The Sun. — London, England, 1827-10-26 00:00:00

THE SLAVE TRADE. Yesterday a meeting was held at the Spread agle Inn, E psom , of ,the members of the Surre Anti-Slavery Society, for the purpose of taking into consideration a petition to both Houses of Parlia ment a gainst slavery in the British Colonies. At one o'clock the chair was taken by H. DRUMMOND, E s q., in the absence of C. N. Pallmer, Esq., one of the county members. The great room was com pletely filled, and a number of ladies were present. The CHAIRMAN opened the business of the day by stating that he felt unfeignedly happy in meeting so numerous an assembly on the occasion. He recom mended the meeting to urge in the strongest lan guage, the claims of that great body of our fellow creatures, and not use any particular terms to please the ear of those who might consent to words, without at all meaning to act up to the principle, foe which they contended. When they had first met, he took the liberty of stating, as his opinion, that that, was not to be their last meeting; and it would be evi dent to any person whO had watched the proceed ings of the Colonial Legislatures since the formation of that Society, that not one step had been taken by them to ameliorate the condition of the slaves. In discussing the subject of slavery ,' the difficulty was not any want of materials to argue against its conti nuance; but the great difficulty was, to disentangle it from that mistification with which it was sur rounded by the adVocates of slavery. Upon every principle of humanity, morality, and religion, colonial slavery must be considered as a frightful evil. As men, all must deplore the unfortunate situation of 800,000 human beings now slaves in the West Irel dies. Christians should not sanction it, and moralists cannot but perceive the moral degeneration to which sech a state of society reduces both masters and slaves. He would state it broadly, that the whites as well as the blacks were debased by that horrible system, and he knew no power on earth that pos sessed the right of enslaving our fellow men. If such a right were acknowledged, the people of Epsom might be deprived of their liberties on the same ground. The Society when looking at the subject as men, must at once think that man had certain rights which no parch ments can rightfully take away. The rights of' fathers and mothers ; in fact, the ties of natives, were stronger, and should have a preference over the claims of the master to his slave, and, considering it politically, the eepenses which slavery entailed upon the country was an argument for its abolition. It eras not for him to prescribe to the Meeting the way in which they should proceed, but lie would take the liberty of suggesting the advantage of taking up one or two important points connected with slavery, and not to waste their strength on too many arguments, and also not to use expressions which might be likely to give offence, or to alienate any of their friends. Their business was to bring clear and distinct ideas before the people of England, from whom avery support might be expected, and that sup port was roost necessary, as, it would give confidence to his Majesty's Government in enforcing the mea sures to which they were already pledged. Many per sons were not disrsed togo the length of that Society in their wishes to ceoprove the conditions of the slaves, but the reasons were, the people were not generally well informed on the subject. Among the - West India Proprietors there \ were us benevolent men as could be found in any community. It would, therefore, be unkind to attack thern„their great dif ficulty being, that they were in possession of a spe cies of property of which they did not know how to be rid. The principal defenders of slavery were the Colonial Assemblies, and the West Indian Agents in this country, who always maintained that the abolition of slavery was intended to be accom plished by force; but, with respect to the mode, he was sure the Society were willing to discuss that point, or to leave it entirely to the wisdom of Par liament—to those who were opposed to the princi ple of emancipation, and who talked of force, he would say, that if force must be used, on their heads be the blood—the hands of that Society were clean. Mr. BRI3COE moved a series of resolutions, which were read by Mr. Everest, the secretary, expressive of the feelings of the Meeting on the subject for which they were met, which were carried, and a pe tition founded thereon was agreed to. Mr. BRISCOE said, that on a former occasion simi lar to the present, he had the pleasure to congratu ate that Society on the' bright prospects which dawned over their labours in attempting to abolish slavery, and the grounds of rejoicing were, the reso lutions of 1823, which, at the suggestion of the late lamented Prime Minister, had passed unanimously through both Houses of Parliament—that was the period at which the enemies of slavery first saw that a day was fixed when it must end. The friends of freedom had only to remain firm, and to support and remind the rulers of the country that they had the voice of the people with them. He thought that fears respecting the abolition of slavery were visionary, except such as were created by the con duct of the colonists themselves ; he should there fore recommend to the Society to proceed steadily, but calmly and dispassionately, and leave the result to the Almighty Ruler of the Universe. Mr. HENRY GASSE said, that from his earliest in fancy he wished for the abolition of slavery. The whole West India system was rotten. It was for the Society to denounce