The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-27 00:00:00

'composing the expedition destined to attack Algiers
It is tame, but short :
(From the Motiteur.
On board the Provence, May 18.
ORDER OF THE DAY.
" VICK-ADMIRAL DUPERRE, COMMANDER-IN-CHM? 01

THE NAVAL FORCES.
" Officers, Subalterns, and Soldiers,—.Being called np(
with your brethren in arms of the Army of the Expoth"
tion, to share in the chances of an enterprise which honour
and humanity command, you will also have to share ua
the glory of it. It is from our common efforts and out
perfect union that the King and France expect the reps'
ration of the insult offered to the French flag. Let ►'s
collect the reminiscences which, on a similar occasion, uur
fathers bequeathed to us. Let us imitate them, and our
success is certain. Let us depart. Vive Roi

" UPER"
FRENCR FUNDS.--PARIS, MAY 24.--Five per per Cents.,RE .
lOU
65c. 60c. 55c. 50c. 55c. 40c. ; Four per Cents. 10If. ; Certificate',
of the Loan (Four per Cents.) 100 f. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 81',
Sc.
81f. 80f. 90c. ; Rentes de Naples, Sif. 80c. 90c. 80e. 90e.' Royal Spanish Loan, 87; Rentes Perpetuelle d'Espagne 770
78% % 78, Exchange on London—One month (paper) P 50c, ; Three months (paper), 25f. 35c. ; money, 25f. 30c.-4.00'.
4460ezatique.

The Parliamentary Papers just printed, relative
to Greece, are so very voluminous, that we ate
compelled to defer our remarks on them till to-mor
row. The first part consists of 332 pages, being
copies of the Protocols of Conferences held at London
between the Plenipotentiaries of Great Britain,.
France, and Russia, from the 12th Ju1y,1827, to the
14th May instant, the date of the last Conference
when the adhesion of the Porte, as well as that a
the Provisional Government of Greece, to the reso-
lution of the Allies, was placed on record. The
second part comprises copies of the Protocols of the
Conferences held at Constantinople by the Plenipo-
tentiaries of the Allies between the 16th August
and 4th December, 1827, and occupies 223 pages.
The third part consists of Documents and Corre-
spondence relating to the Convention of Alexandria,
the Blockade of the Dardanelles, and the raising of
the Greek Blockades. The whole of these papers
are not less interesting under present circumstances
to us, than they will be to future times as the ma-
terials of history.

The small Majority of 15, which has defeated Sir
JAMES MACINTOSH'S Amendment to the ForgerY
Bill, should encourage the Right Honourable Gen'

tleman to persevere in the Motion to the same effect
on bringing up the Report of the Committee. It
is clear that the Bill is inconsistent with the general
feeling of the country, and not that alone, but op-
posed to the wishes of the very persons whose pro'
perty it is designed to protect. The Government
can hardly persist in defiance of the Petition of
thousand Bankers, presented on Monday night by Mr.
BROUGHAM, in addition to the numerous Petitions
which have been signed by Bankers with other per"
sons—and in the teeth of the fact that not one Pe•

tition in favour of Capital Punishment has yet been
presented from any Banker or other individual. The
sense of the country has never been expressed more
strongly on any subject, than it has against execw
tions for forgery.

On a comparison of the convictions for forgery
with the executions for a period of seven years, the
proportion has been as about ten to one. Hoyt
then can it be said that the terror of death has ope-
rated as a prevention of forgery, when there are
ten chances to one against a man's being hanged
after conviction ? Forgers, as Mr. BROUGHAM well
observed, are the men of all others who calculate
chances, and it is most unreasonable to suppose they
will be deterred by a punishment from which the
chances of their escapingare so considerably in their fa-
vour ; whilst, on the other hand, if they do not calcu-
late, there is an end of the question, for the punish-
ment is then utterly inoperative as a prevention of
crime. The efficiency of a penalty depends upon
the certainty of its infliction more than on any other
circumstance incident to it; and if a penalty is so
severe, that humanity, in nine cases out of ten, for..
bids its infliction by the administrators of justices
it becomes a piece of wanton cruelty to allow it to
take effect in the one case remaining. The folly of
taking away men's lives .for forgery, is, therefore,
quite on a level with its wickedness.

According to Sir ROBERT PEEL, solitary and
lengthened imprisonments are more formidable than
death itself, although, as he thinks, their severity
will not be sufficiently feared, for want of obser-
vation. It requires, however, little observation,
and little reflection in a forger, to make hint
dread a protracted or perpetual loss of liberty,
as the severest calamity that can befall a free agent.
Let such punishment be inflicted with invariable
certainty, and it cannot fail of its effect. But
nothing that fell from Sir ROBERT PEEL affords
the slightest justification for the sanguinary system,
which, in spite of his fame as the mitigator of the
general severity of our laws, and of the discernment
which with regard to criminal jurisprudence he cer-
tainly possesses, he has descended to advocate and
uphold. Sure we are, however, that that system
is near its end; for the intelligence, the sense of
humanity, and the religious feeling that have been
aroused throughout the country, cannot much longer
tolerate the existence of penal laws which are alike
repugnant to social justice, to sound morals, and to
Christian duty.

The purchases of stock by the Bank of Eng-
land are proceeding, and it is understood that in yesterday's
market they extended to full 100,0001. The intention of
the Directors is said to be to invest to the extent of about
2,000,000/. Times.

The quantity of mackerel brought to this city
during the last week was great beyond all precedent, not
lees than seven waggon-loads having arrived in one morn-
ing from Weymouth ; and they have in consequence been
selling as low as six for Is.—Bath Chronicle.

LONGFORD REPRESENTATION.—We Un-
derstand that Mr. LEFROY, son of the ex-Sergeant, in-
tends to contest Longford with Lord FORBES. But the
curious part of the affair is, that he avows his determina-
tion to contest it on out-and-oat popular principles.—Pilot.

It is stated in a letter from Odessa of the
30th ult., that two gentlemen from the house of Row's-
CHILD at Vienna, had arrived there, and taken shipping
for Constantinople, with the view, as was believed, of
attempting to enter into a negotiation for a loan with the
Grand Seignor, to the amount of between 3,000,000/.
and 4,000,0001. sterling. It appears by other accounts
with which we have been furnished, that the SULTAN'S
credit in regard to finance stands high so much so, that
there is likely to be a competition for the loan, should he
be disposed to engage in one. An objection of a rather
unusual nature is such cases is said to have been taken in
one quarter, which is, the very short period within which
the SULTAN proposes to repay the whole loan, being only
three years. The parties to whom this refers would per-
haps like better the approved Spanish method, as better
suited for speculation.

DESTRUCTIVE FlRE.—Yesterday morning,
between two and three o'clock, a destructive fire broke
out in the back parlour •f the house No. 27, Earl-street,
Finsbury. The house was completely burnt down, and
no part of the property was saved.

A number of people who were close to the
DAUPHIN, at a review of the garrison of Dijon, cried
~ Vive la Chang." " Yes, my friends," said the Prince,
~ Vive la Charte, say I, as well as you. We love the
Charter too."