The Sun.
London, England, 1827-11-23 00:00:00

BY BURRELL AND SON.

A House and Shop, No. 8, Cross-street, Blackfriars•.road,
held for a term, 63 years of which were unexpired at Mid-
summer last, at a ground-rent of 4/. 10s.:--190/.
A Family Residence, No. 9, Denham-place West, hack-
ney-road, held for a term, 63 years of which were unex-
pired at Lady-day last, at a ground-rent of 3 guineas per
annum—knocked down at 500/.

ST. KATHARINE'S DOCKS.—Wages to brick-
layers up to the 19th inst. were ss. per day, and to the
labourers 38. It is the invariable custom with builders to
reduce, the wages on the Saturday following the 9th of No-
vember, owing to the men not being able, from tie short
days, to work their full tune. The reduction proposed,
and which has now been acceded to, is 6d. per day to the
'bricklayers, and 4d. per *lay to the labourers, which se-
cures to the former 4s. 6d. per day, and to the latter 2s.
Bd., leaving to.them a sum much more in proportion to
the time .which they are able to work, than the summer •
rates, aud.which evry reasonable person will admit is a
fair remuneration for the labour performed.
STATE OF TRADE.—There has been a con-
sideralole improvement in the sale of printing cloth in, this
market during; the present aveet, The demand for the
lower descriptions of cloth far exceeds the supply, and the
stocks of calicoes are hi general very low. Priees, boss -
eYer, have not improved, and are full 15 per c(nt.,below
the A
they quotations. Wages have been also reduced,
but
still considerably higher than they were dur-
ing the last winter, and there is nosv, happily, no proba-
bility 'Of the 'Manufacturer being compelled to diminish
still further the price;(?f labour. The orders ,for printed
calicoes, which have occasioned the improvement we have
noticed, are itincip froM the United Sti,tes, and we
urrnhdeeratte:oanlidiittshafrfoin stheyo
uattiei
America Ito t, very considerable.
are, We are sorry to
altogether, .le
hear, very ilisc.;oll,rgiag; and the foreign trade; generally,
is reported to'be dull. Of all the branches of the cotton
trade, cotton-spinning is at the present moment the most
unprofitable—the prices, of low numbers...in particular,
being far from remunerating the,
V•nner,;.-40s. weft, in
the bundle, may now. be bought for 12d. per lb., ft price
which, not a great many years ago, the spinner would
have considered a bare remuneration for the cost of malsiug
it, independent of the price of the raw •
matertat.--- (,---22
"
chester

CESME,
ON THE COAST OF ASIA MINOR, OPPOSITE THE. ISLAND AND

THE CITA' OF scm, OCT. 7,. 1827.

