The Sun.
London, England, 1827-07-25 00:00:00

THE SOLICITOR GENERAL.

Some delay which occun'ed in the Hanaper
Office, caused the swearing in of 'Mr. Doherty to
be postponed until five o'clock on Saturday.
'We can state, however, authentically, that it then
took place at the Chancellor's house, in Stephen's
Green.

- -It is said that Mr. Doherty is destined to dis-
charge judicial functions on the Munster Circuit.
Mr. Doherty is longer at the bar than tho,e
seem to imagine who speak of him as a very
'oung Barrister. He was called in Hilary Term,
1808, and he is, therefore, not very far from the
completion of his third apprenticeship to the
profession. He owes, of course., his promotion
chiefly to family or political connections—and
who is it, we would be glad to know, who has
found access to office through any other instru-
mentality ? Mr. Doherty has not had many
predecessors more entitled to advancement than
himself, on the ground of professional merit
alone. There are united in him many of the
very best, most useful, and- even most brilliant,
qualities of the lawyer and the advocate. Here-
tofore he has more than kept pace with his com-
petitors in the most intricate- paths Of a Bar-
rister's career—and left altogether to the force of
his own energies, he would- soon have attained
all the renown of the profession at least that office
does not confer. Personal recommendations are
not, probably, to be introduced here—but it may
he mentioned that Mr. Doherty ascends to official
station with the good will of the whole profes
sion. He is a straight-forward, single-minded,
cordial, good-humoured, and unaffected man,
and he enjoys the estimation which such qualities
never fail to win, even from rivals and political
opponents.
Mr. Moore, M.P. for Dublin, took the oaths,
as King's Counsel, also, on Saturday evening.
A contrivance was made to avoid thevaeating of
his seat for Dublin. In England, a gentleman
who gets a King's Counsel's gown, receives the
dignity " with the fees, profits, and emoluments
thereunto belonging." These amount to forty
shillings per annum, less by four shillings, pells
and poundage. As the six and thirty shillings
salary were of no great importance, even to a
Dublin Corporator; and as accepting them would
involve the vacating of the Parliamentary seat, it
was resolved that Mr. Moore should dispense
with them, and he was accordingly nominated to
his new dignity without any mention being made
of " fees, profits, and emoluments."—Dublin
Monimg Register.

FOREIGN INtELLiGENCE.

VRENCH PAPERS.
(tilem the Gazette de Prance, July 'IS.)

1 RTESTE, JULY IJ.--Privai letters from Ancona
speak of a r'itettacre of -the Greeks and Franks who
were at Smyrna, in the course of the la"st month.
Even the Consuls of several Europenn PbWert were
said not to have been spared. These accounts mutt
be 'considered as false, and, besides, the details they
give differ very much from each other.

We have this moment received the last number
of the Impartial Observer of Smyrna, dated June
16, in which we cannot find any indication of the
troubles said to have broken out there. This Journal
contains a circumstantial report by Major Corner
commanding the Mei°, Austrian brig, of the events
which preceded and followed the capitulation of the
Acropolis. We observe in it that the garrison had
provisions Tor fiVe days only, and this was but oats,
which had been for two months their sole subsistence.

LISBON, JULY 7.—On the 4th, the anniversary
of the Princess Regent's birth-day, the two bat-
talions of the Guards, a brigade of Artillery, and
cricueral Clinton, with his Staff; proceeded to the
heights which command the country seat in which
her Royal Highness resides, and, after having fired
several vollies, filed off before the Palace of the
Princess. .This politeness of the English produced
a very good effect.
Letters from Elves announce, that the authorities,
of Badajoz have received orders to deliver passports
to' all persons who may require them, for Portugal,
leaving the communication perfectly free. •
Two ships of the line will leave the Tagus for the
Mediterranean, whither, it is said, they will be'
followed by the other men of war in the Tagus, and
that a regiment of infantry is coming from Gibraltar,
and some cavalry from England.

