The Sun. — London, England, 1821-10-22 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. - rams, OCT. 18.—The king yesterday held a Council of Ministers, and afterwards transacted business with the Duke' de Richelieu and the iginister of War. His Majesty did not go out. We have received froM Perpignan the most 'afflicting intelligence respecting the progress of the contagious disorder at Barcelona. Its ra vages wero such that in three days (the 3d, 4th, 'and 5-th October,) 1,000 persons died. Whole days were occupied in conveying away the dead bodies. Every house *at a place of desolation and mourning. The authorities had:decided that the inhabitants of Barcelona should quit the city to encamp in the vicinity. The children under the age of 12 did not seem to feel the influence of the contagion ; but the greater part of them, deprived of their parents, were in the most dreadful „state of misery, and .could only look to the Go vernment for support. The ravages of ::the dis . , order are still more dreadful at Tortosa,'Where almost all the men are dead. To add to the horror of the scene, provisions it is stated begin to fail at Barcelona.—( Journal de Paris.) A letter from Bayonne, of the 11th October, says, it is positively stated, that the . contagion -has manifested itself at Malaga.—(/bid.) A great number of young Germans have ar rived at Marseilles, whom the difficulties thrown in the . -y of embarking at Trieste have brought thither. They are about to provide a. vessel at their own expence, which is to convey them to Idria. It is said that two French Generals will embark with them,--(lbid.) The Morziteur contains a Royal Ordonnance calling into active service all the young soldiers of the class 1819. An establishment, which must be attended with the greatest advantage to commerce, has been much talked of for some time past. It is in contemplation to establish a kind of tele graphic post. between Paris and the principal sea-ports. Communications may take place by night as well as by day, and all private persons, by paying a certain duty, may resort to this ex peditious mode of conveyance. Information may be immediately given of the arrival of merchant 'vessels. A trial has been already made, and it is calculated a communication can be made from Bordeaux to . Paris in the short space of five mi nutes. A company, it is added, offers to make all tie advances necessary for this great establish ment. FRENCH FUNDS. Oct. 17, Five per Cents. Bank Stock 1595 f. c. 19.—The King took an airing yesterday afternoon in the direction of St. Denis and Ar genteuil. It is reported at Marseilles that the disorder which has manifested itself at Leghorn is not the yellow fever, but the cholera morbus, which was brought there by a ship from Batavia. FRENCH FUNDS. Oct. 18, Five per Cents. B9 f. 95 c. Bank Stock 1590 f. c. FaANKrunr, OCT. 2.—Letters front Zante state, that Idris Bey signed, on the 25th August, the capitulation which surrendered to Prince Demetrius Ypsilanti ; Navarino, the most iinpor tatit: place in the Morea on account of its port, which is capable of containing ships of war. The Turks of rank were detained as hostages, and the rest sent to the Isle of Candia. The Greeks found is the, place 60 pieces of cannon, eigbt, mortars, about 2000 muskets, and an immense quantity of powder and ammunition. The prin cipal mosque, after having been purified, was converted into a church. OCT. 13.—The troops of the Senate of Cala matta have formed a junction with the army of Prince Demetrius Ypsilanti. Besides the town of Napoli of Malveisia, Artes and the strong Castle of Belvedere have fallen into the hands of the Greeks. Demetrius has invited 'all the Ge n.rals of the Peloponnesus to assemble on the Ist of September, at Modon, there to form a. species of Congress for the adjustment of the differences between them, and to concert a'corn bilged plan of operations. According to the most e.curate reports, the army of the insurgents in th.f. Morea amounts to 28,000 men, 10,000 of whom are well armed and equipped. OCT. 17.---It has been reported for the last few days, that a Merchant of this town had.re ceived from Vienna, by express, the news that hos tilities would soon take place between Russia and the Porte ; and notwithstanding, no person knew the name of the Merchant, and Mr. Rothschild, who is in correspondence with the capital of Russia, had not received any advice concerning the approaching rupture between Russia and the Porte, yet this report produced a powerful effect upon the Austrian Funds, which fell, in consequence, very considerably. This circum-, stance proves the great anxiety of the public on this question. It is said that the Austrian Government is negociating a fresh Loan with the house of Rothschild on very advantageous terms. We doubt, however, the prompt conclusion of this treaty, because its execution is, very easy in consequence of the great quantity of money now in this town. VIENNA, OCT. 7.