J arrived here on the 27th of September, on my

way to Scio, but, unfortunately, found that all com-
munication with that island was, interrupted by the
presence of three Greek brigs cruising in the nar-
row passage which separates it from the Main,. , By
the kindness of' Captain Rooke, of his Majesty's brig
Jasper, who is here protecting fifteen sail of British
merchantmen thatproceed under his convoy as far
as Malta, I have, however, been able to pay two
short visits to that interesting place. On Monday
last (Ist instant) the Jasper left the Creek of Cesme
at an early hour in the morning, in order to facilitate
the, passage of the English Consul resident at Scio,
whose presence Was requisite at Cesme, for the
despatch of the fruit vessels, and with the intention of
speaking with the'Greek cruisers. Capt. Rooke land-
ed me and a friend, with two gentlemen of his ship,
at the town of Scio, about ten a.m., and stood down
to the Greeks, who were some miles to the, north-
ward,' We speNt the morning in examining the
town,' which is the most complete and the.most me-
lancholy 'ruin ',ever beheld.
A' report prevailed that a large Greek fleet was at
hand, with troops on board that were to attempt a
landing. All the Turks we spoke with were, or
affected to be, confident, and strangers to the slighteit
alarm, but the Greek part of the 'population, which,
betlyeen the, sad remnant left after the massacre of
1822 and those who had sincerepaired to the island,
amounts to twenty-two thousand souls, seemed
labouring under cruel apprehensions. Many of them
entreated us to give them a passage to the main--to
any spat not threatened with the horrors of Greek
and Turkish warfare. ' In the afternoon we returned
to the Jasper, when we found that Captain Rooke
had brought one of the Greek brigs to, and had had
the Commander, whom he described as a fine spirit-
ed young man; .on board for some, .time. Captain
Rooke asked him whether'he wished it to be under-
stood that- the, island of Scio was in a state of block-
ade He replied; that most certainly it was ; that,
Moreover, the right of the Greek Government to
blockade the place had been fully-acknowledged by
the English and French Admirals, and that in a few
days a more effective force would be seen in the
Channel. He said that Lord Cochrane was not ex-
pected, but that lie looked every day for the, arrival
of Captain ,Hastings and the steam,vessel, and that
a descent on Scio by a considerable force was me-•
ditated, of the perfect success of which he would
not permit himself to doubt. To Captain Rooke's
request that the British Consul might be perMitted
to pass to Cesme in an lonian boat, he answered
that no molestation should be offered him—but that
they must examine the boat in its passage, to see
that it contained no Turks nor Turkish property.
On our sail back to Cesme, Captain Rooke bore
up to another of the Greekernisers ; the Commander
came, immediately on board, and
,presented a figure
Worthy to be borne by a desCendant of a heir of Sa-
tan:AS, Whose effect, however, on closer 'examination,
was much injured by a wily, suspicious eye, that was
never a moment at rest. His statement differed in
nothing from his companion's; except in his assert-
ing that Lord Cochrane was expected there, and in
his fixing the number of the forces to be employed
in the invasion of Scio at six thousand men. When
we arrived at Cesme, we found that the Turks had
been eagerly watching; from
stile heights all Captain
Rooke's manoeuvres, and. were busily employed in
speculating on what mould be their results. Of the
laws of ,blockade, these people understand nothing,
and they have such an opinion of the sed supre;naey
of England, that they think a gun fired from one of
her ships ought to clear the Archipelago.
Nearly all the British vessels having taken in their
cargoes, on Friday last, sth inst. Captain Rooke
stood over to Scipvto bring the Consul over himself,
as he apprehended, and not without reason, that in
spite ofthe assurances of the," Honourable Captains,",
a Greek visit would not be unattended with moles-
tation to the old gentleman. I and my friend were
again of the voyage. We arrived at nine a.m., and
Captain Rooke and 'a Lieutenant went on shore
with 'us. At the landing-place we were received by
"the Consul and the superiors of the Turkish cus-
toms, who led us -to their house hard by, and regaled
us with pipes and coffee, during the discussion of
whiqh
,they put various questions to us relative.to
the present state of affairs, the proipect of pacifica-
tion, &c. Hence we repaired to watt on, the Pacha,
who resides in the castle, a half-ruined fortress
(whose greateit strength consists 'in a dry ditch),
built by the Genoese during their occupation of the
island.

At the outer gate was found, drawn up in honour
to Captain Rooke, a guard of the. Tacticians, or
newly-organised troops ; in the interior of the for-
tress near the Pacha's habitation, a common Turkish
guard ; and at his dope= Albanian. guard, of bold
and picturesque appearance.' We were .ushered .up
stairs by I know not how many attendants, and at
length found ourselves in the presence of the Pacha
who was seated on a divan, in a pleasant, cool room,
open to•the sea, with his Cmii at his side, and a
number of officers 'attending; in a rank by the door.
He received us very courteously, shook hands with
Captain Rooke, and beckoned us to be seated. He
then whispered some orders to an officer, and di-
rected his attention tli;ifie Consul. Lobserved him
well during this short'Conversation, and'may describe
Issuff Pacha as a handsome old man, With a magnifi-
cent white beardoVith just that portion of embon-
point that becomes age, and with a mild and gentle-
manly countenance and demeanour.
Presently a. triiop of servants came in with splen-
did pipes, coffee, 4c. • but for this time I will spare
you the particulars of the ceremonies, attentions,
and compliments, that were paid us, and merely
give you a few notes of the Paella's conversation.—
He raid he regretted the present troubled state of
affairs,' but that he still hoped that the moment was
distant which' would see the Silken, his master, en-
gaged in a war with the great Kings of Europe—
that he was not a man of blood—that he had pledg-
ed his word to the Greeks pow .on the island, that
they should not be molested, unless they entered
into, machinations with the-rebels from abroad—that
lie did not fear invasion—that he would meet foree
with force, openly and lionoUrably, but that lie de-
spised that' paltry mode of Wallare ibhich consisted
in sailing two or tliree ships up and down a coast,
'and nierelq preventing trade and eonzmunication.,
"Not," added he, " that this injures or annoys me
and my faithful Osmanlis no,, the whole weight of
the evil falls on the poor Greeks here, who,are the
fishermen, sailors, carriers, and merchants of the
Island." After a visit of three-quarters of an hour,
being previously sprinkled with sweet waters, and
scented with the smoke from silver encensoires, we
took our leave, and were accompanied to the gate
with the same state that attended our entrance.
The town, on this visit, seemed to- me even still
more ruinous and desolate than it did•before. In a
principal street, where stood:the burned and dilapi,
dated residences of the Greek Primates, we startled
a Number of partridges, so silent and deserted is that
once gay and opulent quarter. WO were glad to
escape from this vast scene of destruction to the
country, but there we found every house reduced to
bare,lntteriag, and impeopled walls; and the view
from the romantic spot called Homer's School, a
few years back so lively and beautiful, offered us a
succession of.ruined buildings, uncultivated fields,
and unpruned gardens.
I ascertained to-day that.the Paella of 'Scio, who
was formerly Bey of Rhodes, has, only
four hundred
men of the newly-organized army, and one hundred
and fifty cannoneers, in which number are included
engineers, artillerymen, sappers and miners, gie. Be-
Sides these, there may be on the island six or seven'
hundred Turks capable Of bearing-arms, and fighting
in their old irregular manner. The castle, they sag,
mounts eighty guns, which are more than they
would know how to work well, and nearly all those
I saw.were in a bad condition, arid most miserably
mounted. The place, I am sure, would not be a
twelve hours' obstacle, to a thousand British soldiers.
There' are three aimed Turkish
vessels in the port,
but exceedingly and' bearing very light guns.

