The Sun.
London, England, 1829-02-23 00:00:00

CtRMAN PAPERS.

FRONTIERS or MOLDAVIA, JAN. 26.—The last mail
from Jassy, brought the news that the plague has broken
out in the military hospitals there, and that both the hos-
pitals and the houses of the physicians belonging to them
are closed against all coMmunication. Since the 18th
January, the cold in Moldavia has been very severe, viz.
25 degrees below zero, by Reaumur's thermometer ; on this
account 5,000 pelisses were sent from Jassy for the Russian
soldiers, who are at work in the open country.
Accounts from Bucharest say, that many of the Walla-
chian Iloyards intend to go to Transylvania, because the
apprehension of sudden incursions of the Turks in Wallachia,
make it unpleasant to remain in Bucharest. The severe cold
has indeed for the present hindered the execution of the
attempts prepared at Rudschtlek and Gbittlevo, but it is
most probable that the Turks on the return of milder wea-
ther will repeat their incursions. The Russian army in
Wallachia, according to accounts that may be depended
upon, is, however, 45,000 strong, and therefore fully com-
petent to repel such incursions with vigour.
JASSY, FEO. I.—Great changes are =kin.; in the Rus-
sian military administration. Many persons high in office
leave the army to fill posts in the interior. Among others
our esteemed Governor, Count Pahlen, will lay down his
office, and go to St. Petersburgh. He will be succeeded by
Major-General Schellerceff. General Count Diebitsch is
expected soon to return here; and it is also reported that
the Grand Doke Michael, who had intended to go to Italy,
will return to the army. The preparations for the supply
of the army are immense, and the activity displayed in the
organization of the troops that have returned from the
campaign is inconceivable. The Turks remain quiet in
their fortresses, and a sally which they lately attempted
from Ghiurgeto cost them many men. A regiment of
dragoons, which General Langeron had armed with lances,
is said to have attacked the Turkish cavalry on this occasion
with such impetuosity, and to have thrown it into such
confusion, that the garrison of Ghiurgevo, fearing that the
enemy might enter the town together with the fugitives,
shut the gates against the latter, who were cut to pieces
under the walls of the fortress.

TRIESTE, Fna. 7.—A ship has arrived here to-day in
19 days from Malta, but' it brings no news except that
there were in the port when it left, four English ships of
the line; one French ship of the line and one frigate ; one
Russian ship of the line, wittthe Admiral on board, and
four Russian brigs.
ODESSA, JAN. 28.—After 14 days severe told, the Welt=
ther has become more mild, the snow is melting, and the
ice that covered the road is beginning to disappear.
BERLIN, FEB. 7. —Our last accounts from St. Peters-
burgh are to the 27th January. Accounts had been re-
ceived from Odessa mentioning the negociations at Con-
stantinople, which afford the unwelcome certainty that
though the Porte will agree to the proposals of the
French and lEnglish Cabinets, and send Commissioners
:0 a Turkish town in the Mediterranean to meet Eng-
lish and French Commissioners, in order to deliberate on
the affairs of Greece, the war between Russia and the
Porte must continue. The Porte is said to have de-
clined an exchange of prisoners, which the Emperor of
Russia wished, and it even seems not inclined to make use of
the permission which it had before asked of Russia, to send
agents to Akermann. The Emperor of Russia has
therefore no choice left but again to have recourse
to arms, to assert his rights in a second campaign, and
compel the Porte to yield. Public opinion at St. Peters-
burgh is said to be decidedly in favour of war, and the
Porte may in the sequel repent its arrogant conduct; for
the Russian national pride is now roused, and it may not
be so easy to allay it. Here, too, where all the steps
of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh seem to be known, public
opinion is more than ever against the I'ortc, and more in-
terest is shown in the cause of Russia than has ever
been shown before. It is said that an august personage
has expressed his sorrow at the continuance of the
war, and at the same time manifested so much in-
terest for Russia, that it may be concluded that the most
cordial friendship subsists between the two Courts. The
difference between Brunswick and Hanover begins to as-
sume a very serious appearance, and it is probable that we
shall soon hear more of this matter than might be wished.
VIENNA, FEB. 9.—Metalliques, 97 9-16 ; Bank Shares,
1109 ; in the evening, 1110 i.

LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1829.

Nothing of importaz.ce is to be found in the
French Papers. The Chamber of Deputies have,
for the present Session, withdrawn the articles of
impeachment against the Ministry of M. DE VILLELE,
in order the better to discuss matters of more im-
portance to the real interests of France, which are
about to he submitted to the consideration of the
Legislature.

According to accounts in the Brussels Papers, the
apprehension of the plague having re-appeared among
the Russian troops is unfounded. The medical men
had mistaken the illness of a soldier for a case of
plague. The intelligence in these and some German
Papers is at present favourable to the Russians.
To-morrow's arrival will, we presume, do poetical
justice to the " much injured Turks!"

Dutch Papers of the 21st inst. have been received
but are devoid of any fresh news. General GEIS-
MAR appears to be a man of very rising reputation,
and will, judging fiom his late exploits, prove more
troublesome to the Twits in the next campaign than
they are at present aware of :

BERLIN, FEB. 16.

The St. Petersburgh Journal contains the following
account of the taking of Kali by the Russians. From
this it appears that the Russian troops were commanded on
this occasion by General Geismar (not Gorman, as errone-
ously stated in the account from Bucharest), and that the
Nell- who was taken prisoner, was the same Ibrahim
Pacha who was Governor of Silistria during the late siege.

THE HAGUE, PEE. 19.

This being the birth-day of his Royal Highness, the
eldest son of the Prince of Orange, was kept with the
usual ceremony. His Royal Highness completed the 12th
year of his age.

The following are extracts from Hamburgh Papers
of the 18th inst. :

IVALLACHIA, JAN. 23.

The had weather still continues and interrupts almost all
communication, in consequence of this the price of provi-
sions have risen to an alarming height, being now nearly
300 per cent. dearer than usual. An okka of flour, usually
six paras, now costs eighteen, and a load of wood has risen
from six or seven piastres to thirty. The poor are of course
in very great distress, and it is expected that the magis-
trates will speedily take the most suitable measures to re-
medy a state of things which excites the greatest apprehen •
sions.

VIENNA, FEE. 12.

It is said that the 16th inst. is fixed for the marriage of
her Royal Highnes the Princess Maria Louisa Augusta
Catherine, second daughter of Isis Royal Highness the
Grand Duke, and his Royal Highness Prince William,
second son of his Majesty the King of Prussia.

HANOVER, FEB. 15.

By a Royal Ordinance of June 3, 1826, the Provisional
Assemblies are authorised to make proposals for modifications
in the law relative to the Land-tax. It is expected that
such proposals will be made this year by the States of
several provinces, and will engage a great share of the at-
tention of the General Diet.
The thaw, which has now set in, threatens a partial
inundation of the country, about the city especially, as the

snow is said to be from 10 to 12 feet deep in the Hartz
mountains.

BERLIN, FRB. 15.

An Ordinance of the Polish Council of Administra-
tion of the 14th ult. decrees that on account of the
want of cotton yarn in the Polish manufactories, the ordi-
nance of the late Governor, prohibiting the importation of
cotton yarn, without special permission, is revoked, and
every body shall be at liberty to import it on paying the
duty fixed in the tariff of 10th of March, 1825.

IrIADMISAGH, FEB. 17.

BORSEN HALLE, YOUR. O'CLOCK.—Our place showed
no signs of improvement to-day, notwithstanding the rise
in Amsterdam, nor did the advance in the French three per
Cents. produce the effect that might have been anticipated.
The fluctuations in English Consols excite no inconsider-
able degree of attention.
Money is very abundant, and Bills on London continue
in demand.

