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NEW LITURARY GAZETTE, AND WEEKLY REVIEW.—Under the direction of BUCKINGMASI, Author of " Travels in Palestine, Syria, and Mesopotamia," and Proprietor and Editor of " Tax Sews - mx" Newspaper, supported by a LITERARY ASSOCIATION, including some of the first Writers of the d a y, will appear on Wednesday, the 2d of January, 1828, a New Weekly Journal, eititled " THE ATHE WEOM." It will be devoted exclusively to Literature, Science, and Art, in all their various departments ; and will found its claims to Public approbation on the perfect Independence of its Principle, and the strict Impartiality of its Critical Decisions. 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" THE SPHYNXe" which is published every Saturday Evening, will continue, as usual, to be devoted chiefly to the Politics and Miscellaneous Intelligence of a Weekly Newspaper; and "THE ORIENTAL HERALD," which is pablished Alorthly, to furnishing the latest and most accurate information on the Affairs of India generally, and especially as to the opening prospects of a more extended Commerce with the various Countries of the East. Ofhe of Publication, 14.7, Strand, London. London, Dee. 7, 1827. A T a MEETING of COUNTR Y - 1 1 BANKERS, held at the Old London Tavern, Biekepegate-street, THIS DAY Sir JOHN WROTTTESLEY, Bart. M.P. in the Chair. Resolved Unanimously, That this meeting disclaim every sentiment of hostility to the Bank of England, upon its original principles, being firmly persuaded that the Bank of England, and the vari ous other banking establishments of the kingdom, have together long been found to promote the interests of the public, and to afford a salutary cheek upon each other. That the late measures of the Bank of England, in the establishment of branch banks, have the evident tendency to subvert the general banking system that has long existed throughout the country, and which has grown up with and been adapted to the wants and conveniences of the publis. This it can In distinctly proved that the prosperity of trade, the support of agriculture, the increase of general improvement, and the productiveness of the national re venue, are intimately connected with the existing system of banking. Thai the country bankers would not complain of rival establishments founded upon equal terms ; but they do complain of beitg required to compete with a great com pany possessing a monopoly and exclusive privileges. That should this great corporation, conducted by direc tors who are not personally responsible, succeed by the means of these exclusive advantages in their apparent object of supplanting the.existing banking establishments, they will thereby be rendered masters of the circulation of the coun try, which they will be enabled to contract or to expand, according t/..1 their own will ; and thus be armed with a tremendous power and influence, dangerous to the stability of property, and to the independence of the country. That a deputation be appointed to request an interview with Lord Viscount Goderich and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to present the above resolutions, to offer any explanation which the practise and experience of the depu tation may enable them to afford, and to urge Lord Vis count Goderich, and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to take their case into consideration, and grant such relief as may be just to the country bankers and bene ficial to the public. That the Deputalon do consist of Sir J. WROTTESLEY, Bart. M.P. W. BECKETT, Esq. of Leeds, J. S. HARFORD, Esq. of Bristol, DEANE JOHN PARKER, Esq. of Centerbn.y. R. SPOONER, Esq. of Birmingham, P. M. JAMES, Esq. of Birmingham, and W. D. CREWDSON, Esq. of Kendal. Tbat the Select Committee appointed at the last Meeting, be requested to continue their Sediees. That this Meeting do adjourn to Monday next, then to assemble at one o'clock, at the same place. JOHN WROTTESLEY, Chairman., AT a MEETING of the GENERAL COMMITTEE of COUNTRY BANKERS, held upon Monday, the 10th of December, at the Old Loudon Tavern, pursuant to adjournment. SIR JOHN WROTTESLEY, Bart. M.P., in the Chair. The Chairman repol.ted to the Meeting the Interview of the Deputation with Lord Goif2rich and the Chancellor of the Exch3quer, and read their Answer, as follows : Downing-Street, December loth, 113R7. " Lord Goderich and the Chancellor of the Exchequer stated to the Deputation, that they were fully sensible of the great importance of the subjects which were brought before them by the Deputation ; and that, although it was obviously impossible that they could undertake, on the part of the Government, to express upon that occasion any opi nion upon the mutters under consideration, they could as sure the Deputation, that all that had been communicated should receive the moat deliberate and serious attention." Resolved unanimously— That the following Gentlemen be a standing Committee, for the protection of the Country Ranking Interest, with power to add to their number, and that the Chairman of this Meeting ( Sir John Wrottesley, Bart. M.P. )be empowered to re-assemble the said Committee whenever he may receive any further communication from Government, or upon any other occasion he may think necessary : J. Backhouse, Esq. of Sunderland W. Beckett, Esq. of Leeds W. 13irkbeck, Esq. of Settle J. E. Bowman, Esq. of Wrexham W. W. Brown, Esq. of Leeds Sir W. Cooke, Bart. W. D. Crewdson, Esq. of Kendal Henry Device, Esq. of Monmouth T. Eyton, Esq. of Shrewsbury C. S. Forster, Esq. of Walsall 3. 