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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1828.

It is understood that to-day the new Mein

hers of the Cabinet will be presented to his

MAJESTY at Windsor, and that their appoint-
ments will appear in the Gazette of this

evening.

The Times of this morning has printed ai

extract from the speech in which, during the
last session of Parliament, the Duke of WEL-

LINGTON disclaimed his pretensions to the pose

of Premi6r.

We were, no doubt, as mu&

astonished at first as our cotemporary could

possibly be, at his Grace's acceptance of the
office ; hut we feel confident that ample explana-

on will be afforded of the grounds on which

ie arrangement has taken place. The com

lands of his Sovereign or the necessity 01

ie case may surely have authorized a de.

parture from the purpose laid down, in a speec

of ;A.-humiliation. But we will candidly
own that the moderation evinced by the
Noble Duke, has materially altered our former
impressions of his character, which, with all

le splendour attached to it, seemed to con

tain ingredients more fitted for subduing the
enemies of our country, than for the no
less difficult task of reconciling conflicting in-

terests and terminating political feuds. We
sincerely believe that the Duke is not the
red-hot Orangeman for which we had erro-
neously set bins down ; and though we may not
agree with his Grace on the question of Ca-
tholic Emancipation, we are unwilling to con-
found conscientious opinions with selfish, wilful,
and profitable bigotry.
In short, having been vastly depressed, a re-
action has taken place, and we are filled with
hope that though divided on a subject where

lonest men are unfortunately too much divided,

—the new Administration %vill leave that
question fairly to its fate in the minds of the
people of England, and will pursue with unity
of purpose on all other subjects the true inte-
rests of the empire, avoiding the opposite ex-
tremes of rash innovation, and bigotted devotion
to the practice of former tunes.

We understand that the Duke of WELLING-
TON last night issued cards of invitation to all
the Members at present constituting the Cabinet,
to dine with his Grace this evening at Apsley
House, so that we may reckon this the first
Cabinet Dinner of the New Administration.

Our City Correspondent, says, it is certain that
Parliament will meet for the despatch of busi-

'less on the 29th inst., and he adds, we have
good authority for stating, that the only business
which will be done on that day, will be the moving
of new writs for the re-election of those Mem-
bers who have vacated their seats by the accept-
ance of office- His MAJESTY will send a
message to Parliament, stating that he will ad-
dress them on that day fortnight, by which
time the returns will be made from Liverpool,
Oxford, &c. It is confidently said that his
MAJESTY will then be enabled to announce to
Parliament the treaty for the immediate evacua-
tion of Spain by the French, and the return of
our troops from Portugal, together with the

sions, &c. ; and this company has an evident in-
terest, if it expects to profit by the contract, in
accelerating the commencement of hostilities by
all the arts in its power. The first announce.
went of war sounds always a peal of joy to con-
tractors,—but, thank Heaven, the destiny of

Nations is not at their mercy.
The discussions respecting the conduct of

the new Ministry still continue,—the Opposition
Journals amusing themselves with strictures upon
their late appeal to the French nation. In
another column will be found extracts from
these Papers ; but we may here insert the two

following paragraphs from the Constitution-
reel;—the first as spewing VILLELE's
eagerness, when out of place, to possiss a
Paper under hilt; own influence, though when
in power he was the first to impose restrictions
upon the liberty of the Press. Sad vicissitude !
The other article is equally creditable to the
gratitude of those who once thronged the levees
of VILLELE, but are now crowding those of his
successor, and endeavouring to recommend their
servility by ungenerous censures upon their fallen j

idol. What a lesson for the New Minister of
Finance ! The changes of the moon are not
more varied, and scarcely less frequent than those
of unprincipled politicians:—

" We are assured that M. de Villele, who paid the Ga-
zette de France at the expellee of the.public Treasury, has
just bought it with the produce of economy. It has been
sold for, we understand, 500,000 f. The poor Gazette !
" There were yesterday more than 1200 persons in the
salons of the new Minister of Finance. They presented a
very strange appearance. Among them were the Duke de
Choiseul, the Duke de Leroi, M. Casimir Perier, M. Barthe
Labastide, M. Bertin Devaux, and M. CAstelbajac. The
scene was very different in the time of the former Treasury.
Under M. de Villele, the room was silent as the apartment
of a vision : yesterday those present spoke loudly and
clearly, and found fault with bitterness of the late Ministry;
and among their warmest censures of it were the late
Ministerial men."

Dutch Papers of the 19th, liamburgh Papers
of the 15th, and the Nuremburg Correspondent
of the 14th inst., have been received this morn-

ing, from which it appears that the frost in the
North had been suddenly followed by a thaw,
which was as suddenly succeeded by frost
more severe than at first. In Russia, promo-
tion was the order of the day, both in, the army
and navy. In Greece, I.BRAHINt PACHA was
making every preparation for evacuating the
country, in obedience to the commands of his
father. The perverse conduct of the Turkish
Government was charitably attributed to infatua-

tion. The accounts from Hungary discounten-
ance the prospect of a war, however anxious and
restless the Russians may appear on the Pruth
AMSTERDAM, JAli. 17.
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After a rapid thaw had succeeded the short frost at the
beginning of this year, we have had another change of
weather within these few days, and the frost has set in
again with such severity, that the Y before this city is
blocked up by the ice. The severe east wind makes the
cold more sensible than might be expected from the state
of the thermometer, which has not yet been lower than
25° and 26° of Fahrenheit.

