Aug. 31, J 



Enriand increases daily ; so that five nsw hotels, opened 

 [hce the establishment of the Northern Station, are 

 •eireelv sufficient to receive them. In the public walks, 

 ST theatres, the coffee-houses, nothing is heard spoken 

 bat English ; and it is observed that the middling classes 

 of the citizens of Loudon now indulge in those excur- 

 titDS which were formerly reserved for the opulent 

 nembers of the aristocracy. Almost everybody is now 

 able to take the pleasure of a journey of GO, 80, or 100 

 iMgues. A great number of German travellers also pass 

 trough for England, most of whom allow a day or two 

 to visit Brussels. The Batavier steamer has run ashore 

 at the mouth of the Spye on the Dutch coast, where she 

 has been since Tuesday last ; and the Havre steam- 

 packet is also ashore on the Old Maase ; both have dis- 

 cfairged their cargoes into lighters. 



Switzerland. — An article published by the Basle 

 Gazette, of the 19th inst., would indicate that the Valais 

 was on the point of being invaded by volunteers from 

 the neighbouring cantons. *' Enlistments to that effect," 

 it says '• were making on a large scale in the districts of 

 Aigle, and on other different points along the lake. At 

 Ouchy two hogsheads full of ball cartridges were em- 

 barked for Lower Valais, and concealed in a small tower 

 near the lake. Muskets, purchased at St. Etienne, were 

 also forwarded to the same destination. It was reported 

 that the Valais intended to separate from Switzerland 

 and unite with Piedmont." 



Italy. — Letters from Leghorn state that Austria is so 

 well aware of the dangerous position to which the evils 

 of pontifical misgovemment has brought the Papal 

 States, that it has opened negotiations with the Holy 

 6ee, with a view to the secularisation, as far as possible, 

 of that Government. The Court of Rome resists, and 

 will continue to do so, and it is said that the Austrian 

 Government, foreseeing that circumstance, has addressed 

 the French Cabinet, to invite it to join with Austria, 

 Naples, and Tuscany to oblige the Pope to make such 

 reforms as the safety of 'Italy may demand. The King 

 of Sardinia is not included in the negotiation, from which 

 it is supposed that he is opposed to it. Letters from 

 Florence state that the discontent in the Legations, upon 

 which the military commissions and executions appear 

 to have had but little influence, will, it is generally be- 

 lieved, assume a more palpable form, if the affairs before 

 Tangiers confirm the belief entertained in Italy that a 

 war between the great Powers is impending. Many symp- 

 toms indicate the anxiety of the Papal Government, and 

 the precaution it is adopting to meet contingencies. 

 Under any circumstances, if amelioration do not take 

 place in the Papal system of administration ere long, it 

 is believed this winter, but at all events the next, will 

 not pass over without serious troubles in Italy A pecu- 

 liar fever has raged in Florence, but is now happily on 

 the decline ; it is a species of spotted fever, which 

 generally carries off its victims in four or five days. It 

 was known formerly in Italy, but has not made its 

 appearance during a period of 60 years. Towards the 

 «d of the last century it ravaged Bologna, decimating in 

 the space of a few weeks the entire population. It 

 has not been so malignant in its last visitation as on 

 former occasions, and there is no mention of any 

 English or French who have been carried off by it. 

 ine ! youthful Archduke Rainer, third son of the Grand 

 iJuke of Tuscany, died on the 14th inst. at the Villa 

 ^atagiole, at Florence ; and the wife of Prince Prospero 

 feciarra Colonna, born Princess Donna Maria Pignatelli 



h 4^ tC Leone,in Sicil y* has died at Rome suddenly in 

 *r 4-d year. This distinguished lady was one of the 

 celebrated Cortes family, to which Ferdinand Cortes, the 

 conqueror of Mexico, belonged.— It was feared that the 

 recent political events in Italy would have proved an ob- 

 stacle to the meeting of the Italian scientific congress, ap- 



m-TXl be held iQ Milan J bu t the uncertainty which 



existed has been removed by the official announcement of 



I J. re3lde nt, Count Borromeo, just issued, stating the 



eeting to be positively fixed for the 12th of next month. 



