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Among the useful labours of the present Podia-
treat may be considered those of a CoMeatus:col
the*liouse of Commons for investigating the expinses.
of Printing and Stationery required by the two Houses
of Parliament, together with their. appropriation...
There is nothing more common in Parliament than
for Members to call for papers and documents, which
are produced at art immense expense to the country;
these are scarcely'ever refused, except on the score
of impolicy, whereas they ought often to be resisted
tit the ground of their being useless and expensive.
In every Session a great propOrtion of these papers
are not of the slightest utility, and the Members who
hive called for them neither found any further pro-
ceedings on their being produced, nor indeed take
any notice of them whatever. It will scarcely be
credited that the expenditure for printing for the two
Homan of Parliament, for the year ending in January
last, was £189,760. The charges for stationery we
hare not been able to ascertain, but it must be pro-
portionably great, and it perhaps would not be too
much to estimate the business of Parliament as cost-
ing the country £300,000 annually.

The French Papers of Sunday contain nothing de-
cisive as to Russia and Turkey. An article from the
frontiers of Moldavia states, that the Turks are fat
from evacuating the two principalities. It is true
that a great number of Asiatic troops have retired to
take up cantcpments on the right bank of the Danube,
but according to- our accounts from Vienna of the
27th May, a corps of Janissaries still occupy Bucha-
vest and Jassy. The ACA, since the death of SALISH
PACHA, exercises the functions of Commander-in-
Chief. There remain still 500 Turks at Krajowa.—
The fugitive Boyards are not disposed to return home-
The Government of the two provinces is still entirely
Turkish, that is to say, as many cruelties and vexa-
tions are committed as usual, and the/Turks still
shrew the same enmity towards the Russians. Little
Wallachia is still occupied, and, according to the
orders of the Divan, twenty thousand men have
marched on the side of Servia.

An article from Trankfost says, " Notwithstand-
ing the pacific nature of the accounts accredited
amongst informed people, it is believed that the nego-
ciations between the Courts relative to the affairs of
the East, will still last several months, and that they
will lead to important results.'`
The Petershurgh Gazette and Couservatrar have at
length broke silence, and speak with indignation of
the cruelties committed by the Turks in Wallachia.
The-Turks have sacked several villages in the neigh-
bourhood of Salonica, in consequence of the inhabitants
refusing to suffer themselves to be disarmed. The
lireeks, complying with the wishes of their wives and
daughters, have immolated them v ith their own hands,
that they migkt not be violated by the barbarians.

Ten thousand women and children have been sold
as slaves at ten and fifteen piastres per head. It is
thought that the Divan has issued several orders to
massacre all the Greeks.
All the accounts from St. Petersburgh agree upon
this point, that the Russian army will remain provi-
sionally assembled upon the frontiers, and that the
EMPICIIOR will immediately proceed to review them.
The Grand Dukes still remain with the army, and
the negotiations continue.
The accounts from Spain in these Papers are rather
more favourable than they have lately been. Na-
varre is entirely cleared of insurgents; and is Cata-
lonia, though there have been several rencontres, yet
they have all been in favour of the Constitutionalists.
A band of from four to five hundred rebels,lom-
manded by MISAS and BESSIRRIS, who had Levied
contributions at Puycerda, for six days, had been
completely defeated by a detachment of troops and
militia, from Barcelona. If the fugitives had not
taken refuge in the frontiers of France they could
not have escaped.

Hamburgh Papers to the Bth inst. and Frankfort
Journals to the sth, have reached us. The following
are extracts:

PETERSBURGH, MAY 22.
The trade of Odessa is not in a favourable state at
this moment—business nearly stands still. The corn-
mercial intercourse with Turkey is wholly suspended•
Since the beginning of March no ship from Constan-
tinople has approached the harbour of Odessa. The
navigation of the Euxint and Egean seas is very
unsafe, on account of the Greek privateers (accord-
ing-to the latest accounts a general change has taken
place, and the suspended commercial intercourse is
revived).
Exchange on London, May 91.—London, 91; Amsterdam,
9 13-11 ; Hamburg's, ai ; Paris, 100 i. •
WARSAW, MAY t 7.

A Decree of his Majesty, of the 9:h tilt. orders that
every young Pole who goes to study at a foreign
University, must have a certificate from his Majesty
allowing him *to reside abroad. Those who are now
abroad mast either apply fur such permission, or re-
turn home by Ist September, 1823. Ladly, those
Poles who go abroad without obtaining such a certi-
ficate, or do not return within the due time, shall be
excluded from all public offices and employments.

HAMEURGII, JUNE 7.

We have received the following authentic accounts
vas Constantinople of the 10th of May .
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they are indfand to want for nothing, and the Porte treats theist
With'all possible attention, They have already had several con
(emus with the Reis Effendi, and with Halib Effendi, and it
menu that two of them will be appointed Princes.
" The lsepes of peace increase ; the Spernment bad pro.
tutted, istan official note, that the Principalities should be eve.
muted by the Sth May : all at once it charged its tore. It 13
dinned that Lord Stmogford, when he saw that the Porte
alma in its course, even proceeded to threat."
Accounts front Genoa, of the lith of May, state
that the plague has broken out at Algiers,
SEMLIN, Is AY SO.

The post from Salonica and Seres at 1en:7,0!
rived yesterday from Belgrade, and brought aco,u,ts
very unfavourabje to the Greeks. The Pacha
lonica had received reinforcements, and had (fele:iced
the Greeks near Terizza. After this, he. fell qua
thirty Greek villages, and tarried away the wi;men
and children as slaves.

The Christians at Salonica have purchased many
of these unfortunate persons for three or four pi.tal es,
in order to rescue them from the wretched late that

Letters from Constantinople, of the Ist of May, re-
ceived this morning, state. that the provinces of Wal-
lachia and Moldavia have been entirely evacuated;
and that the Deputies had arrived, all well, at Con.
stantinople. Trade was reviving, and every aprea.-
ance of tranquillity prevailed.

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A111)11. kAUTL 110 fiat. rartlf4 lagalivi Mile *di I*. 1" gr• Ilt""
' siss adopted towards the Iliniets ; this pteas
and several other Meashersk Wag a°46US '1"141: tie other Mod, the •orte Ussery well le
their 4Piolora ot the Ishieetr the debate` ", au' Deputies freest Moldavia sod Wallasbia, *he
joutited to this evening. days ago ; a splendid PAW* is assigned them