3. Guest, Esq. M.P. J. S. Burford, Esq. of Bristol John Harris, Esq. of Plymouth J. P. Heywood, Esq. of Liverpool P. M. James, Esq. of Birmingham Samuel Jones Lloyd, Esq. of Manchester John Milford, Esq. of Exeter John Moss, Eeq. of Liverpool Deane John Parker, Esq. of Canterbury W. Rickford, Esq. of Aylesbury R Spooner, Esq. of Birmingham T. Swann, Esq. of York W. Tweedy, Esq. of Truro D. Veassy, Jun. Esq. of Huntingdon John Webb, Esq. of Burton John Wright, Esq. of Nottingham. Sir John Wrottesley, Bart. M.P. That five Members of the Standing Committee be em- Powered to act. That the cordial Thanks of this Meeting be presented to Sir Johu Wrottesley, Bart. M.P. and the Gentlemen who r, i eornpanied him as a Deputation to His Majesty's Mini sters, for their valuable Services. That the proceedin gs of this day, together with the Re- Folntions submitted to His Majesty's Ministers, and their an swer thereto, be :transmitted to all Bankers throughout the Kingdom, and be published in the London Newspaperet That the gra teful Thanks of the Co u nt r y B an k ers are eminently due to their Honorary Secretary, John Easthope, Esq., M.P., for the very able and disinterested Services which he has rendered to Country Bankers. JOHN WROTTESLEY, Chairman. The Chairman having quitted the Chair, and W. W. Brown, Esq. called thereto, It was resolved:— That this Meeting is impressed with a high sense of the important Assistance rendered by their Chairman, Sir John Wrottesley, Bart., 3f.P., and beg to express to him their warm and unanimous Thanks. W. W. BROWN. The LORD HIGH ADMIRAL Will leave his seat, a t Bushy, on Sunday next for Portsmouth, to attend the examination of the student* in the Naval College, pre. vices to the vacation. His Royal Highness will afterwards proceed to Plymouth, to present the division of the Royal Marines at that place with their new colours. His Royal Highness the LORD HIGH AD mizAx. has been pleased to appoint CHARLES Jot4Es, Esq., solicitor to the Admiralty and Naval departments, in the room of Ogee.Las BicKNELL, E sq ., resigned throu g h ill health. INQUISITION bezz 2-AL at . TIIE BODIES OF THE ileld at Kew , teit. —Yesterday an inquest wal l ners for Surrey, on the bo l i rltsT, Esq . ., one of the Coro jowl Airss, who w e JAMES HANNAIVAT and by tb fall of part of Ke w w a r ce : l4 ftly killed on Saturday, vvadieti 0( " Attodental 11% Jury returned A GREECE. The following letter has just been addressed to the " Benefactors of Greece," by DI . Eynard " Beaulieu, near Geneva, Nov. 29. " Gentlemen,—The details I receive from all parts of Gum?. fully confirm the information given by the Admirals Codrington and Do Rigny, as to the frightful barbarities of the Turks and Egyptians, who destroy, born, or massacre all they meet. The unhappy victims who had escaped Tenth !;), flight, return to their homes to perish from hunger and wait. Ibrahim Pacha leaves no trace behind, except devastated fields and smoking villages. " On receiving these details, I hastened to send some pecuniary aid, exclusively destined to procure bread for the wandering population. The last funds placed in my hands have been devoted to this object, and if charity places any others at my disposal, they shall have a similar destination. " happily, gentlemen, we have no longer any need to occupy ourselves with the defence of Greece, and all our efforts must in future be directed to succouring the ill-fated victims of the war, by enabling them to cultivate their fields, replant their vines and olive trees, and to rebuild their cot tages. To favour agriculture among the Greeks is to hasten the moment of order and civilization. " The generous, frank, and active interference of the great Powers has decided the fate of the Greek people. Nothing can be more grand, more affecting, or truly Christian-like, than this union of civilized nations against barbarism ; and all the friends of humanity, grateful to the mediating Monarchs, need have no further uneasiness as to the future destinies of Greece. In the mean tin-,e, gentle men, its present state merits all our solicitude. Let us continue a little while longer to send bread to those who are literally dying of hunger ! The succours will he ad dressed to Count Capo d'lstria, President of Greece, in order that he may cause them to be sent to those points where the wants of the people are most pressing.—Accept, &c. (Signed) " J. G. EYNARD. " P. S. On the 24th ins. t, 20,000 francs were remitted to Greece, with the special indication to purchase bread for the women, children, and old men.' " On the 21st, 8,000 francs were sent to the Count Capo d'lstria, at Ancona, to be distributed by the Com mission to the Philhellenes in the service of Greece, whe ther French, German, or Swiss, and all others who might stand in need of assistance. Of the above sum, 14,000 francs were furnithed by the Paris Committee, and the re mainder by other benefactors. " J. G. E." THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK AND COUNT MUNSTER. (FROAI A CORRESPONDENT OF THE TIDIES.) A story is beginning to be in circulation which will amuse the public; and which, as it casts a light upon one who may hereafter act a distinguished part in the world, ought to be known. The Princes of the House of Brunswick are all brave— brave to an excess ; a little rough, by the way, and homely, but all the better for that, they are the farther removed from affectation, fantasticality, and conceit. Every one -knows what a hero the last Duke of Brunswick was ! what a skilful and painful retreat he conducted in the midst of enemies, despising alike danger, fatigue, and in dulgence of every kind ; and how he died, at last, combat ing fearlessly for the liberties of Europe. His sons, the two 1 3 1.-ces'*gom he left behind, are "chips of the old block ;" Lord Liverpool and Count Munster were their guardians. They removed them, no doubt, from the care of a highly respectable tutor, the Rev. Mr. Prince, with a view to give them a more enlarged education than a mere ec clesiastic,however learned, was thought capable of imparting. This their Highnesses did not take in very good part : it laid the foundation of dissatisfaction. The eldest is now of age, and having come to the management of his hereditary estates, has seen occasion to find fault with much that has been done during his minority. Count Munster is the only person whom he could " take to" for the supposed mismanagement, which he has done with heart and soul, and without any fear, as will appear by the result. The Count defended himself, and a fierce controversy sprung up, as may be said, between Hanover and Brunswick. The Count put forth, or circulated rmong his friends, a pamphlet written in French, but with the official documents in Ger man. Reflections were, no doubt, cast upon the Prince in it, for he determined to call the author out. The person whom it was most convenient to select as the bearer of his Highness's message, who, probably, did not stand long a•-choosing, was Mr. Tattersall, the horse-dealer,- a very respectable man, ao doubt, in his line, but that line