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LITERARY NOTICE. ENCYCLOPEDIA of ANTIQUITIES and ELEMENTS of ARCILEOLOGY. —By Rev. T. D. FOBI3HOILE, F.S.A., &c. With much pleasure we again advert to this important work. It is the result of great erudi tion and laborious research; yet. the whole is con densed into a popular and entertaining form, by adopting an alphabetical arrangement under each Chapter. As its numbers have proceeded, we have felt an increased interest in it; 21 Numbers have -non! appeared. . . CHAPTER X. consists of Manufactures—Trades—lnventions --Useful Arts—Ornaments—Avocations—Officers, &c.—This Chapter concludes the First Volume. CHAPTEn XI. Earthworks—Fortresses—Rude Stonework.. —ln this Chapter Mr. Fosbroke acknowledges his obligations to Sir Richard Hoare's valuable Work of Ancient Wilts ; - without A study of which, accuracy respecting Earthworks is not to be expected. CHAPTER XII. Manners and Customs of Private Life among the Laity.—From this we shall extract some interesting articles in a future notice. CHAPTER XIII. Festivities at particular Seasons—Theatri cals—Jugglers, Tumblers, Rope-danceri, &c.—Games of Skill and Chance—Gymnasticke—Sports—RustieSports—Children's Sports—Dancing—Musicals.—A very interesting chapter. CHAPTER XlV.llistinctions of Rank and Ilonour.—Heral dick Matters. CHAPTER XV. Druidicaland otherllcathen Superstitions— ' Obsolete Ecclesiastical Matters—Popular Superstitions—An atoms, Hermits, Nuns, Monks, Pilgrims, Continentes—Ly turgical Matters—Fasts, Festivals, and certain peculiar Reli gious Rites. CHAPTER XVI. Military Antiquities. • CuCHAPTER XVII. quadrupeds—liirds—Reptiles—Fish— lnsects—Vegetables-11 arbles. 'This chapter chiefly applies to symbols and curious particulars. Mr. Fosbroke says ‘ all the accounts of vegetables are imperfect." CHAPTER XVIII. Arms—Armour. This chapter is di vided into Sections—l. Anus and Armour of the Greeks, Romans, and Barbarians. 11. Of the Britons, Anglo-Saxons, lanes, Normans, and English.—From Dr. Meynek's value- Ole work, on ancient Armour, many important additions were made to this chatter. CHAPTER XIX. Military Engines—Fire Arms. CuanTrit XX. Costumes. Under the head " Domesday Book" in Chapter X. Mr. Fosbroke says, "The idea was seemingly taken from the Cates. trent or book, front which assements were formed, mentioned by Ulpian. Alfred is said to have had a Domesday." Then fol lows the most common Abbreviations with their explanations. With respect to his opinion that it wan " in fact a survey of the Crown Properly, not of the nation at large" we must, though reluctantly, alai., if the assertions of Ingtilphus and Stow may be credited ; the latter of whom says it was " a perfect survey of the whole laud ; and Inguiphus says— " King William, for the taxing of his whole land, tooke this orders in all England, /hire was vol an hide of land, but he , knew the valetee Meerut' n f the possessor also, neither moire nor place there was, hut it was valued in The K;ulf a role the rents and profits; the possession and the posseseor were made mani feet and knowne unto the King, according to the fidelitie of taxers, which being chosen out ()revery country nixed or seized their own territories, or made their °woo rent role. These men well willers and friends to our Monasterie (Courland Abbey) weighed not our tnonasterie ye full prise, nor to the, true measure thereof, preventing of providing upon zealous af fection towardes us, for the King's taxation, and other burdens that after might befall." Such a role and very like (lid King A Ord once set forth, in which lice taxed all the 'Wide of Englande by shires, hun dreds and tythings." " In this role " were taxed and set downy, the Earledomes, / hundreds, tythings, woods, parks, and all fames, in every ter ritory, or precinct, how many carucates of Wide, how many plough Woke, and acres, what pastures and ferles, or MR. mites, what tenements and tenants were conteined, &c. Thus tar ingulphus. in ye•el mg's Treasury (slushwas iu ffieCritrcit of Wit - lac - 4 ter, or Vs estminstero ltiot place caller) Doton4 Del, or God's House, and so ye name et' the booke, therefore called Dotnus . Doi, argil since shortly, Domesday. In some few respects Mr. Fosbroke has fallen short of the intended purpose ; several -articles being mentioned only by Puttte, without their atitiquity being given. In many other in stances he has made ample retribution : the article Education in Chapter X. is very curious. The following front the. same chapter is amusing ; Lo tenure Cu MS.