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GREECE. (FROM OUR 'PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT.) 'SLANT) bir EGINA, JUNE 7.-1 agret to inform you of an event, which I tear will be the Forerunner of more serious misfortunes, namely, " the surrender of the Acropolis of AtbeAs to the Seraskier, after a siege of about eleven months. The defeat experienced by the the morning of the 6th ult.,. had excited a spirit of fear among the soldiery, who could, with diffi culty, be kept. to their posts on the Phalerum ; and, at last, Gevteral Church, after having, with surprising ratience, combatted, for twentyobe clays, t l l9.'lr determination to quit it, round him self 'under the necessity 'of acceding to their wirl, and, consequently, on the 27th, the troops °were embarked me landed next day at Salamis. I enclose you the report made to the Govern ment relative to the embarkation. The General then roeeeded to Egina, having chosen that island for his head quarters, on account of its vicinity to. Athens,:to Poros.(the seat of Govern ment), and to the Isthmus of Corinth. Previously to this step being taken, the 'garri son in the fortress of Athens had rejected most advantageous terms offered by the Seraskier through, the medium of the French Captain Le. Mane, who had been solicited by Lord Cochrane to interfere in their behalf, and General Church had authorised the garrison to cordoent to the terms proposed, as he considered them too fa vourable to be rejected, having b ee n i n f orme d by repeated cornultn ucations which they had made him, that they could not resist above a few dal; longer,- as they were in want of almost e.'rery requisite. The documents which 1 sent you in a former letter, stating the absolute de termination of the fortress to hold out to the last extremity, and refusing all terms whatsoever, filled every body with surprise, and convinced the General of what he learnt subsequently, namely, that the accounts he had,. previously re ceived as to the quantity of provisions, h a d b een totally false. The disorders ,Which existed among the soldiery, accustomed on experiencing a defeat immediately to abandon their p os t s , an d the dis con t en t which reigned between them and their Chiefs, made him most anxious for a reorganization of the troops, which would enable him to cut off the provisions of the enemy. and, perhaps, thereby occasion his retreat from Attica. He agreed, therefore, with Captain Leblanc, that a French brig of war should be stationed either at Egina or in the Gulf of Silamis, to convey such communications as cir comstances might render it advisable for him to make, in the event of his finding it impossible to relieve the garrison. About this time Captain RoeiaTilla, a Piedmontese officer, and aid-de camp to Colonel Fabvier, came out of the fortress and confirmed the intelligence that there were corn,. barley, water, and wood for some months, and a courier was despatched to the garrison informing theni, that the evacuation of the Phalerum was only a preliminary step to further efforts to relieve them. Measures were' also taken for occupying the defiles between Megara and the Isthmus of Corinth, andthe only key from Rumelia into the Peloponessus. On the 29th of May, the General arrived with his suite at Egina, and immediately commenced calling those officers to his head-quarters, on whose zeal he had reason to depend, and having dispatched to the army of the Peloponessus Ge nerale John. Colcotronis and Nikitas, he pro ceeded with.the formation of the new army, con sidering as certain the firm resistance of the gar rison in the Acropolis of Athens, and knowing that the Seraskier would not commence any new operation until that fortress was reduced. To his great astonishment, on the 4th of June, late at night, he received a letter from the French Commander on the station, Vice-Admiral de Rigny, forwarded to him from Salamis, acquaint ing him that negociations were nearly concluded for the capitulation of the fortress, and de siring that boats might be sent to receive the garrison. That a measure so important as this should have been undertaken by a foreign officer, with out any communication whatever with the Com mander-in-Chief, must necessarily excite the greatest astonishment, and more especially as an agreement had been made with Captain Leblanc, that his assistance would, if required, be solicited; and as a brig had been left for that express pur pose, the Admiral cannot plead ignorance of what had previously taken place. General Church immediately replied, express ing his surprise at the transaction, and stating, that as he had well-founded hopes of distressing the enemy, he bad no intention of soliciting any foreign interference whatever ; but this answer had not been waited for; the negotiations were concluded, and the garrison having quitted the fortress, it was given up to the Seraskier. An affair, in my opinion, more infamous, could not have been perpetrated. JUNE o.—From the different chiefs who have arrived here from the Acropolis of Athens, de tails have been obt*ined of the transactions con nected with the surrender, of which I inclose you a translated copy, together with several of the letters referred to in the expose. I shall leave you to make your own remarks on the whole af fair. • To me it is apparent that Monsieur de Rigny has only pursued that policy which always actuates the French, namely opposition to the English, at all risks. What confidence can be placed in the report, that the Vice-Admiral is to obtain asThis reward such of the antiquities as can be I know not, nor will I pr e t en d to tercel' away, judge, how far Colonel Fabvier himself is im plicated in the treachery—for it cannot be called by a milder name, considering the quantity o f provisions still in the fortress, and the possibility of the garrison holding out for at least four months longer. The popular