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111. 1 ' - firs...hips, to be much greater than vies at first said.— The Christians, it is adde4obn on their side three Ip sariot ships, and what they stillniore regret, the intro{! pid Canaris, who was blown up with the Turkish ship' .which he engaged. The same papers report that Der wish Pacha has experienced a fourth defeat at Geniis, whence he designed to penetrate into Livadia. Letters from Trieste, in the Awgsbarg Gazette of the ! SOth of September, say; lhat a vessel which left Corfu on the 11th, arrived at Venice on the 18th. All the passengers are agreed as to the great disasters sustained by the Turks in]the cluatof Samoa. • The Capudan Bey of Tunis, commancling . one of. the frigates that were set on Sre,,axtein piing to ex4ape warralien prt • soner. According to. these passengers, the Greeks made a • . econd attack, in whit!' they burnt a Turkish ship of C-e line and two frigates. •• As for the corps that landed on Samos, it was de stroyed to a man. A great victory by Admiral Miaules, over the Egyptian fleet, is spoken of. Many other re ports, all advantageous to the defenders of the Cross, are in circulation ; but it cannot be denied that they need confirmation. 7 —French Papers. PROTESTA STs AN I) CATHOLICS. THE SITUATION OF PROTESTANTS IN FRANCE COMPARED . •WIT/I THAT OF CATHOLICS IN ENGLAND. (rams ?HZ MILO The lam in England is made for the.mainlenance of the Trotestant religion. In France, oa the contrary, nouwitbstanding the small number of Protestants, the hostility of their princirles to all authority, and the no velty of their existence, the law is equal for all. It is a principle in England that all religions which differ from the teligiin of the' State ou'ght to be destroyed. In France, far from being destroyed, they are protected, and even supported at the expense of the public trea sury: In England, Protestants, considered as the ftiends of the new system, are distinguished by the most emi nent prerogatives ; and the Catholics, who form a third part of the population, are an outcast people. They are children disinheiited by their'father, excluded from all marks of confidence, and from every pursuit which leads to honour and fortune. They hear all the burdens of the State, and share none of its advantages. .In France the twenty-nine thirtieths of the population attached to the religion of the State do not enjoy the slightest exclusive privilege. Protestants are admissi ble to all public posts, and, in fact, hold them to an ex tent beyond the proportion of their number. They are electors, and, eligible equally with Catholics, who fre quently return them, without - enquiring into their reli gions faith. There ate among them Peels, Deputies, Generals of Division, Prefects, Presidents of the Royal Courts, Councillors of State, and of the First Tribunals, Mayors, &c. We have even seen, both under the old and the new regime, several Protestants in the French Ministry ; whilst England would be alarmed, and think herself on tile brink of ruin, if a single Catholic were to enter the King's Council or occupy an important office. In the British. Empire the Protestant Clergy live only --upon the spoils pf the.ancient Church ; they enjoy im mense property, founded by Catholics and for Catholics, who little imagined that these benefices, the ft uit of their pii us donations, would one day pass into the hands of their enemies, and he employed against the donors. Be sides, the Catholics who have outlived oppression, or who • are still tolerated, are compelled to suppot t their Bishops • and Pi lest., and to build, at their own expense, humble chapels by the side of the temples which bare been tAkcp from them. _ 'net are forted too, besides paying the Ecclesiastical tax, tithes, to a clergy foreign to their treed, which pt ovides for rune of their skiritual wants, to contribute to the building of Anglican churches, which they never enter, and which are not even frequented.by Protestants. In Prance, on• the contrary, the Catholic Clergy, al though reduced to a slender hire—a poor compensation of their ccofiscated property—havemot Taken a farthing from the Protestants. There are even given to the Latex, Catholic temples, and where there are none, they receive aid to construct new ones ; none of their property has been confiscated ; they ,enjoy in peace what they possessed, and their Ministers receive a salary from the Government, although they cannot claim it by WI title of indemnity, and this salary exceeds that of Ca tholic Rectors, who are very differently occupied.