The Sun.
London, England, 1827-12-26 00:00:00

PIRACY PUNISHED.

On the 10th of September, the Comet, et'
Yarmouth, Captain R ivett,. sailed from Smyrna,
in company with eleven more vessels, under con-
voy of the 'United States' schooner Porpoise:—
On the evening of the 16th, the convoy being
beCalmed off the island of Andros, and the
Comet being outside, about five miles from the
shore, Captain Rivett, about eight o'clock, ob-
served three misticoes, or large row-boats, full
of Greeks, pulling up towards her. The Por-
poise was about a quarter of a mile distant, and-
Captain Rivett, lowering his jolly-boat with his
mate and a boy, ordered them to make the best
of their way to her for assistance. As the
rates neared him, Captain Rivett hailed, desiring
them to keep off, which was answered wiih a
volley of musketry, one young man on board
the Comet receiving a ball in his head, which caused
his death. They then boarded the brig to thenum-
ber of about 40, who instantly fell to plundering,
ill-
treating Capt. R. and the crdv, whom theystripped
oftheir clothes, taking every portable article out of
the cabin, and ransacking the cargo ; their boats
in the mean time taking the brig in iow, and
making the best of their way with her towards
the island. While they were thus engaged,
three boats from the Porpoise, manned and
armed, pulled up, and opened upon the misti-
coes a fire of musketry ; upon which the latter
instantly cast off the tow-ropes, and, abandoning
their comrades on board the Comet to their fate,
they plied their oars with such vigour as quickly
to distance their pursuers. The latter then re-
turned to the brig, firing upon the Greeks on
board, as they approached; with n determinatioU
to give ' them no quarter. Vainly hoping to
escape . destruction, and gain their boats by
swimming, the greater part of the pirates plunged
overboard as soon as the Americans hoarded the
Comet; and Captain R. reports, that of the
whole number left on board. the brig when the
misticoes took to flight, not one escaped death,
either from shot, or the sword, or drowning.—
Liverpool Paper.

CALEDONIAN CANAL.—The beneficial con-
' sequences of Lord Colchester's late visit to the
Highlands begin to manifest themselves. The
}Navy and impolitic -dues on the Caledonian
Canal, which amounted almost to a prohibition
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the Great Glen of Scotland. We conceive our-
selves warranted in' ascribing the merit of this
change of system to the patriotic and intelligent
Nobleman above alluded to, because it has im-
mediately followed his tour of inspection, and
because we know he was indefatigable in his en-
deavours to collect information' on the spot re-
specting these dues, and the effects they bad a
tendency to produce on the shipping interests.
Such Such inquiries, conducted in the spirit of truth
and independence, which has always charae-
' terised the conduct of the Noble • Lord, could
have' led to no other result than the one oni
which we have now to congratulatemro u
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labours of this Nobleman. Not only the Canal,
but the great lines of roads through the northern
counties, were executed by a commission of which
he was a leading and influential member; and
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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

LISBON PAPERS.

OFFICIAL.
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.

OFFICIAL.
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

" THE INFANT DON MIGUEL.
" Vienna, November 18, 1827."

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.

TO TIM fl. RECTORS OF THE BANE OF LISBON.

JOSE CORDEIRO FEY°.
Bab,lc of Lisbon, Dec. 11, 1827.

LISBON, DTC. 10.

Most Illustrious Sir 7—The Council of the
General Assembly of the Bank of Lisbon•., learning
by public report that the Directors of the Bank sus-
pended the payment of their notes, have thought fit
to convoke the General Assembly, though they have
not received, up to the present time, any official
notice of that unexpected event (which was an-
nounced in the Bank itself by an edict on the 7th of
this month), in order that the General Assembly
may take all measures to re-establish its credit, which
is the essential foundation of all such establishments,
and without which the Bank cannot prosper or pro-
mote the public utility as it has hitherto done, not-
withstanding it has in its possession considerable
funds, which greatly exceed all the payments that it
has to make ; in consequence, by order of the Pre-
sident of the said assembly, I inform you that it has
to meet to-morrow, the 11 th of this month, at four
o'clock in the afternoon, in order to treat of the
highly important object above-mentioned.
" God preserve, &c.
" JOSE CORDEIRO FEYO, Secretary.
" Office of the Secretary-General of thel3ank
of Lisbon, December 10." _ _

After the above circular, convoking the General
Assembly, was written, the Council received the
Official Despatch of the Directors desiring that con-
vocation.--Lisbon Gazette, Dec. 11,

(Supplement to No. 293 of the Lisbon Gazette, Dec. 11.)

