The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-29 00:00:00

PROPOSED DINNER TO MR. SHELL.

Yesterday evening a Meeting was held at the
London Tavern, in consequence of the following
letter, which was circulated in the course of the day :
" have conversed with several gentlemen, who
are of opinion that the Friends of Civil and Religious
Liberty ought to invite Mr. Sheil to a Public Dinner in the '
City of London. I have, with a friend, keen him to-day,
and he would feel himself highly gratified by such an invi-
tat o-1, and will make some sacrifice to stay in London all
this week, it it c.in be accomplished Allow me to re-
quefte yrior attendance at a preliminary rneetin, to he held
to-morrow (Tto.sday evening). .tt seven o'clock precisely,
at the London Tavern, Bishopsizate-street, to consider the
brat means of cartyine it into effect.
" I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
.4 W. A. PEACOCK.

" llishonstesstrePt, Monday, Oct. 27, 1828."
At eight o'clock Mr. PEACOCK (of the Common
Council) MIS unanimously called to the Chair, and
stated, that in the course of the day he had had
an interview with Mr. Sheil, for the purpose of
asking him how late he coul . conveniently stay in
town, in the event of the c •.izens London re-
questing his company at a ?ablic dinner. Mr.
Shell returned for answer, that he could not, with-
out inconvenience, wait over the present week ; and
that he should feel highly honoured by such an
invitation, if the promoters of the Meeting thought
that they could get together such an assemblage as
would do honour to the cause which ti;ey wished
ti promote. This being the feeling of Mr. Shell,
(3lr. Peacock) should be glad to hear the senti-
etneits of any gentleman present on that poiw.
;dr, GALLOWAY (of the Common Council) said
te„kr, for his own part, he could not for a moment
elo,:bt that in the course of a week a very large body
gentlemen would come forward to show their
respect for the personal talents of Mr. Shell, and
their zeal in the cause of which he was so eminent
an advocate, by being present at any public dinner
that might he appointed. If it were only on account
of the speech which Mr. Shell had delivered at
the Kent Meeting, he thought that the proposed
compliments to that gentleman had been richly
earned, for nev.,r before had he read so complete an
expose of the real facts of the case, so tritmuhant an
answer to the accusations brought against' the Ca-
tholie! Body. (Applause.) The only point that
it appeared to him necessary for the present
meeting to discuss was the expediency of a
public dinner, and on that head they had to con-
sider how far it was likely that such a dinner
would be numerously
attended, and what intlittleential
persons would be ready tocome forward.
be-
lieved that the general opinion was, that the higher
orders of the country had oflate
the becnsubmakccintg
fvery
rapid strides towards liberality on
Ca-
tholic Emancipation, and that the chief subject
eon the question existed in the minds of the middling
classes 0, )ciety. Such a feeling rendered red the -pro-
posed plan peculiarly eligible, as .it ebe seen to
.supposed to
emanate from that very clasa which wasand
be most opposed to Mr. Sheil and his principlei.,
in that view of the case the attendance of more influ-
ential persons was not so absolutely necessary to give
eclat to the affair. As to the point of numbers,
entertained no doubt, as he had already said ui the
outset, that when the thing was once set on foot, a
great number of persons would be found, who would
not only be_ willing, but eager to pay such a mark
oe respect to a man who might, on the present oc-
easion, be considered as the representative of the
Catholics of Ireland.---(Applause.)
This being only a preliminary meeting to debate
on the measures most prudent to be adopted, a &-
eol tory conversation then took place, in which Mr.
B. Tay tor, Mr. Blackett, Mr. Bleeder, Mr. Richard-
son (all of the Common
Council), Mr. Murphy,
Mr. White, Sze. &c., all took part, and the generally
expressed feeling of the Meeting was that the Chair
man, Stewards, &c. the. Proposed dinner, should
he of the Protestant faith (admission, of course,
being open to such Catholics as might be desirous
of thus publicly paying their respects to Mr. Shell),
in order that it might appear to he the act of such
citizens of London as differed from Mr. Sheil in
their religious principles, but were anxious to sup-
port him in the rause he had undertaken. For this
purpose Mr. Peacock, Mr. R. Taylor, Mr. Galloway,
and Mr. Blackett, were deputed to call upon Mr.
Steil to-morrow (this) morning, for the purpose
of learning from him the latest day he could remain
in town, and of fixing the most suitable day for thu

dinner.
k 'lnc Meeting tl,en aajonrned till this evening, for
the purpose of learninz what arrangement had bee),
wade ith Mr, Shell, and for the adoption of fu'-
;her measures conducive to the object it has in view,

