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} -• cause. grown wary, and be forward W admit a new Government among they have first satisfied themselves what shape it assume. They would fain take security against Ale 4ptamis if a jorwei O. and indirisitle in their Aigh bourhood; and to it certain extent they are in the right. would such a Government secure the independence Greeks themselves, for underVetnoeracy, where belongs to all and is therefore boundless, freedom be maintained. The Ancients had no such Govern- it cannot indeed exist ; it supposes such an equal distribution of the public will u is incompatible with the of supreme authority, and without this, govern , for any practical purpose, is good for nothing. The manners and morals of the community—if the popular '- well trained—may perhaps, under such a system, _ a show of order and obedience, and personal free may be safe; this may be, because personal freedom in an exemption from all restraint so long as we .1 to the laws; but political frmlom there can be because it is essential to political freedom that there be public respowsibility, which under a democracy, all are rulers, cannot be found ; and when this fun damental of all government is wanting, power, whatever outward form it may assume, cannot fail to be arbitrary. be a republic in name; but in substance it will be despotism. With regard to the Greek cause, Ministers have taken a most honourable to themselves. Their pubticly sentiments have been in its favour; but much of moral, and almost the whole of the political duty of Statesmen is comprised in prudence; by involving Great in hostilities from a quixotic interference in her she could certainly ,not promote the real interests Greece ; and they must be enthusiasts beyond all care reason or reflection, who would have had our Govern pursue any other than the neutral course it has adopted, and by which it has so wisely determined to official advices from Mexico, up to the 27th of are of the most favourable nature. The Congress on the Ist of August, for the despatch of public bupi:- One of their first acts was expected to be the lower 'the import duties, the high rate of which had given the most extensive system of smuggling ; so much that it is calculated that scarcely one-third of these find their way into the national treasury. Not withstanding these scandalous practices, the receipts of the Custom-house of Alvarado exceeded half a million of dol during the previous month, a sufficient earnest of of the increase of commerce and the solidity of the national resources. tobacco monopoly was expected, under an improved of management, to become far more productive than hitherto. Of late years it had not reached two millions of annually. It is now estimated by the Minister of Finance, upon correct data, that the year 4826 will produce millions under the new syttem. The working of the mines was also going on most favour •, and with great spirit, diffusing prosperity and em ployment throughout the mining districts, and, in conse quence, proportionately benefitting all classes of society, as well as the public treasury. The formation of the British Companies seems to have given an impulse to Mexican y which was never before felt or acted upon. It is a that not a mine worth having can be obtained any within a reasonable distance of the city of Mexico, :upon the most extravagant conditions; while in one instance two leagues of virgin ground has been denounced _ Mexican miners, leading from a valuable mine just discovered. Both the United and Anglo-Mexican Companies have mine working in Bovanza, on the richest part of _ mother vein of Guanaxuato, upon which lode the celebrated mines of Valenciana and Rayas are situated. confidently expected that the produce of the precious will be equal in another year to that of the most prosperous periods antecedent to the Revolution. • what gives us most pleasure to record, for it was .1 respect to this point that the greatest danger to the tbility of the Government and tranquillity of the coon was to be apprehended, is the manner in which the .'s circular letter to the Catholic Bishops, calling them to exert their influence in restoring the power beloved FE !MI NA ND, has been treated by the heads Church in Mexico. One of the Canons of the city (exico, Dr. Mira, a man of the first talent, and re lble for his liberal sentiments, has written, and cir ulateJ most extensively, a spirited energetic reply to his --Las, assuring him of the sincerity of the Mexican towards the Roman Catholic religion, but that his ess MU3i not interfere in temporal matters, since the of the POPE to make or unmake Kings and king- had lung since ceased; consequently, as the Mexican had already begun to feel the blessings of inde pendence, it never could nor would listen to any proposi from whatever quarter it might originate, at all na to the compromise of their well-earned inde pendence. 