* We will not inquire whether this is tight or wrong— we will not attempt to decide whether the toleration of a religion which is not that of the State, or even the rotection of it in the event of its being troubled, ought, in st: act propriety to extend to favours and direct sup port—we will merely report facts, establish a point of co riparison, and shew the respective positions of the Protestants in France and the Catholics in England.— Notwithstanding all this, and the liberty of the former, France stilt passes for fanatical, intolerant, and perse cuting; and under this view the English and German Papers are filled with invectives against her, whilst, notwithstanding the state of oppression of seven millions ' of Catholics, England passes in the eyes of the multi tude for the classical country of toleration, and the ge ',serous protector of civil and religious liberty. • The Etude meant, we imagine, that the ordinary duties of the Catholic Priests ate wore burrheadeine than those of the Protestants. INK EVENING STAR LONDON. FRIDAY, OC roBER . 8, 1824. THE FUNDS.. SPOOK EXCHANGE. TWELVR O'CLOCK. Consuls opened at 9.1 i i for the Account, which will be on Tuesday. and up to this hour they are 95i, with scarcely anything doing.—The suns which will be paid to the l'ublic to-morrow, in money, if claimed by the ilisseutieuts from the lour per Cults. will • by upwards 01 X4 3 9C0,C00. • FOIMIGN FUNDS. .^. , Little or no business doing in the above Market this morning. Curreut Prices: New Spanish 1541, Old 204 1, Itussl4l, 95a Mexican 40& 1, Colombian Scrip 8} 8 disc. ,Culontbiao,g7i es, 734 74, French Scrip 131 14 pre. Austrian 974 1, • New I': ussian 98i 1, Old 97i I, Alliance Shares 104 1 pre. Portuguese 901, Brazil disc. par, Buenos Ayres :11 ".; disc. Peruvian 66, Greek Scrip 16 disc. • PNICE OF STOCKS AT ON B O'CLOCK. Bank Stock shat--;.3 per Cent. . Reduced shut 3 per Cent. Cons. 95% % 17 8 %-sk per Cent. shut 4 per Cent. Assented shut 4 per Cent. New 106% 107 3 4—India Bonds 87 8 IS,OOO Es.:Clieq.Bills . dtd.) 42 50; (Phd.) 47 8. £lOO and £2OO do. (1 "hd.)41i..50. liankfor Acct.239 l / 2 tor,Acct. 95% 5 % Never, since the . worii .period ef tion, has the world witnessed 66C11 'outrages as are now committed in Spatn. At the very , moment that orders ' ' I are given fora solemn thanksgiving and Te Demo, in' honour olthe restoration'Onmarirnam, the Ministers of •th at Sovereign are huntini thgr Constitutionalists lute bll.O-hOunds: ancl.theliN"s.sit a day passes "Pith. or assassinations tunlikilft insulted finnan le Militarr Consrnissiori at Carthage passed judgment, on the 19th of lastitiontb, on 63 C Stitutionalists, accused of haii4 borne arms again the KING. It condemned eight, one of whom is a Cap.. tOrtif ilifintry to be shot in the back, is traitors.. The others are condemned to different penalties ; of this XlO.lnteris she•Mircitsis de RAiALi who will be imprib soned for a year in a fortress. The Military Commission at Pampeluna has in like manner passed sentence on several inhabitants of the town of Peralta, who had endeavoured to excite disc orders in the.name of the Constitutiott of the Cortes. At the same time, bands of robbers are forming in several of the Provinces : and the Government has not a shilling in the treasury. • .! - In another column we. have given some interesting intelligence from (reece, which is snore than 'confirmed by the following private letter. There can now be little doubt of the defeat of the Capitan Pacha's fleet : RETRACT OT A LETTER, DATED ZANTE, snit.. 3, N. S. " I shall begin by informing you, that all the troops which have been this month in movement against Ea,tern and Western Greece, under the command of Dervish Pacha and Omer Vrione Pacha, have been entirely deflated, in two battles, and those few who were able to escape the fury of the brave Greeks, dis- banded themselves, and sought refuge by flight ; but all this is nothing in comparison of the defeats sus tained by the fleet of Constantinople, in two naval, combats, which took place between the Sd arid sth of August, 0. S. lam quite certain that if this newe has reached you, you will look upon it as a fable; but I am able to inform you that this communication admits of no doubt. " The former combat wok place near Bathi (a port of Samos); and the latter, at Tarbogasi (Straits), near Samos. In the former, the Turks lost— " One vessel of the line and two frigates, blown op ; one corvette and one brig, taken ;40 0-among, burnt, snob, and taken. And in the latter combat, 29 transports.