the evil, and for Parliament to apply the remedy, but it was so far necessary to assist Parliament, as to stimulate them until the work of amelioration shall terminate in full eman cipation. Mr. Powreete, concurring as he did in the views of the Society, was glad of the opportunity to denounce the cruelty and slavery which prevailed in the West India Colonies, and which he always so heartily ab horred. When the friends of emancipation cried out against the practice of using the cart-whip, it was denied to be in use, and the charge was treated as a libel, but now, when the Colonists were called upon by Parliament to abolish the whip, it was then declared to be necessary. In a Trinidad newspaper it was openly stated that the use of the whip was as essential to elavery as trial by jury, or the freedom of the press, for the protection of the rights of Eng lishmen, and quite as defensible; and although it had been always stated, that the overseers of slaves were intelligent men, yet, when Parliament wiehed for a reg i stry o f s l aves , it was declared impractica bl e , and among other reasons, it was adduced that time drivers were too illiterate to attend to such a duty, and even when it was attempted to exemptwomen from so cruel a punishment,the colonists refused to accede; but what was worse,the wife was punished whenever her husband .escaped from slavery. Clergymen of the Established Church were refused the privilege of performing the ceremony of marriage between coloured people, without the consent of their Teas tees. The people of this country might talk about upholding liberty in Europe, whilst, under their own dominion, human beings were bought and sold like beasts in the field, or cattle in a stalL Bolivar, in South America, had shown a noble example ; he pleaded for coloured people there as for his own children; he would allow no distinction on account of colour, and no slavery. Mr. HILL, of Jamaica, a gentleman of colour, said, that by the present system slaves were decreasing by deaths, but he pledged himself. that if the views of the Society were adopted the West India labourers would be preserved. The laws against free people , of colour were very severe. He might belong to either of the learned professions, and yet he would nut be allowed to practice in the Colonies; and pre viously to 1813, such persons were not to have their own relatives as overseers, and at the present day the whites are compelled to employ persons of their own complexion to superintend their business. The free people of colour had petitioned against those griev ences ; but the Colonial Legislature said they hind neither rights nor claims. An appeal was made to the British Parlia ment' but that appeal only excited the animosity of the colonists, who do not admit the right of the British Parliament to legislate for them. 8 were It had been said th at t h e slave very mu ch im proved in their condition; that very fact was an ar gument against slavery, us it was dangerous to edu cate them without an intention to make them free. Hitherto the negro was merely a creature of sensa tion ; now many of them were persons of reflection ; and, for his part, he was glad of it, as he wished to see improvement precede legislation. He regretted that the Members for the county were not present, particularly Mr. Pallrutt, whose presenee would be a pledge of his sincerity 9n supporting the resolutions of 1823; but when he 'saw that Mr. Pallmer (him self a West 'lndian, and the father of coloured chil dren), was absent, he could not help feeling regret. Some other Gentlemen then addressed the Meet ing in a similar strain, after which a resolutiou was carried, adverting to the melancholy loss sus tained by every friend of freedom in the death of the late Prime Minister, Mr. Canning, and while it lamented the sudden mournful visitation which had deprived the slaves of their undaunted and eloquent advocate, marked the deep sense the Meeting enter tained of his valuable services, not only in the abo lition of the slave trade, but in the total extermina tion of slavery.—The thanks of the Meeting were voted to the Chairman, after which it separated. ELECTION—MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL. Courier-office, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 12 a.m. We stop the press to announce, that the arduous and protracted contest for the honour of filling the civic chair has just terminated in favour of Mr. Por ter, after polling six tallies, leaving the numbers at the close as follows : For Mr. Porter Mr. Robinson Major in favour of Mr. Porter -15 Total number of freemen polled 3,543 The friends of the losing candidate paid this morn ing 25/. for a single vote. This I know to be a fact. The money spent . on both sides in this contest will not fall short of from - 15,0001. to 20,000/. (From the Third Edition of the Liverpool Courier.) PROCESSION OF MR. PORTER'S FRIENDS. As soon as it was ascertained that a procession was to take phice, the greatest activity was observ able amongst the friends of Mr. Porter, in order to carry into ef f ect this triumphant testimony of their success. It was expected by many persons that Mr. Porter would, on this occasion, be chaired, - and preparations were actually in progress to make' ready Gen. Gas coyne's chair, which was used at the last general election, for that purpose. Mr. Porter's personal friends, however, knowing how incompatible such a proceeding would be with that gentleman's feelings, positively set aside the projected design, and con fined the programme to an open barouche, drawn by four horses, in which were