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r FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. LISBON PAPERS. OFFICIAL. DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. OFFICIAL. DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " THE INFANT DON MIGUEL. " Vienna, November 18, 1827." DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. TO TIM fl. RECTORS OF THE BANE OF LISBON. JOSE CORDEIRO FEY°. Bab,lc of Lisbon, Dec. 11, 1827. LISBON, DTC. 10. Most Illustrious Sir 7—The Council of the General Assembly of the Bank of Lisbon•., learning by public report that the Directors of the Bank sus pended the payment of their notes, have thought fit to convoke the General Assembly, though they have not received, up to the present time, any official notice of that unexpected event (which was an nounced in the Bank itself by an edict on the 7th of this month), in order that the General Assembly may take all measures to re-establish its credit, which is the essential foundation of all such establishments, and without which the Bank cannot prosper or pro mote the public utility as it has hitherto done, not withstanding it has in its possession considerable funds, which greatly exceed all the payments that it has to make ; in consequence, by order of the Pre sident of the said assembly, I inform you that it has to meet to-morrow, the 11 th of this month, at four o'clock in the afternoon, in order to treat of the highly important object above-mentioned. " God preserve, &c. " JOSE CORDEIRO FEYO, Secretary. " Office of the Secretary-General of thel3ank of Lisbon, December 10." _ _ After the above circular, convoking the General Assembly, was written, the Council received the Official Despatch of the Directors desiring that con vocation.--Lisbon Gazette, Dec. 11, (Supplement to No. 293 of the Lisbon Gazette, Dec. 11.) Her Highness the Infanta Regent having been made acquainted with the edict which the Directors of the Bauk of Lisbon have caused to be posted up on this day, her Highness has been pleased to give orders severely to reprimand the Directors, for the levity, or rather bad fa►th, with which they pretend to throw upon the Government the blame which ought to fall only on the Directors themselves, for the folly with which they had taanagad their mer cantile operations for some time previous to the -present moment, and especially in these last unhappy days. All which you will be pleased to announce to the Directors for their future government. (Signed) MANOEL ANTONIO DE CARVALHO. To Antonio Esteve Costa.—Palace of Ajuda, Dec. 10. Copy ( J a letter from his Serene Highness the Infant Don Niguel, to his August Sister, the Infanta Regent, received from Vienna, by way of Eng land, by the ;:kst packet : "My DEAR SIS":'eR,—I have the satisfaction to inform you,, that I shaft soou leave this City for that Kingdom where I shall pr."bablY arrive at the latter end of December, this year, and as I wish, imme diately after my arrival, to comply with the formali ties prescribed by the Constitutional Charter, it will be proper that: my sister should issue her onflers for the Peers and Deputies of the Nation, who are appinted to assemble at Lisbon on the 20th of that month, in order that mrsister, on the day foF.6' ......... my landing, if it should take place before the let of January, may proceed to the formal opening of the Cortes, it being for my sister to open them, and tfiLt I may after that act take the requisite oath. " God preserve my dear sister for many years, as is the wish of her affectionate brother, " The Infanta Regent having received the repre sentation of the Directors of the Bank of Lisbon, dated the Bth of this month, and stating that they had resolved to suspend the payment of their notes on the following day, in consequence of the scarcity of money which has occurred, and at the same time requesting, as a sole precaution, that of ordering that their notes should be declared at present a legal tender for the limited period of six months, has been pleased to order it to be declared to the Directors that such a measure, independently of its not being within the sphere of the executive powers, would never obtain her Royal approbation, though she knew the effective and real state of the actual funds of the .13ank. She has further been pleased to declare, that she hopes that the Directors will take . all necessary steps, that in the shortest time pos sible they may return to the regularity of their pay snente, as is their own interest and duty, whatever may be the sacrifices that they may have to make, to obtain such a just, honourable, and useful a result, and the Directors may depend on the most sincere co-operation of the Government, in any direct as sistance which may be necessary. Palace of Ajuda, Dee. 10, 1927. (Signed) "MANOEL ANTONIO DE CABSALIIO. " To Senor Antonio Esteve Costa." LISBON, DEC. 14.