The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-02 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS.

FRANKFORT, JULY 27.—Letters from the frontiers
of Poland say that the Grand Duke Constantine
was to visit, this year, some of the German watering-
places ; but that this journey is deferred, for the pre-
sent, as the actual state of things will not allow the
Prince to leave the Kingdom of Poland, at least till
the Supreme Court of Justice has passed sentence
in the affair of the Polish Conspiracy, which is now •
pending.
lIAMBURGH, JULY 27.—We learn,
.from Copen-
hagen, that, after the arrival of seven ships-of-the-
line and five frigates, which has been already an-
nounced, several more ships of tlae great Russian
Fleet, under Admiral Siniavin, have arrived. The
whole Fleet will assemble in the Roads of Copen-
hagen, and then proceed to the Archipelago.
THE HAGUE, JULY 29.—His Majesty, who ar-
rived here on Thursday evening, attended Divine
Service this morning in St. James's church, and
will give audience to-morrow morning. On Wed-
nesday his Majesty will go to Amsterdam, where
he will hold a levee on Thursday; and on Satin.-
' day, it is said, he will return to Brussels.
ROTTERDAM, JULY 30.--Pigeons seem to be
employed more than ever, for the sake of rapid com-
munication. To-day a pigeon alighted on the roof
of a house in this city, which had under its wing a
note from London with the course of exchange, and
which seems to have been intended for Amsterdam.
The pigeon was marked 380.
GRONINGEN, JULY 25.—The ordinary annual as-
sembly of the States of the Province was closed
yesterday by the Governor in the King's name.
From an extremely long official account of the
epidemic which raged in 1826, the following par-
ticulars serve to show its violence;--
Though this province is one of the most healthy in the
kingdom, and the number of births annually exceeds con-
siderably that of the deaths (in 1825 the excess of births
was 1921); in 1826 the births were 5,126, and the
deaths 7,563. This difference is still more deplorable in
some plxces; thus in Groningen, in 1825, the births
were
The deaths

Excess of births

248

But in 1826 the number of deaths was
of births

Excess of deaths

In the five last months especially, the mortality in this
city was dreadful. In three months of 1825 the deaths
were only
In the same period of 1826 2360
In September, 1826
In September, 1825
Yet this number of deaths (if we deduct those
which occur, owing to other causes), may be said to
bear a small proportion to that of the sick, for it may
be safely affirmed, that in Groningen and some other
places, nearly the whole population was seized with
the disorder in a greater or less degree.

Notwithstanding the horrid murder of Mr.
Waterhouse, leis eccentricities have been a subject of con-
siderable jest and laughter. We can furnish our. readers,
however, with a parallel in another Rev. Gentleman, who
died about 30 years since, and resided in the immediate
vicinity of this town, viz. the Rev. W. Curteen, Rector
of Bradfield St. Clare.—The purchase of boots being con-
siderably greater than shoes, the Rev. Gentleman, when
he wore them, by way of economy invariably went without
stockings. In our earliest days, we remember seeing him
mounted on a horse, not unlike the steed of Dr. Syntax,
as regards his plight, slowly trotting from Bury market,
the which he was in the habit of frequenting, for the pur-
pose of laying in a stock of provisions for the ensuing week.
—A half-pound of butter, a small quantity of cheese, with
an egg or two, and some sugar, tea, &c. might be seen in-
discriminately deposited in a judelore, (vulgo, a chamber-
pot), attached to his waist ; with it, as a rarity, some-
times hung a leg of mutton or a pound of bacon, suspend-
ed from a leathern girdle which lie wore. His tithes were
exceedingly low—perhaps a fourth of their real worth, and
he often talked to his parishioners of raising them : a Mr.
8., in answer to the Rev. Gentleman, once observed—
" That if his tithes were rather low, be would make up
the deficiency by presenting him with a few fowls."—
Here the matter ended awhile, but the following week,
Mr. B. killing a tremendous large hog, thought nothing
would be more acceptable to the worthy Rector than a
spare-rib of vork. The pork was sent, with the compli-
ments of Mr. B. to the Rector, who, the instant he saw
it, exclaimed in an attitnde of astonishment, " God bless
the man ! he's starving his family ; take it back—take it
bark !" Then taking a clasp-knife from his pocket, he cut
off it about a quarter of a pound, and returned the rest.—
Mr. 8.,. who narrated the tale to us, observed, that he
doubted not that the pastor's thoughts really were, that lie
was depriving a large family of their food—such was the
scarcity of meat that he was in the habit of bringing to his
own table.-- Suffolk Herald.

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LONDON,
THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1827.

