Star. — London, England, 1822-05-04 00:00:00

destroctiort of the Sinking , fens ion of it during the dist. Mr. J. P. GRAN':argued, ntractOrs ibbst he the loss r te.. the Amendtrient, Mt. JONES upported ~e Resolution. elm whenever• it was proposed to f•- t l, s . l e!Lissioh would he er rartial remissinai l lfear). • Mr. D. BROWN so;' rent as calculated to Obis— the country, and he -tberofore f• the original Malin& Mr RENNET said, 'drat even before the diS -cussion of the subject, he bad had no doubt as to the s ide on which thalion. Gentleman (Mr. D. Browne) • vote. Many proposed reductions in the public e x penditure would have been carried in that-House, had it not been for the Wight Hon. Gentleman,. and , tho e who. like him*. universally voted for the mea sures of his Majesty ti Ministers. In his (Mr. Bennet's) opinion, the whole of the Sinking Fund should be a pplied for the relief of the Public. All that the public creditor had a right to demand was the pay ment of his interest.—Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the House divided— For the original motion For the Amendment • - Majority - - RANK CHARTER. Mr. GRENPELL said, that at that late hour of ett !1; ht he should not enter into a discussion of the t . ltarter, unless called upon to do so by any ob servations relating to his motion. The discussion ini,4ltt take place to more advantage at a future op pup:ay, and he therefore should merely move for a ca v y of the correspondence which had taken place I , emzen his Majesty's Government and the Bank of 31::g respecting the proposed renewal of the ILok Charter. . . )h. LUSHINGTON trusted the Hon. Member anald no; press his motion, .as the correspondence in question would shortly be laid before the House by fo,:Chitr.ccilor of the Exchequer, accompanied with eveit es., , htattion. • . Gil ENFELL said, the subject was of too im port4ta a cattire to be delayed, and unless a better rea•oa %tete offered to induce him to withdraw his motion, he certainly should persist in it. MOISES said, that the correspondence alluded to consi,tea of only one letter, and that was already bee the Public. Mr. J. SMITH said, he had not faith enough to believe that one letter was the only one which bad pac.ed on the subject. He thought everything which ht:ti. taken place in the course of this unprecedented negnciation should be laid before the House. Mr. MARRYATT said, that undoubtedly, if any c•,: respondence bey ondthe letter referred to, had really taken place, it might to be laid before the House. The motion was then put and carried. • MISCELLANEOUS. roes!ry. profit of . . trusted . Amend , Govern*went r 135 56 -79 Mr. CANNTNO brought in the Bill for removing the dis qualifications affecting Catholic Peers. It was read a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on Friday next. Lord STANLEY moved the committal of the Warrant of Attorneys Bill. The Noble Lord stated, that the object of the liiil wa, , to prevent the operation a fraudulent and secret Warrants of Attorney and Cognovits, by requiring them to be registered.—The House being in a Committee, Mr. Serjeant ONseme, Mr. WROTTESLEY, and Mr. J. SMITH, spoke in favaur of the Bill, and observed that the Noble Lord w:u entitled to the thanks of the country for having introduced it. Mr. SYKES approved of the principle of the Bill; but feared that, in its present shape, it would be defective in its execution. Ile, linwevt , r, was desirous that the Bill should be tried as an. at:d he trusted that its defects might be remedied by a st:bszcin:nt Bill. The liouse then resumed, and the Report of the Committee was ordered to be taken into consideration on Friday next. The second reading of the Warehousing• Bill was postponed until Monday next, and that of the Coal Trade Bill until Friday s.:'!:nh2ht. The CILINCF.LLOR of the'EXCIIF.QUF.R moved the . second reading of the Irish Countervailing Malt Duties Bill. Mr. C. IlurculNSON opposed the Bill, which he thought VAS intended m a convenience fur the Excise, rather than a be nefit to the Public. