The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-28 00:00:00

APPEALS TO THE HOUSE OF LORDS

The arrangement proposed about four rears Sgt
by the Lad of Liverpool, and adopted by the House
of Lords, may be said to have fully answered the
end intended ; for at that time there 1110 an amt=
mutation of Appeals, to the number of which
would have been kept up by the additional number
entered during the subsequent Sessions of Patna.,
went. Last Session their Lordships heard and de-
cided Appeals to the number of O. In the ensuing
Session they will proceed to the hearin!.-; of Appcais
entered from England, Scotland, and Ireland, in
1626-7. The whole number of these, at this hour,
on the List, is only Seventy-eight .7

num Scotland
England
Irdand

Total
Of the fifty Appeals heard and decided last Se,;
lion of Parliament, there were—
Decisioto affirmed
In part affirmed, reversed, and remittol l ;
Actually reversed
Actually remitted

'Fatal.

And, be it observed, in sixteen of the causes cost,-,
were given in favour of the successful party in each
appeal, some to the amount of 1501., MakiiiLr, in th.::
sixteen appeals, the total sum of costs 1,695!.; so,
that parties ought to be on their guard that the--
have not only reasonable rause of appeal, but goed
grounds, in law or fact, for impeaching the judg
ments of the Courts of Law, and appealing to the
tribunal of last resort.

A foreigner, to whom Mr. H— had given
his address, " Old Bailey, London," politely direKtect hi
letter to the " cafe of Mr. Bailey, senior, Lunde.".--L;-

terary Gazate.

It is confidently reported in the best inforrned
circles, that Mr. Simrsol: has czprebsed biugular anxiety to
Ace the lbrthcomiug popular Novel, called, " PriNstoit, w
Loves LABOUR Losr."

INCURIOUS CARRIAGES.--A descriptizi
which appeared the other day in a newspaper, of a journey
wade to Edgware by the new steatn-coach, stated, " that
the carriages and horses on the road took no notice 6f"
it."—Literary Gazette.

THE CAT.—Tlic eat has two Inewbrauci: lr
the larynx, by means of which she. purl. .1 plague raged
about two years ago throughout Europe among the eat‘.;
at Pavia, a commission of physicians examined and gave a
report thereon. It was a nervous fever, and wh a atd
N'alerian the best remedies.---London Mcdfcca Garett#:,
Jan. 2t.

THE Lie N.—The tame lion that was four
reks in RUBEVS'S chamber, and from wh'eh he took t,o
many famous drawings, afterwards at a country fair, seized
with rage, threw &two biz keeper; be was shot, but as th►
shot reached him he tote the man asunder. —4ondui
Medical Gazette, Jan. 26.

TiLE; CAMEL.--'Tire camel not only fitted
for the deserts, bit by the exquisitely tender hall in th,.
sole of it 3 feet is tendered unfit for other soils ; ac if t atne
bail determined that it should be confined
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pencil:,
is from
t,
xiavictiaclhiefliveoaurildiell.iehalsl
i'l,e(l,liyrujsleiclehsst‘hveityhnout
la
tlic Angora goat, called the itton;nel.—London Medical
Ga.zette, Jan, O. •

ANECDOTE.—RLINoLDs, the diainatig, en
having been requested by several early applicants to give-:
them orders on the first night of his forthcoming plan et
" Edward the Black Prince," (avowedly founded ou two oli
dramas), is said to have written the following whimsical
answer to one of them :—" Sir, As you wish for order E.
on the first night of 'Edward the Black Prince,' I can
only advise you to apply to the real authors; their address
is as follows :---Beaumont and Fletcher, Westminstea-
Abbey ; William Shirley, Patriarchal churchyard, Lishor •
I any I:c."—Literary Gazette.

THE SEA UNICORN.-..-BLIiMENBACH COn-
lesses that he has not discovered the 1.1.,P of this great horn.
or rather tooth. Some have said that the mill"' US"
to break through the ice in order to breathe,thei
1;,;:t why
have not the other cetaceous animals the same? ;"it Co-
penhagen there is a throne cut out of the teeth of this. 21.4
—London Medical Gazelle.

person by whom it wee
EXPORTATION OF DEAD BoDzr,s•---Yes-
terday morning a large cask was deposited at
Steam-packet Office on Eden-quay, with directions to hay e
,ppalling contents, iz., the Erin,
it transmitted by the Erin Steam-packet, expected to sal'
shortly after for Glasgow. The
During tine
„ay. under the weight, fell in, and
left represented it as containing pickled
day it was observed by persons in tbs office to etrut, the most
noisome and offensive smell. In the evening it was removed
to the vessel, then lying in the river, Opposite to the Cu.:-
tom-house. It had not remained long there, however,
gullets.
two human
d„ebleg up and squeezed together, so
when some of those on board happened to step on ii.;, lid,
within the narrow limits of the vessel u
rice having the other of a male, having t-
f
sonic straw thinly strewed beneath the lid ,
,tbbdwvaaoi hhsdemciiki:cesa kh‘h:ateiro'hmel ndtdehemylettie immediately
ie%b: isrfitecoel?lt stowed,gavehf:a I e'
the only substance
come to the came of the Police.,
despatched from Henry-street Polk:-
tTa
two
oe
ci t
irbe
constables,
ni being w
ere
office, to take charge, during the night, of the bodies,
which still remained in the open cask, close by the side or
the vessel. We have not heard that the miscreants, con-
cerned in this inhuman traffic in the dead, have been ye`
traCed•—Dublin 41forning Post.
ORIGIN OF THERMAL SPRINGS.--It ‘'%(.l
long the received opinion among geologist:, that
.watnl
springs derived their heat from the presence of pyntei in
the soil ; but there is every reason for concluding that there
phenomena owe their origin to a central fire or
h; e 3 beneath
the crust of the earth. Mr. BAKETv.ELL is of opinion
that the thermal waters, found among the vallies of the
Alps, originate from the subterranean files which fitet
elevated these enormous masses of rock by volcanic agency.
But in the south-east departments of France, Clermont;
Auvergne,
evidences lc"
of where
volcanic agency has left unques-
tionable
its existence, both as to the nature of
the soil, and the general face of the country, warm spring_:
arc very common. It is therefore natural to infer that.,
although the period is very remote at which these volcani,
operations were in activity, the original cause of such
agency is still in existence. The hot springs in Iceland,..
the temperature of which is, in one spot, upwards of 200
Fahrenheit, are situate in the vicinity of one of the mu ;•
active volcanoes in the world, and affords an additional
proof, that these two natural phenomena have their origin
in the same source—permanent mbterranean firce.
London Weekly Review.

POREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

FRENCH PAPERS.
(From the Gazette de France of Jan. 26.)

SD/AYRNA, DEC. 22.—The following is the tenor
of the memorandum 'which Mr. Stratford Canning
has addressed to the English consulate at Smyrna:—
" Mr. Elliot will deliver to the Consul of his Bri-
tannic Majesty at Smyrna the following note, as
soon as the Consul (Mr. Werry) shall have assem-
bled the. English merchants. Mr. Elliot will inform
them in his presence that the English Ambassador
has received and taken into consideration the peti-
tion which they addressed to him on the 16th of
this month. He will add, that in consequence he is
ordered. to make to them the following communica-
tions

" The Ambassador makes every effort to procure
to. the English commerce all thd protection and all
the assistance compatible with the state in which the
mutual relations of the two countries are placed, by
his departure from Constantinople.
" For this purpose, he has authorised Mr. Werry
to continue to exercise the functions of Consul till
the 13th of next month. Ile has also agreed with
the senior commanding officer of his Majesty's aqua •
dron, that be shall constantly have a sufficient mari-
time force at Smyrna, at least till the expiration of
the above term. He has also left the Consul, as
well as the other subjects of his Britannic Majesty,
liberty to remain at Smyrna, even after his official
functions shall have ceased.

" Immediately after he has closed his office,, that
of the Consul of the Netherlands will be open to the
English merchants, and in case of need, the Lega-
tion of the Netherlands at Constantinople will inter-
vene in their favour. The Porte, besides, has de-
clared its intention of taking fur the present, under
its exclusive protection, the subjects of • the three
Powers who remain in its dominions.

" With respect to the neutrality of Smyrna, by
which it is probably meant that none of the Powers
at war with the Porte is to make any attack on that
city, the Ambassadors will take the opportunity to
lay the wishes of the merchants before his Majesty's
Government. Meantime he believes that they have
no reason to fear any attack on the part of the Turks.
"..The eatirpatiou of piracy in the neighbouring seas
is undoubtedly an object of the bighes timportance,
which merits the most serious a tention and
the most constant efforts. If the instructions
given by his Majesty's Government, and the
activity of the allied , squadrons, have not yet
sufficed to.put an end to the evil, it must be attri-
buted to the particular facilities which piracy finds
in :the peculiar localities: of the Archipelago and its
coasts. It must be 'hoped that more efficacious
Inettitireswill be taken for the total extinction of
this-scour e, audit will be a real satisfaction for the
Ambassadors to be. OA to accelerate them.

"•Mr. Elliot Will teiinintite' these ecamunicationi
by inviting the merchants not to lose sight of the
precarious 'State of our relations with Turkey, and
will; warn them in clear terms of the,, clangers: to
which they will expose their interests,? if they-neglect
the opportunity which. now oilers itself to them,
speedily to put their' affairs in order, and to prepare
themselves against the. possible case of a decisive
rupture, the probability of which-would be-as little
honourable as prudent to conceal, however deplorable
the case may be, and Avhatever'efforts sbouldbe taken
to prevent:its occurrence if possible. •
" tht board' his Majesty's frigate'Dryad in the:
Ilk, of VOtirla, Dec. 19, 1827.
" (Signed) " STRATFORD CANNING."

emu, ttG. 30.—Yesterday morning, at" ten
o'clock, the Drycui- frigate, which had made the
passage from Von& in seven days, cast Miebor :in
pia friaarL. it bad on board Mr. Stratford Canning
and hl5 `suite; and Mr. Curtnr.right, his Mujesty s
Consul-General at Constantinople. To-morrow at
noon ',Sir. Stratford Canning will be received on
f.. 10„ with the honours due to his rank.

