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GREEK FIRE-(CONGREVE ROCKETS.) The invention of CONGIIF.YE ROCKETS, or the art of throwing exploding projectiles, by means of fusees, passes for a novelty ; - 7 - but this is a com plete error. The soldiers of the .Lower Empire carried within their *l.ields light tubes, or band siphons, filled with artificial fire, IN hich rushed' through the air with extreme velocity... The Emperor Leo, the philosopher, himself gave directions for the preparation of these siphons ; an operation which the G reeks constantly laboured 'to keep secret. It is obvious on the threshold of the inquiry, that a firework violently trans mitted through the air must naturally, by force of re-action, have carried its vehicle with it when ever chance caused its escape from the soldier's hand. Hence there must have been a species of Congreve rockets .from the end of the ninth century. Leo, the philosopher, mounted the throne in 886. It. is not certain that he in vented hand-siphons ; lnle' there is no trace of them found in the Byzantine history previous to his reign.. The great siphon first described by Thucydides and A pollodorus, the use of which was revived in 672, was a kind of rammer pump, which launched naphtha, pitch, and other liquid and inflammable substances. Thence the name of Median fire and liquid fire. The fire works which burnt in the water, and to which the name of Roman or Greek fire was given, were in the first instance employed by the As syrians, the Chinese, the Chaldeans, the Per sians, the 'Hebrews, the Medes, &c. They were subsequently transmitted to the Phoeni cians, the Greeks, the Romans, the Alexan drians, the Byzantines, the Vandals, the Arabs, the Franks, &c. The artificial fire in ques tion has not only been employed in very dis tant epochs, but it has never been entirely out of use. The mode of composing and using it is to be found in a great number of ancient and modern works. Certain distinctions, how ever, in the ingredients, the preparations, and especially the name, have caused the various mis takes into which great numbers of distinguished ,writers have fallen ; such as Theophanes, Ce drenus, Melanctlion, La Porte, Ducange, Moreri, Montesquieu, Grose, Watson, Gibbon, &c. Etc. In the celebrated MS. of Marcus Grsecus is to be found, at the same time, the mod,. of making gunpowder, Greek fire, and destructive rockets.' The same information was revived in a work of the thirteen century, attributed to Albert the Great. Roger Bacon appears to have been ac quainted with something of the same kind, but like Marcus Grasecus and Albert, he is silent on the subject of cannon, and all other kinds of fire arms; so that the rockets called Congreve, which are now-a-days regarded as the most recent in vention of artillery, constitute, on the contrary, one of the most ancient. The proofs of this pro position are subjoined. From time immemorial the Chinese have possessed fire-arms, and more especially fireworks; but they never made any remarkable use of them in war till towards time commencement of the 13th century. At that epoch, that is to say, about the year 1232, they defended themselves against the Tartars by the use of bombs, fire-projectiles, and flying fusees or rockets. The latter, as we shall find, were already known in Europe ; but after the most vigorous search, there are no proofs of their use till 1379 or 1380. 'The Paduans employed them to burn the city of nestre, and the Venetians to burn the tower Belle Bebe, which appertained to the outworks of Chiogia. These facts occurred almost under - the eye of the historians who relate them. In 1449, Dunois threw rockets into the square of Pont Audemor, and while the besieged exerted 'themselves to extinguish the fire they caused, the French scaled the walls. In a MS. which passed ,for very ancient in 1561, destructive fire-rockets are described with minute particularity. It is recommended that the wrappers should be made •cf iron-plates, and varnished to prevent their rusting. Louis Collado, the chief engineer to Charles the Fifth, informs us, that at the period, when he composed his Artillery Manual (in 1586) fusees were employed in order to throw li g ht on the environs of besieged places, -and for the purpose of routing cavalry. He recommends that petards should be added to them, in order to render them more danger ous, and that they should be thrown by means of a long•tube, in order to aug•ment their projectile force. Furttembach describes a kind of buckler, surmounted by a tube, for the purpose of throw ing hand-grenades and fusees. This author in forms us that the Moors, and other Mussulmans,' made great use of them in their sea , fights. lie adds, Ist, that the head of the rocket ought to be - shod with barbed iron : 2d, that sometimes the wrapper was coated with inflammable matter, in order to prevent the enemy from seizing and - throwing it back : and 3d, that iron and leaden balls were introduced into the petard, which, on its bursting, composed a destructiventitraille.