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London, England, 1829-05-30 00:00:00

it may, however. be better to abstain from noticing at
great !mob the current speculations on the present state
of progress. A few days more, and iris more than
probable tkat we shall be in possessive of very
-im-
portant news from that quarter.
The Moamar announces officially the appointmentl
of Admiral Ds Rios as Maritime Prefect at Toulon.
It is still doubtful whether this gallant Officer will
accept the command of the naval part of the expedition
to Algiers; the land forces to be employed against the
refractory MY are rated as high as 30,000 men.
By private letters from France, we learn that the law
project providing pensions for poor Members of the
Chamber of Peers was passed by a great majority ; but
that the Duke Da MoNTYORIINCY and the Duke DS
tosiz, who are both entitled to pensions, have re-
nounced their right, taking into consideration the pre-
sent difficult situation of France, and the burdens
and miseries of the people. That France is in a la-
mentable state of embarrassment appears by the Re-
port of the Finance Committee, which speaks of woe
and want, of poverty without hope. and rf discord
without a prospect of union. The Reporter, M. Hu-
mama, at the same time that he urged retrenchment,,
and demanded a reduction of taxation, stated that at
present little could be done : the burden of the public
charges, though enormous, could for this year be but
slightly diminished. Among other new imposts, the
Chamber r.f Deputies has passed a law authorising an
additional postage on letters sent by express (service des
estafdtes) from France to England, Scotland, and Le-
land; and also an extra charge on letters sent by express
in vessels at the charge of Government to America.—
These, we presume, are the improvements lately spoken
of, as about being made in the post-office department in
France. A credit of 12,000,000 fs. has been asked, and
will no doubt be granted; and this demand is construed
into as indication of political projects connected nib
the Turco Russian war.

The drooght,whieh has lasted for more than a month,
proved injurious to agriculture in several provinces.'
F 'cider was rising in price, and it was feared that Oats
would be scarce. Nevertheless, by ample supplies font
other quarters, the price .of grain upon the whole was
looking down. This, in the present condition of France,
is looked upon as a matter of great importance—the
lower orders being so miserably poor and wretched,
that in many places, the most unpleasant consequences.
were produce) by their te►istance to the payment of
their tales.

Private levers received this day from various parts
of the Continent, the contents of which have only just
come to our knowledge, speak with rather more con.
fiience of propositions of peace. The Emperor
CHOLAS is repieseoted as disposed to circumscribe his
views—and that he is willing to make every sacrifice in
order to avoid .a general conflagration throughout
Europe. In this, we thir►k, he is right. He wool., now
contelit himself with less than the overthrow of the
Ott man throne: all he is said to want is to retire with
honour from tl,e field, and to obtain some compensation
for the expenses of the war.

The German Mail this oily broo folkowin
entertaining moravou. Here we baiitTplace of gossip
from the batiks of the Danobe—a pihicor opetatirns,
that exceeds in extravagance all the exploits of Captain
BOBADIL. We should be apt to think that the inteilects
of the Russian Officers, at the Spa of Mehadia, were
affected, as well as 'their heal.h, else how could they
" affirm with confidence" such a tissue of bombast ?

FROM THE DANUBE, M•r is.
A letter from Mehatila, of the lit instant, says—
" Many Russian Officers whose health has suffered In the last
campaign come bete to enjoy the benefit of our mineral waters.
They affirm witkmuch confidence that the following are the opera.
Hone which their army will have to execute in the ensuing cam.
paign in European Turkey.'
" lat. By taking Ghiurpeo to obtain undisputed possession of
Wallachia, and secure it against say incursions of the Turks, and
then to prepare with the greatest activity, and on a large scale,
means to carry the war into Srrvia in the next campaign, or, if
circumstances allow it, io the present.
" 241 y. To obtain possession at any sacrifice, and In the shortest
time, of the fortress of New /limos, and of fort Elisabeth, which
belongs to it, in order, by an uninterrupted communication with
the &oust of Tcrueew ir, to receive by means of the Danube the
supplies for the army, which it has hitherto been necessary to bring
by land from Transylvania.
3dly. For the main army which advances to Bulgaria to take
Silistria—to open an uninterrupted communication with Varna—
to defeat the Turkish army which may oppose these undertakings,
and so to weaken it by repeated attacks that it *ill not be able to
keep the field, but be forced to retreat to !lamella.

4tbly. To take Schism,' and to make themselves muter, of
all.the passes of the Balkan, from liminet on the Black Sea to the
place where you descend into the plains of Math:, by Oar road,
which leads from Sophia by way of Ichtemaa to Tartar Bazarjik,
partly by the Trajan•gate, partly rather more to the west, and to
smith all these passages against the attacks of the Turks from
ltUllltiii.

" sthly. Meantime to take Rudschuk, and while Itessgrad,
Tir-
aovat. and Plewna are made into great military depots, to octepy
Nicopolis and Sophia; and by means of a fortified pobitlon be-
tween thew two places, tiroppow all attempts of the 'arks advanc-
ing from Bosnia and Smola towards Bulgaria."
FRONTIRRS OF ITALY, MAT 13.
Accounts (sot yet confirmed) brought by Captains of ships say,
that Missolonghi is already in the hands of the Greeks. The taking
of the fort of Lepanto Is confirmed.

FRANKFORT, filar 21.
Her Highness the reigning Duchess of Saxe Meiningen„ with
her family and suite, ariived here yesterday, on her way to Bonn.
MAT 22.—Exchange on London, two months, 1414.—F►auskfar
Papers. May w 3.
VIENNA, MAT 17.
The Comeiseatiannei, inexhaustible in fictions of all kinds, bas
within a few days twice amused its readers with the silly fable. of
a Congress of. the Italian Princes at Rome, convoked, its it says, by
Austria.—kdrian Observer, May 18.
Mar le.— Metalliques, 913. Bank Shuts, I,lll.—all6eossim
&item, May t.l.

We have received New Or.eans Papers to the 21st
April. They complain bitterly of piracies in the Florida
Stream. The following is the account of a dreadful
fire which has destroyed part of the town of Augusta,
in Georgia:
AUGUSTA, (GEORGIA.) Aram 3.
*wpm Ceogn.Asuriou.... About half past two o'clock this after.
aim a fee was illagevend is the fourth tenement row on Ellis.