not one out - orwhich prz even gann+•,llr n .41 convey messages of honour between Sovereign Princes and high Noblesse. However, Mr. Tattersall is fully compe tent to make known the wishes of the Prince to the Count. Here the matter, so far as we can learn, rests at present. The extended education which Count Munster and Lord Liverpool imparted to the Prince, after they removed him from his first tutor, has probably given him that wider knowledge of mankind which bee enabled lain to go be yond the narrow circle of courtiers and sycophants, when ha had occasion to select an agent for an important trust or a delicate commission ; cud such an education is useful, if not ornamental, particularly as the world goes at present. MEETING OF COUNTRY BANKERS. (From the Birmingham Gazette.) The deliberations of the country hankers at their meet ings in London, have been conducted with so much pri vacy, that little has hitherto transpired. Under these circumstances, it gives us pleasure to be enabled to lay before our readers from authority, the earliest account of their proceedings, together with a copy of the resolutions adopted at their second meeting on Friday, and transmitted in the course of the same afternoon to Lord Goderich. On Wednesday last a considerable number of the prin cipal country hankers assembled at the Old London Tavern, to form a committee for the purpose of protecting their common interests, more especially in reference to the en deavours of the Bank of England to extend their monopoly by means of branch banks. Sir JOHN WROTTESLEIr j Bart. M. P. was also unanimously requested to take the Chair, and John Easthope, Esq., M. P., was also unanimously re quested to continue his services as honorary secretary._ After some preliminary arrangements, the chairman briefly addressed the meeting, and invited gentlemen to ex press their sentiments freely, in order that they might learn each other's opinions upon the occasion of their assem bling, and that they might mature and embody their reso lutions. He should reserve his further observations until .a future meeting, and recommend calm deliberation. He concluded by inquiring if gentlemen were prepared to offer any propositions. WILLIAM BECKETT, Esq., of Leeds, then read a series of resolutions, which had been drawn up in order to save the time of the meeting, but he earnestly recommended that if their general tennr should be approved of, each resolution, with any others which might be added, should undergo careful examination. The gentlemen who had as sisted in preparing them had endeavoured to preserve mo deration as well as firmness, and to avoid the expression of hostile feelings. The resolutions were seconded by P. M. James, Esq., of Birmingham, who expressed his wish that they should be considered as materials for discussion, rather than for hasty adoption ; and particularly recommended the exercise of moderation at the outset of their proceedings, as being most consistent with the justice of their cause. It would be easy, he said, to increase in energy, as future occasion might require. _ _ Several other gentlemen also addressed the meeting ; amongst others, J. S. Harford, Esq., and ---- Baillie, Esq., both of Brit , tol ; Joseph Pitt, Esq„ M.P. ; J. J. Guest, Esq., M.P. ; William Rickfcrd, Esq., M.P. ; Richard Spooner; Deane John Parker, Esq., of Canter bury; William Birkbeck, Esq., of Settle; and John Wright, Esq., of Nottingham. The general sentiment was in favour of moderate measures, whilst a determination was expressed to seek redress by every constitutional means. A select committee of 17 persons was appointed, to whom the resolutions were referred; the meeting then adjourned to Friday. The adjourned meeting was held accordingly, when th e Honourable Chairman said, that the resolutions which he was about to read had been carefully prepared, and bad been unanimously agreed to by the Select Com mittee. Each resolution was subsequently moved and seconded by William Beckett and J. S. Harford, Esqrs., and passed unanimously. Upon the reading of the seventh resolution, the names of Richard Spooner and W. Dil worth Crewdson, Esqrs. were added to the deputation, The meeting then adjourned to a future day to receive the report of the interview with his Majesty's Ministers. The most active Preparation? are continued in our ports in fitting out the ships destined for the Dardanelles and other parts of the Turkish coast. At Plymouth, such was the urgency of the order received on Sunday, that the shipwrights were obliged immediately to commence, and to work the whole of the Sabbath, on two frigates and two bomb vessels, ordered to be immediately equipped; and at Portsmouth, besides the bombs before mentioned, four large frigates and two sloops of war are already in a state of con siderable forwardness. LONDON. WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 12, 1827. An Express has arrived from Paris this fore noon, bringing the Paris Papers of Monday, and the Gazette de France dated yesterday morning. The Journal des Debats states that the Am bassadors left Constantinople on the 15th. This news it states was received officially from Vienna on Sunday evening. The Gazette de France gives some extracts from the Augs burgh Gazette, containing intelligence from Con stantinople of the 11th, and the following para graph, dated Vienna, Dec. 1: " It is hoped that the three Ministers will not leave Con stantinople; and it is even affirmed that the negneiations may be resumed through the medium of the Austrian In ternuncio." FRxteers Ferms, Pixie, DEC. 10.—Five per Conte. 101 f. 20c. 15t. 20c. 15c, 101 f. sc. 10c.; Three per Cents. 157 f. 20c. 30c. 25c. 30c. 671. 25c. ; Bank Stock, 1,960 f. ; Routes de Napies, 73f. 90c. ;,74f.--Exchange on London—One month, paper 2bf. 10c.; money, 2fif. 54.; three months, money 24d. 95e.—fours Authentiquc, Dec. 10. We have received this forenoon the Austrian Observer of the 30th November, which con tains a narrative of events at Constantinople be tween the 7th and 11th November. Up to that time the PORTE seems to have been resolved to claim indemnity for its losses at Navarin. The following are extracts : CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 11. The first news of the affair at Navarin arrived here on the 28th Oct., by a direct communication from the Ad mirals to the Ambassadors of the tbree Powers. It re mained unitnuivu tor several Limps [MU% Et, et,. rams ..me CO ;he public. On the Ist Nov. the Interpreters of the three legations repaired to the Porte, and put the following questions to the Reis Effendi : lit, What are the instructions that the Porte has vent to Ibrahim Pacha ? . 