The Sun. — London, England, 1821-11-14 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, Nov. 11.—The Marquis de la . Tour Rlauboarg has quitted Paris to proceed on his • embassy to Constantinople. It is affirmed that a convention has been con eluded, by which it is fixed that the Austrian auxiliary troops are to continue to occupy the kingdom of Naples for ten years. Letters have been received froth M. Pariset, dated the 31st of October. Without entering into particulars, he says that the town of, •Barce lona is apparently more healthy, which may be attributed to the disappearance of a part of the population. The Journal of Perpignan 'of the 3d of No vember contains the following paragraph : " The Courier of yesterday confirms the news of the im proved state of health in Barcelona ; great benefit is expected from the coldness of the temperature. The French physicians are still actively engaged in iSi Ling the sick, and do not mean to leave the town until their assistance is no longer wanted. M. Pariset is quite recovered.... Bally is better, and out of danger. M. Andouard and M. Fran cois continue iu good health. The. intelligence from Tortola is more satisfactory, and - the rest of Catalonia is healthy." • We (the Constitutionnel) have this instant been favoured with a copy of a letter from Bally, dated November 1, which states his perfect re covery. FRENCH FUND 3. Nov. 10, Five per Cents. . Deferred Stock Bank Stock 89 f. 85 c. 99 f. .55 c. 1595 f. c. ODr.SSA, OCT. 16.—The Emperor, it is said, has appointed the son of the Baron de Strogonoff his first aide-de-camp. b The army is still k e pt ready for servic e , an d the Imyerial guards in their cantonments. SEMLIN, OCT. 9-'2.—The firman of the Grand Signior, published in the provinces, relative to the general arming of the Mussulmans, is, pro perly speaking, only a copy of that issued in the month of April. This call to arms, it is said, only concerns the revolted Greeks ; yet the Turkish Commanders speak openly of war. According to the latest accounts from Widdin, Asiatic troops are constantly crossing the Danube, and the Turks are entrenching themselves on the banks of the Pruth. The Grand Signior, it is reported, insists, in the last note sent to Peters burg, on the delivery of Prince Michael Suzzo, Ex-Ilospodar of Moldavia. AUGSBURG, Nov. s.—(Extract of a Private _E,ti,r.)—Notwtti.Nt.,..-i;,, 5 the warlike reports in circulation during the last few days, we know that the negociations between the Ottoman Porte and Russia are not yet broken off, though the attitude of both these Powers makes us fear that peace will not be preserved. The Turks have now sixty thousand Asiatic troops in Moldavia and Walachia, and their army on the Pruth is equally numerous.— On the other hand, an Oral of the Day, pub lished at Witepsk, immediately after the Em peror Alexander had reviewed the Guards, an nounces that the Russian army was to remain on the war e►tablishment, ready to march at a mo ment's notice, and that the Guards were to continue in their cantonments. We have this instant received commercial let ters, which state, that the Russian troops sta tioned in the Ukraine have received orders to proceed by forced marches to the Pruth, to join the army under the Count de Wittgenstein. It is thought the Courier of to-morrow will be the bearer of most important intelligence rela tive to the great question of peace or war. FP,ANKFORT, Nov. s.—The Austria❑ troops which have been organized in Bohemia and litingary will receive another destination. Cerigo has now a garrison of from 7 to 800 English. The families of the French, English, and Austrian Consuls of Candia are now in this island. They deemed it prudent to withdraw their wives and children from a place where they would be exposed to the cruelties of the Turks. The Resident Russian Consuls in Turkey have also taken refuge in Cerigo. The French are very well received in the lonian islands, but the English keep a strict watch over those suspected of being attached to Russia. At Corfu, where the Russian partizans are numerous, the Police permits no articles to be inserted in the Journals but such as support the present policy of Eng land. At Smyrna, assassinations continue. Scarcely a day passes on which some Greeks are not killed by the Asiatic Turks. it It is asserted that the late measures of the Austrian Government against the Greeks who have taken part in the Greek insurrection were adopted at the instance of the Porte, by whose order a note was presented by the Divan, through the Iteis-Effendi, to the Im perial Internuncio, complaining of the asylum given on the Austrian territory to the Greek Insurgents. OCT. 31.