The Sun.
London, England, 1826-07-29 00:00:00

CURRENCY-WORKMEN.

In consequence of information received by the Magis-
trates of the Head Office, that a meeting of workmen was
intended to take place yesterday morning at Donnybrook,
for the purpose of compelling the men employed in the
different factories along the river Dodder to abandon their
work, Alderman Darley, with a party of horse police, were
on the ground so early as five o'clock in the morning.
Every thing, however, appeared perfectly quiet, and the
Alderman and his party returned to town.

A little after twelve o'clock, however, the Magistrates
were informed that a very numerous party were going
about the neighbourhood of the Liberty and Kilmainham.
Mr. Graves and Mr. Tudor immediately proceeded, each
at the head of a detachment of horse police. The former
hastened in the direction of Kilmainham, when he found
a numerous assemblage of people about the factory of Mr.
Henry, at Island Bridge. Mr. H. informed the Magis-
trate, that they Were endeavour"' to force his people from
their work, and pointed out a man of the name of Gra-
ham, who had been particularly violent. Mr. Greaves en-
deavoured to remonstrate with Graham, when he admit-
ted that he had used the language imputed to him, and
swore by G— he would stick to it, and that the men
should not work under the thirteen. Mr. Graves Immedi-
ately took him into custody. At this time several thou-
sand persons were collected, and Mr. Tudor had occasion
to take two men into custody, for using violent language,
similar in import to that uttered by Graham. Mr. Graves
addressed the people in a conciliatory manner; and ex-
pressed the determination of the Magistrates to
.put
down the system of coercion which they were adopting.
The people after this admonition dispersed quietly. The
three men will be brought up for examination to-day at
the Head Office, when Mr. Henry, and Mr. Willies, whose
men were also forced away, will attend.

We are sorry to have to mention two cases of gross out-
rage, that were committed in the course of the proceedings
of yesterday. The first was at Donnybrook, where the
•rounds of Dr. Percival were forcibly entered by a large
party. The second case occurred at the City Basin,
James's-street, where a number of men were employed
clearing out the Basin; these were attacked, and some of
them severely beaten.

We cannot close our account without again appealing
to the labouring classes, and we assure them we do it in
the spirit of kindness, to represent to them the folly of
their conduct. We have the assurance of the magistrates,
that they will give their assistance to prevent imposition,
and it only rests with ourselves to bring every instance of
it before them, to have it redressed. Let the people bear
in mind that the currency of the country stands precisely
as it did before; that what they formerly purchased with
13 Irish pence, may now be paid for with the British shil-
ling, or with 12 pence, no matter whether of English or
Irish copper coin. We are cowvinced that the matter
only requires to be properly 'understood, anti that when it.
is, matters will rim as smoothly 'as heretofore.
WRECK OP THE COMET.

(From the Greenock Advertiser, July 25.)

The Operations for raising and bringing this unfortunate
vessel to land haVe now been completed. - It was to be
wished,' yet 'hardly to be expected, that the uncovering of
the after part of vessel would not disclose some other
remains to swell the sad catalogue of human lives, lost by
the sinking of the ;Comet; but happily no more bodies
were found. We believe, Miss M‘intosh and the female
M'Nab, whose bodies were got out early in the week,
were the only adult persons distinctly ascertained to have
been on board, whose remains were not found within a
few weeks of the accident. The whole number, there-
fore' known to have perished on the. occasion, may be
set down at sixty4bree, while the survivors of the cal*.
mity, it will be recollected, amounted to no more than
thirteen.

It is doing no more than justice to Mr. Sheriff Marshall
to say, that the greatest praise is due to him for his • inde-
fatigable labours, both immediately and after the accident,
and since the Comet was raised to the water's surface. In
the protection of the property found, he was much assisted
by several gentlemen in the Commission of the Peace, by
Andrew Rankin, Esq. of Glasgow, Mr. Williamson, Pro-
curator Fiscal, and by the ready co-operation of Captain
Canipbell, of his Majesty's revenue cruiser Wickham, who,
at the Sheriffs request, sent Mr. Johnson, second mate,
and 11 men, to guard the wreck, where they remained as
long as their assistance was necessary,
The circumstance of the individual employed to raise
the Comet having come from a distant part of the country,
while so many acquainted with this sort of work are to be
found on the spot, has excited remarit. It may be meri-
tioned, however, that the job was contracted for, and given
to the lowest bidder, which Mr. Brown happened to be.
We are told the Clyde Shipping Company offered to un-
dertake it at their own risk, on receiving 4001. if they
succeeded. Mr. Brown, we understand, was to receive
801. if the attempt to raise the vessel failed, and 3001. if
snccessful. The boat is now on the beach, and nearly dry
at low water. The workmen are employed in taking out
the engine. On Friday last precisely nine months had
elapsed from the date of the accident.

