The Sun.
London, England, 1828-09-10 00:00:00

NEW LONDON BRIDGE.

Yesterday morning a Court of Compensation was
held at the Town Hull, St. Margaret's Hill, Bo-
rough, before the Lord Mayor, Alderman Ansley,
Sir John Perring, and Mr. Sergeant Arabin.
The first case WieS that of Messrs. Stewart and
Highley, claiming as trustees under a marriage set-
tlement for a lady, named Taylor, and her children,
of a freehold in fee simple of the houses, Nos. 309
and 11, on the west side of the High-street, required
for the approaches to the New London Bridge, the
former let upon lease, of which 7i years were unex-
pired, to Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, trunk-maker; and
the latter 31- years to come, to Mr. Keay, cheese-
monger, each at 40/. per annum.
For the Claimants—Mr. Platt and Mr. Thes-
siger. For the City—the Common-Sergeant, Mr.
Bolland, and the Hon. Mr. Law.

The Jury having viewed the premises,
The Common Sergeant put in the correspondence
between the parties at issue ; the claimants in the
first instance, requiring 4,190/., in a subsequent one
2,500/., and the offer made by the City of 2,050/.,
which being rejected, the nominal tender of 5/. was
made, and issue joined, and called Mr. Joseph Key,
Surveyor of Greenwich Hospital, and the New
Post-office, whose estimate was 2,1131.; Mr. Geo.
Smith, 2,105/. 175.; Mr. Hoggart, the eminent
Auctioneer, 1,910/.
Mr. Platt contended, that his clients were entitled,
as guardians of th© property, to claim the full benefit
in perpetuity_ that was contemplated by the donor—
that, at the expiration of the present leases the
premises would let, from their local advantages, each
for 100/. per annum, which would render the value
of the reversionary interest equal to 3,300/.
The witnesses were Mr. Savage, the Architect of
New Chelsea Church—his calculation WAS 3,3051.
Mr. Edmonds, Surveyor of Borough Pavements,
3,112/.

The Common Sergeant replied.—Verdict for the
claimants, 2,2001.

I)EVoNPoRT, SEPT. 7.—The Russian Ad-
miral Rtcoan, about whom so much anxiety has Leen ex-
pressed since he parted from his squadron off Scilly, in the
gale of wind on the 9th ult., arrived at Gibraltar on the
20th of last month ; and when the Echo steamer, which
arrived hero to-day, left Gibraltar, he was anxiously wait.
ing the arrival of the remainder of his squadron, which
only left this port on Thursday last, after having repaired
the damage sustained in the gale above mentioned. The
experimental squadron under Sir Hagar BLAciwoon has
returned to port.

The State allowance to the King of the
NETHERLANDS is 2,400,000 florins, or 200,000/. per
annum ; the Prince of GRANDE has a twelfth of that
amount. The ordinary and extraordinary expences of the
State for 1828 were fixed at 5,400,000/. sterling, exclu-
sive of the expences of the religious establishments, which
are for the Protestant churches about 110,0001., and for
the Roman Catholic 150,000/. per annum. In addition
to tkis there is a supplementary budget of half a million
sterling. The average taxation amounts to about one pound
sterling per individual.

A new Review is, we understand, about to ap-
pear, established by several Literary Gentlemen of inde-
per.dPnt fortune and principles. It is to be published
quarterly, and edited by the Rev. BLANCO WIIITE.

The Phare, a paper published a Havre, says
that it is the intention of the French Cc..vernment to form
a commission, with a view to ameliorate the menetary sys-
tem in the French colonies.

The Marchese CARACCIOLI,
Neapolitan Ambassador to this country, used to uhseree, in
reference to English cookery, that though we had sixty
sects in religion, we possessed but one sauce, and that was
melted butter. many years the
-

A t the
of 800,000/
A letter of a recent date from Odessa men.
tione a rumour of the Russian army haring lost in the
course of July, by the intense heat, a great part of the oxen
that followed the troops to supply them with meat. The
horses also that died of thirst were so numerous, that the
road from Issatchka to Bazardjik was covered with them.
.illessenger.
The first lateral navigable canal Was com-
menced in England about seventy years since.
prevent time there are nearly eighty canal
(olepretaraktijoz,., larnhdo
mate
eaxpyeenard)eyddtillt,iirdteyndiniiiionse°.mPinies in
in their un-
their capital. 800,000!, upon

n the number of buildings in
the vihcienit increase
ofc the Metropolis, in twenty years, has been
thirty per cent., which is one per cent. less than the rate of
the increase of the population for the sane period.
T

