Star. — London, England, 1826-05-30 00:00:00

. ~ • . ‘ ‘ re, .. . • BUENOS AYRES, JIINUALRIE 20. The Government, by virtue of the powers vested in* k, to provide far the general service of the Treasury, has go anted and decrees as follows: Art 1. The Commission ebavged with "the management of the fondest the lettn, is authorised to hose bills on the Treasury (Ex chequer bills), to the amount of $OO,OOO dadlan. I. The bills shall be payable ninety days after date, and shall bear a premium of a quarter of a real per day for every 100 dollars. S. All the officers of the province shall receive the Treasury Bills 118 curreuey. 4. The Troasory bills are guaranteed by the foods of the province: & Tbi , dseme to be communicated to whom it may concern, and pitollibed at the glacial register. (Signed) H ERAS. fifikhlUtL J. GARCIA. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, MAY 30, 1826. STOCK EXCHANGF, TWELVE O'CLOCK. consols opened this aseening at 79/ a fur the Aeconnt, since which they have been done at ME and are at the present time 79; a, with nut the least business doings for Mosey 79e to I. In the Foreign Market South American Semitic* are some what improved. Content Prices: Old Spanish 71 8, Mexican 62 1. Colombian new 411 I, Peruvian 291 30, Russian 781 791. Greek 15. TWO O'CLOCK. The Consul 'quite remains the same the whole morning— Console are TO; 1, and nothing doing. PRICK OP STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 201 202 3 per Cent. lied. 78% % '4 3 per Cent. Cons. 79 1 / 4 % 1 41 3 per Cent. 86 85 1 4 31 per Cent. Red. 84% 85 4 per Cent. 95 1 ,4 947 s 4 per Cent. Scrip 14 54 1 4 prem. 4 per Cent. 1826, 93% qt. Long Ann./87s 13./6 India 13onds. 6 7 South Sea Stock 87% £l,OOO Excheq. Bill, 9 8 £5OO ditto 9 8 preen. 0100 and £2OO ditto 8 1 Cons. for Acct. 79 1 % % FOREIGN FUN Brazilian Bond.. 56 prem.. TWO O'CLOCK. Peruv. Bds. 6 p C. !9; _ Ch than Bnds, jpCt. 41e 2le I Do. Acct. - Colombian MI N G p C. Russ. Ills, 1822, 5 p C. 791 Do. lids 1824,4011 j 40i Ditto Acet. 791 Do. Ace. 10j 111 1 Span. Bonds Sp Ct. 71 8 Dinish 1id5,1825,3p C. 551 6 Ditto 510, 13# Dim Bonds 1823, 62 11 21 2 French ltentes, :3p C. 66, Die:. Acct. 64 21 2 a 2 Exchange, 25f 50c BRITISH AND FOREIGN SHARES, TWO O'CLOCK. Brazilian Real del Monte Ditto New Alliance British & Fur. be mimic rAID. 100 IS 400 400 400 159 110 10d 10 7 1 14 DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMEN T. We can state from unquestionable authority, that Parliament will positively be prorogued at , its meeting to-morrow, and on Friday it will be dissolved. On Saturday the new Writs will be issued, returnable at the usual periods. Sydney (New South Wales) Gazettes have a: rived to the Ist of December. They state that Van Die man's Land is ill an awful state, owing to the incursions of the bush taiv,ets. The gaol in Launceston is so full of priu.nets, that thele is scarcely room for them to lie down at night. This forenoon we received German Papers to the 24th inst. lions which we subjoin some extracts. It will be seen thAt the dispute between the Netherlands and the German States, as to the free navigation of the Rhine, continues, and that the parties are getting rather warm in their diplomatic correspondence. It would also appear that the good understanding that prevailed between the Papal See and France has been a little ruf fled; in consequence of which the POPE prohibits the , admission into the Roman States, not only of the Con- Oita! ionnel, which has been sometime excluded, but pf the Journal des Debats, the Courier Franc 'is, and even of the Rolle. The prohibition of the Ltoile is some what ungrateful, considering the vyal with which the Romish Church is advocated in that Journal. The Pont is said to have began reforming his Clergy: if he is in earnest, his office will be no sineceie. The following are extracts: FROM THE RHINE, MAT 4. It is affitnied that the Goverament of the Netherlands has re- turned a negative answer to the Austrian note, calling for the e'se. VailOn of the 'Amities respecting the free navigation of the Rhine. --Front this answer, it should seem that there is little hope of a friendly arrangement of the points in dispute. This note is reported .to deuy that the House of Orange, when it was placed by the Allies In 1514 an the Throne of the Netherlands, consented to the free navigation of the Rhine; because this mould be a condition ruinous to Holland, and incompatible with the dudes of a Sovereign. It is also said, that the Note pretends, that the 