—Total, 74 vessels, blown up, taken, burnt, or sank. " This intelligence was conveyed to us by a Captain who arrived here the 15th August (0.3), in four days from the Lie of Syra. The said Captain was at Syra when a Spezziot schooner arrived with dispatches for the Prefect of that island, sent by the two Greek Vice. Admirals. " Yesterday arrived here a schooner of Cunduriottis, having on board Mr. Blaquiere, who will sail without delay for London. It is now five days since she loft Hydra. There are also on board of her five or six young Greeks, who are about to prosecute their studies in London, and, so we are informed, two Ipsariot Ama sons, who, after having killed their children to prevent their falling into the' hands of the barbarians, fought , with extraordinary valour, and escaped from the Eery of their enemies. di Mr. Blaquiere assures us; that of the Turkish fleet only 17 vessels escaped to Boudroun (anciently Halicar nassus); and he farther adds, that in a few days we may expect news unequalled in history." Dispatches have been received by the last Mail from Lisbon, in answer to the propositions sent out a few weeks ago, as the result of the discussions here between the Commissioners from Portugal and Brazil, on the subject of the independence of the latter country. Nothing can be with certainty known respecting them, except that the propositions have been entertained by the Cabinet at Lisbon, and that they have not, at all events, been absolutely rejected, since the Commis sioners, in consequence of the arrival of these dispatches, have recommenced their sittings, and were engaged in deliberation on the communication from Portugal dur ing the whole of yesterday morning. We learn also, that an order was yesterday issued for the detention for a few days of the outward-bound Brazil packet, for the purpose, as is supposed, of enabling the Brazilian Com missioners, after the dispatches from Lisbon have been fully taken into consideration, to make that Government acquainted with the point at which this important ne gotiation has arrived. To-mor;ow the payment of thi amount due to tlie 'dissentients from the reduction of the Four per 'Cents. :will be made, we understand, at the Bank, ,and will orirri; if claimed, an increase to the circulating xtledium 'if neatly 6,ooo,oool—sterling. We say if claimed, for it is a very curious fact, that of the amount doe to the 'dissentients from the 'eduction of the Five per ` Cents_ 7.4 , ltich took place in 1822, a large portion has never been called for, but is lying idle at the Rank. The mode by, which provision is wad.: for the Four peer Cent. disientients has been already mentioned, the Batik hav ing engaged to advance the sum required, and. receive repayments it gated . petiods from the Sinking Fund, tilling into esi at the rate of three per cent.. It is to the expectation of the increase of circulation from this source that is to be ascribed the high state of credit of the Engliodi Funds, *MCI' for some tirie past have been gradually improving in value. It is also said to be in the contemplation of. Government, before the termina tion of the present year, to reduce the amount of Ex chequer bills in circulation by about 4,000,0001.. From these causes, combined with the payment of the Octo ber dividends, and those due on the various foreign loans, now glowing to a very considerable amount, an influx of capital into the market for investment must take place to an extent seldom known at one period. Its effect on the value of Governmeni Securities, will,' however, depend on the confidence felt in the igsa -p. notice entolitical tranquillity. • • The frequency of tie istercdarse Waken Eng f litiod sat Fieince, does not seem to ' , ender citti neighbours Setter acquainted with our iustitstions or character, both of which are continually misrepresented. This is particu larly the ca‘e with an atticle which we have copied from the Etaik, on the situation of Protestants in France, com pared with that of Catholics in England. The writer is very various to wipe away a reproach, which he ac knowledges to be general, that Fiance still passe. for fanatical, intolerant, and persecuting,".while .! Eng land passes in the eyes of the multitude foe the class sical country of toleration, and the generous protector of civil and religious liberty." To shew that the world has all this time mistaken the matter, the Etoik declares at once that " it is a principle in England, that all religions which differ from the re ligion of the State, ought to be destroyed." We need not state that this is not true, since every village in the Kingdom sheers its falsehood. Were it not