2d, In mrluit light die Porte would consider hostile ope rations, on the part of the three squadrons, if occasioned by Ibrahim Paella persisting to refuse compliance with the declared will cf the Allied Courts? 3d, Does the Porte persist in its refusal to accede to the proposals made by the Allied Courts? The Reis Effendi, who was still ignorant of the event, of the 20th Oct., gave the following answers to the three questions:— The Porte has not questioned the Allied C , ,urto respect ing the instructions they have given to the Commanders of their squalrons; it therefore does not feel itself obliged to communicate to the Courts the instructions given to its General. We hope that no hostilities have taken place, and we do not feel disposed to declare now what we should do or not do in certain cases. People do not give a name to a child before it is born and its sex known. The Porte will never depart from the principles it has already expressed. On the same day the first accounts of the battle of Navaria were received by the Porte and the Austrian Internuncio, tl►e latter immediately sent to the Reis Effendi, to urge him to Lo his utmost to dissuade the Porte from all precipitate measurer. and he supported his advice by all the arguments which he could command in such a complex state of affairs, in his capacity as represen tative of a great Court, whose constant endeavours are di-. rected to the preservation of perpetual tranquillity. The Prussian Ambassador guided, by similar instructions, and animated by the same sentiments, was not wanting on his part in endeavouring to make the Porte sensible of its own interest. On the 2d the Reis Effendi sent for the Dragomans of the three Ambassadors, that they might give him some ex planation of what had passed. Their answers were not considered by the Turkish Mi nister as satisfactory, and the Reis Effendi declared on the following day that the answer of the Ambassadors of the three Courts bad given a different face to the whole affair, and remo- - ed it from the domain of politics to that of reli gious legislation. The Reis Effendi, however, requested the Austrian Internuncio to induce the Ambassadors of the three Courts to draw up a declaration, which he would endeavour to support in the Divan. The Internuncio im mediately conferred on the subject with his three colleagues. On the 4th November the interpreters of the thrac Am bassadors brought a written declaration, which, however, did not produce the effect desired. On the sth tkere was a grand meeting of the Divan at the residence of the Mufti. The Imperial Internuncio chose the moment when the Council Was assem bl e d , and sent his first interpreter, M. Von Hnszar, to call th e R e i s Effendi out, and to deliver to him a note full of the most friendly exhortations. No final resolution was taken in the Council. • The 6th and 7th November passed in conferences be tween the Internuncio and the three Ambassadors, and in messages from the former to the Porte. On the latter day news arrived from Smyrna of the landing which F a b v i er and Cochrane had made on the island of Scio, whi c h, as might easily be foreseen, could not'fail to be a great impe diment to all negociations of a pacific nature.: On the Bth the Reis Effendi made to the interpreter of the English Ambassador the first communication of the resolution taken in the Council, and of the claims of the Porte to an indemnity for the affair of Navarin, and on the following day (the 9th) he repeated the same communica tion to the interpreters of the three Ambassadors. On the 10th the three Ambassadors, in a circumstantial note signld by them all, presented a declaration in reply to the c ommunication of the Reis Effendi. On the 11th November nothing was known respecting the departure of the three Ambassadors from Constanti nople. We have also received this forenoon the All ffemeinc Zeitung of the 4th and sth instant. These papers like w i se conta i n intelligence from Constantinople to the 11th November of the same complexion. A new squadron was getting ready E for sea ; and the ItEis FFENDI is said to have declared that satisfaction for the violation of the law of nations, the revocation of the Convention of the 6th of July, and complete indemnity for losses at Navarin, are the necessary conditions for the restoration of peace. The following are extracts : CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 10, An embargo having been laid ever since the 2d, on the ships of all nations without distinction, trade is of course at a stand. The Government is engaged day and night in preparations for war, and all that I mentioned in my letter of the 7th has already been realized. The Sultan has ordered a general arming of the Mussulmen, and intends to take the field in person, with the standard of the Prophet. The Austrliin Internuncio takes great pains to prevent a war, but hitherto in vain. Tranquillity, however, still prevails, but all the English, French, and Russians are preparing to depart. The Ambassadors themselves mean to leave the capital by the 15th. AI. Von Chabert will go to Zante. CONSTANTINOrLE, NOV. 12, A new sv i oadron is now getting ready for sea here. The Sultan means to go to Adrianople with the sacred standard, as soon as the Russians pass the Pruth. The Reis Effendi is said to have declared to Baron Ottenfels, that satisfaction for the violation of the law of nations, the revocation of the convention of the 6th of July, and complete indemnity for the loss at Navarin, are the necessary conditions of the restoration of the state of peace. _ _ VIENNA, NOV. 29-ZVBNING The Constantinople mail of the 10th has arrired here to.d;ly. It is said that the communications are partly im peded by the circumstance that the Porte, since the em bargo on the ships, has also refused to allow the three Ambassadors to send Tartars to the frontiers. Three French couriers are said to have been stopped. The communications with Constantinople are at present therefore