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London, England, 1824-03-29 00:00:00

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would redeem a smaller amount of rentes ; and this excess
would be the more to be regretted, as the State never received
the whole capital for which it recognizes itself a debtor. In
fact, in the most advantageous loans, it never received above
88 france, and in others it was forced to accept 50 francs only,
for 100 inscribed.

" it may be objected that the Government could suppress
at suspend the Sinking Fund, erase from the, Grand Livre
the thirty-three millions of Ranks which have been already
redeemed, subtract from the budget the forty millions assign-
ed to that fund, and there will be at once a reduction of
seventy-thne millions in the burdens of the State. Such a
notion is more specious than solid. First, most of the loans
Ware contracted under laws which enact the annual redemp-
tion the lenders reckoned on this, and a change of system
would be deceiving them. Secondly, the daily purchasers,
br the Sinking-fund, afford a market for those funiholders
who are desirous of selling, and without this the market
might be at times exposed to a 'sudden and dangerous de-
preciation." The article then proceeds to infer that the sink-
ing fund mtfst not be touched ; that it is the corner-stone of
public credit; on which the edifice of the financial pros-
perity of the kingdom reposes. To the objection that the pro-
Posed measure is not legal, a simple line of the civil code com-
pletely refutes it.—Article 1911 says, " La rink constituie en
Perpetuel estentiellement rachetabk."

One of the numbers of the Greek newspaper
recently established, entitled The Grecian Chro-
wide, contains a retrospect of the campaign of
1823, which it represents as having been much
"'are advantageous for the Greeks, though less
brilliant in appearance, than that of 1822. On
Sea and land, the Greeks have every where main-
tained the superiority which they had acquired
in the preceding year. In 18e2, the Turks had
traversed the Isthmus of Corinth, and had
advanced into the plains of Argos. In
1823, however, they have been unable to
gain even the coasts of the Gulf of Lepanto.
Some isolated Greek detachments, advanta-
geously posted in Beotia, were sufficient to annoy,
and even to hold in check, the Turkish army
under the command of Jussour PREVOCHECMA
PACIA7 and which, on the subsequent advance of
ODYSSEUS, with troops not more than one-fourth
of the numbers of the enemy, was defeated, and
driven for refuge to the Isle of Negro-
pont. All the attempts of the Turks to the
northward of that island were equally disastrous ;
.and in their last attempt upon Attica, the Greeks
gave the final blow to the Mussulman army. An-
other. Turkish army, much more considerable, and
composed of the best troops in the Ottoman Em-
pire, marched against the western provinces, with
the view of capturing Missolunghi, the most im-
portant of the positions held by the G reeks.—
This fine force, however, was constantly tra-
versed in its march, and counteracted in its de-
'6igns, and, although commanded by the Pacha
of ScomtA, by far the most able and enter-
Prising of the Generals employed by the
Porte in this war, has in the end been nearly
totally destroyed by a Greek corps not amount-
ing to more than one-fifth of the numbers of
the enemy. The most fortunate result for 'the
Greeks ensued upon the advantages gained
by them in this quarter ; for the Albanians, their
must dangerous enemies, have been completely
dispirited by a succession of disasters ; and
being besides distracted by internal dissensions,
4214 by the numbers who are disaffected to the
Porte, and who have openly declared their dis-
content, they have been rendered quite incapable
of giving hereafter any essential support to the Ot-
toman Power. The Greek Editor, after pointing out
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these consequences of the operations by land,
then proceeds to spew that the efforts of his
countrymen on sea have been productive of still
more solid and decisive advantages ; and af-
ter recapitulating the losses which the Turkish
fleets have sustained by battle by the plague,
and by desertions, and alluding to the increasing
financial embarrassments of the Porte, he con-
tends that the Turks are-not
in a condition to

undertake a fourth naval campaign, with any
Pl'ospect whatever of being able to keep the sea.

TIC, Twelve o'Clock.—Consols opened this
Illomint' at SMPiI to 9517 got up to 954, went
l'ack again to 951 for the Account, and for Money
cj3 to 95u ; fOr next time (May) 951. In the
earlier part of the morning there was some busi-
Iteu doing.

FOREIGN MARKET.—The most business doing
IQ the above Market is in the Alliance Shares,
,otich opened at 16, got up to 17k, and are

We have this morning received New York
Papers to the 2d March.
tFrom the New York Gazette of the lat.]
nuns HAvANNair.---We have received by the
sloop James Monroe Havannah Papers to the 16th
"It. The Captain of a vessel from Porto Rico
informs that the Commandant of that place re-
ceived information on the 2d that Santa Fe di
Bogota had declared in favour of Ferdinand VII.
Late advices from Mexico state that the English
Commissioners had left that place.
The British frigate Thetis arrived at Havannah
on the 13th fr;m Vera Cruz, and brought infor-

mation that many families had returned to their
homes, since the firing between the Castle and
City had ceased.
FROM Sr. DOMINGO.--We learn by the Curler.,
that news had reached Aux Cayes that a formi-
dable fleet was fitting out at Brest ; and it being
believed that an attempt would be made upon
that Island, every man able to bear arms was
compelled to perform military duty.

Mr. SCARLETT.—We have now the pleasure
of stating, that intelligence was received this
morning at the house of Mr. SCA ItLETT, importing
that " he is poorly, but out of danger ;" and a
letter to Sir ASTLEY COOPER, also received this
day, communicates the very same satisfactory
information.

