The Sun. — London, England, 1821-12-21 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. -PARIS, Dec. iti.,----Yesterday a great number kf Peers, Deputies, General Officers, and Mem bers of the Judicial and Administrative corps, 11• ad the honour of paying their respects to the King.—ln the evening his Majesty received Ladies. it is said that the office of Director General of Police is suppressed, and that there will be an Under Secretary of State attached to the Minis ter of the Interior.—lt is certain that M. Angles, the Prefect of Police, has resigned. The Ad n:lnistration is confided pro ternpore to M. Pari set, Chief of the first division.—The new Minis ters took possession yesterday of their hotels. The Duke de Richelieu left Paris the day be e yesterday fbr his estate at Courtail. ICis announced that on the 14th of this month tie King-promoted fourteen Colonels to the rank of Major Generals. CYDL.Monday the * first ,and fourth bureaux of the Chamber of • Deputies reelected M. M. Villele and Corbieres Members of the Committee on the Budget. .. r;,'he French Consul at Cadiz states, it►. a letter to the Prefect of the Upper Garonne, dated the 27th of November, that the yellow fever still exists in Cadiz, Port St. Mary, Lehi*, San Lucar de Barrauzeda, and other towns of Anda lusia. FRENCH FUNDS. Dec. 17., Five per Cents. Dthrred Stock ... 88 f. 10 c. ... 99 f. 50 c. t, DEC. 7.—The affairs of Persia are of greater consequence than was at first imagined. 'Several private letters, received by the last courier, mention the capture of Bagdad by the Persians. The insurrection of the Drusi, which the Pacha of Damascus had prematurely an nounced as subdued, has broken out again in a very serious manner. I%.I . II.IREMBERG, DEC. 11.—Though the last let ters from Petersburgh are not decisive as to the result of the negotiations at Constantinople, yet they still continue to say that peace can no longer be maintained. It is confirmed that the Turkish and Russian advanced guards on the banks of the Pruth have had some trifling skirmishes. The main bodies confine themselves to observing each other. FRANKFORT, Dec. 12.—The Universal Ga zette of Augaburgh publishes the following intel ligence, under the head of Odessa, Nov. 19: — The change in the Turkish Ministry is gene rally ascribed to the influence of Lord Strang fad, who does all that he can to diplornatize the lurks; but it seems as if Providence had des tined the Grand Seignior and his people to un dergo a rough probation. It is. said that the Grand Seignor Mahmood has twice declared in the Divan, that " the Holy Alliance, including England and Austria, had resolved upon the destruction of the Porte and of Islamism ; that such was the real purpose of its institution ; and that if the Ministers of England and of Austria put on an air of protection towards the Porte, it was but dissimulation on their parts."— This expression, of the Sultan's has reached us ai m an exceedingly good quarter ; but even .sholtid it •be forged, it is at least true that the j.livan and all the Turks participate iu that opi nion, and that it is on that account that the Di has declined the offer made by Lord Strang ford in the month of September, to send Engli.th commissioners iota the Morea, to persuade the in , :;o, dents to throw themselVes upon the clemency ar.` atnnesty,ofthe Porte. Xlll Europe knows the iecoeezert...- of the Ministers, of Austria and Eng laLd of sentiments so evil disposed towards the Turks as those which are thus imputed to them ; htit those Powers cannot but be afflicted, on be - Lotding so evil a return for their important ser v ices.—As soon as Lord Straugford heard of the PPersian invasion, he dispatched two messengers to Ispahan and Teheran, to incline the Schaff . to more pacific dispositions ; but it remains to be seen whetheir the Persians also will not distrust the English.—War against the Porte begins to be considered here as more pro bahle. The report of an approaching prohibition of 'the exportation of grain is revived. The Ullimfelum of our Sovereign reached Constanti nople on the 19th of October.. The Reis Effendi (Aho has since been displaced) instantly com municated it to Lord Strangford, adding, that the. Porte could not accept it. He also sup ported that opinion in the Divan, which occa sitmed' his fall.