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TURKISH POLICY. • (From the Quotidienne.) AN. SEPT. 14.-4 promised you some ob- T vations upon the real causes of the slowness with ivlsich' the Ottoman Porte Carried on the war 'n • gignst the-Greeks during the six years it has lasted. ilt s necessary in the first place, to state a fact, of which little account is made in Europe, namely, that the Ottoman Power, although very much degene rated, since the days of the Solimans and Amuraths, is by no means reduced to the state of weakness com monly supposed.' Writers appear to have forgotten, that from 1906 to 1812, the Turks withstood a Russian army, of from 150,000 to 200,000 men : and, although m the struggle Bessarabia was lost, it is perhaps less just to attribute that conquest to the superiority of the Russian arms.; than to the skill of the Diplomatists; who managed 'the negotiations of B u charest. However that may be, Mahmoud signed the pence in 1812, at the moment that Buonaparte was matching upon Moscow. He was impelled to do so by a Power which' I need not name, and whose highest interest at that time was the preser vation of that Muscovite Power, which it now seems to dread. It was an act of generosity then, in the Ottoman Porte, to sign the treaty of 1812, for it is certain, that they could at that time have greatly in jured Russia; nevertheless, from 1816 up to 1821, we have seen the Ambassador of that Power at Constantinople, instead of smoothing down the dif ficulties that had arisen between his own Court and the Porte, unceasingly occupied in augmenting them and in heaping embarrassments upon Turkey. In the midst of this diplomatic chicanery, all at once Prince Alexander Ypsilanti appeared in MoldaVia : _ _ ' nothing more was necessary Co alarm the Sultan, and to show him, either that his existence was aimed at, or that; at least, a design was entertained of partithming his territories. The Ottoman Porte complained, and immediately iv received from the other quarter a positive assurance thit no invasion of its territories would be allowed; their integrity were even guaranteed to it; and it was . made to understand how necessary it was for its greater safety that an attempt should be made to introduce order into its internal affairs, and to create a force that might procure the respect of its neigh bours. The latter advice was so much the more ac ceptable to the Sultan Mahmoud, that that Prince, instructed by the misfortunes of his uncle Selim, was eagerly 'desirous of putting an end to the abuses which the incapacity of his predecessors had intro duced, and which, sooner or later; threatened the throne with ruin. Possessed of an enterprising and firm character, with all the knowledge, unaccompanied by the weak ness, of Selim—inured, besides, against attacks from without—the Sultan Mahmoud thought only of emancipating his authority from the tutelage of the Janissaries, a species of Praetorian guards", which, for a long time, had disposed of the throne as their bps barons caprices inclined them. This dangerous soldiery was protected by institu tions, and even by abuses, which it was no easy task to get rid of. Mahmoud conceived the able project of proving, by facts, to the nation, that the Janiasa ries,, dangerous during peace, were of no utility in Near, for the defence of the empire. The insurrection in Greece most wonderfully fa voured this design. Mahmoud looked to it, not as •an event which menaced his throne, but as a mean of developing his grand plan of reform in the mili tary system of the Ottoman Empire. More than six years were employed in preparing for this great reform, in rallying round this vast plan the Ulemas, the Pachas, and all the Grandees of the empire. During that time several corps of Janissaries were marched against the famous Ali Pacha, of Yanina, and vale - successively most shamefully beaten. At length' 4,600 Albanians, under the command :of Omer Brionis, marched against the rebellious Pacha, and in two months the head of Ali was stuck up on the gate of the Seraglio. This success was the first proof of the superiority of disciplined troops over the Janissaries. At a later period the Servians were also vanquished by the Albanians. After the fall of Yanina, a numerous army was sent against the Greeks. Mohammed Dranudy penetrated into the Mores, at the head of 30.000 men, Asiatics and Janissa r i es . H e too k possession of Acro Corinthus ' and marched upon Napoli di Romania, but the Greeks followed him close, seized upon the passes in his rear, and crush ed him in the defiles of Argos. Dramaly, thus obliged to retrograde, speedily renounced the con quest of the Mores. Whilst the undisciplined troops of the Ottoman Porte were beaten wherever they appeared, the regular arm 4, of the Pacha of Egypt completed the conquest of Darfour, and subjected the Whahabees, who had van quished the soldiers of the Grand Seignior. The Viceroy of Egypt sent his son Ibrahim, at the head of a corps of Arabs, disciplined in the European manner, and in a short time the island of Candia, which was looked upon as the head-quarters of the Janissaries, was snatched out of their hands, and the insurrection in the island was extinguished. Ibra him then landed in the Morea, the grave of the Turkish soldiers, and he began the conquest of it by the conquest of Navarino, which neither the bra very of the Greek garrison, nor the skill of the European officers shut up in it, was able to defend. Never would an army of Janissaries have succeeded in subduing that place. For the third time Redschid Pacha advanced to lay siege to Missolonghi, and this new attempt was on the point of failing, like all the rest, when Ibra him received orders to subdue this advanced post