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of the 12th of April, say that ti.; Greek Senate had formally as k( Etsd to the nomination of Prince Leopold.—Allgeweeine Zeiliing, Way 24. FRANKFORT, IIiAY 23. M. Frick, Ambassador of the Netherlands at the Court of Great Britain, has passed through this city, on his return to London.— Incsakfort Papers May 24. BUCHAREST, MAY 7. In the Ri.sian cantonments and garrisons in Bulgaria every thing is in bustle. For come weeks past there have been continual reviews and mustern. whence it is supposed that these troops will shortly depart. Even at Varna, as we hear, the works to strengthen the fortifications have been reared, and it is thought that that important place will soon be given up to the Turks. In the Principalities, too, the Russians are preparing for their departure ; but well 'wormed per . say, that they will leave garrisons to do duty together with the native troops, the organisation of which proceeds rapidly. It is affirmed also, that a great part of the Rus sian troops will not return to their old cantonments, but remain in Bessarabia, which seems to be confirmed by the fact that large ma gazines are forming in that province. Our trade with Bulgaria and Rumelia does not increase, as we hoped it would, on the return of peace ; however, we expect en improvement after the departure of the Russian troops.—Nureralery Correspondent, May 24. COLOMBIA. From the New York Morning Herald. Extract of a letter dated Maracaibo, March 27, 1830: " With regard to commerce, 1 may say we are 'completely shut up, there are but three American vessels up the lake loading fustic for St. Thomas, and one for Boston, which I think will, for the pre sent, close our intercourse with the lake. The people of the United States need look no longer for their supply of fustic from this pan of the world, till some decisive blow is struck. All here is warlike confusion ; every point and nook capable of defence is defended. The banners of Paez daily gain ground. We have about 8,000 noble troops—determined men. We have just heard that General Bolivar has marched into the city of Cucuta, with 12,000 men, and captured it, and which he would im mediately garrison, and proceed against this city. The tug' will be tremendous. We are sanguine of defeating him, but much bloodshed is expected. Things are now rapidly drawin g to a crisis, and a few months must determine whether we shall be victorious or have a King. It may be Bolivar will be successful, but I much doubt it. His race is run. He who, but a short time ago, was the • tutelary saint' of Colombia, is now abhorred and detested. What is our Government about that at such a time as this we should be unprotected, and at the mercy of a cut throats ?' A few small ves sels of war would impose justice. Our market is pretty bare of every thing, yet I would not advise shipments. There is no money, and if the army or soldiers of either party are :in want, they take at nny price you please to ask, and pay you in their good old coin— promises • no remonstrating, or Chief Justice Bayonet may pro nounce judgment. The LORD grant us a speedy delivery from such horrors." By the arrival of the brig Montezuma from Valparaiso, whence sac sailed 2d of February, we have papers to the 31st of January : A counter-revolution had broken out in Conception. Oen. Novou Imo entered the town with 300 men, and killed several of the inha bitants, among them the Intendant. The town was sacks'. 't The French Consul had demander' •I't punisintient of the petsons who stripped hir ii. family in the late attack on Santiago; and an bumble apology bad bum tendered him as reparation for the loss of his clothing and property. A rupture had taken place between Generals Priito and Frevre, and the latter had fitted out an expedi tion against the former, consisting of 1100 men. who had embarked on board six vessels, as it was supposed, for Coquimbo and Talca huano. From Peru it is said that Gen. Gomorra had been elected president, and Fuente vice-president, on the 10th of December. tongue along was injured, being slightly swelled. On Saturday we saw four men in chains dragged on board a ship, and another to the Alcade, and also another flogged through the streets. An affair is spoken of which in volves the character of the head of the regular judges. He and some few others used to go to play a rubber of whist in the house of the Viscount de San Gil, who is considered a moderate man. The Government at Lisbon has sent orders to prohibit such improper meetings, and has reprimanded this Chief Justice for attending them. Saturday Evening—Some English gentlemen nho have returned from a trip in the country give a most dismal account of its state. The vines and crops have been neglected, the prisons are full, and the best of the inhabitants have fled or are hiding away. There is no money in circulation, and misery is extending itself on all Hides. A great part of the crops in the Aletntejo have been destroyed by an irruption of locusts. THE EVENING STAR. - r 4440 ), mS• 0- J. , • v _ _v; • LISBON, May 22. If the symptoms of tranquillity which now appear over the surface of politics here are to be considered as indi cative of satisfaction, the Portuguese are quite happy. During the last fortnight a seeming tranquillity pervades the whole mass ; but they who fancy themselves correct judges of the character of the nation maintain that it is strongly indicative of a future storm. The Miguel , ites are desirous of preserving it, while their opponents, having profited by their