The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-12 00:00:00

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ST. PETERSBUSGN, DEC. 19.

Yesterday morning, being the anniversary of the Em-
peror's Saint's day, solemn mass was performed in the
chapel of the winter palace, at which their Majesties the
Emperor and Empresses, and other members of the Imperial
family, were present. The members of the Council of the
Empire, the Senators, Generals, and persons of distinction
attended the ceremony, after which the diplomatic body
paid their compliments to their Majesties. Te Deem was
also performed in the Cathedral of our Lady of Casan, and
in all the churches of the capital. - The city was illumi-
nated in the evening. On this oecasion his Majesty was
pleased to make numerous promotions, both in the army
and at Ceurt.

Accounts from Rio de Janeiro are said to
mention that the Marchioness DES SANTOS, the
First Lady of the Imperial Palace, has, out of love
for her country and its honor, and for the glory
of the Emperor Don PEDRO, to whom she owes
all her fortune, offered to lend the Government,
to enable it to carry on the war, One Million of
Milreas, and Forty Thousand Milreas per month
without interest.

The Director, in his reply, pays many com-
pliments in the name of the Emperor to the
Marchioness, for her disinterested patriotism,
and accepts her offer.
Our City Correspondent adds, that 60,0001.
sterling has been shipped for this country for the
purpose of paying the dividend on Brazilian
Stock, due in April next.

It occasions us great regret to announce
that the water has again forced its way into the
Thames Tunnel, and that a melancholy loss of
life has attended this unfortunate event. The
progress already made in this extraordinary under-
taking, which, as far as it had been carried,
already had become one of the most striking
works in the world, of the ingenuity and perse-
verance of man, afforded a fair and reasonable ex-
pectation that the, plan might have been com-
pleted. We fear, however, now that there
must be an end to such an expectation. The
enormous additional expence which this dis-
aster would occasion, and the exhausted
state of the funds of the Company, preclude the
hope that the ingenious projector, Kr. BRUNEL,
will be able to persuade persons of capital to
pursue their object. We shall rejoice if it
should be otherwise, for it is lamentable after so
large a capital as has been already sunk, that
a work of such utility, as well as -curiosity,
should be abandoned for want of means to meet
the expences of a contingent accident and to
carry on the works. We lament tie event also
from personal consideration for Mr. ERUNEL

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SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.
DEAL, JAN. 1 1 .—Wind E.S.E. Fresh.—Arrived
from the River and sailed the General Harris, Stan-
ton, for St. Helena; the Colombian packet, Sadler,
for Genoa.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 11.—Wind
the Duke of York, Lesley, for St. Michael's; the
Coldstream, Stevens, for London. Put hack the
General Palmer, Truscott, for Madras and Bengal.
COWES, JAN. IL—Sailed the Forrester, Wads-
worth, for Havannah.
DUBLIN, JAN. 9.—Arrived the Maria, Moggar-
ton, from Messina.
CORK, JAN. 6.—Arrived the Cleopatra, Young,
from Liverpool and Dublin, for New South Was.
JAN. I.—The Trio, Patterson, from New York ; the
Cauceacaio, Saldanah, from St Ulm's ; the Pilgrim,
Hill, from Oporto.
SHIELDS, JAN. 10.—Arrived the Oswy, Suthern,
from Memel to London, cargo shifted and leaky ;
the Young Harriet, Scott, from Riga.
CLYDE, JAN. 9..—Arrived the Isabella, Nicoll,
from Charleston, sailed the 9th ult.
BRIGHTLINGSEA, JAN. 11.--Abeut 40 feet of
a large bark's topside, with a mizen-mast, the deck
part painted green, the stern of a boat with " Thomas
Willie, of Whitby," upon it, about 600 staves
marked on end I. 8., and a cased cask marked G. 11.,
have been brought in here.

The Annesley, Pollard, of South Shields, was
driven on shore, near Orford Light-house, on Thurs-
day, and it was feared would ha wrecked; crew and
materials saved.

The Pro vidence,Bennet, from Jersey to Plymouth,
sunk on_the Breakwater on Thursday.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, Twrs►i •' Czeins.

The English Funds are quite devoid of interest
to-day, scarcely a bargain having been done since
the opening of the house for the transaction of busi-
ness ; Consols opened at 83 for money, and 85
for the 22d inst, the only alteration has been an ad-
vance to X 54, buyers, for the latter period; the con-
tinuation from jth is scarcely a 'siiteenth per cent,
for the next time; Bank Stock is 206 i ; India
Bonds are a trifle higher as well as Exchequer Bills,
the former are 88 90, and the latter 59 61 pm.

