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ti •t e4l. CHARACTER-OF AL PACHA. FrOm VAvossicoewe's "Memoirs , fdle lonian Islands." (Concluded from the Sias of yesterday.) " In his dominions he has organized a Police un known in the rest of Turkey. and to this he has di rected the whole of his attention, because it is the most powerful means of preventing all attempts 2gainst himself. This police is not only severely and watchfully busied about the public safety, for• Ali Pacha does not even spare the Klephtes, his ancient companions ; but it enters into the interior ofthouses, superintends the conduct of the inhabitants, and its officers render in to Ali an exact account of the ac tions, conversations, and projects of all ; in a word, of every thing that can interest or convey informa tion to him. This police follows up the Greeks in all their relations at Constantinople, and discovers every step they are taking ; so that Ali Paella, in formed of every thing they seek to effect, has suffi cient time to frustrate their views. All the letters which leave his dominions are read by him or his agents before they are delivered to the courier who is to convey them away. He pays no more regard to the dispatches of the official agents residing near him, and he opens them all, under a hope of finding out one which is not written in cypher. He does not respect foreign couriers, nor even those of his sove reign ; and on the first complaint he throws off the blame from his own shoulders by causing some poor wretch to be hanged whom he had taken out of his prisons, or carried away from the country for some grudge or another. " In 1807 he caused three couriers to be assassi nated. of whom two were French, and he was ex tremely displeased in having only found letters in cypher upon them. His agents scattered in different parts, and the correspondence of the Greeks who are in his service, make him acquainted with the princi pal events passing in Europe, as well as the situation of the great powers. His own notions, and his infor mation thus obtained, serve him as a thermometer for his political conduct, and make him decide on what connections he is to form with foreign states, for he is always anxious to have a point of support out of Turkey. " Ali Pacha has a great number of palaces and country seats. Some of them are the inheritance of his second wife, the rich widow of a Pacha, whom he espoused in order to enjoy her fortune, and after s% anis confined to his harem, where she died in ob scurity. The others are the spoils of persons whom he has caused to perish or compelled to fly, and some have been built by himself. He is his own architect, Upholsterer, and decorator ; hence are his palaces the most brilliant assemblage of magnificence and bad taste. One traverses obscurd hovels in order to ar rive at magnificent saloons, in • which velvet, gold, and embroidery are displayed in profusion, even on the floor. Gobelins tapestry, hung on a rod, some times serves in the place of doors : and pieces of em broidery in gold, half a yard wide, to which rich fringes are attached, are applied to clothes not worth s'x francs per yard.. In each of these palaces, at the side of the richly ornamented saloon in which he gives, audience, is a confused range of chambers and rooms, which serve for various purposes. Some of them are store-houses, in which he shuts up the fur niture, effects, and utensils proceeding out of confis cations, pillage, and the exactions he had ordained. In 1807, when it was necessary to have cannons founded, 6030 weight of brass which was wanting was furnished in kitchen utensils out of these store. houses. It is he himself also, alone, who undertakes to keep an 'account of these articles, and holds the keys. When he wishes to furnish a house for any foreigner whom he treats favourably, or has taken into his service, he hithself goes there to look out the linen, pans, and kettles which he desires should be given to him : so much minuteness is certainly the effect of his extreme avarice. Notwithstanding he is almost exclusively given up to Socratic pleasures, and for this purpose keeps up a seraglio of youths, from among whom he selects his confidants, and even his principal officers, he has 5 or 600 women scattered about in various harems, the principal of which are at Joannina, Tepeleni, and Kerkalopoulo. " His revenues are very considerable, but it is im possible to estimate them with any degree of exacti tude, because he follows no fixed rule in the repara tion and collection of his imposts. All the provin cial Governors whom we have already enumerated, and are absolutely dependent on his will, levy im posts in the manner he ordains: and of these he him. self renders in the account to the Porte, pays to the Turkish Government