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THE LONDON JOURNALS. DAILY Extracts from the Morning Papers, May 22. [BRITISH PRESS.] German Papers, to a late date, reached our office yesterday. Accounts from Trieste, to the 4th of May, state, that several vessels had arriv ed at that port from Egypt, in twenty-seven days, and brought the accounts of the conflagra tion at Cairo, of which we were previously ap prised, and which appears to have been most se rious in its consequences. W heather it was con trived by the Pacha, to disguise his plans, and enable Mtn to withhold the succours demanded by the Porte, against the Greeks, or was pro duced by other means, is not yet known. It ap pears it first broke out in the Palace of Mehmet Ali, blew up a great part of the magazines of am munition and provisions, and buried more than 4,000 individuals in the ruins of the buildings. Letters from Alexandria of the 31st of March state, that the Paella's troops, which were to com pose a part of the expedition to the Mores, were prevented by the plague, which had broken out in t.airo,from occupying their quarters near the maga zine, otherwise they must have fallen victims to the explosion. This certainly appears suspicious, and looks as if the affair had been contrived, at all risks, but the loss of his troops, by the wily Pacha. Cairo, it is added, was a scene of con fusion and dismay, and a great number of the in habitants had fled from the city. The Pacha was coolly using every means to procure money, probably to make his peace at Constantinople ; and had sold, it is added, thirty thousand bales of cotton to English traders. This would be a terrible importation from a city desolated by the plague. Subsequent letters from Alexandria to the Bth of April, which reached Trieste in 24 days, state that a great part of the city of Cairo was destroyed by the exposion, and that several thousand inhabitants, with many foreign officers, and among the rest the celebrated Ali Bey, who held the office of Selictar, or Sword Bearer to the Pacha, had lost their lives. The streets of Cairo were said to be covered with ruins and dead bodies. The loss sustained was calculated at the monstrous amount of sixty millions of piastres. The result of the business, however, was what the artful Mehmet Ali probably anti cipated, that no expedition from Egypt for the Morea, it was thought, would sail ; and up to the Bth of April no troops had been embarked at Alexandria. The object of the Pacha is not to strip Egypt of all defence, and while his bands are in Syria or Greece, subject himself to the mandate of deposition, accompanied probably by the bow-string from the Seraglio, without any means of resistance. He cannot as yet openly shake off all allegiance to the Sultan, or venture to deny the aid demanded against the Christians ; but he has no inclination for the unprofitable crusade in the Morea ; to him it could bring with it nothing but danger, and he has sought to accomplish, probably by deep-laid contrivance, what he could not venture to bring about by un disguised rebellion. To the Greeks the conse quences must be most important ; Mehmet Ali would be a dangerous adversary, from his supe rior ability and resources. [THE TuxEs.] Wednesday's Paris papers contain hardly any thing worth notice. The Constitationnel hints at the extreme difficulty which Ministers are likely to experience in carrying th,eir finance measure through the Chamber of Peers, and at some irre gular expedients to which recourse may be had for sparing them a severe disappointment. A letter in the Journal des Debals boasts of the tranquility prevalent throughout Spain, and of the resources which she is about to derive from her western colonies. There undoubtedly ap pears to lurk sore matter for suspicion under the perpetual recurrence to this prophetic lan guage, in the partisans of legitimat e Government. The Hague Courant presents us with a copy of the Treaty concluded between Great Britain and the Netherlands for the exchange of territory, and arrangement of commerce, throughout the Indian Archipelago, to which we some time ago alluded ; and, in truth, we may say that the Dutch diplomatists have no reason to be ashamed of their work. England, by conquest, had got into complete possession of every inch of land, and every ounce of produce, that Holland was ever mistress of beyond the Cape of Good Hope. By one of those numberless sacrifices of the na tional interest which marked the disgraceful career of Lord Londonderry as a negociator,Java and the Spice Islands were given back to Holland, without even the shadow or pretence of au, equi valent—without one attempt at a stipulation in fa vour of British industry or commerce. These fine acquisitions were, moderately speaking, worth twice over all that England retained of her con quests after