An individual who arrived at Constautinople from Circaasia brought a
large packet of what had been letters from Messrs. Bell and Long- worth, enclosed in an envelope to a gentlemen of Pera ; but which, on being opened, was found to contain nothing but blank sheets of paper. It appears that the individual who brought it, while awaiting the de- parture of the steamer at Trebisond, had taken up his residence in the house of an individual known as a Russian spy, and in whose bands lie having ignorantly confided his packet, it had been opened, the let- ters taken out, mid its many blank sheets substituted. There were among them, according to the man's account, some letters from Mr. Bell to Lord Ponsonby.—Constantinople Letter, in the Chronicle.
It has hem' my painful duty on several occasions to draw your atten- tion to the unfortunate aberration of the King of Greece's mind • and I shall continue from time to time to give you such specimens Of bis conduct, and such anecdotes of his conversation, as will more than suf- ficiently demonstate the fact. The other day, a Greek officer of rank, returned from the Northern frontier, considered it his duty to inform his Majesty of the state of that part of the country. He laid before the King a series of facts respecting brigandage and political intrigues, and naturally expected some reply. His Majesty hesitated for a short time, and then exclaimed, looking at him close, " Lots of good milk on the frontier ! Are you fond of milk ?"—Letter from Athens, in the Chronicle.
Sydney papers, lately received, mention the death, at an advanced age, of Samuel Terry, who was transported about half a century ago. This man died worth four hundred thousand pounds sterling. His landed property is estimated at 150,0001., and his personal effects at 250,000/. The bulk of his fortune is settled upon his eldest son, Ed- ward Terry, for life, afterwards on his heirs.
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