The Sun. — London, England, 1827-04-26 00:00:00

FORIIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Etoils, dated Tuesday, April 24.) " CONSTANTINOPLE, MARCH 26.—The Porte shows itself decidedly averse from accepting the pro posals of the English and Russian Ambassadors in favour of the Greeks, and the Reis Effendi has been dismissed because he did not protest with sufficient energy against all intervention. Six thousand of the new troops are to march immediately to Salonichi, to go to the aid of Omer Pacha, who is closely blockaded in Negropont. " Mr. Stratford Canning and M. de Ribeaupic. , rre have daily conferences. They had fixed the '2oth for the expiration of the time given for an answer, and yet they have not taken any further steps, though the Divan has not given them any official answer. This is the more surprising as the Rama dan begins to-morrow. Curiosity is excited in the highest degree by all these circumstances."—Augs burg Gczette. " TRIESTE, APRIL 10.—Two Captains of vessels which have arrived, one in 12 days from Zante, the other in 21 days fiom Milo, report that Lord Coch rane has arrived at Napoli di Romania, with two armed vessels. " It is reported at Zante that the Turks have been forcoi to raise the blockade of Athens, and that the Gre,ks have retaken the fort of Vassiladi, before Missolonghi. Ibrahim Paella was, on the 26th of March, stationary at Navarino, from which port se veral Egyptian ships had sailed for Alexandria.— Augsburg Gazette. ` e ODiSSA, APRIL 4.—We have news from Con stantinople to the Ist of this month. The account, from the Peloponnesus are unfavourable to the Porte. The Acropolis was at length really deli. vered on the 12th March, in consequence of a vic tory gained by Karaiskaki, after the Greeks had overthrown the enemy at several points. A second expedition, organized by the Bavarian Philhellenes, and sent on board the Hellas, against Negropont, has had the happiest result.* The Seraskier's depot has been completely destroyed. The Greek gazettes, from whence these statements are taken, speak in the highest terms of the zeal and exertions of the Bavarians. "Lord Cochrane at length arrived at Poros on the 15th March, and was received by the Greeks with inexpressible enthusiasm. The members of the Government received him in the most solemn manner. Some days after he resolved to sail with the brig of Tombasi and three vessels on a secret expedition. All this is known at Constantinople, and has caused a great sensation among the Turks. The Greeks in that city were uneasy, fearing an insurrection of the Mussulman populace. The Go vernment has ordered a press of sailors, and doubled the armaments; and as the proposals of the Euro pean Ambassadors must engage the Divan, many persons think that a general arming is going to be made. Such a measure might prove more danger ous to the Sultan and his reforms than is believed. A firman ordering the Rayas, who have been esta blished in the capital within the last three years, to quit the capital, has caused a great sensation; yet it may be accounted for by the fact that thousands had flocked from the provinces to the capital, in order to ,escape the taxes, which have become more and more oppressive since the revolution."—Augsburg Gazette. " Pants, APRIL 23.—Letters from Irun say that the Marquis de Chaves, and his uncle Silveira, were to arrive at Irun on the 18th, to be sent from that place to the French territory, where they will be placed under the superintendence of the agent of the Police stationed at Behobie."—Journal du Com. %erre. " The advance made by the Spanish troops to wards the frontiers of Portugal is ascribed to the knowledge which the Commander-in-Chief of that army had of the march of the English troops to draw nearer to the Spanish frontiers. " The armies of the two nations are, as it were, opposite each other, but without showing any signs of hostility." (From the Quotidienne.) RoME, APRIL 12.—We expect here, w ith impa tience, the issue of affairs in Spair and Portugal. The influence that the British Cabinet seems de sirous of exercising in the Peninsula, makes the English travellers here fear lest some open rupture e'iouid be the consequence with the Cabinet of Ma drid. The passing if some couriers of the British Cabinet towards Naples, and the sudden return from Naples to Rom , : of a number of English families, have given some show of truth to these fears. It is but just, we should say, at the same time, that the ceremonies of tile Holy Week, so grand, so impos ing, in this the capital of the Christian world, at tract, in a similar way, every year, travellers and foreigners of distinction, who happen, at that period, to be in any of the quarters of Italy. The fine weather, which is very early this year, has not a little contributed also to augment the number of travellers. • PORTUGUESE PAPERS. " LISBON, APRIL B.—The Princess Regent orders the Brigadier-General commanding in the province of Tras-os-Montes, to be informed that his letter, No. 77, has been laid before her, containing the de spatch sent him by General Monet, respecting the delivery of above 360 horses, which the Portuguese took with them in their flight to Spain, and the manner in which the Brigadier-General thinks to dispose of these horses. ORDER OF THE DAY. " OPORTO, APRIL 6.