Star.
London, England, 1828-10-13 00:00:00

•• CAPTAIN BEECHETS EXPEDMON.
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We have to announce the return to England of the
Blossom, Captain Beechey,aftei an absence of upwards
of three JearS on a voyage of science ;Ad discovery.—
'Theinain object of:this voya'ge ceniveyanet of
supplies to Icy Cape, for the land arctic expedition'
under Captain Franklin, in the event of tharenterprlsing
'traveller having succeeded in reaching tHel'extreme
:north-westein point of America.. This, as our: 'readies
are already aware, not being accomplished by him,
Captain Beec,hey was directed by the Admiralt* td
snake slch researches and surveys in the Pacifie-as•
might be most adiantegeous to 'mat Wine arsci *lost*/
phical knowledge generally.
The Blossom sailed from England about the middle
of May, 1825 ; and after-visitiag and examining 'ail-
taus harbouri, chiefly on the coasts of South America,
at.the el se of July, 18* reached the neighbourhood
of Icy Cape, where she remained until the end'of Sep.6
tensber, in the expectation of the 'arriOal of Captain
Franklin. A party which had been detached from the
Blossom in this interiai, for the purpose of disCovery.
advanced upwards of one hundred miles to the west o$
Icy Cape, although they experienced many dangers
from tie ice and tempestuous weather. Being disarrl
pointed in gaining any intelligence of Captain Ft anklinl
as the season was fast closing in, Captain Beechey pro
carded with his ship to St. Francisco. After having
. surveyed several of the islands on the north-rastern•
coast of Atia, he visited Lao Choi), and put into Nappy
,hiug, where the Blossom was exposed to one of the
great perils in the navigation of these seas—coral reels',
loch appear to have sprung up to an alarming extent
since the visit of the Aleeste. About the middle n!
line, 1827, Captain Bvechey reached the Lionin
which :4,44 a gca,d, anchorage, andlave been loriched
at by English whalers. And here we would repeat
shat we have formerly mentioned in our acceunts.ol
this it.teresting expedition, that this voyage has led to
tie discovery of some new islands in the Pacific, and
established the fact. that many which are laid down in
the best chars do tiot exist in the positions therein as
signed to them.

On ooe of the Bonin islands two Norwegian sailor•
were discovered, whu had been shipwrecked there. 411
eitio.e histories, it written, would form !!'Ls duplicate

