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I • „ N LIMBER 1 2,862.] - - 1411.3156AY •EV ENING; MAY-10; 1828. , .... THE GALLERY of the SOCIETY of PAINTERS i n WATER COI:OURS, in Pall mall East; it NO* opEN every Day from Nine till Seven. Admittance One'Sbilling—Cataloginittpenee. confining miself to employ - tdociliatery etoetia sl : teot succeed inoliiiatitig a conflict at Scio, perhapi,liie*a• ble. - the diiagreeable Cotistijuences of srhich.l foresee. It is evident that the wild expedition of the Greets against Seio(im expedition undertaken for Ovine inte rests; in opposition to the molt prudent coun;eli). may have bioughtoo a erisisioOner or later. It ii.toMejsere it there as well as here that I have left Smyrna at this critical moment; and if at last nty exertions cannot ac complish this double object, I hope at leisA toluccifed in what relates to the jolt observations which you have *dope me the honour to remit me." _ _ island/, end the aid of "Minlis, wilt give their enemies the Means-of escape. On the evening of the 18th, the Pasha Hassan returned to Smyrna from Chetme, hav• ing, at he considered, 'finished his' part of the business there. 'The same tranquillity I .have so often described to yoti v inntinnes, to reign in this commercial City.— tame nessaantien• of the Catholic Armenians, has, hoir. ever, extended bubo from Censtantittople, and is ex pectedsollseconitrinortrrignirous. 'Six Priests of that Constutiqtylflee been itqn °Sit of the country, and thg, class of men in,genera) 'seems to be considered as ex• moiety obnoxious in ever.y part •of the Empire. I tanocit, howeverjorget; while lamenting the misfortune of these Men, - and' detesting, as I do,'e'very species of intolerance iturpeesecution, that they, a few days ago, publicly fulminated in the Catholic Church the horrible •sentencenf excommunication againit Cathdlic woman,, who had married a Protestant, and this nothing but the soddenness of the order of their' 'expatriation ptevented itheiepetition.of a similar aratudal in , a precisely similar tuse.• believe every body•wil think that it is impru- Sent asli ied•coicis to present Inclt manimite dse Turks, who told/ate the open exercise of every forli of Clark tian worship. • . • When our Ambassador, Mr. Canning, left ,Constar dnople; he recommended the British residents who -chose ,to remain, to the protection of •Monsieur De Zuylenc the Envoy of the Netherlands,•and to the Consul of the same Government. He did the same to the persons here, in the same predicament, informing them, how. ever, as he had done at the capital, that the Porte pests Lively refused to recognise the protection of other foreign nations extended to the subjects of-the three Allied Powers; bat would consider such as staid under its. own and immediate protection. In consequence, the English merchants. here, onshe Cessation of the Conso ler functions, thong& proper, Ter the' ispatch of their :businessiso eleet two members of their own body to act as deputies, instead ofreferringsatheaDutch .Consulate- The. individualt,elected - -walted on the Paths, and re. seised very satisfactorr assurances; but the Dutch Con. sal stens!. to -Save-taken great offence,stni has' threat. coed to throw-over to rthein she:lonians and Maltese; which- subjects of his Seitannic 1-Majesty, Onconoected entirely .with the-English metchatsta;found it expedient to. apply:to his virtue t. - • _CHARLES WI Lb, Sectetary. nURSUANT tg an. Order of his Honour the Adent of the Honourable Court of Crinsioal and 0.11 Justice t 4 United Colony of DEMERARY and' ISSEQUEBO, wire date the 51st of January, tags. 1, the undersigned Deputy Pleat Mlirshal; st •the request