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the savage policy of the Sublime Portowith respect to un-
fortunate commanders by its or land. The Turkish
Admiral was received with the customary salutations
and compliments of success. This is, in the history of the
Ottoman Empire, the first instance of the Suvraw permitting
a defeated servant to appear again in the imperial 'presence,
with the honours of his station. The pride of the Cres-
cent seems to be sinking with the decline of its power. An
obscure anticipation of the greater disasters that await it,
has reduced it in bitter patience to be content with its pre-
sent lot. The usual resource of barbarous and impove-
rished governments is said to he in contemplation by the
Divan. The public wants are to be supplied by means of
a depreciated currency. This is a desperate expedient, and
almost the last to which any government can resort. The
Divan, we !appose, hope by this nominal addition to the
value of the coin, to make good the deficiency arising from
the loss of the revenue formerly extracted from the Greeks.
The immediate effect may be to remove, in some degree,
the pecuniary difficulties of the Turkish Government, but
finally, and at no remote day, it must aggravate them ten-
fold. No greater dangers can menace the Divan, than
those that will consist in the general enhancement of the
prices of commodities, and the financial complexities which
will necessarily result from the projected debasement of
the currency. One obvious consequence will be an ex-
tensive decrease of foreign trade. Who will attempt
to carry on dealings in a country in which goods are
every day changing value from causes entirely inde-
pendent of commercial calculation ? MEHEMET Mt,
of Egypt, would appear to be not much superior to his
Sovereign in wealth or honesty. The foreign merchants,
who chartered their vessels for the extirpation of the
Christian population of Greece, have been offered bad grain
in payment of their freightage instead of money. We shall
not be sorry to learn that he has compelled them to accept
the terms he now proposes. It is right that men who
embark in flagrantly immoral undertakings, should, in
their own persons, suffer some of the evils they had, for
base lucre, agreed to co-operate in inflicting on the innocent.
The engagement between the combined fleet under
IBRAHIM PACHA and the Grceks, off Stanchio, is con-
firmed in these accounts. We may, therefore, anticipate
another victory for the gallant people who have asto-
nished Europe by their heroic efforts to achieve their in-
dependence.
The Augsburgh Gazette states, that IBRAHIM PACHA
bas sent to Alexandria to announce the speedy return of his
fleet to that port.

It was reported on Saturday that a ship had arrived from
Lima, bringing an account that La Serna had submitted
to the forces under Bolivar, and that the affairs in Peru
were completely settled in favour of the Independents.
The Spanish General, !gorilla was admitted to especial
audience by the Dauphin on Wednesday.
The Council-General of the Bank of France have fixed
the dividend of the second half year of 1821, at 44f. per
action. The reserve is 7f. per action. The dividend will
be paid at the Bank, to date from Jan. 3.
The Members of the French Chamber of Deputies used
to have a silver medal presented to them at the commence-
ment of each Session. They have now received a gold
medal. On one side is the likeness of Charles X. with the
legend " Regit et scrvst." On the reverse are the words,
" Legati provinciarum, MDCCCIXV." Each medal is
worth more than 300 francs.
The Diario di Roma, which a few days ago gave an
ordonnanPe of the Grand Seignior, upon the Ingth and
thickness of the Turkish ladies
.feredgis, now contains an
ordoanonee of Cardinal Zurla, Vicar-General of the Roman
Curia, against the immodest costume of the Roman dames:
" It is most deplorable, says the Cardinal, to see a great
number of women glory in their immodesty, in their own
houses, in the streets, in public or in private assemblies,
and even in the temple of the Lord; but his Holiness l'ope
Leo X. hopes that, being docile to his friendly address,
the women will not force him to apply to them more se-
vere punishment. It is not meant hereby to forbid women
to dress according to their rank and dignity, provided that
scandal be avoided. And seeing that this is an object of
the greatest importance, his Holiness has commanded me
to prohibit strictly all scandalous attire, upon pain of tem-
poral, pecuniary, and afflictive penalties, according to the
gravity of the case ; and it is his pleasure that the same
punishment be applicable to the women who, at first sight,
aprar covered, but who wear clothing so thin and so ad-
hesive to their bodies, that they make a mischievous
and lascivious exhibition of their person. One would
say that the times described and deplored by St. Cle-
ment of Alexandria had returned. Fathers, mothers,
masters, and other heads of families, will be personally
responsible for the infraction of this law, as well as tailors,
tailor cases, milliners, and all persons who may render them-
selves accomplices of such immodesty. The Rectors, Con-
fessors, Preachers, Missionaries, and other Ministers of the
Gospel, are charged, in all that concerns them, with the
execution of the present ordannance."
In pursuance of an order of the Bavarian Government,
the machines, decoration frames, wings, and in short,
every thing rAttde of wood in the new theatre of Munich,
is about to be covered with a newly invented varnish,
which is capable of resisting the action of fire and water.
The expense occasioned by this measure will not exceed
four or five thousand florins (12,000 f.)
It is said to be in contemplation in France, to reduce the
duties upon cotton coining from the Brazils.—Galignuni s

Paper.
It appears by the Admiralty List of the Royal Navy,
published on Saturday, that the following number of offi-
cers was promoted during the past year (15521) :-14
to
the rank of Captains, 44) to Commanders, 120 to Lieute-
nants, 7 to Masters, 17 to Surgeons, 6S to.Assistaitt-sur-
geons, two to Pursers.
NAVAL APPOINTDIENTS.—Captain W. James Mingay
is appointed to the Hyperion frigate, which ship is ordered
to be fitted on the eatablhhment of a third rate, to lie in
Newhaven Harbour, for the purposes of the extended Coast
Biockat:o service.—Lieut. W. J. Hood, Lieut. James
Short, and Mr. Lamer, Purser, are appointed to her.
Lieut. Wm. Webb (i)itas been promoted to the rank of
' Coninnander, and appointed to the Rifleman, rice Montagu,
promoted ; Lieut. Robert Stuart, promoted to the rank of
Commander, and appointed to the Sparrowliawk, vice Hon.
It. S. Dandies, promoted; Lieut. Michael Dwyer is ap-
pointed to command the Bittern tender; Lieut. John
Adams (a), to command the Pelter ; Lieut. Symonds, to
be first of the Royal George Yacht, and command the
Calliope.
We have authority fe# stating, that the account in the
Hampshire Telegraph of the failure of Sir H. Davy's ex-
peritnents for preserving the copper of the Satnarang, is
devoid of truth.
'rite WFATHrit.—The quantity of rain that has fallen
in this neighbourhood during the last four months is great
we believe almost beyond precedent • amounting, according
to the observations of Mr. John Dalton, to no less than
24.660 inches up to the 26th December. The following
are the particulars:—
In September -
In October
In November
In December (to the 26th inclusive)

5.440 inches.
6.896
5.510
0.020

Total - 24.660
Mr. Dalton 's observations not having been completed to a
later date than the 26th, we have procured from another
gentleman a statement of the rain that has fallen since that
day, and find that it amounts to 1.015 incites; making a
total, in four months, of more than 2.54 inches—a prodi-
gious quantity, when it is considered that the average fall
of rain for a year, in this town, is about :it inches, and in
London only about 22 inches: of course also this rain has
produced frequent floods in all the rivers in the neighbour-
hood, but they have been more remarkable for their fre-
quency than their height.—Manchester Guardian.