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CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.

THE AMULET, or CHRISTIAN and LITERARY
REMEMBRANCER, 18mo., pp. 434, gilt, beautifully
bound in watered silk.—London, 1828.
Among the various improvements of the age,
nothing in Literature is more characteristic of
the march of mind, than the periodical appear-
ance of these beautiful publications, not inaptly
styled—annual volumes, which seem admirably
calculated for Christmas presents. It is pleasing
to observe that the taste of the public sensibly
improves in matters of this kind, as it not only
rewards rival genius, but incites it to exertions Of
a still more exalted nature. Unless the
aspira-
tions of genius meet with a corresponding feeling
in the public mind, its enthusiasm sinks under
the impression of neglect, at a moment wheata
little sympathy would not only have kept its
spirit awake, but, encouraged it to still nobler
achievements. Happily for the present genera-
tion, the taste of the influential orders keeps pace
with the diffusion of knowledge among the
humbler classes of society ; and, if any proof
were wanting to confirm this opinion, it will
readily be found in the improved appearance and
increasing number of publications like the pre-
sent. To say that the Amulet for 1828 is greatly
superior to its predecessors would be saying little.
In its literary department it possesses the names
of some of the first writers of the day, and as for
the illustrations which embellish the volume, a
glance will appreciate their merits without asking
the names of the gifted artists and ingenious en-
gravers. Were we disposed to particularise we
might be tempted to instance the picture of the
last man as one of impressive awfulness and sub-
limity. It represents a figure standing amid
the wreck of nature, on the borders of eternity,
and looking
" On that vast ocean he must sail so soon."
The other pictureS are varied in style and ex-
cellence, but why should we dilate upon
beauties which all must be impatient to
possess? The Amulet is distinguished
from other publications of this class as
being more particularly, but not exclusively, de-
voted to serious subjects. A vein of Christian
benevolence and holy fervor pervades the work,
and gives it a peculiar recommendationto.fathers
of families, as being a very desirable mode of
impressing the rising generation with devotional
feelings in the most acceptable and therefore most
effectual way. The number of contributors
amounts to SlXTY—the public may, therefore,
judge of the* variety of the articles—and rest
Satisfied as to their merit from the fact that the
names of all the authors are well known in the
several departments of literature. We con-
clude by strongly recommending this volume
to the patronage which its excellence so
unequivocally deserves. We may occasionally
favour our readers with an extract from its diver-
sified contents. At present we select the follow-
ing poem, which is written with great elegance
and beauty. In another column we have given
Miss Mitford's humorous and very natural pic-
ture of rustic love and manners, entitled—
" Fanny's Fairings."—
THE CLOUDS.
BY S. C. HILL.
When the first day-beam bleated the sky,
I marked the varied clouds on high,—
The clouds through which the sun-light broke,
As if it came front heaven, and woke
Their sleepy shadows into smiles,
And wooed them with a thousand wiles :
Those at a distance yet, were cold
And dull and naked, after night ;
But on, toward the east, they rad . •
And clad them in a robe of light.
Others, as if they loved to dwell
In darkness, moved but slowly on,
And when on them its likr; htness fell,
But little of their gloO/5 had gone
One, gloomier still, its course delays,
As though too hew'', for the sky,
Then breaks and passes gaily by
While some had gathered round the rays
That gave them•huea and forms so fair,
As loth to leave that glorious place,
To lose their beauty and to trace
Their pathway through the murky air.
I marked, when day was at its height,
Others of many a varied dye, •
More fair of form, more purely bright
Than those that deck'd the morning sky,
And gaz'd, 'till over all on high
The sun held uncontrolled sway
And chased from heaven all gloetn away,
While the few clouds that o'er it past,
No beam obscured, no shadow cast.

But when the day was almost done,
The clouds were beautiful indeed,
When, from his daily duty freed,
Still in his glorious strength, the sun
Shone forth upon the twilight skies,
And graced them with'his myriad dyes.
I saw the clouds that-Onward drew
From out the deep and distant blue,
Become all beautiful and bright,
As if to show the sowing night
How great the radiance and the power,
E'en of the sun's departing hour.
They took all shapes, as Fancy wrought
Her web, and mingled thought with thought :
Some like familiar forms—the themes
Of early loves that fade to dreams—
Some were of rainbow shape and hues ;
Some glistened, like our earth with dews ;
Some were like forests, seen afar ;
Some like the restless wandering star ;
While some appear'd like coral eaves
half hidden by the ocean waves,
'All covered with their snow-'white spray;
Others were there, which aeem'd to be
Fair islands in a dark blue sea,
Which human eyes at eve behold ;
But only then—unseen by day
Their shores and mountains all of gold.