'French are not expelled from Holland by the victories of the Allies (as all the world has hitherto believed), but by the efforts of the Dutch themselves. If the Dutch Ministry would really try to persuade the world that the glory of overthrowing the despotism of Napoleon belongs to the people of the Netherlands—an assertion so ludicrously absurd, so *hen to the elevated character of the King, and the acknowledged probity of the people, must be ascribed to the Ministers alone. ROME, Mar 7. o ascension d,ay, the Pope in excellent health, attended the Papal Mass in the church of Giovaaai in Lateran. (where it is ' always perforated oft that day), and afterwards gave,his benedictien from the balcony. With respect to politics, oar newsmengers are spr e ading a report which they pretend is as clear as the day. They fancy that they have discovered the tense which occasioned the declaration of the Reach Bishops respecting the Articles of the Gallician Church, and the proceedings against the Abbe de k Uremia, who is in great favour at Rome. This case, if we may believe them, would lead us to infer a change in the relations be tween the Pa pal Bet and France. They pretend in particular to know for certain, that the declaration in question has produced an extraordinary sensation here. They likewise plainly give us to understami what connection there may be between this and another occurrence. it is this—attempts were made in the time of the late Cardinal Gonsalvi io induce him to prohibit the French Journals, but without success; for he generally an swered. " Pooh ! the Romans don't read." The present Go vernment. which is the first two years ntagmainsously over booked the scandalous attacks of some of those journals, seems at length to have lost its patience; and in additional to the Constitsi. Simnel, which was before prohibited, though only in appearance, and, as it was then affirmed, at the instance of the Jesuits, the pro hibition has just been extended to the Journal des Ikbats. the Courier , . ri c 4 l Prone* and the . Ls& Nobody wonders at the fa* of the lint three Jbernals, bait dist the Ministerial Joann!, the Eteik, is probi igted,badotes our atews•nsoopws to minket+ with other evente.-.- ' This gassere will le the kw Wafted. when It is considered that bur Goveratneot has been the last to adopt it. It is easy to foreiee tae probable fate of the English Reading Society, which, with its new organization, had been permitted to continue only en the urgent in terrentien of M. Kutner, the Hanoverian Charge d'Affaires.— Hitherto, however, all the English Journals are allowed there, even the liferein Chronicle. Leo 14th continues vigilantly to watch, not only the conduct of the Civil Officers, but also of the Clergy, and to keep them in good order. Of this we had lately a remarkable example. Monsignors N—, Vice Legate of bad bees accused for some time past of not leading a very edifying life. AU on a sudden the Pepe summoned him to Rome reprimanded him severely, and then sent him to a convent st Bolo gna, where be must do penance.—Of the news of the day, the most important Is the report that the Order of Malta will be removed to a city in the Papal dominions, and that the Bull on the subject is in the press. By accounts from the United States, we learn that his Majesty's ship Pystaslua arrived off the harbour of New York, with Mr. Moniza, our Envoy to Mexico, oil board, on the Ist. inst. The PYRAMUS, it will be recol lected, has heen announced long ago as about w nil from Mexico for England, and her freight being a very important one, her arrival has been looked for with much anxiety. This remarkable deviation from the direct course has given rise to much conjecture, but is far from being accounted for by any information that has reached England. It appears that the PYRAMUS sailed front Vera Cruz on the 27th of Match, and proceeded, in the first instance, to the Havannah, where she remained about five day:. On her depar ture from Cuba, Mr. Mouse acquainted the Captain that it would be necessary for him to go to New York, as he wished to have a conference with the British Mi nister at Washington. The Captain obeyed these orders, but nothing has since transpired on the subject.