—Our news from Constantinople come down to the Pith November. It was ex pected that the Divan . would hold a Sitting in a few days, at which the answer to the Ultimatum would be finally resolved on. . The .last news from .Epirus coine down to the 15th ,of ,November. At that date the Turks were. surrounded on alt sides. • _ sou of the Sella!' of Persia, before he en t,erneti, the Ottoman territory, published a mani festo. against the Grand Signior, in which he treats his Highness as a &his: or heretic, the .e . ne.F..y of the 'Caliph Ali, the sole successor of lyfahoe et. it was on tire 9,5 th September that the Zurd‘Partisans of Persia, formed a junction with,,ofero-#asads of Wechabites, and marched . orLicala." • Assr4A-Casartr.4.e, D.r.c. 13.—A letter from Constantinople, of the IGth NoveMber, expresses SeArs vof general insurrection of the Corps of 4111;SFIllirni ( HU NG A Y ) , Nov. 30.—We have rinewslrom - S eres, in Macedonia, of The 15th of Pprembor. The Turks had made a furious at . tack Against the Greeks entrenched near Cas sandra, and Lad been repulsed with great loss. The Greeks are evidently becoming expe rienced in war. TRIESTF, DEC. 3.—We have letters from Ca lamatta of the 10th •of l November. The affairs of the Greek are improving. The Senate of Ca lamatta has transferred its seat of Government to Tripolizza, %%here it publishes its orders in the form of Senatits Consulta. The troops who were before Tripolizza have gone to lay siege to Patras, with the exception of 8000 men, who crossed the isthmus of Corinth to act against Courchild Pacha, who has been completely beaten by the Greeks and the Suliotes, near the Five Wells. Ali Pacha has sent considerable subsidies to the Senate of the Morea—report says two mil lions of sequins. The letter which accompanied the donation was signed Constantine, and wag delivered to the Senate by two Albanian Chiefs. This shews that Ali considers the cause of the Greeks as victorious. Odysseus car ries on an active war in Epirus, where he has iatercepted several convoys of stores destined for the Morea. Some vessels which arrived this day from Corfu, bring the report that the fortresses of Modon, Coron, and Napoli di Romania, have capitulated. The inhabitants of the lonian Islands oppose the order for their disarming ; there have been some contests with the English, and the peasantry have occupied the mountains. CORFU, Nov. 16.—After the return of the Turkish. fleet to the Dardanelles and the report made to the Ottoman Govermnent,the Divan sent three Envoys to negociate an accommodation be tween the II ydriots and the Porte. On their ar rival at Smyrna the - Envoys embarked on board an. English ship for Ilydra,w•ith a Greek of Con stantinople as an interpreter. The Turkish En voys were not permitted to set foot on the terri tory of Hydra, and received on board the Eng lish ship the answer to their propositions. They transmitted this answer immediately to Cerigo, where 3 diplomatic agents were already assembled, co nsisting of a Turk, an Englishman, and a French man, to whom the Turkish envoys were desired to communicate the result of their conferences, and to consult then► on their definitive resolutions. • The Bey of Keamil, who commands in Acro- Corinth, is negociating with the Greeks for the surrender of that citadel. The Albanian Chief who Occupies the castle of Morea, on the Gulf of Lepanto, is also treating with . the insurgents. The castle of Rotimelia, however, on the other side of ,the Gulf, is still stoutly defended by Jussuf Pacha. At Patras the Greeks are work ing mines to blow up the citadel. The Greek fleet is now at anchor in the port of Hydra ; a squadron of 23 ships blockades the Gulf of Salonica, and assists at the same time the operations of the Cassandrians. MADRID, DEC. 6.—[Private Correspondenc , !.] —An express arrived this night from Vallado lid : he is the bearer of an Address to the King from all the Authorities of the Province, demand ing a change of Ministry, and which is remark able for the bitterness of its expressions and the threats it contains. The Courier says, that offers of men, arms, and money, had been sent to Valladolid for the purpose of forming an army which should march to Madrid, and force the King to accede to the wishes of the people. lie adds that General Espinosa, the Military Commander Of the Province, has 20,000 men at his disposal, who desire nothing better tha❑ to proceed to Madrid. BARCELONA, Nov. s.