The National Register. — London, England, 1822-01-07 00:00:00

-...:~ :.:T FOREWN lA' TEL /4 16 ENCL. JAN. 1.-At ten o'clock this morning the Kip, received the usual etalgratitlations from his fanny, the Ministers, und the public functionaries. o❑ the new year. At noon the King took his seat on the thrne, surrounded by the principal state dignitaries, and received the g ra , lll thlettations of the two Cham bers, the General Staff, anti officers of the National Guard and aArrison of Paris. The Mundellr contains a royal ordinance, dated the 19th tilt. appointing General du Coolosquet to be Director-General ot the Ministry of War, and M. de Pereeval, a member ot the Chamber of De puties, anti Secretary General of the .Ministry of War, to be Intendant General of the Administration of War. To the details which we have already given rela tive to the coup de-main which was projected against the cam' le of saumur, a letter from Tours adds, that several subaltern officers of the Horse Chasseurs ot the Arriege corps have been arrested. Mor corps of A usi rian troops from the kingdom of Naples passed through Rome on the 12th of M.. ember, without haltin, on their way to the here ditary states of the Emperor. The following is an extract of a private letter frmn Barcelona, dated Dec. 19:—" Gerona is the the•+tee of an unhappy event, which might have been attended with the roust serious consequences. On the 14t It, 300 men, well armed, presented themselves at the gate of the town which was nearest to the pristm. It was the hour of dining, and the guard, surprised with the glass in hand, was disarmed anti -replaced by the troop of malcontents who occupied this station, to prevent any person from entering or quitting the town, whilst another SOO men pro ceeded towards the prison, and delivered some pri soners who had been shut up as Semites; but the ten men of the guard, aware in time, barrit witted themselves in the interior of the prison with the gaoler, and through the windows, which were over the entrance, kept a continual fire of musketry upon the assailant , . The noise of arms at length reached the guard of the regiment of Babasti, which assem bled, and the malcontents were soon atter chugged by this corps. Four were killed and 17 made prisoners, of which two were shot lions the spot ; and the re maining fifteen, who are reserved fur the same fate, are put into secret confinement, in order to learn from them the authors of this outrage." NEW LAW ON THE PRESS. PARIS, JAN. 2,4. i O'CLOCK P.M. Great expectation was te-kiay excited by a report, which was spread in the morning, that Ministers had at last resolved to come forth titan behind their ;. veil of mystery stud indeusion, mid to propose to the Legislature their new law for journals. It was pre sented to-day. The following is the substance of its most inqurtant provisions:— Art. I.—No journals except tl:ose which at pre sent exist can heneetinth appear without the authd ruts of Government. Art. 2.—The offences of the journals against in dividuals will be prosecuted in the ordinary manner. Art. 3.—ln case the spirit or general tendency of any journal or periodical writing skull be ot a nature to injure the public peace, or the respect tine to the religion of the state, or to the other religions recog nized in France, or the authority of the King, or the stability of constitutional institutions, the Royal Courts, within the range of whose jurisdiction these journals are published, shall have the power, in a solemn tradience, to suspend the said journals, or even to suppress them. Art. 4.-11 in the interval of the Session of the Chambers grave circumstances should momentarily render insufficient the measures of guarantee and repression at present established, the cells°, ship shall be immediately restored to activity, in virtue 0 a r yap ordinance, countersigned by three Ministers. .1 he :nit article only states that the provisions of the Colmar law, not repealed, shall remain. The result of this abominable podel will probably be to dissolve the NI:Ms ry who have formed and s:nt it Barth. Their prejudices would not allow them to sanction a free but responsible press ; and after basing declitimell against and decried the cen sorship, what rem tined for them ? M. de Cases is expected at Paris, to oppose Nli iii,ters in the Peers. The rode: are somewhat lower to-elay than on Monday. In the printed Exchange...list, the last pace is 16,41 . 40e. They were about 40e. higher befisre the dose. .A litter from Vienna of the 23t1 of December lips Leen received its Paris, which states that ins official contradiction Isar beets publisla.ll by the Commanders of the Austrian army ins the frontier% to the account of the assioxination of the Grand Seignior at Coo rtaistinopie. Much ansaiety was felt at Vienna res pecting the plate of the ticgcaiation atCunstantinople; and despatches were sent oil to Count Lutsow, as it was supposed, to urge him to redouble Isis exer tions to procure the uequiescvnee of the Sultan in the conditions proposed by Russia. '• Whatever the - - r THE NATIONAL REGISTER ... result," (says the letter), " it is quite tlec'eel that Austria will remain neuter." Out.ssA, I)ac, s.