The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-29 00:00:00

Letters from Athens of the 7th inst. are loud in their
condemnation of the dismissal from office of Prince MAY-
ROCORDATO by King OTHO. So ridiculous, contemptible,
and, on many occasions, subversive of the national
liberties, has been the general conduct of OTno since
his devotion to the Throne of Greece, that he can be
guilty of no extravagance—no outrage upon public
liberty, or public opinion capable of exciting in us the
slightest astonishment. We therefore hear unmoved that
the KING, to get rid of MAVIICOOIIDATO, boldly set forth
that a Minister, in perfect health, was too seriously

ndisposed to perform the duties of his office. We
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learn with equal calmness that his MAJESTY, with a
vindictiveness worthy of an old crone who let. furnished
lodgings, and who was resolved to gratify a grudge by
insulting an outgoing tenant, condescended to dismiss by
a Royal Decree M. LEON MELAS from the Ministry of
Justice, after he had the resignation of that Minister
in his pocket ! Yes, contemptible as this little trick
appears, it was not unsuited to the gratification of the
miserable vengeance of King OTHO. When, by the fabrica-
tion of a bare-faced lie M. MAVROCORDATO was dismissed,
M. LEON MELAS at once sent in his resignation. The
KING received, but suppressed it ; and in order to
the credit of being the first in the field, be so far forgot
the dignity of a Constitutional Sovereign, as to dismiss
the Minister ; but having declared MAvEocoaDATo an
invalid, the next step taken by the KING was to • evince
his own munificence by providing for the worn-out pa-
triot. He therefore ordered him a pension of 2571,
per annum out of the public Treasury ! This
miserable pension, which was intended to ruin
MAVROCORDATO in the eyes of his countrymen,
and which assuredly the KING would have, taken care
never to have paid, was indignantly declined by the
Prince, who stated in a letter to the Government, that
he was wealthy enough for his necessities, and healthy
enough to be still capable of serving the cause of Greek
independence.

But the Great Powers must at last take'some steps to
arrest the ruinous career of OTno. It is time to remind
him that in guaranteeing the independence of Greece,
the Great Powers had fiir their object the happiness of
the Greek people, and not the gratification of the petty
and malignant passions of a handful of Bavarian adven-
turers. But as France is now mixed up with the in-
triguesln Greece, we fear that the British Government
will not speedily receive much support from the Cabinet
of the Tuilleries. However, the interests of the Greeks
and the repose of Turkey require that some strong mea-
sures should very soon be taken to repress the domineer-
ing insolence of a Royal Imbecile, and to give to Greece
those institutions which shall place her liberties beyond
the reach of an alien faction behind the Throne.

The Paris Papers of Sunday contain very little gene-
ral news of interest. The seizure of the National on
Friday, and the circulars of the Minister of Justice, oc-
cupy the leading columns of the whole French metropo-
litan press. No act of the Government since the Revo-
lution of 1330 has, been so strongly denounced by
the Opposition journals as is the issuing of the
Ministerial circulars, published in our columns of
yesterday. 'They are denounced. as intended to abolish
the freedom of the Press and the constitutional right of
petition. 'We more than question the wisdom of the
Government in thus exasperating not only the Press, but
the advocates of an extended suffrage throughout
France. We fear the result will little accord with the
expectation of the KING, Court, and Cabinet.
The Moniteur says, a letter from Ileyrout, announces that
the English troops yhave completely evacuated the fortress of
St. Jean d'Acre.

The Sud• of Marseilles of the 23d, has the following para-
graphs : Captain Espanet, commanding the Auguste
Etrenne, coming from the Isle of Bourbon, has arrived in our
port. He states that on the Bth of this month being off Cape
Sacratif, he met an English squadron of five ships of the line,
and seven frigates steering towards the West. Cape Sacratif
is on the South Coast of Spain, a little to the East of Malaga.
It must be inferred from the direction in which this squadron
was steering, that it was going to leave the Mediterranean.
Captain Portal, commanding the brig La Bourse Adele,
who quitted Tunis on the 10th of September, and arrived on
Tuesday at Marseilles, left at Tunis, five French and three
English ships of the line.
The Bishop of Algiers arrived on the 23d at Bordeaux.
There is a report in that city of the nomination of that prelate
to the see of Cambray.
The Eclaereur de la Mediteranee announces that a manu-
facturer, Mr. Joseph Gauthice, who has been travelling for
these two months in Algeria, has discovered among other
mineril riches some iron mines, which can be compared only
to those in the Isle of Elba.—Le Constitutionnel.
The Count Kolowrat, a packet belonging to the Austrian
Lloyd's, which atrived on the sth from Syria, brought to
Smyrna the following intelligence, which has caused a great
sensation:—." The Austrian frigate La Venero, bearing the
flag of Rear-Admiral Bandiera, ran aground on a rock before
St. Jean d'Acre, five miles from land. It seems that the fri-
gate was in such danger, that the Admiral found it necessary
to throw overboard his guns and his ballast, and to send im-
mediately to Beyrout for assistance. The English ship of the
line, Cambridge, and the Phoenix steamer left on the 29th for
that purpose. The captain of the Kolowrat says that up to
the 30th the sea had been very calm, and that if the assistance
from Beyrout came in time the frigate would be easily got off,
but that since the 30th there had been a very heavy north
wind on the coast of Syria, which excited great apprehensions
for the safety of the ship.—Le Commerce.

