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FOUEIGN INTELLIGENCE. PARTS, JAV. 20.—The King has honoured Lieut.-General Viscount Donadieu with a private audience. The Chamber of Peers net on Saturday, and appointed a deputation to attend the funeral ce remony in honour of the memory of Louis XVI. on the 2lst. Among the deputed mourners are the revolutionary Marshals Jourdan, Mortier, and Davoust. The Chamber separated without fixing a day for meeting again. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, JAN. 19. PROJECT OF LAW ON THE POt.ICE OF THE PRESS. NI. de Martignac appeared in the tribune.— Tbe Committee which you directed to examine the law on the periodical Press has appointed me to lay before you its report. Before examining the law, it will not be improper to take a. view of periodical writings considered in their relations to the general interest. I-do not pre tend to .dispute the advantages which may be expeilenced in France by the publication of politiCal journals. In a country in which all citizens take a part in public affairs, and in which liberty prevails, it is proper that the acts of the government, important events, and all useful truths, should be comrnunicat vd to all persons. This daily review of the ac tions of authority, this constant summons of power before public opinion, has a real advantage which I readily recognize. It must not be concluded, however, that in a Government such as ours, the existence of public journals is necessary for pre serving the rights of citizens. Where the right of petition is secured—where the tribune is free and public—where the state - of the judicial po.ver assures the administration of justice— where every individual may print his opinions, the journals cannot be considered as necessary orgarts. They are useful auxiliaries, convenient mediums for publication, and have become, either from the nature of our Government, or the force of habit, a kind of want which ought to be satisfied. Having thus stated the advantages, it is proper to consider the dangers,of public journals. They are generally undertaken as speculations of in dustry which have profit for their object : and -under this point of view the interest of these en terprises is necessarily in opposition to the ge neral interest.—(A slight movement.)—The ge neral interest is connected with public order, external peace, submission to the laws, and the union of the people. The interest of jour nals, on the contrary, is in agitation, in perma nent disquietude, expectation, and curiosity the monotonous order of peace is mortal to them. When the passions shall be calmed, when long exiled concord shall re-unite men, then the en terprises of journals will be deprived of the means of existence. I am ready to acknowledge, that there are writers equally honourable and able, whose pens are guided by conscience, and - who have no other object but the public good; but how many others are actuated by different motives. It is easy and agreeable to speak to the passions ; then journalists are sure to be read. it must be frankly confessed, because it is a truth which we neither need nor wish to dissem ble, that the proposed law still restrains the un coqtrouled publication of journals, and does not entirely free the periodical press. Are regulations of this kind contrary to the Charter ? We are &I sensible that our institutions ought to be founded on it. That Charter is as dear to us as the hand by which it was given ; we confound in this affection the benefit and the benefactor ; and our respect for the Charter can only be com pared to our love for the King.—(Marks of ap probation on the right.)—lf, then, the Charter had placed the free publication of journals above the law, we should have regretted to find this germ of dissolution in a work of wisdom ; but we sho•ild have refrained from committing a direct attack on the basis of the edifice which our vows tend to preserve. This prohibition, however, is not in the Charter. The right of printing his opinion is secured to every Frenchman by the law. That right is not affected by this project ; it relates only to journals and periodical writ and it would be doing violence to the Charter to extend to journals, without restric- Oons, the right consecrated by article 8. We shall be told to look at England, and follow her example; but the answer is easy. Let years of revolutions and misfortunes be effaced ; let re , collections and hatreds be extinguished ; let us wait mail we have institutions consolidated by time, until we acquire an opposition stern but not hstile, and with which the existence of the mo narchy may not be daily compromised.