The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-23 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile, dated Paris, April 21. ) PARIS, APRIL 20.—Thanks to the precaution taken by the Authorities, yesterday evening saw the termination of the popular moveroent which, the day before yesterday, the Liberal faction had encouraged (active) in some quarters of the capital. The armed force was, however, obliged, in the streets of St. Denis and Pollatins, to check s -me stragglers of the faction, who wished again to force the peaceable shopkeepers to illuminate their houses spontaneously, and who, in consequence, made use of the accustomed argument—throwing stones at the houses of those who were backward, and at the armed force ; but this disorder was of short duration. HONOURABLE CONDUCT OF THE FRENCH YOUTH —A multitude cf young men, of all conditions, among whom were a number of students of law and medicine, proceeded yesterday morning in the greatest order, crying 'Vice le Rai! Vice la Liberte de la Presse! to the residence of the Deputies who have opposed the law now withdrawn. Some were absent, MM. Rover Collard and Sebastiani were at the Chamber. MM. Cassimir Perrier and Benja min Constunt being at home, acknowledged to these fine y )uths the gratitude which they felt for their honourable testimony; they exhorted them to che rish those generous sentiments which rendered them the hope of France, and that respect for the laws and public order which their conduct then displayed, never to despair of the triumph of a cause which the Royal wisdom had defended against the errors of the .Ministry ; to look fur the triumph by legal means of this cause, threatened in vain by a small number of men destitute alike of power and intelli gence ; and they renewed their pledge to labour Without intermission to merit the approbation of their fellow-citizens, and to prepare, as far as lay in their power, that future security, prosperity, and constitutional liberty, which the French youth, worthy of them by so many honourable titles, ought to enjoy after such long and severe storms. The young men afterwards went to General Lafayette, to offer him the homage of their veneration, and congratulate him on an occurrence useful to liberty. (From the rtifonitelir of Friday.) PARIS, APRIL 19.—0 n the evenings of the 17th and 18th several persons were injured by the ex plosion of fire-works; a young woman was severely wounded; a M. Martaux was wounded in the shoulder, by some fire-arms loaded with large shot, in several places; and especially in the street of St. Denis violence was used towards persons who had not illuminated, and the windows of their houses broken; the armed force was insulted and struck. The King's Attorney-General has ordered pro ceedings to be instituted against the authors of those disorderly proceedings. M. Desmortiers juge d'instruction, is to conduct hia affair. (From Galignani's Messe-nger of Friday.) Yesterday a number of the pupils of the Schools of Law and M e dicine paraded the streets with flags, and uttered cries of rive le Roi. Their intention was to have presented themselves at the Tuilleries, to c press, in the hearing of his Majesty, the public joy on the recall of the Law of the Press ; but be ing prevented entering the garden, they collected un der the window of the Palace, towards the Pont Royal, and reiterated their acclamations. They then proceeded to the Rue de Tournon, and at the moment when they were about to separate, a posse of gendarmes care up, and pursued the pupils, who took refuge in the houses, many windows of which were broken by the violence of the shock. A spec tator received a sabre wound on the head, and seve ral persons were hurt by the capering of the horses. (From the Constitutionntl.) PARIS, APRIL 20.—What has passed around us within a few days, is at once a curious display and a great lesson. Will those Statesmen, who thought themselves indispensable .for the management of affairs, comprehend it ? We doubt it very much. It appears as if they were blind to what strikes all other eyes—at least they have the appearance of seeing nothing or comprehending nothing. The ;Weaning of all this, however, is very dear, and it sloes not require to be explained to any person except 7o those to whom it is addressed. What is most astonishing, after the unpopularity of the present Ministers, is, that the nation is forming to itself very sinsible constitutional manners. It does not borrow them—it does not go abroad to seek and imitate them—they have their root in the character of the ' nation : they belong to the soil, but they take the Impression of our new institutions, and adapt them „•yes to our present situation. We find, as the four:lati°n' the characteristics of Old France ; that France _so good, so easily governed, so ready to go as the Gov: rnment wishes, so prompt to forget, or pardon its fau:,..13. But we also find New France: more enlightened, ,:ore fortunate, or more mixed up with the general goo d --strong by the social state ly the Revolution, and which she has conquered satisfied with that state ; favoura:_i'le to ii industry and all undertakings, es to all merit ; final;;'; that France which possesses fundamental institutions sd'?enThly swore: to by two Kings, and which does not believe that it is possible for any length of time, to escape, alter, or violate the execution of them, but which is convinced of the impossibility of govern ing otherwise than by the representative system. With what tranquil joy the immense population of this capital have shown their opinions. See how they have triumphed with decency—with dignity— and even good taste ; and how they have inflicted, with mildness, the only punishment which Ministe rial responsibility has hitherto incurred. We must not judge of this matter by the language