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London, England, 1826-07-21 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

VIENNA, JELY 7.
Letters from Corfu, or the 16th of June, bring the following
news. The Seraskier. Redschid Pacha, hawing left a garrison of
2.000 infantry and 500 cavalry in Miasolonghi, marched. on the
23d t f May, with a corps of 6.0410 men, to Lepanto, whence he
bent tis Kisga Bey against the monastery occupied by the Greeks,
situated between Ledoriki and Lepanto. The garrison, which was
very -mall, surrendered, after a short resistance, and several villages
ab tut Sabana submitted; hereupon, the Seraskier marched towards
Athens. Hussein Bey one of the two Commissioners sent by the
Porte, has ter:civet! orders to attend the Seraskier on his march.
Ibrahim Pacha, after Wring dispersed, on the 7th of May, a
troop of i %urgent'', rested en the eminence near Patras, which
commands the emir road which leads to calaerira, returnedto Pa.
Ira.. and on the 12th 14 Mey left that fortress at the head of his ca-
valry to pmeeed to Tripolizra. On the 13th he was followed by his
whole army, consisting, as it is stated, of 14,000 men (10.000
Eetpt:ans and 4.000 Albanians). Calsvrita and the neighbouring
places :submitted on his approach, upon which he continue his
twitch, without opposition, to the neighbourhood of Tripolizza.
Ilene he met with Colneotroni who, on Ibrahint'a approach.
had hardly live hundred men left of the 3.000 that he had
previously got together in these parts; with these tew men, Co. '
locotroni tied to Karitene, leaving the road to Tripo:izza open'
to t!,e Egypiian Commander. After a short stay in that town,'
Ibrahim Paths made several excursions to Leonciari, 31 istra,
&c. without any where meeting resistance. According to the
latest accounts, he has pitched his camp near Argo., and Nikita.
who was in those parts with a small corps, has retreated to Napoli
di Romania. Soliman Bey (the French renegade Sere) is re-
ported to have left 31odon, in order to join Ibrahim Puha. The
latter is reported to intend to send a col"mn from Misttm to Na-
poli di Malvasla, to besiege that fortress on the land side; hut,
Iran the want of a harbour, or even of a road fit to anchor in, it is
difficult to blockade it by sea,
Gmeral Marquis Pauliteci, Commarder.in-Chief of the Int-
oaval force, and at the sauce time of the squadron in the
A•ehipelaFo, who arrived on the 13th in the port of Corfu, ot. board
toe Austnan frigate Beliona, sailed again this morning for %ante
and Smyrna. The Marquis Paulucci, during his short stay in this
town, was treated in the most distinguialted manner by the Govern.
went and loaded with marks of honour. . .

The English Admiral's ship the Revenge, Captain Burrard,
*Nth arrived en the lith, in seven days from Naples, having on
l,otrd Vice.Admind Sir Harry Neale, is still in this port. Captain
some, r, of the Naiad, which is also at anchor here, set out on the
10.5. on leave of absence, to pay his long.intcorlcd visit to Vienna.
tAvtain Spencer arrived at Vienna some days ago.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS, JULY 7.-31ctalliques 91.1. 13-16 ; Bank
1,0:14 1.5.

The Mare du Havre relates the following fact :—" The
English frigate, which was considered the best sailor on
the Windward Island station, sent a challenge for sailing, in
the month of April last, to the French frigate the Surveil-
lante, commanded by Capt. Maurice. The latter accepted
ir, with the permission of Admiral Duperre. The two
sh ps took th.iir departure on the day appointed, at the
same }lice and at the same hour, from the road of St.
Pierre Martinico; and the comparative speed of the Sur-
veillante was such, that in eight hours she would have
lost sight of her adversary if she had not shortened
sail in proportion to the inferiority of the latter.
However much Captain Maurice might be inclined to trust
the good faith of the English Captain, he did not think
mitt to leave him till he had sailed round him, and
obl'cleil him to confess, in presence of the officers and
crews of both ships, that the Surveillance had beat him on
all tacks. The Surveillance carries sixty-four pieces of
cannon, of which thirty are of the calibre of 36 pounders.
She is fifteen feet longer than a seventy-four, with beams
in proportion. This frigate, which may be considered the
finest in existence, hay, just come out of dock. Her name
is a happy one, as it recalls one of the finest actions of our
marine.

