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London, England, 1827-08-20 00:00:00

he composed of the 6th, 15th, 16th, and 17th divisions of
infantry, a regiment of Hussars, a regiment of Light Dra-
goons, a brigade of horse artillery, and a brigade of artillery
on foot. The infantry will be commanded by 3lajor-
Genera'. Duke Bernhard of Saxe Weimar, and the cavalry
by lliajor-General Bore]!.

The Adrian, which has arrived at Antwerp, brings ac-
counts from. Batavia to the sth of April, which afford no
news of importance respecting the military operations.

CURASOA, JULT 5.
The erection of the new fortifications is carried on with
gi eat activity, The introduction •of the monetary system
`of the Netherlands has produced the happiest effecti.
There teat some trouble at first because we were used to
keep all accounts in pestos and reals, bat the superiority of
the new system soon enabled us to overcome.idl difficulties.
Colombia is in great danger of civil war, which Bolivar
may however prevent if he will renounce his ambitious
projects, and thus make the minds of the people easy.
The other Republics are in a better situation, and their
Governments adopt judicious measures to favour commerce,
manufactures, and agriculture. In' Peru, for instance,
and other Republics formerly governed by the lazy Spd-
niarels, agriculture was much neglected on account of the
many holidays, so that the people used to work only on
Sundays, the other six days being for the most part holi-
days and fetes. The Government endeavours to redress
this abuse, as appears from the following article published
in our journal :—" The Ecclesiastical Governor of the
Archbishopric of Lima has, by the desire of the Govern-
ment, published an edict, abolishing a great number of
Roman Catholic holidays (to the number of 31), retaining
only 12 of the principal, besides Sundays. The edict says
that these holidays, instead of being consecrated to divine
service, were spent in idleness, vice, and debauchery.
The provisional Governor of the Bishopric of Casco, in
a circular of Nov. 20, reducing the number of holidays,
uses the following remarkable expressions:—" Every day
in the year ought to be a holyday to us, by avoiding wick-
ed deeds, and by the practice of virtue."
AME:HILDA3I, Auo. 17.—Exchange on London, 11 93 ;
two months, 11 90.

STOCKHOLM, AUG. 7.
His Majesty has resolved that Naval Schools shall be
established at Stockholm, Gefle, Calmar, Malmoe, and Go-
thenburg, for the purpose of forming skilful captains of
Fillip, and that henceforth no one shall be admitted as such
who has not been first examined in the art of navigation.

BERLIN, AUG. ii.

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The annual exhibition "of specimens of national manu-
factures will be opened in September, and ample and in-
teresting contributions have already been received, espe-
cially from the Rhenish provinces. No country surpaszes
us ih fine works, in steel, and in woollen manufactures ;
the iron founderics and glass-works furnish very excellent
articles ; and in gold and silver articles, our artists are very
superior.

No answer has yet been received to the com-
munications which were made some days since to
Mr. HusixissoN, and therefore none of the
Ministerial arrangements, beyond those which we
mentioned on Saturday, can be finally completed.

The state of the Foreign Exchanges, to
which we alluded some days ago, has assumed
an important character, and may lead to se-
rious consequences. The decline in the Ex-
change which had then taken place has since
gradually increased, and has already reached the
point at which gold can be profitably exported
to Hamburgh ; and, if the decline should go on
for a few days longer, at the same rate
as on the three last, the export of bullion to
France and Holland will likewise be attended
with a profit sufficient to drain the country of a
considerable part of its metallic circulating
medium.

This fall in the exchange is supposed to be
occasione•-d by the large importations of wool and

corn from the Continent acting upon other

circumstances. Amongst those circumstances,
the one which has the greatest influence, is, we
apprehend, the inerease of the Paper Currency
of this country, which has recently taken place.
The issues of Country Banks, and Branch Banks
of the Bank of England, have lately put into
circulation large additional quantities of paper ;
while the measure which the Bank of Eng-
land itself recently determined upon, of
lowering its rate of discount from 5/. to
to 4/. per cent., if it has not directly increased
the issues of Bank Notes, has increased the faci-
lity of discount, and thus added to the paper
circulation of the Kingdom. To that measure
we stated our decided objection at the time, be-
ing convinced that it would in its effect
alter the value of all descriptions of pro-
perty in the Kingdom, and ultimately be
productive of evils of the same nature, though
perhaps of less extent than those which had been
produced in 1825 by an over-issue of paper cur-
rency : and if the evils which are now likely to
result be less than at that time, it is only be--
cause other circumstances ilave conspired to ma-

nifest them, before the system ha d been long
in operation. The very measure which the
Bank must now adopt to stop the de-
cline in the Exchange—namely, the lessening,
the issue of its notes, and the amount of its dis-
counts, may add to those inconveniences which
a subtraction of any considerable part of our me-
tallic currency might occasion. Thus the cure which
must be applied to the disease may aggravate its
effects for a time ; but we must boldly apply the
remedy, regardless of present consequences—
congratulating ourselves that the cause has not
yet been of sufficient duration to prevent the
eradication of the disease.

Gibraltar Chronicles to the 31st July have
been received ; the following is an extract :
By the Sardinian vessel Concezione, Sorra, arrived at
Gibraltar on the 27th July, from Oran, in two days, we
understand that a French brig had been taken by two small
cruisers from that port, and carried into it, and her cargo
of wine and brandy landed and sold ; the same corsairs had
sin on
ce ge
Oran hto Algiers. The French frigate which was
blockading ad The
French
seen for some days. Up-
wards of 100,000 Arabs were said to be coming from the
interior, for the plotection of Algiers. The French
rtine
carried into Oran is said to be the Aurora, bound to
Havre ; the crew are sent overland to Algiers.

• Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyds,
dated Bremen, Aug. 15 :-
4, Capt. John Hoake, of the Bremen whaler, lately -r-
-rived here, reports having on the 10th May last, is lat.hth7ayiBei
N., seen the Discovery ShipHaecla,Caaps toot.Parfa: r
i‘ to
on
• •
vicmity of Spitz/wig'''. captin H. W
her, but judged, from her appearance, that all was well."

The Letters from Alexandria of the 18th of
June confirm the appearance of twenty-four sail of vessels
off that Port on the evening of the 16th, which came made;
Austrian colours. but were spc2dily discovered to be a Greek
squadron. A Turkish brig-of-war having got on shore,
having no pilot, in endeavouring to escape, was burnt by
the Greeks, who remained the following day in sight. The
Turks dispatched several sail after them, but from want of
wind could not get them out till the 18th; among them
were seven frigates and several corvettes. It was not known
whether Lord Cochrane was on board the Greek fleet,
but his yncht was among them. It is supposed he had
discovered that the preparations to receive him were more
formidable than he expected, or it would be safe to attack.

Conceit and confidence arc both of them
tlleees ; the first always imposes on itself, the second
i
4T4ently deceives others too.--Zimmerman.