The Sun. — London, England, 1827-12-05 00:00:00

THE FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. 11. We are glad to find, though the fact must be sufficiently mortifying to the publishers; that a rival periodical has already, started, with the pro fessed object of illustrating continental litera ture , , upon principles similar to those. of. the pre sent work. As' one.of the public, we rejoice in this .competition; it gives, a spur. to industry, promotes Inquiry, and sharpens wit, by exciting emulation. . We. cannot, therefore, looking at the subject in this view, be expected. to enter into - the , acrimonioui charge of plagiarism, which Messrs. Treuttel and Wurtz have lately set up against Messrs. Black and Young ; far from it, it is our sincere wish that every bookseller,.whole.- sale and retail, in London, may all at once start Foreign .. Reviews, and that the best,. (giving proportionate praise to the others) may be the most successful. But enough of this : proceed we now to our analysis._ Von Hammer' s (the German Orientalist) History of the Assassins, the best Review in the number, is solid and well digested, and gives a brief but pertinent detail of the rise, progress, and extinction of those tremendous Sectarians, whose influence paralyzed for so many years the noblest Asiatic Potentates. They ori ginated, it seems, in the South of Persia, and their foUnder was a zealot, named Ah dallah, whose professed object was' to conceal the tenets of his disciples, till a Prince of their per suasion should be seated on some African or Asiatic throne. This was with sonic difficulty, after a lapse of years, accomplished ; a pretended descendant of Mahomet, released from prison, -was placed on the throne of Egypt ; and the doc trines of Abdallah,which, in their impious and daring absurdity, bore no slight resemblance to those of the RevOlUtionary Atheists of France— became the established religion of Africa. Not content with this triumph, - the Sectarians, through the 'zeal of their Dais or Mis ssionarses, dispersed their • here.sies . over Asia, sinti( at length, in the 'llth century, About two hundred years after their. first institution by Abdallah ; the famous Hassan Ben . Sabah, a Persian of ignoble extraction, modified then, so as to suit his own views and the spirit . of the times, and spread them (under the title of the " Sect of the Assassins"—the word assassin being derived from Hassan, their chief pro moter) over the greater part of the East. Hassan. himself was one of those daring characters who stand out in the foreground of history, and singly fix its attention. His mind towered far above the world in which it lived, and never stooped front . its eyrie to earth, without tracking its course in' ,blood. He was, in fact, an .Asiatic , Cromwell, versed in all the va rieties of dissimulation ; patient, but unwearied to revenge ; cool, calculating, and well read in the volume -of human nature.- Under his su perintendance the Assassins obtained unprece dented. supremacy throughout Asia ; and from their strong Persian fastness at Alamoot; where Hassan,—or the Old Man of the Mountain, as himself and his descendants were styled,—resided, gave laws even to the Caliphs at Bagdad. Their chief weapon was the dagger ; they rarely en ssaaed in open warfare ; but, assuming every va :siety of disguise, and spread by thousands over eve:v. part of Asia, they executed their chieftain's behests', to whom they were devoted as •to a deity, with adrojt and insatiable enthusiasm. Nothing was too migjitY nor too inglorious for their re venge ; neither s. 17 .'rinc,e nor peasant escaped them, for they moved like the Spirit of Night, in dark ness ; and, in point o!Pumbers, consistency and persever,ance,. equalled, if they did not exceed 'Bishop Hatto's anity of rats . The manner in which' Hassan first initiated each Votary into Ills sect is thus picturesquely . described :-- "There *aa at Alal.hist, and also at Masiat, ut Syria, a &Eric:ifs garden, enconwassed with lofty waits, adavned with trees and flowers of every kind—with murmurinb brooks and translucent lakes—with bowers of roses and treUices of the vine—airy halls and splendid kiosks, fur ni-ited with the carpets of Persia and the silks of Byzan tium. Beautiful maidens and blooming boys: were the in habitants of this delicious spot, which ever resounded with the melody of birds, the moithur of itrearns, and the ra vishing tones of Voices and instruments-'-all respired con teutment and pleasure. - When the Chief had noticed any ycuth to be distinguished for strength' and resolution, he invited him to a banquet, where lie placed him Ceside him telf, conversed with him on the happiness reeved for the faitirfni, and contrived to administer to him an intoxi cati;ig draught prepared from the hyoseyamus. While in knsthle he was conveyed into the garden of delight, and tbere awakened by the application of vinegar: On opening his eyes all Paradise met his view ; the black-eyed and bloc-rolvd houties surrounded him, obedient to his wishes; tweet music filled his ears; the richest viands were served up in the most costly vessels ; and the choicest wines sparkled in' galden cups. The fortunate youth believed himself realty in the Paradise of the Prophet, and the lan guage of his attendants confirmed the delusion. When he had had his fill of enjoyment, and nature was yielding to exhaustion, the opiate was again administei:e.d, and the sleeper transported back to the side of the Chief, to whom he communicated what had passed, and who assured him of Ihe:truth and reality of . all he hail experienced, tellifi g him such tva , ; the bliss reserved for the obedient