Aug. 24,] 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



p ore STAffairs, which were said to relate to the affairs 

 of Svria. The state of Jerusalem and Lebanon is de- 

 scribed as peculiarly unsatisfactory, principally owing to 

 the intrigues of French diplomatic agents, who are said 

 to be stirring up the public to discontent. The Turkish 

 fleet was off Beyrout, so that it is possible it is not true 

 that the object was to go to Tunis, as asserted by the 

 French pnpers. Some coiners have been arrested in 

 Constantinople. They had been carrying on their work 

 on an extensive scale for some time, in a garden near the 

 treat mosque of Solyman. Amongst these coiners are 

 two French subjects, whom M. de Bourqueney has an- 

 nounced his determination to abandon entirely to the 

 Porte for punishment. There is evidently a wide differ- 

 ence between the policy which the French lately professed 

 at Tunis, and that which M. de Bourqueney now pur- 

 ines at Constantinople. 



Egypt. — We have accounts from Alexandria to the 

 27th ult. It appears that the abdication of the Pacha of 

 Egypt was by no means certain. His Highness had 

 suddenly left Alexandria in a very mysterious manner, 

 and without his movements being exactly known even to 

 the members of his family. It was immediately ru- 

 moured that he had abdicated, but Ibrahim Pacha 

 pleaded ignorance of any such intention ; and it was 

 quite uncertain whether he had gone to Mecca, or lost 

 his reason. The affair has, however, created great 

 anxiety among the foreign consuls, who are taking pre- 

 cautions against whatever may happen, by sending to the 

 coast of Syria for as many vessels of war as can be 

 spared. Among the many rumours current, one states 

 that the Pacha was inconsolable at the departure of his 

 son, Hussein Bey, for France. Another states that it 

 is most likely that Ibrahim Pacha is in the secret of all ; 

 that the Pacha has learnt what has been carried on by 

 Abbas Pacha and Scheriff Pacha against him, through 

 the means of his own daughter, the widow of Defterdar 

 Bey, who had arrived, and been the means of opening 

 his eyes to all the intriguing against him, and he may 

 yet, after suddenly;surprising them in Cairo and quell- 

 ing any seditions that may break out, return to Alexan- 

 dria. However, if any reverse should happen, this is a 

 most critical moment for Egypt. 



West Indies and South America. — The Dee 

 steamer has arrived with despatches from Jamaica to the 

 24th ult., and from Demerara to the 19th. The papers 

 are filled with comments on the recent alterations in the 

 coffee and sugar duties. They state that " public feeling 

 on the subject of the sugar and coffee duties is still 

 intense," and that "the information received from the 

 mother country tends to deepen the dissatisfaction which 

 was previously felt, for gross injustice has been done 

 the West Indians." It is added that they have been 

 accustomed to regard the Tory party as their pro- 

 tectors, and that whilst they remained in office they 

 fancied themselves secure from harm so far as the 

 sugar and coffee duties were concerned. . Yet they now 

 have the mortification of seeing that they are to " perish 

 by the hands of their friends." It appears, however, 

 inat in all parts of Jamaica vast improvements are taking 

 place u cultivation. Every operation connected with 

 the produce of the soil is being carried on more econo- 

 mically, and more effectually. On coffee plantations 

 guano is bemg applied, and on sugar estates the prepara- 

 tion of the land, the planting and clearing of the canes, 

 SLmTS ed l?** a ™er which ^as never before been 

 ! u^V The 10 ' 0U0 Coolies which Government has 



sion of a schoolmaster in the Argentine Republic. Thi» 

 decree will at once close several of the best schools in 

 Buenos Ay res. 



[1844. 



indue 



CITY. 



Monet/ Market, Friday. — Consols for account 

 closed at 98 f. Reduced Three per Cents. 99*. 

 Tb/ee-an<^half per Cent. Red. 102 £; New Three-and- 

 half, 101£ ; Exchequer Bills 74 75, pm. ; Bank Stock, 

 199 ; India Stock, 281. 



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Cliffe, near Lewes, currier-NViLU^ tike's,' B^b^or^' 



iTr. f oth . I ?, an ^ ac f turer -^ G ." 8B ' BLrmi "K»»»n. blaeksmkh-T. Cook 

 Acton-atreet. Gray's Ian-road, tilver-cutler-K. Fbtem, (iod.ton^, Surrey 

 brewer-R. Bkeslkv, Weill- street, Oxford-street, wine ,er_G. and^fc 



Nora, Jermyn-street, Westminster, boot-makers— T. and It. Babju. Wor- 

 cester, tobacco-manufacturers. 



