Star.
London, England, 1829-10-02 00:00:00

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lj \ratheittiore than two English pounds), seized at the rads Cm' . a
House, have been sent back to this port to be re-exported to Fag-
lard. The Custom House Officers at Calais were employed three
• days (taw 10:h, 11th, and 12th of Saptember) in examining them,
and never was an operation prrfornied with more strictness and
precaution Five nt these Cast S. numbered front 3to 7, contaffined
a large quantity of English goods, such as poplins, figured stu for
waistcospa gilt articlas, tobacco, varnished leather, &c.
The o right of all these casts was 660 kil. The other cases, stom-
a( red %ad 2. weighed about 815 kil. and were filled with tulle in
;.feces alai bands, and one of the cases contained more than 4,000
ieeea. During the inspection, the inhabitants of Calais, who
assem-
bled in crowds round the doors of the Custom-house, openly de-
Oared t!iat they recognised the seven cases as having formed part of
liras,: sent from Calais on the 22d of July; that tbo Custom-house
offiiers or Paris had seized them, but that at the demand of Lord
Stuart. 'l. de Polignac, at the termination of a Council of Minis-
ters. opposed himself to their confiscation : that in order to afford
Wellina•on a proof of his courtesy, he bad given orders for their
r. stitution. with the understanding that they should be re-exported.
Thus, at the moment when our
thermcomerce is a prey to the greatest
alarm. aur laws are sacrificed to ost shameful deferences, in-
spired by the contempt to which our Minister has devoted us.
Suaday, the 13th of September, the ship Julie sailed with the
seven cases for England. Six Custom.houses officers escorted the
vr..el, aid did not leave her till she was a considerable distance
a.it at sea. This solemn departure was announced along all the
eirtst from Dunkerque to Boulogne, and the Custom-house officers
never before received such strict injunctions of watchfulness.—
Nobody, however, is duped by this pretended severity. The ad-
ministration of the Custom.houte wishes to surround itself with
every appearance of justice; but its affectation is great. Placed
between its duty and the orders of a Minister, it ought not to have
hesitated; and we must believe that it only obeyed with regret.
The town of Calais only sees in these unusual measures a greater
proof of the violation of the law, and of that odious complaisance
towards a Ministry always ready to please these dear English, who
do not blush to shield their guilty designs with the privileges of
their Ambassadors, in contempt of the rights of nations, and of
the hospitality which we bestow upon them with a noble confidence.
What a degradation of feeling ! what incredible duplicity !
According to the most moderate calculation, the 8i 5 kilo-
grammes of tube would cost our manufacturers 160,000 f. and pro-
duce 70,000 f. worth of labour. Our commerce can hardly com-
pete against the tulle introduced by fraud, which pays a premium
of insurance of from 25 to 30 per cent. and our manufacturers must
evidently succumb before those masses of English merchandise, in-
troduced so easily, distributed through :he kingdom with such im-
punity, and thrown into our markets at 50 per cent. under our
prices. Calais is in alarm, and in its indignation it asks what France
has done that she should be governed by men who thus betray her
dearest interests?
A letter front Bordeaux, received on the 26th of September, at
Havre, speaks, but in too vague a manner to deserve credit, of a
massacre alleged to have been committed at Buenos Ayres, in
which 2,000 persons are said to have lost their lives. The depar-
ture of the French divi.ion was the signal for this carnage ; and the
alleged provocation was the party violence which now afflicts the
unhappy republic of La Plata. Happily, this news requires con-
firmation.
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Notwithstanding the rain yesterday, the horse races in the
Champ de Mars o ere very fashionably attended. There were
four heats, each for a prize of 1,200 f. ; the first of which was won
by Oscar, the second by Sylvio, the bird by Cariana, the fourth
by Clin. Two or three accidents occurred, and one young man
received considerable injury from being thrown from his horse.

