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states, that. all the Isles of Sgesiu•Sea have mace' fate of the two Provincalt should be fixed tnigta be'
considered as expired. Nevertheless the. Sublime
common cause' with Hydra, Ypsara. and Sprzzia,
and have engaged to furnish armed vessels, and pate, according to ancient usage, has 'jest chosen
troops. The deliverance of Negropont is considered ' two native Boyars for the two Provinces, namely,
as certain ; independence has already been proclaimed John Stourdza for Moldavia,
iand Lizord Ghika for
in seventy Communes, and the Turks only hold two Wallachia. This measure has been judged neces-
principal forts, which will be obliged to surrender sary on account of the obstinacy with which the
almost immediately. Greeks persevere in their revolt, and from political
We learn from Ancona that the Turco-Egyptian principles, which require the exclusion of all Greeks
squadron is divided into three parts,• and that one part frost public qffices, even of those who have not taken
has joined die great Turkish fleet at Tenedos. The part in the rebellion."
Senate of the Morea has ratified the capitulations of
Coron and of Modon these two places were deli-
vered to the Greeks on the 26th of July.
We learn from the frontiers of Moldavia, that on
the night of the 11th or 12th of August, the Janis-
saries set file to Jassy, and that 2000 hOuses became
a prey to the flames. On the departure of the courier
who brought this news, the fire continued to rage. A
few da'ys before SOO Janissaries had arrived at Jassy.
The proceedings of the Assize Courts of Paris and
Poitiers nearly fill the French Journals. In the for-
mer Court the Counsel concluded their speeches in
defence of the prisoners on Tuesday, and the Advo-
cate-General was to reply on Wednesday. The Court
at Poitiers was still occupied on the Ist inst. in hear-
ing evidence relative to transactions at Thouars, but
nothing interesting transpired.
We have received letters from Colmar. dated the
30th of August, announcing that " this morning, at
five o'clock, Colonel Panama, the Es-Lieutenant
DUBLAR, and the young GUINARD, all three con-
demned to a simple correctional punishment, have
been transferred from the prison of Colmar to the
central prison of Hensisheim. They were all three
attached to each other by a chain, which passed round
their necks ! Ipse ridi."
Letters from the frontiers of Spain confirm the''
news of the complete defeat of the Trappist. The
Constitutional troops have also obtained distinguished
success in Navarre. QUESADA, after losing a part
of his forces, has been compelled to retreat to the
valley of Roncal.
Colonel Tartunwen has beaten the hand of SALA..
vent, and made Prisoner a Lieut.-C" 1 1 o.olle_ 2 G ARCS;
who lately addressed a gasconading report to Que.
SADA. The Constitutional troops are arriving in great
force from all points of Spain, and everything indi-
cates the speedy suppression of the insurrection.
FRENCH FUNDS, SEPT. per Cents. opened
at 94f. 70c.—closed ar9ll. 75c.

We have received Quebec Papers to the 12th of
August.

FROM THE KIWOSTOY CHRONIOLIL
Last Sunday morning, abOut eight o'clock, this
town was visited by a dreadful thunder=storm ; the
wind blew violently from the westward for nearly an
hour, there was a perfect hurricane, while the rain
fell in torrents, and for the time deluged our streets
with water. Though we have not heard of any ma-
terial injury done by the storm in this neighbourhood,
the effects have been seriously felt about the Head of
the Bay of Quinte.
MONTREAL, AUGUST 10.

The Right Hon. Stratford Canning, his Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
to the United States of America. is shot tly expected
to arrive iu this city.
QUEBEC, A GUST 3.
His Majesty's ship Athol is expected from Halifax ;1
it is supposed she will bring money for Government. I
,FAILURES IN 1103 TON.—Much has been said lately
of the numerous failures in Boston, and those who
are opposed to the importation of foreign merchan-
dize have seized upon the occasion to establish their
favourite doctrine, as.the failures were attributed to
excessive importations. The Boston Sentinel, how-
ever, states, that of those failures there las not been
a single one among the importers of either. British or
French goods.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM CARTRAGENA, JULY 12.
This day arrived off the hatbour the United
States' frigate Macedonian, having under convoy
three vessels, laden with valuable cargoes, belong-
ing to D. Robinson, of the United States. We un-
derstand that Mr. Robinson has made and executed
some important contracts with the Government of
Columbia."