Since the lauding of General Clturah'at Drago-
rueltre, we have learned nothing certain respecting
his farther operations. According to a-letter from
?mesa, Veli Bey, the Governor of that citf, after
being joined by the Turkish cavalry which was at
lamo, did not leaVe it till December 12. On the.
two preeeding-days;:tyc'orps of Turkish troops; stated
to amount to 2,500 men, had alsO commenced its
march towards DragomtVre, to act under the' Com-
mend 6f- Veli Bey agaitiA the Greeks, who had
acted - under .General- Church. Our .yesterday's
Gazette has announced that General Church has
left the neighbourhood of Dragortiestre, and has
commenced his marreft"'tOwara - Missolonghi.—
ilustrida Observer.
BUCHAREST, J. 5.—A courier who has arrived
frer4-Conitantinople, and who has proceeded on his'
'
journey to Vienna, 'is supposed to hart brought im-
portant communications, -for after 'his arrival an ex-
traordinary bustle was obserVed in the hotel of M.
Minziacky. Hitherto we had always flattered
ourselves with • the hope that an arrangement
would be made in the affairs of the East, and with
the idea that no open rupture would take place be-
tween the Porte and, the Allies. But since yester-
day a war is thought of,- and it is affirmed that
,Minziaeky is going to leave us. Consternation is
expressed oic every countenance, and many families
are putting their affairs in order, that they maybe
able to quit the Principalities.— A rghugsbu Gazette.
ODEssi,Dc. 22.—We expect with impatience
the approaching events, and we desire the.beginning
of hostilities, which atom can give new life to busi-
ness in our market, for the foreigners settled here
are: the only persons who have any connexion with
the Mediterranean ; the- Russian merchants and ma-
riners have been strictlyprobibited from attempting
any enterprise on that side. This prohibition has
almost. occasioned a riot at Oczakow, where the' Go-
vernor wanted to extend'the prohibition to vessels
undor foreign.-. flags— The intervention of Count
Paulin put an encl to this misunderstanding; he has
ordered that no foreign vessels should be detained.
Reinforcements of troops have been sent to the '
fortresses a the mouth of the Danube, such as Ismail
and.Rilia. It is said that there is a considerable
mortality there, which as far as Ismail is concerned,
is very probable, because the environs are very
marshy. Opposite to Ismail the Turks have an en-
trenched camp, which extends to Bardaboi, and is
only an hour's march from the Danube. The number
of Turkish troops assembled at that point is esti-
mated
at 20,000 men. Quarrels are ' said to have
taken place there between Turkish and Russian ,
soldiers who were engaged' in fishing.
On that arm of the Danube Which forms. the
island of Saline the Turks have stationed a great
number of gun-beats, and appear to show an inten-
tion of making a serious resistance to a Passage of the
Russian troops- The Russians, on their side, have
made all their preparations, to pass, at the first order,
this same line, which it is true presents many dim.
eulties on account of .the breadth "of the river; but
which' is, hoWever,-inuelf less dangerotisin this place
than in any other. •It seems 'that the Turkish gun-
boats haVe of late greatly harassed the Christian
vesels navigating the Danube.
I,c t tersfrOm Persia say, that Abbas Mirza is still
mai Tauri,, waiting for permission from Teheran to
go. to St. retersburgii, where, it is said he intends to
sign_himsch. the treaty of peace 11 ith the. Emperor
hagsburgh G -agette.

FRENCH FUNDS.—Five per Cents., 103 E, 85e. ; Three
per -Cents., 691. 900. ; Naples
_Stock: 76f. 60c. ; 14,yal
Spanish Loin-1;73i ; Ilaytian Loan, 6791. 30c. Exchange
er(,Limuion, one moutb, thiee months, 251.

LISBON PAPERS.

OF TLIE CTIAMBER OF DEPUTIES.

This Chamber in its sittings fiom the 11111 to the
18th of January, continued the discussion on the
project-of law for repressing the abuses of the liberty
of the press, from article 32 to 90. On the close of
the debate upon the last article, several additions
were
.proposed by some members, all which were
ordered to be referred to the Committee for mini.
nation. _ _

-------- '
In the sittings of the 16th of January, the Vice-
President announced that the deputation of the
Chamber had waited on the Princess Regent with

the answer of the Chamber to the speech from the
throne, which was to the following effect :
." The Chamber of Deputies having heard, with
profound attention, the words which your Highness
was pleased to address to it from the throne on the
solemn opening of the present session, has charged
us to express to your Highness its gratitude and
inviolable fidelity.
" The Chamber is not surprised that the first ob-
ject of your Highness's thoughts should be what is
still wanting to complete and to consolidate our po-
litical edifice.

" The Chamber desires to answer the honourable
confidence of the King, the wise views of your
Highness, and the intentions of the nation Which
elected it, by performing its most sacred duty, and
employing all its zeal and activity in accomplishing
so important, difficult, and glorious a work.
The Chamber heard with the most lively in-
terest and sincere gratitude the information Which
your Highness was pleased to give it, that his
Highness the Infant Don Miguel, intrusted by his
Majesty with the Regency of these kingdoms, is on
his way to take possession of that office. His High-
ness, by the intentions which he has ordered to be
expressed to the Portuguese, and which ate so
worthy of the elevation of his character and of the
virtues hereditary in the august family of Braganza,
%yin put an end to civil dissension, extinguish extra-
vagant hopes, and confirm the authority of the con-
stitutional law. The resolution which the Govern-
ment of a neighbouring nation has takes/ to oppose
the pertinacious attempts of the enemies of the
peace and happiness of the Portuguese, is founded
on the acknowledged principles of the law of nations,
it is conformable to the sentiments which ought to
characterize a just Government, and is an essential
condition of the reciprocal interests of the two
States, and of the solid happiness of the whole Pe-
ninsula. The Chamber respectfully thanks your
Highness for the important communication.
" The Chamber also thanks your Highness for
the information, that the appearance of our finances
is not unfavourable to the public credit of the state,
aid it wishes that an energetic and vigilant admi-
nistration, and strict and just economy, may daily
improve the state of the public revenue, and offer
to the people the prospect of agreeable and conso-
latory hopes.
" The certainty which your Highness has been
pleased to communicate to the Chamber, of the con-
tinuation of peace with foreign Powers, founded
upon ancient alliances and on the general interests
of Europe, is another subject which demands :the
gratitude of the Chamber. The Government of your
Highness will preserve to us this inestimable blessing,
by means of that honest, upright, and generous policy
to what becomes the dignity and the character of a just
and virtuous people.
" It will be the greatest glory for the Chamber
to be able to merit by a faithful performance of" its
duties the favour of his Majesty, the gracious appro-
bation of your Highness, and the disinterested praise
of its fellow-citizens. It will spare no pains to ob-
taini this great reward, the only one that is worthy
of its exertions, its wishes, and its hopes."
Her Serene Highness was pleased to make the
following reply : _ _