with exactitude what he owes it, and deposits the remainder in his own coffers, which frequently is one half of the sum total col lected, and sometimes more. He moreover possesses the income of his own private domains, as well as of his numerous flocks, which amount to about 50,000 sheep. To these two branches of revenue it is neces sary to add the produce of confiscations, exactions, arbitrary droits, fines, and commutations of penal ties, which being founded only on his own caprice, present no certain basis of valuation. On an average his revenue is estimated at 15,000,000 francs ; but besides this revenue, which is destined to meet the expenses of his administration and militarT establish.' ment, in which he acts with the greatest economy, he has great treasures hidden either at Tepeleni or in his castles at Joannina, of which ir would be impos sible to produce an estimate. All that is known on this subject is, that the sums which he thus holds in reserve are in Venetian gold. . . - - - - - " He has likewise appropriated to himself all the precious stones and pearls of which he has obtained knowledge in the countries over which he has lorded, and has besides purchased a large quantity. He hat also a numerous collection of watches and clocks of great value and of every form, aswell as of Old and shyer vases, and immense store-houses of goods. All that is valuable is under his own personal cam, as well as his treasures shut up in subterraneous ♦aults, where no one enters but himself. For the current expenses of the State he has a treasurer, who in 1807 was one of his own nephews, and son to his sister, to whom he had given the district of Liebovo. But this treasurer is, in fact, no other than a pay. master, who each time that a coffer is empty makes up his accounts to Ali before he receives the keys of another. For his own house he had a Jewish inten dant, who was charged to collect the revenue of his private domains, and render to him the accounts. " Pacha himself' keeps his own general ac- counts from memory, and mathorit any book, nor I is he scarcely remembered to have committed any mistakes in the order for evenditure which he had given ; but if such a thing did so happen, it was never I to his own disadvantage. This manner of keeping accounts still opened to him another branch of re venue, which he does not neglect, and this is that of the taxes he calls by the name of restitutions, which he imposes on those who have, or have had, the ma nagement of money for his account ; and of this his Jewish intendant, among others, felt the effects. One day when his son Mouktar Pacha stood in need of 100 bags, (100,000 francs,) as an advance on the en try of his own revenue, he demanded the sum from his father's intendant. Mouktar, a perfectly honest man, had always paid his debts with exactitude, and no one at Joannina would have refused to lend money to him. Nevertheless the Jew, either too avaricious or wrongfully distrustful, alleged as a pretext that he had no money, and refused to make the advance ie. quired. Mouktar complained of this to his father,' who called the intendant to his presence, and after reproaching him for such a want of confidence to wards his son, said to Listen, it is now 20 years that thou hast served me, and according to the calculation of my revenue, thou must have stolen' from me at the rate of five bags per year ; thou shalt therefore instantly pay me 100 bags ; and to this he added his ordinary saying, which never failed to an pose ready obedience. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1818. THE FUND& PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAT AT TWELVE O'CLOCK : S per Cent. Reduced 77ii—'4 per Ct. Cnns. 78i • Cons. for Ac. 781,—Si per Ct. 86 per Ct. 95-11 5 per Ct. Navy 108 i} —India Bonds 86 87 pre. Omnium dis.—Exchequer Bills 19 21 pre. This day we received Brussels Papers to the 7th instant. They present but little novelty. On the 6th, in the morning, their MAJESTIES the KING and QUEEN, the Empress Dowager of RussiA, the Grand Duke MICHAEL (who arrived on the sth), and all the Members of the Royal Family, went in seven car riages, each drawn by six horses, to the Palace of Laken, where the illustrious company breakfasted. Their Royal Highnesses the PRINCE ROYAL and Prince WILLIAM of PRUSSIA, who arrived there on the sth, departed in.the afternoon for Aix-la-Chapelle. A Hamburgh Mail has also arrived, bringing printed Journals to the 6th inst. Exchange on London-0( October 6th, 32. 7.-32. 10. 3d, 32. 9,33. STOCKHOLM, SEPTEMBER 30. Oa the 23d inst. the American Ambassador, Mr. Russell, left this city to return to his own country.