Star.
London, England, 1822-01-14 00:00:00

;tens of &ate and Members of the Privy Council.

The Turks continue to augment their forces in
Moldavia; and in Bulgaria their troops have been
:reused to upwards of 30,000 men.
The eeks have obtained great successes in Candia,
:e a strong division of their fleet is now stationed.
was stated some time since that, with the exception
7oron in the Peloponnesus and Arta in Acarnania,
the fortresses of those two countries had fallen into
power. It is now announced that Arta has been
and the intelligence is said to have come

om the seat of war, Dragons[, in Acarnania. The
Greeks are said to have displayed great bravery in
;king Arta, which was taken by storm. A breach
having been effected with shot and bombs, the be-
siegers rushed forward sword in hand, penetrated into
the place, and became its masters. Ismatac PACHA,
who had shut himself up within its walls, was taken
prisoner..

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French Funds, Jan. 9.—Five per Cents. SSf. 3.5 c.
The Express this morning from Paris brought the
French Funds, 851.60 c. the closing price on Saturday.

Madrid Papers to the Ist inst. have arrived. They
nufortumitely confirm the accounts which have ap•
peared fur some time in the French Papers, of the
existence of large bodies of insurgents in the Northern
Provinces of Spain. They call themselves Defenders
of Religion and of the King, and are spread over
Navarre and Arragon, where they are in sufficient
strength to meet their opponents in the field. They
also appear to have partizans in Biscay and Castile.
In the Provinces of Borges and Alava, perfect tran-
apillity prevails.

New York Papers to the 17th of December arrived
this morning. A motion had been made in the House
of Representatives,:fortopies of such communications
as had been received at the Secretary of State's Office,
-relative to ibe conduct of General JACKSON, in his
government of the Floridan. The following are fur-
sher extracts:
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER to.
On the motion of Mr. SAWYER,

Resolved, That the Committee on so much of the President's
Message as relates to the suppression of the Slave Trade, be in-
structed to enquire into the expediency of continuing in force
for a further time, an Act passed the Zd of March, 1819, which,
by the Act of the 15th May, 1820, was extended to two years,
and entitled " An Act to protect the Commerce of the United
States and punish the crime of Piracy."
On a motion of Mr. FLOYD,

Resolved, That a Committee be appointed, to inquire into the
expediency of occupying the Columbia it, ver, and the territory
of the United States adjacent thereto, and of regulatir• the trade
with the Indian tribes, and that they have leave to report by
Bill or otherwise.

ROYAL BLOCKADE.-(NATIONAL ADvOCATF, DEC. 14.)
The t. ew.Orleans Paper, of the 12th of November,
ctates that the Spanisk Authorities had declared the
whole coast of Columbia, except Porte Cabello, in a
tate of blockade: their naval force, consisting of one
frigate, two brigs, fourschooners, and six or eight priva-
teers, and that they had captured six American vessels
which were going into the Republican ports with
ptovil,ions, as well as a British cutter from St. l'llo-
nta‘;'s, and a British merchant ship from 13at badoes,
411 of which had been carried into Porto Cabello, and
ct,ndemned. The markets for American produce
vt:te very dull, both at Curacoa and St. Thomas's,
mg to the blockade of the ports on the Maine.
I' ,S small shock of an earthquake
xv:ri.yrtred at Salem, last Tuesday afternoon ;
• or snort duration.