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1 resentment : We can tell them, for their comfort, that they have, by their ridiculous denunciation against us, induced great numbers of additional persons in this country to send off THE SUN to their friends and connections abroad ; and we doubt not that we shall feel the effects of an in creased demand from the Continent, particularly from France and Spain, occasioned by the curio sity which the pitiful prohibition against us has most probably excited in our favour ! New York Papers to the 27th June, arrived this • morning, but contain nothing of importance. • A Pamphlet, entitled the " Provisional Consti tution of Greece," which has just been published, contains, besides a copy of the Constitution, and various Proclamations, &c. &c., " a General View of the Origin and Progress of the Revolu tion," by " a Grecian Eye-witness." This his torical sketch we have read with great interest ; and, although we cannot agree in the opinions of the author with respect to the policy of all the Christian Cabinets towards the Greek nation, yet we think that enough is shewn to prove, that none of, the European Powers, at the time when the struggles of the Greeks for their indepen. dence were the most arduous, treated that inte resting/deeply injured, and suffering and heroic people, with the liberality to which they were en titled bY their religion, and by their other claims to the'sympathy and commiseration of the civi lized world • It is consolatory to think that England, at least, has not only relaxed the fri gidity and indifference with which the efforts of the Greeks were too generally viewed, but has even manifested a disposition to secure to them the-treatment pi:escribed by the laws of nations towards. a people de facto independent, and strug gling fOr the establishment of its national exist ence !!—lt appears from the. sketch, prefixed to • the 44 Provisional Greek Constitution," that the present promising aspect of the affairs of the Greeks, and particularly the harmony and good understanding amongst their leading characters, are chiefly attributable to the indefatigable exer tions of MAVROCORDATO, whose services in this re spect almost entitle him to the appellation of the saviour of his country.—The political world will be surprised to learn, from the author of this tract, that Russia had not, in fact, any share in producing that formidable insurrection of the 'Greeks; which was so 'generally believed to have been excited by her agents, and by the solemn assurances of the Cabinet of St. Petersburgli, that he insurrectionary war would be supported by the co-operation of a Russian army. Our Readers will recollect that we have on several recent occasions stated that the English Cabinet was perfectly satisfied of the pacific dispositions of the Emperor ALEXANDER ; and that no fears were entertained of a war of aggrandizement being undertaken by Russia, during the life of bis present Imperial Majesty.—The following is an extract INSURRECTION OF GREECE. • Alexander Hypsilanti, eldest son of the Prince of that name, having served in the Russia n armies, was p laced by th e second Of the associations which I have mentioned, at the head of the ebterprize. He took the title of General in Chief, anti Com missioner of the General Government, and displayed a tricolour banner, bearing for emblem a Phoenix rising out of its ashes. Is order to draw the nation into an insurrection for which it ' *as so little prepared, deceived by his own emissaries, he found himself obliged to practice the like deception on Greece, and I he declared, by a proclamation dated from Yassy (in Moldavia), Feb. 24, 1821, O. S. that a great power was prepared to sup. port her. At the same time, he published a circular to the mem bers of the society; to exhort them to make patriotic contribu tions towards the expenses of war. The erroneous idea, which these two documents spread, led Europe for several months to suppose, that Russia was fomenting our insurrection in the hope of advancing her frontiers towards the south. Hence arose against us an unfavourable impression, which seemed to justify the animosity of England and Austria. In fact it waectss di of thefficult tA suppose that Russia was ignorant of the proj Idetretists, till the moment when they openly quitted her states, or thetshe had not even promised to aid them eventually ; but *tie probably thought the moment premature or inopportune tor advancing her interests. Subsequently, the assembled So vereigns, deceived by a coincidence in the events, considered our attempt as a " sequel to the criminal machinations, which have troubled the west of Europe." This accusation has been al ready refuted by the satement of our political situation. It dif fered too widely from that of nations subject to a Christian Government, for us to be placed, without manifest injustice, upon the same line, or for our conduct to be judged by the same The event of the expedition in 'Wallachia is well known. It was owing tp the inexperience of the Chief, the incapacity or treachery of those who surrounded him, the insubordination of and tai cabal o n f his troops, which indisposed th e inhabitants, ad is the Austrian agents, especially Mr. Oudrki. Greece i this onfortunate expedition saw her immortal