The Sun. — London, England, 1827-09-24 00:00:00

GREEK LOAN AND STEAMBOATS. (From the Times.) The Greek loan, and the Greek steam-boat expedition, which have long been looked upon by respeetable persons as equally ruinous to Greece and, disgraceful to England, have received within these few days additional elucidation from a pamphlet published by desire of M. Andreas Luriottis, who, with M. Orlando and another personage, well-known by the name of Spaniolacki, had acted as Commissioners from the Republic to the friends, or supposed friends, of Greece in this 'country.. We can, in truth, hardly trust ourselves with the subject:of such iniquitous and abominable transactions as it is the avowed !pur pose of this little book to disclose. The most despicable shUffling, put into . action apparently for no object but to screen the'.basest- treachery, or a series of the most rapacious &mid's, ii,exhi bited in page after page of . the correspondence here inserted. If Great Britain were not an island so-pre-eminently legal, that the worst man in society finds from our. tribunals 'the' readiest means of tormenting private individuals who may but presume to echo the universal sentence of hatred or contempt which exposed rascality pro vokes from an entire' nation, we might,, perhaps, feel more willing to specify the parties who in the present instance have been so triumphantly shown up ; but to call men in a newspaper by the same names which their actions ever so richly earn for them in society, would be a romantic sacrifice to truth, while a lai; exists like that of libel, and is from day to day expounded with such versatile and fatal dexterity. The public are already aware that the Messrs. Ricardo were, on'the 7th February, 1825, con tractors for, the Greek loan. The terms of this contract were, that for each 100/. of stock to be created, 551. 10s. in money should be paid to, or on account of, the Greek Government—that is to say, that for two millions of bonds, .1,110,000/. sterling should be forthcoming. Oia the sth of March, 1825, 10,0001. of the proceeds was, by authority of the Deputies, lodged in:the hands of Nr. Edward Ellice, to be employed by him in the construction of a steam-boat fbr the Greek service. Mr. Ellice gave orders to Mr. Brent to build the vessel, and to Mr. Galloway to construct the machi nery, under an engagement, as the Deputies were ilformed, that the vessel should be in every respect equipped and ready for sea by the following month of August—viz. August, 1825. An engagement or contract, where a party for whom any work is to be dOne has at heart its punctual and effectual accomplishment, implies a penalty on the undertaker for non-performance, does it not ? But let us follow the dates. In the month of July, 1825, Lord Cochrane retutned from South America, and soon after wards the Deputies were recommended by various parties, among whom were Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Hobhouse, Mr. Ellice, and the Messrs. Ricardo, to appropriate part of the loan to the fitting out a flotilla of steam-boats, to be placed under his Lordship's command. In the sequel, 150,000/, was set apart, and lodged in the hands,of Messrs. Ricardo for that 'purpose ; and through Sir F. Burdett, Messrs. Hobhouse and Ellice, an engagement was effect ed between Lord Cochrane and the Deputies,by virtue of which, amongst other stipulations, the Greek Deputies were to furnish " six steam-ves sels, which shall sail froth this country for . Greece, with his Lordship, in two mouths, or too months and a half at the latest," from the date of the agreement, which was signed on the 16th of August, 1825. The whole armament of six steam-vessels was therefore to be ready for Lord Cochrane by the end of October, 1825, at the latest. It appears, then, that Sir F. Burdett, &c. were parties to na other for Mal agreement than that which bound Lord Cochrane to take the command of the steam flotilla, if it should be ready for him by the period 'referred to. It does not appear that Sir Francis or Mr. Hob house had any thing to do with the contracts of the'eng:tieers; and certainly it does not appear, from the ponphlet, that any contract between Mr. Ellice anu Galloway ever was produced.— LordCochrane went immediately to Scotland : for two or three weeks on his private affairs, %. stating that " he would take . . Liverpool and Glasgow in his way, and ascertain if there were any steam-vessels .to be purchased at either of those places ; and he promised to com municate to the Deputies the result of his in quiries, and give sueh directions, as might, in consequence, become necessary." For three weeks the Deputies heard nothing of his Lord ' ship, and on die Bth of September wrote to Mr. .1-I;4bhotise, expressing that they had no infor 'nation from Lord Cochrane, and that they .‘ were ignorant f any measures had been • taken to e xpedite the equipment of the Greek flotilla." They likewise urged, in the most earnest and anxious language, the necessity of despatch, soliciting to know if " Lord Cochrane would be soon in London, and if they might. eel, culate on seeing the armament ready at the time fixed in the contract" with his Lordship. On the 14th of September, 4r. Hobbouse answered this letter from Cirencester, stating that Lord' COchrane had already more than ,once written to Sir F. Burdett, declaring his readi ness and eagetnese to fulfil his part of the en,. gagenont, and coinplaining of the apparent llegtigenc; (if those who lame undertaken to con dad the prep.tratione for the eitiie4ition." Here, then, Are three parties loft in obvious ignorance of what had been done for getting for ward the steam-boat (1 6 tilla,—Lord Cochrane, Sir Francis Burdett, &c., ;Intl the Deputies themselves. But there are documents which 6%. another p a rty with a proceeding of the highest i.w portance, namely, a formal contract