carried on solely through our Internuncio, wh om the Porte still permits, according to existing treaties, to send despatches to the frontiers _by Tartars. It appears from all accounts, that since the affair at Navariu the Porte has acted with a strict conformity to the law of tions in a manner hardly expected in Europe. The nu merous reports of all kinds respecting Constantinopl e de serve little regard. Up to this evening I cannot find that there is any positive news of the departure of the Ambas sadors from Constantinople, though letters from Buda rest announced yesterday that it took place on the 15th. CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 11. The joint note of the three Ambassadors delivered yes terday to the Reis Effendi, in reply to his demand, address ed to them on the Bth (of indemnity, satisfaction, and re nunciation of all interference in the affairs of Greece) is said to be drawn up in such a wanner that some persons believe that their departure may be still deferred. These, however, are unauthenticated reports. SMYRNA, NOV. 5. This morning Admiral de Rigay approached the harbour, and the French Consul immediately went on hoard his ship. On the first news that the French squadron, which had taken part in the affair of Navarin, was before the city, some fermentation took place among the people. The Pacha found it prudent to adopt measures of precaution, and sent to the commander of the Austrian flotilla, request ing him to join the Austrian squadron, in order to contra diet, in the eyes of th e p eop l e , every supposition of hostile views, ascribed to the French Admiral. Tranquillity was preserved. The Russian Admiral, Heydon, who left Na vatin at the same time as the French squadron, and inten ded to come to Smyrna, has not yet arrived. Admiral Codrington is gone to'llialta. Thus there is at present no hostile flag in the harbour of Navarin. Ibrahim Pacha makes excursions without opposition in the Morea. CORFU, Nov. 9. A Russian corvette, which arrived yesterday, and takes to Ancona M. Catacasis, Russian Counsellor of State, who is to go express to St. Pctereburgh, brings word that the 26 corvettes, brigs, and transports, still remaining of the Turkish and egyptian fleet, have bane directed by the Admirals of the Allied Powers to sail, and return either to Constantinople or Alexandria. The Turkish Albanians of the army of the Seraskier, after receiving their arrears of pay, hare returned to their homes. The Seraskier has or dered their money to be taken from all the inhabitants of the Ottoman States under his command, without distinc ... Lion, as a military contribution. We hear of a successful expedition of Col. Fabvier against Scio, of an attack by the Greeks upon Eubtea, and of the sending of an auxiliary corps to Candia. As very few particulars of the battle of Na varin have yet met the public eye, we need make n o arullour for pnblishina the following iniPrest ing letter from a young Officer of the Albion, which contains some details of the share which that ship had in the danger and glory of the day. Our Squadron had harder work than the public have any idea of:— (corr.) MALTA, NOV. 7 & U. The public letter written by the Admiral after the battle, (which I have seen), does not appear to me to be sufficiently explanatory, (probably from this cause), the fear of giving offence to our Allies, if he reported the feats of the British ships more favourably than those of other nations. The Admiral says, the Genoa and Albion took up their anchorage beautifully, and certainly that was the case. The Turkish fleet were moored in a crescent; the Admiral led in and anchored ; the Genoa followed, and also anchored without interruption ; then carae the Albion, but before we reached our anchorage, (although each ship was within 100 yards of our leader), the action begun, which compelled us to anchor sooner than we otherwise should have done. We were in a cluster of ships, and so near, that in swinging, we fell on board of a large Turkish frigate, which we nearly destroyed in a very short time. The desperadoes attempted to board us, but we repulsed them, and returned the compliment by boarding them, after clearing nearly every man on deck with our musketry. In this situation, when the Turks feund themselves beaten, they set the frigate on fire, while entangled with us. You may conceive our feelings in this awful dilemma, with a line of battle ship and a 60-gun frigate firing upon us at the time, and without a prospect of being saved if the fire should ex tend to us. But the hand of Providence was with us, and the wisdom of the Almighty directed us : he blessed us with courage, firmness, and resolution, stimu lated us to exertion, and by his powerful aid, we succeeded in cutting the frigate adrift : in five minutes after we were clear her magazine caught fire, and she blew up. This was the first man of war destroyed. When this frigate was gone, it opened a space for the fire of another : we soon brought our broadside to bear on a line of battle ship, and had the satisfaction of seeing her soon in flames ; and as fast as we beat them, the Turks fired their ships, to prevent their falling into our hands, (regardless of the wounded and surviving Greek slaves, who they compelled toserve on board, with heavy chains affixed to their legs.)---During the action, and long after it ceased, these poor creatures were swimming to our ships to implore protection, and we took in fifty, and among them was a poor creature who had his arm shot off, and in this mangled state, with a heavy chain on his leg, he swam to us, and received that protection.. which a Briton is always proud to give to the afflicted..-. Warfare is at allitimes horrid, but the scene we witnessed, was sufficient to soften a heart of stone. 