PARIS, JULY 22.—Almost all the Journals have
published, this morning, a letter from Marseilles,
dated the 14th July, which distributes commissions
and instructions among the French squadrons in the
Mediterranean and the Levant. We have not
hitherto seen that the intentions of the Government,
and promotions, have been made known by such
circuitous means to the public, and to the persons
most directly interested in them. The Sardinian
vessel, of which the letter announces the capture,
and which was to have been brought to Toulon, has
since been released. The letter from Marseilles is,
therefore, as incomplete in this point as it is incor-
rect in all the others.

Rear-Admiral Jacob, V.laritime Prefect at Toulon,
has informed the merchants at Marseilles, that there
will be henceforth a convoy for the Straits once a
fortnight, and for the Levant once a month; that
for the Straits will arrive in the Marseilles Roads on
the 10th and 25th of each month, to sail with the
merchantmen ; that for the Levant will sail from
Toulon on the 30th of each .month.

TOULON, JULY 12.—The Marsouin and the
Faune, brigs, have just arrived, the first from
Alexandria, and the second from Algiers. The
blockade of that port continues to be strictly
observed. The two frigates from Brest, and the
Bellona, had taken their stat:,n either off Algiei s
or off Bona.

(From the Journal des Debats.)

PARIS, JULY 21.—Letters from Marseilles, of the
14th inst., state, that, a vessel had arrived at Toulon
from Algiers, bringing dispatches for Government.
All that we have learned is, that our squadron there
has been reinforced by home frigates and corvettes,
but that no ship of the line had hitherto joined it.
A Sardinian merchant vessel had been captured
by the squadron, and sent into Toulon. This vessel
being under quarantine, we have not learned exactly
what was the cause of its seizure. It is presumed,'
however, to have been an attempt to break through'
the blockade, on the pretence- that it was' not
notified at its departure from Genoa. The fitting out
of vessels continues at Toulon, and the recruiting
for sailors is prOsecuted throughout the fifth Arron-
dissement. Five French vessels left the port a few
days ago, to pass-the Straits, under the convoy of
the corvette Adonis, as far as Cape Spartel. Accord-
ing to common report, the French force in the Ar-
-chipelago, under the command of M. de Rigny,
who is to be promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral,
and to have two Rear-Admirals under his orders,
will consist of seven line-of-battle ships, four frigates
of 60 guns, six of 44 guns, with a number of cor-
vettes, brigs, and advice-boats. The fleet before:
Algiers will be composed of three ships of the line,:
four frigates, and several corvettes and brigs, under
the orders of M. Collet, who is to be promoted to
the rank of Rear-Admiral. According to common
report, we may expect also the arrival of a Russian'
squadron, which, it is asserted, has been seen in the
straits of Calais, directing its course towards the
Mediterranean. A letter from St. Petersburgh,which
was read at a meeting here, mentioned the enthusiasm
which the equipping of the squadron had excited in
that capital. It was the subject of every conversa-
tion, and even in their sermons the Papas implored
the Divine assistance in its favour, considering it es-
pecially destined to protect their fellow believers.
The news from Alexandria continues to present
an unfavourable picture of the financial resources of
the Pacha. There is but one vessel in our docks on
his account ; it is a vessel of 60 guns, the progress
of which, at the present, remains suspended.
The polacca La Fortune, Capt. Jacques, has
brought back to this port 134 persons, who formed,
the complement of the frigate La Guerriere, which
was built for the Pacha. There remained but one
corvette to fit out, and it has sailed. We know not
if any more will be constructed in this port for that
Sovereign. He finds, it is said, the building of them
at Marseilles to be too dear, and that the quality of
the materials is far from satisfactory. M. Drovetti,'
Consul-General of France at Alexandria, is still
under quarantine at Toulon. He will be liberated,
in a few days, in order that he may, as speedily as
possible, go to Paris. We think we may assert that
he will return no more to Alexandria. Whoever be
his successor, M. Drovetti will be regretted by the'
French in Egypt, and by the merchants of Alex-
andria.