Mr. Alderman Wright and several other gentlemen, and a procession of the freemen. At three o'clock the procession was ar ranged, and proceeded down Dale-street, up Shaw's brow, London-road, and along St. Anne's -street, to Mr. Porter's house. The captains of districts and the canvassers were for the most part in open carriages. We observed, too, that many of them had provided aplentifld supply of bottled porter, large draughts of which they occa sionally quaffed to the healths oi the spectators, as they passed along. Some time before the procession moved off, si g ns of an approaching storm was evi dent, and before it had reached the bottom of Dale street, the rain fell in torrents almost instantly, and drenched the multitude, together with flags, banners, and the rich silk colours which were used on the occasion. This unfortunate circumstance broke in upon the enjoyment of those who had calculated upon an afternoon's gala, and in a few minutes nearly half the people which composed the procession, moved off to escape the fury of the storm. The main body, however, moved onwards, and reached Mr. Porter's house before four o'clock : the rain still continued to fall with all the weight of a thunder shower. Crowds of drenched individuals had, notwithstanding, thronged round the house, de termined to gaze on the procession. Upon its arrival at Mr. Porter's house, Alderman J. WRIGHT stepped forward upon the balcony, and paid a warm compliment to the late Mayor, Mr. Littledale, and proposed that the assembled multi tude should give nine hearty cheers for him, which was done with the greatest enthusiasm, Mr. Porter, the present Mayor, giving the signal. Mr. Wright then concluded, by stating that he felt convinced they would all return to their homes without a par ticle of ill-feeling in their breasts towards their opponents. The MAYOR (T. C. Porter, Esq.) then came forward to the window, and was received with the deafening shouts of the multitude. He said, that his friend, Mr. Wright, had alluded to the excellent conduct of the Mayor, and he need hardly say how cordially he agreed in the eulogium which had been passed on that gentleman for the patience, the firmness, and the impartiality which he had evinced during the last six days. "And now, gentlemen," said his worship, " I em phatically say, from-my soul I thank you for the honour which you have this day conferred on me.-- (Loud cheering.)—Before we separate, I would men tion a name, the sound of which will, I am sure, be re-echoed by you wit tumultuous shouts of appro bation. I mean, Mr. Wright, for whom let us give three hearty cheers."—(Loud and long-continned cheering followed this address.) The multitude then moved off. MURDER-INQUEST. We regret to say that a very shocking transaction has taken place in this city since our last publica tion. At an early hour yesterday morning, the neighbourhood of New Bridewell-lane was thrown into confusion by a cry of murder. It appears that a man named Michael Callaghan had gone into a house of ill fame there situate, belonging to one Mary Denny, now dead. Having remained there for some time with a prostitute, whom he took with him, he handed one shilling to Mary Denny, telling her to keep sixpence for the use of he room, and to procure whiskey for him with the remainder. Mary Denny went out, but / returned, saying she could not procure any spirits, and giving, at the same time, the sixpence designed for the liquor to her female visitor. Michael Callaghan, it would seem, not wishing that the whiskey-money should be so disposed, became riotous, upon which a scuffle ensued, in which a daughter of Mary Denny, and a servant, took part. Callaghan, in the course of the engagement, tore a post from the bud, in which lie had been lying, and with this inflicted several blows on the servant and daughter, break ing a dresser and some articles on it at the time. Mary Denny seeing this, rushed at Callaghan, who then, we believe, seized a pair of bellows which he used with the most fatal effect. The apartments of Mary Denny being on the ground-floor, the com batants in the course of the engagement, shifted early into the street. Here Callaghan broke the bellows on Mary Denny's head, and inflicted two dreadful fractures on her skull,.of which she instantly expired. An inquest was yesterday held on the deceased at the Bridewell, before Mr. Hardy, and a verdict of Wilful Murder returned against du: prisoner Cal laghan. Her slayer is a pensioner, and had been a Serjeant and Schoolmaster in the 21st Regiment. Margaret Denny, the daughter of the deceased, arid Mary Buckly, the servant, are now lying in the North Infirmary, from the effects of their wounds.—•-Cork Mercantile Chronicle. We understand that a short time since the ruins of an ancient Roman villa were discovered on the estate of W. Hill, Esq. at the Leigh, about five miles from this town. A beautiful pavement has bun found, up wards of sixty yards of which have been already exposed ; and during the process of clearing it, various remains of the Roman inhabitants of the island have been brought to light ; amongst which are a number of coins, various do mestic utensils, a quantity of potteL y, several urns, evi dently sepulchral, front their containing bones, &e. The building is supposed by some to have been a temple, bat this conjecture is hardly compatible with many of the re lies ; and the more natural supposition is, that it was the residence of a person of consequence... Chel4nhana Chro nicle. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. THE AMULET, or CHRISTIAN and LITERARY REMEMBRANCER, 18mo., pp. 434, gilt, beautifully bound in watered silk.