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;The annexed document was received yesterday from
Bahia, euelesedin a letter dated the 18th of August.
It is a communication from the Minister of Finance at
'Rio de Janeiro, to the Junta of- the proiince of Bahia,
and is woith notice, from the explanation given in it of
St motives for, the numerous captures of Portuguese
:vessels wade by the Brazilian navy, at a time when si-
milar acts of aggression were wholly abstained from
lby.Portugal, and for the delay of the prize courts at
inns in their condemnation. It will, however, be fat
from an honourable proceeding towards Lord Coch
?sine and his brave associates, if their interests are sa-
'caced to an affair of political expediency.
" MAILIANO JOU slates, •r MS IMPERIAL .1116311 STY'S COO*IIL OF
STATE, XINISTII OF emisses, AID FROMM OF tile TIMASOST, &C.
" I mate known to the Junta of Finance, at Bahia, that titre
having been presented to his Majesty the petition of Pedro Gomes
Fiery its proprietor of a rope manufactory in the said city, It
which he prayed therespecthe authorities to confer upon 4im pos-
session independently of public sale, and only by valuation, of 'a
wambiese on the quay of the said city, belonging to the property
of the Portugal, emigrant, Jose Antonio de &leeks Braga. which,
;property is sequestrated, paying it, at tills price of valuation, into
;the Coffers of the State in the department of the arsenal, in ankles
of the abovementiostodAmouracture, at the requisition of the In-
tendant of Marine; and, taking all the information necessary on such
'a subject, his Majesty has been pleased to declare to the said Junta,
that the sequestration of the estates, of the Portuguese is measure
of mere precaution, taken in order to oblige that nation to acknow-
ledge our independence, which being acknowledged, the same es-
tales, with tbe, proper deductions and equitable liquidation, may be
restored, along with their rents, to the, proprietors ; it being Imes-
art to proceed to the sale by auction, not of the estate, but of the
rest, *at hasiiiit been ettpulsted with the proprietor, for in this
case it sisal not be akered ; and if a public sale of the latter takes
plate, the petitioner may bid along with other bidders, lodging
the price in the public treasury. This is, commuoicated to the Junta,
for its guidance and ezesution."
eilvetter Berretta Pereira drew up this decree on the 28th of
JIM; 1854,. in Ilt• de Imam
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.GREECE.

Colonel Stanhope, of A'hose proceedings in Greece
the public have beard a good deal in the course of last
year, has just published a very interesting pamphlet on
the state of that country. The Colonel, in the autumn
of INS, generously offered to the Greek Committee to
,proceed to Greece as their agent, and the present pub-
lication consists for thepost part of letters written to
the Secretary of that Committee from different parts of
Greece and the lonian Islands. The following are
extracts:
TO Tat: RISOUTIVO OOVERIIMINT.
"SpApht, SLY Si tees.
Escei.sleasOnts—lbsie thii Moment received orders
to proceed toZante, to receive the Greek Loan, in corn-
patty with Colonel Gordon, and to carry its conditions
into- effect. I request of you to send thither some able
UN. as Camatilaisaivir lotreat upon the subject with the
deputies from England.
" Our first duty will be to ascertain whether there are
reasonable grounds to believe that the Greek Patios
will be able to abide by her contract, by regularly pay-
hag the interest.of the Loan. Upon the deputies from
England being satisfied upon this point, the delivery of
the'moaey depends. I think it highly necessary that
you should give a careful statement of the present con-
Idition of Greece, as well as an exact account of the in-
come and expenditure of the Government, both in the
time of the Turkish administration and from iate tom-
mencenteat of the insurrection oatil the present time.
di The system of minion which the Government in-
tended to adopt must be explained, as well as the plan
prdpmed for carrying. on the war both by land and sea,
and all expenses. required, separately, for each division
if soldiers and vessels. The gnglish deputies must be
Wormed whether a Government will be established,
which 'unites all military, political, and national benefits.
If theeChids of Greece willnot lay aside their prejudices,
their envy, and dissentiona, and endeavour to form a
wise and virtuous union of all parties, it will be impossible
to establish in Greece a powerful and permanent Go-
veniMent. They are wrong who think otherwise: un-
lesithis be doue,Greece mast remain in estate of anarchy.
" ay birth l am a stranger to Greece; but as a man
accustomed to hold dear the liberty and happiness of
mankind, I would, in my !resent circumstances, con-
sider myself a Greek, and in that character I would
admonish you, that no other system than the one I have
pointed out should be pursued. Should any other
course be adopted, every Greek will repent, and repent
in vain.