—We are on the eve of a frightful crisis. For some days past a thousand pamphlets have appeared of the most outrageous description against the King and his Ministers. THE NEW FRENCH MINISTRY. [From the Constitutiormel.] A new Ministry is called to the helm of the State, and its first acts are expected with impa tience, in order to form a just idea of its political system. Some.private - interests, some ambitious individuals, are on the watch, because so great an alteration► in the head'of' the Administration is felt in the extremities;:"but to the mass, what has hitherto occurred appears only a change of place ; what the public may gain in the increase of liberty, or the diminution of sacrifices, can alone be felt as a change•of things. France only aspires to the enjoyment of - the delights of her climate, the riches of her soil, and the resources of her industry, under the influence of institu tions which protect, but which alloW freedom'of action ; for it ought to• be . cOnstantly repeated, that this country, which has been so cruelly torn by factions, contains all the elements of peace and prosperity. There is no agitation beyond that salutary movement, which maintains vigour and prolongs life. Men of moderate talents, possessing merely good intentions, may easily render France happy and powerful. There ex ists rio country which it would" be more difficult to govern ill. In England, on the appointment of a new Ministry the changes are confined to the great places and sinecures which pass from hand to hand. As iu that country there is scarcely such a thing as a salaried Magistracy, and as every thing goes on by itself or through private interest, the convulsion is not felt beyOnd the Govern ment offices. With us, on the contrary, where the Administration is extremely complicated, the removal of a Ministry shakes, or at least alarms, all the individuals employed in the different stages of the Administrative scale. The change of a Minister of Finance is felt in the Lottery Offices ; and that of a Minister of the Interior by the lowest Sub-Prefect in the kingdom. This is a serious inconvenience, but it is the consequence of a system of Administration which was formed by an absolute Government. This system does not accord with the Representative Government, which the august author of the Char ter has given us. Its checks its development, and impedes the movement of the machinery ; but by the force of things it will gradually disappear, and give place to a system in harmony with the fimdamental law of the State, and which will have the double advantage of being more consti tutional and less expensive. The municipal law ; provided it is not to be a privilege bestowed on a few proprietors, to the general injury of the public;- will be looked for ward to with iMptitience. . But what is most ar dently desired is a frank revision of all those de crees, orders, laws and or llinances, which so completely clash with each.other, that every one may find himself :right; l / 4 and wrong at the same time : and what above all is desired, is a positive and complete independence of juries and tribu nals—an independence without which there can be no civil and political liberty ; no security, no repose. It will be worthy of a new Ministry not to shrink from a law for fixhig the responsibility of Ministers. The Charter has promised it, and society demands it. There may be serious abuses in liberty ; but that ahuies are also pos sible in power, no one ‘v ill doubt. Before prescribing punishments for the faults of others, it would perhaps be becoming in Mi nisterial authority to offer securities against its own. A vast career of glory is open for those who may have the good sense to recognize and to judge what France wants and wishes. This is a fertile field which still produces, though it has not been sown. What would it not yield to those who know how to cultivate it? The late Ministry have resigned, and certain Journals already applaud their fall, while they salute the rising power. Our silence, when it was necessary for us to be silent ; our hints, when permitted to speak, have sufficiently ex plained the manner in which we'viewed the last Administration. We wished to attack it when we could -not, and now we will not. A disgrace, however striking it may be, is always entitled to a certain respect. To worldly men there is no compensation for the loss of power.