servants of the Imam, and enjoining at the same time the strictest seciesy, Ever after the rapturous vision' possessed the ints ginatism of the . deluded enthusiast, and be panted for the hour IVicti death, received in obeying the commands of his superint, sitould dismiss him to the bowers - of Paradise." After a may (more or less in the ascendant) of centuries, over Asia, the Assassins were finally exterminated: by Mango, the Great Khan . .of Tartary ; an admirably abridged account of which is given .jn the present analysis. The " Modern -, German Togedy ,, is a diffuse and somewhat lengthy history of the rise and pro oyess of dui drama in that .country. The Re viewer dates. its origin from Goethe § Gortz of Birchiliugen ;" but as it is the fashion now a. days to date every .thing Geinvo from this writer, Ire are . .somewhat disinclined to subscribe to lbe theory. In speaking incidentally of Lessing, the Reviewer takes occasion to .re- mart. 1, -- 'that descripti ve passages d we ll lo n g er . on , P the IniOd. than any ot h er : in proof of which he i nstai )ces the allusions to the setting sun in Schiller P magnificent i , Robbers."' This, we huMblv c onceive, is a mistaken no ti on , the passage does n ot linger .on the mind ( a nd who that has once re. 4 ever forgets it ?) becaus e g it is a mere cold abStract 4scription of sunset ; but because that sunset is associated with the de clining fortunes of Charles Moor, and i:3 thereby referable for its interest to the sym pathies of hum an nature. The power ofdescription, when restricted to inanimate scenery, is a very secondary order of intellect ; but when mixed up (ss - in the pour) of Wordsworth) with human feeling, e,vinces the loftiest and • rarest faculties. " Catholicism ill ilesia" is. a fair comment on the - degraded state in which -Papacy .is there plunged. It is spirited but not abusive, and if its statements be tenable, deserves credit for its' temPeranee and discrimination. It has be .ides —and thi s is no slight recommendation to a Quart er l y Journal—the - advantage first in the. field. " Russian Literature" eon ' facts- J rains some novel i respecting the more un- ' known poets and historians . ofEmpire that 1i together with' a Lonlonosov ; wlio'l:ghly. Interesting account of fterns to be—like our Shak- spears, the pride—the idol of his country, The literally translated extract from his War Address to the Empress Anne, displays fire and vivid poetic imagery—somewhat stilted however, like Ossian —in no ordinary degree. The Review of " Dupin's Productive and Commercial Powers of France" is penned in a sincere and manly spirit, 3)y one apparently well versed in all the in tricacies of his subject. it proceeds on the as sumption that France has spent more blood, England more treasure, in the late contest, and that the former will revive with far greater facility than the latter ; to prove which (by estimating the amount of her improvements since 1815 ) is the object of the Reviewer's analysis. '‘‘ Du Baussett's Memoirs of Napoleon" adds little to the stock of information which book itself (a manifest make-up, compiled chiefly from the French . Journals of the day) contains. °The remaining articles—" The Sonth of Germany," the " Italian novel of Manzorii"—a sound and ably-digested Review—" Cousin's PhilosoWcal Fragments," and the " Life aad Mifitings of Ernest Schultze - -we must dismiss with the re mark that they all bring, a variety of wholesome, appropriate, and unassuming knowledge to 'their subjects. With respect to the style generally . of the Review, it is - diffilse and insipid ;" deed, were . it not for the solid quality of its information, it would be unreadable. — There are no sparkling- sallies ,of fancy to point ,a 'fact or add energy to an opinion ; these last, if not cherished for their own sakes, must inevitably fade off' the reader's mind, like light froth Skiddaw in the sunset. This is a pity, for the present age is decidedly the age of Show and stimulus, as well in style as sentiment. " Noscitur a socio" must henceforth be the motto of a periodical writer. His language gmst have character to recommend it ; something by which it may at once be recognised, That this is necessary, one single fact will be fully s4fieient to prove. A few years singe public taste ran in favour. of the rolling and nicely balanced periods of Johnson (of late restric - te,,d to advertisements), but a celebrated orator of the present day, awate that some novel pecu liarity of diction is requisite-,-that the epi gram of Junius is extinct--the imagery of Burke unattainable—the paradox ofHazlitt unpopular— has lately taken to new inversions nf language, and is fast gaining popularity as the founder and chief ornainent-. of the parenthetical . school of eloquence. Some thing of this sort is requisite to ensure the success o'f the Foreign Quarterly Review. Its editor, if lie wish to float trimly- antly along the stream of public opinion, must sport a dashing trim vessel, manned by a light dexterous crew; he must make a good show on board, crowd his sails, unfurl his streamers, and above all, let the bluster of his artillery be heard, as lie proceeds, by the_multitude on either shore : " his nanz plehecula gantlet." DEAN and CHAPTER of WESTMINSTER - TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR-With feelings of considerable regret I have teard, and with still greater regret I have read, your valuable Paper, the . particulars •of the conduct of a Reverend tignitary, on the demise of .