feeling is greatly against Fabvier; and had he not been rescued from the hands of the mob, in a visit he made yesterday to Poros, he would have fallen a vic tim to its irritation. He has been placed under arrest ; but he will certainly be immediately libe rated. He has a party in his favour, and even were all that is said against him true, the Go vernment has no force to be able to bring him to a trial. According to the best accounts which I have received, there was in the fortress at the tim e of its evacuation, :ample provision for four months longer. The consequences of the surrender of Athens will, n o doubt , be most disastrous ; tie immense army of the Seraskier is at liberty to pursue other moven,. ems ; and the road is open to any operations he may wish to undertake either in Rurnelia or the Peloponnessus. However, time will develops 1, what is yet to overwhelm Greece— ' sec no to Greece, no hope. I i epeat, that it assistance is to be given the mo re spee dil y i t come the better: for, most assuredly, un l ess E ngland take part with her, and that at an early period, the close of the Revolution cannot, at the pre tit day, be considered as very remote. STATEMENT Respecting the, , Surrender of the Acropolis tit Athens, draw n up by the Representative or the Chiefs of the Garrison, Captain Stelioi, the Ceprialonlete, and Con firmed by the verbal jesttniony of 'Alf, *ivico lia'Ve Cain's from the Aerobolia this day, 28th May; 1 . 627. After the departure of the Greek troops from the Phalerum, while the Chiefs in the Acropolis endeavoured to quiet their soldiers by pap* them, and had thereby iiiditted 016'1 eetiseht to stay three months 10 - nder in the fortress, one day . last Week the Captain of the Austrian brig anchored at Keratsini, presented himself, and asked the besieged what they wanted, as they had hoisted the white flag on the fortress: 'the Chiefs were astonished at this, as they knew no thing of such a fiag having been hoisted; and they,, therefore, answered that such h thing had trot taken orb, unit that it , ,zy wanted nothing. Some 61 - eeics-were on 'the point of firing upon him. The Austrian continued to say, that it wss the most favourable opportunity for them to come to an agreement with the besieger, hi order that they might come out with security of their lives-, and with those advantages which they might, at a later period, in vain expect. This speech of the' Austrian excited a disturbance among the more evil-disposed persons iii the fortress, and they began again to hold councils ampng themselves as to what was to be done.— Then also, Colonel Fabvier, who had constantly persevered in exciting a sentiment of despair among the besieged, and who was continually urging them to terminate their sufferings an hour earlier, proclaimed loudly against those patriots, who endeavoured by all possible means, to prevent the surrender of the fortress. He recommended the proffered capitulation to their attention, and assured all that they would be certain of safety ; and, at last, having become the leader of the discontented, he prevented, in the most absolute manner, the patriotic party from refusing the proposal of the Austrian, as they had formerly that of Captain Leblanc.— When the other Chiefs saw that it was of iio avail to resist, but, on the contrary, that a 'com motion would take place if they opposed him any longer, being obliged thereto; and thinking at least to gain time, they consented that a reply should be given to the Austrian, that the.) , wished that Commanders 'of the three Powers +should be . present—namely, England, France, and Austria, and that the capitulation should take place under guarantee of all.. This reply was given to the Austrian in writing. When he had received it, he did not desist from his proposal, saying that it was difficult for vessels of the three nations to come together speedily, and that the circumstance would not admit of de lay. Two days after this, Vice-Admiral de Rigny, appeared. He no sooner arrived, than he wrote to the garrison to excite them to conclude the negociations speedily. He remained a day and a night in the Turkish Camp, waiting for the answer of the garrison-; and on this being delayed, he wrote the next day an ultimatum, saying, that be regretted to state that he was on the point of departing, but that he told them be forehand that their self-love would reduce them to seek for safety at a time ,when they would not find it. The persons sent by Monsieur de Rigny assured the garrrison, verbally, that the Greek armies were dissolved, and that nothing was to be expected from them ; that Lord Cochrane had quitted Greece ; and, lastly, that the affairs of Greece were in the most distressing condition. Then the soldiery came to a decision, and elected Fabvier their Plenipotentiary and Chief, to conclude the negociatkm with the enemy. They opposed the other Chiefs vehemently, and threat ened that i ifthey did not discontinue their resistance they would either give them tip to the Turks' or kill them. Fabvier himself gave vent to many threats against those Chiefs, calling those patriots igno rant, perverse, and traitors, because they resisted the giving up of their country, and Fabvier be came sole Commander in the fortress, with his Major, Pisa, and his Aide-de-Camp, Kyriakides. He was also supported and assisted in every thing by the heads of the discontented party—Man dalos, Kotziannos, Stamelos, Chondros, Nikos, Galaxidiotis, and others. Those troops who appeared most innocent, and the least to take part with him, were the Athenians and the lonians. The conditions were stipulated, after some trifling discussions ; and, in the meantime, the mediators went and returned incessantly to and from the Acropolis. The article which they insisted upon most was, that the Athenian sol diers should remain and live in their city, giving up their arms ; but since the Athenians opposed ,this