—These cries consisted lov. Ilen. VI. of .tine felthats and epectiteles, peas, strawberri es , c h err i es , pep per, saffron, hot sheop'e feet, mackerel , gr ee n p eas , r ib s o f beef, pye, &c. In the Pepysian Library are two very ancient sets of cries, cut in wood,- with inscriptions; among others, " my rope of onions, white Sir Thomas's onyons ; rosemary and hays ; breed and meat tbr poor prisoners: ends of' gold or silver ; markyng stones ; a mat for a bed ; maids hang out your lights; glasses, fine glasses; a tanker-bearer; maribones, maids, maribones; ells or yeardes ; handstringes or hand -kereher bottom; a brush or a table; book; smalbconl a penny pecke ; I have screnes at your desire, to keeps your butey iron the fire ; buy a cocke, or a gelding (capon)." In the reign of Charles If. they diflineel much from those now in use. It was formerly a practice of the mesicians to set the London Cries to musick, retaining the very musical notes of them.— It appears front Tom Brown, &c. that beaks were not only cried, but that persons stood at the doors of coffee-houses .and cried to invite paieengertn—P. 417. ARTISTS' DINNER at EDINBURG 11. 'On Friday last, the Artists of Edinborgli'held their Third Animal Dinner at the Itritish Hotel, Queenestreet, in- commemoration of the distinguished honour conferred by the King on the Fine Arts, during his MAJESTY'S visit to Scotland. The Chair was ably tilled by ALEXANDER NASIIITTir, Esq. with his usual kindness and urbanity, a Gm denten who has laboured all hislife roost successfully to advance the arts of his conntry. The meeting. was numerously attend.' ed.; but what added greatly to the pleasure of the Artists on this occasion, was the pretence of their distinguished country man, David Wilkie, Esq. and Limner to his Majesty 'for Seothted. This celebrated Artist is now, here for the purpose of painting portraits, and collecting materials, for a picture of the King's arrival at hie P a l ace o f llolyroivlhouse, at the express desire of his Majesty, When the Chairman rose • and gave the toast of the day, The King, the most enlig h. t e em! Sovereign, and greatest Patron of the Arts in Europe," every artist felt how much he owed his Majesty, and the toast was drank.with feelings, of the deepest gratitude.. Here the Chairtnan took occasion to remark, thus his Majesty was pot a nominal Patron, 'but a real judge, and a liberal encou rager of the ,Fine Arts; and observed, that his Majesty's visit to Scotland must be • productive of the most bene 'tient! effects to the ,Fint! Arts in this part of the United Kingdom.—After the health of their distinguished guest, " Mr. Wilkie," was given from the Chair, in rising his feelings were much overcome by the rapturous manner in which the toast was received. In a most elegant reply, he expressed the warmest ..love for his native country, and that it was his highest pride to be known wherever he was au a Scotsman. Here he took the opportunity pi' remarking with pleasure the great progress the Art 4 had made in his native country within these few years, and paid a well-merited tribute to the talents of the late John Graham, Esq,. He also mentioned with mingled feelings of regret and esteem, the toss which the Arts had sustained by the death of that eminent artist, the late Sir Henry lifieburn. The whole of the evening was an intellectual treat, and must have made a lasting , ..impret . elion on every Artist present. Mr. weslitittnittl,to with the greatest attention. Ills nervous manner of exprsaiing himself *hews deep thinking, as well as sound reasoning. There was no: department of art which was Lot referred to by him at eonsiderable length. His remarks on the art of engraving, as connected with sculpture and paint ing, ahewing how little would have been. known of the greatest works of the old.wraetere, without the aid of the sister art., was practically expretuted, by supposing copies of, them " to be wafted, as if on wings, to the most distant tarts of the globe t" and. tide hr illustrated by alluding to Mr. W. Allan's account of heving,testri in a Russian cabin on the borders of Twiny, two the Death of Wolfe," after West: and the interment of "General Fraser, " after Graham—a cir eusustence Which Afforded the late venerable President the greatest satis(aCtion. The whole evening's entertainment was li g th gratifying, andabe whole party were deeply indebted to Mr. Nannyth, who, on•this as on fortner occasions, chewed the greatest readiness to promote the good of art, and impart de delight a nd instruction byhis conventatex..