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neal. Volo. This attempt was unsuccess-
full, and the Turks lost some of their
small vessels. 1t appears that the Otto
man Admiral is in the greatest perplexi-
ty relative to the ultimate result of the
Eexpidition, the crews of his ships being
composed of unskiItuI sailors, who are
thrown into alarm at the sight Of Greek
fire-ships."
A letter from Alexandria Says" The
corps of Egyptian troops, consisting Of
5000 strong, which Ibrahim is to com
mand, are encamped at few leagues
from Cairo, and nothing indicates that an
embarlatlon is thought Of lbrahim is
with his father at country seat near
Cairo. 1t is rumoured that Tartan is
Expected from Constantinople with the
Grand Seignor's answer to various de-
mands addressed to his Highness, such
as the cession Of the Isle of Gambia and
the ancient kingdom of Cyprus to the
Vice-royalty ofEgypt. We are assured
that unless this proposition be complied
with, the Viceroy viii remain neuter in
the war between the Greeks and the
Turks ..
Another letter from Alexandria, dated
18th May, says ;--"The preparations
for the grand expedition against the
Greeks are suspended, or rather have
not commenced. The rumor that Me-
hemet Ali was going to send out $4,000
men was never founded in truth, for
with his weak squadron il wouldbe i'm
possible to transpor, so large force
from the coast of Africa TO the Pelopon-
nessus. There are besides two other
reasons for preventing the expedition
the first is the incursion among the
Wechabites, and the other the raging of
the plague of Cairo. The number that
die daily OF The plague is said to be $50.
The partisans of the Porte pretend that
the expedition is rot abandoned, but the
forces to be sent out they have reduced
from $4,000 to 5000.
August II,
Paris papers to the l4th July, inclu-
slye, have been received at New York,
by the packet ship Don Quixotte.
The French Ambassador, Guelleminot
arrived at Constantinople on the 1Ith of
June.
Great silence prevails Gays the Paris
Monlteur) in respect to the operations
OF the Ottoman forces both by land and
sea, from which circumstance it is gen
orally concluded That their affairs are in
a bad state in the Peloponessus, OF that,
at least, nothing has been done TO adj
vantage. The Divan, it is believed, is
occupied in considering the project of
evacuating the Provinces, and it was af-
tlrmed that an order to that effect would
be Immediately issued.
A letter from Corfu, dated the 18th
June, states that the Turks have been
completely defeated by the Greeks in
the environs of Thermopyle.
The ENJOYS from the republic of Hay
ii had arrived at Hayre, and were to
proceed Immediately to Paris, where
they were to enter into negotiations
with the French Government.
Madrid, June 29.-lt is said that the
king is more determined than ever not
to recognize the independence Of any of
his American possessions.
a chain of convicts set out to day for
The gAlleys. Among them are youths
only Is years old A number of these
unfortunate persons, who have commit
ted no other crime than expressing
themselves in favor Of The Constitution,
are COMPOUNDED with thieves and MUIR
Iderers, and most ofthem have not even
been tried
August 18.
| LATE NEWS FROM PERU.
! We were yesterday favored with a
Panama Gazette of the Sd June, which
contains an official account of the fol-
lowing important occurrence:
T. General OIaneta, with a large divis-
ion oftroops in Upper Peru, after hav-
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