“ late respected member of the choir of the church over which he presides. Conduct like this will not only meet with general disapprobation, but trifling as SOME may consider it, they would do well to remember— " I-Ia! "lupe seria ducunt In mala,": and that in its effects it must be highly prejudicia t.a the interests of the whole Church. • At a time when the venerable institutions of ow ancestors are attacked on every side by Scepticism and Infidelity, it is .a triumph when the enemies of the Christian Faith can point out one of those who fight under its banners, adopting for his motto— __ " Video nieliora iroboque, . l)eteriora sequor." They are ready to exclaim, can these things be true whiCh they v.ould have us to believe, when their own conduct lacks that charity which they thereby inculcate and preach unto others ; and immediately condemn the many for the errors of the few. I have not, Mr. Editor, made any observations on the gob,jort of the rigid claimed by the relatives of the late Jar. Sale, that I leave entirely to those who arc better acquainted than myself with the Charter and Constitution of the Establishment in question but on the score of right feeling and Christian charity, I cannot but deplore that those from whom we should have expected better things should not have remembered the commandment— G'7✓ av eEAV'E 1r0{W(74% ot c.cv6ixl - npt, OUTGO 7:01E17E attroi;. I have the honour to subscribe myself, Mr. gditar, your constant reader, And very bumble servant, f-TERICUS. St. Paul's, Dee. 4, 1827. FOREIGN BILLS OF EXCHANGE. (From Gilbart's Practical Treatise on Banking.) When a merchant in one country draws bills upon a merchant residing in another country, he nsually.draws them in sets ; that is, he draws two, three, or more bills of the same tenor and date. These bills are sent to his correspondent by different ships. Thus he secures the swiftest conveyance, and hi s remit tances will not be delayed by any accident that may happen to an individual ship. In drawing these bills it is always expressly stated whether each bill be the first, second, or third, of a set, as " pay this my first of exchange," (the second or third not being paid.) . On the payment of any one bill, the others are of no value.. If a merchant has a set of bills, say at Paris, drawn on. a merchant, at . London, lie will sometimes tend over. the first bill to his corres pondent in London, to get it accepted, and to retain it until claimed by the holder of the second. The merchant at Paris wi4 then write 'pp the second that the ,first lies accepted at such a house in 14ndon. He will then sell it or pay it away. By this means he is ,sore that the bill he negotiates Will not be retureed to him, and greater value is given. to his bill, not only as it has. the additional security of the acceptor's name; but if 4rawn after sight, it will become due so much the sooner. When the wand bill arrives in London, the holder talc's it to the hour* where the first is deposited, and it is im mediately given up to Mtn. Foreign bills are often 4r,awn at a " usance" after date. A " usance" from Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Harriburgh, Altana, Paris, or any other place in France, is one month ; from Cadiz, - Madrid, and Bilboa, two months; from Leghorn, Genoa, .or Venice, three months. When it is necessary to divide . a month tilioi; a half" usance," which is the case where the " usancer is either one month or three, the half month is always fifteen days. Bills drawn from Russia, are dated Recording tb the old style, and tweise days must be added to the date, in order to ascertain at vhat time they fall due. Bills from France, instead of being ..lrawn after date or s i g ht, sometimes state the time of payment, ys " on the Ist of August, Jay, &c." These bills are al lowed the usual three rays' grace : 'this bill would fall due rati the 4th iof August': BAppEr.oNA, Nov. !, 4 ).4.—The inhabitants of Barcelona are at present exclusively occupied in making preparations for- the reception of the KING and QutuN of Spain. A triumphal car, in which they are to make their entry, is already prepared. They will he escorted by a party of young men on horseback, wearing the ancient .ftpanish costume. Triumphal arches are in preparation. The Exchange is to be illuminated with gas, and no means of rendering agreeable. the Sttly of their MAJEsms at Bar celona will be neglected. FOREIGN INTatTagY,cr, FRENCII PAPERS. (BY EXPRESS.) (From the Moniteur of , Mondayee..isten-Offi c i a l Part,) CosTANTiNoPLE, Nov. 16.—On'the 6th, news was received at Constantinople that Frey ler, sup ported by Lord Cochrane, had made a landing o n th e Isle z) f Sej ( kalld 00 the Peelle eml. the T ur k s h a d been obliged to retire into the fort, The news of this expedition, in whieli the Turks suspected the Allies of having taken part, arrived while the Divan was delibeeatiug on the steps to be taken in consequence of the events at Navarin : it greatly increased the irritation already felt. The Reis Effendi declared on the Vt tq the Dragomans of England, France, and R uss ia,' That all intercourse between the Porte and the represen tatives of• the three. Courts were suspended till the inomsmt when it should be known whether.tbey (the Courts) desisted from' all interference in the tgraile of Greece, whether his Sublimity should receive an indemnity for the losSes and damage caused by the destruction of his fleet, and whether he should te ceive satisfaetien for the insult which had been offer ed him." This declaratiOn produced on the 10than answer ;rem the AMbassadors, which is believed to contain the'demend of their passports. It was affirmed that on the very day when the Turkish Declaration was made to the Dragomans of the Allied Courts, the Reis Effeedi e4ipcgra note to be delivered to the