—We have just been inform cd this town will. not be honoured with the pre sence of the King of Great Britain. OCT. B.—Frequent communications take place between the. Russian Legation and the'Austrian Chancellery of State ; an it has been remarked that considerable activity has for some time pre vailed in the diplomatic departments of the se veral Powers. The sudden fall of the funds has given birth to a number of contradi-ctory reports. The Minister of the Interior and of the Police at Warsaw has also made an appeal for pecuniary assistance for the refugee Greeks. Atx-Li-CxfArELLE, OCT. 14.-It is remarked, _ _ that the official Gazette of Berlin has aaziounced the departure of the Emperor Alexander from Petersburgh to Witepsk. This news , has been published at Warsaw, and has produced a great sensation in the capita! of Poland. AUGSBURG, OCT. 13.—(Extract of a .rarivate Letter.)—We learn that the cabinet of Vienna has received dispatches of the' greatest import once from the Baron de Lebzeltern ; its Minister at Petersburgh. . . • It is reported the King of England will go to Gottingen from Hanover where he will have an interview with the Elector of Hesse. It is well known this Prince has had some differences with the Duke of Cambridge. MADRID, OCT. 6—lt having been observed that the inven tors of falsehoods endeavour to agitate thiminds of the public by the most ridiculous news and the most absurd reports, we hasten to declare, that an Extraordinary Courier which arrived this night from Malaga was dispatched by the National Chief of that province, - for the sole purpose of bringing information that the whole of the province enjoyed the most complete health, and that the precautions of establishing a cordon, and cutting off the communication which had been ordered by the Commandant General and by the Supreme Board of Health, at Granada, were considered as premature. OCTOBER - 7.—Every precaution is taken, to prevent the introduction of the fever into this capital. The strictest re gulations are established at the gates, to prevent any persons or effects entering the city without the most accurate examina tion of their passports. It is also resolved to publish a regular statement of the deaths in the hospitals of Madrid, in order to counteract the reports which malice or credulity may spread. The Cortes are constantly engaged in discussing the important plan for the new division of the Spanish Territory. OCTOBER. 9.—ln the Sitting of the 7th, the discussion re sspecting the division of the Spanish territory was continued.— The division of the province of Alicant has been adopted : the town of Alicant will be its capital. The division, of Al meria was also . agreed to. The province of Aragon is to be called the province Of Saragossa, of which that town will be the capital.: The town of Oviedo is to be the capital of the Astu rias ; Aliva that of the province of the same name • Cadiz that of the province of Cadiz ; and Catalonia will have for its capital the town of that name. The territorial law is to be taken into consideration province by province, and in alphabetical order. The last Sitting closed with a report froni the Minister of War, to remind the Cortes of the approaching expiration of the Decree of the 24th of May last, authorizing the employment of 18,000 of the .National Guard, instead of as many soldiers of the line, whose term of service was expired ; 'and states, that in consequence of the epidemic which desolates the maritime proviprovinces of 'Spain, numerous cordons of 'Loops are required. nces of Spain, nunicrous cordon of boops are required. fhe Minister, therefore, deniands an antitority to retain from eight to ten thousand men in the service, until a new order can be passed. The application, was - referred to the Corninittee of War. The parochial assemblies chose yesterday the 1-19 . Electors of Madrid, who are to elect the Deputies. The town was per fectly quiet during the whole of this operation. CADIZ, SEPT. 22.