- On the 9th Hussein' Rey being informed of the pre-
parations of the Russian, to evacuate, made a grneral
attack upon their inttenchments. The Imperial troops
displayed the most brilliant valour, and repulsed him ;
but, nevertheless, they ft:l back to Jenibazar, where
they•st,ipped 'only one Jay, and prepared to /area toa
Wards liasardj!lc. The privation, of all kinds have pro•
duced esce,sive misery in the ranks of the Muscovites.
The road from Schumla to Jenibazar is literally covered
with dead. sick, and 'minced, and carcasses of Russian
'hories: Such revay,es have been caused by the ezceso.l
sive head of the climate, which could not be overcome,
by the most admirable perseverance, and all the eiforti
of incomparable valour. Immediately after the depar-
tore of the Rissians, Hussein Bey also quitted his in-
trentlimeoti Schumla, and at the head of 70,000
men pioceeded on the road to Basardjik, in pursuit of
their army, hoping to destroy it entirely, and even
to raise the siege irf ••Varna. Many persons here
see things in so gloomy a light, as to affirm,
that if Varna were now taken by the Russians, the
only advantage they would derive from it would be
to make their retreat with more safety to the Danube.
In the last sally trom Silistria on the 15th September,
the terror of the Russians rn the attack of the Spahis
was 'Sri great, that they did n t rally again till they got
to Hit-chore. It it said that the Turks rook a ver y great
number 'prisoners, mid immense bo:•ty.
ANCONA; SIP?. 17.
It is reported that the English liovernment protests
against the blailcade of the 'Dardanelles, and urgently
requires the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh to confine melt
within the limits of the Treaty of London.
A British Cabinet messenger has passed through this
city with dhpatclies fur Mr. S. Canning, suppi•sed to be
relatite to this subject.
TRIESTE. Oer. 1.
•Several Austrian men I f was stationed in this road
hale received orders to join the squadron under Admi-
ral Count Ihndole; to pioceed together against Mo 4
iocco:. His Imperial Majesty having resolved' to re.
;trite satiteNction for the insults offered to the Auittian
Rig, and fotithe seizure of several merchantmen. Count
ihndolo is lurniShed with all neees-ary instructions.
We hiss* had no news direct from the Archipelago
'for this week 'push- • •
We learn from Otranto that part of the French army
It preparing ter besiege Modon and Caron. The se.
Milinder is marched into the interior of the country. WS'
sib not hear whether Ibrahim 'will voluntarily evacuati,
'4lte-Mmea, and Most profound silence is observed rel•
;specting the three squadrons. • '
NOM THE' GAZETTE DE ?DANCE. DATED OCT. 11.
PARIS. Ocr. to.
We have received the following letter from Eludia-
re4, dated September 22:
4. All the accounts from the Danube and the environs
f Schumla confirm the retreat of the Russians before
the latter place. The main body of the army had al
ready arrived at Bazardjik on the 15th. and it was sup-
posed that it wouW proceed without delay 'to Issaktchi.
A circumstance which, indea aides* et the daily at.
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Many journals, in announcing the arrival at Havre
of a young African Prince, have narrated, without giv.
ing any warrants for •their truth, Iratccurate detkih re.
*petting the circumstances which have brought him to
France. '
.* These are thefacts: A young black, the son Or the
Chief of Waradee, a tribe which inhabits the western
coast of Africa, formed part of 'a cettain number of
negtoes. who were embarked inu *reeve trader which
was seized in 1827. by the French squadron 'on that
station. The Government having judged' it proper to
restore-this young negro to his family, conducted him
from Cayenne to Guadalnupe, from-which place he has
just arrived at Haute. Orders have been given fir his
being transported to Senegal at the earliest oppot tunny.
SEQUEL OP THE MOST RECENT NEWS FROM
CONSTANTINOPLE, Satre. 35. o-: •
In the course of the last fortnight a peat movement
has been remarked awing the foreign diplomatists, and
even in the palace of the Porte. his said that very
serious affairs are under consideration. The Ministers
of the Porte being infOrmed of the motives which have
compelled the Viceroy of Egypt to agree to Ate era-
ventiog relative to the Motea, appear, if thiy do not
eve it their approbation, at least, not to impute it as a
-crime to Mehemet Ali; but it appeals that all possible
measures are adopted to remedy the evil caused by
these stipelations, and that it is issterscled to sobstittteer
ss speedily as possible, other °alum troops forth,
Egrpti.ns, who are to be embarked:
The Porte does not tegard without deep regret the
close alliance of her most ancient allies (France and
EAgland) with ter 'Constant enemy. S'-e cannot agree
'to vet in conformity with the views of -the Cabinets Of
London and Paris, whiV'she his to susuht a war 'of
extermination ors the Balkan, on which, she wellhnows,
depends, not merely the Greek question, but her ex-
'stew in Europe.
The Reis Effendi has declated•to the Ministerrof
neutral Powers, that, however well disposed the Porte
might 'be as to the .cotteessions. which the Enropeau
Powers wished her to mete, she was 'compelled to to
fuse her assent, as every path of conciliation was closed
by the recent violation of the very Tterty of London, to
which those Power s -dryer ceased tat appeal. ' •
/Doll 'Tat GAZICITI DE rait tiCt. .
CONSTANTINOPLE,Sset.
For the last fifteen days consi,lerable 11101PONIElltS
have been observed among the diplomatic body, mad
even in the. Imperial Palace. It appears that the too-
vention of Mehemet Ali with Admiral Codrington, asapd
the certainty of the speedy arrival of the French Expe-
dition in the Murea, have given rise to them. The
Porte gave way at first with greater condescension than
could have been expected from ; all that was said was,
that it would endeavour to fill up, by other hoops, the
vacuum which the troops of Ibrahim would leave in
the Mores. The Porte would not find any great diffi-
culty in arranging the-affairs of 'Greece with England ,
and France; but t is very much dissatisfied at seeing
the union of these two Powers with Russia. it will
never hold out a hand to them whilst it iscoinpelledi
td maintain a war of extermination w=th Russia. Un
these circumstances, the French expedition is a ne
misfortune, which u ill render matters still more c
plleated, and wilt diminish still mme the hope of smooth*
'mg down the difficulties tesu'ting from the stipulation:
of the Treaty of L,mdon. The Iteis ,Effeirdi has u
expressions to this effect. and basal the same time ad
his declaration, th,tt he saw no possibility of any
'longest...lu, however eager. the Porte 'might be to nub!
one. Ile has himself cpu te..l the Treaty of LoodcatV
"adding, that this Treaty, and the measures which have
been founded. upon it, have entirely failed in their.
object, and that the honour of the Porte forbids it to
snake soy concessions which might have the effect ofd
humiliating it in the eye of its rebvtlious subjects.—
•Eeerybody is astare that the Pare has not changed its
views respecting tit: affairs of Greece for the last two
years, and that it has not paid the slightest regard to
the events of life last months. We are, however, of
opinion heir, that it would have accepted the treaty of
the 6:h of July if Vie three Ambassadors had not quitted
Constantinople, or it they had returned to it according
to the request made to them. It would accept the
treaty of the 6th of July, even at this moment, it Itus.
sea were not a contracting party to it. Moreover, this
War appears to be taking a very favourable virn for the
Porte; but it opens the deep wounds of the State, which
it exhausts to the utmost degree of severity. The Go-
vernment endeavours to open new resources, without
destroying the country entirely ; it has returned to the
ancient plan of making a loan on pledges to some Es.
ropean banker`, Christian as well as Jews, who are esta
blislahl here and at Smyrna.—Augsburg Gazelle.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Sm. 12.
Tranquillizing news have been received from the
Pacbalsck of Etzereum. The party of the Janissaries
*-"'noted, after some 'Woos disorders, by sub.

