The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-03 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF. THE PO'BUC JOURNALS,

In a former article we endeavoured to shew
the mulLiform proceedings connected
.with Mr.
Nash, Crown Architect and Surveyor, becoming
also Crown tenant in place of the Regent's Canal
Company. We exhibited from the evidence the
various claims set up in the name of the Com-
pany to obtain a lease of four acres of ground on
the most advantageous terms—the subsequent
embarrassment of the Company, and abandon.
mcnt to Mr. Nash of the ground in question—
the application, still in the name of the Com-
pany, though unknown to them, for an addi-
tional four acres, at the very time they had
parted with the former four acres to Mr. Nash--
the opportune discovery made by Mr. Lyon; who
was solicitor both to Mr. Nash and the Regent's
Canal Company, that the Company could not, in
their own name, take a lease of any ground,
though they had just made a purchase of the
adjoining ground excavated for the Basin; which
discovery paved the way for the happy ignorance
in which the Commissioners were kept, that the
Company had actually parted with the land to
Mr. Nash from embarrassment, and prevented
the Commissioners from being struck with a
Company's parting with four acres of land one
month, and applying for another four acres in a
month or two afterwards, which might have led
to the discovery that their survivor, who was
endeavouring by all manner of representations to
obtain an extension of the period of the lease and
a diminution of rent, and recommending the
Company to favour in his Reports, was all the
time tenant himself, and furthering his own
interests. We have thus seen Mr. Nash fairly
in possession of the land. Let us now look a
little into the consequences to himself. Not-
withstanding the urgent applications made by
Mr. Nash for an extension of the term of the
lease—first from 50 to 61, and then to 99
years, on the plea of the impossibility of obtain-
ing
tenants who would build on a shorter
term, it appears from a paper given in by
Mr. Lyon (p. 201), that twelve out of fifteen
Wharfingers have leases for only sixty-one years,
which, as they did not obtain possession till 1823
or 1824, are in fact to them leases of fifty-fotir
or fifty-five years. The Wharfingers who were
examined (p. 157 and seq.), state that they have
expended large sums, notwithstanding the short-
ness of the term. By the Return, p. 201, the
rent received on wharfs by Mr. Nash is 1,6981.
per annum. The rent paid on the wharfs to
the Crown for the first seventeen years is (p.
139) 241. 14s. Therefore, Mr. Nash clears on
these wharfs, till the expiration of
.his first
seventeen years, no less a sum than 1,6731. per
annum—a very pretty estate, made in a moment,

as it were.
The following is the statement given in by
Mr. Milne, of the rent payable by Mr. Nash, on
the wharfs granted on lease to him :
" Date of Lease, 1523, May 3l.—Fourteen plots of
ground, abutting on the Commercial Dock of the
Regent's Canal, on the east side of the Regent's
Park E-,tate, with sundry niessuages and other build-
ings erected and to be erected thereon respectively
—for the first seventeen years, 241. 145.; for the
next seven years, 631. Ils.; for the next 14 years,
6311.; for the remainder of the term, 1,321/."
Mr. Nash has thus gained a very handsome
estate of
1,673/. 6s. per annum for 17 years ;
1,634/. 9s. per annum for the next seven years;
1,0641. per annum for next 14 years;
377/. per annum till the expiration of these
leases granted for 61 years from 1819,
when from their filling in a new calcula-
tion must be made.
Against this estate, thus acquired, as if by magic,
there is only a set off of 24/. 14s. per annum
between the period when Mr. Nash first paid
rent to the Crown, and the period when the rents
of the tenants of the wharf commenced. There
is some curious evidence respecting the making
of bricks. Mr. Lyon states, p. 174, as follows:
" What number of bricks were made out of the
excavation of the Regent's Canal Basin on Mr.
Nash's account believe eleven millions.
" To what purpose were these bricks applied ?
I can only speak from information; I believe
7,000,000 were applied to Mr. Nash's own pur-
poses, and 4,000,000 carted to other premises.
" When you say Mr. Nash's purposes, how do
you mean ?—The building Mr. Nash's own house
and Mr. Edwards's, and completing the lining of the
Basin in the Regent's Park; I cannot tell any other
purposes.
" From whom did you receive• the information ?
—From the clerks in Mr. Nash's office."
It appears from the evidence of Mr. Milne,
that it is the essential duty of a Crown Surveyor
to see that all the buildings on the Crown Lands
are erected of good and substantial materials.—
We shall here quote from Mr. Milne's evidence,
pp. 183, 184, and afterwards show the connec-
tion between it and the bricks made by Mr.
Nash :

