The Sun. — London, England, 1827-09-13 00:00:00

HORRID MURDER. (From the Norfolk Beacon of August so.) On •Thursday last a man named William God — Frey, residing at Mount •Pleasant, , in tiorfolk County, about eight miles the Great Bridge, came to town to purchase some articles for his family, and among thew bougli.a.pair of shoes fbr his. wife; On . the following morning, on looking over his purchase, his wife observed, that the shoes he had bought for her seemed bet ter suited for winter than summer; but instantly perceiving that this remark displeased her hus band, who she knew to be very irritable, she refrained from saying any thing further on the subject. Too much, however, it appears, had already been uttered for his quick and violent temper to brook. A tempest of rage began to rise in his bosom, and, after a short silence, it burst forth in direful denunciations against her a.elf, her : two children, and latlier and mother, all of whom he vowed he would destroy, and then kill himself. His wife was thrown into great consternation, and . knowing the Violence of his pas - sions, lost not a moment in sav ing herself and children from the impending danger, by flight. As soon as lie discovered he was gone, he loaded his musket, and armed himself further with a keen shoemaker's knife. Thus prepared, be hastened to the house of his father-in-law,. Mr. Jesse Land, who lived within half a mile, and meeting with Mrs. Land, at the door, demanded his wife. Fortunately Ibr her, she had taken a different direction. In vain her mother assured the enraged man that her daughter was not there. He was deter mined 4) believe the contrary, and poured on the old lady a torrent of abuse. Upon this, her son, Gideon Land labciu.t twenty years orage), came ou t a nd b egge d' him to forbear abusing his mother. He was de:4 to all persuasion, and as they followed him a fide' VjaY) endeavouring to paCify him, he suddenly cOCked his;gun. Mrs. Land observing this, • took son round the neck, and was hurrying•him off; to the house, when, shocking to relate, the monste7 levelled his gun, and having the old lady, with her' son Gideon, and Mr. Land, the father of his wife, all in a line before him, he discharged the piece, and lodged its contents partly in the neck of the son, and partly in the right ear .and neck of the old lady—the elder Mr. Land miraculously escaping. The mother was living on Saturday, when we last heard of her, though dangerously wounded. The son (Gideon Land,) died within two hours. A Coroner's Inquest has investigated the case, and after examining the body, and collecting all the information that could be obtained, has pro nounced, that the deceased came to his death by wounds inflicted by the above named William ,Godfrey. Immediately after committing the murder, Godfrey made his escape, and had not been ap prehevded when our informant left Mount Pleasant ; on Saturday evening. A BURIED VESSEL Th e i n i h abitants of Hastings and its vicinity have had their curiosity excited lately by some researches relative to a Dutch ship, which is Sup posed to have been si,rmided on that coast nearly a century ago. The follolisin is a letter from a gentleman on the spot : From the hesemformation I C.an collect from the oldest men of Bexhill and its neig;libourhood, I find that in the year 1748 a large Dutch ship, called the Amsteeda2n, laden with various kir!is of goods and merchandize, bound for Batavia and other•Dutchsettlements, unshipped her rud der on a rock off Beaehy-head, and let go her anchor ; at the same tune a strong southerly wind set in for several days, threatening all the dangers of a lee shore ; many individuals of the crew became sickly, and some of them gave in dications of disecnitent, bordering on mutiny. In this state they 'made signals of distress, and Captain Wingfield, who commanded a cutter belonging to Hastings, went out with the determination of piloting the ship in distress into port, but he was - . unable to carry his laudable intentions into effect. The place of the disaster was three miles and ,a half to the westward of Hastings, on a swampy shore, which the water leaves at ebb tides ; though there are some who say—but in all Christian charity it is to be hoped it was not so—that this Captain Wingfield agreed for a sum of money to tow her to Dover, but when he had got the inoney',lie left her to become a wreck for the benefit of the Hastings wreck hunters.— This happened on a Sunday afternoon; in. the summer season ; and whether Captain Wing field did or did not art with treachery, in three or four' tides she went down deep in the sand ; and a report was then circulated and believed that the crew were infected with . the plague, in consequence of which but little of the cargo was -;mshipped. In this state the ship has remained, pith the exception of her Meets, rigging, and timbers, having been from time to time cut away down to the surface of the sand, un til last March, when about forty labour ing men, residents of Bexhill, agreed together to clear away the sand and mud, and take out the remainder of the cargo. After a great deal of labour, they found a box containing , 'Various sorts of drinking glasses, which were eagerly purchased at from 10s. to 16s. per pair, by gentlemen in the neighbourhood ; they also found a large chest and a cask filled with knives and beads, which are now run together by the corrosion of the iron ore. There were some human bones found between decks, which did not appear the !east decayed ; they found many caller things, such as tobacco pipes, bottles, and 2ar, on none, of which time had made any ravages. It is to be regretted that • the authori ties oterfe red on he halt; of the.revenue, and pre vented t •:_ie further prOsecution of this investiga tion. It w :s the intention of the laboiners to take every thing : out of the ship, and then break her up, as the timbe:s and planks are very sound ; but the Government o a ce rs claimed a duty, and seized what was of anti conseque:Aly the enterprise was given up, as Om who Unde rtool; the task were but poor men, and all they found would not have overpaid them." THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS AGO.