' «In the year 1817, Nicholas married the
present Empress Alexandra Feodorowna, then
Princess Charlotta of Prussia, daughter of Fre-
deric William the Third, and of the late Queen,
whose name is highly revered in her own coum,
try, and wherever virtue and an elevated mitl:4
are justly valued. With the hallowed reputation
of her lamented mother, which preceded her to
the country of her husband, the present Empress
carried thither her own name, already associated
voice with
the fair sex,
y
ocbEzty the
ltmiel so
acahtl Nn h
is i everyedattloi n'uoroibetr: eetaeggioilallaret ltaiiadtcyl:bltiactoret't
at
sc levish of her favours en the person of the
01* one which, with the hati,
striking appearance,
some countenance of the late Queen of Prussia,
ct:teoftmllll:
and somewhat of that melancholy expression
which marks tghie.acuepi:etird thepdairgtnoitfy. oft:
Royal Father,. unites to a stately majestic ear-
ci'ehh Mr. Dawe has painted of the
triioargterasitos 111.1111
Empress, some of which (particularly the last,
in her gala-dress,) possess great Inerit as pictures.,
I think the palm is due to that which has been
beautifully engraved by Mr. Wright, and which
represents het. Majesty sitting, playfully enter-
taming her two eldest children, the hereditary
Grand Duke, and the Grand Duchess Maria.
The artist seems to have seized, in this instance,
not only the lineaments of the face, belt those of
the mind of his illustrious original. Of this most
amiable Princess, the Emperor is represented to
be dotingly fond, and with her he leads an ex-,
tremely domesticated life, although surrounded
by all the cares of so vast an empire. He is fre-
quently Ken abroad with her, without any of that
attendant pomp and splendour which are perhaps
necessary pageants with less popular Sovereigns ;
anhlbeoedthuacractiokowintthe oclent'uomteemrouucs children withh parental care
t
which their union has been blessed. Of

these, five survive ; namely, Alexander Ni-
leholoevitch, the hereditary Grand Duke,
born in 1818 ; Maria Nicholajerns, Ctf:knd
Duchess, born in 1819 ; Olga Nicholajevint,
Grand Duchess, born in 1822 ; Alexandra Ni-
cholajevna, Grand Duchess, born in 1825 ; and
lastly, Constantine Nicholaevitch, Grand Duke,
who was born in September, 1827, a few weeks
before our arrival at St. Petersburgh. The here-
ditary Grand Duke is placed under the super-
intendance of General Ouschakoff, one of the
Aiel-de• camps-General of the Emperor, assisted
by Colonel Mordcr, and receives instructions
from Monsieur Joukovsky, one of the most dis-
tinguished literary characters in Russia.—
It is remarkable, that the three Graaf] Duchesses
have Enc,lish nurses attached to their esta-
blislnent. The hereditary Grand Duke is
a very fine-looking child, strongly resembling his
father, high-spirited, and,
promising disposition. With such a domestic
pitotisslies said,ibpleresz
eon; f
ttohee Imperialnpeo cstt
eo
f als? u sdsiiszti it is hi
enst
from the children every thing that is flattering to
the prospects of that country, and, we may add,
of Europe ; for the destinies of all nations must
necessarily be more or less interested in the
question—who is to wield the resources of that
extensive empire. The hereditary Grand Duke/
who had been appointed Colonel of a regiment
of Hussars from his earliest age, was named by
the Emperor, during our stay in the capital',
Ataman of all the Cossack troops ; on which
occasion the Court Gazette published the Im-
penal Rescript, addressed to General Kouteini-
koff, commanding those forces, in which the Em-
peror desires that Officer to communicate the
nomination aux brave troupes du Don, qui
vous sont confides, persuade qu'elles y verrout
ina nouveau gage de la reconnaissance ct de la
bienveillance quo je lcur Porte pour les services
distingu6s, qu'elles ont rendus a la Patric, et
pour lcur fidelite au trdne sur lequel j al lieu do
compter d'autant plus, que des le commence-
ment demon rCgne, elles ont donnes dans la guerre
actuelle comtre les Persons, les preuves les plus
brillantes de leur devouement et de leur bravoure.'
The Emperor also declared his pleasure that the
Grand Duke should be considered as chief of

