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Art-m:1room Drc.
The Oriental of October 28th, has the following
article:—

According to the latest accounts from Rhodes, it is cnntirrred
that the combined Ottoman teet sailed past that island on the 21st
of Octoher. to its destination. The land forces are under the com-
mand of Muharrnt Bey, who is commissioned to repair to isso-
langhi, and to de( lare to the Seraskier Itedschid Pacha, that he is
to take that fortress within three data: and in case he fails in this,
31uharern Bey is in take the rommand in his stead. The Ottoman
fleet will land 2,909 men in Crete in its way. It has 1,00 cavalry,
and 10,490 infantry on board.
MODOM, ON% 13.
Ilia Highness Ibrahim Pacha continues the course of his victories
and cnnqueqs. On the 29th of September he took by storm the
little fortress of Kiparisia, situated on an eminence between Zucco-
cia and Napoli di :ll:dr:lsis, and put to the sword 1.7110 soPiers and
other persons who were in it. While his Highness was thus eni-
ployed in laying waste Kith fire and sword the provinces adjoining
to Ilaina, Colonel Fabvier, at the head of 3,000 Weeks. %ccomna-
nied by Lando and Zahni, made an attempt upon Tri r•IZZA., but
Mehemet Ali Aga. a relation of the Viceroy's, and comfy attder of
the cavalry which Ibrahim Paella had left, rushed apon the
enemy, killed many of his men, took from Lim two tine carom,
and pursued him tor taro leagues. We understand that lis Iligh.
ness is in Arcadia, which gives us hopes of anon s,c inq him here.
NVe are in hourly expectation of the Egyptian expedition.

FRANKFORT. DEC. 4.
The Oriental Spectator nay.—" Hitherto the Greek islanders
seemed to act only through personal interest, without regarding
the fatal consentiences to themselves which might result from their
remaining indifferent spectators of the landings made by the Turks
in the 3lorea, or in acting only in an ineffective manner even when
they had received beforehand the recompense of their services. But
things h►ve now taken such an unfortunate turn in Greece, that
the islanders are territied at the new expedition from ligept, which
seems likely to decide the fate of the Morea and of the islanders.
They must prestige their ruin in the success of this expedition, for
it is upon them that the storm will at length fall.
" In consequence they have roused themselves from their state
of apathy, seeing the danger to which they themselves, their wives,
children, end property are exposed. They have collected all their
means of defence for the first time they find themselves reduced
to the necessity of defeating the projects of the enemy. Thus the
moment is decisive, and, front the actual state of things, and the
temper of mind which prevails, it seems that some great event may
be expected.
" Hitherto the owners of aimed vessels had ClVatiishel a very
lucrative trade, which e very profitable since money abounded in
Greece. in consequence of tile loans. They began by taking from
the Government, which had become generous, a: a small expense,
1,000 talari for each vessel. besides the ammunition, and they bind
themselves to hare crews of Ed men. Yet there are not ten vessels
In the whole Greek fleet tht.t have their full complement. The
crew is deficient one-fourth. but they receive the full par. On the
other hand, they are bound to maintain the crew, but they find it
more ecoromical to carry off the flocks from the small islands, to
}Alive little trading vessels, &e., no that there is not a Greek ves-
sel, the owner of which (hes notsave one-half of his pay, and who
does not hone to enrich himself. This is die spirit that has hitherto
animated the Greek seamy:."

Letters from Smyrna, dated T.Stlt of October, contradict
the rumours lately precaknt, that the export of silk from
Turkey was allowed. These letters state, that the prohi-
bition continued in force. There was no political
and no allusion whatever to the large &ct expected
from Alexandria.

Extract of a letter from Jalapa, dated Oct. 4:—" The
only news I can give you is. that the Castle of Sr. Juan de
Ulloa, so long lucid by the Spaniards, opposite Vera Cruz.
is at last likely to yield, and that very soon, as the time is
gone by when the usual supplies were thrown in, cud a
greater naval force blockades the place than all the Spanish
ships in these seas can possibly centrnd with. Proposals
have already been made by the Governor of the Castle, but
they were, I believe, rejected ; and if the Mexicans con-
tinue to refuse to come to terms. in six weeks, or two
months at farthest, the garricon must yield at discretion.
The country is perfectly quiet at present, and has evet y
appearance of bring completely settled."
GOTTINGEN UNIT EPSITY.--The number of students in
this University has diminished this half year lot. Of the
1513, who attended last half year, 470 have quitted, part
voluntarily and part in consequence of injunctions t'rein the
tribunal of the University. The Lumber of new cudents
is at present 375, in all 141.1 ; above half of whom are fo-
reigners, including even some Americana.

SPANISH REFUGEES —The Lord Mayor, upon taking
the Chair yesterday, stated that he had received several
subscriptions for the refugees, and he wished it to be known
to the public that he should transmit those subscriptions,
and any that might hereafter be sent to him for the same
persons, to the Spanish Committee, as the members of it
were best acquainted with the various cases of distress.
By acting in this manner he should avoid the chance of
giving relief to claimants who were receiving assistance
from the Committe?. He, of course, excepted from this
arrangement the subscriptions sent fur the bentfit of any
particular individuals.

YORK BANK or WENTWORTO AND CO.—lt is vi ht
the deepest and most unfeigned sorrow we announce that
the bank of Messrs. Wentworth, Chaloner, and Rishworths,
has stopped payment. The rumour had gained ground
here yesterday, and the most feverish anxiety prevailed
among the few who had the earliest notification of this
painful event, and who spread the melancholy tidings with
some degree of doubt as to the truth of what they had
heard. We had congratulated eurselvcs on the exemption
of this part of the kingdom from the pecuniary embarrass-
ment and extensive failures to which other quarters were
subject, little thinking that it would so soon be our melan-
choly task to inform the public of the failure of a bank
which has hitherto been deemed one of the most respect-
able in the county, and whose transactions are probably not
exceeded, as to their extent, by any bank out of London.
It is well known in this county, and it will be seriously
felt, that this bank has a vast number of small notes in
circulation, and there are few individuals, front the mer-
chant and shopkeeper to the day labourer, who will not
sensibly feel this shock to public credit : it has been, up to
the present period, scarcely possible to receive a payment in
cash to the amount of 201., where the notes have indiscri-
minately come together, without obtaining possession of
some of the paper of this bank ; and when it is understood
that branches from it were established in many principal
towns in the Riding, this statement will not appear asto-
nishing. York may be deemed the parent stock, and in
the town of Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield, Iludderafield,
Otky. and, we believe, Barnsley, either hanks are esta-
blished, or the places have been respectively visited by
agents of the house, on the days of greatest business in each
week. The shock to the commercial and labouring com-
munity, in this part of the country, may thus he more
easily imagined than described, and the effect which we'
deplore will spread far and wide. Public confidence has
received a fatal wound, and deep distress must inevitably
accrue from this unexpected calamity.—Lends Putrid.