" It is the duty of the architect and surveyor of
the Crown to see that all buildings erected on the
Crown property are built in a workmanlike manner,
and of good materials ?—Yes; that is his duty.
" That is in order that the Crown may have secu.
rity for the payment of the rent, and the fulfilment
of the agreements on the part of the lessee, and
eventually on the expiration of the lease, there may
be buildings of value upon the ground let ?—Yes;
those are the objects of the covenant, 110 doubt.
" Should you not think that the architect and
surveyor of the Crown was deficient in his duty, if
he allowed any builder, upon Crown land, to use bad
bricks ?—lt is part of his duty to prevent it.
" And it would be a dereliction of his duty, if
he did not see that it was not the case ?—Yes, it
ould."

Now, it appears from the evidence of several
individuals, as well as from Mr. Nash's own
statement of the price obtained for the bricks,
that they were of a bad quality.
Mr. Francis Dorset Lewis, employed as en-
gineer, in making the addition to the Regent's
Canal Basin (p. 173.)
" There was a great quantity of bricks made eut
of the earth ?—There was some quantity of bricks;
the number I cannot state.

• • • • • • • •
" 'What • was the quality of them ?—Very in-
ferior, indeed, and not fitting to be used in any pub-
lic work.

" Were they of that description, that if you had
had a house to build for your own use, you would
have used them ?—Positively not, if I could have
bought any thing better; they would do for party
walls, perhaps ; there was not a sound one among
the whole kit ; I do not believe there was scarcely—
" Do you think it was owing to the badness of
the earth; or wishing to make as many bricks as
possible, that the good and bad clay was mixed
up together ?—lt was the quality of the clay ; it was
a hard clay, and it had not dine to weather ; and the
labour to make them good bricks would cost more
than they were worth.
" To sell again ?—yes; he would consume them
in his houses if he liked.

• • • • • • • •
°• What was the price of the best sort of bricks at
that period?—[ believe at that rime the Regent's
Canal was payi►►g about -two guineas. and 455. for
the best stocks per thousand.

" What would be the value of these in the market

ite you had sold them --Positively Iwould not have
given 16s. a thousand one with another.
"Taking all round ?—No, I would not ; aad I
think it cost as much as that to make them."

Mr. James Ellis, employed to make the bricks.
P. 175;

" Were any of them of such bad quality that
they would not fetch sixteen shillings in the market?
—None that I made; there was a great many male
afterwards; a man of the name of Baylis made them
under its direction; he said I had tco much money
for making them, and he made them under the di-
rection of Mr. Nash ; what they were I do not know.

" You do not mean to say Baylis's bricks were of
a bad quality ?—Many of them were very fair, and
some very bad ; but I believe the worst oftlie bricks
went into Augusta-street, to build there."
Now, at the time when good bricks were sel-
ling at 455. a thousand, it appears from Mr.
Nash's Statement, page 202, that the eleven
.mil-
lions of bricks sold for 13,7961. which gives a
fraction above twenty-five shillings a . thousand,
which is decisive as to the badness of the quality.
it appears from the evidence of Ellis, that these
bricks are of such wretched quality, that most of
them were taken down into Regent-street, carted
by his own horses, and employed in -building
houses there and in the neighbourhood, on the
Crown land. Baylis's bricks were, many of
them, used in buildings in Augusta-street. The
account made out by Mr. Nash, p. 202, is full
of errors ; but we have not time or space at pre-
sent to enter on it. The Scripture says a man
cannot serve two masters. With respect- to Mr.
Nash's services, the extent in which the Govern-
ment have benefitted by his services is- a point
which it is not necessary to discuss ; but there
can be little question as to the extent in which
be has himself benefitted by them. Neither can
there be any question as to the powers of hig
creative genius. While others salt in Mary-4a.
bonne parish a mere wilderness, he sift all its
capabilities ; and knew that, by. A few well-tor"
ducted operations, he should 'in a sit,?rt time
find himself possessed of leasehold • property Pf
great yearly value. Every road leads to- Rome,
as the Proverb says ; and Mr. Nash,' after not A
few windings and turnings, has reached the end
of his journey as safely as if he had gone direct
towards it. He crowns all with the satisfaction
which he must derive from the Resolution of
the'Committee of the House of Commons ac-
quitting him of all fraud, however odd some of
his actions may appear..--,Morning Chronicle.