: the regiment of the Ataman, to be henceforth
and called the Regiment of Cossacks of his High-
ness the hereditary Grand Duke. In clue time,
iie ofd t b
the felicitations of the Cossack troops stationed
y addressing
tdaDdrm:
sal il is',i
ng towere
nw 1 for-
'ii
icl
the
.1
livtlartdhGeedr°atioui
Grand Duke those
replied e newly-erected
propriate Reseript to the respective Generals.
The Prince is brought up, both in a domestic
and military point of view, in the strictest dis-
cipline, and constantly under the eyes ' •e) of his
parents, and the vigilant and intelligent superin-
. tendanee of the Empress Mother. He frequently
walks or drives about town, attended by a com-
panion of about his own 'II is educated
age, w o
with him, and is the son of a General Officer.
I have more than once seen him in the severest
weather dressed in his simple uniform, accom-
panied by his playmate, driving a two-horse
sledge, with none of their fur trappings which
other people deem it necessary to wear as a pro-
tection against a cold of several degrees below
1 the freezing point, blooming with health, and full
of gaiety, receiving with a pleasing smile the
salutations and marks of respect which, when re-
• cognised during the rapidity of his course, every
class of persons seem delighted in paying to their
future Emperor.
" At all times the example set by the superior
• classes in the exercise of parental and domestic
duties, in the display: of conjugal attachment,
and the practice of private virtues, has had a
beneficial influence on the other ranks of society.
But when such an example ls to be met with in
family of the Sovereign,
the the benefit of its in-
fluence over every class of his
subjects must be
tenfold; and that such is the case in Russia at.
th© present moment, and ' l particu arly among the
highscircles in St. Peters burgh, urgh, I have had fre-
quent opportunities of es ascertaining.
~ Nor is the
individual conduct of the Em-
peror himselfltn
• I-
Viollt its good effect on the
minds of his people. His application to busi-
ness is most regular. The affairs of the State
alone seem to engross his attention, and it is
said that he seldom .
gives an hour to pleasure,
which might
have been better devoted to the
welfare of 1 • b. t He rises early, and
Hs SueCS.
spends some time in transacting military matters.
Part of this consists in receiving, as I before stated,
Count Diebitch, the Chief of the Etat-Major,
who daily waits on his Majesty from seven o'clock
till nine, and reports the state of the army dur-
ing the preceding day, and receives his Majesty's
commands. After breakfast he either attends
the Council or receives his Ministers daily ; each
of whom has his appointed days and hours for
waiting on the Emperor. He has on some oc-
casions attended the Senate ; and it was report-
ed, while we were at St. Petersburgh, that hav-
ing heard that the Senators had been in the habit

of assembling 'very late, a practice which caused
considerable delay in public business, his Ma-
Jesty 'called early one day at the House of the
Senate, and finding none of its members assent-
bled, simply desired it to be made known to
diem, that the Emperor had attended to transact
business at such an hour. From that time the
Senators took care to be at their post with
greater punctuality. At one o'clock he generally
attends the parades. In the winter this takes
place under cover, unless the weather be both
fine and mild, in which case, as well as in the
summer months, it is held in the great square, in
front of the Winter Palace, or in the Champ de
Mars. When it is under shelter that the pa-
rade is to take place, the exercise house, belong-
ing to the Chateau St. Michel, already men-
tioned, is the building selected. The troops are
collected within it, and the General Officers of
the garrison of St. Petersburgh, or holdint, situ-
ations in the capital, make a point of attending.
The foot and horse guards dismounted, form the
inass of the troops reviewed. It was on the oc-
casion of one ofthese parades, that I first had an
opportunity of seeing the Emperor. On the
15th of November a Te Deum having been
sung at the Winter Palace for the capture of
Erivan, a more than usually brilliant parade was
expected. The day was exceedingly fine, though
excessively cold : notwithstanding which I placed
myself, with three friends, wrapt up in our cloaks,
outside of the exercise house, to witness the ar-
rival of all the officers, who returned from the
religious ceremony at the Palace in order to at-
tend the parade, and with whom the Emperor
himself was expected. There were about two
hundred people present, very quiet, well-behaved
and silent.. The gate of the exercise-house was
guarded by four gendarmes on foot. Three or
four officers of the police were present, and an
Aid de Camp de Service paraded outside to
and fro. •

