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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 26, 1626,

We received last night the French Papers of Wed-
nesday and the Etoile dated Thursday ,morning, b),
which we are put in possession of a very importam
document, namely, a treaty of commerce and naviga-
tion between France and Brazil. This convention
(which will be found in another column) was con-
cluded at Rio de Janeiro, so long ago :Is the Bth o
January„ and ratified at the Thuilleries' on the 19t1
March.

with the few m
and declaring
eserteu.
The Eiaile con tains soln e iortentipitlooarrtbat:toittli
isitletdellbigeyertlnitilocaleeft
from, Lisbon. On the sth inst. S A LnaAnNtithelic,otrlptes
Europe must tiolstcc:tstsfoitill:::::::sineuts Decree abolishing
mido :mint de Pow"
of themi
e Ministers
army, roonfri yWt, b
esa xrN'haoetwri tdi riciegsosntel istleitittucti
Constitution,
. . ,
Tlien
Foot,'
ft2lolalrleoce)wfrsie:totiltrei.leeii.:tus,.;winteoremsiguntiantliet:nis
and
The' • ce from' Affairs, sn.d. of M. Cott-
fOr ever the I tat and 24t
SANTO,h
Minister of Foreign M. •
le"rof the Interior, have
part Of the country seems
25tH September, Ina it is thought
of the Cortes is an-
17.1e;;haenectEeraPilegAducil :tit:l:f eve,
Jul), at which time the
ntioto‘tvlblitleel ebtrlees,fto:trere:tritreedliighteh seY. assembly
to the 12th October
e intelhgen'is antinople, in the Etaile
cwnes down to the

organization of the troops was proceeding with the
same activity. The Ministers were still under tents.
At Adrianople all was tranquil on the 20th, and bar-
racks were building for 12,000 men.
Jhe SULTAN is said to have taken a step which
has spread consternation in the capital. Though the
Turks cannot do without smoking and drinking
coffee, all the Coffee-houses in Constantinople, with-,
out _exception, have been shut up. The Topschis,
who guarded the city gates since the late revolution,
have been relieved by new troops in uniform. After,
the review at Eski Serai the SULTAN ordered a con-
siderable gratuity to be given to each soldier. The
Letters add that the plague was spreading in Con-
stantinople ; and by other letters from Jassy it appears
that the Turkish Commissioners left Skideni on the
Ist Aug., and were to arrive at their destination on
the 4th or sth.
The Journal des Debats repeats with more
deuce its assertion that a Congress is to be held at
Johannisburg, and that the Duke of WELLINGTOS
will be one of the Ministers present. This Congles3,
if it take place, is, accordingto this article, to settle
the question of the navigation of the Rhine, and then
the affairs of Greece, of Spain, and of Portugal. If
all this should be true, the Congress, we think, will
have enough to oecupy them for some months at least.
Extracts will be found in a preceding column.

We insert in another part of our Paper, the report
made by the Minister of Marine to the King of
FHA xcE, of the measures taken to suppress the Slave
Trade carried .on by the subjects of France.- We can'
not bring ourselves to. believe that ' the measures de-
scribed in this report have actually been taken, when
every account which we receive from our squadron
employed on the coast of Africa, contains some men-
tion of the open manner in which vessels, under the
French flag, carry on this infamous traffic. It is well
known in this Country,,that many of the French ves-
sels engaged in this trade, are fitted out at Nantes and
other ports on the western coast of France, avowedly
for it ; and if the French Govermnent had, taken the,
steps mentioned by the Minister of Marine, .or
of
been sincere in its, declarations for the suppression
the Trade, it might have been at all events much re'
diced in extent, if not actually put an end to.

A Russian squadron consisting of three ships at
the Line, and six Frigates, was passed on the 20th
instant, by a ship which has arrived at Leith from
Petersburgh. The squadron was then St.
about sonee which
miles from land, and is, without doubt, the
we mentioned.some time since as expected to arrive
off Dover, in its way down the Channel on a aruize o
exercise. We have no reason to believe that the des.
tinatioU of these ships is the Black Sea, as some of
the Morning Papers announce. Two of them, it iS
said, have on board specie for this Country.
venty

The following are extracts from the ANT/ wine
Zeituti gof the 9th instant, which we received this

morning :

BUCHAREST, A Lt'•
According to accounts from Constantinople of July 22,
t} sir
we have received by express, great agitation still prevailed
anti the execution of the Janissaries continued. On the 1,
July two wealthy Jews were executed; one of whom was hole
to the Janissaries, the other one of the richest bankers in 1
Empire : his property, of about forty millions of piastres, Wast
mediately confiscated ; business of course is quite at a stand. ~,,
plague rages here as well as at Constantinople. Later letters froui
Constantinople of 15th July being the (perhaps premature) re.,‘
port that Lord. Cochrane had arrived at Napoli di Rumania seiw
six ships of war.