Two of them went out some fifteen days ago, when
the first Greek brig appeared in the Passage, but
on a nearer view of the size of the Greek and the
weight of his metal, they were glad to retire, though
the Spectator Oriental pretends that they chased
the Greeks as far as the Spalmadore Islands. The
three Greeks are very fine large brigs, superior
sailors, bearing. each of them twelve guns, with a
crew of :100 to 120 men. They are polacco-rigged,
uncoppered,and very deficient in bulwark, by which
their men must be sadly exposed. They continued
to cruize off Scio, but no other vessels of their flag
have yet appeared. The Turks, on this part of the
Continent, are at this moment unusually vigilant,
►nd cannot conceal that they are alarmed. They say
they expect troops from Magnesia and Smyrna.
A few days before my arrival at Cesme, an en-
;ragement took place between a Greek mistico and
two Turkish saccolevas that went out of this creek
ta_the attack. After a long running fight of
,mus-
ketry, the Greek found himself between the two
Turkish boats that carried threelimes his compli-
ment of men. On this the Captain of the mistico,
L daring Ipsariot, drew alongside one of the sacco-
levas, and shouting to his men to follow him, leaped
her deck,.and cut down her commander. Two
ether Turks fell beneath his desperate sword, but
his men did, not follow him; and a Greek on board
the Turkish boat contrived to plant a yatagan in his
back—he fell—an expert hand cut off his head.
whilst e crowd of others, with yells of tritutph,
kql at his prostrate body. Some of the Greeks, at
this sight, set fire to their powder—the boat blew
,ip; 'but twenty out of the thirty that composed the
crew, were picked up alive by the :.Turks, and
brought into Cesme, with the head of the Captain
mspepded, at the.bowsprit of one of the saccolevas.
These prisoners (strange to tell) were not mas-
sacred, but sent over to Scio, where they are still
M the Castle. The headless hacked body of the
Captain, after being exposed some hours on the
quay, Was thrown into the sea. In a day or two, it
Boated ashore; and now lies, a most revolting spec-
tacle, on the sands at the end of the creek, about a
bowsprit from the town.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.—EmiIy Mar-
obioness of Londonderry, in St. James's-square, on her
way for Gunton Hall, the seat of Lord Suffield ; Major
:ind Mrs. Gore, in Baker-street, from Paris ; Countess of
Leitrim, in Great Cumberland-place; Mr. and Mrs.
Townshend, in Gloucester-place, from Italy ; Lady Char-
lotte Greville, in ;George-street, Hanover-square; Mrs.
and Miss Stewart, in Portland-place ; Captain Arbuthnot,
in Baker-street, from Paris; Captain Edgecumbe, in York-
place ; Mr. and Mrs. Dawson, at their house in Manches-
ter-square, from their seat, St. Leonard's Hill, near Wind-
sor; Lord Lynedock, at Warren's Hotel, Regent-street,
from Bedford ; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Botfield, at the
London Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat in Staf-.
fordshire ; Thomas Page, Esq. at Fenton's Hotel, St.
James's=street, from Surrey; Holme Sumner, Esq. at ditto,
from Surrey ; F: H. Fenton Norwich, and Thomas
Graham, Esqrs. at ditto, from Brighton ; J. Price, Esq.
at ditto, from Exeter; Captain Brown, at Fladong's Ho-
tel, Oxford-street, from a tour; E. Bold, Esq. at ditto,
from Norfolk ; Lady Stratton and Mr. Stratton, at
Ilakes's Hotel, from Wales; Sir John Salusbury, at ditto,
from Chester ; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Best, at ditto.
_ _ _

