The Sun.
London, England, 1827-03-08 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

(From the London Gazette of Tuesday.)
60th Regiment of Foot—Field-Marshal his Royal Highness
Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, K.G. and G.C.8.,
to be Colonel in Chief vice his Royal Highness the Duke of York,
deceased.
71st Ditto—Lieutenant John Lawson, from the 15th Foot, to
vice Abraham Pilkington, who exchanges re-
be Lieutenant, vice Barry, who exchanges.
92d Ditto—Captain George Edward Thorold, from the half-
epeaiyvitnogbteheCdapizinen,
cc.
Rifle Brigade—Major-General Sir Thomas Sidney Beckwith,
K.C.B. to be Colonel-Commandant of a Battalion, vice Lieut.
General Hon. Sir William Stewart, G.C.B. deceased.
HOSPITAU STAFF.-Staff-Surgeon Alexander Broadfoot to be
Deputy Inspector of Hospitals.
Alexander Imla
To be Hospital-Assistants to the Forces—y,
o
Gent. ; A. West, M.D. ; J. Shiels, M.D. ; E. G. Lloyd, Gent.

The under-mentioned Lieutenants, actually serving upon full-
pay in Regiments of the Line, whose commissions are dated in or
previous to the year 1811, have accepted the Unattached Rank of
Captain upon half-pay, according to the General Order of the 27th
December last:—
To be Captains of Infantry—Lieutenant Charles O'Conor
Hig-
gins, from 56th Foot ; Lieutenant Thomas Impett, from the 53d
Foot; Lieutenant George Hind Edwards, from the 80th Foot;
Lieutenant Alexander Robertson, from the 33d Foot; Lieutenant
.+:neas Macdonald Nichollon, from the 55th Foot.

MA
Arrived. Due.
0 America U
0 Brazil 0

0 Buenos Ayres
0 Donaghadee 0
1 Dublin
0 Flanders 0
1 France
0 Gottenburgh 0

Arrived.
O Guernsey & Jersey 2
0 Hambargh
O Holland V
0 Jamaica 0
I Leeward Islands
0 Lisbon 0
O Malta 0
2 Waterford 0

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning 50 minutes after 10. I Evening 91 minutes after H.

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LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 8, 1827.

We received last night the Paris Papers of Sunday
and Monday, with the Etoile dated Tuesday morning.
They are still full of the discussion on the Law of the
Press, which, if finally carried in its present shape will,
it is expected, in a few months annihilate many of the
Paris Journals.

The Etoile has an article from Constantinople dated
the Bth of February, principally upon the affairs of
Greece, but it affords nothing of particular interest.
From Madrid the intelligence conies down to the
22d ult., and assertions are again made that FERDI-
NAND is actually disarming some of the Portuguese
Refugees who had passed over into Spain—but it
would appear that this measure only extended to
a few sick or wounded men ; while the large body
of the rebels was allowed to re-enter Portugal without
interruption. We must, therefore, still doubt as
strongly as ever, the sincerity of FERDINAND, particu-
larly as military preparations of every kind continue to
be made with the utmost activity. The force to be
employed on the Portuguese frontier by Spain, is
to be 60,000 men, having their head-quarters at
oVa-
lencia d'Alcantara, Benevento, or Salamanca, Orense,
and Tuy ; and to enable the Government to maintain
this army, extraordinary means are using to raise
tmu 7oenye
nrepeats
that large sums of money, from a Foreign Country,
in
arrive at the ports of Bayonne, Bilboa, and Santander,
evry part
th e o f
statement the Kingdom.
so
frequently The
made--
Cati
dnes_-
from the ports of France, for the use of the Spanish
Army.
In the mean time the rebels are concentrating in
Tras-os-Montes, and reports exist, that some skirmish-
ing has already taken place between them and some
British regiments, in which it is said that an Aid-de-
Camp of Sir W. CLINTON had been killed.