various defeats, have resolved not to forestall the approaching crisis. The former, strug gling against a host of difficulties, are anxious to obtain some money to enable them to fit out more ships of war to blockade Terceira, as well as transports to convey their enemies to the distant colonies; while the latter, crouching before Miguel's lash, are secretly plotting and scheming how to oust the tyrant when the expected arma ment arrives from Terceira. Among the signs of the times worthy of being noticed is the great eagerness of certain Miguelite speculators to make a loan, which, un der the mask of forwarding the views of Government, by affording the means of supplying the exigencies of the navy, is, in reality, to afford themselves means of securing by bonds, &c. their former advances. The amount spoken of is about 60,0001. of which the greater part has been already consumed. Various schemes have been proposed to afford securities for those advances, such as placing the importation and sale of tea in the hands of a company of contractors, the proceeds of which are to be applied to the benefit of the money-lenders. In the mean time the disaffection of the employes and of the soldiers is increasing—neither of them are paid, and the soldiers complain much of the bad bread which they are obliged to eat. They threaten that their time for making a change is fast approaching. Rumour has spoken much within three days of some confusion created in Algarve by two regiments, which had formerly revolted in favour of Miguel against the Constitution—viz. the 14th infantry and the 2nd battalion of the 2nd infantry. Their not being paid gave rise to some acts of insubordination, which have since ceased. In other places, other regiments have acted in the same manner. The police, although not on the best terms with the garrison of Lisbon, con trive to keep the people of the city quiet, although their misery is far greater than you suppose. There is almost nothing doing on the Exchange, which, although this is internal post and packet day, and formerly one of great business, was literally empty long before three o'clock. Robberies are frequent: the India-house was plundered on Wednesday night of about 1501. being all that the thieves, who are supposed to have concealed themselves in the building, could find out. They escaped by the roof. The policy of the Government continues the same— persecution of their opponents is its only safeguard. Having often mentioned the nature of this system, I will now give you an example :—About two years ago, a surgeon of one of the regiments and his friend were arrested as Constitutionalists, and subsequently thrown into St. Julian's Tower. The Miguelite Judges, after various delays at length took their case into consideration, and, as nothing could be proved against them, gave an order for their liberation. The order arrived at the tower, and the surgeon obtained his liberty—but, on ex amination for his friend, it was found he had been dead seven months. Several persons have been arrested.— Herald. Extract of a private letter, dated Oporto, May 17, 1830.—" We have had some executions here, to keep us in fear. It is true that the men hanged were guilt• of the most atrocious crimes ; but, as some of those crimes were perpetrated years age, the punishment, after a long imprisonment, produces no effect but to remind us of the political sufferers of May 1829. The execution of the culprit on Friday was attended with strange circumstances. After his executie,p, as the Bro therhood of Mercy were carrying his body to be interred, he gave signs of life in the coffin, spoke, and asked for some water. He was taken to the hospital, when, as the Brotherhood were about to admtnister some remedies to restore him, an officer came from the Chief of the Alcada to forbid the administering of relief ; and from half-past twelve to four o'clock he was struggling with death. I have been told that his life could have been saved, as his LONI)4)N. TUESDAY, JUNE 1. THE KING. "WINDSOR CASTLE, Julia 1, IMO. " Tho Kixo has passed a quiet night; in other respects his MAJESTY :, iti.t 1,1 tll3 +l:n,. (Signed) " HENRI' HALFORD. ~ MATTHEW J. TIERNEY." We have continued our extracts from the documents relating to Greece, taking care only to present those which are essential to a knowledge of the leading facts of the negociations. Convinced, as we are, that Greece and her concerns will henceforth form a prominent feature in European politics, we are anxious that our readers should possess the fullest information on the subject. Un like some of our contemporaries, who affect to believe that England has but little interest in the Greek question, we hold it to be intimately connected with our power in the Mediterranean, and general influence on the Continent. With such an impression on our mind, no wonder that we should regret the obstacles which have arisen to prevent the assumption of the sovereignty by Prince LEOPOL D. This is a most unfortunate event, and will be severely felt by the people of Greece. Let us hope, how ever, that a principle of self-interest may induce Ministers to adopt measures at once energetic and conciliatory, for the immediate settlement of every point in dispute. They will thus save themselves from the obloquy of having, not merely treated the Greeks with marked severity, but impeded the final adjustment, by arrangements which it was easy to foresee, could never be carried into effect. It is hardly to be supposed that better terms might not have been obtained for the people of