The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-27 00:00:00

COLONEL DOYELLAN. This worthy officer, (better known as " Charley"), had formed the greatest friendshii with the jack-boot of the army, together with it, c4se associate—the white buckskin breeches : and when the grey overalls and short Welling tons were ordered to displace them, he indig nantly refused to obey—as far as regarded his own proper pereon : such innovations he could not bear ; and, as a proof of his opposition upon this point, he stuck to his jacks and buckskins to the day of his death. They, as well as his favourite powder and pomatum, were along with him at Talavera, when the shot struck him which deprised the service of an excellent, though some what whimsical officer The Colonel had been removed from the second battalion to the first. and fora considerable time had not seen his favourite men. Previous to the battle of Tala vera, Lord Wellington reviewed his whole army on the plain, in order to shew his ally, the Spa nish General Cuesta, a specimen of the British forces in all the pride of their excellence. As the Generals rode along the line, which was of immense • extent, each soldier stood fixed in his ilace ; each battalion silent and motionless ; sea-cely the eyelids of the soldiers twinkled, as the cavalcade of the chiefs and their staff rode by. All on a sudden, a bustle and murmur took place in one regiment ; its line lost its even appearance; and caps and heads, and hands, and tongues rneved, to the utter dismay of the officer who was in com mand of it. In vain did he endeavour to check this unseemly conduct in his men, and Lord "Wellington was himself astonished and exaspe rated at the circumstance. The fact is, the irre gular regiment was the second battalion of the 48th :—Colonel Denellan ha-epened to be riding along with the staff, in his stiff buckskins, pow dered hair, and square-set cocked hat—his men, from whom he fled been separated, perceived their beloved commanding-officer, and every one murmured to his comrade—. There goes old Charley !"—" God bless the old boy !"—"Suc cess to him !"—. Does not he look well"'"—and eo on ; bustling and smiling, evidently from an impulse they could not resist. When this was known to the Commander-in-Chief he was per fectly satisfied ; and all were delighted as old Charley uncovered, and shook the powder from his cocked hat in waving a cordial salute to his worthy soldiers. In a very short time after thiscir cumstance the battle of Talavera took place, and thee: the Colonel shewed that he knew the use of steel and ball as well as of powder. He was engaged at the head of his regiment, in the thickest of the fight : fres several hours he had stood the :ire ot the enemy, and drove them from their ground 6equently, during which time he had two horses shot under him. The presence of the fine old soldier, like Charles in scarlet, animated his men, and they fought with the energy of true courage. His voice, as he gave the word of com mand, along the line of his battalion, was like a match to thy gun. ~ Steady, officers ! cool, mv men—Reedy, p'sent, fire—that's the way :ny lacts." Thus old Charley, at a woh.l, sent showers of well directed bans into the blue :auks before him ; and in the heat of a well returned fire, was *Ti cool as on the parade. and as primly capari- He perceived a few of his men lel! fror 7iOIICU. of musketry at such a distance a in :.ue him doubtful of being within range— s. ;urse the fellows," said he, those d—d lon guic of tl%eirs can shoot at two miles cif!" and immediately advanced his battalion to such a proximity cf the ice, that he soon made them shift their ground. Very rhorllv after this, a dreadful charge upon the French was made by the guards ; tut in their purauit the= , went rather fin-, and a rein- Coreetne.nt ofthe e.temy carne upon t hem. Col. Do nelarl instantly advanced to the support of ti , e threatened regiment at double quick time; but in this glorious moment the gallat it leader received a ball in his knee : he beckoned the officer next in command, Major Middlemore, and, although suffering the most excruciating torture from the wound, took off' his hat, and resigned the com mand just as if he had been on the parade of a barrack-yard. His enraged men went on like lions, taking ample revenge upon their enemies —and that too with the cold iron. The Colonel, with his knee broken in a most dangerous man ner, was, without loss of time, carried to the rear by four of his musicians, and piaced on a straw bed in the town of Talavera : had there been surgeons to have amputated his limb on the in stant, it i 3 supposed he would have survived ; but this not haying been the case, mortification took place, and he died on the fourth day after the battle, surrounded by thousands of dying and dead. Owing to Cuesta's illiberal opposition to Lord 'Wellington, he, as well as the rest of the wounded, were left in the hands of the French ; as wore also several English surgeons, who re mained at the mercy of the enemy. The Colonel, however, was treated with the greatest respect and kindness by the French officers. Some of them remembered seeing him at the head of his battalion, and warmly praised the veteran's gal ls:Lary. His soldier-like appearance, too, com manded their regard, and they carried him in a cloak to the spot on which he had led his regi ment so bravely, and there they buried " Old Charl e y " with the true honours of a soldier.