---The errors of the man who falls ought only to be pointed ou►, as warnings to him who is rising. To those Journalists we leave the task of burning by anticipation incense on the altar of an authority which is only yet known by the names of the persons that exercise it. Before we speak of it, we shall wait for its acts. If they appear calculated to recal confidence, - to soften animosities, to conciliate interests, we shall pay them an honest respect ; if they appear to us op posed to this noble object, we shall criticise them frankly, and shall not be afraid of being called flatterers, if we praise with good faith ; or de tractors, if we censure with justice. Our most ardent wishes are to see liberty se cured to all, and not merely to some classes. — Parties often invoke liberty, only to obtain power ; and regard the triumph of their system, only as a means of subjugating their opponents. We claim liberty for all Frenchmen, whatever be their opinions; we ask it, above all, for our enemies, because there is no glory in conquering adversaries, except when they combat with equal arms. Such is the profession of faith of men who love their country, independent of the favours it may bestow, or the sacrifices it may impose. [ From the Courier Francais.] The new Ministry is the subject of all conver sations. Every one is lost in conjecture on the course it is about to adopt; and the desire of knowing the future gives Great occupation to the present. Some say that the ' rewards which the Crown has granted in the Moniteur to the Mi nisters who have quitted their stations, are proofs that their system is still to be followed.— Others affirm, that by withdrawing the law on the Censorship, the Government seems pledged to an opposite, or at least a different, course.— Finally, there are Sibyls who pretend to pro phesy that the law on the Police of the Journals, which is to be presented by the present Keeper of the Seals, will be in all respects (the title ex cepted) perfectly equivalent to the law of the Censorship, which was brought forward by his predecessor. Which of these conjectures ought to be adopt ed ? What, at the present moment, is to be ex pected ? That is what the friends of liberty and their country need trouble themselves little about, for the future is in the power of no one ; for the minority of, the Chamber can neither mend it nor make it worse; for the evil or the good which is to follow will be the work of the majority, which, by adopting or rejecting the measures to be pro posed, can alone influence our future position, and determine the fortunate or unfortunate events to which the new Ministry may give birth by the system they mean to follow. One thing only appears determined by the new appointments. It is now known to what class of opinions the Ministers belong, and their nomination renders the position of the Chambers and of France more distinct, the route to be fol lowed more easy, anti the opposition more direct. Thus, as we predicted on the appearance of the law of the 29th of June, the two opinions are in presence. Adieu to floating votes, to opinions without opinion, -principles without principle. Tile centre, which often served as an interme diary between the Ministry and the two sides of the Chamber—which sometimes was a rampart for the weaker against the attacks of the stronger, and sometimes the auxiliary of the stronger in crushing the weaker—this centre seems to be dissolved in the Sitting of Saturday. No De puty was observed to place himself between the two opinions. Every one had chosen his party. 'Twas, who for Caesar ? Who for Pompey ? this a good on an evil ? Ido not take upon my self to decide, though my opinion on the s u bj ec t is formed ; but the fact is as I have stated it. Thus has the electoral system of the 29th o f June brought forth its fruit. It no longer leaves for Ministers the possibility of that intermediate and ministerial opinion which, during four years, had existed under the influence of the law of the sth of February. The Quotidienne still murmurs, and I sincerely pity that paper. The Drapeau is more happy. It announces to the universe that the day is not far distant when it will be Ministerial. It i s easy to foresee that the Ministers who are sup ported by the Drapeau must be proof against all attacks. That journal offers, indeed, its services in a manner altogether disinterested ; hut is n o t receiving them even gratis, paying for them more than they are worth? FRANCE.