The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-24 00:00:00

THE HIGHLAND EMIGRANT'S RETURN.:

'Twas really affecting to see these poor fellows, some of whom,
after years of emigration, worn away at Canada, had now, for the
first, and, perhaps, the last time, come to take a peep at the blue
hilts of their native land. One emigrant I myself saw standing
alone near a pond, behind which rose something like a cottage.
I- suppose he-was striving to recall the recollection of his native
village in the wretched spot before him. I did not interrupt bins,
but suffered him to walk away is he came, alone and in -tears.
Gales Tour to the Highlands.

The village, the village, 'tie here where I was bred,
Its glummer-clouds, like fairy veils, still flutter o'er my head ;
Its rills in music ripple on, its heath, where once I ranged,
Still rears the infant violet—l, I alone am changed.
For me no more its merry bells shall peal their evening chime,
Its minstrels sing, while fancy prompts their legendary rhyme ;
The church, that smiled in beauty, once, is mould'ring to decay,
And all its happy choristers long since have pass'd away.
Where once my mother's cottage rose beside the village green,
A sullen marsh is now o'erspread like scorn on beauty's mien ;
Where the woodlark carolled sweetly, and the cuckoo spoke of
spring,
The bittern booms, the owl hoots, and the raven flaps his wing.
'Tis there where now yon rushes wave, my mother bade good bye,
She clung to me in anguish, tho' a smile danced in her eye,
For Hope hung out his promise as a rainbow o'er the main,
But darkened was that Iris-soon—we never met again.
You see the weeds upon her grave all growing scant and wild,
You see the very hawthorn, too, she planted when a child ;
To you 'tis a mere woodland tree, insensate—nothing more ;
To me 'tis all that brings to mind the sunny days of yore.
You cannot hear—you cannot feel the music of the past
That hallows these deserted scenes and sighs in every Nast,
Your ears are dull—your heart is dead—it springs not into flower,
Like mine, while thus beside my home at twilight's thoughtful hour.
But yonder sinks the setting sun—ye reveries away—
Fain would my fancy still prolong each gleam of dying day,
Fain would I trace each childhood haunt, in evening's auburn light,
It cannot be—the sun has set, and all around is night.
Farewell then, unforgotten home, farewell each stilly glade,
Each changeling rill, like April skies, alternate sun and shade,
To other eyes your solitudes may bright and beauteous be,
But they can never more be bright or beautiful to me.
A SMALL POET.
(Exit in a Tiff and Tartans.)

A wretched-looking creature was brought into
Church-street watch-house on Thursday night, in a state of com-
plete exhaustion. She died in a short time after Ler admission.
—7-Dublin Correspondent.

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 24, 1827.

Our Readers will perceive by last night's Gazette,
that the information which we exclusively communi-
cated a fortnight ago, of the appointment of the Duke
of WELLINGTON to the Office of Commander-in-
Chief, is confirmed, and that the other Military ar-
rangements, which we mentioned in our Paper of last
night, have also taken place.
In the appointment of the Duke of WELLINGTON
to be Commander-in-Chief of all the Land Forces of
the United Kingdom, we have another and a strik-
ing proof of the magnanimity of His Gracious MA-
JIKSTY—and of the advantages of the Institutions of
our Country, which enable an individual to rise by his
own deeds and merit, to the very highest Offices of
the State. The KING on this occasion has shown
that no ties of blood could induce him to prefer, even
a Brother, to the man who is alike best qualified to
preside over the British Army, from his splendid ex-
perience and his habits of business, and best entitled
to the high distinction of succeeding to its chief
command, by -the mighty deeds which he has achieved
while directing its operations in the field.

His MAJESTy has thus selected for his Com-
mander-in-Chief, the man who could best appreciate
the judiciousness of the Regulations for the Go-
vernment of the Army, which the late Duke of
YORK had established, and would be least likely to
entertainvisionary or theoretical ideas in opposi-
tion t any
othesystem which has been so successfully acted
upon. His Grace, the present Commander-in-Chief,
we may be assured, will steadily adhere to the arrange-
ments of his Illustrious Predecessor ; and we have no
doubt will (if it be possible) add to the splendour of
his fame, itequired isfields of glory with the British

army, by the wisdom of his conduct while presiding
over it, -

Great and important, however, to the country as the
Duks of WELLENGToN's services have been, the re,
wards which he has received amply testify the sense
entertained of them by his Sovereign and' his country,
and afford a fine example of national gratitude. - His
GraCo has Won for himself the rank, the honours, and
the wealth which have been bestowed upon him, but as
long as his, glorious renown lives in hiStory, the same
page ought to record the splendid rewards which a
grateful:Sovereign and Nation have heaped upon him.