Chief Georgaki perish, the victim of patriotism; she saw him bury himself with his companions under the blazing ruins of a convent, which he defended till it was deluged with the blood of his enemies ; Greece then lost, too, that noble body of y ouths, the Sacred Battalion, which was offered up as a holocaust to their country's honour, at the battle of Dragachan. flypsilanti, instead of gloriously falling at the head of these heroes, preferred taking refuge in the Austrian dated terrimtory. There e he secretly circulated an order of the day, Rinik, t Bth of June, in which he imputes to the soldiers and to their commanders the fatal consequences of his own faults. Greece owes him many bitter reproaches. Austria confined him in the prison of Mongatz. Te insurrection in Wallachia served as a pretext to the barbarians to practise upon the innocent the most horrible ctuujties. But at the same time it. created a diversion extreme ly ssrviceable to the first operations of the Greeks in Mama and,Epirus ; for these operations, which were only intended to feel the way, might at the time have been easily suffocated by the Turkish troops which were sent hastily beyond the Danube, by ;mans of a rational policy, if the Turks had been capable of it. Meanwhile, about the end of March, the standard of the Crtise was raised at Calavryta, a town in Achaia. The insur rection soon spread, and the Alainotes crossed their mountains under the guidance of their noble chief Petro Alavromichali. Araireas Metaxas, of Cephalonia, left his family, squandered his property, and ventured, with a chosen band of v aliant lonlims, to attack Lala, a strong position, defended by the most warlike Turks of the Morea, and though severely wound. tat, after prodigies of valour, he forced them to retire on Patras. Ths Archbishop of that city encouraged the combatants by his example; and by his pastoral exhortadons. The brave chiefs , Colocotroni, Nicetas,. latraco, &c. conduct them to victory. The Turks are driven from the whole open country, and con tined In their fortresses. A junta of notables assembles at Ca 'mate in Messenia, presided by the Director of Main ap pointed Commander-in-Chief of the Morea. They implor e , h art address dated the 26th of March, the European Courts to aid the people of Greece. At esara, Spezzia, and Hydra, the Apostoli, the Nei, the iictassi, anti the Coundourioti, the Toumbasi , the Bout ouri, the Tzsmado, and their friends, fitted out for eruiziug, and commanded in person their merchant vessels. The Greeks of Candle, and at their bead the warriors of Sphakia„ engaged the Turks in various and deadly combats. Lower Epirus, profiting by the revolt of Ali Pasha, VfiLe4ho to arum under the conduct of the chiefs Zonka , Caraisco , poulo, 111acri, &c., and treads closely in the steps of the Still lima. • The eastern portion of the Greek Continent pours forth its warriors, and their first blow is a splendid victory ,gained by their brave General, Goura, at Fontalio, in Phocis, over three Pashas, on the 23d and 24th of August. Afterwards, the chieftains Mitzo, Contojanni, Panouria, Scaltzodimo, and above all Odysseus, add new exploits of their own to these early successes. • The strong-holds of Monernvasia and Navarino fall shortly after into our hands ; and Tripolitza is closely surrounded. While Heaven was thus favouring our efforts, Demetrius, Hypsilanti was crossing the Austrian states in the disguise of a servant ; he embarked, at Trieste, arrived at Hydra, and crossed over into the ilorea. There he assumed the title of Highness, of generalissimo, and lieutenant of his brother, and displayed the same colours and emblems. The persons who surrounded him hastened to spread a report that he was com missioned by a great power to assume the direction of affairs in Greece, and that his brother Alexander was rapidly advancing upon Adrianople. The people believed these declarations, took courage, and showed an enthusiastic deference for this new chieftain, whom they hailed every where as a deliverer. If Demetrius Hypsilanti had been born for great things, he might from that moment have mastered Greece and his own fortune; but although gifted with firmness, when in a camp lie displayed little capacity. His suite, composed of vain and ambitious persons, perhaps diminished his means, while thee heightened his self-conceit. He indisposed the Nobles, ana the Senate, which .he had formed, by arrogating a ridiculous pre-eminence. He paralyzed, instead of strengthening, its ac tion, and was destitute of those dazzling qualities, and those mental resources which might have permanently bound to him the military chiefs and the people. Accordingly the illusion which was spread around him at first, began speedily to fade away, and the non-appearanee of the fiweign succours, which he had promised, still farther increased his discredit. Thus the military operations were not in fact subject to any central direction. Each chieftain adopted his own manoeuvres at pleasure, and the only principle which gave a sort of unity to their individual efforts, was a sympathetic eagerness to harass the Turks. It was, however, under this state of anarchy, that Tripo. litza, the capital of the Morea, already distressed by famine, and summoned several times to surrender, was taken by