— Mr. Hughes remains here, as Charge d'Affaires. Count Sandels arrived at Christiania on the 21a, and immediately entered on his office as Vice roy of the Kingdom of Norway. , The Paris Papers of Simday arrived this forenoon. The official article on the recent depression of the Funds, which we extracted from the Moniteur yes terday, has been copied into all the other Paris Jou nals, but without any additional remarks. On Sa turday, the Market had again rather a declining ten dency. The Five per Cents. opened at 70 fr. 25 c. l but were afterwards done at as low as 69 fr. 50 c.— Before the close of the day, however, they rallied, and left off at 70 fr. being 15 fr. below the closing price of the preceding day. The mutual processes of calumny between General CANUEL, Colonel FABVIEE, and M. SENNEVILLE, relative to the events at Lyons, came on to be heard, before the Tribunal of Correctional Police on Satur day ; but at the request of the Advocate for General CANUEL, the hearing was postponed till Saturday, the 28th instant. The Kiso of BAVARIA, it appears, has issued a par ticular Constitutional Edict for Rhenish Bavaria, in which he appoints certain modifications to be made in the general Constitution which he has granted to his subjects, in as far as it applies to this part of his dominions. Among others, the dispositions relative to the Noblesse, to patrimonial jurisdiction, to Jews, &c. are declared to be inapplicable, as not being in harmony with the institutions already subsisting in that province. In an article under the head of Madrid, we meet with a gratifying notice of the obligations which the Spaniards are under, in the working of their Peruvian mines, to the progress of the Arts in this country.— A Company, which, under the direction of an English Engineer, some time ago undertook the drainage, by steam-engines, of the mines of Pasco, is stated to be proceeding with great success in its operations, an. to be every day making new discoveries of extraordi nary riches. The produce encreases in such a degree, that in the course of the present year, the Company will be reimbursed of all their expenses ; and next year will be able to afford a dividend of a million and a half. The mineral proves to be much more precious than was at first imagined. A squadron of three . merchant vessels, for the Ha vannah and Vera Cruz, left Cadiz on the 19th of October, under convoy of the Sabina frigate. Not withstanding the late arrivals at that port, trade still continues very dull ; every sort of negotiation is dif ficult ; and foreign exchanges, always high, are now clot to be effected at all. The crew of a merchant vessel, called the Castille, which was lately taken by an Insurgent corsair, off Cape St. Marie (twenty leagues from Cadiz) have been landed on the coast. ne ICastille was from Lima, and I:ad' 660,000 piastres' fortes on board, with a cargo valued at as much, consisting chiefly of cocoa. The Vienna Journals complain of the great scar city of silver throughout the Austrian dominions, and ascribe it, apparently not without reason, to the great financial operations of the different Governments of Europe, the loans which they have made, all nearly at the same time, having absorbed the funds of capi talists, and withdrawn them for a time from ordinary *irculation. We have received Letters from Vera Cruz, dated the 7th of August. They are only a few days later than those of which we were previously possessed, but in some respects they differ slightly from the former accounts. Thus we find from them, that the Guerrilla parties had made some encroachments within a few days, which alarmed the inhabitants of Vera Cruz in some degree for the security of the communication between that port and Mexico. The intercourse, however, had not yet been interrupted," nor were the Patriots in such force as to be able to effect any thing important. They were, notwith standing, strong enough to make the Agents of the Spanish Government look out with a little anxiety fora convoy of two millions of specie which ought to have arrived from the interior. We understand that two more vessels, forming part of the Expedition which General M'GREOOA is fitting out against New Grenada, are to leave the River to-day, in one of which is Senor MENDEZ, who arrived in this country as au Agent from Venezuela, but whose commission has not been recognized by the British Government. General M'Gaaooa him self will leave this country in a day or two, and the last ships belonging to this adventure will clear out as soon as possible, under the orders of Colonel MA- I EERONI, formerly Aid-de-Camp to Mun Ar. THE QUEEN. " Kew, Tuesday Night. " Up to nine o'clock this evening no alteration has taken place in her MAJESTY'S health. , 6 The PRINCE REGENT arrived about seven o'clock, and remained to dinner. " The Princess Auorsra, we are sorry to learn, is . exceedingly indisposed: she has not left the Palace these two days. Her illness is supposed to arise from the intense anxiety of her Royil Highness for the fate of her Royal Parent. 