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London, England, 1827-12-26 00:00:00

mitted by the inhabitants of that atsd other islands have
ineripsed end reached the highest degree. -IL request you
to leek at ptiur own decrees, and see whether they contain
any thiog which can justif; year Semler, of the Mat4se
.Oliruki, who signs the letters of Marque, particularly
est a moment when the Hydriots must espect an stuck
upon their island. In these letters of Marque Glaraki,
orders that the sags of nations in amity with you shall
not be molested, yet you know as well as I do, that
these ships cruise only against friendly flags, and have
not the smallest intention of injuring the enemy: But,
under such circumstances, words avail nothing. lam
resolved positively not to permit any Greek vessel, un-
der any pretence whatever, to cruise as a privateer, by
whatever authority it may have been licensed. So long as
the world stands, there have been no more scanda-
lous hostilities than those which have been carried
on under the Greek Rag, and if, instead of the sup
port which you have hitherto given to this disgraceful
system, you do not do every thing possible to put an
end to it, I shall proceed with the greatest rigonr to
take such measures as I shall think the best calculated
for the protection of commerce. But be convinced,
Gentlemen, that a day of reckoning will come, when
those who have favoured these infamous transactions
wiil be called to account for the injury which they have
thereby done to the commercial world in general, and
in which you yourselves sill have to give an account
before the National Assembly, of the manner in which
sf.iits have been conducted under your Government.
(Signed) .4 COMO NG TO N."

We have inserted in our front page, from the Lisbon
Gazettes, a variety of documents connected with the'
failure of the Lisbon Bank, from which it appears, that
the Bank will have a large warplus, after di*harging
all its claims, and that measures have been resolved on,
for meeting the claims of the creditors with promptitude.

By accounts from Montreal we learn, that the wea-
ther had been exceedingly cold, with slight falls of
snow, so early as the beginning of last month. In
Upper Canada still more decided symptoms of the ap-
proach of winter had taken place,. At Ancaster, on
the SUth October, the snow was seven inches deep on the
level I and sleighs and carrioies were running, a thing
they never witnessed in the Province Wore at so early
a period.

Mr. Mots rntorta is arrived at Corfu.
Earl FITIIIWILLIAM left Dublin on Thursday, on his
worn to his seat In Toritshire.

The Marquis of LA risgoWN, on his appointment to
the Lord Lieutenancy of Wiltshire, transmitted 1001. as a dosatios
to the County Hospital atadisbery.
The Marquis and Marchmaen of Wit.t.iscry ar•
rived at Holyhead pa arturday, in the Vamp steam•paeket, from
Howth.

Sir flitaita, TAYLOR'S new Gothic mansion in the
fitment% Part, as Waster of St. Catherine's k nearly
completed.
The loan MAYOR yesterday ordered that every pas•
mow coufined in the City Pll9Olll sbookl receive a pound of beef,
a twoperiny kael, sod a plat of porter extra.
• The Loan Mavort gave orders that a strict ohm*
Vance of yesterday be observed throughout the City, viz. by the
closings( al shops. and the prevention of tippling in public-houses
Boring !Wine Service, and that every prisoner confined in the City
prisons should receive a pound of beef, a two•penny loaf, and a pint
of porta extra.
The lovers of Masquerading expect a high treat at
the Argyle•rooms to-morrow evening, and they will not be dis-
appointed, as preparations are waking on the grandest scale for their
gratification. . . _

- The second Ball for the season took place at the As-
sembly Rooms, Salisbury, on Wednesday last, and was attended by
HO persons of the first rank and fashion in the county.
Fa*rcis Joien BROWNE, Esq. of Frampton, Dorset,
many years one of the Representatives in Parliament for that county,
has generously offered to present, as a free gift to the county, the
Mansion house of Forston, with its extensive premises and gardens,
and also a large Arid adjoining, for the purpose of being converted
into a County Lunatic Asylum i and has further signified his inten-
tion of investing £4,000 In Oovernment Securities as an endowment
for the same, for the purpose of providing medical attendance, Ate.
WIT AMONG Pcvraks.—Soroe few days ago, a cou-
pie of porters ran their beads against each other at turning a corner.
Ay! man," exclaimed one of them, recoiling from the blow.
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you've tart my head ring." " That's • sign your head's ben,"
said the other. archly. " Did your not ring ?" replied the former.
" Na," asswered his companion. " Then," said he of the boss
head, with a shrewd air of triumph, " that's a sure sign your bead's
eredtit."—Pesefee Coarier.

The Fancy Fair at Brighton, for the benefit of the
Sussex County Hospital, closed on Monday se'nnight,
And prodoced upwards of 1,2504 towards the advance-
ment setts benevflent object.
, hiluniu PACHA, the prevent Commander in the
Morn, and second son to the Viceroy of Egypt. is represented as
very Iserelor in talents to his eider brother Imam, who was asses.
sinated wit long since during an expedition to Senaar. Imam.
resembled much in Welk and resolution his successfisl father.

The following advoiti•emeat was lately published
among others, in a Berlin Paper :—" The wife of M. Se. —,
Frederick-street, has suddenly disappeared from her husband's
house. Whoever brings her back shaU be rewarded with a good
beating." _ _

ilsontnsproN RlC.—Mrs. Gen had a distribution on
Saturday, called the" Christmas Gift," which revived the times of ,
=dent hospitality. It consisted of 13 sheep, weighing 144 stone,
of 143 atone of beef, nearly 400 quarters loaves, nu bushels of pota-
toes, and U. is silver, which were divided amongst about 300,
poor taaailieo.
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The Foz Hunters, on Monday last, met at Short
Oat., where the Bela was honoured by the attendance of the Duchess
of St. Atoms; Lady F. Bavicuroa, sod a piny of Ladies la her
.firpee's chariot and four and another carriage. Early in the after.
imam, they returned to Lewes, and. partook of retrestaoseats at the
White Hart An, by way of lunch, and between three and four
'eslock proceeded on to Brighton.
Dec. 25.—Whether the Yeomanry
1:11aros In Northumberland will be disbanded or not, we believe is
putt assieterasissed. A letter, we understood, has been received by

the Mayor of this town frosn the LOW Lieutenant, stating, in sub-
stance, that If the Volunteer Force should be done away with, and
it should still be ski opinion of the klegistrates of Newcastle that
in that case ass addition to the regular military force of the district
be nocessaoy, bis Gat. eald feel it his duty to lay their tepee-
emotion before the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
A very few days vial probably show the determination of Ministers
on the question, so which the discussion of our worthy Magistrates
has 'deco rise.
At a dinner at Chelsea Hospital, the bottle had passed'
frond pretty freely. The Duke of You, who was in high spirits,
just emptied a bottle, said to ono of the attendants, " Here,{
away with this ssariae." Upon which a General of that body,
Piqued for the honour of the corps, whom he considered to be in.
'suited by such an observation, said, " I don't understand what your
al Highness means by likening an empty bottle to marine.* The
Does Immediately replied, " My dear General, I mean a good
fellow that has done his duty, and who is ready to do It
This neat turn excited applause ; and becoming soon known in the
Army, has sines been repeated with eclat at almost every mesa DOM
nabs service: Club I/Anton.
An inhabitant of Carmarthenshire, srho, like most
his countrymen; was vary sureistitieur, went to the
parson of his parish a few days ago, and declared that
he saw the ghost of his friend Taffy Evans, a convivial
ostler, who died a month before. " Aod-haw did you
know," said the parson, " that it was the ghost of 'Lay,
friend Owen ?' Oh !" answered Owen, " beause hor
was staggering drunk I"