of the Morea. Ibrahim, with his disciplined troops, did what the best General of the Turks could not do--he entered Missolonghi, after that defence of which Europe and Asia may be said to have been the witnesses. So many examples having at length demonstrated the insufficiency, the cowardliness even, of the Ja nissaries, and the superiority of troops formed ac cording to European tactics, the Sultan determined to strike that state-blow which he had so long medi tated. He commanded the Janissaries to be formed into regiments, and, on their refusal, he treated them as Peter the Great had treated the Strelit.zes. Now, when we examine the means put in practice ° by the Unman Porte, in order to arrive at this re sult, we must perceive that the war against the Greeks has been highly advantageous to the Sultan, in demonstrating the inutility of the Janissaries, and the necessity of giving the Otte4tan Empire a re gular army. It would be an error to believe that the Porte does not look on the Greeks as formidable enemies, bet the Sultan , has preferred a war with them to seeing his throne and his authority at the mercy of Hordes of which he has now rid himself. S u ch, unquestionably, has been the cause of that slowness which the Porte has displayed in the Greek war, and this also has been the reason why, far from profiting by the consternation infused into the Greeks by the capture of Missolonghi, the Porte has left them to recover from their fears, desiring rather - to employ its resources and direct its efforts against the Janissaries, its domestic enemies. At present the Sultan exhibits the greatest confi decce in all he does; he feels persuaded that the European Powers, who have guaranteed theinte grity of his dominions beyond the Danube, will not suffer them to ,be partitioned in another quarter. It would require a knowledge of the secrets of Cabi nets, how far this confidence of the Sultan is well or ill founded. Besides, such 'a question is not connected with "I subject. I wish to demonstrate to you the causes of the prolongation of the war in the East., which at present oceuptes the whole of Western Europe, and I think 1 uave succeeded. Wo ßntixo.--T,his place is now become hor ribly doll, and the season may be considered at an end.... Brighton Pape r . We have been assu re d , t h at at t h e W es l eyan Chapel at Horsham (which two years ago by the bye w . es , a theatre), the sacrament was lately administered wi t h bread ;ad ebesse and a pot of porter...—Briphton Gazette. GENERAL STUBBS. The Constitutionnel of Monday gives, in an extract from the Imparcial do Porto, the following interro gatories, put by General Palmeirin, the President of the Court Martial to, try General Stubbs, to the latter, with his answers Q. When were you informed of Gen. Saldanha's resignation ? A: On the 31st of July, by an official despatch of Count da Ponte. Q. What induced you to address a representation to the Princess Regent on the 20th ? A. Private intelligence, received by post on the 27th. Q. On what day, and at what hour, did the people begin to collect in crowds ? A. On the 28th, at half-past nine o'clock. Q. Why did not you endeavour to prevent as semblages forbidden by the laws ? A. Because I could not foresee effects proceeding from a cause which was ,unexpected; besides, as semblages for exercising the right of petition are pro hibited by no law. Q. When you learned that General Saldanha had resigned, were you aware that there had been dis orders at Lisbon, and that seditious cries had been uttered ? A. I knew that there had been assemblages, for the purpose of exercising the right of petition, and so liciting the restoration of General Saldanha. I also knew that the people had shouted vivas. Q. What measures did you take .to calm the tumult ? A. I proceeded with moderation to convince the people of the obedience they owed to the King Don Pedro and his institutions, to Donna Maria IL, and to the Infanta Regent : recollecting that moderation had been the course prescribed even towards the rebels headed by the Marquis de Chaves. Q. Why did you solicit the restoration of Sal danha—seeing that on other occasions in which her Highness had exercised the right of dismissing Mi nisters granted by article 74, par. 5, of tile Consti tutional Charter, no other authority, or body, ever interfered with such acts, the control of which in no way appertains to them ? A. Because I was desirous of complying with the wish of the inhabitants of Oporto, who regarded General Saldanha as one of the best defenders of the rights of Don Pedro IV. and the institutions granted by him; and because I believed that her Highness bad not then come to any decision, a s I received no official intelligence before the 31st of July. Q. Was your representation made under compul sion, by condescension, or spontaneously ? A. I did not make it under compulsion, but from condescension to the wishes of the inhabitants of Oporto, and spontaneously,—persuaded that I was acting in accordance with the general opinion of the country, which General Saldanha had before twice saved in moments of crisis. Q. What induced you to assemble a council of officers ? A. I exercised the right vested in all Generals who command 'provinces. I convoked the officers for the purpose of coming to a decision on the best means of preserving tranquillity. They all voted for the representation. The Editors of 0 Portuguez, who were accused of publishing dangerous doctrines, were also interro gated. They answered, that since the articles blamed presented nothing criminal, it was the part of the Censors, who had allowed them to pass, to answer for them. It is thought that at the end of the month these Editors will be set at liberty by the decision of the Regidor, Don Justicas, who pays a monthly visit to the prisons, and who pronounces summary judgment upon ordinary cases. (EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER.) LISBON, SEPT. 29.