so, where would be the synagogues of the Jews, and the conven. tides of the thousand and one sects that are to be met with in England. Let the Ranters, the Bryanites, the de luded followers of Joanna Southcote, and of other sects equally absurd, answer for the principle of English to leration, which the Etvik so ignorantly assails. In the absence actual intelligence, rumour with it hundred tongues is generally busy. Nothing is more easy on paper than to fit out a fleet at Lisbon, Cadiz, or Brest, and send it.at once to any part of the world; this,. indeed, has been frequently- done, and all the world become acquainted with the circumstance, save the places, whence the expedition was stated to have sailed. The last rumour of this sort was, that France is about to reconquer St. Domingo, and that too with four thousand men ; this, to use a favourite phrase' of a person who knew something of these matters, would be " a prodigy of valour." —St. Domingo once cost France a fine army, and she is wiser than risk another in such an enterprise. Indeed, by letters received from Havre, it is ascertained that vessels are loading in that port for St. Domingo, freighted in part with military stores and equip. meats for cavalry, which would not be permitted if hostile measures were in view. A negotiation was but recently pending for the acknowledgment of the independence of the island, which at one stage was thought so near completion, that the Haytian Com missioners had made ptopositions for raising in England the sum of money which was to be the" price of the concession.; and although two of the Commissioners have returned to Port-au-Prince, one still remains, we believe, in France, with the hope of re newing the negotiation under more favourable auspices, in consequence of the accession of the present KING. —Shortly after the death of Lours XVIII. a very spirited remonstrance on the subject was presented to the Government by the merchants of Havre, in which they ezposicl, with equal force, the utter impossibility of reconqueriqg an island, in the attempt at which the flower of BONAPARTE'S army had perished, and the advantages that would result to the French commerce from an amicable arrangement with its present rulers. These representations will now be renewed, and have too much reason in them not to produce an effect, in the altered situation of the French Government. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The admirers of Smossoss, the last of --•--" the wondrous Three, Whose words were sparks of immortality;" were Jan night delighted wish an eaceUent representation of his ad. mirable Comedy of The &bailor Scandal. KILYSEN, Fa Rams &Ammon, Joust, Cowin, Miss Catania, and Mrs. Davewroal: have rarely appeared to more advantage, and their exertions gave un. mixed satisfaction to a respectable, if not brilliant assembbge. Charles the Second succeeded, and was much applauded. Lord Viscount Gamesrsu.a left town last night for Paris, accompanied thither by Mc. WILLIAMS, one of the King's Messengers. It is said that his Lordship is the beaters( a letter of condolence from his blasters to the King of Faaact, on the death of the late Monarch. The Emperor of .4unnlA has ordered his Court to go into mourning for twenty days, on occasion of the death of his Majesty Loos XVIII. We are happy to leans that the health of &r Ronstur Pzaz is rapidly improving. Mr. Secretary Peat., who has been on a skit to his respected father, at Drayton Manor House, set out yesterday m orniag for Ringwood, the seat of Mr. Seem, OR a shooting excursion for two or titres days. Sir WILLIAM GAIIROW, since his return from the I Circuit, has been enjoying the genial sea breezes, at his marine villa, Pegwell Day, and has much benefited in health. Many of the turf horses are afflicted at this time with a distemper. Sir THOMAS STAIILRY'S Cestrian colt which won at the late races at Litchfield and Shrewsbury, died last week. There has been a meeting at Calcutta; for the relief of the &stressed settlers in South Africa; and we have much plea sure in saying, that before the meeting broke up, a con►iderable collection was made. A most sumptuous military equipment for the Nabob of die CA ANA TIC is about to be skipped from this country for M *At the Meetiog on TuevdAy, the three Gentlemei. originally nominated—namely, J. BOLLAND, Esq. J. Haas, Esq. and M. H. Knows., Egg. were deeloed to be sbosen assignees o the estate of Meurs. MA RAH and Co. 