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London, England, 1824-08-03 00:00:00

the pontkal command of chain, would find too
late that the had fought for interests Hot her
own, and that instead of having covered her
southern flank by her unprincipled invasion of
the Peninsula, stle had only exposed it to the
circumventing influence of a far greater and more
dangerous enemy.

[BRITISH PRESS.]
The Allgemeine Zcitung of the 10th ult. con-
tains an involved and not very intelligible article
on the policy of this country, with regard to the
new Republics of South America, in which it
seems to wish to prove that we, who have so
many extra-European possessions, ought to be
the last to acknowledge the independence of that
quarter of the globe, as the tables may be turned
against ourselves with our own Colonies. The
answer to this is very short : the first moment
that the British Government becomes a curse and
a burthen, instead of a support and a blessing, to
any of her Colonies, the sooner that Colony shakes
off her allegiance the better; and all the nations
of Europe are perfectly welcome to recognise her
as a free Government the moment she l►as freed
herself from the yoke of the Mother Country.
The Colonies of Great Britain can only be held
by a conviction on the part of the Colonists, that
the connection is reciprocally beneficial to both,
and the moment that reciprocity of benefit ceases,
it is high time to dissolve the co-partnership.

[MORNING cnuorencr.r.]
Extract of a Letter, dated Lisbon, July 1 3.
The intention of the King of Portugal to con•
vene the old Cortes, conformably to his late De-
cree, has excited the utmost indignation in the
breast of King Ferdinand of Spain, who has not
only sent hither a strong remonstrance against the
;measure, but also applied to the Holy Alliance,
in order to prevail upon them to insist on the
suspension of what would form so dangerous and
odious a precedent, which he declares would, of
itself, set the whole of his own kingdom in corn.
bustion, and counteract the paternal plans he has
formed for his Catholic People. This subject, it.
is now understood, is under discussion among the
Allies. Count Palmella is very savage, for the
plan is a favourite one of his own, and he is candid
enough to avow that no permanent tranquillity
can be established, unless something is done to
satisfy the Portuguese people, and restore their
confidence in the Government. In this he is fully
supported by the King, who is really a well-mean.
ing man, and has the good of his people at heart ;,
but be is dreadfully harassed by domestic broils,
a corrupt nobility, and an insubordinate army.—
The Queen continues confined to her Palace of
Queluz, but beyond this they have not interfered
with her ; in fact, they seem afraid of doing it,
for she and her son have a large party, and great
support in her fond brother in Madrid. The
conflict of parties is so great, and the King so
timid, that without the presence of French or
British troops, tranquillity cannot last ; and if
the King, by any commotion, should again b.
compelled to embark for safety, in all probabi-
lity he would not land again till he reached the
British Cleseuel„ Madeira., or some other foreign
place. In the Mean while, the miseries endured
by the people are beyond description.

rmo UN I NO HERALD.]

It was stated some time since, that Lord
Strangford had pledged himself to the Turkish
Government for the recut of all British Officers
serving in the Greek cause. This circumstance
is noticed with some illiberality—and much plea-
santry in the worst taste, by the Consiiintionnei.
If any nation has a claim to credit for any sup•
port of the Greek cause, it is the English—and
if any nation has less than none—if the .expres-
sion be allowed, It is the French. The former
has done something—the latter has done nothing,
and talked much. The Greeks themselves care
little about the pledge of Lord Strangford, sup-
posing it to exist. Their least want is the want of
men, and even of officers. It is said that latterly
they even gave no command to foreigners. Lord
Byron end his suite of friends advanced the
cause of the Greeks; but we understand not by
ally military service, only as amateurs or volun-
teers. The aid which Lord Byron gave was the
authority of his name—the enthusiasm excited
by lib presence and his personal glory—and, not
least, the liberality with which he contributed
his private fortune. The most abundant mate•
rials of resistance in Greece are men. The great
want is money and arms, and it is only from this
country that any considerable aid in that way has
been given. There is ose just observation in the
Paris Journal. It is, that there is something hu-
miliating to the diplomatic pride of England and
Russia in the fact, that for three years the Am-
bassadors of the two Powers, have been solicit-
ing from the Divan the evacuation of Wallachia
and Moldavia, and that they have not been eva-
cuated yet, when the last accounts came away.