We have received Bayonne Papers to the 21st
instant, liamburgh Papers to the 24th, and Brus-
sels to the 28th. The first contain nothing of
importance, except a report that all the Foreign
Ambassadors had had a meeting at Madrid, " to
give at length a solid Government to Spain," and
that the questio❑ of Chambers and of a Charter
had been brought forward, and discussed. Now,
as it is not in the power of the Foreign Ambas-
sadors " to give a Government to Spain," the re-
port of such a meeting having been holden Riust
be unfounded, or what was merely matter of re-
commendation has been turned into an attempt to

dictate. The Ilamburgh Papers only announce
that Mr. de TATlscnErr, the Russian Senator
and Negociator, had left St. Petershurgh for
Vienna, and that the great commercial house of
LUNDHOLM and Co., at Stockholm, had failed for
the sum of 400,000 rix dollars bane°. The Brus-
sels Journals contain intelligence from Semlin,
according to which it appears that a large Turkish
army was assembling at Schumla. This is said to
have caused much anxiety and alarm, as Schumla
was the place where the Grand Vizier's army was
assembled during the last war with Russia.

INDlA.—There are letters from Madras, via
Bombay, of the 31st of October last, by which it
appears, that they have had very heavy falls of
rain, which removes all dread of a famine, that
had been apprehended. It was understood that
General the Hon. Sir Enwean PAGET, not having
his health in India, was about to return to Eng-
land from Calcutta. A considerable degree of
anxiety prevailed in the Army, that no distribu-
tion had yet taken place of the booty captured in
the late Mahratta war. That great numbers of
the troops were dead, and it had been naturally
expected, that if a total distribution of the booty
could not be speedily made, some
portion of it
would have been advanced to the troops, consi-
dering the number of years which had elapsed
since the war. It also appears that the interest
of money had fallen to 4 per Cent., and that the
Exchange on England was enormous,

On Saturday Prince LEOPOLD came to town
from Claremont. His Royal Highness dined
with the Duchess of KENT, at the King's Palace,
Kensington, and afterwards accompanied his
ltoyal Sister to the Italian Opera.—Yesterday
Prince LEOPOLD attended Divine Service at the
Chapel Royal.---The Duchess of KENT attended
Divine Service yesterday at the Royal German
Chapel, and heard a sermo❑ by the Rev. Dr.
KUPER.
On Saturday morning early, Lieut.-Colonel
PERCY DAVISON, Aide-de-Camp to the Marquis
of HASTINGS, left town with dispatches for the
Noble Marquis at Naples, at which place he was
expected to arrive from Rome the beginning of
the present month.
Saturday afternoon, at three o'clock, the Lords
of his MAJESTY'S Most Honourable Privy Coun-
cil assembled at the Council Hall, Whitehall,
upon the subject of Jersey Appeals. Their
Lordships sat till half-past four o'clock.
We are enabled to state, that no Law Ar-
rangement& consequent upon the death of Sir T.
PLUMER, have yet taken place.— (Morning
Paper.)
The statement in a Morning Paper of Mr.
LUSHINGTON, of the Treasury, having accepted
the office of Governor of Bombay, is without
foundation.

Sir S. RAFFLES, GovernOr of Bencoolen, is or
his voyage home to this country, on account of
ill hcalth.

The RECORDER, who has been very unwell
we are happy to hear, was on Saturday suffi
ciently recovered to come down into his drawing

room.

A Letter from the Ems, states—" Every ex.
ertion is making towards rendering the Upper Ems navigable
this year. Great difficulty, however, is experienced in effectuat-
ing the deepening of the waters. It would seem that the ex-
cavation of a canal- as far down as Halte would be the best way
of obviating the inconvenience. At the same time there can
only be one opinion as to the great utility of the whole scheme,
in regard to its beneficial effect upon commerce and navigation.
By the measure in progress the hms will be made to join the
Lippe, and thus at once form a junction with the noble Rhine."
A Letter, dated Minden, the Bth inst., says,
that while digging on the shores of the river Weser, a short
while ago, the projecting tooth of an elephant, or mammoth,
was found, eight feet in length. Several other pieces of bone
were found, the whole of which had been carefully preserved
by Mr. Hayer, Pro-Rector, and an accurate description of
them sent to the Editor of the weekly Journal. Such relics are
extremely valuable to those who like an interest in Natural
History.
It is announced in a communication from
Rome, dated the 25th ult., that on the approaching Ascension-
day, the Holy Father will cause Proclamation to be made of
the " Holy 1 ear ;" and on Christmas Eve the great door of
the Vatican Basilika will be opened. Consequently, during the
whole of the ensuing year (1825), no public spectacles of any
sort will be permitted to take place in any part of the Papal
dominions. When the period arrives, it will have been 50
years since the last " Holy Year," viz. the year A.D. 1755,
which was proclaimed under the pontificate of Pope Pius the
Sixth.
The annual Expose of French Artists will not
take place at Paris this year, on the 24th of the ensuing month
(April), as has been customary; but, according to a late pub-
lic advertisement, on the 25th of August next.
In the last days of February, Jerome Buona-
parte (Ex-King of Westphalia), gave a magnificent entertain-
ment, at his hotel in Rome, in honour of the natal day of his
spouse. Covers were laid for 80. The dinner was served up
on gold plate ; and not less than 12,000 francs (nearly 5001.
sterling) were expended in furnishing the delicacies for the
table.

The application in favour of Mr. CONNOLLY,
it is said) has not been attended with success.