^OTCH SEQUESTRATION -J. Hamilton NeiUton, victualler- 

 D. Ogilvih, Blairgowri e, inkeeper— A. Tayluk, Glas gow, grocer. 



ifflrtropolfe an* its Fictnftg. 



Capt. Warner's Discovery — Capt. Warner has ad- 

 dressed another letter to the daily papers, in which he 

 refers to the question at issue between himself and Sir 

 C. Napier, who spoke disparagingly of the invention in 

 the late debate in the House of Commons. We have no 

 room for the whole letter, but the following extract con- 

 tains its most important portions : — " What really passed 

 between Sir C. Napier and myself upon the occasion to 

 which he refers is as follows ; and I beg to prefix to my 

 report that I am in a condition to confirm it substan- 

 tially by two witnesses. Sir C. Napier observed, that 

 the constant complaint against me was, that I would 

 never come to the point, but always receded from any 

 tangible proposition. I asked Sir Charles to make some 

 proposal ; and he made the following : — the Government 

 to furnish a line-of-battle ship and anchor her at the back 

 of the Goodwin-sands, out of the ship track, which I was 

 to destroy by a projectile from a distance of five miles. 

 I expressed my readiness to accept this offer if Govern- 

 ment would guarantee me 300,000/. if I accomplished 

 the deed. Sir Charles exclaimed that if he could do 

 as much he would have 3,000,000/., and that I should 

 be a great fool if I acted without a guarantee, for I 

 should certainly be robbed if I did, as all inventors had 

 been before me. I said 300,000/. would satisfy myself. 

 The above proposition was put into writing, signed 

 by myself, and emphatically pronounced by Sir Charles 

 to be * something like business.' This proposition 

 was carried by Sir Charles to Sir R. Peel, who referred 

 him to Sir G. Cockburn, who, as usual, threw cold water 

 upon it, and expressed, according to Sir C. Napier's re- 

 port to myself, something very much like an intention of 

 keeping me in the background ; an intention which I 

 hope, by the powerful aid of the press, to frustrate. Sir 

 Charles stated in the House of Commons, in his usual 

 fashion of playing first fiddle, that he had offered me a 

 ship to be anchored off Southsea Castle, and that he had 

 offered to insure me a handsome remuneration in the 

 event of success, but that I had not accepted his offer. 

 Not a word about the written offer carried to Sir R. Peel 

 and Sir G. Cockburn. But I will here, in the face of 

 the world — for what is published by the press of England 

 is read by the whole world — and that there may be no 

 further mistake, misunderstanding, or misapprehension 

 about the matter, repeat the offer I instructed Sir C. 

 Napier, in terms of his own dictation, to submit to Her 

 Majesty's Government : — If the Government will anchor 

 a line-of-battle ship at the back of the Goodwin Sands, 

 out of the ship-track, so that no harm may happen to 

 passing vessels, I will from on board another ship 

 destroy her at a distance of five miles. I am willing to 

 take on board the vessel in which I operate General Sir 

 George Murray, Captain Lord Viscount Ingestre, R.N., 

 Captain Dickinson, R.N., and Captain Henderson, R.N., 

 who shall have every opportunity of inspecting my mode 

 of operation, and satisfying themselves that on this oc- 

 and a ~~~ -~ W " M "" mention plenty of casion I use a projectile. The kind liberality of my 

 good crops, the tranquillity of the island friends enables me to exhibit this experiment without 



asking the Government for a shilling towards it. If I 

 fail, I am to receive nothing but ridicule — of which I 

 have received quite enough to satisfy any reasonable 

 man already. But previously I require a guarantee from 

 Her Majesty's Government for its purchase of my secret 

 for 300,000/., in the event of my destroying the ship 

 and satisfying the four above-named officers of the 

 feasibility and practicability of my plans. Lastly, I in- 

 vite Sir Howard Douglas, Sir Byam Martin, Sir George 

 Cockburn, Colonel Chalmer, R.A., and Commander 

 Coffin, R.N., to attend in another vessel and watch the 

 proceedings." 