—London, 1828. Among the various improvements of the age, nothing in Literature is more characteristic of the march of mind, than the periodical appear ance of these beautiful publications, not inaptly styled—annual volumes, which seem admirably calculated for Christmas presents. It is pleasing to observe that the taste of the public sensibly improves in matters of this kind, as it not only rewards rival genius, but incites it to exertions Of a still more exalted nature. Unless the aspira tions of genius meet with a corresponding fee lin g in the public mind, its enthusiasm sinks und er the impression of neglect, at a moment wheata little sympathy would not only have kept its spirit awake, but, encouraged it to still nobler achievements. Happily for the present genera tion, the taste of the influential orders keeps pace with the diffusion of knowledge among the humbler classes of society ; and, if any proof we re wanting to confirm this opinion, it will readily be found in the improved appearance and increasing number of publications like the pre sent. To say that the Amulet for 1828 is greatly superior to its predecessors would be saying little. In its literary department it possesses the names of some of the first writers of the day, and as for the illustrations which embellish the volume, a glance will appreciate their merits without asking the names of the gifted artists and ingenious en gravers. Were we disposed to particularise we might be tempted to instance the picture of the last man as one of impressive awfulness and sub limity. It represents a figure standing amid the wreck of nature, on the borders of eternity, and looking " On that vast ocean he must sail so soon." The other pictureS are varied in style and ex cellence, but why should we dilate upon beauties which all must be impatient to possess? The Amulet is distinguished from other publications of this class as being more particularly, but not exclusively, de voted to serious subjects. A vein of Christian benevolence and holy fervor pervades the work, and gives it a peculiar recommendationto . fathers of families, as being a very desirable mode of impressing the rising generation with devotional feelings in the most acceptable and therefore most effectual way. The number of contributors amounts to SlXTY—the public may, therefore, judge of the* variety of the articles—and rest Satisfied as to their merit from the fact that the names of all the authors are well known in the several departments of literature. We con clude by strongly recommending this volume to the patronage which its excellence so unequivocally deserves. We may occasionally favour our readers with an extract from its diver sified contents. At present we select the follow ing poem, which is written with great elegance and beauty. In another column we have given Miss Mitford's humorous and very natural pic ture of rustic love and manners, entitled— " Fanny's Fairings."— THE CLOUDS. BY S. C. HILL. When the first day-beam bleated the sky, I marked the varied clouds on high,— The clouds through which the sun-light broke, As if it came front heaven, and woke Their sleepy shadows into smiles, And wooed them with a thousand wiles : Those at a distance yet, were cold And dull and naked, after night ; But on, toward the east, they rad . • And clad them in a robe of light. Others, as if they loved to dwell In darkness, moved but slowly on, And when on them its likr; htness fell, But little of their gloO/5 had gone One, gloomier still, its course delays, As though too hew'', for the sky, Then breaks and passes gaily by While some had gathered round the rays That gave them•huea and forms so fair, As loth to leave that glorious place, To lose their beauty and to trace Their pathway through the murky air. I marked, when day was at its height, Others of many a varied dye, • More fair of form, more purely bright Than those that deck'd the morning sky, And gaz'd, 'till over all on high The sun held uncontrolled sway And chased from heaven all gloetn away, While the few clouds that o'er it past, No beam obscured, no shadow cast. But when the day was almost done, The clouds were beautiful indeed, When, from his daily duty freed, Still in his glorious strength, the sun Shone forth upon the twilight skies, And graced them with'his myriad dyes. I saw the clouds that - Onward drew From out the deep and distant blue, Become all beautiful and bright, As if to show the sowing night How great the radiance and the power, E'en of the sun's departing hour. They took all shapes, as Fancy wrought Her web, and mingled thought with thought : Some like familiar forms—the themes Of early loves that fade to dreams— Some were of rainbow shape and hues ; Some glistened, like our earth with dews ; Some were like forests, seen afar ; Some like the restless wandering star ; While some appear'd like coral eaves half hidden by the ocean waves, 'All covered with their snow-'white spray; Others were there, which aeem'd to be Fair islands in a dark blue sea, Which human eyes at eve behold ; But only then—unseen by day Their shores and mountains all of gold. Those They v a a r i e h d ' d i. , m a e s t a h n e d forma night c a w m e er were on gone — But in their stead, Reflection woke To teach her lesson--thus she spoke : " Those very clouds, so bright, so gay, So fair—are vapours which the earth Flung, as diseased parts away,__ Foul mists, which owe their second birth To him who keeps his throne on high, To bless the earth and gild the sky. Yes! 