The Sun.
London, England, 1828-12-11 00:00:00

MAino

LONDON,'
THURSDAY EVENING,. DECEMBER 11, 1828

Thee following was posted at LLOYD'S this

morning

PROCLAMATION.

BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR GEORGE ISON, &C.

`Whereas it has been officially announced to me
by Commander Dacid Hope, senior officer of his
'-Majesty's ships of war in the Bay of Tangier, that,
in consequence of the refusal of the Emperor of
Morocco to accede to the just demands of his Ma-
jesty, Commander Hope had in pursuanceto the in-
Structions, put the port of Tangier into a state of
blockade. I do, therefore, hereby notify the estab-
lishment of the blockade of the port of Tangier,
and that the sane will be maintained and. enforced
in the most effective manner.

Gibraltar, Nov. .24. GEORGE DON,
General and Lieutenant-Governor.
" CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. .10.

" We know of the intended blockade of the Do.:r-
4nelles-hy the Russian fleet, but have no news yet
of it being commenced. The Turkish fleet is come
..down into port, arid is supposed will proceed to the
Dardanelles. The _tea Rookh, from Liverpool,.
sailed yesterday for Smyrna,. and the Sylvia, from
Bristol, will proceed for Smyrna in a day or two,
there being no possibility of either of them passing
into the Black Sea.

SINIVRNA, NON'. 3.

"Th, intended blockade of the Dardanelles against
the entrance of provisions, announced by private
advices from the capital, as declared to the Porte,
has not yet been notified here in any public form,
nor its precise tenor and commencement being as-
certained."

By the arrival of the Duke. of 'York packet,
from Rio de Janeiro, we have adViCes. from
thence of the 22d of October,. which announce
the' arrival of. Lord STRANGFORD and suite
on the l6th, on an extraordinary mission.
On the 22d his Lordship had an interview with
;he EMPEROR, tut it is not stated what took
)lace on the occasion, or the nature of his recep-
His Lordship has with him three Sem-
:arks. No arrivals
ifrOm the River Plate had
,alcen place since that of the Boston American
corvette, but it was considered the account she
had brought of the ratification of the Treaty, of
Peace was correct, .and no doubt ekisted -on the
subject. 'Several vessels had sailed front Rio.to
the River
.Plate, and the',.blockade of that.river
was already removed. The exchange remained
at 321- per milrea,' and the arrival of his Ma-
jesty's packet Stytikow, with'the ratified Treaty,
was hourly expected.

;ion.

We have since seen other letters from Rio,
which state that the delay which took place in
Lord STRANGFORO'S. landing, bad arisen from
.
the severe indisposition otone of his Lordship's
suite, a Mr. -STANHOPE, with whom he wished.
to remain until he had recovered sufficiently to
enable him to land.. The Brazilian Govern-
' ment had contracted a further lOari for 12,000
contas, •or about 200,0001. sterling, at 65i,,
which was effected with the .greatest facility, on
the 15th October, with, the house of Messrs.
MARCH, BROTHERS and others ; the stock to
bear 6 per cent, interest, two-thirds of which arc
to be paid in cash, and the remaining third on the
23d of November.

It is stated in letters from 'the River Plate,
that some of the articles in the Treaty with 814.
zil are of an.. extraordinary nature, and give rise
to fears that peace between the two countries,
will not last for any long period. It is said one
of the articles stipulates that Monte Video and
Colonia are to be garrisoned, for a term not
exceeding five years, conjointly by troops of
the two countries. This, if true, may lead to
quarrels, and ultimately to other disagreements.
The free navigation of the River Plate is gua-
ranteed by. Great Britain for the space of 15
years by the Treaty. The last stipulation will,
in a great measure, make up for the losses sus-
tained by our 'commerce in consequence of the
blockade. The following is from the Papers re-
ceived :

(Froni the Diario Flurninense.)

Copy of al official articlelli°DF:frjoAmNfEigthe°Gl Doeve.rrilralc. nt
of Buenos Ayres to Lavalleja :-.--
~ The Government charged with the direction of
treaty
o off
peace ,has been
,
co n clitttls .eLNevn ititiratnh
se Emperor
transmitted to the
'Brazil, which treaty has
•Congress of Santa "Fe, to be ratified; it is the most
advantageOus to the Republic that could heoWitained,
and the only one which could insure the happiness
And prosperity-of this pi-evince. .
"Al:semis Ayres, Sept. 15, 1828." '
OCT. 15:—The Boston American corvette arrived
here to-day,in 13 days from Monte. Video, brings. the
wished- for information that the treaty of peace was
ratified at, Buenos. Ayres on the 24th Sept. We
expect the' &oeton packet, which is said to bring the
treaty.''
. 917. 19.—This being the Saint's day of his Ma-
jesty. the Emperor, it was observed With the usual
ceremonies and demonstrations of joy.

'We have received an extract from the Courier
of Smyrna, touching some proposals by Russia

for dividing Greece into three Principalities, the
same as Moldavia and Wallachia, but we have
not room for it to-day. The Treaty of London
supersedes the plan.

German Papers of the 4th inst. contain the

following :

VIENNA, NOV. 28.