--The proportion and comparative value of the different kinds of stock in Ross-shire, Scotland, about three centuries and a half ago, l ,may be collected from the following authentic r ,..eord in the Ada Dominorunz Cottctlii, p. 2 7 3. I n ::492, the Lords of Council decree and deli ver, that Huchone Ross of Kilravock, and his son, shall restore, content, and pay to Alexan der Urquhart, Sheriff of Cromarty, and his te nants, the following items, carried off by them and their accomplices, viz.:--600 cows, price of each 13s. 4d.; five score horses, each 265. Bd.; ,may score of sheep, each 25.; twenty score of goats, each 2s. ; 200 swine, each 35.; twenty ecore o f bolls victual, each 62. Bd. PORTUGAL. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. LISBON, AUG. 25.—There is a sort of political stillness here, which looks like the prelude of a storm. The Apostolical party know riot, how to act from apprehensions of the Emperor's arrival ; while the Liberals are stupified. by the news which the last packet brought. of the death of their protector. There is no confirmation of the coming of the Em peror, and neither of the conflicting factions dares to take ally effective step. " What is the news ?" in quired a gentleman of my acquaintance from one of the Apostolical supporters. " None," was the re ply, " since the death of the English Eolus ; the winds have wafted no novelties here." There is no division or quarrelling spoken of, us existing in the Cabinet, and the reason is obvious. Each of the then existing Ministers holds the office and emoluments of two, that is, the Minister of War is. also the acting one for Foreign Affairs, the Mi nister of Finance is also a Minister of Justice, and the Minister of the Home Department holds that of the Marine. It is a state which surprises almost all parties; for the wish for place and lucre is so great, that it is wonderful there is no intriguing • for some of these interim places. The Cabinet, although not caballing against itself, is not idle .in removing others; the Conde de Sampayo, a respectable old General, has been removed from being Governor of the province of Estremadura, and General Caula, the late Governor of Elvas, has been appointed in his room, ad interim only. The Count de Sampayo was also dismissed by another decree from the situa tion of Inspector-General of the Cavalry, and Major- General Cardozo appointed in his stead. This Nobleman, who is generally much respected for his upright conduct, on the occasion of his dismissal published the following address to the troops under his command. It is rather a remarkable circum stance, for it is, I believe, the first attempt of a dismissed Officer to appeal to the opinions of the people : Her 13,0yal Highness the Infanta Regent having thought it proper to 6:mei:ate me from the office of Military Com mandant of this city and province, with which I had been , entrusted, it would be a reprehensible act of neglect, if at the moment of my dismissal I omitted to declare, as well to the garrison of this capital, as to the troops of the first. and second line in this province, my sincerest gratitude for the good. will with which all the officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers belonging to these corps performed so promptly and faithfully the orders which I issued to them ; and I also take the opportunity of recommending to them in the name of the King and of the country, not only in the cac4citY of Military Commandant of this district, but also as a ral in his Majesty's service, that they will not desist, even one moment, in making the greatest efforts of love and loyalty for lte defence of the most just and inalien able right which Don Pedro, our immortal and most amiable Sovereign, has to the Crown of this Monarchy .—of the Constitutional Charter which his Majesty has been pleased to grant us, and which Fe swear to maintain, and cause to be maintained, at even the cost of our blood—of the august person of the most Serene Lady the Infanta Re gent, his only and lawful representative in these realms ; and finally, to the promptest and most punctual obedience to the orders of the Government, as the organ by which are communicated legally - to us the determinations which her Royal Highness may be pleased to adopt. (Signed) Conde DE SAI%IPAYO. Lisbon, Aug. 23. _ _ _ . _ The dismissal of the General, to whom Don Mi guel is said to have entertained an especial dislike, is attributed by some to' his attachment to the Con stitution, by others to his not having interfered in the late popular tumults in a more decided manner. The persons who were put into prison on that occa sion, still continue there : so that there is a sort of despotism existing here at this moment. It is rather ridiculous to find among the provisions of the Char ter, one which guarantees the personal liberty of all the Portuguese, and to find more than fifty confined on the vague ground of crying out for a Republic.— There is no such thing here as an Assize or a Spe cial Commission, and those prisouers will be kept six months in prison, and let out without trial. So much for the old mode of distributing justice, which is the only one in practice here, as the sink of the Law Courts—which are the most corrupt in Europe ---.