Austrian interntineio A in which the Porte, prot es ti ng a desire to' remain at peace with the Allied Powers, netwithstaptlipg• the affair 'of . Nayarin, requested the mediation of Austria. It•was said that the conditions fixed by, the Porte for this reconciliation with the Powers, appeared of such a nature that they would net be accepted According to letters from Smyrna of the 6th, Admiral De Rigny was there with part of his squa dron, and had taken, with the ships of war of all the, other nations, and with the consent of the Pacha, a position which enabled him to protect the Euro pean merchants and the Franks, in case the Mussul man pepuletioe should he disposed to acts pf vio lence towards them. However, all was trenquil, d the Pacha maintained perfect order. It was tk same at COrtstfnnincple, where the Turkish Autherities are observed to take every pre caution to prevent any interruption of order and tranquillity. Meaptime the AthbasSadors, and the subjects of their nations, were making every prepa ration for their embarkation and departure. 4t Constantinople the greatest activity prevailed in the arsenals, to prepare for war. Orders have been sent to all 'the provinces, to call upon the Mus selmep to defend their laws and their religion, The Imperial Palace at Adrianople was preparing to receive the Sultan, who will go there when he puts himself at the head of the army. Troops and ammerdtion have been sent to Silist, to put the fortresses on the Danube in a state of de fence; the Principalities are g i ven up as not capable of being defended, (From the Journal des Debats of Sunday.) PAltts, DEc. 1.--The following details hale been circulated relative to the visit made yesterday to the Hotel Dieu, by the First Presid ent , S e i gn i er, an d the other lagistrates of the Cour Royale. All the young intern pupils; who assisted at this sad inquiry, appeared penetrated with respect and admiration for the Worthy Magistrate, who presided over the search for truth with that noble frankness and that love of justice which characterise him. One of them, who has bestowed all his care upon-the wound e d, h as been directed to d raw up a report, which will be ready in two or three days. Being examined as to how a man, struck by a bullet in the leg, had been wounded, the pupil declared, in the most positive manner, that the shot must have been fired with the muzzle of the piece cloie to him, which the wounded' man also affirms, as Well as that it was a gendarme who fired on him. The persons wounded, who have been examined as to whether it was true that shots were fired from the windows, have unanimously declared the fact. to be untrue. Amongst the victims is a young man of seventeen, the hope and the honour of his family, who, by his resignation, his unalterable gentleness, and his ho nourable sentiments, has' inspired, on his bed of sor row, the most lively interest in all those who sur round him. He has been struck by a bullet in the chest, and no hope remains of saving him. To morrow, perhaps, said those young pupil; to us, With tears in their eyes, to-morrow lie will cease to exist! Before coming to him th e Fi rs t President caused him to be asked if he s h ou ld b e a bl e to receive one of the Magistrat es singly, an d g i ve hi m some expla nations. The moment that the dying man dar ne d that justice was there he instantly revived. " Let them all enter," cried he, " let them come; I long to tell them all that I know." He answered the interrogatories as long as his strength allowed him, and after the Magistrates went away he said to the young persons who surrounded him, " Now I am more tranquil, I shall die content, or I am quite aware that death approaches; but at all events I carry with me the hope that justice will be done my Memory and my family." The Cour Royale will on Monday resume its so lemn Sittings for the trial of matters relative to questions of state. The first cause to be called on concerns the validity of 'a marriage. celebrated be tween a Frenchman and a French widow at Spring .field near Gretna Green. This marriage, the nullity of which is sought for by the woman, has been con sidered as not having taken place, by the - Tribunal of the First Instance, for want of the preliminary publications prescribed by the regulations of the Civil Code. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDETICE.) BARCELONA, Nov. 24. fhe Spanish Officers have been verbally directed by their Commander not to appear in the coffee-houses, the promenades, or other places frequented by the French Officers; they have been also warned to abstain, under pain of the displeasure of the General in Chief, who would moreover inform his Majesty of it, from frequenting . or establishing any kind of social relation with per sons of Constitutional opinions, or with those who should entertain sentiments favourable of the system of the rebels. . As to other matters, a system of terror continues to reign throughout all Catalonia. Executions are very frequent at Tarragona. The prisons of name boor' are so crowded with prisoners from - the country, that it is not possible to put in a single man more. In fine, a great um m number of reb e l o ffi cers w h o carne in on the faith of the amnesties, have been sent to the galleys at Porto Rico, and others drag the bullet at Tarragona and. other towns of Catalonia, where they are cprnwlled to labour on the public works. (From the Ponsiitqionnel.) Our correspondence from Perpignan, of the 25th of November, gives us the following details : " The Communal College of Perpignan has just been entirely plc: m 1 in the hands of the Jesuits. The Abbe Gallay, superior General of the 'congregation, and Jesuit in partibus, as he has often called himself in thp pulpit, has been appointed bisector, and other Priests, his concaves ; have been promoted to other offices in this College. The fug act pf authority of our new Director has been to remove, breal, and throw into the river, all the casts which served as models in the dra7ing school, and the original of which have come down to us tbrOugh all the revo lutions with which the Goths, Visigoths, and Van dal; pf the middle ages, desolated the centre of Eu rope; the finsa enriwings, which constituted the ornament of this school, have been tort) TIO thrown into the Are. Th e fclipwing is the account of ail that has been broken or . torn, by his orders, in the drawing school : CASTS.