The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1825-08-29 00:00:00

BE LG IA X PAYERS.

BRIGSSTLS, AI:GtST 24.
One of our Journals announces to-day in positive terms, that the
Prince de Meau, Archbishop of Malines. has refused the office of
President of the Philosophical College which is to lie established
at Louvain. Mr. Chad, Minister from England to the Court of
Saxon•, passed yesterday through this city, on his way front Dies.
den to London.

On the 14th August a Royal decree was issued at the Hague to
the followiniz .
" We, %I, &c. on thereport of our DI Mister of the
Interior, of the 6d of uly last, *hence it results that some patents
send their children to foreign countries to be instructed in the
humanities. considering that it it justly to be feared that in sonic of
these foreign schools they may imbibe principles contrary to na-
tional institutions, and the sentiments of our subjects—and desir-
ing to prevent the inconveniences which may ensue from this sate
of things to the Belgic youths and to the State, considering the
report of the Director.Gmeral of the Affairs of the Catholic
orship, of '2Csih July last, as well as the further report of our
.SliMster of she Interior, of Oth August, we have decreed—
" Ist. No young Belgians who, after the lot of October next,
shall have studied the humanities out of the kingibm, shall be
admitted to one of our Universities, into the Philosophical College,
instituted by our Decree of the 14th June last.
"2. Those who are to be exa:nined by the Faculty of Letters,
before they can be admitted as students, shall Hrst of all produce'
certificates for their professors that they have received from those'
professors fur some years, without interruption, instructions in the
ancient languages and the principles of the sciences.
" 3. Those young Belgians who, after the Ist of October next,
shall have studied the humunitirs nut of the kingdom, or who
shall have pursued their academical studies out of the kingdom,
shall not be appointed by us to any employments, or admitted to
exercise any ecciesiasdcal fuuctions."

THE GREEKS.
[From the Or pectotor.l
SMYRNA, JULY 19.
According to accounts brought from Cerigo by an Austrian VC,-
sel, which left the island on the 23th of June, it was crowded with
fugitives from the Mores, so tar,it was thought it would:not be pos-
sible to receive any 'more families without running the risk of
famine. The whole coast of Cerigo is stated to he covered with
tents, in which the fugitives encamp to perform quarantine.
The Oreek pirates infest all these seas, and respect no European
flag ; it is impossible to explain the silence or the patience of the
great European cabinets.
The pirate Dimitic, who plundered the lonian, Captain Pelala,
bound from Smyrna to Malta, has been arrested, and will be taken
to Malta.

Captain Hamilton saw in the Gulf of Smyrna two mistics,
which lie was going to visit, but the Greeks fled to Long Island,
presuming them to be pirates, as all three mistics are; he ordered
a landing on the island, but nobody could be found. It was re-
solved to set tire to the brushwood, on which nine men came out,
one of whom was recognised to be Minnie, one of Pelala's sailors,
whom Captain Hamilton had with him.
The pirate had sent the merchandise taken from Pelala to Paros,
where M. de ltigny, Ilse French commodore, accidentally arrived,
on which the Greeks, who were accomplices in the robbery, fled
into the mountains. Al, de Rigny, suspectilg the goods which
they had abandoned to be stolen, had them deposited in a church,
the doors of which he sealed, making the }parch responsible till the
affair should be cleared up.
It was soon knirn at Smyrna that these goods were saved.
Captain Hamilton sent a vessel to fetch them ; but when it arrived
at Paros, the goods had vanished ; as soon as M. de Itigny had left
the island, the Eparch had broken the seals, and carried off the
goods, and lied into the mountains. The English in vain looked
for him. Captain Hamilton, incensed against this land pirate, is
now prosecuting this affair.

NATOLI DT ROMANIA, JULY S.
• Ibrahim Pacha seems to have made Tripolisza the centre of his
military °petitions. When he set out with 8,000 men to make a
reconnoissance in the Alorea, as far as to Napoli di Romania, he
had to pass the very difficult defiles of Leondari. The passage
there is certainly narrow, and above, the mountains are so close,
that the distance between the summits is less than a pistol shot. It
was on one of these heights that Colocotroni had posted and ford-
-11 fled himself. Ibrahim harip reconnoitred the positions of the
Greeks, laughed at the - uh they had committed, took pos-
session of the nelphbouting mains which they had neglected,
was even able fp pkait his e n, and destroyed with ease the
tfor-
tifications,
willin which , Greeks thought themselves secure
from attack. The brave noel Villasse, who was on the spot,
pointed out to Colocotrert! e danger of their position if the Pacha
should attack them, by'tiniing the mountain. This was, in fact,
ibrahim's intention, as be has since declared. The Greek General
yielded to the representations of the Colonel, and ordered a retreat
during the night. It was in this manner that the Pacha, almost
without tiring a shot, made himself master of the important defile
of Leondari, in which lie left some troops to guard it ; he then pro-
ceeded to Tripolizza, where he stopped the progress of the Ire,
which the Greets-had kindled, ned left there a garrison of AO men.
which he thought sufficient for the Auk enemies whom he had to
combat. Thence lissultsancod to the environs of this capital.

. . . ..
Seviial students at telintingen have lately felt all the se-
arailiegtleet
' verity of the law against the ed Landmanus-
Various contrivances have been late et} to smuggle
the silver coin out of the Russian . . At the custom-
house at Kuberick: a considerable q nehy of silver coin
was found hidden in Skold. _

The statue of the Duke of Wellington, in the Crescent
at Atatusgate, was thrown down; on Thursday night.
Twenty guineas reward have been offered fbr The discovery
of the offenders.
PUBLIC DIRTIER TO LORD Be.xt.tv.!--Lord Bexley;
the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancrstcr, who is about to
visit this town, for, the purpose of laying the first stone of
the New Salford Market, has been invited to partake of a
public dinner, which (the Exchange dining room being oc-
cupied)' will take place at the Albion Hotel, on Monday
'evening next, at six o'clock. The borottgltreeve being ab-
sent from town, the chair, we understand, will be filled by
James Norris, Esq. In consequence of the smallness of the
room, it has been found necessary to limit the issue of
tickets to filly.—Manchestcr Paper.
STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE.—Lord Bexley has confer-
ed upon Mr. Foster the office of stipendiary magistrate for
this town; and hat attended at the New Bailey dur-
ing the greater part of the present week, but has taken no
pact in the proceedings, it being necessary that he should
first take the oaths of a magistrate, at some general t r qUa:.
ter session of the peace. The first opportunity for that
purpose will he at the adjourned annual session at Preston,
about the 14th (we believe) of the next month.—Man-
!chester Guardian

Sir J. Lad, one of the earliest patrons of this place, the
brilliance of whose equipage, and unrivalled skill as a dash-
ing charioteer, formerly would delight " and astonish the
natives,•" is, at this time, on a visit to his friend. Major
Williams, in the Royal Crescent. It was Major Willian s
who brought, from the opposite shore, the " animated
skeleton" to this country.—Rtirldos Herald.