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% . -40 s .... . ti ~GStAiAN PAPERS. THE EVENI , G STAR. The Nuremberg Correspondent of the 18th instant, and Frankfort Papers to the 22d, artived last night. The following are extracts: NUREMBERG, DECEMBER 17. We communicate the following accounts from Constantinople, which come down :o the middle of November, and are from a Frenchman now in that city, who is well informed: " There are still very different opinions in the Divan respecting . the demands of Russia. These opi nions are, in all likelihood , only poally different; for at the bottom all the members of the Divan are probably animated by hatred to Russia, and would willingly reject all its demands, if they. did not fear the consequences of such a ste p , but they are not agreed upon the manner in which they shall proceed. Some advise concession, to avoid a war; the others are for cutting through the knot with the sword: the Grand Vizier is part icularly head of the first party, and seems to be on p good terms with Lord Strangford. The Reis Effendi was likewise inclined to this party; but his advice excited the displeasure of the Sultan, and has unexpectedly caused his dis missal from office, which was communicated in an order addressed immediately from tle Sultan to the Grand Vizier, and was wholly unlooked for by the latter: however, there had been for some time a mis understanding between these two high Office, s. " Among the members of the Divan. there are also some obstinate individuals, who bel , oll with great dissatisfaction even Lord Strangford's inter ference in this business, and would willingly free themselves from it. " The Chiefs of the Janissaries are the principal adversities of the Europeans in general. and of the Russians in particular. The Porte never will or can consent to grant new rights in favour of the Greeks; and if it did so, it does not appear how the Greeks would be able to exercise these tights: a general in surrection would rather ensue. " It is now known that all hopes of seeing a Rus sian Ambassador at Constantinople are in vain; nay, a categorical period is now spoken of, within which the Porte must declare itself, otherwise its silence will be considered as a declaration of war. " The Turki h fleet is in bad condition, and will not be able to put to sea again before the spring; for this reason, a number of small vessels have been fitted out, in order at least not to leave the Greeks in en tire possession of the Archipelago, as they new are, and from which the Turkish fleet could not expel them when it cruised in those seas. " Everything relative to the war with Persia is kept quite secret: it is known, however, that the Per sians have been hitherto victorious, and that the Porte has nut sufficient force to oppose them. It is now said that great armaments are making in Asia." Our accounts from the Morea, up to the 14th of November, say that the hope that the Turks would not undertake anvhing of importance this winter, is confirmed ; and the Greek Chiefs flatter themselves that they shall he able, before the spring, to destroy the Turkish power in the Morea, by means of the in. habitants of Coron, Patras, and Artos. To be secure, however, at all events, the Mainotes have requested the Soo, eine Court at Calamata, and the Ecclesias tical Synod to remove to Napoli de Malvoisia; but this pi oposal has been rejecled for the present. Tire forts of PA sari, Chieltsa, Misitra, Malvoisia, and Maina, which had been much damaged in the late campaign, have been entirely repaired, to secure against the future eruptions o f the Turks the country of Sparta (or the Mainites), which is wholly freed. The differences between Demetrius Ypsilanti, the Senates, and Military Chiefs, continue. The latter are all 'Defined to recognize as Arehistrategus the brave conquer , ' of Tripolizza, whose heroic courage is generally admired: the choice must, however, be made in a General Assembly, which will speedily be convoked. A strong division of the Greek fleet covers the ports that have been delivered. TRIESTE, DECEMBER 12. The most remarkable Ordinances of the Synod of SATUIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1821. THE FUNDS STOCK EXCHANGE, ONE O'CLOCK. The Market opened this morning at 77 1 / 4 14, and they continue steady at that price. Little business is transacting, and the Market looks well. CURRENT PRICES: Bank Stock 234 1 4 235-3 per Ct. Red. 75% 76 s'A 5 1 / 2 per Cent. 86 3 / 4 1/4-4.per Cent. 9 i 3 / 4 Bank Long Anns. 19 5.16 y4—lndia Bonds 665. pr. Exch. Bills Is. pr. Is. dis. par.