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BROWELL and CO. 23, Alder manbury, having had their invention honoured by a thorough examination of the Society of Ship Owners of Great Britain, and Mr. COCK, its Secretary, having on the I tilt October last acquainted them, " That the Committee (from " the evidence laid before them) are perfectly satisfied that " the Invention possesses the valuable quality ascribed to it, " and consequently that it is of great importance to Ship " Owners in general;" beg leave to acquaint the Shipping Interest, that Sail-Cloth of various hinds, which have under gone their Process, may be had of Messrs. Chalmers and Guthrie, Idol-lane, Tower-street. Each Bolt is marked by a red stamp with a Crown surrounding the letter B.—The low price of ss. per Bolt (or 1, 1 ,d. per yard) occasions an expellee not exceeding in any ease 5 per cent., for every Ship of what ever sine, upon the whole cost of the Sails. warriors, who marched without a map, and Who did not know the language of the country, lost their way in some desart or dangerous defiles, it was the Greeks w ho misled them. Was this countless host of uninvited guests supplied with bad bread and indifferent food, the Greets wished to poison them. In short, if the heats of the climate, and the effects of an irregular life, introduced an epidemic or the plague into the camp of the Crusaders,—it was evidently the re sult of some witchcraft of the Greeks. This is the origin of those prejudices against the Greeks which has made their name even a synonym of fraud and duplicity. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of His MA JESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give Notice, that Proposals will be received at their Office, in Pell-Mail, on or before Friday, the 14th December Instant, front such PrrS OM as may be willing to undertake the Supply of BREAD, FLOUR, and MEAT, for service of the Gentlemen Cadsls, at TPaolwich, for a period of Three Months. LADY MORGAN'S ITALY. ANEW EDITION of this Interesting WORK, handsomely printed in Three Volumes, Bvo. wilt he ready for delivery on the 18th December. Conduit-street, December 12, 182.!. On Tuesday, December 13, will be published, in Svo. price 15s. SARDANAPALUS, a Tragedy. The TWO FOSCAItI, a Tragedy. CAIN, a Mystery. By the Right I-lon. LORD BYRON. Printed for iomi Mt/Rio:lr, Albemai le-street. The Bread, Flour, and Meat, to be of the best Sort and 9"fklity; the Bread to be of the best Household, and ac cording to a Pattern Loaf, which ?nay be inspected at the Cadets' Barracks, at Tl'aaiwich. Farther Particulars., together with the Terms and Con ditions of the Contract, May lw known by application to r .:llioncl Ford, the Lieutenant-Governor of the Royal Military •; . icrulenzy at Woolwich, and also at the Secretary's °Arc, in 16 all-Alall aforesaid, any drly between the Hours of Ten and Four o'Cl4ck, where the Proposals must be delivered sealed up, and endorsed "Proposals fur BrCat), Fluor, or Ateat,'. as t h e case ma y be ; but no Proposals can be ruintitted after the said 14th Instant, at Twelve o'Cloch at Noon of the same Day; neither will any Tender be noticed, unless the Party making it, or an 4gcnt in hiJ be shall at tend. This'llay was published, price Is. Mr. de Hammer discloses with more artless indiscretion than any other traveller the amiable mysteries of the (undone-. We know that this favorite article of furniture of the beautiful Greek ladies is a square table, under which a chafing dish is placed, covertd over with a piece of cloth ; those who are so fortunate as to be invited to sit round this table may carry on .1, ith impunity the most interesting correspondences. A billet-dour: is put into a slipper, and by means of a certain manner of pressing the foot which is under the tandour, the person interested is apprized of the invisible arrival of this message of love. There exists, indeed, a complete language of pedestrian love. n OARD and LODGING may he had for a I—IP LADY, in a very respectable House, within a short dis tance of the Metropolis. The House is very spacious, and the Apartments elegantly Furnished. It is presumed that this Advertisement may be worth the consideration of a Lady haring one or two Daughters for Education, there tieing a small and very select ,Establishment in the House ; should the Lady prefer Boarding herself, and Servant or Servants (Female), .she might be accommodated. Application by letter (post paid) addressed to M. Y. 67, Chancery-lane, will be attended to. SUPPLEMENT to the FOREIGN CATA LOGUE of HOOKHAM'S LIBRARY, OLD BOND STREET HOOKHAM begs permission to observe, that his ITA LIAN LIBRA!tY, has been lately much enlarged, and will Itc found to contain an EXTENIVE SELECTION of the best A um urts. Terms of Subscription arkAejiyered on application at the Library. Just published, price Gs. 6d. 1. THE PIEDMONTESE REVO LUTION. By Count SANTA ROSA, Minister during the Revolution. This Pamphlet well describes the rise and progress of the Revolution, with the causes and consequences of its fall, and refers generally to the Revolution in Italy.