—(A vio lent explosion of murmurs. MM. A. St. Aignan, Lafitte, de St. Aulaire, &c., spoke amidst the tumult.) 10. B. Constant—This is an insult to the Chamber. The op position: neither endangers the Charter nor the Monarchy. J. C. Poricr —You attack the opposition. Explain your phraFt , . we do not understand it. u 3 Martignac—There is no question about the Chamber. It to the nation. Ni. Pcrier—Let the Reporter recommence ;we fear we hi:ve misunderstood him. M. de Martignac proceeded.—lt may then be said that our political Constitution is as strong as that of Enland, and that our press shall, like the English, be.free. The Reporter then pointed out the inefficiency of the law of 1419, and the facility with which it was eluded. It was wished to regulate liberty, but it was found that only licentiousness had been organized. In vain did able and prudent writers point to reason and truth as beacons and guides. Torches shed more light than the flambeaus, and the fury of parties prefers the flame which burns to that which enlightens.—(Marks of approbation on therig,ht and centre).— You recollect, Gentlemen, the hatreds which have been revived, and the vengeances which have been excited. The con flagration was begun, and it required the blood of a French Prince to extinguish it.—(A violent explosion on the right. Several voices—a They knew well how to' take advantage of that disas ter.l—Alarmed • at the sight of that blood, the Government asked your assistance. You granted it, and the COnsorship' apposed to the torrent a dike which it could not overthrow. I do not justify the abuse which the Government made of the Censorship.— (Laughter.)—Since that epoch, however, France has - made immense' progress towards internal calm and the ter mination of our dissensions.—( Violent mur murs on the left.) The law proposed has no retroactive effect. Having stated sonic amend ments in the first and second articles, the Re porter proceeded to the third, which states that in case the spirit and general tendency of a peri odical writing or journal should be injurious to public peace, to the respect due to the religion of the State, and other religions recognized in France, or to the King's authority, &c., the ltoyal Courts, within the jurisdiction of which such journal is published, may suspend it or suppress it. This article deserves to be con sidered with attention. In France there is too much ability in those who write, and too much intelligence and aptitude to comprehend in those who real for any law to provide against al! dangerouf and criminal attacks. What mischief may not be produced by dexterous allegories, by perfidious comparisons, and by stories in which nothing need be changed but the names of the actors, and the plan of the scenes. These words " spirit and general tendency," it will be said, are very vague : but it is vagueness which con stitutes all the force and all the necessity of the law. (A. number of voices on the left, 4 C Wonderful ! There is no dissembling here.") However, to render the matter as clear as pos sible to those who may have to apply the law, your Committee proposes to suppress the words " general tendency," which add nothing to the word " spirit ;" and which even seem to weaken it.—(Laughter.)—The Committee also thinks it proper that the spirit of a journal should be judged, not by a single paper, but from a se ries of papers. It therefore proposes to add to the word " spirit" these words, " resulting from a succession of articles."—(More laughter.)— The reporter then insisted on the advantage of intrusting the execution of the law to the Royal Courts. Some persons, however, in examining-I this article, had conceived that it contained a violation of the most respectable rights. The odious word " confiscation" had been pronounced, and some appeared to consider the suppression of a journal as an attack on the rights of property. There was, •however, no confisca tion. The generous philanthrophy of our King had erased that odious privilege from our codes, and it has nothing in common with the suppression of a journal recognized to be dangerous to the public safety. The fourth article provides, that if during the adjournment of the Chambers, impor tant circumstances should render the established measures momentarily insufficient, the laws of the 31st March, 18'21, may be restored to vigour by a Royal Ordinance, countersigned by three Ministers. The Committee has thought proper to preserve this article. The King is empowered by the Charter to issue ordinances necessary for the safety of the State. 