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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, DEC. 2.l.—Last night several expresses arrived at Paris from Constantinople. The Universal Gazelle publishes, under the head of Sernlin, the following news:- 14 We have this instant received intelligence from travellers just arrived from Belgrade, which may be relied on. On the 4th December, they say, eight Tartars sent from Constantinople to the Paella of Belgrade arrived in quick succes sion. The 7 Pacha shut hithself up in his.seraglio, mhich is a sign of extreme grief among the Turks. The report was soon spread that a great revolution had broken out at Constantinople; many Chris tians had been massacred in the quarter of Para, acid the Sultan Mahmond himself had petished by the hands of the Janissaries." FRENCH FUNDS. Dec. 22, Five per Cents. • - Bank Sto,:k 142 1. 50 c. VIE' NA B DEC. 12.—Yesterday, after the arri vz.l of a courier from the Turkish frontiers, a re- port was spread concerning a revolt of the Janis- saries at Constantinople. It was said, according to some, that this revolt had cost the Grand Seignor and his eldest son their lives ; and, ac cording to others, had only caused the death of llaleb Effendi, the favourite of the Sultan: This report was founded on private letters from Sem-, lin,from Belgrade, and from Peterwaradin. Letters from Pest speak also of a courier, the bearer of the same news, having passed through that city. But the silence of our journals this day on an event of so much importance, requires that it should be doubted until it is fully con firmed. If this silence should continue three days, the news can only be considered as a pious wish of the Greeks. The next post from Con- stantinople can bring nothing o❑ this subject, as the letters will not be later than the 26th of No vember.— (Gazette Universel,) FRANKFORT, DEC. ll.—lt seems that Con stantinople was the theatre of important events at the close of November. It is believed that the great question is decided ; for it is positively asserted that the Janissaries, after committing many assassinations, seized on the Government, so that the Divan were prevented from accepting the Ultimatum of Russia. This insurrection took place on the 27th November. On the 21st the two Princes Callimachi were beheaded, and their heads publicly exposed the same day, a the Seraglio. According to the latest news from the Morea, a Greek ship has brought to Calamatta, besides a quantity of munitions of war, the happy intelli gence of a great victory gained by Odysseus over the Turks. Three Pachas were wounded, a fourth with 400 Turks were killed, and 800 were made prisoners. This victory, as well as that gained previously near Cassandra, have been celebrated by religious festivals. Odysseus has been acknowledged General in Chief of the Hellenes in Thessaly and Macedonia, and honoured with the name of the Spartan. The High Senate has resolved on granting to all the Turks who embrace Christianity protection, and to guarantee to them the enjoyment of their property. The Insurgent Greeks in Candia have made rapid progress. They have shut up the Vacha and ,the Turkish Authorities in the town of Candia, and have gained possession of the Castle ,uf .Kaatabusa, one of the principal points of the i slap d The Persian army continues its march in the interior of Asiatic Turkey. The town of Trebizond, so celebrated in chivalry, is fallen into the power of the Persians. A Turkish corps posted near Erzerum has been completely destroyed, after having lost all its artillery. The Greeks are now occupied in forming a regular government. It is proposed to proclaim a Greek federative republic, with a President at its head. Prince Demetrius Ypsilanti is de- signed for this post. Six States are to form the Itepublic, viz. The Morea, Livadia, Thessaly, Macedonia, Epirus, and the islands. tie ,learn from the banks of the Dnieper, that the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael, who command each a brigade of the Imperial Guard, Lave quitted Petersburgh for their respective destinations. The publication of the Emperor's manifesto against Turkey is expected at the head-quarters at Minsk. A.4(.1511U1ta, DEC. 19.—Since the last dis patches received by the Court of Vienna from Turkey, the Austrian cordon of troops on the southern frontiers have received reinforcements. A certain number of regiments are marching into Transylvania and the Bukowine. All these ar rangements contribute singularly to confirm the report current at Vienna, that the Government has received intelligence that war between the Porte and Russia will shortly break out. PETERSB . URGII, Nov. 9.9.