" LEICESTER, STANHOPE."
The following is a letter on the state of panics in

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Greece :
“.The state of Greece is not easily conveyed to the
mind of a foreigner. The society is formed-Ist. of
the Primates, who lean to oligarchy, or Turkish 'prin-
ciples of Government; fldly, of .the Captains, who pro-
fesi democratical notions, but who are, in reality, for
power and plunder; .and lastly, of the people, who are
irreproachable in character, and of course desire to have
a proper weight in the Constitution. The people of the
Peloponnesus are much.under the influence of the civil
and military oligarchies. Those of Eastern and Western
Greece are chiefly under the Captains. Of these
Wyman is the most inflaensial: his father never bowed
to the Turkish yoke; •fir wits a freeman and a robber.
Odysseus himself washroUght up by the famous t rant
41i pacha. Deis sbtolikd Vid.ambitioui, and has p yed
the tyrant, but is now persuaded that the road to apse
aud wealth ils,by ,purstung;good,government. He there-,
fore falk)wcthis course,and support:the people and thy.
republic. Nagris, who once .signed his sentence :11
death, is nevrhif Minister. :Of the islands, Hydra a
flpessia aril under the: influence of some rich oligarchs.
' ,supportedby die rahble : andlosara. is purely dernocratit.4
" The parties -024Th* OW to be tbtet-7..4C, Tbe4ll.,ii,
Mavrocordato. ihnoligarchs,of the idandso. and :me of
,those of .the (Peloponnesus, .and .the-Legislative Body.
,These are for otdor and a mild despotism, either under
:AllileiZalol4or.9therliir• VI fbCttio kteqd 'high,
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.spust posr ,chause, its Opel*, :er iillii .011 poFT ;
2dly, There is Colocotroni, and some of the Captains,
sand. WM* lit the, alipitsits • ,of •-tha Motwo, who are fos
power .oed, .plisnder., 12110:powtri.sioin down -bill at a

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site, so let es avoid the stobjset If Loed Byron acts
to. his professions, be will be the greatest, if not, th,
MeauesjA Issitltjud.,_mie said, he hoped his character
did not depend on my assertions. No, said I, yolk
genius has immortalised you. The worst could mot'
deprive Toot of fame.—Lord Byron. Well i you shall
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see: jtege me by my acts. When be wished me go(0,
night, I took up the light to conduct him to the passage,
but he said, What l hold up a light to a Turk r
For the benefit of such of our public-spirited country-
men as may choose to emigrate to Greece, to introduce
to that classic land of ancient freedom English roast beef
and liberty, we subjoin a table of the prices of land and
provisions at Athens, where they would most likely be
inclined at first to settle: . •
ATMLAGIT PRICE OF LAMA sun TROTAIONS AT ATOM.,
Land should give a profit of 10 per cent. to the purchaser. The
and-tits amounts to 10 per cent. of the produce yearly.
A good house costs, yearly, from 500 to 700 piastres ; a riding
horse, from 150 to 200 piastres ; an 4114, 150 piastres ; a cow. 100
pk(stres ; a 'beep, 10 plagues; a goat, eight piastres ; a man labest*,,
per diem, 60 para. (7bd.) a woman, 40 paras (5d.) a boy, II
paras (4;44 a man servant, with food and clothing, per month, 20
piastre*, a maid servant, ditto; wheat, per okr. 12 pans; bread
per okr, 10 paras ; barley, per 0kr,12 paras i oats, 6 paras ; a horse-
load of wood, 20 pans ; mutton, per okr, from 50 to 40 pares ; gust,
per okr, 25 to 30 paras ; beef, from 20 to 26 pans per okr ; a telr.
key. 4 piastres • a goose, 4 piastres; a duck, 2 piastres; a chicken,
50 pans ; a partridge, 50 pans ; a woodcock, 25 paras; a hare, 47
paras; butter, peg okr, from 3 to 5* piastres ; huger, per okr, I
piastres; honey, from 60 td 70 paras; wine, per okr, from 11 to 111
paras ; milk, 18 pares per Or ; oil, per okr, 60 pans ; rum, per bot-
tle, 100 pans ; Raki, per okr. 2 piastres ; rice, from 26 to 40 pans,
per okr; new cheese, without salt, 20 pares per okr • old cheese,
without salt, 40 pares per okr ; eggs, per 100, 6 piastre ; salt, 6
pares per okr.
N.ll. Au okr is equal to 2; pounds French. A piastre is equal
to M. 40 parai make a piastre, and 10 piastres 1 dabs.