Her Highness the Infanta Regent having been
made acquainted with the edict which the Directors
of the Bauk of Lisbon have caused to be posted up
on this day, her Highness has been pleased to give
orders severely to reprimand the Directors, for the
levity, or rather bad fa►th, with which they pretend
to throw upon the Government the blame which
ought to fall only on the Directors themselves, for
the folly with which they had taanagad their mer-
cantile operations for some time previous to the
-present moment, and especially in these last unhappy
days. All which you will be pleased to announce
to the Directors for their future government.
(Signed) MANOEL ANTONIO DE CARVALHO.
To Antonio Esteve Costa.—Palace of Ajuda, Dec. 10.

Copy (J a letter from his Serene Highness the Infant
Don Niguel, to his August Sister, the Infanta
Regent, received from Vienna, by way of Eng-
land, by the ;:kst packet :
"My DEAR SIS":'eR,—I have the satisfaction to
inform you,, that I shaft soou leave this City for that
Kingdom where I shall pr."bablY arrive at the latter
end of December, this year, and as I wish, imme-
diately after my arrival, to comply with the formali-
ties prescribed by the Constitutional Charter, it will
be proper that: my sister should issue her onflers for the
Peers and Deputies of the Nation, who are appinted
to assemble at Lisbon on the 20th of that month, in
order that mrsister, on the day foF.6' .........
my landing, if it should take place before the let of
January, may proceed to the formal opening of the
Cortes, it being for my sister to open them, and tfiLt
I may after that act take the requisite oath.
" God preserve my dear sister for many years, as
is the wish of her affectionate brother,

" The Infanta Regent having received the repre-
sentation of the Directors of the Bank of Lisbon,
dated the Bth of this month, and stating that they
had resolved to suspend the payment of their notes
on the following day, in consequence of the scarcity
of money which has occurred, and at the same time
requesting, as a sole precaution, that of ordering
that their notes should be declared at present a legal
tender for the limited period of six months, has been
pleased to order it to be declared to the Directors
that such a measure, independently of its not being
within the sphere of the executive powers, would
never obtain her Royal approbation, though she
knew the effective and real state of the actual funds
of the .13ank. She has further been pleased to
declare, that she hopes that the Directors will take.
all necessary steps, that in the shortest time pos-
sible they may return to the regularity of their pay-
snente, as is their own interest and duty, whatever
may be the sacrifices that they may have to make,
to obtain such a just, honourable, and useful a result,
and the Directors may depend on the most sincere
co-operation of the Government, in any direct as-
sistance which may be necessary.
Palace of Ajuda, Dee. 10, 1927.
(Signed) "MANOEL ANTONIO DE CABSALIIO.
" To Senor Antonio Esteve Costa."

LISBON, DEC. 14.—The General Extraordinary
Meeting of the Bank, convoked to sanction the most
suitable measures for maintaining its credit, or to ap-
prove
of others which may be preferred, if necessary,
thinks it its duty to announce, that having read the
statement of the present Directors, accompanied ky
all the documet:ts, it evidently appears from them
that the existing funds, which constitute the credit
of the Bank, without doubt offer of themselves the
most solid security to the establishment; but besides
this, one of its richest p.roprietors, the actual Presi-
dent of the Court of Dirt: ctors, Senhor Antonio
Esteve Costa, has truly offered to guarantee, by his
signature, any hills which the DirbOors offer to the
creditors (depositantes) for their immeote payment,
and this honourable and generous offer tv,;,,s in part
accepted by the Assembly ; and with respect to the
other means for the payment of the notes, it was re-
thev t appoint a Committee, composed of nine of
th shareholders, which, after a careful examination
into the etate of the Bank and its resources, is to
propose to-Morrow also, in a general assembly, the
measures which it presumes the most prompt and
efficacious, which will be immediately discussed, to
be adopted, or others more effectual. Meantime, it
appears just that public opinion, after a little reflec-
tion, should become calm, and restore the credit of
the most important establishment of the nation.—
(Here follow the names of the nine members of the
Comm i ttee.)