twenty years of war. Our good friends, the Dutch, however, were not yet satis fied. Instead of expressing any gratitude to this country, they began to grumble from the very starting-post. It was not enough that we should throw away Java and the spice trade—they act ually insisted for a long period on our surrender ing Sincapore, a post commanding the Straits of Malacca, which the discernment and enterprise of Sir Stamford Raffles had led him to occupy as a British settlement, with the hope of compensat ing to his country, in some s m all degree, the disas trous abandonment of her glorious and valuable conquests, and amongst them the absolute con trout over the Straits of Sunda. The diplomatic discussions upon this subject were carried on with considerable warmth. We ourselves did not neglect our duty, in impressing upon the minds of Ministers and of the public, the extra vagance of the Dutch pretensions, and the neces sity of maintaining Sincapore at all hazards. It has, indeed, been preserved ; but at what a price ? We have agreed to give up Blincoolen and the whole footing we had so long enjoyed in the extensive and important island of Su matra. And we have further pledged ourselves against so much as establishing a factory on any part of its coast, or concluding a treaty with any title of its native Governments. \Ve have stipu fated, that British ships shall pay in Dutch East India ports, just double the dirties of Dutch ships; and that, on th other hand, Dutch ships shall in British ports pay a corresponding duty ; but this nominal reciprocity vanishes when we come to enter the ports of the Spice Islands, where the said clause is to have no effect ; and where the Dutch are permitted to charge our ships whatever they please, and as long as they please—that is, so long as it may suit them to re tain a monopoly of the spice trade. England, on the contrary, makes no reserve as to the entrance and rights of Dutch merchantmen in any of her harbours, beyond that of charging double the du ties payable by British ships. We hope Mr. Wynn will oblige the country with some plau sible defence of this new compact ; for, although being " bamboozled" is bad enough, being laugh ed at is still more vexatious.—(lbid.) [MORNING CHRONICLE.] Letters have been received at Lloyd's, from Malta, dated on the 29th April, and from Genoa, dated on the Bth May. Their information is important, for it spews that an Algerine squadron has actually arrived at Alexandria, notwithstand. ing the assurances transmitted by Sir H. B. Neale that all the Algerine navy had arrived, and were dismantled at Algiers. On the 27th March, four frigates and two brigs, under the Tunisian flag, arrived at Alexandria, and on the fol lowing day two other frigates and a schooner entered that port. Finding no British men of war there, one of the frigates hoisted the Algerine flag, and took a list of the British merchant ships, which had created considerable uneasiness to their crews. Not less than fifteen English vessels were at Alexandria, loaded for England, and much anxiety was expressed for the arrival of some British men of war to pro tect them from the Barbarians. These letters also confirm the destruction of the military ma gazines at Cairo, and farther mention that a mutiny had broken out amongst the Egyptian troops in consequence of their having been or dered to embark for the Morea. The Paella is, however, an enlightened statesman, and it is .impossible to doubt that firing the arse nal, and the disturbances amongst the troops, were adopted by him to excuse his reluc tance to invade Greece, a service attended by much danger, and no recompence. If these ships actually be Algerines, the next news, most probably, will announce their arrival at Malta, for the British Consul at Alexan dria had transmitted the necessary information to the British Admiral commanding in the Me diterranean Sea. A letter was this morning re ceived from Maranham, dated on the 20th March, at which time that district of the Brazilian Em pire continued to enjoy the most profound tran quillity. His Majesty's ship, the Blossom, was expected to sail from Rio on the 20th March, and hopes are entertained that by this convey. ance the ceremony of swearing to the n ew Con stitution on the part of the Emperor Pedro will be received. It would be well, how ever, if the Brazilians could get some security that his Imperial Majesty will not after wards change his mind, and, like other Le gitimates, alter his engagements to the people. The Blossom has on board upwards of half a mil lion sterling of specie, remitted from South Ame rica, in exchange for British labour. So long as the markets of America remain open to the con sumption of the surplus labour of British subjects, the money lent to their Governments by indi. viduals is not thrown away, for it will be drawn