Statue of William IV. — Workmen are now employed 

 in preparing the open space between King William- 

 street and Gracechurch -street, for the foundation of the 

 statue of his late Majesty William IV., which will be 

 erected in the course of the ensuing month. The statue 

 is 18 feet high, and the design is by Mr. Kelsey, surveyor 

 to the Commissioners of Sewers, the task of sculpturing 

 the figure having been entrusted to Mr. Nixon. The 

 statue and pedestal, which will be 40 feet high, will from 

 its position be seen from the Surrey side of the water, 

 and will occupy the spot where formerly stood the Boar s 

 Head Tavern, celebrated by'Shakspeare. The figure of 

 his Majesty is chiselled out of two immense blocks of 

 granite, the largest weighing 30 tons and the smallest 

 15 tons. The likeness is said to be very good, and the 

 King is represented dressed in an Admiral's uniform, 

 over which is the robe of state. 



allowed to be transported from Calcutta and Madras, are 

 in L i ° nehalf t0 Deme rara, and the remaining 5000 

 threTl \ Portions to Jamaica and Trinidad; these 



reearVtn^ ,eS h ~ ing given the re( l uisite securities in 



thfe hVf <\ T . h6y aret0 leave the East Indi <* some 



time between October and March. In Jamaica rain has 



upon a, tK T' and Cl0Se cloua > weather ™ s *>oked 

 fever La i I f ° 1 ; erunner of m <>re. Some cases of yellow 

 From tl™}** ° Ut ' but not t0 a °y great extent. 

 raT an d bad ? ea the accounts mention plenty 

 fceing onlv °dil? r K 0I !f' u he , tran <l uillit y of *e islauu 

 Guiana alZ^ b * local election conte.ts.-In 

 toe loth of T e 1 tnunder -storm, which took place upon 



D P of the rain W&S looked u P on as the breaking 



ticipated t7 S ^ ason ' and a parching drought was an- 

 There wa, t l had alre ady begun to be excessive. 



Dominica n«l **?*, 8tirrin & of British interest—The 

 riots in thii • i ! nform us that the trials for the late 

 *ents were Were sti11 Proceeding. The punish- 



tn *"ee month g ! DeralIy imprisonment, extending from 

 amount ^f 8 u a year » witn nnes °* greater or less 

 toe new Pr^T yti the intelligence is that Gurrier, 

 Proceed to A c? had directed two of his Generals to 

 la 7 down K, D UX yes to see Acaou and induce him to 



arms. They had so far succeeded as to 



w n his 



iuauce the 1 f* -«-"ey uaa so iar succeeaea as 



whe re an J i- er to re P air to Port-au-Prince with the-., 



Sn bsequ ent a Y h nce Was 6 iven him b y th e President. 

 What stens » 0wever > he was arrested and imprisoned. 



on the receint f v taken b y his frie nds and adherents 



formation from a n6WS of this fact was doubtfuL In " 

 for* It was l UX ^ayes was therefore eagerly looked 



bliahed i n Cuh rstood th at the system of terror esta- 



^fcmand Th Was , vi g or ously kept up by the tyrant in 



co,0 «r kept th °i for the exit of a11 free Persons of 



° ne hundred to ?7 in a great f e"nent. Upwards of 



era Cruz — Tl Tv lr de P arture °y the last steamer to 



dec *ee forbjddi I J lctato r of Buenos Ayres has issued a 



* ema le, to wear Bu enos Ayreans, either male or 



^ends than a n Y ° ther mourn ingon the death of their 



™c* dresses hTmT . bracele t of black round the arm. 



oth er decree h«. I mds are strictly prohibited. 



€Ue **o i 3 not I £ een ^ued by Rosas, forbidding any 



a "Oman Catholic to exercise the profes- 



An- 



i Ecclesiastical Commission.— The following return 



from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners has been recently g _ 



laid before the House of Lords by the Commissioners, in ward, have been thus treated, and their contents copied, 



compliance with an order, on the motion of Lord Clan- 

 ricarde, for a return of all sums in their hands not ap- 

 propriated to any particular purpose :— " The Ecclesi- 

 astical Commissioners for England are unable, for the 

 following reasons, to return any sums now under their 

 control, as not appropriated to any particular purpose, 

 in respect either of the episcopal fund or of the fund 

 applicable to the augmentation of small livings. — 1. 

 The Episcopal Fund is formed by fixed contributions from 

 the larger bishoprics, out of which fixed annual payment* 

 are made, in augn entation of the incomes of the smaller. 