1 0, - e mentioned yesterday that letters from Vienna stated that the Austrian Army of Ob servation which is about to be formed would be very large. Some of these letters, we under stand, affirm that it is to consist of 100,000 men. Letters from Berlin, received yesterday, stated that Prussia was also about to assemble an Army of Observation on the frontiers of Poland. Its numerical force was not stated. It will be observed, by our extracts from last night's Gazette, that th e R uss i an squadron sustained a very heavy loss in the battle of Na yarit]. The squadron consisted 'of four ships of the line and four f r i ga t es , and its loss consisted of 2 officers and 57 men killed, and 18 officers unded severely. and 121 men w 9 The Chanticleer, of 10 guns, recently returned from the Mediterranean, is ordered to be paid off at Ports mouth, and r ecommissioned. captain HENRY FosTED, who obtained the gold medal of the Royal Society at their last meeting, is to have the command of the Chanticleer, and proceed to the southern hemisphere, for determining the true latitudes and longitudes of the principal places in that part of the globe, ants other objects connected with science, AS recommended by that learned body to his Royal Highneati the LORD Mau AuxisAL. SHIPPING INTELLIOENCE-(TRIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. ll.—Wind S.S.W.--.Arrived the Id:), ----, from Leith to Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 11. —Wind S.S.W. and S.W.— Arrived the :Nereid, Jay, from Yarmouth, for Leghorn. PLvt.totrrn, Dec. 10.—Wind S. W.—Arrived the Lovely Cruiser, from Newfoundland. FALMOUTH, DEC. 10.—Wind S.S.W. to S.W.—Ar rived the Fame, Dyer, from London to Lisbon. THE TUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TtOrizyr, o' CLoor. In_the absence of any intelligence, or the arrival of a single Foreign Mail this morning, up to the above hour in the City, there has been a complete dearth of news, and as the period lengthens since we had any accounts from Constantinople the anxiety for further information increases ; this is stated to be one principal cause of the little business doing in the British Funds for the last few days, the Bears being afraid to extend their operations, whilst the Bulls appear satisfied with being able to keep up the pre sent prices. Consols opened at 83/, and subse quently became buyers, but are now 83i I, with but few transactions. The French Funds of Tuesday come over, the 5 per Cents. at 1011. 10c., and the 3 per Cents. 67f. 25c., being a trifle higher than the last advices. India Bonds are 71 3; and Exchequer Bills, 41 4 pm. In the Foreign Funds there is little interesting to state, Brazilian appear to improve, as well as Buenos Ayres Bonds, under the impression of peace being likely to take place between these Powers, the former are 60} 1, and the latter 50 1; Colombian are 28; Mexican, 6 per Cents, 49 ; Portuguese, 72 ; Russian, 88i; and Spanish seem to be a little higher, being 11 IN In Shares there is no novelty, and prices remain nearly at yesterday's quotations. T*o - 0' CL 0 CE. The Consol Market is in a state of complete stagnation ; scarcely a bargain doing; the only price 83k The Foreign Funds are without variation. No further intelligence has been received, since the Express in the morning, from Paris. ThREE O'CLOCK Consols for Account, 83/1 FOUR O'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES. Consols Danish Bonds Do. for Ac. 83i 4 I Greek Do. 1825, 18 - - Brazilian Bond; Kt Mexican Do. 1825, Buenos Ayres Do. 511 Peruvian Do. 26 Chilian Do. Russian Do. 881 Columbian, 1824, Spanish Do. I 1 SUN OFFICE, Five o'clock. Up to the present hour no intelligence has been received by Government from Constan tinople ; but we understand that an Austrian Messenger has arrived with despatches for Prince ESTERHAZY, the nature of which has not transpired. The Messenger left Vienna on the 3d inst. at midnight, up to which time no intel ligence had arrived of the Ambassadors having quitted Constantinople. The Messenger Grossed the Channel in an open boat. NEW AND EFFECTIVE PLAN FOR PRE VENTING THE SINKING OF SHIPS AT SEA. (From the Sphyns of Saturday, Dec. 8.) In a former Number of this Journal we an nounced the discovery or invention, by Mr. Ralph Watson. of n plan for effectually securing shilm against the calamity of foundering at sea, and stated our impressions a f ter see i ng i ts app li cat i on to t h e model r e o d f an for eihgeh tygun ship, which M r . W atson h a d purposeprepared of demonst ra ti ng i ts sa f ety t and efficacy.* We shall now redeem our pledge by describing, as intelligibly as we may be able to do, amidst the dilliculLics of so technical and scientific a subject, the principle on which this invention is founded, and the mode in which it is to be practi cally applied. It is well known that the mere bulk or size of any substance will neither occasion it to sink nor swim on the surface of the water; the whale, whose weight is often near 100 tens, floating as certainly and securely on the bosom of the deep, as the lightest nautilus that skims its surface, and the raft, formed of a thousand logs of oak or fir, being as buoyant as the thinnest shaving or splinter that can be separated from the mass ; while the minutest grain of sand that can be gathered by the sea-shore is as certain of sinking when thrown into the water, as a granite mountain would be if rooted from its base and hurled into the sea. It is the difference of specific gravities or relative weights in the substance and the element with which it is brought into contact, that alone causes this dif ference. Whatever is specifically lighter than the quantity of water which its own bulk will displace by immersion in the fluid, will swim; and whatever is specifically heavier than the same bulk of water will sink; a law of nature, which is as unerring in its application 'to the lightest grain of dust, as the largest mass of iron or lead,—to the nut-shall shal lop of the playful infant, as to the floating fortress of a hundred guns: In the construction of every ship that is built, the largest quantity of materials used are of much less specific gravity than water; and even in the modern and improved system of naval architecture, in which iron and co pp er h ave succeeded to oak and fir, in the knees, bolt s , f as t en i ngs and sheathings of the l argest vessels, the whole of th e h u ll , mas t s , yards, sails and rigging, taken t oget h er, i s of so muc h l ess s p ec ifi c gravity than the b u lk o f water w hich their we i g h t displaces, that th ese a l one req uire ballast to k eep a ship upright, by s u b merg ing the keel suffici ent l y be low the surface of the fluid, and in this state she would never be liable to sink.. In addition, 1;;;ver, to the materials of which the ship is actually constructed, almost every vessel, when fitted