decidedly, the enemy at last consented, and was satisfied that all those families should remain which belonged to Athens ; and in pursuance of this condition, some men, women, widows, and children, were forced to remain with the Turks. Altogether there were fifteen in num ber. On the 23d instant (0.5.) the French and Austrian vessels, which were anchored off Ke ratsini, came to Tripyngi (Munychia), and the conditions being terminated, they obliged the garrison to come out, and to embark in them. Then the persons sent by Monsieur de Rigny said, that their countrymen cared so little aboin them, that, although he had written to request them to send the boata necessary to receive their distressed brethren, they remained indifferent ; and that Monsieur de Rigny was, therefore, obliged to come with his vessels of war to trans port them. On the morning of the 24th, when the garri son had given up to the Surgeon, Hassan-Aga, all the Turks who were in the fortress, accord ing to the agreement, and delivered to a sepa parate Commission those Athenians who were to remain, they received seventy-five horses from the Seraskier, to transport the sick, and to carry off as much of their effects as they could take away with them. They came out with their arms and the other honours of war, having in their centre seven Beys of consequence, as host ages, and accompanied by Monsieut de Rigny himself, with some of his officers. They were embarked on board the vessels of war, and after wards landed at Salamis. Those who are against Fabvier affirm, that the previous mission of C a pt a i n R occav ill a had prin cipally for its object to consult with the vessels of war which were at Keratyini, and to induce them to effect, by every possible means, the ca pitulation of the Acropolis ; and that Monsieur Leblanc immediately despatch e d a vesse l for Monsieur de Rigny. Kyriakides said in the fortress that Fabvicr had given secret signals to Roccavilla. Of those Athenians who remained, i n o rder to live in Athens, the Turks afterwards killed three, as a sacrifice (corban), according to their custom. This an eye-witness related, who came afterwards from Athens to Salamis. The Colonel of the Philhellenes, Pisa, Mr. Scarpas, and others of the Philhellenes, affirm the same things against Fahvier as the others do. The following is the official correspondence referred to in the preceding letters and state. iu ht e--~ TRANSLATION Ok A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE GENERA L. IN-CHIEF AND THE CREEL LEADERS, BY THE FRENCH VICE-ADIVIIRAL DE AIGNY. " Gentlemen — Tir of MIT), !JAI jUlt requested to be allowed to capitulate ; it has solicited my intervention to obtain the best. conditiops possible. I has endeavoured to 1141 this 'Sad sake of hinnaniti, "It !srossible that this affair 'will be quickly terminated, and it is therefore very necessary for Greek boats to' come to Cape Colias, to embark the ,troops. I beg you to send them, and to forward the inclosed letter to Poros. " I have the honour to salute you, (Signed) " The Vice-Admiral, H. DE RIGNY." (Presse) Directed Messieurs Lc G6n6ral et Chefs Grecs; Commandant leg troupes Gravities is Egine. Egina, sth June, 1827. Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter without date, addressed as follows:—` (Presao Messieurs Le Gengral et Chefs Grecs, Commandant les troupes Grecques a Egine,' which the commanding officer in the island of Salamis has just forwarded; as it was marked pres4,' I opened it, although I did not conceive it to be meant for rue, as letters, which relate to the service of the troops under my orders, have hitherto been ad , dressed to ma exclusively. I shall, however, in this instance, name a Commission of General Officers, to whom I will send your letters, in order that they may enter with you into its details, and place themselves in communication tvith you, Sir ; such being, as I conceive, your desire. " I beg to observe, that previous to the departure of Captain Leblanc, commanding his Most Catholic Majesty's frigate La Junon, to whom I am happy to acknowledge my obligations, and with whom I had concertati such measures as the cantle of humanity might eventually re quire, it was stipulated between that officer and myself, that a brig of war of his Most Catholic Majesty should remain here, or in the bay of Salamis, for the purpose of convey ing to him any communication I might wish to make rela tive to the garrison of the Acropolis of Athens, and he politely promised to return here for the purpose of treating with the Seraskier, on my intimating to him that I had no longer any hope of making a successful effort for the relief of that fortress. " Judge then, Sir, of my surprise on reading your letter, stating that a capitulation was nearly terminated for the Acropolis, through your intervention, without my knowing one word about the matter ; and, as I have not cornmbni cated to Captain Leblanc that I had given up hopes of ope rating so as to relieve the garrison, (conceiving my self at this moment, with my army reinforced, and nearly re-organised, in a better state for endeavour ing to relieve the garrison than even when I was in the position of the Phalerum,) I confess that, for the present, I had no intention of requesting any foreign interference whatever, persuaded that the measures I have in contemplation may distress the enemy, or perhaps oblige him to draw off his forces from Attica altogether. I have no doubt that the Captain of the brig of war in question, who had the politeness personally to place himself in com munication with me, will confirm what I have the honour to state in this letter, and, consequently, by the arrange ment I made with him, all former negotiations were an nulled. I am, Sir, as anxious as any friend of humanity can be to save the brave garrison and the inhabitants of the Acropolis, and it was from this sentiment that, after his Excellency Admiral