— Military Sketch Book. EXTRAORDINARYDISCOVERY CF A QUAN rITT or BASE COIL -About five o'clock on Wednesday morning, a hedger and ditcher, named Harris, residing in H o ll owa y, was proceeding to commence his work in one of 's fields, co n ti guous to Maiden-lane, when he Mr. Lay cock observed a port ion . of one o f the banks to have been appa rently dug up MEC.) the preceding night. Cariosity induced him to exam i n e the bank more closely, and he found an aperture, the entrance to which had been filled up with turf and grass: this being removed, he thrust his arm into the bank, and, to his astonishment, drew nut a weight y parcel, carefully packed in brown paper , and sealed, an d en further search found a bunch of picklock skeleton keys, of all sizes, a phosphorous box, and a dark-lanthorn. On' opening the parcel it was found to contain twenty sma ll er packages of shillings, twenty in each packet ; two parcels of twenty half-crowns each, and four sovereigns and a half, the whole of which was afterwards ascertained to be coun terfeit. The minor packages were carefully wrapped in tissue paper, inclosing each piece of metal separately and distinctly, as if for the purpose of avoiding friction. The field and embankment were subsequently examined by Wad dington, of Hatton-Garden Office, but no further discovery was made. The nominal value of the counterfeits amounted to 271. 10s., the whole of which was taken to the Police office, and examined by Mr. Powell, the Mint Solicitor, ami one of the Mint Inspectors, to whom Harris described the manner in which he had become possessed of it. The manufacture of the shillings and half-crowns is said to be of a most superior description, far exceeding any hitherto seen, and is from quite a different die to that of the late Vauxhall establishment. Through the whole of Wednes day night a strict watch was kept on the field, it being ex pected that those who hid so carefully concealed it would have taken the advantage of night to again remove it, but no person was seen, and it is more than probable that the circumstance of the discovery, from being made public in the neighbourhood of Holloway, had reached their ears. At present the affair is wreiwed in mystery. The coin and skeleton keys remain in the possession of Read, sen., the chief officer of the above establishment. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoile, dated Wednesday, April £5.) " COSSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 26.—The anxiety excited by the negotiations of the Russian and Eng lish Ministers has riven to the highest pitch. The Porte, and particularly the Sultan, will not hear either of the pacification of Greece, or of the inter vention of the European Powers on this subject ; and the irritation of the Musstdrnans has been in creased by news of the advantages obtained by the Greeks, so that it would be easy for the Govern ment to send fresh troorq to the theatre of war to continue the contest. i!ie Reis Effendi, who, how ever, rejected every proposal, is accused of having acted with too much lukewarnmess, and not rejected them once for all. However this may be, he has been dismissed, and, as the Franks say, may think himself happy to have retired so honnurably. His successor is considered as a true Mussulman. " It is observed, that the armaments of all kinds are carries' on with the greatest activity, and the de parture of 6,000 new troops for Thessaly is urged with much diligence. All eyes are turned on Mr. Canning and M. de Ribeaupierre, and people are not a little surprised, that these two Ministers, though they hare frequent conferences together, have hitherto taken no further steps with respect to the Porte, though it is said they had agreed to wait till the 20th of March, to present a new and serious declaration respecting the silence of the Divan. " Various inferences are drawn from all this, Some persons believe that they act thus out of re gard for the Minister of a great Power, who is sup posed to have much influence over the Porte, and perhaps preserves some hopes of the acceptance of the proposals. " The Porte has just introduced a new system of taxes which may be sa:l to he almost European. All the accounts from Greece are unfavo ura bl e to - - - ----- the Turks.—Augsburg Gazette. " LEGHORN, APRIL 11.—The Town of Navarino corvette, built here for the Pacha of Egypt, was joined on the 11th of March off Porto Ferrajo, by the Lionel: corvette, built at Marseilles. These two vessels were seen some days later near Messina. On the 7th of April the Egyptian brig of war, the Washington, arrived here from Alexandria. It has 18 guns, and 250 men. It sailed in company with another brig of war, which was separated from it in a gale of wind off Candia, and has riot since been heard of. The Egyptian naval troops wear a white 'iniform, with red sashes, and a red cap with an an chor. All this seems the more singular, as the Turkish seamen, and especially those of the Barbary States, are clothed in miserable rags of all colours. " The trade of this city, which severely suffered in consequence of the events in Greece, has found an indemnity in the trade with Egypt. Besides the building of ships, and the supplying with naval stores, which give life to our dock-yards, the pro duce of the rich iron mines of the Isle of Elba meets with a considerable market in that country, and even in our marble quarries at Carrara and Serra Vezza workmen are constantly employed to execute the numerous orders of Egyptian luxury.— Augsburg Gazette. " PARIS, APRIL 24.