—The causes which gave rise to the assembly of the corps of the 2d line, which so greatly assisted those of the first, in the complete defeat of the enemies of the King and country, ex pellirg them from the Portuguese territory, having ceased, the Lieutenant-General, Governor of this province, recognising the good services and the ala crity with which all the corps of the militia of this province hastened to arms as soon as they were called upon, and considering how useful those rural labours are in which they are going to employ them selves, began, as soon as circumstances permitted, to dismiss the corps, taking care to begin with those that had been the most employed. [Here follow some directions for thQ return of the corps to their homes.] " His Excellency would not be performing his duty, if he did not, on this occasion repeat his sa tisfaction with the good services of the Colonel of the Militia of Oporto, Jose Maria Brandao, com manding the contingent of the second line, forming part of the garrison of this city. Equal praise is due to all the superior officers, subalterns, and pri vates of all the corps of the militia of the district, who so promptly took arms to defend the Charter and the legitimacy of Don Pedro IV, " LISBON, APRIL 9.—The Romney man of war arrived here on the Bth, in nine deys from Ports mouth, having on board 220 men of the 4th and 63d Regiments of Infantry.--Lisbon Gazettes to the I Ith of April inclusive. " ELVAS, APRIL s.—By a person worthy o f credit, just arrived from Spain, we learn that there are at Caceres 3,000 men, both infantry and cavalry —viz. the Ist and 2d battalions of the Guards; let battalion of the Provincial Grenadiers; Ist Regiment of Cavalry, and Cazadores of the Royal Guard.— They say they are only waiting for five battalions of infantry, to invade Portugal. The troops are very well clothed, armed, and disciplined, and are exer cised in firing three times a week. " Generals Sarsfield and Rodil are at valiance ; the first was at Calcres, three leagues from Talavera de la Ragusa, carrying on the correspondence him self, and living very retired, only showing himself when absolutely necessary. " On the 30th of March, orders were received • This last news is confirmed by a private letter pub lished by the Florence Gazette, received this morning, which announces that the Seraskier had been forced partly so raise the blockade of Athens, by the necessity which he was under of fortifying himself in his camp against the Attacks of the Greeks. The Diario di Roma also an nosmees, but in general terms, the arrival of Lord Coch rane end the delivereace of Atlnne,—Note of the Etoilt. by the brigade at Caceres, to give no discharges to soldiers who ought to receive them. " On the 31st, it was said that Sarsfield and Rodil had been summoned to Madrid, the division exercising under the command of General San Juan, but without power to do any thing with it. " Two adjutants of the Royalists presented them selves at Caceres by superior authority, to be classed and placed in the army. " The Royalists of the infantry and cavalry of the district of Placentia were commanded by Colonel Morales; and those in Caceres, by the Marquis del Reino. " Lastly (to-day, the 4th,) it was reported at Badajoz, that at 10 o'clock in the morning, a postilion had brought word that the battalion which was at Xeres de los Caballeros had marched in the direction of Barrancas. " APRIL 6.—The Conde de Casa Flores, Ambas sador from Spain to Portugal, arrived here to-day, and set out immediately for Badajoz."-0 Portu guez, April 10. REPORTED DECREES OF THE EMPEROR. " LISBON, APRIL 14.—Since writing the note respecting General Rego's appointment, which you will find under a different date, the reports to which I alluded last week, respecting the more important decisions of his Majesty with regard to the Regency, brought by Dr. Abrantes, have gained strong con firmation, and, though not officially promulgated, are now doubted by nobody. " The Impartial, an Oporto paper, contains an a-count of these decrees as from London, though it rsally received the intelligence from Lisbon. By one of them, his Majesty declares his al,sication of the crown of Portugal incomplete, because the con ditions on which it was to proceed have not been fulfilled. These conditions cannot be fulfilled till Don Miguel comes to Rio Janeiro, and completes, in person, the ceremony of his marriage with his Majesty's daughter. Till then, Don Pedro holds the reins of Government in the kingdom which he inherits from his ancestors, and re-appoints his sister as Regent during the minority of his daughter. In a Proclamation on the subject, he is said strongly to denounce the crimes of the rebels, and to order the Chambers to be convoked in an extraordinary ses sion, to finish their constitutional labours. He has not only appointed Rego to the command of a province, but has nominated four Councillors of State (of whom Dr. Abrantes is one), to counterbalance the influence of the Apostolical Members of that body. The other names of these Councillors are the Arch bishop of Elves, Silvester Pinheiro, and Philippe Ferreira. Having a regard to the present state of the kingdom, he is resolved not to divest himself of the power of consulting its interests till his daughter attains 18 years of age. " LISBON, APRIL 15.—Yesterday General Clin ton, who has been in Lisbon since Tuesday, dined with Count illa Flor. " A courier arrived on Friday from Madrid, with despatches to the 9th, for Government. The Por tuguese Government had demanded a categorical answer why such a large body of troops was assem bling at Elvas, and on the Portuguese frontier. The Spanish Cabinet, in reply, stated that its conduct was dictated by the large force of Portuguese and English troops assembled and assembling towards Estremadura. " Dr. Abrantes is on board the packet for Eng land. He is said to be appointed councillor to the Embassy. Every thing here is suspected to be tainted with intrigue, and the Doctor's nomination has furnished room for abundance of surmises. " The Princess Regent has interested herself very much for the unfortunate English soldier under sentence of death, at Villa Franca, for striking his officer. She requests that, if possible, the punish ment may be commuted into banishment or im prisonment. The result of her interference is not yet known. Probably a severe example is necessary." " LISBON, APRIL 15—Twelve o'clock.