—We have this tno meut received accounts of extraordinary move ments in the second army. Every thing announces the approaching opening of the campaign. Ac cording to the opinion of the Generals and offi cersl-who have already served against Turkey, the winter, far from retarding operations, is more favourable for them than the summer. BERLIN, DEC. 10,—A half-official paper as serts that there is no foundation whatever for the report which has been spread, that, iu case of -war between Russia and Turkey, Prussia is to furnish an auxiliary corps of 30,000 men, or sub sidies.in the room of it. BRUSSELS, DEC. 19.-The accounts from the sea-coast give the most afflicting details of the disasters caused by the tempest which contirmed with 4o much violence for. several days on the coait of the Netherlands. Some vessels have eica4ieil .with the loss of their anchors, cables, 6104, and cargoes : others have been greatly da logettin the and others have totally perish ed. ttsnottg othert, a brig and a koff loaded with N% heat, have been foundered off Wangerog and Borkum, and, only two men of the crew of the last saved themselves. -Another brig and a kofi' pe rished near Shiermonikoog, and a third brig near the island of Aineland. Seven or eight damaged vessels have been driven on the coast of Delful. A Russian ship of war is stranded near the Vriesche Cat ; she has, however, been brought to Zoutkamp, but with the loss of all her masts. The Cartliagena, Captain G. Kind, bound from Porto Rico to Amsterdam, has perished on the Scarhorn. A bottle has been found on the sand near !lustful, containing a letter from this Cap tain, dated the Ist of December, from which it seems that he endeavoured to save himself, with his crew, in the long-boat, but in vain. He writes, that during nine days that the storm con tinued he had been three times on the coast of Holland, without being able to obtain a coasting pilot; that at last, on the 30th of November, after having lost the best _part of his sails, he ar rived in sight of Heligoland, hoping to get into the Elbe the next day, and to procure a pilot, but_ that the storm having driven him off again during the night, he gave up himself and his crew for lost, and that in these circumstances he wrote this letter, that those persons who were interested might be informed of his fate. Lastly, accounts from Ileligoland of the 27th of Novem ber say, that two sloops and two other vessels had succeeded in towing in a three-masted ves sel which was drifting with the current, and full of water; it had Swedish colours, and was laden with timber. It is supposed to be the Provi dence, and that the crew escaped on board another vessel near Zanderland, where she first stranded. _ MADRID, DEC. 13.—1 n the sitting of the Cortes of the 11th, the discussion upon the Re port of the Committee appointed to examine into the state of the country was commenced. Se veral members claimed to be heard, but Count Florez Estrada was the first who spoke on the question. lie was opposed to this report, and justified his opposition on the following di lemma :—" Are the prerogatives of the Crown (said he) attacked or not? In the first case, the authors of so great a crime deserve the severest punishment. If they have not been attacked, why have the commission proclaimed that dis obedience exists? In sanctioning this report, we prove to the whole of Europe that we neither know how to value the liberties of the people, or to respect the dignity of the Throne. The ene mies of the constitutional system will say that the Cortes is composed of Jacobins, who coun tenance anarchy, since they only stigmatize with the epithet disobedient those who compromise entire provinces, by inspiring them with distrust of the Government." . Quiroga (who spoke on this occasion) said, that " if the people of Cadiz had wandered from the constitutional path, the dangers they had suffered in the cause of liberty should be allowed in palliation of their offence." The sitting being declared permane it until its object should be at tained, several me, - nbers were heard. The first part of the report was approved by 140 voices against 48. The sitting was not terminated till a quarter past eight in the evening. A discussion on the second part of the report would take place immediately. A deputation of the Cortes waited on the King on the 12th, to present the address of the Cortes to his Majesty, disapproving of , the conduct of the Political Chiefs, and the Commandants-General, who refused to acknowledge the Authorities ap pointed by the King to supersede them. His Ma jesty