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ett No. 1,314.—V0L. XIV.] FRENCH PAPERS. PARIS, JULY 30.—Wc have received letters from Salonica of the ;Nith of June. The neighbouring villages were for the most part in a state of com plete insurrection, in consequence of the cruelties committed by the Paella. The wealthy Greeks were either massacred or imprisoned in the citadel as hostages. A Greek flotilla was blockading the harbour, which has caused an interruption of the commerce, anti made provisions very dear. It is said in a German paper that Prince Alex. Ypsilanti is a prisoner in the Austrian fortress of Carlsburg, but here we have no account whatever of this chief: Accounts from Petersburgh, which we have re ceived by express that the Emperor Alexander has given a categorical answer to the complaints of the Ottoman Porte against Baron Strogonoff, We arc ignorant of the entire contents; but are assured the Emperor requires complete satisfaction for the in sults committed against his ambassador, and that in the space of eight days• If it not be given, the ambassador has received orders to leave Constantino ple, and the Russian troops assembled on the Pruitt will enter Mold•wia. All the Generals, it is said, have received sealed orders, which they are not to open till a certain day. It is doubtful whether the Grand Scignor, Mahnud, has sufficient power over the people and the fanatical januissaries to give the satisfaction, and a war appears to be the inevitable consequence. But the situation of M. de Stroganoff ' would become very critical. The first letters from Odessa will afford us more information. Intelligence from Walachia announces that the chief of the insurgents, Fordaki, has succeeded in - rallying 5,000 of the dispersed Greeks; that he had surprised a struggling party of the Turks who were traversing and pillaging the country, and killed a great many of them. The Greeks fought with the greatest courage, to avenge their brethren. The Turks retreated on Bucharest. We have a detailed account of the defeat aatl de struction of the Sacred Legion, which merits a place in history. When the Turks advanced in great force against the legion, a nephew of the assassinated Patriarch (Gregory), who had joined them from a German university, advanced before the ranks, raid exhorted his companions to prove they were sot Neapolitans, that they fought for a sacred cause, that they were intrusted with the honour of Greece, and full of the glorious recollection of their ances tors. The young men answered with shouts of joy, and threw themselves into the ranks of the enemy, where every one of them, without exception, met his fate. Those who did not fall by the hands of She enemy put themselves to death, to escape the torments which awaited them in the dpngeons of the Turks. Benetw, JULY 21.—The official Gazelle contains the following article, under the head of Odessa, July 3.—" In the morning of the day before yester day the Greeks who took refuge here from Constan tinople, and who were so kindly received, committed the greatest excesses. Those men, who at COnstan tinople, allowed themselves to be sacrificed like lambs, had here displayed their bravery by ill treat ing in the most cruel and most unworthy manner some peaceful Jews in the streets, iu their houses, and even in the synagogue. The bankers had their desks forced, their money curried of 1; and their houses pillaged, and those who otiered any resistance were most cruelly ill-treated. All the windows of the EYnnog,uo have been broken, the books torn to pieces, and the poor box robbed. Four Jews have died of the ill.treatment they underwent, and a still greater number have been mortally injured. Ihe women and children have not been spared: the eyes et one child have been forced out, and an aged Jew had his beard forcibly torn lls the roots. After much exertion the police has at length succeeded in restor ing orders, and several Greeks have been arrested. " The Turkish government continues to purchase all the cargoes of grain that arrive at Constantinople, ter which it pays an exceeding good price." . Coal/V, JUNE .16.—During the night of the 12th et May the Turks took by assault the fortress of which Ali Padre, of Janina, was in possession, facing the isle, and put the whole garrison to the sword. By an order, dated the 2tl of June, Ali Bey, who commands the Turkish squadron in the passages of • ,ationali itittr• Our fling, tott6titution, anD gaiW. MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1821. Albania, declared the peninsula of the Nforca in a state of blockade. The English Ambassador at Constantinople has instructed all the British Consuls in the Levant not to peimit any Turkish subjects to embark in Eng lish ships, unless provided with permission from the authorities of their nation. FRANKFORT, JULY 2.5..1,114an intelligence of the death of IThonaparte reached Baden, Prince Eu gene and the Duchess Dowager Stephanie of Baden causal the invitations which they had issued for that day to be countermanded, and immediately put on mourning. The King of Bavaria, who was at I3adcn at the time, observed the most profound si lence on the subject. We arc anxious for despatches from Vienna, to know what the Court of Austria has done under this circumstance. Tu NIS, JUNE (Extract from a private letter.) —The l)ey is causing several of his ships of war to be armed in all haste. They are thought to be destined to act in concert with the Turks against the Greeks of the Archipelago. We had flattered ourselves that we should not have experienced the terrible conflict now raging in Turkey, because at Tunis the number of the Greeks is very small; they do not exceed 400, and in this number may be in cluded these who do not usually reside in this coun try, but are only occasional visiters, many of whom are also protected by the European Consulates. But as the news arrived here from diflin.ent parts of Turkey where the insurrection of the Greeks had broken out, the local Government began to manifest a hostile disposition against the unhappy Greeks, and the populace, who arc always ready to proceed to the greatest excesses by the hope of the slightest plunder, already utter the most atrocious ;laces against all Christians in general. Several Gri,:.:ks have been already ill-treated and imprisoned by or der of the Dq; sonic of these were under the pro tection of the Consuls of England and France, who lost no time in demanding their liberation and in interceding for the other victims. "their conduct in this particular is governed not only by humanity, but by a hope of preventing a catastrophe which would be equally fatal to all Christians alike. Their exer tions hitherto have been crowned with success. _ _ SMYRNA, JUNE 16.