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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARIS, Nov. 3.—The last letters from Con stantinople confirm those which brought intelli gence of the hostile movements of Persia against the Porte. It appears that one of the Schah's sons entered the Pachalik of Bagdad with about 60,000 men. Sir Charles Stuart, the English Ambassador, and the Marchioness of Londonderry, set out this morning for Calais. We learn from Marseilles, that on the 25th ult. a felucca left that port for ported, on a commercial speculation Forty passengers of different nations took this oppor tunity of proceeding to study the manners and customs of Orientals, on the classic land of re collections. The-St. Lucile, Captain Verite, also left this port yesterday with. forty-three passen gers on hoard, French, Italians, and Germans. They go first to Leghorn, and afterwards to visit, She ruins of Greece. These gentlemen are all • 'well provided with arms and ammunition, The Nuremberg.Corre,pontlent, of the 27th October, says that a vessel had arrived in the. Norea from Marseilles with munitions of war, and with several engineers, under the orders of Prince Maurocordato and one of the sops of Prince Carazza. FRENCH FUNDS. Nov. 2, Five per Cents. 9O f. 40 c. Bank Stocl - 1595 f. c. Nov. 4.—Accounts from Brussels of the 31st. Oct. state that orders have been given for relays of horses to he got ready, between Aix la Cha pelle and Brussels, for the carriages of the King of England, who was expected in the latter town on Monday or Tuesday. Madame Pariset has received a letter from Barcelona, dated the 24th of October, in which Dr. I'ariset informs her, that Dr. Mazet died on the 294, after ten days' suffering. MM. Pariset, Bally, and Francois are in good health ' • and it is reported that Dr. Andouard had arrived at Barcelona. The disorder seems to have lost somewhat of its violence; but though the number of new cases diminishes, yet the mortality is still very consi derable. Six hundred and eighty-seven died from the 20th to the 23d inclusive. A part of the population is encamped outside the walls. In the midst of such great misfortunes, it is some satisfaction to learn that the contagion has not extended beyond its known limits. FRENCII FUNDS. Nov. 3, Five per Cents. ' 90 f. sc. Bank Stock 1592 f. 50 c. VIENNA, OCT. 23.—According to the most re cent accounts from Constantinople, a new Russian Minister is expected there. The Turks speak highly in favour of Lord Strangford, as mediator between Russia and the Porte. lie is reported to have told the Divan that peace will not be interrupted, yet nothing is known respecting the state of the negociations between those two Powers, though frequent conferences have taken place on this subject, at m hid' Lord Sit-Ling ford is always present. But the prolonged absence of a Russian Minister, and the inter ruption of all commercial relations with Rus sia, occasion serious disquietude. However the Turks have great confidence in their Ministers, and boast of the resistance they can make against their enemies, in case of necessity, as well as of the assistance of England, who, according to them, will declare war against Russia the moment that her troops enter the Ottoman territory. The Divan have adopted a measure of the highest importance. They have published an order, prohibiting the Turkish soldiers from leaving their corps to return to their homes. This order has been already communicated to the Asiatic troops encamped near Constantinople, under the command of ,the Pacha of Broussa, and at the same time they were informed that circumstances would not permit of their return ing to their country during - the approaching winter. This measure has produced a great sen sation ; for it is evident that the conduct of Hui sia alone could render it necessary, as they hold the Greeks in too great contempt to suppose that such extraordinary steps should be taken on their account. The report of an insurrection in Servia, which has been some time prevalent at Salonica, occa sions greater uneasiness to the Turks than the revolution in Greece. • WIDDIN, OCT. 11.—The Pacha here is very uneasy respecting the fermentation which reigns in Servia. It is true that' the communication with Belgrade is not cut off; but it is no less certain that the towns of Nissa, Cornick, Gia cova, Novebazar, and others, are more or less disposed to revolt. It is affirmed that at Nissa and Giacova the Turks have been imprisoned , and assassinated under various pretences. We have obtained certain intelligence that the Servians are in communication with the insur gents of Moldavia and Walachia, and more parti cularly with those of Macedonia. Our Pacha has communicated these circumstances to the Pachas of Sophia and Belgrade ; and Tartars have been sent into Servia to ascertain the real feeling of the inhabitants, and to demand hostages from them. It is not probable that they will succeed in their mission. It is reported, on the authority of letters from Constantinople, that hostilities between Russia and the Porte will commence in the spring. If mar takes place, the Servians will in all probabi lity rise against us. lIERMANSTA DT, OCT. 21.