'Monday sennighr, Mr. Owex, ni Lanark, arrived a! Liverpool, and oo Saturday morning sailed in the New York, Capt Mazwitia., for New York. :The packet ship Crisis, Captain 1 .11 , 31 a mu, sailed from Cowes yesterday for New York, with At:vioin Sr. Julia Raman, Kn. his Majesty's Coastal-General to the United States, sister, and servants; alai with other passengers. Captain CHARLES James Fox anti his Lady have em. barked at Portsmouth, on board a King's frigate for Gibraltar. where the pliant Captain is going to join his Regiment. They were accompanied to Portsmouth by the young Lady's father, the Duke of Caaseacs, who took leave of them with deep regret. The Margate and Ramsgate steam-boats continue Iv import large cargoes of passerigen and luggage, but their exports are very meagre indeed; even the more select company at Broadstairs are oa the.wiag to warn. The equinoctial gales are a terror to the eastern inhabitants of the metropolis. A new Tragedy Jmas.:,Le!td• in the . . Green room ni Covent-garden Theatre on last Friday, previously to the first tr. bearsal of it, in the presence of the performers who are to support the several characters. The piece was read by Mr. C. Kamat.a. with great spirit, and is said to have nude a favourable impression on the theatrical circle. . . . • MAJZOOROUGIISTREET-TIIIS DAY. -........- MR. HENRY FAVNTLEROY. The Office was this day again crowded to ex - cr.ss, under the id ea that Mr. Fauntlerny would have undergone another examinluW me situation in which he stands does not appear to be general:; understood. The fact is, he already stands committed un two d:;_ duct charges, and may not be again brought up, should the B an k be advised that, for the ends of pfiblic justice, enough, has ahead, been done. la that ease, he will be removed to Newgate on 6, general removal day. NAVAL ISTELLIGENCE. Remoras, Oce. 6. —Want - rt . ; N.N,E. Sailed the liero Wicsos, for Malta and Corfu. p olimmia ,„ arrivals or sailing,. DeAL, Ovr. 7&—Wind &W.—Arrived and sailed for the River, the Louisa, 13aexaen, from Malaga; Royal Sovereign, Co ur " , from ditto, for Petersburgh ; and Martinique, Bros, froth Crenada. Came' doien from the River and sailed, the Ganges, Lori), for madras; Nile, Repot.% for Berhicr'; and Prince of Orange, line., for Lisbon. Sailed the Roseville, Arnantson, for Antwerp. Sever al vessels are pow (five, Pas.) off the North Foreland, corning from the River. Ltranroor., Orr. 6. Arrived do Trusty, llearreasow, fron t Stara • also, on Tuesday, the following vessels—Joe,-Ga cut . er , an d &ma, Jones, from Dublin, with flour and grain; Waterloo, Nesserr; from Newry, with cattle. Bassrot l Geri 6.—Arrived the Cambrian. Romance, f rom the Cep of Good 'lope; Earl Talbot, from Lanzarotte ; lticham NW Swab, from Villanotra ; Henry Casa,--., from Petetsburgh. CUSTOM-1101A R, OCT. 7. • . , Sutra Erman) Iswasens--The Prince of Waterloo, and front Ostend; Stratton, and Larkin', from Stangate Creek ; Liveh, and Hope, from Harlingen ; Sans Repos, front Antwerp; (Amt.., from Guernsey ; Dorset, from Rotterdam ; Aurora. from Gibral. tar; Driridson, from the Cape of Good Hope ; and Fairy Queen, from Malaga.. • , EXTIRILD Goma itos.-The John Bushman, ter Grenada; John, Royal Charlotte, and Emerald, for ,lamika"; Two Brotliers, fur Hamburgh ; Weser Johan, for Dremen ; Hiram, tat' NaPlcs; and Onyx, for Honduras. • Curim's Oorwatas,—Thu James, for Gibraltar ; Weaale, kr Bremen; Venus, for Bahia; England, ?or Bbay; Alen, for Seville; and Henry and Sarah, for 'Lisbon. HYDI PARX.-"--The protective iron-railing of the too long insulted Statue of Achilles b now nearly completed ; and in a few dayi more the public will be gratified in seeing the renowned Hero appropriately surrounded by high and well placed spears and pikes, which, akernately Axed, will form an effectual fence to this fine monument of the most glorious victories of tbe.Dritish arms. It is stated in a letter from Rome, inserted in the Quotidienne. that another Cardinal, of the name of &s -lam, is dead. The Sacred College is now reduced to, 46, its full complement being seventy. As this vene rable assemblage of red hats has now and then the elec tion of a Sovereign, the death of one increases in pro portion the value of the votes of the survivors. Their object should therefore be to keep the Conclave as scantily supplied with new members as possible: but the interest or the feeling of his Holiness is oenerally different from that of the candidates for his t hrone, or the creators of his power ; and accordingly every Pore repairs more or less the losses of the Sacred College...