—The three officers of the Turkish marine, whom the Porte bad scut to the three Barbary Regencies to summon them to unite their maritime forces with the Ottoman fleet, em barked here in the early part of this month. lIA MB U liC; II l'A I'L US. FROM AX AUTIIENTIC GONIIIIXICAIIOX FROM 1110XSTAY- TiNUPLE, .11:NE ...;;5. Very urgent remonstrances hapf been made to the Ottoman Porte by all the greaturopean Powers, respecting its severe and cruel co duct towards the Greeks, and the attitude it seems disposed to aqstitue towards Russia, which is the intimate ally of Austria, Prussia, England, and } ranee. Upon ell these re monstrances the Reis Eflinidi expressed himself to all the ambassadors with the greatest composure and and apparent impartiality, but to the English am bassador with a certain frankness and friendship. The Porte denies that the punishment inflicted on several of the Greek clergy proceeds front a prosecu tion towards the Christian religion, or the Greek nation: relatively to the first point, it appeals to the protection which the Catholics and Armenians enjoy, and to the fact, that the free and public exercise of the Greek worship at Coustantinuple has not been fur u moment interrupted, (From this it should seem as if the reports of the destruction of the Greek churches were false. The sacrilege committed on home village churches have been severely punished. It affirms, that what was done to tho Patriarch would have been done to the Mufti, if ho had been guilty of similar crimes; that his perfidy was incon testably proved by eleven letters written by him to the Morca, which arc in the hands of the Porte (they were not hewn); that Isis being executed at Luster was not the effect of design, but because the proofs of his treason had not been obtained till the preced ing evening: that the Porte, fur its own security, was compelled to use inexorable severity; but, that it had not caused a single individual to be executed, of whose guilt it lad not the most incontrovertible proofs. Finally, that the Sultan acted as an im!‘i.. pendent monarch, who had to account fur his ir-tions to God alone. PRICE Nd. To Lord Strangford the Reis Effendi gave the assurance that the Porte endeavoured to avoid every thing that could lead too war with Russia. because it was very sensible that, us it was unable to repress the rebels, it was not in a condition to act alone against that power, and. well knew that, in the pre sent ytate of harmony between el! the Europa... cabinets, no state could draw a award in its deleoc , .. That all the misunderstandings were consequences of the conduct of Baron Strogonotl; and that it would apply directly to the magnanimous Emperor Ale. - ander himself: (Baron Strogonoft is well knol,i be a man of distinguished education, polished man. ners, and noble character.) LETTER FROM CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE " The English and French ambassadors at Con stantinople have desired the commanders of the squadrons of their respective nations in the Archi pelago to act hostilely towards the Creeks, if they should attempt to force the entrance of the harbour of Smyrna; and the same against the Turks, if they should attempt to hinder the Franks from removing with their families and property." • CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 28.—1 t was wished to induce the Janissaries to choose a corps from among themselves, to be sent to the Mores for the defence of the Mahometan religion. Their representatives not only refused this, but declared that their c:n stituents had changed their minds respecting the new military regulations to which they had con sented in May, and that all mast remain on its old footing In a Divan held on the Qoili at the Captain Pa ella's, it was resolved to remove Kialla Bey, -le commander of the Turkish fleet. Kasa Ali, tile commander of the port of Constantinople, uas ap pointed his successor. It was also resolved to rein flirce the squadron in the Archipelago with six men of war and eight gun-boats, and to obtain marines by the offer of great bounties. I IF.ItMANSTADT, JULY 14 —The following repre sentation, signed by the principal inhabitants of many towns and districts of ‘Vulachia, - addressed to the Russian Consul, from Bucharest, with is now here, has just been received : " We, inhabitants of the Walachian districts of Dehli, &c. relying with entire confidence on existing treaties, and on the patronage of Russia, had re mained quiet spectators of events, and followed our domestic affairs, when our lands were suddenly in vaded and plundered by the Turks, our houses and our churches burnt, and what is much more horrible, our priests and part of their flock beheaded, only that a larger number of Christian heads might be sent to the Turkish Sultan, as proof of their wicked deeds, and of a conspiracy which we never thought of. Our loss amounts to millions, and we are irre trievably ruined. We therefore desire you to send our well-founded rethonatrance to our august patron, that he may afford us succour, and preserve us against total destruction." The village of Kustheim (in the Prussian provinces of the Rhine), which was laid waste end burnt se• veral times in the course of the war, obtained an exemption from taxes, in the year 1809, from Na poleon. As it was to cantinue floc fifteea years, the inhabitants are still in the enjoyment of the privilege. Not forgetful ut this favour, which so powerfully contributed to raise the village from its ashes, the worthy Cure of the place assembled the inhabitants as soon as the death of Buonaparte was known, and on the 17th ult. celebrated funeral service in ho nour of his memory. The set vice was pc:aim:tied at five o'clock in the morning, that it might not inter fere with their daily labour. It is said that hislllajesty --- lias positively deter mined, on Lis return trout Ireland, to visit Hanover, where the most extensive preparations hare been made tercet:lye him with every mark of tifL.ctiouate respect; but we imagine, before his Maiesty leaves England, a Regency must be appointial, or some other arrangement made lb: the exercise of the regal functions during his absence ; as we believe.___ was done in the reign of hing George the Sucatual t , .when that Moit,Th visited the Electorate. On the news of ti.e tlititth of fluanaparto h • reached Vienna, hiX tbidaw, with the approba , :41 , ; `! ', P Cs the Emperor tyraucis; went into mourning ~,010' v , the household Of - young Napoleon, it is Et a t wus no indication of paying u similar respect •• father's memory. Such neglect is, if tr • uriatecountahle. . 4 ,0 7 a: 0°,3,