The Sun. — London, England, 1821-06-16 00:00:00

THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS June 16. PIORNING CHRONICLE.] We yesterday called the attention of our Readers to the singular circumstance : of the Mem, bers .who had s u pp orte d Ministers in all their measures, and who had voted for all their Esti mates, turning short upon them, and even de scanting on the merits of Mr. 11nme. We have DOW to congratulate them on the intention which was distinctly avowed by Mr. Robinson last night to cleanse the Augean stable of corruption in the administration of the Itevenue in Ireland. We wish every success to the Commission . which Mi nisters have proposed.. Their task is truly arduous. They have to. create. a new moral feeling with respct .to frauds in the collection of the Revenue, in all the orders of society from the lowest to the highest. This may be done, but it will not be easily done. Corruption has had full scope too long in I reland,to be easily grappled with. - We trust, - however, that "Ministers will persevere through good and. through bad report. By strik ing at, this corruption. they will not only add greatly to the amount of our revenue, but remove oue of the greatest .impediments to the improve ment and prosperity of Ireland. [BRITISH PREss.] Mrs Curwen's Bill for repealinc , the tax en husbandry horses was last night read a second time in the Hous e o f C ommons , an d or d ere d to be 'referred •to the 'Committee on Monday next. Mr. Lushington wished that the Committee might be appointed for Tuesday, in the assurance, no doubt, that notices having precedence on that night, the Committee on this Bill should her urther postponed, but the friends of the Bill persisted in appointing Monday for the consideration of the details of this measure, The Ministers are cer tainly determined to overthrow the hopes of relief which the agricultural part of the country must have' entertained from the success of Mr. Cur wen's first motion. In the same manner the Ministers disappointed the expectations of the people on Mr. Western's motion, and sheaved that, they had no intention of affording any re lief to a class of the people which, perhaps more than any other, feels the distresses and disabili ties which have fallen upon the country since the return of peace. Upon that occasion we remarked upon the want of policy and of wisdom that was manifested lay the Ministers in reversing the opinion of the House of Com mons,. as it had been expressed, upon the first motion, relating to a 'mitigation .of the malt duty ; and the same principle applies, -with perhaps still ' more force at the present, moment, to the threat- !, ened conduct of the Ministers upon the agri cultural horse tax, for to the repeal of this tax the farmers have long looked with great anxiety. The Chancellor of the Exchequer contends, that having submitted his budget to the House, he will find the repeal of any tax a great inconve nience to. him ; but the abolition of one or two useless offices, or the reduction of the salaries at tached to a few sinecures, would enable him to afford this very seasonable relief to the agricul turists, and assist, through them, every class of the community. [MOTINING POST.] The. preparations for the splendid solemnity of the Coronation begin now to : force themselves on the attention of the Observer. The covered way into the Abbey by Poet's Corner is nearly com pleted, and the platform, which is to extend from the grand entrance of Weitminster Hall to the Abbey, has been commenced. Strong posts have been sunk into the ground in Palace-yard, near the . door of the Hall. .These advance from the pavement; and, turning to the, left, have already been brought even with the extremity of the coach stand by the side 'of Si. Margaret's street. In its present unfinished state, minute description would be useless. The platform . gains additional elevation as it approaches the end of Palace Yard, and some have supposed that it was intended