— Towards time end of tile-seventeenth century, and during the eighteenth, fusees were disused in Europe, except for naval signals and feux de joie. But in Asia they were still continued to be em ployed in war. In different districts of this part of the world feux de joie have been long em. ployed as well as in China. The Jew, Ben , jamin de Tudela, who visited Persia about 1173, saw a grey:.. number of fireworks, called " suns," which are nothing but rotatory fusees. When the Portuguese, for the first time, landed at Melinda, in 1498, the Indians never ceased, during the night, firing off rockets and cannon, as a sign of rejoicing. The soldiers of Tippoo Saib threw a great number of rockets among the Bri tish besieging force at Seringapatam. Julienne de Bellair, who had previously witnessed their efficacy, uselessly attempted to cause their adoption in France towards 1791. Generals Lariboissiere, Marescot, Eble, and several other individuals of less note, were not more success. Cul. At length Sir William Congreve was more fortunate ; having succeeded, in 1805, in prevail ing upon the British Government to employ them. —(Asiatie Journal.) The Naval Court-martial recently held at Deptford, on Mr. GOBLE, the Purser, is the first instance of such tribunal assembling there. AMERICAN PAPERS. [Front the New York Papers.] COLO3I By the brig William Bayard, we have our file of Carthagena papers to the 14th July, and those: of Bogota to the 27th June: - They contain the official accounts of the battle of Vitiche, and the death of General OLANETA, by a wound received in that action.—Callaols in great straitfor..pro visions, in consequence of the closeness . of the siege and blockade; vhich is maintained with the greatest.zeal and-rigour.--BoLtvAtt had marched to Cusco, with the,view to establish and regulate the government of that Republic; air object which occupied the exclusive attention of the fa ther of Colombia.—Au American vessel, loaded with provisions and munitions of war, had been taken by the blockading squadron off Callao, while attempting to enter. GRAND CONGRESS or THE -FREE NATIONS OF AME. RlCA.—\l'e have the unspeakable satisFaction to announce the approachinglinion of the Congress, by just and sensible men. On the 17th of the present month, (June) the ship of war Con greso arrived, bringing S. S. Jose Maria del Panado, and Manual Vedaurre, Ministers Plenipotentiary of the republic of Peru.. The deputies of . the other nations will arrive soon, and this event will be hailed as an epoch of power, happiness, and glory to the. New World.—(Gazeta de Pasiarms.) Captain Adams, of the schooner Success, arrived in 23 days. from Carthagena informs, that there was a report in circulation though not generally believed, that Bolivar, from repeated af fectionate and friendly solicitations from the Peruvians to re main among them, had determined ti..gratify their desires, provided he could obtain permission from his Government, in which event General St. Ander would sucm..ed him in the Pre sidency, and General 31ontillo would probably be the Vice- President. The brave Admiral Padilla, who so nobly signalised himself at the capture of Maracaibo, it was rurnoured,.was about fitting out an expedition to aid the Mexicans in the capture of the castle of St. Juan de Ulloa. The squadron of the late Corn. Couriois, consisting of twa brigs and three schooners, have been purchased by the Government, and would he of the expedition. The cutter Leon had just arrived from England with 800,000 dollars for the Government, and another a short time previous with a million. These supplies were very acceptable, and were the cause of much joy and satisfaction to the Colombians.— Markets rather dull, excepting for some few articles of provi sions, and prosluce of the country was very scarce and high. A passenger in the Mary, at Charleston, from Porto Cabello, informs that the Colombian Government had dispatched Com modore Beluche, in the Ceres, to ascertain the intentions of a French fleet which had been seen off Martinique, supposed to be bound to St. Domingo. Don Carlos Maria de Alvear, late Minister Plenipotentiary to this Government from Buenos Ayres, has been appointed as the chief of a connnission to Peru, for defining limits and for other objects. It appears that the Bible Society recently established at Bo gota meets with opposition. The Constitution is published at length in the Constitucional. A writer in that paper says, that " the principles of the Colombian Bible Society are such as will satisfy every man of sense that the papers and pamphlets which have constantly attacked it, contain mere calumny." They