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France ; an act of indulgence which was fortunate for the 
French officers, as duelling is a with death or the 
galleys in the Neapolitan dom 
G 
REECE.—Letters from Athena” mention that on th 
the mone The Bishop 
of Athe ronoun ced the benediction on the stone; and 
eas r Bury a d i e€ open “ 
priate addres he Observatory is to be erected at the 
Consul-General in 
i e Gree 
Vien nd is to be Furished with instruments made by 
ot celebrated optician Plo: 
ices recived by way of own tryna 
caine the rumour of last week, that the Russi 
has sustained severe Hecate in te ia, and ei reports 
of a reat vic tory gained by the 
& 
with some ordonnanc Overnment, and 
with their whole ee seems to ray induced them to 
new emigra 
see oe ana A.—Letters just Je esaeg by the 
nt mail represent ae affairs of the Ottoman empire 
ssu seriou ae Complications and 
embarassments ~ various kinds menace the Porte on 
every side. r with Persia is reported to have been <4 
clared, or to ie on the eve of declaration : the Schah i 
te 
e 5th h of Octo- 
ey, 
case he is likely 
_ ae and Bagdad—w 
mo 
e 
be 
ee 
S 
inst 
ie 
mers had c 
understanding with the Porte to Fatt the Bucharest dis. 
pu 
tes. Princ as to be secured from personal 
responsibility.—Accounts from Moldavia state that the 
plan of a rai Idavia from north to 
south, so termi ould at the 
is cru 
¥PT.—Thea Pgh of the India cooled from Cale 
at Suez, on the 25th ul , after making the passage foes 
ad ae Pilot to Suez in in 46 davi;ot wiich she + waa 9 
is 
po communication may be  SAASATOLS cy with ‘cling ate oo 
the most tintaVoueibie Seance of the S 
contend the mon rapa eon, aa was cals 37 days = 
slow tbe of the Nil ss | 
Fear entertained of a deficient inandelive. 
Ther eis still rae ~~ of the fleet going out under the 
command of Said Pacha. 
-—The Berenice, tai the Bombay mail of the 
18th of June, arrived at Suez n the 18th ult. Her mail 
e <P at 3 a.m., N 
state as at the date of our last advices ; 
h 
a report w 
urrent that Lord Ell i 
have arisen from some misapprehensio 
ese of saa Pollock at J ellalabad. 
becom more tyrannical than and 
iaatled as i 
attend him in these The mission of Ca 
Mackenzie to Jellalabad, to treat for the liberation of a 
prisoners, had proved ineffect tual 
up that Akhbar Khan 
eB of the Indus, 
of Gen. Pale’ ‘ope to the corn of the Khyber 
he ‘* Delhi Gazette,’ of the 
were attributed to incendiaries, and large ards were 
off A small shige’ the Kate, laden 
wi r Aden, also caught fire, but by great care its 
destruction was prevented. The new oe fig of Be Bom- 
Majesty of one of 
ted among them. The cholera had woataactiy abated 
in its are 
Cuina, erland mail brings news reer China, 
but aa iy Ft oy than that last e 
new conflicts had ta 
Ningpo, in pot Dap of the Chin 
to obstruct’ the supply of ee A ne" 
see-k e, about 
Ningpo, the Brit 
Chief resold to dislodge them. 
as lan 
3100 m don the 15th of March at 
pla inn aes hinese encampment, to the west of 
Ts » where the enemy, amounting to about 6,000, 
was found posted in rather a stron position 
walls of the tow soon ed, without any opposi- 
tion, but considerable resistance was ma the camp. 