" About half-past one o'clock, when the
firing of the guns had ceased, which announced
the performance of the ceremony at the palace,
officers of all ranks, and of all regiments and
corps, infantry as well as cavalry, began to ar-
rive, and continued to do so till two o'clock, some
in sledges drawn by magnificent horses, others.in
handsome close carriages. On alighting they
threw off their outside military cloak, and exhi-
bited their ribbons, and stars, and decorations,
over their green, white, and scarlet uniforms.
Among them I recognised General Jomini, who
abandoned the fortunes of France to serve Alex-
ander, and has a public situation at St. Peters-
burgh. His person looked so very different
from the well. fed and well-looking stout Gene-
rals of the country, that one could plainly see,
in the care-worn and hollow lines of his physi-
ognomy, a French General of Division, not-
withstanding his Russian uniform and brilliant
orders. During the arrival of these officers, the
regiment of the Chevaliers Guardes, mounted
on h'<ly horses, dressed in white uniforms, with
black helmets and cuirasses, and carrying the
Persian standards, defiled outside of the ground,
preceded by a whole band of trumpeters. As
the moment of the approach of the Emperor
was near at hand, the officers of the police re-
minded some among the crowd to pull off' their
hats on his arrival; and the Aide-de-Camp be-
fore alluded to, after looking steadfastly at all
those in the front row, addressed me in particu-
lar. One of my Russian friends having in-
formed me that the object of his inquiry was
whether I had any petition for the Emperor, I
replied to the officer in French, that I was a
stranger, and had no petition to present ; upon
which he apologiied in the same language, ob-
serving that as Aid-de-Camp de Service it was
his duty to receive all petitions intended for the
Emperor on such occasions, in order that he
might present them immediately to his Majesty.
" Although I was not aware, at the time, that
I looked so very much like a petitioner, as to
cause me to be selected among the multitude ;
yet I was particularly delighted at this trifling in-
cident happening to myself, because it afforded
me, at once, the practical knowledge of the fact,
that the Emperor is accessible on these occasions
to the supplications of his subjects, and even
strangers residing in his dominions, with a faci-
lity which is not to be met with in other countries
where the Sovereign is less powerful than the law.
" A gentle buzz now ran through the people
assembled, and presently a light, elegant sledge,
drawn by a spirited black horse, which a richly-
costumed, fine-looking, young Isvostchich was
urging to its full speed, entered the court by the
'grand gate, sliding in silent rapidity over the
well-smoothed snow, and conveying the two Im-
perial Brothers, Nicholas and the Grand Duke
Michael, who passed before us, and suddenly
stopped opposite the entrance of the exercise
house, within two feet of which I had been per-
mitted to 'stand. The same Aid de Camp de
Service took their cloaks after they alighted ; and
I had then an
opportunity of observing the
striking personal appearance of these two Princes,
whose countenance, stature, and figure claimed
for them a decided superiority over- every hand-
some officer we had seen that morning, or that
we observed on subsequent occasions among the
several regiments of the guards. No demonstra-
tion of any kind took place on the .part of the
persons present outside, except doffing their hats;
but the Sovereign, on the folding gates being
thrown open, which exhibited to our view, for an
instant, the most brilliant display of military
pageantry I had ever beheld, was received with
three tremendous roulades of drums and trumpets
upon the ceasing of which; a buOe band struck
the
up inspiring anthem of Old England, God
save the King, and changed to God save the
Emperor,' after the return of
efhe gates Alexanderwere from
Paris, by the Poet Joukovsky•
then closed, and the parade proceeded ; bu. t as
civilians are never allowed to enter on such oc-
casions, we quietly retired to our respective oc-
cupations."

THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—WC are COll-
cerned to hear his Excellency, the Loan LIEUTENAI•rr, is
suffering from a return of his painful disorder, and in eon-
sequence has been under the necessity of postponing his in-
tended visit to Cork.—Freeman's Journal of Monday.
BERLIN, SEPT. 3.—lt is asserted that :Ma-
demoiselle Swam; has been engaged as singer of the Royal
Chamber, with an annual income of 5,000 rix dollars
10007.) for life. She is shortly expected to return._
Hamburgh Correspondent.
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The rumours afloat relative to the young Duke
de RIECMSTADT are extremely contradictory. We an-
nounced a few days since)
after letters from Vienna, that he
would enter the army next year. It is now said that the
E3IrEHOR, his grandfather, has given him a captaincy in
his own regiment, and that he will accompany the
Archduke CHARLES to the camp of exercises.— Galiyuuni's
Messenger.
MARCH OF MORALITY.—.A short time
ago, two school-boys of this town were overheard displlt.
ing the merits of the two schools at which they were being
educated. After discussing the different forms observed,
and systems pursued, they came at last to the question of
morality, and on this head both of them adduced proofs of
superiority, until one, 'provokes by-eke weighty assertions
of the other, exclaimed—" Why ---.4011 we pray at our
school r....-Boston Gazette.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Gazette de France, Sept. B.)

PARIS, SEPT. 7.--Letters froth Vienna, dated 29th
August, annoance that Hews was received that Ad-
miral Greig had entered the Port of 'Varna and
had taken all the vessels that ware in it. At the de-
parture of the Courier the engagement was general.
—Augsburgh Gazette.
' • - -

A telegraphic despatch announces the arrival of
the Emu/at/on, at Toulon. This vessel, which sailed
from Navarin on the 24th August, met, on the 26th,
the first division of the expedition to the Mores, at
the distance of eighty leagues to the West of the
Island of Sapienza;' and on the 27th the convoy,
escorted by the Hussar brig, off Cape Gassaro.
Everything gave reason to suppose that these con-
voys would reach their destination by the 30th.

Prince Metternich left Vienna on the 25th for
Moravia.
It is said that Count d'Ofalia has sent the Treaty
which he has concluded at London to his Govern-
ment for its sanction. By this Treaty the claims of
the English merchants,which amounted to 75,000,000,
has been reduced more than four-sixths.

General iiilveira has arrived at Bayonne on his
way from Paris to Lisbon.
• (From the Constibitionnel.)

