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The attention of his Majesty's Government, and especi- ally of that branch of it to which the care of the Navy more particularly belongs, has of late been seriously turned to the means of supplying our sailors with the best and most wholesome kind of provisions. Many complaints had hitherto been made of the adulteration of flour by the contractors who furnished the important article of biscuits, and they were really of so inferior a quality, that seamen had conceived a natural prejudice against them and would scarcely use them. Measures have been adopted to remove the cause of complaint effectually. The making of biscuits is no longer to be entrusted to contractors the Victualling Board have recently constructed a very powerful corn mill at Deptford, and another is now erecting at the Victualling establishment at Weevil, for the purpose of grinding all the flour consumed by the Navy. Neither is this all, but the biscuits are to be kneaded and made upon a new plan, also under the direction of the Victualling Board. We stated a few days ago that we had received, as specimens, two loaves made by machinery, which surpassed in quality those kneaded according to the ancient method. The biscuits are also to be made without hand labour. A very ingeni- ous process has been adopted for manufacturing them by the mechanical power of steam, and its success has on trial proved complete. It is the invention, we understand, of Mr. Grant, of his Majesty's Victualling Department at Wevil, and works in the following mariner :—-The flour in the first instance, is intimately mixed and kneaded by a machine; it is then rolled out by another to the requisite thickness, and each separate biscuit is cut and marked at once with the King's Arms by a stamp, in the same manner as sovereigns are struck at the Mint. Nothing then remains but the baking process, which is performed in the usual manner. The biscuits manufactured according to this me- thod have been carefully tasted by the first naval authori- ties, and it has been found that they were greatly superior in quality to those made by the old process. They break like short bread, instead of being sharp and hard, as those in use hitherto. Thus considerable hand labour is not only saved, but an article is produced far better in every particu lar than the former one, and calculated to prove much more agreeable and nourishing. This is not, we are happy to understand, the only plan which is to be adopted to improve the food and comforts of that most important class of men, the naval defenders of our country.—Courier. The Rev. E. Valpy, B. D. Master of the Free Grammar School Norwich, has resigned that situation, which he has held since the year 1811. N e mentioned a few days ago, that there was some pros- pect of the long talked of monument to the memory of the Duke of York being at length likely to be taken in hand. There is another monument, the idea of which is even of longer standing than his Royal Highness's, and for which the means have long ago been accumulated—we mean that voted by the members of the Pitt Club to the memory of that great statesman. We understand that, twelve months ago, Mr. Gibb, of Aberdeen, offered to excavate a column of Aberdeen granite, in one solid stone, of 110 ft. in height, for the sum of £2000. If this be the case, we cannot con- ceive why there was any hesitation in accepting the offer.— Caledonian Mercury. A female pedestrian on Wednesday se'nnight undertook to walk 69, mites in 24 hours, on half a mile of the Gay- wood road from Lynn, and she accomplished the Amazo- nian task. Between two and three o'clock on Thursday morning the dwelling-house of Mr. James Watkins, Hart Farm, Little Bushy, Herts, was broken into by a gang of thieves, and £331. in notes and cash, besides wearing apparel and other property, stolen therefrom: the notes were principally of the Aylesbury bank and the Bank of England. The noise made by the thieves aroused some of the inmates, who pro- ceeded down stairs, but riot in time to save the property. The thieves, finding they had been overheard, one of them discharged a brace of pistols towards the stairs, and one of the balls lodged in the wainscot, but fortunately no person was injured. -The entrance had been effected by removing a quantity of the brickwork in the rear of the premises. A JILTED I.OVER.-At one of the churches in the city of Worcester, on Sunday, after the bans of matrimony be- tween two persons had been published a third time, a young man rose, and, with "ashy cheek and quivering lip," said, I forbid the bans." He was in consequence directed to attend in the vestry after the service. He accordingly at- tended at the time and place appointed, and stated that his reason for forbidding the bans was, that the lady, who was a widow, had three months before engaged to marry him It was explained to him that, in the eye of the Law Eccle- siastical, the reason stated was no cause or just impedi- ment," but that the Common Law would afford him its benign assistance 'in punishing the "viduate dame," who seems to have forgotten the salutary advice of the old song, Better be off with the old love before you are on with the new." SCOTCH SoBRiETy.