Those They
va
a ri
ehd' di.,
ma
es t
ahne d
forma night c awme er
were
on
gone—
But in their stead, Reflection woke
To teach her lesson--thus she spoke :
" Those very clouds, so bright, so gay,
So fair—are vapours which the earth
Flung, as diseased parts away,__
Foul mists, which owe their second birth
To him who keeps his throne on high,
To bless the earth and gild the sky.
Yes! 'tis the sun whose influence brings
A change to these degraded things—
That gives them lovely forms—and then
Deprives them of their baneful powers,
And sends to mother Earth again,
In gentle dews and cheering showers,
What was her burthen and her ban.
Man feels a change as great--when man
Feels that immortal spark within—.
Whose might no human tongue can tell,
Which shins to lighten and dispel
The darkness and the weight of sin ;
When He, who form'd Creation's whole,
To school and guide the human soul,
Bids o'er the intellectual skies
The Sun of Righteousness arise,
And things of heaven and ea: th assume
Their proper shape of light or gloom."

Now let the contemplative mind
Fill up the blank I leave behind ;
And see through all Creation's plan
Some useful lesson taught to mau ;
Compare the eliauges wrought within,
And those without,—by nature wrought—
Compare the man who lives in sin,
And him, by virtue led and taught.
See how the Christian's shining light
Makes all that once was darkness bright ;
And see bow; like the clouds on high,
His every feeling, every thought,
Adorn and bless the mental sky,
--And then his &lories never die

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

PILICES OP 15151
Bank Stock 243)i
FRENCH PAPERS. consols, 3 percent. 8614
(From the. Gazette de France of Wednesday.) 430 v. Stock, 8)(i per cent. 92% 3
Ditto, New
CORFU, OCT. 3.—An English brig of war has 4 per Cent.
1004:1%
Just brought the news, that, on the 23d of September, Viooyy;Attngricent.....el
Ibrahim agreed to an armistice, stipulating for the ~,!.i.ranu Canal Stock 3it
right to return without impediment from the corn- v!islapte, Office per sent
v.
squadrons to .Alexandria, as soon as he should -
receive new communications: •
The armistice with the Greeks. is stated to have
been concluded under the guarantee of the Com-
manders of the Allied Squadrons.
The convention with Ibrahim, was concluded. by
Messrs. Elliot for England, Huellier for France, and
Alascary, who is with the Russian Admiral, Hayden,
as diplomatic agent.
VIENNA, OCT. 14.—Letters from Constantinople
announce that the Greek Patriarch, at the head of
his Clergy, obtained from the Sultan, on the
18th of September, the pardon of the insurgents of
Livadia, who had sent an offer of submission. It is
inferred from this that the 'Porte, to avoid the inter-
vention of Foreign Powers, desires to negotiate di-
rectly with the Greek insurgents.

(From the Quotidienne.)
PARTS, OCT. 22.—The appointment of the Duke
of Ragusa to a very important command is spoken of.
We give the following passage from a letter re-
ceived from Vienna :

CONSTANTINOPLB, SEPT. 28.--It is now re-
ported that the Sultan has decided upon sending
the Greek Patriarch into the Morea to negotiate
with the Greeks. It is the news of the day, and it
is asserted that the Ministers of France, Russia, and
England, look upon this step as the first concession
in this affair." _ .

This news, which has yet no authenticity, appears
to us to be of great importance, as it changes, if not
the state of the question, at least the forms of the di-
plomatic negotiations. In fact, if the direct sending
a Greek Plenipotentiary on the part of the Divan to
treat with the Hellenists, is already a happy result
for Treece, it must be added, that the Divan seems
by that measure to reject the intervention of the
foreign Cabinets, and to declare that it will only
treat with its former subjects through itself. Thanks
must, undoubtedly, be still given to the three
Powers for it; but the Sultan's step will hereafter
render their intervention useless, which, it must be
aclusowledged, will level many difficulties.

