SATURDAY, Two O'CLOCK.
Letters have been received this morning from Birmingham, announcing, that in consequence of more unfavourable accounts having been received, the troops quartered at Birmingham had marched sud-'denly from that place to Manchester. As, however, there are letters in town from Manchester dated yesterday morning, in which it is stated that no new outrages have been attempted, we imagine that the march of the troops must have been caused by the information received of the first disturbances. The distress among the manufacturers at Birmingham is said to be very great. Yesterday there was a public meeting there, at which about three thousand persons, chiefly artisans, were present. After a great deal of speaking, by Mr. Attwood, Mr. Spooner, and others, several resolutions were passed, attributing the present distress chiefly to the resumption of cash payments; and a petition to Parliament, praying it to take into consideration the condition of the labouring classes, was agreed to.
Vienna Papers to the 28th ult, have just reached us. They contain a long account from Canea, stating that the chiefs of the insurrection in the Island of Candia, encouraged by the appearance of a Russian squadron, have refused to submit to the authority of the Pacha of Egypt
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