The Sun.
London, England, 1822-01-11 00:00:00

[MORNING POST.]

,Te-have received German Papers to the 2d
.They contain a long and laboured article
fiom,,Vienna, the object of.. which is to disprove
due-asaertions made in a communication of De-
cember 2,. from- .Odessa, which,. has appeared. in
all the Continental and English Papers, and
which mentioned the existence of considerable
disorders .at Constantinople, oil the 23d and 25th
of November: Theke disorders the Vienna Ga-
zctte takes. upan itself to 'represent as wholly
imaginary, forgetting, or perhaps knowing not,
that Odessa was Jaof • the -only source from
whence the accounts of them proceeded, and
that they also came in private letters, by
sea. .o.nd lanct,j from Constantinople itself.=
The whole is. in tfzct .little more ;thatt a

quibble on the epithet 44 dreadful" applied by
the Odessa article to these disorders ; for after

having declared that " public order was not dis-
turbed," the contradiction contradicts itself, and
admits the existence of " Single excesses com-
mitted by rude men of the lowest class of the
populace." In order, however, to do away the
value of this admission, it adds, that excesses of
that kind "are scarcely observed in so great and
populous a city, and in the present irritated state
of people's mind." But the next sentence is a
still more gross self-contradiction, for it states
that those" single excesses" which were" scarcely
\observed," had yet not only attracted the no-

tice of the Austrian and British Ambassadors,
but had caused them to interfere " in order to
prevent them," and to " require from the Divan
a new and stricter Ordinance, which they ob-
tained," and which we give this day in another
part of our columns. The language of the Ordi-
nance itself is sufficient to skew that the disturb-
ances were of no small magnitude and of the very
worst character, and the fact of its having been
wanted and asked for is more eloquent, in proof
of their extent, than the whole rhetoric of ten
Vienna Gazettes arguing as the present has done.

[THE TIMES.]
The different public bodies and denominations
of people in Dublin appear anxious to bespeak,
by the alacrity and warmth of their addresses to
the new Viceroy, the most favourable feelings
from his Excellency towards his countrymen.—
Lord Meath, the great proprietor of that part of
the metropolis called the Liberty, went up at
the head of a deputation of the poor weavers, by
whom it is inhabited, to congratulate Lord Welles-
ley on his assumption of the Government. His
Lordship's answer contained a strong assurance
of his disposition to diffuse the spirit of concord
and union which had been recommended in the
parting letter of the Sovereign—a promise which
has been anxiously laid hold upon by the Journals,
as the harbinger of a wise and useful, and, as it
would seem, somewhat novel, system of Admi-
nistration in Ireland. The Catholics, too, are
going to address his Lordship; and Mr. O'Con-
nell ushered in the business on Monday last
with a speech, containing the highest panegyric
on the public conduct of the Lord Lieutenant,
so far as concerned his Excellency's constant sup-
port of the Catholic question. As the learned
gentleman expatiated on the debt of gratitude
which was due from the Catholics towards Lord
Wellesley, it may be as well to remind him, that
although the Noble Marquis was undoubtedly
one of the most zealous, and perhaps the most
powerful of their advocates in the House of
Lords, yet, before his Lordship was named to
office, occasions have arisen in which thanks,
though profusely offered to other members of the
legislative body for their exertions, have been
withheld from him. Now, however, all is as it
should be. The Noble Marquis is at the head
of the Irish Government. His influence, as the
Author of the " Sketch of Ireland past and pre-
" sent" says in the dedication to the new edition
this day published, is an increasing influence ;"
and " gratitude," we know well, from an excel-
lent judge of political men, is " a sense of obliga-
" tion for favours to be hereafter received."

An article under the head of Brussels contains
a most heroico-tragical piece of ❑ews ; which is
no other, than that the Graud Turk, calling his
family around him, and destroying with his ow❑
hand his three daughters and his only son, ex-
claiming meanwhile that" the times were accom-
plished," at last put a period to his own existence.
lie ought to have burnt down the dome of St.
Sophia, and the whole would have made a fa-
mous subject for a future tragedy by Lord Byron.
The city of Constantinople was ravaged by the
Janissaries, while the above sanguinary scene
was acting in the Seraglio.—(lbid.)