" In answer to the speech from the throne which
che Chamber of the Deputies of the Portuguese na-
tion sends to me, I recognize the zeal and unwearied
patriotism by which it is animated. Its united exer-
tions tending to the grand object -of public pros-
perky,. cannot fail to produce thqadvantageous result
of which the nation has so much need, and which it
so well deserves."
In the sitting of the 17th Senhor Derramado
made a proposal to apply to the Government
specting the ruinous and contraband trade in foreign
corn which was carried on upon the frontiers 'of
Spain. lie proposed that the Ministers should be
asked to explain, frig; whether the difficulties in exe-
cuting the lawS -ropeeting trade in foreign corn arose
from any defect in the laws themselves : secondly,
whether there was any act of her, Highness's Go-
vernment which could authorize, directly Orindi-
reedy, the importation of foreign corn for the supply
of.the British arn►y. This motion was unanimously
approved.
In the same sitting Senhor J. H.. do Couto intr4-
Need a project of law for the encouragement of
agriculture..
In the sitting of the 18th, a project ()flaw for the
division of the Portuguese territory into 14 provinces,
namely, seven in Europe, t►wo in the adjacent At-
lantic. islands, three in Africa, and two in .Asia, was
introduced for the first timer—Lisbon Gazettes to
the 19th if January inclusive.

Letters from Vent Cruz of the 6th of De'
ixiitber, which is two days later than the New York
packet, have been received by a private vessel. They re-
latt entirely to commercial affairs; but it seems a bad then'
for the state of Mexico that the writers countermand the
orders previously sent for the shipment of. goods to that
ceuntry, declaring that they-have lost all confidence in the
existing Government. The same individuals, riot a fort-
night before, were pressing for consignments.
Letters from. Bahia. of the 25th of November
have been received, which disclose some nefarious tran-
sactions,. the odium of which is thrown, .but we hope un-
justly, on the traders of this. country. It appears that
some of the current coins of the province have been so
adroitly counterfeitA, that though not of greater value than
the fourth part of the genuine ones, means have been found,
by payment of them in duties and otherwise, to get them
into general circulation. The local Government paid them
away for some time among the inhabitants in the usual
manner, but the forgery being discovered, they refused to
take. them, any longer, even though force was for a time re-
sorted to for that purpose,, when an investigation was set
on foot, which exposed, the.whole fraud which has been
practised. Some of the counterfeit coins have been sent
to England, and the whole proceeding has, we believe,
been fully detailed to Lord DUDLEY, in the hope that some
steps may be taken to punish or expose the real authors of it,
Much has been said of some supposed slight
which has been put upon Lord ELnorr, by his not being
consulted relative to, and forming part of, the new
sterial arrangements. The version of the matter, as it has
reached 'us, is as follows :—That the Noble Duke now at
the head of affairs, in the outset of the matter, called upon
the Venerable and Learned Lord, who congratulated his
Grace un his MAJESTY having.eingled him out as the per-
'sdn, to 'whom the delicate' and difficult task of 'forming
a new Administration had been confided; adding, that, as
for himself, he was noiv growing old, and that it was
time for him to be directing his mind to other than State
affairs; and that the Duke, taking this in its literal mean-
ing, took no, pains to alter the Noble Earl's real or appa-
rent sentiments, and troubled him no further.—Morning
Paper.

- •
The change in the . Ministry has made no al-
teration in the appointment of a Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
The present Ministers have sanctioned the nomination of
the late Ministers in the person of the Marquis of ANGLE-
sx.s, who, having recovered his health, is making prepara-
tion for his departure from London fur Ireland. The Noble
'Marquis takes with him Lis son, the Earl of UxBUIDGE, •as
his Secretary. A Paper of Saturday stated that LOrd
Low-rues. had taken ()Strice with the Duke Of WELLING
TON for sanctioning the Peerage of Mr. LAMBTOIs% The
offence; if it really exist,:. arises, it is understood; from
another cause—vii. that'hiS Lordship wished for the ap-
pointment of the Fiat Commissioner of the Woods and
Fnsts. it is said, was oofferedtheappoine.
en CANNING becoming Pretnisil
but his Lord
ship declined accepting that office- under Mr.
anent
br
CANNING'S Atninistration. The Duke of MaziTs.ost is
expected to be the new Lord Chamberlain. The Duke of
WELLINGTON has had several communications with his
Grace within the lase few days, which are understood to be
upon that subject..--.Morning Paper.

•
on its return to London, J4mEs
As the Dover mail was proceeding throughßuckland last week,
GREEN LANs, the guard, stood up to blow his horn,
,but
the coach at the time coming in contact with a stone or a
hillock in the road, he lost his equilibrium, and was preci-
pitated with considerable violence to the ground, by which
Idl he had one of his wrists broken, a leg seriously frac •
tired, and otherwise very much injured in several parts of
his body. The unfortunate man was conveyed back to
Dover, where he remains in a deplorable state. He has a
Large family, and his wife is within a few days of her con-
fi cement.

irlo l'AeA6sllll.# 13}*" •

LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1828.

