicated to them on the 3d, in the evening, the news of the events at Ns varin with the greatest calmness and composure, but with some remarks suitable to the occasion. This evening there is a great meeting of the Divan. (BY AN EXTRAORDINARY CONVEYANCE.) CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 6. For these six days the most disastrous reports have been spread respecting the state of things in the Mores, and the measures taken by the Allied Powers to carry into effort the Convention of July 6. Now it was said that the whole Turkish fleet had been destroyed by Cochrane ; then it was stated to have been done by the Allied Admirals. But, as the Porte made nothing known till the 3d, in the evening, beyond the accounts from Navarin of the beginning of October, and the first rencentre of Admiral Codrington with Ibrahim Pacha, people begin to think that it will re main passive for the present, and that the European Am bassadors, perfectly acquainted with all the circumstances, designed to wait for the impression they would make on the Divan. However this may be, extraordinary agitation is observed at the Porte, and, from some circumstances, people are disposed to infer a more conciliatory temper in the Reis Effendi. The capital is tranquil, and it is clear the Porte has not yet the intention of exciting the Mussul- * Not the 19th, as erroneously stated in the Gazette de France, dated Nov. 29. men, This circumstance allays, in a great degree, l be i prehension, of - die Franks, yet; in truth, it only 000 the Porte has not yet come to a final resolution. cossTANTlNortr , fi l o This is the article given by th e Gazette de r At the end of it th e Allgemei ne Z e itung has the fo r parenthesis : .; (" According to merchants' letters from Vientvir Nov. 19, a rep or t was curren t i n th a t c ity that the sadors of the th ree P owers , w h o were a lready °°. their sliips, had been detained, because the Turks k h l tercepted a despatch of M. de Ribeaupierre, in v 1 " 1 r ife Russian army on th e P ru th was or d ere d to The Editor of th e All geme i ne Z e it ung mentions thi, f port, without answer i ng i n t h e sma ll es t d e gree for rectness.") pass that AUSTRIAN FUNDS. v 19, VIENNA, tot In consequence of unfavourable accounts from C O1 '" nople the Funds have fallen considerably. Metalliques 9O 1546 Bank Shares 1,070 19, VIENNA, 0 ,j6 Met&lliques Bank Shares 1,0691 a eselt o The Paris Mor n i ng P a p ers o f We jl . which reach e d us l as t n i g ht, d o not conf3lD ana r te political ne ws , b u t f urn i s h us w i t h f ur ther re .4l , of the El ec ti ons . Th e returns f rom the P e r o mental Colleges are s a id t o b e f avo urable te Constitutional party. According to the .1 01111) en des Debats, 34 Opposition Deputies lorl The returned by them, and 27 Ministerial. total returns known are said to be— Opposition 2OB Ministerial ~ Extracts of these P a p ers are a lso P ., '-'" „n P another column. fi s 64 ' ; Faxxcis Fumns, Nov. 28.—Three per Cents. -9f. f op Five do. 101 f. 55c. ; Bank Actions, 2,000 f. ; 77f. 50c. ; Spanish (1823), 67f. Exch anzr of °, London—At One month, 25f. 10c. ;at three ditto/ 95c. Letters from Corfu, of the 28th ult., ro e tiO that out of 98 . vesse l s , T ur ki s h an d Egg ths i that were in the Bay of Navarin, not mor e four were in a condition to sail after the and even those had Suffered materially. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Tirßxrß 0 ' CVO'. The British Securities continue in a most feveLlihe unsettled state, and the general appearance el ' for Market is gloomy. Prior to the House opeol i t the transaction of business, Consols were offerv - mt 84i, but, on the springing of the rattle, the price was 811; they remained at this rate for ooll.og moment, and retrograded to 84, and for the shett,,,lll on Tuesday were done at .83i; a reaction then re place, and they reached 84 4 buyers, but have 6111 f or shown weakness, and reeeded to 83i seller s ra account. Two or three expresses are arrived ft° , s Paris, which bring the Funds about ten cen tsel lower, but this cannot have had such an effect On ()° Funds. Exchequer Bills are 54 6; India nod ' 87 9 prem. The uncertainty which at present attends tY English Funds has caused but little attention to tit paid to the Foreign Stocks, in fact, there are floo r rivals this morning which could affect them 1 1; terially. Russian Bonds are down to 913 /0 Danish, 60} 1; Portuguese continue at 75i 6 . .' the South American Securities there is little tilter tion since yesterday afternoon ; Mexican 6 r et Cents. are quoted 52k 3 ; C o l om bi an, 29 i; ruvian are j ust as near as ever, after all the gt°l.