—Small par Ss. pr. Cons. for Accqunt 77 1 / 4 14. the Nlorea are: 44 1. One m modify the rigout of the fasts, for the whole time that the war for liberty shall continue. " 4. One forbidding to consider as dishonoured, wonwn who may have been ill treated by the barbarians during the horrors of war; since, according to the usage of the Greek Church, they must be looked upon as victims attil martyrs for the liberty of the people. "3. An Ordinance prescribing h ave f the Greeks, who, since the beginning of the holy war, have petished in al coun tries for this great cause. a The same Synod enjoins all the faithful to regard as a holy martyr the Patriarch who has been put to death, and and demn the -new one as Impious, an intruder, aid a heretic, not to listen to or follow to any manner his pastoral instructiuns." NUREMBERG, DECEMBER 15. It is Armed, that it is intended to open a formal loan in Russia, in favour of the Greeks, under a high ,guat antee. We have received Papers from Batavia, containing the details of the operations against Palembang by the Netherland forces, the result of which we have already given from the Dutch Papers. It may be recollected that the accounts in these Papers stated the surrender of the Sultan, and added, that General de KOCK intended to send him to Batavia. The Bataviasche Courant, of the 4th of August, announces, in a Supplement, the arrival of the cap tive Prince, on board the Dageraad frigate, accom panied by such of his nearest relatives as wished to accompany him. It appears that it was on the Ist of July that the troops took possession of the Kraton, and on the 3d the Es-Sultan embarked on board the ship appointed to receive him. Hatred to his younger brother indueed the Es- Salmi to do - considerable damage to the Palace, which could not have been much worse treated had oar troops taken it by storm. There were found, however, in the Kraton, 74 pieces of cannon, of which 31 are brass. These, added to the guns on the batteries of Gombora and Pladjoe, make a total of 200 pieces of artillery, taken in the course of a few days by our troops. Of the far famed treasures of Machmood Badar Ocdien, no part has been found in itis Palace, except sit inconsiderable sum in ready money. On the Ist of July the Sultan; appointed by au thprity of the King of Ws Netherlands, assumed the reins of Govainnent, under the name of Ratoc Achmat Ilayern Ocdien. LONDON• 1111.• - • • • In the STAR of Thursday we mentioned, that great atrocities were reported to have been committed by the Greeks, on the taking of Tripolizza; expressing our regret that, if (if) such excesses had been com mitteJ, so good a cause as that of the Greeks should have been stained by such a .rime aad we took care to guard our Readers against giving too ready cre dence to such a statement , by informing them that " ail the French Papers were silent as to this affair." — In fact, we had every reason to discredit the charge ; and now we assert that the whole was a gross fabri cation, got up—not in the Office of the Austrian Observer, for that would not have surprised us—but by pretended official caterers for the Courier. Yes, this is the fact, and all England ought to know it.— Not only is it the open policy of men connected with the Government to endeavour to chill every generous feeling in favOur of an oppressed people, but our ' ears, in aid of this policy, are daily abused with the most impudent forgeries ! and for what purpose ? to seduce the people of this country into a belief that I the Turks are everything that is good, humane, and civilized—in a word, that the rule of the Porte is a I Legitimate Government ! but the Greeks, the robbed, the enslaved, the butchered Greeks are deserving of neither help nor commiseration. Let the Public only mark the means employed to give a greater semblance of truth to the charge re specting the conduct of the Greeks on taking Tripe lizza. The article on which we founded our short notice, concluded thus: " As it is known that a Bri tish Gentleman, Mr. Gosport, was g Chef d'Etat Major of the besieging army, we have great plea sure in being able to state, that although Mr. GORDON was present at the siege, and contributed to its success by his exertions, as he hall to the preparations for it by his liberality, he earnestlq remonstrated against die treachery in contemplation a and finding all his representations disregarded, he quitted the camp, sniff has since quilted the service altogether, conceiving that it was neither consistent with his own honour, nor with the honour of his country, to support a cause which was carried on in violation of every principle of good faith and humanity." In the statement just quoted, there is not one word of truth from beginning to end. There are letters in town from Mr. GORDON so late as the 12th October, I six weeks at least after the capture of Tripolizza.