,
PRESBYTERY OP INDIA.—At
the ordinary meeting of the Presbytery of Edinburgh ,yes-
terday, a sealed packet, addressed to the Reverend Pres-
bytery, was laid on the table by Dr. Gordon, the Mode-
rator, which being opened by the Clerk, was found. to
contain a letter from the Rev. James Brown, junior Mini-
ster of St. Andrew's Church, Calcutta, accompanied by a
petition and complaint by that gentleman against Dr.
Bryce, the senior Minister, and the Kirk Session of that
congregation.—Mr. Brown complained, that upon his ar..
rival at Calcutta, he found himself treated by his reverend
senior in a manner which he felt incompatible with the
dignity of his situation as a pastor of the church; that he:
had represented this to Dr. Bryce, and claimed an equa-
lity with him, which was denied; that he had claimed his
right to be received as a member of the Kirk Session,
which was also refused ; ~that upon the occasion of his ce-
lebrating a marriage ceremony, he had met with an extra-
ordinary interruption, and, upon. his complaining to the
Kirk Session, and applying to, them for information upon
what grounds they denied to him' his' ecclesiastical privi-
leges as a pastor of the Scots congregation of Calcutta, he
had been met with abuse on their part; they denying his
right to the title of junior, Minister, and only designating
himas assistant to his reverend senior. Mr. Brown prayed
the Presbytery of
Edinhurgli to institute an inquiry into
these, and a variety of othex circumstances detailed in
his petition, relative to the conduct of Di. Bryce and the
Kirk Session`; and tliat the reverend Presbytery.Wolo
instruct the Kirk Session to give him the information re-
quired, and to cease, to tat his
nay urn, by refusing to him
ecclesiastical privileges: as a member of the Session.—
After some, conversation among the Members, and a re-
ference to an act of Assembly, which places the Scots
church in India under the jurisdiction of the Presbytery
of Edinburgh, the petition of Mr. Brown, with its accom-
panying documents, was ordered to lie on the table till
next meeting of Presbytery.—Edinburgh Courant.

LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1826.