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER spoke a few werds in favour of the llill, which was then read a second time, and ordered to be committed on. Monday next. The Malt Duties Repeal - Bill was read a tlqd time and passed. Slr JOHN NEWPORT, after a few pretatory observations, moved for a Committee to consider the propriety of altering the present mode of Irish Grand Jury Presentimpts with respect to Assessments on Land.—Ordered. Sir R. WILSON moved for a Return of the Number and the Names of the Aliens residing in this kingdom. so far as the same could be made! out. The other Orders of the Day, were then disposed of ; and at ILlf-past Teu the House adjourned. Ministers have received accounts from Stafford shire relating to the discontented spirit which per vades the manufacturing classes in that extensive dis trict, of so unsatisfactory a nature, that they have ordered Lord TALBOT to repair thither and join his regiment immediately. His Lordship, who was pre -paring to visit the Continent, has in consequence beet{ obliged to give up his plan, and left town for Staf fordshite on Thursday evening.—Morning Chronicle. EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM SIERRA LEONE, DEC. 4. " Inclosed, I send you a correct account of the ex tent of the Slave Trade in the Heights of Benin and Beafra, which I have from the first authority e " Sailed from Calabar from July to November, 1820, one hundred and one sail of slave vessels, fully laden, under Spanish, I'oi - wows:2, and French colours; sixty-one during the present year. Sailed from Bonny front July to November, 1820, 120 sail ; seventy this year. " From 13embia and Cameroons the number could not be exactly ascertained, but supposed to be on the same extensive' scale. A great proportion of these slave vessels were of a large class, carrying irom 12 to 28 gulls, and from 50 to 200 men each. 'lhe for.owing French ships were at anchor in the river Bunny when his Majesty's ship Myrmidon left ;—Crig l'lsis, of Nantes : brig Leger, of Nantes ; brig Prince, of Nantes; brig !'Active, ofij Nantes; brig Eugene, of Havre; brig Alcide, of Nantes; and schooner Fox, of Martinique. The four first had slaves on bqard ; the others have lately arrived, and were purchasing their cargoes. " I also learn that Ma, King of Sego, has concluded the war he was for a length of time waging against the Foulahs in his neighbourlioed, for the express purpose of going to rear with the King of Karta.* A letter from Norfolk, Virginia, dated March 20,1 says, We ire informed, by the arrival of the brig Das pntch from Havannah, that a file broke out in the • übut bs at that place on the Ist inst. which destroyed ,:.no buildings; a Loge quantity of sugar teas also de stroyed. Two pirates have been shot at Matanzas, and fifteen mote have been imprisoned. Part or •the crew telonging to a boat fitted out at itegla, has peen captured in the bay, by -a party of Spa nish soldiers, after killing six in the action. The two men hot were a Captain and Lieutenant of a t.clioollei that had burnt a vessel some time before off Havanna!: cs 4 to 69; Columbia* Oiolo;i„Ociv 86 1. • STOCIE.IIXOfIANG IC, ONE O'CLOCK. • Mr. Knox, of witted upon the Gentlemen or the Stock Excha d nge, frooilhe Governor and . Deputy Governor, to acquaint them that Lord Liverpool wished to see the Ustoied Interest, on the subject of the Annuity Business. Cowls im- Inedlattly fell Ai. cent. PRICES OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. • Bank Stock 239' 1 ,4-3 per Cent. Reduced 78 1 / 8 .% S per Cent. Consols 79 78% 79 1 / 4 78% 3 1 / 2 per Cent. 8854-4 per Cent. 94% 5 per Cent. Navy Anna. 102% 1 4 - • Bank Long Annuitiet 19% 13-16' • ' India Bonds 545. 535. prem. • Exchequer Bills of £l,OOO, Is. ss. pr. Do. Small 35. 75..pr.