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London, England, 1828-02-18 00:00:00

MONDAY liVEbatfiG, FICBItUARY 18, 1828.

LISBON PAPERS.

LISBON, JAL 31.
The official part of the Casette contains a rescript
from the Infant.* Regent, in which she states that she
has learned with great grief and affliction, the frequency
with which in different parts of these kingdoms sacrile-
gious robberies have been perpetrated, in many in
stances accompanied with execrable insults to theDtvtus
MAJESTY, even in the sacred forms of the Eucharist;
and these nefarious crimes have not been checked by
the measures adopted on various occasions by the piety
of the Sovereigns of these kingdoms, &c. Her High-
ness, therefore, offers rewards and encouragements to
persons who shall be instrumental in discovering and
bringing to justice persons guilty of such excesses.
Letters from Perpignan of the sth, announce the
capture of the celebrated Insurgent Chief, JEP DEL
Esraeos, by General MoNer. This leader had been
induced, by one of his Nina ers to re enter Si:ain, after
havi•sg taken refuge in France. and was captured on
the neutvafiground by Spanish gene d'armes, disguised
us pearaet,..

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
SITTING OF JAN. 31.
The secretary, Paiva Pereira, read the following pro-
ject of law;
"The central Committee. charged with the examina-
tion f the repot sent by the Government of the tribu-
nal r f 'he Desembargo do Paco, on the petition of the
seculatized members who have quitted the religion.
orders, in which they request a legal dispensation, that
tEey may bter able to inherit and bequeath property, finds
that this petition having been presented to his late Ma-
jesty John VI. was remitted on the 23d of September,
1825, to the tribunal for consideration, but that there
was a great dive, city of opinion in the tribunal. Three
of the members thought that no part of the petition
should be granted. Four others weie disposed to grant
it in parr, but did not agree upon the manner. The Com-
miree having maturely weighed all the arguments, and
'seeing that these persons were admitted to the enjoy-
ment of close political rights which do not refer to the
faculty of bequeathing and inheriting propeity, is of'
opinion, that there is no reason whatever to continue
the distinction hitherto made betweea them and the se-
cular clergy in this reTect."
-After some debate, a project of law in two articles
was agreed to, granting the substance of the petition.—
Lisbon Papers to Feb. 5, inclusive.

GERMAN PAPERS.

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AUGSBURG, FZIRUA RT 10.

The Florence Gazette says, letters from Corfu con-
firm the news that the Greeks have besieged Vassiladi,
and landed the small garrison of that island at Misses
longl.i. The Turks in Anat.,lice asked three days' time
Ito consider of the proposals made to them by the
Greeks. It was reported at Corfu, that Ibrahim Pacha
was on the point of leaving the Morea, and had already
el barked the sick and wounded on board transports
for Egypt.

VIENNA FLIIIII/A RV 5.

Metalliques, 90i; Bank Share, I,o44.—Algcmeine
Zeituag, Feb. 10.

NUREMBURG, Ficsavaar 9.

The Correspondent of this date contains the following
article from Russii:

" People must have an imperfect idea of our policy
and of our military. if they should believe, in the poli-
tical course hitherto pursued by our Government, that
it I:ad only conquests in view under pretext of saving ,
the Greek nation from certlin destruction. For how
can we, without such a supposition, reconcile this de-
sire of conquest without extraordinary moderation ?
whereas the most unpopular object is often used to attain
the political views which would be more easy with us,
since not only the Russian nation but all civilized people
look with impatience for the march of our army, and
even treaties might second the Russian Crown in mili-
tary operations. Those who are in some measure ac-
cpainted with the management of our foreign relations
and our military force will be convinced that no want
either of talent or power has produced a hitherto un-
paralleled moderation, but that other more elevated
views aie connected with it, and that a nobler