Extracts of these papers are given in another
column, and we subjoin the price of the Funds, which
have rather declined.
PARIS, STOCK EXCHANGE, MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 5,—.
Five per Cents. 101 f. 50c. 45c. 40c. 35c. ; Three per Cents.,
69f. 10c. 69f. ; Bank Stock, 1,987 f. 50c.; Rentes de Naples,
75f. 20c. 15c. ; Rentes d'Eepagne, 111 ; Royal Spanish Loaf,
53 H. _Exchange on London, one month, paper 25f. 300.,
money 25f. 30c. ; three months, paper 25f. 15e., money 25f. 150.

,The proceedings in the House of Lords were con-
fined last night to the receiving Petitions on the
Corn and Catholic Questions, and a Petition from
that very respectable person, Mister W. COBBETT,
containing two prayers, first for granting to his Roman
Catholic fellow-subjects the same rights and privileges
as enjoyed by Protestants ; and secondly, that the in-
digent poor might be paid out of the tithes and re-
venues of the Church. That Mr. CoBBETT should
prefer such a prayer as this last, will not surprise any
one, nor perhaps, will many be astonished at finding
Lord KING lending himself to the support of such a
proposition ; but the grounds on which the NOBLE
LORD moved that the Petition be read at length, will
startle all—namely, that their Lordships would be glad
to hear the sentiments of such a man as Mr. COBBETT !
Erroneous as the opinions of Lord KING appear

frequently to be, hie Lordship was never more mis-
taken than in supposing that the sentiments of Mr.
COBEETT can have the smallest influence in any place,
or with any body of men of sense or principle.
In the House of Commons, Mr. M. FITZGERALD
gave notice of a Motion, for the Ist of May, recom-
mending that the House should take such course as
may be best calculated to realise the policy on which
the Union of Great Britain and Ireland was recom-
mended to the Legislatures of both Countries. This
will, in fact, be another effort to carrying the Catholic
Question.

We expressed yesterday our deep regret at the un-
fortunate result of the division on the Catholic Ques-
tion ; and we do not envy that construction of mind
which was able to resist the weight of argument dis-
played' in the eloquent speeches of Sir F. BURDETT,
PLUNICETT, Mr. BROUGHAM, and Mr. CAN-
NING. We will not, however, deny that caution is a
virtue, though not one of the most attractive or amiable.
The whole argument on one side rests on the presump-
tion that Catholics will not keep faith with Protestants,
notwithstanding the absurdity of the idea that Catho-
lics disregard oaths, wheiz an oath is the only obstacle
to their sitting in Parliament. But we do not know
what answer could be given to the charge that might
be made by Catholics against the good faith and vera-
city of Protestants. In the first place Catholics were
subjected to their present disabilities on the atrocious
perjury of TITUS OATES; (not to talk of the legal
murder of Lord STAFFORD and many others on the
testimony of the same veracious Protestant.) Then
"tries the Treaty of Limerick, most basely quibbled
"'ay by a Royal Protestant of "immortal memory," and
lastly the Irish Union,obtained under the encouraged ex-
pectation, if not positive promise, of Catholic Emancipa-
ti°ll.--but for which Union, from the known sentiments
of the Irish Representatives, Catholics would now be
Sitting in the Irish House of Commons, and enjoying
the rights of citizenship.
There is one part of Mr. CANNING'S speech which
deserves particular attention ; it is that in which he
says, that " concessions to be made to persons situated
as the Catholics were, should never be made the sub-
ject of bargain and sale," that " Parliament should
'quire, deliberate, and determine, as to the course
which it was wise and upright and expedient
10 pursue, and haVing done that, should not in-
'ite the Catholics to accept or reject, but call on
them to obey,' With this sentiment we cordially
4gree : for are not the self-termed representatives of
the Catholics, the Bishops, or their Association, the
very persons most likely to throw obstacles in the way
of amicable arrangement ? Would not such an event
Put an end to their importance ; and can they be de-
sirous, of promoting it ?
To bring this principle into operation—why could
not emancipation be , granted, and rational secu-
rities enforced by pains. and penalties ? For instance,
al,,ong with that, boon, why not insist on the KING'S
veto in the nomination of Bishops ? It is practised
in other Catholic countries, and is perfectly reasonable.
Enforce obedience if you please by what may be
now called the amusing penalties of a premunire,
°ir by expatriation, or by fine and imprisonment.
~t Is surely better that the Catholic Bishops
that
have an unreasonable cause of complaint than
on_ the great body of the Irish nation should have
nethich is too well founded.
Nave
We regret that the MASTER of the ROLLS should
Nire!rgued so unfairly with regard to the authority of
the., rITT's opinion. Because in a preliminary stage of
hem'3llsiness, no mention was made of the seclurities,
onour argued that the Bill must necessarily want
pin and as Mr. PITT wished for securities, ergo, Mr.
hnw'r's authority was against the motion. Nothing,
tenor of
We
that great Minister's life. •
brz e rejoice to see that the Knight of KERRY is to
410
i urivi'vard the Question in another shape on the
Witte' t3e
ri 'V- One would rather have lost a friend at
oatotchhan in a skirmish—and this sort of conso-
fight to the late defeat. It was a glorious
Vezoci and more splendid eloquence has seldom been
eatho,,within the walls of St. STEPHEN'S. Let
those 'es act with temper, and trust their cause to
capab, great leaders, who have shown themselves so
te of fighting , • ,
the their battles, and the prediction of
hat
for Foreign Affairs, must soon be fulfilled.
" that eno doubt," says the Right Hon. Gentleman, Catholito argument and to discussion distaste (to the
itself ri c Claims will will give way ; and that which is .
be ion ght and just and equitable and humane, will not
tourtry,ere it finds an echo in the bosom of this
A Lee