We received last night the Gazette de France
dated Tuesday morning. The other French
papers of Monday did not reach us by the same
opportunity, but judging by the contents of the
Gazette de France, we suffer no loss by their
non-arrival, for there is not an atom of news, ex-
cepting another report of preparations being
made by M. de RIBEAUPIERRE to quit Con-
stantinople. Amongst our extracts in another
column, will be fqund a Royal Ordilance, set-
ting at rest some doubts which had arisen with
regard to the right of possession of an edifice
used as a place of Protestant worship at Nerac,
by a liberal interpretation' of a decree of the year
1804, under which construction of the decree
security is given to all Protestant communities
in France, With respect to the possession of their
churches.

An article from the Echo du Midi, gives po-
litical importance to the removal of the Viscount
MONTEALEGRE, to Merandal del Ebro, and
asserts that many distinguished persons have
lately emigrated from Portugal to Spain.

FRENCH Ftrarns.,-. .Renter, Five per Cents. 10Sf. 25c.
30c. ; Three per Cents. 72f. 85e. 70e. Bank Actions,
2,007 f. 50c.
Flon.Tui. Fuw...—litentea. 24ap. Cert. Fal. 78f. 70c.
55c. ; Spanish Rentes, Cer. Franc. Sei ; Royal Spanish
Loan, 62Hf. ; Spanish Perpetual Annuities, 46if. 47f.

Dutch Papers to the 31st ult. reached us last
night, and their contents are given in another
column. An article from Rotterdam mentions
that pigeons are now constantly used to convey
intelligence from the different capitals. On Mon-
day last, one of these rapid messengers rested on
the roof of a house at Rotterdam, having udder
its wing a note from London, containing the
Course of Exchange, intended for Amsterdam.

American Papers to the 7th July inclusive,
were received last night, through the North and
South American Coffee House. They contain
no political intelligence of consequence, and are
chiefly filled with party discussions on the ap-
proaching election of a President, and accounts
of the celebration on the 4th July, of the 51st
Anniversary of American Independence.

We have given a few extracts in another
column, amongst which will be found some in-
telligence from. Quebec to the 28th of June,
from which it appears that disastrous effects had
been occasioned on the Lakes by a severe gale of
1894 I wind.

We received, this morning, the Allgemeine
Zeitung of the 26th ult. It contains a matter of
some importance to Sweden—the completion of
a treaty with the Porte, allowing the free admis-
sion of Swedish vessels into the Black Sea

fiTOCKHOLAI, JULY 16.

The Secretary of our Legation, at Constantinople, ar-
rived here on the 2d of this month, with the treaty signed
by Count de Lowenhjelm and the Reis Effendi, for the free
admission of our flag into the Black Sea. This negotiation
has been tedious and difficult. The Chevalier de PalM,
during the many years of his mission, was unable to ac-
complish it, and it has cost his successor three years' exer-
tions. The duty or toll has not constituted a difficulty
either as a principle or as a pecuniary burden. A duty of
about 200 francs for every ship, whatever be its burden,
cannot have any influence in a trade in which the
cargoes are always of considerable value, either on commer-
cial speculations, or on the relative favour shown to a
flag. But the Divan had always manifested in this
affair an invincible repugnance to the conclusion of a final
treaty on this subject. It had often grunted the, liberty of
the navigation of the Black Sea by notes and rescripts, in
many of which the pecuniary regulations were not to be
complained of; but experience has too frequently shown
that the acts emanating from the will of one party did not
afford that positive security which, in commercial affairs,
is far more valuable than the diminution of a toll, or even
an exemption from it. All the dangers of an imperfectly
guaranteed navigation, and above all the terrible, right
of pre-emption, continually threatened the merchants and
ship-owners, and often really injured them. Entire
security is at length obtained. Our flag, it is even said,
will be treated on the same looting as those that are the
most favoured. It is also affirmed that we have the im-
portant privilege of trans-shipping our cargoes in the port
of Constantinople : our Government having treated alone
of all these advantages to our trade, as independent of the
vicissitudes often attached to joint negociations. We
know, in fact, that the conclusion of this treaty, is consi-
dered at Pera, as an extraordinary instance of successful
negotiation. Our Court appea►s to entertain the same
opinion, as Count Lowenhjelm has been raised to the
dignity of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo-
tentiary to the Court of Vienna. Our treaty of commerce
and navigation with the United States of North America,
was signed on the 4th, by Count Wetterstedt, and by
M. Appleton, the American Charge d'Affaires. The
treaty is founded on a system of perfect reciprocity. 'rue

ratifications not being yet exchanged, the Government Ivo.,
onl) suffered the ieneral principlps to be. made known to
the merchants for .theiriuidance; :

BERLIN, JULY 14•

The reprimand which the twelve clergymen, who printed
a letter against the Liturgy, were to receive, was given
them a few days ago by the Chief President, Von Basservitz.

