The Sun.
London, England, 1829-03-12 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE VIOLATION of the GRAVE.

Extract of a letter from a Glasgow Gentleman, at present
resident in Maybole.
" Maybole, March 6, 1828.
" For a considerable time past there has existed a sus-
pietoa that the trade of disinterring bodies from the
graves of tins burying-ground of the parish of Kirk-
michael, county of rkyre, has been curried on. On the
morning of Thursday, the bth instant, the populace
insisted on the right of opening graves, where re-
cent interment had taken place; the parish Minister
resisted this attempt, advising a snore regular mode
of proceduva, but the anxiety to ascertain the fate
of their friends and companions was tee powerful
to admit of suck delay, and to work they went. In the
first instance they were too successful, fur the empty coffins
realised their fears. This prompted on the work of ex-
amination, and, at the close of the day, there were seven-
two graves, where interment had taken place within the
last sic months, which were robbed of their inmates. •
To-day, the 6th, .ha work of examination was continued,
and four more have been found in the same situation ;
time scene is melancholy—the emrty coffins are brought
up, and the dead clothes, fresh and white, exhibited
across the graves ; the relatives are rushing from every
past of the parish to knew the fate of their departed
friends, ao it is not easy to describe the anguish they
feel when their removal is discovered. The perpetrators
have, in some instances, left the bodies of such as have not
' suited their purpose in a situation too shocking to de-
scribe. I visited the place, and was not a little surprised
to sea it work of this kind done by the populace, without
any trader 0 direct their movements, with as much calm-
ness anti outer as it this)/ had been paying the last tribute
due to those they esteem. The Sheriff will be on the
ground to-morrow, to invests ate i&rt!';gr into this matter."
—Glasgow Herald.

DAvoLuTioN OF THE COAL COMBINA-
TioN.—_—Thz gw.nbination, cr vend, of coals at Newcastle
and the neighbouchod has fallen to pieces, in consequence
of the seceding of some of .the principal coal owners. They
had preciously limited their sale O.' eozls according to the
ote;lt of each pit. Immediately on the crs!olution of
this a6osn44tion coals fell four shillings per chaldron at the
pit's mouth.

•
UHELTENIf MARCH 9.--Yesterday
morning the Gloucester mail-coach from London did not
::,rive here till a quarter•past nine o'clock, owing to its
having crwrienced an upset, between three and four
o'clock, atont a :111e on this side of Oxford. It was full
inside and out. Fortuo4.tely, only two persons were in-
jur4, but they were very serious!" bruised, from being
thrown of!' the roof. The coachman, gua,“l, and passen,
gers, were busily oc,uped for two hours in untoani.,6 and
rerloading the coach, and in righting her, before they could
proceed, The vehicle sustained no :mall degree of injury.
ExkcuTlol4.-43ne Jameson, poriletecl of
the murder of her own moths", ;441 condemned to death ut
the Assizes just ended pt ,Newcutiei Nis been executed
pursuant tO sentence.

LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 12, 1829.

By an Express from Constantinople it appears
that an important change has taken place in the
mind of the SULTAN, with respect to his recent
favourite the new Grand VIZIER, who, as Capitan
Pachs, had so gallantly defended Varna. The
SULTAN has expressed great dissatisfaction at the
little energy displayed by the new Grand VIZIER
during the winter months, and ever since the cap-
ture of Varna. He has therefore appointed for his
successor REDSCIIID PACLIA, the Seraskicr of Ro-
melia, celebrated for his exploits at Missolonghi, the
Acropolis, both of which he captured, and for his
triumph over die enterprising Au PACUI of Janina.
If the SULTAN really feels displeased at the Grand
VIZIER for inactivity, it is pretty presumptive proof
that a winter campaign was seriously intended, and
would, no doubt, hare been persevered in but for
the extreme inclemency of the weather.
The appointment of the new Grand VIZIER
implies that the SULTAN is firmly bent on prosecut-
ing the war, and if he persists in that intention be
will no doubt find the Russians in a congenial
temper. Botl► parties may waste much treasure and
b'ood for the first three months, but we do not appre-
hend that any striking advantage will be gained by
either, as both must have greatly recruited their
strength and repaired the disasters of the last
campaign. By the middle of July the Allied
Powers, if necessary, can interfere with effect,
and enforce a cessation of hostilities, unless
by that period the belligerents get tired of
the struggle. When the question of Catholic Eman-
cipation is once settled, the little finger of England
will have more weight in the Councils of Europe,
than her warlike remonstrance from a divided Ad-
ministration paralyzed by a still more divided and
disunited people.