- -
DEPARTURES.—The Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Chandos, yesterday, for their seat in Bucks ;
the Earl of Talbot and Lady Cecil Talbot, for the Marquis
of Salisbury's seat, Hatfield ; Colonel Cooke, from his
house in Upper Brook-street, for Sir W. Disney, Bart.'s
seat in Herts; Captain Harvey, R.N. from Grosvenor-
street, for Portsmouth ; Lord St. Vincent, from Ellis's
Hotel, St. James's-street, for Winchester ; Sir Charles
Chad, Bart. from Fladong'S Hotel, for Devonshire ; the
Rev. J. Drake, from ditto, for Yorkshire; G. Grenville
Pigott, Esq. from ditto, to, Bucks; George Best, Esq.
from. Hakes's Hotel, for.p.tris ; John Becher, Esq. from
ditto, for Tunbridge Wells ; Richard Becher, Esq. and
Mrs. Becher, from ditto, for Dover; Dr. and Mrs. Bruce,
from ditto, for Sandhurst:
CHANGES.—The Earl and Countess of Jer-
sey, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond.
at their seat, Goodwood, Sussex, from Sir A. Paget's,
near Southampton ; Mr and Mrs. Tracey, at their seat
in 'Worcestershire, from their seat in South Wales.

THE SERAGLIO.--This opera, which is to
be brought out at Covent-garden 'on Saturday next, has
been for a' considerable time in preparation. The music is
arranged, and adapted from MOZART'S celebrated opera
Die .Entfulirung aus dens Serail. This opera produced
at Vienna unbounded applause; it drew the most over-
flowing audiences ; every body was amazed at its new traits
of harmony, and at passages so original, and, till then, so
unheard from wind instruments. During the composition
he was married to a distinguished virtuosa, Mademoiselle
WEBER, a name as distinguished in our, time for musical
excellence as Mozaitr's was in the time of Joslex
The opera was supposed to owe to this felicitous circum-
stance 'much of that endearing character, that tone'of ten-
derness, and that expression of the softer passions, which-
form its principal attractions. It is certainly strange that
such a distinguished opera should be unknown in this
country-for no less a period than 45 years, although its
merits are well known and the music admired on every part
of the continent for many years. The opera is to be called
The Seraglio, and is getting up with unusual splendour,
under the direction of Mr. KRAMER, the master of the
King's private band, who it is said has composed addi-
tional. airs for the piece. His IVlAJarry is . already quite
fathiliar with the music.

LIVEkPOOL, Nov. 21.—There has ,been a
good demand from' the trade to-day for Cotton, and about
3,000 bags have been taken at steady prices.
_