'his able production having undergone various reprints, wing been inserted in the Government Gazettr,lias . read by all classes with the greatest avidity and en thusiasm, and cannot fail to produce the moat important benefits to the cause of independence, and to the solidity Constitutional Government, since it was from the of the POPE, and the operations of priestcraft, from . alone any real danger to the Constitution was to be CITY, Famsr Erzwzmo. very unexpected change took place both in ate prices appearance of the Stock Exchanges this morning. considerable activity prevailed in the British market, and 'onsols very soon after their opening rose to 881/, at which totation large business was done, and at their close they Avaneed to 8811 for the 13th, and al for the November settlement. This improvement in the price and state of the may be assigned, we understand, to the favorrable ition of the revenue, which will now be so shortly .to the public. Jobbers have, it appears, availed themselves of this circumstance and bought largely, calcu - very naturally upon a rise in consequence. Bxche- Bills were at is. prem. and money was much easier. Foreign Market also had its share of activity and ImProvernenl. particularly Saudi American Securities, ich were a good deal inquired after. Colombian Bonds 'Ached 75kt, as did Mexican Scrip 92 discount. Brazilian was sj discount ; and Spanish Bonds 17a ; whilst Scrip, in the teeth of the favourable intelligence imunicated this morning, declined to 20 231 discount. business in the Share Market continued urrimport , but we heard some speculators indulging in sanguine anticipations of activity there. the Colonial Market the business was limited, but the _ firm. Owing to the boisterous state of the 'weather, the supply of all kinds of gain Was scanty in Mark-lane to-day, and the business consequently very confined ; but purchasers were not inclined to give higher prices. Accounts from the manufacturing districts notice that work is going on more steadily, and that Cotton was a shade higher in price. The last letters from Russia announce that very Import ant despatches had arrived at St. Petembiugh, where se veral councils hail been in consequence held, at Which the Emperor presided before his departure. It was generally asserted that they were relative to the affairs of Greece. It is certain that M. tie Tatischeff had despatched several couriers, one after another, to M. de Nesselrode, and that the Austrian Ambassador, M. de Lebseltern, seems also to have received new instructions. Helm! a long audience , of the Emperor a few days beffee his Majesty's departure. Nothing has transpired relative to the resolutions come to; it is merely known that couriers have been despatched from St. Petersburgh to Vienna.—Coarfliationnel. There are letters in town from Tobago to the 2251 of August, but their contents are of no public interest. There were also arrival* yesterday from New York, bringing advice' to the 10th of September, which are, however, entirely destitute of news. The Jamaica Papers state that instructions have been for warded t:t the Admiral on that station, not to permit the vessels of war to bring specie from Colombia: to that island, but to proceed direct with it for Great Britain. The or der is not confined to that state alone, but to all the new belligerent States of South America. Of course the order does not apply to money belonging to British subjects, but to that of foreigners. The order likewise directs that men of war shall not take any specie toJamaica whatever from any of the colonies under the dominion of Spain, but to carry it direct to Gnat Britain. These. restrictions will prove a moat serious impediment to the onanneree of that island. A letter received at Jamaica from St. Jago de Cuba, dated the 17th of August, says that a French frigate had arrived at the Ilavannah, having on board six millions of dollars, being part of the indemnity agreed to be paid by Hayti to France. Quebec Papers to the Ist of September, and Montreal Papers to the 6th, have been received ; they state that an extensive forgery had been discovered on the Montreal Bank. One check to the amount of 1,700?. had been paid. The individual who obtained the money had escaped to the'Cnited Stater. The letters received yesterday from Elmina (Cape Coast) are dated Ist July ; their contents are of a very un pleasant nature. it *ill be remembered that the English Governor-General Turnerissued a proclamation, in which he more than insinuated that the Dutch settlers had given every assistance to the Akantees in their attack on the English possessions. This had been followed by very un pleasant consequences. General Turner had gone so far as to threaten two of the Dutch forts; and, at the date of these letters, hostilities were immediately expected: trade was entirely at a stand-still, and no gold dust had been re ceived from the interior for a series of months. BRAZlL.—Extract from private letters.—" Maranham, August 13.