Greece, had we adopted a more peremptory tone at Constantinople. It was in fact, a palpable error to acquiesce in the restricted boun dary line, after the representations which we know to have been made on the subject so far back as 1827. On the other hand, how very easy it was to obtain correct data on the subject, from our residents at Egina, or the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands ? —We must here allude to an article in the Times of this morning, and in which the writer, after admitting that better terms might have been obtained for the Greeks, concludes by modestly asserting that " the affair should be considered as closed !" When we repeat our conviction, that the pacification of Greece cannot be effected without a revision of the boundary line, it is unne cessary to add that we are quite at issue with our contem porary. We are also called upon to offer a few words on the comments which precede the additional extracts of our contemporary from the papers laid before Parliament. In speaking of the Treaty of July 6th, it is stated that the " Greek Chiefs were so jealous of each other, so little alive to their common danger, and so ill prepared for that system of order which was to follow the estab lishment of peace, that the proposition of the Allies was coldly received by some, and all but opposed by others." In order to prove the correctness of this assertion, who is the authority called in ? Why, that of Admiral de RION Y, a man notoriously prejudiced against the Greeks and their cause ! As a proof of his feeling to wards England, we shall give the following specimen quoted by the writer in the Times:— " Some military and naval commanders, to whom as authority almost independent of the Government has been granted, may also, either by their personal position or by their being foreigners, as well as by the private assistance they receive from abroad, create other dithculties, in addition to those of which I have just spoken." Who were these naval and military Commanders ? Why, General Cut: nen and Lord COCHRAN E. With regard to the Greek people, we can assert, without fear of con tradiction, that so far from being indifferent or ungrate ful for the advantages arising from the treaty of interven tion, this memorable compact excited universal gratitude and blessings throughout the confederacy. We are indeed astonished that the writer should have forgotten the many evidences of this fact,with which the journals of all Europe teemed both before and after the victory of Navarin. So long as the Greek question continues to be discussed in this way, it is impossible to hope that public opinion can exert any salutary influence over men in power. We bare only time to express our hope that Lord ABERDEEN will at once consult such authorities on the subject of Greece, as are to be found within the precincts of the Foreign Office. We can truly assure the noble lord that these may be relied on, with more certainty, than all the offi cial communications of our agents abroad. Nothing we maintain, but a bold and straitforward policy will ever achieve the great object which Ministers must have in view,—that of pacifying the East of Europe, and thus depriving Russia of a new pretext for going to war ! It has been observed, that all the former Treaties between Turkey and Russia, contained the seeds of fresh troubles,—* preenc.) ivr new quarrels. The reluctance j with which the conditions of the late Treeil, concluded by these two Powers, have been acceded to by the Porte, would incline us to suppose that it is not of a different quality from its predecessors, nor likely to produce other fruits. This great defect has not, however, prevented the Allied Powers from following the precedent, or rather from improving upon it. No Treaty, ever formed between Turkey and Russia, contained one twentieth part of the seeds of discord that may be found in the arrangement proposed bet r.cr.n T!,rl-ey and Crecce. The defects in the former only lin 011iCki a ti 70sition to quarrel: the arrangement for the new Greek State would render quarrel unavoidable. The Reprilentant, in a recent number says, " Two motives only could induce a man in the position in which the Prince of Cosy KG is placed, to accept the kingdom proposed to him : the first of these motives is ambition ; the second is great love for the people whom he is called upon to govern; an entire devotion to the cause of mankind ; an ardent desire to restore to civilisation, and to prosperity, a people, a long time brutified by slavery, and countries a long time devastated by tyranny and war. " If the Prince could be accessible to the first of these motives, he would commit an error, in receiving a king dom rendered incomplete by the very act which consti tutes it, and which he would not be able to preserve except by a vassalage always disgraceful to the head of the State. What is this kingdom of Greece, composed of one-third of the countries formerly comprised under that denomination, surrounded by England and by Turkey, and separated from all the islands that ought to depend upon it ? Much better to be Governor of the lonian Islands. The position of that officer is, at least, determined, and he depends only upon the will of one Government. He is not distracted in every way by the opposition of the views and interests of three or four rival Powers, whom the new Sovereign will be obliged to conciliate—because, on their good understanding, and the perpetuity of their union, depends the preservation of his Crown. " Whatever may have been the motives