of ' W e re Hunter and Henry Howes, both of this Colony, for them , v t,es, and dexatotamens Wiliam Lucas, of Liverponl,end ; , / n Kent, of Maatwieb, in quality as Executors to the last Will r d Testament of .Frederick .Kent, of this Colony, deceased, do by, by edict, ad valves Curia, summon aU known and unknown r oaliturs of said Frederick Kent. deceased, to appear in Person, or be their Attorney, before the Bar of the Honourable Counsellor o inn i s sery attending at theCoatt House, in George Town, on the r a t Seaton of the Roll Coati, to be holden in the month of June tat . in order then and there to render in their Claims ' property :anted and subsundated, and is date farm s against said Bstate. Wberea', in default of which. will be preeeadmil against the nos. t owers, according to Law. A. M. MEERTBNS, Depati Pleat • tainerary, February 2, 18211... mid: . This letter beers the date of .the 13th March, at mid: night. Before the departure of Admiral de Mini (that is, on the evening of the Bth March), the Austrian Ad. miral Dandolo, and the Austrian Consul M. Questians, had a long interview with • th e Pacha of Smyrna, the supposed' object of which was to induce the Pscha to renounce his projects of - attack on Scio, in'tonsequeoce of the armiutice of three months offered _ by the Poste to the Greeks. If this were . realty 'theft object,. th4 y faitedin it, for Hasiati Padre left Smythe the dly lowiig tor• Choose. to sepninteett end piiiitbi NW birkatindbf the troops assembled on that point of the Continent, for the unfortunate island. The Austrian - - 11)VBSCArNir tn.bn Oder of hh 'Houser- Oe. Pro. JL fittest of the Honourable Cowin( QyilninalmaiLeisilJnstlest: d the United Colony of . DRRIBRII.RY and .ILSOQUEI3O, us* date the 10th of November, 1i527. 1. theauderiigned Deptsey . Virsi Marshal, at the reqiest of J. J. Garvin and William Wallace, as deliberating Rzetutors of' the k i t Wil. and - Testament of -.David Shepherd. formerly Timber or Weld Cutter in the Rtver Detnerary. but of late years residing e i Plantation Eliza, on the Mahlon Coast, in F.ssequebo, deceased, sktreby;by Edict. id staves Curia, summon all known and %m -kt/Awn Creditors of the said David ihepherd, deceased, to appear in Person, or by their Attorsrr, before the Ear of the Honourable Diuniellor Commissary attending at the Court House, in George 'Town. on the First Session of the Roll Court, to be holden in the ownh of June' Oat, in seder then and there to render in their elms, properly attested and substantiated, and in due form, against schooner of war -Vigilante went down; to Scio on- the 10th inst. having on board M. COrnaro, Captain of -the Imperial raze Bellona, and - Monsieur Leray, Admiral de Rigny's Flag Lieutenant, who were appointed-to-ob serve and report on what might occur arthatitlaedi, and -to exert themselves. •to prevent the' 'Wedding ofl blood : and the reeurreticetObe horrors that'plice , wm Subjected to on theforerier-diamnbarkationolthe.Tutky in 1822. On the morning of-the 12th inst. the-Tea:sh Admltal (Mir Pacha), comphsed of a frigate, aeorvette, threesbilia,•end lour tianipory, made unwell master of the narrow passatte which separates the island-of Selo from the main, the besieging Greeks bevies .beera imprudently left with only three small brigs.` -The . Greek vesseli.fled—one of them. fell be tweed isto heavy Turkish. brigs, and was -at - one ma eat withirtpistol-shat of them, yet was sherreitted to sail off without a gab -being fired at her. 