The French Papers of Wednesday, with the .Etoile
of Thursday morning, reached us last night. The
Constitutionnel, and some of the other Papers; persist
in asserting that Constantinople has been laid.waste by
fire, and that the Janisstuies . at Adrianople, whose
ninnber they', swell into 20,000; had made a very •
fortnidable
.bnt,,the Et o 11 e contradicts
tigitirt the w afttlese , statements, and declares, not
only fitsd,the iytattMtetion was 'put down
on the 15th, but that the ianiatiaries in all the for-
tresses on the Danube have subutitted, without resist-
ance, to the orders of the Governors. The central
corps of these troops having been destroyed, the sub-
.
mission .of the other corps in the:distant stations Is
calculated` upOn as certain by the Etoile ; while the
other Papers speculate on the probability of those sta-
tioned at Larissa called the " City of the .Tanis-
series," and in other important posts, being able
to make a successful - stand against the autho-
rity of the Sultan. This appears to us to
be most improbable. Every circumstance which
has come to our knowledge, leads us to con-
clude that the DIVAN had long contemplated the
overthrow of these Pretcirian bands, and that the pre-
parations had been commensurate with the object to be
accomplished. The personal courage, resolution, and
energy of the SULTAN, up to the period to which
our information extends, had enabled him to carry
every point ; and, as. he is following tip the blow by
measures of vigour and severity against the insurgents ;
and by the introduction of reforms and improvements
in the State, for the benefit of his people in general,
we cannot for a moment doubt his final and triumph-
ant success. The following is an extract from the
Etoile :
. PARIS, JULY 26.—The Constitutionnel will not be con-
tradicted : in spite of all the accounts received froth au-
thentic sources, it will persist in asserting that Constanti-
nople has been laid waste by fire, were It but a thirtieth
part of it. The fact is, that there has been no fire, ex-
cept that of the barracks, and the inconsiderable plaices
which served as retreats for the Janissaries, which the Sul-
tan ordered to be burnt, as we said on the 23d.
The Canatitutionnel, which is seldom contented with
one falsehood, has created, by its own priiate authority, a
corps of 20,000 Janissaries, who have made the formi-
dable insurrection at Adrianople.
The fact is, that the insurrection there was put down
on the 1,56, as we have alieady stated, and that tranquil-
lity. was restored. WenOw learn; that in all the fortresses
on the Danube, Widdin, Rudschuk, Silistria, and Ibrail,
the Janissaries have submitted without resistance to the
orders of the Governors, and it is probable that they will
he equally obedient in Asia, and the other provinces,'
where these troops, having learnt the complete destruc-
tion of the central corps, which constituted their strength,'
will not think of revolting. Besides, there is not every
where a Constitutionnel thus to give 20,000 Janissaries to
each chief town of a Paehalik, and their real number in
those places seldom exceeds a few hundred men.
The Sultan is intent on profiting by his victory, to effect
the most important reforms in the administration. It is
expected that many new institutions will be created, which
will be useful, not only to the Mahometan subjects, but
also to
which
the levy
Christians. An ordinance is spoken of, by
levy of the capitation on thetreieneßamaagajy'as should be
is even underelgri idthe
th at thithis
inspectionmi of their
ill be
replaced ecclesiastical
bey
-cab iefs
geniali t
of ameligogurilte4is in the monetary
lin'hbeerrietairs::lo an idea of a change m the laWs
relative to
satel.o\4;roodfothneotekstiamtswhlllhaetnstin
loft;
the slystern:of reform' and old habits, but it
t
theAwli:toefrtolite Turkish Government, in this respect, leaves
is certain ttba piaei
nt w'st
between
Fro doubt at this moment. • "
the 27th, which wareeeived from Constart-
tinoplr, concludes as follows A person who hiis beets
about Sultan Mahomet for 20 years, and who in a Manner
never loses sight of him,lately expresseil-his surprise to
one of his confidants—, have never remarked,' said he,
4 so much resolution, firmness, activity, and courage in this
Prince, as during the crisis throne' which w e have just pas-
sed, he is quite another man; he communicates to all those
who are about him the enthusiasm with which he is him-
self animated; I cannot recover from my astonishment.' "
It is a fact that the Sultan shows a firmness of character
which he was not suspected to possess, and be continues

to support it; it would be unjust to refuse him a place
among the Sovereigns of the Ottoman race who have left
a great reputation behind them.
re.xxcu FuNns.—nutift, Jun- 26.—Five per Cents., 99f.
85c. ; Three per Cents., 66f 15e. ; Bank Stock, 20e0t. ;
Rentes de Naples, 72f. 75c.; Rentes d'Eapagne, 8 ; Spanish
Loan, 44—Exchange on London—One month, 25f. 60c. ;
three months, 25f. 40c.

The Postscript of the Etoile states, that the Con-
stitution was promulgated at Lisbon on the 13th, and
that a great number of copies of it had been distributed
through the City. All remained quiet at the de-
parture of the Courier.

An accident which had nearly happened to the
King and Queen of SPAIN", and which actually befel
their suite on their journey to the baths of Sacedon, is
mentioned in the French Papers, with some insinua-
tions respecting its cause. It appears that the carriage
in which the Royal personages were seated had just
passed over a certain part of a recently repaired road, and
while the carriages of the suite were upon it, a jetty
for its support, gave way, and the carriages, mules, and
suite, to the number of twenty persons, were tumbled
into the gulph below. Some of the mules were
killed and the individuals injured ; and we may well
'imagine the plight in which the party reached the
neighbouring town. The papers add, that the inha-
bitants of all the villages testified the most enthusiastic
joy at the providential escape which their MAJESTIES
had had, and drew the carriages through the villages
shouting wives. Illuminations were general in all the
towns through which the party passed.