It is not our intention to occupy the 'time
and exhaust the patience of our readers, by
replying to all the accusations which may be
brought by our contemporaries against those
members of the late Administration who are
included in the new. But- we are at the same
time unwilling to leave altogether unanswered
mid unexposed, a grave charge advanced by the
Scotsman, a paper of talent and respectability,
which in talking of the new arrangements,
observes, « that Lord DUDLEY, and Messrs.
H um( tssoNand GRANT, should have taken office
under Lords WELLINGTON and B ATIIURST,
With a majority of Ultra-Tory Anti-Citholicain-
tbe Cabinet, does seem to be degrading. It is'
so, decidedly, if they have sacrificed principle to
emolitment ; and it is a sacrifice of ,reputation,
even although they may have become' parties to
the re-construction of What is called the Govern-
ment; 'from the hope of doing good."
Now really it would have been well to ascer-
tain, in the first place, that this majority of Ultra
Tory Anti-Catholics did exist. But how is the
fact ? Why, that the majority of .votes in the
Cabinet is actually in. favour of the Catholic
there being—.• - •

For the Catholic Question—Earl Dtipx,xY, Lord Met-
vILLE, Lord ELLENBoNoif GU, Mr. GRANT, Earl of ABER-
DERN, Lord PAI.3IERSTeN, Mr. Husxissorr.
.:Against:the Catholic Question—Duke of WELLINGTON,
Earl HATIIIIRsT, Mr. GOULBURN, LORD CHANCELLOR.,
Mr. PEEL, Mr. HENRIES.

So -that any charge founded on this assumption
must consequently fall to the groUnd.

But our contemporary is unwilling to allow the
possibility of isenlie, and goes on to insinuate
that the individuals " have sacrificed principle to
emolument," or if, that should I not be the case,
he blames them for having " sacrificed reputation
in the hope of doing 'good." We were not
before aware that such conduct would be deserv-
ing of censure, and it does appear a monstrous
doctrine, which would substitute the love of re-
putation for the pure and disinterested motives of
virtue.'

But we are satisfied that our contemporary
.is
already convinced of the erroneous view which
he has taken of this matter. For our own parts,
we arc every day more and more convinced
that a spirit of liberality will distinguish the New
Administration. When its. 'formation was first
intrusted to the Duke of WELLINGTON we, no
doubt.; had strong suspicions that a desperate ef-
from
.the Cabinetethadetoe alt menstablish taintedToryism, by exclud-
ing With
liber-
ality. But the conduct of his Grace has proved
that our suspicions were unjust, and the ,t
dissatis-
faction which it ha's already given to the
thorough-going Ultras, is the best proof that
the Ministry, as at present constituted,- will on
the whole,meet with the approbation and sup-
port of moderate and sensible men through Out
the kingdom.

The Paris Papers of Friday, and the Gazette
de France dated Saturday, possess little of
novelty or political importance. In another

column will be found some extracts detailing the
instructions of Mr. STRATFORD CANNING to
the merchants of Smyrna, the spirit of which we
have already given. The Dryad frigate, with
his Excellency and Mr. CARTWRIGHT, his
Majesty's Cousul-General at Constantinople, on
board, arrived at Corfu on the 29th December.

An article from Odessa confirms our observa-
tion that war was eagerly courted by persons who
wish to contract for supplies to the contending
parties, for it now appears that these speculators
eagerly desire the beginning qf hostilities,which
alone can give new life to business in their•
market ! If such men could cast the die—the
game of war would be not only universal; but
eternal.

Lisbon Gazettes to the 20th inst. havebeen
received. They contain the answer of the
Chamber of Deputies to the Speech froth the
Throne on opening the Session, and as is usual
in such cases, it is merely an echo of the speech.
There is one curious passage respecting the re-
turn of Don MIGUEL, whose presence, it is
fondly anticipated, will terminate civil disSension ;
his Highness is also lauded for the expression
of his kind intentions to the Portuguese, and
these intentions are said to be worthy of the ele-
vation of his character, and the"virtues hereditary
in the august family of Braganza. We were
well aware that royalty is hereditary, but that
virtue was so. as a necessary consequence is new
to us—and the more so because the good Portu-
guese have singled out Don MIGUEL for this
hereditary attribute—he being a Prince to whom,
but six months ago, they uncharitably denied the
possession of one solitary virtue under Heaven.
But there is a time for all things, and if virtue
be not an hereditary appendage to royalty in
Portugal, servility seems to be no vice among the
people, nor is its practice considered degrading.