feeling than lust of conquest may call the Russian
army into the field as soon as the honour of the nation
and the interests of oppressed humanity require.—
If after the memorable struggle of 1812 the Russian
nation rivalled all others in making sacrifices to over-
throw the French tyranny, which it had no longer rea-
son to fea..if, on Napoleon's return from Elba, it was
again seen to rise to hasten to the assistance of nations
in danger—if, in later times, by the disinterested for-
wardness of the immortal Alexandt r,100,000 men %vete
ready to maintain the repose of Europe—lastly, when
we see the present august Emperor adorned with the
virtues of his august predecessor, we shall hardly be in.
duced to overthrow all these monuments of the glory
and high spirit of the Russian nation, in c•rder to in.
dulge the fancy that it is actuated by rapacity. If an
English Minister was allowed to boast of the disinter-
estedness of his nation—if he could observe, on the ex-
pedition to Portugal, that the very power which Eng-
land possesses commands it for the good of the wotiJ
not to make use of it, we may &mei), find the truth of
this doctrine applied and called into action in the policy
of the Russian Cabinet. We may be induced to ad-
mire the highest degree of self denial, where physical
and moral powers are ready to second every enterprise ;
but we may see with less uneasiness the means neces.
sary fur the pacification of the East employed by Russia,
and be convinced that no plans of conquest ii.fluence
it, which might turn out as little to our advantage as
they would be incompatible with the balance of Europe
—which do not even accord with the wishes of the Rus-
sian nation—which might excite in it the same scruples
which the creation of the kingdom of Poland produced
—which might interrupt our friendly relations with the
neighbouring states, and considerably prejudice com-
merce. We may be convinced, that as long as it can
be possibly avoided, nothing will be done to give occa-
sion to apprehensions of any kind; but should circum-
stances command, and should Russia be compelled to
enterlinto a contest, we may be assured that the termi-
nation of it will be conformable to the interests of the
states of Europe in general.

EASIE INDIES;
•
Papers. have been received from Bombay to the 4th
of October, and from Bengal to the 16th of Sept. The
B3mbay Papers mention that the increased demand
for troops on the western side of India had rendered it
necessary to recal the Bombay troops from Mhow,
which station was to be occupied for the present by re.
giments from Bengal. Orders had been received from
England to construct two ships for his Majesty's Navy
in the Dock-yard at Bombay—one of 84 grins, to be
called the Calcutta, and the other a 46 gun frigate, the
Manilla. The Bengal Papers contain some further
particulars respecting the assassination of Mr. Stephens,
late Company's Magistrate at &once. They correspond
generally with those already given, but explain a few
points more satisfactorilr. It appears the two Patans
Were apprehended on a charge, f theft, and the dagger
with which the murder was c”rnmitted was amongst
the articles they were accu,ed of ha, Mg s Olen. They
defended their being found in the house where they
were taken. by asserting they had goose chimer wpm
re invitation of the wife of the proprietor.. Great want
srf activity or courage appears to have been exhibited
by the person who guarded the prisoners. Cholera, we
regret to learn, prevailed at Calcutta to a considerable
extent among the native population. We observe it
ta:eJ in the same Pape. s, that a ratified copy of the
treat! with Siam had been sent from Calcutta to the

Rajah of Ligne, to be cony.- ycl by him to 134ngkok, and
it was espected the a depot .tion from the Siamese
vernment would he sent to India to cultivate the friendly
intercourse which is nom established between the two
Powers.

A smart shock of an earthquake had been felt all
Along the Coast of Malabar; but particularly at Yin-
gorla, in the Southern Cancan. At Bombay the native
thieves had become so daring in their attacks upon pri-
vate houses, as to excite the c-nstant vigilance and
alarm of the European inhabitants on the Island.
It appears from the Native Papers that the affairs of
the Punjab are nearly settled, and that Runjit Binh has
nothing further to apprehend from the discontent of his
Mohammedan subjects, whose ill-directed and worse
conducted insurrection, have only led to the extension
of the authority of their Hindu ruler.

AMERICAN PAPERS.
NEW YORK. Itx.

A letter from Havannah to the Editors of the Bali-
more America's', under the date ot 2d inst. says. The
new tariff took effect yesterday, but no change of con-
sequence is made in the import or export duties, in which
the merchants ot the United S ates ate interered.—
Green fruits and lime juice are free of export duty.
The Havannah custom house has just declared the
revenue of the year 1827 to be 5,250,000 dollars. The
revenue on flour is 300,000 dollars less than the last
year, 1826, in consequence of large receipts of the article
from San Andero. It is hoped that this consequence
will induce the Intendant here to impose a duty upon
flour from Spain, which will enable Baltimore and Phi-
ladelphia to enter into fair competition ; if not, this
market will be viitually shut against our staple. This
market is now so immoveably dull with respect to
prices, that no quotations I can give you will be useful.
From Vera Cruz we have accounts to the 28th ult.—
The expulsion of the old Spaniards had createl alarm
and confusion, and a general suspension of business.