mail has
'ward Island
his Majesty's
mot •
by this,
414. It was brought home been
Packet bri Emulous, which arrived Falmouth,
received
at g has
hay'
T Ing sailed from Barbadoes on
,c}rt°la, 30th I and St.Thomas's 10th Feb.
of
*January, the '23d
the 13th
January,
By this Gazettes to
conveyance Demerara
and
the North
Jan
South' u 1826, have been received at. .
Aanerica Coffee House. American The following is an abstract ' •
, of their contents :......
we have
cram 1.
ttie üba(' Papers of the 20th of December
Hon. Robert
_een furnished with °eB
f the Address of the to his
HaYne; SPeaker a C°PY o bl in that Island 2
hich
Exeelle of the House of Assem Yr
reasons W
infl ne.,Y
the Governor, in which are detailed the
menda-
-..,uencea tele Rouse • d l' ' to adopt certain recoin
Bill.
tions of the Earl
liatiain ee ining
Consolidated Slave Laws.
l,
The aiectiOnal4le unit, ii! their . ,
s despatch are
field,principally
as regardiithe tag parts of his Lordship
of the whip in the
and the establislitn:nna of
females,
the disuse.
and in this, docu-
t of compulsory manumission
ments areshown in
which have been come
to on these i luPport of the conclusions
Barbadoes
imports a' d edition of the
lobe, of the 4th in P ints.---A second
hands, con-
taing a despatch frio
taut, has just been put into our
Governor of that
island, and tran •
„,,„ 211 Earl Bathurst to the
Asseni_
bl ' reference--"'ed
d 7 his E 11 cto the House of . .
y, in to the 'ee ' xce en y
• e Slaves from Foreign
Colonies, and Which hat ZPe
falll of
.Fugitiv
remarkable conclusion :
" You will understand, thaot •
owing remar .
Run-away Slaves
must not, on their arrival gtt in future Foreignremov ;
removed and that
You will deal with them as Alien Frad°es'bee
People of Colour."
The Rouse of Assembly tendered eeto his Excellency their senti-
!onto on this document, in which the dilate at length on the
impolicy and injustice of depriving the subjects of foreign Powers
of heir pmperty in a manner so
feelings, and
which .' ' . repugnant to their
interests
most eventually prove highly detrimental to the
made
of our Colonies. It appears that the Barbadoes Paper bad
an attack ox the Legislature of the island of Tobago, in conse-
quence of some remarks which that body had thought fit officially
LO make on the subject of the nomination of that dependency of
the Barbadoes diocese. Their c plaints arose from the appoint-
ment% of catechists appointed° •)), the Bishop, and placed
under the Rector
of •
t.
b at the expence of the
Colonists, when two-thierdvearY pans
2 proprietary population dia-
dem from th . of the propri England. A meet-
, a communion of the Church of inf haq been held at Demerara, for the purpose 9f exteu-

