The Sun.
London, England, 1827-06-18 00:00:00

Extracts will be found in another column.

A Morning Paper, of this day, has pointed
out " the low trickery of that portion of the
Press which has arrayed itself against the Go-
vernment." We do not generally approve of
very strong language; but the instance given
really deserves some momdecided term of repro-

bation than " low trickery." It is the grossest
species of falsehood,—the most shameless
imposition upon the public,—when a Jour-
nalist, to answer his own base purposes,
copies from another paper an article in which a
falsehood is refuted, and gives the first part
stating the falsehood, but omits the refutation.
It is, however, perfectly in keeping with the rest of
their remarks, which certainly have this advantage,
that they generally exhibit a more bold and original
style of lying. We wonder that those can stoop
to a pitiful suppressio yeti, who have formerly
indulged a fertile imagination in creating whole
batches of Peers, and similar splendid romances.

But they say in Scotland, that "it is good
gear which pleases the merchant," and we
have little doubt that these collections of in-
famous lies find a ready sale. We are
well aware that there are many honourable and
estimable persons opposed to the present
Government, men who would scorn the use of
falsehood for any purpose under Heaven,
but with respect to vast numbers on that side,
we are equally certain that envy, jealousy, and
dis-
appointed ambition, have conspired to produce
such a malignant feeling towards Mr. CANNING,
that even his life would not be safe in their hands,
if time and opportunity suited. For the terrors of
the law can alone oppose any obstacles to the in-
dividual, who systematically sacrifices truth in
his anxiety to destroy the fame of an opponent.
But, without reaching this point of depravity,
we regret to see many persons of fair character,
lending themselves to such baseness, and re-
joicing at the result, though too proud (not too
honourable) to take a share 'of the dirty work.

The Allgemeine Zeitung, of the 10th inst.,
has been received, but contains no later news
from Greece. It publishes a proclamation from
Lord COCHRANE, which we gave eight days ago.

VIENNA, JUNE s:—Metalliquea, 90 7-16 ; Bank Share
10641.

Hamburgh Papers to the 13th inst., have been
received ; their contents possess little interest.
The Emperor of RUSSIA had arrived from
Wiasma on the 31st May, in good health, at St.
Petersburgh, accompanied by the Grand Duke
MICHAEL. At Copenhagen the fine weather
has been extremely favourable to the young corn,
which at present premises a productive hgrvest.

The prices are not much changed, but it is very
remarkable that rye is dearer than wheat, the
latter being at the same prices as barley.

We have received this morning Brussels Papers
to the 16th inst., stating that the discussion of
the Penal Code, which was postponed to the
next Session of the States-General, containing
495 Articles, is now published. The following
are extracts :

BRUSSELS, JUNE 14.
We learn from Frankfort on the Maine, that the long
continued rains have given rise to. extensive speculations
in corn. In Hungary, the standing corn appears to be
wholly ruined. In many parts of Germany, the winter
wheat looks very unfavourably, the vines alone look
et-
tremely well.
LUXIMBERG, JUNE 13.

Major-General Muffling, inspector of the Prussian
troops in the federal fortresses of Mayence and Luxem-
burg, arrived in this city on the Bth of this month; Lieut.-
General Borate], Commander-in-Chief of the Bth corps of
the Prussian army, arrived here on the 9th.

BRUSSELS, JUNE 15.

A letter from Rome, of May 29, says that there are still
some difficulties in the negociations of the Concordat,
which will delay the execution of it for some time.
The postponed Penal Code which is to be discussed in
the next Session of the States General, consists of 495 ar-
ticles, contained in 11 Projects of Law. It is now pub..
fished, and the Journal called Le Belge has a criticism
upon the spirit of this intended Code, of which the follow-
ing are some sentences :

The proposed new penal code is published. The pro-
digality and the rigour of the punishments seem to throw•
us back to the middle ages. That difficult part, the gra-
dation of punishment, in which we recognise the talent and
the humanity of the lawyer, is here a work of darkness
which makes no account of the interval between the fifteenth
and nineteenth centuries.

