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r Saturday to Monday's Posts. LONDON, MAY 23. THE Foreign arrivals since our last comprise the Paris journals to Thursday inclusive, and Ger- man papers to ihe date of the 16th inst. The former state that the Russian Generat-in-Ch'ef, Count Deihiisch has resigned the command of the army on account of ill health and that a new levy of recruits is to be made through the Russian Empire, in the pro- portion of 88 to 500 souls, which, it is said, will increase the army in the field by one hundred thousand men. A report prevailed at Odessa that Erzeroum had been takenhy the Russians, but there is strong reason to doubt the authenticity of the statement. The auxiliary force which the Pacha of Egypt is to send to the Turkish army in Asia, was to commence its march from Cairo about the middle- of April. It is to consist of twelve thousand irtfautry and one thousand cavalry. The Tuiks appear to be deriving important supplies through the instrumentality of Austria. The Emperor of Russia WAS expected to issue ah important declara- tion previously to the active opening ol the campaign. Tne accounts from Germany mention that the crops of grain were expected to be very abundant, and some of the advices state that the produce will be twice as great as it was last year. The speculations in grain had in consequence fallen off, but the demand for the English market nevertheless was considerable. Letters received at Toulon from Patras and other parts oi Greece, assert that Missolonghi had been again taken by the Greeks; also, that Greek troops had ob- tained possession of the Castle of Romelia, and had invested by sea and land the fortress of Leparito. Ad- mirat Miauiis is said to be engaged in bombarding the latter place with the frigate Hellas, and a brig of war. The President of Greece, M: Capo d'lstria, has pro- ceeded to Navarino, where he ts stated to have had a conference with Marshal Maison and Rear-Admind llosamel. The state of Greek affiiirs is represented in these accounts As most prosperous, and hopes are held out fit a speedy capture of all iheTurkisn fortresses on the Greek Continent. The private letters from Paris state that money was very abundant in that capital, and that the greatest difficulty was experienced to find employment for it, the current rate of interest not exceeding three per cent. As in London, very large sums were lying idle in the hands of the bankers, the proprietors of which were in. dulging the hope that something would arise in politics, either from the affairs of the East of Europe or of Por- tugal, to afford them an opportunity of buying stock on lower terms. This is precisely the state of things here. By the Lisbon mail, bringing papers to the 10th inst. we learn that in April last tweuty-three Constitution- alists, who had taken part in the insurrection at Oporto last year were tried and condemned. Twelve of them were hanged on the 7th, and their heads exposed on the gallows. The remaining eleven were ordered to be banished. The population of Oporto were in a state Of the greatest alarm at this last act of the tyrant, Miguel, put into execution on the very day when the decree 01 the Minister of Justice, promising a milder system, ar- rived.—The want of money by the Government has reached to such a height, that application has been -Ctade to the bank, and there has been a seizure made on 20,000l. of the money belonging to the public de- posit, which resembles the account standing in the name of the Accountant-General in the Bank of Eng- land.—The expedition to Terceirasailedon the 6ttt instant. The trade of Gibraltar has been lately much harassed by the Guards Costas of Spain the port is now actually blockaded by these vessels, the captains of which, un- der the pretence of preventing smuggling, overhaul and detain ships under English or any other colours, and frequently, it is alleged, detain the ships for (lays and weeks without any reasonabls cause. It has now arrived at such a height that it will no doubt attract the attention of this Government. We understand that one instance of this harassing interference has lately happened,A Tuscan ship, bound to the Ca- naries with British manufactured goods, was captured in sight of the garrison, and, after being detained for several days at Algesiras, was allowed to depart, her papers being perfectly regular; but in the mean time the objects of the voyage were lost to the owners. Accounts from St. Kitt's state, that the Government of that place had received orders from England to have the fortifications and barracks put into repair, as it was the intention of Government to send out troops, and to make that island the central depot. It is now repotted that Mr. Agar, K. C. of the Chan. <ery Bar, is to be the new Equity Judge; and that the Chief Justice of the Common Pleas retires with a Peer- age, to be succeeded by the present Solicitor-General. The day at present fixed for the prorogation of Par- liament is the 16th of June, but it may possibly be a few days later. In consequence of the decision of the House of Com- mons on Thursday, a new writ is to issue for the elec- tion of a Knight to represent the county of Clare. It is generally thought that Mr. V. Fitzgerald will not again offer himself for Clare, in opposition to Mr, O'Connell; but, it is said, that Lord Mountcharles means to op- pose his re-election.