—The crop of rice this year has totally failed, owing to the want of rain ; and the crop of cotton, from the same cause, will certainly not be equal to one-half of the usual quantity. The inhabitants of the interior are in the greatest distress for want of provisions, and the planters are losing the greater part of their horses anti oxen. Hunger is compelling the Indians to attack the plantations, and in some instances they have murdered as many as 20 persons on one estate. The Brazilians from the interior are all re sorting to the banks of the rivers to endeavour to obtain fish for subsistence." The Emperor Alexander has given orders for a new road to be cut between Warsaw and Konigsberg, which is al ready in a state of forwardness. Extract of a letter dated Tunis, Aug. 12:—" The rebel chief who has for some time past beaded a party of Arabs, in opposition to this government, on the mountains I which separate this country from Algiers, has been entirely routed, himself narrowly escaping, by Sidi Mustapha, the brother of the Bey. Four days ago a Sardinian corvette arrived here with the Conte Fillipi and family, the newly appointed Sardinian Consul-General; end yesterday the ' (Wadi& French frigate, commanded by Captain Mallard de Liscourt, brought back Bach Mahmoud, the late Tuni sian Envoy to the Court of France ; she come from Tou lon in three (lays. Two Greek privateers, brigs, have lately been cruising off this coast, and in a manner block ' ading our harbour. They entered that of Suss, and made ' prises of the cargoes of two Austrian brigs, valued at 2.1,000 dollars, on the ground that the cargoes belonged to the Moors. They also boarded vessels under the French, Tuscan, and Sardinian flags, taking from them provisions and other articles ; they have been gone four or five days, so that the French frigate could not catch them, even if disposed to go after them." Each of the four columns that support the dome of St. , Peter's at Rome takes up as much ground as a little chapel and convent (St. Silvester's, by the Quatre Fontane), in which one of the architects employed in that work lived; ' and yet they do not appear big to the eye, because every • thing is great about them. They were designed by Michael • Angelo, and be insisted earnestly that nothing should be added or altered in Ills design &mini afterwards under took to make a staircase within each of these columns; just as they hollowed and prepared the inside of one of them, the whole building gave a crash (anti the Italian tradition says it was as loud as thunder). They put up the stairs in that, but would not attempt any more of them. COIIDETT OTONNELL.—The Dublin Evening Foal in an article written professedly to mediate between these belligerent parties, makes the following curious statement in vindication of their respective characters :—" At the time when Mr. Cobbett had published his first letter, we happen to know personally, that Mr. O'Connell continued to express the highest admiration of his talents and ser vices ; and Mr. Cobbett, it will be remembered, was in possession of all his cAa?ges, when he wrote a laudatory and excusatory letter in favour of Mr. O'Connell, after the loss of the Bill." IRISH MINES.—A mine of lead ore, of the most valua ble description, has been discovered on Benvoy, the estate of William Power, Esq. of Dunhill Lodge, by Mr. P. J. Foley, while examining that gentleman's royalties. Mr. Foley has opened it so as to have one of the lodes or veins visible for the distance of one hundred and fifty-six yards, along which the solid ore is left standing, and may be taken down at pleasure. Several tons of this valuable ore may be prepared for market in a very short period, by a /fey good miners, at a trifling expense. There are several other veins of lead and copper on this estate, which have, ` not as yet been sufficiently explored, but which, we are told, are tttt highly prov . nising.... Mr. Foley is Also abogl exploring Colonel Paliser s and Captain Power's estates, on ' which he has made some discoveries. The miners at Mee mahon cut a rich course of copper ore last week, which they are now working at with advantage. Some specirnena, of copper and iron pyrites have been taken up on Mr. M‘Gwire's estate during Mr. Foley's examination of that quarter, which, on being analysed by him, have bees found to contain a large proportion of gold.—Waterford Paper. THE 131.1 ND WATCHM•LER.-It has often been re.' corded that persons deprived of that most inestimable bias si»g, eye-sight, have, by dint of perseverance and by pos• stetting other faculties to a greater degree of perfection than usual, been enabled to read, write, draw, play cards, &e.' and have produced many specimens of their knowledge of the mechanical and Fine Arts, that would have reflected honour on any artist. Instances of this kind seldom occur, but when it does, it shows the benevolence of our Creator, who, in depriving us of one faculty, bestows the others in greater abundance. We have been fed to these remarks by witnessing, a few years since, at Barnstaple, a sign over a door, denoting that clocks, watches, &c. were repaired by ' Wm. Huntley, a blind man. On making inquiry, informed that this man was born blind, or P • has no recollection of ever seeing. lie • father, who was a watch amp clock maker, which he now follows, and has plenty being considered by fhe inhabitants very profession ; lie repairs musical clacks and seldom : meets with any difficulty , its most complicated. It Atm occurs that In ethers have failed in completely repair' eg a watellit , this man has chetirrered the ilefeet.—/Iffitae. TAB leirEKS. Besides the protest which was presented to the Greek Government at Napped di Romania by General Roche and Mr. IVilliam Townsend Washington, on occasion of the resolution to seek the protection of England, Mr. Wash ington addressed a letter to the Executive Government to the follotving enet :: " Napoli di Romania, August 1. 