CkamK 7 j\ Hl S hness the Duke of Bordeaux (Count de 



after T ), - 1S at Venice - Viscount Chateaubriand, 



then* T 1 " m German y» ™U join his Royal Highness 



inter. ? i man y of the fading Legitimists of France 



Duke -ll°i t0 rCpair t0 pay their court t0 the Royal 

 just an • !?" fr0m Na P les state8 tnat the Kin S has 

 mmn, ° ID .! a commission of seven members to report 



namT r€ !i f Y and scientifi cally on the Isthmus of Pa- 



on thl p \ great P art of the coasts of America bordering 



Doial T- A fdgate is t0 be P laced at their dis - 

 EastlT lt 1S believed that they are to repair to the 



comm ? Snd China t0 seek out means of establishing 

 kin„^.! rCla i ^ eIatio ns between these countries and the 

 ^gdomofthe Two Sicilies. 



■Utc Tfh °f E ;r^ etters from Athens of the 11th inst. 

 ThatM • ™ lniste r of Justice had resigned his office, 

 of thi r 18t j r ' lt a PP ears » n ad written to the commander 

 foul I merie at Patras that he must by fair or 



coureptlu Carry his eIection in that town, and have re- 

 not on -a SW ° rd if necessai 7- That officer, who was 

 bepn ? S ed efficiently zealous by the Cabinet, having 

 mS i.- U i P l r8 , edcd in his command, repaired to Athens, 

 Just III u° re the Kin & the letcer of the Minister of 

 and ..I' - ?! 8 Ma J est y immediately sent for the latter, 

 Mini* , lf he h;ld & iven such instructions. The 



Sire 7/ '^ ed iQ the affirmative, and added, " This, 

 •-■ the system of the Cabinet/' His Majesty, 



reply, said to him—" Do you 

 Portfolio ''» "~™ u fcUC wrJter °f such a letter can hold a 

 siRnatinn' c , result of this incident was the re- 

 to reni»/ tl ? e , Minister, whom the King refused 

 Since th;! ll the meeting of the Legislature. 



18 0CCui rence M. Mavrocordato and "his col- 



THE NEWSPAPER. 



[1844. 



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leagues have resigned, and the King has empowered 

 M. Coletti to form a new Cabinet. The country was 

 tranquil. The Greek Observer of the 10th August pub- 

 lishes a decree proclaiming apolitical amnestv in the fol- 

 lowing terms :— " Otho, by the Grace of God King of 

 Greece.— Upon the proposition of our Council of Minis- 

 ters, we have decided and do ordain: Art 1. We grant 

 an amnesty to those who have taken a part in the insur- 

 rectionary movement which took place in Acarnaniaand 

 in Western Greece during the months of May and June 

 last. 2. Theodore Grivas, Protopapa, Demetrius, Tar- 

 casica, Nicolas I. Sollio, Costulla.Chasapi, Constant Co- 

 locytha, Sp. Macristate, and Costa Capo Georgachi are 

 excepted from the benefit of this decree. 3. We re- 

 serve, should it become necessary, the exercise of our 

 clemency to the persons excepted after their judgment." 



Russia. — The Emperor has announced to his people 

 the lamented death of his daughter in the following 

 manifesto : — " By the inscrutable decrees of God our 

 paternal heart has been visited with a severe affliction. 

 Our dearly beloved, the Grand Duchess Alexandra 

 Nicolajewne, consort of Prince Frederick of Hesse Cassel, 

 after a long and severe illness, was prematurely delivered 

 on the 29th of July (10th August) of a prince, who was 

 baptised by the name of William, and died soon after. 

 Our beloved daughter expired shortly afterwards. With 

 deep sorrow, yet humbly resigned to the mysterious will 

 of Divine Providence, we doubt not that all our faithful 

 subjects, who so lately manifested such cordial partici- 

 pation in our joy on the marriage of our beloved daugh- 

 ter, will now unite with us in feelings of grief, and in 

 prayer to the Almighty for the repose of her pure and 

 gentle soul in the eternal mansions of the virtuous." On 

 the day of the death of the Princess the court went into 

 mourning for several weeks. It appears that after 

 the delivery of the Princess she felt herself relieved, 

 and conversed for a considerable time with her be- 

 loved parents, brother, and sister, and other relatives, 

 who were all assembled round her during the last 

 hours of her life. At four in the afternoon she took 

 an affectionate leave of them all, and fell into a tran- 

 quil sleep, from which she never awoke. She expired at 

 a quarter before five. The body of the Grand Duchess, 

 as well as that of the Prince, were embalmed and buried 

 without pomp in the cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul. 