—The Supreme Board of Health has just published another notice, of which this is the substance :--The Board having been informed, by a communication from the Constitutional Alcade of St. Mary's, that there were some peo ple ill whose symptoms were analogous to the yellow fever, sent commissioners to inquire into tne fact, accompanied by two physicians, who, on inspecting those patients, unanimously de clared that there were yesterday above 20 persons ill of a dis order, with the characteristics of the yellow fever, in the town, dispersed in various quarters, and six in the Hospital of Obser vation. The Board has in consequenCe, in an extraordinary sitting, held this day; most strictl enjoined the Municipality of Port SL Mary, to carry into ef fect the measures prescribed for such cases, in the instances of the 16th of August, 1816, and 26th July, 1813; and to follow the other regulations for preventing the spreading of the contagion. The Board, faith ful to its principles or publishing the state of the health of the province, whether it be favourable or other Wise; resolved that the above should ha communicated to all thesupenor Boards, and to all whom it may concern, that they may take all neces sary precautions for the .prcaervation of the Public health, which, the Board adds, has not yet suffered any diminution in the city of Cadiz, or the other towns within its jurisdiction. A communication from Viilas.ea, of the 26th September, contra dicts a statement that, had been made in some Journals that tit yellow fever had appmred in that town and its port of Salon; URCIA, SEPT. 30.—Some fears have been excited here by the death of a person of a disor:lcr which seemed doubtful, but on inspecting the body the faculty discovered the real nature of the disorder. The Board of Health takes this Opportunity of declaring that this City enjoys the most perfect health, and adds the assurance, that if any unfavourable change should take place, notice shall be immediately given. BAItCELONA, SEPT. 20.—Report of the fever in the City,. Barcelonetta, and the hospital of the Seminary : Remaining. New Cases. Cured. Deaths, Sept. 25 - 4CO - , 120 - 13 - 76 -26 - 431 - 113 - 26 - 62 27 - 451 • - •69 - 13 - 62 28 - 455, of whom 114 are convalescent. LISBON, OCT. anniversary of the Ist October, 11)20, the day on which the new Government was celebrated in this capital, there was a grand ceremony. The King and the Royal Family went in the evening to the i Theatre of St.CarlOs.—ln the sitting of the Cortes on the 29th September, several Piedmon tcse Officers requested ON.! means of proceeding to England to join General P6pe. A letter from Rio de Janeiro of the 27th Au gust states, that an American vessel arrived there from Lima in 3S . days, with information that an English ship, the Robert Fuges, of Plymouth, bound from thence to Lima, had been taken by Lord COCHRANE. The letter in question con tains no intelligence of the operations of the Chilian force in Peru. The regular packet sail ed from Rio de Janeiro on the day preceding the date of this letter. Letters from the Havannah to the end of Au gust communicate same further particulars re garding the depredations of the pirates in those seas, who, we hope, Will now be speedily check ed, or exterminated, by the interference of the Governthent of the United States. An addi tional motive for this interference is given in the details that on Saturday reached Lloyd's. On the 24th August the American ship Zealous was boarded by a boat full of men from an Insurgent schooner; they consisted of Spaniards, Ameri cans, and some English, and they plundered the ship 0f.3000 dcillarS, some provisions, and a part of her cargo. They wounded the Captain in the head in two places, and threatened to massacre the whole of the crew if they did not stand off froin the land. Letters from Genoa allege that the inhabitants' of the isle of Cyprus had been plun,,ged into a state of - the greatest alarm, the Turks having be gun - to put the Greeks there. to death ; the Bishop of Nicoso, Primate of .the • island, and three other Bishops,...together with several Greek g,iemr, had fallen victims to. the fury of the Mussul mans, who, it is added, did not spare any Euro peans. The Consuls had gone to Italy ; and all the inhabitants who possessed the means' were abandoning _the island. We learn by accounts. from Madeira of a recent date, that a new order of things there has not been adopted without some commotion. Nothing would satisfy the inhabitants but a complete change in the persons composing the Government, as well as Z.n the measures. The old Governor, it seems, was but little inclined . to .forsake the situation, which he had so long held, and used his utmost endeavours to accommodate himself to the Constitutional System be was warmly supported by a large by in the Colony,, lint his exertions were of little avail, for he - was told that he must not only relinquish his office, but speedily de part from the island. Accordingly, at the end of August, the Governor, accompanied by two of the Judge's, who were also much disliked, took