Star.
London, England, 1825-08-12 00:00:00

BATAVIA, MARCH 16.

His Highness the Sultan of Palembang, Hoesien
Dlia Ordien, who was lately brought as a prisoner from
that place to Batavia, died on the 22d of Febraary, of
a consumption, with which be had been for some time
afflicted, and on account of which he was removed a
few days ago from the Town Hall to the residence of
the nativellaster of the Ceremonies.
His Majesty's corvette the Dolphin, which left Pa-
lembang on the 4th of February, where everything
was tranquil, arrived, on the 13th of this month, in
this port, having on board 14 persons, who were sen-
tenced by the tribunal of that place to banishment
and chains, for being concerned in the treacherous at-
tack on the Kraton. Accounts received at Palembang
state, that the fugitive Sultan had- left oar territory,
'and had fled, without.aoy followers, into the territory
of Bencoolen. A detachinitt of 100 men, under Capt.
Limmer, sent to the Rawas to disperse some rioters,
had returned to Palembang, having accomplished the
object of their expedition.
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The rebels were driven with considerable loss from
the beatings which they had thrown up, and forced to
evacuate the Rawas. The loss on our side was trifling,
but the detachment has many sick, and sickness pre-
vails at Palembang among the Europeans in the 'Craton.
At Muntok fever prevails to an alarming degree,
among the European residents. The number of pa-
tients in the hospital was a hundred and fifty, besides
some civil officers. The number of deaths, however,
was latterly small (only one in fourteen days), but the
sick did not recover, and those who had partly re-
covered remained very weak. There was a total want
of medicines. The Shewa brig was, however, on its
way to Muntok, having on board Mr. Van Sevenhoven,
Commissioner from Palembang, and a large supply of
necessaries for Muntok, including medicine. The mea-
sures adopted last year to secure the coasts against
pirates, have on the whole had a favourable effect, so
that very little loss has beea sustained by the inhabi-
tants of the coasts, or the little trading vessels, from the
attacks of the pirates.

Spain seems to have reached the last point of degra-
dation. Her own territory is occupied by foreigners, because the
Government is unable to protect itself ; her Colonies In the New
World are for ever lost to her ; and her navy, which once menaced
England with a larger fleet than ever approached our shores, and
which 20 years ago was considerable, is now annihilated. An article
from Cadis, in the Nemirow of Wednesday, dated the 22d ult. states,
that the oust afflicting letters bad been received front Vigo ; the Spa-
nish flag did not dare to venture a league from shore, and that many
chasm manes had been carried off by the Corsairs and Independent
vessels of America, who, after taking out everything that was
worth taking. burnt the Spanish ships, and all this in sight of
the Spanish coast. It is impossible to conceive a greater national
humiliation than this. The annals of the world do not present
an instance dunk a change in so short a period. •

In a preeding column we have inserted some intel-
ligencc from Greece. which, if true, would almit;t be decisive of the
present campaign. It is stated, on authority of intelligence from
Trieste, that 1,114411111151 PACUL bad been defeated by the Greeks in
a signal victory, and that he has been wounded and taken prisoner.
If the previous accounts could have been relied on, we might in
some degree have been prepared for such an. event. They stated,
that when 111tAIMI P•tua gained the barren triumph of capturing
the sumking assns d Triiolizza, he was so disappoint that he

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hesitated to advance, tad euerniptal at Argos, ',hate a email body
of Creeks made a vigorous atsack or.' him. It farther appears, by
an article from Zante,in the Aron:/eur of Tuesday,which'ave received
this morning, that when lagattrag did advance, he suffered great loss
in the pass Age of Mount Partheni. It would seem, however, that he
hadapproached nearCorinth,when the accumulation of Greek troops,
who possessed the defiles In his rear, rendered it unsafe to advance
any-farther, The position of the Greek troops is thus fixed in the
Atingteur—,:the elder COLOCOTWONI was .alt *Ficaria ; Captain CA
uortivao,with young CoLocoiastmat, at I:laity:4; the brothers DA
MAN& occupied the position of St. Theod ire ; ANDRE Zaraim,
Loudos; and Noessoruotaa occupied Livadia. Ileac'', and Ki -
RATA3IIO, with the regular troops from Napoli di Rumania, were
near Mount Partheol. The.wbale of these several corps are said
to have amounted to 20,000 men, without comprising several de-
tached corps of Greeks Which occupied the defiles.
In referring to the accounts from Greece, in our preceding
columns, it will be seen that the date of the defeat and capture of
IBRAHIM PACHA k not given, nor is the place fixed, thongh cue cf
the accounts supposes It to have been near Corinth. We shoats,
however, rather suspect it to have been not far from Napoli di
Romania. No particialars of the engagement are given, and the
account is certainly not altogether free from suspicion, although it
seems to receive corrobaration from an article from Trieste, dated
the 27th July, in the Allgenielw Zeitaag of the sth inst. received
this morning, which states, on the authority of the Captain of a
ship arrived from Odessa, that ,ahe met, off Calamata, an Austria-a
ship, which gave him the news that Imaintat Vacua, a(rer taus
battles in the interior of the Mores, had been wounded, and after-
wards taken prisoner by the Greeks."
An ankle from Leghorn, of the 28th of July, also states that 'l-e
Imperial brig Carolina, Captain lhaatno Ilaa•contcm, had arrived
there from Constantiouple and that when off hydra and Spexz'a
he heard a great cannonading, and shortly after, on meeting the
vessel of the Captain Ttiataasts, he enquired the cause, and was told
that the Greeks fired front on hearing that laausoas Mena Md
been taken prisoner.
Most anxious shall we wait for the confirmation of this intelli-
gence. Since writing the above we have received the ifenteere of
Wednesday. It contains an article from Trieste, at the 24th July,
which state, that REDOCHID PACHA bad quitted allasolunglii, wind
his principal forces, leaving a corps to 'mask it.

It is stated, in a letter from the frontiers of Spa n,
that a battalion of the 741 Spanish Regiment, stationed at St. Ander,
bad revolted,when theyreceived order s to embark for the f Lava torah.

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The Debtin CorrespoNdent of Tuesday states, titat
an adjournment to November of the New Roman
Ca-
tholic Association will be moved on Saturday ; and ?.ids,
" but we have been told that they are not determined
on resuming their sittings."—The Association has cet-
tainly been a failure, and its founders must be disap-
pointed at their plan not having been more success‘ni.
If the great body of the Catholics only knew how much
their associations, and the intemperate harangues and
disputes of their leaders, injure the cause they pretend
to advocate, they would give neither their suppoi t.