(From the CondigutionneL)
(PRIVATE CORILESIPONDENCE.)
BARCELONA, OCT. 14.--The bands occupied
with the siege of Girona have dispersed themselves
upon other points. Every where the rebels have
left traces of robbery and pillage.
General Romagosa, as well as all the prisoners
which the factious had assembled at the common
depot at Buse, have succeeded in escaping with the
guards appointed to watch them, and have arrived,
without any serious accident, at Cardona.
Pursued by the column which, under the direc- '
tion of Pratz de Llausanes, had been detached
against the rebels, Jep del Estangs has been obliged
to abandon Berge, but, in his retreat, that partizan
took the precaution of carrying with him the whole
of his prisoners.
On the 12th, the factious made excursions in the
neighbourhood of St. Felien de Guixols.
The bands commanded by Trigola, Meitre de
Camos, Jean de Mieres, and other obscure Chiefs,
inundate Lampourdan, and deliver themselves up
to all sorts of excesses. The Governor of Figueras,
however, M. Caamano, regards these scenes of dis-
order and desolation with indifference; he has not
stopped even at this inaction, but, knowing that the
inhabitants of Cadagues intended to defend them-
selves against the rebels, he deprived them of the
few arms they had at their disposal. Favoured by
this measure of the Governor, the factious penetra-
ted into 'that town, levied with impunity a large
contribution, and created great disorder.
The band of 400 men, set on foot in the neigh-
bourhood of Barbastro, in Arragon, by the Canon
Don Joseph Ferrer, bearing a rencontre with the
troops of GeneraCValdez, has forsaken the Pro-
vince, and crossing the frontiers which separate it
from Catalonia, have entered into the latter Pro-
vince, having the Canon at their head. This band
is at present near Isom, in Upper Catalonia, not ten
leagues from Salsona; it may become more formi-
dable than it is at present, by *nine.' the band of the
.Abbe de l'O., another celebrated champion.
Some chiefs of small bands continue to present
themselves at Tarragona, to offer their submission;
it appears that a depot is to be established for them
Some asserted that the French troops were to
evacuate that city, upon the King's arrival. This
news appears .to be destitute of foundation. The
French garrison corps are, on the contrary, to be
strengthened by a considerable number of conscripts,
and all the regiments will be complete in their num-
bers, so that, without augmenting the number of
corps, the numerical force of the garrison will be
increased.

PARIS, OCT. 22.—The Count Capo d'lstria,
chosen President of Greece, set out to-day for Mar-
seilles.

A letter from Perpignan, of the 16th of Octobei,

says :
" The Count d'Espagne arrived yesterday, at nine
in the evening, at Girona, with 3,500 infantry, and
500 horse. The city was immediately illuminated.
The same night, he ordered eleven rebels, detained
in the prisons of the town, to be prepared for death;
these persons were to be shot to-day.
" A large body of rebels still occupies Olot. Ge-
neral Romagosa has net been shot as was reported;
but he is detained in the prisons of the Duke ofßerga
(Jep del Estaugs); the opinion of the rebels is,
that he will be shot; Jep del Estangs has seized
his correspondence with the Count d'Espagne."

(From the Quotidienne.)
We observe the following letter in the Indicateur
of Bordeaux :

" BAYONNE, OCT. 16.—A courier extraordinary
arrived yesterday from Madrid, bringing intelligence
of the departure of her Majesty the Queen for Sara-
gossa. Her Majesty travels post."

(From the Journal des Debats.)
A letter from the frontier of the arrondissement of
Ceret, in the Eastern Pyrenees, dated the 13th inst.,
gives the following intelligence. The Junta of Man-
resa is dissolved. The Members hare dispersed,
and taken the road towards the frontiers of France.

The Agraviados abandon their positions on the
approach of the King's troops. Some parties wan-
der through the mountains on the frontiers. They
would probably fly for refuge to the French terri-
tory, were it not for the apprehension, founded on
reports, that au asylum would be refused. The In-
surgents of the lower order have, for the most part,
retired to their homes. Only a mere wreck of their
forces remain with the leaders.
Such of the Insurgents as have already passed the
Gentler say, that the submission, which ought to
have been the immediate consequence of the Royal
Manifesto, has not been general, in consequence of
a report iet Bishops and Clergy were not well re-
ceived at Tarragona, and that the leaders; who gave
in their submission, were detained prisoners.

Don Domingo Catalt, the intendant of the Insur-
gent army, in company with c, Monk, left Campre-
don, disguised, for the purpose of making their
escape into France. It is said that, dixeived by
their guides, they fell into an ambuscade before
reaching the frontier, were made prisoners, and con-
ducted to Tarragona. A large sum in gold and
silver, which they had about them, was taken away.
On their retreat from Gironne, twelve of the in-
surgents had the audacity to enter Figueras and
take away six horses.

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The ppragraph which stated that the present
Earl of Gni!ford is nephew to the late Earl is erroneous.
The Mini4r, Lord North, who succeeded to the Earldom
of Guilford on the death of his father, and the Honour-
able Brownlow North, late Bishop of Winchester, were
brothers: the late Earl of Guilford was ten to the Mini-
ster ; the present Earl is son of the late Bishop of Win-
cheater. By the death of his first cousin, he succeeds to
the Earldom, and to a property of 18,0001, a year.

STOCKS, OCT. 23.
St. Patrick Incur. (per ah.)
Royal Irish Ditto
National Ditto
Patriotic Ditto
Hibernian Bank
Provincial Ditto
Royal Irish Mine
Imperial Mine
Mining Co. of Ireland
Cornmeroial Buildings

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning.. 5 minutes after 7.1 Evening...3s minutes after 7,

)7,„14
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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 26, 1827.