assault. Considerable riches became the booty of the numerous assail. ants. The Albanian garrison having capitulated, were sent to. their •• own country. The families of the Supreme Governor, and of the Turkish lords, were made prisoners; -all the rest *ere slaughtered, or carried into the provinces. Far. from approving of such excesses, I most deeply lament them. Would I could blot them out from our history ! Others have condemned them before me, but they have done it with more bitterness than WAS ever poured over the most cruel extra. vagancies of civilized nations. Have our detractors forgotten that, during four centuries, the Greek nation has been growing worse and worse beneath the yoke of oppression ? Is it wonder. ful that die most dreadful tyranny should have stung the suf ferers to exasperation. and almost to madness ? Our soldiers only used the right of reprisal, and in that intoxication of victory which followed the assault of Tripolitza no human power could have restrained them. Each soldier had to assuage personal hatred—to revenge domestic injuries. The Turks had been just glutting their vengeance upon thousands of unarmed Greeks. The chief of their religion, a patriarch almost eighty years old, and the aged members of his synod, had been torn from their sacred chairs, hi the very midst of the Easter solemnities, and ignominiously executed, and their bodies had been dragged about by Jews. The chief families in the provinces had been decimated ; Cydonia, a flourishing city in Asia Minor, had been sacked, and its temples overthrown, or profaned. The Lieutenant of the Governor of the Morea, occupied with Ali Pasha, had forced a passage from Epirus to Tripolitza, and marked his road by carnage arid conflagration. The Greek hostages at Tripolitza had been put to death. Lastly, the gar rison of hloneinvasia, which had been transported to Asia .Mi. nor, had, in open violation of the convention, r e sumed their arms, and were then practising upon our countrymen the most horrible cruelties. Such is the evidence which the accused have to offer ; let impartial judges decide. On the 27th of May, our sailors commenced their operations by burning a Turkish ship of the line, before the island of Mytilene; they then rescued as many as they could of the Greek familes who had fled from Asia Minor, of whom several wo. men were seized with the pangs of childbirth on board, and they established these unhappy beings in different islands of the Archipelago ". Our squadrons prevented by various means the debarkation of Turkish troops in the islands, and made head against the numerous fleets of the enemy. On the 50th of September, a Turkish brig of war was sunk by our broadsides before Zante. Afterwards, five Gre cian vessels, separated by a calm from the rest of the squadron, sustained with intrepidity the fire of all the enemy's fleet, which was forced to retire after five hours of fruitless combat. All these expeditions were under the cornniand of Jacoumaki Town. basi, of Hydra. Thus did our nation squander Its efforts against a powerful enemy, cherishing the most flattering hopes of that European assistance which both humanity and religion claimed in our favour. But already several chieftains were recovering from their tirst illusion about fuie.ign politics ; uncertain concerning the future, and considering their country's resoarees as inade quate to securing her freedom, they begun to reflect on the part which they ought to adopt. Some talked of invoking the pa tronage of Russia ; others cast their eyes towards France ; there were even persona who inclined towards those very English, who, in concert with Turks, were at that moment encouraging recantations among us, which struck a death-blow at our in. Pant liberty.t In short the passions and rivalities of indivi. duals were beginning materially to aggravate these gloomy symptoms of dissolution. Alexander Mavrocordato, ex-minister of the Prince of 'Wal lachia, emerged without a stain from the corruption and ef feminacy of despotism, throwing aside every personal consi deration, offered his whole fortune to his country, anddisembark ed on the coasts of ./Etolic„. The gentleness of his disposition, and his extensive information, soon won him all hearts. lie traversed Greece in the simple character of a mediator, endue. ing every fatigue, and exposing himself to every danger. By his patience and his mere moral authority, he calmed the dis. cordant pretensions which had arisen on all sides, at the um 'Dent when the yoke of oppression was broken, and which had already materially prejud►ced the public good. In Greece, in fact, some primates were but subordinate tyrants ; some captains, but the agents of a different species of despotism. These men, commanding under the Turks a sort of Christian police or militia, when they conceived themselves aggrieved by their governors, took refuge at all risks in the mountains,— There, resuming almost the independence of nature, they prac tised knight-errantry, sometimes like Hercules, sometimes like Procroustes, and always to the national detriment.: It was in the union.and combination of these unsuitable ele ments, that the skill of Mevrocordato achieved a bloodless triumph ; anti from him we derived the incalculable advantage of being able to oppose to our enemies a greater concentration of resistance and force. Ile availed himself with utility of Theodore Negii—a man both active and intelligent, in organ. izing the eastern part of the Grecian continent.