—The General Extraordinary Meeting of the Bank, convoked to sanction the most suitable measures for maintaining its credit, or to ap prove o f others which may be preferred, if necessary, thinks it its duty to announce, that having read the statement of the present Directors, accompanied ky all the documet:ts, it evidently appears from them that the existing funds, which constitute the credit of the Bank, without doubt offer of themselves the most solid security to the establishment; but besides this, one of its richest p.roprietors, the actual Presi dent of the Court of Dirt: ctors, Senhor Antonio Esteve Costa, has truly offered to guarantee, by his signature, any hills which the DirbOors offer to the creditors (depositantes) for their immeote payment, and this honourable and generous offer t v,;, , s in part a ccepted by the Assembly ; and with respect to the other means for the payment of the notes, it was re thev t appoint a Committee, composed of nine of th shareholders, which, after a careful examination into the etate of the Bank and its resources, is to propose to-Morrow also, in a general assembly, the measures which it presumes the most prompt and efficacious, which will be immediately discussed, to be adopted, or others more effectual. Meantime, it appears just that public opinion, after a little reflec tion, should become calm, and restore the credit of the most important establishment of the nation. — (Here follow the names of the nine members of the Comm i ttee.) The General Assembly of the Bank of Lisbon has publicly hewn its decided resolution to make every sacrifice necessary to restore its credit, which it values and always will value above every thing. For this purpose it hae appointed a Committee, which has laboured withoutintorruption ' and has presented the result of its pro ceedin g s to the General Assem bly, which will continue to meet every day, and which has resolved to adopt the measures rti...earsod below; on seeing which, it is to be hoped that the public,- and all the creditors of the Bank, will be easy ;. and be convinced that they will soon receive not only the value of their notes, but also the amount of the interest, and that the Bank will re cover its ancient credit as an establishment deserves, which, besides the funds necessary to meet all its creditors, has various others, exceeding the amount of 2,975 contos, or 6,000,000 of cruzados, and of 175 contos of Teas, the proof of which will be im mediately printed and published. he General Assembly of the Bank of Lisbon decided. I. That persons presenting bank notes shall re ceive bonds, bearing interest at 5 per cent. per an num, reckoning from the day of presentation, and payable quarterly, and that the value of each bond shall be at the option of the bearer of the notes; and for the Bank only it is not to be less than 240 ilreas, which shall be payable to the bearer at the end of one year, or sooner, if the Bank shall think proper. 2. That a 1 • n in ready money shall be open o n the security of the°3 of funds which the Bank possesses, at the interest for tii :) ,, per cent. per annum, payable ),alt' yearly, e rno!int that shall be thought ad visable ; and that th s at the time atzTal shall be repaid to the Jender ~ ,h al! h . e agreed min. 3 That the securities volicics) of tki -,1 :',.,‘ , 5.at, ad- *UM4.; LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1827. In the spirit of candour, which shall always characterize our selection of the leading opinions of the day from the Public Journals, we have lately inserted articles from some of our Cotem poraries, more distinguished for the blind fury of their phrases, than marked for any pretension to sound argument or impartial discussion of the great objects which they profess to have so much at hear:. The selection in our Paper of this day will partly bear out the justice of our observa ' tipn. A Morning Cotemporary, whose principles we c a i aiot respect more than we admire the uni form ability with which he enforces them, has copied several articigs from an Evening Paper, whose name it were almost a scandal to notice, were it not linked up with the remnants of de parted greatness, whose fallen fortunes it vainly labours to retrieve—and to the cutting comments of our able Cotemporary, the Times, upon these e:arects we heartily assent. Another Morning Paper, less distinguished for its point than the endless points at which it launches its thunders, attacks his Majesty's Ministers with all the rage of an intermittent fever. — rig sad, by fits, but nothing long. Its lucubrations, too, grace our back page : we have inserted them in the very charity of our candour—to inspire the writer in his harmless efforts—and to please such of our readers in the country as long for the Post. According to this sago, the dissolution of the Mi nistry may be expected every moment—the sus pense is awful ! There are some other of our Cotemporaries who indulge in the same vein of gratuitous prognostication, but as the fulfilment of their prophecies is only ruinous to themselves we will not aggravate their misfortunes by a full disclosure. They have their reward. Now, as to the argument of these worthies, we are at a loss for a suitable answer—not that we could not triumphantly satisfy reasonable beings— but the difficulty is how to get at the compre hension of unreasonable writers who pay no respect to truth, but as it chances (which is seldom) to serve their purpose. On such men, it were idle to waste words—their pans have lost all point in the perpetration of' scurri lous phraseology. But, in kindness, we may address some of their readers who have not lost all their virtue in the delusion of the seers. The Goveiiiment will not stand ! Why ? Truly, be cause the Ultra : firrtion are burning for place, — ostensibly, because Ministers dare not face the country—because they cannot justify the battle of Navarin, nor the Treaty of Intervention ; be cause Lord GttEY will oust them on the Ca tholic Question the .first week of the Session ; laid, finally, because they .cannot agree among themselves 1 The last assertion, if true, might serve for all the other chimeras. But what is the fact ? That the Ultra Tories are desperate in their hopes of place is part.',2_ ll abl e , they have realized the prodigal's folly, but not the sincerity of his repentance, at least, in their confessions—their hearts are invulnerable. That Ministers dare not face the nation is, indeed, hoped for by the seceders, but that they do dare is sufficiently evinced by their alacrity in sum moning Parliament three weeks before the usual period. As to the battle of Navarin, it speaks for itself—and its renown is echoed by two nations, who arc proud to share its honour as they have conduced to its glory. The necessity of its vengeance sufficiently justify the result ;—and as to the Treaty of Interven tion, do the ULTRAS carp at that ? Do they forget that this same treaty was framed during Lord LivErtPOOL'S Administration ?