'his in stant that the Paths ;if lityrna saw the pesiege.clettr, lie began to embark the irregular troops which had beets collecting at thesrne for-a long tithe.. Thii opts scion, owing to theicrialt - size of the boats "took up ay twelve hears, but .fil! apn-set 8,590 Tiitki were landild,on the island, and joined to ,the forces iii the castle. TheGreekibadbiesi squabbling artiongst them- Mitres shout pay and provision* for several days before. At the first appearance of the Turkish fleet matey pf themtbandoued their-045," road Bed to tbe.mouinains and the back of the -isiriody. ~ P abvier, --iteareeler' kept together &helot two thodiaiseriten, Arlin 'furnished t:,e positions f 'Which therieenticl . #or a Wh . ilit'agtetinined to defend. Not a . blnsclOns' nnick.tb.:perirentiAlselarks. from la*ting.; they,. Ca :their -side; being. ones.* chin .tbe castlei ceased theitexerttoes for the diryi - During the evading; he dreiknot*sii were hiter.4 tl)o4ening and upbraidiag, in coarse Or*, the :t4rks.tirr gateist. On the fallowintmorning.nit,a Greek was to i liateseen , • bad,lhoring the-eight,: abindened - VicbettluSttiaris, *edit* town, whence it would liartreen difficult to dislodge them, hied they been . iirclinid to fight,: leaving theieartillery, their heat/ baggage , and every thing that would. impede them. an -their flight, behind them. They eyes eartiedlheireottempt of military tortoot so far, as wleav, their tame rs - orr the Iltbui4" Pottiifig. their retreat: their ifsgaini4orianve paint, they ;pm- , mined many Ucts of viokinitc.oit the property aid per sons Of the peaceful Girek..inisabitants of the villages, whose-. situation was . indeed .4.plorat kr.4bnaten . and irritated on the one - h a tid isf: th eir coot criiiietr sad with the perspective before *O. eyes of an minasittlatighter or sleveryt oug.the: pad of the TOrks.' These wretched met ran with their wives itud' children; some to-hiding plaies iatlie"eeitts, orbeir•ollic2oPpo site abet* of the Island, svith, hopes of escaping, by 1.011.. Fablier, seeing every lioPprielerled, and himself threat; cued by the fugitive soldnittyr'rin to the sea shote; and itetettinCon • board' the Frencilitigte the *Fleur de . Lysi Aclarital Itigny received Above I -that:wind Greeks and Catholics. of the-island on SOlird the Trideiti.stid then sailed to Tino. Our brig-d, Or, the Weasel, came into thetayofAmyrna °ache evening of the 15th instaot, with diipatches to the . Freneh Ad miral, tram Corfu. On the following 'morning -she sailed in search of him, having taken an board here Mr. Elliot, a Secretary of the British Legation{. Od•arriting at Scio, on the 17th inst. they ,were too late fop Admiral. and the dispatihes Were given . over to- the Fleur de Lys, which -was still-there, and crowded-pith refugees. • Fabvier seemed moch'ilejected, in the presence of. the French and British Officers.end complained bitterly . treachery and cowardice, •which many of the Greeks re; toned on himself. Adtniul Miaulis was there With the' Hellas frigate and fonr small vessels. He arrived only a few hours after the departure of Tair Pacha, who, is pnrsuance to positive orders,-sailed for the Dardanelles with all the vessels composinghis flotilla. the moment the troops bad:completed their landing 'on the island. Had Miaulis had proper intelligeace, and had he acted, with becoming promptitude, -he might.have been , Mal ter of the passage long before Ike arrival of Tair Pitchit, whose forces had been lingering :about the Dardanelles. for several weeks, and in case of a conflict, the Hellas alone, with her tremendous weight of metal, ought do, hire coped with the whole of the Turkish flotilla. lir, Hellai *as lying at anchor a shirt distance beloir the town. and the smaller vasaels and numerous boats wets eat .to provost any.cosmonnication between theamial and the island. Miaulis asserted that the -Turks-bad 'taken hardly any provisions' beer with them--Ahat their . numbers would-soon produce a scarcity...that- he hoped . yet to -have the pleasure At- starving them oat...