'tis the sun whose influence brings A change to these degraded things— That gives them lovely forms—and then Deprives them of their baneful powers, And sends to mother Earth again, In gentle dews and cheering showers, What was her burthen and her ban. Man feels a change as great--when man Feels that immortal spark within—. Whose might no human tongue can tell, Which shins to lighten and dispel The darkness and the weight of sin ; When He, who form'd Creation's whole, To school and guide the human soul, Bids o'er the intellectual skies The Sun of Righteousness arise, And things of heaven and ea: th assume Their proper shape of light or gloom." Now let the contemplative mind Fill up the blank I leave behind ; And see through all Creation's plan Some useful lesson taught to mau ; Compare the eliauges wrought within, And those without,—by nature wrought— Compare the man who lives in sin, And him, by virtue led and taught. See how the Christian's shining light Makes all that once was darkness bright ; And see bow; like the clouds on high, His every feeling, every thought, Adorn and bless the mental sky, --And then his &lories never die FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PILICES OP 15151 Bank Stock 243)i FRENCH PAPERS. consols, 3 percent. 8 6 14 (From the. Gazette de France of Wednesday . ) 430 v. Stock, 8)(i per cent. 92% 3 Ditto, New CORFU, OCT. 3.—An English brig of war has 4 per Cent. 1004:1% Just brought the news, that, on the 23d of September, V io o y y ; Attngricent.....el Ibrahim agreed to an armistice, stipulating for the ~,!. i . r anu Canal Stock 3 it right to return without impediment from the corn- v!islapte, Office per sent v. squadrons to .Alexandria, as soon as he should - receive new communications: • The armistice with the Greeks. is stated to have been concluded under the guarantee of the Com manders of the Allied Squadrons. The convention with Ibrahim, was concluded. by Messrs. Elliot for England, Huellier for France, and Alascary, who is with the Russian Admiral, Hayden, as diplomatic agent. VIENNA, OCT. 14.—Letters from Constantinople announce that the Greek Patriarch, at the head of his Clergy, obtained from the Sultan, on the 18th of September, the pardon of the insurgents of Livadia, who had sent an offer of submission. It is inferred from this that the 'Porte, to avoid the inter vention of Foreign Powers, desires to negotiate di rectly with the Greek insurgents. (From the Quotidienne.) PARTS, OCT. 22.—The appointment of the Duke of Ragusa to a very important command is spoken of. We give the following passage from a letter re ceived from Vienna : CONSTANTINOPLB, SEPT. 28.--It is now re ported that the Sultan has decided upon sending the Greek Patriarch into the Morea to negotiate with the Greeks. It is the news of the day, and it is asserted that the Ministers of France, Russia, and England, look upon this step as the first concession in this affair." _ . This news, which has yet no authenticity, appears to us to be of great importance, as it changes, if not the state of the question, at least the forms of the di plomatic negotiations. In fact, if the direct sending a Greek Plenipotentiary on the part of the Divan to treat with the Hellenists, is already a happy result for Treece, it must be added, that the Divan seems by that measure to reject the intervention of the foreign Cabinets, and to declare that it will only treat with its former subjects through itself. Thanks must, undoubtedly, be still given to the three Powers for it; but the Sultan's step will hereafter render their intervention useless, which, it must be aclusowledged, will level many difficulties. (From the CondigutionneL) (PRIVATE CORILESIPONDENCE.) BARCELONA, OCT. 14.--The bands occupied with the siege of Girona have dispersed themselves upon other points. Every where the rebels have left traces of robbery and pillage. General Romagosa, as well as all the prisoners which the factious had assembled at the common depot at Buse, have succeeded in escaping with the guards appointed to watch them, and have arrived, without any serious accident, at Cardona. Pursued by the column which, under the direc- ' tion of Pratz de Llausanes, had been detached against the rebels, Jep del Estangs has been obliged to abandon Berge, but, in his retreat, that partizan took the precaution of carrying with him the whole of his prisoners. On the 12th, the factious made excursions in the neighbourhood of St. Felien de Guixols. The bands commanded by Trigola, Meitre de Camos, Jean de Mieres, and other obscure Chiefs, inundate Lampourdan, and deliver themselves up to all sorts of excesses. The Governor of Figueras, however, M. Caamano, regards these scenes of dis order and desolation with indifference; he has not stopped even at this inaction, but, knowing that the inhabitants of Cadagues intended to defend them selves against the rebels, he deprived them of the few arms they had at their disposal. Favoured by this measure of the Governor, the factious penetra ted into 'that town, levied with impunity a large contribution, and created great disorder. The band of 400 men, set on foot in the neigh bourhood of Barbastro, in Arragon, by the Canon Don Joseph Ferrer, bearing a rencontre with the troops of GeneraCValdez, has forsaken the Pro vince, and crossing the frontiers which separate it from Catalonia, have entered into the latter Pro vince, having the Canon at their head. This band is at present near Isom, in Upper Catalonia, not ten leagues from Salsona; it may become more formi dable than it is at present, by *nine . ' the band of the .Abbe de l'O., another celebrated champion. Some chiefs of small bands continue to present themselves at Tarragona, to offer their submission; it appears that a depot is to be established for them Some asserted that the French troops were to evacuate that city, upon the King's arrival. This news appears .to be destitute of foundation. The French garrison corps are, on the contrary, to be strengthened by a considerable number of conscripts, and all the regiments will be complete in their num bers, so that, without augmenting the number of corps, the numerical force of the garrison will be increased. PARIS, OCT. 22.