set forth with a false position, to dis credit this beneficent establishMent. The prohibitions of the Church to translate the sacred books into the vulgar tongues, is the main point ofa little pamphlet, entitletiLaßallena(the whale.) The Padre Scio, and other respectable persons, have translated the Bible into the vulgar tongue, in the face of the Church, and with the approbation of the Apostolic See. The prohibitions originate from motives of economy and prudence, and are not absolute—and not in consequence of any matter which the book contains, for that is most holy and useful, as he has said in his preliminary discourse. " The zealous curate of Facatativa, with a great deal of au dacity, has declared the object of the Society to be to make war with the church, seducing and deceiving with an appei.:. ance of good,' as did Luther that violating the word of God, and accommodating it to his errors,. he makes it pass for doc trine founded on the scriptures. " The third * rule adopted by the Society is the best answer such a calumny. This apostle fears also the abuse which the faithful may make of the holy book. And what is there then that cannot be abused by man ? Let him prohibit the commu nion, because there are the sacrilegious. The Society will soon present a dissertation to vindicate its honour and satisfy the public." * This article declares, " that the Bibles issued by the So ' ciety shall be such as ale approved of by the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. The subscription for membership is one dollar for three months, and eight or twelve dollars for a year. Twenty dollars a year constitute a Director." FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Moniteur tf Tuesday, Aug. 30.) (Orricrist. Palm) " PARIS, AUG. 29. " TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH FROM BREST OF THE 29TH OF AUGUST, HALF-PAST THREE P.M. " The Commander of the Marine at Brest to his Excellency the Minister of the Marine. " The Ornee has entered the roads ; site left St. Domingo the 20th of July,. having on board three envoys from St. Do mingo. I expect the packets of M. de Markan, which I will send your excellency by express. " The Count de KERESPER r. (A true copy) " N. CHAPPE." (From L'Etoile, dated Wednesday, Aug. 31. PAitts, AUG. 30. The journals of this morning do not fail to repeat all that the Memorial Bordelais gave in its columns of the 18th. In vain we said to them the news we have published was four days later than those reports collected by the Memorial: they have eagerly filled their columns with them, even adding new -de tails. According to one the journey of M. de Martignac to Bor deaux has a political object; he has a mission to Spain, it is pretended. According to another, 30,000 men are assembled at Perpignan. Let us attend to another. The troops sent against Bessieres have joined him. According to another, the French army has just repassed the Bidassoa. The Courier Francais already tells us that the Ministry will reflect twice before the first act of hostility between our troops and the troops of Don Carlos. Certainly we desire only the. prosperity of Spain, but if the attempt of Bessieres, had any fatal consequences, instead of being only an act of madness without any result, we should have related the facts, because truth is our first duty. In a few days the public will be able to judge who wishes to deceive, all these journals, or we. The Qnotidirnne reasons, too, most admirably on the mari- I time law, and the trade of neutral powers, when speaking of a decree issued by the Congress of Peru, to declare any ship a good prize, whatever be its :tag, which having Spanish mer -.ltandise on board, shall be met by a Peruvian cruiser within four months after the promulgation of she decree. The Quo/Uterine appeals to treaties, mentions the principal that the flag covers the merchandise, and in the end insults the King's Government, which it accuses of indifference • to the honour of our flag, and the security of our commerce. - The Quotidienne should remember that Colombia had issued a similar decree, and that an attempt being made to apply it to the French ship Urania, a French frigate made our flag re spected. The Urania was restored to Captain Dupstey, .and nobody has forgotten his correspondence with Paez, .which was printed in all the journals. We shall not discuss the article in the Journal ,des Debats this morning, though it would be easy to refute it, but as it is written in the Language of Billingsgate, we have too much re spect for our retelers to reply to it. FRENCH Fuslns.—Pakis, /tug. 30.—Five per Cents. 102 f. 35c.—Three per Cents., 72f.—Rente de Naples (Certiffi cate Falconnet), 87f. 30c.—Rente d'Espagne, 17f.—Royal Spanish Loan, 1823, 464f.—Exchange , on London, one month, three months, 24r. 35c.—(fours Authentiquc.) (From the Journal des Debats.) `MADRID, Aug. 16.