— . He spoke eaceplaceitly-Of 'the **anions be had-Made, to suppress piracy, Cad stetted, thin in a short tithe' hi' bad taken _and clastrord seventy piratical hoate.—' After sonansusicating. wish tbeiGreek Admiral-Ind the. Fleur deeLys,tftit Weisel sailed sound the island; nsi ,estuened,:toliknyrnai where site . arriied on the 18th inst. On bar page , by night ig,anwol3cio and Ip!ant. numb. lbws of .fiis welt obserred,litnn different is of the noels at the-back of brio, and other signal were so attract attention, ;no doubt by persons desirous" of esiapisig from the Island. The lams of the . Greek troop{` was at the small villanesf. tCiat-Helenai opposite td Ipsara i the Pache of Selo had ailed with estreintraboo 'deration ; the•l'arks bad been kept i 0,00.1 orderriand little blondhatl:tseell eliectikAc.Owe . • my wroso: - m p A ke scatteredeog/ces, hot. 401/40 so, boasietwirc 11101111010111141111. in default of .wttich,mrill be proceeded whist the nos g l om, according to taw. • A. M MKERTENS, Deputy First MardialL Drauary, January 211, . FRENCH PAPERS. The Moaitirtr of Tuttaday.contains a Royal Ordi c:6o,oo°.men of the class of 1827. 11c6r.a of ; .be same•date has a Miguel, in which it defends Preach • Gov't nment against. the - attempt of Dort- Miguel as Ww can affirm that the tete heeolleanimons on this sub ions recognised the rights sattaktime that .they would eery attempt of Dos Miguel I is to be placed upon another . such an attempt explains the to their reppective Amin". case the young Prince should Asa-ingot Portugal." TheMessager ...titers have emanated from the placed tbepulicy of Europe on :•••$•;:, BIQG RA PHICIAL SKETCH • ; 4111 ICA ACN midi f 10APPIIRTelk italt • ' • • Aolow- e • ~• I . : • zq S. Captain -.Hugh ••. clappaston,. -whose. Inelancboly fate nig Feely. recorded, was:hotin at Annani - in--{he year, 1788 - , where his father, veasrleag established is-a iitr goon, though his '.l4hits•lattetly.becarae - irregalat, dtisl his means not a little impaired. For a considerable ',period bewss :the AO ty aispdicstl an of repute in lb? place, and performed various operatiters end etiret; that spread his fameritier a 'en'tigideiabfe 'lliAtiCt. Captain Clappertetniseiridfithelil, whiliiedin Lochmaben, was 1 . .460 *surgeon of -someeeiltatece•owid the pains be bir;•• illewedvra.hipanok , miecetion;pr . ovalirs - goild - 14 •iip liiiirtdypiablfetnlsooi.' tlioilie - might bees acquired-, isi' l i*pendency, if not a fortune. _Unfortunately, howeislii for himself and otbeve t he was careless - rather thee earefbil, wf looney ; but an the - ocher hand it it dee ti him tit 'it*, that he triarried'earlf-'-bet . arite a sifdosier—fttari red' again; . ana'insifse faihei 'of. no &Wer than twenti- . oue Children.. Of .tbe fruit of•thelrst marriage, six suns apdonellaughter gteiteto . man isnd . woman's estate,,an d . the youngest ut these was the justly celebr ated 'African iiiiielterthe 'subjeet of the pretentluiperlect memoir: Irbil 'person be resembled his father greatly:-.'-itood at -least six' feet highliacf great . breadth of chest, and elpantiort of ilieulders-nbiedi Of . Steel, and sinevts of Itinsand was altogether a biuldsime,athletie,powerful an: 'Picini circumstance* tiiii need not be derailed here, he received no classical instructi on, and could do • I more antis read and 'tit Indifferently, when be - "s . ' placed under the biro if Mr. Bryce Downie-4 Ora of general infornierwit, thotigh 'chiefly celebrated at it inathematician ? 