1825. " Gentlemen,—l was informed last Friday,* from several quar ters, that a document, written in Corfu, in the Italian language, translated at Hydra and Spexzia, had been received here in Napoli tie Romania, that two members of the Legislative Body, almost all the members of the Executive, and many of the Captains of the Mores and Candia, had signed it, and that the real object of this document is to apply to the English Government for assistance against the Turks and Arabs, and to give up to that Government the Sovereignty of Greece. I have considered this step, in the cumatanees in which this country is, as quite unnecessary ; and I have besides considered it as an extraordinary violation of the rights and privileges belonging to every member of the Greek Republic, which has been commuted by the Individuals who signed the docu ment. Under the actual circumstances, I have thought it my duty publicly to express my disapprobation of what had been done, and wordinejj I signed, together with General Roche, Agent of the Greek Committee at Paris, • protest signed by him. At the urgent request of a number of the Legislative Body, I now attempt to de 'elope more at length the motives which induced me to sign that protest. " Allow me first to express my ideas on the question, What right had the members of the Greek Government. or the Greek Government itself, to carry on this negotiation with the English ?' As simulate Governments are in every respect uneaten of their sub jects and their territories, they may have a right to dispose by sale or gift of • part of their subjects and their temto, as the Virginia planter sells or gives away his slaves and his lan ds. " But, according to the notions that prevail among us in Ame rica, a Government which proceeds frvm the people, and governs only by virtue of a delegated authority, can hate no powers but such as are expressly given it by the people ; and where do we see the right to place Greece, or • part of Greece, under the Sovereignty of a foreign Power was ever given to the Provisional Government of Greece by the Greek nation ? And what right hat, the Primates, and the Captains, and the members of the Legislative and Exeen .dre Bodies, all together, to deprive any member of the Greek Re public of the advantages which he possesses, and which he believes himself to possess by virtue of his quality of member of that Repub. Fte.--except in the case that be has committed a crime ? And what is still more, what right have they, in any case whatever, to com pel a member of the t,reek Republic to become the subject of • foreign Power ? None whatever. They have no such right; and if it be the object of the document in question to subject Greece to the domination of England, whether it be like Malta, the lonian Islands, Gibraltar, or Canada, I maintain that the persons who have signed the document hive been guilty of an usurpation of power, and a violation of the rights of the Greek nation, which can not be justified in the eyes of the world. " A member of the Legislative Body has since shown me a do cument, and endeavoured to convince me that it contains nothing to affect the national independence of the country ; that the Greeks did not so understand it ; and that the English and the whole world could not put such interpretation upon it. " I remain in doubt upon the subject ; for the expressions in the document which has been shown to me, seem to me, to be ex tremely equivocal; and, besides, I place little confidence in the probity of the English Government : it is a Government which is accustomed, if it can but attain its ends, to violate the laws of nations and the obligations which it has taken on itself. "At the same time, other interesting questions arise. First, in what manner will the English Government afford assistance to the Greeks? With going to war with the Porte? Or by negotiating • treaty of peace between the two parties ? And has the English Commodore who carried on the negotiation received instructions on the subject from his Government ? " The negotiation is to me covered with a veil, which time will perhaps raise ; till then, I say, that if assistance only has been applied for, there is no objection to he made; but if this affair is to end In the national independence of Greece, this is an event which I shall deplore; and I consider it as my duty to declare to the whole world my disapprobation of all measures that may have such a tendency ; and I think I may take upon myself the responsibility of expreming to the Greeks, with respect to such measures, the regret and the disapprobation of my nation. " I had hoped, Gentlemen, to enter into the military service of I the Greek Government, and to employ my military talents for the cause of Greece, of liberty, and of civilization. But if Greece is in become a province of Great Britain, or of any other Foreign Power, I cannot, consistent with my political principles, remain any longer here after such an event shall have taken place. With grief I shall then leave • country to which lam attached by my best feelings. " Accept, Gentlemen, &c. (Signed) " WM. TOWNSEND WASHINGTON." • July 29. The Protest of General Ruche and Mr. Washington is dated 28th Jaly.—Austrian Observer. PRICES or BRITISII STOCKS YESTERDAY. to Ilia - ; Cat. Cons kt . I ts i t i . to ll , illcal s t o l l: l o °l par ". 