—There can be no doubt that the reports about Don Pedro's decrees, in the Oporto paper of the 7th, 10th, and 11th, Came from a friend of Dr. Abrantes, who sails to England with the packet which carries this letter, as Secretary of Legation to the Portuguese Em bassy in London. The Doctor, perhaps, assisted in advising those decrees, as well as became their bearer. As he himself was appointed a Councillor of State by the Emperor, and presented a commis sion, which was refused by the Regency of Lisbon, there cam be little doubt that the three others whose names I have mentioned were appointed in a similar manner, and that their commissions are equally sus pended till farther orders. The Emperor of Brazil is either King of Portugal or he is not. If he is still King of Portugal, the act of separation is a nullity—if he is not, he has no right to appoint governors of provinces or councillors of State, inde pendent of the Regency, which administers the af fairs of the kingdom till it is abolished. Suppose General Rego, with the Emperor's commission in his pocket, should go and join Silveira, the Govern ment of Lisbon might become guilty of treason to wards Don Pedro (if he is King), by attempting to oppose his march upon Lisbon. Dr. Abrantes has taken his departure from Lisbon very reluctantly. He is not only appointed to the new post at London by the Emperor's, but by the Regency's Ministers. He has thus two authorities in his pocket at the same time. By one, he is an unacknowledged Mi nister of State; by the other, he is a kind of exiled Secretary of Legation. " The turn that affairs have taken with Spain is extremely curious. Ferdinand always hitherto gave out, that he was assembling a force on the frontiers to prevent the disorders or to disarm the troops of Chaves. Portugal was not satisfied with this ex planation, after these troops had been all disarmed, and demanded in a more peremptory tone either their dispersion or more satisfactory reasons for their stay. On this Ferdinand turns round, and forgetting his former pretence, retaliates on England and Por tugal, by saying, that the menacing attitude of the allied force rendered defensive measures on his part absolutely necessary, or at least perfectly justifiable. Are all three now satisfied ? Nous rerrc s. " Sir W. Clinton was called here to a Cabinet Council, which sat till 12 o'clock on the night of his arrival. All the embassies are full of talk and con jecture on the subject of this council." GENERAL REGO —THE GOVERNMENT LOAN. LISBON, APRIL 14.—The appointment of General ltego to the Government of the province of Entre Douro e _Minh°, which I mentioned in a letter by the last packet, is now generally known in Lisbon, and has excited a great deal of surprise. Every body sees in it a proof of the ambition of Don Pedro to continue not only the constitutional legislator for Portugal, but to retain the power of its Executive in his own hands. He has thus rendered the nomina tion of a Regency little better than a farce—thrown discredit on the Government of his sister —and hazarded the opposition or dispensed with the re sponsibility of his sister's Ministers. If his com mission in favour of Rego were to be received and acted upon, we should witness the strange anomaly of a minor Queen of Portugal—of an acting Regent of Portugal, and of an absent Emperor of Portu gal —we should see one Government of Portu gal residing at Lisbon, and another at Rio Janeiro —and should he uncertain whether orders from the European or the trans-Atlantic authority deserved the preference. The act of separation of the two Crowns would thus become a dead letter, and the Charter, resting only for its stability on the same good faith which gives force to that solemn deed, might be cancelled or suspended at pleasure. The Ministry of Lisbon have done right in re fusing to confirm the appointment or to acknowledge the commission of Rego. They owe responsibility for their conduct to the Princess Regent, and to the two Chambers, not to Don Pedro, or his Council of State. Besides objections to the appointment on the score of right, they can advance others of a grave kind, on the score of policy or expediency. General Rego is a good officer, and possesses some property in the province of which he has been appointed Go vernor ; but he has too long resided in Rio to be agreeable to one party in Portugal, while his equi- LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 26, 1827. `We are unable to give any farther information regarding the Ministerial Arrangements. The negociation with Lord LANSDOWN still continuos. Mr. W. LAMB is spoken of as new Secretary to tlic Lord Licuten.nt of Ireland. Lord Viscount DUDLEY has at length come forward as a public character, and has quitted the "otium cum dignitate," which seems to re semble other sweets, in having the property of cloying after long enjoyment. His Lordship's great wealth afforded him not only the usual luxu ries of life, but the far greater one—that of doing good. In society, his conversational talents insured unusual success, and on great occasions he has come forward in either House of Parliament as a brilliant and eloquent speaker. In short, his happiness appeared complete to those who, la bouring for the means of maintaining a respect able position in society, can only faintly hope for the applause of Senates. But the active mind of man is formed for pursuit, and not for enjoyment, and Lord DUDLEY is not the first who has willingly resigned the splen did life of a British Nobleman for the bustle of place, accompanied as it is with the possession of power—a tempered desire for which cannot be blamed, when it is intended to employ it for the benefit of mankind. We make no doubt that Lord DUDLEY will prove himself an able and useful servant of the State, and will find his parks more tranquil, the walks more shady, and the trees more beautiful, when contrasted