back in a few years three-fold by the manufac turers of Manchester, Birmingham, Glasgow, &c. &c.; and when it is taken into consideration, that the continued freedom of the different American States is a perfect guarantee for the future pay ment, both of the principal and of the interest of these loans, the industrious classes of British so ciety are fully warranted in displaying much anxiety for the immediate recognition of their independence on the part of the British Govern ment. [MORNING HERALD.] The decision and opinion delivered by the Court of King's Bench, in the case of the Ken sington Road Trust, is likely to have a beneficial effect in breaking up the system of jobbing which prevails s• much in similar concerns. It would be a good general enactment, if no public mo. ney were ever allowed to remain in private hands. Besides the temptation it affords to misapplica tion, it generally retards payment, and therefore increases charges. The best man is warped by interest; and if it be of importance to him to keep money i❑ his hands, there is a proportionate reluctance to disbursing it. Such an enactment would be mercy towards individuals ; it would save them from themselves. How many men are there ruined by Receiver-general and Treasurer ships ; while those who, from the most laudable motives, become sureties for their friends in such offices, too often become involved in their ruin, or, , at all events, hare their own property tied up for years—no person's estate being saleable while he continues in any way an accountant to the Crown ? In the Government Offices, treasurer means nothing more than accountant ; and so it should be in turnpike trusts, and every similar concern. The Bank of England, and known bank ers, are the proper treasurers ; and the nominal treasurer should only be the hand by which the drafts are signed and the payment and receipts regulated. If this were the case generally' a much better arse would be made of money ; debts and long-standing accounts would be abolished, and nothing like failure or defalcation would oc cur. Let every man be fairly remunerated for his trouble, but do not let our understanding be insulted with the assertion, that a treasurership, without a salary, is therefore not a place of profit. [MORNING POST.] The Committee at Lloyd's hare taken active means of opposition to the Bill of Mr. Fowell Buxton, now before the House of Commons, for abolishing the exclusive privileges of the Royal Exchange and London Assurance Companies, as to the right of underwriting the Marine. The object of such a measure is clearly that of esta blishing new Companies who shall compete with the old ones in the rates of Insurance. The Gen tlemen at Lloyd's see in this the germ of future destruction to the Underwriters and Brokers of that establishment ; and in support of their case they have reverted to the Parliamentary pro ceedings of 1810 and 1811, when the question was before the House of Commons, much in its present shape. A speech delivered upon that occasion by the late Mr. Marryatt, the comments of that Gentleman upon a report of a Parliament. ary Committee which was favourable to the repeal, and the subsequent proceedings of the House up on a Bill which it rejected, have just been pub lished in the form of a very substantial Pam phlet. Mr. Marryatt's speech appears to us to be argumentative upon many points, and alto gether a good one to the question. Mr. Perceval, Sir Vickery Gibbs, and other great men of the day, opposed the innovation, and it was conse quently rejected. For our own part, we have only to say, that our support or hostility to the present measure will entirely depend upon the degree of public advantage or public injury which it shall appear calculated to create. We shall not treat it as a question between monopolists and speculators, and therefore it will not be enough to say either that the Old Companies have Charters, or that the new ones are seeking profit. If it be proved that our merchants suffer in convenience, insecurity, or impositions from the ex isting system of insurance,then we say,let the doors• of competition be opened. As far as we at present know upon the subject, we firmly believe no al legation of this nature can in the remotest de gree be substantiated ; and it will not, we think, be disputed, that existing rights, if fairly ac quired, ought to he held sacred, so long as their maintenance shall not be detrimental to the pub lic interest. [NEW TIM Es.) The Paris Papers to Wednesday evening con tain no further intelligence from Portugal. The accounts from Greece represent the approaching campaign as likely to be decisive. They are filled with the usual anticipations of success, but communicate no authentic or important informa tion. IN an article, dated Zante, April 6, it is stated that a letter had been received there from London, announcing the success of the Greek Loan, and that 100,0001. sterling would be im mediately remitted. The feeling of alarm respecting the situation of the Portuguese Government, created by the late intelligence from Lisbon, appeared yester day to have subsided materially, and there con tinued to be a strong belief that affairs had sub sequently taken a more favourable turn. Con sols which opened at 95k, closed at 96f for the present, and 967 i for the July account. South American Securities also recovered from the de pression of the preceding day. Colombian Bonds advanced from 844 to 85i. Scrip of the Mexican Loan, from 54 to 68 prem. Portuguese Bonds from 922 to 93.