—Reverting to the observations in our Paper of Wednesday, on the internal condi tion of France, on the inconsistent and extraor dinary declarations of the KING respecting the prosperous "progress of agriculture," and the " distress " of the " agricultural interests of the East, West, and South," in consequence of a " redundant harvest," we request the further at tention of our Readers to the practical conse quences of admitting such a principle in Political Economy, and of acting upon the strange doc trines to which it has latterly given rise, or ra ther, under the paralyzing influence of such doc trines, of refitsing to act, and of abandoning in despair all attempts at a legislative remedy for the evils of abundance! As the " redundancy " of 'agricultural pro duce is expected to• be injurious to agriculture and agriculturists, it must be admitted, by the parties making such an assertion, that a re dundancy of products in all other • branches of industry, and even a 'redundancy of men distin guished for their learning, their virtue, and their talents, is necessarily calamitous to the parties themselves who have advanced so far in the pro gress of improvement, and to society ;—that all progress in improvement, therefore, and in ex tending the physical and intellectual powers of man, is in fact an advance toward calamity ; and that the true interests of society could only have been preserved a few ages since by compelling the human mind to remain stationary, and by preventing the future efforts of the inven tive .faculties for the production and distribution of wealth. If. the doctrine be correct, we have •no remedy left at present,. but that of retrograd ing to the position which we occupied half a cen tury ago—destroying a great number of scientific works, breaking up a large portion of our ma. chinery, and • eradicating all traces of the prin ciples on which it is constructed ; reverting to small - farms and the ancient methods of mis managing land, re-crossing the improved breeds of cattle till they are restored to their original comparative imperfection, and returning to their former sterility the vast tracts of land which have been rescued from the waste ! One would think that such doctrine as this is obviously so absurd, that its mere statement is sufficient for its explosion, if we had not the cer tain evidence before us that it- is acted upon by the Governments both of England and France!— In this country„.the Duke of BEDFORD, we per ceive (see his Letter in THE SUN of Wednesday). has at length discovered that the career of agri cultural improvement has led the farmers and their landlords into a predicament which is fatal to their own interests, and has wisely withdrawn his name and his support from the Smithfield Club, which has so materially contributed to the production of mischievous abundance, under the evils of which the . Agricultural Interest groans. his Grace frankly states, 7iat, in his opinion, " the public derives no benefit from our bringing to a greater degree of perfection animals of a breed known to possess the higheSt merit ;" and in the simplicity of his heart " thinks the sooner we (the Club) dissolve ourselves the better," " any further incentive to improve the breeds of cattle, sheep, and swine, having become wholly useless." We shall expect to hear it proposed next, that the Societies for the encouragement of Arts and Manufactures shall on the same grounds discon tinue their public labours, and that a Bill shall be brought into Parliament for rescinding all existing patents, and declaring that all persons who shall in future make new inventions are guilty of high clinics and misdemeanours ! The French Papers of Tuesday arrived this morning, from which we give extracts in our . pre-. ceding columns. New York Papers arrived this morning to the 25th of November. [From the Pensacola Floridan, Oct. 29.] lIIGIiLY Imp° RTAN T.-In a conversation with one of the Gentlemen affording the news from Vera Cruz, we learn that Russia and Great Bri tain are both in treaty with the KING and Cortes for the purchase of the kingdom of New Spain. Great Britan had offered fifteen millions sterling. • This has produced a great sensation and alarm to all pasties. CAPTURE OF ANOTHER PIRATE.—The United States schooner Porpoise sailed from St. Tho mas's, on the ‘26th Oct., in pursuit of a piratical vessel, who had committed great- depredations upon the American commerce. The Porpoise succeeded in capturing her, after an action of two hours. The Porpoise had two men billed : the loss of the pirate is not ascertained. • YELLOW FEvan AT JAmAtcA.