[YEW TIMM]
Private letters received yesterday by express
from Paris, dated on Saturday evening, mention
that a decline had taken place in the Reno's, in
consequence of the effects of the settlement of
the account in the French funds, which took
place on that day : the Five per Cents. having
been so low as g7f. closed at 97f. 14e.—
They were subsequently done at 07f. 90c.
This fluctuation is stated to have arisen en-
tirely from the above cause, as no political
event or even report was in existence, to
interrupt tlw state of quietude which has con.
tinned to prevail in the French capital. Our
Funds were not yesterday at all affected by
the Paris accounts, but continued steady, with
little business transacting. Qonsols t for
the account. There were no foreign arrivals
to throw any additional light upon the sub-
ject of the late Intelligence from Peru ; but
a considerable majority of the most expe-
rienced persons entertain an idea that it will
ultimately prove incorrect, if not altogether
without foundation. Commercial letters from Li-
which port the vessel bringing the Intel-
riegrfvel'aartrived, notice that no- such accounts had
been received by the Merchants there, and the in-
formation, true or false, rests entirely upon the
authority of a single letter—the original of which,

we untleistlnJ has been sent into the country.—
The SAtith American Securities were generally
stationary yesterday, with the exception of Peru-
vian Scrip, which, from its late discount of 30 per
cent. has advanced to 12 discount. Colombian
Scrip 4i discount, and Mexican Bonds 53k. In
the other Securities there was no alteration de-
serving notice.

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

( From the Liverpool Courier, July 28, H 324.)

FRANCE.—The struggles which have for some
time agitated the French Cabinet, have given rise to repeated
rumours as to the probability of war ; and It must be confessed
that they are to be regarded with some anxiety. Those
members of the French Minatry against whom the efforts
are made, are certainly the most liberal, and the most
friendly to a pacific course -of policy, though even they
have no excess in their judgment and feelings on these
subjects : in party striving for dominion are, in every
sense, fillra, in religion, in politics, and• In their adherence
to the principles and objects of the Holy Alliance. The abso-
lute subjection of the counsels of France to this faction could
not, in all probability, long continue, without disturbing the
peace of Europe, because it could not continue without such
aggressions upon the balance of power and the rights of coun-
tries with whom Great Britain is in alliance as must call for
our interference. It hi, indeed, avowed, with little hesitation,
that all constitutional continental governments are wise putdown
as ill examples, and the very seeds of revolutionrooted out. Now
provided this could be done by each Government, in each dis.
tinct country, nothing would arise out of it to impair the tran-
quillity of the world. Great Britain would enjoy the benefits
of her own institutions, and continental Europe would slumber
on in ignorance' nder the re-established and enervating super-
stitions of Popery. But it so happens, that though France may
he kept in this state, and perhaps Prussia also, though with
difficulty, by the power of their respective Governments and
the moral influence of the combination of the continental Cabi-
nets collectively, yet there are two powers, Spain and Portugal,
whose Governments are too weak to effect the entire subju.
gation of their people, anti in them it is only by the presence
of a foreign force that their passion for a constitutional mo-
narchy can be prevented from displaying itself. Either, there-
fore, the scheme as to them must be given up, which would he
tantamount to the renunciation of the whole alliance, or it must
be enforced by continuing the French troops in the Peninsula.
We see no middle probability. The party of Ferdinand and
the Inquisition arc gaining no ground in Spain : the party of
the Queen of Portugal cannot stand by itself ; the continuance
of the military occupation...of the Peninsula, therefore, follows,
and with it a certain ground of quarrel with this country. if, •
indeed, a tolerably moderate French Ministry could be upheld,
complicated as the affiiirs of Europe are, there would be some
reason to hope that they might be extricated. In that case,
England would maintain some influence in the Cabinet of the
Tuileries, and through that might neutralise some of the more
desperate and headlong schemes of the Popish conspiracy
against the liberties of mankind, which spreads and Compre-
hends Russia and Prussia, as well us the absolutely Popish
Governments ; and probably, under the mediation of such a
Cabinet, seconded by British influence, the affairs of Spain
might be so arranged as to allow of the withdrawing of the
French troops, without leaving either of the extreme parties
there in possession of unchecked dominion. All this, we grant,
would be difficult, but, certainly, not altogether hopeless; but,
should ultra counsels entirely gain the ascendancy in France,
war, we think, is unavoidable, and the longer we hesitate and
attempt to ward it off, the more will it encourage those mea-
sures on the part of France, the visible and leading agent of
the Holy Alliance, which will render it inevitable. We are, in
truth, no advocates for war. We think that it would be a great
calamity ; we are disposed, certainly, to consider it as the very
last appeal, and not the least objection which we feel to it is,
the new combinations to which it would give rise ; for it would
ostensibly make England the head of all the jacobinical and
ultra-liberal factions in every country on the Continent, a sort
of company in which we should not like to see her. \Ve
detest the radical reformers of our own country, and the politi.
cal illuminati of other states, just as much as we detest the
dark and destructive tyranny which it is the object of the Con.
tinental Sovereigns to support. Both are equally at war with
all just principles, all true liberty, all honour, and all honesty,
and we are anxious that the country shoukl be kept free from
the contamination of any connexion with or patronage of either;
hut we confeas, that the difficulties. with which we are sur-
rounded appear, to multiply, and whether a spirited determina-
tion as to ortugal, and a demand that the French troops should
quit the Peninsula, would now prevent the necessity of war, by
giving a turn to the counsels of France, is a very doubtful
question. 1l ad die latter measure been adopted at the first, we
are persuaded that no war would have followed, and that the
Continental alliance would have been broken np. Yet, even
now, decision will'be better than a delay, which, in proportion
as it continues, is disadvantageous to us, and places F ranee and
her abettors in a more favourable position for excluding the
influence of England from the Continent of Europe and fur
disturbing America.