of the Prince, his refusal of the kingdom is an homage to a moral prin ciple, and gives him a claim to the gratitude of all the friends of public liberty and national independence. It is to ehew himself worthy of the crown to reject it in the manner he has done. All Greece, we doubt not, will place him in the number of its benefactors, and, on hearing his refusal, will mingle its regrets with joy. " It is within himself, and in his own conscience, that Prince LF.OPOLD will find the price of this great act of his political life, and much more than a compensation for that which he has renounced. In the two months which have just passed, and during which he was a demi-king, he has been able to obtain an insight of some of the in conveniences of royalty : the baseness and avidity of cour tiers, the intrigues to obtain power, the difficulties to find truth and goodness in the mass that presses itself upon his notice, and the anxiety and cares inseparable from the supreme dignity. " From these long negotiations will still emanate some thing of advantage to Greece. The efforts of the Powers to obtain from the Sultan his assent to the independence of this country, have been most sincere and most active, because they were interested : the Greek territory has not been shut up within so narrow limits, and hopes are en tertained that they may be still further extended, so that the new state shall not be at the mercy of the first neigh bour who may please to attack it." CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have but Hide u yet to communicate, owing toe great dearth of information which prevails this morning, In consequence of few arrivah. The Bank la shut; but the Stock Exchange and Foreign Market are open. Consols may be quoted at the same price they left off yesterday : on 'Change 921 for the Account, and 9211 4 for Money, with little doing as yet. In the Foreign Market Greek has Improved Two per Cent. owing to their coming higher from Holland ; Spanish maintains Its price. In the Foreign Market Greek bonds continue to improve, and have been done at 364 to 36. Spanish bonds have also got up to 1944. In shares, Anglo-Mexican 354 64, Bolanas 3.30.73, Brazil, 104. 11, South Metropolitan Gass, 11 to 2 per cent. premium. We have no political information. HALF.PAST ONE. Consols continued steady most part of the morning at 924 i for the account, but a Stock Exchange report prevailed of a very un. favourable description, in regard to his Majesty, which caused the market to recede to 924 sellers ; since which Consols have resumed their former price, 924 4, and 924 for money, owing to the above report not being confirmed. Letters by via of Guernsey, from Rio Janeiro of the 27th March, twelve days later than the last account receive< yesterday; they state that trade was exceedingly flat there. Exchange 24 to 4. the Bonds had got up to G 9 70. The packet was to have sailed on the above day. No political news. At the the last sitting of the Paris Society for the En couragement of National Industry, upon reading a Report on the means of making cloth water-proof, by a solution of caoutchouc (Inndian rubber), placed between two thin cloths, which, being passed under the heavy pressure, becomes solid, it was stated tnat the dis covery of dissolving this gum for such purposes was made by the French chemists, Marquer, Lafond, &c. This is iacorrect ; it is an English invention.—Literary Gazette. By the death of Lord Kilwarden, the office of Regis trar of Deeds in Ireland has become vacant. An oppor tunity now presents itself, which we trust will be seized, of placing that office on a footing different from that in which we have been accustomed to see it. By an act passed in the 9th year of Gee. IV. c. 57, the Government are invested with the power, after the death or removal of the existing Registrar, or regulate the establishment of the Registry, to discharge and appoint officers, to reduce their salaries, and to do various other things recited in that act. Now we hope and believe that there exists no disposition in the Government to con vert the patronage which has fallen into their hands to the purposes of Parliamentary influence ; that not only the salaries of the officers, but their perquisites, will be re duced to a reasonable standard. Sure are we that it will become absolutely necessary to revise the last act.--com mealy called George bloore's. All that we apprehend is this, that in the present state of uncertainty and excite ment which prevails in England, a job may be slipped quietly through by the " clever people."—Dublist Eves ing Post. STATE OF FRANCE. From the Reprisentant. The effect produced by the entrance of M. DI: PE 1 . RON NET into the Ministry of the Interior, Heiler the di. rection of which the elections are placed, one of nu, correspondents writes us, has proved contrary to that expected from it. The nominations of the new Minister, of State have added to the contempt and hatred of the Adniiiiis.ration. The electors, far from suffering them. selves to be intimidated by the intentions manifested by such choices, on the contrary, derive from them new m e . fives of perseverance and of courage in their resistance . The men who were still doubtful, and who combated us with these arguments—the Ministry has done nothin g yet ; wait . for its acts—are now deprived of every means of defence. The nominations of PET noN ET , tad of Du DON, are acts, and terrible acts. The electors, and all France, know what stuff these Gentlemen are made of,and have no desire to make trial of it a second