Yesterday (Friday) Sheriff Franklin was
handed an execution from the King's Bench, against a
man of the name of Joseph Welch, who keeps a public-
house in Denmark-street (Limerick): about three o'clock
in the afternoon Welsh was. pointed out to the Sheriff
standing at the door, and was of course arrested. On
being apprized of the circumstance, Welsh, with couch
indifference, requested Mr. Franklin to walk into the shop,
when the felloW deliberately stepped behind the counter
and took up a large carving knife, with which he aimed
a deadly blow at the Sheriff's breast: astonished at the
fellow's conduct, Mr. Franklin retreated a little, when the
villain followed up the attempt with another thrust of the
knife at his stomach ; fortunately Sheriff Franklin had an,
umbrella in his hand, with which he parried off the assas-
sin's stroke, and left the house for assistance. On being
apprized of this outrage, Mr. Sheriff Watson proceeded
with three of the city police, and, finding Welsh had left
his house, searched an adjoining corn-store, where, upon
the upper loft, he found him in an attitude of defence at
the head of a narrow passage or stair-case, having in his
hand a large sharp spike, fixed in a stick, with which he
' threatened destruction to any who should approach him.
His threats, however, were of little avail, as he was quickly
secured, but not not without a great struggle, in which he
attempted to run a policeman through the body ; and the
weapon he held was actually obliged to be broken in his
hand before he would yield. He was conveyed to the
city gaol, and informations have since been sworn against
him before the Mayor, for this wanton outrage.—Lime-
rick Chronicle.

The land-surveyor, named Faiseau, who a
short time back entered the house of Mademoi-
selle Sophia D-, a schoolmistress at Cijunecy,
and gave her a most violent scourging with a
birchen rod, which he had been steeping in vi-
negar for some days previously, has been tried by
the Correctional Tribunal of Clamecy, and con-
demned to three years' imprisonment, 300 francs
fine; and 6,000 francs damages.

PRIVATE tORIttSPONDENCt.

PORTtTGAL-OCCURRENCES OF THE DAY.
" LISBON, JULY 3, THREE O'CLOCK Ylkt.

" Don Miguel declines his brother's invitation to
go to Bra2il; and iniisti upon lris tight to tome to
POrtiigab hi tailing the latter cdtirSe, be professes
himself desirous only to claim his rights under the
Charter, and as the husband of his niece. He says
that he is the first Peer in Portugal,—that he has
an income already provided in the revenue of the
Casa d' Infantado,—that he has taken the requisite
oaths to the Constitution,—that if it is doubtful
whether he be entitled to the Regency on his next
birth-day, he is willing to submit the question to the
Chambers in an extraordinary Session,—and that,
as the Allies do riot profess to be his gaolers, he
can see no reason why they should resist his return
to his country with views so pacific, and intentions
so laudable. Prince Metternich
,professes his per-
fect conviction of the Infant's sincerity, and declares
that he cannot well refuse him passports. The
Prince holds out, that his Royal Highness has very
much improved at Vienna under his tuition; and
that, having been relieved from his former as-
sociates, seeing the errors of his past . con-
duct, and surrounded with better councillors, he
will make a tolerable constitutional governor. At
any rate, he does not see what right the Allies have
to detain him. The Government of France enter-
tains the same views and holds the same language;
and if he is set loose on the continent, and gets
through France into Spain, of what use is Don
Pedro's ship at Brest, or an English squadron in the
Tagus, to prevent his entrance into Portugal ? The
Princess Regent and her Ministers have all declared
their belief, that if he appears on the frontier, they
could not command the obedience of a single regi-
ment—that if they were to convoke the Chambers,
and to propose his exclusion from the Regeney or
the kingdom, not one-third of the peers, and most
likely not even a majority of the deputies, would
support them ; and thus that there would be no
other alternative but submission to his will. Such
seems to be the alarming state of matters at present ;
and this poor Government,with the best intentions in
the would, but without knowing how to act, is wait-
ing the next packet, or the next courier, to learn the
decision of their English and continental allies.—
The Allied Powers, in order to get out of a diffi-
culty which seems to issue in nothing but a choice
of evils, will decide to alto* his return to Portugal
under a guarantee that he will attend to the rights
of his brother and of the nation. The manner in
which he and his partisans will interpret or observe
that guarantee it does not require a conjuror to point
out. A sudden re-action may certainly be prevented,
but security to the constitution as it is, can scarcely
be contemplated. In such a case, the presence of
our troops in Portugal for the next six months, and
the influence of our counsels so supported, may be
of infinite service to humanity, if not to freedom.
The old Queen declares, that she would. die satis-
fied with the enjoyment of, ower for a fortnight :
her fortnight's interregnum might thus be postpoiled
till the Prince has found that he can reign better
himself, or till he be induced altogether to decline
maternal interference.