The circumstances under which Sir NV, D,
Best has become Baron Nyynford, and iracated
the Chief Seat in the Common Pleas, have tietti.
involved in a good deal of obscurity. It was
asserted in some of the public journals, that the
arrangement was effected under the influence of'
the Duke of Cumberland, with whom the late
Chief Justice is known to be on terms of some
cordiality. This is, however, a mistake, his
Lordship's retirement and elevation to the
Peerage being to be explained solely by refe-
rence to the representation of the University of
Cambridge. When Sir Charles Wetherell va-
cated the place of Attorney-General, Ministers
found themselves in a condition of some pet•;
plexity, betrayed plainly enough by the period oh
unusual duration for which the nomination of his
successor was suspended. After having once
before suffered a person to be put over his head
as first Law Officer, it was admitted that Sir
Nicholas Tindal could not, without great self-
degradation, again submit to such an indignity,
To have promoted him to the Attorney-General.
ship, however, would have been attended with
the necessity of an appeal to his constituents
the event of which, if disastrous, as there was
every reason to apprehend it Would prove,
could not fail of being, from the high
official station of the candidate, little lcse
disagreeable, and, perhaps injurious to Govern,
ment than Mr. Peel's defeat at Oxford.. Nor
were Ministers much disposed to see Sir N.
Tindal Attorney-General, he not having been
found quite as efficient a Law Officer as, from
his acknowledged learning, had been expected,
It was, therefore, resolved, on this account, and
also with a view to avoid the dreaded contest for
Cambridge, that Sir N. Tindal should not be
Attorney-General ; and as it was impossible he
should remain Solicitor-General, a vacancy was
to be created for him on the Bench. He chiefly
coveted the place of Chief Baron ; and it was
accordingly proposed to Sir William Alexander
that he should retire with a Peerage. But that
proposition was rejected ; Sir William had no
claim to a pension, and preferred the substantial
emoluments of his office to the barren honour of
a title. The next application was to Sir Wm,
Draper Best, who had often before betrayed
longings for a coronet, the bare mention of
which, on the present occasion, it is said,
threw him into a state of perturba-
tion, operating so injuriously upon his pre-
vious infirmities, as to render him quite in.
capable of the duties of his station, and brought
his case fully within the meaning and intent
of the Acts of Parliament regulating the retire-
ment and pensions of the Judges. Having
ascertained that his case was admitted to fall
within the statutory rule, Sir W. D. Best re-
signed his office ; the Great Seal was put to the
grant of his pension, and his services requited
by the title which he now bears. As Chief
Justice, his salary was 8,0001. ; the pension he
now enjoys as Lord Wynford is 3,7501. The
39th Geo. 111. cap. 110, is the Statute under
which he retires. That Statute empowers the
King to grant to any person who shall have exe-
cuted the office of Chief Justice of the Common

......
Pleas an annuity of 2,5001. per annum ; the
53d Geo. 111. cap. 153, authorizes an addi-
tional annuity of 800/. ; and the 6th Geo. IV.
cap. 84, a further addition of 4501., which sums
taken together make up the whole amount of
pension. The first-mentioned Statute specifies
the circumstances under which the grant may be
made, and the additional annuities given by the
subsequent Acts are declared subject to the like
conditions. They are thus expressed
" Provided always, that no such annuity or
yearly sum of money granted to any person having
executed the office of Chief Justice, &c. shall be
valid, unless such Chief Justice, &c. shall have con-
tinued in one or more of the said lasi-mentioned
offices for the period of fifteen years, or shall be
afflicted with some permanent infirmity, disabling
him from the due execution of his office, which shall
be distinctly recited in the said grant."
It is clear that in the teeth of this " distinct
recital of a permanent bodily infirmity dis-
abling him from the due execution of his of/ice,"
Lord NVyttford can never be nominated to any

such office as that of Deputy Speaker of the
Lords. But although by Sir N. Tindal's ele-
vation to the Bench a contest fbr Cambridge in
his person was avoided, it has been seen, that by
Mr. George Bankes's becoming a candidate,
Ministers were involved in one. To this the