[NEW TIMES.]
The letters from St. Petersburgh, which were
received yesterday by the Hamburgh Mail, are
not of ao pacific a nature as they have recently
been ; and in consequence of the general appre-
hension that the pending negociations between
the Russian and Ottoman Governments will not
terminate amicably, the Exchange, has again de-
clined. The following is an extract of a letter
received by an eminent house in the City :
" Our apprehensions of a war have, within the
last few days, been renewed by the frequent
interchange . of couriers which is constantly
taking place between this capital and the
neighbouring European Powers. A general
epinion prevails here, that the alteration in
the French Cabinet will produce a very ma-
terial change in the ultimate determination of
the French Chambers with respect to the differ-
ences between our. Government and Turkey. It
it well known that the Emperor Alexander pos-
sessed considerable influence over the Duke de
Richelieu, and the Duke having lost all official
power, and the influence which the Emperor pos-
sessed having sunk with it, there is little oxpec-
tation of finding the present Ministers of France
joining in the views of Russia. In a commercial
point of view this affair excites much less at-
tention than you would expect. It is true all the
nekociations are conducted with great secrecy,
and on that account, it being so little a matter
of conversation, our silence is perhaps attri-
buted. The soldiery, however, are very much
on the qui rive on the occasion. It opens a fine
ideal field of promotion for them, and they are
a good deal goaded on to the public- expression
of their sentiments by the open approbation of
the Noblesse, 'nearly the Whole of whom are de-
cidedly bent on war, particularly since the'return
of Baron Strogonoff.—Much anxiety prevails for
the arrival of the answer of the Porte to the last
Note of the Russian Cabinet, which we are daily
expecting."
--
[MORNING CIIRONICLE.]
city, Thursday Evening, Jan. 10.—There are
accounts in town this morning, of the 10th of
December, from
.Constantinople, at which time
the same uncertainty continued respecting a
Russian war, and a vessel had arrived on the 24th
of December at Trieste, in eleven days from
Smyrna, the Captain -of: which reported, that
when -.he sailed that town 'was tolerably quiet

and that bn:inessliad in some meacure been again
resumed.—The funds have declined this day a
little. Consols for Account opened at 754, and
closed at 77i. This is occasioned partly, no
doubt, from the " rumours that the differ-
ences betwixt Russia and Turkey had been ad-
justed," not receiving any confirmation by the ad-
vices received this morning by the foreign mails.
Some of the party have been jobbing their accounts
over to February, which also assisted in causing
the depression ; besides the St. Petersburgh letters
bring the Exchanges lower.—The Danish Bonds
which ought to have been delivered this day,
have not arrived, but the contractors' engage-
ments to deliver them as soon as they ar-
rive have been generally accepted of, and
they now fetch currently 80.-13 y letters re-
ceived this day from different quarters, it ap-
pears that the storms which were so fatally felt on
the British coast last December have been ge-
neral throughout Europe. At Genoa the houses
were filled wit%► water, and the coast covered
with wrecks. At Trieste, Naples, Corunna, and
many other places their effects were equally un-
fortunate.—There is some demand this day for
coffee, and sales have been made at from 2 to 3s.
advance.

Mercantile letters received by the Mail of
yesterday from Seville and Cadiz, mention, that
every thing was quiet there, and that, for the
sake of tranquillity, the orders from Govern-
ment to change several of the Authorities had
been observed. By this step they did not however
consider themselves reconciled to the present
Ministry, of whose conduct they highly disap-
prove ; but following the example of Galicia,
they had deemed it best to shew their willing-
ness to submit to a superior authority and await
the result. Murcia still remained in a state of
open defiance to the Government. On the 16th
December, a meeting had taken place, and a re-
monstrance to the Cortes was agreed upon, in
which it was stated, " that when evils increase,
remedies partially applied do not suffice, and that
it is necessary to have recourse to more energetic
means." This' address was signed by all the
Authorities, the militia, and a great number of
the inhabitants. No answer had been received
to this Address ; but the people had pledged to
defend themselves if at/tacked by orders of the
Ministry.—ln Spain there is a project to organise
the Italian emigrants who had sought an asylum
there, with a view to send them to the aid of the
Greeks in their present struggle.—(Mid.)

