1807.] 
present that empire in a complete state 
of anarchy. No vestige of regular go- 
vernment remains in that unhappy 
country. The Janissaries call arbitrarily 
upon the Treasurer for sums of money; 
they dismiss the ministers, reeall the 
public agents in the provinces, murder 
them, appoint others, and, in short, 
have laid aside the new emperor, whose 
authority has, to all intents and pur- 
poses, devolved upon a private of their 
corps, who calls himself Mustapha 
Cavac, from the name of the castle, 
near which the revolution broke out. 
TURKEY. 
The Moniteur of the 17th of Septem- 
ber, contains the treaty for an armistice 
between Russia and the Ottoman Porte, 
goncluded under the mediation of 
France, and signed by the respective 
negociators on the 24th of August, at 
the Castle of Slobisia. The first ar- 
ticle stipulates for the immediate cessa- 
tion of hostilities. According to the 
second, Russia and the Porte, imme- 
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diately after the signing of the armistice, 
are to send envoys to negociate a treaty 
of peace as soon as possible; and in 
case this should not take place, hostili- 
ties are not to be resumed before the 
2ist of March, 1808. The third arti- 
cle stipulates for the evacuation of 
Wallachia and Moldavia by the Russian 
and Turkish troops, The fourth artie 
cle relates to the evacuation of the 
island of Tenedos, and all other places 
in the Archipelago, in possession of the 
Russians. The Russian ships of war 
are to return to their own ports, and 
leave the Dardanelles, and the mouth 
of the Swune, entirely free and open, 
By the sixth article, all the prisoners 
of war, and the slaves of both sexes, are 
to be given up without ransom, the Mts- 
sulmen only accepted who may choose 
to become Christians; the same is to 
be understood of the Russians, who 
may have become Mahometans. The 
ratifications were to be exchanged im 
the course of a week. 
INCIDENTS, MARRIAGES, awn DEATHS, ry anp near LONDON, 
With Biographical Memoirs of difiinguifhed Characters recently deceajed. 
"THE new additional building at the south 
end of the Court of Justice in the Old 
Bailey, will be attended with considerable 
sonvenience. Hithertu witnesses and others 
have been compelled to wait in the Old Press 
Vard till called upon. The new building 
contains on the basement ftory a large con- 
venient hall for this purpose, the ceiling of 
which is supported by two rows of fluted 
Doric pillars, and which will be the chief 
entrance in future. A separate entrance i 
provided for the judges, for whose conve- 
nience, above the new hall, there are seve- 
ral apartments, lighted from the top. There 
is also a new chamber for containing the 
records of this court, built in a subftantial 
manner, and secure from fire. 
The gentlemen engaged in forming the 
benevolent institution, The Female Peni- 
tentiary, have taken a commodious house in 
Pentonville, which is peculiarly calculated 
for the purposes of that charity. 
The establishment of a new Dock-yard and 
_ depot for the Royal Navy, which has long 
been in contemplation, is now about to be 
realised. Government, it is said, are at pre- 
Sent negociating with Mr. Wadman, for the 
purchase of his estate at Northfleet, as that 
Spot is found to afford the most favourable 
facilities for the excavation of docks, and the 
most commanding grounds for erecting bat- 
teries for their protection; while the depth 
of water in the river at that place, will pre- 
yent the inconveniences that are experienced 
from the want cf it at Woolwich and Dept- 
ford, 
A dreadful accident happened at Sadler’s 
Wells Theatre, on Thursday evening, the 
15th of October, immediately preceding the 
curtain being let down to prepare for the water 
scene inthe Ocean Fiend. A quarrel took 
place in the pit, and some people cried out, 
“ A ficht!” which was mistaken for a cry of 
“¢ Fire! Tt was a benefit night, and the 
house was crowded 5 every part instantly be- 
came a scene of terror and confusion; the 
people in the gallery, pit, and boxes, eagerly 
pressed forward to the doors, for the purpose 
of getting out, but were not able to accome 
plish their intentions in time to answer their 
impatience. The pressure was dreadful; and 
those. next to the avenues were thrown down 
and run over by those immediately behind, 
without distinction of age or sex. Of those 
guite in the rear, some became desperate, 
and threw themselves from the gallery into 
the pit, and from the boxes upon the stage. 
At the outside of the theatre the scene was 
not less dreadful; at every door and avenue 
might be seen people dragged out, whose 
strength was exhausted, only just being able 
to gain the passage, or being forced forward 
by the crowd, but unable to escape by them- 
selyes. Sixteen hundred persons were in the 
house, and we lament to say that eighteen 
were trodden to death, The managers of the 
theatre, and the performers, were eager to 
assure the audience that the alarm was en- 