—The "Prompette Finale in forms us, in the number of the 26th September, that her Serene Highness the Infanta Regent, ac companied by her sisters, has paid a long visit to her Majesty the Empress Queen, her mother, who received the Princesses with demonstrations of the most warm attachment ; the latter, on their side, gave marks of profound respect for the widow. The object of this visit was to inform her Majesty of the speedy arrival of the Infant Don Miguel. TRIENNIAL VISITATION OF READING SCIIOO . L, Yesterday the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford, the President of St. John's, and the Warden of All Souls' College, made their wonted triennial visita tion of Reading School, on which occasion the " Hecuba" of Euripides, and the philosophical play of " Hamlet" (compressed-for the express purpose by Dr. Valpy, who has already successfully com pressed other dramas of the same great writer) were performed by the young gentlemen of the senior forms. The exhibition (the proceeds of which are to be as signed to some charitable institution) was very impos ing, and creditable both to the young performers and their liberal and enlightened master. We can conceive nothing better adapted to imbue a school-boy with a high relish for the almost faultless Greek drama tists, than such an exhibition, where character and costume are rigidly adhered to, and where the feeli ngs and the taste are enlisted, with added energy, in the cause, from the circumstanceg of novelty and excitement attending it. Dr. Valpy is well known to the public as one of the most successful masters in England ; perhaps there is no one who knows so well how to " gild the bitter pill" of knowledge; and to render by apt anecdote and illustration, a lesson in Homer or Horace, as interesting as a fairy-tale. Of course, therefore, when we assert that his judgment and experience diligently superintended the exhibition, (for he himself has considerable taste, as well in the modern, as the ancient drama) we need scarcely add that it was eminently and deservedly successful. All the leading characters in the neighbourhood were present; among the foremost of Whom appeared Messrs. Monck and Palmer, Members for the Borough. The English prologue proceeded from the pen of that agreeable village annalist, Miss Mitford: the epilogue —which abounded in point and spirit—was written by Mr. Talfourd, himself a Reading school-boy. We were delighted to find the Doctor in such good health, for there is not a man on eat!), whose loss we should so sincerely regret. His image is linked in our mind with the most delightful recollections of youth ; we never turn over a page of Horace, but we think of him who first taught us to appreciate its beauties, and even now, if a sunny moment flits across our path, to him only (and the associations thereby en gendered) is the transient enjoyment due. THE BEST ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHTS IN llAmrsmar.—BELL's LIFE IN LONDON AND SPORTING CHRONICLE of Sunday next, price Sevenpence, will con tain the best Account of the Fights on Tuesday last, be tween Reuben Marten and Jonathan Bissell (alias Young Gas), Harry Jones (the Sailor Boy) and Ike Dodd. All the moves on the field of action will be given with spirit and accuracy.—GALLEKY or COMICALITICS, No. VII.— The Engraved Subject for Sunday next will be " Studies from Demosthenes ; or, Eloquence at the Water-side," being a right humorous Sketch from Billingsgate, in George Cruikshank's best style.—The Sporting Depart ment of Bell's Life in London is conducted on a scale of extent and accuracy unequalled by any other Publication in the Kingdom, and includes every passing event, under the several Heads of " The Ring"--.." The Affairs of the Fancy"--" The Turf"---." The Chase"—" The Cricketer's Register''—and, " The Aquatic Register."—Mrs Life in London, price Sevenpence only, is published on Saturday afternoon, at No. 169, Strand, at Four o'Clock ; and on Sunday morning, at Four o'Clock. The coach which runs between Horsham and London was robbed on Saturday last, while on its return to the former place, of several parcels and packages, con taining tea and other articles, none of which were fortu nately of any great value. It is supposed the robbery was effected on a part of the road near Dorking, called the Holtn-wood, about eight o'clock ; this is a dangerous spot, and robberies have been frequently committed there ; a short time s i n ce, ar. old woman returning from market in the middle of the day, was knocked down and plundered of 241.--Brighton Paper. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Constitutionnel.) BARCELONA, OCT. 6.—lt was but yesterday we learned in detail all the circumstances which prece ded or followed the arrival of the King at 'Tarragona. They are of such a nature as to interest public cu riosity, and I proceed to relate them in the order of their dates., The King, who slept on the 26th at Vinanci, pas sed the Ebro on the 27th in the morning, near Tor tosa. In this fortress, and that of Lerida, there were six thousand of the Royal troops assembled, and commanded by the Generals, Count D'Espag,ne and Monet. His Majesty, escorted by this division, continued his route towards the defiles of the Col. de Balaguer,, which were occupied by 4,000 rebels. commanded by the Chief Raffi y Vidal. The Marquis of Campo Sagrado, who had bcien apprised of the opposition which the rebels designed to offer to the passage of the King through those defiles, which are almost impregnable, caused a