-e r raised of di v id en d s b e i ng s h ort l y pa id , an d are Sv „ Something like a paus e h as t a k en pl a ce in SiesP Brazilian Mines, which were yesterday at '7 5 7 ; have been done at 68 ; in Tl a lp uxa h u a the dis eeu ' ° o has increased to 90 70 ; U n it e d Mexican are 111 worse, and 17 16 discount. c oe o4 Three per Cent. Consols, 83i I; ditto for the JO - gill. , 8N- sellers ; India Bonds, 87 9 pin. ; Exchequer - 54 6 pm. Formax.—Brasilian, 601 1 ; Buenos Ayres!, 47 9; vet, lion, 24 6 ; Colombian, 29 1; Danish, 801 1 ; 181 19; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 404 14; Ditto, 6 r o; Cent., 521 B ; Peruvian, 80 2 ; Portuguese, 'l' Russian, 911 2 ; Spanish, 11 6 0 m,, E ,Anglo Mexican, 571 5 die . ; Braf il ;l i sre pm. ; Bolivar, 21 1 1 die. ; Colombi an, 13 1 4 P •; R un ea i l ted del m t z lo i n oan te, ,7 90 1 40 ; Tlalp uxa h ua , 90 16 die. TWO O'CI at° The sales of St oc k cont i nue unabated, an a P r an enormous exte n t, t h e Hebrew nation are (0 ticularly active in thi s operat i on. Consols arSj for very drooping state, and have been done at S a ll money, and 83 f or account. They are now u - rt d for acco un t. Th e expresses are confidently rePr' to bring a co n fi rmat i on to i ts full extent, o f t he ve received yesterday from the Augsburgh Gazette, Exchequer Bills are down to M premium. , THREE O' CL 0 G P' Consols for Account, 83 n BushyTh e Duke of CLARENCE parkonThursday evening a fr r o ri in ved poratstrnhs ou i o S , e ; Ctsaawcz, accompanied of f y u t i ll ii e ch Pr i • n in st c i e t Yesterday morning the Duke and Duchess oi, Carolath, left their seat in Bushy Park, and came to t ° . 4 ,4 to their residence in the Admiralty. Their Royal 0 0 0 , a nes EN ses ßo , u a n ec o o , m v p is a i n te ie c ;l a b le y p th r e ince P s r e in A ce va o u f AUGUSTA, in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Duke of v-,frr N be L r oH re E si k: l , - axiicz presided at the dinner given yesterday evnis. f gl the Scottish Corporation , Highness is President. The Duchess of CLaalt; ' „ces 4 Prince of HOIIENLOHS LAUGENEOURG, and the at EMILIE of Caroled), dined with the Duchess of 1 " ' her apartments in the King's..palace, at Kensington. .Tea Despatches, dated the 6th ult., were rec ei t from Mr. STRATFORD CANNING yesterday morning /I hi 6 Foreign-Office, Downing -street, which were broug ht , King's Messenger, who was despatched by Viscoun t Gg- de , VILLA, our Ambassador at Paris, on the arrival o f the spatches in that city. After the receipt of the despatches, the pis Of LANSDOWN, the Earl of CARLISLE, Mr.Husxisso', the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. STl3l'? BOURNE, Lord BExLEY, and others of the Cabinet Wee' sters, visited Earl DUDLEY at the Foreign Office. P ril c e Ltzvax, the Russian Ambassador, had a long conferee with Earl DUDLEY, at the Foreign Office. Lord FITZROY SOMgRSET, Military to the COMMANDER-IN-CMIEF, transacted business at Secrets' Colonial Office yesterday. Mr. HUSKISSON left town yesterday afternoo for the seat of Prince LEOPOLD, at Claremont, to P i' l; shooting party of nobility and gentry, who have bee n vited to Claremont by his Royal Highness. D , The CHANCELLOR of the ExcHEQUE.- l e town yesterday afternoon for his seat at Montreal. ,v PRUSSIAN LOAN OF 1822, NEGoTIATPI BY Mr. N. M. ROTHSCHILD IN LONDON.—The half-Ye'r/ dividend on the above Loan which becomes due on Tueschlr, the Ist of January next, will be paid on that, and ever) , I t ., ceeding day (Saturdays and Sundays excepted) by N. M. Rornscann, between the hours of Ten and Tsv . l The Dividend Warrants, with a List thereof in nuiner i ; order, must be left two days previous for examination. T printed forms to be previously called for.,. NEAPOLITAN LOAN. —The half-yearly the, vidend on the above Loan falling due on Tuesday , • Ist January next, will be paid on that and every suceei7, ing day (Saturdays and Sundays excepted), by Mr. N. to t v ROTHSCHILD on such bonds as have been negotit , , him. The Dividend Warrants, with a List there:l,l;f numerical order, must be left for examination two' previous, The printed 11)flue to be previously callediQ r. Princess - atetliopiniajbarto:ffull: ne A late Mr. Rut Rund ell and executors of Z r i r e4r : of a d, 1 1 '1411411 The Court a wi th „ fen y ail the th e t i a pal 4, evenue . : f ; t " - -. 11 :411 4 rye.: e effects Publi 4tl'eet. tt _ l le Jury] wages. THE There wa the trade rots, and 0 in prices of flowers and Potatoe s (per ( : , ag es n i te ,r4l 0171 raen .0 . 1 u 4 dish . i ...... zr a c co l i . . Tjtr: i t. (f 2 b; onio ...... c0 1e ,.4 . .. teek, ° 'ta or Gra ... ...... it4.(l)er 11Ay LO W! 1.11,4 a nu Meat( Ity e 44 Ditt o I„ex;grass Fl a A ~keadovi —.Aerat e si A v a t T i natio n -e lnaioYam: , u h , nad tak en - 77 o f his fell r est th at , Er r vountry been rem, Inenced a ienereased Oart of i . .earest o is sort teited n ' l 4 of o ':er the