TRIESTE, AUG. Is*
Up to this day no direct and positive information has boon re-
ceived here, respecting the arrival of Lord Cochrane in Ore
The news lately given of • his arrival was founded only on letter
front Corfu, and, as now appears, was not true. Howeve,,r, ";,
older private letter from Malta says, that he had passed through ou-",
seas, and had sent one'of his ships to La Valletta, which, Iwwevie"
made but a short stay there. We expect with impatience
ed
accounts from the Mores. The Captain of a ship,
here yesterday from Constantinople, relates, that on the 11 t
July he heard a violent cannonade near the island of Satin", 13;t
P.S.
had heard afterwards that the Capitan Pacha had attacked t
hay'
island.
AUG. 1 4. —No farther accounts from the Archipelago
reached us to-day. which aril: a

FROII THE RHINb:, AUG. 10.
On account of the extremely favourable prospect ther
proaching vintage, and the total want of demand, wise 110 '3 en
in iunne parts to a price never before heard of.' Thus a short time 1:
at Herpheim, near Turkheini, on the Hart, where good 14. !m: of
made, one of the richest proprietors who has the tun
prtoducing a very excellent wine, had a public sale, at va"'
(Fuder) of 6 Aums was sold as follows :
' Wine of 1818, from 18 to l 6 florins.
1819 -- 60 to 120 do. ' aqo
--= . 1822, of the first quality, from 2bo to." oil
Such instances sufficiently prove the justice of the unige.,
complaints of the decline of agriculture, and the incressitig
of the landowners.. •

The Committee of the National Assembly °f (trees:
has addressed the following letter, dated the 2:'it `;'-,1.J11
to M. SPANIOLACTHI in London, directing taiv
oldie Deputies residing here, and appointing' ''
(IC °;.;
mittee composed of M. SPANumAcTlii, ''',„ the
.Englishmen, to examine the accounts relAtive
Greek Loans. , ,
THE COMMITTEE of THE NATIONAL ASSEMBL:'
SPANIOLACT/II LONDON. , tell
The National Assembly, whose convOcation, it, two
iglAiesdse'nly...„,b'ilivt(le
siolitnsofetraeri charged liihrOthl
monthsua
rn.a
catgegecoedewoo:diiitoilie‘itt:lshivatoti
sitrstte;eihNdi
foer_feto:o,:myrnm,
et
not allowed sufficient time to' complete its labeiirs' iiii.ft i'
commissions—one
ills], iiievaeoirfidi affairsasGar_sdo rtmreoutei:snk.lats
thellae.dAattss%iilloo.ci:intoxiihr,
necendimtiflini:et
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and
the. other is called the Committee of the AssemililY, '' 1r
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periow, s re,
orderscori soefd,
tohfothse
National
withdrawh the deputation from London, and t° ojog
will be named, of whom you S'',,sl, tao
one, and the committee thinks proper that the tit""
the
eiipi
rtehseeontiemanontliemnet,tsheeekeotommenirttiet
should be respectable Englishmen. 'll ft°
which end three individuals, r;iii lit
accounts. The committee, as soon as time will.`d.,,a
TlplewitlhbNisarhoApßoAfp
tends to address you more at length on this stalfec"'
Nauplia, June 10 (2.2), 18'26.
(Signed)
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Letters received -Ygfirtly froin-Coritt; illel:_i, drivel/
the i'rovisional Government of Greece laid -b‘L, c..,1,1 jots.
from Napoli di Rominia to Bronzi, by the 11-I:,_"cofft),
Various reports, decide
of a different tendency ; and it is difficult hove
which are most entitled to belief. One thi"g;,,reAs
of the v
ever, we fear, is certain, that the cause
however, were in circlation
tot

every day bei.omes mq'e desperate and, unless the as-
sistance of Ijord COCHRANE be speedily afforded,
of which there seems to be less probability, on account
of the delay in the completion of part of his steam-
boats, this gallant people will cease to exist as a nation.