—(Edinburgh J'apirr.) FRENCH PAPERS. The Moniteur of Sunday, Sept. 19, (the Offi cial Part), contains a Royal Ordinance to the following effect:— " CHARLES, by the Grace of God, &c. &c. 44 We have ordained and ordain as follows : " Art. 1. Baron Ramond shall be inscribed on the list of the Council of State, in the quality of Honorary Councillor of State. " 2. The following Gentlemen shall be in. scribed on the list of the Council of State, as Honorary Masters of Requests, viz. :—The Sieurs Count de Montigny, Barons Chaudruc de Cra zanne, Jourdan, Amiot, " Our Keeper of the Seals, Minister Secretary of State of Justice, is charged with the execu tion of the present Ordinance. 44 Given at the , . Palace of St. Cloud, the 18th September, the year of our Lord 1884, the first year of our reign. 4 , By the King, " CHARLES. " The Keeper of the Seals, Minister Secretary of State of Justice, " Count DE PEYRONNET." [NON -OFFICIAL PART.] NUREMAURG, SEr•r. Ig. (Privute Corre. spondence).—The Members of the high No blesse of Hanover have been officially informed, that the advanced season will not permit King George IV. to visit his German dominions this year ; but that his Britannic Majesty intended to make this journey at the beginning of the summer in 1825. [From the AIMle of Sept. 20.] The Minister of Fiaance, taking into considera tion the decree of the 12th inst. which orders the Exchange to be closed till further notice, decrees as follows Art. 1. The Exchange of Paris shall be opened from Monday 20th instant. It shall be again closed on the day of the removal of the remains of the late King, and that of their inhumation." ST. CLOUD, SEPT. 19.—The King has heard Mass at the chateau of St. Cloud. At three o'clock the King came to the Tuile ries, to sprinkle with holy water the body of the King, his brother, which lies in a salle d'honnear. The Peers and Deputies, who are at Paris, wont to the Tuileries at four o'clock to perform that duty. Yesterday, at noon, the King presided in the Council of Ministers, which sat from noon till half•past two o'clock. Mons. the Dauphin attended it by the King's order. PARIS, SEPT. lg.—Yesterday evening there was a Council of Ministers at the Count du Vil lele's. It is believed that the King will quit St. Cloud on Saturday next. The body of his Majesty Louis XVIII. has been placed in the Q.1.0n .r the Throne, witQri. he public was admitted from ten in the morning till six in the evening. The decorations of the interior of the apart ments destined for this funeral solemnity was such as we stated in our number of yesterday. It would be difficult to describe the devotion with which the immense crowd admitted on this day visited the mortal remains of his Majesty.-- A religious silence prevails from the entrance of the grand staircase to the wicket of the Pont Royal, by which they left the Palace. It is very worthy of remark, that the numerous English Journals, to whatever party they belong, agree on this point, that the death of Louis the X VII Ith will not produce any kind of change in the domestic administration or the foreign po licy of France. This conviction is founded on the high esteem which all Europe feels for the upright, humane, and just character of King Charles X. Extraordinary preparations have been making for some days in the Metropolitan Church at Paris, for the funeral service of the late King, which will take place on Monday, Sept.2o, with the greatest pomp, at 10 o'clock. THE GREEKS AND THE TURKS. LEGHORN, SEPT. 3.