— No suspicion was entertained by any individual on board, at the time the - 1'111,mm; left Mexico, of the in tention to touch at -New York, and the change of desti nation was therefore attributed to some information acquired by Mr. Montan at the Havannah. That this information was of great importance can scarcely be doubted, when it is considered that a very extensive mercantile interest in England was Connected with the arrival of the PYRAMUi, and that Mr. MORIRR also wee accompanied by one of the Mexican Miliisters (M. CAM Acao) - who was proceeding with him to this coon-1 try, to arrange the disputed points in the treaty lately' entered into. S ,me internal convulsion, it is thought probable, is threatened with regard to Cuba, since previoas accounts have stated that the troops were ill paid, and their continued allegiance to Spain therefore doubtful; and the object of Mr. Montan may therefore be to make arrangements for securing the independence of the island in such a manner as would be most coil genial with the views of the British Cabinet. Should, any negociition arise on t! is head, the arrival of the PYRAMUS in England may be delayed fbr a consi derable time. The French Papers last received contain the follow ing account of the further operations of lIIIRAIIISIPACHAt a and of his butcheries at Missolonghi : . TRIESTF., Ifimr-11. After the NI of Missol onghi it was supposed that Ibrahim Piths would march by Livadia to Athens ; but we learn that he returned to the Mores, and it is Napoli di Romania that he threatens. The concentration of his forces in the Morn proves that be has suffered considerable lasses. It is said he has lost the renegade Seve and Gen. Boyer. It is affirmed that Notos Botzaris and the Archbishop of Rogon are in the number of those who perished in the conffa• oration at Missolonghi. The cruelties practised upon the Christians who fell alive into the hands of the Egyptians were Incredible.— Several were crucified, and burnt at a slow fire. Infants were thrown into the sea. It is said that Ibrahim attacked Petal:, where a number of Greeks had taken refuge. To those sensitive pcT77ats who, on the hreaking4 out of the slightest hostilities in India, have predicted the fall of our vast Empire, the late events in that country must have occasioned some surprise. We do not so particularly allude to the pe;ce with the Burmese ; fur, important as that event is, we consider the fall of Bhurtpore (of which an official account, in a despatch from Lord Coxswains, will be found in a preceding page) of still more value, so far as regards the consolidation of our power in Ilindostan. The British arms had long triumphed in every direction in In dia, when Lord Lace, flushed with victory and confident in his own talents and the bravery of his troops, attacked the almost impregnable fortress of Bhurtpore; thrice was he foiled in the at. tempt, and the native Chiefs pointed with pride to its resist ance to prove that our armies were not invincible. Circum stances again rendered it necessary that Bhurtpore, which had hitherto " laughed a siege to scorn," should be again attacked, and Lord Commutes, with consummate skill and promptitude, invested the fortress, we believe, on the nd of December.— On the 14th of January, a mine was sprung under one of the bat dons, which however failed In effect ; but on the 11th, by the ez plosion of two other mines and a day's battering, a breach was made. On t►e morning of the lith, the enemy's breaches were carried by MOM with such vigour. that, though bravely defended at - every gateway and bastion. the whole rampart which surrounded the Sown, together with the command of the gates of the citadel, were in our possession and at four o'clock of that day, the citadel' itself surrendered. The loss •f the enemy is estimated at 4,000 killed; and owing to the dispusitiqn of the cavalry, haitalty a nun, bearing arms, escaped. All the stares, arms, and ammunition, are in our possemson ; and thus has the whole military power of the likurtpere State been annihilated. The situation of Bhurtpore rendered it peculiarly favourable as a rallying point for disaffected Rajahs; wilco, confident in its strength, conceived it an ample barrier spinet our army in that quarter, while they fomented insurrections in other quarters. Whether, therefore, it remains in our hands, or is restored to the young RAJAH, from whom it was usurped and dismantled, the conquest is of equal importance,—to say nothing of the terror It must have struck Ia the Native Chiefs, who relied on it as invulnerable. Yesterday the Dockess of Gcoucerrea visited the Riga. _ 'The Duchess of KERT, accompanied by the Princess Artereasa and the Prisms Paotnnta, paid a •isit yesterday to the Princess AUGUSTA. Mr. STUART WORTLEY, one of the Representatives for the county of York, is about to be called to the [louse of Peers. Lieutenant and A , ijutant EDWA IDS, of the 80th Regiment, and Miss L—y.