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LONDON, MONDAY, OCTODEII 16, 1826.

Etoile contains intelligence from Constantinople, by
w: '.eh it appears that the late fire has excited in the minds
of the people continual apprehension of similar occur-
rences, especially at the entrance of Pets and Galata.
lit-mans have been issued that the houses to be erected on
tlee places where the fire has happened shall be built with
reee. This, it is said, aggravates the sufferings of the
prone, and increases their discontent, as they find it diffi-
cult even to reconstruct their houses with any kind of ma-
terial. The softas (or students) had sent a deputation to
the :tinfti to request habitations, provisions, and money.
On the following day the Grand Vizier went to the Mufti,
and informed him that the Sultan had no occasion for
39,000 softas at Constantinople; that ten only were requi-
site for each mosque, and that all the rest should be sent
out of' the capital. Thus the Sultan's system of reform is in
s measure served by the very calamity that seemed calculated
to overthrow it. The soldiers belonging to the Arsenal
(son in number), and who distinguished themselves
1., their extraordinary services to the Seraglio, are very
,"-contented. Many of the inhabitants are in constant ex-
pectation of some fresh disorders breaking out; anti they
tie forward to each successive week with great fear. The
P.,rte seeks every indirect means to disarm all those who are
rent engaged in active service; and, although as yet this ob-
jea has succeeded, it has served to increase the general /tie-
coment. The L'a;reesa/ Gazette states that the ravages of the
recent fire have nat impeded the organization of new troops,
which is carrying on with great activity. According to the
Sultan's plans there will be organized upwards of 60,000
infantry and four regiments of cavalry within six months,
wtliout reckoning the Topchis, which have been organized
and disciplined according to the Luropean system. The
Sultan pursues his object with the greatest ardour ; and, if
tt'e daily assembling of' the Council should terminate in
accepting the Russian ultimatum (a circumstance which
trea:-y persons doubt, from the known character of his
li.a,liness), it is said that it will only be with a view to
I.:tie time for completing the organization of the army.
This caujectute seems to be so much the more reasonable in-
ns:- uch as that the Sultan can lose nothing by the delay, but
may gain much. Several months must pass before the resti-
tution of the seven fortresses offered by Russia (with the
exeeption of those of' Phasi, which it will not give up) can
I,'lnatle, and during that time the conferences of Akermann
will continue, by which the Porte will obtain great ad-
vantages ; and the finances of Russia, on the other hand,
will be constantly becoming more and more drained by keep-
Lie up a large army on the frontiers. This consideration,
it is thought, will prevail in the Divan, and will have more
i!lductiee upon the final determination of the Sultan than
that of even his own favourite design. Besides, should he be
able ultimately to effect the reform he contemplates, it will
afford him the means of increasing his army, and of giv-
log renewed energy to the ',Ared resources. For these
reasons it is m st anxiously hoped at Pere that the ltussian
ultimatum will be accepted.
Letters from the Archipelago state that Lord COCH-
RANE" has arrived at Napoli di Itamania, and that he is
negotiating with the Greek Government fur the chief corn.
Instal of the naval forces, with full power over all the
creek Admirals. It is said that he has brought with
him seven ships, only one of which is English ; the others
are either French, American, or from the Netherlands.
The ('spitan Paella appears to have experienced some se-
vere reverses in his attempt against Sachtouris, near Samos.
The Inland des Wats contains two rather important ar-
ticles: the one is a decree by the Princess Regent of Poi:-
Tr:LSI , by which the decrees of the 6th of Der. 1660, nth
of J rn. 179:e, and the loth of Oct. 1911, which determine
the nature of the pains to be inflicted on persons who leave
II e kingdom without the sanction of the proper autliori_
t.ts, are republished. This measure has been judged
r•cessary, in consequence of a report made to her Royal
!licitness by JOBE ANTONIO GLIENREIIIO, ofJus.
Lee, who has discovered tint, since the arrival of .he con-
stitutional charter from RIO de Janeiro, several persons
who had acquired considerable property during the
politics! commotions iu 1820, anal who were in con-
stela dread of being deprived of it by the new order
ut things, haul conspired to excite an opposition to the es-
tablishment of the Constitution, and were gaining adlie-
riarts by representing the moderation anal forbearance on
the put of the Government to be only the result of weak-
and inability to maintain its power. By the decree of
I,..ear, all persons who shall quit the kingdom without leave
t* deprived of their civil rights, honours, anal employ-
Drente, and their goods are confiscated. Nu judgment is