with the close atmosphere and brick wall vistas of Downing-street. There has not been a more popular appoint ment for some years than that of Mr. SCARLETT to the important post of Attorney General. His great legal attainments, and his extraordinary powers of addressing a Jury, have long placed him beyond most other men as an Advocate ; and the whole profession have pointed him out as a future Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench., The fortunate concurrence of present circumstances has rendered such an event pro bable by placing him at once on the high road to the most exalted legal stations, and we have no doubt that in the office of Attorney General Mr. SCARLETT will realize all those high expecta tions which his talents and his character as a sound and good lawyer, have excited. The conduct of Sir N. C. TYNDAL, on this occasion, is above all praise. With an honour able and liberal feeling he conceded the claim, which his filling the office of Solicitor-General gave him, to the higher post of Attorney-Ge neral, thus admitting the superior acquirements of his friend, and setting an example of the most praiseworthy forbearance. This is alike honour able to both these Learned Persons, and affords a sure pledge of their cordial co-operation with each other in their arduous offices, and with the Government who so justly appreciate the value of their services in each station. We received lard night the Paris Papers of Monday, with the Etoile, dated Tuesday morn ing, extracts from which will be found in another column. The news from the East appears to be more favourable to the cause of Greece, notwithstand ing the unwillingness manifested by the PORTZ, to allow of any intervention on the part of other countries in her behalf. A Note of the Doile confirms the intelligence received through dif ferent channels, of the SERASKIER having been obliged partly to raise the blockade of Athens, in consequence of the necessity of fortifying himself against the attacks of the Greeks.— Lord COCHRANE'S arrival has taken place at a moment when renewed hope seems to have in spired the nation, and the impulse which will be given to the national feeling by his enthusiastic exertions in its cause will, we are convinced, lead . to the most important results, as regards the in dependence of Greece. The intelligence from Portugal, in the French Papers, is not so recent as that which we have received direct from Lisbon, and does not amount to much. Doubt and distrust of the intentions from Spain still exist, and the re-advance of the Spanish army towards the Portuguese Frontier had not tended to lessen these feelings, but no act of hostility had been committed. The cause of the advance is ascribed to the proximity of the English army to the Frontiers of Spain. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, APRIL 23.—Rentes 5 per Cents. 101 f. 100 f. 85c. ; 4 per Cents. 71f. 10c. 15c. ; Bank Actions, 2,037 f. 50c. _ _ FOREIGN FUNDS.—Renter Nap. Cert. Falc. 781. Isc. 25c. ; Obl. Nap. Em. Roth. 7. s. 25f. 50c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 551. 56k. s'7i. ; Haytian Loan, 6701. His MAJESTY'S Packet, Magnet, has arrived with a Lisbon mail. By this conveyance we have received Lisbon Gazettes and private letters to the 15th inclusive. Their contents are interest ing, and not unimportant. Every thing is quiet in Lisbon, where Lieut.-General Sir Wm. H. CLINTON had been for a few days. The re advance of the Spanish army to the frontiers of the Kingdom had given rise to fresh uneasiness, and the Portuguese Government had demanded a categorical explanation of the cause of this movement. A Courier, with the reply of the Cabinet of Madrid, arrived on the 13th. The Spanish Government stated that its conduct was occasioned by the assembling of the large force of English and Portuguese troops towards Estremadura. The Emperor DON PEDRO appears to have wisely determined to resume to a certain extent the Government of Portugal, and to enforce obedience to his commands. He very justly declares his abdication of the Crown of Portugal to be incomplete, as the conditions on which it proceeded have not been fulfilled. He has issued a proclamation, denouncing the crimes of the Rebels, and ordering the Chambers to be convoked in an Extraordinary Session to finish their Con stitutional labours. We must refer our readers for further particulars to the extracts from the Gazette and private communications, which will be found in another column. It appears by an account printed by order of the House of Commons, which we have inserted in another part of our paper, that the total amount of advances made by the Bank of England to Government, on Exchequer Bills and all other securities was, on the 26th August, 1826, 18,961,895/. ; -on the 26th February, 1827, 19,668,9611.; of this sum, 8,707,615/. has been advanced towards the purchase of the An nuity of 585,7401. for 44 years, called the " Dead weight." All payments by the Bank for the purchase of that annuity terminate next year, and consequently, that source of Income, as it has been erroneously reckoned, will be cut off. The magnitude and increasing amount of the Bank advances to Government are not calculated to excite the most agreeable feelings in the mind of any one who attends to the financial affairs of the country ; but we have no doubt that the sub ject of Finance will be entered upon by the new Administration in a serious and business-like manner, with a determination to place it upon a more intelligible and rational system than it is at present conducted on, and to substitute some sound plan for the expedients which have been so long and extensively resorted to. The policy of Mr. CANNING has always been to do things fffectually ; and we may safely conclude that he will carry this feeling into the financial concerns of the Empire when that branch of the public service comes under his immediate direction. The following are extracts, from German Papers, received this morning, to 20th inst. : BERLIN, APRIL 17. According to the lista of the population of the Provinces of Stettin, for the year 1826 : The number of Births was Deaths Excess of Births 6,676 Population 389,412 In the Province of Dusseldorff, in 1826 : The number of Births was 24,039 Death. Excess of Births 7,349 The population of the Province of Dusseldorf amounted, on the let of January, 1827, to 664,649 souls. On an average, 6,897 to a German square mile:— Of Catholics 405,860 Protestants 252,069 Minonites Jews Sectarian 664,649 The population of this Province has increased in 1826 by 11,774 souls. On the 12th of this month the Dowager Princess of Anhault Zerbst (a Princess of Bernburg) died at Koswig in the 83d year of her age. . 