If, as the Earl of WINCIIILSEA observed the other
night in the House of Lords, " extraordinary
meusurei ever produce extraordinary men," the
secret of Colonel WILSON'S late unexpected and
brilliant bursts of eloquence will be at once explained.
He has evidently been drawn forth by the Catholic
Question—that influential and absorbing Question,
which not content N 1 ith having already given
the Archbishop of TuAm to the Lords, has now
made a present of the Gallant Colonel to the
Commons. We are at all times averse to in.

vidious comparisons, or we might institute a
parallel between the oratorical excellencies of
these two " extraordinary " Brunswickers, each of
whom has manifestly been called forth, like ON-
CINNATUS from his farm, to save his afflicted country.
We might shew how the Archbishop excelled
in serious argument, and the Gallant Colonel in
playful humour; how each possessed his own espe-
cial favourite; how MOSES was the hero of the one,
and O'CONNELL of the other; and how the Arch-
bishop electrified the Upper, in the same way
that the Gallant Colonel now paralyses the Lower
House. Such, were we inclined to institute it,
would be the style and character of our com-
parison. But, alas, we have no spirit for the task I
The consciousness, the dreadful consciousness
that both these " extraordinary" Brunswickers
are ranged under the banners of Ultra Toryism;
that their gigantic intellects are employed in
the propagation of Intolerance; and that the
Gallant Colonel in particular, not satisfied
with his own convincing logic, has pointed
it with wit, embellished it with fancy, and
strengthened it by poetic quotations from Ahnanacks
of the past, and Placards of the present day—the
consciousness, we repeat, that such is the case, and
that such are the enemies opposed to Emancipation,
subdues our buoyant feelings, and almost for-
bids us to hope. In this spirit, we can only pray
that the cause of justice may prevail, even though
the Archbishop of Timm and the Gallant Member
fcr York be both energetically opposed to it.

The Prussian State Gazette of the 6th inst.
notifies some important changes which have been
made in the staff of the Russian army destined to
resume the war in Turkey. Count WITTGENSTEIN
has resigned the command-in-chief, and has been
succeeded by Count DIEBITSCIL We suppose that
these chnges in the Russian army have induced the
SULTAN to make a corai.pcnding change in his :
PETERSEURGH, FEB. 23.

His Majesty the Emperor has graciously permitted Field
IVarehtil Count Wittgenstein to lay down the chief corn-

mend of the second army., Me Lealtlt Levlog cuffereti ex-
tremely from the fatigues of the last campaign.
On the same day (21st Feb.) General Count Diebitsch,
chief of his Majesty's staff, was appointed commander-in-
chief of the second army ; General Baron Toll is appointed
chief of the stiff of the second army. Major-General
Buturlin, Quarter-Master General of the same army, and
General Count Paskewitch commander-in-chief of the
army of the Caucasus, with all the privileges of the
commander-in-chief of a great army in the field.
The Journal of St. Petersburgh contains a letter from
Varna, which gives an account of the present state of that
place. When the Russians entered it, the town seemed as
if it had been in ruins for ages, and three weeks were em-
ployed in removing and burying the dead bodies of men and
animals which lay in the streets. They then proceeded
to repair the works, which were put in a complete state
of defence in six weeks. A Court of Justice, composed
of the principal inhabitants of Varna, has been established,
and two hospitals fitted up, each capable of containing two
thousand beds, and supplied with every thing necessary.
One of the mosques has been converted into a church,
where divine service was performed for the fist time on
St. Alexander's Day, and Te Dean celebrated by the
Archbishop Philotiseus. On that day, too, the sound of the
bells rejoiced the hearts of the Christians for the first time
since the taking of Varna by the Turks. All this has been
done by the exertions of General Roth and Adjutant-Ge-
neral Golowin.

Brussels Papers of the 11th instant, contain the

ollowing :

BRUSSELS, MAACK 8.

The following is the proposed address of the States-
General to his Majesty, moved in the Second Chamber by
Messrs. Corver iloofft and Letton, which was referred to
the Sessions for examination :

The undersigned declare, that by virtue of Article 114
of the fundamental law, they propose that besides laying
the petitions on the table (supposing the Chamber to de-
cide this first question in the affirmative) a respectful ad-
diess to he presented to his Majesty by the States-General
of the purport and tenor following:—