to throw an arch o v er th e Street, und er which coaches might pass, if any unexpected delay should occur IN hen the works are nearly completed ; but we are not aware that any new obstatleis contemplated. Th e roa d bet Ween th e shrubberies, whkli when the last Coronation took plAce formed part of King street, is tilled with timber, which will be imme 7 diately.used in continuation of the plan. A lofty stage, most substantially built, and quite detach ed from the platfortn, already appears in •an advanced state "near the stairs leading to the water in Palace Yard; [MORIING 11EILILD.1 The 13111 for repealing the. Agricultural Horse Tax was read a second time, last night, without Opposition, on an understanding that it should be discuSsed on Monday i n th e. Com m ittee. I t i s im possible not to perceive something very prepos terous in the vo t e upon this subject., It .surely woul.l have been more in the order or practical reason to reddce the Supplies when the Budget was. before the ,house, than to grant , Supplies -L-or, at least, to vote them, and afterwards vote away the means of, providing them. This Bill, if carried, will cut down - nearly half a 'Million at once ; and the. proposition of Lord Milton, should that be agreed t o , w ill M a k e the sources of re venue subtracted .from the public sersice, be tween 600,0001. and 700,0001. killky not have supported the reduction of such branches of the Public Establishments as could_ be dispensed 'with, when pioposed directlY to the 'House, and pressed'upon the-Ministers ? The House should be consistent in the , expression of its judgment and the exercise of its power. • [VIE A Bill is already printed,, and is, we' trust, on the eve , of passing into a law, for the appointment of " Commissioners to inquire into the collec " tion and management of the Irish Revenue."— The abuses in the Finance' Department' of the Sister Country are as numerous, by all that we hear stated, as the pounds collected there. The frauds or negligence which had, for some years preceding the Union, reached a point not easily conceivable by those who were not then familiar with the administration of the Irish Government, have, it is true, been rather diminished than ag gravated, since family and local interest became less powerful in consequence of that measure, and the superintendence of the English Treasury over Ireland has been employed in a manner more acknowledged and direct.. But old habits are not easily conquered ; and the actual surplus of Irish mismanagement in almost every branch of the public revenue, over that which prevails in gngland, or even in Scotland, has been estimated to bear so high a proportion as_22l to 15 in the one case, and to 8 in the other. Of this prodigious excess, part may be allowed for surperfluous sala ries, and the remainder for less authorized modes of depredation. The new commission, we are happy to find, will be invested with powers to remedy or expose them both. It will be enabled to send for persons, papers, and records; to ex amine evidence upon oath, and to punish by im prisonment for non-appearance, refusal to swear, silence, falsehood, or prevarication when sworn, and for disobedience when ordered to produce necessary documents, the persons guilty of such several offences against the cause of truth and public justice. Thus much for the detection of mere malpractices. The Commission is also to discharge the further duty of drawing up reports of its proceedings to be laid before the King and both Houses of Parliament, in which, amongst other objects of national utility, it may re commend the abolition of useless offices, or the re duction of excessive perquisites, fees, and salaries. [NEW TIDIES.] The CONSTI TUTIONA L ASSOCIATION was 'at first attacked, as if no society had ever before ex isted for the purpose of bringing offenders to jus tice. When it was observed, that almost every parish in the kingdoM had such societies, the objectors corrected themselves, and