—Also. 11. The LETTERS of JOSEPH 11. Emperor of Germany, to the most celebrated Kings and Statesmen, on various in teresting Subjects. The two Pamphlets above have been translated exclusively for the PAMPHLETEER, No. XXXVIL which Number con tains, also, the following entire Pamphlets:—The Coronation Sermon in Westminster Abbey-=-B. Beaumont on Criminal Jurisprudence—Cornaro on a long and healthful Life—A Vin dication of the People from Blasphemy—A Defence of the Press—On the present Currency (Original)—Dr. V. Knox on degradation of Grammar Schools. . . IMPERIAL CLOTH FOR SHIRTING, &c. By his Majesty' a Letters Patent. e contenent pas de lin mail en posOdent les agr4mens. THE NOBILITY, FAMILIES, and MER CHANTS, are respectfully informed, the above de sirable Cloth for the East and %Vest Indies, as well as the cold climates, for its healthfulness to wear at sea, .for Youth at school, and for a variety of family purposes, for its pecu liar economy, is regularly sold, Wholesale, for Exportation, and by the single piece, at 18d.-2.5.-2s. 6d.-3s.—and 3s. 6,1 per yard, stamped, MILLARD'S PATENT TWINE cuYni, at their Warehouse, No. IG, CHEAPSIDE, and no where else whatever. The Pieces for Sheeting contain from two to four pair, adaptod for winter wear, the cold climates, and for travelling. Families in the country, on sending their orders (by post) will have them executed as if present, ano the greatest variety of Foreign and BritiSh Goods are con stantly on sale. Ily Order of the Board, R. II CREW, Srerdarq. 1-VGTV.ILI,I2VG-OFFIGE, Nor. 20, 1821. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUAL LING. His MAJESTY'S VY do hereby y crc No tice, That on Friday, the, 14th of December neat, (key will Le ready to receive Tenders in writing (ealcd up), and trent for the Supply (on separate Contracts) of all such quantities (11 SEA, PROVISIONS, FRESH BEEF, and RUM, (is may he required for the service of His Majesty's Ships and ['cwt., at the several places under-mentioned, for the spate of Twelve Calendar Months front the days respectively stated against Sold by Longman and Co., Simpkin and Co., Black, Par bury, and Allen; W. Carpenter, jun. London ; and way be had, with the Reviews, &e. by giving a general order to any Bookseller. 4 'o' The Pamphleteer is particularly adapted for Literary Clubs and Institutions. UNEQUALLED TRAVELLING TO DOVER. DEAL, RAMSGATE. MARGATE AND CANTERBURY. FOLTIL INSIDE dOACIIES, AND KEEP GOOD TIME BY FOREIGN LITERATURE. each, viz : s ea (Greenock. Stir January ) Pr ov i s i ons :i Leith, Leith Roads, and the }lrith February F'r4th of Edinburgh .... Peterhead •Fre‘h Dublin and Dunleary Beef. Liverpool Londonderry Loughswilly Nth February I • Rum. Greenock ... Stir January I Liverpool 2. " be paid for by Bills payable, without interest, sixty days afer date. The Conditions of the Contrricts may be seen at the Seere tary's Witt., at this Office, or by applying to the Collectors hvs Majesty's Customs at Greenoci, Leith, Liverpool (cud Londonderry, to the Postmaster at Peterhead, and to the ,Secretary to the Postmaster-General at Dublin respettivrly. No regard will be had to any Tender in which the Price shall not be inserted in words at length, or that shall 'ro be delivered to the Board before One o'Cloch on the said -Friday, the 14th of December next, nor unless the Person 'oho makes the Tender, or some Person on his behalf, ca tenate., to answer when called for. Each Tender must also 1e accompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible Persons, engaging to become bound with the Party tendering, in the Penal SUM of 500/. fir the due Pciformance of each of the Contracts ; and the Contractors are distinctly to understand that no mode of payment will he assented to by the. Board, but by the delivery ,if the Bills to the parties themselecy, or their authorined --Igents, on appli c•otcon at the L'ictualliug Office in London. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Dec. 12, 1821. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENG LAND TRADING to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That the COURT will be ready to receive PROPOSALS in writing, on or before WEDNESDAY, the 9th of January Next, from the Owners of SHIPS of the Burtlien of from 800 to 1,100 Tom, registered measurement, which arrived in the years 1620 and 1821, having performed Six Voyages in the Company's Service, stating the Rate of Freight at which they may be willing to LET those SHIPS for a SEVENTH VOYAGE in the Company's Service, upon a reduced scale of !lluipment. The coun of DIRECTORS do also hereby give Notice, That the COURT will be ready to receive PROPOSALS in writing, on or before WEDNESDAY, the 9th Januai y next, from the Owners of good Copper-bottomed SHIPS, of the Burthen of 650 Tons, and upwards, Registered Measure ment; specifying the Rate of Freight at which they may be Willing to LET such SHIPS for ONE VOYAGE to and from BENGAL. • The Tenders, with the words " Ship Tender" on the Corer, to be severally sealed up and left with the Secretary, at this House, at or before Twelve o'Clock at Noon, on the above mentioned day, beyond which hour no Tender will be re, eeived. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. The particulars of the Terms and Conditions upon which the above Ships will severally he employed, may be had on ' 4 ,i.filication at the {O ffi ce of the Clerk to the Committee of 'hipping, on or after Friday, the 21st Instant. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Dec. 12, 1821. I F TIHE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in COUN CIL at FORT WILLIAM having issued a Public Ad *ertisetnent, dated Ist June, 1821, giving notice that the P romissory Notes of the Bengal Governmen,t, bearing date 4 . 1 e 30th June, 1811, and standing on the General Register ° 1 the Registered Debt of that Presidency, numbered 10,001 to 15,000 inclusive, or such part thereof as might not hare been transferred to the Loan opened Ist May, 1821, would he discharged at the General Treasury on Friday the 10th August following, on which day the interest thereon would Ceas e; The COURT of DIRECTORS of the UNITED COM PANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND, trading to the EAST INDIES, do hereby give Notice, That. the modifica tions in the conditions of the Loan of Ist of May, 1821, pro -1:11olgated in the Court's Advertisement of the 14th ultimo, have reference to the whole of the Loan of the 30 t h June. 181 1, when advertised to be paid off; and that consequently the Holders of the Promissory Notes of that Loan, numbered if) . 001 to 15,000 inclusive, adverted to in the Advertisement Published in the Calcutta Gazette on Ist of June, 1821, may claim the benefit of the Court's modifications in all cases tvhetein they may be respectively applicable. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. By S. A. MOUNTAIN and Co. SARACEN'S HEAD INN, SKINNER STREff, SNOW- HILL, LONDON. THE following POST-COACHES, MAIL COACHES, &c. set out from the above Inn:— The " Telegraph," DOVEIt, Deal, Ramsgate, Margate, Canterbury, Feversham, and Sandwich, new Post-Coach every Morning at a quarter past 7 o'Clock.—ln consequence of the decided preference given to the above Coach, the Pro prietors are determined no expellee shall be spared to render it the first conveyance on that road. BROM PTON, Chatham, Rochester, Stroud, Sittingbou rne and Kainham, every Morning at a quarter past 7. FALMOUTH, Plymouth Exeter, ‘Veyoumth, Dorches ter, Dartmouth, and Salisbury, every morning at Seven ; through Honiton, Axminster, Bridpurt, Blandford, Basing stoke, and Bagshot. The " Union,' SOUTHAMPTON, Lymington, Winches ter and Basingstoke New Four Inside Coach, every Morning at Eight; arrives at the Coach and Horses, Southampton, by Five.—This is a most delightful Conveyance to the Isle of Wight, Jersey, Guernsey, St. Maloes, -Havre de Grace, Ch.erburgh, &c. The Proprietors of the above Coach hope to receive a continuance of that support which has hitherto been experienced since the commencement of the " Union." No racing with other Coaches. BATH and BRISTOL Flying Post-Coaches, through Chip penham, Caine ' and Marlborough, every Afternoon at one; arrive at Mr. May's, the Greyhound Inn, Bath, and the London Tavern, Thomas-street, and the Swann, Bristol, next Morning.