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t Saturday to Monday s Posts. LONDON, FEB. 28. TTIIi foreign news since our last is not of a very important kind. As far as the Elec- tions had gone in France, a majority oi the Deputies returned were Ministerialists. The French ptptrs announce the death of Eugene Beauharnois, Viceroy of Italy under Buonaparte. He resided at Munich, having been married to a daughter of the Ku>g of Bavaria. Letters from Cadiz say, that two Spanish mer- chant vessels have just been taken, but i{ is not known by what nation. The cause of the aggression by the Algerines is said to be, that after a war between the two powers.Cliarles III, agreed to pay to the Dey an annual tribute. Since 1808, no payment has been made, and the Dey, taking advantage of the weakness of Spain, or moved by other reasons, claims the arrears. The Govern- ment is certainly uneasy, and orders have been given to put the coasts in a state of defence; re- sources and money are wauling, but boats are being armed, and artillery is placed on some points An order has been issued for the French Guards to remain with his Catholic Majesty. It is said that a treaty between France and Spain is on the point of being signed. A fetter from Tunis, dated Feb. 2, posted at Lloyd's to-day, say, that on the day preceding a fioe Spanish brig came into those roads, a prize to the Aigerine squadron she was taken off Cape Spartell, with two other brigs, which were sent into Algiers. Dutch papers to the 25th arrived last night. They bring intelligence from Odessa to the begin- ning of the present month, stating that Lord Strangford had received instructions from England to continue the negociations for arranging the dif- ferences between Russia and the Pofte.—The con- ferences which were to take place at St. Petersburgh in the subject of Greece with the British Minister, 3ir C. Bagot, had been postponed. The Sultan seems firmly resolved to double the efforts for a new campaign against the Insurgents. The fleet i* fitting out, and it is said that 80 ortas of the Janissaries are to march to the Morea. They, however, refuse to leave the capital, unless the standard of Mahomet is raised, and the Graud Vizier marches at their head. The accounts of successes of the Greeks must be received with caution: the Turks remain in possession of several fortresses which were stated to have fallen into the hands of the Greeks some time back. Letters from Constantinople by way of Odessa, state, that the Reis Effendi is dangerously ill. The Sultan has ordered his chief physician, on pain of his displeasure (that is to say 011 pain of death) to cure the Minister without delay. The physician is in great consternation. We understand that it is the intention of Government to send out another expedition to attack Algiers, should the Dey persist in vinU,;ns the treaty which he made with Lord Exmouth, by which he agreed to abolish Christian Slavery for ever. The early revolutionary movements in Mexico led to many wanton massacres, which were by no means confined to Spanish commanders. Several Mexicans at that time wielded the sword of ven geance against their countrymen, and vied with each other in rendering themselves worthy of the confidence of ti.eir employers, by restoring to acts of the most disgraceful cruelty. One of these wretches, who afterwards had even the presump- tion to aspire to a throne in the very country he had so much outraged, writing from Salvatierra, to his commander-in-chief, General Cruz, under date of the 17th of April, 1812, gives him an account of a victory he had just gained over the Inde- pendents, and boastingly adds, "that he had sanctified Good Friday by sending on that day 300 of his excommunicated prisoners to the deep abyss below." How different was the conduct of another Mexican, General Bravo, a distinguished patriotic chief, in an action about the a.a[ne time; he took 300 royalist prisoners, just at the moment that he received information that a dearly-beloved father had been shot by the enemy. Some of those about him observed that this would be a fair op- portunity to avenge the loss of a parent, and obtain ajnst retaliation for the massacre above alluded to. 4i No," said General Bravo, the shade of my virtuous fathercan never be satisfied by so inhuman an act; his murder and that of the others require -of n:e acts of charity, nobleness, and generosity." He instantly ordered the 3UO royalists to be released, .and sent home. Parliament will be adjourned on the 15th till the 28th o( April for the Easter recess. Ministers have made such progress with what is termed the public business—the Estimates and the Annual Bills, all of them being now before the Hollse-that it is calcu-latedin the Government offices that the pre. sent Session will not iast beyond June, abuut one month earlier than usual. The following is stated as the British navalfofce at present in the Mediterranean :—The Revenge, 78 guns; the Rochefort,80 the Sybille, 48 Cam- brian, 48; Naiad, 46; Euryalus, 42; Hind, 20; Rose, 18; Weasel, 10; Alacrity, 10; aiid Adventure, 6; the total being fourteen vessels of war.—In addition to these, his Majesty's ship Jasper sailed from Portsmouth on Monday for Tutiis. It is calculated that at this time, forty millions And upwards in stock and money, besides real pro- perty to a greater amount, in which persons of all classes, from the highest t.) the lowest, have more or less art interest, are now undenhE: contralll of the Courtor Chancery. There exist 397causes unheard, and 115 appeals from the decision of inferior Courts of Equity to the Lord Chancellor, exclusive of the general business of the Court, and the causes and other proceedings before the Master of the Rolls. A new Bill relative to the management of Gaols has been brought forward by Mr. Peel. The fol- lowing is the clause respecting compulsory labour before trial:—And whereas doubts have arisen, whether by the said recited act prisoners before trial can be compelled against their will to labour on the tread-mill, and it is expedient to remove such doubts be it further enacted and declared, that it is not and shall not tie lawful to compel •ny unified prisoner to such labour agsiust his will." D A Bill is now in progress in the House of Com- mons to build docks for the accommodation 6f the Baltic trade between the l'ovver and the London Docks. The estimated expence is 970,0001., of which 880,0001. has been subscribed. The Bill has excited considerable alarm in the City, and theCornmon Council have passed a vote to oppose the Bill. We can state upon unquestionable authority, and weare the first to make the communication, that it is the intent-ion forthwith to repeal the whole of the Union duties.