7 RAWXFoRT, AritlL_2o. A new tariff of import duties has been published at Darmstadt. By imposing double duties on foreign woollen manufactures, it is proposed to afford the internal manu facturers of that little State powerful protection against foreign competition. DitZSDIX, ♦TAIL The day before yesterday a terrible fire broke out in one of the suburbs of Bautzen, the capital of Upper Lusatia, which consumed between 75 and 80 houses, the unfortu nate occupiers of which could no t save any part of their property. BRUSSELS, APRIL 22. The Journal de la Belgique has a short extract from a letter from Paris of the 13th, which says, that the nego ciations of Messrs. Estefani and Co., for contracting of a Spanish loan, having failed, they intend to renew their endeavours at Amsterdam. VIENNA, APRIL 13. The Constitutionnel of the 4th of this month, contains, in a pretended private letter from Augsburg, of the 29th of March, a series of the most ridiculous fables from Vienna, and concludes with the following piece of intelli gence from Prague That for some weeks past, such a spirit of insubordination and dissatisfaction had manifested itself in .he Italian regiment, in garrison in that city, that it was difficult to keep it in check." We declare this whole article, to be the most scandalous tissue of Hee, that was ever forged in the manufactory of the Constitutionnel. Aletalliques, 90 ; Bank Shares, 1078. OENZTA, APKIL 4. Before Lord Cochrane left this city for Marseilles, thence to proceed on his expedition to Greece, he required the snm of 600,000 francs, which his friend M. Eynard obtained for him by his, credit, &c. As M. Eynard had not received up to yesterday evening any account of the brig taken by Lord Cochrane (see . the Constitutionnel), the statement is not believed here. M. Eynard received a few days age, a long report from Dr. Gosse, of Geneva, respecting the recent occurrences in Greece. It is very melancholy for the Greeks, and speaks in pai ticular of the despondency and dissensions of the Greeks, of their hatred of foreigners, of the admirable man ner in which the Turkish artillery is served, of the failure of the attempt to raise the siege of Athens, of the almost total destruction of the Parthenon by the Turkish artillery •, of the superiority of the Turkish cavalry, before against which the Greeks will not combat any more. To this report :re annexed letters from Major Von Heidegger, confirniivq; it. Dr. Gosse went with a supply of provisions to Greece, for the purpose of forming a magazine, and establishing a mi litary hospital, and to convert bones into jelly by a chmni cal process, according to the method of M. Gimbernat.— At Napoli di Romania lie had very great difficulty in hin dering the Greeks from seizing on his supply of provisions intended for Hydra. He confirms, however, the advantage gained by Karaiskaki, which however did not effect the raising of the siege of Athens. "' Almost all the celebrated remains of Athens, the Par thenon, the Temple of Theseus, the Erectheum, are now levelled with the ground. At a public dinner given the other day at Ipswich, Sir THOMAS Goocn made a very cock and a bull sort of speech, which embarrassed the worthy member himself not a little, and puzzled the natives still more. For twenty years Sir THONIA s was identified with triumphant prin ciples ; but now that there is some chance of the tide of battle running counter to these principles, he was really at a loss to recognise them ; and, with singular modesty, doubted what his future conduct might be. Much, however, would depend upon the measures of Mr. CANNING, who will no doubt consult the Baronet before undertaking any business of importance ; because Sir THOMAS, having been so long at sea, upon the Corn and other questions, is an excellent fellow at trimming the sails. But if we were to judge of the bird from the tenor of its song, we would say that Sir THOMAS was one of very doubtful c haracter. That he is not a cuckoo, we have his own authority for stating, and yet that he belongs to the cuckoo tribe there can be little question, for he owns, with commendable pride, that he is VAIN, and the cuckoo is the vainest bird of any, for it is so enamoured of its own sweet note that it eternally sings the same song. Now, Sir THOMAS has sung the same song for the last twenty years, and takes farewell of his political principle for the best of all reasons, that he does not well know to what party he belongs ! Poor man, he is really to be pitied—twenty years a party man and not know his colours ! What a promising General he would make who has been so hopeful a soldier. He is for a good John Bull stand up fight, because a good deal is to be gained after the battle is over—and as either party is indifferent to him, he can join that which divides the spoils. Jamaica Papery of the 22d February have been receive(' at the North and South American Coffee-house ; their contents do not furnish any intelligence of the least im portance in a political point of view. They express them selves much disappointed and