returned the following answer : " The satisfaction with which I received the address of the Cortes calms a portion of the grief I experience from the causes which produced this message. A disobedience to my authority, exer cised within constitutional limits, is an evil which ought to be stifled in its birth, otherwise the Constitution will be endangered." After the King's message had been read to the Cortes, the President announced that the second part of the report of the Committee appointed to consider the King's message would be read. —ln this second part, which is very long, the Committee are of opinion that, though the late dtiorders are in a great measure to be attributed to the governed, yet the conduct of the Ministers also contributed to pro duce these events ; it censures their conduct in very strong terms, and accuses them of having done every thing in their power to agitate instead •of calming the public mind, in support of which assertions they adduce many instances. It con cludes by recommending another message to be addressed to the King, expressing :- Ist. That, in order to calm the fears and dis trust of the public, and to give the government the strength it needs, it is desirable his Majesty should deign to make such changes in his Mi nistry as are imperiously demanded by circum stances. 2. That if, to repair the evils and abuses men tioned in the report, his Majesty should deem some legislative measures necessary,the Cortes are ready to discuss any plans of law which his Majesty shall propose. After a slight discussion, the Cortes decided that the report of the Committee should be taken into consideration on the following day. According to the most recent letters from Ma drid, a strong persuasion existed in quarters where the best information was attainable, that some of the Ministers at least, on whose weak ness and indiscretion were charged the disputes in Andalusia, must retire from office. Among the returns of Deputies to the Cortes, it happens singularly enough that Riego has been chosen one of the members for the province of Asturias. The other Deputies, one of whom is Arguelles, are firm constitutionalists. The election of Riego is justly considered an event of some importance. By taking his seat in the Cortes, he will cease to be the centre of disaffection in the country, and his influence bej diminished to a single vote in that assembly. The report circulated in Paris of two Spanish regiments having fought in Anda lusia is shewn to have been wholly without foun dation. MR. PLUNKET. EXTRACT OF A PRIVATE LETTER FROM DUBLIN. I was lately in Court to hear, Mr. PLus;KET ou a very interesting case. He is certainly the greatest advocate that ever existed. It is amaz ing how a man who seems born' for the Senate, can so completely accommodate himself to the practice of the Bar ; how the Hercules, who can so powerfully wield the club, can also so dex terously twirl the distaff. His mind is cast in the mould of the severest philosophy. Upon the most abstract subjects he is most at home. And yet, to witness the energy and intenseness with which he can apply his great mind to the most common-place business of his profession, you would imagine that. he never had a thought be yond it. His characteristics as an advocate are force, directness, and simplicity. He leaves no thing unsaid that he should say, and says no thing that he should not say. Nothing can be more lucid than his arrangement. His arguments are so built upon each other that the last comes upon you with all the accumulated force of the preceding., His manner is the most unpretending thing imaginable. No affectation, of display ; no parade of ;hewing accomplishments. lle ii com pletely subservient to his cause throughout. I have heard orators whose manner of speaking was more captivating. But there is a presence of mind and a consciousness of power about him that are in themselves independent of all the lighter graces, and the effect of which is such, that you feel quite at ease, and rest completely satisfied under his protection. You feel, us it were, the shield of a giant thrown over you ; and find it difficult to believe that the being who iS, with so much ease to himself, raising an . impregnable circumvallation of argument around you, is less than omnipotent. The case in which I lately heard him was one which you may have seen no ticed in the papers under the, head of " Scully versus Scully." The opulent family of that name in the county of Tipperary have been at law about a considerable portion of their father's pro perty ; one party -. claiming under time father's will, the other party under the mother's