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visions, and a corps of aboat 18,000 troops of the line, armed,,
organized, and trained in the European fashion. These 18,000
men consist of four regiments of the line, of 4,300 men each a
chosen corps serving as the private guard of the Princes and a
-small number of horsenAen. They are supported byl.4..large
train of field artillery. Several Europcan officers command.
these regiments. One of them is commanded by an Aide-de-
Camp of a General 'Of Buonaparte, who his turned illahometan
since he has entered the service of Mehmet Pacha ; he has the
title of Colonel, and has embarked on board the Don frigate
with the Pacha.

Some persons think that the army is proceeding against
Hydra, Spezzia, and Napoli de Romania; others say against
lliodon and Coron.

It is observed, that in the slow progress of the Turkish ar-
mament, the vessels occupy an immense extent; but not being
protected by the ships of war, the expedition would suffer
great loss if attacked by some Greek divisions.
On the evening of the 12th, the whole Egyptian fleet was off
the Isle of Rhodes.

'lt was on. Thursday the 19th, that the Capitan Pacha was to
commence his operations against Samos.
BAGDAD, JULY 3, 7,18.—There are serious apprehensions
of a fresh rupture between. Persia and the Pacha of I3agdad.—
It said that Abbas Mirza will not agree to the treaty of
peace till the Pacha has paid large sums of money which he de-
mands of him.
This is taking Daoud Pacha on his weak side ; he delays
as much as possible; meantime troops are marching on both
sides. Several battalions have left Bagdad, taking the road to

Curdistan.
The Turks have taken possession of Solimania, which the
Persians have voluntarily abandoned. It is supposed they
repent, and want to have it back again. It will be the centre
of military operations, if war should break out between the two
nations.

At present every thing is quiet at Bagdad and the environs :
nothing passes in Curdistan : the two parties are negociating,
and all differences will probably be amicably adjusted. . •
Daotid Pacha dislikes. war, and in other things has great ad-
dress. The Prince of Kermanshah, his nearest neighbour, is not
able of himself to give him any uneasiness.; and with money,
it is easy to divert the King of 'Persia from all thoughts of war
or invasion.

It is very certain that Prince Abbas Mirza, at the head of
an army of 20,000 or 25,000 men, has seized on a part of C•ur-
distan. It is still said that the Persians act hostilely merely
to obtain payment of 'the debt which they claim from Daoud,
Pasha of Bagdad ; but as one incident may lead to another, up.
prehensions are still entertained of a renewal of the war between
the two nations,

Meantime the Minister of War of Kermanshah, who has come
to this city on account of the removal of the body of his late
master, Prince Ali Mina, is still at Bagdad, where he is treat-
ed as a friend by the Pacha and his officers.
• (From the Journal des Dibats of Wednesday.)
Conru, SEPT. 2.—( Private Correspondence. )—We have
received certain information that the Gre3l( squadron has en-

gaged the Turks in tile vicinity of Samos, and captured 20
gun-boats, three brigs, two corvettes, and one frigate. The
ship of the line commanded by the Captain Pacha was burnt;

at the same time the inhabitants of Samos defeated and de.

stroyed a multitude of barbarians, who had embarked ai

Micalo on rafts to effect a descent on the other side of the

"land.

LEcatonx, SEPT. 15.—A vessel which left Algiers on the
'Bth, brings the following news :—The Dcy has declared that
he will make war on Sardinia if it does not pay, in one month,
the tribute he ha* demanded. He has made the same declara-
tion as to Holland, adding the injunction to separate from its
alliance with Spain in the course of three months. Against
Spain lie has declared open war. The Dey, it appears, desires
to revenge himself' on the Powers of the second order for the
humiliation he lately suffered from England. A squadron of
12 vessels, well armed, is ready to sail.
We have no news from the Archipelago, but letters ftom
Corfu speak of a naval victory in the waters of Samos, in which
the Captain Paella's ship was blown up.
BASLE,. SEPT. 20.—The Gazette of Zurich has published In
No. 'lO4, the following letter:--" The Bishop of Basle, encou-
'raged by the rescripts of the King of Prussia, has desired all
the Vicars Ganeral of his diocese to ascertain if, among the
theological faculites, there were any secret associations in
connection with those of the Reformed. In case such are
discovered, the Members of these societies are to be in-
formed that they cannot be ordained, and will never be al-
lowed to enter the Ecclesiastical state; they will, therefore,
know what measure to take." The same Gazette has published
in its No. 3, the following declaration, which the Prussian
I,ation caused to be inserted on the 11th of September. "As
it has pleased the Bishop of Basle, in the instructions he has
.addressed to his Diocese relative to Secret. Associations,_ to