—Capt. CLAng, who arrived last evening, on his paSsage front Trinidad fell ;n with two vessels, 'which left Ja maica the latter part of October, the, crews of which were sick with the yellowlever they in formed Capt. C. that it was very sickly at Ja maica, and that most of the crews on board the, vessels there had died. - [From a Jamaica Paper of the 3d Nov:j It is with great regret we learn that a fever of a very malignant nature has appeared in maul of the parishes of this Island, and is making great ravages amongst the white inhabitants ; it greatly resembles the yellow fever of' St. Do- ming°. The brigantine Slancy, belonging to this port, was carried into Rio do la Bache on the 9th ult., and sailed on the llth, in company with the in dependent squadron, consisting of nine sail of transports, with troops for Santa Martha, where they were to be joined by several vesselswith troops, and were to proceed on an expedition against Charges,and to co-operate with the forces in the South Seas. Gibraltar Papers to the 30th ult. were receiv ed last night. They state the amount 61 tlit' monthly allowances ordered by the King 0 SPAIN to be made to the Neapolitans and Pied montese Refugees, in compliance with the resolu tion of the Cortes. They also contain some ad ditional particulars respecting the proceedings of the people at Cadiz and in the principal ttrwil of Andalusia, where opposition to the Govern ment continues to display itself in the most deter mined manner. A show of respect, it is true, is still preserved towards the KING, and the removal of his Ministers is represented as the sole object which the mal-contents have in view. But pretences are never wanting to give colour to the most criminal acts and intentions, and con duct like that adopted at Cadiz and Seville is too barefaced and too daring to deserve any other name than that of insurrection. These Papers also mention certain regulations put in force at Malta with regard to the admission of foreign vessels, in consequence of the pret'alence of the yellolv fever in the Spanish Peninsula. his Majesty's ship Leven, Captain OW EN ‘ and.the Barracouta brig, are now fitting out at Woolwich, and will sail in a few days for the purpose of making an extensive survey of .the Eastern Coast of Africa. We know of no Officer. better qualified in every respect than -Captain 0 WEN to undertake this important service, aunt we believe he takes with him some of Sir WIL LIANt CONG It EVEN improved sky-rook.ets, with some of which an experiment was tried the-othor day on Shooter's-hill, to ascertain their utmoSt. power of elevation. DEc. IS.—llls MAI EA TY continues in the. happiest state of health. His daily exer cises are limited to the covered riding-school, and walks in the palace gardens. Music is the leading feature of the Royal amusement in el? evening. Ills MAJ EST Y devotes the preceding part of every day to State affairs and business. •We heard yesterday that the Marquis WE" LESLEY 'had not yet left Richmond for Irelaad- Ilk Excellency had had an attack of the gout ;:a his right knee, which prevented his moving out. The Noble Marquis is expected to leave Rich mond this day, on a - visit to Lord and LadY GRENVILLE, at their seat, Dropmoro Lodge, where his Lordship will sleep, and to.morrogr he sets off for Bath, on his way to Ireland,--* (Morning Paper.) • A private letter from Paris mentions it a; pro bable that the Duke de RicnELtEu will return to Russia, and resume his 'static-1 as Governor Of Odessa. The following is an extract of a Letter dated Corunna, Ist December, and received by the Mail of yesterday :—" since the 28th November, the date of my last letter, nothing more has oc curred with regard to MINA, except that the people have prevented him from leaving the place`, in conformity to the orders of Government, and •he continues, as heretofore, commanding the pro vince, in the character of Captain-General. Tat the return of the express sent up by our Munici 'pality to Madrid, with remonstrances and expla nations on this subject, we do not know • whit will be done; but, in the mean time, I can assure you, that the most perfect tranquillity prevails here." -It is said that the change in the French Minis try has made a great impression in the diplomatic corps at Paris. General Pozzo ot BORG° im mediately despatched for St. Petersburgh his Se cretary of Legation, the Chevalier de Poggenpohl• ST. JAMES'S PARK.—The centre walks round the Park.have double rows of lamps, to be lighted with gas, erected, and the whole of the apparatus will be completed by Christmas eve. It tJas been arranged that the Park will be illuminated on Christmas night for the first time. Tily efiliz t will be most resplendent. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. LI. . WILL BE PUBLISHED TO-MORROW. • For the Conclushm of the C LO NIEi, sec the Fourth Page. ST. TlLOSlAS.—lfolitiay at the Bank, Exchequer, East India and South Houses. MG !I WATER AT LONDON 'BRIDGE TO-MORROW. ;limning., 5 minutes after 0. 1 Evening, 31 rainutos after 12. THE SIN. SOLEM S DICERE 1 , 211.U.11 AUDEAT . LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1821.