column of sixteen hundred men to assemble, which, under the orders of General Manso, accompanied by the Marquis himself, by a denotation from the Royal Audiencia, by another from the M u nicipality and by a third from the Ecclesiastical Chapter, set out on the 24th, taking the direction of Tarragona, with the design of protecting the passage of the King. This column having arrived at Villa Franca, met a column of rebels, who opposed its passage, and a most sanguinary action was the consequence. General Manso, well knowing that on the result of this affair might entirely depend not only the fate of the arrival of the King in Catalonia, but even that of his person, and braving the dangers which the superior number of the rebels presented, charged them with the bayonet in all the streets, and suc ceeded in dispersing a part, and forced the greater number to shut themselves up in two large buildings which arc at Villa Franca. Meanwhile, as General Manso's principal object was to arrive at Tarragona, he left the blocked-up rebels behind him, and continued his march for Tar ragona. It was then that the rebel General RatE, having been informed of the defeat of the column at Villa Franea, and finding himself attacked in front and flank by the troops of Lerida and Tortosa, com manded by Generals Espagne and Monet, and per ceiving himself on the eve of being attacked in his rear, and even of having his retreat cut off, decided upon abandoning the position of the Col-de-Balaguer, and to fall back upon the village of Reus. This movement took place on the evening of the 27th; but the King, not wishing to hazard the pas sage of the Col de Balaguer with a small escort of cavalry, and not being able to be followed by the body of the divisions of Generals Espagne and Monet, lay on the 27th at the little village of Cam buto, and entered Tarragona on the morning of the 28th. On that day appeared the Decree 9f Amnesty, which you are, doubtless, acquainted with, and of which the insurgent General Raffi took advantage., followed, at the most, by about twenty of his troops. The 24th, the day fixed by the amnesty, having expired, the royal troops, under the command of Generals Espagne, Monet, Carratala, Torres, and Manso, attacked the village of Reus, and became masters of it, after having made a great slaughter of the insurgents, who, under the orders of the Monk Pugnal (who had taken their command after the de fection of Raffi), defended themselves with a despe ration which surpasses all description. The Monkish Commandant is amongst the prisoners. This action terminated the proceedings of the month of September. As soon as the taking of Reus became known to the Provisional Insurgent Junta of Manresa, it caused the oath to be taken anew :—to perish with arms in their hands rather than submit, or accept of any capitulation which would leave unredressed those griefs for which they had taken them up. - On the Ist ,October, a division of 4,000 'men, commanded by the Carajal, arrived from Manresa. almost at the gates of Barcelona. The presence of the rebel forces decided -the French General to send out on the 3d, a brigade of infantry and a squadron of the 3d light cavalry, who went to post them selves at St. Andre, whilst the rebels were at Bade lona opposite to them, and, besides, occupied the villages of Masnon and Moulins del Rey. Mean while, neither division interfered with the other in their respective operations. On the 4th, the Cara jal, who had sent some detachments into different , villages about, to levy contributions in money, horses, and mules, for riding and draught, quitted the vil lage he occupied, and marched again towards Man resa. The letters received yesterday from Tarra gona announce, that the King warmly welcomed the three Deputations from Barcelona, and that his Ma jesty is determined to exterminate the rebels if they do not submit unconditionally, rather than enter into any. arrangement with them; but this assertion is, at the least, doubtful. The same letters say, that his Majesty, in every thing relating to the affairs of Catalonia, prefers more the advice of the Mar quis of Campo Sagrado and that of M. Desa, the Fiscal of the Royal Court of Barcelona, a man highly esteemed, than the opinions of the Minister of Grace and Justice, calomarde. A Decree of the Ist October enjoins all the,Arch bishops and Bishops of Catalonia to come to Tarra gona, and the Bishop of Barcelona has already set out. , At the end of October 'his Majesty, according to a report much believed, will stop at Barcelona with the Queen, and some other members of the Royal Family, and it is also affirmed, that in consequence of their presence all the French troops will retire to the fortress of Mont Jouich ; this report gives great alarm 'to the inhabitants of Barcelona, who fear lest the Spanish command may destroy that tranquillity which they enjoy under French authority. The Duchess of Colonna: whose husband is exiled here on suspicion of liberalism, has gone to Tarragona to present herself to the King. His Ma jesty has received her very favourably, and relieved her husband from his sentence of banishment. This letter is confirmed in all its details by an other of the same date in the Journal des Debuts, which gives the following in addition The rebels carry on the siege of Girona more and more strictly, and it is believed that this place will fall speedily into their power, if haste be not made .to succour it. They also besiege Cardona and Hos talrich, and the danger with respect to them is much greater than as to Girona, because they are weaker and worse provided. Letters are this instant arrived from Manresa, which announce that the greatest anarchy prevails there; that one part of the Junta wished to submit to the King, that another wished to continue the war ; but that, having learned that Carajai was on his march for Manresa, all the Members of the Junta had determined on the latter course. HAMBURGH PAPERS. ELSINORE, OCT. 6.