of some drunken people, any more than we must judge of the Press by some libels. A small number of per sons, either hired o--not understanding liberty, for they did not know how to respect it—is no evidence against the mass of the citizens; but let us admire the order which prevailed in the midst of this re markable outbursting of enthusiasm. In England, -ander similar circumstances, the people amuse them in breaking the furniture of the Ministers, and eernetimes in demolishing their houses. This is a sort of revenge, which does not enter into the thoughts even of a single Frenchman ; the people go and si . :4 a couplet or two under the windows of the man whom they like the least. The armed force is ridiculously opp c ;:ed to them, and there the matter e ids. But in th e rn ,' , ist of these populous streets where the public sentiments show themselves in such different manners, and sometimes so picasantly, the gendarmes did not find the least disorder to repress. This time the police did not provoke any. They were able, with some exceptions, to walk about tran quilly in the midst of the crowd around them ; they even took an interest in the brilliant and gay spectacle which was before them ; for after all, the gendarmes f ema a part of the population of Paris, and are al ways in contact with its sentiments and affections. Who, then, will shut their eyes to the brilliant light which the public opinion has just cast on obscure calumniators ? Only Ministers as tenacious as those who at present hold office, are capable of that. STATISTICS.—One of the Journals states, from the Almanaek Royale of 1827, that there are 175 Functionaries in the Chamber of Deputies, who are -paid and removable at pleasure, and 162 not paid, and not removable. This is remarkable enough, and makes is acquainted with the reasons which were opposed to the adoption of the proposition of M. Boucher, and who caused its rejection. It must not be forgotten, that upon the system avowed by M. de Corbiere, at the Tribune, every functionary being a Deputy, must vote for the Ministry, on pain of dis misret We believe that it wouldl;e cocaistent with the Chamber to put an end to such a state of ti;ings, which if it does not compronnas its independence, makes it doubted which is the greatest misfortune possible for an elective power. NOMINATION OF M. ROYER. COLLARD TO THE ACADEMIE FRANCAISE,—W e are happy to announce the nomination of M. Royer Collard to the Academie Francaise, as successor to M. La Race. This ho nourable defender of public liberty, who unites to the virtues of the citizen the profound knowledge of the philosopher, and the superior eloquence of a Statesman, has been unanimously appointed; 26 Members, among whom was Count de Segur, hardly resorted to health, were present. This choice is a piece of news which will be agreeable to all the friends of literature, and to ail those citizens who are devoted to liberty. It is another protest against that brutal vandalism which promised to annihilate the press, and to stop the progress of the human mind. It was the Academie which gave the signal of a noble and courageous opposition to an unheard-of system of barbarism ; and the appointment of M. Rover Collard is a striking manifestation of public. opinion. (From the Journal (1...3 Deb7ts of Friday.) PARIS, APRIL 19.—The Project of the Law re lative to the Press is withdrawn. Let us acknow ledge, in this act of beneficence, a new gift from the Royal hand, which relieved us from the Celsor ship, but let us not confound, in our gratitude, the magnanimous act of the King with the involuntary act which necessity Las forced from the Ministry.— In the utter impossibility of explaining the with drawal of the law, except as a spontaneous effect of the Royal will, one would in vain seek in it the com mencement of a new system. It is supposed that the President of the Council, as the imitator of Mr. Canning, will pass over to the interests of commerce and freedom, and that he intends immediately to ac knowledge, on the part of France, the independence of the Spanish Colonies; and that he has formed the design of supporting and increasing our liberties ? But then he must commence, like Mr. Canning, by obliginz one half of his colleagues to retire : but could he, after prosecuting oppressive laws, in 24 hours change to a system diametrically opposite ? It is not by talking black and white in the same week that confidence can be inspired : yesterday against liberty, to-day for it. No! the Ministry is worn out : worn threadbare : it has excited the opi nion of all France against it, by presenting laws as badly conceived as inopportune : it has been deceived particularly as to the Three per Cents., the indem nity of the Emigrants, the affair of St. Domingo, the law concerning the Jury, which it was necessary to re-mould it now attacks its own peculiar party, by withdrawing the law respecting the Press. Let us hope that the same hand which has delivered us from the law will also deliver us from its inventors. The spontaneous and general illuminations of yes tersay evening, the lively demonstrations of public feeling constituted an important event which had its causes and its effects. It is sufficient to say that it contained a lesson to every one. The Chamber of Appeals of Correctional Police this day quashed the judgments of the 6th Chamber condemning M. Barba, formerly a bookseller, and M. Grandin, a bookseller in the Palais Royal, to 500 f. fine, for having lent their brevets to persons not commissioned by the Government. " LISBON, APRIL 4.