" In a previous letter I fully described the appre-
hension and punishment of a party of the 7th Regi-
ment whe had attempted to proceed to Spain. It
is scarcely credible, but it is stated on good autho-
rity, that on. the following day '2O more deserters
effected their escape from the garrison of Lisbon.
Last night a Captain of Militia was taken up in the
great square, attempting to seduce the guards .on
duty before the Custom-house. He wore his uniform
and was decorated with the order of Villa Franca,
or the. token of regard conferred by the late King on
the party who enabled him to overthrow the last
Cortes. When arrested, the fellow shouted vivas to
Don Miguel, and was conducted to the Castle amid
more popular vices to Don Pedro and the Charter.
In the .provinces and Edon the Spanish line of
frontier the greatest anxiety`is felt about an appre-
hended explosion.
" I alluded in a former letter to the departure of
50 or 60 of the Spanish refugees towards Spain,
with the professed intention of making a hostile in-
cursion into their own country. This party was to have
been led by an active Spaniard from Estremadura,
of the name of Barantes, who made his escape from
the depot at Abrantes. He had concerted with four
other officers to meet him, with their respective
partisans, on the frontier, proceeding from different
points, and to try the hazard of a military inroad.—
The attempt was hazardous, as the Spanish army in
repelling the attack, might in its turn pass the fron-
tier, and thus force our troops to move in defence of
the Portuguese territory. The Minister of War,
Saldanha, used all diligence to prevent such a result ;
and having sent out couriers in all directions, gOt
the refugees apprehended. You will see in the
Gazette an order of the Princess Regent for dis-
placing the Governor of Abrantes, for allowing the
escape of the chief mover in this enterprise. Though
Barantes was apprehended, he has again made his
escape, by swimming across the Tagus.
"'The facts which I have given you in another
letter respecting the Spanish refugees here and in
the neighbourhood may be relied on, as I had it from
one of the best informed and most respectable men
amongst them. But a fact, at which you will be a
good deal surprised, and at which the meritorious
and faithful class of refugees in London must feel in-
dignant, still remains untold. I have heard, on the
best authority (which I give you for your private
satisfaction), that several Spanish officers have lately
passed the frontier, pretending to desert their stand-
ards and to fly from persecution, who actually con-
tinue in the pay, and have entered Portugal as the
spies of the Spanish Government. Some informa-
tion respecting the depots which they were .sending
to the Spanish authorities has been intercepted.—
There may be some forgery in this; but in another
circumstance which I have heard there can be none
—that two of them, who have been really suffering
persecution for the last three years, lately, offered to
give information to the Spanish Charge d'Affaires,
if he would secure their pardon and leave to return
home. The honourable men who belong to the class
of refugees, both here and in London, must be more
enraged at these instances of treachery than strangers.
and I mention them only to put all parties on their
guard.
" Our squadron in the Taps has got orders from
England to be ready for sea in twelve hours. The
Admiral has already laid in provisions for three
months. Neither the object of the order, nor the
destination of the squadron, is known. It is sup-
posed to be destined for the Mediterranean, and that
additional ships from England will be sent to the
river to supply its place.
" Count Villa Real, the new Portuguese Ambas-
sador to London, goes in the steam-boat at six
o'clock this evening.
" Count Palmella is anxiously expected by the
next packet." _