The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-25 00:00:00

BRITISH FORCE IN PORTUGAL. Head-quarters are still at Leiria, though the General-in-Chief has been at various points, examining the country, beyond the lines of Lisbon, and directing the formation of pontoon bridges, &c., as well as some improvements of roads, preparatory, as is understood, to the per manent cantonments of the troops. Abrantes has naturally occupied greatly the attention of Sir H. Clinton ; but there is still no less reason to believe that Santarem will be head-quarters. To take the troops in precedence :—in the Artillery, a painful object of peculiar interest has occurred. John Anderson, a private, has been lately tried by a Court-Martial, Major-General Sir E. Bouverie, K.C.8., President, for striking his officer, Major Wilgress, and condemned to be shot. The circumstances were these :—On marching into Villa Franca, many of the men had either consumed or sold part of the two days' provisions which they took from Belem on their march, and consequently had .to manage in the best manner they could. Anderson was drunk, and had a squabble with his comrades about payment. A mob collected ; he became yiolertt. Major Wilgress approaching, went behind and seized him.—Conceiving that he was seized by some one of the mob, and in a state of utter insensibility, Anderson turned on his officer, and a scuffle ensued, in which it seems the Major received a blow. The poor creature, on it being shown by some comrades what he had done, made his way to the Tagus, and was with difficulty saved from drowning by the boat men. His fate was then inevitable. However, the people of Villa Franca and neighbourhood have joined in a petition, which the Princeza has supported, for a remission of the capital punish ment ; and in- the mean time, the prosecutor, Major Wilgress, daily attends his assailant in the common prison, for the purpose of praying with and for him. The Major, it should be observed, is a Protestant ; his father or brother being minister of Eltham, or a parish of that neighbourhood, in Kent, of which he is a native. ' Colonel Smith, since he has resigned his com mand, has retired to a watering place here ; and Colonel Sir John May, K.C.13., has been receiv ed with great satisfaction as his successor, from more confidence in his arrangements. The cause of Colonel Smith's removal was his having un horsed a brigade of the corps, and sent it to St. Julian, of which the Major complained without re(' - zee. Sir John May speaks highly of the hu manity of the people of Viana and neighbour hood towards his fellow-sufferers in the wreck. At Oporto, a subscription was made for the poor women and children in the handsomest manner. The merchants anxiously urge for a brigade in that city. The Artillery have four of Major Miller's celebrated guns here. The Guards at Cartaxo have enjoyed their long-prepared bull-fight, in anticipation of the Portuguese season for these delights. Spanish fighters were engaged for the occasion, the Por tuguese unfortunately still preserving the unmanly custom of clogging the points of the horns, by which a mere " mill" only is offered, with the pleasing chance of seeing a man killed as well as a bull. What to some English ears is perhaps more pleasing, the Guards had some good races, to give variety to the more exquisite en joyment. The Line have obtained generally an excellent character, but on their late march the Lancers actually left the people quite distressed at losing them ; and the manner in which they paid some little debts, incurred the evening before they marched, is still a theme of admiration told to every passenger. The British Marines have had the honour of a new call from the Princess Regent, and in con sequence the whole have been lanced. A large portion are now regularly stationed at the Palace, u her Highness's body-guard. The extreme hot weather, which has lately set in, has begun to operate among the troops, and to be felt severely. The whole are lourzing anxiously, at the same time, for more active ser vice. ‘‘ If we had any thing to fight," say they, we should not feel it so much." More military prisoners from the country have been marched through Lisbon the last week, but the greater portion were what are called else where brigands—those who had left off fighting against an enemy for the safer mode of attacking peaceful passengers. In the reign of Henry VIII. a general survey was made of the kingdom—of the number of in habitants, their age, possessions, wealth, income, and every other important particular with which a statesman could wish to be acquainted. Unfor tunately this very important document is lost ; and all that is known at present is, that the income of the kingdom was estimated at 1,000,000/. per annum. EXCISE PROSICCUTIONS.—When Mr. D. W. Harvey brought forward his motion on this subject, the Attorney-General, by way of amend ment, " wished the Honourable Member would move for a Return of the Cases where the ver dicts had been for the Crown, and where the verdicts had been given against it," insinuating thereby that the successful results would prove how much judgment had been shown in the Government prosecutions. Now, we cannot pretend to say how it may be at this time of the day; but according to Mr. Rede, in the 11th part of his " Essay on the Laws of England," confirmed by Maddox in his " Exchequer," we learn, that " Among the improper things acted by Government, in cases of Special Juries, on their own motion, one has been that of treating the Jury with a dinner, and afterwards giving each Juryman two guineas if a verdict is found for the proswution, and one guine a if ot h erw i se, " p. 120. But this was only in the "good old time," when such an amendment as the one pro proposed would not have proved nauch.