EARTHQUAKE AT BOGOTA.
In the Christian Advocate of Friday is a letter from
a Gentleman at Bogota, from which we extract the
following: •
He says, " About six o'clock in the evening, I stepped
out, and suddenly I experienced a singular sensation,
and juding that either my head was swimming or the
ground was moving, in order to determine, I cast my
eyes to the corner of the house, and soon perceived that
destruction was come upon us ;and, as the only chance
of escaping from the falling stones and tiles, ran with
great expedition to the great square. By this time the
first shock was over, and I stood still, waiting the next.
It came &n, long and heavy, and then came a scene
beggaring description—as it were every individual in the
city crying and shouting to the Virgin for mercy;
the rolling of ten thousand thunders beneath us, the
roofs of houses falling in, their sides falling out, stones
and tiles falling in every direction; and, as if to crown
the whole and make a more horrible uproar, while all
were waiting, as if to be swallowed up, the steeple of
the cathedral that had seemed to tower above the
clouds, came with a tremendiius crash to the ground.
I The shock went off nith a quick tremulous motion."
A letter from Maracaibo, dated the Bth of December
last, says—" There have been but four arrivals from
the United States for the last five months. Of five
v:ssels lying in the port, two have been condemned and
sold, one of them a Danish brig, for the •alue of five
reals' (equal to 62 cents )*worth of tobacco being found
on board, and very little more than this was found on
board ; the other an American schooner, the Captain and
mate of which were sentenced to six months' close con•
finement, and only avoided it by making their escape,
though surrounded by gusids. A Dutch Captain
drowned himself last night to avoid a similar punish
ment, his schooner having been condemned some time
since. These severe measures against contraband goods
are the least of the evils of Bolivar's commercial system.
His Alcavala and high import duties (the former has
been done away with) were the ghat impediments to
commerce. Business is such, at Mr. contem-
plates not taking out a patent of industry (or licence)
the nest term. These patents have been increased from
600 &liars to 1,000 dollars; commission business
must be very good to sanction such a tax."

STATSSISNT Oir THa UNITSD STATU Or AMIRICA'S
NAST, IST JAI/MAST LAST.—One ship of the line, 4 (tisanes of the
first class, 4 ditto of the second class, 9 sloops of the first class,
8 ditto of the second class, and 4 schooners--total SS. The num-
ber of persons of all classes in the Nair, 5.0681 the corps of marines
men and officers, 938;
3
the expanse of the- "lava! Department,
,043,697 dollars, or about 684,8311.
The last New Brunswick PAprrisiate, that Sir How-
ARD DOUGLAS, who had been; previously indisposed,
while taking tfie .als. in ,lii,ligarden, had, met ..with a
pAinful accident. gallaot,olficer trod on some
slippery ices and-feltrwith sach.viblence, that he dislo-
cated one of hie ander and w ruts, and received a severe
contusion on the he.icl.

[PRICE SEVEN PENCE.

SUNDAY SCHOOL SICK CLUBS.

IXTRACTED FROM TIER MANCURIITRIt COURIER.
We have recently had our attention called to a sob.
ject which is new to us, and we believe equally so to
most of'out tenders--we mean the establishment of
Sick Clubs in Sunday Schools. We have been presented
with the 14 Fourteenth Report of the Bennett-street
Sunday School Sick and Funeral Society," which con-
tains statements of the utility of such establishments,
highly encouraging and interesting. This school is one
f those connected with St. Paul's Church, in this tows,
and consists of about 2,400 scholars. It appears that
sick society has been established in it for upwards of 15
years, the members of which are required to be at lea.t
eleven years of age on entrance. It is entirely option:l
for teachers or scholars to become members or not as
they choose; tut each member is required to pay a
penny per week, and is entitled, in case of sickness, to
a weekly relief of four shillings. This relief is granted
ter re months, and the sum of two: shillings per week
is granted for two years and a half longer, in case the
sickness of a member continues so long. There is also
funeral society, which admits scholars of five years
old or upwards,.vrio ass recieiredith pay s penny when
a member dies; and the friends of such deceased mem-
ber are entitled to a coffin, and five Omts, for funeral
expenses. Thire are 918 members of the sick scciety,
and 786 members of the funeral society, forming a total
of 1,704 members, all of whom pay a penny into the
fund on the death of a member.. Since its first esta-
blishment in 1812, the sum-of 2 6171. 55.61 d. has been
received in the way of subscriptions, and 1,8391.125. lid.
has been paid for sickness and funerals, leaving a ba-
lance of 8141. 12s. 70. on hand. in the same period
of time, one thousan I four hundred and sixty-nine
members have been telieveddoring sickness, and ninety
who have died have been buried at the etpepse of the
society. After recapitulating the Above particulars,
the Report goes un to state as follows:
tg It is a matter well worthy the consideration of all who wish t.
relieve the public from the prenete of parish rates, and who desire
toe" the spirit of true independence preserved among the laboudag
classes of society, whether these desirable objects may not be, is a
considerable measure, promoted by the establishment of &Way
School Sick Societies. When the habit of laying by a penny a week
for support during sickness is well formed in the heart of a child,
there is some guarantee for the extension of that habit in after-life.
A person who is-trained up to this practice, is certainly less likely to
become burtkensonse to a parish, than one who is not ; and it is a
matter capable of the dearest calculation, that If all the Sunday
Schools in the kingdom had subscribed in the same proportion as oor
own, and for the same length of time, the immense sum of at Inat
sevothundred thousand pounds would have bees raised by voluntary
cognibution. for the relief of sick children !—The Christian ori.ol
wilraleo see in this habit, the openings of that disposilon, which,
by denying itself of some lawful things, enables those who subsist
by their daily labour, to contribute even liberally towards the exten-
sion of the gospel In our own and In foreign lands. It certainly is a
fact, so far u our own school is concerned, that before the establish.
meet of this society, not a pound had been raised fur any institution
having for its object the spread of religious knowledge; hut since its
estabhshment, so far from its demands having operated as an bin-
&ranee to charitable societies of the kind alluded to, upwards of
,we thousand pounds have been collected, from the teachers anti
scholars, for such holy purposes, including the contributions towards
the building of our school. In this single circumstance, thetef. re,
-we haves practical proof, that instead of the means of the labou•lng
classes being cramped by subscribing to one good institution, their
habits and their energies are drawn-forth by it to the support of
others."