—A ship from Malta ar. rived here tosday after five days passage. We expected that it would bring us some recent ac counts of the affairs of Greece, but the Captain affirms that no late news had been received at Malta. Accounts from Alexandria say that the expe ilition had with it 80 cannon, 40 howitzers,, and t 0 mortars. The fine appearance and discipline of the troops were universally admired. The Viceroy, they say, was much affected on taking leave of his son Ibrahim Pacha, and that he said to him, " Ibrahim, if God should give you the victory, prove by your humanity that you are worthy of it—be an enemy to the enemy, but protect the defenceless." There are different opinions respecting the first object of the expedition ; some letters say that it is Hydra, and ethers Samos. SEMLIN, SEPT. I.—Though we have no news , from Constantinople respecting thQ removal of the Seraskier Dervisch I'acha from the command, it appears to be confirmed, if we may believe letters from Seres of the ltth of this month. It was reported there that Jussuf Paclia of Patrass would succeed him. SEPT. 2.—Later letters from Seres of the 14th August again speak in mysterious terms, as they did on the retaking of Ipsara by the Greeks, of some new misfortune which has befallen the Capitan Podia in the Archipelago. The Greeks are full of joy, and interpret these obscure pas sages in their own' favour. They say that the result of the expedition of the Capital' Pacha against Samos might have been long since" known if it had been successful. But before we pay at tention to these conjectures, it would be advise able to wait for the next mail from Cons!anti uople.—(Allgemcine Zeitung.) THE LATE KING OF FRANCE. We insert the following letter from Paris, giv ing a more detailed account than has appeared in the journals, of the latter days of Louts X VIII. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS (lank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. shut 3 percent. Cons... 95 94 9.5 3i per Cent DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. Bills 10001.2 d. Ditto lid. ...44 41 42 Ditto 500/. 21 43 45 Ditto lid. Ditto Small • 2d. Ditto lid. 46 Ditto Adver. 2d. Bank for Act. India for Acct. Cons. for Account 415h.hi Dissd. shut 4 per Cent. {Amid. shut New 108 N; Bank Long Ann. shut Imp. 3 per Cents India Stock oss. Ns. Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock PRICES OF FOREIGN Fl Austrian Bds, 5 per cr. 96 Brazilian NDS, AT ONE O'CLOCK. Portuguese Bonds Scrip — Prussian, s•per ct. Ditto New Russian, New, 5 per ct 943:4 Spanish 11125 per ct. l9i 20 11123, ditto Alliance Shares • Palladium Equitable Loan Canadian French Rentes ...... ---- Scrip Alit Buenos Ayres Chilian Bits, 6 per et. Colombian I;ds,6perct 77 ---- Scrip 7i dis. Danish, s . per cent. Greek Scrip Mexican Bonds s7i; --Scrip Neapolitan, 5 per cent - Peruvian Bonds Scrip (EXTRACT OY A PRIVATE LETTER.) " NM's, SEPT. 111.—The greatest calm continues to pre vail in our capital. A kind of gravity, which is not common, is observed on every countenance. Very few men have put on mourning : the women are more numerous who pay this out. ward mark of respect to the memory of the late King. " There is reason to distrust most of the accounts published by the journals of the last moments of Louis XVIII. Many of them are fahie, others are disfigured. The following details are strictly true : they were given to us by an attentive and dispassionate witness, who observed for history. We shall re. peat as little as possible of what has been said by a number of channels, official and unofficial, and endeavour to say only what is generally unknown. " It is true that the King, during his long agony and the days which preceded it, showed extraordinary firmness, resignation, and greatness of soul. This is the more remarkable, as, for several years past being a victim to the most cruel sufferings, his temper had been soured, and he had frequent fits of impa tience; and it might have been imagined that this disposition would have become more evident as the pains increased. " Except during the crisis and fainting fits, his head was perfectly clear; he spoke with mildness to those who were about him. A contradiction sometimes irritated him, He complained very much of the etipicite which the gentlemen in waiting did not forget to observe even in those moments which were the most painful to him. As far as he was able, he put offthe moment when the priests