1823.] 
commanders; of thé iufamous name. of 
Manso, fron seeking to betray his divi- 
sion; yet the traitor had difficulty to es- 
cape with only a few of his officers. 
In the meantime the brave governors 
of the: fortified places defend them 
against every attempt; and the French, 
im four months, have not obtained the 
surrender of a singie garrison. ’Eyen 
Corunna, an unfortified place, bas resist- 
ed a large force for nearly a month, and 
occasioned an immense loss among the 
French banditti and their Spanish adhe- 
rents. Sir Robert Wilsonand Quiroga 
haying organized the defence of the place, 
left it, the one for Vigo, since found un- 
fenable, and the other for Cadiz, where 
he proeeeded by way of England. 
As there can -be no doubt that the 
French armies have been greatly thinned 
during their four months’ hard service, 
and as France is appeased by the indus. 
trious cireuJation of pending’ negocia- 
tions, which are held out as grounds of 
hope, so we continue to flatter ourselves 
that liberty in Spain may triumph, cither 
through the retreat of the French, or by a 
negociation in which the original objects 
of the invasion will be abandoned... The 
Duc d’ Angouleme, or rather his councils, 
for he ig amere man of straw, are at issue 
with their violent Spanish friends, and 
their power ofindulging their vengeance 
has been pointedly restraincd. By 
withdrawing from them, the French 
doubtless hope to conciliate the opposite 
party, and it is understood that this true 
- Boarbon is now before Cadiz making 
overtures to the Patriot Government. 
Before our next publication, we hopo 
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that an accommodation will be cflected, 
or that, the French and the Spanish 
traitors will, be in full retreat, towards 
the Pyrenees. s : 
Unfortunately most of the accounts of 
the war have been propagated through 
the corrupted and over-awed journals of 
_France ; so that in the‘difficulty of ‘dis- 
tinguishing truth from falsehood, we are 
unable to ‘draw ‘correct conclusions. 
Even the information in the English yo- 
yernment journals is little to be relied 
ou, While the same man is our ambassa- 
dor.to the Spanish.government who filled 
a ‘similar situation at the court. of 
Naples in 1821. 
GREECK. 
Every account represents the Greeks 
as victorious in their reacontres with the 
Turks. The latter have been once niore 
overthrown at Thermopyle, and all 
Thessaly is said to be in possession of 
the Greeks. ‘Terrible fires too haye been 
lighted at Constantinople, and parts, of 
the nayal arsenals destroyed, The 
Greeks scem also to. be able to send ¢x- 
peditions to Candia and Asia Minor; 
and, if the latest. accounts are to be cre- 
dited, the Turkish fleet has been en- 
tirely destroyed.. Of the independatice - 
of Greece litile dcaubtean be entertained; 
but these brave people have now more to 
fear from the overwhelming eagles of 
Siberia and Austria thau from the Otto- 
mau crescent. ‘Yo arrive at the key to 
thehorrors which distinguish these wars, 
we call tho attention of our readers to 
theBloody Journal of the ordinary,prac- 
tice of Russian or Christian warfare when 
Mabomedans are the objects. 
INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, ayn DEATHS, 1s ano yeak LONDON; 
With Biographical Memoirs of distinguished Characters veeently deceased. 
——_— 
CURONOLOGY OF THE MONTH. 
ULY 29,.—Intelligence received that 
the Steam-packet, Lusitania, a’ fine 
vessel of §0-horse- power, which plied 
between London and Lisbon, struck on a 
rock off Evigeva, on the 11thinst. There 
were 200 passengers on-board, 50 perished 
from haying imprudently left the vessel 
too soon, 
—.—The magnificent temple of St. 
Panl’s, at Rome, was destroyed by fire on 
the 15th July, owing to some sparks from 
a chafing dish of coals used by plumbers, 
falling on the timbers of the roof. 
Aug. 5.—A melancholy accident hap- 
pened at Bilhingsgate, in consequence of 
its being the first day of the oyeter- 
season. Among the great number of 
persons éager to purchase, 17 were, owing 
to a plank giving way, precipitated into 
the river, 12 of whom were picked up, 
but the other five were drowned. 
7.—An extensive burglary was com- 
‘mitted in Lambeth palace: the burglars 
remain undetected. 
The house of the Rev, Mr. Ouslow, of 
Newington, entered by false keys, and 
robbed to a-considerable extent. _ 
8.—A highly respectable company 
assembled at the City of London Tavern, 
to resume the discussion on the resolutions 
proposed by Mr. Owen on the 5th,” Mr. 
©. now submitted other resolutions, re- 
commending an application to Govern- 
mevit 