—(Ibid.) BALLOON ASCENT. Mr. GREEN, the Aeronaut, made a most grand ascent on Tuesday from Leamington Spa, amidst ' a numerous assemblage of persons. At four o'clock he took his seat in the car, and having placed various philosophical apparatus in the car, for the purpose of making experiments, he gave the word for the ropes, which held it to the ground, to be loosed. The coolness and intrepidity with which the Aeronaut gave the orders and took leave of his friends, drew , loud cheers from those assembled. The firing of cannon announced this important moment, and on the signal being given, Mr. Green, standing in the car waving his flags, the balloon rose nearly perpendicular into the air in the most majestic T manner, amidst the deafening shouts of populace.the The ascent w as extremely lofty, and the apprehensions which were so generally entertained at first for the safety of the voyager were soon allayed when the balloon wafted through the vast expanse without any appearance of danger. It appeared to take a direction towards Oxford, and continued in sight for above twenty minutes. The Ballot) passed o n its voyage through the various currents of air, which changed its course repeatedly. At its utmost height (nearly two miles and a half ) the air was very cold. Mr. Green had been half an hour on his voyage, when he beheld the town of Northampton ; having opened the valve, he descended in a field belonging to -- Montgo mery, Esq. in the parish of Milton, 34 miles from Leamington. Mr. Green returned in a post chaise to Leamington, and received the congratu. lations of its inhabitants. COAL-MARKET, MAY 21. Ships at Market. ships sold 89i Newcastle - 10i Sunderland - - 74. Price. -31 s Od to 40s Od -30 s 6d to 41s dd 'COURSE OF EXCHANGE, May ql 12 4 C. F. Anistetdant Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam l2 5 Antwerp Flankburgh 37 6 4# Us rtll ona Pa t t r .. s . i .......................... 224 25 37 4 7 7 5 . 5 7 ntis 20 - ordeittix, ditto Berlin 7 10 Frankfort on the Main ........... 156 Ex. Money Petet sburgh ............................. . 9 Vienna .................................. 10 9 Trieste .............................. 10 9 Madrid ............................... 364 Effective Cadiz .................................. 35,4 Effective Billma .................................. 355 Effective Barcelona ............ 95 ievillr ..................... Gibraltar .............................. 304 Leghorn ........ ........................ 46,3 / 4 Geia.a Ital. Lir. 27 0 Malta .......... es .......... 38 P al en" ...................... 114, pe r Os Lisbon ................................. 501 Oporto ............................... 51) Rio Janeiro ..... ...................... 49 Bahia ............................. . 0 Dublin gi Cork • pet Cent. BULLION. Porttial Gold,in Coin .................. 0 0 pet Oz. Foreign Gold, in Bars. ................... S 17 6 New Doubloons • . .... 3 14 0 New Dollars .......................... 0 4 Pi Silver In Bars, Standard....... ........... 0 4 1 STATE PAPER. TREATY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE NETHERLANDS. In the name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity. • His: Majesty the KING of the NETHERLANDS, and his Majeity the King of the United Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, desiring to place their respective possessions, and the commerce of their subjects in the East Indies, on a fboting reciprocally advantageous to both parties, so that the welfare and prosperity of both nations may be henceforth at all times promoted, without the differences and rivalry which at former periods have disturbed the good understanding which ought to subsist between them, and being willing, as far as possible, to prevent all grounds of misunderstanding between the respective agents, and at the same time to regulate certain differences which have occurred in the execution of the Convention con cluded at London on the 13th of August, 1814, as far as it relates to the possessions of his Majesty the King of Nether lands in the East Indies, have appointed for their Plenipo tentiaries, namely, his Majesty the King of the