" Formerly laws were not only the work of genius, it
was feigned that they came down from Heaven, in order
that they might be the more readily obeyed by the people.
In our days, the first corner is laid hold of, and shut up in
his closet with his ink and paper, to give to the nation the
tables of its laws, as if it were as easy a matter as to write
the feuilleton of the Official Journal.
" The author of this proposed code seems to have in-
tended to afford the public much recreation, for if, as has
been said, executions are the spectacles of the populace,
the dramatic education of the mob is well provided for.
Every moment it will have the pleasure of seeing criminals
beaten with rods : on great occasions it will be regaled with
the exhibition of the gibbet, which, for dramatic effect, is
much superior to the guillotine. In this resuscitation of
the antique, there is, however, a want of imagination ; the
torture has been forgotten, though it is one of the regular
scenes of a tragedy of this description, and, as the author
of the Plaideurs says with such bitter irony, ' Celu fait
toujours passer sine heure on deli.r.'"

BRUSSELS, JUNE 15.

According to letters from Vienna of the sth inst., quoted
by the Journal de Frankfort, a Courier had arrived there
that day from Trieste, who also brought the afflicting news
of the defeat of the Greeks before Athens. General Church
was said to be wounded.

The Austrian Observer, from the 3d to the 6th of
June inclusive, has no news whatever from Greece.

A Comiet despatched from Rome by the Count de Calles,
is Majesty's Ambassador, arrived at Brussels on the iStli.

The French Papers received this morning,
contain the whole of the Treaty of Commerce
between France and the Republic of Mexico, ne-
gotiated between Baron DA M A s and CAM AC HO ;
sent to Havre by the French Consul at Mexico.
The first article of the Treaty is as follows,
under the head of Declaration :

" There shall exist between France and the United States
of Mexico, amity and friendship, with reciprocal liberty of
commerce. The inhabitants of each nation can proceed
with their shipping and cargoes to every port, river, and to
every place where strangers are admitted, and there remain
and occupy houses or warehouses, to carry on their com-
►nerce. And every Merchant of each State, shall have
protection and be at full liberty to act."

The following official notice has been sent to
the Secretary of Lloyd's. Coffee-house, by G.
BENK HA USErsT, Russian Consul :---
" Russian Consulate, 15th June, 1827.

" SIR—For the information of the Committee and
Members of Lloyd's, I have to inform you, that, as the
works necessary for the opening of the port of Kertsch, and
the exchange of goods at Bangasse, will soon be terminated,
his Majesty the Emperor has been pleased to order—
" 1. The port of Kertsch shall be open from and after
the Ist of August, 1827.
" 2.—A1l goods, not prohibited by the tariff, may be
brought thither on payment of the duties, and observance
of the sanitary regulations established by the laws of the
empire.
" S.—Goods coming from Circa%sia and Abasia, and
exports to those countries, shall be exempt from all duties,
both at Kertsch and Bangasse, for 10 years, from the Ist
August, 1827.
( Sig ned) " G. BENKIIAUSEN."
" John Bennett, Esq., Sec. at Lloyd's."

We have to announce the death of the Duke
of GoaDoN, at half-past ten o'clock, last night,
at his residence in Mount-street, Berkeley-square.
Though at a very advanced period of life, his
Grace was in the enjoyment of excellent health,
and had been as far as Clapham Common, a
few hours before his death.

Though the Duke of GORDON lived prin-
cipally in retirement, his Grace was emi-
nently qualified to adorn society by the
possession of a refined and cultivated mind,
being far above mediocrity, both in classical
and scientific acquirements. To those who en-
joyed the hospitality of Gordon Castle his affa-
bility was peculiarly pleasing. It was not the
affected condescension of a great man to
his inferiors, but the genuine politeness
of a nobleman who preserved his own dig-
nity, without forcing on others the conscious-
ness of their own humbler lot. He was for more
than half a century in possession of the Gordon
estates, and his tenants were often heard to re-
mark, in their unsophisticated style of praise, that
"the Duke's word was as good as his bond."
That his Grace had failings which embittered his
domestic life, we shall neither deny nor attempt to
extenuate, but in spite of them we have no hesitation
in saying that he will be long remembered, and
deeply regretted by those who had the honour
of his acquaintance.
His GRACE is succeeded in his titles and es-
tates by that highly popular Nobleman the Mar-
quis of fIugTLY.