—The 154th No. of the Bul letin des Lou, which is published to-day, contains an ordinance of the King, dated the 15th of March last, giving the tables of the population of the kingdom, which are to be considered as the only authentic ones, for five years, dating from the Ist of Jan. 1527. " These tables, made according to the new lists of the population, dray.'n up officially by the pre fects, give that of the whole kingdom, 31,845,428 souls. " The population of P..ris, stated in the last tables at about 730,000 souls, is now 890,431. That of Lyons is above 145,000; that of Bordeaux, above 93,000; that of Marseilles, nearly 116,000. (From the ConstitutionneL) " A great number of opposition Illemberi of the Cliambi , r of Deputies, among whom we remarked M. Latitte newly elected, and M. B. Cor.stant, were invited to the lest Court circle. M. de Chatexuhriand, who had not' efore appeared at the Tuileries since his dlsmissal from the Ministry, wap preatnt cn this o,casion." (From the Quotidienne.) PARIS, APRIL 23.—The levee, which took place yei.ter,iay, in the Kin g ' s a p ar t men t s , was atten d e d by more Ann twelve hundred of the nobility and .zentry. His Royal Highness the Duke, her Royal Highness the Duchess, and her Royal Highness Mademoiselle d'Orleans, and the Duke de Chartres, were present. This day, before mass, his Majesty gays audience of leave to Count Hector d'Agoult, plenipotentiary to the Court of the Netherlands. The Royal Spanish Bonds experienced, on 'Change to-day, a rise of 2 francs 37fr cents. This rise has been occasioned by the news received from Madrid, officially, that the coupon: will he paid at Paris, and that the drawi7g of the bonds will take place in the usual way. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Ptratourx, APRIL 26.—We understand the Officers of the Britannia under Admiral Earl Northesk, G.C.8., hare all been nominated as follows :—Captain Edward Hawker ; Lieutenants John White Pritchard, Fred. Thackeray, Isaac Avarne, Nich. Rubilliard (Royalist tender), Richard Mor gan, Frederick Abraham Smith, Henry Bull, Godfrey Brereton, Robert Crosbie (Flag Lieutenant) ; Rev. Thomas Ferris, Chaplain ; Mr. Engledue, Master ; Mr. Thomas Fitzgerald, Purer. Captain Charles Gordon relieved Captain Charles Hal lcwell on Monday, in the command of the Cadmus, which vessel is about to proceed to South America. The Sybille, 46, Commodore Collier, C. 8., came in on Saturday, on her way to the Coast of Africa. The Columbine, 19, Captain William Symonds, came in on :I , unslay, from the experimental squadron off Scilly, to fish her foremast, and to repair some other defects._ The Tyne had separated from the squadron, for a some what similar purpose, and had proceed to Portsmouth.— We have no intention to offer our opinion on the merits of those new ships, at this earl• stage of their trial ; but the returning to port already of three of them, cannot be ex tremely grateful to their projectors. In Hamoaze—Britannix, Windsor Castle, Ocean, Co lumbine, Vigilant, Nightingale. At the Island—Cadmus. In the Sound—Sybille. All was well on board his Majesty's ship Dryad, on the 6th instant, in Cadiz. His Majesty's ship Rifleman arrived at Gibraltar, from Plymouth, March 30. Commander Charles Hallowell is promoted to the rank of Captain; and Commander Charles Gordon is appointed to the Cadmus.—Capt. George B. Martin is appointed to th:.! Musquito, at Portsmouth.—Commander Thornbrough, of his Majesty's ship Ringdove, on the North A mer i can station, is promoted to the rank of Captain.—Lieut. G. S. Dyer, of the Ganges (son of John Dyer, Esq. Chief Clerk at the Admiralty), and Lieut. Edward Stephens, are pro.. motel to the rank of Commander.—Lieut. F. Thackeray, of the Ocean, to the Britannia ; Lieut. J. W. C. Nash to the Ocean, vice Thack - eray.—Mr. H. Hodder, late acting Master of the Larne, is confirmed in that rank.—Mr. Isaac Wesley, Assistant-Surgeon, is appointed to the Mu. tine packet. --Plymouth Journal. Tut LATE FIRE.—Our readers may recol 1' lect that in naming those who suffered by the late fire, we alluded particularly to Mr. Robins, the proprietor of the London and Dublin Ma gazine. This gentleman's case is one of pecu liar hardship ; it appears that from the fire his concern sustained no injury whatever. His loss arose entirely from the violence of a ruffianly mob, who, on the first appearance of the flames in the adjoining house, broke open his doors and carried away property to the amount of nearly 2,0001. They were repeatedly told by the persons within that there was no fire in the place, and no need of their assistance, but to no pur pose. This is rather discreditable to the charac ter of the Dublin populace.—Dublin Morning Register. EASTER CEREMONIES AT LISBON. SUNDAY.—For the last three days, nothing hut devotion has occupied the time and atten tion of the people ; even war and politics, with the exception of some rumours of a change of Ministry, are entirely overlooked. Old and young, rich and poor, noble and ignoble, man, woman, and child—all flock to the churches, to say prayers, take the Sacrament, hear the_music, or witness the various ceremonies or shows that take place during the holy week. Some of them, even to a Protestant, have a good effect. Others are ridiculous, and may be attributed to that spirit so prevalent among the Clergy, Protestant as well as Catholic, of adhering to the ancient forms of the Church, and practising ceremonies which were fit only for the dark ages. What, for instance, can be more ridiculous than one of the formalities of this week ? A man wearing a red cloak without sleeves, accompanied by a drummer and a bagpiper, goes through the dif ferent streets, asking alms, and carries with him a red flag, on which the Holy Ghost is repre sented in the form of a dove. He holds it out to the orange-women, who kiss the dove with great devotion, and rub their faces with it. "fhe more respectable part of the people smiled in contempt ; and I did not see any one give the mendicant any alms. The very women who kissed the dove with such devotion shrugged up their shoulders, extended their arms, and pro tested they were so poor, they could not give a rea. In another place you will see a crowd collected