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Thsßnitrox Passierinmenced publishing yesterday staining
al half-past Six o'clock.
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LONDON, WEDNESDAY. JuNs SO, 1S 3.

We mentioned, a few days ago, the probability there was
that, before the close of the present Session of Parliament,
his MAJESTY'S Secretary of State fog Foreign Affairs would
have the opportunity of laying on the table of the House
of Commons treaties of amity and commerce with the
Republica of Mexico and Colombia, as he had already
done in the case of Buenoa Ayres. We are happy now to
have to announce, that Colonel HAMILTON arrived yester-
day at the Foreign Office, from Bogota, with the treaty
with the Government of Colombia, (I•ily ratified. Colonel
HAMILTON came from Cardiagena in his Majesty's aNip
Helicon, having left that port shout the 13th ult.

The Paris rapers we received last night are, upon the
whole, of little interest. The Journalists are principally
occupied with their party quarrels.
Tile naval victory of the Creek Admiral Mtat, Lis is
confirmed beyond all doubt. It appears, from the explana-
tions given by the Etoile, that IBRAHIM Pa cliA had only
made himself muter of the town of Old Navarino, when
his fleet was destroyed. The citadel had offered to capitu-
late on conditions which he would rot grant. Meanwhile
Nit/kohl! arrived and attacked the Egyptian squadron at
anchor in the harbour of Motion. The troops of IBRAHIM
PACIII are in a desperate condition. They are utterly
without resources, and can have no hope of relief. The
aspect of Greek affairs was never more favourable tlurit:g
the present campaign.
[From the Efoi/c, dated Monday, June 27.]
PARIS, JVRE 28.
We have received to-day news from Madrid of the 111th. Don
Jose Aymerich. Minister of War, par iutoitos, is appointed Civil,
and Miotary Governor of Cadiz. Of three places which he filled,
that of Minister of War will be given provisionally to M. de
Salaser, Minister of Marine, till his Majesty has made his choice:
that of lnapector•Genetal of Infantry is given to Don Manuel
blander, Major-General and Governor of Lerida ;tath of Com-
mandant-General of the Volunteers isnot filled up. Till the King
has taken a resolution, the Commanders of the respective corps will
receive their orders directly from the :Minister of %Var.
The Count d'Espagne is appointed to command the infantry of
the Royal Guard, in the room of D. Blas l'ournas, who has
res:gled.
Don Jose Maria de Carvagal, Ciptain-General of New Castile.
is removed, and General Pezuela, formerly Viceroy of Peru, is to
succeed him.
Don Jose Cam, who is succeeded in Catalonia by the Marquis de
Campo Segued°, woes to Grenada, and D. Vicente Queneda suc-
ceeds D. Pedro Grimarest as Captain-General of Guipuscoa.
There has been, ae.we stated, some agitation at Madrid, because
twenty drummer. of the Royalist Volunteers, having joined com-
pany with some soldiers of the infantry of the ganef, ate some
kinds of food which are very unwholesome at this season, and are
prohibited by the police. The people thought they were poisoned,
and a fermentation was observed which might have had serious
consequences had not the troops of the garrison received orders to
remain under arms.
These accounts, exaggeratel, as always happens, produced some
troubles at Vittoria, of which two Constitutionalists were the
victims.
Letters from Constantinople of the 211th of May, of which the
Augsburg Gazette of 22d June gives an extract, leave no doubt of
the great victory of Admiral aliaulis. The following are the de-
tails given by eye-witnesses ; but before they were known to the
public, the Porte was informed of the truth by a Tartar, despatched
by the Pacha of Smyrna.
On the 10th May Ibrahim Pacha had already rendered himself
master of Old Navarino, and the citadel proposed to capitulate on
the condition which Ibrahim refused to grant; however, the nego.
tiations were to be resumed on the 15th.
But suddenly the intrepid Mieulis undertook a daring exploit,
which enuals his gkry to that of the heroes of ancient Sparta. He
advanced with 28 ve.els, preceded by 20 fire ships, to make a des-
perate attack on the fleet of Ibrahim Pacha, which was at anchor
in the Port of Modon. It was on the 12th of May at six in the
evening that the action commenced. According to the report of se.
veal seamen who were present at the battle, the brave Greek ad-
miral set tire with his own hands to the Egyptian frigate, the Asia,
of 45 guns. It blew up with the crew, of 400 men, and imm,elli-
stely after 26 other Egyptian vessels of various sizes were a prey to
the flames.
The Dutch brig, the Courier, then twelve miles from Modon,
witnessed this vast conflagration. It was followed in the night by
a dreadful explosion. That was the great powder magazine of
Modon, which blew up. the flames having spread from the port into
that unfortunate town, half of which is destroyed. During this
catastrophe the Egyptian squadron of ten large ships of war, and
several schooners, under the command of hlustapha Reis, being
in sight of Slodon, hastened in its fright to return towards Malta.
It results therefore from the above facts, that New Navarino or
the Citadel has not fallen into the power of Ibrahim Pacha, and
this is no more to be feared. The Egptian troops are consumed by
diseases, wed the bunting of the }het has reduced them to despair.
The corps disciplined in the European manner have received no
p!iy for these three months. Ibrahim Pacha, had he even taken
Navarino, would be nevertheless in a most disastrous situation.
It was on the 20th May that Count Guilleminot, the French
Ambassador, anti Baron Ottenfels, the Austrian Intemuncio, and
the Prussian Legation, received from St. Petersburgh despatches
containing the result of the conferences in that Capital relatively
to the affairs of Greece. Nothing has yet transpired. The family
of the Sultan is on the point of becoming extinct: his daughter, a
Princess eleven years of age, died on the 19th. He has only two
children, who are very young. The smallpox makes great ravages
in the Seraglio. All public places of amusement are closed.

