The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-29 00:00:00

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and putleutair.l y cernp.aining bitterly 6. the eoti_ue.t of 5-11.0.. e?,
who he charges With intrigues to effect liii ruin. He observes,
that perhaps the common enemy may attempt to invade the terri-
tory of the Republic, but he adds, that they shall find that it was
never in a better state of defence, and that " I shall have the
pleasure to deliver up the Country to you without a Spanish army,
but I cannot answer for tranquillity if the Government should
imprudently fire a musket. I have taken upon myself the protection
of the people. I have sworn they shall receive no injury so long as
I have life to defend them. I will not be the aggressor, but I
will vindicate their wrongs as long as they are willing to accom-
pany me—my foAune, my comforts, and my life are nothing. I
do not think of these now, but how to discharge this dangerous
trust. He then addresses Bolivar to come and be pilot to this
new vessel which now navigates a troubled sea, conduct her
safely into harbour, and then allow me, after all my troubles, to
retire to live quietly with my friends on the Apure, far from the
envy of my rival'', and forgotten by a multitude of ungrateful men,
who begin their services when my career is drawing to a close.
The Bogota Papers contain animadversions on these letters, and
attempt to show the absurdity of hie conduct, as well as the se-
rious responsibility with which his attempts are surrounded ; and
that the Government have no other course but to reduce to obe-
dience those who have dared to act in defiance of their orders.—
These Papers contain a notice of the appointment of Senhor
Santos Michelena de Carvacas as Consul-General at London, who
will undertake all that belongs to commercial affairs, leaving Mr.
Hurtado to attend to those alone which belong to the Legation.

Papers from Honduras to the Bth July, inclusive, have been
received. A new Paper, named The Honduras Gazette, had
commenced publication, by which we hear, that accounts had
been received from Guatamala, stating, that political parties were
beginning to exercise a most baneful influence among the Ministry.
In the Congress the discussions appear more like a trial of strength
between the contending parties, than a wish to get through the
public business. A motion was brought forward to impeach the
President, but it did not meet with support, and was consequently
withdrawn.

A skirmish had taken place between the troops of the Govern-
ment and the Militia, in which some lives were lost. This appears
to hare cooled the ardour of the partisans fur the present ; but
we are decidedly of opinion that it will break out again with re-
doubled fury..

We received, at a late hour this afternoon, the
Etoile, dated yesterday, by express. It confirms, in
an article from the Austrian Observer of the 31st of
August, the conflagration at Constantinople, said to
have been (on the authority of the Gazette Uni-
verselle), the work of conspirators of the Janissarie
who had lately been dismissed. The same Paper
adds, but without vouching for the fact, that a report
prevailed of a conspiracy having been discovered
during the fire, in the new troops, amongst whom a
sanguinary commotion had taken place.
Accounts had reached Constantinople of the cap-
ture of Athens, which was taken on the 15th of Au-
gust, after an obstinate resistance on the part of the
garrison, most of whom had been massacred. GOURAS
shut himself up in the Acropolis. It was said that
IBRAHIM PAcn A had resumed his enterprise against
Samos.

(From the Jtoile, dated yesterday.)
The .Austrian Observer of Aug. 81, contains the following
important intelligence:—

The solemn procession of yesterday was intended to re-establish,
in the Mosque, the Standard of the Prophet, planted nearly three
►months since on the walls of the Seraglio. Unluckily, the festivi-
ties, of this day, which was expected with so much anxiety, as an
indication of full returning tranquillity, have been damped by an
unexpected accident. A fire, which burst out accidentally in
some baker's shops near the Baghdsche-Kassoussi (the garden-
gate), spread with such rapidity that all help was for some time
useless. A considerable portion of the city, from the port even
to the Mosques of the Sultan Amurath and Bajazet, and
from the walls of the Seraglio to the sea of Marmora,
and comprising many great palaces within its limits, were de-
stroyed. The Sultan ordered the gates of the Seraglio to be
opened as a refuge to those who could save themselves from the
flames

The Ministers, with the Vizier and Seraskier at their head,
have been unremitting in their endeavours to stop the flames. All
the troops are under arms, and we are assured that the city is as
tranquil as can possibly be expected; but, up to this hour, the
flames have not yet been entirely subdued.
The Porte has received on the 25th of August, by means of
some Tartars from the ramp of Redschid Padia, the news of the
capture of Athens, which took place on the bth of August, after
an obstinate resistance on the part of the garrison, most of
whom have been massacred. Gonna has shut himself up
in the Acropolis, which is provisioned for some time. The Porte
attaches less importance to this than to the voluntary submission
of thirty-two villages of Attica, which have sent Deputies to the
Seraskier, and have promised to remain tranquil.
The Gazette Universelle says, that letters from Odessa, which
mention the fire at Constantinople, add that it was the work of
some discontented members of the household (Bostangis), which
had been lately reduced. They also state, but without
vouching for the fact, that a report prevailed of a conspi-
racy having been discovered during the fire among the new
troops encamped at the Seraglio, the result of which was
a dreadful contest. The loss sustained by this fire must
be very considerihle, and the Sultan will be obliged to empty his
treasury.

The Capitan Pasha, after having repaired two of Lin ships,
which had sustained great damage, has quitted Mitylene for
Samoa.

FRZNCII FUNDS, Szm 27.—Five per Cents, 97f. 55c.; Three
per Cents, 65f. 85c.

It is a very general and plausible error, that the
sole remedy for all the extremity of distress the coun-
try has endured, is a repeal of the taxes ; as if that
distress could alone, or even in a great measure, bit
traced to the.amount of annual imposts levied on the
country. Although it may be admitted that the
amount of taxes annually raised in the United King-
dom, must necessarily in some degree enhance the
price of food and provisions, either by direct ' or
indirect means; still it is by no means clear, that
they enter so materially into the price of every
article forming the common necessaries of life,
as to make all the difference whether the low
rate of wages at present paid, is or is not sufficient to
support in decency and credit a workman, his wife,
anti an average Family of children. We 'are inclined
to think, that the case would not be very materially
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