admitted that there were local societies, but no- general ones. What difference this would make.in point of law, they did not condescend to inform us ; but, un fortunately they were incorrect in point of fact. Sre shall enumerate a few societies, the objects of which have not been at % local. I. The first that occurs to us is the Society for prosecuting Felons, and for defraying the expences of Advertisements, Hand-bills, and Re wards. This Society was instituted in 1767,.and its actual President and Vice President are Al derman Wood, and Alderman Waithman ! The Morning Chronicle, therefore, is a little unfortu nate in its declamation against " Justice. being supported, like a Charity Institution, by volun tary contributions"---and no less so in its sharp rebuke of " officious intermeddlers in suits that no way belong to them." Are the Worthy Al dermen " officious intermeddlers ;" or are they to blame for promoting-" voluntary contributions to support justice ?" Certainly not ; but the writer is to blame for absurdly misapplying. what Blackstone says of civil suits, to criminal prose cutions. 9 z. In 1776 was instituted a" Society for Pre venting Crimes by prosecuting Swindlers, Shar pers, and Cheats," which for a long time was carried on in Gough-square, Fleet-street. The title sufficiently shews the very general and com prehensive nature of the Association. 3. In 1787 was established a " Society for giv ing effect to his Majesty's Proclamation against Vice and Immorality." They preferred an indictment in 1797 against one Williams for sell ing Paine's Age of Reason, and retained as their CounsA Mr. (now-Lord) Erskine, who concluded a very eloquent speech on the trial by a vindica tion - of the authors of the prosecution. Ile said, " they were men of the highest character and greatest consideration in the country. Many -of them ►•ere charged with the offices of religion ; others of them were clothed with the robes of magistracy : most of them were men of deep Isearning and thinking ; and all of them justly entitled to the thanks of the public for their noble exertions in the cause of religion and virtue." The Great' Lord Kenyon, who presided on the occasion, said, in his charge to the Jury, " I was extremely hurt when the Learned Counsel for the defendant thought fit to state to you, with very considerable emphasis, and a very determined tone of voice, that this was a scandalous prosecution. I cannot help wishing that that sentence had not been uttered. Who commenced this prosecution I certainly knoiv not ; but from what t fell from the very Learned Counsel who has just sat down (Mr. Erskine), I am inclined to suppose it: proceeded from a So ciety-of Gentlemen instituted for the most im portant of all - purposes, for preserving the morals of the people : a Society composed of Clergy men and Laymen of the most respectable 'charac ter in the kingdom, who, feeling how the country is overrun with prolligacy_and wickedness, which boldly raise their hnads in defiance of the law of the laud, were determined to see whether, in the first place, by admonition and advice, they could not'stop the torrent of vice and immorality ; and secondly, if thit should . fair, to try what could be done by punishment. If people, with the very best intentions, carry on prosecutions that are oppressive, the end may not perhaps always sanc tify the.means ; but the manner in which this prosecution has been conducted is certainly not oppressive ; for instead of proceeding in the more expensive mode, the prosecutor went before a Grand Jury of the Country, and it was necessary to obtain the opinion of that Grand Jury before the party could be put in process." It is needless to observe, how closely and ex actly every word of these remarks applies to the Constitutional Association, and the prosecutions which it has instituted. 