Star.
London, England, 1828-05-12 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS..

CONSTANTINOPLE. Aran. itk
- h Uttar) that some Ei;rsipiran Agin kalif* Solicited
the Reit.Eifendi to explain the famom Wad 'Stheriff
in a senseless offensive to Itu,ia, he detlateslthirt-it
contained no ping but•the truth, and that • the •IhOrte
would think it.below its dignity to act otherwise. Bu.
few persons expect a change in the sentiments of the
Divan ; and it is even reported, that after the BaiiaM,
alorinal Matii:esto against Russia will be published.—
The' latestaccooms from Wessa.sar, that an earbavgn
has been laid on all vessels. • Tranquillity•still prevails
here. These aceolints. point out Siaaboli as the place
where the Russians will first enter the Turkish territory.
All the troops that can be:spaied have since been sent
in that direction. An embargo is laid on the medial
all nations and flags, without exception, and all naviga-
tion to the Black aid White Sea is suspended. • 'fhe
Sultan, who has never varied in his sentiments,
forward with stoical indifference, but•the great men of
theempire think differently. •
Amt. 11.—The capital is in great apprehension, as
no change is visible in the system of Government. Thri
Greeks and Franks in partiCular are apprehensivelbat
lon the invasion of the Russians mote rigormis Measures
maybe fifddpted respecting them far the safety of the
capital. 'lt has bear known lot some days! that Rus-
sian officers have been reconnoitring the Barof
boli, and surveying the coasts. It ,is, therefore,. now
generally believed. that the Russians intend to land
these, and appear at once in the vicinitY of the capital.
Sitaboli would certainly be an advantageous-point to act
in the rear of the Tui kis!) army on the Danube. The
Sultan, however, and thoseabout him, seem to be satis-
hed.with their means of defence, and the language of
the Reis Effendi indicates only obstinate resistance. Ilia
Imi:futile litngbage is, that the whole Ottoman Empire
will be found in arms, and that- the plans•of Russia are'
now manifest to all the Cabinets.•
• VIENNA'. ArE 9.
The Mail from Constantinople brings no news of
"iiiionisamee. The Pone is engaged in military
latthamenrs, tb be prepared against all events.

Mercantile letseis from Trieste bring the confirmed
account drat the English' and French ships of war placed'
at the disposal of Count Cape distria bad reeeivedor-
ders to return to Malta, and that only the Constantine
Russian frigate remains with him.

Metalliques, Y9i ; Bank Sham, 1.01%.-414. Zeilwag, May 4.

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PAULI AWEIfTARY PAPERS.

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STATE OF-TRADE.

The statements of the trade of the country in the
Finance Accounts, for the year ended sth January,
1828, afford evidence of the commercial improvement
which has taken' place. The Imports, calculated at the
official rates, amount to 44,887,7741. For the year
of digress, ended sthJartuary, 1827, they were only
87,686,1171. The previous year they were 44,208,8071.
'The Exports for the year ended sth January, 1828,
were 62,050,0081.; for 1827, 51,042,0221. ; and for
1826 56;320,1844. While we 'rejoice at this proof of
reviving•indurety, we regret to see that the amount of
Imports ilk es not keep pace w ith the Exports. It ap.
rigs that 56 millions of Exports, in the year ended sth
January, 1826, produced•4l Millions of Imports, while
,82 millions of Exports in the year ended sth January,
4628, produerd' only forty Tour millions. The foreign
tend colonial merchandirf exported during these years
t 1 nearly the same, being 9,169,1941. in the former, and
9,830,728/. in the latter ; so that the difference is in the
'produce and manufacture. of the United Kingdom, 52
millions for the year ended 'stb Janiuirj, 1828, pro.
during only 'the same Imports as 47'milliotis in 'the
year ended Sth January, 1816. • • • • • ' '
Of our manufactures, those which exhibit the most
decisive signs of improvement are the Iron and .13rass
and Copper manufactures. Tnough the Cotton exhibits
a censfe&rable increase in 1828 over 1826, at the official
rates,' the decitted value for Ib2B is considerably be.
lbw 1826.: But the branches above alluded to exhibit
an increase both at the official rate and declared value.
Thus—

smal. MID corns XANUFACIVIIII, MARDWARZ AN) cvntar, MON
•xs 611111 L, WILOUGUT AIM 11/11W11.01111111%