—Mr. O'Connell has drawn up an address to the freeholders of Clare, announcing his in- tention of becoming a candidate for the now vacant seat for that county. The House of Lords having ordered An accdunt of the income and expenditure of the City of London, from 1813 to 1828, it was resolved on Thursday at a Court of Common Council, that a respectful remon- strance be made against furnishing the account- the same being founded upon principles which the court coutd not admit without surrendering part of their chartered rights, and compromising' the honour of their constituents." We have seldom (says the Sun newspaper) seen in- dignation and sorrow more strongly marked than it was to-day on the countenances of the Portuguese mer- chants, in speaking of the tragic accounts received from Oporto, The injustice in this case, they remark, is far greater than that attending the executions at Lisbon, for that the sufferers at Oporto had all committed the acts for which they have been put to death, while the constitution, nominally at least, was still in existence, and at a time when in fact they would more justly have, deserved punishment had they acted otherwise. Many of the Portuguese actually shed tears in adverting to the unhappy fate which has befallen their friends. On Wednesday, Edward Martin Van Biitchell was committed to Newgate on the coroner's warrant, for l aUg!-ter a Mr- W- Archer, who died, as al- leged, irons the l>octo^s unskilful performance of an operation fol- stricture in the rectum. It appeared by the evidence that Van ^utchell had introduced ap in-) strument of eight inches into the body of the deceased, the injuries from which produced inflammation, and subsequently death. On Friday a number of informations against licensed Victuallers for allowing skittles and ten pin on the pre- mises, came on to be heard before Mr, Serjeant Selion, Halton Garden, who dismissed all of them, the Serjeant option that the games were a. healthful and athletic exercise, and did not corue under the provisions of the Act, unless exercised for gambling purposes, which did not in the above instances appear to be the CiLse. Thar" ltifqfmers were not a little dismayed by this result. It appears from the speech of Mr. Peel, that the relief bill has already been so far effectual in Ireland, that the Lord Lieutenant thinks it perfectly safe to diminish the military force in that country, three regiments of which have accordingly been withdrawn. 9 y e We regret to state the death of the veteran General, Lord Harris, the gallant captor of Seringapatam. By his death the Colonelcy of the 73d Regiment, and the Governorship of Dumbarton Castle, become vacant, tits Lordship was of the high Military order of Grand Cross of the Bath. Gen. Sir David Baird, K.C.B. (one of the Bravest of our gallant and distinguished veterans, and uncle to llie ^lrl °f Aberdeen) is about to be raised to the Peer- a2e> yy the title of Viscount Newbyth, the name of the family estate in Scotland. A marriage will shortly take place between Lord Andover, eldest son of tbe Earl of Suffolk, and Miss Isabella Howard, second daughter of Lady Henry Ilowan#, Aldingbourne. This young lady is niece to the Duke of Norfolk (her late father being his Grace's brother) and sifter to the present Member for Bramber. Mr. Howard. Mr. Matthews, our Consul-General at Lisbon, is! coming home on leave of absence, and, as it is said, only for a limited time, his post being to be supplied I by Sir Henry Ciiamberlain, This appointment, it is thoroughly understood, is merely consular, without partaking in any degree of the diplomatic character so that it can give no sanction to Miguel's Government. It ought to be mentioned, to the Honour of Messrs. Tylee, the Bankers, of Devizes, that they took pains to ascertain every person who had suffered by taking the forged notes of their Bank, which were passed in Bath by the late unhappy Bailey, and that they paid the amounts in full. The forged notes were 27 in number; and they were all of 101. each. Huriey, the man in custody on the charge of setting lire to Westminster Abbey, was discharged by the Ma- gistrates of Queen-square Police-Office on Tuesday, there not being sufficient evidence against him to war. rant his farther detention. It is how under consideration of the Government whether or no it would be serviceable to the public to hold a perpetual Sessions at the Old Bailey. The ex- pedient has been suggested by some of the most able and experienced authorities—by men who are con- stantly in the habit of witnessing the dreadful effects of associating together the old plunderer and the youth- ful delinquent. Great crimes are to be tried at the ac- customed periods, but the Recorder and the Deputy Recorder, who have comparatively nothing to do, will, it is proposed, preside one day in each week throughout the year, to try all delinquencies of minor atrocity". During Queen Elizabeth's visit to Cowilray, in Sus- sex, where she spent some days, the allowance for breakfast for her Majesty and suit was "three oxen and 140 geese." Only four forests in England are noticed in Domes- (Jay-book-name ,ly, Windsor Forest, Berks; Gravelings, Wilts; Winburne, Dorset; and [luchewode (flichwood), x ord. The term "Domesday" has not its origin from the Domboc"of Alfred; it is derived from the place in which it was kept, Domus DEI, which gradu- ally mutated into Domesday

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