We received last night the Paris Papers of
Tuesday, and the Gazette de France of Wednes-
day. The intelligence which they communicate
from Constantinople is of a very doubtful cha-
racter, and we hardly know whether to consider
its substance as a proof of the abandonment by a
part of the Greek nation of their own cause, or
as another instance of the wily and procrasti-
nating conduct of the Porte. To the latter opi-
nion we incline ; but we must state the fact as
mentioned by the French Papers, and wait the
arrival of further accounts before the real nature
of the circumstance, or its effect upon the present
position of affairs, can be accurately judged of.

It is stated in the article we allude to from
Constantinople, under date of the 2ith of
September, that " the inhabitants of the Con-
tinent of Greece without the Peninsula, who had
been in a state of insurrection, had transmitted
to the Greek Patriarch in that capital two peti-
tions, signed by all the Cepheid and Ministers
of the Districts, in which they announced their
submission to the Porte, asked for an Amnesty,
and begged their Patriarch to obtain the revoca-
tion of the proscription decreed against them by
the Porte.

" This act of submission was solemnly brought
to the Porte a week ago by the Patriarch, AGA-
THANGELOS, accompanied by twelve of his prin-
cipal clergy, and delivered to the Kiaja Bey, with
these words—' May the Omnipotent remove the
bandage from the eyes of those who are still
blind, and enable them to see in all its brightness
the mercy of the Porte.'
" The Kiaja Bey received the act, and de-
clared that the Porte, conformably to the prin-
ciples of Islamism, would always be ready to re-
ceive and pardon the erring, who should manifest
their repentance, and to throw the veil of oblivion
over the past. In consequence of this event, all
the hostages of the Greek Continent, who were
guarded by the Bostandgi Bachi, were immedi-
ately set at liberty." .

It will be recollected that some of the Chiefs
of Livadia, soon after the fall of the Acropolis,
offered their submission to REDSCHID PACHA,
and were referred to the Divan. Immediately,
however, on hearing of the intentions of the
Allied Powers to interfere in behalf of Greece,
they withdrew their submission and renewed
hostilities. Are the petitions alluded to in the
above article those which at that time were for-
warded to Constantinople ? This appears to us
to be the probable solution of the circumstance ;
and the present Greek Patriarch, being a tool of
the SULTAN, has lent himself as a party to a
taleasure, which at this moment could only have
the effect of rendering the whole question of inter•
ference more complex and difficult of adjustment.
Other articles from Constantinople repeat the
report we alluded to yesterday, that the SULTAN
intended to send the Patriarch into the Morea
to negotiate with the Greeks. If there be any
foundation for this report, the only inference which
can be drawn from it is, that the Porte still re-
fuses to admit the principle of intervention in the
affairs of Greece by other powers, and will en-
deavour to render their intervention useless by
conciliatory measures of its own towards that
unfortunate part of the' Ottoman dominions.

The Gazelle de France has also another piece
of intelligence from Corfu, which if correct 'would
be of great importance, namely, that an armistice
had been agreed to on the 23d Sept., between
IBRAIInt PACHA and the Admirals of the com-
bined Squadrons, by which it had been stipulated
that he and his Expedition should be allowed to
return to Alexandria without molestation. Un-
fortunately, however, the date assigned to this
convention proves its incorrectness, as the last
dispatches from Sir EDWARD CODRINOTON
were of a later date, and no such convention had
then been agreed on. The PACHA only, as we
before stated, agreed to undertake no active ope-
rations till a reply to his communications with
Constantinople were received.

The accounts from Spain contain nothing im-
portant. The QUEEN had left Madrid for Sara-
gossa. Extracts of the Papers are given in
another column.

FUENCU FUNDS, OCT. 23.—Five per Ceuta. 102 f.
—e. ; Three ditto, 71f. 95c. ; Bank Actions 2,002f.50c. ;
Neapolitan, 77f. 85c. ; Spanish (1823), 64if. Exchange
on London—One Month, 2M. 20e. ; Three Months, 25f.
10e.

We have received this forenoon the Allge-
wine Zeitung of the 19th instant, which con-
tains some very interesting particulars of events
at Navariuo. It appears that the Egyptian
fleet made aid attempt on the morning of
the 22d of September to escape from Na-
varino, and had actually meditated an en-
gagement with the British squadron, but
retired again into the harbour on descry-
ing a number of
,other ships of war, which
they
supposed to be the French and Russian
boat despatched by Sir ED-
WARD CODRTNGTON tO warn JIBRA Him of
squadrons. The