Teen ended sth Jao. 1688 1827 1828
X 685.118 ... 571,149 me 788,803
1,391,112 ... 1,169,105 ... 1,390,448
1,048,063 ... 1,105,618 ... • 1,214,948

In the remotest d;stricts of the Continent, where every
other article used is of domestic manufacture, the Hard-
*are and Cutlery of England will be found. Every
carpenter is indebted to England fur his tools. For the
Iron Manufacture we possess, indeed, particular advan-
tages. The Aothibits an apparent decrease on
the 31st Dec. 18271 as compared with the two preced-
ing years; but this is attributed in a Note to 46 the
operation of the Registry Acts, 4 and 6 Geo. IV, which
required all vessels to be registered de dove within a
limited period ; the consequence has been that many
tesselewhith were supposed to be in existence were
found to be no longer se." The decrease, however, is
only in England. Scotland and the Plantations exhibit
a regular increase. Thus, for instance, the tonnage of
Scotland on the Si st Dec. 182.5. was 2.59,537 ;
on the
51st Dec. 1826, 29010M5; and on the 31st Dee. 1827,
300,856. The Plantatir.ns for these years had, of ton-
nage, 214,875, 214,183, and 279,562. The tonnage
Jf Eriglaed is 1.958,716,•2,001.,295, and 1,752,400.
l• Scott eld has tic* for it, population mote shipping

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than Englatod.7andlcCon its,bnving mar coal ittiset
portion to its,extent, it may be expected to grow upon .
England every year. The number of seamen for
land, on the 31st December, 49917, was 101,089; foe
Scotland, 2446; that is snore than one-fifth, while
proportion, eceording.l9 thitipofit Intion. is about Doe- ,
sixth. . •. . .
The Report, by ffiVanatthisitioners for the Herring
Fishery, of their procantings; for the year ended sth
April,lB27. shoivii the estibot to which the Herring and •
(lid Fishery of Siotland has been carried, The total
number of perabal employed in the fisbery_mnounts
79,794. The number of fivhermeni and boys is 47.571.
Of this number oh 6sbelnien no fewer than 37,607 be-
long to Scotland. .Wireh we include the wives and •
:hildren Of the, ist%,*e-sball find that a very 1440 ;
pfoporsion of 'the inisabitaats of Scotland desire thew
,obsistence from the water.
The navigation of Ireland exhibits a regular increase.
On the 81st Dec. 1825. the tonnage was 80,588. the
Alen 7,090; on the 314 t Dee. 1826, tannage 90.768.
men 1.327; on the 3/4t Dec. 1827, the tonnage wee
97;369, and the men 7,609.
No man bas been more. calumniated than the Mar• •
quit of Stafford for the changes introduced into the
modeof. &copying his extebalve estates in theculaffer'
of Sutherland. We observe, We the Port o4kleleSsilsiol
which dras.been created by him in that remote port of
be i.land, had, for the year ended btliApeill,lffris sa •
!ewer than 161 decked and uncrecked boats. 805 fisher-
men, 87 coopers, 1,010 persona employed in gutting
and packing &h. and 94 Wooten variously employc4,
in all 1,996 persons employed in the fisheries. Whit
a reproach to the Irish landholder's! With a coast pte.. •
,em ing such advantages for fishing, in the neiglaboes-
hood of .populous districts, Ireland has no 4sherielpp-
while, in the poorest and most uncultivated, district of
the three kingdoms, inhabited by a people, *clew years
ago, -less advanced in civilization than the wildest of
the people of Connaught, owe beneficent individual has •
opened what may be termede mine of wealth sn these
persons, who arenow. Tenpins all the benefits of civili-
zation. All comment on this is unnecessary.
' SUPPLY OF WATER IN THE METROPOLIS.
The Report of the Commissioners (Dr. ROGILT, and
Messrs; BRANDs inct.TzurottO. appointed lo inquire
into the state of-the Supply of Weer in the Metropolis,
has been printed by order of the House of Commons.
It appears that the quantity of !water. required for the
daily supply of the. inhabitants of the metropolis, and
for the use of the. various manufactories requiring, it,
amount to about' 29,000,000 gallons,' or 4,650,000 g
lons cubic feet ; the greater portion of which •is derived .
from the Thames. The Report awes, s, that the present
state of the supply of water in the ,Metropolis is swops':
rible of. And requires isuproyement ; that many, of the
complaints respecting the quality of the water are *ell
founded. and that it ought' to be derived frOm other
sourcef thtn those now resorted to,- and guarded by '
such restrictions-as:shun .tinses•ensurs its ckaalii-