-The Pachas of Asia have received orders to raise the greatest possible number of troops, and to place them at the dis posal of the Porte. There is a talk of an army being formed on the frontiers of Persia, because the Schah of Persia has rejected the propositions of the Porte. It is however generally believed that affairs with Persia will be arranged. The Grand Signior will not listen to any demands respecting rights, much less regarding concessions, and he is deter mined to place himself at the head of his troops, in case of a war with Russia. All these measures prove, that much hope of preserv ing peace is not criteftained at Constantiaople ; hut the negociations are continued,and not broken off, and the last accounts from that capital state, that the Porte has acceded to the propositions of Russia, so that it is probable war ill 3 - et be averted. SEMLIN, OCT. 14.—According to letters from Seres, in Macedonia, of the sth of October, the new Pacha of Salonica has made an unsuccessful attack against the strong positions of the Greeks on Mount Athos, and near Cassandra. He was repulsed with the loss of about s,ooomen. Most of the Asiatic troops deserted after the battle, and are dispersed throughout the province in plundering parties. The hatti-scherlif of the Sultan, for the general arming of the Mussul mans, which was suspended at Constantinople, has been rigorously enforced in the provinces, and the Turks are every where flying to arms. FRANKFORT, OCT. 26.—The favourable recep tion given to Baron de Strogonoff by the Empe ror Alexander, who has conferred on him the Order of St. Vladimir, has caused an agreeable sensation at Odessa. They maintain in this town that the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh has declined the mediation of the other Powers, and even the proposition of a Congress. A copy of the pre tended letter of Count Nesselrode to the Prince de Metternich on this subject is circulated at Odessa, and read with avidity, because it con cords with the general opinion of the Russians. A short time before the departure of the Prince de Metternich from Vienna for Hanover, a cou rier was sent by the Austrian Cabinet with dis patches to its Minister at Petersburgh ; and an hour afterwards the Russian Ambassador dis patched another courier to the same destination. We have this day received accounts of the surrender of Tripolizza to the Greeks by capi tulation on the 27th of September. This is an important advantage for the Greeks, as it gives them, the possession of the most considerable for tress in the Morea. It is stated that the Turkish garrison has been embarked, in order to be trans ported into Asia. BERLIN, OCT. 26.—The Austrian Cabinet not having been able to induce Russia to consent to a general Congress, it seems that the Ministers who have already assembled at Carlsbad have agreed to meet at Hanover. These Ministers will be chiefly employed on the three following ob jects, viz. Ist, the pacification of Turkey ; 2d, the application of a like system to the different states of Germany ; and 3d, the remedy to be applied to the anomaly of several States of the South. Relative to the first object, it is asserted that Austria has at length restored harmony between the Cabinets of St. James and St. Petersburgh, and that the latter has promised to undertake nothing in future against Turkey, without the previous consent of te other Cabinets. - The German powers of the first order are very anxious respecting the second object. They wish that the powers of the second order, inasmuch as they do not require such a strong action to maintain order in their States, should not consider themselves empowered to give a more extended liberty on certain points, such as the liberty of the press, than is allowed in the great States. Nothing has transpired with respect to the third object—the settlement of the monarchical principle. It is thought that these Ministers will confine themselves to the proposition of com mon measures, to be carried into effect by all the Powers, in order to strengthen the political system it is intended to establish. MADRID, OCT. 23.