shipping for Lisbon. On .the appOintment of the :new Governor - an Address was presented to him, in which he was warned to avoid treading in the steps of his predecessor; and he was frankly told that, if he did, he would be as summarily turned out of ohhice. The rejoicings lasted for several days. FOREIGN LITERATURE. No. XLV. TIIEATRE COMPLET DES 'LATINS; i.e. The Com. '-plete Latin Theatre, by J. B. LEVEE,. formerly Professor of Rhetoric and Latin 'Literature, &c. and by the late Abbi 'LEMONIER ; with Dissertations, &c. by Nl..AmmlitY vAL, of the Academy of Inscriptions, and M. ALEXANDRE Dtrvat., of •the French Academy'. Plautus, Vols. V., VI., and VII. Bvo. Paris, 1821. [Continued from our Paper of the 26th of April last.] Three new volumes, containing eight comedies, have just beenadded to the four volumes already published by M. LEVEE, of which I gave an ac count in this Journal on the 21st, 23d, and 26th of April last. The volume which yet remains to be published will complete the Plays of Plautus, and• will contain the Rudens, the Trinummus, and the Truculentus ; the three whirl) I now an nounce include the Menechini, the Mercator, the Miles Gloriosus, -the Mostellaria, the Perm, the Pseudolus, the Ptcnzaus, and the Stichus. I have nothing more to add respecting the importance of this work, or the talent of the translator, on which points I have sufficiently expressed my opinion ; but I think it right to . apprize the reader, that this . work gives the original on one side and the translation on the opposite, and that the original is printed with as much care and neatness as the translator has displayed erudition , and discernment in presenting. it to us pure and correct. Whilst most authors swell the titles of their works, M.,Levee does not announce in his what is•necessary.to make us estimate properly the extent of his labours : he do s not even men tion his translation, a very singular, omission, since the translation is the principal object; and he is equally silent concerning his philological and archaeological notes, which aie always,use, fal, and frequently indispensable, in explaining a number of passages relative to manners and customs, which differ from those of the present day. We ought not to promise more than we can perform ;. but we should take cafe not to promise less, for the public is rat-her apt to bike the author at his word, and to consider modesty as a confession of incapacity. The eight comedies just published by the translatdr. tend further to confirm the opinions of the two commentators, M.M. Duval, on the man ner of considering the Theatre of the Latins. Unfortunately the two Academicians have rat!!er suggested than discussed this question,' the portance of which, however, they must have felt. I have already attempted to develope their idea; and motives, which the reader will doubtless ap preciate, induce me toyeturn to the subject again. The question to be_ decided is, 'Whether the theatre of the ancients can be compared to our's, and whether the rules which guided - them in the composition' of their comedies can be applied to modern comedy ? I answer iii the negative ; and shall endeavour to prove, that the ancient authors cannot be brought into comparison with the modern, because they proposed to .them selves a different object, and considered comedy under other relations. If I succeed in my de sign, it will thence be obvious that the ancient comedy is neither better nor worse than the mo dern, but that it is of a different.nature, and was' composed with another intention and according to other. principleS. It will then no longer be a subject of debate, : whether the ancients have done better or worse, but what they were com pelled to do, and What we should have done our selves under the same conditions and in like cir cumstances. .llaving made these preliminary remarks, we now proceed to the discussion. • Our theatres are small ; they are closed at the sides and the top, and the natural voice of the actor may make itself heard in them ; we pay for our places, and the difference in the price divides the audience into different classes of spectators, the lowest of which_is more polished and less turbulent than the plebecula of the Romans. At Rome, on the contrary, the theatres were immense and open at the top, and the least rain interrupted the spectacle; the admission into them was gratuitous, and every being of the, human form had a right to be present, without excepting the dregs of the populace, the slaves, and the women of the town. - These' theatres, .that is to say these halls, could 'contain some 30,000 _aild others 40,000 spectators ; and the populace being the Sovereign