—that its several stipulations were discussed, agreed to, and sanctioned by the Duke of WELLTgCTON at St. Petersburgh, and finally adopted by the Cabi net of that day, but not acted upon till the proper opportunity arrived ? Let them deny this, and we give them up for lost to all that is decent, which, perhaps, were needless, seeing the scope of their eccentricity. Yet, they may deny this, like other truths—their veracity being only questioned among their friends. If they persist on this point, they will have sad cause to sympathise with the Turks, and merit the pity of all good men. As to the Catholic ques tion—that bugbear of orthodox statesncen,..-and scandal of a liberal age, we disbelieve that Lord GREY will SO far forget his own fame as to bring it forward for the sake of the cause, to mar the deliberations of Par liament upon questions of immediate policy— not that the emancipation of our fellow-subjects from grievous oppression is not of paramout urgency—but then much is to be allowed for long established prejudice, however unjustly entertained. Even justice is hardly to be granted at the threshold of the National Council—it is worthy of grave consideration in the bosom of the Assembly, that the boon may be rendered more acceptable, by the gracious disposition with which it is tendered. Ireland expects justice, and shall have it—but the gift would be dis honoured, if extorted by the madness of faction. What would the sober people of England think of such management What would the excited population of Ireland say to their Tory friends who struck up for Emancipation in the hope of defeating the Ministry ?—that Ministry too composed chiefly of men who have uniformly, but in vain, battled against the very party who are anxious to do justice when it is out of their power Argument were lost on such men, and abuse we leave to themselves. At five o'clock this morning we received by express the Paris Morning Papers of Monday, and the Gazette de France dated yesterday morning. They leave us where we were before with respect to intelligence from Constantinople, that which they contain, taken from the Augsburgh Gazette, coming down to the 27th Nov. only. An article front Odessa, dated the sth instant, states that no other vessels had ar rived from Constantinople. The French Funds were again rather lower on Monday, the 3 per cents. had been down to 67f. 10c., but a note accompanying the express states that at half-past three o'clock they were 67f. 25c. The following are extracts:— PA ars, Dxc. 2-I.—We continue to give to our readers what we find in our comspoudence, and in the German. .Tournals. The following are extracts from the Gazette d'Augsburgh:— CoNsTAN3lworrx, Nov. 2'7, A.M.—Although of late the negociations have been frequent, it appears that the exertions of the Ambassadors to bring about the desirable result are unavailing. The three Ministers are yet here,. but they will soon quit Constantinople, unless the Porte accedes to propositions more admissible than those which have been presented up to this period. ooEss.t, DEC. b.—No vessel has arrived from Con stantinople since those of which we have spoken. We only know that our merchants send all their merchandise on board neutral vessels, that is to say, of the Powers who have not acceded to the Treaty of the (ith July, waiting for a definitive decision. Letters from Vienna, of the 18th December, At this moment the courier from Constantinople, of the 28th November, has arrived. Every thing is tranquil, and Ole three Ambassadors are yet at Constantinople." We have not ceased to relate the facts as they have been transmitted to us. The uncertainty—the change. that we have noticed, are the inevitable results of all negociations. The European squadrons were, at the date of the last intelligence, near Smyrna. LEGiroax, Dsc. 12.—The Lis frigate has returned from Tripoli to Malta, where she went to protect the Europeans. No commotions had taken place there when they learnt the event at Navarin ; and there does not ap pear to be any danger for persons or property. The last news from Tripoli was of the 19th November. The Galathee has also returned to Malta from Alexandria, but left of an old date, When the battle of Navarin was not known. Ltsuox, Dsc. 8.--Accounts from Rio.—The frigate Netheroy has left for Bahia the same day as the Brazi lienne: she has on board a battalion of the line of the Em peror, to reinforce the garrison of Bahia, where some disor dnr manifested itself. _ They write from the frontiers of Catalonia, that nothing new has happened at Figueras, nor at Seu d'Urgel; Lieut. Count Espagne, Captain -General of Catalonia, has given orders to a Spanish engineer to proceed to Ginonne, to exe cute the works, as they were suspended ; the repairs made at Seu d'Urgel are nearly finished. A detachment of workmen for the artillery has left Tou louse for Brest, to embark for the Isle of Bourbon. Jep Estangs, who has figured so much in the insurrec tion of Catalonia, has arrived at Perpignan on the 13th December. From the Gazelle de Lyons we find that on the Qd of November the Pacha of Egypt learnt the destruction of his tieet. The folloWing day a French frigate appeared before the port to take on board the Franks, or to protect them in case of need, but the Pacha