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London, England, 1827-04-13 00:00:00

Recent news from Tells, received at Moscow, a

nounce that reports of a pacific nature are again circu-
lated in Georgia, announcing, but in a vague manner,
the basis of a treaty of peace with the Court of Teheran,
under the mediation of a foreign Power, and which
would secure to Russia not only an indemnity for the
expenses of the war occasioned by the irruption, of-the
Persians, but also a fixed frontier along the Araxes,
with the countries washed by that river to the Cas-
pian Sea.
• These words, which this Journal has the audacity to print in
italics, are entirely of its own invention; and we defy it to tell as
on what occasion they were spoken.
THE EXPEDITION OF LA PP/ROUSE.
NEW DETAILS.

'ROM THI MONITZUR.
An American Captain had stated his having seen, in
the hands of the natives of an island situated between
New Caledonia and Louisiana, a Cross of St. Louis, and
a number of medals, which seemed to him to come
from the shipwreck of La Perouse. These statements
were communicated to M. Dumont d'Urville, com-
manding his Majesty's corvette Astrolabe, which had
been dispatched from Toulon, on the 25th April, 1826,
on a voyage of discoveries; and he was directed to make
all possible search, in order to restore to their country
any of the unfortunate persons who had been wrecked,
and who might still remain. It is possible that M. d'Ur-
vile is at this moment in the latitudes pointed out to
him. Some information lately arrived supports the
statement of the American Captain. Captain
ion, commanding the English vessel St. Patrick, pro-
ceeding from Valparaiso to Pondicherry, layto on the
13th May, 1826, at Tucopia, to seek a Prussian sailor
and a Lascar, who had been left by him there in 1813.
The Lasca; had at his side a sword, the hat of which
was made of old silver, and the workmanship French:
he had obtained it in the island. Captain Dillon learned
from the Prtulian sailor, that on his arrival at Tucopia,

he had seen in the possession of the islanders the hilts
of swords, sabres, forks, knives, all of French imams.
facture; all were from the inhabitants of Malicolo
The inhabitants had stated that several years befrre a
large vessel had been wrecked on the Island of thane° f
that the crew had been murdered; at the same time
another large vessel had been wrecked on the Island
of Paiow; that its crew had been well reeeired by
the natives; that what could be saved was landed;
chat with the wreck of the vessel they had formed a raft;
and that the Captain and part of the sailors had gone
on board, promising to return soon for the remaindef.
The Prussian sailor stated, that there still existed at
Paiow two sailors of the vessel that had been wrecked
on that island; that one was a gunsmith, and the other
a carpenter; and it should seem that other seamen of
this crew are dispersed in the different isiainds of the
'Archipeltgo of the New Hebrides. The information of
Captain Dillon seemed so positive, that the Council of
the India Company at Calcutta determined to send into
'this Archipelago the Recherche, which, under the come
mend of that Captain, was to explore the island of Ma.
Heel*, in order 'to collect the unfortunate persons who
had been wrecked. This vessel was to set oat from
Calcutta between the 15th and 20th December. M.
Cordier, the Captain of a vessel at Chandernagore, had
obtained leave for M. Chaigneau, nephew of the late
Mandauix, at Cochin China, to go in the Recherche.
'To these details, published by the Minister of Mit•
rine, we will add the following letter, addressed, with
a deplieate, to the Minister of th it Department :
Copt of a Letter, written, onthe lath November, to the Ad.
mintstrater.Geowas et the French ItarabUsbosesta to tuna, ass
lathe to the Report of Captain P.*
" I have also to give you an 'monist of my proceed.
tugs, with respect to Captain Dillon, whose report you
will have seen in the English Journals. I had requested
M. Elena& to invite him to dinner, and bad tire
pleasure of seeing him on the 10th, in the evening. He
related to us most circumstantially what he had inserted
in the British Papers, and told ys, that in his opini.n,
the two shipwrecked vessels on the islands of Malicolo
could be no other than those of La Peyrouse; that
every thing he had learned from an Indian Chief of
Tocopia, convinced him that the Astrolabe • and
,Boussole had been lost in these latitudes. All' the
French Captains were present, and each asked him
questions.
•• I requested him to lend me the sliver shell of a
;word, which he had brought from that island, and to
send for the Prussian sailor who had given hint this in.
formation. The next day he came to breakfast with u,
lead brought with him the young Prince of New Zee.
laud, and the Prussian sailor. With a microscope we
examined the sword shell, and recognised in it, as did
every one present, the French workmanship. Idi a.
~tioguishad perfectly the letters J. F. G. engraved in the
isierior ; but the P. which was pointed out to me, dkd
sal Moen be be that letter. Boam.dmagist it was *P.
and others could not distinguish that leiter. Above II
a sword, and above the sword is a crown ; but I was
unable to distinguish the fleur de lye; no one
could recognise that mark. Oa the left of the
shell some persons said there was a T. I could
not distinguish it: opinions were again divided. On
the left side these is a figure, but so small, that
few persons with the microscope could distinguish
it. Several Captains observed, that this shell could not
belong to an Officer of the French Navy, since it we
silver, which was not the uniform. I remember very
well to have seen at Brest before the revolution, several
retired Commanders of squad tons,who all carried swords
with silver hilts.