—A violent disturbance is said -to have taken place in Logrono, and which bad obliged a regiment from Valladolid to proceed towards that place. Although this event is very generally rumoured, yet it is prudent not to an nounce it positively as a fact.—lt is also Said that there has been a Lodge of Freemasons discovered at Grenada, and that more than forty of its members had been arrested. In a word, the most alarming symptoms of a civil war are everywhere breaking forth. The suppression, of the Military Commissions, besides the triumphs which it has appeared to give to the enemies of peace, to whom they were a terror, has produced one of those unfortunate results which was to be apprehended from that hasty measure ; namely, there are already seen bands of male factors, showing themselves round about the capital, with more audacity than ever ; for we are assured that, a short time since, they, with the greatest impudence, took away both arms and horses, as well from travellers as from • sportsmen. The evil will no doubt be increased, inasmuch as the ordinary course of justice inspires them with but little tear. There is a rumour that General Bessieres, and Chaperon, President of. the Lx- Military Commission, have been arrested.--(Echo du Midi of the 25th, Ministerial Journal of Toulouse.) AuGusT 18.—A monk of the Order of the Trinity has just been arrested. Among a quantity of important papers found at his house, the conteats of which will throw a great light on passing events, there was discovered a sum of about 50,000 francs in gold. A pistol was fired at the carriage of M. Zea Bermudes, on the 16th instant, while that gentleman was in it, but the servant alone received injury. TOLOSA, A LIG. 22.—We have this moment received letters from Arragon, which foretel that great disasters are going to take place there. The priests are very active, and are con tinually saying to the people, " Fear nothing—all will pass over peaceably." These gentlemen no longer conceal their object, but they everywhere proclaim Charles King of the Spaniards.—Several of our compatriots, who arrived this morn , ing from Bilbao, say, that the royalist volunteers are now en camped upon the heights of the city, with cooking utensils, drinking cans, and.every thing necessary for them. Yesterday they were to exercise before the Deputies of the province of General Etscheverria, and two other eminent personages who are not noticed by any particular mark of distinction. We are ignorant from whence the orders for these seeming parades emanate ; but this much is certain, that funds are arrived in order to defray the expellees attendant on them. The following news is-just arrived here from Madrid by an extraordinary courier :—" The infant Don Carlos had been put under arrest by the King.—The whole of Bessieres' family, his wife, and son, who is an officer of the sth light cavalry, and one of the loyalist chiefs, named Cuebillar, have been arrested. The troops that were sent against Bessieres have betrayed the cause of the King, and have joined those of the rebel chief._. We are expecting further particulars." BAYONNE, Au G. 23.—Commercial letters, which reached here this morning from different parts of the Peninsula, speak only of the stir making by the traitor Bessieres; the ramifica tions of the conspiracy appear to extend from the Pillars of Hercules to the town of lrati. Some letters and couriers ar rived from Madrid yesterday, and all that we can gather from them is, that the situation of King Ferdinand is so much the more critical by the troops which were sent against the rebels having made common cause with them. The general opi nion is, that we shall receive here in a day or two a telegraphic dispatch to raise the camp, and send the troops which have assembled there to Spain. They seem to expect this so much, that in less than an hour every thing would be ready fur their departure.—(llicrnorial Bordelais Aug. 26.) COMBINATION. (From the Dublin Freeman's Journal.) JUDGMENT pronounced tin the Four 31en who were convicted at the last Commission, for the Assault on Mr. BUTTER- WORTH. Patrick llinchey, Timothy Maher, James Walsh, and Thomas Cullen, were brought up for judgment at the Com mission Court on Monday. They had been convicted, on an indictment, for wilfully and maliciously assaulting James But terworth, and for cutting, stabbing, and wounding him, with intent to disable him. The prisoners having been placed at the bar, they were ad dressed in en impressive manner by Judge VANDELEU It, who told them that they had been seve rally convicted, after a long and patient investigation of their case. Counsel on their behalf had moved for an arrest of the judgment of the Court on two points ; the first was that the in dictment under which they had been found guilty, introduced the word 44 