instantly sent for some of the most respectable of them, When they assembled at his Palace, he addressed thqm as follows;_" The defeat at Navarin has not surprised me—it is not enough to be pos sessed of ships, it requires good sailors to man them. I am not acquainted with the intentions of my Go vernment, but I tell you beforehand, that should its orders l to seize upon property, I will not execute it. property are to be respected what- I expect that persons and ever political event may take place, and to give further assurance of my desire, that double punishment awaits any persons who commits the least aggression. I invite you to make this known to your correspondents, and assure them, that all relations with our country shall continue as before. _ . . The arrival of M. D. at Lyons from Alexandria, with the above information, gave great joy to the merchants. M. Montefiore is art•ived Corfu ,J NC. Foois e .,,Five per Cents. 101 f. sc. 10c. 50e. 40c. ; fr . lir " Per Cents. 6 1 7 f. 24c. 20c. 10c. 25c. SOc. ; Neapolitan, 74i. 3Ue. 151;, 20c. 30c. 25e, 20c. ; Spanish, tii-; Royal Spanish Loan, 6;81, Q. Exchange on Lon don—One Month, 25f. 15c. ; Three donfiig, 24f. His Majesty's packet brig Duke of Marl borough has arrived with a mail from Lisbon ; bringing letters and papers to the 16th instant. They contain no political intelligence, and are chiefly filled with the proceedings which have taken place in reference to the suspension of the payments of the Bank of Lisbon. It would ap pear that this step was taken rather hastily by the Directors of the Bank. The INFANTA REGENT immediately issued an edict, censuring the Di rectors for having attempted to throw the blame of a measure so destructive to the national faith and general interests of the Country upon the Government, and at the same time promising the ifiost cordial co-operation of the Government in any measures calculated to restore confidence. An extraofdinary meeting of the General Assembly of the Bank was summoned, and measures were pro posed for the resumption of payments. By tilt statements made on this occasion, which arc sub sequently to be published, it was shewn that the Bank would have a large surplus after dis charging all claims, for which object various re solutions were entered into. We hare given all the documents on this subject in another column. We have received this forenoon the Allge meine Zeitung of the 19th inst., which contains an article from the frontiers of Russia, deserv ing more comment than we have space for to day, but on which we shall offer some observa tions to-morrow. At present we shall only observe that, if this article is to be depen ded upon, Russia begins already to prepare the other Powers to expect that she will not be bound down by the simple objects of the Treaty of July, if she once draws the sword against Turkey. Indemnity for six years' losses are even hinted at ; and an observation thrown o►►t that Russia, in case of necessity, can settle the affair with the Turks by herself. The following are extracts FROM THE FRONTIERS OF RESSIA, DEC. 8. We have news from St. Petersburgh to the 80th of last month, at which time the resolution of the Divan of the 7th of November, and the answers of the Ambassadors of the three Allied Powers at Constantinople, were known in the Russian capital. As well from the conduct of the Porte, as that of the Ambassadors, it was inferred that a direct breach between ,the Powers and the Ottoman Porte must shortly ensue, and the news of the departure of M. de Ribeaupierre was every moment expected. There teas great activity in every department, and couriers were despatched in every direction. Several Staff Officers are gone to the army of the South, as it is supposed with im portantisstructions for the Generals-in-Chief. It was observed too, that there were frequent meetings between Generals Diehitesh, Woronzow, and Czernitschef, and these Generals, and the Minister of Finance, were sum moned to two Conferences with Count Nesselrode, whence it is preowned, that the subject of the conference was the speedy opening of a campaign, and the means required for that purpose. The interests of the Empire, as well as those of private persons, have suffered too long from the disorders in the East, not to render a speedy remedy de sirable, and that the Cabinet of St Petersburgh may take up the matter seriously, and insist on having the affairs of the Bast finally arrangel. It was believed at St. Petersburgh that if the Porte should attempt under present circumstances to proceed on its old temporising system, and if it should succeed, by apparently yielding, or other means to put off the Ambassadors, with hopes of ami cable arrangement of the question at Constantinople, the Russian Cabinet has taken its resolution, and will put an end to the negotiation by prompt interference. In this sense, a communication is said to have been transmitted within a few days to'all the Great Powers, as well to the parties in the Treaty of London, as to those who have not acceded to it, in which the Petersburgh Cabinet repeats the assurance, that it has no other object than the re-establish ment of its commercial interests, and the compensation of the losses which it has sustained during the last 84 years. It wishes that all the Powers might eo-operate, to induce the Porte, without delay, to recognise these just demands of Russia, that the pacification of Greece may be effected as soon as possible, end that no further grounds for com plaint may remain. It promises the Powers, its Allies, strictly to adhere to the treaty of London, so long as it shall be calculated to bring the question to which it relates to a speedy and a ceitunsdeeitsion, butitra does not conceal from them that if necessity eheulti command, Russia feels itself strung enough to put an end to the affair by its own exertions. VIENNA, DEC. 14.