—The sittings of the Cortes up to the 21st have been dedicated to the dis cussion of the proposed Civil Code and Territo rial division. The latter measure, it is sup posed, will be finally settled to-morrow or the next day. The Bishop of Ceuta has been denounced, for preaching against the present Government. The Junta of Health at Murcia, having received intelligence that the yellow fever had manifested itself at Aguilas, have established a cordon round that town. It was reported 'that this disorder had appeared at Seville, in the quarter of Triana ; but an Order of the Day of the lt2th instant, published by the Political Chief, contradicts the report. The Minister of War has published, in the Universel, an answer to the complaints alleged against him by General Riego. Another place of detention has been assigned to this General, on account of the pestilential disorder. This at tention on the part of the Government has given great satisfaction to Riego. The Government has printed a list of all the Officers of Infantry and Cavalry composing the Army. . Don Francisco cie Vanegas has been appointed Captain-General of Cadiz, which office he will unite with that of Political Chief. This news occupies greatly the public attention, as the com mand is of the utmost importance at a moment when most extraordinary reports are in circula tion respecting the designs of the inhabitants of that town. By the arrival of a vessel from the Cape of Good Hope, accounts have been received, stat ing that tne Colony was in a very happy and flourishing condition, and the best understanding prevailed among the members of it, and the Calfres. So much had harmony been restored, that a benefi cial trade to a considerable extent was carried on between Albany and the savages. Sir R. S. Don kin, the acting Governor of the Cape, had spared no exertions to facilitate this friendly intercourse ; and at his suggestion, and through his interposi tion, the annual fair, existing before the hostili ties which broke out in 1818, has been restored on the banks of the K . eeskahamma river. Here the Caffres purchase the various colonial articles of which they may be in want, and the amicable relations, by the mutual necessities of both par ties, will be confirmed and cemented. The Cape Town Gazette, of the 21st July, contains a Pro clamation from Sir R. S. Donkin, regulating the manner in which the fair shall be conducted. I t seems that Gaika, the Caffre Chief, was very in strumental in the revival of this fair. LITERARY. AND SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. [FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.] (No. XXIV.) ITALIAN LcrattATuttE.—Professor Barbieri, of Milan, who has already distinguished himself as a writer for the Stage, is now employed in pub lishing a selection of the best modern dramas of Italy, and translations from the most celebrated theatrical productions of Germany and other countries. A 12mo. volume, generally contain ing three pieces, appears monthly ; in the first are translations of Delavigne's Vepres Sicilien nes, Kotzebue's Count Benjowsky, and a Co medy, from the pen of the Editor himself, en titled 11 Terno al Lotto. In the higher depart ments of science and philosophy many produc tions have appeared that chew the Italians to have shaken off that apathy and torpidity which have hitherto prevented the South of Europe from attaining the rank enjoyed by its Northern rivals. II Catechism° Agrario, by Caro Pollini, Member of the Veronese Society for the promotion of agriculture and trade, although a small volume, is one of considerable interest. The writer treats in a plain and perspicuous manner of whatever is necessary to be known by the husbandman, and has been very favourably mentioned. lie has, however, little that can he termed original, most of what he says having already been communi cated to the public by Re, and other Italian Au thors on agricultural topics. The Collezione dei Classici Italiani, publishing at Pavia, proves by the success which it has received that, attached as they are to the lighter and more elegant arts, the Italians do not neglect the more abstruse branches of science, nor are they averse to stu dies which, from their dryness and speculative nature, present so little to captivate the imagina tion or to allure any but those who are decidedly reflecting. In this respect, therefore, Italy may be allowed to be not at all less active than her neighbours. Among the works already given in this collection is a translation of pant's Critic of Pure Reason. Signora Luna Folliero, of Naples, a Lady who addressed an elegant patriotic Ode to her countrymen, delineating, in powerful lan guage and glowing colours, the advantages of the " New Constitution," has written a treatise on the physical and moral education of females. Salvadore Fabbrichard, manager of the Teatro Fiorentino in the same city, has offered a prize of 200 ducats for the best comedy or tragedy that shall be sent in the course of the present year. A collection of poems by Mali, published at Naples under the title of Poesie di un Amico degli Uomini, &c. breathes a warm patriotic spirit indulging in lofty anticipations of freedom, but his hopes and his prophecies have since been frustrated. In many places the Author speaks in high terms of