were to be introduced into his apartment. At last he perceived that they were going to ap pear in spite of him. lie immediately resigned himself, and listened to the mass with much attention ; but when it was ended, he said that M. de Croi, who performed, had not shown sufficient unction. He suffered quietly the last sacraments to be administered to him. When they came to the prayers of the dying, he said, You are in too great a hurry, I know my., self better than the physicians do.' tie was in the right ; for they were obliged to recommence the same prayers three times. The physicians thought that the last agony would be much more prompt, and every new crisis made them say that the fatal hour was come. Ilowever, on Tuesday morning the King said,' I shall not die before Thursday.' " The disorder was horrible; the legs were a mass of cor ruption. lie had on his feet enormous excrescences like sponges. All the pains were in the belly and stomach. For above two months he had not been able to hold up his head ; it fell on his breast. The upper part of his loins were nearly pa ralyzed , the vertebral muscles were wholly relaxed. Up to the moment when these new evils attacked him, his stomach had very well digested a great number of aliments; but that organ ceased its functions as soon as the upper part of the body doubled upon itself. 31. Portal, his Majesty's first physician, said, according to his usual form of speech, If the King could resolve to eat lying down, and to live lying down, lie would still reign a long time.' The King merely remarked, How could you have me reign in bed ?' "Among his servants, there was one named Usquenet, or l l : as usq e u e e e n u e re t, d to co w n h si o d u e i ra l b te le w a a d s v m al u ita d g i e a s t . tac N hc o d dexterous as in assi s ti ng hi m to chang e hi s pos i t i on i n hi s b e d.— ' o t a h n e d r e The King said t o th e C oun t o f A rto i s, ' I almost regret t h at to r e l: s h o o: iv ) you ' 4 " Go active; I would recommend Lusquenet to you.' " The King had not wishedb see the Children of France, whatever the Journals may says it was against his will that they were brought to him. After they were gone, he said— ' Why did you bring those children to me ? If they were 15 years of age, the sight of their old uncle dying would remain impressed on their memory; but at their age my sight will make only disagreeable impressions, without any advantage to them, for they will forget this last interview,—it was not worth while to make the children cry' " Monsieur carne frequently to the King's bedside. The day before his death, the King said to hint—' Judgment will soon be passed on my reign ; but, whatever may be the opinion that shall prevail, I assure you, brother, that every thing I have done has been the result of long deliberation. I may have been mistaken, but I have not been the sport, the slave of events ; every thing has been considered and directed by me.' " The Duchess of Angouleme never came into the King's chamber hut in tears; If you knew,' said he, what I have suffered for the last 3 yearn, you would not weep—you would rejoice.' " Profound affliction prevailed in the Tuileries. The ser. vents, who had so often felt the effects of their master's imps , tience, sobbed aloud ; the chief officers of the Palace, the Priests, did not quit the bed of the dying Monarch : in the night of the 15th Count d'Artois remained in an adjoining room, and they went several times to announce to him the death of his brother before it had taken place. At length, at three minutes past four in the ,morning of the 16th, M. Portal visited the patient, and declared that all was over. Go and tell his Majesty,' said the High Chamberlain, Prince Talleyrand. At this information the new King rush ed into the chamber where his predecessor had just breathed his last. " The witness who has related to us all those facts, said to us—' I have seen many Court tears ; they would not deceive me; but , those which Charles shed were sincere.' He almost laid himself down on the bed of the deceased, exclaiming, ' And I, too, am so old.' After this burst of sorrow, the Prince composing himself a little, said to the Chamberlain, ' What is to be done ?' Sire,' replied Talleyrand," lam here