The following General Order was issued last night
from the Horse Guards, by his MAJESTY'S com-
mand-. It contains a just and well-drawn eulogium on
the meritorious services bf the-late Duke of YORK, as
Commander-in-ebief, while it, expresses his MA-
JESTY. s conviction that he cannot more effectually
supply the loss which the nation and the--army have
sustained,-than by the appointment of «the Great. and
Distinguished General, who has so often led .the
armies of the nation to victory and glory."

GENERAL ORDER.'

HORSE GUARDS, TUE3bir,I4IWIT, J. 11.°S.

The last duties having been paid to the remains of his Royal
Highoeis the Conituauder-in-Chief, the King deems it right to
convey to. the artily a melancholy satisfaction, which his Majesty
derives from the deep feeling of grief manifested by every class of
the Military profesiion, in common with his people at large, under
the great calamity with which it has pleased the Almighty to
afflict 'the' nation '"and his Majesty,—A calamity -which his de-
prived the Crown of ont of its molt ialiiible and distinguished.
seiyairite,and,his Majesty of a beloied and affectionate brother.
,The King does not think it necessary to dwell upon the pre-
eminent merits of the lite Duke of York; his, Majesty knows
that these are impressed and engraver on the hearts of his Ma-
jesty's soldiers. His Majesty desires that it may merely be ob-
aervesi, fbat the able administration of the•command held ;by his
Royal Highness for a long series of years, his assiduous attention
tothe welfare of the soldier, his unremitting exertions to incul-
cate the. true principles of order.and discipline, his discernment
in bringing merit to the notice of the Crown, and the just im7.
partiality with which he applied the honour of the service, have
combined,to produce results that identify,the army as a profession,
with the glory and. prosperity of this.great: country, which will
cause hil virtues and services to be in the grateful remembrance of
the latest posterity. •
The. King feels_ that, under the present afflicting circumstances,
his Majesty cannot more effectually supply the loss which the
nation. and the army have sustained, than by appointing to the
chief command. of his .Majesty'a forces,. Field Marshal his Grace
the Duke.of Wellington, the great and distinguished General who
has so often, led the armies of the nation to victory and glory, and
whose high military renown is blended with the history of Europe.
. . By His Majesty's command,
. HENRY TORRENS, Adj.-General.

We have not received any Papers or communica-
tions from the.Fre.nch capital to-day. It is, however,
"stated in the City, that a leading capitalist has this
morning received a letter from Madrid, dated the 11th
.
instant, containing the substance of a Proclamation is-
sued by FERDINAND on that day, which is said to
breathe pacific intentions. This report had ar. immedi-
ate tifect in raising the Funds.

Our City Correspondent infOrmi us, that the letter
alliided to in-the preceding paragraph-(which has been
sent from the City to the Foreign Office,) states that
the King of SPAIN has sent a circular, dated the 11th
instant, but to be issued only on the 13th, to all the
Captains General of the Provinces explaining his mo-
tives in forming an army on the Frontiers of Portugal,
which he states to be for the maintenance of the
dignity of .his Crown, and :to prevent any aggres-
sion of the Rebels. It adds that his MA-
JESTY is anxious to preserve peaCe with all the
Powers, and at the same time does not wish to
give any offence to Portugal, or his Ally the King of
ENGLAND. We. cannot vouch foi• ple accuracy of
any part of this information.'

We received this morning the Austrian Observer
of tha 12th inst., and the Allgemeine Zeitung of the
16th, but they contain nothing new. A. private letter
from a Greek merchant at Syra gives a woful account
s
of the state of Greek affairs, and the venality of those
ofen tGrurseteetcle.witlht .
is hopeless
andto moniesend
succoursfor
the use
to the
Greeks, if those agents appointed to receive supplies
for the service of their country have the
dishonesty to
convert them to their own use. Poor Greece only
learns that such supplies have been sent, by her mock-
patriots quarrelling among themselves who shall have
the larger portion of the spoil:—