4.(•,•
intrigues of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
mainly led. Having himself designs upon the
University, Mr. Goulhurn was extremely anxious
that a successor of Sir N. Tindal should come

From one of the smaller Colleges, so that when

the day for his own struggle should arrive, the
great College of Trinity might be laid open to
the inducement of vindicating in his persots the
title which that College makes to furnish at least
one of the University Representatives. Hence
the extraordinary, and, as regarded Mr. Caven-
dish's success, auspicious substitution d the
Cadet of the orthodox House of Cafe Castle,
for the eldest member of the fee-lily, and former
Member for Cambridge, Mr. William Bankes.
There can be no doubt that had he, who was et
least a person of some literary reputation, been
the Candidate, instead of Mr. George Bankes,
who lets no reputation of any kind, the paley
ti ht have made a much more effectual battle ;
ineeed, it may be questioned whether suc-
cess might not have rttended the effort. But as
Mr. Wm. Bankes was a Member of Trinity Col,
lege, he did not suit Mr. Goulbutn's purpose ;
and it was, therefore, expressly stipulated that
his brother should be the man, as the condition
on which alone the Government aid should be
afforded. This is the secret history of the
affair ; and it only remains to he added, that
difficult as plain men may find it to discover on
what principle Ministers supported a Candidate,
recommended only by having voted against a
measure produced and carried on their respon-
sibility, the fact is certain, that the engines of
Treasury influence were never more vigorously
exerted than in Mr. George Bankes's behelft to
such a degree, indeed, as in a particular call
'which we could specify, to procure a revocation
of the King's own 'express license given to a
Noble Individual desirous of supporting, Mr.
Cavendish. It is, however, said, that the Mem-
ber of Government whose persamal objects are
most immediately iavoleed in this contest—
namely, Mr. Gouliturn—weak as has been the
demonstration of talent made by him before the
public, enjoys a place of first-rate influence in
the Councils of his Majesty, as now constituted.
At Camisflge, however, his reception was such
tiF to extinguish any hopes he may ever have in-
dulged in that quarter.—lbid.
A letter in a respectable evening print, The
Sun, animadverts upon an article of ours,
wherein we noticed the Russian bulletin of the
battle of Koulertcha ; and respecting our notice
of the position of Madara, states, that "it is
clear, from the large military map published by
'ylde, that INladara is on the north, and riot
on the south et Koulertcha ; and, consequently,
lay on the right, instead of the left, of the Grand
Visier.' It may, perhaps, be forgotten, that we
lied described Madara as projecting between
lioulertcha and Marasch, towards Pravadi ; and
therefore had inferred that the Grand Vizier
could not have marched from the spot whence
the battle took its name, without having dis-
possessed the Russian General of the inter.
inediateloint, which, on good authority as it
seemed to us, we took to be Madara. The
map we consulted was the " Carte Generale de
la Turquie d'Europe," in 15 sheets, from ma-
terials furnished by Count Guilleminot (French
Ambassador at the Porte), published in 1822.
We have since examined Wylde's map, reduced
from that of the tiussian Etat Major, and we
are ready to confess our belief, that the distances
and positions in Guilleminot's map are inaccu-
rate, and the stricture of the writer in The Sun