ImpoRTANT DitclBloN TO PAWNBROKER.—On
e abt
yt op ihgeamr decsm
Saturday Mr. Wood, of St. John-street, Clerkenwell, came
chargebefore preferred
the Magistrates
against
n s
oft to
deliver up certain property pledged at M Collins.Oifice
foTreafnusswinegra
to
r. Wood's shop by the
said Collins. The complainant being sworn, stated that in the
month of June last he pledged t gown and black silk handker-
chief at Mr. Wood's shop for 3s. ; they wtre worth 11is. or more,
but he only wanted 35. on them ; he pledged them in his own
name, and never mentioned his having done so to any person
but his wife, neither had the duplicate been out of his pos-
session until he went to release them on Tuesday morning,
when Mr. Wood's shopman informed him that the articles were
delivered up to a woman of the name of Mary Silcock, who
swore an affidavit that they were her property, and that she
had lost the duplicates. Complainant urged that could not be
the case, as the ticket had never been out of his possession
to which the shopman replied, it did not matter, and retained
complainant's duplicate. The Magistrates seemed to enter-
tain some doubt as to the propriety of Wood's giving up the
property on the affidavit of Mary Silcock, when they were
Pawned in the name of Collins. Mr. Wood urged, that it was
a common practice to give a fictitious name on articles, anti the
pawnbroker could not assume that it was fictitious. If demands
of this description were sanctioned, it would be opening the
door to imposture, and must ruin every pawnbroker in London.
The Magistrates said that if the real owner was defrauded, it
was certainly a great grievance; but yet the fact of a person
coming forward and swearing an affidavit, minutely describing
the property, the sum lent thereon, the day when pledged, and
the name given, looked like collusion. The decision was given
in favour of the pawnbroker.

Mr. StNcr.ma sailed from Dublin at the close
of the lust week, to fulfil an engagement in Edin-
burgh, where be will be joined in a few days by
Miss Tare. Mr. SINCLAIR revisits his native
country under very flattering circumstances. Ile
returns loaded with wealth and fame. Ms bene-
fit here produced one of the fullest, as well as
one of the most elegant audiences, we have ever
professional excellence, and the more marked,
seen collected in Dublin--a high 'tribute to his
because it was ofrered at a season of the year
when people are disinclined to puss an entire
evening in the Theatre, and when, Weed, the
extreme heat
of the weather had caused great
numbers of the'regular playgoers to leave town.
--(Dublin Preem„,'s Journal.)
The Loan Msyou received notice at th
H eMan-
sion ouse, oit Saturday, that Buss% the tour-
ilerer of a man in Cloth Fair, a few months since,
and for whose apprehension the Court of Alder-
men offered adreward of 1001., is now in Custody
in Ireland. Two City Officers have left town to
bring
him to England for trial.
Information was yesterday communicated at
the different police-offices, of a daring burglary having been
committed on -Friday night, at the house of J. Y. itomeAti,
Di., athlete St Mortlake. The articles stolen consist princi-
pally of silver plate, of great value.
Sinuffgling is still very prevalent around all
the Highland Lochs. Notwithstanding the vigilance of the
a day passes but a greater or less quantity ix
Ecseized.xise ce
revicYry btxt whisky can be had from these smug-
glers for lis. a gallon: It is retailed in the public houses at M.
a gilL—(Scotch Paper.)