—m or „. sng Paper. FROM THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS,--.Capt . Bunker, of the Ontario, recently arrived at Nan tucket, left the Society Islands on the 3d o f November last; he informs the Editor of the Inquirer, that the natives were afflicted with a species of plague, extremely virulent and fatal in it. nature, and rapid in its progress. Of this disorder many of the inhabitants of Taheita and Ulietea had been carried off, and others were dying daily. Captain B. was informed by two English gentlemen, who had just arrived from the last mentioned island,, that the distemper was then raging in an extraordinary manner ; that at Taheita there were ten dead bodies found in one house. As soon as one member of a family was attacked, the others abandoned the unfortunate victim to his fate. This distemper did not affect the white residents. Although the contagion had not reached Huaheina, the natives were ap prehensive of its approach. A similar distem per, we believe, says the Editor, many ye ars, since, nearly exterminated the Indian population of Nantucket. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Constitutionnel of Sunday.) PARIS, APRIL 21.--NATIONAL FETEs.—The feeling of joy and gratitude which electrified the in habitants of Paris, when it was ascertained that the Law against the Press was withdrawn, is manifested throughout the departments. It is a general burst of enthusiasm which it will be very difficult to calumniate, for in every direction the exclamations of Vive le Roi! are heard. Yet calumniators are very skilful. We must expect every thing from them. It would be a truly curious thing to see the reports fabricated in the workshop of M. Franchet. We must at least pity those who would be credulous enough to ft r n their judgment from such fabrica tions. What a false idea would they have of the real state of society—of the feelings and disposi tions of France ! But how unfortunate is it for a people that the leaders of its administration are in terested in disfiguring every fact, and in giving the lie to their own conscience ! It is so intolerable a situation, that one cannot think of it without the deepest regret. The Ministerial Journals have broken, as we per ceive, the silence which they had at first been di rected to preserve ; they have come forth with fury from their forced taciturnity; they compensate themselves by atrocious falsehoods and the extrava gance of their suppositions. If we believe them, the cry of Vice le Roi is a revolutionary cry, which announces great misfortunes. Inconsolable for the defeat they have just experienced, they rashly scru tinize the ro'al thoughts, and intimate that the mea sure of the Press is only deferred. This useless insult on Royalty is a striking mark of delirium and despair. It is evident that what more peculiarly torments the Ministry and Messrs. Franchet and Delavan, is the idea that the affection, so natural to Frenchmen, towards the Monarch, who has twice saved the most vital part of our liberties, shnuld be acknow ledged and proved. Their interest, the interest of the faction which governs them, is to persuade the Monarch that France is impious, seditious, and ini mical to Royalty. The moment the contrary is proved, they will return into their insignificance.— That which is dreadfully fatiguing to them is the poa pular expression of national loyalty; they would be at the height of bliss, if seditious acclamations were heard. But they cannot bear the tumultuous cry of " Viva le Roi !" They are as jealous of Royalty as Harpagon of his chest, or as a tiger of its prey; and yet the love of Frenchmen for the august pro tector of their rights is marked in the slightest cir cumstances. Certainly the feelings of the inhabit ants of Paris have been more than once calum niated; and yet the mere hope of enjoying the sight of the Monarch on the 29th of April next, transports them with joy. The citizens forming a part of the National Guard, who have not a uniform conformable to the last regulation of the staff which we have published, hasten to complete it. We know that a considerable number of tailors are occu pied in this way, and not a single honourable man will fail to attend the call. It will be a day of re joicing to France, and a day of mourning to her ene mies. We have said that the feeling of joy and gra titude had spread throughout the departments, and a host of letters we have received furnish us with a proof of it. The illumination of the city of Rouen was brilliant; every thing proceeded in the greatest good order. There was neither ill-will nor provo cation. " Ths great news," says our correspondent of Montargis, " arrived on Thursday morning, and on Thursday evening the illuminations were general; with the exception, however, of the public build ings, and the houses of the small number of our functionaries; but, on the other hand, the inhabi tants had taken care to illuminate the pumps and public fouutaius. Au wt. La. .1.... L. - - - houses; the citizens embraced in the streets; men of all classes shook hands, and congratulated each other on learning that the odious loi d'aniour had been withdrawn. We must allow that the inhabi tants of this place have shared very freely in the ingratitude of all France. We remarked some trans parencies with those words, c Vice lc Roil Fiat Lux!' The name of Guttemburg was crowned with laurels." CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES—PARIS, Ann 21. DEBATE ON REPORTING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THIS CHAMBER. The Order of the Day was for the discussion of the motion of M. de la Boessiere, relative to a regulation for appointing certain persons to report