Netherlands—. Baron Hendrick Fagel, Member of the Equestrian Order of the Provinces of Holland, &c., at present his Majesty's Am bassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at the Court of London, and M. Anton Reinhard Falck, Minister of Public Instruction, &c. ; and his Majesty the King of Great Britain—the Right Hon. George Canning, Member of his Ma jesty's Privy Council, and of the Parliament, Principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, and the Right Hon. Charles Watkin Williams Wynn, Member of his Majesty's Privy Council, &c., who, after exchanging their full powers, which were found to be in due and proper form, have agreed on the following articles : Art. 1. The High Contracting Parties engage to place the trade of the subjects of each other in their respective possessions in the Indian Archipelago, and on the continent of India and Ceylon, on the same footing as the most favoured nations, it being understood that the subjects of both parties shall conform to the local regulations of each settlement. 2. The subjects and ships of one nation shall pay no duties of importation and exportation to and from the ports of the other in the Eastern Seas, higher than double the amount of those imposed on the subjects and ships of the nation to whom the port belongs. The duties on importation and exportation on Netherland ships in a British port of the continent of India, or in Ceylon, being paid, shall be settled in such a manner that in no case more shall be charged for them than double the duties paid by British subjects and for British bottoms. With respect to articles on which no duty is laid when they are imported or exported by the subjects or in the vessels of the nation to which the port belongs, the duties to be imposed on the subjects of the other shall in no case exceed six per cent. 3. The High Contracting Parties engage, that no treaty shall henceforward be concluded by either of them, with any state in the Eastern Seas, tending either directly, or by the im position of unequal duties, to exclude the commerce of the other party from the ports of such native State, and that in case in any of the treaties now subsisting on either side, such an article should have been adopted with this view, such article shall be null and void, from the conclusion of the present treaty. It is further understood, that before the conclusion of the present treaty, communication has been made by each of the contracting powers, of all treaties and conventions respectively subsisting between them and any native Government in the Eastern Seas, and that a similar communication shall be made of all such conventions which may be respectively concluded by them in future. 4. Their 3lajesties the Kings of the Netherlands and of Great Britain engage to give strict orders, as well to their civil and military authorities, as to their ships of war, to respect the freedom of trade fixed by articles 1,2, and 3, and in no case to impede the intercourse of the natives of the Eastern Archipe lago with the ports of the two Governments respectively, nor that of their respective subjects with the ports belonging to na tive Governments. 5. Their Majesties engage, in like manner, effectually to contribute to the suppression of piracy in these seas. They will afford no asylum or protection to vessels employed in pi racy ; nor in any case allow vessels or goods taken by such pi ratical vessels to be introduced, preserved, or sold in any of their possessions. 6. It is agreed that orders shall he given by both Govern ments to their officers and agents in the East Indies, not to establish any new factory on any one of the eastern islands, without the previous permission of their respective Govern ments in Europe. 7. From the'stipulations in articles 1,2, 3, and 4, the Mo lucca islands, and especially Amboyna, Banda, and Ternate, with their immediate dependencies, are excepted, till such time as the Government of the Netherlands shall think fit to'desist from the monopoly of the spice trade ; but, if, before such a ' renunciation of the monopoly, that Government should think fit to allow the subjects of any Power, not a native Asiatic State, to have any commercial intercourse with the said islands, the subjects of his Britannic Majesty shall be admitted to have such intercourse on the same footing. 8. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands cedes to his Majesty the King of Great Britain, all his settlements on the Continent of India, and renounces a ll r i g ht s an d pr i ve l eges which have hem enjoyed or claimed on account of those settlements. . _ 9. The factory of Fort Marlborough, and all the possessions of Great Britain in the island or Sumatra, are hereby ceded to his Majesty the King of the Netherlands. As the King of Great Britain engages that no British factory shall be este.; blished in that island, nor any treaty concluded under the British authority with any of the native princes, chiefs, or states, in the said island. 