The General Assembly of the Bank of Lisbon has
publicly hewn its decided resolution to make every
sacrifice necessary to restore its credit, which it
values and always will value above every thing. For
this purpose it hae appointed a Committee, which
has laboured withoutintorruption' and has presented
the result of its proceedings to the General Assem-
bly, which will continue to meet every day, and
which has resolved to adopt the measures rti...earsod
below; on seeing which, it is to be hoped that the
public,- and all the creditors of the Bank, will be
easy ;. and be convinced that they will soon receive
not only the value of their notes, but also the
amount of the interest, and that the Bank will re-
cover its ancient credit as an establishment deserves,
which, besides the funds necessary to meet all its
creditors, has various others, exceeding the amount
of 2,975 contos, or 6,000,000 of cruzados, and of
175 contos of Teas, the proof of which will be im-
mediately printed and published.
he General Assembly of the Bank of Lisbon
decided.
I. That persons presenting bank notes shall re-
ceive bonds, bearing interest at 5 per cent. per an-
num, reckoning from the day of presentation, and
payable quarterly, and that the value of each bond
shall be at the option of the bearer of the notes;
and for the Bank only it is not to be less than 240
ilreas, which shall be payable to the bearer at the
end of one year, or sooner, if the Bank shall think
proper.

2. That a 1 •
n in ready money shall be open on
the security of the°3
of funds which the Bank possesses,
at the interest
for tii:),, per cent. per annum, payable
),alt' yearly,
erno!int that shall be thought ad-
visable ; and that th
s at the time atzTal shall be repaid to the
Jender
~,hal! h. e agreed min.
3 That the securities volicics) of tki-,1:',.,‘,5.at, ad-

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LONDON.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1827.

In the spirit of candour, which shall always
characterize our selection of the leading opinions
of the day from the Public Journals, we have
lately inserted articles from some of our Cotem-
poraries, more distinguished for the blind fury
of their phrases, than marked for any pretension
to sound argument or impartial discussion of the
great objects which they profess to have so much
at hear:. The selection in our Paper of this day
will partly bear out the justice of our observa-
' tipn. A Morning Cotemporary, whose principles
we caiaiot respect more than we admire the uni-
form ability with which he enforces them, has
copied several articigs from an Evening Paper,
whose name it were almost a scandal to notice,
were it not linked up with the remnants of de-
parted greatness, whose fallen fortunes it vainly
labours to retrieve—and to the cutting comments
of our able Cotemporary, the Times, upon these
e:arects we heartily assent. Another Morning
Paper, less distinguished for its point than
the endless points at which it launches its
thunders, attacks his Majesty's Ministers with
all the rage of an intermittent fever. —rig sad,
by fits, but nothing long. Its lucubrations, too,
grace our back page : we have inserted them in
the very charity of our candour—to inspire the
writer in his harmless efforts—and to please such
of our readers in the country as long for the Post.
According to this sago, the dissolution of the Mi-
nistry may be expected every moment—the sus-
pense is awful ! There are some other of our
Cotemporaries who indulge in the same vein of
gratuitous prognostication, but as the fulfilment
of their prophecies is only ruinous to themselves
we will not aggravate their misfortunes by a full
disclosure. They have their reward.
Now, as to the argument of these worthies, we
are at a loss for a suitable answer—not that we
could not triumphantly satisfy reasonable beings—
but the difficulty is how to get at the compre-
hension of unreasonable writers who pay no
respect to truth, but as it chances (which
is seldom) to serve their purpose. On such
men, it were idle to waste words—their pans
have lost all point in the perpetration of' scurri-
lous phraseology. But, in kindness, we may
address some of their readers who have not lost
all their virtue in the delusion of the seers. The
Goveiiiment will not stand ! Why ? Truly, be-
cause the Ultra:firrtion are burning for place,—
ostensibly, because Ministers dare not face the
country—because they cannot justify the battle
of Navarin, nor the Treaty of Intervention ; be-
cause Lord GttEY will oust them on the Ca-
tholic Question the .first week of the Session ;
laid, finally, because they .cannot agree among
themselves 1 The last assertion, if true, might
serve for all the other chimeras. But what
is the fact ? That the Ultra Tories are
desperate in their hopes of place is part.',2_llable,
they have realized the prodigal's folly, but not
the sincerity of his repentance, at least, in their
confessions—their hearts are invulnerable. That
Ministers dare not face the nation is, indeed,
hoped for by the seceders, but that they do dare
is sufficiently evinced by their alacrity in sum-
moning Parliament three weeks before the usual
period. As to the battle of Navarin, it speaks
for itself—and its renown is echoed by two
nations, who arc proud to share its honour
as they have conduced to its glory. The
necessity of its vengeance sufficiently justify
the result ;—and as to the Treaty of Interven-
tion, do the ULTRAS carp at that ? Do they
forget that this same treaty was framed during
Lord LivErtPOOL'S Administration ?—that
its several stipulations were discussed, agreed to,