—Metalliques, 90 ; Bank Shares, 1065. The Austrian. Observer gives the following news from Smyrna, and the Archipelago : We have received by way of Smyrna two documents hitherto unpublished, viz.—A letter from Sir E. Co drington of Sept. 20, and one of Admiral de Itigny of Oct. R, both addressed to the members of the Greek Go vernment at 2Egina, which were issued three or four weeks previous to the Note of all the three Admirals of the the p A 2r l t i n e All i ed . S e n q t u a c ti o r i i m a of tse o c o t f o 1 the ) er 2 G 4t r i e t, a to N th at e io M n a e l m A b s e se rs tn of bly, which we received from Malta. Letter from Admiral Sir E. Codrington to the Members of the Representative Committee of Government of Greece. On board his Britannic Majesty's ship Asia, off Navarin, Sept. 30. Captain Davies, commander of the Rose sloop of war, will communicate to you circumstantial proofs how ill the Greeks behaved to our countrymen; while the ships of war of the Allied Powers are now employed in affording protection to Greece, I have learnt that there is not a single Ilydriot ship with the Greek fleet for the service of the country, while the piracies committed by the inhabitants of that and other islands have increased, and reached the highest degree. I request you to look at your own decrees, and see whether they contain any thing which can justify your Secretary of the Marine (Gla raki), who signs the letters of marque, particularly at a moment when the Hydriots must expect an attack upon their island. In these letter:] of marque, Glaraki orders that the flags of nations in amity with you shall not be molested; yet you know, as well as I do, that these ships cruise only against friendly flags, and have nut the smallest intention of injuring the enemy. But under such circum stances, words avail nothing. lam resolved positively not to permit any Greek vessel, under any pretence whatever, to cruize as a privateer, by whatever authority it may have been licensed. So long as the world stands, there have been no more scandalous hostilities than those which have been carried on under the Greek flag, and if, instead of the support which you have babel to given to this disgraceful system, you do not do every thing possible to put an end to it, I shall proceed with the greatest rigour to take suds measures as I shall think the best calculated for the protec tion of commerce. But be convinced, gentlemen, that day of reckoning will come, when those who have favoured these infamous transactions, will be called to account for the injury which they have thereby done to the commercial world in general,land in which you yourselves will have to give an account before the National Assembly, of the manner in which affairs have been conducted under your ,government. (Signed) CODRINGTON. (To be continued in our next.) Norfolk Heralds (United States) to the 4th inst. have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, but are not interesting, with the exception of an alteration in the da mages recoverable on unpaid bills. The follow ing is an extract s--- . . The Senate of New York have concurred with the As sembly on the reduction of damages on Foreign Bills of gTchangP to 10 per cent,, and on motion made, the rate of damages on bills drawn upon aay i . iersort residing in the States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusets, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Delaware, Maryland, or Virginia, or in the district of Colombia, was reduced in cases of protest and non-pay 'Rent from 5 to S per cent. ; and in North Carolina, South Parclina, Georgia, Kentucky, or Tennesee, from 7i to 5 per cent. In the remaining States of the Union and is the West Indies, Canadas, &c. the rate of damago re mains at 10 per cent. as now fined by law. A motion to reduce the rate of interest from 7to per cent. was lost. Nothing is more surprising than the ease with which the inhabitants of this country, who BO readily cry out against exorbitant Taxation, for national concerns, submit to the demands an nually made upon them for local purposes.. In the Parish of St. George's, and likewise in the Parish of Mary•le-Bonne . this has been t t, 1 !. carried to such a shameless length, that it is now working its own cure—the impossibility of squeez ing out more.—ln the parish of St. George's it will hardly be believed that the Vestry, not sAtis fied with the very liberal, by some thought over liberal, grant of Parliament for building new churches, had a Bill smuggled through both Houses, as Vestry men generally know how, to enable them to borrow 40,0001. more for the same purpose. This will probably explain to some of the inhabitants of that parish the apparition of so many new mushroom churches, whose archi tecture does so little credit to the taste of the parish worthies. But we are sure the surprise will give place to indignation when we inform them that no part of the large sum thus borrowed has been set aside for the repairs of these build ings ; nay, that it has been expressly stipulated in the Act of Parliament, that- not one farthing of the money proceeding from the rent of seats shall be devoted to repairs, but shall go undivided into the pockets of the Ministers. Already these buildings, whose structure has had such disinte restedsuperintendance, are beginning to feel the in fluence of time, and, ere many years have elapsed, the inhabitants of St. George's may expect to see that article in the tax-files entitled Church Rate, which to some of them at least appears now not a little exorbitant, increased