 The Wurtzberg Gazette says that a courier arrived 

 from St. Petersburg at Berlin on the 19th, bringing dis- 

 patches for the Russian ambassador, to inform him that 

 the Emperor of Russia would soon arrive in Berlin in 

 company with the Empress, and that the Empress would 

 make a" considerable stay at the Court of Prussia. 

 Extremely unfavourable accounts have been received at 

 St. Petersburg respecting the operations in the Caucasus. 

 It is said to be certain that at the end of May and in the 

 beginning of June the Russians lost in the combats with 

 the Circassians nearly 10,000 men, ten important for- 

 tresses, several small forts, a number of cannon, and 

 some very important positions. Besides this many tribes 

 hitherto neuter have joined the mountaineers. It is re- 

 ported that the latter have since obtained further advan- 

 tages. The war department seems to be engaged in 

 preparing measures to repair the losses that have been 

 sustained. There is said to be no doubt that the Empe- 

 ror will go to the Caucasus. 



Turkey; and Syria. — Letters from Constantinople 

 of the 7th inst. state that the intelligence from Alexandria 

 had produced a lively sensation in the Turkish capital. 

 The Ministers immediately met in council at the country 

 seat of the Grand Vizier, and the result of their delibera- 

 tion was, that Masloum Bey, the Minister of Justice and 

 Charge d'Affaires of Mehemet Ali, should repair forth- 

 with to Alexandria to inquire into the real situation of 

 affairs. Masloum Bey accordingly embarked on the 7th 

 in the French steamer to fulfil that important mission. 

 The last packet from Salonica conveyed to Constanti- 

 nople 227 other Albanian prisoners, among whom were 

 several chiefs, who were thrown into prison to await their 

 trial before the Superior Council of Justice. Sir S. Can- 

 ning has obtained satisfaction for the insult offered by a 

 Russian pilot to the British flag, and the pilot 

 is to be punished in an exemplary manner. — Let- 

 ters from Jerusalem of the 18th uit. state that a con- 

 siderable sensation still existed there amongst the 

 French and other Christian population, on account of the 

 murder of the French Consul's servant. It was even 

 said that the Consul was so alarmed at the appearance 

 of affairs, that he would write to his Government to 

 supply him with means of protection for the French now 

 in his neighbourhood. The Ottoman fleet, with the ex- 

 ception of two ships of the line stationed at Tripoli, was 

 still lying at anchor in the roads of Beyrout on the 25th 

 u lt. A Frankfort journal contains a letter from Bel- 

 grade, Aug. 5, which states that the ex-Consul of England 

 at Novi-Bazar, Prince de Vasovitch, has been massacred 

 by the Turks at about two leagues distance from the 

 Servian frontier of the Mokaragora road. A Christian 

 who accompanied him succeeded in escaping to the qua- 

 rantine establishment of that town. The family of the 

 unfortunate gentleman thus killed has inhabited Bel- 

 grade for several years, and is much respected. 



Egypt.— We learn by the Levant mail that Mehemet 

 Ali has relinquished his announced retirement to Mecca, 

 that he continues to administer the affairs of Egypt, ana 

 was on his return to Alexandria. Among the numerous 

 accounts of this extraordinary proceed...-, the following 

 summary from the private correspondence of the Morn- 

 inn Post is both the clearest and most connected narra- 

 tive. It appears that about the middle of last month the 

 Viceroy had been extremely ill from W^ 

 recovery was very slow. Suddenly, on the 2oth ult., 



from some cause which even now is not positively 

 known, the Pacha got into a fit of silent rage, went off to 

 a kiosk in the neighbourhood of Alexandria, and the fol- 

 lowing day, after having refused to see any one, pro- 

 ceeded to Cairo, declaring his intention of performing a 

 pilgrimage to Mecca. He was only accompanied by a 

 Bey, and his physician and apothecary, having positively 

 refused to see Ibrahim Pacha or any one, either of his 

 family or the Ministers. This sudden departure of the 

 Viceroy was attributed by some to madness, and by otheri 

 to the discovery of a plot against his life ; in short, 

 all kinds of reports were in circulation, while no 

 one knew which to give credit to. The Foreign Consuls- 

 General met in consultation, and, in consequence of the 

 reported abdication of the Viceroy, they drew up and 

 presented a requisition to his Highness, requesting to be 

 informed if such was the case, and, if so, to know to 

 whom they were to address themselves in his absence, 

 and by whom the government waa to be carried on. For 

 answer, they were told to address themselves to whom- 

 soever they pleased ; that he (the Viceroy) was tired of 

 everybody, and that, as everybody was tired of him, they 

 had better separate ; and, for his part, he intended 

 going on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Upon this, the diplo- 