for the ma , • chinery of four steam-vessels, viz. the Enter vrise and Irresistible,-aech 150 feet long, e na 25 feet beam, and two others of 100 feet long, and If; beam ; the larger machines were to cost altogether, between c onstructing and fixing, 8,8001,, and the sma ller 4,900/., making a gross charge of nearly 14,0001. This contract was - between Mews. Jacob and Sampson Ricardo on one side, an 4 Mr. Alexander Galloway on the other ; .the latter person binding himself to • deliver the first pair of engines by the 25th of October, 1825 ; the secon d p air by the 25th o November ; and each pair to . be faxed 451 set to 'work within eighteen days after their deliyery. The two pair of engines for the smaller vessels were to be delivered on the 18th of October and th e , Stu of November; 1825, respectively, ant to be , fixed within a fortnight afterwaras : this was tne contract. How was it verform,ed, and what penalties were iwfa inflicted for its extraordinary xnoost failed dep in )loratle violation ? 'Was the engineer his engagement oven refused any large sums to w hi c h its faithful Ass, !ch art ofarge those large have alone entitled Lim ? The slate of this a g reement, to whi c h th e re were no parties but lessrs. Ricardo and Mr. Alex ander Galloway, w • Seas signed on the 27th of August, witholit the knowledge, as ap pears from the correspondence of the Greek De puties who represented the, Government, of the Greek Admiral who was to command the ,fleet, or of the English gentlemen who had engaged his Lordship in the service of the Republic. We here insert the contract : " Memorandum of Agreement, made this 27th day of August, in the year 1825, between Jacob and Samson Ricardo, gentlemen, of Warnford-court , Throgniorton-street, in the city of London, on the one part ; and Alexander Galloway, engineer, &c., of West-street, Smithfield, - in the said city, on the other part. The said Aleicander Galloway agrees to construct and make four good substantial high pressure steam-engines, each of .50-horses power, with wrought-iron boilers, and their apparatus, with paddle-wheels, and all the necessary machinery, to enable the said engines to propel two vessels, each of 150 feet long, 25 feet beam, and to draw four feet and a half, but not to exceed five feet, of water, when the engines, boilers, machinery, and stores are ,on board their respective vessels, for the sum of 8,0001.' sterling, and the further sum of 8001. for con veying and fixing the said four engines and machinery on board the said vessels : the first pair of engines to be delivered on the 25th day of October; the second pair on the 25th clay of November next land each pair to be fixed and set to work in 14 or 18 days after the delivery of each pair of engines and machinery, at the stipulated periods. And the said Alexander Galloway further agrees to construct and mal:e also four good and substantial high-pres sure s team-engines, each of 20-horses power, with wrought-iron boilers, paddle-wheels, and all the ne cessary machinery for propelling two vessels, each of 100 feet long, and 16 feet beam, and to draw from two feet and a half to'three feet of water when the engines, stores, &c. are placed on board their respec tire vessels, for the sum of 4,8001.; and to convey and fix the said four engines on board their respec tive vessels, for 'the further sum of .5001.; the first pair of these engines to be delivered on the 18th day of October, and the second pair on the Bth day of November; and to fix each pair of these engines in their respective vessels in fourteen days after the stipulated periods for the delivery of the said en gines. The said Jr and S. Ricardo agree that the said vessels shall be placed in some convenient yard or dock between London Bridge and Deptford, while the said engines are fixing in the said vessels. And the said J. and S. Ricardo further agree, that all the timber and - shipWiight's work necessary for the fixing and connecting the said engines to the said vessels shall 'be at their expence, together with the cost of all coals, fuel, arid materials necessary for the workisg of the said engines. And the said J. and S. Ricardo agree to pay the said Alexander Gal loway the sum of 14,100/. for the manufacture and completion of the before-mentioned engiues and worki, being eight of the 14 engines ordered by Lord Cochrane, and to be paid in the following manner :-3,5001. on the signing of this agreement, and 2,000/. on this day one month, and 1,0001. on the delivery of each pair of engines and their boilers and machinery ; and the remaining 4,6001. when the whole works are completed to the satisfaction of Lord Cochrane. It is lastly agreed by the said par ' ties to this agreement, that should Lord Cochrane not be satisfied with the manner in which the said stipulated engines and works are completed, or should any difference of opinion arise as to the exe cution of any of the conditions of this agreement, it it is hereby mutually determined upon, that each party shall appoint an arbitrator; and, in'the event of the two arbitrators disagreeing, then they shall be authorised to appoint a third, and the award of ' any two of such arbitrators shall be final and conclu ' sive, both in law and in equity ; and the said con treating parties hereby bind themselves, their heirs, and assigns, in the sum of 10,000/., to abide the award of such arbitrators." • (Signed by all the parties.) The Deputies heard of this bargain only on the 11th or 12th of September, 1825,, and went, in utter astonishment, to the Ricardos, to inquire the truth, and to insist on the countermanding of the order, from which ' they anticipated, too truly, an irretrievable and destructive delay. They were, however, borne down by representations, which they now state to have .lieen altogether fallacious ; and the following letter is given from Captain