ding religion generally, and to the Negro population in particular,
at so short a notice that they complain it was imp ossible for the
planters to attend, at which to use the words of the Editor, the
Lord Bishop addressed the meeting and bore himself more in the
character of a dictator above all :aw, and unobservant of the au-
thorised customs of all public meetings. The Bishop's open de-
claration was that the opinion of the muting did not signify, as two
or three getting together was quite sufficient for the purpose to
establish a Branch Society. It is to be regretted that these
feuds exist, particularly as it is observed the expense of taxation
for building churches and chapels, amounts to the sum of
50,0001., besides the endowments for each Rector of 5001. ster-
ling, each of which has to be provided by additional taxation on
the Colony, which is divided into 11 parishes, making the aggre-
gate amount of these livings 5,5001. per annum.

We received this morning the Allgemeine Zeitung
of the 28th of February, and Frankfort papers of the
Ist inst., but their contents are not important. A
Frankfort Paper gives a curious mode of making a
white cross in the Heavens, which must in a great
measure stagger the belief of those enthusiasts, who
recently witnessed the white cross at Poictiers. Were
natural causes better understood, we should have less
of these wonders ; but to the ignorant every thing ex-
traordinary, or surpassing their comprehension, is per-
fectly miraculous :

BERLIN, FEB. 22.

Her Majesty, the reigning Empress of Russia, will . come to
Berlin, in the Spring, on a visit to his Majesty, her father, and
afterwards go to EMs. Her Majesty, the Queen Dowager of
Bavaria, is expected. Apartments are already prepared for her in
the Royal Palace.
Privy Counsellor, Von Bulow, who goes to London as ambas-
sador, in the room of Baron Maltzahn, is a native of Mecklenburg,
and son-in-law to the Minister of State, Baron Von Humboldt.

RATISBON, FEB. 23.

Yesterday being the birth-day of his Serene Highness; the Prince
of Tour and Taxis, her Highness the Princess Maria Sophia,
Dorothea, (born 4th March, 1800) was solemnly betrothed to
his Royal Highness Prince Paul of Wirtemburg, (born June 25,

1797.)
How TO MAKE A WHITE CROSS IN THY HEAVENS.—A Frank-
fort paper explains the appearance of a white cross in the sky,
lately reported to have been seen by 3 or 400 persons, in a little
town near Poictiers, as an optical illusion. The experiment
which serves to prove this may easily be made by any person without
any expense, in the following manner : —Cut out a cross ofblack paper
and lay it on a sheet of white paper, look stedfastly for some time at
the black cross, and then upon any other white or black surface, and
you will see on the latter a bright cross of the same form. This
phenomenon is accounted for by the doctrine of Physiological
Colours, which is treated at length in Goethe's Doctrine of Co-
lours. If you turn your eye from the black cross to a surface at
some distance—for instance the ceiling of the room, you will see
the bright cross magnified according to the simple laws of optics.
—The cross erected by the Missionaries in the square before the
church, may have been black, or some dark colour, and the church
behind it white, or light colour ; the audience probably fixed their
eyes intently on the cross ; when the speaker mentioned the appear-
ance of the cross to the Emperor Constantine, it was natural that
the audience should look up to the heavens, and those who had
previously gazed on the dark cross would now see a bright cross
in the azure firmament. Favourable optical circumstances with
respect to light and shade, sensibility of the nerves of many of the
audience, and the state of their minds, may have contributed to
render the phenomenon more striking, more defined, and more
durable.

VIENNA, FEE. 22.
The funeral of the unfortunate Abbe Plank took place on the
.Bth. His pupils dug the grave with their own hands, and fol-
lowed the corpse, which was stabbed in many places, to the bury-
ing ground. The people, who were assembled in great numbers,
followed the venerable old man to the grave with testimonies of
profound regret. His murderer, who styled himself Count, is
only Chevalier Von Jaroszinsky, but of a very distinguished family.