the Debates of the Chamber. The author of the motion first addressed the Chamber, and contended, that the manner in which the Journals had treated his motion was a complete proof of its necessity. It was more than ever wanted, since the project of a law for the regulation had been withdrawn. The Papers contended, that if his plan were adopted, the publicity of the Debates would be lot, and without publicity Representative Government would be only an illusion. The object of the motion was, that truth and good faith should be substituted for falsities and wicked perversions, and that an ex tended but correct account of the proceedings of the Chamber might be made public, so that France might no longer be deceived as to the spirit which prevailed in its discussions. M. de BEAUMONT entered into a history of the proposal, and described the Journals as a power to which the Chamber would grant neither peace nor truce. There existed, he said, a system to restrain within as narrow bounds as possible, and even to annihilate, if possible, the publicity of the debates. The reason for this, he remarked, was, that the election would soon take place; and it had been stated by the Minister of Finance, that the Deputies must all be re-elected, except some few, who must be rejected for the interest of the country.—(Slight confusion.) But he thought the Minister had con founded the interest of the Ministry with the inte rest of the country. For him, it might be agreeable that all France should be ignorant of what passed in the Chamber. M. de Beaumont, after a long speech, concluded by declaring for the rejection, both of the original 'Proposition of M. de la Boos siere and the Amendments proposed by the Com mittee. M. de SALLAI3ERRT supported the original pro position. Journalists, he contended, make a spe culation of lying; and, in partie,:lar, they directed their attacks against the Chamber. The larger Journals he compared to torrents overflowing the country, and the smaller ones to out-pouring, of calumny. M. '''''''' explained the conduct of the Com mittee appointed to inquire into the proposition, he being opposed to all the other Members. He then described the embarrassment, the difficulties, th e perplexities, which would be the lot of the Com missioners, which it was proposed to appoint, to tiee that the Chamber was not exposed to ridicule or misrepresentation, and concluded by declaring, that he should vote against the proposition, as founded upon a principle of usurpation which would procure noee of the expected advantages M. DE VILLELE said, imaginary dangers had been brought before - the Chamber to turn its attention from a real danger.--The proposition arose out of the discussions on the Press. The Chamber had already a repressive power, but it wanted the means of assuring its execution. He had opposed the ori ginal proposition, but the facts being as stated, the proceedings of the Chamber unworthily travestied, and its dignity daily violated, he thought himself called on to consider how the question could be solved. There was already a law, but the whole Chamber could not watch over its execution ; and hence arose the idea of appointing a Commission for the purpose which the last orator had described as one of the greatest clangers possible to the Chamber, and even to the Throne. The danger pointed out by the author of the proposition was admitted, and to this danger it was necessary to put an end. The Commission proposed for this purpose, carried the remedy directly home to the evil; and he could not believe, if it would be so useless as some orators con tended, that it would have provoked so much hos tility. It was an exaggeration to pretend that the Commission would not controul the Tribune, and that it would become an iestrument for getting ob noxious Members excluded from the Chamber. These were plainly imaginary dangers, for any Mem ber might use the same means as the Commission. Had there been such a Commission, the offence committed by the Journal du Commerce would, pro bably, never have existed, and there would have been no occasion to summon the Editor of that Paper to the Bar of the Chamber. The Commis sion would have to call the attention of the Cham ber to offences • hich ought to be repressed ; and it would be very singular, if, being chosen from among the Deputies, it did not identify itself with the whole body. M. Bordeau had compared such a Commission with a Standing Committee, to inquire into the conduct of the Ministers. But they would have nothing in common. The latter must make minute inquiries, and examine witnesses and documents; the former would require only to read the newspapers. The two were perfectly dissimilar. Some apprehensions had been ex pressed of a. factious Chamber, but, with such instru ments, such a Chamber would not work. With their forms of Government, and, in the disposition or the public mind, there was no fear of such assem blies being formed as those were which had deluged France blood. There was no reason, under the Bourbons, and with the charter, to dread an election. The power reserved to the King of dis solving the Chamber of Deputies, was sufficient to defend the interest of the country and the throne, should a factious Chamber desire to compromise them. It was necessary to put an end to the licen tiousness of the Press; and the Chamber had no other means to procure correct reports. It was not required that every thing said should be, literally re ported, but it was required that the proceedings of the Chamber should not be disfigured. If the De puties were to be calumniated with impunity, the authority of society would be placed in different hands. That Queen of the world, Opinion, was personified for France, and existed in the Journals. They represented it, and according to the opponents of the proposition, the Chamber had nothing to do but submit. Such a state of things would be sub versive of all order, of all government, and of all justice. The opponents of the measure proposed nothing in its stead.