in-
habitants of the village of. Leuchars were considerably
On §undaylast, during divine service, the
alarmed, in consequence of the outrageous proceedings of an
intoxicated individual. However mildly he may treat any
other person, it his, it seems, been customary with this
worthy, when in a state of inebriety, to do every possible in-
jury. to the yersons and property ef his relatives; so, in ac-
cordance with use and wont, on coming home last Sunday
to the house of his widowed mother, he promptly thrust
her to the door, and afterwards set fire to her bed, by
throwing burning coals into it. He considered, however,
that his measure of mischief was yet by no means suffi-
ciently full, 'and accordingly bethought himself of burning,
about their ears, the houses of two of his uncles, who re-
sided in the immediate neighbourhood ; the accomplish-
ment of which enlightened project he Was setting about
with what expedition be could, when arrested by a number
of constables. After being well fastened with ropes, he
Was committed to the village bell-house, as a place of tem-
poiary confinement, from which he was removed the fol-
lowing day, and brought to Cupar gaol.—Fife Herald.
ROBBERY OF THE WARWICK MAIL.-011
Wednesday night last, the Warwick mail was
.robbed .of
sr( WHITEHEAD and Co. of Warwick. The
bank of es ..
was effected in a very extraordinary manner, and
robbery ,
very clean way in which it was done, it is the
bank notes to the amount of 20,000/, belonging to the
from the
•Iting" bad a hand in the affair. A gentleman belonging
opinion of the London police that " the gernmen of the
to the firm of Winn:lmin and Co. of the Warwick Bank,
took his place at the King's Arms. Tavern, Snow-hill, on
Wednesday, to go with the mail on the same night to
Warwick. lie gave directions to . the clerk (as he had
done on former. occasions) that the mail should stop at the
Furnivars-Inn Coffee-house in Holborn, and take him up,
as he had luggage there which he had to take with hirrh—
The mail coach, stopped at .the, usual hour, about eight
o'clock, according to' his orders, and the gentleman came
out of Fornivars-Inn with two bags in his possession, one
'containing 2,000 sovereigns, and the other 20,0001. in
• five and ten pound country notes, of the banks of Messrs.
WurranzAn, WrsToN, GREENWAY, and Co„ of Warwick,
payable at 'GLYN and Co.'s, Lombard-street, London ; and
of the Stratford-on-Avon, Shepston-on-Stour, and Chip-
ping Norton Banks. The gentleman gave the bag con-
taining two thousand sovereigns, to a porter, anti saw him
put it inside the mail-coach, in ono of the seats, He af-
terwards gave the other bag, containing the notes, to the
same man for the.same purpose, and he thought. that the
porter placed that bag on the same seat. The gentleman
got into the coach, and having seated himself, to his sur-
prise and consternation he discovered that .the bag con-
taining the ;notes was missing. It appeared the effect of
Magic, and the gentleinan instantly proclaimed his loss.---
Several persons were seen near the mail shortly before,
' but they had vanished in a moment.
The gentleman
mediately gave information 'to CARR, GIN N,'and Co.'s
Bank of the robbery, and also to the different police-offices
in the Metropolis. fltsnoe and SAi,sioN, Principal offieers
of Bow-street, were on the gui vire in a short time ; and
it is believed 'that the notes have found their way among
" family men." It is believed the bag of notes were taken
by mistake; the bag.,
thieves view. . Aofl asint‘e'e sovereigns was' the objet the
the apprehension of the thiev the recovery
es orof the pro-
. ;
. Oerty. reward' has been offered for

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

Mrs. Fry and Mr. J. Gurney have published
the fruits of their recent travels in lieland,-ufider

the title of " Report of Mrs. Fry and Mr. J. J.
Gurney to the Lord Lieutenant of rreland,:re-
specting their late visit to that country." Like
all impartial persons who have ever visited Ire-
land, whether from the North, South, East, or
West, Mrs. Fry and her friend recommend the
abolition of civil disabilities as an essential pre-
liminary to the settlement of the country.
" Abounding in gratitude (they say) as are the
Irish, when justly and kindly treated, we pre-
sume it will be allowed that they are, in no com-

mon degree, alive to a sense of wrong—that
when injured and deprived of their just rights,
they have both the acuteness to discern it, and the-
heart to feel it ; and presently harbour a deeply•-
rooted sentiment of disaffection and revenge.

We conceive that we should be stepping out of
our true province were we to offer a direct opii-
nion on that perplexing and agitating question—
' Roman Catholic Emancipation :' but we trust
we shall not offend the Lord Lieutenant by an.
expression of the general sentiment, that theri,
never was a people in the management of whom
a perfect equity and impartiality was more evi-
dently requisite than the people of Ireland--
that it is,. in the highest degree, desirable that
every class of the King's subjects in that country
should, so far as is consistent with the safety of"
the state, be allowed the exercise of the same
rightS—:and that the less the distinCtions of.
religious opinions are insisted on and dragged tc;
light, in connection with the civil policy of the
Pountry, the greater will be the probability of its
hping blessed with a state of permanent tran-
quillity. We lament that constant agitation of
this irritating subject, which keeps perpetually
open the wounds of Ireland ; and cordially*
Flo we wish, that through the means of
reasonable concession on both sides, the ques,:l
;ion might be settled, and forgotten for ever."--,
They were also struck with the redundance of
the population; compared with the employment
for them, and they recommended the transfer of
3 or 400,000 of them to America, particularly
Prince Edward's Island and Upper Canada.
But this is impracticable for manyreasons. Thty"
observe, that although " in consequence of the"'
disadvantages under which the country now la-
bours, the population Seems to be excessive,
here is surely strong reason to believe that err