-1 - Private Correspondence.] —The continuance of peace. is no longer doubt ful. The day before yesterday the Privy Coun cil assembled, in consequence of the arrival of a messenger with an official communication from the Court of St. Petersburgh. This communica tion contains a circumstantial exposition of the present state of affairs in the Levant, and the most positive declaration that the Emperor of Russia is determined to settle every thing ami cably, and not to proceed to extremities, as a war, whatever might be its issue, must be diSas trous to the European alliance, and the commer cial interests of Christian nations. PaOM 'MU LONDON' GIZETTg, Nov. 13. MILITARY PROMOTIONS. • Igor-Vhfee, Nor. 12, 12.21. Istitegivnent .of 'Dragoon. Guards—William Cunningham, Gent. corbel:emu, by purchase, vi( le Lloyd, who retires. • 201 Ditto—eornet Francis Co ];anti, to be Lieutenant, by pur chase, vice era, promoted • Thomas Unctt, Gent. to be Cor net, by purchase, vice Copland. 4th Regiment of Light Dragoons.--Lieut. Robert John An derson, from the -:B7th Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Newton, who exchanges. 18th Ditto—Captain George Luard to be Major, by pur chase, vice Synge, promoted. 87th Regiment of Foot--Lieutenant Beauchamp B. Newton; from the 4th Light Dragoons, to be Lieutenant, vice Ander son, who exchanges. 2d West India Regiment—Lieut. Arthur Chichester, from the 7th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Eyeing, who retires. _ " - BUi. : VET—Captain John Thomas Wood, of the 2d Foot, to be Major in the Army. >•L Staff-Surgeon 11 - rst MI to be Deputy Inspector of Ilos pitals, by Brevet. Commission in the Dorsetshire Regiment of Militia, signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Dorset. William Thomas Cook, Gent: to be Lieutenant, vice Wyatt, promoted. • NEW SHERIFFS. The Names of those who were nominated for Sheriff:4 by the Lords of the Council, at the Exchequer, on the Morrow of St. Martin, in the second year of -die reign of King . George the Fourth, and in the year of our Loid one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one. Bedfordshire—Thomas Charles Higgins, of Turvey, Esq. ; Charles James Nletcalf, - of Roxton, Esq. ; Peter Augustus Lautour, of Staughton, Esq. Berkshire—Atkins Edward Martin Atkins, of Kingston Lisle, Esq. ; Hilbert East, of hlall-place, Bart. ; Charles Fuller, of Filberts,-.Esq. Buckinghamshire—Benjamin Way, of Denham, Esq. ; John Norris, of Ugenden-house, Esq. ; John Drummond, of Den ham, Esq. -' Camb' and Hunt'—Robert Jones Adeane, of Babraham, Esq.; Sir Charles Etheistone Nightingale, of Kneesworth, .Bart. ; Stanlake Batson, of' Hotseheath, Esq. CheshireCitarles Wiekstmd, of &Ilkley, Esq. ; Henry Brooke, of Church Muslinll, Esq.; Robert Taylor, of Lymni, Esq. Cumberland—William Crackenthorpe, of Bank-hall, Esq. ; Edward Hanky, of Ponsonby.hall, Esq. ; Thus. Henry lira ham, of Eihnond's Castle, Esq. Cornwall Edward William Wynn Pendarvis, of Pendarvis, Esq. ; Thos. John Phillip s , o f L an d ew, E sq. ; David Howell, of Prideaux, Esq. Derbyshire—Philip Clell, of lippton, ; John Toplis, of Wirksworth; E sq . ; B ac h e lieuthcote, of Littleover, Esq. Devonshire—Sir Trayton Fuller Elliott Drake, of Num&ll - Bart. ; Thomas Hewes, of Plymouth Dock, Esq, ;,130n jamin Bowden Dickenson, of Tiverton, Esq. ••• Dorsetshire—Andrew Bain, of Ileaffelton, Esq. ; the Right Hon. Sir Evan Nepean, of Loders, Bart.; John Mitchell; of Dawlish, Esq. Essex—Sir George Henry Smyth, of Berechurch-hall, Bart. ; Hefty John Conyers, of Copthall, Esq. ; Peter Ducane the yuinger, of Braxsteaci-lodge, Esq. Gloucestershire—Stephen John Welch Fletcher Welch, of Painswick, Esq. ; Robert Blagdeh Haley of Alderley, Esq. ; John Smith, of Stapleton; Esq. Herefordshire—Thos. Hampton Raymond, of the Meend, Esq. ; John .Johnstone, of Mainstone, Esq. Edmund Burnam Patteshall, of Allensmoor, Esq. Hertfordshire—Thomas Daniell, of Little Berkhampstead, Esq.; Robert Sutton, of Rathway Northchurch, Esq.; W m . Robert Phillimore, of