to be justified by the superior correctness of
Wylde's publication. This goes, however, to
but a single branch of the question regarding the
degree of success achieved by Count Diebitsch
over Redschid Paella. Our suspicion was, that
the sudden flight of the 'Turks, who fought so
bravely during the whole forenoon, had not been
the result of panic in the soldiers, but of a gene-
ral order or understanding conveyed to them from
authority. We are asked by the letter-writer,
" Where is the proof, or even probability, that
the Grand Vizier collected even a score of foot-
soldiers at Marasch ?" The writer then adds
what fbilows, and our means of effectually answer-
ing the whole of his observations, touching the
retreat of the Grand Vizier upon that place,
have been supplied in a remarkable manner by a
subsequent bulletin of Count Diebitsch himself.
Says the correspondent of The Sun, " I even
doubt whether he (the Grand Vizier) reached '
Marasch with his own guards. General Diebitsch
says that he shall march to Marasch, in the
hope of overtaking the Vizier; but lie does not
say, or mean, that he hopes to find him at
Marasch, but to intercept him before he can
reach it, and consequently cut him off;—or
at least his whole infantry,—before they
can possibly take refuge in Shumla." Now,
the Russian Commander-in-Chief writes to-
wards the conclusion of his despatch, narrating
the action of the 11th at Koulertcha, that " im-
mediately after" the departure of that despatch,
he would break up with the whole of his army
for Marasch, with a view to overtake the Vizier
aed the remnant of his troops. Yesterday there
arrived another (the 7th) bulletin, dated from—
whence ? Marasch? Marasch, which was but one
day's march from the field of battle? No, indeed,
but still from Madara, further distant from Ma-
rasch
than was the spot where the battle had been
fought; this, moreover, was three days after the
" total dissolution" of the Turkish army, and
two days after the whole Russian army had been I,
sent forward in pursuit of it. Yet, as we have
said, Marasch was but one day's march from the
field. Does the Count Diebitsch inform us that
even one of his divisions had yet arrived, three
days after the battle at Marasch, there being, as
lie insinuated, no enemy left to oppose them ?
Or that a single detachment of Hussars reached
it ? No. He tells the Emperor indeed, that
ever so many corps had been sent in the direction
of Marasch, that the main road was covered
with baggage, tumbrels, &c., and that the enemy
had turned off to the right, through by-roads,
fit only for unincumbered cavalry and in-
fantry—that is to say, they had taken short cuts
to Shumla ; but not one word is said of so much
as a corporal's patrol having made its way to
Marasch. There is, however, one circumstance
worthy of consideration, in this second official
statement of the Russian General. It appears
that, in their pursuit of that consomnzee of a
Turkish army—that body disorganized, dis-
solved, and decomposed—a mere nonentity, as
the Russian bulletin paints it—General Roth,
Prince Medatow, and their divisions fell in with
certain excrescences, usually called redoubts, •
whence they were fired upon, or fancied they
were fired upon ; for after all the assurances of
the first bulletin, it could have been but the
dream of a disordered imagination, that imposed
upon them the semblance of a hostile fire from
" air-drawn" musketry, and spectral cannons.
Nay, the seventh bulletin asserts, that after storm-
ing one of these defended redoubts—which it