—A Russian frigate is gone to Copenhagen to carry'orders to Admiral Siniavin, to sail to the Mediterranean; but the Russian fleet had already departed. Meantime, pilots are to he engaged here, who are to be in r e adiness to conduct the fleet to England. MUNICH, OCT. 4.—The Rev. Mr. Fisher, Catho lic Priest and Professor in the Gymnasium at Land shut, lately embraced the Protestant Religion. His Majesty on being informed of this, did not dismiss him, but removed him to a Protestant Academy, in Bavaria, with the same rank and salary as he had before. COPENHAGEN, OCT. 9.—By the return of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sleswig Holstein Glucksburg, from Geneva, his Majesty and the Royal Fam►ly have received the most sat►sfactory accounts of the health of his Royal Highness Prince Frederick Charles Christian, during his residence at Plougeon, near Geneva, with the exception of some excursions in Switzerland. His Royal High ness, since he returned from Nice, in April, has re sided constantly at that country seat, and made use of the opportunities for study which Geneva affprds. ? _ c,„3,11/4 LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1827. 11v3h H tihc ha inst.t n m b u urg s t belTi Papers hceoyncsoi anetraeidn reached as sp us he last l yo f importantn ig ht to the intelligence t this moment, namely, that orders had been sent to the Russian Admiral, SINIAVIN, to proceed to the Mediterranean with the fleet under his orders. Pilots have, 'it is added, been engaged at Elsinore to conduct the fleet to England. If this intelligence be correct it augurs much. It will beremembered that Admiral SINIAVIN'S fleet arrived at Spithead a few weeks ago under orders to proceed to the Mediterranean ; but from some cause which did not 'then transpire, but which prObably might be traced to the well founded objections of our Government to the employment by Russia of so large a force in that sea, only three line of battle ships and some frigates, under Rear Admiral Count HEYDENT, were permitted to proceed to their destination. The remainder of the fleet, under Vice Admiral SINIAVIN, returned to the Baltic, and they have hardly arrived there before these orders for their proceeding at once to the Mediterranean are given. The Rus sian Cabinet therefore evidently disapprove of those arrangements which were here made -be tween our Government and Prince LIEVEN, as to the extent, of Naval force to be employed in the Mediterranean, and our Cabinet, we conceive, will not approve of that measure which the Rus sian Government appear to have decided on. If persevered in, it will of course impose upon us the necessity of sending an additional number ofships-of-the-line to the Mediterranean ;—for the security of our interests in that quarter, and the honour of our flag, equally require that our Fleet on that important station should at all times be equal to that which Russia may have there. We suspect that the views of Russia, to which we have so frequently alluded, will now begin to develope themselves. Extracts of these papers are given in a pre vious column. EXCHANGES ON LoNnow.—Hamburgh , Oct. 12.-36 two months, 35 11. Leipsic, Oct. 5.---Three months, 6 14. Berlin, Oct. 9.—Three months, 6 251. lastDntt night, papers to ht,bywhich t v, h .e e 1 1 ea 6 r t i nh that tthwe'rermo AreceivedMAJESTY Es.r y the Queen of WURTEMBURG had arrived at Helvoet in safety, on board the Royal Sovereign yacht. The Session of the States General was opened by hiS Majesty the King of the NETHERLANDS, on the 16th inst. at the Hague, by a Speech from the Throne, of which the following are the leading particulars. It is gratifying to learn the improving condition of our neighbour and ally, under the liberal institutions which have been so generally established throughout that Kingdom The friendly relations with all the Powers continue to be maintained on the most desirable footing. The ne gociations on the convention with the Papal See, which has been concluded, have afforded proofs of a real desire to terminate this important affair to the satisfaction of both parties. The reservation in the publication of the late bull, respecting the interprAtation of it, is a pledge re quired by the laws of the kingdom. " A treaty with the United Mexican States secures to our ships the same advantages as those enjoyed by the most favoured nations. The obstacles whiCh hindered the ships of the Netherlands from carrying Swedish or any produc tions but those of their own country, are for tile present removed. Our commerce in general improves; ship building increases : agriculture is recovering ; the manu factures continue to advance, and contend, with courage and perseverance, against the general competition both in and out of Europe. The national fisheries are carried on with variable success. " The causes to which the sickness of last year might be ascribed are in part removed. The works for the improve• ment of the communications in the interior of the kingdom, both by land and water, are continued, and have a favour able influence on all branches of the public prosperity. " The situation of Java has assumed a more favourable appearance. The prospect of reinforcements from the mo ther country, part of which are arrived, has already had a good effect on the insurgents, and tended to strengthen the Government. The Colony, however, will require some further support, which will need no sacrifice beyond that already guaranteed by yen. The West India Colonies Peed some regulations for the purpose of establishing a uniform and less expensive Administration. . 