The Foreign Market is nearly deserted, and no-
thing worthy of notice can be stated, nor any alters-
tiara since yesterday, except in Spanish Bonds of
1822, which are 11 ; Mexican 6 per Cent., 461 1;
Colombian, 26k 7 ; Brazilian, 591 601 ; Buenos
Ayres, 43f 4f, but their prices are nominal.

The Share market is in an equally uninteresting
state, nor is there any ♦ariation in the prices.
Up to the present hour no intelligence .has arrived;
the only mail received is from Holland, the private
letters by which, from St. Petershurgii, mention the
expected war with Turkey was extremely popular;
the Emperor was busily employed in raising recruits
for his army, and the amount to be paid, by Persia
was stated at forty millions of silver rubles, equal
to about 6,000,0001. sterling. Not a single ship
letter from any quarter i 8 noticed as arrived.

Three per Cori. Consols, sat i; Ditto for tha A.-
;must, 88/ f; India Bonds, $8 90 pm. ; Ezehequer
be 61 pm.
Fortmax.—Brasilian, 591 601; Bustles Ayres, 48 1 ;
Chilian, 25 '7; Colombian, 26i- 7 ; Daniah, 591 60/;
Greek, 17k 1$; Mexican, 6 per Cent. 38 I; Ditto, 6 per
Cent. 4! I ; Peruvian, 213 6} ; Fortnum', '7li 2 ;
Russian, 31/ 2 ; Spanish, 10f 11.
11Ixxxs.—Angle Merriam", 60 85 dis. ' • Brazil it*, 211
• pia.; Colombian, 22 3 per share; Reel del Monte, par
10 prn. ; 'Unites! Maxims, 21 20' die.
TWO O'CLOCK.

Although there is scarcely any business doing in
Consols, yet the market keeps creeping up, and they
are now 851 for Account, and 85k for February.
Exchequer Bills, 60 61; India Bonds, 90 premium ;
Bank Stock, 2061. Up to this hour we hare no
arrivals in the City.

THREE O'CLOCK
Consols for Account, 85j i.
FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES.

Consols 84. i
Do. for A. 851 I
Brazilian Bonds
Buenos Ayres 44
Chilian Do.
Columbian, 1824

Danish 60
Greek, 1825 17f
Mexican, 1825 46}
Peruvian 26
Russian
Spanish, 1821 11

YEOMANRY CAVALRY.

WAR OFFICE, hart/AB:1r 11, 1828.

Referring to my Circular of the 21st ult. (No. 808)
I have the honour to acquaint you, that his Majesty
has been graciously pleased to order that the Gra-
tuity of Six Months' Pay to the Adjutant and Ser-
jeant Major of the Corps of Yeomanry Cavalry,
whose services have been discontinued, shall be
issued at the Full Rate of Eight Shillings a-day for
the Adjutant, and Five Shillings and Twopence for
the Seijeant Major.

I have therefore to desire, that you will be pleased
to pay to the -- —. the sum of 7-

—, instead of the sum authorized
in sly above-mentioned Circular.
I have the honour to be,

Your most obedient humble servant,
(Signed) PALMERSTON.
To Commandants of Corps of --
Yeomanry Cavalry, recently discontinued.

A young woman has been missing from No. 5,
Batten's-buildings, Lower Bristol-road, ever since New
Year's evening, whose fate is as yet unknown. She was
in height about 5 feet 2 inches, with dark oyes and hair,
and fresh complexion. She was dressed in a light coloured
cloak and shawl, low neck gown, and straw bonnet.—
Bath Herald. _

The new Iron Bridge at Holt, between Kid-
derminster and Worcester, was opened on New Year's-day
by a large party of gentlemen—R. GUITTITHS, Esq. of
Thorragrove, in the chair. The bridge is a very fine struc-
ture, cast by Mr. thzurnukrz, of this town, and will be an
ornament and valuable accommodation to the county and
city of Worcester. It cost 83001. (2001. less than the
estimate), consists of one arch, and the tolls are already let
for 2.56/. for the first year.—Shrewsbury Chronicle.
Ten months have now elapsed since the cliff
at Holreorth was first discovered to be on fire ; but no tii-
minntion whatever has yet taken place in the quantity of
vapour issuing from the fissures ; and it was this morning
in greater abundance than at any former period.-I)ors4
Chronicle.
The Hulsean prize for the last
year is adjud-
ged to Mr. Enw. YOUNG, 'student of Trinity College, for
his dissertation on the following subject :—" The Conten-
tion between PAUL and BARNABAS."
At a meeting of the Roman Catholic Asso-
ciation, in Dublin, on gaturdxy .last, Mr. O'ColtNar.r.
moved, "That MICHAEL STAUNTON, Esq. jun. then 8;1
months old, should be admitted a member of the Associa-•
tion."—Carried unanimously ! ! !
In the small parish of Kilmiston, near Aires-
ford, which contains 27 houses, 17 persons are now living
whose united ages amount to 1,313 years —Sherborne
Journal.