around an effigy of Judas. As soon as the church bells begin to toll, on Saturday morning, a rope is put about his neck, and he is (what the French, during the revolution, called) lantere—strung up to a lamp post, amidst the scoffs and derision of the mob. The boys pelt him with mud, prick him with goads, and seem highly delighted at the fantastical figure which he cuts, while dangling in the air. He is then taken tiow:,, dragged through the filthy streets, w ith his head all in a blaze, or filled with crackers, which explode every moment, and after suffering every indignity, is thrown into the river. Some of the fishermen, too, amuse them selves in suspending a similar effigy from the bowsprit of their vessel, and letting it fall re peatedly into the water, excite great merriment among the spectators. Yesterday (Good Fri day) the city had a sad appearance. The shops were shut, no church bells tolled, the very bells at the necks of the mules and oxen were taken down, the vessels in the river hoisted colours half-mast high, the troops carried their arms re versed, all the inhabitants who could be at the expense were in mourning, and at eight the city was in total darkness—not a lamp was lit up, or a shop open, and the unfortunate devotee, in the midst of torrents of rain and Lisbon showers,had to grope his way along the walls from one church to another, with only an occasional glimmer ing from some distant window, or half open door. Even in the churches, with the excep tion of the lights on the chief altar, only a few tapers are to be teen. This darkness commenced on Thursday, at mid-day, and was preceded by great solemnity. Mass is first celebrated, the Sacrament is then taken by the Clergy, arid some of the people, and the Priest afterwards removes the host front tne alter, and deposits it in the ta bernacle, where it remahia till the ceremonies commence, which represent the resurrection of Christ. He conceals it carefully under his robe —walks round the church under a canopy of state, accompanied by some of the principal in habitants—all the windows of .the chureh are darkened—the bells cease ringing —the candle sticks and images are taken down, and every ob ject around bears marks of some great calamity having taken place. Sentinels are placed at the doors, and at each side of the altar ; the altars are lit up with 150 or 200 candles, and adorned with flowers of almost every description. The churches are strewed with odoriferous plants, the church plate is exhibited, and every measure adopted to give an air of dignity and grandeur to the ceremonies. On Thursday ant Friday, till midnight, torrents of people are pouting into the different churches, to hear sermons, or wit ness the various ceremonies. The men and women commonly occupy different places. 'The men stand (for no chairs or seats of any descrip tion are to he had), and the women kneel, or squat down in the Moorish style, in the body of the church. The females of the lower class have the usual capote, with the muslin hand kerchief on their head, even more white, if possible, than usual. Ladies are dressed in black silk, without any head-dress, except a large black veil, which is thrown over the head, and reaches to the waist. This dress is uncom monly graceful, and gives great effect to the modest demeanour of a young beautiful woman. The mother commonly comes, accompanied by two cr three of her daughters. They kneel down beside her, with a prayer-book in one hand, and a fan or reticule in the other, and are always careful, as they kneel down, to cover their feet with their robes, and seldom raise their eyes till they have said their prayers. " The D is in these dark deep black eyes," said a friend that stood near me, as we were admiring the features of a young woman, who knelt by her mother ; " every volley goes to my heart, but then the dirty streets through which she had to walk !" In almost every church during the holy week, ser mons are delivered. The action of the preachers is rather graceful, though, at times, far too vio lent. The subjects are generally taken from those parts of Scripture which relate to the suf ferings of our Saviour, and the effect produced by the preacher, when he describes the indigni ties to which he was subjected—th e pains which he endured, and the forgiving spirit which he dispi,a, ed. can hard') be imagined. I have seen nothing like it, except in the Highlands of Scot land. Women, and even men, weep bitterly ; and at the clove of any striking description, and particularly when the preacher uncovers, at the proper moment, the crucifix, which is commonly placed beside him, loud groans and lamentations are heard. I have understood that a great num ber of the clergy of Lisbon bear a very respect able character, and are much beloved. The monks and friars, on the contrary, are not at all in favour, and the fishermen and watermen often as they pass along the water make no scruple of treating them with contempt. In some of the churches there is a representation of Mount Cal vary, with the thieves on each side, and the cross on which Christ was crucified in the middle. At the close of the ceremonies each evening, boys, with small wooden hammers and boards, make a clattering noise, like that produced by the London butchers, with the marrow-bones and cleavers. This noise, which is extremely disagreeable, takes place only during the holy week. The singing, as far as I have had an opportunity of judging, has not much to recommend it. On Saturday, at mid-day, the churches resume their wonted appearance. On a signal being given, the hallelujah commences; the window-curtains are all withdrawn at once, and the church is illu minated in the twinkling of an eye, amidst ringing of hells and other demonstration r r joy. The people, particularly those that err,,,f from the country, deck their mules and bullocks with flowers, and seem to evince great satisfac tiGn in listening again to the tinkling of their bells, and the discordant screeching noise made by the axletrees of their clumsy carts. On Sa turday, at midnight, the ceremony of interring Bachalao (stock fish), is performed in different parts of the streets, to the great joy of the inha bitants. This day (Sunday), all is rejoicing. All the vessels in the river have their flags flyil.g. The guns have been fired—bands of music are parading the streets, and the churches are crowded with persons of every description, anxious t o witness the ceremonies of the day, and testify their joy at the resurrection of our Sa'•iocc~ PORTUGAL. LISBON, APRIL 11.