PARIS, SEPT. 7.—Will the Russians go to Con-
stantinople? Will the Russians reach Constan-
tinople this year?—are the questions of the day.—
We pretend not to answer them, but we may exa-
mine the pros and cons, and leave the solution to
events. It now seems certain that there was a mis-
take as to the cause of the Emperor Nicholas re-
turning to Odessa. A letter from Vienna, inserted
in the Constitutionnel on the 31st of August, sup-
plied an explanation, subsequently confirmed by
facts. At first, people generally supposed that the
return was a retreat; at present, when we are bet-
ter informed, we must acknowledge that this unex-
pected journey is the result of combinations des-
tined to accelerate the operations of the Russian
armies. The head-quarters of the Emperor were
incumbered with diplomatic agents, secret envoys,
&c., who were in the way of executing the plans,
which they interpreted in the manner most likely to
be agreeable to the persons they represented. Some-
times they conjectured right, and it is easily con-
ceived how much such a hive of diplomatists might
impede operations which required silence and cir-
cumspection. The Turks, knowing the importance
of Shumla, concentrated there a large force, and the
greater part of their disposable resources. The number
of the besieged, according to reports, is sufficient to
defend the town. Perhaps the Russians, following
the example of Frederick, and profiting by the lessons
of Napoleon, had resolved to leave a corps of obser-
vation before Shumla and proceed on, but the con-
centration of the Turkish force did not permit the
plan to be carried into execution. It would have
been too hazardous to leave an army of probably
50,000 men in the rear. It was necessary, there-
fore, to bring forward reinforcements, and wait till
they came, without suspending the operations before
Shumla. During this time the Emperor returned
to Odessa, followed by all the diplomatists, and the
greater part of the foreign agents who surrounded
him at Shumla. They will now remain, it is said,
at Odessa, because all the news will first be sent
thither. By means of his journey, therefore, the
Emperor will get rid of those who might impede
his operations and his policy. He has probably
gained, not lost, time by this ; and at his return to
the army he will find every thing ready to carry on
the war with increased chance of success.

Returning to the question—will the Russians get
to Constantinople ? No doubt they resolve to go
thither. This enterprise, planned for fifty years,
and prepared for during the last ten years, has al-
ready cost too much to allow us to suppose that the
Russians will renounce the object they had in view.
Undoubtedly England and Austria use their efforts
to turn Russia aside from the completion of her vast
projects, but these Powers have no positive means
of stopping her. If it be recollected that Russia is
marching a second army towards Asia Minor, in-
tended probably to cut off the retreat of the Turks
to the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, it will be found
an additional reason to believe that the resolution of
Russia is unshaken. It is nearly certain that the
Russians wish to go to Constantinople—will they
reach it this year ?. This will probably be decided
at Varna and Shumla. It is not, at the same time,
supposed that the winter will entirely suspend the
operations of the Russians. If the Russians reach
Constantinople, what will happen ? Here will be-
gin a new series of events, of which the consequences
may be calculated, but which it would be rash to
endeavour to foretel.

The choice of his Majesty of M. Martignac to ac-
company him in his journey, is a happy augury for
the Administration. The Minister will see with his
owe eyes, and hear with his own ears, and he will
form his judgment on facts, not on opinions. Agri-
culture, we have no doubt, will attract his attention.
He will see how much it needs protection and en-
courage►Hent, particularly as to primary instruction,
which alone can lead to the rejection of routine
farming, and the adoption of better plans.
PARIS, SEPT. 7.—THE Two JouRNIEs OF THE
KING.—The last year, at a similar period, the King
had gone to visit the departments of the North, and
to assist in the manoeuvres of the camp of St.
Omers. He is now traversing the provinces of the
East. We might almost apply to these two jour-
nies the words used by Bossuent to deicribe those
of Henrietta of England, in such different conjunc-
tures and style.

Since the progress of Catherine into the Crimea,
we know how Monarchs travel--how flattery can
disguise to their eyes the public nursery of disap-
pointment. Could the truth be but shewn to the
King--were he not surrounded with a triple hedge
of courtiers and public functionaries, of all ranks, of
all dispositions, the greater portion of them partici-
pators in the misdeeds of the Ministers, and inte-
rested like them in isolating the Prince from his
people, and intercepting discoveries dangerous to
them and their protectors. Some citizens, however,
managed to overcome these obstacles, and dared to
speak of the Charter and the public distress. A
Magistrate of Amiens had the courage to denounce
to the King some faithless advisers, and. to point out,
as a proof of the accusations being well-founded, the
sadness and mournful silence of the people. But
his voice was single; it was thought deceitful ; that
act of fidelity was represented to the King as a sort
of felony. But as a compensation he has Leen re-
warded by the public gratitude—at the day of elect-
ing, the independent citizens remembered it.
It will, however, be different with the new jour-
ney which the King is about to undertake ; it took
place at the end of the political changes which have
determined the approach of the King to his people.
It began under good auspices, and perhaps will pro-
duce some salutary fruits. We have already men-
tioned some circumstanceTqattending this journey,
calculated to rejoice all the friends of the Constitu-
tional order. Lately the School of Arts and Trades
at Chalons was exposed to the brutal persecutions
of a Vandal Administration, which made use of the
King's name in order to ensnare industry as it had
Dnavethdeo
liberty ; lately the mortal. remains of its illustrious
founder were disgracefully profaned by armed force
put in motion in the natneof
bKyintghe:
King in person, and. accompanied
himself avenged
industry this act of goodness, he has thus
Doudeauville, has just visited the school of Chalons.
industry and the ashes of the virtuous Duke- ede
Rochefoucauld.
The Nouvelliste Vaudois contains the following
statement, under the head of " Lausanne, 2d Sep-
tember :—Rumours are afloat with respect to a nu
litary capitulation of several Cantons with the House
of Austria. The latter, it is said, would be disposed
to take ten regiments into its service to supply
the
place of the Austrian regiments in High Italy and
at Naples. This negociation, interesting in more
than one point of view, is perhaps in the number