who was to . be amused and flattered, it necessarily followed that, in the composition of the drama, authors consulted more the popular taste than the acade mic. This difference in the physical constitution of ancient and.modera theatres,_ renders thiavoid alyie a great- disparity in the result. To be seen and heard at 'great distances by 40,000 spedta tors, the actors were obliged to raise themselves on stilts, and to increase the volume of their voice by a mechanicalicontrivance : these means were found inStiflicient i p, be heard intelligibly by an indocile and far from silent multitude, and they therefore_ marked the dialogue, and made it a kind of. recitative, in order to slacken the utter ance and to sustain the voices of' the reciters on, a high diapason ; they did not th ere f o r e sp ea k, but they sung,. fAensins.amedy.; and if any per son should doubt it, ,let him consult a number of Latin pieces, and he will read—" Flaccus, a freedman of •Claudius, wrote the music of this comedy for two equal flutes ;" or again, " such an one has composed the . music for two unequal flutes," Vic. But comedy had not choruses like tragedy, and consequently it was the dialogue vt%hich ?was recited, on a species of melopceia sus tained by flutes. This difficulty on the part of the actors,,,in making themselves heard, necessa rily iufluenced , the' composition of the scenes. Thence arose those long and frequent,soliloqUies, in which the-actors state what they are going to do, in order that the public, waiting for or ex pecting an effect, may bp more attentive to the action or to the following scene ; thence those prologUes or analyses of the piece delivered be forehand, to make the plot more clear ; and thence those - addresSes to the spectators, who, summoned by . the actor, listen to him with more attention. Sometimes the actors speak to them directly— ; Qqisedetis ; at other times indirectly— •Qui seden . t; and in the whole progress of the piece, we see that the author has only one ob ject in view, that of making himself understood, and ..Qnly one fear, that of not succeeding. From the numerous instances which I could quote of these addresses to the public, I shall select one which, while it serves as a proof,' exhibits besides a very remarkable singularity.— It is that passage of Vlautns in which he applies one of the rules of the dramatic art in a scene where there is no queAtm whatever respecting comedy, and gives thisipsson from the lips of a character who has, nevertheless, the air of being occupied with quite another subject. In the Pwnulas {the Carthaginian), the slave Milphion has just heard, on the stage, a piece of news which restores the affairs of his master, and will make him exceedingly joyful. The specta tors have heard the recital of the intelligence which is going to effect. a total change in the action, and if the Author had made the master of the slave arrive at that precise moment, the slave would have been obliged to repeat what the Public knew already. Plautug.took care to avoid this fault, which many Authors of the pre sent day still commit, notwithstanding the art is no longer in its iqfancg. The Latin ..40thor ex tricates himself from. this difficulty by tbe.means which I have before mentioned, and he'.inakes Milphion say, " I will, go and relate every thing. to my master, for it zodiac/ be a fault to tell him before you, and to repeat - what you have just heard (luteque audivislis mOdo)." Milphion is alone on the stage ; auttivistis therefore can be addressed only to the spectators. The slave continues to say,—" It would be a proof of ig norance (inscitia). I prefer going . into the house, and telling this news to my master, than to tire you with a repetition of it." This little fragment of dramatic compositipn would appear very ridiculous on our stage, but the Romans were habituated to these digressions, in which the Public were considered as present at the action of the drama. Plautus felt the awkwardness of repeating 'a thing twice, and at the same time the necessity of fixing the attention of the spectators on this point, in order that they might not be surprized, at the denouement which.is a natural consequence of . the news related to Milphion.