The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-01-22 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
GERMAN PAPERS.
ODBPSA, Dec. 21—The latest letters from Constanti-
nople of 13th December say. that M. Minziacky was
impatiently expected there. it was reported that the
question of the evacuation of the Principalities was
deferred till his arrival. We believe, however, that he is
sent chiefly to attend to our commercial interests.
The Capitan Pacha o had arrived with eleven ships
and three prizes. takewhn from the Greeks, attended the
debates in the Divan on the affairs of the Morea. The
pretended arrival of French Commissioners of the Maltese
Oider at Hydra to treat with the Greeks for the cession of
an island in the Archipelago excited extraordinary sensa-
tion at Constantinople. At the same time people think
they observe that Lord Strangford is again treated with'
great attention. It is a fact that the Sultan gave orders
that a live giraffe,, which was come from Egypt, should
he taken to Galatia to be shown to his Lordship. (By
an error it was said in a former letter that it was an
agree of diamonds.) The ether Members of the Diplo-
matic Body acre also treated with great respect on this
occasion.
The most extraordinary reports were in circulation
respecting' Persia, since commercial letters from Aleppo
Nave announced that the Persians were again in motion.
It seems certain, at least, that the Porte is uneasy, because
the ratification of the treaty of peace on the wart of
Persia has not yet been received.—(dllgeineine Zeitung,
Jan. 13.)

DUTCH MAIL. MAIL.

SCMASTHAMEN, Jan. I.—The new Spanish Charge
d'Affaires, M. de Man, is not yet arrived in Switzerland.—
We hear that the first proposal to raise a corps of near
5,000 Swiss for the service of Spain, was made to General
Wimpfin, who declared that no application could be made
to the Cantons on the subject, till suitable measures were
taken to pay the arrears still due. That General is said
also to have signified to the Spanish Government that it
must secure to the Swiss, who might enter its service,
higher pay than in France, because in that country they
have the advantage of being able to go and spend six
months on furlough in their own country, which they can-
not do when they are in the Spanish service.
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 2.—The Norwegian Storthing com-
mences its Session next month ; but it is thought that his
Majesty will not set out for Norway before the beginning
of the spring.
There are at present 67 Lancasterian Schools in Swe-
den, of which 22 have been established since the beginning
of last year ; 13 of them are in the capital.
WARSAW, Dec. 26.—We hope that the price of wbest
will eisr, because the batrest In Spain and Portugal has
totally failed this year,
BAYONNE IN I'ELLIGENCE.

Bay°Nsg, JAN. 13.—Our accounts from Madrid of the
9th, speak of the King's resolution to preserve all the pro-
perty of the Inquisition entire, and to entru,t the manage-
ment of them to the Collector General d' Espolios. This
resolution is looked upon as a proof of an intention to re-
establish that Tribunal on the first favourable opportunity.
The King has declared that he will not have the Restartrei-
dor suppressed : this journal accordingly loses no tinge
in sliewing itself worthy of the favour by composing
articles in favour of the counter-revolution.
Several of the Arehhisbops and Bishops who alleged
illness, have suddenly recovered their health, and set out
on their return to their dioceses. It is certain that addi-
tional French troops are going to enter Madrid to supply
the place of the Sp tnish troops who are sent away. We
learn from San Dow that Don Santiago Sideno, formerly
Menilovr of the Cortes, and Bishop of —, bad died
in the hospital of that town, and that it was with the ut-
most difficulty that a priest could be procured to afford him
the consolations of religion.

They write from Ilermitan that the Royal Volunteers
cannot be assembled in the province because it manifests
More and more Constitutional sentiments, and that the
Tragala is publicly sung; but it must be added that the
country is occupied by the regitnents of Algorbe and
Burghs, which are not very royalist.
Tlte accounts from Saragossa are not good. Assassina-
tiona even of the French cotts&te.
We expect every mommCW'order of the Tribunal of
Commerce to sell the cargo of the Minerva belonging to
M. o.ivrar.l, for the benefit of Messrs. Assiar and Co. to
whom he owes a large sum.

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It la more ssrionsly contemplated than ever to commence
the great works which will make this place a fortress of the
first rank; what is certain is, that the Guards of the ar-
tillery and engineers who are to be employed on these works
are to receive from this moment an increase of pay on that
account. All the mules and horses of the train belonging
to the division which remains on our frontiers will be re-
tained by the several corp.

The Comet on the 7th of January was in the right
shoulder of ilercoles taking a direction towards the tail
of the Dragon. It moves with astonishing velocity, as it
has since passed midway between the back of Hercules and
the Northern Crown, through the right leg of Hercule.,
and is now continuing its course between the right knee
cif Hercules and the right hand of Bootee, and at the pre-
sent time does not set. If the brilliancy of the Conset con-
tinue, we may expect a more favourable opportunity of
seeing it about the 30th of this month, when the Moon
will be absent, anti sacould the atmosphere be clear, it will
then be distinctly visible between the Pole and the ext►e-
mity of the tail of the Ursa Major, at any hour of the
night.
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The American Theatres have given benefits in aid of the
subscriptions foT the Greeks. Public m►etings have been
held for the same pu,pose ; and subscriptions have been
opened in the Schools and Colleges of several of the States.
The contribution from the students of Yale College in Con-
necticut, amounted to 500 dollars.
Borrisn PEGRAGIL—There is an investigation now
going forward, proving a claim to a side supposed to be
extinct in the Berkeley family. The claimant is Dighy
Berkeley, Esq. great-grand Ben to Dr. Henry Berkeley
t(formerly of Ardustan, in the county of Carlow, and a
hat period one of the masters of his Majesty's High Conrtt
of Chancery, in Ireland, being appointed to that situation
by his near relation, the first Lord Berkeley, of Stratton,
when Lord Lieutsnent of Ireland, in the reign of Charles
the Second), by his first wife Catherine, daughter of Essex
Digby, then Bishop of Dromore, and sister to the then
Bishop of Elphin, and which Essex Digby was the son of
Sir K. Digby, and Lettice Lady Ophaly, the daughter and
then sole heir to Gerald, Earl of Kildare; the ancestors of
the present Lord Digby. This claimant's grandfather,
also a'bigby Berkeley, succeeded his father in the estates
in the county of Carlow, who married en Elizabeth Pretty-
man, the daughter and sole heir to the then Sir William
Prettyman, of Loddingbon, in Leicestershire, Bart. Prods
the recent discovery of certain documents, and the success
which has hitherto attended the necessary searches,
little doubt is entertained of the ultimate eat thlishment of
his claim. A case is now pending, to be laid before the
Law Officers of the Crown in England, and if they should
give their opinion in the claimant's favour, a question of
.considerable moment will take place on an ejectment about
to be brought for the recovery of the whole of the property
in -the county of Carlow, where the only difficulty that
can occur will be, whether length of adverse possession,
connected with the grossest fraud, can bar the right of re-
mainder men. •