—As usual on Monday, nearly the whole of the cases in the Police Court to-day consisted of drunkenness and consequent disorder. One fellow required to save his life the. stomach-pump and medical attendance from ten o'clock on Saturday night till half-past one on the Sunday morning. On coming to himself, he admitted he had drunk three half mutchkins, and made the same ac- knowledgment to the Bench. He was fined in a guinea, and thirteen shillings as the doctor's bill, with the alterna- tive of going to gaol. A group of eight were in a little time arranged at the bar, one of whom, a baker, made rather a sorry figure, from having, with the addition of a black eye, got his head shaved on the preceding morning. He was described by the superintendent as having been brought in in a state of temporary insanity, and exceedingly outrage- ous. The whole were fined in half a guinea each, and the baker in the barber's expences besides. One of the con- stables, who has been m office for upwards of twenty years, observed he had never seen the drunken ward of the esta- blishment in a worse state; and that upwards of fifteen were lying topsy-turvy in the guard-room, presenting a most disgusting exhibition. The magistrate suggested that the constables be enjoined to inquire by what publicans the drunkards are supplied, in order to have their conduct in- vestigated .— Glasgow Chronicle. The Glasgow Herald says :—" It was lately suggested by a contemporary that drunkards should have their lie ads sha- ved in the Police Office, in order, if possible, to terrify them into sort of decent sobriety; and we understand that it was at once determined to try this new panacea. On Saturday night, therefore, an incorrigible toper, in a state of stupor, under- went the first trial of the new regimen, and nothing in this World could possibly exceed his astonishment and horror when he put his hand on his head in the morning." If this account be true, there is no doubt that the infliction of the punishment is quite illegal; and that the person who was so disfigured can sue for exemplary damages. The punish- ments that can be legally awarded for offences are clearly specified in the statutes: nothing is left to the arbitrary discretion or caprice of police officers. If such were the uncertainty of the law, offenders might as well be branded tatooed, or painted, as whim might dictate. In all likeli- hood, the punishment in question, so far from reforming the drunkard, will, by means of the ample damages which he is sure to recover, enable him to be drunk all the remainder of his life.-— Glasgow Citron. From. the Record .-W e were disposed to consider the exportation of gold, which was taking place some time since to a large extent, as the result not of the depreciation I i Clirrency t'ie country, but the effect of a consider- able demand for the precious metals to form the sinews of war in Eastern Europe, and of the prompt payments for the large importations of foreign grain, which the necessities of the country suddenly required. Happily the gold is now pouring again into the country, to the entire dissipation of all the alarms which its export occasioned. As soon as the two obvious causes calling for the export of gold ceased to operate, or nearly so; it flowed back again, as had been pre- dicted. The withdrawment of the small notes must have quickened the teturri of the gold; and may we not hope, that returning in large quantities, it may not stop in the cof- fers of the Bank of England, but healthfully and benefici- ally be made to circulate through the whole country, satu- rating it with an abundant currency of the purest and best description. It is gratifying to learn that symptoms, faint though they may be, of returning prosperity, are beginning to manifest themselves in London, Liverpool, and other places. The demand for goods is becoming more steady; in the important article of cotton, even an improvement of price has taken place. An impression is circulating, that the lowest point of depression has been reached, and a slight degree of speculation is in consequence beginning to appear. We think a fair prospect is presented of a gradual, but perhaps not uninterrupted, improvement. With refer- ence to the extensive failures which have recentlv taken place, especially in the wool trade, it is so far consolatory to know, that they are not the consequence of recent losses, but the manifestation of a state of unsoundness of long ex- istence. The longer they had been concealed, the more ruinous the final and inevitaLie consummation; so that the chief subject of regret JSj not that they occurred now, or were not