4 The several branches of the public revenue have, in general, answered the expectations entertained of them.— We must wait till the general survey is further advanced before we can lay down final regulations for the land,tax ; and meantime adopt some temporary measures for the re lief of the provinces, which are evidently too highly taxed. Some regulations will be proposed respecting the lotteries, .in order to prevent their injurious effect on the minds of the people. Notwithstanding this measure, and the assistance for Java, no extraordinary sacrifices will be required from my beloved subjects. " In the present session the determination of the divi sion of the kingdom into cantons; corresponding with the jurisdiction of the courts of justice, will be brought for ward ; the penal code, already communicated, will be dis cussed ; a code of proceedings in civil causes will be pro secuted ; and perhaps, also, a code of proceedings in crimi nal causes." It is understood, that besides the convention of the 18th of June, another has been made with the Papal See, by which the intervention of the King in the nomination of the Bishops is not limited, as in the third article, hot the clrapters are to be charged, by a special bull of his'Holi ness the Pope—first, to inquire of the King what person his Majesty wishes to be chosen to fill the vacant see, and to act accordingly; that his Majesty answered this conces sion of the Papal See by a change in the regulations re specting the educgion of youth destined for the church, by which the previous exercises in the philosophical col lege are not prescribed, but optional ; that his Majesty, however, convinced of the utility of this college, will main tain it, and hopes to be supported in the encouragement of it, for the advantage of the clergy, by new and en-- lightened prelates, especially as it has appeared that the in stitution of it is by no means disapprovectof by the Pope. The Express of yesterday morning, with the Gazette de France of the preceding day, has di vested the other French Papers of Monday, which reached us last night, of much of the in terest which their contents would otherwise have possessed. They contain, however, some intel ligence from Spain which had not before reached us ; also the questions which were put to General STUBBS, by General PALMEIRIN, during his recent Court Martial, at Lisbon, and his answers ; and a letter in the Qicotidienne from Smyrna, under date of the 14th September, all which we have given ,in a preceding column. The latter attempts to explain the causes of the want of energy manifested by the Porte in the conduct of the war with Greece, during the whole period it has been carried on ; but, like most of these Smyrna articles, the present one is evidently not wriden so near the scene of operations as it pro fesses to be. We have given in another column a report of Gentlemen p eme r i o t ce i e n dn te i re gs o sted f i t n he th Dep e tttat n of the manufactureio of Malt, who waited on Lord GOD/MICH on Tuesday last, to explain to his Lordship the in jurious operation of the provisions of the new Act , regulating the collection of the Excise Duties on that article. His Lordship admitted that a fair case of hardship had been made out by the parties, and promised immediate at tention to the subject. We are not learned in the subtleties of the art of Malting, but it certainly does appear, to us that the last Act clogs the manufacturer with a variety of restric tions respecting the nature of the premises in which the business is to be carried on, and the mode of conducting it, which must be considered to be vexatious and cruel. Malt-houses, which have been in use for a century; must be altered to meet the provisions of the new law. It ap pears to us to be more consonant with common sense that the duty should be paid on the raw article from which Malt is made, than on the ma nufactured article, the quantity of which, and con sequently its quality, depends upon the mode of its manufacture. We have no doubt that the liberal and candid feelings of Lord GODERICLI will induce him speedily to apply a remedy. to the obnoxious regulations which have been formed, notwithstanding they are defended by the Solicitor to the Board of Excise, with the partiality natural from their author. One remark, hovc ever, we cannot but make. It seemed rather strange that that gentleman who is under stood to have framed the Act which is found so oppressive in operation, acknowledges his igno rance of many of the technical terms by which different parts of the proces3 of manufac turing Malt are described, and consequently it may be fairly assumed that he did not very clearly understand the clauses of the Act which he dkew, and may therefore be supposed to have been ignorant of the effect which they would produce. We are decidedly of opinion that the worst of all restrictions in trade are those which cramp binding his a prescribedm an ufa manufacturer u n r l e o r d ) h the adh erence to ingenuityo o o l f i e by binding carryin g on business, and that the R evenue i s mor e likely to suffer by such restrictions than it will benefit by screwing out of the tradesman the uttermost farthing of duty on the produce of his labour. Frankfort Papers of the 11th inst., and the Allgemeine Zeitung of the same date, have been received this morning. It appears from ant article dated Vienna, that Don AVIIGuEL will not set obit for Portugal until he receive some further instructions from Don PEDRO. The accounts from Zante and Corfu confirm the chastisement which the Tunisian vessel re ceived from Admiral CODRINGTON in attempt ing to violate the blockade of