ness and purity." With.respect v the Thames water.
the Report states, that specimens taken (iom various
Hestia the rives from wheteirdie ii.pply is talta;s. had
been pht into the bands of Dr. 130-tuck, an eminent
chests*, -for the purpose of ezamihatinn.end the fol-
lowing is an extract frorn the Report he presented on die
sabject:
• .41 %
eS It appears that the water of the Thames, when lies
from extraneous substances. is in a state of con iderabre
purity, containing only a moderate quantity bf saline
contents, and those of a kind Which cannot be sopposed
to render-it unfit for domestic purposesuer to be inju-
rious to the health.- Bet as. it approaches the metropolis
it becomes loaded wish a quantity of filth. which ren-
ders it disgusting to the senses, and improper to he em-
ployed in the preparation of food: The greatest part of
this additional matter appears to be only mechanically
sospended in it, and separates 4y mere rest. It requi.e.,
however, a considerable length of time to. allow of a
complete separation, while, on account of its peculiar
texture and comminuted state, it is disposed to he again
diffused through the water by a slight degree of agna:
Lion, shilethe gradual accumulation of this matter la
the reservoirs must obviously increase the unpleasant
odour and flavour of the water. and promote its ten-
dency to the putrid state."

4. Regarding the greatest part of the water in the
Thames, as mechanically mixed in it, we may intice ye
that a vsriety of incidental circumstances will. affect its
quantity, in the same situation and ender the same eie-,
cunsstances of the tide; but the observaticas are sutfi-

ciently uniform to warrant us in concluding. that the
water is in the purest state at lots t•de,and most boded
with extraneous matter at half ebb. It vet uld appear.
howeter, that a very considerable portion, if not the
whole of this extraneous matter; may be removed •by
filtration. through sand, sad still erne effectually: by
charcoal and sand." The Commissioners,,,howevel, say
that they consider that the most perfect system of RI.
tering can effect only a partial purification. It is
stated that the Thames water. in what is called the
London district, has suffered a gradual deterirrosion
within the last ten or twelve years, to such an.estent as
'to have almost destroyed the fishermen's trade between
Puuiey Budge and Greenwich. The Commissioners
add, that 64 it is obvious that water receiving so large a
proportion of foreign matters as we know find the,e woy
Into the "lhantest and so far impure as to destroy fish.
cannot, even when elm ified by filtration, be pronounced
entirely free from the suspicion of general insalubrity.
In reference also to this question, we apprehend. that
there are no grounds for assuming the probability of
any improvement in the state of the water drawn from
the London district of the river." .

Water taken from the London Dacks bad been ex-
amined, and it did not contain the least quantity of
copper. The Report says, the New River water is not
open to the same objectionable impregnations as that
of the Thames, but is susceptible of great improve-
ment. It recommends the putting a stop to the draining
the siej iceut lands. into the New River, and also the
preventing persons bathing. It adds, " Great benefit
would result if the inducement to batty in the New
River were superseded by the establishment of baths in
the neighbourhood of the Metropolis, to which the
public might, under attain regulations, be allowed ac-
cess." It has been stated in evidence, that the New
River Company have ♦oluntarily offered to furnish
sufficifin supplies of water for a parprose of such maul.
fest utility.
The Report does not enter into the eumination of
any practical scheme for a general oil better supply of
Waft, W the Metropolis.

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