—A list of the new Ministry is expected to appear in the beginning of next week. I must say, however, that no one here, of whatever party, expects much good from any ehange.—There is no man of a decisive character, or of sufficient weight to carry into effect the measures necessary for a reform of Government. The Princess Regent is in bad health, and quite unable to attend to busi- ness—one party is contending with another—there is no to look up to—the finances are in a bad state—no loan has yet been effected—the people, in short, are like sheep without a shepherd, every one following his own way. England is the only country that the Constitutionalists rest on, and but for her troops, few as t'ey are, all would long before this time have been over with the Charter. Lisbon and every part of the country, however, with the excep tion of some districts in the Tras-os-Montes, remains quite quiet. Trade here is extremely dull. There are about fourteen principal cotton-merchants, who altogether do not transact so much business as one of them did some years ago. The Romney, which brought out about 250 troops this week, returns in a day or tw o , an d carries to England Colonel Smith, late - Commandant of the Artillery, who has been replaced by Colonel May. The steam-packet, George the Fourth, arrived yesterday with forty pas sengers. She proce e d s t o C a di z and . Gibralmr, and returns to Lisbon about the Ist of May. I have just learned some particulars of consider able importance. I will not vouch for their authen: ticity ; but taking every thing into consideration, I think they are extremely probable, and at least de serve attention. Count Villa Flor and Sir W. Clin ton, a 3 I have already stated, have been in town for some time, and every one of course supposed that nothing but business of some consequence could have brought them both at the same time from head quarters. Since they have been here, numerous councils have been held, at one of which our Ambas sador, the Admiral, and Sir W. Clinton, with the Count Villa Flor, are !flit' to have attended. The result has been the adoption of a plan for acting with more energy. Six thousand choice troops of the Portuguese army are to be placed under the command of Villa Flor, who is to act in conjunction with Gen. Clinton. Bator. Sabrosa is to command the cavalry, - , clDiego Jose Benedicto the infantry. These troops, with ours, amounting in all to about 12,000 menovill, it is thought, be salticient to prevent any Bur ' prise on the part of Spain, or any new attempt of the rebels. Whatever may be said about Et , •4 l and maintaining a perfect neutrality between the two parties, I have no doubt that if the rebels had come in contact with the British troops, or had attempted to march to Lisbon or Oporto, offensive operations would have been immediately commenced by the English General. Of this there can hardly be a doubt; and, indeed, every one says, that unless such a course should be pursued of what use was it to send troops to Portugal. Our troops, though they were expected to wove towards the Tagus, retain nearly the same position which they have held for some time. The head-quarters are at Len is.— From all accounts I receive both from officers and from individaals who have been up the country, the great body of the people either don't know what the Constitution is, or care nothing aboutlt. Up to the present moment, no news of the least itn-1 portance has been brought from the frontiers ; but many seem to think, that but for the d;ssention which appears to have arisen between certain parties in Spain, and particularly in Catalonia, the Apos tolicals would before this have invaded Portugal. A deputation from the principal inhabitants of Portugal, it is said, has waited on the Princess Re gent, for the purpose of remonstrating with her for retaining a Ministry that act with so little energy, and that seem more inclined to favour the rebels, than the established Government. They complain likewise, though a proclamation had been sent by the Emperor Don Pedro to the people of Portugal, they had been left for ten days in utter ignorance of its contents, and concluded by stating, that if a new Ministry is not formed, or more decided measures adopted, they will entrench themselves within the walls of the city, and act for themselves. It is certainly singular, that though this proclamation has bert received a fortnight, the only accounts of its contents that can be relied on have come from Oporto. These are, that Don Pedro did not wish his daughter to take the title of Queen until she came of age—that Portugal should re main under his authority, or that of a Regent ap pointed by him till that period—that he urged on the present Government the necessity of assembling the Cortes in May—of acting with vigour against the rebels, by confiscating their property and banish ing those friendly to them—and threatened, unless this proclamation had the desired