-has not been purified by any new measures, There were. willows circulated of some commo tions havntr taken place in Madrid for the removal of ,the InteridaW-rPerieral of Poke t who is said to be a moderate man; they were, it is said, allayed on his being dismissed. The Princess Regent continues still to reside at Cintra, where her health has been triVeh improved.' It is stated to be. her intention to proceeti, to the Royal Marine Palace at Caixas, for the benefit of suit-water baths. •• The Conde de Villa Mar left, this city yesterday on board the steam-boat, for Oporto, in order to take the command of that city from the gallant General Stubbs, who so successfully defended it against Chaves and his army in the month of February last. The British merchants and the lovers of Port wine, in England, have good reason to thank him for his exertions at that period; but he is now about to be removed to a distance—to the Governorship of the Azores islands. The heat of the weather, after buying decreased considerably, has again become very great. , The vines, which now form the only article of agricultural interest, have suffered a great deal, for which reason the price .of wine has risen. The great heat—the eating of too much fruit—the use of raw sour wine, and the exposure to the night air, have produced great - sickness among the British troops. There are few regiments that have not an extraordinary num ber on the sick list. This certainly has been a re markably hot summer, and the young men who .com pose, the majority of those soldiers, were not suffi ciently ileclistomed to campaigning to guard against the dangers of this climate, which, for men who love the juice of the grape, are more formidable than many in England suppose. In the expectation of hearing every day some cer lainty respecting the proceedings of the Emperor, the spirit of party is now at rest here, but after the vintage, which will very soon begin, it is expected to break out wiNl renewed violence. There is talk of some Guerilla attacks from the Spanish confines on the Portuguese villages in their neighbourhood, which the Apostolical party is said to encourage, in order to keep the flame alive. They have, withiu a short time, gained much in the Cabinet, and if the Emperor does not come heore October, they will, as a Portuguese gentleman said ti me to-day, soon find means to tear fife Constitution to pieces. EXTRACT OF A LETTER, BATA ,LISpoZI, AOC:. 25. The week has elapsed without anything of ma terial interest; - and the public, as well as Govern ment, appear to have dropped into a kind of slumber. The Infanta continues to be overpowered by the fear of republicanism, which the Intendant of Police has inspired into her mind. She has almost, in consequence, become a Corcunda, and considers Bastos as the saviour of the monarchy. • • - Count Villa for departed for Oporto yesterday, by the steam-boat, to take the military command of that city, instead of General Stubbs, who has been recalled, and is to undergo a court-martial, on ac count of the address be directed to the Infanta about General Saldanha's dismission. It appears that General Stubbs, excited by some deputies from the canaille of our streets, not only animadverted on tiuit dismissal, but advised the Infanta to send awa.y some gf her l a di es o f h onour, to 7.vhose influence that step vi 4s attributed. He stated, that if her Royal Highness 1 144 not sufficient energy to du it, an d to call hack Saldanika, he would march upon Lisbon With the troops under his command, on which he could rely, • to assist her! It is on ac count o f the hater part of his address that it had been spread that General Stubbs was recalled to.go Governor to the Azores. General Ceuta, late Governor of Elvas, has been appointed General of this province, instead of old Count Sampayo, who neglected his duty in the dis , turbance of last month, and who, in fact, is a Liberal, but such a whimsical old man that he was not at all fit for the situation : whilst General Caula, who is the commander of the corps of engineers, and who is a very able and respectable officer, proved at Elvas that he knows how to put down seditions of what ever descriptions they are. He is the same that was Minister of War at Rio Janeiro, after the King had adhered to the Constitution there. It is, however, the fate of things here that there shall always be something disgusting mixed with any thing regular that appears by chance. The old Count Sampayo was at the same time inspector of cavalry, a sort of sinecure, and this appointment was also taken away from him, to be given to a General Verissimo, left-hand husband of one of the Infanta's maids of honour ! Dr. Abrantes' letter to Sir William A'Court has been distributed here with profusion, but it has pro duced no effect. (I , ROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) LISBON, AUG. 25.—Since the sailing of the last packet, the capital presents little news of interest. People in general continue to be alarmed for the Charter. The Apostolic party and the Camarillo show every day more and more audacity. The worthy Count Sampayo has been dismissed through their influence ; and Count de Villa Flor, of whom the Liberal party now entertain suspicions, is no minated Governor of Oporto. The Count went away yesterday by the steam-boat, to supply the place of the brave General Stubbs, who is called to Lisbon on account of his firmness to the Charter and to Don Pedro. The faction is very active, and if they had not been afraid of the King's coming, would by this time have exhibited wonderful feats. One of the reasons for which Saldanba was dismissed was, that he would not sign the decree for Dr. Carvalho, one of the Ca marilla, to be Master of the posts of Oporto (Correio ?nor), and that of Count Paraty to be Envoy at the Court of Turin. Count Paraty is brother to Maria de Resgate, who belongs to the Camarillo also, but possesses little influence now. Jialicial proceedings continue still against the authors of the late meetings. The Intendant Bastos looks out for victims, in order that his calumnies to the Infanta may have