—Coaches to Wells, Bridgewater, Taunton, and Plymouth. The UMPIRE, a New LIVERPOOL Light Coach, only one Night on the Road, carrying Four Inside, sets out Daily at One ; arrives at Liverpool next afternoon at Seven, through Woburn, Northampton, Welford, Lutterworth, Hinckley, Atherstone, Lichfield, Stone, Newcastle, Knutsford, War, riiagton and Preston, SHREWSBURY, Wellington, and ShilThal, Post-Coach every Evening at Five.—Guarded. The UNION, WEYMOUTH, Dorchester, Blandford,Salis bury, Andover, Blackwater, Bagshot, and Basingstoke new Post Coach, every Afternoon. The Weymouth Packets to Guernsey, Jersey, Cherbourg, St. Maine's, &c. The ROCKINGHAM, LEEDS new light Coach, sets out *very Morning, at Eight ; and passes through Baldoek, Big gleswadc, Eaton, Silton, Greetham, Grantham, Bawtry, Stamford, Newark, Retfot d, Doncaster, and Ferrybridge, to the Golden Lion, Leeds, next inorning at Ten. Notwith standing the uncommon Expedition of this Coach, it is allowed to be the most agreeable and complete Public. Con veyance on the North Road, being unequalled by any-other. GLASGOW, Longtown, Gretna-green, Anrian, Dumfries Brownhill, Thornhill, Satiquhar-Kiln, Cannock, Kingswell' and all Parts of Scotland, a Post Coach (daily). YORK, Scarborough, Whitby, Shields, Sunderland, New castle, and Edinburgh, ' New Post Coach, with a Guard throughout ; sets out every Morning at Nine, by way of Newark, Retford, Tadcaster, Darlington, Northallerton, Durham, Mom peth, and Berwick. Passengers finding them selves fatigued on the journey, may rest what time they please, and then proceed without any additional Fare. MARLBOROUGH and Swindon, new four- inside Coach, through Aldbourn, Reading, Lambourn, Porton, Lydington, Pewsey, Wootton Basset, Ramsbary, Hunger - ford, and New bury • every Morning. BEADGENORTH, Waisal, Shrewsbury, and Holyhead Four Inside Coach, every evening. BOSTON, Spalding, Peterborough, Stilton, and Hunting don RoyalkMail Coach, every Evening to Spilsby, Lomb, Grimsby, and Hull, Aftelllool4 at a Quarter before Six. CARLISLE, Penrith, and IV hitehaven Post Coach, goes with Four Horses, and a Guard all the way, passes through Brought, Appleby, Greta-bridge, Itichmodd, Catterick, Bo roughbridge, Wetherhy, Aherford, Doncaster, and Grantham. Sets out every Morning, and performs the journey with the greatest facility. Passengers detained on the Road by busi ness or pleasure, have the peculiar advantage of their Seats being secured in the next. Coach. - KENDAL, Lancaster, Preston, Kirby-Lonsdale, Bolton, Chorley, Ounsktrk, and Garstang Post Coaches, every After noon at Five. LIVERPOOL, Warrington, Knutsford, Stone, Stafford, and Litchfield new light Four Inside Post Coach, called The Defiance, every Evening at Five o'Clock, to the Saracen's Head Inn, Dale-street, Liverpool. WAKEFIELD Post-Coach, every Morning. CHESTER, Newport, Whitechurch, Tarporley, Nampt wich, Northwich, and Middlewich Post-Coach, every Evening at Five o'Clock. SUNDERLAND, Stockton, and Yarm Coach, every Morning - , to the George Inn, Sunderland. MANCHESTER, Winslow, Congleton, Newcastle, Walsal, and Wolverhampton new Four Ins►de Post-Coach, every Af ternoon. . . . . SHEFFIELD and Rotherham Post-Coach, called the Rock ingham, every Morning. BIRMINGHANI Po3t Coach, sets out every Afternoon at Five, carrying Four Inside; and passes through Warwick, Leamington, and Daventry, to the Saracen's Head, Bull street, Birmingham, next Morning at Ten. HULL, Lincoln, NoTthcave, Howden, and Doncaster, Post Coach, every Morning, to the Cross Keys, Market-place, Hull. . HERTFORD, Ware, Hoidesdon, and Clieshunt Coach, every Morning. TOTTENHAM and Edmonton Coaches (daily), at Eleven, Half-past Two, Five, anti Eight, S. A. 310!:NTAIN and to o. respectfully acquaint their Friends and the Public, that they will not he accountable for any Parcels, Passenger's Luggage, Writings, Plate, &c. of mere than Five Pounds Value, if lost, stolen, or damaged, nn less entered as such, and the Insurance paid for accordingly, at the Saiacas Head Inn Snow-till', London. No. LII. CONSTANTINOPLE and der BOSPOROS ; i. e. Constan tinople and the Bosphorus; a Topographical and Histori cal Description, by Mr. de Hammer. 2 vols. Bvo. Vienna, 1821. The attention of Europe has been for the last eight mouths directed towards the town of Con stantine. Will it continue the capital of the ,Sultans ? Will it again become the throne of the Caesars of the East ? These are the questions repeatedly asked by the impatiently curious, for whom the natural march of events is not suffi ciently rapid. The more calm observer inquires what are the means of military defence of this capital, the obstacles to be encountered, and the advantages which the victor may derive from its possession. In all these points a view a good topography of Constantinople is required by those who take an interest in the affairs of Greece ; and who does not take an interest in them ? We have already a number of works describ ing Constantinople with more or less detail.