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LONDON.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1828.

RETIREMENT OF THE DUKE OF CLARENCE.

We stated last week that his Royal Highness
the Duke of CLARENCE would have finished

his duties at the Admiralty on Saturday as Lord
High Admiral of England. We have now to

repeat the statement, in contradiction to the
would-be official Journals, who assertod the

contrary " upon authority." We may further

add, that his Royal Highness's successor has

been appointed in the person of Lord MEL-

VILLE.

The office had gone a-begging to
several quarters, but all had too much discern-

ment, or discretion, or it may be public spirit,

if not delicacy, to displace the HEIR APPARENT
to the Throne in an office so congenial to his

Royal heart.

• Lord MELBOURNE had been solicited in vain
—the Duke of WELLINGTON tried hard to se-
duce the Noble Lord from the path of liberality,
but his efforts did not succeed. After repeated
rebuffs, the Duke returned to the Old Lady at
last, and the great dispenser of Ministerial
Patronage has got the navy of England once more
into his safe keeping.

Whether Mr. CItoKER will remain at the Ad-
miralty, or go to the Board of Controul, is not
yet definitively settled. Reports say, however,
that he is certain of a seat in the Cabinet. The
honour of Privy Councillor was only a preli-
ininary to higher distinction, or, at least, as A
quietus for the time being.
The _Ministerial Papers—that is, those who
strain their utmost ingenuity to deceive the
public into a belief of official connection, have
lately admitted that the retitement of the Duke
of CLARENCE would be highly unpopular, and
have accordingly taken credit to themselves and
the Duke of WELLINGTON—that the matter

Was amicably adjusted, and that too, in aimaitner
as satisfactory to themselves as honourable to the
feelings of the illustrious parties concerned
But behold the end thereof—the very echo of
their congratulations had not died away, when a
successor to his Royal Highness is appointed
in the person of one of those very Ministers

who were but just felicitated 011 having secured
their " office," and founded their best claim to
the gratitude of their country by making their
peace with the Duke of CLARENCE!

But as to the Navy—how will it relish the
return of Lord MELVILLE to preside over its
destiny ? His Lordship knows that he is not
popular, and must square his yards accordingly.
He knows that some cause may exist for this
unpopularity, and that the prejudice may have
been heightened by the impartial bounty of his
Royal successor. Knowing these things, he will
be less disposed in future to steer the sail of

Patronage in the wind's eye, for fear of being
taken aback some day, and driven on a lee

shore.

Nautical phraseology apart—we think that the
faults of Lord MELviLLE.are not so much per-
sonal faults—as faults of " system," which a
corrupt Government find it necessary to commit
in order to command majorities in Parliament.
It would therefore be manifestly unjust to attri-
bute to individual agency what is referable to
the collective body of the Administration.
But is undue patronage accordant with the
spirit of our Constitution ? Certainly not.
But the Ministry say that they cannot go on
without it—and hence one conclusive reason

why the Duke of WELLINGTON was obliged to
cry " Quarter," unless the Patronage of the
Navy were given to strengthen his hands by the
meeting of Parliament in November. But will
the Duke meet Parliament as Prime Minister ?
Bets of two to one are now taken in knowing
quarters that he will not.

The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 3d instant,
states, on the authority of an article from Bu
charest, that the Emperor NICHOLAS was to
have arrived at Bazardjik on the 25th August.
This can hardly be, as he had riot left Odessa on
the 25th. In the meantime reinforcements crowd
in from all quarters to swell the Imperial Army.
Varna was to be taken by storm at whatever
cost—after which the passage by the sea coast
would be open. A day or two will decide this
important question, as well as the actual progress
made with respect to Shumla

IUCHARIST, AUG. 20.

