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hitherto been too generally sinfortsuate in thole
Sovereigns, who have exhausted their resoorcesj
nod dried up the springs of happiness. Whatevrt
they enjoy of geed, they owe toitheir ewe exerting*
...whatever of evil they suffer, has been tinted by
their Rulers. .
From German Papers received, we And that the
,Turkish capital was violently agitated in the month
.of August. Oa the 13th • dreadful Are, the wow.
_eel work of incendiaties, broke out, which destroyed
.soine thousand linupes, two Clir!stian churches, sad
.two mosques. The fears of the people increased
.with the progress of the flame% and • general
Onsurrection wria every moment apprehended, but
jilt...energy and setivity of the Grasernmest suc-
ceeded in restoring tranquillity, There was one
particular messnre, which. perhaps. in any other
country would be of little use, but, aided by the
peejedices of the people, was greatly efficient et
Constantinople. The elephants, whose presence
is considered ominous, were sent away. An.
other mode, more intelligible to our London
readers, was resorted to in the shape of a good din-
Per, which completed the bossiness.
Among all the /owners which have reached this
*pantry in reference to the recent changes in the
Spanish Cabinet, we do not And any countenancing
the sepposition that an alleretion is contemplated
in the political mamma hitherto pursued lay the
Spanish Government. It is understood that the
Kzao has, with respect to Don MARTIN DE
GARAY'S plan of Finance, expressed his deter-
mination that the removal of him who devised it
shall make no alteration in the system; and by the
alleged charge against Frenzies. Minister of the
Marine, of not fitting out the expedition fur South
America with sufficient readiness, it seems that the
Kilter has resolved upon acting against the Colonies
with increased erergy. If however GARAY. with
his finencial abilities, could not succeed in
raising mousy, we cannot perceive the justice of
condemni •g Finuano• for not equipping fleets and
armies. The three Ex-Ministers have been styled
by their enemies the Missal triumvirate, bat for
*hat reason, except from contrast with their anta-
gonists (who are denominated servile:), we cannot
imagine. Characters, however, are commonly ac-
quired by comparison, and thus in the court of
Madrid libvcd sentiments may easily he im-
puted to any man without much personal merit,
and the imputation may not improbably be consi-
dered the really means of ruining a rival its the
estimation of the present Monarch.
We ought not. however, to feel much surprise
at this circumstance in the Court of Spain, when
even in our own country denominations which

have hitherto implied the most upright and noble
prinesples of constitutional liberty have beets rids-
ailed by Ministers in Parlsousent. and hare of
course been ever since pointed at by the wretched
hirelings of Munster& as objects of hatred sod coo-
tempt.

These are bad signs of the times we live in ; they
are, with respect to liberty, what the impious and
obscene jests of the sei-disant philosophers of
France were to religion, and it is to be dreaded
that the result may be somewhat similar. SI Id
the Ministers and their adherents, following the
example of their atheistical prototypes, succeed
in rendering liberality of sentiment, a love of
freedom, patriotism, mid (to sum qp all iu one
word) the name of Wpm, unfashionable in this
country, they will have gone far towards facili-
tating their darling scheme of giving to the Royal
(•
• prerogative powers inconsistent with the safety
of our established Constitution. It is not long
since • Magistrate of the City of London, sitting
in the judgment seat, attempted to throw ridicule
upon a very respectable Citizen, by calling him,
with a contemptuous sneer, "a hit of a patriot."
We trust, however, that the " bit of patriotism"
still remaining in this country will be found less
pliant in the hour of danger than the friends of
.despotism probably expect.

We have the satisfaction to state, that we believe
that Manchester is at present free from those tbs.
pules which, for so many week., have drawn the
eyes of the whole kingdom down upon it. The in-
litigators to disorderly idleness are dispe►seel; some
are in Chester Castle, and some in Uneasier Castle,
and all have lost their influence. Industry has re-
sumed her former habits, and we trust mutual con-
Atlenee between the employers and the employed
is every day succeeding to the disagreeable reflec-
tions which • retrospect of the last three months
rras calculated to produce.
It will be seen on reference to our Mine Report,
4list au advance of 9!. per ton in the standard of
copper ore took place yesterday at Pool, making
.an increase, during the last five weeks, of M. per
ion.—(Royal Cornwall Gazette.)

It is ruinoured that several new arrangements in
the Law Department of this country will take
place at the commencement of the November Term.
Report says that Mr. Justice DAN means to retite.
The SOLKITOR-GENER4I. will be the new Judge,
but it is understood that lie accepts the lowest
seat in the King's Bevel), mom tin express con-
dition or being promoted to the Chief Justice-
ship, wherever it may become vacant. Mr. Setjeant
Joy will succeed the NERAI..—
The The new Serjeantship, it is believeil, will be con-
ferred ou Mr. Chairman Tottc..Ess, though Lord
MANNERS is iiiiderolopl to have iiiirticylaily
tulr-
te►ted himself in favour of Mr. LEFaor.--(0,46-
Aim Peesmale's ihormat)