and sanctioned by the Duke of WELLTgCTON at
St. Petersburgh, and finally adopted by the Cabi-
net of that day, but not acted upon till the proper
opportunity arrived ? Let them deny this, and
we give them up for lost to all that is decent,
which, perhaps, were needless, seeing the
scope of their eccentricity. Yet, they may
deny this, like other truths—their veracity
being only questioned among their friends. If
they persist on this point, they will have sad cause
to sympathise with the Turks, and merit the
pity of all good men. As to the Catholic ques-
tion—that bugbear of orthodox statesncen,..-and
scandal of a liberal age, we disbelieve that
Lord GREY will SO far forget his own
fame as to bring it forward for the sake
of the cause, to mar the deliberations of Par-
liament upon questions of immediate policy—
not that the emancipation of our fellow-subjects
from grievous oppression is not of paramout
urgency—but then much is to be allowed for
long established prejudice, however unjustly
entertained. Even justice is hardly to be granted
at the threshold of the National Council—it is
worthy of grave consideration in the bosom of
the Assembly, that the boon may be rendered
more acceptable, by the gracious disposition with
which it is tendered. Ireland expects justice,
and shall have it—but the gift would be dis-
honoured, if extorted by the madness of faction.
What would the sober people of England
think of such management What would the
excited population of Ireland say to their Tory
friends who struck up for Emancipation in the
hope of defeating the Ministry ?—that Ministry
too composed chiefly of men who have uniformly,
but in vain, battled against the very party who
are anxious to do justice when it is out of their
power Argument were lost on such men, and
abuse we leave to themselves.

At five o'clock this morning we received by
express the Paris Morning Papers of Monday,
and the Gazette de France dated yesterday
morning. They leave us where we were before
with respect to intelligence from Constantinople,
that which they contain, taken from the
Augsburgh Gazette, coming down to the 27th
Nov. only. An article front Odessa, dated the
sth instant, states that no other vessels had ar-
rived from Constantinople.
The French Funds were again rather lower
on Monday, the 3 per cents. had been down to
67f. 10c., but a note accompanying the express
states that at half-past three o'clock they were
67f. 25c. The following are extracts:—

PA ars, Dxc. 2-I.—We continue to give to our readers
what we find in our comspoudence, and in the German.
.Tournals. The following are extracts from the Gazette
d'Augsburgh:—
CoNsTAN3lworrx, Nov. 2'7, A.M.—Although of late
the negociations have been frequent, it appears that the
exertions of the Ambassadors to bring about the desirable
result are unavailing. The three Ministers are yet here,.
but they will soon quit Constantinople, unless the Porte
accedes to propositions more admissible than those which
have been presented up to this period.
ooEss.t, DEC. b.—No vessel has arrived from Con-
stantinople since those of which we have spoken. We
only know that our merchants send all their merchandise
on board neutral vessels, that is to say, of the Powers who
have not acceded to the Treaty of the (ith July, waiting
for a definitive decision.
Letters from Vienna, of the 18th December, At
this moment the courier from Constantinople, of the 28th
November, has arrived. Every thing is tranquil, and Ole
three Ambassadors are yet at Constantinople."
We have not ceased to relate the facts as they have been
transmitted to us. The uncertainty—the change. that we
have noticed, are the inevitable results of all negociations.

The European squadrons were, at the date of the last
intelligence, near Smyrna.
LEGiroax, Dsc. 12.—The Lis frigate has returned
from Tripoli to Malta, where she went to protect the
Europeans. No commotions had taken place there when
they learnt the event at Navarin ; and there does not ap-
pear to be any danger for persons or property. The last
news from Tripoli was of the 19th November. The
Galathee has also returned to Malta from Alexandria, but
left of an old date, When the battle of Navarin was not
known.

Ltsuox, Dsc. 8.--Accounts from Rio.—The frigate
Netheroy has left for Bahia the same day as the Brazi-
lienne: she has on board a battalion of the line of the Em-
peror, to reinforce the garrison of Bahia, where some disor-
dnr manifested itself. _

They write from the frontiers of Catalonia, that nothing
new has happened at Figueras, nor at Seu d'Urgel; Lieut.
Count Espagne, Captain -General of Catalonia, has given
orders to a Spanish engineer to proceed to Ginonne, to exe-
cute the works, as they were suspended ; the repairs made
at Seu d'Urgel are nearly finished.
A detachment of workmen for the artillery has left Tou-
louse for Brest, to embark for the Isle of Bourbon.
Jep Estangs, who has figured so much in the insurrec-
tion of Catalonia, has arrived at Perpignan on the 13th
December.