Accounts from Madrid of the 4th June, by the French
Mail this morning, state that the reports of the dissolution
of the Army of Observation will not take place before the
termination of the negociations now pending with the Ca-
binet of Madrid ; and that of Portugal, France, and Eng-
land; as well as the evacuation, by the French, of Spain,
now appears to be doubtful, as it is certain the French are
fortifying Pampeluna as well as augmenting the garrison.
It was confidently said at Madrid that the King of Spain
received two autograph letters, one from George IV. and
the other from the King of France.

It is confidently reported in the City, that a fresh Bill
will be brought forward this evening in the Commons,
the purport of which will be to admit Grain already in bond
to entry for home consumption, on payment of the same
duty as it would have comerin at under the late Coin Bill.

COAST OF BRAZIL.-It may not be unimportant to the
masters of vessels proceeding on the coast of Brazil, to be in-
formed, that for their protection in running into the port of
Santos on dark nights, the Emperor of Brazil has approved
of a large fire being kindled on the Island of Moeta, until
the light-house be constructed.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, Twelve o' Clock.

Considerable bustle has taken place in the English Stock
Exchange this morning among the Jobbers ; Consols
opened at 851 4, were afterwards several times at 85t, but
went down to 854 4; and are now recovered to 854 4,
their first price, being somewhat calmer than early in the
day, India Bonds and Exchequer Bills support their ad-
vance of Saturday, the former being 84 6 pm., and the
latter 51 pm. The transactions in the Foreign Funds
have been of a limited character ; Colombian Bonds are
29 +; Mexican are steady at 694 70; and Greek remain
very flat, being 16 4. Shares continue with scarcely any
inquiry.
Three per Cent. Consols, shut ; Ditto for Account,
84 ; India Bonds, 84 6 pm.; Exchequer Bills, 51 pm.
FORElGN.—Brazilian, 58 ; Buenos Ayres, 60 1 ;
Claim, 25 '7; Colombian, 1824, 29 i ; Danish, 62 4 ;
Greek, 16 4; Mexican 5 per Cent., 561 71 ; Ditto 6
per Cent. 70 s ; Peruvian, 23 4; Portuguese, '751 a ;
Russian, 9413 ; Spanish, 12.
MINES.—AngIo Mexican, 471 21 dis.; Brazilian, 111
dig. ; Colombian, 10 12 per Share ; Real del Monte, 60 40
die. ; Tlalpuxahua, 50 die. ; United Mexican, 19 18 die.
Two o' Clock.

Consols continue to advance ; and some extensive trans-
actions having taken place, they reached 96 for Account,
and are now 85k. Four per Cents., 1826, 1011.
There is no alteration of the least moment in the Foreign
Stocks.

THREE 0' CL CK.
Consols have had a trifling re-action, and
are 85i f.
FOUR, O'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES.:
Consols Danish Bonds 621
Do. for Ac. 854 Greek Do. 1825, 16i
Brazilian Bonds Mexican Do. 1825 70i
Buenos Ayres Do. Peruvian Do.
Chilian Do. Russian Do. 92i
Columbian, 1821, Spanish Do. 12

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DIAL, Juss 16.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from Lon-
don, the Larkins, Campbell, for China ; Circassian, Thomas
Grenville, George Canning, arrl Childe Harold, for India;
Hope, Marshal, and Timaudra, Wray, for Quebec ; Syl-
via, llayn, for Demerara; and Freeland, Jones, for Rio
Janeire—and remain.

JuxE 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived from London, the
Nimrod, Harvey, for New South Wales; Atlas, and Sir W.
Wallace, Brown, for Bombay ; Eggardon Castle, and Par-
melia, Webb, for India ; Lycnrgus, Crawsbaw, for the
Mauritius ; and Ruby, Haswell, for St. Michael's.—The
George Canning, Childe Harold, Hope, Timandra, and
Sylvia, turned away this morning, with a light breeze
from S.W. ; the Thomas Grenville remains.
GRAVESEND, JUNE 17.—Sailed the Marquis Welling.
ton, Chapman, for India; and Topaz, Stroyan, for the
Mauritius.

MR. ANSON AND MR. F. STRANGEWAYS.