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JAN. 10.
GAME LAWS.
LUYWARD V. nonNEn.

This was a penal action under the statute, the sth of Ann,
against the defendant for keeping a setting dog. The cause
came on for trial before Mr. Justice Bun RO UG H, at the Essex
Assizes 1821, when evidence was given of keeping the dog, but
evidence on the other hand negativing its use for the purpose
of killing game. The defendant is a farmer renting above five
hundred acres.- Mr. Justice Burtaoueur, although he die-
approved of the action, directed the Jury that evidence of keep,
ing only was sufficient under the statute; and the Jury very
unwillingly found a verdict for the plaintiff.
Mr. GURNEY last term made a motion for nonsuit.
Mr. Man RYAT now shewed cause againSt the rulelNisi,
contending that the finding of the Jury should be affirmed.
Mr. Justice HorathYD bara note of a case tried before Mr.
Justice Buller at, York, in which an action had been brought
against a Magistrate for seizing a greyhound. The seizure
was defended under, statute of Ann, and by proof that the
plaintiff was an unqualified persbn ; but it being shewn that
the dog had not been used for killing game, the Judge directed
a verdict against the Magistrate.
Mr. NI AIIRVAT believed that the case at York could be
distinguished from the present case. It was proved that the
greyhound had never been used for killing game ; the setter (in
the present case) was only proved not to have been used for that
purpose within the time limited for the bringing of the action.
But for what purpose, except to kill game, could the dog (a
bitch it was) be kept ?
Mr. Justice BAY E breeding, perhaps. -
The LORD CirrEr JusTicE.—And is it not left to the
Jury to say whether the dog is not kept for the purpose of de-
stroying ? The Learned Judge tells them (although unwilling-
I)', he says) thet the mere keeping is enough.
Mr. Justice BE S T.— E at', tly. The Learned Judge says,
that he thinks it a disgraceful action ; but he is of opinion that
keeping is sufficient under he statute.
Mr. GURNEY.—And the jury, my Lord, express themselves
in these words If your Lordship says we must find for the
keeping, why we must."
Mr. MAnnYAT contended that the words of the Art extend-
ed to the keeping or using any dog or engine. Nets and en-
gines were seizable for mere keeping, and the dog, by the sta-
tute, stood in the same situation.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY said, that the words of the Act were—
" keep or use any engine or setting dog for the purpose of de-
stroying game." There must be ground for believing the use
either of dog or engine.
The LORD Curer JusTrcE,—lf you allege in your decla-
ration that the dog is kept for the purpose of 'destroying game,
how can you make your allegation out, unless you spew use for
destroying, or at least something approaching to it ? A man
may keep a lurcher to guard his house, or a greyhound for the
amusement of his children; and would he therefore be liable to
.an action ? _ _

Mr. Justice BAYLEY.—The doctrine is extravagant. A
man who keeps sporting dogs for sale would be liable to a to-
nally for, each doghe kept; and as to the engines, a tunnel for
instance, [ a net used for taking game], a tunnel is one of the
engines named in the statute; but.you must at least have show
of probable,use. It a man had a Museum, and kept a tunnel
in it by 'way of specimen, would he. he therefore liable to a
penalty ?
Mr. Justice BEST.—;.The mistake of the Learned. Judge, if
I may so express myself, has been this :—Keeping is prima
facie evidence of keeping for use, but it is not conclusive evi-
dence.: Prima facie evidence may be rebutted, and it appears
to me to have been fully rebutted in the present case. In my
time I have been engaged in many actions of this description,
but I always gave proof; at least, that the dog had been seen
abroad and ranging ; and I never supposed that mere evidence
of keeping. would be , even sufficient evidence to go to the jury.
Rule abiolute for nonsuit.