As no other information has reached us of this
curious event, we must content ourselves with ex-
pressing a suspicion that it was not produced by mere
accident, but that a plan had been laid for the de-
struction of the Royal personages. We shall there-
fore look with some curiosity for the arrival of further
accounts of this laughable, but perhaps seditious, cir-
cumstance.

We received this morning Frankfort papers to the
22d instant, which contain the following extract from
the Oriental Spectator, respecting the piracies of the
Greeks, and the attacks made on some of their vessels
by the boats of the Cambrian frigate, Commodore
HAMILTON. It is melancholy to see the loss sus-
tained by our commerce, in consequence of the depre-
dations of these freebooters

SMYRNA, JUNE 0.

The Ottoman Empire will acquire new importance in
the political balance of Europe, and, perhaps, soon resume
the rank which it did not lose, till valour became the se-
cond virtue of the soldier, and discipline and passive
obedience the first.

We have no news from the Morea. The reports of the
assembling of an Albanian corps at Kustri, opposite Hydra,
are. improbable. Ibrahim Pacha seems to have attempted
nothing of importance since his arrival at Tripolizza.
Jugs: 16.—Ibrahim Pacha is gone from Paulo' through
MIR to Modon, another column is gone to Mistrs. and
Tripolizza. The Greeks make no resistance, and the,
troops ate collected at Napoli, where they demand their
pay. Those who still obey have no commanders. The
mills have been fortified. Ibrahim Puha has sustained a
great loss in Hussein Bey, 'who was killed before Misso-
longhi. The following are the particulars of the, capture
of nineteen Greek trusties by Commodore Hamilton, of
which we have before spoken :--
These vessels had retired into a little cove, in which
ohe English frigate could not follow them ; and, therefore,
armed its boats to go and take possession of them. The
Greeks, to the number of 1000, and well armed, posted
themselves behind the rocks on the coast. Blood was
going to follow, when Commodore Hamilton entered into
a parley with he parties, who agreed to give up the
nineteen vessels, on condition that they should be
conveyed to the Morea. The Commodore, faithful
to his word, has done this. The mistics are said
to have been burnt. • The notorious Vasso was not taken,
however, on this occasion by the English, as at first stated;
he escaped with about 1000 men to Negropont.
The Echo French corvette has taken one of the new
vessels which the Greeks have built for the express pur-
pose of piracy.- ..This
.vessel being chased by the corvette,
took refuge in a creek of the isle of Tennis, and the pirates
placed themselves in ambush among the rocks, to defend
it. Forty men, commanded by Lieutenant Gueuzenu,
were landed, and after a brisk fire of musketry, the Greeks
fled, leaving three of their men severely wounded, and
the vessel which was taken. It is a large bark with
sails and twenty-six oars, and one gun before. The
prisoners have been put on board the Syrene, by order of
Rear-Admiral Rigny. This officer, always ready to sup-
port the European flags, all of them, equally victims to an
unparalleled system of piracy, has delivered at Napoli
three Austrian ships, threatened with complete confisca-
tion, and already half pillaged. The Greeks Were obliged
to restore what they had taken.
TheEstaffette schooner has conveyed three 'Vessels to
Milo.

The English brig Voiotia, Capt. Macdminell, from
Glasgow, was met on the 9th of this month, near the
island of Belo, by Greek piratps, who robbed it of 41
bales of English manufactured goods, and .of all the money
on board. It is calculated that the losses sustained
by the English, bad, in the space of about one month,
amounted to 1,700,0000 piastres. When we consi-
der that the Greeks have lost all hope, ley land, that they
have only one or two fortresses left, from which their
own cowardice will expel them, rather than the victorious
arms of Ibrahim Pacha; when we reflect that the multi-
tude of ships which is daily increasing, always flying from
the enemy, infests the Archipelago without any resources
but piracy, what a melancholy state of things does this
afford for European commerce. The moment is at hand
when the Greeks will fall victims to an undertaking
which will not be duly appreciated till the passions are
cooled which have been so strongly exerted on this occa-
sion. History will view with an impartial eye, the
history of the deeds, and of
,the means employed ; it will
judge whether the letter have existed in the gigantic pro.
Portion that has been bonged of; and when it records, in
and those of the valiant Suliots of Missolonglii, it will
trtGhaneivistyternviennireteripetu%nviarshitibeetiwitseednenounced
imperishable characteeorws,artdihece?nswmheichof
havethe brave
relld
rendered the
have the melancholy duty of reciting the jealousy, the
city,
rboldestapoa anda
ur a (erirriscot,s)htmeibrilliant
commanding
remember
n oini
thecitt isons su
proclamation
avail.
.to
observe
neu-
trality
the Turks and the Greeks; and
of the English
against every ship that
should carry ammunition to the Greeks. It seems that
tliia am in 56, very seriously the following is the
The
Alfred, Captain Moukmen, laden
with ammunition, from London direct,arrived at Malta,
'he intended
brig
from which it sailed on the 22d of May, for Napoli di Ro-
mania. The brig
Bfiraht Captain Gibson, sailed from
Malta the same day
also, for Napoli, laden with coals for
the steam-boats, which the Greeks expect.