'Convinced of the insuf ficiency of the best combined measures of re pression, at moments of crisis, your Committee proposes the adoption of the measure proposed by the Government. But as a security that it shall only be exercised temporarily and condi tionally, the Committee propose to add, that the ordinance which establishes the preventive laws shall be discussed in a Council of Ministers.— (Long laughter on the left.)—Such, Gentlemen, is the opinion of your Committee. It has fore seen the difficulties to be encountered, but hav ing no interest to consult but that of religion, the Monarchy, and true liberty', it has but one hope to form--that of their preservation.—(Cries of bravo on the right.) Several Deputies ran , to the tribune, in order to have their names inscribed tor speaking on the project. The following names were taken down to speak for it : MM. de Courtarvel, de Frenily, Duhamel, Josse-Beauvoir, Syrieys, Cornet-Dincourt, Buzire, Pavy, de Marcellus, Don nadieu, Clauzel, de Cayrol, Kergorl a y (M a i nc h e) , 011ivier (Drome), Lafond, de Cardonnel, de Puymaurin, de Bonald. Against it, MM. Ganilh, de Basseterreche, Humblot-Conte, Labbey de Pompieres, Laisne de Villeveque, le General Gran jean, l3arrieux, Bignon, de Saint-Aignan (Auguste), de Chau velin, de Thiard (le Comte), Cassaignolles, de Girardin, Brun de Villeret Legraverend, Beausejoir, Guilhem, Clement, Me chin, Dupont (de l'Eure), le General Foy, Dannou, de Bri gode, Payee do Vandeeuvre, Devaux, Leseigneur, Lefevre -0 ineau The President—The Chamber orders the report to be printed and distributed. A day must be fixed for the discussion. M. de Saint Aulaire—l mean to speak on the question for printing. The President.—l cannot allow that. The printing is a matter of course. _ _ 111. de Girardin—You do not know what may be proposed. M. de Saint Aulaire—l propose to refer to the regulations. Voice on the left—Take the opinion of the Chamber. That is your duty. President—The duty which the President has to perform is imperative. The regulation only allows the Chamber the power of ordering or not ordering the printing of law projectS. With respect to the reports of committee, it Is expressly stated that they shall always be printed and distributed, at least 24 hours before the debate. M. de Saint Aulaire passed through the group of orators who were getting their names inscribed, and ascending the Tri. m bu said, c‘ It is on an appeal to the regulation that I am about to speak. The regulation declares by a formal provision, that nothing shall be said at this Tribune insulting either to the whole or part of the Chamber."—(Violent murmurs on the right.) _ Several voices—Where have you discovered an insult ? M. de Saint Aulaire—l am within the meaning of the regu lation, when 1 propose that before the Report be printed, some expressions offensive to part of this Chamber shall be erased.—(Tumult.),- I do not intend to discuss the Report.— The Reporter has allowed a ph rase suscept ibl e o f an o ffe ns i ve application to escape him. It becomes our duty that we should reject it. The phrase was, " you will acquire an opposition ri gorous, but not hostile,who will not daily put to hazard the ex istence of the Monarchy." Voice on the right—What can ()find you in that phrase ? N. de Saint Aulaire—ln the legal, in the legislative sense, when the word *ppm Pion is used in the Chamber, it necessa rily applies to all the members who do not vote with the majo rity.—(Negative murmurs)—l require the erasure of this pas sage. The word " opposition" certainly refers to these who do not habitually vote with the Ministry, and the Reporter found himself obliged to state that he did not mean to speak of the Chamber, but of the nation. Voice on the left—And that was still worse. • M. de Saint Aulaire wished to continue, but was interrupted by increasing murmurs.' A Member on the left appealed to the President to silence the Members who were causing the interruption. He ob served, that the President alone had the right of interrupting a Member. The President—lt is true that no one ought to interrupt ; but the Member who makes this observation reminds me that the speaker has entirely deviated from the regulation, for it allows no discussion on a report on the day on which it is pre sented. M. de Lametli—What ! do you not permit the grounds of an opinion to be stated ? Lalitte—The President abuses his power. Other voices —This is shocking! It is always the same system. M. de Saint Aulaire, after persisting in his proposition, de scended from the tribune amidst a great noise. The President —The regulations do not allow the discussion of the report on the day when it is presented.