" Sire,---Petitions addressed to the second chamber of
the States-General from different parts of the kingdom, by
a great number of our fellow-citizens, Lave recommended
to its consideration wishes which, for the moat part, imme-
diately regard the first principles of legislation, and the
basis of our political system.
"The Charober,after having heard and discussed the report
of its special committee, has ordered that petitions be laid
on the table, to enable its members to make such proposals
as they may judge necessary.
" Iloweverota the importance of the objects demands mature
deliberation, as too much light cannot be thrown on them,
and as it is notorious that several of them already engage
your Majesty's attention, the States-General, Sire, think it
their duty on this occasion to give besides to your Majesty
a pledge of their confidence and of that of the nation, by
laying before you the report of the committee of petitions,
which is a faithful statement of all the wishes which are
expressed in them, fully convincA that in your wisdom
you will discern those which deserve to be taken into con-
sideration, and appreciate the measures they call for.
" The States General are firmly persuaded that every con-

stitutionsl communication between the different branches
of the Legislature, with a view to afford mutual informa-
tion, cannot but cement the harmony which it is so
desirable to maintain between them, and contribute to
the progressive developement of our institutions, and
to insure more and more to the acts of the government,
and to the laws their real force, that which they deserve
from the general confidence."
The proposed address to be transmitted to his Majesty,
in the forma which is usual for proposals originating in the
Second Chamber.

Depoaited in the Bureau of the President, March 3,1829.
(Signed) C. LETTON.
d. CORVER HOOFT.

We are happy to perceive, by an Advertisement
in our front page, that Mr. PEEL'S speech—the
most important—the most glorious—because the
most nationally interesting speech that was ever
uttered in Parliament, is about to be published in
an authentic shape by the express permission of
the Right Honourable Gentleman himself. The
Proprietors of the " Mirror of Parliament," a
work, which from its intrinsic merit and singular
correctness, should adorn every library and public
institution in the kingdom, arc to publish Mr. PEEL'S
great speech, which will be sold at 52, Parliament-
street ; and by Messrs. LONGMAN and Co.; RIDG-
WAY and Son ; CALKIN and BUDD ; ITATCHARD and
Sons ; PARBURY and ALLEN ; Mr. BOOKER, and all
other Booksellers.

In presenting a petition last night from Falmouth
in favour of the Catholic Claims, Mr. PENDARVES
took the opportunity of indirectly contradicting the
report that the majority of the inhabitants of Corn-
wall were hostile to Emancipation, by observing that
his constituents in that county heartily sympathised
with him in all his opinions and feelings on the great
question. This is an admission that at once
destroys the slanderous rumours so industriously
put forward both in the Upper and the Lower
House by the reckless advocates of intolerance.
Cornwall, it seems, is on the whole favour-
able to the Catholic claims ; and so we firmly
believe, if the truth could be fairly made known,
are nine out of ten of the fifty-two English
counties. It is in the small obscure towns and
villages only, where the inhabitants, compara-
tively speaking, are fixed to the spot, and have
bad but few opportunities of weeding out the
prejudices of their childhood, that the spirit of
bigotry is alive. Iu the more influential and
wealthy and populous districts, it is benumbed,
if not extinct. Such are the inferences which
naturally suggest themselves on a perusal of Mr.
PENDARVES'S brief, but pertinent and sarcastic
speech.

The very great importance of obtaining full and
honest returns of the Corn sold in the markets from
which the average price is struck for the Gazette,
to govern the importation of foreign grain, wag
noticed in our Paper of the .sth instant, and the
subject is highly interesting. The deficiency of
the returns was admitted at a Meeting of the Corn
Merchants, Factors, &c. in the Corn Exchange, at
Liverpool, on Friday last, when it was resolved—

That great irregularity in making returns to the
Corn Inspector has existed since the passing of the
last Corn Bill;" and this is co►►sidered to apply also
to the returns from London and throughout Eng-
land. We have this day inserted extracts from the
existing Statute, with an able letter (copied from
the Liverpool Albion), which clearly shews that the
great deficiency in the returns, is owing to a defect
in the Act, and that until that is remedied, and the
returns duly enforced, the prices of Corn, as returned
for the Gazette, are made up on insufficient and
irregular data, contrary to the broad and equitable

principle contemplated by the Legislature, and that
consequently, such returns operate to the prejudice
of the agricultural interests of the United Kingdom.

We this day insert the Resolutions of a numerous
and highly respectable Meeting, recently held at
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for the purpose of taking
into consideration the expediency of the Rail-way
communication between that great commercial town
and the city of Carlisle. The measure has just
come before Parliament, under the auspices of Lord
Lowrima, and we are happy to understand there
is every prospect of a Bill speedily passing through
both Houses of the Legislature, authorizing the sub-
scribers to commence this important national un-
dertaking immediately. An admirable speech, de-
livered by JAan Losu, Esq., on the occasion of
the Meeting, at Newcastle, to which we strongly in-
vite the attention of our readers, will also be found
in another part of our impression this day.