6 , The Duchess of YORK visited the PRINCESSES this afternoon : she drove her curricle herself, at tended by three outriders." The following Bulletin was issued this day : " Kew Palace, November 11. The QUEEN has had little sleep in the night, and her MAJESTY remains very much indisposed. (Signed) " FR. MILLMAN. U. MALFORD." Further accounts have been received from India. The Patstiwa, whose surrender to Sir J. AlaLcouit we have already announced, is to be permitted to re tire to Benares, upon a pension of eight lacks of rupees per annum. The Duke of GRAFTON has arrived from his seat, Euston-hall. The Earl of XiNwoui. and family left town yester day, for their seat in Scotland. The Earl FITzwILLIAM arrived yesterday evening at his house, in Grosvenor-square, from his seat, Milton, Northamptonshire. The Earl and Countess of Nlzxsoftovon and fa mily are expected in town next week, from their seat, Methley Park, near Ferrybridge, Yorkshire. The Earl of AYLESBURY arrived yesterday at his house, in Grosvenor-square, from his seat, Totten ham Park, Wilts. The Countess BEAUCIIANIP is arrived at Paris from the German Spa, where her Ladyship intends to re side for the winter. The Earl of ROSEBERRT k arrived at his house, in Grosvenor-square, from his seat in Scotland. The remains of the Right Hon. WM. ELtor, M.P. were brought yesterday evening to his late residence in Old Burlington-street, from Scotland. This day they were removed for interment in the family vault at Reigate, Surrey. An inquisition was taken yesterday at the Mitre Ta vern, Islington Church, upon the body of Mr. HENRY GOTTCHALK, aged 23, a Gentleman of most respec table connexions, belonging to a ruercantile House in the City. It appeared in evidence that the deceased ordered his horse on Sunday afternoon. to take a ride, when he dropped down in a fit of apoplexy. Verdict, " Died in a ht, by the Visitation of GOD." VOLTAIRE, On speaking with the Presideut of one of the old French Parliaments, expressed his astonish ment that a body which had so many Counsellors in it should act so absurdly.—" A good hone will stumble sometimes," said the President.—" But not a whole stable full of horses," replied VOLTAIRE. BATH ; A SATIRICAL Novert.—A Second Edition of this popular Work has just appeared a critical Journal makes the following judicious observations on this specimen of satirical writing: Works of fiction, we apprehend, are seldom more likely to be really beneficial than when they actually exhibit the portraits of existing characters, and scenes with which the world is ac quainted. These may, perhaps, be highly coloured, and ren dered in some respects ridiculous through such a vettic:J ; yet if, in the narrative, the basis of truth be observsd, and the prorni neut features delineated, the cause of virtue will gain, by a earl natured castigation of irregularities and persons the laws cannot reach. One of the best Romanies in our Language, Chrysal, or the Adventures of a Guinea,' is a model of this kind ; and the performance before us appears to rank nest to it in expres sive drawing and richness of invention, while in broad humour, and the description of fashionable follies, it certainly has no superior. The personages who figure throughout this bustling drama of living extravagance, are so strongly represented, as to be instantly recognized, even by the most sups !haat observers of the dissipation and depravity, affectation an Lcceutricity, which prevail in the bixber t.lasees td society." DHJ Among the OfEcers present yesterday, 41 th e litary Levee, held by the Coxue ~nsa•i~-Cx~i Gcoerals Sir lidgrove Turner, Sir Thomas Bras*, Jamie, Kemp, Sir John Cameron; Colontds Pearson, IT, Campbell, Sutherland, &c. &. Great reductionsare taking place in ail Report says, that only two General Offic e „.. tained on the Staff in the West Indies. fi., and Quarter-master General's Staff, in Ire -"e , come under reduction. Regiments are about to embark for India ti the following corps, viz. £2d, at Mauritius; 19th, at Ceylon; 6;th, at Bontlxv ; :I at Madras ; 17th and 67th, at Bengal; roini:ig home. One to the Cape of Good Mope, to relieve the RN Af,, One to lialifax, to relieve the 'A llattalion of the dered for reduction. The Ist West India goes to Gibraltar to receive the 4th. The 3d will be drafted into the 2d, a•. Jaye icy Regiments are to go from Ireland to relieve the 4th ' of the 60th York Rangers, Wet India Rvigvrt, in the West Indies, ordered to be reduced. The passage of our Army from France still nues, and it is calculated two-thirds of the already arrived. Several Brigades of Horse Artillery have been 'landed at Dover, K id s ments of the Corps of Engineers, and , Miners, which