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London, England, 1826-07-26 00:00:00

GERMAN PAPERS.

FRANKFORT, JOLT
(EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM SMYRNA. JUNE IN.)._

So long as the English continued to pour millions into the coffin
of the Greek nation, the English Hag was Tenet sled in all these
mess ; since they have suspended their subsidies, the Greeks treat
them no better than other nations. For this month past all English
vessels that have arrived here from the ports of E giant have teen
pillazed, their Captains insulted, ill treated, robbed of their poi.
sate property, their money, and even their clothes. All the Eniti.h
ships of war stationed in the Levant are gone to pursue tliccipitates,
who, in general, cruise between Cape er!)ro a id Antis), b. eisise at
this season this passage is the most frequented by vessels entire
from Europe. The son of the English Consul here had on hoard
one of these ships valuable article.. of hens( hold furniture, which
he had purchased in London for 211,000 piasties ; the Greeks hays
taken them all. Commodore Hamilton is g. ne to Syra, where the
pirates generally deposit their booty. The other s! ips of war wlll
proceed to the ports which are known to be the retreats of the
pirates.
We learn from Syra, by accounts datt'd the rith, thit Con mu
tore Hamilton had met, near St. George di Fehiro, ninceen veste s
full of pirates, known by the name of Liappi (b entlitti of Rome-
ha), commanded by Vasso Bracovich, of the Rude d-3C mom,
and by one Gusciotti, a Rometiot. These baneLt i, age, liatio4
ruined Zea Andros, Tasoo Schero and Schiatto, stripp d the it hs.
bitants, and committed a thousand atrocities and hurt ib'e eztirtss-s,
were on their way to go and pillage some o her isla• ds. otsms.
dote Hamilton has taken them all to Napoli di Romania, to be
brought to trial.

LAusANare, Jr IS

Our fellow-citizen, Baron de Pugel, Russian Ccu• c ilor of S ate,
and formtrly preceptor to the Emperor Nicholas, hal offered to that
Sovereign u tribute of Isis re.pect on his secession to the throne.
The Baron has just received tram the Emperor an autograph let.
ter, in which, after speaking of the c ire with which M. Pttg I
had attended to him in his youth, his Itajestf is pleased to add
flattering expressions of esteem and regard. lt is remarkable that
two natives of the Pays du Vaud should have tilled this n able task,
and have had in succession the honour of preparing wo Emperors
for the throne.

STUTGARD, JI'T.Y 15.
His Royal Highness Prince Frederick Christian, of Peonnurk,
set out yesterday for Switzerland.

AIJOSNURGA, JULY 18.
The Supplements to the Aligrateine Zitringof the 17th and 18th
July. contain a very long and circumstantial account of the disorder
which ended in the death of his Majesty the Emperor Alexander,
translated from the original Latin of Sir James \Ville, his Neje,.
ty's Physician, and signed oleo by Dr. Stoffregen.
His Majesty, it seems, refused for some days to take any medi.
nine. and appears to have had a particular objection to leeches,
which he persisted in prohibiting for two days after they had been
judged absolutely necessary to save his life. Under date of 14th
Nov. (26. h) we find his Majesty had passed a tolerable night, but
he refused leeches, and Dr. W. began to fear putrid fever. His
Majesty. however, got up and shaved himself. " When he had
lain down again," rays Dr. W. " he called me and attempted to
speak some words, in which a certain confusion of ideas wan per-
ceptible. He desired to speak to me, and said, •My friend, whet
an action ! IWhat a frightful action !'
" This state of the mind continued about a minute—he, at the
same time, castat terrible look on me, and it seemed to me to be the
first sign of incipient delirium. How the emmians of the mind
operate in producin; diseases I leave others to judge, but it is more
than probable that they are among the causes of the disease. On
one of the preceding days his Majesty said to me. • 1 al.h you
antilil direct your attention to my nerves, for they are in very great
disorder.' I replied, • I bolieve this happens to Sovereigns erste
frequently than to other men.' His Majesty answered, ' And in
these times I have more than ever reason to experience "
Though there were no positive indications of imminent danger
except continual and heavy sleep, which the Doctor judged to be
as dangerous as constant waking, because it gives reason to fear
too great an accumula.ion of bloosi on the brain, he wished to use
several external applications, such as mustard plasters, and above all
leeches, but they were refused with displeasure. " Firmly convinced
of the advantage of leeches (le says), I implored his Majesty :o
allsw me to use them, but unhappily, in vain, I received for an.
ewer—' I will not; leave us.: I will not be disturbed. Do not
torment me with your continual entreaties. I know very well what
hurts Inc or does me good : I only ask repose, solitude, and trim.
quillity. 1 submit to the will of the Almighty, and to my consti-
tution.' At two o'clock in the afternoon the fever fit was more
violent than on the preceding days., At eight o'clock his Majesty,
contrary to the advise of his physicians, sat up, and fainted, but
aeon recovered. Various medicines were offered, but the patient
would not take a drop or a grain.
" November 15th (27th), the symptoms early in the morning were
very bad, and his Majesty in imminent danger, pulse 120, hut no
delirium. Her Majesty the Empress ordered me to announce to
the Monarch the approaching end. Oh, unhappy that lam ! shat
an office ! NI hen his Majesty asked me, •Is it come to that ?'
replied, " Yes, indeed," and procoeded to particulars. At five in
the morning his Majesty took the Sacrament, Hitherto his Ma-
jesty had rectified to take medicine; now, at the request of his
Confessor, and convinced of his danger. he consented ; but alas !
it was too live." The Doctor relstes the means he employed. among
which were mustard plasters, but those the patient pulled off
is
anger as soon as they began to dr tw. The remainder of the diary,
including four days, 28th, 29th, and 110th of November, and lot of
December, contains only the melancholy narrative of the progress
of the disorder and of the remedies employed, termina:ing in his
Majesty's death at 50 witness past 10 a.m.= the lit of December.