Navarino. If the Turks think they can play off their tricks upon the English fleet, they will soon find themselves at sea : VIENNA, OCT. 5. His Excellency Count Villa Real, Portuguese Ambas sador to the Court of Great Britain, arrived here the day before yesterday/ on an extraordinary mission from his Majesty the Emperor of Brazil. It is supposed that he b r i n gs the requisite instructions relative to the Regency of his Royal Highness the Infant Don Miguel. It is said, however, that his Royal Highness will wait for the arrival of a courier from the Emperor his brother; before he sets out for Lisbon. Yesterday being the fete (Saint's day) of the Emperor, his Majesty gave numerous audiences , a ll !, received the congratulations of the chief officers of the Court. The Imperial family, with Don Miguel and the Princess Maria of Bavaria, visited the theatre, sod WerB welcomed by the public with the most lively enthu6o' , 4.. OCT. 6.—This morning, at six o'clock, the Arch, duchess Sophia, and the Princess Maria of Bavari a, Pt. „ - sister, set out for Tegernsee. Her Majesty the EoV re ' accompanied her sisters as far as Burkersdorff. BUCHAREST, SErT. v Our last letters from Constantinople come down onlYo the 16th, and contain nothing new. Accounts fro davia say that a new Russian corps has arrived is sarabia, to strengthen the army stationed in that pro o i, M. Minziacky expects his further instructions from A Ribeaupierre. EANTE, SEPT. 46 1 The whole Turkish and Egyptian fleet lies n ow ill t o Gulf of Navarino, and is most vigilantly watched by English. It is even affirmed that a Turkish corv e i which, disregarding the blockade, attempted to 10 0 , Gulf, was compelled to put back with considerable de l l in masts anti rigging. Navarino therefore is probablia place where the great question will be decided, and o ' o we shall either have peace (or, in the. Turkish fashio o, 4l, armistice,) or an unparalleled _defeat of the whole 'P i tt, navy. There does not appear to he any other alter o ,7 o i unless we would doubt the honour of the greatest 0 in Europe. TRIESTE, OCT. r Private letters from Corfu of Sept. 26, confirm tb e ,i port which we lately mentioned, that an English I ,lov i t , ing squadron had compelled a Tunisian frigate, tbs t tempted to kayo Navarino, to put back, and that t h e EP lish fired first. ofixanuaGrr, srrr. °'ot The works for the new Bremen harbour began 011 4 let June, and from 4 to 500 men are employed in di0"1 So far as they have hitherto proceeded, which is 0 ) depth of 20 feet, they h ave f oun d a c l a y e y so il extre 7 4 favourable for the undert a ki ng , an d ne ith er san d nor O r i The work is to be completed by the summer of 185 0 ; during the same interval the Hanoverian Governme nt have a causeway made from this new p or t t o the terr o , 4 of Bremen, which is likewise proceeding with r activity. FRA NIC FORT, OCT. Exchange on London.—Two months, 1481. Gibraltar Chronicles,: of the 25th ult., been received, this morning, but their coot' are extremely uninteresting. Professor Rossi instructs him in Political Economy, Colonel Dufour in the Military Sciences, and Pro fesser Puerari in French Literature. His Royal Highness intends, as he did last winter,, to pass a few months in the milder climate of Upper Italy and Tuscany, which is advised for his health, and where he will also find means of acquiring useful knowledge. The King has presented several Danish works to the University of Corfu. ----, PRICES OF STOEKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Hank Stock - South Sen Stock 95% I 3 per Cent. Red., ex div. ES% Old Annuities 3 per Cent. Cons. 3 1 /. per Cent. Ditto Red. — Ditto 5OO 2d. 63 61 pm. 4 per Cent. New lOl% 2 Ditto Small Ditto, 1826 — Ditto Commercial pm. Bank L. Ann. — Bank for Accontit — India Stock — India for Account - Dittoßonds pm. Cons. for Acct. 87 4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent. —1 Brarilian Bonds SSK, 60 Buenos Ayres Bonds 4914 Milian Bonds, 6 per et Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1924 27% Danish, 3 per cent. Greek Bonds , Ditto, 1825 Guatimola Mexican Bonds Do. 1823 5574 PRICES OF SHARES TIiI, Anglo Mexican Mining C. Brazilian Mining Co. British Iron Mining Co. General Alining Association Hibernian Mining Co. United Mexican Mining Co , Canada Company PRICES OF IRISH Bank Stock 249% Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 1 1 3 'A Ditto, New 923 4 per Cent. 1 00% 4 4% Gov. Deb. 3% per cent. 94% Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4p. et -- MAILS. Arrived. Due. arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Hamburgh 2 O Brazil 0 0 Holland 0 O Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin O Flanders 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 France O Gottenburgh 0 0 Mexico 0 O Guernsey & Jersey. 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATHR AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 43 minutes after 0.1 Evening —JO minutes after 1, T2llB DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1821, Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto, New 10 0 ,4 Russian, New Spanish, 1821 -- 1823 French Rentos, sp. c —t —c. ---- Exchange —t. ---- 3 per cent f. Exchange —f. DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share, . X.BS 17 1 4 16 20 4934 50 40 9 , 7 % 8 8 32% 9% 10 6 H STOCKS, OCT. 15. St. Patrick Insur. (per ph.) Royal Irish Ditto — National Ditto — Patriotic Ditto — Hibernian Bank — Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine — Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings --. SNIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THISO FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, OCT. 17.—Wind -S.E.