not deferred to a J -ter period, but that they did not take place several years ago. The present pure cur- rency of the country, if maintained, will prove the strongest preventive which nature affords against the recurrence of such events. We cannot be too thankful to Almighty God for the gathering in of an abundant harvest in the most im- portant districts of the country, with which event the com- fort and prosperity of the community are so inseparably united. The new buildings in the Strand are on a novel plan' and will prove of great security to the premises in case of fire. Instead of strong wooden brestsummers, which gene- rally supported the whole from of houses, the new system is to have strong cast iron ones, with supporters of the same material. The iron brestsumrner is also covered with York- shire paving-stone, two inches thick, so that it will be impos- sible for fire to destroy the front, or the dry rot to sap the foundation. On Saturday the Warrior, a beautiful vessel of 600 tons, left St. Katherine's Dock, and sailed for the new settlement on the Swan River, with passengers, stock, agricultural im- plements, &c. The Protector, another fine vessel, left the dock the day before for the same destination and so great y I is the desire of change amongst the industrious part of the 1 y community, that not less than twenty vessels are preparing for the same destination; and amongst the emigrants are several agriculturists of considerable capital. Mr. Guruey, the inventor of the steam-carriage, some years since resided at Wadebridge, in this county (Corn- wall), where he practised as a surgeon; he was highly re- spected by all who knew him, and on his leaving that place, p I t, to follow the bent of his genius as an engineer, in the me- tropolis, he was joined by his two brothers, one of whom resided in Bristol, and the other in France. In conjunction with them he has since pursued his discoveries, which bid fair to be of such Vast importance to the world, and which will, in all probability, transmit his name to posterity with those of Arkwright, Wat?, &c. The family residence of Mr. Gurney is at Trevorgus, in the parish of St. Merryn, near Padstow.— West Briton. We are extremely happy to say that the demand for al- most all the most important articles in this neighbourhood has improved within the last few days; and though no ma- terial advance of price has taken place, yet, as the improve- ment here is simultaneous, with a corresponding improve- ment in London, in Liverpool, and iti Yorkshire, we trust that the point of extreme depression has at length been passed, and that we may expect a gradual but continued improvement in all the leading branches of commerce and manufactures.—Manchester Mercury- Business is undoubtedly reviving. The last accounts from India announce a considerable advance in the value of yarn and muslins; and there have, in consequence of these agreeable tidings, been extensive purchases of lappets and other fine goods. The works of Henry Monteith and Co. at Barrowfield, which for a considerable time past were but partially employed, are now, we are happy to learn, in full and active operation. We learn also that the printing works at Campsie have not been for a long time so fully employed as at present. The imnrovement, we trust, will be great enough to give full work to the Weavers.—Glasgow Chronicle. Ö In the War Office, the Secretary at War has accepted the voluntary retirement of ten clerks of the establishment, upon a suitable compensation, according to age and services, and it is expected that their vacancies will not be filled up, by which means a saving of the public money will be effected. It is said that fourteen more of the clerks had no objection to retire upon similar considerations. An order has just been issued from the Treasury to the boards of some de- partments, to suspend for the present all vacancies in the public offices. The measure is owing to the number of persons unemployed by the reduction of the Irish and Scotch boards of the revenue, as some of those clerks, the most eligible, are to be appointed to vacancies as they may occur, in any branch of the civil service of Government.-Age. Afire broke out on Saturday evening, about seven o'clock, in the extensive wine and spirit cellars of Aid. Christopher Smith, Queen-street, Cheapside, which, from the nature of the stock, and the dense volley of smoke and flame with which the whole was enveloped, threatened not only the destruction of the extensive premises, but those contiguous. The engineeer of Queerihithe was instantly on the spot with his engine, and he having taken the precaution of closing the doors and all apertures, immediately laid on the water, and introducing the hose through a hole made in the cellardoor, succeeded in keeping the fire under until the arrival of St. Mary Aldermary engine, when, by the united exertions of the men, the flames in about half an hour were