'gad *lnk' in the opinion of persons ... , . Vaildent on the „ spot, - has done more towards the nurture ot ibe i lebtliof Anna n;thtn . anfether teacher who h a ire liidedth 'the Place duiing"tbe last ',half century. Mr. D. lifi'Milttit; his been sttickin inch' blindness in his old .*II i)ut" b is' tiettioei 'and j udgnieise are vigorbps still; Under him, the deceased acquired a knowledge of prat • ~ . 'thittithat . iciiinclodingnavigation lit trigonometry; tied we iiiiY . rethark in liaising, fltat the 'same excellen t ,okl tiadtiithi 110t - wlCretealed-the *kinder, of Euclid tntbe eyes otilie'llei.ldsi. livinig.' t fiFifserton; Who . led in *apt 'settPler, 'lfs lilt ea a molt obliging 'boi, litlinalt chnifailtlY" Onni his titiber'ilkiiise, and as tfirt eye.iiiiht ;Wei always' veil . Weak, hi 'read to 'bill at tithes every dif, !loth iron his own'thirst 4flittoivledge, and the affection he'Cliiished forliit - earlihit friend.— For Mr. .o:'s 'betiefit',liithee thee his Own, he frequently catered Sticcessfuily . foi Newspapers, at a time when they were scarcer than they are at present ; and one votkman lie was in the habit of applying to, once said to him, though merely in joke t " what makes you Spore always to me? do you suppose you have a right' In borrow all my papers?'. At-first the boy was rather abashed, but rallying in a moment, he promptly replied, G! ,I'm sure vie neither. dirty them nor keep them tang; . and your maids, I eanlell ye t - hint a their washings to dry on Mr. Downie's hedge." Ferguson, the Lecturer, makes particular' mention' of lris'loils: and privations ;while a miller's :servant,' and if we except the carrying ..of heavy loads,' poor tiappeiton: *as every' whit as hardily reared. Whiter andleminer he scampered -slung without either shoes Or nicking', and though by no meansborn a 'churl's son, *a& hithiliar With all the hardships of a peasant's lot. &t the extremes of tem perature made little impression on his 'iron frame.' When at school, his favourite place by the 'fire wouldhave almost imaged any other rums, and id proof Of this 'his teacher 'states, that his petted, penknife, or any other good cobductorof beat, if fitidentally lifted when it came out of bit pocket;'' dropped immediately from the holder's fingers. • • . At the age of seventeen, Clapperton vine bOund an apprentice to the sea . and -became the cabin . boy of Captain - breith, of the Postlethwaite of Maryport, to whose notice he was kindly recommended by the laths Mr. Jonathan' Nelson ()Mort-Annan. thafostlethwaite s a veiseltf large beriberi, trittedhetsveen Lieerpoill en • licrth • Amadei, •ind in her he ripeatedir erdlitad . -tbe Atlentic-klistingeished even whewli thete'ylitith,. , for toolOsssisiestierityptinf iiiteepidify. On oheoCcasion, t ''sliip, whesiti.tOtoo;inepicrOtAtibirgArotk-0 ' and as that *omit ; was then dear * 'the piiiiiiiii4 * -me. W*db be crew fregeentecti . very .11 PProjeffiTigkl* I i~' ~ "Meaffrr coltmends tbo MO. .tbeEssaiaa Declaratnis, sad ilownarylLassia as an. Ulti diefised, that they afford no -- that the balance or Eu Deputies, Da. the 13th, there was a em the Loaa of eights millions, Foreign Affairs made a speech, this measure, on mutant of Ationiishich have otmotrock is the dmr,lt .particulasiy. nu. the Illar r*ey, ollsecsips that the respec . Powers with, respect to - Turkey Isaias& ortilaiiition, on them:tided hioh is common to dam M.— . 