to an amount which it would be difficult at present to calculate. The whole history of this Bill, shows that its birth has been watched over in its enact ments, conceived under the superintendance and care of some of the industrious and spiritual worshippers of Mammon, who in the midst of their anxiety for the rewards of the world to come, never lose sight of the interests of the world that is. We copy the following from the City Article of the Times of this morning : Commercial letters of the 28th ult., the same date as the despatches of Mr. Stratford Canning, were received yester day from Constantinople. They contain no new facts of importance, but exhibit a curious picture of the hopes and fears of the mercantile class during the varied progress of the negociations, on which they form a sort of ruining commentary. Some accounts go the length of stating, that the Capitan Bey distinctly charged the provocation and.the commence ment of the action on the French Admiral ; but this amounts, we apprehend, to little more than conjecture.— It is certain, however, that at Smyrna, from whence letters have been received within four days as recent as those from Constantinople, so strong a persuasion existed of a pecu liarly hostile feeling on the part of the French, that when Admiral de Rigny entered the port of Smyrna on his arri val from the Beene of action, the Turkish authorities fully expected an attack on the forts and town. After the I Itli of November, the hopes of the merchants were raised by the renewal of the discussions with the Reis Effendi, as Mr. Stratford Canning, who had meditated asking for his passports on that day, was subsequently invited to a pri vate conference with the Turkish Minister, which was followed by a similar proceeding on the part of the French Ambassador. The Russian Envoy, too, bad en audience, to which he repaired publicly, and with his usual state, and which lasted three hours. The provi sional arrangements for the security .of subjects of the Allied Powers, by placing them under the protection of the other embassies, and which have been mentioned in the foreign papers, appear to have been made about the 11 th - , when the - Ambassador concluded, from his ( i n r e m m i t p y t o forry r t e l f ie usa lo l ss to at th demandavari and f of the Greek Treaty , that he m i ght be placed f tl o i r e t P h o e r t e fot• abandon mentin on the following day under the necessity of asking for his passports. The Capitan Boy arrived from Nava rro on the 19th, and his statement, as before observed, gave rise to new anger in the Turkish Government.— A report was afterwards spread, that the Ministers, who were believed to be opposed to the Sultan on tie qurs thus of war, had caused the Admiral to be privately strangled, but this turned out to be untrue, though it appears that he was kept as a state prisoner, by placing a guard round the house in which he resided. The next proceeding on the part of the Turkish Government, which was open to public observation, was the removal of the embargo, which commenced with the Sardinian and Austrian flags, and lastly, with those of the three Allied Powers. The merchants, who considered the removal of the em bargo as favourable to peace, knew little of the circum stances which led, on the 28th, to the demand of their passports by the three Ambassadors, but discover far lees alarm oa the occasion than would be imagined. They evi dently entertain the expectation that there would be no rupture with the Porte. Indeed, commercial transactions of every kind were going on up to the 28th, with nearly the same confidence as in a period of peace. The following is a Copy of a General Order issued to his Majesty's Army in India, by Lord Combermere, immediately on receipt of the in telligence of the death of the Duke of York : Head-Quarters, Calcutta, May 14, 1827. It is with feelings of the deepest sorrow that Lord Com bermere announces to his Majesty's army, the death of its illustrious Commander-in-Chief, his Royal Highness the Duke of York. The Loart of every Officer and Soldier of the British Army will tell him, in language that cannot be expressed, how much his profession has lost of military virtue, of cha racter, of consequence, and support, by the departure of this distinguished Prince. The brave will mourn their patron and lcader—military order and high discipline must now look to the benefits conferred on the army by their firm establishment, and in the exercise, preserve them ; for the distinguished Chief, who, connected and cemented both with our national bravery, is no more. A name, how ever, so imperishable in the army will never die. The British soldier will never forget the Duke of York. That cherished name will always be the rallying ground for every thing that is exemplary in discipline and glorious in war. The usual directions f or going into mourning, during a period of six weeks, follow the above. WINDsOIt, DEC. 25.—This forenoon the Kiri° and his household attendants heard divine service in the Royal Lodge. The Bishop of CHICHESTER. officiated. After divine service hie Ma..irsTy received the Sacrament with the usual solemnity. Yesterday Mr. STURGES BOURNE arrived at the Royal Lodge, and had an audience of his MAJESTY. Yesterday the Ilishop of Ciricintyrau arrived at the Royal Lodge, in order to perform divine service this day. We are sorry to state that a very desiructiv© fire occaLred during Monday night and yesterday morning, at Bath, by which the greater part of the York House Hotel wag destroyed, together with four other houses, in one of which, then in the occupation of a saddler, the fire is said to have commenced. At the date of our Corre spondent's letter, the fire was still burning, and it was ap prehended that the remaining pan of the York House would be consumed. The cellars had been inundated, to prevent the Oro spreading to the spirits contained in them. Several gentlemen's carriages, which were in the yard of the hotel, were burnt, LIVERPOOL., DEC. 24.