to at tead to these things: you have need of repose —retire;' and you too want rest—retire." Retire, I conjure you, Sire. The King took the hand of his brother, kissed it, and with. drew. ~ " The attendants had despaired of preserving the King's body from total dissolution. It is hoped, by certain chymical processes, which will in the end change the colour, to preserve at least the masses. " Those who saw him the day before yesterday exposed to the view of the people, were surprised to find him so reduced ; he was covered up to the breast only with a white cloth, which perfectly showed the contour of the body; as he died with his mouth open, a bandeau was passed under the chin, to keep it closed. " 'rite face was yellow, and the hands as white as ala baster." `Tito correctness of the above particularS may be depended upon : there may be some variations in the very words of the phrases attributed to the King, but the sense is exact, and Oath the essen tial point. A further respite for Harris anti Davi, Iv as forwarded on Monday evening to Ifertford gaol, from the flume Department. We have given this day the contents of the Moniteur of Sunday last, and of the other French Papers, including many interesting particulars of the latter moments of the departed Mo narch. It seems at present to be supposed that no essential variation will soon appear in the con duct of the French Government. " Sorrow's the mode," and the ceremonies of the funeral will in a great degree occupy the attention of the Ministers, and of course chiefly fill the minds of the people at large. As the invasion of Spain has been a subject of general condemnation in all States, It is probable that the Government will soo►► direct its attention towards that coun try. But it is evident that Spain is in such a critical state that Franco cannot withdraw her armies, even without the consideration of the new compact, by which it was stipulated that they were to remain for a longer period, as the moment the foreign Power retires a new Re volution may be expected. It is therefore the obvious policy of France herself to keep her army in Spain, lest what is styled the moral contagion of revolutionary opi nions should again infect the public mind in Spain, and communicate the disorder in some degree to all the surrounding countries. Spain is coutrouled, but not subdued, and the people in general cannot be so lost in superstition, but that a short taste of the blessings of freedom will make them anxious to render those blessings per manent and imperishable. We must look for great events, and the new Government in France may be expected, in no slight degree, to accele rate their existence. At a late hour we received the Doile of yes. terday, which is filled with various Addresses, and does not contain any news 'of importance, states that the late King will be removed on Thursday. The King and Royal Family heard mass in tho Palace.---Thu Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers went to the Tuileries and sprinkled the late King with holy water.—Rentes 99f. 85c. The attention which Mr. CANNING received from the people in general during his short re. sidence in Dublin, is honourable to the loyalty of their principles, to their respect for high talents, and to their sense of his official services. - We re. gret that the Corporation did not show him that deference, and afford him those honours which are generally offered to distinguished visitors, particularly as perhaps it will never have another opportunity of rendering them to that Gentle. man. But, it can hardly be doubted, that if he could have prolonged his stay in Dublin, that all party feelings would have been suspended in a general respect for one of the most accomplish. Orators and Statesmen of the present age. Mr. CANNING seems not likely to arrive in town so soon as was expected, as letters, we un derstand, were last night dispatched from the Foreign Office, addressed to him at Dublin. We received last night a New York Paper of , the 27th ult. It con t a ins an o ffi cial cornmunica tion from XA T . DE MEDINA, Esq. Colombi an Agent at New York, of the Extraordinary G a . zette published at Panama on the Ist o f J une with an account of the defection of OLA NETA from the Royal cause in Pe