4. The " Loyal Associations" established in the latter end of 1792, and beginning of 1793, formally and. publicly engaged " to exert their vigilance and activity by such means as the law allowed, to bring to justice all publishers and distributors of seditious writings." A, protest was hereupon entered by some other persons against the right of the Associators to institute' prosecutions fcir such offences ; but the grounds of that protest were irrefragably confuted; and it was proV e d, that confining the privilege of prosecution to the Attorney General would only suit A despotic GoVertiment, but was utterly in consistent with our free Constitution. 5. We are not ytiite certain of the date of the " Society of Guardians for the protection of trade against .Swindlers and Sharpers" nor whether it has any and what connexion -with the second of the precedi n c, Societies ; but It Is a prosecuting Society, and its present very respectable Pre sident is'the Chamberlain of the City. 6. The " SoCiety for the Suppression of Vice," established in 1802; is well enough known, for the great benefit it has rendered to society, espe cially in the prosecdtion of Carlile, whose sister and confederate is now under prosecution by the Constitution a l Association. ' Among its Vice- Presidents we observe the names of a most vener able and exemplary Prelate, of the benevolent and liberal Wilberforce, and of several other most eminent and excellent individuals. 7. In 1807- was established the " African In stitntion," which has laboured so strenuously and so honourably to render the Abolition of the Slave Trade complete. We are not exactly aware what part it took in the prosecutions of the Slave Traders, but we know that several were indicted at Sierra Leone, five at . the Old Bailey, and. one at Jamaica ; and we have not the least. doubt that if the intervention of the Society ag'prosecUtors should at any time be ne cessary in a case of that kind,' they would readi ly stand forward in that character. It is need less to acid that the President of this Association is his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, and among the Vice-Presidents are Lords-Grey, Lansdowne, and Erskine. 8. The last Society that we shall notice is the " Society for the Suppression of Mendicity," established in 1818, and of - which the Duke of Northumberland is the President. The offences which this Society proposes to correct are indeed comparatively light ; bdt stilt its agents appear as prosecutors, both in summary proceedings before the Magistrates, and in preferring indictments where such a measure is necessary. All these Societies have raised funds by gene ral contributionall have received anonymous donations if so sent—all have had Honorary Se cretaries, who for the most part have been Soli citors of eminence. We need only name Messrs. Hunter; Foss, Prichard, Lambert, and W. Tooke. The Secretary of the Constitutional Association, Mr. C. Murray, is in like manner a practitioner of the highest respectability : and yet the scan dalous and infamous prints devoted to the cause of sedition, have dared to vilify this Gentleman, in - a way that can 'only serve to exalt him in the opinion of every wise and good and honourable man. C RUELTY TO A NIMALS.-Mr. MARTIN, the Member for Galway, appeared yesterday at Guildhall Office, to substantiate charges of cruelty against two -fellows of whose barbarity he had been an eye-witness, and who, upon his complaint, had been summoned upon a previous day. One of them, however, only made his ap pearance, a decent looking young man, named Cox, residing in Bishop's-court, Old Bailey. Mr. Martin stated, that his attention was arrested in Giltspur-street, on Monday last, by a great crowd, which was drawn together by the brutal treatment that the prisoner was inflicting upon a horse, in the shafts of a cart which he was back- ling out of a narrow court. He, said he was well used to horses, to driving, and to see driving, but had never witnessed such barbarous treat ment to that noble animal before in his life. The fellow seemed to be making an exhibition of himself by the