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London, England, 1826-02-04 00:00:00

the attention of our readers to it, 43 it might easily escape them'
amidst the actual deluge of absurd and lying articles :--
The Jeurnal des Debats of sth January, and the Constitu-
tioanel of the same day (in nearly the same words), give, under
the usual head of Private Correspondence, a letter from Zante
of 9th December, which is word for word, as follow.; :—" On
the eighth, we received by a vessel, which canie in seven day:
from Constantinople, news of the death of the Emperor Alex-
ander. It Is the subject of general conversation, conjectures,"
ate. And as postcript of the tenth :—" The death of the Em-
peror Alexander has been announced to the garrison of Nis.
solonghi. The chiefs have ordered a day of fasting and prayer
for the late Autocrat."
Not satisfied with this, the two Journals (see the Nos. of
12th Jan.) have a second letter addressed to them from Zante,
of the seventeenth of December, in which it is repeated that
" the death of the Emperor Alexander is the subject of every
conversation, and gives rise to many reflections." Some of the
latter are added, which are too miserable to be inserted here.
Nobody (scarcely excepting those who placed Taganrog on
the Persian frontiers) will deny that the melancholy news of
the Emperor Alexander's death could not reach Zante by any
public channel earlier than from Constantinople, and the for.
gers of the lies own this themselves. Now the news was not re-
ceived at Odessa till the 10th, at Vienna till the 14th, at Con-
stantinople till the 22d December. If the ship, which they say
arrived in seven days from Constantinople at Zante, could make
the news known there on the 9th, it must have been known at
Constantinople, not on the 22d, but on the 2d December, that
is, 24 hours after the fatal event (or rather, as the letter says
the ship brought the news on the Bth, it must have been known
at Constantinople on the Ist, the very day of the Emperor's
death).
This new palpable truth was not necessary to convince every
body who had the smallest idea of historical critisim, that the
pretended Greek Correspondence of their two long rival noto-
rious Journals, were all manufactured at Paris, whatever
forged titles they might bear. But in the case before us, it is
remarkable that the Journal des Debats, on the 19th December,
on occasion of an account in the ifonitour, which was very dis.
agreeable to the Philhellenes, had the assurance to praise its
Correspondence in Zante, in the following terms :—" A man
of influence and judgment who well knows what he says, who
unveils all cabals, of the noblest sentiments, and incapable of
• dieguring the truth."—This enlightened and veracious Cor.
respondent has now unmasked himself as he was not pru-
▪ dent' suOugh to avoid anachronisms which the worst writer in
Zante could not commit, and of which none but a blundering
pseudo Correspondent at Paris could be guilty.—(Jarlrian
Observer, January, 22,

THE Lono CUANCELLOR.--The answers given
this day were, 66 his Lordship is a little better."
lie did not pass so good a night as on Thursday,
but was more free from pain than last night.

Nsw 'MEMBER TOR NORTLIUMIIERLAND.-13y a
Letter, received from Newcastle.upon.Tyne this morning, we
understand there is every likelihood that the Hon.
THOMAS LIDDELL, eldest soil of Lord RAVENSWORTII,
will offer himself for the representation of the County of North-
umberland, vacant by the demise of CHARLES JOIIN I3II.AND-
LIXO, Esq., as the Honourable Gentleman passed through
Newcastle in a chaise and four, at an early hour this morning
(Feb. 2), on his way to Alnwick Castle, the seat of his Grace
the Duke of NowrituAtlaltLAWD, who of course ought to be
first consulted at such acrisis. Mr. LIDDELL is a young man
of considerable promise, and we dare say will be highly accept.
able to the great body of the freeholders. Ilia political senti.
ments are strongly in favour of his Majesty's present Ministers

The rumour that the Ministers intend to for-
ward the business of the Session of Parliament, so
as to finish it by the end of May, preparatory to
a dissolution, gained support yesterday evening,
from the circumstance of all the Public Accounts
having already been ordered, and from fixing the
last day for Reports on Private Bills for May 1.
Last Session it was May SO.—(ls/eraN.)
At an early hour yesterday morning one of the
Secretaries of Sir CuAItLES STUART, our Ambas-
sador at Rio de Janeiro, arrived at the Foreign
Office, in Downing-street, with dispatches to Mr.
Secretary CANNING.
Mr. D'AnonAtn, Secretary to the French Em-
bassy, returned on Thursday from Paris, bringing
with him the ratifications of the treaty of Navi-
gation between this country and France.
Yesterday morning Mr. J ACKSON, one of the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland's Messengers, arrived
in Loudon from Dublin with dispatches from the
Loan LIEUTENANT.
Some time since paragraphs appeared in the
stating, that during the dis-
dtuiffrbearenicletsPwa'hpeicrisi,took place at St. Petersburgh,
all the letters which were destined to our dif-
ferent merchants here, were opened previous to
their being forwarded, and that this, in a great
measure, accounted for the deficiency of political
news in them. We are informed, this account is
altogether untrue, and that most of our Russian
merchants, who are In the constant receipt of
letters from Russia, state, that their letters are,
in the first instance, wafrred, and then sealed in
such a manner, as totally to prevent their being
opened without its being known ; besides which,
the bulk of the letters are not at the Post-office
two hours previous to being dispatched for Eng-
land. This alone would preclude the possibility
of their being opened and resealed in time ; ut,
in fact, we have not heard of any letters to our
merchants here being opened previous to their
delivery.
AccoUNTANT GENERAL.---VIN LORD CDAN-
CELLOR has been pleased to appoint J. S. 11.se-
vey, Esq., one of the Masters in Chancery, to
the office of Accountant General, in the place of
the late J. CAMPBELL, Esq.
It is mentioned that Mr. Sergeant Cnoss is
likely to be appointed to the Mastership iu Chan-
cery, vacant by Mr. COURTENAY'S acceptance of
the Clerkship of the House of Lords.
It is not the intention et present of Govern-
ment to call out the Militia for training and ex-
ercise during the present year.
Sir EDMUND ANTROBUS, Bart., we are sorry to
learn, is dangerously ill at his house in Picca-
dilly.
Another of the schemes of last year, which
came out under the tempting appellation of
66 The Gold Coast Association," is, we hear,
about to be dissolved, and the deposits, some-
what pared down,
returned to the 44 gulls" who
paid them