— That Gentleman was then holding the rank of Chef d'Etat Major of Prince YPSILANTI, and was on his way to Tripolizza, of which, we understand, he has since been made Commandant. Mr. GORDON did not share in the siege and storming of Tripolizza, for he was then in the Island of Idra. So very difp ferent is the opinion entertained by this gallant Scots man of the Greeks from that attributed to him, that he writes in the highest terms of their union, of their warlike enthusiasm, and of the advancement they were making in every thing conducive to their independence. As to the Turks reported, in the foul fabrication to which we have alluded, to have been so cruelly used by the Greeks, let the People of this country, whom it is sought to deceive, mark the real facts. The Turkish garrison of Tripolizza were actually treating with the Greeks on the terms of a capitulation, when news arrived of the Turkish fleet having been seen in the lonian seas : on learning this, the Turks broke off the treaty ; and, in consequence, the Greeks carried the place by storm, at an expense of 500 of their own men. We need not mention what the cruel I usages of even civilized warfare permits under such circumstances; but *e must put our Readers in pos session of another fact, of the utmost importance to be known when certain unfeeling brutes in our own country would stigmatize as barbarians a people strug gling. for the common rights of civilized nations. When the Turk first received information of the designs of the Greeks, the PACHA of Tripolizza, which is the Capital seat of Government of the Moira, sum moned all the Bishops and Magnates of the Greeks to assemble there. About fifty persons of the chief families of the country, who certainly were not privy " to any deigns ofinsurrection, obeyed his •mandate.— The revolution immediately broke out, and these in-." dividuals were detained by the PAcHA as hostages." We may judge what must have been the surprise of! ' the Greeks, when, on taking the town, they found that these distinguished persons had been cruelly ' butchered two months before. Need we wonder—after carrying a place by, storm —a place occupied by merciless barbarians, who have, in fact, shewn a determination to extirpate (yes, to Extirpate) the whole race of the Greeks—after 6n4- ing that these Legitimates had murdered their hos tages!—after learning too the cruelties and butcheries The French Papers of Tuesday last arrived in their regular course this forenoon ; but the only article of interest they contained—the proceedings in the Cham- 4 ber of Deputies on Monday—bad been anticipated by express, and of which we gave an account yester day. The report of the assassination of the SULTAN is still without confirmation, and the news from Spain, Germany, Russia, and Turkey, is not of a later date than what has already appeared in our Paper. The French Journals announce that there would not be any Papers published on Wednesday : the Mohiteur add, " unless an Official Article rendered it necessary !" The French Funds—The per Cents. fluctuated on Monday between 86f. 60c. and 861 10c. and left off at 861. 90c. Dutch Papers to the 27th instant, which arrived this morning, confirm the account of the capture of Palembang, and the arrival of the Ex-Sultan at Ba tavia. The following are the only extracts worthy of notice: _ perpetrate& on their countrymen at Constantinople ! unction of the laws is beginning to have a saltstire Need we wonder that the Greeks, after all this, should effect. It is said, that the seven criminals tinder sen have exercised vengeance on their oppressor ? cence of death in the County Jail of Limerick, h a ,t Would Englishmen themselves have refrained from offered to induce their associates to deliver up 1004) the salutary work of vengeance?...we say the sandary stand of arms on Wednesday last, at Rathkeale, and erork—fLir where extirpation is the avowed aim of the to break up the combinations • oppressor, to spare him is to commit suicide. If this statement be true, it