cruel manner in which be was beating the animal. Ile had inquired in the "neighbourh oo d as t o hi s c h aracter, and he was sorry to say it was very far from being remark able for humanity. The prisoner admitted strik ing the horse, but wished to deny that it had been . done in the cruel manner described by Mr. Martin. That Gentleman, however, expressed his readiness to verify that statement upon oath ; but there appearing to be some doubt how far the Magistrate was authot zed to punish for this offence, as the law now stands, and the prisoner 'expressing his contrition, and promising not to offend again, the Magistrate, at the desire of Mr. Martin, permitted him to go at liberty, after be stowing upon him a serious admonition to beware of the repetition of the offence. A warrant was granted to apprehend the other individual against whom Mr. 'Martin had preferred a similar com plaint, but who had not attended agreeably to the summons served upon him. FIRE.-Yesterday horning between three and four o'clock a fire broke out in a showman's cara van at Bow-fair, in which were several wild beasts for exhibition. It originated in a part of the caravan used as a tenement by the keeper, in consequence of his haviner incautiously gone to bed and, fallen asleep wirka lighted pipe in his mouth. Horses were at length applied to the portable dwelling, by means of which it was hur ried into a pond which was fortunately adjacent, and where, after a short time, the fire was ex tinguished. The wild beasts were all saved, ex cept a poor bear and monkey, who were sulfocat edby the smoke. Yesterday (Monday, the 11th inst.) came on before the High Court of Justiciary 'at Edi►►- burgh, the trial of David Haggart, accused of the murder of THOMAS M9RRIN, under-gaoler, or turnkey, of Dumfries gaol, op the 10th of June last. He was found guilty, and sentenced to be executed at Edinburgh, on Wednesday the 18th of July next. He is a tall young ►nan, aged about 21, and did not appear at all affected when the.awful sentence of death was passed upon him. Haggart appears to have been a very desperate character ; besides breaking out of Dumfries :gaol, he broke out of that of Leith, and two others in Ireland. On his way to Cork for trans portation, an Irish Magistrate having read in the newspapers a deicription of 'Taggart after he murdered the Dumfries gaoler, strongly sus pected he was the man described, and, on his representation, he was detained till inquiry should be made. Inconsequence, two men went from Dumfries, who' recognised him as the offender. lie was accordingly brought to Scot land, and is now to suffer for his many crimes.-. (Glasgow Courier.) AGRICULTURAL HORSE TAX. MAJORITY AND MINORITY FOR AND AGAINST MR. CURWEN'S MOTION FOR THE RE PEAL OF THE AGRICULTURAL HORSE TAX----JUNE 14. MAJORI T Y. Allen, J. .H. Denison, W.. 1: Manners, Lord C. Ashurst, W. H. Duncannon, Visct. Majoribanks, S. Astley, J. D. DaVenport, D. Newport, Itt.: Hon. Arland, Sir T. Egerton, W. Sir J. Barham, J. F. Ellice, Ed. Newman, R. W. Barham, J. F. jun. Fergusson, SirR.C. Ord, W. Barnard, Visa. Folkestone, Lord Ossulston, Lord Becher, W. W. Forbes, C. Phillips,- G. Benyon, Benj. Fane, J. ' Powlett, Hon. W. Bernal, Ralph Fellowes, W. 11. Price, R. 'Brougham, Henry . Gordon, Robt. Portman, E. R. Bury, Viscount Grattan, J. Powell, G. W. Byng, George Graham, Sir J. - Paxton, W. G. Burrell, W. Guise, Sir W. Phillimore, Dr. Baillie, J. Gooch, T. S. Ricardo, David Xenett, John Gipps, G. Robarts, A. Bright, Henry Hume, J. Robarts, G. Bastard, E. P. ' HaHim:hid, NV. Robinson, Sir Geo. Blackburne, John Hamilton, Lord A. Rowley, Sir W. Blair, J. IL. Harbord, lion. E. Rumbold, C. - Belgrave, Vise. llobhouse, J. C. Ricktbrd, Wm. Buxton, 'l' I% ' Hartop, G. ' Russell, J. G. Boughton, C. M. Harvey, Sir E. - , Rogers, -Ed. Calcraft, John Hoth am , L or d Smith, Hon. R. Carter, J. James, W. Smyth, J. 11. Coffin, Sir I. Keck, G. A. L. Scarlett,,J. Coke, T. W. Kingsborou,gh, Ld Sefton, Earl of