London, Tuesday, August 1...
The Etoilc, dated Sunday, and the other Paris journals of Saturday, have brought a rumour of a signal advantage obtained by the Greeks, on the truth of which, howev,r, we are sorry no reliance can be placed. It is stated, on the authority of letters from Constantinople, receivedl at Vienna by the way of Odessa, that 25 sail of Hydriot and Spezziot ships appeared off Ipsara soonI after the Turkish troops had landed, and attacked and destroyed the CAPTAIN PACi A's fleet. The same story has reached us through the Dutch papers, but still with a reference to letters fromiC Odessa, wvhich is not the most credible source for such intelligence. The Augsburg Ga2ette, from which both the French andl Dutch seem to have copied their accounts, jutliciously ob- serves, that it will be prudlenit to await the confirmation of this report, as it may have been disseminated to console the Greeks and their friends for the disastrous catastrophe of Ipsara. It is said that the King of PRUSSIA has resolved to appoint his brotlicr, Prinice WILLIAM, Governor-Geiie ral of the Pnissian provinces oni the Rhine, and that Cob- lentz is to be the seat of the Provincial Government. It is to be hoped that this arrangement will give more satisfaction to the governed than the people of Italy have derived from the Austrian Viceroyships, of which it is an imitation. The Cong@itvtionnel extracts from a French Ministerial paper the following reinarkeble paragraph:-" As to the affairs of tbe iPeninsula, their disorder is anterior to the present irganization. The last Minister for Foreign Affairs The closing price of thefunds on Satnrday was, tOlf. 5c. for raoney, and 101f. 295c. to 30c. for the end of the month. LONDON, TUE%SDAY, AUGUST 17, 1824.