2 P l : 2 P ill poet to he will no* LL r + Tines them, till l' B . Of yCHANDE YESTERDAY. will issue ....C. F. 1 4 Leghorn 491 ..............n i Oimeas. 44 apptiarata ~...2 U. 12 13 0 V e al ta ice 17 bourhood Aret wallgo. 4, g ~...:.. All V. 1 3 1 7 i ; l ic lu a r e lg o os 112 on Neither ' losv . ilais'iriite• 45 IS Lisbon. Si of the GI IU.Si q 6 Open& - lit power be? TA es 1110 Janeiro. 00 cannot be - ' _r. 7 0 Bahia 52 otelthiin Es. 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The i !Scarlet Dye 5O 0 1 1 July, at a— ..._...2--.________ , .-- ..___-----•—i meet on the 113ritosit preogs. nese. ( 7 - ing of tl DRURY-LANE THEATRE. rise to t This treeing, SATURDAY. Oct. 8, wll be Performed TIRUTUS: SO, that Or. THE FALL OF T ARQUIN. Lanes Junius Brutus, Mr. Booth; Tullis. /1171. RAM; Tarotenla. duties 1 Mrs. W. West. withatat After which the Divertiaament of THE C MP. Principal Dancer, , Mr A . and Mrs. Noble. COMOM To conclude with tars du SIMPSON AND CO. itself of wr Peter Simpson. Mr. Williams: Mr. Bromley. Mr. Browne; Mrs. 1 S.mmon. Mrs. Bunn; Mrs. Itroniley, Mrs. Davison. national COTENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The, . On MONDAY NEXT. Oct. 10 , *lll be performed system I ' JJLIUS C.ESAR. Jujins Cesar. Mr. Egerton; Marc Anton,. Mr. C. Kemble ; Brutus, hithertc Mr. Wards _Own the Theatre R6ye, Itathi; Cassius, Mr. Cooper; • Gases , Mr. Fawcett. Portia, Mrs. Bartle,. dollars • After which, Finance THIS RAMSOOTTONS. AT RHEIMS. A Local Sketch. to lotroduse four mi THE CORONATION OF CH ARLES X. KING OF FRANCE. The 1 HAYMARKET THEATRE. ably, al This Evening, SATURDAY, Oct. 8, will be performed PAUL PRY. ploymet The PrMelpal Charseters by Messrs. W. Darren and. Liston; Mesdames Ginn er and AA aylett ; and maim* year's. quence, After which, well as OF AGE. TOMORROW. Frederick, Mr. Vining; Maria. Madame Vest*. Compel To conclude with DEAF AS A POST. Tristram sappy. tor. Liston. energy : vamir fact, th ADELPHI THEATRE, STRAND. where 1 Th.s Theatre will open, for the Winter Stetson . s: under the manage- ea: of the new Proprietors, Messrs. TERRY and YATES, on MON- except t DAY NUT, October 10. when will be presented • personal Prelude, siaiod THE OPENING NlGHT.instance The prim:Opal Characters . 7: r e s esg t .Le i ra m rates, Wrench. J. Reeve, c [ i le toe After which. • new Connie Pleorical Burletta, called tilecOvel CLI,LIGIIEW: Or, KING CII %Runt AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS. . The priories! Characters try Myers. T. P. Coolie. Yates, J. Reeve. Both and Terry. NM F. Brunton and Mrs Fitawilliarn. To wvielude with the Barletta of each a I NO DINNER YEP! bpmiKe, Mr. Wrench. the mo I The BRITISH PRESS commenced publishing yesterday morn- celebrat • tag at five o'clock. It is cot I r five .._ me w . -__-•••: : e a_ LONDON, SATURDAY, Ocroseft 8, 1811. metals i prospers The Paris Papers which arrived last night contain But i scarcely a single article of news worth extracting. The with ret following are the only paragraphs we can lay before our Stability readers:— try was ;From the Etoile, dated Thursday, Oct. 6.1 Porx'a , PARIS, OCT. 5. upon th I It is affirmed that the camps of Bayonne and Perpignan will of the 1 4 b-eal: up on the lath October ; and that of the four regiments at Bayonne, two wit be marched to the north. of the I SD 'Walter Szott arrived yesterday at Paris. of Mex am ...7hr Comte dc Lacepede , Peer of France, is dangerously ill of tnarkab ' m PF.• small-pox : he is 70 years of age. culated , . IFre - n the Itfottitenr of Wednesday.) Dow:: Vi. . TANGIER. SEPT. 10. nation i .. 1 The Emperor of Morocco, after baring entered Mequinez with- 110 LIN Oa striking a blow, has been obliged to leave it again in the tight, for fear of being surrounded by the came tribes who had power facilitated his entrance into that capital. This Prince, after he dome is .i I consented to receive the deputations of some tribes in insurrection nation 4 . spi-st him, who gave him a present of 110,001.1 planets, caused 509 pendent or des same Moors to be chained, and they were sent to Alcassar, Pion, ft three days' journey from Mei:pines. The commander of the escort tend i ng rneived orders to cot off the heads of those whoshould not be aide-cm perform the journey. Fifty-fire persons were put to death ; pendent tie others are in the prism of Alcassar. This conduct has ex. This i and a rebellion. The Emperor has returned precipitately to and hat .• ' I • Fex. been ret 1 The Government of the United f,tatea seems disposed to supply thusiast ti.e Empercirof Morneco with several men of war. A Captain has b ene fi ts I I l'etrreirptentild to the, command of the bng sold by Sardinia, and of the /bre:tether.; are going to be named far the American vessels, which r-e an the pefint of arriving. his not yet known whether these latter power o a-. to be considered as a porches,: or a present. which a • t 4 These armaments give some uneasiness to the Consuls, on ac- apprehc C:r7. of Ike ' , reject of the Moors to cruise in the Strait, and molest t':•,vesifela they mar meet with. faxecat Fe. vus.—Pasta, Ocropr.n 3.—Five per Cents. A ver Bif bye. ; Thme p'r Cents. 71f. ;:lic. ; Bente de Naples, and Bpi Gait( Falcortret. VW. 411 e. ; Rente d'Rspagne, ISt. ; Royal Conside ji.pannit . Loan, 11;,.—Eachange on London—One month. 