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MEDITERRIINEAN MAIL.

[rt7RTHER EXTRACTS.] • , :
ZANTi, AUG. 6.—This is a •Lh•atitiful island, a
PaTadise, full of neat little country housr!s, with the
prettiest gatdens in the wo:ld. The city is very re.
speetable,'With a greater tendency to snugness, than
to elegy ice in the buildings. Prince Canrtfo, whO
was at "the head 'of the Government' of the Septin-
sulay Republic, lives here, an accomplished and sin-
gularly shrewd man of the old school. in mariners.
General Oswald, who 'commands, 'Opears to me ter
possess much more consideration and mind than one ,
commonly meets with in hiS profession in our sec-
' I cannot give you a better proof of it than by.
mentioning that :lie is at present organizing air esta-
blishment'or piiliticschools in the mOnasteries,which '
have been deserted. This Officer and .the Minister,
Foresti,.ha.;e, since the capture of theplace, raised a
regiment of ab3ut.9oo•Greeks. It is called the Greek
1,14 ht I nfantfy. They wear the ancient Macedonian
dr:!4 ....'l:One-of 441e7coloanies_fs romoosed cwirely
of .Spartans, who a& also m their ancient uniform.
The first,time the General and his .Staff dined with
the Officers I had the gratification to 'be' there, and:
could scarcely believe myself not iria dream. Whe- .
titer in the llall of. Fingal, or in the . Cavd of Ali
Baba, with the forty thieves, I could not determine.
We had seveial:Greek songs, I Arkild Call them
odes, the rniisie: ' .hich very much resembled the
Scottish Highlat, s. • One of the Albanian Ofs-
cers sung ",The ghland Laddie," the old' set,
with a tolerable gdod accent. Hpw, in.. the name-
lit
of wonder, came :this.song tO be known and sung
by the inhabitants 'of the.MaCedenian m ,untains ? -
' The regiment has'not vet got its colours, but-etch
compdny, is to have a standard. The insignia is a.
Plicenix.risin from the ashes, with the Motto in
Greek of " Rising:A •• • . '

v►ce.

This is a new land, and the people a new race to
me:, Here is much of the massy ore ofmani in Si,
city, there :is not hiog.but the dross',.

The Minister, POresti„ is a very 'extraordinary per-
son, aelive, indefatigable,' intelligent, and all his en-
dowments of a-prattical kind. I have been. greatly
pleased with him since I have known him myself.
I-leis out of all sight the cleverest, civil officer that I
have seen, and I do- not wonder that he made ene-
mies among the mediocre gentry of Malta. There is
no man that can be sent here able to do a title of
the effective 'service that he performs. He kncrws
every one, and his lota' information is surprisingly
minute. •

„ Ttie favourable disposition of the GreekS towards
the British might, I think, be turned to good ac.-
&tun( by his Majesty's Ministers. In the course
of a few.months notice twenty thousand of these
bold nripntaineers might be raised, and if we only
keep up the gonneotions now formed, we
,have a
recruiting ground of -infinite value. His Siciliah
Majesty has instituted a Third Class of the Order
of Ferdinand and- .Merit, for the junior ranks of
•his service, on occasion ,of.the present circumstances
of Sc-ily.
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Copy of a letter from the Marquis of, Cerceilo to
the Commander in Chief of the British forces in that
kingdom':

Palermo, the 23d fuly, igto.

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GENERAL—His Majesty the King b&ng desirous
to recompence all the classes who shall distinguish
themselves at this Period; has been -01-eased to-add
to the, two classes of 'the Order of Ferdinand and
Merit,, instituted in .the year J 800,, viz. those of
the. Great Cross and Commandets,..a third class of
smaller Crosses of the Older ; and: to institute
.equally Medals of Gold and Silver (for tile N'on,.
commissioned Officers) to which 'shall be Tnnexed
Pertions, as your Excellency will perceive by_ the
translation of the Royal Dispatch which I have the
honour of annexing.
The objettof his Majesty tit giving mohis orders
to transmit to your Excellency,' is to engage you- to
note all the individuals' of the brave- English army
which you command, who may distinguish them-
selves against the common enemy. His Majesty
being .desirous' to rely -upon. the impartiality, the
Justice, and judgment of your,Excellency, the first
time th2t he grants this distinction to recompence
true merit', and to avoid the disadvantage. of ,dimi-
nishing. the value of such an institution in indis4
criminately bestoWing it.
I avail myself of the Occasion to renew to your
Excellency the homages of respect with which I
have, bec.

: - (Signed) The Marquis of CERCELLO.
To his Excellency GeneraL Stewart, Count
of Maids, Commander in Chief of the
British Army in Sicily.

A-similar'cornMunication - was written .to the Ad-
mir il commanding the B:itish naval forces upon the
station.

MES3INA, AUG. 24.--King Murat, so fir from
evincing any intention of abandoning the. intasion ;)1."
this island, appears rather to increase his means he
seems to wait for the equinaiial gales-to bting out \
the Toulon fleet to co-operate with him in his pro-
jeets. We have daily skirmishing between our Au..
tilla-and his; and al the sea between Sicily and th,,t
part of the Continent where the French are, is ,41!,.e a
.large lake, you can have no- idea of the beauty of
the scene, particularly at night, when showers of
shells and ret-hot shot fly thrdugh the air, with-
very little actual damage to the combatants. It
looks more like a Fantoccini .entertainment than
one 'of the scourges of war. However, iris the
midst. of- all. this-we are terribly annoyed by his
noCturnal frolics ; ,as our men are under arms every
night, lest the. French Gentlemen should make free
to come over. We are troubled with fever ad-
dysentery, but the change 'otweater will better us -
shortly. •