The distressed situation of the inhabitants of
Queenborough is likely to be one of the first.
subjects of discussion in the ITouse of Com-
mons, and the sympathy entertained for the poor
but honest and public 'spirited fishermen is' as
general as it is sincere. The frequent meetings
for devising means of relief, attest how strongly
public opinion is interested in favour, of the vie-
tims of arbitrary authority. We do not pro-
fess to be perfectly acquainted with both sides•
of the question, but if we. are "to believe half,
nay, a quarter, of the assertions on .thepne side,
the poor fishermen have been treated with a cruelty,
quite unpardonable—and that cruelty has been
continued with such systematic ferocity as to
amount to persecution of the most aggravated
description. It was not enough that honet
iudtts-
try should be debarred from present employ, it was
to be prevented from future prospect of resource.
The select body—the • Corporation, was appa-
rently bent on making a wilderness of what was
once the busy haunt, ,of industry and public
spirit.. And ..all for what ?—because • the
freemen would not consent -to sign away
their birthright, heciatase they refused to
up their undoubted privileges into.the
obnoxious custody of their persecutor. The
select coterie of Queenborough,;once :so .happy
in the success of its lab Our,. are n-ow'• only
remembered in the curses 'of - the Tamished
inhabitants. Even though the , ,cause of suf-
fering humanity has triumphed in a court of
justice against the oppressors of the poor, yet
the Select Corporation step in with a bye-law,
to rob the inhabitants of their victory. Corpo-
ration is an odious word—odious not in itself,
:but from its being too frequently a mask for rapine
under the plea of exclusive privileges, which
are always held at the expense of the community
at large ; and from this odium the select coterie
of Queenborough are not likely, by their re-.
cent conduct, to redeem the graceless epithet.
It appears that, from the year 1820 'to the pre-
sent time, the privileges, or rather the rights of
the inhabitants, have been gradually cut off—
the people have been reduced from being pro-
prietors.' of fisheries to mere laboureri, and at
'length expelled from the enjoyment of their pro-
,perty. Their sole fault, we should say virtue,
has been opposition to the select
_body of Cor-
porate officers, by returning independent mem-
bers to Parliament. Their chief tyrant has been
heard to say that no_ one who shall not relish his
bye-law shall be allowed to prosper. -A
Chris-
tian sentence, truly ! Why this gentleman' might
sit for a portrait of the DE Y of ALGIERS, whOSe
-vengeance extirpates those who question his
absolute decrees:. But the character Of this
proceeding is altogether foreign to our free
institutions, and must be met with correspond-
ing energy: The subject cannot fail being
brought before Parliament, where' the Corpora-
tiint if they
,have acted rightly will obtain jus-
tice, and if not, they must look for that. exposure
which an indignant public will be most ready to
approve. At present we offer no opipon—we
merely state the
.circumstances which have been
already detailed, witha rude'bui natural eloquence
that touched the public heart.

Bombay of the 2d October, and Calcutta
Papers of the 6th September, have been received
at the North and South American Coffee-house ;
their contents arc not interesting. In the for-
mer mention is made of the assassination of Mr.
STEPHENS, Principal Assistant to the Agent of
the Governor-General on the Norbunda, at
Seonee. The Paper of the 3d September, from

Calcutta, states the telegraph has announced
that the GOVERNOR.-GENERAL was expected
at Mirzapore on the 27th August ; the despatch
,of yesterday mentions his Lordship's arrival there
at eight A.M., and it was expected he would
remain there for some days.

A letter from Marseilles, of the 18th January,
brings as follows :—lt is announced, this moment,
that Gen. GVILLEMINOT has arrived at Toulon.

The Specter' teur, Oriental, under date of Ist
December says, that Count Admiral DE RIGNY
and Commodore HA mIL TOY have written to their
Consuls, that conformably to the treaty of the
6th July, no merchant vessels should carry
any communication or provisions to the ports of
the continent of Greece, and the Islands which
are the theatre of war.

Gibraltar Chronicles of the 7th inst. have
been received ; their contents are not of the least
interest. The fourth meeting of the Garrison
Races had taken place, the company was splen-
did, weather fine, and every thing had been con-
ducted in a way conducive to the enjoyment of
the scene.

Letters from Madrid of the 14th January
state, that on the 31st Dec. there were 350,000
Royalist Volunteers in Spain ; this militia costs
per year sixty millions of francs. It appears
certain that orders have been sent to General
SARSFIELD to disband the army he commanded
in Catalonia.

Admiral DE RIGNY has written a letter to,
the Maritime Prefect of Toulon, dated Milo,
30th October, and Smyrna the Ist of Dec.,
stating his regret and indignation at the continua-
tion of the Gre.ek piracies, which are dispersed
through the whole of the Mediterranean, and
take refuge in inaccessible points.

From Constantinople, of the 31st December,
they write that the CAPITAN PAGLIA, in an excess
of zeal for the service of his country, has exiled
from the capital some of the most distinguished
families. The new, money, which is at a
is depre-
ciation of 25 per cent., going to be put into
circulation, and the Government are going to pay
their debts with it, which causes great anxiety to
commerce.
•

A Cabinet Council will sit at the Foreign
Office at Four o'clock.

llt is said that the Duke of 'MONTROSE I,Vill
move, and the Earl of CHICHESTER second the
ADDRESS in the House of Lords.

Mr. FRANKLAND LEWIs officiated this day
for the first time as Vice-President of the Board

of Trade:

• Mr. PEEL will giVt'a grand dinner this even-
_
iug to, the leading Members-of the House of
Commons. , • • •11

.YlO,

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY):'A

os)

CITY, TW 1111 X 0' .CLOCril.:
There is no particular feature to notice this morn-
ing in the British Funds, nor is the quantum of
business of a.description to be considered important ;
the first price'of Consols was 85i, sellers, both for
money and account, since which they were, for a
very short time, 85A 6, and are now Ssi for ac-
count. *lndia Bonds and Exchequer Bills remain, at
Saturday's prices, the former being 91 3, and' the
latter 60 1 pm., but there is nothing doing in them.
The Foreign Funds are nearly without any trans-
actions to-day; Brazilian Bonds are 601 1 ; Buenos
Ayres, 41 2 ; Colombian, 23 4; Meiican, per
Cent. 45; Peruvian, 25 ; Russian. Bonds, 931
94 ; Danish; 61i i; Greek, 174
Shares continue to attract little attention ; Anglo
Mexican Mines are 5- dis.; Brazilian, 69 71 pm. ;
Colombian, 11 2 per share ; Real del ,Monte have
advanced to 10 20 pm.; Mexican Mining Com-
pany Shares, 12 13 per share. His Majesty's ship
Jasseur has arrived from the Western ports round
Cape Horn .at RiO Janeiro, and was expected to
leave the latter port on or about the let of January