From the Gazelle de Lyons we find that on the Qd of
November the Pacha of Egypt learnt the destruction of his
tieet. The folloWing day a French frigate appeared before
the port to take on board the Franks, or to protect them in
case of need, but the Pacha instantly sent for some of the
most respectable of them, When they assembled at his
Palace, he addressed thqm as follows;_" The defeat at
Navarin has not surprised me—it is not enough to be pos-
sessed of ships, it requires good sailors to man them. I
am not acquainted with the intentions of my Go-
vernment, but I tell you beforehand, that should its
orders l to seize upon property, I will not execute it.
property are to be respected what-
I expect that persons and
ever political event may take place, and to give further
assurance of my desire, that double punishment awaits any
persons who commits the least aggression. I invite you
to make this known to your correspondents, and assure
them, that all relations with our country shall continue as
before. _ . .

The arrival of M. D. at Lyons from Alexandria, with
the above information, gave great joy to the merchants.

M. Montefiore is art•ived Corfu

,J NC. Fooise.,,Five per Cents. 101 f. sc. 10c. 50e.
40c. ; fr. lir" Per Cents. 617 f. 24c. 20c. 10c. 25c. SOc. ;
Neapolitan, 74i. 3Ue. 151;, 20c. 30c. 25e, 20c. ; Spanish,
tii-; Royal Spanish Loan, 6;81, Q. Exchange on Lon-
don—One Month, 25f. 15c. ; Three donfiig, 24f.

His Majesty's packet brig Duke of Marl-
borough has arrived with a mail from Lisbon;
bringing letters and papers to the 16th instant.
They contain no political intelligence, and are
chiefly filled with the proceedings which have
taken place in reference to the suspension of the
payments of the Bank of Lisbon. It would ap-
pear that this step was taken rather hastily by the
Directors of the Bank. The INFANTA REGENT
immediately issued an edict, censuring the Di-
rectors for having attempted to throw the blame
of a measure so destructive to the national faith
and general interests of the Country upon the

Government, and at the same time promising the
ifiost cordial co-operation of the Government in
any measures calculated to restore confidence. An
extraofdinary meeting of the General Assembly of
the Bank was summoned, and measures were pro-
posed for the resumption of payments. By tilt
statements made on this occasion, which arc sub-
sequently to be published, it was shewn that the
Bank would have a large surplus after dis-
charging all claims, for which object various re-
solutions were entered into. We hare given all
the documents on this subject in another column.

We have received this forenoon the Allge-
meine Zeitung of the 19th inst., which contains
an article from the frontiers of Russia, deserv-
ing more comment than we have space for to-
day, but on which we shall offer some observa-
tions to-morrow. At present we shall only
observe that, if this article is to be depen-
ded upon, Russia begins already to prepare
the other Powers to expect that she will not
be bound down by the simple objects of the
Treaty of July, if she once draws the sword
against Turkey. Indemnity for six years' losses
are even hinted at ; and an observation thrown
o►►t that Russia, in case of necessity, can settle
the affair with the Turks by herself.
The following are extracts
FROM THE FRONTIERS OF RESSIA, DEC. 8.