 An annual surplus of about 6000/., which according to 

 the calculation made at the date of the Episcopal Act in 

 1836, is estimated as likely to arise when the debtor and 

 creditor sides of the account shall both be in full opera- 

 tion, by vacancies having occurred in all the paying and 

 all the receiving sees, is liable to be varied in amount 

 either by increase or diminution, upon septennial 

 revision of the episcopal payments and receipts ; the first 

 of which revisions is now about to take place, upon new 

 returns of income made this year. The contribution 

 from larger sees already vacated having hitherto exceeded 

 in amount the augmentations required for smaller sees, 

 there has been and still is an annual surplus, amounting, 

 at present, to about the same sum of 6000/. This 

 surplus has, from time to time, been nearly exhausted in 

 providing episcopal houses of residence ; and the present 

 actual balance consists of a sum in Exchequer-bills, and 

 certain moneys due from one of the contributing bishops, 

 amounting together to about 12,000/. But neither this 

 balance, nor the existing surplus annual income, can be 

 said to be unappropriated, because, by further vacancies 

 among the receiving sees occurring before other contri- 

 buting sees fall vacant, not only may the annual surplus 

 at any time be absorbed, but the whole annual receipts 

 may become insufficient to meet the increased claims 

 thus arising upon the fund ; and this contingency alone 

 renders it impossible yet to consider any sum in hand 

 as unappropriated. As to the common fund, applicable 

 to the augmentation of poor livings, the circumstance of 

 this being its primary object would, in the present con- 

 dition of the church, prevent the commissioners from 

 feeling themselves at liberty to return any sum as un- 

 appropriated, even had the whole revenues, prospec- 

 tively placed at their disposal by the Cathedral Acts, 

 become already available. But these revenues being 

 dependent upon the falling in of cathedral preferments, 

 &c, the annual income increases only gradually ; and it 

 has been the invariable policy of the commissioners to 

 afford the greatest amount of relief in their power to the 

 existing spiritual destitution, by pledging this growing 

 income, iu perpetuity, from time to time as it accrues. 

 The extent to which this principle has been carried 

 appears from the list of 562 benefices and churches 

 already augmented by the commissioners, which has 

 recently been printed ; and it results from their having 

 done so much that a necessity will arise in the current 

 year for supplying the other demands upon the fund, 

 including the augmentations of archdeaconries out of 

 their stock ; the remainder of which may be considered 

 as pledged to meet benefactions towards providing houses 

 of residence for the poor clergy. The commissioners are 

 therefore also unable to return any unappropriated 

 surplus in respect of this fund." 



Metropolitan Antiquities. — A few days since, while 

 some men were excavating the ground in Bread-street, 

 south of Watling-street, they discovered a Roman pave- 

 ment of bricks one inch square, which was several feet 

 in length, and at a depth of eight feet from the surface. 

 On Saturday some Roman pavement, of a similar cha- 

 racter and parallel with the former, was dug up in 

 Friday-street. It is supposed that this pavement ex- 

 tends under the houses from street to street. A few 

 days ago a Roman sewer was met with at the bottom of 

 Friday-street, adjoining Great Fish-street, the first that 

 has been seen in London. It was at about eighteen feet 

 below the surface, and composed of Kentish rags, bricks, 

 and lime. The width of it was about two feet. Very- 

 extensive excavations have been made in this neighbour- 

 hood, for the formation of a sewer, in the course of 

 which numerous Roman walls impeded the progress of 

 the workmen. In the three adjoining thoroughfares of 

 Little Trinity-lane, Huggins-lane, and Bread-street-hill, 

 leading to Great Fish-street, were discovered missive 

 walls, going north and south, with other walls intersect- 

 ing them, some parallel with each other, at a distance 

 apart only of about fourteen inches, the walls being 

 between two and three feet thick. At the lower part of 

 Little Trinity-lane, an immense quantity of bullocks' 

 horns and animal bones were dug up ; as also in Lambeth- 

 hill, and in different parts Roman silver and copper 

 coins, pottery, &c. From the circumstance of- the 

 extent and the number of walls this is supposed to have 

 been the site of a Roman temple, dedicated to Jupiter. 



Post-office Espionage. — The Times of Monday states 

 that during the last few days disclosures of the most ex- 

 traordinary character have been made in the letter- 

 carrier's omce of the General Post-office, from the dis- 

 covery by the authorities of a most extensive collusion 

 on the part of several letter-carriers employed in the 

 delivery of letters in the western district of the metro- 

 polis, who, it appears, have been for some time in the 

 habit of opening letters directed to noblemen, gentlemen, 

 and others connected with the sporting world, with the 

 view of disposing of such information for some pecuniary 

 consideration, or betting themselves upon the strength of 

 it. From what has already been ascertained, there can 

 be no question that this practice has been carried on for 

 a length of time, and that letters, both inward and out- 