26f. c onso l s 1 r .r. ; three months, 24f. 95c.—Coeirs Alailiwii•rae. quotatio ft it strongly rumoured that the leading European advance P.Jvrerr will interpose their aid to give a settled form to the settleme y .yerrirnent of Greece. There is no doubt but their see- market r, tea, if rendered in the spirit of integrity and good faith, conditio rr.ty be eminently useful ;hut if they manifest anything of notified a:: rrjairothe teinier, the evil arising from the present posi- themsed titio.ot affairs in that quarter, instead of being mitigated, lating v, will be infinitely increased. Looting at the elements of quer 731 i • the porter at this time id the possession of the two parties, The the'CliShltign States of Greece have greatly the advantage improve nisi the degenerate t.rtitories of the Turk. The regcne- which r P. I ration . of - elbe former might be easily enough accomplished reached verve the Christian Powers sincerely disposed to effect it. Scrip w With royalty as the basis of her government, Greece—with- Greek , cut eV/ling to be feared from the example — might corn- cammut Lint with it a Ser tin of Nobles and a Senate of the. Re- The I presantatives of the people ; Without tip latter, she ant ; be woobLkweve: no security for her freedom—without the anticipa fird r itff /H would have no supporters of a lawful roo- In the rarehy - (vete it known that such was to be the form prices fi C tistili ..coLtitutivn, the Greeks might hope with =Men °win! SYRIA. ALEpro, Aro. 51. The environs of this city are desolated by innumerable hordes of Arabs from all quarters, so that it is dangerous to go beyond the walls. The caravans are obliged to com promise matters with these robbers, or to travel under very strong escort, notwithstanding which travellers are not mi• frequently assassinated. Among these tribes, of which several have been hitherto unknown in these parts, is the Yhoud-Guibra, professing a corruption of the. Jewish re ligion with a mixture of the worship of Zoroaster. Their tents and clothing are made of the skins of animals, and they seem to surpass the other Arab tribes in their sobriety and filth. liafiz, the new Pacha of Max rach, has not yet been enabled to make his entry into the city of Antab, the seat of his Government. He arrived at Munch, after having caused Selim Bey, his predecessor, and eleven of the nobles, whom Selim had declared as the most rebellious, to be decapitated. It is tho'ught that he will encounter great difficulty in taking possession of Antab, by reason of the assistance which the neighbouring Arab hordes give the in habitants, particularly those of Johar, on the banks of the Euphrates. The environs of Tripoli and Lattachia are in revolt, and the inhabitants are reduced to the greatest misery. The principal Christians have been massacred, or have fled for protection ; several of them have sought an asylum at this place. Alxlallah Paella, of the Jeanne d'Are, having asked a considerable sum for the ransom of Cheik-Bcchir, who had been given up to him by Mustapha Paella, the Cheik answered that he would pay the sum on condition only of his being reinstated in his fortunes and honours. The same evening he was strangled. Mustapha, the Pacha of Damascus, has put himself at the head of the caravan of Mecca, on his return from his expedition to Jerusalem, where his barbarous conduct has sowir the seeds ts discord, which will lonrinfect this unhappy country. FAILURE. OF TWO BANKS. IFrom the Plymouth Journal. 4 It is with great pain we have to record the failure of two respectable banking establishments in our neighbourhood. The Kingsbridge Bank (Messrs. Square, Prideaux, and Co.) stopped payment yesterday sennight, and the alarm occasioned by this circumstance spread with rapidity through the country. An immediate and unexampled run took place on every bank without distinction in this mitt, at Ikvonpott, and in fact throughout the south of Devon. This spirit was further excited on Saturday, when it was known that the firm of Messrs. Shiells and Johns, at De vottport, unable to withstand the severe run, had also been obliged to suspend their payments. On that day, and o❑ Monday, and the early part of Tuesday last, confidence seemed entirely at a stand ; an universal consternation pre vailed. &mg the influx of the lower classes from the country continued almost without itifelittptten ett.it iFetesday noon, when, in consequence of the prompt manner in which the different banks met their issues, and the unconcern ex pressed by the principal merchants and tradesmen of these towns, who exhibited notices in their windows that they were ready to take the notes of either of the banks, in ex change, to any amount, the panic suddenly subsided, and business is now resuming its usual attitude. It is gratify big to notice the stability of our banking establishments, thus unquestionably proved by their readiness in meeting such a sudden and unprecedented demand on their re sources. The peculiar situation of country bankers ought to be taken Into account. In Loudon, good securities may be converted into money on any sudden emergency at half an hour's notice; but provincial bankers must, in a great degree, depend on their own immediate resources, the dis tance from the money market being too great to allow a supply of cash reaching in time to provide against extraor dinary and unforeseen demands. It is, therefore, not always a proof of the insolvency of a bank when they am unable to meet such sudden and extensive calls with promptitude: from the very . nature of their business they ' the Pivm"..