that the Manorial Bordelais is no better informed of
the maritime preparatibns of Portugal, than of the politi-
cal system of the Cabinet of Saint James's: Fortunately
the false intelligence of some Papers does not prevent,
the conferences between the Brazilian and Portuguese,
Agents. They take place' at under the eyes of
Mr. Secretary CANNING, and everything tends to make
us believe that the skill of the English Mini*er Will
succeed in giving Spain an important lesson in Slit ar-
rangement which Portugal will effect with ber Olsi co-
lonies in America."

This forenoon we received Frankfort and other Gel-,
man Papers to the 14th inst. The Allgemeine Zeitutap
of the 13th inst. contains an article from Conitantinople,
in substance the same as that we gave from the Etoile
yesterday, relative to the defeat of the Turkish Aetts, and
the discontent, in consequence, in the capital. The fol-
lowing are extracts :

BERLIN, OCTOBER ati
We expect very brilliant entertainments in this ca-
pital during the winter. Her Imperial Highness Alex-
andra, consort of the Grand Duke Nicolas, will remain
here during the winter, while her august consort makes
a journey to Italy. On the 20th August, the drivers of
three charcoal carts were suddenly attacked on the
Vlotten Heath by an immense number of bees, from a
_quantity of bee-hives about twenty paces from the road.
The men covering their heads with their smock• frock,
escaped, but were forced to abandon their horses: one
was stung to death on the spot ; the second crawled to
some distance, but is so severely stung that it cannot
live ; and only the third, a young spirited animal,
escaped, by flying at full speed.