surprised, that since the arri val of the packet the Authorities of the Island had neglected to pay any public mark of respect to the memory of the late Duke of "York ; and that, if ever there was an occa sion when a British soldier would feel a pride in being called upon to pay a tribute to the memory of the late Com mander-in-Chief, it was the present. Why the Autho rities of Jamaica have omitted this we leave them to explain ; but of this we are quite satisfied, that we ex press the general feeling of the inhabitants, when we say that this marked neglect of his Royal Highness's memory merits universal reprobation. Letters from Constantinople of the 26th March, con tinue to give further accounts of the depredations com mitted on Britisli commerce by the Greek pirates ; parti cularly in the Straits of Salota. The Camelia, Captain Phillips. from London, has shared the fate of many others, and had been robbed of from twenty to thirty-one packages of fine goods, off Zea, on the 16th ult. The frequent occurrences of such events seems to require some better arrangement than has hitherto apparently been made for the protection of trade, and, we trust some re gulations will be made to induce the Naval force at Malta to join convoy, and not allow the continuance of com plaint, that while six sail of vessels of war are lying in harbour, no protection can be procured for the merchant ships bound to Smyrna from them, after waiting fourteen days' application, and obliged to proceed on their voyage eventually without any. By accounts received at Paris from Caraccas of the 26th February, which is posterior to the dates received in Lon don, the official accounts of the resolution of the Lit. sra tor, Bolivar, to resign his Presidency, and to live as a simple citizen, is dated Head-quarters, Caraccas, Feb. 8. It is also said that the Vice-President of Colombia has re signed, and that the affairs of that country being in a very bad state, the produce of the poll-tax, which was to be kept sacred, to be sent to England to pay their dividends, has been used to defray the emergencies of the State; and, according to report, there is not a single dollar in their treasury. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, Ttcalvo 0' Crook. Consols opened at 834 4, appearing very steady, and in consequence of money Stock being somewhat more scarce to-day they appear to be a little on the advance, and may be quoted at 831; the delay which has taken place in the formation of the new Cabinet operates much against any important transactions. India Bonds have receded to 67 8, and Exchequer Bills to 42 4 pm. In the Foreign Funds little has been doing; Mexican Bonds are 701 4. The letters by his Majesty's ship Tweed not having beenlanded has caused considerable expression of surprise as well as disappointment to the Merchants in the City, after the suspense in which they have been so long kept ; some mis management or neglect must have taken place, for even from infected ports the letters are delivered, after being fumigated, the day they are received ; the bag is to be landed this morning, and to-morrow's post will doubtless bring her despatches. Colombian Bonds have fallen nearly 2 per Cent., arising from a report from Jamaica of the resigna tion of General Santander at Bogota, as Vice President of that Republic, and they are now 354. In Shares the dis count on Brazilian Mines has increased to 34 24 ; United Mexican are looking better, the last accounts being ex tremely favourable, particularly from the Mine of El Rios ; every other speculation remains in the same dormant state, Three per C en t. C onso l s, 83i • Ditto for acsount, 834 ; Three a n d a- h a lf per C ent. Re duced , 881; Four per Cent., 99 ; India B o nd s , 67 8 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 42 4 pm. FOREIGN FuNns.—Brazilian, 63-}; Buenos Ayres, ‘ 58 9 ; Chilian, 85i 6 ; Colombian, 1824, 86 4- ; Danish, 61 11 j; Greek, 16f ; Mexican, 5 per Cent. , 58 9 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 70 a ; Peruvian, 33 4 ; Portuguese, 78f it ; Russian, 89a 7 3- ; Spanish, 121 -a. Mixxs.—Anglo Mexican, 40 374 dia. ; Brazilian, 34 24 die. ; Colombian, 13 15 per Share; Real del Monte, SO 90 pm. ; Tlalpuxahua, 20 25 pm. ; United Mexican, 12 11 dis. ; Bolanos, 80 50 dig. Two o' Clock. Consols have been 83 the price, but are at the present hour 83k is again rumoured in the City, that the Marquis of Lansdown will form a part of the new Mi nistry.—There is no alteration of moment either in Mexi can or Colombian Bonds, the former have been at 70, are now 70k THREE O' CL CK. Consols, 83+ ; Colombian Bonds, 341 5 ; Mexican Bonds, 70+, heavy. FOUR O'CLOCK —CLOSING PRICES. Consols 83/ D an i s h B on d s Do. for Ac. 831 G Brazilian B on d s 633 Buenos Ayr es D o . P eruv i an D o . m r e e x e i lc ca D n 0 p . 0 1 . 82 18 5 2 , 5 16 693 Chilian Do. Russian Do. 903 Columbian, 1824, 343 , Spanish Do. 12t SHIPPING INTELLIGtNCE-(THISDAY4 FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, APRIL 25.—Wind S.W.—Remain, front 1.0.- don, the Bolton, Clarkson, for Bombay; th e H us kilson,: Maitland, for Jamaica ; Doncaster, Marshall, and Aid, - Palmer, for Miramichi ; Malta, Brews, for the Canaries ; Choice, Wheatley, for St. Domingo ; Euphemia, Norte,. for Montreal ; Cyrus, Young, for Nantes ; and Lady of the Lake, Nicholas, for Bengal. Arrived, the Solanics, Pal mer, from Memel; President Matson, Tremagne, from St. Michael's; Courier, Gwathin, from Oporto ; Bulton, Co- naopolita, and Genoa, from the Mediterranean. PORTSMOUTH, Aran 25.—Arrived, the Arab trans port, Lowe, from Jamaica. FALMOUTH, APRIL 24.—Wind N.N.W.—Arrived, the . Gerstof, Davidson, from Tarragona; Lavinia, Bezant, Iron' • Alexandra;:; and the Magnet packet, Porteous, from Lisbon. GRAVESEND, APRIL 25.—Arri',ed, the Young Norval, Watterson, from Lisbon. HULL, APRIL 25.