— It %Vas as much as if lie had said, ." The rules of art prohibit me from repeating what you have al ready heard, but do not forget it." . / It appears from all these observatiOns, in proof of which I might cite many more instances, that the Latin - Comic Writers never could have enter tained -the'design, nor even the idea, of produc ing What we call illusion ; they never wished the audience to believe they were witnessing a real action, but that they presented to them only A , fable, - a fictitious action in which the actors di not— speak spontaneously, but - recited parts theyl had learned beforehand. The Public considered comedy what it really is, and saw nothing but comedians in assumed characters. Our in .thod is much better, you will say.' I admit it ; but we must not require of the ancients what they never wished to do, and what they could not have done. Besides, are we not rather too proud of that apparent reality which we fancy we introduce into our dramas, and of that illusion which we imagine we produce ? Do we not deceive ourselves respecting this illusion, which at all times is very imperfect ? These sa loons, these rooms, which never-have more than three silo, anti these personages who constantly occupy.rile position where the fourth ought to be ; these side speeches which are heard by a thousand persons far distant, whilst the indivi dual who is quite close to the speaker is sup posed not to hear a syllable ; these scenes of painted canvas, these trees, stiff and immovable amid . storing and tempests, these canvas skies, these mountains on which a dwarf becomes a giant, and a hundred other inconsistencies ; yet these are fife means by which you wish to produce illusion ! _They_ are conventions, you will say, they are concessions which the public makes to the author, and .without which the dra matic art cannot exist. Well ! the ancients had also their conventions, and the public then made concessions which were absolutely necessary in consequen - ce of the vast extent of their theatres, the immense numbers of the audience, the diffi culty of the - actors making themselves beard, and the imperious necessity of amusing a people king, who were not easily amused. It is still insisted on, and I am told, that in spite of our inconsistencies, our painted trees, and our three sided rooms, we know how to produce illusion, since we, can make the spectators laugh . and weep. I answer that even on the repetition of an interest ing tragedy, if the performers play their parts well, we should be extremely affected, and even shed tears, notwithstanding the Princess might appear in a nightcap, Brutus in a frock dress, and Aga memnon in a 'riding coat. But who told you that the•spectators did not! weep and did not laugh at the theatres of the ancients ? We know, on the contrary, -that the chefs d'xuvre of the time excited - the most lively transports, and it will certainly be admitted that the inhabitants of Rothe and Athens were not all stupid. If our great authors had been born in the-age of Plautus, or of Terence, if they had been obliged to speak to almost a whole nation, to use stilts, the speak ing-trumpet, and die recitative accompanied by flutes ; or if Plautus and Terence had been born among us," the same men who now despise them would extol their genius, and, in the latter case, would cite them as proofs .of our pre-eminence over the ancients. In another article, I shall treat of the last three volumes published by M. Levee. I thought.it right in the present one to discusss at length, a question which was decided a, century ago, but which has recently been revived at a time when we ought to be more modest. Though I may not have destroyed the claim to a disdainful superi ority, (I know that pride never yields), I shall have shown, at least, that it is absurd to institute a comparison between works written under other conditions, and, according to other principles, and composed with different intentions. We have more genius, you may say ; I am very glad to hear it, but I cannot help thinking, -that the great men of a!-tiquity would have 'obtained aca demic honours, if they bad been. our cotempo raries, and had received the same advantages. I shall conclude this article with combating an error which has been adopted not only by men of the world, but also by many men of letters. I have read in modern works, and I hear it affirmed, that z:onien were not preient at the dra aiiC exhibitions (;,f the antients. Numerous passages from Latin authors and even Roman laws may be quoted, which prove the presence of women at scenic exhibitions, and which regulate their places at the theatre; but, as we persist in translating the word theatram by the word theatre, whilst it signifies the stage, it is supposed women were excluded from the theatre, because, in fact, they were, it is said, excluded from the scene. A pro logue, however, of Plautus, evidently proves they were present at them, and also that complaints were made against their talkativeness. In the prologue of the Pcenulus,ivhich I have before cited, the author presents in a comic strain a theatrical police regulation, in