— Without including the general relations of tra vels in Turkey, from the erudite and judi cious Busbecq to the eloquent and sprightly Choiseul-Goullier, we have learned and metho dical topographical accounts of the capital alone. Gyllius led the way, and still continues after the lapse of two centuries a model. Ducange col lected with singular carefulness the passages of the Byzantine writers relating to it ; but, in con sequence of not having been on the spot, he did not always apply them very justly. Banduri opened fresh sources. Grelot, Bull, Dallaway, Murhard, and others, are interesting, when they speak of what they saw ; but their Greek and Byzantine erudition is sometimes only second hand. Besides these topographical accounts we have the works of authors who have applied themselves exclusively to the examination of a particular object. Thus Toderini has visited the libraries, Sestini has collected the plants of the neighbourhood, Andreossy has studied the phy sical geography, Castellan and Pertusier have seized with spirit the most animated scenes of life ; and lastly the superb views of Melling and the plans of Kauffer, finished by Barbie du Bo cage, enable us, as it were, to row at our will on the waves of the Bosphorus, or wander amid the cypresses and the plantations which adorn its banks. Mr. de Hammer, who resided nearly five years at Constantinople with a diplomatic character, has had it in his power, in examining the asser tions of his predecessors, to correct more than one, and to fill up the blanks in different rela tions. He has taken from the Byzantine a consi derable number of passages which had been ne glected by former writers, and which explain se veral important localities. lie possessed, more over, the advantage of consulting in the original language the writings of Turks on topography and geography ; for, very different from other Orientals, the Turks write on these subjects with a degree of precision and clearness which render their testimony on the localities of their country very instructive. With so many advantages, Mr. de Hammer has been able to give a work in a great measure new, on a sub ject which seemed to be exhausted. The historical researches of the author re •spocting the sieges of Constantinople, apprize us that this city has been besieged twenty-four, and taken six times, viz.: by Alcibiades, the Emperor Severus, and the Emperor Con stantine, by the Crusaders under the Doge Dan dolo, the Greeks under Michael Paleologus, and the Turks under Mahomet 11. No very correct ideas are in general entertained as to the conse quences of these different sieges. It was Severus who destroyed the temples and other monuments of ancient Byzantium ; he razed the walls, and placed the city, like a simple suburb, under the ' municipal authority of Perinthus *. Ancient Byzantium was however too populous, too rich, and too important a city to continue in this state of humiliation. Severus himself rebuilt the walls, considering it with reason as the proper bulwark of the Roman Empire against the neighbouring nations of the Black Sea and the Euphrates. This was appreciating justly its value; but to make it the capital of the empire, thus to displace the central public strength, and to exile the govern ment into a province, not far distant from the frontiers, in the midst of people unaccustomed to the language and manners of the Romans, was by no means the true intention of Severus, and was indeed preparing the decline of the state. Constantine nearly doubled the extent of an cient Byzantium ; but it is erroneous to suppose that this town then occupied only the present seat of the seraglio, for it extended over a space four times greater. The walls of Constantine, which are extremely solid, and the aqueducts of 'Valens, are the finest works of Christian Byzantium ; for the churches, palaces, columns, and statues, the whole ensemble of the new capital, as respects the arts, seems to have remained infinitely below even what might have been expected from a degenerate ago. This whimsical taste for detached columns, surmounted by statues, long continued to prevail; and as each Emperor and Empress ardently desired to see his or her image elevated in the