—The sales of cotton to-day are estimated at 1,500 bags, and the market heavy; and for the remainder of the week we do not look for much being don©. On Wednesday last a countryman brought to this city, for sale, several fossil Antediluvian fruits. They are in very high preservation, especially the pears, which have their stalks attached to them; a lemon is also particularly fine ; the man dug them up lately at Black down, from a bed of light sandy toil, at the depth of /5 feet,....,Excier Alfred, , gIITPPING INTELLIGDN'CE-(THIS DA ri FllOll LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 25.—Arrived the America, LW* from Lisbon ; and Maria, Lawler, from London Sierra Leone. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 24 and 25.—Arrived London the Candian, Reed, for Bengal; Beaufort'. Hill, for Jamaica. Arrived the J. Dickinson, flartr, from New Yolk. • , d PLYMOUTH, DEC. 24.—Wi n d the Lord Melville packet, from Falmouth for maica, with loss of main-yard; and Warrall, CO" from Seville. —Arrive FALMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind the Elizabeth, Picton, in 20 days, and George Iv —, from Trieste. _ A DEC. 24.—Wind W.—Arrived the Duke °' Marlborough packet, from Lisbon. The Wild, from Port-au-Prince, is discharging her eTr i e LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21.—The wreck of the 5 1 Favourite (tupposed of Shields) was fallen if' " 1 by the Ann Elizabeth, from Malaga to Bost ( ''', l for ABERDEEN, DEC. 22.—The Albion, of ‘ 111 " . t he Peterhead, from London, driven on shore °ll r i e il 24th ult., was got off on the 18th inst , and ca t.. ., into Newburgh, with damage totd loss . of sparse rig. &c. Albiev, The Minerva, Mearns, from Dublin to Lo 11 ; 1 : struck upon a sunk en roc k on t h e sout h s ide 01 ,`, 0 Island of Islay, o n th e 15 t h i ns t., an d sun k in ."' water—three of the crew drowned. yawed by the Bank to the State, shall be sold on the best terms that can be obtained under these cir cumstances. 4. That her Royal Highness shall be requested to authorise the Bank to increase its funds by an ad dition of 5,200 shares, that is above six millions two hundred thousand crusadoes, in the manner which the General Assembly shall think the most advisable. 5. That the present Committee shall be ordered to propose the method in which this addition for new shares shall be made. _ _ 6. That to-morrow, the 14th inst., there shall be a General Assembly to continue their proceedings. JOSE CORDEIRO FEYO, Secretary to the General Assembly. Lisbon, December 13, 1827. FRAM'S Or IRISH STOCKS.—DIIREIN, DEC. 2i. Hank Suck 34 1 1,4 st. Patrick friar. (per s b.) Consols, .1 per cent. Royal DWI Ditto — Gov. Stock, ZP4 por cent.... 90}i National Ditto Ditto, New 9O Patriotic Ditto — I per Cent. ' 10014 Hibernian Batik Gov. Deb. 3) per cent. ... 91% Provincial att.() Royal Canal Stock ... 3`. ls Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock Imperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent &'t)4 Mining Co. of Ireland Mallast Office Deb. 4 ii. Ct. Colinnercial Buildings — Due. I Arrived, Arrived. O America 0 0 Hamburg,' 2 O BTAf.ii O Buenos Ayres ...... 1 0 Jamaica 2 Dublin O Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 France O Gottenburgh 2 0 Mexico 1 O Guernsey& Jersey. 1 2 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER, AT LONDON IaIIIDGE TO-110allOW. Morning... 5 ►ninutes after 9. i EN-mil - 4...36 nalnutea after 9.. BOOKSELLER'S STOCK, UNDER A TRUST DEED, TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By Mr. WILLIAMS, At the Auction Mart, on FRIDAY next, December £B, at 12 o'clock, A VALUABLE COLLECTION of 131. BOOKS, in elegant bindings, in various branches of Literature, including the Works of Shakespeare, Pope, Fielding, Goldsmith, Rollin, Gibbon, Hume, Smollet, Scott, Byron, Robertson, Johnson, Hogarth, Smith, Duppa, Blair, Hervey, Locke, Mosheim, &e. ; also, Books of Prints, Caricatures, Hurnottrous Subjects, &c. &c. To be viewed the day preceding and morning of Sale, and Catalogues had at the Mart, and of Mr. Williams, Throgmorton-street. THU FUNDS-(TIIIS DAY). CITY, Trynars e' Ctock Consols opened this morning at 83i 4 , were afterwards at 834, but have recovered their first prJ' after being -1 . , maintaining their station much better than was generally expected under the present Agr a r : of our political aff a i rs i n th e E ast. I t has been f tn" tently mentioned this m orn i ng i n t h e C i ty , °nu i quarters entitled to credit, that Government ' possession of later account s f r o m C onstant inople ".1 those of the 28th ultimo, the date of which are °tate( to be the 3d inst., still with unfavourable iaten!' a•ence, but no particulars have transpired; the r rate letters to the merchants, received yesterneli seem to have lost all hopes of peace being the ti ' V it. issue, and look to hostile mea sures as the only re By a postscript to ORO of tho se l e tt er s it state s the 29th, that at that moment the boats were berg loaded with the Ambassadors' p ro p er ty, prepar eWri f to their going on board at V our l a i n the MI; Smyrna. India Bonds are lower, being 80 3; chequer bills, 53 5 pm. Little has been hitherto done in the Fore i r '. Funds, Mexican 6 per Cents. are 454 6 ; Co lombian, 27 4. The alarm caused by the Ban" et Lisbon having suspended payment of their notes la_ specie has much abated, and p rove s to have be en plan adopted by the Directors to induce the o ° . : vernment to make their paper a legal tend er, 11 5 which they have not succeeded. The Bonds eon: tinned at 71 2; Russian are 904 1 ; and Danish 594 60. There is little doing in Shares; Dre zilia " area shade lower, being 70 2 pm. Thi:ee per Cent. Consols, shut; ditto for the Account 52/i; India Bonds, 50 8 pm. ; Exabequec Bills, 63 5 P i. FORSlGX.