Unwilling to increase the mass of distressing intelligence
reverting the state of the country, we have waited week
after week, anxiously hoping to be able to give some ac-
count of the revival of trade in this neighbourhood ; but,
up to the present time, so far as we call learn, no change
fir the better has taken place. There is scarcely anything
to do among the manufacturers, and the subscription raised
f r the relief of the unemployed poor is fast wasting away.
Yet Sheffield is, perhaps, one of the last places which
shauld give way to despair. The power of production, by
the application and improvement of machinery, has not
increased bete, as has been the case in the clothing dis-
tricts; consequently, as the different markets have not been
£0 glutted with our mmirfactures as with some others, we
rosy therefore hope that a returning demand will take
place at no distant period, to give employment and sub-
sistence to many who are now wanting bread.—Shrffield
Iris.

iVatvas.—Accident hss discovered to a French farmer
a very simple mode of destroying weevils in corn ware-
houses. Happening to lay in the corner of a granary, in
which there was a large quantity of corn, some sheep-
skins with the fleeces on, he was not a little surprised to
find them, in a few days after, covered with dead weevils.
He rep:sued the experiment several times, and always with
the same success. At length he ordered his corn to be
!•ttrred up, aril not a single weevil remained in it. It
appears, thcr,fore, although the cause has not yet been
3,certaincd, that greasy wool, when in the neighbourhood
. wcevils, attracts and destroys them.

MEETING OF MERCHANTS. S,rIPOWNERS, AND
UNDERWRITERS.

A General Meeting of Merchants, Shipowners, and Underwriters,
which was very numerously attended, was held yesterday at the
City of London Tavern, in conformity with the Resolution of the '
Meeting of the Ist June, to take into consideration the Report of the
Committee appointed cm. the 22t1 of January, 1024, to consider the
present system of classing ships at Lloyd's, and to report to a sub-
sequent Getters', Meeting such alterations therein as they may deem
must expedient.
At one o'clock precisely, T. WILSON, Esq. wan elected to the
Chair, upon which he commenced the proceedings of the day by
reading the requisition by which the meeting had been convened.
Mr. J. LtNns.tY, jun. then rose and said, that he felt it to be
his duty to propose that the Report of the Committee should un-
dergo furt!,er consideration. Within the last few days a communi-
cation had been made to hint which he felt was deserving of the
most serious attention at their hands. The communication was
trout the Chairman of the West India Merchants. requesting time,
in order that its merits might be more fully considered bethre the
question was disposed of. The Report had also been sent to thirty
or forty of the Our-pmts, and from three or tour only had aaswers
been received. Ile thought these reasons would be sufficient to in-
duce the meeting to agree to the Resolution which he was about to
submit to them. slr. Lindsay then proposed a Resolution, to the
erect, that it appearing that answers to the Report had been re-
ceived from only four of the Out-ports, it was advisable to allow
further time; and that therefore the further consideration of the
Report should be adjourned for three months, and fourteen days'
noticfshould be given before any meeting should be held for that
purpose.
Mr. MITCHELL, in seconding the Resolution, said that he eon-
mitred in the justness and propriety of seceding to the application
of the Chairman of the West India Merchants. The Chairman of
that body admitted that something should be done to amend the
present system of classification, and it was advisable to ascertain
the ft clings of:hat body upon the subject, important as that body
were as regarded the number, size, and goodness of the vessels in
their trade. A great number of that body were proprietors of ships,
and it most necessarily be a matter of serious consideration to them.
'their attention not having been earlier drawn to the subject, they
were now induced to make that application ; and he hoped the
meeting would reflect upon the interest they had in the question,
and agree to the Resolution.
Mr. Br nal its.E rose for the purpose of opposing the proceedings
in tom Ile said that the Committee had commenced at the wrong
end. Ile had sent a letter to the Chairman, and was surprised that
I he had received no answer—

Here the uproar became so great that Mr. Burridge was unable
to proceed. Cries of " dry rot," laughter, and hisses, issued from
all pans of the room.
Mr. Ft.trctust said that it was well known to many of his
friends that lie was opposed to every word of the Report, and was
determined to oppose It in every way ; but he most sincerely hoped
that the question would be put and carried without say debate.—
They would not et all commit themselves in one way or the other
by so doing. He *as sorry to interrupt the gentleman (Mr. Bur.
ridge), whom he did not know, but he hoped nobody would say
anything against the Report, as its framers had then declined say.
ing anything in its favour. He thought, indeed, that it would be
quite indecorous to the Committee to do so. (Cheers.)
Mr. Butt R I DOE was proceeding to argue that there was no need
of a code of laws for ship-building ; alleging, in support of his po-
sition,that the French and.Antericans had none; and proposed, as
an amendment, in the midst of try rnendous marks of disapproba-
tion, that the consideration of the Report should be adjourned for
ever.
This amendment not being seconded, the original motion was
put and carried,, Mr. Burridge alone opposing it, and declaring
that he should do so if he stood slope.
Thanks were then voted to Mr. T.%Vtlson to his conduct in the
chair, and the meeting adjousned.