10. The town and fortress of Malacca are hereby ceded to his Majesty the King of Great Britain. And his Majesty the King of the Netherlands engages, for himself and his subjects, never to establish a factory in any part of the peninsula of Ma lacca, or to conclude treaties with any of the native princes or states in that peninsula. 11. His Majesty the King of Great Britain desists from all representations against the occupation of the island of Bills. ton and its dependencies by the agents of the Netherland Government. His Majesty the King of the Netherlands desists from all remonstrances against the occupation of the island and Sines pore by the agents of his Britannic Majesty. 12. On the other hand, his Britannic Majesty engages that no British factory shall be established in the Carimon Islands, or in the Islands of Ballam, Binglag, Lin g i n , or an y o f the Islands lying to the south of the strait of Sincapore, and that no treaties with their Chiefs shall be concluded under British authority. 13. All the Colonies, possessions, and establishments, ce d e d by the preceding articles, shall be delivered up to the officers of the respective Governments on the lit of March, 1825. The fortresses shall remain in the condition in which they may be when this present treaty shall be made known in India ; but no demand shall be made on either side on account either of ar tillery, or necessaries of any kind, left behind or taken away by the ceding power, or arrears of revenue or taxes of any descrip tion whatsoever. 14. All the inhabitants of the countries thereby ceded shall have the liberty, for the space of six years' delay from the ratifi cation of the present treaty, to dispose of their property at their pleasure, and to remove to whatever place they may think fit. countriesls.Thg i r n e e a , r t i t c h l a e s t the ande I i establis Contracting hments, mentioned ed a aid 12, shall be given up to any other power. In case any one of those possessions should be abandoned by one of the parties now contracting, its rights shall immediately devolve to the other party. 16. It is agreed that all accounts or demands which have arisen from the restoration of Java, and other establishments, to the officers of his 'Majesty the King of the Netherlands, in the East Indies, as well those which made the subject of a con vention concluded in Java, on the 24th of June, 11117, between the Commissioners of both nations, as all others, of what description soever, shall be finally and fully liquidated by the payment on the part of the Netherlands of a sum of 100,0001. sterling, to be made in London before the end of the year 1825. 17. The present treaty shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London three months after the date of the present; or sooner if possible. Done at London the 17th of March, in tie year of our Lord 1024. (Signed) H. FAGE L. A. It. FALCK. HAMBURGH MAIL. BRUNSWICK, MAY s.—The question which ? ! been debated for some years past, before severs tribunals in this coun t r y, v i z . " Wh e ther t o alienation of the estates and capital belonging o f Teutonic Order, in the territory of the Duchh o , Brunswick, made by th e l a t e Westphalian le vernment, is valid in law," was definitively cided in the month of March, by the SuPre a/ 0 : Court of Appeal at Wolf e nb u tt e l. This tribe s ,' has rejected as destitute of fou n d a ti on the cation of the Ducal Treasury against the t ri chasers of the land, or f un d s o f th e com mand e r of Lucklum, belonging to the Teutonic Orde r ' u DRESDEN, MA Y 6.—A mong th e pl an s lu te d brought forward, is one to reduce the interest ei l the whole of the Saxon National Debt, to 5 pfC Cent. with as little injury as possible to the Pu b , d' creditor. This plan a pp ears t o h ave or igina t e( in the circumstance, that even the new 51) , Cent. Treasury Bonds are at 14 . - per Cent. ab ti g , /1 . par. The question has been very much disc lls o ,, ed, as the monied men, as such, contribute ° o r thing to the public burdens; the reduction oi l the interest would a ff or d man y a d v sott i g iii i to the landholders, who are the most heu v i t taxed. But, on the oth er h an d, it is cone dered by conscienti o us St a t esmen , th a t according to the laws, the funds of all charitem a le Institutions, and th e p ro p er ty o f m i no rs, placed in the Public Funds, a class of pero; many of whom are very i n di gen t, wou ld susti ti a very serious loss by s u ch a measure , and ril l of the public credito r s i n f ore i gn countr i es Wig . be induced to withdraw their capital. FRANEFORT, MAY 9.