wound . ;" and the second point was, that the Jury having acquitted them of the intent to murder, and the intent to maim, that the intent to disable could not be supported in point of law. The Judges who tried the case, one of whom he (Judge Vandeleur) was, reserved the two points for the de cision of the twelve Judges. On full consideration of those two points, the Judges were unanimously of opinion, that neither of the two points so made by their (the prisoners) Counsel were tenable in law. In their opinion the word " wound" was referable to " stab" and " cut ;" and although the Jury acquitted of the intent to maim, they were justified in convicting of the intent to disable. The Judges having agreed on those two points, it now only rested with the Court to pass judgment. llis Lo Rpm'? then directed that sentence of death should be recorded against the prisoners. Lorti NORDIJ Rl' observed, that by the Court recording the judgment, Mr. Hamilton would understand the clemency of the law. The meaning of this, our readers are aware, is, that the lives .of these unfortunate men - are spared. NVe have heard that an order was made out for their imme diate removal to the hulks, previous to their transportation. Mr. TELroun has been lately engaged in making a survey of the road from Salisbury to Shaftesbury, Sherborne, Yeovil, Crewkerne, Chard, and Iloniton, for the purpose of pointing out those improvement which are necessary to make this the best, as it is undoubtedly the nearest, line of road from London to Exeter. It is stated, that the road may be so improved as to save at least one' hour in the conveyance of the Mail from London to the West of England ; and if so, it must be an object of great consideration to the public. The trustees of the different turn pikes are entitled to the thanks of those for whose interests they are appointed guardians, for the liberal and public-spirited manner in which they have taken up the subject; and we have no doubt that difficulties in this, as they do in most other cases, will yield to energy and perse verance.—(Taunton Courier.) Sunday the Ranters held a camp meeting in a large field on Mendip, near the Beacon hill, which was attended by a large concourse of peo ple from the neighbouring villages. The services, which consisted of preaching, singing, and prayer, performed by men and women alternately, lasted from ten o'clock in the morning till seven in the evening. DESPERATE OUTRAGE.—Last evening, between 6 to 7 o'clock, ‘VEBSTEIt, the jailor of the Mary le-bone Police Office, was attacked and nearly murdered in Tottenham-court-road ; he had de posited several prisoners in Clerkenwell prison, and was returning towards the office, and when at the end of Tottenham-street, a tall, power ful looking man came up to him, and saying, " Sir, is your name Webster ? Don't you be long to the Police ?" Webster answered in the affirmative. The stranger then looked round, and coming close up to the officer, said, " I have followed you some distance, knowing you to be the same." Webster, rather surpris ed, looked in the man's face, and instantly re cognized him to be a desperate smuggler, nam ed Adkin, whom he had four years since apprehended on the coast for smuggling, and an attack upon some of the Revenue Officers, for which the fellow was sentenced to imprisonment. The moment he found himself recognised, the ruffian said,—" II will be revenged, you d—d informini , rascal," and seizing Webster by the throat, dashed him to the earth. Webster, as soon as he could, got upon his feet, and grasped the fellow's collar, calling out to several persons who had assembled to assist him in the King's name. But the ruf fian swore in the most horrible manner he would kill any body who interfered, and again dashed the unfortunate Webster to the earth, and beat him in a dreadful manner, leaving him on the ground almost lifeless,—and strange to say, although above 100 persons were a ssembled, not one interfered, or in any way attempted to secure the cowardly miscreant. Webster was removed into .a shop by two gentlemen who came up, named Ellsworth and Thiseleton, and Isis wounds being dressed be recovered his accompanied a se b n o s v e e s, na a m nd edai)ivare g entlemen. above before Mr. Gturrmr, who has directed the most 'active pursuit. i last by night tti twoat THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1825. We have just received the Etoile of Thursday express from Paris, which contains some intelli gence from Greece. This news is as favourable to the Turkish forces as that we have given below is to the cause of the Greeks. The negociation said to be going on between COLOCOTRONI and IBRA. Itim appears not improbable, when we connect it with the circumstance that couriers are constantly passing between Constantinople and Vienna and St. Petersburgh. It is difficult, however, to conjecture upon what grounds any treaty between the Grecian and Turkish Generals can be formed, for we must presume that separation from the Ottoman Empire is, or ought to be, the leading feature of any negociation between them. It is not to be supposed the Turk will submit to this. AUGSBURG, AUG. 27.