Colburne,' N. R. Enatchbull,-Sir Ed. Stanley, Lord Con - cannon, L. Knox, Hon. T. Sykes, D. Crompton, Sam. Lemon, Sir W. Sebright, Sir J. Creevey, T. Lcnnard, T. B. Sumner, G. H. Calvert, N. Littelton, G. .S(' itheron, Frank Chaplin, C. Lockhart, 'J. G. Tavistock, Marq. Of Calthorpe, Hn. P. Lester, B. L. Taylor, C. Claughton, T. Lawley, F. Townsheud,LordC. Chohneley, 'Sir M. Langston, J. 11. Trench, F.. Chetwynd, G. Lypn, Hon. IL Williams, W. Clive, Hon. R. Miles, Peter Warre J. A. Cheere, E. M. Maberly, John Webb e , L. Curteis, .J. E. Moberly, NV. L. Western, C. C. Corbett, Panton • Macdonald, Jas. Whitbread, -- Cole, Sir C. ' Martin, John Wilson, Si r R. Clive, Lord Maxwell, .1. - Wood, M. Cawthorn . ; J. F. Milbank, M. Wodehouse, Ed. Cripps, Jos. - Milt on , Vi scoun t Wynn, SirW. W. 'Davies, T. 11. • Monck, J. B. Wynn, C. W. Denman, Thos. Moore, Peter Whitmore, W. W. TELLERS-Sir C. Burrell and J. C. Curwen. • Ommanney, Sir F. Price, Richard Pechell, Sir I'. B. Pitt, .W. 11. Phipps, Hon. Oen. Pole,Rt.lln.W.W. Pennant, G. H. D. Palinerstone, Lord Pearse, John Roberts, G. Robinson, Robertson, A. • Rice, Hon. G. R. Smith, Samuel Smith, Abel Seymour, H. Scott, Hon. W. Stewart, R. Scott, S. C. Somerset, Lord G. Sotheron, F. - Sheldon, .R. Stopford, Lord, Smith, C. Tremayne, J. H. Tulk, C. - Twiss, Horace Taylor, Sir H. Townshend,Hn. H. Vansittart, Right Hon. N. Wyndham W. Wetherell, Wilmot, R. Wilbraham, E. B. Warren, C. Ward, Robt. Yarmouth, Earl of MINORITY. A'Court, - C. A. Dundas„ Rt. lin. W. Arbuthnot, lion. C. Douglas, R. K. Apsley, Lord Evans, W. Baring, H. Elliot, Hon. W. ,Baring, A. Forrester, C. AV. Brownlow, C. Fleming, J. Bective, Lord Fane, V. Beckett, Rt. lin. J. Fano, T. - Bathurst,Rt.lin.B. Ford, M. Binning, Lord Grant, Rt. lln. C. Brydges, G. Gordon, Hon. W. Bourne, Itt.Hon.S. Gladstone, J. Buchanan, John Gascoyne, Gen. Brogden, J. °rental, Pascoe Bradshaw, It. H. Gitford, Sir R. Barry, Rtiln.J.M. Gossett, R. Brecknock, Lord Holmes, W. Burgh, Sir U. Holf or d, J. Banes, H. Harding, Sir H. Blair, J. Hill, Sir G. Calvert, John Hodson, J. Clive, lien. lluskisson,Rt.llon. Cust, Hon. W. W. Croker, J. W. Irving, John Clerk, Sir G. Lowther, Lord Canning, Its. Hn.G. Lowther, Hon. H. Collet, E. J. Lowther, John Cockburn, Sir G. Le w i s , IV. - Cust, Hon. P. Long, Rt. lin.SirC. Cooper, It: B. 'Lovaine, Lord Courtenay, T. P. Mansfield, J. Coursenay, W. Musgrave, Sir P. Copley, Sir J. S. M a cdon a ld, R ona ld Dalrymple, A. J. Martin, Sir B. Drummond, Home Martin, B. Davis, Hart Marryatt, Jos. Doveton, O. Macnaghton, E. A. Divett, T. Mitchell, John DoWdcswell, J. E. Munday, Capt. TELLERS—H. Goulburn and S. R. Lushington. COURSE OF EXCHANGE, June 15. Anistet dam Ditto, at ..liglit Rotterdam l2 19 - - Antwerp 12.12 Hainbufgli 3B 10. 2i LTs Allona Paris, 3 Day's sight - 0 Us. Ditto - 2 Us. Botirdeaux, ditto Frankfort on the Main tladrid ' 36 Effective Cadiz Bilhoa 3sj Effective Barcelona .... Seville. Gibraltat Leghor-i Oct ~a •. Malta ,15 —Naples 4O Palermo Lisbon Oporto Rio.laneiro Dublin .... 9 . Corli Si per Cent. 351 30i BULLION. Portugal Gold, in Coin 1.0 0 0 per Oi Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 17 10i New Doubloons New Dollars - ' ' • 0 4 '9 Silver in Bars, Standard 0 4 10 _ CORN-E.XCIIANGE, JUNE 15.4--Ottr market con. tinues abundantly supplied with Wheat ; but, the demand be ing very limited, a considerable quantity of Monday's arrivals remained on hand at the close of this day's market; having ne .buyers, except for the finest qualities, which support Monday's prices; but all other descriptions are unsaleable. - Barley fully supported Monday's prices ; the supply being small, and the. weather being very cold, has induced some of the maltsters to continue Worlcing longer than they intended. "The arrivals of Oats • have been large this week, yet the sales were tolerably brisk, on trill as good terms as on Monday.—Beans are Is. per quarter dearer.