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at-half-past-sm: o'ilriek; and iboitt 1.50 persons pre-
sitt, the most dreadful consternation was raised
by the alarm being given that the water was
bursting in. The confusion created by inch an
alarm can never be described. The men rushed to
the mouth of the tunnel in the greatest terror, and
we are grieved to relate that six of them met with
a watery grave. In less than fifteen minutes the
tunnel was filled to within a few feet of the top of
the shaft, and all attempts to relieve the unhappy
sufferers were ineffectual. Several others, who
had fallen down in the rush to escape, were
also in the most imminent peril, and were saved by
the greatest good fortune. The water came in at
the right'haud corner of the, shield, and burst in
without hardly any warning. ' The following are the
names of the lost men :—John Ball, leaving I
widow ;Thomas Collins, a widow and one child;
Jeptha Cook, a widow and four children ; John
Long, a widow ; and Geo. Evans and Wm. Seaton,
single men. The accident is supposed to have origi-
nated while working into a " dredge hole," a place
from whence gravel had been taken for ballast, and
which had been filled up with filth and soft mud.
Mr. Brunell has been there this morning, and has
sent for the diving bell to examine the bed of the
river. A great number of bags of clay have been kept
in readiness, and more are preparing with all speed.
The workmen' are now engaged in getting out the
loose timber, and the earliest possible search will be
made for the bodies of the sufferers, none of which
have yet been found.
Mr. Brunel!, jun., was in the tunnel at the time
of the irruption, and retained an astonishing
coolness during the deafening and terrifying
noise of the water, which was truly appalling, and
seemed to paralyse the efforts of the men. He
is an expert swimmer, and, regardless of his
own personal safety, he actually swam with
the man Ball in his grasp a considerable distance,
but as the lattes—xnade desperate efforts to get hold
of him, he was at last obliged to leave the unfor- •
tunate man to his fate, in order to nave himself,
which he did with some difficulty, as the violent
rush of the water had destroyed part of the stair-
case. The impetuosity of the rush of water is
perhaps attributable to the high tides of the last
few days.
The consternation in the neighbourhood on the
alarm being given vas indeed distressing. A crowd
of the relations and friends of the different work-
people suvrounded the entrance, some of them half-
dressed females, and evinced the most intense
anxiety for the safety of those for whom they
enquired; and it was not till the accident allowed
sufficient relaxation to call the muster, that they
could be prevailed on to depart. We ,believe none
of the sufferers' wives or children were then present.
The Duke- of Clarence had fixed his visit
to the Tunnel on the 26th inst. Great crowds of ,
persons were, anxiously trying to obtain admittance 1
to see the ravages of the irruption, but the gates;
were closed toall but those connected with the works.'

The majority of the old members of the
Chesterfield Yeomanly have offered to continue their ser-
vices as volunteers, under Capt. Warcirx. We under-
stand also, that the hoops of Captains Por.a and %Yuma
have acceded to the proposition of their Colonel, Sir 11..
WILMOT, and have tendered their gratuitous services,
Nottingham Review.

Excellencyc and
y sa,
DON MIGUEL.—(From the Court News-
ratOilhiaisn eMinister,
Right Hon. Sir FREDICEICK LAMB, and the -Right Hon,
Sir CwAniats STUART, visited his Royal Highness yester'
tahmeneteyaßlaie News-
man.)—Baron
Chevalier
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Cu 'A BN AT
uAA 7A the
Secretary B
day at the residence of the Earl DUDLEY, in Arlington'
street. The Prince entertained the Duke of WzmaNcroli,
Viscount Bznzsvonn, sad a select party to dinner yester-
day, and afterwards proceeded to honour the Earl of TAX-
KERVILLE'd evening party with his presence, at his Lord-
ship's residence in Upper Brook-street. _

Dox MIGUEL is expected at Saltram on
Sunday next. His Royal Highness will attend the ball to
he held at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday next, for the be-
nest of the race and regatta funds.--Plymoistl4 Journal.
His Grace the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, and
a shooting party, arrived at Chatsworth, on Friday evefl
ing. His Grace changed horses at Matlock Bath, and
while one of the postillions, who accompanied the Duke
from thence, was absent fol m home, his house was breleo
open, and nine sovereigns and a guinea were carried mai
by the thieves.—. Sheffield Courant.