--u., of Ballaughtoti, Isle of Man, ar rived late last night in a chaise and four at Annan, near Gretna Green, having, after many difficulties, susceeded in escaping from the Isle of Man. The fond couple were immediately united, ac cording to the old Scottish usage, and nest morning set or for this City, en their way to Liverpool, there to embark for hlona.—. Carlisle Patriot, May 27. The Rev. Flusucts Las, who died suddenly the other day at his chambers in the Albany, was a native of Lancashire, where he inherited considerable property from his father, who was a respectable Clergyman in the 'neighbourhpod of Wyreside. Mr. Lira was a person of considerable talent; some years ago he tram laced Pinder and Heald from the Greek. He was Chaplain to his Masan , when Prince of Wales. He married a sister of Mr. HUGH= BALL, with a large fortune, by whombe had a son, a very promising youth, who survives has, and, we hole's, two daughters. Frown an incompatibility of temper. the parties frequently separated. Mr. Lae himself was a very original and eccentric character. , NAVAL INTELLIGENCt. The following inforillation has been received at the tforth Aid South AmericiukCoffee.house, from the Captain of a French tor vette from the West Indies, spoken in the Channel, bound to thli Havannab. He states that he was surrounded by ice several days l on the exterior edge of the Banks of 24wfoundland, during which time he saw the larboard bow of an American ship, bright waist, and billet head, supposed to be about zoo tons horthen, and from all appearances she seemed to have been some time In that situation. Front the above description, it is the general opinion that she must have been the Crisis, Captain VAN Dyes, which sailed from Cowes for New York the llth January, and has not since been heard of. The Intrepid, Svawaitz, arrived at Hull from Riga, passed his Majesty's ship GUNN:V.IU, with his Grace the Duke of 1./aeon s/nag and suite, on the 24th inst. off the Scaw Point, in company with the Mentor steam packet. Also, on the 19th of May, off Gotbland, the I.ightning steam packet, all hound to St. Petershurgh. Arrived off Dover, the Princess Charlotte of Wales, 131DIIN, from Bengal; Guildford, JOHNSON, from Madras ; and the I:uckinglaam shire, ..---., from China. FALMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind variable.—. Arrived the Wood. burn, Bevan, from London, and sailed again, fur the Cape of l Good Hope. Parstourn, MAY 211.—Wind E.—Arrived the Wanderer, WA raoon,(tom Sierra Leone. POIMMOITYK, MAY 29.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Isis, Mean, from Newcastle; Brothers, Mows , . from Sunderland for Mira michi—the latter to stop a leak ; and Fame, M totem, from ditto. Sailed the Minstrel, AILICALL, for Rotterdam. DIAL, MAY 29.—Light wiotis from the North, with fog. Five, P.M.—The fog is father clearing away, and the wind light off the land. Several ships are in sight, coming in from the west ward. Arrived the Richard, ItarsoLos, from Jamaica; Hampton, NAPIER, from Grenada; Milford, Tarrant, from Mogadore ; and Eliza, MAUER, from Lisbon. Sailed the Nelson, ---, for the South Seas. The Favourite and Brilliant, for St. Petersburgh, remain. CUSTOM HOUSE, MAY LS. Skim ESTER= Istwaans—The Four Friend/, from Falmouth; Percy. from Memel; Johanna, Wilhelm, Spring, aad Harmonic, from Dantaic; Harrier, from Ham burgh; John, from the Mauri tius; Tin Tin, from Bilboa ; Jacoba and Eliza, from Rotterdam; Elizabeth, from Wismar; Prince Regent, from Sierra Leone; Acasta,from New York; Mary, Prince Regent, Rising Sun, and Sovereign, from Lisbon; St. Vincent's Planter and John, front Ja maica; and Harvey, from New South Wales. ENTII4I2 ou:stoat's—The Rockingham, for Calcutta; Jong* Jus*anna, for Antwerp; Fauchen, for Elsln►ur; and Fortuna, for Cltistiana. LITERATURE. The Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds. WI itten by Himself. 2 vols. gro.