 matic corps addressed themselves to Ibrahim Pacha, to 

 know whether he intended assuming the reins of govern- 

 ment, but he declined entering into the matter at all, 

 saying, that as long as his father lived he would not in- 

 terfere in the affairs of government. The Viceroy thuf 

 left the Consuls-General to write to their respective 

 Governments whatever version of the affair best pleated 

 them, and on his arrival at Cairo, he shut himself up, 

 still refusing to see any one, but giving orders that a 

 good Turkish physician should be found, to accompany 

 him to Mecca, and he also caused a large sura of money 

 to be sent on to Suez to defray the expenses of the jour- 

 ney. Day after day passed on in this »tate f of affairs, 

 reports of all kinds floating about, particularly one to the 

 effect that the Viceroy insisted upon the existence of 

 some great plot against him, and demanding the delivery 

 up to him of the traitor and the miser, when they should 

 themselves name their punishment. By degrees, how- 

 ever, matters began to smooth down ; no doubt change of 

 air and quiet improved the Viceroy's health, and he re- 

 ceived his younger children, Said Pacha, who accom- 

 panied them, and one or two other Pachas. After this, 

 Artin Bey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 

 addressed a circular to the diplomatic corps, in which he 

 notified that the Viceroy's health was restored ; that he 

 did not contemplate retiiing from Egypt, and felt quite 

 capable of continuing the direction of public affairs. It 

 was also announced that the Viceroy would almost im- 

 mediately return to Alexandria. It is added that while 

 some have attributed the Viceroy's conduct to mad- 

 ness, others consider him quite in his senses, and 

 that this ebullition was caused by his being made sud- 

 denly acquainted with the bad state of the finance depart- 

 ment, and the general mal-administration of the affairs 

 of the revenue ; things which, however, he must have 

 been fully aware of twenty years ago. Another prevalent 

 report is, that it was all a cunning ruse of the Viceroy's 

 to enable him to take advantage of the general fright, 

 and to cut down all the emoluments of the employees, 

 from first to last, by which reduction in salaries he 

 would save a million of dollars annually. Perhaps the 

 most probable cause of all that has taken place is, that 

 his Highness was really labouring under delirium, 

 brought on by previous illness and great weakness, sub- 

 sequent use of quack medicines, &£, and that when he 

 went off to Cairo, and for some subsequent days, he 

 scarcely knew what he was about ; that when he par- 

 tially recovered, through rest and change of air, he saw 

 the folly of his proceedings, and now wishes to com- 

 pletely mystify the whole affair, in order to throw people 

 on the wrong scent and regain his former influence. 

 Much apprehension was felt at Alexandria that the 

 inundation of the Nile during this year would not be 

 sufficient to produce good crops. No case of plague had 

 been reported for some days. The Geyser was waiting 

 at Alexandria to convey Lord Ellenborough to Mar- 

 seilles. His Lordship was expected to arrive at Alexan- 

 dria in a few days. 



United States.— By the arrival of the Royal Mail 

 steam-ship Caledonia at Liverpool on Thursday night, 

 advices have been received from New lork to the 15th 

 inst., Boston 16th, and Halifax 18th. The papers by 

 this arrival appear to be exceedingly barren ; in f»r* 

 there mav be said to be no news except commercial, and 

 even that presents no feature of interest, trom Canada 

 we have nothing definite as to the formation of an admi- 

 nistration, and there are all sorts of accounts daily sent 

 forth by the press of both parties, but private letters 

 state that nothing whatever has been arranged. It was 

 generally expected at Montreal that a ministry would be 

 formed by the middle of next month, and that the Cana- 

 dian Parliament will assemble early in October. It was 

 understood that if this be not so, the house would be 

 dissolved, and a new election take place. 



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