The Sun.
London, England, 1824-11-27 00:00:00

FOR THE SUN.

WORTHY Enrron=—l sent you lately a sort of
squib against Assurance Offices, but I find since,
that my information was imperfect. There is
more assurance abroad than I was aware of. I
took my list from a very large Directory, and
therefore supposed to be right, but subsequent
inspi,ction of advertisements has supplied three
more, viz. the Asylum Life Ass, the Economical
ditto, and the Medical, Clerical, &c. do. Pos.
sibly, therefore, there may still be more ; for
who shall venture to be positive when such au-
thorities fail, or who can hope to detect ussur•-
ance in all its forms ?

To increase the evil, I hear of several new
firms likely to be established. It is said that
some leading demagogues are projecting new
Offices for Assurances, of which they have an
abundant stock. The names of H.- C. and C. are
mentioned ; but I avoid being personal. A cer-
tain preacher, who is at war with the Govern-
ment of his own Church, is expected to set up
another on his own bottom Another is said to
be planned near !fatten-garden, by one who has
long warred with common sense and common
language. In short, such is the encouragement
given by fashion and example, that all persons
who have much assurance of their own are plan-
ning how to turn it to profit, by dispensing it to
others for certain premiums. Ere long it will be
said of us, as one girl in Midas says to the other,
" Why now your assurance
Is past all endurance."

A letter from Lima of the 3d of July states,
that Mr. ROWCROFT had arrived in that city, and
was fulfilling, to a certain extent, the functions
of Consul-General in behalf of the English
merchants. lie called a meeting of the _Bri-
tish commercial residents on the 30th of June,
to whom he exhibited his commission, and read
extracts from the instructions given him by
Mr. CANNING. TheSe, it appears, did not
permit him to carry on trade, nor to charge
any commission, but authorized him to certify any
instrument as a notary, and to claim a remunera-
tion for that service. lie was particularly charged
not to encourage any illicit traffic, either against
the laws of England or those of the country in
which his official residence was fixed. No men-
tion is made of Mr. B,oWcuOFT's having pre-
sented his credentials ,to the Spanish authorities
its Lima. The blockade of Callao by the Peru.
vian squadron had, it seems, placed the English
merchants in some difficulty, as General Ronir,,
the Spanish officer who commanded in that fort.
ress, on the approach of Admiral Ginn, refused
to allow any communication between the shore
and such English merchant-vessels as were
ing at anchor in a distant part of the bay,
with the view to prevent any information being
conveyed to the patriot blockading vessels.—
Through the exertions, however, of Captain
MAILING, of his Majesty's ship Cambridge, who
was applied to by the merchants, such arrange-
ments were made as satisfied General Roan,,
and thecommunication with the shore was placed
on its former footing.

FRENCH PAPERS.

( From the Etoile if Thursday, Nov. 2f).)

CONSTANTINOPLE, OCT. N.—Lord Strangford,
before he left this capital, had several confer-
ences with the Ottoman Ministergi, lie received
,from, them a fokal premise of 'tile speedy and
Stiftr9 vracuato%i# Moldltyith. As Lordship, in
consequence propOseit to M. Minziacky to assume
his diplomatic character; but all on a sudden
news arrived that the Turkish troops, far from
evacuating Moldavia, were committing the most
horrible excesses there. One of the Grand Dig-
nitaries has been massacred by these barbarians ;
others are threatened with the same fate. M.
Minziacky, therefore, persists in living as a mere
private individual. The issue of the campaign,
so disastrous to the. Porte, greatly embarrasses
the diplomatic body. It seems that they had
calculated on the idea that the Greeks would be
overpowered : their complete triumph, therefore,
deranges many combinations. Nobody, how-
ever, apprehends that open hostilities will be
its result. Letters from Smyrna say that the
Pectin of Syria is in complete insurrection against
the Porte. The evacuation of Wallachia does
not seem to be nearer than that of Moldavia.
( From the Constitutionnel.)
MADRID, Nov. 11.—The uncertainty in which
we have been for some time past, respecting
the result of the negociations between France
and Spain, gives rise to a variety of reports,
which are caught at eagerly, without any one
taking the trouble to know whether they are
well founded or not. The following is that
current to-day :—The Queen will not remain at
Madrid if the French leave it : the Infant Don
Francisco has apprehensions for his family, and
is also anxious to get off; and the King is imme-
diately to go to Burgos, as is manifest from there
being a relay of horses ordered on this route.
The Queen and the Infantas have themselves
written to Charles the Tenth, supplicating him
to leave some of his troops at Madrid. On the
other hand, we are assured the principal tnetn-
hers of the Apostolic Junta have offered to the
King, in the name of the Clergy, large sums of
money-100 million reels for his consent to the
departure of the French.