marriage settlement. The mother, it seems, was entitled, under her marriage settlement, to one-third of her husband's substance at his death. This claim she was induced to relinquish, on the day of his death, in consideration of a certain life income, and the case turned upon the validity of the deed by which she made such renunciation. I have endeavoured to give as literal a transcript as pos sible of Mr. Plunket's observations on this part of the case ; although to a certain degree faith ful, I am conscious that it falls far short of the force with which they were made. " My Learned Friend, the Solicitor-General, has made battle as if we accused them of opening the will on the day of his death, and has pleaded that such was the usual practice of the family, and, indeed, the custom of the country. My Lord, we made no such charge. It was, perhaps, right that the will should have been then opened. It was no doubt reasonable that his extensive fa mily and connexions should have been apprised of the state of his affairs. But what we complain of is this, that this renunciation of properly should have been purloined from the disconsolate Widow, WHILE HER HUSBAND'S BODY REMAINED UN BURIED IN THE HOUSE !—Was that right ? Was. that reasonable ?—Was that the usage of the country ?—Was that the practice of the Scully family, or of any family in which nature, or humanity, or civilization, pre vailed ? My Learned Friend has said that this old Lady despised the vulgar affectation of sorrow which would render her incompetent on such an occasion to the discharge of business ; that she was a woman of a noble, elevated, dig nified character, who met the event of her hus band's death with a becoming fortitude, and scorned the feeling, miserable, boarding-school sentimentality, the, circulating library trash, that is sometimes exhibited on such occasions. What, my Lord ! FIFTY YEARS MARRIED TO THE MAN, and to call the feelings of nature at a finalsepara lion from him, boarding school sentimentality! But my learned Friend is not quite consistent in his description of this old. Lady. In one place he describes her as the stoic philosopher, the Cor nelia or the Agrippina, who was not to be moved by the casualties of life, and who met her hus band's death as an ordinary occurrence. And in another he represents her as mean and despicable enough to chaffer about the pike of his shroud. I can account for this inconsistency. In the one case, my learned Friend was left to the suggestions of his own noble and generous nature. In the other, he was obliged to abide by the instructions in his brief. Oh ! my Lord, it is creditable to my Learned Friend, that he felt this part of the case to be too strong for him. Boarding school senti mentality ! Circulating library. trash ! Is it thus nature is to be insulted ? After having been fifty years married to the man, the sharer of his joys and griefs, the companion of his fire side, the wife of his bosom, the mother of his children, are we to be told that she considered any expression of grief at his death as the sickly and girlish whim , pering of the boarding school ? Are those feelings which Providence has i m p lanted within us for the best and holiest of purposes to be thus ridiculed and stigmatized ? Those feelings, which, when the soul is bowed down with agony, and the heart-strings are strained even to cracking with grief, are mercifully intended to lead us from the consideration of the empty and perish able things of this life, to the contemplation of him who is alone unchangeable, and in whom alone is an abiding felicity to be found. If ever there was a mome n t in which, if sh e we re human, she must have been incompetent to the discharge of weighty and important business, it was the moment chosen for the execution of this deed. If ever there was a moment in which every thing earthly must have appeared indiffe rent to her, in which all the wealth and honour in the world must have appeared valueless and empty, it was the moment taken advantage of by the defendents to cause her to do that act, in consequence of which they now contend that she is to be deprived of the advantages .of her marriage settlement." po t G -x* * ft A * 43 7 * y \ - MASONIC NOTICES FOR . NEXT WEEK. ENGLAND. Monday, December 31, LoNDoN, No. 453. COUNTRY. Nos. 227, 246, 707. Tuesday, January 1, LONDON. Nos. 9, 240, 281, 287, 381. CouNTitY. Nos. 21, 127, 167, 170, 180, 184, 196, 204, 385, 387, 476, 507, 512, 532, 544, 551, 557, 639. Wednesday, -2, LONDON'. Nos. 35, 75, 220. COUNTRY. Nos. 84, 95, 124, 139, 148, 207, 229, 339, 465, 487, 491, 505, 513, 526, 329, 581, 585, 656, 711, 713. Nos. 25, 34, 61, 122, 239, 277, 325, 329. COUNTRY. Nos. 113, 171, 182, 234, 416, 451, 453, 466, 469. 