com mendation of several men of rank, who, like him self, prefer the independence of their country to the privileges annexed to a nobility depressing to the community in vneral, and hostile to its interests. La Storia della Filosqfia Greco, by Dr. Sacchi of Pavia, is a work of considerable interest and information, in which the Author displays great erudition, and throws considerable light upon a difficult subject. There are four volumes now published ; the first contains the History of the lonic and Pythagorean Schools, the second that of the Italic, the third of the Eleatic, and the fourth, an account of the Hera clitic and Sophistic sects. Professor Ressi of Pavia has published a work on political economy, entitled Dell Economia della ,specie Humana, in which he expounds, very perspicuously, the theories of Quesnay, Smith, Stuart, and Ortes ; and adduces the various opinions of Malthus, Ilerrenschward, Lauderdale, Lismoridi, and Lichtenstein. An other work relating to the philosophy of politics and government is Sall' Administra:ione della Giustizia Penale ne' Governi Coslituzionali 1821, on the administration of Penal Justice in Constitutional Governments. The Author, Fran cesco de Marco, inquires into the real principles of penal justice, and in explaining the nature of constitutional government, he deduces the neces sity of trial by Jury, pointing out, at the same time, the various forms which modern nations have given to this method of trial. This work will be found to display an intimate acquaintance with modern juridical knowledge. The Neapo litan press has also ushered forth to the world a project for a system of universal public instruc tion. Saggio d'lstruzione Universals e Publica, by Nicole Corelli, Professor of Chemistry. This publication, which was dedicated, to the National Parliament, owed its birth to certain appearances in the political horizon that promised the dawn of a brighter era, but which have since passed away. Besides the general views which he here takes of the subject, the author proposes the establish of a Committee of Jurors, whose object should be the improvement of all Arts and Sciences. Under the title of Memoire Storiche, &c. we are presented with a biography of Count Vincenzo Dandolo, and an account of his various works. Compagnoni, the author and intimate friend of Dandolo, exhibits his merits in chemical know ledge, and the testimonies which foreigners have paid to his acquisitions and labours in this branch of Science. THE ALABASTER SARCOPHAGUS.—On Friday, September 28th, the celebrated Alabaster Sar cophagus which lately arrived from Alexandria was uncased and deposited in the British Mu seum. It is for the present in one of the apart ments not open to the public, where probably it will lie until a place is prepared for it in the Egyptian Gallery. This antique is certainly a very extraordinary and admirable specimen of the arts of Egypt. The Sarcophagus is n i ne f ee t long and about four feet high, apparently of a single piece, and that of a very fine alabaster. It is shaped like a modern coffin, and is more than large enough to hold the mummy with all its en velopes, which is presumed to have been de posited within this costly repository. But its chief value is in the innumerable hieroglyphics, which cover the sides, interior, and exterior, from top to bottom. They are small : the hu man figures, of which there are long processions in various circumstances and attitudes, erect, link ed together, towing galleys, bending as if in wor ship, &c. are from an inch to an inch and a half high. Between those are compartments of sym bols, the eye, the ibis, the lotus, &c. The sei pent occurs frequently, and in some liistantes of considerable size and with much exactness of detail. This noble work is supposed to be the coffin of Psammis. Conjecture, however, has an extensive range in Egyptian .antiquity, and some probabilities - have been suggested in favour of its being no tomb, but a temple—a small shrine, imitative of the o►iginal Clutha or great Dilu vian vessel to which so many of the Indian em blems refer. The ark seems to have formed a vast source of Pagan allegoric sculpture. The pecuniary value of this Sarcophagus has been es timated at a very, large sum. It was the pro perty of Mr. Salt, the British Consul, and was, we understand, the subject of competition by the agents of some Foreign Powers. CARNATION.—There is at present to be seen in the garden of Mr. Miller, at the. Abbey, Edinburgh, what is conceived to be a.Very great curiosity. In the bed of carnations there is one root, a stalk from which has prOdaced one car nation half red and half a flesh colour; another wholly a flesh colour spotted with red, and the third a dark red. TOADS.