rst.3..UIAIN r• U NDS—lsa Imams , SEPT 25.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Ccnt........... .....
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. 93
3 per Cent ....
0340-- .., 71%
.02
Loan of City, 1=32, 4 per Cent 1 90!,%
Society of Commcrce, 4%per Cent 9:1%
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent.— ........ 74
National Society • —
Exchange on London (short)
—Brussels Papers, Sept. 25.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIENNA, SEPT. 18
Fireper Cents. Metalliques
Emir per Cents. 9B
Three per Cents. ................—....... ......
Bank Shares ........... ....... -- ...... ...
.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Sept. 22
HAMBURG- BORSENHALLE, SEPT. 24.
silty. Money
'107%

Thirty.seven

Austrian 5 per Cents.
Bank Shares 16.0
Anglo-Russian Loan 10:,36 lob%
Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Cortilicate
Inscription, Ist Selif:s lbll4 101%,
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th
Series 934 98
Ditto in Certificates
New 4 per Cent. (1840).... .............. ......-
Dutch Actual Debt, 2% per Cent :50%
Ditto 5 per Cent --
Polish fonds ... 149 ....
New ticket
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per Cert 75.4 75
Nnwegian Loan, 1834, 4 per C.nt...
Sp.nish, New 5 per Cents. 15% ,
EXCHANGES ON LONDON.
HAMEURO, SEPT. 24.-13 (lg.-I'w° months, 13 4%.
=lPETRafistntou, SEPT. 14.—Two months, 3lisence
RIGA, SEPT. 16. —Three Months, 39\.
•
rttussiAN FUNDS.—R ..EHLIN 2.
. SEPT.•

Bills. Money.
St. Schuld. Sch., 4,., per cent. .......... 104% .044
Prussian English Loan, 1830, 4 per cent 101
kxchange on London, three months 6 18%
—Prussian State Gazette. Sept. 10.

From Spain we have letters and papers of the 19th
instant. The Expeciador, a Madrid Ministerial paper,
has some very cutting observations upon the report
that the King of the FRENCH has sent M. SALVANDY to
Spain to watch over the safety of the young QUEEI`...
This Journal observes that the Spaniards are not regi-
cides, and that the King of the FRENCH will find enough
to do to protect himself and his family from the assassin
bullets of his own loving subjects.
There were reports in circulation of an intended mar-
riage between the young Queen of SPAIN and her cousin,
the second son of Don FRANCISCO DE PAULA. The
rumour went that Great Britain had consented to the
match. No Bourse.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.
(From the Votes arid Proceedings of the House of Commons.'
ONDAY, SEPT. 27.
MINORITY WHOM VOTED IN FAVOUR OF MR. R.
YORKE'S MOTION.
Ferrand, W. B Morris, David
Fleetwood, Sir P. H. Murphy, F. S.
Forman, T. S. Pechell, Captain
Gill, Thomas Plumridge, Captain
Granger, T. C. Rennie, George
Harrord, Summers Stanton, W. H.
Harris, John Q. Walker, R.
Heathcoat, John %Vats n, W. H.
Hol ond, Robert Wigney, I. N.
Howard, H. Williams, W.
Jardine, William TELLERS.
Johnstone, Alex. Yorke, H. RedheadLeadtr, J. T. Jervii,

Barnard, E. G.
Blewitt, Reginald
Brotherton, J.
Browne, W.
Busfeild, W.
Collins, W.
Colville, C. R.
Crawford, W S.
Duncan, George
Dundas, C. W. D.
Casthope, Sir!John
Ellis, Wynn
YieldCn, J.

amount of bank paper in circulation between
the years 1817 and 1841, which puts to the route
a whole army of errors. In the fOrmer year the
Bank of England circulation was 30,000,000/, and
the country bank circulation of England, ac-
cording to Mr. 11.1‘CuLLocH, not less than
20,000,0001., making an aggregate for England
and Wales of 50,000,0001. bank-notes in circula-
tion. In December, 1841, the joint circulation
of all the banks of issue in England and Wales
was about the half of this sum, or 25,463,3021.
There has been, then, a great and a continual
decrease in the amount of bank-notes in circula-
tion for the last twenty years. In the same
period, however, the population and trade in the
country have continually increased, and it is
probable that by means of 25,000,000/. notes in
1841, at least one-half more business is trans-
acted than by the 50,000,0001- notes in 1817. At
the same time, as the Times, with a view of
frightening the isle from its propriety, informed
the public, a few day,ago, there has been a great
increase within a few years of joint stock hanks--
thus confirming Mr. KENNEDY'S statement,
that as banks are multiplied the issue of promis-
sory notes decreases. Thus a great and con-
tinuous reduction of bank-note circulation has
accompanied, and must accompany, an increase
in banking facilities. There are a great number
of important deductions from this view of the
subject, but we must content ourselves with
stating that the issue of bank paper, to which so
much good and evil, is attributed is of muc
less influence than is generally supposed.