—(Several voices, " Nothing is required.")—What, nothing to propose (continued M. de Villele), when the Chamber is calumniated ? —The power opposed to it was not invincible. It would be easily overthrown, but it must be treated with justice and without fear. The tribunals having the power to punish had not found an occasion to call that power into execution. He concluded by supporting the recommendation of the Committee, that a Commission should be appointed to watch over the reports of the proceedings, and contended that without compromising the public interest, it was not possible to leave the Chamber in its presen disarmed and defenceless state, M. de LEYVAL was of opinion, that a Commission was not sufficient, but that the doors of the Cham ber should be closed against the public, and then would be restored that silent Tribune of the Legis lative Assembly which existed under Bonaparte.— Under the Charter, the Chamber was the demo cratic part of the Constitution; therefore France attended to its discussions. It was the creature — the work of the people, and would cease to exist for them, if it were not spoken of. He thought the Chamber should defend itself from insults, but that a Commission was not the means—they would best be found by enforcing its own regulations more strictly; not against the Press, but against its own Members—preventing speaking after the debate was closed, and abstaining from discussing laws which had not previously been examined in a Committee. M. de CURSAZ supported the motion. 141. LLvas rpz EITVILLE complained of Vinci° having spoken out of his turn. As a Mini ster he had a rizht to be heard, but he spoke as a Deputy; and in this character he should have waited till his turn came. The " question" was then loudly called for; but M. Vaublane, the Chairman of the Committee, whose duty it was to reply, obtained an adjournment of the debate till Monday for this purpose. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO—MORROW. Morning —ll minutes after 2. I Evening ...35 minutes after 2. AMERICAN COMMERCE WITH THE BRITISH COLONIES. PROCLAMATION, BY Trir PRERIDENT OP THE UNITED ISTATE3. `Whereas by the sixth section of an Act of Con gress, entitled " An Act to regulate the Commer cial Intercourse between the United States and certain British Colonial Ports," which was approved on the Ist day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1823, it is enacted, " that this Act, unless repealed, altered, or amended by Congress, shall be, and con tinue in force so long as the above enumerated Bri tish colonial nets shall be open to the admission of the vessels of the United States, conformably to the provisions of the British Act of Parliament, of the 24th .June last, being the 44th chapter of the Acts of the 3d year of George the Fourth. But if at any time the trade and intercourse between the United States and all or any of the above enume rated British colonial ports, authorized by the said Act of Parliament, should be prohibited by a Bri tish Order in Council, or by Act of Parliament, then, from the day of the date of such Order in Council, or Act of Parliament, or from the time that the same shall commence to be in force, Procla mation to that effect having been made by the Pre sident of the United States, each and every provi sion of this Act, so far as the same shall apply to the intercourse between the United States and the above enumerated British colonial ports, in British vessels, shall cease to operate in their favour; and each and every provision of the Act concerning Navigation,' approved on the 18th of April, 1818, and of the Act supplementary thereto, approved on the 13th of May 1820, shall revive and be in full force." And whereas by an Act of the British Parliament, which passed on the sth (lay of July, in the year of our Lord, 1825, entitled "An Act to repeal the several Laws relating to the Customs," the said Act of Parliament of the 24th June, 1822, was re pealed; anti by another Act of the British Parlia ment, passed on the sth day of July, in the year of our Lord, 1825, in the sixth year of the reign of George IV. entitled " An Act to regulate the trade of the British possessions abroad," and by an order of his Britannic Majesty in Council, bearing date the 27th July, 1826, the trade and intercourse au thorised by the aforesaid Act of Parliament, of the 24th June, 1822, between the United States and the greater part of the said British Colonial Ports therein enumerated, have been prohibited upon and from the Ist day of December last past, and the con tingency has thereby arisen on which the President of the United States was authorised by the sixth section aforesaid of the Act of Congress of the let March, 1823, to issue a Proclamation to the effect therein mentioned : Now, therefore, I, John Quincy Adams, Presi dent of the United States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim that the trade and intercourse authorised by the said Act of Parliament of 21th June, 1822, between the United States and the British Colonial Ports enumerated in the aforesaid Act of Congress of the Ist March, 1823, have been, and are, upon and from the Ist day of December, 1826, by the aforesaid two several Acts of Parlia ment, of the sth July, 1825, and by the aforesaid British Order in Council of the 27th day of July, 1826, prohibited. Given under lily hand, at the City of Washington, this 17th day of March, in the year of our Lord 1327, and the fifty-first of the Independence of the United States. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. By the President, H. CLAY, Secretary of State. LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1827. We are unable to communicate any decisive information regarding the negotiation with Lord LANSDOWN, farther than that it still continues. Mr. SCARLETT is appointed Attorney-Gene ral, and the Solicitor-General has most hand somely waved his pretensions to that vacancy, rather than stand in the way of the proposed arrangements. It is reported that the duties of Commander in-Chief are to be executed by commission. We trust this arrangement will not take place, for in all such cases, one individual is sure to mo nopolise the power, and only to share the re sponsibility. The Gazette of last night contained, as we mentioned that it would, the notification of the elevation of Sir JOHN SINGLETON COPLRY to the dignity of a Baron, by the style and title of Baron LYNDHURST, of Lyndhurst, in the County of Southampton. It was expected that the same Gazette would have announced his Lordship's appointment to be Lord High Chancellor of England, but it is understood that it was postponed for the purpose of appearing with other Ministerial appointments in Friday evening's Gazette. We received last night the Paris Papers of Sunday, and the Etoile dated Monday morning. They contain, however, nothing interesting, with the exception of an account of the arrival of Lord COCHRANE at Napoli di Romania on the 16th March. His Lordship was Mailed as a " new Messiah" to Greece, and was received by all classes with the mcst ardent enthusiasm. If the affairs of that unhappy Country are entrusted to his Lordship, the energies of his mind will sur mount innumerabl e difficulties, and Grecian in dependence may yet be achieved. The discussion in the Chamber of Deputies on the motion of M. de la BoEssIERE, for ap pointing certain persons to report the debates, was continued on Saturday, and adjourned to Monday. There is no privilege more valuable to the people than the publication of Parliamen tary proceedings ; nor is there any from which more national benefit is derived. It leads all persons to take an interest in the affairs of their Country, and obliges the Government to pay re spect to the opinion which the public at large may form upon any question affecting the in terests of the nation which may be under the consideration of the Legislature. The French People ought never to be satisfied until the un qualified publication of all proceedings in these Chambers is conceded to them. We subjoin the following extracts ! (From the Constitutionnel of Sunday.) TRIESTE, APRIL 12.—" During the celebration at Nauplia of the late victories obtained over the Turks, salutes of artillery from the fortress of Palamide announced the arrival of Lord Cochrane. This brave mariner entered the port of Nauplia on the 16th of March. Scarcely was the name of this new Messiah for Greece heard, when all the population hastened to the port. In a few minutes the whole shore was lined with men of all ages and classes, and the women, impatient to see the long-expected hero, soon filled the ramparts of the fort. Lord Cochrane no sooner stepped on shore, than the cries of joy burst forth on every side. Ne just idea can be given of the scene. We are assured that Lord Cochrane and all his suite were much affected by the enthusiasm of the Greeks. Ho en tered Nauplia amidst reiterated cries of " Cochrane and Liberty." The women on the walla scattered garlands of flowers on him. The Government Commission has ren dered all possible honour to the hero who comes to em brace the cause of Greece. This new defender of Grecian liberty has had some conferences with the Greek leaders, and he had determined to sail in three days with 15 ships under his command. We know not whither he intends to direct his course; but he has found every thing he had re quired ready. The Greeks who have conversed with him are full of enthusiasm. They recognize in him a man who does not lose his time, but who is eager for action. Ac counts from Zante state, that this news having reached that island, three regiments of volunteers were formed there, and the' chiefs are only waiting for a favourable opportu nity to ship them for the Peloponnesus. We trust that this year will prove a fortunate one for Greek independence. Every thing is favourable, and the spring commences under promising auspices for Greece. " Pants, APRIL 21.—Lady Cochrane has arrived in Paris. She could not have come at a moment more oppor tune or more glorious than on the very day on which we learned that Lord Cochrane had entered Nauplia. A few weeks wore and a new prospect will open for Greece. All the friends of the Hellenic cause should now unite to make a lust and necessary effort. The French have hitherto shown too much generosity and affection for this great cause to allow their zeal to cool at the moment of need. New York and other American Papers to the 25th ult. reached us last night. They contain a Proclamation from the PRESIDENT, prohibit ing all further trade and intercourse between the United States and the British Colonial ports, enumerated in the Act of Congress of the Ist of March, 1823. This course has been imperative upon the President, from the state of the exist ing law on the question, and Congress having recently separated without passing any other enactments with reference to it. In other re spects the contents of these papers are unim portant. (From the National Intelligencer.) Received at the New York Coffee-House.