Detaehments to the amount of about 12,000 men, with
50 pieces of cannon, have advanced towards little Walla-
chia, for the purpose of keeping in check the garrison of
Widden, which has mph) repeated attacks upon General
Geismar.

From the Russian headquarters at Bazardjik, we learn
that the Emperor will arrive there by the 25th of August,
and that the operations will then be prosecuted with the
utmost vigour. The Russian troops before Shumla are
said to be completed, and the artillery already placed in the
batteries, as that the opening of the bombardment was
daily expected. But there are, however, some persons here
who affirm that Shumla will be merely invested, and
that by a part only of the Russian army, while another
will advance on the road from Pravadi towards Adrianople.
Probably the Emperor himself will ge to that part of the
army which is destined against Adrianople, while General
Wittgenstein directs the siege of Shumla. It is added, that
even now only one road affording a communication between
Shumla and Adrianople is free; for some days past the
Russians had been constantly engaged with the Turks, in
order to establish themselves on this road, and both sides
fought with the greatest bravery. Should the Rue-
sians succeed in making themselves masters of this
position, the situation of the Turkish army at Shumla
would be very critical. It is affirmed that the Russian
commanders have orders to make themselves masters of
Yarni at whatever cost, and that the bombardment of the
fortress by land and sea have already commenced. Varna
is in every respect highly important to the Russians; the
fall of that place will give the harbour of Bourgas to the
fleet, and open a communication between it and the army.

Prince ilenzikoff expects reinforcements, and is said to
be preparing to storm the place, which is likely to cost
much blood, as the Turks have a garrison of 20,000 men
in Varna, besides the inhabitants. The harbour is strongly
fortified, and the fleet can hardly approach it, so that all
the operations against the place must be carried on from
the land side. The defence, besides, is confined to the
Captain Pacha, who has already acquired some military
reputation.
The Turks have made several Unsuccessful sallies to drive
the Russians from their positions. The reinforcements
from the military colonies have already arrived on the
Danube. Some battalions have received orders to form
themselves into moveable columns, both to keep the com-
munications open in the rear of the Russian army, and to
maintain the police, as several newly formed bands of
robbers here and there infest the roads ; several of these
robbers have already been taken and shot by order of the
Officers of Gendarmerie. Supplies of provisions continue
to be sent, without interruption, to the troops in Little
Wallachia; a quantity of biscuits aid herrings was sent
from this city a few &wino. It is reported that troubles
have broken out in Servia.

VIENNA, AUG. 29.

Metalliques, 94; Bank Shares, 1,075.
The Allgemeine Zeitung contains also the statement,
given in the Gazette de France, of Admiral Greig hay-
ing entered the harbour of Varna.

By the William Park, from Jamaica, Papers
to the 24th July have been received at the North
and South American Coffee-house. The fol-
lowing arc extracts :
By the Dart, we learn that great rejoicings had taken
place at Puerto Cabello and Chagres, in consequence of in-
formation having been received of Gen. Bolivar being de-
clared Dictator of Panama.

Letters from Havannah of the 2Stb of June, state there
are some dreadful acts of piracy again on foot, accounts of
which will be received by the papers.
Letters from Honduras, from a respectable source, also
mention that the trade in the neighbourhood had been
annoyed by pirates. The Kingston Chronicle of the 21st
July, contains a letter addressed to tbe Mayor of that town,
by Captain Courtenay, of his Majesty's ship Magnificent,
and dated Port Royal, July 18, in which he informs him
of the receipt of a letter from Mr. B. Charlet. Secretary
of the Commander-in-Chief, from Nassau, N.P., that
many of the piracies which have been reported are ground-
less, particularly the plundering of the Bordeaux Packet,
and murder of the crew of that vessel: and that the
vessel had arrived at New York on the 284 of May, for
a supply of water, and had then on board 90 passengers.
Extract of a letter from Carthagena, dated June 28
General Bolivar entered the capital on the 24th ult., en
which occaaiou much enthusiasm was manifested, You

will, no doubt have long since heard of the dissolution of
the Congress at Ocana, together w ith the proceedings here,
which have placed.the Liberator at the head of the Govern-
ment, and vested him with full power to act as he deems
beet for the welfare of the country. A report is men-
tioned in these papers, which we know, from the recent
appointment of Lord Belmore, as new Governor, that
Lord Combermere, had been offered the appointment.
The Saint Jego Gazette mentions, that some constables
who went in search of two men named Sandys,
on the Spanish Town road, had fallen in with a youth of
colour of the name of Adolphe, and taking him for one of
the parties they were in pursuit of, he refusing any reply
from alarm, and running away, one of the constables fired
his pistol at him, and fractured one of his arms ; he is
stated to be in a dangerous situation.

His Majesty's ship Frolic is appointed to sail with a
mail for Great Britain on the sth August.