- Accordingly we are told, that four or five churchmen were to be raised to the purple in the cow se of last month,. A letter from the Agent to Lloyd's; dated Genoa, September 25, states, that the master of a vessel arrived there, reports having seen, a few days previously, of Minorca, a fleet of _fourteen sail steering towards -the coast of Sardinia ; from the great distance they were at he was unable to distinguish their colours, but, from their appearance, took them for British men of war. (It is, however, zonc,luded that this fleet is no other thus the French Escadrom d'Erolutions, as so many British. vessels of war are not known to be congregated in the. Mediterranean). The masters of three vessels which bad arrived at Genoa, reported that the Neapolitan Consul had been landed at Cagliari, in a Sardinian vessel from Algiers, and it was rumoured the.Dey de. minded 300,000 dollars from the Neapolitans, sisfliAct pretensions of a similar nature against the Genoese. STRANGE Currommts.—Monday morning, as the 'porter of Mr. Wavrov, .earpet-Manufacturer, 6; New gate-street, was Opening the shop, two large cozen, on their march ham Smithfield to Nee/gate-market, na doubt considering their time in this world very short, and that their last hour was come, and London with all its gaiety must soon close on them for ever, took the li berty to walk into the shop. and after 'staying there some time, and apparently with great satisfaction, ..sur veying the carpeting, to the no small amazement of those who bad assembled, both withia and without, to witness the novel scene, deliberately turned about and walked out again, following each other, and quietly pro ceeded " to the place of execution," doing no other da mage than cracking a little glass with their barns, and which they could, not very well avoid. There have been worse customers in shops than these valuable ani mals, the pride and glory of Jahn Bull. " Oh the' roast beef of Old England r' Sunday morning last, the body of a man was found on a brick-kiln, lifeless. The bZdy was bat very little' burned. Deceased was of delicate frame, of fair com plexion, with light hair, and red whiskers, and is sup posed to have been about 23 years of age. He had a paper cap on his head, and was miserably clad, except ing that he wore a decent pair of shoes; and white cot ton stockings; but on the whole exhibiting every ap- , pearance of extreme poverty, which was manifest on osearching his pockets, in which were found a pawn broker's duplicate for a pair of trowsers, pledged f5l - in the name of John Caster, on the dOth of la 4 month, at a house in Paddington -street, a small wo. man's comb, and part of a letter, conjectured to have been addressed to the deceased by his brother. The body has been removed to Pancras Workhouse. • GLASGOW, OCT. s.—Yesterday, between twelve and one o'clock, on account of the cotton-spins,es s still stand ing out, Mr. Niel Snodgrass, Mile•end, Calton, having resolved to employ other spinners tha n those foi - merly in his service, his Manager engaged some persons to. put the machinery in a working condition, during which "several hundreds of persons, supposed • cotton-qiiriners, a , sembled in front of the AM, and broke a numner (If p toes of glass. Mr. Hamilton, the 'Wafter of Nike, with several officers, went to the spot, and n ith great iersuasion, the mob dispeesed, without doing farther in at y. A detachment of Police was sent to their assist ance to prevent a repetition of the attack, who watched the premises all night. This merning all is quiet. The streets of London perhaps never were in a more dirty and disagreeable state than they are at prerent— he principal thoroughfares are in many places almost impassable. The Strand, after having been blocked. up for more than a month to be re-paved, is at length 2S tpened, and the carriage-way is even worse than it was '•iefote the repair (as we suppose it must be called): it is full of immense holes, forming receptacles for mud, to the annoyance of the foot passengers, and endangeliag the lives of all who pass in carriages. We quote the following paragraph from a French Journal The t l— k e b ilf m ra a t i est e t ;nu- ster hair-dressers of the Society itf St. Louis dia.:was f x un v era n l i se ... rvice for the repose of sex! Ilosanamaius Exc.-usu.—ln a window in Exeter, the following placard invites the male part of the Public to have their bards mown Shaving done here by afannk barinrcsa." - , 441r 4te ligag lier. . **, • r. . • by. Ai Vigul ms snake This which and pi 'contra bad ni that ti from t lout . th ptssag seleete - sdf the 4 to the impro not lib 'Asa w • • ti4ree .". Vicki , , I. cm " prc ". Go " Go tom' TIM Xi GIN Upo iris Ala Mr Rei