We have news from St. Petersburgh to the 80th of last
month, at which time the resolution of the Divan of the
7th of November, and the answers of the Ambassadors of
the three Allied Powers at Constantinople, were known in
the Russian capital. As well from the conduct of the
Porte, as that of the Ambassadors, it was inferred that
a direct breach between ,the Powers and the Ottoman
Porte must shortly ensue, and the news of the departure
of M. de Ribeaupierre was every moment expected. There
teas great activity in every department, and couriers were
despatched in every direction. Several Staff Officers are
gone to the army of the South, as it is supposed with im-
portantisstructions for the Generals-in-Chief. It was
observed too, that there were frequent meetings between
Generals Diehitesh, Woronzow, and Czernitschef, and
these Generals, and the Minister of Finance, were sum-
moned to two Conferences with Count Nesselrode, whence
it is preowned, that the subject of the conference was the
speedy opening of a campaign, and the means required for
that purpose. The interests of the Empire, as well as
those of private persons, have suffered too long from the
disorders in the East, not to render a speedy remedy de-
sirable, and that the Cabinet of St Petersburgh may take
up the matter seriously, and insist on having the
affairs of the Bast finally arrangel. It was believed at
St. Petersburgh that if the Porte should attempt under
present circumstances to proceed on its old temporising
system, and if it should succeed, by apparently yielding, or
other means to put off the Ambassadors, with hopes of ami-
cable arrangement of the question at Constantinople, the
Russian Cabinet has taken its resolution, and will put an
end to the negotiation by prompt interference. In this
sense, a communication is said to have been transmitted
within a few days to'all the Great Powers, as well to the
parties in the Treaty of London, as to those who have not
acceded to it, in which the Petersburgh Cabinet repeats the
assurance, that it has no other object than the re-establish-
ment of its commercial interests, and the compensation of
the losses which it has sustained during the last 84 years.
It wishes that all the Powers might eo-operate, to induce
the Porte, without delay, to recognise these just demands
of Russia, that the pacification of Greece may be effected
as soon as possible, end that no further grounds for com-
plaint may remain.
It promises the Powers, its Allies, strictly to adhere to
the treaty of London, so long as it shall be calculated to
bring the question to which it relates to a speedy and a
ceitunsdeeitsion, butitra does not conceal from them that if
necessity eheulti command, Russia feels itself strung enough
to put an end to the affair by its own exertions.
VIENNA, DEC. 14.—Metalliques, 90 ; Bank Shares,
1065.

The Austrian. Observer gives the following news from
Smyrna, and the Archipelago :
We have received by way of Smyrna two documents
hitherto unpublished, viz.—A letter from Sir E. Co-
drington of Sept. 20, and one of Admiral de Itigny of Oct.
R, both addressed to the members of the Greek Go-
vernment at 2Egina, which were issued three or four
weeks previous to the Note of all the three Admirals of
thethe
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bly, which we received from Malta.
Letter from Admiral Sir E. Codrington to the Members
of the Representative Committee of Government of
Greece.

On board his Britannic Majesty's ship Asia,
off Navarin, Sept. 30.

Captain Davies, commander of the Rose sloop of war,
will communicate to you circumstantial proofs how ill the
Greeks behaved to our countrymen; while the ships of
war of the Allied Powers are now employed in affording
protection to Greece, I have learnt that there is not a single
Ilydriot ship with the Greek fleet for the service of the
country, while the piracies committed by the inhabitants
of that and other islands have increased, and reached the
highest degree. I request you to look at your own
decrees, and see whether they contain any thing
which can justify your Secretary of the Marine (Gla-
raki), who signs the letters of marque, particularly at a
moment when the Hydriots must expect an attack upon
their island. In these letter:] of marque, Glaraki orders
that the flags of nations in amity with you shall not be
molested; yet you know, as well as I do, that these ships
cruise only against friendly flags, and have nut the smallest
intention of injuring the enemy. But under such circum-
stances, words avail nothing. lam resolved positively not
to permit any Greek vessel, under any pretence whatever,
to cruize as a privateer, by whatever authority it may have
been licensed. So long as the world stands, there have
been no more scandalous hostilities than those which have
been carried on under the Greek flag, and if, instead of the
support which you have babel to given to this disgraceful
system, you do not do every thing possible to put an end to
it, I shall proceed with the greatest rigour to take suds
measures as I shall think the best calculated for the protec-
tion of commerce. But be convinced, gentlemen, that
day of reckoning will come, when those who have favoured
these infamous transactions, will be called to account for the
injury which they have thereby done to the commercial
world in general,land in which you yourselves will have to
give an account before the National Assembly, of the
manner in which affairs have been conducted under your
,government.
(Signed) CODRINGTON.
(To be continued in our next.)

Norfolk Heralds (United States) to the 4th
inst. have been received at the North and South
American Coffee-house, but are not interesting,
with the exception of an alteration in the da-
mages recoverable on unpaid bills. The follow-
ing is an extract s--- . .

The Senate of New York have concurred with the As-
sembly on the reduction of damages on Foreign Bills of
gTchangP to 10 per cent,, and on motion made, the rate
of damages on bills drawn upon aay i.iersort residing in the
States of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusets,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Delaware, Maryland, or Virginia, or in the district
of Colombia, was reduced in cases of protest and non-pay-
'Rent from 5 to S per cent. ; and in North Carolina,
South Parclina, Georgia, Kentucky, or Tennesee, from 7i
to 5 per cent. In the remaining States of the Union and
is the West Indies, Canadas, &c. the rate of damago re-
mains at 10 per cent. as now fined by law. A motion to
reduce the rate of interest from 7to per cent. was lost.