-ft has been generally considered, on the authority of Mr. Pennant, that toads live on insects and worms; but it appears, from un doubted authority, that they also destroy mice. A gentleman residing at Keswick has published a letter in the " Sporting Magazine," in which he says, that one evening in the latter end of July last, he observed a rustling in a strawberry-bed in his garden, and found that a toad had just seized a field mouse, which had got on the toad's back, scratching and biting to get released, but in vain. The toad kept his hold, and as the strength of the mouse failed, gradually drew the unfortu nate little animal into his mouth, and gorged him. SToATs.---Another correspondent, in the same Magazine, relates a wonderful instance of the voracity of stoats. Some workmen, on removing a pile of faggots near a coppice, where it had lain about live months, found 63 rabbit skins, and 25 hare skins; all perfectly whole, besides fragments of skins ; on removing a few more bundles, they found six stoats, four of which they killed ; the other two escaped. It is gene rally thought that stoats merely suck the blood of these animals, but this fact proves that the opinion is erroneous. ANTIQUE BOATS.—About two months ago, two oak canoes, each 21 feet in length, and ex cavated from the tree, were found in Longhis land Davey, near Castlewellan. The right side of the one, and the left side of the other, were convex in form; the opposite sides were perfectly straight, so that the two could have been joined together. Some curious implements of war were found in these canoes. The timber of the vessels was perfectly sound, and the whole in a high state of preservation. DENINIARK.—A literary discussion respecting the merits of northern and classical mythology has lately excited much attention. Baden con tinues to attack the system of northern mytho logy, and has himself been attacked in return by his opponents, the advocates for it; among whom are Professor Flinn, Magnusen, and others who accuse him of not comprehending the spirit of the mythology which he labours to ex plode. lle.has, however, the artists, Eckersberg and Boyer on his side. On the other hand, the three greatest Poets of Denmark, men of indis putable genius, and perfectly indigenous in their taste, have given authority to the anti-classic party, and have borrowed most freely from the stores of the Edda. So far as this is done with discretion it is commendable, but exclusive sys tems of taste are desirable neilher in literature nor in art. Zoor.ocr.—Dr. Paolo Sawi, assistant to the professor of Botany in the University of Pisa, has discovered in different places in the Tuscan Apennines, a new species of salamander, remark able for its figure and colours. He has named it Salamandra perspicillata qainque palmis plantisque tetradactNlis. It has a spot on the top of the head, in shape like like a pair of spectacles, and also four toes on each foot, instead of three, like the common salamander. 0 PTICS.-M. Amici, professor of Mathematics in the University of Modena, has invented an optical apparatus, by which every kind of object, solid or liquid, transparent or opaque, may be viewed, without the necessity of dividing it into parts. This instrument has been called the Mi croscope Catadroptrique, and is formed of an hori zontal tube like a telescope. The eye is directed in the same manner, and not downwards, as in common microscopes. At one of the extremities of the tube is a combination of metallic mirrors, on which the reflection is made through a small opening contrived under the tube, and corre sponding perpendicularly to the glass that carries the object, which is moved' up and down by a screw, under - which a mirror is also placed, as in all common microscopes. The different degrees of diminution or enlargement are obtained by changing the eye glasses only, by which means an object is passed through every degree of en largement very quickly, and still kept within the field of vision. With this microscope, any thing plunged half an inch in a liquid, may be viewed distinctly, a thing impossible in other micro scopes. M. Amici has also contrived an appa ratus attached to the instrument, by which all the objects seen may be accurately measured. NESir SPECIES OF CLovErt.—The Professor of Agriculture and Botany in the University of Modena strongly recommends a species of clover that has not hitherto been cultivated in this coun try, namely, the Trifoliam Incarnatum, or Crim son Clover. lie recommends this plant as the earliest of trefoils ; as the most useful for in creasing forage ; as requiring only one ploughing and harrowing to cover the seed ; as peculiarly calculated for dry soils, even gravels; and as preferring the mountain to the plain. It is so hardy that it may be sown even in autumn, and it stands well severe frost. If sown in spring, it will yield a good crop that year. Some experi ments have been tried with this plant in Ber wickshire, which in a great measure justify what has been urged in its favour. It would be of very gr( at importance if this species of clover would answer where the land will not produce the common red sort, from its having been so frequently repeated. PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. 