effect, to proceed immediately to Portugal. He also recommends a change of Ministry, and mentions sonic of the prin cipal Ministers. Some are at foreign courts. Pal mella is one. One fact may be depended on : vari ous councils have been held last week, and some im portant changes are in agitation. The Spanish refugees still remain here, amount ing, in all, to about 4,50 men. Only two or three individuals have arrived within the last ten days. Those who came from England some days ago, as I stated in my letter of the Ilth, have not been per mitted to land. A general rumour prevails, that Spain is in a state of great agitation, and that the Constitutionalists have actually risen in arms in Ca talonia. The English church was broken into some nights ago, and considerable damage done. But few ar ticles of any •alue were carried off. This is the third time that this har happened lately. ExrcuTfoNs.—Again the melancholy task has devolved upon► us of recording the ignomi nious end of some more victims to offended justice. For three successive weeks have our columns been clouded with recitals of this kind, which, if not instructive, at least proclaim to the world, that Westmeath for capital punishments is not iVerior to any County in Ireland— On Wednesday last, the two Curleys, pur suant to their sentence were brought from the gaol of this town to Donegan, near Moate, to be executed for the burning of Homan's h ouse , which had been situated in that neigh bourhood. The unfortunate men were accom panied to the gallows (which was one erected for the purpose) by a large military escort, which at the place of execution were joined by a detach ment of infantry and artillery from Athlone.— They met their fate with composure and ascended the fatal drop with a firm step. Previously to their being launched into eternity they solemnly and emphatically declared their innocence. Their struggle was brief and easy. But very few of the country people attended.—Athlone Herald. ?RICER or STOCKS TWIS Bank Stock 903 3 per Cent. Bed. 82111, 14 3 per rent. Cone. B3 3L , ~ rent. D:'' - 4. 88 %Vi 4 pie, ... ent New ... 99% 9 % Ditto, IS2 9 8 14 8 1 4 Bank Long Ann..... 19 1-16 1 ,,i India Stock - Ditto Bonds . 68 69 pin. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent 93 Brazilian Bonds' 63 1 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds, 6 per et. Colombian Bonds Ditto, 18 , 24 36 5 Danish, 3 per cent. Greek Bonds Ditto, :816 16 1 A 0i Guatemala Mexican Bonds 5714 Do. 1525 PRICES OF SHAREti THI; Anglo Mexican Mining Co , Bolanos Mining Co. British Iron Mining Co. Potosi La Paz and Peruvian 1 DAY ♦T ONZ O'CLOCK. SouthlSea Stock 9lli 1 Old Annwities New Ditto Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 44 45 pm. Ditto 5OO 24. 45pm. Ditto Small Ditto C0mmercia1......... pm. Bank for Account India for Account Coni. for Account B3M TicKciagpoDlAitarnA':lB°24NE O'CLOCK Peruvian ionds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New Russi - an,lNew Spanish, 182; 123474 1823 French ftentes, sp. c 100 t bOc. Exchange 2sf. 50e. 3 per cent —c. Exchange —t. —c. DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. £BO 42 1 ,2 325 275 37? q 10 ssoc 5 £1 8 c'sz&x. - '4 7 ,a ,ftige• --4-;1,111 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1827. The nogociation with the Marquis of LANe- DOWN still remains open. Sir JOHN LLACH has this day signified in Court that he is to be Master of the Rolls. 1 The French Papers of Tuesday, with the Etoile, dated Wednesday morning, reached us last night, but are destitute of important matter. The Etoile contains an article from the Augs burg Gazette, dated Constantinople, 26th of March, which merely repeats the statement of the uncertainty which prevails with regard to the result of the interference of Mr. STRATFORD CANNING and M. RIBEAUPIERRE, on behalf of Greece, and confirms the dismissal of the REIS EFFENDI. The discussion of M. DR LA BOILSSIERE'S motion for regulating the reports of the proceed ings of the Chamber of Deputies was continued on Monday, and adjourned till the next day. The immediate object of the motion is for the appointment of a permanent Committee, whose imperative duty it should bo to bring forward • complaints of any misrepresentation of the pro ceedings which may take place, and to adopt measures against the offenders. The practice of our Legislature of leaving to individuals the option of calling on the House to adopt mea sures on occasions of a breach of privilege, is a much more rational coursc than the plan pro posed in France of rendering it obligatory on a Committee to bring forward complaints in every instance which may occur of wilful or accidental misrepresentation of a Speaker's language. The influence of M. VILLELE seems to be on the decline. A great number of Opposition Members of the Chamber of Deputies were in vited to the last Court Circle. Even M. DE CHA TEA IiBRIA ND was present on this occasion. Extracts will be found in another column. FRIttiCH FUNDS.-Ilentes 5 per Cents. 100 f. 90c. SOc.; 3 per Cents. 711 3c. 10c. , Bank Actions, 2,037 f. 50c. 2,035 f. FOREIGN Finins.