—The Antinous, Adonis, Venus,Callipyge, the t4lediator, Mercury, Narcissus, the Apollo Bel t videre, a Faun, the Here' . lles Farnese, a Marsyas. ENGRAVOGS • TORN.—Tbe Venus de Medicia, Euterpe, the Gladiator, Tatius, a figure seated after nature; a young Torso, from the antique; Madame 4e la Valliere. - LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1827, No further intelligence has been received at the Foreign Office, from our Ambassador at Con stantinople, since the 6th of November. The accounts already received up to the 40th, have been through the Austrian Ambassador. Go vernment are _in hourly expectation of further news. . The statement which we gave yesterday, from the Gazette de France of Monday, of the de parture of the Atribassadors from Constantinople, has received additional corroboration, though not entire confirmation, by the intelligence contained in the Moniteut of Monday and the Gazette de Fiance of yesterday, which reached us by ex ,. press thi s morn i ng . It appears by an article in the non-official part of the Moniteur,- dated Constantinople, Nov. 10, that intelligence of an . attack by Lord COCHRANE and Colonel FABVIER on the island of Scio arrived at the moment when the Divan were deliberating on the steps to be taken in consequence of the events at Navarin. The Allies were immediately suspected of having taken part in this expedition, and the irritation already felt was greatly increased by it. On the 9th the REIS EFFENDI declared to the Dragomans, " that all intercourse between the Porte and the representatives of the three Courts was suspended till the moment when it should be known whether they desistedfrom all interference in the affairs of Greece,—whether his Sublime Highness should receive an indemnity for the losses and damage caused by the destruction of his fleet,—and whether he should receive satisfaction fbr the insult which had been offered him." This de claration produced.on the 10th an answer from the Ambassadors, which it is believed containe the demand of their passports. The same 'article states, that it liras affirmed that, on the very day the Turkish declaration was made to the Dragomans of the Allied Courts, the REIs EFFENDI delivered a note to the Aus trian Internuncio, in which the Po RTE, protesting its desi're to remain at peace with the• Allied Powers, notwithstanding the affair of Navarin, requested the mediation of Austria ; but it was said that the conditions fixed by the PORTE for this reconciliation appeared of such a nature that they would not be accepted. At Constantinople the greatest acti- vity prevailed in the arsenals. Orders had bee: sent to all the provinces to call upon the Mussu] men to defend their laws and their religion. The Imperial Palace, at Adrianople, was preparing to receive the SULTAN, who will go there when he puts himself at the head of the army. Troops and ammunition had been sent to Silistria, to put the fortresses on the Danube in a state of defence. The Principalities were given up as incapable .of being defended. Such is the substance of the intelligence, con veyed by the Moniteur, which exactly corres ponds with the accounts which had reached us by other channels. There can be but little doubt of the truth of the report of the departure of the Ambassadors, immediately subsequent to the date...of this intelligence. • The Gazette de France, 'dated Tues day, contains the above article from the Moniteitr. It has also a long article on the Elections, in defence of M.. de VILIIELE, « who (it says) will re-enter the Chamber of Deputies, and there, surrounded by his numerous friends, preserve, by the ascendancy of his talent and his unvarying moderation, the influence he has always exercised." It adds a list of all the new Menlbers Count C4PQ D'IsTRIA has arrived at Ancona. The French Funds were considerably affected by this news. The Three per Cents., which closed pu Saturday at 691., fell to 67f. Pc. on Monday, hut left off 671..55c. We subjoin the prices, and the Monitezcr's article is given irk another column. Fitrilen Fu tins, PAnts, DEC. 3.—Five per Cents. 101 f. 00f. 50c. 80c.; Three per Cents. 67f. 25c. 10e. 55c. ; Bank Actions, 1,980 f. ; Bentes de Naplei, 761. 50c.— Exchange on London-,..0ne month, 25f. 10c. paper ; 2.5 f. .sc. money: three m ont h s , 24f. 95c. money.-- Cours ilutheutigue, Dec. 4, The Paris Papers of Sunday contained but little matter of interest. A few miscellaneous extracts aye given in another column l and We subjoin from the Constitutionnel what a faithful summary of the result of the Elections Constitutional 250 Ministerial 157 Not Classed Total - 420 Of those 420 nominations, 28 are to be made over ag.dn, and there remain 392. Constitutional Ministerial.. Not Classed 223 156 Total 392 From whence there results a majority of 67 favour of the Constitutionalists. On looking over the Gctzette de France dated yesterday, we find no other paragraphs worth mentioning than the follow - ina' TOULON, Nov. '26.