sonic appearancel of reality. Many persons are in custody; and a great number is expected to be taken, as the prescription is extensive. The Magistrate who proceeds to the judicial inquiry is Semblano, known to profess opi nions against the Charter. If any respectable man wishes to make any declaration in favour of the pri soners, as lately happened in behalf of two of them, who were at the time of the shouts out of town, the magistrate's answer is—" In proper time the petitioner shall be admitted to give his declarations, if thought useful." The Regent continues still at Cintra, and, it is said, will go by the end of next week to Caxias, to make use of the sea-baths. In Spain there have been great troubles; and letters received to-day from our frontiers mention, that on the - 16th inst. there was a great rout in Madrid of the rabble and Royalist volunteers,moved by the sanguinary Apostolics against Intendant Recacho, who was obliged to rue away. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France, dated Tuesday, Sept. 11.) ODESSA, AUG. 6.—Commerce, which has de clined here ever since the beginning of the Greek insurrection, and seemed in danger of being com pletely destroyed, has recovered, since it was known that the squadrons of the three Powers were soon to assemble in the Archipelago, to adopt vigorous measures against piracy, and maintain, with the dig nity becoming those Powers, the neutrality which alone can restore the peace of the East. The premiums of insurance are already lower, and will, doubtless, decline still more, in consequence of the general opinion, that the scenes of carnage in Greece will soon be stopped, by means of the neu trality without the use of hostile measures towards either of the belligerent powers. For though at the first sight the obstinate resistance of the Porte gives reason to apprehend some dangers, and the declaration in favour of the Greeks, even tually stipulated by the Allies, may be the result, a person must be little acquainted with the symptoms of politics to believe that the Greeks can expect more than this mark of good will, and that the Powers will draw the sword against. Adie infidel., in case of the continuation of hostilities between the Turks and Greeks. Are not all the political efforts of a State, when it forgets its own interest, a kind of political suicide ? And what interest can France, England, or even Russia, have in making war on the Porte, without any hope for any of •th.ose nation* to govern Greece. No; it is the interest of all to re store tranquillity in the East without any hostile Pleasure, ftnci to solve the difficult problem without drawing the swo,tiL The instructions of Admiral Hayden, which are now generally known here, say— " The Rear-Admiral will go to the Medite rranean, and will announce in every port, on arriving in the Archipelago, that he conies—first, to protect the Russian commerce; second, to maintain the strictest neutrality between the contending parties." This document of the Russian Cabinet will clearly show the intention carefully to avoid whatever might ap pear like an armed intervention between the two parties. • When we consider, besides, that Admiral Hey den is not to consider any vessels as entitled to Lis protection but such as can produce a certificate from the Russian Admiralty, or from the Russian Am bassador Constantinople, that Russian merchant men aie most strictly enjoined not to take on board any cargo for account of the Greeks, Turks, or Egyptians, and that in case these orders are dis obeyed by a Russian Captain, he will be tried by a Court Martial,—that, in consequence of these strict principles of neutrality, the Russian Admiral is not to permit a Russian merchantman, sailing under the protection of the Russian fleet, to be searched by either of the contending parties—it must be con fessed, that at the moment when such orders are giv en (from which the instructions of the squadrons of the other powers in the Archipelago cannot differ, since they are to act simultaneously) the treaty signed by the Allied Powers cannot have bees drawn up with any other intention than that of re . -establishin tranquillity in the East, by all ima- . ginable means consistent with a strict system of neutrality. IXTRA CT Of A T.ETTN. FROM ALEXANDRIA, JULY 21. The Viceroy is exerting himself tp accelerate the departure of his fleet; it is almost certain that it will be ready to sail by the end of this month. A great number of large cannon and balls are embarked ; but provisons come hit slow from the interior, which has hitherto delayed the departure pf the fleet. A part of it, however, has begun to go out of port ;. it consists at present of two ships of the line, f our fri gates, eighteen corvettes, and 17 smaller vessels, besides transports. An Algerine frigate and cor vette will remain, in consequence of news from Al giers : 4,000 troops will he emb arked, with 8 00,000 talaris in money. The Paella has out-don e himself in the preparations for this expedition.* He enjoys good health, and intends to return immediately to Cairo, to continue his improvements in the internal administration there. The plague has been arrested this Year, by salu tary precautions, which may yet be improved. This important subject will be one of the tirst to whi c h Ma homed Ali will direct his attention. The Russian Consul-General arrived on the 15th of July, without accident, but has been prevented by opthalmis from making his entry as Consul. (From the Quotidienne.) (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) MADRID, AUG. 30.