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A German Paper contains the following extract of a letter from
a '.ledical Officer in the Russian Army, dated Adrianople, Aug. 22 :
" Our hardships are now over. In this fine fertile country all
.t:- v:ants are easily supplied. Moreover, as no formidable enemy
at ~:ears to oppose as, and the worthy Osmanli., on the contrary,
rye us every where 3n almost fraternal reception, our soldiers think
thannelves in Paradise; whereas last year, in consequence of the
eadful fatigues and privations they endured, they believed them-
',lves en the way to the opposite region. The health of the troops
I- excellent. I have fewer sick in my regiment than I have often
had under my care when we lay in the garri:on of Podolia in a
period of profound peace. We see here an evident proof of the
irf..enc« of moral feeling on the physical condition of the
t 4:dy. Our soldiers, animated by victory, and as it were animated
al...ve their former selves, have become quite a different set of men.
Strong by nature, and already accustomed to hardships, this glorious
campaign has new-tempered and invigorated their minds. They
even keep watch on each other, for the sake ut maintaining viler
and discipline. They say, 'We are going to Constautinople, and
that is worth all the wealth we could plunder from the wretched
Turks.' If they observe one of their comrades about to commit any
irregui.rity, they call to The Emperor and our father Die-
sch don't Eke that; and this admonition seldom fails to produce the
desired effect. On comparing our present with our previous situation,
every thing appears the work of magic. The calm, strict, and yet
humane spirit of the Commander-in-Chief has, in fact, worked mi-
racles. Equally bold and discreet, he has secured to himself the un-
limited cos.fi.tet.ce of the troops. A general emulation prevails
to support the Commander-in-Chief in his great plans. Young
Officer, at first complained of the delay in advancing. Experience
his. however, taught them that it vas wiser to take no step tot -
ward, until tem thing was completely secured on the flanks
and in tine rear. Well assured a the prudence of out General,
w' will he glad to rest for a time in this second capital of
the Ottoman empire. We know beforehand, that while here he
will not be idle, tut that he will have every thing so prepared
that on breakina up front Adrianople, we may be in Constantinople
in ten days We are therefore tranquil and confident, though no
one can pretend to discover the plans of Gen. Diebitsch ; fur he is
eurrniel) reserved and cautious. No one can penetrate his inten-
tions, far less overreach him. We have sometimes seen men at
head-quarters who sought to approach the General with a particu-
lar diplomatic finesse. He always knew how to treat such persons
with the greatest politeness, until at last they found that the time
for their views was past. He has thus taught us also not to spend
our time in unnecessary formalities, but to perform, each in his
station, that duty which is immediately required of him."

PORTUGUESE BONDS.

TO TILE ZION. TILE EAII.I. OF AUERDEF.N, SIC
My Loao,—A Memorial of the British Holders of Portuguese
Bonds having been prepared, and respectably signed, for the pur-
pose of praying your Lordship to interfere in their behalf, on the
ground therein stated by themselves, and having been solicited to
be the bearer. accompanied by such gentlemen as have been selected
for the occasion, I avail myself of this opportunity respectfully to
request your Lordship to make me acquainted with your Lordship's
pleasure on the subject, by appointing a time when it will be con-
venient to receive us.
The hardship of the applicants is certainly great, and their
situation, as regards his Majesty's Government, peculiar. The
security, much to their satistaction, which they originally held,
through the operation of the Convention of the 29th of August,
1825, concluded between Portugal and Brazil, through the agency
of Sir Charles Stuart, In the double character of a British and
Portuguese Plenipotentiary, transferred to Brazil, the Govern-
ment of which country assumed the debt, and front the Ist June,
1826, to the tae June, 1828, its agents in London punctually
provided the iiecessary'enonies for the Dividends and Sinking Fund;
but the payment was then unexpectedly withheld, and has continued
so ever since, no explanation whatsoever on the subject having in
the interval been given. notwithstanding satisfactory evidence can
be adduced to show that the Brazilian Legislature has since regu-
larly made the periodical appropriations required by law, which
have never been issued to the Bondholders, who, on the contrary,
have been all this time left in a state of painful doubt and per-
plexity.
Viewing this as a case deserving of every consideration, I have
Pitt hesitated to render my feeble services to my suffering fellow-
citizens, anxious to submit their Memorial to your Lordship, and
considering it part of my public duty to become their organ near his
Majesty's Ministers, to whose department the matter specially be-
longs, and in unison with them I take the liberty respectfully to
reiterate the request just made. In the mean time, I have the ho-
nour to be, your Lordship's most obedient and devoted servant,
(Signed) WILLIAM THOMPSON.
Mansion-House, Sept. 99, 1829.
The following extract from the Financial Report, made to the
Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, by M. Calnson, Ilinistar, on the
Ist of April, 18'29, shows that the Brazilian Government has pro-
vided for the payment of the Dividends, due on the Portuguese
Loan .v
Finally, from the month of October in last year, the Govern-
neer resolved rot to remit, as, in fact, up to the present day it has
tt•r;itted, any amount in Bills of Exchange from this market
to t hat of London. er to any place out of the empire, making, never-
theless, due provision for the exact and necessary payment of the
Brazilian and Portuguese Loans contracted in England, in such
ilemeer as will be made apparent to the Assembly, at a season•
able time."
At two o'clock yesterday, the Lord Mayor, accompanied by
other pet sons ,presented the memorial of the British holders of
Portuguese bonds to the Earl of Aberdeen, with an appropriate
address. His Lordship pledged himself to pay every attention to
the subject, and expressed his readtness to comply with the wishes
of the memorialists, as far as was consistent with the part which
the British Government had in the original transfer of the debt to
Brazil,--a subject on which he was not at the moment prepared

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