Kendals, Esq. Kent—John Powell Powell, of Queex, Esq. ; Sir Henry Oxenden, of Broome,•Bart. ; Sir Henry Calder, of Park-house, Bart. Leicestershire—William French Major, of Market Har borough, Esq. ; Charles James Packe, of Preswould, Esq. ; Charles March Phillips, of Garendon, Esq. Lincolnshire—Sir John Hayford Thorold, of Syston, Bait. ; Sir William Earle Welby, of Denton, Bart. ; Francis Chaplin, of Rischohne, Esq. Monmouthshire—James Jenkins, of Chepstow, Esq. ; Ityd Nicholl, of Usk, Esq.; Frederick Samuel Secrctan James Woodhouse, of Arcadia, Esq. Norfolk—Sir Richard Paul Joddrell, of Sale, Ban. ; Sir Ed mond Knowles Lacon, of O rmes by, Bart.; Theophilus Thorn haugh Gurdon, of Letton, E sq . Northamptonshire --John Nethercoat, of Haselbeach, Esq. ; George Finch Hatton, of Kirby, Esq. ; Henry Otway, of Stan ford, Esq. Northumberland—Edmond Craster, of Preston, Esq. • John Treadlyan, of W a lli ng t on , E sq . ; P r id eaux John Selby, of Twizell-house, Esq. Nottinghamshire—Robert Holden, of Nuttal Temple, Esq.; `William Mason, of East Retford, Esq. ; William Farnworth Handley, of Newark-upon-Trent, Esq. Oxfordshire—Daniel Stuart, of Wykham Park, Esq.; John !Rockall, of Great Haseley, Esq. ; Sir Henry Pollen Willough by, of Toot Baldon, Bart. Rutiandshire—Thornas Floor, of Whissendine, Esq. ; Thos. Thompson, of Tinwell, Esq.: John Morris, of North Luffen ham, Esq. Shro:;sbire—John Mytton, of Holston, Esq.; Robert Bridge man More, of Linley, Esq. ; Thomas Bishton, of Neachill, Esq. Somersetshire—`'incept Stuckey, of Huish Episcopi, Esq. ; John Frederick Pinney, of Sonierton, Esq.; John Hubert Hunt, of Compton Pauncefbrt, Esq. Staffordshire—Phine a s Hussey, of Wyrley Grove, Esq. ; Edmund John Birch, of Fradswell, Esq. ; Edward Sneyd, of Byrkley Lodge, Esq. County of Southampton—Robert Shedden, of Brooklands, Esq. ; Edward Knight, jun. of Chawton Park, Esq. ; Henry Eyre, of Botleigh GrangL', Esq. Suffolk—Ambrose Ilarboard Steward, of Stoke Park, Esq. ; Henry Usborne, of Branches Park, Esq. ; Robert Newton Shaw, of Kesgrave, Esq. Surrey—Charles Nicolas Palmer, of Norbiton House, Esq.; John Ivatt Briscoe, of Bottleys, Esq. ; Charles Hampden Tur ner, of Rooksnest, Esq. Sussex—Richard Prime, of Walherton House, Esq.; James Everstield, of CatstLld, Esq. ; Charles Ilarison, of Sutton place, Esq. Warwickshire—Matthew %Vise, of Leamington Priors, Esq.; Edward Willes, of Newbold Comyn, Esq. ; Robert :;liddleton Atty, of Smithertield, Esq. Wiltshire—Edward Pi:illips, of Melksham, Esq. ; John Fuller, of Weston Park, Esq. ; Sir Edward Poore, of Rushall, Bart. Worcestershire—Samuel Ryeland, of Northfield, Esq. ; Sir Thomas Phillips, of Ban. ; Thomas Outten Brock, of Pensax Court, Esq. Yorkshire—Richard Bethel, of Rise, Esq. ; Walter Fawkes, of Farnley, Esq. ; Sir John Vanden Bempde Johnson, of Hark ness, Bart. The names of the several persons nominated by the Chief .Justices of the respective Circuits in Wales, as proper persons to serve the Office of Sheriff for the ensuing year, for the re spective Counties following : SOUTH WALES. Carmarthen—Sir William Paxton, lint., of Middleton-hall ; George Morgan, of Abercotly;, Esq. ; William Howell Bevan, of Pengay, Esq. Pembroke—John Mears, of Eastington, Esq.; Owen Lewis, of Trewern, Esq.; Jonathan Haworth l'eel, of Cotts, Esq. Cardigan—Thomas Lewes Lloyd, of Wern Newidd, Esq.; George Price, of Pigeonsford, Esq. ; Lewis Davis, of Cri gie, Esq. Glamorgan Sir John Morris, of Bryn, Bart.; John Henry Vivian, of Marina, Esq.; William Williams, of Aber pergwm, Esq. Brecon---John Christie, of Cwinllwyfog, Esq.; Arthur Mac namara, of Langoed Castle, Esq.; Richard Davys, of Chance field, Esq. Radnor—Peter Rickards Mynors, of Evenjob,Esq.; Edward Rogers, of Stannage Park, Esq.; John Hugh Powell, of Cli row, Esq. _ NORTH WALES. Anglesey—William Wynnc Sparrow, of Tynesvydd , Esq.; Owen Putland Meyrick, of Bodorgan, Esq.; Richard Williams, of Treban, Esq. Carnarvon—William Lloyd Caldecot, of the Cottage, Esq.; Kyffin John William Lenthall, of Maenan, Esq.; William Tur ner, of Garregfawr, Esq. Merioneth—James Gill, of Pant Ohs, Esq.; Edward Scott, of Bottalog, Esq.; John Wynne, of G ar thmeilio Esq. Mon tgo m try —Jos e ph Mayes Lyon. of Cefublwarch, Esq.; David Pugh, of Llanerchydoll, Esq.; Thomas Griffith Lloyd, of Trowseved, Esq. Denbigh —Samuel Newton, of