The Message of the Mexican PRESIDENT, at the
opening of the Second Constitutional Congress, on
the Ist of January, has been received, but is too long
for insertion to-day. It presents a very flattering
view of the affairs of the Republic which is daily in-
creasing in wealth, power, and happiness. A few years
only are wanting to bring the vast resources of that
country into operation—they are at present like the
precious metals of Mexico, buried in the bosom of the
Republic. A generous feeling of patriotism seems to
pervade the people, and their love of country will in-
crease in proportion to their own comforts and the
freedom enjoyed under a liberal Constitution.

Our City Correspondent gives the following news :—Accounts
from Madrid of the 21st Feb. state, that General Longa has left
Valladolid for Azeralo, where he was informed of the proceedings
taken against him, when he immediately gave over the command
of Old Castile to Marshal Escudero, Governor of Zamora.—
The Marquis Chaves appeared near Orense at the head of
seven hundred men, and on his advance towards Celanova, he
was met by four companies of infantry, under the command of
Col:Pereysa, who told him he bad orders that he must lay down
his arms, on which the Marquis preferred to re-enter Tras_os.
Montes. On the insurgents arriving on the Guadiana they were
disarmed.
A letter from Cadiz of the 11th February states, that a revolu-
tion has taken place amongst the military at Ceuta, the regiments
of Africa and Lealtad, have refused to embark for the Canaries.
Letters from La Guayra, of the 29th January, have been re-
ceived, but their contents are unimportant; every thing remained
in a state of tranquillity. Bolivar haJ issued orders to receive
only hard dollars in future at the Custom-house.
A letter from Tropes, of 28th Feb. says that Lord Cochrane
left that day for Greece, on board a brig fitted out by the Com-
mittee at Paris.

By the Henry, Captain Bonney, files of Van Dieman Papers
have been received at the North and South American Coffee House,
to the late date of the 10th November, 1826. The Henry sailed
on the 14th for England. It appears the intention of removing
the seat of Government from Hobart Town to Brighton, was
abandoned, which would have occasioned an expence of 20,0001.,
without any material benefit. Bush-rangers still continued to in-
fest the Colony of Sydney. At the date of the last accounts, a
gang of 40 had escaped into the bushes. On the 14th October ,
his Majesty's ship olage, Captain the Hon. R. S. Dundas, ar-
rived at Port Jackson, on the 17th from Trincomalee, from
whence she sailed on the 26th of August, in company with the
TVarspite, 74, with Commodore Sir James Brisbane and family
on board, from which vessel the Volage parted company on the
15th of the same month in Bass's Straits, so that the Warspite
must have arrived at Sydney before this. Complaints are made of
the atrocities which are committed by the Aboriginal Natives on
i
the lives and properties of individual resident in remote districts.
Considerable jealousy seems to exist among the Settlers against the
Van Dieman's Land Company. The reported re-appointment of
Colonel Sorrell, which had been pressed on Government, which
had come out in the Hugh Crawford, had given great satisfac-
tion. Three Bush Rangers had been re-captured who had
escaped from Launceston gaol ; in the interval they com-
mitted several depredations among the settlers in the interior,
nine persons had been executed for Bush ranging and robberies;
this took place in different parts of the country. A private letter
from Sydney mentions, that a Mr. Win. Parker, of George-street,
merchant, had blown his brains out. His Majesty's sloop Fly
had beer seizing all the Hawkesbury fishing-boats, and had fired at
the Governor Arthur for refusing to pay pilotage. The coming
harvest at Sydney wears a most promising aspect, but the cater-
pillar had made its appearance in some places; Wheat was selling
at 6s. 3d. per bushel sterling. At Launceston, Wheat was
as low as ss. per bushel, several thousands (16,000) of
which had been shipped this season, from thence for Sydney.
Upwards of eighty prisoners were confined in Launceston gaol,
secluded from the King's Stores, which is a very insecure place.
A Chief Justice was anxiously expected. A letter of the 30th of
October and 3d of November from Sydney, mention a complete
hurricane had been experienced there, and several of the towns in
the sister Colony. Sydney looked quite desolate. The lady of Gov.
Darling, was safely delivered of a son on the 3d of November.
Dunn, the notorious bushranger, had been captured and com-
mitted to gaol. A Native tiger had been killed ; these animals
are formed by nature similar to the kangaroo, the female bring
forth their young in the same manner, and have also a false belly
or bag to carry their progeny ; they are much more formidable
than the Native dog, and fortunately less numerous ; a reward,
it was hoped, would be offered for • their destruction, to any
one who destroyed one, and bring him into town. The
lifidera, Captain Clindont had arrived at Hobart Town, She