—Never was any measure of Government received with greater satisfaction than that of modifying the police. We have received, from several parts of the kingdom, details of the re joicings which took place on the newt being re ceived : at Grenada, Valencia, and Leo; the inha bitants did nothing but congratulate one anether. It appears that at Saragossa the inhabitants Were much *- We said yesterday that the Pacha had been told that the squadrons of the Allied Powers would not suffer his re inforcements to go to Greece. irritated against the Intendant of Police, who thought it prudent to save himself from his numeroas enemies .by flight. The intimacy that exists between M. Calomarde and the Duke de San Carlos, is remark ed with satisfaction, and both seem to act in concert for the consolidation or legitimate power. Extra ordinary couriers continue to arrive ; many of thins proceed on the road to Portugal, where the Infant, Don Miguel, is on the point of going : an Aus trian courier, lately arrived, leaves no doubt upon that point. The last letters from the Army of Observation are very favourable; the troops who had been assem bled in the vicinity of Arenas, have returned to their old quarters. The establishment of a Tribunal of Commerce ap pears certain. Messrs. Angulo, Caballero, and other merchants, who at first refused to be concerned in it, have yielded to the entreaties which have been used with them. PARIS, SEPT. 9.—The King on leaving Cambrai presented the Mayor, M. Bethune Houriez. with a magnificent golden box,enrich ed with his cipher, in dia monds. His Majesty. also placed in his hands a con siderable sum for the poor. His Majesty the King of the Low Countries has directed, that from the Ist of January, 1829, no burials should take place in any Churches, Chapels, Oratories, whether public, private, or upon founda tions, in any part of the Kingdom, except in com munes, where the population should not exceed 1,000 souls. Several Russian and English couriers have passed one another at Prussels going to London and St. Petersburgh. The audacity of some thieves is extreme. The night before last several endeavoured to carry off the heavy iron railing which encircles and protects the column in the Place Vendome; the soldiers of the Etat-major, on hearing the noise, came up and the robbers made off. U You will see," says the Jour nal des Voyageurs on this subject, " that it will soon become necessary every night to march the column into the corps de garde." (From the Journal des Debals.) (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) LISBON, AUG. 25.—The agents of the Apostoli cals are again endeavouring to raise the provinces. Letters from Miranda, Viana, Malgoco, and Lamego, speak of nothing but meetings of the people and shouts of " Vive Chaves and the absolute King.— Death to Pedro IV. and the Constitution." (PRIVATE CORRESVONVENCE.) MADRID, AuG. 30.—The estates of the Inquisi tion are about to become property vested in the Crown, which will continue to pay the old officials of the Holy Office, and to pay the temporary or per petual pensions with which the property of the In.. quisition was burdened. The letters that we receive from the Provinces announce, that every where the news of the overthrowing of the Police has given rise to disorders. The Apostolics are no longer kept down by the fear which that administration imposed upon them. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) MADRID, AUG. 30.—Amongst the plans of re form proposed by the Connell of State in the budget for the year 1828, is one very remarkable—namely, the reducti on of t h e Royal r Guard. The Council proposes to place it on its ancient footing, and shows that in the existing state of the public revenue it is impossible to provide for the maintenance of the Guard without some other branch of the public ser vice suffering thereby. If the recommendation of the Council should be acted upon, the Guard will be reduced to three regiments of infantry—one com 7 posed of foreigners, and the other two of natives ; a regiment of horse riflemen, a company of halberdiers, and four companies of Life-guards. The budget is accompanied by a kind of memo randum, drawn up by M. Erro, in which that ex- Minister of Finances proves, that on his quitting office, he left in the coffers of the . Treasury very con siderable sums, and that the expenditure of these sums is by no Means accounted for in the accounts of M. Ballasteros, his successor, and the present Minister of Finance. LAND. Not only has the King refused to acquiesce iu the •re-e.twitaislusbof-the Inquisition, but.he has even commanded that the property of the ex-holy office Alall be incorporated with that of the crown. All the Ambassadors went to kiss hands at St. Ildefonsa, on the morning of St. Louis's day; but although it is their custom on such occasions to return the same day, they have not yet come hack —a circumstance which has given rise to much ob servation. Some persOns pretend to discover in this prolongeil stay of - the ArnbaSsidors, a simulta neous nttempt to obtain some 'official explanations respecting the troubles in Catalonia. Such expla. nations have already been dethanded by Mr. Lamb. An extraordinary courier has brought from Rome an answer to our objections to the appointment of the American Bishops. It consists merely of a re ference to the notes despatched to our Court under the Ministry of M. del Infantado, urging the tieces. city of an arrangement calculated to conciliate the spiritual interests of the americans, without injuring the temporal interests of Spain, and to an answer of the Duke which placed the care of this matter in a manner almost exclusive and absolute in the hands of the Sovereign Pontiff. Letters from Tordesillas, in Old Castile, state that M. IRecacho, on arriving at that city, quitted his carriage and mounted a mule to prosecute Iris further journey to Oviedo, by cro s s- r o a d s , i n order to avoid a continuance of theinsults of the populace, to which he had been heretofore subjected in many towns through which he passed. At Saragossa, Burgos, Toledo, and Santiago, in Galicia, the suspension of the police system has been the signal for the old disorders, perSecutions, and insults of every description. At Murcia the event has been celebrated by 'the ringing of bells, by illuminations, and the discharge of fireworks. At Medina del Campo, the officers who were there on indefinite leave of absence, have been placed in prison, as well as a canon and many curates, who are supposed to entertain liberal opinions. LATIN AND LABOUR.