—(Cries from the left side—i< We 4.1,0 not wish to discuss. Our object is to rectify errors, and to blot out injurious expressions.") Murmurs now burst forth from both sides of the Chamber, which smothered the voice of the President, and even the sound cf his bell. After a pause, the PreSident announced that the order of the day was the discussion cif the project relative to the repression of the offences of the pres:3;,aiicl that M. Corcelles had the precedence. M. Corcelles accordingly ascended the tribune, amidst the profound silence of the tribunes, which were tilled with spec tators; but the interior of the Chamber: was not so attentive. The President entreated the members to take their places, and to keep silence. Several members called out for a previous vote on the printing of the report just presented. The President said, he should not consult the Chamber on a point which was perfectly clear ; it was a standing order that the report should be printed, and this required no discussion. M. Lafitte, and several other members of the left side, pro tested against this manner of proceeding. The President insisted that they must be very ignorant who supposed that tire language of the report could 1. altered with out exciting discussion. He then repeated that M. Corcelles was to begin. . . The Members on the left side called out that he was not to begin . ; and demanded a vote on the printing of the repel t. The President repeated, that the order of day was the dis cussion of the project on the offences of the press. M. B. Constant observed, that this was 'to insult the Cham ber. Other voices called out to M. Coreelles, " Wait ; do not begin yet." The greatest agitation was evident in all parts of the Chamber; and some called out to M. Nartignac to mount the tribune. The President—M. Corcelles alone has a right to speak. M. Foy—l ask to speak against the President. The President—A few days ago I allowed a member to speak against the President, and the Chamber very explicitly express ea its opinion on this point. I now hold fast to the text of the standing order. It is for M. Corcelles to speak. After a violent explosion on both sides of the house, which lasted for some time, M. Corcelles was at length allowed to proceed. He began by stating that a faction opposed to the real wishes of the people would overturn the established laws, and endeavour to make new ones—no matter how severe—in order to cement a power sometimes ridiculous, but more frequently atro cious. —(Murmurs on the right.)—Woe to the people who should suffer this humiliating chain. Reason, justice, and public opinion would by such men be soon trampled under foot. It was the misfortune of France that the cause of power was placed in hostile array against the public cause. Hence this deluge of Draconian laws, which were now, blow after blow, to overwhelm this wretched country. Yet, but a few days ago these very men, when out of power, pretended a sincere hatred of oppression : they pet on the appearance of public spirit ; but under this mask they were concealing the sword which was to give the last blow to the rights of France. Now the mask is 'raised, they know ❑ot how to be quick enough in overturning the little remnants of our liberties. We (meaning the left side) have done all in our power to save our country from this last abasement. We shall do all that remains for us to do—we shall remain firm in the day of peril, as we were on former occasions when our liberties were equally tndangered.— (Laughter on the right; and on the left, cries of " Bravo" and " Laugh now at your ease.") — M. Corcelles then went on to discuss the report, and after a long and detailed reprobation of the new project, he concluded as follows :—" I know not how the Chamber will act, but what ever may 'be its decision, it has doubtless taken care to calculate the quantity of public resist ance. The resisting mass in our country is im mense ; let it once be yoked to this car of re pression, its course can never be stopped ; and you, soon undeceived, will find too late that you are defeated. Ministers much stronger and no less rash than our present, ones, have been forced to give way ere now. Terror is the active prin ciple of this system : so it has been twice before, and twice in vain. On the first occasion, when the people were exhausted by an impious war; on the second, when foreign armies endeavoured to keep down a people, who could only be ex hausted by their own repeated victories. This game will do no longer. One terror, ala Met ternich, is enough.—(Bravos on the left.)