Pickill, Esq.; William Eger ton, of Grzysford Lodge, Esq.; the Honourable Frederick West, of Trevor. Flint—Thomas Harrison, of Saathlwydd, Esq. ; Trevor Owen Jones, of Wepre Hall, Esq.; George NVatkin Kenrick, of Mertyn, Esq. [For the Bankrupts, S;,c. see the Fourth Pagel 'Oft TIIFI StN, FURTHER OBSERVATIONS on the IVORIO or the late 31r. RENNIE and other CIVIL Mr. EDlTOR—Having read in your Paper of the 3d inst. extracts from Mr. DuriN's 6 4 Notice Ntcrologique," relative to the merits of the late Mr. ItvvNtr, I shall be glad to add to the cata logue of them some others that are indicative of the soundness of his judgment. Ile was particularly cautious in selecting for his surveys of intended works persons upon whose judgment and accu racy he could rely, and consequently founded his opinions , not on assumed, but on real data ; he was equally tenacious in the appointment of in telligent Sub-Engineers to execute his plans, know ing that all faults committed in the execution of works were attributed to the Chief Engineer, although they might arise from an absolute de viation from his plans, and the principles on which they were founded. Mr. Dupin, as a foreigner, necessarily required some aid in drawing up his interesting article, in the course of which he has said, that " Scot " land has the glory of having produced most of " the Civil Engineers, who, for nearly a century, 46 have executed the finest monuments of the " three kingdoms." From the various names he has mentioned in corroboration of this assertion, not only of Civil Engineers who act generally, but also those subordinately, accompanied with indiscriminate praise, it is sufficiently obvious that he has been assisted by some from this country, possessed of what may be called provin cial nationality. lam inclined to give those who derive their existence North of the Tweed their full meed of praise, which is, that they are fully as equal as any others in the British Em pire to acquire eminence in any profession ; and that a larger portion of them possess greater industry to attain the object they pursue than is generally found in other countries ; which by no means prevents more populous countries from having as great, or even a greater, number of men of high attainments in every branch of Literature and the Arts. I observe that you have controverted the er roneous assertion that Scotland has supplied the United Kingdom for nearly a century with pro fessional men to conduct the great works of the Kingdom ; and as the names of many of the first civil engineers are omitted, it will not be im proper to till up the leading portion of the de ficiency, previously to which I shall make a short comment on what appears to be understood by the title of a Civil Engineer ; viz.—That he should be conversant in the properties and con struction of harbours, docks, drainages, embank ments against the sea, canals, artificial navigation of rivers, bridges, railways, and high roads.—To possess all the requisites for giving advice on these materially different subjects, requires a great diversity of mental attainments, exclusive of a knowledge of the practical arts connected with these works ; therefore a person versant in the practical part, and posessing such acquire ments as are requisite for many of the described branches of the profession, may be totally incom petent to others; as much so as a doctor of music might be, if consulted as a doctor of medicine, or as a doctor of laws.—For instance, an indi vidual may be fully competent to build a mole or pier, but if not possessed of extended ex perience of the separate and combined effects of waves, and tides, and prevalent winds, under a diversity of predicaments, the pier itself may prove detrimental, and its effect not be discovered until after a great and worse than fruitless ex penditure. The same may be said of a bridge, under difficulty of foundation in a rapid river. After these prefatory remarks,l shall proceed to mention such Civil Engineers as have acted exten sively in these Kingdoms ; and whose names have been omitted in your valuable information of the 3d inst. Mr. lirindley was the first who, under the patronage of the late Duke of Manchester, roused the spirit of constructing canals in these kingdoms, previously to which a few rivers had been rendered navigable by locks; most, if not all, of which