wh:ch he orders the .specta tors to be quiet and silent. This regulation is very long, and among other articles we find the following respecting the female sex : " Courtezans, who are old (scorturn exoletum) shall not appear in the front seats ; nor shall nurses bring infants to the theatre." Ne et ipsx sitiant, et pueri pereant Neve esurientes hic, quasi hcedi, obvagiant. Here then we have in these verses,infants who cry out out like kids when they are hungry, and nurses also who interrupt the play,- when they are thirsty, ne ipsa , sitiant ; the actor then ad dresses himself to the ladies and says, " ladies must keep silence, and not laugh out aloud." Natrona tacitie spectent, tacit ridennt, And he adds very unpolitely, Ne et hic virissint et domi molestiw.l As am , neither a Roman nor a republican I Will not translate thig verse, It seems, to me that the question is decided and that tni, presence of women at the dramatic exhibitions of the ancients can no longer be disputed.. I shall terminate my article by a reflection which will connect this no longer doubtful fact to the question on the difference of the antient and modern theatres. When we are well acquainted with the Latin Comedy, when we have read such obscene•pieces as the Asinaria, and especially. the Casino, when when we have examined in the Latin text, and not in the translation, the more than erotic Picture with which Plautus regaled the Roman ladies in the first scene of the fifth act of the Pseudolus, we shall be well convinced these ladies (matron e) could see and bear every thing, and we shall then feel how unreasonable it is to judge, by the test of our own habits and manners, of pieces written for a time and a people whose manners were so different. PRICE Ot THIS DAY AT T\l F STOCKS WELVE O'CLOCK. thcr Cent. Red. 774;1 South Sea Stock 'f.;7 3.. per Cent. Cons. 7S/-/$ Exclieq. Bills, 4 per Cent ytii (ions. for November 78 .79 5 per Cent: Nary Ann. —llll4 FIIGH WATER AT LONDO: Morning„ 0 minutes after 0. N BRIDGE TO-MORROW - - I Evening, Ili minutes after 12; THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICEiZB FALSUM AUDEAT LONDON, MONDAY, 06'7'0 GER 22, 1821. 131PORT.A.NT. Extract of a Letter from the Agents to Lloyd's at Buenos Ayres, dated Aug. 12:—" An armis tice has been concluded between the Ro:-aliits and General SAN MARTIN." From Ike Agents at Valparaiso, doted July 4 :---- " Mpatches have, been received by Sir TnomAs 'TARDY from Captain 'TALL, of his Majesty's ship Conway, with intelligence pf an armistice between the Patriot army and the Government of Lima." The foreign arrivals since our last consist of the French Papers of Thursday and Friday, and of Madrid Journals to the 9th instant, from which we give extracts under our head of Foreign Intelligence. The French Papers furnish us with further details of the successes of the Greeks in the Morea. Besides Novarina and Napoli, the most important places in the Penin sula, Artos, and the strong castle of Belvedere/ have also fallen into the hands of the Greeks, and very few places now remain in the 'pos'ses , sion of the Turks. The probability of war be tween Russia and the Porte seems to gall ground in Germany, and the Austrian funds have in consequence fallen considerably; The activity displayed by the diplomatic depart ments of Russia, Austria, and the other Powers at Vienna would indicate the speedy deci'i' n of the question of peace or war, w hi c h has so long agitated Europe, a nd w e c on ti nu e still in" dined to the opinion : that -declaor- or war. New - York. Papers arrived this mornh:g to th' 2G th Sept. [From the Gazette of he 24th.] NAVY DEPARTMENT.-All vessels bound to 0 1 ° West Indies and Gulph of Mexico, that sha ll rendezvous, by the 15th day of October next, ill lat. 37 degrees •N, and ten leagues east of C 1 Fleury, off the have Chesapeake Bay, may he e benefit of convoy of the United States ship 1 1 9 1- net and brig Spark. CUTIACOA, AUG. IS.—No news of importan ce to the commercial w o rld, exce pt. that 1000 1° , 4 1 . 1 ; who departed fr o m P or t o C a b e ll o f or C or o, h been completely defeated at the latter place the Patriots, and the Roy a lists cou ld not I. : e embark more than 3or 400 men. An immeilt quantity of arms and ammunition f e ll into ta e hands of the Independents. • (From the Commercial Advertiser of the 0 4th Sept.) Fitom HAVANA AND M Exlco.—An arrival at Charlestown has furnished us with dates frorl Vera Cruz to the , :ith August. On the 3d Au4v s t General O'DoNoJu lauded at Vera Cruz, and, ,after having- taken the usual oath, assumed thf: r.eigns of Government, as Captain General.; va Political Chief of the Kingdom of Mexico. 11'e