The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-25 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH FUNDS. —PA US, DEC. 22.—Five per Cents.
Consols, J 06f. 90e.; Three per Cents., (Jouissance du 22
December), 74f. sc. ; Bank Stock, 1,835 f. ; Neapolitan
Rentes, 77f. 70c. Exchange o❑ London, one month,
251 25c. ; three months, 25f. Sc.

The portrait of her Grace Charlotte Florentia
Duchess of Northumberland, which we have just seen, and
which is intended for the forthcoming number of La Belle
Assemblee, is an admirable specimen of att. The deli-
cacy and richness of the engraving are equalled only by its
extreme correctness of proportions. We have no doubt it
will meet with general admiration.
FALCONRY.—The Duke of St. Alban's re-
peated the experiment, as Grand Falconer, of substituting
pigeons for partridges, in exercising his hawks, on the
race-course, on Friday last, and with a result precisely
similar to that before described. One partridge, however,
on being let loose, was struck in good style 'and killed.
The Duchess and the Ladies Beauclerk were again pre-
sent; but again, from the secrecy observed, there were but
few spectators on the Downs. We regret to mention that
the Grand Falconer's favourite hawk, which had broken
the trammels of restraint during the diversion, directed
his flight towards Rottingdean, in which neighbourhood
he alighted on the summit of a barn, where he paid the
fatal price of disobedience, being shot by a wandering
fowler, unacquainted with his importance and connexion.
The Duke has given orders that the bird should he stuffed.
—Brighton Guardian.
In 1668, the Viceroy of Canton, in a me-
morial to the Emperor, on the Portuguese embassy, says,
" We find very plainly that Europe is only two little islands
in the middle of the sea."
When Marshal Tallard was a prisoner of war
at Nottingham, .he gave several ballet to the ladies in the
neighbourhood, and danced one evening with a young
lady, who Made a great impression upon him. His Se-
cretary, who was a man of easy morals, and had observed
his master's agitation of mind, and the cause of it, think-
ing to recommend himself to the Marshal's favour, threw
out several hints, that there would he no great difficulty of
obtaining the young lady upon his own terms ; but the
Marshal, with a magnanimity of soul that did him the
greatest honour, replied, " Sir, if I were one-and-twenty,
and of the same religion as the lady, I should think it no
discredit to offer her my hand in an honourable manlier ;
but to ruin a virtuous young woman for a momentary
gratification, I should think• a far greater dishonour than
to he defeated and taken prisoner by the Duke of Marl
borough."

On Friday, Joseph de Ballin, the French sur-
geon in this town, who stood charged with violating the
person of Sarah Skelton, a young woman about nineteen
years of age, on the 28th of November last, and who bad
been twice remanded in consequence of the young woman's
indisposition, underwent an examination in the office of
Mr. Smith, opposite the Town Half. After the magis-
trate heard the evidence, he addressed the prisoner in a
very afreeiing manner, and said he felt it his duty to corn.
mit him to York to take his trial for the capital offence.
Various rumours have gone abroad respecting this young
woman's character; but, from what we have been able to
learn, it remains unspotted. Several respectable people in
thie town, with whom she lived as servant, were ready to
come forward to speak to her character.—Sheffield Iris.
AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.---Last Friday
night, a party of poachers, to the number of thirty-five,
or thereabouts, entered the Lee Wood, near Elmden, in
Essex, the property of Mr. Sheriff Copeland. Previous
to commencing their business, they proceeded very metho-
dically to find the' keepers, and obligingly informed them,
that if they attempted to prevent the execution of their
purpose they would shoot them. The keepers, intimi-
dated by their formidable appearance, thought it prudent
to adopt their advice. The poachers, thus left in undis-
puted possession, fired forty-seven shots, and bagged about
as many pheasants; after which they made their way to a
neighbouring preserve, the property of Mr. Wilks. Here
they were interrupted by the keepers, who had been em-
ploying the intervening time in adding to their force. The
poachers, however, still maintained the superiority ;
after wounding .ten of their opponents, more or less se-
verely, retired in good order from the field of battle. Mr.
S era Copeland's keeper, in his letter to that gentleman,
a sight of which we have been favoured, states that.
n poachers were either known or taken, but that.
inocinueitr;,.f the
.slvere making in every direction.