proved highly advantageous to their proprietors. Mr. Brindley was self-educated, and did all that could be expected from a man commencing a branch of art unpractised in this country, without a general knowledge of what was done in others. His first canal was, in an essential portion of it, subterraneous into the Duke's exclusive coal mines, from whence it was conducted to the town of Manchester. The boats best suited to the mines were long and narrow, and rectan gular in their section ; and the canal to Man chester was very properly suited to these boats, as the distance was too short to render it eligible to incur the charge of transferring their cargoes into larger boats. Unfortunately for the town of Birmingham, where the necessity of narrow boats did not exist, the canal, with its locks and bridges from thence to the river Severn, was con structed by him for these boats only. Mr. Brindley was assisted by- the late Mr. Whit worth, as a land surveyor, and he succeeded' the former in the direction of some public works. The late Mr. Smeaton. brought himself into general notice, in almost every branch of the profession'of a Civil Engineer, in which he greatly distinguished himself. His masterpiece was the construction of the light-house on the Eddystone, a small rock barely sufficient for its foundation ; and exposed to the waves of the Atlantic, the shock of which, although frequently throwing their water over its lofty summit, it has sustained uninjured for half a century, and may remain for ages to come a proud monument to his fame. Under the immediate tutelage of Mr. Smeaton, the late Mr. Jessop was brought forward ; and his works in the thre e ki ng d om s will long remain as proo f s of his genera l k now l e dge. His geni us h as b een exceeded by no one, and his practical know ledge was equal to it. His usual system was to proportion the means to the end ; following the example of the celebrated Inigo Jones, another native of the southern portion of this isle, who constructed the bridge of Laurust, a celebrated work ; and alth o ugh stable, verging perhaps too near to the greatest degree of lightness consistent with requisit e strength, even under p er f ec t con -I struction. Jessop probably never approached so nearly to the minimum strength in the construc tion of his worlo, although he was strongly actuated by the same principle as is now laid down - in the Preface to Mr. Thomas Threadgold's excellent Treatise on the Elements of Carpentry, viz. that " in the present state of society, it is most desir e able that stability and economy should charac " tefise the different species of construction. A " just economy of materials should be one of the " first objects of the builder's attention ; and this " desirable object is to be obtained only by judi " cious combinations of the materials to be used." It is obvious that a Civil Engineer, acting ex tensively, can neither superintend, nor frequently see the execution of many of his designs ; and they, from causes for which he is in fact not an swerable, may partially fail. This circumstance justifies the adoption of a greater massiveness of construction than the designer of an extensive work would otherwise recommend, from its con taininz more than ample strength under correct execution. Mr. Jessop was consulted on the Dublin docks, and various extensive works in Ireland, in all of which Mr. Chapman was more or less concerned. Previously to this period, the Grand Canal Com pany had expended upwards of 100,0001. in about two miles of canal over a bog between Robertstown and Rathangan, through want of knowledge of the quantum of subsidence in bogs. These Gentlemen adopted means of ascertaining its proportionate subsidence under its various cir cumstances of consistency, and devised methods of previous drainage. In consequence of which, a line of the Grand Canal towards the Shannon was marked out by Mr. Chapman over deep, ex tensive, and nearly impassable bogs, in such di rection as to cause the intended level of the canal to accord with the subsided and permanent level of the bog ; the fall of which varied from five up to twenty feet or more. This, I presume, is the drainage that is alluded to in your paper of the 3d. as I know not of any other drainage in Ire land conducted by him ; although many exten sive drainages and embankments in the East Riding of Yorkshire, and elsewhere, have been so. In the mention you have made of the en gineers consulted on the formation of the Lon don Docks you have omitted the late Cap tain lluddart, who, on account of his ge neral information, combined with his nautical knowledge, was consulted on that subject.