—Rentes Nap. Cert. Yale. 78f. 1.5 c. 10e. ; Obl. Nap. Em. Roth. /. I. 2M. 50e. ; Spanish Reuter, 10i. 11 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 57i. 584. ; Per petual Spanish Annuities, 4.4.. ; Haytian Loan, 667 f. 50c. 670 f. We have frequently commented on the con duct of the Lord Chancellor ELDON, when in office, and since he has uplifted the standard of revolt ; but it is impossible to read the descrip tion of the scene which took place yesterday in the Court of Chancery, without respecting the kindly feelings which he seems to entertain towards those with whom he has been so long con nec:,:(l. Sir WALTER SCOTT makes Marmion teil :Ling JAMBS of Scotland— 11l fares it with a country, when. She tees the tears of bearded men. Now, though we do not argue much disaster to the nation from the tears shed by Lord ELDON, still we should regret being able to read the de scription, without its having the effect of for a moment placing his bigotry and other sins in the hack-ground. It is a sad, but well known truth, that there are few great men who have not much alloy mixed up with their characters. Thus, with Lord ELDON, who has perhaps as much reach of thought, as much acuteness of mind, as falls to the lot of one man in a century—who is universally admitted to have pronounced judgments unsurpassed, and unimpeachable in point of Law and of Equity, is it not strange that these qualifications should have been so lamentably counterbalanced by the indecision of his mind, and the consequently virtual denial of justice, that the satisfaction at his being out of office is almost universal ? Had he attempted less, had he yielded temperately to the improving spirit of the times, instead of obsti nately resisting every species of reform—his name would have been handed down to posterity as one of the greatest and most amiable men who ever presided in a Court of Justice. No doubt his judgments, " monumentu7n (ere perennius," will endure to the latest ages, as splendid eff o rt s o f the human mind, but so will the memory ofhis fail ings ; for if Lord BACON, admitted by the satirist to be " the greatest wisest, could not escape the additional epithet of " meanest of mankind," Lord ELDON cannot hope for more leniency than ono who surpassed even him in the Her culean cast of his mind. Frankfort Papers to the 21st inst. have been received. They lament bitterly the inconvenience felt from the difficulty of importing foreign manu factured goods into Russia and Poland. This a ffects the Leipsic market very sensibly, as when the demand is destroyed, the supply must cease or stagnate in their hands : LZIPSIC, APRIL 12. Our city suffers severely by the difficulty of importing foreign manufactured goods into Russia and Poland, which becomes greater every year. These goods are either pro hibited or charged with import duties so high as to be equivaknt to a prohibition, and such extraordinary vigi lance is used on the frontiers that smuggling is quite im possible. We are assured that vast quantities of goods, purchased at former fairs at Leipsic, are still on the frontiers, waiting for an opportunity to be forwarded.— Nor are the efforts of the P-ussian Government to encourage the fairs at Nuremberg and Frankfort-on-the-Oder with out injury to Leipsic, especially as those two places eujo3 the advantage of supplying a great population, and of ex emption from many duties. BIUNICH, ♦TAIL 15. Ths late invitation of the foreign Ambassadors to his Majesty's table, which was in a manner not usual at Court, afforded a new proof of the delicate attention with which his Majesty takes every opportunity to express his kindness and his respect for long existing regulations. His Ma - jesty recollected that it was exactly twenty-five years (on the 13th of April) since Count Linsiedel, Ambassador from the King of Saxony, delivered his credentials in that ca pacity, to his Majesty's father. His Majesty, accordingly, surprised the Ambassador and the whole diplomatic body, by congratniating him at table in the most flattering maw' tier oa his long continuance in his distinguished post. HATTNCE, ♦PRIL 19. The Directors of the Steam Navigation Company for the Rhine and Maine have given notice that the Concordia. steam-boat will arrive here on the 20th or 21st. • Dutch Papers to the 26th inst. have been re ceived this morning. They profess to give a statement of the Greek forces both by land and sea. The army presents no effective force in any one place, and the whole is scattered over a great tract of country. It is to be hoped that the presence of Lord COCHRANE will infuse spirit into their warriors, and unanimity into their Councils:— HAGUE, APRIL 24. The Central Committee for the Relief of the Greeks has received a very long letter from M. Eynard, dated Geneva, 14th' April, communicating extracts from two letters to that Geneeman, one from Colonel Heideck, (Heidegger), dated Egina, 17th February, and the other from M. Gosee, dated Hydra, 28th February. That of Colonel H. con tained interesting details, respecting the expedition under taken by sea and land, to relieve Athens, which failed, Bourbacki being taken prisoner by the Turks, after having performed prodigies of valour, and of which unfortunate event all tha leading particulars have been long since pub lished. At the conclusion of his letter Colonel H. requests mo ney and provisions to be sent him. M. Eynard observes on this, that his wish has been fulfilled, as he had sent a month before 50,000 francs in money, and given orders at Ancona to send b 00,600 lbs. of provisions. Dr. Gorse adds to his letter, the following statement of the Greek force by sea and land, which was as accurate as it could be obtained : MILITARY FORCE. PLACEP. COMMANDEP.S. WEN. Near Missolonghi ...7.vrakri and Zonga 3,000 Blockade of Salonarerevot and Pariouria 2,000 l'rovari Lambravaki 1,500 A rakova Karaiskaki 3,000 Colouri Vaso and Parig Notara. 2,000 Acropolis of Athens Grigiotti and Fahvier 1,500 The Pliakrip, Gordez, Martiriani, and Arkonoepulis 2,500 Napoli di Romania Grivas, Photomara, and Dura 3,700 Out of Service B,OOO Corinth Andreas Londo 5OO C - .rithino Gernaios Colocotroni BOO Malvoisie Elias Thermigiotti Talarite ........ .........Coletti Karatasso MaMa i - Mauromichali 2,000 ' Cai , tri - -ikitas Colocotroni (the father) ...... ... SOO N.B. Though I have reckoned on ta ly 600 soldiers under C010c0,300 ,300 troni, he can collect 2,000. The troops assembled at Castri may be 500 or 500 men. MARINE.