—London,lB26. The present age is peculiarly fertile in the literary and biographical anecdotes and memoirs of persons who have mixed much in life, furnished by She parties themselves. We confess we ate glad of this; and are perfectly of opinion with a northern critic, that 44 No description of reading comes so near works of fiction in fascination as biography; and of all kinds of biography, autobiography, written with talent, and in the spirit of frankness, is at once the most delightful to the general reader, and the most instructive to the philosopher, who studies the springs of action in the human character." Besides the general charm of biography and auto biography, there is something peculiarly attractive in the memoirs of persons connected with the drama and ,the histrionic art, on account of their extensive and varied intercourse with the rest of the world. The Memoirs of George A. Bellamy were very popul 4r when first published ; but, thanks to the refinement of the age, their grossness would now exclude them from society. To take, however, a more modern instance, 'we can laugh heartily at the good humour and kind.- tie 4 of heart of Mic/hel Kelly, whom Itemiaiseenees are very amusing. O'Keefe, too, promises a delightful volume, if we may judge by the specimen of his anec dotes in the New Monthly Magazine. And we now add to these volumes an extremely charming work, by one r.f the most successful of modern dramatists, 44 The Life and Times of Frederick Reynolds, written by Himself:" In the preface, Mr. Reynolds states that he has written his work to procure that orcupat.on which his medical advisers prescribed as a remedy for a nervous disease ; and he expresses a hope chat in attempting to cure himself he has not annoyed others. We think we 'may safely assure Mr. Rey ni , lds that he has not; for there is so much frankness and good nature runs through his work, chat it is impossible not to be pleased both with it and the author. It is the peculiar province of a dramaic author to make himself acquainted with life; and few persons have better opportunities, as they mingle with all classes of society ; few writers, however, have had equal op portunities • with Mr. Reynolds—the son of a rich Solicitor, who had for his clients and friends, Wilkes, the great Ltd of Chatham, the conscientious Earl of Effingham, and other persons of rank and eminence, young Reynolds was at once introduced to the best so ciety. His education, too, was liberal, notwithstanding he facetiously pleads in his preface, th it " having only studied at Westminster School the L itin and never the English grammar, he fears he may not gratify those who, treating with contempt the matter, character, and spirit of Si book, only toil to ascertain whether the pro noun, adverb, antecedent, or participle, be used in their proper places." Mr. Reynolds, though a dramatist, and mixing much • with authors and actors, has, as might be expected, introduced many anecdotes, and some of them very piquant ones, connected with the Stage; his work does nor, however, consist of mere Green-room gossip, but contains a great deal of entertaining anecdote OW a ♦ariety of subjects, related with an infinite deal of pleasantry. The author does not display the least spice of vanity, but relates his failures with as much good humour as his successes. Some of the scenes he de scribes are truly dramatic, particularly his reading his tragedy of Werter'to Lady Effingham and her sister, when her Ladyship fell asleep and nodded approbation ; and the young lady, th e adored of Reynolds, gave sneezes instead of sighs, at the pathetic tale. For the honour of the drama, wemust however say, it was not the chillness of Mr.Reyntilds's muse that occasioned the sneezing, but be had read the file out. There ate few persons who mix in life, and are at all observant, but might furnish some agreeable ravish'. cences ; but there are few indeed who from their own recollections and associations could supply two such charming volumes as the " Li / 4 and limes of Frede rick Reynolds"—a work which we are sure will be read with eagerness and delight by all classes of society. From the amusing pages of this work we quote a few anecdotes. The first relates to an actor at Waterford, of the name of Randall, a-supposed- L'indon star, who was playing Hamlet for his benefit. An UM MCA 'MICA L WC tOOk a hurried dirper, and after it went to the Theatre, which was so nearly empty, (though for a favourite'. benefit) that the hero of the night, on his entrance, inddenly receded, with a start of horror, then again advanced, and bursting with rage, exclairm-11—" Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, ought ye not to be ashamed of yourselves; and is this the way you support sterling talent?" "By the pew's," replied a spectator near the . orcbestrii, only knew the Wok pit here—that is myself, my sun.Lary, and Dorragh ado*. my mothers son, paid to support you, and is this your grati tude, Jewel !" " - inch, and that's just our way of thinking," tried a voice frbtn 'the gallery, " so to it, my pippins: the* cheers for the pr.