—Dr. Abrantes arrived two days ago from Rio de Janeiro, after a voyage of 50 days. He landed at four in the evening, and im mediately waited on the Princess, with whom he had an interview, which lasted two hours. In the evening the Council of State and the Ministers met, respecting which meeting the following reports are in circulation : " In the first place, it is said that Dr. Abrantes is the bearer of an Imperial Decree, whereby the Chambers are constituted permanent, until certain laws regulating the execution of the Charter, which the Decree specifies, be promulgated. " He has also brought with him a proclamation, in which his Majesty declares that he will return to Lisbon in June. These are the most important re ports, to which the arrival of Dr. Abrantes has given birth. I can add to them, that yesterday the Doctor told a friend of his, who is also my friend, that he was very well pleased with this voyage, and that the friends of the Charter—that the Portuguese would soon have the full ; en j oy-moot of ito bon.oao, " On the departure of Dr. Abrantes from Rio de Janeiro, a ship of the line and two frigates had re ceived orders to take in provisions for three months. This seems to give some corroboration to the report of the Emperor's voyage. (From the Constitutionnel.) " MADRID, APRIL 9.—lt is reported that a fresh attempt has been made by .500 Carlists against Tor tosa ; and the Bishop, the celebrated Don Michael Saez, has disappeared. " General .Sarsfield, on his part, has sent an ex press, announcing the discovery of a new plot for the desertion of a regiment. The same express brings the news of the army chests being completely exhausted, and that it would be very dangerous to leave the troops without pay for a fortnight. All the money that could be collected has, therefore, been sent off to Gen. Suffield ; but the monks, finding that the Government does not make the army pass into Portugal, have drawn in their purse-strings. " A fact which anywhere else would be insignifi cant, strongly engages the public attention. The King has determined that the Court shall spend the holy week in Madrid, and invitations have been gent to all the grandees who are absent from the Court in consequence of political opinions, to take part in the processions in which the King, Queen, and all the Royal family, are to appear. Though this invitation is not obligatory, it is still an affair of consequence." FRENCH FuNns.—Five per Cents. 100 f. 40c. ; 4 per Cents. 92f. ; 3 per cents. 71f. 15e. ; Bank Stock, 2035 f. Reittes 4e Naples, 77f. 90c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 55k. LISBON PAPERS. The Gazette of April 2, contains the account of the closing of the Session of the Cortes, on the 31st March, by the Bishop of Vizeu, in the name of the Princess Regent, who was prevented, by indisposi tion, from appearing in person. CHAMBER OF PEERS. In the Sitting of the 30th of March, the law re gulating the stamp duties was discussed at great length, and passed with one or two amendments, which were sent to the Chamber of Deputies. The Count de Villa Real would have had a duty on newspapers, not, however, on account of the false statements, and even serious accusations affecting his character, which some of them had published, and which he had refrained from noticing, though he might have prosecuted them as libellous. On the infahev of the new institutions, he would not do any thing which could lead to a supposition that he was an enemy to the just liberty of the press, which he considered as one of the principal securities of the liberty of the citizen. The Noble Peer thought that Bills of Exchange might also have been made sub ject to a stamp duty. LISBON, APRIL 4.—This being the birth-day of u r M a j es ty Queen Donna Maria da Gloria, the colours wise displayed on the forts, and men of war in the Tagus, aria the usual salutes fired. LISBON, APRIL 6.—The Gozete contains the de crees of the 21st of March, sanctioned by the Prin cess Regent, empowering the Government to raise a loan of 4,000 contos of reis. Lieutenant General the Conde de Sairpayo has resumed his military duties. As the Cortes are closed, the Princess Regent has ordered thanks to be given to the Baron d'Albufeira for his zeal, activity, and great prudence in the command of the city, and the province of Estremadura, and to Lieutenant-General A. H. da Fonseca, Continho e Povoas, for his con duct while ch a rged with the general inspection of cavalry, whil e th e Cond e d e Sampayo was attending to his duty in the Cortes. The Portuguese brig Constantia arrived on the 2d, in the Tagus, in 58 days from Rio Janeiro. The Captain reports that there had been an action in the Rio de la Plata between Admiral Brown and the Commander of the squadron of Entre Rios, in which the latter was victorious, having destroyed six of the enemy's vessels, who lost 300 men. y He adds, tls. - st on the evening before his departure two en voys had arzi-seci from Buenos Ayres, to treat of pre liminaries of peace. MAIDENHEAD, APRIL 22.—An awful oc currence took place here yesterday: a labouring man, aged 43, who went to bed quite in health, and who slept in the same room with his nephew, was found dead in his bed in the morning. MIGH WATIR AT LONDON BRIDOZ TO-MORROW. Morning —4l minutes after 0. I Evening ... 5 minutes after I. y- 41' ‘ <w• -/' '4111110k,""&le ,47,F OF. - , ,,,"eNt7N•rt' ,„T .-Zllll f " LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1827. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE arrived in town at two o'clock this morning, and at eleven had an interview with Mr. CANNING. It is confidently stated that the result of the negotiation is fa vourable, and that Lord LANSDOWN comes into office. SEC OND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Five o'Clock. We have just been informed from very re spectable authority, that the Marquis of LANS DOWN has accepted the office of Secretary of State for the Home Department ; that the Duke of DEVONSHIRE is to be Lord Chamberlain ; the Duke of LEEDS, Master of the Horse; and Mr. ROBINSON Colonial Secretary, with the title of Viscount GiDsoßouGH. We have also heard, but on less certain authority, that Mr. CALCRAFT is to be Master of the Mint. The paths of ambition are proverbially seduc tive—the pursuit of honour and of worldly ad vancement is highly intoxicating, and in the heat and ardour of the chace, men are apt to forget the true end of life—the legitimate objects of solicitude to mortal and responsible beings. But when the prize has been won—when, for instance, a subject has reached the highest advancement of which he is capable under a Monarchy, the amount of the responsibility incurred must pre sent itself forcibly to the mind of a generous and exalted person, viewing dispassionately the power which has come into his hands of mate rially benefiting or injuring the less fortunate of his fellow creatures. Such, we conceive, must he the case with Sir JoHN COPLEY, whose rapid elevation must satisfy the utmost ambition of man, and who may for the first time complain of fortune in having deprived him of hope, by leaving him nothing farther to wish for. If his Honour or his Lordship (for we know not how to ad dress him, and even Sir ISAAC HEARD would hare been puzzled) will not take offence, we shall humbly offer a few remarks in confirmation of views which we hope that lie has already taken. The LORD CHANCELLOR elect is well aware that in the high game which he has played, his conduct has not escaped the shafts of calumny, and that his change of political opinion has ex posed him to observations which he must have regretted, even if he affected to despise them. Of the sincerity of that change, no other man has a right to decide—it lies between him different views (when each time reason was mature), on a question of vital interest to the empire, we would implore him to have some respect for his early judgment, and if he cannot bring himself back to it, at all events not to throw his official influence into the opposite scale. A change of opinion may be justifiable, and is often highly honourable,—but no man can escape from the real or supposed dilemma, by clinging obstinately to the last view which he may have taken. At all events, the new LORD CHANCELLOR having joined a Cabi net neutral on the Catholic Question, should be satisfied with giving his individual vote, without employing all the power and patron age which he possesses, in opposing the claims of those whom he once thought entitled to the rights and privileges of citizenship. He may, unknown to himself, have formerly argued the question as a Counsel, he ought ncf,v to view it as a Judge. But there is another subject on which we will venture to offer a few observations, not• only to Sir JOHN COPLEY, but to all those who have lately come into possession of Church Patronage. It is well known that clerical preferment has been hitherto confined (with very few exceptions) to that party whr designate as Evangelicals and Methodists, men no-ways below them in ortho doxy and real attachment to the Church of Eng land, but tainted, as the term is, with too much seriousness. Now, we cannot understand how a Clergyman particularly, can be too serious at heart, if he does not make an unseasonable and extravagant display of religion, and this charge cannot be brought against many of those stig matized as Evangelicals. It is like objecting to a soldier, not for being rash, but For being too brave. On the other hand, we are ready to admit that there are many whining pretenders to extraordinary piety, the 'discovery of whose real character is apt, unfortunately, to create a preju dice against all who are supposed to he more religious than their neighbours. But as it has been often remarked, it would he just as sensible to dislike gold, because you had been once taken in by a counterfeit guinea. In short, as there is nothing of more import ance to a nation, so there is nothing which re quires more anxious discrimination in those who bestow it, than the distribution of Church Pa tronage. If used to answer political purposes, it is quite another matter, but to him wh o wishes to promote the cause of religion (which many men do, though they cannot bring their own minds to act according to its precepts), the appointment of a new Bishop, for instance, must occasion great anxiety. If the requisites be piety, talent, learning, good sense, amiable manners, and purity of life—and if there are few men who possess all these in an eminent degree, it becomes a nice matter to estimate the merits of rival can didates, and to determine who has the least im portant deficiencies. A judicious appointment of this nature has the most foftunate effects, by purifying the fountain head,—its influence extend ing through all the ramifications of Rectors, Vicars, Deacons, and Curates. It ruins the cause of Dissenters, who only flourish when the Established Church are sluggish and remiss, and promotes the virtue and happi ness of all classes. If all our Bishops were like some whom we could mention, our gaols would be less tenanted, and the busi ness of circuits would be reduced to a sine cure. The Church of England has nothing to fear, except from itself. Infinitely superior to the Church of Rome in its doctrines, liturgy, and tenets, and far beyond the Dissenters in learning and education, she can run no risk, except from acting solely on the defensive, and submitting to a siege. Let her quit those strong. holds, which she does not require, and fight them in the open field, with those weapons which alone make them formidable—unremitting zeal in their vo cation, and a sympathy with the feelings, and even prejudices, of their flocks. A haughty Churchman does not suit the service of the meek and lowly Master of his Religion. We cannot finish these remarks without advert ing to the exercise of the real congi: d' dire in some few instances, where