—W e are in daily expectation of the arrival at Toulon of the vessel Scipio, the frig ate Sirene, and the corve tt es Al cyone and Daphne, sent by Admiral de Rigny to be repaired ; the Breslau, and the Provence are there already for the same purpose. The flag of Ad miral.de Rigny is now shifted to the Trident. We await also at Toulon that •pertion of the Russian squadron which is so much damaged, as to stand in need of repairs, which could not be executed in the ports of the Levant. A letter from BarcelOna (dated Nov. 27) announces that part of the posts had been relieved early the same morning by the Spanish troops, with the most perfect her mony, that the materiel belonging to the Spaniards had been surrendered with the accustomed forms. The effects belonging to the French had been embarked. The pro cesses verbal have given general satisfaction. In short, the public opinion had been testified in favour of the French, by a thousand acts of courtesy. The Spanish corvette, Minerva, was taken on the 6th of April, 1626, on the coast of Africa, by the French brig, Dragon. This vessel, formerly a pirate, was conducted, together with its crew, iuto the port of Brest. Count CAPO D'ISTRIA embarked from An. cona for Corfu in an English frigate. Letters from St. Petersburgh, via Holland, have been received of the sth (17th) ultimo. The following is an extract:-_The ice became stationary in our River early this morning, and there is now little chance of any goods reaching us till the Gulph is frozen over. There are said to be about fifty craft, with import goods, at Cronstadt. We understand that a creation of Peers is likely to take place. It is reported that on this occasion Lord CLANWILLIAM is to be made a British Peer, and that Sir CHARLES STUART, Sir W' r. A'COURT, Mr. LAAIBTON, and one or two others, are to be raised to the Peerage. The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE gave a grand ball at their residence, in Bushy-park, yesterday evening, to a very numerous assemblage of the Nobility and Gentry. The Duchess of KENT, accompanied by the Princesses VICTORIA and FEODORE, visited the Princess AUGUSTA yesterday, at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE en tertained the Duchess of Kent and the Princess FEonoax to dinner on Monday, at their seat at Bushy-park. The Duke of CLARENCE came to town yes terday morning, and transacted business at his residence in the Admiralty. His Royal Highness returned to Bushy in the afternoon. The Duke of WELLINGTON left town on Monday on a shooting excursion. Prince ESTERIIAZY, the Austrian Ambassa dor, the Count D'Ar.cunrA, the Spanish, the Marquis de PA LMELLA, the Portuguese Minister, and Monsieur Rom, the French Charge d'Affaires, transacted business with Earl DUDLEY yesterday, at the Foreign-office, Downing -street. Despatches were received yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street, from Stuttgard. The Marquis. of LAN SDOWNE , the CHAN CILLOR of th e EXCHEQUER, Mr. Wristr, and Mr. CHAS. GR ANT, visited E ar l Dunr.E.,- yesterday, at the Foreign office. -- .p o li ce , and the senior Magistrates of th e diff erent P ol i ce- Sir RICHARD BIRNIE, Chief Magistrate of offices, made a report t o th e M arqu i s of LANSDOWNE yes terday, at the Home-office, of the state of the Police in the Metropolis. We are authorised to state that the Marquis of ANGratsits is now et Hastings, and perfectly convalescent. It is with regret we announce the death of Josßprt PLANTA, Esq. principal Librarian of the British Museum, which melancholy event took place at that este blislnrient on Monday morning at ten minutes before ten. Mr. PLANTA was in the 84th year of his age. 'As a mark of respect to the memory of Mr. PLANTA, the British Musuem is now shut to the public, and will remain so till after his interment. FUNERAL OF SIR WM. BRUCE, BART. OF STENHOUSE.-Thursday the remains of that highly venerated Nobleman were interred in the family's tomb at Falkirk, with all that honour and solemnity soinstly due to the distinguished rank and situation which he hcld life.—Stirling Journal. ELECTION OF PRECINCT AND VESTRY CLERK, FOR THE PARISH OF ST. ANDREW'S, HOLBORN..— No small stir has been made in this populous parish by the various Candidates for the vacant office of Precinct and Vestry Clerk. The election lies entirely between Mr. REEVES, the son of the late respected Deputy of Farring_ don-without, and Mc; PONTIFEX, of Shoe-lane ; Mr. STONE, of Castle-street, Holborn, and Mr. LANGHANI, of Bartlett's-huildings, two of the four Original Candidates, having thought proper to resign. It is muck wished by foreigners going to the Continent that the Directors of the General Steam Navi gation Company would have a person at their office, Crotched-friars, who could answer them in French or German. • .BLACKHEATH.--The assemblies for the sea son commenced with great spirit, and those brilliant rooms at the Green Man Hotel, on Monday evening, again dis played an unusual degree of splendour, ci owded as they were with the elegantes of that fashionable neighbourhood. The Loan MAYOR, notwithstanding Ms numerous engage ments, was present. The . demand for cloths manufactured' from British Wool, is, we understand, becoming so very general, that there is very little doubt their equality with th e pro. ductions of foreign countries will be more fully appreciated as they are more universally known. Mr. JAMES PASMORE, who has been appointed an agent for Exeter and its vicinity, has received, and submitted to our perusal, attestations from the manufacturers calculated to remove every doubt of their being raised from the growth of our native country, if any apprehension should be excited upon the subject when put in comparison with those which have so .long obtained a preferenoe in public opinion. —Exeter .41fred. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—The D u k e of Devonshire, at DeVoushire House, front Brighton the Duke and Duchess of, St. Alban's, in Piccadilly, from Brighton; Captain T.Apyd, in Albemarle -street, from Paris ; and Miss Blakeney, in Park -street, from Cheltenham ; Major Mundy, in Regent-street, from Paris; Mrs. and Miss Mitchell, in Park,plaae, from Scarbo rough ; . Captain Bowyer, in Regent-street, from Paris; Mrs. and Miss Seabrook, in Baker-street, from Ramsgate; Captain Nicholls,. in St. James's-street, from Dublin ; Captain Gordon, in Bruton-street, from Parisi Sir Henry Cooke, Bart. in Charles-street, g q keley-s q ua r e, from a tour ; Colonel and the 2aNszs Stapleton, from the:,. at in Berks; Captain and Mrs. Ogle, in Regent-street, from the Continent; Count and Countess Pain and family, at Fenton's Hotel, St. Jamasstreet, from Paris ; John Levison Gower, Esq, at the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, from his Neat near Reading; William Colville, Esq. at ditto, from a to ur; M rs. G enera l and Captain Anstruther, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from gintlesham Hall, Ipswich, DEPARTURES.—Lord Churchill, for his seat in Oxfordshire; Lord Nugent, for his seat, Lilleys, Bucks; General Conran, for Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Steers, from Manchester-square, for Bath ; William Chatter's, Esq. from the London Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Iris seat in , Berks; J. Mitchell, Esq. from ditto, on 4 tour; Mrs.' Wadham Wyndham, from Jordan's Hotel, St. James's streeti for her rat near Salisbury, PRICES OF IRIS: Bank Stock --- Consols, 3 per cent. 85% Oov. Stock, 3% per cent 92% I)itto,New -- 11,,,Per Cent. 100% "ov• 13eb. 3% per cent 94,g Royal Canal Stock 33% Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per eellt - Ballast Office Deb. 4 0. ct - COUltsic or EXCH. Amsterdam C.F. 12 '2 Ditto, at sight ll 19 Rotterdam 2U. 12 3 Antwerp l2 3 klainburgli 2% U. 36 7 Altona 234 36 9 Paris, 3 daps'. sight U. 5 2 30 Ditto 2 U. 25, 55 Ilorileyx , . 25, 55 Berlin — Fraakftirt on Maine, Ex. M. 151 Petersburgh, rble... 3 Us. 10 Q Vienna, effective 11. 2M. 10 2 Trieste do, . lO 2 Bladrid 35 Wit. - • 3 5 14 Bilboa . 34 Nrcelona i ..ii 2 1X, Seville • 1:1% , Cli bc 4 .ltai-A.,1 - . - 46 STOCKS, DEC. 1. St. Patrick Incur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto ............... 13 Patriotic Ditto 3. Hibernian Bank — Provincial Ditto — Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland ,Commercial Buildings UiOE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 48 Genoa 25 40 Venice 46 Volta Naples 39% Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon 4 . 7 1, Oporto Rio Janeiro St Bahia 17 Buenos Ayres PahHo. 21 days: . sight 11! Cork lll BULLIOI% PER OZ. X. 9. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 d. 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 New Doubloons 0 Q New Dollars O, 4 10 Silver. has. standard 0 , 0 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRINE TQ-N4OII.ROW. i►forning...42 minutes after 1, I Evening -5S minutes after a 1 , ,4.,4p31.---4n our. report of the Western Literary Insti tution, in yesterday's Paper, Mr., J. K. HALL read Mr. SKILTO!sr. COP r• Al,lll errs STRIVING INTELLIGENCE- (Tuts Ps • FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Dec. 4.--Wind W.—Arrived thelSso; Martin, and Brumley, from Smyrna; Mld as ' gree, from Batavia; Exporter, Arwyl, fog' burgh. Arrived from London the Rtickero, for Grenada ; Traveller, Anderson, (;ark Park, and Hector, Field, for Jamaica. ,; ( 10' PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 4.—Wind W.—Arrivvy, London the Albinia, for Demerara ; Walker, and Louisa, Daubeny, Pitt, Ellen, Royal Charlotte, and R. ReYn °l 9 Jamaica; Three Sisters, Dixon, for Ballia , vo i, Dove, Kyd, for Tenerife. Passed, the Under Remington, from Demerara. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 3.—Arrived the Ybq r from Smyrna. Sailed the Butler, the Caroline' the Swallow, for St. Michael's. 10 FALMOUTII, DEC. 3.—Arrived the Sarah, from Oporto. Sailed the Duke of Marlbotel Packet, for Lisbon ; W. Bryan, jo hri l'i. Jamaica; and Escape , Wessel , s Waite for . t. The Hopewell, Jenkins, from Liverpool t° gow, is on shore at Stanrear. 0 /00 , The Charlotte, Nash, from Jamaica to ' o , v ed , totally lost at Jersey; crew and p ass age° The Theresa, Lutzen, from Hamburgli to . was upset on Saturday off the Galloper. j obitA The Friendship, Ross, of Sunderland, and of Peterhead, are lost near Aberdeen. pege The Lottery, Jubb, of Lynn, sunk in on Sunday night; crew saved. for Gr'reriaddii:o - -=_ THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TWELVE 0' Cl itf The bustle a n d con f us i on w hi ch have latler i i • ended the British Funds have subsided, by the - ing of Cons o l s an d t h e h eavy stock, into s staropg comparative calmness; and there appears a 5t suspicion that the Bears have oversold them' by the general appearance of the market, which o li undergone an imp rovement at one per i o d °f nefiet a half per c en t. A t t h e commencement of busijor the first price of Consols was 82i f , but soon ;, L i they got u p to 83 buyers, and eventually resc o , even 83i 4 ; they are now 83i for the Al in i', The Commi ss i oners were supplied in reduce d at sb which th ere appeared a plentiful supply. j3c Securities ocli ar e at present i n a state which crea tei's difficulty i n g i v i ng an opinion, it is, however , 611' i li dently stated th at the accounts received thr°ll'l' Vienna from Constantinople are of the most et description ; India B on d s are CO; and EXcheque Bills, 39 41 pm. EtO There is nothing novel t o commun i cate relativ-p the Foreign Funds ; Mexican 6 per C e nt. $ 4) 7 .