—The Count Capo d'lstria, chosen President of Greece, set out to-day for Mar seilles. A letter from Perpignan, of the 16th of Octobei, says : " The Count d'Espagne arrived yesterday, at nine in the evening, at Girona, with 3,500 infantry, and 500 horse. The city was immediately illuminated. The same night, he ordered eleven rebels, detained in the prisons of the town, to be prepared for death; these persons were to be shot to-day. " A large body of rebels still occupies Olot. Ge neral Romagosa has net been shot as was reported; but he is detained in the prisons of the Duke ofßerga (Jep del Estaugs); the opinion of the rebels is, that he will be shot; Jep del Estangs has seized his correspondence with the Count d'Espagne." (From the Quotidienne.) We observe the following letter in the Indicateur of Bordeaux : " BAYONNE, OCT. 16.—A courier extraordinary arrived yesterday from Madrid, bringing intelligence of the departure of her Majesty the Queen for Sara gossa. Her Majesty travels post." (From the Journal des Debats.) A letter from the frontier of the arrondissement of Ceret, in the Eastern Pyrenees, dated the 13th inst., gives the following intelligence. The Junta of Man resa is dissolved. The Members hare dispersed, and taken the road towards the frontiers of France. The Agraviados abandon their positions on the a pproach of the King's troops. Some parties wan der through the mountains on the frontiers. They would probably fly for refuge to the French terri tory, were it not for the apprehension, founded on reports, that au asylum would be refused. The In surgents of the lower order have, for the most part, retired to their homes. Only a mere wreck of their forces remain with the leaders. Such of the Insurgents as have already passed the Gentler say, that the submission, which ought to have been the immediate consequence of the Royal Manifesto, has not been general, in consequence of a report iet Bishops and Clergy were not well re ceived at Tarragona, and that the leaders ; who gave in their submission, were detained prisoners. Don Domingo Catalt, the intendant of the Insur gent army, in company with c, Monk, left Campre don, disguised, for the purpose of making their escape into France. It is said that, dixeived by their guides, they fell into an ambuscade before reaching the frontier, were made prisoners, and con ducted to Tarragona. A large sum in gold and silver, which they had about them, was taken away. On their retreat from Gironne, twelve of the in surgents had the audacity to enter Figueras and take away six horses. --- The ppragraph which stated that the present Earl of Gni!ford is nephew to the late Earl is erroneous. The Mini4r, Lord North, who succeeded to the Earldom of Guilford on the death of his father, and the Honour able Brownlow North, late Bishop of Winchester, were brothers: the late Earl of Guilford was ten to the Mini ster ; the present Earl is son of the late Bishop of Win cheater. By the death of his first cousin, he succeeds to the Earldom, and to a property of 18,0001, a year. STOCKS, OCT. 23. St. Patrick Incur. (per ah.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Cornmeroial Buildings HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning.. 5 minutes after 7.1 Evening...3s minutes after 7, )7,„ 14 - 47, - ebeNik _ . LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1827. We received last night the Paris Papers of Tuesday, and the Gazette de France of Wednes day. The intelligence which they communicate from Constantinople is of a very doubtful cha racter, and we hardly know whether to consider its substance as a proof of the abandonment by a part of the Greek nation of their own cause, or as another instance of the wily and procrasti nating conduct of the Porte. To the latter opi nion we incline ; but we must state the fact as mentioned by the French Papers, and wait the arrival of further accounts before the real nature of the circumstance, or its effect upon the present position of affairs, can be accurately judged of. It is stated in the article we allude to from Constantinople, under date of the 2ith of September, that " the inhabitants of the Con tinent of Greece without the Peninsula, who had been in a state of insurrection, had transmitted to the Greek Patriarch in that capital two peti tions, signed by all the Cepheid and Ministers of the Districts, in which they announced their submission to the Porte, asked for an Amnesty, and begged their Patriarch to obtain the revoca tion of the proscription decreed against them by the Porte. " This act of submission was solemnly brought to the Porte a week ago by the Patriarch, AGA THANGELOS, accompanied by twelve of his prin cipal clergy, and delivered to the Kiaja Bey, with these words—' May the Omnipotent remove the bandage from the eyes of those who are still blind, and enable them to see in all its brightness the mercy of the Porte.' " The Kiaja Bey received the act, and de clared that the Porte, conformably to the prin ciples of Islamism, would always be ready to re ceive and pardon the erring, who should manifest their repentance, and to throw the