Demerara Papers have been received to the Ist
July inclusive ; their contents are wholly unimportant,
except that of a forgery to a considerable extent has
been committed in that Colony on the colonial paper.
0

It is confidently stated in the City that a large quantity of
specie for the payment of the dividends on the Mexican Stock
had left the City ofj Mexico early in the month of June,
tinder the protection of an armed force. Subsequent accounts
announce its arrival at Vera, Cruz on its road to England.

In looking at some of our Legislative enactments,
we are almost tempted to believe there is too much

truth in the satirical observation of the foreigner, who
said, that " all the public acts of your Legislature, are
either framed or perverted to serve some private end."
Though we cannot subscribe to the justice of the re-
mark, generally, yet, no 'one can doubt its application
in particular cases. It matters little how patriotic may
be the intention of.the originator of some bills, or
how much public benefit is likely to result from ieir
adoption, yet, if they trench in the least upon any
particular interest, they encounter the most unremit-
ting opposition from the members of the sacred mono-
poly. The measure generally passes through the
ordeal of a Committee above' stairs, two-thirds of the
disinterested members of which are frequently absent ;
or steals with noiseless step through a midnight Com-
mittee of the whole House, comprising some fifteen or
twenty members, one halfof whom are probably reposing
under the shadow of their nodding beavers : but before
it attains the last stage, the public act 'intended for the
benefit of the community at large is frittered away in
its progress, or warped to serve the ends of some class,
whose representative watches, spider-like, in a corner,
to seize the favourable opportunity for smuggling in
some clause, which moulds the whole spirit of the Act
to his own purpose, in the specious cobweb of public
utility. There is ilj4ne particular. interest but has its
secret representative in Parliament; and the constant,
:.. though not avowed, object of that representative is,
to limit the operation, or twist the meaning of all Acts,
bearing upon the sacred interests of his own order.—
But this jobbing is often detected, and unceremoniously
exposed by that salutary organ of public opinion—the
press. Monopoly is the very personification of sel-
fishness ; and, however men may like monopoly in
their own case, they invariably cherish, and scruple not
to express an utter aversion to it in that of others. To
speak impartially, there is no case brought before Par-
liament, but finds its ready champion in either house;
and though this may appear, at first sight, a libel upon
Our representative system, yet it is nevertheless the best
eulogium upon its diversified ramifications, embracing
the interests of all within its comprehensive grasp.
We have been led into these observations by an ob-
noxious clause in an Act which has recently come into
operation affecting the public comforts in a very ma-
terial degree, for the sole benefit, as it would seem, of
stage-coaches. This act professes to amend the regu-
lations respecting the licensing of stage-coaches, and con-
tains a clause prohibiting return post chaises from taking
any passen&ers, under a penalty of twenty pounds !
We are quite at a loss to divine the intent of this
notable clause unless it were meant in mercy to the
horses of post chaises, in order that the a regular
stagers" might have their full allowance. 'rile
hero of this clause might as well have insisted
that no porter who carried one parcel out should
be allowed to bring another back, or that a ship
which sailed with goods must return in ballast. This
absurd regulation could not surely have been de-
vised to benefit the revenue, for those people who
would take advantage of a return chaise, could not
• Afford to hire one. We wonder whether this clause
prevents a return chaise from accommodating a friend?
if so, it would be laughable to see the owner of one
fined for coming home in his own chaise, which he
,might accidentally meet on the road. Suppose a tra-
veller is taken suddenly ill on the road, -having no
means of reaching the nearest town, and a return
chaise opportunely passes, but the post-boy dare
not take him, though it were to save his life,
unless the poor man guarantees him harmless from a
'penalty of twenty pounds Monstrous ! The clause
:Must have been smuggled in for the benefit of in-
Inners. • The 'author of it will probably say, that a
latitude is allowed for any casualty. Then we answer,
that opens a door for evading it altogether, as persons
•
way feign illness. • We- can hardly trust ourselves
with expressina our contempt for the, pitiful objects
andlivbitrary principle of this job clause ; nor shall we
enter into a detail of the many, privations
result to the public by enforcing sue
stirdity, but.
.
leave the grievance for those who feel its,
pressl, us,
, to petition the Legislature against tne conti-
nua •
01 a law which cannot add one sixpence to the
Public revenue, while it detracts most sensibly from
public comfort. •

Notwithstanding the doubts which we understood
were entertained, we can now state positively from the
best authority,;, that the Rev. C. BENSON, is appoint-
ed Master of the Temple ; and we congratulate that
Learned Body on the accession of so much talent and
•thiluence in its head.
The restoration of that fine specimen of the le early point,
English Architecture the Temple Church,
progress in the renovation
is now making considerable
of its different parts, with their appropriate ornaments ;
the best taste. seems to be evinced, and the closest adherence to the ancient models is displayed through-
out. We had long thought the dampness of its green
the, mutilation or concealment of its architeo;
tural ornaments, and the fitting up of the interior in
the Grecian style of embellishment, altogether con-
ititmed one of the most glaring reflections on the taste
,Of the age, and the body .to whom it belongs. We
trust soon to see these blemishes and solecisms give
way to a perfect restoration of this truly beautiful spe-
cimen of the .grand Ecclesiastical taste. of our ances-
tors, to its pristine uniformity and Magnificence.