appears the Turkish infantry had found leisure
to construct and garrison during a tumultuous
flight, in the course of which whole " divisions
of the regular troops threw away their arms, and
gave themselves up to the generosity of their
conquerors,"—the troops which were beaten out
of ono redoubt retired to a second near it, where

" the brave Hussars were. obliged to retreat, be-
cattse there were 400 infantry in it." Upon the
whole, we cannot find that this pursuit, which
was to have been so utterly fatal tb the Turks,
produced any rvstilt more decisive against them
than the dispersion of a body of 1,500 cavalry,
with the destruction of 600 infantry and the
capture of five guns and a few standards, which
last are cheap trophies from a Turkish force, as
almost every officer has a standard attached to
him. The Grand Vioier then, it is triore that
possible, may have reached Shumla in safety,
And that the " remnant of his army" may yet
give Count Diebitsch provocation to write a few
more bulletins.—Times.

Our city article Contftli-l's a singular account of
the prottaings of the Miguelite blockading
quadron off Terceira. They capture, or at least
are said to capture, and appropriate all that comes
within their reach. Lately they have dropped
down upon Jonathan, and taken a brig of his:
Jonathan will " guess" that this is most scan-
dalous; We do not mean that John Bull could
not age any insult or robbery upon his flag ;
but somehow or other John at present thinks
less of pecuniary or other losses, than his cousin
Jonathan. We should not be sorry if Jonathan
• were to tackle Miguel. John is tco dull to his
oWn interest, and too magnanimously patient.
Like Matvzvorm in the comedy, he seems to
" like to be despised."—lbid.
From India it is generally admitted that the
mother country has brought home but little
virtue, and seems ambitious in return to send
out less. It is true that of late years we have
professed to spread religious knowledge among
the natives; but whether the Christian example
which has been held out to them by the European
inhabitants in general has been such as to en-
force the precepts of the Gospel is more than
we can be bold enough to affirm. Among
other questionable blessings seems to have been
that of the practice of the law in all its grinding,
quibbling, over-reaching deformity, rendering
that which ought to be a blessing and protec-
tion little better than a scourge and a curse.
Few persons who go out to India in the law
appear to do so with any views of patriotism or
high feeling. " Money," " money," " money,"
is their sole cry and only object ; and to return
loaded with rupees seems a much higher object
of ambition than to spread the blessings of English
jurisprudence and the honour of the British
character, in a foreign land. Two letters which
we have inserted from Calcutta put this matterin
a very striking point of view, and elicit a state
of monstrous abuse in the practice of the law,
in that our chief Indian settlement, which calls
loudly for investigation and correction by the Go-
vernments both at home and on the spot. The idea
of multiplying fees, and those most extravagant
ones, for mere purposes of extortion, is a ri,Arel
mode of improving upon the many specimens of
legal wisdom and integrity which we are used to
at home, and cannot fail to elevate the British
name to a pinnacle not very enviable, should the
day ere come when the natives of this vast terri-
tory will have to choose between their present
and a change of masters. This last idea, though
it may happily never be realised, should be ever
uppermost in the minds of those who have the
management and controul of distant Colonies.—
It should be the policy of the Mother Country,
and of those who represent her, to make her
yoke so easy, as that no temptation may he
strong enough to induce those who have once
adopted it to shake it off. But if, instead of
being rendered ear), it is made galling and op-
pressive—if extortion take the place of justice,
and individual cupidity is allowed to riot in a
wanton disregard of common honesty—then NW)
to that country, if the hour ever arrives, when,
instead of the love of its subjects, it finds their
hatred thrown into the contrary side of the ba-
lance, and that power and pre-eminence lost,
which a contrary conduct would, perhaps, have
maintained for ages against every assault.—
Morning Herald.

Lynn.

Newark

We have no additional arrivals from Lisbon ;
but not a day passes that we do not receive fresh
evidence of the tyrannical conduct of the Usurper,
and of the dreadful misery and hardship to which
his subjects are reduced in order to effect their
escape from his tyranny. The house of a private
gentleman, residing in this country, but connected
by family ties with Portugal, is now filled with
emigrants, some of whom underwent the greatest
hardships, in order to escape from the Usurper's
grasp. One of them, owing to the vessel in which
he embarked for this country being detained by
contrary winds off Oporto, and the consequent
danger of a search, was under the necessity of
being stowed away, during three days and three
nights, in the hold of the vessel, without either
food or drink—boards being nailed up before
the casks, near which he was placed (to prevent
a discovery), which rendered access to him im-
possible, except at the risk of exposing him to be
arrested by Don Miguel's ruffians ! Many other
anecdotes of the same kind we could lay before
our readers, equally distressing ; for no crime,
political or moral, had been committed either by
him to whom we have alluded, or his equally
persecuted brethren, except that of being known
to detest the cruel policy of the Usurper—but
one is sufficient, and that one, we fear, is by no
means the worst which could be adduced.—
Morning Advertiser.
It must be gratifying to all those who have the
repose of nations at heart to learn that our efforts
to diminish the horrors likely to ensue from a
protracted war in the East have been fully par-
ticipated in by our Gallic neighbours. We
know that there has been, and that there still
are, many persons in this country as well as in
France, who would be delighted to find Eng-
land embarked in a war ; and as to the quarter
of the world which should be its theatre, whe-
ther the East or the West, or the North or the
South, would be to them a very secondary mat-
ter of consideration. However, it is fortunate
that they are not to be gratified by the realiza-
tion of such narrow and illiberal hopes. Our
accounts from the seat of war are yet so ex
tremely imperfect, that any inferences from them
can be only matter of conjecture. It is clear,
however, that Mr. Gordon and Gen. Guillemi-
not were almost hourly expected at Constanti-
nople, and their arrival would no doubt
tend to impress the Sultan very favour-
ably towards the re-establishment , of peace
between him and the Russians, upon terms
which his firmness and decision, and the valour
of his troops, equally entitled him to receive.
Their arrival will effect the liberation of Greece ;
and we regret to find, much as our recollections I
of her ancient glories press upon our memory,
that her modern population are so base, so de- .
graded., so ." fallen from their high estate," as
to be a by-word for contempt and falsehood.
The fate of Greece excited a degree of sym-
pathy in Europe which is in some degree to
be commended ; but at the same time we scarcely
think it wily be denied, that her liberation would