--Arrived 4` o , London, the British Monarch, Pearson, for P: 01 Most of the outward bound have sailed, and the y are preparing. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Wind S.S.NY S.S.E.—Arrived from London, the Alfred, S; man, for Cadiz; and the Duke of York, WO Lisbon and Gibraltar. ~ I FALMOUTH, OCT. le.—Wind S.W.—Sailed t Sandwich packet, Schmyt, for Lisbon ; an d Socrates, Dierman, for St. Petersburgh. J. other het. tom,prr,n_asctsr.r; Cows, OCT. 17.—The Salacia, Hear), frotn,,„ maica to London, has put in here dismastedy ': 'loss of boats, bulwarks, and every thing of f deck; Captain H. saw two brigs upon Carl Reef, one had her lower masts standing O a NArYvn•li cl , from Archangel to London, ran on the Long S ati vi: i 1 the 14th inst., b 17 —The Planter, Th °llll3 ,lt, ut was assisted off, after thro'i part of her cargo (deals) overboard, and ',too' She arrived in the River yesterday. ,! i , The Flora, Klein, from Oporto t o g a mbol l was captured off Vigo by the Mesharda, Trip: ll i , cruiser, and carried into Gibraltar on the 27th' 1 with loss of mast. 1 The Fonseca, Jose Roluro, from Bahia to Ili° neiro, was captured on the 19th of August by Buenos Ayres privateer; the crew sent on sbote a boat. THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY). CITY, TwELvil 0 , cLoc' 0 This being St. Luke's it is kept as a holidl i s the Bank, but both Stock Exchanges have : e i open, although from the want of activity in 13 051 h fl " they might as well have been shut. Consols `',i been all the morning without any transactions v . / most trivial import; the opening price for 0 ), was 86?-; 7, and for the account, 87 i; thel y been 87i buyers, and are now alternately buyer s sellers; there seems an almost total cessatOgl spirit in the speculators, and the present prie es h e considered by the steady operators as too big, , go for any important improvement for the P re i P India Bonds are 98 100 ; Exchequer Bills, 69 4 e ' r ef The Foreign Funds are also devoid of ii 4 o l and a want of decision seemer to have taken P lll ' l ,, them as well as the English Securities; Mesi c° per Cent. Bonds are 55/ 4; .Colombian, Brazilian, 58 /; and Buenos Ayres, 48 50; I ", ! I si p m er cu c la e t n io t. n. consols, continue at 15/ i ; and Spanish seem .to M l ' turned to their old price. . ti The Share market continues in a depssed ° , i particularly Anglo Mexican Mines, which rcllollll, 70 6ii dig. ; Brazilian, 25 6 pm.; and Tlalpu° 60 dis., in consequence of a call having been l i ' , Tlir 86i 7; on this speculation. ditto for the count, 87 8 ; India Bonds, 99 100 Pm• ; Eicb t I Bills, 63 4 pm. Foartax.—Braziliari, 5s i; Buenos Ay res , 4 9 Chilian, 22 4 ; Colombian, 1824, 2'7/ 8 ; Danish, 6/ i 6 Greek, 15 16 ; Mexican , 6 p er Cent., 43 5 ; D itto, Cent., 55/ 6 ; Per uvian, 21 2 ; Portuguese , Ili Russian, 924 I; S p anish, 91 1 . . m,,,,, ._Anglo Mexica n ,.7o 65 di g. ; B ra ziliar , l pm. ; Bolivar , 4 dig. ; Colombian, 5 7 per shale ; del Alonte, par, 10 p m , ; Tlalp u xahus, ga dis. ; 0 Mexican, 221 )1 dis. Two o' Cwocj Consols remain steady at 87i j for account , ; scarcely any business; Brazilian Bands have start to 60, and some transactions in this SW' an extensive nature have been effected. f i THR.h/ O'CLO e Consols for Account, 87*i, no business' Madame Vestria left the New Steyr' '7 l on Tuesday, in g r eatly improved health, to fulfil he ' gagement at Covent-garden.—Brighton Paper. , e if ADELPHI THEATRE.--The Thirty / ' O ,l ll of a Gambler's Life," continues its impressive effect uninterrupted success. A great part of this is du e 0) intense interest and display of human suffering 9 1 s ly always possesses a strange fascination with an :ttl audience); but still more to the tender and pathetic ted,' thrown in, as reliefs, by Mrs. Pope. She is, iod of), very promising actress, fully accomplished in the if of the stage, and adequate to a higher reach of ch than any she has yet attempted. f or The town is, if possible, still more full • p, _ last week; and active preparations are making P r eo lo rz and brilliant winter. The season may now be old ' fairly commenced.—Brighton Paper. 4 PUGIL I WEEKLY DISPAT - o f i s Sunday next, Oct. 21, will cont ain a full and ii,r4 Account of tho Slashing Fight between Reuben se ic; i and Young Gas , anti a spirited Sk etc h a t h e fie o f!, displayed by Har r y Jo nes and Ike Dodd. —A Noti f! Fi g hts fixed for Tuesday next, a n d a n account of 0 4 " ri"; batants, their previous battles, &c. The whole pi r e xclusively for this P aper . — O r d ers rec eived by 14 ' Agents, and at the Office, 139, Fleet-street. LAW IT COURT This was maker, again large cabinei In stating served, that be highly in whilst other to make kin ratter were it was not, kept large f nufacture ti that the fun binet mane show-room 1 every hundri up by the p per cent., at trouble; so the public was proceed terrupted who propose' agreed to. Several of ference, and gone throui journed. for de a whp. g liaem ar a i at n t h ibhe s f i y4 t 4 s e t szt : e sonh: j e a e: sidott. pleaded the tam e d i n the M r • Serge Gentlem 1 ,1 beg l eave Ha rwood ‘'Yage frona The Jupite °4 the 25th, Colarado, off °fle hour and Antonio was master insiste hauled the shi charts, you w the shoals. lines ready in On the 28t the navigatioi Gulf of Floe coral rocks of siderable inji half an hou tide into dee" As the M. on, he stuit 4 Batra Honda certain when fathoms, to I depth to bri the ship wot the ship stru The next using every e roue situation or engaging " B ,—Tie had light, and go hired a pilo where we ari vannah we 1 Hobson, wh with directio ascertain inc port on the Thus, Ge what has o totally incom great want o commanded. 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