—Brazilian, 60k 1; Buenos Ayres, 48 b° (Milian, 24 6; Colombian, 27 4; Danish, 894 80j Greek, 174 18 ; Alrxican, 6 per Cent., 114 6; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 464 6 ; Peruvian, 24 5 ; Portuguese, 71 2; Russian, 904 1; Spanish, 104 111. Motrs.—Anglo Mexican, 60 574 die. ; Brazilian, 70 pm. ; Bolivar, 2 14 die. ; Colombian, 194 204 per share; Real del Monte, 25 85 pea. ; Uniwi Mexican, 19 18 dig. TWO 0' CL 0 CO. The Consol Market is in rather a fidgety st ate ' and has declined to 83k, the price for AcO unt Mexican Bonds, after being 45 to f, are now 46 to • THRRB 0' CL 0 el f " Consols for Account, 831 FOUR O'CLOCK—.CLOSING PRICES Consols Danish Bonds 59 Do. for Ac. 8341 Greek Do. 182.5, ---- „ t Brazilian Bonds CO Mexican Do. 1825, 4 "; Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do. 25 Chilian Do. Russian Do. 901 Columbian, 1824, 224 I Spanish Do. 101 POLICE INTELLIGENCE .--( THIS n AY : ' James Browne was IL ch D ar H ge A d LL b . y Patrick ~ , artiesi;, , ,f watchman, of St. Sepul c hr e ' s , w ith h av i ng ri ce l l - e ;i r d a saulted him early this morning. The watch o3° d from cry of watch, and on going to where the voice is als band he saw a female, who said she had ken robbed of oink ' to kerchief by a man she poi n t e d t o . Ch ar li e was ' sod take hold of hi m wh en th e p r i soner s allied for t knocked him down. The prisoner was not into lic3t edr and on the Complainant's recovering himself, and aP rin „ g; i r , his rattle, he got assistance and secured the Isri' l°n " whom the Magistrate ordered to find b a il of two boos' keepers in 20/. each for the assault. • of Mary Hayley, was charged with s t ea ling two P alrl n n children's boots, of the value o f s s . f rom the shop of a P ell - named Langford. The evidence was so conclusive that. Mr. Alderman TuoursoN committed her to take her trial. Elizabeth Styles was charged with taking spirits into Whitecross-street Prison, against the regulations. Mrs. Watts examined her, and found under ker elci t • f a bladder, within a stocking, containing about three pii"° of gin. The prisoner said, that Clarke, a person under confine" ment, had desired her to fetch it to him from his house, ant that she was wholly unable to pay the fine. The Magistrate, after having heard several individual. g ive the poor woman a good character for indust r y awl honesty, and believing that sh e b a d been ma de a du p e of by Clarke, discharged h er , recommending the g aoler to keel' a strict eye over Cl ar k e an d his wife. Esther Forw ar d was forwarded to Bridetvell for ° month, for goin g t o M r . Collar d, Cliff ord's Inn, u rloce her husband i s a serv ant, "Ty in g Il ini and w akil t: disturbance, tints after ti me, sas being a very dril'e character. t he We understand that, i n consequenc e the rece nt order for disbanding the Yeomanry CavV . : : the Ri g ht Honourable Lord %mut has communicaW u co rps Marquis of LANSDOWNE his wish, and that under his command to be retained in the service of, Majesty gratuitously, and to be allowed to assemble (61: merly, with no other remuneration than that of the au t, upon the horses of the regiment being tr%iited arid emptiou from the Militia. — Ereter 1 of The very proper anl teasonable proposa the thief to return Mr, ', - litotroirAtes of briefs, if ti e , learned gentleman 'eet,uld reward him handsomely for ``', l " - trouble" in steeLng it, reminds us of a fellow, who, o rb ; in prisep for breaking into Mr. SIIKRIDAN'S house, Sel : t t be him request an intet view, which was granted. A' - ,3 meeting, the burglar very strenuously urged his claims Mr. SHSEIDAN's mercy, reminding him that lie had ( I ° ° ; j 3 the thing in the most delicate wanner, not having disturho the family in the least. " Why, you ecoundrel," SPIERIDAN, "is that your merit? I wish with all heart you bad alarmed the whole house."—hranches— ct Mercury, BURGLARY AND MURDER.—EXTRA ° !: DINAR!' COURAGE IN A FEMALE.—On Thursday o r gy the 13th inst., a gang of four robbers broke into the of the Rev. Mr. THOMPSON, Curate of Farnwortb , ° q v, l'rescot, and demanded his money. A servant girl, ' A , was equally stout of heart and arm, being roused from aT e ' t by a man opening the door of her room, and thinking master in danger : sprung out of bed, and knocked tR f , foremost robber down with her fist. The others, howav, c b ; soon overpowered the Amazon, and cruelly beat her oo l j . head with a poker. The Rev. Gentleman, who is ranted in years, hearing the noise, came out of his Nori; and entreated the villains not to murder the girl, raising to give them his money. He then wart to a P following him, in which there was 31/., c hiefly in gold, and the robs of tbebis tber. The girl has eince died of the wounds which f ' took away the box and its contents s o4 y received on the hoed. Liverpool THE mA L It : 4'l ;: t e il:: ::t h . t: e ri P i t e i la : lr t ri rite v u al 84 : 1 :1 atte thqt it in ever, are; 1), Pith ''''' ' h '''''' Isrt,,,tep::,iitivin.,l.,nliniliees,eaft,),,itFro,,,l.lv,Bo_,aerivsnitiltr..gti.t, , 11 AI 1 her e • , market arrivals. ii h ilt the t e prie,. qt Ditto 6 ,,, 4 uth °, t. Peril -Flop c -411 , 1 / 1 1*Cri M ' f ish, Seat. °r Otto . a ' Itufraeb '''' .., . erir... ........ "NI, , s 4; Per do I . 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