Star.
London, England, 1829-10-30 00:00:00

TO TIII ItAILL OT

Palace, Ferns, Oct. 12, 1829.

My Lord—l have to acknowledge the honour of receiving your
Lordship's letter of the Sth inst. and shall be gratified by appear-
ing before the public as your Lordship's correspondent on a sub-
ject of such importance, for the further elucidation of which I
subjoin some observations which are necessary to its being fully
understood.

Your Lordship commences by observing that, as there was but
one opinion In the meeting as to the doctrines of our Church, you
cannot discover the danger I forebode from its proceedings. To
this I reply, that the persons who composed the meetings at which
Petitions to Parliament were framed in 1628 and the subsequent
years, were perfectly at unity among themselves as to doctrine, and
perfectly confident that their doctrines were those of the Church of
England, yet their proceedings led to the overturning that Church
Establishment, and to all the evil consequences which I have stated
in my former letter.

Your Lordship proceeds to observe, that " imperfections have
existed, and still continue to exist, In our Church, and that the
time has come fur remedying those abuses."

I admit that imperfections do exist, and that, though no system
administered by men will ever be free from imperfections, ytt it Is
nevertheless our duty to use our best endeavours to diminish, tho'
we cannot hope entirely to remove, them. But what I contend for
is, that the holding a Lay Syn 4 is not a proceeding likely to re-
medy any imperfections which may exist; but, on the contrary,
tends manifestly to reproduce all the evils which attended the
overthrow of the Churdh establishment '2OO years ago, and which
led to all the heresies and schisms of that fatal period, and mainly
contributed to the murder of the King, and to the placing Crom-
well upon the throne of England. And my apprehensions are
founded upon the perfect similarity which exists between the pro-
ceedings at the meeting in Cork, and those with which the Re-
formers in the seventeenth century, then calling themselves friends
to the Church of England, commenced their work.

Your Lordship claims for the Laity " the sante tight of speaking
upon religious subjects, that clergymen have on political ones."
I enter not into the question of abstract rights. Illy argument
is limited to this, that the mode in which the right of speaking
upon religious subjects to follow your Lordship's form of ex.
prestion, was exercised at the late meeting in Cork, is likely
to do much mischief, and that the statements there made are not
supported by facts.

Your Lordship proceeded to say, " that there was little in
your speech Intended exclusively for Ireland." Permit me to
observe, that I did not enter Into any discussion as to the inten-
tions of your Lordship's speech t I only stated, that whatever
they were, the whole, of the • speech • would be considered as
limited. to • Irtlasml, eirtlefer.to the English papers, and I might
add the Irish, in ikignPMr"My opinion was correct. The dif-
ference betwessi .atactioikches in England and in Ireland has
been strongly.' Insisied 'upon,' and the lime of the di4alrecied
papers (I will not abuse language by calling them liberal, but -will
give them their proper name) chews that the plan is to found upon

the proceedings at Cork an attack upon the Establishment in Ire-
land, in the first instance. It does not require the skill in conduct-
ing revolutionary movements, which the party managing those
papers possess, to perceive that their hopes of success would be
destroyed by making the attack upon both Establishments at once.
In Ireland the declared object of the leader of the Popish party is
to put down the Established Church. The whole strength and sub-
tlety of that party will be exerted to support him in the attempt.
They will endeavour to raise up a Puritan party here in the
ninetentls century as they did in England in the seventeenth.
Your Lordship Is aware of the method they adoptt-d to elect
that purpose. You are aware that Missionaries were sent
into England Instructed to assume the character of Puritans,
who, while by exercising their talents (gifts, as they called them, in
the language of the sect to which they joined themselves) of extem-
pore preaching and praying, they acquired influence, and artfully
exercised that Influence to foment discontent against the Established
Church, under pretence of complaints against abuses, and the plies
of Reform. A particular detail of their organization is given in the
letters of Bishop Brambal and of Sir Wm. Boswell, in Pan's Life
41 Privilege Umber. Care will be taken, on the present occasion, to
represent the case of the Establishment in Ireland as entirely differ-
ent from that in England. This representation will be supported by
the Popish party in England, by Dissenters in that country of all
denominations, and that toe numerous class of men who have no re-
ligion at all. What use will be made of the proceedings at Cork is
apparent. They ate regarded as exclusively applicable to Ireland. If
an attempt were made to represent them, as intended, to apply also
to England, the idea that the inhabitants of a remote part of this
country should presume to think that they were competent to such
a discussion, or of sufficient consequence to make their opinions re-
garded, would be scoffed at with contempt. Thus will the busi-
ness proceed, till. unless Penmen' opens the eyes of those who
are unconsciously co.operating with our enemies, the establishment
of our ( hutch in this part of the Empire shall have been broken in
upon, and then the attack in England will commence wild a pros-
pect of success, which must make the most confident tremble.