got under. Considerable damage was done to the valuable stock of wines, &c. The fire is supposed to have oi-iginatedl in a spark from a candle having dropped on some straw, which becoming ignited, set fire to a very large vat filled with spi- rits, and had vent been given to the smoke and flame before the engine was ready, the consequence would, no doubt, have proved exceedingly destructive. | iVlr. Allen, a Second Master of the Sybille, has lost both his legs, by the accidental discharge of some musketry which was lying on the deck of the tender in which he was serving, and which was got ready in consequence of the tender being in chase of a strange vessel. One seaman was also killed, and two others wounded slightly, from the same accident. On Friday evening a sumptuous dinner was given by the principal shipowners of the port of London to Thos. Ward, Esq. one of the Sheriffs, on his entering upon the duties of that office. The Lord Mayor in the chair. THE GovEXT GARDEN THEATRE FUND, —The total amount of the fund raised by loans and gifts for this theatre to open for the present season now amounts to nearly the required sum of £ 6000, in which is included £ 700 received at the King's Theatre on Friday night, and a loan of £ 1000 from the Duke of Bedford; The loans amount to about £ 2200Morning Paper. The splendid liveries worn by the box-keepers of Drury- lane Theatre were provided by Mr. Charles Wright, of the Haymarket, who is now. box-book-keeper of Drury-lane Theatre, vice Mr. Spring retired. The livery consists of a scarlet round-fronted coat, edged with white, and trimmed with broad gold lace; a waistcoat of the same kind and colour, and silk plush green, smallclothes. It was Mr. Wright's wish to have the royal livery, Drury-lane being, styled the King's Theatre, the performers "his Majesty's servants." With this vi6W application was made to the Master of the Robes, who, it is said, mentioned the matter to the King. His Majesty, not wishing to sanction any thing that would look like a preference to one house over the other, suggested that it should be turned up with white instead of blue; and as soon as a -dress was completed, it was sent to Windsor, The dresses (eleven in number) cost Mr. Wright upwards of £ 100.-—Observer. Sir Hudson Lowe, late Governor of St. Helena, who has been for some time in bad health, is said to have died at Aix la Chapelle, on Tuesday last. Sir Fras. Burdett has given £100 to the Spanish refugee soldiers lately cast upon our shores from Portugal. Lord Coneurry has offered a premium of f50 for the finest piece of raven grey cloth, manufactured in Ireland.- Dublin Paper. PROVIDENTIAL PRESERVATION.—On Monday afternoon, in High-street, a fine girl, about five years of age, had a most miraculous escape with her life. Some noise and bustle had got up in the close where the girl resided, when (her mother being absent) she ran to the window, and having lost her balance, fell out, but laid hold of a rope which was placed across it for the purpose of drying clothes. Here she hung for half a minute, to the infinite terror of one or two individuals who witnessed her awful situation; but before it was possible they could render any assistance, the child had fallen to the ground from a height of four stories. When the people who had witnessed the accident ran to lift her up, as they expected a mangled corpse, what was their astonishment and gratitude, when the child, in a hale voice, called, Oh, mither, dinna be angry, for I'm no hurt!" which proved to be the case, as they found that not a bone in her body had been broken. She is now doing' well.- Glasgow Free Press. SWINDLING.—The following notes have been received by two tradesmen in Oxford; they are written by the same person of whom complaint was made a few days ago at Marlborough-street, though under different signatures and dates. Hundred-house, near Worcester, Sept. 23, 1829. "SIR,-Please send me patterns of your best Brussels carpet- ing, and two good hearth rugs, by first coach. Your's respectfully, GEOHGE VVILLOUGHBY. Mr. Cook, upholsterer, High-street, Oxford." Bromyard, Herefordshire, Sept. 24, 1829. SIR,-Please to send me patterns of the best Brussels car- peting, for dining and drawing-rooms, and staircase. Your's respectfully, GEORGE BATHURST. Mr. Dick, upholsterer, High-street, Oxford." NEWS FOR EMIGRANTS.—In the last American papers, which have been received from Quebec, there appears a no- tice which may be interesting to emigrants to Upper and Lower Canada. The notice is from his Majesty's resident agent for the superintendance of settlers and emigrants, and stating that 1000 labourers are wanted at the King's Work 11 Ricleuse Canal, and that the contractors are in want of ma- sons, miners, and stone-cutters.