ViENNA, JULY 21.

The Emperor and Empress will remain at Baden till the
10th of August. The Archduchess Maria Louisa will ar-
rive there.rather later. The Archduchess Sophia is a little
indisposed at Luxemburg.
Metalliques
Bank Shares 1081

By letters, received this morning by the Malta
mail, we learn that Vice-Admiral Sir EDWARD
CODRINGTON was still at Malta on the 14th of
June, but he was about to proceed immediately
to the Archipelago with the ships and vessels
under his orders.

His Majesty's packet brig Mutine has arri-
ved with a Mediterranean mail. She sailed from
Corfu on the Bth June, from Malta on the 18th,
and from Gibraltar on the .Bth Ally. By this
opportunity despatches have been received from
the Commanders-in-Chief of his Majesty's
Land and Sea Forces in the Mediterranean to
the 14th of June last.

It is said that tho4t most respectable gentle-
men called Bailiffs, are thrown into a state of
great perplexity by the new Mesne Process Bill,
which has just come into operation. The point
at issue is—Whether they can now arrest indi-
viduals for sums less than 201. on writs which
were issued previous to the Ist of August ? We
suspect, however, that few of his MAJESTY'S
lieges will sympathise deeply in the distress of
that worthy portion of their fellow subjects.
Admitting the necessity of a man's looking, not
to one only, but to every pound of flesh in
the body of his fellow Irian for the fulfilment
of a pecuniary contract, still those who dis-
charge the revolting office -of imprisoning others,
are so apt to grow hardened to the sight of
human misery, that they incur (in many cases
most unfairly) the detestation and odium of all
classes, for merely performing their bounden duty.
But though the law of the land still recognises
the principle of imprisonment for debt, there is
so much of mitigation in the Bankrupt and In-
solvent Laws, that the loss of personal liberty less
frequently extends to those fair and honourable
persons, whom unforeseen misfortunes prevent
from discharging their pecuniary- obligations.
None can object to severe punishment over-
taking the fraudulent debtor, who enters
into money engagements without the slightest
chance of being able to fulfill them, and
some degree of it should fall on him who
brings ruin on others, even through inadvertence
and folly—but thank Heaven—the vindictive and
inexorable creditor can no longer immure for life
within the walls of a dungeon, the victim of his
own machinations, or of pure and sinless mis-
fortune.

We rejoice that this new law will still more
circumscribe the operation of that principle,
which looks to the person and not to the pro-
perty of the debtor. Whilst we would afford the
most summary and ample means. of attaching
property, we would wish to see the gradual
emancipation of all British subjects from the
seizure of the person. This new Bill re-
leases a great portion of the lower classes, and
those of the highest rank, in both Houses of
Parliament, have been long free from the degra-
dation of personal arrest. Why should not the
world go on tolerably, if its operation extended to
the whole community ? Imprisonment for debt
is little known in Scotland, and is out of the ques-
tion in cases of " Mesne Process." Nevertheless
the country thrives as well as most others. But
there the debtor, by running away, cannot save
his property, whether real or moveable, from
being immediately applied to the payment
of his just debts ; and it is this, added
to the registering of incumbrances on landed
property, which gives a confidence unknown on
this side of the Tweed, and supersedes the ne-
cessity for those endless and vexatious arrests, to
which the freeborn Englishman is hourly liable,
on the oath of the veriest scoundrel who may
' choose to say, or to think, that he is indebted
to him.

Montreal and Quebec Papers of the 30th o'
June inclusive, have been received this morning

The Quebec Government Papers, ridicule the idea sug-
gested by the opposition Gazettes of Lower Canada, that
the despatches brought by Colonel Raibsey, are of any
unusual importance, or of an extraordinary character.

GIBRALTAR, JULY 12.—8 y acconnts from Oran, of
the beginning of this month, a French squadron of eight
sail made its appearance off Algiers; that port, and those
of Bona and Oran, were blockaded. The French Consul
and merchants bad been allowed to go on board the squa-
dron. Six small Algerine corsairs had sailed, three to the
eastward, and three to the westward.