Your Lordship next observes, that " it cannot be denied that
the practice of appointing Bishops from political motives has ez•
feted." That Bishops have been appointed from political motives
no one denies. But your Lordship's statement went much farther.
Your Lordship said, " that the appointment to a Bishopric in this
country was generally the result of political motives—of a bargain
between the Minister and the prison possessed of the greatest Par.
liamentary interest." In these words the practice is represented
as still continuing, and as being almost constant ; and against the
assertion thus made my reply was directed, and I am happy to find
that the statement made in that reply cannot be controverted.
Your Lordship goes on to say, that " the state of Great Britain
is now different from what it was about the year 1628." Un-
doubtedly it is. But the difference consists in this, that Great
Britain, and, still more, Ireland, is in a state infinitely more revo-
lutionary than in 1628. Nay, that the state of all Europe is revo-
lutionary. The danger, therefore, of attacking Establishments is
much greater than it was at that time.
I have not argued in favour of bearing evils without attempting
to remedy them ; but I have übjeuted to flying to ►emedies which
threaten worse evils than those of which we complain. Not evils
which we know not of, but which we know and can point nut,
and prove by experience to hay* arisen from modes of proceeding
similar to that at the Cork meeting.
The 'abuses which did formerly exist are, as Is well known,
under a rapid progress of correction. The tenour of your Lord-
ship's speech was to prove that they were creeping in, to use the
words of one of the resolutions—that is, that tbey are in a pro.
gress of increase, and that some extraordinary mode of stopping
that progress had become necessary. I deny the premise, and
confidently assert that even were it true, it should have led to a
proceeding very different indeed from that adopted at Cork.
Your Lordship had it in your power to communicate with the
Bishops in England and in Ireland. Your communications would
have been freely and frankly replied to. If unsatisfactorily, then
the Minister could not refuse to discuss the subject with your
Lordship. Nay, the right of demanding an audience of the King
is amongst the privileges which your Lordship enjoys. Had ne
hope appeared after all these means had been tried, then might
there have been some excuse for the mode adopted by your Lord-
ship—an appeal to the people—for such, in fact, it is. The danger
attending such an appeal, apparent in i:s baying already called into
action the worst passions of the worst eagles of the community,
should prevent its ever being made except in cases of the most ex-
ti the necessity. And I cannot help here observing, that muc►
caution appears to have been observed by the persons employed to
give notice of the meeting at Cork. Not a dissentient voice was
heard at it, a circumstance which at once excites suspicion. I
write not, however, merely upon that suspicion. I know that bad
the notice been public, the resolutions would have teen opposed,
and that with an ability against which none of your Lordship's
supporters would have been able to contend.
Your Lordship observes that " the wall of partition has been
pulled down by the Lords spiritual as well as temporal." Surely
your Lordship forgets that a great majority of the Bishops in Par.
liament voted against pulling down that wall. Surely your Lord-
ship must be aware that of the two•aad.twenty Iri►h Bishops,
sixteen gave it all the opposition in their power. And surely it
ought not to be forgotten, in a case where all the Clergy of the
Establishment are concerned, that the opposition of the Clergy
both in Engl •nd and in Ireland to the pulling down that wall was
little less than universal. That topic, therefore, cannot serve your
Lordship's argument. But in truth the conduct of the Bishops
and Clergy on the question alluded to, ought not to have bad any
influence upon proceedings such as those of which we are treating.
With respect to unions, your Lordship observes that I asked in
my letter " to what good end can it now tend to complain of the
abuse which Bishops may have once made of their power of unit-
ing parishes?" And to this question, so stated, you give a very
obvious answer. But allow me to request that your Lordship
will look again at my letter; and you will see that this is an imper-
fect statement of my question, the important words, " when your
Lordship knows that they have no longer the power of uniting
them," being omitted. To the question thus completed, I believe
that no answer can be given.
Your Lordship appears to think that two parishes should never
be united ; but to my observation, that many parishes are so small
that not only they could not support a Church s•r a Clergyman,
but that they did not require a separate Establishment for their
spiritual aid. Of this sort are very many of these in cur unions.
Witness the two parishes mentioned by the Bishop of Limerick,
in his speech on the Tithe Composition Bill—both of them in the
City of Cork.
The Ukiah 'newspapers have taken up this subject, and have
asserted ihat every parish in Ireland is able to maintain a Clergy-
=MS. ryas endeavouring to make it he believed that we in this
midst* aid•not suffer Church spoliation as England did. But
your 'Lordship cannot but be aware that the tithe* in lay hands
in Ireland' are' equal 'to one half of the tithes which remain
with the Clergy. This is indeed notorious. If proof were called
for, we have it in Mr. poster's evidence before the Committee