— Dublin Evening Mail. A loan for the service of the Greeks, amounting to 800,0001., has been contracted for upon the Stock Exchange, and now bears a premiuiil of 3 per cent. It is said, that Lord Byron has sob) an estate in England to assist the Greeks, and that themuney is to be lodged in a London banker's hands tor their use, and which 15to be pail off by the pro- posed Greek loan. The estate alluded to ninst be the extensive and valuable manor of Rochdale, which report says he had sold to a gentleman ot llochdale, at a very low price (supposed to be 34,0001 ), but with whom he has been in a course of litigation for a considerable period of time, relative to the rights of Coal Mines, &c. on this estate. The Lords of the Privy Council of Trade have granted permission for vessels trading between Great Britain and Ireland to be placed on the footing of coasters. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty have been pleased to promote Captain James Ryder Burton to the rank of Post Captain, in con- sequence of his gallant conduct on the 31st ult. in capturing by boarding, the Aigerine corvette Tri- poly, in Algiers Bay. Two bomb vessels are ordered for commission. This indicates an attack on Algiers. The Windsor Castle, Capt. Dashwood (with a broad pendant), is it is said, to go on that service. The rate of insurance on vessels in the Mediter- ranean trade has experienced ano'her advance at Lloyd's, five to six guineas having been given. It is not more than four days since the price w,is 45s. to 60s. The general opinion, however, is that very little loss wiil be sustained, by our commerce before the arrival of the squadron there to protect it, There was a meeting of the wool trade on Thurs- day, Mr Maitland in the Chair, when a resolution was passed, declaring its opinion that the followiug mode of reducing the tax on the importation of foreign wool, on taking it from the bond ware- houses, will be attended with the least individual inconvenience, and will be most generally advan- tageous: viz.—To reduce the tax from Gel. to 4 I. per lh. on the 5th Jnly; from 4d. to 2d. on the 5th of October; from 2d to Id. on 'die 5th January.— The Chairman was directed to write letters to the Chairmen of the different manufacturing districts, requesting their cunrurrence in the (node of re- ducing the tax, or their reasons for preferring any other day. a tie marquis or iitchfield lies dangerously ill at his father's the Duke of Portland's, in St. James's- square. Little hopes are entertained of his recovery. Mr. Fane, son of the late Member, was on Wednesday elected Representative of the county of Oxford, without opposition, and was chaired in the evening. The shareholders of Covent Garden Theatre having carried their disputes to the Court of Chan- cery, and obstinately refused the Lord Chancellor's advice to come to all amicable arrangement among themselves, he has appointed a Receiver to the Theatre. The Officer of Hussars, who was lately sent to Coventry by his brother-officers, for drinking a. glass of porter after his cheese, has, we are happy to state, been restored to the harmony ot his mess. The celebrated Dr. Eady was brought before a London Jury last week in an action for debt, con- tracted several years since whilst carrying on the business of a. linen-draper At St. Ives, Huntingdon- shire. Themnnificient sum of 71001. has been raised among the Society of Friends in this country towards relieving the distresses of the suffering Greek popu- lation. 11 Mr. Jervis, the Barrister, has been appointed a Welsh Judge in the room ot Mr. Serjeant Marshall, deceased. NEW MODE OF MANUFACTURING AND PURIFYING INFLAMAHLE GAS.—A Patent has just been granted to Mr. Simeon Broadmeadow, Civil Engineer, for this valllable and truly important discovery, which supersedes the necessity of the retorts, mouth pieces, hydraulic mains, purifyers, and other expensive articles and erections hitherto used The simplicity of the apparatus rentiers the dis- covery interesting lo every scientific man; whilst the advantages derived from it i" other respects, are such as will, on inspection, sufficiently prove its general utility. On this plan, the Gas is generated in a common brick oven, and conveyed through the condenser into the gas-hutder in its impure'state, where, by the introduction of atmos- pheric air, it is rendered perfectly pure, and not to lie excelled in qualify. The coke thus manufactured is of the best quality, and calculated to cover the expence ot the coal and labour. The Works at Abergavenny are now open to inspection. CAMBRIDGE, FEB. 27.-ClassicIIl Tripos.—In pursuance of a regulation of the Senate, a voluntary classical exami- nation of those commencing Bachelors of Arts, who obtained mathematical' honours, took place hist week; and the Ex- aminers have determined the classes in the junuwing order of merit First Class -Ds. Malkin, Bnrham, and Gurney Trinity; Baines, Christ Church Tennant and Remington, Trinity Gedge, Catherine College. Second Class —Ds. Foster, Trinity; Dmiderdale,St. John's; -Irloll" SI'llley ('Ollege' Greaves, Corpus Christi; -Furlong, Sidney College, Thud Class.—Ds. Smith, Trinity; Fearon, Emmanuel; Crawley. Magdalsn, sec).; Edwards, Trinity, aeq.; Lutwidge, SI. John's; VVedg',olld. Christ Church College. Chdrles Robert Prinsep, E-q. of St. John s College, was on Wednesday last admitted Doctor in Civil Law. Mr. James Packe, of King's College, was yesterday ad- mitted Fellow of that Society. OXFORD. FEB. SB.4—Thursday. Feb. 26, in Convocation. the Rev. R. S. Stevens, M. A. Senior Fellow of Wadl.am College, was elected and presClltec1 to the Vicarage of South-Petherwyn and Irewen, in the county of Cornwall, in the room of Dr. Shaw, deceased, and in the patronage of this University. Oi: Thursday last, the Charles Saunders Skellou Dupuis was elected Fellow of Pembroke College.

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