1 wows. tkistoosaost 3s, that , deolstse that 'they ate resolved, .epgagerents, and to attain the e 'Peaty of the 6th July." the loan, which he considered eortsideved !the notions that Turkey learshrewniby ilturaia , as ex- in reply, declared that Frage* been insinuated, by any in. banks of the Thames or of the Swope is not at peace—.lt was enable France to appear in the it if it is to interfere in the )13 was not terminated: mair 15--(Froin the Yeager)---Eve 'Tireizf u ebt s e. /Of. Se. 10e. &tussles Three per Cants. at • TV . . . • . ,4 1'1 s tar .. 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He immediately ahem the latter alternative, and after being sent round to the Nore was drasghted on board the Clark/de frigate, commanded bys very gallant Officer, who is now the Hon. Captain Briggs. Here be was ranked as a man before the mast, but feeling a desire to better his situ atiou, he addressed a letter, detailing his mishap and re cent history, to his friend Mr. Scott, banker; its'Annen, who had'always taken a warm. inlerest-in the family. Mr. Scott, as - the likeliest channel that °chi - tied •to him, applied to Mrs. General W.rons, of Mount Angell, who happens to be related to the Honourable Captain Briggs, and, through the influence of that eintiatle Lady, cosabined with his. own proftisidniti merit. the • brave Clapperton was speedily prim:weed' to the rank of Itidshipman—a cirtumstance whiClf:tended in no mean degree to • fiz his destiny; and - Shape his future fortunes in life. It has beet often rekeirliecl, that what at 'first appears to be a misfortune is iiiiMetimes the happiest thing that cati befallwa aisilidirchanced • in the present instance It•WireShakspreare'ircialbsity-- , love ofnaraire, or poaching pitipeasities, combined with the zeal of a Justice Slaillavi;• etiunch upholder of the Game Laws, thitinduCedliki to repair tollee City of London, l become a link boy;•cohiert with players, visit the green-tomtit, and: ultimately bequeath' to the latest posterity the most gfdrieett tritaas that ever wee e penned by mortal man; and oer'the's erne 'prinaple we may safely say; that if Clappertonhad sot smuggled a few pounds of salt; the itheliCti are, thht heiteverwould have figured at an Afticitarivellers `fled he Stuck to the American or coastingteide,he ita , ighthavrbecome first a mate; then - a - inaiter, then shipiebetsbind Wed part owner; and finabf,li reilrect . tb :,bis • native Bergli:4with a famine of i few.thdesandlitenadt, aid vegetated tran quilly'for ten ‘ovistssaftif ysielet,:.reashilk the weteapapers or play ingat billiiedie in tfteitireftoon,antelsinabintc.i gars and•drintittgarkiiitypitharciraegus‘le•theireedityg.-But What. would iliavotseen bFsdatsrel —ahesehis'glory— whtene:hisaialiatbetittieofmieseethere his *fiance of death sinf daager.-selitsee• bit niche: in -the annals • of Britain.? We are awarresf what is so often stif'abeut e rally Of tacrificing vektable • lives to Ma 'objeet that can lead tO.nrigOod. But heterwe differ. The sksyste .rifids• cityof Tenthueteo, :and the still morevriffeerious coarse of:the Niger; are objects of deep and general in teresr; and if central Africa could be soccesstelly ex plored,- and its livers and * lakes opened up to iteem or activation tavigatiou, British commerce Might become -medium-of 'defusing the blessings of ciiiiitation, religious light, and civil :liberty, over the most be nighted quarter of the globe.. •The national derltt of Britain would be-easier' liqeittited, than• the qaiins of the country of • which we speak. Slavery,' Moot than ny other cause, has depopulated • destskts,- !patented iirars,and make, widows and .orphans by thoitslieds in • Atorseg ; awed tr- few penceful . seWetific missiohsi though underiselceOwithlbe -vie* - of 'achieving a &omit pro spective good, will-hardly -atone• in theeye of Heaven for centutiectif oppressiori, bonde and bloed.:' And 'even if we take a narrower view o the