In another part of the report, after alluding to the
advantages of the Sick S ciety, it is ob.ei wed—
" But other benefits of a different kind have resulted from its
establishment, which were not contemplated in the first instance.—
It secures a regular visitation of sick scholars, which is of great im-
portance in a Sunday School. Tpl main efforts of all zealous
teachers will be directed to the spiritual welfare of their scholars;
and the system of visiting sick members twice in the week, which
is required by the rules of the sick sokiety, gives an opportunity to
the teachers to communicate more friquent religious advice to the
children than they might otherwise possess. Theinstitation has also
had a good effect in securing the regular attendance of scholars, in
consequence of all subscriptions being required to be paid in person,
by the members themselves. it has also been found useful in
retaining them longer in the school; and of thus affording opportu-
nities of communicating religious instruction to youth, at that period
ottlseir lives when they ray be supposed to be capable, in some
measure, of forming a better.judgment of its value. Alany children,
too, have been compelled to submit to such wholesome discipline as
their faults required, who, but for the temporal benefits arising to
them during sickness, might have absented themselves, rather than
endure correction ; and t he parents of the children, generally. exhibit
a much stronger attachment to the school than they formerly did, o
consequence of the interest which they feel in the prosperity of the
sick and funeral society."

Various objectives which had been urged against the
society, are then noticed. The most important a them
is thus stated:

An objection which the society had to contend with when it
commenced, was this—' that it could not support itself, but that it
would be bankrupt in sevea years.' Facts have falsified this pre-
. More than double that period has elapsed, and so far from
being without funds, there is a balance in hand which, judging frost
the past, is equal to at least three years' ordinary expenditure. The
benevolent individuals who then held this opinion, calculated that
the small weekly sum of one penny from each member, would nut
support a sick allowance of four shillings ; and, If your Committee
were to establish a society in a c6untry district, where work and
wages are not so commonly within the reach of children as in Man-
' chewer, and the inducements foe claiming relief consequently
j greater, they would propose either half this subscription, and half
tsis allowance, or else the whole of the subscription wit,h only three
shillings of allowance. But pruhalaly the savings which we were
able to effect in miscellaneous expenses, were not thought of when
this objection was started; the society being at no charge for rent
of committee rooms, nor for thosedeier allowances to which sick
clubs held at public-houses are necessarily subjected. Whatever
was the cause, however, the facts are as we have stated them."
We shall be very glad it our notice of this interesting
document have the effect of exciting, among the Ma-
nagers of Sunday Schools, a desire to establish institu-
tions of a similar kind, being quite convinced of their
great utility; and vf the favourable effect they must
have on the habits of the scholars. We hope that our
contemporaries will not think a portion of their columns
ill employed in mak'ng the public better acquainted
with this laudable institution.

&must' Museurtr.—ln the chapel of Farley Castle,
(Ivo-Rath, stands the tomb of the last of the Hunting.
dons. ilt is composed of the finest white marble, as
delicate in colour as when first erected two hundred
years ago ; and is surmounted by a large black mar-
ble slab, on which repo.e, in effigy, the Earl of Hun-
tingdon and his Countess. The bo.ties lie, with five
others (two of which are those of infant.), i,i leaden
coffins, in a vault beneath the chapel. They ate mum-
mies reduced Ito a liquid state; and the Cicerone of the
place inlorms you, that several Gentlemen, 01 cannibal
propensities, have been known to taste this strange
soup. Through a hole in the c •ffil you can clearly see
the liquified body, which is nearly of the colour of
Burton ale ; but our curiosity did not lead us to try tt sr
taste.—London Weekly Review.