ru, which has a l rea d y appeared in this paper. T hat event, th ere f ore, the authenticity of which is mush disputed, still rests on the same authority as when first promul gated. By the Colombian br ig Vencedor, arr i ved at Baltimore from Puerto Cavell°, information was brought that preparations were still going o n a t that place to forward additional troops to Peru, to augment the army under BouyAu. Commodore DANIELS was at Porto Cavello, ac tively employed in fitting out transports for the reception of the troops, and in preparing the squadron which he was appointed to command, in order to convey the military to Chagres. On the day the Vencedor left, he was to sail in the Santander for Laguayra, and return immediately with the necessary supplies, when the expedition would depart for its destination. Porto Cavello has improved considerably since it fell into the hands of the Patriots. Several of the houses de stroyed during the siege have been re-built; new mercantile establishments opened; emigrants from various quarters, including the West rndia Islands, had arrived to settle; and there was nn doubt, from the exc e ll e n ce of the harbour and the rich country behind it, that it would become a place of very considerable trade. Papers from Havanna!) to the Bth of August had been received at New York. An ordinance had been issued by the Government of Cuba, in stituting a Court, in which they have been hitherto deficient, for the purpose of trying at Havannah piratical and other offences committed on the High Seas. The following particulars of the action between the Spanish brig Mariner° and the Col om bi an sc h ooner G ene ral Padilla are taken from th e N o ti c i oso (H avann ah the Gth of August, and, as a Spanish account, is remarkable for the fair manner in which the suc cess of the Colombian vessel is described HAVANNA'', AUGUST s—The officer emploied to . r n e; port all vet Tels arriving here, has presented the__,folin' hi , Notice to his Excellency the Commandant-Genera' ° port : paper) of " This day entered the steam-boat Neptune, from Matanzas, nine hours. She h as on b oar d t h e mate an d 16 seamen of the Spanish brig 3farinero, from Cadiz, bound to this port. On the 30th of J u ly l ast , b e i ng i n l ong i tu d e 70. 30. west of Ca diz ; in latitude 24. 29. N., saw, i n t h e morn i ng , s schooner' and suspecting the sa me , c h ange d t h e i r course i n or der to avoid her' flowerer, the schoon er gave c h ase , an d a t two o'clock 1 3 . i n • it having fall en ca l m , came up w i th t h e b r i g , an d a t four o t ele ck they were w ithi n p i sto l -s h ot of each ot h er; the sehe°ne r , hoisted the Col om bi an , an d t h e b r i g t h e S pan i s h flags in tine situation they commenced firing, and in half an h our after• wards the brig blew up; non e o f t h e crew were saved ex ce p t those forward, who we re t a k en up by the crew of the s chooner, and put ashore on S a lt K ey , w h ence they passe d to lilatanto• The enemy's schoon er was t h e G eneral Pa dill a , armed wit h one 181 b. cannon on a pi vot , w hi c h was ren d ere d unserviceab le during the tight, and two three-pounders on each side, with 10 men. She suffered little in the fight, and may repair herds: mage without leaving these waters. Tha Mariner° sailed u from Cadiz on the 16th o f J une , put i nto G ib ra ltar, v".;' very bad weather, and pursued her voyage on the 26th ef te ° same month." The following letter has been addressed by the Greek Deputation in London, to the Pres i l dent and Members of the Greek Committee ° Philadelphia : " Greek Deputation, London, June 23, 1824. " TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF TUE OUESX COMMITTEE OF PHILADELPHIA, UNITED STATES O f AMERICA. " GENTLEMEN—Greece, during the three past years of her revolution, seems to have been impelled by Providence to fol• low the steps which North America took under the same Cir cumstances, and which led to the happy liberty which Penn; Sylvania, in common with the other United States, at peel ° enjoys nor has our country experienced from any other nato A lt that sympathetic f ee li ng w hi c h your f e ll ow.citizens have evinct" towards her. " We have had a sufficient proof of the above in thlib eral remittance which the State of New York made us a shorn Out since, and our convi c ti o n th ereo f i s strengthened 12Lrbem,r which you have hon oure d us , an d w hi c h Messrs. 