The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-29 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FF.E.Neft PAPERS.
(From. the Messager des Chambres, Nov. 26.)
BLOCKADE Or THE DARDANELLES.
PARts, Nov. 25.—The following is the Circular
addressed by Vice-Admiral the Count de Heyden,
Commander-in-Chief of the Russian' squadron in
the Mediterranean, to the Officers commanding the
ships of war of the Neutral Powers in the Levant
" On board the Azqll7 Oct. IS, 1828.
Sig,—The Einpiororiy:',2Viigust Master, with the in-
tention-of obliging the OttornanPorte to a speedy and solid
peace, and of
.putting, ,as soon as poisible, an end to the
calamities which the present war might occasion if it was
obstinately prolonged, has resolved to make his naval force
co-operate en this object, which is no less the object of the
constant wishes of his Majesty the' Emperor; than of the
well known desire of hiS Allies.
He has in consequence ordered me to put and declare
in a state of blockade the Dardanelles and Constantinople ;
and to prevent all arrivals of provisions and other articles
generally introduced under the name of, contraband of war,
on board Turkish ships or neutral ships.
" The ordinary and positive laws of maritime nentra-
lity which impose upon neutrals the obligation to respect
every effective blockade, gives to the powers who form it
the legitimate right to enforce it rigorously and without
exception. His Impel ial Maje Sty, always faithful to his
promises to cause the least possible injury to the commerce
of neutral nations, authorises his squadron :
" 1. To permit all neutral . vessels 'to enter the Dar-
danelles and Constantinople, which' shall -submit to
be searched, and which shall not have on board either'
contraband of war, or anYethei‘ article which might serve
to provision the capital' of the 'ErnOre.
" 2. To permit all vessels, coMing.froin Constantinople
and bound to Europe,,to.,come out without 'interruption,
unless they 'have on board trimps;.military stores, or provi-
sions, for the places situated in the limits fixed by the
three Courts in the 'Treaty of the'ilth July.
" 3. Not to employ force, except at the' last extremity,
against neutral vessels :which may'attempt *to-avoid being
searched, or to violate the blockade.
" Conformably to theie exceptions, which will doubtless -
be appreciated by the European MerchantsVice-Admiral
Ricord, who commando the squadron appointed to blockade
the Dardanelles, has received the most positlie 'orders ''to
cause the greatest delicacy (mgards) to be-obSekted. in 'the-
search of neutral vessels, and to employ force milt against'
those who, contrary to the law of nations, and not-With-
standing the risk to which they would expose-themselves,
,should attempt to violate the blockade, or at least to elude
it by means of boats. "
" I must, therefore, request you to he so good as to
give the greatest pliblicity.to this Measure; and to give no-
tice of it to those merchants who • carry on the Levant
trade, under the flag of your august Sovereign, and who
might engage in speculations for the impose of supplying
the capital of the Ottoman empire with' provisions or am-
.
munition.
" I further announce to Ton, with infinite pleasure, that
in consequence of the efficacious rneasures taicen in concert
by the Powers who signed. t.,1,1e Treaty of London; "the
Alorea has' been, entirely.,*.taie4 by
Gtlie sl.ifrkisli and
Egyptian. troops, and 'tut Fot*cinenee the blockade of
that peninsula is entirely raTiOOtryl tli tt henceforward
neutral merchants wikfind a ready' mirket in those ports,
which a terrible contedliarfOideiinisny fears rendered as
it were inaccessible,..jteceive,
" (Signed) Count de HEYDEN."