be too dearly purchased by the demolition of
the Ottoman Power. All through the struggle
thrj hand of the Autocrat is plainly visible ; and
►eece, eece, scarcely organised into any recognised
form of Government, has already issued her mani-
festoes and decrees of blockade, particularly as
against Turkey i When Capo d'lstria was selected
to sway the destinies of Greece, we distinctly stated
that she would then be under the real and substan-
tial dominion of Russia; and if there could then be
any doubt about the propriety of the remark, the
recent extension of her blockade along the coasts of
the Dor etriad, Zagora, as far as Cape Kissaras and
other places; fully justify our apprehe►►sions.
this is beyond all controversy the work of the
Counsels of Russia—this is in strict and entire
conformity with her long-cherished intentions
against Turkey—and if permitted by the Go-
vernments of France and England, they must be
held responsible for their full share of the guilt.
It has all along been strange enough that Russia
should be on ;friendly footing with the Porte as
to an adjustment of the affairs of Greece, while
at the same time she was making the most ri-
gorous exertions to annihilate her on her own
account. People looked at each other with
amaze, and asked how such a state of things
could come to pass ? But no one was found
oracular enough to give any, much less a satis-
factory answer. Be that however as it may,
Greece, whatever may be the measure of her
power, should not be allowed to interfere against
Turkey. Their interference may be the re-
sult of that vindictive feeling which it is
not unnatural they should bear towards their
former oppressors ; but under existing circum-
stances, we think it discreditable to France and
England to tolerate its continuance. If we
could rely upon the accounts of the last battle,
the victory would seem doubtful ; but the deter-
mined courage of the Turks is triumphantly ad-
mitted by their enemies. We had scarcely any
notion that the Ottoman troops were capable of
executing extended infantry movements with the
order and precision which it appears they have
done, though with respect to their cavalry, per-
haps, as far as they go they are the completest
in the world. Whatever opinion may be formed
of the Government of Turkey, it can never be
the interest of England to suffer the Ottoman
Empire to be destroyed by Russia. It is chi-
►nerical—it is worse, it is hypocritical—to cant
about the Christianity of Russia entitling her to
a martial or maritime ascendancy over Turkey.
It is our duty to spread far as the poles the con-
soling doctrines of our creed ; but it is also our
duty to protect our various interests, as well as
the general repose and security of other nations.
—Morning Post.

THE MARKETS.

COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK.

rer Quarter.
Bland ferd
Brigg,

Chard

Huntingdon
Long Sutton-
Louth

Nottingham --.
Peterborough
Plymouth ---.
Pon tel tact--
SI ea Con I

Uppingham ----
Wisbech —.—....---

1 Wheat.

Barley.

Oats.

Beans.

LEEDS CORN MARKET.—June 30.

The supply of Wheat to this market has been large, a
great proportion of it foreign, and not in good condition ;
the supply of other kinds of Grain small. Fine New
Wheat has been sold on full as good terms as at Wakefield
last Friday, but Is. to 2s. per quarter lower than here
last Tuesday; Old, unless fresh and sweet, not saleable at
any moderate price. There is nothing doing in I3arley
but for grinding, which may be noted Is. to 2s. per quar-
ter lower. Oats
_id. to Id. per stone lower. Shelling
6,1. to Is. rer load lower. Beans and Pease each Is. per
quarter lower. In Malt, Flour, and Rapeseed, no mate-
rial alteration.
Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b.
tbl:
- York. and Lincoln. 60Ib.
a.
Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk
- Yorkshire and Lincolnshire 7
- Grinding
t 2) ss: to 3
tt o. 23 8
Beans 63lb.

