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the submission of the Turks, he will now be
doubly anxious to take credit to himself by set •
tling the dispute, and so avert the necessity of
taking up arms next campaign, should the
Russians be more successful in their ambitious
enterprise.

The Duke has the reputation of being a
lucky as well as a most skilful General, and the
events of the last six months, notwithstanding
his " untoward blockades," plainly indicate that
he is a lucky Minister. How far the late corre-
spondence with respect to Ireland may bear him
out in the tide of good luck, remains to be seen;
but if his Grace could hear the " blessings"
from the." Emerald " side of the water, we fear

that "good luck to you ".would not be the bur-
den of the murmuring breezes from that un-

lappy shore.

The following are extracts from the Austrian
Observer of the 29th December. They do not
contain any thing deserving of particular notice,
unless it be a contradiction of the report that the
Hanoverian Leption at Rome had lately taken
steps to lead to the conclusion of a concordat
between the Holy See and Great Britain. This
assertion was made in the Catholic Asso-
ciation ; but although nothing was known of it
at Rome, yet there may be some truth in it, and
good policy would dictate secrecy until the matter
be accomplished:—

ODESSA, DEC. 17.
Our Journal announces the arrival of M. V
Stourdza in this town.

For some time past hardly any thing has been
doing in the corn trade. Eleven rubles per chetwert
have been offered for small parcels of wheat, but the
owners have refused that price as too low.

AUGSBURGH, JAN. 2.

The Roman journal Notizie del Glom() quotes Mr.
O'Connell's assertion, in the Catholic Association in
Dublin, that the Hanoverian Legation has lately
taken steps to lead to the conclusion of a concordat
between the Holy See and Great Britain, on which
it asserts that nothing is known at Rome of any
such steps.
FRONTIERS OF SERVIA, DEC. 21.

European couriers have lately brought to Bel-
grade letters from Constantinople of rather an old
date, viz. to the 28th November. Prices had risen
considerably, but tranquillity prevailed, and commer-
cial transactions had even become more active,
on account of the speculations which the blockade
rendered necessary. Yesterday the Pacha of Bel-
grade received, by Tartars, accounts from the capital
to 7th December, with the very agreeable news for
the Turks that a great number of vessels, with all
kinds of provisions, had happily arrired at Con-
stantinople, by which the apprehensions of the con-
sequences of the blockade were again dispelled.
The Ambassador of a great Power is said to have
recommended to the subjects of his Sovereign the
precautions which are absolutely necessary nnder
the present circumstances, but to have been an-
swered by those who transact business with the
Porte, that they would indeed punctually follow his
orders, but that they were not able to break their
contracts with the Porte, which are for nine months.
VIENNA, Dac. 29.-51stalliques, 95i; Bank Shares,
1096

CORFU, DEC. 10.

The /Bit', Capt. Johnstone, arrived here yester-
day, in four days from Navarin, with Sir P. Mal-
colm on board. The Wasp corvette, Captain W.
Wellesley, in six days from Smyrna, and one from
Zante, and the Hind cutter, Capt. Roff, arrived here'
at the same time. The ;Sir F. Adam steam-boat
sailed on the 7th for Brindisi, with Mr, Elphin-
stone, who arrived here on the 17th November, on
board the Raleigh corvette, with dispatches. The
steam-boat came back -this morning.
Yesterday morning news was received of the loss
lora Romish merchantman near Brindisi, which sail-
ed from this port on the Ist inst., for Ancona, and
had several passengers on board, among whom were
Lieut. Cumming, of the 88th Regiment, in garrison
here, and Captain Minshull, of a Regiment of
Infantry, stationed in Malta. It unhappily ap-
pears that all who were OR board perished. The
Captain, Vianello, is blamed for not having taken in
sufficient ballast. The Corfu Gazette of the 6th
December says, " The latest accounts from Greece
announce, that the three Ambassadors were going to
leave Poros for Navarin, whence they were to go at
the beginning of the month to Malta, and then to
Naples, where they will pass the winter. The wish
for a national Assembly having become very gene-
ral in Greece, the Government is said to have ap-
pointed a Commission to draw up a plan for the
new elections. The corps of regular troops increases
rapidly, and now amounts to 2,500 men. An expe-
dition against Candia is preparing, in which the well
known Chadchi Christo is to command 1000 men;
some cavalry is to accompany this expedition. C.
Tombasi is appointed director of the affairs of that
important island;
It is said that tl,e troops under Ypsilanti, after
they had driven the Turks from the environs of
Salona, have compelled them to retreat into that
fortress, where they are closely besieged. Mean-
while the troops under the Suliot Tsavella, and
those under General Denzel, besiege another
Turkish corps in Lidoriki. These corps after
taking the above places, are to join General Church,
whose troops are partly at Mitika and partly at
Paradissi. The Greek flotilla is still master of the
Gulf of Ambracia.

Letters from the opposite continent say, that the
Chiefs of Albania mid Epirus are assembled at
Berat, to deliberate on the contents of a finnan, re-
ceived from the Porte, which, it is said, recommends
them all to take up arms and provide by themselves
fur the defence of their country.

We have been favoured with the perusal of a
letter received by the last mail from Rio de Ja-
neiro, dated the 21. th November, which will be
found interesting. It is as follows :
" You will ere this have seen the preliminary
treaty of peace between this country and Buenos
Ayres, which certainly reflects very little honour on
Brazil, and the worst of it is that none of the ad-
vantages have followed which we had all along
fondly looked to as the immediate and necessary
consequence of a cessation of hostilities. Our ex-
change has fallen, produce has :risen, the premium
on specie has advanced, manufactured goods unsale-
able, and in fact the very reverse of what was ex-
pected has taken place_ in almost every instance;
and it is to he feared that things will not be better
til decisive measure be adopted by the Go-

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