The Journal des Debats gives the following
account of the fate of Mr. Anson and his fellow-

raveller

" On the 6th of April, a Christian of Aleppo
came to M. de Lesseps, the Consul• General of
France in Syria, and delivered to him, with all
the precaution used in a time of plague, a note
in the following terms The English travel-
lers, Fox Strangeways and Anson, are detained
and ill-treated by the Deli-Bashi, who arrested
them at Antioch, on the road to. Damascus.
They implore the assistance of European au-
thorities.' The bearer of the note added, that
these gentlemen were confined in a dungeon of
the Castle of Sheick Aboukir, where they were
to be strangled, as Greek spies.
" The French Consul, after sending them no-
tice of the receipt of their message, hastened to
demand the prisoners of Youssouf-Pacha, who
sent them to him with their suite and all their
effects. Placed by M. de Lesseps in the ancient
Consular-house, they received from him the con-
solation
and assistance which their situation re-
quireti.- One of them, Mr. Anson, being taken
ill with. the plague, M. tie Lesseps caused him to
be attended by a Turkish physician, celebrated for
his practice in the treatment of that terrible ma-
lady; but the unfortunate traveller soon sunk tin-
tier the violence of the disease.

Mr. Strangeways, who would not leave his
friend, and who, to the last moment, waited on
him with the most generous attention, is solely
indebted for the extraordinary good fortune of
escaping the contagion which he so closely braved,
to the sanatory precautions which M. de Les-
sops employed, and the application of which he
himself directed, but more particularly to the
frequent use of the chlorures of M. Labarraque.
It certainly would be difficult to prove by a
more remarkable example the utility'of a disco-
very so precious for humanity. As to the con-
duct of M. de Lesseps, it needs no eulogy. He
worthily performed, on this occasion, all the du-
ties of the Consul,•the man, and the Christian."

Lord PLUNKETT has not-yet arrived ; he is
expected this day, and will taste his seat as Chief
Justice of the Common Pleas on Monday.—:
Freeman's Journal.
RIGHT HoN. WIVE. LAMB.—It must be
gratifying- to the citizens of Dublin to be apprised, that the
present Chief Secretary for Ireland has adopted a new and
equitable system as to the imposts levied by Local Taxa-
tion. Heretofore the inhabitants of Dublin were as igno-
rant of the expenditure arising from Local Assessments, as
the residents of Peru or Pekin. To solicitations made to
former Chief Secretaries for Ireland, the usual answer re-
turned was, " That it was quite inconsistent with precedent,
and most inconvenient, in point of practice, to authorise
any persons to have access to the accounts of any public
establishment," thereby rendering the detection of fraud,
corruption, partiality, or waste (of which so many instances
have occurred in Dublin), extremely difficult, and almost
impracticable, until years after the annual accounts of such
establishments have been closed. That systein will now
receive a wholesome check, Mr. Lamb having declared, in
the most open and candid manner, that when the informa-
tion sought for concerned local disbursements, every facility
should be afforded to promote economy and detect imposi-
tion.—Dublin Morning Post. _ _

An old man, named Garbutt, 72 years of age,
fled from the house of his daughter, at Finings, near Wit-
ton Gilbert, on Saturday last, taking with him above 1001.
in notes, a quantity of wearing apparel, and a black horse,
all of which were her property. The enormity of the
offence committed by this hoary villain, will be more fully
appreciated when we add, that his daughter, who is a wi-
dow with six children, lately gave him an asylum in her
house, he having previously led a wandering life. He took
the opportunity to rob his child and protectress, while she
was attending Durham market on Saturday last, and
mounting her horse, he proceeded at a rapid pace in a wes-
tern direction. He is believed to have gone towards Liver-
pool.—Durham Advertiser.
A curious circumstance occurred at Elstree,
in this county, on Friday last. A tine little
child, about two years and a half old, was misled
by its father, who is a gardner in a gentleman's
family. Concluding the child had fallen into
one of the ponds in the garden, they were
dragged, but nothing found which could lead to
a discovery. The outhouses, in fact the neigh-
bourhood, were searched with as little success.
In the evening a boy, who was passing the dog-
kennel, to which was chained a large Newfound-
land dog, and which very unlikely place no one
had ventured near, espied the little infant fast
asleep in the humble dwelling of his canine
friend. The paws of the animal were round the
child's neck. On his attempting to approach
the child, the dog showed symptoms of a deter-
mination to retain possession of his little com-
panion, which induced the boy to call the father
of the child to aid in his rescue. He also was
denied approach ; but the infant, being awoke,
was immediately permitted to leave the kennel,
to run to the arms of its overjoyed parent.—
Herts Mercury.