air, these monuments of bad taste multiplied so rapidly that solidity and magnificence were obliged to be abandoned. Of all the divinities of Pagan anti. quity, Fortune alone obtained the privilege of having statues in the midst of a Christian town : she was considered probably as an allegorical being ; no where else has she exercised suc des potic power ; the imperial statues have been thrown down one after the other, and dragged ignominiously through the streets ; even those of the Virgin have been destroyed by the hands of the infidels ; but Fortune remains standing in a corner of the Seraglio and awaits new masters. Well informed men have long known that it was not the Turks, under Mahomet 11, who most con tributed to ruin the edifices, monuments, and li braries of Constantinople. The great destruction dates from the capture of the city by the Crusaders. Mr. de Hammer describes with energy the exces ses committed by the ignorant and ferocious war riors of Western Europe ; they went so far as to insultand mutilate the images of the Holy Virgin, which, doubtless, they did not recognize, on ac count of some differences in the Costume. After this trait, we shall not be astonished at the de struction of the libraries, which up to that fatal period. still contained many precious remains of classic antiquity. The town became a desart under the Latin Emperors, and when the G reeks re-conquered it, they had no longer the means of restoring it ; so that Mahomet 11. found it in a most ruinous condition. The ruins therefore of the ancient edifices of the town of Constantine possess nothing of that impression of fallen gran deur, still majestic in its fall, that the monu ments of Rome present to us. The predominant architecture at Constantinople is Turko Moorish, and after a fugitive glance over its mosques, its minarets and kiosks, we should fancy it a mo dern town founded by Mussulmans. General Andr6ossy has described with pecu liar care the aqueducts of Constantinople, yet, he could not possibly know all the historic details relative to the reservoirs or bends which Mr. de Hammer derived from the Turkish writer Tche lebi-Zade. The principal reservoirs are about three or four hours journey from the walls of the town in the forest of Belgrade. and consequently an enemy's army occupying the European shores of the Bosphorus, and encamping at the place called the Walk of Szceet Waters, would deprive the immense population of this capital of one of its primary wants. No person has yet been able to draw a topo graphical plan of the interior of the Winter Se raglio; and though the sketches given by Mel ling, and other ancient travellers, appear correct in a general point of view, it is very possible that the inaccessible apartments would present unknown details of great interest. Who can say that these very extensive apartments do not con tain some remains of the private library of the Byzantine Emperors ? Mr. de Hammer has given a small topographical plan of the Summer Seraglio, a palace which, in spite of the irregu larity of the whole, must be a delightful resi dence, on account of its beautiful situation oppo site the entrance of the Bosphorus. Our learned author does not confine himself to topographical researches, necessarily dry, but has interspersed his work with many amusing anecdotes on the manners of the different classes of the inhabitants of Constantinople. He does justice to the character of the unfortunate Greeks, doubly injured by able slanderers and weak pa negyrists. " The Greeks," he says, " still ex " hibit that mixture of vices and of brilliant qua " lilies which we discover in every page of " ancient history. They retain the spirit of " liberty, the taste and ingenuity of their ances " tors. . . . Those who accuse them of false " hood and treachery are most frequently dull " minds, who, not possessing themselves an acute " and active understanding, confound finesse with " falsehood, and ability with treachery." We discover in this Observation the able aut;►or of the Memoir on the politics of the Comneni. Mr. de Hammer in this Memo►r has demonstrated that the prejudices of Europeans against the Greeks are to be attributed to the extreme igno rance and credulity of the Crusaders. If these • A town of Thrace on the rropontis, anciently surnamed Mygdonica. One of the most original chapters of this de scription of Constantinople is the table of - six hundred corporations, which have a legal exist ence in this capital. This classification of the different kinds of arts and