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London, England, 1826-09-04 00:00:00

LORD COCHRANE.

FROM TOE FRONTIERS OF ITALY. AEG. IL
However strange it may seem that Lord Cochrance should take
such a lively interest in the establishment of the Order of St.
John of Jerusalem, as French Journals affirm that he does,
the report appears not to be confined to the cubists of Paris, but to
gain credit in Italy itself. According to a private letter frets a
great city in that country, the Admiral, and the principal pewee
iitertstei in the re-establishment of the Order as a sovereign poem,
have not only made some arrangements, but even partitive agree.
mems in the mode of proceeding, in case the plan should succeed.
It is affirmed that it Ilan been determined that in future the pro.
fe,sion of the Homan Catholic religion shall not be an indispensable
condition of admission into the Order; that tiro nes divisions, or
nations (fatigues) shall be introduced—one for lirights of the
Greek religien, the other for those of the Namara religion.
Only the Grand Master must necessarily be a Roman Catholic,
tr.cause it would otherais: be imp.,a,ible to maintain the con.
tenon with the Papal See, which it is intemled to do. With re.
spect to the other military and civil officers, Knights of any of the
Christian confesaions shall be admheible to them, and Lord Cosh.
rane himself shall be Co:nmander.in-Cliiil of the military and na.
val force which the Order can collect under its banners. We mat
wait for time to tell us what truth there may be in there le tanners ;
meantime it may be worth while to observe, that a similar plan
was In agitation at the time of the insurrection of Prince Alttandtt
Yi,silanti, in illoldavis and Wallachia; only that, according to tl:e
reports then in circulation, those two principalities (and not CA
sand of Rholes) were proposed as the seat of the order.
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Letters from the lonian Islards contradict the report that the
Mainotes had submitted to Ibrahim Pacha : they niErai that those
mountaineers are 9ssemhling in great bumbers, under Pietro Bet.,
t, assist thr More:nes.

This stems to be confirmed by the accounts given by the Au,
strian Observer.—Nurrniberq Correspondent, Aug.

ENGAGEMENT of THE SI-RILLE WT7III7IE
GREEK PIRATES.

(From the Journal des Debate.]

S3l2ltX/L, Jv LI. 2.i,

The English frigate Sybille, Captain Spenser, on its way to
Alexandria, had received orders to proceed by Orabussa and Sfakis,
in Candle, to pursue two piratical vessels, which had pillegul an
English merchant vessel. Doting Its passage the frigate took pa.
session of a Greek goelette, the Captain of which pointed out to
him seven or eight naiades, which had Calico shelter at Calru-Zit. o.
The Commander sailed towards that port, and actually found the
pirates there. The frigate immediately entered to a:tat* them, e; d
in half an hour sunk three of the raisties. Captain Spenser as:e..
wards sent his boats to take Forrest/ion of the others, with the t
Crews. The latter, to the number of 2.:1, landed and took a
goad position, from which they fired on the Engli.h, and tkd ed o:
wounded about 100 persons. The Commander resolved to depart
after collecting all the rnistics ; but at the moment when tte
sailors mounted the yards to unbend the sails, they were assa4d
by 'onus of shot, which threw them headlong into the sea. Ti e
English then determined to come to an aceominodation with the
Greeks. Captain Spenser went on glare with a whit 9+g at the
head of his boat, and trade an agreement with the Owes, who
came out of their entrenchments, to TeAlOrC the goelette which he
had before taken wiih is crew and arms, which havitg b.e..
effec'ed, the Sybille was allowed to sail for its destir.ativa.