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on the state of Ireland four or five years ago. Your Lordship
is also aware that the glebes of more than one half of Coe
parishes in Ireland have shared the fate of those tithes that It
become impropriate, and fallen into the hands of laymen; for it
must be known to your Lordship that every parish lasel a L.. he
allotted to it at its original establishment, and the document,. t
which you have it in your power to refer, prove that not one-
half of the parishes now have them. The want of Churches, attd
of resident Clergymen, has been met by its proper remedy, .11,1
since the Union SOO Churches have been built, 54 are now build-
lug, and 99 have been enlarged ; and within the same petiod 51 9
glebe houses have been built, and 27 are now building. No:
has it been for want of exertion on the part of the Bishops o.
the Clergy, that the number has not been much greater, but
(run, want of funds, no grant having been made by Parliament
to the Board of First Fruits for some years, which has so im-
peded the progress of those desirable objects, that not one-tenth
of the applications which have been made within that period
could he complied with.

As to the Act relative to Curate's salaries, to which your Lord.
*hip objects as being insufficient, because some Rectors still do not
pay fud salaries to their Curates, I beg leave to remark that uo law
can be framed that would afford a stronger sanction or give more
effectual proLction to Curates than that which makes void, as the
present Act does, all bargains in evasions of the salaries to which it
entitles them. The Curate brings his nomination to the Bishop,
in which his salary it stated. Ii he does that, knowing the state-
ment to be false, what possible advantage could arise from a re-
peated inquiry into its truth ?—None, surely ; but, dm the contrary,
the evil of throwing a suspicion upon the conduct of the whole
body of the clergy. If the individual who, after producing such
a document, submits to receive a smaller salary than be had ac-
knowledged was granted to him, were asked whether in producing
that document he had deceived the Bishop, is it to be supposed
that he would hesitate at repeating the deception? The law pro-
vides the Curate with complete protection. If he will not use it,
where can a remedy be found to protect him from himself?
With respect to clerical income., I stated that they were de-
signed to induce men to enter into the Church with the hope that
it would afford them a maintenance, and eventually a competence
or even affluence." And your Lordship asks, " are these the mo-
tives that ought to induce men to take holy orders ?"

I really did not think it possible that your Lotsiship could
have thus ntis-stated what I said. You have omitted an entire
sentence, immediately following the wards you have quoted.
It runs thus—" Viewed in this light, and setting aside all higher
motives for adopting the profession, as being perfectly uncon-
nected with the secular interest now under consideration."

