Star.
London, England, 1827-08-27 00:00:00

HAMBURGH PAPERS.

ST. PETERSBURG% Ave. S.
By a Resolution of the Council of the Empire, of the
23d Juue, it is ordered, that all marriages contracted
by persons professing the Greek religion according to
the ancient form (Bostolnicks), shall henceforth be ex-
amined, not by the Ecclesiastical, but by the Civil
Authorities.

The Princess Lobanow•Aostnwsky, who possessed so
►ery large a property, has declared herself insolvent.
The bankruptcy is said to be for seven millions of
roubles. The Government is repotted to lose very con-
siderably by it. A Special Commission has been ap-
pointed, with his Majesty's consent, to regulate the
financial affairs of the Princess, who means to cede all
her property to her creditors. and afterwards to go to
Switzerland.

A long Ordinance has been issued for the purpose of
obviating the delays and misunderstanding which fre-
quently occur to travellers arriving at Cronstad:, for
want of knowledge of the language and regulations.
Ammar 10.—A very extraordinary curiosity, viz. a
lump of solid Platina, above 10Ibs. weight, has been
found in the mine of Nishneilagilsk, in the Ural belong-
ing to Privy Counsellor Demedon. This specimen is
roundish ; the soperficies granular, like coarse pundsline,
here and there polished with a metallic lustre. The
specific gravity, rather above 16, shews that the sub-
stances usually mixed with Platina are found in the
piece. It is remarkable that the specimen was found
in digging clay for a rile-kiln.
CHRISTIANIA, Jticr 13.
On the the 9th of this month, the Storthing held its!
last sitting previous to its dissolution, which, according
to news brought by a courier on the same day, was to
take place to-day. The subjects on which it was lat-
terly engaged, were unimportant. This forenoon. in
'conformity with a rescript of his M•jecty, dated the 7th
instant, the Governor of the Kingdom declared the sth
Ordinary Storthing of Norway to be closed.

.i3IIRLIN iiro IA

Duke Charles of Mecklenburg, and the English Ma-
jor-General Belson, have arrived here from Strelitz:
and the Duke of Brunswick Oels from D.iberan.
♦IENNA, Aim 13.
A letter from Jassy of the 3d August, which we have
just received, gives the folio. ing parttculats;—
*. On the Ist, towards the evening the wind abated,
and thus, thank Heaven! the remaining part of the city
WAS saved from the fury of the flames. What I stated
in my letter of the Ist proves, on further inquiry, to be
but too true, and the number, both of the buildings
consumed and of the persons who perished in the flames,
is still greater. Every hour more dead bodies are dog
out of the ruins. The damage is far more considerable
than that which this unfortunate city sustained by the
fire in 1821. At that time the greater part of the in-
habitants were absent in consequence of the disturban-
ces in the principalities, the houses and shops were near-
ly empty ; and, besides, the handsomest and most po-
pulous part of the city escaped, which has now been
destroyed. Almost all the well-stocked warehouses,
the principal palaces, and the finest churches, are con-
sumed. It is a sight appalling beyond all description
—a tract of half a league in extent is covered with im-
mense, still smoking heaps of ruins, and the streets and
squates are strewed with.the corpses of the many per-
sons who have perished, and of the burnt domestic ani-
mals, which in this hot season infect the air. These
horrors are increased by bands of prowling wretches,
who have already attempted to set fire to the town in
several places, and the safety of the remaining pact of
the e ty is owing only to the patrols that have been or•
ganized during the last three days, in which the subjects
iif Austria have particularly distinguished themselves.
The Prince has removed with his family to the house
of Dionetraki Ghyka, which has escaped the general
destruction:'

ZANTE, km' 12.
The 5,000 or 4 000 Ar.bi sent by Ibrahim PAcha,
in May, to AstA, to receive a great number of horses,
'arrived on the sth or June, at the C4ith of Itamelia,

with 3,000 horses. On the 6th, Ibrahim went to the
Caith of the Mores to direct the conveyance of the
horses over the Gulp)), which was effected in great or-
der. On the 14th of June, he sent Achmet Pacha with
the abovementioned Egyptian troops. and three thou-
sand Albanians, to Tripolizzr, with two thousand
horses taken with provisions. On the 18th, he returned
to Pow, where the troops employed against Castel
Torne,e (which capitol tied on the 17th of May) also
arrived on the same day. Achmet Pacha likewise re•
turned to Patras on the 25th June. Provisions were
continually sent to Tripolizza without any opposition
from the Gret ks. Cala write, Vostizz t, and the neigh-
bluring places, have suhmitte,l to give hostages to Ibra-
him. On the fame clay, 2,000 loot and .500 horse
marched -to Vostizzr, and were followed by Ibiahirn
on the 29th Junes he their wenfto Colavrita, and then,as
some affirm, to the Convent of Mega Spilscon, 4 leagues
to the north of that town, the largest sad richest Con-
vent in Greece; while others say, he took the way to
Tripolizza. The division of the fleet under Taber
Pacha, arrived at Patens on the 4th of June. from Na-
waren ; only seven of the hips anchored that day. The
remainder.:2l in number, inclsading the Admiral's ship,
remained cruising till the 16th of June,-between Chia-
renza and Cape Ducalo, when they also anchored at
Patras. On the 23J the division sailed back to Nava.
vin, returned to Faros on the .sth of July, and on the
10th of July sailed again to Navarin.—(Awarian Ob-
server, Aug. 14.)