bAtteELoNA., Nov. 15.—The 41st regiment
of the line, the Ist and 12th light infantry, and
the 3d hussars belonging to the division oc-
cupying Catalonia, have received orders to hold
themselves in ready to return to France. On
their arrival at Perpignan they are to receive
further orders respecting their destination from
Baron itottenburg, Commander of the Eastern
Pyrenees. All these regiments are at present
making preparations for their departure.
The depot of the 28th of the line, stationed at
Tarbes, is to set out on the 25th of this month
for Rochelle, where it is to be established.
The Journal of Cambray informs us that a report
prevails there and at. Valenciennes, that the 48th
regiment of the line, which was proceeding to the
islands, has been shipwrecked and totally lost.
But a letter has been received from an officer of
this regiment, stating that the regiment was to
depart only on the 17th of this month, therefore
we conclude that this melancholy news is en-
tirely false.

( From the Journal des Debuts.)

CORFU, Nov. 2.—( Private Correspondence.)—The insur-
rection of the villages of Acroceraunia is complete ; the inha-
bitants have raised the standard of the Cross from Buthrotuni
to Avlone. Letters from Epirus say That the Argyrinne, the
Musachi, and Kouitza, have joined for the cause of inde-
pendence.

Mavrocordato has just sent a summons to the Turkish Go-
vernor Of Arta. Omer Vrione is said to be surrounded or killed
at the defile of the Five Wells. In a short time you will hear
astonishing things.

Awcoma, Nov. 10.—Extract from a letter, addressed to a
subscriber of the Journal des Debats, at Paris, received 23d of
November :

" I beg you to send me a letter of recommendation for the
Greek Government at Napoli de Romania. Ibrahim Pacha,
son of the Viceroy of Egypt, and Ismael Gibraltar, Admiral of
our Viceroy of Egypt, are prisoners to the Greeks, and I would
give half of my blood to be useful to those two illustrious pri.
Boners. You, my dear friend, will do me a most signal service
by employing all your credit for the relief of those two persons,
and by writing on the subject to your powerful friends at Na.
poll, that they may be treated with attention and respect. You
are not ignorant how much I am attached to the Viceroy of
Egypt: do then all the good you can to his son without delay
and without limits : the ransom of these prisoners will be better
'to the Greeks than a loan. Act, speak—no sacrifice will be too
great. Ismael Gibraltar is at this moment at Hydra."
Fa ENCIr FUNDS.—PARIS, Nov. 24.—Five per Cents.
opened at 101. 75. ; closed at 101.65. Bank Stock, 1,972. so.
Neapolitan Five per Cents. (Falconet's Certificates), 89. Nea.
politan Bonds (Rothschild 's Loan), 92. ex 25. 50. Rentes
d'Espagne, 18k. Royal Spanish Loan 1823, 546. Exchange
on London, one month, 25.5. ; three months, 21.90.--(fours
Anthentique.)

ROYAL LEFT-HANDED MARRIAGE.—A letter from Ber-
lin, of the 13th inst., in a Dutch paper, contains the following
paragraph :—" At the concert. of 111. Moscheles, the numerous
audience was most agreeably surprised by the appearance of the
Princess of Lcignitz in the Royal box. We perhaps never saw
the public more eager and impatient, for the marriage of his
Majesty had remained a secret till that evening, and of 1,000
persons at the concert, five at most brought the news into the
concert-room. The Princess of leignitz is by birth a Countess
of Harrach. Her parents have lived for these many years in
Dresden ; her mother was a Baroness Reisky ; and a brother of
the Princely' is in the Austrian army. One of her uncles,
Count Charles Von Harrach, lives at Vienna, and is doctor
of physic, to which science he has devoted himself from his
youth with great ardour, and which he practices for the
benefit of the poor with equal humanity and success. The
Princess herself is 26 years of age, adorned with; all the charms
of youth, grace, and beauty." The above account was sent to
the Hamburgli paper by order of the King, as appears from
the following circular to the public officers and the diplomatic
body residing at Berlin His Majesty, desiring that the
marriage with her Highness the Princess of Leignitz should be
considered merely as a :private matter, has not thought fit to
have it officially published in the journals of this capital; but
his ',Majesty has been pleased to consent that the annexed ar-
ticle might be inserted in the Gazelle of flamburgh."—Berlin,
Nov. 11, 1024.—(Signed)—WITTGEssTmx.

Far Not MONSTER.—The French Court of
Assize at Versailles was occupied on Tuesday
last with the trial of a wretch named Leger, who
strangled, on St. John's day, in the neighbour-
hood of Etampes, a young girl, violated her per-
son, and afterwards drank her blood and ate a
part of her flesh. He is evidently insane. The
most horrible facts of this recital rested on his
own confession. The Jury found him guilty,
and the Court condemned him to death.