bad on board 112 Merino sheep, a fine bull, and three heifers, all
of which died on the passage. Eighty rams, from the flocks of
Mr. John M'Arthur, had been sold, averaging about 201. per
bead. The Government Order which had been is,ar2d
relative to grants of land, and terms on which they were
to be held, had occasioned the most bitter complaints of
the colonists, the surveyors were employed in re-measuring all
the old grants, and taking away where there is any excess, and
they threaten to address the home Government direct upon the
subject. The late Surveyor-General, G. W. Evans, with his
lady and family, proceed by the ship Henry ; he is expected to
return to the colony in the course of eighteen months. The Se.•
preme Court had been occupied with some parties charged with
embezzlement in the Naval and Treasury Departments; a verdict
of not guilty has been taken.

We understand that the arrangement which had been intended
with regard to the naval commands at Portsmouth and Plymouth
has been altered. Admiral the Earl of Northesk is to be Com-
mander-in-Chief at Plymouth, instead of succeeding Admiral Sir
George Martin, at Portsmouth, and Admiral Sir Robert Stopford
is to be Commander-in-Chief, at the latter port, instead of at
Plymouth, to which he had been before nominated.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, Twelve o' Clock.

The only alteration in the price of Consols since the opening at
82 it, has been 82k +, and they are now 82k, with little or no
business ; India Bonds are 55 6; and Exchequer Bills, 35 6 pm.
Colombian are 40+ 1 ; Mexican, 6 per Cent. Bonds, 6134 9 ;
Spanish, 12+ 1; Portuguese remain at 751 6 ; and Greek,
16+4.
Three per Cent. Consols, 82 ; Ditto for account, 82 ;
India Bonds, 55 6 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 35 6 pm.
FOREIGN FUNDS.-Brazilian, 65 6 ; Buenos Ayres, 52 4 ;
Chilian, 36 8 ; Colombian, 1824, 404 1 ; Danish, 604 1+;
Mexican 5 per Cent. 57 ; Ditto, 6 per Bent. 684 9 ; Peruvian,
35 6 ; Portuguese, 751 6 ; Greek, 16+ 4 ; Russian, 86i 7+;
Spanish, 121 1.
MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 40 dis. ; United Mexican, 12 11
dis. ; Real del Monte, 90 pm. ; Tlaxpuxahua, 30 5 pm. ; Bra-
zilian, 3 4 pm. ; Bolivar, par 1 pm. ; Colombian 18 per Share ;
Pasco Peruvian, 5 6 per Share ; Potosi, 34 6 per Share.

Two o' Clock.

Consols remain at 132 i ; 4 per Cents. 97k.
THREE 0' CLOCK

Consols, 82k, no business.
FOUR o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICE.
Consols 82k Danish Bonds 61
Do. for Ac, 82k Greek Do. 1825 16i
Brazilian Bonds 65i Mexican Do. 1825, 694
Buenos Ayres Do. 53 Peruvian Do. 35
Chili= Do. Russian Do.
Columbian, 1824, 40,4 Spanish Do. 1211

THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY).
HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.)
ST. JAMES'S.
Lowland Meadow Hay X 4 otos 0 I Clover Hay £4 10 to 610
Upland Ditto '5 0 6 6 Oat Straw
Rye-grass Hay
Supply good, trade dull, and prices as last ri,,tc•tc:d.
SMITHFIELD.
Lowland Meadow Hay.f3 10 to 4 10 Clover Hay generally £4 10 to 6 0
Upland Ditto
Rye-grass Hay
New Meadow- Hay .... 0 0 0 0 Wheat Ditto
A limited supply, and a brisk trade; prices as on Tuesday.