—Cons. for Acc. 79 1 /s 1 / 4 78 N. Our Readers will see, from an Advertisement in another part of this day's Paper, that several of the most eminent Merchants of the City have culled a Public Meeting to be held on the distressed state of Ireland. The cause of the poor starving peasantry is now in good hands ; and, as none have stronger claims on the humanity of the Public, we trust that its libe rality will be commensurate. The old proverb, Bis dot qui bis cito, was never more applicable than on the present occasion, for long before the million of money voted by Parliament could be applied to the" relief of the suffering Irish, hundreds of them must inevitably perish, unless relieved by the more prompt I aid of public charity. We this day publish the names of the Two 'Hun di ed and Sixteen Members who voted for Lord NottmANsv's Motion to reduce one of the Postmasters- General. The very appearance of such a list of Gentlemen of the first importance in the Senate, op posing Ministers in an object to which they attached so much importance as twice to hazard defeat and disgrace in its support, might justly appal an Admi nistration that did not look for support so much in the justice of its measures, as in its influence; but the pertinacity which has characterized the present Minis ter; does not still desert them, or they would scar cely have advised his MAJESTY to return such an Answer to the Address of the Commons as was read last night. It is true that his NIAJEsTY yields to the prayer of. the House so far as saving the salary of one of the Postmasters-General is concerned ; but the most im portant point, and that in which the principle is in volved, the abolition of the of is somewhat un- graciously delayed until Ministers please to appoint a'' Commission of Inquit y, which, in its operations and the cost of its Report, will, in all probability, absorb at least one year's salary saved by discontinuing the office. Surely his MAJESTY, who so graciously set the example, at the beginning of the Session, of re linquishing a portion of his Civil List, cannot be aware of the many useless offices Minister; still keep up, under the pretence of suppaiting the influence of the Crown, as if (as Sir JOSEPH YORKE observed) the influence or dignity of the Clown required to be bolstered up by half a dozen useless offices. But it seems to be a principle with the present Ministers not to give up the slightest portion of their patronage unless compelled to it, and then to do it in as ungra cious a manner as possible. One of the Morning Papers, pretty uniform in its' adherence to Ministers in all questions on which they are in unison among themselves, regrets the reduction of one of the Postmasters-General, as a step towards —what does the Reader think ?—why, towards Re publicanism ! The Editor certainly pays Republi canism a compliment he never intended, when he gives as one of its features, the abolition of a useless place, in which an affluent Nobleman receives a few thousands annually out of diehard earnings of an indus trious and heavily taxed people. But, says this Editor, the office is "not in the least of the nature of a sinecure." Now, as it is' notorious that when Lord CLANCARTY, a relative of Lord LONDONDERRY, held this office, he was for two years together absent—not from Lom bard -greet only—not merely from London—but that he was,' in fact, receiving another ample allowance as Ambassador to the Netherlands, and even extended his visit, where he was again well paid, on a diplo matic mission to Vienna. Now, unless the Editor of The New Times can prove the übiquity of my Lord CLANCARTY, we contend that his Lordship's office as I Postmaster-General was, to all intents and purposes, a sinecure. But the Editor, besides discovering that abolishing a useless office is a step towards Republicanism, and that receiving an income without doing anything for it is not a sinecure, has found out that Government and its servants are the most productive class in so- I • evety. How he means to prove this we know not ; but if he thinks that he will get a single person in the world to believe it, he speculates. more largely on the weakness and credulity of the Public than any one that ever attempted to turn that weakness and cre dulity to advantage. The French Papers (.4 Wednesday contain some afflicting details of the destruction of property, by in • otendiaries, in the Departikents of the Oise, Seine and more lamen!able, 11034teep perished 49 the flames. At Beaumont . , seiverarfrolieiha'rebeen burnt. • • A letter froth 4kincourt i ntdie 27th of April, ati, o We live in a state of continual alarm; the audac4 ofthe brigands increases every day. They yesterchy announced thrti•lbeetrthmtint of.Aincoort would*" blunt on the Ist otMay. • The Mayors dog all "10 can to protect their . Communes. Patrols scout the' country, and the inhabitants mount guard every night!' • Threatening notices are placarded in various places las frequently as those of Captain Rock in the sister', kingdom ; but with this difference, that the Irish pro clamations have nothing politicalin thein,while those in France, says one of the Freucl) - Vapers (the Gazette de France), id contain outrages.against the person of the Ictao so gross, that ont respect restrains us from inserting them." Armed bands.have lately been seen in the forests in the vicinity of Bar sin. Aube, and the Authorities, with-the gendarmerie, set out in search of them, but they could not be found. Depots of arms are said to have been discovered in the wood of Blinfay, in the department of the Upper Marne; and outrage, alarm, discontent, or uneasiness, appear to pervade the whole of France. The followirig are extracts : .PARIS, MAY I. The AusMali Observer states the departure of M. de Tatis chef for Sr. Petersburgh, and assures us that the objeCt of his mission i 3 fulfilled. If the Journalist had frankly explained the object of this mission, we should have known what he meant; but he. maintains upon this point a .complete diplomatic reserve. It is known, however, that M. de Metternich has received very important dispatches from Constantinople, the contents of which have not transpired. The commercial letters are all for war, and it is known how much on these occasions commerce is clear sighted. The finesses of diplomacy, or the sinuosities of policy, warty deceive experienced tnep..whose intelligence is called into action by great interests. It appears, therefore, very nearly de cided, that all the efforts of the Cabinet of Vienna for the main tenance of peace between Russia and Turkey have failed, through the obstinacy of the Divan, and the fanaticism of the Turks. French Funds, Aptil 30—Five per Cents. 87 fr. 60 c.—May 1, opened at 87 f. 80 c.—highest, 87 f. 80 c.—closed, 87 f. 80 c. Ay, ____ charigedi :quarters ividi'-the Cumberland barracks, mid the latter. menpiribe Citadel. Major D'Atrint's Royal Veteran 'Corripatit, *elf famed from the Invalids at Fort Pitt, Chathitn, by Commis commanding that gartisoisi era smelt In a fest days • Sir AutomateCnatsrls, for the I sle of Man, where it is to beroveneefty stationed. Regimental Surgeons of the Lhie, Ocoee of the Royal Artil. 'lery; and Veterinary Surgeons, after iiittalarpeflods of setvlce, receive the following rates of ply; wit. , • • SURCIOXII or . AIM AID LOW. After seven years service lfs. Id. per diem. After twenty years ditto ' ltd. ditto. virrinututar slmouters. • ' • ' After three years service . 10s. per diera After ten ditto • ~y • • • nu • ditto After twenty ditto -15 s. ditto NAVAL . 1 The Bacchus, Boatrevr, from Liverpool to Pritice EdWard's Island, put into Scilly on the 46th tilt: With damage in her sails, during the gale of the 21.a.asad 22d.ult. FALMOUTH, Mar 2.—Wind E4,li.rArrivad the Lion, Rax, from Ancona; the Dutch ship Speculation, PAETSRZ, from Aims sterdam, to take on board the cargo of the ship De . Vreybeid, condemned here; and Alert, CHAPMAN, from Gallipoli, in forty days, fur orders. PezzAscr, Mar 2'--The ship Ogle Castle, from Bombay, landed passengers here yestetday, and stilt remains of this port this morning. PORTSMOUTH, M —AT 1. 