S.A.T U RD AY, Two O'CLOCK.
The last German mail states that the Turks still coniinue their warlike preparations; but it contains no news of any interest. Accounts from Patras to the 8th February say that many altera- tions in the internal administration of Greece are contemplated, which are calculated to give a greater degree of independence to that country. There had been general earthquakes lately at Patras, but unaccompanied with injury. Sir Frederick Adam had set out for Janina.
A letter from Oxford states that Mr. O'Connell passed through that city on Thursday, on his way to Ireland : he went on by the Birmingham coach. The Aggregate Meeting at Dublin, on Thurs- ccns, er the I:est means of paying a solid tribute to Mr. very numerously aitended, and several subscrip- enced ; including that of a Protestant gentle- entle man man for 100/. Viscount Gormanstoun was in the chaii; and when the Wieling was adjourned; three cheers were given for the " libe- rater."
The latest at,:counts from the manufacturing,districts are gloomy, The distress increases in the principal silk districts of England; and the weavers in some parts of Scotland are in a state of exci0- ment, and the Magistrates have been compelled to take steps to prevent any disturbance.
The letters from Macclesfield and Manchester say, that things are quite in as bad a state as they Were two years ago. A letter from Perth says, that the most violent proceedings have taken place there with respect to the Catholic question, the pro- posed concessions being considered in that part of Scotland as a breach of the Union Treaty. The banners of the old Covenanters i had been hoisted by mobs n the streets, and some of the rabble had broken the windows of persons known to be favourable to emanci- pation.
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