Hastings, who afterwards commanded the Perseverance, addressed to Mr. Edward Ellice, and dated on the 16th of January, 1826, tip months and an, half after the period of sailing for Greece, which had been stipulated in the _contract with Lord Cochrane,— " 29, Leicester-square, Jan. 16, 1826. " Dear Sir,—Hearing that you were to be in town yesterday, I have delayed writing, but. as I am informed to-day, that some days may elapse before your arrival, I think the subject upon which I wish to communicate with you too important to admit of delay. On the 29th of November, Galloway pro mised most faithfully before yourself; the Messrs. Ricardo and Ilarvie, to complete the Perseverance in three weeks ; yet she is now in that ,state that I will venture to say she will not be really in six weeks. This being the case with the Perseverance, what are you to expect with the other vessels ? I (to not hesitate to give it as my opinion, that the year will be terminated before the whole are com pleted. Lord Cochrane has sent over a Mr. Iles keth lately, Who brought me a letter; he says, that if he is not out in the month of March or April, it will be too late. I knew, and told both the Ri cardos end yourself, that alloway could not do any thing within the. time he promised, and that it would be at last too late to save Greece. I visited vessels which ,night have been purehased, but I was over ruled by those who had the power in their hands ; now behold the result. You may also recollect that I always told you that frigates would render no service to Gree.ce eittiv4lent t o the expense of the equipment; . , an d diet, if cempeten, there was no means of main taining so expenSivh 4 farce, Every body seems now to have come to the same conclusion.. I have thus exposed what were my opinions on a former occasion, and which were then disregarded, in a hope of showing that, as I then saw correctly the state of Greece, I may probably not err now; and this may perhaps eliiiae me to more influence on the present occasion. My eouvip,tien at this moment is, that the expedition in the hands of Q4)lOlvey cannot by any means be prepared in time to be of service te Greece. 414 . 0 see that the frigates in America cannot be equipped i and even if they could, they would not .(as I said before) under any service equivalent to their cost, and the expeitie of keeping them up wou ld be too great. Under these iinp re ssiong, t h e only course that presents itself to me is, to raise as large a stun of money as possible on the frigates, and to send out in tt furtnigk py three weeks, a steam vessel and three or four Leith smacks, and let them be strengthened out there to carry heavy guns. At the /ism the that this is going on, Galloway should discontinue his work on all the other steam-vessels, and throw aft his workmen on the Perseverance, so that she might sail in three weeks' time. " The Deputies (who, to do them justice have not in any way occasioned this unaccountable and disastrous delay) are willing to do every thing in iheir pow . ox o forward such an arrangement. Mr. flobhotise (Whom i t lwe frequently seen upon the subject) is quite of opinion that s.upir a measure ca n mots; save Greece. I shall say nOihi mots;ng c *p penses, 414 sys, and disappointments,' that I have experienced by the arrangements that . have taken nothing, if such ha d to • b een beneficial to t h e cause ; but as ', ,lace • of these I should fittn bass have gone very far to dept: Ay it, it and have also been adopted expresily contrary to y ,opinion, I think I have some cause for urging, that whilst there is a hope left, sump salutary measure should be adopted. I hope, Sir, you will se,e the necessity of coming to town and using all your influence to save a cause in which you have taken so much interest, and given yourself so much trouble. —I have, &c. (Signed) " F. A. HASTINGS. " To Edward fllhe, Esq." To give even an outline of the correspondence which followed between the Deputies—alarmed, mortified, and indignant, at the cruel delays which they encountered—and others to whom they could not. fail to attribute those delays, would carry us beyond our limits, and our readers beyond their power of endurance ; suffice it to say, that from November, 1825, when the vessels ought to have been placed under coin• mand of Lord Cochrane, to September, 1826, they wrote, and remonstrated, and reasoned, and repined, in vain. To this day, September, 1827, it appears that only the, Perseverance, ordered first by Mr. Ellice, and the Enterprise, one of the four which formed the subject of the con tract between the lticardos and Galloway, 27th August, 1825, have been (and that, afer various abortive trials) sent to sea ; that there have been promises, and boastings, and ex cuses, and evasions without end—alterations of plans,. and accumulations of expence without mercy—denials of responsibility, intermixtures of account, dissuasions of intended and well-me rited proceedings against those who had broken their engagements—deprecations of publicity— all for the sake of Greece! and, in fine, such a medley of avowals, inconsistencies, and contra dictions, which ought at least to be known, if they can be visited with no other re tribution, that we must refer to the little pamphlet itself , which will amply repay, by the spirit and truth of its contents, the trouble of the most ',diligent perusal. M. Luriottis, who supplies the mat ter, appears to have been an able and zealous, however unsuccessful Minister, of the unfortu nate 'Government which employed him. The following paragraph concludes the present pub- [cation : " The preceding letter closed the correspondence with Messrs. Ricardo on this subject, and it remains I only to add, that out of the five vessels ordered by them, and which, according to their contract with Mr. Galloway, were to have been completely sent out