•` NOVA SCOTIA. Halifax Papers have been received to the 17th Sep tember. The following ate extracts :--4- HALIFAX, SErT. 16 His Majesty's sloop Sapi ho, on her passage from hence to Ber. muds, August 28, ten o'clock a. m. lost her main-toptrut m • violent squall ; and at half-pest twelve her foremast went. ard ii its fall killed a seaman, and wounded four others--then 150 miles N.E. of Berrr.uds, the gale blowing violently for twenty-fo u r hours. August 29th, arrived at Bermuda, which had suffered severely from the storm—several houses were unroofed, and ore blown down: an artilleryman had been killed, trees were tom up, and eery serious mischief done in every direction : in the dock-y ar d alone the damage was estimated at little short of 2,0001. sterling. Ott approaching the harbour, about nine o'clock p.m. the Sappho unfortunately struck on some of the rocks near Sembro Light-house, by which the sustained considerable damage. Tat FismERIES--Soree of our papers have complained 'otcly, in strong terms, of the advantages given to the American limiter. men by the Treaty of Ohent but this is a great mistake, which, however, may be easily rectified by the perusal of Lord Bethune* letter of June 17, 1815, where it will be seen, that " the treaty of peace concluded with the United States contained no provision with respect to the fisheries which the United States enjoyed nailer the 3d article of the peace of 1783;" and, of coarse, that the subject' of the United States could have " no pretence to any tight to fish within the Britisurisdiction, or to use the British territory fot purposes connect ed with the fishery." But the treaty of October, 1818, and the Act of Parliament which followed that document. June 14, 1819, gave to the Americans greater advantages, in some respects, than they had previously enjoyed under the treaty of 1783, and which they have constantly mdavoured to Improve, as might hare been expected, by fishing, trading, srntv sling, and every method in their power, to the goat detnsent and injury of our merchants, coasters, and, indeed, of the whole . colonial in. tercet; nor have we ever heard of any equivalent given by the American Government foe the three mile line, which insured to them all the benefits of the in.ehore business. The Herald yacht, with the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie on board, for Quebec, was fallen in with, about ten days ago, at the entrance of the Gulf—all well. The Governor Halkett, Dixon, arrived _yesterday from Hull, was struck by banning on the 7th inst. off Cape Rosier, distant 16 mils W.S.W. It came down the main-top-gallant mast, which, with the main-topmast, were torn to pieces, raised up the main deck near the main -mast, and injured the long-boat. One man, in the set of handing the sail on the top-gallant-yard, was so much scorched that be was obliged to be lowered to the deck ; and another, near the mainmast, was knocked down, and his skin much b urntl from his neck, down his left aide to his feet. The clothes of both are literally burnt to rags; they have partly re. covered, but are still ill. inquiry; we were 'are entitled to forbearance; but the Plymouth and Devon- ' at least, that he port banks, with the single exception mentioned above, was bred by his have demonstrated the secure basis on which they stand. to that business. We have been informed that between flay and sixty thou- of employment, sand pounds, in sovereimis and bank-notes, arrived here r superior in Ws on Tuesday, from London. for th e i r use, t;d a consider- and watohes, • able supply is also on the road. m repairing the in cases where it is aneriersaand 7C77l;e l l= llll nV top / mo t w in has, a watch or chub; ithe Mastership of St. Oswald's Holpitake-..Wereeste# or. ../onward. JAMAICA. We have received Jamaica Papers to the 30th August. Admiral Halsted had transmitted to the Mayor of King ston, for the infonnation of the merchants, a letter from our Consul• General at Mexico, dated May '29, announcing that he had received a note on the 14th of that month, re lative to a resolution adopted by that Government, not to admit into the ports of the Mexican Republic any cargo which should arrive from Cayo Huero (Thomnson's Island) sixty days after the receipt of the circular of the Minister of Finance (dated the 11th of that month) by the authorities in the Maritime States.