—The people and the army will never again be brought to submit to such juggling. M. Duplessis Grenedan thought that severe measures were now more than ever necessary, when the most horrible libels were scattered over Paris, insulting, in the most barbarous man ner, the memory of Louis XVI., and mocking the grief and eternal regret of all good French men. After a short invocation to that departed Monarch, he added, that he thought the law was not sufficiently severe. He next contended that the Catholic religion was not the religion of the State, because it was so called by the Chamber, but from the nature of things.—(Here great mur murs on the left interrupted the Speaker, as he proceeded to express a wish that a more marked distinction should be drawn between the punish ments inflicted on those who insulted the Catholic religion, which was the only true one, and on those who insulted other religions.)—He then argued at considerable length on the necessity of maintaining the dignity of the higher classes of the State.—(ln this part of his discourse, the voice of the Speaker, naturally weak, was fre quently smothered by the private conversations in different parts of the Chamber. Th e presi dent, in vain, called upon the Chamber to be attentive ; the Ushers vainly endeavoured to procure silence; the Speaker went on without being listened to; and the right side was much less attentive than the left.)—After concluding in favour of the project, M. Duplessis Grenedan descended from the tribune. M. Etienne then ascended the tribune, and spoke at great length against the project. After an animated exordittin, in which he severely de nounced the factious sect who wished to interpret the Charter, as they interpreted the Gospel, by travestying the one and the other, he asked what was the meaning of the doctrine sti eagerly main tained at a late sitting, that " all power was not derived from the charter ? " What after thought was here concealed ? What design was here contemplated ? Such a doctrine, so loudly cheered, so earnestly insisted on, could not be considered as mere barren language, which tlied at the foot of the tribune when it was uttered.— If, then, the declaration was not mere empty sound, it was of fatal import. Let those who made it explain themselves without reserve.— When it was argued that the power which granted the Charter was superior to the Charter, was it meant to' be insinuated that this power could destroy the Charter ? If so, then nothing was secure; nothing was certain : anarchy was at hand. You will say that this is not your meaning. To what purpose, then, your mani festo ? What sort of power is that of which the exercise is either impossible or illegal ? The Charter is equally binding for the power which gave it, and for the people who receive it : it is the. link which attaches the Throne to the nation ; neither one nor the other can break it, without a violent separation equally destructive to both.-- (" Bravo," from the left.)—lte conjured the Chamber to be vigilant': the constant enemies of the Charter, from time to time, changed their mode of attack : they first began by undermin ing the principles on which the inviolability of the Charter depended : the.y then with open force assail it with subversive laws ; and endeavour to make the Chamber, whose very existence sprung from the Charter, the accomplice of its own de struction. He concluded by asking—What was the main object of the Charter ?—the sanction ing of the principles of a Representative Go vernment—of the intervention of the social com munity in the business of the State. How was this intervention exercised ? By the publicity which at once enlightened and defended it. To destroy that publicity was, then, to destroy the Representative Government —to destroy the Charter.—(Applause on the left.) The Sitting, at a quarter past five, was ad journed till Tuesday. FRENCH FUNDS. Jan. 19, Five per Cents. Bank Stocl - 1335 f. c. STOCKHOLM, DEC. 12.—Our official accounts from St. Petersburgh bring us the news that the English Ambassador had received, by a courier, a dispatch from Lord Strangford, which contains the justification of his official conduct ht. the qua lity of mediator between Russia and the Porte. The British Ambassador at St. Petersburgh im mediately communicated it to the Imperial Court, and it is affirmed that his Imperial Majesty has received it with interest and satisfaction, leaving it to the future to realise the hopes which arise from it. PETErtsuunatt, DEC. 25.—The Nobility, the Ministers, the Members of the Council of State, the Civil and Military Authorities, the Diplo matic Body, &c. had the honour, yesterday, to pay their respects to his Majesty the Emperor, on occasion of his birth-day. Te Deum was per formed in the Cathedral Church of Cosau, and the other churches of the capital, and the city was illuminated in the evening. Hostilities having broken out between the Bu charians and the Chiwensars, fewer caravans than usual have arrived during the summer at Orenburg from Bucharia, the road by which the caravans pass being rendered unsafe by ma rauding parties. LEIPSIC, JAN. 4.