to Greece in November and December, 1825; one only, the Enterprise, has as yet left this country. The numerous failures which-retarded her departure, and the great additional expense incurred before she quitted the Thames, and subsequently repairing her at Plymouth, must be too fresh in the recollection of the public to require any notice here. Of the remaining four, one (the Irresistible) was said to be completed in May, 1826 ; the other three, it was represented, wo4ild be fitted out and leave the river soon after that month ; but, unhappily for Greece, and unfortunately for her creditors, the same lamentable delays which had occurred prior to that time, have attended this ill-fated expedition ever since; nor does there appear to be any probability, even now, of there being made available for the ser vice of Greece." FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. TRENCH PAPERS. tr - (From the Quotidienne.) NEWS FROM MADRID. Letters from Madrid, which arrived in Paris yes terday by estafette, confirm the news that his Ma jesty King - Ferdinand had appointed General the Count d'Espague, Captaba-General of Catalonia (see the Madrid article), and that two regiments of the Royal Guards had left Madrid for Barcelona. These letters add, that on the Princess Regent of Portugal having officially notified to the Spanish Cabinet the nomination of her brother the Infante Don Miguel to the Regency, King Ferdinand had immediately ordered the Army of Observation to break up. The regiments are consequently about to return to their respective garrisons, with the excep tion of some corps which were to be sent to Cata lonia. _ . It is added, that the notification of the Princess Regent of Portugal has produced. the greatest satis faction in Madrid. (Supplement to the Madrid Gazette of Sept. 11. ) OFFICIAL ARTICLE. The King our Illustrious Master has, this day been pleased to address to the Dean of the Royal Council the following decree : " The disorders which threaten to trouble the tranquillity of one of the most important provinces of my monarchy, have awakened my solicitude.— With children misled by alarms, which are perhaps. the offspring of an unenlightened zeal, it seemed to me proper to employ mildness and instruction rather than force and menaces. • " The provisional measures which I dictated with the view of putting a stop to the disorders of Cata lonia were in conformity - with these principles; but the events of which the towns of Vich and Mauresa were the theatre, in the last days of August, have given to the 'movements in the principality a cha racter which it is impossible longer to misunder stand ; and now, as King, I see sedition, where, as Father, I before saw only blindness. " The pretexts with which it is attempted to excuse, and even to give a legitimate character to the rebellion, are so absurd,—the idea of the cap tivity in which I am supposed to be held is so inju , riorts to my person,—the, injuries caused to many of my subjects are already so great,—and those which might occur, were the disorders to continue, would be of so serious a nature, that if the remedy which so great an evil calls for were longer delayed, the dignity of my Crown and the most important interests of my people would be compromised. " I have, therefore, given the necessary orders for causing the bands of rebels that infest some districts of Catalonia to be dispersed, which they soon trill be, if they refuse to submit on the first notification. A strong division of my army is ordered to execute • this measure for the protection of public tranquillity. Let the Council take cognizance hereof, in order to its immediate publication. (Signed) " THE KING." (From the Madrid Gazelle, Sept. 11.) OFFICIAL ARTICLE. His Excellency the Minister for the War Depart ment, under date of the 7th of September, commu nicated the following Royal orders to the Captain- General of Catalonia " The King, my master, after seeing your Excel lency's despatches of the 31st of August, and the abominable papers which have been published, one under the title of manifesto, signed by the munici pality of Manresa, and the other under the title of Proclamation, signed by the traitor Saperes, has de creed as follows : " Art. 1. The General commanding the troops on service in Catalonia shall forthwith direct pro ceedings against those , who, b y a criminal c onniva nce with m the rebels, of Manresa. Those individuals silsigned the pretended manifesto of shall be tried by the laws of the kingdom. " 2. In the same, manner shall be tried by a short and summary process, according to the royal decrees of the 17th and 21st August, 1825 ) and by the laws of the kingdom, all the instigators of the insurrec tional movement of the town of Manresa ; also those who have made common cause with the rebels, and those wbo may, in any way s have afforded them succour and protection. " 3. The battalion of Royalist Volunteers of Man resa is dissolved. " 4 . A Council of War, constituted in confor mity with the martial law, shall immediately examine the cone f uet of the Governor of Manresa, and the Chiefs of there invent of the Queen's Infan tr y , and of the 2d of th e Lit 4, who were in that town when support was given to the insurrectional movement. Tbgy will summarily inquire, according to the mina tart ordinances, whetter the said Governor and o fficers 'did th e i r 'dirty in guarding against surprise , • and defending to the last extremity the coloUrs of his Majesty, rs This I communicate to you, in virtue of a royal order, for the information of yourself and the Ge neral commanding the troops on service, at the same time recommending to you both the prompt execu tion of these measures." ANOTHER OSTICAL ♦RTICLE. The King, my master, after having teen your Ex cellency's despatches, dated Aug. 31,• and those of the Governor of Vich, which your Excellency