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London, England, 1824-10-25 00:00:00

SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

On Friday arrived at Portsmouth his Majesty's chip Places,
46. Captain Henry E. P. Slurs, from Malta, Algieve, Gibrajt,,,*
and ptctieulnrly on .heir pause: v
and Lisbon. She left Malta August 19, with Ida A'grrire
(-inn on bawd, who had been detained at 3lalta as prtsons's. She
landcd them at Algiers on the 214th. They expressed themselves in
whilstSoo ant after the Plt,el,ll had :ended these captives",
the most grateful manner for the kind treatment they received since
dto sea. Two days afterwards she stood into the
tremendous Kos!' came on, which eldiged her to sat Os,
ai•itnhieb,t,itir;cantiiptorteutirtai,e7,,n,
Bay, with she hope of regaining the cable and anchor—but withoet
OUCC7SI4 The Putelisequarlton had left Algiers the day precise.
to the Phaftou's arrival, the Duo h Admiral having faikd in h.
01/ 4111,10111111 to obtain peace with the barbarians, on the condition of
paying tribute for the &tore ; but. his Netherland's 3laksty
in high estimation with the Dey, the asters had been given up °
The choice of peace or war is to be made k town in throe rrrantt,
by the Dutch. The Phaeton (sailed nn the llith instant from,
bon, hringing despatches front Sir Win. A'Court. our Minister g
Lisbon. The passengers by her are—Colossal Sir Parker (oral,
111th Regiment, from Malta; Rev. Mt. Radcliffe; Lieutere-t
Harrison, relt Itetment ; twenty-two Spanish Ilefogeoa,
Gibraltar, who were refitted an asylum at Lisbon ; stet aid,.
3d invalid& from the ships in the Als:ditemmean.—The Phacr,.
under quarantine et the Motherbank.
The following is an extract of a letter written from on Mew tt
her : —While! at Gibvaltar, we were in the habit of witneedlig
motions at Algesiras of the mist atrocious and wicked nature. led
which, we were informed, proceeded from specific eiders W ti,
wretched King to General O'Donnell. The Spaniards. throvLa
the persuasion of the French, believe that we corniced a; ti,„
Quixotic Expedition to Tariff's; and in consequence, timed
O'Donnell and Lord Chatham have had some litigious cum-
pondence t the former has doubled his cordon of troops, forbid sir
communication whatever with the Rock: even that by land tenv, • '
almost entirely obstructed by the violence threatened by ti
Spaniards, who are directed to shoot any person not having,
regular pass. The result of these measures his heel, to lead Lord
Chatham to order all Spaniards to leave the Rock, and the you air.
fortunate men know not when to go. for were they Input their fret in
Spain, they would instantly experience the • Coup de matt
Moved hytympathy and compaction at "be " fallen fortune, a•
the great," our highly-esteemed Commander.(Captain Sound toil
several of them, et his own expense, to Lisbon ; hut we ilid ea
land theni there, it being soon signified to us, that if they came co
shore there were ceders to put these in prison, and which would be
only a prelude to giving them up to the Spaniards. We have, in
consequence, brought them to the only sale asylum for unfortunate
honourable outcasts, with several others, which we fouud in am.
chant vessel under the same circumstance'. The Spaniards sent a

French trisate over to Tangiers, to demand Alves, and of.:en,
who accompanied the expedition to 'Feria. but the Empoorel
Morocco would not give them up. The French appear to Li:
every thing their own way in Spain, Portugal, and dee .mite-.
nein, in which latter place their commerce is greatly paratcoic%
Count Silviera, the Mlioi►tcr of Portugal, is strongly in the Erma
interest.

DUTCH I.4PERS.

VENICE. SEPT."

