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London, England, 1829-04-27 00:00:00

and thrown down enormous stones upon them, to

compel them to retire. On the 13th March, the Turks
not repeating their attack, Colonel Bourtoff took ad-
vantage of the interval to construct rafts, and made
his whole detachment cross over to the right bank of
the river, in order to turn the enemy, by following
the road along that bank, and to get possession of the
second passage. This movement was commenced
in the evening of the 13th March ; the narrow
stream of the Koura alone separated our troops from
the watch-fires of the Turks, whose conversations
they could hear, but they marched in such profound
silence that they were not perceived by the enemy,
who at day-break seeing us masters of the second
passage, and finding themselves thus cut off from
Akhulzik, dispersed among the mountains, and en-
tirely disappeared. Meantime the enemy's corps
blockading Akhalzik received information of the
approach of the reinforcement, before the latter
could reach its destination, and raised the siege on
the 17th March, before sun-rise, retreating preci-
pitately and in disorder. Major-General Prince
Bebontoff took advantage of this circumstance to
make a sally, and, notwithstanding the fatigue which
the troops had undergone from the 4th March, hay-
ing been almost constantly upon tte ramparts, he
pursued the enemy for some versts with some com-
panies of infantry, killed a great many men, captured
four cannon, one mortar, two standards, a great quan-
tity of ammunition, and many prisoners, the number
of whom was not exactly known when the report was
sent off, because more were every moment brought
in. The detachment of Colonel Bourtoff entered
Akhalzik the same day.--Journal de Petersburgh,
April 11.
ODESSA, APRIL 1.--Since the 21st March, 29
vessels, of various descriptions and sizes, hired by
the Government, have arrived from Kovarna,
Varna, Mangalla, Constantinople, and other places,
all in ballast, and a brigantine from Kistendji with
military stores.
BERLIN, APRIL 20.—The accounts from War-
saw of the 16th say that great damage has been
done by the overflowing of the Bug and the Narew.
All the bridges on both rivers had been swept away
by the ice and the flood. At Konigsburg the water
had fallen three feet on the 15th, but the danger
was still great:—Prussian State Gazette, April 21.
AMSTERDAM, APRIL 24. Exchange on London,

12 021 ; two mouths, 11 95.
The Dutch Papers of the 25th contain no news;
only the Haarlem Courant gives, from Batavia
Journals to the 13th December, a very long official
report of the capture of the famous priest, Kiaja-
Modjo, and his adherents.

PRINCELY DECLARATION OF POVERTY.
—ln a German Paper appears the following article, dated
Stutgard, April 9 :.

" tilm, April, 1829.
" For a considerable time past I have been assaulted
with such a quantity of what is vulgarly called begging
leteers, that I know of no other remedy but to declare to
the writers thereof, that it is in vain for them to attempt
to wring any other contributions from my already much
shrunk purse than that of publicity. Although lam in-
clined to consider it a sacred duty to afford as much as-
sistance as possible, still the performance of this duty de-
pends not so much nn the inanation as on the means that
are at the command of an honest man. In my case these
are very limited, and have been of late further reduced by
certain taxes, &c. Besides, my assistance is due, in the
first place, to those persons in whose vicinity I reside. I
request, therefore, that all those who fancy they can force
me to contributions by dedications and other means, to
save themselves the trouble in future, inasmuch as I have
nothing else to reply to their alleged distress, than Knock
elsewhere, for I cannnt assist you, however inclined.'
(Signed) " HENRY, Duke of Wurteniberg."

We were on Sunday last visited by several
severe hail-storms, which did considerable damage to early
vegetation. The young peas in many of the gardens in
and near this town received great injury. At Cuckfield,
the storm in the afternoon was accompanied with light-
ning, which killed a pig belonging to Mr. W. UWINS, of
Misbrooks Farm.—Brighton Herald.