for warded enclosed, has decreed as follows : " Art. 1. The General commanding the troops on service in Catalonia shall forthwith proceed against those persons who protected, or favoured, in any man ner whatever, the entry of the rebels into the town of Vich, who shall be tried summarily according to the laws of the kingdom. " 2. The battalion of Royalist Volunteers of Vieli is provisionally disbanded. This I communicate to you by Royal order for your information," Ace. ANOTHER. " The King, our master, desirous to secure punc tuality in every branch of the public service, and to punish the negligence of those, who, placed by his Majesty in situations of confidence, forget their duty when they fail to employ the force necessary for sus tainine• the authority which has been intrusted to them has thought fit to decree as follows :—. " Art. 1. The governors of fortified places or castles, who manifest little vigilance or weakness in preserving the different posts they command, shall be immediately dismissed. " 2. Those who do not defend their posts, ac cording to the Royal military ordinances, shall be tried summarily, and undergo the rigorous punish ment inflicted by the said ordinances. " 3. The Generals, Chiefs, and officers of every description, who do not within the limits 'of their authority employ all their efforts for the fulfilment of the orders, of his Majesty, of your Excellency, or of the General commanding the troops on service, with the view of repressing the rebellion, which is kept up on the same points of Catalonia, shall be de prived of their employments, and notification thereof given to the Ministerial departments to which they may respectively belong. I inform you hereof, in virtue of a Royal order, for your information," &c. (From the Gazette de France, Sept. 22.) (EXTRACT OF A YRIVATE LETTER.) ALEXANDRIA, JULY 16.—The news of the dif ferences which have arisen between France and Algiers had reached us indirectly from Trieste and Leghorn. We expected with impatience the parti- Culars of the affair, when a ship from Marseilles, which arrived yesterday, brought despatches' to the French Consul, announcing that the Government had jest sent an expedition against Algiers, to exact from that Government entire satisfaction for the in sults which it had offered to M. Duval, the King's Consul-General at Algiers. M. Malivoire, th e King's Consul acting at present as Consul-General, immediately waited on the Viceroy to obtain an order from him, prohibiting the Algerine frigates which are in our port to leave it, as it was presumed they in tended to do. This wise and prudent measure was completely successful. I have the satis faction to inform you, that the Pacha, yielding to the request of M. Malivoire, has promised to retain those frigates in the port. Two French frigates sail to-day for Marseilles. We are in debted to the French Consul for preserving them from the fate which they might have expected if the 'Algerine frigates had pursued them. M. Malivoire, whose long services in the Levant facilitates the negociations which he undertakes, is greatly re spected by. foreigners here, and the Frene'l mer chants daily congratulate themselyes on finding in this protector of commerce all the social qualities which have gained him so many friends. JASSY, AUG. 7.---The wind ceased the day before yesterday, in the evening, and the remainder of the city has been saved from the flames. The parti culars already given of the fire are correct, and the number of the houses burnt, and the persons who have perished, still greater than was stated. Every moment dead bodies are found among the ruins.— The loss is far greater than our Anthappy city sus tained in 1821. The horror of the scene was in creased by bands of *retches who endeavoured to set fire to several parts of the city ; and it is only to the vigilance of the patrols which have been organized for these three days, that we are indebted for the preservation of what remains of the city.— The Austrian subjects (as was stated in a former account) especially distinguished themselves by - leir activity. PARIS, SEPTEMBER 21.—The Prefect of the Seine, the Prefect of Police, the Secretaries-Ge neral of the two prefectures, and the , Sub-Pre fect of the a rrondissement of St. Denis, repair ed yesterday to the boundaries of the department of the Seine, to the confines of the territory Pierre fitte, where the Mayor and his adjunct, the members or the Municipal Council, and a great number of the inhahitants of that Commune, were assembled. The Mayor of Staines was also there with several of his colleagues and of the inhabitants of the adja cent communes. The King arrived at two o'clock, his•carriage stopped, and M. de Chabrol approached and delivered an address, to which his Majesty re plied as follows : " Gentlemen,—l have received with lively satis faction the expression of the feelings of my subjects in the departments through which I have passed. The city of Paris knows also that I have claims to its love, rights to its confidence. lam convinced . that I H always find it faithful, and that it will always be to me such as it was in 1814, when I have the happiness to appear'in the midst of it." Cries of Vive le Roi, and the sound of trumpets, which were concealed under bowers of foliage, which ' were arranged along the road, immediately followed the King'saaswer. The little village of Pierrefitte, in the department of the Seine, was adorned with flags, and garlands were hung across the streets in many places. The house of the Mayor, M. Audinot, was elegantly ornamented. His Majesty was received with similar marks of respect in the other villages, and arrived at St. Cloud at half-past three in excellent health. (EXTRACT FROM ANOTIIIR PRIVATE LITTER.) The King has decided upon, getting rid of his fa vourite, and Don Francisco Tadeo de Calomarde has