---The un dersigned Mexican Minister has received orders from his Government, stating that no Spaniard, nr subject of the Spanish Government, shall be admitted into the Mexican Republic, unless provided with a passport from the President of the United Mexican States, according to the law of the 25th April last. The petitioner should apply for it from the place of his residence, through the Mexican Minister. PABLO OBREGON. Washington, March 20, 1827. (From a New York Paper.)—We have received from Port-au-Prince a copy of a lam, removing certain export duties which has passed the Chamber of Communes and the Senate, and was approved by President Boyer on the 23d of February. The law is in the following words : Art. I.—From the moment of the promulgation of the present law, the products of industry, and of the soil of Hayti, shall no longer be subject to the duties of exporta tion in their shipment, from the territory of the Republic. Art. 2.—A1l provisions of the former laws, which are at variance with the preceding article, are hereby annulled. PRICE OF STO _ offer , xl asked I ( . 1813 -- U. S. Sixes -3 1814 1815 - - Do. Fives J lB2 ° -- 1821 107} 108 Exchanged o U. S. Four 18,, and a half 0,3 exchange do BANKS—United States EXCH Bills on London, sixty days Do. on France Do. on Amsterdam , CKS.—MARcn 23. - offered asked U. States' Threes 811 821 Canal Sixes 1837... 1101 Do. do. 1845_ Do. Fives 1837... Do. do. 1845... Corporation Sixes 1001 1011 Do. Fives 1850— Do. do. 1831... Albany,de. 7 prct... 1191 1181 .NGE. ......... 101 a 101 pr. 525 a— 441 —• a A very strong pamphlet, in the shape of a letter to Earl BATHURST, has been published by Lieutenant-General Sir RUFANE DONKIN, who administered the Government of the Cape of Good Hope, during a period when Lord CHARLES SOMERSET was absent from the Colony. It makes out a strong case of the treatment which Sir RUFANE has received, but we shall not enter further on the subject until we are enabled to lay extracts of the pamphlet before our Readers. The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 18th inst. has been received. If we are to believe the extracts from the Oriental Spectator, Austria does not make common cause with the other European States to induce the Porte to settle the affairs of Greece. Such conduct is perfectly in keeping with the un generous policy of Austria, but the Greeks have little to fear from the enmity of such a power. Its friendship would be far more dangerous, but less sincere : SMYRNA, DIARCH 9. The Oriental Spectator of this date, has the following article : " His Fxcellency the Imperial Austrian Internuncio, it is said, has officially declared to the Porte, that his Go vernment does not think itself called upon to require con cessions in favour of the Greeks, and it would, therefore, talc. no part in the negociations which might have the cha racter of an interference in the affairs of Greece. It is added, that the Ambassador of another great Power had not indeed given so formal a declaration, but had lately as sumed a reserved and temporising part, the result of which would be nearly the same as that of the declaration of the Austrian Internuncio. If these accounts are true, hut for which we cannot answer, the settlement of the affairs of Greece will be very distant, and we shall probably see the war in the Morea recommence with increased activity in the ensuing summer. COELENTZ, APRIL 8. The Special Commission appointed by his Majesty to consider of the modification which may be judged necessary in the introduction of the Prussian code into the Rhenish provinces, and in the choice of the ancient provincial laws, the revival of which may be thought advantageous, is to meet at Berlin on the 23d of April. The President of the Commission is M. Von Sack, who has convoked the Mem bers of the Commission, and also invited them to read, pre viously, the necessary materials. It appears clearly from this summons, and the President indeed expresses it, that, according to his Majesty's will, tha Prussian code is to be introduced into the Rhenish provinces at all events, and that the task of the Commission will be only to discuss the necessity of certain modifications, arising from peculiar circumstances, and the advantage of reviving some provincial laws. Discussion on the superiority of one code to the other, either on the whole or in part, so far as they rest on general principle., are no part of the business of the Commission. On the other hand, it is to judge of all the modifications on the introduction of the Prussian laws into the Rhenish provinces, the arguments for the necessity of which are der'ved from the character, the manners, and customs of the inhabitants, the state of education, the tenure of landed property, the relations arising from manufactures, commerce, Fee., and with re spect to which the propriety of their combination with the principles and enactments of the Prussian code can be shown. The President, M. Von Sack, was fur a long time Commissioner of the Government at Coblenta, and was highly esteemed for his honourable and active administra tion : he is brother to the Chief President in Pomerania. President Michler, in Berlin, is referendary to the commis sion, which is to meet on the 23d of April. We really derive so little profit or pleasure from perusing the wretched notions of deists and free-thinkers, that we do not usually see a Sun day paper which is notorious for advocating these principles ; a friend, however has inform e d us of an attack on the Sus," which appe ara d of its we l fi ast t l that number,ou and, co t e ni o ) n ora poc i r -yu ' - ' i r sihnegs taoZePYmonstrous severe. He charges us with inconsistency in at tacking Lord ELDON for dilatoriness in giving judgments ; and says, that we never discovered this to be a crime till now, when his Lordship is out of place. We beg to inform the Examiner that this is about as correct as the generality of i ts statements, and that we could point out many instances of our commenting on this failing in the EX- CHANCELLOR, when there seemed every chance of his continuing in office till the middle of the present century, at least. But we are satisfied with the a pprobation of our friends, and are not anxious to include in that list the admirers of Tom PAINE. PRICKS OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 2033( 21( 3 per Cent. Red . 