--.The following anec dote was related by the late John Adams, even to the last days of his life, 'with all that good humour which was so characteristic of him, and it is presumed has not yet passed away from the minds of many who have heard it from his own lips ; a few only of his strong expressions are re membered. When I was a boy I had to study the Latin grammar, but it was dull, and I hated it. My father was anxious to send, me to Col lege, and therefore I studied the grammar till I could bear with it no longer ; and, going to my father, I told him I did not like study, and asked for some other employment. It was opposing his wishes and he was quick in his answer. — ' Well, John,' said he, if Latin grammar does not suit you, you may try ditching, perhaps that will ; my meadow yonder needs a ditch, and you may put by Latin and try 'that. This seemed a delightful change, and to the meadow I went. But I soon found ditching harder than Latin, and the first forenoon was the longest I. ever ex perienced. That day I ate the bread of labour, and glad was I when night came on. That night I made some comparison between Latin grammar and ditching, but said not a word about it. I dug the next forenoon, and wanted to re turn to Latin at dinner, but it was humiliating, and I could not do it. At night toil conquered ride, and I t o ld *Tattier, one of the severest ,Trials o back to Latin grammar . H e was glad of it ; and - have(iflrn si y ; life, that, if he chose, I would . got hasnce gained any distinction, been owing to the two days labour in that abominable ditch."..--Salem Gazette. ,g, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1827. Mr. STANLEY, Member for Preston, haalleen appointed to succeed Mr. WILMOT HORTON, as Under Secretary of State for the Colonial Department. The talents whicir Mr. STANLEY has already displayed in the House of Commons, afford the best proof of his fitness for the post to which he has been called, while the fact of his being the representative of one of the most ancient Whig families in the kingdom, is a con clusive answer to those who insinuate that any diversity of principles exists between the Members of the present Cabhaet. We need not add, that Mr. STANLEY is the son of Lord STANLEY, the eldest son of the Earl of DERBY. His MAJESTY has been pleased to advance the Earl of DARLINGTON to the dignity of a Marquis, by the title of Marquis of CLEVE- The Paris Papers of Monday, and the Gazette de France dated Tuesday morning, reached us last night. An article, under date of Odessa, Aug. 6, inserted in the Gazette de France, labours to prove that hostilities between Russia and the Porte are not likely to be the consequence of the recent Treaty,—that the instructions to the Admiral commanding the Russian Naval Contingent in the Mediterranean, direct him to maintain the strictest neutrality, and the sole object of the Treaty is to re-establish tranquillity in the East. • Tbi3 article is evidently put forth solely with the view of quieting commercial uneasiness, and cannot be considered as entitled to the conse- quence given to it by some of our cotemporaries. The Gazette de France, in its next article, repeats the notification given to the Pael►a of EGYPT, that the allied squadrons would not permit his reinforcements to go to Greece, and thus proves that a system of .neutrality is not the principle upon which the Great Powers intend to act. Their object is to rescue Greece from the grasp of its oppressors, and they will accomplish this purpose even by an armed interference, if the Porte will not abandon its hostile exertions to conquer that unfortunate country. Whether the SULTAN will risk the vengeance of the three most powerful nations on the face of the globe remains still to be seen. The accounts from Madrid contain nothing new,, if we except a statement contained in a private letter that an Austrian Courier had arrived in that Capital to announce that Don MIGUEL was about immediately to proceed to Portugal. The news from Lisbon comes down no later than, that which reached us yesterday. Further details are given of the journey of the King Of FRANCE. HiS MAJESTY appears to be well received every where. We are satisfied that the loy a lty o f a N a tion is greatly increas e d by the Sove re i gn a ll o wing his people opportuni ties of seeing him. The French Funds declined on Monday. We subjoin their prices, and extracts of the Papers will be found in another column. FitENCII FUNDS, SEPT. 10.—Fire per Cents. 101 f. 85c.; Three per Cents. '72f. 80c. ; Bank Action', 2005 f. ; Neapolitan, 78f. 70c. ; Spanish, (1823 ), 63 Exchange on London.