the Monarch of these realms is supposed to have reserved that Royal privi lege to himself. We c a n o nly say, that it makes some of his MAJESTY'S loyal subjects sin cerely wish that this were oftener the case. At all events, we would point out that illustrious example to the new Ministry, who have boldly thrown themselves on the favour of their KING and Country. This is sufficient to overcome all the obstacles which bigotry and intolerance may offer. Let them continue to show that they are actuated by no selfish views, and they will not require to curry favour with the High Church, or with the Aristocracy, or with any other party, however influential they may consider themselves. Then will their names he handed down to the latest posterity, as the most pure, the most liberal, and the most enlightened Administration which ever directed the resources, the energies, and destinies of Britain. We have received the French Papers of Fri day, and the Etoile dated Saturday, but their contents furnish little political news. The in habitants of Paris have been expressing their joy at the withdrawal of the law against the Press, by general illumination, but the Etoile calls it only a partial affair, got up by threats and disturb ance, in which some windows were broken by the organs of the " faction," which it denominates the liberal party. We can well excuse the anger of this paper, writhing under the disappointment of so signal a defeat to the hopes of the Aposto heals and their agents in the Government. But the Ministers have now learned how far it is prudent to trifle with the na tional feeling so unequivocally expressed by the inhabitants of the metropolis. Their late at tempt only confirms the stability of the Press, while it gives force and moral influence to the manifestation of public sentiment. The French people felt as they ought upon a question of such magnitude, and posterity will record their triumph with proud veneration. The accounts from Spain are involved in the same mystery as ever. Nothing favourable to FERDINAND'S Government can be relied on, while, on the other hand, the accounts respecting the movements of the Insurgents are probably exaggerated, but enough is known to convince us that the cause of the Constitutionalists is daily gaining ground. Disaffection and deser tion prevail in the Royal Army, and the preda tory bands are daily gaining strength throughout the Kingdom—particularly in Catalonia. Extracts will be found in another column. By the arrival of a packet from the Brazils we have received the Diario Flzcmincnse to the 22d February inclusive. These papers are chiefly filled with European news, and make no men tion of Buenos Ayres, or the situation of the respective armies. The EMPEROR, on the peti tion of two Englishmen, Messrs. STEWART MACKAY and CHARLES SPENCE, has granted them permission to form a Company for the establishment of Reading Rooms, and a Library of English Books and Periodicals for the use of the Subscribers. This circumstance, which is considered an act of grace, shows pretty plainly the sort of liberty enjoyed under the auspices of his Imperial NfAJESTY. The following are extracts:— RIO DE JANEIRO. (From the Diario Fluminertte of the 13th Feb.) A dispatch from the province of Ceara contains the fol lowing information Thirteen Englishmen being questioned by the Interpre ter Domingos Jose Vreira, declared that they belonged to the American merchantman, called Beverley, Captain Ben jamin Moore, which having sailed from Berlin, on the 17th of Oct. last year, bound for Valparaiso and Lima, with valuable cargo, caught fire in such a manner that it was im possible to do any thing but quickly to get out the boat, in which having put on board some provisions and water, the crew escaped. FEB. 20.--On the 13th his Majesty gave an audience in the Palace of Boa Vesta., to Baron Neumann, to receive the original document of which he was the bearer, relative to the betrothing of her Majesty, Queen Donna Maria 11. of Portugal, to her august uncle Don Miguel, which took place at Vienna, 29th October, 1826. On the 17th, his Majesty gave an audience to Baron Marshal, Charge d'Affaires of the Emperor of Austria, who delivered his new credentials, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. FEB. 21.—An official notice, announces the sale of the cargo of the captured Danish galley, the Fortune, con sisting of 294 pipes of red Catalonian wine, 4fl pipes of brandy, and other effects. Lisbon Papers have been received to the Bth inst., from which extracts will be found in another column. No movement had taken place in the British Army since our last communica tions. In Cadiz commerce was entirely at a stand, and confidence completely deJroyed. A Dr. ABRANTES has just arrived at Lisbon from Rio Janeiro on some important mission, the particulars of which are only conjectured.— It was said that the EMPEROR would come over in June to set things right, but the report was not credited. We have been favoured with the sight of a Private Letter from Rio Janeiro of the 22d of February, from which we make the following extracts : The last accounts we have from Rio Grande mention that advice% have been received of the Buenos Ayrean troops having made their appearance on the Rio Grande frontier. This had caused the Brazilian troops to retreat ; and orders had been given for all families to retire across the river, more into the interior. Some Buenos Ayrean privateers (called pirates) had made their appearance to the South ward, and bad captured several coasting vessels from Rio Grande, and also some bound to St. Catharine's. This had occasioned much loss and inconvenience to trade at Rio Ja neiro, and raised the rate of insurance considerably. The Exchange was 394. Government had purchased, to send to England, 3,000 bags of Coffee, 300 chests of Sugar, 2,000 Hides, and 500 serons cf Cotton. They had also taken 60,000/. bills upon London, at the exchange of3Bd. per milrea. Sugar of the first quality, 2,800 dollars; ditto Muscovado, 2,200 dollars ; Rio Grande Hides, 180 to 190 reas per lb. ; Cotton Atinas Novae, 5 milreas 500 reas ; ditto Giraas, 4 milreas .100 reas. No late intelligence had been received at Rio de Janeiro from the aio Plata; but the general surmise at the former place was, that the recent movement of the patriots on the Rio Grande frontier was likely to have an important effect upon the issue of the war between the two Powers, which had become extremely burthensome to the Brazilians. BUENOS AYRES, Fxr,. s.