case; aii i ihan, it should always be remembered, is coinpelled'io &tome a traveller against .his . will and if be is more itten with-the Were( aditntate, scientific zeal, lor the hope .of fame, than •With• the icquisition of wealth, the pride of- family, or personalism', we shotild adatirt *rather than blame his conduct, end billow his statuary% th e language of Bartli-' ..., . . . ~ ii iiii . i .' la i, • - l am it*: This strirst the dun pessant,lso la• p , r .. i ;. Sar sans Siiihtipe wrOiliiiisaii i''''- 1 .... t:, , • ' his sisileserhtioun s iiiivi-itiiiitosulaidk, ~ , 4 . ''• tie ids ht this blase alio rata" ' 1. .. , , Pzivioni;to :fBlr'our 'Sailors; inhoardbricoos i a the cutlass after 'any faAtion they pleased, and 'fere trSined to no partienlar methodist the manageMent qttliat for 'addable weapon. - It was stigteittd,:boiireifir, tbat this was a defect ; and 'with the ,foi:ef . FilobiOnit, Clap petton'anda few other clever Mialpinen wain ordered to *pail' to Portsmonth.Dpcklyakl, to he iisitpikal by the celebrated swordsman, 'Angelo, in ihrit, irtahaalled the imiiroved Maass exercise. hen caught t • ' theY • were . listriblitat as teacbets trier, thi lee!, and Captain Claiipertatlt clais:toom vigi the' . thicit:.of the Asia, 74-:- . -the' ff.*g ifii pi: Cif Vice Admiral Sir Alex. Cochrane... Ther:Aiii 'teas'' then, lying lt v Sjithead, ad . cinitinned - there till. the erd of Janupry,.4Bl4 ; the her Adifirril had been entrusted with rte.:corn- Mand of. our; whole naval force on 'the tSast of North America;-and was making every thitigOody to 'sail for hil: . :,fitsal:dusiinalion : " Clapperton's set .4 . . es as A drill setgesfitaifiggi be performed during the,passage out .todkrppikditririd .he was afterwards to nuke the best of his way, th As Canadian Lake*, whillitiarthen or Were inorabbut.to'becoine the - scene of important naval operation': Ai the:rtiod we speak of, and before the Asia had'. Weighed., alffror, an incident odurred strikingly indurative. of Tu...coolness and intrepidity. One evening; the alarm itasgivett that the . ship was en fire; the drums immediMely beat to . 9uarters, the 'firemen' Were • piped 4 'awq. to the gth-room. Where an isruiledse . -quantitlAiuggage* bad .been temporarily • depotited; slid ho N - hence wereliitiing huge and increasing vitlturseilir isoke.. Tli'e c i t after magazine; containing some Intiiiiil barrels of...gun powder; was immediatelritirdei b lik spot,' and; the appearance of the . cOmtiestititf 131440E06re to *alarm ing, that every, man awaited - hie . firteirri sdence,'lmder 'an impression that the ship - wcWild-Sitiedily be- i 6 to atoms. - At this awful thOment, an Officar*!loiNed oc casion to pals through the coekpit; cibiekied*Millidrip. man 'in the larboard bitth sitting - it' a - table, liftrvery quietly smoking a cigar. The sight surdriied'ifith, and on discovering that the smoker wasitis friencrgrgioe r _ ton, he could hat help maivellitig athisieelsi l ing apishly. The oilier, howevet, Was-quite cool; sitieteplied ~. that be was only* supetnumerary ;that no partikulif 'station had been assigned to him i andthat if the ship lilViv up, as seemed very likely, it was'of little koise4tierfCewbeie he - wai.'" But the seat of the 'fire was fortdiatelfais. covered,' and 'the tunes subdued - with thrislbilinitlible °Net and pretence 'Of mind:Vtliiih are "never inOrit sip latent than• is ship" of war dothithromersts of danger ; add on the IstFebruairy, die Ada add - Striteib Wattled theit - ancliers andoictd out‘trilfa.. • '. • '7 l ' ''' L i",.,- . While4Ying stußernsuda; kin& on therissagi 'dot, *e sing anid. - eaarldi-::UsfOtiton's .