would appear, that the But is it true that such enormities as some people, condemned men are either the leaders of the banditti, unworthy of the name of Englishmen, have im- or that they can disclose such facts as would lead to to the Greeks on this occasion, w ere actually their detection. In either case , the object of the puted perpetrated ? No—it is a foul and wilful calumny, Special Commission would be attained—namely the i n vented and circulated for the ba sest of p ur p oses— restoration of public tranquillity in Limerick, and the to put the people of this coun tr y in love with a de- example may have due influence in those parts, wher e tes table race, the avowed enem ies of the Christian insubordination has been less violently manifested. name ; and to make them l ook with indifference on The Marquis of WELLEst.re was expected in Dub. the numberless butcheries inflicted on men professing lin yesterday. On Wednesday a Meeting of Protest the same faith with themselves. ,! Let shame and ant and Roman Catholic Gentlemen took place at confusion overtake such men I" must be the exclarna- D'Arcy's, to consider the most satisfactory mode of tion of every man whose veins are filled with true testifying their respect t was resolv Noo the Noble Ma a rquis on his English blood. when ed at Procevion arrival, The policy of our rulers, so far as we can judge of should be formed on horseback and on foot, and that it by what transpires here and in the lonian Islands, each Gentleman should wear a ribbon of the colofl is, at this moment most detestable, and must sink of the scarf wore on the happy occasion of his MA. them in the esteem of this generous spirited nation. JESTY'S Public Entry. But ere long they will have cause to repent of their folly. They appear to have allowed themselves to be duped by the great northern Holy Ally; and yet I they neglect the only means left to them to emit- tenet his ambitious views. Let him alone, and he will unite Turkey to his already overgrown Empire. Ought this to be permitted? How can it be pre vented ? By enabling the Greeks to form them seises into an independent State. Is it too late to effect this? Perhaps not. At all events it is not too late to make the attempt. Nor need we to stand alone in this. It seems pretty obvious that France is disposed to counteract the ambitious projects of the Autocrat; not by upholding the Turkish power against that of Russia, but by 'Up porting the Greeks in the struggle in which they are now embarked. Russia, it is true, from mere vicinage, possesses many advantages; but with all her power, she will find it no easy project to obtain the sove reignty of Greece, if France and England shall unite in interposing their reio. But after the stupidness, the wickedness even, that appears to have dictated every proceeding respecting the present situation of affairs in the East, we confess that we have but faint hopes of any measure that ought to be pursued being adopted by this country, under our present system. Quern Daus trult penkre prim dementat. Owing to the excellent arrangements made by the Postmasters, all the Mails arrived this morning, not withstanding the state of the roads, within an hour of the usual time, except those from Exeter and Poole, which were forwarded in a chaise and four from Staines, and did not reach town until ten o'clock. The roads near town are in the most dreadful state: on the Lea-bridge-road foot-passengers ate obliged to be conveyed over the wooden-bridge, on the road, by a cart, owing to the overflow of the marshes. Last night the tide at London Bridge rose higher than was ever remembered. At a quarter past Asa it completely 'covered the Terrace fronting Fub• mongers'-Hall, and ran with the greatest violence into the cellars of that well-known place called The Shades, out of which the company made a precipi. tate retreat. Several waggons, loaded for the may. ing, belonging to Messrs. THOMPSON, coal-merchant; were up to the axletrees in water; the cellars of Nlessrs. KEATON and Tfloatas, wine and porter ma chants, were several feet deep in water ; Mr. Aldo• man GA aftArr's new residence shared the same fate: the tide rose to the top steps of the Old Crane stain. Below Bridge the scene of mischief is dieadfuL At high water this morning it was lower by one foe, but much damage has been done. The fall eta o'clock at London Bridge, this morning, was lire feet. Farther accounts of the dreadful effects of tts weather will be found under the head "Inundations.