for sea, has other substances on board, a which counteract this floating t en d ency, and ma k e the balance contents her safety ; or, in other w or d s, ma k e the sh i p and all her specific gravity greatly against much heavier th an th e b u lk o f wa t e r she originally displ ace d, t h at b ut f or t h e l arge quantity of atmosph eric a i r i ncluded in the other wise unoccupied p arts o f her hull, she would sink ce o f so without an effort. Her safety, however, from this cause, is liable to be endangered by any leak which may be sufficiently powerful to displace this air by water; in which case her destruction is certain. The iron and shingle ballast in ships of war, as well as the guns, shot, and much of the stores and provisions, arc of the description of counterbalancing weights alluded to ; and the cargoes of merchant ships are most frequently of the same unfavourable nature ; so that, with the very few exceptions of ships wholly laden with liquids, timber, or other materials lighter than water, it may be taken as a gureral position, that all ships sufficiently laden and stored for voyages of any length are, from the mo ment of their quitting port, liable to the calamity of foundering should they sustain an injury to their bottoms, or encounter a leak which the ordinary power of their pumps could not subdue. To prevent this, the following is Air. Watson's plan. It is known to all persons familiar with the construction of ships, that the cross-beams on which the decks are laid are of considerable thickness and depth, to support the immense weight which the decks themselves have to bear. As it is necessary, however, that these beams should not interfere with the free passage of the seamen between decks, or the working of the guns in time of action, it is ne * see the Spliunx, No. 20, Saturday, NOT, 17. , • cessary' to make the height, from the tlpPfr) of the lower deck to the under surface of the supporting the deck next above it; at least the average height of a full-grown man, and il ships even more. There consequently rem' very large space between the beams themsele, beneath each deck supported by them, Iv ` perfectly unoccupied, and which might the e l filled up entirely, without being attended imaginable inconvenience. In those parts of the ship allotted to th e medation of the officers and passengers, th e surface oldie beams is generally covered o vet i a slight ceiling of plank, and painted for th e purpose of giving a smooth appearance to el parts of the cabins; and in the Royal Yac believe, the hollow within is filled up with prevent the tread of those walking on tliel above from being heard by th ose who oe ctln r} cabins below. In all other parts of the allO c ie ever, the space between the beams of evai oe s entirely open, and unappropriated to any whatever. to 6" This waste space Mr. Watson propose' a I( entirely with copper tubes, of a cylinaP c , - • l gb reaching from beam to b ea m, e ith er in s„'„ 6 diagonal li nes , as th e b eams may b es t 1 7; 0 minating at each extremity by conva - e ri globular en d s , an d every part o f t h e c ylin ner , l l hermetically sea l e d. Th ese tu b es wo uld vt'il eight or ten to four or six feet in length, 5- 0 two feet to eight or ten inches in diameter , 01 ing to the depth of th e b ea ms, the largest to ing required for ships of th e largest beams , ' ll/ 0 1i smaller ones being amply sufficient for ships beams are of smaller dimensions. it the O It has been calculated that, supposing a. der parts of any ship' s l ee ks to be fitted , tubes, and these filled w i t h ev en atenospheti. only (though still lighter air could, if neces_ d 9 4 ' employed), they would contain, in their a ge'',„ number and capacity, a bulk of air ega . t i „ - e f terbalance the specific gravity or conte'id e e, ship, however constructed, or however,. 3 ,„ e d consequently to prevent her sinking ue „ - point at which these tubes would come with the water. The principle of supporting great l ve "' e si bladders filled with air, is familiar to evesY s f i - e gh has ever learnt to swim. Th e fl oa ti n g of n j ee off shoals or rocks by means of empty more strictly speaking, casks filled with operation known to every seaman and pie s jep world. The impossibility of a g lass bo while filled with air, leads to the constant e ment even of that most fragile of all maters, conveying intelligence of Discovery Still° e el known seas, often wafting a slip of naP er, ,.. is up in its interior, fro m some remo te O0'n" Pacific Ocean to the very shor es of lE4 , ' „ ; riding buoyantly triiimphaut over every da r 'voti the space of a full year in time, and o ver 00 of miles of space, in the midst of tempests ricanes that in their fury destroy the strooge' It is then by the same a ppli ca tion of th is c ol brit po wer f u l l aw o f nature to t h e d ec ks ° I. I re fo making them all to repose as it were uP° 9 e 0 air-filled tubes, that Mr. Watson proposes as them from the possibility of sinking as °°' r, or accident. tb llti previouNs‘., description ce h re o i p s a e tti ow:hgool glance n h tc a he v e e ti w af t ; S itl ie l portion of the ship's frame holds toget he tubes remain unbroken. th to t This leads us to speak of the safety of *•-te t f l r e o r m sto s o u d ch o a u n r pbeuaerititwtroefefnrtohtmeh the beams, inp m y s iN; v , e h r i e ch th th e ey on c l o y u o ld bj beee t p , i t a h c e e r:,l they would be so safe as here. If covered ° i v under-lining or thin ceiling of plank, they wo t ! rei ll be liable even to a scratch or a blow. Their Clltio surfaces would be a s ufficient protection agait ti te e being forced in, by the mere pressure of vr ti case of submersion,--for stout copper °V withstand what even thin glass will resist. oil, in action, the direction of which is chiefly h t/r u lth while it retains any great force of m otion, "' 1 1 ) -pite likely even__to tot eh them: anrinn CIO ing or rolling in the ship itself could safety, if fitted in with ordinary care by tr ilo ° ' Nothing, therefore, could be more secure fr o than the air-filled tubes in question. ce. llo e ' r' Next, they interfere with no room or "5: of P . appropriated to the stowage of car g o , it °r" er t o : visions,—they offer no impediment e vhate, ship's rate of sailing,—they would not deOrg; (Pc, single