—A. few days ago, e ll i j was so scarce here, that ready money 011 0 1 hardly be had for seven per cent. The 10 611 0 ( 300,000 - florins, negociated for the Prince lk Tour and Taxis, on th e 11th of July, 1811 1 W i th be wholly reduced by th e re p a y men t o f the 5 1 % 4 and last instalment of 50,000 florins on the ' of June, this year. ST. PETERSBURGH, MAY I.—On the 12th he March died, at Sebastapol, in th e C r i m ea, to Greek Metropolitan Christopher, in the 9 1 year of his age. Being expelled by his one" le b i l he wandered through almost all Asia, till of found an Asylum in Russia, and became rfr of the monastery of St. George. as terming MAY 4.—His Maj e sty wil l 0 termitic at some future time, when the Nonveg ili , Storthing shall close, he having now, at the fe r quest of the Representati ve s, g i ven l eave to pie long the Session beyond the time fixed by COUBtittltiOD. CONFLAGRATION AT CAIRO• [FURTHER PARTICULARS.] 2 el TRIESTE, MAY 4.—Several vessels ar" 1 ,; ( 1 here yesterday from Egypt in 27 days, brought us the first accounts of a dreadful Op flagration at Cairo on the 29. th of March• first broke out in th e P a l a c e o f M a h om et A blew up a great part of the magazines of ara uj i s nition and provisions, and cost the lives, re said, of near 4,000 o f th e i n h a bit an t s . ir h t e he are various r e p or t s i n c i rcu l a ti on respecti'ula% cause of this misfort une , w hi c h i s particar important at th e p resent cr i sis ; but letterS front Alexandria of M arc h 31, w hi ch give an acce uri of it, add, " The P ae l la ' s troops, which are to take part in the expediti on to t h e Mores, V ert fortunately p reven t e d, b y t h e plague wh i c h ' 4l „ broken out in the city, from occupying e quarters, which are near the powder magaZ i otherwise they would all have fallen v ictims this disaster. *One large po w d er magaz ine hi however, escaped destruction." but di sm ay confusion still reigned in Cairo, on the 31st, air a great number of the inhabit an t s h a d fled. I r Pacha was trying all means to procure moneJ i l and had just sold 30,000 bales of Mako cott a to the English. TRIESTE, MAY 4.—(From another Corg i ; pondent).—After w e h a d l earne d some d a ys 34 1 by accounts from Cairo, that extraordinary P r y, parations were making for the i n t en d e d ex peu tion to the Morea, we were informed y es terdl by letters from Alexand r i a o f th e Bth of Ar i g ; which have been 24 d a y s i n com i ng , t h at a gr e 7d part of the City o f C a i ro was d estroye d at the lir of March, by a dreadful explosion of a pew ue o f magazine in the ars e n a l. S evera l th ous and , 0 the inhabitants, and man y f ore i gn o ffi cer s o k " e directed the op era ti ons i n th e arsena l, and the celebrated celebrated Ali B e y, w h o h e ld th e o ffice of t" Viceroy's selieta r (s wor d-b earer ), l ost th e ir lice i on this occasion. Th e s t reets o f C a i ro are state t ' to be covered with ruins, and dead bodies.' Even the letters of Europeans estimate at si s g millions of piastres the dam age d one to pub edifices, magazines, warehouses, & c . an d ad u' that it is not believed that in the confusi on w hich this disaster has caused, the Viceroy will rbe able .to let the expedition sail to the Morea. to the Bth April, at least no troops had been ell ?, barked at Alexandria.--(Allgemeine ZeitiOP 13th May.) BIRTHS. 0 04 On the 20th inst., the lady of Major-General Sir Vivian, of a daughter. On Thursday, th e 20th inst., at Westlene, Nottinghanlsi l/fr the lady of th e R ev . Ch a rles xenden, of a daughter ARRIED. On the 18th inst ., M nw at Staell, Middlesex Edward veso Walker, Esq., of Wakefield, Yo r k s hi re, to Anna S ° P,,fo , eldest daughter of the late Richard Ibotson, Esq., of WO" Bneks. of On the 20th inst., at Leyton, Es sex , M r . Geor, xi JohnWaltham Abbey, Essex, yo ungest son of the late John ' O O i.", sq., of Woodford, to Mi ss Eli za b et h Pearce, niece deg' Nicholson, of the 17th Lancers. .., DIED. On the 24th u l t., at Groningen, the celebrated x m .- - o fetOr Hermann Illuntinghe, aged 71. Su l r n rey l3 . ark. na• street, Windsor, aged 73, Thomas Agnew, fin At Paris, on the 15th inst., in the 63d year of her age, ' h e lotte, wife of John Poulett Thomson, Esq., of Waverly Abw" At Malta, on the 23d of April, in the 62d year of big 4el Mr. Edmund Noble. 1, 1 1 1 At Elgin, N. 8., on the 16th inst., Robert Henry, 1594-) of Kingston, Jamaica. 1 itol V On the 20th inst., at his house in Netti ng h am -pl a oe, -' ,i , General Thomas Marshall, of the East Indi a Company's 31 ' on the Bombay establishment, in the 71; t h y ear o f his a& , ,ee• fle e At Tottenham, on the 20th inst., M ar y, th e w if e of Alr. v Palmer, the Stock Exchan g e, in the 43d year of her *e• t h e Prjnted and Published for the Pitornivrons, at si f -- Qirreic, 112, Strand, by J. B. CausToh4, ), nut the