—The Journals of Rome have pub lished letters from Alexandria, 11th June, stating, that an army of 30,000 men, which Gen. foyer is organizing on the European principle, is actually assembled in the environs of Cairo : it is said that 6,000 will be immediately embarked for the Morea. The same Journal states, by letters from Corfu, 26th July, that accounts have been received from Zante, an nouncing that the negotiations which were begun near Tripolitza between Colocotroni and Ibrahim Pacha still continued. In the Island of Candia they expect twelve thousand Egyptians to reinforce Ibrahim Pacha. Joseph Pacha, who commands at Patras, arrived with 6,000 men in the plains of Corinth, to open a communication with the Egyptians. TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH FROM BREST, AUG.3O. The three Envoys from St. Domingo have no other Mission than to treat fir the Loan which is to be made in France to pay the Ordinance. TELEGRAPHIC DISPATCH FROM BAYONNE, AUG. 30. They continue to pursue Bessieres, who has retreated to the mountains, in the province of Cuenca. All is perfectly quiet at Madrid, and in the provinces. FRENCH FuNns.—Rentcs for money, 1021.—End of the month, 'lo2f.—Three per Cents., 711.—After 'Change, 701. We have great pleasure in stating, that Letters have been received in town from Corfu of the 4th of August, from a highly respectable and well known person of that place, confirming as official the news already received through various other channels, respecting the lauding of the Greek Islanders in the IVlorea. They likewise confirm the retreat of funAmu I'ACIIA from the neigh bourlwod of Napoli di Romania towards Tripo lizza, in consequence of the opposition he met with from Prince IPSILANTI. The same Letters state, that the Greek fleet is very active. It con sists of sixty-five vessels, well armed awy eQuipped, and there is no doubt that it will soon disperse the blockading fleets of the enemy. As to Missolonghi, it not only is in the possession of the Greeks, but is even far from being in dan ger of surrendering ; having received a supply of provisions. This intelligence may be relied upon as official. The French Papers of Tuesday do not contain much news from Spain. The only intelligence they have upon the subject is in the Journal des Debuts, and was copied from time Bourdeaux and Toulouse Papers. This extract will be found in another plac e , t oget h er w i t h some strictures from the Etoil e on th e news published by the other journals f rom Spain. The Journal des.Debats contains a most violent article against the Minister, whom it asserts is ex tremely unpopular throughout France. The sar pression of a Farce called Les Deux Journeestis in this Paper attributed to the circumstance t hat the words quand cessera-t-il de faire de malhe uf de la France ! are always received with loud ar plause, as applicable to Mons. de VILLELE. T he article concludes with summing up the reasons for this unpopularity, and from these it w ould certainly appear, that the great offence the Mini ster has committed is against the self-love of th e Editor of the Debuts, because he thinks t he policy of the French Cabinet has placed France behind_England, instead of putting her at the head of civilized nations. By the Dutch Mail which reached tow n this morning we have received the Dutch and Frankfort Papers to the 26th of Augu st ''' . These papers contain two letters from St. Pet ers ' burgh and Vienna, both referring to t he passage of Couriers between those cari t°ls and Constantinople, but give us no insig h t ' into the subject matter of their dispatchea' The journey from Vienna to Constantinirlei. occupies, it seems, twelve or thirteen hours: thus affords ample opportunity to the Austrian Ca; billet to treat with the Divan. We cannot in t imagine these negociations must relate t ° the transactions in the Morea,and it is not imP ussibie that the communications said to be passing be tween the hostile armies assembled in the I%l°r°' ns ' may be conducted under advice from, Co tantinople. We subjoin the letters above re fer.. red to : AV 6. 