555, 561, 599, 627. -4, LONDON. Nos. 10, 210, 399, 409. COUNTRY. Nos. 13, 30, 55, 58, 470, 538. Thursday, ---3, Los nos. Friday, IRELAND. Tuesday, January 1, CORK'. No. 95. Wednesday, -2, Coax. No. 41. The following is a List of the STEWARDS, on the Anni niversary Dinner which is to take place on the 28th January (see Advertisement in our First Page), of the UNITED FRA TERNITY of ANCIENT, FREE, and ACCEPTED MAsoNs, in honour of the Birth-day of the Most Worshipful Grand Master, his Royal Highness the Duke of SussEx : Brother JOHN RAMSBOTTOM, P.S.G.W. President, Lodge of Friendship. Bro. J. A. FRAMPTON, P.S.G.D. V. P. G.S.L. P. LEVYS, Treasure., Lodge of Antiquity. 11. LEwis, Secretary, Ditto. Br. Valentine Jones, J.G.W. Isaac Lindo, P.S.G.W. George Reed, P.G.S.B. John Lewis, P.G.S. G.S. Lodge R. Robson, P.G.S. Ditto R. Winkles, G.M. Lodge J. 'l'. Pettigrew, L. Anti+ J. Davies, Ditto J. P. Ilurnghryes, Ditto R. S. Atcheson, Ditto S. Nlarjoribanks, M. P. L.of Friendship Br. R. Mee Raikes, Lodge of Piiendship M. M. Zachary, Ditto G. Wane, Ditto C. Cabut, British Lodge J. Burra, Ditto W. P. Norris, P.G.S. L. of Emulation W. Harris, P.O.S. Old King's Arm's L. J. By., P.G.S. Ditto J. S. Gaskoin, P.U.S. Corner Stone L. We have lately been favoured with a sight of the manuscript Anthem, composed by Brother SAMUEL WESLEY, for the celebration of the Festival on the Union of the Fraternity in the year 1813. It consists of two movements ; the first a chorus, with an organ accompaniment so admirably adapted that it gives the effect of a band ; the second is a duet for a counter, and a tenor voice, which we think beautiful, and the passage, " Peace shall be with you still," delightful. We therefore hope ete longit will appear in print, that all our Harmonic Brethren I may possess a copy. ',• We received more Masonic Communications this day, but at so late an hour as not to admit of insertion on the present occasion. PRICE M THIS DAY AT TV F STOCKS WELVE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. —75-4 76 75i I India Bonds 695. 3 per Cent. Cons shut Ex Bills 1 pr. I 4 per Cent 95g Cons. for Opening 771 77 77L1,-, HIGH WATER AT LONDO' Morning, 2$ minutes after 4. , N BRIDGE TO-MORROW. I Evening, 47 minutes after 4. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DIC.ERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, lnl. IMPORTANT REVOLUTION AT CONSTANTINOPLE. The French Papers of Sunday and Monday arrived this morning, and bring the important intelligence that a sanguinary Revolution had broken out at Constantinople on the 26th or 27th of November, which had been effected by the Janissaries. They are reported to have seized l on the reins of Government ; and as it is well known they have ever been determined partizans of war, we may consider the great question which has so long agitated Europe as decided. Accord ing to some accounts the GRAND SIGNIOR and his son, and to others the former and his favourite HALEB EFFENDI, have perished in this insurrec- ion. Our extracts in a preceding column are of considerable interest ; and tend to the belief tha war is on the eve of breaking out. Most of the Morning Journals have this day animadverted with laudable indignation on the imputed atrocities of the Greeks, as related in a respectable Evening Paper of last night. It is impossible to give credit to the account, and be fore the Greeks are condemned, we ought to wait for fuller information. The conduct of the Turks, it is well known, has been marked by the most savage barbarity; but they are actuated by a Religion which induces them to look with horror on all professors of the Christian faith. It may, therefore, be conceived that when those whom they regard as Christian Dogs add rebel lion to the crime of what they deem an odious and execrable Religion, there will be no bounds to Turkish vengeance. The Greeks, however, are animated by the mild spirit of Christianity, - which cannot but curb the feelings of revenge, however they may have been provoked by their unrelenting and ferocious enemies. W therefore give little credit to the account of the horrible barbarities imputed to the Greeks, and trust that it will not be suffered to bring disgrace on a cause which is supported by justice, an ho , nourable zeal to restore their independence and that pure Religion which the Supreme Being has vouchsafed to impart to his creatures, to prepare em for a better state. Extract of a Letter front Halifax, Dec. 8. 