§ And it was under auspices like these that the deputies of the districts already freed, and those of the principal islands, were convoked to wards the end of the year, in a national assembly at Epi daurus. * The following is an extract from the letter which they ad dressed to the islanders upon this subject:— " The inhabitants of Cydonia (Alvah) have still stronger claims on our assistance, because they contributed to enlighten our nation, by erecting their college, by the establishment of learned professors, and by the hospitality which they displayed towards the young students of Greece, who, initiated in the sound doctrines of literature and of philosophy, scattered, each in his respective country, the seeds of civilization, at d raised our nation from that abyss of ignorance into which tyranny had triumphantly plunged it." t Without speaking of the Mahometen zeal of Messrs. Green and Mayer, two English Consuls, I will just subjoin what Mr. Berthold, the agent at Patras, wrote to the primates_of longhi :—" Immediately restore Omer Aga (a Turk), or pre pare for the terrible visit of a British squadron ! Christians ! open your eyes ; your hopes are vain, your destruction is cer tain. Ali Pasha is in the hands of Chourschid Pasha, and within ten days your blood will flow like a deluge. Pave com passion upon your families, for it is still time ! Come prostrate yourselves, and implore the clemency of Youssouf Pasha."— The municipality of Missolonghi answered, among other things, " Tisat they were prepared to receive Choursclnd Pasha with arms in their hands ; that they did not wish for an ensnaring cle mency ; and that an agent of England ought to have spared himself the baseness of exhorting a desperate people, ignomini ously to return into servitude." The Turk was released, upon a friendly letter from M. Pouqueville. Under an oppressive and a barbarous rule, such was the resource of offended courage. When liberty and justice become favours or privileges, lie who cannot obtain them by intrigue, enforces his claim with his arms in his hands. But good often flows from a fountain of evil. It is through these intrepid Kleptes that the use of arms has been preserved among us. It is well known that their exploits against those who attempted their subjugation were the object of general admiration and the theme of our war-songs, so remarkable for the poetry and the generous feelings they breathe. § The Gerousia, or Provincial Senate of this part of Greece, has received the name of Areopagus. We have reason to believe that the translator of this important Pamphlet is CHARLES BRINSLEY SHERIDAN EN.) the son of our late celebrated Orator, Statesman and Poet ; and who himself obviously manifests his descent from so distin. guished an origin. THE THEATRE. ENGLISH OPERA Mouse.—The new , . drama which was brought forward last night, under the title of Presumption, or the Fate of Frankenstein, is taken from a Romance, named Frankenstein, the Modern. Prometheus, written, as generally supposed, by I'lr. Sticr.Ly, whose unfortunate end, by drowning, happened about a twelve month ago. This Romance is now ascribed to , Mrs. SHELLY, the widow, and daughter of Mr. Gonwni. The fable is simply as follows : .Prankensicin, a Student in the German School of Chemistry, discovers the power of creating a sensitive and intelligent being, to which he in tends to give the human form in perfection, culling, like Zcoxts of old, for the face of his Venus, from various objects, whatever might give beauty to the shape of man. But instead of the beauti ful form • which he intended, the heterogeneous mixture produces only a horrible monster, whose acts are so flagitious that even his maker is anxious to destroy him, and nt length terminates his detestable career. Such is the general out- Hoe of the Romance, a romance almost as wild as ever entered the human imagination. On this work Mr. R. PEAKE, whose abilities as 8 dra matic writer have often gratified the public, has founded the piece of last. night. it might be thought impossible to introduce. such a subject on the stage, but Mr. PEA.:, has contrived to re lieve the horrific nature of, the work with cha racters of a lighter "description, affording, on the', whole, an impressive and amusing work, conform able to the modern taste for dramatic composi lion. The catastrophe is the chief deviation from the original Romance Frankensteen,and his mon strous progeny effecting the distruction or each other by the shock that a pistol gives to the surrounding scene of action, which occasions an avalanche, overwhelming both. We have not room to dilate on the manner in which this piece is brought forward, or on the acting. We can only say that the Proprietor of the Theatre has done his duty in providing appro priate and striking scenery, and that WALLACK in Frankenstein, and T. P. CooKE in the Monster, acquitted themselves most ably in the terrific parts, and that K EELY 'in Fritz, a humorous ser vant of Fratkenstein, PEAR MA N, Miss L. DANCE, Mrs. AUSTIN, Mrs. J. WEIPPERT, and Miss POKEY, were not less successful in the characters assigned to