End of February.
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent
Anglo-Russian Loan 9114
Ha.nhurgh-Russian Loan
Anglo-Prussian Loan of 11118 99%
Austrian Bank Shares llls
Austrian Metalliques ..... 974

By the Columbia, Captain DELANO, London line-
of-packet ship, arrived at Portsmouth, a file of New
York Papers, to Feb. 1, inclusive, has been re-
ceived at the North and South American Coffee-
house. After a careful inspection of their contents,
we can find nothing worth extracting, they being
chiefly filled with quotations from the English
Journals.

We have received Gibraltar Chronicles of the
2d inst. They contain, under date of Cadiz, 28th
January, a code of regulations, issued by the Su-
preme Beard of Health of the Kingdom of Spain,
with the sanction of the KING, for the intercourse
between Gibraltar by sea and land with that King-
dom. A rigid quarantine is to commence from the
4th inst., and continue till the middle of the month,
after which period any luggage that may pass must
be accompanied by certificates that it has been
thoroughly cleansed and fumigated, or has been
received into that fortress since the fever hal ceased.

We are not in the habit of noticing the vagaries
of some Police Magistrates, though, were we so
disposed, there would not be wanting abundant op-
portunities of " showing up " to public ind;griation,
acts at which even the Committing Magistrates them-
selves would blush in their moments of responsible
reflection. In saying this, however, we slo not
insinuate that Alderman Sir JOHN PERRING feels
with us as to the consequences of his late decision.
No, we perfectly acquit that worthy Magistrate of
all other feeling while on the Bench save that of
strictly discharging his duty. Whether in discharging
that duty on Saturday last, in the case of a poor
starving wretch, who, in the extremity of hunger,
took a cake from the window of a confectioner, Sir
JOHN PERRING overstepped the ordinary bounds of
discretion vested in all Magistrates, we do not pre-
tend to know, but we are quite certain that he over-
stepped the bounds of humanity. But lest Sir
JOHN should suppose that we deal unfairly with him,
by commenting without cause, we shall give the par-
ticulars of the case here from another Morning
Paper, although a similar one will be found under
the usual head :

" GUILDHALL.—A young man, decently dressed, but
whose famished looks sroke trumpet-tongued that to hint'
the very crumbs from the rich man's table would be a
luxury, was charged by Mr. Hold, pastry-cook, St. Paul's
Church-yard, with laying ♦iolent hands upon one of his
bons-bons, in the shape of a Banbury cake, value three
halfpence.
" The prisoner gave his name, John Price.
" According to. the pastry-cook's statement the prisoner
was passing the shop in the course of the same morning,
and suddenly seising the tempting morceau, endeavoured
to make off. We have many depredations of this kind
committed on us,' added Mr. Hold, and we generally
let the delinquent escape; but the extraordinary account
the prisoner gave of himself induced me to give him into
custody.'
" Sir J. PERRINO—Anti you might have let him off too
if he gave a satisfactory account of himself. What account
did he give ?
" The Complainant—No account at all, Sir John ; he
only said he was hungry.
" This being deemed a very extraordinary explanation
for stealing three halfpence worth of pastry, the prisoner
was asked what account be pleased now to give of himself ?
" Prisoner—l am a tailor. I came from Yorkshire,
and have been out of employ now nearly six weeks. I
was famishing and was driven to steal the cake by hunger.
" Sir J. PERRING-.4 shall commit him for trial."
And sure enough he did 1 The poor fellow was
committed to Newgate to take his trial this sessions.
Now what do our readers think of the Magis-
trate's tender feelings after reading the above case ?
Nay, we will go further, from our respect for the
character of an English Magistrate, and ask the
worthy Alderman, now that he has had time to
reflect upon the matter, what does he think himself ?
But we will spare him the pain of answering ;—the
case must have been mis-reported,—some mistake
must have occurred;—Sir JOHN PERRING 18
too humane to act in the manner described ;
he is too humane to send a poor starving
fellow creature to prison for stealing a cake,
value three half-pence; Sir JOHN is, besides,
too just to impute to the unfortunate culprit
that that was not the first time he was guilty of
such offences, which one report says the charitable
Magistrate did.