* We have made inquiries, but ne further informatics relative to the loss oftkee Juliana Indiamanhaareschei town wheu our Paper was going to Press. The owners had sent an Agent to the coast, but they bad not received any account from him. All the pato. gers have been saved; but the whole of the cm perished, except two men. Earl MORLEY has arrived at Kent House,lEsiik bridge ; Lord EBRINGTON and the Hunourabklk Foarzsong are at Cheltenham. The Princess AUGUSTA and the Duchess of Gus , curse are hourly expected at the Palace, The Marquis of WATERFORD is SaioElllllllo posed, at his house in Mansfield-street. The Dowager Marchioness of BATH is IlliSM l / 2 indisposed, alter house in Lower Grosvenomisse. The Earl and Countess of ABERDEEN are kapig open house, at their seat, the Priory, near Stanwer. The Earl of Hwacourr has left Nunebam, Ot fordshire, for St. Leonard's Hill, Berks. The Earl and Countess of BREAD/mama petted in town shortly, from their seat in Scodasi The Earl and Clantess of DARNLET are mato in g a distinguished party, at Cobham Hall, Kest the Earl and Countess of HA RDWICKE wankel a large party of distinguished friends on Chnoa Day, at their seat, Wimpole, Cambridgedire. The Marquis and Marchioness or Como spending their holidays at the Wilderness, Kest Viscount and Viscountess G stAnviLLE haveldttO again for Whersted Lodge, Ipswich. His Lordib. about to give a splendid entertainment to a inept of distinguished persons, among whom are the Cal and Countess of Ltsvan, and Prince Bergamo FRANKFORT, DECEMBER 16. It is affirmed that the English Affibassador at Con stantinople has constantly the most accurate accounts of the incursion of the Persians into Asiatic Turkey, and has communicated them alone to the Austrian Government, which is silent respecting them. It is remarked that this Ambassador received the first in telligence of it, and communicateslit to the Austrian Government long before it received direct dispatches from Constantinople on the subject. The Ministers of the Poste are said to have given information to Lord Strangford of the accounts they had received, and his Lordship also received dispatches directly from the English Agents in Persia and other parts of Asia; so that he was better informed than the Porte, and acquainted the Divan with many events that were quite unknown at Constantinople. Lord STRWART is entertaining a large Fel Wynyard. General HARCOAT has left town for Paris. Mr. RANT:WALKER is making preparations to much company at the commencea.ent of the Michel Grove, near Arundel. Accounts from Warsaw, dated December that an Imperial Ukase had been issued, pry . Freemason Lodges in Russia. They have ben up since the 15th of October. The guard of the Exeter Mail arrived in toe, terday, after having, in the course of his jd travelled fifteen mires in boats ! Among the extraordinary phenomena of thepoc i period, may be reckoned several beautiful MO which, both on Wednesday and Thursday, we re parent, extending their brilliant arcs bewa il western and not diet n quartets of the Ileasels DRURY•LANE Tagarne..--Irast night Gioof Ireland was again repeated at this Theatre. T, was a good deal of opposition, but the 207 party still prevailed, in despite of all the efo . t_t, their adversaries. The House was poorly the Pit In particular. FASHIONABLE DEPARTURES. " _ The Earl of Castentorsui to Stammer, Gear Letst*Ss Lady BAYII.It4;, to Kent. The Countess Da (iwe, to Surrey. The Hon. Mrs. Rostsson, to Hurnford Wells* C. C. CATItIiDISH, Esq. to 'Talker, Lancashire. D. Gn.r.s, M.P. to Herts. lion. Mr. Asitsnunnsat, to Susses. Sir TNOWAS NEAVE, Bart. to I)4nm Park, Mr. Hoaritstasa, to Norpapton rark, Liaesingr' .__ J hi, IMBUE, DECEMBER 24. SITTING OF Till sacepirD CUAMSIII OF TUB ATATIS. OFFICIAL. The Order of the Day was the debate on the two Laws of the Budget for 1822, regulating the receipt and the expenditure. A long debate ensued, and I there being several Members still to speak, the Cham ber adjourned till six in the evening. The Ministers of the Interior and the Finance having spoken in au swer to the objection made to the two Projects, they were put to the vote; when the first Law, &sing• the extraordinary expenditure for the year 1822, was car ried by 65 votes to 38. The second law fixing the Wars and Means was carried by 69 votes to S 4. The Chamber broke up at half-past one in the morning, and adjourned till Fr!day the 4th of Ja nuary, 1822. 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