them. The extraordinary no velty of this production rendered it dif ficult for the audience to estimate its me. rits, and hence some disapprobation arose; but the general opinion was obviously in its favour, and it was announced for repetition with decided assent. The enterprizing spirit of the author, in venturing upon a subject apparently re pulsive, is a mark of dramatic ambition,which, con sidering his youth and evident talents, holds forth a promise of such future works as may be honour able to himself as well as gratifying to the public. The piece itself, wild as it is, cannot be said to be wholly without a moral, as the lesson seems to he, that the work of CREATION should be left to NATURE and PROVIDENCE, and that the efforts of human art to rival or excel their labours, can only produce horrible monstrosities, the progeny of the most daring Presumption. COLOMBIAN LOAN. The CONTRACTORS of this LOAN having re ceived many enquiries on the subject of the intelligence receiv ed by them from Bogota, by the last Jamaica Mail, as to the ratihcation of this Contract by the Congress of Colombia, have thought it right to publish a c op y o f the not i ce w hi c h t h ey sent on Thursday morning last to the Foreign Stock Exchange, and which has only partially appeared in the newspapers.:— " By the Jamaica Mai , the Contractors of the Colombian Loan have received letters from their Agent, Mr. JONES, from Bogota, to the 19th May. " Mr Jones arrived in that city the 21st of April, and found the Congress of Colombia sitting. A Committee had been ap. pointed by the Government for the purpose of receiving the accounts and documents of which Mr. Jones was the bearer, and making a report to the Congress thereon : with this Com mittee Mr. Jones had held two meetings, viz.—on the 13th and 17th of May ; and he entertained no doubt that the recognition of the contract for the loan, by the Congress of Colombia, would be the result. " Mr. Jones incloses a copy of the Message of the Vice. President to the Congress, the translation of which has al ready appeared." The whole tenor of Mr. Jorers's communication is of the most satisfactory nature, and such as to leave no doubt as to the honourable intentions of the Colombian Government, or as to the decision to be expected from the Congress. Mr. JONES states that the whole of the Ministers had " by unanimous con. sent decided on the recognition of Mr. ZEA's power to raise the Loan :" that he found on his arrival that the most iniqui tous means had been used to produce the most injurious and unfounded impressions as toMr. ZEA'S financial operations in Europe ; that these had rapidly disappeared on the produe. tion of his papers, and th e exp l a nations he was enabled' to afford, and that all the doubt which has apparently been cast over this transaction, has proceeded from die non.arrival of Mr. ZEA'S dispatches to the Government, assisted by endea vours of the must fradulent nature, to misrepresent its real character. Freeman's Court, July '28,11823. Every preparation has been made for his MA JESTY'S marine excursion ; but we believe that the very unfavourable state of the weather, toge. ther with some slight remains of indisposition, has induced his MAJESTY to lay .aside all thoughts of it for the present season. - -( Morning Herald). Sunday Mr. Hut, the King's Messenger, ar rived in Downing-street, with dispatches from Spain, but he left on the 6th instant, having been detained by contrary winds. Mr. Betio, the Spanish Courier, who arrived at the Foreign Office on Wednesday night, travelled over land, and his dispatches were dated the 13th instant. Yesterday the Prussian Minibter had an inter view with Mr. CANNING. The French Charge d'Affaires transact e d busi ness at the Foreign Office yesterday. On Friday the Prince POLIGNAC, the new French Ambassador, was introduced to Mr. CAN NING, his Majesty's Principal . Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, for the first time since his Excellency's arrival in England. Tur POPF.—A letter from Rome, of the 10th instant, says, " The news that I have received of his Holiness is very favourable. The . fever bad ceased, his appetite returned, and every thing gives hopes that the Church will preserve its august Chief." The Lusitano steam-packet from Oporto to Lisbon, was lost by running aground during a fog in the early part of this month. Out of 240 passengers on board, more than 60 perished. FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS. The Marquis and Marchioness of Cornwallis, from Brighton ; Lord and Lady Manners, at Lambeth Palace, from Ireland ; Lord Sidmouth, from Barks ; James Savers, Esq. at Ilakes's Hotel, from India; Mrs. Upton and Family, at ditto, from Tunbrige `Fells; Major Frederick. at ditto. DEranrtruEs.