There is decidedly something radically wrong about
PoliceEstahlishments in'tlie Metropolis. Scarcely
imisog over, which does not, produca some cir-
cumstance at ono or other of the Offices which de-
,
serves censtire. The very watchmen" in the: streets
seen to take their tone 'kit the Magistrates, and to
consider that they are privileged to,
,commit Gentle-
In,Leri to the watchbouse without any,other reason than
the gratification of their own uncontrolled power.
Our Paper of yesterday furnished a case of as in,
,areo
behaviour on the part of a watchman as We
ever read. A Clergymanof respectability was actually

brought up on' a charge, by a watchman, of being,dis-
orderly in the street, when it appeared that the
watchman himself had been the disorderly party, and
the Gentleman had gone to the watch-house to
complain of him, when the tableS were turned
against himself, and he was shut in by the watch-
man. Sir R. BIRNIE, of course, dismissed the
charge ; but instead of discharging the watchman, -and
sending him, if possible, to the Tread-mill for a month,
for such abominable conduct, he suspended him ! to
be probably reinstated the next day. Is it possible
to conceive , a greater abuse of power than this
guardian of the night had been guilty of? or
a greater indignity than that to which the Cler-
gyman was in consequence subjected ? with the
additional penalty, too, of being brought up be-
fore the Magistrates, and his name published
as so situated. Had the Magistrate possessed
finer feelings, he would have visited such conduct,
on the part of the watchman, with the utmost se-
verity which the law would have sanctioned; but
no—the gentleman Would not then have been so much
degraded, as by a simple dismissal of the charge.
The comments which we have offered on this sub-
ject have already brought us a variety of communica-
tions from different parties, who have. been subjected
to ill treatment from the petty tyrants on these establish-
ments, and we might therefore add a long list of cases
to those made public by the Reporters in which (as
it appears to us) the most reprehensible conduct
has been exhibited, or overlooked by those whose
station ought to have been a guarantee tier a very diffe-
rent performance of their duty.
We shall probably collect some of these cases, and
insert them for the benefit of the public.

THE FUNDS.

CITY, Tu.elre u' Clock.

Consols opened at their old price of 78 1, and were after-
wards 781, buyers; they have since gone back to 784 a.; with
very few transactions effected in them. The Foreign Funds re-
main with little business ; Mexican Bonds seem firm at 47t 8 ;
Colombian, 321. 3. In the other Securities scarcely any thing
doing. The Share Market is inanimate, and looks very dull.
Three per Cent. Consols, '7Bl 1; Ditto for Account, 29th
Aug. 78,11; Ditto for Oct., 78; ; India 4 per Cent. Bonds, 24
pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 18 19 pm.
FOREIGN Tuxes.—Brazilian, 61 2;. Buenos Ayres, 51 3;
Chilian, 37 9 ; Colombian, 1824, 82,4 8 ; Mexican 5 per Cent.,
39 41 ; Ditto 6 per Cent., 48-k ; Greek, 14 ; Russian, 831 41;
Danish, 564 '7 ; Portuguese, '7li 2 ; Spanish, 9 10.
MINES.--Angle Mexican,'so 48 dis. ; United Mexican, 12
11 die. ; Colombian, 2 3 per Share ; Tlalpuxahua, 15 20 pm. ;
Brazilian, 910 pm. ; Potosi, 2 per Share ; Pasco Peruvian, 11
I 0 dis. ; Bolivar,. par, 2 pin. ; Real del Monte, 75 dis. ;

Two o'clock.

Consols:are 1781, buyers, for money and account, and 78i for
the •12th Oct. ;41v Four per Cent., 95w; Exchequer Bills, IS
20 ; India Bonds, 25 2►6 pm. ; Mexican Bonds, 491; Colom-
bian, 3S buyers.
THREE 0) CL 0 CIC.
3 per. Cent. Consols, 78i buyers ; Ditto for Oe-.
tober; 79