Lord Cochrane had written to Captain Leblanc to interfere in their behalf, and when Captain Leblanc did me the favour to chew me Lord Coch rane's letter, that I gave my consent to the garrison's capi tulating. _ _ _ " Subsequent information as to the state of the provi sions in the Acropolis, and the measures which I was daily bringing forward in order to relieve it, made me view this affair in a very different light. I saw that we had received several false statements as to the quantity of corn and water in the citadel ; .and having at last obtained a proces verbal of the real state of the case, I made my own conclusions, and evidently perceived that it was my positive duty, as Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of Greece, to delay as long - as possible the surrender of the fortress; and upon this principle I have acted, having neither written to Capt. Leblanc, nor to any of the Commanders of the different Christian squadrons in these seas, to request their inter ference to obtain a capitulation for the Acropolis of Athens. On the contrary, knowing how the enemy is pressed for provisions, I am persuaded that the measures concerted he - tureen Lord Cochrane and myself may, ere long, materially ameliorate the position of the armies under my ur3e.g, and, consequently, that of the garrison of the Acropolis. " I have the honour to he, Sir, " Your obedient humble servant, " R. CHURCH, • " Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces of Greece. " To Vice-Admiral de Rigny, &c. &c. &c." g‘ Salamis, June 2. " Gentlemen—The brave garrison of the Acropolis being without hope of relief, since the Greeks have abandoned the position of the Phalerum, has testified a desire to renew the treaty for capitulation through the medium of Captain Cornero, Commander of his Imperial Majesty's brig Veneto, who was at that time alone at Salamis, and has further re quested that officer to give information to some French or English Commander, that he may co-operate in forward ing this act of humanity. " I arrived here yesterday, and received this communi cation from the Austrian Commander, and 1 shall exert myself, according to the desire of the garrison, to obtain the best and most honourable terms for it, to which its perseverance entitles it. "You will bear in mind, Gentlemen, that the result of the capitulation of the Turks in the Monastery has made, it a delicate matter to enter into a treaty for the Acropolis ; and, on the other band, that the evacuation of Attica renders this very necessary. In acquainting you with this, both in 'in my own name, and in that of Captain Cornero, I must express a wish, that a vessel of his Bri tannic Majesty's had been here, in order to felfil the desire of the garrison, that officers of two neutral Powers at least, should, if possible, co-operate in concluding the ar rangement. " I inclose a pressing letter for the Commander of some English vessel of war, which may either be, or may arrive, at Poros or Egina..--I have the hononr to be, Gentlemen, '• Your very humble servant, " H. DE RIGNY. To the Members of the Provisory Government of Greece, at Poros." (Letter without date, but received Ist June, N. S.) FROM VICE-ADMIRAL DE RIGHT TO THE GARRISON OF THE ACRO?OLIS. " Gentlemen—l have just received intelligence of a let ter, written in the name of the Chiefs of the Acropolis, in which you request the mediation of a French Com mander. " Being accidentally here, I will endeavour to effect an arrangement with his Excellency the Seraskier, which will suit both parties.—l have the honour to salute you, " The Vice-Admiral H. DE RIGNY. " There is no English vessel of war here. " To the Chiefs of the Acropolis." FROU THE SANE TO THE BAIIE. " From the Camp of the Seraskier, May 21 (June 2), 1827. " Gentlemen,—Hie Excellency Redachid Pacha, baying received intelligence of the communication made to me by the Chiefs of the Acropolis, concerning the surren d er o f the of fortress crn sisoofAertoh, Commander of the ens n ,andre e specting niy medi a ti on an d that brig of his Royal and Imperial Majesty, accepts the conditions mentioned in the following articles, which he has concluded with me, and which I inclose for your perusal. " I have done all that depended on me to obtain per mission for the whole of the garrison to come out with their arms ; but ithe Pacha will by no means consent to this ; and further, the Athenians are nut admitted into the conditions to go out with full liberty. All that I could ob tain was, that which is mentioned in the third article. However I think 1 have gained all that I could reasonably expect, as circumstances are changed by the evacuation of the Phalerum, and I cannot avoid begging the chiefs to observe that the conditions are now better than the first. " I should regret greatly if the conditions did not please you, as I am, at the same time, convinced that it will be impossible for me to obtain any more favourable. " As coon as the chiefs will have signed the inclosed copy, to thew that they accept the conditions, the Sera.s ki!r will send them the same in Turkish, signed and sealed with his seal, and I will remain present until the entire conclusion, to guarantee them as far as possible. " The Vice-Admiral H. DE RIGNY." FROM THE GARRISON TO ♦DMIRAL DE RIGNT. (Without date, but of the 2d June.) " Admiral —The Garrison of the Acropolis thanks you for the pains you have taken in their behalf. " Not having the time necessary to answer yours at length, this evening, they will do so to-morrow. " The Garrison, however, take the liberty to request the Admiral to notice, if possible, to some English Commander. They have the honour to present their respects to the Ad miral, and request him to send some person to-morrow to receive the proposals. " THE GARRISON IN THE ACROPOLIS." ilicqg THE SAME to THE SAME. gatrisOn in,, the Acropolis of Athens eiceitreS, ag you remark, that the conditions