veil of oblivion over the past. In consequence of this event, all the hostages of the Greek Continent, who were guarded by the Bostandgi Bachi, were immedi ately set at liberty." . It will be recollected that some of the Chiefs of Livadia, soon after the fall of the Acropolis, offered their submission to REDSCHID PACHA, and were referred to the Divan. Immediately, however, on hearing of the intentions of the Allied Powers to interfere in behalf of Greece, they withdrew their submission and renewed hostilities. Are the petitions alluded to in the above article those which at that time were for warded to Constantinople ? This appears to us to be the probable solution of the circumstance ; and the present Greek Patriarch, being a tool of the SULTAN, has lent himself as a party to a taleasure, which at this moment could only have the effect of rendering the whole question of inter• ference more complex and difficult of adjustment. Other articles from Constantinople repeat the report we alluded to yesterday, that the SULTAN intended to send the Patriarch into the Morea to negotiate with the Greeks. If there be any foundation for this report, the only inference which can be drawn from it is, that the Porte still re fuses to admit the principle of intervention in the affairs of Greece by other powers, and will en deavour to render their intervention useless by conciliatory measures of its own towards that unfortunate part of the' Ottoman dominions. The Gazelle de France has also another piece of intelligence from Corfu, which if correct 'would be of great importance, namely, that an armistice had been agreed to on the 23d Sept., between IBRAIInt PACHA and the Admirals of the com bined Squadrons, by which it had been stipulated that he and his Expedition should be allowed to return to Alexandria without molestation. Un fortunately, however, the date assigned to this convention proves its incorrectness, as the last dispatches from Sir EDWARD CODRINOTON were of a later date, and no such convention had then been agreed on. The PACHA only, as we before stated, agreed to undertake no active ope rations till a reply to his communications with Constantinople were received. The accounts from Spain contain nothing im portant. The QUEEN had left Madrid for Sara gossa. Extracts of the Papers are given in another column. FUENCU FUNDS, OCT. 23.—Five per Ceuta. 102 f. —e. ; Three ditto, 71f. 95c. ; Bank Actions 2,002f.50c. ; Neapolitan, 77f. 85c. ; Spanish (1823), 64if. Exchange on London—One Month, 2M. 20e. ; Three Months, 25f. 10e. We have received this forenoon the Allge wine Zeitung of the 19th instant, which con tains some very interesting particulars of events at Navariuo. It appears that the Egyptian fleet made aid attempt on the morning of the 22d of September to escape from Na varino, and had actually meditated an en gagement with the British squadron, but retired again into the harbour on descry ing a number of ,other ships of war, which they supposed to be the French and Russian boat despat c h e d by Sir ED WARD CODRTNGTON tO warn JIBRA Him of squadrons. The the consequences which would ensue fronih ig persisting in . his attempt, was fired at. , the following d a y, h owever, i t is said ; that IBRAHIM agreed to ma k e an armi stice iv th the Greeks to till he should receive fresh instra r tions from his father. This evidently r efers t ° the suspension of active operations, which 1 have allud e d i n a prece di ng art i c l e, an d whic h was known by our G overnment , some days Cr to have been promised by IBRAHIM to the 136 : tish and French Admirals. An article, however, of so late a date as the 444 October, from Navarino, copied from the 0 45e1 ; vatore Triestin o announces , t h at I B RAg fr _ i PACHA, to prev e nt th e ac t ua l b rea ki n g ou t , . 1 hostilities, had conc l u d e d w i t h t h e E ng li s h PA' miral, an armistice for 20 days, to send to their respective Governments for instructions: but, vie are of opinion that this is still another vero of the agreement for a suspension of o perati° ° ' before referred to. The following are extracts' z.,a4Ts, In the night of the 22d September, three English P 'ie of war, which were cruising before the entrance 0 ; 10 harbour of Navarino, remarked a great bustle with'o port, which led to the inference that the Turks were l e ; paring to pr o fit by th e f avoura bl e w i n d, w hi c h was S.E., to put to sea. Admiral Codringtoa was infetr o f of this conjecture, and immediately, went on board or' e the brigs, i n . or d er to conv i nce hi mse lf w h et h er i t waste rect. It did no t escape hi s o b servat i on t h at troop', '" o s - being embarked, and that the numerous. watchefir 6 .e shore gave reason to presume that the whole EgYP t e i, force was in the vicinity. Admi ra l C o d r i ng t on 4 '13 ately gave the necess ar y or d ers to his -squadron; alw % was to be presumed that th e attempt tee get out of the 1 r hour would chiefly be made towards the south, p a rtly r a fthe state of the favourable wind, an d part l y f or t h e Pr „ t r l i ' s - of steering towards Hydra, the English Admiral strene" ened his right wing. On the 22d, at six o'clock in thelt i°r ; ing, six large ships of war, one of them bearing th e Adinit'l„, flag, were seen to steer towards the North, b u t %CS mouth of the harbour to tack towards the South. 