for England. -
This morning the quantity of wines clearing at the
'Custom House has been very considerable; an idea
is entertained that an additional duty oritbis article
of luxury will be one of the new measures of taxa7
tion, and in consequence the dealers are anxious to
get into stock.
Three per Cent. Consols, saf '3; Ditto for the 1
3
Ac-
count, 85/ ; India Bonds, 91 pm. ; Exchequer
Bills, 60 1 pm.
FORElGN.—Brazilian, 64 1 ; Buenos Ayres, 41 2 ;
Chaim, 23 4 ; Colombian, 23 4 ; Danish, 61 ; French,
fivei perG Greek, Mexican, 5 per Cent., 34 5 ; Ditt0,19314; 4f ; Ditto three per Cent., 694
70 ;
6 per Cent., 44/ 5 ; Peruvian, 25 4 ; Portuguese, 71 2 ;
.RllB4n, 934 4 ; Spanish, 10
4.
MlNzz.—Anglo' •Mezican, 574 die. ; Brazilian,
.69
71im. ; Colombian, 2 pm. per Sharelßeal dcl Monte,
10 20 pm. ; United Mexican, 214 204 dig. ; Mexican
,Company, 12-13 per shoie•
TWO O'CLOCK
Consols have-been rather heavy, and after having
been 8544 are. now 8531. The reason given for
tbe decline is the French Funds coming a little
lower. t.t*Jih..-t-r.A Ut;l
' The Foreign Funds remain in the same state as
in the morning.
The French Funds closed on Friday, five per,
cents. at 1041.; three per cents.69l.9se
TIIKEE O'CLOCK
Consols for Account, 8.53 4. Letters from
Smyrna of the 221 Dec. are received, every
thing was in a state of perfect quietness.

So remarkably wet has the season been, that
numerous springs of water have appeared in the neighbour-
hood of Pembroke, which have not been seen for many
years past —Some, indeed, had well nigh been forgotten to
exist.—Carmarthen Journal.
On Tuesday night, a gentleman of Forfar shot
a wild swan on the Loch. It is a beautiful animal ;
weighs upwards of 20 lb ; measures across, when the
wings are expanded, 7 feet 10 inches; and from the point
slits bill to the tail, 4 feet S inches. Caledonian Mercury.
ACCIDENT.—This morning, between the
hours of eight and nine o'clock, as a fine little boy about
five years of age, the son of a respectable baker in Arthur-
street, Goswell-street, was amusing himself in the shop of
his father, he unfortunately fell into the cellar from a
height of between eight and nine feet. In his descent his
bead struck against the steps, by which his skull was dread-
fully fractured. The poor little sufferer was immediately
conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital for assistance, ut-
tering the most piercing shrieks.

SHIPPING INTELLIGFNct--(THcS LAY.)

FROM .LLOYD'S.

DEAL, JAN. 26.—Wind W.7-4iirrived the Excel.
lent, Wood, and 'Silvia, Hayes,,from Demerara.
Arrived from London the Burlington, Jackson, for
St. Kitts ; Julius Crsat.,, Stafford; for Honduresland
Naples Packet, Wiitill?:for,Naiikes. The • outward.
bound remain.
FALMOUTH, JAN.-24.--Arrived the .Duke of
Kent Packet, from 'Lisbon, in four days; G. Macin-
tosh-and Nymph, froM Cette. Sailed the Francis
Frecling, for St. Michaels ; Coquette, Hinds, and
Chance, Nicholson, for Lisbon. -

The Rachel, Cooper, from Hullala to Liverpool,
put into Donaghadee the 24th inst., with damage,
and must discharge; having struck on the Foreland
Rock. •

The Three Sisters, of Scarbro', bound to Gibraltar►
put back to Jersey• the 23d inst., with lon of, sails,
bulwarks, and a part of her cargo thrown overboard,
and must discharge.

The Three Friends, Osborn, bound to Tetccirs,
was totally lost, 'with'tlie CreW, in Dingle 14Y, the
18th instant.
The Fottunata, Palermitatia, from Gibraltar t°
Rio Janeiro, was captured off the latter place pre-
;lions to the 21st of November,
,by! the Congress
Buenos Aires privateer. • • •

THE ARMY.

1t

A Detachment of the Reserve. of- the 99th Foot, . sta-
tioned at Clare Castle, is ordered to hold itself in readiness
to ,embark to join the -Service. Companies;at,t4eAft,uritius•
A Detachment of the Depot of the •86eli",_Regiment
marched from Newry to Cooley Point, 'oil the 21st inst.,
for theputpose protecting a veitel stranded near White-
haven; ". • • -
11:Detaelinientf'orthe''-.51fil Regiment marched on the
-19thinat::frinn--Kilkeiati); and 'arrtire4 ,at Cashel on the
22d, to remain until further Orders

Our correspondent was wrong who. informed
us that the Duke of WrLuttaTorr had written.a letter to
Ting hiimmesto. remain in nffiee.-•-•
the
sKunchighietiteofrKawanslvT;ittdeseni.r

A Sunday paper lia's.published 'an absurd. for-
gery, purporting to be a letter from Lady Cazoenic to
Mr. Husussux. We can state positively that no letter
has been written : the message was verbal.
Some. Members of Parliament who reside 'in
the city have received cirCulars to-dity trom Mr. Past, as
leader of the House of Commons, Soliciting their attend-
ance on the first day of the Session:

Amon the various rumours at Westminster,
respecting the l'arliainentary campaign, the one seeMinglf
mist accredited, when we went to press was, that after the
Lord CHANCELLOR delivers the Speed' to-morrow, the
further business will be adjourned for a fortnight. -