Which you have presented for the Capittilatied, arc mdre adVentageons than those presented by Mr. Leblanc, not*ithstarlding that the circumstances are not the same, and it thereby learns the teai y6I I show in its behalf, and thanks you most sin cerely for it. Out condition, however, Admiral, presents an obstacle which cannot be overcome, We cannot separate our for.; tune from that of the Athenians. We shooldi by doing so, be wanting in the duty of humanity and honour. It the Athenians, after having obtained their liberty, wish to return and to avail themselves of the advantages proffered them, they are of course free to do so, and the object will be better obtained in this manner., But that we should leave them behind against their will, is impossible. " With respect to our arms, which are required from ue, we, Admiral, will not give them up. All us, Cap tains, soldiers, garrison, and inhabitants, will undergo the same fortune; end, perhaps it will be more advisable for the garrison to go forth with their arms, in order that no accident may occur, against the will of the Seraskier, pre judicial to his honour. " We request that there may be given us, as hostages together with the three Turkish officers, the \relict) Giamjas, the Liuli aga Chaparis, and Mustapha aga Ghegas Scun gerinis. " We also request, as we told you yesterday, that the positions through which we are to pass may be evacuated. " THE CHIEFS OF THE FORTRESS. " From the Acropolis of Athens, 22d May, (3d June,) 1827." FROM TAE VICE-ADMIRAL TO THE GARRISON• "From the Camp of the Paella, June 3, 1827. " Gentlemen,—ln compliance with your letter of yes terday, and the expressions of confidence which you ad dressed to me in concluding it, I have employed my best efforts to obtain more favourable conditions for you. " I obtained from the Pacha successively, that the chiefs should all go out with their arms, and that five, ten, or fifteen men should go out armed with each of them. ' " On receiving your letter this morning, I made fresh exertions ; the Pacha grants the hostages you mention, but he will not, and he says he cannot, let all the garrison re tain their arms; he prefers waiting the chance of what time may effect. "I quit the Camp, without hope of changing his deter mination, and regretting that I have not been able to serve you in a transaction, which, as far as regards myself, might he a very delicate one. " Fear, I think it my duty to say to you in conclusion, lest a too great consideration of self-love prevent you from obtaining any conditions. "i have the honour to salute you, "The Vice-Admiral, " H. DE RIGNY." "Here follow the terms of capitulation proposed through Capt. Leblanc, and spiritedly rejected by the Greek Chiefs, and those afterwards introduced by Admiral de Rigny, and accepted through the interference of Colonel Fabrier.— Both, these documents appeared some months ago in our Paper. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. " Prom the Moniteur of 'Wednesday, Aug. 22.) ARIS, AUG. 20.—Letters from Madrid an nounce that M. Recacho, chief of the police in that capital, has just been dismissed from his office, and banished to Oviedo. (From the Gazette de France, dated August 23.) "• PERPIGNAN, AUG. 16.—A pretty numerous band having shown itself in Castellon (in Spanish Lampourdan), some of the authorities of that town have sent their registers and their effects to Pertuis, the first French post. " These assemblages are far from dissolving them selves; and if we except the requisitions of money, arms, and flocks, there is some order in their conduct. " They have occupied the towns of Campredon, Olot, and Rippoll; and the presence of only 14 men in the first of these places, where they have not been molested, gives room to suppose that these bands are feared, or perhaps approved, by a part of the people. " At Olot some Royalist volunteers, on the ap proach of Jep des Etangs, retired into a hermitage, whence it appears that they have come down to con fer with some men belonging to that baud. It is aflirinkl, that of 4000 Royalist volunteers, the Go vernor of Vich has been able to collect no more than 150; and that the language held by some of them gave reason to fear, that in case of a rencontre they would join the bands. It is added, that these assemblages are endeavouring to get possession of a strong point, such as the fortress of Cardonne, the possession of which was so valuable to Mina in 1823. In these bands, as well as in the Royalist volun teers, elements of the Army of the Faith are found, which causes their union to be comidered as danger ous. The speedy arrival of regular troops, coming from the interior, is announced. " The Gazelle de France extracts from English journals, and other sources, some particulars of the lives of the members of the Cabinet of St. James's. It prefaces them with the following remarks : " ' These sketches, incomplete as they may be, will he of use in throwing a light on the debates in the British Parliament. They will also have the merit of even now undeceiving those who may have conceived exaggerated alarms or hopes on the credit of some of our Journals, which seek at all events, abroad as well as at home, aliment for their passions. —The character (couleur) of the English Ministry has nothing to alarm the friends of order and peace, or to cncourage.the partisans of unbridled liberty.— The presentiments which we had before expressed on the combination which would succeed Mr. Can ning have not proved fallacious ; the Cabinet of St. James's, as at present composed, affords the gua rantees of the ideas of w ell-regulated liberty, and the general want of peace, which now form the po litical religion of enlightened Europe.' (Here follow the particulars of the 15 members, including Mr. Henries, as Chancellor of the Ex chequer.) "It results from the above details that there are only five Whigs in the Cabinet, and only four voices opposed to the emanciption of the Catholics. (From the Journal des Delia's, Aug. 22.) " PARIS, AUG. 21.