- i; continue very heavy at 27/ 8; Colombian, 261 1 ,c1i Peruvian, 25.; Port uguese , 70 2; Russian , to 0 0 . 3, a steady eye is fixed, are 871 83.; and Span ish ' i t ile Mining Shares are all more or less affected hi ll situation of our own Funds, and there is littlen° l ,i. to mention; Brazili an are 65 8 pm.; U n ited M e g , can, 18 17 dis. ; and General Mining Shares) 81 A Holland Mail is just noticed as arrived. Three per Cent. Consols, shut; ditto for the A e :, - ,,,Yy 83 ; Three per Cent. Reduced, 82i 1 - 3 ; India 60 ; Exchequer Bills, 39 41 pm. Faamert.—Brazilian, 60 ; Chili an , 24 6 ; I ) 24 71; Danish, 57 't 8 ; Creek, 18* 4 a • Mori es ::,.„. per Cent., 37 9; Ditto, 6 per Cent, 4 - 71 S ; - 04 vian, 24 6 ; Portuguese, 70 2 ; Russian, 871 Spanish, 10 lthaEs.—Anglo Mexican, 60 53 dis. ; Brazilian, „. Gs pm. ; Colombian, 14 15 per share ; Real del MOP' 30 50 pm. ; Tlalptixahua, 90 '7O dis. ; United Alexia! 18 17 dis. ; General Mining Association, Si 9 per Shift New Regent's Canal, 11 2 pul. TW 0 0' CL 0 CX. ConsolS went back to 821 sellers, at which a 5 3 1 e of 120,6004 was effected; the price has sin proved to 83 b u y ers . f or account; 3 per Cents. 11 . &teed, 821; 3i ditto, 88*. . SOme sales of Ros ° ,, Bonds ha v e been made at 871, whi c h exc i t ed trifling excitement for a moment. There is 515° a— alarm by the M ex i can Bondholders on the score °e the paym e nt o f t h e ensuing dividend due °n t Ist of January, as well as the former; and a 5 Mexican Minister gives 15 days' notice prior to l ie payment; the lo t h is looked for with conside rBl) anxiety. There is a report that Parliament are likely Ore called together at an earlier period than i" first instance expected. THREE 0' CI, OCk Consols for Account, 83k, sellers. FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICO' Danish Bonds SSI Greek Do. 1825, r 1 - 41 i Mexic a n D o. ISP' Peruvian D o . 26 Russian Do. 88 Spanish Do. 10i Consols Do. for Ac. 83 it Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Do. 49 Chilian Do. -- Columbian, 1824, THE ARMY. Major-General git7l ----- mle s Doyle is at eS en t r i e in the County Tipperary, where troops are wanted in ! ine pt rent stations by th e Il lagistrates. The 17th Reg o ' of has arrived at Ternplernore from Birr. Th e 88t.„ p 88t1'-9 has moved from Templemore to Birr.—Dublin Mail. A troop o f th e I st D ragoon Guards left reorath on Friday morning to relieve the parties at Forfar an d to par Angus. The party from Forfar is on its ret 9 c l o ,ls remain at P er th— t h e party f rom Coupar .Angus to Piershill Barracks.—Perth C our i er o f Thursclail. THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE: t A sy s i i . s ia ll , l e i x n e o l r u , si a y s e f o ar f t as he th D e e Eupbrates ''''''''''' tj r °l l ± : r : l 7 , sC:l o 7 o 6' Armenia, with Turkish G e eo r r t g . i . ; '' ''''''''''''' ;"4:t° Diarbekir, Alesopotamia, &e. '''' ' . ............. 144",-fi European. . ............ .............. Provinces ................... „ ....... : . 1;: 0 3 0; Cyprus and the Asiatic Islauds ............. ..... „ TERRITORY. This is according to MA L'l BRU In the Enclopcedia Britan n i ca i t stands t hus European Turkey ........................ 18(4 ' Asiatic Turkey Continent 436,629 447,6 1 g Islands... 11,050 ........ African Deminionc . 276,40 904,0 POPt7LATION. Asiatic Turkey— - Anatolia, &c 5,000,000 ', ~ Armenia, &c ..... Kourdistan 1,000,0 00 - . ii p ..: if Mosul, Br - • i .1 1 4, Pashaliks m .. , agtlad, and Di arbekir ...... 1,500, 000 Syria 2,000,000 ;. ~~ t ~j,~ 11,500,000 • 2,490,000 13,990,000 European Tur key_ Moldavia and Wallachia 1,500,000 Bulgaria and Bosnia ..... Macedonia, Thessaly, Epirus, and Greece. - 6,000 ,000 ~ Remainder of Roumelia Total .24,690, 000 A respectable proprietor to the easo,vara Glasgow, on Wednesday concluded a contract for imme diately furnishing 18,000 bricks, in fine order, for expo" • tation to the West Indies, at J./. 11s. per thousand ; an d his carts have since been busily employed in delivering , , them at the 13roomielaw.—Edinburgh Courant. • GLUTTONY.--on Monday se'nnight, a mon • of Tattershall undertook, for a trilling wager, to devour seven score of oysters ! After co mpleting the task, lie at" dared his readiness to eat four score more, for a wag-er,e' Boston Gazette.. tiitv • This va Johii.Lea Lord Elul know wl, now. Mr. St I)(tfore tli were Nisi His L c eonversat h e l earn , g' v e COl 3 " (l lPent o,' Lord eid retir e d 4, Hi s L c - Mr. Su lea ve ea :: the His Lc v elY Lew Mr. Si 'he taken, into the I this. Mr. as h e had Judgmen t.f urther h e Mr. S t :was atm' Lord E id Mr. 81 b e one of huee to - Mr. H; L Publi c ' s r l ) 4 lon g di - . 11 ad b eeo s ' not asse lit s thin i ther e f ore c tOrdingly In this Yes te , da 4 to b e co 3r _ e nti 1 1 1,4 a r tcr 4 ,, 11 , 1 " t o sta , 4.1, office I :Port t h",, i er , 1,4 4 " t to e x , graTit Feeted " 'e'er fPOn 4 His 1 - 1( obs :4it levery ( I a: 1 direc (4 1 ' 48 ar] t e p that hei •~.. 6 1 163 Rrid ‘lt' e r ciai • Th e . ei -01111 or h e grouni ay .e II • t amp, a !ndant's ' o u, hut dertaking 5t term, 'we nt Lord T 41 r to d e royi sicrns re, w as )Ito o which This w , which ' ar ed ths i 'eept ed na i l ed t ;1, ° 15. _ pe- 111 , pledi (ittently ke it up Witnes at Jack ttion f ' , wed t 1 re back readant