RomiERY AT DAVIDSTOW.-011 NVedlleS-
day la's,l: aOd named Broad, and a girl named Ferrett,
were coomi‘led to Bodmin gaol, by John Braddon, Esq.,
of Carnelkard, on suspicion of robbing the house of the
Rev. L. Mai 'dm' 0, of Davidstow, hi whose service they
were employeif,' ,of a tin box, containing bills and cash to
the amount of lit lween three and four hundred pounds. it
appears that the was kept in a chest of . drawers in a
MOM in which the R',.l. Gentlemau and his Lady usually
previous to the discovery of
slept, but that for somea.oights
the robbery, they had siek't in another room. Of their
knowledge of this fact tlic confederates had no doullt
availed themselves, and got ac:" vs, to the apartment of
their master, either by using a false tie}' td open the door,
or by getting iu at the window. Every attempt to disco-
ver the thief or thieves proved unavailing, :sntil at length
it wag whispered that application was about to be
made to a certain learned gentleman (the conjuror)
famed for his skill in tke discovery of all such delin-
quents. This threntened appeal to the powers of dark-
ness I produced, it seems, the desired effect upon the mind •
of the juvenile depredator; for on Monday the boy was
seen in a furze-brake, at som.,t distance from his waster's
house, trampling something into the furze. On perceiv-
ing that he was observed by a man at work upon the road,
he made up to him,. and entering iito conversation about
the robbery, stated that Mr. William ;the Reverend Gen-
tleman's enn) was determined to apply t,o the conjuror in
order to discover the thief. Ile then aske,:l the man if he
thought the conjuror could tell who took the money—who
replied, that he had heard the cunning man multi certainlV
point out the thief. The boy then left him. The ques-
tion and manner of the youth aroused suspicion in the man,
who determined to see what he had been doing in the furze
brake. lie went there, and after a little search found the
box, which he took up and restored to its proper owner,
with all its contents, not one farthing of the lost treasure
having been diminished.— Western Luminary.

FRENCH PAPERS:
(From the Gazette de France, dated Dec. 23:)
ODEssi, DEc. 2.—Letters, worthy of credit, affirm
that Varna is by no means blockaded by the Turks;
and even that a division of the main army still occu-
pies Bazardjik, Kustendje, and other places in Bul-
garia, which have been placed out of danger of a
surprise by the erectien of new works. It is added
that these troops will take up their winter-quarters
on the right bank of the Danube. The first official
news will, undowbtedly, dispel all doubts concerning
the state of affairs in Bulgaria.--Angsburgh. Gazette.
(PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.)
The storms, which are very violent, particularly
this year, in the Black Sea, cause great disasters.
Two Russian vessels' coming from Varna, one of
which -had on board the trophies gained in that town,
and the other a number of sick and wounded, have
perished. It is said that another vessel with sick
has been obliged to take refuge at Bourgas, and that
it has fallen into the hands of the Turks. We have
no official news from the theatre of war.
ST. PETERFBURGII, DEC. 3.—Divine service was
performed to-day in all the churches, in commemo-
ration of the accession of his Majesty the Emperor
Nicholas, to the throne.
By his Majesty's order, the Vice-Chancellor,
Count Nesselrode, who has returned to St. Peters-
burgh, has resumed all the functions of the depart-
ment confided to him.