64 It was stated some time since, i❑ a Montreal Paper, that the' Commissioners appointed to settle the boundary line could not agree—we can now state that the above information is not correct. The Commissioners came down by the last steam boat as far as West Point, and from the infor mation we have received there is no doubt of the ,wo parties agreeing : it is of great importance to ,he inhabitants of the frontiers on both sides that the boundary line should be known ; at present considerable excitement exists on the Northern frontier ; in one instance, an island in the river St. Lawrence, called Carleton Island, had been leased to Mr. CHARLES SMITH, and the Post master-General had established a Post-office on le island, of which Mr. J. was Postmaster. Ile had erected a number of buildings on the island, and made considerable improvements in agricul ture, Scc. A short time ago, Mr. llAGEnm.ts, the Collector of the Customs at Kingston, went to Carleton Island with a party of officers, and took from Mr. SMITH a large quantity of mer chandize, seizing it on behalf of the Crown, on the ground that the Island belonged to Great Britain." Extract of a Letter from Rio de la Hacke, Nov.l'2. 64 Now the Republic of Columbia has esta blished its independence, things begin to wear a most favourable aspect, and the New World will offer great advantages to the industrious of all nations who may be induced to traffic on its soil, which no doubt will cause thousands to flock to its shores. The country is beautiful, and wvtl adapted for the culture of sugar, indigo, coffee, &c. Although the town is not yet re-built since the last fire, there still remain ample resources and protection for those persons who may will to settle there." Lord STANHOPE, like the Earl of LlvEnpoor. , the King of FRANCE, and the Agricultural Re port, makes allusion to the ez. , il of abundance, but, unlike these other high authorities, he ex presses a just surprise that in these times, unlike all former ages of the world, the possession of plenty should be considered as a misfortune by fi nation, and, unlike them, he does not despair of a remedy for the difficulties and distresses 0 1 Agriculture, by the exertion of legislative wig' dom and power. On this broad and intelligibl° basis, we are forced to acknowledge our agree ment with his Lordship; whilst from his opinio n as to the causes of the agricultural distress, an d the nature of the precise remedy which he re' commends, we are compelled to expreSs on t decided dissent. His Lordship thinks tha t taxation is the cause of the agricultural di s" tress ; and that the distress will be relieve ( ' by a reduction of taxes. Let us examine th e grounds of this opinion. In France, where 11 ' 4 only taxes, but rents, are much lower than i° England, and where there are no poor's Tate s9 ' 4 the agricultural interests of the departments of the east, the west, and the south, are in th e greatest distress," and in this distress, the coW sequence, according to the declaration of th e King of France, ' 6 of a redundant harvest," a ll Europe at this moment participates. In Britis n America, where a very great proportion of th e agriculturists cultivate their own lands, p a y in4 no rents, few taxes, and no poor's rates, the dig' tress is so great, that, according to the declarn' tions and resolutions of numerous public meeting" these colonies must be utterly ruined, unlessi they are permitted to send their supplies ° corn and flour into the United Kingdom for con' sumption. In the British Colony of New Sou th Wales, where few, if any, of the cultivators poi rent for their lands, where there are no po or' rates, where the Colonists, instead of being b tlf# 1 11 thened and oppressed by State impo sts, ceive numerous advantages from the Governrnev t, and where the price of agricultural produce is oliel third higher than it is in England, the agriculti t interest is in great distress!! In England it sel f five or six years ago, when the taxes were twe ° e millions per annum more than they are now' he agriculture of the country was in a most flow' e in; condition !!!—Whatever, therefore, maY st the effects of heavy taxation upon the countrf large, and whatever may be its effects upoo s ° ° tb e particular branches of industry, we have 1 0 evidence of incontestible facts, that taxat' °., 0 not the cause of the severe distress so gen e°. ele experienced at this moment, throughout world, by the cultivators of the soil. ' BRIGHTON, DEC. 25.—Divine Service, c", 0 d mencing as early as ten o'clock, was perfor ° ,l l e this morning at the Palace, in the presence of the KING and family, by the Dean of 111:1101:c and Dr. Huou PEARSON. His MAJESTY 3 ` wards received the Sacrament.,