11 , 7, ships, which appeared to forth the ran of the 'vtl iw o Egyptian fleet, and which were followed by 481 4 ships, spread all their sails, wh e n th e y tacked, and onli ty directly before the wind designed. to pass through English line. Admiral Codrington put out a boat, sent an officer to the Egyptian Admiral's ship to warn, . Commander; the boat was fired at and obliged to put.'" -- / without acco m pli s hi ng i ts o bj ect. Th e E ng li s h m en- n { war apppeared to be preparing for action, end els Egyptians resolved to attack, when a considers" immber of men-of-war were descried, which were P. sumed to be the French and Russian squadrons, upon • the Egyptian Admiral's ship t as k e d a b out, an d ga ve go", nal to all the others to do th e same . The whole fleet cordingly cast anchor again in the harbour of Nave% ' At twelve at noon Admiral Cod r i ng t on an d Admire' - Rigny came to an anchor, and after exchanging the et u r, salutes, M. de Rigny went on board the English Adioh l o ship. Some time after a cutter with dispatches was seet Ibrahim, and the same evening an envoy f rom Ibra lliv o came to the English Admiral. The following day it It nr , known that Ibrahim Pacha was ready to make mistice with the Greeks till he should receive ',",: p instructions from his father. At this moment, therel°o the hostilities in the Mores are suspended ; indeed a l . l t Egyptians will scarcely draw their swords any mere eed the Greeks, we may consider the hostilities as at an e 9 k not a shot, however, was fired on the 22d, except the ley at the English boat. The Enterprise steam' t 0 commanded by Captain Crosby, cast anchor here 0 0 , 00 1 25th, and departed on the following day to join Cochrane. The Osservatore Triestino, of the 13th Octobert,, nounces, under the head of " Navarino, Oct. 4," that 0 6h -- him Pacha, to prevent the actual breaking out of hoati litl f o r had concluded with the English Admiral an arinissi f ee 20 day, to tend to their respective Governments ' Ol. structions. Admiral Codrington sent a packet beat to AncotO , dispatches for London. The Oriental Spectator of 15th Sept. says, the- e e st Craddock, who had been sent by the English Gofel yt on a special mission to the Viceroy of Egypt, arr i/e Ar Smyrna on the 9th, and set out on the 12th for the 0,; ehipelago, and that the Viceroy had rejected all hie P r p oats to recal his troops and his fleet from tke More By the Duke 9f uices t er , arriveii Li a lt er ' io • sey, letters have been received from ao o -' d • Janeiro of the 29th August, being three or fo ur ' days later than our last adv ices from the nce•-' They contain no political intelligence, nor 0111 , information either on the subject of peace o r the . 1 progress of the war against Buenos-Aires"' Trade continued in a drooping state ; produ ce high, sugar being 3 mil. 600 reas; coffee 3 roi l. 300 reas. The exchange was quoted at Sla': although it was understood that a certain Il e ' brew house, connected with the Brazilian Ga' vernment, had drawn on England at 30d. ii / their favour, for the purpos e of remittin g funcD to pay the Dividends on the Brazilian Loan! Gold was at 74 per cent: premium. the t The illiberalco un tarnydhas narrow-minded rreason feeling,ejoice th at asonto r hid; for so many years d e p r i ve d h er o f the able an active services of the Duke of CLARENCE , hs , s happily been dispelled under the more enla r g ed policy of the Administration of which th e mented Mr. CANNING was the head. Th e 11' lustrious Duke, during the short period he lis° been at the head of the honourable professionwhich he has so long held distinguished ramp; has given such proofs of talents and energies of , the highest order, that there can be no doub t that if the employment which he so often and s 9 earnestly pressed for, had been granted to h is Royal Highness, l ie , would have been clade j amongst the most zealous, active, and able OP eery of the British Navy. It is not for the purpose of paying any 1111- some compliments to his Royal Highness, that we allude to his conduct since he has filled t bs important post of Lord High Admiral of Or e° Britain ; but as impartial journalists, whose 0 1 it is to report public events, and to direct pli bil d attention to those of her servants who de , well of the country, we cannot refrain 11.9° , noticing the devotion and energy whic h bl 0 Royal Highness displays inthe execution o f a ro ' e duties of his high office. Mind and body ° lf both, constantly engaged in them, and scar ee w a day passes without our hearing of some Pect instance of personal exertion, or some $ resulting from his consideration of the el , ing regulations of the service, which .oheY l os ' that its good is really at his heart. We not here recapitulate what his Royal Hip' has already done for the Navy ; but the 1, feet of the measures he has adopted for its is tile provement, and his gracious attention to , claims of meritorious individuals, is already ti ill nifest throughout the whole service, and jo b raise the spirit and * feelings of the not lavy thi t s o l ; ge li t i t gl i tamed iii its 't best acquaints ate speaking th flattery ; and t the justic e of c `llould ai:ise to some furth er al this 'i'lhj ect i • 1 that his Royal at five o'clock, of presenting I stationed ittC his MA Jn . s Tl corps , bea tin ( 7 1 0 be, a 8 t S b ervice i n every th e , embarks pc grafi f y i nty d tit t san ie eort)s3. .1 _v e , tule d b y • vie, ho h olds ral o f tbe )yi SRlp pi , a jobjetEcis,Atthe 'i t. ,pc, t. --, kic .I,3 iiii 'r, ---") th SI _a l aud Edl Blaire, f v' , or H avl olur Div e d the 3514411 p t izab the i ri°l;lli, 1 Ante, " ti c; L ed F -3 '' ovvrt ' s • 41 40 u1 , ' sch 01 7 4 , OCT, Ar i d i f: , state t tir reed 4 I on.e wt oni sebo onen 1 3 :, waited a fai 11 , 4% 41 . ; 11S , 0 CT. 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