—They write from Marseilles, the 14th of August. The papers of arrivals and de partures of ships, of the 13th and 14th current, give the three notices following : " Ist. Letters from Genoa, of the 9th of August, announce the pillage committed by pirates of the Levant upon four Sardinian and two English ships, and upon another, the flag of which is unknown. " 2d. A letter from London, of the 2d of August, contains this--' The assurers at Lloyd's have taken alarm on the subject of a Barbary corsair, named L'Homme Audacieux, which, they say, is cruising in the bay of Biscay against the French flag. " The Commission named by the assurers of Marseilles thought it their duty to give notico to the merchants that they are ready to regulate in an amicable manner the augmentations of premium, ac cording to the fate of the war with the Regency of Algiers. The merchants are requested to transmit this to their correspondents : the commission will receive communication thereupon. " Since this last advice, the - assurers have declared their willingness to regulate the premiums con formably to the conditions stipulated in policies of assurance contemplating the case of war; conse quently the assured, who expected to pay for mari time risks only one or one and a half per cent., Nvill be obliged to pay three, four, or even tire per cent. " Letters from Toulon lead us to suppose that the Russian squadron will cast anchor there, that the means of re-victualling will be furnished to them, and that brilliant fetes will be given to the Admiral and officers. " The following details from Sezane, in Marne, will excite horror, and arouse the pursuit of justice : " M. Buiron, geometrician, bought a large house in our city, contiguous to his own, with the design of establishing an avberge. His intention being to augment it one story, he made preparations for heightening the floor of the granary. His carpen ters found under the flooring, over the principal rafters, a secret place, in which were deposited the bodies of four infants, which had been put there suc .4, • cessively. The t wo vikeh were tauter were mere embryos ; on the third we perceived rudiments of hair ; upon the fourth was seen distincity the thread of the umbilical cord. The room was paved' with bricks, of which several had been raised to intro duce under the planks these unfortunate victims. " Prom the investigations of the officers of jus iftei it appears that the commission of these crimes Must have taken place a long time ago. PORTIiGUESE PAPERS. LISBON, AUG. I.s.—The following are copies of documents received from Brazil : DECREE. The establishment of the most vigorous and well directed economy in all the departments of the State being a measure of the greatest urgency, I have thought fit to decree—That henceforth Por tugal shall maintain an Ambassador only at the Court of Brazil ; Envoys Extraordinary and Mini sters Plenipotentiary at the Courts of London, Madrid, and Paris ; Charges d'Affaires at the Courts of Vienna, Brussels, Berlin, Petersburgh, Rome, Turin, Naples, and in the United States of North America ; and merely Consular Agents at the Courts of Stockholm and Copenhagen. The Infanta Dona Isabel Maria my much beloved and dear sister, Re gent of the Kingdom of Portugal and Algarve, is held thus to 'understand, and cause to be executed this decree. (Signed by the Royal Sign Manual) A true copy, FRANCISCO GOMEZ DA SIL VA. Palace of Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 29, 1827. It being absolutely necessary to fix the number of the Councillors of State, and to nominate the per sons who will have to discharge the duties of so honourable and important an office, I have thought fit to decree that there shalt be ten Councillors of State; and it being made to appear, in my Royal presence, that there have already been nominated, by my much-valued and dearest sister the Infanta Regent of Portugal and Algarve, to that office the Cardinal Patriarch, the Marquis de Olhao, Pedro de Breyner, Ignacio da Costa Quintella, and Carlos Frederico de Caula, I hereby confirm her said choice; and to complete the number decreed, I do appoint Councillors of State the Archbishop of El vas, the Bishop Elect of Coimbra, Don Francisco de San Luis, the Councillors Felippe Ferreira de Araujo e Castro, and Barnardo Jose de Abrantes e Castro, and the Desembargador Francisco Gravito de Veiga e Lima. The Infanta Dona Isabel Maria, my much-loved and dear sister; Regent of the King dom of Portugal and Algarve, is held thus to un derstand and cause to be executed this decree. (Signed by the Royal sign manual.) A lll true copy, FttANCISCO GOMES DA SILVA. Palace of Rio de Janeiro, 29th January, 1827. Considering what my much-esteemed and most dear sister, the Infanta Dona Isabel Maria, has re presented to me, respecting the want of a Secretary for her Cabinet, and taking into my Royal consi deration the confidence which has ever been merited by the Councillor Bernardo Jose de Abrantes e Castro, I have thought fit to nominate him Secre tary-of the Cabinet. The said Infanta, Regent of the Kingdom of Portugal and Algarve, is held thus to understand and cause to be executed this decree. (Signed by the Royal sign manual.) A true copy, FRANCISCO COMES DA SILVA. Palace of Rio de Janeiro, 28th January, 1827. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. ZCCLESIASTICAL rxEr EIBIE NTS. OXFORD, AUG. 2.s.