— Amongst the docks devised by Mr. Rennie that at Grimsby ought to be mentioned, which is principally remarkable on account of the long passage to it, about a thousand yards, formed through the ooze of the Humber, which is kept open by sluicing.—Mr. Rennie in conjunction with Mr. Chapman also planned the New Docks at Hull, with their entrance into the Humber. I shall not follow the example given in the "Notice VecroloJique," by enumerating the names of the Civil and Local Engineers, natives of the Southern portion of this Isle, and of Ireland ; many of whom are too sufficiently known to need any praise ;—but I shall conclude by observing that such professional men as possess the separate appointments of Engineer to the Admiralty, and to the Treasury, must necessarily attain a decided advantage in being thus brought forward to the notice of the public. BRITANNICUS. THE LADIES' MONUMENT TO COMMEMORATE THE VICTORIES OF THE BRI. Tlill ARMS IN THE PENINSULA. This stupendous magnificent work of art is now completed, and will shortly be erected in st. James's Park, immediately opposite the Horse Guards, where the Royal mortar formerly stood. The Colossus is 18 feet high, and is cast in metal from the cannon taken during the war : it is to be placed upon a pedestal of Aberdeen granite of the height of 12 feet, on which will be engraved an appropriate inscription. The original of this Figure is on the Monte Cavallo, one of the seven hills on which Rome was built ; it is executed in marble, and supposed to be the work of the celebrated Phidias ; the analogy between this and the Elgin Marbles certainly justifies the sup position. The Figure in an attitude of defiance, not unlike the Gladiator, in the right hand is a Roman ord, and on the left arm an orbicular shield ; a very massive fold of drapery falls over the left arm, and behind the body of the statue, on the right side, is placed the Cuirass armour, about seven feet high, which is most judiciously intro duced for the purpose of balancing the great height of the figure, which is not so muscular as the Hercules of Praxitiles, but it has the fulness of youth and energy. The usual fault in all the Greek statues is also visible herein, the short ness of the neck ; but this we know was with the Greek sculptors considered indicative of strength; the muscle on the body is finely heroic. 'Flue horse is not introduced, as its not being equally colossal detracts from the merit of the perform ance. The statue weighs three tons, and is the boldest attempt to rival the ancient bronze that has yet bee:made. It is impossible to speak in too high terms of the skill and ingenuity of Mr. R. Westmacott, R. A., who has had the exe cution of this laborious and wonderful work. The mutilated state of the original, corroded and destroyed by the great lapse of time, required the most consummate art of the sculptor to restore it to any thing like perfection, and the artist has, however, succeeded to admiration. We stated some time since that a subscription had been opened lat Ramsgate, for erecting a Pillar, or some other structure, as a memorial of the time of his MAJEiTY'S first visit to Rams gate. Upwards of 7001. have been subscribed for that purpose, and a Select Committee is ap pointed to consult with artists, and gentlemen of the first rate abilities and taste in that line, from whose plans and recommendations something ap propriate will be selected and proceeded on as soon as possible.—(Kenti s h Gaz e tt e .) Wednesday wekl, the Duke and Duchess of ATHOL and suite arrived at Douglas, Isle of Man, by the Majestic steam-packet, from Greenock.— A period of eight years has now elapsed since his Grace honoured this island with a visit; and, on the evening preceding, Lady ELIZABETH MURRAY and family arrived at the same place, by the Superb steam-packet ; from Liverpool.