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no longer4iny lona thithe nf the kin is inl
a very precarious state. Oa Wednesday last, be was
not expected toget over the night ; and it is feared the
hot weather will accelerate his decease, which is spoken

of in Paris as an event that may be soon expected.
The Monitevr of Monday contains nothing official,
but in its non-official part, there is an article from
Smyrna of some interest. It appears that shortly after
the Greeks had issued the proclamation threatening-to
bum sink, and destroy, all neutral vessels found trans-
porting stores or arms to the Turks, three Austrian
vessels were captured by a Greek Corsair. M. Ate-
lIROZIO PELLE GRAZZIE, Who is the Consul-General at

Smyrna, communicated the circumstance to Colonel
AMEBIC,. the Commandant of the Austrian naval
force in the Levant; and the trig of war l'Orion, com-

manded by M. Amman, was immediately dispatched
to reclaim the ships. On the evening of the 28th of
June, the Orion perceived the captured vessels in the
roads of Miconi, and entering the port, hoisted the
Austrian flag, which was returned by the vessels—
'the corsair hoisting the Greek flag. The Austrian Cap-
tains then repaired on board the Orion, and stated that
they had sailed from Acre with a cargo for Constanti-
nople, and that they had been captured by the Greek
brig then in the roads; one of the cargoes had been
landed at Samos. The Captains were then ordered on
board their respective ships, and hoisted their sails-
The Greeks seeing this, threatened to destroy the ves-
sels, denied that the Orion was an Austrian vessel, but
a corsair, and said they would not allow them to de-
part. The national flag of Greece was soon seen on the
captured vessels, and a discharge.of three cannon from
the Greek brig announced that neutrality was at an end.

The Commander of the 01101 l then prepared for actibn,
and the Greeks abandoned the Atistilan ships for their
own ; but the Orion soon crippled and took posses,ien
of the Greek brig, which, with the captured vessels,
were carried to Smyrna, with the exception of ene ves-
sel, which was left, on account of its havi►ig the plague
on board.

The Moniteur contains extracts from the Universaj
Gazelle of Augsburg, which confirm the previous ac.

counts of the recapture of Ipsara by the Greeks, and the
unexpected departure of the Capitan Pacha for Mitylene.
It is said that the Russian Ambassadors at Foreign
Courts have received new instructions to endeavour to
get some plan adopted for the general pacification of
the Greeks.

The French Papers contain similar accounts to those
we have previously given, from the German and Dutch
Journals, of the bravery with which Ipsara was recap- ;
Lured. It appears that the Ipsariot women fought with as I
much valour as their husbands. They pursued the
Turks with blunderbusses. The Turks, who had the
advantages of treachery and superior numbers, rendered
themselves masters of only half the town of Ipsara. In
that part of the town, the women seeing themselves on
the point of falling into the power of the enemy de-
stroyed each other. Parents killed their children, and
wished to meet death in the enemy's ranks. The wind
which sprung up during the massacre haring forced
the vessels of the Turks to retire from the coast, they
fancied they were abandoned, and terror seized them.
The Ipsariots took advantage of it, and were repulsing
them when the Hydriots and Spezziots arrived.
The Moniteur and Journal des Debals contain a long
account of overtures made by the Austrian Minister to
the Germanic Diet on the 16th of August, and the re-
solutions adopted by that body. Notwithstanding all
that has been done by the Sovereigns who have taken
upon themselves the task of maintaining the peace of
the world, Austria is by no means satisfied with the
state of things in Germany. It is declared that the
monarchical principle is not yet duly extended, nor the
press sufficiently restrained. The Austrian Minister
complains to the Diet-1, Of the false interpretations
given to the 13th article of the Federal Act ; 2, The
erroneous ideas formed of the powers of the Diet;'
3, The state of the German Universities ; and 4, The
abuses of the press. In consequence of this represei.-
tation, the Diet resolved—l, That in all the States of
the Confederation in which Constitutions exist, care
should be taken that in the exercise of the rights granted

by those Constitutions to assemblies, the monarchical 1
principle be maintained in all its integrity, and that the '
evils which may arise from the publicity of the debates,
and the printing of the proceedings of such assemblies, '
should be guarded against by regulations; 2, That a
committee of five members of the Diet should be chosen
to examine and report on the law of the 20th of Sep-
tember, 1819, which is in the meantime maintained;
3, That the provisional law on the subject of the press,
which would expire on the 20th of September in this
year, should be maintained in vigour until a definitive
measure on the subject be adopted.
A paragraph in the Courier Francais of the 25th of
August, complains bitterly of the partiality-of the Cen-
sors of the Press. It appears that that paper had sub-
mitted to the revisal of the guardians of public opinion
a packet which it had received from Barcelona. The
Censors, for reasons best known to themselves, refused
to allow it to be inserted. As this was not an unusual
occurrence, it could excite but little surprise; but what
was the astonishment of the Editor to find the same news,
in nearly the same words, in the Journal de Paris 1
, FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
" PAIUS, Auc. O.
"The numerous recent nominations of Councillors of
State, &c. were all made in the contemplation of the
accession of Charles the Xth, an event which is proba-
bly not far distant, as the Royal physicians are very
fearful that the King will not pass the hot season. On
Wednesday last he was not expected to get over the
night. Thirty-four Peers are about to be created; and
Baton Rothschild's Letters of Naturalization are on the