6 ' • PETER:MUM-IH, ablic The Government still continues to withhold front the l c i c y at all information respecting the negociations of l‘linzi a he vs- Constantinople. This silence respecting the result of I ,rairts rious notes which it is well known the Russian Charge!' x,f the' has presented to the Reis Effendi, and the prolongatio n t edif campmp of our troops on the Pruth, sufficiently prove t a nti' ferences between Russia and the Porte are far from being„io cably settled. Accordingly, the departure of the Mall' The Ribeaupierre for Constantinople is indefinitely deferred. id, is bad faith of the Ottoman Government, it is IIOW Sa p/ pC 6 too well known for the Christian Powers to been any result from all the negociations which hav e t oe set on foot with that barbarous Government, and het fellow Christians, the unhappy Greeks, have been sa c to it. Aire} 2° ' VIENNA, v erl u The negociations with Constantinople are at Pr eac i r lc); a te active; matters of importance are under discussion, wa l l . 0 however covered with an impenetrable veil. As the 1 05 , c from now in very good condition, the couriers generally wive.' c r Vienna to Constantinople in twelve or thirteen hours. t dis• traordinary courier has arrived from Constantinople fell but patches from the Austriaa Internuncio, Otteofe' 4 .,', the Austrian Chancery has not thought fit to make lco ° " - intelligence received. AMSTERDAM, Atm. 20.—Exchance on London , Two Months, 39. 4. A ~go9 t " The New York Papers to the 9th o f "` h p 1 '- have arrived, and extracts from them 1 ou r found in another column. To these we refe r a Readers for informatiou which will not be (lee fro m uninteresting. A Letter, dated July 19' llsPer the Havanna!), contained in a Baltimore of of the 4th August, says, that " in conserve-1001e letters received by the Captain General, 11 hC brig Philadelphia, which arrived this morning' the All called a junta of General Officers, and t at any troops were ordered to be ready to ac ` t point ; many of the natives show great Sy The of fear, but I apprehend without d an g er' o f troops will, I believe, take up their line march to-morrow evening." Pt' We observe by the New Orl eans re' pees, that intelligence has been recently e 0 ceived in that city,confirming 0 4 the t r A published some time ago respecting an d between Spain and France, by which Co " Porto Rico were to be occupied I latt er ' , by t le #, that It would seem, according nue-, to some acco f 0 9 the business is to be managed in such a w it iti • t ed not to give umbrage to Great Britain, th e vn : for States, or the South American Repahlics'ad, although Governor VIVES is to be per cil ~ e° and a successor appointed entirely nod e ' f it th e o influence, the Spanish flag is still wave '-' f to era ti of Castle. It is supposed that the concen'•-t ~,, ff St ' the large French fleet, which was lately ° t all ey ' Domingo, has some reference to this arraag- the I t hi It now appears by information broug -1 g o c• 0 Rinaldo from Jamaica that the French h let- t vp are tually taken possession of the Island• N ' - to P; the stateto aware how the permitting the Spanish f ing o ote from the Castle will they remove the .09tvoitea hension which Great Britain and th e di orf States, must entertain upon this e.stra°r proceeding of the French Government' ----......-------- hicii;°' The Rinaldo Packet, Lieut.M o orar w j at ua• c" rived at Falmouth Orr Monday' f ret° P 055C1 brings a report that Cuba had been tae% o al o sion of by the French, who have a l . ar t g e - 511 1 ' force in the W es t Indies. ni s MaJe s l;ie ti :l Thracian had been dispatched to C u . t ' 9 o d so le ! . detai n.. was v gr o particulars, and the Rinaldo w as left.—(Pl.ymouth Journal, hours to bring dispatches ; the rora oo , r „ fli tid generally believed at Jamaica when t ''" the °I) ; VIENNA, AUG, 20 —TheirllViajeStY'S JO il rilid' f r om peror and Empress will arrive after tur n ; a the Palace of Luxemburg, on their re : ,h a rr ' f ' e al Italy. His Highness Prince Mettero- joiverlo last night from Echel. We ex act l' S will l' t / i e Highness, the Archduke Palatine v 4l . ri g one to some time here previously to the oPen i re g oo e et , Se )1. 1.) Diet at Presburg. Several regitne"" n a f tile 9‘ that city to do duty during the sitting - PRICE OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. • ' 8634-$ 3A per Cent. 94 t 1 Ditto Red. shut 4 per Cent. New 100 •I 100:a Bank Long Ann. 21A 5-16ths India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock 961 0 A y AT ONE O'CLOCK. I 014. Annuities I New Ditto ,Bai. Bilis - 10.00/. 1 ~ ,,; ( 1. 2pm. 2dis. Ditto ...500f; 141 2 pm. 2 dis. Ditto Small Ifd. '2 pm. 2 dis. Ditto Adv6rlised Bank for Act. India for Acct. Cons. for Opening 861 7 63 I PRICES .OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bds, 5 percent Brazilian Bds NDS AT ONE O'CLOCK Neapolitan Scrip Peruvian Bonds 67 66 Do. Scrip l2 dis. Guatimala Portuguese Bonds 79 Prussian, 5 per cent. Ditto New Ittissian,New,sp.ct. 89ex div. 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Guernsey and Jersey - 0 1 Gottenhurgh - - 0 1 France - - - 1 - 0 Rolland - - - 1 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning, 6 minutes after 5. f Evening, 25 minutes after 5.