• The remains of the late Countess Dowagcr
GaosvEr:on were removed on Friday from her late resi-
dence at Ealing, in Middlesex, where her Ladyship recently
{lied, for interment in the family vault at "Shareshill, in
Cheshire. Her Ladyship was daughter of HxNrty VEst-
NON, Esq., of Hilton-park, in Staffordshire, by Lady
HENRIETTA, daughter of the third Earl of STArroxD.
On Wednesday, a meeting of the inhabitant
householders of. St. Leonard's, Choreditch, took place in
the vestry-room, for the.purpose of taking into consideration
the propriety of petitionmg PArliameat for the, total repeal
of the inhabited house-duty. , -

THE ATLI EglEllist. Arrangements having
been made for the purpose of bringing 'out the Athenaeum
a day earlier than usual, the kifth Number of that Work
will_ appear to-morrow, Tuesday, and will contain a chil-
-1 ratter of Mr. SouTnry—Pictures of Society from the
Life, by a Noblernan-Reviews of the'latest Publications,
with a great 'variety of Literary Novelties.—Orders re-
ceived by all Bnnksellert and Newsmen, pried ad., 147,
Strand.
Whilst sonic spirits were landing from ,the
Mary Ann, in Bovisand Bay, a simple countryman offered
money to a soldier, an Irishman, who was guarding the
prqperty, on the condition that he, the soldier, should fill
two bladders, (meaning with ruin), fur him. Pat pocketed
the cash, took the bladders, and returned them, to the
countryman, filled with salt water. The latter,- alarmed
for his treasure, began to remonstrate. Pat would hear no
arguments, he had delivered full and good measure, and had
done his duty.—Devonport Telegraph.
NONCONFORNIING WESLEYAN METRO'
nrsTs..r—We perceive from the plan of the Local Preachers,
just published bythe Nonconforming Wesleyan Methodists,
in the Leeds Circuits, that there are upon: the..:liat 35
names, consisting of 28 local preachers • and 7- exhorter',
and that they have 18 places of public worship. , The
number of members in society are, we understand, calcu-
lated at from 800 to 1,000, and
.there are about 50 &asses.
—Leeds Mercury.
t endurance. Indeed
The Royal Adelaide, building in this yard,
's:nnedd,istlaaat our future
nfianvye vessel.
than was allotted
seasonedlat
lratipmi dbl
timber
awo,inow so
approachingsb oeb.eeatt
ho
snot: orsifigpoolnlifelgytgi oors
seasoned,
the
stocks,
remarkably,,h
she
is well
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to the fleets which formerly so conspicuously supported the
promisesH aanvinexgistence much longer
fame of Old England.--Dcronpert Telegraph, , •
We understand that the ComMittee of the
Association, established at this port, for the preservation- of
life from shipwreck, have promptly administered relief to
a number of seamen, who were wrecked here in the gale
of the 13th inst. and thus suddenly deprived of their only
Illekilr.; of subsistence.—Devonport Telegraph.
The agriculturists of Herefordshire are about
to petition the Legislature for the revision of the game
laws, and, as one reason, state, that though they are de-
barred from killing game themselves, they are not only Jou.-
dened with keeping it, to the destruction of their .'own
crops, but are taxed, in the shape of county rates, to pro-
secute and maintain poachers.
MoNTnosr.—Shipbuilding is very brisk here
at present. We have no less than five different building
yards; and they are all full of vessels nearly ready for
launching.—Ca/ecfpniars..Preury.
We are credibly informed, that there. are re-
surrection men prowliggabout the.Prin.cipality, " seeking
whom they
Wednesday, a respectable farmer, namedthey may devour."— Carmarthen Journal. ;
On
DAVID HANPBURT, of Ashover, put a period to his
tence, by cutting his throat with a razor. The cause of
the rash act is said to be a dispute about some property de-
pending on a law'suit.—Nottinghetn Mercury:
An Italian cook having sent up a hare at din-
ner, ornamented with the paws as they had been cat off, 00
being asked a reason for so doing, said it,waii done to grew
that the animal was a hare, and not a cat.—Hants,aron.
MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—JOHN REDDY,
a man of respectable appearance,
who was lately clerk tb
Mr. WHITE, of this city, put an end to his life, in a field
at Kilereen, near Kilkenny, en Tuesday. A razor, was
stjisniankdsetlantdhlilei:aple
discpvered ,near him, with which he had so desperately cut
his throat as almost to separate his head from his body:+"
Waterford Chronicle.
time she was in a state of starvation,"
On Saturday last, a poor woman, by her
pearance we must-call her as such,
. asked at the Bl4taria
coffee-house, King-street, Westminster, for a bit of bread,
van te comply with her request,- ordered
sora bread tcilsc-given• her, when strange to 'say, she de-
clined6at'ure labour in the streets, : and being
should have given her butter with it! •
the offer; intimating at the same time. that they
On Tuesday last, a destitute young female
friendless and without an asylum, her aceouehement
tually took placeAn a timber-yard
(N,flagyOeorirnt'7eMmßeonuncldvhea3ryeGshlah:oeettitne2g. in the woods of C. J. B party
itmiD.
LING, Esq., of Middleton, near Leeds, they had the iris'
fortune to lose one of their dogs, a favourite springer'
which fell into an old pit which had partly been tilled' ur,
In order to rescue the poor creature from his :unpleasAn"
situation, a person descended the pit, twenty yards deli'
when to his great surprise, he discoveredthe skeleton of
man, the bones of which were quite .soUnd; the teeth Perb'
feet, and the hair fresh.; the clothei were all decayed,
the exception of one pocket, which was found to contailt
thirteen. snares. • It is supposed from this circumstance
the unfortunate man had been a poacher, and that
the pursuit of game, he had fallen into the pit.---cle!..!
while.
Mercury.

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