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. , RELIGION lit ROLLAND.
The following representation of the state of religion
in in Holland is taken from I Leyden Paper-
6, In Hollkod the equality.and gOod fellowship exist•
ing between the different religious seas are mu.*
lighiful and instinctive. No religious test is there
applied to the candidate for office, and no inqofry made
farther than as to his aptitude for the post which be.
seeks to fill. So hi doe this harinonrextend, that it
is no uncommon thing for one lento borrow the place ..f
religious worship of another; and ministers f different
persuasions have the honour, in turn, of preaching be.
fore the Royal Family and Court. 'As no one *l4osiut
body is particularly elevated, so no one: is p.Mrticts-
lady degraded, and there is ran universal •intetchauffe
of mutual respect.' The pay of all • the sisinistea.ol
the different persuasions is equally provided fotbylhe
Government, which makes Oh di,t Atiiion beeireep
almost 41 uakerlike Memnonite and the gaudy:keine*
Catholic—between the Calvinists, wbn Mint, and
the Remonstrant.. who are few. I%e latter la by, fir
the smallest i f the Dutch sects, ant) ptobubly stries suit
consist of mot e• than, 8,000 per Weis though the P°Pt4ee
eloquence of some of their preachers closet their thraldom
to be.ftecuently tiosvdlll. The *weber 44 Lmtheran*
'is about 900.(x00;. a the &foe used Church, I 4001106 ; •
and the remainder of the.popolition are C 4tholics, with
the emteption of sr not very tonsiderable number of Jews.
It is no uncommon thing for Jews to sit as Representa7
lives in the Chambers; find at Amsterdam there have
been for a long time Jews among the local Senn• -
tors. In Flanders all the Protestant sects are blended
in one, which is called the Protestant‘Chtuch; but the
number of Protestants, as competed with the Catholics,
are very inconsiderable."

• • MALTA, Norawsita It •
•
The Malta Gazelle of the 29th of October eastsins
a.Oovernment notice, by which it is made knoWeillitit
upon a report made by the competent Cslostnittee,ihe
average mice sit Egyptian wheat is declastd• to
lls. 10d. :telling pet salm. .By another etrierien.
titled " a lase:." it is proclaimed th,t the expo( tanossof
lore cattle from the island is prohibitede ; -
'According. to the last accounts -received at MIAs
om Alexandria, thetroops which had sus lived. Wraith*
MOrea appeared in a most deplorable 'state-of unis.
A seventy-four gun ship, eitrichbaJ. been got a
hastily patched up after th7bthre Nava in, foundered
J sit sea, a‘out 160 lkiki i 1,01.11 the .Egyptian, cosst,i•earie •
. .
were. many.sick win on board, who, a ith the cteury.wrie
s.eed‘jout 1,000 pieces of artillery,' -some herrdittl
Iskse# and mules, and a quantity of, anchors.. cablekt
ships' stores, all went to the bottom.'.: The Esk'•
meeting between Ibrahim Pacha and biz father -ii.4l•lu.
wstbed in the Malta papers ,as haviogtaken:
Alexandria, 'According tUtlie.strict ceremonial -
hometan etiquette. The pi ice ofgraii, beans; 'cc: was
very high in Egypt, uotwith.tanding that the-Nile tad
'isen so Gras to insoiea plentiful crop the ensuing sea-
son, leaving disposable the quantity then deposited
(which was considerable) in the public grapakich
•
. RUSSIA.
•
ODESSA, Oeswaea 2.
There is now at Odessa a man whose very appearances ••
lee. °ugh to damp the ardour of the recruits thit are '
continually pouring into the town ; thi. magi's history is
worth relating, as one of the most extraorditiary
stances of presence of mind on record. This man fell
senseless from a severe wound he received in a skirmish;
in which the Turks remained masters of the field. At
night a Turk came to cot off the ears of the slain. rolled
over the body of our hero, and, conceiving that life
was extinct, commenced his operation% The pain •
and loss of' blood brought the poor teals," to his
-senses, who well knew his.fate had he shown the least
signs of life; he, therefore,' remained motionless;
the Turk cut off the other ear, put both into his
pocke', and walked off! The mutilated is.oew
recoveiing, and continues to he an 'object of great
corio.ity to the whole neighbourhood. Varna.-was, o
comOrtely battered that it can sea-rely be considered •
as ; the Russians are, therefore, occupied. in re-
. building the fortifications; but, if a severe winter should
sois.rite them before their operations are completed, I
tremble for the to e of the garii:on. The ports of
'Southern Russia are frequently frozen ; neither .iipplies
not reiniotcements can in this case be sent from ()Jesse;
'assistance from Wittgensteiurs army would. be equally
hopeless, and the Tut ks•may yet regain possession ot.thir •
•important fortress. The mushier° .does. not consist
of more than 30,000 men—a force by tar too' incon.i.
siderable for the ensuing campaign; and if, the Rust
sian army has suffered. such privations in the fertile
and well peopled
:provinces of Bulgaria, what can'
be done in the woods and deserts of Southern Thrace?'
I.write from considerable experience; it the invading
army is small It muir be beaten ;if large, it must be .
starved; there is noel eviative. These may be An in.
fant Constantine at.St Petersborgh, as well as '
grown Constantine at Wat sew, but neither in my.
nion is destined to, restore the long-lost empire of the •..
'Greek.. I asttritute more importance to the progress..
of Paskewitsch in the East ; he has already made spelt
progie.s ; but difficulties as great es. those his contede.l-
- in the West .have to contend with must be over... •
come, bet'ose the44Pross" can s'applant the Crescent'.
on the minarets of Scutari. Ti.e Rdssiaiis have niiscal- •
culated the business throughout; they now see the diffi-
culties they have to-contend with, and say, with affected
humility, that their p wipe haw sowte d for' ifs
Allies, and does:not with to (.. se Otokider'').:
with the whole of Europe; it 2:titee words, that they•
are desirous of peace, provided tteie.ilt,ll!es will ands";
take to negotiate. An infinite waste ot aid'
sore has taught. them the folly 'of;is war, as Lai is
remaitis in peace; and whilAiso eistgkile • +Obis;
as Malimoud sways the deatinieeiot ake.OttorWatlEmlew..''
• 1 am altogether much pleased with Odesse,;.,it was
but a village a' short time since now a Jos, of
considerable importance. 'Jr itniindl me of solve
Cities in the United Stater—Washington in pareiculai,'`'.'"
-it muck resembles in the breadth and tegulatity.'ol
She s'reets, the plantations of acacias, and the 'plena
dour cf sonic
;houses contrasted with the utter envy
nifteance of others, intended, no doubt, to 'be removed -I
'at the wealth of the town 66 progresses." The Ilan ••
Odessa svas• evidendy laid with a . view .to.-iu..4u.
tom graudeirr, for ski boundaries enclose an immense •
31! town must continue to bsot•re -
'greateserntrepot for corn in Europe; to a certain