Nothing is more surprising than the ease with
which the inhabitants of this country, who BO
readily cry out against exorbitant Taxation, for
national concerns, submit to the demands an-
nually made upon them for local purposes.. In
the Parish of St. George's, and likewise in the
Parish of Mary•le-Bonne . this has been

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carried to such a shameless length, that it is now
working its own cure—the impossibility of squeez-
ing out more.—ln the parish of St. George's it
will hardly be believed that the Vestry, not sAtis-
fied with the very liberal, by some thought over
liberal, grant of Parliament for building new
churches, had a Bill smuggled through both
Houses, as Vestry men generally know how, to
enable them to borrow 40,0001. more for the same
purpose. This will probably explain to some
of the inhabitants of that parish the apparition of
so many new mushroom churches, whose archi-
tecture does so little credit to the taste of the
parish worthies. But we are sure the surprise
will give place to indignation when we inform
them that no part of the large sum thus borrowed
has been set aside for the repairs of these build-
ings ; nay, that it has been expressly stipulated
in the Act of Parliament, that- not one farthing
of the money proceeding from the rent of seats
shall be devoted to repairs, but shall go undivided
into the pockets of the Ministers. Already these
buildings, whose structure has had such disinte-
restedsuperintendance, are beginning to feel the in-
fluence of time, and, ere many years have elapsed,
the inhabitants of St. George's may expect
to see that article in the tax-files entitled Church
Rate, which to some of them at least appears
now not a little exorbitant, increased to an
amount which it would be difficult at present to
calculate. The whole history of this Bill, shows
that its birth has been watched over in its enact-
ments, conceived under the superintendance and
care of some of the industrious and spiritual
worshippers of Mammon, who in the midst of
their anxiety for the rewards of the world to
come, never lose sight of the interests of the
world that is.

We copy the following from the City Article
of the Times of this morning :

Commercial letters of the 28th ult., the same date as the
despatches of Mr. Stratford Canning, were received yester-
day from Constantinople. They contain no new facts of
importance, but exhibit a curious picture of the hopes and
fears of the mercantile class during the varied progress of
the negociations, on which they form a sort of ruining
commentary.

Some accounts go the length of stating, that the Capitan
Bey distinctly charged the provocation and.the commence-
ment of the action on the French Admiral ; but this
amounts, we apprehend, to little more than conjecture.—
It is certain, however, that at Smyrna, from whence letters
have been received within four days as recent as those from
Constantinople, so strong a persuasion existed of a pecu-
liarly hostile feeling on the part of the French, that when
Admiral de Rigny entered the port of Smyrna on his arri-
val from the Beene of action, the Turkish authorities fully
expected an attack on the forts and town. After the I Itli
of November, the hopes of the merchants were raised by
the renewal of the discussions with the Reis Effendi, as
Mr. Stratford Canning, who had meditated asking for his
passports on that day, was subsequently invited to a pri-
vate conference with the Turkish Minister, which was
followed by a similar proceeding on the part of the
French Ambassador. The Russian Envoy, too, bad en
audience, to which he repaired publicly, and with his
usual state, and which lasted three hours. The provi-
sional arrangements for the security .of subjects of the
Allied Powers, by placing them under the protection of
the other embassies, and which have been mentioned in
the foreign papers, appear to have been made about

the 11 th-, when the -Ambassador concluded, from his
(i
nr emmi
tpyt o
forry rtelfieusalolsstoatth demandavari
and f
of the Greek Treaty, that he might be placed
ftloire
tPhoer t e fot•
abandon-
mentin
on the following day under the necessity of asking for
his passports. The Capitan Boy arrived from Nava-
rro on the 19th, and his statement, as before observed,
gave rise to new anger in the Turkish Government.—
A report was afterwards spread, that the Ministers, who
were believed to be opposed to the Sultan on tie qurs-
thus of war, had caused the Admiral to be privately
strangled, but this turned out to be untrue, though it
appears that he was kept as a state prisoner, by placing
a guard round the house in which he resided. The next
proceeding on the part of the Turkish Government, which
was open to public observation, was the removal of the
embargo, which commenced with the Sardinian and
Austrian flags, and lastly, with those of the three Allied
Powers.