- diliksitie in Vie ille/ging:ok deriesifidrisarsetetcl 'Sabo:. Officers as litinninti seeded inifildiftiotts• hi hibi hi almaout -1111 igittGise i and his sinitlyilaiii Mil' sidkr-iiiit sp it Mid idue• Itiereas, in default styrltichor "um. acc?rd:.gt: taw. Dowry, January 29, Ins. jestmee==Tmeiest=n FRENCH; The Motility of Meade Mee for the levy. 0f66,000 The Messages des ilsaie6; long article ieletive toPiet „ . ;mid+ if: French fiankresuur, 4 calls :she el earippltioa•-..-avid says—" VI ktilholt *Cabinet has be jr .s, and Oaitime. declaratiol oPetirts. staring at the s mosidersaa wasurpatioe ee to assume a Crown which i! bed. The character of su. irdossiren by; the Olmiqt aka, to quit.Lisbrin in Cal assure the title Oi4hoiLioit tiennbserresy-that theseord .Caliieets,- which hare plAce arse bases of legitimise. le•anotberAs the 41.1 lotion whicb appears ia tl ssys,„tbat. the, bases laid dil ate.se. :clearly del ponds for• way aPPechellii ( swain he dislimbed• ill tee Chambee of Depot very interesting debate on t an which the Minister of Pm ' slgiring the necessity of t tie important modificationi boon lekatioass 111 4 t 4411 between Russja and.Torkel • tin situation of the three Pi *enquires some Mutual ingthe 'Treaty, evhall a ollsll that wa ate itleawecti ▪ -tha Allies. of the Kiser 49 lie him, to keep. their .tvpsi_ • eljuces laid down by the 7 'Mignon 'opposed the •lometeevirey ; he maiden ▪ '• Maths dthger of Morel s li te i ltister of Marine, ✓ alit directed, as had I la • coming from the be lista; "but," said he, "Es i. •.atiare.our duty to ens to !Utak which becomes it. he 10,41 e." Th e di scuss i on a New Fesos.—Papas, ALt to Pr &nit. lOC 10t. "Tbreirpr rip •t Nate sseautpanytag she Ng s i her etioek, ?of. SW- is •TURXEY Ai PRIVATE ERR • SYMANA i• i latoasequeoce of the is igh Latkith fl eine at &its, iShp sailed from the $I The Trident, ship "accompanied by the F The Frank inhabitants owv billed the nthvensents of r i f Adminl de Rigay skuh all awe in the greatest ci me , it itit come in hostile acts and that they wool to the scene of acti ter '"lation of .the Torts. Vi jr "webbed a letter to Admi ha at ,Vourla, under core a ged 1 4seop, the Dutch Consul Ois The following is a tram r j et ' !, address e d to -M. V. L I receive, dear Your sets *. km the honour to ad ' signed by a great 1 Franks of Smyrna. Na ▪ thlt I the position of the oritude t h at must ag i tate • Tried departute.of • . " 1 *hen that depant o 114 th of the O ttoman tro • Se 4 as I .asp here, e a w ent duties, 1 am am oPtfly aciuit myself of always foremost tie' iesacern the pruned 4 feel that I ottsbt to ' • . Maim "whic . .go • AND GREECE. CbIIIIIOIIPONDINCI4 lliAnan 00. iatalligenpe of the arrival pf a o, the French Admiral, De Bay of Smyrna, on the 11th ship of the line, bearing hisdag, Hear de Lys frigate. - of this city, who bad also the Ottoman naval forces, on prepare for departure, were —.‘ consternation, imagining that hostile contact with the Turkish be exposed, from their ♦i action, to the Snit effects of the With this unpleasant idea they .cliniral de Rigny, which reached per of a dispatch from M. Van Consul, at Smyrna. inslation of the Admiral's re- L. Vourla, with .the letter you base address me, that which was en- at number of the most respects- No. person can better appreciate the Frank families, and the in le them, in consequence of the , the'llreach vessels of war, parti tt departure coincides wi th Psh; move. -coops and the Beet before Scio. with a responsibility. and . with ware that, probably, I cannot . all; 'but it is my intention to *metre en profiler 4,1441101 e preemies of Ore afrarsks; end :for i4*;caste sbe.t,. enbilinriPa; ors Mgt it, ' ."-. e• • .. 7 I