These words contain a complete answer to your Lordship's
question above stated, and it might have been expected
that they would have prevented such a question—l will refrain
from giving it any epithet—from being asked. Nor had I a doubt
that when your Lordship's attention was turned to the subject,
you would at once have seen that secular inducements were in-
tended to operate upon others besides the individuals actually en-
gaging in the clerical profession. That they were necessary to in-
duce parents to go to the expense of giving to their children such
an education as would qualify them for the duties of the Ministry.
If such inducements did not exist, where should we find persons
duly qualified?

With respect to Bishops-running their lives against leases, in
order to benefit their families, the question has been lolly discussed
in the Bishop of Limerick's speech, already referred to ; and Mr.
Foster has stated, in the evidence which I have bad occasion to
quote, that the Bishop would, under the present laws, be a loser by
the attempt. That instances may have occurred formerly Ido net
doubt, though they must have been rare, as no Bishop could live
upon the rents of his estate.

The project of forfeiting the reversionary interest of the Bishop's
tenants, an interest the value of which must be obvious from the
notoriety of their being allowed eight per cent. compound intetest
on their fines, and those fines calculated upon moderate valuations,
would be such an invasion of private property as I can designate
by no other name than that I gave it in my former letter.

Your Lordship states, that " I have one grand object before my
eyes, what was most for the interest of a favoured portico of the
Clergy, while you were looking to the spiritual wants of the
people."

My Lord, I call upon you to point out the part of my letter upon
which you found this monstrous charge. I demand it. There is
nu part of that letter which has any connection with the subject
except that which relates to the incomes of the Clergy ; and on re-
ferring to my letter your Lordship will find that I view those ir.
comes only as they may be the means of inducing a class of perigees
to enter into orders who are educated men, and as such calculated
to be useful Ministers in the Church. I argue against an equal dis-
tribution of those incomes on the ground of its tendency to diminish
the number of well qualified Ministers.

What is there In this that can support the accusation made against
me of considering only the Clergy, and disregarding their con-
gregations?

What but the spiritual wants of the people am I considering,
when providing that the Clergy shall be duly qualified ?
Your Lordship states, that the number of Clergymen is inade-
quate, and you form your calculation upon the wants of a popula-
tion of seven millions. Let me ask. would your Lordship think it
usefUl at :his moment to have Clergymen in IrelanJ as numerous
as will be wanted when the whole population is Protestant? Surely
that would not be advantageous, even were it possible.
seems to me clear that the object to be kept in view is to in-
crease the number of Clergymen and the number of Churches, so
as fully to supply the wants of the congregations we can collect,
and to meet every increase that may be added to the congregation
as quickly as it arises.
This course has been pursued, since the Union, with as much
speed as our means afforded, and 1311071DM/ Wiii, I trust, ere long,
enlarge our means to what they were till the assistance of Parlia-
ment wis withheld. In obtaining a renewal of that assistance we
might have been aided by the Laity with decisive effect bin they
thnusht fit, under your Lordship's guidance, to pur►ue a different
course.

A considerable cumber of Churches is waited, as is evident from
the number of applications for aid wbicl► now lie before the Board
of First Fruits; and that want shows that Clvrzymen :No are
Named, and therefore I agree with your Lordship that the number
of Clergymen is inadequate, but I differ widely i;;deed as to the
extent of that want.

Of that inadequacy your Lordship cites the ignorance of the
lower order of Protestants, and the increase of crime, as proof..
That crime has increased among the Protestants in Irel,nd I cer-
tainly entertain very strong doubts. Looking to the number or
criminals executed that are Protestants, 1 more than doubt—l dis-
believe.

That ignorance amongst the lower order of Protestants has dimi-
nished during the period to which I have to often referred, the time
elapsed since the Union, and that in a degree greater than cuuld
have•been expected, I
am perfectly certain. I shall confine my-
self to one proof, as being connected with the exertions of the

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Clergy. The number of schools antler the Association, which is
particulary under their direction, that for " Discountenancing
Vice and Promoting the Knowledge and Practice of the Christian
Religion," bas increased from three to upwards of three hundred;
and the number of children attending catechetical tannin:dons,
which, your Lordship will please to observe. are not limited to
the catechism and its explanations, but extend to a very large pro-
portion of the Holy Scriptures, has increased from a few hundreds
so nearly thirty thousand.