JASSY, JAN. 1.
On the 30th December, in the evening, Hassan Bey arrived
here, and is appointed by the Porte to act as Mehmander or at-
tending Commissioner to M. de Ribeaupierre, who is going as
Russian Ambassador to Conttantinople, and is expected to arrive
here to day or to-morrow. Hassan Bey and Constantine Ronacki,
who are appointed by the Prince of Moldavia to accompany the
Russian Ambassador, proceeded yesterday to the Pruth, as well as
the officers and attendants who aro to accompany the Ambassador
on his solemn entry.
M. Mathias Pisani, interpreter to the Russian Legation, arrived
on the 30th from Skerleni with the archives of the Legation.
M. V. Lilian, the French Vice-Consul, who went at the begin-
ning of November to Vienna to meet his family, returned with it
a few days ago.
CONSTANTINOPLE, NEC. 15..

We have little news from the Mores and Attica. According
to some accounts the Seraskier Redschid Pacha had been obliged
by want of provisions to give up the siege of the citadel of Athens,
and retreat to Salons. No date is assigned for this event in any
of i thea
s t half.ac:
of
unt s, but
November,ifit reallybeea
because
took
the place,
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Universal
have
Gazette been
of
in
the
Greece, published at Napoli, says nothing of it so late as the 11th
of November ; and the Oriental Spectator of the lat of Decem-
ber speaks of it. We have already quoted from the Oriental
Spectator, of Ist December, several passages relative to the un-
successful attempts of Colonel Fabvier, and also mentioned from
the above authority, the duel between the two French Colonels,
ingsai,l'estttelroAr
au
Greekstian
mer-
chant Ob-s rcelr,amatve.
er,
laise—o-f this opportunity to send von news from Greece,
Voutierfraointld
tßaheys-baamuerl.pap t
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eo now
naods(vl
for which I know you are very anxious. I am sorry to inform
you that the cause of the revolution is in no better condition than
when I wrote last. Every thing seems to have conspired to the
ruin of the unhappy country in which we were born ; even the
succours which it receives from Europe become in the hands of
those who have the management of them—a fresh source of dis-
cord and disorder. You know what has become of the money
brought by Count diflarcourt. Those, into whose hands it
fell, have held it so fast that we should have long since
heard nothing of it, but for the disputes about it, into which
they have fallen, with those who have got no share of it.
In fact it seems as if all those persons who were depended
upon for the promotion ef the great work of our Mu-
,

pendence. now thought only of enriching themselves, and disap-
pearing to spend elsewhere the fruit of their plunder. It is cer—
tain that the sums which they have deposited in foreign banks,
would be more than sufficient to enable Greece to continue the
war, without any further demands on the generosity of the
European friends of Greece ; who can calculate the profits suede
by piracy, and by the base money which is coined for this
latter purpose ? Mints are at work in several places--
the only establishments in Greece that are completely organised;
but they are in the hands of the most influential persons, or those
who were so but very lately. Even the hopes we bad founded
on Colonel Fabvier begin to vanish. He has been several times
inclined to leave Greece, especially when he returned from the
expedition to Caristo, when he positively declared that nothing
could make him change his resolution. He has lately repeated
those assurances, yet something seems to retain him, which is
more powerful than his vexation at being always forsaken by his'
troops. He is reproached with having committed several errors;
for instance, having left Athens when it was clear that it would
he besieged, as Missolonghi could not hold out. He appears to
be now at -Methane re-organising his troops, who always rim
away when he takes the field, and join him again when he returns
to his quarters.

It is-to he observed, that these deserters always sell their arms
and uniforms, and have therefore to be armed and equipped a-new►
which shows, why his men have such a shabby appearance, and
why nothing remains of 8,000 or 9,000 muskets and the 5,000
uniforms that have been sent hither within a year, during which
time Fabvier's corps has never exceeded 1,200 men in garrison,
and hardly ever so many as 400 in the field. What shall we
infer from this but that Fabvier is a man of admirable persever-
ance, who endures all possible,affronts and vexations from a ao-,
vernment which he despise*, and from a people which has gives
him no reason to esteem it.

Three Philhellenes who are going home on board the ship that
brings you this letter, have lately said, that the Paris Committee
had informed Fabvier, that it would send him a sum of 80,000
Relics monthly, and for the first month 60,000 francs. If this
truer:all the Greeks in the Morea will surely join him and learn
the exercise, till the time comes to take the field. This, hove-
,).er, will-be a beginning of a military education, which will pro-
duce fruit some time or other.