—A for-'gn bark is upon the Sketter Sand, but is likely to lay pretty well. The Stephen Knight, Motton, from Poole, has arrived leaky. The Eme rald, Tonge, bound to Hamburgh, put back last evening,, with loss of an anchor and chain; was supplied, and pro ceeded. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 23.—The Cumberland, bound to Waterford, which was on shore on the Magazine Bank► was got off last night, by the assistance of a steam-boat. DINNER TO VISCOUNT MELVILLE, BY THE THATCHED HOUSE NAVAL CLUB. At a Meeting of the Naval Club, at the Thatched House on the 15th inst., a resolution was unanimously agreed to, on the motion of Commissioner the Hon. Courtney Boyle, to invite Viscount Melville to dine with the club previously to his Lordship's quitting the office of First Lord of the Admiralty; and another motion made by Commissioner Boyle, was also unanimously adopted, that the Club should request his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, to honour them with his presence at dinner, soon after he enters upon the office of Lord High Admiral. In pursuance of the first resolution, a deputation of the Club, Consisting of Vice-Admirals Sir T. Williams, a nd Sir Byam Martin, and Rear Admiral Lord Colville, waited on Lord Melville, who accepted the invitation, and fixed yesterday as the day on which he would dine with the Club. Accordingly his Lordship honoured the Club with his presence yesterday, when a moat sumptu ous and splendid entertainment was prepared, 10 1 above fifty of the most distinguished Flag-Officers and Captains of the Navy, met his Lordship. Vice-Admiral Sir Byam Martin was in the Chair, and after the health of the King, and the Royal Family, bad been drunk► Sir Byam, in a short, but remarkably neat speech , in which he extolled the Naval administration o f Lord Melville, proposed the health of his Lordship. This toast was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm ; and his Lordship, in returning thanks, expressed his regret et parting from so many distinguished Naval Officers, whoa he called his friends. This led Sir Br AM MARTIN to propose Lord Melville as an honorary member of the Club for life. This proposition was unanimously agreed to, and Te ceived by his Lordship with great apparent feeling for s uch a mark of esteem from Officers of whose merits he entertained so high and just an opinion. In express ing his acknowledgments, his Lordship availed himself of the opportunity to compliment the Chairman on the able and zealous support which he had received from him se Comptroller of the Navy. Several other toasts wer e subsequently drunk, particularly the Duke o f curdle(' and the Navy, the present Members of the Boa rd of Admiralty, Lord Melville (a second time) as a n Hoon" rary Member of the Club, Lady Melville, Sir R. Ka t !' Sir Francis Hartwell, and Sir Andrew Hammond, the Father of the Club, who was absent. Sir George Cock" burn, Sir Joseph Yorke, Sir Francis Hartwell, and several other officers, spoke, and the day passed off with the utmost conviviality and cordiality. It must have been particularly gratifying to Lord Mel' %ilk, ' to receive such genuine proofs of the esteem szia respect which his conduct, during the time his Lord-. ship has presided over the Naval Officers of the country, had excited amongst the Officers of that service. None of his Lordship's predecessors ever filled the :high sta tion of First Lord of the Admiralty for so long a period , and none ever quitted office, carrying with him so l a rge s share of the regard of the Navy, as his Lordship enjoys. Amongst the distinguished individuals were—Sir J. Whitshed, Sir R. Keats, Sir R. Stopford, Sir C. Hs' milton, H. Curzon, Sir H. Neale, Sir J. Yorke, Sir P. Durham, Sir B. Hallowell, Sir J. B. Martin, F. &Ab e ' ron, Sir G. Cockburn, Sir G. Moore, Peter Hance!' Sir P. Malcolm,' Sir J. Gore, Sir H. Hotham, S IC H. Blackwood, Lord Torrington, Sir J. Beresford, Sir C. Rowley, Sir C. Doyle, Robert Lambert, Lord Colville, H. Wintrop, J. Maitland, Sir C. Paget, J. Dundalk James Bowen, Sir F. Hartwell, W. Browell, C. Boyle , J. C. White, E. Brace, J. M. Lewis, Sir W. Hoste, Elliott, If. Duncan, A. D. Cochrane, - H. J. P erc y, Lord Radstock, W. M. Montagu, D. Daudet, Henry Hoye , Hon. F. B. Pellew, W. H. Shirreff, Hon. W. Gordon , William Waldegrave, A. Clifford. EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE OF ROBBERY. manr I . lA s e T r gT dressedeoanNti G st ,hEkeLRLDo extremez , N c . — h a or ße gf el fashion,w /an ‘ vi dt wash t.e Williams, albinr o g brought h byo t; o ng valuablere gold watch. The prisoner was first brought to the office on Wednes day evening, by a constable to whom he had been gi ven in charge by a young man, who stated himself to be shop' man to Mr. Cording, a goldsmith, and who said, that about a month since, the prisoner called at his master ° shop to purchase a gold watch-key, which he fitted to • very elegant engine-turned gold v.itch. The next day! printed hand bill was l e ft i n th e s h o p, s t a ti ng th a t a Wat"' exactly corresponding with the one exhibited by the priso ner, had been stolen by a young man from Messrs. Dabsoo and Glover, watchmakers. By the advice of Mr. Cording he determined on securing the prisoner, should he again see him ; and having accidentally observed bim that ere°' ing, gave him in custody. On the prisoner being searched, many valuable article. were produced from his pockets. The prisoner, who had been very impatient to be beard' solemnly denied having ever entered Mr. Cording's °W . He said he was a medical student, walking St. Geo r g e'. Hospital, and was residing with his uncle, in Dean-stre e4 Fetter Lane, who had been sent for, and who would prove his having given 201. for the watch. The whole of the, appendages had been given to him by his father, a me dia ; gentleman, in Wales. In his anxiety, the prisoner dr o pp e d one of his gloves ; it was picked up by an officer , an found to contain some hard substance, which, on inspectioo: was discovered to he four gold rings, tied together, an: wrapped in tissue paper and wool, as if just take n from th maker. At this moment the prisoner's relative arrived, and coo' firmed the account he had previously given of his connexion' and profession, adding, that he had actually passed examine tion, and had an appointment for the East Indies. 