—Dublin Morn. Register. A public trial is about to be made of a horse carriage constructed by Mr. Brandreth, the barrister. The horse does not draw the carriage in the ordinary manner, but is placed inside, and impels it by walking forwards, somewhat in the same manner in which the wheel of a tread-mill is set in motion. This kind of power has been used, instead of steam, to turn the paddles of a boat, but has never before been applied to a land carriage. CITY OF LONDON PROPERTY .-The property of the Cor- poration is improving rapidly in price, as the streets in the city gradually widen: that about Fleet-market has had a rise beyond all expectation. About three weeks ago Mr. Adamson, the auctioneer, sold by public auction a piece of freehold ground at the corner of Stonecutter-street and Fleet Market, which the Corporation had purchased when the new market was projected. It consisted of seventeen feet up Stonecutter-street and thirty-eight feet along the line of the old market, and it was knocked down to Mr. Elmes, the surveyor to the port of London, at £ 1330 •. five years ago it would not have produced than £ 300. It is re- ported in the city, that the London Improvement Commit- tee and the Port of London Committee are to be abandoned this year, the one having accomplished the structure of Fleet Market, and the other having completed the arrangement for the new bye-laws of the port, which have given great satisfaction. The improvements which have been contem- plated round St. Paul's, and respecting which several con- ferences were held with the late Earl of Liverpool, are, it is confidently reported, to be commenced at a very early period they are upon the most magnificent plan. Alder- man Wood and another of the corporation, forming a depu- tation, had impressed the Minister with the idea of the urgent necessity of commercing operations about St. Paul's, on the ground that the retail trade in the ornamental line was abandoning the city, in consequence of the narrowness of the approaches. It has been suggested to the Corpora- tion, to order a survey of the city to be made, and to have marked out all the improvements deemed necessary, to be proceeded with progressively, as the money might fall in. If this plan should be pursued, it is calculated the city would soon compete with Westminster and Marylebone in the fashionable retail business. As soon as London Bridge shall have been completed, it is said that those improve- ments will be immediately commenced; and it is also said, that the trifling duty on coals will be continued ad infinitum, for-the purpose of defraying the expences. The projected improvements round St. Paul's will, it is estimated by the Port of London Surveyor, cause an expence of £280,000, of which £80,000 will be for ever sunk, but the remainder will be recovered by reletting the ground. The defective intercourse between the west and east ends of the town will, by this plan, which it is supposed must be adopted, be ef- fectually remedied.

FRIDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE, OCTOBER 2. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. William John Cooling, Bidborough-street, Judd-street, riiaster mariner. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Lyon Michellion, Union-place, Kent-road, merchant. John and William Layton Sammons, Nottingham, lace manu- facturers. BANKRUPTS. William Kew, New Palace-yard, commission agent. James Francis Drury, Islington, musical bell founder. James Meredith, Burlington-arcade, hosier. Samuel Hews, Hendon, Middlesex, wine merchant. Joseph William Snell, Nassau-place, Commercial-road, boot and shoe maker. William Hughes and William Paris, Newbury, Berks, linen drapet-s. 1 William Joseph Curtis, New-street, Dockhcad, Soutliwark, engineer. James Joseph Smith, Liverpool, broker. Robert Cheesment, Bishop Wearmouth, Durham, wine mer- chant. George Trew, Bath, hosier. Courtenay Murray, Bath, lrardwareman. William Watson-Chandler, Norwich, grocer.

..1for£ ign. By dispatches from Sir Robert Gordon, dated from Constantinople, the 10th of September, we learn that the Porte had agreed to all the terms proposed by The Russians, and it was expected that the Treaty of Peace would be signed on the 12th. The Turkish capital was perfectly quiet, and the people seemed greatlv pleased at the certainty that peace would be concluded. GREEK VASES.-—The following is an extract of a letter of a distinguished Antiquary from Naples We have had in the Roman states a most extraordinary discovery of the Necropolis ofVulci,or Vulcia,in which alreadyno fewer than 2000 vases, of the best workmanship and preservation, have been found. One-third of these vases are inscribed—all, however, with Greek characters, Greek personages, and by Greek artists, who are often named, svrch as Andocides, Sosthenes, Phitias, .F.schylus, Megacles, Glaucon, and Phid-ipos—all of whom either egraphe or epoiesen some of the paintings. Tnese discoveries will be continued in the winter. About 400 plates, not unlike modern plates in shape, but in red terra cotta, with black figures, have also been found, which I imagine served for the funeral feast, probably only corn and raisins. The price of Greek vases is expected to fall in consequence; but at present they sell as well as ever. The collection here, which was the best in the world, is, of coi I course, much diminished in value." THE BRAVE AND GOOD SOLDIER.