—The Rev. C. Haycock, M.A. to the Rectory of Withcott, and Perpetual Curacy of Owston, Leicestershire, vacated by the death of the Rev. Joseph Cragg; patron, the Rev. H. Palmer, of Carlton Carlieu. The Rev. S. Couper, M.A. to the Rectory .of Wood Walton, Huntingdonshire, void by the death of the Rev. William Panchen, M.A.; patron, Ad miral Sir R. H. Bickerton, Bart. The Rev. E. J. Bell, to the Vicarage of Wick ham Market, Suffolk ; patron, the King. _ _ The Rev. F. D. Perkins, A.M. Chaplain in Or dinary to his Majesty, m►d Vicar of Stoke ciun Soave, Warwickshire, to the Vicarage of Down Ha therley, near Gloucester, void by the death of the late incumbent patron, the King. The last letters from Northumberland state, that after two or three rainy days, which had in fact done no harm, but merely protracted the harvest, the farmers were again in full activity, reaping the Cerean produce. In general the crops are good. The weather, which came in with the new moon, is all that can be wished. VALUE OF LA ND.--The Commissioners for the enclosure of Charnwood Forest ,put up for sale this week, at the Lull's Head, Loughborough, the unappro priated land. Some portions, that have little to recom mend them, except that they form part of the surface of the globe, sold at the rate of 1001. per acre. This is one proof, among others, that money is becoming more plenti ful, and that the impulse thereby given to commerce is not likely speedily to be withdrawn.—Nottingham Review. The minds of some men are so elevated above the common understanding of their fellow-creatures, that they are by many charged with enthusiasm, and even with madness. When George 11. was once expressing his ad•. miration of Wolfe, some one observed that the General was mad. Oh ! he is mad, is he?" said the King with great quickness, " then I wish he would bite some other of my Generals."—Literary Chronicle. A NOVEL CAGE.--While the minister of Loughbro' was publishing the banns of marriage on Sunday last, a man, said to be a disappointed lover of one of the parties, stepped forward, and trembling said, " I forbid those banns, in this church and all others." He was then desired to wait upon the minister after service, but before the service was ended he quitted the place, without first giving his name, place of abode, Etc.—Notting/tam Rev. 'The (Ace of Searcher, which is continued to the present day, was at the period of the Plague a very important one ; and a noted body-searcher, whose name was Snacks, finding his business increase so fast that he could not compass it, offered to any person who should join him in his hazardous practice half the profits ; thus those who joined him were said to go with Snacks. Hence going snuck:, or dividing the spoil.— Wadd's Memoirs. THE PINK OF POLITENESS.—The Duke of Ormond and a certain German baron were both con sidered models of pride and politeness. When the Duke perceived that he was dying, he desired that he might be seated in his elbow chair, and then, turning to the Baron with great courteousness, he requested that he would ex cuse any unseemly contortions of feature, as his physicians assured him that he must soon struggle with the last pangs. " My dear Lord Duke," replied the Baron, with equal po liteness, " I beg you will be on no ceremony on my ac count!"—Wadi's Memoirs. SALDANHA.—GeneraI Saldanha, of whom the public has heard so much of late, is allied to some of the noblest families in Portugal. He is a man of about 40 years of age, of a soldier-like appearance, of elegant man ners, and with a h an d some countenance , ra ther expressive of good nature th an capac i ty . Fi e h a s filled military ap pointments both i n B raz il an d P or tugal, and has alw a y s contrived to reconc il e t h e a tt ac h men t of his inferior s t o th e due and f a ithf u l di sc h arge o f hi s d u ty t o hi s S overe i gn. He spe a k s English with great fluency, and writes it with considerable correctness. He is married to an English lady, by whom he has two children, to whom and to her he is devotedly attached. By those who know him best, be is regarded as amiable a man in private life, as he has shown himself respectable and incorruptible in public con duct. " The late Mr. Ford, surgeon in Golden Square, was requested to attend a patient in Piccadilly, who was very seriously bruised and disfigured, I found,' said Mr. Ford, that my patient was a Dutch emigrant, formerly a deputy to the states-general ; that he has long had an odd custom (a sort of insanity) of going once a week to the Haymarket, and standing at the corner of the court, near Farmer's the eoachmaker's, that leads into Jermyn street : there he stops till four men have passed him into the court, and the fourth man he follows till he has housed him. One day, the fourth man happened to be a person living in Wapping; the Dutchman dodged him as far as Hungerford-market, and then the wapping man, finding himself dodged, attacked the Dutchman, who got beat by the mob, and this occasioned his application to me.— Wad's Memoirs... riticis OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock • 3 per Cent. 9i 36 ... 3 per Cont. Cons. , 86 % per Cent. itto Red 9/ 3 7 4 4% 4 pef Cara. Now lOO% Ditto, 1826 ... 102% Bank L. 15-16 India Stock 0, • a Ditto Bonds; 9O 13 , 3 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds, 5 percent. Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds. Chirfian Bonds, 6 per et — Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 3O Danish, 3 per cent.' .621% Greek Bonds I:pitto, 1826 Cluatunala Mexicali Bonds Do, 1896 06% COURSE OF 'RCM Amsterdam C.F. 12 3 Ditto, at sight ll /9 Rotterdam 2U. 12 3 Antwerp l2 3 Hamburgh 2 1 U. 313 10 Attona 2% U. 36 11 Parts, 3 days' sight Ditto 9 U. 25 65 Bordeaux 25 65 Berlin — Frankfort on Maine, Ex. 51.152 Petersburgh, rble.., 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective H. 2M. 10 8 Trieste do. Madrid 35 Cadiz 35 1 Gilboa 35% Barcelona 34 Seville 34% Gibraltar 45 DAT AT 014 S O'CLOCK.' Paid. Per Share £2o4o 8 36 38% 33 8 11 Leroy 5 £2 4s. 86• ss. 64. 