In reply to my observation upon your Lordship's having called
the Clergy "griping and covetous." you say that you "only
made the charge against the worldly.mlnded." The words to
which I referred were, " that the Clergy were, in general, too
griping and covetous." This was a very comprehensive charge.
Indeed a snore comprehensive charge could not be made, unless it
were stated that they were so without any exception. I under-
stood it u a general charge, and to it, as such, I replied, by re-
ferring to the very low proportion which the sums compounded
for under the late acts bear to the real value of the tithes.

Your Lordship argues, " that the amount of the composition is
no proof of the moderation of the Clergy, for they got as much as
they could." Now I beg your Lordship to consider that the limit
of what they could get, and it is so notorious that scarcely in any
instance did the composition reach that limit, was the amount of
what they had been in the habit of getting for the preceding seven
years, a very pod measure of what had always been their habit,
that is, the accepting much less than one-half, generally one-third
of what they were legally entitled to, and front that fact I urged,
that they were not griping or covetous.
_ _

Your Lordship has supplied me with another fact from which
I make the same inference, "that you never heard them complain
of the composition they had made." That is, though they knew
that they had not got nearly the one-half of what was really the
value of their property, they did not complain. What better
proof could be had that they were nut griping and covetous ? '
But your Lordship "has beard the parishioners complain bit-
terly." Did they assert that tbey had paid more than the real
amount of their tithes? If they did not, as most certainly was
the cue, how were their complaints evidence that the Clergy were
avaricious?

With respect to there " having been various petitions to both
Houses of Parliament" against Clergymen for immoral conduct,
your Lordship says that you spoke of the Clergy of England and
Ireland collectively. Certainly you did, but this collative charge
included Ireland, and.authorised me to ask the question I did as to
Ireland; and your Lordship having stated that you knew of " va-
rious petitions" to both Houses of Parliament upon the subject, I
confidently asked what instances of the kind could be produced
with respect to Irish Clergymen? and I am happy to find that I
was not too confident, for it appears by your Lordship's letter that
there were no such instances Had I extended my enquiries to
England, the " various petitions" would, I believe, have been re-
duced to one, the notorious ease of an individual who has been de-
prived by the Ecclesiastical Court.
General statements of criminal conduct are easily made, and that
particular instances might be produced in a body consisting of up-
wards of twelve thousand, for to that number the collective Clergy
of England and Ireland amount+, can hardly be doubted. But such
are exceptions, rare exceptl na, to the almost uni I correctness
of mural conduct among the Clergy.

My observations with respect to The Evening Past amounted to
this, that having viewed the Cork Meeting as dangerous to the
Establishment, I was confirmed in that view by the satisfaction ex-
pressed in that paper, long the leading journal of Popery, at its
baying been held. The enemies of the Establishment, both in
England and Ireland, have continued to echo the sentiments of
The Evening Fbas, and by so doing have confirmed my original
fears that consequences far from your Lordship's intentions are but
too likely to follow from what was done at that meeting.
I have already apologised for the freedom of language which I
have used in this discussion, and beg that your Lordship will excuse
what has occurred In this letter that may be considered as going too
near the limits of justifiable parrkesio.
I have the honour to be,
Your Lordship's most obedient servant.
THOMAS FERNS.

ST. PETERSBURGH AND DUTCH PAPERS

ST. PETERSBURGH. OcT. 14.