— (Glasgoa., courier.) POR Tilt SUN: PORTSMOUTH TURNPIKE-ROAD. Ma. EDITOR—By accident I saw lately the first Turnpike Act respecting this Road, narnelP the 12th of Geo. 111., by which it appears that only TWO tolls are allowed to he taken between Sheetbridge and Portsmouth ; yet there are now THREE toll-gates within those limits, and tells taken at each. Can this be correct ? I was in.; duced to peruse this Act with some attention, from the conversations I have lately heard re' specting several circumstances which have taken place in the inferior managements at the East end of this Road, which, I understand, have lately been the subject of investigation. Black Dog Inn, Emsworth, Nov. 12. SCREITATOB. TO CORRESPONDENTS. For "A BY-STANDER," on the LANDED INTERESTS, se e the Fourth Page.—IGNOTUS, and J. P. L., To.morrow• PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Red. MO, Bank Long Ann. 19i 3 per Cent. Cons. 7U 77i India Bonds 7ls. Pis' 4 per Cent . 96A 5 1 Excheq. Bills, 3 per Cent. Navy Ann. ... 111 , 3 / 4 Cons. for Account 7/1./ HIGH WATER AT LON DO Morning, 12 minutes after 6. N BRIDGE TO-MORROW' 1 Lvening, 39 minutes after E• THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE F4LSUjI AupE4r? LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1821. Under the head of Foreign Intelligence will be found the contents of the French Papers of Sunday, which arrived this morning. The French Peers assembled on Saturday, and went through some routine business. Yesterday was appointed for the discussion of the Address io answer to the KING'S SPEECH. Letters from St. Petersburgh, to the 19th ult. put a direct negative upon the allegation which was so positively advanced, that a new Russian Ambassador had been appointed to Constan tinOple, in the room of Baron STROGONOFF. Thus another of the 44 facts," which " completely discountenanced the reports of war between Russia and Turkey," is completely exploded.' What will be the next C 4 fact," on which the pacific speculations of a few interested vision aries will repose in confident security, we can' not pretend to prognosticate. In the mean time a few staunch facts on the other side remain unchanged. It is a fact that the Greeks, with arms in their hands, are carrying on war within the Turkish provinces, —that Turkey is making' immense preparations for repelling a Russian in vasion,—that Russia has collected a mighty surf, completely equipped for active warfare,' and ready to take the field at a moment's notice, and that Turkey, instead of granting the gni" rantees demanded of her, has issued a &man, calling the INlussnlmans to arms! Charlestown Papers arrived this morning to the 11th October, and Queber! to the 12th. [Extract of a Letter from Cape Hayti, Oct. 1.1 " Since your friend left this place the transac . tions at the Custom-house have been very 4e:N: o ' . tious. Mr. APPEITO, the Collector, was calle d on business to Port-au-Prince, and a man by th e name of JASSY left to officiate. The first thin to establish his consequence, was to order al l vessels then at anchor to be searched for rnoneY; an armed force went on board the ship Entel" prise from Philadelphia, and took 1700 dollars' the Captain of which vessel lately died. Thei r then proceeded to a brig, and after searchig every place, and not being successful, they took his writing desk, and carried it to the Custom' house. Next day Captain TOWN was sent for, when he opened the desk, which containe d about seven hundred dollars in gold, which was deposited in the Treasury. The Agen t wrote for both sums to the President (tb e Authorities here not being able to decide on any subject unless in their favour, as with yell few exceptions they are complete robbers), 01° Qrdered the 1700 dollars to be given up inunee diately. The decision on the 700 in gold I hal' e not yet heard. A schooner a few days after ar' rived, belonging to Philadelphia, with flour au d gin ; she was seized for having gin on board' which was condemned. It would be w ise not t ° visit this part of the Island un til th e l a ws an d regulations are better understood. Preside' BOYER. is much esteemed by all foreigners ; he encourages trade as much as possible ; and We re there more men of his principles in office, 1365 i.. ness would be done with moro satisfaction at the Cape." QUEBEC, OCT. 4. 1,35 The brig Rob RoY brought Captain SCOTT, and part of the crew 3n passengers of the b r i g E ar l Dalhousie, °i. Greenock, from Fort William; says he lost the brig on the sth Sept, off the east end and °itti I r ^'~