—.The Marquis,of Camden, on a visit to the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry, at her seat, . Bolder Wood Lodge, Hants; the Earl and Count es s, and the Ladies Bathurst, for their seat, Cirenceiter, Gloucestershire ; John Calvert, Esq. M. P. and Family,lor 'their scat, Albury Hall, Bishops Stortford, fleets; Lord and Lady Boston, and the Hon. Miss Irby, for their seat, fiedsof bodge, Bucks"; Lord and Lady Folkestone, from the Earl of Radnor's seat, Longford Castle, on a visit to P. Methuen, Esq. at Corsham ; Count and Countess Charbone, from 0 rein= 's lintel, Albemarle -street, for Scotland ; Hon. Capt.Curzon, R.N., from Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street, on a tour ; Lord Linton, from Kirkham's Hotel Lower Brook-street, for Paris ; Sir St. Vincent Cotton, Bart., from ditto, for his seat, near Cainbridge; Mr. and Mrs- Rid dell and family, from Hakes's Hotel, for Felton Park, 'North. umberland ; William Mason, E sq ., f rom di t t o , f or Notting hamshire; Signor Silvia and Friend, from ditto, for Brussels ; John 'Becher, Esq., from ditto; Admiral and Mrs. Lambert, from ditto ; Mr. rin9 Mrs. Conyngilain, from ditto, for Brus sels • Sir William and Lady Wake, from ditto, for Courteen _Ha . • FASHIONABLE PARTIES. Sunday the Duke of Cumberland honoured Lord Manvers with his company to dinner. In the evening his Royal High ness honoured the Marchioness of Lansdowti with his com pany. Sunday Prince Leopold dined with the Duchess of Kent. The Dowager Marchioness of Lansdown's Assembly on Sun day evening, in Albemarle-street, was attended by nearly 3(10 distinguished fashionables. Among whom were—His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, Prince Salms, the French Ambassador, the Marquis of Ilertford, Count and Countess Ludolf, Baron and Baroness Werthcr, Earl of Fife, Earl Limerick, Marchioness of Westmeath, the Earl of IVestmore land and Lady Georgians Fane, Sir John and Lady Murray, Sir George Warrender, &c. The Duke of St. Albans gave an elegant entertainment yesterday to a distinguished party, at his house in St. James's square. Lord Berwick bad a grand dinner party yesterday, at his house in Grosvenor-square. Sir Thomas Leonard, Bart. crit2rtained a distinguished party of fashionables yesterday, at his house in Duke-street, Man chester-square. The Hon. Arthur Stanhopeentertained a distinguished party to dinner yesterday, at his house in Tilney-street. TOUR Or HIS SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCE SIMMS.— Prince WILLIAM of &Lam left London on Sunday week, at tended by Sir Hussey Vivian, one of the King's Equerries, on a tour. His Serene Highness proceeded to Southampton ; after viewing that place a short time, the Prince proceeded to the seat of Sir George Cucktield, where his Nerene Highness was most splendidly entertained. On Wednesday morning the Prince crossed the Southampton water to the Isle of 'Wight, and took a hasty view of that delightful country.— On Thursday the Prince left Ryde for Portsmouth, where his Serene Highness was received with the honours suitable to his exalted rank. The Prince was received on board the Queen Charlotte with a Royal salute. His Serene Highness was con ducted over the extensive Dock-yards, and with the different works going on in them the Prince took considerable in, terest, and appeared much delifihted. His Serene Highness was attended by the principal Othcers of the Dock-yard. He was also conducted through the Fort and Garrison, where he was received with military honours.—His Serene Highness arrived across the country at Oxford on Friday morning; where the Prince was received by some of the Heads of the Univer.. sity and other Dignatarics, who conducted him through some of the principal Colleges, and other establishments of thut great University. His Serene Highness took his leave of the Dignitaries of the University, and proceeded to Blenheim. His Serene Highness left that place For the Kink's Lodge in Windsor Park, in time for the hour of dining with his Ma jesty, to meet the Duke of Cumberland. On Saturday his Serene Highness dined with the Duke and Duchess of Cla rence at Bushy Park, in company with the Duke of Cumber.. land. THE W.ATER EXCURSION OF TILE LORD MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF LONDON.--Wednesday the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, the Aldermen, the Chief Members of the Cor ' poration, the Lady Mayoress, and a large party of Ladies, to gether with the Secretary to the Admiralty, Admiral Sir Seo. Cockburn, and most of those connected with the Conservancy or the River Thames, embarked in the City state barges, ac cording to the plan already published. The squadron was towed down the river by a large steam-yacht. The weather was ex tremely tempestuous. Upon the arrival of the squadron at South end, boats were hailed to convey the passengers to the shore. Unfortunately two of the tirst boats winch landed were swamp ed, and to land the Ladies and the Aldermen was found to be impossible, until a great deal of preparation was made, the ordinary mode having failed in the two first attempts.— Bathing machines and caravans were dragged down to the shore, to assist in the labour of landing, but still great incon venience arose. The Ladies were subject to great annoyance, for it was not possible to get to the beach without the assist since of the small boats, anti the weather was so bad that the water became soon knee deep in the boat*, into which the spray dashed with great fury. The Lady Mayoress encountered all the perils of the voyage with singular fbrtitude. Many of her fair guests, we are sorry to say, suffered by their fears as well as in their persons, but all were safely landed. The inhabitants of Southend received them with the greatest demonstrations of joy, and invited the party to a dinner. Thursday the greater number embarked, and sailed to Yantlet Creek, where soundings were taken according to custom. Ilis Lordship was saluted by the several men of war lying there, the yards were manned, and every honour done to the Civic body. ,tidmi ral Sir George Cockburn and several Captains came on board, and were invited to the dinner and ball given by his Lordship. The party returned to Southend at four o'clock, and dined to the number of 110. The wines were plentiful. In the course of the day the ladies, who did not relish the idea of re-embark ing, were .amused by donkey races, and at night there WU'S splendid exhibition of fireworks. The ball was brilliant.