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

No. 11,380.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

FRENCH PAPERS.

(From the Iffessager dcs Ghambres of Feb. 28.)

CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 24.—After the first con-
ference between M. Jaubert and the Reis Effendi,
the general opinion was, that the proposals offered
by the French Agent had been accepted, and that
Turkish Commissioners would be sent to one of the
Islands of the Archipelago or to Smyrna, in order to
treat of the pacification of Greece. It was soon
known that the Sultan had not sanctioned any of the
Resolutions attributed to the Divan, and that the
Reis Effendi had declared to the Ambassador of the
Netherlands that he had received from his Sovereign
formal orders to abide by the Declarations repeatedly
communicated to the Negociators at Corfu ; adding,
that the Porte would never deviate from the line
which it had laid down for itself. As for the neutra-
lity of the Morea, the Sultan consented to recognise
it, so long as no troops should be sent there from
Europe.
Baron Zuylen having desired that this communi-
cation should be formally given to him in writing, it
is said that the Reis-Effendi, dictated the contents
to the Dragoman of the Embassy. Others say that
the Minister wrote his declaration himself, but did
did not draw it up in a diplomatic form, so that it
cannot be considered as an official document. How-
ever, copies of it are circulated in Pera in the fol-
lowing form : _ _

" the Sultan has taken into mature consideration
the proposals of the .Powers, and he has already
answered them by signifying his regret at the de-
parture of the Plenipotentiaries for Corfu, and t y
afterwards inviting them to return to his capital.
The Porte thinks that nothing can hinder the ac-
ceptance of a proposal so reasonable; as it cannot
discover a well-founded reason for the departure of
the Ambassadors from the seat of the Ottoman Go-
vernment, or which should keep them any longer
away from it.

" The Porte desires to comply with every reason-
able proposal. It wishes to see direct negociations
opened ; and for this reason, it asks, before all
things, the return of the Ambassadors of France
and England to Constantinople, in order to restore
the friendly' relations with those two Powers, and
to resume the negociations.
" Should any particular circumstances unknown
to the Porte hinder the Ambassadors from resuming
their usual functions at Constantinople, they need
only obtain credentials as charged with an extraor-
dinary mission.
" As to the declaration of the Powers which
places the Morea, its Islands, and the Cyclades
under their immediate protection, and proclaims the
neutrality of that territory till the fate of the Greeks
shall have been decided in concert with the Sublime
Porte, the Sultan is willing to admit of this neutra-
lity so far that he will not send any troops against
the Morea."

FitExen FUNDS.-Renter, Five per Cents., 110 f. 15c,
30c. ; Three per Cents., 76f. 75c. 80c. ; Bank Actions,
182 or.

FOILZIGN FUNDS.-Neapolitan Rentes, Cert. Falc., 81f.
20c. 45c. ; Royal Spanish Lean, 79k; Interminable
Spanish Annuities, 48i ; flaytian Loan, 525 f.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(LAST NIGHT.)

The Bishop of MEATH took the oaths and his seat.

The Duke of CUMBERLAND presented a petition
from the Protestants of the county of Armagh, and another
from Ty rone, praying no further concessions to the Ca-
tholics. His Royal Highness stated that the first petition
was signed by 16,000, and the other by 17,000 persons.
The petitions also prayed that the elective franchise of Ire-

land might be better regulated, and that au inquiry might
be instituted into the monastic institutions of Ireland.

Lord CALEDON observed, that though they were
signed by the numbers which the Illustrious Duke hsd
stated, yet he by no means considered them as expressing
the sense of the country.
The Bishop of LONDON presented several petitions
from parishes in Middlesex, against further concessions to
the Catholics,

Lord DUNDAS presented a petition from the Catholics
of York praying fin. a removal of their disabilities.
Lord ELDON presented upwards of thirty petitions
from different places, praying for no further con-
cessions to the Roman Catholics; having presented
which the Noble Lord (Eldon) observed, that having
occupied so much time already, he should not trespass
further on their Lordships' attention, but present 25 peti-
tions more, that he had in an adjoining room, together
with 75 which were at home, on some other day or days.
MESSAGE FROM THE COMMONS.

Sir ALEXANDER GRANT, and several other Members of
the House of Commons, brought up two Bills of Grants
in aid to his Majesty, for the year 1929.
The Bishop of GLOUCESTER presented several' pe-
titions from the Rural Deanery and Clergy of several
parts in Gloucestershire. A petition, in the absence of the
Bishop of Winchester, from the Rural Deanery of Surrey,
and another signed by 1,500 inhabitants of Gloucester,
praying no further concessions to the Catholics.

The- Marquis of DOWNSHIRE -presented petitions
from several parts in Ireland, in favour of Catholic Claims,
and against the Vestry Act.
A Noble Lord, whose name we could not learn, pre-
sented a petition from Castle Cary.
The Bishop of DURHAM presented several petitions,
against further coneeqsions to Catholics.
The Bishop of ELY presented several petitions from dif-
ferent parts against the Catholic Claims, and took this op-
portunity to state, that he was now 70 years of age, and that
his sentiments under all the considerations he could give
the subject, remained unchanged and unchangeable. He
was decidedly opposed to further concessions to the Ca-
tholics.

FITZWILLIAII presented a petition from the
Protestants of a prish in the West Riding of Yorkshire,
against Emancipation. One from the Protestants of an-
other part in York, praying for the removal of all religious
disabilities. One from Wicklow, and another parish, to
the same effect.

The Duke of NEWCASTLE presented a petition from
various Corporations in the City of Dublin, against fur-
ther concess'ons. The petition, at the Noble Duke's re-
quest, was read at length. The Noble Duke presented an-
other petition from some persons against the Forty shilling
Freeholders, which was likewise read at length. The Noble
Duke next presented petitions from the Protestants in
Mansfield, and from various parishes in the county of York ;
from about three dozen parishes in Nottingham ; from
parishes in Darby; from the Borough of Daintry ; from
a parish in the county of Rutland, and from Worksop, all
against the Catholic claims.—ln all 53 petitions.
Lord WINCIIELSEA gave notice, that on Thursday
n.xt he should move for a return of all Roman Catholic
Clergy in Great Britain and Ireland, specifying the
number of Parochial Clergy, as also those holding Titular
Bishoprics and other Dignities, and the districts of which
they hive superintendence ; also the number of foreigners
acting as Roman Catholic Clergy in Ireland, whether regular
or secular, the number of houses and seminaries under the
direction of the order and society of the Jesuits, the names
and number of other religious Roman Catholic orders in
Great Britain and Ireland, together with the number of the
inmates of the (Efferent convents and monasteries.
The Duke of WELLINGTON thought such a return
could not be made.

Lord WINCIIELSEA had been informed that -a
re-
turn very similar to this, had already been made up to
1915, and therefore, with the Noble Duke's permission, he
should persist in giving his notice.
The Duke of WELLINGTON observed, that if the
return could he made, it should.

The Earl of FALAIOUTII presented a petition from
the Mayor, Churchwardens, and other Protestants of
Truro, against further concessions to the Catholics, and
two similar petitions from other places in Cornwall.
Lord DE DUNSTANVILLE wished to make a few ob-
servations on the petition from Truro, which was signEd
by about 250 or 400 persons. He had some right to know