necessary to be pronounced against them ; their absence
being legally proved is alone sufficient. The decree of
1792 reduces the confiscation to sequestration in favour of
the Treasury during the period such persons shall be
absent, provided that they absent themselves in time of
peace; and the decree of 1811 renews the terms of the
decree of 1660. The other article to which we allude
regards the proceedings of the Emperor of AUSTRIA
towards the Ilungarian Diet. If the information of
the French Editor be correct, M. METTLRNICII will
have rather a more difficult task to accomplish than
he had at first anticipated. It is pleasant to see this
great Continental Dictator braved and defied so near
at home. A few such salutary checks as this to the
overbearing spirit of the great promoter of the Holy
Al:Malec may tend to relax those semi-civilised laws
which at present exist throughout the German States ; and
a little Hungarian obstinacy may finally become the nu-
cleus of a grand constitutional reform throughout all
Germany.

(From the .Inrrnal des DelAte.]
VER3IANV._

PnEmma, SEPT. 29.
The answer to the eo:nn•unlcations made on the 22d, by the
Chamber of Magnates, rt halve to his Majesty's resolution, dated
the 231 August, after having been discussed hi Committee in the
course of this week, was yesterday debated, being the 151st sitting.
After having undergone several modifications, it was sent to the
Chamber of Magnates, in which the Grand Judge, the Count of
Brunswick. presided. Having heard it read, the Chamber ordered
it back to the Dictatory.•
MADRID, OCT. 2.
(rItIVATE COMESPONDENCE.)
After baying received an extraordinary courier, Mr. Lamb
de.patched a note to Al. Salmon, requiring the payment of the
sums due from us to England, which are estimated at thirty mil.
lions of real* (about 400,000/4. Although it is generally agreed
that this note concludes by insinuating that in case of non.pay.
ment England will take possession of sonic place as a guarantee for
the discharge of the debt, yet it is not mentioned what that place
will he ; but the reports which prevailed some months back con.
cerning the island of Majorca have been revived.
The remitting of this note appears to confirm the report which
has been abroad for some days, that France and England have
agreed to oblige our Government to change its political system ;
for, if it was not so, England, who knows, as well as we do, that we
are unable to pay, would not ask the money from us at this time.
And, on the other hand, nothing is talked of at the Palace but the
instructions said to be received by M. de Aloustier, not to interfere
in any manner wilt our internal government.
FRENCH FUNDS.-4 per Cents. 98f. ; 3 per Cents. 66f.
70c.; Bank Actions, 2030 f. ; Neapolitan Rentes, 73f. 65c. ;
Spanish ditto, 10.

• However insignificant this news may appear in its official form,
it would be of the greatest imrortance if we could communicate the
whole of the details: for the " answer" in question is that about to
be made by the Hungari•i Diet to an Imperial resolution,
in which the Emperor and King asks that Assembly at what
period they expect to draw their labours to a term ; it Is invited
to specify those subjects which it may think require urgent de-
liberation, and are requested to postpone the others to the next
Diet ; it is in short a polite attempt to dismiss the Diet, whose
perseverance greatly annoys 111. de Illetternich. We hare learnt,
through an indirect channel. but which may be depended upon,
that the answer of the Diet is but little favourable to the wishes of
the Court; It enumerates, with some bitterness, about a hundred
Important grievances and pressing affairs, relative to various viola-
tions of the Conatitution, laws, and customs, in the mode of carry-
ing on prosecutions and levying taxes. The traveller upon whose
information we speak had an opportunity to give the answer a hasty
perusal, and, as he understands Hungarian, lie had interesting con-
versations with several of the Deputies; but, as commerce was his
object, lie dared not write a single note, from tear of being arrestei,
or at least detained for some time by the Police at Vienna. What
lie remembers amounts in substance to the following articles:—
I. The Hungarians demand that the King of Hungary should
reside at least three months in each year at Buda, the capital
of the kingdom.
2. They require that the Royal Commissioners, who, not being
Hungarian citizens, have committed several illegal acts in various
trenches of the administration, should be visited with some public
punishment. [The Emperor merely disavows them.)
3. They require that for the future no individual shall be com-
petent to fill any employment in Hungary without previously taking
the oath to the King and Kingdom.
4. They desire a less ambiguous answer titan that the Emperor
has made them to'their demand that the Diet should he assembled
in full power at least once every three years. {The Emperor in his
411 SW Er has not pledged himself.'
L. Tiny renew their demand that taxes may be imposed without
the Toenail and previoss consent of the Diet, and climate sums un-
duly received by the Court! of Austria may be ♦emoted, or the
amount dedufleal from what it has to receive.