‘,., company, and three groans (or the absent." These opbtions opened Randall's eyes, and he apologized, a• thanked his few but real benefacr ors. The play then proceed, for some time, with only a few interruptions; when suddenly a nee and Unexpected actor made his appearanceno less a personage a our old enemy father Neptune ; who, owing to an enconintonly spring tide, followed us up even into a theatre. At first, howeve ' he only invaded the puiagea, and lower parts beneath the staz, but soon tilling them, and bending his Irresistible course tliroil z , the orchestra to the pit, it appeared probable that more person. ' Ophelia would have " too youth of water." At length the Man%- stepped forward, and informed ns, that rather than see art eristo. put to our loves, he begged we would return our money, and bum„ ; gave us leave to depart." A Misea.—ln the neigbourhood, Mr. Elwes bad a formi,lih , .. rival in fonetce—a retired Barrister; the desolate state of whe w house gave it the appearance of being haunted, or, " the worst the wnrct," of a property long in Chaucery. The day we co., Iv, he was receiving from one of his tenants his Midsummer :, After my introduction by Topham, and an interchange betwo n of the usual compliments, the Barrister, turning towards the farm,• presented him with a small glass of port wine,which he took a•,! drank ; but then exhibiting a fact of evident disapprobation, Barrister exclaimed, "What ! do you not like the flavour of this giA.: of wine a 3 well as of tl.e one I gave you last Christmas ?"—" dang it," replied the tenant, you see it has a kind of a difFereir taste."—" ila, ha F' rejoined the lawyer triumphantly, " now l have caught you : it is out of the wry same bottle, and a lias never been opened since !" HOSSING A Hiciiwarmaa.—To recur to the subject of pockeiih : groats—My brother Jack, late one evening in January, proceetle t hi his gig to Suuthbarrow, was stopped on Bromleyll by a lep.. wayman, who, presenting a pistol, furiously demanded his nitn;t 7 . I will not say that Jack took fright, but his horse did, and, wil l a violent plunge, galloped of at full speed. The highwayman% foot being sti uck by the wheel, he was immediately unhorsed, any: dashed on the ground; while his horse, now left to his own gui. dance, mechanically followed the vehicle. Jack, in total ignorant of the whole proceeding, hearing the horse behind the gig, natsrz' e concluded the highwayman was in full pursuit, and expected ever.: moment to have his brains blown out. However, on enteeng town, he discovered his error, to his great relief; and stopping the inn, and desiring to speak to the landlord, he related the c.r. cumstance, and then delivered the horse to him ; ordering it to he immediately advertised according to the usual form—" If it , t owned, nor demanded, within ten days from the date hereof, i: will be peremptorily sold to defray expenses." As may be suppo.ed• the horse wa. neither owned nor claimed, so therefore sold ; and Jack, pocketing the afrotat, cleared upwards of thirty pounds by what he called " robiing a highturtrut." Journal of a Voyage up the Mediterranean., principally among the Islands of the Archipelago, including many interesting Particulars relative to the Greek Ilevolu • Lion. By the Rev. Charles Sw.tn. '2 vols. Bso. London, 1826. As Chaplain to his Majesty's ship Cambrian, ccm- manded by Captain Hamilton, Mr. Swan has had many opportunities for collecting materials for an intere,tirg work, and such is the Journal before us. It is true that some persons would probably have preferred a con nected narrative; but yet there is, to t.s, a considerable charm in a faithful record of events as they occur, written on the impulse of the moment, when their &nil ness has not been dimmed by imperfect recollection, nor received any esibellishment from ins igination. —The voyage of the Cambrian was of too rambling a character to allow any very minute inquiry into the antiquities of this classical land. or to enter into any very elaborate disquisition on the manners and character of the people ; and the Author, therefore, we think, acted wisely in determining " to catch the objects living as they rise," and_to describe what he saw at the place where, and the time when, he saw it. Brought in con tact with the Chiefs of the contending parties, under cir cumstances peculiarly favourable for observation, Mr. Swan has given us a vivid picture of their persons