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London, England, 1826-07-25 00:00:00

GREEK PIRATES.

Extract of a letter from Malta, dated the 26th June :
" Business is nearly at a bland, and the constant piracies
committed by the Greeks will soon put a stop to all trade
with the Levant. The Sybille frigate arrived on Satur-
day, with about fifty men killed and wounded, two
lieutenants being among the latter, in attacking a band of
pirates, near Candle."

REVOLT AT CONSTANTINOPI.E.—Letters from Smyrna
of the 22d June state that several ships coming from the
Dardanelles saw thousands of dead bodies floating in the
sea of Marmara, s•rpposed to have been cast in in conse-
quence of the revolt of the Janissaries.—Augsburgh Gaz.
Dutch Papers to the 23d inst. have arrived. They fur-
nish the following paragraphs :
Mout, JULY 20.
We learn from Amsterdam that Lord Maryborough has arrived
there with his family. These distinguished travellers are expected

at the Hague.
HANOVER, JULY 15. '
The prohibition which has subsisted in birch rincipality of Lune-
burg, since 1767, to export tan, oak, and bark, is revoked,
We have received Hamburgh Papers to the 20th inst.
The return of Captain Kotzebue from his voyage round
the world is mentioned. From Copenhagen and its vici-
nity the accounts of the harvest are unfavourable.
We have received German Papers, which shew that the
drought which we have lately experienced has not been
confined to this country. In Denmark the hopes of a good
harvest have been from this cause destroyed, and fires in
the woods, to which the great heat has rendered them liable,
have been extremely destructive in Stockholm. Specula-
tions on the deficiency of the harvest in England, and on
the probable opening of the corn trade, have already given
rise to purchases in some of the northern ports.
STOCKHOLM, JULY 11.—The Government has lately
called on the Directors of the Bank to bring silver into cir-
culation, in order to prevent the rise of the rate of ex-
change. Our city has been in great danger from the fire
in the woods, especially from the fire at Erstanio, half a
mile distant, The King repaired to the spot in person,
sent troops, had the peasants assembled, and by judicious
measures averted the danger. But all at once the wind
veered to the south, and caused the fire to spread with such
violence that it extended over a lake 3,000 fret broad, to
the Island of Siklo, and happily it stopped there • only a
small house was burnt the first day. The part whichi the
fire has passed over in the forests and the mountains may
be about ten English miles in extent.
ST. PETERBIIIIIIGII, Ju t.v B.—His Majesty has addressed
the following gracious letter to M. Alinziacky, dated

June 27 :
The zeal with which you have performed your duty as our Ple-
nipotentiary to the Ottoman Porte, and especially the success of
the late negotiations in Constantinople, from which Russia is en-
titled to expect a renewal of its intercourse with Turkey, on a basis
suitable to its honour, have attracted our attention to you. As a
testimony of this, and as a reward for your services, we graciously
appoint you a Knight of the Order of St. Anne of the First Class,
the insignia of which we send with these presents, ordering you to
wear them according to the statutes.
We have received Charleston Papers to the 28th ult.
They contain no political intelligence. A tire broke out
on the 2 ttli June, which destroyed thirty houses.
MARTINIQUE.—A valuable cargo of slaves, to the num-
ber of 640, has been landed at Martinique, from a ship
•under French colours, of only two hundred tons. The in-
dividuals concerned in this transaction cleared a net profit
of 300,000 francs (20,0000 This vessel, in the course of
her voyage, was boarded by a British frigate and sloop of
war, the commanders of which took cognizance of her
cargo, and made notes upon her papers, which will prevent
her returning to France, but offered no impediment to hew
proceeding to her destination.
VERA Cauz, MAY s.—The French frigate that brought
out M. Martin has been ordered by Government to leave
this port, and to return to Sacriticios. It seems to he sup-
posed that your Ministers had some secret views, by sending
out this frigate to this port ; hut this measure of ordering
her off suddenly is against all diplomatic rules, and may
had to serious explanations.
MEXICO, APRII. 29.—The French Envoy, Monsieur
Martin, is at last arrived, and was presented this day. and,
according to report, was very well received, but nothing
positive is yet known respecting the object of his mission,
which is said to be merely commercial, and not political.
M. Martin appears to he a very clever man, and perfectly
capable of doing away with the bad impression produced
here by the Charge d'Affaires, M. Schmalz. Before the
arrival of M. Martin, the party opposed to the French in-
terests gave circulation to many absurd rumours, which
gave reason to apprehend a misunderstanding with that
Government. A Mr. Saint Clair has been arrested here,
as a spy of the Spanish Government, and has been con-
demned. The arrival of M. Martin gave rise to a report
that he came to claim the liberation of this man, as well as
to a thousand others, to prejudice the Government and the
people against the French Envoy.
Letters from Calcutta, dated the Bth of March, were de-
livered at a late hour yesterday, supposed to have come
overland by a despatch to the East India Company. No
"•ical intelligence transpired.