The latest American Papers state, that MORAL'S,
the Royalist General, was in considerable force, vari-
ously stated at from 2000 to 10,000 men, but of which
the smaller number is undoubtedly the nearest to the.
truth. A junction was about to be formed,- on the
part of the Colombians, between the division of Ma-
racaibo and that of Soublette, which would. piobablx
lead to a battle decisive of the contest.

This morning we received a Lisbon Mail, with
Papers to the 25th ultimo. The Cortes concluded
the long-continued debate on the Constitution on the
22d of August. In the Sitting of the 17th August,
a letter was read from the Minister for Foreign Af-
fairs, with the translation of a Note addressed to him
by the British Charge d'Affaires, of the 13th instant,
against recognizing the suspension of the 15 per cent.
ordered by the Decree of the 16th July, 1821, to be
added to the duty on British woollen manufactures,
in which he developes the arguments which induced
the English Government to remonstrate against that
augmentation of the duties. The letter was referred
to a Special Committee.—The opinion of the Diplo-
matic Committee on the affairs of Monte Video being
brought forward, for the purpose of deciding whether
the province should be evacuated, and whether the
act of incorporation of that province with the Portu-
guese monarchy should be considered as lawful, Se-
nor BASTOS spoke at some length, declaring his opi-
nion that the incorporation was legal. Senor BORGES
CARNEIRO offered to answer; but it was decided that
there should be an extraordinary Sitting to discuss
the subject.

Among the Acts of the Colombian Congress we
remark with gratification an Act exempting the In-
dians from the degrading tribute and disqualifications
to which they were subjected under the Spanish Go-
vernment, and proclaiming their equal participation
in all the rights of the other Citizens of the Republic.

German Papers to the Ist inst. reached us this
forenoon. The Allgemeine Zeitung of the 28th ult.
contains a long article from Odessa, on the subject
of two Notes addressed by the Porte, on the 10th of
July, to Lord STRANGFORD and Count LUTZOW,
which shews the obstinacy of the Turkish Ministry,
and the pertinacity with which the demands of Russia
are refused. The Odessa correspondent seems to be
sadly mortified that the Russian Government should
have been so completely foiled in its negociations
with the Porte. The following is an extract from
the Note to Count LUTZOW—that to Lord STRANG-
PORD is tQ the same effect :
" In the last Note which was presented on the part
of the Ottoman Ministry to our illustrious friend
Count Lutzow, Internuncio and Minister Plenipoten-
tiary of the Imperial Austrian Court, he was informed
that the Sublime Porte, always attentive to maintain
its friendly relations with the Russian Court, and
also the general peace and tranquillity, and scrupu-
lously mindful to fulfil its Convention, had considered
of the best means of promptly executing the regula-
tions relative to the two Provinces.

" The Sublime Porte, at all times faithful to its
promises, gives on this occasion a fresh proof of it.—
It might have been expected that the two conditions,
the surreseckr of the fugitives, and the evacuation of the
frontiers of Asia, would have been accomplished :
but the fulfilment of these conditions which ( orffit
not to have met with any objection or commenting on
the part of Russia, was delayed, and this circum-
stance is evidently the chief cause that the flames of
the general insurrection have not been extinguished.'
" As our expectation in this respect has been de-
ceived, the term at which it was promised that the

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ANECDOTES OF HIS MAJESTY'S VISIT
710 SOOTL ANA