and peculiarities. Enthusiastic in the cause of Greece ; he loses nntipportunityof doing justice to herheroes and coast, while he does not forget the honest impartiality of an historian in noting her foes. Mr. swan is a good clas sical scholar. and he writes in,a pleasing and animated style, which is remarkable for its terseness. Among the persons to whom Mr. Swan was introduced, was Ibrahim Pacha, who has so recently distinguished himself in the horrible massacre at Missolonghi. Tne Camp of the Egyptian leader was in much confusion; miserable looking beings were everywhere stationed on the ground exposing their half clothed bodies to the burning sue. We wire coedueted," says Mr. Swan, " by the Arab guard, who attempted most unsuccessfully, as it appeared to me, a regular march, to the cottage in which Ibrahim Pacha, pipe in hand, was visaed. He is a stout, broad, brown-faced, vulgat-looking man, thirty-five or forty years of age,. marked strongly with the small pox. His countenance possesses little to engage- ' but w hen be speaks, which he does with considerable energy and fluency, it becomes animated and rather striking. He frequently aeccmpanies his words with a long drawling cry, which to E.uropean ears sounds ridiculously enough. His manner carries with it that sort, of deci sion, which is perhaps the common appanage of despotism: de prived of this, he would resemble an uneducated hard-ravaged seaman of Air own country—and I think I have somewhere seen his exact counterpart; but it may be merely fancy. He was plainly clothed, foe a Turk ; aid his camp establishment, altogether, had none of that parade and luxury, whisk we are accustomed to attach to eastern warfare." Of the brave Greek Admiral Canaria Mr. Swan says, ‘• I had very fortunately an opportunity of seeing this celebrated man, who had but just arrived at Hydra, from ];gins. There is an expression of great mildness and benevolence in his countenance, but it would not at all convey an idea of the Greek ; his nose is small, almost *amoral, though his eye is gobd : be has a deeply ern browned complexion, and his stature is low, but he is well made." C 4ll; uis and his equally brave, and, perhaps, still more succeisful compatriot, Miaulis, permitted Swan to view one of those destructive engines by which they have sent so many followers of Nl,thomet to the , r last account—we mean a fire-ship, anis de,clibed: " The held of the vessel is partitioned off into small stalls, with• out each of which stands a barrel of gunpowder, containing about thirty okes (about eighty-two and a half pounds); on each side a prickly plant, called in Greek Thymaria, a species of thyme, wiiich kindles readily, is deposited. The bottom of the barrel has a bole communicating with trains, carried into various parts of the vessel; mid a composition, consisting of turpentine, saltpetre, rosin, a nd other materials thatigNite quickly, is rubbed sit over the hold ; the casks intended to receive the gunpowder, and every other part that is likely to facilitate the progress of the fire, the decks and outward part of the vessel, are pitched and painted copiously, and grappling irons are concealed in the rltilog ; the quantity *1 gunpowder used In a single bralot amounts to t,ooo otos, er 5,500 lb. and it is fired in about forty places at once; they man it with from twenty 10 twenty-five men, according to the use. The one I saw was of the largest, and had keen an Austrian merchantman, taken with a cargo of Turkish ammunition." We might quote many descriptive passages like these, but they will sufficiently show she author's style, we may, however, be tempted at some future period ,to cull a few interesting anecdotes with which the work is thickly studded. His Majesty's ship GLOUCSSTIR, with the Duke ," Memnon and suite ea board, in company with the len Steam Packet, passed the Scaw Point on the 24th inst. oil Or way to St. Petershurgh. THE MAN or Ross.—Monday being the birth dif anniversary of Mr. Krum, the Man of Ross (who was horn on the 22d of May, 1637,) a zealous admirer his virtues wigaged the ringers of Ross Church on th e occasion ; such a mode of commemoration appearffig the more appropriate,from the circumstance of the Val sell there being the gift of that illustrious person, a ni snaring his name. The morn was ushered in with the s:k and enlivening sounds, which were renewed at noon, a" the evening closed with a muffled peal, thus coti ,l 4 via, the blessing s of the good man' s birth his henourat f tetaement to the tomb. , ';R