—Extract of a letter from his Majesty's Consul at Monte Video, dated Jan. 1, addressed to his Majesty's Consul -General here : " The Brazilian Admiral has received instructions not to detain any more neutral vessels which may attempt to enter the port of Buenos Ayres, unless they shall return after having been warned off, and have their registers endorsed by tome of the blockading squadron." In consequence of the above regulation (we believe brought about by the United States Authorities), several vessels have made the attempt, and succeeded in getting Into the Rivers Salada and Elsinado. Ten or twelve Brazilian corvettes have been captured by the Charabuco corvette and two privateer boat• belonging to this place, and carried into Patagonia. It is reported that a large ship, under Portuguese colours, from Lisbon, has been captured by the Argentine Oriental privateer brig, and carried into the same quarter. A privateer schooner and two large boat are now pre paring for a similar purpose: they are manned chiefly by British subjects. Brussels Papers to the 22d, and Dutch to the 21st instant, have been received this morning, but are entirely destitute of interest. Hamburgh Papers of the 18th instant have been just received, and the Journal of St. Pe tersburgh to the 7th. The Swedish Ambassa dor has been recalled from Constantinople, be cause the Porte delays fulfilling its promises re specting the free navigation of the Black Sea by Swedish and Norwegian vessels. The navigation to Riga is now open. MERSBURGIIy ATRIL 4. It is well known that the late Emperor Alexander ap pointed, in February, 1823, a Special Committee, for the support of meritorious indigent civil officers, whose health and strength have been wasted in the service of the State. A fund of a million of rubles was assigned to this Commit tee out of the fund of the Invalids, and the late Empress bequeathed to it 300,000 rubles from her private property. His Majesty, by an Ukase of 2d February, has given de tailed instructions to the Committee, and thus first called it into action. ItAwsuaGH, The Dutch steam boat William I. Capt. Jacob Vanden Dever, arrived here yesterday afternoon, after a passage of only 33i hours from Amsterdam. BT. YET2ItSBURCH, •PRIL S. His Majesty the Emperor has addressed an Ukase is hi• Eminence M. Narses, Archbishop of the Armenians, in Georgia, ordering him to signify to the Armenians his especial satisfaction with their loyal conduct on the inva sion of the Persians. RIGA, MA RCM 23. The first English ship, commanded by Captain John Beaton, entered our port to day. The first that departed this year sailed on the 10th, bound for Hull, with a carp of oats, linseed, &e. ST. PETIERSBURCH, APRIL 6. The Court has gone into general mourning for the Empreaa of Brazil. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. This being St. George's Day, it is kept a close holiday at the Bank and both Stock Exchanges; the Jobbers and Brokers have, in consequence, met on the Royal Exchange ; the nearest price of Consols in the early part of the morn ing was 133-, some private business was, however, done at 83-a, in consequence of a strong report, current in the City, that the Marquis of Lansdown had at length acceded to The wishes of Mr. Canning to form part of the new Adminis tration. Mexican Bonds are quoted at 701 4; Colom bian are 37 4, but nothing has been done to warrant any particular observation on this or any other of the Foreign Securities. Notwithstanding we have so many packets from the southward, no intelligence has yet been received of his Majesty's ship Tweed. Notice has been issued from the General Post Office that the Mail for La Guayra will be made up on the first instead of the third Wednesday in the month, and forwarded to Barbadoes by the Jamaica packet, commencing this regula tion on the first Wednesday in May next. Two o' Clock. Consols are quoted, in private bargains, at 834, buyers, but little or no business has been done. In the Foreign Funds no alteration. THE SEVEN CHIEFS. A Ballad, after the manner of " Rio verde, rio verde." Thou river Thames ! thou canal of St. James ! And eke, thou Serpentine water ; O❑ your peaceful banks lie low the ranks Of the mighty in mournful slaughter. There, there, seven Chiefs by dark fate were o'ercome ; And many a name to their prowess is given ; Some call them " Seven Sages"_" Seven Satraps" come— Some " the Seven Champions of Christendom ;" And some " the Theban,' seven." Duke Arthur first, no courtier trim, But of battle the beacon flame, In Cabinets eke a warrior grim, He fell in the blaze of his fame. Oh, the sword that flashed but to conquer still In the field of war so gory:; But alas ! to prove his skill, He would wield the gray goose quill, And he's left alone with his glory. Fallen also at length, by fate's decree, The chieftain that seem'd of immortal line ; A keen and stalwart Scott was he, Though born on the banks of merry Tyne. Fast, fast his hands, amidst his fall, To his mace of weight was clinging still ; And still was heard his slogan call— " Charge high, eharye high, my merry men all," Draw, draw the English bill.