3 per Cent. Cont. 35i per Cent. -- Ditto Red. BB 4 per Cent New 99 3,6 Ditto, 1816 , 9B Bank Long Ann. l9 % India Stock - Ditto Bonds 03 67 pm. DAY AT ONE o'cLoCr. South Sea Stock Old Anniiiticg New Ditto Ex. Bills, ,fl,OOO 2d. 4b 43 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. 45 43 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial —pm. Bank fer Account India for Account Cons. for Account S3 PRICES OF Tomartati FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 per cent. Bra..tilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds. —.58%4 Ci.ilian Bonds, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 • 36 3 4% Danish, 3 per cent. 61% Greek Bonds Ditto, 1826 16% G Latin, al a Mexican Bonds Do. 1825 7 l!•i 70VA 'HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Russian, New Spanish, 1321 1*4% French Rentes, sp. c —t —c. Exchange —f. —c. 3 per cent —tl —c. Exchange —L —c. PRICES OF SHARKS THIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Mining Co. £2o '2 2 . 3 Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Assoc. 5 £1 9 United Mexican Mining Co. Alliance Marine Insurance Comp 5 4a4 COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam C.F. 12 4 Ditto, at sight l2 1 Rotterdam 2U. 12 5 Antwerp l2 5 Hamburgh 2% U. 37 5 Al tona 2% U. 37 6 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 80 Bordeaux 25 80 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex.M. 154 Petersburgh, rble... 3 Us. 9% Vienna, effective fl. 2 M. 10 14 Trieste do. Madrid 33% Cadiz 33% Bilboa Barcelona 33% Seville 33% Gibraltar 45 ROE YESTERDAY., Leghorn 47U Genoa 26 10 Venice 46 Malta _ Naples 37. Palermo per oz. 114 Lisbon 404 Oporto 40% Rio Janeiro 3O Bahia 43 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight Cork l% BULLION, PER OZ. a. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 (3 New Doubloons 3 13 3 New Dollars 0 4 gi Silver, bars, standard 0 4 114 MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. D ue , O America 1 0 Guernsey 8c Jersey. 0 0 Brazil 0 0 Hamburgh ' 0 O Buenos Ayres O Dona,ghadee 0 0 Jamaica 0 1 Dublin O Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 I France ... 0 0 Malta 0 O Gottenburgh 0 1 Waterford 0 a,11114 4 FOREIGN WHEAT. (From the Moniteur of Sunday, April 23.) DMPARTMENT OF TILE INTICRIOR. Average price of the hectolitre of Wheat, in different foreign markets, extracted from the latest priced current, received in the Department of the Interior. PLACE 4. DATER. PRICE. London March 31 Stettin 15 ................ 2f. 19c. Amsterdam -- 26 6l 90c. Antwerp Feb • 28 Trieste March lb. :if 16e. Naples Feb. Civita Vecchia --- 29 Genoa March 31 Nice --- 31 New York 4th Quarter of 1826 4f. 41c. New Orleans Doc. 1826 France lst fortnight, March 7f. 53e. The sloop of war Natches has been launched at the Navy-yard, Gosport. She is 800 tons burthen, and intended to carry 24 guns. — American Paper. THE FUNDS--(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. The appearance of the British Funds is rather heavy, and this may be expected to be the case wail some official an nouncement of the settlement of the new Administration has taken place, the public having become quite tired of the repeated and unfounded reports which have been constantly circulating in the City from day to day, relative to this im portant event. Consols opened at 83k, at which price they were done repeatedly, they ..re now 83k 1 with scarcely any business. The Foreign Funds are without any important feature ; Colombian Bonds SO- 7 ; Mexican Bonds have been 71 I, but fell to 701, and are now 70! 1. The letters by his Majesty's ship Tweed have not yet been received in town, in consequence of her having had commu nication with an American vessel bound from Gibraltar with a foul bill of health ; the Tweed, from this cause, is under quarantine, and consequently there is nothing yet known of the quantity of specie &c. she has brought ; to-morrow her bag of letters, it is understood, will be sent up, and until this takes place conjecture must supply, in a great measure, the place of facts on this point. Brazilian Bonds are rather lower, being 63/ 4. Shares continue to drop, Colombian are quoted a little lower, being 13 15 per Share ; and Bra zilian Mines have fallen to 2 dis. Three per Cent. Consols, 83* 4 ; Ditto for account, 83i ; India Bonds, 68 9 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 44 5 pm• FOREIGN FUNDS.-Brazilian, 63} -; Buenos Ayres, 58 9 ; Chilian, 351 61 ; Colombian, 1824, 361 7 ; Danish, 611 i; Greek, 161 ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 581 9/ ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 71 ; Peruvian, 321 3t ; Portnigueses 781 ; Russian, ssi 90; Spanish, 121 l . ' Mixxs.—Anglo Mexican, 40 37i dia. ; Brazilian, 21 1 1 dis. ; Colombian, 13 13 per Share; Real del Monte, 80 90 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 20 25 pm. ; United Mexican, ISt 121 dis. Two o' Clock. The only alteration in the price of Consols is, that of an eighth per Cent. advance, and they are 834 I. India Bonds and Exchequer Bills are a little lower, the former at 68 7, and the latter 45 3 premium. Colombian Bonds are 364 if, and Greek 164 4. THREE 0' CL 0 CIC. Consols, 83k f. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 83i / Danish Bonds 61i Do. for Ac. 841 Greek Do. 1825, 161 Brazilian Bonds 63-1 Mexican Do. 1825 70i BUen es Ayres Do. 581 Peruvian Do. 33 Chilian Do. Russian Do. Columbian, 1824, 36,3,- Spanish Do. 12i SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Aram 24.—Wind S.W.—The northward and eastward bound, sailed this morning. Arrived the Apo; Belcher, from Cadiz. Arrived from London, the Germa nia, Homan, for Baltimore; Mary Ann, Wake, for Malta. The Duke of Sussex remains. PORTIMOUTM, APRIL 24. —Wind W. N. W.—Arrived the Ann, Fraser, from Tarrante ; Baltic, Morrison, from Leghorn ; and George Canning, Long. from Zante ; also the Constantino. and Ellinor, Russian ships of war, from Toulon. His Majesty's ship Tyne returned this day from an experimental cruise, having completely failed, compared with the rest of the squadron. FALmorrn, APRIL 23.—Wind E. to S.—Sailed, the Sandwich Packet, for Lisbon ; and the Duke of York Packet, for Buenos Ayres. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 23,—Wind S.W.—Arrived, the Friends, Colson, from Penryn to Sheerness, with lose of jib boom and two boats; Ann, Fraser, from Tarrante. GRAVESEND, APRIL 23 and 24.—Arrived, the Edith* Benson, from Alexandria. Sailed, the Euphrosyne► Hutchinson, for Quebec; Joseph and Mary, Williams, for Sierra Leone; China, Wheatley, for Hayti; Agenorea, Smith, and Burlington, Barlow, for St. Petersburgb; Jane, Wylie, for St. Lp.cia; and Eliza Grant, Tobbetta, for New York. HULL, APRIL 23.—A cask of oil seared, " W. B." on the bung, and branded " R. George, No. 66," has been picked up in the North Sea by the Gute Hoffnung, Egger' , arrived here from Kiel, and delived to the King'swarehouse. THE ARMY. INSPECTION OF THE STH. liessaas•—Field Marshal his Grace the Duke of Wellington inspected the Bth (the King's Royal Irish Regiment of Light Dragoons (Hussars) yesterday morning, at nine o'clock, on Hounslow Heath. The Depot of the 92d Regiment of Infantry embarked on the 20th instant, on hoard the Leeds steam-vessel, at Belfast, for Glasgow. Detachments belonging to the 4th, 11th, and 13th Re giments of Light Dragoons, marched on Monday from Westminster, for the Cavalry Depot at Maidstone. A Detachment belonging to the 82d Regiment of Foot marched on Monday from Westminster, for Harwich. A Detachment belonging to the 59th Regiment of In fantry embarked yesterday morning, on board a steam-vee sel iu the River, for Gravesend, on route to Chatham. A Detachment belonging to the 20th Regiment of Foot embarked yesterday morning, on board a steam-vessel in the River, for Gravesend, on route to Canterb ,, ry. A Detachment belonging to the 48th Regiment of Infan try enmarked yesterday morning, on board a steam vessel in the river, for Gravesend, on route to Deal. NA VAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind N.W.—His Ma jesty's ship Revenge, bearing the flag of Vice Admiral Sir Harry Burrard Neale, arrived at Spithead this morning► after a passage from Malta of 52 days. She will come into harbour tomorrow to be paid off. The Tyne, Captain Rearney White, anchored at Spithead about the same time, and shortly afterwards a Russian 74-gun ship and a frigate came to in the same anchorage. His Majesty's ship Tweed, whose non-arrival has caused so much anxiety and specu-, lation, is at the Nlotherbank in quarantine, having arrived this morning early ; the late prevalence of Easterly winds has been a chief cause of her delay. CORN EXCHANGE.-(THIS DAY). There are moderate fresh supplies of Grain and Flour this Week. The Wheat trade maintains Monday's prices, with little doing. Batley and Beans find a free sale, and fully support last quotations. Pease are also rather more in demand. The 03 trade has no alteration from the report of last market day. The re is little doing in the Flour trade. ARRIVALS. Wheat. English 1,300 qrs. Irish Foreign Barley. o.ttg. I Hoar. 680 qrs. 1,360 gra .1 I,7ooscke. 200 1 I 1, 1 40 6,700 EXTRAORDINARY MARRIAGE NEVER TOO LATE.—Married at Montreal, on the 26th February, the venerable Mr. Francois Blenic dit Jarrv, aged 91 years and four months, to Joseph de (quire du la. Rose, aged 43 years, widow, both of the parish of St. Laurent.—American Paper. _ _ PARIS, APRIL 19.—Paris has just displayed an interesting scene for all those who concern themselves with the liberty of nations and the progress of knowledge. The project o f the law on the police of the press, which, at its first ali vip:lhooopnldeoaryhdatevirleeed pearance, had been received with almost uni versal reprobation, has been withdrawn, a nd in every part of the capital all the classes of the tiln ge received spontaneously eacl‘e,ht, to be broken abserious withdrawn. o u admonition d i n nl c o expres sions of sincere joy. It was his Majesty himself from the people, by which he has profited. nTith2aniti day was a festival for the Bourbons, being the anniversary of their return to Paris in 1814.-- Majesty held a grand r eview at the Champs de Mars, and every where as he passed along he was received in melancholy silence. The multi tude had gathered on the spot to see the troops, but they did not utter a single vivat, and did n ot pull off their hats even in the presence of the King. 1 his silence and neglect, equivalent to the most severe reproof, produced more effect than all the acclamations addressed to the Throne by the Press, or by Petitions. Tliey caused that pro ject to be withdrawn which had spread alarm and indignation through all France. As soon as the news of the law having been withdrawn was spread, several parts of the capital were illu minated, and a great number of journeymen printers, surrounding a flag formed of printing paper, traversed the streets of Paris, preceded by a band of music, and singing couplets which had been brought forth by the circumstance.