Oats, Potatoe
6
—Waling, Foreign 12(1. to 13t1....English 12},id.2t06. olt-td.2Bspe.rj:tl"-
Shelling 335. to 355. per load.
Rapeseed, English, 271. to 29/ Foreign, —l. to —/. per last.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—June 30.

There was a fair attendance of buyers at this morning's
market, and a tolerable extent of business transacted in
Wheat ; but the anxiety of holders force sales so much
exceeded the demand, that prices of the best description
were reduced fully 3d., and of inferior quality 4d. to 6d.
per bushel. Very few sales were effected in Oats, though
they were offering 2d. to 3d. per 451 h. below the quota-
tions of this day se'nnight. Flour was Is. to 2s. and
Oatmeal fully Is. per sack cheaper. We do not vary our
quotations for Beans and Pease, but both articles are very
difficult to quit.
WHEAT. English, White, per 701 b.
Red
- Scotch, Welch, and Manx
- Irish, White 9 0 9 6
------- Red 8 0 9 0

- Foreign S 6 9 9
OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, ler 451 b..., 3 4 3 6
- Irish

- Foreign
BARLEY, English, Malting; per Imp. quarter 32 0 36 0
- Scotch and Irish, per 8011 is. ... 4 6 4 9
- Feeding 4 0 4 6
BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 4(l 0 43 0
- Irish, &c.
- Foreign
PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 16 0 42 0
- Foreign
FLOUR, English, per 28011).
- Irish

31 0
34 0
36 0
CO

OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401bs 29 0
INF/lAN CORN, per 4401 b.
RYE, per Imperial quarter
MALT, per Imperial quarter
IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Weetc. ending June 29.
Wheat. Oats. 1 Barley Flour. Oatmeil.
Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. 1 I
Foreign, Blis Irish, &e. Feks. Loads.
5,329 6,013 783 - 2,568 807

BIRMINGHAM MARKETS.-JULY 2.

CORN INIARKET.-The supply of Grain at to-day's mar-
ket was rather small. We have had some quantity of
rain during the last four or five days, which will improve
the crops very much. The Wheat trade is very dull, and
2d- to 4d. per 621 b. lower ; but little doing in Barley
and Beans; good Oats scarce, and middling ones difficult
to quit ; Pease are almost neglected.

s. d. to s. d.
Wheat, per 621 b.
Barley, per Imperial quarter '36 0 41 0
Malt 4B 0 (34) 0
Pease 36 0 44 0

Beans, per bag of 10 score gross ' l6 0 18 0
Oats, per 3111 b.
Fine flour, per sack of 2801 b.
Seconds ~. 52 0 51 0

SMITHFIELD.—A very limited supply of prime Beasts
and Sheep, or of any other kind of Cattle, at this day's
market. Prices were nelrly the same as last week.
Beef (per lb.) at. to 51d. Veal (per lb.) sid. to Pd.
Mutton
Irish Porkers 7s. 9d to Bs. Pd. per score.

We have repeatedly alluded to the exertions
of the " Society for the Propagation of Useful Know-
ledge." We see that an association of a similar kind has
been established in Paris. This association has at its
head the Royal Family, and enrols among its members
many of the Nobility, many of the most distinguished
Members of the Chamber of Deputies, imd nearly all the
Ministers. It is called the " Society of the Bulletin
Universel for the diffusion of Knowledge in the Arts and
Sciences,"a title which it took from its employment of the
Bulletin Unicersel as the organ of its utility. Baron de
FAKUSSAC, who established the Bulletin Universel about
five years ago, still continues to direct it, as enlarged and
extended by this society. Though it had previously em-
braced a periodical history of the progress of science and
art in all quarters of the world, and again diffused the rays
of knowledge which it had concentrated as widely as pos-
sible by individual enterprise, yet numbers and capital
were wanting to give it the extension and utility of which
its plan was susceptible. The Paris Institution, assisted
by such friends in this country as Baron de FEKUSSAC,
WIT) is at present in London, may gain over to his under-
taking, is expected to enable this enterprising gentleman at
once to render his work more perfect, and to insure its
continuance for the benefit of knowledge.