time. Thus there is more union than ever, and it is impossible c e e Government should succeed so far as to be able to nonu nate one hundred and twenty of its candidates. Th e measures of severity with which the refractory electors aro threatened ; the illegal extension of the powers of the Presidents of electoral colleges ; all this will be employed in vain. In three-fourths of the colleges, the elections will be liberal, or they will be suspended. The Ministry have lost themselves in their own pope; party, says a friend writing to us. There was not tot, much of the united influence of the partisans of VI t. of LABOLY RDONN AI E, and of Poi. to wsc, not to expe. rience a complete defeat in the electoral struggle. This union has been rendered impassible. LA nouRDON NA I is furious at the return of Pr. Y !lON NET to the Council BERTIIIER DE SA UV I(i N Y declares loudly that alliance with him is impossible. The friends of Vim.u.i repeat the same thing, and accuse, with equal violence, Messrs. POLI 0 N AC, LA DOC It DON N A IE, and PEYRON NET. Du nox raises his sepulchral voice, and proclaims that the Ministry is very well composed for opinion, but not for action ; that it would be better if it had less of opinion and more of resolution. This is the combat of the Monarchy against the revolution, says he; the Ministry must be composed of ram determined to fight They have appeased the one and the other by nominating them Ministers of State ; but that is not enough. They will very shortly exact more ! A letter of the 24th com municates to us what follows :—Scarcely has the Ministry been reformed, when it is already sought to reform it anew. M.D& MONTIIEL wishes to retire even before he has entered upon his functions. The state of Saturday's market has given him much uneasiness, and the state of the Trelsury has increased it. He fears the consequences of what has been done, and he does not conceal his fears. He L. an• swered with the necessity of a stroke of state policy, but immediately the furious party intervenes.—" Who are you, to attempt strokes of state policy ?" it demands of the President of the Council; "it is your only safety, it is true, but organize yourselves for it, reinforce yourselves. If this be your determination, choose some of our states men, and we will act in concert." It is most certain that things will come to that ; that M. Du DON and M. BEA , THIER must be placed in the Council. DUDON Will ac cept only the Home Department or the Finances ; BERTIIIER has the same taste, and I believe the business will be arranged so as to send back PEYRONN ET to the Department of Justice, give the Finances to Du DON, and the Interior to M. BERTH I ER, who, upon these condi tions, would make peace with PET RO N N ET. They were occupied with this subject yesterday, and it is spoken of again to-day. M. Poef o x se, seeing all that is passing, begins to lose a little of his confidence. The dicussions for the nomina tion of Presidents of Electoral Colleges have commenced. 'The system of the party is to nominate new men and strangers to the preceding chambers wherever there may be any doubt of success, and also where it can be done without abandoning men whose devotion is known. This plan will not succeed. It is opposed by some Members of the Council itself, who assert confidently that it will be the means of losing the majority. For my part I think it is lost already by the Ministry ; that they will soon see it ; that they have already a presentiment of it, and that they meditate means of paralysing the elections. I have not yet sufficient authority to communicate to you what has been told me on this subject, but if, within two days, the report is confirmed, I shall inform you in time. LORD W. LENNOX AND MR. WOOD.--Are have jus: heard that Lord Wm. Lennox was held to bail this morn ing (Monday), for having threatened proceedings of a hostile nature against Mr. Wood, the vocalist, of Covent garden Theatre, in consequence of the interference of the latter gentleman on behalf of Lady Lennox.—Kent and Essex Mercury. Lord BURGHERSII, Minister Plenipotentiary from England to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, in the two days which he has spent at Paris, has complained very mud; of the coldness with which he has been received by ministers. It appears that his Excellency has been pointed out to Messrs. POLIO NAC and PET RD N N ET, bv the Congregation, as having, during the late leut, had two dramatic pieces played in his palace at Florence. In fact, the saloons of Lord BURGHERSH were at i that era thrice a week the rendezvous of foreigners of dist nc , don who inhabit that part of Italy, and of all the talents that embellish it. The new opera of Phedra, the music by ROSSINI, has been performed thrice at the Am bassador's. The finest tragedies of ALFIERI have been represented there : also the best comedies of of GOLDONI and the chefs-ineuvre of Sit AIL orEARE. This is the great crimr of Lord BURGHERSII ; to pro mote assemblies calculated to encourage talent, to pro pagate the fine arts, and diffuse information. This is to study to attract the hatred of the camorilla, the scruples of M. POLIGNAC, and the choler of M. PETRON?F.T• —Figaro. The Gazette de France makes the circulation of Royalist journals 27,886 per day, and that of the Oppo sition, 32,929 ; the National asserts that the Constitu tionnel, Journal des Debate, Courrier Francais, and Journal du Commerce, alone sell 32,000. The National gives 53,494 for the sale of the Opposition journals, and 19,461 for the Royalist. ci JI II