HAGUE, JAN. 17.

The Second Chamber of the States General 'net yester-
day, but there being only 38 members present no business
could be done, and it adjourned till Thursday the 21st.
The first work in which the Chamber will engage, is ex-
pected to be a project of Law for the Code procedure
Civile. The Civil Code, with the alterations, is now printed
and distributed among the members of the States General.
Numerous changes have been made in it, the principal of
which are in chapters 3,5, and 6.

ST. FETERSBURGH, JAN. 2.
The Journal of St. Peterstrurgh, after mentioning the
departure of the three Ambassadors from Constantinople,
adds—" The infatuation of the Porte is deplorable, but it
can only confirm in the Powers who signed the Treaty of
London, the resolution to fulfil, with unshaken disinterest-
edness, the salutary object for which they have united.

JANUARY 5.
The Papers contain numerous promotions in the Army
and Navy, but no political news.

(FROM A LETTER.)

TRIESTE, JAN. 1.

According to the latest accounts from Corfu, of the
20th of December, Ibrahim Pacha is making serious pre-
parations to return to Egypt, his father having called him
home in consequence of the events at Navarin.

ST. PETERSBURGH, JAN. 3.

The Northern Bee contains some interesting letters
from officers in the Russian army in Persia. In one of
these letters is the following passage :—" Abbas illirza,
notwithstanding the difficulty of his situation, preserves
all his presence of mind, and combines the dignity of his
rank with the greatrot affability. Colonel Lasareff, com-
mandant of Tauris, has had frequent occasions to see Abbas
who treats hint with great regard. One day the
Prince, praising him for the maintenance of tranquillity
among the inhabitants of Tauris, said, in an oriental style,
—" A warrior who loves his horse, is rejoiced when it is
well taken care ef." He added, "I am the more obliged
to you for your attention to the inhabitants of Tiflis, because
they are very dear to my heart. I have lived among them
from my youth.

IntESDEN, JAN. 6.
A letter of Prince Ypsilanti, written from Vienna,
states that the Emperor has allowed him to remain in that
capital, in order to restore his health, impaired by seven
years' imprisonment. His Aid-de-Camp, Capt. Orfano,
who shared his captivity for six years, has resided since
his liberation, in Dresden.

PESTI( (IN HUNGARY), DLC. Ong
We are here in the most profound tranquillity, and hi-
therto there is not the smallest appearance of war. No
body here thinks of it as probable. We do not perceive
aniindications of changes in the position of the troops, and
the Government has not yet bought up any corn. It is to
be attributed entirely to the schemes of the corn-dealers,
that while they are growing rich, a rise in the iirice of
grain, has taken place. This state of things, however,
cannot last long, and there is every reason to expect that
the prices (Acorn will soon go back to their former level.
VIENNA, JAN. I o.—Metalliques, ; Bank Shares
1030.

We have much pleasure in acknowledging

the receipt of 10/. through the hands of Mr.
MITCHELL, messenger, Board of Trade, from
" T. T.," for the Widows and Orphans of those
men who have lost their lives by the

completion of the treaty for the emancipation of
Greece.

The Gazette de France dated Sunday, and
the Paris Papers of Saturday, have been received,
but their contents are not marked by articles
either of interest or importance. At Odessa
\var was considered inevitable ; but the opinion
of towns located in the vicinity of the. probable
scene of operations is not entitled to much cre-
dit, as their inhabitants are invariably the sport
of every rumour which apprehensive imagina-
tions can frame. In the event of war, a com-
pany of French, Sardinian, and Austrian mer—
chants, is to supply Constantinople with provi-

late irruption into the Thames Tunnel. We
shall forward the money to Mr. BRUNEL, or
pay it into the hands of any person appointed by
hint, in order to its prompt distribution among
the disconsolate sufferers. We trust this is
only an earnest of that liberality which the
sympathy of the public is always anxious
to bestow on occasions of such a calamitous
nature. The donation of " I'. T." is at once
honourable to his heart, and praiseworthy,
as setting a good example to those who may be
equally humane, but who want the stirring spirit
which makes benevolence a virtue. Negative
merit will neither benefit the world nor do ho-
nour to its possessor.

Accounts have been received from Rio de
Janeiro to the 15th Nov., being four days later
than the last accounts, but they contain no news
either political or commercial.

A letter from Naples of the Ist inst. states,
that Mr. STRATFORD CANNING had arrived at
Malta from Constantinople.
It appears that M. OTTENFELS is very active
at Constantinople with the SULTAN and Divan,
trying to bring about a peace.—Journal du
Commerce of Saturday.
The accounts from Senegal of the 6th Dec.
speak of hostilities being committed by the
Maures and the Walk Tribes ; the first have
assassinated two whites, and burnt their houses ;

the Government have not yet taken any decisive
steps, they are anxiously expecting the new Go-
vernor, with fresh rehdorcetnents.—lbid.