at sea on the 25th oh. beini in a sinking sinv4
the Limerick packet, arrived et Limerick. --
The following is a list of vessels (with their toeibeo) alelpidnig
the expedition against the Burmese, which sailed. from Sensgssma
Blithe 18th of. 'April : his Majesty'ssMp Lases; the Hooldialle
int ladle Ommpany's ship Raised; Mercury cruiser; and
lha 11ustemiuss, 682 tens; General Wood, Hussar,
780 Mine; , %Laos, 537 toes; Argyle, Haeonso, 577
tune; Earl Hale, EDWARDS, 520 tons; Hastings, Dammam, 497
tans; Mernisid, Hams, 477 tons; Anna Robertson, Aimee-
sow, 437 tan; Francis Warden, WZISTRIP, 410 tons; Etiza
let, Kama, 575 tors; Hyderry, Flocieci, 300 tors; Janet
Hutton, Roz, 252 tons; Elise id, 011118111TION, 399 tons; Pell-
'canes, Dawson, 3.50 tons; APCauley, Famine ; Robert Spankie,
Was; 100 tons; Pealing Merchant, Bauer, 345 tons; Diana
'steam vessel, Atomism'; also 18 gun boats, and 20 row-boats.
The following wrecks have appeared on the Books at Lloyd's,
In addition to those we have given, viz. The Betsy, Kinnarne, from
Ipswich to Newcastle, was lost on the 11th instant, of Hartlepool
--crew saved. The Robert Dards, of and for the port of
New York, from Hull ' • Nelson and Good Design, of Yarmouth;
Providence, of and for Leith, from • Tenerife; Galyanta, Muggy,
from blandshl to Newcastle; and a vessel (name unknown) from
Holland, were driven on shore near Alaworth, on the llth
stant—the former a total wreck. The Mayflower, Davison
from Leith, sunk near Uist, on the Ist instant—crew saved.
The Ruby, Williams, and five other vessels (names unknown), were
wrecked near Berwick, on the 9th butt The New Shoreham",
Witten, from Jersey; andtbe Hope, of Scarborough, are on shore
near Grimsby. The Harmony. Agiand, sprung a leak as the 12th
instant, near the Tad, and was absadomed by the crew.
FAtmotrrm, Ors. 19.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Hazard. Lz
Gam, from Gibraltar In sixteen days.
Poarsmoutu, Ocs. 20.—Wind Westerly, light airs —Arrived the
Spring Grove, Hennes, from the Downs for the South Seas. Sailed
the A caste D ftkr Antwerp; and 'Km racbt, Severe, for Stettin.
Dear., &v. 20.—Wind W.& W.—Arrived the Philip, Roselyn,
from Jamaica; William Shand, KIENtt, from Bairvia ; Spring,
SPINCIS, from Riga; and his Majesty's ship Itrownm, front the
Westward. Arrived from the River and remains, the Cato, Skittle,
for the Coast of Africa.

Linntaroor., Ocv. 12.—Arrivt d the Aspasia, Barwra, from New
York—ailed the 24th ult. Aimwell, EDWA ins, from Demerara;
Maria, %Luaus, from Marattham ; John and Mart, frets.
Montreal; General Brown, —, fro n Miramichi; Worrall, Ro-
sman, from Leghorn; Albion, MiNtc.tt., from Malaga; Frances,
Haavav, from Newfoundland; Washington, Joints, from Lisbon ;
and Endeavour, Paws, from Petersburgls, Off the port, the Nes-
tor, --, from New York ; aarendo.t, from Jamaica ; and
Hector, —, from Demerara.
CUSTOM-HOU3R., OCT. so.
Smn INWA /DS ••• Men-, from Stettin ; Helens, and
Royal George, frdm Archangel ; Carolina, from Memel; Heveflus,
and Clementine, from Dantsic ; Nelly, from Riga; Hope, from
Petersboigh ; and Maria Wilhehnina from Wiesnar.
• Earns= Ourwaaos--Uolon Packet, for Cork ; Bon Pere, for
Havre ; Jason, for Naples; and Sans Repos, for Brussels.
CLIA ansa On w a Os--Tha Neptune, for Stockholm; Gleaner, for
Stoclhohn; John and Ann, for Havannah ; Star, for Buenos Ayres;
Flora, for Naples; !fanny*, for Rotterdam ; and Granger, for

Letters from Batavia g4e a very unfavourable
state of the trade with that country. The heavy
prohibitory duties lately imposed there upon British
manufactures had .induced all the English merchants
to,forward their ships to Singapore. The mortality
at Ritavia was so great, that several of the Enropeati
residents had been carried off. Among them was MI,
WiIkTEMAN, of the house of THoMPSON and Co. and Mr,
itrrrlso, of the film of CoLvit.c.s and Co.