•
in• Nktralar

LONDON.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 29, 1E398,

The fall of Varna, real or reported, continues
to be the general theme of conversation in town,
each party fortifying his opinion by the probabi-
lity or improbability of the case. That Varna
has fallen is more than probable, but that
it has not may yet be considered doubtful,
because we have no authentic details to warrant
an belief in its surrender. Of the two
we should be more inclined to believe that 3.,
has fallen, judging from the progress which !::e
besiegers made in undermining the fortifications
and battering the walls. The hurried man-
ner in which the news reached Hamburg!'
and the accidental overtaking of the steam-boat,
may give rise to suspicions, the more so, too,
because no satisfactory details accompany the
despatch ; but then it ought to be remembered
that the Russians would use the utmost expedi-
tion in disseminating an event of such importance,
without waiting for all the particular details.
" Varna taken" would be enough for their
friends—" Varna fallen" would be more than
enough for their enemies, without the how and
the when, and all such impertinent adjuncts.
The event—the event decides their destiny, and
all the rtst is but as vanity or vexation of spirit.
The probabilities are that Varna has fallen. Let us
wait, and see.

The :'tench Papers last received contain

nothing respecting the reported fall of Varna,
but their silence by no means invalidates the fact,
supposing it to have taken place. There is no
end to the various rumours afloat respecting the
condition, success, and non-success of either
party, according as the fortune of either may be
welcome to the particular channel of communica-
tion. The Constitutionnel, of Sunday, gives a
highly interesting letter from an officer, who ac-
coinpmied the French army to the Mores, re-
specting the state of affairs. But as this letter
is too long for present insertion, we shall content

ourselves With giv;ng the following lucid abstract
from a Morning contemporary:—
" The army of Ibrahim Paella (according to
this letter) consisted, on the landing of the
French division, of seven regiments of infantry,

each upwards of 2,000 strong, and of about
j,OOO or 1,200 cavalry, or in all, about 15,000

or 16,000 men. This was still a considerable
discipline, and numbers
force but the courage,

or the French troops convinced him that it would

have been dangerous to measure strength with
them, and induced him to agree to•the terms pro-
The go d under-
the Allied
o
posed by the Allied Admirals.
Naval
-.tanding which prevails between
Commanders and the French General-in-Chief,
led the latter to invite them to a review of the
brigade before Navarin, and to an entertain-
ment on shore. IBRAHIM came to the review,
.itteuded only by his interpreter ABRO (an Ar-
menian, who had been in Paris several years),
and received a horse from one of the French
officers. The Paella examined the arms, and
remarked tbe evolutions of the French with
much interest, asking questions of the General-
in-chief, whenever he was at a loss to under-

stand the object or use of any manoeuvre. He
accepted of the uniform of several of the kinds
of force,—the Chasseurs and Hussars,—and
said he would introduce a similar species of
troops into his military system. At the enter-
tainmeut which followed the review, all the
officers, both military and naval, were struck
with the Paella's presence of mind, the eager
desire which he testified for information,.
and the propriety of his answers to ques-
tions addressed to him. He even showed a
great anxiety to justify himself in the eyes of
Europe for the excesses which his troops had
committed against the Greeks, declared that he
had often mitigated the severities which he was
commanded to execute, and requested the com-
pany to believe that though bred in camps his
heart was not steeled against the voice of huma-
nity. The PACHA appears to be about 40 years
of age—is much pitted with the small-pox—has
a lively eye and expressive features. His de-
meanour is graceful, his manners affable, and his
costume of the most simple description. He
was, of course, the object of general curiosity and
observation."

Letters from La Guayra of the 24th August
state the important fact of I.3OmvAR having
issued orders, under date of the 20th June, for
the suspension of the privatecring system, and
the ordering into port of all privateers on expiry
of their commissions, on pain of being treated as
pirates, and that it be rigorously enforced.

By his Majesty's packet Ariel, Captain Flo°,
accounts have been received from Gibraltar to the
12th inst. The fever still continued. From the
daily reports on the 9th, there were 106 new
cases, 22 deaths ; on the 10th, 93 new cases, 23
deaths ; and, on the 11th, 109 new cases, 16
deaths ; from the 10th Sept. to 11th Oct. there
had been in all 2,377 cases of yellow fever, and
454 deaths ; remaining on the morning of the
11th, 771 cases in the hospital, 3-11, serious, 217
slight, and 210 convalescent. The wind was
still east, with indication of rain, which was
looked for with much anxiety.