—Eight days of our fair are now gone by, but it is worse than ever, to which both the weather and political circum7tances contribute. It seems as if all life had vanished from commerce. SOUTH AMERICA. SUPPLEMENT TO THE GAZETTE OF THE GO VERNMENT OF INDEPENDENT LIMA. PATRIOTIC SQUADRON. The GENERAL-IN.CIIIEF has received the following com munications respecting the intrepid action of a part of the boats belonging to the patriotic squadron, on the 24th of July, in the bay of Callao : " Most Excellent Senor,—l have the honour to inform you, that having observed an opening in the chain and perch which surrounded the enemy's vessels, I ordered Capt. Crosbie, with the small boats of the squadron, to capture as many of the enemy's craft as he could bring off, and anchor in safety, without the risk of running aground on the bank to the east of the bay. " I have the satisfaction of enclosing Captain Crosbie's dis. patch detailing the enterprise ; and of adding to what he states respecting the good conduct of the officers, my approbation, not only of them, but also of the manner in which the said Captain executed that service. " I'regret that I could not gratify the desire of Captains Esmonde and Simpson by allowing them to accompany this expedition ; it being necessary to employ the brigantines they command on another service. GOD preserve your Excellency many years. " Lima, July 30. " COCHRANE. " To Don .lose de San Martin, General-in. Chief of the Liberating Forces." DESPATCH FROM CAPTAIN CROSBIE. " O'Higgins frigate, Callao Bay, July 25. " I have the honour to inform your Excellency, that in pur. suance of your orders I proceeded at night with a part of the boats of the squadron, the list of which is enclosed, to Callao roads. Ilaving turned the chain and perch, the enemy began a continued fire of musketry, supported by the guns of the castles. " In consequence of the great and judiciously directed efforts of those under my command, we have succeeded in bringing off, without any loss on our part, three ships and several launches and other small craft, and in burning two of the enemy's vessels. " Capt. Wilkinson, who volunteered his services, accom panied me, and gave proofs of great valour and firmness. Per mit me, also, to express my approbation of the good conduct of the officers and men whom your Excellency placed under my command. _ _ _ The heavy fire of the enemy obliged two neutral ships to' cut their cables and make sail. I have the honour to be, &c. " J. S. CROSBIE, " Commander-in-Chief of the Squadron, &c. " To his Excellency the Vice-Admiral of Chili." Vessels taken or destroyed by a part of the boats of the pa triotic squadron, under the command of Don J. S. Crosbie, Captain of the O'Higgins Taken—San Fernando, Milagro, Resolution, war cor vettes, and several launches and boats. sz Burnt—Two ships, names unknown. " L. B. BENET, Secretary." COURSE OF EXCHANGE, January 92, Amsteldam Ditto, at Sight Rotterdam l2 8 Antwerp l2 6 Elatuburgh 37 3 21 Us Altona Paris, 3 Day's sight 25'40 0 Us. Ditto Bourdeaux, ditto Frankfort on the Main Niaarid 363 Effective Cadiz !lil!toa Barcelona Seville Giliraltar Leghorn G,,!: .41.. . Malta 45 -Naples 4O Palernio LiFlmii Oporto ItioJatieiro , 42 Dublin .... 9 ........ Cur!; 93 pet Cent. BULLION• l'ortn.y,al Gold, in Coin 1.0 0 0 per 0:. Foreign Gold, in Bars 3 I; 10i New Dombloons Nvw Doi lari Silver in Bars, Stand:AN 0 4 (.20,000 MONEY FOR FIRST PRIZE ! 26th of NEXT MONTI-1, (FEBRUARY). and J. SIVEWRIGHT having adver t, • tised every particular of the Scheme for the e nsuing Lottery, which commences Drawim; 26i h February, in the public Papers have now only t o s t a t e so m e o f it, merits, It contains 5 of 4:10,000, ALL MONEY , 70 OTHEit CAPITALS, ALL MONEY ! 6610 OTHER PRIZES, ALL MONEY AND NO I"rvvo BLANKS 'l'o A FRIZE! J. and J. SIVEWRIGHT are SW" at No. 37, Cornhil; ; 11, Holborn ; and 38, liay;,nar'se t, London, where they sold in Shares, in the late Contract, 4,421, a Prize of £25,000, &c. &c. &c.: and on the iast L)4 of Drawing last Lottery, 18,051 £3,210 I 6,7'10 -e2OO 18,074 5OO 17,822 *.*Tickets arid Shares may also he had of their :'gents ni 1 he .Country. PRICE 01 THIS DAY AT Tll Bank Stock 237A per Cent. Red.... ..... per Cent. C0n5....7q 754 Pi 4 per Cent 91;',; 5 per Cent. Navy Ann.... 1107471 Bank Long Ann. 193 7-16th HIGH WATER AT LONDO Morning, 20 minutes after 3. F STOCKS IVE7.VE o'cLOCK. Imp. 3 per Ceats. 