(From a Private Letter from Edinburgh to the ilanirks (Sntrim.)
The day preceding the landing was exceedingly
wet; yet, in spite of this, numbers of boats crowded
round the Itoyal George, humming in the inpit—ei: .
thusiastic manner.' His Majesty, dressed in a boat
cloak and travelling eap, repeatedly appearesi..an
deck, and bowed condesceiaingly to the multitude.
His attendants of course did not like'to see liiiff F. 6
much exposed in such unfavourable wealher, and ~t
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last it was ingeniously contrived that elle of the offi-
cers should enact the king for a short period, who
being a jolly man, and similarly dressed, kept-1 ow_
to the visitors from time to time, and sent them
away quite.as well pleased as if they had seen the real
and not the mimic Sovereign.
" The same day Sir Walter Scott arrived on a well-
known mission. When his name was announced, his
Majesty exclaimed, " The very man of all Others I
wish to see," and honoured the " mighty ti.iastrai" with
&cordial welcome. Wl;en the splendid gift of which be
was the bearer was tendered and accepted, his Majesty
called* for a glass of wine to pledge the Sisters of
the Silver Cross; on which Sir Walter humbly' yc-
quested that he might be allowed to carry home and
preserve the glass from whie.i his Majesty drank, as
,a precious relic. The request was granted ; but un-
fortunately, on going ashore, the pocket of the baro-
nets coat came in contact with a harder substance,
and completely demolished the highly-prized glass!
I should here, Sir, attempt to describe t7ie scene at
the Theatre; but so much has already been Aid on
the lubject, that I shall tell ain--at least he very brief.
Never before did I witness or experience such a tre-
mendous squeeA.e. By half-past two and three o'clocic,
the doors of the pit and gallerEvs were completely be-
sieged, and in spite of all the rain that fell, the corn.
panystuck as fast as a certain well-known wee. 1...-.
Indeed, by those in the centre of the crowd, who !;ad
scarcely room to breathe, the rain was regar,!. .: 'AS a
great relief, and I oiy.ei ved numbers pushing one tl:ear
tongues, with the view of catching the falling !no!. r. t . re.
What with the rain and the perspiration, a sa..ke !,e-
-pia to rise from the multitude similar to what yi.a
have seen ascending from the side of a hill on a mists.
morning. Not a tenth of those who attended had the
least chance of getting in, and of these who retired
disappointed, the greater part appeared in the plight of
persons returning from the wars. With coats torn,
and neckcloths awry—lower garments soiled, and
hats squeezed into every possible shape, most of them
had to retire to an inn to refit, before they could ven-
ture across the streets. One Gentleman held so fast
by another man's coat, that the skirts at last came
faicly away. And what do you think he found in
the pocket? " A couple of jaronel pears, perhaps,
or a paper of peppermint-drops.' No such thing. He
found what was tar better—a bottle of excellent cold
whiskey punch, which he politely handed to a police
officer, with strict injunctions to drink the loser's
health. In spite of the crash many attempts were
made at pocket-picking, as different Gentlemen di,--
covered from the cutting of their pantaloons. indeed,
from all we can learn, the light- fibgered gentry were
far less idle than is generally supposed.. One Minis--
ter from the North lost £2.5, and a Professor £3O,
and divers watches were conjured out of the wearers'
fobs, in spite of the common precaution of concealing
the chain and seals. On walking up the North Bridge
one day, Townsend recognized a well-dressed gentle-
n:an, whom nobody but himself could have taken for
a sharper, and. who he politely desired to " walk this
way," to the astonishment of the spectators. Most men
before they ventured abroad, were cautioned by their
wives, sisters, and daughters, to leave their watches
and money; and upon the whole, we think the Lon-
di n thieves would scarcely clear their expethes.--
Sawnej s proverbial caution is an excellent defence
against slight of hand operations, and many of the
black legs might have complained with Hoggart,
" that they had had their hands in a dozen pockets,
wi:ho it finding a stiver in one of them."
Many amusing anecdotes are told of the mistakes
that took place at the Levee; and indeed how could
it Le otherwise, considering the fluster and agitation
of the moment, the newness of the thing to Scotsmen
generally, and the prodigious haste with which the
parties were hurried through the presence chamber
It is calculated that the presentees passed by his Ma-. i
jesty at the rate of fifteen in the minute, which is al- I
most as fast as a tollman can count sheep or horned
cattle. No wonder, then, that many little mistakes were
made—that one man bowed to the wrong person—
that another kept retiring and kissing his own hind
in place of his Majesty's—that a third did fealty with
his palm in place of his lips, and that a fourth sneaked
away sidelong, in place of bowing gracefully. The
Lord in Waiting was constantly repeating, " pa';
on, pass on," and at one time it is said his Majesty
kindly reminded him that the mistake was on his owa
part, and that he should rather say, " kiss his Ma-
jesty's hand and tetire." It is very wicked in the
Newspaper Editors to record all the little faikr pus
that were made. had I any relish for such stories I
could give you plenty of them; but I prefer giving
you an anecdote of a different character. When the
King first appeared in " the garb of old Gaul," not
understanding, perhaps, the use of the sporran, 1:n
appeared rather at a loss to dispose of his g10y,:,.,
which a native Celt observing, he very significantly
pointed to his own pouch—a hint which was at once
observed and immediately acted upon. I should herre
mention that Wilkie and an eminent landscape painter
attended at the Levee the whole day, and that from
the arrangements made, the Royal visit to Scotland
bids fair to form the subject of a magnificent painting,.
One anecdote more, and I have done. From what-
ever cause, the mob got it into their heads that the
King sometimes appeared incog. and on one occasion,
a wag made them believe that his Majesty was ac-
tually passing on foot along the North lit idge. A tall
portly man, dressed in a brown surtout, was pointed
out as the Sovereign, and immediately such a cross d
collected round the astonished pedestrian that he
could neither advance nor retreat—neither muse to
the right nor left. At first the man supposed t'al
took him for a sharper in place of a King,.but undo-
standing at last the meaninz, of their plaudits, he ap-
peared distressed and embßtrasied beyond numstne.
Often he tried to speak, and as often his voice was
drowned in a fresh huzza. At length, while pinncJ iiis
in a corner, he exclaimed, "I beseech vou,Gentlemee,
that you will let me alone. You, you were uo'cr niu,e.