Amongst the conflicting accounts of the state of
different parts of the Country, it is difficult to come to
any very distinct opinion whether the distress with
which it has been suffering, be diminishing or not. Every
Country Paper, and almost every Private lettwr

the Manufacturing „Districts, contain statementsi
variance with those of the other, according to I
bias or particular situation of thewriter. It is the di,
of us, who are placed at a &stance from the scenest:
distress which undoubtedly exist, and who are of
liable to be influenced by any local circumstances
personal inconveniences from the state of affairs in tho:
distant districts, to weigh and consider
various accounts which come beft'lre us--to ballot
the circumstances und hi heach
er.w c is written, and
draw as just a conclusion from these materials as °EI
, ~.. ;
judgment will enable us to do. With Ouch taws-)
have endeavoured to look at the reports -before us,
we think we are' justified in the conclusion w• bile
come to, that on the aggregate, things are on tile or(
We do not mean to assert that any material iopro'e
ment has taken place, but that the elements of a
.
state of things are at work, and that a fair and reit
hope may be entertained that a slow but gradual
lioration of existing evils will take place. I
some particular branches of trade the distress
edly is as treat or greater than ever, but
remarks are nt..t founded on the particular state
individual interest‘l, but upon a broad and ea
This commencement Of
pensive view of the ,'Whole of the manufacturing ,
improvement, if we 455111
well tie.:
that our conclusions are
hend, arise from any sud‘'en
correct, does not, we agg,
cause which is i
to operate expeditiously, or v7o renew those per
immense i°un
•
activity which prove •,,4n the end as fa li
the interests of the operatives an,
they appear beneficial to them at ti.lie time. ben ii
gradual effect of circumstances whit.'h cannot''''-„(36
'
the end, to restore a wholesome and On advant'b-ti,l
4 their employ
trade, though of a less extensive nature tho
from
which was before carried on. The stock i'u handtap
the cessation of the great exportation of fc.'lll . ter )f tb,
was thrown back upon the home consumpe; on 0
ois
country, and consequently has supplied all the .3e..% 1,,
of that most immense and most advantageous tu-it.;
of our trade. The stock being now reduced, $116,i,i
mands for home consumption, together with $ i'l,
may reonfeswo shallua
sound
val, in some degree, of the.. export trade, begin t°.,,,
felt, and to this extent at all events, our ManufactlT,
into: gists must recover. When the distresses of 046:
countries have also partially passed off, our es t(
reason to knot v, will rapidly increase, more particularly, as we lea
alluded recently, that the circumstances to whic(l:oe,
of the closing. of Cotton and ed.
Manufactories m ft,:
and these two causes
trade, cannot fail to put. conspiring to give activity tot,
"eign countries, are fully.confinn.,,
tion of the misery which unhappily now exists-.
le
at present—nor blind our re.
must not, however, close cm 'r eyes against that din.
~,41
an end to a considerable i''l°‘,l
ourselves to believe that we s.ll all not still have
sot,
of trouble to wade through : •
founded, on what we hop but our arg4
• son so far as to brVo
circumstances, is, that the shore 01-1 the op.posp 0
giotlfov,aolitlinl
tioa,en
assist.
i sa at
difficult t distance,alo b ,skt
for
op affords
r tohi:arse PilotsC 1
i l
wai-i still inv ifuty;
begins to be discernible : and, thoubli."
octomon.asi6y:diuebratscev: i,nlikeiigi:turitif
liberal
pouipicpyirt for a short P It
g, lo d hope oitio
perish in the difficulties to be eneounter::::
m againay. channell:e t donestandinghroubgyikwe'Epitcien:gr :
alive'efi_ "nl
t li
at"
hope,Pa s Ins
ts n. it: e' en
ci 11
'e.
ant
I ir
e 1 Irig
resolution and . patience. S eti.-,,
cin:ptiehse stability once - j
ed, we Pl
errors of the past systen't ht
which has been adopted, 1,,,,,
'
motive for, and the reward f
veidegan,oofirdnoi
itilitisatee effort, ' and the land rr 't
01 a continuance .... ri,