On Saturday morning, at an early hour, a
young waterman, naned EDWARD WrsroN, not more than
18 years of age, hiving put the mate of the merchant brig
Ellen on board, was returning to Bermondsey-stairs, when
unhappily his boat struel; against some craft with so much
violence as to capsize it, and the unfortunate youth lost
his life. His body was dragged for, and picked up on
Saturday afternoon, and an inquest will be held on it this
day. On the preceding evening another young man,
named CROUCH, working on one of the wharfs at Horse-
lvdown, was drowned ; he was assisting in landing some
goods, when the crane struck him across the back, and
threw him off into the river. No less than eight or ten
persons have lost their lives by drowning in the river
within the last fortnight.

THE TURN-OUTS.—We regret to say that
no progress has been made towards an agreement between
the spinners and their men, either here or at Stockport.
It was expected last week that at one mill here the men
would set to work on Monday, at a very small reduction
from the former prices, but some misunderstanding arose,
which prevented it. It would seem as if the spinners and
manufacturers entertain very gloomy expectations of trade,
when, at this generally brisk season of the year, they al-
low their machinery to stand idle, rather than give the
rate of wizes which they were paying in ,the flat months
of winter.—Manchester Times.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Thursday a fine
boy, about 16 years of age, lost his life at the head of St.
Leonard's-lane. Along with a number of his juvenile
companions, he had obtained a small cannon, which they
were firing in honour of his Majesty's birth-day, and
while he was in the act of driving home the charge against
a wall, the powder was ignited by the sparkling match
he held in his hand, and in its rebound the cannon laid
open a portion of the abdomen. His companions fled,
and his father was among the first who arrived at the
spat, and seeing his only child writhing in the agonies of
death, he exclaimed, " Oh ! what's this ?" to which the
boy faintly replied,—" Oh, father, I am awfu', awfu'
&Air !" and immediately afterwards expired.—Scotsman.

Extract of a letter from Savannah, dated
March 14 :—" STEPHENSON, the banker, has made al-
most as t:uch noise here as he did io London. You may
perhaps learn from the public prints that he, and his clerk
(LLOYD), were landed here from the brig Kingston, under
the names of SMITH and LAEIEN, thus retaining their
proper initials. There is no law of this State, nor, I be-
lieve, of the United States, to lay hold of any person for
such offence committed in another country; but the re-
ward of 1,500 dollars being offered fur STEPHENSON in
New York, was a temptation to some in this place, who
were daring enough to tike him secretly and forcibly out
of his bed at night, and put him on board a pilot-boar,
where be now is, if not already landed at New York. The
parties offending have been arrested, and bound in heavy
penalties and securities to answer or appear at a trial to
be brought on next May. The punishment for such offence
by the law of this State is fine and imprisonment. LLOYD
is still here, who was with STEPHENSON when seized, and
is bound to appear as principal in the prosecution. STE-
PHENSON says he has brought only 3,000/. with him, and
has left enough to pay all demands against him ; but hav-
ing, in a very urgent case, to save the credit of the house,
made nee of the Exchequer bills, was afraid of his neck.
lie says, were he assured of person +1 safety, he would go
back and clear up all. So much for Mr. STEPHENSON.
STEPHENSON and LLOYD, when taken, were a few miles
from town on their way to the western country."

The intention was very generally entertained
of celebrating the triumph of liberality and justice, ob-
tained in the repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts, and
the passing of the Catholic Relief Bill, by a public dinner,
'in Leeds, and few places in the kingdom are better entitled
to enjoy such a festival, for none have fought the battle
with more constancy and zeal; but, on more mature con-
sideration, it has been judged advisable to forego the grati-
fication, and to enjoy the triumph, great and glorious as it
is, without any mark of popular exultation. This deci-
sion has been greatly promoted by the, reflection that the
emancipation, both of the Dissenters and of the Catholics,
has always been recommended as a measure of conciliation,
and it was judged that any demonstration of this nature
would be at variance with those professions, and would
tend to keep alive a spirit of hostility, on account of differ-
ence in religious opinion, which it is high time should
for ever cease. The dignified and magnanimous modera-
tion of the supporters of ernancipatiorain Ireland has been
very generally admired in Yorkshire, as well as in every other
part of the kingdom, and so noble an example could not
fail to have its influence in producing that decision at
which the friends of civil and religious liberty have arrived,
r•nrh to the satisfactirn of this own minds.—Leeds
Aterory.