'M i.. '" lir tilers have just announced to us. shall " The Provisional Government of Greece, to teh * --- h. w i t e , .t forward these sums, will not fail to express its ackn °lv—n i n w e w l . and that of our countrymen towards you. We should,t ex. ever, be guilty of a breach of duty, if we did not hasten Ist, press to you and our generous benefactors whom you rePT the gratitude we entertain towards you and them. " Money is of the greatest consequence st like the Greeki, has maintained so long a a xlestrug ng e ' l ': i s to colossal power of the Ottoman Porte, even more so than it consclidated governments. tive of " Since the three preceding years have been prol.nes the such favourable results for the Greeks, unprovided were with resources, and possessing only those weapons w lt u nt . they snatched from their enendea—since th eir Gni/ h er:l ot th e without means, has managed to promote the tritimP people, what may not be expected from them, now that are provided with all that was necessary to give those deo .L . blows which have hitherto necessarily been postponed from " 1 ' want of those means Nor th " But the pecuniary assistance which the generous t . Americans have given to our countrymen, is not only al p able under these points of view, but it is also extremely tifying, since it enables us to estimate the degree of or e c i ece , path) , which your liberal fellow-citizens feel towards de_ to ope wb ie .h! and since it leads us to hope that our country may soon 'Wi s p on the support of the United States, which so eminently w it recognition,s e l vese n joy the wil blessingsl enable G or Greece e i c n e d e e n n d io e nr more e s , p s ee e d d il w y h t i o cl g i • v b e y , licts ' Ourto believe grateful u consolidated and independent Power, proofs of her sineerew titude towards the freemen of North America. 'en of " Dein Gentlemen, to be the organs of the exprine l , v2 il s y e o n u ti r in m e as nts t o to b w ed a i r e d n s t "JOHN fp 0 .1, 1 , 1 ,%116. ) " AND. Lu"' — y an ou d r f a e i r t i h er ft o l u l ssecrovuainitts,rynts; Dispatches, dated the Bth of Augdatt ceived f yesterday morning at the Colonial Office,' rom Governor the Earl of C --lIATitAgl at Gibr lll tar. The rrison continued health .Y* h nu Yesterday afternoon, at four o'clock, " of YORK held a Levee as Commen d n, which was a o, at his O ffi ce in the Horse ' Guards, tended by between 30 and 40 Military Oi ce t r hu On Monday evening, about nine o'clotheo Duke of MEININGEN, the brother of the L o rd of CLARENCE, arrived at the Tower in th e an d ye p st r e i r v d a a te y left the steam-packet from the Continent; a the Tower at eleven o'clock for Lidshh ° ,,a, visit to the Duke and Duchess o f Cum"; where his Serene Highness arrived at one o'o' ° ' were Pr ; (Pil n ni le o tt r e n r i s lig ;ere yesterday rece' v-Li ,nra. Gibraltar to the 4th ult. They continue to 'T to plain of the stagnation of trade, which the k a li unfortunate attempt of VALnEz has considersiLii increased. O'DoNELL is represented as trest l 3 the Constitutional prisoners taken at Tarifa w_ l , l o extreme severity, and it is said that numbers we.e'd daily ( shot. Eight days quarantine was imP i t c h at Algesiras on all boats from Gibraltar, wa.lag contributed to impede business, the coast b el . t , so strictly guarded round as well as to the eti o ' di ward as to render it impossible to Jand a t o il without complying with this provision' cargoes had been returned to Gibraltar in ct ow ., quence. The communication by land Was) "04 ever, uninterrupted. The wheat cargoe s coni) 4 to pour into Gibraltar, but there was no (los% for this grain. The Lady Nugent, from 1: 00 arrived at Gibr a ltar on the of Selite, ll3 i t with a cargo of piece goods and sugars' ported for Gibraltar and Loudon, but brag'' , news. FOREIGN MAILS. ARRIVED. DUE. Oottenburgh Hamburgh . HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 12 mintiteß after 2.1 Evening, 36 minutes after 2. THE SUN. SOLE'S GUIS DICERE FA LS UM 4UDh'4T LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1824.