TURKEY.

Ismail Bey, the youngest son of the governor of Egypt, made his triumphal entry into Constantinople on the 2d May, to present the grand seignor with the keys of the city of Mecca, and of the holy temple of Kaaba. The sultan received him surrounded by the great officers of state in the seraglio. To celebrate this happy event, the batteries of the port and city fired three times every day for one week.

VICTORIES IN CANADA.

Dispatches from general sir G. Prevost, governor of Canada, have brought the details of two victories obtained by our arms over the Americans. Both these victories were obtained by forces greatly inferior to those of the enemy. In the first engagement the Americans were the assailants: an attack was made on the morning of the 5th of May upon the British force at the Miamis, under the command of colonel Proctor, by a superior force of the enemy; in which the Americans were completely defeated, with a loss in killed and prisoners computed at between 1,000 and 1,200 men. The troops under col. Proctor consisted of about 450 rank and file, regulars of the 41st foot and Newfoundland regiment, and about 400 militia. The loss was 13 rank and file killed, 41 rank and file wounded, and 37 rank and file prisoners. Five hundred prisoners were taken from the Americans, besides those in the possession of the Indians, of which the number was not ascertained when the dispatches were sent away.

On the 5th of June, colonel Vincent, commanding a division at Burlington, at the head of Lake

Ontario, received intelligence that the enemy had advanced with a force consisting of 3,500 men, nine field-pieces, and 250 cavalry, for his position. the avowed purpose of attacking

Lieutenant-colonel Harvey hav ing been sent forward with the light companies of the king's and 49th regiments, advanced close to, and accurately ascertained the ene my's position, and proposed to col. Vincent a night attack on his camp. Col. Vincent, adopting the sugges tion, advanced the same night with a detachment of the 8th and 49th regiments, amounting to 704 fire. locks. The enemy was completely surprised and routed; and his camp, with 4 pieces of ordnance, brigadier-generals Chandler and Winser, the first and second in command, remained in the hands of the British. The loss on the part of the British was 19 killed, 113 wounded, and 52 missing.

The skill and gallantry of colonels Proctor, Vincent, and Harvey, merit praise and reward. The enemy must, from the result of these engagements, perceive the futility of his attempts to dispossess Great Britain of Canada. It is said that sir James Yeo, on receiving intelligence of this last defeat, sailed from York Harbour with the flotilla, to cut off the retreat of the boats employed on the expedition.

To his royal highness the prince of Wales, regent of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The dutiful and loyal address of the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons, of the city of London, in common council assembled:

May it please your royal highness, We, his majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects, the lord mayor, aldermen, and commons, of the city of London, in common council assembled, deeply interested in the late glorious success which has attended his majesty's arms, and warmly participating in the universal triumph felt and expressed on that memorable occasion, beg leave to approach your royal highness with our heartfelt congratulations on the brilliant and decisive victory obtained by field marshal the marquis of Wellington, and the allied armies under his command, over the French forces, in the neighbourhood of Vittoria, on the 21st of June last. Frequent as have been the occasions on which it has been our duty and delight to approach the throne with our congratulations on the achievements of the British arms under many illustrious commanders, never have we contemplated an event more grand and auspicious, or more admirably calculated to promote the national glory, and to exhibit the British name and valour to the highest possible advantage. The consummate skill and prudence, the undaunted intrepidity and perseve rance, so pre-eminently possessed and exercised by the field marshal the marquis of Wellington and his brave army, and the signal success with which those qualities have been crowned, leave us only those emotions of gratitude and admira

tion which whilst we powerfully feel it is impossible for the utmost command of language adequately to express. A victory so complete and decisive cannot fail to produce the happiest effects on the liberties and independence of Europe; and whilst it disappoints the counsels, diminishes the resources, and weakens the energies of the enemy, will, we trust, more than ever unite the efforts, animate the exertions, and inspire the confidence of our allies, in the prosecution of the great cause in which we and they are engaged, and be the means of producing results still more glorious and important. We cannot conclude without expressing our ardent hope, that that Providence which has watched over and supported the interests of Britain, during a series of unexampled difficulties, and which has favoured her so highly in the late conflict, may continue to smile upon her exertions, and prosper the counsels of your royal highness, so as to promote and finally secure an honourable and lasting peace,

Signed by order of the court,
HENRY WOODTHORPE.

