30 MAY 1840, Page 9

A gang of swindlers, whose head-quarters were Bros:els and Paris,

have recently been discovered, and the principal portiea arrested. Their plan of operation was to procure money from Conti:mid:a bank- ers by forging letters of credit in the name of Glyn mid Company of London. The head of the gang was the Marquis Bourbel : three of them were Seotchmen, and one an Itishinan ; and two were French- women. Altogether they seem to have got aboet "ann.W.

A letter fienn a hanker at Vienna announces ilea the Arelthishop of the Austrian cepind lied, from the pulpit, declare:1 that no faith ought to be given to the calumnies propagated against the drays, representing that they kneaded their pamet beead with the bleod of Christians -- Galignonia dIeenaejra„

A leiter ttrirtmu by Prince M,Oteraieb to the Viceroy of Ea vpt upon the extraordinary of Danumeus, had maelm exealIcot meet.

The Pacha had appeinted n it:lion:al composed of the or (Im at Britain, Itusaia, Austria, and Prussia, who weee to i ire. idtate the csae, and dispose of it agreeably to European laws. A co:illui,e,ion named by them was to proceed. to Datnnscus, and instittim a mutate inquiry into the matter, to enable the Con flue trihanal to peononoca upon it.

The Viceroy had ht the L'eall transmitted rigorous order:: to the authoritks on Danteace intioioirg them to polish all individeels, what- ever religion they 1.tieht prolaaa, who should presume to the Israeli tes.—Maen iny Post.

The King of Denmark has abolished the ascot' the whip in his Colo- nies, and published an ordonnance allowing slaves to purehme their freedom Nouri Effendi, Tarkialt Ambassador at -Vienna, diet on Iles I9th in- stant, from a "severe attic:: of tun fey."

The King of Prussia is stated to be very ill, and unable to digest food.