The merchants, who considered the removal of the em-
bargo as favourable to peace, knew little of the circum-
stances which led, on the 28th, to the demand of their
passports by the three Ambassadors, but discover far lees
alarm oa the occasion than would be imagined. They evi-
dently entertain the expectation that there would be no
rupture with the Porte. Indeed, commercial transactions
of every kind were going on up to the 28th, with nearly
the same confidence as in a period of peace.

The following is a Copy of a General Order
issued to his Majesty's Army in India, by Lord
Combermere, immediately on receipt of the in-
telligence of the death of the Duke of York :
Head-Quarters, Calcutta, May 14, 1827.

It is with feelings of the deepest sorrow that Lord Com-
bermere announces to his Majesty's army, the death of its
illustrious Commander-in-Chief, his Royal Highness the
Duke of York.

The Loart of every Officer and Soldier of the British
Army will tell him, in language that cannot be expressed,
how much his profession has lost of military virtue, of cha-
racter, of consequence, and support, by the departure of
this distinguished Prince. The brave will mourn their
patron and lcader—military order and high discipline must
now look to the benefits conferred on the army by their firm
establishment, and in the exercise, preserve them ; for the
distinguished Chief, who, connected and cemented both
with our national bravery, is no more. A name, how-
ever, so imperishable in the army will never die. The
British soldier will never forget the Duke of York. That
cherished name will always be the rallying ground for every
thing that is exemplary in discipline and glorious in war.
The usual directions for going into mourning,
during a period of six weeks, follow the above.

WINDsOIt, DEC. 25.—This forenoon the
Kiri° and his household attendants heard divine service in
the Royal Lodge. The Bishop of CHICHESTER. officiated.
After divine service hie Ma..irsTy received the Sacrament
with the usual solemnity. Yesterday Mr. STURGES
BOURNE arrived at the Royal Lodge, and had an audience
of his MAJESTY. Yesterday the Ilishop of Ciricintyrau
arrived at the Royal Lodge, in order to perform divine
service this day.

We are sorry to state that a very desiructiv©
fire occaLred during Monday night and yesterday morning,
at Bath, by which the greater part of the York House
Hotel wag destroyed, together with four other houses, in
one of which, then in the occupation of a saddler, the fire
is said to have commenced. At the date of our Corre-
spondent's letter, the fire was still burning, and it was ap-
prehended that the remaining pan of the York House
would be consumed. The cellars had been inundated, to
prevent the Oro spreading to the spirits contained in them.
Several gentlemen's carriages, which were in the yard of
the hotel, were burnt,

LIVERPOOL., DEC. 24.—The sales of cotton
to-day are estimated at 1,500 bags, and the market heavy;
and for the remainder of the week we do not look for much
being don©.

On Wednesday last a countryman brought
to this city, for sale, several fossil Antediluvian fruits.
They are in very high preservation, especially the pears,
which have their stalks attached to them; a lemon is also
particularly fine ; the man dug them up lately at Black-
down, from a bed of light sandy toil, at the depth of /5
feet,....,Excier Alfred,

,

gIITPPING INTELLIGDN'CE-(THIS DA ri

FllOll LLOYD'S.
DEAL, DEC. 25.—Arrived the America, LW*
from Lisbon ; and Maria, Lawler, from London
Sierra Leone.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 24 and 25.—Arrived
London the Candian, Reed, for Bengal; Beaufort'.
Hill, for Jamaica. Arrived the J. Dickinson, flartr,
from New Yolk. • , d
PLYMOUTH, DEC. 24.—Wind
the Lord Melville packet, from Falmouth for
maica, with loss of main-yard; and Warrall, CO"
from Seville.
—Arrive
FALMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind
the Elizabeth, Picton, in 20 days, and George Iv
—, from Trieste. _ A

DEC. 24.—Wind W.—Arrived the Duke °'
Marlborough packet, from Lisbon. The
Wild, from Port-au-Prince, is discharging her eTrie
LIVERPOOL, DEC. 21.—The wreck of the 51
Favourite (tupposed of Shields) was fallen if' "1
by the Ann Elizabeth, from Malaga to Bost(''',l for
ABERDEEN, DEC. 22.—The Albion, of ‘111". the
Peterhead, from London, driven on shore °llrieil
24th ult., was got off on the 18th inst , and cat...,
into Newburgh, with damage totd loss. of sparse rig.
&c. Albiev,

The Minerva, Mearns, from Dublin to Lo11;1:
struck upon a sunken rock on the south side 01,`,0
Island of Islay, on the 15th inst., and sunk in ."'
water—three of the crew drowned.