been obliged, at last, to give way. M. de Salazar has been charged ; ad interim, with the portefeuille of grace and justice; and the-Royal note, which this night bore him this appointment, also directed M. de Zambrano, in all haste, to despatch to Arragon two of the three regiments which are at Madrid. The 3d Regiment of the guard and the chasseurs of the provincial militia of the same guard, started at seven o'clock, one for Lerida, the other for Sarragossa, haring only had two hours to make ready for their departure. In the night of the Bth-9th of this month, at one o'clock in the morning, a courier arrived from Lon don, bearing the news of the conclusion of the ne gociations of England with Spain, on the subject of Portugal. The Infant Don Miguel, named by the Emperor of Brazil, his August brother, Lieutenant of Portugal, is about to repair to Lisbon ; the Eng lish traps will withdraw in the month of January next, only leaving in Portugal the forces necessary to maintain order. (From the Quotidienne. ) (PRIVATE CORRESPOIIDENCE . ) MADRID, SEPT. 10.—According to the last letters from M. D'Ofalia, it app ear s that the English Go vernment has altogether changed its mode of acting towards him, and that the affairs of Portugal are nearly settled. The Cabinet of St, James's, en lightened, no doubt, I.ly the reports of its agents upon the true wishes of the Portuguese nation, has agreed to concess i ons w hi c h h ave brought the dif ferent parti es to a r i g h t un d erstan ding; for exampl e , all' the ob stac l es which oppose d t h emse l ves t o the n journey of - —O4 Migu e l to Portugal, are removed, and the y oung P rince the wishe so f h. peop le . TthuaPnetlowill not delay long gratifying his The message that M. broughtlet the to A English li.. LambMinister h a k d n n o ,s o r otherthes these object grtt events ; the latter seeing his Rart at Madrid nearly ended, ba4.t a 4 p. leavp ' of ti t s Majeti, d is to leave this very day for London. Great prep a rations are making to celebrate the anniversary of the happy deliverance of his Majesty before Cadiz. It is said that a part of the royalist volunteers of the province will repair to Madrid to maneuvre before the King. M. de Lima, Charge d'Affaires of Portugal, is still at Madrid; it is the Consul-General of the kingdom who has been recalled by his Government. Couriers extraordinary arrive every day. After having read the last despatches from Catalonia, the Ministers repaired to the Royal residence. It is reported to day that an imposing army is to be sent to the Province, the command of which is to be given to the Count d'Espagne. It seems, however, that the rebels have made no further progress. Let ters from Barcelona say, that General Manso is marching against them with a strong detachment, and that happy results are expected from his opera tions. The treaty concluded at Paris by the Duke de Villahermosa, our ancient Ambassador, and M. the Chevalier de Cordova, Secretary to the Embassy, between ns and some Englishmen to whom we owe some millions, is to be reviewed. For that purpose , . the Government is about to send to London and Paris four individuals charged with making new ar rangem en ts. There is great talk to-day of a letter of M. Re mho's, addressed to the Monarch. The Ex-Super intendent of Police announces a deficit of 150,000 piastres, the use of which he undertakes to justify : it was reported to-day that the fear of not being able to produce all the necessary documents deter. mined him to go to Portugal. I have this instant learnt that the army which the Count d'Espagne is to command will amount to 20,000 men, all veterans. We also positively know that the General-in-Chief is appointed Captain Ge neral of Catalonia, In the room of the Marquis de Campo Sagrado, who is recalled to Madrid. An officer of the provincial militia, named Caceres, who had before given proofs of insanity, having yes terday met an officer of artillery in the street, endea voured to pick a quarrel with him, and concluded, by striking him with his sword. It is on the let of January, 1828, that the Consulate of Commerce will be installed : for that purpose, the Angel Hotel has been hired, and it is there that the Tribunal and the Exchange will be established. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDEEQE.) LISBON, SEPT. p.—La Barboleta, a paper pub lished at Oporto, and all the letters we receive from that town, state, that M. Recacho had just arrived there, and that he intended to embark for France. Some days back, the Guerillas attacked, during the night, the Constitutional troops of Melgaco ; the engagement began at midn ight, and the Guerillas continued their fire till two m the morning, when M. Moraes, of the 21st of the line, who commanded the Constitutional troops, was obliged to retire on Melgaeo, which would have fallen into the power of the Guerillas, who had the inhabitants on their side, if the Corregidor had not learnt at eleven o'clock, that the place was to be attacked. GERMAN PAPERS. FROM THE FRONTIERS OF POLAND, SEPT. 6. According to a private letter from St. Petersburgh, it is probable that the Emperor will undertake a journey in the course of this autumn into the southern provinces of the Empire, the chief Objeet of which will be to review the armies under the com mand of Field Marshals Sacken and Wittgenstein. It is also reported that after the acconchement of the Empress Alexandria, the Court will go to Mos cow, and pass several months there, and orders have already been given to make preparations for its re ception. Travellers from the southern provinces of the empire repeat the assertions which have already been made that the army in Bessarabia has received large reinforcements during the summer, and may probably be twice as strong as it was before. At Choczym, Akermann, Kischeneff, and ocher places in that province, there are immense magazines formed of forage, corn, and other provisions, which are being further increased by the produce of the new crops. The fleet at Sebastopol is equipping with great activity. Some divisions of it leave the port from time to time to eruize on the European coasts of the Black Sea. FRANKFORT, SEPT. 13.