—A French soldier has just died at Versailles; he was not a superior officer, but -1 1 1 we have had Generals, whose obituaries have offered less interest than that of the good and brave Denel, the old drum-major of the foot grenadiers of the Old Guard, and latterly of the first regiment of infantry of the Royal Guard. The histoiy of the services of this old soldier is that of the French army since the beginning of the Revo- lution. He was in the campaign of the Sombre and Meuse, in Italy, in Egypt, on the coasts of the Ocean, at Austerlitz, at Jena, at Wagram, at Moscow, at Lutzen, at Dresden, at Leipsic, at Montmirail, Brienne, Arcis sur Aube, and, lastly, at Waterloo. Denel was often wounded, always among the foremost to dare the fire of artillery and mus- quetry, and setting an example of the most intrepid bravery. His conduct in the Royal Guards, as well as his former services, entitled him always to the esteem of his officers, and the friendship of his comrades. To the courage of the soldier he joined the virtues of the private man; he was of rare integrity, obliging and generous he gave assistance to his family out of his small pay and the income of the Cross of Honour, of which he was one of the veterans. The en- tire regiment spontaneously followed the coffin of the brave and good soldier, as his comrades called him. Their dis- course, accompanied with tears, had an ingenuous simpli- city, equally comic and touching. A multitude of acts of valour and humanity was related of him; never was a finer, and, above all, a truer funeral oration pronounced. The non-commissioned officers of the garrison of Versailles had resolved to pay the expences of the funeral, but Colonel Dalmivare undertook the charge of rendering the last ho- nours to him whom the whole regiment called "our friend.' The address of the Colonel made a deep impression on the soldiers, who were happy in hearing their chief render a sort of homage to the fine character of Denel, as a model of bravery and modesty. Every one was pleased to see the old army honoured by young France in the person of one of her oldest soldiers. The following communication from an officer of the British squadron gives an account of the taking of the strong fortress of Schumla by storm after an obstinate resistance by the Turks:—■ Off Tarapia, in the Bosphorus, Aug. 28. "t Authentic accounts have just reached us, stating that Schumla, the strong and almost impregnable fortress commanding the pas- sage over the Balkan, has at length fallen into the hands of the Russians. We have not, as yet, heard the particulars of the battle; but I apprehend that the slaughter on both sides must have been truly dreadful, particularly amongst the Turks, who appear to have defended that important fortress with the greatest obstinacy, under the direction of the Grand Vizief. Schumla was carried by assault, and the Vizier, the hope of the Turkish army, with all his Staff, is now a prisoner in the hands of the Russians, and thus Russia is now in possession of a garrison which may be considered as the master-key that opens the door, or high road to the destruction of the Turkish dominions in Eu- rope, should she but be inclined to follow up the splendid suc- cesses which have hitherto attended her arms. The vanguard of the Russian army advanced upon Adrianople, and summoned it to surrender. This city, the most regular and beautiful in ail the Turkish empire, was defended by Omar Pasha, who at the head of 25,000 men, marched out to give the bold invaders battle but such is the broken spirit of the Turkish soldiers, that, they no sooner received the first fire of their powerful foe, than they thew down their arms and fled precipitately in every direction. The Grand Seigaor can make no stand whatever against the Russians he cannot now out of his hundreds of thousands of fighting men, collect more round his person than from 18 to 20,000 men. In consequence of this the invaders are advancing with confidence, and have pushed on two heavy columns, one to seize the castles on the European side of the Hellespont, and the other to seize those upon the same side of the Bosphorus. The advanced guard of the Cossacks are within 20 miles of this place; the first column has reached, by forced marches, the Castle of Gallipoli, on the Marmora side of the Hellespont or Dardanelles. To this place we have sent the riflemen, in company with a. Turkish steamer, who has Commissioners on board for the purpose of offering terms of peace to Russia and we have also despatched the Hind cutter to Sir Pultney Malcolm, who is now lying off Tenedos. Thus we have no other European companion in the Bosphorus now