7 -Wind E..—Arrived his Majesty's ship PHA ryes, from a cruize. DEAL, MAT \.F.—Came down, from the River this afternoon and sailed, the Larkins, WILKINSON, for Madrts, &c. Hope, FLINT, foe the Isle of France, &c. Mediator, WIL SON, to the westward ; and Lord Castlereagh, Pox, for Bout deaux.—Seven o'Clock : The [lope is lying to. , Jaasrv, Aran. 50.—Put back the Neptune, Cm - maim, for Newfoundland, with loss of bowsprit, sails, bulwarks, and mainmast damaged : part of her cargo is also damaged. Ctivrilii:}louse, May 3.—Ships Entered Inwards.—'lire Prin. 'c4s Alexandrine, ficm Stettin ; Gustava, from Metnet; Land sturrn, from Pilhu ; Caledonia, from Riga ; Be'e, and Bever ley, from Ilamburgh ; 'row Gesina, from Antwerp ; Vrovr Ellina, from Brussels.—Entered Outwards : Mount Stone, for Messina ; Mediterranean, for Genoa ; Nitre, for Ostend; Hope, fpr Bahia; Julie, for Calais; Ambler, for Rottertrum. LATE DREADFUL GALE.—(From the Board of the New England Coffte-House.)—Extract of a letter from Cork, received this morning, containing the following intelligence from Castletown, dated April 28th " My silence on the following communication was in expecta tion of gaining some particular information on the loss of the • Unity, s of Glasgow, and the Argo, of Whitehaven, on the shore in thiv neighbourhood, during the night of the 21st inst. when. • melancholy to relate ' all on board both vessels perished, and the hulls, &c. were dashed to pieces. The names were found upon some pieces of the wreck washed on shore. " Another vessel, suppored•to be the Fly, of Bristol, from the fragments washed on shore, has also been lost, and• the crew supposed to have been all lost." • DISTRESS IN IRELAND. • . r.- .. . , . , : ..i: I .' ... - • • , , ~ . _ ' „ - • • ~ - -• • • , - . s . • . . ... .• ~. , . - , . %a • , , • • • - .• . Al • •••*, .. • • * • ng•Pund, but eArfor litses 6.' tkit Aithir. ' . :* • • • . distresses of the country., • ' Tkir . ' . gip;' • 4l t• 74.00.610 41r,e55ita7 • ~ . • Tued, that thei profit of the r - - . I . de lash P re quadt aetatt y a tbit - _ ; 11 , 11:1610 loss of the nation. H'itaiii. '7 .. 1 ~3 't * ^l4 1 . 1 . I tIII 1 ' -21.a.r"-: ' .. 1 Pi l. a lliP i e ßear • 4 f -:.(44 ' We ' . ' ..„ 1 1 ' it ' ...."• " *M; *.:- .." b ` illa ileiCl nn _ tumi for me th. R°Tal audei wit tbe CONIMaid aalg, marched from' 6 . ' ' • '* • ' " • " 1 • ' • ''' i ... . ' ''.: 7" .' A‘• -' '• ' " .1 4i,.: . ' '' , the Resolution. He trusted - ''' . et. •-tows.:-. .. •• ). :..,.: c i • A • * . e 25th, or Wale Own men - roposed to retrench tazaor, ... ... wri t eitsweviAlmitrivittrivactos s, arrayed*, -. .. , `, ceh th e li T espAbow i r .Th for the last two years, nvidertfie icanal:ndr"r4ließrg ~.. entire, as he objected to any • t • ares ., riiitor .. a ‘ *di g it: , aftd tat . -6: " j sth i t . the stymie favi.:dilweb •. of Aprii,a-fasts tilling. 4A max, marched from themilibb tistriath, 'Nth ; evit tetti ß ult. r). Belfast Carrickflt arta ess.eld.. . alissiimea o "a• MAR2OI2, 't"...,... —mantei, tbr , -"•-•••••• 60 sbdv issvisk ~ ". , their native country C timid) (run w bull / , -- id, he 'considered. the Amend. . Ik4t _ 9 " 41 tilidsells. -6 ka aisigiNg Voisson Funas.—The sism 4l4 4nueris '"its iore4l6 l '' ' . . 111 4 .' 11410 1 ; 6: sio : I P I-g th t e ° tile ' , -..1 :ionise Seine and 010; Was set op absent 42 years. The Borst !vela Frostiesif . - mbarrass the Government of .• -' . ..; , • ' • Tuesday, the iemakan art 'Of the fedi a r4...* . ~ 1, _. ...._ __ Are, when three Minuend sheaves of wheat 'auc1,4490 sp , erefore should vote in favour t N be _ F°l.ei g n _ 2 1 . 611 et ; . f ..... vw . bortahle . Uwe Idhat:#lol4 , ol4llllWash . , . - - ~,, mouth, chariged :quuters with .