—The .Allgenseine Zei lung, which was received yesterday, announcing that the Ultimatum of the Allied Powers was presented to the Porte on the 16th of August, caused no small alarm among the stock-jobbers. The funds in fact, began to fall, when at the opening of the Exchange a great banker, by the - confidential communication of a despatch but just received from Vienna, and the contents of which were of a most pacific tenour, caused them to recover. The offers to sell Austrian Metalliques ceased after they had declined about + per cent. Our politicians cannot indeed form a clear idea of the manner in whiCh the Greek question is to be solved ; but they persist in believing that, whatever may happen, it w:11 not be necessary to eut the Gordian knot. We have not heard a syllable here respecting the new Austrian loan till we found it in the French Papers. Nothing is known of it on our 'Change.-4tremburg Correspondent, Sept. 16. TRIESTE, SEPT. 7.—The English brig Jesse, Captain Kenuedy, was lately freighted here with a cargo for Alexandria. It was captured and plun dered on the voyage, by a Greek pirate, and re-cap tured by the Ariadne English frigate, which, how ever, only obliged the pirate to pay the freight to Captain Kennedy, without demanding the cargo which the captain had taken on board at Trieste.— This insult to the English flag, tolerated by the Ariadne—this abandonment of a cargo entrusted to its protection, has excited great sensa tion here, and brought the English flag into great discredit, as Alexandria has not been declared in a state of bleckade. The cargo placed under English protection, even had it been Turkish property — which, however, it was not,-ought to have been pro tected by the Captain of the Ariadne; and his con duct justifies the claims for indemnity which will be made by the owners of the cargo, as the interest bf the merchants in general requires. VIENNA, SEPT. il. —His Imperial Highness the Archduke Rudolph is so far recovered, that hopes are entertained of his being able,- by the 21st of September, to set out on his return to Vienna. The Marquis de Pereira, Portuguese Minister in Brazil, who brings to the Infant Don Miguel the appointment to the dignity of Regent of Portugal, arrived at Vienna to-day. According to private letters from Constantinople, of the 22d of August, the accuracy of which may be depended upon, the Turkish Egytian fleet, of 89 sail, quitted. the port dr Alexandria on the 31st of July. United with the division already at Navarin, the fleet will amount to 120 sail. It had from .5 to 6,000 troops on board. SEPT. 16..—Metalliques, 92 l -16th—Bank Shares, 108 s. puTERSBURGU, AUG. 29,—A few days ago the Emperor exercised a well-merited severity towards Majesty y s w m two of the principal functi onar i es o f th e S tate who had been guilty of very blameable negligence i n t h e performance of their duty. At th e b eg i nn i ng of. June his Majesty‘transmitted, through th e S ecretary of State (M urav jef), an o r de r ' t o t h e Mi n i ster Of Public Instruction to see that the repairs of the schools at Oranienbau m an d C r on s tadt w e re pro ceeded in without delay ; but two months passed away without any commencement of the execution of this order, The Emperor having than learned from the explanation which he has required of the Minister on the subject, that the delay was to be imputed to the Curator of the Petersburgh district, and to the Director of the department of Public Instruction s his Majesty ordered that the former 8 b.e severely r e p r i man d e d : an d th a t t h e .c , for not having inf orme d th e Ministeethat his had not been ful6.lled, should be placed under arrest in the Corps de Garde of the directing Senate, _ This punishment of the negligence of those two functionaries in the exercise of their duty, is to be communicated, by a circular from the Minister of Justice, to all the Authorities of the En)Ore, that this example may acne as a warning, TRICKS OF STOCKS TM'S DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock —l South Sea Stock . ....... ....... " 3 per Cent. Red. — Old Annuities —. 3 per Cent. Cons.s Si 1 ,4 1117 i New Ditto . ... V~, per Cent. Ditto Red. Ditto llOO 2d. 50 60 pm. 4 per Cent. New: lol%y, Ditto Small Ditto, 18126 - Ditto Commercial pin• linnk L. Ann. — Bank for Account —7 I ncita Stock Ditto Bomb — p►n: India for Account 217 2164 Coos. for Aect 97% C PRIM; OF FORNIGN FUNDS Austrian Bends, 5 per cent. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds, ft per et Bonds 25 Ditto, 1824 , 28„i 7% Dauisb, •3 per cent. Greek Bonds Ditto, 1826 15% )4 Guatemala &lexicon ponds 3.9348% Do, 1825 49N33i THIS DAT AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Russian, New 92 2 ,4 Spanish, 1821 9% 10 . 18 , 23 ,- -- French Itentee, sp. c. —t —c. Exchange —t. —C. 3 per cent —f. —4'. - Exchange —f. --C. PRICES Of SHARES THI DAY AT ONR O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share A2O 47 .5 8 9 mos 8 £2%. Places OF IRISH STOOKS, SHPT. 21. Brazilian Mining Co. GQneral Mining Association , Hibernian Mining Co. Potosi La Paz and Peruvian A Bank Stock Consols, S per cent. BO% Gov. Stoek, 3% per cent. SIN% Ditto, New , 4lper Cast. 100% Gov. Deb. 314 law cent SS% Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stook City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Once Deb. 4 n. at — St.,Patrick Instil. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto --- Hibernian Bank l63t Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Canuneroial Buildings MOM WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 33 minutes after 4. I lireeking....ss minutes after 4. ' - r • 'IN 4lig A, (*6-114414. LONDON, MONDAY EYENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1827- THE EGYPTIAN EXPEDITION. We have received the following important in formation respecting the Egyptian Expedition ALICIANDILIA, JULY 11, 1627. " Moharim Bay (the Egyptian Admiral who, on the appearanee of Lord Cochrane on this coast on the lbtlt ult.; put to sea in pursuit of him) returned here several days ago, without being able to bring the Greek fleet to adios. " In about eight or ten days ►wore the expedition will sail for the More: ; and it is to be hoped the Pacha ma)( then detach some of his fast-sailing corvettes to keep the Coast of Candia clear of pirates. " From the doctrine lately laid down at Malta, respect' ing piracy, it cannot be expected thdt any of our Nave Commanders will, in future, take the trouble to send "any more pirates there for adjudication. if •LIMANDRIA, JULY 21. " His Majesty's ship Gannet sailed yesterday, in search of the pirates off Candia. ALIEXANDRIA, JULY 26 " The 5,000 fresh troops frost Cairo are being on; barked, and the Pacha's fleet is preparing to sail, sever a , ships being already outside the harbour. The whole probably leave this the beginning of next week, should no thing extraordinary interfere to prevent them. We hav e not heard from Constantinople for some time, and are anxious to reeeive accoun t s o f th e negociations carrying 7 there. Our lat es t advises from England are to the est , June. " MALTA, AUG. 22. ‘to ` ne put th .di en t e nn ive rd Genoa under sit (s E ev d e i n v t a y t - d fo c u od rO have tingt left on,i t oo b: wand in the Levant. The Gannet has brought in he' 93 pirates, and sailed again for Alexandria 18th inst. " atAnsmu.sa, sum 11 * " The Paella of Egypt has disarmed the At g erio ° frigate and corvette which were in the harbour of AIO" andria." • French ptghont iieistatt It is supposed that the crews of the Al g eriee ships have been put on board the Egyptian fleet? and as they are excellent sailors, and desp e rate characters, the PACHA has accomplished 0 double purpose, by disarming the Algerine Yes' sels—that of saving the French manning some of his own vessels : The Egyptian fleet consisted of two sail of the line, eight frigates, mid several corvettes, 1 01 is supposed to have left Alexandril on the let frigates, anti k August, as by accounts from Constantinople vi e understand it was known to have been off Rhod es about the Bth August, where some delay 113 ' 1 taken place, from some unknown cause. It' s probable that by that time intelligence may lo ve been received of the triple treaty of the 6th RIP which May have led to a negotiation, having 111 its object the return of the Egyptian sweeties' Until the determination of the Porte were knoo:ill of course no hostile measures could be a dort e ' to prevent the further progress of the E g yptitO s ' but, even without any negociation on our Ps lrl ' the danger aa ndB C iel ro o tm from lme f a t n i‘t d hlih e rjai r ElatrAEsar o Tig y f vyappl t s h tiii e s:hnr Egyptian iesps:oi rnAt i. may, on hearing of the treaty on his a rrival $ e Rhodes, have paused, and have. applied t° tl PACHA for further instructions. ) 1 ' d i , ca The me n P t. AC H IIA is is so n placed and taihnceoaontsvhieearreyricllenileide. hand, army by yy l placed in greet in the Morea, which might be danger if he were to declare himself independe ti l of the Porte, or to hesitate in pushing forvvo e ‘ l t l i i ll e°ll' d lon N g a a v ft ie e s r . his • reinforcements. hering to, the Porte, his fleet would b e i n ee l • ris E uy g re A y eds p s tfairigalilamsii against tl e e A t t at Rhodes, any ass t i li s 4 ta a n t :e lv t al o b o e fctibee l incase Albion o n th l a i e o n y s d t r i l e C e s 0 1 1 le i t l v eo e : s to proceed, could not be calculated upon. r i l l n r se e eßww b ooeu n filsg l iasl y hdicatt a lifl t ooaslifi M lc uott a hiup l lil t losd a nl oi o n i ogpti t c: h erfh e t:ltaite . 2 nvr ve : , t a:rt i rtf ; , vso A oef A ugust, i.,rl ships l ati a e i ii i i r eaw d ffsh w a t co l ie e r il e , &je ll Sir EDw. CODRINGTON, ilOlll whose k l2o ' l i talent, h owever , an d the excellent condition o the ships under his command, every thing O e 1 be expected that skill, courage, and prude' lc can accomplish. . " The Paris Papers of Thursday and Friday' i'" the Gazette de France dated Saturday morii reached us last night. They contain no news, i"' are iehioefflyFfißllAedNcwsi, and a the insurrectio n a:,th accounts of the tour of I I ! T Catalonia. His MAJE STY retur ned to it Cloud n at Thursday, he and had o f .h \ 0i satisfaction improved Stat e the pf be his kingdom through 11; c.. I, ot expressed rS w— he p asse d, and t manner in which he had been received by the ill habitants. • , 4 The insurrection in Catalonia coi inUes ;extend, -and the 'rebels n o w co unt among st the many pers ois o f di st i nct i o n and property' rr i Bishop of I T ICH and the Marquis de Yußit nUENO, have joi threaten have all them, al necessar upon tl dressed which I captivit , VI 6erOTOU surga termine and has Ministe arrived tracts French Fass, 75a. ; Naples, Ilaytian kICH 20e. ; (money) cipal reachet of the the Ilt Portug veying rnent o the inti througl and of troops STEIN war wi move t IATe Russia Bessar, Sea, a' at Ake provisi These convict Iliornit REDSI in the Vienn had m commi hold tl clrcuni of the Aei GHIK terms, follow, Some ] Ineetil Adnii th e II His Pass e d to t h e 0 a th e Jest e d on the view e d tion s t Princ e the str is lodE good I, of his 1 the re have of the which of Sat Okrid in cite War, tress. The meat coma' war, t orders aniwe Antha Fri septci esteen .truct sittin give WI ward of Live the c prim. coun Trip, Bop code, lure,