(From the Gazette de Frattes fisted Thursday.)
Totmos, Nov. 20,-=The Gabarre L'Oise, Cap-
tain Materer, at length arrived at -the 'port of • the
bazar3lto yesterday evening, from Marseilles, where
it had been obliged to put in by the gales ieh it
experienced in attempting to make'otir port. •
We learn that the six Egyptians who have
arrived at Toulon, on board the Loiret, are'superior
officers of•lbrahim's army, who would not return to
Egypt,fearing that they should be beheaded, because,
in a Council they opposed the evacuation 9f- the
Morea, and intended ro oppose it by force.
About the end of this month,, a convoy of ves-
sels, with a great quantity of provisions for the
army, will sail from this port for the Morea, The
transports which come from Navarin and Alexandria
are to carry freSh troops to Greece. It is even
affirmed that they will sail before the••expiration of
their quarantine. _
(From the Constitutionstel.)
PARIS, Nov. 262—The Dinette is'quite enraged
at an article on the irtiolvency.Of Spain. It wishes
that we should be brought before the Courts for
calumniating the Spanish Government, which, it
maintains, is prudent and careful. We and the great
bankers are described as jealous, because we have no
part in the prize; and our article is said to be only
intended to lower the stock, that we may profit by
the depreciation. Our crime lies in having called
the Government of Spain a bankrupt,. which we
share with the whole of ,Europe. We have only
done what all the Journals did when the Cacique of
Poyais wished to raise a loan at London—described
the paper issued as just worth what it eost as paper.
But it would be painful to dwell longer on the sub-
ject of Spain—a country-favoured by nature, which
ought to be a terrestrial paradise, and support thirty
millions of people, and which has only nine—which
ought to be among the first Powers of Europe, and
which is one of, the last. Unhappy country ! for
which we have spent 300 millions (francs), in order
to reforge its chains and place it again in the clutches
of the vultures who are preying on its :vitals;
Fionicti Ft, N MIS, • Nov. 26.—Rentes, Five per
Cent. 1081. 15e.; Three per Cent., 80c.. 85c. ;
Bank Actions, 18471. 50c. 1850 f.
Foßztax Fume._ Neapolitan Rentes, Cert. Fal. 79f.
95g. 80f.; Royal Spanish Loan, '7941; Perpetual Spanish
Annuities; 51; Haytian Loan, 637 f. 6361. 25c.

. FROM THE RHINE, Nov. 14.—We under-
stand that Mr: Wrrr, commonly called M. VON DONING,
intends to leave Weimar for France, and to publish there
a new work -iu favour of Brunswick, with respect to its
litigation with Ilanover,-thf
.materials of which have been
intrusted to him, as it is reported, by a high quarter.

On Monday last a fallow, was exposing his
feet (which were in a high stalea d•
tame, and disgusting
to look at) - in the neighbourhoodof Norfelk.crescent, in
order to excite compasaion, when a gentleman who resided
there desired him to move off. This, however, he refused
to do, and accompanied his re-ftwal with
a volley of the
most horrid imprecations. Upon the gentleman insisting
that be should go about his business, the miscreant drew
long knife from his- pocket and made a desperate lunge at
him, which, had it,taken effect, would in all probability
have proved fatal. lie was instantly taken before the M
al
a-
gistrateF, and the gentleman; not pressing any .or
charge against him, he was sentenced to three twenths'
prisonment at Shepten.7—Both Herald. •
Leicester owes much of its vivacity to its
centrical position, and the immense number of coaches and
conveyances which pass through it north, south, east, and
west. About sixty years ago, one Manchester and one
Leeds or Sheffield coach reseed in each direction, north
and south. These were not only adequatr for the personal
conveyance of the extreme towns, but also served the.wants
of the intermediate places; consequently, at that juncture,
the inhabitants of Leicester had only two daily chances,
and these of course were contingencies, of getting a place
for London, or to any of the intervening towns. There
is a credible tradition still in existence, that shortly ante-
cedent to this epoch a Leicester coach was established from
thence to Landon. It was drawn by six hover, with a
Million on the -leaders, awl strange—passing atrange
-vow to relate—the passengers slept two nights on the
journey, namely, at Northampton and Dunstable, and
it reached its destination on the third evening.—
which event once, or possibly twice
This conveyaOce,
a week, it is supposed, was 'discontinued for want
of sufficient encouragetnent. The first Manchester
coach undertook, " God willinto deliver passen.
gets and parcels in Londott on the fifth day from
its departure front Manchester. In point of velzeity the
contrast is extraordinary, nay, aste3"ishi"g ; that shoat
occupied three days, is now easily effected in 12 hours, and
lissome cases less; and that which then requiredfive days,
now seidonrtakes more than 22 hours. At the Period re-
ferred to, the only lines of stage-coach conveyance were
limited to those abovernentional--namely, north and south,
London, Blanchester, and Leeds. Soveral years elapsed"
before any lateral lines were estabiWxd, and before
the former ones bad any material incre= .of public
convenience. There are jar at least twelve daily cpporz.
tunities of going to London, ,fia-e to Manchester, five to
BirtnirOam, three to Sheffield and Leeds, six to Not-
tingham, two to Derby, independently 4' the Manchester
coaches, and two to Stamford; in short, there are a daily
entrance and departure of between forty and fifty stage-
coaches, for the conveyance of persons and parcels.—Sir
Richard Phillips's Personal Tour.