_ _
f the
The tithes and dues paid to the Afinisters f
401
Church of England have been made the vehl
much abuse, and Served in very many instances t°ht
gender discord, and interrupt the harmony that
to subsist between the Christian Minister of the' try
of Gad,.andithose for whose edification that-
c
was instituted. Unjust and unfounded as
ea
ige-etl
eider these reproaches and this abuse, whet' - ill
against the clergy of the established Church, we
nevertheless abstain from imitatinc, so evil an elall; disg
it is sufficiently lamentable that such inisunderstan .00
should exist, and there is little occasion for us to
the breach which a warm defence of the Clorgl 1":10
be too apt to occasion. The labourer im tfo
of his hire, and the reward of the Clergy ham 1,3 e: tlie
tithes and dues by immemorial customPail' 0- Doe 't
Church. This undoubted right of the Clergy
disputes, yet the enforcement of it is attended, ,
great ill-will, and the Clergyman who exacts it
table firmness is sure to be visited with the acetl9lt;,°ol,l:' '
heal " extortionate, unjust, and such as this t' .to
can. _Hence a degree of enmity, em.respon(ll, is '
the rigor with which his rights have been den tisll
to
instantaneously lighted up from one end of 114041 jo
the other,' and he soon finds himself Slivii°* 141'
perpetual bickerings and hostilities. 114,f I:4rify
fence,
by the kindest motives of charity
ant- rebei:OP.s
eneet the Clergyman should be induced to
huitliatrr;
lawful claims, what is his reward? not 44'eti tie
and enmity of his flock, but their contempt an 'oil
cule, and a most laudable disregard of the Intirticigib°
of a man " who is weak enough to let his lotMtrio-the
be thus easily torn from him." But it is 12'; ',slogs
_Clergyi alone that tithes are paid, there are Ito)
as Lay Impropriations, that is to say, persons (100se to
who receive tithes as the representatives of
ion or the
whom bluff king HARRY granted out a porti°terio
immense wealth which the dissolution of °•42thout
placed at his disposal. These take their tithes wictset,
demur, and enforce- their rights uon the rello.tre3
and the backward with all the law's rigor. Yet 11° .01'16
is engendered, no enmity raised, but sessilisltY
respect superinduced, which enhances the value °,0,011
indulgence the lay
,pleased to
.grant at a future period. r„ree mc.l
Wh ' imPropriator inay be gr°
y this difference in characterizing the
ticm ? . Simply, because from (1001110 lee °.
more is expected (anti doubtless, justly) in
chantd! moderation; humanity, and disregard efruisres
n
from a layman, and so every man naturally cP4,0111
that b e may " defraud the parson" if he likes it., b„ (le-
tt, however, so turn out that the parson will notillA to
friuded, all the bitterness of disappciintilient acnt,
the angry feelings, which a law process naturally exotieb
Many people, too, regard the tithes they pay, Os ° jip
money spontaneously given, and, thercfrore, whs
ei'doos.
culties occur, are apt to think these spontaneous
tions may be withheld. - 0300;
In this awkward situation then a weriY tsh
placed ; do what he will he cannot .please
his
loners, and what, between hatred on the o')e not
and contempt and disregard upon the other, it 'lse
to be wondered at that the good man. should Peon.
himself in danger of the hatred rather than the bio
.r '4l; CtrV Wlgle I