have proceeded for Wooht, appearance, equipments, and condition of this of the service are so admirable, that a regret would be excited at its reduction, •sere that the principles of our Constitution, and the sities of our country demand it. The 2d Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) bein g first of the cavalry regiments which has ar:ive t i, now at Maidstone. Several sail of Transports are now waiting Downs, for the purpose of conveying that paa army returned from France which is deemed Ireland. The baggage of the 3d (Buffs) was Monday embarked at Deal, and the whole of regiment is expected to embark immediately above destination. The French Papers state, with reference to dle barkation of the English troops, &c. th at 29th ultimo and the 2d instant, I 30 tiaw.por: left Calais, having on board 111 OEcers, Sub-officers and soldiers, 993 wmen, and 1•' dren ; in all 13,899 individuals. Also 303 artillery baggage. DOVER, NOVEMBRR io. Arrived this morning several sail of having on board the 3d (King's ow n) Dr.qi Calais.—Twenty sail of transports, wait troop, lying off here, from Calais, and will get in • o'clock this evening. MANCHESTER, NOVEMBER 9. 7 1 a! 11. :'Cilltr, w aru m , IT • depa 'ers will b e , The Adi tdia tore Bomlctir ; tome. e R9 l l Afti of tik iee the drat t JartLica. br 4th Berm , and ch mem ice still cots; the 'a We e arse and Fzu with deti. happen olwick Th e of thi s ~„4 %emu% it, wet it ar.d the 2751 bei ng s arr ived, waiting in tat pan a i destined Buffs) was whole of diately for nce to the at betuven , roue Fcers, II o anj 1436 ch 03 horses, 1. of transp. Ira Soon, fro :th troop, a tin about 'ER 9. tday) a con • at Sew Cr cannot le ngs, and . 7ous body ha attempt to i tem temper . attended w !tope that them p: the res.tlt of ie Legislat neut. rt, that ser • eir appear • stet, were :ailing down gig accide ilFed by fallin a waggon on practice fell under vued at Ri. at liadeli SUTTON, is now coy: d there are have also 13 in such ab ay, on the , Ashford. ice Nam the acti inhabitants ew heurs, 'here is sta ere wilfully tr persons of Kildare, by RUctu of an or, k, while Havar.sdh . elebrated York, tx td Brother. worth 04' :Tel, Laspr. ratilgar, ermes, 3M MOW, 01 b I of Prince PRIVATE LETTER. There was yesterday afternoon (Sunday) a derable body of Weavers assembled at Sew and vicinity ; but for what purpose, I cannot I From the frequency of their late meetings, and movements, it is feured that this numerous body, it in contemplation to make another attempt to crease their wages ; which, in the present ' the times and state of trade, cannot be attended any benefit to them. Sincerely do I hope that advice of the better informed among them s' vail, and that they will quietly await the rest of temperate and respectful appeal to the on the approaching meeting of Parliament. We are sorry to learn, from Stockport, tin: cases of Typhus Fever have made their a in that town. The casualties last week in Manchester, were follows:—An aged woman, killed by tilling p:iir of stairs ; an old man, killed by a gig aci tally running against him; and a child kilted by' down some steps. In the neighbourhood : a wai. who was indulging in the too common practice sleeping on the shafts of his waggon, fell under wheel and was killed ; a man was drowned at El worth, and another. killed in a coal-pit at itadel;' An apple-tree in the garden of D. SUTTON, Kensington, opposite Holland-House, is now CG with a second full crop of apples: and there are veral others in the same garden which have also a second produce this year, though not in such dance. Thursday evening, two stacks of hay, on t, mises of Ir.ll'st.t., near the bridge, at Ashford discovered to be on fire. Happily, from the act' exertions of a numerous party of the inhabitants the town, the fire was subdued in a few heurs, the greatest part of the hay saved. There is st: ground for suspicion that the stacks were wilfully on fire, by some evil disposed person or persons The Dandy Stakes, at the Curragh of Kildare. the 2LI instant, wereappropriately wcn, by Pllzfri beating l'hantons. A horse and cart, with the carcase of an ox, stolen yesterday morning at eight o'clock, while jug in the front cf LeadenhalllWarket. Nearly 1000 Slaves arrived at the one day, the 19th of June last. The celebrated called Fama lla'Janera, built in New York, izit house of Messrs. Questa Manta-lel and Brother. that place, alone carried 728, a cargo worth 5C dollars cash. VESSELS SPOKEN wiTlt.—The3llastrel, LEA ERR, on the 19th October, of Cape Trafalgar, I Newfoundland to Leghorn, by the Hermes, 3E , at Plymouth, all well. Also the brig Bastow, of crock, on 12th October, off the east.end of Prince . ward's Island, bound to Soon . , by the Hope, Baia' arrived at rlyrnouth is fear wcas from Pima,