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would have disgraced any other Junta—to them it
does honour as it supports their CONSISTENCY, in a
line of conduct which. if pursued much further,
will either conquer the British Constitution, or
oblige those who arc really attached to the vene-
rable fabric, to take means fin its preservation,
which may possibly overwhelm the reptile beings
who have long been endeavouring to destroy it.

In the late war Sir Robert Wilson rendered the
most important services. lie was presented subse-
quently to the battle of Bautzen, by the Emperor
Alexander, with the Cross of the Russian Order of
St. George, as a public and honourable testimonial
of the Emperor's approbation of his conduct on that
well-contested field. And the Emperor, in a letter
witten with his own hand, referred to this occasion
in these words:—" When 1 decoratei yon, in Me
.face of Mr/ aim/, with the badge of St. George, 1
did justice to the indefatigable zeal which, during
the whole of the campaign, has constantly attached
you to the advanced guards—to the brilliant valour
and devotion of which I have been an eye-witness at
the battle qf Bautzen; and, finally, to many other
proofs of intrepidity, attested by all the brave war
riors of the combined army." Similar testimonies
to his transcendant merit were borne by the King of
Prussia and the Emperor of Austria. And l'rince
Schwartzeilberg, the commander-in chief of the
allied forces, officially declared to the English am-
bassador, that he considered the success of the al-
lies in the great and decisive battle of Leipsic to
have been signally promoted by Sir Roliert Wilson's
judicious disposition of the Austrian cavalry, and
by his conduct on that glorious day.—And yet, be-
cause this excellent officer, who is as humane as he
is brave, chose to beg of a brother officer that he
would prevent his soldiers from firing upon his Ma-
jesty's unarmed sultjects, he is to be dismissed from
the army, and deprived of that pittance he bad
earned by twenty years of heroic, assiduous, and
successful exertion.

Letters dated the 4th ult. were received on Thurs-
day from Odessa, hut still without finally determin-
ing the question of peace or war. They had advices
which had been only seven days on the journey from
St. Petersburg'', yet Ow most important filet that
transpired was, that the English Ambassador had
the honour, twice in the week, of dining with hi,
Imperial Majesty. No doubt is, however, enter-
tained of the amicable termination of the difference
between Russia and the Porte, as eight regiments
of Russian troops had received orders to retreat from
the frontier : and the commanding officer at Sebas-
topol had been directed to discontinue fitting out the
fleet. The appointment of another ambassador to
Constantinople, it is supposed, will be t:ie mode in
which the pacific views of the Emperor Alexander
will be first manifested to Europe.
A letter from Smyrna, of the ;29th of August,
mentions a fact of great importance, if its truth can
be relied upon. It states, that the amnesty of the
Turkish sultan had been communicated to the
Greek fleet in the Archipelago, and that many of
their ships had determined to accept it, and to aban-
don the contest. This infimrinion was given at
Smyrna by a small French vessel of war, the master
of which declared he had met several Greek ships
of war returning to their respective islands to disarm.

IMPROIFEYENT IN A FROSTATION...—II has been
proposed by a gentleman of Cork, to keep a balloon
constantly in a favourable current of air, by de•
creasing or diminishing its specific gravity, so as to
cause it to sink or rise at pleasure. Fur this put..
pose, a copper vessel and a condensing pump, which
will serve in a great measure as ballast, are attached
to the car. When the Wilma is rising too high, its
volume is to be diminished by condensing the hydr
gen gas into the copper vessel. (?n the ant
when it sinks too much, by
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Sir Robert Wilson's case is not the only one of a
similar nature. Serjeant Cummins, after 16 years
service in the army, two of which he served as Cor-
poral, and nine a Serjeant in the Royal Marine
Artillery, was some time ago dismissed without
court-martial, or any inquiry at which he was pre-
sent, merely for proposing in a company the Qneen's
health, after that of the King had been drank.
For this heinous offence this meritorious soldier,
whose conduct, although a subaltern, has gained
him an Order from the Emperor Alexander, has
been dismissed after 16 years service, without pen-
sion or any remuneration whatever ! Thus are a
brave man and his family left to perish, merely be-
cause he had humanity enough to wish well to an
injured, heart-broken lady. It would appear, then,
that the idea entertained by soldiers that they have
a right to pension, after a certain number of years
service, if guilty of no offence, is altogether an illu-
sion, as they may at any time be discharged without
cause, and without the sentence of a court martial,
which is conidered as a bar to any claim of pension.
Soon after the death of her late Majesty, the Rev.
Mr. Emmott, of V arm, a dissenting minister, be.
longing to the Stockton circuit of the Weslcyun
Methodist connexion, being appointed to preach at
Stockton, refused to do so, because the pulpit of the
chapel was not hung with any emblem of mourning
befitting the solemn event to which we have allnded,
observing that the absence of such customary indi-
cations of honour on the demise of any branch of the
Royal Family, was a tacit acknowledgment that bur
Majesty was guilty of the accusation of her enemies.
But, in consequence of repeated solicitations, he
waved his objection, and consented to preach ; and
he preached accordingly from the following passage:
—" Then shall ye return, and discern between the
righteous and the wicked ; between him that served&
God and him that served' him not."—Malachi, c.
iii. v. 18.—The reverend gentleman from these
words delivered a most excellent discourse, which
was so pathetic in parts, as to draw tears and sobs
from the congregation, concluding it with the
Queen's own emphatic observation, " They have
destroyed ine."
A letter, in the French papers, from Marsala, in
Sicily, states, that six slaves at ]finis lately formed
and successfully executed a plan for robbing the
Dey of his own arms, which are of exquisite work-
manship and great value. They embarked on board
a small vessel, and mood for Sicily. The Dcy
having discovered the robbery, sent one of his cor-
sairs after them, but which did not come up with
the fugitives until they had got within the range of
the Sicilian batteries. Bath vessels entered the
port of Marsala together, where they are pot under
quarantine. The magistrates of Marsala have thus
time to consider what they should do in this case.
k xtruct of a letter from Havre, dated Oct. 2:—
" I tun sorry to intbrm you that the commercial dif-
ficulties between the United States and France will
not be settled so easy as was first imagined, and,
according to the present appearance, will continue
much longer; in consequence of which the Ameri-
can trade must continue to be carried on by English
vessels."
Extract of a letter from Madrid, dated Sept. 17.
" The Regulatear, a French journal, which is pub-
lished in this capital, having printed and circulated
a paragraph in one of his last numbers, the Minister
Plenipotentiary of England passed a note to the Mi-
nister of Foreign AtLiirs, demanding the imprison-
ment of the editor, M. Chapuis, a Frenchman, and
the cessation of the journal. The Ntinister replied,
that his authority was bound Ly the laws ; that he
could not impose any punishment, nor any way im-
pede the press. Upon this the British Minister car-
ried his complaint befbre the competent tribunal,
and the passage was translated before the Jury of
Accusation, who dismissed the complaint. The
greatest obscurity prevails in regard to the events
which have caused the recal of Gen. Riego from his
command in Arraguna. He and all his friends
repel in the most positive manner, the accusation of
republicanism. Sarae,oussa, Valencia, and all the
towns in Spain have displayed great enthusiasm in
favour of the General, and loudly blame the Minis-
ter, who eavelopes in mystery an affair which involves
the most illustrious name in our revoletie,
The Count de Mouteztue
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