The prosecutor seeing the forlorn state of the
poor prisoner, and feeling ashamed at being seen in
a prosecution of that sort, begged the Magistrate's
pardon for troubling him with such a paltry concern ;
—he even wished to let the matter rest ; but no, the
Alderman was of a different opinion, and actually
bound over the pastry-cook to prosecute the lad at
the Old Bailey, where the prisoner must hope for a
little of that merry of which the Alderman had none
to spare.

We direct the attention of those who feel an inte-
rest in sspporting the independence of public spirit
in Bath, to a letter in another column, respecting
the late Anti-Catholic Petitions " got up" in
that fashionable resort. But the Vestry, or rather
Brunswick meetings in Bath, are not singular
in their endeavour: at delusion, nor in the cool re-
ception they meet from the knowing discernment of
the public. The same fate seems to attend the
alarmists in every quarter. In London they failed
most miserably, though supported by the hono-
rary services of Mr. llALcomn himself,
and backed to this very day by the con-
genial howlings of sundry Aiming and Even-
ing Papers, and two or three weekly maniacs,
who have abjured all pretensions to decency in the
extravagance of their rage against Mr. PEEL, and

their sorrow at the certainty of his return for Ox-
ford, notwithstanding all their falsehoods and all
their worthless and vain endeavours to keep him out !
With respect to the abuse of such Papers as the
Standard and Mourning Journal, (doubly mournful
this morning alas !)—or the scurrility of the Age—
that Brothel Gazetteor the venality of the John
Bull, that virtuous supporter of Church and State!—
Mr. PEEL need care little ;--the sinners must work
in their dirty vocation, or they will get no bread.
But though the character of the Right Honourable
Gentleman must stand higher with all respectable
people, what will become of the Church of England
if such be its friends ?—lf it must stoop for support
from such hands, the work of pollution has not only
begun, but is already accomplished !

The price of Corn this day at Mark•lane was
from two to three shillings lower than last ‘seek.
What will the alarmists say to this ?

The Aati-Catholic Meeting at Buckingham was
characterised by the usual good feeling on such dis-
interested occasions. We regret our inability to
give the manly speech of Lord NUGENT, who, him-
self a host, stood up against the selfish and exclusive
spirit of intolerance exhibited on that occasion.

Quebec Papers to the 23d ult. hare arrived ; they
state that the Upper Canada post has brought the
Speech of the Lieutenant-Governor on opening
the Session of that province. His Excellency re-
commends the repeal of the Act of the 44th of
the late King. This is the Act under
which Mr. GOURLAY, although a B►itish sub-
ject, was imprisoned, and subsequently sent out of
the country, was generally condemned as arbitrary
and oppressive, and, as it was only enforced in this
one instance, obtained the name of the Gourley Act
in Upper Canada.

THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TIVELTE CLOCK.

The-Brokers have already commenced making arrance-
ments for the settlement of the account on the 26th inst.,
and there has been some appearance of its proving Dullish.
Consols opened at b 7 1, but hare since become rather
heavy, and are now 871 t, with limited transactions. Ex-
chequer Bills- have again advanced in price and nre now
61 3 pm. ; India Bonds, 56 8.
The Foreign Funds continue uninteresting, with scarcely
any business ; Danish Bonds are 641 5 ; Russian, 981 1
Mexican, 6 per Cents., 244 51; Greek, 14 ; Brazilian
stock 614 2 ; Portuguese, 481 9 ; upon the whole the
prices are nominally a shade lower.
In Shares there is no business doing.
Three per Cent. Consols, 871 3 ; Ditto, for Account,
S7l ?,-; Three per Cent. Reduced, 88 i ; Three and a
half per Cent. Rednoed, 97 ; Fonr per Cent., 1826,
1054 if; India Stock, 231 32; Bank Stock, 211 12 ;
India Bonds, .56.8 pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 60 3 pm.
FORElGN.—Brazilian, 614 2'; Buenos Ayres, 34 5 ;
Chilian, 211 21 ; Colombian, 181 19 ; Dani•th, 641 5 ;
French, Five per Cent., 1091 10 ; Three per Cent., 761 4 ;
Greek, 14 1; Mexican, Five per Cent., 204 11; Ditto,
Six per Cent., 244 51; Peruvian, 13 14; Portuguese,
4SI 9 ; Russian, 98/ 1; Spanish, 91 10.
Mixtes..--Anelo Mexican; 80 791 die. ; Brazilian, 33 5
pm. ; Bolanos, 40 pm. ; Colombian, 20 dis. ; Real Del
Monte, 100 per share; United Mexican, 273 63 dis.