-the 15th 'Ran; dor feriser We • ew D° ; " 41 ' 65i rru arose We ;, DAn bi " S ; L/v V u ! sheaves Of-.lkte • *eirt consented; but What'. ill: * ill now in Cumberlemi bane*, sod the latter occanithe ctudel. -._ __ ____ ,_,___ _,_ _ iv _ 624 to 69; Columbian Old-110:i New 861- . : ~, __ no A A ..,..• 11 , •••••••? Vt.:A ...... •na .•.. a. .., _ . ... - ' WANT OF FOOD. TRALEE, Aram 26.—We .understand a memorial has been forwarded by the Magistrates at the present General Sessions to his Excellency the Lord Lieute nant, praying his Excellency would be pleased to direct such prompt measures should be taken, by en couraging the importation of potatoes into this part of the country, as may avert a famine in the ensuing summer, and afford a sufficiency of seed potatoes for .the next year. GALWAY, Aram 27.—The distress of the poor in creases daily ; new groups of beggars are constantly to' be seen arriving from the country, principally from the westward. No spot upon the face of the habit• able globe presents such a scene of misery, want,-and wretchedness, as this town does at present. Many arc now affected with that kind of fever which is ever attendant upon a want of food, and each day records some death after a very short illness. A Town Meet. ing is called for Mond:iy,6th May.--AdvertiJer. APRIL '2B.—The price of potatoes this day was 8(1. per stone. The situation of the [nor is really depto 7 table. There are many bad cases of fever, too, in the Fever Ilospital.—Chroniele. CASTLEBA R, APRIL '25 —The Committee appointed for managing the fund for the relief of the poor of this town, have come to a tesolution to distribute bread for a month at least, which they are to pur chase at three-halfpence and to sell it at one halfpenny per pound. We are glad to hear that application has been made to the LORD LIEUTENANT, by the Rev. --- - . Secretaries of our fund, on behalf of the poor of this town. - - - LIMERICK, APRIL 26.—Our hearts bleed within us at the terrific aspect before us of a scarcity; Po . tatoes are at present almost at a famine price; sixpence 'a stone, in our present distressed and impoverished state, is equal to Is. 6J. a few years since. It is a well-known fact, that the neighbouring counties are in a most deplorable state, far, far worse than our own.— Telegraph. - Arm 29.—1 t has been intimated to us, that the Directors of the Chamber of Commerce are disvosed to give 1,0001. towards forming a fund for the ielivf of the poor of this city, provided a similar fund is contributed by the Public: for the same purpose. Prompt. and-effectnal means must be immediately taken to procure a suitable supply of food for the people, .or the consequences may be calamitous.— The Mayor of limerick has, in consequence of a re question presented to him, called a Meeting of the inhabitants for Tuesday, the 30th, for the purpose of taking measures for the relief of the poor, .in conse quence of the high price of potatoes.—News. THE KING'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—Mt. MASH, of the Lord Chamberlain's Office, has had orders to go to Holyroc'd House, to prepare it for a visit from the KING for next year. Special directions were given him by his MAJESTY not to meddle with the room which• was occupied by the Earl of DANNLET, the husband of the unhappy Queen MARY; and we un derstand chats like interest has been expressed con cerning a room in Edinburgh Castle, M which King JAMES I. (fiom whom it is well known the BRIM WICK family descended) was bore. • The Pi ince of • DENMARK is •on his way to pay a visit to this country with his Princess and a numerous retinue. One of the itdyal yachts plocs'eti ais N a i s t in.st few•days, for the Purpose of eon yap/a kiiaotal 11 1:h nail and suitttit-Rover! . . - :2 , C-- BANKS OF. THE DANUBE, APRIL 20. Letters from Agram state, that at the beginning of March the Pacha of Belgrade having received orders from Constantinople to disarm the Servians, wrote to Prince Milosch and to the