3 per Cent. Red..., 770 I Imp. 3 per Cents. • 7 6 i 3 per Cent. Cons.... 7B-444 I India Stock 3 per Cent 88 Indit:Bonds 7os. 7 1 1' 4 per Cent . Mai Excheq. Bills, 5 per Cent. Navy Ann.... 1 1 ILI Cons. for Account 7 8 , Bankgiong Ann. 19 9-liths HIGH WATER AT LONDO: Morning, 21 minutes after 0. IN BRIDGE TOZIORROW• 1 Evening, 51) minutes after 12. TH E S UN. SOLEM GUIS DICERE FALSUM AUDEAT ? • LONDON, WEDNESDAY, - NOVEMBER 7, IS2I. Lord LONDONDERRY arrived yesterday at Will' mer Castle, and is expected at North Cray this evening. We-received this morning French Papers to Sunday last inclusive, from which we give extracts under the usual head of Foreign In' telligence. They will be read with great interest. Our readers Ivill see it is confirm' ed that the Turkish troops arc to be kept embodied during the winter,—an extraordi' nary measure, which is justly attributed to apprehensions of Russia,—that the Servian surrection has excited the greatest inquietud e among the Turks,—and that the Persians ►►re resolved to push the war which they have under' taken against the Ottoman Empire with, vigo►►r• The tenor of the articles from variou s parts of Germany and Turkey is decid' edly warlike ; and what is very remarkable , it is stated in letters from Senes, in Macedu' nia, received at Semlin, in Hungary, that ti e Hatti-Scheriff of the SULTAN, which was sa s " pended at Constantinople, through the influenc e of Lord STRANGFORD, bas been proclaime d throughout the Turkish provinces, and that th e Mussulmans are flying to arms in all quarters. I t would hence appear that the expectation of main' taining peace is not very sanguine on the part of the Ottoman Government.—A private letter fr'oa► Zante, dated the 28th September, mentions that the efforts of the Turks to relieve Patras have bee° unsuccessful, and that they were repulsed wit h great loss. The Asiatic troops are represented to be not calculated to carry on a war in a countri which differ's materially in local aspects from the even plains of Asia. The fortress of Lepanto is still blockaded and threatened with an as• sault by Macrys, one of the Etolian Chiefs. Th e country between the Isthmus of Corinth and th e pass of Thermopylce. is in the entire pOsses sion of the Greeks, since the defeat of th e Paella of DEr.viNo. Thessalia and Macedonia are in like manner in the full possession of th e Greeks, in which countries they occupy' veil strong positions which are the keys of Epirus' A bloody battle took place on the 9th of Sep' tember, between the Greeks and the Turks unde r the command of • the Pacha of Salonica, which the latter were defeated with an immen se loss. Among the prisoners are four Beys. New York Papers arrived this morning, one day later, I.4th October. The Dutch brig of war ilicrcurg, of 13 s,ru nh which sailed from Curacoa on the 18th Septa bound to Laguira and Porto CaveHo, was struc l ' with lightning the same night, which carri ed away the main -mast, and rendered her uar ll3 ‘ nageable. She was run ashore near the FenYlle Plantation, where she was entirely lost, ill a heavy storm. Shortly after the lightning strti ci ` the Mercury she was discovered to be on fir e ' occasioned, it is supposed, by the fluid baud" passed into the interior of the vessel, all the powder on board having been thrown into t he sea. Three 'persons were injured by the of the mast. NEW Yon.K, OCT. 13.--The Ambuscade, company, with several other vessels, sailed from Havannah on the 13th ult., and for thre succes sive days experienced such heavy gales, that t he memory of man does not furnish more seve re ' The Ambuscade, through the indefatigable c2c er ' tions of the Captain, survived the tempest. NORFOLK, OCT. 4.—Having been disappoin ted in the expectation of a report from the Board Health, we conceive it a duty we owe to our ~1 4 . P .c sent citizens, who necessarily look to the pu h " te Journals for information on the subject, to s t ' e that (we believe we have the concurrence 0 ' majority of ,our townsmen in the opinion) t t , e i; would act very Unwisely to, return to their I ' 3l) e tations, until several heavy frosts shall b a `., taken place, and decizive evidence of 47 1 1 3° ` e melt in the health"of the town shall be a fford e to them. A Supplement to yesterday's Gazelle was P ub' lisped this morning, containing Dispatches f r°lll r the Government of Bombay, dated the I ° l° s March and 9th of April, 1821, detailing va ri r r successful -operations of the expedition Iln u , the command of Major-General Sinyril, 11 '• C oef v t The whole of this important intellizence, e%43 ‘ f i le that contained in Major-General Sgrars, Of