The rumour of the intended occupation of the islands
of Cuba and Puerto Rico, by a French garrison, is cer-
tainly not entitled to any attention. 'lt is quite impossible
that the British Government could permit such an occupa-
tion for a moment, after its declarations on the subject, or
that France could seriously entertain such a notion.

The readers of the Times, who have seen no other paper
during the last three or four months, must have been
astonished yesterday, at the appearance of the statement in
that journal, respecting the rupture of the negotiation for
the Spanish Loan. After denying, as often as we had af-
firmed the fact, that this negotiation was still pending,—
after announcing the arrival of express after express, from
Madrid, " confirming almost to the letter" the statements
they had issued as to FERDINAND'S resolution, never to
acknowledge the bonds of the Cortes at any price whatever,
the conductors of the Times coolly inform their rcadcra
that " the contract has been broken off by the refusal of
the merchants to give it their ratification." They then affect
ostentatiously to declare that they are not " in the confidence
of either party," and only " give the current explanation,
which is in circulation on 'Change." If they had preceded
this "explanation" by an admission of the entire falsehood
of the statements by which they had attempted to mislead
the public previously, we could have had no quarrel
with them. But we are bound in our own defence to con-
tinue to hold up their ignorance or dishonesty t 3 public
scorn. It was only a few days ago that the Times
stated, that " the new Spanish Loan was to be bought
out by commission." We exposed the groundlessness
of this assertion the following day, and the Times
yesterday speaks of the contract as what it really was
without betraying the slightest sense of shame, or of-
fering a word in the shape of apology for the blunder,
if we may so in mildness term it. The character of the
Times, however, is known, and its influence is, in the
same proportion, declining. We have no wish to " slay
the slain," and therefore we pass on at once to a statement
of the facts relating to this singular negotiation.
Several months ago three eminent mercantile houses in
the City, whose names it is not of importance at this mo-
ment to mention, under the sanction and approbation of a
highly respectable capitalist, sent proposals to the Spanish
Government for a loan. The basis of the contract was to
have been the admission of the bonds of the Cortes at 35
per cent., and an agreement not to employ any part of the',
proceeds of this loan 'in any attempt to reconquer the late
Spanish Colonies on the American Continent. To these
terms the King of SPAIN, with much reluctance, and after
considerable delay, acceded. The contract was concluded,
and a Commissioner, M. A Ls( AGA o, was despatched to Lon-
don to arrange the details, and issue the new bonds. When
he arrived he was cordially received. end there was on the
part of the intended contractors no apparent objection to
fulfil their engagement. On Wednesday last a meeting