Star.
London, England, 1825-11-18 00:00:00

purpose of uniting by invisible ties the whole race of
man into friendly and mutually beneficial connexions.
We can assign no other reason why a withered apple
from England, should in the West Indies be preferred
to the delicious fruits of the tropics ; nor why a bottle
of English porter should, at the Cape of Good Hope,
have a better relish than one of Constantia.

Thus it is with French wines, brandies, and silks, in
England, and with English knives, muslins, and even
laces, in France.
Now England has thrown open her vast mat ket to the
productions of France, assuredly the demand will
make the supply forthcoming. The lunar attraction
over the waters of the ocean is not more certainly
-obeyed. But the supply will not be forthcoming,
unless the merchant who brings it has an equivalent
from England in some valuable commodity or other.—
If, through blind stupidity (which is seldom found
in a merchant), or from a fotced obeiience to the
folly of his own laws, he will not chro3e in England
such an assortment of goods as are most eagerly de
sired and prized by his countrymen at home, let him
choose his remuneration in whatsoever commodity he
will, gold for example, that commodity will in a s!..ort
time become scarce in Erglind and abundant in
Fiance. Its value, therefore, in reference to other
hings will be high in the former country, and low in the
latter. The necessary constquence is, that it will return
to the country where it is most in request, and leave
that where it is least in estimation, through myriads of

thannels, in the shortest conceivable time. And who,
then, are they who are most injured by this transaction ?
Evidently the people of France, who lose the benefit of
a reciprocal trade, and have their profit only on one,
side of the venture.

But to this injury they will n- It long submit. They
prtfer other commodities from England, although forced
to take gold. This gold they must exchange, els: it is
of no value, for the productions of other nations, less in
request than those of England, which other nations
carry back the gold to England, in return for the very
commodities which the French desire, but are not
allowed to possess. If the consequence of such a'
state of things is not the establishment of a system of
smuggling to such an extent as is not within the
power of man to repress, then human nature is alto.
ge: her changed. But the weak policy of France cannot
be persevered in. That nation is too enlightened to
elevate the vile profession of a smuggler to the rank of a
meritorious, a useful, and an indispensable employment.

We have received the Itoile of yesterday by express.
It contains accounts from Greece of a late dre. An
article frcm Trieste of the 2.d inst. states, that the
Turks were still before Missolonghi, on the sth of
October, but that as all the defiles by which they could
retreat were occupied by the Greeks, it would require
a great force to effect a passage, in case they raised the
siege. The same account states, that humus( PACIJA
was at Tripolizza, waiting reinforcements from Alex-
andria.

Letters from Syra state, that the Pacha of EGYPT
had sent a letter to the Ijydriotes, stating, that in come.
quence of their attempting to destroy his fleet before
his eyes, he had sworn to destroy their island. In conse-
quence of this menace, great preparations for defence
were making at Hydra, where forty fire-ships were
equipped for serviee.

The Greeks before Prevesa and the entrance of the
Gulf of Lepanto, still continue vigilantly to watch the
Austrian vessels.

Accounts fr.( m Syra of the 13th of September,
state, that the Turks still pressed the siege of Misso-
longhi with great activity, notwithstanding the recent
check they had sustained, and that IBRAHIM PACHA
scours the environs of Tripolizza without interruption.
A small corps of his cavalry is said to have advanced to
within four leagues of Napoli di Romania ; the main
army was encamped at Maratho Campo.
Two Greek piratical vessels, which had been fitted
out at Hydra, with eighteen pieces of canton and two
hundred wen, are stared to have captured a Russian
vessel and another under the lonian flag ; at the request
of the Senate of Hydra, a frigate and an English brig
had been sent in quest of these pirates.
The Greek expedition to. Candia appears to have
failed, in consequence of the refusal of the Isakiotes to
join the insurgents, whose nbmber does not exceed
twelve hundred. The small fort of Grabussa, and
the town of Kissam), are the only places in possession
of the insurgent Greeks.
Accounts from Tino of the 4th September, corro-
borate the other statements of IBRAHIM PACHA being
at Tripolizza, which he is said to have stored with pro-
visions and the materiel of war. It is added that the
Egyptians are masters of neatly the whole Peninsula,
the Greeks scarcely venturing beyond the walls of
Napoli di Romania.

IBRAHIM PACHA has sent a message to the Greek
Government, thirateriing that if Napoli di Romania is
not evacuated before the arrival of the troops from
Egypt, l r will cwt.y it by force, and put every person
to the sword.

In cowequence of the English Government having
declare!! that it Cannot take Gteece under direct protec-
ti.n, and ti,e teat of Napoli not being able to resist the
Tut ko.Eg) p:iin to' ce, it is in contemplation to transfer
the Greek Government to one of the Llands.

• Such ate the.gloorny accounts from Greece in the
ttoile, which, however, quotes an article from the
Franklin t Papers, representing the Sera,kiees army
before Miisolonglii, as much threatened and annoyed by
the guerillas vt hich KARAISZAKI has organized. The
besieging 'Army is stated to be too n.uch reduced to
make any succeessful attack on the place.

3i r.

,

• .
• •

i,