mention the Royal Ordinances as they were quoted in No. 104
of the Gazelle on August 30th, it is the business of the Gazette
to make these Ordinances known without any remark, for their
sense has ficen misunderstood. The purity of his Majesty's
'religious sentiments would make him regard with horror every
thing which could make the shadow ot hostility between the
members of the different Christian Sects, and every attempt of
this kind would in his dominions be severely punished. The
Prussian dynasty has always made it a glory to abandon to the
Divine Being the office of Supreme Judge in the affairs of reli-
gion, whose final decision cannot take place till after this life.—
Till that time all Christians ought, like the children of one great
family, to entertain mutual sentiments of love and indulgence,
and not only avoid every thing which is contrary to Christian
concord, but labour to purify their sentiments and their con.
duct according to the words of the Lord : There shall be only
one flock and one shepherd.' There never can be therefore
any question in the Prussian States of a hostile separation be-
tween Christian subjects; on the contrary, there reigns, as one
of the principal Christian virtues, a mutual toleration, and a
brotherly union among all the members of the different com-
munities. ' _ _

Lau &ANNE, SEPT. 24.—A1l the religious congregations of
the Canton of Lucerne has been invited by the Government to
place at its disposal a portion of their wheat harvest, either as
a gift or loan, to relieve the districts ravaged by the hail, where
grain is even wanted for seed. Most o these establishments
hastened .to comply with this invitation, and have given proofs
of an enlightened charity. But the rich chapter of the Canons
of Munster has thought proper to refuse all succour, and has
even chosen this moment to renew its complaints of the annual
tax which it is obliged to pay to the Cantonal funds for public
instruction.
LIEOE, SEPT. 25.—1 n consequence of the taxes levied on
the Ithine,'and particularly in Holland, the navigation of the
river is becoming less and less every day. The moderate
charge for land-carriage makes the conveyance by water he
given up. The freight by water from Antwerpt to Cologne is
hf. 33c. for 100 kilogrammes, while the freight by land is sf.
15c. A great number of commodities are sent from the ports
between Mayence and Cologne to Frankfort, by land, besause
the price is about the same by both routes, and the goods
being obliged to be landed at Mayence, cause those sent by
water-to-be delayed longer than those sent land.
(From the Courier Francais.)
MULTI, SEPT. 20.—While other Governments are taking
measures relative to the civil state of the Jews, which seem not
quite free from the prejudices which exist against this un-
happy.race, Switzerland may point out the Canton of Argovia
as acting on opposite principles. The law published by our
Government on the organization of the Jewish communes, re-
poses on the basis of humanity, and has for its object to matte
the Jews, who are domiciliated in our Canton, useful citizens,
by granting them rights which every citizen may claim, and by
providing for the education of their children. The law con-
sists of seventy-seven articles, of which we shall only quote the
principal ones. The Jews residing at Oberingdingen and at
Oberlingen are to constitute two communes, with officers of
their own ; and they may administer their communal property
as they plase. In their relation to the Canton, these two
communes are to form one corporation. As such they may
possess in common the property to support their religious'in.
-stitutions and their institutions for education. They are bound
to support the
poor who belong to the communes. Each corn-
mane is to meet at least once a-year to transact the business of
the commune. To be a member of this Assembly, the person
must be 25 years old,.possess at least 600 francs; not be a ser-