—We have ri ceived fro it a good source the following intelligeme tesdecting the diplomatic negociutions which tom: place ut Con r.tantinople during the end of the last month, and which were opened by Count de Lutzow and Lord St rungfiwd:— " On the 22d November, Count de Lutzow had rt conference with the new Reis Effendi, in the pre- 1 sence of the Minister of the Interior (Kiaja Hey), in a house situated between Vera and Galata. The Austrian Internuncio strenuously supported the al timilum of Russia, and endeavoured to induce the Porte to come to pacific resolutions. The Red: Ef fendi replied, that the Porte could only consent to evacuate Moldavia and Walachia upon the tidlowing conditions, viz.—That the Courts of France, Eng land, and Austria, would guarantee that these prin cipalities, once evacuated, - s hou ld neither be occupied by the Russians nor the Hectarists; that the Greeks who had taken refuge in Russia should be punished in the presence of Turkish commissioners, unless Russia should give them up; that the re-establish nt,..mt of the Christian churches could nut take place until after the restoration of order, and the general and voluntary disarming of all the Greeks. — Count de Lutxow having exirresse•d his astonishment that the Turkish Minister should thus have changed his language, the latter attributed it to the will of the Sultan. Count de Unarm , then asked whether the Porte was desirous of peace or war? The Reis Effendi declined replying, saying that his powers were not extensive enough to allow hint to enter into an explanation on this point. Besides,' he added, the Sultan will act according to his own will ; and ninety millions of Mussultnen (perhaps he spoke after the Turkish estimation, which includes the Persians, and Morocco), with a sword in one hand, and the Koran in the other, will know how to detiaid their rights against Christianity.' The Kiaja Bev, who was also present, used very violent lan guage, and endeavoured to represent the Turkish Power as very formidable. On the 23d November, Lord Strangford had also a conference with the Reis Effendi, but which was equally fruitless. The in sults which were offered to his Excellency, on his return to his residence, are known. This Minister made a new he drew up a note, in which he represented to the Sultan 11,e dangers with which he is menaced, but which, on the 27th of November, had not been accepted by the Reis Effendi. Such was the position of affiirs at the departure of the last courier. The falseness of the report that Lord Strangling endeavoured to heighten the fimatieism of the Turks is now manifest." Sessoisi, Uric. 13.—News from Seres of the Gth December, reaching Belgrade by an extraordinary route, announces that tae Turks were masters Jim some days of the exterior works of Cassandra, with out opposition un the part of the Greeks, who, it is pretended, drew them into a snare, in which they all perished. In the Morea the affairs of the Greeks remain in good condition. It is asserted that the tinnous Chourschid Paella, beaten hear Thermopylie, has offered a considerable sum fir the ransom of his Ha rem, which fell into the power of the Greeks at Tripolizza ; and that since the refusal of his offers by Prince Demetrius Ypsilanti, it is nut known what has become of hint. VIENNA, Drc. 20.—The Auer; trt Otkerver, in stead ut giving direct news from Turkey, with w high it is better provided than any other journal in En - rope, contents itself to day with copying un article which appeared seven or eight days ago in an Italian paper, which relates to the taking of a Neapolitan brigantine by a Greek•corsair, and terminates with the sissurance that the greatest tranquillity reigns at Cyprus. It adds, that the Turks are so few, that on the slightest appearance of an Idriot coraair, the: fly to the mountains. Num:siva°, DEC. 23.—(Extract of a private letter. )—We have it from a source to be relied on, that the Austrian cabinet has now the certitude that all hope of preserving peace between the Ottoman Porte and Russia is ut an end. In consequence of this, at the departure of the last courier, Vienna Bank Stock had balm' to 6.2.2. HERMANSTADT (TRANSYLVANIA), DEC. 12. According to letters from Czernowitz (Bukowina) of the 6th instant, more Ottoman troops had entered Jassy. Intelligence from Bessarabia announces that t h e h e avy artillery ut the Russian army had crossed the Daiester, and was proceeding to the Truth. BAGDAD, SEPT. !M.—The Persians, alter driving the Turks from the province of Chusistan, have taken the cities of Bussuruh, Kud, Samara, Lem brum, and Manieluna. Another army having been recruited, pitched their tents at Huila, on the site of the ruins of Babylon. On receiving this news, the Vizier of Bagdad marched against the Persians, at the head of inure than 20,000 men, cavalry and infantry, with a park of more than thirty pieces of cannon, to repel theta ; but he has returned with the feeble remainder of his soldiers, having lost his army, artillery, baggage, and even his treasures. The confusion in this city is dreadful, is we expect every moment to be sur rounded by the Persians. CONSTANTINOPLE, Not. 25.