--One month, (paper) 25f. 254. ; Ditto (money) 25f. 20c. Three month., 26E loc. t. -An Express from Paris has arrived in the City, bringing the price of the Three per Cents. on Tuesday at 73-5. r private letters by the Express mention, that the general opinion in Paris was, th at terminate am i ca bl y. the affair with Turkey would In addition to the letter which we published ycsterday from Alexandria, dated 21st July, we have been favoured with the perusal of other communications from thence of the same date. Rumours had reached Alexandria of the inten tion' of the European Gov ernmen t s respec ti ng Greece ; but the Treaty itself had not arrived. Cap had had an audi ence o f t h e P ACH A, and it w supposed th a t h e h a d o ffi c i a ll y com municated H A MILTON, o f Hi s M a j esty ' s s hi p Cambrian, a a : ' the.intentio3 dal: Allied Sovereigns. The conference had, however, no visible effect in checking the military. and naval preparations of the PAcHA. The fleet, according to report, would sail the first week in August, and would consist of two line-of-battle ships, eleven or twelve large frigates, and about 6,000 men. The number of banal' vessels and transports, and ships of every kind, is stated at 100 sail. His Majesty's ship Gannet had sailed to cruise against pirates: she would in the first place pro ceed to the Island of Candid. We-received last night Dutch Papers of the 11th inst., and the Allgenzeine Zeitutig and a Frankfort paper of the 6th, from which we make the following extracts. At the date of the latest accounts from Constantinople, namely the 11th August, the Ministers had still refrained from presenting the Ultimatum to the Porte : FRANKFORT, SEPT. 7.—With respect to the delivery of the Ultimatum to the Porte, we have no certain news, and it is at present difficult, if not impossible, to say any thing positive of the sentiments of the Porte with . regard to the convention of the European Powers. There are reports and conjectures in abundance, and while some pretend that however uneasy the Porte may seem at the command of the Allied Cabinet, it is not inclined to yield, others assert that, when it comes to the last extremity, it will not fail to accede to the terms proposed for the pacification of Greece. The English frigate Ariadne, with the Alacrity and Pelican brigs, has sailed from Corfu; to take possession of the Rock of Carabusa, which has long been the retreat of the pirates who infest those seas. The Ariadne French frigate, the French brig Palinure, and the English brig Gannet, cruise off Caudia, watching for some pirates who have lately plundered ,several ships, and among others a rich English merchantman. The Juno frigate, and two other French men of war are in the harbour of Alexandria, to watch the motions of an . Algerine frigate of 58 guns and a corvellte of 36 guns, dose to which they lie at anchor. Aitrwitar, Sam 6.—The Rev. M. Buelers, a Roman Catholic Priest, has been sentenced by the Court of Assize to a year's imprisonment for. a certain Latin Poem. Ritussims,Sarr. 9.—His Majesty the King of Franca arrived at Lille yesterday. It is said that a number of the inhabitants of that city have voluntarily offered to go to meet and receive his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange. The Camp at St. Omer must be very fine. The officers and soldiers will receive an addition to their pay while his Majesty is present, and it is supposed the officers will be presented with a month's pay. The soldiers have suffered a good deal by the continued rains, and it is said there are many sick. Count Agoult, French Ambassador to this Court, who went some days ago to St. Omer, to pay his respects to his Sovereign, is appointed Ambassador to Berlin, instead of Count St. Priest, who goes in the same capacity to Madrid. UTRECHT, SEPT. 9.—A private letter firom Groningen, of the Ist instant, gives an unfavourable account of the state of the disorder in that city. The weather not being so warm as last year, we may hope there will be fewer sick ; and, indeed, the sickness has set in later this year, but has lately become more violent. In the week ending 7th September, there were thirty-three deaths and nine births. The preceding week there were thirty-nine deaths.' CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 11.—The Imperial Russian Ambassador, M. de Ribeaupierre, probably in consequence of the London Convention of the 6th July, has issued a Circular to the Captains of all Russian ships, forbidding them to take on board ammunition or provision for the belligerent Powers, under pain of confiscation. The order is supposed to be introductory to the measures to be carried into effect by the Allied. Powers for the pacification of Greece. The Ultimatum has not yet been presented by the three Ministers, and the Porte does not seem disposed to receive it favourably. The capital is tranquil, and there is no sign of the assembling of an army on the Danube, though some artillery has been sent in that direction. SMYRNA, Ana. 4.—We have no news from-Napoli di Romania since the 16th July. We are equally uninformed of the state of Greece, and of the operations of Redschid Pacha and Ibrahim. The latter appears to be waiting for reinforcements front Egypt. The famous Dr. Pariset, who went in 1818 to Spain, to stay the nature of the yellow fever at Barcelona, is expected at Smyrna: He is going to .differe n t ports, of Asia, to investigate the nature of rb e . cholera morbus, which is a more fatal scourge than even the plague itself. Our advices from Constantinople give us every reason to believe, and in the best informed circles of that capital the conviction was entertained, that the Porte would give way to the re monstrances and active measures of the three combined Powers for the liberation of Greece, Times. By the undermentioned account it appears the French trade was suffering severely by the captures made by Algerine corsairs, a number of which, it appears, have got to sea in spite of the French blockade, which is by no means effective. Added to this, it is reported not to be, difficult to find Algerine letters of marque cut and dried, ready to be filled up and executed, for vessels sailing from neutral ports, and which will be doubtless acted upon by needful adventurers without principle or common honesty. We have been told of letters of marque of this description having been actually offered for sale even in this country. ; PARIS, SEPT. 9.