.The mail from Constantinople-of the 10th inst. is
arrived.: In. the capital there were reports of vic-
tories said to have been gained by the Turks in the
environs of Shumla, and-by which the Russian
troops were stated to have been compelled to retreat
towards Silistria. The Turks now flatter themselves
that they shall recover:, Varna; and the Grand
Vizier•is said to have sent fresh troops to Paravadi,
to operate against Varna. It is said, however, that
the snow.is four feet deep even about Adrianople, so
that it is not probable that any thing serious can be
undertaken against Varna.
Though scarcity of provisions begins already to be
felt
.in Constantinople, and great anxiety is felt
for the arrival of the convoy (said to.be 120 ships),
expected from Alexandria, with corn, which is very
likely to be stopped by the. Russians at the Darda-
nelles, the Sultan seems more bent on war than
ever, and not in the least disposed to give way. The
fate 'of the convoy may therefore be of great import-
ance. Great confidence was felt in the ability and
enterprising spirit of the new Grand Vizier, and it
was hoped he would relieve Silistria. (We know
here at Vienna, by letters from Odessa of the 21st,'
,that the siege of Silistria has _really been raised in
consequence of rains and inundations; follovied by
severe frosts.) - - H
A French. Courier had arrived at
,Constantinople.
We daily expect the' return of .Baron Lebezeltern
frOM Paris.

CONSTANTINOPLE, NOV. 13.

The-consternation which the certainty of the fall
of Varna had- at first spread among all classes of
people-has passed away, and is succeeded by ad-
miration for the brave defender of that place, and
fresh hopes, which are excited by .his elevation to'
the rank of Grand Vizier. The calmness and energy
of the Government, the firmness of the Sultan,
who •is said to he resolved to continue the war
during the winter, -when the Turkish armies usually
disperse, and :the zeal of the nation, remain un-
changed. The military armaments are prosecuted
with increased alacrity, troops, daily arrive from
Asia Minor, and those of Tchapan Oglou, one of the
most powerful of the hereditary tributary princes of
Asia Minor, which passed through a few days ago,.
were remarked for their fine appearance and arms,
end the beauty of their horses. This corps, of about
12,000, immediately. continued Its march to the
theatre of war, notwithstanding the bad weather. It
is wholly owing to the bad weather that we have
heard no more of military Operetrtias since the fall
of :Varna, and the. unsuccessful attempts. of the Rus-
sians against the frontieri of the Katritschik. The
Setting in of the winter, during which the Black Sea
is generally agitated by violent tennyests, having dis-
pelled all apprehensions of - attempts at landing
trop is by the Russian fleet, the Sultan has ordered
the ~hips of war hitherto stationed before -the Bos-
phorus to return to Constantinople. Part of them,
it is said, will go to. the Hellespont. Not only the
Grand Vizier, but Omer Vrione and Hassan Pacha,
are disgraced and banished. The Sultan is still in
Ramis Tchillik.

The. French Papers announce that the Cham-
bers will meet on the 27th January.

A Morning Paper, almost as remarkable for

its a/arniing 'predictions as• for its 41clusive in-
fo-rm—ition, contains, among other original news,
the following paragraph

:" The opinions of Mr. PEEL on the Catholic
question, so far as his authokitY in-the Lower House
is concefned, we have sufficiently dwelt upon. All
'that- we have said.on this subject is true. But the
concessions contemplated by the Duke of WELLlNG-
toN,AO'relieve the fears Of Mr. PEEL, and Settle the
exasperations of Ireland, are, as we are informed,
'Simply these. The Noble Duke will, on an early
day in the ensuing session of Parliament, introduce
a Bill, which will place within the reach of the Catho•
lies all the higher offices of the law--which will open
to them the corporations, and place them in the same
position as the Protestants are placed, with the ex.'
ception of admission to Parliament and to the highest
offices under the Crown."

All this, which the Paper in question may
consider:“ exclusive," we have given, in The Sun
on Saturday last.

.-Another Morning. Paper; • which would seem
to take the Church and State, but paiticularly
the former, under its especial guardianship, has
solemnly averred-,--nay has almost sevorn, that

there is not one word of truth in it, but that
is excusable, seeing how very much it Infs stak-
ed upon the issue. Indeed we might be
tempted to doubt the fact altogether,' when
supported by the veracity of our " exclusive"
friend, were there not good reasons for his rival
contemporary crying " wolf—wolf;" whenever the
Church is in danger.

The Deputation of the Irisli Catholics to Eng-
land; though it has been for some time broached
in the Association, is not yet finally resolved
on. Party-spirit in Dublin runs high on: the
subject. Mr. O'CONNELL is anxious to under-
take the mission uninstructed and unfettered ;
Messrs. LAWLESS, • WYSE, and COPIINGEB,
on the. contrary, insist on his having instructions
previously assigned him ; While Mr. SHELL
seems desirous of backing out of the question
altogether: This last, in our view of the case,
is the most prudent course that can be adopted.
A Deputation to England can. be productive of
little additional benefit to• the cause ; there is
surely nothing new to be said on the trite ques-
tion of Catholic grievances; while the appearance
of the great Agitator and his:myrmidons----More
especially if they intend, according to 're-
port, to. journey from town to town—will con-
vey to the shy unostentatious Englishman,
an idea rather of a travelling Exhibition' than'Of
a solemn national Deputation. For a few days,
while such novelty is rife with the public, it may
perimps, if not answer expectations, at least pro-
voke discussion, -and so lead to ultimate advan-