—SPEZZIA. Three-masted polacres Brigs Eire.ship; sa 6 Schooners 95 MA /t 1 NE—HYDR A Three-masted polacres... Brigs Fire-ships MARINE.-IPSARA. Erin; 10 Fire-ship, that of Canaria, at Egina The remainder of the fleet is at Egina. 13esii!es the above, great activity is us to repair old and build new vessels. Four are on the stocks ai, Egina. The frigate commanded by Miauiis has a crew of 500 men. AMSTERDAM, Aeon, 21..—Exchange on London, 11. 05. to 11. ; two months, 11. 00. to 11. 02k. 29 THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Twelve o' Clock. Consols closed yesterday at 83i, and opened this morn ing at 831 for money, anm for account; since which they have become rather strong, being sellers at 831 for the account day; the business effected has been rather of a limited nature, and the market continues to bear an undecided character. India Bonds are 67 9 ; and Ex cheque: Bills, 43 .5 pm. The little business which has been doing' this morning in the Foreign innds has been confined to Mexican and Colombian Bonds, the form*r are quoted at 691 70, the latter have l -, een heavy at 34 *, and thcy have been even at a somewhat lower rate ; the uncer tainty of any thing in the shape of dividends on this Stock, in any reasonable period, tends to depress the price, and the want of confidence in the public mind is increased by the resignation of Bolivar and General Santander. The next arrivals from this quarter cannot fail of being important, and will be likely to throw some light on the extraordinary and unexpected situation in which the public affairs of the Republic are placed. Greek are /6i s ; Spanish are a shade better, being 121 13 ; Buenos Ayres and Chilian are rather lower. Shares remain without any new feature; in Brazilian Mines the discount is on the increase, and they are at 4 3 die. ; United Mexican, notwithstanding the favourable accounts lately received, continue at 13 12 die. Three per Cent. Console, 83 ; Ditto for account, BSe ; India Bonds, 67 9 pin. ; Exchequer Bills, 49 3 pm• FOULIGN FuNns.—Brazilian, 63/ ; Buenos Apo, 58 9 ; Chilian, 35A- 6i ; Colombian, 1624, 34 ; Danish, 61i; Greek, 16-i ; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 57} Pi ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 69 4 70 ; Peruvian, 3!} 3i; Portuguese, i 7Si i; Russian, 90 ; Spanish, 12i 13. Mitixs.—Anglo Mexican, 40 37} dia.; Brazilian, 4 S dis. ; Colombian, 13 15 per Share; Real del Monte., 80 80 pm. ; Thdpuxallua, 20 pm. ; United Merioan, IS 12 dia. ; Bolanos, 60 40 die. Two o' Clock. Consols 83/, buyers for account, and sellers for money. THREE 0' CLOCK Consols for Account, 83f I. FOUR O'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols 83k Danish Bonds Do. for Ac. 83 ; } Greek Do. 1825, 16k Brazilian Bonds 631 Mexican Do. 182 k 70k Buenos Ayres Do. .58i Peruvian Do. 321 Chilian Do. 35 Russian Do. 90k Columbian, 1824, 34 Spanish Do. 12i SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAT.) FROM LLOYD'S. Drat., Arum 26.—Wind N.E.—The outward-bound sailed this morning. Arrived from London the Jane, Wylie, fur St. Lucie; E. Grant, Tibbett, for New York ; Enterprise, Bridges, for Jamaica; Caroline, Merrill, for Charleston. PORTSMOUTH, ArRIL 26.—Wind S.—His Mejesty'll ship Revenge came into harbour to be paid off; the Ann , George Canning, and Baltic, are released from quarantine ; His Majesty's ship Tweed, and the Russian men of war, were released from quarantine. SuNDERLAND, Aram 25.—The Jane and Mary, Simey, which sailed 19th instant, haring sprung a leek, has put hack. MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF MARYLEBONE. This day a Meeting was held at the Horse Ba zaar, Portman-square, for the purpose of adopting such measures as might appear necessary to oppose the compulsive bills of the Select Vestry, Spring Rice, Esq., M. P., in the Chair. The following distinguished individuals were present : Generals Sir John Doyle, Hopkins, Fitzroy, St. George, Ma o s:: : 1 r e , RA ; 0. b Admiral Terrtes,,,orria j i a r orit H s ißr Wallace,lacTkho' t o Tn e an d lo ; mL3D on C olonels aarkd e,B u Johnsji Mil Montague,wßi Burgoyne,t. h Ala s e u c o r o rai e ns h ed i e, c theaarnrdi carried Joseph e unanimouslyH d ui proceedings E 8 : f q: The following resolution was proposed ' by Mr . T t e a d h g a u t the inhabitants of Marylebone have lately Montagu the select vestry in endeavouring to pass compulsive bills for building a new rectory-house for the Ref. Dr. Spry; for commuting the Easter-offerings into Si perpetual tax ; for powers to build a new work house ; and taxing the parish with a sinking fund ; and that the inhabitants of Marylebone protest, against s uc h an i n f r i ngeme nt of their lawful rights.' THOMAS NIXON, Esq. in proposing the next reso lution, strongly condemned the innovations which tile select vestry s ought to introduce. This vest r y consisted of one hundred and twenty-three members; 33 only of these were present when they resolved to impose additional burthens on the parishioners ; and even of these thirty-five, twenty only voted for the obnoxious measure. It was rather singular, also, that the majority of fifteen, contained four or five clergymen. The resolution was seconded by Mr. SMITH, and passed. It was to the effect that the Bills for ell" forcing compulsory rates, instead of the voluntary: contribution hitherto paid, as well as the profit o• taxing the parishioners for the purpose of building a rectory-house, were uncalled and unnecessary. Several other Resolutions breathing the same spirit, and recommending the adoption of t h e strictest economy in the management of the parochial affairs were also agreed to.