TRIESTE, JAW. 9.
None of the ships that Lave arrived from the Levant yesterday
and to-day, chiefly after very short voyages, have brought any
news of combats either by sea or land. It is generally believd
in the Levant, that in arrangement between the Port and Greecv,
is in progress, and that this is the reason that the Capitan pachs
has returned to Constantinople, and that no more troops have
come from Egypt. The want of provisions is said to be very
great, espeCially among the Greeks, as a great number of sailors
141/along been out of employ; the land, in many parts is tvliollY
laid waste. -

marq-uis paulneci WAS to leave- Smyrna after the new year, I°
the Rebelipte, and to come to this port.

VIENNA, lAN.
metaniqm, set. ; Bank Shares, 1,073.

A Supplement to the Gazette of last night has been
published this afternoon, detailing the Funeral Proces-
sion and Interment of his- late Roy -Highness the
Duke of Yonx.

We must again direct the attention of our Readers
to an article taken'frOm a g Mornin Paper, (which will
be found under our head of the « Spirit of the Public
Journals,") upon the considerations affecting the jar
rests of this country arising out of the war between
Russia and prsia. Those, who are in the habit of
perusing our columns, will recollect, that on the first
announcement of hostilities' between those countries
some months ago, we expressed a very decided opinion
of the great importance of the questions which- those
hostilities would give rise- to
_between this countri
and Russia ; we argued then. upon probabilities
rather than upon a knowledge of the
nfoacwltesdgwehici; had led to the war ; hut with a k
the policy of Russia with respe:"ct to its pet'
sian Frontier, and of this country at the Court of
Persia, in endeavouring to counteract the views of the
former Power. What Russia could succeed in
accomplishing by negociation, she appears to be en'
deavouring to do by force of arms ; and a 'momentous
question hence arises both on principles of geneol
policy and with reference to the conditions Of existing
Treaties,—awrmhsa,t, course Great
hGaraebateenßerintaabinledm:tith.eprtuorsutso
o
to resist as effectually the intentions of -Russia in
tatting
up
teract.tbem by her influence at the Court of the
aShcsltlaAinn 7 In the
from
further
opbrseesrevnatti sotnasteonotfheaffsauibr
jsecty..e .shall

By our Police Report of yesterday it wol lud bie-Pex'
ceived that Sir R. BIRNIE complained of. the state"
ment made by the Morning Herald regarding .the
inefficiency of the Police, and the insult said tti hsye
been offered to the Speaker of the House of Co'w
mons, at the funeral of his Royal Highness the Doke
of YORK. We are happy to hear that the staterneo
was erroneous, for conduct such as was attributed to
the Police must excite the indignation of every 00e
who hears it. Surely Police Officers ought to be me°
worthy of being vested with some discretion, and ss
one can hardly fancy any of them unacquainted with the
person of the Speaker of the blouse of CoMmons, so, it i 9
inconceivable that they should have thought theinselves
bound to refuse him admission to the Castle, far Jess t°
treat him with impertinence. The power vested
Police Officers, though not extending to life and, limb'
is certainly of an arbitrary nature, and as such should
be intrusted to none but honest and respectable: men'
we shall therefore look with great anxiety for the i°
provement in the system projected by the Right Hon'
Secretary for the Home Department. Many thing
no doubt are more formidable in contemplation 00'3
iu reality, but most persons who have never figured tit
a Police Office would not encounter a night in the
watch-house, with the subsequent exhibition, for
year's income—and yet who is secure-from such atv
noyance, whilst many of the guardians of the night are
the mercenary ill-paid creatures that every one knoo
them to be ?

By the Harmonic>, arrived in the Tetel, advises to the 26tbfl
September have been received from Batavia. Dopo Negoro, "j"
chief of the insurgents, had kept up a menacing position, but 13g
not recently effected any movement of importance, and as the
t
rainy season, which usually lasts four months, was on the Po'
of commencing, a respite was afforded to the Dutch authorities ,„
take energetic measures for the defence of their best colony. The
old Sultan of D'Jocarta, lately released from his long confinerus"
in the expectation of obtaining thereby his mediation with the ;Ir
surgents, had been sent, accompanied by two Dutch officers, to
his former capital, but the result had not transpired. A re's;
forcement of Dutch troops, about 750 in number, had arriveil
Batavia ; the garrison at Padang had been seut for, and vreri;
very shortly expected ; and a Dutch ship bad been spoken Wit,
by the Harmonie, near the Straits of Anjier, with more tool'
on hoard,