We have just received very satisfactory news from
Stawropol, dated the 11th of November. General
Emanuel, commanding the troops of the Caucasus,
had returned from the expedition which he had
undertaken against the Karatschajeffs, a tribe of
mountaineers who, animated by a hostile spirit
against us, made frequent incursions into the Russian
frontiers, and especially since the declaration of
war against the Turks, and whose country served
as a rallying point for all the tribes of mountaineers
hostile to Russia. After a most obstinate engage-
ment, the enemy were totally defeated by onr brave
troops commanded by Gen. Emanuel, and lost the
best part of their army. On the 3d of November,
the Sultan of the Karatschajeffs, the elders, and all
the people, took the oath of fidelity to his Majesty
the Emperor, and as a security for their submission,
gave hostages of the Sovereign Family and of three
families of the elders. The subjection of the Karats-
chajeffs is of the greatest importance for the tran-
quillity and security of the countries near the
Caucasus.

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PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 22.
Bank Stock
Consols, 3 per cent
Goy. Stock, 35,E per cent. !14% :NaVonal Ditto —
Ditto, New — 'Patriotic Ditto —
4 per Cent lollillliberniau Bank 16%
Gov. Deb. 3% percent.... 115% I Provincial Ditto —
Royal Canal stock — Royal Irish Mina —
Grand Canal Stock lB N, Imperial Mine —
City Deb. 4 per cent
Ballast Office Dcb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings —

FOREIGN XXCHANGES ON LONDON.
ElAmituucti, D2c. 12.-13. 91X.—Two months, 13. '7%,
latiPsic, Dec. B.—Three months, 6. 14.
BEILLIN, DEC. 9.—Three months, 6.22%.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIOCHE TO-MORROW.
Morning ...59 initaftes after 4. Evening....l6.minutes after 5.

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LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 25, 1828

The Lord Wardenship of the Cinque Ports
is at last disposed of—the Duke of WELLIi4G-

TON, following the precedent 'of other Prime

Nlinisters, during whose Administration the

office had become void, has appointed himse
to the vacant office. The Wardenship has bee]

n the last three instances given to Prime M

nistels—Lord NORTH, Mr. PITT, the Earl o
LIVERPOOL, and now the Duke °MELLING-

TON.

The only emoluments appertaining to the

office are the pay as Governor of Dover Castle,
worth about 4851. per annum ; the beautiful re-
sidence of Walmer Castle, on which the late
Earl of LIVERPOOL expended a considerable
sum of money, and the Droits as Admiral of the
Cinque Ports.

This ancient fee of office comprehends all the

Rights of a Lord of the Manor, from a point
near Seaford to the coast of Essex, and any
wrecked goods within the District, that remain
unclaimed for a year, are condemned in the
Cinque Ports Admiralty Court held at Dover,
as the Droit of the Lord Warden.

It very rarely happens, however, that any arti-
cles of value are cast•on shore without a claim
for them being made and established.

We are not disposed to quarrel with the Duke
of WELLINGTON for appropriating to himself
what his predecessors have done before him.
His Grace has as 'good a right as any of them
to the office, which is, after all, one more of
honour than emolument. The residence of
Walmer Castle is the most desirable thing about
it, and his Grace's health will benefit consider-
ably by an occasional recreation from the fatigues
of office in the vicin'ty of the sea-breezes.

It has been said that the Lord Wardenship is
worth 6,000/. per annum, but this is surely a
mistake.

His Grace has been pleased to retain Mr.
ROBERT JENKINSON as Deputy Warden and
Lieutenant-Governor of Dover Castle ; and this
mark of respect to the memory of the Earl .of
LIVERPOOL has given sincere satisfaction to the

inhabitants of Dover, who cherish the greatest
affection for the amiable character of the Liei:•

:enant-C overnor.

The appointment is expected to appear in to.
morrow night's Gazette.

Hamburgh and German Papers have been
received this morning to late dates, but their
contents do not supply any news of an authentic
character from the East. The old reports of
Russian disasters—sickness—and want of provi-
sions continue to be referred to in letters from all
the towns in the vicinity of the Danube. But
bad as the condition of the Russians is repre.
sented, we do not hear of any great successes on

the part of the Turks, or of the boasted demon-
stration which they were making about crossing
the Danube, and driving the Russians out of the