inch lower in the water,—and 'o dic doll' fixed they would require no to at t t h en e tion or sit e° any state of wind or weather. Greater advantages than these, we cone e io would be literally impossible for any iriVet iv possess : and as to the end to be attaine d the preservation of all the lives and preP err iosi every year sacrificed by ships found eriginBtereot: there can be but one opinion a mong the d- e eo f f part of the community as accomplishment. Ar Supposing, however, a ship to be literally t pieces, and separated beam from beam, arid from plank, till not a single part of her evlioler) remained together,— tee very disseveration 0'44! frame would at once let loose a life-buoy for:di man on board ; and any portion of the deco, still hung together, even in fragments, would c oo' the safest and most buoyant raft that could be strutted for those who m ight take refuge on it' ef ttl ElUei in the river Thames, are to be seen , N O day, ship' s buoys made of copper, floating siroP t ii i sc being filled with a i r , and continuing tight IA leaks, though bearing the weight of heavy sl it/ ropes, and the pressure of a tide running often or great violence. Any one of such buoys would ,o port two or three men from sinking; and ev er s' t s h k is n : of t i t s , of Mr. Watson's air-filled copper cylinders, event of a total separation of the wreck--' mity at pea however, can never happen in case of mere foto , ing—would serve the same purpose arising from the po lo lS Another vast advantage s i i ni nk P i ° n rta , n e c v a fi ga re il : s a t nother g awf l ul3 t s : i f iaring use might be 11 ;f 6 of water from alongside, which cannot often 'lig' ,i c n e t h r t t eh a e i m n eo s ys e et c r i iii i t r z i , orln sh ip lin m e- ig ot t ba b t e tle h s a h u i l p e , d f c o i r os in e 6 tp t oo done without danger of the oppsite fate o f eiv fic ei th e in case Indianian, e o ffire, a wind under a heavy press of sail, and her le e t . o and scuttles opened purposely to admit lie r ec iefic i and thus overpower the flames. When COOP 001‘, is felt that beyond a certain point she could O t tg itr the sinking her to that point would be boldly tt taken, and thus every danger averted. ta th e When it is remembered that, according - e el' most accurate reports collected for a series of I ,d nearly two British ships are lost by wreck, °nor fonndering every day in the year s —and that ° l f palling calamity can be almo s t made t o disapP e til 6° tirely from the catalo gue o f h uman at so s° 3 " f el f expence as five p er cent . on t h e actual value of ship that ran b e named,---while this security applied to vessels of any form or construction, tbelf out detriment to their strength, their speed ° I. 00% capacity o f b ur th en ,— we s h ou ld say , t hat ' l° bos t ,' but the most bi g ott e d adh erence to o ld thingstA to, ever defective, could prevent its immediate a n versa' adoption. (0 ' We cannot conclude this imperfect s ketch V I invention which we have endeavoured to ren de ,, without i t t low theut mentioning world at telligible to those least acquainted with e g - e ei ti affairs, for no patent or exclusive ivilege for his P, ' :etti nation, and his own especially, should enter at. on the free and full enjoyment of its advaatage' We say, fearless!that this is y, offering • eg greater practicable importance than obtain' IV footing on the pole—or than many Of i lo t steps towards the discovery of the l o ngito v ele t lar g e ,ha Mr. Watson ill/ which large sums have been paid, and large ;IP are still annually ex pending;—and that it 14 " 9ti plit: desiring that ' 0 , 1 c 6 honour to the present Lord High Admiral ° I - 0 0 1P land, if he would immediately order the exP e r s ti s # to be tried oil some unemployed ship of hiegaibie' . really to deserve. tnhaevy;easnudltboesftsTivehoral-Al‘eixr.p e W rim at e so n n t sthhoeurledlr r ti ov : pio ?RILES JF IRISH vroe' Bank Stock 24 9 34 Consols, 3 per cent. 82% Gov. Stock, S',4 per cont 89% Ditto, New 4 per Cent. 9 9 14 Goy. Deb. 34 per oent. 91}. Royal Canal Stock ... -- Grand Canal Stock City Deb. L per cent Ballast Office Deb. 10. et - AUSTRIA VIENNA. Nov. 28.—Metalliques, 29.—Metalliqucs, ma: Arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin O Flanders 0 O ' , ranee O Gottenburgh... 0 Guernsey.% Jersey 0 Arrived. Duo. 0 1 Holland 0 Jamaica 0 0 Leeward Islanda 0 Lisbon 0 0 Malta 0 Mexico 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW Morning... 4.3 minutes alter 8. 1 Evening ....It) minutes after 9. „,p 4 4 , e ” : 1 4, 4 ' ~,,,, vA _ r " Obtr . - . :!- W ." ~, ~...z4, - ...Z.,t',..- , 6 4111, 11 01- " nit -' ' *-.S.,4r,rfi-V412--k KS.-.DUBLIN, DEC. S. St. Patrick Incur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto . National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Rcyal Irish Mine Imp.-1-1;:i Mine Mining CO. of Ireland Coinincroial .NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCIt. Amsterdam C.F. 12 1 Ditto, at sight ll is Rotterdam 2U. 12 2 Antwerp.. l2 Ilamburgh U Altena 2 1,,i U. 3 , 3 6 Paris, 3 days' sight Ditto 2 U. 25 50 Bordeaux 2 Berlin Frankfort on Itaine, Ex. 31. 151 Petersbnrgh, rble... 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective fl. 2 111. 10 2 Trieste do. •l 0 2 Madrid 35 Cadiz 3s ; ,si Bilboa Barcolona 34N Seville 31% Gibraltar 46 Leghorn 464 9,5,40 Genoa Venice 46 Malta — IA Naples V Palermo per oz. 11% Lisbou 47% Oporto Rio Janeiro 'll ?Alia 37 b.. 1,,, Ayres Dubln., 21 days' :;ight Cork l} BALLION, PIM OZ. X. F. d. Portugal Gold, (loin._ 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 6 New I)oubleons 3 14 0 New Dollars 0 4 10i Silver, bars, standard 0 0 0 ,N FUNDS. ;, 87—Bank Shares, 1013 1-sth, ;, 88—Bank Shares, 1036 ;, 88—Bank Shares, 1034 LAW IN 114 TIL E 31 , Mr. n on ; great grandso was und er tl c° 'ne abs e l the Prweedil to a scertai n t ti es;_ th e ye , the offer of East Irda C he praed titled t y ' Lord P sinp r d state I . 1 1 the cause"tfit'--Ord t o i; l : h e d f o - t , ll 4 ndei t:, - „""uts of l '"' and th e and wa r a] Years buts um „ -slue and The ev Potati on Publi c ge conclude er/ Ort v. , These t ,. 11t of the „ Nod up ~ 41ell t of tl tne v er (th e cr i :(l debtor fn might b the print by g i ven claim gi second rr ground s not pl, S . II The arsenal at 'rka and