10 X3.f3 1 400 380 2 £l3 STOCKS, AUG. St St. Patrick Insur: (per sh.) -- Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings MA Arrived. Due. O America 0 O Brazil 0 O Buenos Ayres 1 Dublin O Flanders 0 France O Gottenburgb 0 O Guernsey& Jersey 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...l2 minutes after 4.1 Evening ....30 minutes after 4. plum; or SMARMS TRU Brazilian Mining Co. British Iron Mining Co Hibernian Mining Co. Potosi La Pas and Peruvian A Ditto Consolidated Real del Monte Mining Co Protector Fire Insurance Co, PRICES OF IRISH Bank Stook US% Consols, 3 per cent. 87% Gov, Stock, 3% per cent - Ditto, New per Cent. 100 1 4 Gov. Deb.. 3% per cent. Royal Canal Stock - Grand Canal StOck , City Deb. 4 per cent ... Office Deb. 4 p, et. ' DAY AT ON/ O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto E. Bills, £l,OOO 2d. 558,7 W. Ditto 5OO 2d. 5S 6 7 Pm' Ditto Srra. 2d. 58 6 7 pus- Ditto Commercial pta• Bank for Account India for Account Cons. fOr Auct . 86 % %4 THIS DAY AT 014 E O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 1824 Peruvian Bonds ... Portuguese Bonds .... Prussian, S par tent. Ditto, New .... Russian, New 96 Spanish, 1821 104 ,_ {823 French Renter, 5 p. c. -- 0 • Exchange —f. --- 3 per cent 121.75c. Exchange 2sf. 4.0 c. .NGE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 49q, Genoa 25 X. Venice 46 Malta Naples 39 — Palermo per oz. 115 Lisbon 49 Oporto 48V Rio Janeiro 35 Bahia .......45 Buenos Ayres . Dublin, '2l days' sight l% Cork l% BULLION, PSIL OZ. X. B. cr. P F N o o e r r w e t n g a o l u G G b ol l d d, co , n ibn 0 0 ars 33 1417 crOQ' New Dollars 0 4 10' Silver, bars. standard 0 0 Cr Arrivod. Due. O Hanthurgh 0 I Holland 0 O Jamaica 0 • I.eva - ard Islands • Lisbon O Malta O Mexico 0 1 Waterford I) STEAM PACKET FOR SALE. rrIHE New, Magnificent, and Powerful STEAM PACKET ship QUEEN of SCOTLAND/ with Two Engines of 160-horse power, will leave Aber deen the 23th inst., her first voyage, and may be inspected off East Lane, on the 28th inst. where she will remain till the 30th inst., and thence proceed on her second voyage, and if not sold will return to London about the 7th of September. This beautiful ship has two splendid cabins, and sepv rite sleeping apartments, with every accommodation for 100 passengers, and capable of being converted to carry more ; will carry on any coasting voyage 340 tons of goods, besides fuel. She will spread 2000 yards of canvas, and would be admirably adapted for a packet ship, or any service where dispatch and room are required. The QUEEN of SCOTLAND has been built purposely for sale ; her owners being desirous to merit a share of public patronage iu that branch of their business, will be ready to contract fur Steam vessels, with engines and ma chinery of every description. Further information will be given by applying to the Proprietors, Messrs. JOHN DUFFUS, and Co. Engineers, Founders, and Wholesale Ironmongers , No. 301, High-street, Wapping. (4‘ ri3)r 5*411(44, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1527• The Paris Papers of Wednesday, and the Gazette de France, which reached us last night, contain further accounts of the commotions which seem to prevail in various parts of Spain. As semblages are forming into regular bands, and in these bands, as well as in the Royalist Vo lunteers, it is said, that " Elements of the Army of the Faith are found, which cause their union to be considered as dangerous." The Noniteur states that letters from Madrid announce that M. RECACHO, chief of the police of that capital, has been dismissed from his Office, and banished to Oviedo. This event will, ii is feared, lead to very serious consequences. The Papers contain no other news. Extracts are, however, given in another column. FRINCH FUNDS.--.PARIS, Au0."21.---Pive per Centg• 104 f. 10a. 15c. 20c. 10c. sc. ; Three per Cents. 72f. 90e. 73f. ; Bank Actions, 2,005 f. ; Rentee de Naples, Cer. Falconnet, 78f. 20c. 85c. ; Royal Spanish Loan, 631 i ; Rentee Perpe de d'E.pagne, 47, 47,} ; H a ytisa Loan, '7oof. EXCPTANGE oN LOWPON.—One Month 25f, 25c., money; Three Months, 25f. 10c., money. We have copied from a cotemporary wine papers containing the Secret History of the Sur render of the Acropolis of Athens, which leads to the inference that if that event, so disastrous to the cause of Greece, was not accomplished by actual treachery, it was brought about by the importunities of an Austrian Officer and the French Admiral De RWNY, aided by the intrigues of the French Colonel FABVIERP whose boasted valour had gained him influence within the walls of that far-famed fortress. If the insinuations in these papers should be founded in fact, the parties engaged in this in famous proceeding deserve the detestation of the whole world, and have cast an indelible stain on the character of the nations to which they belong. The base and malicious insinuations made by the Morning Chronicle of yesterday ag a inst Mr: HERMES, ,and the assertions so boldly put forward of the causes of the delay in filling up the Office of Chancellor of the Exchequer, have received a direct contradiction from Vis count GonEnicm, wh o no sooner read the article to which we refer in the Chronicle than, with that manliness of character and warmth of feeling which distinguish his Lordship, stepped forward, and addressed the following letter to the Right Hon. Gentleman : corr OF A LI'LTER. FROM LORD (70DXILIC 21 TO MR• HERRIES• Downing-street , Aug• 24, 1827. MY DEAR HERRIES—In consequence of what appears in the Morning Chronicle of this day, I owe i t to you to state, explicitly, that the grounds assumed in that para graph for the delay in the appointment of Munellor of the Each, they invol pared at be they %tries, Witt able mi his long businesl aware o Right less of t his chat public 1 tion, an To t the hon his un life, the putatia him on fidelity the du has fine tinguisi the sla Somed HERR] fair authori Lions. ran tabl, the" ha or privl receive( most u] accusat victed c ing its its lett HERB: the slat The LORD claims does 111 country with IT high 01 Th e iii stanc ssiderati erved who ha promot Red, a. 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