-- } ridgy the party proceeded to Rochester, where his Lordship went three times round the stone that bounds his jurisdiction as Conservator of the River, and laid the civic sword over it. Upon their arrival at Rochester, they were received by the Mayor and Corporation, who were invited to the dinner.— Many were the festivities in that ancient town on the occasion. Saturday morning the whole party re-embarked, in ord er to get to town, but the steam yacht had been dismissed, the wind was adverse, and the ladies were unable to undergo any more fright. All again disembarked, separated into small parties, and reached town by different conveyances. The marriage of Lord Viscount Sidmouth with the Hon. Miss Townsend is to take place tomorrow morning. DEATH OF BISHOP O'DONNELL.—Died on Friday morning lust, at his house in this city, the Right Reverend CHARLES O'DONNELL, D. D. Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Derry, at the advanced age of '76. - Duriug thirty years that he exercised the prelatical function in this Bishopric, his conduct was invariably such as to insure him the regard of all ranks and denornina tions.—(Londonderry Journal). SIR DENIS PACK•---Died, on Thursday the 24th instant, at the house of Lord BEItESFORD, Wimpole-street, Major-General Sir Da is PACK, K. C. 8., C. T. S., and other Orders, Colonel of the 84th Foot, and Lieutenant.ti-overnor,of Ply mouth. The death of this gallant Officer is as much to be lamented in a public view, as it will be by his private friends and afflicted family. His name is associated with every glory of the late war, and so familiar to the. public, that we have only in common with it, sincerely to lament his untimely loss to his country, though he lived long enough to reap for himself a full harvest of honour and renown. . . . . ..) . '• i ' '...• '.' • 4' . . .4 1. A i r: ''' 4. ' ./ 0 ••• - ; t" 'i . 0,-, : p ti. .,, ,,c . i. . -. -• , ..,,, i 5 . 4 . . ..., ~, • , 4 air... .. Se i. tt. co - ' . IRELAND. MURDER o r WITNESSEL—A Gentleman has joist returned from Limerick brings an account• of :two men, who were returning from the Assizes of Ennis,"having been met within half a mire of Newcastle, and beaten so evertl ly, that ruled them died immediately on : their being,ponyeyed to that _town ; and the other is so delirious, as not to be' able to give any account.of the transaction. , A Gentleman connmed with Assize business had occasion to travel over night from Ennis to Limerick, and passing through Newcastle, saw the bodies, ,at which time Captain Drought and a party of the police had arrived to investigate the transaction. It appears that the two unfortunate men so barbarously treated were wit. ncsscs on a Record Case that was tried in Ennis on .Tuesday last, and that the usage they received is attributsade thereto. 7. Cork Paper.) Afew nights since three cows, the property . of Denis Cur. rian, of Dromore, adjoining the lands of Clasbmorgan,, near Mallow, were houghed, and his mare stabbed with a bayonet, The only cause that can be assigned for this outrage was, his taking the grazing of that farm contrary to. the written notice of Captain Rock, who ordered the lands to confirme wake fur three years. And for why ?—because the landlord •presuraed to dispossess the former tenant for non.payinent of rent,:allow_ ing him to occupy a house, kitchen, and potatoe.garde#„,.ten... free for a year.—(///161,) . , We understand that as the Tithe-valuators of Mr. ijnereiniah Ryan were about to view the crops in the pariah of fit.,Canice, in the liberties of this city, on Thursday lag, a mob assembled At Troyswood, within two miles of the town, on the Freshford road, and gave the Proctors to understand "that they did net intend to permit their tithes to be viewed, and that if the Proctors persisted, it would be at the pe r il o f t h e i r li ves ."— On this intimation the valuators left the ground.—(riAceroty Morkratbr.) MERCANTILE SHIPPING. FALMOUTH, JULY n.—Wina. N.W.—Arrived the Philip Leslie', from Baltimore, in 18 days; and Hann a h, Dix on , from Cape Breton. S a iled the Nassau, Trern_ilyne, for Corun na , PORTSMOUTH, JULY 28...—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Buckinghamshire, Glasspoole, front the Downs for China ; and Hannah, Dixon, from Quebec. DEAL, JULY 28.—Wind S.W. blows fresh.—No arrivals or sailings. The Dorset, from Liverpool to Frederickshaven, was lost the 7th inst. off that port. SHIPWRECK OF THE ALERT.