—The letter goes on to mention this resolution to have been adopted in conse quence of infonnation that that Island was becoming a de ' pot for Spanish produce from the Havannah, in order to introduce it into Mexico, in contravention of the laws pro hibiting the importation of Spanish merchandise. The Note referred to, states it to have been directed by the Supreme Government, " that, after the expiration of sixty days, to be computed from the date of this Order, no cargo whatsoever shall be received into the ports of the Republic, coining from Cayo Huero, and that, in the event of any arriving after that time, they shall be pro ceeded against conformably to the laws and to the regu lations laid down on the subject. His Excellency further directs, that you will immediately charge the several Cus tom-houses under your jurisdiction, to enforce most strictly the before-mentioned prohibition relating to Spanish goods." A Proclamation was issued by the Duke of Manchester, dated August 6th, announcing that British silver and cop per money was to be issued in that Island as pay to the troops, and making it a legal tender at the rate of 4s. 4d. to the Spanish dollar, or 13s. to the Jamaica pound. It was likewise provided that the Commissariat Department should grant bills on the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, at the rate of one hundred pounds for every one hundred and three pounds of the money, for sums not less than one hundred pounds. DESCRIPTION OP THE HAVANNAII. Havannah is to be ranked with the principal cities of our hemisphere, as well on account of its population as its commerce. The number of whites residing within the walls of the city is about 44,000, and the suburbs and de pendencies of the city contain about 40,000 more. It stands on a plain, west of one of the most beautiful of harbours, and its walls, which enclose but a square mile of ground, are between 20 and 30 feet high. Cannon are mounted at suitable distances on the walls; and in case of an attack from the land, there is a wide ditch without, that can be filled with water from the canal which supplies the city. Perhaps the entrance to few ports, if any, in the world, is more strongly fortified than the port of Ilavannah. Although there is an admirable bay of deep water within, its mouth is so narrow that but one ship can enter at a time. Proceeding into this bay, a ship first passes a lefty castle, called the Moro, situated at the extreme point cf land on the left. A light-house rises from a corner of this fortification. From the Moro, for nearly half a mile up the harbour, the elevated bank is crowned with im mense batteries, denominated the Cabanas, erected, it is said, at an expense of more than 30,000,000 dollars. On the opposite aide is another strong fort, called the Punta, connected with the walls of the city, and within the walls is a citadel. These most expensive fortifications arose from a belief, very properly entertained by Spain, that the do minion of Cuba was essential to the preservatian of Mexico, which possesses no good harbour on its eastern shore. The city is divided in solid squares, and its streets, though narrow, are straight, and intersect each other at right angles. The houses are quadrangular, having a court in the middle. All the rooms have a direct communication with each other, and also open into this court. Most of the houses have two stories; the lower one is commonly used for a warehouse, shops, &c. The materials for buiid lug arc small irregular fragments of stone, which are united by a strong cement : and the wall is then plastered and whitewashed. The roofs are tiled. Most of the inhabitants possess vast wealth, and have costly habitations. There are, also, rich and spacious mo nasteries, convents, and churches. The convents of Sr. Domingo and St. Francisco were the only institutions of the kind Which I visited. Each of them occupies an en tire square, having an open court in the mithlle, which is surrounded by piazzas in the first and second stories. The walls facing the courts are covered with historical paintings, representing transactions in the lives of their patron onus- Both the buildings and paintings are now going to decay. The convent of St. Francisco bad been converted into bar racks for soldiers, and had suffered wanton abuse. This is one of the twelve convents that was suppressed during the reign of the Constitution. But the Cathedral interested me more than any other edifice. It is a massive, gothic structure, and for magni tude and taste is incomparably superior to the other places of worship. Even a Protestant might survey its walls, and pillars, and even its altar, and find littltto offend. There is no tinsel, no parade. Every where is simplicity. The paintings seem to have been placed where they are rather by the artist than by the divine; and such are the sub jects of them, and such their execution, disposition, and moral effect, that, as they seemed not to be objects of worship, I should be sorry to have them removed. The images are few, consisting of crucifixes, which arc sonnet that they must be near, in order to be seen. The churches in general, however, abound with images as large as life , and gaudily deaorated. The Cathedral is the more irate- which were deposited is urn is con ou high iihkh and air. length, 1 for a 8 In ha la lit pas tog the the cee Jail Arc tho Sac But fret cup Du( int I twee Is Alroo: Arne ! moue gene! hit ] Lidy audi t !delft' resting, atilt contains the ashes of Columbus, which brought into Havannah in 1796. They are deposti the well on the right side of the altar ; and the urn ii male(' by a marble slab, on which is sculptured on relief a front view of this memorable man. Beyond the wall is the Paseo, or Promenade, to the citisens resort morning and evening for exercise an' It is a broid avtibue for carriages about a mile in lei With shaded wake ow rub side, sod was designed Beautiful place. Ilia it was left unfinished, and LaUttra fot weal et repaira.—Awierfeau raper.