but the French frigate J'lhmide. General Diebitsch, the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian invading army, is now within 20 hours' march of Constantinople. The Ambassadors of all the European Powers at this place have sent a deputation to him, calling upon him to halt, and strongly protesting against Ins approaching any nearer to Constantinople, under the certain pain 01 incurring the displeasure of all the Courts of Europe. In consequence of this it is expected that the Russians will not enter the city, and hence that an immediate peace will be the concluding scene. The Sultan must yield to the terras which ivussra proposes, and which, indeed, are no more than the fulfil- ment ot the I reaty of Akerman, viz., the free occupation of the provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia, and the free navigation of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles. It is thought that the Russians will now insist, particularly after having had such a series of splendid successes, on the right of their ships of war passing the Dardanelles, and of thus opening an unqualified communication between the seas of the Euxine and the Mediterranean. c PARIS, OCT. 3.—The newspapers of Paris have lately made a great deal of clamour as to an alleged system of smuggling, which is said to have been long in activity under the address of the English Ambassador. M. David, the head of the cujtorn-house department, Imxd, howeve" ju&t published IcttAr, intimating- that it was the Ambassador himself, Lord Stuart de Rothesay, who first denounced the offence, leaving it to the proper officers to proceed against the offenders according to law. The authorities have de- termined on sending back the goods to England, but that resolution has given great offence to the conductors of the liberal press. M. Rae Wilson, the celebrated traveller, has been some time in Paris on his way, to Scotland. Among other inte- resting documents discovered by him in his travels in Rus- sia, there is said to be an original correspondence between Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth of England, and the King of France. These papers are said to have been preserved, with many others, by the Russian Ambassador at Paris at the time of the revolution. The whole banks of the Seine, from Rouen to-Quillebeuf, continue under water. The country is in consequence afflicted with fever, and more than three-fourths of the har- vest is lost: in the south of France the injury has not been so great. In many places the vintage will be plentiful, but not of good quality. Accounts from Paris state, that two sons of the late Mar- shal Ney, and one of the sons of Lafitte, the banker, have entered the Austrian service, in the regiment formerly under the command of the young Napoleon. Letters from Lisbon state, that that capital has the ap- pearance of a conquered city; the troops are still in the casernes; the military police has been doubled, and the Miguellite volunteers of the Duke de Cadaval are on duty night and day: no person can leave his house after nine o'clock at night. Accounts from Porto Cabello state, that a Colombian ship of war, of 64 guns, was soon to be sent to Spain on some mission of the government. Accounts from the Ilavannah of the 22d August state, two more failures had taken place there, one for 94,000 and the other for 75,000 dollars this makes the number from forty to fifty who have stopped payment within six weeks. The Boston Courier says, that the importation of seven millions of dollars worth of silks, paying a duty of 20 per cent. is a beautiful. commentary upon the downfall of all the American trade, and the shackles upon their commerce. ST. PEXERSBUBGH, SEPT. 23.—His Majesty has ordered that one of the keys of Adrianople shall be deposited in the church of St. Alexander Newski. It was accordingly de- livered, on the day before the festival of St. Alexander, to the Metropolitan of St. Peiersburgh, who on the day of the festival went in procession to the church of the monastery, and deposited the key with the relics of the Saint. A French lady having lost a favourite dog has inserted m one of the Paris journals an advertisement in the follow- ing tender Poor Favori is neither very young nor very handsome, but very good and very affectionate. The advertiser loved him much, and much regrets him. Let the person who has taken or found Favori despair of gaining his attachment. No; he will cry, he will groan, he will lose his appetite; lie will never forget his former mis- tress and on any one being hard-hearted enough to detain him, if there remain to this unhappy little animal fifteen or twenty days of life it is the utmost. Letters from Terceira state that the two days after the at- tack made by Don Miguel's squadron, which was so gal- lantly and succesfully resisted by the garrisson, a Gravesend boat had arrived from England with £ 20,000 in specie for the use of the troops.