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The following correspondence has taken place be.
tween Mr. Lawless and Lord Francis Leveron Geer
DIaIbALIC, Oct. 2,1
My Lord—ln consequence of the proclamationissoed
by the Lord Lieutenant of Inland, and signed try your
Lordship, I take the lherty of addressing the followits
lines to your consideration. The proclamation ap-
peared to .me, to be directed against those tumultuous
assemblages wh ch haveappeaied in the South of Ire.
land ; and those meetings which I have attended. at
the different chapels I have visited. could not be id
the contemplation of the Lord Lieutenant, because
thee were 'peaceable, decorour, and respectful to the
laws of the country; but lest the proclamation
should allude to any proceedings in the North, I
have determined to call no more parochial meet-
ings, however certain I may be of their correct and
proper conduct. Before I read the proclamation.
had determined that the-people should not accompany
me in procession to any of the chapels. I have succeeded
in putting down all display of public feeling, by the
wearing of particular colours. the cart) log of banners
riod Bags; 1 should, therefore, hope that the Lord Lieu-
llinant does nit Mean to prevent me meeting the pa-
rishioners of each parish in their respective chapels, to
consult with them on the best mode of promoting their
civil and religious freedom. I shall feel much obliged
by your Lordship's sentiments, as I would be mint
anxious to regulate my conduct according to the wishes
oA the present. Government of Ireland. for which 1
entertain the-highest respect and oncetest gratitude, fee
the -mild and liberal spirit b y which it is characterized.
I have the honour to be • -
Your Lordship's obedient servant,
(Signed) JOHN LAWLESS.
To Lord Francis Lemma Gower, Dublin Castle.
The following is the reply:
Dublin Castle, Oct. 2,111'23.
Sir—l have received and laid before ilie Lord Lieu.

tenant your letter of yesterday's dare. With reference
to the passage in which you state your hope " that the
Lord lieutmant does not mean to prohibit your meeting
the par ishionei s ot each pat WI in their :esl ectisechapeli,
to consult fbitli them on the best mode of prometing.theie
civil andoeligious freedom,' I am directed by his Excel-
lency to observe, in his opinion, the tennur of the Prods.
motion conveys to all class of his Majesty's subjects sue.
cient intormatiun and warning. It fir .tsrates the law with
,rogard to all such meetings as are calculated to disturb
die public peace, or endanger the public property; and
sec.ihdly, the intentions of the Goya meat to assist the
civil ornies in enf .rcing the law. It is not possible
nor his Excellency to anticipate contingent cases, or to
furnish individuals ti ith his opinion,whether any inteoded
assemblage of hisMajesty'saubjects may come within the
dew: ipt ion of the ass..mblages for the pi event ing and sup-
', e sion of which thisPioclamation has been issued. It is
ntivious that the question whet' er this Meeting he illegal
or nor, must probably be lel; to the disci, tion of die civil
authorities on the spot. His Excellency, however, has
no objection to my communiutttag to you the tennur of
the advice and directions which he has considered it his
duty to give to any of the constituted authorities who
have requested such advice for the regulation r f their
con!'sct; they have been informed, that if they have
good 'and substantial grounds of apprehension that
an assemblage is to take place in the neighbour.
hoed, shiest is calculated to alarm and terrify his
Majesty's subjects, and endanger the security of
their persons and property, they ate to 1141 their
best exertions to dis,.erse it, and to west and bring
before the Magistrates the persons who may take
the moot prominent parts in encouraging and prom( Cog
die pace, dings. lam directed by the Lord Lieute-
nant by no means to admit the constsuction which, it
appears, has been put by you on the trims of his Pro.
ci4mation, and which confines its references to past
transactions—to Meetings which have taken place in
t: e S .tith of Leland, or to acquiesce with the accuracy
or your description of those which you have attended in
the North,when you state them to be peace4blebdecos our,
and respectful to the laws.
1 hive the humour to he. ear,
Tour most obedient Servant,
F. LUVESON WIVE&

To J. Ludo% Lek