Thi istance was strengthened by the nature of the 
gro r 
near the city of Sena 
ou, whence * ir oe Gough exp 
his intention oy expel the caoteay that the 
Mandarins, at the head o f 30, 000'm ae ‘had contemplated 
an attack on sinagat - their views were anticipated by 
neral, who in return was m 
he last the attempts 
in their country, for 
which purpose they had even gS to build a steamer, 
“7 strongly fortified th the banks 
day cap- 
tured 100 offenders, of whom 44 were at once pitated 
in Canton. An umour stated that the Mandarins 
in other provinces were much alarmed lést the war should 
heir districts, a had therefore induced the 
Commissioner 
cu e garrison. T extend to t 
idea of the British retiring from before the Affghans, has | Celestial Government to an Im 
excited the indignati many, who did not hesitate tg | with an offer of 40,000,000 dollars as compensation for the 
declare that such a retreat would hecome the signal for expenses of the British expediti he Srvebaaied 
umerous revolts of t ahomedans in the provinces of | opium, all which, together with full possession of Hong- 
the interior, and that it would serve hereafter as an encou- | kong, th Emp as said to i to grant as 
ragement to the Affghans themselves to make an invasion | the price peace, reinforcem: 
f this country. Judging from al s, it would | continued to arrive, and, as the A cargo for operations was 
appear Lord Ellenborough had not made up his mi approaching, it was expected tha the decisive measures 
n 
divisions simul y—viz., from Je - 
dahar, in thefirst week of June, when the harvest oun 
Cabul ¢ ripe and provisions plentiful. In addition 
to these statements, Gen. Sale, who in October last 
dl boeecwe? ay from Cabul by: Se bad, had declared that 
if Gen ck would 
peror to 
pee: ne tok assent to the 
which would be speedily adopted sta oblige the. En- 
propose terms for a lasting peace. 
Saturday.—Lord SHarrespury sat as Speaker, in 
of the Lorp CuanceLior.—The Comm to 
Law gon atin 
Amendment Bill, the Preparation - 
cheioar’ Tis Bi Bill, the of Testimony Bill, the Eccle- 
or — Rtg re 2 the Dean Forest Bill, the 
e 
t Bill, the 
ons and four guns, he would march from Jellalabad ble a = Occasion pine i Fen 
back to Cabul. The spirited conduc sania am Controvertt spice Trade pweniion Treaties ill, and several 
redeemed the te enn of the B others of private or local interest. Several bills were then ad- 
e troops am 
an journals continue to publish etal 
of the enfortanite otuset ta Jan said 
o show the incapacity 
Bill 
ilitary quantity of bonded corn to be taken 
Earl of Ripon moved the hot ae ecuae 
. The object of the bill was to allow a certain 
iB toubilege whic ina eroane into 
be returned into 
in merous ) ‘orn IPON, in reply, said 
The fate of the prisoners co og. to be an ob beige : neat mow : 
ject of th most themselves at Hamburgh, the United States, and 
that are in the keeping of the high priest of Ca- which, by the operation of this bill, would be enabled ee 
bul, and that Col. Palmer, with sev officers, bene —- ly athome. It appear ape bes ae —_ 5 che 
rem custody at Ghuznee. The Governor-General remedy a grea’ prconvenience ee, 3 
fi d ae a ws poli 
was at Allaha + where he patos. to assemble an army | fe coma ee mits Sup 
of observation, and to raise new regiments. His | ‘The Farl DEEN laid on the table copies of treaties re- 
Sagem is to come in September, it is said, to Agra. ve to the suppression of the slave trade; also a bill for sus- 
In Indi 2 traing tality y prevail an. 7 cami had begun, an Act now in force for suppressing the 
and the nite. The of the country w 
. ying nw us prs. 
sels in the river, with est 
roduce do 
loss of human life. The loss of boats with pro 
the river be enormous, and of 
articularly sugar, saltpetre, rice, 
jraaihat two ships have been destro 
last _fortnight,—the Vansittart, formerly 
Company’s China ships, and the Cons 
on the eve of siting fo r China with 
loss of property amounts to abore 
related to Portuguese vessels; which was 
me. 
Lord a in the absence of the Earl of Devon, moved 
the third reading of the Mines and ina Bill.—_The 
LonponpErry opposed the third readi He said it w 
show the haste with which it was Fido f he cited the 
enabling a Gov inspector to and 