CHRONONIaTans.—The indispensable use of the chro.
intimater in determining longitudes at. sea la well known. It has
itiutlifore become an °lapin with the GoveriansAnt, of this country,
lan of eeery other Maritime State, to render this instrument as per-
' feet as possible. The variation of &few secondi fr..m mean time,
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might occasion in the navigator a mistake of some miles, and con-
sequently, on a dangerous coast, or in a dark night, render the loss
of life and property inevitable. The I*dis of the Adaiiralty, alive
to the importance of the subjett, offeft.d last year a premium of
£5OO for the beat etronometer • and the eagerness of the conipeti
two excited exceeded greatly alio value of the reward. No less
than thirty-six instruments, made by the must eminent watch-
makers in London, were sent to the ltoyal Observatory, at Green-
wich. Their respective rates of going were observed with the most
rigorism astronomical accuracy, and carefully noted in the books of
the Observatory. The approximation of some of them to perfect,
accuracy will easily be admitted, when we mention that the one
which obtained the prize, (Mr. filuaear's of Co:1111111, No. 816)
did not vary in its mean daily rate more than one second eleven
hundred parts of a second, for one year. This lustrument was pur-
chaied by the Lords of the Admiralty, and Is now with Captain
PARRY on the Polar Expedition.—'Lees, Wober 16,1824.
Yesterday, Middlesex Quarter Sessions commenced
before FRANC/3 Colin, Esq. and a full Bench of Magistrates. The
usual proclamation against vice and immorality having been read
by the Clerk, the Chairman delivered his charge to the Grand
Jury, in the course of which he informed them, that several cues of
great importance would dome before them. which would require
their partiaular attention. The Court then adjourned to Monday,
the 25th inst. at Hicks's Hall.
While Wynnes, the Bristol Youth, and the veteran
Spencer were fighting the second battle, on Tuesday, two persons
were standing on the roof of a post-cbaise, when, on a sudden, from
the shouting in the ring, the horses took fright, and made a sadden
mart. of. Both were preclidtated in a moment, from eighteen feet to
the giOulta,.one fallininpoo the °diet: 'The undermost, Whose name
was understood to 'be Sparrow, wks taken- to Fishwick's booth.
There was no medical aid at land? sod we have since heard that be
died on the roid tome. The horses drew the post-chaise among a
duster of gigs, imd did much mischkf. .
A few days 'since Elizabeth Cave,- 19 years of age,
servant to --- FORriT, Est;. -of Woodford, in coma
quence of getting her feet wet, caught a severe cold,
followed-by *fever, of whietrihe apparently died, notice
whereof was sent to 'her friends, and Sunday last was
fixed for her•interment ; previous, however, to screwing
dow* the coffin, a relative went to take a last look at
her, and observed that nothing .like the appearance of
death was visible in her
.face. A. Surgeon was, then
tent for, who ordered the body to be put into a warm
bath, and other resuscitatory .means used, which, in
the course of a few hours, restored animation, and she
is now in a fair way of recovery.
PLYMOUTH BREA KWAKER.—Duthig Saturday ten-
night the weather, which had been flue for some days
before, changed: it came eh to blow, and the wind in-.
creased towards the morning' till it blew almost a hur-
ricane; the gale continued without much intermission
till Tuesday evening, the wind being from the S.E. to
S.W. the sea during this-period was breaking in a most
tremendous Manner over the Breakwater, which stopen-
&sus pile, we believe, reniains altogether uninjured.
The weather since that betbeen tolerably fine; the winds
hiving been generally N. and N.W.• The-ships in the
• Sound rode out the gale in safety under The lee of this
noble barrier. The only accident' that oecurred during
i the gale was the running ashore 'of the brig Lituisa,
DAVIS, from Liverpool, belonging to Mr. Hat); ship-
; builder, of Plymouth.; the 'vessel was bound to Exeter,
with, we understand, a -general cargo;. she arrived at,
I Plymouth on Monday, having experienced the-gale-oh
her voyage ; she was neatly water-logged, and in at-
tempting to get into Stonehonte Pool, unfortunately got
on'sliore in Fire Stone B 1; revery exertion was used,
iscrin'the evening sheviaigoiiitand safely towed into
Hamoaze ; her cargo is much injured.

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