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subsequent Is tali said 13th day of June last ?

5. Was or •was not the Louth twenty miles at least to leeward
of Aosta, and steering as straight a course for England as the
direction of the wind world permit at the time of being boarded
by a band of armed marines, and compelled to alter her course in
order toga tip to the Officer commanding the blockading squadron
1. Had or bad not the Commander of the Lonach previous
►nowledge of the existence of the blockade, or was he warned at
his peril to approach the island ?,
5. Is it or is it not customary to board or detain vessels passing
merely in sight of a blockaded port or island—or is it customary
to detain them without first warming them off—if instances of the
have occurred—have they not been complained of as

illegal?
6. Would or would not a vessel sailing out of disport of Dover,
and passing sip or down Channel at the distance of a league or
more from the Kentish Coast—be subject to detention under such
• soostr•sdoc of the law of bloskade as that under which .the
Looach was arrested (not to say, as she truly was, captured!)
supposing the port of Calais—a thing not at all beyond the limits
of possibility—to bounder blockade ; and would such arrest, cap-
ture, or detection, be submitted to by a neutral vessel without

A Flail unequivocal reply—which would be still more sad*.
factory U corroborated on oath—to these six preliminary questiOns,
will serve to clear away much of the cloud of mystery in which
the affair of the Lonach has been artfully shrouded, and enable us
to proceed in our investigation without further mysticism or em-
barraument—The British public demand, and have a right to know
the truck and will not be trifled with.— Pyjama

A City Correspondent writes us, that up to the pre-
sent time we have no furtlier accounts from the East,
but a gentleman, who has recently arrived from Constan-
tinople, states, that the Turkish army is chiefly com-
posed of inexperienced young men, and since the sup-
pression of the Janissaries and the war in Greece but
few veterans are left, and it is-his opinion that the Turks
connot continue the war much longer against the Russians.
It is reported at the North and South American Cof-
fee-house, and credited, that accounts are in town of the
Government of France having arranged with the Bank
of Paris for the loan of 50,000,000 of Nino,- -thirty
millions to be paid immediately, and twenty to be called
for when wanted, at the rate of three per cent. interest.
Extract of a private letter from Rio, dated 22d May:
--" Since our last of the 24th ultimo, our market has
*gain been subject to very material fluctuations, the ex-
change on London having got up from 25 to 27, and
went down again to 25 ; and it is the opinion of many
that we shall experience further fluctuations, as long as
le have not a more fixed standard of our currency. No
doubt is entertained that the present Session of the
Chambers will give a favourable turn to the finances.
Lord Poxsown'r and his Lady are going to leave in the
Quer, for England."

LITERATURE, the FINE ARTS, DRAMA, tc.

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BOLIVAII.
Bolivar lived a long time in Paris in the Rue &. Honore, where
he is will fresh in the memory of the inhabitants. He was modest,
amiable, his mind greatly bent on instructions He attended the
lectures on botany, in the Jardin des Plants, and, returning home
in the evening, be felt pleasure in analysing the lessons be had
heard in the course of the day.
He bad a great esteem for M. Thouin, and for the Abbe Hilly,
who intermixed with their lessons on Culture and Mineralogy.
luminous explanations on morality and philosophy.
Bolivar was very fond of Andrieux. He did not miss a single
'sitting of the French College when this learned Professor' with a
weak voice, which appeared more like that of a friend than of
a master, explained to his auditory the secret of that eloquence
which is only line and praiseworthy when applied to the regenera-
tion of nations ; young then, this promising American, strengthened
by unremitting application to study, that spirit of independence
with which nature bad gifted him. l'aris, its Academies, man
nets, salad's. all developed in the heart of the young stranger the
symptoms of that audacious philanthropy, which in silence, from
that period. meditated the overthrow of despotism in bis own
country.
Bolivar is now the greatest man living in America. If be should
attempt to eclipse the glory he has acquired, by investing himself
with a power little in accordance with his professed republican
principles, we should exclaim • 0 this modern Clew will fail un-
der the steel of another Brutus."