A violet has this tnornert arrived here, in fourteen darlin'
Zante, and right from Corfu, bringing prwitive intelligence &battle
Egyptian fleet has been destroyed by the fireeks, ilea Z.:a. It is
partly burn:, partly taken, and the remainder is pursued is its
flight by the Greeks. It is added that licneral Adam, lewd WO
Commissioner of the lonian Islands, has visited the theatre of ear,
and that, on his return w Corfu, he has spoken with bour.dlear
ntiration of the courage and address oftheGreek.,who have exinli:el
a scene hitherto unknown in maritime warfare—that of setriar des
to ships of war under sail in the open sea. Thug, tivrn, the tea
great Ilyrantine and Egyptian fleets, consisting of abner bed
large and mall, belonging ty the !rutty and their friends, are
strayed.

I(refem. that on the return of the Lord II igh Commissiorre to
the lonian Waldo, orders have been issued by him to all the Era.
liah and lonian vessels, no more to save the Greeks. ilerreerlt
the Greeks, it they meet with Etty,pean whips tinder the Turkith
shall have aright to destroy them, according to their l'roclama•itti;
on the other hand, those which they may meet with in the Tuik•
ish service, under a European flog. shall he declared cordi.eard
and the crews sent park. We Lel.eve t''is is the result tl
particular arrangements made with the Proviaionai Govemment of
the Greeks.

The Greeks rceeived his Excellency In the most htilliaat trey.
net. On his arrival • : Napoli di !Romania, a salute of 10
guns was find, and he was accompanied faiiin the place of F.i
larding to the Palace of the Govemment, by eight thauurd
troops. The same honour was shown 11:111 at his departure.—
Atitsterslass Custwart, Oct. 20.

CORTC,SETT.%

According te positive infortristion just reeved, the Dearer!
which the Greek Government, at Napoli di Bement:4 ordered :rt
capture and ennliacstion of foreign vessels laden with Turkish re,-
perty, or for Tutkish account, has been revoked by• dectee al
the id (16th) of SeptembPr, before the Proclamation issued 071.23
6th of this month, by the British Government, had been cut is
execution.--lonnutl de I' raffejirrt, Oct. 16.

TURIN. OCT. 12.

The Corfu Gazette announces the departure of Sir 14, A lika.
Lord High Commissioner for the Southern Islands ; and more re.
cent letters from the dame city state, that he has been at Napoli di
Romanis, to induce the Greek Ourernment to revoke the manifesto
issued by it against the Christian Powers, and that it was la.
mediately revoked. ►Chen these letters tame away, the Lot:
High Commirsioner h..d returned to Corfu.--Pearionkre Ga•
aegis, October 12.

ST. PETIIIIIIBURGII, OCT. 2.
On the 20th, the Grand Duke Michael set out fur Warsaw, to
meet the Prince and Princess of Orange.
STOCEIIOI.3I, Oct. S.
The Crown Prince and Princess a►e expected here on the 1403.
A large quantity of contraband good* is said to have been lay
seized in the housed • private individual.
FllOllll TIRE MAINE. OCT. 4.

The Duchess of Cnbtirg is now legalle divorced her hot-
band. and will reside in future In the neighbourhood ut Altenburgt,
as a Princess of tinting.. . _ . . . . •

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Among the persons who arz accused of being concerned in i--
trignes to overthrow the prevent order of things, a Major is men-
tioned, Governor of the I • i tadvl of Ezfurth.
We learn that several peniims hiv been arrested at One!ear.!,
suspected of revolutionary intrigues. Among them is 31.11014 J,
formerly member of the Assembly of the States, a Deputy (Li•!)
lately returned from Strasburgh ; M. Lievehing, formerly Edit..ref
the German 4 bur ver ; anti several civil officers and lawyers.
one escaped in tio.e. At the same time ten raudents bare beta be-
rated at Tubiugen.

EXCHANGES.
H•esrsae, OCT. 18.—bondors, 38 4i; 2 Us. :6 11.
• M, OCT. I.—Loa don, 9 17.32.
Ltsrsic, 11.—London, three Months, 9 14
MERLIN, OC7. 28.—London, three mnittir,„ IS 24.