twelve principal Servian Chiefs to proceed to Belgrade. The latter re fused, fearing an ambuscade. Milosch declared to the Pacha that the state of affairs did not permit him to proceed to Bel grade, but that to tranquillise the Porte he would send a new act of submission, signed by all the Servian Chiefs. This Act contains in effect a formal engagement; in the name of the nation, to remain faithful and devoted to the Porte, but demanding that the rights granted to the nation should he gua" ranteed, including that of bearing arms. The Pacha sent this act and declaration of Milosch to Constantinople, but lie received orders to insist on the disarmament. The Servian Chiefs then assembled at Novibazar, and resolved to refuse and oppose the disarmament, if necessary, by force. Such is the state of affaits n Servia, where important events may shortly be expected. NUREMBERG, APRIL 24. The List accounts from Epirus confirm the defection of dm Albanians, and the disagreeable position in which Chourschid Paella is placed by this event. lie has had to maintain several partial combats with the Albanians and the Suliott s, in which he sustained great loss, and he is now menaced with a greater danger, several Hellenist Corps having come from the Morea to join the Albanians, in order to co-operate for the destruction of the Turks. A Turkish garrison has been left in Janina, commanded by Omar Pacha, who is a tyrant and a fanatic, and a sworn enema of the Christians. As he is hated by the Albanians, his appoint ment is an additional reason to induce the inhabitants of the country to withdraw themselves from his rule, and make a war of extermication upon the Turks. A private letter, dated Park, April 25th, says— ", The chief topic of come •cation here at present, is the con flagrations in the neighbourhood of Meaux. Those fires, though blazing over some extent of country, are involved in profound obscurity—it is now nearly two months that they have been going on. The perpetrators commenced with setting fire to the corn-mills, then to the cottages of the unfortunate peasantry, nearly 200 of which have been burned to the ground ; and it is said that an attempt has been made within the last ten days to set fire to the town of Meaux. The peasants in that neighbour hood, men, women, and children, are on the watch every• night, and yet the fires take place. Who the incendiaries are, or what their object can be, is to this moment an impenetrable mystery." This forenoon we received a German Mail, bring ing Frankfort and other Papers to the 28th ult. The following are extracts: • AUGSBURG, APRIL 24. • Accounts from Odessa, says the Al(genuine &three, state that the Turkish vessAs employed in the coasting trade along the Danube, have been put under embargo for 20 days. Under pre* sent circumstances trade suffers great stagnation. The nor* winds detain at the entrance-of the Dardanelles a great numbs' of ships coming from Europe, and thus we are without any news from the Archipelago. In consequence of the difficulties which have occurred with respect to some ships bound for the Archipelago, which have been detained by the Government, the Legations of France and Naples intend to withdraw their passports from all vesselswhith do not really belong to their respective stations. This measure will affect the Russian and Greek vessels which changed tkeir 1 flag last year. If the navigation should not be wholly Inter rupted, it will be necessary to pay tire greatest attention at Odessa to the flags of the ships that are laden. The Russian produce may be in great demand. . - If we may judge by the measures of Police at present adopted, we may hope that tie internal tranquillity of Conttantiimple will not be interrupted, even ff war should break out, slid that we shall be able to salty on our business with more.coulideoce than - last year. .4... • WI; LI , . Vuanea, Asps 29.—bletalliques, 74 4-16 f , ,b Bank, 660 20.—Netalliques, amok,