An Imperial Manifesto has been published to the effect that in
consequence of the honourable peace concluded with the Ottoman
Poste, his Majesty is happy to be able to afford some relief to his
faithful subjects with respect to the furnishing recruits for the 94th
levy ; and considering also the new organisation that the army will
have in time of peace, he has been pleased to order-
1. Instead of three recruits for every 500 souls, as ordered by
the Manifesto of the 22dof August, only two shall be furnished.
2. Tile third recruit not furnished is not to be considered as in
&freer ; but on the furnishing of two recruits for every 500 souls,
the 94th levy is to be considered as ended in the whole empire.
The Tiflis Gazelle gives an account of some further operations of
the corps of General Paskewitsch in Asia. Various advantages
had been obtained, and the Pacha of Tresbisood, who had been ap-
pointed by the Sultan to be Smokier of Ereeroum, assembled
30,000 men with the view of marching against the Russians. To
prevent. this the Russians made such a movement, as caused the
new Streakier to fear that he might lose Trebisond, and be accord-
ingly retired hastily to defend that city. The Russian General
having obtained his object, returned to Beibourt ; the passage over
the mountains was excessively difficult and dangerous.
A letter to the editor of the Tiflis Gazette, dated the 30th of
August, says—' I have to give a very extraordinary and important
piece of news. A detatchment of the Turkish cavalry, the Debit
Bsschis and Ilaytis volunteers, of the province of Erserown, came
the day before yesterday to our camp, and joined our standards;
they are all Turks, and the best cavalry. They formerly had the
reputation of never surrendering. It was intere.ting to see this
detachment defile before the General-in-Chief, with two Bascbis
at their head. To-day they gave us the representation of a sham
fight, and excited general admiration by their dexterity in the ma-
nagement of their horses and of their swords."
Extract of a private letter from the camp before Shumla, Sep-
tember 22 :
" At length, my dear friend, the war is ended. A peace, as du.
cable as it isadvaotageolls to. Russia, and glorious for our august
Sovereign, has crowned our efforu. This news will of course
reach you in the capital before my letter, but you will not have bad
the means of being acquainted with our last relations before
Shumla, with the Grand Vizier, and the celebrated destroyer of
the Janissaries, Hessen Pacha. They appear to me so interesting,
that notwithstanding the far greater importance of political affairs
at this moment, I think them worthy of being communicated to
you.
•• From the beginning of our negotiations at Adrianople, our
commander, General KrassoWsky, endeavoured to avoid a useless
effusion of blood, and to have some intercourse with the Turkish
Generals in Shumla. ilk had already had some interviews with
them, which led to a very good understanding, though on both
sides the modess which prudence required were, observed. But
on the Ist (13th) of September Hussein Pasha unexpectedly sent a
Bag of truce ill ask, by order of the Grand Vizier, an interview
with the General, who accepted the proposal. and they all soon
met at the place appointed for the rendezvous.
" After some compliments, addressed to the General in his own
name and that of the Grand Vizier, Hussein Pacha and the Vizier's
confidant, Nadschtd Bey, who accompanied him. declared that the
object of their mission was to learn of the General. on whose
veracity the Grand Vizier had the most perfect reliance. some
particulars of the progress of the negotiations at Adrianople. as he
himself did not receive any news of what smarming on the other
side of the Balkan. The General said he could nee give them
any detailed information respecting the nett/duke% but that
they were proceeding amicably with the Pknipmentiaries