--In - Peas, anti other articles, there is no al teration. • SMITWIELD, JUN was-bill a short supply of Beef at market this - morning ; but in, Sheep and Lambs the supply was good; the market appeared heavy, act sales dull; the prices were nominal, Beef - - 3s fid to 4s Gd 1 Veal - . - 4s 6..1 to 5s 4d Mutton - - :Is 6d to 4s 6d 1 Pork • - • 4s 6d to 5s 4d Lamb - - - 4s 6d to 6s 6d. CHILD-STEALING.—Yesieril ay Elizabeth a young woman about 22 years of age, and -dr very respectable appearanc e , was brought to Marlborough-street .Office, charged by several respectable inhabitants of Paddingtim and its neighbourhood, on suspicion of stealing their children...and robbing.them of their wearing op:. parel. The crime was attended by circumstances. peculiarly revolting and atrocious ; the poor children- having been kept away from their af tlicted parents for weeks together, and turned - off' by the brutal kidnappers in a state of perfect nudity and nearly starved. From the number Of, children that have been stolen, it is thought there„ is a gang of thee wretches Who subsist by the sale of the clothes. The next examination of the prisoner will take place on Friday next, she being remanded till then. IlionwAY Romrcay.---Between seven • and eight o'clock on 'Wednesday evening. M r . JAmes HARPER, of - Fishmonger-lane, Borough High street, whilst passing - through a narrow alley that leads from Tooley-street to St. Thomas's Hospital, was seized by three ruilianS, who held him, although broad day-light, till they had rifled his pockets of his watch and its appendages, a small quantity of silver and halfpence, and, a silver snuff-box ; and then escaped. -GERMAN .PAPERS. TUTU, MAY 28.—The Post which arrived yesterday from Constantinople bring more satis factory accounts of the state of that city (10th May.) The fury of the Turks had abated since the deposition of the Vizier, but there was still `some fear of new excesses. If the Greeks in the provinces should obtain any fresh advantages, a general massacre of the Greeks residing at Con stantinople' seems inevitable. Among the per sons last executed is a brother of the last Charge d'Affaires at the Austrian Court, Maurojeni, who was beheaded. The Greek inhabitants of Con stantinople are endeavouring as much as possible to escape by night, and a considerable number had succeeded. They go to the Archipelago. The house of Mr. Fontani, Counsellor of Lega tion to the Russian Embassy, had, in'fact, been plundered and burnt; but it appears to have been by accident, since, according to the latest accounts, the most friendly understanding pre vailed between the Porte and the Russian Am bassador, Baron Strogonoff, and the latter had renewed the assurance of the strictest neutrality on the part of Ito s'a. For the rest there can not be the slightest idea of an insurrection of the Greeks in the Capital, they being wholly desti tute of arms, the late Patriarch, who was so in= famouly murdered, having, w hen he issued his anathema, caused the arms of all the Greeks to be demanded from them and delivered to the Sultan. Tho Sultan of his own au thority appointed a new Patriarch ; but as the Porte has hitherto left the right of election to the superior Greek Clergy, reserving only the right of confiiming the election ; the new Pattiarch was, under these circumstances, considered by the Greek Christians to have been forced upon them by the Infidels.—Meantime, however, it is said, the newly appointed Patriarch died the next day from fright at his elevation, which took place under the most inauspicious circum stances ! Accounts from Semlin of the 22d inst. say, that a report was spread at Belgrade that the Turkish corps besieging Joannina, under the command of Jassaf Pacha, had been entirely destrOYed, and that Jassaf himself was among the killed. At the same time we hear again from various quarters of the murder of Ali Pacha, and the seizure of his treasures by the Greeks; but as this news has been spread for three weeks, and is.not confirmed by authentic intelligence, it