--A body dressed in a blue coat and black waistcoat, and apparently that of a Gentleman of the middle, or perhaps taller size, was last week cast on shore on the Camels Point, on the N.W. of the island of Anglesey. This point is situated about half-way between the West -Arouse, where the unfortunate Alert packet first struck on the 28th of March last, and the place where she ultimately sunk, and is distant from the latter two or three miles. From the state of the wind and the weather at the time, there is no doubt but that sonic part of the wreck has lately broke up, and that this is the body of one of the unforturiate_passengers be, longing to that vessel. Five pounds in gold, and a rewahillings and fresh tenpennies, were found in the b reast poc k et of the coat. Both skirts were torn off, and the clothes otherwise much torn by the rocks or weather, and no clue wlotevee left that would lead to a discovery of the name. Though the spot was a most secluded one, and the person that found it a very poor man, heinnnediately made the circumstance known, and brought the money to the nearest respectable farmer. The scrupulous honesty with which, in this, as in the other 29 cases, all the property of the unfortunate sufferers found was given up, entitles the poor fishermen to more credit than usually be, longs to that class on rocky and dreary coasts. -- {'Liverpool Advertiser. SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.—In the course acne tide, last week, three vessels arrived at Liver pool from different places, all bearing the celi brated name of Wellington :—viz. The Lord Wellington, from New York ; the Marquis of Wellington, from New Orleans; and, the Duke of Wellington, from New Brunswick. A young woman of this town died last week in consequence of having been in the habit of lacing her stays too tightly,---(Plymouth Jortrnol.) On the night of the 15th inst. the lightning struck the cathedral of Strasburg, incited the lead Which cemented several stones, and destroyed the sound of the largest bell, MAD Doris.---On Wednesday last the daughter of Mr. T. WILD, of the Rodney public-house, in Laxity, received a severe bite from a strange dog while playing un the road near her father's house. In, a few minutes after this lamentable event had taken place, a person called at the above house to say, that there was a dog of very 'singular appearance under a hay-stack in the immediate neighbour,. hood. Mr. 'Wild, with a few others, hastened to the place, and as soon as the dog saw them, it made an attack on Mr. Wild : he shot, and afterwards broke his gun upon it to avoid its bite. The dog made a second att ac k on anot h er indi vidual, but was repulsed by a large stone. It then bit a fine pointer dog, which was with them, and made oft it was steadily pursued past Stores Bridge, Stacy, Oldwordi, the G ate, Wor rell, Wadsley, and back to the Rodney, where, entering a small shed, it was shot. In its•way it Was seen to bite a great number of dogs and pigs, together with one young man. The body of the animal has been opened, and carefully examined by Mr. Waterhouse, surgeon, of this t o wn (Sheffield), and he gives it as his decided opinion that there were visible signs of hydro,- phobia. We understand that' the dog went from Sheffield to the Owlerton toll-gate early in the afternoon of the game day, where it bit several dog's and one child. O n th e aa m e day another dog wa s s ee n i n Loxley, of the madness of which little ooubt is entertained ; but what direction it took cannot now be ascertained. There May be public nuisances of various kinds, but it is doubtful whether one more hateful or disgusting than the number of useless dogs now kept can be found,— Surely these circumstances call loudly on the inhabitants of Sheffield (and every other town) to chain up or destroy *frit dogs, that such dreadful evils may be removed from among us.—(Sheffteld Independoit.) A sad and awful misfortune happened at Rad;. ford, a short distance beyond Leamington,. on Sa turday morning, the 26th instant. The Stio vereign coach between Birmingkant and Louden,' was proceeding to town with nearly a full com plement of outside and inside passengers, when its progress was arrested by. one of the fore wheels leaving the axle-tree, and instantly the coach sunk with a sudden and dreadful crash. The coachman and a clergyman named, we hear, ATTER BURY, were then thrown from the box, and the coach falling on them, with the accumu lated weight of four inside passengers, ill a mo ment crushed them to death. Most of the other passengers received severe injuries. In the • year 1818, ELIZAuETH Low, an old woman, 70 years of age, residing at Dunning, was murdered under circumstances of great atro .city. She was found with her skull knocked in with an axe, and her house rifled of the few ar ticles of clothing that she possessed. At that time no clue was obtained to the murderer. Lately, however, in consequence of a table-cloth belonging to the deceased being offered for sale, suspicion fell upon Wrn. and Margaret Boug, bro ther and sister, of being concerned in the affair, On Saturday last, the Sheriff stud Procuratdr Fiscal of Forfarshire went out to Dunning, where the two persons inspected were apprehended, underwent a long exaMination, and were both committed to Perth jail. We understand a untii.! tier of articles of napery and clothes, which longed to the old wanton, have been found ht Margaret Doug's possession.----(Edinburgh Cott. rant, July 'AO