Arrived at Gibb's Hotel :—Her Grace the
Duchess of Bedford ; the Right Hen. Lady Louisa Rus-
sell ; the Right Hon. Lord Henry Russell ; the Right
Honourable Lord Cosmo George Russell; the Right
Hon. Lord Alexander George Russell ; Edward Landseer,
Esq. ; Sir Philip Charles Henderson Durham of Fordel,
K.C.8., and Lady Henderson Durham ; Count Theodore
Medlin ; Count Alexander Medim ; Baron Marion de
Beaulieu ; Arthiir Cazenovo, Req. ; Andrew Stein, ENT
of Kennet Pans ; E. Clark, Esq. New York.

Set off from the same place :—The Right
Hon. Earl of Carnarvon ; the Hon. Edward Herbert;
Hon. Miss Herriet Herbert ; the Right Hon. Lord Tor-
phiehen ; Lady Torphieben ; and Hon. Miss Mary Sandi-
lands ; J. D. Anbert, Esq. ; Miss Aubert ; Miss E. Hu-
bert ; J. Pitt, Esq. ; C. Pitt, Esq. ; F. B. Pearson, Esq.;
C. Pearson, Esq. ; Colonel Milford Sutherland ; John
Sutherland, Esq. ; Captain James M`Queen ; C. Aneillo,
Esq. ; Henry Rowlands, Esq. Chester ; Sir Philip Charles
Henderson Durham of Fordel, K.C.B. ; and Lady Hen-
derson Durham—Edinburgh Evening Courant.

THE FUNDS-(THIS DAY).

CITY, TWELVE 0' CLOCK.

Consols closed yesterday at 893, and opened this morning
at the same price for account, since which the market has
been drooping, from the account of a Turkish fleet being
off Cephalonia, and they have gradually receded to their
present rate, 89/ A considerable quantity of money
Stock is also in the market this morning, and a West-end
Banker has been selling 3 per cent. Reduced at 90 ; it
is the opinion of some of the operators in the Stock Ex-
change, that unless there is power in the jobbers to take
the surplus amount of Consols, which are coming daily for
sale, that a re-action will take place, and they are likely to
meet a further reduction ; in the myna time money con-
tinues plentiful in the City, and upon Stock can be had in,
any quantity at 2 per rent. ; India Bonds have further im-
proved to 94 6 ; whilst Exchequer Bills remain. at 61 2
pm. There has been but little movement in the Foreign
Funds this morning, and in MexiCan and Colombian
scarcely a bargain done, the former being nominally 703-
and the latter, 321 3,- ; Russian are 951 61; Brazilian,
67 8 ; and Buenos Ayres, 62 4. In Shares a little busi—
ness was done late yesterday in Anglo Mexican Mines, at a
further decline, and they are now quoted at 55 50 dis. ;
the prices of other, speculations remain with scarcely any
variation.

Three per Cent. Console, SS# Ditto for Account,
fiBi ; India Bonds, 94 6 pnt.; Exchequer Bills, 61 2 pin.
Two o' CLocx.

Consols went as low as 88k, recovered to 89 buyers, and
are now 881, rather sellm ; no alteration in the Foreign
Market; Brazilian Mining Shares have got up to 911 pm.

HALF-PAST TWO.
Consols for Account, 88j 89, scarcely any

business.

FOUR.o'CLOCK—CLOSING PRICES.
Consols 88i 9 Danish Bonds 644
Do. for Ac. 89i Greek Do. 1825, 154
Brazilian Bonds 671 Mexican Do. 1825 701
Buenos Ayres Do. 65 Peruvian Do.
Chilian Do. Russian Do.
Columbian, 1824, 32 Spanish Do. 10

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, Auo. I.—Wind Easterly.—The wind having
shifted this morning, the whole of the outward-bound sailed.
PORTSMOUTH, Atm. I.—Wind Easterly.—Sailed the
Samuel and Search, O'Hara, for Trieste.

FA LMO urn, JULY 31.—Wind W. to S.S.W.—Arrived
the ilelvellen, Beadle, from Bahia, in 61 days, spoke on
the 6th of June, off Peru, the Claremont, from Glasgow
for Bombay ; the Mutine packet, Pawle, from the Medi-
terranean, sailed from Corfu on the Bth June, Malta 18th
June, Gibraltar and Cadiz 10th June ; on 6th June, off
Cephalonia, observed a fleet of Turkish ships of war, with
an Admiral's and Rear-Admiral's flag flying, 17 bail in
number.

LIVERPOOL, JULY 31.—Arrived Co!orubia, Kirk-
wood, from Calcutta, sailed Feb. 27, from Sand Head,
March 9, and Cape, May 29 ; the Rob Roy, Gillan, from
Sierriaeone, sailed June 6 ; the Security sailed from Cape
de Nre'rds for Calcutta on the 4th July.

- The Ardent, from Sier►:a Lroue to Liverpool, put into
Cape de Verde, and has been condemned.

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