Full extracts are given of the resignation of Mr. Hus.
kisson, to whom a rancorous spirit appears is exhibited.
The inhabitants of Montego Bay intended to commemorate
this event by a public dinner, and it was expected Kingston
would follow the•example.
These papers observe, that they lament the ill health of
Admiral Fleming does; not allow him to reside at the head-
quarters in Jamaica, whilst the naval force allowed re-
mains at Nassau, N.P. idle; if employed off Cape Antonio,
the piratical rendezvous, it would effectually put a stop to
them.

A prosecution had been instituted against Isaac White-
house, a Wesleyan missionary, for preaching without a
licence, and a true bill found. A Bench warrant was
issued for his apprehension ; he hid been held to bail to
appear at the next Quarter Sessions.

Notice has been giveß at two o'clock on
'Change, that the interest on India Bonds will
be reduced in March to Three per Cent. instead
of Four per Cent.

Extracts from the French Papers will be
found in another column. A report obtained
that the harbour of Varna had been entered by
the fleet under Admiral GREIG ; but this can
only have taken place in consequence of the'
town being taken. Perhaps the capture of the
flotilla may have given rise to the report.

New South Wales Papers to the sth April
have been received at the North and South
American Coffee-house, by the Eliza, LEARY.
Some extracts are given from Van Die-
man's Land. Mr. GILLOBRAND, sen., it is
expected, will be removed from the Magistracy.
Some of the new duties just levied at Hobart
Town are expected to be laid on in New South
Wales. This is not a time to encrease the bur-
thens of the Colony. One of the settlers near
Hobart Town had reaped a field of wheat this
year, which yielded 70 bushels to the acre. This
is not a solitary instance of productiveness.
Captain KENN, of the Lion, lies dangerously
ill at CUMMING'S Hotel.

The Hon. JOHN M'ARTHUR, Member of
the Legislative Council, and Jmstice of the Peace
of New South Wales, with other persons, had a
criminal information filed against him for sundry
riots, at the suit of a Mr. JOHN RAINE, for
forcibly entering, with the sanction of Mr.
AVARTHUR, his premises. The Court refused
the Rule, observing they saw much to blame on
both sides, and awarded costs to be paid by the
defendant.

Notwithstanding the general depression in
Sydney, a house in George-street, with 80 feet
frontage, had been sold for 1,6001. sterling, the
materials of which, if pulled down, would not
bring 501. The Governor, it is said, contem-
plates making some alteration in the Sydney
market days, and establishing distant fairs
in the interior; and his Excellency, by way of
commencement, has requested the Agricultural
Society to furnish him with information and
suggestions on the subject. A public aqueduct
was in progress, to conduct the water from Bo-
tany Swamps to the town of Sydney. The
Manning and the Hastings are expected to be
given up to settlers. The latter river is admi-
rably calculated for the growth of the sugar-
cane ; and no doubt is entertained but in a few
years it is destined to supply this and the sister
colony with this article. The Saracen, char-
tered by the house of JONES and WALK Ea,
for South America, would touch at Otaheite
on her return, for the express purpose of
bringing a quantity of cuttings of the cane for
the use of these two new settlements. A splendid
collection of oil paintings, of the old masters,
was exhibiting in Sydney, chiefly by masters of
the Flemish school, in George-street, by a Mr.
BED I NIIA M. The heat of the weather at Sydney
had been unprecedented ; rain at length had been
received with a hearty welcome. Western Port,
a new settlement, had been relinquished, and a
complaint is made, that before any experience
could be derived the work has been hastily
abandoned. It is stated the English Govern-
ment has been taken by surprise, as soon as this
settlement was discovered to be colonized in
Europe ; and it is represented since, that Swan
Port occupies a scite infinitely superior to any
other explored region around the coast •f New
Holland. A most important claim was put in
from no less a personage than the King of
FRANCE, and depending on no less title than
pre-occupancy. It is further added, that the
latter had remonstrated on the subject with the
English Governmeni, and the result has been
the total destruction of the settlement.

We learn that a design is in progress in France
for peopling Western Port, and it is reported
that two vessels with prisoners from Havre are
destined to this very spot, and to form the be-
ginningeCommander
o f a colony
of the Fn
resembling
re ch ships
tl s we live in.
lay
at this
spot for several months in the year 1825. An
idea is entertained of importing a steam-boat, to
ply between Sydney and Newcastle, and up the
as far as Morpeth, and has been received

very favourably. It is likely to be carried intt
effect by a subscription of 100 shares, at 5
each. The extension of trade and improve
ment in this colony is extraordinary ; it app.e
fast approaching to be one of our most import'
tant colonies. The spirit and mercantile advew
Lure of the inhabitants are unprecedented ; no lee
than four vessels sailed in one day from Sydnei
for the Mauritius; the Emma, KEMP, sailed the
following day for the same island. From New'
castle we have tidings of a great number of
Bush Rangers being out, but hitherto theil
exploits have neither been extensive nor very
mischievous.