There was a report in the Court of Chancery
thie morning that Mrs. ILEA LD, wife of the eminent. Bar'
riatert was dead.

DELAY OF THE IVI AILS.—In consequence
of the state of the weather, some of the norti: and west
country coaches did not arrive at the General Post-Office
this morning till between two and three hours after their
accustomed time, which consequently caused the deliver,'
in London to be considerably delayed. The eneebraeo
and guards of the distant mails state, that they never es'
perienced is more heavy fall of snow than the one of yes-
terday, which commenced about three o'clock in the
morning. In addition to which the fog was 60 extremely
dense this morning, in andto use
unearttLe tmondnon,aatthaeat
ntltieiancoo aati
man wereconstrained
merely walk their horses to Loinbard-street.

We are truly sorry to learn that CoLv4
mAg„,ing, Esq., of Portmore, luis found it neoe,,,,,ry, ia
Principal Clerki of the Court of Session". Tito3ao
his office as one of the
T°:osa:usOnxe,eEsqof bad:, Deputyhltith' toClertarkilln—Register of. Scotland,
is
named as Mr. Mao( slimes successor.— Caledonian Met,

On the evening of Monday last, when one
the Union Canal passage boats was approaching Edia'
burgh, the steward, BILWAXIN Witr.rAmsosr, fell over-
board and was drowned. Thi helmsman, hearing tlio
noise in the water, promptly laid the boat across the ea'
nal, and leaped ashore to lend assistance, but Wit/last;
sox never rose to the surface ; and a long period elapsed
before the body was recovered.— Caledonian Mercury.
Yesterday se'nnight Mr. JOHN REN N LE'O
great sale of fat cattle and sheep took place at Fantassie•
No less than 400 cattle, and above 4000 sheep, were
sold upon this occasion. There ware purchasers present
from all quarters--from York on the one side, to Glee
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• On Friday, the Lord Bishop of BATH mad
Witts held a Confirmation at the Abbey Churelt, whet'
about 330 of the youth of both sexes were admitted to that
solemn rite. His Lordship afterwards delivered a most
impressive charge,...—Bath Herald.
The Literary Gazette of the 12th (No. 579)
contains a very curious Original Paper, which explains the
strange nature of the sharges thrown out against the legi'
timaey of the Duke of OaLsAxs, for whieh the late Arrest'
have taken place in Paris; viz. that MILK u.„ a sus
of one CUIAPPINI, a gaoler, surreptitiously substituted fel
a daughter if BoArsrz, the Countess of Nawsoaonott,
In the Review are a
mass of new and interesting Ante',
dotes of Dr- J"s"' GoLmaTir, Ganatcx, Loco
SANnwrco, and the most prominent men of their dal,
from CRADOGx's Memoirs, unpublished ; a huntourous Re'
view of the Henley Guide, and Reviews of Tales of thi
Moor; Austria as it is; Memoirs of Mr. CANNING, with
Original Statements ; and other Works. A Letter troll'
Ara; Astronomical Observations ; ;Meteorological Tablet
Observation'
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Minor Theatres, Sm. Ste.—Pablished every Satarday,
-W. A. Scams, 7, Wellington-greet, Strand, primif;d. ;
or stamped, for Country Circulation by Poet, je.
A phenomenon, resembling au avalanche, oe'
curred on Friday, the 4th inst., between twelve, and ono,
o'clock, at a short distance from Crewkerne, on the road
leading to Ilchester, whele an embankment of considerabl,,
extent suddenly gave way, carrying 'with it a number 01
Inishes and several trees, of ordinary dimensions, in an eel
position, the whole mass moving from the summit of Fd,
Hill to its base, a distance of about 50 yards passing Or
the hedge which divides the read from the hill, it fell
the road and stopped all communication. Fortunately tbei
Taunton and,Bridport mail had passed a short time ps',l
vious, but was obliged, on its return, to take a cirenitof,
road through Hinton St. George. Active mealtime ote,p
immediately taken for its removal, and the road is API
rendered passable.—Bath Herald,