• Barbs, barbs, how ye bore, to the fatal shore The noble Knight of Westmoreland Lord Henry, too,—he is lord no more Of many a fair and distant strand ! Bards vainly would tell how Lord Robert fell, For a mystic cloud his fate conceerd ; Lord Nicholas good at need, his fate was decreed, But St. George from on high come down with speed, And bore him away from the field. O hone a rie ! 0 hone a rie ! For the young Peelides, brava and good ! With arms of proof, and with courage high, By his much-lov'd Pre he had often stood. Still true to the cause thai Jae fancied right, Why err'd he, alas, on that fatal day? His Monarch he left in the arduous fight; Now, Monarchs, beware of a fair young knight Who loves and who rides away! " A suit in equity is commenced by filing what is termed art ENGLISH BILL."—MILLHR ON THE LAW, P. 162. Behind Tul3 ILNOLISH Btu and bow, The mercenaries firm and SLOW, Mov'd on to tight IN DARK ARRAY. LAY OF THIL LAST MINATHEL, Canto 4. SOME of the GOOD THINGS in CHURCH and STATE. (From a Morning Paper.) The following is a statement of the patronage, with the supposed annual value, lately given, or to b e given, by the Prime Minister : NAVY. X Lord High Admiral 5,000 1 ' Junior Memb er ...... 1,000 ORDNAXCE. Secretary to ditto... 3,b00 A RUT. Commander in Chief 7,000 Constable of Tower 1,000 Muter General 3,700 Secretary to ditto 1,500 Surveyor-General l,BOO Clerk of Ordnance 1,800 Lieutenant-General 1,500 Lord Chamberlain 4,000 Vice ditto 2,000 Lord of Bedchamber 1,000 Master Privy Seal of the Horse 5,000 00 Lord Secretary for Home Department 6,0001 tinder ditto Chancellor of the Ex chequer 4,000 Master of the Alint 4,000 Chief Commissioner of Woods and Fo rests 3,500 First Commissioner of Treasury Junior ditto Sec. for Colonies ... 6,000 LAW. Lord Chancellor 15,000 Master of the Roll! 7,000 Att. General(worth) 10,000 Sol. General (worth) 8,000 Lord Chancellor in Ireland B,OOO Attorney General do 5,000 Solicitor General do 4,000 Lord Lieutenant ... 30,000 LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. The LORD CHANCELLOR again sat in his room, Where he was attended by the Counsel, Attornies, and Suitors, who had business before him. His Lordship looked well , and cheerful. He observed, that he should sit in the same place again on Wednesday morning at eleven o'clock. CJIUILCIi. 'Deanery of Durham 10,000 Bishopric of Roches ter T0ta1....£175,300. At the beginning of Feb., died at Moscow, the Georgian Princess Darija. She was the daughter of Prince Solomon, celebrated in the history of Georgia, to whom his subjects gave the name of the Great. JUDGMENTS. !ES LORDSHIP, seeing Mr. Bickersteth in the room, toll him that he should feel particularly obliged to that gentle man if he would take the trouble of obtaining, and com municating to him the opinion of the Bar, upon whether, as he lwd purposed on Saturday, it would be better fur him to dispose of in judgment, after he went out of office, those judgments being to be considered as if delivered while yet in office, all cases that now stand for judgment, instead of having those cases again argued before his successor. Mr. BICKERSTETH pledged himself to meet his Lordship wishes. HIGHGATE CHARITY. ATTORNEY-GINERAL V. LORD 3L4NSFIELD. Hie LORDSHIP informed the agents on both sides in this matter, that if they would have the goodness to a ttend him on Wednesday, he should he perfectly prepared to take his leave of the matter. IN Till MATTER Or SIR GRRGORT PADS TURNER, A LUNATIC. In this matter several petitions were presented. One prayed the confirmation of the Master's report, stating that certain timber ought to be cut down for the necessary repairs of the tenements on the lunatic's estates. R e port confirmed. Another prayed for an order, referring the matter to the Master, to enquire whether it would be for the benefit of the lunatic that the Committee should be at liberty to enter into such compromises and agreements s 8 might be necessary f o r sa ti s f y i ng th e part i es at w h ose s nits the lunatic was detained in custody, and for obtain ing his liberty. His Lordship thought this object most desirable, and therefore directed the reler ence. Anether prayed on behalf of Messrs. Collier and Co., who were the solicitors of the lunatic before the ' Commission issued, and who had advanced the sum of fO/. to Sir Gregory for his personal use, at a time when be was in great distress, that they might be at liberty to carry in their bill of costs for taxation, and have an en quiry whether that 201. should be paid to their order, made a fourth prayer that Mr. Corbett might be at liberty to carry in his bill of costs to be taxed, for all business he had done for Sir Gregory since he had been admitted to see the lunatic under the order of the Court, the 500/. being to be deducted from what might he found due to 111 r. C., which had been advanced to him in order to enable him to prepare for the trial of the traverse. --- His Loansuir said it was impossible any such general order of reference could be made in favour of M r . C. The order permitting him to see the lunatic, expresslY meant, that his transactions with him should be restricted to the subject of the lunacy ; and if a reference for this part of the business he had done could be made, his Lord• ship would only do that, after having seen the bill of costs, which he directed Mr. C. to deliver to the Secretary in Lunacy. GLASSINGTON V. TIIWAITES. His LORDSNIP directed this case to stand for Wednesday. SITTINGS. It was conjectured throughout the Hall, during ea greater part of the day, that Sir John Copley would sit to-morrow as Chancellor, but from what fell from the Lord Chancellor befor e he rose, the understanding was, that his Honour the Vice-Chancellor alone will sit to-morrow to bear motions, and that he (his present Lordship) will sit