To which address his royal highness returned the following answer:

I return you my warmest thanks for your loyal and dutiful address. The victory with which it has pleased Almighty God to bless the operations of the allied army under its illustrious commander field marshal the marquis of Wellington, cannot fail to have excited, in every part of the united kingdom, the strongest emotions of exultation and gratitude; and it is with the utmost satisfaction that I receive such a : testimony of feelings which animate the metropolis of the empire on this most interesting and im(F 2) portant

portant occasion. Success so splendid and decisive, so glorious in all respects to the arms of his majesty and of his allies, is calculated to contribute most essentially to the establishment of the independence of the peninsula on a firm and lasting foundation, and to the improvement of our prospects in all other parts of the world.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

·Morris, esq. v. sir F. Burdett, bart.

act of taking the oaths and his seat, after he had been returned, had the effect of rendering such person a candidate. Such act must be supposed to be occasioned by the com. pulsion of the law, but could not make a man a candidate offering himself. Here the defendant at the best was merely passive, and was even absent during the election.

The attorney-general thought there was an instance of a person who had never taken his seat, even after his election. No person could be compelled to take his seat.

After much argument on both sides, Mr. Brougham contended that there was not an atom of evidence to connect the Westminster election committee with the defendant.

The attorney-general wished the case to be put in the strongest form in which it could be placed for the defendant, and still he contended he was liable. Admitting, for in stance, that he had not asked a single vote, admitting even that he had originally been reluctant to allow his name to be put up; still, if he accepted of the honour when conferred, that, he submitted, was an assent sufficient to vest him with the character of a candidate from the beginning, and as such to subject him to the expenses to which candidates were legally liable.

Lord Ellenborough said, the attorney-general should have this point reserved to him, whether the

The attorney-general said, the house knew nothing of any member till he had taken his seat. The question was, whether the defen dant had ever acceded to the having been a candidate; which he submitted he had done by taking his seat. After referring to the deci sion in the former case between the same parties, he contended that the act of parliament was perfectly reconcileable to his present argument, the words candidate and member being convertible terms.

The attorney-general called Mr. Tooke, the high bailiff's deputy, to speak to what had passed between him and Mr. Brooks's son, the chair man of the Westminster committee, as connecting them with sir F. Burdett.

Mr. Brougham objected to this, however, as not being evidence; and his objection was sustained.

The attorney-general then pro posed to call Mr. Brooks himself: but

Mr. Brougham objected to this also, as the case of the plaintiff had been concluded.

Lord Ellenborough was of this opinion, and

The

On the 9th June died 24 persons, and 26 were taken ill with suspicious symptoms. On the 10th, 32 persons died, and 23 were taken ill. On the 11th, 27 died, and 40 were taken ill. On the 13th, the number of those who died was the same, but fortunately only 14 were taken ill. On the 14th, 36 died, and 17 were taken ill. Yesterday, the 15th, 19 died, and 15 were taken ill.

A subsequent journal of the 19th reckons 518 to have died from the 18th April up to that day, but thinks upon the whole, that considering the disproportionate size of the place to its population, together with its extensive commerce, the narrowness of some of the streets, and also the closeness of the houses in which the inhabitants are almost heaped upon one another, the progress may be considered as slow and of little consequence. By other accounts, the greatest precautions are said to have been taken for preventing the spread of the infection and an expectation was entertained, that as the heat of sumrer became more intense, the disease would be gradually extinguished. Such at least is the usual effect of the ardent summer heats at Alexandria and other places of the Levant, where the plague is an annual visitant.

MARGATE.

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25. Yesterday a dreadful thunder storm was experienced here; and although it passed over the town withon injury, it was productive of fatal effects in our inediate vicinity. A donkey party, common at

watering places, consisting of a two little boys, had gone in the gentleman, two young ladies, and evening to Ramsgate; on their return they were overtaken by the thunder storm. They immediately sought for shelter under the porch of a house on Chapel-hill, and the two boys who drove the donkeys along with them, leaving the donkeys on the road. The storm still continuing, the donkey drivers fear, ful les: the poor animals, frighten. ed by the storm, might run home, went out to see if they were still there. They had scarcely reached the spot, when a tremendous flash of lightning struck one of them dead, threw the other to the ground, scorching his eyes and arms, and killed three of the donkeys. The boy, who is alive, was carried home, and there is reason to hope that he is now in a convalescent state. There is a large hole in the left arm of his jacket where the fluid appears to have entered; and his shirt is scorched almost to tinder.

LONDON GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY,

25. An Extraordinary Gazette was published on Sunday last, giving a detail of the actions in America of the 5th May and 5th June. It also contained an account from colonel Baynes of a spirited attack on Sackett's Harbour, of which the following is an extract;

"The gun-boats which had covered our landing afforded material aid by firing into the woods; but the American soldier, secure behind a tree, was only to be dislodged by the bayonet. The spirited advance of a section produced the flight of hundreds: from this observation, all firing was directed to cease, and the detachment being formed in as regular order as the nature of the

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