As we ate obliged, thanks to M. de Metternich s horror for all
kinds of publicity, to depend upon the nitre memory of a traveller,
we can vouch tut no more than tire substance of these demands.—
(No.e cf the French Editor.)

The New Fork Evening. P. 31 has lately published the re-
port of the receivers of the moneys and efK eta of the "New
York Hope Loan Company." " A more Flemish account,"
says the Editor, " cannot be imagined. The Company has
been in existence but a short time, and has managed, or
rather mismanaged, in such a way as to have sunk the
whole, stock and fluke, as the sailors say. It reminds us
of the story of the Kilkenny cats, who fought until they
ate each other up, tails and all." Thus it appears that the
North Americans have actually been playing the same
game of private banks, joint-stock companies, and unpro-
fitable speculations, which has recently brought so much
distress upon this country. The epidemic which agitated
the commercial world for so long a period here was not a
mere accidental burst of speculation, confined in its ope-
ration to this country. If we trace the history of the
periods which have succectiel most long wars, we shall
find that a tendeuey to rash and unprofitable specula-
tion almost invariably displays itself as soon as the
countries have breathed for a few years, and recovered
a little the strength which they had wasted in their
mutual contests. Disc.:tier immediately succeeds a war,
from the number of unemployed men bred to an active
and enterprising life; as soon as this part of our popula-
tion has settled down into peaceful occupations, the spirit
of enterprise seeks a new outlet, and makes trade itself an
instrument for its exertion. The South Sea and Missis-
sippi schemes are trite, but apt, instances of this fact. We
contend that the too eager spirit of commercial enterprise
was not confined to this country, but extended equally to
ether countries, in exact proportion to the relative extent
of their ordinary commerce, and earlier or later in propor-
tion as they were more commercial, or snore within the
reach of our influence. The consequences of this fact arc
obvious. It shows clearly that the present or recent com-
mercial activity in foreign countries cannot with propriety
be compared aith that of this country while labouring
under distress. Foreign countries have still to go through
' the crisis which we have already escaped ; and we shall
have far outstripped them before they return to a sound
and healthy state of activity. The accounts from all
Parts of the country now state a steady and decided improve-
ment in trade; and our only anxiety, we trust, will soon
be only to warn our traders against running into their old
system of speculation under some new disguise.

The Literiiry Gazelle continues to publish the further
developments of its new plan for the circulation of the
country. In noticing the subject this week, we must
mention two points, in which our last article has been
misunderstood. It was by no means our wish to say
that the management of the circulation of the country
should be intrusted to a Government office : all we as-
serted was, that we thought it advisalile that it should
be placed more directly under the control of Parliament.
Our opinion has not yet been stated, and is not yet fixed,
respecting the nature of the details for carrying that prin-
ciple into execution ; nor do we mean to say that the
whole circulation, consisting both of large notes anti sove-
reigns, should be replaced by national paper. We never
contemplated the application of the principle to the lower
descriptions of notes ; and, notwithstanding the opinions of
the writer in the Literary Gazelle, we must still continue
to leave that part of the question ivabeyanc?.