Best fens Clestandeopie by the Sultan himself,—that
in a very siert time either peace world be concluded, or an
assay would advises towards Catatandnople.—that every thing
was already prepared for this expeditioa.—that Enos. Viso, Lyle,
Bourses, and Tehotil, were already occupied by our troops, whose
left wing was supported by Midis and our squadron in the Black
Sea, and the tight by the: squadron off the Dardanelles, and is
tke Archipelago. Hussein Pacha replied, that in the present state
of affairs he fully believed those events, and did not doubt our
farther successes, and the more so, lie added, as we had van-
quished the ussulot.n nation and army by our generosity
still more than by our arms. He then earnestly asked what
were the terms of peace offered on our part, for the Grand Vizier
knew nothing of them. The General replied that he did not know
eke tenour of the articles, but that the acknowledged magnanimity
of the Emperor was a sufficient pledge that his Imperial Majesty
did not desire either to lower the dignity or wound the honour of
the Ottoman Empire; that in the midst of the most active military
operation the Emperor bad never ceased to desire reconciliation
and peace, and bad constantly repeated his orders to treat with the
greatest mildness; the inhabitants and all individuals who are con-
cerned. Hussein Pacha and Nadschid Bey replied, that God bad
rewarded our magnanimity by the success of our arms, and that
In our place they should never have been capable of acting in the
same manner. They expressed on the occasion their particular
gratitude for the friendly manner in which Prince Madatoff had
treated the inhabitants in his expedition on the road to Tirnova..,
Hussein then thanked the General for the frankness and sincerity
which he showed in all his proceedings, and begged him to send to
the Vizier the news of the conclusion of peace as soon as it should
reach him. The General promised this ; and• with respect to the
frank conduct for which Hussein bad just thanked him, we were
always obliged to act with sincerity, according to the principles of
our august Sovereign, all whose actions, directed by the strictest
justice, prove to the world that he does not fear publicity. Hussein,
hardly suffering the General to finish, took his hand and said with
emotion ' We adore, we r you, Emperor.'
" A emotion,
conversation. compliments, and assurances of par-
ticular esteem for the General followed this discourse. Hussein
Pacha complained, smiling, that in the engagements with vs he
had lost his best horses, and had no forage for the few that re-
mained. The General assured him that he was ready to oblige
him as far as lay in his power, and offered to send him hay,
which was gratefully accepted. Before parting the numerous
suite of Hussein Pacha again surrounded us ; the General said he
hoped he should be able very soon to send them word of the con-
clusion of peace, and this offer was received with loud expressions
of satisfaction.
"At this interview, and at all those which have taken place,
the Turks have always shown the greatest curiosity to see the por-
trait of the Emperor, which is on the snuff-box lately given by his
Imperial Majesty to the General, and have always looked at it
with marks of respect.
" On the 17th of September we received the news of the con-
clusion of peace. The General immediately went to Shumla to
communicate it to the Grand Vizier. It is difficult to describe
the joy which our arrival excited among the inhabitants and the
garrison: the Grand Vizier and Hussein Pacha requesting to see
the snuff-box with the Emperor's portrait, contemplated it with
the greatest veneration.
" On the 20th of September, the anniversary of the celebrated
battle in the plains of Kouilkoff, the restoration of peace with the
Porte, was solemnized by a Te Delon in the presence of all the
troops between Shumla and our camp. After there was a grand
parade. at which the Grand Vizier, Hussein Pachs, and a great
many Turkish officers, were present. The Grand Vizier seemed
extremely sensible to the military honours paid him ; the troops
having twice defiled before him, drew up In order of battle. The
fine appearance, the perfect order, the precision and celerity of
their movements, astonished the Turks, who confessed that such
perfection exceeded their expectations :
"The day following, the Grand Vizier and Hussein Pacha
having come to the camp, the General caused the Prince of
Oranges regiment of hussars. a battalion of infantry, and a company
of horse artillery, to go through the whole exercise before them.
" The truly remarkable precision of this exercise so astonished
the Turkish Generals, that they declared it seemed to them like
enchantment. The Grand Vizier promised to let us see some of
his cavalry., and some battalions of his regular infantry, but I will
not delay sending my letter till that time.
My health is perfectly good, and since the fevers of the month
of August are past, we are all, thank God, sensibly recovering.
It is a pleasure to see the ardour and spirit of our troops, and
the good condition of our horses. I promise you that our corps,
notwithstanding the hardships of a two years campaign, will not
yield in order and appearance to our comrades who have remained
in Russia."—St. Petersborgh Journals to the 15th October.

THE HAGUE, Ova. 20.
The Minister of Finance presented to-day to the Second
Chamber of the States General six projects of law relative to the
finances. It appeared from his Excellency's ataremerit, that the
ordinary and extraordinary expenditure are estimated at
60,750.000 florins for the ordinary, and 17,103400 for the extra-
ordinary expenditure, or 77,853,200 in all—being 4,500,000 below
former estimates.

AMSTERDAM, Oer. 17.
Exchanges on London—One month, 12. 20; two months, 12.
15.—Dukh papers, Art. 28.

FRENCH P4PERS.

From the Messager des Chambres of Tuesday.—Second

Edition.