Advices from Mexico to the end of June, received
by way of the United States, indicate that the new
Emperor ITURBIDE is likely to experience much dif-
ficulty in maintaining his sovereignty. His growing
unpopularity is ascribed to the re-establishment of
the Inquisition, and his refusal to permit the Euro-
pean Spaniards to return to their native country, or
at least to carry their wealth with them.. A con-
voy for Vera Cruz, with 900,000 dollars in charge,
was stopped by order of the Emperor, and the money
appropriated to the expenses of his Government.—
Much disaffection had been manifested among
the Creoles, great numbers of whom had emigrated.
The people of New Spain are divided in four political
parties—lmperialists, Serviles, Republicans, and Con-
stitutionalists—fit elements, certainly, of civil discord.
ITURBIDE is represented to have shewn a very favour-
able disposition towards the citizens of the United
States : as a proof of which it is stated, that he had
repealed, as respects them, the law prohibiting the
exportation of specie. Little or no business was doing
at Vera Cruz, and the markets are said to be over-
stocked with foreign goods.

Yesterday morning, at ten o'clock, his Royal High-
ness the Doke of CAMBRIDGE left town in his travel-
ling carriage and four, on a visit to the Duke and
Duchess of GLOUCESTER, at Bagshot.
Drury-Lane Theatre is, the ensuing season, to m:te
a bold dash " flit or Miss." Miss STEPIIENS and Mr.
LITTON signed atticles with the Manager on Monday
last. In addition to the dramatic performances,
Ballets are to be given in a style new to the English
Sr•tge. The first" of which is to be produced by
D'EeviLLE, in which Mr. and Mrs. OscAR BYRNE
and Mr. NOBLE are to appear.
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A very material alteration is in a state of forward-
ness in Covent-Garden Theatre, which will add to
the comfort and uniform beauty of the House, and
tend mall to accommodate families and parties.—
'there is adistirctlobby for the dress circle, heated by
a stove; and the baska is done away with ; by which
the cold draughts of air so much complained of here-
tofore will b. complekely excluded.
ANCIENT CITY IN AstenrcA.—‘lle ruins of in ex-
tensive city, said to have been discovered a few years
since in Guatiniala, Mexico, have been surveyed by
a learned Spaniard, and draw ings made of its curiosi-
ties, which have been sent to London, anti will soon
be presented to the woild. The city had been co-
veted for ages with het base and underwood.