7i India Bonds t;ei South Sea Stock 8144 Excheq. Bills I sV'' / 0 44 Cons. for February N BRIDGE TO-MORROW' Evenin.z, 41 minutes after 3. THE SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE F.ILST.:II zIUDEAT LONDON, IVED NESD AI; JANUA R 1822. It was reported in the City this morning, that Press Warrants had been issued, for the purpose► it is said, of manning a squadron destined for th' Mediterranean. We received, this morning, the French Pa hers of Sunday, which are almost entirely filled wit:' the proceedings in the Chamber of Deputies the report of the Committee to whom the pl . "' posed law on the press was referred, a copious abstract of which we have given in our preceding columns. It appears by the Foreign Papers of yesterdaY that the Greeks advance slowly, but with coot:- nued success, in their contest for the entire pos session of the Morea, a territory which, who' once wholly secured by a people determined 0 11 its defence, and possessing a superiority by s(3, may, according to all human probability, bid ac" fiance to any effort for its recovery, on the par t of its former oppressors. The exertions o f the Turks in this quarter become more and more confined in their sphere, and necessarily assume the character of passive obstinacy rather than of vigorous and imposing enterprizc. Nor is there any immediate prospect of such measures being taken by the Government as are calculated to change this aspect of affairs, unless we rnaY ascribe importance to the rumour that in the lie ginning of January a large fleet of transports 0 5 getting ready to proceed with a numerous body. of Asiatic troops either to the Morea or to Call dia.—We look with► great interest to the pro ceedings of the Insurgents against the sea-ports of Patras, Coron, and Napoli di Romania. BY possessing the first of these, with the neighbour" ing Forts of the Dardanelles, they would secure one of the most important points of communi cation with the main Turkish territory. it might indeed be expected that the whole of this communication would he speedily thrown into the power of the Insurgents, if we could place confident reliance on a negociation sag to have been commenced by the Commandant ot 4 the Acro-Corinth. Patras, it may be remembered, was the place where those dis asters commenced which terminated the unhappY revolt of the Greeks in 1770. At that period, as at present, the Turks had abandoned the city, and shut themselves up in the castle, which wa s . closely besieged, when a. body of Turks and Albanians poured into the Morea through the Isthmus, and fell upon the assailants, the garri son at the same time making a vigorous and effea tive sally, a dreadful carnage of the Greeks en sued, and the city was burned in the conflict. Modon, which we find by the recent accounts to have fallen into the hands of the Insurgents, was relieved by this combined force in a similar :nail' ner, notwithstanding the anxious, and for a time successful, exertions of the united Greeks and Russians, both by land and sea. Tripolizz,a had also, at that time, been attacked, but with fatal results to the besiegers. Coron, one of the principal places now holding out against the Greeks, was assailed with like ill fortune, the Turks being driven into the castle, but at length expelling the enemy from the town by setting it on fire. Corinth and Napoli di Romania were besieged, but without success 7 But in fact the whole of that ill-omened insur rection, as readily quelled as excited, was crushed . in little more than two monti - ,s from its first ac tive ',beginning, and without the attainment of any signator durable advantage.—The projected National Assembly, which was to meet in the Peloponnesus about the beginning of this mo nth, may be of service to the general Grecian cause, by imparting to the efforts of its supporters an appearance, at leas,. of cu7lcert, union, and pre we d a n ostel tio n o f , aspect Circu rn r age th Much, of th e by a w with c aPabl( front it, glo r i ou Can at Greeks e °nStall diate of of theil h ave ia: ar e at i "Tedi rati ons getip. ra l PI th e 1822, °Le Pin been p thi s Iv( (li geste la in it fence e and thi dr awn °~ infc tonsil ( vliidico dent ; h as 13, the ex Probab mit 1 thiq nse a lit vi great , Nign o positive no cir( or the h ave 1 Pr oper th e pa Itlent "PGA they a 7e hat Part i ° PPolli and a SCIltlO~ to les} ittld ir, iti S SUI tlin i fa th ou? i o vvn el Celj en Aft er c °►nfo ; N Otiv E light is at 1, Diati o , which th em ; °l tclu, t o till q at( ' ll l.ir e l ;Atid sv %(,u rce to rneli lil siste le ast, b een ( 14 3' ti an d c( 114111 41 4 ccorn marks Ple. asu 41 es tt this I.( rnent, ~ndic~ Sc hein to cot itifer f In trlOU ge e, tilkli ti me, An j