—(Extract from a letter.)—We may judge of the progress of the Greeks from the severe measures of the Divan end the preparations for war. It is certain that Turkey will have to defend herself against Russia, Persia, and the Greeks, who have made great progress, teal are very powerful both in number and discipline. It is expected that with the aid of Russian auxiliaries they will act on the offensive next springy It' we may judge by repiirts, all.l by the firmaus of the Grand Seignor, the war will not be delayed until spring: the Russians do out care for ice and winter. The Grand Seignor has issued a second firman, calling upon all Mussulmen to take up arms in de fence of the religion of the Prophet. He complains of the non-execution of his first order, or rather of the tardiness of the Turks in ranging themselves under his Wittier. H. dies not mention the Per sians, but speaks of the injuries of Russia, told parti cularly against the Greek nation, the spoliation of whisli he promises the Janissaries. lie thus cot:- eludes—" Why di) you dotty inarching against your enem, ? What fear prevents you? If, as I doubt nut, Alla will give you tile victory, you will over flow with gold, riches, and women ; and you shall erase frpn the earth that perfidious and impious na tion, the Greeks, who are an abomMatitm to the Prophet. It, on the contrary, you fall iu the com bat, you know the reward that Mahomet has reserved Jim the defenders of the Ale Iran, anti this glorious death shall efface all the crimes of your life." In consequence of this airman, the Janissaries have believed themselves authorized to commit with im punity every species of excess of which the suburbs of Constantinople have been the theatre. They have pillaged, b u rnt, and massacred, and have seized 00 .1 great number of young fienales to be sold. It is certain that, in this general disorder, several T.,,k -ish families have le.:en ill-treated. The Aga of the Janissaries, whom the Grand Seignor had rendered responsible for all these tumults, has been arrested, but it appears that the feu. of exciting a revolt saves him from punishment. FRONTIERS us MOLD/1111A, DEC. p —Th.e Turks cantoned in the neighuouriemal of the Pruth gene ] rally water their horses in this river. 0,1 the tith instant one of the horses having escaped his rider, swum across the river, and gained the opposite batik. The Turks demanded their horse; but seeing that the Cossacks delayed giving it up, a party of forty mounted Turks crossed the Pruth in riler to seek it. The Cossacks having been reinforced, surrounded the Turks, and conveyed them to Kischeuen. The Turks in ',Moldavia have been reintinced; so have the Russians on the other side of the river.— Many regiments of infantry are assembling on the Pruth, and a great park of artillery is expected. The Turks continue their ordinary spoliations in Moldavia; the city of Jassy has been ransacked. Extract of a letter, dated Chittledroog (East Indies), July 25, 1 841 :—On the morning of the IGth lust smug t flicers of the 2d battalion 14th Native Infantry, stationed at Chitticdroo4, pro ceeded on an intended party of pleasure, to the hills on which the tint is partly situated, meaning to spend the day there. lireaktitst ma prepared under tent pitched for that purpose. Having eaten this meal (the last, poor &•11ows, which two of thew were destined to eat in this world), they all set out to gether on a ramble among the racks. .1 hey soon separated, however, and two of them, Captain Nel thropp and Ensign Powell, with their servants, shortly afterwards returned towards the tent. Their path lay by a magazine which had been recently emptied of some damaged powder. Near this was a cavern, into.which the lascars, frog idleness, I sup pose, and thinking, perhaps, that no harm was likely to arise from it, had thrown part of the powder, instead of depositing the whole in a well, situated a little farther off, and appropriated solely to that pur pose. The latter officer is said to have been smoking u segar at the time, and, on passing the cave, to !lave thrown the lighted remains into it, little dreaming, poor fellow, of the dreadful con evokes that ensued. The whole exploded; and these ts, 0 . I unfortunate officers, with one of their servants, were in an instant hurled into eternity; and a native b o y so shockingly mangled, that he followed thou in a rew hours. Pturvalion of Parliament.—The Pal liament re assembled on Thursday. At three o'c.ock the Lord Chancellor, attended by Lords Cholmondeley and Melville, the three Commissioners ,niered the House of Lords. The Yeoman Usher (dr. Quartne) sum. named the Commons. Mr. W. Lcy (in the absence of Mr. Hickman, uho is out of town), mid other officers of the Commons, appeared Liow the bar. The Lord Chancellor said, that they, us Connuis sioners, were authorised to declare ti.e Parliament, by proclamation, to stand further prorogued ti.l Tuesday the sth of February, and then to mut # 1 for the dispatch of busimss."