Consols, 87 1.

TWO O'CLOCK.

THRBB O'CLOCK.

Cons*la, 874 j.
FOUR O'CLOCK.— CLOSING PRICES.

Consols 87i
Do. for Ac. 87-
Brazilian Bonds --
Buenos Ayros 34;
Chilian Do.
Columbian, 1824

Danish 65
Greek, 1825
Mexican, 1825 211
Peruvian
Russian 98
Spanish 10

OXFORD ELECTION.

Je vols qu'on ne gagne rein a presser Pecorce "—MOREAU.
Quoth a Maudlin fellow to old Doctor Routh,*
(Whilst squeezing an orange he held to his mouth),
" Mind your eye my good doctor, the truth I reveal,
" Tears will follow the action of pressing the Peel."
* The President of Magdalen. A DEMY.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY ELECTION.---We
understand, that in consequence of the large number
of voters who are expected to be present in Oxford, at the
ensuing election for the University, Mr. !eel's Committee
have felt it necessary to detain coaches for the conveyance
of his friends in all the principal towns, especially at Bath,
Exeter, Cheltenham, and Birmingham.
EAST INDIA COMPANY'S SILK. SALE.--
This morning the Company's Sale of Bengal and other
Silks, commenced at the India House. The quantity to
be offered for sale on the present declaration, is much larger
than at the last sale. The sale this morning was nume-
rously attended, and in consequence of the very dull sale of
the Silk trade, it is fully expected that the aretage of
prices obtained throughout the sale will he under those of
the last sale. The sale commenced to-day very heavily,
and as far as it has proceeded the Silks have been sold at a
reduction of from Is. 6d. to 2s. per lb. on the prices given
at the last declaration. The quantity of Bengal Raw
Silks to be offered, (Company's goods) is 2,400 hales,
being 200 bales more than last sale. The private trade
silks are also more numerous than at last sale.

His Grace the Duke of Northumberland is
expected to arrive in Dublin on Tlinrsdoy veinnight.—
Dublin Morning Post.

ATTEMPT AT BRIBERY BY THE BRUNS-
WICK CLUB.—We stated some time since that fonr thou-
sand pounds were sent to London for the purpose of
attempting to corrupt the purity of the liberal London
press. We repeat our assertion. It is true. We pledge
ourselves to it ; and we know the attempt will be spurned
with disdain by the editor, or even junior editor, of any
paper of character.—Dublin ➢lorning Register.

It is said that a change of quarters of Regi-
ments in Ireland will take place immediately —Cork Cue-

s6tution.

LORD N—'s NEWEST.—A friend convers-
ing with his Lordship on the Meeting at the Rotunda,
asked him what he thought of the speech of Mr. Sergeant
Lefroy, " Why," replied the worthy Nobleman, " I think
it will get him appointed permanent sergeant' during
life. Dublin Morning Register.
The Net produce of the Tax on the Beer,
Lee. within the City of Glasgow, and liberties thereof, in-
cluding the Barony of Gorbals, for the last five years,
ending on the 30th of September, was as follows :
X. s. (1.
1823 931 2 9
182 1,197 13 2
1825 1,087 2 1
1826 6Bl 14 3
1827 757 8 8

£4,655 0 11

Average £93l 0 0
Levied under the Act 39 Get). 111. c. 40, the endurance of
which is for thirty-eight yea's from 13th June, 1799, and
to the end of the then next session of Parlisment. Tire
tax is levied not on the quantity brewed, but on the quan-
tity vended, tapped, or sold, Glasgow Chronicle.