must still be consi dered as doubtful. The following Proclamation was published at Corfu on the 12th May:— " B. Theotoky, in the name of his Highness , the Piesident, and of the Senate of the United States of the lonian Islands, &c. his Excellency the Lord High Commissioner ad interim, having received a communication from the Captain Pacha, commanding the Ottoman fleet in these seas, announcing that the Government of the sublime Porte has crdered • the blockade of all ports of the Morea, with the exception of the har bours of Natfacto, Patrasso, Novarino, Modone, Corone, and Monembassia ; it is ordered hereby that all ve s sels and barks under the lonian flag, of whatever kind they may be, shall respect 'the said blockade.—The present is to be printed iii Greek and Italian, and made generally known. " Corfu, 7 May, by order of the Senate. " SIDNEY G. OSBORNi, • " Secrttary of the Senate for the Deputy-General." _ [Hence it appea r s th a t t h e a b ove-natned pottg , were not in the hands of the Greek Insurgentl at the,begimilng Of May.] LErPSIG, MAY 29.—Our Fair, which is now: finished, may be called a tolernbly good fair. There were not many Greeks - ; but the merchants froM Brody and 'some Russians made large pur chases Of silk and other expensive artiCies. The English had, on the whole, a good fair, thoug - li: some sold large quantities of goods very cheap, The Wool Fair is now - begun; I wool be ing employed in so many articles of an exPensi'vt.! description, : maintains last year's prices. The stone (221 b.) has been sold hitherto at 34 to 40' rix dollars. Middling wool is the cheapest is proportion. Coarse wool maintains its price. Mr. PAattusts yesterday attended at the 11140 - ' sion-House with two persons, who were pr e rared with papers, and who were, we understand, wit- - , nesses whose evidence he intended to offer Ile' some application which he intended to make against the Constitutional Association. " M r . par kins stated to the Lord Mayor, that he was pre" pared with witnesses .on the matter to which he had before claimed .the attention of his Lordt:ship- But he said that Mr. Harmer, who bad been en -- gaged in the business, and who had some neces-- sary papers and documents in his possession, without which-they could not enter into the (Pi.' siness (nor did he wish to do so without the aid of that Gentleman), had been unexpectedly de' tained in a case of importance- itt• which he n' 2s engaged. fie might he expected in. a short thne7 if his. Lordship should be able to stay longer J the Chair: The Lord Mayor said he was obliged to go, in the course of a few minutes, t o t a k e the Chair at a Committ ee of Privileges, respeetitt. the claims at the approaching C orona ti on . Lordship expressed his readiness to give the mt t ' to due attention on the first day that should b.' convenient:to Mr.-Parkins and the other Gentle" men. Mr. Parkins said, that as his Lordshil i would be unable• to en t er i nto t h e matter that i day, he (Mr. Parkins) could not at that motne, n o . fix. any time when be should be' able to brin.g r i ta t matter forward, :but it s h ou ld b e on t h e earl. '5 opportunity. After. some .further conversatio. li ; Mr. Parkins left the •ollice, accompanied by 11i witness2s. It was understood - that the ,°.""' postponed sine die. MARRIED. On the 14th inst a nt, a t D or ki ng, C o l one l Brombead' of the aughter 77th reginieht of Foot, to Miss M. Barclay, youngest Ll of It. Barclay, Esq., of B ur y bill. DIED. On the 13th inst., ai Upt on , near T orqu ay', aged 22 7 lis. E . G. liilL - instant, at Camberwell, John 'Whitaker, aged (Pi, many years an inh a bit a nt of that parish. Yesterday eveninti,' G ow er-street; - t.;art:wEleirs; 17,3 q.; in LONDON : * Printed by J: D. CA RSTAI RS,Of No. 29, (-heat Ormond -street, Queen-square ; and published by W. A. SCRIPPS. of No. 7, South Molten -street, at THE SUX OFFICE; No 112, Strand ; where Any x s OIZ.DERS, LETTERS, &c. (post-paid) must be addrcsr-11*