11 9, however, knew nothing of the watch or its appendages. Mr. Sergeant SaLLoN said, the case was an extraorP nary one, and must be investigated fully. He then or, dered the prisoner to be remanded, and Messrs. 'lob ° and Glover to be apprised of the circumstance. Waddington, a most active and lat e ly appointed d fi th° eef of this establishment, informed the Magistrate, t hat -- 1 prisoner exactly answered th e d escr i p ti on o f an individusti who about a week ago, entered a house in PentonsilleP an under pretence of writing a note to a gentleman, ' 15 7.., / Willan, residing there, broke open a desk, and stole th 's) sovereigns. Th e p art i es s h ou ld be sent to before the DI examination. At one o'clock the prisoner was placed at the son,T hsotamtend,tiiat and the room was crowded with silversmiths and jewalle i ;„ who had been repeatedly robbed of articles of jewellarY ' persons under pretence of purchasing. o t of Marchll .1 e s Messrs. . a Glover young mana d p c . ° 3 l, to their shop, and was shown a variety of watches, and seals; after examining which, he said he would :S s over to the India House, and fetch his father to make choice for him. Witness saw him enter the India 1 1 ° °1 0 - i but he did not return, and on examining the tray . to Barnes,o tahhe"2m7athn watches, he missed a gold horizontal engine-turned wate_e with a gold face, and valued at 25 guineas. The prisoO..ll was the individual who so came to the shop, and the wn, now shown him is the same stolen on the day before str:o It was numbered 1878. Although every inquiry bad Dei o made, and hand bills circulated, no intelligence of watch or prisoner had been obtained till now. a i e Mr. Glover, who was in the shop, also identified prisoner. One of the seals attached to the watch,:_s ri o e identified by Mr. Jones, of Cheapside , as hayed stolen from his shop in a somewhat similar way, an of the keys was sworn to by Mr. Cording, of Holborn; oie Mr. Glover's case was immediately taken again! t bs' , prisoner, and he was, remanded, as it is ex p ecte d owners will be found for the whole of the trinkets In possession. . vocal conduct, when intrusted with the command of the Constitutional army in 1923, has destroyed his popularity with the other. Though not so good an officer, and probably not so estimable a man, the Marquis of Angeja, whom he would replace, has during late events acquired claims to the gratitude and confidence of Government which ought not to be lightly treated, and cannot safely be disregarded. His personal antipathy to the Silveiras is said to have stood him in the place of patriotism : but if his con duct hns been meritorious, his motives, politically speaking, are of little consequence. Hatred to the rebels may still retain him on the side of his coun try, unless counteracted by Court injustice or mini sterial neglect. Had he now been dismissed by the author of the Charter, to make way for a favourite who was in another hemisphere while he was fight ing its battles, the Charter would have soon had one enemy more. The Ministers, aware of the impolicy, if not of the 'anger, of this imprudent step taken by the Em peror, concenk I the appointment as long as they could. As it was not to be confirmed, it might, perhaps, never have been generally heard of, had it not been for the malicious and irrepressible satisfac tion which any precipitate or ill-advised measure of the Government or the Emperor gives to the ene mies of the new institutions. It was at first whis pered among the Ultra Diplomatic Corps ; the cor ceanda, heard and spread the news ; the wife of the Conde de Queluz (one of the Ministers of Brazil) told her friends the contents of her letters from Rio on the subject, with professed regret, but with secret pleasure. In a few days, every body whom it con cerned in Lisbon knew the whole matter, and most likely long before this time some good-natured friend of Angeja has informed him, in his province, of the reward intended by the Emperor for his recent services. In my packet by the last mail I transcribed the Government decree respecting the loan, and men tioned the general opinion among the commercial body of Lisbon, that the Bank would take the whole of it. This opinion has not been realized. The Bank has found out that the sinking fund set apart for the redemption of this portion of the public debt would not cancel the whole principal in less than 100 years, whereas, their exclusive privileges, by their present charter, expire in 27 years. They say, therefore, to the Government, we must have an extension of our charter, or we must refuse your loan. Government cannot grant this demand without con sulting the Chambers, and will, therefore, in the meantime be obliged to apply for money to some other quarter. The bidding for this loan will, very likely, now be opened to unassociated capitalists, or merchants of Lisbon. Every body is surprised that the Bank should not have made the obvious dis covery which has altered their determination before the Chambers were prorogued, or even as soon as the measure was proposed. FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURGH, APRIL 20.-36. 10—Two months, 30. 7. PFTPRSBURGH, APRIL s.—Three months, 10:3-32. LEIPSIC, APRIL 15.—Three months, 6. 173 i. BERLIN, APRIL 17.—Three months, 6. 2134. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ...54 minutes after 2. I Evening ...10 minutes after S. rbr j7- 14111 k . ; ;.A,/fetg4r-lk., ,:=l4ll.