trades is minute, but occasionally very amusing. The tribe of physicians,_ for instance, contains eight corpora tions, among which we observe that of the makers of liquorice juice, and that of the manufacturers of cosmetics. Frequently the Turks bring toge ther into the same tribe criminals and thief takers, &c. Thus their second tribe comprizes twelve corporations, among which are execu tioners, police-officers, bankrupts, cut-purses, . . . . We dare not continue this strange nomen clature. It seems that several of these corporations, al though represented in a solemn procession which passes before the seraglio, only exist in name, and as a species of allegorical beings ; for, it is scarcely possible to suppose that the law would recognize a corporation of cut-purses, and another of pirates. This table alone deserves an analysis which we have not been able to give it, and ne would therefore recommend the work of 11. de liauuner to the attention of the public. COURT OF ASSIZES, PARIS, DEC. 8. TRIAL OF M.- BERENGEII. In the month of October, there vas published a work in two volumes, entitled " Songs, by M. Jean Pierre de Berenger."— Of this collection, which was printed by Firmin Didot for the author, ten thousand copies were printed. • On the 27th November the Chamber of Accusation 'of the Royal Court sent M. Berenger before the Court of .ASsizti, charged— !. As guilty of an outrage against good manners, by the songs of " The Bacchante, My Grandmother, and Margot." 2. Against public morals and religion, by the songs " D2O Gratias ; The Descent into Hell ; My Rector ; The Choris ters of the Parish, or the Concordat of 11;17 ; the Wsion aries ;" and the third couplet of " The Death of King Ch: s tophe." 3. Against the person of the King, by the seventh couplet of " The Prince of Navarre, or Ilathurin Bruneau ;" the fourth of " The Good God ;" {he sixth of " L'Enlinni6 ;" and the last of " The White Cockade." 4. NV ith inciting to adopt a rallying sign not authorized by the King, by the song of " The Old Standard." The trial came on this day, when, after a hearing of consider_ able interest, the whole of which the Censor has not allowed to be published, the fellowing sentence. was pronounced : " Seeing that the incitement to bear a rFllying sign not au thorized by the King is not described as a crime or offence by any law, the Court declares that M. de Berenger is acquitted of that charge. " The Court, seconded by a majority of the Jury, having de clared him guilty of an outrage against public morals and re ligion, the Court condemns him to three months' imprisonment, a line of : , 00 francs, and to the expense of placarding a thousand copies of the decree ; also to the expense of the process. It also decrees the suppression of the songs." A Dna TO ALDERMAN WOOD.—Yesterday a Deputation of the Inhabitants of the Ward of Aldersgate assembled by appointment for the purpose of carrying up an Address voted by the Wardmote to Alderman Wool), expressing their approbation of his -conduct as a Magistrate, a Member of Parliament, and a Friend to their late Queen. Alderman Wood received the de putation in the front drawing-room of his house in South Audley-street, from which her late Ma jesty, it will be recollected, on the day of her arrival, so frequently returned thanks to the im triPnse multitudes that followed her to - her place of refuge. The Alderman was surrounded by his family, and was presented with the Address by Mr. Corbould, who - was the mover. Mr. Corbould prefaced this Address by some obser vations upon the great attention paid by Alder man Wood's family to her late Majesty. The Alder man, in returning thanks, said that he had done no more than his duty in every transaction to which the address referred. With respect to his conduct towards the Illustrious Individual so pathetically alluded to, he had to state that, now that the political animosities which had swelled to such a height from the period of her last arrival in England to that of her death had subsided, he trusted that justice would be done to him by all parties. lie had acted to the best of his judgment, and was convinced that, whe ther he had gone to the Continent to protect her Majesty, or stayed at home, so perfectly did the Queen rely upon the generosity and justice of the people and the goodness of her cause, she would have come to this country, and thrown herself upon the citizens of London.—Several of the presents made by her Majesty to the Alderman's family were shown to the deputation.—(Morning Paper.)