Star.
London, England, 1828-04-28 00:00:00

FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA, Aram 6.

According to accounts from St. Peter.burgh of the
29th March, orders have been sent to the army in Persia,
which has suffered in some degree from sickness, to ad-
, a nce towards the Turkish territory in Asia. probably
to act against Erzerum. His Majesty the Emperor
N4:holas is not expected in the army on the Duiester
till the end of April.
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111.•-.1kietanieres,• $9 s.l4—Bask Shares, 1,0171
Algenteisas Zeiewse April 41.

SYRA, M•psw 3.
(TRW/ Tag COURRIIIII DX WTIItXt.)

A vessel which has arrived in six dsys (ions Aleaae-
rilvia beings the following news the 20th of F.
the English Consul summoned all rho English siihjen9,
to his residence, to announce to them As in a fiir daft*,
he shotild take sioln kis Ilsg asidticit Egyitiß At the sum

time he acqesioecti therm with the messorts Ended
to take time his departure, to WWI titall, leg&
We 11111 not bear that M. Drovetti, the Free* h;barge I
d'Alrairs, who has lately arrived bele. bs made al
ttistsilir cbacatraication to the subjects of Prance.
.1
VMS. so notorious for his won't:sus, and tlye desper
(Witte•has taesc.sed over the inhabitaol% th,p4

islands, has been arrested here by order of tht President
and sent to Egina, where he will be confined till there
are no more complaints against him to hinder his being
set at liberty. The same measures have been taken in
the several islands. All those individuals against whom
there are serious and well founded complaints are con•
'rayed to Egina, and confined on board the Warspite,
which is already crowded with prisoners. This ship of
the line, the Juno French frigate, and the Helen and
Carlos Russian frigates, cettairtly remain till further
orders, at the disposal ci Count Capo d'lstria.
A letter from Canea, of 24th February, says.—On
the 12th instant, an English brig et war ;knitted with
dispatches for the French and English Consuls, who on
receiving them took down their flags, and only waited
for the arrival of the Pomone French corvette to leave
us ; the one is to go to Milo, and the other to Corfa.
A schooner arrived yesterday from Alexandria, with
money to pay the troops ; it consisted of 4000 doubloons.
and 200,000 marbouts, or pieces of three piastres.

Provisions are abundant and cheap.

The oil has wholly failed, which is a great loss to
the inhabitants, whose chief dependence is on their olive
plantations.
Complete tranquillity prevails in the -island, owing
to the firm and vigilant administration of Soliman'
Pscha.— Frankfort Papers, April 21.

The conduct of the Bishops on the Test Ind Corpora-
tion Acts will ensure them the respect, and .gratitude.of
the friends of the Church. Charged on the one hand
with an over anxiety for the temporal interests of the
establishment ; on the other, with such anindifference
to civil securities as will endanger its welfare irt the
country, the Episcopal Bench have boldly declared that
the Churcb is a society depending in no way for its ex-
istence on the pleasure of the State, but relying on its
Divine AUTHORITY, on its spiritual character, and on
the purity of its doctrine, for its estimation amongenen.
Upon such principles the Church may laugh with scorn
at the discussion, whether an Alderman shall declare
himself to be a Protestant or no ? She wants not the
additional inducement to civil offices to persuade rea-
sonable men to enrol themselves under her banner.
The introduction of a question purely critical, for
such is the question of the genuineness and authority of
all the books of the Old and New Testament, is wholly
irrelevant to the purpose. The intention is to reject
such as deny the Divine authority' of Chtistianity ; but
surely this is better accomplished by the declaration
being " on the faith of a Christian," than by requiring
an absolute assent to what not one man in a thousand is
capable of judging for himself.
We wish success to the Bishop of LLANDAFF'S pro-
posal for altering the present form of the declaration—
which is that of an oath ; for undoubtedly there is Hide
or no distinction between declaring 44 in the presence of
ALMIGHTY GOD," and concluding with ei So help me
Goo." The profanation of tke Stcred Name by the
unnecessary multiplication of Oaths, is above all things'
to be deprecated. Those persons who intend to ,act
contrary to their solemn word, will not be awed into
good faith by the addition of an oath to the declaration,
they propose to violate. With honest men it is 'of course
superfluous.

We canact too strongly recommend to all those who
wish to approach the, Corn Question, well bottomed
with information of the state of agriculture abroad, an
attentive perusal of the second Report of Mr. JACOB,
just printed by order of Government. His last journey
contains a full view of the state of Utrecht,Guelders, and.
the northern provinces of Holland ; Frieslidd, °very--
'id, and Groningen; the kingdom of Hanover; the
Duchies of Oldenburg and Mecklenburg; the kingdom
of Denmark ; Sleswick and Holstein ; Hesse Darns.-
stadt and Nassau, and the Netherlands.
The Report is voluminous, as, besides the immediate
object of his journey, Mr. Limon has amassed a body of
information on the condition of the labourers, the esta-
blishments for the relief of the poor, and the increase of
population, which seems to have been regularly pro-
gressive in all the countries he visited. Twenty-nine
millions have been added to the population of Europe
since the peace. Mr. JACOB'S inquiries are perfectly
satisfactory in resolving the questions so much contro-
verted, viz. Ist. Whether the quantity of corn produced
on the Continent very far exceeds the consumption of
its inhabitants ? and 2dly, whether there exists in those
countries an almost unlimited power of extending cul-
tivation? Both these points are answered, as to the
parts he has lately visited, by a direct negative.
The state of the roads in the corn countries is so-
heavy and sandy, as to present a formidable Check to
the removal of corn. It is calculated that the carriage
for 200 miles by land absorbs the whole of the original
• ice. The difficulty of getting to market, together
with lazes, dam-does, &c. has much depressed agricul.
tore between Holland end Hamburgh. In most tithe
provinces last year there was no surplus corthound dur
stocks at Bremen, Hamburgh, &c. were very small.—
Much valuable detail of Mecklenburg agriculture is
given by Mr. Voss THUNIU, a resident Gentleman, and
it seems that unless wheat of that country fetches, 40s•
per quarter, the farmer is not remunerated. In Juthod
tut Oar, there was an actual deficiency ; and neither
Hanover nor the Netherlands grow annually corn
enough for their own consumption. By reference to
the details of these facts, and to the system of farming
in t‘ese countries, it appears, that even with increased
prices, the production could be hardly at all aug-
me►tted. The pasture land cannot be broken up, because
ng cannot otherwimhe procured, and the system of
t • ws, which differs materially from ours, cannot for
, sugeoualut altered.

Outset to the Bonding of Corn in foreign
es it appears that the exi.ense of warehousing at
Aatietep, or Rotterdam. is but led. per quarter, being
[ball of the Landon charges, which amount to SJ.
We recommend the Report itself to the attentive
.perusal of the public.