" Captain Dillon brought us the Prussian, of whom I
asked several questions : to all of them he answered
without hesitation, and precisely conformably to the
statements of the English Papers. This sailor had
embaiked with Capt Dillon in 1816, when he visited the
Feejee Islands,with which he wished to communicate the
sent him with a Lascar; they did not return. Capt. D. wits
obliged to continue his voyage, and leave the two sailors.
When he passed again near these islands in 1826 being
off Tuc opiasseveral vessels of the country came alongside;
he relognised mops the natives the Prussian sailor,
who had passed from the Feejee Islands to Tucopia ; he
took him on board, and had a long conversation with
him, which made him suspect that La Peyrouse had
been lost in those latitudes. The Lascar, who alio was
at Tucopia, came on board the next morning, and be it
was who informed Captain D. that there were in a
neighbouring island two Europeans, whom he supposed
to be Frenchmen, of whom one was a gunsmith; that
they were very old, had married in the island, and that
he had told him there were a great many other Euro-
peans in the interior of the island. Both the Lascar
and the sailor had married, and had several wires and
children.

" Captain Dillon resolved to visit the island, in order
to be certain with regard to what the Lascar had said;
but the weather prevented him, and he was forced to
abandon his project and proceed to Bengal. He took
away with him the Prussian sailor, who did not wish
to follow him ; the Lascar escaped; but he sent &native
into the island where the Frenchmen were,lo tell them
they might expect him to revisit them in a short time.
" I asked several questions of the Prussian sailor,
which all seemed to confirm the opinion that the ship,
wrecked persons on that island are Frenchmen; be ar-
sured me that when he arrived at Tueopia he had
seen several sabres and pikes, which he knew to be
French ; that the natives :hewed him silver spoonta
with which they made earrings, rings, &c.—that hp
preserved the shell of the sword as a thing which might
one day serve to discover to what nation the objects
from the neighbouring island belonged. He told me it
was no more than twenty-lons hours' sail to the ether
island; that he had not ventured to go there, because
the vessels in the island were so frail, he was afraid he
should not reach it.
" As in a first interview one cannot ask all the qum-
tions which may teud to give all the necessary informa-
tion, I have just formed several questions in French,
which I shall translate into English, to send to M. 80,
naffe, who will invite the Prussian to his house, and,
through the medium of Captain Trelo, who speaks Eng•
lish perfectly well, I shall obtain answers to my questioaq
" Captain Dillon told me, that the English Govern-
ment had determined to explore those Islands to see