again on Wednesday. ANOTHER EDITION RESPECTING THE JUDGMENTS. His LORDSHIP observed to Mr. Treslove,—" M r . Tres love, I find it will be quite impossibl e for me to get through all the cases in judgment, that stand for judgment, b e fore am shipped off, and therefore I shall be exceedingly glsd to know whether the bar and the suitors will take nif judgments after I go out of offic e , as if d e li 7ere d w hil e i n it.' Mr. TRIZSLOVI was sure that his clients would be glad to have this course adopted.. A THIRD EDITION. Mr. HORNE, Mr. Suonxx, and others having seen sub sequently in the room, His LORDSHIP said, I shall be obliged to part with my family before I could possibly get through all the cases that stand for judgment, therefore I shall be greatly obliged to be informed, whether you will allow me to do as I did when I went out of office in 1806; namely, give the judgments af terwards, just if I had been in office. I should actually feel glad to do that, that parties may be saved the necessity of incurring the expellee of having their cases re-argued be fore my successor. All the Learned Gentlemen present considered the plan moat desirable, and said they would communicate with their respective clients upon it. His LORDSHIP begged to be let know the decided im pression on the subject by about Thursday. His Loansmir was proceeding with the lunatic matters when we left his room at two o'clock COURT OF KING'S BENCH. ROLLIDAY V. MESSRS. XNDRRBY. Mr. SCAULATP (with whom WAS Mr. PLATT) stated that this was an action brought by the Captain of the ship Rambler against the defendants, the owners of the vessel, to recover ---. 1., the amount of wages allowed to be due to the plaintiff for his services on a whaling expedition to the South Sea. It appeared from the evidence of the plaintiff's witnesses, that the voyage commenced on the 16th February, 1823, a few days previous to which the ship's articles were dated. The plaintiff signed the articles, as chief mate, in which character he continued until the arrival of the vessel at the Friendly Islands. The vessel proceeded direct from Eng land to Port Jackson, and from thence sailed on a cruise towards Sunday Island, where a whale was caught.-- They looked out for other whales, but did not suc ceed in taking any, until they arrived at the Friendly' Islands, where a series of circumstances occurred which put an end to the expedition. Two black men ',UV mg deserted from the vessel, the captain, whose nain e . was Powel, went ashore in pursuit of them, with four of .the cr ew , an d a ll fi ve were inhumanly murdered by the Inhabit an t s . Th e pla i ntiff having thus become the clu"f officer of the ship, of course took the command, and re turned to Port Jackson, where he arrived early in APill 1824, and immediately took measures to make up his crew in order to proceed on another whaling voyage. Not har ing succeeded in this object, by the advice of a person named Campbell, the ship's husband at Port Jackson, he left that place on the 10th of July, and proceeded on a return voyage to England, with a crew of 24 men, 10 of whom had been hired at Port Jackson, as substitutes for the same number who had deserted or were lost on die voyage. The ship came home with a freight. The COMMON SERGEANT, with whom was Mr. Parke, addressed the jury on behalf of the defendants, whom he described as merchants of the hi g h es t res pectability, who declined paying the plaintiff's claim on the grounds that he had abused and neglected his trust, incurred unnece ,, sary expences, and altered the voyage and destination of the vessel, without any authority, by changing a whaling o % , l n 7 rs. einto a trading voyage, to the certain loss of the In support of the defendant's case, witnesses were pro duced, who swore that the plaintiff might have got a suffi cient number of men to proceed on a whaling voyage at Port Jackson, and that he had made an unnecessary delay at that Port, as well as at St. H e l ena , w h ere the ship touched on her voyage home. It was also stated, that 3 crew of fifteen men would have been amply sufficient t o navigate the vessel from Port Jackson to England, and that the plaintiff during the voyage had grossly misconduct ed appeasing i n t o xi ca t e d, k ee ping himself, by a woman o u board the s hip, an d neglect i ng h i s duty. Mr. SC ARLETT h av i ng rep li e d , The LOR D C HIEF J USTICE , a ft er s umming up, left it to the Jury t o say , w h et h er t h e p l a i n tiff was entitl e d to the wages which h e c l a i me d, an d if lie were, whethe r he had or had not forfeited his claim by misconduct during the voyage. Verdict for the Plaintiff.--The amount of damages to be ascertained by arbitration. THE COURIER.-There are papers which sail with the wind—and always choose a trade wind I Ac cordingly we have the Courier at present greatly altered , and therefore very fair and rational in its leading articles. We have often pointed out to the Courier, and we know, not without having been keenly felt, the base character of its Dublin Correspondence. We have detected some of the fabrications ourselves, other journals have done the same. Mr. Peel, too, was obliged publicly to contradict one shame ful falsehood, and yet the Courier in no one instance ac knowledged the error—published the calumny, but with held the refutation, and instead of giving the author up t° public indignation, actually receives and publishes similar fabrications from the same detected source. If this systeM does not cease we shall bring the Courier before the public in a more distinct and serious manner. We also saw a late paltry instance of jealousy to the rising SUN with great contempt, evinced by the Courier writing a letter to itselfci evidently intended to cast a shade upon the character SO circulation of iw rival.—Asblin Patriot.