We have received from Calais a letter of the Chamber of Com-
metce of that place, respecting an event which is the subject of
general conversation. It will be recollected that some time ago
some prohibited goods were introduced into France, under cover
of the privilege of the English Embassy. The same kind of fraud
has been renewed on the occasion of the removal to France of the
furniture of M. de Polignac. The following is the letter;—
CALAIS, Oct. 21.
" The Chamber of Commerce of Calais to M. Boiledieu, In-

spector of the Customs at Calais.
" We are informed in a positive manner, that there are at this
moment in the Custom-house 80 packages, brought to this port by
the vessel La Nereide, to the address of his Excellency the Prince
de Polignac, and announced in the bill of lading, dated London,
the Bth instant, as containing furniture, effects, booksokc. and that,
abusing the seal of the embassy, there have be. n introduced into
these packages a large quantity of English lace (trite), the impor-
tation of which is prohibited.
" The decree of the Government of the 5d Nivose, year XI.,
makes it our special duty to watch over the execution of the laws
and decrees relative to smuggling; and the abuses which have al.
ready taken place in this way oblige us to prevent others. The
general interest, and that of our manufacturers of tulle, compel us,
Sir, to require you not to forward any of these packages to Paris
until they shall have been opened and strictly examined. In the
event of your instructions being opposed to this examination at
Calais, and of its being necessary to send them to the Custom-house
at Paris, we desire at least that the seal of our Chamber may be
placed upon the packages. We have the honour, &c.
(Signed) " THE MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE AT CALAIS."
FROM THE BANKS OF THE DANUBE, OCT. 21.
The last act of the ratification of peace has been accomplished.
The restless curiosity of the public, which had been kept in sus-
pence respecting the final ins, of the affairs of the East, will
henceforth have nu aliment. If it is true that the fate reserved for
the Porte is not such as to promise eternal duration, at least we
have no reason to fear that the good understanding betwen the
European Cabinet will be disturbed in favour of Alahmoud. Eu-
rope may now look with confidence for several years of peace, by
which we do not mean that the great statesmen who direct the
Newel Cabinets will lie inactive, and suffer themselves to be sur-
prised by the events which are concealed in the bosom of futurity.
There is still a great deal to be done to hinder the renewal of the
conflagration which threatened us from the East. First of all,it is
essential that the fate of Greece should be fixed on a durable and
glorious foundation.
• If we are well informed, the French Government, in conformity
with the spirit of the age, seems to take great interest in the eman-
cipation of Greece. But even when the Greek question is decided,
the European Cabinets will have enough to employ their wisdom
and activity to merit the gratitude of the civilised world. They
must use their influence with the Porte to induce the latter to
guarantee the commerce of the East, to avert the scourge of the
plague, and to secure the property of the Christian subjects. It is
by such measures that the Sultan may regain the esteem of Europe,
and render legitimate his claims to the title of reformer. To con-
tinue to reign on a system of barbarians would be a disgrace to bins
and to Europe.
From the Journal des Debats.

A Morning Paper says—" It is asserted that a great number of
Deputies, who are met together in Paris, are occupied seriously
with the question of the refusal of the Budget. This grave clues.
don appears to have been resolved hitherto against the Ministry.
The sole difference is that some talk of rejecting the law of Finance
en mans, and others of taming the articles partially. None has
raised the slightest doubt of the right of the Chamber, and of the
propriety of the opportunity which there will be to exercise It in
the next Session, if the Ministry shall not be changed."
FILMS' Feena, Pasts. OCT. 27.
Five per Cents, 1061 30c. 35c. 30c. 35c. Foer and a half per
Cents, 1041. Three per Cents, 92f. 65c. 70c. Bank Stock, I. 6651.
Rentes de Naples, 90f. 30c. 40c. 35c. 40r.. 4.5 e. 40e. 35c. Reines
d'Espagne, ; ;Royal Spanish Loan, 7%; 77 761 ; Renee
Perpetuelle d'Espagos, 52 a 53 53a ; Hayti= Loon, 1471. SOc.