—The Antis Leno ir, from . Havre to Barcelona, was boarded off Lisbon by a Tunisian corsair. A letter from Marseilles states, that an Algerino corsair has tarried into Tuuis a French vessel, - which would be sold : also that a French vessel from the Colonies has been carried into Algiers, and the cargo Ell. The .Eole, from the coast of Brittany to Marseilles, is reported to be taken. PARTS, SEPT. 10.--A.priYateer'has appeared in the neighbourhood of the Canaries, and already captured a vessel laden with oil. NAVY OF TIIE UNITED STATES.—The Navy of the United States, when all the vessels authorized to be built are afloat, as nearly every one of them may be speedily if required, will consist of 12 sail of the line, 20 frigates, 16 sloops of war, and seven other vessel', exclu sive of those on the Lakes ; to man, they would require more than twenty thousand men, one half of which must be seamen. His Majesty's sloop of war Britomail, Cap tain Chamier, on the 12th July, was at Tampico de Ta manlipis, waiting for specie for England. . The Norfolk Board of Health (America) having reason to believe that malignant disease exists in the Havannali and other.parta of the island of. Cuba, have ordered, that all vessels arriving from any porta of the said island of Cuba, do come to an anchor at the Quarantine ground, there to visited by the Health-officer. • • We are happy to state that his' Grace the Duke of Northumberland has generously returned 20 per cent., to his tenants on the Backworth estate, at the half year's audit. Matthew Lansberg (the Francis Moore of the Continent) observes, in his last publication, that "if you wish to have a shoe of durable materials, you should make the upper leather of the mouth of a hard-drinker;—for that never lets in water." We have had a great increase of fashionable visitors this week, and houses and lodgings in good situa tions have become scarce. On the Marine-parade, one day last week, there were only three bills to be seen.—Brigh ton Paper. In Daghestan, on the borders of the Caspian, are found the largest partridges, probably in the world ; their weight sometimes exceeding 21b. The Sale of the Theological and Classical Library of the late Rev. Dr. Garrow, son of Mr. Baron Garrow, took place on Friday last, at the Rectory House, East Barnet. The Twopenny Post-office in the Royal Ar cade, at the back of the Opera-house, was entered on Sur day morning by a picklock, and cash and notes stoleo the amount of 911., 101. worth of bill and receipt stator' silver spoons, shop goods, bed and table linen, and ritri°l other Wicks, above 801. value. S~lP] DE,A, Etlielre St. Vii the Salt Curren, tosh, fri the St. Sayer, Singapt Jessie, Taylor, St: Vii vessels India, h Poltl the The PLYIVI the. Nei bland. FALhI the Gip Ablett, The on shore put bad The I was on pected cargo. The I sailed 8t and Min from 80. The 11 Clyde, London, The b very limi evidently at the sal but subs( after rem took a fu and 88i, some sale declined India Bo pm., and In the the specu A numbe motion, a York, and the same, seems is 1 the print ensuing d Governor, report is if this Ni them in ferred soi previously viz. frOM the Bondi Colombia vanced ful mere tri Shares reporting,' Yesterday. Three pe 881 ; Inc FOREIG24 Chilian, !1 Greek, 15 6 per Cent 76 1 7. Ru Pm• ; Color Tlalpuzahua Consols some time The Al complete p fallen in a fj3. The the refusal longer on already do realise that weak, and sent depre Consols 6 per Ceni The', M 1 de VILLA RI SPeelai micsit 4 t the, office Devatc Cohmiiai bifi wader-in-C . Patch es were kit ADE, the the Forces in Mr. 'WI tor Richniont Viscoun from his seat DOVER, j( IIIN CHIO9 4 4 family; i Calais. The hsrtkr, froi Lonach r Cal have passed ti Ward. The with their far Prince ] Harty at dinn4 greet. Out of r Stzfti; 4 Lionlible Wo] vne of 1 berby, is e Tieinity of His Gra( Iv ‘ „?°d, enjoyin, ' h 'th a few se] flue eonditi The Mu. t 4_ oreester d aY are the Noble ;t t ' l Na so lon ' u ovements n 100,0001 , Mil ls L tfe of Cole , 4 ter, in two' Rumour 'V from th e / 4 Ador to th e Co A thiild. erald's Coll Thursday of e. i kid ic matters Aolitical It is sa id Exml 44 • 4b1 " 1 Morn, PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. :3 per Cent. Cons. 87% 7F4 3,5., per Cent. • Ditto Red. - 4 per Cent. New ... 1W y„ 2 1% Ditto, 1826 Bank L. Ann. India Stock Ditto Bonds O4 93 prn. VRICICS OF SHARES Till Potosi La Paz and Peruvian Ditto Consolidated Guardian Assurance Co. PRICES OF IRIS Bank Stock . - Consols, 3 percent. Bd% Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 93% % Ditto, New 93 y % ,4 per Cent. 100% (3oy. Deb. a% per cent. 94% Royal Canal Stock ... . 3O ;Grand Canal Stock - , City Deb. 4 per cent - Ballast Office Deb. 4 P. ct - THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds 25 Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 par cent. Ditto, New Russian, New 93 3,i I, i Spanidh, 1821 lO 1823 French Renter, 5 p. c. 1041 75c. Exc:iange 251.30c. -- 3 per cent —f. —c. Exchange...—. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills, t,OOO 2d. 543 59:pm. Ditto 5OO 2d. SB 59 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial 53 55 pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Oct. S 7 % 8 % 8 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds. Chilian Bonds, 6 per ct. Colombian Bonds Date, 1824 29% Danis 1i,72 per cent. 63%;y Greek Bonds Ditto, :826 Guatemala Mexican Bonds 52 Do. 1825...661: 51 6 6ii 41 53i DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share . L £2163. 10 .£3 la. 10 21% STOCKS, SEPT. 10. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto 2 N% Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland 3M 43% Commercial Buildings MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 0 Hamburgh 1 0 Brazil 0 0 Holland 0 0 Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin 0 Flanders 0 0 s.isbo►i 0 1 France 0 Gottenburgh 1 0 Mexico 0 1 Guernsey& Jersey. 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 2 minutes after 8. 1 Evening.... 32 minutes after 8.